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NewsParticipant, DFI in $100m fund
Participant Media and Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced a $100m revolving fund on Wednesday [13] to back what is expected to be 12-16 features over five years.
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NewsGloria racks up raft of sales
EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, the buzz film in this year’s Berlinale Competition, has provoked a mini-stampede among buyers.
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NewsNun on the run to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Le Pacte’s in-demand Berlinale Competition entry The Nun has sold to Metrodome for the UK.
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GE, Cinelan team with Solve
GE and Cinelan have partnered with Solve For X, a collaborative forum for modern day film-making, in support of the latter’s new website.
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FeaturesUK brunch in Berlin
The new We Are UK film umbrella held a brunch in Berlin on Tuesday. The group includes the BFI, British Council, British Film Commission, FIlm Agency For Wales, Creative England, Film London, Northern Ireland Screen, UK Trade & Investment, Creative Scotland and Film Export UK.
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NewsJadoo producer readies Keeping Rosy
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Holmes, producer of Culinary Cinema selection Jadoo, is planning a March 4 start date for his next production, Keeping Rosy.
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NewsRival YSL films wage fierce battle
French Designer Yves Saint Laurent died nearly four years ago, but rival film companies are battling it out over who has the right to shoot his biography and who is allowed to portray the clothes that set the fashion agenda for a generation.
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NewsMyriad sells Inescapable
Myriad Pictures has closed key sales at the EFM on Ruba Nadda’s thriller Inescapable, which IFC will distribute in the US in March.
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NewsJadoo duo reunites on UK comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Jadoo producer Richard Holmes is to executive-produce a new comedy produced by Farhana Bhula.
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NewsWide slate lures copious buyers
EXCLUSIVE: Doc sales specialist Wide House is reporting a roaring trade on its EFM titles.
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NewsMezey talks up Cinereach
New York-based independent producer Paul Mezey of Journeyman Pictures has revealed further details of his work with Cinereach - the non-profit organisation with which he worked on the Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild.
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NewsTLA takes Five Dances
TLA Releasing has acquired the US, UK and French-speaking Europe to Alan Brown’s contemporary drama.
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NewsBFI earmarks $1.6m for co-pros
Isabel Davis, the British Film Institute’s head of international, is in Berlin spreading the word about the BFI Film Fund’s increased commitment to funding co-productions.
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NewsDogwoof reels in Blackfish rights
Dogwoof secures UK and international rights to Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s doc Blackfish
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Zykov pushes Russian doc series
Veteran producer Eugene Zykov is handling sales on Old Russian Cities, a series of documentaries designed to present a positive image of Russia abroad.
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NewsHollywood heads to Germany
After a lacklustre year in 2012, Germany is now overwhelmed with Hollywood stars working on films shooting here from George Clooney and Bill Murray to Emma Watson and Michael Douglas.
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NewsSignature inks three during EFM
UK distribution outfit Signature has picked up three titles for home entertainment release during the EFM.
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NewsFramestore, Razorbill to collaborate on transmedia novel
Robert Paul Weston’s The Creature Department is set for release later this year.