Small MPU – Page 2939
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NewsIFC wins bidding war for Wheatley’s Sightseers
In a deal concluded late last night Cannes time IFC took US rights to Ben Wheatley’s dark comedy Sightseers from Protagonist Pictures.
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NewsCannes Market reports 8% hike in attendance
Asia and Latin American lead the rise in partipicants.
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NewsCNC reveals details of new World Cinema Fund
The new €6m subsidy is run jointly by the CNC, cultural body the Institut Français, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
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NewsMatch Factory strikes groundbreaking distribution initiative
€400,000 initiative is backed by the EU’s Media Mundus.
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NewsTopkapi, Waterland selected for Hubert Bals Fund Plus
Both Dutch production outfits will now receive grants of 50,000 Euros.
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NewsFilm I Vast welcomes projects including new Moodysson
As-yet-untitled feature from Lukas Moodysson [pictured] is one of five titles set to do post-production at Film I Vast’s base in Trollhättan.
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Cannes deals roundup: DC Medias, Jinga, Hawthorn, Delacheroy
Deals include Jinga Films selling romantic comedy Timer and Hawthorn selling UK sci fi feature UFO.
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eOne, RKO Pictures plan joint US release on A Late Quartet
The partners have earmarked an autumn release for Yaron Zilberman’s debut starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken.
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NewsPer Fly shooting Monica Zetterlund
Swedish singer Edda Magnason [pictured] plays the leading role.
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NewsPhanta launches new Dutch finance scheme
In Cannes, Dutch producer Petra Goedings from Phanta Vision has revealed further details of a groundbreaking film financing scheme in the Netherlands.
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NewsThe Documentary Company on board for Green Prince
The Documentary Company, launched by Sheryl Crown and Maggie Monteith last year to back feature docs with EIS funding, is expanding its slate.
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SnagFilms picks up trio from Submarine for VoD, digital
Submarine has licensed a package of three films to SnagFilms for exclusive US VoD and digital distribution.
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Little Film Company scores sales rights to The Third Half
Robbie Little has taken international sales rights to Darko Mitrevski’s second world war sports drama about a Jewish coach who inspires a football team to win the National Football League in Nazi-occupied Macedonia in 1942.
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NewsPinewood Shepperton announces 15 month results
The studio group reported revenues of £63m over the last 15 months.
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Competition Commission reverses ruling over Sky Movies dominance
The Competition Commission has reversed its stance that Sky Movies holds an unfair advantage in the pay TV movie space, as a result of the emergence of online players Lovefilm and Netflix
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NewsLarry Clark preparing Paris-set skateboarding picture
EXCLUSIVE: Larry Clark is set to shoot a French-language picture taking inspiration from the skateboarding scene around Paris’ Trocadero Gardens this summer, the first film for the Kids and Ken Park director shot outside the United States.
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NewsMadagascar 3 uses HP technology
HP is also an official partner at the Cannes Film Festival, showing a multi-touch wall.
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Hong Kong’s Sundream eats up Dead Sushi
Japan’s Office Walker has sold Noboru Iguchi’s Dead Sushi to Hong Kong’s Sundream Motion Pictures.
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NewsThe Match Factory befriends Garbarski's Vijay, starring Bleibtrau, Arquette
EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory has picked up rights to Sam Garbarski’s comedy My Friend Vijay, starring Moritz Bleibtreu and Patricia Arquette.