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STS launches with Wild Bill sales; Serkis, Reid films
UK producer Sam Tromans and sales executive Simon Barnes, formerly of Park Entertainment, have launched new sales/production/finance company STS, which is at the EFM selling Wild Bill.
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Revolver and Picturehouse have Electrick Children
UK distributors Revolver and Picturehouse have swooped on Generation entry Elektrick Children, acquiring from M-Appeal.
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Lucky Red mans up with Man Down
EXCLUSIVE: Italian producer/distributor Lucky Red is back in the buying groove, closing deals on four major new films during EFM.
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Memento strikes with Cannibals, Sister
Midway through the market, leading arthouse sales agent Memento Films International has reported brisk sales on its EFM titles.
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Call Girl double booked
EXCLUSIVE: TrustNordisk’s political thriller Call Girl, shown here on a three-minute promo, has sold to Benelux (Lumiere) and Korea (Sonamu).
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Buyers sign for Solution’s Writers
Lisa Wilson’s new Solution Entertainment Group has sold Joshua Boone’s bittersweet comedy Writers to a number of territories.
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Counting costs
Spain is an international talent hotspot and a frequent co-producer. But how will funding cuts affect the health of its film sector?
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BFI restores silent Hitchcock films
Here in Berlin, the British Film Institute (BFI) has revealed further details of its major Alfred Hitchcock restoration project, which is being mounted for the London 2012 Festival (part of the Cultural Olympiad to tie in with the Olympic Games.)
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Temperature test
From an Oscar winner’s new work to edgy horror films that could become Spain’s next genre breakouts, Juan Sarda profiles the hottest Spanish films coming up in 2012
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Local heroes vs. pirates
Hit hard by piracy, Spain’s box office was down in 2011. But can a new piracy law, a growing VoD market and the popularity of local films give Spanish distributors cause for optimism? Juan Sarda reports
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Berlin roundup: Metrodome takes on Piggy; Autlook closes spate of deals on Beats
More news from the European Film Market.
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Toei’s Admiral conquers UK, Germany
Japanese studio Toei has closed several deals on its big-budget war epic Admiral Yamamoto, including a sale to Germany’s Pandastorm Pictures.
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Buyers shoot for Lotte’s Arrows
Korea’s Lotte Entertainment has sealed a string of deals on local box office hit The War Of The Arrows, including a Japanese sale to Showgate.
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Buyers enter OEE’s Forbidden Ground
Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has sold Australian First World War epic Forbidden Ground to Momentum for the UK, Dutch Film Works for Benelux and Star Alliance for China.
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Germany floats towards €1bn
The German box office increased year-on-year in 2011 but didn’t crack the elusive billion-euro mark. Martin Blaney reports on the year’s highlights
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Norwegian South Film Fund to encourage co-productions
The new fund, modelled on Rotterdam’s Huber Bals Fund and Berlin’s World Cinema Fund, will invest in film-makers from developing countries,
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