Small MPU – Page 3744
-
-
NewsTropfest heads to Abu Dhabi
Tropfest Arabia will premiere in Abu Dhabi in November 2011; competition open to Middle East and North African countries.
-
NewsHong Kong's Imagi buys China’s Toon Express
The $105m deal covers merchandise and licensing of the popular TV and film series Pleasant Goat and Big Bad Wolf.
-
NewsMichel Gondry to head Cannes short film jury
The French director recently opened a lab in Paris for short film-makers; he will head short and Cinefondation jury.
-
NewsCreative England begins consultation process on 2011/2012 strategy
The locations of its three main hubs are not up for consultation; DCMS confirms its initial budget will be $7.3m (£4.5m) in combined grant in aid and lottery funding.
-
NewsItalian EFM deals led by Sacher taking on Nader and Simin
Bim takes on Pina, while Eagle boards several high-profile projects including StudioCanal’s The Dinosaur Project.
-
FeaturesPaul lands at top spot in UK
Universal’s comedy-sci-fi Paul opened top at the UK box office over the January 18 -20 weekend, plundering $8.9m (£5.5m), including previews.
-
NewsLuhrmann readies Sydney shoot for The Great Gatsby
Cameras are expected to roll at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney in August on Baz Luhrmann’s big screen adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s American literary classic The Great Gatsby for Warner Bros.
-
News
On Demand Group signs TVOD, SVOD deal with Inview
Transactional VOD and subscription VOD deals inked for connected TV sets in Europe.
-
FeaturesVikram Malhotra
The new COO of Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, the rebooted film division of Viacom’s India joint venture, talks about the company’s restructuring and production plans.
-
News
Duncan Stripp joins High Fliers Films
Duncan Stripp replaces Tom Stewart as Head of Acquisitions at UK distributor High Fliers Films.
-
NewsTop filmmakers sign petition to support future of MEDIA Programme
More than 300 European filmmakers including Wim Wenders and Mike Leigh sign the petition.
-
NewsBeta signs more than 35 deals during busy EFM
Hot sellers include My Best Enemy, Almanya, In Darkness, Black Bread and Naples Passione.
-
-
NewsNadia Fares to play Dalida in new biopic
Lisa Azuelos and Kamir Aïnouz are preparing a biopic about music icon Dalida.
-
NewsGDC and Shochiku strike VPF deal in Japan
Hong Kong-based GDC Technology has reached an agreement with Shochiku to provide digital cinema equipment to the studio’s exhibition subsidiary.
-
NewsAurum picks up Man On A Ledge and Gone for Spain
Aurum has picked up Spanish rights to Asger Leth’s thriller Man On A Ledge, starring Ed Harris, Sam Worthington and Jamie Bell, and Heitor Dhalia’s thriller Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried.
-
News
Steve Carell to star in Dogs Of Babel for Mandate
Lionsgate International is handling foreign sales on the adaptation of Carolyn Parkhurst’s bittersweet novel of love and loss for Mandate Pictures.
-
NewsAurum announces 7.7pc market share in Spain in 2010
Spanish distributor Aurum Producciones announced a 7.7% local market share in 2010, which the company claimed represented close to a 33% rise on the previous year.
-
NewsVisit Films closes deal with Ascot Elite for Herzog's Cave
Ryan Kampe of New York’s Visit Films has closed a deal with Ascot Elite for German-speaking territories on Werner Herzog’s Cave Of Forgotten Dreams.