All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 127
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NewsHelsinki festival ends with record attendance numbers
Jacques Audiard [pictured] presents closing night film Rust & Bone.
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NewsVandevorst, Van Rompaey to adapt The Angel Maker
Els Vandevorst [pictured] of N279 Entertainment has acquired film rights to The Angel Maker, the 2005 novel by Stefan Brijs.
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NewsAlgeria submits Zabana! for Oscars
Saïd Ould-Khelifa’s Zabana! will represent Algeria in the Foreign Language Oscar race.
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NewsRed Bull plans European monthly series of action sports movies
Red Bull Media House also plans action programme at San Sebastian festival in 2013.
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NewsMartin Freeman, Paddy Considine join cast of The World's End
Edgar Wright’s comedy is now shooting in UK.
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CommentJerry Weintraub talks about his ‘gutsy’ movies including new Liberace biopic
Producer is in Zurich to receive the festival’s career achievement award and to give a masterclass.
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NewsTaiwan enters Touch of the Light for Oscar consideration
Wong Kar Wai presents Chang Yung Chi’s debut feature; Fortissimo handles sales.
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FeaturesAndrew Neel, King Kelly
The New York-based director makes his fictional feature debut with King Kelly, a racy satire about young people’s obsession with the Internet.
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FeaturesGabriela Pichler, Eat Sleep Die
Swedish director Gabriela Pichler makes her debut with Eat Sleep Die, which was awarded in Venice.
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CommentRichard Gere aims for movies ‘about people, not cartoons’
The actor receives Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award.
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NewsLatest Oscar submissions: The Deep for Iceland, Mushrooming for Estonia; Made In Ash for Slovakia
Iceland has selected Baltasar Kormakur’s real-life adventure drama The Deep to represent the country in the Oscar race.
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NewsFilm Music competition launches in Zurich
Five finalists’ work to be performed in a concert on Thursday.
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NewsFortissimo books more key sales for What Maisie Knew
Deals include Artificial Eye acquiring for UK, Pandastorm for Germany and Filmax for Spain.
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NewsZurich's Finance Forum sees growing opportunities for international producers
The world of film finance is in good health despite the economic downturn. That was the message at the Third Film Finance Forum @ Zurich Film Festival.
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Magnet Media on board for Dolman's Recklessness
EXCLUSIVE: Company adds Veronica Ferres to cast of Married and Cheating.
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NewsMomentum strikes UK deal for Toronto hit Wasteland with Bankside
EXCLUSIVE: Bankside also sells Rowan Athale’s debut feature to France, Japan and airlines; Ben Drew’s urban drama iLL Manors sells to six new buyers.
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NewsIntandem takes on sales and UK distribution for Jadoo
Intandem Films has taken on worldwide sales rights for UK comedy Jadoo. The company’s new distribution outfit, Intandem Film Distributors (IFD), has also boarded UK distribution rights.For full details visitJadooJadoo, which is Hindi for ‘magic,’ is the story of two estranged brothers in Leicester, England. Raja and Jagi are both ...
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CommentNicole Kidman looks Grace-ful
Pierre Ange Le Pogam shows test shots of Nicole Kidman playing Princess Grace in Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco.
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NewsRome to host world premiere of project by Kaurismaki, Costa, Erice and de Oliveira
Artist Douglas Gordon to serve as jury president of CinemaXXI.
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NewsMetrodome takes UK rights to Come Out And Play
EXCLUSIVE: Toronto Midnight Madness horror film is sold by Celsius’ genre label Fahrenheit Pictures.