All Distribution articles – Page 18
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NewsBerlin Competition title ’Suspended Time’ clocks deals for Playtime (exclusive)
The Covid-era comedy drama has secured deals for Spain, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Taiwan and Hungary.
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NewsNonStop moves into ‘The Home’, starts ‘Handling The Undead’ (exclusive)
LevelK is selling psychological horror ‘The Home’.
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NewsTrustNordisk gets claws into ‘The Furry Tales’ franchise with ‘Caterella’ (exclusive)
Source: TrustNordisk ‘Catarella’ TrustNordisk is taking on international sales rights to 3D-animated family comedy Caterella, the first in a planned franchise called The Furry Tales. TrustNordisk has signed a partnership with Norwegian producers Storm Films for the franchise concept, and will produce a new feature each year. ...
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News‘The Walk’ from ‘Honeyland’ director acquired for world sales (exclusive)
Film is produced by ‘Virunga’, ‘The White Helmets’ producers Grain Media.
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NewsSony swoops at EFM on Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell fantasy romance ’A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’
Deal closes in Berlin for reported $50m.
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NewsDCM takes stake in Wim Wenders’ outfit Road Movies
DCM also has stakes in sales outfit Rocket Science and New York cinema operator Metrograph.
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NewsScandinavia’s ScanBox Entertainment buys Norwegian distributor Ymer Media (exclusive)
Ymer has released titles including ‘Past Lives’; has ‘Civil War’, ‘Back To Black’ on slate.
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NewsGreenwich Entertainment acquires ‘Aum’ Japanese cult doc; EFM sales kick off (exclusive)
Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto co-directed Sundance 2023 selection.
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FeaturesTrue Brit revamping ‘The Critic’ for UK release; Zygi Kamasa talks slate, ambitions for his new company (exclusive)
Following reshoots and a revamped cut, Anand Tucker’s period thriller will be the company’s first UK release.
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NewsREinvent picks up psychological drama ‘Hercules Falling’ starring Dar Salim (exclusive)
Dar Salim plays a combat veteran wrestling with mental health challenges.
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News‘In Camera’ snaps up key deals including UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Naqqash Khalid’s debut launched at Karlovy Vary last year.
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NewsGravitas Ventures takes ‘Break’ for US release and EFM sales (exclusive)
The pool hall-set thriller is directed by Will Wernick.
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NewsTrustNordisk sends ‘The Quiet Ones’ to key territories including US (exclusive)
Danish action drama is set after the financial crisis in 2008.
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NewsFrench lottery comedy ‘Lucky Winners’ comes up trumps with buyers for Charades (exclusive)
The dark comedy is about a group of friends who win big but then quickly lose hard.
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News‘Slingshot’ goes to Bleecker Street for US
Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne star in the space travel thriller from Mikael Hafstrom.
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Features“There’s an assumption everything is just coming out of the US”: Searchlight’s UK team on their significant role
Searchlight Pictures is in the awards fray with three strong films: ’Poor Things’,’ All Of Us Strangers’ and ’Rye Lane’. But less well known is how pivotal its UK team has been in bringing these titles to fruition.
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News‘How To Come Alive With Norman Mailer’ to Zeitgeist and Kino Lorber for North America (exclusive)
Jeff Zimbalist documentary is the first project with access to Mailer family archive.
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NewsVue CEO Tim Richards on how company has been “to hell and back”, personally lost him “eight figure” sum (exclusive)
A confident Tim Richards now believes the company is “in the strongest position of any exhibitor” right now.
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NewsRoadside, Vertical acquire biopic ‘Lee’ starring Kate Winslet
Theatrical release set for September 20.