All Distribution articles – Page 532
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NewsPicturehouse and Revolver partner for UK deals on Sundance's Liberal Arts and The Imposter
Protagonist also closes further deals for The Imposter and Searching For Sugar Man.
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Outsider Pictures acquires US rights to Juan Of The Dead
The zombie satire will screen at the Miami International Film Festival which runs from Mar 2-11.
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NewsIFC Midnight signs The Pact, Magnet drawn to V/H/S
A flurry of Sundance deals led by a pair of domestic buys of Midnight titles closed on Thursday as How To Survive A Plague, Wish You Were Here and Chasing Ice all found homes and VVS took Canadian rights to Arbitrage.
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NewsEben Davidson adds acquisitions duties at Paramount
Paramount Pictures’ Eben Davidson will add acquisitions to his current duties as he takes on the post of VP Acquisitions and Production.
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NewsSundance Channel locks new Euro and Asia deals
Sundance Channel locks deals with Virgin in France, Veetime in Taiwan after busy 2011.
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NewsDogwoof continues Sundance buys with Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Dogwoof’s earlier Sundance pickups for UK were Big Boys Gone Bananas!* and Putin’s Kiss
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NewsBBC's Storyville benefits from DQF initiative
The BBC’s Delivering Quality First cost-cutting initiative has “smiled on” international film strand Storyville, opening up a regular late-night slot on BBC2.
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NewsIFC Films buys North American rights to Liberal Arts
The deal was poised to close on Wednesday evening (25) for one of the most popular titles of the festival to date, a coming-of-age tale written and directed by Josh Radnor who also stars alongside Elizabeth Olsen.
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NewsMargin Call Oscar nod tees up international box office
The financial crisis drama has already grossed $7.3m outside North America and a number of key upcoming territories received a fillip this week when writer-director JC Chandor earned a best original screenplay Academy Award nomination.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn, SPWA team up on Robot And Frank
Park Pictures’ comedy-drama starring Frank Langella and Susan Sarandon was a Sundance favourite from the moment it screened in the Premieres section last Friday. Goldwyn and SPWA jointly acquired North American rights and will partner on the US release.
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NewsRoadside Attractions, Lionsgate hedge bets on Arbitrage
The distribution partners paid $2.5m for US rights to Nicholas Jarecki’s suspenseful drama starring Richard Gere following the world premiere on Saturday.
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NewsDogwoof strikes content deal with Netflix UK
UK documentary distributor’s catalogue now available on the streaming service.
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Cinedigm acquires North American rights to UFC documentary
The digital exhibitor negotiated the deal for Like Water with Christine D ‘Souza and Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content on behalf of the producer.
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NewsOdeon sees increased attendance for British films in 2011
New reward scheme may have helped boost attendance to British films.
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NewsElle Driver visits Black Rock, Millennium sees Red Lights
Katie Aselton’s Midnight entry Black Rock follows three friends on a fateful girls’ getaway to a remote island and was acquired earlier in the festival by LD Distribution for North American rights.
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NewsSPC takes Celeste, Focus signs on for Good Time
Tuesday morning (24) brought two further deals as Classics acquired all North American, Latin American and Eastern European rights to Celeste And Jesse Forever after it emerged that Focus had paid in the region of $2m for worldwide rights to For A Good Time, Call…
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Tore Fredrik Dreyer appointed MD Twentieth Century Fox Norway
Dreyer takes over from Bjorn Jacobsen, effective May 2012
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NewsDogwoof takes UK rights to Sundance docs Big Boys Gone Bananas! and Putin's Kiss
Company also in talks for more Sundance titles.
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NewsBollywood Films acquires rights to 7 Welcome To London
UK distribution company Bollywood Films has acquired international distribution rights to 7 Welcome To London, a romantic Bollywood/British thriller directed by Asad Shan.
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NewsCurzon launches pop-up cinema scheme in UK regions
Momentum, StudioCanal, Soda Pictures, BFI amongst distributors signed up; 6-8 venues expected by end of 2012.