All Distribution articles – Page 652
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Paladin on board to release Reliance BIG's Kites: The Remix
In a coup for Mark Urman’s Paladin, the fledgling distributor will release an English language version of Reliance BIG’s Bollywood film Kites: The Remix in the US on May 21.
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NewsOscilloscope picks up US rights to Howl
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired US rights to Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl starring James Franco.
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NewsUniversal takes multiple territories on Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method
UPI has acquired the film, starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel, to distribute in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and South Africa. HanWay handles sales.
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Tribeca takes on distribution
The ambitious Tribeca Film Festival (April 21-May 2) is exploring ways of reaching out to audiences far beyond its New York base. Jeremy Kay reports
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NewsParamount takes UK rights to Killing Bono from Salt
Ben Barnes and Robert Sheehan star in Nick Hamm’s Irish comedy; Paramount will release in UK and Ireland.
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Zeitgeist acquires US rights to von Trotta's Vision
Zeitgeist Films has acquired US rights to Margarethe von Trotta’s Vision starring Barbara Sukowa that screened on April 21 as the opening night film of the Kino! 2010: New Cinema From Germany series.
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UK box office up 16% in first quarter of 2010
Between January and March this year, the UK box office took $448.3m (£291.1m), compared with $386m (£250.80m) in 2009, according to new FDA figures.
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NewsFord's IM Global looks to future with trio of key hires
Stuart Ford is expanding his ambitious LA and London-based sales company IM Global with three highly regarded additions to the executive suite and a new world cinema division set to be unveiled in Cannes.
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Civil Rights doc Freedom Riders finds US home
Wendy Lidell’s International Film Circuit will distribute the Civil Rights documentary Freedom Riders.
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NewsVisual Factory adds three European titles ahead of Cannes
London-based sales company Visual Factory has taken on three new European features ahead of Cannes.They are Grandfather Mountain (Narciso); The Silk Merchant’s Woman (Il mercante di stoffe); and Warriors of Chaos (Chaos Tage).Italian title Grandfather Mountain directed by Marcello and Dario Baldi stars Roberto Herlitzka as a lonely old man ...
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Parallel Media to self-distribute Sundance comedy High School
Parallel Media, the producers on Sundance premiere High School, will self-distribute the film in US theatres this autumn.
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Film Movement takes quartet for VOD
Film Movement has picked up four titles for VOD in a sign of its move towards the new media platform.
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NewsVerve strikes UK deal for The Arbor; Wavelength takes on international sales
Clio Barnard’s film is a fiction-documentary hybrid which will have its world premiere on April 25 at Tribeca.
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NewsGravitas Ventures takes North American VOD rights to The Lottery
Ambitious VOD distributor Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American VOD rights to Madeleine Sackler’s documentary The Lottery.
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Kick-Ass snatches US box office title with $19.8m debut
Lionsgate’s action romp Kick-Ass won the weekend box office race in North American when all was said and done, opening top on $19.8m.
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NewsWBPI reports higher $55.3m overseas weekend for Clash
Clash Of The Titans held on to pole position at the box office and grossed $55.3m at the weekend as Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) confirmed results were almost $2m higher than initial weekend estimates.
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NewsIFC falls for French hit Heartbreaker in US
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Pascal Chaumeil’s French hit Heartbreaker (L’Arnacoeur) ahead of its North American premiere at COLCOA in Los Angeles tonight [19].
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NewsAlex Walton joins Exclusive as president of international sales
Alex Walton has joined Exclusive Film Distribution as president of international sales and distribution, effective May 1.
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NewsLiman’s Cannes competition debut among Ascot Elite acquisitions
The Swiss distributor has also secured rights to Soderbergh’s Knockout and Nigel Cole’s Made in Dagenham.
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FeaturesA sporting chance
The soccer World Cup in South Africa (June 11-July 11) will attract global audiences in their billions. How will international distributors compete? Jeremy Kay reports