All Distribution articles – Page 699
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NewsIndia’s PVR Pictures stocks up on Cannes titles
PVR Pictures, the production and distribution arm of Indian exhibitor PVR, has announced a slew of acquisitions concluded at Cannes, including competition titles Broken Embraces and Taking Woodstock.
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NewsAngels & Demons fly away from Indian multiplexes
Sony Pictures Releasing India (SPRI) has gone ahead with the release of Angels & Demons only in single screen cinemas, after last-minute negotiations with the multiplexes on revenue-sharing terms collapsed.
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NewsParamount Vantage rounds up buyers for Eisner's Crazies
Paramount Vantage saw strong sales in Cannes for director Breck Eisner’s The Crazies, the reinvention of George A Romero’s 1973 horror thriller that has just wrapped production.
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NewsItaly’s Bim picks up six titles at Cannes
Italy’s Bim Distribuzione has added six titles to its slate during the Cannes market including the in-production romantic comedy Hysteria from Elle Driver.
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NewsGerman distributors hit Marche with gusto
German distributors went on a spending spree at Cannes picking up news films by Michael Douglas, George Romero, Sophie Marceau and Cecile de France.
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NewsSaminathan steps down as chairman of Pyramid Saimira
P.S. Saminathan has stepped down as chairman of Indian exhibitor Pyramid Saimira following huge losses and a scandal over share price rigging at the company.
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NewsGerman court lifts ban on Martin Weisz’s cannibal film
The German Federal Supreme Court has lifted the ban on Martin Weisz’s Butterfly – A Grimm Story (Rohtenburg), a horror film based on the true story of a cannibal.
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NewsAdlabs' BIG to open Chicago multiplex
Adlabs’ exhibition arm, BIG Cinemas, is opening its first BIG-branded cinema in the US, with a five-screen multiplex planned in Chicago.
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NewsWardrop's His and Hers wins Irish Directors Finders award
Ken Wardrop has won the 2009 Screen Directors Guild of Ireland’s (SDGI) Directors Finders Series award for his documentary, His and Hers.
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NewsUniversum picks up four titles in Cannes spending spree
Munich-based Universum Film has picked up German rights for another four titles to add to its previous acquisition of Hideo Nakata’s psychological thriller Chatroom.
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NewsBelgrade's Megacom picks up Cannes winners
Belgrade-based distributor Megacom Film has acquired rights to a raft of Cannes competition winners including Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winner, The White Ribbon, for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
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NewsMJTV and Helion seek sales companies for Genie In The House
Moi J’aime La Télévision (MJTV) and Helion Pictures are seeking sales companies and distributors for their trilogy of films based on long-running TV series, Genie in the House.
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NewsHigh Point takes worldwide rights on Storage
High Point Films, the film sales arm of High Point Media Group, has scooped worldwide rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, for thriller Storage.
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NewsTeodora takes Italian rights to Hansen Love's Father
Teodora Film has picked up Italian rights to Mia Hansen Love’s The Father Of My Children (Le Pere De Mes Enfants) from Les Film de Losange.
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NewsArthouse Films takes Picasso & Braque To The Movies
Arthouse Films has acquired worldwide rights, including North America, to Arne Glimcher’s documentary Picasso & Braque Go To The Movies.
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NewsAlta Films picks up Ghobadi’s Persian Cats for Spain
Alta Films has taken Spanish distribution rights to Bahman Ghobadi’s docu-fiction No One Knows About Persian Cats, which picked up a special prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Canne
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NewsVertigo Films picks up Bright Star for Spain
Vertigo Films, one of the Spain’s leading distributors, has bought the Spanish rights to Jane Campion’s Cannes competition title Bright Star.
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Wolff, Ross launch new distributor Entertaining Pictures
Economist Joe Barber has joined film executives Richard Wolff and Richard Ross to launch Philadelphia-based distributor, Entertaining Pictures.
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NewsGolem picks up Spanish rights to Antichrist, White Ribbon
Spanish distributor Golem has bought the rights to Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist and Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon for distribution in Spain.
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NewsMoore's "roots of recession" doc gets October release
Michael Moore’s still untitled documentary will be released through Overture Films in North America on October 2.