All EFM articles – Page 141

  • Ferzan Ozpetek’s Loose Cannons
    News

    Cannons fires for Fandango

    2010-02-18T04:57:00Z

    Fandango Portobello Sales has sold Italo-Turkish director Ferzan Ozpetek’s Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti) to seven territories.

  • homas Vinterberg’s Submarino
    News

    Match Factory raises sales on Submarino

    2010-02-18T03:57:00Z

    The Match Factory has closed a raft of deals for key territories on Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino, which screened in competition here in Berlin.

  • Heartless
    Reviews

    Heartless

    2010-02-17T12:45:00Z

    Dir/scr: Philip Ridley. UK. 2009. 110mins.

  • Michael Schmid-Ospach
    News

    Rumours abound on next fund chief

    2010-02-17T06:14:00Z

    The German film industry rumour-mill has gone into overdrive during the Berlinale over who will replace Filmstiftung NRW chief Michael Schmid-Ospach when he departs in April.

  • Susanne Bier
    News

    Trust’s hot Revenge

    2010-02-17T05:00:00Z

    Scandinavian sales powerhouse TrustNordisk has revealed details of more EFM deals. The Revenge, directed by Susanne Bier (pictured), has gone to Spain (Golem) and Poland (Vivarto)

  • Winter's Bone
    News

    Fortissimo's Reign of Sales

    2010-02-17T05:00:00Z

    Fortissimo Films have completed several major deals on their EFM slate titles. John Woo produced Reign Of Assassins has gone to Lionsgate for UK distribution here at the EFM.

  • Cherrybomb 1
    News

    Little Film Company sells Cherrybomb, The Last Station

    2010-02-17T05:00:00Z

    Little Film Company has sold UK and Australian rights to Universal for the drama Cherrybomb (pictured) starring Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan and Kimberley Nixon.

  • The Last Exorcism
    News

    StudioCanal enjoys bumper EFM

    2010-02-17T05:00:00Z

    StudioCanal has enjoyed a bumper EFM. Since selling The Last Exorcism (formerly known as Cotton) to Lionsgate for the US last week, the French major has racked up multiple major deals on its eclectic slate.

  • News

    Bittersuess lines up Love, Run Boy Run and Santiago

    2010-02-17T05:00:00Z

    Berlin-based Bittersuess Pictures is lining up new films by directors Christian Alvart, Pepe Danquart and Christian Schwochow.

  • The_Kids_Are_All_Right_2.jpg
    News

    Inferno lights up EFM with The Grey, The Kids Are All Right

    2010-02-17T05:00:00Z

    Inferno Entertainment is close to selling out its marquee survival title The Grey from Joe Carnahan and has reported a roaring trade on Lisa Cholodenko’s Sundance hit The Kids Are All Right (pictured).

  • News

    Pyramide International knows what buyers want

    2010-02-17T04:57:00Z

    Pyramide International has closed several deals for Italian director Silvio Soldini’s eighth feature What More Do I Want (Cosa Voglio Di Piu), which had its world premiere in the Berlinale Special section.

  • News

    Perfect Circle signs up to Blind Spot werewolf picture

    2010-02-17T04:56:00Z

    Vancouver’s Perfect Circle Productions has boarded AJ Annila’s new project Human as co-producers with Blind Spot Pictures.

  • News

    Europe should stop looking to US, says panel on indie film finance

    2010-02-17T04:55:00Z

    Oscar-nominated producer Nicolas Chartier, whose Voltage Pictures was behind The Hurt Locker, has issued a stark warning that old models of financing independent films no longer work

  • Colin
    News

    Micro-budget UK horror sells to Japan, Germany

    2010-02-17T04:50:00Z

    The film, which marks the debut of Welsh film-maker Marc Price, has sold to Eden Entertainment for Japan, and to MIG Film for German-speaking territories.Left is also negotiating the more substantial financing for Price’s next movie Thunderchild, a war/horror feature which will shoot in June and is being produced by ...

  • The Treasure Hunter
    News

    Treasure trove of sales for Double Edge

    2010-02-17T04:50:00Z

    Taiwan-based Double Edge Entertainment has announced today a cluster of European and Asian sales, all closed at the European Film Market, on The Treasure Hunter (pictured).

  • Tucker & Dale Vs Evil
    News

    Film Depot snaps up Exorcism, Pyramids doc

    2010-02-17T04:50:00Z

    Sergei Yershov’s Los Angeles-based Film Depot, which specialises in distribution in Russia and the CIS states, has snapped up rights to a raft of films at EFM.

  • News

    Independent, Mogador team on erotic thriller

    2010-02-17T04:46:00Z

    Independent Partners Films and Mogador Films have announced plans to collaborate on a second erotic arthouse film. Rolf Peter Kahl will direct The Lost Love, and Melanie Kretschmann (Blutsfreundschaft) is already attached to star.

  • News

    Strand snaps up US rights from Visit to Picture Me

    2010-02-16T17:49:00Z

    Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from Visit Films to Ole Schell and Sara Ziff’s documentary Picture Me and has scheduled a summer theatrical release.

  • News

    Montreal's ID Communications boards two for EFM

    2010-02-16T17:00:00Z

    Montreal-based ID Communications has bulked up its EFM slate with worldwide rights to Julian Starks’ documentary Journey To Sundance and Volker Wischnowski’s The Way Of St-James.

  • Boogie Woogie
    News

    IFC Takes North American rights to Boogie Woogie

    2010-02-16T15:49:00Z

    IFC Films has acquired North American rights from The Works International to Duncan Ward’s black comedy Boogie Woogie.