All EFM articles – Page 143

  • News

    Arclight harnesses Beresford's Zebras

    2010-02-15T05:00:00Z

    Arclight Films is in discussions with EFM buyers on the Bruce Beresford project Zebras after picking up international sales rights.

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    IM Global and Reliance Big forge sales alliance

    2010-02-15T05:00:00Z

    Stuart Ford’s aggressive US-based sales powerhouse IM Global has struck an alliance with Reliance Big to handle international sales on its films.

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    Haneke abandons 'old age' project

    2010-02-15T05:00:00Z

    Oscar-nominated Austrian director Michael Haneke has abandoned his planned film about “humiliation and the physical deterioration of the aged” after seeing a Canadian project on a similar subject.

  • News

    ContentFilm dances off with Every Little Step

    2010-02-15T04:55:00Z

    ContentFilm has picked up international rights to Endgame Entertainment’s feature documentary Every Little Step, the critically acclaimed look behind the scenes at the Broadway smash A Chorus Line.

  • News

    High Point warms to third London Microwave title

    2010-02-15T04:54:00Z

    High Point Films, the international theatrical sales arm of Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group, has snapped up world rights to Freestyle, the third feature to emerge from Film London’s Microwave stable.

  • News

    Cineart swoops on top arthouse pics

    2010-02-15T04:54:00Z

    Benelux distributor Cineart has snapped up many of the most high-profile arthouse titles on offer at the EFM over the past few days

  • News

    Generation faces 2011 premiere rule

    2010-02-15T04:54:00Z

    From 2011, films seeking selection for the Berlinale’s Generation sidebar, which focuses on children’s and youth titles, must be European premieres.

  • News

    Serkis, Cave plan motion-capture Opera

    2010-02-15T04:52:00Z

    Andy Serkis, famous for pioneering motion-capture performance in The Lord Of The Rings, King Kong and the upcoming Tintin films, has revealed he will collaborate with musician Nick Cave on a motion-capture movie of The Threepenny Opera. The Brecht and Weill musical play was first performed in 1928 in Berlin.“It’s ...

  • News

    The Manipulators hatch first plot

    2010-02-15T04:50:00Z

    Waiting For Azrael, the first live-action feature from Persepolis directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, will be the first project from new European production powerhouse The Manipulators.

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    Millennium trilogy continues to entice buyers

    2010-02-15T04:50:00Z

    International buyers’ love affair with Stieg Larsson shows no sign of abating, with Zodiak Entertainment Distribution closing a further nine territories on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (aka Men Who Hate Women).

  • News

    Cinema Chile to push country’s films as a brand

    2010-02-15T04:50:00Z

    Chilean producers have launched a cinema brand at the EFM in a bid to raise the profile of Chilean films internationally.

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    Arrow hears Calling, takes Journey

    2010-02-15T04:50:00Z

    Toronto-based Arrow Entertainment principal Steve Arroyave has added drama The Calling and documentary Mythic Journeys to his EFM slate.

  • News

    Peace Arch takes Spungen doc for US

    2010-02-15T04:50:00Z

    Peace Arch has swooped on North American rights to Who Killed Nancy?, the feature doc about the deaths of punk icons Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious.

  • News

    Greek Summer warms up Other Angle

    2010-02-15T04:50:00Z

    France’s Other Angle Pictures has picked up Greek Summer, a new project to be directed by Olivier Horlait.

  • News

    XYZ Films closes deals with MPI, Cinemavault on The Last Lovecraft

    2010-02-15T04:49:00Z

    MPI Media Group has acquired all North American rights to and Cinemavault has boarded international sales on The Last Lovecraft: Relic Of Cthulhu.

  • News

    Wolf picks up Italian indie David's Birthday for the US

    2010-02-14T23:15:00Z

    US distributor Wolfe has snapped up North American rights for Italian indie David’s Birthday (Il Compleanno),a psychological drama set in the south of Italy.

  • From Beginning To End
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    Wide seals deals on End, Room

    2010-02-14T05:55:00Z

    French production and sales outfit Wide Management has confirmed a wave of deals on Portuguese-language drama From Beginning To End (Do Comeco Ao), Enrique Buchichio’s Leo’s Room (El Cuarto De Leo) and Laurence Charpentier’s Gigola.

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    HBO snaps up Grenier's Paparazzo

    2010-02-14T05:05:00Z

    HBO has acquired US television rights to Adrian Grenier’s crowd pleasing documentary Teenage Paparazzo, which has been drawing heavy interest from international buyers at the EFM.

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    Octane pushes genre titles

    2010-02-14T05:00:00Z

    IM Global’s fast-rising Octane division is talking up its genre titles to international buyers here at the EFM.

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    Fandango takes on Marston film

    2010-02-14T05:00:00Z

    Fandango Portobello Sales has boarded the new untitled project from Maria Full Of Grace (pictured) director Joshua Marston. It is handling international sales.