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All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 123
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NewsStudioCanal sees 'incredible response' for African Safari 3D
Other hot sellers at EFM include Tinker, Tailor and Blackbird.
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NewsSola closes US deal on Turtle documentary
Nick Singer’s feature documentary Turtle: The Incredible Journey has closed a US deal for Sola Media.
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NewsFilms Transit, Autlook join forces on select films
Jan Rofekamp’s Quebec-based Films Transit and Peter Jager’s Vienna-located Autlook, two of the leading sales agents for feature docs, are to join forces on selected projects.
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NewsLara, Hogg join cast of Jakimowski's Blind Watching
The shoot will start in early May in Lisbon.
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NewsMarvin Gaye biopic slated to shoot later this year
British director Julien Temple is set to make a biopic, tentatively titled Sexual Healing, about legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye.
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NewsLate Bloomers sells to US
Gaumont also closes a batch of other territories on Julie Gavras’ Berlinale Special title.
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NewsIsabelle Huppert Captured by Mendoza project
French sales outfit Film Distribution will handle sales on the new Brillante Mendoza project Captured, which stars French acting legend Isabelle Huppert. The film is being produced through Swift Productions.
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NewsHuppert Captured by Brillante Mendoza’s next film
French sales outfit Film Distribution is to handle sales on new Brillante Mendoza project Captured.
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NewsJulien Temple, F&ME head to Brazil for rockumentary
UK-based Film & Music Entertainment teams with Julien Temple for rock doc.
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NewsBuyers blow into PTZ’s Headwinds
Universal is handling Headwinds in France while Cineart will be releasing the film in Benelux (on behalf of Movies Benelux).
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NewsFlowers to bloom with Iraqi release
Fariborz Kamkari’s The Flowers Of Kirkuk, being sold by Adriana Chiesa in the EFM, is set to be released in Iraq in late March.
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NewsBen Stassen readies African Safari 3D
Belgian animation supremo and nWave boss reveals further details of his first live-action 3D venture.
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NewsLumiere takes Benelux rights to Fjållabacka Murders
Underlining its appetite for Scandinavian crime fare, Benelux distributor Lumiere has snapped up the rights to writer Camilla Läckberg’s bestselling The Fjållabacka Murders.
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NewsIcon takes UK rights to The Devil's Double
Icon Film Distribution has snapped up UK rights to €15 million The Devil’s Double , the Lee Tamahori film that proved one of the stand out hits in Sundance last month.
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NewsHopscotch strikes double deal with WestEnd
London-based WestEnd Films has secured high-profile sales to Hopscotch in Australia for two of its main EFM titles, Albert Nobbs and the recently announced A Late Quartet.
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NewsMetropolis’ sales for The Guard include Optimum for UK
UK based sales company Metropolis International Sales has closed multiple deals on John Michael McDonagh’s The Guard (screening in Panorama.)
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NewsTrustNordisk closes French deal for Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense
French outfit Pretty Pictures attracted to David Mackenzie’s romance-drama.
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NewsTrustNordisk takes on Christiansen’s ID: A
Danish sales outfit is handling Christian E. Christiansen’s thriller.