All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 132
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FeaturesFunny Business
A string of French comedies, led by Dany Boon’s Welcome To The Sticks, have scored recent hits overseas bucking the widely accepted trend that local comedies don’t travel. Geoffrey MacNab reports.
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NewsAV Pictures closes key deals on Josh Reed's Primal
AV Pictures kicks off Cannes Market with key deals on Josh Reed’s Primal.
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Hubert Bals Fund gives $570,000 in latest round
Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund supports 29 films from 22 countries.
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NewsWestEnd takes on sales for Lohan's Lovelace project, Inferno
London-based WestEnd Films has taken on worldwide sales on Inferno, the story of notorious porn actress and Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace.
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Bankside slate adds Peter Greenaway, Famke Janssen, Antonia Bird films
UK sales and film financing outfit Bankside Films has struck a first-look deal with Dutch producer Kees Kasander and will be handling worldwide sales on Peter Greenaway’s new feature.
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Sola Media launches Freddie Frogface
The German sales outfit has taken on world sales for the animated 3D feature, currently in production.
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Revamped, rebranded uMedia backs Stassen’s World
Motion Investment Group is metamorphosing into a fully integrated financing, production and distribution company.
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The Works takes international sales on Nuummioq
The film is directed by Otto Rosing and Torben Bech and stars Lars Rosing and Angunnguaq Larsen.
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Revolver loves Zombie Women
The film follows a group of misfits trapped in stocking-clad zombie cult.
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Sean Penn finds his Place with Sorrentino
Sean Penn and Paolo Sorerentino are collaborating on Sorentino’s English-language debut, This Must Be The Place, which Pathé International is introducing to buyers.
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Jinga Films scares up A Serbian Film
Other films in Jinga’s Cannes line-up include Federico Zampaglione’s Shadow and Darren Ward’s A Day Of Violence.
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6 Sales goes behind the scenes with Almodovar documentary
6 Sales also announces deals on The Dancer And The Thief, Locked, and Malice In Wonderland.
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NewsHanWay promotes Westerhoff
UK sales company HanWay has promoted Fabien Westerhoff to lead its multi-media division. Mark Lane has also been promoted to Sales Manager and Kate Hide brought in as Business & Content Manager.
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Atrix books sales on In The Beginning There Was Light
The documentary is made by the team behind We Feed The World and Let’s Make Money.
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Bankside takes on project from Richard Kwietniowski, Gael Garcia Bernal
London-based international sales company Bankside Films has taken international rights on Richard Kwietniowski’s Regret Not Speaking, starring Gael Garcia Bernal and co-starring John Hurt.Currently in pre-production, this is an erotic comedy set aboard a plane. Bankside will be introducing the project to buyers during Cannes.The plot concerns two strangers who ...
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ContentFilm barks for Dog Squad 3D
Principal photography is due to start in late summer 2010 in Canada.
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FeaturesGeorgina Lowe, producer
The producer of Mike Leigh’s Cannes competition title Another Year talks to Geoffrey Macnab about her long collaboration with the British director.
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NewsUK's Soda Pictures sets up new $3m fund, acquires Tetro and Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
The London-based distributor has set up a new $3m (£2m) distribution fund called the Soda Film Fund to bolster its acquisitions and optimise their release campaigns.