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All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 135
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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.
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NewsUK industry has mixed response to Pact producer recoupment proposals
Broadcasters and the UK Film Council have been non-committal while regional screen agencies have expressed wariness. However, producers themselves have given expectedly full backing to Pact’s blueprint.
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NewsUniversal takes multiple territories on Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method
UPI has acquired the film, starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel, to distribute in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and South Africa. HanWay handles sales.
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FeaturesFestivals cope with ash cloud chaos
Festivals on both sides of the Atlantic had to scramble to re-organise events in light of the volcanic travel chaos; Cannes says it will watch “the evolution of the situation.”
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The specialised space race
The UK’s specialist distributors are competing to secure screens for their arthouse and foreign-language fare in a squeezed exhibition sector. Geoffrey Macnab reports.
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Metrodome announces appointments as part of restructure
The UK distributor has made three key appointments following the departure of its general manager and CEO.
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NewsIndependent picks up SUS
UK based production and sales outfit will release Robert Heath’s political film to coincide with General Election
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NewsMetrodome's theatrical distribution arm to stay open
The UK outfit says it has no intention of closing its theatrical distribution arm, despite redundancies.
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NewsUK producers very upbeat about UKFC's new three-year plan
Producers and industry execs cheer UK Film Council’s new fund setup and executive appointments; hopeful that operations will be ‘more effective.’
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FeaturesDavid Baddiel
Writer-comedian David Baddiel talks about The Infidel, the film he wrote and produced, and explains why many risk-taking British comedians are turning from TV toward the big screen.
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NewsLevelK turns to the dark side
Tine Klint’s new Danish sales outfit LevelK is getting into the film noir business.
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NewsWestEnd makes 11-title Woody Allen library play
Fast-growing London-based sales outfit WestEnd Films has snapped up exclusive international rights to an eye-catching batch of 11 films from Woody Allen.
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NewsUK's Metrodome to scale back theatrical business; CEO Peter Urie resigns
No details yet on job losses; Urie will consult with the company.
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NewsLionsgate takes Self-Medicated for the UK
The distributor has taken the UK rights to Monty Lapica’s drama.