All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 34
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NewsBerlin Competition title ‘Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy’ scores early deals for m-appeal (exclusive)
Diaphana has taken French rights to Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s drama.
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NewsOdin’s Eye scores US, UK deals on animation franchise ‘Tales From Sanctuary City’ (exclusive)
Further sales include Canada, Russia, France and Taiwan.
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NewsBeta boards Berlinale Competition titles ‘Next Door’, ‘I’m Your Man’ (exclusive)
‘Next Door’ is directed by Daniel Brühl and Dan Stevens stars in ‘In Your Man’.
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NewsFilms Boutique picks up Berlin Competition title ‘Mr Bachmann And His Class’ (exclusive)
German distributor Grandfilm is planning a release for the summer.
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NewsnWave producing Don Quixote-inspired animation from ‘Toy Story’ writers (exclusive)
The Brussels-based company’s ‘Bigfoot Family’ recently sold to Netflix.
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NewsKaleidoscope grows EFM slate led by ‘Dawn Of War’ (exclusive)
Spy thriller ‘Dawn Of War’ led the box office in its native Estonia.
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Features‘Pieces Of A Woman’ filmmakers on the story’s deeply personal inspiration
Director Kornel Mundruczo and writer Kata Weber delved into painful and personal subject matter to create their English-language drama Pieces Of A Woman
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NewsThe two women using the Rotterdam Lab to help build the Jamaican film sector
Nadean Rawlins is participating in the Lab with a project called ‘Traytown’.
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Features“I’m not an exile”: Iranian director Keywan Karimi talks returning to the city where he was imprisoned
His next planned feature, ‘Do You Know Anything About Omid?’, is being pitched at Rotterdam’s CineMart.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund appoints interim manager
Esther Bannenberg will stay until at least June as the fund looks to restructure this year.
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NewsDutch producers ready new projects for international festivals and buyers
Producers are busy but there are questions over how films will be released.
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NewsFortissimo boards sales on Japanese aphrodisiac feature ‘Sexual Drive’
Yoshida Kota’s film debuts in Rotterdam’s Big Screen Competition.
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NewsRussian producers talk Netflix plague thriller ‘To The Lake’, future projects
The series has appeared on Netflix’s top 10 list in more than 50 countries worldwide.
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FeaturesFour hot projects at Rotterdam’s online CineMart
The filmmakers reveal what they hope to achieve from the co-production market.
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FeaturesRotterdam industry head Marit van den Elshout: “We like to break down barriers”
The head of IFFR Pro talks about the need to keep the programme lean and accessible.
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Features50 European films to tempt festival directors in 2021
The key contenders from France, Benelux, Nordics, Italy, Germany, Spain, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia.
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FeaturesHow heavily pirated Russian sci-fi 'Coma' was reworked for release in China
“The Chinese team has used Russian footage to tell a new story.”
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Agnieszka Holland on favourite films, festivals and the future of the industry
”I used to like Toronto when it was smaller and possible to meet people.”
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FeaturesAlexander Nanau on awards contender ‘Collective’: “I realised how rotten human nature can be”
Nanau’s film is a contender for documentary and international feature in awards season.
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NewsRussia box office booms over New Year with ‘Another Round’ and ‘The Last Warrior: Root Of Evil’
Disney Russia recorded box office takings of $22m over the New Year period.