All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 97
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NewsFlanders Fund backs projects including Roskam gangster thriller
Belgian auteur Felix van Groeningen’s new feature Belgica is also among the projects to receive support from the VAF.
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NewsFirst Hand reels in doc deals
Among the deals, Kinosmith has taken Canadian rights to hard-hitting doc Shadows of Liberty [pictured], which has also sold to DBS TV in Israel.
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NewsGirl King crowns new deals
Transmission has come on board for Australia while Maywin has pre-bought Russian rights.
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NewsUK deal for Johnny Cash doc
EXCLUSIVE: Wide House has closed a UK theatrical deal for Johnny Cash doc My Father And The Man In Black with Ballpark Film Distributors.
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NewsGaumont boosts 'France' export
EXCLUSIVE: Gaumont has struck multiple sales on Vive La France by Michael Youn, starring Jose Garcia and Michael Young and billed as “a crazy, extremely funny and politically incorrect postcard of France.
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NewsSigourney Weaver joins Body Art
EXCLUSIVE: Sigourney Weaver is joining the cast of Body Art, Luca Guadagnino’s new film based on the novel The Body Artist by Don DeLillo.
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NewsWild Bunch Benelux agrees tie
Pim Hermeling’s Wild Bunch Benelux has entered into a buying alliance with new Scandinavian outfit Selmer Entertainment.
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NewsAdriana Chiesa moves into production
Italian sales agent Adriana Chiesa has established a new production company and is already underway on their first project.
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NewsCinephil sells The Act of Killing
In advance of its Berlin screenings, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act Of Killing has been sold to multiple territories.
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NewsBaetens reads The Verdict
The Verdict is produced by Peter Bouckaert for Eyeworks Film & TV Drama.
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NewsOpen Reel debuts at EFM
Italian sales company was founded last November by Cosimo Santoro and has already built up a catalogue of more than 25 titles.
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NewsNew Czech film fund launched
The new Fund is expected have approximately €8m ($11m a year) at its disposal; this year’s EFM contains screenings of several Czech productions and coproductions, including IFFR Tiger winner My Dog Killer [pictured].
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NewsSoda blasts off with art label
The company is to be run by curator/producer Elena Hill, who will work closely with Soda principals Eve Gabereau and Ed Fletcher.
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NewsMads Mikkelsen saddles up for Zentropa Western
EXCLUSIVE: Zentropa is again saddling up with Mads Mikkelsen. The Danish powerhouse production company is hatching its first Western, which sales company TrustNordisk is launching at the EFM.
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NewsMatch Factory strikes deal for Snow in Paradise
EXCLUSIVE: Control editor Andrew Hulme makes his directorial debut.
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NewsWide smiles with Carbone film
Wide Management has added a new title to its roster, Daniel Patrick Carbone’s Hide Your Smiling Faces.
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NewsAutlook sails with Pirate Bay doc
EXCLUSIVE: TPB-AFK screens in Berlin Panorama and will also be made available free online.
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NewsKaurismaki partners with Yellow Affair
EXCLUSIVE: Company is selling Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King.
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NewsMauritius launches 30% film tax incentive
EXCLUSIVE: Island nation also plans to sign co-production treaties.
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NewsBuyers swim to Reel Suspects’ Vanishing Waves
Matteo Lovadina’s Paris-based sales outfit Reel Suspects has confirmed a raft of deals on its new sci-fi melodrama Vanishing Waves.