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NewsChile’s Antonia Zegers to star in Belén Funes’ ’The Turtles’ (exclusive)
Shooting is scheduled to begin at the end of this year.
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News101 Films International adds Isaiah Washington’s ‘Corsicana’ to Cannes market slate (exclusive)
Source: 101 Films International Isaiah Washington 101 Films International has picked up worldwide sales rights on Western thriller Corsicana, written, directed by and starring Isaiah Washington. The completed film stars Washington as deputy US marshal Bass Reeves, a real-life Black cowboy tracking a gang of killers to ...
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NewsBFI’s Mia Bays, Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega to explore restructured Filmmaking Fund at Cannes’ UK Pavilion
Taking part will be Mia Bays, director of the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund and Ama Ampadu and Louise Ortega, the fund’s senior production and production executives.
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NewsFrance, Ireland seal co-production pact with WWII romantic thriller ‘White Friar’
White Friar stars Bafta winning-actress Anamaria Marinca who starred in Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days.
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NewsUK producers call for more support to be able to work with local talent
“We’re the ones making work for actors and everybody,’” said Anna Griffin at a BFI / Screen panel in Cannes.
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NewsSwedish sales outfit Eyewell picks up Ukrainian war doc
Ukrainian filmmakers Tetiana Kulakovska and Anna Martynenko direct and produce.
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NewsMartin Scorsese voices support for Ukraine, freedom of speech at Cannes 2023
Director is “very nervous about the aggression of Russia”; says “freedom to speak is the most important.”
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NewsFrance's minister of culture talks plan to woo more international productions
“We have beautiful landscapes and cities, but more and more shoots are happening in studios and our studios are small and not modernised enough.”
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NewsTodd Haynes’ ‘May December’ lands top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Banel & Adama also lands on the grid with a 2.3 average.
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NewsFilm Constellation locks key territories for Man Ray Cannes Classics title ‘Return To Reason’ (exclusive)
It is the first 4K restoration of Man Ray’s four surrealist short films, paired with an original soundtrack by Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan’s New York band Sqürl.
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News‘May December’ star Natalie Portman highlights "different expectations" for women at Cannes Film Festival
“Some people in France call May-December relationships ‘Le Macron’” jokes Todd Haynes.
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NewsUK’s Adrian Wootton to head jury of Malta’s inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival
The inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival will take place June 25-30 in Malta
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NewsWorld Soundtrack Awards matches composers with filmmakers (exclusive)
Composers including Howard Shore, Patrick Doyle and Daniel Pemberton have taken part.
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NewsAgencies launch Asian Film Alliance Network to foster cross-country collaboration
The Asian Film Alliance Network will promote co-productions, co-financing and training among other initiatives.
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NewsGlobal Screen boards Emily Atef’s Kenya-set AIDS drama ‘Mercy’ (exclusive)
UK-France-Germany co-production depicts the AIDS pandemic at the end of 1990s.
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NewsSovereign to release ‘Lost In The Night’ in the UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Amat Escalante’s title debuted in the Cannes Premiere section.
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NewsMedia Luna takes on psychological thriller ‘Sparrow Call’ (exclusive)
The film stars David Bark-Jones, Billie Vee, Anita Albrecht and Amber Lily-Butterworth.
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NewsTruenorth launches Icelandic talent agency (exclusive)
One of the first clients is Rúnar Ingi Einarsson of company Norður, who is in Cannes as producer of Intrusion (Fár).
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NewsEntertainment Squad, Australia’s Radioactive strike distribution pact (exclusive)
Source: Courtesy of Entertainment Squad Lili Taylor and Stefania LaVie Owen in ‘Paper Spiders’ Shaked Berenson’s Los Angeles-based Entertainment Squad has signed an output deal with Jessica Butland’s fast-rising Australian theatrical distributor Radioactive. The companies collaborated on the New Zealand release of Lili Taylor mental health dramedy ...
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NewsCity of Rio in bid to ramp up incentive fund (exclusive)
RioFilme applies to double annual funding to projects that qualify for cash rebate.