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NewsHere Is Harold makes sales
Norwegian road movie, about a man who sets out to kidnap the founder of Ikea, sold to Europe and Asia.
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NewsNordisk takes Norway theatrical lead
Denmark’s largest cinema chain, Nordisk Film Biografer, has become theatrical market leader in Norway after securing a 49% stake in exhibitor Kinosør.
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NewsDownfall director to make Nazi drama
Oliver Hirschbiegel to direct the story of Georg Elser, the man who attempted to assassinate Hitler in 1939.
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NewsContent pre-sells Steve McQueen doc
Key European territories among those to pick up rights to the documentary about the late actor’s struggle to make a film about Le Mans.
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NewsDepardieu eyed for children's fantasy
Actor Gérard Depardieu is being considered for a Russian fantasy feature.
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NewsDencik to shoot Gold Coast in Ghana
EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Dencik is readying an August 4 start of shoot for his first fiction feature, Gold Coast; his short Tal R premieres in Karlovy Vary.
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NewsGermany’s SquareOne acquires Cannes market titles
Films include Eli Roth’s Knock Knock, Anton Corbijn’s Life, Boychoir starring Dustin Hoffman and Spooks feature.
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NewsBjörk film set for Karlovy Vary
Concert movie Björk: Biophilia Live is to receive its European Premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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NewsPolish festival secures 20 Cannes titles
Damián Szifrón’s Cannes Competition film Wild Tales and Palm d’Or winner Winter Sleep to open the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw.
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NewsPula boosts lineup with guests including Michell, Fridriksson
A re-energised Pula Film Festival, the biggest film festival in Croatia, will welcome top guests including Roger Michell, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Gyorgi Palfi, Tudor Giurgiu and Mike Cahill.
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NewsRussia fears death of arthouse cinema
New legislation banning use of obscene words came into effect yesterday [July 1].
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase this week include thriller Long Time Coming and a new adaptation of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.
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NewsUK Focus at Vologda's VOICES
UK film-makers are in the spotlight at the fifth edition of Vologda’s VOICES festival (July 4-8), which will open with Ken Loach’s Cannes Competition film Jimmy’s Hall.
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NewsDisobedient triumphs at Cinema City
Mina Djukic’s film wins best film, director and actress in National Class; Free Entry by Hungary’s Yvonne Kerekgyarto gets Cineuropa Award in Fresh Danube Film section.
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NewsRinkel unveils A Real Van Meegeren
Rudolf van den Berg’s feature stars Tygo Gernandt [pictured] as the notorious art forger Han van Meegeren.
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NewsFirst MBS deals announced
EXCLUSIVE: Among the deals, Mexico’s In Films We Trust will buy a package of eight Russian films from Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs.
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NewsJapan is big winner in Moscow
Japan was the big winner at this year’s Moscow International Film Festival which ended on Saturday evening with the Golden St. George trophy for best film going to Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s My Man (Watashi-No Otoko) [pictured].The film, which also received the Silver St. George best actor honours for Tadanobu Asano, had ...
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NewsCross Video Days celebrates biggest edition ever
Hot projects at Paris-based crossmedia market and conference included Game Fever, Shiva Destroys Sex and Wei or Die.
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NewsBondarchuk says Battalion will top Stalingrad
Stalingrad 3D’s producer-director Fyodor Bondarchuk has a US major in his sights for the national and international distribution of the forthcoming Russian war film, Battalion Of Death, set during the First World War.
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NewsScreen Leaders programme welcomes 8 companies
Irish Film Board supports the six month programme.