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    Lungulov to build Monument To Michael Jackson

    2010-02-15T04:50:00Z

    Serbian director Darko Lungulov is reuniting with Penrose Films, the co-producer of his debut Here And There, on his next project, Monument To Michael Jackson (working title).

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    Wolf picks up Italian indie David's Birthday for the US

    2010-02-14T23:15:00Z

    US distributor Wolfe has snapped up North American rights for Italian indie David’s Birthday (Il Compleanno),a psychological drama set in the south of Italy.

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    AV sells Shank for France, Germany

    2010-02-14T05:00:00Z

    AV Pictures has closed two major territory deals on urban action title Shank, with Wild Side taking France and Ascot Elite handling Germany. Further sales have also been closed with Benelux (Moviebank) and the Middle East (Falcon).

  • David Linde
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    Independents step up to Hollywood funding crisis

    2010-02-14T05:00:00Z

    The crisis in the Hollywood studio system could signal a major upturn for the independent production and finance business, key players are hinting in Berlin.

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    Buyers to meet Hoff's Ninja

    2010-02-14T05:00:00Z

    CJ Entertainment will be introducing buyers to Dancing Ninja, starring David Hasselhoff and HIgh School Musical’s Luke Grabeel.

  • Olivier Pere
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    Locarno unmoved by Sarajevo date change

    2010-02-14T04:58:00Z

    The Locarno International Film Festival is not flustered by the Sarajevo Film Festival’s decision to bring its 16th edition forward a week to July 23-31, according to Locarno’s industry office chief Nadia Dresti.

  • Rasmus Krogh
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    NFD commits to local film with new hires

    2010-02-14T04:57:00Z

    Nordisk Film Distribution (NFD) has appointed Lone Korslund as head of co-productions, and Rasmus Krogh as its new local film buyer.

  • The Secret In Their Eyes
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    Campanella’s Eyes still attractive

    2010-02-14T04:57:00Z

    Spanish sales agency Latido has sold Juan Jose Campanella’s The Secret In Their Eyes to Filmware International for Taiwan and is in advanced negotiations for Japan, Germany and Switzerland.

  • Roberto Cicutto
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    Rome on collision course with AFM

    2010-02-14T04:56:00Z

    The fifth edition of the International Rome Film Festival is set to clash with the American Film Market.

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    Imagina takes on Leon de Aranoa’s Amador

    2010-02-14T04:52:00Z

    Imagina is handling international sales on Amador, the new film from critics’ darling Fernando Leon de Aranoa.

  • Petri Kotwica
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    Allfilm boards Screen best pitch title Rat King

    2010-02-14T04:24:00Z

    Estonia’s Allfilm will co-produce Petri Kotwica’s third feature Rat King, which received the Screen International Best Pitch Award at Tallinn’s Baltic Event Co-Production Market last December.

  • Leighton Meester
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    ContentFilm snares The Uncatchable Cowgirl Bandits

    2010-02-13T17:30:00Z

    ContentFilm International has taken worldwide rights to The Uncatchable Cowgirl Bandits Of Nottingham, Texas from director Jess Manafort and writer Michael Tabb.

  • Bodyguard And Assassins
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    We Distribution closes deals on Bodyguards And Assassins

    2010-02-13T17:23:00Z

    World sales outfit We Distribution has closed deals for the $23 million budget Peter Chan produced Bodyguards And Assassins. Metropolitan took France and TMC took Turkey.

  • Irvine Welsh
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    Irvine Welsh to direct The Magnificant Eleven

    2010-02-13T17:15:00Z

    Trainspotting novelist Irvine Welsh will direct gritty UK comedy The Magnificent Eleven, a modern-day version of the classic 1960 western The Magnificent Seven in which the Cowboys are a local amateur soccer team, the Indians run a nearby Tandoori restaurant and the bandits are a group of menacing thugs run ...

  • Aki Kaurismaki
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    Kaurismaki to make new movie in France

    2010-02-13T05:00:00Z

    Finnish maverick Aki Kaurismaki is hatching a new movie in France called Le Havre. The film, a dramatic comedy about “a shoeblack who tries to save a refugee” has received script development funding from The Finnish Film Foundation.  

  • Lars Von Trier
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    Lars von Trier readies Melancholia as pre-sales close to Russia, Poland

    2010-02-13T05:00:00Z

    Lars Von Trier’s next feature Melancholia is set to start shooting in Sweden in June with Meta Foldager (Antichrist) again producing.

  • The Waiting City
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    E1 takes three from H20 for Canada

    2010-02-13T04:56:00Z

    E1 Entertainment has closed a deal for Canadian rights to three films from Andras Hamori and Mark Horowitz’s H20 Motion Pictures.

  • La Danse,The Paris Opera Ballet
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    Le Danse sets rhythm for Doc & Film

    2010-02-13T04:53:00Z

    Paris-based Doc & Film International has closed further sales on the Cesar-nominated documentary La Danse,The Paris Opera Ballet.

  • Eric Balfour
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    Cinesavvy lines up p&a spend on Frankie & Alice, Cell 213

    2010-02-13T04:53:00Z

    Toronto-based sales company Cinesavvy says it has secured “considerable” p&a funding for two of its EFM premieres, Frankie & Alice and Cell 213 from LA-based company Checkmark Films.

  • Suspiria
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    Jinga scares up US deal horror Finale

    2010-02-13T04:51:00Z

    UK-based production and sales outfit Jinga has closed a North American deal on its supernatural horror film Finale with Image Entertainment. It is scheduled for May 2010 release.