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NewsThe Works sells "The Cove" to Drei Freunde
London based The Works has sold The Cove to new distribution venture Drei Freunde for Germany..
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NewsMusic Box acquires the US rights to North Face and Cloud 9
Music Box Films has acquired all US rights to the German films North Face (Nordwand) from Beta Cinema and Cloud 9 (Wolke 9) from Match Factory.
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NewsContent and Joost form partnership
Content Republic and global web video service Joost have formed a partnership that will see Content Republic’s upcoming releases made available to Joost audiences across the UK and Germany.
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NewsRussia forms organisation to promote local films abroad
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation is to create a government-sponsored, non-commercial organisation for the promotion of the Russian cinema abroad.
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NewsWild Bunch unleashes packed slate on Cannes
Wild Bunch has arrived in Cannes with a packed slate including Nikita Mikhalkov’s $68.1m (€50m) follow up to Burnt By The Sun, and the next film from French master Jean-Luc Godard.
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NewsEcho Bridge appoints Eastern European sales chief
Echo Bridge Entertainment has hired Sonia Mehandjiyska as vice-president of international sales for Eastern Europe, the latest of four appointments this year designed to bolster the company’s sales ranks.
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NewsFrance in favour of adopting Creation and Internet law
France’s lower house has voted 296 to 233 in favour of adopting the hotly-disputed Creation and Internet law.
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NewsSubmarine closes worldwide sales on horror flick I Sell The Dead
Submarine has closed worldwide sales on Glenn McQuaid’s Slamdance premiere I Sell The Dead.
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NewsFilmkameratene hunts projectionist accused of piracy
Filmkameratene, Norwegian production outfit, is closing in on a cinema projectionist who is alleged to have illegally filmed local blockbuster, Max Manus, and distributed it on the internet.
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NewsJorge Dorado to adapt Yulenka for Fox International
Spanish director Jorge Dorado is set to write and direct an adaptation of the Russian drama Yulenka for Fox International in Spain.
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NewsMatch Factory adds The Light to Cannes line-up
The Match Factory has added Kyrgyz filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat’s next feature The Light to its sales line-up.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute backs three features with $1.5m
Fast Cash (Snabba Cash), the first part of Swedish lawyer-author Jens Lapidus’ best-selling Stockholm Noir trilogy, is on the way to the big screen.
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NewsMunich retrospective dedicated to British director Stephen Frears
The British director Stephen Frears will be honoured with a retrospective at this year’s Munich Filmfest, which will be held from 26 June - 4 July.
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NewsWild Bunch takes international rights on Ghobadi's Persian Cats
Wild Bunch will handle international sales on Bahman Ghobadi’s No One Knows About Persian Cats.
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NewsSweden’s Gotland Island bids to become film production centre
The Swedish island of Gotland – the home of the late Ingmar Bergman – has renewed its efforts to become a centre for film production in the city of Fårösund.
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NewsKatapult picks up Women In Trouble for Cannes
Paris-based sales company Katapult Film Sales has acquired international rights to the comedy Women In Trouble by writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez.The film, which stars Carla Gugino, Simon Baker and Josh Brolin, follows one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women, including a porn star, a psychiatrist and a bartender, ...
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NewsElle Driver adds Women Are Heroes to Cannes slate
Elle Driver, the Paris-based sales and acquisition outfit, has added a new project with the working title Women Are Heroes to its Cannes slate.
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NewsDardenne Brothers to give Cannes Cinema Masterclass
The Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, will give this year’s Cinema Masterclass at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsThe Boat That Rocked docks in France, Little Ashes fires up Spain and UK
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week
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NewsEduardo Chapero Jackson to shoot first full length feature
The multi-award winning Spanish shorts director Eduardo Chapero Jackson is looking to shoot his first feature film, titled Verbo, this summer.