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NewsAndrucha Waddington to direct Spanish-Brazilian film Sun Seeker
Brazilian director Andrucha Waddington is set to direct a new project titled Sun Seekers, which will be a romantic tale set in the time of the Incas in Peru.
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NewsNorway joins European co-production convention
Norway is set to join the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.
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NewsEnrique Gato to direct 3D animation Tadeo Jones
Spanish director Enrique Gato is beginning production on the 3D animation feature Tadeo Jones, based on his own short films of the same name
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NewsHelena Trestikova wins MEDIA European Talent Award
Czech documentary filmmaker Helena Trestikova has won the MEDIA European Talent Award for her project Zazrak– Miracle 35 Years Later.
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NewsGerman regional fund hands $14.7m to co-productions
Germany’s leading regional film fund, Filmstiftung NRW, has allocated $14.7m (€11m) – a third of its annual budget - to 35 projects, including a film by UK director Alex Winter.
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NewsSwedish TV show to be remade for the big screen
Skärgårdsdoktorn (The Archipelago Doctor), one of Sweden’s most popular TV shows during the Nineties, is being revived as a film.
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NewsPhantoms to revisit Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival has announced These Phantoms – 2 will be the retrospective for the upcoming 66th edition.
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NewsFilms Boutique picks up new films by Rodrigues and Safdie brothers
Berlin-based sales agent Films Boutique has picked up Joao Pedro Rodrigues’ To Die Like A Man and US indie filmmakers Josh & Benny Safdie’s Go Get Some Rosemary.
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NewsGerman film fund back on track
German film production will step up a gear this week after the Berlin-based German Federal Film Board finally agreed its budget for 2009. It is understood to be close to last year’s $93.4m (€70m).
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NewsSpain's Filmax picks up Magic Journey To Africa for Cannes
Major Spanish producer/distributor and sales outfit Filmax has taken international sales rights to Jordi Llompart’s $13m live-action 3D film Magic Journey To Africa.
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NewsTF1 to show promo of Jeunet's Micmacs at Cannes
TF1 International has announced its Cannes line-up including world premiere screenings, new titles and the first images of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs
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Content picks up The Details
ContentFilm International has picked up international sales rights to The Details.Written and directed by Jacob Estes, The Details stars James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Anna Friel. Content will be introducing the film to buyers at Cannes next week.The Details tells the story of a couple whose domestic strife ...
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NewsAV Pictures boards Freight
AV Pictures has taken on international sales of Stuart St. Paul’s Freight, which is currently in post production.
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NewsLocarno reveals 2009 jury line-up
The Locarno International Film Festival has announced the first names for this year’s official juries. The Swiss festival takes place between August 5 – 15 this year.
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Bavaria completes Cannes slate
Bavaria Film International has added genre titles Ole Bornedal’s Deliver Us From Evil and Jonathan auf der Heide’s Van Diemen’s Land to its sales slate for this year’s Cannes.
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NewsImagina picks up new Woody Allen for Cannes
Spanish sales outfit Imagina has obtained the sales rights to Woody Allen’s new project and will present it for the first time to distributors at Cannes.
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NewsJavier Diez de Polanco leaves Prisa
Javier Diez de Polanco, head of film and TV at Spanish media group Prisa, has left the company.
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NewsMedia group Prisa acquires Spain's Tesela Producciones
Prisa, the Spanish media group, has taken full control of Tesela Producciones, one of the leading producers of Spanish language films.
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NewsNorwegian Film Institute supports Chopin
Norway’s Storm Studios will co-produce Chopin, a $6.6m (NOK 43m) fully-animated feature from UK’s BreakThru Films, which will be released for composer’s 200th anniversary in 2010.
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Sweden launches summer campaign for local releases
The Swedish Film Institute is backing local films with a $310,000 (SEK 2.5m) support campaign this summer.