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EuropaCorp transforms Sagan miniseries into theatrical feature
French powerhouse EuropaCorp has made a late decision to transform DianeKurys' TV mini-series Hello Sagan - about legendary French writer François Sagan - into a theatrical feature.The aim now is to turn the biopic, starring Sylvie Testud, Pierre Palmade and Jeanne Balibar, into this year's answer to last year's runaway ...
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Roissy sells Seraphine to Joint Entertainment in Taiwan
Mid-way through the market, Roissy is reporting strong buyer interest inSeraphine. Martin Provost's drama has now gone to Joint Entertainment for Taiwan, Roissy's Yohann Comte confirmed over the weekend.A French-Belgian co-production, Seraphine is the story of French artist Seraphine De Senlis. Born in the mid-19th Century, she worked as ...
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3D animated adventure Fly Me To The Moon sells to four
Ben Stassen, the film-maker behind 3D animated adventure Fly Me To The Moon, has closed four more deals on the film which will be released in late summer in the US by Summit.PlayArte has bought Brazil, Intersonic has taken Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary, R Films has taken Turkey and ...
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A-Film pulls out from Indie Circle buying alliance
It has emerged during the EFM that Dutch distributor A-Film has withdrawnfrom pan-European buying collective, Indie Circle. Henceforth, blue-chip Belgian distributor Cineart will handle Indie Circle projects across all of Benelux.This move follows on from A-Film's hook-up with French powerhouse Wild Bunch.Indie Circle's latest acquisition The Escapist, will be represented ...
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European lawyers launch film network in Berlin
Four leading continental European media and entertainment law firms - German law firm Unverzagt von Have, Spain's ECIJA, France's DDG Deprex Dian Guignot and Italy's ASSUMMA Studio Legale - are launching of the European Lawyers Audovisual Network (ELAN) here on Monday.According to Harro von Have, a partner at Unverzagt von ...
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Taskovski Films launches Banja Luka International Film Festival
The UK-Czech production/sales company Taskovski Films is behind the launch of the Banja Luka International Film Festival (BLIFF) from May 2-9 in the city in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina.Apart from a competitive programme for latest international features, documentaries and student films, this first edition will include sidebars dedicated to 100 ...
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MEDIA plans to set up new programme for third countries
Closer cooperation between the audiovisual industries of the European Union and third countries could become part of a new and separate programme set up by the European Commission.At the MEDIA Day event in Berlin on Monday, Aviva Silver, head of the MEDIA Programme in Brussels, will be unveiling details of ...
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Kross, Herzsprung to star in Habermann's Mill for Juraj Herz
The Reader star David Kross and Germany's 'Shooting Star' Hannah Herzsprung are being lined up to appear in Juraj Herz's Habermann's Mill which is set to go into production later this year for Art Oko and KN Filmcompany. The Second World War drama set in the Sudetenland, which will be ...
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Content closes slew of Splinter deals, including Icon for US/Australia
ContentFilm International has closed a slew of deals on Toby Wilkins' Splinter here at EFM.The film has gone to UK & Australia/New Zealand (Icon), Italy (DNC), The Middle East (Gulf Film), Mexico (Gussi), Czech and Slovak Republics (AQS), Poland (Best Film), The West Indies (Caribbean Film Services), Singapore (Cathay), Venezuela ...
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Image gets Emotional with three-film Celluloid Dreams deal
Image Entertainment has struck a three-film deal with sales company Celluloid Dreams. Image has taken North American rights for Far North and US rights for Emotional Arithmetic and The Color of Freedom (formerly titled Goodbye Bafana).The deal was brokered by Celluloid president Hengameh Panahi and Image Entertainment UK's managing director ...
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Generator kicks off five-film genre slate with Red Mist
Generator Entertainment is kicking off with a new slate of five genre films - with budgets of about $3m each - starting with Paddy Breathnach's new supernatural thriller Red Mist, which started shooting for 24 days in Belfast on Monday. The project marks Breathnach's follow-up to Shrooms.Arielle Kebbel (The Grudge ...
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Soloplan takes Polish rights to Sayles' Honeydripper
Solopan has taken Polish rights to Honeydripper, the latest film from acclaimed indie film director John Sayles. The deal was concluded with sales agent Rezo early during the EFM."'It is an audience pleaser - the kind of film that has a long life. We keep doing sales (on Honeydripper) at ...
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Vuoerensola prepares Finnish Nazi sci-fi comedy Iron Sky
In 1945 the Nazis went to the Moon in 2018 they are coming back! That isthe pitch for macabre Finnish sci-fi comedy Iron Sky, the new feature being plotted by Timo Vuorensola.The film, which will be made by many of the same team behind Star Trek parody, Star Wreck: In ...
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Munich's EVA to co-produce family adventure Raising Phoenix
Munich-based film and TV group Entertainment Value Associates (EVA) is to co-produce Marc Weigert's $15m family adventure project Raising Phoenix which is being produced by Weigert and Volker Engel's LA-based independent outfit Uncharted Territory.Raising Phoenix is due to go into production from April 2008, with location shooting likely to also ...
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Films Distribution closes EFM deals on Lemon Tree
Buyers are swarming round Panorama entry, Lemon Tree. The film, being soldat the EFM by Paris-based Films Distribution, has been picked up for a number of territories following its first official screening earlier in the week. Deals confirmed include Benelux (Cineart), Switzerland (Agora), Seville Pictures (Canada), Teodora (Italy), Film Trade ...
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X Filme International boards films from Meyjes, Fox
New features by Menno Meyjes and Eytan Fox are being lined up by X Filme International in addition to its production of Julie Delpy's The Countess which begins shooting from Feb 18 in Berlin, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt.The X Filme Creative Pool subsidiary will serve as German co-producer for the UK's ...
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Italy-Iraq co-production Flowers Of Kirkuk set to shoot for April
The Flowers Of Kirkuk, the first-ever co-production between Italy and Iraq,is to shoot in April, it was confirmed at the EFM yesterday. The film, to be directed by Fariborz Kamkari, has now received support from Regione Lazio. It is being produced by Fabrizia Falzetti's Far Out Films. Istituto Luce has ...
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Roissy continues Caramel sales with Taiwan deal with Joint
Nadine Labaki's Caramel is continuing to entice buyers. The Lebanesedirector-star's crowd pleaser, which premiered in the Cannes Quinzaine last year, has sold steadily throughout the year.Here at the EFM, French company Roissy Films has announced another deal on the title. Joint Entertainment has now taken the film for Taiwan.Caramel is ...
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ContentFilm strikes UK, German deals for The Killing Room
ContentFilm International has pre-sold Jonathan Liebesman's The Killing Room to the UK (Momentum), Germany (Square One), Portugal (Lusomundo), Greece (Spentzos), The Middle East (Gulf), Brazil (Paris Filmes), Romania (Media Pro), The West Indies (Caribbean Film Services) and Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia (Continental).The high-concept suspense thriller is Liebesman's follow-up to The ...
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Adriana Chiesa adds three including Sorry If I Love You
Rome-based sales outfit Adriana Chiesa has picked up three new titles. The films, all added to Chiesa's slate in the last week, include Italian box-office hit Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Me Ti Chiamo Amore), which racked up $15m within the first fortnight of its Italian release. A romantic ...