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All Markets articles – Page 51
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NewsUK’s HanWay tempts buyers with Thirteen Assassins
HanWay Films will be introducing buyers to Takashi Miike’s next film Thirteen Assassins at the Cannes film festival.
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FeaturesPirates thrive in India film strike
A month-long strike has virtually closed India’s cinemas but so far resolved little between producers and exhibitors.
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NewsPeace Arch to bring Oh My God to Cannes
Peace Arch Entertainment has acquired international rights to Oh My God, Peter Rodger’s documentary in which celebrities, religious leaders and ordinary people discuss their perception of god.
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FeaturesMarket report Korea
Sumptuous foreign costume dramas are seducing Korean audiences, while action films also work well.
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FeaturesMarket report UK
Festival gems perform well in the UK, but usually far outside the top 100.
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News6 Sales picks up international rights to Exterminators
Spanish sales company 6 Sales has picked up international rights excluding the US and India to UTV Motion Pictures’ Exterminators, starring Heather Graham, Jennifer Coolidge and Amber Heard.
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NewsFirst Run acquires US rights to Tribeca doc Defamation
First Run Features has acquired US rights to Israeli director Yoav Shamir’s anti-semitism documentary Defamation, following its US premiere at Tribeca on Thursday night [April 23].
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Market Report - Spain
The two stand-out foreign films of the 2008 Spanish box office were Matteo Garrone’s Cannes award-winner Gomorrah ($2.8m) and Stefan Ruzowitzky’s Oscar-winning Austrian title The Counterfeiters ($3.2m). Both were controversial titles which benefited from wide marketing campaigns.Additionally, the foreign films that perform well in Spain tend to be the high-profile ...
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NewsSC Films picks up international rights to Awaydays
Simon Crowe’s new sales company SC Films International has picked up the rights to Awaydays.
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Icon takes UK rights to Sundance hit Black Dynamite
David Jourdan’s T&C Pictures International and Icon have struck a deal for UK rights to Scott Sanders’ Sundance hit Black Dynamite.
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Cinetic launches international arm under Shebnem Askin-Schreger
New York-based consulting and sales outfit Cinetic Media is launching Cinetic International, a new unit which will offer clients a range of services including foreign sales, consulting, financing and packaging capabilities.
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Britweek - Springboard for brits in LA
It was three years ago that UK TV executive Nigel Lythgoe had the idea for an event “to celebrate everything British” in the US. American Idol, which Lythgoe was at the time executive producing after having developed the original British format for creator Simon Fuller, was at the peak of ...
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NewsCMG adds civil rights drama American Violet to Cannes slate
Ed Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has acquired international rights to Tim Disney’s civil rights drama American Violetand will commence sales in Cannes next month.
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NewsThe Works International to handle sales of La Prima Linea
The Works International has picked up the world sales rights to Italian thriller La Prima Linea (The Front Line). It has acquired the film in conjunction with sales agency QuickfireFilms.
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Pony Canyon sells Amalfi, Nodame Cantabile to Asia
Japanese international sales outfit Pony Canyon has closed pre-sales with two Asian buyers for Fuji TV titles Nodame Cantabile The Movie and Amalfi.
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Other Angle picks up rights for Bus Palladium and Les Beaux Gosses
Other Angle Pictures, the new Paris-based sales company, has picked up the international rights to Bus Palladium and Les Beaux Gosses.
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NewsMedia 8 heads to Cannes Marche flush with Cash
Media 8 Entertainment has taken on worldwide rightsahead of Cannes next monthto Immortal Thoughts Productions’ psychological thrillerCashstarring Sean Bean.
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Sony takes international media rights to Class 5 Films' Obama doc
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has swooped on all international media rights (excluding UK TV) and North American home entertainment rights to the previously untitled documentary By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama.
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Cannes Marche scraps 2.5% exhibitor price increase
Cannes Marche has scrapped plans to levy a 2.5% increase on exhibitors and will revert to 2008 prices for this year’s market.