All News articles – Page 245
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Cannes’ UK Pavilion to tackle green crisis in production; plus ‘How To Have Sex’ talent talk
A talent talk with Cannes Un Certain Regard title ‘How To Have Sex’ director Molly Manning Walker is also on today’s line-up.
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Media Luna takes on psychological thriller ‘Sparrow Call’ (exclusive)
The film stars David Bark-Jones, Billie Vee, Anita Albrecht and Amber Lily-Butterworth.
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City of Rio in bid to ramp up incentive fund (exclusive)
RioFilme applies to double annual funding to projects that qualify for cash rebate.
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TrustNordisk unveils ‘Back To Reality’ (exclusive)
Project to be written and directed by Denmark’s Anders Thomas Jensen.
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World Soundtrack Awards matches composers with filmmakers (exclusive)
Composers including Howard Shore, Patrick Doyle and Daniel Pemberton have taken part.
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Entertainment Squad, Australia’s Radioactive strike distribution pact (exclusive)
Source: Courtesy of Entertainment Squad Lili Taylor and Stefania LaVie Owen in ‘Paper Spiders’ Shaked Berenson’s Los Angeles-based Entertainment Squad has signed an output deal with Jessica Butland’s fast-rising Australian theatrical distributor Radioactive. The companies collaborated on the New Zealand release of Lili Taylor mental health dramedy ...
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Global Screen boards Emily Atef’s Kenya-set AIDS drama ‘Mercy’ (exclusive)
UK-France-Germany co-production depicts the AIDS pandemic at the end of 1990s.
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Truenorth launches Icelandic talent agency (exclusive)
One of the first clients is Rúnar Ingi Einarsson of company Norður, who is in Cannes as producer of Intrusion (Fár).
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Agencies launch Asian Film Alliance Network to foster cross-country collaboration
The Asian Film Alliance Network will promote co-productions, co-financing and training among other initiatives.
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New projects from ‘Flee’, ‘On The Adamant’ producers join Full Circle Lab (exclusive)
Six upcoming projects selected for development platform.
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Renny Harlin on his vision for action epic ‘Deep Water’: “I feel like a kid again”
“People are missing the reality. I want to rig the actors to the wires and yank them out of the plane.”
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Sandra Rudich, Julie Gayet launch €35m Sisterland to nurture French female-driven projects (exclusive)
Producer Rudich will oversee an investment fund and production company.
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Martin Amis, author of ‘The Zone Of Interest’, dies aged 73
An adaptation of the novel has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Cannes clarifies ticket system as industry delegates get to grips with screening access
”We want to be clear the market badge has priority over festival badges,” said Guillaume Esmiol.
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Italy’s EFM focus to spur further state investment in Italian film industry
Italy has boosted its minority coproduction fund from €5m-€6m.
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Cannes’ Thierry Fremaux involved in heated altercation with policeman
Fremaux was filmed being forcibly pushed by policeman after being asked to stop riding electric bike on pavement.
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Experiential event releases can help arthouse cinemas survive, say global exhibitors
“The arthouse audience has changed and become younger, more ephemeral, more adventurous.”
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France ramps up studios and training with 68 projects chosen for €350m “Great Image Factory” initiative
’The Great Image Factory’ is part of the French government’s €54bn France 2030 plan.
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Jonathan Glazer talks connection between Cannes title ‘The Zone Of Interest’ and modern far-right movements
“The film is trying to talk to the capacity within each of us for violence.”
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‘About Dry Grasses’, ‘The Zone Of Interest’ out in front on Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ’About Dry Grasses’ and ’The Zone Of Interest’ both scored 2.8.