Music Box Films acquires ‘The Summer Book’ starring Glenn Close
Drama premiered at 2024 BFI London Film Festival.
A24, CMC to release English-language version of Chinese box office smash ‘Ne Zha 2’
Michelle Yeoh to feature in new version, which will open on Imax and 3D.
Chinese animation ‘The Girl Who Stole Time’ clocks up global deals
EXCLUSIVE: The animated feature has taken $26m at the Chinese box office to date.
Totem Films takes on Rosanne Pel’s Locarno competition title ‘Donkey Days’
Donkey Days is produced by Floor Onrust for The Netherlands’ Family Affair Films.
Radu Jude’s Locarno selection ‘Dracula’ lands North American deal
Ambitious fledgling New York distributor 1-2 Special in business with Jude again.
Tallinn winner ‘No Dogs Allowed’ scores North America theatrical deal
EXCLUSIVE: Film is aiming for early winter 2025 theatrical run.
Corsican mafia thriller ‘The Mohican’ lands US deal
EXCLUSIVE: Frederic Farrucci’s second feature stars Alexis Manenti.
Berlin prize winner ‘Lesbian Space Princess’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The Austrailan sci-fi animated comedy won the Teddy award at the Berlinale.
Tarik Saleh’s Cannes Competition title ‘Eagles Of The Republic’ flies to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The thriller is the final instalment of Saleh’s Cairo trilogy.
“Audiences are craving British movies,” says True Brit’s Zygi Kamasa at inaugural slate presentation
”They do not need necessarily to be about huge budget or scale …but are interesting, original, commercial.”
French box office continues 2025 slump into summer with 23% dip in ticket sales in June
It has been a rocky first half of the year for French distributors.
French distributors to benefit from revamped CNC financial support
The changes are designed to provide more support for a greater number of films.
‘Victorian Psycho’ starring Maika Monroe and Jason Isaacs acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The film starts shooting on August 18, in the UK and Ireland.
Neon boards ‘A Place In Hell’ starring Michelle Williams, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Andrew Scott
Republic Pictures handles international sales.
Amazon MGM sets international distribution pact with Sony
The first title under the agreement is Luca Guadagnino’s ’After The Hunt’.
Mubi acquires Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ for several territories
The deal include the UK, Ireland, Latin America, ANZ and India among others.
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon’s Artists Equity strikes film deal with Sony Pictures
Sony to finance, handle global distribution and all ancillaries.
Neon acquires Park Chan-wook dark comedy ‘No Other Choice’
Company plans awards run for Venice-tipped feature starring Lee Byung-hun.
Cannes prize-winner ‘Two Prosecutors’ goes to Janus for North America
Ukraine’s Sergei Loznitsa previously won the Un Certain Regard directing prize for Donbass.
UK Global Screen Fund, LFF, NFTS receive big funding boosts from UK government
The package will also include support for British Film Commission, BFI Film Academy, and CoSTAR programme.
