All articles by Patrick Frater – Page 19

  • News

    Europe opens up to Tube

    2003-11-12T04:05:00Z

    Tube Entertainment's big underground action picture Tube has scored additional sales in Europe selling to AV Film for Italy and Pathe for France. Spain's Manga Entertainment bought both Tube and Jan Sun Woo's sci-fi fantasy Resurrection Of The Little Match Girl. Tube has also struck a deal with John Sloss' ...

  • News

    Europe opens up to Tube

    2003-11-12T04:05:00Z

    Tube Entertainment's big underground action picture Tube has scored additional sales in Europe selling to AV Film for Italy and Pathe for France. Spain's Manga Entertainment bought both Tube and Jan Sun Woo's sci-fi fantasy Resurrection Of The Little Match Girl. Tube has also struck a deal with John Sloss' ...

  • Reviews

    Old Boy

    2003-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Park Chan-Wook. Korea. 2003. 135 mins (approx)Director Park Chan-Wook helped Korean cinema break into a front of mind position with international distributors with his first film Joint Security Area, a tense stand-off on the North-South Korean border. He showed a darker, edgier side with Sympathy For Mr Vengeance, a ...

  • News

    NonStop takes on trio of titles

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    Sweden's NonStop Sales has added a trio of high profile local titles to its Mifed slate.From leading producer Sonet Film it has added Miffo, a romantic comedy about a priest who should not be feeling the way he does, directed by Daniel Lind Lagerlof. The film makes its market premiere ...

  • News

    MDC sells Spare Parts

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    Berlin-based film and TV seller MDC International made a quick start to its Mifed campaign selling Slovenian picture Spare Parts, directed by Damjan Kozole, to Cinemart for the Czech Republic, Future Film for Scandinavia, Lumiere for Belgium and Neue Visionen for Germany. MDC sold Polish TV rights on Latvian director ...

  • News

    Martian flies out of Office

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    France's Co-Production Office may have only picked up the film in the hours before Mifed, but it is selling strongly on adult animation film Mercano The Martian from Argentina.The irreverent youth-oriented picture by Juan Antin denounces globalisation with a mixture of irony and black humour. It won the jury ...

  • News

    Martian flies out of Office

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    France's Co-Production Office may have only picked up the film in the hours before Mifed, but it is selling strongly on adult animation film Mercano The Martian from Argentina.The irreverent youth-oriented picture by Juan Antin denounces globalisation with a mixture of irony and black humour. It won the jury ...

  • News

    First Look takes Perfect Strangers to US

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    New Zealand's box office sensation Perfect Strangers has been picked up by First Look Pictures for North America. The chilling romance, which was directed by Gaylene Preston and stars Sam Neill and Rachael Blake, will be released early in 2004. Sales were handled by the New Zealand Film Commission's Kathleen ...

  • News

    Fortissimo improves English-language grasp

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world rights to More Than Scarlet, an Australian drama from the stable of Jan Chapman, producer of Lantana and The Piano. The company is also poised to pick up two other Aussie pictures in moves that underline its growing influence in the English-language sector. ...

  • News

    Film Library undergoes Cultural Revolution

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    China's Cultural Revolution is the theme of three new films on the slate of Film Library, the Hong Kong and Los Angeles sales outfit.The company has expanded its Mifed sales slate thanks to a diversification into production.Jiang Jie, a stylish look at the turmoils of the 'Cultural Revolution' via the ...

  • News

    Memories sparks sales for CJ

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    CJ Entertainment, the powerful conglomerate which bestrides the domestic Korean scene, has struck a series of key deals with its true-life murder mystery Memories Of Murder. The film, which broke box office records and won major prizes at the San Sebastian film festival, has been sold to Cinequanon for Japan, ...

  • News

    Cineclick's Old Boy conjures up Euro deals

    2003-11-11T04:05:00Z

    Old Boy, a thriller about a man who is challenged to find out why he was kidnapped, is drawing market and remake heat for Cineclick Asia.The film, which is one of the hottest titles at Mifed, has already closed a number of deals. France's Wild Side bought the Park Chan-Wook ...

  • News

    Fortissimo learns to speak more English

    2003-11-11T04:00:00Z

    Fortissimo Film Sales haspicked up world rights to More Than Scarlet, an Australian drama from the stable of Jan Chapman,producer of Lantana and ThePiano. The company is also poised topick up two other Aussie pictures in moves that underline its growing influencein the English-languagesector. The Hong Kong andNetherlands-based company has ...

  • News

    Jobson's Purifiers heads to Park

    2003-11-10T04:05:00Z

    Park Entertainment has taken on The Purifiers, a martial arts genre flick that is the second film by hot director Richard Jobson.The Scottish critic-turned-novelist and, most recently, film-maker Richard Jobson was the toast of London on Tuesday night (Nov 4) when his debut feature 16 Years Of Alcohol was feted ...

  • News

    Lau, Wong quartet to rise at Fortune Star

    2003-11-10T04:05:00Z

    Hong Kong-based Fortune Star Entertainment makes its Mifed debut this year with a slate headed by two new pictures by Infernal Affairs co-director Andrew Lau.The micro-studio, which is attached to News Corp's Star TV division, has also sealed a two-picture production and sales deal with US-based director Kirk Wong and ...

  • News

    Lau, Wong quartet to rise at Fortune Star

    2003-11-10T04:05:00Z

    Hong Kong-based Fortune Star Entertainment makes its Mifed debut this year with a slate headed by two new pictures by Infernal Affairs co-director Andrew Lau.The micro-studio, which is attached to News Corp's Star TV division, has also sealed a two-picture production and sales deal with US-based director Kirk Wong and ...

  • News

    Fortissimo to sell Love worldwide

    2003-11-10T04:05:00Z

    Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world rights outside North America to PS I Love You, the second film by Dylan Kidd, director of the award winning Roger Dodger.The film is a romantic comedy with an all-star cast headed by Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden, Gabriel Byrne, Topher Grace, Paul ...

  • News

    Fortissimo to sell Love worldwide

    2003-11-10T04:05:00Z

    Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world rights outside North America to PS I Love You, the second film by Dylan Kidd, director of the award winning Roger Dodger.The film is a romantic comedy with an all-star cast headed by Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden, Gabriel Byrne, Topher Grace, Paul ...

  • News

    Renaissance has Big Plans

    2003-11-10T04:05:00Z

    The UK's Renaissance Films has added its first ever foreign-language picture to its slate and from this week is pitching an Australian romantic drama starring Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush.The company's first non-English picture is Big Plans, a Danish comedy by Jesper Nielsen, director of hit Okay. It is the ...

  • News

    Renaissance has Big Plans

    2003-11-10T04:05:00Z

    The UK's Renaissance Films has added its first ever foreign-language picture to its slate and from this week is pitching an Australian romantic drama starring Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush.The company's first non-English picture is Big Plans, a Danish comedy by Jesper Nielsen, director of hit Okay. It is the ...