All Sales articles – Page 514
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Universe strikes Asian deals for Invisible Target
Hong Kong's Universe Films Distribution has concluded several Asian deals on Benny Chan's upcoming action title Invisible Target between Hong Kong Filmart and Cannes. The $8m film, starring Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and Jaycee Chan, has been sold to India's JDR Films, Singapore's Innoform, Thailand's M Pictures, Malaysia's Grand Brilliance ...
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Becker takes on sales for new Bobby Sands feature
Twenty-six years after he died on hunger strike, IRA martyr Bobby Sands is to be the subject of a new feature film, Hunger. Becker International has picked up worldwide rights to the project, which is being directed by Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen.Backed by Film4, Hunger comes billed as 'a ...
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Momentum takes UK rights to Burger's The Return
Momentum Pictures has taken the UK rights to Neil Burger's The Return from sales company QED.Robert Walak, Momentum's director of acquisitions, negotiated the deal with Kim Fox, SVP worldwide sales at QED.Lionsgate has US rights and is considering a December release. The drama is about three soldiers returning from Iraq ...
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Banderas Berlin award-winner makes first sales
The first round of sales have closed on Antonio Banderas' latest directorialeffort, Summer Rain (El Camino De Los Ingleses), which recently won theEuropa Cinemas Label prize for Best European film in Berlin.Banderas' second film as a director after Crazy In Alabama (1999) hasalready sold in 12 countries, including the UK ...
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Kinowelt International to handle sales of Bioskop Film library
On the eve of this year's Cannes Film Festival, Leipzig-based Kinowelt International has concluded an agreement with the Munich production house Bioskop Film to handle the marketing of its film library, including such German cinema classics as Volker Schlondorff and Margarethe von Trotta's The Lost Honour Of Katharina Blum, Reinhard ...
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Directors' Fortnight title Foster Child sold to France
Ad Vitam has acquired French rights to Filipino director Brillante 'Dante' Mendoza's Foster Child, which will play in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar at Cannes. In addition to France, the deal also covers French-speaking territories including Monaco, Andorra and French-speaking Switzerland and Benelux. Gregory Gajos of Ad Vitam and Philippines-based Ferdinand ...
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Nordisk picks up three features including The Art Of Negative Thinking
Having sold Norwegian director Joachim Trier's award-winning Reprise to 20 countries, Nordisk Film International Sales has picked up another three Norwegian features, launching one - Bard Breien's debut drama, The Art of Negative Thinking - in the Cannes Market. 'There is currently a lot of focus on Norwegian cinema,' explained ...
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Optimum strikes UK deals for Incendiary and Rise Of The Footsoldier
Ahead of Cannes, UK distributor Optimum has picked up two new films: they are Sharon Maguire's Incendiary and Julian Gilbey's Rise Of The Footsoldier. Optimum acquired Incendiary, a Film4-backed project, from producer Archer Street Films (Capitol is handling sales in Cannes). The project stars Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor and Matthew ...
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The Works to handle international sales for Bahrani's Chop Shop
The Works International has taken on several new films ahead of Cannes. They include Directors Fortnight title Chop Shop, from Man Push Cart director Ramin Bahrani. The story follows a young immigrant boy who works in a New York junkyard. Lisa Muskat produced with Marc Turtletaub and Jeb Brody of ...
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High Point Films takes on Greg Hall's The Plague
London-based sales company High Point Film has added Greg Hall's The Plague to its slate ahead of Cannes. High Point has picked up world rights outside the UK, where distributor Wysiwyg Films has already released the project theatrically. Mike Leigh called the film 'a remarkable breath of fresh air.' It ...
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NonStop picks up Irish titles Ghostwood and Speed Dating
Stockholm-based international sales agent, NonStop Films, is increasingly focusing on English-language product, and has picked up two Irish features to top its slate for the upcoming Cannes Market, including Justin O'Brien's Ghostwood and Tony Herbert's Speed Dating. 'We may be a Scandinavian company, but we are supplying a market which ...
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Icon takes on international sales for The Stanford Prison Experiment
Icon Entertainment International has acquired the international sales rights to The Stanford Prison Experiment, which Maverick Films/Infinity Features will start shooting in October 2007. The feature is based on the true story of Philip Zimbardo's groundbreaking 1971 study of human psychology at Stanford University, during which 18 young men assumed ...
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Singapore's Lighthouse enters sales with Solos
Following its withdrawal from last month's Singapore International Film Festival after being censored for its gay theme and explicit sex, Singapore drama Solos will make its market debut in Cannes through Lighthouse Pictures. As part of its aim to venture into international sales, the Singapore independent distributor will handle the ...
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Memento to handle sales on Assayas' competitor Boarding Gate
France 's Memento Films has acquired Olivier Assayas' Cannes competition entry Boarding Gate starring Asia Argento and Michael Madsen. The company will handle international sales on the thriller which is being released in France by ARP Selection on Aug 22. Memento is also handling world sales on Jia Zhang Ke's ...
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Pilger's Bush-probing documentary rides with Coach 14
Nascent sales outfit Coach 14 has taken on international sales on a new hot button documentary from John Pilger entitled The War On Democracy. The film,which is sure to spark controversy, examines the 'brutal reality of theBush notion of 'spreading democracy'' and the idea that the USpresident is actually conducting ...
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Horizon swims with shark documentary hit
Vancouver-based sales agency Horizon Motion Pictures has picked up international rights to Rob Stewart's animal conservation documentary Sharkwater and will commence sales in Cannes.The film is on course to cross C$1m in Canada after launching there recently, and follows Stewart as he highlights the threats faced by sharks from poachers ...
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India on parade
The Indian film industry is rapidly expanding its worldwide reach. On the eve of Cannes, Liz Shackleton looks at how the territory's leading producers and distributors are making their films more attractive to an international audience. The Indian film industry's gradual emergence as a force at an international level has ...
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India: who's who at the market
Liz Shackleton profiles some of the leading Indian film companies and what they are selling at Cannes. UTV MOTION PICTURESInitially a broadcaster, UTV has evolved into an integrated studio that also encompasses film and TV production and distribution, post-production, animation, new media and games. The company is co-producing with US ...
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Eros' homecoming
The Bollywood giant is positioning itself at the centre of the growing Indian industry. Liza Foreman reports. In its 30-year history, Bollywood heavyweight Eros International has come a long way as a distributor of Bollywood fare to India's growing number of expats, and is now set to return to its ...
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Sponge cleans up
One of Korea's leading independent distributors tells Jean Noh how he is transforming the local market and why he considers himself a partner, not simply a buyer. A familiar figure on the international festival and market circuit with his horn-rimmed glasses, shaggy looks and easy-going, earnest attitude, David Cho is ...