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Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale is first competition sale to US
In the first US sale of a Competition title at Cannes, Wild Bunch has sold Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale to IFC. The family drama, which screens here on Friday, stars an ensemble cast including Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Amalric, Chiara Mastroianni, Emmanuelle Devos, Anne Consigny and Melvil Poupaud. Produced by ...
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Coproduction Office takes on Cannes selections
Philippe Bober's production and sales outfit Coproduction Office, which unveils Kornel Mundruczo's Delta in competition in Cannes this week, has taken on sales duties on a handful of other titles in official selection.The company is handling Ruben Östlund's Swedish tragicomedy Involuntary, screening in Un Certain Regard.All rights are available excluding ...
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Spain's Antena 3 boards Universal andWorking Title's Iraq thriller
Antena 3 Films, the film production arm of Spain broadcaster Antena 3Television, has come aboard Universal Pictures and Working Title'suntitled Green Zone thriller as part financier.Paul Greengrass' film is filming in Spain, Morocco and the UK andstars Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, KhalidAbdalla and Jason Isaacs.The story ...
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TrustNordisk acquires $10m Norwegian war drama
Scandinavian powerhouse TrustNordisk has picked up $10m Norwegian war drama Max Manus directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg.The duo was also behind Bandidas, starring Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek and produced by Luc Besson.National release is December 19th. Nordisk Film will handle distribution in the Nordic Countries.Max Manus was ...
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Labadie's Le Pacte signs deal with UK's Corniche Pictures
Jean Labadie's sales, distribution and production outfit Le Pacte has created a partnership with Hani Farsi's Corniche Pictures which will see the latter make an equity investment in the new French company. The London-based Corniche is a member of the Corniche Group and is currently co-producing the next film from ...
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TF1 picks up worldwide rights to Rosem's Wang Chao project Starting Over
TF1 International has picked up worldwide rights to drama Starting Over from Chinese director Wang Chao, whose last film Luxury Car won the top prize in Un Certain Regard in 2006. Sylvain Bursztejn's Paris-based Rosem Films, which co-produced Luxury Car, is again working with Wang on his new project. ...
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Cannes Reviews
Click on film title to see review Competition Screen scores x = bad * = poor ** = average *** = good **** = excellent Adoration ** Blindness ** Che ***A Christmas Tale ****The Class **** Delta ****The Exchange *** Frontier Of Dawn (La Frontiere De L'Aube ** Gomorrah (Gomorra) ...
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Myriad backs Greenwald in Ellroy's Dark Places
Fast-growing Myriad Pictures, Kirk D'Amico's LA-based production and sales outfit owned by publicly-traded German media outfit IN-motion, is to co-produce and fully finance My Dark Places: An LA Crime Memoir, the film of James Ellroy's autobiographical crime novel. The film will be directed by Robert Greenwald and Myriad is co-producing ...
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Showbox Mediaplex takes cut of $1.5m Jang Hun action film
Korean sales company Showbox Mediaplex has picked up action film Rough Cut (working title) to be directed by latest Kim Ki-duk protege Jang Hun.Co-produced by Kim Ki-duk Film and Sponge Entertainment, the $1.5m film starts shooting this month. Release is set for late 2008.Assistant director on two of Kim's films, ...
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Screen at Cannes: News, reviews and analysis
Click to see moreFinal weekend: top storiesLaurent Cantet's The Class takes Palme D'Or Dvortesevoi's Tuplan triumphs in Un Certain Regard Number of countries represented at Cannes market tops 100Aida Begic's Snow takes Critics Week Grand PrizeLanners' Eldorado takes Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes Elad Keidan's Anthem wins Cinefondation top awardFandango ...
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Wonderful Town kicks off Bangkok Director's Screen project
The local film community in Bangkok is launching a Director's Screen project as part of an initiative to promote independent cinema. Aditya Assarat's multiple award-winning Wonderful Town will kick-start the series when it opens on May 15, and will be followed by Pimpaka Towira's documentary Truth Be Told ...
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Sony picks up Malice In Wonderland for the UK
Spain's 6Sales has secured leading territories for Simon Fellows' Malice In Wonderland, which is set to go into production with Danny Dyer (Severance) and Mischa Barton in the lead roles.Marina Fuentes of 6Sales has sold the film to Sony UK for the United Kingdom, Quality for all of Latin America, ...
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Wide Pictures takes Spanish rights for Two Lovers
New Spanish indie outfit Wide Pictures has taken rights for Spain to James Gray's competition title Two Lovers, but will pass responsibility for distributing the film in Spain to Filmax. The film is being sold by Wild Bunch.Filmax announced yesterday that it has signed a deal with Wide Pictures to ...
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ReviewsJe Veux Voir (I Want To See)
Dirs: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige. Lebanon-France. 2008. 75mins.
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ReviewsParking (Ting Che)
Dir: Chung Mong-hong. Taiwan, 2008. 112 min.A man is rushing back home to his wife but a double-parked car blocks his way. He searches in vain for the driver and encounters a variety of persons who cannot or do not want to help him. When he ...