All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 111
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NewsRiot spreads to digital platforms
EXCLUSIVE: Worldwide digital deals have been done with LoveFilm/Amazon, iTunes, Sony and Google, among others.
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Eventival, Black Market Online pact
The new solution will provide BMO’s video submission and evaluation functionalities to Eventival’s database solutions.
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NewsRainmark, Beta move into Night
EXCLUSIVE: Rainmark Films are working in partnership with Beta to take on film rights to Derek B Miller’s novel Norwegian By Night.
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Gonera brings Sugar to South Africa
Riding With Sugar will star John Boyega, alongside Clare Bowen and Jason Isaacs.
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Rapace pushes Alive Alone at Cannes
Actress Noomi Rapace and director Khurram Longi were in Cannes to talk up their new feature Alive Alone, which Protagonist is selling internationally.
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NewsLast Days team open to sequel
EXCLUSIVE: Andrea Cornwell, one of the producers of Directors’ Fortnight title The Last Days on Mars, says that a sequel could be on the cards.
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NewsPatel to star as genius Ramanujan
Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel is set to star in The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of The Genius Ramanujan, which is being produced by Edward R Pressman of the Edward R Pressman Film Corporation and Prashita Chaudhary’s Cinemorphic Entertainment Company.
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NewsVinterberg toasts drinking culture
EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Vinterberg, here serving on the Un Certain Regard jury, is planning a new film based on the joys of alcohol, with the working title Drinking.
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NewsJames Marsh starts the Clock
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning writer-director James Marsh and producer Chris Coen of Unaninous Entertainment are reteaming for the big-screen adaptation of forthcoming novel The Girl With A Clock For a Heart.
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NewsCineplus to handle post on EPIC
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Cineplus Filmproduktion has come on board as co-producers of EPIC, an international co-production between the UK, Germany, Russian and Georgia.
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NewsFinns pact for US alliance
Helsinki-based Bronson Club and New York-based Uncorked Productions have started a new collaboration, Start To Finnish, to develop English-language international projects for six top Finnish directors.
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FeaturesDavid Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff took to the beach in Cannes this week, this time for business meetings not for Baywatch duty.
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NewsGoalpost scores Trip to Italy deals
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Winterbottom to shoot The Face of an Angel in late 2013, also in Italy.
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NewsBaywatch team reunites for Killing Hasselhoff
EXCLUSIVE: Angelworld Entertainment’s Grazeley Film Fund has come on board to fully finance the feature Killing Hasselhoff.
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NewsJaja joins Streetkids sequel
Amsterdam-based company joins F&ME and TV Zero for the sequel to Berlinale 2011 Generation selection Streetkids United.
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NewsBallpark takes UK rights to No Fixed Abode
Ballpark has taken UK rights to 104 Films’ drama No Fixed Abode [pictured].
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NewsLive Viewing Japan moves into film distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo-based Live Viewing Japan, part of the powerful Amuse Group, is expanding into international film distributionacross the Asian market, on various platforms.
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NewsFilm4 team talks about Cannes slate
Tessa Ross [pictured] tells Screen that Film4’s Cannes selections — Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant in Directors’ Fortnight, Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril in Critics’ Week — are indicative of the kind of author-driven work that Film4 is championing across its busy slate.
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NewsMarkovics, Serbezija join The Porcupine
EXCLUSIVE: Srdjan Dragojevic adapts Julian Barnes novel.
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NewsFinnish Film Affair back in September
The FFA will present new Finnish films and works-in-progress for visiting sales agents, buyers and trade press.