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'Misfortunates' gets lucky

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:01:03 +0000

Film News: NeoClassics nabs Cannes Fortnight selection -- NeoClassics Films has acquired U.S. rights to Belgian Oscar submission "The Misfortunates."

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French mart takes stand in Latin America

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:42:51 +0000

Spotlight: Ventana Sur: Cannes Marche takes biz know-how to Buenos Aires -- Ventana Sur won't be just another new market.

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Moviemaker: European Union Film Showcase: 'Girl with Dragon Tattoo,' 'Mammoth'

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Never mind its wonky name: Every fall, the European Union Film Showcase lures thousands of movie buffs angling for a peek at next year's edgiest foreign films -- the ones that will probably be Oscar contenders and the ones that have won over those notoriously uncivil Cannes crowds.

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'Neon Sign' signs pan-Asia fund

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:41:28 +0000

International News: Road movie to be directed by Pil Gam-Sung -- Singapore is hooking up with two muscular Asian shingles, South Korea's SJ and China's Polybona, for the first project to emerge from its Intl. Film Fund launched at Cannes this year.

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MDA funding 'Neon Sign'

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:56:00 +0000

The Media Development Authority of Singapore said Korean director Pil Gam-Sung's "Neon Sign" will be the first film out of the gate from its film fund launched in Cannes this year.

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Myriad to release 'Cry of the Owl'

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:36:00 +0000

Myriad Pictures, which first offered the psychological thriller "Cry of the Owl" for presale at the 2007 Cannes Film Market, plans to release the film itself in U.S. theaters this fall.

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'Lion's Den' team rejoin for 'Carancho'

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

The team behind last year's Cannes competition entry "Lion's Den" has reunited for new AFM film "Carancho."

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Thandie Newton on Guy Ritchie, racism in Hollywood and why Oliver Stone is 'crazy'

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:00:38 +0000

She's the Cambridge graduate who studied for her finals during the Cannes Film Festival, believes she was exploited on her first film and has no time for Gordon Ramsay.

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Lorber Films Brings Swiss 'Home' to U.S.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:41:00 +0000

By ScreenDaily Lorber Films has acquired all U.S. rights to "Home," the Swiss foreign-language film Oscar submission starring Isabelle Huppert . Ursula Meier’s second feature premiered in Critics Week in Cannes and is set to open Nov. 27 in New York prior to a national rollout. Read more in ScreenDaily.

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French prison drama wins London festival award (Reuters)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:41:05 +0000

Reuters - French prison drama "A Prophet" won the inaugural best picture award at the London film festival Wednesday, going one better than in Cannes where it was runner-up to Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon."

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Hayden Christensen Takes Pay-or-Play Deal to Court

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:08:53 +0000

By the Hollywood Reporter Hayden Christensen and his brother Tove have filed a lawsuit against a producer who claimed to have secured $250 million for the production and distribution of independent films. According to the complaint, filed last week in California Superior Court, Christensen met with Philippe Martinez in May 2005 at the Festival de Cannes and entered into an agreement with the producer to give him first-look rights to film projects from Christensen's Forrest Park Pictures. Read more in the Hollywood Reporter.

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