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Cannes 2008 - Market - A selection of Cannes deals
2008-05-27 10:37:50Competition titles Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale was sold by Wild Bunch to the US (IFC). Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashirwas sold by The Match Factory to Belgium (Cinemart), Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (Golem), Greece (Seven One), Canada (Seville Pictures). Linha de passe by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas was sold by The Match Factory to Belgium (Cineart). Brillante Mendoza's...
Cannes 2008 - Market - Lukewarm with spots of sunshine
2008-05-27 10:37:50Just like the weather, the temperature of the 2008 Cannes Film Market was rather lukewarm for most sales companies, but sunny for the dozen outfits that had strong titles in official selection, such as A Christmas Tale, Gomorrah, The Class (Entre les murs) , Waltz with Bashir and Three Monkeys. Buyers seemed to have arrived late and left early, staying only three-four days, and...
Cannes 2008 - Awards/Italy - Gomorrah and Il Divo “born of the same womb”
2008-05-27 10:37:50Matteo Garrone (40) won the Grand Jury Prize for his sixth feature film (and first in official competition at Cannes), Gomorrah. The adapatation was a true challenge, given the wealth and complexity of the eponymous bestseller on the Camorra by Roberto Saviano (who also co-wrote the screenplay). Garrone's first film, Terra di mezzo, won the Special Jury Prize in Turin in 1996. He followed...
Cannes 2008 - Market/France - Round-up of sales at Films Distribution
2008-05-27 10:37:50Despite the generally sluggish and complicated atmosphere reported by the majority of sellers who attended this year's Cannes Festival Film Market, business was booming for French international sales agent Films Distribution. Philippe Garrel's Frontier of Dawn - which was selected in official competition (see news) - was bought for Italy by Archibald (new distributor and offshoot of...
Cannes 2008 - Competition/France - Cantet reveals hidden world of teaching
2008-05-27 10:37:50An experimental director who subtly explores social realities, Laurent Cantet received an enthusiastic reception this morning at the screening of his fourth feature, Entre les murs (“Between the Walls”). This was the last of the 22 titles shown in official competition this year at the Cannes Film Festival. Echoing the flurry of sales of the feature at the Film Market (see...
Laurent Cantet - Director: "Success wasn't guaranteed but the gamble paid off"
2008-05-27 10:37:50Palme d'Or 2008 The Class "Success wasn't guaranteed but the gamble paid off"
Flashbacks of A Fool - by Baillie Walsh
2008-05-27 10:37:50Flashbacks of a Fool by Baillie WalshRelease in UK on April 18
Frontier of Dawn - by Philippe Garrel
2008-05-27 10:37:50Cannes 2008 - Market/UK - British buyers conclude slew of deals
2008-05-28 15:21:43UK buyers have been amongst the most aggressive at this year's Cannes market as is reflected in the sheer number of deals struck. Curzon Artificial Eye has acquired Palm D'Or winner The Class, Jury Prize winner Il Divo, Bent Hamer's O'Horten and Wong Kar Wai's Ashes Of Time Redux for the UK. Optimum have taken UK rights to Radu Mihaileanu's drama The Concert, and have also snapped up...
Production - Netherlands - Smits' Aviatrix of Kazbek takes flight
2008-05-28 15:21:43After their collaboration on Magonia from 2001, Dutch director Ineke Smits again teams up with novelist Arthur Japin for her latest venture The Aviatrix of Kazbek (De Vliegenierster van Kazbek). Filming on the project started last week. Japin, still most famous for his debut novel " The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi ", wrote the original screenplay. The story is inspired by real events that...
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