NEWS BERLIN BRIEFS
Atrix plans international Remembrance Munich-based Atrix has taken on all international rights for Anna Justice’s drama Remembrance starring Alice Dwyer, Mateusz Damiecki, Dagmar Manzel and David Rasche. The film has been produced by Berlin-based producer Sven Woldt and executive produced by Michael Ballhaus. The love story is set against the grim backdrop of a concentration camp in Poland, 1944.
Trinity flags down UK for Red White & Blue Trinity Filmed Entertainment has picked up UK theatrical and DVD rights to Simon Rumley’s Texas- set psychosexual thriller Red White & Blue, starring Noah Taylor. Mark Sandell, co-director of Trinity, negotiated the deal with Nate Bolotin and Aram Tertzakian of Celluloid Nightmares, which is handling international sales.
Film commission heads gather for talks Olsberg SPI, the Sweden Film Commission and the Association of Film Commissions International (AFCI), are planning a conference here on the opportunities and challenges facing film commissions. The event will run from 2pm-4pm on Saturday at the Relexa Hotel. Speakers will include George David from the Royal Film Commission Jordan; Ingrid Rudefors of the Stockholm Film Commission; Ludmila Claussova from the Czech Film Commission; and Pat Kaufman from the New York State Film Commission.
Rafi Pitts urges show of support for Panahi
BY ANDREAS WISEMAN Iranian director Rafi Pitts arrives in Berlin today in a show of solidarity with Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, who were sentenced to six years in prison for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic”. Pitts said today was the right
day “for the world of cinema to unite and question the Iranian authorities, as it marks the 32nd anniversary of the Iranian revolu- tion, the last day of the Fajr Inter- national Film Festival in Tehran and the opening [Panahi] film
Epic Pictures Group, headed by Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson, is handling foreign sales on Shiver, the woman-in-jeopardy thriller from Julian Richards (The Last Horror Movie). The cast on the film, produced by Robert Weinbach and AJ Gordon, includes Danielle Harris and Casper Van Dien (pictured). Weinbach wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Brian Harper. Geoffrey Macnab
cussing censorship in cinema. In an open letter to Iranian
Rafi Pitts
screening in Berlin.” To draw attention to invited jury member Panahi’s absence, the Berlinale is showing some of the director’s films, including Jury Grand Prix winner Offside in the Berlinale Palast at 4:30pm today. Pitts is part of a panel on February 17 dis-
president Mahmoud Ahmadine- jad, Pitts called for the fi lm indus- try to down tools today between 12pm-2pm. “We’re not criminals,” said Pitts
of Iranian film-makers. “We just want to ask questions and show the diffi culties within our society. What I fi nd ridiculous is that ask- ing questions has become a crime.” Pitts also said he wanted to
shoot his next film in Iran and would “fi ght” to make it happen.
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Roban joins IM Global, Grohne promoted
BY JEREMY KAY IM Global CEO Stuart Ford has bolstered his executive suite heading into EFM, expanding the role of London-based sales execu- tive Tim Grohne and hiring Michael Roban. Grohne becomes EVP of Euro-
pean operations and will assume oversight of genre label Octane, working alongside Octane sales executive Tatyana Joffe. He will also handle European acquisi- tions and co-production activity. Roban comes aboard as senior
business affairs and fi lm fi nancing consultant. He previously served as CEO of fi lm fund Cold Fusion Media and held senior positions at Participant Media and Content- Film. Reporting to Roban as part of a fi ve-person business and legal affairs team is new SVP of busi- ness and legal affairs Kendra Doucette, who previously worked at Yari Film Group. Ford said Grohne was a
“hugely popular and effective London presence”, adding that Roban was “a killer deal-maker.”
Bavaria eyes Antoniak, Sorin and Haussmann
BY MARTIN BLANEY Bavaria Film International (BFI) is handling international distribu- tion for new films by Urszula Antoniak, Carlos Sorin and Lean- der Haussmann, which are all in post-production. After selling Antoniak’s award-
winning 2009 debut feature Noth- ing Personal, BFI has now taken on her second feature Code Blue
which has been produced by IDTV Film and Family Affair Films, with broadcaster VPRO and Denmark’s Zentropa co-producing. The psy- chological thriller starring Bien de Moor and Lars Eidinger focuses on a serial-killer nurse whose rou- tine is disrupted when she has to share a secret with a stranger. BFI will be continuing its long- standing relationship with the
Argentinian fi lm-maker Sorin — after handling Bombon The Dog and The Window — by selling his latest feature The Cat Vanishes (El Gato Desaparece). The production by Guacamole Films and Patago- nik with Beatriz Spelzini and Luis Luque in the lead roles was shot in Buenos Aires last autumn. In addition, the Munich-based sales company has German direc-
tor Haussmann’s tragicomedy Hotel Lux, produced by Bavaria Pictures and starring Jürgen Vogel and Michael Herbig, which will be released in German cinemas by Constantin Film this autumn. BFI has three titles in official
selection here in Berlin: Alexander Mindadze’s Another Saturday, Jan Schomburg’s Above Us Only Sky and Ole Glaever’s The Mountain.
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