NEWS AFMBRIEFS


Buyers shout for The Match Factory’s Voice The Match Factory has closed more deals on Benito Zambrano’s war drama The Sleeping Voice. Deals have been signed for Brazil (Imovision), Colombia (Cineplex) and Latin American pay-TV (Movie City). The film gets its market premiere today.


Freestyle hits the trail for Donner Pass New digital platform Freestyle Digital Media has acquired US rights to Arroyo Filmworks’ thriller Donner Pass, directed by Elise Robertson and produced by Mouncey Ferguson.


Epic Pictures goes to War Epic Pictures Group is handling international sales on Tripod Entertainment’s $10m 3D animation War Of The Worlds: Goliath. Epic chief Patrick Ewald is showing a promo to buyers and plans a 2D screening at the EFM in Berlin in February.


Buyers feel Headwinds


BY ANDREAS WISEMAN PTZ International has closed fur- ther pre-sales on Jalil Lespert’s drama Headwinds, starring Benoit Magimel and Audrey Tautou. The adaptation of Olivier


Adam’s novel sold to Australia (Palace Films), Benelux (Cinéart), Latin America (Cineplex), East- ern Europe (SPI Films), Canada (AZ Films) and Turkey (Duka). UPI will release in France in


December, Filmcoopi handles Switzerland.


Bac continues to do good business on Frédéric Jardin’s action thriller Sleepless Night, after announcing a US sale to Tribeca Film earlier this week. Vendetta Films has picked up Australia, Sonamu will handle it in Korea and Shooting Stars has the Middle East. Bac releases in France next week and Warner Brothers has already bought US remake rights. Shooting Stars also took Middle Eastern rights to Bac’s Americano.


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Grindstone strikes for Sword, SeeFood


BY ANDREAS WISEMAN Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired all North American rights to The Grandmasters writer Xu Haofeng’s martial-arts action film The Sword Identity. The US outfit has also picked


up rights to Aun Hoe Gou’s popu- lar English-language animation SeeFood. The deals were negotiated by


Barry Brooker and Stan Wertlieb of Grindstone and Clarence Tang


The Sword Identity


of Golden Network. Hong Kong- based Golden Network is giving a market debut to Bangkok Kung Fu and a first market screening to The Kick.


ARC, XLrator clocks 96 Minutes


BY JEREMY KAY ARC Entertainment and XLrator Media have picked up all North American rights to the urban thriller 96 Minutes. The partners plan a theatrical


release in early 2012 on the story starring Brittany Snow and Evan Ross. Aimee Lagos directed from her


screenplay about four people whose lives converge in a shock- ing way. 96 Minutes premiered at SXSW and Lee Clay, Justin Moore- Lewy, Charlie Mason and Paul Gilreath produced. Barry Gordon of XLrator Media


negotiated the deal with Ben Weiss of Paradigm. Content holds international rights.


Jennifer Lynch talks thriller Chained


BY JEREMY KAY Jennifer Lynch, the director of Boxing Helena and Surveillance, is now in post on her thriller Chained, which Myriad Pictures is selling internationally here at the AFM. “It is about how monsters are


made,” says Lynch. “It’s a genu- ine Frankenstein story about how violence on a child [can create] violence in an adult.” In the Saskatchewan-shot


project, Vincent D’Onofrio plays a serial killer who holds a child hostage for 10 years in a bid to teach him his evil ways. Lynch lavished praise on young actors Evan Bird and Eamon Farren, who won the role after a Skype audition from his native Aus- tralia. Paramount-based Envision


Media Arts financed the project and Envision partners David Buelow and Lee Nelson produced with Rhonda Baker.


ZDF visits Killing House


BYSARAH COOPER ZDF Enterprises — the commer- cial arm of German broadcaster ZDF — has boarded Mythic Inter- national Entertainment’s action thriller The Killing House, directed by Jonathan English (Ironclad). Shooting is due to begin in


May 2012 in Germany, Belgium and Hungary. Casting is under- way on the project. Mythic’s Andrew Curtis and


Rick Benattar will produce along- side English.


AFMBRIEFS


Perpetual, Prescience set up Bridgeworks Perpetual has merged its bridge-lending operations with UK financier Prescience. Perpetual MD Alastair Burlingham will join Prescience to head its bridge and tactical funding operations via a new specialist lending arm, Bridgeworks Capital.


Fast Girls revs up for shoot Ealing Metro International has announced Regan Hall’s sports drama Fast Girls will start shooting on November 21 in London. StudioCanal has set a June 8, 2012 UK release. In a busy January and February, US shoots will also start for Bailout, Better Living Through Chemistry and Nina.


Myriad meets Common Man Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales on Asia Digital Entertainment’s action thriller A Common Man, starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross.


US voice cast hops to Rabbit


BY ANDREAS WISEMAN Tianjin Film Studio-Beijing Film Academy animation Legend Of A Rabbit is to get an English voi- ceover from Michael Clarke Dun- can, Rebecca Black, Claire Geare and Jade Lianna-Peters. The film has newly sold to


Poland. Producer Elliot Tong also confirmed production on Legend Of A Rabbit 2, which has pre-sold to Russia/CIS (Luxor) and Iran and Middle East (Media Interna- tional Pictures).


SCREENINGS AT AFM 2011


At AFM Thorsten Ritter cell +49 172 858 7014 Stefanie Zeitler cell +49 172 858 7043 Klaus Rasmussen cell +49 172 316 4256 eMail afm11@bfint.de www.bavaria-film-international.com


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