TUESDAY, MAY 22 2012
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Buyers head for Hills Sofi a Coppola
Bling Ring’s just the thing
BY JEREMY KAY FilmNation has reported a roaring trade here on Sofi a Coppola’s Bling Ring, licensing rights to Village Roadshow in Australia, Alliance in Canada and Lucky Red in Italy, among others. Deals have also closed in Spain
(Vertigo), Russia (MGN), Portugal (Lusomundo), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Latin America (Sun), South Africa (Ster Kinekor), Indonesia (PT Amero), Israel (Shani), Greece (Seven /Spentzos) and Iceland (Sam). It was announced previously
that StudioCanal will handle in the UK, Tobus in Germany, Pathé in France, Benelux and Switzerland and Tohokushinsha in Japan. Coppola just wrapped shooting
in Los Angeles on Bling Ring, which is based on true events, about teenagers who burgle celeb- rity homes. Emma Watson stars.
CANNES BRIEFS
Match Factory takes Circle The Match Factory has picked up Felix van Groeningen’s drama The Broken Circle Breakdown. Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh star in the story of a happy young couple whose world is turned upside down when their daughter becomes sick.
eOne sells Inch’Allah eOne has sold drama Inch’
Roman Polanski and Nastassja Kinski are reunited for a Cannes Classic screening of his 1979 film, T
ess. Allah to
Benelux (Cinéart), Portugal (Lusomundo), Spain (Golem), Switzerland (Agora) and Middle East (Front Row). Anais Barbeau- Lavalette’s drama, produced by Incendies and Monsieur Lazhar producers micro_scope, follows a young Canadian doctor (Evelyne Brochu) trying to build bridges amid violence in the West Bank. » Full stories on
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Film Collaborative launches LGBT initiative
The Film Collaborative has launched a new distribution initiative for LGBT films, FestSelects. Distributors on board are
Peccadillo (UK), Outplay (France), Pro-Fun (Germany), ABC/Cinemien (Benelux). They will aim to share
resources and launch films simultaneously in multiple territories when possible to maximise awareness and limit piracy. The group will champion gay and lesbian films that have risen to the top of the festival circuit.
The effort hopes to save on costs
of sales and distribution of specialised films. All of those distributors previously worked on hit Weekend, directed by Andrew Haigh. More partners will be added soon. Wendy Mitchell
BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW Wild Bunch has been racking up sales on Cristian Mungiu’s Compe- tition title Beyond The Hills, with fresh acquisitions by the UK’s Arti- fi cial Eye, Spain’s Alta Classic, Ita- ly’s Bim, Wild Bunch Germany and Australia’s Madman. IFC acquired it for the US prior to its Cannes premiere. Leos Carax’s Holy Motors has
sold to Japan (Eurospace), Spain (Avalon), Benelux (Cinéart) and
Sweden (Tri Art). A La Mode has picked up UCR’s 7 Days In Havana for Germany. A La Mode and Wild Bunch Germany jointly acquired Haute Cuisine and Lou Ye’s Mystery. Other popular Wild Bunch titles
include David Gordon Green’s Sus- piria remake which has sold to Japan (Comstock), Latin America (Gussi) and Germany (Koch). Vincenzo Natali’s Haunter has
also sold to Gussi and Koch Media. Gussi also picked up Mexican
rights to Brian De Palma’s Passion and Marina De Van’s Dark Touch. Comstock and Broad Media Sys- tem bought it together for Japan. James Gray’s untitled film has
sold to Latin America (Cinevideo) and Japan (Gaga). Populaire has sold to Japan (Comstock/Gaga), Italy (Bim), Spain (Vertigo) and Germany (StudioCanal). Valérie Donzelli’s Hand In Hand
has gone to Comstock and Klock Worx Company for Japan.
Vinterberg moves into Commune
BY GEOFFREY MACNAB Thomas Vinterberg is poised to make a feature-fi lm version of his play, The Commune, which he staged in Vienna. The story dramatises events on
the commune where Vinterberg grew up in the 1970s and 1980s. It is yet to be determined
whether the film will be made through Zentropa, the production outfi t behind The Hunt, or if it will
Hubert Boesl
Ad Vitam likes Miss Lovely
BY LIZ SHACKLETON Ad Vitam has snapped up French rights to Un Certain Regard title Miss Lovely, directed by India’s Ashim Ahluwalia, from Fortissimo Films. The deal was negotiated by For-
tissimo’s EVP of sales and acquisi- t ions Nicole Mackey wi th Alexandra Henochsberg and Grégory Gajos of Ad Vitam. The UCR selection revolves
around two brothers working in Mumbai’s sleazy fi lm industry.
shoot in or outside Denmark. Zen- tropa’s Peter Aalbaek Jensen notes he is working with Vinterberg again on a new fi lm but would not confi rm that title. Aalbaek Jensen said: “He will
start working on a script in the autumn.” Meanwhile, TrustNordisk has
sold Vinterberg’s hot Competition title The Hunt to Russia (Russian Report), Poland (Kino Swiat),
Romania (Independenta Film 97), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Cine mart), Greece (Seven), Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay (Speed Well), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Colombia (Babille) and former Yugoslavia and Albania (Cinemania group). Previously announced deals
include the UK (Arrow Films), Benelux (Wild Bunch) and France (Pretty Pictures).
Adrien Brody
NEWS Brody’s latest Assignment Roskino talks up a slate of Russian co-productions, including Assignment to star Adrien Brody. » Page 4
REVIEWS A real gem Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires is an energetic, feelgood film with a message. » Page 14
FEATURES Global player IM Global head Stuart Ford talks about the company’s aims as it celebrates its fifth anniversary » Page 20
What’s up, doc? Colin Brown analyses the changing landscape for documentary financing and production. » Page 22
SCREENINGS » Start on page 26
World strikes for Survivor
BY JEREMY KAY Following a whistle-stop Cannes trip by Battleship director Peter Berg to talk up Lone Survivor, Foresight Unlimited head Mark Damon and president/COO Tamara Birkemoe said they had sold out 80%-90% of the world on the Navy SEALs story. Mark Wahl- berg, Taylor Kitsch and Ben Foster will star in Emmett/Furla’s pro- duction, which starts shooting on September 15. Rights have gone to SND for
France; Sun for Latin America;
Mis.Label for Scandinavia; Italia for the Middle East, Greece, Tur- key and India; and E Stars for China. “Peter’s vision and passion
really sold this to buyers,” Damon said. “This is an elevated project that could become one of the great war stories.” Foresight has also closed out
most of the world on Emmett/ Furla and Silver Pictures’ Motor City to star Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman, which Albert Hughes is ramping up for a Sep- tember 30 start. Pinnacle will distribute in Aus-
tralia, MGN in Russia, CCC in Japan and Sun in Latin America.
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