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CANNES '07 DAILY DISPATCH | Sex and Emotion in "Love Songs"; Marche Soiree; and More

One year ago here in Cannes the American film "Shortbus" captured sex, love and music among a group of New Yorkers. This year, a new French film hits some similar notes. While not as graphic in its depiction of sex, Christophe Honore's "Love Songs" (Les Chansons d'Amour), which premiered Friday nigh...

iW NEWS | Fortissimo Goes "Country"

Fortissimo Films announced today that it has acquired all rights outside Scandinavia for the Icelandic film "Country Wedding." Currently shooting in Iceland, the film is a comedic road movie about two busloads of Icelanders attending a wedding. Valdis Oskarsdottir (editor of "Eternal Sunshine of t...

iW NEWS | Salles on Board to Co-Produce Upcoming Trapero Pic

"Central Station" director Walter Salles has joined on to co-produce Argentine director Pablo Trapero's ("Rolling Family") upcoming project, tentatively titled "Misencounter," Korea-based Cineclick Asia announced Thursday. Trapero's fifth feature, the film is the story of a beautiful university girl...

iW NEWS | New York Film Festival Announces Dates for 45th Event

The 45th New York Film Festival will take place September 28 - October 14, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which organizes the annual event announced. Screenings will take place at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center due to renovations at Alice Tully Hall. Critics Scott Fo...

iW NEWS | Arthouse Acquires Alice Neel Doc

Arthouse Films announced at Cannes that it has acquired the worldwide rights to the feature documentary on the life and art of Alice Neel. "Alice Neel" was directed by Alice's grandson, Andrew Neel. It presents a portrait of the struggles the American painter faced as a female artist, a single mot...

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TLA Releasing Gets "Poor Boy's Game"

TLA Releasing has acquired all distribution rights in the United Kingdom for "Poor Boy's Game" directed by Clement Virgo. The film, about a young white boxer who upon his release from prison for the brutal beating of a black man, is coached by the victim's father, stars Danny Glover ("Lethal Weapon"...

iW NEWS | "How To Lose" Begins Shooting

Number 9 Films announced that director Bob Weide's "How To Lose Friends and Alienate People" has started principal photography. The romantic comedy, starring Simon Pegg ("Hot Fuzz"), Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, and Gillian Anderson, was adapted by Peter Straughan from Toby Young's best-selling mem...