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Celluloid Busy In Berlin With "Particles" and "Quinceanera"

Celluloid Dreams has announced a number of deals for two Berlinale titles, the fest competition entry "The Elementary Particles" and the Sundance award winner "Quinceanera". Oskar Roehler's "Particles" has already been sold in France (TFM), Benelux (ABC), Spain (Golem) , Italy (Lucky Red), Scandinavia (Non Stop Entertainment), South Korea (Sponge), Taiwan (Pandasia), Switzerland (Rialto), Portugal (Atalanta), Greece (Audiovisual), Canada (Seville), UK (Momentum), Israel (United King), Brazil (Providence), and Eastern Europe. Celluloid's Hengameh Panahi said in a statement today that the company has had multiple bidders for the adapation of th...

Montreal Fest Fades After Only One Edition

"I am witnessing the still birth of a film festival," a leading film festival insider told a friend via SMS message last year during the first edition of the New Montreal FilmFest. Intended to usurp attention from two other established Montreal fests, sponsors and government groups had backed the launch of a new event in the city, but after only one edition the festival is being shut down. The festival saw small crowds and had trouble attracting top films and talent; it overlapped with the Toronto and Atlantic film festival, long-running Canadian events. Remaining in the city are the Montreal World Film Festival run by Serge Losique in August...

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DAILY DISPATCH FROM BERLIN: Gondry's "Sleep," Takashi Miike Goes Violent, and Cillian Murphy Talks "

French director Michel Gondry traveled from Utah to Berlin - along with many others here - in support of his surreal love story, "The Science of Sleep" starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. The mostly English-language film, shot in France, is the story of Stephane (Bernal) who return...

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DAILY DISPATCH FROM BERLIN: German Chancellor's Visit Shines Even Greater Spotlight on Expanded EFM

At the Berlinale on Friday, George Clooney caused a stir among media and fans over at Potsdamer Platz, but a power player whose influence trumps any of the buyers, sellers, or stars doing business in Berlin stepped onto the floor of the expanded European Film Market at Martin Gropius Bau. New German...