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iW NEWS | Fortissimo Acquires Toronto '07 Film "Love Comes Lately"
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide sales rights outside Germany to "Love Comes Lately" by Jan Schuette from zero fiction film/zero west filmproduktion. The film, based on a series of short stories by Nobel Prize for Literature recipient Isaac Bashevis Singer and shot in English in several US locations including New York and Los Angeles, starts Otto Tausig ("Nocturne Indienne") and Elizabeth Pena ("Transamerica") "deals with human longings, both real and imagined, and the never ending dream of love and the power of fiction" according to Fortissimo. The film is slated to screen as a Special Presentation in the upcoming Toronto Internationa...
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IFC Takes New Breillat Film, "The Last Mistress"
IFC First Take has announced the acquisition of all North American rights to to Catherine Breillat's "The Last Mistress," which is set to screen at the upcoming New York Film Festival (see indieWIRE lineup article). The film, starring Asia Argento, debuted this year in Cannes and was produced by Jean-Francois Lepetit. Set in 19th century France, it is described as the story of, "the love affair between tempestuous Spanish mistress Vellini and distinguished well-bred Ryno de Marigny." IFC's acquisitions VP Arianna Bocco and director of acquisitions Liz Nastro negotiated the deal with Eric Lagesse and Valentina Merli from Pyramide International...
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iW BOT | Cinema Magnifique! '2 Days in Paris' Pulls In Crowds
A terrific per-screen average placed director/actress Julie Delpy's filmmaking debut "2 Days in Paris" atop the iWBOT. The sexy, couple-in-crisis comedy was the top limited-release debut for Samuel Goldwyn Films (which is releasing the film with Red Envelope) since 2005's "The Squid and the Whale" a...
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iW NEWS | Kino Picks Up U.S. Rights to "Beaufort" and "Times and Winds"
All U.S. rights to Joseph Cedar's "Beaufort" (2007) and Turkish director Reda Erdem's "Times and Winds" (2006) have been acquired by Kino International, the company announced Monday. Winner of the 2007 Berlin Film Festival's best director award, "Beaufort" chronicles on a cinemascope canvas the final days of an Israeli army unit's tense, painful withdrawal in 2000 from a strategic fortress near the Lebanese border, marking the end of nearly two decades of controversial occupation. Described as "intensely lyrical," "Times and Winds" took both the FIPRESCI and Best Turkish Film Awards at the 2006 Istanbul Film Festival. The film hauntingly depi...
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iW NEWS | Truly Indie Fixes "Broken" for U.S.
Truly Indie will handle the U.S. release of Alan White's thriller "Broken," starring Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto and Linda Hamilton. The film is described as a "harrowing tale of a young woman trying to move on from her checkered past as her possessive ex-boyfriend threatens to pull her back in." The film premiered at the AFI Film Fest 2006 and has been selected to screen as the opening night film at Visionfest 2007. The film will open theatrically in New York October 5 followed by other select cities including Los Angeles later that month. The deal was negotiated by producer Jerry Wayne with Truly Indie executive director Kelly Sanders and ...
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iW NEWS | IFC First Take Croons to "Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten" in North America
North American theatrical and television rights to to Julien Temple's documentary "Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten" have been acquired by IFC Entertainment from Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The film will be released under the distributor's day and date banner IFC First Take, IFC Entertainment president Jonathan Sehring announced Thursday. The film, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, takes an in-depth look into the myth behind teh front man of seminal British punk band The Clash. Using footage of the late Strummer himself and those who knew him well, the doc chronicles the transformation of John Mellor into an anti-esta...
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iW BOT | Austen Powerful! "Becoming Jane" Opens Beautifully; "The Ten" More Box-Office Chuckle Than
Weekend earnings rocketed director Julian Jarrold's Jane Austen-in-love drama "Becoming Jane" to the top of the iW BOT, as well as the new per-screen queen for all 2007 Miramax Films limited-release debuts. IFC First Take's 1980s Brit youth drama "This Is England" continued to draw audiences in its ...
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iW NEWS | Sony Classics Takes North and South American Rights to "Brick Lane"
North and South American rights to Sarah Gavron's ("This Little Life") first feature film, "Brick Lane" have been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, the company announced Tuesday. The film is based on the 2003 novel by Monica Ali about a Bangladeshi family living in the UK, and explores the British immigrant experience. Young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee), arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu (Satish Kaushik), she fears her soul is quietly...
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iW NEWS | Media Luna Takes Rights to Locarno Pic "Un Journee"
Cologne, Germany-based sales company Media Luna Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Jacob Berger's latest, "Un journee," which will have its world premiere at the Piazza Grande at the Locarno International Film Festival, currently underway. Meanwhile, the documentary "La Reina del condon"...
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iW BOT | Riot in the Cinema! "This Is England" Wows NY; "No End In Sight" Cashes In on Anti-Iraq War
With weekend earnings, director Shane Meadows' coming-of-age drama "This Is England" is the top exclusive release on the iW BOT, as well as the new per-screen benchmark for all IFC First Take releases. Magnolia Pictures' Iraq War documentary "No End in Sight" packed audiences in its debut weekend at...
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