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International Sales Agents and Producers at Ventana Sur Wrap Up
My thanks to Screen International who covered Ventana Sur and is allowing me to republish their series of articles on Ventana Sur.From Screen Daily December 7, 2010:One of the buzziest titles was Absent (Austente) by Marco Berger. France-based sales company Rendez-Vous picked up rights outside Latin American to the Primer Corte title, after having previously worked with Berger on his first feature Plan B. Carlotta subsequently acquired French rights. Before further licensing the Argentine drama, Rendez-Vous must plan its festival strategy. Produced by Argentina’s Oh My Gomez! the story is of a high school boy who has ulterior motives for s...
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Ventana Sur Opens a Window on Latin American Films
Ventana Sur December 3-6, 2010The second edition of Ventana Sur is about to open in Buenos Aires and will bring together international sales companies, distributors and buyers from all over the world to offer a complete selection of all the Latin American films produced over the last twelve months. More than 400 films were produced this year. 120 world premières will be presented over the four day event to more than 300 sales representatives and buyers from Latin American and the rest of the world. Devoted to Latin American cinema, organized by the Instituto Nacional De Cine Y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) in partnership with the Cannes Marche...
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RIGHTS ROUNDUP AFM and including TIFF, Locarno et al. (Full Report & Updates Here)
The Rights Roundup shows rights acquired internationally, not just for U.S.
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U.S. Distributors Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms: FilmDistrict
Bob Berney and Peter Schlessel are key players in Graham King and Tim Headington’s new distribution company FilmDistrict. The company's brief is to acquire or generate films with strong casts that can play on between 1500 and 2000 screens. xxxx Bob Berney xxxxxxxx Peter SchlesselIn the first major deal of the American Film Market, FilmDistrict prebought North American rights to Drive from Affinity. Based on the James Sallis novel and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, budgeted for less than $30 million, the film stars Ryan Gosling who plays a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver and is targeted for death after a heist goes ...
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U.S. Distributors Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms: Asian Media Rights
This is the second of three new U.S. distribution companies recently conceived of to give Asian films a platform in the U.S. This article comes from Patrick Frater's Film Business Asia, a free online publication based on data in the Asian film business that is a must-read for anyone in the business...
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Producers to Watch: AFM Works! Sean Anthony McConville
As I was getting my badge at AFM, I met a British filmmaker who lives in Toronto and his success two years ago at AFM has brought him back again. Sean Anthony McConville of Mach2Films came to AFM two years ago with a project Deadline and with his producing partner Roger Betterton made a deal with Kru From Malaysia based on getting certain cast. His producer succeeded in casting Brittany Murphy and Thora Birch in Sean’s $2 million debut film and they received an advance from their sales agents epic pictures when the film was completed. Epic to date has sold the film to 35 countries. The U.S. release was by First Look. Its first release w...
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Our Daily ISA (International Sales Agent): Bleiberg Entertainment and its genre label Compound B
I asked Roman Kopelevich, chief of sales for Ehud Bleiberg's company to send me information on the company which stands out as a U.S. based company which produces and sells quality films both in U.S. and in Israel. Producer Ehud Bleiberg launched Beverly Hills-based production and international sales company Bleiberg Entertainment in September 2005 after 12 years as Chairman & CEO of another international production, distribution and sales company he co-founded in 1993. At that time when he and his partner arrived in L.A. from Israel, the film community was curious to know how the "new Israelis" would fit in. Others had come and gone, leav...
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Our Daily ISA (International Sales Agent): Foresight
Mark DamonOn the IFTA Board of Directors is a nearly legendary international sales agent and the only one I know to have written a history of the international sales business.From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster: The Neverending Story of Film Pioneer Mark Damon is a personal history by Linda Schreyer with Mark Damon which actually gives much food for thought about the evolution of the business today.Mark Damon will also appear on a panel entitled “So They’ve Optioned Your Script! They’ve Decided to Make Your Movie..Now What?” during the American Film Market on Monday November 8 in the press room at the Loews. Do come and hear from one of the mos...
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A Top Ten List I Like
As a blogger we can make our own rules. We can quote others. We can post pictures. We can make top 10 lists. But blogging is not easy to keep up with or to keep new and exciting because so much new and exciting things are going on and you begin to think you have to cover them all and you cannot ...
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AFM's IFTA Member Directory
The IFTA Member Directory is a beautiful piece of work. Check it out for company profiles, film lineups, personnel, contact info. before and during AFM (American Film Market) November 3 - 10, 2010 in Santa Monica, California.
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