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Logical Pictures Launches Africa Venture, Creates Investment Fund to Spur Fast-Growing Market (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - France
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17.05.2024

Logical Pictures Launches Africa Venture, Creates Investment Fund to Spur Fast-Growing Market (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias Logical Pictures is launching a new Africa venture that will see the production, financing and distribution outfit expand its global footprint into the fast-growing African market. According to the group’s head, Frédéric Fiore, the move will help position Logical Pictures as the preferred financing partner on the continent for the international industry and the leading production company of African content with global ambitions.

‘Maxton Hall – The World Between Us’ Renewed For Season 2 By Amazon After German Series Breaks Prime Video Viewing Records - deadline.com - Australia - Britain - Spain - France - Brazil - Mexico - Canada - South Africa - Germany - city Ufa
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17.05.2024

‘Maxton Hall – The World Between Us’ Renewed For Season 2 By Amazon After German Series Breaks Prime Video Viewing Records

Prime Video’s German series Maxton Hall – The World Between Us has been handed a swift recommission after becoming the streamer’s most-watched international show of all time in its first week.

The LA Screenings Are Back: Talent Returns & Slates Get International As Buyers Head For Studio Showcases - deadline.com
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17.05.2024

The LA Screenings Are Back: Talent Returns & Slates Get International As Buyers Head For Studio Showcases

As buyers touch down at LAX for the annual LA Screenings, it will be a case of a return to the norm following the unusual circumstances of last year. The Hollywood labor strikes not only threw confusion on what would be a realistic purchase, but also stopped acquisitions executives getting face time (and a quick selfie) with acting and writing talent — something many value as part of their buying process.

‘Sloane: A Jazz Singer’, Screening At Cannes Market, Elevates Brilliant Vocalist To Rightful Place In Music History - deadline.com - Britain - New York - Washington - city Columbia - Santa Fe - state Rhode Island
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17.05.2024

‘Sloane: A Jazz Singer’, Screening At Cannes Market, Elevates Brilliant Vocalist To Rightful Place In Music History

Later today, the Cannes Film Festival will reverberate with the sound of one of America’s great jazz singers.

MAD Solutions & Arab Cinema Center Founders Alaa Karkouti And Maher Diab Talk 15 Years Of Promoting Arab Cinema: “People Told Us We Were Crazy” - deadline.com - Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Lebanon
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17.05.2024

MAD Solutions & Arab Cinema Center Founders Alaa Karkouti And Maher Diab Talk 15 Years Of Promoting Arab Cinema: “People Told Us We Were Crazy”

It’s a momentous Cannes for Cairo-based film professionals Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab as they mark the 15th anniversary of the creation of marketing and distribution company MAD Solutions and the 10th anniversary of spin-off the Arab Cinema Center (ACC).

Carlos Saura’s ‘The Hunt’ Gets Modern-Day ‘Revision’ Which Rolls in July (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Spain - France - Berlin
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17.05.2024

Carlos Saura’s ‘The Hunt’ Gets Modern-Day ‘Revision’ Which Rolls in July (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “La Mesías” star Carmen Machi, Almodóvar muse Rossy de Palma and Blanca Portillo, a Cannes best actress co-winner for Almodóvar’s “Volver,” are set to star in “The Prey” (“Dia de Caza”), billed as a contemporary revision of Carlos Saura’s 1965 pic “The Hunt,” quite possibly his crowing achievement. The film is set to shoot in July in Spain’s Extremadura, with theatrical release scheduled for summer 2025. Brutal, kinetic at times and taking no prisoners, Saura’s original won a Berlin Silver Bear.

Cameron Carter Vickers trolls Rangers as Celtic icon noises up 'unlucky' rivals with meme to thrill partygoers - www.dailyrecord.co.uk - Scotland - USA - Ireland
dailyrecord.co.uk
17.05.2024

Cameron Carter Vickers trolls Rangers as Celtic icon noises up 'unlucky' rivals with meme to thrill partygoers

Celtic hero Cameron Carter-Vickers jumped on a table to send his condolences to Rangers – as Parkhead punters lapped up his title celebrations.

Arab Filmmakers Tackle Tensions in Society: ‘We Defy Invisibility’ - variety.com - Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Morocco - Palestine - city Jeddah
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17.05.2024

Arab Filmmakers Tackle Tensions in Society: ‘We Defy Invisibility’

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabia leads this year’s Arab cinema contingent at Cannes with pioneering director Tawfik Alzaidi’s “Norah” launching internationally from Un Certain Regard plus a clutch of films in other sections by directors from Egypt, Palestine and Morocco. They collectively reflect both the vibrancy and the many hurdles that filmmakers face in the region.

Italian Buzz Titles Include Films by Paolo Sorrentino, Luca Guadagnino - variety.com - Britain - USA - Mexico - Italy
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17.05.2024

Italian Buzz Titles Include Films by Paolo Sorrentino, Luca Guadagnino

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent The persistent vibrancy of Italian cinema, despite increasing financing difficulties, is undisputable if you look at the range of the country’s current output and what’s percolating in the pipeline. It spans from highly sophisticated new works by maestros such as Paolo Sorrentino and Luca Guadagnino to crassly commercial global megahits like Netflix Italy original “The Tearsmith” and promising fresh fare from Cinema Italiano’s next generation.

Czech Filmmakers Forge Ties, Ramp Up Foreign Co-Productions to Boost Growing Industry - variety.com - France - Eu - Czech Republic
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17.05.2024

Czech Filmmakers Forge Ties, Ramp Up Foreign Co-Productions to Boost Growing Industry

Christopher Vourlias It’s been 20 years since the Czech Republic hosted its first pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film, with a Czech delegation arriving at the prestigious French fest just days after their country had joined the European Union. The timing was both propitious and symbolic: In the two decades since, the Czech industry has grown more international in its outlook, spurred on by a growing number of co-productions and a wave of industry professionals who have come of age since the country joined the E.U.

Italian Film Business Lashes Out at Political Delay - variety.com - Italy - Rome
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17.05.2024

Italian Film Business Lashes Out at Political Delay

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy’s film industry is fighting to stay vibrant amid disruption caused both by politics and market forces.After reaping the rewards of a protracted growth spurt, local producers are facing a forced slowdown as the country’s right-wing government dithers with modifications they plan to make to several key regulations, most significantly to the country’s currently stalled tax incentives for film and TV production. At a packed protest event held in early April at Rome’s Cinema Adriano multiplex, industry figures from all sectors – including producers, writers, actors and big-name directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Marco Bellocchio – lashed out against having to wait endlessly for the culture ministry to approve new guidelines so production companies can apply for the 40% tax credits that basically drive the business.

Arab Films Breaking New Ground: Buzz Titles Include ‘Aïcha,’ ‘Hijra,’ ‘Siwar’ - variety.com - USA - Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Tunisia - city Venice
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17.05.2024

Arab Films Breaking New Ground: Buzz Titles Include ‘Aïcha,’ ‘Hijra,’ ‘Siwar’

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Arab cinema continues to break new ground with a fresh crop of social dramas, several of which depict female empowerment in different forms. These range from the tale of a young woman who fakes being dead so she can leave everything behind, to a rape-revenge thriller titled “Beretta,” just like the semi-automatic pistol used by Suad, its mute protagonist. Below is a compendium of promising upcoming Arabic-language films in various stages that will be surfacing either at festivals or on streamers.

Tony Leung Set as Tokyo Film Festival Jury President - variety.com - Japan - Tokyo - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong
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17.05.2024

Tony Leung Set as Tokyo Film Festival Jury President

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Leading Hong Kong actor Tony Leung has been set as the president of the jury that will decide the main competition prizes at the Tokyo International Film Festival later this year. “Japan is close to my heart in more ways than one. And to be involved in celebrating film in this way, is a big deal for me.

Focus Features Acquires ‘Last Breath’ Starring Woody Harrelson, Finn Cole and Simu Liu — Cannes - deadline.com - Australia - France - New Zealand - China - South Korea - Indonesia - Greece - Vietnam - Malaysia
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17.05.2024

Focus Features Acquires ‘Last Breath’ Starring Woody Harrelson, Finn Cole and Simu Liu — Cannes

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features has acquired U.S. rights and select international territories on upcoming thriller Last Breath, starring Woody Harrelson, Finn Cole and Simu Liu. Focus will distribute the Alex Parkinson-directed title in the U.S. with Universal Pictures International handling select territories including France, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam. 

Mediawan Rights Banks On Agility, Premium Content to Step Up Global Ambitions - variety.com - Britain - Netherlands
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16.05.2024

Mediawan Rights Banks On Agility, Premium Content to Step Up Global Ambitions

Ben Croll Mediawan Rights, the distribution arm of the wider media group, manages scripted, unscripted, format and feature documentary sales, keying European content onto international airwaves. And if initially heritage titles, foreign-language fare and time-tested perennials made up much of the catalogue, the group’s expanding footprint and well-capitalized partnerships promise a new yield of premium fare developed in-house and marked by global ambitions.

‘Megalopolis’ Debuts At Cannes With 7-Minute Standing Ovation - deadline.com - USA
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16.05.2024

‘Megalopolis’ Debuts At Cannes With 7-Minute Standing Ovation

The most awaited film this year at the Cannes Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, had its world premiere Thursday night, with the dystopian epic decades in the making landing a seven-minute standing ovation.

Brazilian Industry Champion Globo Filmes Turns 25, Drives Industry Resurgence - variety.com - Brazil
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16.05.2024

Brazilian Industry Champion Globo Filmes Turns 25, Drives Industry Resurgence

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Few companies in the world have had such as impact on their local film industry than Globo Filmes, the feature co-production arm of Brazilian giant Globo, which is Latin America’s biggest communications conglomerate. Over the last 25 years, Globo Filmes has backed more than 500 movies, almost all through co-production.

Globo Filmes: A Storied History - variety.com - Brazil
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16.05.2024

Globo Filmes: A Storied History

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent A key driver in Brazil’s late 1990s cinema resurgence, Globo Filmes has co-produced iconic box office blockbusters, Oscar and “A” Fest plays, arthouse breakouts. movies sparking big TV spin-offs.

Morgana Studios, ReachStar, ReDefine Originals Partner on Animated Feature ‘Diamante’ (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Dominican Republic - Dominica
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16.05.2024

Morgana Studios, ReachStar, ReDefine Originals Partner on Animated Feature ‘Diamante’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Morgana Studios, ReachStar and ReDefine Originals are partnering on the animated feature “Diamante,” set on the lush Caribbean Island of the Dominican Republic. The film will be directed by Mathieu Ratthé with the screenplay written by Ratthé and Leticia Tonos Paniagua from an original idea by Claudio Lluberes. Animation will be handled by ReDefine Originals, which is part of DNEG.

Activision Launches Standalone Studio Elsewhere Entertainment to Focus on New ‘Genre-Defining AAA Franchise’ - variety.com - USA - Poland - city Warsaw, Poland - Beyond
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16.05.2024

Activision Launches Standalone Studio Elsewhere Entertainment to Focus on New ‘Genre-Defining AAA Franchise’

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Microsoft‘s Activision has launched a new internal, standalone studio with one mission: creating a new narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise. Titled Elsewhere Entertainment, the studio will be headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, with additional staff in the United States.

Indonesia’s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival Launches First Market Event - deadline.com - Indonesia
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16.05.2024

Indonesia’s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival Launches First Market Event

Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF), held in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, is launching an industry event that aims to showcase Indonesian content and connect the country’s fast-expanding film industry to international markets.

Cercamon Boards Boards Sales On SXSW Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Things Will Be Different’ - deadline.com - USA - Dubai
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16.05.2024

Cercamon Boards Boards Sales On SXSW Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Things Will Be Different’

EXCLUSIVE: Dubai-based sales agency Cercamon has acquired international rights outside of North America for Michael Felker’s Things Will Be Different.

‘South Park’ parodies weight loss drug craze in new special ‘The End of Obesity’ - www.nme.com - USA
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16.05.2024

‘South Park’ parodies weight loss drug craze in new special ‘The End of Obesity’

Paramount+ has released a teaser for its seventh South Park special, which takes aim at weight loss drugs. You can watch the teaser above.South Park: The End of Obesity will premiere in the US on May 24, before arriving in Europe and other international territories a day later.In the trailer for the special, Cartman is told by a doctor that “drastic” action is required in order to bring his weight down, before learning about the drug Ozempic.

Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival Sets Inaugural Market – Cannes - variety.com - Indonesia
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16.05.2024

Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival Sets Inaugural Market – Cannes

Indonesia‘s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) will unveil its inaugural JAFF Market in December. The initiative was announced at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. This new three-day event aims to reshape the Indonesian film industry by fostering networking, innovation and collaboration among various sectors.

Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton on Breaking Barriers to Build One of Europe’s Biggest Independent Production Groups - variety.com - France - Italy - Germany
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16.05.2024

Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton on Breaking Barriers to Build One of Europe’s Biggest Independent Production Groups

Mediawan CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton into France’s Legion of Honor last October, calling the exec “the ultimate French success story.” In a country rarely known to promote social mobility, Capton-esque career trajectories are scarce. A self-made entrepreneur born into a middle-class Normandy family, Capton began his professional life as a teen with an entry-level internship, eschewing elite universities, making the exec a rare bird among France’s top media execs.

Arab Cinema Outfit Untamed Talent Expands And Rebrands as 75East With Shams Mohajerani on Board as Manager (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - USA - Pakistan - Boston - Morocco - Beyond
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16.05.2024

Arab Cinema Outfit Untamed Talent Expands And Rebrands as 75East With Shams Mohajerani on Board as Manager (EXCLUSIVE)

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Untamed Talent, the recently launched Arab world management and production company led by former Mister Smith Entertainment executive Antone Saliba is rebranding as 75East and bringing on board Shams Mohajerani, a former acquisitions executive at Cairo-based MAD Solutions, as its chief manager and producer. The change in name to 75East of the company, which launched last December with backing from Front Row Productions – a joint venture between leading Middle East distribution companies Front Row Filmed Entertainment and Empire Entertainment – is a geographical reference to the wider Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) region from Morocco to Pakistan, “reflecting the company’s commitment to representing talent beyond Arabic-speaking territories,” according to a statement.

Mediawan’s Elisabeth d’Arvieu on Key to Studio’s Success: ‘We Guarantee Independence’ - variety.com - New York - city Hugo
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16.05.2024

Mediawan’s Elisabeth d’Arvieu on Key to Studio’s Success: ‘We Guarantee Independence’

Mediawan Pictures managing director Elisabeth d’Arvieu. With five in-house productions premiering in the official selection and another in Critics’ Week, the exec and her team will hit the Croisette with cause for celebration. As an ardent cinephile, she bolstered an extracurricular passion for movies while getting an MBA from Baruch College in New York.

AMP International Launches Sales On Sci-Fi Pic ‘Touchdown’ - deadline.com - Australia - China - South Africa - Thailand - Hong Kong - county Liberty - county Clinton
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16.05.2024

AMP International Launches Sales On Sci-Fi Pic ‘Touchdown’

EXCLUSIVE: AMP International has taken world sales rights on the sci-fi film Touchdown from Bandit Country.

Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Gets Global Screen Commitment From Imax - variety.com - Spain - France - New York - Italy
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16.05.2024

Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Gets Global Screen Commitment From Imax

Imax has committed screens around the world to show Francis Ford Coppola‘s magnum opus “Megalopolis,” the company’s CEO Richard Gelfond confirmed at a Cannes Film Festival event on Thursday. The film’s trailer, which debuted on Tuesday, said that “Megalopolis” would be coming to Imax theaters this year — but it was not specified that the release would be global. The run-up to the premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed epic at Cannes on Friday has been filled with anticipation and controversy, partly because “Megalopolis” has yet to secure a U.S.

Marcelo Gomes’ Romantic Period Drama ‘Portrait of a Certain Orient’ Gets International Trailer Ahead of Cannes Market Screening (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Brazil - Berlin - Lebanon
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16.05.2024

Marcelo Gomes’ Romantic Period Drama ‘Portrait of a Certain Orient’ Gets International Trailer Ahead of Cannes Market Screening (EXCLUSIVE)

Jamie Lang Brazil’s O2 Play, the distribution arm of O2 Filmes group, will host a Cannes market screening for director Marcelo Gomes‘ latest feature, “Portrait of a Certain Orient,” on Friday, May 17 at 1:30 p.m. in Lerins 4. Ahead of the screening, O2 has given Variety exclusive access to the romantic period drama’s international trailer.

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