Sales house Latido Films has closed two distribution deals on Adolfo Martínez’s "Rescue Under Fire," one of Spain’s building body of war films, and one of the most ambitious. Tokyo’s Aya Pro has…
LevelK has acquired international sales rights to Icelandic filmmaker Anton Sigurdsson's sophomore feature “Cruelty,” which opened in Iceland in October and became the second-biggest local hit of…
Paris-based sales company WTFilms has boarded Yoshihiro Nishimura’s SXSW-bound “Meatball Machine Kodoku” and James Mark’s English-language action-thriller “On the Ropes” “Meatball Machine Kodoku”…
Romain Rojtman, the French producer of French B.O. smash “Serial (Bad) Weddings,” is partnering with UGC and Gaumont on “Gaston,” the film adaptation of André Franquin’s cult comic strip franchise…
TrustNordisk has sold Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli’s “Drib,” a stylish feature set to world premiere at SXSW, to California Filmes for distribution in Latin America. The film, which mixes…
Kini Kim, one of the most respected film executives in Asia, is a noticeable absentee from Berlin's European Film Market this year. Having headed international sales at CJ Entertainment for several…
Japan's Gaga Corporation has picked up rights to "A Beautiful Star," a tragi-comedy about a weather forecaster who believes he’s from Mars. Gaga is aiming for a release date in May. The film is based…
FilmSharks Intl. has acquired "A Stroke of Luck," a Warner Bros. Spain release from director Nacho G. Velilla. “Luck,” which was released on Dec. 2, 2016, grossed $10.8 million, making it the…
The European Film Market has introduced a number of new initiatives this year focusing on key aspects of the fast-changing global film industry. EFM president Beki Probst and EFM director Matthijs…
North American rights to "Blind," a romantic drama starring Alec Bladwin, Demi Moore and Dylan McDermott, have been picked up by Vertical Entertainment, with a late summer/early fall release date…
More than a drama about jazz legend Django Reinhardt, Etienne Comar's directorial debut, "Django," is a story about the civic responsibility of artists in troubled political times, which strikes a…
