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26 July, 2007 By Sheri Jennings in Rome Source: Screen Daily OPENING FILM Atonement (Joe Wright, US-UK) COMPETITION The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, US) Sleuth (Kenneth Branagh, UK-US) Heya Fawda (Youssef Chahine, Egypt) Redacted (Brian De Palma, US) The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, US) Nessuana Qualita Agli Eroi […]

1 October, 2007 By By ADAM DAWTREY LONDONSource: Variety ContentFilm Intl. has picked up international rights to “Steep,” a documentary about big mountain skiing, written and directed by Mark Obenhaus, which Sony Pictures Classics will release in North America. The film had its world premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, and also screened at […]

6 December, 2007 By Jeremy Kay in Los Angeles Source: Variety.com The partners plan a late spring 2008 release on the film, which recounts Trumbo’s eventful life through his letters and is based on his son Christopher’s stage play. Trumbo earned his first Oscar nomination in 1941 for Kitty Foyle: The Natural History Of A […]

1 October, 2007 Mark Obenhaus directed the documentary about big mountain skiing, and it was filmed in locations including Alaska, Wyoming, Canada, France and Iceland.The featured skiiers include Ingrid Backstrom, Chris Davenport, Doug Coombs, Shane McConkey, Andrew McLean, Seth Morrison, Eric Pehota, Glen Plake, Anselme Baud and Stefano deBenedetti. Sony Pictures Classics has North American […]

23 August, 2007 By Denis Seguin in Toronto Source: Screen Daily Also announced were new films from Kenneth Branagh, Paul Schrader, Sidney Lumet, Brian De Palma, Anand Tucker, Julian Schnabel, Jonathan Demme, Jason Reitman and Thomas McCarthy. Among the world premiere Gala titles are Harlin’s Cleaner, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris and Eva Mendes; […]

12 January, 2007 Source: Screendaily.com NOMINATIONS FILMBABEL – Alejandro González IIrritu/Jon Kilik/Steve GolinTHE DEPARTED – Brad Pitt/Brad Grey/Graham KingTHE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND – Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles SteelLITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (credits to be confirmed) THE QUEEN – Tracey Seaward/Christine Langan/Andy Harries THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the YearCASINO ROYALE – […]

ContentFilm International is working with new nature project Elephants Of The Okavango and has already closed deals with Germany (Falcom), France (Euro TV), CIS and Baltics (MGN), Hungary/Czech/Slovak Republics (Intersonic), Latin America (SWEN), the Middle East (Gulf) and The Netherlands/Belgium (A Film). The narrative-style documentary feature follows a family of African elephants as they cross […]

2 October, 2007 By Adam DawtreySource: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973165.html?categoryId=19&cs=1 ContentFilm Intl. has acquired worldwide rights outside Australia and New Zealand to Robert Connolly’s upcoming project “Balibo,” a true-life thriller starring Anthony LaPaglia. Movie is about an Australian journalist caught up in the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975. Shooting is set for early 2008. Content is […]

10 May, 2007 By Adam DawtreySource: Variety Produced by Ted Kroeber and Kai Berry, “Splinter” is set in and around a quiet gas station on a lonely freeway, where a terrifying virus-like monster inhabits the bodies of its victims and drives them with a relentless lust for blood. Wilkins was previously chosen by horror maestro […]