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5 February, 2009 ContentFilm International has acquired international sales rights to the action thriller THE TECHNICIAN. Jon Cassar, the lead director of the smash hit TV series ‘24’ (over 55 episodes including 24: Redemption and the opening of new 7th season, twice Emmy Award (r) Winner and DGA Best Director Winner) will direct from a […]

3 February, 2009 ContentFilm International has acquired a collection of twenty titles from the multi award-winning director Nick Broomfield. Titles include the controversial “Kurt and Courtney”, his two shocking films on America’s “first female serial killer” Aileen Wuornos (“Aileen – Life and Death of a Serial Killer” and “Aileen Wuornos – the Selling of a […]

14 January, 2009 By Jeremy KaySource: Screen Entertainment website Jaman.com has begun its international expansion plan by launching its first localised site in the UK. Former executive vice president and managing director of MySpace and Fox Interactive Media David Fischer, is named managing director of Jaman’s UK and international operations. Based in London, Fischer will […]

27 February, 2009 London, 25th February 2009 –Fireworks International, the television and digital programming distribution arm of ContentFilm plc, today announced the sale of its hit primetime drama series THE BORDER, to US cable network channel ION. The deal will see the show debut on ION later this year. This follows the recent premiere of […]

14 February, 2009 By Martin Blaney in BerlinSource: Screen Daily Sold internationally by The Match Factory and supported by the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund among others, Llosa’s second feature after her well received Madeinusa centres on a timid 20-year-old girl facing big city life in the Peruvian capital Lima after her mother dies.The evening’s other […]

6 February, 2009 By Audrey WardSource: Screen Daily ContentFilm International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Mythic International Entertainment’s Ironclad which stars James Purefoy and Paul Giamatti. Directed by Jonathan English (Minotaur), Ironclad is an ultra violent medieval action thriller. It is set to go in production in the summer. It tells the true story […]

23 February, 2009 By Jeremy KaySource: Screen Daily The widely expected success eclipsed The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, which entered the night as the most nominated picture with 13 nods and left with a trio of prizes for art direction, visual effects and make-up.”When we started out we had no stars, no power or […]

23 February, 2009 Japan’s “Departures” won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in one of the few surprises at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Either Israel’s “Waltz With Bashir” or France’s “The Class” had been widely expected to take the trophy. Also nommed were Germany’s “The Baader Meinhof Complex” and Austria’s “Revanche.” “Departures” (or “Okuribito”), directed […]

14 February, 2009 By Scott RoxboroughSource: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i4e22c70790e72ba2874a6a8e22ed8af9 BERLIN — Youth and energy triumphed over experience and political correctness as the jury of the 59th Berlinale, headed by actress Tilda Swinton, chose up-and-coming directors for its top prizes. Peruvian director Claudia Llosa won the Golden Bear for “The Milk of Sorrow,” only her second film, while […]