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12 December, 2008 By Martin Blaney in Berlin Source: Screen Daily In addition, there will be international premieres of Chen Kaige’s Forever Enthralled (Mei Llanfang) and Oren Moverman’s directorial debut The Messenger, starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton. Lukas Moodysson’s Mammoth, with Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, and Sophie Nyweide, and “out of competition” […]

13 October, 2008 By Martin BuxtonSource: C21 Also on ContentFilm’s slate are Peter Greenaway’s documentary Rembrandt’s J’accuse; drama Poppy Shakespeare; and feature documentary Sputnik Mania, which recounts the events triggered by the launch of Sputnik and how they fuelled the Cold War. Content is also presenting extreme skiing documentary Steep, which was recently released via […]

10 February, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in Berlin Mark Gordon and Lawrence Inglee will produce for the Mark Gordon Company, with Zach Miller and Ben Goldhirsh of Reason Pictures. ContentFilm International will handle international sales. Shaun Redick and Nate Bolotin of The Collective helped to package the film, will executive produce, and will represent the […]

19 May, 2008 By Rob NelsonSource: Variety The (in)famous image of cig-puffing Sean Penn paddling a raft through watery New Orleans helps explain his plucking from Amerindie sea of volunteer-recruitment docu “The Third Wave” to serve as Cannes fest’s first-ever jury prexy pick. Following efforts of four unpaid relief workers, including tyro docu-helmer and trained […]

28 July, 2008 By Ali JaafarSource: Variety Rising Brit thesp Michael Fassbender has boarded Andrea Arnold’s sophomore feature “Fish Tank.” Other cast members include newcomer Katie Jarvis, who plays the lead role of Mia, a troubled 15-year-old excluded from school and ostracized by her friends. Kierston Wareing (“It’s a Free World”), Rebecca Griffiths and Harry […]

28 July, 2008 By Wendy Mitchell in London Source: ScreenDaily Andrea Arnold has started shooting her follow-up to Cannes prize winner Red Road. The new feature Fish Tank stars Hunger lead Michael Fassbender with Kate Jarvis, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths, and Harry Treadaway. Artificial Eye has already acquired the UK theatrical rights; ContentFilm International is […]

6 November, 2008 By Patrick FraterSource: Variety Milla Jovovich will star as an alcoholic former stripper in “Keep Coming Back,” a coming-of-age comedy that marks the directorial debut of veteran actor William H. Macy. Story sees a young man with a sheltered upbringing join an Alcoholics Anonymous group in order to seduce the woman of […]

9 February, 2008 By By ALI JAAFARSource: Variety “The Killing Room” is about four people who sign up to a psychological research study only to discover they are the subjects of a brutal, top-secret government program. Peter Stormare (“Minority Report”), Tim Hutton (“The Good Shepherd”), Nick Cannon (“Bobby”), Clea Duvall (“Zodiac”) and Shea Wigham (“Tigerland”) […]

8 November, 2008 By Wendy MitchellSource: Screen ContentFilm International has taken on international rights to Yojiro Takita’s Departures, which is Japan’s submission for the foreign-language Oscar race. Departures (Okuribito) is already a box-office hit in Japan, taking more than 3m admissions ($25m) and it also won Best Film at the Montreal Wrold Film Festival in […]