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23 October, 2009 By Jeremy KaySource: Screen Daily ContentFilm International gets Heartless in run-up to AFM. ContentFilm International has boarded international rights excluding the UK, Portugal and the Middle East to Philip Ridley’s Heartless following hit screenings at Sitges in Spain and Frightfest in London. ContentFilm will commence sales on the Faustian horror tale-psychological thriller […]

26 October, 2009 Source: Screen Daily Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank dominated the nominations for the 12th British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were announced today (October 26). The film received eight nominations including best film, best director and two for Katie Jarvis for best actress and most promising newcomer. It is closely followed by Duncan […]

26 April, 2009 By Scott MatthewmanSource: Stage Anna Maxwell Martin was tonight named best actress for her role in Channel 4 drama Poppy Shakespeare, in a ceremony which saw the broadcaster take home eight gongs. It was the second Bafta for Maxwell Martin, who previously won for her role as Esther Summerson in 2005’s Bleak […]

13 August, 2009 By Wendy MitchellSource: Screen Daily ContentFilm International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Jason Lehel’s Gaia, which will have its world premiere in Toronto’s Visions section. Jason Lehel wrote, shot, co-produced (with John Gordon) and directed. The film stars newcomers Emily Lape, Ed Mendoza, Deswood Etsitty and Michael Pierce. The story follows […]

4 February, 2009 By Mansha Daswani, www.worldscreen.comSource: http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/19630 LONDON: ContentFilm International has acquired the rights to 20 documentary titles from director Nick Broomfield, including Kurt and Courtney and two films on the serial killer Aileen Wuornos. The collection, which is being showcased in Berlin by ContentFilm, includes Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer […]

26 October, 2009 By Geoffrey MacnabSource: Screen Daily On the eve of the AFM, ContentFilm International has taken worldwide sales rights to action thriller The Fallout to be directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman). The film is due is due to start principal photography in Feb 2010 in Eastern Europe. The Fallout, set in a post-apocalyptic […]

9 March, 2009 By Frank Hatherley in AdelaideSource: Screen Daily Dir: Glendyn Ivin. Aust. 2009. 96 mins A gritty father-son road movie, Last Ride goes down some of the bumpiest, least-travelled roads in Australia. With Hugo Weaving on top form as the aggressive, unpredictable father, and impressive 10-year old newcomer Tom Russell as his at-risk […]

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 […]

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 […]