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Film London Predicts $12B Film & TV Boost To UK Capital Film London has suggested that the film, TV and animation industries could generate as much as $12B (£9.5B) in investment in the UK capital in the next five years to 2028-29, as a result of its support activities.  The body released the figures…

The Match Factory has finalized a raft of international deals for Coralie Fargeat's Cannes Palme d'Or contender The Substance, following its buzzy premiere over the weekend in the presence of co-stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid. The blood-spattered body horror has sold to Italy (I…

Adria Arjona and Edgar Ramirez have been announced to co-star in Jayro Bustamante's dystopian thriller El Sombreron as The Match Factory launches worldwide sales on the project in Cannes, with CAA Media Finance representing North America. Guatemalan director Bustamante previously made waves with…

Mubi has acquired worldwide rights for French director Coralie Fargeat's English-language body horror movie The Substance ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival this month. The global film distributor, production company and streaming service will retain all rights in…

The Match Factory has locked multi-territory deals on Berlinale titles Architecton by Victor Kossakovsky and Dying by Matthias Glasner, which picked up the festival's Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. Alongside the Silver Bear, Dying also picked up the Guild of German Arthouse Cinemas Prize and the…

Having championed the cause of animals in farmyard doc Gunda, Victor Kossakovsky is making a fresh appeal to the world through new work Architecton: stop using concrete. The visually arresting documentary, world premiering in Competition at the Berlinale, explores how unsustainable modern building…

The Match Factory has acquired world sales rights to Berlinale Golden Bear contender Dying by German director Matthias Glasner. It is one of 20 films set to play in the Berlinale's main Competition which was announced on Monday alongside the festival's Encounters sidebar. Glasner was previously…

The Match Factory has announced a raft of world sales for Sofia Coppola's biopic Priscilla ahead of its North American premiere as the Centrepiece selection of the New York Film Festival on Friday. The film has sold to Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Spain (Elastica Films and BTeam…

Karim Aïnouz has begun the Brazil shoot of erotic thriller Motel Destino, in a return to his roots after English-language drama Firebrand starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law. The new feature began filming in the Brazilian-Algerian filmmaker's native region of Ceará in north-eastern Brazil on July…

The Match Factory has acquired international sales rights to Cinema Laika, a documentary feature about Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki and his process of building a personal movie theater in Karkkila, Finland. The pic is directed by Croatian artist and filmmaker Veljko Vidak. Synopsis reads: In a…

The Match Factory has posted fresh deals of for veteran Italian director Marco Bellocchio's Cannes 2023 Palme d'Or contender Kidnapped about the true story of the kidnapping of a young Jewish boy. It has sold to the UK and Ireland (Curzon), Australia and New Zealand (Palace Entertainment), Japan…

The Match Factory has unveiled the trailer for Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki's 2023 Palme d'Or contender Fallen Leaves and revealed the synopsis and first sales for the drama. The company said the film followed in the wake of Kaurismäki’s working-class trilogy spanning Shadows in Paradise, Ariel…