Korea’s Busan International Film Festival has undergone a shakeup in its leadership team.
06.03.2021 - 00:01 / variety.com
Berlin’s Netflix Film MarketFor the last two years, a Netflix panel was the hottest ticket at the Berlinale Series Market Conference. But the U.S.
streaming giant, having made signature buys at Sundance, used to keep a lower acquisition profile at the EFM. No longer.
This was the year when a streamer finally took over the EFM. Netflix bought two of the hottest tickets at Berlin’s EFM stumping up $15 million for North and Latin America on Liam Neeson action pic “The Ice Road,” and $18 million for
.Korea’s Busan International Film Festival has undergone a shakeup in its leadership team.
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