German Sales Agents Take European Animated Movies to AFM Buyers

EXCLUSIVE: Growing German studio Leonine has confirmed the appointment of former Red Arrow Studios exec Nina Etspüler to the role of Head of Entertainment Development and revealed key details about her role.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s bulletin, German cinemas remain closed; a Marcus Rashford documentary is set to air on the BBC; Channel 4 commissions comedy; Cineflix sells factual to the Nordics; ViacomCBS hires Lost Art TV; 101 teams with YADC; SPTN nabs “DinoCity”; and TVF sells a miscarriage doc.German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared late on Wednesday that Germany’s partial lockdown would be extended through at least Dec.

in September that the production would relocate to Gwrych Castle - like the UK version. The series, known natively as Ich bin ein Star, was set to head to Abergele for its 15th season in early 2021.

Dave McNary Film ReporterHanWay Films has closed multiple international sales for Phillip Noyce’s “Peggy Jo,” with Lily James attached to star as Peggy Jo Tallas, who robbed Texas banks in the early 1990s while posing as a man.A deal with Universal Pictures Content Group includes Benelux, German speaking Europe, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, and the UK.

Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds’, about how meteors have shaped human culture – listed his favourite works including one of his own.Speaking to The Guardian Herzog revealed that, despite his profession, he watches just a handful of films each year, adding that “the issue with most documentaries” is that they “have not divorced [the medium] from journalism”.Regardless, he recommended five key documentaries, starting with Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act Of Killing (2012) about the 1965–66

Pablo Sandoval Producer-director Kristina Konrad’s Berlin-based Weltfilm has boarded “Amateur,” the feature debut of Spaniard Martin Gutiérrez which won the top Malaga Festival Prize for best Spanish film at this Spring’s Malaga WIP pix in post competition.Konrad, one of the jury members for Spanish titles at Malaga WIP, along with Berlin Panorama director Paz Lázaro and Gijón Film Festival programer Ricardo Apilánez, signed up to co-produce “Amateur” after the Malaga WIP showcase.Written by

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: U.S. production firm The H Collective (Brightburn) has expanded its offices to Germany with Mark Rau (Look Who’s Back) set as Europe CEO.The Berlin-based arm will focus on film development and production and coordinate all efforts with the LA-based HQ.

Madeleine McCann, who vanished from a Portuguese resort 13 years ago, suffered two broken ribs in an incident at a German court, authorities have said.

The Music Venue Trust launched a new campaign to save 30 UK venues still in danger of being lost forever in the wake of coronavirus restrictions.MVT’s new #SaveThe30 ‘Traffic Light’ campaign will highlight the venues considered safe, at risk or in imminent danger between now and March 31.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first look at Charlotte Rampling in Juniper, Matthew Saville’s dark comedy in which the actress plays a feisty alcoholic grandmother whose self-destructive teenage grandson (Marton Csokas) is sent to live with her as a punishment.

Before cinemas in Europe went into a second, coronavirus lockdown in November, German animation films were having a bit of a moment. Two by Two: Overboard (aka Ooops: The Adventure Continues) was the number one film at the U.K.