International News Roundup: FID Marseille Claims to Be First Post-COVID Film Festival

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerGravitas Ventures has obtained the North American rights Machine, a documentary about the rise of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning from I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead filmmaker Justin Krook.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerForesight Unlimited has announced key international territory sales for the Nicolas Cage-led thriller Willy’s Wonderland (working title), including U.K., Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany and Latin America. Directed by Kevin Lewis, the film follows The Janitor (Cage), an out-of-towner, who is forced to clean a family entertainment center in exchange for having his car serviced after it breaks down.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorAGC has closed a raft of Cannes virtual market deals on Nick Jonas-Laurence Fishburne action-thriller The Blacksmith.Sizeable pre-sales have closed in Germany & Switzerland (Constantin), France (Metropolitan), UK (Entertainment Film), Latin America (CDC & CVT), Russia (Paradise/MGN) and South Korea & Vietnam (Joy’N’Content).Pacts have also been sealed with Benelux (The Searchers), Greece (Odeon), Middle East (Salim Raima), Eastern Europe (Prorom), Asian Pay TV

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentStarring actor-singer-songwriter Nick Jonas and Laurence Fishburne, action thriller “The Blacksmith,” which is financed and produced by AGC Studios, has become the first major new U.S.

Chris Brown has been away from his son from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as the baby boy and his mom, Ammika Harris were caught still in Germany when the global lockdown happened. That being said, there’s no doubt that he misses them both a lot but apparently, he has not lost hope that they’ll be able to reunite sooner rather than later.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix CEO has talked up the popularity of international shows like Spain’s “Money Heist,” Italy’s “Summertime” and Germany’s “Unorthodox” during the global lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In an audio essay broadcast on BBC Sounds, Hastings said, “We know that great stories can come from anywhere and be loved everywhere.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorGerman entertainment giant UFA is continuing its push into feature film with a slew of high-profile projects, including an upcoming Siegfried and Roy biopic and a sequel to the 2014 historical epic “The Physician,” starring Tom Payne (“Prodigal Son”).The ramp-up follows last year’s huge box-office success of Oscar-winner Caroline Link’s “All About Me,” based on the childhood memoir of German comedian Hape Kerkeling, which became 2019’s second biggest home-grown

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Here’s a positive one for the Euro film industry – shooting has resumed on Tochter (English translation Daughter), a co-production between significant producers from Germany, Greece and Italy.The project is being heralded as the first post-COVID international co-pro to get back underway in Europe, a fact confirmed by two major bodies EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and ACE (Association des Cinémathèques Européennes).Pic is based on

significant changes as it attempts to adhere to government guidance while still pulling off a safe and secure in-person gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic."We consider it important to attempt this go-ahead," remarked festival CEO Alexander Schulz, "as it will serve as an illustrative and practical example of how to possibly address some of the fundamental questions with which the cultural industry… are currently confronted [with] and will probably continue to be confronted with for a long

WWII Nazi Germany.Other images celebrated Nazi stormtroopers with the slogan, “Glasgow is ours”, showing masked morons performing Nazi salutes.In one post, National Rebirth Scotland – apparently in reference to the protests in Glasgow’s George Square – claimed: “Antifa wasn’t ready for us they know we run this city”.

This is the ad that was removed, featuring an upside down red triangle, which was used by Nazis pic.twitter.com/N7MEK9sYya— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) June 18, 2020The Auschwitz Memorial Twitter account on Thursday said the red triangle “was the most common category of prisoners registered at the Germany Nazi #Auschwitz camp.”In the ad, the Trump team criticized the recent rioting and looting that followed the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.“Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups are running

Christian Brueckner has told of a horror ordeal she experienced at his hands which had chilling echoes of the Madeleine McCann case.The former girlfriend of the German suspect claims he broke into her flat through a window and lay in wait under her bed.The terrifying incident took place just hours after he flew into a jealous rage and brutally attacked her when when she innocently hugged another man.She claims he left her bleeding and bruised after repeatedly smashing her head against the walls