TrustNordisk Inks Further Deals On ‘The Crossing’ Ahead Of Virtual Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: As a star cast circles, and a domestic auction wraps up, the Dan Gilroy-directed drama Faster, Cheaper, Better has sold out all of its international territories in pre-buy deals.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe latest project from acclaimed independent filmmaker Justin Chon, “Blue Bayou,” has been acquired by Focus Features, Variety can report exclusively.The studio brokered a worldwide deal for the film’s distribution rights out of the Cannes 2020 virtual market, which was financed by MARCO and Entertainment One.

Jamie Lang A jury at Cannes Film Market has selected Cinema From Spain, a Spanish cinema promotion organization backed by support from the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) and the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and the Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), as the winner of this year’s award for Best Pavilion Design.In the context of an entirely digital market, participating organizations had to rethink everything when it came to promoting themselves in a democratic, online space where the

Dealmakers have given the first-everVirtual Cannes Markethigh marks. With the online-only market heading to its finish line on day 5, deals from majors and smaller indies alike were unveiled.

Finn Wolfhard, fresh-faced monster fighter Mike Wheeler from Netflix's Stranger Things, is officially all grown up.The Canadian actor recently graduated from High School, posting pictures earlier this month of his socially-distanced, coronavirus-appropriate ceremony with family and friends. Wolfhard is also ready for the next move in his career.

Almost done! It's the final day of the Virtual Cannes Market. At least for the official Marché du Film Online.

As the Virtual Cannes Market heads into its final days, the majors have begun to flex their monetary muscle, with MGM closing a deal for remaining international territories on Endeavor Content's hotly-anticipated Bill & Ted sequel and several studios vying for the Will Smith/Antoine Fuqua escaped slave actioner Emancipation, which is expected to close a high eight-figure worldwide deal before Virtual Cannes wraps up.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Ip Man: Kung Fu Master,” the latest in a long line of Ip Man movies from Hong Kong and mainland China, has found its way to the virtual Cannes Market, where it is being represented by Hong Kong- and Paris-based All Rights Entertainment.Directed by Li Liming and produced by Kai Pictures, it stars Dennis To in his third go at the role of Ip Man, the martial artist who famously tutored Bruce Lee, and whose life has spawned two competing biopic franchises.To

Hump day! The Virtual Cannes Market is officially half-way done. While the first two days were packed with pre-sale presentations from the U.S.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian movies are taking a sharper turn towards genre storytelling, though classic auteur titles remain a strong component of the country’s cinematic output. Below is a compendium of standout cinema Italiano projects in various stages.“Non Mi Uccidere” (“Don’t Kill Me”) Young director Andrea De Sica, who helmed the bulk of teen series “Baby” for Netflix, is set to shoot a horror film geared towards the same youth demographic as the show.

In normal times, the notion of rival Hollywood agents collaborating would be dismissed as ludicrous. Yet that’s what CAA Media Finance co-heads Roeg Sutherland and Benjamin Kramer set out to do when helping to organize the virtual Cannes sales market led by CAA, UTA Independent Film Group, ICM International and Endeavor Content, as well as several indie production and sales operations, including STX Entertainment, AGC Studios and Sierra/Affinity.

Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater A doc from Oscar-winner Steve McQueen and a VR experience about Banksy are two of the projects selected for this year’s Venice Film Festival Gap-Financing Market. The three-day event (September 4-6) is planning to take place in a physical form, as per the rest of the festival, despite the ongoing disruption from the coronavirus.

Also Read: 'I Am Not Alone' Trailer: Armenia's 'Velvet Revolution' Starts With a Step in New Documentary (Exclusive Video)You can check out a teaser trailer for the film above, which shows Tankian on stage saying, “It’s our responsibility to tell you these things and to rock you at the same time.”The documentary film is already completed and features interviews and original footage personally filmed by Tankian, as well as backstage access to the band.

A sign that the Virtual Cannes Market might actually rack up some real business came on the second day, Tuesday, with news that STX Entertainment picked up worldwide rights on XYZ Films' upcoming genre title Run Rabbit Run, starring Elisabeth Moss and helmed by her The Handmaid's Tale director Daina Reid. STX will release the film itself in the U.S., U.K.

Christopher Vourlias When production began on “Sweat,” Magnus von Horn’s follow-up to his Cannes Directors’ Fortnight player “The Here After,” no one could have predicted how prescient the film would be.

Carole Horst Variety highlights a selection of Spanish titles being moved at this year’s Cannes Marché du Film.ALL THE MOONS(Arcadia Motion Pictures, Kowalski Films, Pris & Batty, Ilargia Films, Noodles Production)A period drama about an orphan girl rescued by a mysterious woman who grants her immortality as a vampire.Sales: Filmax THE AUGUST VIRGIN(Los Ilusos Films)A Karlovy Vary Fipresci Prize winner, film revolves around a woman who spends the summer in Madrid.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentREinvent is rolling into Cannes’ virtual Marché du Film with a pair of stylish horror film movies, Henrik Dahlsbakken’s “Project Z” whose teaser is featured above, and Tord Danielsson’s “The Other Side.”Produced by Filmbros, “Project Z” follows a group of film students who bring along three unemployed actors to make a zombie movie at a closed motel in the Norwegian mountainside.

International buyers were not slow off the mark for the first (and, most hope, last) Virtual Cannes Market, with a raft of deals closing as the online event kicked off Monday. HanWay inked multiple sales for Falling, Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut, which premiered in Sundance and was picked to be part of the official Cannes 2020 festival selection.

Ready to go? The first (and if organizers have their way, last) Marché du Film Online, or Virtual Cannes Market, kicks off on Monday and runs through Friday. The parallel film market, run by the U.S.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentPicture Tree Intl. has acquired international sales rights to the Norwegian romantic comedy “Diana’s Wedding,” directed by Charlotte Blom, and will selling the film at Cannes Market Online.Nordisk Film will handle distribution in the Scandinavian territories, with a theatrical release in Norway scheduled for Sept.