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Maya Entertainment has had a busy Cannes Market with Paul Schraders The Jesuit, selling the film in 14 territories.The deals are with France Monciau Digital , India WEG , Greece Hollywood Classics , Portugal Films for You , Germany Koch Media , Switzerland Praesens , Poland Vision , Romania Programs4Media , the former Yugoslavia Karantinija Films , Canada VVS , Indonesia P.T. Parkit , Middle East Gulf Films , Latin America Videx , and Australia Independent .The cast includes Michelle Rodriguez, Willem Dafoe, Paz Vega and Manolo Cardona. Schrader also wrote the story, about a man who gets out of prison in South Texas, hoping to turn over a new leaf before his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped.Producers are John Morrissey, Santiago Garcia Galvan and Alex Garcia. Were very happy with the reception the film received in Cannes. It has exceeded our expectations, said Elias Axume, Executive Vice President of International Distribution for Maya. The film has so much going for it - a powerful screenplay, the critically lauded filmmaker Paul Schrader and a talented, internationally popular cast. TopicsCannesDealsSalesUnited States No comments stanley uk Related articles stanley cup Features I want us to b stanley cup e the most innovative market in the Wwdi Derek Yee s Sword Master set for battle
The 2nd Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival CinDi 2008 has announced its full line-up which will include competition films from last year s top award-winners Yu Guangyi and Woo Ming Jin - each bringing their second and third films Survival Song and Days Of The Turquoise Sky, respectively. The Invitation Section for more established directors includes 11 films such as Tonino De Bernardi s Venice entry Medea Miracle, stanley cup the world premiere of Zhang Lu s Chongqing, and Oshii Mamoru s Onna Dachiguishi Retsuden, a follow-up to his Amazing Lives Of The Fast Food Grifters.Increasing the total prize money from $50,000 to $60,000, CinDi has re-named its awards - to be given by the International Directors jury, the International Critics jury, and the Local Critics Jury - as the Red, Blue, and Green Chameleon awards, each accompanied by $20,000.A new Audience Jury made up of 15 cinephiles will also hand out the White Chameleon Award.To run seven days from Aug 20-26, the festival will screen 71 films from 18 countries.Aside from the Competition and Invitation sections, the fest has newly added a Digital Shorts section with 15 films, a CinDi Extreme section with four films including hit Chinese director Ning Hao s In The Soul Ultimate Nation, and a Retrospective section of five films including Pedro Costa s Cannes film I stanley cup n Vanda s Room.In addition, returning CinDi director Wang Bing s massive 840-minu stanley canada te documentary Crude Oil will be in a separate Installation section - at the director s req |
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