Ben Dalton

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Source: The Party Film Sales Exclusive: France’s The Party Film Sales has acquired international sales rights to Cannes Un Certain Regard title Once Upon A Time In Gaza, with MAD Solutions taking sales and distribution rights for the MENA region. Dulac Distribution has acquired French distribution rights on the film, which is produced by Rani Massalha, Marie Legrand et Muriel Merlin for Les Films du Tambour and Rashid Abdelhamid for Made in Palestine Project.

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Scottish producer and executive Paddy Higson, who worked with Bill Forsyth and led filmmaking charity GMAC, has died aged 83, of cancer. Higson died on Sunday, April 13. “She passed gently away surrounded by her family and so much love,” read a Facebook post from her children Michael, Chris and Frances. Higson was a production supervisor on Forsyth’s 1980 Scottish classic Gregory’s Girl and an associate producer and production manager on 1979’s That Sinking Feeling.

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Source: ACE Producers Network Exclusive: Force Majeure producer Marie Kjellson and The Universal Theory producers David Bohun and Sarah Born are among the 12 independent producers selected for ACE Leadership Special, the business workshop hosted by the ACE Producers network. The 2025 edition will take place in Vitznau, Switzerland in June and Trentino, Italy in September, with online elements over the summer.

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EXCLUSIVE: World sales company Visionär Films has launched in Germany with the acquisition of Amir Ovadia Steklov’s documentary The New Jews, about the lives of non-Zionist Israeli Jews in Berlin. Based in Berlin, Visionär will look to specialise in “arthouse and genre films that combine inspiring storytelling with critical depth and a strong artistic vision,” according to Francesca Vantaggiato, who has founded the company with Nesligul Satir.

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Source: Warner Bros / Disney Rank Film (origin) Distributor Apr 11-13 grossTotal Week 1 A Minecraft Movie (US) Warner Bros £7.2m £31m 2 2 The Amateur (US) Disney £1.1m £1.1m 1 3 Six: The Musical (US) Universal £915,149 £3.9m 2 4 Andre Rieu’s 75th Birthday Celebration: The Dream Continues (Neth) Piece Of Magic £595,168 £595,168 1 5 Snow White (US) Disney £411,079 £9.1m 4 GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.32 A Minecraft Movie has built a sturdy £31m total at the UK-Ireland box office, after adding...