Melanie Goodfellow

23 hours ago | yahoo.com | Melanie Goodfellow |Zac Ntim

The scenes of celebration across Brazil in Carnival season when Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here won the Best International Feature Film Oscar in March were akin to the country winning the World Cup. The excitement followed a post-pandemic record-breaking $35.6 million box office in Brazil for the drama starring Fernanda Torres as real-life figure Eunice Paiva, whose husband Rubens Paiva disappeared from their home in the early years of Brazil’s 1964-85 military dictatorship.

1 day ago | deadline.com | Melanie Goodfellow

Beta Cinema has secured international sales rights for historical drama , which follows four inmates at the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp during the final days of World War Two. The cast is led by Diane Kruger ( In the Fade, Amrum, Inglourious Basterds), Carla Juri ( Blade Runner, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Wetlands), Aida Folch ( The Artist and the Model, The Island, Smoking Room) and Ninel Geiger ( Music, Sound of Falling).

1 day ago | deadline.com | Melanie Goodfellow

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian genre specialist Black Fawn Distribution has launched an international sales arm which is making its debut at the Cannes Film Festival's Marché du Film. It kicks off its activities with Gabriel Carrer's revenge thriller Death Cycle and psychological horror The Undertone. The new film from Carrer ( For The Sake Of Vicious, The Demolisher) stars Matthew Ninaber ( Psycho Goreman) and Kristen Kaster ( Shudder's Death Valley).

1 day ago | deadline.com | Melanie Goodfellow

EXCLUSIVE: Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever has acquired international rights for Egghead Republic, the latest feature from Swedish directorial duo Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja who made waves with sci-fi epic Aniara. The English-speaking picture is currently in post-production and positioning for a fall launch, with NonStop Entertainment handling its Scandinavia release. Best Friend Forever will unveil an exclusive promo-reel in Cannes.

1 day ago | deadline.com | Melanie Goodfellow

EXCLUSIVE: Global Constellation, the new international sales arm created by the fusion of Film Constellation and Global Screen, has unveiled its first feature film acquisition as the Cannes Film Festival's Marché du Film gets underway. In a move reflecting the growing integration of its European operations, parent company Vuelta Group has secured both German distribution and international sales rights to the upcoming WWII drama by Ulrike Tony Vahl.