Tim Dams

13 hours ago | screendaily.com | Tim Dams

European distributors met for a Screen International roundtable to discuss the outlook for Cannes and reflect on the state of the distribution market in 2025. Ahead of Cannes, Screen International  brought together four of Europe’s leading distribution executives for an in-depth conversation about the realities of acquiring and releasing films in 2025.

19 hours ago | screendaily.com | Tim Dams

EXCLUSIVE: New UK and Ireland kids and family animated feature distributor Kazoo Films has picked up HitPig!, starring Jason Sudeikis, from GFM Animation. Kazoo will release the film in the UK and Ireland. Kazoo Films, launched by The Amazing Maurice producers Cantilever Media, has also appointed a new head of marketing, Michael Guerrero. The new hire has been made with the support of the UK Global Screen Fund’s Business Development Fund.

20 hours ago | screendaily.com | Tim Dams

EXCLUSIVE: Studio Zentral, the German production company behind Mascha Shilinski’s Cannes competition feature Sound Of Falling, is developing neo-Nazi tale The Aughts penned by Richard Kropf, the writer behind by hit series such as TNT’s 4Blocks and Netflix’s Kleo and Marc Rothemund’s feature Weekend Rebels. It is one of a number of new projects being readied by the fast growing Berlin and Munich-based Studio Zentral, which is backed by German broadcaster ZDF’s Studios Group.

20 hours ago | screendaily.com | Tim Dams

Source: Johannes/AdobeStock Last August, Netflix quietly filed an appeal in the Constitutional Court of Belgium. It was protesting a new law increasing financial obligations up to 9.5% on streamers in the country’s French-speaking Wallonia-Brussels region. Few headlines were generated at the time, even when Disney joined the case as an interested party in November.

1 day ago | screendaily.com | Geoffrey Macnab |Tim Dams |Ben Dalton |Emilio Mayorga

Screen presents a selection of the buzziest projects from Europe available to international buyers at this year’s Cannes market. Dir. Ludovica RampoldiA Brief Affair (Breve Storia d’Amore) is the directorial debut of acclaimed Italian screenwriter Rampoldi, known for films and TV work including Gomorrah — The Series. The psychological drama follows Lea, who meets Rocco in a bar and becomes his lover.