Exclusive: Sky Italia and CBC are among the international buyers swooping for Gallic content following last week’s inaugural French TV Screenings.
Local distributors are calling the event a success and are hopeful it will become a fixture in the international calendar.
Nine French sales houses held screenings events over two days as part of Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris at the Club de l’Etoile. With 106 buyers in town, deals were always likely. Deadline has learned Newen Connect and France TV Distribution were among those to strike international sales.
France TV Distribution sold library title Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games to Sky Italia Seasons 1 and 2. First airing in France in 2009, the light crime drama is a French adaptation of novelist Agatha Christie’s murder mystery stories.
“The Rendez-Vous Unifrance in Paris has been a great occasion for our full sales team to start the year with pitching our new drama series,...
Local distributors are calling the event a success and are hopeful it will become a fixture in the international calendar.
Nine French sales houses held screenings events over two days as part of Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris at the Club de l’Etoile. With 106 buyers in town, deals were always likely. Deadline has learned Newen Connect and France TV Distribution were among those to strike international sales.
France TV Distribution sold library title Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games to Sky Italia Seasons 1 and 2. First airing in France in 2009, the light crime drama is a French adaptation of novelist Agatha Christie’s murder mystery stories.
“The Rendez-Vous Unifrance in Paris has been a great occasion for our full sales team to start the year with pitching our new drama series,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Other Angle also closed deals on
Paris-based Other Angle Pictures has secured fresh sales on Nicolas Benamou’s action comedy Full Speed, about a vacation-bound family stuck in a car jammed on top cruise control.
In Cannes, the company has sealed deals to Spain (Vertigo), Portugal (Films4U), Japan (Gaga), Korea (Smile) and a Chinese deal is in the works. Previously announced deals include to Italy (Lucky Red), Russia (Volga), Benelux (Belga), Wild Bunch (Germany), Czech (Bohemia), Hungary (Cinetel), Turkey (Fabula).
Wild Bunch Distribution (Wbd) will release the film in France in December.
First production
The company has also secured fresh sales on Don’t Tell Her, about three friends who decide not to tell a fourth friend that her future husband had an affair with a man, to Switzerland (Jmh), Austria (Thym), Latam (California), Turkey (Fabula). It will be released by Sony in France.
It is a first production for Other Angle, which has focused...
Paris-based Other Angle Pictures has secured fresh sales on Nicolas Benamou’s action comedy Full Speed, about a vacation-bound family stuck in a car jammed on top cruise control.
In Cannes, the company has sealed deals to Spain (Vertigo), Portugal (Films4U), Japan (Gaga), Korea (Smile) and a Chinese deal is in the works. Previously announced deals include to Italy (Lucky Red), Russia (Volga), Benelux (Belga), Wild Bunch (Germany), Czech (Bohemia), Hungary (Cinetel), Turkey (Fabula).
Wild Bunch Distribution (Wbd) will release the film in France in December.
First production
The company has also secured fresh sales on Don’t Tell Her, about three friends who decide not to tell a fourth friend that her future husband had an affair with a man, to Switzerland (Jmh), Austria (Thym), Latam (California), Turkey (Fabula). It will be released by Sony in France.
It is a first production for Other Angle, which has focused...
- 5/17/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The French sales outfit has also inked deals on A Mighty Team and The Roommates Party.
Paris-based Other Angle Pictures is reporting strong sales on its comedy-driven slate, with Full Speed, A Mighty Team and The Roommates Party leading the pack.
Nicolas Benamou’s action comedy Full Speed, about a vacation-bound family stuck in a car jammed on top cruise control, has sold to Germany (Wild Bunch), Benelux (Belga), Italy (Lucky Red), Russia (Volga), Hungary (Cinetel), Portugal (Films4U), Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Turkey (Fabula).
Wild Bunch Distribution (Wbd) will release the film in France in December.
The Roommates, revolving around a wealthy Parisian forced to share his apartment with less well-off citizens under a new law, has sold to Benelux (O’Brother), Germany (Square One), Italy (Italian International Film), Greece (Tanweer), Portugal (Films4U) and Turkey (Fabula).
Also handled by Wdb in France, the film has drawn more than 1 million spectators since its release in December...
Paris-based Other Angle Pictures is reporting strong sales on its comedy-driven slate, with Full Speed, A Mighty Team and The Roommates Party leading the pack.
Nicolas Benamou’s action comedy Full Speed, about a vacation-bound family stuck in a car jammed on top cruise control, has sold to Germany (Wild Bunch), Benelux (Belga), Italy (Lucky Red), Russia (Volga), Hungary (Cinetel), Portugal (Films4U), Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Turkey (Fabula).
Wild Bunch Distribution (Wbd) will release the film in France in December.
The Roommates, revolving around a wealthy Parisian forced to share his apartment with less well-off citizens under a new law, has sold to Benelux (O’Brother), Germany (Square One), Italy (Italian International Film), Greece (Tanweer), Portugal (Films4U) and Turkey (Fabula).
Also handled by Wdb in France, the film has drawn more than 1 million spectators since its release in December...
- 2/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Last Call for Nowhere sold to Neue Visionen for Germany and Frenetic for Switzerland.
TF1 International has boarded Last Call For Nowhere, the latest film from director Philippe de Chauveron, whose French comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings grossed $172m worldwide in 2014.
Two distributors who enjoyed success with Serial (Bad) Weddings have already jumped on board. Neue Visionen has acquired the new film for Germany, where Serial (Bad) Weddings topped the box office and drew 3.9m admissions, while Frenetic has taken Swiss rights.
Last Call reunites de Chauveron with Serial (Bad) Weddings co-stars Ary Abittan and Medi Sadoun. Abittan plays José Fernandez, a French border officer sent to Malta to execute an extradition order against Sadoun’s Akim, a man wrongly accused of committing terrorist offences. Fernandez is supposed to accompany Akim on a flight to Kabul, but Akim has other ideas. When he escapes, a wild goose chase across the island ensues.
Serial (Bad) Weddings...
TF1 International has boarded Last Call For Nowhere, the latest film from director Philippe de Chauveron, whose French comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings grossed $172m worldwide in 2014.
Two distributors who enjoyed success with Serial (Bad) Weddings have already jumped on board. Neue Visionen has acquired the new film for Germany, where Serial (Bad) Weddings topped the box office and drew 3.9m admissions, while Frenetic has taken Swiss rights.
Last Call reunites de Chauveron with Serial (Bad) Weddings co-stars Ary Abittan and Medi Sadoun. Abittan plays José Fernandez, a French border officer sent to Malta to execute an extradition order against Sadoun’s Akim, a man wrongly accused of committing terrorist offences. Fernandez is supposed to accompany Akim on a flight to Kabul, but Akim has other ideas. When he escapes, a wild goose chase across the island ensues.
Serial (Bad) Weddings...
- 11/4/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Last Call for Nowhere sold to Neue Visionen for Germany and Frenetic for Switzerland.
TF1 International has boarded Last Call For Nowhere, the latest film from director Philippe de Chauveron, whose French comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings grossed $172m worldwide in 2014.
Two distributors who enjoyed success with Serial (Bad) Weddings have already jumped on board. Neue Visionen has acquired the new film for Germany, where Serial (Bad) Weddings topped the box office and drew 3.9m admissions, while Frenetic has taken Swiss rights.
Last Call reunites de Chauveron with Serial (Bad) Weddings co-stars Ary Abittan and Medi Sadoun. Abittan plays José Fernandez, a French border officer sent to Malta to execute an extradition order against Sadoun’s Akim, a man wrongly accused of committing terrorist offences. Fernandez is supposed to accompany Akim on a flight to Kabul, but Akim has other ideas. When he escapes, a wild goose chase across the island ensues.
Serial (Bad) Weddings...
TF1 International has boarded Last Call For Nowhere, the latest film from director Philippe de Chauveron, whose French comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings grossed $172m worldwide in 2014.
Two distributors who enjoyed success with Serial (Bad) Weddings have already jumped on board. Neue Visionen has acquired the new film for Germany, where Serial (Bad) Weddings topped the box office and drew 3.9m admissions, while Frenetic has taken Swiss rights.
Last Call reunites de Chauveron with Serial (Bad) Weddings co-stars Ary Abittan and Medi Sadoun. Abittan plays José Fernandez, a French border officer sent to Malta to execute an extradition order against Sadoun’s Akim, a man wrongly accused of committing terrorist offences. Fernandez is supposed to accompany Akim on a flight to Kabul, but Akim has other ideas. When he escapes, a wild goose chase across the island ensues.
Serial (Bad) Weddings...
- 11/4/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Last Call for Nowhere sold to Neue Visionen for Germany and Frenetic for Switzerland.
TF1 International has boarded Last Call For Nowhere, the latest film from director Philippe de Chauveron, whose French comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings grossed $172m worldwide in 2014.
Two distributors who enjoyed success with Serial (Bad) Weddings have already jumped on board. Neue Visionen has acquired the new film for Germany, where Serial (Bad) Weddings topped the box office and drew 3.9m admissions, while Frenetic has taken Swiss rights.
Last Call reunites de Chauveron with Serial (Bad) Weddings co-stars Ary Abittan and Medi Sadoun. Abittan plays José Fernandez, a French border officer sent to Malta to execute an extradition order against Sadoun’s Akim, a man wrongly accused of committing terrorist offences. Fernandez is supposed to accompany Akim on a flight to Kabul, but Akim has other ideas. When he escapes, a wild goose chase across the island ensues.
Serial (Bad) Weddings...
TF1 International has boarded Last Call For Nowhere, the latest film from director Philippe de Chauveron, whose French comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings grossed $172m worldwide in 2014.
Two distributors who enjoyed success with Serial (Bad) Weddings have already jumped on board. Neue Visionen has acquired the new film for Germany, where Serial (Bad) Weddings topped the box office and drew 3.9m admissions, while Frenetic has taken Swiss rights.
Last Call reunites de Chauveron with Serial (Bad) Weddings co-stars Ary Abittan and Medi Sadoun. Abittan plays José Fernandez, a French border officer sent to Malta to execute an extradition order against Sadoun’s Akim, a man wrongly accused of committing terrorist offences. Fernandez is supposed to accompany Akim on a flight to Kabul, but Akim has other ideas. When he escapes, a wild goose chase across the island ensues.
Serial (Bad) Weddings...
- 11/4/2015
- ScreenDaily
Title: Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait au Bon Dieu? [Serial (Bad) Weddings] Director: Philippe de Chauveron Starring: Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan, Medi Sadoun, Frédéric Chau, Noom Diawara, Frédérique Bel, Julia Piaton, Emilie Caen, Elodie Fontan, Pascal N’zonzi. The original title (Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait au Bon Dieu?) would literally translate: “Oh Lord, what did we do wrong?” which epitomises the general mood of the distraught parents of four girls who marry foreign men. Hence the ‘Serial (Bad) Weddings’ unfold a delightful and cathartic politically incorrect comedy, which gives voice to all those uncomfortable opinions that are received disdainfully when expressed by others, but that might be perceived differently when [ Read More ]
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- 2/5/2015
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
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