TORONTO -- While French films are well-represented at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, few of the Gallic in town this week arrived with U.S. distribution still up for grabs.
John Kochman, director of Unifrance USA, the promotional organization for French films, says a vintage year for French films saw U.S. and Canadian distributors acquire a host of titles at Cannes, leaving Toronto as a North American launching pad.
The Weinstein Co. already has picked up "A L'interieur" (Inside) from Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; "Chacun son cinema", by various directors; and Philippe Calderon's "Citadelle assiegee" (The Beseiged Fortress).
Elsewhere, IFC picked up Christophe Honore's "Les Chansons d'amour" (Love Songs) and Hou Hsiao Hsien's "Le Voyage du ballon rouge" (Flight of the Red Balloon), while IFC First Take purchased Catherine Breillat's "Une Vielle Maitresse" (The Last Mistress) and Jacques Rivette's "Ne touchez pas la hache".
Other pick-ups saw Miramax grab Julien Schnabel's "Le Scaphandre et le papillon" (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly); Magnolia Pictures take Barbet Schroeder's "L'Avocat de la terreur" (Terror's Advocate); Koch Lorber buy Celina Sciamma's "Naissance des Pieuvres"; Roadside Attractions acquire Nadine Labaki's "Caramel"; and Sony Pictures Classics pick up "Persepolis", from directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud.
John Kochman, director of Unifrance USA, the promotional organization for French films, says a vintage year for French films saw U.S. and Canadian distributors acquire a host of titles at Cannes, leaving Toronto as a North American launching pad.
The Weinstein Co. already has picked up "A L'interieur" (Inside) from Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; "Chacun son cinema", by various directors; and Philippe Calderon's "Citadelle assiegee" (The Beseiged Fortress).
Elsewhere, IFC picked up Christophe Honore's "Les Chansons d'amour" (Love Songs) and Hou Hsiao Hsien's "Le Voyage du ballon rouge" (Flight of the Red Balloon), while IFC First Take purchased Catherine Breillat's "Une Vielle Maitresse" (The Last Mistress) and Jacques Rivette's "Ne touchez pas la hache".
Other pick-ups saw Miramax grab Julien Schnabel's "Le Scaphandre et le papillon" (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly); Magnolia Pictures take Barbet Schroeder's "L'Avocat de la terreur" (Terror's Advocate); Koch Lorber buy Celina Sciamma's "Naissance des Pieuvres"; Roadside Attractions acquire Nadine Labaki's "Caramel"; and Sony Pictures Classics pick up "Persepolis", from directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud.
- Quick Links > The Besieged Fortress > The Weinstein Co. The Weinstein co. makes news again, this time broadening its ever-growing scope into the world of nature documentaries with the French film The Besieged Fortress. The film will be released in France later this month by French firm TF1 Intl, with United States and English-speaking territories distributed by the Weinstein Co. in America, with English voiceover instead of subtitles. The documentary is about African termites whose habitat is threatened by a massive storm and ant invaders. The film has reportedly been shot like it’s a “wildlife documentary shot like a true disaster movie.” The film was co-written and directed by Philippe Calderon. The Weinsteins are obviously hoping for March of the Penguins success and acclaim. The one major difference though, penguins are cute, termites are disgusting. The mere thought of watching Them sized termites crawl all over in
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