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Monday, February 13, 2012

Berlin 2012 Update: Summit International President Resigns; FilmNation Sells Out Soderbergh's 'Bitter Pill'; Buyers Circle 'Hansel and Gretel in 3D'; 'Side by Side' Lands U.S. Distributor; Actors Roundtable

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The Hollywood Reporter Festival News

February 13, 2012

LATEST FESTIVAL NEWS

Berlin 2012: FilmNation Sells Out Soderbergh's 'Bitter Pill'
The pic, formerly known as "Side Effects," stars Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta Jones.

Berlin 2012: Summit International President and Co-Founder David Garrett Resigning
Word of his departure reverberated throughout the hallways of the European Film Market, where there's concern among foreign buyers about the implication of the Lionsgate-Summit merger.

Berlin 2012: Keanu Reeves' 'Side by Side' Lands U.S. Distributor
Tribeca Film has picked up domestic rights to the actor's documentary about the transition from traditional film to digital technology.

Berlin: 2012: IM Global CEO Stuart Ford Talks EFM, Eurozone Crisis (Q&A)
His company has two projects in Berlin this year, including "Happytime Murders," which will almost certainly be rated R, is one of the buzzed about titles at the market because of its unique concept.

Berlin 2012: Tele-München Group Signs TV Output With MGM
The deal gives TMG rights to Peter Jackson's two "The Hobbit" films as well as Sam Mendes-directed James Bond "Skyfall."

Berlin 2012: Buyers Hot for Michael Bay-produced 'Hansel and Gretel in 3D'
The live action take on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale has pre-sold to Russia, China and Eastern Europe.

Berlin 2012: Film Festival Actors Roundtable
Charlotte Rampling on being forced into acting, Max von Sydow on the challenges of performing in a foreign tongue and tales from the casting couch.

Berlin 2012: Israel’s Rafael Balulu Wins Berlin Today Award With Topical Drama
The director took the Talent Campus top prize for his short 
Batman at the Checkpoint.

LATEST FESTIVAL REVIEWS

A Night Too Young: Berlin Film Review
Smartly-handled innocence-in-peril featurette introduces a promising new writer-director from central Europe.

Captive: Berlin Film Review
Brillante Ma. Mendoza's adventure film takes inspiration from the 2001 Dos Palmas kidnappings in the Philippines at the hands of Islamic separatists.

Francine: Berlin Film Review
Melissa Leo stars in an unsentimental portrait of an ex-convict unable to connect outside of prison.

Sister (L’Enfant d’en haut): Berlin Film Review
Writer-director Ursula Meier delivers a solid sophomore effort with this coming of age dramedy.

Everybody In Our Family: Berlin Film Review
On the evidence of director/co-writer Radu Jude’s latest effort, Romania’s much-praised and surprisingly long-lasting New Wave might finally be running out of steam.

Childish Games: Berlin Film Review
Antonio Chavarrías’ Spanish psychological thriller feels decidedly out of place in Berlin competition.

I, Anna: Berlin Film Review
Barnaby Southcombe's feature follows the intersecting lives of an aging woman trying to pick up the threads after a painful divorce and a police commissioner tracking a murder case.

Marley: Berlin Film Review
Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald's biography of reggae king Bob Marley brings him to life.

Iron Sky: Berlin Film Review
Any Berlin screening of a cheeky exploitation parody about Nazis in space should be a riot, but Finnish director Timo Vuorensola's sci-fi comedy is uneven, its humor never quite matching the luster of its visuals.


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