Berlin 2012 Update: Hailee Steinfeld Joins Drama 'Can a Song Save Your Life?'; Bob Marley Biopic Sold to Universal; Elizabeth Olsen-Glenn Close drama 'Therese Raquin' Takes Shape;'Black's Game' Film Review; Nick Nevern Crime Drama Hits EFM.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

	LATEST FESTIVAL NEWS
	Berlin 2012: Low Budget U.K. Urban Crime Drama 'Riot' With Nick Nevern Looks to Stir Up Interest at the EFM (Exclusive) Producer Simon Phillips steps behind the camera to direct movie set against the backdrop of 2011's London civil unrest. Berlin 2012: Hailee Steinfeld Joining Music-Themed Drama 'Can a Song Save Your Life?' (Exclusive) The Oscar nominee is in negotiations to join Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson in the film, to be written and directed by 'Once' filmmaker John Carney. Berlin 2012: U.K. and Scandi Rights to Kevin Macdonald's Bob Marley Biopic Sold to Universal Deals struck on eve of the film's Berlin Film Festival special screening by int'l sales and finance house Fortissimo Films. Berlin 2012: Expert Panel Talks Crowd Funding "Iron Sky" producer Tero Kaukomaa says online fund-raising helps reduce advertising costs and can create buzz by positioning a film as going against the Hollywood mainstream. Berlin 2012: Max von Sydow and Thomas Horn Share Rapturous Reception as 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' Debuts Director Stephen Daldry shares limelight with two actors from his Oscar-nominated fourth film. Berlin 2012: Nu Image/Millenium Films Names John Fremes Head of International The international sales veteran will report directly to principals Avi Lerner and Trevor Short and is at EFM with such titles as "The Expendables 2." Berlin 2012: Stephen Daldry Q&A The acclaimed British helmer discusses his Berlin entry (and Oscar nominee) "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," why he loves Berlin and where he was on 9/11. Berlin 2012: Elizabeth Olsen-Glenn Close Period Drama 'Therese Raquin' Takes Shape David Dinerstein's new company LD Entertainment will distribute the film domestically; Exclusive Media is handling international rights.
	LATEST FESTIVAL REVIEWS
	The Door: Berlin Film Review Istvan Szabo's drama, set in Hungary in the 1960s, stars Helen Mirren as a maid and Martina Gedeck as a well-to-do novelist who form an unlikely bond. My Way: Berlin Film Review Korean director Kang Je-kyu’s big-budgeted WWII drama is a tale about two rival marathon runners caught in a continent-hopping battle of blood, guts and bad dialogue. The Delay: Berlin Film Review Rodrigo Pla's drama follows a middle-aged Montevideo woman who struggles to take care of her three children and 80-year-old father, whose health is deteriorating. Today (Aujourd'hui): Berlin Film Review Death comes calling with a day's advance notice in French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis' gentle but beguiling drama. Black's Game: Berlin Film Review "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn was executive producer on this feature debut from Icelandic filmmaker Oskar Thor Axelsson, a gangster thriller set at the close of the last century.

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