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All Quiet on the Berlin Deals Front but EFM Still Serves as an Efficient Marketplace, Buyers Report

It’s all quiet on the Berlin deals front as the sales agencies wind down their operations at the European Film Market. By Monday, many offices and stands were almost completely deserted....

‘All I Had Was Nothingness’ Director on the Despair That Haunted ‘Shoah’ Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps; it is also the 40th anniversary of the release of “Shoah,” Claude Lanzmann’s groundbreaking film that redefined...

Films Boutique Sells Sundance Award Winner ‘DJ Ahmet’ to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE)

Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique has secured the first international deals for Georgi M. Unkovski’s “DJ Ahmet” following its world premiere in the World Dramatic Competition of the Sundance Film Festival,...

How ‘Islands’ Producer Augenschein Segued From Foreign-Language Arthouse Fare to English-Language Elevated Genre Movies

German production company Augenschein has just added “The Weight,” starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe, to its slate. Company founders Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo talk to Variety about how they...

Director of Berlin Film ‘Little Trouble Girls’ Lines Up Witch Trial Drama ‘Veronika of Desenice’ and ‘Wild Woman,’ About the Acting Process (EXCLUSIVE)

Slovenian director Urška Djukić, whose feature directorial debut, “Little Trouble Girls,” makes its world premiere Feb. 14 as the opening film of Berlinale’s Perspectives section, is developing two new projects, she...

Alejandro Amenábar’s Historical Epic ‘The Captive’ Captures Pre-Sales as Disney Dates Spanish Release (EXCLUSIVE)

Film Constellation has revealed the first pre-sales on historical epic “The Captive” by director Alejandro Amenábar, who won an Oscar for “The Sea Inside” and was BAFTA nominated for “The Others.”...

Mike Downey, European Film Academy Chair, Unveils Slate of Projects Under Downey Ink Banner (EXCLUSIVE)

Producer Mike Downey, who is chair of the European Film Academy and whose co-production “Girls on Wire” is in Berlin competition, has unveiled a diverse slate of films from his production...

Palestinian Refugee Drama ‘To a Land Unknown’ Sells to 40 Territories Ahead of U.K., Ireland Release (EXCLUSIVE)

Paris- and Berlin-based sales and production house Salaud Morisset has sold Palestinian-Danish director Mahdi Fleifel’s Palestinian refugee drama “To a Land Unknown,” which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, to 40 territories....

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