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NewsReboot Studios expands fund to features: “We want to be in the Jewish story IP business”
EXCLUSIVE: Company operates under Reboot, nonprofit co-founded by Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw’s Righteous Persons Foundation.
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News‘Archangel’ starring Jim Cavaziel and Ashkenazi drama ‘Lost Paradise’ among recipients of Romania’s cash rebate
‘Lost Paradise’ is produced by France’s Alain Goldman with Legendary 193’s Patrick Wachsberger.
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NewsUS Department of Justice approves Paramount-WBD merger
Antitrust division says transaction not harmful to competition or consumers. Elizabeth Warren posts on X: “This fight isn’t over.”
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NewsNetflix rejects “absurd” Paramount claim of “scorched-earth” campaign over WBD merger
Source: Pixabay Netflix has issued a firm rebuttal and labelled “absurd” a claim by Paramount’s chief legal officer that the streamer has been trying to derail its proposed $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). On the day that the UK’s competition regulator opened its inquiry into ...
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FeaturesHow Australia’s Minderoo Pictures uses foundation money to invest in international films
Minderoo Pictures is funded by one of the wealthiest philanthropic organisations in Australia
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News2026 Frontières Market brings first Thai project, growing female presence, record submissions
EXCLUSIVE: Fifteenth annual event runs in Montreal from July 22-25.
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FeaturesWhy filmmakers are increasingly working with brands
Shifts in independent financing and advertising models are encouraging more collaboration between brands and filmmakers
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FeaturesWhy ‘don’t fear drama’ is the mantra for independent film financier Desmar
The Los Angeles, Singapore and London-based company is committed to championing auteur-driven projects in the sub-$10m bracket
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FeaturesAsia’s film funding landscape sees post-Covid evolution
Film funds, debt and hybrid models complement soft money flows and co-productions in the region.
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FeaturesWho are the key private equity players backing film productions in Europe?
Europe is a haven for films looking for soft money, but has very few private investors prepared to put in equity.
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NewsYutaro Seki’s ‘My Son’ wins Imagica Group financing prize backed by Kei Ishikawa
The award includes up to $440,000 (¥70m) in investment.
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NewsAnonymous Content pledges to double number of European productions
EXCLUSIVE: “We want to be in the international market with greater intensity,” says president and CEO Darren Walker.
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FeaturesLA-based Northern Lights hit Cannes to talk up Nordic IP slate
EXCLUSIVE: “The Scandinavian system has created giants and we’re standing on the shoulders of those giants.”
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Features“My risk-aversity has contributed to my longevity,” says Clay Epstein of 10 years of Film Mode
EXCLUSIVE: LA veteran in Cannes launching sales on Scott Adkins thriller ’Deadlocked’, psychosexual thriller Replacer.
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NewsDelroy Lindo lines up feature directorial debut with Jamaica-set ‘Jabari’s People’
EXCLUSIVE: Producer Rob Maylor in Cannes meeting potential financiers, distributors.
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FeaturesKey US producer-equity players talk priorities, challenges and opportunities
“Indie film investors understand the risks. Sometimes it’s the risks that are the opportunity.”
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FeaturesHow successful has Cannes Marché’s Investors Circle been since its 2023 launch?
Now in its fourth edition, Cannes Marché’s Investors Circle aims to bridge the gap between private equity players and independent auteur projects.
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FeaturesTheatre impresario John Gore on his £100m bet on the UK film industry
In the space of 15 months, John Gore Studios has financed six films and acquired a slew of UK companies.
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FeaturesUS buyers remain conservative ahead of Cannes, but some see “opportunities for risk-taking”
American sellers cite Germany, the UK, the Nordics and Italy as among the more active buyers.
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NewsAlex Walton to launch new outfit as WME Independent moves out of international sales
WMEI will focus on domestic sales under Deborah MacIntosh. Walton will attend Cannes.