Author: Screen Daily

Germany-based sales firm Global Screen has boarded world sales on Mercy, the new film from More Than Ever director Emily Atef. French-Iranian director Atef is in Cannes sourcing partners for the film, which will be her English-language film debut and is aiming for a 2024 shoot entirely in Kenya. Atef has written the adaptation of Lara Santoro’s novel of the same name, about a friendship between a US correspondent in Kenya and a local woman from the slums, who pair up to combat the AIDS crisis in the country in…

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Action director Renny Harlin has shared his excitement over the upcoming survival thriller Deep Water from Simmons/Hamilton Productions, the new venture launched here by Kiss legend Gene Simmons and Arclight Films head Gary Hamilton, declaring: “I feel like a kid again.” Talking to Screen, Harlin, whose credits include Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger and Deep Blue Sea, said he had not planned to make another film so soon after wrapping production on Lionsgate’s The Strangers reboot trilogy and The Bricklayer for Millennium Media. “I felt like I was in the strongest…

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French cultural minister Rima Abdul Malak underlined France’s commitment to international investment and addressed the current political upheaval that has spilled over into the Cannes Film Festival during a first-ever conversation with international press in Cannes. Abdul Malak, who was appointed in 2022, discussed how the French filmmaking community can better connect with the wider global film industry. “André Malraux, my predecessor, used to say that cinema was an art and also an industry and it’s important to have a public policy that supports our industry and creation,” she said.…

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