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Strand Man Up on Transexual Cannes 2009 Item ‘To Die Like a Man’
Better late...than never at all. Despite being selected as this year's Foreign Oscar selection and having had more than a full year to pick the title up, Strand Releasing who paired on Joao Pedro Rodrigues' Two Drifters, have finally placed a winning bid on To Die Like a Man.
Red Flag Arrests Josh Sternfeld’s Meskada; Sets Bail for December
A low budget indie that opened at Tribeca earlier this year, has been picked up Red Flag Releasing for a December 3rd theatrical and debut day-and-date release. After previously directing the family drama Winter Solstice, Josh Sternfeld tackled Meskada, a crime thriller starring Kellan Lutz, Nick Stahl, Rachel Nichols, Jonathan Tucker, Norman Reedus and Grace Gummer (Mamie Gummer's younger sis).
Robbing & Stealing: Ameur-Zaimeche Takes on 18th Century Tune ‘Les Chants de Mandrin’
Ameur-Zaïmeche (director has seen his previous two films Bled Number One and Dernier Maquis shown on the Croisette) will once again go in front and behind the camera in Les Chants de Mandrin - a French/Belgian/Spanish co-production that started shooting this week.
Indomina See Potential ‘Wasted on the Young’
Indomina Releasing have made three third post-TIFF pick-up in just as many weeks, landing their two film from down under in Ben C. Lucas’s Wasted on the Young. Described as "one of the bravest and most stylistically innovative films to come out of Australia in years, Wasted on the Young is sure to provoke spirited and sustained debate" by TIFF, the pic will likely see a release sometime next year.
AFI FEST Unveils Inaugural Young Americans & New Auteurs Sections
Kudos to the AFI FEST for setting up an important sidebar that will expose the best that the next generation of filmmakers have to offer. Bumping up their crop of exciting new auteur cinema, sections labeled "Young Americans" and "New Auteurs" (Cannes heavy) are showcases you'll want to keep an eye on - I can vouch on a good chunk of titles already selected.
