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First Look: Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky’s Francine
We've been raving about this pair of filmmakers since we caught their candid, visual essay The Patron Saints at TIFF last year, and now we've got a pair of stills from Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky's feature film debut, which is set to showcase at the 2012 edition of the Berlin Film Festival.
Joachim Trier’s Finds Shelter for ‘Louder than Bombs’
Good news on the Scandi film front as Joachim Trier's Louder than Bombs (an English language film to be shot in the U.S) appears to have gained some traction as Cineuropa confirms that Sigve Endresen's prod co. Motlys AS will be working alongside Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa's Bona Fide Productions with a fall start date being eyed.
Sony Pictures Classics Grab Audiard’s Rust and Bone
Among the rare times where they pick up a film before completion, Sony Pictures Classics have lassoed the North American, Latin American and Eastern European rights to Jacques Audiard's Rust & Bone (Un goût de rouille et d’os), hence continuing their partnership with the French filmmaker after having distributed his last pic, A Prophet.
Interview: Daniel Mulloy (Baby)
Brit Daniel Mulloy is an award-winning short filmmaker (over 80 fest awards folks) who belongs to both the extended Sundance filmmaking family and a celluloid loving family of his own -- we've featured his sister Lucy and her debut film, Una Noche which is headed off to Berlin next month. We've been keeping tabs on the helmer since 2006's "Antonio’s Breakfast," and it was last year where I got to speak to Mulloy about what should be the last of a string of shorts, before he embarks on the feature filmmaking portion of his career.
