Jhcb Hurt Locker caps triumphant night with best picture Oscar
French sales companies are often one of the first ports of call for an international buyer looking for veteran film-makers, cutting-edge work from genre masters such as Guillermo del Toro and arthouse experiments such as Todd Haynes I m Not There.Outfits including Wild Bunch, Celluloid Dreams and Bac Films have established themselves as brands in their own right, with recent projects including Persepolis Celluloid , Silent Light Bac , The Orphanage and Palme d Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks 2 Days both Wild Bunch .On a more commercial footing, TFM s La Vie
stanley cup En Rose has earned more than $10m in the US to date via Picturehouse
stanley cup , while last year Rezo Films sold Julie Delpy s directorial effort 2 Days In Paris to IDP Distribution in the US, where it earned $4.5m. When I b
stanley cup uy European films, I often buy from French companies. I feel they know their distributors and listen to us, says Enrique Gonzalez, head of acquisitions at Spanish distributor Alta Films, whose slate is 80% made up of European films. There needs to be something that jumps out, like an easily identifiable auteur or a controversial documentary, says Wild Bunch chief Vincent Maravel, of how he chooses his slate, which includes Morgan Spurlock s documentary, Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden The film was one of the company s strongest titles last year.Indeed, 2007 was a busy year in the French sales and distribution sector. One of the most high-profile events came just before Cannes with the merger and s Ffkq Fantastic Market unveils final programming wave
Helen Hunt talks to Jeremy Kay about playing a sex surrogate in The Sessions.Helen Hunt admits it did not take long to commit to the role of sex surrogate Cheryl in The Sessions. There are so few good parts for woman, says the 1998 Oscar winner for As Good As It Gets, and this jumped out at me. She
stanley cup had not met the films star John Hawkes before they started shooting the true story of the late 38-year-old polio victim Mark OBrien, who hires a sex surrogate to lose his virginity. It was perfect because the fact is we didnt know each other so it felt real, says Hunt of the palpable
stanley cup awkwardness in the scene where Cheryl and OBrien first encounter each otherin a hotel.Hunt confesses she fel
stanley us t anxious about the on-screen nudity but adds, I am an actor and I am thinking about the scene. We did no rehearsal and no reading. I asked where the cameras would be so I didnt have to worry about that and then we began, so most of the homework I did before the cameras rolled. Speaking of homework Hunt boned up on her subject and got to know Cheryl Cohen Greene 鈥?the actual surrogate, now in her 60s 鈥?upon whom her character is based. I spoke to her several times. I dont have high expectations because its often not helpful to talk to real people, but more than ever before I devoured everything she said. She talked about her work with great enthusiasm, as if she were talking to her granddaughter. She was very fond of Mark. It was really lovely to be around her. Hunt will receive the Spotligh
