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Cinema Management Group has picked up international rights to DavePayne s Reeker andplans to screen the horror picture in Toronto on Sept 10 outside the festival asa de facto international market premiere. Reekerhas been a festival staple of late, earning strong reviews followingappearances at South by Southwest, Tribeca Film Festival and Montreal sFantasia Film Fest, amo
stanley cup ng others.The story of five partygoers who chance upon a desertmotel and find themselves trapped in a no man s land between the living and thedead stars Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, and Arielle Kebbel. Eric Mabius,Marcia Strassman and Michael Ironside round out the main cast.Reekerwas produced by The Institution partners Payne and Tina Illman, as well asPariah vice president of feature production Amanda Klein. Ronnie Apteker servedas executive producers. This is quite an intelligent horror thriller with a
stanley cup fabuloustwist at the end, CMG s Edward Noeltner said. Cinetic Media is representingdomestic rights and a deal is expected to be announced shortly.CMG sinternational sales slate includes the 3-D CGI animated Hoodwinked! The TrueStory Of Red Riding Hood,which The Weinstein Company will release in North America in December, and theanimated feature Conan: Red Nails, which will be released next summer through New Line HomeEntertainment. No comments Related articles
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The Middle East is hot right now, says Nadia Dresti, the director of the industry office at the Locarno international film festival. This year s Open Doors is going to
stanley cup be particularly interesting. Supported by the Swiss Foreign Ministry s Agency for Development and Co-operation SDC , Open Doors is described by festival director Frederic Maire as Locarno s strongest industry element and aims to match regional film-makers with international co-producers and industry partners. Locarno is known as a festival of discovery, says Maire, and it s our goal to be aware of what s going on in regions of the world that are emerging cinematically. Open Doors can make these films exist. The forum is accompanied by screenings of the featured directors previous films and key pictures from the region.This year, 13 projects from Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, in various stages of development, will be presented to around 60 p
stanley us otential international co-producers. Locarno received 121 submissions from Middle Eastern directors, says Open Doors project manager Vincenzo Bugno - double the number last year from South East Asia. There are a lot of creative directors in the Middle East and traditionally L
stanley kubek ocarno has a strong connection with the region, says Maire.Bugno has selected a diverse range of projects in terms of geography, subject and style, from both young, first-time directors and established masters.Since taking over in 2006, Maire has attempted to drum up publ
