Overseas buyers nab “The Green Prince” Sundance-winning doc May 13, 2014 - 14:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nadav Schirman’s espionage documentary The Green Prince, which won Sundance's Audience Award, has sold to Rapid Eye Movies in Germany and Against Gravity in Poland in a series of deals ahead of Cannes, The Hollywood Reporter said. Global Screen, which is handling international sales on the film, also closed deals for Taiwan (Swallow Wings) and Israel (Shani Films). Previously, Music Box Films picked up rights to The Green Prince for the U.S., Curzon took the U.K., Madman Entertainment nabbed Australian and New Zealand rights with Mongrel Media taking Canada. A real-life thriller, The Green Prince tells the story of the son on one of the leaders of Palestinian group Hamas, who becomes a spy for the Israelis. Global Screen is screening The Green Prince for buyers at the Cannes film festival.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
