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Summit Entertainment has closed key Berlin sales on NiallJohnson s comedy Keeping Mum, which stars Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scot
stanley cup t Thomas in the storyof a diligent vicar who is totally oblivious to his wife s affair.Summit sold the picture toConstantin Film in Germany,
stanley cup Icon Film Distribution in Australia, SND in France,IIF in Italy and TriPictures in Spain. As previously announced, EntertainmentFilm Distributors will distribute in the UK.Keeping Mum also went to Gussi in Latin America, Nordisk in Scandinavia, ACompany AG in Russia, Ascot Elite in Switzerland, Belga in the Benelux, Matalonin Israel, Odeon in Greece, and Revolutionary Releasing in Poland and Hungary.ACME took rights in the Baltics, SPI in Czech Republic, Blitz inCroatia and Slovenia, Mirius Tuck in Serbia, Sam Film in Iceland, PT Camila inIndonesia, Jaguar Films in the Middle East, WPM Film International in Thailand,and Lusomundo Audiovisuais SA in Portugal.President and chief executive officer Patrick Wachsberger,executive vice president and chief of the London office David Garrett, and vicepresident of international sales Harold van Lier negotiated for the company.Garrett is Summit s point man on the project, which was pu
stanley cup ttogether by Tusk Productions in association with Azure Films, The Isle of Manand Allied Irish Bank, and is currently in production in LondonKeeping Mum also stars Patrick Swayze as the brash American lover and MaggieSmith as the discreet housekeeper who ensures the town s secrets remain sec Lfcl Mel Gibson s Hacksaw Ridge sold to China
Ahead of the European Film Forums exhibition panel i
stanley uk n Sarajevo, Geoffrey Macnab looks at how fresh thinking is leading to new opportunities for cinemas in eastern Europe.There was a period in the 1990s when cinema exhibition in eastern Europe l
stanley cup ooked to be on the fast road to extinction. The theatrical sector almost died in the former Yugoslavia, acknowledges Sarajevo Film Festivals head of industry Jovan Marjanovic of the time after the Yugoslav wars, when investment in the film industry dried up.Festivals such as Sarajevo played a crucial role in keeping film culture alive - and in giving Balkan audiences the chance to see European films. Now, as speakers will underline during a special exhibition panel at the European Film Forum in Sarajevo, the picture looks altogether rosier.Independent exhibition is looking stronger than ever seemed possible, while there has been a pronounced - and unpredicted - multiplex boom. Things are changing, says Marjanovic. We didnt expect multiplexing to take off after the economic crisis鈥?that was something that a couple of years ago analysts could not foresee. Everybody said multiplexing was going to be difficult and they
stanley italy asked, Who is going to invest in the infrastructure Competition in the region between rival operators such as Cineplexx and CineStar has been one factor driving multiplex growth. Austria-headquartered Cineplexx has opened cinemas in Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Albania and Italy.CineStar, which has re