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EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars star Daisy Ridley and Brit national treasure Stephen Fry have boarded the voice cast of The Inventor, a feature stop-motion animation about Leonardo da Vinci written and directed by Jim Capobianco, the Oscar-nominated scribe of Ratatouille. Fry will voice da Vinci and Ridley will be the French…

A Russian virtual content market will be held in June to showcase the country's latest productions to international buyers. Roskino, the national film body dedicated to promoting Russian film globally, is organizing the event, which will include live presentations and pitches, a screening room with 150+ hours of…

EXCLUSIVE: Mk2 Films, the sales wing of French major Mk2, is creating a private online market that will launch initially with its latest slate of documentaries. Titled ‘Reality Beyond Fiction’, the five-day event will be available to registered buyers and will focus on completed films including Helmut Newton: The Bad A…

EXCLUSIVE: Nathanaël Karmitz, CEO at Paris-based Mk2, which operates the biggest art-house cinema network in France, is preaching patience for the re-opening of theaters. Speaking to Deadline, Karmitz said that a mid-July opening, which has been bandied around Europe in the last two weeks, initially as a provisional…

Netflix has struck a deal with French company Mk2 to stream a selection of classic library titles, including Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and François Truffaut's Jules et Jim, in French-speaking territories throughout 2020. Netflix will host a total of 50 films from filmmakers such as Charlie Chaplin, Alain Resnais…

Juliette Schrameck is leaving her role as managing director of Paris-based sales and distribution outfit mk2 films after 13 years at the company. In an email to industry announcing her departure, also shared with Deadline, she said she would tell unveil her next moves soon. "After 13 wonderful years at mk2, acquiring…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s first footage of Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson) in Venice and Toronto-bound comedy Arab Blues (Un Divan A Tunis), which is being sold by Paris-based MK2 Films. Farahani and debut director Manele Labidi will be on the Lido for the film’s world premiere in the Venice Days strand. The French-language…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some distinctive first footage of sci-fi-thriller Jessica Forever, which is getting its European premiere in Berlin’s Panorama strand after closing Toronto’s Platform section last year. The English and French-language film from first-time directors Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel centers on a woman…

Sony Pictures Classics has taken all rights in North America, Australia and New Zealand to the Maria Callas documentary Maria By Callas: In Her Own Words. Helmed by first-timer Tom Volf, the film features never before seen or heard footage and performances of the great Greek-American opera singer. The film, which Volf…

Protagonist Pictures and mk2 films have come aboard to jointly handle worldwide sales on Michel Franco's April's Daughter (Las Hijas de Abril), which has been selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard lineup. The Spanish-language feature from Mexico is Franco's fourth film to be invited to the festival. The story follows…

After Friday night's horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, major cinema chains and art-houses shuttered for the day on Saturday with word they would remain closed through Sunday at least. While the Gaumont-Pathé circuit did remain closed today, both UGC and MK2 said via social media that they were opening their doors…