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Melanie Goodfellow
Senior International Film Correspondent
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Melanie joined Deadline in 2022 as Senior International Film Correspondent. She came from UK trade Screen International, where she spent a decade covering film and TV news out of France, Europe and the Middle East. She has also worked for Variety and Moving Pictures as well as the UK broadsheet The Independent, entertainment magazine Heat and Japan’s The Daily Yomiuri, working out of London, Rome, Brussels, Tokyo and Jerusalem. Melanie originally trained in journalism at Reuters and spent four years there in the mid-1990s as a reporter.
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Urban Sales Boards DJ Kid Koala’s Berlinale-Bound Animation Debut ‘Space Cadet’
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Urban Sales has acquired worldwide rights for Canadian animation Space Cadet by DJ, music producer and visual artist Kid Koala, ahead of its premiere in Berlinale's Generation Kplus section in February.
The futuristic, dialogue-free CGI work is described as a fable about young…
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Film Constellation Unveils First Look For Jérémy Comte’s Quebec & Ghana-Set Thriller ‘Paradise’ As Elevation Pictures Takes Canadian Rights
EXCLUSIVE: Film Constellation has unveiled a first look image for Jérémy Comte's upcoming transatlantic drama thriller Paradise as the Paris and London-based film company launches sales ahead of an expected festival debut this year.
Comte wrapped principal photography between Quebec and Ghana on the…
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Film & TV Export Agency Unifrance, Sales Agents Look For Silver Linings As French Cinema Posts 11% Drop In Int’l B.O. In 2024
The international box office for French cinema dropped by 11% in 2024, according to data released by Unifrance on Monday, but the film and TV export agency said the figures only gave part of the picture.
Unifrance said French film productions racked up 33.4M admissions internationally in the first 50…
New Europe Boards Hlynur Pálmason’s Under-The-Radar 4th Feature ‘The Love That Remains’ + First Look Image
EXCLUSIVE: New Europe Film Sales has boarded Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason's upcoming feature The Love That Remains, his latest work after Oscar-shortlisted work Godland.
The sales acquisition sees the Warsaw-based company team once again with Icelandic production company Still Vivid and…
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Oliviero Toscani Dies: Italian Photographer & Shock Advertising Guru Known For Provocative Benetton Campaigns Was 82
Italian photographer and art director Oliviero Toscani, who courted controversy with his provocative campaigns for clothing brand Benetton during the 1980s and 90s, has died at the age of 82, his family announced on Monday.
The photographer had revealed over the summer that he was battling a rare…
France Tv Distrib Boards Drama ‘The Girl Without A Name’ Starring Diane Rouxel & Cécile De France – Unifrance RDV
EXCLUSIVE: France tv distribution has acquired international sales rights to Nicolas Keitel's lost sister drama The Girl Without A Name (Louise) starring Diane Rouxel alongside Cécile de France and Salomé Dewaels.
The company will launch international sales on the picture at Unifrance's…
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Italian Box Office Eased 0.4% In 2024 To $508M As Animation Led By ‘Inside Out 2’ Topped Chart
The Italian box office softened by 0.4% in 2024 for an overall gross of $508M, on the back of a 1.3% dip in spectators to 69.7M, according to data detailed by Italy's box office data monitor Cinetel on Thursday.
The body suggested the results were broadly positive in a challenging year marked by big…
Goodfellas Unveils 2025 French Slate With New Additions From Arnaud Desplechin & Carlos Abascal Peiró – Unifrance RDV
EXCLUSIVE: In keeping with its start-of-the-year tradition, Goodfellas has rolled out the bulk of its French-language slate for 2025 ahead of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris next week, and it's a hot one.
The line-up features fresh additions An Affair by Arnaud Desplechin and Prime Rush by Carlos…
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European Film Awards Set Athens As Location For 39th Ceremony In January 2027
The European Film Awards, Europe's equivalent of the Oscars, will head to the Greek capital of Athens for its 39th ceremony on January 16 2027.
It will mark the second time the ceremony will take place at the beginning of the year rather than its previous December slot.
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The coming 12 months will be huge for the international entertainment landscape, with change certain on multiple fronts. Here, our overseas team make some bold predictions for 2025.
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French Box Office Edges Higher In 2024 With 181M Admissions As Local Movies Take 44% Market Share
The French box office edged up by 0.5% year-on-year in 2024 hitting 181.3M admissions for an overall gross of roughly $1.36B, according to figures released by France's National Cinema Centre (CNC).
The body said that while the overall admissions figure for 2024 remained some 12.8% below pre-pandemic…
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