Political thriller Balibo will start principal photography in Darwin, Australia and East Timor on June 30 (Monday).

The (in)famous image of cig-puffing Sean Penn paddling a raft through watery New Orleans helps explain his plucking from Amerindie sea of volunteer-recruitment docu "The Third Wave" to serve as Cannes fest's first-ever jury prexy pick. Following efforts of four unpaid relief workers, ...

ContentFilm International will handle international sales on Kid Cannabis, written and directed by John Stockwell. ICM will handle North American rights.

ContentFilm International will handle international sales on Kid Cannabis, written and directed by John Stockwell. ICM will handle North American rights.

ContentFilm International has come on for international sales on Glendyn Ivin's The Last Ride.

Aussie thesp Hugo Weaving has boarded helmer Glendyn Ivin’s “The Last Ride.”

Moverman to shoot road movie

Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone and Eamonn Walker have now joined Ben Foster in Oren Moverman's The Messenger.

Princess Ka'iulani, formerly titled Barbarian Princess, has ended the four-week Hawaiian leg of its shoot. The production will now move to shoot for 10 days in Norfolk, England by the end of April.

Metrodome Distributions has acquired full UK rights to extreme-skiing documentary Steep, which it plans to release towards the end of 2008.

As previously reporter, Q'orianka Kilcher, Barry Pepper, Will Patton and Shaun Evans star.

Oren Moverman, writer of Jesus’ Son and I’m Not There, is set to make his directorial debut with The Messenger.

ContentFilm International has taken on international rights (excluding the UK and Germany) to comedy-horror Release, to be directed by 2007 Screen International Star Of Tomorrow Stephen Leslie.

ContentFilm International is handling worldwide sales on the forthcoming drama Barbarian Princess to star Q’orianka Kilcher (The New World), Shaun Evans, Barry Pepper and Will Patton.

ContentFilm International has pre-sold Jonathan Liebesman's The Killing Room to the UK (Momentum), Germany (Square One), Portugal (Lusomundo), Greece (Spentzos), The Middle East (Gulf), Brazil (Paris Filmes), Romania (Media Pro), The West Indies (Caribbean Film Services) and Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia (Continental).

ContentFilm Intl. has announced the first sales for Chloe Sevigny-starrer "The Killing Room." Momentum in the U.K., Square One in Germany, Lusomundo in Portugal, Spentzos in Greece, Gulf Film in the Middle East, Media Pro in Romania, Caribbean Film Services, Continental in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia have all pre-bought the psychological thriller.

ContentFilm has announced a number of sales on supernatural thriller The Daisy Chain, which stars Samantha Morton and Steven Mackintosh.

BERLIN -- Ben Foster will star in "The Messenger," a drama from Oren Moverman, who is making his directorial debut with the film.

ContentFilm ("Thank You for Smoking") is handling foreign sales starting todayFri at the European Film Market in Berlin.

ContentFilm International has acquired international rights to action thriller Horse, which is being represented in the US by CAA.

London-based ContentFilm Intl has picked up international rights to action-thriller "Horse" starring Diego Luna and Luiz Guzman. Laurence Malkin ("Five Fingers") is helming. Adriana Barraza ("Babel") and Benito Martinez ("Million Dollar Baby") also star.