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Film News: Producers steps out of dad’s shadow — In these tough times for independent film, producers have to use every tool in their box to get films made. Rounding up investors from Georgia to Poland, shooting quickly and efficiently. And if you happen to be a third-generation showbiz scion, well, all the better.

Film News: Argentine banner broadens scope with bigger-budget genre fare — Argentine production house Pampa Films has signed Ricardo Darin of Oscar-winning “The Secret in Their Eyes” to star in “A Chinese Story,” as it pushes into bigger-budget genre pics.

Film News: Romanian fest draws more than 200 features — The ninth edition of the Transilvania fest, set in the storied mountain valley of Cluj-Napoca, kicks off Friday with a slate of 12 competish films by new helmers and a decidedly non-commercial spirit.

Film News: FilmSharks sells ‘Untitled,’ ‘Heart,’ ‘Milagrosa’ — Paris-based Albany Films bought French coming-of-ager “Sister Welsh’s Nights” at Cannes.

Film News: Distrib hunts around the margins at Cannes — Alta Films, Spain’s top arthouse distributor-exhibitor, has taken rights to five Cannes buys: “Carlos,” “Tamara Drewe,” “Abel,” “Le Quattro volte” and “Take This Waltz.”

Film News: 2.4.7. Films board ‘With or Without You’ — Paris-based 2.4.7. Films’ Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault (“Persepolis”) are set to produce helmer Yann Samuell’s “With or Without You.”

Film News: NeoClassics takes U.S. on ‘Cleveland’ — In a flurry of sales Tuesday, Films Distribution licensed eight territories on Pierre Thorreton’s docu-feature, “Yves Saint Laurent, L’amour fou.”

Film News: Chaumeil pens spy comedy, Duris to star — Rolling off the success of “Heartbreaker” in France, Quad Films is reteaming with director Pascal Chaumeil on “Vivre c’est mieux que mourrir” (Living Is Better Than Dying), a $20 million spy comedy.

Film News: Ten films will screen at July’s Karlovy Vary fest — A documentary and two women directors pepper its lineup,

Film News: Pinguin Films to produce documentary — Javier Bardem, who toplines Cannes competition player “Biutiful,” will produce and narrate the Western Sahara-focused documentary feature “Oulad Lemzun” (Sons of the Clouds).