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Film News: Nord-Ouest teams on ‘Dragons’ — Europe’s biggest film company, StudioCanal, is teaming with one of its most successful animation auteurs, France’s Michel Ocelot, to produce, distribute and sell abroad the movie “Dragons and Princesses.”

Film News: Nord-Ouest teams on ‘Dragons’ — Europe’s biggest film company, StudioCanal, is teaming with one of its most successful animation auteurs, France’s Michel Ocelot, to produce, distribute and sell abroad the movie “Dragons and Princesses.”

Film News: Euro major sees sales across lineup — Euro major StudioCanal has rolled out major sales across its Cannes lineup, led by Competition titles “The Princess of Montpensier” and “Outside the Law.”

Film News: Friedenson is key as company continues to expand — Reflecting yet further growth at Euro major StudioCanal, Shyama Friedenson has been tapped as exec VP of international marketing.

Film News: U.K. distributor’s haul includes films by Besson, Malick —
U.K. distrib Optimum Releasing, which is owned by pan-European film group StudioCanal, announced Thursday that it had acquired nine pics covering a wide variety of genres and styles.

Film News: Distrib lands U.S. rights to French Resistance drama — European major StudioCanal has sold Robert Guediguian’s “Army of Crime” to Lorber Films for the U.S.

Film News: Horror pic produced by Eli Roth, StudioCanal, Strike — Lionsgate has grabbed U.S. distribution rights to “The Last Exorcism,” a verite-style horror pic produced by Strike Entertainment, StudioCanal and genre maven Eli Roth.

Film News: Machado’s comedy kicks off with alliance — StudioCanal has established a development-production and distribution pact with Walter Salles’ Rio de Janeiro-based VideoFilmes, one of Brazil’s top production houses.

Film News: America’s next big hit movie could be French — It’s a sign of the times when quintessentially American producer Joel Silver is making his next film, “Unknown White Male,” an entirely European co-production, in partnership with Germany’s Studio Babelsberg and French major StudioCanal.