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Hanway Lands Worldwide Sales Rights To Sundance Hit ‘Being Elmo’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday August 9, 2011 @ 11:17am PDTTags: Being Elmo, Film Rights, Hanway Films, Submarine Entertainment

Submarine Entertainment has made a deal with Hanway Films for the latter to handle Constance Marks’ award-winning Sundance documentary Being Elmo, about the creator of the iconic Sesame Street character. The doc previously picked up some rights deals when it was shopped at the Cannes Film Festival. The deal was negotiated by Josh Braun and David Koh of Submarine on behalf of Marks along with Hanway managing director Thorsten Schumacher and sales and distribution director Fabien Westerhoff. Submarine is handling an Oscar-qualifying run in major U.S. markets in the fall.

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Is Avi Lerner Friend Or Foe To Indieprods?

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday December 22, 2010 @ 12:52am PSTTags: Avi Lerner, Hanway Films, Independent Film & Televison Alliance, Millennium Entertainment, Nu Image

Two European sales companies — British based Hanway Films (the sales company of British producer Jeremy Thomas) and Paris-based Celluloid Dreams — are calling for Avi Lerner to step down as vice-chair of the Independent Film & Television Alliance. The … Read More »

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