03/09/2013 - Titles such as Tracks, Philomena and Kaze Tachinu are among the hottest sales hits

Stephen Frears’ new drama Philomena [+see also:
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The Japanese animation film Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) by Hayao Miyazaki, which Wild Bunch secured for several territories, received very positive reactions. Meanwhile the Israeli-Palestinian relationship drama Bethlehem [+see also:
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The British lion candidate Under the Skin [+see also:
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Further pick-ups are expected for films such as the British road movie Locke [+see also:
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Pascal Diot, Director of the Venice Film Market, strikes a positive balance. In terms of attendance, the second Venice Film Market is already a great success. “We have 246 distributors and 86 world sellers from 58 countries here”, reports Pascal Diot. Besides the Italian participants, industry representatives from France, Germany, the US and UK are showing the strongest presence.