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Mission possible for six EU films

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No less than six UK productions or co-productions are opening today among the nine novelties on UK screens: One is targeting the mainstream audience (Debbie Isitt’s Confetti) and the others, the more specialised arthouse market.

20th Century Fox, which is responsible for the UK launch on 250-300 screens, has chosen Confetti, a daring counter-programming as an alternative to US blockbuster Mission: Impossible 3. The film, starring UK TV stars Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson and stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr, tells the story of three couples who try to win a competition in a bridal magazine. It was produced by Wasted Talent with co-financing from BBC Films, Screen West Midlands and Fox Searchlight, which bought worldwide rights in the hopes to match its previous success with UK comedy The Full Monty .

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Dominic Savage’s Love + Hate is being released by Verve Pictures in 44 cinemas. The Shakespearian love story about a white boy who falls for a Muslim girl in the North West of England was chosen as the film of the week by influential weekly entertainment guide Time Out. Fateless [+see also:
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, by first-time director Lajos Koltai, is being released by Dogwoof Pictures in four London cinemas, and a wider release on 20 extra sites will follow next week. The UK premiere of the film, which is also on French screens this week, took place on April 25 at the Imperial War Museum and was attended by 150 guests, including producer András Hamori.

Cedric Klapisch’s Russian Dolls [+see also:
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is being handled by Cinefile, that released in 2003 Pot Luck, the director’s previous film focusing on Frenchman Xavier’s (Romain Duris) love and work experiences in Barcelona, which grossed over £150,000. Russian Dolls is coming out on four screens: two in London, one in Edinburgh and one at Dublin’s Irish Film Centre. According to Cinefile’s Richard Mowe, the film was launched at the Renault French Film Festival last March, attracting the biggest audience.

Also opening today at London’s ICA Cinema (through ICA Releasing) is Gary Tarn’s documentary Black Sun about French artist Hugues de Montalembert’s extraordinary life without vision, a film produced by John Battsek (One Day in September), and the thriller Three by Paul Unwin, distributed by The Works.

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