Efm 2018 round-up: Big deals catch the eye but a gloomy market for many

For smaller Berlin buyers, it was hard to connect with the right material.The presence of several eye-catching packages helped to bolster spirits at the Efm, although the chasm between the haves and have-nots remains as wide as ever.Buyers who could afford the most desirable commercial product from the blue-chip sales companies responded enthusiastically to Lionsgate International’s John Wick: Chapter 3, Sierra/Affinity’s Official Secrets and Front Runner and Kung Fury from Bloom.There was plenty of interest too in Late Night, The Aeronauts and The Personal History Of David Copperfield from FilmNation, STXinternational’s Finest Kind and The Marsh King’s Daughter, Voltage Pictures’ Roland Emmerich epic Maya Lord, and The Exchange’s Drew Barrymore comedy The Stand-In.Studiocanal’s Mia And The White Lion has sparked activity, as have TrustNordisk’s competition selection U-July 22 and Protagonist’s Sundance hit The Kindergarten Teacher, among others.

UK buyers in particular seemed happy to get their

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