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Exclusive: Drug gang drama to be directed by Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.

Ambitious Amsterdam-based Dutch Features Global Entertainment, headed by CEO Pim van Collem, is to begin world sales at the Afm on Patser, the new feature from L.A. and Brussels based Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.

El Arbi and Fallah are also attached to direct Beverly Hills Cop 4, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Paramount Pictures, and have recently directed the first two episodes for the series Snowfall for FX Networks. Their previous feature, teen gang movie, Black (2015) won the Dropbox Discovery Award at Tiff and became a media phenomenon after provoking riots in a Brussels cinema.

Patser tells the tale of four ne’er-do-wells from the neighbourhood ‘t Kiel’ in Antwerp, aspiring to become gangster legends. They foolishly get involved in high-profile drug affairs, and start a war between gangs from Antwerp, Amsterdam and even...

Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Films & TV has locked worldwide distribution rights for Dutch thriller Renovation.

Tjitske Reidinga, known for her role as Claire in Endemol’s TV series Gooische Vrouwen, stars as an ambitious plastic surgeon who finds herself drawn into a dangerous world of adultery and extortion by a wealthy former lover.

Adapted from the Saskia Noort’s best-selling novel, Renovation is produced by Gijs van de Westelaken’s Amsterdam-based Column Film.

The pact marks the fourth title High Point has acquired from the company after Deal, 06/05 and Cool.

”Renovation is slick and compelling viewing for audiences looking for edge of the seat thrillers with a sexy twist of glamour,” said Fitzgerald.

Producers Bruce Weiss and Gijs van de Westelaken hope to announce the first major sales of Interview, the Steve Buscemi directed American remake of Theo van Gogh's low budget film, by the end of next week.

The first screening of Interview caused major traffic jams at the Cinemaxx when the film premiered Tuesday night.

At the press conference on Tuesday, Buscemi said that he shot the $1.8 million production in just nine days. "Still, Theo did it in five using three cameras all the time," he said. The editing, however, took some nine months.

The respect the slain Dutch director showed for his actors was one of the reasons Buscemi took on the project. "If Theo had been able to do it, as was his big wish, I would happily have taken the leading role," Buscemi said. "His work is so character-driven."

The director plays the political journalist Pierre, who with little enthusiasm interviews a bimbo-type actress played by Sienna Miller. Buscemi had not seen Miller acting before.