

Mickey Rourke bio-doc 'Guapo Siempre' heads to Cannes with Versatile
Documentary revolves around actor’s 2014 return to the boxing ring in Moscow. Paris-based sales company Versatile has acquired world sales rights to French photographer and director Richard Aujard’s bio-doc Guapo Siempre, a portrait of Mickey Rourke’s return to the boxing ring in Moscow in 2014. The film, which is in post-production, follows actor and retired boxer Rourke as he prepares at the age of 62 to take on a fighter half his age in a special boxing exhibition in the R


Argentina’s ‘Paulina’ Wins Prizes at Beijing Film Festival
Argentinian thriller “Paulina” (aka “La Patota”) won the top prize Tiantan Award at the closing ceremony of the Beijing International Film Festival (April 16-23.) Directed by Santiago Mitre, the film also picked up the best screenplay and best actress (Dolores Fonzi) awards at a ceremony on Saturday night held some 40 km away from the city center in Huairou. The best director award went to Denmark’s Christina Rosendahl for her film, “The Idealist.” Louis Hofman was named best