Bennett Gears Up for Launch of Film Division

LOS ANGELES: Following a successful MIPTV, Bennett Media Worldwide is heading to the Cannes Film Festival next week ready to launch its new film-distribution division in partnership with Moving Pictures Film & Television Group.

At the Cannes Film Festival, Bennett will be presenting a lineup of 600 independent films, including Played, Arayan Couple and recent titles such as Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, Wild Geese, Zulu Dawn, Ashanti and Freedom Road.

Bennett recently scored deals for Before It’s Too Late and Mysteries, which sold to Meteor Productions in the Middle East; a package of lifestyle titles, picked up by Travel Video Store in the U.S. for DVD rights; and The MEN7 Show, sold to Multimedia Bank in Poland. A raft of 20 additional hours from Bennett went to Claxson/Playboy’s Lifestyle Channel in Latin America. Titles included Bikini Destinations, The Wild Side and Destination X. Simply Wet and Bikini Destination Fantasies are headed to Dogan TV in Turkey.