This column highlights titles that are attracting buyer interest.

*In&Out

The screenplay by Paul Rudnick, much talked about, is based on Tom Hanks’ acceptance speech at the Oscars when he won best actor for Philadelphia; Hanks mentioned a teacher of his who proved a source of inspiration for the actor. The teacher was gay and Rudnick has spun out a tale about a teacher (Kevin Kline) whose life is forever changed that Oscar night, which happens to fall days before his pending marriage to Emily (Joan Cusack).

Directed by Frank Oz (The Indian in the Cupboard, Little Shop of Horrors), the film is being sold worldwide by Paramount Pictures.

Press and Industry screening:

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 8:30 a.m.

Sheraton 1

Public screenings:

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m.

Roy Thomson Hall

Thursday, Sept. 11, 1:30 p.m.

Uptown 1

*The Life of Stuff

This black comedy starring Ewen Bremner and Stuart McQuarrie of Trainspotting and Ciaran Hinds of Some Mother’s Son is a tough British film directed by Simon Donald and based on his play of the same name. Set in basements and bleak bars of Glasgow, the story follows a group of no-goods through a collapsed insurance scam that literally ends up in flames. The Sales Co. is handling the film worldwide.

Press and Industry screening:

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1:30 p.m.

Sheraton 1

Public screening:

Thursday Sept. 11, 1 p.m.

Uptown 2

*Unmade Beds

Nicholas Barker has a reputation that precedes him. As the maker of the controversial, biting British tv series Signs of the Times, he has become known as a relentessly tough director. Now, with his first feature film, Barker takes on the personal want-ads in New York City, interviewing a reported 500 subjects and auditioning 100 want-ad users. Four people – a single mother and former lapdancer, a young woman anxious to be married, a 40-year-old bachelor and a has-been screenwriter – made the final cut.

Jane Balfour Films is handling the title.

Public screenings:

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 9:45 p.m.

Cumberland 1

Friday, Sept. 12, 10:30 a.m.

Cumberland 2