The project is written and directed by German-based Mongolian director Uisenma Borchu.
Pim Hermeling’s Amsterdam-based Nine Film has acquired international sales rights, outside Germany, to Berlinale Panorama title Black Milk, written and directed by German-based Mongolian director Uisenma Borchu.
It will be released in Germany by Munich-based Alpenrepublik.
Black Milks a semi-autobiographical drama about a young woman in search of her roots.
“We have a tendency to follow women and stories about women. This is something important for us,” said Nelleke Driessen, head of sales and acquisitions for Nine Films.
Driessen was attending the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr...
Pim Hermeling’s Amsterdam-based Nine Film has acquired international sales rights, outside Germany, to Berlinale Panorama title Black Milk, written and directed by German-based Mongolian director Uisenma Borchu.
It will be released in Germany by Munich-based Alpenrepublik.
Black Milks a semi-autobiographical drama about a young woman in search of her roots.
“We have a tendency to follow women and stories about women. This is something important for us,” said Nelleke Driessen, head of sales and acquisitions for Nine Films.
Driessen was attending the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr...
- 1/30/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
The film “Rotterdam, I Love You”, like the previous entries in the ‘Cities of Love’ series, will be a kaleidoscope of stories about love in all kinds of interpretations. Every single segment has its own perspective and its own personal style, woven into the rhythm of this unique city by 11 different directors.
The creative team consists of 11 directors, 20 to 30 wonderful actors in main roles, top producers and screenwriters. The 11 directors will range from Dutch up-and-coming talents to internationally acclaimed directors from all over the world, including Koen Mortier, Paula van der Oest (“Zeus and Zo”), Barry Atsma, Shariff Nasr (“Oblivion”) and Atom Egoyan (“The Sweet Hereafter”). The Cities of Love family of directors already includes people like The Coen Brothers, Brett Ratner, Wes Craven, Guillermo Arriaga, Alexander Payne, as well as Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and more.
“Rotterdam, I Love You” will show the real Rotterdam, in all its rough beauty,...
The creative team consists of 11 directors, 20 to 30 wonderful actors in main roles, top producers and screenwriters. The 11 directors will range from Dutch up-and-coming talents to internationally acclaimed directors from all over the world, including Koen Mortier, Paula van der Oest (“Zeus and Zo”), Barry Atsma, Shariff Nasr (“Oblivion”) and Atom Egoyan (“The Sweet Hereafter”). The Cities of Love family of directors already includes people like The Coen Brothers, Brett Ratner, Wes Craven, Guillermo Arriaga, Alexander Payne, as well as Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and more.
“Rotterdam, I Love You” will show the real Rotterdam, in all its rough beauty,...
- 5/16/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Other directors announced for portmanteau film include Paula van der Oest and Koen Mortier.
Atom Egoyan, Paula van der Oest and Koen Mortier are three of the directors who will soon be Rotterdam-bound to shoot episodes of $7.5mn new portmanteau picture, Rotterdam, I Love You. They are due to be announced at a press conference in Rotterdam today (Wednesday.)
This is the latest feature in the Cities Of Love franchise overseen by Emmanuel Benbihy, following on from Paris, New York and Rio. Young Rotterdam director Shariff Nasr is directing the framing story which will link the episodes.
There will be 10 other directors, each helming an episode lasting from 7 to 10 minutes.
The project is produced by Matt Jaems and Joeri Pruys in association with September Film Productions and producer Jeroen Beker. Belgian production company Czar will also be involved as will a number of big name brands. The British coproducer is Gass Man Films.
Further names of...
Atom Egoyan, Paula van der Oest and Koen Mortier are three of the directors who will soon be Rotterdam-bound to shoot episodes of $7.5mn new portmanteau picture, Rotterdam, I Love You. They are due to be announced at a press conference in Rotterdam today (Wednesday.)
This is the latest feature in the Cities Of Love franchise overseen by Emmanuel Benbihy, following on from Paris, New York and Rio. Young Rotterdam director Shariff Nasr is directing the framing story which will link the episodes.
There will be 10 other directors, each helming an episode lasting from 7 to 10 minutes.
The project is produced by Matt Jaems and Joeri Pruys in association with September Film Productions and producer Jeroen Beker. Belgian production company Czar will also be involved as will a number of big name brands. The British coproducer is Gass Man Films.
Further names of...
- 2/1/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
AMSTERDAM -- Two leading Dutch independent film and television production companies Motel Films and IDTV Film are joining forces.
The companies will work together under the name IDTV Film. Both parties plan to make film and television drama for the Dutch and foreign market under the IDTV banner.
The name Motel Films will remain a label for art movies, while drama output will be absorbed by IDTV Film.
Negotiations for the merger began this year, and Jeroen Beker and Frans van Gestel of Motel Films said it was necessary in order to grow.
Motel Films recently co-produced Paul Verhoeven's "Black Book" and the current Dutch hit "Love Is All".
IDTV, the company behind the Oscar-nominated "Twin Sisters" and Ben Sombogaart's "Bride Flight", is looking for "further artistic continuity for the film company" and aims to expand its drama output as a result of the collaboration.
The new management consists of Beker and van Gestel, under which Anton Smit maintains his position as independent creative producer.
IDTV's Hanneke Niens has opted not to join the new collaboration and will pursue a career as an independent producer.
The companies will work together under the name IDTV Film. Both parties plan to make film and television drama for the Dutch and foreign market under the IDTV banner.
The name Motel Films will remain a label for art movies, while drama output will be absorbed by IDTV Film.
Negotiations for the merger began this year, and Jeroen Beker and Frans van Gestel of Motel Films said it was necessary in order to grow.
Motel Films recently co-produced Paul Verhoeven's "Black Book" and the current Dutch hit "Love Is All".
IDTV, the company behind the Oscar-nominated "Twin Sisters" and Ben Sombogaart's "Bride Flight", is looking for "further artistic continuity for the film company" and aims to expand its drama output as a result of the collaboration.
The new management consists of Beker and van Gestel, under which Anton Smit maintains his position as independent creative producer.
IDTV's Hanneke Niens has opted not to join the new collaboration and will pursue a career as an independent producer.
- 11/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A beautifully made dramatic romance that has made the festival rounds with much success and earned a Golden Globe nomination, "The Polish Bride" starts jarringly with a bloody, terrified woman dressed only in a trench coat running for her life through crowded city streets.
She runs for miles, with no pursuers in sight, until she collapses unconscious at the feet of a Dutch farmer. Imminently worthy of limited domestic distribution, Algeria-born filmmaker Karim Traidia's feature debut is compelling cinema, with several long, dialogue-free stretches and a strong, upbeat resolution.
Although the details are never completely spelled out, the tattered woman is Anna (Monic Hendrickx), a Pole lured from her homeland and abused by an elderly pimp (Rudi Falkenhagen) and his thuggish son (Roef Ragas). It's her good fortune to escape and find her way to the farm of Henk (Jaap Spijkers), a decent, hard-working loner facing difficulties obtaining a bank loan.
There is momentary tension as we're not sure what Henk plans to do with this stranger who speaks a foreign language. But he calls no authorities and brushes off the pimp and his son when they come looking for her. She has awakened his protective instincts, and his busy schedule includes carefully nursing her back to health and not discouraging her attempts to return his kindness.
Little is said because of their language problem, but once it's clear he won't send her away, she makes an effort to help him around the house and begins to learn Dutch. The film's delightful middle segment depicts their blossoming relationship, with his perpetually cranky, preoccupied demeanor cracking and her confidence and sense of humor returning.
Be warned: This is not a movie to see with an empty stomach. Much of the leads' interaction takes place during meals and at snake-time in the barn and fields. One of their mutual breakthroughs occurs when she serves him Polish food and he responds positively.
Alas, the villains return and attempt to take Anna, but recalling a great line from "Doctor Zhivago" -- "Beware the anger of a patient man" -- Henk is in no mood to give her up without a fight. Immediately after a violent encounter that comes on unexpectedly, Henk and Anna surrender to their carnal desires for each other in the film's most risky scene.
In the aftermath, she returns to Poland and her young daughter, setting up the poignant conclusion. Set in the northeastern highlands province of Groningen in the Netherlands, "Polish Bride" is wonderfully atmospheric and visually superb, including exquisitely lighted interiors.
The performances couldn't be more on the money. Netherlands-born Hendrickx's character has an initial fragility that is replaced gradually by strength and determination as she effortlessly downplays her good looks and earthy attractiveness. Spijkers ("Character") is big and handsome, but he's so wrapped up in his portrayal that the viewer, like Anna, finds nothing boring about his endless work and simple lifestyle.
THE POLISH BRIDE
Motel Films, IJswater Films
Credits: Director: Karim Traidia; Screenwriter: Kees van der Hults; Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, Marc Bary, Ilana Netiv; Director of photography: Jacques Laureys; Art director: Anne Winterink; Editor: Chris Teerink; Music: Fons Merkies. Cast: Henk: Jaap Spijkers; Anna: Monic Hendrickx; Pimp: Rudi Falkenhagen; Pimp's Son: Roef Ragas; Mailman: Hakim Traidia. No MPAA Rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 90 minutes.
She runs for miles, with no pursuers in sight, until she collapses unconscious at the feet of a Dutch farmer. Imminently worthy of limited domestic distribution, Algeria-born filmmaker Karim Traidia's feature debut is compelling cinema, with several long, dialogue-free stretches and a strong, upbeat resolution.
Although the details are never completely spelled out, the tattered woman is Anna (Monic Hendrickx), a Pole lured from her homeland and abused by an elderly pimp (Rudi Falkenhagen) and his thuggish son (Roef Ragas). It's her good fortune to escape and find her way to the farm of Henk (Jaap Spijkers), a decent, hard-working loner facing difficulties obtaining a bank loan.
There is momentary tension as we're not sure what Henk plans to do with this stranger who speaks a foreign language. But he calls no authorities and brushes off the pimp and his son when they come looking for her. She has awakened his protective instincts, and his busy schedule includes carefully nursing her back to health and not discouraging her attempts to return his kindness.
Little is said because of their language problem, but once it's clear he won't send her away, she makes an effort to help him around the house and begins to learn Dutch. The film's delightful middle segment depicts their blossoming relationship, with his perpetually cranky, preoccupied demeanor cracking and her confidence and sense of humor returning.
Be warned: This is not a movie to see with an empty stomach. Much of the leads' interaction takes place during meals and at snake-time in the barn and fields. One of their mutual breakthroughs occurs when she serves him Polish food and he responds positively.
Alas, the villains return and attempt to take Anna, but recalling a great line from "Doctor Zhivago" -- "Beware the anger of a patient man" -- Henk is in no mood to give her up without a fight. Immediately after a violent encounter that comes on unexpectedly, Henk and Anna surrender to their carnal desires for each other in the film's most risky scene.
In the aftermath, she returns to Poland and her young daughter, setting up the poignant conclusion. Set in the northeastern highlands province of Groningen in the Netherlands, "Polish Bride" is wonderfully atmospheric and visually superb, including exquisitely lighted interiors.
The performances couldn't be more on the money. Netherlands-born Hendrickx's character has an initial fragility that is replaced gradually by strength and determination as she effortlessly downplays her good looks and earthy attractiveness. Spijkers ("Character") is big and handsome, but he's so wrapped up in his portrayal that the viewer, like Anna, finds nothing boring about his endless work and simple lifestyle.
THE POLISH BRIDE
Motel Films, IJswater Films
Credits: Director: Karim Traidia; Screenwriter: Kees van der Hults; Producers: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, Marc Bary, Ilana Netiv; Director of photography: Jacques Laureys; Art director: Anne Winterink; Editor: Chris Teerink; Music: Fons Merkies. Cast: Henk: Jaap Spijkers; Anna: Monic Hendrickx; Pimp: Rudi Falkenhagen; Pimp's Son: Roef Ragas; Mailman: Hakim Traidia. No MPAA Rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 90 minutes.
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