The second annual Creative Investors Conference runs September 26-28.
Executives from Focus Features, Warner Bros, Plan B and Neon are among the speakers at San Sebastian International Film Festival’s second annual Creative Investors Conference running September 26-28 in collaboration with CAA Media Finance.
There will be a series of ‘Fireside chats’ with Mariano César, SVP content Ge Content Latin America at HBO Max (Warner Bros. Discovery), Jeremy Kleiner, co-president at Plan B, and Killer Films co-founders Pam Koffler and Christine Vachon.
Kiska Higgs, president, production & acquisitions at Focus Features, Sarah Colvin, director of acquisitions at Neon, Jeb Brody, president of production at Amblin Partners,...
Executives from Focus Features, Warner Bros, Plan B and Neon are among the speakers at San Sebastian International Film Festival’s second annual Creative Investors Conference running September 26-28 in collaboration with CAA Media Finance.
There will be a series of ‘Fireside chats’ with Mariano César, SVP content Ge Content Latin America at HBO Max (Warner Bros. Discovery), Jeremy Kleiner, co-president at Plan B, and Killer Films co-founders Pam Koffler and Christine Vachon.
Kiska Higgs, president, production & acquisitions at Focus Features, Sarah Colvin, director of acquisitions at Neon, Jeb Brody, president of production at Amblin Partners,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The conference is taking place from September 26-28.
Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Blueprint Pictures’ Peter Czernin, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates’ Anna Higgs and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo will all attend the second annual Creative Investors’ Conference at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this month.
Organised in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, it is taking place at the festival from September 26-28 and will comprise of a series of panels and discussions open to industry badge holders, under the Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech strand.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Roeg Sutherland, Benjamin Kramer and...
Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Blueprint Pictures’ Peter Czernin, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates’ Anna Higgs and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo will all attend the second annual Creative Investors’ Conference at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this month.
Organised in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, it is taking place at the festival from September 26-28 and will comprise of a series of panels and discussions open to industry badge holders, under the Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech strand.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Roeg Sutherland, Benjamin Kramer and...
- 9/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Netflix’s Teresa Moneo, Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Cinetic Media’s John Sloss, and Jeb Brody, President of Production at Amblin Partners, are among the names set for CAA Media Finance and the San Sebastian Film Festival’s second annual Creative Investors’ Conference.
The conference will take place September 26-28 and include a series of panels and discussions. Roeg Sutherland, Benjamin Kramer, and Sarah Schweitzman from CAA Media Finance will participate in the conference and moderate alongside journalist and San Seb advisor Wendy Mitchell.
Organized in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, other high-profile execs set to attend include Vincent Maraval, President of Goodfellas; Mariano César, SVP of Content Ge Content Latin America at HBO Max; Sarah Colvin, Director of Acquisitions at Neon; Liesl Copland, Executive Vice president, Content and Platform Strategy at Participant Media; Phil Hunt, CEO of Head Gear Films and Co-managing Director of Bankside Films; Fionnuala Jamison, Managing...
The conference will take place September 26-28 and include a series of panels and discussions. Roeg Sutherland, Benjamin Kramer, and Sarah Schweitzman from CAA Media Finance will participate in the conference and moderate alongside journalist and San Seb advisor Wendy Mitchell.
Organized in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, other high-profile execs set to attend include Vincent Maraval, President of Goodfellas; Mariano César, SVP of Content Ge Content Latin America at HBO Max; Sarah Colvin, Director of Acquisitions at Neon; Liesl Copland, Executive Vice president, Content and Platform Strategy at Participant Media; Phil Hunt, CEO of Head Gear Films and Co-managing Director of Bankside Films; Fionnuala Jamison, Managing...
- 9/5/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
San Sebastian Festival’s 2nd Creative Investors’ Conference (Cic), co-organized once more with CAA Media Finance, has lured some of the most prominent names in the international entertainment business, led by CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland, Goodfellas’ Vincent Maraval and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss.
Sutherland, Nick Ogiony and Sarah Schweitzman from CAA Media Finance will participate in the Conference, held on Sept. 26 and 27 at the Tabakalera, and moderate some of the activities, as will Wendy Mitchell, delegate and advisor of the San Sebastian Festival.
Variety has learned that the VIP international guests will hold private networking lunches/meetings with about 25 leading Spanish producers, includING Mariela Besuievsky of Tornasol Media; Eduardo Carneros, Euskadi Movie Aie; Valérie Delpierre, Inicia Films; Ignasi Estapé, Arcadia; Belén Atienza, Perdición Films; Fernando Bovaira, Mod Prods; Morena Films’ Juan Gordon and Elastica Films’ María Zamora.
Another added bonus is a podcast, jointly produced/hosted by...
Sutherland, Nick Ogiony and Sarah Schweitzman from CAA Media Finance will participate in the Conference, held on Sept. 26 and 27 at the Tabakalera, and moderate some of the activities, as will Wendy Mitchell, delegate and advisor of the San Sebastian Festival.
Variety has learned that the VIP international guests will hold private networking lunches/meetings with about 25 leading Spanish producers, includING Mariela Besuievsky of Tornasol Media; Eduardo Carneros, Euskadi Movie Aie; Valérie Delpierre, Inicia Films; Ignasi Estapé, Arcadia; Belén Atienza, Perdición Films; Fernando Bovaira, Mod Prods; Morena Films’ Juan Gordon and Elastica Films’ María Zamora.
Another added bonus is a podcast, jointly produced/hosted by...
- 9/5/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Former president of the Film Academy in Spain joins streamer.
Spanish filmmaker Mariano Barroso is joining Netflix as head of film for Spain and Portugal.
Barroso will report into Diego Avalos, Netflix’s head of content for Spain and Portugal.
The Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer is a winner of three Goya awards, and was president of the Film Academy in Spain from 2018 to 2022.
Barroso won the best new director prize in 1993 for Mi Hermano Del Alma, the best documentary film prize in 2007 for Invisibles and the best adapted screenplay award for Todas Las Mujeres in 2013.
He has directed among others Éxtasis,...
Spanish filmmaker Mariano Barroso is joining Netflix as head of film for Spain and Portugal.
Barroso will report into Diego Avalos, Netflix’s head of content for Spain and Portugal.
The Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer is a winner of three Goya awards, and was president of the Film Academy in Spain from 2018 to 2022.
Barroso won the best new director prize in 1993 for Mi Hermano Del Alma, the best documentary film prize in 2007 for Invisibles and the best adapted screenplay award for Todas Las Mujeres in 2013.
He has directed among others Éxtasis,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
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Netflix’s shake-up of its European operations — which saw the Sept. 29 exit of International Film VP David Kosse, a new role for Spanish executive Teresa Moneo and a new regionalized hub for all content across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea) run by Larry Tanz — points to a broader strategic shift at the streaming giant toward faster-growing international markets to make up for domestic subscriber losses.
In the second quarter of this year, according to figures from UK-based data research group Ampere Analysis, Netflix ordered 97 new original first-run TV series or movies from outside the US, compared to 63 US commissions over the same period. International commissions at Netflix have outpaced domestic orders for seven straight quarters and show no signs of slowing down. Despite fierce competition from the likes of Disney+ and HBO Max, in international markets Netflix retains a significant first-mover...
Netflix’s shake-up of its European operations — which saw the Sept. 29 exit of International Film VP David Kosse, a new role for Spanish executive Teresa Moneo and a new regionalized hub for all content across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea) run by Larry Tanz — points to a broader strategic shift at the streaming giant toward faster-growing international markets to make up for domestic subscriber losses.
In the second quarter of this year, according to figures from UK-based data research group Ampere Analysis, Netflix ordered 97 new original first-run TV series or movies from outside the US, compared to 63 US commissions over the same period. International commissions at Netflix have outpaced domestic orders for seven straight quarters and show no signs of slowing down. Despite fierce competition from the likes of Disney+ and HBO Max, in international markets Netflix retains a significant first-mover...
- 10/4/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director of global film addresses streamer’s new Emea structure at Women in Film and Television International-hosted Q&a.
Teresa Moneo, Netflix’s newly appointed director of global film, has said one of her key focuses will be on “big European filmmakers and bigger budget European films” following the restructure of its Emea team last week.
News emerged on Friday that London-based David Kosse is leaving his role as vice president of international film at Netflix as part of the Emea restructure. Moneo, until recently director of international original film, will now head the international film team, reporting to Netflix...
Teresa Moneo, Netflix’s newly appointed director of global film, has said one of her key focuses will be on “big European filmmakers and bigger budget European films” following the restructure of its Emea team last week.
News emerged on Friday that London-based David Kosse is leaving his role as vice president of international film at Netflix as part of the Emea restructure. Moneo, until recently director of international original film, will now head the international film team, reporting to Netflix...
- 10/4/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. Our crack team of reporters and editors brought you the news from Zurich to Singapore to London this week, and I’m here to help you digest. Read away.
Tales From Zurich
Marquee attendees: Diana Lodderhose reporting from the Zurich Film Festival where the indie film confab Zurich Summit, the marquee industry event, took place last Saturday and saw more than 100 of the film industry’s top execs take part in an all-day session that drilled down into the state of the industry. Attendees included the likes of former Lionsgate film chief Patrick Wachsberger, Sony Pictures Classics co-head Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Neon CEO Tom Quinn, CAA Media Finance co-head Roeg Sutherland and Le Grisbi Production founder and president John Lesher.
‘Coda’, Oscars and youth: And there was plenty going on. Wachsberger, who was a producer on Oscar-winning film Coda,...
Tales From Zurich
Marquee attendees: Diana Lodderhose reporting from the Zurich Film Festival where the indie film confab Zurich Summit, the marquee industry event, took place last Saturday and saw more than 100 of the film industry’s top execs take part in an all-day session that drilled down into the state of the industry. Attendees included the likes of former Lionsgate film chief Patrick Wachsberger, Sony Pictures Classics co-head Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Neon CEO Tom Quinn, CAA Media Finance co-head Roeg Sutherland and Le Grisbi Production founder and president John Lesher.
‘Coda’, Oscars and youth: And there was plenty going on. Wachsberger, who was a producer on Oscar-winning film Coda,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal starts ‘Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris’, Curzon has ‘Flux Gourmet’.
Paramount horror Smile heads the new releases at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, looking to benefit from a marketing campaign that has combined innovative and traditional methods.
US filmmaker Parker Finn’s feature debut is adapted from the idea used in his 2020 short Laura Hasn’t Slept, which won a special jury award at SXSW.
Opening in 518 sites, Smile stars Sosie Bacon as a doctor who witnesses a traumatic incident involving a patient; then begins to experience frightening occurrences that she can’t explain, involving smiling faces. Kyle Gallner,...
Paramount horror Smile heads the new releases at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, looking to benefit from a marketing campaign that has combined innovative and traditional methods.
US filmmaker Parker Finn’s feature debut is adapted from the idea used in his 2020 short Laura Hasn’t Slept, which won a special jury award at SXSW.
Opening in 518 sites, Smile stars Sosie Bacon as a doctor who witnesses a traumatic incident involving a patient; then begins to experience frightening occurrences that she can’t explain, involving smiling faces. Kyle Gallner,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Disney Imagine UK will accept six UK-based writer-director teams.
The UK’s National Film and Television School is partnering with Disney to launch Disney Imagine UK, a 10-month short film incubator programme for emerging UK-based writer-directors.
Open for applications now until Sunday, November 6 2022, the programme will accept six writer-director teams to share what the Nfts describes as “uniquely personal stories.”
With the programme having “a focus on building a more inclusive film and television industry”, teams can consist of a single writer-director or a writer and director pair; but at least one person must be from an under-represented background.
Each...
The UK’s National Film and Television School is partnering with Disney to launch Disney Imagine UK, a 10-month short film incubator programme for emerging UK-based writer-directors.
Open for applications now until Sunday, November 6 2022, the programme will accept six writer-director teams to share what the Nfts describes as “uniquely personal stories.”
With the programme having “a focus on building a more inclusive film and television industry”, teams can consist of a single writer-director or a writer and director pair; but at least one person must be from an under-represented background.
Each...
- 9/30/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Awards presented at BFI’s fundraising gala Luminous.
UK filmmakers Baff Akoto, Kathryn Ferguson, Sam Firth and Erfan Saadati have been selected as the winners at the inaugural BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards, held this evening (September 29) in London.
The four receive a £20,000 prize each to be used to “expand their craft, develop future projects, gain further skills, explore new ideas, and can also be used to support a residency or entry to a creative programme” according to the BFI.
Akoto was named a Screen UK and Ireland Star of Tomorrow in 2018.
Titled the Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, the awards...
UK filmmakers Baff Akoto, Kathryn Ferguson, Sam Firth and Erfan Saadati have been selected as the winners at the inaugural BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards, held this evening (September 29) in London.
The four receive a £20,000 prize each to be used to “expand their craft, develop future projects, gain further skills, explore new ideas, and can also be used to support a residency or entry to a creative programme” according to the BFI.
Akoto was named a Screen UK and Ireland Star of Tomorrow in 2018.
Titled the Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, the awards...
- 9/29/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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David Kosse, Netflix’s London-based vp of international film, is leaving his role at the streaming giant.
His exit comes as Netflix is making internal changes to its organizational focus in its broader European region, moving to a regionalized structure in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea), in line with its setups in Asia and Latin America.
Teresa Moneo will lead the company’s international film team moving forward, with a focus on building Netflix’s growing international film slate. She will report to Scott Stuber, Netflix’s head of global film. The change brings all content categories together under one Emea content lead, Larry Tanz, who is based in the firm’s European headquarters in Amsterdam.
Kosse, who will now make films for Netflix and other companies, joined the streaming giant in 2019, overseeing all of its international film production and acquisitions...
David Kosse, Netflix’s London-based vp of international film, is leaving his role at the streaming giant.
His exit comes as Netflix is making internal changes to its organizational focus in its broader European region, moving to a regionalized structure in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea), in line with its setups in Asia and Latin America.
Teresa Moneo will lead the company’s international film team moving forward, with a focus on building Netflix’s growing international film slate. She will report to Scott Stuber, Netflix’s head of global film. The change brings all content categories together under one Emea content lead, Larry Tanz, who is based in the firm’s European headquarters in Amsterdam.
Kosse, who will now make films for Netflix and other companies, joined the streaming giant in 2019, overseeing all of its international film production and acquisitions...
- 9/29/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Biopic is produced by Fragile Films’ Barnaby Thompson and Unigram’s Gregor Cameron.
Altitude has boarded feature doc Mad About The Boy – The Noël Coward Story, a chronicle of the playwright, director and wit’s life which is being produced by Barnaby Thompson for Fragile Films and Gregor Cameron for Unigram.
Altitude is handling international sales and UK and Irish distribution.
Coward is known for his films, stage plays and musicals including Brief Encounter, Blithe Spirit and Private Lives.
The documentary is written and directed by Thompson, whose credits include St Trinians and Pixie. Cameron’s credits include Kill Your Friends.
Altitude has boarded feature doc Mad About The Boy – The Noël Coward Story, a chronicle of the playwright, director and wit’s life which is being produced by Barnaby Thompson for Fragile Films and Gregor Cameron for Unigram.
Altitude is handling international sales and UK and Irish distribution.
Coward is known for his films, stage plays and musicals including Brief Encounter, Blithe Spirit and Private Lives.
The documentary is written and directed by Thompson, whose credits include St Trinians and Pixie. Cameron’s credits include Kill Your Friends.
- 9/29/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Kosse joined the streamer in 2019 from STX International.
London-based David Kosse is leaving his role as vice president of international film at Netflix as part of an Emea restructure.
The former Film4 director is stepping away from his role as Netflix’s Emea operations move to a regionalised structure, akin to its Asia-Pacific and Latin America operations.
Teresa Moneo, director, international original film, will now head the international film team with the job title of director of global film, reporting to Netflix head of global film Scott Stuber.
All Netflix Emea content categories (including film and television) now fall under Emea content lead Larry Tanz,...
London-based David Kosse is leaving his role as vice president of international film at Netflix as part of an Emea restructure.
The former Film4 director is stepping away from his role as Netflix’s Emea operations move to a regionalised structure, akin to its Asia-Pacific and Latin America operations.
Teresa Moneo, director, international original film, will now head the international film team with the job title of director of global film, reporting to Netflix head of global film Scott Stuber.
All Netflix Emea content categories (including film and television) now fall under Emea content lead Larry Tanz,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Netflix’s VP of international film David Kosse is exiting the streamer after three years, Variety has confirmed.
The company is currently restructuring its European content business and is moving to a regionalized structure in Emea, according to a source close to the streamer. All European content, including films and TV, will now be handled by Larry Tanz, Emea Content Lead, who is based in Amsterdam. Tanz was previously heading the TV business in the region.
Before Kosse joined Netflix, the streamer had local offices in a few cities outside the U.S. However, it now operates 29 offices across the globe in places like Berlin, Istanbul, Madrid, Mexico City and Seoul.
Going forward, the international film team will be led by Teresa Moneo who will report into Scott Stuber, head of global film.
“Teresa has incredible relationships with the European film community and partnered closely with David to build our slate of international films,...
The company is currently restructuring its European content business and is moving to a regionalized structure in Emea, according to a source close to the streamer. All European content, including films and TV, will now be handled by Larry Tanz, Emea Content Lead, who is based in Amsterdam. Tanz was previously heading the TV business in the region.
Before Kosse joined Netflix, the streamer had local offices in a few cities outside the U.S. However, it now operates 29 offices across the globe in places like Berlin, Istanbul, Madrid, Mexico City and Seoul.
Going forward, the international film team will be led by Teresa Moneo who will report into Scott Stuber, head of global film.
“Teresa has incredible relationships with the European film community and partnered closely with David to build our slate of international films,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran film executive David Kosse is leaving his post as VP of International Film at Netflix amid a restructure of the company’s European content business. Kosse joined the streamer in 2019, overseeing all international film production and acquisitions with a focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language films with global appeal. He is expected to continue to produce for Netflix and others.
His decision to exit comes as the streamer has expanded, moving from a few offices outside the U.S. just four years ago to 29 in major cities throughout the world. It is now shifting to a regional structure in Europe, Middle East and Africa much as it already has in Asia Pacific and Latin America.
Going forward, Teresa Moneo will lead the International Film team and will report to Head of Global Film, Scott Stuber. The changes also result in all content categories (film and television...
His decision to exit comes as the streamer has expanded, moving from a few offices outside the U.S. just four years ago to 29 in major cities throughout the world. It is now shifting to a regional structure in Europe, Middle East and Africa much as it already has in Asia Pacific and Latin America.
Going forward, Teresa Moneo will lead the International Film team and will report to Head of Global Film, Scott Stuber. The changes also result in all content categories (film and television...
- 9/29/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Events include the inaugural Creative Investors’ Conference, a panel on crisis in streaming and a focus on Serbia.
The 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 16-24) will mark a return to full form for its industry programme, with a higher industry attendance expected than ever before and the inaugural edition of the much-anticipated Creative Investors’ conference.
Some 2,009 industry delegates will attend in-person, with 1,956 on site, and just 53 participating online as the festival continues to offer an online-only industry accreditation.
Last year, 1,625 delegates from industry attended, with 140 participating online – a time when strict Covid restrictions were in-place, including mandatory mask wearing,...
The 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 16-24) will mark a return to full form for its industry programme, with a higher industry attendance expected than ever before and the inaugural edition of the much-anticipated Creative Investors’ conference.
Some 2,009 industry delegates will attend in-person, with 1,956 on site, and just 53 participating online as the festival continues to offer an online-only industry accreditation.
Last year, 1,625 delegates from industry attended, with 140 participating online – a time when strict Covid restrictions were in-place, including mandatory mask wearing,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Margarethe Von Trotta To Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor At The European Film Awards
German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th European Film Awards. von Trotta will receive the honor at a ceremony in Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 10 where she will be an honorary guest. Born in Berlin and raised in Düsseldorf, von Trotta started her career as an actress, in theatre and appeared in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff before moving behind the camera in 1978 with The Second Awakening of Christa Klages, her solo debut as a director. In 1981, her film Marianne and Juliane about the “German Sisters” Christiane and Gudrun Ensslin won the Golden Lion in Venice as well as two German Film Awards and an Italian David di Donatello. Previous winners of the European Film Academy’s lifetime achievement award include Agnès Varda and Judi Dench.
German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th European Film Awards. von Trotta will receive the honor at a ceremony in Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 10 where she will be an honorary guest. Born in Berlin and raised in Düsseldorf, von Trotta started her career as an actress, in theatre and appeared in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schlöndorff before moving behind the camera in 1978 with The Second Awakening of Christa Klages, her solo debut as a director. In 1981, her film Marianne and Juliane about the “German Sisters” Christiane and Gudrun Ensslin won the Golden Lion in Venice as well as two German Film Awards and an Italian David di Donatello. Previous winners of the European Film Academy’s lifetime achievement award include Agnès Varda and Judi Dench.
- 8/23/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Co-organized with CAA Media Finance, a new San Sebastian Festival Creative Investors’ Conference will see many of the good and great of the international film business descend on September’s fest edition to be pitched 10 higher-budget Spanish movies by their producers.
The Conference will run Sept.19-20. In a cosmopolitan lineup, titles pitched include international co-productions such as “Whalemen (At the Ends of the Earth)” from “Everest” director Baltasar Kormákur as well as the latest from “Amama” helmer Asier Altuna and “Raqa,” from Gerardo Herrero, an Academy Award wining producer for “The Secret in Their Eyes.”
The conference’s high-profile international investors, producers, agents and executives take in Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Piers Wenger at A24 Europe, Focus Features’s Kiska Higgs, 30West’s Trevor Groth, Vincent Maraval at Wild Bunch International and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo.
Also confirmed are the Elysian Film Group’s Danny Perkins, Neon CEO Tom Quinn,...
The Conference will run Sept.19-20. In a cosmopolitan lineup, titles pitched include international co-productions such as “Whalemen (At the Ends of the Earth)” from “Everest” director Baltasar Kormákur as well as the latest from “Amama” helmer Asier Altuna and “Raqa,” from Gerardo Herrero, an Academy Award wining producer for “The Secret in Their Eyes.”
The conference’s high-profile international investors, producers, agents and executives take in Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Piers Wenger at A24 Europe, Focus Features’s Kiska Higgs, 30West’s Trevor Groth, Vincent Maraval at Wild Bunch International and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo.
Also confirmed are the Elysian Film Group’s Danny Perkins, Neon CEO Tom Quinn,...
- 8/23/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights for Latin America to Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers,” which won Penélope Cruz the best actress award at September’s 78th Venice Film Festival.
Struck by Netflix and El Deseo, Pedro and brother Agustín Almodóvar’s Madrid-based production company, the deal marks the first time that Netflix has taken all and exclusive rights to a territory on a first-run Almodóvar film.
Hailed by Variety as Almodóvar’s best movie since “All About My Mother,” “Parallel Mothers” will be released in Latin America at the beginning of the 2022, Netflix announced Tuesday.
Almodóvar’s films have traditionally been released by a stable network of theatrical distributors. Announced this April, for instance, Sony Pictures Classics acquisition of rights to North America, Australia and New Zealand on “Parallel Mothers” represented the 13th collaboration between the distributor and El Deseo.
Latin America’s distinct distribution challenge, however, is that it is grossly under-screened.
Struck by Netflix and El Deseo, Pedro and brother Agustín Almodóvar’s Madrid-based production company, the deal marks the first time that Netflix has taken all and exclusive rights to a territory on a first-run Almodóvar film.
Hailed by Variety as Almodóvar’s best movie since “All About My Mother,” “Parallel Mothers” will be released in Latin America at the beginning of the 2022, Netflix announced Tuesday.
Almodóvar’s films have traditionally been released by a stable network of theatrical distributors. Announced this April, for instance, Sony Pictures Classics acquisition of rights to North America, Australia and New Zealand on “Parallel Mothers” represented the 13th collaboration between the distributor and El Deseo.
Latin America’s distinct distribution challenge, however, is that it is grossly under-screened.
- 11/2/2021
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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A Royal Affair
On the block: One subject above all others dominated this week’s Royal Television Society Convention: the potential sale of iconic UK broadcaster Channel 4. Everyone had an opinion on the sale of The Great British Bake Off, Gogglebox and It’s A Sin channel. Or they tied themselves in knots trying not to have one. The government made its position clear late on Tuesday night with a press release from Dcms and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden laying out the reasons why the Conservatives want privatization. Dowden was meant to deliver a keynote on the subject later that day, however he got the chop as part of Boris Johnson’s reshuffle. His...
A Royal Affair
On the block: One subject above all others dominated this week’s Royal Television Society Convention: the potential sale of iconic UK broadcaster Channel 4. Everyone had an opinion on the sale of The Great British Bake Off, Gogglebox and It’s A Sin channel. Or they tied themselves in knots trying not to have one. The government made its position clear late on Tuesday night with a press release from Dcms and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden laying out the reasons why the Conservatives want privatization. Dowden was meant to deliver a keynote on the subject later that day, however he got the chop as part of Boris Johnson’s reshuffle. His...
- 9/17/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Spain’s flagship film event, the San Sebastian Film Festival, gets underway tonight. Ahead of the fest, Deadline sat down with Netflix’s two top content executives in Spain to hear about the streamer’s strategy in the key European market, which has the unique advantage of also being a content bridge into the company’s Latin American activities.
Netflix bet big on Spain early. In 2018, it opened its own film and TV studio in Tres Cantos, just outside of Madrid, marking its first European production hub. The facility has housed Spanish hits including Money Heist to date. As you’d expect, the streamer isn’t resting on its laurels, and is now more than doubling the number of sound stages at the site as it continues to ramp up activity.
Below, we dig into the strategy with Diego Avalos, VP of original content, and Teresa Moneo, Director, International Original film.
Netflix bet big on Spain early. In 2018, it opened its own film and TV studio in Tres Cantos, just outside of Madrid, marking its first European production hub. The facility has housed Spanish hits including Money Heist to date. As you’d expect, the streamer isn’t resting on its laurels, and is now more than doubling the number of sound stages at the site as it continues to ramp up activity.
Below, we dig into the strategy with Diego Avalos, VP of original content, and Teresa Moneo, Director, International Original film.
- 9/17/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
In 1968, idealistic Italian engineer Giorgio Rosa founded an independent micro nation on a tiny island he built on a platform supported by steel pylons off the coast of Rimini, Italy, outside Italian territorial waters. He named the platform — which had its own bar/restaurant, post office and radio station — the Republic of Rose Island.
This anarchic act is the subject of “Rose Island,” a dramedy rooted in real history marking the first Netflix International Original film out of Italy. The streaming giant worked closely with director Sydney Sibilia and production company Grøenlandia (“The First King”) to shepherd the picture, conceived from the outset for an international audience. The film stems from Netflix’s stepped-up drive under David Kosse, vice president of international film and Teresa Moneo, director of international film, to produce and acquire significant non-English language titles with worldwide appeal.
Partly shot in Malta, “Rose Island” boasts a top-tier...
This anarchic act is the subject of “Rose Island,” a dramedy rooted in real history marking the first Netflix International Original film out of Italy. The streaming giant worked closely with director Sydney Sibilia and production company Grøenlandia (“The First King”) to shepherd the picture, conceived from the outset for an international audience. The film stems from Netflix’s stepped-up drive under David Kosse, vice president of international film and Teresa Moneo, director of international film, to produce and acquire significant non-English language titles with worldwide appeal.
Partly shot in Malta, “Rose Island” boasts a top-tier...
- 11/27/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Rome’s Mia Market for TV series, feature films and documentaries wrapped Sunday after four days of dealmaking, project presentations and panels done both in person and online. Given coronavirus constraints it constituted a minor miracle.
On the final day of the Oct. 14-18 event organizers announced a total 1,800 industry executives from 50 countries who registered for the new concept market, 700 of which on average physically attended the Rome market each day, they said.
About one-third of participants were non-Italian. Roughly 300 international execs made the trek.
Though last year’s Mia edition gathered 2,600 physical participants, this year’s widely-expected decrease in onsite attendees was counterbalanced by intense activity on the Mia digital platform, organizers said.
Mia director Lucia Milazzotto pointed out that this year saw a significant rise in industry exec accreditations taking place during the event. This means that, as Mia got underway, it was generating buzz, she noted.
Mia...
On the final day of the Oct. 14-18 event organizers announced a total 1,800 industry executives from 50 countries who registered for the new concept market, 700 of which on average physically attended the Rome market each day, they said.
About one-third of participants were non-Italian. Roughly 300 international execs made the trek.
Though last year’s Mia edition gathered 2,600 physical participants, this year’s widely-expected decrease in onsite attendees was counterbalanced by intense activity on the Mia digital platform, organizers said.
Mia director Lucia Milazzotto pointed out that this year saw a significant rise in industry exec accreditations taking place during the event. This means that, as Mia got underway, it was generating buzz, she noted.
Mia...
- 10/18/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Paolo Sorrentino will return to his hometown of Naples for feature film “The Hand of God” for Netflix.
Produced by “The Great Beauty” director alongside Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle-backed The Apartment Pictures, the film will be produced in Naples. Sorrentino will both write and direct, though further details about the project remain sparse. The film’s title, however, may be a reference to Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona, who was a character in Sorrentino’s 2015 film “Youth.”
In an interview with Variety in 2015, Sorrentino said of the football legend: “Aside from all the things I’ve said before about Maradona, he involuntarily saved my life. I lost my parents when I was 16 in an accident with the heating system in a house in the mountains where I always used to go to with them. That weekend, I didn’t go because I wanted to go watch Maradona and S.S.C...
Produced by “The Great Beauty” director alongside Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle-backed The Apartment Pictures, the film will be produced in Naples. Sorrentino will both write and direct, though further details about the project remain sparse. The film’s title, however, may be a reference to Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona, who was a character in Sorrentino’s 2015 film “Youth.”
In an interview with Variety in 2015, Sorrentino said of the football legend: “Aside from all the things I’ve said before about Maradona, he involuntarily saved my life. I lost my parents when I was 16 in an accident with the heating system in a house in the mountains where I always used to go to with them. That weekend, I didn’t go because I wanted to go watch Maradona and S.S.C...
- 7/8/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-winning Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino has been set to write and direct The Hand Of God for Netflix.
The Youth and The Great Beauty filmmaker most recently helmed HBO series The New Pope and Silvio Berlusconi biopic Loro.
His latest pic will be produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company, with Sorrentino.
Plot details have not been released yet but it is based on an original idea by the director and the team are promising “a personal film” taking Sorrentino back to his hometown of Naples, where it will shoot. His debut feature, 2001’s One Man Up, was filmed in the southern Italian city.
The ‘hand of god’ is commonly associated in Europe with Argentine soccer play Diego Maradona, who used it to describe his goal against England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Maradona had a famous spell as the star of the Napoli soccer team...
The Youth and The Great Beauty filmmaker most recently helmed HBO series The New Pope and Silvio Berlusconi biopic Loro.
His latest pic will be produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company, with Sorrentino.
Plot details have not been released yet but it is based on an original idea by the director and the team are promising “a personal film” taking Sorrentino back to his hometown of Naples, where it will shoot. His debut feature, 2001’s One Man Up, was filmed in the southern Italian city.
The ‘hand of god’ is commonly associated in Europe with Argentine soccer play Diego Maradona, who used it to describe his goal against England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Maradona had a famous spell as the star of the Napoli soccer team...
- 7/8/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Talent invited to join membership includes British producers, directors and writers as well as a casting director and cinematographer.
The filmmakers behind Oscar-winner 1917 are among a raft of UK talent invited to join the Us’ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Producer Pippa Harris, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and star George MacKay are among 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy as part of its 2020 intake. Further invitees who worked on the World War One drama include set decorator Lee Sandales, sound editor Rachael Tate and VFX supervisor Richard Little.
UK executives and behind-the-scenes talent...
The filmmakers behind Oscar-winner 1917 are among a raft of UK talent invited to join the Us’ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Producer Pippa Harris, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and star George MacKay are among 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy as part of its 2020 intake. Further invitees who worked on the World War One drama include set decorator Lee Sandales, sound editor Rachael Tate and VFX supervisor Richard Little.
UK executives and behind-the-scenes talent...
- 7/1/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Talent invited to join membership includes British producers, directors and writers as well as a casting director and cinematographer.
The filmmakers behind Oscar-winner 1917 are among a raft of UK talent invited to join the membership of AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Producer Pippa Harris, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and star George MacKay are among 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy as part of its 2020 intake. Further invitees who worked on the World War One drama include set decorator Lee Sandales, sound editor Rachael Tate and VFX supervisor Richard Little.
UK executives and behind-the-scenes...
The filmmakers behind Oscar-winner 1917 are among a raft of UK talent invited to join the membership of AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Producer Pippa Harris, writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and star George MacKay are among 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy as part of its 2020 intake. Further invitees who worked on the World War One drama include set decorator Lee Sandales, sound editor Rachael Tate and VFX supervisor Richard Little.
UK executives and behind-the-scenes...
- 7/1/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
In the past few months during quarantine, we’ve seen filmmakers creating a number of different short-form projects and self-releasing them on their own channels. Now, the biggest project yet is arriving from Netflix as they’ve teamed with nearly 20 filmmakers who each made their own new short. They will now be released next week as part of the anthology film Homemade.
Featuring films by Pablo Larraín and Kristen Stewart (who will team together for their next film) as well as Ana Lily Amirpour, Antonio Campos, Rachel Morrison, Naomi Kawase, David Mackenzie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paolo Sorrentino, and more, it’s an eclectic batch of work from all over the world.
“For once in our careers, this wasn’t about money, agencies, lawyers or the Hollywood structure,” producer Juan de Dios Larrain tells Variety. “This was a simple idea of [conveying] one message in five to seven minutes, and the idea was...
Featuring films by Pablo Larraín and Kristen Stewart (who will team together for their next film) as well as Ana Lily Amirpour, Antonio Campos, Rachel Morrison, Naomi Kawase, David Mackenzie, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paolo Sorrentino, and more, it’s an eclectic batch of work from all over the world.
“For once in our careers, this wasn’t about money, agencies, lawyers or the Hollywood structure,” producer Juan de Dios Larrain tells Variety. “This was a simple idea of [conveying] one message in five to seven minutes, and the idea was...
- 6/23/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Before Pablo Larraín and Kristen Stewart team up for their Princess Diana biographical drama “Spencer,” the two will be lending their directing talents to Netflix’s short film anthology collection “Homemade.” The “Jackie” and “Neruda” filmmaker is behind the Netflix project alongside his brother, Juan de Dios Larraín, and Lorenzo Mieli, CEO of the Fremantle-backed company The Apartment. Variety first reported the news. “Homemade” is set to feature 17 short films helmed by directors from all around the world, including Larraín, Paolo Sorrentino, Ladj Ly, Naomi Kawase, Sebastián Lelio, Ana Lily Amirpour, Kristen Stewart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Each film in the “Homemade” anthology was made in quarantine using only the equipment each filmmaker had at his or her disposal. In the case of Larraín’s short film, that means using the Zoom app to create a conversation-based movie. Plot details for each film are under wraps, although Larraín told Variety that...
Each film in the “Homemade” anthology was made in quarantine using only the equipment each filmmaker had at his or her disposal. In the case of Larraín’s short film, that means using the Zoom app to create a conversation-based movie. Plot details for each film are under wraps, although Larraín told Variety that...
- 6/23/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Thompson on Hollywood
Before Pablo Larraín and Kristen Stewart team up for their Princess Diana biographical drama “Spencer,” the two will be lending their directing talents to Netflix’s short film anthology collection “Homemade.” The “Jackie” and “Neruda” filmmaker is behind the Netflix project alongside his brother, Juan de Dios Larraín, and Lorenzo Mieli, CEO of the Fremantle-backed company The Apartment. Variety first reported the news. “Homemade” is set to feature 17 short films helmed by directors from all around the world, including Larraín, Paolo Sorrentino, Ladj Ly, Naomi Kawase, Sebastián Lelio, Ana Lily Amirpour, Kristen Stewart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Each film in the “Homemade” anthology was made in quarantine using only the equipment each filmmaker had at his or her disposal. In the case of Larraín’s short film, that means using the Zoom app to create a conversation-based movie. Plot details for each film are under wraps, although Larraín told Variety that...
Each film in the “Homemade” anthology was made in quarantine using only the equipment each filmmaker had at his or her disposal. In the case of Larraín’s short film, that means using the Zoom app to create a conversation-based movie. Plot details for each film are under wraps, although Larraín told Variety that...
- 6/23/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“Jackie” filmmaker Pablo Larrain may be set to direct Kristen Stewart in Lady Diana film “Spencer,” but the pair will first collaborate in a new collection of short films for Netflix. (Watch the trailer above.)
Filmed during Covid-19 and across various states of global lockdown, “Homemade” unites 17 leading filmmakers in a compendium of short films — available to watch individually as five to seven-minute shorts or as one long feature — that captures the shared experience of quarantine. The project is helmed by Larrain, his brother and creative partner Juan de Dios Larrain under the pair’s Fabula banner, and Lorenzo Mieli, CEO of Fremantle-backed Italian outfit The Apartment, for which “Homemade” is its inaugural project.
“Personal Shopper” and “Charlie’s Angels” star Stewart marks her directorial follow-up to her 2017 short “Come Swim” with a short filmed in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Maggie Gyllenhaal contributes a film out of Vermont — the “Kindergarten Teacher” actor...
Filmed during Covid-19 and across various states of global lockdown, “Homemade” unites 17 leading filmmakers in a compendium of short films — available to watch individually as five to seven-minute shorts or as one long feature — that captures the shared experience of quarantine. The project is helmed by Larrain, his brother and creative partner Juan de Dios Larrain under the pair’s Fabula banner, and Lorenzo Mieli, CEO of Fremantle-backed Italian outfit The Apartment, for which “Homemade” is its inaugural project.
“Personal Shopper” and “Charlie’s Angels” star Stewart marks her directorial follow-up to her 2017 short “Come Swim” with a short filmed in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Maggie Gyllenhaal contributes a film out of Vermont — the “Kindergarten Teacher” actor...
- 6/23/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is planning to begin sharing more data with producers regarding the performance of their content on its platform, a panel at Berlin Film Festival heard today.
The streamer’s famously opaque strategy of keeping data strictly for in-house usage has begun to soften recently. This week, Netflix said it would begin to release lists of the top-10 most watched titles each day across all territories, giving the public a clearer idea of what shows are popular. The streamer does not specify exactly how it arrives at its figures.
“We’re super excited about testing out the idea of the top tens,” said Rachel Eggebeen, director of international originals at Netflix, on stage. “It’s fantastic for our local-language programming because often those shows are in the top ten.”
The five producers/series creators on the panel were: Jantje Friese (Dark), Laura Buffoni (Luna Nera), Meta Soerensen (Ragnaroek), Fatima Varhos...
The streamer’s famously opaque strategy of keeping data strictly for in-house usage has begun to soften recently. This week, Netflix said it would begin to release lists of the top-10 most watched titles each day across all territories, giving the public a clearer idea of what shows are popular. The streamer does not specify exactly how it arrives at its figures.
“We’re super excited about testing out the idea of the top tens,” said Rachel Eggebeen, director of international originals at Netflix, on stage. “It’s fantastic for our local-language programming because often those shows are in the top ten.”
The five producers/series creators on the panel were: Jantje Friese (Dark), Laura Buffoni (Luna Nera), Meta Soerensen (Ragnaroek), Fatima Varhos...
- 2/26/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has boarded The Incredible Story Of Rose Island (L’Incredibile Storia Dell’Isola Delle Rose), a comedy feature from Sydney Sibilia, director of the successful Italian franchise Smetto Quando Voglia. Production began in September on the movie that’s based on the true story of engineer Giorgio Rosa and the independent micronation he founded in 1968 off the Rimini coast outside Italian territorial waters.
This is part of Netflix’s overseas drive under VP of International Film David Kosse who joined in March to focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language titles with worldwide appeal. Shooting will take place in Rome, Malta, Rimini and Bologna.
The Incredible Story Of Rose Island is co-written by Sibilia and Francesca Manieri. A Netflix original film produced by Groenlandia, it stars Elio Germano as Giorgio Rosa with Matilda De Angelis, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Luca Zingaretti, François Cluzet (Intouchables), Thomas Wlaschiha (Game Of Thrones), Leonardo Lidi,...
This is part of Netflix’s overseas drive under VP of International Film David Kosse who joined in March to focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language titles with worldwide appeal. Shooting will take place in Rome, Malta, Rimini and Bologna.
The Incredible Story Of Rose Island is co-written by Sibilia and Francesca Manieri. A Netflix original film produced by Groenlandia, it stars Elio Germano as Giorgio Rosa with Matilda De Angelis, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Luca Zingaretti, François Cluzet (Intouchables), Thomas Wlaschiha (Game Of Thrones), Leonardo Lidi,...
- 10/1/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Executive joins from Germany’s Constantin Film.
Netflix has bolstered its international team with the hiring of Sasha Bühler, who joins as director of original film for Germany, France, Nordics.
Bühler was most recently at Germany’s Constantin Film, where she was head of acquisitions and international co-productions.
At Netflix, she joins the London-based international team headed up by David Kosse, who moved to the streaming giant from Stx as vice president of international film in March this year.
Also on the international team is Teresa Moneo, whose role is now director of international original film for Spain and Italy,...
Netflix has bolstered its international team with the hiring of Sasha Bühler, who joins as director of original film for Germany, France, Nordics.
Bühler was most recently at Germany’s Constantin Film, where she was head of acquisitions and international co-productions.
At Netflix, she joins the London-based international team headed up by David Kosse, who moved to the streaming giant from Stx as vice president of international film in March this year.
Also on the international team is Teresa Moneo, whose role is now director of international original film for Spain and Italy,...
- 9/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Netflix has made a key international hire: former Constantin exec Sasha Bühler is joining the streamer as Director of Original Film for Germany, France and Nordics.
The hire was made by Netflix VP of International Original Film, David Kosse, whose team is overseeing international film production and acquisitions with a focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language films that can travel around the world.
Starting in December, Bühler will join Kosse’s London based team and will work alongside colleagues including Teresa Moneo, and Mike Wheet and former Stx acquisitions director Claire Willats who will focus on non-English language film acquisitions.
Netflix has made international expansion a priority as it looks to replicate the success of hit foreign-language series such as La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) and Dark on the film side.
The hire was made by Netflix VP of International Original Film, David Kosse, whose team is overseeing international film production and acquisitions with a focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language films that can travel around the world.
Starting in December, Bühler will join Kosse’s London based team and will work alongside colleagues including Teresa Moneo, and Mike Wheet and former Stx acquisitions director Claire Willats who will focus on non-English language film acquisitions.
Netflix has made international expansion a priority as it looks to replicate the success of hit foreign-language series such as La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) and Dark on the film side.
- 9/10/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Funa Maduka, Netflix’s director of international original films and acquisitions, is to leave the streaming giant Friday, Variety has confirmed.
Her acquisitions included films that brought the company early awards recognition, such Houda Benyamina’s “Divines,” a Cannes Camera d’Or winner and Golden Globes nominee, and Ildiko Enyedi’s “On Body and Soul,” a Golden Bear winner at Berlin and an Academy Awards nominee. Other titles she brought to the company included “Happy As Lazzaro,” “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” and “I Lost My Body.”
Scott Stuber, Netflix’s VP of original film, said: “Funa has been integral to building our international film catalog. She has a great creative eye and the ability to connect deeply with filmmakers. We’re excited to see what challenge she takes on next – and know that whatever Funa does, she’ll continue helping storytellers from around the world have their voices heard.
Her acquisitions included films that brought the company early awards recognition, such Houda Benyamina’s “Divines,” a Cannes Camera d’Or winner and Golden Globes nominee, and Ildiko Enyedi’s “On Body and Soul,” a Golden Bear winner at Berlin and an Academy Awards nominee. Other titles she brought to the company included “Happy As Lazzaro,” “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” and “I Lost My Body.”
Scott Stuber, Netflix’s VP of original film, said: “Funa has been integral to building our international film catalog. She has a great creative eye and the ability to connect deeply with filmmakers. We’re excited to see what challenge she takes on next – and know that whatever Funa does, she’ll continue helping storytellers from around the world have their voices heard.
- 8/2/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Executive has been at Us streamer for six years.
Funa Maduka, director of international original films at Netflix, is to leave the Us streamer on Friday (Aug 2) after six years.
In an email to external partners, the highly-regarded executive and friend to filmmakers, announced that after playing an instrumental role in building the international film business for the streamer, she is “ready to embrace a new challenge.” No further details were provided.
Maduka has been on the front line of Netflix’s international expansion, launching and expanding the international film offering across more than 100 territories.
Her acquisitions brought Netflix its...
Funa Maduka, director of international original films at Netflix, is to leave the Us streamer on Friday (Aug 2) after six years.
In an email to external partners, the highly-regarded executive and friend to filmmakers, announced that after playing an instrumental role in building the international film business for the streamer, she is “ready to embrace a new challenge.” No further details were provided.
Maduka has been on the front line of Netflix’s international expansion, launching and expanding the international film offering across more than 100 territories.
Her acquisitions brought Netflix its...
- 8/2/2019
- by Kaleem Aftab
- ScreenDaily
Netflix announced on Monday that it has hired former Stx Entertainment exec David Kosse to lead the streamer’s international team as the new vice president of international film.
Kosse, who will report directly to Netflix’s head of film Scott Stuber, will lead a team out of Netflix’s London offices.
In this newly created position, Kosse will oversee all of international film production and acquisitions with a focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language films that can travel around the world.
Also Read: Stx Entertainment Promotes John Friedberg to Head International Division
“By making international content available globally on such a large scale, Netflix is shattering cultural boundaries in a way no other company has. And, what a team to do it with — I’m thrilled to work with Scott again and to work with the incredible team he has assembled,” Kosse said in a statement. “Together,...
Kosse, who will report directly to Netflix’s head of film Scott Stuber, will lead a team out of Netflix’s London offices.
In this newly created position, Kosse will oversee all of international film production and acquisitions with a focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language films that can travel around the world.
Also Read: Stx Entertainment Promotes John Friedberg to Head International Division
“By making international content available globally on such a large scale, Netflix is shattering cultural boundaries in a way no other company has. And, what a team to do it with — I’m thrilled to work with Scott again and to work with the incredible team he has assembled,” Kosse said in a statement. “Together,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
David Kosse, the head of London-based STXinternational, has been hired by Netflix to lead its new international film division.
The former boss of Film4, Kosse will assume the title of vice president for international film at Netflix and will oversee all international production and acquisition for the company, focusing particularly on significant non-English-language films. The streaming giant is currently basking in the multiple-Oscar success of Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma.”
Kosse’s departure from STXinternational for Netflix had been rumored in recent days. He joined Stx Ent. in 2016 after less than two years at Film4.
In Netflix’s London office, Kosse will be joined by Teresa Moneo, formerly of Focus Features and Ola Films, who takes on the role of director of international film, and Funa Maduka, who will serve as director of international film and acquisitions.
Kosse will report to Universal alum Scott Stuber. “David has spent his career launching and building international film divisions,...
The former boss of Film4, Kosse will assume the title of vice president for international film at Netflix and will oversee all international production and acquisition for the company, focusing particularly on significant non-English-language films. The streaming giant is currently basking in the multiple-Oscar success of Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma.”
Kosse’s departure from STXinternational for Netflix had been rumored in recent days. He joined Stx Ent. in 2016 after less than two years at Film4.
In Netflix’s London office, Kosse will be joined by Teresa Moneo, formerly of Focus Features and Ola Films, who takes on the role of director of international film, and Funa Maduka, who will serve as director of international film and acquisitions.
Kosse will report to Universal alum Scott Stuber. “David has spent his career launching and building international film divisions,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
In a significant industry move, we can reveal that Netflix has hired away Stx’s President of International David Kosse to head up its own overseas film division.
Kosse is joining Netflix as VP of International Film and will be leading a team out of the streaming giant’s London offices. He begins next month and will report to Netflix’s film chief Scott Stuber with whom he previously worked at Universal.
In recent months speculation has been rife in industry circles that Kosse could be joining the service. His hire represents yet another statement of intent by Netflix and is a blow to Stx’s overseas ambitions.
In the newly created position, Kosse will oversee all of international film production and acquisitions at Netflix with a focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language films with worldwide appeal. He will also work on UK-originated English-language movies and he will have resource to further grow Netflix’s expanding overseas ranks.
The service has around 300 staff in the European HQ in Amsterdam, another 70+ in London and a new office and production studio is opening in Madrid. The Paris office is launching this year and German and Italian bases could be next. There are also around 300 staff in Singapore and offices in Japan and Mumbai, among other international outposts.
While foreign language series such as Money Heist from Spain and Dark from Germany have boosted Netflix’s foreign-language TV footprint, Kosse’s hire is about generating more globally successful movies such as triple Oscar winner Roma, the company’s most high profile foreign film to date.
Kosse told us, “We want to make significant movies which will have a big impact in major markets such as France, Germany, Italy and Spain but which can also travel to our subscribers around the world. Movies such as Roma and Intouchables. The focus right now for this division is to establish the foreign language movies in the same way Netflix has established series that have travelled.”
Netflix is also making other moves in its international film division. In an expanded role, Funa Maduka, Director of International Film and Acquisitions, will manage a growing slate of projects across development and production, while continuing to acquire non-English language films. During her tenure at Netflix, Maduka has picked up acclaimed foreign language movies including Oscar nominee On Body And Soul, Cannes hit Divines and Spirit Awards nominee Happy As Lazzaro. Maduka will be relocating from La to London.
Meanwhile, Teresa Moneo is joining the company in London as Director of International Film. She joins from Ola Films, where she has been developing film and TV projects. She was a longtime executive at Focus Features, where she oversaw production of a slate of projects from the UK, as well as a consultant for Pathe Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.
Stuber, head of Netflix’s film group, said of the changes, “David has spent his career launching and building international film divisions. With the majority of our audience outside the U.S., it’s the right time for us to be building our international film presence. Having worked with David for years at Universal, I know there’s no one better suited for this role. David will be joined by Funa Maduka, whose eye for foreign cinema has contributed greatly to our celebrated international slate, and Teresa Moneo, who has an incredible acquisition and production track record and will be a great addition to Netflix. I’m incredibly excited to see what this team will do.”
Kosse added, “By making international content available globally on such a large scale, Netflix is shattering cultural boundaries in a way no other company has. And, what a team to do it with – I’m thrilled to work with Scott again and to work with the incredible team he has assembled. Together, we will continue the momentum, uncover more amazing international and emerging storytellers, and inspire new conversations around the world.”
Kosse’s exit from Stx has prompted speculation over the future of the mini-studio’s international operation. He isn’t the only senior international executive who was been rumoured to be leaving. There’s no word yet from the company on how it will restructure the overseas team following Kosse’s departure. Many were unaware of today’s announcement.
Kosse joined Stx in 2016 establishing the company’s distribution operations in the UK and setting up a string of key output deals abroad. At the recent Efm in Berlin STXinternational was shopping movies including Gerard Butler starrer Greenland, Jennifer Lopez pic Hustlers and Dakota Johnson drama The Friend, all of which were in demand. But like many, the distributor has found UK releasing tough sledding: last year the company didn’t have a film in the UK’s top 50. The studio got its first stateside number one this year in the shape of Kevin Hart starrer The Upside and that film took $2M in the UK.
The ambitious Stx, which remains a vitally active film distributor, abandoned plans for a Hong Kong Ipo late last year. The deep-pocketed outfit tasted disappointment early on when it thought it had acquired Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman for international distribution but ultimately lost it to Netflix (Stx has co-retained China rights). Ironically, Kosse will now be reacquainted with Scorsese’s highly anticipated film at the online titan.
Prior to Stx, Kosse led the UK’s Film4, whose slate during his tenure included The Favourite, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Ex Machina and Fighting With My Family. At the film arm of UK broadcaster Channel4, Kosse pushed through an increase in budget and introduced a new commercial strategy which saw Film4 grow its risk and revenue share in projects.
Prior to Film4, Kosse spent a decade at Universal, latterly as president of international, driving the significant overseas success of movies such as Les Miserables, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Mamma Mia! and Mama.
Kosse is joining Netflix as VP of International Film and will be leading a team out of the streaming giant’s London offices. He begins next month and will report to Netflix’s film chief Scott Stuber with whom he previously worked at Universal.
In recent months speculation has been rife in industry circles that Kosse could be joining the service. His hire represents yet another statement of intent by Netflix and is a blow to Stx’s overseas ambitions.
In the newly created position, Kosse will oversee all of international film production and acquisitions at Netflix with a focus on making and acquiring significant non-English language films with worldwide appeal. He will also work on UK-originated English-language movies and he will have resource to further grow Netflix’s expanding overseas ranks.
The service has around 300 staff in the European HQ in Amsterdam, another 70+ in London and a new office and production studio is opening in Madrid. The Paris office is launching this year and German and Italian bases could be next. There are also around 300 staff in Singapore and offices in Japan and Mumbai, among other international outposts.
While foreign language series such as Money Heist from Spain and Dark from Germany have boosted Netflix’s foreign-language TV footprint, Kosse’s hire is about generating more globally successful movies such as triple Oscar winner Roma, the company’s most high profile foreign film to date.
Kosse told us, “We want to make significant movies which will have a big impact in major markets such as France, Germany, Italy and Spain but which can also travel to our subscribers around the world. Movies such as Roma and Intouchables. The focus right now for this division is to establish the foreign language movies in the same way Netflix has established series that have travelled.”
Netflix is also making other moves in its international film division. In an expanded role, Funa Maduka, Director of International Film and Acquisitions, will manage a growing slate of projects across development and production, while continuing to acquire non-English language films. During her tenure at Netflix, Maduka has picked up acclaimed foreign language movies including Oscar nominee On Body And Soul, Cannes hit Divines and Spirit Awards nominee Happy As Lazzaro. Maduka will be relocating from La to London.
Meanwhile, Teresa Moneo is joining the company in London as Director of International Film. She joins from Ola Films, where she has been developing film and TV projects. She was a longtime executive at Focus Features, where she oversaw production of a slate of projects from the UK, as well as a consultant for Pathe Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.
Stuber, head of Netflix’s film group, said of the changes, “David has spent his career launching and building international film divisions. With the majority of our audience outside the U.S., it’s the right time for us to be building our international film presence. Having worked with David for years at Universal, I know there’s no one better suited for this role. David will be joined by Funa Maduka, whose eye for foreign cinema has contributed greatly to our celebrated international slate, and Teresa Moneo, who has an incredible acquisition and production track record and will be a great addition to Netflix. I’m incredibly excited to see what this team will do.”
Kosse added, “By making international content available globally on such a large scale, Netflix is shattering cultural boundaries in a way no other company has. And, what a team to do it with – I’m thrilled to work with Scott again and to work with the incredible team he has assembled. Together, we will continue the momentum, uncover more amazing international and emerging storytellers, and inspire new conversations around the world.”
Kosse’s exit from Stx has prompted speculation over the future of the mini-studio’s international operation. He isn’t the only senior international executive who was been rumoured to be leaving. There’s no word yet from the company on how it will restructure the overseas team following Kosse’s departure. Many were unaware of today’s announcement.
Kosse joined Stx in 2016 establishing the company’s distribution operations in the UK and setting up a string of key output deals abroad. At the recent Efm in Berlin STXinternational was shopping movies including Gerard Butler starrer Greenland, Jennifer Lopez pic Hustlers and Dakota Johnson drama The Friend, all of which were in demand. But like many, the distributor has found UK releasing tough sledding: last year the company didn’t have a film in the UK’s top 50. The studio got its first stateside number one this year in the shape of Kevin Hart starrer The Upside and that film took $2M in the UK.
The ambitious Stx, which remains a vitally active film distributor, abandoned plans for a Hong Kong Ipo late last year. The deep-pocketed outfit tasted disappointment early on when it thought it had acquired Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman for international distribution but ultimately lost it to Netflix (Stx has co-retained China rights). Ironically, Kosse will now be reacquainted with Scorsese’s highly anticipated film at the online titan.
Prior to Stx, Kosse led the UK’s Film4, whose slate during his tenure included The Favourite, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Ex Machina and Fighting With My Family. At the film arm of UK broadcaster Channel4, Kosse pushed through an increase in budget and introduced a new commercial strategy which saw Film4 grow its risk and revenue share in projects.
Prior to Film4, Kosse spent a decade at Universal, latterly as president of international, driving the significant overseas success of movies such as Les Miserables, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Mamma Mia! and Mama.
- 3/11/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix also hires Teresa Moneo, and relocates Funa Maduka to London office.
David Kosse, the London-based president of STXinternational, is joining global streaming service Netflix as vice president of international film.
Kosse will head up Netflix’s new international film division from next month. Joining him is former Focus Features executive Teresa Moneo, who becomes director of international film, and Funa Maduka, who takes an expanded role as director of international film and acquisitions. All three will be based in Netflix’s growing London office, with Maduka relocating from Los Angeles.
In his new role, former Film4 head Kosse will...
David Kosse, the London-based president of STXinternational, is joining global streaming service Netflix as vice president of international film.
Kosse will head up Netflix’s new international film division from next month. Joining him is former Focus Features executive Teresa Moneo, who becomes director of international film, and Funa Maduka, who takes an expanded role as director of international film and acquisitions. All three will be based in Netflix’s growing London office, with Maduka relocating from Los Angeles.
In his new role, former Film4 head Kosse will...
- 3/11/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Period drama starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep to receive European premiere; new trailer released.
Suffragette, the story of the British women who fought for the right to vote at the turn of the 20th century, has been named as the opening night film of the 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18).
The period drama will receive its European premiere at the festival on October 7 – three weeks ahead of its UK release – at the Odeon Leicester Square, attended by cast members including Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep.
The premiere will be broadcast live from the red carpet ahead of simultaneous screenings of the film at cinemas across the UK.
The film stars Mulligan, Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Streep.
It is directed by Sarah Gavron, who returns to the festival for a third time, reteaming with her Brick Lane screenwriter Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady).
The film is produced...
Suffragette, the story of the British women who fought for the right to vote at the turn of the 20th century, has been named as the opening night film of the 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18).
The period drama will receive its European premiere at the festival on October 7 – three weeks ahead of its UK release – at the Odeon Leicester Square, attended by cast members including Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep.
The premiere will be broadcast live from the red carpet ahead of simultaneous screenings of the film at cinemas across the UK.
The film stars Mulligan, Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Streep.
It is directed by Sarah Gavron, who returns to the festival for a third time, reteaming with her Brick Lane screenwriter Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady).
The film is produced...
- 6/3/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Teaser trailer released of period drama starring Carey Mulligan about women’s fight for the vote.
Suffragette is to open in UK cinemas on October 30, 2015, Pathé announced today.
The film centres on the ordinary British women at the turn of the 20th century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote.
With the UK General Election taking place on May 7, Pathé has released a teaser trailer in support of the #votingmatters campaign (after more than 9 million women failed to vote in the 2010 election, there is a major campaign to get women to register to vote before the April 20 deadline).
Suffragette stars Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep.
The film is directed by Sarah Gavron, who reteams with her Brick Lane screenwriter Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady), and is produced by Faye Ward and Alison Owen (Saving Mr Banks).
Mulligan plays Maud, a working...
Suffragette is to open in UK cinemas on October 30, 2015, Pathé announced today.
The film centres on the ordinary British women at the turn of the 20th century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote.
With the UK General Election taking place on May 7, Pathé has released a teaser trailer in support of the #votingmatters campaign (after more than 9 million women failed to vote in the 2010 election, there is a major campaign to get women to register to vote before the April 20 deadline).
Suffragette stars Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep.
The film is directed by Sarah Gavron, who reteams with her Brick Lane screenwriter Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady), and is produced by Faye Ward and Alison Owen (Saving Mr Banks).
Mulligan plays Maud, a working...
- 4/15/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Black Sea is a gripping adventure that takes audiences to the depths of human greed in a suspenseful underwater search for sunken treasure that becomes a fight for survival. Directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland) and starring two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain), the suspenseful Focus Features thriller debuts on Digital HD on April 21, 2015 and on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD as well as On Demand May 5, 2015 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Black Sea centers on a rogue submarine captain (Jude Law) who, after being laid off from a salvage company, pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As the captain and his crew embark on their expedition, greed and desperation take control on board their claustrophobic vessel...
Black Sea centers on a rogue submarine captain (Jude Law) who, after being laid off from a salvage company, pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As the captain and his crew embark on their expedition, greed and desperation take control on board their claustrophobic vessel...
- 3/30/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo by Brigitte Lacombe
©2015 Pathe Productions Limited. All Rights Reserved
Back Row, Left to Right:
Sarah Gavron (Director), Helen Pankhurst (Great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst), Laura Pankhurst (Great-great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst), Alison Owen (Producer).
Front Row, Left to Right:
Abi Morgan (Screenwriter), Anne-Marie Duff (Actor), Meryl Streep (Actor), Carey Mulligan (Actor), Helena Bonham Carter (Actor), Faye Ward (Producer).
Focus Features has acquired North American distribution rights from Pathé to the drama Suffragette, directed by BAFTA Award winner Sarah Gavron from a script written by Emmy Award winner Abi Morgan, for a Fall 2015 domestic release.
The cast of the U.K. film includes Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter, BAFTA Award winner Ben Whishaw, British Independent Film Award winner Anne-Marie Duff, Golden Globe Award nominee Brendan Gleeson, and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep.
Suffragette is a moving drama that will empower all who are striving for equal rights...
©2015 Pathe Productions Limited. All Rights Reserved
Back Row, Left to Right:
Sarah Gavron (Director), Helen Pankhurst (Great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst), Laura Pankhurst (Great-great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst), Alison Owen (Producer).
Front Row, Left to Right:
Abi Morgan (Screenwriter), Anne-Marie Duff (Actor), Meryl Streep (Actor), Carey Mulligan (Actor), Helena Bonham Carter (Actor), Faye Ward (Producer).
Focus Features has acquired North American distribution rights from Pathé to the drama Suffragette, directed by BAFTA Award winner Sarah Gavron from a script written by Emmy Award winner Abi Morgan, for a Fall 2015 domestic release.
The cast of the U.K. film includes Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter, BAFTA Award winner Ben Whishaw, British Independent Film Award winner Anne-Marie Duff, Golden Globe Award nominee Brendan Gleeson, and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep.
Suffragette is a moving drama that will empower all who are striving for equal rights...
- 3/17/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lucy Kirkwood’s directorial debut stars the likes of Francesca Annis, Larry Lamn and Stephen Campbell Moore.
Francesca Annis is in the cast in Film4-backed short film The Briny.
Lucy Kirkwood’s directorial debut has just wrapped filming in Suffolk and also stars Larry Lamb, Stephen Campbell Moore, Emma Fielding and Anna-Maria Nabirye.
Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter Kirkwood directs from her own original script, which tells the story of a woman who believes herself to be suffering from a sympathetic pregnancy to the Royal baby.
“Our shorts slate epitomises what Film4 exists to do in finding new voices in British film - giving distinctive creative talent the chance to take their first steps into film-making with full support from industry professionals,” commented Eva Yates, senior development executive at Film4.
In preparing for the shoot, Kirkwood shadowed Paolo Sorrentino on the set of the Film4-backed Youth which is currently shooting and stars Michael Caine, [link...
Francesca Annis is in the cast in Film4-backed short film The Briny.
Lucy Kirkwood’s directorial debut has just wrapped filming in Suffolk and also stars Larry Lamb, Stephen Campbell Moore, Emma Fielding and Anna-Maria Nabirye.
Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter Kirkwood directs from her own original script, which tells the story of a woman who believes herself to be suffering from a sympathetic pregnancy to the Royal baby.
“Our shorts slate epitomises what Film4 exists to do in finding new voices in British film - giving distinctive creative talent the chance to take their first steps into film-making with full support from industry professionals,” commented Eva Yates, senior development executive at Film4.
In preparing for the shoot, Kirkwood shadowed Paolo Sorrentino on the set of the Film4-backed Youth which is currently shooting and stars Michael Caine, [link...
- 7/8/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
New projects from Screen Stars of Tomorrow, playwrights, TV talent.
UK low-budget filmmaking scheme iFeatures has selected 18 projects (below) for its next development slate.
The scheme, backed by Creative England, BFI Film Fund, BBC Films and Creative Skillset, selected 18 - instead of the usual 16 - feature-length projects from more than 400 submissions.
Three films will be ‘greenlit’ in March 2015 at budgets of £350,000.
The roster of writing and directing talent includes Lynsey Miller, Hope Dickson Leach and Dan Gitsham, all recent Screen Stars of Tomorrow; Rachel De-lahay, winner of 2013 Evening Standard’s Most Promising Playwright; Dominic Leclerc, director of Skins and The Village; Alice Birch, winner of this year’s George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright; Olivia Poulet, star of The Thick Of It; BAFTA Scotland winner Zam Salim; Broadcast Hotshots Abby Ajayi and Alex Kalymnios; and William Oldroyd whose short Best won the 2013 Sundance London Short Film Competition.
Producers include Nfts graduates Jessica Levick and Fodhla Cronin...
UK low-budget filmmaking scheme iFeatures has selected 18 projects (below) for its next development slate.
The scheme, backed by Creative England, BFI Film Fund, BBC Films and Creative Skillset, selected 18 - instead of the usual 16 - feature-length projects from more than 400 submissions.
Three films will be ‘greenlit’ in March 2015 at budgets of £350,000.
The roster of writing and directing talent includes Lynsey Miller, Hope Dickson Leach and Dan Gitsham, all recent Screen Stars of Tomorrow; Rachel De-lahay, winner of 2013 Evening Standard’s Most Promising Playwright; Dominic Leclerc, director of Skins and The Village; Alice Birch, winner of this year’s George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright; Olivia Poulet, star of The Thick Of It; BAFTA Scotland winner Zam Salim; Broadcast Hotshots Abby Ajayi and Alex Kalymnios; and William Oldroyd whose short Best won the 2013 Sundance London Short Film Competition.
Producers include Nfts graduates Jessica Levick and Fodhla Cronin...
- 6/30/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Andrew Dosunmu will direct Focus Features’ drama Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and human rights activist who rallied against the corrupt Nigerian regime of the 1970s.
The project is currently in development and will chart the life of the Nigerian, who fashioned a musical style that is said to continue to influence contemporary hip-hop.
Dosunmu (pictured) most recently directed the Sundance release Mother Of George.
Lydia Dean Pilcher and Leigh Blake will produce the Cine Mosaic production. Nigerian poet Chris Abani and Focus CEO James Schamus adapted the screenplay from Michael Veal’s 2000 book Fela: The Life And Times Of An African Musical Icon.
Focus evp of international production Teresa Moneo will supervise Fela Kuti for president of production Jeb Brody.
The project is currently in development and will chart the life of the Nigerian, who fashioned a musical style that is said to continue to influence contemporary hip-hop.
Dosunmu (pictured) most recently directed the Sundance release Mother Of George.
Lydia Dean Pilcher and Leigh Blake will produce the Cine Mosaic production. Nigerian poet Chris Abani and Focus CEO James Schamus adapted the screenplay from Michael Veal’s 2000 book Fela: The Life And Times Of An African Musical Icon.
Focus evp of international production Teresa Moneo will supervise Fela Kuti for president of production Jeb Brody.
- 9/16/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law captains the cast of Black Sea, the suspenseful adventure thriller being directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) and produced by Charles Steel for Cowboy Films. Black Sea, which will be released in 2014, is co-produced and co-financed by Focus and Film4. Focus CEO James Schamus and Focus co-ceo Andrew Karpen made the announcement today.
Focus holds worldwide rights – excluding U.K. free-tv rights, which are held by Film4 – to the movie. Focus executive vice president, international production Teresa Moneo is supervising Black Sea for president of production Jeb Brody. Filming has commenced in the U.K.
Black Sea is being produced by Mr. Macdonald alongside Mr. Steel, who reteam following Mr. Macdonald’s latest film as director, How I Live Now, starring Saoirse Ronan and George MacKay, which will be released this fall. Cowboy Films also produced Mr. Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland,...
Focus holds worldwide rights – excluding U.K. free-tv rights, which are held by Film4 – to the movie. Focus executive vice president, international production Teresa Moneo is supervising Black Sea for president of production Jeb Brody. Filming has commenced in the U.K.
Black Sea is being produced by Mr. Macdonald alongside Mr. Steel, who reteam following Mr. Macdonald’s latest film as director, How I Live Now, starring Saoirse Ronan and George MacKay, which will be released this fall. Cowboy Films also produced Mr. Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland,...
- 8/8/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
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