Paris-based international sales and production company Totem Films has revealed its production slate, with projects by Nastia Korkia, Vytautas Katkus, Ernst de Geer and Anna Roller.
Totem Atelier, the development and production arm of the company, has revealed that it has boarded Korkia’s “A Short Summer.”
Korkia’s short documentary “Dreams About Putin” premiered at IDFA last year. Her first documentary feature “Ges-2” premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021.
“A Short Summer” is produced by Germany’s TamTam (“Pacifiction” by Albert Serra) together with independent producer Natalia Drozd (“Compartment N°6” by Juho Kuosmanen) and Serbia’s Art&Popcorn.
The film centers on eight-year-old Katya, who is going on vacation with her grandparents. In the summer heat, the war in Chechnya takes shape, while her grandparents’ relationship falls apart. Despite her youth, Katya wants to look at the world straight in the eyes.
“A Short Summer” has received support from Creative Europe Media,...
Totem Atelier, the development and production arm of the company, has revealed that it has boarded Korkia’s “A Short Summer.”
Korkia’s short documentary “Dreams About Putin” premiered at IDFA last year. Her first documentary feature “Ges-2” premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021.
“A Short Summer” is produced by Germany’s TamTam (“Pacifiction” by Albert Serra) together with independent producer Natalia Drozd (“Compartment N°6” by Juho Kuosmanen) and Serbia’s Art&Popcorn.
The film centers on eight-year-old Katya, who is going on vacation with her grandparents. In the summer heat, the war in Chechnya takes shape, while her grandparents’ relationship falls apart. Despite her youth, Katya wants to look at the world straight in the eyes.
“A Short Summer” has received support from Creative Europe Media,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Six film projects currently at development stage have been selected to take part in a workshop session as part of mylab+@Jogja next month. The six share a common characteristic of Indonesian co-production and a recurring theme of luminescence.
“This theme underscores the importance of having the distinctive light of Asian cinema arise from its own characteristics. The participants reflect the new hope of Asian cinema with a fresh and authentic perspective. With this kind of program I really hope Asian films continue to shine by their own characters and beauty throughout the world,” said Ifa Isfansyah, producer, director and festival director of the Jogja-netpac Asian Film Festival.
Selected from over 60 applications, the six include a mix of youth on the directing side and experience on the producing side
They include: “A Ballad of Long Hair” with director-scriptwriter Giovanni Rustanto, producer Annisa Adjam and co-producer Fran Borgia; “Carpet” (aka “Karpet”) (Malaysia) with director Mien.
“This theme underscores the importance of having the distinctive light of Asian cinema arise from its own characteristics. The participants reflect the new hope of Asian cinema with a fresh and authentic perspective. With this kind of program I really hope Asian films continue to shine by their own characters and beauty throughout the world,” said Ifa Isfansyah, producer, director and festival director of the Jogja-netpac Asian Film Festival.
Selected from over 60 applications, the six include a mix of youth on the directing side and experience on the producing side
They include: “A Ballad of Long Hair” with director-scriptwriter Giovanni Rustanto, producer Annisa Adjam and co-producer Fran Borgia; “Carpet” (aka “Karpet”) (Malaysia) with director Mien.
- 10/26/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Five filmmakers from Cambodia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam have been selected to participate in the inaugural Seed Lab, operated by the non-profit Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab.
The new program helps promising shorts filmmakers explore their directorial voices prior to the development of their first features. It is being operated in partnership with the Festival des 3 Continents’ Produire au Sud program.
The first session of Seed Lab will run online December 4-10, 2021, with a second in-person session in Phuket, Thailand, in early April 2022.
San Danech from Cambodia had previous shorts that won prizes at the Singapore Film Festival and was selected in Busan’s Wide Angle competition. The Philippines’ Sam Manacsa is an Asian Film Academy alumnus whose most recent short was in competition in Clermont-Ferrand. Singapore’s Shoki Lin, was in Cannes’ Cinefondation and won awards at festivals worldwide with “Adam.” CalArts graduate Tulapop Saenjaroen from...
The new program helps promising shorts filmmakers explore their directorial voices prior to the development of their first features. It is being operated in partnership with the Festival des 3 Continents’ Produire au Sud program.
The first session of Seed Lab will run online December 4-10, 2021, with a second in-person session in Phuket, Thailand, in early April 2022.
San Danech from Cambodia had previous shorts that won prizes at the Singapore Film Festival and was selected in Busan’s Wide Angle competition. The Philippines’ Sam Manacsa is an Asian Film Academy alumnus whose most recent short was in competition in Clermont-Ferrand. Singapore’s Shoki Lin, was in Cannes’ Cinefondation and won awards at festivals worldwide with “Adam.” CalArts graduate Tulapop Saenjaroen from...
- 11/10/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Five filmmakers have been selected for the inaugural lab from Cambodia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Seafic (Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab) has launched a new script and development lab, Seed Lab, which aims to help promising short filmmakers from Southeast Asia prior to the development of their first features.
The first edition will be held in two sessions – the first taking pace online December 4-10 and the second in person in Phuket, Thailand, in early April 2022.
Five filmmakers have been selected for the inaugural lab from Cambodia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. All five have had short...
Seafic (Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab) has launched a new script and development lab, Seed Lab, which aims to help promising short filmmakers from Southeast Asia prior to the development of their first features.
The first edition will be held in two sessions – the first taking pace online December 4-10 and the second in person in Phuket, Thailand, in early April 2022.
Five filmmakers have been selected for the inaugural lab from Cambodia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. All five have had short...
- 11/10/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
The first module of the training programme of the Torino lab, reserved for projects in their first phase of development, will begin on 16 April in a digital version with 20 filmmakers. Initially set to unfold in Lviv in Ukraine this past March, but entirely redesigned to adapt to the ongoing worldwide health crisis, the Tfl ScriptLab lands online. The first module of the training programme of the TorinoFilmLab, reserved to projects in their first phase of development, begins today 16 April in a digital version, welcoming 20 filmmakers currently at work on their first or second feature (the selection also includes a third feature), coming from all over the world. The projects are divided into five groups of four, each one guided by a Tfl tutor: Philippe Barrière (France), Rasmus Horskjaer (Denmark), Franz Rodenkirchen (Germany), Maria Solrun (Island) and Françoise von Roy (Germany). This first workshop will unfold between...
The TorinoFilm Lab has announced the 20 feature film projects and five story editor trainees who will take part in the 2020 edition of ScriptLab, an intensive workshop focused on feature film scripts in early stages of development.
The program partners participants with filmmakers from around the world to develop their scripts through a series of residencies and online mentoring sessions. The ScriptLab culminates with a presentation at the TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event in November, when the 20 projects will be presented to an international audience of film professionals.
Each edition of the ScriptLab divides participants into five work groups, led by an international script consultant and paired with a story editor trainee, who develop their scripts through intensive peer to peer group work. This year’s tutors are Philippe Barrière (France), Rasmus Horskjaer (Denmark), Franz Rodenkirchen (Germany), Maria Solrun (Iceland), and Françoise von Roy (Germany). The story editor trainees are scriptwriter, festival director...
The program partners participants with filmmakers from around the world to develop their scripts through a series of residencies and online mentoring sessions. The ScriptLab culminates with a presentation at the TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event in November, when the 20 projects will be presented to an international audience of film professionals.
Each edition of the ScriptLab divides participants into five work groups, led by an international script consultant and paired with a story editor trainee, who develop their scripts through intensive peer to peer group work. This year’s tutors are Philippe Barrière (France), Rasmus Horskjaer (Denmark), Franz Rodenkirchen (Germany), Maria Solrun (Iceland), and Françoise von Roy (Germany). The story editor trainees are scriptwriter, festival director...
- 2/3/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The first workshop of this year’s edition kicks off next week in Trieste. Last month, Midpoint announced the nine feature-length film projects by debutant or sophomore filmmakers and the three script-consultant trainees that will be taking part in Midpoint Feature Launch 2020 (see the news). The programme is ready to kick off with the first workshop, which will run as part of the 31st Trieste Film Festival - Eastweek (17-23 January) and in close collaboration with the tenth When East Meets West (19-21 January). As previously announced, the projects, which will be divided into three groups, will be guided by script consultants Anne Gensior, Pavel Jech and Ivo Trajkov. Also, the three script-consultant trainees, who will be joining the project groups, will be mentored by Gyula Gazdag, artistic director of the Sundance Filmmakers Lab, while script consultant and tutor Franz Rodenkirchen will share his feedback with the trainees. The participants.
Line-up includes The Ornithologist director Joao Pedro Rodrigues and Xx’s Nanouk Leopold.
Joao Pedro Rodrigues, who won the best director award at Locarno for The Ornithologist, and Xx’s Nanouk Leopold, are among the guest mentors of the 11 filmmakers selected for the FeatureLab at the TorinoFilmLab this year.
The FeatureLab is dedicated to first and second-time filmmakers with projects at an advanced stage. The workshop will take place in Bordeaux in June in partnership with Alca (Agence Livre Cinéma et Audiovisuel en Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
Rodrigues and Leopold will be joined by: producers Nadia Turincev of Rouge International, and documentary specialist...
Joao Pedro Rodrigues, who won the best director award at Locarno for The Ornithologist, and Xx’s Nanouk Leopold, are among the guest mentors of the 11 filmmakers selected for the FeatureLab at the TorinoFilmLab this year.
The FeatureLab is dedicated to first and second-time filmmakers with projects at an advanced stage. The workshop will take place in Bordeaux in June in partnership with Alca (Agence Livre Cinéma et Audiovisuel en Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
Rodrigues and Leopold will be joined by: producers Nadia Turincev of Rouge International, and documentary specialist...
- 5/18/2019
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Tfl announce 20 new projects for 2018 ScriptLab, with a strong focus on genre movies.
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has announced the 20 new projects selected for the 2018 ScriptLab. 50% of this year’s projects have female directors (ten will be directed by women, nine by men, and one co-directed by a man and a woman).
The ScriptLab is a nine-month scriptwriting programme hosted by the TorinoFilmLab, involving a number of feature films at an early stage of development. Composed of two week-long residential workshops, one in Greece (March) and one in France (June), the ScriptLab also feeds in to TorinoFilmLab annual industry event the Tfl Meeting (this year running on the 23-24 November, as usual in parallel to the Torino Film Festival).
“We noticed a new yearning for genre cinema” comments TorinoFilmLabartistic director Matthieu Darras. “Several of these projects either explore the recent past, the 90s or early 2000s, or an imagined near future in various sci-fi survival stories”
With a strong...
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has announced the 20 new projects selected for the 2018 ScriptLab. 50% of this year’s projects have female directors (ten will be directed by women, nine by men, and one co-directed by a man and a woman).
The ScriptLab is a nine-month scriptwriting programme hosted by the TorinoFilmLab, involving a number of feature films at an early stage of development. Composed of two week-long residential workshops, one in Greece (March) and one in France (June), the ScriptLab also feeds in to TorinoFilmLab annual industry event the Tfl Meeting (this year running on the 23-24 November, as usual in parallel to the Torino Film Festival).
“We noticed a new yearning for genre cinema” comments TorinoFilmLabartistic director Matthieu Darras. “Several of these projects either explore the recent past, the 90s or early 2000s, or an imagined near future in various sci-fi survival stories”
With a strong...
- 2/14/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Five filmmakers selected for writing and editing residencies.
Pjlf Three Rivers has announced the five filmmakers selected for this year’s writing and editing residencies, which will take place over the summer in Italy.
The initiative, supported by the Pjlf Arts Fund and the Chatwin Scholarship, is also continuing its partnership with the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff). The five selected filmmakers will present their projects at Diff’s Dubai Film Market in December.
India’s Haobam Paban Kumar and Hungary’s Balazs Simonyi have been selected for the first writing residency to take place in May-June. Marten Rabarts and Franz Rodenkirchen will work with the two filmmakers on their projects, Joseph’s Story and Heartstop, respectively.
The second writing residency, to take place in August and September, will see Rabarts and Gyula Gazdag work with Florian Habicht on Under A Full Moon and Ishtiaque Zico on Cinema, City And Cats.
Three Rivers ran an...
Pjlf Three Rivers has announced the five filmmakers selected for this year’s writing and editing residencies, which will take place over the summer in Italy.
The initiative, supported by the Pjlf Arts Fund and the Chatwin Scholarship, is also continuing its partnership with the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff). The five selected filmmakers will present their projects at Diff’s Dubai Film Market in December.
India’s Haobam Paban Kumar and Hungary’s Balazs Simonyi have been selected for the first writing residency to take place in May-June. Marten Rabarts and Franz Rodenkirchen will work with the two filmmakers on their projects, Joseph’s Story and Heartstop, respectively.
The second writing residency, to take place in August and September, will see Rabarts and Gyula Gazdag work with Florian Habicht on Under A Full Moon and Ishtiaque Zico on Cinema, City And Cats.
Three Rivers ran an...
- 5/23/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Dubai Film Market is introducing a selection of Indian projects for the first time this year through a partnership with Europe’s Pjlf Three Rivers Residency.
The five projects are being scripted by hot new talents such as Kanu Behl, whose debut feature Titli premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2014, and Raj Rishi More, whose project is being produced by The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra.
The Three Rivers residency provides writer-directors with a month-long distraction-free space to work on their scripts in the Italian countryside, with the help of an expert mentor, before presenting their projects at Diff. Although focusing on Indian projects in its first year, the organisers hope to open the programme to international writer-directors, including those from the Arab world, from next year.
“We feel writers sometimes need a much more concentrated period to hone their ideas and get away from all the distractions of a day job and daily life,” said producer...
The five projects are being scripted by hot new talents such as Kanu Behl, whose debut feature Titli premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2014, and Raj Rishi More, whose project is being produced by The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra.
The Three Rivers residency provides writer-directors with a month-long distraction-free space to work on their scripts in the Italian countryside, with the help of an expert mentor, before presenting their projects at Diff. Although focusing on Indian projects in its first year, the organisers hope to open the programme to international writer-directors, including those from the Arab world, from next year.
“We feel writers sometimes need a much more concentrated period to hone their ideas and get away from all the distractions of a day job and daily life,” said producer...
- 12/9/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The film-makers will each receive an expert mentor to help develop their feature projects.
Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) is partnering with the Pjlf Three Rivers Residency, designed to support Indian film-makers in developing their scripts. The residency provides six writer-directors a year with a distraction-free space to write their scripts, the help of an expert mentor and the opportunity to present their projects at Diff.
The six filmmakers selected this year include Kanu Behl [pictured], whose debut Titli screened at Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2014, Arun Karthick, who debuted with Rotterdam title The Strange Case Of Shiva, Raj Rishi More, who served as assistant director on The Lunchbox, Miransha Naik, Sonal Jain and Pushan Kripalani. Naik recently completed post-production on Juze, which has been picked up by Films Boutique and secured a French release through Sophie Dulac Distribution.
This year’s advisers include Molly Stensgaard, Franz Rodenkirchen, Marten Rabarts, Gyula Gazdag and Olivia Stewart, who has developed...
Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) is partnering with the Pjlf Three Rivers Residency, designed to support Indian film-makers in developing their scripts. The residency provides six writer-directors a year with a distraction-free space to write their scripts, the help of an expert mentor and the opportunity to present their projects at Diff.
The six filmmakers selected this year include Kanu Behl [pictured], whose debut Titli screened at Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2014, Arun Karthick, who debuted with Rotterdam title The Strange Case Of Shiva, Raj Rishi More, who served as assistant director on The Lunchbox, Miransha Naik, Sonal Jain and Pushan Kripalani. Naik recently completed post-production on Juze, which has been picked up by Films Boutique and secured a French release through Sophie Dulac Distribution.
This year’s advisers include Molly Stensgaard, Franz Rodenkirchen, Marten Rabarts, Gyula Gazdag and Olivia Stewart, who has developed...
- 9/11/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory and film director Thanos Anastopoulos.Scroll down for the nine projects
The TorinoFilmlab has revealed the nine projects that will take part in the 2016 edition of FrameWork, the initiative’s flagship lab for first and second feature film projects.
Amongst the first and second-time filmmakers is Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, whose first feature A Respectable Family debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2012, and Israeli director Tom Shoval, whose 2013 drama Youth was named best Israeli feature at the 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival.
This year’s mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory, script consultants Franz Rodenkirchen, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten and Anita Voorham, film director Thanos Anastopoulos, cinematographer Marko Brdar, post-production expert Niko Remus, producer Didar Domehri, acting coach and casting director Tatiana Vialle, sound designer Peter Albrechtsen and film promotion consultant Joanna Solecka.
The first session will take place in Izola (Slovenia) from May 30 to...
The TorinoFilmlab has revealed the nine projects that will take part in the 2016 edition of FrameWork, the initiative’s flagship lab for first and second feature film projects.
Amongst the first and second-time filmmakers is Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, whose first feature A Respectable Family debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2012, and Israeli director Tom Shoval, whose 2013 drama Youth was named best Israeli feature at the 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival.
This year’s mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory, script consultants Franz Rodenkirchen, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten and Anita Voorham, film director Thanos Anastopoulos, cinematographer Marko Brdar, post-production expert Niko Remus, producer Didar Domehri, acting coach and casting director Tatiana Vialle, sound designer Peter Albrechtsen and film promotion consultant Joanna Solecka.
The first session will take place in Izola (Slovenia) from May 30 to...
- 4/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
As part of the festival’s industry forum, the Prishtina Rendezvous will focus on distributors and sales agent.
Kosovo’s Prishtina International Film Festival (April 22-29) will expand its industry programme in 2016 with the launch of the Prishtina Rendezvous, a one-day event for distributors and international sales agents to meet talent from the region.
As part of the festival’s industry platform PriFORUM (April 23-27), the day will feature companies from across Europe, including French sales agents Memento Films, Indie Films and Le pacte, as well as German distributors Pluto Films and Neue Visionen.
Representatives from the companies will attend a pitching session with selected participants from the Balkans and nearby countries, before participating in one-on-one sessions.
The festival has also locked up a partnership with the Torino Film Lab for its 2016 edition. The event’s regular Best Pitch competition, now in its fifth year, will include a two-day pitching training programme hosted with the Torino Lab’s Matthieu Darras...
Kosovo’s Prishtina International Film Festival (April 22-29) will expand its industry programme in 2016 with the launch of the Prishtina Rendezvous, a one-day event for distributors and international sales agents to meet talent from the region.
As part of the festival’s industry platform PriFORUM (April 23-27), the day will feature companies from across Europe, including French sales agents Memento Films, Indie Films and Le pacte, as well as German distributors Pluto Films and Neue Visionen.
Representatives from the companies will attend a pitching session with selected participants from the Balkans and nearby countries, before participating in one-on-one sessions.
The festival has also locked up a partnership with the Torino Film Lab for its 2016 edition. The event’s regular Best Pitch competition, now in its fifth year, will include a two-day pitching training programme hosted with the Torino Lab’s Matthieu Darras...
- 3/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
Southeast Asia’s first ever script lab – the Southeast Asian Fiction Film Lab (Seafic) – is launching in Thailand and Singapore this year with support from the Purin Foundation, Singapore Film Commission and French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Each year, Seafic will select five Southeast Asian filmmakers – working on their first, second or third feature film scripts – to work with script consultants over a period of nine months. The filmmakers will be invited to three lab sessions in Chiangmai, Thailand (October 23-30), Chiangmai again in late February 2017 and Singapore in late June 2017.
During the final session in Singapore, the five filmmakers will take part in a pitch session, after which one project will be awarded a cash prize of $15,000.
Seafic’s selection committees and award juries will comprise leading industry figures such as Cannes Film Festival’s Christian Jeune, producer Shozo Ichiyama and Thai filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang. A representative from TorinoFilmLab will take part in the Seafic selection...
Each year, Seafic will select five Southeast Asian filmmakers – working on their first, second or third feature film scripts – to work with script consultants over a period of nine months. The filmmakers will be invited to three lab sessions in Chiangmai, Thailand (October 23-30), Chiangmai again in late February 2017 and Singapore in late June 2017.
During the final session in Singapore, the five filmmakers will take part in a pitch session, after which one project will be awarded a cash prize of $15,000.
Seafic’s selection committees and award juries will comprise leading industry figures such as Cannes Film Festival’s Christian Jeune, producer Shozo Ichiyama and Thai filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang. A representative from TorinoFilmLab will take part in the Seafic selection...
- 3/14/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
When Jorg Buttgereit unleashed Nekromantik on the world in 1987 he set his stall out as being both a controversial and fascinating director, the film crossing several lines of taste and decency and climaxing with one of the most outrageous and bold scenes that I’d seen, and I was a student of the BBFC’s infamous 72 title list of films banned under the Video Recordings Act 1984.
Four years later, he served up the sequel, Nekromantik 2, which not only opened by revisiting the final few minutes of the first one as part of the credit sequence, but further cemented his reputation as a true horror cinematic maverick.
Nekromantik 2 is a bizarre film, part shock fest and part fairy tale, as it tells the story of Monika (Monika M), a pretty grave robber who digs up the corpse of the first movie’s protagonist Rob in order to carry on a relationship with it.
Four years later, he served up the sequel, Nekromantik 2, which not only opened by revisiting the final few minutes of the first one as part of the credit sequence, but further cemented his reputation as a true horror cinematic maverick.
Nekromantik 2 is a bizarre film, part shock fest and part fairy tale, as it tells the story of Monika (Monika M), a pretty grave robber who digs up the corpse of the first movie’s protagonist Rob in order to carry on a relationship with it.
- 12/18/2015
- Shadowlocked
Stars: Monika M, Mark Reeder, Lena Braun, Carola Ewers, Astrid Ewerts, Eva-Maria Kurz, Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski | Written by Jörg Buttgereit, Franz Rodenkirchen | Directed by Jörg Buttgereit
After the Arrow Film release of Nekromantik it was only a matter of time before Nekromantik 2 made its way onto Blu-ray. Another banned movie featuring people with an infatuation with the dead, this one takes things a little more extreme, if that was even possible.
When Monika (Monika M.) meets Mark (Mark Reeder) they soon become lovers, but this causes problems for the nurse. While Mark is handsome and trustworthy, the corpse is a better lover. How can she decide between the two?
Nekromantik 2 feels very much like the first film but with a bigger budget. This time though there is a satirical edge to the film which makes fun of the art film style with which it actually embraces at the same time.
After the Arrow Film release of Nekromantik it was only a matter of time before Nekromantik 2 made its way onto Blu-ray. Another banned movie featuring people with an infatuation with the dead, this one takes things a little more extreme, if that was even possible.
When Monika (Monika M.) meets Mark (Mark Reeder) they soon become lovers, but this causes problems for the nurse. While Mark is handsome and trustworthy, the corpse is a better lover. How can she decide between the two?
Nekromantik 2 feels very much like the first film but with a bigger budget. This time though there is a satirical edge to the film which makes fun of the art film style with which it actually embraces at the same time.
- 12/7/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Cult Epics had just Announced a Limited Edition Blu-Ray to arrive June 9, We got the covers and details
The First 3000 Copies Include Collectible Artwork
25Th Anniversary (Silver Foil) O-ring And Corpse Fucking Art Postcard
Uncut and Uncensored!
• Audio commentary by Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen
• New 2015 introduction by Buttgereit
• “The Making of Der Todesking”
• Still … Continue reading →
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The First 3000 Copies Include Collectible Artwork
25Th Anniversary (Silver Foil) O-ring And Corpse Fucking Art Postcard
Uncut and Uncensored!
• Audio commentary by Buttgereit and co-writer Franz Rodenkirchen
• New 2015 introduction by Buttgereit
• “The Making of Der Todesking”
• Still … Continue reading →
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- 4/3/2015
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
For the week of February 10th, your horror and sci-fi home entertainment choices are practically boundless, as we’ve got a bevy of great films being released (something that might be helpful for those of you still in search for a gift for your Valentine). Scream Factory is pulling double-duty with both of their dual Blu-ray releases, Love at First Bite/Once Bitten and Vampire’s Kiss/High Spirits, and the cult classic Nekromantik 2 is getting a high def upgrade as well.
Other notable titles to look forward to this Tuesday include Nightcrawler, Predestination, Fear Clinic, Z Nation: Season One and the Criterion release for the classic thriller Don’t Look Now.
Love at First Bite/Once Bitten (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Love At First Bite: George Hamilton is possibly the tannest vampire in screen history in 1979’s Love at First Bite. When Count Dracula (Hamilton) is forced...
Other notable titles to look forward to this Tuesday include Nightcrawler, Predestination, Fear Clinic, Z Nation: Season One and the Criterion release for the classic thriller Don’t Look Now.
Love at First Bite/Once Bitten (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Love At First Bite: George Hamilton is possibly the tannest vampire in screen history in 1979’s Love at First Bite. When Count Dracula (Hamilton) is forced...
- 2/10/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Happy October! With Halloween only a few weeks away, it seems that the month’s home entertainment choices are going to be endless just based on the amount of titles being released on October 7th alone.
Not only is Edge of Tomorrow (one of the best sci-fi movies of the year) coming to DVD and Blu-ray, but we’re also seeing several cult classics coming to HD for the first time, numerous horror franchise collections are being re-released and we’ve got the highly anticipated 35th Anniversary Edition of Alien from 20th Century Fox to look forward to as well.
Spotlight Titles:
Edge of Tomorrow (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray 3D/Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD)
An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop,...
Not only is Edge of Tomorrow (one of the best sci-fi movies of the year) coming to DVD and Blu-ray, but we’re also seeing several cult classics coming to HD for the first time, numerous horror franchise collections are being re-released and we’ve got the highly anticipated 35th Anniversary Edition of Alien from 20th Century Fox to look forward to as well.
Spotlight Titles:
Edge of Tomorrow (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray 3D/Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD)
An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop,...
- 10/7/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Earlier this year, you may have heard about the notorious film Nekromantik hitting Blu-Ray via Cult Epics. We have just received word on the details of the release including artwork.
Press Release
This controversial horror film shocked the world in 1987, when it was banned in Germany, censored in Japan, and simultaneously became a huge underground hit in the Us (now long out of print).
Nekromantik tells the story of Rob (Daktari Lorenz), who works at a street-cleaning agency, visiting roadside accidents to clean up the scene. Incidentally, Rob collects the body parts and shares them with his girlfriend, Betty (Beatrice M.)
When Rob presents a complete corpse taken out of a swamp, their undying love reaches its peak, but soon after Betty gets a more liking towards the corpse and leaves Rob, which takes him to the sick end of his destruction.
Cult Epics is proud to release Jorg Buttgereit...
Press Release
This controversial horror film shocked the world in 1987, when it was banned in Germany, censored in Japan, and simultaneously became a huge underground hit in the Us (now long out of print).
Nekromantik tells the story of Rob (Daktari Lorenz), who works at a street-cleaning agency, visiting roadside accidents to clean up the scene. Incidentally, Rob collects the body parts and shares them with his girlfriend, Betty (Beatrice M.)
When Rob presents a complete corpse taken out of a swamp, their undying love reaches its peak, but soon after Betty gets a more liking towards the corpse and leaves Rob, which takes him to the sick end of his destruction.
Cult Epics is proud to release Jorg Buttgereit...
- 8/15/2014
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Get off on the idea of watching hot chicks bumpin' uglies with rotting corpses? Yeah, even the most disturbed amongst us deserve a little high-definition loving as the cult classick Nekromantik is gearing up for its high-definition bow.
From the Press Release
This controversial horror film shocked the world in 1987, when it was banned in Germany, censored in Japan, and simultaneously became a huge underground hit in the Us (now long out of print).
Nekromantik tells the story of Rob (Daktari Lorenz), who works at a street-cleaning agency, visiting roadside accidents to clean up the scene. Incidentally, Rob collects the body parts and shares them with his girlfriend, Betty (Beatrice M.)
When Rob presents a complete corpse taken out of a swamp, their undying love reaches its peak, but soon after Betty gets a more liking towards the corpse and leaves Rob, which takes him to the sick end of his destruction.
From the Press Release
This controversial horror film shocked the world in 1987, when it was banned in Germany, censored in Japan, and simultaneously became a huge underground hit in the Us (now long out of print).
Nekromantik tells the story of Rob (Daktari Lorenz), who works at a street-cleaning agency, visiting roadside accidents to clean up the scene. Incidentally, Rob collects the body parts and shares them with his girlfriend, Betty (Beatrice M.)
When Rob presents a complete corpse taken out of a swamp, their undying love reaches its peak, but soon after Betty gets a more liking towards the corpse and leaves Rob, which takes him to the sick end of his destruction.
- 8/14/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Sometimes I think to myself, why can’t I watch a love story about having a threesome with a corpse in HD. Well, thanks to Cult Epic, on October 7th, I can do just that. Even if you aren’t familiar with the film Nekromantik, I’m willing to bet that if you actually “grew up at the video store” like most of you claim, you’ll have seen the VHS cover sitting on the shelf, and probably contemplated taking it home with you a dozen times. Personally, I couldn’t turn it down, so I have seen the film several times. Cult Epics are finally bringing Nekromantik to Blu-ray on October 7th, also releasing a new, 2-disc Special Edition DVD. Check out the press release below, and click here to pre-order a copy for yourself.
Jorg Buttgereit’s Nekromantik Premieres on Blu-ray (dual-layer)
and new 2-Disc Special Edition DVD
Los Angeles,...
Jorg Buttgereit’s Nekromantik Premieres on Blu-ray (dual-layer)
and new 2-Disc Special Edition DVD
Los Angeles,...
- 8/14/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Jörg Buttgereit’s notoriously moist horror/gore film Nekromantik (1987) has been churning stomachs for two and a half decades. In honor of this German film’s 25th anniversary, a new DVD release is planned for May 2013 by Titan Video. While this news may excite many a die-hard gore-hound, the film is a tough sell to many other horror fans. Nekromantik - still banned in numerous countries around the globe - has a tendency to upset and nauseate its viewers… whether they adore or deplore the movie.
The film is about a young couple, Rob and Betty, who gain sexual satisfaction from the use of human remains. Rob has a job removing dead bodies and body parts from public areas. Thanks to this grisly career, Rob and Betty have a constant supply of human pieces. One day Rob comes home with an entire corpse, and it becomes the couple’s obsession.
The film is about a young couple, Rob and Betty, who gain sexual satisfaction from the use of human remains. Rob has a job removing dead bodies and body parts from public areas. Thanks to this grisly career, Rob and Betty have a constant supply of human pieces. One day Rob comes home with an entire corpse, and it becomes the couple’s obsession.
- 3/22/2013
- by Eric Stanze
- FEARnet
Titan Video has announced the impending return of Nekromantik to American DVD, to mark the film's 25th Anniversary. Directed by controversial German filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit, Nekromantik depicts a bizarre love triangle between a boy, a girl and a rotting corpse. The low-budget film has developed a cult rep for its graphic depiction of necrophilia and copious amounts of gore and squishy corpse stuff, and it secured a rebel reputation for Buttgereit, whose films have been banned, censored and otherwise repressed in many countries (including his native Germany). The Nekromantik DVD package comes with alternate cover art (versions shown above) and includes the following features: New 1.33:1 digital transfer mastered from producer Manfred O. Jelinski’s 16mm inter-negative German language with removable English subtitles Full running audio commentary by Jörg Buttgereit and co-author Franz Rodenkirchen Featurette with outtakes and interviews with Buttgereit and producer Manfred O. Jelinski. The Making of Nekromantik...
- 3/15/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Can a producer, who is normally perceived as moneyed (often also fat-bellied, thick gold chain wearing), sworn enemy of directors in India, be a creative collaborator? And if a producer starts thinking of himself/herself as a creative partner won’t he (or she) start interfering with the artistic vision of the director? DearCinema Editor Bikas Mishra posed these questions to Franz Rodenkirchen, Berlin based script consultant, who is coming down to Mumbai to conduct Nfdc Creative producers’ Lab. (click here to know more about it)
Franz has worked on a wide range of award winning international films such as “Women without men” (Iran, Dir: Shirin Neshat, Silver Lion, Venice-2009), Snow (Bosnia-Grand Prize of Cannes Critics Week-2008) and “Best Intentions” (Adrian Sitaru, Golden Leopard, Best Director, Locarno 2011) and many more.
Franz also works with ScriptStation (Berlin Talent Campus), Binger FilmLab, Torino Filmlab and Berlinale Residency program.
Film-making is a collaborative process,...
Franz has worked on a wide range of award winning international films such as “Women without men” (Iran, Dir: Shirin Neshat, Silver Lion, Venice-2009), Snow (Bosnia-Grand Prize of Cannes Critics Week-2008) and “Best Intentions” (Adrian Sitaru, Golden Leopard, Best Director, Locarno 2011) and many more.
Franz also works with ScriptStation (Berlin Talent Campus), Binger FilmLab, Torino Filmlab and Berlinale Residency program.
Film-making is a collaborative process,...
- 9/28/2012
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
The National Film Development Corporation (Ndfc) has started a new initiative titled Ndfc Labs to cater to the needs of creative producers and development professionals. The first programme to be organized under the initiative is a two part Lab for Creative Producers in Mumbai.
Marten Rabarts, the ex artistic director of Amsterdam-based Binger Filmlab heads the Nfdc Labs. Marten’s induction into Nfdc was announced during Cannes Film Festival this year. Marten had organized a “Think Tank” session with filmmakers in July this year. In an interview to DearCinema.com, Marten had shared the outcome of the Think tank session, “One of the things that the filmmaking community during the Think Tank session identified to be lacking is the role of a creative producer in a film: someone who is there alongside the director and writer. So I am trying to find ways to empower the producers who are there...
Marten Rabarts, the ex artistic director of Amsterdam-based Binger Filmlab heads the Nfdc Labs. Marten’s induction into Nfdc was announced during Cannes Film Festival this year. Marten had organized a “Think Tank” session with filmmakers in July this year. In an interview to DearCinema.com, Marten had shared the outcome of the Think tank session, “One of the things that the filmmaking community during the Think Tank session identified to be lacking is the role of a creative producer in a film: someone who is there alongside the director and writer. So I am trying to find ways to empower the producers who are there...
- 9/18/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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