Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff’s project “La Casa” won the IDFA Forum Award for Best Pitch on Wednesday at the 34th edition of the Amsterdam-based documentary festival.
A co-production between Chile and Germany – and currently in production – the film will focus on a time when a social revolt in Chile is unleashed and a global pandemic forces people into confinement. As the attention shifts toward the inside of a house, an unexpected multidimensional universe is revealed.
“The award goes to a project that presents a unique perspective of an isolated space in a multifaceted form with nuanced sensory perception, though diverse visual and sound elements,” jurors Jorge Caballero Ramos and Zane Balčus said.
“The seclusion becomes a background for exploration of the many layers of relationships: with one another, the nature, the neighborhood and the current social and political context of the contemporary world.”
“La Casa” is produced by...
A co-production between Chile and Germany – and currently in production – the film will focus on a time when a social revolt in Chile is unleashed and a global pandemic forces people into confinement. As the attention shifts toward the inside of a house, an unexpected multidimensional universe is revealed.
“The award goes to a project that presents a unique perspective of an isolated space in a multifaceted form with nuanced sensory perception, though diverse visual and sound elements,” jurors Jorge Caballero Ramos and Zane Balčus said.
“The seclusion becomes a background for exploration of the many layers of relationships: with one another, the nature, the neighborhood and the current social and political context of the contemporary world.”
“La Casa” is produced by...
- 11/24/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented June 9 – 18, with 21 topical and provocative feature documentaries and panel discussions that showcase courageous resilience in challenging times. In an era of global advances by far-right forces into the political mainstream, assaults on the free press, and the rise of “citizen journalism,” festival organizers hope that the films in this year’s program can serve as inspiration and motivation for the audience, from seasoned activists to those searching for a role in local and global movements.
Now in its 28th edition, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival is co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and IFC Center. All screenings will be followed by in-depth discussions with filmmakers, film subjects, Human Rights Watch researchers, and special guests.
Lineup Announcements
– The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented June 9 – 18, with 21 topical and provocative feature documentaries and panel discussions that showcase courageous resilience in challenging times. In an era of global advances by far-right forces into the political mainstream, assaults on the free press, and the rise of “citizen journalism,” festival organizers hope that the films in this year’s program can serve as inspiration and motivation for the audience, from seasoned activists to those searching for a role in local and global movements.
Now in its 28th edition, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival is co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and IFC Center. All screenings will be followed by in-depth discussions with filmmakers, film subjects, Human Rights Watch researchers, and special guests.
- 5/11/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
White paper unveiled at Power to the Pixel sets out six challenges facing funds in the digital age.
Funds need to re-think how they operate if they want to remain relevant in the digital age, according to a white paper unveiled at Power to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum.
The study, entitled “Understanding Funders”, is a joint venture between the Canada Media Fund (Cmf), Quebecois cultural agency Sodec and Power to the Pixel.
“The digital technology boom has unbalanced international content production and distribution markets and has also upset our industries’ economics,” said Cmf CEO and president Valerie Creighton, who spearheaded the study alongside Sodec chief Monique Simard and Power to the Pixel CEO Liz Rosenthal.
The paper, she said, grew out of a discussion between Simard and Rosenthal at Mipcom last year over how funds like Sodec and the Cmf, and their counterparts around the world, could stay relevant in “an ever-growing, ever-changing content...
Funds need to re-think how they operate if they want to remain relevant in the digital age, according to a white paper unveiled at Power to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum.
The study, entitled “Understanding Funders”, is a joint venture between the Canada Media Fund (Cmf), Quebecois cultural agency Sodec and Power to the Pixel.
“The digital technology boom has unbalanced international content production and distribution markets and has also upset our industries’ economics,” said Cmf CEO and president Valerie Creighton, who spearheaded the study alongside Sodec chief Monique Simard and Power to the Pixel CEO Liz Rosenthal.
The paper, she said, grew out of a discussion between Simard and Rosenthal at Mipcom last year over how funds like Sodec and the Cmf, and their counterparts around the world, could stay relevant in “an ever-growing, ever-changing content...
- 10/9/2014
- ScreenDaily
Buzzfeed’s John Johnson among the line-up at Power to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum.
Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Forum (Oct 7-10) is to be headlined this year by John Johnson, co-founder of social news website Buzzfeed, who will speak publicly in the UK for the first time.
As keynote speaker, Johnson will share thoughts and experiences of media impact measurement that point to new ways of funding and creating new projects as well as engaging audiences.
It was revealed earlier this week that Buzzfeed is to launch a dedicated feature film arm after receiving $50m in investment from venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz.
BuzzFeed Motion Pictures will produce content ranging from six-second videos to episodic series and feature films, while Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained exec Michael Shamberg has been attached as an advisor.
The company, which generates more than 200 million monthly views, will look to work with Hollywood studios and distribute the content...
Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Forum (Oct 7-10) is to be headlined this year by John Johnson, co-founder of social news website Buzzfeed, who will speak publicly in the UK for the first time.
As keynote speaker, Johnson will share thoughts and experiences of media impact measurement that point to new ways of funding and creating new projects as well as engaging audiences.
It was revealed earlier this week that Buzzfeed is to launch a dedicated feature film arm after receiving $50m in investment from venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz.
BuzzFeed Motion Pictures will produce content ranging from six-second videos to episodic series and feature films, while Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained exec Michael Shamberg has been attached as an advisor.
The company, which generates more than 200 million monthly views, will look to work with Hollywood studios and distribute the content...
- 8/14/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Nadia Dresti, Delegate of the Artistic Direction, Head of International at the Locarno International Film Festival, is passionately dedicated to spotlighting independent filmmakers from countries that face challenges getting their work noticed and distributed. Ms. Dresti and I met at her office a few days before the start of the Festival to discuss the various initiatives that will take place during Industry Days, which runs from August 9-11.
From the Festival Web site:
Industry Days are aiming to play an active role in the support of auteur films: whether launching a new project or extending and optimizing existing services and initiatives, the goal of Locarno’s Industry Office is always to support sales agents, distributors, producers and exhibitors in their respective tasks, ranging from the conception to the release of independent art-house cinema.
The Industry Office of the Locarno Film Festival facilitates networking among world film industry professionals attending the event, supporting producers and agents presenting films at the Festival by connecting them with international sales and distribution professionals and exhibitors.
Dresti: “The difference between Locarno and other festivals, is that here the exhibitors will sit down with others to try to understand each other’s programs. We have more than 200 buyers and sellers attending. The topics include finding the public audience and the home audience.
We understand the challenge of audiences who hardly go to the theaters anymore and watch movies from home.”
Industry Days Initiatives
Step In is an interdisciplinary exchange platform in which international professionals discuss and develop new, promising strategies for distribution, exhibition and sales of auteur cinema.
Dresti: “We will have two panels, one on the South African market and the other on the Brazilian market. This gives the opportunity for an overview of these markets to buyers and sellers in the European industry, as well as to the South African and Brazilian key players from the regions.”
Carte Blanche showcases a number of films in postproduction by emerging talents from a different country in Asia, Africa, Latin America or South-East Europe. This year’s Carte Blanche is dedicated to Brazil.
Dresti: “The idea of Carte Blanche is that since there are buyers and sales companies already in Locarno to buy films at the Festival, they could also buy these Brazilian films that don’t have a distributor yet. It gives the Brazilian filmmakers a good opportunity. At first we were expecting seven producers from Brazil, but thanks to the support of the cinema of Brazil and others, we are very honored that now we have 64 people coming from this country, including buyers from Brazil, producers and journalists. It’s huge.”
Open Doors , a co-production initiative, aims to assist its selected participants, to find support for their projects by offering training and pairing them with potential co-production partners, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Sdc).
Dresti: “We want people to see films at the Festival, but still take the time to sit down and talk. Locarno is the right place; all activities are tailor-made for this to happen. They will meet producers from Open Door and others so they can all understand what the other one does.”
The panelists for this year include Eugene Hernandez (Deputy Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center), Sheila de la Varende (Director, International Promotion, Telefilm Canada), Roberto Olla (Executive Director, Eurimages), Marit van den Elshout (Cinemart Manager, Cinemart Rotterdam), and Monique Simard (President & CEO, Sodec, Canada).
Industry Days is organized in collaboration with Europa International, Europa Distribution and Europa Cinemas, and Festival Scope and Fera.
To learn more about Industry Days and the Locarno International Film visit: http://www.pardolive.ch
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell presents international workshops and seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with over 1,000 writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog .
From the Festival Web site:
Industry Days are aiming to play an active role in the support of auteur films: whether launching a new project or extending and optimizing existing services and initiatives, the goal of Locarno’s Industry Office is always to support sales agents, distributors, producers and exhibitors in their respective tasks, ranging from the conception to the release of independent art-house cinema.
The Industry Office of the Locarno Film Festival facilitates networking among world film industry professionals attending the event, supporting producers and agents presenting films at the Festival by connecting them with international sales and distribution professionals and exhibitors.
Dresti: “The difference between Locarno and other festivals, is that here the exhibitors will sit down with others to try to understand each other’s programs. We have more than 200 buyers and sellers attending. The topics include finding the public audience and the home audience.
We understand the challenge of audiences who hardly go to the theaters anymore and watch movies from home.”
Industry Days Initiatives
Step In is an interdisciplinary exchange platform in which international professionals discuss and develop new, promising strategies for distribution, exhibition and sales of auteur cinema.
Dresti: “We will have two panels, one on the South African market and the other on the Brazilian market. This gives the opportunity for an overview of these markets to buyers and sellers in the European industry, as well as to the South African and Brazilian key players from the regions.”
Carte Blanche showcases a number of films in postproduction by emerging talents from a different country in Asia, Africa, Latin America or South-East Europe. This year’s Carte Blanche is dedicated to Brazil.
Dresti: “The idea of Carte Blanche is that since there are buyers and sales companies already in Locarno to buy films at the Festival, they could also buy these Brazilian films that don’t have a distributor yet. It gives the Brazilian filmmakers a good opportunity. At first we were expecting seven producers from Brazil, but thanks to the support of the cinema of Brazil and others, we are very honored that now we have 64 people coming from this country, including buyers from Brazil, producers and journalists. It’s huge.”
Open Doors , a co-production initiative, aims to assist its selected participants, to find support for their projects by offering training and pairing them with potential co-production partners, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Sdc).
Dresti: “We want people to see films at the Festival, but still take the time to sit down and talk. Locarno is the right place; all activities are tailor-made for this to happen. They will meet producers from Open Door and others so they can all understand what the other one does.”
The panelists for this year include Eugene Hernandez (Deputy Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center), Sheila de la Varende (Director, International Promotion, Telefilm Canada), Roberto Olla (Executive Director, Eurimages), Marit van den Elshout (Cinemart Manager, Cinemart Rotterdam), and Monique Simard (President & CEO, Sodec, Canada).
Industry Days is organized in collaboration with Europa International, Europa Distribution and Europa Cinemas, and Festival Scope and Fera.
To learn more about Industry Days and the Locarno International Film visit: http://www.pardolive.ch
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell presents international workshops and seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with over 1,000 writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog .
- 8/6/2014
- by Susan Kouguell
- Sydney's Buzz
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