Goalpost Film sells fourth episode to Australia, Canada, Latin America, Scandinavia, others.
IFC Films has acquired Us rights to Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Greece, the fourth entry in the acclaimed culinary anthology series starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
Goalpost Film has concluded a raft of pre-sales on the film, licensing rights in Australia (Madman Entertainment), Canada (Elevation Pictures), Scandinavia (Non Stop), Latin America (California Filmes), South Korea (Challan), Middle East (Front Row), and Greece (Filmtrade). Cinesky acquired rights for global airlines.
IFC Films has earmarked a summer 2020 theatrical release for The Trip To Greece, its 11th collaboration...
IFC Films has acquired Us rights to Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Greece, the fourth entry in the acclaimed culinary anthology series starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
Goalpost Film has concluded a raft of pre-sales on the film, licensing rights in Australia (Madman Entertainment), Canada (Elevation Pictures), Scandinavia (Non Stop), Latin America (California Filmes), South Korea (Challan), Middle East (Front Row), and Greece (Filmtrade). Cinesky acquired rights for global airlines.
IFC Films has earmarked a summer 2020 theatrical release for The Trip To Greece, its 11th collaboration...
- 11/8/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Film to be introduced at Cannes market; Amy archive producers onboard.
Goalpost Film and Noah Media Group are working on a feature-length documentary about the life of controversial civil rights activist Michael X, who was executed in 1975.
Clint Dyer co-directs with Gabriel Clarke. Clarke previously co-directed Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (with John McKenna), which was in Official Selection at Cannes in 2015. He is also an award-winning sports broadcaster.
Director, writer and actor Dyer directed the Olivier-nominated production The Big Life, and is currently developing a new play on Michael X for Stratford East.
Michael X will be produced by Noah Media’s Victoria Barrell and John McKenna and executive produced by Tristan Whalley and Jessie Mangum of Goalpost Film, who will introduce the project to buyers at Cannes this year.
Dog & Duck Films, who worked on Amy and Senna, are the archive producers.
Michael X (born Michael de Freitas) emerged as a leader...
Goalpost Film and Noah Media Group are working on a feature-length documentary about the life of controversial civil rights activist Michael X, who was executed in 1975.
Clint Dyer co-directs with Gabriel Clarke. Clarke previously co-directed Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (with John McKenna), which was in Official Selection at Cannes in 2015. He is also an award-winning sports broadcaster.
Director, writer and actor Dyer directed the Olivier-nominated production The Big Life, and is currently developing a new play on Michael X for Stratford East.
Michael X will be produced by Noah Media’s Victoria Barrell and John McKenna and executive produced by Tristan Whalley and Jessie Mangum of Goalpost Film, who will introduce the project to buyers at Cannes this year.
Dog & Duck Films, who worked on Amy and Senna, are the archive producers.
Michael X (born Michael de Freitas) emerged as a leader...
- 4/26/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Holding the Man.
Neil Armfield.s Holding The Man has been picked up by Netflix. The film will be available on the platform in all of the streaming service.s territories — except Australia and New Zealand. . Holding the Man is also set for theatrical release in a number of international territories, having been sold to Strand Releasing in the Us, Peccadillo in the UK, Pro Fun in Germany and Switzerland and Cinemien in the Benelux. . Producer Kylie du Fresne said: .The film has captured the hearts of audiences wherever it has screened and I am absolutely delighted that people around the world will now be able to share in the experience.. . Holding the Man is based on Timothy Conigrave.s memoir by the same name, adapted for screen by Tommy Murphy. It stars Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony Lapaglia, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox and Camilla Ah Kin.. Tristan Whalley, from UK-based Goalpost Film,...
Neil Armfield.s Holding The Man has been picked up by Netflix. The film will be available on the platform in all of the streaming service.s territories — except Australia and New Zealand. . Holding the Man is also set for theatrical release in a number of international territories, having been sold to Strand Releasing in the Us, Peccadillo in the UK, Pro Fun in Germany and Switzerland and Cinemien in the Benelux. . Producer Kylie du Fresne said: .The film has captured the hearts of audiences wherever it has screened and I am absolutely delighted that people around the world will now be able to share in the experience.. . Holding the Man is based on Timothy Conigrave.s memoir by the same name, adapted for screen by Tommy Murphy. It stars Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony Lapaglia, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox and Camilla Ah Kin.. Tristan Whalley, from UK-based Goalpost Film,...
- 8/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony Lapaglia, Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox head the cast in Holding the Man, Neil Armfield.s love story/drama based on Tommy Murphy.s acclaimed stage play.
Corr and Stott will portray Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo, who met and fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school.
John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years despite separations, discrimination, temptations, jealousies and losses. It ended with both men's deaths from AIDS-related complications.
Shooting starts in Melbourne next week, produced by Goalpost Pictures. Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires). Murphy adapted Tim.s book for the screen.
Lapaglia and Camilla Ah Kin are cast as John.s parents Bob and Lois and Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox are Tim.s parents Dick and Mary-Gert.
Corr recently worked in Russell Crowe...
Corr and Stott will portray Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo, who met and fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school.
John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years despite separations, discrimination, temptations, jealousies and losses. It ended with both men's deaths from AIDS-related complications.
Shooting starts in Melbourne next week, produced by Goalpost Pictures. Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires). Murphy adapted Tim.s book for the screen.
Lapaglia and Camilla Ah Kin are cast as John.s parents Bob and Lois and Guy Pearce and Kerry Fox are Tim.s parents Dick and Mary-Gert.
Corr recently worked in Russell Crowe...
- 9/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Candy director Neil Armfield will adapt gay memoir Holding The Man, one of five projects backed in Screen Australia’s latest funding round.
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
- 3/28/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Candy director Neil Armfield will adapt gay memoir Holding The Man, one of five projects backed in Screen Australia’s latest funding round.
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
Screen Australia will invest in Holding The Man, an adaptation of a popular gay memoir from director Neil Armfield (Candy), and A Long Way Home, from Garth Davis, Jane Campion’s co-director on the series Top Of The Lake.
The government agency also decided this week to put finishing funds into Infini, a follow-up to debut film Gabriel for writer/director/producer Shane Abbess, and into two feature-length documentaries.
“It is ultimately a love story about gay soulmates and we haven’t seen much of that in cinema,” Holding The Man producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) told ScreenDaily. “We think it’s good timing because of the worldwide debate on gay marriage. It’s not what the film is about but it is part of why Tim (Conigrave) wrote his memoir.”
That memoir...
- 3/28/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
New Tiff 2012 movie trailer for Wayne Blair's The Sapphires, starring Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy Shari Siebens and Miranda Tapsell The musical drama/comedy from The Weinstein Company, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this year, can be seen at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, September 9th at the Winter Garden Theatre, followed by a Tuesday run at Tiff Bell Lightbox 1. Wayne Blair makes his feature directorial debut on the project, helming from the script by Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson. The Sapphires is produced by Kylie Du Fresne and Rosemary Blight, and executive-produced by Ben Grant, Soon Kie Lee, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and Tristan Whalley.
- 9/4/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New Tiff 2012 movie trailer for Wayne Blair's The Sapphires, starring Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy Shari Siebens and Miranda Tapsell The musical drama/comedy from The Weinstein Company, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this year, can be seen at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, September 9th at the Winter Garden Theatre, followed by a Tuesday run at Tiff Bell Lightbox 1. Wayne Blair makes his feature directorial debut on the project, helming from the script by Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson. The Sapphires is produced by Kylie Du Fresne and Rosemary Blight, and executive-produced by Ben Grant, Soon Kie Lee, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and Tristan Whalley.
- 9/4/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Australian film-maker Jan Sharp was honoured at the Telluride Film Festival. The festival was dedicated to both Sharp and Us producer Bingham Ray. Sharp’s film credits include Wide Sargasso Sea and Echoes of Paradise.
Accompanying The Sapphires and documentary On Borrowed Time by David Bradbury about film-maker Paul Cox and his life on a liver transplant waiting list were short films Rain by Tom and Sam McKeith, Barn Owl by Anna Spencer and Boo! by Rupert Reid.
The announcement:
Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival ending today was dedicated to the late Australian writer/producer/director Jan Sharp, as well as to the late Us producer Bingham Ray.
Jan’s long career began at Film Australia and included credits Wild Sargasso Sea and The Good Wife.
Bingham was a co-founder of October Films, a leading independent distribution company of the 1990s, and a former president of United Artists.
Australian films...
Accompanying The Sapphires and documentary On Borrowed Time by David Bradbury about film-maker Paul Cox and his life on a liver transplant waiting list were short films Rain by Tom and Sam McKeith, Barn Owl by Anna Spencer and Boo! by Rupert Reid.
The announcement:
Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival ending today was dedicated to the late Australian writer/producer/director Jan Sharp, as well as to the late Us producer Bingham Ray.
Jan’s long career began at Film Australia and included credits Wild Sargasso Sea and The Good Wife.
Bingham was a co-founder of October Films, a leading independent distribution company of the 1990s, and a former president of United Artists.
Australian films...
- 9/4/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Producer Rosemary Bligh is using the attention she.s getting at Cannes via The Sapphires to spruik Felony, which has Matthew Saville attached.
.We.ve all been waiting for Matt Saville.s follow up film, since Noise,. Bligh told If Magazine. .He is one of Australia.s exceptional directing talents and has, over recent years, delivered to audiences some of the best television that Australia has seen..
Joel Edgerton is also involved in Felony in more ways than one: .It.s an exciting project with a great creative team, including my fellow producer, writer and star Joel Edgerton..
Felony is about a police officer who knocks a young cyclist off his bike and lies about the incident.
Solution Entertainment Group is handling international sales to the thriller, although CAA has Us rights and Roadshow will distribute locally.
The executive producers on the Goalpost Pictures Australia project are Solution principals Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson,...
.We.ve all been waiting for Matt Saville.s follow up film, since Noise,. Bligh told If Magazine. .He is one of Australia.s exceptional directing talents and has, over recent years, delivered to audiences some of the best television that Australia has seen..
Joel Edgerton is also involved in Felony in more ways than one: .It.s an exciting project with a great creative team, including my fellow producer, writer and star Joel Edgerton..
Felony is about a police officer who knocks a young cyclist off his bike and lies about the incident.
Solution Entertainment Group is handling international sales to the thriller, although CAA has Us rights and Roadshow will distribute locally.
The executive producers on the Goalpost Pictures Australia project are Solution principals Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson,...
- 5/21/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
The Weinstein Company announced today that they have acquired from Goalpost Film worldwide rights, with the exception of the UK & Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France, Canada, Israel, Portugal and airlines, to The Sapphires. The film, directed by acclaimed Aboriginal actor and theater director Wayne Blair, stars funnyman Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids, Friends With Kids), Deborah Mailman (Radiance, Offspring), who was the first Aboriginal actress to win the AFI Award for Best Actress, Jessica Mauboy (Bran Nue Dae), an Australian pop artist who was the runner-up on Australian Idol in 2006 and breakout stars Shari Sebbensand Miranda Tapsell. The screenplay was written by Aboriginal playwright Tony Briggs, whose mother and family members were part of The Sapphires group, and Keith Thompson. Warwick Thornton, previous winner of the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Samson And Delilah, is the film’s Director of Photography. The announcement was made today by TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein,...
- 5/15/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There are several new international sales agents debuting in Cannes. I will endeavor to profile them throughouat Cannes. Tristan Whalley's GoalPost, Richard Guardian's Guardian Entertainment, Mario Kassar's Magnetik, Joe Drake's Tbc, Mike Runagall's Altitude and others...
Born of the power and passion of two prominent members of the international film community, Blue Galaxy International takes sales, distribution, and media production to the next level. Marcy Rubin, longtime sales exec with Cinetel and Andrew Stevens, actor, producer and director long seen in the independent film world represent a global company with offices in Sherman Oaks and Paris, Blue Galaxy launched in 2011 with a commitment to delivering high-concept content with mainstream appeal for the international entertainment and television markets. Though new on the scene, the company draws upon its founders' extensive market savvy and long-standing relationships with major broadcasters in virtually every country around the world. And it continues to build on its strengths. With a presence at the European Film Market in Berlin, Hong Kong Filmart, Mip-tv, Cannes Film Festival, Discop, Mipcom, and the American Film Market, and a library in the making, Blue Galaxy International delivers the pulse of entertainment to a growing client base.
The Vortex
Synopsis:
When a convoy of American troops goes missing in the Afghan desert, a Special Ops Seal Team is deployed to locate them. They discover that their former colleague, Sydney Gerber, has managed to create a wormhole which is growing more and more unstable with each passing moment! Accompanied by an elite team of soldiers, they battle through huge, mutated snakes, scorpions and spiders which have been created by the strange crystals that are a by-product of the Vortex. Gerber and one of the rangers, now both Mega Pythons, square off in a battle for the ages to save the world and mankind!!
Starring: Jack Plotnick, Sarah Lieving and Ted Jonas
Directed by: Peter Paul Basier
Produced by: Danny Roth, Greg Carter, Mark Holder and Christine Holder
Written by: Peter Paul Basier and Cary Anderson
The Dogfather
Synopsis:
When a Mafia don's right-hand man, a bulldog named Sonny, swallows his ring, comedy ensues as two of the don's best soldiers try and retrieve the ring from Sonny, who has been adopted by a new family.
Partner Bios
Marcy Rubin
A veteran of international media sales and distribution, Marcy Rubin brings an extensive understanding of the ever-changing international marketplace to the table. Over the past 25 years, she has arranged financing via foreign pre-sales for over 100 independent films. After graduating from American University in Washington, D.C., she headed to Los Angeles and has worked at Merv Griffin Productions, Cinema Entertainment, and Kodiak Films. For the past 20 years, Rubin held the position of international sales executive at the prominent international production and distribution company, CineTel Films. During her tenure at CineTel, she developed a vast network of contacts with international distributors, television broadcasters, and financial institutions, and serving on the board of directors of Ifta, the trade organization of the independent film community (1996 and 1997). Now a sought-after member of that community, she speaks on various panels about the international marketplace. The next logical step for Rubin was to launch her own business, which she did in 2011: Blue Galaxy International, a full-service international distribution company with global representation. Fiorenza Cella Fiorenza Cella, founder of the video distribution company Free Dolphin Entertainment, began her career as a journalist with the Italian TV network Italia Uno (Mediaset). Her experience in London, where she worked with the BBC to develop youth programming, helped to spark her vision of a world connected via entertainment media. Cella catapulted her international savvy into the creation, in 1995, of Free Dolphin, headquartered in Paris. Within five years, she brought the company into the major leagues with the sale of television rights to both French and Italian networks, and Free Dolphin rose from a fledgling enterprise to a force in the industry. During 16 years at the company helm, Cella forged solid relationships with the heads of major channels in France, Italy and Spain. Today she is again building on her talent. As a partner in Blue Galaxy International, Cella has turned her attention toward global distribution and production, a natural path for the media pro.
Marcy Rubin Fiorenza Cella...
Born of the power and passion of two prominent members of the international film community, Blue Galaxy International takes sales, distribution, and media production to the next level. Marcy Rubin, longtime sales exec with Cinetel and Andrew Stevens, actor, producer and director long seen in the independent film world represent a global company with offices in Sherman Oaks and Paris, Blue Galaxy launched in 2011 with a commitment to delivering high-concept content with mainstream appeal for the international entertainment and television markets. Though new on the scene, the company draws upon its founders' extensive market savvy and long-standing relationships with major broadcasters in virtually every country around the world. And it continues to build on its strengths. With a presence at the European Film Market in Berlin, Hong Kong Filmart, Mip-tv, Cannes Film Festival, Discop, Mipcom, and the American Film Market, and a library in the making, Blue Galaxy International delivers the pulse of entertainment to a growing client base.
The Vortex
Synopsis:
When a convoy of American troops goes missing in the Afghan desert, a Special Ops Seal Team is deployed to locate them. They discover that their former colleague, Sydney Gerber, has managed to create a wormhole which is growing more and more unstable with each passing moment! Accompanied by an elite team of soldiers, they battle through huge, mutated snakes, scorpions and spiders which have been created by the strange crystals that are a by-product of the Vortex. Gerber and one of the rangers, now both Mega Pythons, square off in a battle for the ages to save the world and mankind!!
Starring: Jack Plotnick, Sarah Lieving and Ted Jonas
Directed by: Peter Paul Basier
Produced by: Danny Roth, Greg Carter, Mark Holder and Christine Holder
Written by: Peter Paul Basier and Cary Anderson
The Dogfather
Synopsis:
When a Mafia don's right-hand man, a bulldog named Sonny, swallows his ring, comedy ensues as two of the don's best soldiers try and retrieve the ring from Sonny, who has been adopted by a new family.
Partner Bios
Marcy Rubin
A veteran of international media sales and distribution, Marcy Rubin brings an extensive understanding of the ever-changing international marketplace to the table. Over the past 25 years, she has arranged financing via foreign pre-sales for over 100 independent films. After graduating from American University in Washington, D.C., she headed to Los Angeles and has worked at Merv Griffin Productions, Cinema Entertainment, and Kodiak Films. For the past 20 years, Rubin held the position of international sales executive at the prominent international production and distribution company, CineTel Films. During her tenure at CineTel, she developed a vast network of contacts with international distributors, television broadcasters, and financial institutions, and serving on the board of directors of Ifta, the trade organization of the independent film community (1996 and 1997). Now a sought-after member of that community, she speaks on various panels about the international marketplace. The next logical step for Rubin was to launch her own business, which she did in 2011: Blue Galaxy International, a full-service international distribution company with global representation. Fiorenza Cella Fiorenza Cella, founder of the video distribution company Free Dolphin Entertainment, began her career as a journalist with the Italian TV network Italia Uno (Mediaset). Her experience in London, where she worked with the BBC to develop youth programming, helped to spark her vision of a world connected via entertainment media. Cella catapulted her international savvy into the creation, in 1995, of Free Dolphin, headquartered in Paris. Within five years, she brought the company into the major leagues with the sale of television rights to both French and Italian networks, and Free Dolphin rose from a fledgling enterprise to a force in the industry. During 16 years at the company helm, Cella forged solid relationships with the heads of major channels in France, Italy and Spain. Today she is again building on her talent. As a partner in Blue Galaxy International, Cella has turned her attention toward global distribution and production, a natural path for the media pro.
Marcy Rubin Fiorenza Cella...
- 5/15/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Goalpost Film (UK) has sold Australian feature musical The Sapphires to France, Israel and Canada.
The deals, completed at the European Film Market in Berlin, follow previous sales to Portugal (where it will be distributed by Lusomundo) and Cinesky for airlines. The film will be distributed in France by Diaphana, in Israel by Lev Films and in Canada by eOne.
The Sapphires stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell as the all-girl singing group. Set in the heady days of 1968, the film is inspired by a true story about the singers, who hailed from a remote Australian Aboriginal mission before being discovered by an unlikely talent scout (played by The It Crowd actor Chris O.Dowd).
Sales are being handled by Tristan Whalley from Goalpost Film (UK), a company related to Goalpost Pictures Australia, which produced the film.
eOne.s Hopscotch will release the film in Australia later this year.
The deals, completed at the European Film Market in Berlin, follow previous sales to Portugal (where it will be distributed by Lusomundo) and Cinesky for airlines. The film will be distributed in France by Diaphana, in Israel by Lev Films and in Canada by eOne.
The Sapphires stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell as the all-girl singing group. Set in the heady days of 1968, the film is inspired by a true story about the singers, who hailed from a remote Australian Aboriginal mission before being discovered by an unlikely talent scout (played by The It Crowd actor Chris O.Dowd).
Sales are being handled by Tristan Whalley from Goalpost Film (UK), a company related to Goalpost Pictures Australia, which produced the film.
eOne.s Hopscotch will release the film in Australia later this year.
- 2/17/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Goalpost Film (UK) has sold Australian feature musical The Sapphires to France, Israel and Canada. The deals, completed at the European Film Market in Berlin, follow previous sales to Portugal (where it will be distributed by Lusomundo) and Cinesky for airlines. The film will be distributed in France by Diaphana, in Israel by Lev Films and in Canada by eOne. The Sapphires stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell as the all-girl singing group. Set in the heady days of 1968, the film is inspired by a true story about the singers, who hailed from a remote Australian Aboriginal mission before being discovered by an unlikely talent scout (played by The It Crowd actor Chris O.Dowd). Sales are being handled by Tristan Whalley from Goalpost Film...
- 2/17/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
<p><a href="http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/The-Sapphires.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3055 alignright" title="Farmer and Anu in the current stage version of The Sapphires" src="http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/The-Sapphires-150x150.jpg" alt="Farmer and Anu in the current stage version of The Sapphires" width="150" height="150" /></a>Screen Australia announced its last investment round for 2010, with almost $18m for five features, three drama series, two low budget TV dramas, a children’s TV series, and 17 docos.</p> <p>The films include the musical <em>The Sapphires </em>(dir. Wayne Blair),<em> The King is Dead!</em> (dir. Rolf de Heer), <em>Dead Europe</em> (dir. Tony Krawitz), <em>Venice </em>(dir. Miro Bilbrough) and <em>Summer Coda</em> (dir. Richard Gray).<span id="more-6142"></span></p> <p><em>Summer Coda </em>was released in October, and today’s announcement by Screen Australia refers to a September decision that provided the film with post-production funding.</p> <p>The projects are:<br /> Feature Drama<br /> <strong>Dead Europe</strong><br /> See Saw Films Pty Ltd<br /> Producers Emile Sherman, Iain Canning<br /> Writer Louise Fox<br /> Director Tony Krawitz<br /> Sales and Distribution Cross City Sales, Wild Bunch International Sales, Transmission Films<br /> Synopsis Isaac, a late 20s Greek Australian, spirals out of control when he’s forced to confront<br /> his own family’s cursed legacy on his first trip to...
- 12/2/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
PARK CITY -- In what may be one of the biggest sales at Sundance, Warner Independent Pictures is buying North American, U.K. and German rights to Clubland, Cherie Nowlan's Australian romance starring Brenda Blethyn.
Purchased for $4 million without access to international rights, which will be handled by executive producer and sales agent Tristan Whalley and Nicki Parfitt of Goalpost Film, the film may be the richest deal yet for a Sundance filmmaker. WIP confirmed the deal Monday afternoon. The distributor plans a summer 2007 release.
Clubland, which centers on an unconventional family that is threatened by the son falling in love with a beautiful girl, received a standing ovation from the audience after its second screening early Monday morning. The film premiered Sunday night to a packed house at the Eccles Theatre.
Paul Federbush and Courtney Armstrong negotiated on WIP's behalf. Rena Ronson, Phil Alberstat and Cassian Elwes of William Morris Independent repped the filmmakers.
Purchased for $4 million without access to international rights, which will be handled by executive producer and sales agent Tristan Whalley and Nicki Parfitt of Goalpost Film, the film may be the richest deal yet for a Sundance filmmaker. WIP confirmed the deal Monday afternoon. The distributor plans a summer 2007 release.
Clubland, which centers on an unconventional family that is threatened by the son falling in love with a beautiful girl, received a standing ovation from the audience after its second screening early Monday morning. The film premiered Sunday night to a packed house at the Eccles Theatre.
Paul Federbush and Courtney Armstrong negotiated on WIP's behalf. Rena Ronson, Phil Alberstat and Cassian Elwes of William Morris Independent repped the filmmakers.
- 1/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Bloody Sunday" is an autopsy of a film, a provocative dramatization of the raging events that led up to one of the most appalling confrontations in the Irish-British wars that continue in Northern Ireland. It perambulates as an even-handed dramatization of the horrible confrontation in which 13 civilian lives were lost.
A British-Irish co-production involving Granada and James Sheridan's Hell's Kitchen company, it's an attempt to make an even-handed depiction of the events and personal stories that led to that terrible day in January 1972 when British soldiers met Irish protesters. Certain viewers, who have the stomach to endure yet another film about the mindless onslaught that goes on in Northern Ireland, may consider it "Blarney Sunday", in reference to its last-point editorial emphasis on the British whitewash of the carnage.
Still, for those who can sit through in-your-face, ground-level camera work, a war zone-sounding soundtrack and the sense that here we go again, "Bloody Sunday" might have appeal beyond the north of Ireland. Commercially, it's likely to be a festival staple or, at best, an independent offering that will fare best in Europe.
Aesthetically, "Bloody Sunday" bangs along like a cab ride where the driver speaks in a foreign tongue and you're jarred all the way with swirls and quick stops and the constraint crackle of the receiver, where only every seventh or eight word can be distinguished. And, in this case, there's the dialogue: "Kroist", "Immmerershceean, roight", and other thick Irish utterings that are virtually incomprehensible. Admittedly, such a stylistic is appropriate to the buildup of the murderous confrontation that results.
The filmmaker's viewpoint will undoubtedly be skewered in these post-Sept. 11 times. With the onslaught of TV -- where we've sided with our Special Forces against he rabble of a zealot, makeshift opponent -- the filmmakers may find that Americans are now siding with the guys in the uniforms with the walkie-talkies. In short, it's hard not to view "Bloody Sunday" post-Sept. 11 as anything more than a generic TV war, and in these times, U.S. audiences are not going to want to sympathize with unorganized, slogan-shouting types, with a few fringers packing guns.
Intelligently made and well-crafted, "Bloody Sunday"'s assaultive aesthetic documents the buildup to the bloody confrontation between British soldiers and Irish protesters that resulted in 13 civilian deaths. Centering on a well-meaning yet preening parliamentarian, Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt), a Protestant who represents a Catholic district and wants to lead a peaceful march in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr., the film delineates through a representative throng of touchstone characters how things go so quickly bloody.
In addition to the Irish side, the filmmakers sagely show the British side -- young soldiers who fear the "hooligans" and are burned out with being taunted and having rocks thrown at them. In short, we see the tempers bristling on both sides, as each can point to atrocities or shortcomings of the "other side." We see the British commander who feels he has to make a point and show strength of 10 Downing; we also see the lurking, murderous IRA -- the grubby men on the fringes who want the march to escalate into violence for their own agenda. In short, we see a lose-lose catastrophe in the making.
Again, post-Sept. 11 audiences will focus on the fact that this upheaval occurs during a time when young males reached a population peak. The list at the end of the film of those killed shows a preponderance of 17-year-olds -- in more sophisticated Rolling Stones terms, hormonal lads who "went down to the demonstration to get their fair share of abuse." The filmmakers try to personalize these guys though a tall, shaggy-haired lad with a wee bit of problem with the law, but he's got a good heart and ends up throwing rocks out front; hereinafter referred to as the "Daniel Day Lewis-type character."
"Bloody Sunday" is intelligently crafted and often insightful. In particular, we note the hubris of the march leader, a well-meaning but egotistical man who loves being the center of attention, calling out to folk. Many viewers could conclude that it was his ego, knowing full well what was going to happen, that was a major factor in causing the bloodletting -- a vainglorious idealist who led "many sheep to slaughter." Others could conclude that it was the British who were forced to make a statement. One could argue on and on ... and the bloodletting goes on.
"Bloody Sunday" winds up with the list of names of those killed and a sharp invective against the British for covering it all up. The high swill of a U2 anthem rages bathetically, making one wish immediately for a Bloody Mary.
BLOODY SUNDAY
Portman Film presents
In association with Granada, the Film Council and
Bord Scannan na hEirann/The Irish Film Board
A Granada Film/Hell's Kitchen production
Producer: Mark Redhead
Screenwriter-director: Paul Greengrass
Executive producers: Pippa Cross, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan, Paul Trijbits, Tristan Whalley, Rod Stoneman
Co-producers: Don Mullan, Paul Myler
Director of photography: Ivan Strasburg
Editor: Clare Douglas
Production designer: John Paul Kelly
Costume designer: Dinah Collin
Music: Dominic Muldoon
Color/stereo
Cast:
Ivan Cooper: James Nesbitt
Major General Ford: Tim Pigott-Smith
Brigadier Maclellan: Nicholas Farrell
Chief Supt. Lagan: Gerard McSorley
Frances: Kathy Kiera Clarke
Kevin McCorry: Allan Gildea
Eamonn McCann: Gerard Crossan
Bernadette Devlin: Mary Moulds
Bridget Bond: Carmel McCallion
Gerry Donaghy: Declan Duddy
Running time -- 107 minutes
No MPAA rating...
A British-Irish co-production involving Granada and James Sheridan's Hell's Kitchen company, it's an attempt to make an even-handed depiction of the events and personal stories that led to that terrible day in January 1972 when British soldiers met Irish protesters. Certain viewers, who have the stomach to endure yet another film about the mindless onslaught that goes on in Northern Ireland, may consider it "Blarney Sunday", in reference to its last-point editorial emphasis on the British whitewash of the carnage.
Still, for those who can sit through in-your-face, ground-level camera work, a war zone-sounding soundtrack and the sense that here we go again, "Bloody Sunday" might have appeal beyond the north of Ireland. Commercially, it's likely to be a festival staple or, at best, an independent offering that will fare best in Europe.
Aesthetically, "Bloody Sunday" bangs along like a cab ride where the driver speaks in a foreign tongue and you're jarred all the way with swirls and quick stops and the constraint crackle of the receiver, where only every seventh or eight word can be distinguished. And, in this case, there's the dialogue: "Kroist", "Immmerershceean, roight", and other thick Irish utterings that are virtually incomprehensible. Admittedly, such a stylistic is appropriate to the buildup of the murderous confrontation that results.
The filmmaker's viewpoint will undoubtedly be skewered in these post-Sept. 11 times. With the onslaught of TV -- where we've sided with our Special Forces against he rabble of a zealot, makeshift opponent -- the filmmakers may find that Americans are now siding with the guys in the uniforms with the walkie-talkies. In short, it's hard not to view "Bloody Sunday" post-Sept. 11 as anything more than a generic TV war, and in these times, U.S. audiences are not going to want to sympathize with unorganized, slogan-shouting types, with a few fringers packing guns.
Intelligently made and well-crafted, "Bloody Sunday"'s assaultive aesthetic documents the buildup to the bloody confrontation between British soldiers and Irish protesters that resulted in 13 civilian deaths. Centering on a well-meaning yet preening parliamentarian, Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt), a Protestant who represents a Catholic district and wants to lead a peaceful march in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr., the film delineates through a representative throng of touchstone characters how things go so quickly bloody.
In addition to the Irish side, the filmmakers sagely show the British side -- young soldiers who fear the "hooligans" and are burned out with being taunted and having rocks thrown at them. In short, we see the tempers bristling on both sides, as each can point to atrocities or shortcomings of the "other side." We see the British commander who feels he has to make a point and show strength of 10 Downing; we also see the lurking, murderous IRA -- the grubby men on the fringes who want the march to escalate into violence for their own agenda. In short, we see a lose-lose catastrophe in the making.
Again, post-Sept. 11 audiences will focus on the fact that this upheaval occurs during a time when young males reached a population peak. The list at the end of the film of those killed shows a preponderance of 17-year-olds -- in more sophisticated Rolling Stones terms, hormonal lads who "went down to the demonstration to get their fair share of abuse." The filmmakers try to personalize these guys though a tall, shaggy-haired lad with a wee bit of problem with the law, but he's got a good heart and ends up throwing rocks out front; hereinafter referred to as the "Daniel Day Lewis-type character."
"Bloody Sunday" is intelligently crafted and often insightful. In particular, we note the hubris of the march leader, a well-meaning but egotistical man who loves being the center of attention, calling out to folk. Many viewers could conclude that it was his ego, knowing full well what was going to happen, that was a major factor in causing the bloodletting -- a vainglorious idealist who led "many sheep to slaughter." Others could conclude that it was the British who were forced to make a statement. One could argue on and on ... and the bloodletting goes on.
"Bloody Sunday" winds up with the list of names of those killed and a sharp invective against the British for covering it all up. The high swill of a U2 anthem rages bathetically, making one wish immediately for a Bloody Mary.
BLOODY SUNDAY
Portman Film presents
In association with Granada, the Film Council and
Bord Scannan na hEirann/The Irish Film Board
A Granada Film/Hell's Kitchen production
Producer: Mark Redhead
Screenwriter-director: Paul Greengrass
Executive producers: Pippa Cross, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan, Paul Trijbits, Tristan Whalley, Rod Stoneman
Co-producers: Don Mullan, Paul Myler
Director of photography: Ivan Strasburg
Editor: Clare Douglas
Production designer: John Paul Kelly
Costume designer: Dinah Collin
Music: Dominic Muldoon
Color/stereo
Cast:
Ivan Cooper: James Nesbitt
Major General Ford: Tim Pigott-Smith
Brigadier Maclellan: Nicholas Farrell
Chief Supt. Lagan: Gerard McSorley
Frances: Kathy Kiera Clarke
Kevin McCorry: Allan Gildea
Eamonn McCann: Gerard Crossan
Bernadette Devlin: Mary Moulds
Bridget Bond: Carmel McCallion
Gerry Donaghy: Declan Duddy
Running time -- 107 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/15/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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