Jason Blum has been selected by the American Cinematheque to receive this year’s Power of Cinema Award. Blum and his company will be honored for achievements in the motion picture industry at the top of the Cinematheque’s annual benefit. Ryan Reynolds will be honored with the career achievement award at this year’s benefit, which takes place Nov. 17 at the Beverly Hilton.
“Jason Blum and Blumhouse are ideal recipients of the American Cinematheque’s Power of Cinema Award in the world and culture of 2022. They make high-quality films at suitable budgets that have wide commercial appeal and are the best examples of their genre. They have promoted and increased the appeal of the theatrical experience and entertained an expansive range of audiences. They have captured the zeitgeist in our changing times,” said the org’s chairman, Rick Nicita.
Blum has produced films including “Get Out,” “Halloween Kills,” “Black Box” and “The Invisible Man.
“Jason Blum and Blumhouse are ideal recipients of the American Cinematheque’s Power of Cinema Award in the world and culture of 2022. They make high-quality films at suitable budgets that have wide commercial appeal and are the best examples of their genre. They have promoted and increased the appeal of the theatrical experience and entertained an expansive range of audiences. They have captured the zeitgeist in our changing times,” said the org’s chairman, Rick Nicita.
Blum has produced films including “Get Out,” “Halloween Kills,” “Black Box” and “The Invisible Man.
- 5/24/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Behan.
After acquiring a raft of Australian feature films and documentaries for Universal Pictures Australasia over the past four years, Jason Behan is looking for new avenues to continue his involvement in development and production.
As VP acquisitions, he helped to transition the focus of acquisitions from the declining home entertainment business to an all-rights, all-platforms content strategy.
Among the titles he brought to the studio led by Mike Baard were John Sheedy’s H is for Happiness, Abe Forsythe’s Little Monsters, Alexs Stadermann’s 100% Wolf and Francis Annan’s Escape to Pretoria.
Kriv Stenders’ Slim & I and Brock: Over the Top, Mark Joffe’s Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy and Leanne Pooley’s New Zealand doc We Need to Talk About A.I. also found homes at Universal.
Among the upcoming releases secured during his tenure are first-time director Martin Wilson’s survival thriller Great White,...
After acquiring a raft of Australian feature films and documentaries for Universal Pictures Australasia over the past four years, Jason Behan is looking for new avenues to continue his involvement in development and production.
As VP acquisitions, he helped to transition the focus of acquisitions from the declining home entertainment business to an all-rights, all-platforms content strategy.
Among the titles he brought to the studio led by Mike Baard were John Sheedy’s H is for Happiness, Abe Forsythe’s Little Monsters, Alexs Stadermann’s 100% Wolf and Francis Annan’s Escape to Pretoria.
Kriv Stenders’ Slim & I and Brock: Over the Top, Mark Joffe’s Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy and Leanne Pooley’s New Zealand doc We Need to Talk About A.I. also found homes at Universal.
Among the upcoming releases secured during his tenure are first-time director Martin Wilson’s survival thriller Great White,...
- 10/8/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘The Girl On The Bridge’.
The New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) will be one of eight organisations to present a curated selection of docs-in-progress as part of Cannes Docs.
Running June 22 – 26 as part of the now virtual Marché du Film, the in progress showcase is designed for decision makers such as festival programmers and sales agents looking for new titles.
The films will be presented by a video pitch and 10-minute sequence of the rough cut.
The four New Zealand documentaries and filmmakers are:
The Girl on The Bridge – director Leanne Pooley, producers Cass Avery and Alex Reed. The story of a young woman with the weight of a generation on her shoulders. Having survived her own suicidal struggles Jazz Thornton is a mental health activist, fighting to change how society and the system are dealing with young people like her. This is a film about hope. It is a film about redemption.
The New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) will be one of eight organisations to present a curated selection of docs-in-progress as part of Cannes Docs.
Running June 22 – 26 as part of the now virtual Marché du Film, the in progress showcase is designed for decision makers such as festival programmers and sales agents looking for new titles.
The films will be presented by a video pitch and 10-minute sequence of the rough cut.
The four New Zealand documentaries and filmmakers are:
The Girl on The Bridge – director Leanne Pooley, producers Cass Avery and Alex Reed. The story of a young woman with the weight of a generation on her shoulders. Having survived her own suicidal struggles Jazz Thornton is a mental health activist, fighting to change how society and the system are dealing with young people like her. This is a film about hope. It is a film about redemption.
- 6/11/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Gfc Films and Universal Content Group acquire rights to the international bestseller.
International bestseller The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck is to be adapted as a feature documentary by New Zealand’s Gfc Films and UK-based Universal Content Group.
Written by Mark Manson, the self-improvement book has sold more than 11 million copies since its release in September 2016 and argues that the relentless positivity of most self-help books is unhelpful and impractical.
The documentary will explore society’s obsessions with the pursuit of happiness and will be led by Manson alongside the Disappointment Panda, a character from the...
International bestseller The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck is to be adapted as a feature documentary by New Zealand’s Gfc Films and UK-based Universal Content Group.
Written by Mark Manson, the self-improvement book has sold more than 11 million copies since its release in September 2016 and argues that the relentless positivity of most self-help books is unhelpful and impractical.
The documentary will explore society’s obsessions with the pursuit of happiness and will be led by Manson alongside the Disappointment Panda, a character from the...
- 5/20/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Feature documentary will tell the story of the women’s peace camp and the part it played in the demise of the Cold War.
The Greenham Common protest camps, which played a part in the demise of the Cold War, are to be the focus of a feature-length documentary from New Zealand’s Gfc Films and UK-based Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group (Uphe Content Group).
Production is underway on Mothers Of The Revolution, directed by Briar March and produced by prolific New Zealand filmmaker Matthew Metcalfe and Leela Menon. It has been earmarked for release in autumn 2021.
The Greenham...
The Greenham Common protest camps, which played a part in the demise of the Cold War, are to be the focus of a feature-length documentary from New Zealand’s Gfc Films and UK-based Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group (Uphe Content Group).
Production is underway on Mothers Of The Revolution, directed by Briar March and produced by prolific New Zealand filmmaker Matthew Metcalfe and Leela Menon. It has been earmarked for release in autumn 2021.
The Greenham...
- 4/16/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Feature documentary will tell the story of the women’s peace camp and the part it played in the demise of the Cold War.
The Greenham Common protest camps, which played a part in the demise of the Cold War, are to be the focus of a feature-length documentary from New Zealand’s Gfc Films and UK-based Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group (Uphe Content Group).
Production is underway on Mothers Of The Revolution, directed by Briar March and produced by prolific New Zealand filmmaker Matthew Metcalfe and Leela Menon. It has been earmarked for release in autumn 2021.
The Greenham...
The Greenham Common protest camps, which played a part in the demise of the Cold War, are to be the focus of a feature-length documentary from New Zealand’s Gfc Films and UK-based Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group (Uphe Content Group).
Production is underway on Mothers Of The Revolution, directed by Briar March and produced by prolific New Zealand filmmaker Matthew Metcalfe and Leela Menon. It has been earmarked for release in autumn 2021.
The Greenham...
- 4/16/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Feature documentary will tell the story of the women’s peace camp and the part it played in the demise of the Cold War.
The Greenham Common protest camps, which played a part in the demise of the Cold War, are to be the focus of a feature-length documentary from New Zealand’s Gfc Films and UK-based Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group (Uphe Content Group).
Production is underway on Mothers Of The Revolution, directed by Briar March and produced by prolific New Zealand filmmaker Matthew Metcalfe and Leela Menon. It has been earmarked for release in autumn 2021.
The Greenham...
The Greenham Common protest camps, which played a part in the demise of the Cold War, are to be the focus of a feature-length documentary from New Zealand’s Gfc Films and UK-based Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group (Uphe Content Group).
Production is underway on Mothers Of The Revolution, directed by Briar March and produced by prolific New Zealand filmmaker Matthew Metcalfe and Leela Menon. It has been earmarked for release in autumn 2021.
The Greenham...
- 4/16/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Festival to open with Michaël Dudok de Wit’s The Red Turtle [pictured]; Guillermo del Toro and Aardman to give masterclasses.
Annecy International Animation Film Festival, running June 13-18 this year, has unveiled its line-up.
New Zealand director Leanne Pooley’s documentary 25 April, about the Battle of Gallipoli; Canadian film-makers Jean-François Pouliot and François Brisson’s 3D hit Snowtime! (La Guerre des Tuques 3D); Claude Barras’s Cannes-screener My Life As A Courgette, and Sundance discovery Nuts! are among the titles in the feature-length competition.
The festival will open with Michaël Dudok de Wit’s The Red Turtle, which will premiere first in Official Selection at Cannes.
Other highlights include a preview screening of Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney’s The Secret Life Of Pets, in the presence of the directors. Andrew Stanton will also attend the festival, accompanying Finding Dory.
First images of Ron Clements and John Musker’s upcoming film Moana and Michael Thurmeier’s [link...
Annecy International Animation Film Festival, running June 13-18 this year, has unveiled its line-up.
New Zealand director Leanne Pooley’s documentary 25 April, about the Battle of Gallipoli; Canadian film-makers Jean-François Pouliot and François Brisson’s 3D hit Snowtime! (La Guerre des Tuques 3D); Claude Barras’s Cannes-screener My Life As A Courgette, and Sundance discovery Nuts! are among the titles in the feature-length competition.
The festival will open with Michaël Dudok de Wit’s The Red Turtle, which will premiere first in Official Selection at Cannes.
Other highlights include a preview screening of Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney’s The Secret Life Of Pets, in the presence of the directors. Andrew Stanton will also attend the festival, accompanying Finding Dory.
First images of Ron Clements and John Musker’s upcoming film Moana and Michael Thurmeier’s [link...
- 4/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
Transmission Films has formed a new venture to manage its film distribution activities in New Zealand..
Transmission Films New Zealand (Tmfnz) will be headed by Michael Eldred in the role of general manager.
He will oversee all of Transmission.s interests in New Zealand..
Eldred will work in close association with Sony Pictures New Zealand, the current home media sub-distributor for Transmission films..
Under a new arrangement, Sony will also handle the booking of Transmission.s theatrical releases under direction from, and in co-ordination with, Tmfnz..
The move consolidates Transmission.s activities in the New Zealand market, where they have been releasing films with various local partners since 2008..
Over the intervening period the company has invested in and brought over 75 films to New Zealand audiences, including such successful local films as Boy, The Dark Horse, The Dead Lands, The Orator and Slow West..
Tmfnz under Eldred signals Transmission.s major...
Transmission Films New Zealand (Tmfnz) will be headed by Michael Eldred in the role of general manager.
He will oversee all of Transmission.s interests in New Zealand..
Eldred will work in close association with Sony Pictures New Zealand, the current home media sub-distributor for Transmission films..
Under a new arrangement, Sony will also handle the booking of Transmission.s theatrical releases under direction from, and in co-ordination with, Tmfnz..
The move consolidates Transmission.s activities in the New Zealand market, where they have been releasing films with various local partners since 2008..
Over the intervening period the company has invested in and brought over 75 films to New Zealand audiences, including such successful local films as Boy, The Dark Horse, The Dead Lands, The Orator and Slow West..
Tmfnz under Eldred signals Transmission.s major...
- 12/3/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Read More: 7 Hidden Gems from the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival Lineup Leanne Pooley's "25 April" is set to tackle the World War I story of New Zealand's involvement in a brutal campaign that sought to knock Turkey -- a German ally -- out of the War, and a new trailer prepares audiences for its premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. The official synopsis reads: "'25 April' is an innovative feature documentary created to bring the story of the New Zealand experience at Gallipoli (Turkey) to life for a modern audience through a re-imagined world. Using graphic novel-like animation, '25 April' brings First World War experiences out of the usual black-and-white archive pictures and into vibrant, dynamic color. Weaving together animated "interviews" based on the diaries, letters and memoirs of six people who were actually there, the film tells the compelling and heart-wrenching tale of war, friendship,...
- 9/10/2015
- by Jessica Cariaga
- Indiewire
Films set to show at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), updated as announcements are made in the run up to the event.
Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Tiff 40
Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.
GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...
Tiff will open on September 10 with Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
Tiff 40
Key: Wp = world premiere; Nap = North American premiere; IP = international premiere; Cp = Canadian premiere.
GALASBeeba Boys (Canada), Deepa Mehta, WPDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallée WPDisorder (Maryland) (France-Belgium), Alice Winocour NAPThe Dressmaker (Aus), Jocelyn Moorhouse, WPEye In The Sky (UK), Gavin Hood WPForsaken (Canada), Jon Cassar, WPFreeheld (Us), Peter Sollett, WPHyena Road (Canada), Paul Gross, WPLolo (France), Julie Delpy, NAPLegend (UK), Brian Helgeland, IPMan Down (Us), Dito Montiel NAPThe Man Who Knew Infinity (UK), Matt Brown, WPThe Martian (Us), Ridley Scott, WPMiss You Already (UK), Catherine Hardwicke WPMississippi Grind (Us), Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden CPMr. Right (Us), Paco Cabezas WPThe Program (UK), Stephen Frears, WPRemember (Canada), Atom Egoyan, NAPSeptembers Of Shiraz (Us), Wayne Blair, WPStonewall ([link...
- 8/25/2015
- ScreenDaily
The “In Conversation” interviews at the upcoming 40th Toronto International Film Festival will feature the four creatives in a program that replaces the fest’s “Mavericks” series. Tiff released its complete schedule today; see tiff.net/festival. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres at the 11-day event, running September 10 to 20, include Ridley Scott, David Gordon Green, Barbara Kopple, Jonás Cuarón, Stephen Frears, Leanne Pooley, Ben Wheatley, Baltasar…...
- 8/25/2015
- Deadline TV
The “In Conversation” interviews at the upcoming 40th Toronto International Film Festival will feature the four creatives in a program that replaces the fest’s “Mavericks” series. Tiff released its complete schedule today; see tiff.net/festival. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres at the 11-day event, running September 10 to 20, include Ridley Scott, David Gordon Green, Barbara Kopple, Jonás Cuarón, Stephen Frears, Leanne Pooley, Ben Wheatley, Baltasar…...
- 8/25/2015
- Deadline
Matthew Saville.s A Month of Sundays and Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin will screen in the Contemporary World Cinema program at next month.s Toronto International Film Festival.
It will be the world premiere for Saville.s comedy-drama which stars Anthony Lapaglia as real estate agent Frank Mollard, who is divorced but still attached, can't connect with his teenage son or sell houses in a property boom. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother, who died a year ago. John Clarke, Justine Clarke and Julia Blake round out the cast.
Produced by Madman.s Nick Batzias, Saville and Kirsty Stark, the film deals with parents, children, regrets, mourning, joy, houses, homes, love, work, television, Shakespeare and jazz fusion. Madman has yet to set a release date.
The Toronto launch steals a march on the Adelaide Film Festival (October 15-25), which had announced A Month of Sundays as a world premiere.
It will be the world premiere for Saville.s comedy-drama which stars Anthony Lapaglia as real estate agent Frank Mollard, who is divorced but still attached, can't connect with his teenage son or sell houses in a property boom. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother, who died a year ago. John Clarke, Justine Clarke and Julia Blake round out the cast.
Produced by Madman.s Nick Batzias, Saville and Kirsty Stark, the film deals with parents, children, regrets, mourning, joy, houses, homes, love, work, television, Shakespeare and jazz fusion. Madman has yet to set a release date.
The Toronto launch steals a march on the Adelaide Film Festival (October 15-25), which had announced A Month of Sundays as a world premiere.
- 8/18/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Anne Sewitsky‘s Sundance preemed Homesick, Cannes preemed Romanian imports from Radu Muntean‘s One Floor Below and Corneliu Porumboiu‘s The Treasure along with Athina Rachel Tsangari‘s Locarno shown Chevalier are just four of the film titles in the just announced Contemporary World Cinema programme for Tiff. Among the other noteworthy titles in what is mostly a mix of world preems and North American premieres we find Grímur Hákonarson‘s Rams (just picked up by Cohen Media), Alex van Warmerdam well-received Locarno comedy Schneider vs. Bax , the world preem for Sion Sono’s The Whispering Star, and the Oscilloscope Laboratories picked up Ciro Guerra‘s Embrace Of The Serpent. Here are today’s selections that were added to the already announced Canadian items.
25 April (New Zealand), Leanne Pooley Wp
3000 Nights (Palestine-France-Jordan-Lebanon-uae-Qatar), Mai Masri Wp
An (Japan-France-Germany), Naomi Kawase Nap
The Apostate (Spain-France-Uruguay), Federico Veiroj Wp
As I Open...
25 April (New Zealand), Leanne Pooley Wp
3000 Nights (Palestine-France-Jordan-Lebanon-uae-Qatar), Mai Masri Wp
An (Japan-France-Germany), Naomi Kawase Nap
The Apostate (Spain-France-Uruguay), Federico Veiroj Wp
As I Open...
- 8/18/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Due to the large volume of films that the Toronto International Film Festival screens every year, participants often find themselves unsure of how to decide what to see. To that end, festival organisers often distribute the films into numerous programmes to reflect commonalities among them. The Contemporary World Cinema Programme, to that end, looks at the features from filmmakers from around the world, showcasing the talents being displayed from numerous countries.
The full lineup for the 2015 Tiff Contemporary World Cinema Programme has now been announced, adding to the previously announced slate of Canadian Films in the Programme. The films, as well as their official synopses, can be seen below.
25 April, directed by Leanne Pooley, making its World Premiere
Award-winning filmmaker Leanne Pooley utilizes the letters and memoirs of New Zealand soldiers and nurses along with state of the art animation to tell the true story of the 1915 battle of Gallipoli.
The full lineup for the 2015 Tiff Contemporary World Cinema Programme has now been announced, adding to the previously announced slate of Canadian Films in the Programme. The films, as well as their official synopses, can be seen below.
25 April, directed by Leanne Pooley, making its World Premiere
Award-winning filmmaker Leanne Pooley utilizes the letters and memoirs of New Zealand soldiers and nurses along with state of the art animation to tell the true story of the 1915 battle of Gallipoli.
- 8/18/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Potential awards season contenders Truth from James Vanderbilt and Marc Abraham’s I Saw The Light starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams land world premiere slots, while Paco Cabezas’s Mr. Right will close the festival.
London is the subject of the seventh annual City To City programme that features world premieres of Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole starring Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie and Michael Caton-Jones’ Urban Hymn with Letitia Wright and Shirley Henderson. Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul gets a North American premiere.
The world premiere of Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is among five additions to the galas alongside Mr. Right, an action comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.
Matthew Cullen’s Martin Amis adaptation London Fields and David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis get first public screenings in the Special Presentations roster with I Saw The Light.
Tiff top brass also unveiled the Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring...
London is the subject of the seventh annual City To City programme that features world premieres of Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole starring Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie and Michael Caton-Jones’ Urban Hymn with Letitia Wright and Shirley Henderson. Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul gets a North American premiere.
The world premiere of Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is among five additions to the galas alongside Mr. Right, an action comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.
Matthew Cullen’s Martin Amis adaptation London Fields and David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis get first public screenings in the Special Presentations roster with I Saw The Light.
Tiff top brass also unveiled the Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring...
- 8/18/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Toronto International Film Festival Reveals First Slate of Titles: New Ridley Scott and Cary Fukunaga Films Top List, 'Demolition' to Open The Toronto International Film Festival has now revealed the full slate for its Contemporary World Cinema section. Standouts in the World Cinema program include Athina Rachel Tsangari's "Chevalier," Anne Sewitsky's "Homesick," Federico Veiroj's "The Apostate," Sion Sono's "The Whispering Star" and Grímur Hákonarson's Un Certain Regard-winning "Rams." A mix of festival favorites and new offerings, the section provides a vibrant look at current world cinema to suit a variety of tastes. Below is the slate for the Contemporary World Cinema section of the Tiff 2015 lineup. The festival runs September 10-20. Contemporary World Cinema: "25 April," Leanne Pooley, New Zealand, World Premiere "3000 Nights (3000...
- 8/18/2015
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Sir Edmund Hillary's conquest of Mount Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay suggests a different era entirely, one in which the map still had soft edges and major scientific discovery still conferred some measure of celebrity. Small wonder, then that filmmakers Leanne Pooley and Matthew Metcalfe would want to retell that story (even if they have to give it a Mountain Dew-approved extreme sports title) and evoke the reverence that the accomplishment merits. Beyond The Edge is not lacking for reverence, but as with so many "great men" biopics, the presentation is considerably less exciting than the subject matter.
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- 2/6/2015
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
If you're in one of those places right now that's getting beaten down with the summer heat, the upcoming documentary "Beyond The Edge" might be a good visual cool-down. It will take you to the chilly heights of Mount Everest, all in 3D, and telling you the true story of one of the greatest expeditions to one of the world's most notorious peaks. In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set out to conquer the 29,000 foot world wonder in order to become the first men to put their feet on the top of Everest. And director Leanne Pooley re-enacts this tale, mixing contemporary and archival footage, recordings, vintage interviews and much more, to present a portrait of the historic climb. And as you'll see in this exclusive clip, Hillary and Norgay's journey was a treacherous one, with risks and dangers facing them almost every step of the way. "Beyond The Edge" opens on Friday,...
- 7/3/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
We're used to sweeping vistas of Everest, crevasses blue at the bottom with chill and shadow. If it would have been a surprise at the beginning of Beyond the Edge for the narrator to announce that “above 20,000 feet [on Everest's highest slope] is what we call the death zone, because you are slowly dying,” then by the time he does, two-thirds of the way through Leanne Pooley's documentary about Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay's 1953 ascent, it is no longer. What's surprising is the miniscule, the mundane—and the relationship between the two men. Before he became famous as a mountaineer, Hillary was a beekeeper, explorer and Rnzaf navigator. Like any other well-to-do post-war New Zealander, he spent a great deal of time in twill and well-man...
- 7/2/2014
- Village Voice
This is the @puremovies review of Beyond The Edge, directed by Leanne Pooley and starring Chad Moffitt. The latest cinematic retelling of Colonel John Hunt's successful 1953 expedition is an ambitious combination of period recordings, dramatic staged scenes from the Southern Alps, new footage from mountaineer-cameraman Mark Whetu's recent journey to the top, with logistical and geographic animations throughout. Unfortunately the consequence is an unsettling mutant snowscape, which lacks the ability to support enough insightful depth to create any enduring pertinence. This time-worn story is retold without meaningful probing, fresh technical disclosure and with the warmth to match the mountain itself. Sir Edmund Hillary, formidable Kiwi beekeeper-cum-superhero, is played by the largely silent (and large - 192cm) Chad Moffitt. While it's quite gratifying to watch him stride across the snow to the unbridled feist of the soundtrack, it doesn't fill the cavernous personality-shaped lacuna which stretches the length of the film.
- 6/8/2014
- by Camilla Brown
- Pure Movies
Beyond The Edge is a tale of insurmountable odds. As a documentary recounting the 1953 expedition to the tip of Mount Everest, which saw Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay become the first to reach its summit, it takes quotes collected from the years since the journey and blends them with dramatic reconstructions of key points in their story. Reenactment has almost become an artform in its own right within the documentary format; in showing us something constructed as artifice, we’re given a rare chance to glean the truth. But it’s not as old as you’d think. So where did the trend originate from? How has it impacted how we make and – more importantly – watch documentaries?
The popularisation of reenactment can easily be traced back to 1988, when Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line first wowed audiences and critics. The film revisited a murder case from 1976, in which Randall Adams...
The popularisation of reenactment can easily be traced back to 1988, when Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line first wowed audiences and critics. The film revisited a murder case from 1976, in which Randall Adams...
- 5/23/2014
- by Gary Green
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Through gorgeous archival footage and new re-creations, thrillingly places us amidst the first successful summit of Everest in 1953, taking true advantage of 3D to offer us dazzling mountain vistas. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The avalanche on Everest last month that killed 16 Sherpas and shut down the climbing season for the year is the other bookend to what may turn out to be a brief window in human history that stretches back to only the 1920s: the era in which the tallest mountain on Earth was summitable. The earliest possible moment opened up when the right life-support technology came along; the melting of the ice on the mountain, on which much of the actually climbing actually happens, could signal the closing of the window.
This new documentary thrillingly re-creates the first successful summit in...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The avalanche on Everest last month that killed 16 Sherpas and shut down the climbing season for the year is the other bookend to what may turn out to be a brief window in human history that stretches back to only the 1920s: the era in which the tallest mountain on Earth was summitable. The earliest possible moment opened up when the right life-support technology came along; the melting of the ice on the mountain, on which much of the actually climbing actually happens, could signal the closing of the window.
This new documentary thrillingly re-creates the first successful summit in...
- 5/23/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
★★☆☆☆The most recent in a spate of mountaineering documentaries that have attempted to traverse the UK theatrical and home entertainment market of late (from the compelling The Epic of Everest to the misconceived The Summit), Beyond the Edge (2013) is the first to utilise 3D stereoscopy for its storytelling needs. An uneven and frustratingly assembled reconstruction of Sir Edmund Hillary's historic 1953 Everest climb, Kiwi director Leanne Pooley demonstrates plenty of reverence for her subject and his Nepalese Sherpa companion Tenzing Norgay, but does become something of a laborious trek for anyone not enraptured by Everest or its collection of intrepid would-be conquerors.
- 5/22/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
One year on from Shackleton’s Captain, documentarian Leanne Poole’s gaze remained within a similar frozen and inhospitable sphere of big adventure as she turned her gaze to the story of the expedition that successfully ascended to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
Ahead of the theatrical release HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak with Leanne about her reasons for tackling this story now, the challenges of bringing Beyond the Edge to the screen, and creating a geographical and historical journey for her audience. She also shared with us her thoughts on both her identity as a filmmaker as well as the pursuit and realisation of stories within the documentary genre.
Why a career in filmmaking? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Well I’ve been making films for a long time. When I talk about being a filmmaker it sounds negative but it’s not. It’s almost...
Ahead of the theatrical release HeyUGuys had the opportunity to speak with Leanne about her reasons for tackling this story now, the challenges of bringing Beyond the Edge to the screen, and creating a geographical and historical journey for her audience. She also shared with us her thoughts on both her identity as a filmmaker as well as the pursuit and realisation of stories within the documentary genre.
Why a career in filmmaking? Was there that one inspirational moment?
Well I’ve been making films for a long time. When I talk about being a filmmaker it sounds negative but it’s not. It’s almost...
- 5/22/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Despite hinting at an Anglo-centric core, it soon becomes apparent that Beyond The Edge is a documentary-film about Edmund Hillary’s achievements as a mountaineer rather than Britain’s post-war achievements as an intrepid, all-conquering nation. The British Colony’s ‘last hurrah’ – as it was contemporaneously touted – was fulfilled by Kiwi and a Nepalese Sherpa.
Comprising stock footage, voice over work and cinematic scenes that feature silent actors, this documentary-cum-drama finds its pace as the expedition moves into its more critical stages. Of course, the higher Hillary (Chad Moffitt) and Tenzing (Sonam Sherpa) climbed, the less stock footage there was.
This is perhaps the film’s biggest downfall. While the balance between the old, grainy footage and the gleaming, high-definition shots was neat towards the start, it invariably swayed towards the contemporary as we reached the summit, and while this could have been an effective visual device, heightening the tension...
Comprising stock footage, voice over work and cinematic scenes that feature silent actors, this documentary-cum-drama finds its pace as the expedition moves into its more critical stages. Of course, the higher Hillary (Chad Moffitt) and Tenzing (Sonam Sherpa) climbed, the less stock footage there was.
This is perhaps the film’s biggest downfall. While the balance between the old, grainy footage and the gleaming, high-definition shots was neat towards the start, it invariably swayed towards the contemporary as we reached the summit, and while this could have been an effective visual device, heightening the tension...
- 5/19/2014
- by Jack de Aguilar
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sixty years ago, the 29,000-foot peak remained one of Earth’s greatest unconquered landmarks and had already claimed thirteen lives in previous ascent attempts. But after methodical team selection and training methods, British expedition member Edmund Hillary, a 33-year-old beekeeper, and brave mountain Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became partners on a dangerous challenge against the elements and fear.
Despite risking their lives with nascent technology and the ever-increasing threat of altitude sickness, the pair became the first men ever to stand atop the great peak, with their conquest announced in June 1953, in the days preceding the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
The most successful documentary of all time in New Zealand, it’s not just a visually splendid piece but also a stirring meditation on human endurance, bravery and the indomitable will of nature.
Combining colour archival footage, contemporaneous photography and 3D dramatic recreations of the assault on the summit, Leanne Pooley...
Despite risking their lives with nascent technology and the ever-increasing threat of altitude sickness, the pair became the first men ever to stand atop the great peak, with their conquest announced in June 1953, in the days preceding the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
The most successful documentary of all time in New Zealand, it’s not just a visually splendid piece but also a stirring meditation on human endurance, bravery and the indomitable will of nature.
Combining colour archival footage, contemporaneous photography and 3D dramatic recreations of the assault on the summit, Leanne Pooley...
- 5/18/2014
- Shadowlocked
Filmmakers behind Beyond the Edge to tell drama documentary through animation.
Production has begun on 25 April, an animated docu/drama that retells the battle of Gallipolli story - from the landing in 1915, to the evacuation in December.
The story will be told through the eyes of six ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp soldiers) who found themselves part of one of the most iconic campaigns of the First World War.
Written and directed by Leanne Pooley (Beyond the Edge) co-written by Tim Woodhouse, produced by Matthew Metcalfe for New Zealand’s General Film Corporation (Beyond the Edge) in association with Ingenious-backed UK outfit Pitfan Productions, the animation will be created by Auckland-based Flux Animation Studios. Flux’s founder/creative director Brent Chambers will lead the animation team.
K5 International is handling international sales. Transmission Films will release the film in New Zealand and Australia in 2015.
“Animation gives us the opportunity to bring the men and women...
Production has begun on 25 April, an animated docu/drama that retells the battle of Gallipolli story - from the landing in 1915, to the evacuation in December.
The story will be told through the eyes of six ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp soldiers) who found themselves part of one of the most iconic campaigns of the First World War.
Written and directed by Leanne Pooley (Beyond the Edge) co-written by Tim Woodhouse, produced by Matthew Metcalfe for New Zealand’s General Film Corporation (Beyond the Edge) in association with Ingenious-backed UK outfit Pitfan Productions, the animation will be created by Auckland-based Flux Animation Studios. Flux’s founder/creative director Brent Chambers will lead the animation team.
K5 International is handling international sales. Transmission Films will release the film in New Zealand and Australia in 2015.
“Animation gives us the opportunity to bring the men and women...
- 5/13/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 20th Bradford International Film Festival reveals full programme including seven world premieres.
The 20th Bradford International Film Festival (March 27-April 6) will screen 127 films, including seven world premieres and 25 UK premieres.
The opening night film will be India’s The Lunchbox directed by Ritesh Batra produced by and also starring Irrfan Khan.
Steven Knight’s Locke starring Tom Hardy will close the festival.
Other films include a world premiere of Velorama from the UK director Daisy Asquith. She will introduce her new documentary along with musician Bill Nelson. This feature was created from BFI archive material to celebrate a century of the bicycle as part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest Tour De Cinema in Yorkshire Festival.
The other world premieres include:
Bnsf, James Benning (Us) Banya (short) (Russia)Lada (short) (Russia)The Kiss, Charlie Swinbourne (UK)Secrets of Nature (new score by Metamono)Hells Hinges (new score by The Dodge Brothers)
Other selections include John Curran’s [link...
The 20th Bradford International Film Festival (March 27-April 6) will screen 127 films, including seven world premieres and 25 UK premieres.
The opening night film will be India’s The Lunchbox directed by Ritesh Batra produced by and also starring Irrfan Khan.
Steven Knight’s Locke starring Tom Hardy will close the festival.
Other films include a world premiere of Velorama from the UK director Daisy Asquith. She will introduce her new documentary along with musician Bill Nelson. This feature was created from BFI archive material to celebrate a century of the bicycle as part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest Tour De Cinema in Yorkshire Festival.
The other world premieres include:
Bnsf, James Benning (Us) Banya (short) (Russia)Lada (short) (Russia)The Kiss, Charlie Swinbourne (UK)Secrets of Nature (new score by Metamono)Hells Hinges (new score by The Dodge Brothers)
Other selections include John Curran’s [link...
- 2/28/2014
- ScreenDaily
The 20th Bradford International Film Festival reveals full programme including 7 world premieres.
The 20th Bradford International Film Festival (March 27-April 6) will screen 127 films, including 7 world premieres and 25 UK premieres.
The opening night film will be India’s The Lunchbox directed by Ritesh Batra produced by and also starring Irrfan Khan.
Steven Knight’s Locke starring Tom Hardy will close the festival.
Other films include a world premiere of Velorama [pictured] from the UK director Daisy Asquith. She will introduce her new documentary along with musician Bill Nelson. This feature was created from BFI archive material to celebrate a century of the bicycle as part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest Tour De Cinema in Yorkshire Festival.
Other selections include John Curran’s Tracks, Hong Khaou’s Lilting, Conrad Clark’s A Fallible Girl, Leanne Pooley’s Beyond the Edge, and Spanish director Pablo Llorca’s film A Bouquet of Cactus, which is in competition in the Unesco City of...
The 20th Bradford International Film Festival (March 27-April 6) will screen 127 films, including 7 world premieres and 25 UK premieres.
The opening night film will be India’s The Lunchbox directed by Ritesh Batra produced by and also starring Irrfan Khan.
Steven Knight’s Locke starring Tom Hardy will close the festival.
Other films include a world premiere of Velorama [pictured] from the UK director Daisy Asquith. She will introduce her new documentary along with musician Bill Nelson. This feature was created from BFI archive material to celebrate a century of the bicycle as part of the Sheffield Doc/Fest Tour De Cinema in Yorkshire Festival.
Other selections include John Curran’s Tracks, Hong Khaou’s Lilting, Conrad Clark’s A Fallible Girl, Leanne Pooley’s Beyond the Edge, and Spanish director Pablo Llorca’s film A Bouquet of Cactus, which is in competition in the Unesco City of...
- 2/28/2014
- ScreenDaily
Agreements signed with Metrodome in the UK among others.
Distribution deals for 3D Everest documentary Beyond the Edge have been secured by Altitude Film Sales for key territories including the UK (Metrodome), German-speaking Europe (Polyband), Japan (Kadokawa) and the Middle East (Gulf).
The film, which had its world premiere for at the Toronto International Film Festival, grossed Nz$320,170 ($270,000) on its opening weekend at the box office across 76 screens.
It generated a screen average of Nz$4,200 ($3,500) toppling the previous documentary record holder for the territory, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - also from Beyond the Edge filmmaker Leanne Pooley.
The film’s total to date in New Zealand is Nz$505,601 ($425,000).
The docudrama, made in New Zealand this year, charts the story of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953, using a combination of archive footage and newly-shot 3D recreation.
Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film Sales, said he “will be negotiating further deals at the...
Distribution deals for 3D Everest documentary Beyond the Edge have been secured by Altitude Film Sales for key territories including the UK (Metrodome), German-speaking Europe (Polyband), Japan (Kadokawa) and the Middle East (Gulf).
The film, which had its world premiere for at the Toronto International Film Festival, grossed Nz$320,170 ($270,000) on its opening weekend at the box office across 76 screens.
It generated a screen average of Nz$4,200 ($3,500) toppling the previous documentary record holder for the territory, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - also from Beyond the Edge filmmaker Leanne Pooley.
The film’s total to date in New Zealand is Nz$505,601 ($425,000).
The docudrama, made in New Zealand this year, charts the story of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953, using a combination of archive footage and newly-shot 3D recreation.
Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film Sales, said he “will be negotiating further deals at the...
- 11/6/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Agreements signed with Metrodome in the UK among others.
Distribution deals for 3D Everest documentary Beyond the Edge have been secured by Altitude Film Sales for key territories including the UK (Metrodome), German-speaking Europe (Polyband), Japan (Kadokawa) and the Middle East (Gulf).
The film, which had its world premiere for at the Toronto International Film Festival, grossed Nz$320,170 ($270,000) on its opening weekend at the box office across 76 screens.
It generated a screen average of Nz$4,200 ($3,500) toppling the previous documentary record holder for the territory, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - also from Beyond the Edge filmmaker Leanne Pooley.
The film’s total to date in New Zealand is Nz$505,601 ($425,000).
The docudrama, made in New Zealand this year, charts the story of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953, using a combination of archive footage and newly-shot 3D recreation.
Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film Sales, said he “will be negotiating further deals at the...
Distribution deals for 3D Everest documentary Beyond the Edge have been secured by Altitude Film Sales for key territories including the UK (Metrodome), German-speaking Europe (Polyband), Japan (Kadokawa) and the Middle East (Gulf).
The film, which had its world premiere for at the Toronto International Film Festival, grossed Nz$320,170 ($270,000) on its opening weekend at the box office across 76 screens.
It generated a screen average of Nz$4,200 ($3,500) toppling the previous documentary record holder for the territory, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - also from Beyond the Edge filmmaker Leanne Pooley.
The film’s total to date in New Zealand is Nz$505,601 ($425,000).
The docudrama, made in New Zealand this year, charts the story of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953, using a combination of archive footage and newly-shot 3D recreation.
Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film Sales, said he “will be negotiating further deals at the...
- 11/6/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Brits prove victorious in Canada, with Steve McQueen's hotly-tipped drama taking top prize, and Stephen Frears's Philomena named as runner up
• More on 12 Years a Slave
• Full coverage of Toronto 2013
It's bleak, barbaric and brutally unsparing about the part played by almost every white person in perpetuating injustice in 1840s America. Yet 12 Years a Slave, the drama by British director Steve McQueen, has proved the popular choice at the Toronto film festival, winning its People's Choice award.
The festival, which ended today, is unlike rivals such as Cannes and Venice in that it hands out only a small set of awards voted for by the public, rather than elected juries. Yet its top honour has proved increasingly unrivaled as an indicator of how Oscar members will vote. Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech both won Toronto then the best picture Oscar; last year Silver Linings Playbook (eight Oscar nominations,...
• More on 12 Years a Slave
• Full coverage of Toronto 2013
It's bleak, barbaric and brutally unsparing about the part played by almost every white person in perpetuating injustice in 1840s America. Yet 12 Years a Slave, the drama by British director Steve McQueen, has proved the popular choice at the Toronto film festival, winning its People's Choice award.
The festival, which ended today, is unlike rivals such as Cannes and Venice in that it hands out only a small set of awards voted for by the public, rather than elected juries. Yet its top honour has proved increasingly unrivaled as an indicator of how Oscar members will vote. Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech both won Toronto then the best picture Oscar; last year Silver Linings Playbook (eight Oscar nominations,...
- 9/16/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
’12 Years a Slave’: 2013 Toronto Film Festival People’s Choice Award winner (photo: Chiwetel Ejiofor in ’12 Years a Slave’) 12 Years a Slave, already touted as a top contender for the 2014 Best Picture Academy Award, was the not unexpected People’s Choice Award winner at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. Steve McQueen’s biopic tells the story of Solomon Northup, a freeborn 19th-century black man from Upstate New York who is kidnapped and sold as a slave in the American South. Twelve years later, he succeeds in regaining his freedom. Fox Searchlight will be releasing 12 Years a Slave, surely to be plugged as a people- and Oscar-friendly Triumph of the Human Spirit tale, on October 18 in North America. The prestigious 12 Years a Slave cast features Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, in addition to Michael Fassbender (Steve McQueen’s lead in both Hunger and Shame), Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano,...
- 9/15/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
An in-depth look at the first Mount Everest ascent on the 60th anniversary of the event, Leanne Pooley's Beyond the Edge works from copious interviews, a trove of photos and film footage, and a reenactment of the climb whose lead actor is a remarkable stand-in for Edmund Hillary. It will be most attention-getting for its use of 3D; while this is not one of those docs (like Pina and Cave of Forgotten Dreams) capable of inspiring 3D-haters to temporarily stop bashing the format, the gimmick will surely help commercial prospects for a film that is aesthetically
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- 9/14/2013
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 3D team, which shot Avatar, set out on location to Everest for eight weeks, to recreate the epic tale of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s conquest of Mt. Everest in 1953. The new footage has been merged with film and photographs of the 1953 expedition taken by Lowe and cleaned up, and retro-fitted into 3D – in the exact same way James Cameron converted his film Titanic. The result in merging the footage is seamless. The film is directed by Canadian-born filmmaker Leanne Pooley, who has directed over twenty features, including the documentaries Haunting Douglas, The Promise, Try Revolution, and Shackleton’s Captain. Her documentary The Topp Twins – Untouchable Girls won the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the Festival. Beyond The Edge will have its first screening at Tiff on Friday, September 6th and will be seeking distribution. Watch the first trailer below.
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In 1953, the ascent of Everest remained...
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In 1953, the ascent of Everest remained...
- 8/26/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Film festivals aren't adverse to change. Over the years, we've seen prestigious events from around the world move from analog to digital. For this year's Toronto International Film Festival, organizers have announced IMAX presentations of Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity," Keanu Reeves' "Man Of Tai Chi," "Metallica Through The Never" and even the classic "The Wizard Of Oz," which will also be in 3D. And while it won't be utilizing IMAX, another movie promising an epic visual scale, presented in 3D, will be the documentary "Beyond The Edge." And we're glad to unveil the exclusive trailer to give you a taste of the big screen vistas that you'll be treated to at Toronto. Director Leanne Pooley, whose 2009 documentary "Topp Twins" landed the coveted People's Choice Documentary Award at Tiff in 2009, is at the helm for this film that uses 3D technology, rarely seen footage and archival interviews, to recreate as...
- 8/26/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival has released an incredible guest list of celebrated talent from around the globe. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres in Toronto include: Catherine Breillat, Nicole Garcia, Pawel Pawlikowski, Bertrand Tavernier, Steve McQueen, Godfrey Reggio, Denis Villeneuve, Bill Condon, Jean-Marc Vallée, John Wells, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Ayoade, Atom Egoyan, Matthew Weiner, John Carney, Jason Reitman, Jason Bateman, Yorgos Servetas, Liza Johnson, Megan Griffiths, Fernando Eimbcke, Alexey Uchitel, Johnny Ma, Biyi Bandele, Rashid Masharawi, Paul Haggis, Ron Howard, Eli Roth, Álex de la Iglesia, Bruce McDonald, Jennifer Baichwal, John Ridley, and Justin Chadwick.
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers and artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Ahmad Abdalla, Hany Abu-Assad, Yuval Adler, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Alexandre Aja, Bruce Alcock, Gianni Amelio, Thanos Anastopoulos, Madeline Anderson, Nimród Antal, Louise Archambault,...
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers and artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Ahmad Abdalla, Hany Abu-Assad, Yuval Adler, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Alexandre Aja, Bruce Alcock, Gianni Amelio, Thanos Anastopoulos, Madeline Anderson, Nimród Antal, Louise Archambault,...
- 8/21/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Wellington, July 31: A movie, based on Sir Edmund Hillary's 1953 ascent of the world's highest mountain, is set to make its debut at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival.
The film, Beyond the Edge, by New Zealand-based writer and director Leanne Pooley recreates his ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay, Stuff.co.nz reported.
It mixes archival footage and dramatic recreations so the audience can see the difficulties and details of the climb.
Hillary's son, Peter, told the publication that the family was delighted the 3-D movie had been accepted for the festival, which has been the launching pad.
The film, Beyond the Edge, by New Zealand-based writer and director Leanne Pooley recreates his ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay, Stuff.co.nz reported.
It mixes archival footage and dramatic recreations so the audience can see the difficulties and details of the climb.
Hillary's son, Peter, told the publication that the family was delighted the 3-D movie had been accepted for the festival, which has been the launching pad.
- 7/31/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
The Toronto International Film Festival is one of the biggest film festivals of the year, with filmmakers and audiences from around the world converging for the 10-day event. One particularly interesting aspect of the show is the documentary section; itself a distinct cinematic form, many notable documentaries have screened at the festival over the years, leading many to look forward to what the 2013 incarnation of the festival brings. The first set of documentary screenings were announced today, with a slate that includes films such as:
- At Berkeley, by Frederick Wiseman, an examination of the American post-secondary system through a semester at Berkeley, making its North American premiere
- Beyond The Edge, by Leanne Pooley, an in-depth look at the famous trek of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first people to climb Mt. Everest, making its world premiere
- The Dog, by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, examining the life of John Wojtowicz,...
- At Berkeley, by Frederick Wiseman, an examination of the American post-secondary system through a semester at Berkeley, making its North American premiere
- Beyond The Edge, by Leanne Pooley, an in-depth look at the famous trek of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first people to climb Mt. Everest, making its world premiere
- The Dog, by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren, examining the life of John Wojtowicz,...
- 7/31/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, one of many Special Presentations at this year's Tiff.
The Toronto International Film Festival has begun to announce its lineup for its 2013 edition, beginning with Gala and Special Presentations. To browse the festival's programming on their web site, visit here.
Gala Presentations
American Dreams in China (Peter Chan, China)
The Art of the Steal (Jonothan Sobol, Canada)
August: Osage County (John Wells, USA)
Cold Eyes (Cho Ui-seok & Kim Byung-seo, Korea)
The Fifth Estate (Bill Condon, USA)
The Grand Seduction (Don McKellar, Canada)
Kill Your Darlings (John Krokidas, USA)
Life of Crime (Daniel Schechter, USA)
The Love Punch (Joel Hopkins, France)
The Lunchbox (Ritesh Batra, India/France/Germany)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (Justin Chadwick, South Africa)
Parkland (Peter Landesman, USA)
The Railway Man (Jonathan Teplitzky, Australia/UK)
The Right Kind of Wrong (Jeremiah Chechik, Canada)
Rush (Ron Howard, UK/Germany)
Shuddh Desi Romance (Maneesh Sharma, India...
The Toronto International Film Festival has begun to announce its lineup for its 2013 edition, beginning with Gala and Special Presentations. To browse the festival's programming on their web site, visit here.
Gala Presentations
American Dreams in China (Peter Chan, China)
The Art of the Steal (Jonothan Sobol, Canada)
August: Osage County (John Wells, USA)
Cold Eyes (Cho Ui-seok & Kim Byung-seo, Korea)
The Fifth Estate (Bill Condon, USA)
The Grand Seduction (Don McKellar, Canada)
Kill Your Darlings (John Krokidas, USA)
Life of Crime (Daniel Schechter, USA)
The Love Punch (Joel Hopkins, France)
The Lunchbox (Ritesh Batra, India/France/Germany)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (Justin Chadwick, South Africa)
Parkland (Peter Landesman, USA)
The Railway Man (Jonathan Teplitzky, Australia/UK)
The Right Kind of Wrong (Jeremiah Chechik, Canada)
Rush (Ron Howard, UK/Germany)
Shuddh Desi Romance (Maneesh Sharma, India...
- 7/31/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Not too long ago we saw a rather impressive list of films announced for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival 2013. With titles like Gravity, 12 Years a Slave and The Fifth Estate all set to appear, I simply cannot wait for September to arrive. With all the Oscar contenders flying around though, it’s easy to forget about some of the other films at the festival.
With that in mind, the Midnight Madness lineup has been announced today, showcasing some quality horror/thriller films that will serve as a break from the serious, weighty dramas that popular the majority of the festival lineup.
Amongst the highlights are the world premiere of Ei Roth’s The Green Inferno as well as the next film from Lucky McKee, All Cheerleaders Die.
Additionally, Tiff also revealed their documentary lineup today, which can be seen below along with the Midnight Madness films.
The Toronto International...
With that in mind, the Midnight Madness lineup has been announced today, showcasing some quality horror/thriller films that will serve as a break from the serious, weighty dramas that popular the majority of the festival lineup.
Amongst the highlights are the world premiere of Ei Roth’s The Green Inferno as well as the next film from Lucky McKee, All Cheerleaders Die.
Additionally, Tiff also revealed their documentary lineup today, which can be seen below along with the Midnight Madness films.
The Toronto International...
- 7/30/2013
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Yesterday we looked back at the exquisite documentaries that have graced us with their presence thus far in 2013, but now it is time to look to the Toronto International Film Festival which plays host to the biggest docu titles of the fall festival season. While Sundance tends to be the spring launching pad for politically charged films, Tiff tends to have a broader spectrum of non-fiction fare. This morning, Tiff Docs programmer Thom Powers and the rest of the team at the Lightbox dropped a press release with the list of non-fiction films joining this year’s already stacked lineup.
Unsurprisingly there are a few titles making their way over from Cannes in Frank Pavich’s hilarious and tragic Jodorowsky’s Dune, Claude Lanzmann’s continued Holocaust investigation with The Last of the Unjust and Mark Cousins’s film history follow up The Story of Children and Film. Expectedly, Errol Morris...
Unsurprisingly there are a few titles making their way over from Cannes in Frank Pavich’s hilarious and tragic Jodorowsky’s Dune, Claude Lanzmann’s continued Holocaust investigation with The Last of the Unjust and Mark Cousins’s film history follow up The Story of Children and Film. Expectedly, Errol Morris...
- 7/30/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
The 2013 Toronto Film Festival selection grew quite a bit today as the organizers announced the Midnight Madness, Documentary, Vanguard, City to City and Cinematheque selections for this year's festival. Among the title announced there aren't exactly a ton of names that pop off the paper immediately. The Midnight Madness selection will open with Lucky McKee's All Cheerleaders Die in which a young girl who practices the dark arts turns on her best friend after she joins the cheer squad. However, I assume most attention will be on Eli Roth's The Green Inferno, a film in which a group of humanitarians go to the Amazon to help a native tribe only to have the tribe kidnap them and later learn their cannibalistic heritage is very much intact. The Documentary selection includes plenty of familiar faces such as Marcel Ophuls, Claude Lanzmann and Errol Morris and Frank Pavich will be bringing Jodorowsky's Dune,...
- 7/30/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
New work from Errol Morris and Frederick Wiseman will screen in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tiff Docs strand, while City To City spotlights Athens and Alex Aja’s Horns is among the Vanguard offerings.
Festival staff remind readers that the following listing is not complete or final and is subject to change.
Premieres key
Wp = World PremiereIP = International PremiereNAP = North American PremiereCP = Canadian PremiereTIFF Docs
A Story Of Children And Film
Mark Cousins (UK) Nap
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Marcel Ophüls (France) Nap
At Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman (Us) Nap
Beyond The Edge
Leanne Pooley (New Zealand) Wp
Burt’s Buzz
Jody Shapiro (Canada) Wp
The Dark Matter Of Love
Sarah McCarthy (UK) Nap
The Dog
Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren (Us) Wp
Faith Connections
Pan Nalin (France/India) Wp
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Barry Avrich (Canada) Wp
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel (Us) Wp
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Alanis Obomsawin (Canada...
Festival staff remind readers that the following listing is not complete or final and is subject to change.
Premieres key
Wp = World PremiereIP = International PremiereNAP = North American PremiereCP = Canadian PremiereTIFF Docs
A Story Of Children And Film
Mark Cousins (UK) Nap
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Marcel Ophüls (France) Nap
At Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman (Us) Nap
Beyond The Edge
Leanne Pooley (New Zealand) Wp
Burt’s Buzz
Jody Shapiro (Canada) Wp
The Dark Matter Of Love
Sarah McCarthy (UK) Nap
The Dog
Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren (Us) Wp
Faith Connections
Pan Nalin (France/India) Wp
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Barry Avrich (Canada) Wp
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel (Us) Wp
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Alanis Obomsawin (Canada...
- 7/30/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
New work from Errol Morris and Frederick Wiseman will screen in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tiff Docs strand, while City To City spotlights Athens and Alex Aja’s Horns is among the Vanguard offerings.
Festival staff remind readers that the following listing is not complete or final and is subject to change.
Premieres key
Wp = World PremiereIP = International PremiereNAP = North American PremiereCP = Canadian PremiereTIFF Docs
A Story Of Children And Film
Mark Cousins (UK) Nap
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Marcel Ophüls (France) Nap
At Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman (Us) Nap
Beyond The Edge
Leanne Pooley (New Zealand) Wp
Burt’s Buzz
Jody Shapiro (Canada) Wp
The Dark Matter Of Love
Sarah McCarthy (UK) Nap
The Dog
Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren (Us) Wp
Faith Connections
Pan Nalin (France/India) Wp
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Barry Avrich (Canada) Wp
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel (Us) Wp
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Alanis Obomsawin (Canada...
Festival staff remind readers that the following listing is not complete or final and is subject to change.
Premieres key
Wp = World PremiereIP = International PremiereNAP = North American PremiereCP = Canadian PremiereTIFF Docs
A Story Of Children And Film
Mark Cousins (UK) Nap
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Marcel Ophüls (France) Nap
At Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman (Us) Nap
Beyond The Edge
Leanne Pooley (New Zealand) Wp
Burt’s Buzz
Jody Shapiro (Canada) Wp
The Dark Matter Of Love
Sarah McCarthy (UK) Nap
The Dog
Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren (Us) Wp
Faith Connections
Pan Nalin (France/India) Wp
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story
Barry Avrich (Canada) Wp
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel (Us) Wp
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Alanis Obomsawin (Canada...
- 7/30/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
This year's Toronto International Film Festival documentary world premieres include works by Penn & Teller, artist Chris Jordan, Jehane Noujaim and Leanne Pooley; and North American premieres by directors Errol Morris, Frederick Wiseman, Marcel Ophuls and Claude Lanzmann. (Full line-up is below.) Among the world premieres that programmer Thom Powers believes will pop for audiences is Chris Jordan's visually striking, almost wordless "Midway." Known in the art world, the photographer is making his feature film debut. He's been filming albatrosses on the Pacific Ocean's remote Midway Island, 2000 miles from any continent. But the danger to birds is the consumption of plastics that float up on shore, says Powers. "We've seen photographs of decomposing albatrosses with stomachs full of plastic bottle caps." (Jordan's heart-tugging short that has more than 10 million YouTube views is posted below, along with his Ted Talk.) (Backed by Impact Partners' Dan Cogan, the film is...
- 7/30/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
New Zealand Scales Everest Movie ‘Beyond The Edge’ Not to be confused with Sony Pictures’ Doug Liman-directed Everest, New Zealand’s General Film Corporation has announced the start of shooting on Beyond The Edge, a 3D feature about Sir Edmund Hillary’s 1953 ascent of Mt Everest. Local actors Chad Moffitt and Sonam Sherpa will play Hillary and his sherpa Tenzing Norgay for director Leanne Pooley. Matthew Metcalfe is producing and Rialto will release in New Zealand and Australia. Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King production designer Grant Major; cinematographer Richard Bluck, second unit on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and costume designer Barbara Darragh are all aboard. Altitude Film Sales has international rights. Completion is expected in September. EOne Builds Canadian Teams Following eOne’s acquisition of Alliance Films, the company has made new team appointments in Toronto and Montréal. EOne Films Canada has named Frank Mendicino...
- 3/5/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Newcomers Chad Moffitt and Sonam Sherpa are set to play Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in the 3D survival drama feature "Beyond the Edge".
Award-winning N.Z. documentary maker Leanne Pooley helms the project which attempts a re-creation of the epic 1953 Mt. Everst climb that saw the pair become the first people to conquer the highest peak in the world.
The film will use original color footage, voice recordings and photographs from the time as well as dramatic re-creations of the assault on the world’s highest peak.
Filming gets underway this week at Mt. Cook on New Zealand's South Island. Some filming is also due to take place at Everest. A late 2013 release in Australia and New Zealand is planned.
Source: THR...
Award-winning N.Z. documentary maker Leanne Pooley helms the project which attempts a re-creation of the epic 1953 Mt. Everst climb that saw the pair become the first people to conquer the highest peak in the world.
The film will use original color footage, voice recordings and photographs from the time as well as dramatic re-creations of the assault on the world’s highest peak.
Filming gets underway this week at Mt. Cook on New Zealand's South Island. Some filming is also due to take place at Everest. A late 2013 release in Australia and New Zealand is planned.
Source: THR...
- 3/4/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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