Pablo Berger’s buzzy animation is a selling machine following its Cannes premiere in Special Screenings.
Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams is a selling machine following its Cannes premiere in the Special Screenings section with Elle Driver inking deals worldwide for the buzzy animated feature.
Robot Dreams sold to Neon for North America at the start of the market, the first major deal for the territory of Cannes 2023.
Elle Driver has since inked deals for the film in the UK and Ireland (Curzon), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart), Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Switzerland (Praesens), Germany (Plaion), Scandinavia (Selmer Media...
Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams is a selling machine following its Cannes premiere in the Special Screenings section with Elle Driver inking deals worldwide for the buzzy animated feature.
Robot Dreams sold to Neon for North America at the start of the market, the first major deal for the territory of Cannes 2023.
Elle Driver has since inked deals for the film in the UK and Ireland (Curzon), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart), Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Switzerland (Praesens), Germany (Plaion), Scandinavia (Selmer Media...
- 6/2/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Neon announced today that they have taken the North American rights to Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s first animated feature film “Robot Dreams,” based on the award-winning graphic novel of the same name by Sara Varon. The movie will be screened for the first time in Cannes this coming Saturday, May 20 in the Special Screenings section of the festival. The acquisition marks the first sale made at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
According to the official synopsis, “Robot Dreams” “follows Dog, who lives in Manhattan and one day, tired of being alone, decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?” Well that certainly sounds traumatic (but potentially heartwarming).
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Berger,...
According to the official synopsis, “Robot Dreams” “follows Dog, who lives in Manhattan and one day, tired of being alone, decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?” Well that certainly sounds traumatic (but potentially heartwarming).
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Berger,...
- 5/17/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The film about a New York dog and his robot friend is part of the festival’s Special Screenings section.
Neon has acquired North American rights to Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s first animated feature Robot Dreams, which is set to screen this week in the Special Screenings section at the Cannes festival.
Neon, which is claiming the deal is the first sale of this year’s Cannes, has previously distributed Palme d’Or winners Parasite, Titane and Triangle of Sadness. The company is set to premiere Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera at this year’s festival.
Robot Dreams follows...
Neon has acquired North American rights to Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s first animated feature Robot Dreams, which is set to screen this week in the Special Screenings section at the Cannes festival.
Neon, which is claiming the deal is the first sale of this year’s Cannes, has previously distributed Palme d’Or winners Parasite, Titane and Triangle of Sadness. The company is set to premiere Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera at this year’s festival.
Robot Dreams follows...
- 5/17/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Neon has picked up the North American rights to Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s debut animated feature, Robot Dreams.
The deal for the graphic novel adaptation comes ahead of a world premiere in Cannes on May 20 as part of the Special Screenings section. Robot Dreams explores the importance and fragility of friendship as the film follows Dog, who lives in Manhattan, and one day, tired of being alone, decides to build himself a robot as a companion.
Their friendship blossoms as they become inseparable, until one summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
The deal also marks Neon’s first purchase this year in Cannes, where it has picked up earlier box office hits like Parasite in 2019, Titane in 2021 and Triangle of Sadness last year.
Berger produces Robot Dreams alongside Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia Diaz and Ángel Durández,...
The deal for the graphic novel adaptation comes ahead of a world premiere in Cannes on May 20 as part of the Special Screenings section. Robot Dreams explores the importance and fragility of friendship as the film follows Dog, who lives in Manhattan, and one day, tired of being alone, decides to build himself a robot as a companion.
Their friendship blossoms as they become inseparable, until one summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
The deal also marks Neon’s first purchase this year in Cannes, where it has picked up earlier box office hits like Parasite in 2019, Titane in 2021 and Triangle of Sadness last year.
Berger produces Robot Dreams alongside Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia Diaz and Ángel Durández,...
- 5/17/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In its first acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival, Neon has picked up North American rights to director Pablo Berger’s animated feature “Robot Dreams” ahead of its world premiere in Cannes on Saturday.
The Spanish filmmaker of “Blancanieves” based his first animated feature on the award-winning graphic novel by Sara Varon. “Robot Dreams” screens Saturday in the Special Screenings section of the festival.
Neon previously scored three consecutive Palme d’Or wins with “Parasite,” “Titane” and “Triangle of Sadness.”
“Robot Dreams” is described as a “universal exploration of the importance and fragility of friendship.” It follows Dog, a New York canine who decides to build himself a robot companion. They become inseparable, to the rhythm of 1980s New York city, until the sad summer night when Dog is forced to abandon Robot at the beach.
Berger is also a producer on the film, alongside Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia Diaz and Ángel Durández,...
The Spanish filmmaker of “Blancanieves” based his first animated feature on the award-winning graphic novel by Sara Varon. “Robot Dreams” screens Saturday in the Special Screenings section of the festival.
Neon previously scored three consecutive Palme d’Or wins with “Parasite,” “Titane” and “Triangle of Sadness.”
“Robot Dreams” is described as a “universal exploration of the importance and fragility of friendship.” It follows Dog, a New York canine who decides to build himself a robot companion. They become inseparable, to the rhythm of 1980s New York city, until the sad summer night when Dog is forced to abandon Robot at the beach.
Berger is also a producer on the film, alongside Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia Diaz and Ángel Durández,...
- 5/17/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Neon has acquired North American rights to Robot Dreams, the first animated feature from Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger (Blancanieves), which is poised to premiere in the Special Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival this Saturday, May 20th.
The acquisition, which is the first North American deal announced for a Cannes festival movie this edition, comes on the heels of Neon’s past triumphs at Cannes with three consecutive Palme d’Or winners: Parasite, Titane and Triangle of Sadness.
Based on the award-winning graphic novel of the same name by Sara Varon, Robot Dreams follows Dog, who lives in Manhattan and one day, tired of being alone, decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of ’80s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
Berger produced the film alongside Ibon Cormenzana,...
The acquisition, which is the first North American deal announced for a Cannes festival movie this edition, comes on the heels of Neon’s past triumphs at Cannes with three consecutive Palme d’Or winners: Parasite, Titane and Triangle of Sadness.
Based on the award-winning graphic novel of the same name by Sara Varon, Robot Dreams follows Dog, who lives in Manhattan and one day, tired of being alone, decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of ’80s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
Berger produced the film alongside Ibon Cormenzana,...
- 5/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Lockdown Tower has sold to UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, and German-speaking Europe
Paris-based sales company Elle Driver has closed a slew of sales for Guillaume Nicloux’s Lockdown Tower and Yann Samuell’s The Lulus ahead of Unifrance’s annual Rendez-Vous in Paris.
Lockdown Tower has sold to Signature Entertainment for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, to California Filmes for Latin America and to Capelight for German-speaking Europe. Other sales include Vie Vision Pictures for Taiwan, Klockworks in Japan, Media4Fun in Poland, Nk Contents in Korea and Capella Film for Cis and the Baltics.
Paris-based sales company Elle Driver has closed a slew of sales for Guillaume Nicloux’s Lockdown Tower and Yann Samuell’s The Lulus ahead of Unifrance’s annual Rendez-Vous in Paris.
Lockdown Tower has sold to Signature Entertainment for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, to California Filmes for Latin America and to Capelight for German-speaking Europe. Other sales include Vie Vision Pictures for Taiwan, Klockworks in Japan, Media4Fun in Poland, Nk Contents in Korea and Capella Film for Cis and the Baltics.
- 1/5/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to “The Whistlers,” a crime movie from Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu that premiered in competition at Cannes, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Magnolia intends to release “The Whistlers” later this year.
Porumboiu is one of the members of the Romanian New Wave of cinema and is the director of 2006’s “12:08 East of Bucharest” and 2009’s “Police, Adjective,” which won the Un Certain Regard at Cannes that same year. Porumboiu’s latest follows a crooked police officer who wants to free a businessman from an island in the Canaries but has to learn a bizarre local language involving whistling, hissing and spitting in order to do so. Here’s the official synopsis:
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In “The Whistlers,” not everything is as it seems for Cristi,...
Magnolia intends to release “The Whistlers” later this year.
Porumboiu is one of the members of the Romanian New Wave of cinema and is the director of 2006’s “12:08 East of Bucharest” and 2009’s “Police, Adjective,” which won the Un Certain Regard at Cannes that same year. Porumboiu’s latest follows a crooked police officer who wants to free a businessman from an island in the Canaries but has to learn a bizarre local language involving whistling, hissing and spitting in order to do so. Here’s the official synopsis:
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In “The Whistlers,” not everything is as it seems for Cristi,...
- 5/24/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: With an eye toward a theatrical release this year, Magnolia Pictures has acquired the North American rights to The Whistlers, the inventive crime thriller from Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu that just premiered in Competition in Cannes to glowing reviews.
Porumboiu won the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 2006 with his first feature, 12:08 East of Bucharest. With follow-up films such as the shrewdly written Police, Adjective (an arresting 2009 tale about words, crime, and the letter of the law) and Infinite Football (last year’s soccer-obsessed documentary) Porumboiu has shown a gift for material that digs deep into eccentric pursuit.
In The Whistlers, the quirky element is the melodic skill set mentioned in the title. Here’s the official synopsis: “In The Whistlers, not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist,...
Porumboiu won the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 2006 with his first feature, 12:08 East of Bucharest. With follow-up films such as the shrewdly written Police, Adjective (an arresting 2009 tale about words, crime, and the letter of the law) and Infinite Football (last year’s soccer-obsessed documentary) Porumboiu has shown a gift for material that digs deep into eccentric pursuit.
In The Whistlers, the quirky element is the melodic skill set mentioned in the title. Here’s the official synopsis: “In The Whistlers, not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist,...
- 5/24/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
French writer-director Lucile Hadžihalilović hasn’t made a feature film in more than a decade, but her third effort, the surreal and disturbing horror-mystery “Evolution,” is sure to make a large splash when it hits theaters on November 25.
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The movie has drawn comparisons to David Cronenberg and to Jonathan Glazer’s supremely haunting 2013 film, “Under the Skin.” Here’s the synopsis: The only residents of young Nicholas’s seaside town are women and boys. When he sees a dead body in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existence and surroundings. Why must he, and all the other boys, be hospitalized?
Produced by Sylvie Pialat, Jérôme Vidal and Benoît Quainon and executive produced by Pialat, “Evolution” stars Max Brebant, Roxane Duran and Julie-Marie Parmentier. The film was a festival favorite that premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival as...
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The movie has drawn comparisons to David Cronenberg and to Jonathan Glazer’s supremely haunting 2013 film, “Under the Skin.” Here’s the synopsis: The only residents of young Nicholas’s seaside town are women and boys. When he sees a dead body in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existence and surroundings. Why must he, and all the other boys, be hospitalized?
Produced by Sylvie Pialat, Jérôme Vidal and Benoît Quainon and executive produced by Pialat, “Evolution” stars Max Brebant, Roxane Duran and Julie-Marie Parmentier. The film was a festival favorite that premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival as...
- 10/3/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The distributor has acquired North American rights from Wild Bunch to Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s French horror film ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Vanguard strand.
Evolution (France-Spain-Belgium) takes place on an island where a 10-year-old boy discovers the secret behind the settlement, which comprises only women and young boys.
Max Brebant, Roxane Duran, and Julie-Marie Parmentier star. Hadzihalilovic co-wrote the screenplay with Alanté Kavaïté and Geoff Cox.
Les Films du Worso’s Sylvie Pialat and Benoît Quainon produced with Noodles Production’s Jérôme Vidal, Volcano Films’ Sebastian Alvarez, Scope Pictures’ Geneviève Lemal and Left Field Ventures’ John Engel. The project shot in Lanzarote and Barcelona.
Evolution will also screen at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Evolution (France-Spain-Belgium) takes place on an island where a 10-year-old boy discovers the secret behind the settlement, which comprises only women and young boys.
Max Brebant, Roxane Duran, and Julie-Marie Parmentier star. Hadzihalilovic co-wrote the screenplay with Alanté Kavaïté and Geoff Cox.
Les Films du Worso’s Sylvie Pialat and Benoît Quainon produced with Noodles Production’s Jérôme Vidal, Volcano Films’ Sebastian Alvarez, Scope Pictures’ Geneviève Lemal and Left Field Ventures’ John Engel. The project shot in Lanzarote and Barcelona.
Evolution will also screen at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
- 8/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Valley of Love
Director: Guillaume Nicloux // Writer: Guillaume Nicloux
Even with eleven feature films under his belt, director Guillaume Nicloux remains the least recognizable name on our top ten list, but his last two features have significantly elevated his international status, including his 2013 remake of the Jacques Rivette film The Nun (based on the novel by Denis Diderot, which starred Isabelle Huppert, Martina Gedeck, Louise Bourgoin and newcomer Pauline Etienne. While that film never received Us distribution, his 2014 title, The Kidnapping of Michel Houllebecq was picked up by Kino Lorber after winning Best Screenplay at Tribeca and will receive a theatrical release in the Us next spring. Nicloux’s latest promises to be his most anticipated to date, reuniting film stars Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu, who last worked together in the excellent Maurice Pialat film, Loulou (1980). Filming in California, the film concerns the story revolves around Isabelle and Gérard,...
Director: Guillaume Nicloux // Writer: Guillaume Nicloux
Even with eleven feature films under his belt, director Guillaume Nicloux remains the least recognizable name on our top ten list, but his last two features have significantly elevated his international status, including his 2013 remake of the Jacques Rivette film The Nun (based on the novel by Denis Diderot, which starred Isabelle Huppert, Martina Gedeck, Louise Bourgoin and newcomer Pauline Etienne. While that film never received Us distribution, his 2014 title, The Kidnapping of Michel Houllebecq was picked up by Kino Lorber after winning Best Screenplay at Tribeca and will receive a theatrical release in the Us next spring. Nicloux’s latest promises to be his most anticipated to date, reuniting film stars Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu, who last worked together in the excellent Maurice Pialat film, Loulou (1980). Filming in California, the film concerns the story revolves around Isabelle and Gérard,...
- 1/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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