Adriano Valerio’s documentary “Casablanca,” which will world premiere on Thursday at Venice Days, has been acquired by Salaud Morisset for world sales. Variety has been given an exclusive clip from the film.
“Casablanca” follows Fouad, a Moroccan living in Italy without papers, and Daniela, a former drug-addict from Apulia’s upper middle-class, who find each other by chance in Umbria. The meeting is the beginning of a love that helps them heal. But Fouad’s feeling of not belonging and the interminable wait for a visa are pushing him to the brink: will he stay in Umbria or go back to Casablanca, even if it means never to return?
Valerio followed the two characters for seven years after he met Fouad in 2016 in a bar and immediately became fascinated by his way of seeing life and his determination fueled by his almost undestroyable hope.
Valerio said: “I wanted to...
“Casablanca” follows Fouad, a Moroccan living in Italy without papers, and Daniela, a former drug-addict from Apulia’s upper middle-class, who find each other by chance in Umbria. The meeting is the beginning of a love that helps them heal. But Fouad’s feeling of not belonging and the interminable wait for a visa are pushing him to the brink: will he stay in Umbria or go back to Casablanca, even if it means never to return?
Valerio followed the two characters for seven years after he met Fouad in 2016 in a bar and immediately became fascinated by his way of seeing life and his determination fueled by his almost undestroyable hope.
Valerio said: “I wanted to...
- 9/7/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Companies including Xyz, Wild Bunch and Media Asia are set to attend.Scroll down for list of projects
Projects from 13 countries will be presented at this year’s edition of Focus Asia, the co-production market held at Udine Far East Film Festival April 26-28.
More than 100 sales agents and financiers will gather for the event, including representatives of Xyz, Media Asia, M-Line, Showbox, Wild Bunch, Reel Suspects, and M-Appeal.
While last year’s inaugural edition of Focus Asia featured screenings and events built around finished projects, this year’s crop are all in the early stages of development.
The selection was curated from 72 submissions by a committee featuring representatives of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival and the Nordisk Film & Fond’s Nordic Genre Boost.
The project teams are from countries including Japan, Indonesia, France, Sweden, Italy, Singapore and Laos.
The Udine Far...
Projects from 13 countries will be presented at this year’s edition of Focus Asia, the co-production market held at Udine Far East Film Festival April 26-28.
More than 100 sales agents and financiers will gather for the event, including representatives of Xyz, Media Asia, M-Line, Showbox, Wild Bunch, Reel Suspects, and M-Appeal.
While last year’s inaugural edition of Focus Asia featured screenings and events built around finished projects, this year’s crop are all in the early stages of development.
The selection was curated from 72 submissions by a committee featuring representatives of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival and the Nordisk Film & Fond’s Nordic Genre Boost.
The project teams are from countries including Japan, Indonesia, France, Sweden, Italy, Singapore and Laos.
The Udine Far...
- 3/30/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Barah Aana has gone on to gain immense critical acclaim but you may not know that the producer behind the film is actually Italian. Her name is Giulia Achilli. The producer came to India looking for herself and instead landed up becoming a part of the film. Being a part of films is nothing new to the talented producer who has worked previously in many films back home in Italy and while she may only have been in India for a short while now, you can pick up hints of India that stand out in her otherwise Italian accent. All it took was a quick meeting with Raja Menon, the director of the film and the duo instantly knew that they were on their way to making the critically acclaimed film. BollySpice catches the new producer as she is on location shooting for a new documentary in beautiful Kashmir; check...
- 9/2/2009
- Bollyspice
Barah Aana is a film that not many may have heard of but some pretty big filmi people are raving about it including: Aamir Khan, Zoya Akhtar, Imran Khan and John Abraham. The feature film has an international production team including: an Italian (Giulia Achilli), an American (Raj Yerasi) and an Indian (Raja Menon). The film is to be re-released on September 9th and we have your first look at the story of the film!
Barah Aana is a comedy of real life, set in today's Mumbai. The story revolves around three unlikely friends: a driver (Naseeruddin Shah), a watchman (Vijay Raaz), and a waiter (Arjun Mathur). The driver is an older man, stoic but dependable. The watchman, in his 30s, is a pushover at work but otherwise mischievous. The waiter is a young, swaggering chap, brimming with ambition. Living together, their different attitudes make for interesting banter.
At some point,...
Barah Aana is a comedy of real life, set in today's Mumbai. The story revolves around three unlikely friends: a driver (Naseeruddin Shah), a watchman (Vijay Raaz), and a waiter (Arjun Mathur). The driver is an older man, stoic but dependable. The watchman, in his 30s, is a pushover at work but otherwise mischievous. The waiter is a young, swaggering chap, brimming with ambition. Living together, their different attitudes make for interesting banter.
At some point,...
- 8/7/2009
- Bollyspice
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