“As a distributor you need to build a brand,” said Enrique Costa of Spain’s Elastica Films.
“Everyone says that the pandemic changed everything, but it also opened my eyes to look for the audience in a different way,” said Spanish distributor Enrique Costa of Elastica Films who received the best international innovation distribution award at the second edition of the International Distribution Summit (Ids) in Cologne last week.
“As a distributor you need to build a brand which allows you to create an audience that knows about the company even before a particular film is released. We are not...
“Everyone says that the pandemic changed everything, but it also opened my eyes to look for the audience in a different way,” said Spanish distributor Enrique Costa of Elastica Films who received the best international innovation distribution award at the second edition of the International Distribution Summit (Ids) in Cologne last week.
“As a distributor you need to build a brand which allows you to create an audience that knows about the company even before a particular film is released. We are not...
- 10/24/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Sixth edition of European Work in Progress in Cologne ran October 16-18.
Projects from China, Ethiopia, Croatia and Germany were among the prize-winners at the sixth edition of European Work in Progress (Ewip) in Cologne (October 16-18).
A jury comprising Michael Stütz, head of the Berlinale’s Panorama section, Zdf commissioning editor Holger Stern, Magnolia Pictures’ head of international sales Lorina Lee Torres, Zurich Film Festival head of programme and industry Reta Guetg, and Chinese film producer Haixia “Hattie” Yu, awarded in-kind prizes worth a total of €61,500 at an awards ceremony on Tuesday evening (October 17).
Swiss-American director Jasmin Gordon’s...
Projects from China, Ethiopia, Croatia and Germany were among the prize-winners at the sixth edition of European Work in Progress (Ewip) in Cologne (October 16-18).
A jury comprising Michael Stütz, head of the Berlinale’s Panorama section, Zdf commissioning editor Holger Stern, Magnolia Pictures’ head of international sales Lorina Lee Torres, Zurich Film Festival head of programme and industry Reta Guetg, and Chinese film producer Haixia “Hattie” Yu, awarded in-kind prizes worth a total of €61,500 at an awards ceremony on Tuesday evening (October 17).
Swiss-American director Jasmin Gordon’s...
- 10/19/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The French feminist and advocacy org 50/50, which was hit by a sexual assault scandal and the resignation of its entire administration board in April, has unveiled a new temporary leadership.
For the next six months, the org will be overseen by Séraphine Angoula, Clémentine Charlemaine and Margaux Lorier, while Laura Pertuy and Lahoucine Grimich will be co-managing secretaries, and Johanna Makabi and Raphaël Gribe Marquis will be in charge of finances.
The temporary leadership was elected on July 7 by the new administration board which was itself voted on by members of 50/50 a month ago.
In a press release sent to all members, the org said it will pursue its core missions: “improving the representation of minorities on screen, eliminating the salary gaps and inequalities in accessing employment, and fighting against all kinds of violence and discrimination in the film and TV industries.”
The org also said it deemed “unthinkable the...
For the next six months, the org will be overseen by Séraphine Angoula, Clémentine Charlemaine and Margaux Lorier, while Laura Pertuy and Lahoucine Grimich will be co-managing secretaries, and Johanna Makabi and Raphaël Gribe Marquis will be in charge of finances.
The temporary leadership was elected on July 7 by the new administration board which was itself voted on by members of 50/50 a month ago.
In a press release sent to all members, the org said it will pursue its core missions: “improving the representation of minorities on screen, eliminating the salary gaps and inequalities in accessing employment, and fighting against all kinds of violence and discrimination in the film and TV industries.”
The org also said it deemed “unthinkable the...
- 7/11/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Films Boutique has closed several key European territories on “Mi Iubita, Mon Amour,” the feature debut of actor-turned-filmmaker Noémie Merlant which is playing at San Sebastian in the Zabaltegi Tabakalera section.
“Mi Iubita, Mon Amour” world premiered at Cannes in Special Screenings. It stars Merlant as Jeanne, a young woman who is traveling to Romania to celebrate her bachelorette party with her friends when she meets Nino. She is 27, he is 17, and they are worlds away from one another, yet for the two of them it is the beginning of a passionate and timeless summer. Merlant stars opposite Gimi Covaci and Clara Lama-Schmit.
The movie has been acquired by Triart in Sweden at San Sebastian. The deal was negotiated by Films Boutique’s head of sales Julien Razafindranaly and Matthias Nohrborg at Triart. “Mi Iubita, Mon Amour” has also been picked up by Barton Films in Spain and Agora Films in Switzerland.
“Mi Iubita, Mon Amour” world premiered at Cannes in Special Screenings. It stars Merlant as Jeanne, a young woman who is traveling to Romania to celebrate her bachelorette party with her friends when she meets Nino. She is 27, he is 17, and they are worlds away from one another, yet for the two of them it is the beginning of a passionate and timeless summer. Merlant stars opposite Gimi Covaci and Clara Lama-Schmit.
The movie has been acquired by Triart in Sweden at San Sebastian. The deal was negotiated by Films Boutique’s head of sales Julien Razafindranaly and Matthias Nohrborg at Triart. “Mi Iubita, Mon Amour” has also been picked up by Barton Films in Spain and Agora Films in Switzerland.
- 9/20/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Films Boutique has boarded international sales rights to “Mi Iubita, Mon Amour,” the feature debut of actor-turned-filmmaker Noémie Merlant. The movie will world premiere in the Special Screenings section at Cannes.
Merlant, who gained critical acclaim with her performance in Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” will also be in Cannes, in competition, with Jacques Audiard’s anticipated “Paris, 13th District.”
“Mi Iubita, Mon Amour” stars Merlant as Jeanne, a young woman who is traveling to Romania to celebrate her bachelorette party with her friends when she meets Nino. She is 27, he is 17, and they are worlds away from one another, yet for the two of them it is the beginning of a passionate and timeless summer. Merlant stars opposite Gimi Covaci and Clara Lama-Schmit.
“We are particularly thrilled to accompany Noémie’s first feature film as a director and it is as big of an honor...
Merlant, who gained critical acclaim with her performance in Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” will also be in Cannes, in competition, with Jacques Audiard’s anticipated “Paris, 13th District.”
“Mi Iubita, Mon Amour” stars Merlant as Jeanne, a young woman who is traveling to Romania to celebrate her bachelorette party with her friends when she meets Nino. She is 27, he is 17, and they are worlds away from one another, yet for the two of them it is the beginning of a passionate and timeless summer. Merlant stars opposite Gimi Covaci and Clara Lama-Schmit.
“We are particularly thrilled to accompany Noémie’s first feature film as a director and it is as big of an honor...
- 6/17/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Director Laura Wandel’s Foreign Bodies played in the short film section of Official Selection in 2014.
Paris-based Indie Sales has boarded sales on Belgian director Laura Wandel’s feature debut Playground, which has been selected to screen in Cannes in Un Certain Regard next month.
As well as the Un Certain Regard prize, the drama will also be in the running for Cannes’ Caméra d’Or, open to all first features across the Official Selection and parallel sections of Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week.
Playground is about a seven year-old girl and her older brother who start at a new...
Paris-based Indie Sales has boarded sales on Belgian director Laura Wandel’s feature debut Playground, which has been selected to screen in Cannes in Un Certain Regard next month.
As well as the Un Certain Regard prize, the drama will also be in the running for Cannes’ Caméra d’Or, open to all first features across the Official Selection and parallel sections of Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week.
Playground is about a seven year-old girl and her older brother who start at a new...
- 6/3/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
A young woman recalls her childhood on a family farm in the 1980s.
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever (Bff) has boarded French director Hubert Viel’s rural drama Louloute, for a market launch at Unifrance’s Rendez-vous with French cinema which unfolds online January 13-15.
Set between the 1980s and today, it explores a disappearing French rural life through the childhood memories of a young woman as she revisits the family farm where she grew up on the eve of its sale.
Tender childhood recollections mingle with painful memories as she recalls her parents’ battle to keep the farm working...
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever (Bff) has boarded French director Hubert Viel’s rural drama Louloute, for a market launch at Unifrance’s Rendez-vous with French cinema which unfolds online January 13-15.
Set between the 1980s and today, it explores a disappearing French rural life through the childhood memories of a young woman as she revisits the family farm where she grew up on the eve of its sale.
Tender childhood recollections mingle with painful memories as she recalls her parents’ battle to keep the farm working...
- 1/7/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Reform drive has hits early snag in drive for gender equality.
Two-thirds of the 184 new members of the French César Academy’s first democratically elected general assembly have signed an open letter expressing their shock at the automatic return of 18 historic members, who include controversial director Roman Polanski.
Actors Corinne Masiero, Antoine Reinartz; filmmakers Bertrand Bonello and Catherine Corsini; producers Saïd Ben Saïd, Carole Scotta and sales and distribution professionals Daniela Elster, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Mathieu Robinet, Ariane Toscan du Plantier and Agathe Valentin were among the 120 professionals who signed the statement released on Thursday evening.
“We were stunned to discover...
Two-thirds of the 184 new members of the French César Academy’s first democratically elected general assembly have signed an open letter expressing their shock at the automatic return of 18 historic members, who include controversial director Roman Polanski.
Actors Corinne Masiero, Antoine Reinartz; filmmakers Bertrand Bonello and Catherine Corsini; producers Saïd Ben Saïd, Carole Scotta and sales and distribution professionals Daniela Elster, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Mathieu Robinet, Ariane Toscan du Plantier and Agathe Valentin were among the 120 professionals who signed the statement released on Thursday evening.
“We were stunned to discover...
- 9/18/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The talk will take place on Friday, June 26 at 18:00 Cet (17:00 BST) on the Marche du Film Online platform.
Screen International is partnering with the Cannes Marche du Film to present the panel ’A conversation on the near future of film distribution across all streams’, which will take place on Friday, June 26 at 18:00 Cet (17:00 BST) on the Marche du Film Online platform.
The speakers will be Jan Naszewski, CEO of New Europe Film Sales (Poland); Imrun Islam, senior manager, digital sales, UK and Ireland at Studiocanal (UK); Neal Block, head of theatrical distribution and marketing from Magnolia Pictures (Us); and Mathieu Robinet,...
Screen International is partnering with the Cannes Marche du Film to present the panel ’A conversation on the near future of film distribution across all streams’, which will take place on Friday, June 26 at 18:00 Cet (17:00 BST) on the Marche du Film Online platform.
The speakers will be Jan Naszewski, CEO of New Europe Film Sales (Poland); Imrun Islam, senior manager, digital sales, UK and Ireland at Studiocanal (UK); Neal Block, head of theatrical distribution and marketing from Magnolia Pictures (Us); and Mathieu Robinet,...
- 6/21/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
International projects expected back by September.
The Greek government has approved a rise in the country’s cash rebate incentive for film and TV productions from 35% to 40%, in efforts to further entice international projects.
The increase is expected to come into play within the next couple of months.
On top of the rise, there will also be an acceleration of the application process and payback of the rebate to further entice intenrational producers and allow productions to plan accordingly, according to government officials.
Once the amended legislation has been voted and approved by parliament, which is expected to be July,...
The Greek government has approved a rise in the country’s cash rebate incentive for film and TV productions from 35% to 40%, in efforts to further entice international projects.
The increase is expected to come into play within the next couple of months.
On top of the rise, there will also be an acceleration of the application process and payback of the rebate to further entice intenrational producers and allow productions to plan accordingly, according to government officials.
Once the amended legislation has been voted and approved by parliament, which is expected to be July,...
- 6/9/2020
- by 55¦Chris Evans¦147¦
- ScreenDaily
The project by France’s Camille Degeye, steered by Société Acéphale, has walked away with the Next Step Prize, awarded by Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival. Since 2014, the Critics’ Week sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival (which unveiled its approved selection yesterday – read our article) has been helping talented short film directors make the leap to feature films via its Next Step programme. And since 2019, the graduate workshop (read our news on the latest round of candidates) has also consisted of a competition distinguishing a winner from its ranks. This year saw French project Sphynx by Camille Degeye crowned the winner, by a jury composed of Michèle Halberstadt (Arp Sélection), Mathieu Robinet (formerly of Bac Films and set to make his return with a new company) and Bérénice Vincent (Totem Films). A self-taught director, Camille Degeye previously gave us the short film Journey Through a Body....
Camille Degeye’s feature debut “Sphynx” won the Next Step Award as part of the program launched by Cannes’ Critics’ Week to help the directors of the 10 shorts which played during the last edition make their feature debut.
Degeye, who developed the script of “Sphynx” during the sixth session of Next Step in December, received the €5000 cash ($5616) prize from a jury comprising Michèle Halberstadt, co-founder of distribution banner Arp, Bérénice Vincent, co-founder of sales outfit Totem Films and Mathieu Robinet, a French distributor.
Along with receiving the cash prize, Degeve will also be invited to next year’s Cannes festival to promote her project. “Sphynx,” produced by Acéphale, was co-written by the journalist Luc Chessel. It tells the story of Eden, a young medical intern who stars working as a nurse for a trendy Parisian nightclub and falls in love with the Nidhal, a mysterious figure of Paris’s queer and underground world.
Degeye, who developed the script of “Sphynx” during the sixth session of Next Step in December, received the €5000 cash ($5616) prize from a jury comprising Michèle Halberstadt, co-founder of distribution banner Arp, Bérénice Vincent, co-founder of sales outfit Totem Films and Mathieu Robinet, a French distributor.
Along with receiving the cash prize, Degeve will also be invited to next year’s Cannes festival to promote her project. “Sphynx,” produced by Acéphale, was co-written by the journalist Luc Chessel. It tells the story of Eden, a young medical intern who stars working as a nurse for a trendy Parisian nightclub and falls in love with the Nidhal, a mysterious figure of Paris’s queer and underground world.
- 6/4/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
”It’s stressful doing calls at the same time as trying to teach your oldest daughter how to read.”
Former Bac Films managing director Mathieu Robinet was on the verge of launching a new distribution venture when the Covid-19 pandemic put his plans on hold.
Frustrated by his lack of professional activity during France’s lockdown, which began on March 17 and is now easing, he decided to create an itinerant drive-in cinema to keep “the spirit of collective filmgoing alive”. It kicked off successfully in Bordeaux in mid-May but following protests from French exhibitors and last week’s announcement that...
Former Bac Films managing director Mathieu Robinet was on the verge of launching a new distribution venture when the Covid-19 pandemic put his plans on hold.
Frustrated by his lack of professional activity during France’s lockdown, which began on March 17 and is now easing, he decided to create an itinerant drive-in cinema to keep “the spirit of collective filmgoing alive”. It kicked off successfully in Bordeaux in mid-May but following protests from French exhibitors and last week’s announcement that...
- 6/2/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
French film executives Mathieu Robinet, former head of Bac Films, and Yohann Comte, co-founder of Charades, have joined forces to launch Drive-in Festival, a not-for-profit initiative that will take place in several cities across the country until theaters reopen.
The initiative was inspired by American drive-in cinemas and similar initiatives created in Germany, South Korea and even Lithuania, where the Vilnius International Film Festival converted airport space into a massive drive-in cinema, said Comte.
Robinet, who conceived the idea of the Drive-in Festival, enlisted Comte and other film executives and received the blessing of cities, individual exhibitors, distributors such as Le Pacte, The Jokers and Wild Bunch, and the National Film Board to put together a line-up of films that can be watched outdoors from people’s cars.
The first session kicked off May 16 in Bordeaux on the Place des Quinconces, which welcomed 200 cars for “Hippocrate,” Thomas Lilti’s film...
The initiative was inspired by American drive-in cinemas and similar initiatives created in Germany, South Korea and even Lithuania, where the Vilnius International Film Festival converted airport space into a massive drive-in cinema, said Comte.
Robinet, who conceived the idea of the Drive-in Festival, enlisted Comte and other film executives and received the blessing of cities, individual exhibitors, distributors such as Le Pacte, The Jokers and Wild Bunch, and the National Film Board to put together a line-up of films that can be watched outdoors from people’s cars.
The first session kicked off May 16 in Bordeaux on the Place des Quinconces, which welcomed 200 cars for “Hippocrate,” Thomas Lilti’s film...
- 5/20/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Signatories to the initiative, called Collectif 5050x2020, include Léa Seydoux, Lily-Rose Depp.
Some 300 professionals from across the French cinema world have signed up to a new movement called the Collectif 5050x2020 demanding more gender equality and diversity in the country’s film industry.
The aim of the initiative, launched on the eve of the country’s prestigious César film awards this evening, is to put in place concrete steps to bring about equality across the business, says film sales executive Bérénice Vincent, co-founder and spokesperson for the collective.
The initiative is among a raft of gender equality campaigns to have...
Some 300 professionals from across the French cinema world have signed up to a new movement called the Collectif 5050x2020 demanding more gender equality and diversity in the country’s film industry.
The aim of the initiative, launched on the eve of the country’s prestigious César film awards this evening, is to put in place concrete steps to bring about equality across the business, says film sales executive Bérénice Vincent, co-founder and spokesperson for the collective.
The initiative is among a raft of gender equality campaigns to have...
- 3/2/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Spc confirms deal for Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland road movie.
Sony Pictures Classics confirmed on Thursday it has acquired multiple rights from CAA and Bac Films to Paolo Virzì’s follow-up to his acclaimed Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection Like Crazy.
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in the film, shooting now, as a couple on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper fleeing the pressures of doctors and children.
Spc has acquirred The Leisure Seeker for the Us, Latin America, Asia excluding Japan, Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa.
The film marks Virzì’s first film shot entirely in the Us. Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon, and Virzì adapted the screenplay inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.
“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the Spc hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward...
Sony Pictures Classics confirmed on Thursday it has acquired multiple rights from CAA and Bac Films to Paolo Virzì’s follow-up to his acclaimed Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection Like Crazy.
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in the film, shooting now, as a couple on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper fleeing the pressures of doctors and children.
Spc has acquirred The Leisure Seeker for the Us, Latin America, Asia excluding Japan, Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa.
The film marks Virzì’s first film shot entirely in the Us. Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon, and Virzì adapted the screenplay inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.
“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the Spc hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward...
- 9/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics confirmed on Thursday it has acquired multiple rights from CAA and Bac Films to Paolo Virzì’s follow-up to his acclaimed Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection Like Crazy.
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in the film, shooting now, as a couple on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper fleeing the pressures of doctors and children.
Spc has acquirred The Leisure Seeker for the Us, Latin America, Asia excluding Japan, Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa.
The film marks Virzì’s first film shot entirely in the Us. Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon, and Virzì adapted the screenplay inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.
“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the Spc hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward to bringing Paolo Virzi’s film to audiences in the United States and around...
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star in the film, shooting now, as a couple on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper fleeing the pressures of doctors and children.
Spc has acquirred The Leisure Seeker for the Us, Latin America, Asia excluding Japan, Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa.
The film marks Virzì’s first film shot entirely in the Us. Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon, and Virzì adapted the screenplay inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.
“The Leisure Seeker looks to be a major 2017 find,” said the Spc hierarchy. “This is a rich story that promises career-best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. We look forward to bringing Paolo Virzi’s film to audiences in the United States and around...
- 9/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Paolo Virzì’s most recent film “Like Crazy” was screened in the Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Now, currently in production on his latest drama, Sony Pictures Classics announced that it has acquired the rights in the Us, Latin America, Asia (excluding Japan), Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa to his movie “The Leisure Seeker,” starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.
“‘The Leisure Seeker’ looks to be a major 2017 find. This is a rich story that promises career best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland,” the studio commented. “We look forward to bringing Paolo Virzi’s film to audiences in the United States and around the world.”
Read More: Watch Helen Mirren Shut Down a Sexist Interviewer Back in 1975
Written by Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon and Virzì, the drama is inspired by Michael Zadoorian’s novel of the same name. This film centers...
“‘The Leisure Seeker’ looks to be a major 2017 find. This is a rich story that promises career best performances from Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland,” the studio commented. “We look forward to bringing Paolo Virzi’s film to audiences in the United States and around the world.”
Read More: Watch Helen Mirren Shut Down a Sexist Interviewer Back in 1975
Written by Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon and Virzì, the drama is inspired by Michael Zadoorian’s novel of the same name. This film centers...
- 9/22/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Juno star taking the lead in post-apocalyptic horror
Ellen Page has signed to star in psychological horror film The Third Wave, set in a post-Zombie epidemic era Europe.
David Freyne will direct from his own screenplay set in the aftermath of a devastating virus that has gripped the continent for six years, transforming humans into zombie-like monsters.
A cure has been found but society is divided into those who were once infected, and committed terrible violent acts, and those who never contracted the virus.
In the backdrop, the rise of a terrorist movement, fuelled by the deep divisions, threatens to plunge the region into chaos again.
“Thoughtful approach to horror”
”The Third Wave brings an entire new perspective to the zombie genre, which I love,” said Page.
“David Freyne truly shifts his lens on society’s role in the apocalyptic world. I’m so grateful for this opportunity to share his thoughtful approach to horror with audiences...
Ellen Page has signed to star in psychological horror film The Third Wave, set in a post-Zombie epidemic era Europe.
David Freyne will direct from his own screenplay set in the aftermath of a devastating virus that has gripped the continent for six years, transforming humans into zombie-like monsters.
A cure has been found but society is divided into those who were once infected, and committed terrible violent acts, and those who never contracted the virus.
In the backdrop, the rise of a terrorist movement, fuelled by the deep divisions, threatens to plunge the region into chaos again.
“Thoughtful approach to horror”
”The Third Wave brings an entire new perspective to the zombie genre, which I love,” said Page.
“David Freyne truly shifts his lens on society’s role in the apocalyptic world. I’m so grateful for this opportunity to share his thoughtful approach to horror with audiences...
- 5/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
Italian director Paolo Virzi set to make English-language debut with Us-set vintage camper van road movie.
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are set to co-star in Italian director Paolo Virzi’s English language debut The Leisure Seeker as a couple who set off on a cross-country journey in a vintage camper van.
It will be Virzi’s next film after Like Crazy – starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti as two women who hit the road after escaping a secure psychiatric clinic – which premieres in Director’s Fortnight at Cannes this year.
Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib, Marco Cohen are producing for Indiana Production, the Rome, Milan and Los Angeles-based production house which also produced Virzi’s Golden Globe nominated The First Beautiful Thing and Human Capital.
Alessandro Mascheroni, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, and Dov Mamann are executive producers. The film is being produced with Rai Cinema.
David Grumbach and Mathieu Robinet at Paris-based Bac Films are co-producing in a second...
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are set to co-star in Italian director Paolo Virzi’s English language debut The Leisure Seeker as a couple who set off on a cross-country journey in a vintage camper van.
It will be Virzi’s next film after Like Crazy – starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti as two women who hit the road after escaping a secure psychiatric clinic – which premieres in Director’s Fortnight at Cannes this year.
Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib, Marco Cohen are producing for Indiana Production, the Rome, Milan and Los Angeles-based production house which also produced Virzi’s Golden Globe nominated The First Beautiful Thing and Human Capital.
Alessandro Mascheroni, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, and Dov Mamann are executive producers. The film is being produced with Rai Cinema.
David Grumbach and Mathieu Robinet at Paris-based Bac Films are co-producing in a second...
- 5/12/2016
- ScreenDaily
Italian director Paolo Virzi set to make English-language debut with Us-set vintage camper van road movie.
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are set to co-star in Italian director Paolo Virzi’s English language debut The Leisure Seeker as a couple who set off on a cross-country journey in a vintage camper van.
It will be Virzi’s next film after Like Crazy – starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti as two women who hit the road after escaping a secure psychiatric clinic – which premieres in Director’s Fortnight at Cannes this year.
Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib, Marco Cohen are producing for Indiana Production, the Rome, Milan and Los Angeles-based production house which also produced Virzi’s Golden Globe nominated The First Beautiful Thing and Human Capital.
Alessandro Mascheroni, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, and Dov Mamann are executive producers. The film is being produced with Rai Cinema.
David Grumbach and Mathieu Robinet at Paris-based Bac Films are co-producing in a second...
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are set to co-star in Italian director Paolo Virzi’s English language debut The Leisure Seeker as a couple who set off on a cross-country journey in a vintage camper van.
It will be Virzi’s next film after Like Crazy – starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti as two women who hit the road after escaping a secure psychiatric clinic – which premieres in Director’s Fortnight at Cannes this year.
Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib, Marco Cohen are producing for Indiana Production, the Rome, Milan and Los Angeles-based production house which also produced Virzi’s Golden Globe nominated The First Beautiful Thing and Human Capital.
Alessandro Mascheroni, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, and Dov Mamann are executive producers. The film is being produced with Rai Cinema.
David Grumbach and Mathieu Robinet at Paris-based Bac Films are co-producing in a second...
- 5/12/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: First Arabic-language Golden Bear contender since 2005 finds French buyer.
New Paris-based sales company Luxbox Films has sold French rights to Mohamed Ben Attia’s Golden Bear contender Hedi to Bac Films Distribution.
The first Arabic-language film to compete at the Berlinale since Hany Abu Assad’s Paradise Now in 2005, it revolves around a young man, under the thumb of an authoritarian mother, who falls for a free-spirited young girl on the eve of his arranged marriage.
“We are delighted to be working with Luxbox on this tender and powerful film. It is an art-house movie with mainstream appeal, thanks to its modernism and subtle way of describing Tunisian’s society through the journey of one sweet and moving character,” said Mathieu Robinet, general manager of Paris-based Bac.
Dora Bouchoucha of Tunis-based Nomadis Images produced the film with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes’s Les Films du Fleuve on board as a co-producer.
“We’re very...
New Paris-based sales company Luxbox Films has sold French rights to Mohamed Ben Attia’s Golden Bear contender Hedi to Bac Films Distribution.
The first Arabic-language film to compete at the Berlinale since Hany Abu Assad’s Paradise Now in 2005, it revolves around a young man, under the thumb of an authoritarian mother, who falls for a free-spirited young girl on the eve of his arranged marriage.
“We are delighted to be working with Luxbox on this tender and powerful film. It is an art-house movie with mainstream appeal, thanks to its modernism and subtle way of describing Tunisian’s society through the journey of one sweet and moving character,” said Mathieu Robinet, general manager of Paris-based Bac.
Dora Bouchoucha of Tunis-based Nomadis Images produced the film with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes’s Les Films du Fleuve on board as a co-producer.
“We’re very...
- 2/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Hiner Saleem’s Money Babe set to shoot in Erbil this autumn.
Paris-based Bac Films has picked up world sales on a trio of arthouse films by emerging talents, Hiner Saleem’s Money Babe, Babak Jalali’s Land and Bogdan Mirica’s Dogs.
“These pick-ups continue our working with emerging, new talents who we can drive up with,” said Bac general manager Mathieu Robinet.
Saleem’s Money Babe is a film noir which kicks off with an uneasy meeting between a former Kurdish resistance hero, who has made it big as a businessman, and a former comrade in arms.
The film - Saleem’s first feature since My Sweet Pepper Land which screened in Un Certain Regard in 2013 – is due to shoot in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey this autumn.
Described as a ‘modern western about Indians, Whites, distance, longing, roadwork and abuse’, Jalali’s Land explores the issue of alcoholism within a Native American...
Paris-based Bac Films has picked up world sales on a trio of arthouse films by emerging talents, Hiner Saleem’s Money Babe, Babak Jalali’s Land and Bogdan Mirica’s Dogs.
“These pick-ups continue our working with emerging, new talents who we can drive up with,” said Bac general manager Mathieu Robinet.
Saleem’s Money Babe is a film noir which kicks off with an uneasy meeting between a former Kurdish resistance hero, who has made it big as a businessman, and a former comrade in arms.
The film - Saleem’s first feature since My Sweet Pepper Land which screened in Un Certain Regard in 2013 – is due to shoot in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey this autumn.
Described as a ‘modern western about Indians, Whites, distance, longing, roadwork and abuse’, Jalali’s Land explores the issue of alcoholism within a Native American...
- 5/17/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mohsen Makhmalbaf started pre-shooting Wednesday in Tbilisi, Georgia, on his first fiction feature in 5 years, The President.
Principal photography starts Feb 13.
Partners on the film are Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me), Bac Films, and 20 Steps Productions; and Germany’s Herzog and Bruemmer co-produce. The film now has Eurimages financing. The film is an official UK-German-Georgia-French co-production.
Bac handles international sale and will distribute in France. Mike Downey, Sam Taylor and Vladimer Katcharava produce with Bac’s Mathieu Robinet co-producing with Rudolph Herzog and Henning Bruemmer.
As is customary all of the Makhmalbaf family is working on the film, his wife and son Marzieh and Maysam will handle editing duties and as well as film-maker daughters Hana and Samira occupying key support positions on the crew.
The story is set in a fictional Caucasus country and is about a dictator whose regime is brought down by a coup d’etat. He and his...
Principal photography starts Feb 13.
Partners on the film are Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me), Bac Films, and 20 Steps Productions; and Germany’s Herzog and Bruemmer co-produce. The film now has Eurimages financing. The film is an official UK-German-Georgia-French co-production.
Bac handles international sale and will distribute in France. Mike Downey, Sam Taylor and Vladimer Katcharava produce with Bac’s Mathieu Robinet co-producing with Rudolph Herzog and Henning Bruemmer.
As is customary all of the Makhmalbaf family is working on the film, his wife and son Marzieh and Maysam will handle editing duties and as well as film-maker daughters Hana and Samira occupying key support positions on the crew.
The story is set in a fictional Caucasus country and is about a dictator whose regime is brought down by a coup d’etat. He and his...
- 2/8/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mohsen Makhmalbaf started pre-shooting Wednesday in Tbilisi, Georgia, on his first fiction feature in 5 years, The President.
Principal photography starts Feb 13.
Partners on the film are Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me), Bac Films, and 20 Steps Productions; and Germany’s Herzog and Bruemmer co-produce. The film now has Eurimages financing. The film is an official UK-German-Georgia-French co-production.
Bac handles international sale and will distribute in France. Mike Downey, Sam Taylor and Vladimer Katcharava produce with Bac’s Mathieu Robinet co-producing with Rudolph Herzog and Henning Bruemmer.
As is customary all of the Makhmalbaf family is working on the film, his wife and son Marzieh and Maysam will handle editing duties and as well as film-maker daughters Hana and Samira occupying key support positions on the crew.
The story is set in a fictional Caucasus country and is about a dictator whose regime is brought down by a coup d’etat. He and his...
Principal photography starts Feb 13.
Partners on the film are Film and Music Entertainment (F&Me), Bac Films, and 20 Steps Productions; and Germany’s Herzog and Bruemmer co-produce. The film now has Eurimages financing. The film is an official UK-German-Georgia-French co-production.
Bac handles international sale and will distribute in France. Mike Downey, Sam Taylor and Vladimer Katcharava produce with Bac’s Mathieu Robinet co-producing with Rudolph Herzog and Henning Bruemmer.
As is customary all of the Makhmalbaf family is working on the film, his wife and son Marzieh and Maysam will handle editing duties and as well as film-maker daughters Hana and Samira occupying key support positions on the crew.
The story is set in a fictional Caucasus country and is about a dictator whose regime is brought down by a coup d’etat. He and his...
- 2/8/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Paris-based Bac Films, one of France's most respected sales agent, production company and distributor will be showing a promo of the long awaited film, El Ardor co-produced by and starring Gael Garcia Bernal. This is the second co-production of Canana, the production and distribution company of Gael Garcia Bernal,Diego Luna,Pablo Cruz and Julian Levin and Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media's Participant Panamerica. The Academy Award nominated No was their first film together.
Exemplary of the wide range of programming being sold by international sales agents today, Bac is offering coproductions from France-Belgium-Luxembourg (The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears), France-Italy (Human Capital), Iceland-Denmark (Fusi), Sweden-Norway (The Quiet Roar) and a script in French only, from France starring Ludivine Sagnier entitled Fool Circle.
This month prolific producer David Grumbach acquired Bac films with the backing of a consortium of French and European investors. Previously a subsidiary of the publicly traded Bac Majestic which was majority owned by the animation house Millimages, it will now independently control Bac Films Distribution, the Bac brands and the exclusive right to sell the Bac back catalogue. Bac Films Distribution currently controls a 0.45% stake in the French market.
Grumbach's production companies Juliette Film and Jaya Productions will continue to operate as he becomes CEO. Eric Chinchon, a Luxembourg-based business structuring and financing specialist, will act as CFO.
Grumbach said he intended to grow the company in the direction of “a full service European mini major capable of intervening in the entire process of a film’s creation.”
To that end, Bac will board international projects at an earlier stage and have a strong presence throughout development, financing, production and distribution.
Bac’s managing director, Mathieu Robinet will remain in place, overseeing the core activities of acquisition and theatrical, TV, DVD and VOD distribution, international sales and production.
There will be no changes to the current distribution and sales teams. Head of Sales, Gilles Sousa has spearheaded the expansion of the sales line-up since his arrival in 2011. Recent pictures on the slate Human Capital, The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, The Quiet Roar and Ardor.
Grumbach’s recent co-production credits include Ari Folman’s The Congress and Sylvie Testud’s Another Woman’s Life. Upcoming productions include Rob and Ronan Burke’s Standby.
French-born Grumbach started out as a production manager in Luxembourg, before working as a producer for Paul Thiltges Distributions. His consortium-backed acquisition of Bac Films comes six years after its founder Jean Labadie was ousted as managing director of the company by the majority shareholder Millimages
Labadie originally created Bac in 1986, floating the company in 2000 under the Bac Majestic banner. Animation house Millimages took over as the majority shareholder in 2004, after the company over-diversified and hit financial problems.
Recent and upcoming releases include Oggy and the Cockroaches, Northwest and Human Capital.
Exemplary of the wide range of programming being sold by international sales agents today, Bac is offering coproductions from France-Belgium-Luxembourg (The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears), France-Italy (Human Capital), Iceland-Denmark (Fusi), Sweden-Norway (The Quiet Roar) and a script in French only, from France starring Ludivine Sagnier entitled Fool Circle.
This month prolific producer David Grumbach acquired Bac films with the backing of a consortium of French and European investors. Previously a subsidiary of the publicly traded Bac Majestic which was majority owned by the animation house Millimages, it will now independently control Bac Films Distribution, the Bac brands and the exclusive right to sell the Bac back catalogue. Bac Films Distribution currently controls a 0.45% stake in the French market.
Grumbach's production companies Juliette Film and Jaya Productions will continue to operate as he becomes CEO. Eric Chinchon, a Luxembourg-based business structuring and financing specialist, will act as CFO.
Grumbach said he intended to grow the company in the direction of “a full service European mini major capable of intervening in the entire process of a film’s creation.”
To that end, Bac will board international projects at an earlier stage and have a strong presence throughout development, financing, production and distribution.
Bac’s managing director, Mathieu Robinet will remain in place, overseeing the core activities of acquisition and theatrical, TV, DVD and VOD distribution, international sales and production.
There will be no changes to the current distribution and sales teams. Head of Sales, Gilles Sousa has spearheaded the expansion of the sales line-up since his arrival in 2011. Recent pictures on the slate Human Capital, The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, The Quiet Roar and Ardor.
Grumbach’s recent co-production credits include Ari Folman’s The Congress and Sylvie Testud’s Another Woman’s Life. Upcoming productions include Rob and Ronan Burke’s Standby.
French-born Grumbach started out as a production manager in Luxembourg, before working as a producer for Paul Thiltges Distributions. His consortium-backed acquisition of Bac Films comes six years after its founder Jean Labadie was ousted as managing director of the company by the majority shareholder Millimages
Labadie originally created Bac in 1986, floating the company in 2000 under the Bac Majestic banner. Animation house Millimages took over as the majority shareholder in 2004, after the company over-diversified and hit financial problems.
Recent and upcoming releases include Oggy and the Cockroaches, Northwest and Human Capital.
- 11/7/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Company set to boost production and film financing activities under new ownership.
Paris-based Bac Films has been acquired by producer David Grumbach, backed by a consortium of French and European investors.
The independent distributor and sales outfit was previously a subsidiary of publicly traded company Bac Majestic, which is majority controlled by animation house Millimages.
Under the deal, Grumbach, who already runs production companies Juliette Films and Jaya Productions, will become CEO.
Eric Chinchon, a Luxembourg-based business structuring and financing specialist, will act as CFO.
Mathieu Robinet will remain in place as Bac’s managing director, overseeing the core activities of acquisition and theatrical, TV, DVD and VOD distribution, international sales and production.
There will be no changes to the current distribution and sales teams.
It will be business as usual for the international sales chief Gilles Sousa and his team at the Afm this year. Sousa has spearheaded the expansion of the sales line-up since his arrival...
Paris-based Bac Films has been acquired by producer David Grumbach, backed by a consortium of French and European investors.
The independent distributor and sales outfit was previously a subsidiary of publicly traded company Bac Majestic, which is majority controlled by animation house Millimages.
Under the deal, Grumbach, who already runs production companies Juliette Films and Jaya Productions, will become CEO.
Eric Chinchon, a Luxembourg-based business structuring and financing specialist, will act as CFO.
Mathieu Robinet will remain in place as Bac’s managing director, overseeing the core activities of acquisition and theatrical, TV, DVD and VOD distribution, international sales and production.
There will be no changes to the current distribution and sales teams.
It will be business as usual for the international sales chief Gilles Sousa and his team at the Afm this year. Sousa has spearheaded the expansion of the sales line-up since his arrival...
- 10/21/2013
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion has special programs highlighting talent in Berlin (Shooting Stars), a Producer Lab in Toronto, 10 Directors to Watch at Karlovy Vary, European Directors at Busan and a great networking party at Afm. For 14 years Efp has hosted Producers on the Move in Cannes. This year 29 producers from 29 different European countries will take part in the event from 18 to 21 May, 2013. The Republic of Kosovo* and Montenegro will both be represented for the first time this year with a producer. These are the producers who set the ball rolling on projects, forge coalitions and conjure up a film out of an idea. Film producers are increasingly looking past their national borders. In order to facilitate an exchange with similarly ambitious colleagues from other European countries and showcase their range of achievements, European Film Promotion (Efp) offers a platform for networking to carefully selected producers. 12 of the 29 producers are women ♀.
Looking back at the 2012 edition of Producers on the Move, almost all of the producers are still in contact with one another to follow up on ideas. 17 from last year's 25 participants (68%) are already working on 15 co-productions.
The group of former participants includes such internationally known and award-winning producers as Ada Solomon from Romania (Child's Pose), Bettina Brokemper from Germany (Bal), Louise Vesth from Denmark (Melancholia) and Siniša Juričić from Croatia (Sofia’s Last Ambulance).
Scheduled during the Cannes International Film Festival, the program provides its participants with an additional visibility they get at this melting pot for filmmakers, sales agents, financiers and the international media. Producers On The Move's schedule with pitching sessions, one-on-one speed-dating meetings and various opportunities to build up business relationships and to exchange knowledge enables the selected filmmakers to return home with advanced film projects and, sometimes, with a co-production deal. At the Producers' Lunch, they can, moreover, get in contact with participants from previous years.
The participants have already realized joint European film projects which were noticed on the international radar, but they still are on their way to becoming international players. Many of them produced feature films as well as documentaries, and some are additionally active in the field of animation films.
For the fourth time, Efp will be cooperating for Producers On The Move with the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages.
The following producers were selected by Efp member organizations from their respective countries:
Belgium
Anton Iffland Stettner, Need Productions
i.e. Home by Ursula Meier ♀
selected by Wallonie Bruxelles Image
Bulgaria
Konstantin Bojanov, Argentum Lux Films
i.e. Avé by Konstantin Bojanov
selected by the Bulgarian National Film Centre
Croatia
Zdenka Gold, ♀ Spiritus Movens Production
i.e. A Stranger by Bobo Jelčić
selected by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Czech Republic
Viktor Tauš, Fog’n’Desire Films
i.e. House by Zuzana Liová
selected by the Czech Film Center
Denmark
Mikael Chr. Rieks, Nordisk Film Production
i.e. A Funny Man by Martin Zandvliet
selected by The Danish Film Institute
Estonia
Kiur Aarma, Traumfabrik
i.e. Disco & Atomic War by Jaak Kilmi & Kiur Aarma
selected by Baltic Films
Finland
Jussi Rantamäki, Aamu Filmcompany
i.e. The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
selected by the Finnish Film Foundation
France
Mathieu Robinet, Révérence
i.e. Love is in the Air by Alexandre Castagnetti
selected by Unifrance films
Georgia
Zaza Rusadze, Zazarfilm
i.e. A Fold in my Blanket by Zaza Rusadze
selected by the Georgian National Film Center
Germany
Jochen Laube, teamWorx Ludwigsburg
i.e. Five Years by Stefan Schaller
selected by German Films
Greece
Giorgos Karnavas, Heretic
i.e. Boy Eating The Bird’s Food by Ektoras Lygizos
selected by the Greek Film Centre
Hungary
Andrea Taschler, ♀ Mirage Film Studio
i.e. Bibliothèque Pascal by Szabolcs Hajdu
selected by Magyar Filmunió / Hungarian National Film Fund
Iceland
Thorkell Hardarson, Markell Productions
i.e. Feathered Cocaine by Thorkell Hardarson & Örn Marinó Arnarson
selected by the Icelandic Fim Centre
Ireland
Conor Barry, Sp Films
i.e. Love Eternal by Brendan Muldowney
selected by the Irish Film Board
Italy
Viola Prestieri, Buena Onda
i.e. The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino ♀
selected by Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Republic of Kosovo*
Valon Jakupaj, Gegnia Film
i.e. Adventures of Santa Clause by Valon Jakupaj
selected by the Kosova Cinematography Center
Luxembourg
Gilles Chanial, Red Lion
i.e. Le goût des myrtilles by Thomas de Thier
selected by Film Fund Luxembourg
Fyr of Macedonia
Labina Mitevska, ♀ Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production
i.e. The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears by Teona Mitevska ♀
selected by Macedonian Film Fund
Montenegro
Sehad Čekić, Cut-Up Production
i.e. The Ascent by Neminja Becanovic
selected by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
The Netherlands
Marleen Slot, ♀ Viking Film
i.e. Zurich by Sacha Polak ♀
selected by Eye International / Netherlands
Norway
Hans-Jørgen Osnes, Motlys
i.e. Oslo, August 31st by Joachim Trier
selected by the Norwegian Film Institute
Poland
Agnieszka Kurzydło, ♀ MD 4
i.e. In The Name Of by Małgośka Szumowska ♀
selected by the Polish Film Institute
Portugal
João Matos, Terratreme filmes
i.e. Lacrau by João Vladimiro
selected by Ica I.P. / Portugal
Romania
Anca Puiu, ♀ Mandragora
i.e. Rocker by Marian Crisan ♀
selected by the Romanian Film Promotion
Slovak Republic
Mira Fornay, ♀ Mirafox
i.e. My Dog Killer by Mira Fornay ♀
selected by Slovak Film Institute
Spain
María Zamora, ♀ Avalon P.C.
i.e. Todos están muertos by Beatriz Sanchis ♀
selected by Icaa / Spain
Sweden
Erika Wasserman, ♀ Idyll
i.e. Avalon by Axel Petersén
selected by the Swedish Film Institute
Switzerland
Joëlle Bertossa, ♀ Close Up Film
i.e. Body by Halima Ouardiri ♀
selected by Swiss Films
United Kingdom
Andrea Cornwell, ♀ Lobo Films Ltd
i.e. The Last Days On Mars by Ruairi Robinson ♀
selected by the British Council...
Looking back at the 2012 edition of Producers on the Move, almost all of the producers are still in contact with one another to follow up on ideas. 17 from last year's 25 participants (68%) are already working on 15 co-productions.
The group of former participants includes such internationally known and award-winning producers as Ada Solomon from Romania (Child's Pose), Bettina Brokemper from Germany (Bal), Louise Vesth from Denmark (Melancholia) and Siniša Juričić from Croatia (Sofia’s Last Ambulance).
Scheduled during the Cannes International Film Festival, the program provides its participants with an additional visibility they get at this melting pot for filmmakers, sales agents, financiers and the international media. Producers On The Move's schedule with pitching sessions, one-on-one speed-dating meetings and various opportunities to build up business relationships and to exchange knowledge enables the selected filmmakers to return home with advanced film projects and, sometimes, with a co-production deal. At the Producers' Lunch, they can, moreover, get in contact with participants from previous years.
The participants have already realized joint European film projects which were noticed on the international radar, but they still are on their way to becoming international players. Many of them produced feature films as well as documentaries, and some are additionally active in the field of animation films.
For the fourth time, Efp will be cooperating for Producers On The Move with the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages.
The following producers were selected by Efp member organizations from their respective countries:
Belgium
Anton Iffland Stettner, Need Productions
i.e. Home by Ursula Meier ♀
selected by Wallonie Bruxelles Image
Bulgaria
Konstantin Bojanov, Argentum Lux Films
i.e. Avé by Konstantin Bojanov
selected by the Bulgarian National Film Centre
Croatia
Zdenka Gold, ♀ Spiritus Movens Production
i.e. A Stranger by Bobo Jelčić
selected by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Czech Republic
Viktor Tauš, Fog’n’Desire Films
i.e. House by Zuzana Liová
selected by the Czech Film Center
Denmark
Mikael Chr. Rieks, Nordisk Film Production
i.e. A Funny Man by Martin Zandvliet
selected by The Danish Film Institute
Estonia
Kiur Aarma, Traumfabrik
i.e. Disco & Atomic War by Jaak Kilmi & Kiur Aarma
selected by Baltic Films
Finland
Jussi Rantamäki, Aamu Filmcompany
i.e. The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
selected by the Finnish Film Foundation
France
Mathieu Robinet, Révérence
i.e. Love is in the Air by Alexandre Castagnetti
selected by Unifrance films
Georgia
Zaza Rusadze, Zazarfilm
i.e. A Fold in my Blanket by Zaza Rusadze
selected by the Georgian National Film Center
Germany
Jochen Laube, teamWorx Ludwigsburg
i.e. Five Years by Stefan Schaller
selected by German Films
Greece
Giorgos Karnavas, Heretic
i.e. Boy Eating The Bird’s Food by Ektoras Lygizos
selected by the Greek Film Centre
Hungary
Andrea Taschler, ♀ Mirage Film Studio
i.e. Bibliothèque Pascal by Szabolcs Hajdu
selected by Magyar Filmunió / Hungarian National Film Fund
Iceland
Thorkell Hardarson, Markell Productions
i.e. Feathered Cocaine by Thorkell Hardarson & Örn Marinó Arnarson
selected by the Icelandic Fim Centre
Ireland
Conor Barry, Sp Films
i.e. Love Eternal by Brendan Muldowney
selected by the Irish Film Board
Italy
Viola Prestieri, Buena Onda
i.e. The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino ♀
selected by Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Republic of Kosovo*
Valon Jakupaj, Gegnia Film
i.e. Adventures of Santa Clause by Valon Jakupaj
selected by the Kosova Cinematography Center
Luxembourg
Gilles Chanial, Red Lion
i.e. Le goût des myrtilles by Thomas de Thier
selected by Film Fund Luxembourg
Fyr of Macedonia
Labina Mitevska, ♀ Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production
i.e. The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears by Teona Mitevska ♀
selected by Macedonian Film Fund
Montenegro
Sehad Čekić, Cut-Up Production
i.e. The Ascent by Neminja Becanovic
selected by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
The Netherlands
Marleen Slot, ♀ Viking Film
i.e. Zurich by Sacha Polak ♀
selected by Eye International / Netherlands
Norway
Hans-Jørgen Osnes, Motlys
i.e. Oslo, August 31st by Joachim Trier
selected by the Norwegian Film Institute
Poland
Agnieszka Kurzydło, ♀ MD 4
i.e. In The Name Of by Małgośka Szumowska ♀
selected by the Polish Film Institute
Portugal
João Matos, Terratreme filmes
i.e. Lacrau by João Vladimiro
selected by Ica I.P. / Portugal
Romania
Anca Puiu, ♀ Mandragora
i.e. Rocker by Marian Crisan ♀
selected by the Romanian Film Promotion
Slovak Republic
Mira Fornay, ♀ Mirafox
i.e. My Dog Killer by Mira Fornay ♀
selected by Slovak Film Institute
Spain
María Zamora, ♀ Avalon P.C.
i.e. Todos están muertos by Beatriz Sanchis ♀
selected by Icaa / Spain
Sweden
Erika Wasserman, ♀ Idyll
i.e. Avalon by Axel Petersén
selected by the Swedish Film Institute
Switzerland
Joëlle Bertossa, ♀ Close Up Film
i.e. Body by Halima Ouardiri ♀
selected by Swiss Films
United Kingdom
Andrea Cornwell, ♀ Lobo Films Ltd
i.e. The Last Days On Mars by Ruairi Robinson ♀
selected by the British Council...
- 4/26/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
'Paris, I'll Kill You' is a much hyped upcoming horror anthology which will feature nearly a dozen of the greatest international horror movie directors of our day.
Check out the cast and director information below along with the teaser poster one sheet for the production below.
The cast of directors includes Joe Dante (Gremlins), Paco Plaza ([Rec]) Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Xavier Gens (Hitman) & Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train). Also, Christopher Smith (Creep), French duo Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo (Inside), German music video director Joern Heitmann will direct segments with a twisted look at the City of Love.
Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce with Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton of K5 Film.
Check out the cast and director information below along with the teaser poster one sheet for the production below.
The cast of directors includes Joe Dante (Gremlins), Paco Plaza ([Rec]) Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Xavier Gens (Hitman) & Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train). Also, Christopher Smith (Creep), French duo Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo (Inside), German music video director Joern Heitmann will direct segments with a twisted look at the City of Love.
Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce with Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton of K5 Film.
- 11/5/2010
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Paris, I'll Kill You is a highly anticipated horror anthology that is featuring nearly a dozen of the greatest international horror movie directors. From the latest reports from the ongoing American Film Market we get a look at the brand new international one-sheet poster for the film....
The cast of directors includes Joe Dante (Germlins), Paco Plaza ([Rec]) Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Xavier Gens (Hitman) & Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train). Also, Christopher Smith (Creep), French duo Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo (Inside), German music video director Joern Heitmann will direct segments with a twisted look at the City of Love.
Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce with Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton of K5 Film.
Feast on the one-sheet below:
Source: Twitch
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
The cast of directors includes Joe Dante (Germlins), Paco Plaza ([Rec]) Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Xavier Gens (Hitman) & Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train). Also, Christopher Smith (Creep), French duo Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo (Inside), German music video director Joern Heitmann will direct segments with a twisted look at the City of Love.
Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce with Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton of K5 Film.
Feast on the one-sheet below:
Source: Twitch
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
- 11/5/2010
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
Several high profile genre directors have signed on for the thriller spoof and potential franchise launcher "Paris I'll Kill You" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Joe Dante ("The Hole," "Gremlins"), Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo ("Inside"), Xavier Gens ("Hitman," "Frontière(s)"), Christopher Smith ("Creep," "Severance"), Paco Plaza ("[Rec]"), Vincenzo Natali ("Splice"), Ryûhei Kitamura ("Midnight Meat Train") and Joern Heitmann will film a total of ten ten-minute segments for the anthology feature.
The film mimics the structure of, and hopes to follow the success of "Paris, je t'aime", the romance anthology feature which led to plans for a franchise with each entry set around a different city - New York, Shanghai and Jerusalem thus far are planned.
'Kill' will look at the "seedy underbelly" in the City of Love, and if successful will similarly set subsequent films in different cities around the globe. Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet will produce.
Joe Dante ("The Hole," "Gremlins"), Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo ("Inside"), Xavier Gens ("Hitman," "Frontière(s)"), Christopher Smith ("Creep," "Severance"), Paco Plaza ("[Rec]"), Vincenzo Natali ("Splice"), Ryûhei Kitamura ("Midnight Meat Train") and Joern Heitmann will film a total of ten ten-minute segments for the anthology feature.
The film mimics the structure of, and hopes to follow the success of "Paris, je t'aime", the romance anthology feature which led to plans for a franchise with each entry set around a different city - New York, Shanghai and Jerusalem thus far are planned.
'Kill' will look at the "seedy underbelly" in the City of Love, and if successful will similarly set subsequent films in different cities around the globe. Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet will produce.
- 10/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Horror anthology films used to be a common sight in Us theaters with films like Creepshow, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Cat’s Eye, and others scaring and entertaining audiences with short tales of terror, but somewhere along the line they disappeared. Asian filmmakers still crank them out (ex. Phobia, Three Extremes), but Us audiences have been unable to catch one in theaters for many years now. Trick ‘r’ Treat came close… but we all know how that turned out. Well things may be about to change for the better… Paris, I Kill You is scheduled for production next year, and the film will consist of ten story segments exploring the horrific underbelly of the city of love. Several directors have already signed on including Joe Dante (Gremlins), Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury (Inside), Xavier Gens (Frontiers), Joern Heitmann (Rammstein), Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train), Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Paco Plaza (Rec), and Christopher Smith (Severance). Spanning the gamut of...
- 10/29/2010
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
This sounds too good to be true. THR reports that a new anthology horror project is coming together called Paris, I'll Kill You, spoofing the anthology flick Paris, Je T'aime. The best part about it is the line-up of filmmakers they've gathered: genre masters Joe Dante (Germlins), Paco Plaza ([Rec]) Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Xavier Gens (Hitman) & Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train). Additionally, Christopher Smith (Creep), French duo Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo (Inside), German music video director Joern Heitmann will direct segments of the film, described as a look at the seedy underbelly of the city of love. Instinctive Film and Reverence are producing Paris, I'll Kill You with Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet. The film is being produced independently and sold at various upcoming film markets, so we expect to see this hit a festival before it arrives in theaters. The producers are pitching Paris, I'll Kill You as ...
- 10/28/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
What do the directors of Gremlins, Splice, Inside, Versus, Frontier(s), [Rec], Tokio Hotel, and Black Death have in common? They have all joined forces for upcoming horror anthology Paris, I Kill You. A horrific response to Paris, I Love You, the film gathers a host of the world's leading horror talents for a ten part anthology film. Here's the official word:
Los Angeles (October 28) - K5 International the sales division of K5 Media Group (www.k5mediagroup.com) today announced that it will be handling all international sales on forthcoming horror portmanteau Paris I'll Kill You and is going to pre-sell the title at the upcoming Afm market. Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet from Instinctive Film and Reverence are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce alongside Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton from K5 Film.
Set for production in Spring/Summer 2011 Paris I´LL Kill You will comprise ten...
Los Angeles (October 28) - K5 International the sales division of K5 Media Group (www.k5mediagroup.com) today announced that it will be handling all international sales on forthcoming horror portmanteau Paris I'll Kill You and is going to pre-sell the title at the upcoming Afm market. Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet from Instinctive Film and Reverence are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce alongside Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton from K5 Film.
Set for production in Spring/Summer 2011 Paris I´LL Kill You will comprise ten...
- 10/28/2010
- Screen Anarchy
What do the directors of Gremlins, Splice, Inside, Versus, Frontier(s), [Rec], Tokio Hotel, and Black Death have in common? They have all joined forces for upcoming horror anthology Paris, I Kill You. A horrific response to Paris, I Love You, the film gathers a host of the world's leading horror talents for a ten part anthology film. Here's the official word:
Los Angeles (October 28) - K5 International the sales division of K5 Media Group (www.k5mediagroup.com) today announced that it will be handling all international sales on forthcoming horror portmanteau Paris I'll Kill You and is going to pre-sell the title at the upcoming Afm market. Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet from Instinctive Film and Reverence are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce alongside Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton from K5 Film.
Set for production in Spring/Summer 2011 Paris I´LL Kill You will comprise ten...
Los Angeles (October 28) - K5 International the sales division of K5 Media Group (www.k5mediagroup.com) today announced that it will be handling all international sales on forthcoming horror portmanteau Paris I'll Kill You and is going to pre-sell the title at the upcoming Afm market. Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet from Instinctive Film and Reverence are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce alongside Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton from K5 Film.
Set for production in Spring/Summer 2011 Paris I´LL Kill You will comprise ten...
- 10/28/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Ah Paris. The city of lights. Romance in the air. Fresh baked goods. Wine. Eiffel Tower. Murder? What do names Joe Dante (with whom we recently spoke to), Paco Plaza, Vincenzo Natali, Xavier Gens, Christopher Smith, Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (see pic above), German music video helmer Joern Heitmann and Ryuhei Kitamura all have in common? Producers Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet are getting ready to (easily) sell the short film collective going by the title of Paris I'll Kill You (an obvious play with the title Paris, I Love You) and have set the seven above filmmakers/filmmaker teams on Paris Iku. Chris Ouwinga will executive producer with K5 Film's Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton. Gist: Inspired by "Paris, je t'aime", this is a horror omnibus described as a look at the seedy underbelly of the city of love. Producers could easily follow along in...
- 10/28/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
In a bid to resurrect the horror anthology, a cadre of genre directors have signed on to helm segments of Paris, I’ll Kill You, a playful and bloody spin on the art house love fest Paris, je t’aime.
THR reports the project, which is being produced by Instinctive Film and Reverence, will feature shorts by Joe Dante (Gremlins), Paco Plaza ([Rec]) Vincenzo Natali (Splice) who helmed the vampire piece, “Quartier de la Madeleine” of Paris, je t’aime [see below], Xavier Gens (Hitman), Ryuhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train), Christopher Smith (Triangle), the directing duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (A L’Interieur) and German music video director Joern Heitmann.
While anthologies are always hit or miss by nature, this mix of directors has me optimistic as several of them have helmed enjoyable movies that challenged the boundaries of the horror genre. Dante’s directed fun flicks that blend comedy and horror in the suburbs,...
THR reports the project, which is being produced by Instinctive Film and Reverence, will feature shorts by Joe Dante (Gremlins), Paco Plaza ([Rec]) Vincenzo Natali (Splice) who helmed the vampire piece, “Quartier de la Madeleine” of Paris, je t’aime [see below], Xavier Gens (Hitman), Ryuhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train), Christopher Smith (Triangle), the directing duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (A L’Interieur) and German music video director Joern Heitmann.
While anthologies are always hit or miss by nature, this mix of directors has me optimistic as several of them have helmed enjoyable movies that challenged the boundaries of the horror genre. Dante’s directed fun flicks that blend comedy and horror in the suburbs,...
- 10/28/2010
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Berlin-based Instinctive Film's Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet of French company Reverence will produce "Paris I'll Kill You." Also on board is K5 International, for the horror anthology promising to turn Paris, the city of love into the city of death. Filming is set to start next Spring in Paris and consists of 10 story segments of leading horror figures including Joe Dante, Vincenzo Natalie ("Splice"), Xavier Gens ("Hitman"), Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo ("A l'interieur"), Ryuhei Kitamura ("Midnight Meat Train"), Paco Plaza "[Rec]" and "[Rec] 2"), Christopher Smith ("Black Death") and Joern Heitmann. According to Variety, the buffet of talented directors will offer a twisted look at Paris and its seedy underbelly with the interconnected stories ranging from fantasy and suspense to horror.
- 10/28/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Hollywood Reporter says that Joe Dante ( Gremlins ), Paco Plaza ( [Rec] ), Vincenzo Natali ( Splice ), Xavier Gens ( Hitman ) and Ryuhei Kitamura ( The Midnight Meat Train ) will direct segments of new horror spoof Paris I'll Kill You , which is a play on the 2006 romance Paris, je t'aime . Christopher Smith ( Creep ), Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo ( A L'Interieur ), and Joern Heitmann will also helm segments of the project, produced by Instinctive Film and Reverence. Darryn Welch and Mathieu Robinet are producing. Chris Ouwinga will executive produce with Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Carl Clifton of K5 Film.
- 10/28/2010
- Comingsoon.net
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