UTA Independent Film Group handles US rights.
Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales on the feel-good comedy and Tribeca selection Peace By Chocolate and has launched EFM talks with buyers this week.
Jonathan Keijser (What Would Beethoven Do?) directed the film from Magnetic North Pictures about a Syrian refugee in Canada who aspires to be a doctor and is torn by his chocolatier father’s wish to help him rebuild the family business. Hatem Ali, Ayham Abou Ammar, Yara Sabri and Mark Camacho star.
Keijser produced alongside Catherine Léger, whose Babysitter premiered at Sundance last month, Martin Paul-Hus and Kathy Wolf.
Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales on the feel-good comedy and Tribeca selection Peace By Chocolate and has launched EFM talks with buyers this week.
Jonathan Keijser (What Would Beethoven Do?) directed the film from Magnetic North Pictures about a Syrian refugee in Canada who aspires to be a doctor and is torn by his chocolatier father’s wish to help him rebuild the family business. Hatem Ali, Ayham Abou Ammar, Yara Sabri and Mark Camacho star.
Keijser produced alongside Catherine Léger, whose Babysitter premiered at Sundance last month, Martin Paul-Hus and Kathy Wolf.
- 2/8/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
It’ll be a truly international Midnight section for 2022 with the half dozen offerings. We got representation from Spain and Carlota Pereda’s Piggy, Denmark in Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil, Finland’s Hanna Bergholm (Hatching), the United Kingdom’s Dylan Southern & Will Lovelace (Meet Me In The Bathroom), Canada’s Monia Chokri (Babysitter) and will be opening with the unique American offering with Mimi Cave’s Fresh which stars Daisy Edgar-Jones opposite Sebastian Stan.
Babysitter / Canada
(Director: Monia Chokri, Screenwriter: Catherine Léger, Producers: Martin Paul-Hus, Catherine Léger, Pierre-Marcel Blanchot, Fabrice Lambot) — After a sexist joke goes viral, Cédric loses his job and embarks on a therapeutic journey to free himself from sexism and misogyny.…...
Babysitter / Canada
(Director: Monia Chokri, Screenwriter: Catherine Léger, Producers: Martin Paul-Hus, Catherine Léger, Pierre-Marcel Blanchot, Fabrice Lambot) — After a sexist joke goes viral, Cédric loses his job and embarks on a therapeutic journey to free himself from sexism and misogyny.…...
- 12/9/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Uplifting refugee drama “Peace by Chocolate,” which marks the last film starring late great Syrian actor and director Hatem Ali, is set to world premiere at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival.
UTA Independent Film Group will be handling world sales on the English-language pic, which is directed by Canadian first-timer Jonathan Keijser and will bow as part of the fest’s online Tribeca at Home presentations announced today.
“Peace by Chocolate” is based on the true story of Tareq Hadhad who fled from war-torn Syria with his family and founded a now booming chocolate business in Canada called Peace by Chocolate.
The protag’s father is played by Hatem Ali, who passed away prematurely last December at 58. Ali was known across the Arab world as both an actor and the influential director of political TV dramas such as “The Long Night,” about three dissidents released from a Syrian prison after 20 years of incarceration.
UTA Independent Film Group will be handling world sales on the English-language pic, which is directed by Canadian first-timer Jonathan Keijser and will bow as part of the fest’s online Tribeca at Home presentations announced today.
“Peace by Chocolate” is based on the true story of Tareq Hadhad who fled from war-torn Syria with his family and founded a now booming chocolate business in Canada called Peace by Chocolate.
The protag’s father is played by Hatem Ali, who passed away prematurely last December at 58. Ali was known across the Arab world as both an actor and the influential director of political TV dramas such as “The Long Night,” about three dissidents released from a Syrian prison after 20 years of incarceration.
- 5/3/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Late last month we learned that Monia Chokri has found her quartet of players for her sophomore feature film set to begin production this summer. With Baby-sitter, Chokri cast herself, Patrick Hivon (her second outing with the actor), Steve Laplante and French actress Nadia Tereszkiewicz (from Dennis Berry’s 2018 title Sauvages and last year’s Venice entry Only the Animals by Dominik Moll (read review). d’Amérique Film’s Martin Paul-Hus and Phase 4 Productions’ Fabrice Lambot are producing. Chokri’s celebrated debut film was the Un Certain Regard winning La femme de mon frère (A Brother’s Love).
Gist: Based on the play by Catherine Léger, this is about a recently unemployed man who repents by writing a book of apologies to women in his former workplace.…...
Gist: Based on the play by Catherine Léger, this is about a recently unemployed man who repents by writing a book of apologies to women in his former workplace.…...
- 3/3/2020
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Talks to continue on Behold My Heart, Madeline’s Madeline.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films heads to the Croisette with a sales slate that encompasses SXSW selection 1985, Tribeca entries Maine and Slut In A Good Way, and documentary City Of Joel, among others.
Kampe and his team will continue talks on Behold My Heart starring Marisa Tomei, and Sundance and Berlinale selection Madeline’s Madeline.
1985 (pictured) stars Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Michael Chiklis, and Jamie Chung and follows a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis.
Burdened...
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films heads to the Croisette with a sales slate that encompasses SXSW selection 1985, Tribeca entries Maine and Slut In A Good Way, and documentary City Of Joel, among others.
Kampe and his team will continue talks on Behold My Heart starring Marisa Tomei, and Sundance and Berlinale selection Madeline’s Madeline.
1985 (pictured) stars Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Michael Chiklis, and Jamie Chung and follows a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis.
Burdened...
- 5/4/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Oscilloscope picks up SXSW premiere.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired Us rights to Pat Collins’ Ireland-Canada drama Song Of Granite.
The movie, which follows Irish singer Joe Heaney, was directed and co-written by Collins and premiered earlier this year at SXSW in the Us.
It was co-produced by Amérique Film, Marcie Films Limited and Roads Entertainment, and producers are Alan Maher and Jessie Fisk alongside Martin Paul-Hus. Maher struck the deal with Oscilloscope’s Dan Berger.
“I have long been an admirer of Oscilloscope’s exceptional library of titles and am delighted to be working with Dan and his team on Song Of Granite,” said Collins.
Oscilloscope’s Berger added: “Pat’s unique and genre-defying telling of Joe’s story is all at once informative, engaging, and formally inventive.
“Towing the line between fiction and documentary we get a new and fascinating insight into a man little-known but highly-deserving.”
Oscilloscope will open the film theatrically later this year...
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired Us rights to Pat Collins’ Ireland-Canada drama Song Of Granite.
The movie, which follows Irish singer Joe Heaney, was directed and co-written by Collins and premiered earlier this year at SXSW in the Us.
It was co-produced by Amérique Film, Marcie Films Limited and Roads Entertainment, and producers are Alan Maher and Jessie Fisk alongside Martin Paul-Hus. Maher struck the deal with Oscilloscope’s Dan Berger.
“I have long been an admirer of Oscilloscope’s exceptional library of titles and am delighted to be working with Dan and his team on Song Of Granite,” said Collins.
Oscilloscope’s Berger added: “Pat’s unique and genre-defying telling of Joe’s story is all at once informative, engaging, and formally inventive.
“Towing the line between fiction and documentary we get a new and fascinating insight into a man little-known but highly-deserving.”
Oscilloscope will open the film theatrically later this year...
- 5/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Dublin-based Roads Entertainment readies Trade and Pat Collins biopic Song Of Granite.
BAFTA-nominated director Hong Khaou (Lilting) is newly attached to direct drama Trade, written by Garage and Adam & Paul screenwriter Mark O’Halloran.
Dublin-based Roads Entertainment (Being AP) is producing Trade, about a young man searching for stability in the wake of his father’s death.
Shoot is due to get underway later this year on the project, adapted from O’Halloran’s play of the same name. Development was supported by the Irish Film Board (Ifb) and Roads’ facility Portico Development Fund.
Khaou’s 2014 debut Lilting, starring Ben Whishaw, debuted at Sundance and played at a number of international festivals before being released in the UK by Artificial Eye.
O’Halloran, who is also an actor and collaborated with Lenny Abrahamson (Room) on Garage and Adam & Paul, most recently scripted Paddy Breathnach’s 2015 drama, Viva.
Song Of Granite
Next up for Roads Entertainment, the company...
BAFTA-nominated director Hong Khaou (Lilting) is newly attached to direct drama Trade, written by Garage and Adam & Paul screenwriter Mark O’Halloran.
Dublin-based Roads Entertainment (Being AP) is producing Trade, about a young man searching for stability in the wake of his father’s death.
Shoot is due to get underway later this year on the project, adapted from O’Halloran’s play of the same name. Development was supported by the Irish Film Board (Ifb) and Roads’ facility Portico Development Fund.
Khaou’s 2014 debut Lilting, starring Ben Whishaw, debuted at Sundance and played at a number of international festivals before being released in the UK by Artificial Eye.
O’Halloran, who is also an actor and collaborated with Lenny Abrahamson (Room) on Garage and Adam & Paul, most recently scripted Paddy Breathnach’s 2015 drama, Viva.
Song Of Granite
Next up for Roads Entertainment, the company...
- 3/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Ryan Bonder’s crime thriller stars Anthony Head and Belinda Stewart-Wilson.
Kemistry Films, in association with Amerique Film, have completed production on The Brother.
Ryan Bonder’s crime thriller centres on a young man’s attempt to make a clean break from his arms-dealing family ties.
The film stars Anthony Head, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, Noemi Merlant, Tygh Runyan and Jed Rees. Bonder and Ron McLeod co-produce, with Martin Paul-Hus executive producing.
To tie in with its release (set for spring 2014), Bonder, DoP Brian Johnson and composer Marc Bjorknas will create an art installation that will travel with the film, working within themes contained in the story.
Commenting on the installation, Bonder said that “the idea is to create a secondary viewing experience that echoes themes in the film but work on a much less narrative level.”
The Brother, a Canadian production funded by Telefilm Canada, was shot entirely in London. Finance also came from Super Channel who hold...
Kemistry Films, in association with Amerique Film, have completed production on The Brother.
Ryan Bonder’s crime thriller centres on a young man’s attempt to make a clean break from his arms-dealing family ties.
The film stars Anthony Head, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, Noemi Merlant, Tygh Runyan and Jed Rees. Bonder and Ron McLeod co-produce, with Martin Paul-Hus executive producing.
To tie in with its release (set for spring 2014), Bonder, DoP Brian Johnson and composer Marc Bjorknas will create an art installation that will travel with the film, working within themes contained in the story.
Commenting on the installation, Bonder said that “the idea is to create a secondary viewing experience that echoes themes in the film but work on a much less narrative level.”
The Brother, a Canadian production funded by Telefilm Canada, was shot entirely in London. Finance also came from Super Channel who hold...
- 1/7/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales company has come on board to handle international sales excluding Canada ahead of the Toronto world premiere.
Wiebke von Carolsfeld’s Canada-Ireland drama stars Taylor Schilling and Aidan Quinn and charts a relationship between a young woman and a disgraced professor.
Stay filmed in Connemara and Montreal last summer. von Carolsfeld adapted the screenplay from Aislinn Hunter’s novel of the same name.
Martin Paul-Hus, David Collins, Andrew Boutilier and Martina Niland produced and eOne holds Canadian rights.
Visit Films’ current slate includes The Wait, Flex is Kings, Upstream Color and Exhibition.
Wiebke von Carolsfeld’s Canada-Ireland drama stars Taylor Schilling and Aidan Quinn and charts a relationship between a young woman and a disgraced professor.
Stay filmed in Connemara and Montreal last summer. von Carolsfeld adapted the screenplay from Aislinn Hunter’s novel of the same name.
Martin Paul-Hus, David Collins, Andrew Boutilier and Martina Niland produced and eOne holds Canadian rights.
Visit Films’ current slate includes The Wait, Flex is Kings, Upstream Color and Exhibition.
- 9/3/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
British director Nicolas Roeg ("Walkabout," "Don't Look Now") is developing "At Sunset," a First World War romance feature for Amérique Films.
The story revolves around an affair between a young, Yorkshire-born Army sniper and a late 40s wealthy, French landowner behind enemy lines.
Dan Weldon penned the script and Martin Paul-Hus will produce. One of France's top female actresses is being sought for the lead role.
Source: Screen Daily...
The story revolves around an affair between a young, Yorkshire-born Army sniper and a late 40s wealthy, French landowner behind enemy lines.
Dan Weldon penned the script and Martin Paul-Hus will produce. One of France's top female actresses is being sought for the lead role.
Source: Screen Daily...
- 3/21/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A couple of years ago, we put together a retrospective on the films of Nicolas Roeg, and what one could quickly glean is that his glory years were far behind. The filmmaker whose name graced iconic movies like "Performance," "Don't Look Now" and "The Man Who Feel To Earth" hasn't made a good film in a long, long time and his last effort, 2007's "Puffball" was a barely there release that quickly disappeared. But at 84 years old, it looks like Roeg is taking another shot. Screen Daily reveals that the director is developing "At Sunset" (formerly titled "The Sniper"), a Wwi romance. Penned by Dan Weldon ("Puffball"), producer Martin Paul-Hus tells the trade: “It’s the tale of a torrid affair between a woman in her late 40s, early 50s and a young lad from Yorkshire. She is a wealthy landowner, he is a former labourer on a big estate…...
- 3/20/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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