Julia Murat’s film is second from Brazil to win festival’s top honour.
The Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival’s 75th anniversary edition (August 3-13) has gone to Julia Murat’s Rule 34 (Regra 34), which had its world premiere in the Swiss festival’s international competition.
The award includes a cash prize of Chf 75,000 to be shared equally between the film’s director and producer.
Rule 34 is the story of a young law student whose sexual desires lead her into a world of violence and eroticism. It was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market and last year received...
The Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival’s 75th anniversary edition (August 3-13) has gone to Julia Murat’s Rule 34 (Regra 34), which had its world premiere in the Swiss festival’s international competition.
The award includes a cash prize of Chf 75,000 to be shared equally between the film’s director and producer.
Rule 34 is the story of a young law student whose sexual desires lead her into a world of violence and eroticism. It was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market and last year received...
- 8/13/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Italian critic Giona A. Nazzaro, artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival, has assembled what he defines as a “broad, diversified and inclusive program” for the 75th edition of the Swiss event, which will open with “Atomic Blonde” helmer David Leitch’s Brad Pitt-starrer “Bullet Train” screening on its 8,000-seat outdoor Piazza Grande.
The frothy U.S. action film is precisely the type of smart entertainment Nazzaro is becoming known for programming in this temple of European indie cinema, alongside smaller budget titles with more gravitas.
As always, the Locarno selection is a mix of potential discoveries from newcomers and works by known directors, including masters like Russia’s Alexander Sokurov, who is expected to make the trek to unveil his new work “Fairytale,” in competition. Nazzaro spoke to Variety the day after announcing his 2022 lineup about his selection criteria and why he decided not to boycott Sokurov despite...
The frothy U.S. action film is precisely the type of smart entertainment Nazzaro is becoming known for programming in this temple of European indie cinema, alongside smaller budget titles with more gravitas.
As always, the Locarno selection is a mix of potential discoveries from newcomers and works by known directors, including masters like Russia’s Alexander Sokurov, who is expected to make the trek to unveil his new work “Fairytale,” in competition. Nazzaro spoke to Variety the day after announcing his 2022 lineup about his selection criteria and why he decided not to boycott Sokurov despite...
- 7/7/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Anna Gutto‘s directorial debut Paradise Highway (starring Juliette Binoche), Blandine Lenoir‘s third feature Annie Colère (starring Laure Calamy), Kilian Riedhof’s sophomore film Vous n’aurez pas ma haine (with Pierre Deladonchamps), Olivia Newman‘s book to film sophomore film Where the Crawdads Sing and Thomas Hardiman‘s debut Medusa Deluxe – a murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing are part of the 75 edition of the Locarno Film Festival (August 3rd to the 13th). Here are the selections for the Piazza Grande, Concorso Cineasti del presente and Fuori concorso sections:
Piazza Grande
Alles ÜBER Martin Suter. Ausser Die Wahrheit.…...
Piazza Grande
Alles ÜBER Martin Suter. Ausser Die Wahrheit.…...
- 7/6/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Returning for its milestone 75th edition, Locarno Film Festival has now unveiled its full lineup. Taking place from August 3 through 13th, the selection includes Helena Wittmann’s Human Flowers of Flesh, Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s Une femme de notre temps, Aleksandr Sokurov’s Fairytale, Patricia Mazuy’s Bowling Saturne, Abbas Fahdel’s Tales of the Purple House, Ana Vaz’s It Is Night In America, Leon Prudovsky’s My Neighbor Adolf, a massive Douglas Sirk retrospective, and much more.
“The selection of films that we have put together, after watching and appraising over 3,000 titles (of every length and format), is intended to be the mark of a time and of a cinema in motion,” Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro said. “A historic time that is moving in multiple directions simultaneously, and a cinema that is probing the issues facing the world, and how to live in it re- sponsibly, sustainably. The...
“The selection of films that we have put together, after watching and appraising over 3,000 titles (of every length and format), is intended to be the mark of a time and of a cinema in motion,” Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro said. “A historic time that is moving in multiple directions simultaneously, and a cinema that is probing the issues facing the world, and how to live in it re- sponsibly, sustainably. The...
- 7/6/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Brücher piloted international promotions at Swiss Films and was a well-known figure on the festival and market circuit.
The Swiss and European film industry has paid tribute to film sales and marketing pioneer and veteran Francine Brücher, who died at the age of 77 in Munich after a long illness on May 6.
With her calm manner and sympathetic smile, Brücher was a well-known and much-liked figure on the festival and market circuit. She was best known in the latter part of her career for her work at Switzerland’s national cinema promotional body Swiss Films.
During her time at the agency...
The Swiss and European film industry has paid tribute to film sales and marketing pioneer and veteran Francine Brücher, who died at the age of 77 in Munich after a long illness on May 6.
With her calm manner and sympathetic smile, Brücher was a well-known and much-liked figure on the festival and market circuit. She was best known in the latter part of her career for her work at Switzerland’s national cinema promotional body Swiss Films.
During her time at the agency...
- 5/13/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Elefant
By Martin Suter (Switzerland)
The Swiss novelist and screenwriter looks at the dark side of genetic engineering in his latest. The plot seems to beg for an animated adaptation but is spun as a thriller: When a glowing pink mini elephant gets loose in Zurich, it is pursued by the evil geneticist who created it and a Burmese elephant whisperer who wants to protect it.
Adaptability:
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By Martin Suter (Switzerland)
The Swiss novelist and screenwriter looks at the dark side of genetic engineering in his latest. The plot seems to beg for an animated adaptation but is spun as a thriller: When a glowing pink mini elephant gets loose in Zurich, it is pursued by the evil geneticist who created it and a Burmese elephant whisperer who wants to protect it.
Adaptability:
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- 2/12/2017
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elisabeth Scharang’s Jack, Simon Jaquemet’s War (Chrieg) earmarked for local distribution.
German sales company Picture Tree International (Pti) is to expand into local theatrical distribution with two titles from its sales line-up: Swiss director Simon Jaquemet’s drama War (Chrieg) and Elisabeth Scharang’s Locarno debut Jack.
Picture Tree has set an April 28 release for War (Chrieg), which debuted at San Sebastian 2014 and screened at Berlin 2015, while Jack is set for release later in the year.
Speaking to ScreenDaily from Sundance at the weekend, Pti managing director Andreas Rothbauer discussed the push into local distribution.
“We initially want to gather some experience with a few of our sales titles provided they weren’t already licensed to a German distributor,” Rothbauer explained.
“World sales is our core business and, depending on this, we will decide which film might make sense for in-house distribution. However, as the German market is very competitive, I think that...
German sales company Picture Tree International (Pti) is to expand into local theatrical distribution with two titles from its sales line-up: Swiss director Simon Jaquemet’s drama War (Chrieg) and Elisabeth Scharang’s Locarno debut Jack.
Picture Tree has set an April 28 release for War (Chrieg), which debuted at San Sebastian 2014 and screened at Berlin 2015, while Jack is set for release later in the year.
Speaking to ScreenDaily from Sundance at the weekend, Pti managing director Andreas Rothbauer discussed the push into local distribution.
“We initially want to gather some experience with a few of our sales titles provided they weren’t already licensed to a German distributor,” Rothbauer explained.
“World sales is our core business and, depending on this, we will decide which film might make sense for in-house distribution. However, as the German market is very competitive, I think that...
- 1/25/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Tom Sommerlatte’s debut Summers Downstairs (Im Sommer wohnt er unten) was picked by the audience at this year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival (Sep 16-20) for the German Independence Award.
The French-German co-production, handled internationally by Arri Worldsales, premiered in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar in February, won Best Feature Film at the Achtung Berlin! festival in April, and was the opening film of Filmfest Schwerin in May.
There were double honours for Sommerlatte at the closing night gala on Sunday (Sep 20) when the nomination jury for the European Film Awards’ European Discovery - Prix Fipresci announced that Summers Downstairs had been chosen as one of five finalists.
The Seymour Cassel Award - in honour of one of Oldenburg’s aficianados - was shared this year for the first time between two actors: actress Sarah Silverman for her performance in I Smile Back and former European Shooting Star Nikola Rakočević for his role in...
The French-German co-production, handled internationally by Arri Worldsales, premiered in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar in February, won Best Feature Film at the Achtung Berlin! festival in April, and was the opening film of Filmfest Schwerin in May.
There were double honours for Sommerlatte at the closing night gala on Sunday (Sep 20) when the nomination jury for the European Film Awards’ European Discovery - Prix Fipresci announced that Summers Downstairs had been chosen as one of five finalists.
The Seymour Cassel Award - in honour of one of Oldenburg’s aficianados - was shared this year for the first time between two actors: actress Sarah Silverman for her performance in I Smile Back and former European Shooting Star Nikola Rakočević for his role in...
- 9/21/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Almost five years after premiering as the opening-night selection of the 2009 Zurich Film Festival, Alain Gsponer's Lila Lila is at last receiving theatrical exposure in the U.S. Judging by the mild but hardly noteworthy competence of the film itself, this development seems largely attributable to the fast-rising stock of German star Daniel Brühl, who has made a stateside splash in Inglourious Basterds, The Fifth Estate, and Ron Howard's Rush.
Adapted from a best-seller by Swiss author Martin Suter, Lila, Lila concerns David Kern (Brühl), a lonely waiter who concocts an enormous lie in order to woo the object of his affection, Marie (Hannah Herzsprung). After purchasing a night stand at a flea market, David finds a manuscript in the top ...
Adapted from a best-seller by Swiss author Martin Suter, Lila, Lila concerns David Kern (Brühl), a lonely waiter who concocts an enormous lie in order to woo the object of his affection, Marie (Hannah Herzsprung). After purchasing a night stand at a flea market, David finds a manuscript in the top ...
- 5/21/2014
- Village Voice
Kyle ChandlerVulture has the names of the first two cast members for the mysterious J.J. Abrams-Steven Spielberg collaboration Super 8. Kyle Chandler (TV's Friday Night Lights) and Elle Fanning, who will soon be seen starring in Sofia Coppola's Oscar-contender Somewhere, have been announced but no details were given about their roles. I didn't even really think about this until now, but the trailer for the film debuted some four months before any cast members were even announced. Now that's an interesting promotional strategy.
While out promoting I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck revealed in a radio interview that he's planning to reunite with his Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford director Andrew Dominick for an adaptation of a crime novel set in Boston. Here's the quote from Affleck: I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about it, but it's a Boston-based crime... It's based...
While out promoting I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck revealed in a radio interview that he's planning to reunite with his Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford director Andrew Dominick for an adaptation of a crime novel set in Boston. Here's the quote from Affleck: I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about it, but it's a Boston-based crime... It's based...
- 9/20/2010
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
The Oscar-nominated director of Downfall, Oliver Hirschbeigel, has signed on to direct the thriller The Dark Side of the Moon (Die dunkle Seite des Mondes) based on the novel by Swiss author Martin Suter.
At this moment, still no word about the possible cast, but at least, we do know that David Marconi (man responsible for Live Free or Die Hard and Enemy of the State) is in charge for the script.
You can check out the The Dark Side of the Moon synopsis that goes like this: “Business lawyer Urs Blank, forty-five, has his feelings under control. Blank is an expert in merger negotiations and the star of the industry.
Recently, however, torments him feel somehow uncomfortable one reason why it extensively with his lovely Lucille tries so that introduces a completely different life than he. By Lucille he meets the magical world of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
In an overwhelming trip,...
At this moment, still no word about the possible cast, but at least, we do know that David Marconi (man responsible for Live Free or Die Hard and Enemy of the State) is in charge for the script.
You can check out the The Dark Side of the Moon synopsis that goes like this: “Business lawyer Urs Blank, forty-five, has his feelings under control. Blank is an expert in merger negotiations and the star of the industry.
Recently, however, torments him feel somehow uncomfortable one reason why it extensively with his lovely Lucille tries so that introduces a completely different life than he. By Lucille he meets the magical world of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
In an overwhelming trip,...
- 9/17/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Promising German director Oliver Hirschbiegel has closed a deal to direct thriller The Dark Side of the Moon. According to Variety, Hirschbiegel will direct the film from a script written by David Marconi. Rather than being based on the Pink Floyd album of the same name, the project is based on the international best-seller by Swiss novelist Martin Suter in which, a successful lawyer has a life-changing experience while tripping on mushrooms. Perhaps he listened to the seminal rock album during his psychedelic journey? Hirschbiegel is best known for directing 2004's Downfall, which depicted Adolf Hitler in his final days holed up in a German bunker. Although inevitably courting controversy for its humanization of a historical monster, the film was mostly praised for breaking down a final WWII taboo so bravely and authentically. Hirschbiegel most recently directed Five Minutes of Heaven, which stars Liam Neeson as an ex-ira who serves...
- 9/15/2010
- cinemablend.com
"Downfall" director Oliver Hirschbiegel is set to helm the thriller "The Dark Side of the Moon" for Millbrook Pictures says Variety.
Based on the bestselling novel by Swiss author Martin Suter, the story centers on a successful attorney whose life is turned upside down after a mind-opening mushroom trip.
Realising his life doesn't make sense, he begins to withdraw from society. David Marconi ("Live Free or Die Hard") adapted the script.
Shooting is scheduled to begin next spring around Switzerland, Germany and France. Karl Spoerri is producing.
Based on the bestselling novel by Swiss author Martin Suter, the story centers on a successful attorney whose life is turned upside down after a mind-opening mushroom trip.
Realising his life doesn't make sense, he begins to withdraw from society. David Marconi ("Live Free or Die Hard") adapted the script.
Shooting is scheduled to begin next spring around Switzerland, Germany and France. Karl Spoerri is producing.
- 9/15/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
According to Variety, German director Oliver Hirschbigel is set to direct an adaptation of author Martin Suter’s Die dunkle Seite des Mondes (in English it translates to The Dark Side of the Moon). Writer David Marconi (Live Free or Die Hard) will pen the screenplay that tells the story successful attorney whose life is turned upside down after a mind-opening mushroom trip. During his drug trip, he realized that all he strived and worked so hard for has ceased to make sense, and begins to withdraw himself from society. This sounds like an interesting book, and it will be interesting...
- 9/15/2010
- by Mike.Jay.Lee
- Examiner Movies Channel
Oliver Hirschbiegel, director of Downfall, hit a little career snag with The Invasion, but started to rebound with Five Minutes of Heaven, and may still be prepping to shoot The Angel Face, about a German mafia hitman. And now he'll reportedly also direct The Dark Side of the Moon, based not on the Pink Floyd album whose cover has adorned every dorm room in America at some point, but on the novel of the same name by Swiss author Martin Suter. (Which was admittedly titled as a gloss on the Floyd disc.) The shoot should begin in the spring, says Variety, in Switzerland, France and Germany. The script is by David Marconi, of Live Free or Die Hard and Enemy of the State, so I'm guessing for now that this is an English-language production. No casting has been announced at this point; getting some names will help clear up the...
- 9/14/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Though I've failed to see his much praised chronicle of the final days of Adolf Hitler in Downfall, German director Oliver Hirschbiegel certainly impressed me with last year's thrilling drama Five Minutes of Heaven. Therefore, it's certainly exciting to hear from Variety that the filmmaker is now set to direct an adaptation of author Martin Suter's novel Die dunkle Seite des Mondes (or The Dark Side of the Moon). Writer David Marconi (Live Free or Die Hard) will pen the Pink Floyd worthy screenplay which tells the story of a successful attorney whose life is turned upside down after a mind-opening mushroom trip. His drug induced state results in a realization that all he has strived for has ceased to make sense, and thus, he begins to withdraw from society. The world is already a crazy and scary place without the addition of a mushroom drug trip, so ...
- 9/14/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Oliver Hirschbiegel has signed up to direct the big-screen adaptation of Martin Suter's novel "The Dark Side of the Moon." David Marconi penned the script and Swiss-based Millbrook Pictures will produce.
Variety says the plot follows an attorney whose life changes after a crazy mushroom trip makes him realize that nothing he has been working for makes sense anymore. He then withdraws from society.
German director Oliver Hirschbiegel directed the original thriller "The Experiment" and "Downfall." His more recent features include "The Invasion" and last year's "Five Minutes of Heaven."...
Variety says the plot follows an attorney whose life changes after a crazy mushroom trip makes him realize that nothing he has been working for makes sense anymore. He then withdraws from society.
German director Oliver Hirschbiegel directed the original thriller "The Experiment" and "Downfall." His more recent features include "The Invasion" and last year's "Five Minutes of Heaven."...
- 9/14/2010
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
Oliver Hirschbiegel, the Oscar-nominated director of Downfall has set up a new project, the thriller The Dark Side of the Moon. [Variety]
It is written by David Marconi, who penned Enemy of the State and Live Free or Die Hard. Based on the to selling novel by Martin Suter, it tells the story of “a successful attorney whose life is turned upside down after a mind-opening mushroom trip. Realizing that all he has strived for has ceased to make sense, he begins to withdraw from society.”
Hirschbiegel’s last two films haven’t quite lived up to Downfall, so I’m excited to see him take on a more interesting project. I hated The Invasion, but Five Minutes of Heaven had moments of promise. Mushroom tripping sounds like a new adventure for the talented director.
Shooting begins next spring in Switzerland, Germany and France with the cast being decided in a few weeks.
It is written by David Marconi, who penned Enemy of the State and Live Free or Die Hard. Based on the to selling novel by Martin Suter, it tells the story of “a successful attorney whose life is turned upside down after a mind-opening mushroom trip. Realizing that all he has strived for has ceased to make sense, he begins to withdraw from society.”
Hirschbiegel’s last two films haven’t quite lived up to Downfall, so I’m excited to see him take on a more interesting project. I hated The Invasion, but Five Minutes of Heaven had moments of promise. Mushroom tripping sounds like a new adventure for the talented director.
Shooting begins next spring in Switzerland, Germany and France with the cast being decided in a few weeks.
- 9/14/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
German helmer Oliver Hirschbiegel ( Downfall ) will direct The Dark Side of the Moon , a thriller based on the bestselling novel by Swiss author Martin Suter, from a screenplay by David Marconi ( Live Free or Die Hard ). Variety says filming is scheduled to begin next spring with shooting taking place throughout Switzerland, Germany and France. According to the trade, "the story centers on a successful attorney whose life is turned upside down after a mind-opening mushroom trip. Realizing that all he has strived for has ceased to make sense, he begins to withdraw from society. The novel has been translated into eight languages."...
- 9/14/2010
- Comingsoon.net
German director Oliver Hirschbiegel ("Downfall") will take the wheel for "The Dark Side of the Moon." The thriller is screenwritten by David Marconi of "Live Free or Die Hard," based on the bestselling novel by Swiss writer Martin Suter. Zurich-based film financier and production company Millbrook Pictures has optioned the rights to the book, seeking to produce alongside international partners. According to Variety, the story tells of a successful attorney who, after a mind-opening mushroom trip, his life is turned upside down. He realizes that all he has strived for now doesn't make any sense and starts to withdraw from society. Principal photography starts next spring with filming in Germany, Switzerland, Germany and France.
- 9/14/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Cologne, Germany -- Oscar-nominated director Oliver Hirschbiegel is on board to adapt drug-laced thriller "The Dark Side of the Moon," based on the Martin Suter bestseller, for Swiss producer/financier Millbrook Pictures.
David Marconi ("Live Free or Die Hard," "Enemy of the State") will adapt the novel for the screen. The story follows a successful lawyer whose life is turned upside down after he takes magic mushrooms. He starts to ignore societies' rules and follow his impulses -- and ends up a hunted man.
Karl Spoerri of Zurich-based Millbrook will produce with partner Thomas Sterchi receiving an executive producer credit. Shooting is set to start next spring in Switzerland, Germany and France. Casting is underway.
Millibrook adapted Suter's romantic comedy "My Words, My Lies -- My Love" in 2009 as a German-language feature starring Daniel Bruhl ("Inglourious Basterds") and Hannah Herzsprung ("4 Minutes").
Earlier this year, the Swiss group boarded David Cronenberg...
David Marconi ("Live Free or Die Hard," "Enemy of the State") will adapt the novel for the screen. The story follows a successful lawyer whose life is turned upside down after he takes magic mushrooms. He starts to ignore societies' rules and follow his impulses -- and ends up a hunted man.
Karl Spoerri of Zurich-based Millbrook will produce with partner Thomas Sterchi receiving an executive producer credit. Shooting is set to start next spring in Switzerland, Germany and France. Casting is underway.
Millibrook adapted Suter's romantic comedy "My Words, My Lies -- My Love" in 2009 as a German-language feature starring Daniel Bruhl ("Inglourious Basterds") and Hannah Herzsprung ("4 Minutes").
Earlier this year, the Swiss group boarded David Cronenberg...
- 9/14/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE, Germany -- Swiss-based indie distributor Falcom Media is kickstarting its in-house production business with a parody of the Rat Pack movies and an adaptation of German best seller Lilla, Lilla, Falcom announced Wednesday. Die Grossartigen 13 (The Fantastic 13) is described as a tongue-in-cheek parody of Rat Pack films like Ocean's Eleven and will be written by German comedy veterans Matthias Dinter and Martin Ritzenhoff ("If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer"). The satire Lilla, Lilla, based on the novel by Martin Suter, tells the story of a bartender who passes off a stranger's novel as his own, earning fame, fortune and the attentions of a certain lady before the real author shows up to collect.
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