The company has acquired all North American rights from The Yellow Affair.
AMC Networks’ Shudder has acquired all North American rights to J-p Valkeapää’s Finnish thriller Dogs Don’t Wear Pants from The Yellow Affair.
The film, which premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight before screening in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section, is about an emotionally paralysed man whose life is changed when he meets a dominatrix. Pekka Strang (Tom Of Finland) and Krista Kosonen (Blade Runner 2049) star.
The deal was negotiated by Emily Gotto on behalf of Shudder, and Karoliina Dwyer of The Yellow Affair.
The Yellow...
AMC Networks’ Shudder has acquired all North American rights to J-p Valkeapää’s Finnish thriller Dogs Don’t Wear Pants from The Yellow Affair.
The film, which premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight before screening in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section, is about an emotionally paralysed man whose life is changed when he meets a dominatrix. Pekka Strang (Tom Of Finland) and Krista Kosonen (Blade Runner 2049) star.
The deal was negotiated by Emily Gotto on behalf of Shudder, and Karoliina Dwyer of The Yellow Affair.
The Yellow...
- 11/6/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
For those who found too much fantasy in “Fifty Shades of Grey’s” depiction of S&m and its painful, cathartic pleasures, “Dogs Don’t Wear Pants” arrives as a welcome corrective. Though it doesn’t go in for explicit shock therapy, this inky comedy about a straitlaced widower who finds an alternative way to harness his grief — so to speak — is bracing for the empathetic psychological complexity it brings to oft-mistreated subject matter. Gradually carving out a tender, conflicted misfit romance from lurid beginnings, and eventually finding joy in some very dark corners, Finnish writer-director Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää maintains a peculiar tonal balance to the end of his irresistibly titled third feature. The result is audacious enough to whip up interest on the festival circuit following its Cannes premiere, but not so extreme as to discourage distributors with singular tastes of their own.
It’s hard to imagine “Dogs Don’t...
It’s hard to imagine “Dogs Don’t...
- 6/13/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Before J.P. Valkeapää began work on Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, a love story set in the world of Bdsm, the Finnish director knew next to nothing about flogging, doms, subs, whips and chains. "My connection to the scene was very superficial. I hadn’t even seen Fifty Shades of Grey," he jokes.
But when a producer brought him Juhana Lumme’s original script — about a man who is mourning his dead wife and, through an accidental encounter with a dominatrix, begins to reconnect with his own emotions — he was immediately hooked. "The images ...
But when a producer brought him Juhana Lumme’s original script — about a man who is mourning his dead wife and, through an accidental encounter with a dominatrix, begins to reconnect with his own emotions — he was immediately hooked. "The images ...
- 5/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Before J.P. Valkeapää began work on Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, a love story set in the world of Bdsm, the Finnish director knew next to nothing about flogging, doms, subs, whips and chains. "My connection to the scene was very superficial. I hadn’t even seen Fifty Shades of Grey," he jokes.
But when a producer brought him Juhana Lumme’s original script — about a man who is mourning his dead wife and, through an accidental encounter with a dominatrix, begins to reconnect with his own emotions — he was immediately hooked. "The images ...
But when a producer brought him Juhana Lumme’s original script — about a man who is mourning his dead wife and, through an accidental encounter with a dominatrix, begins to reconnect with his own emotions — he was immediately hooked. "The images ...
- 5/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Turner Asia Pacific has agreed a licensing partnership with Indonesian real-estate and hospitality investment company, The Maj Group, to develop a 4.3-hectare entertainment park in Bali. The family destination will feature the island’s largest waterpark and an indoor entertainment centre splashed with Cartoon Network theming. Slated to open in 2020, the development will be part of The Maj Nusa Dua resort. There will be characters from shows including Ben 10, We Bare Bears, The Powerpuff Girls and Adventure Time. Other Cartoon Network-branded projects already licensed by Turner International include Cartoon Network Amazone in Thailand, Img Worlds of Adventures in Dubai, Amaazia in India and Cartoon Network Wave cruise liner in Asia Pacific.
Lionsgate has inked a new deal with Australian streaming service Stan, which will house Lionsgate series and Stars originals. Stars titles set for the Svod service include Sweetbitter, Vida and doc series Wrong Man. The deal also covers upcoming...
Lionsgate has inked a new deal with Australian streaming service Stan, which will house Lionsgate series and Stars originals. Stars titles set for the Svod service include Sweetbitter, Vida and doc series Wrong Man. The deal also covers upcoming...
- 6/6/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Now in its 13th edition, Baltic Event will present 13 projects in its 10th Co-Production Market, among others.
Baltic Event has unveiled its project slate for its 2014 edition, taking place during the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on Nov 26-28.
Now in its 13th year, the event will present 13 projects in its 10th Co-Production Market, eight projects in its script and pitch workshop Powr Baltic Stories Exchange, eight projects in Baltic Bridge East by West (B’Est)producers’ workshop and 17 Baltic and Finnish projects in its Works in Progress and Screenings sections.
Projects for the Co-Production Market come from 11 countires, including Ignas Jonynas’ Blind Spot from Lithuania and Piotr Trzaskalski’s The Wounded Beats from Poland. The full list of projects is as follows:
The 30th Love, producer Julia Mishkinene, Vita Aktiva, Russia, director Angelina NikonovaBlind Spot, producer Kristina Ramanauskaite, Revoliucijos idėja, Lithuania, director Ignas JonynasEternal Road, producer Ilkka Matila Mrp, Matila Röhr Productions...
Baltic Event has unveiled its project slate for its 2014 edition, taking place during the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on Nov 26-28.
Now in its 13th year, the event will present 13 projects in its 10th Co-Production Market, eight projects in its script and pitch workshop Powr Baltic Stories Exchange, eight projects in Baltic Bridge East by West (B’Est)producers’ workshop and 17 Baltic and Finnish projects in its Works in Progress and Screenings sections.
Projects for the Co-Production Market come from 11 countires, including Ignas Jonynas’ Blind Spot from Lithuania and Piotr Trzaskalski’s The Wounded Beats from Poland. The full list of projects is as follows:
The 30th Love, producer Julia Mishkinene, Vita Aktiva, Russia, director Angelina NikonovaBlind Spot, producer Kristina Ramanauskaite, Revoliucijos idėja, Lithuania, director Ignas JonynasEternal Road, producer Ilkka Matila Mrp, Matila Röhr Productions...
- 11/6/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
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