Abramorama has acquired North American theatrical rights for Leslie Shampaine and Pip Gilmour‘s feature documentary “Call Me Dancer.”
The deal was revealed on the sidelines of Tiffcom, the film market attached to the Tokyo International Film Festival.
The film follows Manish Chauhan, a young and talented street dancer from Mumbai who struggles against his parents’ insistence that he follow a traditional path. When he accidentally walks into an inner-city dance school and encounters curmudgeonly 70-year-old Israeli ballet master Yehuda Maor, a hunger develops within him and he is determined to make it as a professional dancer, but the odds are stacked against him.
Since its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February, “Call Me Dancer” has won audience awards at Berkshire International Film Festival, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival and Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, Seattle. The...
The deal was revealed on the sidelines of Tiffcom, the film market attached to the Tokyo International Film Festival.
The film follows Manish Chauhan, a young and talented street dancer from Mumbai who struggles against his parents’ insistence that he follow a traditional path. When he accidentally walks into an inner-city dance school and encounters curmudgeonly 70-year-old Israeli ballet master Yehuda Maor, a hunger develops within him and he is determined to make it as a professional dancer, but the odds are stacked against him.
Since its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February, “Call Me Dancer” has won audience awards at Berkshire International Film Festival, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival and Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, Seattle. The...
- 10/25/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
-Sony Pictures is acquiring the worldwide rights to “Greyhound,” the World War II drama written by Tom Hanks, Deadline reports. Hanks will also star in the film, which will be directed by Aaron Schneider (“Get Low”), and produce with his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman.
In the film, Hanks plays George Krause, the commander of a Navy destroyer called the Greyhound. Sony acquired the rights to the film at the Berlin International Film Festival’s European Film Market.
Read More: Shia Labeouf, Rooney Mara and More: 10 Hot Projects at Berlin’s European Film Market
-Lionsgate has acquired U.S. rights to action film “Rally Car,” starring Keanu Reeves. The film will be directed by Olivier Megaton (“Taken 2,...
-Sony Pictures is acquiring the worldwide rights to “Greyhound,” the World War II drama written by Tom Hanks, Deadline reports. Hanks will also star in the film, which will be directed by Aaron Schneider (“Get Low”), and produce with his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman.
In the film, Hanks plays George Krause, the commander of a Navy destroyer called the Greyhound. Sony acquired the rights to the film at the Berlin International Film Festival’s European Film Market.
Read More: Shia Labeouf, Rooney Mara and More: 10 Hot Projects at Berlin’s European Film Market
-Lionsgate has acquired U.S. rights to action film “Rally Car,” starring Keanu Reeves. The film will be directed by Olivier Megaton (“Taken 2,...
- 2/10/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Attention, Documentary Filmmakers: Paley Center for Media DocPitch Competition Now Accepting Entries
Read More: Attention, Filmmakers: Apply to This Grant From Camden International Film Festival and Conservation Media Group The Paley Center for Media is calling for entries for its 12th Annual Paley DocPitch Competition, which helps emerging nonfiction filmmakers complete their unfinished feature-length films. The competition will wrap up with a workshop and finale event on Monday, November 9 at the Paley Center in New York City. The Paley Center will accept footage submissions from around the country and will choose up to five finalists to come to the Paley Center to pitch and present their works to a panel of industry experts and award-winning producers. Entries will be judged based on the originality of the vision and the viability of the concept. Judges currently include: Molly Thompson (Senior Vice President, Feature Films, A+E Studios), Diana Holtzberg (Vice President, Films Transit), Chris White (Executive Director, Pov) and Jose Rodriguez (Director Documentary Programs,...
- 8/24/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Toronto – Some Oscar campaigns just take longer to launch than others.
Canadian filmmakers Peter Raymont and Michele Hozer debuted "Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould" at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, and are now taking a less-traveled road to Oscar consideration for their arthouse documentary: through Dan Talbot's Upper West Side Lincoln Plaza Cinemas.
It's the difference for a U.S. theatrical release of a Canadian movie between one built on hope or on deliberate strategy.
U.S. distributor Kino Lorber Raymont premiered the film about the late Canadian classic pianist Glenn Gould at the taste-making Lincoln Plaza on Sept. 9 after securing impressive reviews from the New York Times and The New Yorker.
Kino Lorber topper Richard Lorber said the positive NYC reviews and Lincoln Plaza release puts the picture on the radar screen of national theatre bookers as a crossover art film, with DVD and VOD...
Canadian filmmakers Peter Raymont and Michele Hozer debuted "Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould" at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, and are now taking a less-traveled road to Oscar consideration for their arthouse documentary: through Dan Talbot's Upper West Side Lincoln Plaza Cinemas.
It's the difference for a U.S. theatrical release of a Canadian movie between one built on hope or on deliberate strategy.
U.S. distributor Kino Lorber Raymont premiered the film about the late Canadian classic pianist Glenn Gould at the taste-making Lincoln Plaza on Sept. 9 after securing impressive reviews from the New York Times and The New Yorker.
Kino Lorber topper Richard Lorber said the positive NYC reviews and Lincoln Plaza release puts the picture on the radar screen of national theatre bookers as a crossover art film, with DVD and VOD...
- 9/17/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The PaleyDocFest Pitch Contest offers a $5,000 grant, sponsored by SnagFilms, for an unfinished or work-in-progress documentary from an emerging filmmaker. The Paley Center for Media is using this contest, now in its seventh year, to choose five finalists who will pitch their unfinished films to a panel of experts and producers in front of an audience. This event, the PaleyDocFest Pitch Workshop, will take place on Saturday, October 16, 2010, in New York as part of the Paley Center's eleventh annual documentary festival. Pitch Workshop Panel: Diana Holtzberg, Vice President, Films Transit International Simon Kilmurry, Executive Director, Pov Lauren…...
- 8/11/2010
- Sydney's Buzz
Lorber Films has acquired all U.S. rights to "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould," a documentary about the pianist directed by Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, which will be released theatrically in September.
The acquisition was negotiated by Lorber CEO and co-president Richard Lorber and vp Elizabeth Sheldonwith Diana Holtzberg, vp of Films Transit Internationalm and Kelly Jenkins, head of business affairs for White Pine Pictures, which produced the film.
Lorber said, "'Genius Within' is that rare archival documentary where facts are transformed into emotion. When I first saw the film screened in Toronto I knew that Glenn Gould’s personal demons had finally found a vehicle worthy of his angelic musical gifts. We are honored to bring this inspiring film to new, ever-larger audiences fascinated by this alchemy of genius."...
The acquisition was negotiated by Lorber CEO and co-president Richard Lorber and vp Elizabeth Sheldonwith Diana Holtzberg, vp of Films Transit Internationalm and Kelly Jenkins, head of business affairs for White Pine Pictures, which produced the film.
Lorber said, "'Genius Within' is that rare archival documentary where facts are transformed into emotion. When I first saw the film screened in Toronto I knew that Glenn Gould’s personal demons had finally found a vehicle worthy of his angelic musical gifts. We are honored to bring this inspiring film to new, ever-larger audiences fascinated by this alchemy of genius."...
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