Cannes out of competition selection to get awards-qualifying release in Us.
HBO has acquired exclusive Us television and streaming rights to Asif Kapadia’s documentary Diego Maradona ahead of its out-of-competition slot in Cannes later this month, and will plan an awards-qualifying run later this year.
The film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Diego Maradona draws on more than 500 hours of previously unseen footage from its subject’s personal archives and chronicles the tumultuous life of the man regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time.
Maradona...
HBO has acquired exclusive Us television and streaming rights to Asif Kapadia’s documentary Diego Maradona ahead of its out-of-competition slot in Cannes later this month, and will plan an awards-qualifying run later this year.
The film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Diego Maradona draws on more than 500 hours of previously unseen footage from its subject’s personal archives and chronicles the tumultuous life of the man regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time.
Maradona...
- 5/1/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In the second major acquisition ahead of the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25), HBO has picked up the anticipated sports documentary “Diego Maradona,” from Oscar and BAFTA-winner Asif Kapadia, who launched music biodoc “Amy” (A24) at Cannes 2015 before winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Sony Pictures Classics also scooped up Ira Sach’s Competition title “Frankie,” starring Cannes regular Isabelle Huppert.
“Diego Maradona” will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition). HBO acquired the exclusive U.S. television and streaming rights, announced Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports. HBO will qualify “Diego Maradona” for the documentary Oscar before its debut on the channel on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt); the film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Much like his editing feat on race car documentary “Senna,” Kapadia drew on more than...
“Diego Maradona” will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition). HBO acquired the exclusive U.S. television and streaming rights, announced Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports. HBO will qualify “Diego Maradona” for the documentary Oscar before its debut on the channel on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt); the film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Much like his editing feat on race car documentary “Senna,” Kapadia drew on more than...
- 5/1/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
In the second major acquisition ahead of the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25), HBO has picked up the anticipated sports documentary “Diego Maradona,” from Oscar and BAFTA-winner Asif Kapadia, who launched music biodoc “Amy” (A24) at Cannes 2015 before winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Sony Pictures Classics also scooped up Ira Sach’s Competition title “Frankie,” starring Cannes regular Isabelle Huppert.
“Diego Maradona” will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition). HBO acquired the exclusive U.S. television and streaming rights, announced Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports. HBO will qualify “Diego Maradona” for the documentary Oscar before its debut on the channel on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt); the film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Much like his editing feat on race car documentary “Senna,” Kapadia drew on more than...
“Diego Maradona” will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition). HBO acquired the exclusive U.S. television and streaming rights, announced Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports. HBO will qualify “Diego Maradona” for the documentary Oscar before its debut on the channel on September 24 at 8:00 p.m. (Et/Pt); the film will also be available on HBO on Demand, HBO Now, HBO Go and partners’ streaming platforms.
Much like his editing feat on race car documentary “Senna,” Kapadia drew on more than...
- 5/1/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
HBO has acquired exclusive rights to Amy and Senna director Asif Kapadia’s feature-length documentary Diego Maradona, which will debut at Cannes later this month. Drawing on more than 500 hours of rare footage from the Argentine icon’s personal archives, the documentary charts the trials and triumphs of the legendary footballer during his years at Italian club Napoli.
The film will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition) at Cannes. HBO, which landed theatrical, streaming and TV rights to the pic, has set a September 24 premiere date on the premium channel, and the pic will get limited qualifying theatrical run in the U.S. before that.
“Diego Maradona has long been considered the greatest footballer ever, and Asif Kapadia’s filmmaking perfectly captures every high and low of his transcendent career, from his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal to his awakening of Napoli, and more,” commented Peter Nelson,...
The film will have its world premiere as an Official Selection (Out Of Competition) at Cannes. HBO, which landed theatrical, streaming and TV rights to the pic, has set a September 24 premiere date on the premium channel, and the pic will get limited qualifying theatrical run in the U.S. before that.
“Diego Maradona has long been considered the greatest footballer ever, and Asif Kapadia’s filmmaking perfectly captures every high and low of his transcendent career, from his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal to his awakening of Napoli, and more,” commented Peter Nelson,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has acquired the U.S. television and streaming rights to the feature-length documentary “Diego Maradona,” the network announced on Wednesday.
The documentary, which will have its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, documents the trials and triumphs of the legendary soccer player. HBO plans to release the documentary, which was executive produced and directed by Asif Kapadia, on Sept. 24.
“Diego Maradona has long been considered the greatest footballer ever, and Asif Kapadia’s filmmaking perfectly captures every high and low of his transcendent career, from his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal to his awakening of Napoli, and more,” Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports, said. “We look forward to sharing this landmark documentary with both soccer and non-soccer fans alike.”
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“My producers and I are delighted to be working with HBO on the release of ‘Diego Maradona’ in North America,...
The documentary, which will have its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, documents the trials and triumphs of the legendary soccer player. HBO plans to release the documentary, which was executive produced and directed by Asif Kapadia, on Sept. 24.
“Diego Maradona has long been considered the greatest footballer ever, and Asif Kapadia’s filmmaking perfectly captures every high and low of his transcendent career, from his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal to his awakening of Napoli, and more,” Peter Nelson, executive vice president, HBO Sports, said. “We look forward to sharing this landmark documentary with both soccer and non-soccer fans alike.”
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“My producers and I are delighted to be working with HBO on the release of ‘Diego Maradona’ in North America,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Amy
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Produced by James Gay-Rees, George Pank and Paul Bell
UK, 2015
Even though she had been performing since she was 14, it wasn’t until the release of her second studio album Back to Black in 2008 did Amy Winehouse become a mainstream artist. With that, her personal life became a constant presence in the media. Now, four years after her passing due to accidental poisoning, her life and achievements are celebrated in a new documentary by Senna director Asif Kapadia.
Amy focuses on Winehouse’s tumultuous musical career and personal life, before her untimely death at only 27 years of age. Interweaving a series of home videos and interviews, the documentary brings a candid insight behind the musician’s private life.
First of all, it is strange to see a personality like Amy Winehouse in such an intimate way. The film covers plenty of archive footage and includes...
Directed by Asif Kapadia
Produced by James Gay-Rees, George Pank and Paul Bell
UK, 2015
Even though she had been performing since she was 14, it wasn’t until the release of her second studio album Back to Black in 2008 did Amy Winehouse become a mainstream artist. With that, her personal life became a constant presence in the media. Now, four years after her passing due to accidental poisoning, her life and achievements are celebrated in a new documentary by Senna director Asif Kapadia.
Amy focuses on Winehouse’s tumultuous musical career and personal life, before her untimely death at only 27 years of age. Interweaving a series of home videos and interviews, the documentary brings a candid insight behind the musician’s private life.
First of all, it is strange to see a personality like Amy Winehouse in such an intimate way. The film covers plenty of archive footage and includes...
- 7/10/2015
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
Russell Crowe-Directed Movie Up for Australian Film Award; Crowe Shortlisted Only in Acting Category
Director Russell Crowe Movie up for Best Film: Australian Academy Awards 2015 nominations (photo: Actor-director Russell Crowe in 'The Water Diviner') Aacta Awards: Feature Film Categories Best Film The Babadook Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere Charlie's Country Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr and Rolf de Heer Predestination Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Railway Man Chris Brown, Andy Paterson and Bill Curbishley Tracks Emile Sherman and Iain Canning The Water Diviner Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger and Troy Lum Best Director The Babadook Jennifer Kent Charlie's Country Rolf de Heer Predestination Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Rover David Michôd Best Actress Kate Box The Little Death Essie Davis The Babadook Sarah Snook Predestination Mia Wasikowska Tracks Best Actor Russell Crowe The Water Diviner David Gulpilil Charlie's Country Damon Herriman The Little Death Guy Pearce The Rover Best Supporting Actor Patrick Brammall The Little Death Yilmaz Erdogan...
- 12/3/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
All This Mayhem, Deepsea Challenge 3D, The Last Impresario and Ukraine Is Not A Brothel will compete for the feature length documentary prize at the 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards.
In collaboration with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) , a new award for best original music score in a documentary will be presented in January. Previously composition was judged together with sound for best sound in a documentary.
All This Mayhem profiles former champion pro skaters, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas, whose lives spiralled into a world of drugs, jail, murder, depression and death.
Directed by Eddie Martin and produced by James Gay-Rees and George Pank, the doc had its world premiere at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival and screened in competition at this year.s Sydney Film Festival and at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.
Deepsea Challenge 3D follows James Cameron.s record-setting...
In collaboration with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) , a new award for best original music score in a documentary will be presented in January. Previously composition was judged together with sound for best sound in a documentary.
All This Mayhem profiles former champion pro skaters, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas, whose lives spiralled into a world of drugs, jail, murder, depression and death.
Directed by Eddie Martin and produced by James Gay-Rees and George Pank, the doc had its world premiere at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival and screened in competition at this year.s Sydney Film Festival and at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.
Deepsea Challenge 3D follows James Cameron.s record-setting...
- 9/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Lucy Walker reintroduced audiences to the perils of board sports last year in The Crash Reel, documenting the successes and traumas of snowboarder Kevin Pearce. While Walker’s film showed literal recovery from Pearce’s disastrous injury, Eddie Martin’s new film All This Mayhem tells of a completely different type of healing. In the late 80s/early 90s, Martin used to skate with Tas and Ben Pappas – at the time complete newbies on the vert skating scene in Melbourne – but who would go on to compete against Tony Hawk in the Us and ultimately strip him of his World No.1 titles. However, to call this a documentary about skateboarding is a misstep: instead this is an explosively compelling story of two lives at full-tilt.
From the splintered skate-parks of Australia to the Espn-branded ramps of California, Martin travels equally so from the heartlands of Tas and Ben’s upbringing,...
From the splintered skate-parks of Australia to the Espn-branded ramps of California, Martin travels equally so from the heartlands of Tas and Ben’s upbringing,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Andrew Latimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: UK distributor’s Cannes haul includes crime-drama Son of a Gun.
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
- 6/2/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK distributor’s Cannes haul includes crime-drama Son of a Gun.
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
- 6/2/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK distributor’s Cannes haul includes crime-drama Son of a Gun.
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
- 6/2/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Screen Australia has announced $17m investment across 14 projects including feature films and both adult and children’s television.
The investment is expected to trigger $97m in production.
The list of productions include: black comedy The Mule by co-writers/co-producers Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson with direction from Tony Mahony about a drug mule caught by authorities and Antony I Ginnane’s remake of Patrick, directed by Not Quite Hollywood’s Mark Hartley.
Also on the list is The Grandmothers, written by Christopher Hampton (A Dangerous Method) and director Anne Fontaine (Coco Avant Chanel) and starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville in the adaptation of Doris Lessing’s novel.
For TV, the telemovie Underground by Matchbox Pictures, written and directed by Robert Connolly tells the story of a teenage Julian Assange hacking computer systems; and two TV productions by John Edwards Southern Star, a serialised version of...
The investment is expected to trigger $97m in production.
The list of productions include: black comedy The Mule by co-writers/co-producers Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson with direction from Tony Mahony about a drug mule caught by authorities and Antony I Ginnane’s remake of Patrick, directed by Not Quite Hollywood’s Mark Hartley.
Also on the list is The Grandmothers, written by Christopher Hampton (A Dangerous Method) and director Anne Fontaine (Coco Avant Chanel) and starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville in the adaptation of Doris Lessing’s novel.
For TV, the telemovie Underground by Matchbox Pictures, written and directed by Robert Connolly tells the story of a teenage Julian Assange hacking computer systems; and two TV productions by John Edwards Southern Star, a serialised version of...
- 12/5/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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