From Namibian western to animated revenge thriller, from Bosnian family saga to a lesbian vampire breakup story, 10 upscale scripted TV projects were spotlighted at the Berlinale Series Market’s Co-Pro Series on Tuesday morning, representing “unique and bold choices with regard to genre and perspective, on top of great storytelling,” Martina Bleis, Head of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, observed before the presentation..
“This should attract buyers and co-producers now, and will surely convince discerning audiences once they have been made,”
With Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy joining climate change satire “S.O.L.,” created by late Ruth McCance, or Cannes-awarded director Aida Begić now focusing on “Mirrors,” it was a high-profile affair.
“This female family chronicle serves as a bridge between two centuries, two eras and two societies, shedding light on the hidden lives of Balkan women. Female secrets touch on taboos such as sexuality, violence and mental health. What would...
“This should attract buyers and co-producers now, and will surely convince discerning audiences once they have been made,”
With Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy joining climate change satire “S.O.L.,” created by late Ruth McCance, or Cannes-awarded director Aida Begić now focusing on “Mirrors,” it was a high-profile affair.
“This female family chronicle serves as a bridge between two centuries, two eras and two societies, shedding light on the hidden lives of Balkan women. Female secrets touch on taboos such as sexuality, violence and mental health. What would...
- 2/21/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Anonymous Content has hired longtime literary agent and former UTA partner Bec Smith as a partner and manager in their Los Angeles-based lit team. We revealed Smith’s impending exit from UTA last month.
The respected veteran has amassed a client roster including directors and writers such as Coline Abert, Levan Akin, Jane Anderson, Benedict Andrews, Emily Atef, Anthony Chen, Eva Husson, Ellen Kuras, Katrin Gebbe, Sebastian Junger, Julia Leigh, Phillip Noyce, Joshua Oppenheimer, Jennifer Peedom, Maria Schrader, Tali Shalom-Ezer, Dawn Shadforth, Kirsten Sheridan, Goran Stolevski, Warwick Thornton and Max Werner.
Related Story Shocker! Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead & COO Heather McCauley Resign; Protesting Settlement To Former Top Producer Keith Redmon? Related Story UTA Partner & Top Talent Agent Brian Swardstrom Leaving Agency For New Ventures; Will Produce With 'Nomadland's Peter Spears To Start Related Story UTA Signs Cecillia Aldarondo, Filmmaker Behind SXSW-Premiering Documentary 'You Were My First Boyfriend...
The respected veteran has amassed a client roster including directors and writers such as Coline Abert, Levan Akin, Jane Anderson, Benedict Andrews, Emily Atef, Anthony Chen, Eva Husson, Ellen Kuras, Katrin Gebbe, Sebastian Junger, Julia Leigh, Phillip Noyce, Joshua Oppenheimer, Jennifer Peedom, Maria Schrader, Tali Shalom-Ezer, Dawn Shadforth, Kirsten Sheridan, Goran Stolevski, Warwick Thornton and Max Werner.
Related Story Shocker! Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead & COO Heather McCauley Resign; Protesting Settlement To Former Top Producer Keith Redmon? Related Story UTA Partner & Top Talent Agent Brian Swardstrom Leaving Agency For New Ventures; Will Produce With 'Nomadland's Peter Spears To Start Related Story UTA Signs Cecillia Aldarondo, Filmmaker Behind SXSW-Premiering Documentary 'You Were My First Boyfriend...
- 3/22/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA partner Bec Smith, a company vet of 16 years, is leaving the agency, we can reveal.
Working in the Motion Picture Literary department, the respected Australian native has built a strong internationally-oriented client list (some of whom she has worked with since their first short films) including Garth Davis, Maria Schrader, Goran Stolevski, Oliver Hermanus, Joshua Oppenheimer, Warwick Thornton, Na Hong-Jin, Eva Husson, Emily Atef, Agnieszka Holland, Phillip Noyce, Ellen Kuras, Benedict Andrews, James Ponsoldt, Anthony Chen, Levan Akin, Katrin Gebbe and Andor director Ariel Kleiman.
We hear Smith is likely to segue to management — there has been interest from multiple companies over the years — where she will be able to flex her producorial instincts. Most of her clients are expected to follow.
The timeline for her departure from UTA is understood to be in the 4-6 week range.
Smith’s exit from UTA coincides with a layer of layoffs at the agency.
Working in the Motion Picture Literary department, the respected Australian native has built a strong internationally-oriented client list (some of whom she has worked with since their first short films) including Garth Davis, Maria Schrader, Goran Stolevski, Oliver Hermanus, Joshua Oppenheimer, Warwick Thornton, Na Hong-Jin, Eva Husson, Emily Atef, Agnieszka Holland, Phillip Noyce, Ellen Kuras, Benedict Andrews, James Ponsoldt, Anthony Chen, Levan Akin, Katrin Gebbe and Andor director Ariel Kleiman.
We hear Smith is likely to segue to management — there has been interest from multiple companies over the years — where she will be able to flex her producorial instincts. Most of her clients are expected to follow.
The timeline for her departure from UTA is understood to be in the 4-6 week range.
Smith’s exit from UTA coincides with a layer of layoffs at the agency.
- 2/16/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Also in contention is Berlin title Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush from Andreas Dresen.
Berlinale titles Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush from Andreas Dresen and We Might As Well Be Dead from Natalia Sinelnikova are among the nine titles in the running for Germany’s submission for the 95th Academy Awards.
Dresen’s comedy-drama screened in competition at this year’s Berlinale where it picked up a Silver Bear for best screenplay and Meltem Kaptan’s lead performance. The Match Factory handles international sales.
Sinelnikova’s social satire We Might As Well Be Dead opened Berlinale sidebar Perspective...
Berlinale titles Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush from Andreas Dresen and We Might As Well Be Dead from Natalia Sinelnikova are among the nine titles in the running for Germany’s submission for the 95th Academy Awards.
Dresen’s comedy-drama screened in competition at this year’s Berlinale where it picked up a Silver Bear for best screenplay and Meltem Kaptan’s lead performance. The Match Factory handles international sales.
Sinelnikova’s social satire We Might As Well Be Dead opened Berlinale sidebar Perspective...
- 8/16/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we’ll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking with top German talent agency Players. Headed up by Mechthild Holter and Fabian Haslob, the duo have clients that have worked across recent projects such as Babylon Berlin, Unorthodox and Deutchland ’89. In a rare interview, they tell us why now is a great time for German-speaking talent to cross borders.
With film and television sectors more globalized than ever, international talent has fast become a premium for streamers as they lean in on local language productions in foreign markets to offset stagnant domestic growth. One company at the sharp end of this change is Germany’s Players Agency. The company, which was founded by Mechthild Holter in 1994, represents around 180 actors, writers, directors and cinematographers and is...
With film and television sectors more globalized than ever, international talent has fast become a premium for streamers as they lean in on local language productions in foreign markets to offset stagnant domestic growth. One company at the sharp end of this change is Germany’s Players Agency. The company, which was founded by Mechthild Holter in 1994, represents around 180 actors, writers, directors and cinematographers and is...
- 6/22/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinemas are looking to bounce back from a week of bad news.
France, opening Wednesday September 23
UFO Distribution and Potemkine Films joined forces this week for a rare general release of a medium-length film to launch Gaspar Noé’s 51-minute work Lux Æterna on 47 prints. Co-starring Beatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a director and actress locked in a hellish shoot, the work debuted Out of Competition in Cannes in 2019.
Noé’s cult status at home ensured plenty of press and according to France’s Cbo Box Office the picture came in fifth out of 15 new releases on its first day in cinemas,...
France, opening Wednesday September 23
UFO Distribution and Potemkine Films joined forces this week for a rare general release of a medium-length film to launch Gaspar Noé’s 51-minute work Lux Æterna on 47 prints. Co-starring Beatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a director and actress locked in a hellish shoot, the work debuted Out of Competition in Cannes in 2019.
Noé’s cult status at home ensured plenty of press and according to France’s Cbo Box Office the picture came in fifth out of 15 new releases on its first day in cinemas,...
- 9/25/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Martin Blaney¬Melanie Goodfellow¬Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
The 24th edition of Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) closed off on Thursday in limited capacity, finishing up the first fully-hybrid film festival in the world. Unlike many of its peers this year, Bifan hosted screenings in-theaters (at 35% capacity) alongside its online program on local streaming service Watcha. Because of the in-person offering, Bifan unwittingly witnessed the world premiere of more films than originally intended, including Annecy contender “Beauty Water”. The famous genre film festival has stood as a monumental alternative to the popular online festival format.
Among this year’s winners, German production “Pelican Blood” (Katrin Gebbe) won Best of Bucheon with raving reviews. Pouya Aminpori’s Iranian short “The Third Person” championed the Best Short Film, and regularly sold-out screenings “Saint Maud” and “Sheep Without a Shepherd” carved out their own fair share of recognition. Perhaps the most stand-out feature in the festival, however, is Kim Lok-kyong’s first feature,...
Among this year’s winners, German production “Pelican Blood” (Katrin Gebbe) won Best of Bucheon with raving reviews. Pouya Aminpori’s Iranian short “The Third Person” championed the Best Short Film, and regularly sold-out screenings “Saint Maud” and “Sheep Without a Shepherd” carved out their own fair share of recognition. Perhaps the most stand-out feature in the festival, however, is Kim Lok-kyong’s first feature,...
- 7/18/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
The unusual time saw a Zoom closing party and pre-recorded Q&As mixed with physical events.
Katrin Gebbe’s mother-daughter drama Pelican Blood won the Best of Bucheon Award at the hybrid edition of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) which wrapped in South Korea on Thursday July 16.
The award comes with KW20m in prize money and the festival closes with a screening of the winning title. The Germany-Bulgaria co-production is Gebbe’s sophomore feature after Nothing Bad Can Happen which premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2013. Pelican Blood opened Venice’s Orrizonti section in 2019.
The closing...
Katrin Gebbe’s mother-daughter drama Pelican Blood won the Best of Bucheon Award at the hybrid edition of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) which wrapped in South Korea on Thursday July 16.
The award comes with KW20m in prize money and the festival closes with a screening of the winning title. The Germany-Bulgaria co-production is Gebbe’s sophomore feature after Nothing Bad Can Happen which premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2013. Pelican Blood opened Venice’s Orrizonti section in 2019.
The closing...
- 7/16/2020
- by 134¦Jean Noh¦516¦
- ScreenDaily
International Sales Agents (Isa)This is the first of a series, part of a tour of the arthouse international sales agents who are active today, looking for new ways of delivering the kinds of films I love the most which are also the most difficult and non-renumerative.
Many films are financed by their governments or international film bodies who recognize that one cannot live on bread alone; that art sustains our spirit. But in today's days of Corona Virus, we are moving into survival mode and art is often the first casualty in any struggle for survival. So monetary renumeration matters.
In times of trouble, the spirit does not die and so we are keeping up the good fight. I hope that by highlighting the ISAs (international sales agents) who create monetary returns for artists by selliing the rights to exhibit the films to distributors who then open films territorially or on platforms,...
Many films are financed by their governments or international film bodies who recognize that one cannot live on bread alone; that art sustains our spirit. But in today's days of Corona Virus, we are moving into survival mode and art is often the first casualty in any struggle for survival. So monetary renumeration matters.
In times of trouble, the spirit does not die and so we are keeping up the good fight. I hope that by highlighting the ISAs (international sales agents) who create monetary returns for artists by selliing the rights to exhibit the films to distributors who then open films territorially or on platforms,...
- 4/30/2020
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Goteborg Film Festival, the biggest showcase of local and international movies in the Nordics, will kick off its 43rd edition with Maria Bäck’s “”Psychosis,” and will close with actor-turned-director Mårten Klingberg’s “My Father Mary Anne.”
Both timely Swedish dramas dealing with trauma post-sexual abuse, and the experience of a transgender priest, respectively, “Psychosis” and “My Father Mary Anne” will have their world premiere at Goteborg.
Stellan Skarsgård, who just won a Golden Globe for his performance in the hit HBO series “Tchernobyl,” will receive the prestigious Nordic Honorary Dragon Award and will be honored with a retrospective of some of the greatest films of his career. As part of the tribute, the estival will also host the Nordic premiere of “The Painted Bird” which was recently shortlisted for the international feature film category at the Oscars. During the festival, Skarsgård will also having a masterclass.
In addition to opening the festival,...
Both timely Swedish dramas dealing with trauma post-sexual abuse, and the experience of a transgender priest, respectively, “Psychosis” and “My Father Mary Anne” will have their world premiere at Goteborg.
Stellan Skarsgård, who just won a Golden Globe for his performance in the hit HBO series “Tchernobyl,” will receive the prestigious Nordic Honorary Dragon Award and will be honored with a retrospective of some of the greatest films of his career. As part of the tribute, the estival will also host the Nordic premiere of “The Painted Bird” which was recently shortlisted for the international feature film category at the Oscars. During the festival, Skarsgård will also having a masterclass.
In addition to opening the festival,...
- 1/7/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The festival, held in the French Alps, will have a timely ecological angle for the first time.
The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 11th edition, which will unfold in the French Alps Dec 14-21, with a timely ecological angle for the first time.
Artistic director Frédéric Boyer has selected 120 films, which will play across six sections, including the Competition, Playtime, Hauteur and Avant-Premieres sidebars. Some 22,000 public and professional attendees are expected to attend in line with 2018.
Dutch actor-turned-director Halina Reijn’s psychological thriller Instinct, Fyzal Boulifa’s UK tragic female friendship tale Lynn + Lucy and...
The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 11th edition, which will unfold in the French Alps Dec 14-21, with a timely ecological angle for the first time.
Artistic director Frédéric Boyer has selected 120 films, which will play across six sections, including the Competition, Playtime, Hauteur and Avant-Premieres sidebars. Some 22,000 public and professional attendees are expected to attend in line with 2018.
Dutch actor-turned-director Halina Reijn’s psychological thriller Instinct, Fyzal Boulifa’s UK tragic female friendship tale Lynn + Lucy and...
- 11/5/2019
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Psychological drama marks the feature debut of Michael Venus.
Global Screen is to handle international sales on Michael Venus’ feature debut Sleep (Schlaf), a psychological drama starring Sandra Hüller and Gro Swantje Kohlhof.
The film, co-written with Thomas Friedrich, has a cast led by Hüller, known to international audiences for her starring performance in Oscar-nominated Toni Erdmann, and Kohlhof, a co-lead in Carolina Hellsgård’s zombie horror Ever After (Endzeit).
The duo play a mother and daughter in the drama, which centres on three generations of women fatefully connected and is set in a village community in northern Germany’s...
Global Screen is to handle international sales on Michael Venus’ feature debut Sleep (Schlaf), a psychological drama starring Sandra Hüller and Gro Swantje Kohlhof.
The film, co-written with Thomas Friedrich, has a cast led by Hüller, known to international audiences for her starring performance in Oscar-nominated Toni Erdmann, and Kohlhof, a co-lead in Carolina Hellsgård’s zombie horror Ever After (Endzeit).
The duo play a mother and daughter in the drama, which centres on three generations of women fatefully connected and is set in a village community in northern Germany’s...
- 10/7/2019
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
If there is anything that horror nerds know, it’s that you can’t always trust kids. Sure, they might seem cute, and some of them are even innocent. But in other cases, the minute your back is turned, they become a Damien or an Esther or a Rhoda. From Katrin Gebbe (Nothing Bad Can Happen) comes a film that offers a fascinating and touching spin on the evil kid subgenre.
Wiebke (Nina Hoss) is a single mother, raising her daughter Nicolina (Adelia-Constance Giovanni Ocleppo) and training horses in the German countryside. Her work informs her general outlook on the world—it takes time, dedication, and above all, patience. True connection comes through trust and through communication. It’s a concept that she puts to use every day, in every aspect of her life.
When she decides to adopt a second child, she knows that the young girl named Raya...
Wiebke (Nina Hoss) is a single mother, raising her daughter Nicolina (Adelia-Constance Giovanni Ocleppo) and training horses in the German countryside. Her work informs her general outlook on the world—it takes time, dedication, and above all, patience. True connection comes through trust and through communication. It’s a concept that she puts to use every day, in every aspect of her life.
When she decides to adopt a second child, she knows that the young girl named Raya...
- 9/30/2019
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
The German actress is the recipinet of Hamburg FilmFest’s presitgious Douglas Sirk prize.
German actress Nina Hoss is optimistic about more female directors getting feature films off the ground.
This makes sense when you consider her two most recent movies – Katrin Gebbe’s Pelican Blood and Ina Weisse’s The Audition – were both directed by women. Her upcoming drama, Schwesterlein, was co-directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond.
But her “hope” things are improving for female directors is tempered by a question about getting their movies into festivals. “At festivals, the eye is on the decision-making,” says Hoss. “If...
German actress Nina Hoss is optimistic about more female directors getting feature films off the ground.
This makes sense when you consider her two most recent movies – Katrin Gebbe’s Pelican Blood and Ina Weisse’s The Audition – were both directed by women. Her upcoming drama, Schwesterlein, was co-directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond.
But her “hope” things are improving for female directors is tempered by a question about getting their movies into festivals. “At festivals, the eye is on the decision-making,” says Hoss. “If...
- 9/27/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The German actress is the recipinet of Hamburg FilmFest’s presitgious Douglas Sirk prize.
German actress Nina Hoss is optimistic about more female directors getting feature films off the ground.
This makes sense when you consider her two most recent movies – Katrin Gebbe’s Pelican Blood and Ina Weisse’s The Audition – were both directed by women. Her upcoming drama, Schwesterlein, was co-directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond.
But her “hope” things are improving for female directors is tempered by a question about getting their movies into festivals. “At festivals, the eye is on the decision-making,” says Hoss. “If...
German actress Nina Hoss is optimistic about more female directors getting feature films off the ground.
This makes sense when you consider her two most recent movies – Katrin Gebbe’s Pelican Blood and Ina Weisse’s The Audition – were both directed by women. Her upcoming drama, Schwesterlein, was co-directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond.
But her “hope” things are improving for female directors is tempered by a question about getting their movies into festivals. “At festivals, the eye is on the decision-making,” says Hoss. “If...
- 9/26/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
”I wonder if this has something to do with countries going through a crisis.” he said.
Albert Wiederspiel has become synonymous with Germany’s FilmFest Hamburg during his 16 years at the helm as festival director. He recently extended his contract for a further three years until 2023. The festival opens tonight (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
It will close with the German premiere of Ken Loach’s socio-political drama Sorry We Missed You on October 5.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across 10 days of screenings,...
Albert Wiederspiel has become synonymous with Germany’s FilmFest Hamburg during his 16 years at the helm as festival director. He recently extended his contract for a further three years until 2023. The festival opens tonight (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
It will close with the German premiere of Ken Loach’s socio-political drama Sorry We Missed You on October 5.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across 10 days of screenings,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Festival director also discusses selecting films by women directors.
Albert Wiederspiel is set to enter his 16th Filmfest Hamburg (September 26 to October 5) as festival director, having extended his contract last year through 2023.
This year’s edition will present 144 films from 56 countries in 12 sections. It will open on Thursday (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across ten days of screenings, concerts, film talks, and industry events. It will draw to a close on with the German premiere...
Albert Wiederspiel is set to enter his 16th Filmfest Hamburg (September 26 to October 5) as festival director, having extended his contract last year through 2023.
This year’s edition will present 144 films from 56 countries in 12 sections. It will open on Thursday (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across ten days of screenings, concerts, film talks, and industry events. It will draw to a close on with the German premiere...
- 9/26/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Festival director also discusses selecting films by women directors.
Albert Wiederspiel is set to enter his 16th Filmfest Hamburg (September 26 to October 5) as festival director, having extended his contract last year through 2023.
This year’s edition will present 144 films from 56 countries in 12 sections. It will open on Thursday (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across ten days of screenings, concerts, film talks, and industry events. It will draw to a close on with the German premiere...
Albert Wiederspiel is set to enter his 16th Filmfest Hamburg (September 26 to October 5) as festival director, having extended his contract last year through 2023.
This year’s edition will present 144 films from 56 countries in 12 sections. It will open on Thursday (September 26) with the German premiere of French comedy-drama La Belle Époque with director Nicolas Bedos and lead actress Doria Tillier in attendance.
More than 40,000 film fans are expected to attend across ten days of screenings, concerts, film talks, and industry events. It will draw to a close on with the German premiere...
- 9/26/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Directed by Julian Hoffmann and an ode to '80s B-Movie horror, Revenge of the Slasher is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. Also in today's Horror Highlighs: Do Not Reply's Shriekfest Film Festival premiere details, Fantastic Fest awards winners, and Ghost Light Anthology: Cataclysm release details.
Revenge of the Slasher Now on Amazon Prime: "Julian Hoffman's multi-award-winning horror-comedy short Revenge of the Slasher is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video worldwide and has been praised for its homage to the 80’s B-horror era.
Official Synopsis: The Autumn Hill Killer, also known as Ernie, seeks revenge against the naive virgin who beat him, as she indulges in all the sex and drugs she avoided in order to survive the massacre.
Written and Directed by Julian Hoffman. Starring: Zac Spiegelman, Catherine Brown, Michael Charles McNeil, Maddisyn Fisher, and Patrick Fedorov.
Watch Now in the USA: https://amzn.to/2m0bmcd
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Revenge of the Slasher Now on Amazon Prime: "Julian Hoffman's multi-award-winning horror-comedy short Revenge of the Slasher is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video worldwide and has been praised for its homage to the 80’s B-horror era.
Official Synopsis: The Autumn Hill Killer, also known as Ernie, seeks revenge against the naive virgin who beat him, as she indulges in all the sex and drugs she avoided in order to survive the massacre.
Written and Directed by Julian Hoffman. Starring: Zac Spiegelman, Catherine Brown, Michael Charles McNeil, Maddisyn Fisher, and Patrick Fedorov.
Watch Now in the USA: https://amzn.to/2m0bmcd
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- 9/25/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Writer/director Katrin Gebbe is not messing around with her latest film Pelican Blood. What starts as a psychological drama about a mother desperate to provide her new daughter the love necessary to free her from the demons of a traumatic past gradually escalates into a supernatural thriller augmenting what science attempts to prove. So while the explanation of a piece of artwork depicting a pelican that pierced its chest to reanimate its dead children with its blood first appears as metaphor, it just might be transformed into a darkly hopeful reality of rebirth. The film is ultimately about a mother’s love refusing to falter after the world has told her enough is enough. When everyone gives up on young Raya (Katerina Lipovska), Wiebke (Nina Hoss) remains stalwart.
Is it strength that keeps her by the girl’s side after everything that happens or irrationality, though? Most gave her...
Is it strength that keeps her by the girl’s side after everything that happens or irrationality, though? Most gave her...
- 9/19/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
This is not a story of sorcery and witchcraft or even of healing the damaged child adopted by a single mother and her other adopted daughter as much as it is a parable about following your own inner direction as dictated by your heart and soul.
When Wiebke, a horse trainer and adoptive mother to Nicolina, adopts a second daughter, she is faced with a broken soul who menaces her very existence. The film could be The Bad Seed meets Three Faces of Eve, but it is more than that.
When mother and daughter return from Bulgaria with Raya, a cute five-year-old orphan, Wiebke learns that her new daughter suffers from an attachment disorder and cannot build emotional connections to those around her, and further, she begins exhibiting shocking behavior and grows increasingly violent, claiming her actions are motivated by the provocation of a dark spirit.
After a psychologist explains...
When Wiebke, a horse trainer and adoptive mother to Nicolina, adopts a second daughter, she is faced with a broken soul who menaces her very existence. The film could be The Bad Seed meets Three Faces of Eve, but it is more than that.
When mother and daughter return from Bulgaria with Raya, a cute five-year-old orphan, Wiebke learns that her new daughter suffers from an attachment disorder and cannot build emotional connections to those around her, and further, she begins exhibiting shocking behavior and grows increasingly violent, claiming her actions are motivated by the provocation of a dark spirit.
After a psychologist explains...
- 9/17/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
If someone decided to make a documentary about those mothers who go on Dr. Phil to talk about how their young child is trying to stab them in their sleep, it would probably look something like Katrin Gebbe’s Pelican Blood. It’s an incredibly effective drama about how children’s actions have powerful effects on a family, about a mother’s resilience, and the desperate lengths she goes through to save her family.
The German-language film follows Wiebke (Nina Hoss), a single mother who owns a horse training facility for riot police. She has an adopted daughter, Nicolina (Adelia-Constance Ocleppo), and the film’s first half highlights Wiebke’s desire and success in adopting another little girl, Raya (Katerina Lipovska). Both of her little girls bond quickly, and they seem to be the perfect family, but it’s clear that there’s something wrong. Darkness follows Raya, as indicated...
The German-language film follows Wiebke (Nina Hoss), a single mother who owns a horse training facility for riot police. She has an adopted daughter, Nicolina (Adelia-Constance Ocleppo), and the film’s first half highlights Wiebke’s desire and success in adopting another little girl, Raya (Katerina Lipovska). Both of her little girls bond quickly, and they seem to be the perfect family, but it’s clear that there’s something wrong. Darkness follows Raya, as indicated...
- 9/17/2019
- by Sara Clements
- DailyDead
One of the strengths of German cinema is its diversity, says Simone Baumann, managing director of the national film promotion agency German Films.
As well as the three films at Toronto directed by female German helmers, there was also German filmmaker Thomas Heise’s documentary film essay “Heimat Is a Space in Time.” Then there were the many German-funded films directed by non-Germans, including “My Zoe,” by France’s Julie Delpy, and “Guns Akimbo,” by New Zealander Jason Lei Howden.
The country is one of the world’s leading coproduction nations, which was much in evidence in Toronto – with 30 German films in the festival, including coproductions such as U.S. helmer Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life,” Swede Roy Andersson’s “About Endlessness,” and “Proxima,” by France’s Alice Winocour.
It is hard to make generalization about German cinema, a point the filmmakers make themselves. Since the heyday of the Berlin School,...
As well as the three films at Toronto directed by female German helmers, there was also German filmmaker Thomas Heise’s documentary film essay “Heimat Is a Space in Time.” Then there were the many German-funded films directed by non-Germans, including “My Zoe,” by France’s Julie Delpy, and “Guns Akimbo,” by New Zealander Jason Lei Howden.
The country is one of the world’s leading coproduction nations, which was much in evidence in Toronto – with 30 German films in the festival, including coproductions such as U.S. helmer Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life,” Swede Roy Andersson’s “About Endlessness,” and “Proxima,” by France’s Alice Winocour.
It is hard to make generalization about German cinema, a point the filmmakers make themselves. Since the heyday of the Berlin School,...
- 9/15/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Four feature films by German filmmakers screened at the Toronto Film Festival, and three of them were directed by women – Angela Schanelec’s “I Was at Home, But…,” winner of the Berlinale’s best director prize, Ina Weisse’s “The Audition,” and Katrin Gebbe’s “Pelican Blood,” the latter two both starring Nina Hoss. Germany’s Oscar entry this year, “System Crasher,” also has a female helmer.
“It’s a good time for female filmmakers… at least in Germany,” says Nora Fingscheidt, the director of “System Crasher,” which won a Silver Bear at Berlin. After the festival she received 35 scripts to consider, and is now working on a major project, as yet under wraps, for a global studio. The film’s child star, Helena Zengel, has just been cast to play opposite Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass’ “News of the World.”
Fingscheidt says that being a woman – at least in...
“It’s a good time for female filmmakers… at least in Germany,” says Nora Fingscheidt, the director of “System Crasher,” which won a Silver Bear at Berlin. After the festival she received 35 scripts to consider, and is now working on a major project, as yet under wraps, for a global studio. The film’s child star, Helena Zengel, has just been cast to play opposite Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass’ “News of the World.”
Fingscheidt says that being a woman – at least in...
- 9/15/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
In addition to their first and second waves of programming that include In the Tall Grass, Knives Out, and Parasite, Fantastic Fest has announced their final wave of programming, giving attendees of the Austin-based festival even more to look forward to, including the world premieres of We Summon the Darkness and The Mortuary, as well as the presentation of a lifetime achievement award to prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike.
We have the full final wave of programming in the official press release below, visit Fantastic Fest's website for more information, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for our live coverage of Fantastic Fest.
Press Release: Austin, TX — September 11, 2019 — Netflix brings the Us Premiere of the much-lauded I Lost My Body to Fantastic Fest after an award winning debut at Cannes Critics Week. From director Jérémy Clapin, this singular tale of a severed hand trying to reunite with its owner is told...
We have the full final wave of programming in the official press release below, visit Fantastic Fest's website for more information, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for our live coverage of Fantastic Fest.
Press Release: Austin, TX — September 11, 2019 — Netflix brings the Us Premiere of the much-lauded I Lost My Body to Fantastic Fest after an award winning debut at Cannes Critics Week. From director Jérémy Clapin, this singular tale of a severed hand trying to reunite with its owner is told...
- 9/11/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Fantastic Fest is set to honor legendary filmmaker Takashi Miike with the Lifetime Achievement Award and a and a special screening of The Happiness of the Katakuris. In addition, the fest has revealed its final wave of programming which includes the U.S. premiere of Jeremy Clapin’s I Lost My Body which recently debuted at Cannes Critics Week and won the Cristal for Best Animated Feature and the Audience Award Première at the 2019 Annecy Int’l Animated Film Festival. Fantastic Fest kicks off September 19 and continues through September 26.
Miike, who has been featured at Fantastic Fest multiple times, has over 100 films on his resume and in addition to a screening of The Happiness of the Katakuris, the fest will feature the U.S. premiere of his film First Love which follows an aspiring boxer named Leo who discovers that he may not have long to live. He goes...
Miike, who has been featured at Fantastic Fest multiple times, has over 100 films on his resume and in addition to a screening of The Happiness of the Katakuris, the fest will feature the U.S. premiere of his film First Love which follows an aspiring boxer named Leo who discovers that he may not have long to live. He goes...
- 9/11/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Mother May I Sleep with Martyr?: Gebbe Dresses in Distress with Maternal Drama
It’s always lamentable to find a charismatic actor stymied by a poorly realized narrative, especially when their performance has the power to elevate a film’s faultier foundations. Such is the case with the effervescent Nina Hoss, one of German cinema’s most revered contemporary performers and arguably the visual forefront of the Berlin School thanks to her collaborations with Christian Petzold and Thomas Arslan. She headlines the sophomore feature from Katrin Gebbe in Pelican Blood, a film thematically similar to her grueling 2013 debut Nothing Bad Can Happen (review), as both relish in excessive, overwrought narrative ploys from lead characters who are gluttons for pain and suffering.…...
It’s always lamentable to find a charismatic actor stymied by a poorly realized narrative, especially when their performance has the power to elevate a film’s faultier foundations. Such is the case with the effervescent Nina Hoss, one of German cinema’s most revered contemporary performers and arguably the visual forefront of the Berlin School thanks to her collaborations with Christian Petzold and Thomas Arslan. She headlines the sophomore feature from Katrin Gebbe in Pelican Blood, a film thematically similar to her grueling 2013 debut Nothing Bad Can Happen (review), as both relish in excessive, overwrought narrative ploys from lead characters who are gluttons for pain and suffering.…...
- 9/9/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Chris Feil takes a look at two performances by one of the greatest German actresses...
Katrin Gebbe follows her relentlessly grim Nothing Bad Can Happen with another slow-building horror-adjacent character study with Pelican Blood, a portrait of motherly conviction that love isn’t enough and hope is toxic. Nina Hoss is Wiebke, a skilled horse trainer and mother bringing a second adoptive daughter Raya (Katerina Lipovska) to her ranch. Shy at first, Raya quickly establishes herself as deeply troubled and a threat to her older daughter Nicolina (Adelia-Constance Giovanni Ocleppo). Misbehaving turns ominous, with Wiebke determined to show Raya the love she has been denied even as something evil within destroys Wiebke’s life...
Katrin Gebbe follows her relentlessly grim Nothing Bad Can Happen with another slow-building horror-adjacent character study with Pelican Blood, a portrait of motherly conviction that love isn’t enough and hope is toxic. Nina Hoss is Wiebke, a skilled horse trainer and mother bringing a second adoptive daughter Raya (Katerina Lipovska) to her ranch. Shy at first, Raya quickly establishes herself as deeply troubled and a threat to her older daughter Nicolina (Adelia-Constance Giovanni Ocleppo). Misbehaving turns ominous, with Wiebke determined to show Raya the love she has been denied even as something evil within destroys Wiebke’s life...
- 9/9/2019
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
Following a general pattern of decline since its ‘20s golden age, over the past two decades, Germany has seen a moderate revival of its limited—and drastically underfunded—film industry. Even so, despite a greater output of movies and higher box office returns, few recent German productions achieved mainstream success. Wolfgang Becker’s ingenious tragicomedy “Good Bye, Lenin!” and Tom Tykwer’s disturbing psychological thriller “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” are two internationally-acclaimed exceptions that prove the rule.
Continue reading ‘Pelican Blood’: Katrin Gebbe’s Astonishing Psycho-Drama Opens The Door To A Pint-Sized Psycho [Tiff Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Pelican Blood’: Katrin Gebbe’s Astonishing Psycho-Drama Opens The Door To A Pint-Sized Psycho [Tiff Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/7/2019
- by Steven Allison
- The Playlist
After exploring (frighteningly) the dark mind of a psychopath in her 2013 debut Nothing Bad Can Happen — which premiered in Cannes' Un Certain Regard — German director Katrin Gebbe wanted to go deeper. "I thought, 'What makes a person evil? What does their childhood look like?'" she says.
An answer, of a sort, is in Gebbe’s second feature, Pelican Blood, which will have its world premiere Sept. 8 as a special presentation at Tiff.
Nina Hoss stars as Wiebke, a horse trainer and adoptive mother to a young Bulgarian girl. They share an idyllic life in the German countryside ...
An answer, of a sort, is in Gebbe’s second feature, Pelican Blood, which will have its world premiere Sept. 8 as a special presentation at Tiff.
Nina Hoss stars as Wiebke, a horse trainer and adoptive mother to a young Bulgarian girl. They share an idyllic life in the German countryside ...
After exploring (frighteningly) the dark mind of a psychopath in her 2013 debut Nothing Bad Can Happen — which premiered in Cannes' Un Certain Regard — German director Katrin Gebbe wanted to go deeper. "I thought, 'What makes a person evil? What does their childhood look like?'" she says.
An answer, of a sort, is in Gebbe’s second feature, Pelican Blood, which will have its world premiere Sept. 8 as a special presentation at Tiff.
Nina Hoss stars as Wiebke, a horse trainer and adoptive mother to a young Bulgarian girl. They share an idyllic life in the German countryside ...
An answer, of a sort, is in Gebbe’s second feature, Pelican Blood, which will have its world premiere Sept. 8 as a special presentation at Tiff.
Nina Hoss stars as Wiebke, a horse trainer and adoptive mother to a young Bulgarian girl. They share an idyllic life in the German countryside ...
Sometimes horror films don't have much horror, and sometimes dramas can be just as horrifying as horror films. Sometimes films defy labels and don't fit into any one genre. Pelican Blood is a good example of all of this, a film that presents itself as a challenging straight-forward drama about a woman adopting children. But there's something much more sinister going on within, and it reveals itself part of the way through. This film is the ultimate "and you thought your child was evil, wait until you see this one" joke, but it also has something beautiful to offer - an earnestness that separates it from all the other horror films that integrate similar concepts about evil children. Pelican Blood (originally titled Pelikanblut) is a German film from filmmaker Katrin Gebbe, and it's one of the most unique discoveries at the Venice Film Festival this year. Both written and directed...
- 9/5/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Eager as ever to attend Tiff, a festival I have missed only once in the last 29 years, because a cat bite sent me to the hospital, I am looking forward to discoveries and have booked my calendar tight with films!
I am lucky to have seen three films already, two in Cannes, both wonderful, memorable funny and absurd films, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, So. Korea’s submission for Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, and a likely winner, as well as So. Korea’s first-ever Palm d’Or winner in Cannes this year; and Elia Suleiman’s This Must Be Heaven, sweetly surreal, as funny as a Jacques Tati film, wryly observing our human race and with a funny little cameo with Gael Garcia Bernal introducing Suleiman to his agent. The third, Synonyms, won this year’s Berlinale Golden Bear. A coproduction of France, Israel and Germany, it...
I am lucky to have seen three films already, two in Cannes, both wonderful, memorable funny and absurd films, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, So. Korea’s submission for Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, and a likely winner, as well as So. Korea’s first-ever Palm d’Or winner in Cannes this year; and Elia Suleiman’s This Must Be Heaven, sweetly surreal, as funny as a Jacques Tati film, wryly observing our human race and with a funny little cameo with Gael Garcia Bernal introducing Suleiman to his agent. The third, Synonyms, won this year’s Berlinale Golden Bear. A coproduction of France, Israel and Germany, it...
- 9/3/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth puts spotlight on motherhood, female relationships and the nature of cinema itself.
The Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night (Aug 28) with Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s French-language debut The Truth, starring Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche.
The generally well-received feature made for a fitting opening film amid the ongoing debate over female representation at the festival, spurred by the fact that just two of the 21 films in competition this year are directed by women.
Deneuve plays a steely cinema diva who has put career ahead of friends and family throughout her life, opposite Binoche as her long-suffering,...
The Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night (Aug 28) with Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s French-language debut The Truth, starring Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche.
The generally well-received feature made for a fitting opening film amid the ongoing debate over female representation at the festival, spurred by the fact that just two of the 21 films in competition this year are directed by women.
Deneuve plays a steely cinema diva who has put career ahead of friends and family throughout her life, opposite Binoche as her long-suffering,...
- 8/29/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Like most great actors, Nina Hoss has the gift of bringing innate credibility to writing not necessarily blessed with the same virtue: When a character’s choices make little sense, or their backstory seems incompletely shaded, she can play these flaws as messy human glitches rather than conceptual gaps. That ability counts for a lot in “Pelican Blood,” a handsome, initially intriguing twist on the old “bad seed” horror premise from genre-mixing German writer-director Katrin Gebbe. As a single mother trying every available route to avoid giving up on (or simply giving up) the seemingly psychotic five-year-old girl she has recently adopted, Hoss’s teeth-gritted commitment to the role keeps us on side through more questionable stages of maternal meltdown than many a talented thesp would manage.
But to look a gift Hoss in the mouth for a moment, the star’s best efforts can’t prevent “Pelican Blood” from...
But to look a gift Hoss in the mouth for a moment, the star’s best efforts can’t prevent “Pelican Blood” from...
- 8/28/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The lineup has been unveiled for year’s edition of the Venice International Film Festival, taking place August 28 through September 7. Aside from films previously announced as coming to Tiff, some major new announcements include Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network, James Gray’s Ad Astra, Roy Andersson’s About Endlessness, Ciro Guerra’s Waiting for the Barbarians, David Michôd’s The King, Benedict Andrews’ Kristen Stewart-led biopic Seberg, and Roman Polanski’s J’accuse. Only two films by female directors made into the competition lineup: Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate and Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth.
Check out the lineup below (hat tip to Mubi), which also includes other sections at the festival.
Competition
The Truth (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
The Perfect Candidate (Haifaa Al-Mansour)
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson)
Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas)
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
Guest of Honour (Atom Egoyan)
Ad Astra (James Gray)
A Herdade (Tiago Guedes)
Gloria Mundi (Robert Guédiguian...
Check out the lineup below (hat tip to Mubi), which also includes other sections at the festival.
Competition
The Truth (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
The Perfect Candidate (Haifaa Al-Mansour)
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson)
Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas)
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
Guest of Honour (Atom Egoyan)
Ad Astra (James Gray)
A Herdade (Tiago Guedes)
Gloria Mundi (Robert Guédiguian...
- 7/25/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
There are only two films by female directors in competition.
The line-up of the 76th Venice Film Festival (August 28 – September 7) has been announced.
Scroll down for the full line-up
This year features some high-profile projects including Todd Phillips’ Joker and James Gray’s Ad Astra, a lack of female directors in competition once again, and the controversial selection of Roman Polanski’s latest film.
Australian title Babyteeth, from first-time director Shannon Murphy, and Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate are the two films in the 21-strong competition from female filmmakers. Last year festival chief Alberto Barbera was heavily...
The line-up of the 76th Venice Film Festival (August 28 – September 7) has been announced.
Scroll down for the full line-up
This year features some high-profile projects including Todd Phillips’ Joker and James Gray’s Ad Astra, a lack of female directors in competition once again, and the controversial selection of Roman Polanski’s latest film.
Australian title Babyteeth, from first-time director Shannon Murphy, and Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate are the two films in the 21-strong competition from female filmmakers. Last year festival chief Alberto Barbera was heavily...
- 7/25/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
44th Toronto International Film Festival have announced the first round-up of premieres for the Gala and Special Presentations programmes. Highlights include Josh and Benny Safdies’ Good Time follow-up Uncut Gems, Rian Johnson’s star-studded Knives Out, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat, James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari, as well as the Joaquin Phoenix-led Joker, and much, much more–and it’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Check out the lineup below with more to come.
Galas 2019
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Marielle Heller | USA
World Premiere
Abominable Jill Culton | USA
World Premiere
American Woman Semi Chellas | Canada
Canadian Premiere
Blackbird Roger Michell | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Clemency Chinonye Chukwu | USA
International Premiere
Ford v Ferrari James Mangold | USA
Canadian Premiere
The Goldfinch John Crowley | USA
World Premiere
Harriet Kasi Lemmons | USA
World Premiere
Hustlers Lorene Scafaria | USA
World Premiere
Joker Todd Phillips...
Check out the lineup below with more to come.
Galas 2019
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Marielle Heller | USA
World Premiere
Abominable Jill Culton | USA
World Premiere
American Woman Semi Chellas | Canada
Canadian Premiere
Blackbird Roger Michell | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Clemency Chinonye Chukwu | USA
International Premiere
Ford v Ferrari James Mangold | USA
Canadian Premiere
The Goldfinch John Crowley | USA
World Premiere
Harriet Kasi Lemmons | USA
World Premiere
Hustlers Lorene Scafaria | USA
World Premiere
Joker Todd Phillips...
- 7/23/2019
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Enda Loughman and Mike Ahern’s comedy horror triumphs at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, taking home two of the most sought-after awards. After nine days of intense emotions, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) is finishing its journey to the confines of fantastical worlds and its exploration of the very best of fantasy film from around the globe. Despite fierce competition, it was the crazy comedy with phantasmagorical overtones Extra Ordinary which came out on top. Directed by Ireland’s Enda Loughman and Mike Ahern and strutting home with the prestigious H. R. Giger "Narcisse" Award for Best Film and the no less coveted Rts Audience Award, Extra Ordinary looks set to be one of this year’s cult films. The 2019 international jury was composed of French producer Anaïs Bertrand, German director Katrin Gebbe, Swedish producer...
Following a year-long festival run that began at SXSW 2018, the latest Ant Timpson/Tim League horror anthology production The Field Guide to Evil is set to have a limited theatrical release in North America starting on March 29th. The film is the partial result of a new kind of profit sharing crowd funded project through MicroVentures where fans were invited to contribute. The pitch was a film in eight parts directed by nine of the world's hottest genre filmmakers based on the folklore or mythology of their homeland. The participating directors include Calvin Lee Reeder (USA), Ashim Ahluwalia (India), Peter Strickland (Hungary), Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala (Austria), Agnieszka Smoczynska (Poland), Katrin Gebbe (Germany), Can Evrenol (Turkey), and Yannis Veslemes (Norway). I saw the film at its world premiere...
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- 2/21/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Featuring eight segments of horror based on frightening folklore from countries around the world, The Field Guide to Evil is coming to theaters and VOD on March 29th, and you can now watch the new trailer for the eclectic horror anthology.
Read the official press release for additional details on The Field Guide to Evil, check here to read Heather Wixson's SXSW interview with some of the filmmakers behind the new movie, and you can get an idea of what to expect in the new trailer below.
Press Release: New York, NY --- Tuesday, February 19, 2019 --- On March 29th, the terrifying new horror anthology The Field Guide To Evil will be released to theaters across America and all digital platforms. A new poster and trailer for the film debut today at fieldguidetoevil.com.
In Field Guide, eight of the most exciting new voices in international horror were asked to...
Read the official press release for additional details on The Field Guide to Evil, check here to read Heather Wixson's SXSW interview with some of the filmmakers behind the new movie, and you can get an idea of what to expect in the new trailer below.
Press Release: New York, NY --- Tuesday, February 19, 2019 --- On March 29th, the terrifying new horror anthology The Field Guide To Evil will be released to theaters across America and all digital platforms. A new poster and trailer for the film debut today at fieldguidetoevil.com.
In Field Guide, eight of the most exciting new voices in international horror were asked to...
- 2/19/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Pelican Blood (Pelikanblut)
Personal sacrifice is again the central theme in the sophomore film from Germany’s Katrin Gebbe, who nabs Nina Hoss as the lead in Pelican Blood. Joining Gebbe again is producer Verena Graft-Hoft of Junafilm, working in conjunction with Bulgaria’s Mila Voinikova of Miramar Film and Swr/Arte. Joining Hoss in the cast of this dark family drama are Murathan Muslu, Sophie Pfenningstorf, Justine Hirschfeld, Yana Marinova, Dimitar Banenkin, Sebastian Rudolph, Katerina Lipovska and Adelia-Constance Giovanni Ocleppo. Lensing the film is Dp Moritz Schultheiß. Gebbe’s incredibly divisive debut, Nothing Bad Can Happen (read review), which concerned martyrdom and religious fanaticism in modern day Hamburg, premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.…...
Personal sacrifice is again the central theme in the sophomore film from Germany’s Katrin Gebbe, who nabs Nina Hoss as the lead in Pelican Blood. Joining Gebbe again is producer Verena Graft-Hoft of Junafilm, working in conjunction with Bulgaria’s Mila Voinikova of Miramar Film and Swr/Arte. Joining Hoss in the cast of this dark family drama are Murathan Muslu, Sophie Pfenningstorf, Justine Hirschfeld, Yana Marinova, Dimitar Banenkin, Sebastian Rudolph, Katerina Lipovska and Adelia-Constance Giovanni Ocleppo. Lensing the film is Dp Moritz Schultheiß. Gebbe’s incredibly divisive debut, Nothing Bad Can Happen (read review), which concerned martyrdom and religious fanaticism in modern day Hamburg, premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.…...
- 1/4/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The fifth and final day of FrightFest wrapped up a packed weekend of festivities in fine style. Monster Squad fans got their fill from the European Premiere of documentary Wolfman’s Got Nards from child star turned director Andre Gower. The UK Premiere of horror anthology The Field Guide to Evil brought together the combined talents of Peter Strickland, Katrin Gebbe and Can Evrenol among others, but on a day packed with highlights, all roads inevitably led to the festival’s final spectacular, the UK’s first look at Gaspar Noe’s disco inferno, Climax. Crystal Eyes - European Premiere Spun out of a television episode, Crystal Eyes is a passionate ode to Dario Argento and the Italian giallo...
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- 8/28/2018
- Screen Anarchy
The chosen projects include 23 fiction films, 6 documentaries and 1 animation.
Thirty feature projects will receive production support from European cinema support fund Eurimages, it was announced in Montreal.
A total of €6,447,783 will be invested in 23 fiction films, six documentaries and one animated feature. Contemporary political themes are prominent.
See below for selected projects
Ahmed is the 11th feature to be directed by the Dardennes brothers, which is about a Belgian teenager who plots to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Wild Bunch launched the film at Cannes last month.
Also receiving funding is Daniel, the new...
Thirty feature projects will receive production support from European cinema support fund Eurimages, it was announced in Montreal.
A total of €6,447,783 will be invested in 23 fiction films, six documentaries and one animated feature. Contemporary political themes are prominent.
See below for selected projects
Ahmed is the 11th feature to be directed by the Dardennes brothers, which is about a Belgian teenager who plots to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Wild Bunch launched the film at Cannes last month.
Also receiving funding is Daniel, the new...
- 6/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The chosen projects include 23 fiction films, 6 documentaries and 1 animation.
Thirty feature projects will receive production support from European cinema support fund Eurimages, it was announced in Montreal.
A total of €6,447,783 will be invested in 23 fiction films, six documentaries and one animated feature. Contemporary political themes are prominent.
See below for selected projects
Ahmed is the 11th feature to be directed by the Dardennes brothers, which is about a Belgian teenager who plots to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Wild Bunch launched the film at Cannes last month.
Also receiving funding is Daniel, the new...
Thirty feature projects will receive production support from European cinema support fund Eurimages, it was announced in Montreal.
A total of €6,447,783 will be invested in 23 fiction films, six documentaries and one animated feature. Contemporary political themes are prominent.
See below for selected projects
Ahmed is the 11th feature to be directed by the Dardennes brothers, which is about a Belgian teenager who plots to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Wild Bunch launched the film at Cannes last month.
Also receiving funding is Daniel, the new...
- 6/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
While in Austin at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, Daily Dead caught up with several of the directors and producers behind the various segments in the new horror anthology The Field Guide to Evil, which celebrated its world premiere during the fest. During our interview, we talked with directors Calvin Lee Reeder ("The Melon Heads", United States) and Yannis Veslemes ("Whatever Happened To Panagas The Pagan?", Greece) as well as producers Anke Petersen ("A Nocturnal Breath", Germany), Dora Nedeczky, and Esther Turan ("Cobblers’ Lot", Hungary) who discussed their involvement in the project and how they approached their ambitious contributions to The Field Guide to Evil.
When somebody like Ant [Timpson], who has done really great anthologies in the past, calls you up and says, "I want to make this movie with you," what were your initial reactions to the idea and the concept behind The Field Guide to Evil?
Calvin Lee Reeder: Ant called me up,...
When somebody like Ant [Timpson], who has done really great anthologies in the past, calls you up and says, "I want to make this movie with you," what were your initial reactions to the idea and the concept behind The Field Guide to Evil?
Calvin Lee Reeder: Ant called me up,...
- 3/20/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
German actress Nina Hoss (Barbara) has signed on to star in Pelikanblut (Pelican Blood), the new drama from writer/director Katrin Gebbe (Nothing Bad Can Happen).
Berlin-based distributor Dcm has picked up the film for Germany. Pelikanblut is one of the projects at this year's co-production market in Berlin, where lead producer Verena Grafe-Hoft of Junafilm will be pitching the project to potential partners.
The film is described as an emotional drama tracing the relationship between a mother (Hoss) and her adoptive daughter.
Gebbe's feature debut, Nothing Bad Can Happen, premiered in...
Berlin-based distributor Dcm has picked up the film for Germany. Pelikanblut is one of the projects at this year's co-production market in Berlin, where lead producer Verena Grafe-Hoft of Junafilm will be pitching the project to potential partners.
The film is described as an emotional drama tracing the relationship between a mother (Hoss) and her adoptive daughter.
Gebbe's feature debut, Nothing Bad Can Happen, premiered in...
- 2/15/2018
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After experimenting with his form of boundary-pushing, cinema-as-memory films to great, succesful lengths with his last three narrative features–not to mention Voyage of Time, which we’re still awaiting an actual U.S. release for–Terrence Malick will return to more of a traditional script with his WWII drama Radegund, hopefully releasing later this year. But first, after splicing in avant-garde and experiential touches with his last few films, he’s making the natural step into virtual reality.
Premiering at South by Southwest Festival–where he gave a rare public talk last year–on March 13 is the Vr experience Together, which is directed by Malick and shot by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Silence, The Wolf of Wall Street, Brokeback Mountain). Clocking in at 5 minutes and 46 seconds and featuring music by Simon Franglen, see the synopsis below, as well as the first look above.
“Together” is a Vr experience about the power of human connection.
Premiering at South by Southwest Festival–where he gave a rare public talk last year–on March 13 is the Vr experience Together, which is directed by Malick and shot by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Silence, The Wolf of Wall Street, Brokeback Mountain). Clocking in at 5 minutes and 46 seconds and featuring music by Simon Franglen, see the synopsis below, as well as the first look above.
“Together” is a Vr experience about the power of human connection.
- 2/8/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Following the announcement that John Krasinski's A Quiet Place will be the opening night movie at SXSW, the anticipated Midnighters genre slate has now been revealed, including the buzzed-about Hereditary (read Heather Wixson's Sundance review here), Leigh Whannell's Upgrade, Jenn Wexler's The Ranger, and Field Guide to Evil.
You can check out the full list of Midnighters below, and visit the official SXSW website for more information on the festival's schedule.
From SXSW: "The SXSW Midnighters section is a perennial favorite for SXSW audiences thrilled by the weird, electric, and sometimes terrifying selections. Featuring 10 genre films, including 6 World Premieres, the slate includes dark comedies, thrillers, Sci-Fi, mystery and slasher horror from a mix of established and first-time filmmakers. The Midnighters, as well as 12 additional films, which are included in the 132 total features now to be screened at the SXSW 2018 Film Festival.
Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative...
You can check out the full list of Midnighters below, and visit the official SXSW website for more information on the festival's schedule.
From SXSW: "The SXSW Midnighters section is a perennial favorite for SXSW audiences thrilled by the weird, electric, and sometimes terrifying selections. Featuring 10 genre films, including 6 World Premieres, the slate includes dark comedies, thrillers, Sci-Fi, mystery and slasher horror from a mix of established and first-time filmmakers. The Midnighters, as well as 12 additional films, which are included in the 132 total features now to be screened at the SXSW 2018 Film Festival.
Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative...
- 2/7/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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Goodnight Mommy directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are among a coterie of directors whose horror anthology Field Guide To Evil will receive its world premiere in Midnighters at SXSW next month.
Field Guide To Evil (pictured) contains vignettes about the origins of folklore and boasts a director roster of Peter Stickland (The Duke Of Burgundy, Berberian Sound Studio), Agnieszka Smoczynska, Katrin Gebbe, Can Evrenol, Calvin Reeder (The Oregonian), Ashim Ahluwalia, and Yannis Veslemes.
Midnighters comprises 10 selections, six of which are world premieres. They include: Saw writer Leigh Whannell’s tech horror Upgrade; Owen Egerton’s horror film Blood Fest; Stephen Susco’s dark web tale Untitled Blumhouse-Bazelevs Film; Jenn Wexler’s slasher film The Ranger; and Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive.
The selection includes Ari Aster’s recent Sundance hot ticket Hereditary from A24...
Goodnight Mommy directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are among a coterie of directors whose horror anthology Field Guide To Evil will receive its world premiere in Midnighters at SXSW next month.
Field Guide To Evil (pictured) contains vignettes about the origins of folklore and boasts a director roster of Peter Stickland (The Duke Of Burgundy, Berberian Sound Studio), Agnieszka Smoczynska, Katrin Gebbe, Can Evrenol, Calvin Reeder (The Oregonian), Ashim Ahluwalia, and Yannis Veslemes.
Midnighters comprises 10 selections, six of which are world premieres. They include: Saw writer Leigh Whannell’s tech horror Upgrade; Owen Egerton’s horror film Blood Fest; Stephen Susco’s dark web tale Untitled Blumhouse-Bazelevs Film; Jenn Wexler’s slasher film The Ranger; and Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive.
The selection includes Ari Aster’s recent Sundance hot ticket Hereditary from A24...
- 2/7/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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