Projects from Oscar-winning Scottish director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), Philippine filmmaker Erik Matti (On the Job) and Austrian auteur Barbara Albert (Nordrand) have been picked as the most promising new TV pitches at this year’s Series Mania festival.
Macdonald’s George Blake, a real-life spy thriller about the famed double agent, and Matti’s The Squatter, an East-meets-West crime story about a secretive Filipino maid and a tenacious Ukrainian detective who team up, won this year’s Beta Development Awards and will receive $54,000 (€ 50,000) each in development cash from European production and sales company Beta Group.
In addition to his feature work, which includes The Mauritanian with Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster, and State of Play starring Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe, Macdonald has helmed several acclaimed documentaries, including the Oscar-winning One Day in September (2000), 2004’s Touching The Void and 2013’s Marley.
Matti’s crime thriller On the Job 2: The Missing 8...
Macdonald’s George Blake, a real-life spy thriller about the famed double agent, and Matti’s The Squatter, an East-meets-West crime story about a secretive Filipino maid and a tenacious Ukrainian detective who team up, won this year’s Beta Development Awards and will receive $54,000 (€ 50,000) each in development cash from European production and sales company Beta Group.
In addition to his feature work, which includes The Mauritanian with Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster, and State of Play starring Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe, Macdonald has helmed several acclaimed documentaries, including the Oscar-winning One Day in September (2000), 2004’s Touching The Void and 2013’s Marley.
Matti’s crime thriller On the Job 2: The Missing 8...
- 3/20/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald has won the €50,000 Series Mania Seriesmakers award.
The One Day in September director’s project is one of two winners to take home the prize, which has been forged by the Lille Confab and German major Beta Film.
Macdonald and producer Femke Wolting’s project is titled George Blake and tells the story of one of the most prolific double agents of not just the Cold War, but British history. The other winner is director Erik Matti and producer Ronald Monteverde for The Squatter from The Philippines, about a secretive Filipino maid and a tenacious Ukrainian detective who have to unravel the mysteries of a crime just as the crime itself unravels who they truly are.
The development lab is for feature film directors sidestepping into series production. Ten projects faced off including those helmed by Kaouther Ben Hania, who directed the Oscar-nominated doc Four Daughters.
The One Day in September director’s project is one of two winners to take home the prize, which has been forged by the Lille Confab and German major Beta Film.
Macdonald and producer Femke Wolting’s project is titled George Blake and tells the story of one of the most prolific double agents of not just the Cold War, but British history. The other winner is director Erik Matti and producer Ronald Monteverde for The Squatter from The Philippines, about a secretive Filipino maid and a tenacious Ukrainian detective who have to unravel the mysteries of a crime just as the crime itself unravels who they truly are.
The development lab is for feature film directors sidestepping into series production. Ten projects faced off including those helmed by Kaouther Ben Hania, who directed the Oscar-nominated doc Four Daughters.
- 3/20/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
New Direction
One Direction star Niall Horan is set to cameo on rail-themed Channel 4 digital series, “Trainspotting with Francis Bourgeois.”
Produced by Untold Studios, the series sees TikTok creator Bourgeois introduce celebrities to the obscure hobby.
Horan will join Bourgeois for a “day of locomotive escapades” starting at Liverpool Street Station in London – but will a series of train cancelations and delays scupper their plans?
During the episode, which is available from June 14 on Channel 4’s YouTube, Horan reveals a very personal connection to trains, telling Bourgeois that his grandfather was a train driver. Movie buffs will also be thrilled to discover Horan’s grandfather drove the train in “The Great Train Robbery.”
Series Lab Dana Blankstein-Cohen
The second edition of the Sam Spiegel Series Lab, which was established last year by the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, with the support of Netflix, and artistic consultancy of Hagai Levi...
One Direction star Niall Horan is set to cameo on rail-themed Channel 4 digital series, “Trainspotting with Francis Bourgeois.”
Produced by Untold Studios, the series sees TikTok creator Bourgeois introduce celebrities to the obscure hobby.
Horan will join Bourgeois for a “day of locomotive escapades” starting at Liverpool Street Station in London – but will a series of train cancelations and delays scupper their plans?
During the episode, which is available from June 14 on Channel 4’s YouTube, Horan reveals a very personal connection to trains, telling Bourgeois that his grandfather was a train driver. Movie buffs will also be thrilled to discover Horan’s grandfather drove the train in “The Great Train Robbery.”
Series Lab Dana Blankstein-Cohen
The second edition of the Sam Spiegel Series Lab, which was established last year by the Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, with the support of Netflix, and artistic consultancy of Hagai Levi...
- 6/12/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Legal docudrama Saint Omer was voted Best Picture at the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which announced this year’s juried award winners today.
Saint Omer wins for its ability “to expertly interrogate issues of society, culture, race, and gender,” the festival release stated. “Alice Diop, as screenwriter and director, delivers a film that explores different dynamics of Black women in contemporary France, drawing empathetic lead performances from Kayije Kagame and Guslagie Malanga. By harnessing the skills of her technical team, Diop turns Saint Omer into a shrewd, cogent, ambitious, and overwhelming film which teases a metafictional awareness while remaining clear-eyed and unsentimental.”
The Palm Springs festival took place from January 5-16 and screened 134 films from 64 countries, including 27 premieres. The lineup includes 35 of the International Feature Film Oscar submissions.
The jury award categories included the Fipresci Prize for films...
Saint Omer wins for its ability “to expertly interrogate issues of society, culture, race, and gender,” the festival release stated. “Alice Diop, as screenwriter and director, delivers a film that explores different dynamics of Black women in contemporary France, drawing empathetic lead performances from Kayije Kagame and Guslagie Malanga. By harnessing the skills of her technical team, Diop turns Saint Omer into a shrewd, cogent, ambitious, and overwhelming film which teases a metafictional awareness while remaining clear-eyed and unsentimental.”
The Palm Springs festival took place from January 5-16 and screened 134 films from 64 countries, including 27 premieres. The lineup includes 35 of the International Feature Film Oscar submissions.
The jury award categories included the Fipresci Prize for films...
- 1/15/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Israel’s submission for the international feature Oscar, the intimate, prize-winning drama “Cinema Sabaya,” is one of the country’s relatively few movies centering on a collaboration between Jews and Arabs. It follows a video workshop where eight women, four Jewish and four Muslim, are assigned to film their lives. As they share their footage, barriers are broken, beliefs are challenged and they learn more about each other and themselves. Based on helmer-writer Orit Fouks Rotem’s experience as a teacher and the real women she encountered, the film is full of life, love, humor and authenticity without being didactic. At the same time, it cleverly questions the ethics and responsibility of filmmaking. This Kino Lorber pickup will open Stateside in February.
Although the action takes place in the small, neutral, enclosed space of the Hadera Coexistence Center, it opens doors to places further afield through the homework assignments that...
Although the action takes place in the small, neutral, enclosed space of the Hadera Coexistence Center, it opens doors to places further afield through the homework assignments that...
- 1/3/2023
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Israel’s Oscar© 2023 Submission for Best International Feature: ‘Cinema Sabaya’ by Orit Fouks Rotem;Orit Fouks Rotem“The camera is an instrument that teaches people to see without a camera”— — Dorothea LangeA young filmmaker teaching a video workshop in a community center puts cameras into the hands of eight women, Arab and Jewish, and asks them to film their lives. As they share their footage, the group dynamic breaks down barriers and challenges beliefs. As the women learn more about each other, it changes them.
Under Israel’s Oscar entry selection process, the work that wins the Best Film Ophir (Israel’s Oscar) is automatically submitted to the Academy. Not only did Cinema Sabaya win for Best Film, it also won Best Director for Orit Fouks Rotem, Supporting Actress for Joanna Said, Costumes by Rachel Ben Dahanand Casting by Emmanuelle Mayer.
Cinema Sabaya is Rotem’s first feature after a trio of award-winning shorts Veil, Voice Over and Staring Match.
The film grew from Rotem’s real-life experiences over eight years. It began just after finishing film school when her mother was in such a group. She began creating similar groups for research as she was writing the script. Plus her life went on which included having two children. By necessity, the script was only a blueprint for action, experiences in which much of the acting was performed in real time for the camera without rehearsals. It was about 60% scripted.
Cinema Sabaya creates a world within a world. While all except one of the women in the group of eight were professionally trained actors, the exercises in filmmaking they were assigned within the film were watched by them as they were being filmed in real time on camera. Within the group setting of the workshop, there was plenty of improvisation going along with the scripted action.
Working with cinematographer Itay Marom in giving each of the in-film videos different styles, from fake documentary home movies to more restrained, artfully composed shots, each exercise reflects what the women directors wanted to express to the rest of the group. However common the events which have been experienced by all the women on both sides of the camera, tension mounts when the intentions of the teacher and the effect of the group dynamics are called into question by members of the group. The discussions about their home lives are calm and sometimes amusing but become more jarring when more intimate personal issues or politics arise as subjects. How this plays out in the film is not so much describable to readers as it is felt emotionally while witnessing it. It is not high drama in any way, but it is deeply affecting emotionally and the audience remains on alert throughout the film.
The ensemble acting keeps the film together, as characters’ personalities mix together into a cohesiveness that the world could use more of to build bridges across cultures.
Joanna Said
To hear from one of the outstanding actresses, Joanna Said, winner of the Best Supporting Actress Award by the Israeli Film Academy, reading the script did not reveal how the film itself would go. It depended upon the director. The actors really bonded. Each had a back story which informed the moments they were on camera. Though their stories were never revealed, the audience sensed the depth of the characters. In her case, no one expected her actions; even the woman in dialog with her was taken by surprise and reacted equally spontaneously. But, she said, she encouraged the other, played by the only non-professional, Liora Levi, to keep goading her on to uncover the emotion to the point of her reacting as she did.
She also said that the actors all met for the first time on set and were not allowed to mix at all off the set. That kept it tight and contained all the acting out of real emotions as they were felt.
For the director, it was difficult to make it as if it were a documentary while in reality, it was all fictional.
The Director, Orit Fouks Rotem
The director, Orit Fouks Rotem, clarified that the issues covered had come up in her research groups and she had to be careful of how they were set up. She took counsel with her cast and was careful not to step too far over lines that she was aware of, particularly in the Arab-Israeli domain. The actresses were free to express themselves as they wanted. The film was well received by both Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Jews who watched it in the festivals and theaters. It also played well in Turkey, the only Moslem country it played thus far.
“I want to make pictures that are meaningful to people,” Rotem said. She is currently working on a TV series, developing the lives of the characters more fully.
Written and directed by Orit Fouks Rotem, the cast includes Dana Ivgy, Aseel Farhat, Khawlah Hag-Debsy, Joanna Said, Amal Murkus, Marlene Bajali, Yulia Tagil, Ruth Landau, Liora Levi, and Orit Samuel.
International sales are by Memento. The U.S. distributor is Kino Lorber who will do an exceptional job in theaters, streaming and with the non-theatrical markets. Many groups will be eager to show this film and in fact, remaking it to cross other cultural lines, e.g., Black, White, Latino, Asian, etc. would be very effective.
Under Israel’s Oscar entry selection process, the work that wins the Best Film Ophir (Israel’s Oscar) is automatically submitted to the Academy. Not only did Cinema Sabaya win for Best Film, it also won Best Director for Orit Fouks Rotem, Supporting Actress for Joanna Said, Costumes by Rachel Ben Dahanand Casting by Emmanuelle Mayer.
Cinema Sabaya is Rotem’s first feature after a trio of award-winning shorts Veil, Voice Over and Staring Match.
The film grew from Rotem’s real-life experiences over eight years. It began just after finishing film school when her mother was in such a group. She began creating similar groups for research as she was writing the script. Plus her life went on which included having two children. By necessity, the script was only a blueprint for action, experiences in which much of the acting was performed in real time for the camera without rehearsals. It was about 60% scripted.
Cinema Sabaya creates a world within a world. While all except one of the women in the group of eight were professionally trained actors, the exercises in filmmaking they were assigned within the film were watched by them as they were being filmed in real time on camera. Within the group setting of the workshop, there was plenty of improvisation going along with the scripted action.
Working with cinematographer Itay Marom in giving each of the in-film videos different styles, from fake documentary home movies to more restrained, artfully composed shots, each exercise reflects what the women directors wanted to express to the rest of the group. However common the events which have been experienced by all the women on both sides of the camera, tension mounts when the intentions of the teacher and the effect of the group dynamics are called into question by members of the group. The discussions about their home lives are calm and sometimes amusing but become more jarring when more intimate personal issues or politics arise as subjects. How this plays out in the film is not so much describable to readers as it is felt emotionally while witnessing it. It is not high drama in any way, but it is deeply affecting emotionally and the audience remains on alert throughout the film.
The ensemble acting keeps the film together, as characters’ personalities mix together into a cohesiveness that the world could use more of to build bridges across cultures.
Joanna Said
To hear from one of the outstanding actresses, Joanna Said, winner of the Best Supporting Actress Award by the Israeli Film Academy, reading the script did not reveal how the film itself would go. It depended upon the director. The actors really bonded. Each had a back story which informed the moments they were on camera. Though their stories were never revealed, the audience sensed the depth of the characters. In her case, no one expected her actions; even the woman in dialog with her was taken by surprise and reacted equally spontaneously. But, she said, she encouraged the other, played by the only non-professional, Liora Levi, to keep goading her on to uncover the emotion to the point of her reacting as she did.
She also said that the actors all met for the first time on set and were not allowed to mix at all off the set. That kept it tight and contained all the acting out of real emotions as they were felt.
For the director, it was difficult to make it as if it were a documentary while in reality, it was all fictional.
The Director, Orit Fouks Rotem
The director, Orit Fouks Rotem, clarified that the issues covered had come up in her research groups and she had to be careful of how they were set up. She took counsel with her cast and was careful not to step too far over lines that she was aware of, particularly in the Arab-Israeli domain. The actresses were free to express themselves as they wanted. The film was well received by both Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Jews who watched it in the festivals and theaters. It also played well in Turkey, the only Moslem country it played thus far.
“I want to make pictures that are meaningful to people,” Rotem said. She is currently working on a TV series, developing the lives of the characters more fully.
Written and directed by Orit Fouks Rotem, the cast includes Dana Ivgy, Aseel Farhat, Khawlah Hag-Debsy, Joanna Said, Amal Murkus, Marlene Bajali, Yulia Tagil, Ruth Landau, Liora Levi, and Orit Samuel.
International sales are by Memento. The U.S. distributor is Kino Lorber who will do an exceptional job in theaters, streaming and with the non-theatrical markets. Many groups will be eager to show this film and in fact, remaking it to cross other cultural lines, e.g., Black, White, Latino, Asian, etc. would be very effective.
- 12/18/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Rita Moreno, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Sally Field star in ’80 For Brady’ from Paramount Pictures.
The world premiere of 80 for Brady starring Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno, and Lily Tomlin will open the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Festival on Friday, January 6, 2023, and The Lost King from director Stephen Frears will close the festival on Sunday, January 15th. In between, Psiff will screen 132 films including the world premiere of the documentary Shot in the Arm.
“We are beyond excited to welcome back our beloved audience and filmmakers in Palm Springs. We’re especially thrilled to be joined by all four leads of 80 For Brady. The film is brimming with joy and heart, and it’s a perfect film to kick off our 34th edition,” said Artistic Director Lili Rodriguez. “Our programmers have dedicated almost a year to scouting the world for the films that make up this edition.
The world premiere of 80 for Brady starring Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno, and Lily Tomlin will open the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Festival on Friday, January 6, 2023, and The Lost King from director Stephen Frears will close the festival on Sunday, January 15th. In between, Psiff will screen 132 films including the world premiere of the documentary Shot in the Arm.
“We are beyond excited to welcome back our beloved audience and filmmakers in Palm Springs. We’re especially thrilled to be joined by all four leads of 80 For Brady. The film is brimming with joy and heart, and it’s a perfect film to kick off our 34th edition,” said Artistic Director Lili Rodriguez. “Our programmers have dedicated almost a year to scouting the world for the films that make up this edition.
- 12/6/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The Palm Springs Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 34th annual edition, announcing that Paramount Pictures’ 80 for Brady will world premiere as its opening night film on January 6, with IFC Films’ The Lost King closing it out on January 15.
Directed by Kyle Marvin, 80 for Brady is inspired by the true story of four best friends living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play. Cast members including Academy Award nominee Lily Tomlin, Academy Award winner Jane Fonda, Academy Award winner Rita Moreno and Academy Award winner Sally Field are expected to be among those in attendance at the fest to rep the film slated for release in theaters on February 3, 2023.
Related Story Palm Springs Film Festival Awards: Austin Butler Latest Honoree For January Gala Related Story '80 For Brady' Trailer: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda,...
Directed by Kyle Marvin, 80 for Brady is inspired by the true story of four best friends living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play. Cast members including Academy Award nominee Lily Tomlin, Academy Award winner Jane Fonda, Academy Award winner Rita Moreno and Academy Award winner Sally Field are expected to be among those in attendance at the fest to rep the film slated for release in theaters on February 3, 2023.
Related Story Palm Springs Film Festival Awards: Austin Butler Latest Honoree For January Gala Related Story '80 For Brady' Trailer: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda,...
- 12/6/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
By Abe Friedtanzer
The winner of Israel’s Oscars, the Ophir Awards, automatically goes on to become the country’s Oscar submission for Best International Feature. This year, that film is Cinema Sabaya, which has an encore screening at the Other Israel Film Festival in New York City this Sunday after showing at last year’s festival. It’s also the feature directorial debut of Orit Fouks Rotem, who was kind enough to speak with me about her approach to this engaging movie about making movies...
The winner of Israel’s Oscars, the Ophir Awards, automatically goes on to become the country’s Oscar submission for Best International Feature. This year, that film is Cinema Sabaya, which has an encore screening at the Other Israel Film Festival in New York City this Sunday after showing at last year’s festival. It’s also the feature directorial debut of Orit Fouks Rotem, who was kind enough to speak with me about her approach to this engaging movie about making movies...
- 11/3/2022
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- FilmExperience
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Kino Lorber has picked up North American distribution rights to Cinema Sabaya, a drama from Israeli director Orit Fouks Rotem that is Israel’s official contender for the 2023 Academy Awards in the best international feature category.
The film is a portrait of a group of Arab and Israeli women taking part in a documentary filmmaking workshop. The women, ranging from a devout Muslim mother to a single Jewish woman who lives on a boat, reflect the mosaic of contemporary Israeli society. As part of their workshop, the women are tasked with filming their daily activities and routines. As they share their footage with one another, barriers are broken down and the women learn about each other and themselves.
Rotem based her feature debut on her own personal experience teaching filmmaking to groups of women in Acre and Givat Haviva in Northern Israel.
“At its core,...
Kino Lorber has picked up North American distribution rights to Cinema Sabaya, a drama from Israeli director Orit Fouks Rotem that is Israel’s official contender for the 2023 Academy Awards in the best international feature category.
The film is a portrait of a group of Arab and Israeli women taking part in a documentary filmmaking workshop. The women, ranging from a devout Muslim mother to a single Jewish woman who lives on a boat, reflect the mosaic of contemporary Israeli society. As part of their workshop, the women are tasked with filming their daily activities and routines. As they share their footage with one another, barriers are broken down and the women learn about each other and themselves.
Rotem based her feature debut on her own personal experience teaching filmmaking to groups of women in Acre and Givat Haviva in Northern Israel.
“At its core,...
- 10/31/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Alon Schwarz’s hard-hitting documentary Tantura, revisiting the conflicting accounts around an alleged massacre of the residents of a Palestinian village by Israeli fighters in 1948, will open the 16th edition of New York’s Other Israel Film Festival.
The festival run by The Marlene Meyerson Jcc Manhattan (Mmjccm) will showcase more than a dozen works exploring Israeli and Palestinian societies.
Schwarz’s documentary world premiered at Sundance. It explores a contested massacre during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, touching on how the different narratives around that period feed into the Middle East conflict to this day.
Other Israel Film Festival executive director Isaac Zablocki, who is also head of Mmjccm’s film center, acknowledges the film could prove a controversial choice for the opening film but emphasized he hopes it will prompt “proper debate”.
“It raises important questions in such a way that starts a conversation as opposed to a way that is preaching at you.
The festival run by The Marlene Meyerson Jcc Manhattan (Mmjccm) will showcase more than a dozen works exploring Israeli and Palestinian societies.
Schwarz’s documentary world premiered at Sundance. It explores a contested massacre during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, touching on how the different narratives around that period feed into the Middle East conflict to this day.
Other Israel Film Festival executive director Isaac Zablocki, who is also head of Mmjccm’s film center, acknowledges the film could prove a controversial choice for the opening film but emphasized he hopes it will prompt “proper debate”.
“It raises important questions in such a way that starts a conversation as opposed to a way that is preaching at you.
- 10/3/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Festival
Zurich Film Festival has revealed the lineup for its Hashtag section, which is devoted to “a topic that is trending on social media,” the event said Thursday. This year’s section screens films under the title #MyReligion, and deals with “questions of faith, euphoria and modern deities.”
“Whether in the U.S.A., Russia or the Middle East, we are seeing a comeback of religions,” Christian Jungen, Zff artistic director, said. “This often leads to conflicts in coexistence within multicultural societies. That’s why this year we are concentrating our efforts on the topic of faith, its merits and its dark sides. But we are also highlighting the substitute religions that are out there now for secular people, such as the Tiktok cult.”
The selected films are Adamma Ebo’s comedy “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.,” Tarik Saleh’s thriller “Boy From Heaven,” Tarik Saleh’s coming-of-age drama “The Realm of God,...
Zurich Film Festival has revealed the lineup for its Hashtag section, which is devoted to “a topic that is trending on social media,” the event said Thursday. This year’s section screens films under the title #MyReligion, and deals with “questions of faith, euphoria and modern deities.”
“Whether in the U.S.A., Russia or the Middle East, we are seeing a comeback of religions,” Christian Jungen, Zff artistic director, said. “This often leads to conflicts in coexistence within multicultural societies. That’s why this year we are concentrating our efforts on the topic of faith, its merits and its dark sides. But we are also highlighting the substitute religions that are out there now for secular people, such as the Tiktok cult.”
The selected films are Adamma Ebo’s comedy “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.,” Tarik Saleh’s thriller “Boy From Heaven,” Tarik Saleh’s coming-of-age drama “The Realm of God,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
After recently unveiling its gala premieres program, the Zurich Film Festival has set its Hashtag section with movies to screen under the title “#MyReligion.” Since 2018, the fest has annually dedicated the strand to showcase a hot topic that is also trending on social media. #MyReligion will deal with questions of faith, euphoria and modern deities.
Among the pictures screening, Focus comedy Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. will have its European premiere. From director Adamma Ebo and starring Regina Hall and Sterling K Brown, the film originally debuted at Sundance. It releases in domestic theaters and on Peacock September 2.
Also in the section are Tarik Saleh’s Egyptian thriller Boy From Heaven; Claudia Sainte-Luce’s Mexican coming-of-age tale The Realm Of God; Sara Dosa’s documentary Fire Of Love narrated by Miranda July; Orit Fouks Rotem’s docufiction Cinema Sabaya; Anita Rocha Da Silveira’s horror pic Medusa; Shalini Kantayya’s Sundance doc TikTok,...
Among the pictures screening, Focus comedy Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. will have its European premiere. From director Adamma Ebo and starring Regina Hall and Sterling K Brown, the film originally debuted at Sundance. It releases in domestic theaters and on Peacock September 2.
Also in the section are Tarik Saleh’s Egyptian thriller Boy From Heaven; Claudia Sainte-Luce’s Mexican coming-of-age tale The Realm Of God; Sara Dosa’s documentary Fire Of Love narrated by Miranda July; Orit Fouks Rotem’s docufiction Cinema Sabaya; Anita Rocha Da Silveira’s horror pic Medusa; Shalini Kantayya’s Sundance doc TikTok,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Spotlight on New Israeli cinema, cine-concerts also confirmed.
Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) has confirmed the first elements for its 2022 edition, including a partnership with Netflix on the Drama Room strand of its industry programme.
One of eight strands to the industry section, Drama Room will select five series projects in development from Romanian screenwriters and producers.
The three-day programme is designed to help creators develop series production skills and understand the dynamics of the international market; it will consist of panels led by industry experts, including several Netflix executives.
The industry programme also includes Transilvania Pitch Stop, an international...
Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) has confirmed the first elements for its 2022 edition, including a partnership with Netflix on the Drama Room strand of its industry programme.
One of eight strands to the industry section, Drama Room will select five series projects in development from Romanian screenwriters and producers.
The three-day programme is designed to help creators develop series production skills and understand the dynamics of the international market; it will consist of panels led by industry experts, including several Netflix executives.
The industry programme also includes Transilvania Pitch Stop, an international...
- 5/12/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The 25th edition of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is about to kick off, and between 12-28 of November the audience will have the oportunity to watch a great number of films from Asia, strewn across festival’s various program sections, including all competition segments. We went through the complete program and counted no more or less than 69 films from the broader Asian region.
Quite surprising is the amount of competition titles in the main selection, with three world premieres, four international. Lu ZHang’s “Yanagawa” will have its European premiere at PÖFF.
Yerzhanov returns to Tallinn a year after he presented two films at the festival, the main competition title “Ulbolsyn” about a woman who comes to a Kazhak village to “steer trouble”, and the oddball comedy “Yellow Cat” screened in the Current Waves program. Kirill Sokolov is also back two years after the premiere of his critically acclaimed...
Quite surprising is the amount of competition titles in the main selection, with three world premieres, four international. Lu ZHang’s “Yanagawa” will have its European premiere at PÖFF.
Yerzhanov returns to Tallinn a year after he presented two films at the festival, the main competition title “Ulbolsyn” about a woman who comes to a Kazhak village to “steer trouble”, and the oddball comedy “Yellow Cat” screened in the Current Waves program. Kirill Sokolov is also back two years after the premiere of his critically acclaimed...
- 11/10/2021
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Miracle is Romania’s first entry to a competitive section of Venice in 12 years.
Memento international has boarded sales on New York-based Romanian director Bogdan George Apetri’s third feature Miracle ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Horizons section in September.
Divided into two chapters, the crime tale opens on a young nun who sneaks out of her isolated monastery to attend to an urgent matter but never makes it back.
The second chapter follows a police detective’s investigation into her fate, which uncovers clues and revelations that lead not only to an unfathomable truth but possibly,...
Memento international has boarded sales on New York-based Romanian director Bogdan George Apetri’s third feature Miracle ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Horizons section in September.
Divided into two chapters, the crime tale opens on a young nun who sneaks out of her isolated monastery to attend to an urgent matter but never makes it back.
The second chapter follows a police detective’s investigation into her fate, which uncovers clues and revelations that lead not only to an unfathomable truth but possibly,...
- 7/27/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Film revolves around woman from either side of the Middle East conflict who come together at a filmmaking workshop.
Paris-based Memento International has acquired world sales rights to Israeli director Orit Fouks Rotem’s drama Cinema Sabaya revolving around a video workshop attended by women from either side of the Middle East conflict.
It is the latest feature from Tel Aviv-based film company Green Productions, which previously produced Scaffolding, Menashe, Youth and Summer Vacation. Maya Fischer, Gal Greenspan and Roi Kurland take lead producer credits.
Aurélien Bodinaux at Neon Rouge in Belgium is on board as a co-producer. His recent...
Paris-based Memento International has acquired world sales rights to Israeli director Orit Fouks Rotem’s drama Cinema Sabaya revolving around a video workshop attended by women from either side of the Middle East conflict.
It is the latest feature from Tel Aviv-based film company Green Productions, which previously produced Scaffolding, Menashe, Youth and Summer Vacation. Maya Fischer, Gal Greenspan and Roi Kurland take lead producer credits.
Aurélien Bodinaux at Neon Rouge in Belgium is on board as a co-producer. His recent...
- 6/21/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Film revolves around woman from either side of the Middle East conflict who come together at a filmmaking workshop.
Paris-based Memento International has acquired world sales rights to Israeli director Orit Fouks Rotem’s drama Cinema Sabaya revolving around a video workshop attended by women from either side of the Middle East conflict.
It is the latest feature from Tel Aviv-based film company Green Productions, which previously produced Scaffolding, Menashe, Youth and Summer Vacation. Maya Fischer, Gal Greenspan and Roi Kurland take lead producer credits.
Aurélien Bodinaux at Neon Rouge in Belgium is on board as a co-producer. His recent...
Paris-based Memento International has acquired world sales rights to Israeli director Orit Fouks Rotem’s drama Cinema Sabaya revolving around a video workshop attended by women from either side of the Middle East conflict.
It is the latest feature from Tel Aviv-based film company Green Productions, which previously produced Scaffolding, Menashe, Youth and Summer Vacation. Maya Fischer, Gal Greenspan and Roi Kurland take lead producer credits.
Aurélien Bodinaux at Neon Rouge in Belgium is on board as a co-producer. His recent...
- 6/21/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The new company will produce films and TV dramas aimed at the international market.
Global production company Sweetshop and expanding Israeli company Green Productions are joining forces to launch a new Australia and New Zealand-based outfit, called Sweetshop & Green.
The new company, which will become fully operational in October, will produce films and TV dramas aimed at the international market.
Sharlene George, founding partner and global executive producer of Sweetshop, co-heads the joint venture with Israeli producer Gal Greenspan, co-founder and CEO of Green Productions. Both take the title of joint managing director.
Veteran Israeli producer Moshe Edery, president and...
Global production company Sweetshop and expanding Israeli company Green Productions are joining forces to launch a new Australia and New Zealand-based outfit, called Sweetshop & Green.
The new company, which will become fully operational in October, will produce films and TV dramas aimed at the international market.
Sharlene George, founding partner and global executive producer of Sweetshop, co-heads the joint venture with Israeli producer Gal Greenspan, co-founder and CEO of Green Productions. Both take the title of joint managing director.
Veteran Israeli producer Moshe Edery, president and...
- 9/9/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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