Fusion Entertainment has signed Bria Vinaite, an actress who got her breakout role as a woman living on the economic fringes in Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project.”
The Lithuania-born actress was discovered by filmmaker Baker when she was working in the fashion industry and cast in the lead part of a struggling single mother raising her daughter in a motel. Her performance earned Vinaite multiple award nominations from critics groups including Chicago Film Critics Association and San Diego Film Critics Association.
Since “The Florida Project” debuted in 2017, Vinaite has gone on to act in TV series including “The Oa” and films such as “Balance Not Symmetry” and “Lost in Transmissions.” Next year, she will star in “Pandemonium,” the latest feature from Icelandic filmmaker Anton Sigurdsson. It follows a group of wealthy New Yorkers trapped at a wellness retreat run by a nefarious guru. The film shoots in New Jersey...
The Lithuania-born actress was discovered by filmmaker Baker when she was working in the fashion industry and cast in the lead part of a struggling single mother raising her daughter in a motel. Her performance earned Vinaite multiple award nominations from critics groups including Chicago Film Critics Association and San Diego Film Critics Association.
Since “The Florida Project” debuted in 2017, Vinaite has gone on to act in TV series including “The Oa” and films such as “Balance Not Symmetry” and “Lost in Transmissions.” Next year, she will star in “Pandemonium,” the latest feature from Icelandic filmmaker Anton Sigurdsson. It follows a group of wealthy New Yorkers trapped at a wellness retreat run by a nefarious guru. The film shoots in New Jersey...
- 12/1/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
"Don't even think about escaping..." Gravitas Ventures has released an official trailer for a frightening small town horror thriller titled Women, a new feature from Icelandic director Anton Sigurdsson. In the film, a small-town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who lives a double life. Apparently he's kidnapping and torturing women, but why? And why are so many still locked up, what is going on with them? Women stars Adam Dorsey, Anna Marie Dobbins, Anna Maiche, Kylie Delre, Denise Gossett, and Michael Simon Hall. It looks a little too realistic to watch these days, a frightening story of how a seemingly nice guy might be a horribly evil person. Here's the official trailer (+ two posters) for Anton Sigurdsson's Women, direct from YouTube (via B-d): A small town detective (Adam Dorsey) investigates into a Sociology professor when a mutilated body is...
- 4/28/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Gravitas Ventures works with the sales agent again.
UK-based sales firm Reason8 has unveiled a range of deals across its slate, led by key territories for Anton Sigurdsson’s crime drama Women.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up the title for North America, and is planning a theatrical release for late May 2021.
Further sales on Women include UK-Ireland (101 Films), Middle East (N Stars), Russia and Cis (TenLetters), Latin America (Encripta) and Turkey (Ella Film).
The film centres on a small-town detective’s investigation into a Sociology professor whose female students repeatedly go missing.
Gravitas and Reason8 previously partnered on Australian thriller Sweet River,...
UK-based sales firm Reason8 has unveiled a range of deals across its slate, led by key territories for Anton Sigurdsson’s crime drama Women.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up the title for North America, and is planning a theatrical release for late May 2021.
Further sales on Women include UK-Ireland (101 Films), Middle East (N Stars), Russia and Cis (TenLetters), Latin America (Encripta) and Turkey (Ella Film).
The film centres on a small-town detective’s investigation into a Sociology professor whose female students repeatedly go missing.
Gravitas and Reason8 previously partnered on Australian thriller Sweet River,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The film is being sold at AFM by Reason8 Films.
UK-based sales company Reason8 Films has closed a North American deal with Gravitas Ventures for Sweet River.
Gravitas is looking to release the Australian mystery thriller theatrically in April next year. The deal was negotiated between Anna Krupnova of Reason8 and Brett Rogalsky of Gravitas.
Sweet River tells a story of Hannah, whose search for her son’s body leads her to a sleepy rural town that hides dark secrets. It’s the narrative directorial debut for Justin McMillan (Storm Surfers 3D); Ashley McLeod is the producer.
The cast includes Lisa Kay,...
UK-based sales company Reason8 Films has closed a North American deal with Gravitas Ventures for Sweet River.
Gravitas is looking to release the Australian mystery thriller theatrically in April next year. The deal was negotiated between Anna Krupnova of Reason8 and Brett Rogalsky of Gravitas.
Sweet River tells a story of Hannah, whose search for her son’s body leads her to a sleepy rural town that hides dark secrets. It’s the narrative directorial debut for Justin McMillan (Storm Surfers 3D); Ashley McLeod is the producer.
The cast includes Lisa Kay,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
UK sales outfit also secures sales of crime comedy ‘Schemers’ and comedy-drama ‘My Thoughts Are Silent’.
UK sales outfit Reason8 Films has sold Russian horror thriller Tvar (Stray) to WellGo USA Entertainment, which plans to release the film in North America under the title Evil Boy.
Directed by Olga Gorodetskaya, the film centres on a married couple whose decision to adopt an orphan has terrifying consequences. It stars Elena Lyadova and Vladimir Vdovichenkov, best known for their roles in Cannes and Golden Globe winner Leviathan.
With cinemas closed, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, WellGo is planning a home entertainment release in July.
UK sales outfit Reason8 Films has sold Russian horror thriller Tvar (Stray) to WellGo USA Entertainment, which plans to release the film in North America under the title Evil Boy.
Directed by Olga Gorodetskaya, the film centres on a married couple whose decision to adopt an orphan has terrifying consequences. It stars Elena Lyadova and Vladimir Vdovichenkov, best known for their roles in Cannes and Golden Globe winner Leviathan.
With cinemas closed, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, WellGo is planning a home entertainment release in July.
- 4/16/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
London-based agent also picks up Jemaine Clement comedy Humour Me.
London-based sales agent Reason8 has boosted its European Film Market (Efm) slate with two new acquisitions and has also scored its first deals on sci-fi A Rough Draft.
The company has picked up international rights to Sam Hoffman’s Humour Me, a comedy starring Jemaine Clement (Flight Of The Conchords) and Elliot Gould (Ocean’s Eleven) that is currently on release in the Us.
Director Hoffman is the creator of popular web series Old Jews Telling Jokes, which has since been adapted into a TV series.
Reason8 has also picked up children’s fantasy adventure 2:hrs, which is written by Roland Moore and stars 2017 Children’s Bafta winner Alhaji Fofana. The film tells the story of a slacker schoolboy who discovers that he only has two hours left to live. Producers are Andromeda Godfrey and Diana Juhr-De Benedetti.
Separately, Reason8 has also inked multiple deals on its upcoming fantasy thriller A Rough Draft, which it is screening in the market in Berlin. Ahead of the film’s release via Sony/Columbia in Russia on March 15, the film has now sold to German-speaking Europe (Capelight Pictures), Baltics (Acme), Malaysia (Suraya Filem), and Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan (Purple Plan).
Reason8’s Efm slate also includes Gareth Tunley’s The Ghoul, Anton Sigurdsson’s Women and Easter European comedy Dzidzio Contrabass.
London-based sales agent Reason8 has boosted its European Film Market (Efm) slate with two new acquisitions and has also scored its first deals on sci-fi A Rough Draft.
The company has picked up international rights to Sam Hoffman’s Humour Me, a comedy starring Jemaine Clement (Flight Of The Conchords) and Elliot Gould (Ocean’s Eleven) that is currently on release in the Us.
Director Hoffman is the creator of popular web series Old Jews Telling Jokes, which has since been adapted into a TV series.
Reason8 has also picked up children’s fantasy adventure 2:hrs, which is written by Roland Moore and stars 2017 Children’s Bafta winner Alhaji Fofana. The film tells the story of a slacker schoolboy who discovers that he only has two hours left to live. Producers are Andromeda Godfrey and Diana Juhr-De Benedetti.
Separately, Reason8 has also inked multiple deals on its upcoming fantasy thriller A Rough Draft, which it is screening in the market in Berlin. Ahead of the film’s release via Sony/Columbia in Russia on March 15, the film has now sold to German-speaking Europe (Capelight Pictures), Baltics (Acme), Malaysia (Suraya Filem), and Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan (Purple Plan).
Reason8’s Efm slate also includes Gareth Tunley’s The Ghoul, Anton Sigurdsson’s Women and Easter European comedy Dzidzio Contrabass.
- 2/16/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Crime thriller follows a New Orleans detective caught between two rival factions.
UK sales outfit Reason8 is at the Afm with Us crime-thriller Dark Meridian, currently in post-production.
The film charts the story of a New Orleans detective who gets caught up in a fight between two rival criminal factions while on a stake out.
The company also has development crime-thriller Women from director Anton Sigurdsson and supernatural action film The Fallen as well as German-language title My Good Hans.
The company was set up by former Av Pictures executive Anna Krupnova and Denis Krupnov, formerly of the Caparo Group.
The company took over most of Av Pictures’ library titles and is now building a broader slate.
UK sales outfit Reason8 is at the Afm with Us crime-thriller Dark Meridian, currently in post-production.
The film charts the story of a New Orleans detective who gets caught up in a fight between two rival criminal factions while on a stake out.
The company also has development crime-thriller Women from director Anton Sigurdsson and supernatural action film The Fallen as well as German-language title My Good Hans.
The company was set up by former Av Pictures executive Anna Krupnova and Denis Krupnov, formerly of the Caparo Group.
The company took over most of Av Pictures’ library titles and is now building a broader slate.
- 11/5/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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