German producer Silvana Santamaria has come on board as a lead producer on “The Witness,” the new Tehran-set project reuniting Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar that Arthood entertainment is selling in Cannes.
Saeivar will direct “The Witness.” Saeivar wrote “3 Faces,” the Panahi-directed drama that premiered in 2018 in Cannes where it won the award for best screenplay.
Panahi, who is one of Iran’s most prominent auteurs, was recently released from Tehran’s Evin prison after being incarcerated for “propaganda against the system.” He is expected to work with Saeivar on “The Witness,” as he did for his previous films “No End” and “Namo,” according to Santamaria. Panahi will also serve as editor on this previously announced film that is expected to start shooting soon.
In “The Witness,” a widowed retired teacher sees the murder of her adopted daughter. When the police refuse to investigate the murder because of the...
Saeivar will direct “The Witness.” Saeivar wrote “3 Faces,” the Panahi-directed drama that premiered in 2018 in Cannes where it won the award for best screenplay.
Panahi, who is one of Iran’s most prominent auteurs, was recently released from Tehran’s Evin prison after being incarcerated for “propaganda against the system.” He is expected to work with Saeivar on “The Witness,” as he did for his previous films “No End” and “Namo,” according to Santamaria. Panahi will also serve as editor on this previously announced film that is expected to start shooting soon.
In “The Witness,” a widowed retired teacher sees the murder of her adopted daughter. When the police refuse to investigate the murder because of the...
- 5/20/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The writing team of Iran’s Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar, who won best screenplay at Cannes for “3 Faces” (2018) directed by Panahi, have reunited for “The Witness.”
To be directed by Saeivar, the project has been selected for the 21st Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), the project market that operates concurrently with FilMart (March 13-16). Saeivar made his feature debut with “The Alien” (2020), which was a Berlinale selection and won prizes at the Beijing, Hong Kong, Duhok, Taormina and International Crime and Punishment film festivals.
Saeivar’s sophomore feature, “No End,” debuted at Busan in 2022 and won him best director at Goa and a brace of awards at Vesoul recently.
“The Witness” follows a widowed retired teacher who sees the murder of her friend. When the police refuse to investigate the murder because of the suspect’s status as an important government figure, the witness decides to publicize everything she knows.
To be directed by Saeivar, the project has been selected for the 21st Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), the project market that operates concurrently with FilMart (March 13-16). Saeivar made his feature debut with “The Alien” (2020), which was a Berlinale selection and won prizes at the Beijing, Hong Kong, Duhok, Taormina and International Crime and Punishment film festivals.
Saeivar’s sophomore feature, “No End,” debuted at Busan in 2022 and won him best director at Goa and a brace of awards at Vesoul recently.
“The Witness” follows a widowed retired teacher who sees the murder of her friend. When the police refuse to investigate the murder because of the suspect’s status as an important government figure, the witness decides to publicize everything she knows.
- 3/14/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Leyla Yilmaz’s ’Not Knowing’ and Ümit Ünal’s ’Love, Spells And All That’ premiered at Antalya in 2019.
US-based Tla Releasing has picked up UK and North American rights to a duo of Turkish LGBTQ+ titles, Leyla Yilmaz’s Not Knowing and Ümit Ünal’s Love, Spells And All That, from Berlin and Istanbul- based World Sales ArtHood Entertainment.
Additionally, Tla’s sister company Optimale has acquired distribution rights to the two films for French-speaking Europe.
Derek Curl, CEO of Tla Releasing described the titles as “two very different, but equally illuminating and entertaining films set in the complex Turkish...
US-based Tla Releasing has picked up UK and North American rights to a duo of Turkish LGBTQ+ titles, Leyla Yilmaz’s Not Knowing and Ümit Ünal’s Love, Spells And All That, from Berlin and Istanbul- based World Sales ArtHood Entertainment.
Additionally, Tla’s sister company Optimale has acquired distribution rights to the two films for French-speaking Europe.
Derek Curl, CEO of Tla Releasing described the titles as “two very different, but equally illuminating and entertaining films set in the complex Turkish...
- 8/11/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Seven films in early development have been selected for the co-pro market.Scroll down for full details of the projects
CineLink, the industry section of Sarajevo Film Festival (August 11-18), has revealed the first seven projects that will travel to this year’s co-production market.
The films are all in early stages of development and will participate in a preparatory workshop with the CineLink team ahead of being involved in the festival’s Industry Days, which run August 12-17 this year.
All seven of the projects come from the south-eastern European region and will form part of a 35-strong CineLink selection come August.
The initial crop include new films from the directors of Sundance 2014 premiere Viktoria, Locarno 2016 premiere All The Cities Of The North, and the first feature from the star of Dogtooth.
Jovan Marjanovic, head of industry at Sarajevo Film Festival commented: “Come August we will have discovered over 35 projects of different film forms and in...
CineLink, the industry section of Sarajevo Film Festival (August 11-18), has revealed the first seven projects that will travel to this year’s co-production market.
The films are all in early stages of development and will participate in a preparatory workshop with the CineLink team ahead of being involved in the festival’s Industry Days, which run August 12-17 this year.
All seven of the projects come from the south-eastern European region and will form part of a 35-strong CineLink selection come August.
The initial crop include new films from the directors of Sundance 2014 premiere Viktoria, Locarno 2016 premiere All The Cities Of The North, and the first feature from the star of Dogtooth.
Jovan Marjanovic, head of industry at Sarajevo Film Festival commented: “Come August we will have discovered over 35 projects of different film forms and in...
- 3/21/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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