Munich-based sales agent Global Screen closed major European deals for drama “Veins of the World,” the fiction feature film debut of director-screenwriter Byambasuren Davaa, whose “The Story of the Weeping Camel” was nominated for an Oscar for best documentary, and sold to more than 60 territories.
“Veins of the World,” which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and will also be screened at the Marché du Film Online, has been picked up by Les Films du Preau for France, Surtsey Films for Spain, Angel Films for Scandinavia and Filmcoopi for Switzerland. Further deals are in negotiation. The drama will be released in Germany by Pandora Film later this year.
The film centers on Amra, an 11-year-old boy who lives the traditional life of a nomad with his mother Zaya, father Erdene and little sister Altaa in the Mongolian steppe. While Zaya takes care of the flock, Erdene works as a mechanic,...
“Veins of the World,” which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and will also be screened at the Marché du Film Online, has been picked up by Les Films du Preau for France, Surtsey Films for Spain, Angel Films for Scandinavia and Filmcoopi for Switzerland. Further deals are in negotiation. The drama will be released in Germany by Pandora Film later this year.
The film centers on Amra, an 11-year-old boy who lives the traditional life of a nomad with his mother Zaya, father Erdene and little sister Altaa in the Mongolian steppe. While Zaya takes care of the flock, Erdene works as a mechanic,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
New to Streaming: ‘Dawson City: Frozen Time,’ ‘Marjorie Prime,’ ‘Lady Macbeth,’ ‘Landline,’ and More
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.
Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.
- 10/6/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Nick once again embarks on his occasional cinematic world trip, with a look at the unique movies of Central Asia...
Returning to my semi-regular feature, we arrive in Central Asia. We're also approaching the halfway point of the journey, and I feel I have barely begun to scratch the surface on any of these countries.
It has been an eye-opening experience for me, as when I first conceived the idea it sounded quite simple and straightforward, with the name obviously suggesting itself. But it has become one of the more consistently challenging things to write about!
There are just too many damn films. Which is definitely a good problem. It would be terrible if there was a dearth of quality cinema out there.
Anyway, without further ado, here are ten more to hopefully whet your appetite for exploring the fringes of cinema....
Georgia
Admired by legendary director Federico Fellini among others,...
Returning to my semi-regular feature, we arrive in Central Asia. We're also approaching the halfway point of the journey, and I feel I have barely begun to scratch the surface on any of these countries.
It has been an eye-opening experience for me, as when I first conceived the idea it sounded quite simple and straightforward, with the name obviously suggesting itself. But it has become one of the more consistently challenging things to write about!
There are just too many damn films. Which is definitely a good problem. It would be terrible if there was a dearth of quality cinema out there.
Anyway, without further ado, here are ten more to hopefully whet your appetite for exploring the fringes of cinema....
Georgia
Admired by legendary director Federico Fellini among others,...
- 1/27/2011
- Den of Geek
by Ronald Bergan As I trudge around from one European festival to another (pity me, dear reader), I boringly repeat the litany that there are too many festivals and too few good films. Yet, in the lovely lakeside Swiss town of Locarno, I was hoping to eat my words. (It's too expensive to eat much else!). The center of the Locarno Film Festival (and of the town) is the splendid Piazza Grande, where crowds gather every night to watch "popular" films on the giant screen. These need not detain us long with the exception of the closing film, The Two Horses of Genghis Khan (Chingisiyn Hoyor Zagal), which is not a very low-budget epic as the title suggests, but a semi-documentary by Byambasuren Davaa, the Mongolian director of The Story of the Weeping Camel and The Cave of the Yellow Dog. With few concessions to western tastes, it follows the...
- 8/17/2009
- GreenCine Daily
NEW YORK -- Byambasuren Davaa's The Cave of the Yellow Dog swept several top honors at the 13th annual Hamptons International Film Festival's Golden Starfish Awards on Saturday night, taking home awards for best narrative feature, best original movie score and best cinematography. In East Hampton's Guild Hall, HIFF executive director Denise Kasell, board chairman Stuart Match Suna, programr Rajendra Roy and emcee Bob Balaban presided over the ceremony, which presented more than $150,000 in goods and services to the top prize winner, Cave, while Daniel Schoenauer's cinematography and Dagvan Ganpurev's score earned $6,000 and $5,000, respectively, in further goods and services. Their awards were presented by Kodak's Mary Manard Reed and Artemis Records' Daniel Glass. Davaa garnered a documentary Oscar nom this year for co-directing The Story of the Weeping Camel, another film shot in Mongolia using nonactors. Cave is about a girl who finds a puppy and how it affects her nomadic family.
- 10/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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