Films and projects travel from Sundance to Rotterdam and Rotterdam’s love affair with Latin America becomes apparent.
Making their way from Sundance to Rotterdam, “Lemon” was Opening Night in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sloan Prize Winner “Marjorie Prime” played in Voices while director Michael Almereyda was on the Jury of the Hivos Tiger Competition. His documentary, “Escapes” also played in the Regained section of the festival.
“Marjorie Prime”: Director Michael Almereyda, Lois Smith and Jon Hamm
“Chile’s “Family Life” by Alicia Scherson and Cristian Jimenez, Singapore’s “Pop Aye”, “Lady Macbeth” and “Sami Blood” all screened here after premiering in Sundance as well.
Pop Aye director Kirsten Tan won the Big Screen Competition and in addition to the cash prize may also count on a guaranteed release in Dutch cinemas and on TV.
“The Wound” by John Trengove has even longer legs, reaching from Sundance World...
Making their way from Sundance to Rotterdam, “Lemon” was Opening Night in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sloan Prize Winner “Marjorie Prime” played in Voices while director Michael Almereyda was on the Jury of the Hivos Tiger Competition. His documentary, “Escapes” also played in the Regained section of the festival.
“Marjorie Prime”: Director Michael Almereyda, Lois Smith and Jon Hamm
“Chile’s “Family Life” by Alicia Scherson and Cristian Jimenez, Singapore’s “Pop Aye”, “Lady Macbeth” and “Sami Blood” all screened here after premiering in Sundance as well.
Pop Aye director Kirsten Tan won the Big Screen Competition and in addition to the cash prize may also count on a guaranteed release in Dutch cinemas and on TV.
“The Wound” by John Trengove has even longer legs, reaching from Sundance World...
- 2/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Service, called ‘Unleashed’, will launch later this year.
Iffr’s video-on-demand platform Unleashed is set to officially launch in the spring. It will include films from this year’s line-up as well as previous editions.
The service was soft-launched at last year’s festival, and is currently operating with a selection of Iffr films available for purchase via iTunes and Google Play.
This year’s six Iffr Live films are also available for viewing for the duration of the festival, with the Q&As available as bonus material.
Funding
From spring, viewers will be able to see the films direct from the Iffr Unleashed site for a set monthly rate, without the requirement of iTunes or Google Play.
“Established platforms like iTunes and Google Play can pose technical restrictions,” explained Iffr Live and Unleashed programmer Melissa van der Schoor. “It will be easier for us to broaden a film’s online release to more territories with Iffr...
Iffr’s video-on-demand platform Unleashed is set to officially launch in the spring. It will include films from this year’s line-up as well as previous editions.
The service was soft-launched at last year’s festival, and is currently operating with a selection of Iffr films available for purchase via iTunes and Google Play.
This year’s six Iffr Live films are also available for viewing for the duration of the festival, with the Q&As available as bonus material.
Funding
From spring, viewers will be able to see the films direct from the Iffr Unleashed site for a set monthly rate, without the requirement of iTunes or Google Play.
“Established platforms like iTunes and Google Play can pose technical restrictions,” explained Iffr Live and Unleashed programmer Melissa van der Schoor. “It will be easier for us to broaden a film’s online release to more territories with Iffr...
- 2/1/2017
- ScreenDaily
As the fund restructures, several previous grantees spoke on a Rotterdam panel about their struggles in local markets.
After the recent announcement that International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund is restructuring, the scheme’s outgoing manager Iwana Chronis was at Iffr on Monday (Jan 30) with several fund recipients to discuss their distribution experiences.
Filmmakers Michel Lipkes (Mexico), John Torres (Philippines) and Marina Meliande (Brazil) praised the development and production fund for supporting independent films in less financially-able countries, but also took the opportunity to highlight the constant struggle of releasing their films in their respective home territories.
Lipkes, whose feature Malaventura screened at Iffr in 2012, said the fund enabled his film to also receive support from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography, a grant he may not have received if he had not had the backing of the Hbf fund.
However, his inability to screen the film for more than one week in Mexico’s multiplexes...
After the recent announcement that International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund is restructuring, the scheme’s outgoing manager Iwana Chronis was at Iffr on Monday (Jan 30) with several fund recipients to discuss their distribution experiences.
Filmmakers Michel Lipkes (Mexico), John Torres (Philippines) and Marina Meliande (Brazil) praised the development and production fund for supporting independent films in less financially-able countries, but also took the opportunity to highlight the constant struggle of releasing their films in their respective home territories.
Lipkes, whose feature Malaventura screened at Iffr in 2012, said the fund enabled his film to also receive support from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography, a grant he may not have received if he had not had the backing of the Hbf fund.
However, his inability to screen the film for more than one week in Mexico’s multiplexes...
- 2/1/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Latino film sales subsidiary of Im Global heads to Park City this week with worldwide rights to Don’t Swallow My Heart Alligator Girl! and I Dream In Another Language.
Don’t Swallow My Heart Alligator Girl! marks the solo directorial debut of Brazil’s Felipe Bragança and premieres in World Cinema Dramatic Competition on Sunday ahead of its European premiere in Berlin next month.
Cauã Reymond, Eduardo Macedo, Adeli Gonzales and Zahy Guajajara star in the story of a Brazilian boy who must fight for the love of a Paraguayan girl as war brews between rival gangs on opposite sides of the border.
Producers on the Brazil-Netherlands-France-Paraguay drama are Marina Meliande, Marcos Prado, Dijana Olcay-Hot, Yohann Cornu and Raymond van der Kaaij on behalf of Revolver.
Bragança previously co-directed A Alegria (The Joy) with Meliande, which screened in Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2010.
Mexican filmmaker Ernesto Contreras wrote and directed I Dream In Another Language (Sueño...
Don’t Swallow My Heart Alligator Girl! marks the solo directorial debut of Brazil’s Felipe Bragança and premieres in World Cinema Dramatic Competition on Sunday ahead of its European premiere in Berlin next month.
Cauã Reymond, Eduardo Macedo, Adeli Gonzales and Zahy Guajajara star in the story of a Brazilian boy who must fight for the love of a Paraguayan girl as war brews between rival gangs on opposite sides of the border.
Producers on the Brazil-Netherlands-France-Paraguay drama are Marina Meliande, Marcos Prado, Dijana Olcay-Hot, Yohann Cornu and Raymond van der Kaaij on behalf of Revolver.
Bragança previously co-directed A Alegria (The Joy) with Meliande, which screened in Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2010.
Mexican filmmaker Ernesto Contreras wrote and directed I Dream In Another Language (Sueño...
- 1/17/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Paris Coproduction Village has unveiled its selections and online registration is now open to book meetings. At the event, 14 carefully selected international projects without French partners attached will be presented to producers, sales agents, distributors, financiers, and fund representatives.
The 14 projects selected are the followings:
"Across the Fields" by Daniel Joseph Borgman ("The Weight of Elephants" Berlinale Forum and Generation Selections 2013 ; short film "Berik" Grand Prix Critic’s Week Cannes 2010) produced by Adomeit Film (Denmark) "Brotherhood" by Pepe Diokno ("Above the Clouds", Tokyo International Film Festival 2014 ; "Clash" Venice Film Festival 2009 Lion of the Futur and Orrizonti Award) produced by Epicmedia (Philippines) "Fireflies" by Bani Khoshnoudi ("Ziba" International Film festival Rotterdam 2012 ; short film "Transit" Grand Jury Prix Premiers Plans Angers 2005) produced by Zensky Cine (Mexico) and Pensée Sauvage (U.S.) "Look Up" by Fulvio Risuleo (short film "Varicella" Semaine de la Critique 2015 ; short film "Lievito Madre" Cannes Cinéfondation 2014 ;) produced by Revok (Italy) "Lost Wolves" by Carlos Moreno ("All Your Dead Ones" Competition Sundance 2011 ; "Dog Eat Dog" Competition Sundance 2008) prodced by 64-a Films (Colombia) "The Man from the Sea" by Koji Fukada ("Au revoir l’été" Gold Montgolfière Festival des 3 Continents 2013 ; "Hospitalité" Best Picture Award Tokyo International Film Festival 2010) produced by Nikkatsu Corporation (Japan) "The Omission" by Sebastián Schjaer (short film "The Broken Past," Director’s Fortnight 2015 ; short film "Tomorrow All the Things" Cannes Cinéfondation 2013) produced by Trapecio Cine (Argentina) et Titus Kreyenberg (Germany) "Opening Hours" by Anocha Suwichakornpong, Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul and Wichanon Somumjarn ("Mother" Competition Torino Film Festival 2012 ; "In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire" Competition International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011 ; "Mundane Story" Tiger Award International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009) produced by Electric Eel Film (Thailand) "Pirate of Love" by Sara Guðmundsdóttir & Árni Sveinsson (short film "The Pirate of Love" Official Selection New Directors / New Films 2013 ; "Backyard" Special Mention Sound&Vision Award Cph:dox 2010) produced by Netop Films (Iceland) "Single Mother" by Hana Makhmalbaf ("Green Days" Venice Film Festival 2009 ; "Le Cahier" Crystal Bear Berlinale 2008) produced by Makhmalbaf Film House (U.K.) "Zoology" by Ivan I. Tverdosvsky ("Correction Class" Gold Star Marrakech Film Festival 2014) produced by New People (Russia) Projects selected as part of the Brazilian Focus:
"Tinnitus" by Gregorio Graziosi ("Obra" Toronto International Film Festival 2014 ; short film "Mira" International Competition Locarno Film Festival 2009) produced by Superfilmes (Brazil) "Revenge Therapy" by Marcos Bernstein ("My Sweet Orange Tree" Alice nella Citta Award Rome Film Festival 2012 ; "The Other Side of the Street" C.I.C.E.A. Award for Best Film - Berlinale Panorama 2004) produced by Passaro Films (Brazil) "A Yellow Animal" by Felipe Bragança (short film "Escape from my Eyes" Berlinale Forum Expanded 2015 ; "A Alegria" Director’s Fortnight 2010) produced by Duas Mariola Filmes (Brazil) The Paris-based international coproduction market is organized by Les Arcs European Film Festival with support from the Champs-Élysées Fim Festival to take place June 10-12, 2015. All the meetings will take place at Eurosites George V 28 Av. George V, 75008 Paris
For further information: contact[At]pariscopro.com...
The 14 projects selected are the followings:
"Across the Fields" by Daniel Joseph Borgman ("The Weight of Elephants" Berlinale Forum and Generation Selections 2013 ; short film "Berik" Grand Prix Critic’s Week Cannes 2010) produced by Adomeit Film (Denmark) "Brotherhood" by Pepe Diokno ("Above the Clouds", Tokyo International Film Festival 2014 ; "Clash" Venice Film Festival 2009 Lion of the Futur and Orrizonti Award) produced by Epicmedia (Philippines) "Fireflies" by Bani Khoshnoudi ("Ziba" International Film festival Rotterdam 2012 ; short film "Transit" Grand Jury Prix Premiers Plans Angers 2005) produced by Zensky Cine (Mexico) and Pensée Sauvage (U.S.) "Look Up" by Fulvio Risuleo (short film "Varicella" Semaine de la Critique 2015 ; short film "Lievito Madre" Cannes Cinéfondation 2014 ;) produced by Revok (Italy) "Lost Wolves" by Carlos Moreno ("All Your Dead Ones" Competition Sundance 2011 ; "Dog Eat Dog" Competition Sundance 2008) prodced by 64-a Films (Colombia) "The Man from the Sea" by Koji Fukada ("Au revoir l’été" Gold Montgolfière Festival des 3 Continents 2013 ; "Hospitalité" Best Picture Award Tokyo International Film Festival 2010) produced by Nikkatsu Corporation (Japan) "The Omission" by Sebastián Schjaer (short film "The Broken Past," Director’s Fortnight 2015 ; short film "Tomorrow All the Things" Cannes Cinéfondation 2013) produced by Trapecio Cine (Argentina) et Titus Kreyenberg (Germany) "Opening Hours" by Anocha Suwichakornpong, Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul and Wichanon Somumjarn ("Mother" Competition Torino Film Festival 2012 ; "In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire" Competition International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011 ; "Mundane Story" Tiger Award International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009) produced by Electric Eel Film (Thailand) "Pirate of Love" by Sara Guðmundsdóttir & Árni Sveinsson (short film "The Pirate of Love" Official Selection New Directors / New Films 2013 ; "Backyard" Special Mention Sound&Vision Award Cph:dox 2010) produced by Netop Films (Iceland) "Single Mother" by Hana Makhmalbaf ("Green Days" Venice Film Festival 2009 ; "Le Cahier" Crystal Bear Berlinale 2008) produced by Makhmalbaf Film House (U.K.) "Zoology" by Ivan I. Tverdosvsky ("Correction Class" Gold Star Marrakech Film Festival 2014) produced by New People (Russia) Projects selected as part of the Brazilian Focus:
"Tinnitus" by Gregorio Graziosi ("Obra" Toronto International Film Festival 2014 ; short film "Mira" International Competition Locarno Film Festival 2009) produced by Superfilmes (Brazil) "Revenge Therapy" by Marcos Bernstein ("My Sweet Orange Tree" Alice nella Citta Award Rome Film Festival 2012 ; "The Other Side of the Street" C.I.C.E.A. Award for Best Film - Berlinale Panorama 2004) produced by Passaro Films (Brazil) "A Yellow Animal" by Felipe Bragança (short film "Escape from my Eyes" Berlinale Forum Expanded 2015 ; "A Alegria" Director’s Fortnight 2010) produced by Duas Mariola Filmes (Brazil) The Paris-based international coproduction market is organized by Les Arcs European Film Festival with support from the Champs-Élysées Fim Festival to take place June 10-12, 2015. All the meetings will take place at Eurosites George V 28 Av. George V, 75008 Paris
For further information: contact[At]pariscopro.com...
- 6/2/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
A Alegria (The Joy) , playing in Directors Fortnight today is from Brazil as is Sandro Fiorin. Alex Garcia is Cuban-American. A Alegria is the second of a trilogy Coracao no Fogo (Hearts on Fire) about youth, joy, anger and freedom on filmmaking in Brazil in the beggining of the 21st Century. It is fairy tale about a girl in Rio de Janeiro who is tired of hearing about the end of the world. On Christmas Eve, her cousin is shot in a…...
- 5/20/2010
- Sydney's Buzz
The group of leading role actors is mostly non-actors chosen after one year of research and auditions with teenagers in Rio de Janeiro. Tainá Medina, who is 16 years old, plays the leading character Luiza and she has never acted in her life. Junior Moura, that plays João, the missing cousin of Luiza, is Felipe Bragança’s cousin in real life and only worked as an amateur actor. - A Alegria (The Joy) tells the story of 16 year-old Luiza. In Rio de Janeiro’s summer, she is assigned to take care of her cousin, João, whose foot gets shot. The movie deals with the modern culture, politics, friendship, utopia and the pursuit of happiness. A Alegria (The Joy) preems in the 42nd Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Anny Gomes: How did the initial idea come about and how did this become a story...
- 5/18/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
A Alegria (The Joy) tells the story of 16 year-old Luiza. In Rio de Janeiro’s summer, she is assigned to take care of her cousin, João, whose foot gets shot. The movie deals with the modern culture, politics, friendship, utopia and the pursuit of happiness. A Alegria (The Joy) preems in the 42nd Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Anny Gomes: How did the initial idea come about and how did this become a story relevant for you to share with an audience? Felipe Bragança: The movie is a dream about utopia and the courage from the juvenile imaginary of the leading character, Luiza, a 16 year-old girl. To us, the movie is a form of expressing through images an enthusiastic reshaped look of the reality, turning against the melancholy and the nostalgia of the artsy cinema of the 90’s and still common in the beginning of Xxi century.
- 5/18/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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