Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has snagged comedy “The Unexpected Joker” (“El Metodo Tangalanga”) by Mateo Bendesky, a buzzy comedy produced by prominent Argentine producer Diego Dubcovsky under his production banner, Varsovia Films.
Disney’s new theatrical distribution banner, Star Distribution, will release the film in Latin America in January 2023.
Comedy had its world premiere at Argentina’s Mar del Plata Film Festival where it first sparked interest among various sales agencies. Deal is one of many to emerge from Ventana Sur, now back in full force as an in-person event after made to go online by the pandemic.
Dubcovsky and FilmSharks have previously collaborated on Berlinale Panorama title, “The Tenth Man” (“El Rey del Once”) and “The Mystery of Happiness,” both directed by Dubcovsky’s former Bd Cine partner Daniel Burman. His extensive producing career includes leading Latin directors such as Anahi Berneri, Walter Salles and Burman, whose “Lost Embrace” clinched...
Disney’s new theatrical distribution banner, Star Distribution, will release the film in Latin America in January 2023.
Comedy had its world premiere at Argentina’s Mar del Plata Film Festival where it first sparked interest among various sales agencies. Deal is one of many to emerge from Ventana Sur, now back in full force as an in-person event after made to go online by the pandemic.
Dubcovsky and FilmSharks have previously collaborated on Berlinale Panorama title, “The Tenth Man” (“El Rey del Once”) and “The Mystery of Happiness,” both directed by Dubcovsky’s former Bd Cine partner Daniel Burman. His extensive producing career includes leading Latin directors such as Anahi Berneri, Walter Salles and Burman, whose “Lost Embrace” clinched...
- 12/2/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Rupert Everett, Derek Jacobi and Tom Felton have joined the ensemble cast of “Lead Heads,” described as a “drama about greed and the repercussions it has on the soul.” Also in the cast are Luke Newberry, Mark Williams and Olatunji Ayofe. Giles Borg directs. Principal photography begins in March in London.
The film centers on “a group of men, strangers to one another but all corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a game that may cost them both their souls and lives,” according to a statement from the producers, Lawrence Steven Meyers, Randy Dannenberg and John Evangelides.
Alexa Waugh is onboard to line produce. The script was written by Patrick Makin.
Borg has worked in film and television for more than 20 years, directing commercials, music videos, TV series and feature films. He made his feature debut with “1234” in 2008, a quirky music-themed drama,...
The film centers on “a group of men, strangers to one another but all corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a game that may cost them both their souls and lives,” according to a statement from the producers, Lawrence Steven Meyers, Randy Dannenberg and John Evangelides.
Alexa Waugh is onboard to line produce. The script was written by Patrick Makin.
Borg has worked in film and television for more than 20 years, directing commercials, music videos, TV series and feature films. He made his feature debut with “1234” in 2008, a quirky music-themed drama,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Untamed, from Cannes best director award winner, among 13 titles.
The 64rd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 16-24) has revealed the 13 titles in its Horizontes Latinos programme, comprising some of the best Latin American films of the year to date.
Films selected may have competed or premiered at international festivals, but will have not yet been screened at a Spanish festival or had their commercial release in Spain.
The selected films compete for the Horizontes Award, decided by a specific jury and coming with €35,000, of which €10,000 will go to the director of the winning film, and the remaining €25,000 to its distributor in Spain.
The titles include The Untamed, from Amat Escalante, who won the Best Director Award in Cannes for Heli in 2013. The film, which will premiere in competition at this year’s Venice, centres on a young couple living in the Mexican lowlands whose lives are changed when a meteorite crashes into an nearby mountain.
Horizontes...
The 64rd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 16-24) has revealed the 13 titles in its Horizontes Latinos programme, comprising some of the best Latin American films of the year to date.
Films selected may have competed or premiered at international festivals, but will have not yet been screened at a Spanish festival or had their commercial release in Spain.
The selected films compete for the Horizontes Award, decided by a specific jury and coming with €35,000, of which €10,000 will go to the director of the winning film, and the remaining €25,000 to its distributor in Spain.
The titles include The Untamed, from Amat Escalante, who won the Best Director Award in Cannes for Heli in 2013. The film, which will premiere in competition at this year’s Venice, centres on a young couple living in the Mexican lowlands whose lives are changed when a meteorite crashes into an nearby mountain.
Horizontes...
- 8/17/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Tenth Man (El rey del Once) Kino Lorber Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: C Director: Daniel Burman Written by: Daniel Burman Cast: Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Usher Barilka, Elvira Onetto, Andrían Stoppelman Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 7/19/16 Opens: August 5, 2016 There is evidence that writer-director Daniel Burman, who is of Polish-Jewish descent and was born and raised in Buenos Aires, believes that secular Jews are “lost” but can be “saved” if they return to the fold of orthodoxy. His movies lend comparison to Woody Allen’s, who is one of Burman’s heroes, though he denies much stylistic connection to the great American director. Still, “The Tenth Man” [ Read More ]
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- 8/1/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Plus: Kino Lorber moves The Tenth Man; Warner Bros dates three; TWC moves The Founder deep into awards season
The first Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival launches this September in Miami with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The festival will take place from September 29- October 2 at O Cinema Wynwood and will showcase features and shorts.
The event was founded by Third Horizon, a Miami-based collective of Caribbean creatives whose first short film, Papa Machete, received its world premiere in Toronto 2014.
The festival is being staged in partnership with the Caribbean Film Academy, a Brooklyn-based non-profit whose core mission is to support and distribute the work of Caribbean film-makers.
Sponsorship comes from Caribbean telecoms company Flow and the non-profit Green Family Foundation
Kino Lorber has moved up the Us release of Daniel Burman’s The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once). The Argentinian drama, which opened the Berlinale’s Panorama strand back in...
The first Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival launches this September in Miami with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The festival will take place from September 29- October 2 at O Cinema Wynwood and will showcase features and shorts.
The event was founded by Third Horizon, a Miami-based collective of Caribbean creatives whose first short film, Papa Machete, received its world premiere in Toronto 2014.
The festival is being staged in partnership with the Caribbean Film Academy, a Brooklyn-based non-profit whose core mission is to support and distribute the work of Caribbean film-makers.
Sponsorship comes from Caribbean telecoms company Flow and the non-profit Green Family Foundation
Kino Lorber has moved up the Us release of Daniel Burman’s The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once). The Argentinian drama, which opened the Berlinale’s Panorama strand back in...
- 7/14/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Plus: Warner Bros dates three and TWC moves The Founder deeper into awards season
Kino Lorber has moved up the Us release of Daniel Burman’s The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once).
The Argentinian drama, which opened the Berlinale’s Panorama strand back in February, has moved into the August 5 slot.
It will open in Los Angeles and New York followed by nationwide roll-out. Alan Sabbagh and Julieta Zylberberg star in the tale of a man who reconnects with his roots in the Jewish neighbourhood of Once in Buenos Aires. FilmSharks handles international sales.
Warner Bros head honchos have dated three Untitled WB Event Film slots. The trio are set for June 8, 2018, August 2, 2019, and August 7, 2020.On the hunt for what would be his first best picture Oscar win in five years, Harvey Weinstein has affirmed his faith in The Founder and moved back the story of McDonald’s entrepreneur Ray Kroc starring Michael Keaton from August...
Kino Lorber has moved up the Us release of Daniel Burman’s The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once).
The Argentinian drama, which opened the Berlinale’s Panorama strand back in February, has moved into the August 5 slot.
It will open in Los Angeles and New York followed by nationwide roll-out. Alan Sabbagh and Julieta Zylberberg star in the tale of a man who reconnects with his roots in the Jewish neighbourhood of Once in Buenos Aires. FilmSharks handles international sales.
Warner Bros head honchos have dated three Untitled WB Event Film slots. The trio are set for June 8, 2018, August 2, 2019, and August 7, 2020.On the hunt for what would be his first best picture Oscar win in five years, Harvey Weinstein has affirmed his faith in The Founder and moved back the story of McDonald’s entrepreneur Ray Kroc starring Michael Keaton from August...
- 7/14/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has commissioned its first original series out of Argentina with Daniel Burman’s Edha. The series will start production in Buenos Aires and debut exclusively on Netflix worldwide next year. Acclaimed filmmaker Burman’s credits include El Rey del Once and El Abrazo Partido. Written by Daniel Burman, Mario Segade and Oficina Burman's writers room, the one hour, 13 ep season will follow the life of Edha, a young, successful fashion designer and single mother, who is…...
- 5/19/2016
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: FilmSharks has licensed further key territories on Daniel Burman’s recent Berlin Panorama opener The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once).
Jiff has taken all rights for Australia and New Zealand and plans a fourth quarter theatrical release. Cinecolombia has picked up the Buenos Aires-set family story for Colombia.
The Tenth Man, which earned Alan Sabbagh the juried best actor award at the Tribeca Film Festival last month, previously sold to Kino Lorber for the Us.
Buena Vista International holds South American rights and Fox+ acquired pay-tv and Svod for Latin America.
FilmSharks chief Guido Rud said discussions were ongoing for France, Germany, Japan and Spain.
Jiff has taken all rights for Australia and New Zealand and plans a fourth quarter theatrical release. Cinecolombia has picked up the Buenos Aires-set family story for Colombia.
The Tenth Man, which earned Alan Sabbagh the juried best actor award at the Tribeca Film Festival last month, previously sold to Kino Lorber for the Us.
Buena Vista International holds South American rights and Fox+ acquired pay-tv and Svod for Latin America.
FilmSharks chief Guido Rud said discussions were ongoing for France, Germany, Japan and Spain.
- 5/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has picked up Us rights from FilmSharks to Daniel Burman’s recent Panorama opening night selection in Berlin.
The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once) stars as a man who returns to his Jewish childhood neighbourhood of Once in Buenos Aires and reconnects with his roots.
Alan Sabbagh and Julieta Zylberberg star in the film, which receives its Us premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival set to run in New York from April 13-24.
Kino Lorber plans an autumn theatrical release after key festival appearances.
“We fell in love with Daniel Burman’s warm, funny, crowd-pleasing The Tenth Man at Berlinale,” said Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber. “The Tenth Man’s bustling Buenos Aires Jewish community is a rich frame filled with delectable details as one man pursues a return to his roots – a sweetly poignant universal tale.”...
The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once) stars as a man who returns to his Jewish childhood neighbourhood of Once in Buenos Aires and reconnects with his roots.
Alan Sabbagh and Julieta Zylberberg star in the film, which receives its Us premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival set to run in New York from April 13-24.
Kino Lorber plans an autumn theatrical release after key festival appearances.
“We fell in love with Daniel Burman’s warm, funny, crowd-pleasing The Tenth Man at Berlinale,” said Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber. “The Tenth Man’s bustling Buenos Aires Jewish community is a rich frame filled with delectable details as one man pursues a return to his roots – a sweetly poignant universal tale.”...
- 3/18/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Top brass at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival presented by At&T have announced selections in the Us Narrative, International Narrative and Documentary Competition strands.
The films comprise 55 out of 110 features that will play during the 15th edition of the New York festival from April 13-24. The festival will present features films in the Spotlight, Midnight, and Special Sections on March 8.
Also included in Wednesday’s announcement are the out-of-competition Viewpoints titles.
The world premiere of Bill Ross and Turner Ross’ Contemporary Color will open the World Documentary competition on April 14, while the world premiere of Kicks by Justin Tipping will open the Us Narrative competition.
The world premiere of Madly directed by Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, and Natasha Khan will open the International Narrative Competition. Viewpoints will open with the world premiere of Nerdland directed by Chris Prynoski.
One third of the festival’s feature films are directed by women...
The films comprise 55 out of 110 features that will play during the 15th edition of the New York festival from April 13-24. The festival will present features films in the Spotlight, Midnight, and Special Sections on March 8.
Also included in Wednesday’s announcement are the out-of-competition Viewpoints titles.
The world premiere of Bill Ross and Turner Ross’ Contemporary Color will open the World Documentary competition on April 14, while the world premiere of Kicks by Justin Tipping will open the Us Narrative competition.
The world premiere of Madly directed by Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, and Natasha Khan will open the International Narrative Competition. Viewpoints will open with the world premiere of Nerdland directed by Chris Prynoski.
One third of the festival’s feature films are directed by women...
- 3/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Plus: Participant Media promotes Sam Neswick to COO; FilmRise acquires Holy Hell; and more
The San Francisco Film Society will present the Mel Novikoff Award on April 30 to international art house cinema sister companies Janus Films and the Criterion Collection at the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, set to run from April 21–May 5.
Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell of Janus Films and the Criterion Collection will take part in an on-stage conversation followed by a screening of Criterion’s most recent restoration, Joel and Ethan Coen’s Blood Simple. The Coen brothers are expected to participate in the presentation.
Participant Media has promoted Sam Neswick to COO. Neswick joined in 2014 as svp of strategic planning and was promoted last year to chief strategy officer. He recently drove Participant’s investment in Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners. Neswick will report to CEO David Linde.FilmRise has acquired Us rights from Donaldson Califf and Andrew Herwitz to [link...
The San Francisco Film Society will present the Mel Novikoff Award on April 30 to international art house cinema sister companies Janus Films and the Criterion Collection at the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival, set to run from April 21–May 5.
Peter Becker and Jonathan Turell of Janus Films and the Criterion Collection will take part in an on-stage conversation followed by a screening of Criterion’s most recent restoration, Joel and Ethan Coen’s Blood Simple. The Coen brothers are expected to participate in the presentation.
Participant Media has promoted Sam Neswick to COO. Neswick joined in 2014 as svp of strategic planning and was promoted last year to chief strategy officer. He recently drove Participant’s investment in Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners. Neswick will report to CEO David Linde.FilmRise has acquired Us rights from Donaldson Califf and Andrew Herwitz to [link...
- 3/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Argentina sales outfit recruits executive from Primer Plano Film Group.
Former Primer Plano Film Group international sales executive Valeria Fanego has returned to Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks.
Fanego will serve as senior vice-president of international sales at the company and flies into Berlin with Guido Rud and his team to talk up a slate that includes Daniel Burman’s Panorama opener The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once).
Fanego brings more than a decade of experience in the industry and worked at FilmSharks until 2012 as a sales executive. Her previous posts include acquisitions executive at SnapTV-MarVista.
“Coming back to my place of birth in this industry, gives me the opportunity to continue working with a great catalogue of worldwide pearls, alongside a wonderful group of people,” said Fanego.
Former Primer Plano Film Group international sales executive Valeria Fanego has returned to Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks.
Fanego will serve as senior vice-president of international sales at the company and flies into Berlin with Guido Rud and his team to talk up a slate that includes Daniel Burman’s Panorama opener The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once).
Fanego brings more than a decade of experience in the industry and worked at FilmSharks until 2012 as a sales executive. Her previous posts include acquisitions executive at SnapTV-MarVista.
“Coming back to my place of birth in this industry, gives me the opportunity to continue working with a great catalogue of worldwide pearls, alongside a wonderful group of people,” said Fanego.
- 2/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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