NewFest, the New York-set Lgbtq film festival that is celebrating its 30th year, has unveiled its full linuep of movies ahead of its run October 24-30. As previously announced, the fest opens with Yen Tan’s AIDS drama 1985 starring Gotham‘s Corey Michael Smith, The Gifted‘s Jamie Chung, Aidan Langford, Virginia Madsen and Michael Chiklis.
This year’s slate includes the New York Centerpiece screening of the Matt Smith-starring Mapplethorpe; the Telluride-bowing Boy Erased starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Lucas Hedges as the U.S. Centerpiece; and the International Centerpiece Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu’s pic that has been banned in its native Keyna for centering on a relationship between two women.
Also on tap is the Documentary Centerpiece film Dykes, Camera, Action. The fest will close with Robert Clift and Hillary Demmon’s Making Montgomery Clift.
This year’s lineup features programming from 32 countries, with 46 feature films,...
This year’s slate includes the New York Centerpiece screening of the Matt Smith-starring Mapplethorpe; the Telluride-bowing Boy Erased starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Lucas Hedges as the U.S. Centerpiece; and the International Centerpiece Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu’s pic that has been banned in its native Keyna for centering on a relationship between two women.
Also on tap is the Documentary Centerpiece film Dykes, Camera, Action. The fest will close with Robert Clift and Hillary Demmon’s Making Montgomery Clift.
This year’s lineup features programming from 32 countries, with 46 feature films,...
- 9/21/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Belgian-French sales company Be For Films has announced the pickup of international sales rights for debut Swiss director Hannes Baumgartner’s “Midnight Runner,” set to play as part of San Sebastian’s New Directors.
The true-story feature turns on Jonas Widmer, one of Switzerland’s top long-distance runners, who dreams of one day participating in the Olympics. When not training, he works as a chef and is a pillar of support among his friends and acquaintances.
Just as everything seems to be headed in the right direction, Jonas fails to defend his title during a race in Switzerland, and suppressed memories of his deceased brother start to creep back into his life. Not knowing how to cope, Jonas begins to live a double life in an effort to handle his growing depression.
The film stars two European Film Promotion Shooting Stars in Max Hubacher, who this year dazzled in Marcel Gisler’s “Mario,...
The true-story feature turns on Jonas Widmer, one of Switzerland’s top long-distance runners, who dreams of one day participating in the Olympics. When not training, he works as a chef and is a pillar of support among his friends and acquaintances.
Just as everything seems to be headed in the right direction, Jonas fails to defend his title during a race in Switzerland, and suppressed memories of his deceased brother start to creep back into his life. Not knowing how to cope, Jonas begins to live a double life in an effort to handle his growing depression.
The film stars two European Film Promotion Shooting Stars in Max Hubacher, who this year dazzled in Marcel Gisler’s “Mario,...
- 8/5/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Marcel Gisler on what triggered the making of Mario, a new Lgbt football film.
No matter who I talk to, hardly anyone understands why it should be a problem to be an openly gay professional soccer player in 2018. As early as 2013, many German politicians as well as high-ranking club functionaries and representatives of professional associations took a stand and signed the “Berlin Declaration” – a position paper against homophobia in sport. We know that there are gay soccer players, and club-internally they receive professional guidance and management, but towards the outside, the silence is maintained.
No matter who I talk to, hardly anyone understands why it should be a problem to be an openly gay professional soccer player in 2018. As early as 2013, many German politicians as well as high-ranking club functionaries and representatives of professional associations took a stand and signed the “Berlin Declaration” – a position paper against homophobia in sport. We know that there are gay soccer players, and club-internally they receive professional guidance and management, but towards the outside, the silence is maintained.
- 7/13/2018
- by Marcel Gisler
- Pure Movies
A young Swiss soccer player has been training very hard but his hopes of professional advancement are complicated by the fact that he falls in love with a fellow player in the — excuse the pun — straightforward drama Mario. Though a tad too protracted, this is again an accessible work that tackles German-speaking Switzerland’s complex attitude toward homosexuality in the vein of some of the earlier work from director Marcel Gisler, such as the crowdpleaser Rosie and the fascinating documentary Electroboy. It caused a minor scandal when it was dropped from the Ecrans Junior program in Cannes, which is ...
- 5/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A young Swiss soccer player has been training very hard but his hopes of professional advancement are complicated by the fact that he falls in love with a fellow player in the — excuse the pun — straightforward drama Mario. Though a tad too protracted, this is again an accessible work that tackles German-speaking Switzerland’s complex attitude toward homosexuality in the vein of some of the earlier work from director Marcel Gisler, such as the crowdpleaser Rosie and the fascinating documentary Electroboy. It caused a minor scandal when it was dropped from the Ecrans Junior program in Cannes, which is ...
- 5/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lisa Brühlmann’s debut film takes three prizes including Best Fiction Film
Blue My Mind, the debut film from Lisa Brühlmann, won three awards at the 21st Swiss Film Awards in Zurich tonight (March 23).
The film, a coming-of-age story imbued with elements of body horror, received best fiction film, best screenplay and best actress for Lena Wedler.
See below for the full list of winners
Brühlmann’s film world premiered in the New Directors section at the 2017 San Sebastian Film Festival, and won the Golden Eye and Critics’ Choice awards at Zurich Film Festival last year.
Best documentary was awarded...
Blue My Mind, the debut film from Lisa Brühlmann, won three awards at the 21st Swiss Film Awards in Zurich tonight (March 23).
The film, a coming-of-age story imbued with elements of body horror, received best fiction film, best screenplay and best actress for Lena Wedler.
See below for the full list of winners
Brühlmann’s film world premiered in the New Directors section at the 2017 San Sebastian Film Festival, and won the Golden Eye and Critics’ Choice awards at Zurich Film Festival last year.
Best documentary was awarded...
- 3/23/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Swiss films have punched above their weight on the international stage this year but the industry continues to face challenges.
The year got off to an auspicious start. Stefan Haupt’s local box office hit and Swiss Films champion The Circle, produced by Contrast Film, was sold to Netflix in North America after Wide House cut a number of international deals.
Swiss films remain in demand for festivals at home and abroad. Two films play in international competition in Zurich – Micha Lewinsky’s A Decent Man (Nichts Passiert) and Ruxandra Zenide’s The Miracle Of Tekir – while Guadalajara festival director Ivan Trujillo is in town scouting films for a Swiss focus at the Mexican showcase in March.
Swiss titles have also been long-listed for European Film Academy awards.
The four Swiss documentaries in contention for nominations are: Nicola Bellucci’s Grozny Blues; Marcel Gisler’s Electroboy; Above And Below from Nicolas Steiner; and co-production The Good Life from German...
The year got off to an auspicious start. Stefan Haupt’s local box office hit and Swiss Films champion The Circle, produced by Contrast Film, was sold to Netflix in North America after Wide House cut a number of international deals.
Swiss films remain in demand for festivals at home and abroad. Two films play in international competition in Zurich – Micha Lewinsky’s A Decent Man (Nichts Passiert) and Ruxandra Zenide’s The Miracle Of Tekir – while Guadalajara festival director Ivan Trujillo is in town scouting films for a Swiss focus at the Mexican showcase in March.
Swiss titles have also been long-listed for European Film Academy awards.
The four Swiss documentaries in contention for nominations are: Nicola Bellucci’s Grozny Blues; Marcel Gisler’s Electroboy; Above And Below from Nicolas Steiner; and co-production The Good Life from German...
- 9/26/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A total of 15 European documentaries selected for European Film Awards 2015.
The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the first ever Efa Documentary Selection, a list of 15 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards.
The change follows a decision by the Efa Board to “acknowledge the growing importance of European documentary cinema”.
The titles include Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, which has broken box office records in the UK and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence, a follow-up to award-winning The Act Of Killing.
A further development is the involvement of 10 documentary festivals that recommended to the committee up to three films each which have had their world premiere at the respective festival’s latest edition. Chosen in co-operation with the European Documentary Network Edn, these festivals are:
Idfa (the Netherlands)Cph:dox (Denmark)Visions du Réel (Switzerland)DokLeipzig (Germany)Docslisboa (Portugal)Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece)Jihlava...
The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the first ever Efa Documentary Selection, a list of 15 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards.
The change follows a decision by the Efa Board to “acknowledge the growing importance of European documentary cinema”.
The titles include Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, which has broken box office records in the UK and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence, a follow-up to award-winning The Act Of Killing.
A further development is the involvement of 10 documentary festivals that recommended to the committee up to three films each which have had their world premiere at the respective festival’s latest edition. Chosen in co-operation with the European Documentary Network Edn, these festivals are:
Idfa (the Netherlands)Cph:dox (Denmark)Visions du Réel (Switzerland)DokLeipzig (Germany)Docslisboa (Portugal)Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece)Jihlava...
- 9/16/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Hot projects on Screenbase this week include German-Canadian co-production In The Lost Lands, twin brothers Mohammed Abou Nasser and Ahmad Abou Nasser’s Dégradé, spy-thriller Damascus Cover and documentary Tomorrow.
Fantasy adventure In The Lost Lands
Milla Jovovich will star alongside Justin Chatwin in this new feature based on short stories from the creator of Game Of Thrones. The German-Canadian co-production is directed by Constantin Werner.
The story revolves around a series of magical and fantastic tales centring on a sorceress in search of a spell, a warrior girl on a quest and a young barbarian who encounters a witch in a spacecraft.
Steve Hoban, Oliver Luer and Nico Bruinsma produce. Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico will serve as an executive producer.
Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time
Malick’s documentary features the voices of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Dede Gardner, Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad and [link...
Fantasy adventure In The Lost Lands
Milla Jovovich will star alongside Justin Chatwin in this new feature based on short stories from the creator of Game Of Thrones. The German-Canadian co-production is directed by Constantin Werner.
The story revolves around a series of magical and fantastic tales centring on a sorceress in search of a spell, a warrior girl on a quest and a young barbarian who encounters a witch in a spacecraft.
Steve Hoban, Oliver Luer and Nico Bruinsma produce. Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico will serve as an executive producer.
Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time
Malick’s documentary features the voices of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Dede Gardner, Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad and [link...
- 2/9/2015
- by maud.le-rest@sciencespo-toulouse.net (Maud Le Rest)
- ScreenDaily
Global Screen and Picture Tree International are lining up a number of market premieres to be unveiled at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin later this week.
Munich-based Global Screen’s market premieres include the first 3D screening of Toby Genkel’s animation film Ooops! Noah Is Gone as well as a presentation of the Danish Christmas film The Christmas Family, directed by Carsten Rudolf.
The company is also using this year’s Efm to begin presales on the apocalyptic sci-fi film Sum 1 to be directed by Christian Pasquariellio, with Games Of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon in the starring role opposite German actor André Hennicke.
The English-language film is being produced by Christian Alvart’s production outfit Syrreal Entertainment and is the first title to go into production from a first look and co-development deal signed with Global Screen. Shooting is set to roll on February 9.
In addition, presales are planned on another four animation productions:...
Munich-based Global Screen’s market premieres include the first 3D screening of Toby Genkel’s animation film Ooops! Noah Is Gone as well as a presentation of the Danish Christmas film The Christmas Family, directed by Carsten Rudolf.
The company is also using this year’s Efm to begin presales on the apocalyptic sci-fi film Sum 1 to be directed by Christian Pasquariellio, with Games Of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon in the starring role opposite German actor André Hennicke.
The English-language film is being produced by Christian Alvart’s production outfit Syrreal Entertainment and is the first title to go into production from a first look and co-development deal signed with Global Screen. Shooting is set to roll on February 9.
In addition, presales are planned on another four animation productions:...
- 2/2/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Locarno: Film Republic has secured world rights to Paraguayan-Swiss co-production El Tiempo Nublado by Arami Ullon.
One of the first acquisitions to be confirmed from this year’s Locarno Film Festival line-up, feature doc El Tiempo Nublado first launched at Visions du Reel where it received the Section Regard Neuf award.
The deal was negotiated between Film Republic’s Xavier Henry-Rashid and producer-distributor Pascal Traeschlin at Karlovy Vary where it received its international premiere last month.
Film Republic previously picked up Fuori Concorso selection Cherry Pie by Lorenz Merz in Locarno in 2013 where they also signed Rosie by Marcel Gisler, with veteran production house Cobra Film helmed by Susann Ruedlinger.
“Locarno is already a major, but also increasingly important stepping stone in the festival calendar,” said Xavier.
“Its repertoire of art-house and mid-level buyers, as well as extremely supportive selection of, maybe sometimes less obvious development or post stage titles [this year’s Open Doors focuses on the African continent, with the Carte Blanche on Brazilian cinema] offers a good balance between a business...
One of the first acquisitions to be confirmed from this year’s Locarno Film Festival line-up, feature doc El Tiempo Nublado first launched at Visions du Reel where it received the Section Regard Neuf award.
The deal was negotiated between Film Republic’s Xavier Henry-Rashid and producer-distributor Pascal Traeschlin at Karlovy Vary where it received its international premiere last month.
Film Republic previously picked up Fuori Concorso selection Cherry Pie by Lorenz Merz in Locarno in 2013 where they also signed Rosie by Marcel Gisler, with veteran production house Cobra Film helmed by Susann Ruedlinger.
“Locarno is already a major, but also increasingly important stepping stone in the festival calendar,” said Xavier.
“Its repertoire of art-house and mid-level buyers, as well as extremely supportive selection of, maybe sometimes less obvious development or post stage titles [this year’s Open Doors focuses on the African continent, with the Carte Blanche on Brazilian cinema] offers a good balance between a business...
- 8/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Our International Sales Agent (Isa) of the Day coverage is back again for this year's Cannes Film Festival. We will feature successful, upcoming, innovative and trailblazing agents from around the world, and cover the latest trends in sales and distribution. Beyond the numbers and deals, this segment will also share inspirational and unique stories of how these individuals have evolved and paved their way in the industry, and what they envision for the new waves in global cinema.
If you're not in film sales, you may not think it's fascinating or exciting at all. Well, think again and meet the talented and energetic Xavier Henry-Rashid of Film Republic. He has cornered the niche of art house films in the UK where sales agents with their sole focus on art house previously didn't exist. His enthusiasm and passion for the craft of visual storytelling is refreshing. Buyers take note; Xavier is one to watch.
Not only does he understand the importance of sharing artists' voices in the world through beautiful storytelling, but he also values films of social consciousness - like Pine Ridge, a documentary about the current state of native Americans and the sorry state of reservation life.
Xavier explains how he went from a 16-year-old paparazzo to being an up and coming trailblazer in the film sales world:
How did your company start?
I've programmed for festivals. I ran a festival. I did sponsorship for Sundance London and programming for Sheffield. I help run a festival in Texas called Victoria TX Independent Film Festival and I was always connecting filmmakers to films and with distributors. After doing seven years of that, I decided I could just do it as a job.
I setup two years ago. I like art house specifically and felt they weren't being represented enough. I've always loved introducing filmmakers with the marketplace. I was doing that quite a lot, so this was kind of my transition to sales.
Another thing is that the UK is a very big market, and in reality, it's one of the most difficult territories in Europe to release art house and foreign language titles - and by that I mean non 'auteur' main festival winners. In other parts of Europe, I feel there's a lot more variety and choice and I kind of hope that by osmosis others will pick up on this back in London.
One thing we do very differently than other companies is that we work non-exclusively on our films and take costs off the top (not commission first). This really means that filmmakers see a fair return on all deals; this is important for small or niche art house, which cumulatively benefits from lots of small to medium sized deals. I've worked with a lot of companies, which took commissions first, including screening fees. This meant they would make vastly more money than filmmakers. I've also worked with enough festivals to know their funding mechanism. Festivals make solid incomes from the box office and sponsorship. A long-term festival or non-theatrical strategy can reap solid rewards, but the partition of income all the way down the chain is what I try to protect.
How did you get into the business?
When I was 16, I was actually a paparazzo. When I was in school, I used to teach photography to kids who were a few years younger. I used to shoot a bit of wildlife and I used to do red carpets, like premiers and award ceremonies. I had accreditation for everything. I was the youngest person with a press pass: sixteen with a ladder like the guys here (on the red carpet in Cannes) standing on the stairs. I did that for a couple of years, and I used to shoot the festivals. Then one day, a PR guy said, "Hey, if you want, you can come watch the films", and then I began meeting people and took to writing. I used to do reviews and features for Yahoo Movies when they had original content, so I was photographing, going to screenings, then covering the press junkets. I started working with festivals, and that's how it began. I was seventeen when I really fell into it.
What are some of your highlights?
We have El Limpiador, one of the biggest Latino films of the last year. It was the foreign Oscar entry for Peru in 2013. We have a film by Marcel Gisler called Rosie, which was pretty sold out in Berlin; it made it to most of the major territories.
We also have a really great documentary called Pine Ridge, also the Dragon Award winner at Goterborg, about the native American Indians in South Dakota living in pretty awful poverty, and also Concrete Night by one of the most established Scandinavian filmmakers Pirjo Honkasalo.
We mainly go for unique films and intelligent stories, and we look for strong visual storytelling. It's a mix between some very established production companies and first time filmmakers.
How are sales going?
Every sales agent will tell you everything is great! Our joke between us is 'sold out'! As a new company, starting in mid recession, the first two years we operated on minimal cash flow. We had very few films and needed to build up momentum and the brand. One thing I didn't appreciate at the time is that we needed more volume to break into package or TV deals. In retrospect, maybe I'd have taken on catalogue titles to do this.
Now we have films coming out on all four corners. We've built a pretty great profile of high quality and intelligent art house titles, by both first time filmmakers and some of the most respected production houses. I think they both complement each other. I'm quite careful to not take more than we can handle, and so we take our time before we hit up major festival sections. What I don't want is to grow too fast. I think we have a niche, and being the only UK sales agency that understands and does art house distribution is an advantage.
Learn about Film Republic's Catalog.
More About Film Republic:
Launched in 2012 at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Film Republic is a London based world sales agency specialising in art house fiction and creative documentaries. Our lineup includes titles from veteran production houses as well as emerging and first time filmmakers, with a focus on intelligent, cinematic and non-mainstream titles. Film Republic has quickly established itself as one of Europe’s leading art house agencies, due to its commitment to embracing new windows of distribution and for taking on risky and daring titles by the next generation of master filmmakers.
If you're not in film sales, you may not think it's fascinating or exciting at all. Well, think again and meet the talented and energetic Xavier Henry-Rashid of Film Republic. He has cornered the niche of art house films in the UK where sales agents with their sole focus on art house previously didn't exist. His enthusiasm and passion for the craft of visual storytelling is refreshing. Buyers take note; Xavier is one to watch.
Not only does he understand the importance of sharing artists' voices in the world through beautiful storytelling, but he also values films of social consciousness - like Pine Ridge, a documentary about the current state of native Americans and the sorry state of reservation life.
Xavier explains how he went from a 16-year-old paparazzo to being an up and coming trailblazer in the film sales world:
How did your company start?
I've programmed for festivals. I ran a festival. I did sponsorship for Sundance London and programming for Sheffield. I help run a festival in Texas called Victoria TX Independent Film Festival and I was always connecting filmmakers to films and with distributors. After doing seven years of that, I decided I could just do it as a job.
I setup two years ago. I like art house specifically and felt they weren't being represented enough. I've always loved introducing filmmakers with the marketplace. I was doing that quite a lot, so this was kind of my transition to sales.
Another thing is that the UK is a very big market, and in reality, it's one of the most difficult territories in Europe to release art house and foreign language titles - and by that I mean non 'auteur' main festival winners. In other parts of Europe, I feel there's a lot more variety and choice and I kind of hope that by osmosis others will pick up on this back in London.
One thing we do very differently than other companies is that we work non-exclusively on our films and take costs off the top (not commission first). This really means that filmmakers see a fair return on all deals; this is important for small or niche art house, which cumulatively benefits from lots of small to medium sized deals. I've worked with a lot of companies, which took commissions first, including screening fees. This meant they would make vastly more money than filmmakers. I've also worked with enough festivals to know their funding mechanism. Festivals make solid incomes from the box office and sponsorship. A long-term festival or non-theatrical strategy can reap solid rewards, but the partition of income all the way down the chain is what I try to protect.
How did you get into the business?
When I was 16, I was actually a paparazzo. When I was in school, I used to teach photography to kids who were a few years younger. I used to shoot a bit of wildlife and I used to do red carpets, like premiers and award ceremonies. I had accreditation for everything. I was the youngest person with a press pass: sixteen with a ladder like the guys here (on the red carpet in Cannes) standing on the stairs. I did that for a couple of years, and I used to shoot the festivals. Then one day, a PR guy said, "Hey, if you want, you can come watch the films", and then I began meeting people and took to writing. I used to do reviews and features for Yahoo Movies when they had original content, so I was photographing, going to screenings, then covering the press junkets. I started working with festivals, and that's how it began. I was seventeen when I really fell into it.
What are some of your highlights?
We have El Limpiador, one of the biggest Latino films of the last year. It was the foreign Oscar entry for Peru in 2013. We have a film by Marcel Gisler called Rosie, which was pretty sold out in Berlin; it made it to most of the major territories.
We also have a really great documentary called Pine Ridge, also the Dragon Award winner at Goterborg, about the native American Indians in South Dakota living in pretty awful poverty, and also Concrete Night by one of the most established Scandinavian filmmakers Pirjo Honkasalo.
We mainly go for unique films and intelligent stories, and we look for strong visual storytelling. It's a mix between some very established production companies and first time filmmakers.
How are sales going?
Every sales agent will tell you everything is great! Our joke between us is 'sold out'! As a new company, starting in mid recession, the first two years we operated on minimal cash flow. We had very few films and needed to build up momentum and the brand. One thing I didn't appreciate at the time is that we needed more volume to break into package or TV deals. In retrospect, maybe I'd have taken on catalogue titles to do this.
Now we have films coming out on all four corners. We've built a pretty great profile of high quality and intelligent art house titles, by both first time filmmakers and some of the most respected production houses. I think they both complement each other. I'm quite careful to not take more than we can handle, and so we take our time before we hit up major festival sections. What I don't want is to grow too fast. I think we have a niche, and being the only UK sales agency that understands and does art house distribution is an advantage.
Learn about Film Republic's Catalog.
More About Film Republic:
Launched in 2012 at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Film Republic is a London based world sales agency specialising in art house fiction and creative documentaries. Our lineup includes titles from veteran production houses as well as emerging and first time filmmakers, with a focus on intelligent, cinematic and non-mainstream titles. Film Republic has quickly established itself as one of Europe’s leading art house agencies, due to its commitment to embracing new windows of distribution and for taking on risky and daring titles by the next generation of master filmmakers.
- 5/17/2014
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
European Film Academy reveals titles of the films on this year’s selection list.Scroll down for full list
The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the titles of the 46 films on this year’s selection list - the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2013.
A total of 32 European countries are represented. In the 20 countries with the most Efa Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list, a selection committee consisting of Efa Board Members and invited experts have included further films.
In the coming weeks, the 2,900 Efa members will vote for the nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter. The nominations will then be announced on Nov 9 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.
A seven-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production...
The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the titles of the 46 films on this year’s selection list - the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2013.
A total of 32 European countries are represented. In the 20 countries with the most Efa Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the selection list. To complete the list, a selection committee consisting of Efa Board Members and invited experts have included further films.
In the coming weeks, the 2,900 Efa members will vote for the nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter. The nominations will then be announced on Nov 9 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.
A seven-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production...
- 9/9/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
As this year’s Moscow International Film Festival readies for launch, Germany’s Media Luna New Films has picked up international distribution rights to a title in competition at the 35th edition.
The Cologne-based sales agent has secured teenage drama The Kids From The Port, the second feature from Spanish director Alberto Morais.
It will see Morais return to Moscow’s main competition, having won the Golden George and the Fipresci International Critics’ Prize at the Russian festival two years ago for his feature debut Las Olas, which also received the Silver George for actor Carlos Álvarez-Nóvia.
Media Luna has also secured the rights to Slovenian director Nejc Gazvoda’s Dual, which will have its world premiere in Karlovy Vary’s East of the West Competition on July 3.
The love story between two young women is Gazvoda’s second feature after his internationally acclaimed debut A Trip.
Media Luna will also have the international premiere of [link...
The Cologne-based sales agent has secured teenage drama The Kids From The Port, the second feature from Spanish director Alberto Morais.
It will see Morais return to Moscow’s main competition, having won the Golden George and the Fipresci International Critics’ Prize at the Russian festival two years ago for his feature debut Las Olas, which also received the Silver George for actor Carlos Álvarez-Nóvia.
Media Luna has also secured the rights to Slovenian director Nejc Gazvoda’s Dual, which will have its world premiere in Karlovy Vary’s East of the West Competition on July 3.
The love story between two young women is Gazvoda’s second feature after his internationally acclaimed debut A Trip.
Media Luna will also have the international premiere of [link...
- 6/19/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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