London- and Paris-based Film Constellation has boarded sales on 2D family animated feature “Carmen,” a contemporary adaptation of the opera, to be directed by 2023 Annecy Film Festival winner Sébastien Laudenbach. Variety revealed first details of the project last year exclusively.
Laudenbach, who won the best film award at Annecy for “Chicken for Linda!,” is teaming up with renowned French animation studio Folivari on “Carmen.”
It’s 1840 in Seville, a pulsating town of sailors and small-time crooks. Salvador, a young assistant to the gifted knife grinder Antonio, meets a captivating gypsy girl named Carmen. Her rapturous beauty and independent spirit are the talk of the town, but Antonio’s ability to glimpse the future foretells a tragic fate. With unwavering resolve, Salvador will muster an eclectic band of misfit kids, led by the spirited Belén, to protect Carmen against the unyielding threads of destiny, igniting the ancient city’s alleyways in a symphony of emotions.
Laudenbach, who won the best film award at Annecy for “Chicken for Linda!,” is teaming up with renowned French animation studio Folivari on “Carmen.”
It’s 1840 in Seville, a pulsating town of sailors and small-time crooks. Salvador, a young assistant to the gifted knife grinder Antonio, meets a captivating gypsy girl named Carmen. Her rapturous beauty and independent spirit are the talk of the town, but Antonio’s ability to glimpse the future foretells a tragic fate. With unwavering resolve, Salvador will muster an eclectic band of misfit kids, led by the spirited Belén, to protect Carmen against the unyielding threads of destiny, igniting the ancient city’s alleyways in a symphony of emotions.
- 9/8/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Uruguay’s Coral Cine is closing Spanish distribution rights with Barcelona-based A Contracorriente Films for its documentary “Benedetti, 60 Años con Luz,” which chronicles the 60-year love story of renowned Uruguayan author-poet Mario Benedetti and his wife Luz López Alegre, helmed by Coral Cine’s Andres Varela and shot by Oscar-nominated DoP Cesar Charlone (“City of God”).
Charlone is the sole juror of the ongoing 2nd Arca International Festival of Films on Art (Jan. 2-7).
Mexico’s Vendo Cine is snagging Mexican rights while Buenos Aires and L.A.-based international sales company Punctum, which focuses exclusively on Latin American documentaries, has grabbed worldwide sales rights.
A Contracorriente first eyed the doc at the Iberseries & Platino Iberoamerican film-tv event last September in Madrid. Doc has since opened in Uruguay where it played for an unprecedented 12 weeks, said Varela.
In other exclusive news, Fernando Meirelles’ O2 Filmes has boarded Coral Cine...
Charlone is the sole juror of the ongoing 2nd Arca International Festival of Films on Art (Jan. 2-7).
Mexico’s Vendo Cine is snagging Mexican rights while Buenos Aires and L.A.-based international sales company Punctum, which focuses exclusively on Latin American documentaries, has grabbed worldwide sales rights.
A Contracorriente first eyed the doc at the Iberseries & Platino Iberoamerican film-tv event last September in Madrid. Doc has since opened in Uruguay where it played for an unprecedented 12 weeks, said Varela.
In other exclusive news, Fernando Meirelles’ O2 Filmes has boarded Coral Cine...
- 1/6/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Didier Brunner – producer of “The Triplets of Belleville,” “The Secret of Kells” and “Ernest and Celestine” – is readying his next production, ’Prends Garde à toi!,’ an adaptation of the ‘Carmen’ story led by one of France’s freest creative spirits: Sébastien Laudenbach.
Laudenbach’s feature debut, “The Girl Without Hands,” an adaptation of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, was acquired by Gkids for North American distribution. It also took Annecy’s 2016 Jury Prize. He is now directing his second animated feature, “Chicken for Linda!”
“Prends Garde à toi!” is inspired by both Prosper Mérimée’s 1845 novella and Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera, the title (literally “Beware!”) being a famous repeated warning from Carmen’s entrance aria in the opera.
Laudenbach’s third feature, the 2D animated feature is set up at Paris-based Folivari, the production company founded by Didier and son Damien Brunner in 2014, which has seen rapid success with 26-part...
Laudenbach’s feature debut, “The Girl Without Hands,” an adaptation of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, was acquired by Gkids for North American distribution. It also took Annecy’s 2016 Jury Prize. He is now directing his second animated feature, “Chicken for Linda!”
“Prends Garde à toi!” is inspired by both Prosper Mérimée’s 1845 novella and Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera, the title (literally “Beware!”) being a famous repeated warning from Carmen’s entrance aria in the opera.
Laudenbach’s third feature, the 2D animated feature is set up at Paris-based Folivari, the production company founded by Didier and son Damien Brunner in 2014, which has seen rapid success with 26-part...
- 6/15/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmakers Carlos Reygadas, Andrei Zvyagintsev, Sergei Loznitza, Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio, Alex van Warmerdam and the team of Peter Brosens/Jessica Woodworth are among the 33 selected projects selected for the upcoming CineMart, the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (Iffr) co-production market. Carlos Reygadas who last gave us austere and majestic Silent Light, definitely tops in his filmography, will be seeking funding for Post tenebras lux. Also from Mexico's Mantarraya Producciones we have Tree Shade (supported by the Hubert Bals Funds) by helmer Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio who gave us one of the year's best film's in the docu-narrative essay Alamar (check out our interview with the director earlier this year). Other directors worth mentioning include master helmer Jan Švankmajer with Hmyz (Insects), Russian talents in The Return's Andrei Zvyagintsev (The Daddy) and recent Cannes selected filmmaker in Sergei Loznitza (In the Fog). Despite receiving a critical bashing, Loznitza's insane roadtrip film...
- 12/17/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
MADRID -- The inaugural Ibiza and Formentera International Film Festival announced Thursday that it will screen 18 films during its May 29-June 7 run.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
- 5/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MUNICH, Germany -- The latest efforts from actor-directors Antonio Banderas, Steve Buscemi and Julie Delpy as well as new films from Hal Hartley and E.J. Yong highlight the arthouse-focused Panorama section at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, sidebar organizers said Thursday.
All the films screening in the Panorama's Main Program, Panorama Special and the Panorama Dokumente will be either European or world premieres, according to organizers.
The selection committee viewed a record number of entries and visited Asia, North and South America, Africa and Europe to search for films for the sidebar. More than half of the works for the three subsections of the Panorama have been chosen. The full program will be announced at the end of the month, and a partial slate for the Panorama Dokumente will be announced soon.
The films confirmed thus far for the Main Program and the Panorama Special are "La Leon" by Santiago Otheguy (Argentina/France); "A casa de Alice" (Alice's House) by Chico Teixeira (Brazil); "Ferien" (Vacation) by Thomas Arslan (Germany); "Fay Grim" by Hartley (Germany/USA); "Anna M". by Michel Spinosa (France); "Lady Chatterley" by Pascale Ferran (France/Belgium); "Deux jours a Paris" (Two Days in Paris) by Delpy (France/Germany); "The Bubble" by Eytan Fox (Israel); "Dasepo Sonyeo" (Dasepo Naughty Girls) by Yong (South Korea); "Haebyuneui Yoein" (Woman on the Beach) by Hong Sangsoo (South Korea); "Hu-hwae-ha-ji An-ah" (No Regret) Leesong Hee-il (South Korea); "Nar Morkret Faller" (When Darkness Falls) by Anders Nilsson (Sweden/Germany); "El Camino de los Ingleses" (Summer Rain) by Banderas (Spain/U.K.); "Ci-Qing" (Spider Lilies) by Zero Chou (Taiwan); "Takva" (Takva -- A Man's Fear of God) by Ozer Kiziltan (Turkey/Germany); "Teeth" by Mitchell Lichtenstein (USA); and "Interview" by Buscemi (USA/Netherlands).
All the films screening in the Panorama's Main Program, Panorama Special and the Panorama Dokumente will be either European or world premieres, according to organizers.
The selection committee viewed a record number of entries and visited Asia, North and South America, Africa and Europe to search for films for the sidebar. More than half of the works for the three subsections of the Panorama have been chosen. The full program will be announced at the end of the month, and a partial slate for the Panorama Dokumente will be announced soon.
The films confirmed thus far for the Main Program and the Panorama Special are "La Leon" by Santiago Otheguy (Argentina/France); "A casa de Alice" (Alice's House) by Chico Teixeira (Brazil); "Ferien" (Vacation) by Thomas Arslan (Germany); "Fay Grim" by Hartley (Germany/USA); "Anna M". by Michel Spinosa (France); "Lady Chatterley" by Pascale Ferran (France/Belgium); "Deux jours a Paris" (Two Days in Paris) by Delpy (France/Germany); "The Bubble" by Eytan Fox (Israel); "Dasepo Sonyeo" (Dasepo Naughty Girls) by Yong (South Korea); "Haebyuneui Yoein" (Woman on the Beach) by Hong Sangsoo (South Korea); "Hu-hwae-ha-ji An-ah" (No Regret) Leesong Hee-il (South Korea); "Nar Morkret Faller" (When Darkness Falls) by Anders Nilsson (Sweden/Germany); "El Camino de los Ingleses" (Summer Rain) by Banderas (Spain/U.K.); "Ci-Qing" (Spider Lilies) by Zero Chou (Taiwan); "Takva" (Takva -- A Man's Fear of God) by Ozer Kiziltan (Turkey/Germany); "Teeth" by Mitchell Lichtenstein (USA); and "Interview" by Buscemi (USA/Netherlands).
- 1/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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