Ahead of this year's edition in September, two new international delegates will join the San Sebastian Festival team replacing two members of the team who step down from their functions: Ginger Corbett, delegate for the United Kingdom, who has announced her professional retirement, and Federico Veiroj, delegate for Latin America, who plans to work on his upcoming film projects. Their positions will be taken up by Chris Paton and Andrea Stavenhagen, respectively.
Chris Paton, the new delegate for the United Kingdom, has 30 years’ experience in the film industry – in publicity and acquisitions. He began his career at TriStar Pictures in New York, subsequently worked at Dda Public Relations in Los Angeles and London and was founding partner of the communications agency, Premier PR. He later moved to acquisitions at Fortissimo Films. He has worked with the Venice and Hong Kong film festivals and is currently a consultant for the Dubai International Film Festival. He also serves as an Advisory Board Member for Cinemart in Rotterdam.
Andrea Stavenhagen,the new delegate for Latin America holds a Degree in History from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She began her professional career in the field of film promotion and dissemination collaborating in the Directing of Short Film Production at Imcine. She went on to become Deputy Director of Research and Dissemination at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. At the Guadalajara International Film Festival she was head of the Ibero-American Co-production Meeting. She was the Director of Industry with the Ficg until August 2013. She also co-directed the Morelia Lab Workshop for Young Producers in Latin America at the Morelia Film Festival.
Chris Paton, the new delegate for the United Kingdom, has 30 years’ experience in the film industry – in publicity and acquisitions. He began his career at TriStar Pictures in New York, subsequently worked at Dda Public Relations in Los Angeles and London and was founding partner of the communications agency, Premier PR. He later moved to acquisitions at Fortissimo Films. He has worked with the Venice and Hong Kong film festivals and is currently a consultant for the Dubai International Film Festival. He also serves as an Advisory Board Member for Cinemart in Rotterdam.
Andrea Stavenhagen,the new delegate for Latin America holds a Degree in History from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She began her professional career in the field of film promotion and dissemination collaborating in the Directing of Short Film Production at Imcine. She went on to become Deputy Director of Research and Dissemination at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. At the Guadalajara International Film Festival she was head of the Ibero-American Co-production Meeting. She was the Director of Industry with the Ficg until August 2013. She also co-directed the Morelia Lab Workshop for Young Producers in Latin America at the Morelia Film Festival.
- 3/12/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Pablo Larrain’s No picked up the Audience Award at Helsinki’s Love & Anarchy Festival.
A record 300 film professionals, including 60 international sales agents, buyers, festival programmers and press, attended the 2nd Finnish Film Affair, organised by the Helsinki International Film Festival-Love & Anarchy, which ended yesterday September 29.
The three-day event featured 30 Finnish recent and upcoming films, eight works-in-progress and six projects in development including Dome Karukoski’s Heart of a Lion and Pirjo Honkasalo’s Concrete Night.
Meanwhile, the Love & Anarchy Festival attracted a record 58,000 admissions for 470 screenings and special events, including the Finnish Film Week and the Finnish Film Affair.
Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s No, with Gael Garcia Bernal as an ad executive who comes up with a campaign to defeat Pinochet in Chile’s 1988 referendum, won the Audience Award 2013.
A selection of festival entries will now tour the Finnish cities of Turku, Jyväskylä, Kuopion Vilimit, Tampere and Hankoo.
“During the last...
A record 300 film professionals, including 60 international sales agents, buyers, festival programmers and press, attended the 2nd Finnish Film Affair, organised by the Helsinki International Film Festival-Love & Anarchy, which ended yesterday September 29.
The three-day event featured 30 Finnish recent and upcoming films, eight works-in-progress and six projects in development including Dome Karukoski’s Heart of a Lion and Pirjo Honkasalo’s Concrete Night.
Meanwhile, the Love & Anarchy Festival attracted a record 58,000 admissions for 470 screenings and special events, including the Finnish Film Week and the Finnish Film Affair.
Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s No, with Gael Garcia Bernal as an ad executive who comes up with a campaign to defeat Pinochet in Chile’s 1988 referendum, won the Audience Award 2013.
A selection of festival entries will now tour the Finnish cities of Turku, Jyväskylä, Kuopion Vilimit, Tampere and Hankoo.
“During the last...
- 9/30/2013
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Nfdc has appointed filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, European script consultant Philippa Campbell and Chris Paton of Fortissimo Films as mentors of Work-in-Progress lab of Film Bazaar 2012.
The projects selected for the Work-In-Progress Lab 2012 are:
Ø Bhacraa (The Divine Goat) – Directed by Janaki Vishwanathan
Ø Crossing Bridges – Directed by Sange Dorjee Thongdok
Ø Love - Directed by Abhineet Gogne
Ø Phoring – Directed by Indranil Roychowdhury
Ø Tumbad – Directed by Rahi Anil Barve
Some of the films from the 2011 Wip Lab that have gone on to have World premieres at prestigious international film festivals were:
Ø Ashim Ahluwalia’s - Miss Lovely - Cannes Film Festival 2012 - Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2012
Ø Manjeet Singh’s - Mumbai Cha Raja - Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Ø Anand Gandhi’s - Ship of Theseus - Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Ø Ajay Bahl’s - BA Pass - 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival...
The projects selected for the Work-In-Progress Lab 2012 are:
Ø Bhacraa (The Divine Goat) – Directed by Janaki Vishwanathan
Ø Crossing Bridges – Directed by Sange Dorjee Thongdok
Ø Love - Directed by Abhineet Gogne
Ø Phoring – Directed by Indranil Roychowdhury
Ø Tumbad – Directed by Rahi Anil Barve
Some of the films from the 2011 Wip Lab that have gone on to have World premieres at prestigious international film festivals were:
Ø Ashim Ahluwalia’s - Miss Lovely - Cannes Film Festival 2012 - Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2012
Ø Manjeet Singh’s - Mumbai Cha Raja - Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Ø Anand Gandhi’s - Ship of Theseus - Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Ø Ajay Bahl’s - BA Pass - 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival...
- 11/5/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Nfdc Film Bazaar 2012 is calling for entries for the Work-in-Progress (Wip) Lab and the Viewing Room. The submission deadline is October 10th 2012. The sixth Film Bazaar will be held from November 21-24, 2012 at the Goa Marriott Resort alongside the International Film Festival of India 2012.
In the Wip Lab five projects in their rough cut stage are selected to be presented to a panel of international film experts. Feature length films and documentaries at the rough cut stage are invited to apply.
The Viewing Room (formerly Screening Room) aims at presenting films seeking finishing funds, world sales, distribution partners & film festivals to investors, world sales agents and film festival programmers. Films of all genres and lengths in rough or final cut are invited to apply. Here films are viewed on individual computer terminals in private booths. These terminals provide details of the film as well as contact the director or producer.
In the Wip Lab five projects in their rough cut stage are selected to be presented to a panel of international film experts. Feature length films and documentaries at the rough cut stage are invited to apply.
The Viewing Room (formerly Screening Room) aims at presenting films seeking finishing funds, world sales, distribution partners & film festivals to investors, world sales agents and film festival programmers. Films of all genres and lengths in rough or final cut are invited to apply. Here films are viewed on individual computer terminals in private booths. These terminals provide details of the film as well as contact the director or producer.
- 9/22/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A still from Michael
International sales agent Fortissimo Films has acquired international rights outside of India to Ribhu Dasgupta’s film Michael. The psychological thriller starring Naseeruddin Shah will have its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in Contemporary World Cinema on Thursday, September 15, 2011.
Fortissimo’s Chris Paton said, “Ribhu is just one of the exciting new generation of filmmakers coming out of India. We’re especially delighted to be working alongside Anurag Kashyap and his team as well as Viacom18 Motion Pictures. They have an exciting vision of new cinema and we share their passion for discovering up and coming talent.”
The film has been presented by Tipping Point Films (a division of Viacom18 Motion Pictures) and produced by Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga and Sunil Bohra.
Michael is a character driven psychological thriller set in the rainy and noisy backdrop of Kolkata.
International sales agent Fortissimo Films has acquired international rights outside of India to Ribhu Dasgupta’s film Michael. The psychological thriller starring Naseeruddin Shah will have its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in Contemporary World Cinema on Thursday, September 15, 2011.
Fortissimo’s Chris Paton said, “Ribhu is just one of the exciting new generation of filmmakers coming out of India. We’re especially delighted to be working alongside Anurag Kashyap and his team as well as Viacom18 Motion Pictures. They have an exciting vision of new cinema and we share their passion for discovering up and coming talent.”
The film has been presented by Tipping Point Films (a division of Viacom18 Motion Pictures) and produced by Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga and Sunil Bohra.
Michael is a character driven psychological thriller set in the rainy and noisy backdrop of Kolkata.
- 9/13/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Today, the first day of the European Film Market and the Berlin Film Festival itself has buzz around The International, the opening night film by favorite son Tom Tykwer. Festival head Dieter Kosslick says the fictional portrait of the financial world it portrays is mild compared to what's going on today. At the opening press conference yesterday for EFM, Kosslick also mentioned the Wall Street type scandal of China in 1899 depicted in Taiwan's Empire of Silver (Bai Yin Di Guo) by Christina Yao is a mirror of today's events. Kosslick, a vegetarian also touts Food, Inc. as a "must-see" of the festival. The halls of the Martin Gropius Bau are sparsely populated but compared to IFTA's venue, the Maritim Hotel, quite a schlep from the rest of the market, MGB is positively humming. This is in line with the turn down this year from Cannes, AFM and Toronto, and it's reported that attendance at NATPE was also very thin. Tom Ortenberg, recently of LionsGate, is here with his new company, The Weinstein Company and Chris Paton, formerly vice chairman of DDA PR, is now senior VP acquisitions and development with Fortissimo. Newly launched IMDb.de has a new way to highlight the Berlinale as does IMDb.com itself with a special mini site for the Berlinale featuring a new blog by Christian Gaines of Withoutabox. Sundance's opening night film Max and Mary has been picked up by Gaumont for France, Benelux and Switzerland and will show in the Generation 14plus sidebar. Wild Bunch has announced a new sales arm for 3D films called, what else, Wild Bunch 3D. Reliance Big Pictures who has a major stake in Dreamworks is in Berlin with a new international sales division headed by Jawahar Sharma with backup from former Miramax senior VP Colleen Seldin as a consultant. The slate is of Indian films which were previously self distributed in U.S., U.K. and the U.A.E. The four largest Egyptian production companies are uniting under one banner for international sales with backing of the Egyptian ministry of trade and industry (Expolink). Headed by Bassma Kandil, they are also looking for international coproductions.
- 2/5/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
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