Cinema Guild has acquired North American rights to Hong Sangsoo’s Berlin Silver Bear winner A Traveler’s Needs starring Isabelle Huppert.
‘A Traveler’s Needs’: Berlin Review
Cinema Guild will release the comedy theatrically following its North American festival premiere later this year.
A Traveler’s Needs marks the third collaboration between Hong and Huppert following 2012’s In Another Country and 2017’s Claire’s Camera.
Huppert plays Iris, a woman who finds herself adrift in Seoul and, without any means to make ends meet, turns to teaching French through a peculiar method. Through a series of encounters the mysteries of her circumstances deepen.
‘A Traveler’s Needs’: Berlin Review
Cinema Guild will release the comedy theatrically following its North American festival premiere later this year.
A Traveler’s Needs marks the third collaboration between Hong and Huppert following 2012’s In Another Country and 2017’s Claire’s Camera.
Huppert plays Iris, a woman who finds herself adrift in Seoul and, without any means to make ends meet, turns to teaching French through a peculiar method. Through a series of encounters the mysteries of her circumstances deepen.
- 5/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Hong Sansoo’s A Traveler’s Needs, starring Isabelle Huppert, has sold North American distribution rights to New York’s Cinema Guild.
The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, winning the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.
A Traveler’s Needs will premiere in North America later in 2024, after which Cinema Guild will release in theaters. The pic is a comedy with a strong Korean connection, with Huppert playing Iris, a woman struggling in Seoul who turns to teaching French to make ends meet. Regular collaborators Lee Hyeyoung and Kwon Haehyo also feature as Huppert’s student and flirty husband respectively.
Sangsoo and Huppert have collaborated twice before, on 2012 comedy-drama In Another Country and 2017’s Claire’s Camera.
“A Traveler’s Needs hits like a meteorite from another galaxy,” said Cinema Guild President Peter Kelly. “Huppert delivers a beguiling and hilarious performance. Her Iris is a character that only Hong and Huppert,...
The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, winning the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.
A Traveler’s Needs will premiere in North America later in 2024, after which Cinema Guild will release in theaters. The pic is a comedy with a strong Korean connection, with Huppert playing Iris, a woman struggling in Seoul who turns to teaching French to make ends meet. Regular collaborators Lee Hyeyoung and Kwon Haehyo also feature as Huppert’s student and flirty husband respectively.
Sangsoo and Huppert have collaborated twice before, on 2012 comedy-drama In Another Country and 2017’s Claire’s Camera.
“A Traveler’s Needs hits like a meteorite from another galaxy,” said Cinema Guild President Peter Kelly. “Huppert delivers a beguiling and hilarious performance. Her Iris is a character that only Hong and Huppert,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Hannah Abraham
- Deadline Film + TV
For the lucky few who caught Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy during its original, limited U.S. theatrical release in 2005, the film landed with the full force of the Korean cultural wave that was yet to come. Here, seemingly out of nowhere, was a viscerally disturbing cinematic vision — live octopus-eating, hand-to-hand combat via claw-tooth hammer and a climax involving double incest and the severing of a human tongue — but one delivered in a style as baroquely accomplished as anything Hollywood or American indie cinema had ever produced. The experience was that rarest of aesthetic shocks to the system (perhaps now extinct in our late, smartphone-everywhere era), like landing in a country and culture totally foreign to you for the first time, or stumbling onto a landmark work from a true master artist — who, somehow, you hadn’t even known existed.
To celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, Neon is rereleasing Oldboy in U.
To celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, Neon is rereleasing Oldboy in U.
- 8/11/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Cineverse has acquired all North American rights to body-swap psychological thriller Devils, which is receiving its international premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
Directed by Kim Jae-hoon, the film is nominated for Fantasia’s New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature. Seoul-based sales agent Finecut is handling international sales on the film, which opened in Korea last month and has also sold strongly across Asia.
Cineverse plans to release Devils this fall on its horror streaming service Screambox, powered by Bloody Disgusting.
Also scripted by Kim, the film follows a determined homicide detective assigned to take down a ring of serial killers, who has a personal motivation as one of the victims is his own brother-in-law. When he finally collides with a murderer, an unexpected turn of events leaves him waking up in hospital trapped in the body of the very killer he sought to apprehend.
The...
Directed by Kim Jae-hoon, the film is nominated for Fantasia’s New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature. Seoul-based sales agent Finecut is handling international sales on the film, which opened in Korea last month and has also sold strongly across Asia.
Cineverse plans to release Devils this fall on its horror streaming service Screambox, powered by Bloody Disgusting.
Also scripted by Kim, the film follows a determined homicide detective assigned to take down a ring of serial killers, who has a personal motivation as one of the victims is his own brother-in-law. When he finally collides with a murderer, an unexpected turn of events leaves him waking up in hospital trapped in the body of the very killer he sought to apprehend.
The...
- 8/4/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
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Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to prolific Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo’s latest feature Walk Up. The film is set to world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and will also play in competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Cinema Guild says it plans to release Walk Up in theaters in 2023 — following the company’s release of Hong’s other 2022 title, The Novelist’s Film, this fall.
Walk Up stars Kwon Haehyo — making his ninth appearance in a film by Hong — as a film director who goes with his daughter Jeongsu (Park Miso) to a building owned by an old friend (Lee Hyeyoung). After an involving tour of the structure, the director steps outside for a work call, only to return to the same place, albeit set in a different time.
With Walk Up, Hong returns to an interest in structure,...
Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to prolific Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo’s latest feature Walk Up. The film is set to world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and will also play in competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Cinema Guild says it plans to release Walk Up in theaters in 2023 — following the company’s release of Hong’s other 2022 title, The Novelist’s Film, this fall.
Walk Up stars Kwon Haehyo — making his ninth appearance in a film by Hong — as a film director who goes with his daughter Jeongsu (Park Miso) to a building owned by an old friend (Lee Hyeyoung). After an involving tour of the structure, the director steps outside for a work call, only to return to the same place, albeit set in a different time.
With Walk Up, Hong returns to an interest in structure,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Theatrical release coming in 2023.
Cinema Guild has acquired North American rights from Finecut to Hong Sang-Soo’s Walk Up ahead of its world premiere net month at TIFF.
The prolific South Korean filmmaker’s latest stars Kwon Haehyo as a film director who goes with his daughter Jeongsu (Park Miso) to a building owned by an old friend (Lee Hyeyoung).
The director steps outside for a work call, only to return to the same place, albeit set in a different time.
Walk Up will also play in competition at San Sebastián. Cinema Guild will open the film theatrically next year...
Cinema Guild has acquired North American rights from Finecut to Hong Sang-Soo’s Walk Up ahead of its world premiere net month at TIFF.
The prolific South Korean filmmaker’s latest stars Kwon Haehyo as a film director who goes with his daughter Jeongsu (Park Miso) to a building owned by an old friend (Lee Hyeyoung).
The director steps outside for a work call, only to return to the same place, albeit set in a different time.
Walk Up will also play in competition at San Sebastián. Cinema Guild will open the film theatrically next year...
- 8/8/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Cinema Guild has acquired the North American distribution rights for Hong Sangsoo’s upcoming film “Walk Up.” The film will world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and will also play in competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Cinema Guild will open the film in theaters in 2023 following its release of Hong’s other 2022 title, “The Novelist’s Film,” this fall.
Kwon Haehyo, in his ninth film for Hong, plays Byungsoo, a film director who goes with his daughter, an aspiring interior designer, to a building owned by an old friend who is already established in the design field. The film dives into Hong’s interest in structure — a defining characteristic of his work to date — this time exploring the literal structure of the building which serves as a central figure to the plot. Throughout the film, Byunsgoo works his way up the floors of the building,...
Kwon Haehyo, in his ninth film for Hong, plays Byungsoo, a film director who goes with his daughter, an aspiring interior designer, to a building owned by an old friend who is already established in the design field. The film dives into Hong’s interest in structure — a defining characteristic of his work to date — this time exploring the literal structure of the building which serves as a central figure to the plot. Throughout the film, Byunsgoo works his way up the floors of the building,...
- 8/8/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. rights to The Novelist’s Film, the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner from South Korean writer-director Hong Sangsoo, which recently made its world premiere at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival. The film is the third Silver Bear winner in as many years from Hong—who won Best Director for The Woman Who Ran in 2020 and Best Screenplay for Introduction in 2021—and will be the 11th of the director’s works released by Cinema Guild in the last seven years.
In The Novelist’s Film, Lee Hyeyoung (Hong’s In Front of Your Face) plays Junhee, a novelist who has grown disenchanted with her writing. On a trip to see an old friend, she runs into a film director who was set to adapt one of her novels before the project fell through. One chance encounter leads to another and soon she finds herself having lunch...
In The Novelist’s Film, Lee Hyeyoung (Hong’s In Front of Your Face) plays Junhee, a novelist who has grown disenchanted with her writing. On a trip to see an old friend, she runs into a film director who was set to adapt one of her novels before the project fell through. One chance encounter leads to another and soon she finds herself having lunch...
- 2/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Distributor has released director’s last 10 features in seven years.
Cinema Guild has acquired US rights to longtime collaborator Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film which won the Silver Bear grand jury prize at the 2022 Berlinale on Wednesday evening (16).
‘The Novelist’s Film’: Berlin Review
Hong has earned Silver Bears in three consecutive years at the festival after best director for The Woman Who Ran in 2020 and best screenplay for Introduction in 2021. Cinema Guild has released the director’s last 10 features in the last seven years.
The Novelist’s Film stars Lee Hyeyoung as an author who has grown disenchanted with...
Cinema Guild has acquired US rights to longtime collaborator Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film which won the Silver Bear grand jury prize at the 2022 Berlinale on Wednesday evening (16).
‘The Novelist’s Film’: Berlin Review
Hong has earned Silver Bears in three consecutive years at the festival after best director for The Woman Who Ran in 2020 and best screenplay for Introduction in 2021. Cinema Guild has released the director’s last 10 features in the last seven years.
The Novelist’s Film stars Lee Hyeyoung as an author who has grown disenchanted with...
- 2/16/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
First trip to Cannes for South Korean auteur since Claire’s Camera,The Day He Arrives in 2017.
Cinema Guild has picked up all US rights from Finecut to South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s In Front Of Your Face ahead of its world premiere in the inaugural Cannes Premiere section.
The distributor has a set a 2022 launch for the drama, which marks Hong’s eleventh visit to the Croisette and stars Lee Hyeyoung, Cho Yunhee, and Kwon Haehyo.
In Front Of Your Face follows a former actress with a secret who returns to Seoul to live with her sister in...
Cinema Guild has picked up all US rights from Finecut to South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s In Front Of Your Face ahead of its world premiere in the inaugural Cannes Premiere section.
The distributor has a set a 2022 launch for the drama, which marks Hong’s eleventh visit to the Croisette and stars Lee Hyeyoung, Cho Yunhee, and Kwon Haehyo.
In Front Of Your Face follows a former actress with a secret who returns to Seoul to live with her sister in...
- 7/6/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Distributor previously acquired South Korean auteur’s 2020 Silver Bear winner The Woman Who Ran.
Cinema Guild has acquired all US rights to Hong Sangsoo’s Introduction which premiered in competition in Berlin this week.
Hong’s latest film explores the interconnected lives of young people on the verge of adulthood and stars Shin Seokho, Park Miso, Kim Youngho, and Ki Joobong.
‘Introduction’: Berlin Review
The film currently shares the lead in Screen’s jury grid with Mr Bachmann And His Class.
Cinema Guild, which acquired Hong’s 2020 Silver Bear winner The Woman Who Ran last year, plans a festival...
Cinema Guild has acquired all US rights to Hong Sangsoo’s Introduction which premiered in competition in Berlin this week.
Hong’s latest film explores the interconnected lives of young people on the verge of adulthood and stars Shin Seokho, Park Miso, Kim Youngho, and Ki Joobong.
‘Introduction’: Berlin Review
The film currently shares the lead in Screen’s jury grid with Mr Bachmann And His Class.
Cinema Guild, which acquired Hong’s 2020 Silver Bear winner The Woman Who Ran last year, plans a festival...
- 3/3/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Cinema Guild has taken U.S. rights to Introduction, Hong Sangsoo’s latest feature that was selected in this year’s competition program at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The movie, Hong Sangsoo’s 25th as a director, follows Youngho (Shin Seokho): he goes to see his father who is tending to a famous patient; he surprises his girlfriend, Juwon (Park Miso), in Berlin where she is studying fashion design; he goes to a seaside hotel to meet his mother and brings his friend Jeongsoo (Ha Seongguk) with him. In each instance, he anticipates an important conversation. But sometimes a shared look, or a shared smoke, can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us.
The film will screen at further festivals this year before receiving a theatrical release. The deal was negotiated by Peter Kelly of Cinema Guild with Youngjoo Suh, CEO of Finecut.
The movie, Hong Sangsoo’s 25th as a director, follows Youngho (Shin Seokho): he goes to see his father who is tending to a famous patient; he surprises his girlfriend, Juwon (Park Miso), in Berlin where she is studying fashion design; he goes to a seaside hotel to meet his mother and brings his friend Jeongsoo (Ha Seongguk) with him. In each instance, he anticipates an important conversation. But sometimes a shared look, or a shared smoke, can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us.
The film will screen at further festivals this year before receiving a theatrical release. The deal was negotiated by Peter Kelly of Cinema Guild with Youngjoo Suh, CEO of Finecut.
- 3/3/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Acquisition marks seventh time company and director will have worked together.
Cinema Guild has picked up Us rights to Hong Sangsoo’s female-led drama The Woman Who Ran fresh off its best director Berlin Silver Bear win at the weekend.
The deal means Cinema Guild will have released seven films by the director, whose latest follows a woman who has three encounters with friends while her husband is on a business trip.
One is a divorcée who likes gardening, another harbours romantic thoughts about her neighbour while a young poet pursues her, and the third works for a cinema. Kim Minhee,...
Cinema Guild has picked up Us rights to Hong Sangsoo’s female-led drama The Woman Who Ran fresh off its best director Berlin Silver Bear win at the weekend.
The deal means Cinema Guild will have released seven films by the director, whose latest follows a woman who has three encounters with friends while her husband is on a business trip.
One is a divorcée who likes gardening, another harbours romantic thoughts about her neighbour while a young poet pursues her, and the third works for a cinema. Kim Minhee,...
- 3/2/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
From cult favorite Oldboy to last year’s Cannes competition title Burning, Finecut has been at the forefront of representing South Korea’s most celebrated films for a generation. The sales banner’s enduring relevance in the global film industry, however, is best reflected in how one of its first films to gain worldwide recognition was not even Korean. In 2007, Finecut CEO Youngjoo Suh saw the Chinese film Tuya’s Marriage, directed by Wang Quan’an, just two weeks before it was to premiere in competition in Berlin. There were other bidders — including European companies wanting to pick it up for ...
In today’s film news roundup, Michael Moore gets a lifetime achievement award, “Hotel by the River” gets a domestic release, and “Dawn Wall” is set for a one-night re-release.
Lifetime Achievement
Michael Moore has been selected as the recipient of the Critics’ Choice Lifetime Achievement Award and will receive the honor at the third annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards.
The event will take place on Nov. 10 at Bric in Brooklyn with Bill Nye hosting. Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” grossed $5.7 million in two weeks of release.
Broadcast Film Critics Association president Joey Berlin notes, “2018 has been hailed as ‘The Year of the Documentary’ and we are extremely proud to highlight the outstanding achievements in the Feature Documentary and TV/Streaming fields and give these creative filmmakers the proper recognition they deserve.”
The awards are determined by qualified members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association...
Lifetime Achievement
Michael Moore has been selected as the recipient of the Critics’ Choice Lifetime Achievement Award and will receive the honor at the third annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards.
The event will take place on Nov. 10 at Bric in Brooklyn with Bill Nye hosting. Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” grossed $5.7 million in two weeks of release.
Broadcast Film Critics Association president Joey Berlin notes, “2018 has been hailed as ‘The Year of the Documentary’ and we are extremely proud to highlight the outstanding achievements in the Feature Documentary and TV/Streaming fields and give these creative filmmakers the proper recognition they deserve.”
The awards are determined by qualified members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association...
- 10/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Despite a filmography that includes over 20 features, it’s only been in recent years that prolific South Korean director Hong Sangsoo has gotten his due in terms of U.S. distribution. This can be greatly attributed to Cinema Guild, who have released all three of his 2017 features: On the Beach at Night Alone, Claire’s Camera, and The Day After. We’re thrilled to now exclusively announce that the company has picked up Grass following its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year. Set for a release in 2019, read their synopsis below.
For his 22nd feature as director, Hong delivers a delicious cinematic riddle only he could concoct. In the corner of a small café, Areum (Kim Minhee) sits typing on her laptop. At the tables around her, other customers enact the various dramas of their lives. A young couple charge each other with serious crimes, an...
For his 22nd feature as director, Hong delivers a delicious cinematic riddle only he could concoct. In the corner of a small café, Areum (Kim Minhee) sits typing on her laptop. At the tables around her, other customers enact the various dramas of their lives. A young couple charge each other with serious crimes, an...
- 8/2/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Feature marks South Korean auteur Lee’s first film in eight years since Poetry.
Well Go USA has picked up North American rights to Lee Chang-dong’s acclaimed Cannes selection Burning.
The film earned the Fipresci Prize in Cannes and marks Lee’s first film in eight years after Poetry. It is produced by Pinehouse Film, Nhk and Now Film Co.
Japanese broadcaster Nhk invited Lee to adapt a short story by Murakami and he chose Barn Burning, about an alienated young man whose world is turned inside-out by the arrival of a spirited woman and her male trip companion.
Well Go USA has picked up North American rights to Lee Chang-dong’s acclaimed Cannes selection Burning.
The film earned the Fipresci Prize in Cannes and marks Lee’s first film in eight years after Poetry. It is produced by Pinehouse Film, Nhk and Now Film Co.
Japanese broadcaster Nhk invited Lee to adapt a short story by Murakami and he chose Barn Burning, about an alienated young man whose world is turned inside-out by the arrival of a spirited woman and her male trip companion.
- 6/28/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Distributor plans late 2017, 2018 releases.
Cinema Guild has announced the acquisition of all Us rights to two films from Hong Sangsoo: Berlin prize winner On The Beach At Night Alone and Cannes entry Claire’s Camera starring Isabelle Huppert.
The distributor has also picked up all Us rights to Valeska Grisebach’s Un Certain Regard entry and upcoming New York Film Festival selection Western.
On the Beach At Night Alone will open in November at Film Society of Lincoln Center and Metrograph in New York.
The film stars Kim Minhee in a Berlin Silver Bear-wining role as an actress reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director.
Claire’s Camera will open in 2018 and stars Huppert as a schoolteacher with a camera that might be magical.
“Here at Cinema Guild, we have been longtime admirers of Hong Sangsoo’s films,” Cinema Guild director of distribution Peter Kelly said. “This year has...
Cinema Guild has announced the acquisition of all Us rights to two films from Hong Sangsoo: Berlin prize winner On The Beach At Night Alone and Cannes entry Claire’s Camera starring Isabelle Huppert.
The distributor has also picked up all Us rights to Valeska Grisebach’s Un Certain Regard entry and upcoming New York Film Festival selection Western.
On the Beach At Night Alone will open in November at Film Society of Lincoln Center and Metrograph in New York.
The film stars Kim Minhee in a Berlin Silver Bear-wining role as an actress reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director.
Claire’s Camera will open in 2018 and stars Huppert as a schoolteacher with a camera that might be magical.
“Here at Cinema Guild, we have been longtime admirers of Hong Sangsoo’s films,” Cinema Guild director of distribution Peter Kelly said. “This year has...
- 8/8/2017
- ScreenDaily
Distributor acquires Us rights to Hong Sangsoo’s two recent Cannes and Berlin standouts.
Cinema Guild has announced the acquisition of all Us distribution rights to two of Hong Sangsoo’s latest films: Berlin prize winner On The Beach At Night Alone and Cannes entry Claire’s Camera, starring Isabelle Huppert.
On the Beach at Night Alone will open in November at Film Society of Lincoln Center and Metrograph in New York.
Claire’s Camera will be released theatrically in early 2018.
On the Beach at Night Alone stars Kim Minhee — in the role that won her the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin International Film Festival—as an actress named Younghee reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director.
In Claire’ s Camera, Huppert plays Claire, a school teacher with a camera that might be magical on her first visit to Cannes. She happens upon a film sales assistant, Manhee, who was...
Cinema Guild has announced the acquisition of all Us distribution rights to two of Hong Sangsoo’s latest films: Berlin prize winner On The Beach At Night Alone and Cannes entry Claire’s Camera, starring Isabelle Huppert.
On the Beach at Night Alone will open in November at Film Society of Lincoln Center and Metrograph in New York.
Claire’s Camera will be released theatrically in early 2018.
On the Beach at Night Alone stars Kim Minhee — in the role that won her the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin International Film Festival—as an actress named Younghee reeling in the aftermath of an affair with a married film director.
In Claire’ s Camera, Huppert plays Claire, a school teacher with a camera that might be magical on her first visit to Cannes. She happens upon a film sales assistant, Manhee, who was...
- 8/8/2017
- ScreenDaily
Film Movement’s nascent genre label Ram Releasing has acquired South Korean smash Hide And Seek.
Ram Releasing plans a January VOD release for the film followed by a spring DVD debut as it assembles its 2014 launch slate.
Huh Jung’s feature directorial debut Hide And Seek follows a wealthy man who scours the underbelly of his city in search of his missing brother.
President Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget of Ram Releasing brokered the deal with Finecut CEO Youngjoo Suh and director of international sales Luna Kim.
Ram Releasing plans a January VOD release for the film followed by a spring DVD debut as it assembles its 2014 launch slate.
Huh Jung’s feature directorial debut Hide And Seek follows a wealthy man who scours the underbelly of his city in search of his missing brother.
President Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget of Ram Releasing brokered the deal with Finecut CEO Youngjoo Suh and director of international sales Luna Kim.
- 11/4/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Pietà starring Jo Min-soo, Eunjin Kang and Kim Jae-rok, will be distributed by Drafthouse Films. The film distribution arm of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has acquired N. American rights to the Kim Ki-Duk (Bad Guy; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring; 3-Iron) following the movie's world premiere at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival, where it took home the 'Golden Lion' Award for Best Film. Tim League and James Emanuel Shapiro negotiated the deal on behalf of Drafthouse Films and Youngjoo Suh of Finecut on behalf of the film's producers. Hired by moneylenders, a man lives as a loan shark brutally threatening people for paybacks. This man, without any family therefore with nothing to lose, continues his merciless way of life regardless of all the pain he has caused to a countless number of people. One day, a woman appears in front of him claiming to be his mother. He coldly rejects her at first,...
- 10/9/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Pietà starring Jo Min-soo, Eunjin Kang and Kim Jae-rok, will be distributed by Drafthouse Films. The film distribution arm of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has acquired N. American rights to the Kim Ki-Duk (Bad Guy; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring; 3-Iron) following the movie's world premiere at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival, where it took home the 'Golden Lion' Award for Best Film. Tim League and nm4874938 autoJames Emanuel Shapiro[/link] negotiated the deal on behalf of Drafthouse Films and Youngjoo Suh of Finecut on behalf of the film's producers. Hired by moneylenders, a man lives as a loan shark brutally threatening people for paybacks. This man, without any family therefore with nothing to lose, continues his merciless way of life regardless of all the pain he has caused to a countless number of people. One day, a woman appears in front of him claiming to be his mother. He coldly rejects her at first,...
- 10/9/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. rights to "In Another Country," the company said Thursday from the Cannes Film Festival. The film from South Korean director Hong Sang-soo ("Night and Day") stars "The Piano Teacher" actress Isabelle Huppert and marks Hong's first English-speaking production. In the film, Huppert plays three different characters in three different storylines that spring from the imagination of a young film student (Jung Yumi). The deal was negotiated between Kino CEO Richard Lorber and Youngjoo Suh, CEO of the South Korean sales company Finecut. "I have been a long time...
- 5/24/2012
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Christopher Columbus will develop to direct a remake of the Korean film Hello Ghost. The project has been set with Next Entertainment World, the Korean distributor and financier. After a young man tries to kill himself, he's haunted by four ghosts. They won't stop haunting him until he helps each of them fulfill one wish. Columbus will produce with 1492 partners Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. Columbus is a fan of Korean cinema and sparked to the film's English language remake potential of a film that's a box office hit in Korea. "After watching Hello Ghost I was immediately struck by the film's ability to mix comedy, drama and complex emotional themes," Columbus said in a statement. “Its strong universal storyline translates to any culture, and I'm looking forward to bringing a version of this wonderful story to the English-speaking audience." Said Kyungik Jang, VP of New: "We have gladly...
- 2/23/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
We've been hearing a lot of buzz about the shockingly violent film 'I Saw The Devil' over the recent months, and now the horror movie will be seeing distribution in North America.
Read the official press release below and check out the trailer below that.
The Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Kim Jeewoon’s (The Good, The Bad and The Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters) I Saw The Devil at the Toronto International Film Festival. Shockingly violent and stunningly accomplished, I Saw The Devil transcends the police procedural, pushing the boundaries of extreme Asian cinema in ways that will surprise and thrill fans of the genre.
The Good, the Bad and the Weird’s Lee Byung-hyun stars as Dae-hoon, a special agent whose pregnant wife becomes the latest victim of a disturbed and brutal serial killer,...
Read the official press release below and check out the trailer below that.
The Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Kim Jeewoon’s (The Good, The Bad and The Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters) I Saw The Devil at the Toronto International Film Festival. Shockingly violent and stunningly accomplished, I Saw The Devil transcends the police procedural, pushing the boundaries of extreme Asian cinema in ways that will surprise and thrill fans of the genre.
The Good, the Bad and the Weird’s Lee Byung-hyun stars as Dae-hoon, a special agent whose pregnant wife becomes the latest victim of a disturbed and brutal serial killer,...
- 9/16/2010
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Magnet Releasing, the genre banner of Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnolia Pictures has picked up North American rights to Korean director Kim Jeewoon's "I Saw the Devil" at the Toronto International Film Festival. Magnet's Tom Quinn negotiated the deal with Youngjoo Suh from Finecut. Magnet will release the thriller in theaters in the first quarter of 2011. In the film, "The Good, the Bad and the Weird"'s Lee Byung-hyun stars as Dae-hoon, a ...
- 9/15/2010
- Indiewire
Strand Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to Pablo Trapero's "Carancho," which recently screened in A Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. The thriller, starring Ricardo Darin and Martina Gusman, will be released in early 2011.
The film focuses on an ambulance-chasing lawyer and an ER doctor who form an unlikely and symbiotic relationship that leads them into a dark world of corruption and murder.
Strand distributed Trapero’s previous film "Lion’s Den."
With a screenplay by Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre and Trapero, "Carancho" is a Matanza Cine production in association with Finecut, Patagonik, Ad Vitam and L90 Producciones. It was produced by Trapero with Martina Gusman serving as executive producer. Youngjoo Suh, Juan Pablo Galli, Alejandro Cacetta, Juan Vera, Alexandra Henochsberg, Gregory Gajos, Arthur Hallereau, Felipe Braun serve as co-producers.
The deal was negotiated between Fine Cut's Suh and Strand's Jon Gerrans.
The film focuses on an ambulance-chasing lawyer and an ER doctor who form an unlikely and symbiotic relationship that leads them into a dark world of corruption and murder.
Strand distributed Trapero’s previous film "Lion’s Den."
With a screenplay by Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre and Trapero, "Carancho" is a Matanza Cine production in association with Finecut, Patagonik, Ad Vitam and L90 Producciones. It was produced by Trapero with Martina Gusman serving as executive producer. Youngjoo Suh, Juan Pablo Galli, Alejandro Cacetta, Juan Vera, Alexandra Henochsberg, Gregory Gajos, Arthur Hallereau, Felipe Braun serve as co-producers.
The deal was negotiated between Fine Cut's Suh and Strand's Jon Gerrans.
- 6/1/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When I first read of Tiffcon's (Tokyo International Film Festival) efforts to increase international sales and coproductions (Sales and co-production under the spotlight at Tiffcon News Screen), what caught my attention first was reading, "Taiwan, which was colonised by Japan for 50 years until the 1940s" and I thought, How about a film about that little known fact for the rest of us...including -- was it called, Chang Kai Chek's "liberation"?
On thinking further of how much well-thought-out care was taken to address the issue of our international film crisis from the Japanese point of view, I realized that Tiffcon was presenting a model to emulate for regional film markets and that this applied particularly to the new upcoming Ventana Sur, hosted by the Argentina Government organization Incaa and Jerome Paillard of the Cannes Market. Might the Tokyo International Film Festival with its intense focus on the Japanese film industry...
On thinking further of how much well-thought-out care was taken to address the issue of our international film crisis from the Japanese point of view, I realized that Tiffcon was presenting a model to emulate for regional film markets and that this applied particularly to the new upcoming Ventana Sur, hosted by the Argentina Government organization Incaa and Jerome Paillard of the Cannes Market. Might the Tokyo International Film Festival with its intense focus on the Japanese film industry...
- 11/2/2009
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Festival de Cannes (In Competition)
Admittedly, "Lion's Den's" women-in-prison story is not an instant attraction, but it doesn't take more than a few minutes into it to realize this film is several cuts above the genre standard.
Versatile Argentine helmer Pablo Trapero shakes off the leisurely lethargy of his recent "Born and Bred" in a riveting, high-pitched drama blessed by the extraordinarily edgy performance of actress-producer Martina Gusman as a middle-class college coed who finds herself pregnant and in prison for murder. Remake rights could be attractive, though this Spanish-language film co-produced by Argentina, Brazil (with the involvement of Walter Salles) and South Korea works perfectly with its own authorial blend of police procedural, documentary realism and engrossing drama.
Julia (Gusman) wakes up one morning beside two blood-covered bodies. Her boyfriend has been stabbed to death, and his male lover, Ramiro (Rodrigo Santoro), is barely alive. Julia, pretty beaten up herself, can't remember what happened, and she and Ramiro are arrested on suspicion of murder.
This lightning-swift opener is an able hook that ushers viewers into the main body of the story, which takes place in the filthy but colorful chaos of a special prison for female inmates with babies and small children. On the outside, it could pass for a friendly place, if every mother didn't know that her child will be taken away when he or she turns 4. Trapero's fascination with the knitty-gritty horrors of this open-cell Third World jail -- whose immense dimensions are not revealed until the last scenes -- link it to a long tradition of Latin American cinema, not least his police story "El Bonaerense".
As important as the prison is as a backdrop, with its cursing, lustful, hair-pulling inmates and their hordes of tiny tots, Julia remains a solid axis for the story. Gusman, who has been involved on the production side of all of Trapero's films since "El Bonaerense", has a modern intensity that blows away the rest of the cast. She is never banal as she evolves from a helpless victim who hates her unborn child to a survivor who finds happiness in little Tomas once he is born. When her estranged mother (Elli Medeiros) suddenly turns up and tries to take him away from her, Julia brings out her claws and makes the toughness she has learned in prison pay off.
venue: Festival de Cannes (In Competition)
Cast: Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Rodrigo Santoro.
Director: Pablo Trapero. Screenwriters: Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero. Executive producer: Martina Gusman. Producers: Pablo Trapero, Youngjoo Suh, Walter Salles. Production: Matanza Cine (Buenos Aires), Fine Cut, Cineclick Asia (South Korea), Patagonik (Argentina), Videofilmes (Brazil). Director of photography: Guillermo Nieto. Production designer: Coca Oderigo. Costume designer: Marisa Urruti. Music: Rupert Gregson-Williams. Sound: Federico Esquerro. Editor: Ezequiel Borovinsky. Sales Agent: Ad Vitam, Paris. No NPAA rating, 113 minutes.
Admittedly, "Lion's Den's" women-in-prison story is not an instant attraction, but it doesn't take more than a few minutes into it to realize this film is several cuts above the genre standard.
Versatile Argentine helmer Pablo Trapero shakes off the leisurely lethargy of his recent "Born and Bred" in a riveting, high-pitched drama blessed by the extraordinarily edgy performance of actress-producer Martina Gusman as a middle-class college coed who finds herself pregnant and in prison for murder. Remake rights could be attractive, though this Spanish-language film co-produced by Argentina, Brazil (with the involvement of Walter Salles) and South Korea works perfectly with its own authorial blend of police procedural, documentary realism and engrossing drama.
Julia (Gusman) wakes up one morning beside two blood-covered bodies. Her boyfriend has been stabbed to death, and his male lover, Ramiro (Rodrigo Santoro), is barely alive. Julia, pretty beaten up herself, can't remember what happened, and she and Ramiro are arrested on suspicion of murder.
This lightning-swift opener is an able hook that ushers viewers into the main body of the story, which takes place in the filthy but colorful chaos of a special prison for female inmates with babies and small children. On the outside, it could pass for a friendly place, if every mother didn't know that her child will be taken away when he or she turns 4. Trapero's fascination with the knitty-gritty horrors of this open-cell Third World jail -- whose immense dimensions are not revealed until the last scenes -- link it to a long tradition of Latin American cinema, not least his police story "El Bonaerense".
As important as the prison is as a backdrop, with its cursing, lustful, hair-pulling inmates and their hordes of tiny tots, Julia remains a solid axis for the story. Gusman, who has been involved on the production side of all of Trapero's films since "El Bonaerense", has a modern intensity that blows away the rest of the cast. She is never banal as she evolves from a helpless victim who hates her unborn child to a survivor who finds happiness in little Tomas once he is born. When her estranged mother (Elli Medeiros) suddenly turns up and tries to take him away from her, Julia brings out her claws and makes the toughness she has learned in prison pay off.
venue: Festival de Cannes (In Competition)
Cast: Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Rodrigo Santoro.
Director: Pablo Trapero. Screenwriters: Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero. Executive producer: Martina Gusman. Producers: Pablo Trapero, Youngjoo Suh, Walter Salles. Production: Matanza Cine (Buenos Aires), Fine Cut, Cineclick Asia (South Korea), Patagonik (Argentina), Videofilmes (Brazil). Director of photography: Guillermo Nieto. Production designer: Coca Oderigo. Costume designer: Marisa Urruti. Music: Rupert Gregson-Williams. Sound: Federico Esquerro. Editor: Ezequiel Borovinsky. Sales Agent: Ad Vitam, Paris. No NPAA rating, 113 minutes.
- 5/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cannes film review, In Competition
Admittedly, its women-in-prison story is not an instant attraction, but it doesn't take more than a few minutes into "Lion's Den" to realize this film is several cuts above the genre standard. Versatile Argentine helmer Pablo Trapero shakes off the leisurely lethargy of his recent "Born and Bred" in a riveting, high-pitched drama blessed by the extraordinarily edgy performance of actress/producer Martina Gusman as a middle-class college girl who finds herself pregnant and in prison for murder. Remake rights could be attractive, though this Spanish-lingo film coproduced by Argentina, Brazil (with the involvement of Walter Salles) and South Korea works perfectly with its own authorial blend of police procedural, documentary realism and engrossing drama.
Julia (Gusman) wakes up one morning beside two blood-covered bodies. Her boyfriend has been stabbed to death and his male lover Ramiro (Rodrigo Santoro) is barely alive. Julia, pretty beaten up herself, can't remember what happened, and both she and Ramiro are arrested on suspicion of murder. This lightning-swift opener is an able hook that ushers viewers into the main body of the story, which takes place in the filthy but colorful chaos of a special prison for female inmates with babies and small children. On the outside, it could pass for a friendly place, if every mother didn't know that her child will be taken away when he or she turns four. Trapero's fascination with the knitty-gritty horrors of this open-cell Third World jail, whose immense dimensions are not revealed until the last scenes, link it to a long tradition of Latin American cinema, not least his own police story "El Bonaerense".
As important as the prison is as a backdrop, with its cursing, lustful, hair-pulling inmates and their hordes of tiny tots, Julia remains a solid axis for the story. Gusman, who has been involved on the production side of all Trapero's films since "El Bonaerense" and who also played in "Born and Bred", has a modern intensity that blows away the rest of the cast. She is never banal as she evolves from a helpless victim who hates her unborn child, to a survivor who finds happiness in little Tomas once he is born. When her own estranged mother (Elli Medeiros) suddenly turns up and tries to take him away from her, Julia brings out her claws and makes the toughness she has learned in prison pay off.
Unexpected touches include a sprightly opening children's song and an engaging parade of baby strollers through the prison as the proud moms escort their offspring to kindergarten class. Guillermo Nieto's hand-held camerawork mimics Julia's nervous energy and keeps the audience locked up along with her, working in symbiosis with Federico Esquerro's forcefully realistic sound design.
Cast: Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Rodrigo Santoro. Director: Pablo Trapero Screenwriters: Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero Executive producer: Martina Gusman
Producers: Pablo Trapero, Youngjoo Suh, Walter Salles. Director of photography: Guillermo Nieto Production designer: Coca Oderigo Costume designer: Marisa Urruti Music: Rupert Gregson-Willaims. Sound: Federico Esquerro. Editor: Ezequiel Borovinsky
Matanza Cine (Buenos Aires), Fine Cut, Cineclick Asia (South Korea), Patagonik (Argentina), Videofilmes (Brazil).
Sales Agent: Ad Vitam, Paris.
No MPAA reating. 113 minutes.
Admittedly, its women-in-prison story is not an instant attraction, but it doesn't take more than a few minutes into "Lion's Den" to realize this film is several cuts above the genre standard. Versatile Argentine helmer Pablo Trapero shakes off the leisurely lethargy of his recent "Born and Bred" in a riveting, high-pitched drama blessed by the extraordinarily edgy performance of actress/producer Martina Gusman as a middle-class college girl who finds herself pregnant and in prison for murder. Remake rights could be attractive, though this Spanish-lingo film coproduced by Argentina, Brazil (with the involvement of Walter Salles) and South Korea works perfectly with its own authorial blend of police procedural, documentary realism and engrossing drama.
Julia (Gusman) wakes up one morning beside two blood-covered bodies. Her boyfriend has been stabbed to death and his male lover Ramiro (Rodrigo Santoro) is barely alive. Julia, pretty beaten up herself, can't remember what happened, and both she and Ramiro are arrested on suspicion of murder. This lightning-swift opener is an able hook that ushers viewers into the main body of the story, which takes place in the filthy but colorful chaos of a special prison for female inmates with babies and small children. On the outside, it could pass for a friendly place, if every mother didn't know that her child will be taken away when he or she turns four. Trapero's fascination with the knitty-gritty horrors of this open-cell Third World jail, whose immense dimensions are not revealed until the last scenes, link it to a long tradition of Latin American cinema, not least his own police story "El Bonaerense".
As important as the prison is as a backdrop, with its cursing, lustful, hair-pulling inmates and their hordes of tiny tots, Julia remains a solid axis for the story. Gusman, who has been involved on the production side of all Trapero's films since "El Bonaerense" and who also played in "Born and Bred", has a modern intensity that blows away the rest of the cast. She is never banal as she evolves from a helpless victim who hates her unborn child, to a survivor who finds happiness in little Tomas once he is born. When her own estranged mother (Elli Medeiros) suddenly turns up and tries to take him away from her, Julia brings out her claws and makes the toughness she has learned in prison pay off.
Unexpected touches include a sprightly opening children's song and an engaging parade of baby strollers through the prison as the proud moms escort their offspring to kindergarten class. Guillermo Nieto's hand-held camerawork mimics Julia's nervous energy and keeps the audience locked up along with her, working in symbiosis with Federico Esquerro's forcefully realistic sound design.
Cast: Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Rodrigo Santoro. Director: Pablo Trapero Screenwriters: Alejandro Fadel, Martin Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero Executive producer: Martina Gusman
Producers: Pablo Trapero, Youngjoo Suh, Walter Salles. Director of photography: Guillermo Nieto Production designer: Coca Oderigo Costume designer: Marisa Urruti Music: Rupert Gregson-Willaims. Sound: Federico Esquerro. Editor: Ezequiel Borovinsky
Matanza Cine (Buenos Aires), Fine Cut, Cineclick Asia (South Korea), Patagonik (Argentina), Videofilmes (Brazil).
Sales Agent: Ad Vitam, Paris.
No MPAA reating. 113 minutes.
- 5/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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