Berlin-based Films Boutique has boarded Anthony Schatteman’s Young Hearts, which world premieres next month in the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus strand.
Young Hearts centres on a 13-year-old boy who feels attracted to his new neighbour. The film marks the directorial debut of Belgian director Anthony Schatteman and won the work in progress award at Connext 2023. Schatteman most recently directed the Irish series Northern Lights for Lionsgate. His youth series Panna was released in 2021, airing on Goplay.be for Sbs Belgium, and his series 2de Zit played Belgian streaming platform Streamz.
Young Hearts’ stars Lou Goossens, Marius De Saeger, Geert Van Rampelberg,...
Young Hearts centres on a 13-year-old boy who feels attracted to his new neighbour. The film marks the directorial debut of Belgian director Anthony Schatteman and won the work in progress award at Connext 2023. Schatteman most recently directed the Irish series Northern Lights for Lionsgate. His youth series Panna was released in 2021, airing on Goplay.be for Sbs Belgium, and his series 2de Zit played Belgian streaming platform Streamz.
Young Hearts’ stars Lou Goossens, Marius De Saeger, Geert Van Rampelberg,...
- 1/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Edgar (Hayk Bakhryan), the magic water boy with Armen (Vartan Petrossian) in Armenia’s Oscar submission, Nora Martirosyan’s Should The Wind Drop (Si Le Vent Tombe)
Last week the 94th Academy Awards Oscar Best International Feature Film shortlist was revealed with some notable omissions. Levan Koguashvili's Brighton 4th from Georgia; Julia Ducournau’s Titane from France; Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria from Colombia; Zhang Yimou’s Cliff Walkers from China; Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching The Fists from Russia, and Nora Martirosyan’s Should The Wind Drop (Si Le Vent Tombe) from Armenia were among those.
Grégoire Colin as Alain Delage, an international auditor sent to inspect the remote airport of an independent republic in the Caucasus mountains.
In the second instalment with the director on her debut feature, screenplay with Emmanuelle Pagano (co-writers Guillaume André and Olivier Torres), and produced by Annabella Nezri, Julie Paratian, and Ani Vorskanyan, we...
Last week the 94th Academy Awards Oscar Best International Feature Film shortlist was revealed with some notable omissions. Levan Koguashvili's Brighton 4th from Georgia; Julia Ducournau’s Titane from France; Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria from Colombia; Zhang Yimou’s Cliff Walkers from China; Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching The Fists from Russia, and Nora Martirosyan’s Should The Wind Drop (Si Le Vent Tombe) from Armenia were among those.
Grégoire Colin as Alain Delage, an international auditor sent to inspect the remote airport of an independent republic in the Caucasus mountains.
In the second instalment with the director on her debut feature, screenplay with Emmanuelle Pagano (co-writers Guillaume André and Olivier Torres), and produced by Annabella Nezri, Julie Paratian, and Ani Vorskanyan, we...
- 12/30/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Alain Delage’s (Grégoire Colin) taxi driver (Grigoriy Gasparyan) flaps his wings in Nora Martirosyan’s Should The Wind Drop (Si Le Vent Tombe), Armenia’s Oscar submission Photo: Sister Productions
Fabulous shots of the landscape (cinematography by Simon Roca), marked by ruins and sheep, by demarcation lines and mist, edited seamlessly by Yorgos Lamprinos, invite our gaze and engage our curiosity in Nora Martirosyan’s debut feature Should The Wind Drop (Si Le Vent Tombe), Armenia’s Oscar submission, produced by Annabella Nezri, Julie Paratian, and Ani Vorskanyan).
Nora Martirosyan with Anne-Katrin Titze: “The Armenians of Karabakh have a very tight sense of humour. When I go there, I laugh from morning till evening.”
Alain Delage (Claire Denis regular Grégoire Colin), an international auditor is sent to inspect a remote airport of an independent republic in the Caucasus mountains. He is teased and coaxed by the locals as “the...
Fabulous shots of the landscape (cinematography by Simon Roca), marked by ruins and sheep, by demarcation lines and mist, edited seamlessly by Yorgos Lamprinos, invite our gaze and engage our curiosity in Nora Martirosyan’s debut feature Should The Wind Drop (Si Le Vent Tombe), Armenia’s Oscar submission, produced by Annabella Nezri, Julie Paratian, and Ani Vorskanyan).
Nora Martirosyan with Anne-Katrin Titze: “The Armenians of Karabakh have a very tight sense of humour. When I go there, I laugh from morning till evening.”
Alain Delage (Claire Denis regular Grégoire Colin), an international auditor is sent to inspect a remote airport of an independent republic in the Caucasus mountains. He is teased and coaxed by the locals as “the...
- 12/10/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
This prediction may appear to come out of left field, but the film’s producer Annabella Nezri had a solid premiere with Jumbo a couple of years back. Next on deck is another first, in Eve Duchemin‘s fiction debut Temps mort. The docu-helmer was profoundly moved by the experience of shooting her award-winning En bataille, and decided to further pursue the realities of a trio of inmates when they take their first steps out to reconciliation. Karim Leklou, Issaka Sawadogo and rapper Jarod Cousyns in his screen debut. Filming took place in Brussels in March.
Gist: This follows the journey of three inmates, outside of prison for the weekend.…...
Gist: This follows the journey of three inmates, outside of prison for the weekend.…...
- 11/24/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Producers of ‘Another Round’ and Silver Bear winner ‘Natural Light’ selected for networking platform.
The producer of Oscar winner Another Round is among those selected for European Film Promotion’s (Efp) networking platform Producers on the Move, which will again take place online.
The 20 producers selected for this year’s programme would usually gather at the Cannes Film Festival and take part in meetings, roundtable sessions and case studies. But although Cannes has committed to host a physical festival in July, Efp will run the programme online from May 17-21 to avoid possible pandemic restrictions.
Among this year’s line-up is Kasper Dissing,...
The producer of Oscar winner Another Round is among those selected for European Film Promotion’s (Efp) networking platform Producers on the Move, which will again take place online.
The 20 producers selected for this year’s programme would usually gather at the Cannes Film Festival and take part in meetings, roundtable sessions and case studies. But although Cannes has committed to host a physical festival in July, Efp will run the programme online from May 17-21 to avoid possible pandemic restrictions.
Among this year’s line-up is Kasper Dissing,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The producers of this year’s International Feature Film Oscar winner “Another Round” and Berlin Silver Bear winner “Natural Light” have been selected for European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move program, which promotes promising producers and fosters international co-productions. The 20 participants for the program, which runs online from May 17-21, will be presenting their latest projects in speed meetings and during roundtable sessions. More than half of the selection are women.
The participants, who were selected for the program from all of the nominations submitted by the Efp member organizations, are Annabella Nezri (Belgium), Nikolay Mutafchiev (Bulgaria), Bojan Kanjera (Croatia), Marek Novák (Czech Republic), Kasper Dissing (Denmark), Jean-Christophe Reymond (France), Maite Woköck (Germany), Sára László (Hungary), Ruth Treacy (Ireland), Marica Stocchi (Italy), Iris Otten (The Netherlands), Gary Cranner (Norway), Beata Rzeźniczek (Poland), Tathiani Sacilotto (Portugal), Bianca Oana (Romania), Katarína Tomková (Slovak Republic), Andraž Jerič (Slovenia), Clara Nieto (Spain...
The participants, who were selected for the program from all of the nominations submitted by the Efp member organizations, are Annabella Nezri (Belgium), Nikolay Mutafchiev (Bulgaria), Bojan Kanjera (Croatia), Marek Novák (Czech Republic), Kasper Dissing (Denmark), Jean-Christophe Reymond (France), Maite Woköck (Germany), Sára László (Hungary), Ruth Treacy (Ireland), Marica Stocchi (Italy), Iris Otten (The Netherlands), Gary Cranner (Norway), Beata Rzeźniczek (Poland), Tathiani Sacilotto (Portugal), Bianca Oana (Romania), Katarína Tomková (Slovak Republic), Andraž Jerič (Slovenia), Clara Nieto (Spain...
- 5/6/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin, Tunisia’s short-listed entry for Best International Film for the 93rd Academy Awards.
Written and directed by Hania, the film stars Yahya Mahyni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw and Monica Bellucci. The Man Who Sold His Skin tells the story of Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, who left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he accepts to have his back tattooed by one of by the World’s most sulfurous contemporary artist. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will however come to realize that his decision might actually mean anything but freedom.
“The Man Who Sold His Skin is a powerful film that draws...
Written and directed by Hania, the film stars Yahya Mahyni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw and Monica Bellucci. The Man Who Sold His Skin tells the story of Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, who left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life, he accepts to have his back tattooed by one of by the World’s most sulfurous contemporary artist. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will however come to realize that his decision might actually mean anything but freedom.
“The Man Who Sold His Skin is a powerful film that draws...
- 2/18/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up the U.S. rights for “The Man Who Sold His Skin,” Tunisia’s short-listed entry for the international feature film Oscar. The film is represented in international markets by Paris-based Bac Films.
“The Man Who Sold His Skin” stars Yahya Mahayni as Sam, a Syrian man who decides to have a large Schengen visa, the document he desperately needs to enter Europe, tattooed on his back by a famous artist, thus becoming a human artwork to be exhibited in a Brussels museum. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will come to realize that his decision might actually mean anything but freedom.
The film world premiered at Venice, where it won the best actor award for Mahayni, and went on to have its Middle East premiere at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, where it scooped the best Arab film award.
“The Man Who Sold His Skin” stars Yahya Mahayni as Sam, a Syrian man who decides to have a large Schengen visa, the document he desperately needs to enter Europe, tattooed on his back by a famous artist, thus becoming a human artwork to be exhibited in a Brussels museum. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art, Sam will come to realize that his decision might actually mean anything but freedom.
The film world premiered at Venice, where it won the best actor award for Mahayni, and went on to have its Middle East premiere at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, where it scooped the best Arab film award.
- 2/17/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Jumbo
Belgian born Zoé Wittock promises to be a breakout director in 2020 with her debut Jumbo, (which the Sundance folks describe a “world of self-discovery and exhilaration for her literal object of desire“) a Belgian-French-Luxembourg co-production produced by Anais Bertrand, Annabella Nezri and Gilles Chanial. Her cast is headed by Noemie Merlant, writer/actor/director Emmanuel Bercot and Sam Louwyck. Thomas Buelens will serve as Dp.
Gist: Jeanne is a shy young woman who lives at home with her mother and works in an amusement park.…...
Belgian born Zoé Wittock promises to be a breakout director in 2020 with her debut Jumbo, (which the Sundance folks describe a “world of self-discovery and exhilaration for her literal object of desire“) a Belgian-French-Luxembourg co-production produced by Anais Bertrand, Annabella Nezri and Gilles Chanial. Her cast is headed by Noemie Merlant, writer/actor/director Emmanuel Bercot and Sam Louwyck. Thomas Buelens will serve as Dp.
Gist: Jeanne is a shy young woman who lives at home with her mother and works in an amusement park.…...
- 12/30/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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