Exclusive: Oscar winner Helen Mirren is set to star as celebrated author Patricia Highsmith in new movie Switzerland, whose plot will mirror one of the Tom Ripley novels for which the American novelist was most famous.
Filmmaker and celebrated music video director Anton Corbijn, whose credits include Control, A Most Wanted Man and The American, is aboard to direct the movie, which FilmNation will be launching for world sales at next week’s EFM.
In Switzerland, Highsmith’s late life solitude in the Swiss Alps is interrupted by Edward, a young literary agent who is sent by the writer’s relentless publishing company to convince her to pen one last novel in her wildly popular Ripley series (which includes the classic The Talented Mr Ripley). Highsmith uses her famously macabre imagination to scare Edward away, but before they know it a collaboration ensues, leaving the world they’ve constructed indistinguishable from their own.
Filmmaker and celebrated music video director Anton Corbijn, whose credits include Control, A Most Wanted Man and The American, is aboard to direct the movie, which FilmNation will be launching for world sales at next week’s EFM.
In Switzerland, Highsmith’s late life solitude in the Swiss Alps is interrupted by Edward, a young literary agent who is sent by the writer’s relentless publishing company to convince her to pen one last novel in her wildly popular Ripley series (which includes the classic The Talented Mr Ripley). Highsmith uses her famously macabre imagination to scare Edward away, but before they know it a collaboration ensues, leaving the world they’ve constructed indistinguishable from their own.
- 2/7/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Feature also sells to Latin America, German-speaking territories.
Heading into this week’s virtual EFM Montreal-based WaZabi Films has licensed US rights to Cinedigm on Australian drama Moon Rock For Monday.
Wazabi co-president Anick Poirier said the company has struck additional deals on the Lunar Pictures feature with Landfilm for German-speaking Europe, Youngjin Creative for South Korea, Sts for Japan, Encripta for Latin America, and Media4Fun for Poland.
Kurt Martin directed the story about Monday, a terminally ill girl who encounters a teenage fugitive with whom she ends up travelling to Australia’s Northern Territory to find the moon...
Heading into this week’s virtual EFM Montreal-based WaZabi Films has licensed US rights to Cinedigm on Australian drama Moon Rock For Monday.
Wazabi co-president Anick Poirier said the company has struck additional deals on the Lunar Pictures feature with Landfilm for German-speaking Europe, Youngjin Creative for South Korea, Sts for Japan, Encripta for Latin America, and Media4Fun for Poland.
Kurt Martin directed the story about Monday, a terminally ill girl who encounters a teenage fugitive with whom she ends up travelling to Australia’s Northern Territory to find the moon...
- 2/7/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Lou Ye’s embattled 2019 film “Saturday Fiction” will have a theatrical outing in the Chinese auteur’s home country nearly two years after its planned high-profile premiere there was abruptly cancelled.
After its long time in the dark, the black-and-white drama will return triumphantly to the official limelight as the closing film of the Beijing Intl. Film Festival on Sept. 10, then go on to light up Chinese theaters Oct. 15. Its star, the iconic Gong Li, is this year’s chairman of the international jury for the festival’s top Tiantan Awards.
“Saturday Film” originally debuted in competition at Venice in 2019 and was set to premiere in China soon after as the opening film of the country’s highly politicized government-run Golden Rooster Film Festival. It was yanked without warning from the line-up the night before due to unspecified “internal production problems” and replaced by a low-budget documentary about traditional bamboo flutes.
After its long time in the dark, the black-and-white drama will return triumphantly to the official limelight as the closing film of the Beijing Intl. Film Festival on Sept. 10, then go on to light up Chinese theaters Oct. 15. Its star, the iconic Gong Li, is this year’s chairman of the international jury for the festival’s top Tiantan Awards.
“Saturday Film” originally debuted in competition at Venice in 2019 and was set to premiere in China soon after as the opening film of the country’s highly politicized government-run Golden Rooster Film Festival. It was yanked without warning from the line-up the night before due to unspecified “internal production problems” and replaced by a low-budget documentary about traditional bamboo flutes.
- 9/10/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Gong Li heads the jury of the international competition, which also includes Nadine Labaki, Renny Harlin and Leste Chen.
Beijing International Film Festival (Bjiff), which is scheduled to take place in a physical format next month (August 14-21), has unveiled the line-up for its international competition section, the Tiantan Awards.
The 15-title selection includes Russian co-production Conference, which won best director and actress at last year’s Cairo film festival; Rotterdam Youth Jury Award winner Night Of The Kings; Indian director Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show; and Cannes 2020 Label entry Slalom, directed by Charlene Favier (see full list below...
Beijing International Film Festival (Bjiff), which is scheduled to take place in a physical format next month (August 14-21), has unveiled the line-up for its international competition section, the Tiantan Awards.
The 15-title selection includes Russian co-production Conference, which won best director and actress at last year’s Cairo film festival; Rotterdam Youth Jury Award winner Night Of The Kings; Indian director Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show; and Cannes 2020 Label entry Slalom, directed by Charlene Favier (see full list below...
- 7/21/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Kurt Martin’s Moon Rock for Monday, starring George Pullar, Ashlyn Louden and Aaron Jeffrey will be released theatrically April 22 via Pinnacle Films.
Louden plays Monday, a nine-year old girl home-schooled by her father Bob (Jeffrey) in Sydney. Due to her terminal illness Monday’s only contact with the outside world is her weekly visit to the hospital. Monday’s imagination is captured by the Moon Rock (Uluru) which she believes will heal her and desires to travel to the middle of Australia to find it. By a twist of fate, she becomes caught up in a police chase involving Tyler (Pullar) a street kid with a massive heart. Tyler uses Monday to evade the police, but despite the circumstances they soon form a friendship. They decide to go on the run, road tripping to the Northern Territory to find the Moon Rock.
Produced by Jim Robison, the film also stars Nicholas Hope,...
Louden plays Monday, a nine-year old girl home-schooled by her father Bob (Jeffrey) in Sydney. Due to her terminal illness Monday’s only contact with the outside world is her weekly visit to the hospital. Monday’s imagination is captured by the Moon Rock (Uluru) which she believes will heal her and desires to travel to the middle of Australia to find it. By a twist of fate, she becomes caught up in a police chase involving Tyler (Pullar) a street kid with a massive heart. Tyler uses Monday to evade the police, but despite the circumstances they soon form a friendship. They decide to go on the run, road tripping to the Northern Territory to find the Moon Rock.
Produced by Jim Robison, the film also stars Nicholas Hope,...
- 3/12/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘When Pomegranates Howl’.
Adelaide Film Festival has revealed its full program for 2020, including the world premieres of local titles When Pomegranates Howl, Yer Old Father, This is Port Adelaide, ShoPaapaa, and more, as well as a special strand dedicated to Australian indies.
Overall, the biennial festival – due to be an entirely physical event thanks to dedicated Covid-Safe plans – has snared a total of 54 features from more than 40 countries, including 22 world premieres and 27 Australian premieres.
As previously announced, the festival will open with Seth Larney’s sci-fi thriller 2067, starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten and Deborah Mailman, and will close out with the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner, Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.
Stephen Johnson’s High Ground, which bowed in Berlinale, will vie in the festival’s official competition, up against Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round; Christos Nikou’s Apples, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning, Yolqin Tuychiev’s 2000 Songs of Farida,...
Adelaide Film Festival has revealed its full program for 2020, including the world premieres of local titles When Pomegranates Howl, Yer Old Father, This is Port Adelaide, ShoPaapaa, and more, as well as a special strand dedicated to Australian indies.
Overall, the biennial festival – due to be an entirely physical event thanks to dedicated Covid-Safe plans – has snared a total of 54 features from more than 40 countries, including 22 world premieres and 27 Australian premieres.
As previously announced, the festival will open with Seth Larney’s sci-fi thriller 2067, starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten and Deborah Mailman, and will close out with the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner, Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.
Stephen Johnson’s High Ground, which bowed in Berlinale, will vie in the festival’s official competition, up against Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round; Christos Nikou’s Apples, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning, Yolqin Tuychiev’s 2000 Songs of Farida,...
- 9/9/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Sales slate includes Cannes Official Selection Nadia, Butterfly, You Will Remember Me.
With a week to go before the Cannes virtual market kicks off, Anick Poirier and Lorne Price’s WaZabi Films has picked up worldwide rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Australian family drama Moon Rock For Monday.
Writer/director Kurt Martin’s film stars Aaron Jeffery, George Pullar and newcomer Ashlyn Louden-Gamble in the title role of Monday.
Moon Rock For Monday centres on a terminally ill girl and a fugitive who embark on a road trip to visit a moon rock the girl believes will heal her.
With a week to go before the Cannes virtual market kicks off, Anick Poirier and Lorne Price’s WaZabi Films has picked up worldwide rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Australian family drama Moon Rock For Monday.
Writer/director Kurt Martin’s film stars Aaron Jeffery, George Pullar and newcomer Ashlyn Louden-Gamble in the title role of Monday.
Moon Rock For Monday centres on a terminally ill girl and a fugitive who embark on a road trip to visit a moon rock the girl believes will heal her.
- 6/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Ben Allan and Clara Chong.
While production shutdowns are causing mass unemployment among all sectors of the screen sector, some practitioners see an upside.
Main Course Films’ writer/director Clara Chong and producer/Dop Ben Allan are in post on Wabi-Sabi, a deeply personal feature doc on ageing and death centred on Clara’s mother, who suffered from multiple system atrophy (Msa), a rare neuro-degenerative disorder.
“Because Clara and I do the majority of our projects together, doing post production at home has meant we can do things like put the kids to bed and then go back to colour grading,” Allan tells If.
“Now in the time of the coronavirus, it means we can be social distancing while staying on schedule with post on the film and our other projects.”
Producer Steve Jaggi, who has Rosie Lourde’s debut feature Romance on the Menu in post, sees an upside for Australian content creators,...
While production shutdowns are causing mass unemployment among all sectors of the screen sector, some practitioners see an upside.
Main Course Films’ writer/director Clara Chong and producer/Dop Ben Allan are in post on Wabi-Sabi, a deeply personal feature doc on ageing and death centred on Clara’s mother, who suffered from multiple system atrophy (Msa), a rare neuro-degenerative disorder.
“Because Clara and I do the majority of our projects together, doing post production at home has meant we can do things like put the kids to bed and then go back to colour grading,” Allan tells If.
“Now in the time of the coronavirus, it means we can be social distancing while staying on schedule with post on the film and our other projects.”
Producer Steve Jaggi, who has Rosie Lourde’s debut feature Romance on the Menu in post, sees an upside for Australian content creators,...
- 3/20/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Bonnie Ferguson, Alex Proyas and Dean Kyrwood.
When Alex Proyas wrote the short film Mask of the Evil Apparition, he did not set out to evoke the tone of his 1998 sci-fi thriller Dark City, which was set in a nightmarish world with no sun.
But after filming for four days last week in Heretic Foundation, his new studio in Sydney’s inner west, the parallels are inescapable.
Bonnie Ferguson stars as Olivia, a young woman lost in a nocturnal, dreamlike city, with Dean Kyrwood as twin psychic brothers who try to help her find her way home as she is pursued by a shadowy cult known as The Mysterious Ones.
Alex King is Sandra, a young woman with a passion for disguise and mind games, and Goran D. Kleut portrays a roomful of identical characters.
Proyas, who is shooting the final scenes today, tells If: “The short has evolved into...
When Alex Proyas wrote the short film Mask of the Evil Apparition, he did not set out to evoke the tone of his 1998 sci-fi thriller Dark City, which was set in a nightmarish world with no sun.
But after filming for four days last week in Heretic Foundation, his new studio in Sydney’s inner west, the parallels are inescapable.
Bonnie Ferguson stars as Olivia, a young woman lost in a nocturnal, dreamlike city, with Dean Kyrwood as twin psychic brothers who try to help her find her way home as she is pursued by a shadowy cult known as The Mysterious Ones.
Alex King is Sandra, a young woman with a passion for disguise and mind games, and Goran D. Kleut portrays a roomful of identical characters.
Proyas, who is shooting the final scenes today, tells If: “The short has evolved into...
- 3/8/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Dean Kyrwood in ‘The Flood’ (Photo credit: Coco Banks Photography).
Dean Kyrwood will play psychic twin brothers in Alex Proyas’ surreal short film Mask of the Evil Apparition.
The first film to shoot at Proyas’ new self-contained studio in Sydney, it will star Bonnie Ferguson as Olivia, a young woman lost in a nocturnal, dreamlike city.
Antonio and his twin brother try to help Olivia find her way home but quickly realise she is being pursued by a shadowy cult known as The Mysterious Ones.
Although Antonio has the ability to psychically connect with the cult there is little he can do to protect her or himself from Olivia’s own evil supernatural twin.
It’s the filmmaker’s third collaboration with Ferguson, who appeared in his short Phobos and in a photographic exhibition. “I think Bonnie’s a star – a true film actor who can convey so much just with those incredible eyes,...
Dean Kyrwood will play psychic twin brothers in Alex Proyas’ surreal short film Mask of the Evil Apparition.
The first film to shoot at Proyas’ new self-contained studio in Sydney, it will star Bonnie Ferguson as Olivia, a young woman lost in a nocturnal, dreamlike city.
Antonio and his twin brother try to help Olivia find her way home but quickly realise she is being pursued by a shadowy cult known as The Mysterious Ones.
Although Antonio has the ability to psychically connect with the cult there is little he can do to protect her or himself from Olivia’s own evil supernatural twin.
It’s the filmmaker’s third collaboration with Ferguson, who appeared in his short Phobos and in a photographic exhibition. “I think Bonnie’s a star – a true film actor who can convey so much just with those incredible eyes,...
- 2/3/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Bonnie Ferguson (Photo credit: Alex Proyas).
Bonnie Ferguson will play the lead in a short film from Alex Proyas, the first to shoot in his new self-contained studio in Sydney.
The working title is Mask of the Evil Apparition, it will shoot for three or four days late this month and premiere on the filmmaker’s YouTube channel Mystery Clock Cinema.
“It has all the attributes you’d expect from one of my madcap adventures,” Proyas said on his Facebook page.
“We shall be exploring virtual environments to create a dreamlike reality; a completely independent production, which points to the future of independent filmmaking. The techniques we discover with this short shall be used for full theatrical feature film production in due course.”
Bonnie plays the dual role of a character named Olivia who, she says, “is not as she seems.”
Proyas is seeking crew including production manager, runner, sound recordist,...
Bonnie Ferguson will play the lead in a short film from Alex Proyas, the first to shoot in his new self-contained studio in Sydney.
The working title is Mask of the Evil Apparition, it will shoot for three or four days late this month and premiere on the filmmaker’s YouTube channel Mystery Clock Cinema.
“It has all the attributes you’d expect from one of my madcap adventures,” Proyas said on his Facebook page.
“We shall be exploring virtual environments to create a dreamlike reality; a completely independent production, which points to the future of independent filmmaking. The techniques we discover with this short shall be used for full theatrical feature film production in due course.”
Bonnie plays the dual role of a character named Olivia who, she says, “is not as she seems.”
Proyas is seeking crew including production manager, runner, sound recordist,...
- 2/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Bonnie Ferguson in ‘Just Ruby.’
Bonnie Ferguson has wrapped filming her first feature lead role in Giovanna Mercuri’s dramedy Just Ruby and will follow that by starring in Violet Daze, a proof-of-concept for a horror movie.
Earlier this year she had a supporting role in Moon Rock for Monday, a coming-of-age road movie from first-time writer-director Kurt Martin, and she collaborated with filmmaker Alex Proyas on two projects: short film Phobos and a photographic exhibition.
Last year she appeared in the five-part TV series Made for This, which the creators Steven Carnuccio, Domenic Di Mento and Daniel Pike are shopping to broadcasters and streaming services
“It’s been a busy couple of years,” says the 22-year-old, who plans to have a crack at the Us in the middle of next year after signing with Shelter Entertainment’s Andrew Howard.
Scripted by Damien Leith and Eileen Stapleton, Just Ruby stars Leith as Irish singer Danny,...
Bonnie Ferguson has wrapped filming her first feature lead role in Giovanna Mercuri’s dramedy Just Ruby and will follow that by starring in Violet Daze, a proof-of-concept for a horror movie.
Earlier this year she had a supporting role in Moon Rock for Monday, a coming-of-age road movie from first-time writer-director Kurt Martin, and she collaborated with filmmaker Alex Proyas on two projects: short film Phobos and a photographic exhibition.
Last year she appeared in the five-part TV series Made for This, which the creators Steven Carnuccio, Domenic Di Mento and Daniel Pike are shopping to broadcasters and streaming services
“It’s been a busy couple of years,” says the 22-year-old, who plans to have a crack at the Us in the middle of next year after signing with Shelter Entertainment’s Andrew Howard.
Scripted by Damien Leith and Eileen Stapleton, Just Ruby stars Leith as Irish singer Danny,...
- 11/6/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
George Pullar.
George Pullar and newcomer Ashlyn Louden-Gamble have won the lead roles in Moon Rock for Monday, a coming-of-age road movie from first-time writer-director Kurt Martin.
Pullar, whose star is on the rise after roles in Fighting Season, Playing for Keeps and A Place to Call Home, will play homeless teenager Tyler.
Tyler is on the run from the cops when he meets Monday (Louden-Gamble), a terminally ill 11-year-old, at a train station. Forming an unlikely bond, they embark on a road trip across the country in search of a moon rock which Monday believes will heal her. The pair is pursued by the police who believe Tyler has kidnapped the girl.
Jim Robison, who formed Lunar Pictures after an affable split from Blake Northfield’s Bronte Pictures, will produce. Shooting is due to start in Sydney and Coober Pedy on August 26, funded by private investors and the Producer Offset.
George Pullar and newcomer Ashlyn Louden-Gamble have won the lead roles in Moon Rock for Monday, a coming-of-age road movie from first-time writer-director Kurt Martin.
Pullar, whose star is on the rise after roles in Fighting Season, Playing for Keeps and A Place to Call Home, will play homeless teenager Tyler.
Tyler is on the run from the cops when he meets Monday (Louden-Gamble), a terminally ill 11-year-old, at a train station. Forming an unlikely bond, they embark on a road trip across the country in search of a moon rock which Monday believes will heal her. The pair is pursued by the police who believe Tyler has kidnapped the girl.
Jim Robison, who formed Lunar Pictures after an affable split from Blake Northfield’s Bronte Pictures, will produce. Shooting is due to start in Sydney and Coober Pedy on August 26, funded by private investors and the Producer Offset.
- 8/12/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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