UK sales outfit boards documentary about penguin populations.
UK sales outfit Devilworks has acquired worldwide sales rights to Us documentary The Penguin Counters, directed and produced by Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon Getzels.
The documentary follows a team of field biologists to some of the harshest corners of the planet where they track the impact of climate change and ocean health by counting penguin populations.
The deal excludes North America, where the film was released in April 2017 by First Run Features.
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to represent The Penguin Counters. With a passion to tell great stories, Peter and Harriet flawlessly intertwine the gripping subject of climate change,with breathtaking cinematography, whilst remaining hopeful.”
Devilworks also acquired world rights to the biographical documentary Ken Foster. Directed by Josh Laner, it deals with the eponymous Vancouver street artist.
Known for his beautifully distorted renditions of iconic cityscapes, the film portrays...
UK sales outfit Devilworks has acquired worldwide sales rights to Us documentary The Penguin Counters, directed and produced by Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon Getzels.
The documentary follows a team of field biologists to some of the harshest corners of the planet where they track the impact of climate change and ocean health by counting penguin populations.
The deal excludes North America, where the film was released in April 2017 by First Run Features.
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to represent The Penguin Counters. With a passion to tell great stories, Peter and Harriet flawlessly intertwine the gripping subject of climate change,with breathtaking cinematography, whilst remaining hopeful.”
Devilworks also acquired world rights to the biographical documentary Ken Foster. Directed by Josh Laner, it deals with the eponymous Vancouver street artist.
Known for his beautifully distorted renditions of iconic cityscapes, the film portrays...
- 6/13/2017
- ScreenDaily
UK sales outfit boards documentary about penguin populations.
UK sales outfit Devilworks has acquired worldwide sales rights to Us documentary The Penguin Counters, directed and produced by Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon Getzels.
The documentary follows a team of field biologists to some of the harshest corners of the planet where they track the impact of climate change and ocean health by counting penguin populations.
The deal excludes North America, where the film was released in April 2017 by First Run Features.
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to represent The Penguin Counters. With a passion to tell great stories, Peter and Harriet flawlessly intertwine the gripping subject of climate change,with breathtaking cinematography, whilst remaining hopeful.”
Devilworks also acquired world rights to the biographical documentary Ken Foster. Directed by Josh Laner, it deals with the eponymous Vancouver street artist.
Known for his beautifully distorted renditions of iconic cityscapes, the film portrays...
UK sales outfit Devilworks has acquired worldwide sales rights to Us documentary The Penguin Counters, directed and produced by Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon Getzels.
The documentary follows a team of field biologists to some of the harshest corners of the planet where they track the impact of climate change and ocean health by counting penguin populations.
The deal excludes North America, where the film was released in April 2017 by First Run Features.
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to represent The Penguin Counters. With a passion to tell great stories, Peter and Harriet flawlessly intertwine the gripping subject of climate change,with breathtaking cinematography, whilst remaining hopeful.”
Devilworks also acquired world rights to the biographical documentary Ken Foster. Directed by Josh Laner, it deals with the eponymous Vancouver street artist.
Known for his beautifully distorted renditions of iconic cityscapes, the film portrays...
- 6/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
Artsploitation Films to distribute Australian abortion horror-comedy in the Us.
UK genre sales outfit Devilworks has sold horror-comedy ‘Red Christmas’ to Artsploitation Films for Us distribution.
Director and producer Craig Anderson’s film’s Us premiere has yet to be announced, but a limited theatrical run is set for August and DVD/Blu-ray and VOD releases are scheduled for October.
The film centres on a mother (Dee Wallace) as she tries to protect her family from a deformed and vengeful intruder in the Australian outback.
Wallace, who is also a co-producer on the film, is known for her work in the horror genre (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Cujo, The Howling).
Artsploitation Films president Ray Murray said: “We are excited to release this over-the-top, deliriously entertaining genre film. With its odd anti-abortion angle, it could very well be the first horror film of the Trump era!”
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson said: “’We are thrilled to be working with Artsploitation...
UK genre sales outfit Devilworks has sold horror-comedy ‘Red Christmas’ to Artsploitation Films for Us distribution.
Director and producer Craig Anderson’s film’s Us premiere has yet to be announced, but a limited theatrical run is set for August and DVD/Blu-ray and VOD releases are scheduled for October.
The film centres on a mother (Dee Wallace) as she tries to protect her family from a deformed and vengeful intruder in the Australian outback.
Wallace, who is also a co-producer on the film, is known for her work in the horror genre (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Cujo, The Howling).
Artsploitation Films president Ray Murray said: “We are excited to release this over-the-top, deliriously entertaining genre film. With its odd anti-abortion angle, it could very well be the first horror film of the Trump era!”
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson said: “’We are thrilled to be working with Artsploitation...
- 4/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
Sales outfit is bringing six market premieres to Berlin.
Ahead of the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival (Feb 9-19), genre sales specialists Devilworks has revealed more detail about its slate of films.
The company’s full slate features six market premieres, including sci-fi thriller Incontrol from director Kurtis David Harder (Cody Fitz). Starring Levi Meaden (Aftermath, Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Rory J. Saper (The Legend Of Tarzan), the film tells the story of a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people.
Screen can exclusively reveal the film’s first trailer:
[Click here to watch on Youtube]
Also on Devilworks’ slate is meta horror Cut Shoot Kill [pictured top], from writer-director Michael Walker (Chasing Sleep, The Maid’s Room). The film stars Alexandra Socha (Red Oaks) and Phil Burke (Hell On Wheels) in the story of an ambitious young actress who signs on as the star of a horror film. On the set...
Ahead of the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival (Feb 9-19), genre sales specialists Devilworks has revealed more detail about its slate of films.
The company’s full slate features six market premieres, including sci-fi thriller Incontrol from director Kurtis David Harder (Cody Fitz). Starring Levi Meaden (Aftermath, Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Rory J. Saper (The Legend Of Tarzan), the film tells the story of a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people.
Screen can exclusively reveal the film’s first trailer:
[Click here to watch on Youtube]
Also on Devilworks’ slate is meta horror Cut Shoot Kill [pictured top], from writer-director Michael Walker (Chasing Sleep, The Maid’s Room). The film stars Alexandra Socha (Red Oaks) and Phil Burke (Hell On Wheels) in the story of an ambitious young actress who signs on as the star of a horror film. On the set...
- 1/20/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Sales outfit is bringing six market premieres to Berlin.
Ahead of the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival (Feb 9-19), genre sales specialists Devilworks has revealed more detail about its slate of films.
The company’s full slate features six market premieres, including sci-fi thriller Incontrol from director Kurtis David Harder (Cody Fitz). Starring Levi Meaden (Aftermath, Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Rory J. Saper (The Legend Of Tarzan), the film tells the story of a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people.
Screen can exclusively reveal the film’s first trailer:
[Click here to watch on Youtube]
Also on Devilworks’ slate is meta horror Cut Shoot Kill [pictured top], from writer-director Michael Walker (Chasing Sleep, The Maid’s Room). The film stars Alexandra Socha (Red Oaks) and Phil Burke (Hell On Wheels) in the story of an ambitious young actress who signs on as the star of a horror film. On the set...
Ahead of the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival (Feb 9-19), genre sales specialists Devilworks has revealed more detail about its slate of films.
The company’s full slate features six market premieres, including sci-fi thriller Incontrol from director Kurtis David Harder (Cody Fitz). Starring Levi Meaden (Aftermath, Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Rory J. Saper (The Legend Of Tarzan), the film tells the story of a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people.
Screen can exclusively reveal the film’s first trailer:
[Click here to watch on Youtube]
Also on Devilworks’ slate is meta horror Cut Shoot Kill [pictured top], from writer-director Michael Walker (Chasing Sleep, The Maid’s Room). The film stars Alexandra Socha (Red Oaks) and Phil Burke (Hell On Wheels) in the story of an ambitious young actress who signs on as the star of a horror film. On the set...
- 1/20/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The UK-based genre film sales company has assembled a line-up for Berlin that includes Incontrol and Population Zero.
Kurtis David Harder’s sci-fi Incontrol follows university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people. Levi Meaden and Rory J. Saper star.
Population Zero received its international premiere at FrightFest in London and is a doc-thriller about a man who used a legal loophole to walk free after confessing to the murder of three young men in Yellowstone National Park. Julian T. Pinder and Adam Lewis directed.
The sales roster includes The Man Who Was Thursday, Cut Shoot Kill, Peelers and Still Alive.
“We are very excited to bring such a strong slate of films to Efm,” said Devilworks president Samantha Richardson. “Genre filmmaking is an ever-growing industry and these unique stories are guaranteed to impress distributors searching for fresh voices in cinema.”...
Kurtis David Harder’s sci-fi Incontrol follows university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people. Levi Meaden and Rory J. Saper star.
Population Zero received its international premiere at FrightFest in London and is a doc-thriller about a man who used a legal loophole to walk free after confessing to the murder of three young men in Yellowstone National Park. Julian T. Pinder and Adam Lewis directed.
The sales roster includes The Man Who Was Thursday, Cut Shoot Kill, Peelers and Still Alive.
“We are very excited to bring such a strong slate of films to Efm,” said Devilworks president Samantha Richardson. “Genre filmmaking is an ever-growing industry and these unique stories are guaranteed to impress distributors searching for fresh voices in cinema.”...
- 1/16/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Line-up includes Australian thriller The Suicide Theory and Us crime film Criticsized.
Genre specialist Devilworks has revealed its slate for the forthcoming American Film Market (Nov 2-9).
The line-up includes Australian thriller The Suicide Theory, which the company is repping for international sales following its release on Netflix Us.
Directed by Dru Brown, the film follows a man who, after failing to commit suicide, pays a hitman to kill him. When that endeavour fails, the man learns that he is cursed with immortality. Steve Mouzakis (who recently completed filming 20th Century Fox’s Prison Break: Sequel) stars in the lead role.
Also on the company’s slate is Us crime thriller Criticsized, which marks the feature debut of director Carl T. Evans. Starring Willie C. Carpenter (Men In Black), Kerr Smith (My Bloody Valentine) and Callum Blue (Colombiana), the film follows an La detective hunting down a serial killer who live streams his crimes online.
Devilworks...
Genre specialist Devilworks has revealed its slate for the forthcoming American Film Market (Nov 2-9).
The line-up includes Australian thriller The Suicide Theory, which the company is repping for international sales following its release on Netflix Us.
Directed by Dru Brown, the film follows a man who, after failing to commit suicide, pays a hitman to kill him. When that endeavour fails, the man learns that he is cursed with immortality. Steve Mouzakis (who recently completed filming 20th Century Fox’s Prison Break: Sequel) stars in the lead role.
Also on the company’s slate is Us crime thriller Criticsized, which marks the feature debut of director Carl T. Evans. Starring Willie C. Carpenter (Men In Black), Kerr Smith (My Bloody Valentine) and Callum Blue (Colombiana), the film follows an La detective hunting down a serial killer who live streams his crimes online.
Devilworks...
- 10/11/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sci-fi action-comedy stars Yotam Ishay as a man who discovers that he is a robot.
Genre specialist sales outfit Devilworks has acquired Israeli sci-fi action-comedy Omg I’m A Robot!, which will have its world premiere at next month’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Catalonia, Spain (Oct 7-16).
Screening as part of the festival’s Midnight X-Treme strand on Oct 14 and 15, the film follows a young man who realises one day that he is not human and is actually an indestructible robot. When his girlfriend is kidnapped by a mysterious organisation, he must go on a journey to save her, and to discover the reasons behind his creation.
Tal Goldberg and Gal Zelezniak wrote and directed the Hebrew-language film, their debut feature. Yotam Ishay (The Bubble) stars in the lead role. It was produced by Amir Manor (Epilogue).
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson commented on the acquisition: “We adore sci-fi and Omg, I’m A Robot...
Genre specialist sales outfit Devilworks has acquired Israeli sci-fi action-comedy Omg I’m A Robot!, which will have its world premiere at next month’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Catalonia, Spain (Oct 7-16).
Screening as part of the festival’s Midnight X-Treme strand on Oct 14 and 15, the film follows a young man who realises one day that he is not human and is actually an indestructible robot. When his girlfriend is kidnapped by a mysterious organisation, he must go on a journey to save her, and to discover the reasons behind his creation.
Tal Goldberg and Gal Zelezniak wrote and directed the Hebrew-language film, their debut feature. Yotam Ishay (The Bubble) stars in the lead role. It was produced by Amir Manor (Epilogue).
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson commented on the acquisition: “We adore sci-fi and Omg, I’m A Robot...
- 9/23/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: British thriller Monochrome is set to market premiere at the London Screenings this month.
UK genre specialists Devilworks has acquired worldwide rights to Monochrome, Thomas Lawes’ thriller starring 2013 Screen Star of Tomorrow Cosmo Jarvis (The Naughty Room), Jo Woodcock (Dorian Gray) James Cosmo (Braveheart, Game Of Thrones) and Lee Boardman (Longford).
The film tells the story of a female serial killer who targets the wealthy. Cosmo’s detective tracks her down using special abilities granted to him by his neurological condition synaesthesia, which confuses his senses, allowing him to hear colours and see sounds.
Suzie Norton is producing the project for Birmingham-based Electric Flix.
Monochrome is set to receive a market premiere at the London Screenings later this month.
Devilworks has also acquired international rights (excluding UK, Germany, Australia, Nz, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) to documentary Welcome To Leith, which premiered at Sundance 2015 and went on to pick up awards at HotDocs...
UK genre specialists Devilworks has acquired worldwide rights to Monochrome, Thomas Lawes’ thriller starring 2013 Screen Star of Tomorrow Cosmo Jarvis (The Naughty Room), Jo Woodcock (Dorian Gray) James Cosmo (Braveheart, Game Of Thrones) and Lee Boardman (Longford).
The film tells the story of a female serial killer who targets the wealthy. Cosmo’s detective tracks her down using special abilities granted to him by his neurological condition synaesthesia, which confuses his senses, allowing him to hear colours and see sounds.
Suzie Norton is producing the project for Birmingham-based Electric Flix.
Monochrome is set to receive a market premiere at the London Screenings later this month.
Devilworks has also acquired international rights (excluding UK, Germany, Australia, Nz, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) to documentary Welcome To Leith, which premiered at Sundance 2015 and went on to pick up awards at HotDocs...
- 6/6/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Genre sales outfit will introduce four titles to the market, including Italian thriller Double Crossing (Il Traduttore).
Genre sales company Devilworks will introduce four titles to buyers at Cannes this year.
On the roster is Dennis Ho’s feature debut A Better Place [pictured], which tells the story of a young man who uses his abnormal regenerative powers to heal people, despite the cost to himself.
The film has already picked up prizes at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (best independent film, emerging actor for star Stephen Todt), and the Los Angeles Movie Awards (Best Narrative Feature).
Also on the slate is Jennifer Liao’s debut feature, the comic thriller End Of Days, Inc, which follows a group of laid-off employees who discover that processing the last of their inventory will lead to catastrophic consequences.
Devilworks has picked up world rights to Massimo Natale’s Double Crossing (Il Traduttore), which stars The Passion Of The Christ actor...
Genre sales company Devilworks will introduce four titles to buyers at Cannes this year.
On the roster is Dennis Ho’s feature debut A Better Place [pictured], which tells the story of a young man who uses his abnormal regenerative powers to heal people, despite the cost to himself.
The film has already picked up prizes at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (best independent film, emerging actor for star Stephen Todt), and the Los Angeles Movie Awards (Best Narrative Feature).
Also on the slate is Jennifer Liao’s debut feature, the comic thriller End Of Days, Inc, which follows a group of laid-off employees who discover that processing the last of their inventory will lead to catastrophic consequences.
Devilworks has picked up world rights to Massimo Natale’s Double Crossing (Il Traduttore), which stars The Passion Of The Christ actor...
- 4/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Genre sales outfit adds UK doc in push for diversified slate; cuts international deals on genre lineup.
Genre sales specialist Devilworks has picked up world rights to UK road-trip documentary Follow the Money, the first acquisition in the company’s push to secure more documentaries.
Follow the Money, which launched at The London Screenings in June, follows the journey of directors John Hardwick and Ben Unwin and journalist Steve Boggan as they follow a ten dollar bill across America.
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson said: “This is an exciting expansion. Follow the Money is a first for us. We will be at Mipcom in October, launching a new line up of documentaries and thrilling genre films”.
Devilworks recently concluded deals on a host of genre titles including Devil May Call, starring Tyler Mane, to Level Film in Canada; Afterimages to MovieCloud for Taiwan and Company L for Korea; The Vineyard to Lighthouse Entertainment for Germany, Austria and Switzerland...
Genre sales specialist Devilworks has picked up world rights to UK road-trip documentary Follow the Money, the first acquisition in the company’s push to secure more documentaries.
Follow the Money, which launched at The London Screenings in June, follows the journey of directors John Hardwick and Ben Unwin and journalist Steve Boggan as they follow a ten dollar bill across America.
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson said: “This is an exciting expansion. Follow the Money is a first for us. We will be at Mipcom in October, launching a new line up of documentaries and thrilling genre films”.
Devilworks recently concluded deals on a host of genre titles including Devil May Call, starring Tyler Mane, to Level Film in Canada; Afterimages to MovieCloud for Taiwan and Company L for Korea; The Vineyard to Lighthouse Entertainment for Germany, Austria and Switzerland...
- 7/16/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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