Screen reports on the 19 project pitches, including animations, family fare and a Daniel Dencik drama.
The Nordic Co-Production And Finance Market at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films event hosted its project pitches today (August 24).
They included Daniel Dencik’s drama about a disintegrating relationship 1000 R.I.P.; a children’s animation from Norway’s Aleksander Nordaas, the director of festival hit Thale; Icelandic director Marteinn Thorsson’s new psychological thriller; Martin Skovbjerg’s debut feature produced by hot new Danish outfit Snowglobe (who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard with Godless); and a new family film, hand drawn 2D animated Amundsen & Nobile.
Projects from Georgia, Italy and Canada were also included in the 19-strong line-up.
Overview of pitches:
1000 R.I.P., dir Daniel Dencik, prod Michael Haslund-Christensen, Company Haslund/Dencik Entertainment (Den)
The team behind 2015’s Gold Coast reunites for this fable inspired by The Passenger about a couple who meet a half Japanese model in the desert...
The Nordic Co-Production And Finance Market at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films event hosted its project pitches today (August 24).
They included Daniel Dencik’s drama about a disintegrating relationship 1000 R.I.P.; a children’s animation from Norway’s Aleksander Nordaas, the director of festival hit Thale; Icelandic director Marteinn Thorsson’s new psychological thriller; Martin Skovbjerg’s debut feature produced by hot new Danish outfit Snowglobe (who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard with Godless); and a new family film, hand drawn 2D animated Amundsen & Nobile.
Projects from Georgia, Italy and Canada were also included in the 19-strong line-up.
Overview of pitches:
1000 R.I.P., dir Daniel Dencik, prod Michael Haslund-Christensen, Company Haslund/Dencik Entertainment (Den)
The team behind 2015’s Gold Coast reunites for this fable inspired by The Passenger about a couple who meet a half Japanese model in the desert...
- 8/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Pop quiz: What do Chris Rock, Claire Denis, Eddie Vedder and Josh Hutcherson all have in common? Answer: They could all be Oscar voters very soon. The annual Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences invitation list always makes for interesting reading, shedding light on just how large and far-reaching the group's membership is -- or could be, depending on who accepts their invitations. This year, 271 individuals have been asked to join AMPAS, meaning every one of them could contribute to next year's Academy Awards balloting -- and it's as diverse a list as they've ever assembled. Think the Academy consists entirely of fusty retired white dudes? Not if recent Best Original Song nominee Pharrell Williams takes them up on their offer. Think it's all just a Hollywood insiders' game? Not if French arthouse titans Chantal Akerman and Olivier Assayas join the party. It's a list that subverts expectation at every turn.
- 6/26/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Oscar 2014 winners and nominees (photo: Oscar winners Lupita Nyong’o and Jared Leto chat at the 2014 Oscar ceremony) Best Picture: American Hustle, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon; Captain Phillips, Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca; Dallas Buyers Club, Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter; Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman; Her, Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay; Nebraska, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa; Philomena, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward; 12 Years a Slave, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Anthony Katagas; The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff. Best Foreign Language Film: The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium; The Great Beauty, Italy; The Hunt, Denmark; The Missing Picture, Cambodia; Omar, Palestine. Best Actress: Amy Adams, American Hustle; Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine; Sandra Bullock, Gravity; Judi Dench, Philomena; Meryl Streep, August: Osage County. Best Actor: Christian Bale, American Hustle; Bruce Dern, Nebraska; Leonardo DiCaprio,...
- 3/4/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The 86th annual Academy Awards were really fun to watch. Ellen Degeneres did a fantastic job hosting, and I enjoyed the show she put on. It was also insanely predictable, at least, for me it was. Overall, I'm happy with all of the films that won. My favorite win of the the night was Spike Jonze taking home the Oscar for Best Original screenplay for Her. That was such an amazing movie, and I really wanted it to win that award, but I wasn't sure it would happen. My favorite speech of the night came from Best Actor winner Matthew McConaughey. I was never really a big fan of his, but over the last couple of years he has sure blown up into an amazing actor who has starred in some really incredible films. Then that speech he gave last night won me over, and now I'm on team McConaughey.
- 3/3/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
It was another incredible night at the 86th Academy Awards earlier this evening (March 2), as Ellen DeGeneres hosted a wonderful show filled with fabulous moments.
Big wins went to Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong'o in the Supporting Actors categories, while Cate Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey took home the golden statues for their work as Leading Actors.
Meanwhile, the cast and crew of "12 Years a Slave" was recognized with a Best Picture Oscar and Alfonso Cuaron took home the award for Best Director.
Check out the full list of 2014 Academy Award winners below!
Best Picture
"American Hustle"
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Gravity"
"Her"
"Nebraska"
"Philomena"
Winner "12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Winner Jared Leto...
Big wins went to Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong'o in the Supporting Actors categories, while Cate Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey took home the golden statues for their work as Leading Actors.
Meanwhile, the cast and crew of "12 Years a Slave" was recognized with a Best Picture Oscar and Alfonso Cuaron took home the award for Best Director.
Check out the full list of 2014 Academy Award winners below!
Best Picture
"American Hustle"
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Gravity"
"Her"
"Nebraska"
"Philomena"
Winner "12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Winner Jared Leto...
- 3/3/2014
- GossipCenter
After a lengthy awards season that lasted three long months, the race for the Oscars came to a conclusion tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
This year’s 86th Academy Awards saw a split between Best Picture and Director. 12 Years A Slave won three, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o.
Backstage, producer/actor Brad Pitt said, “ I love this movie. I ‑‑ just as a film, as a lover of film, the filmmaking, the ‑‑ this heroic story of a man in this inhumane situation trying to get back to his family. I love this film. I love the filmmaking. It’s counterintuitive to the way we’re making films today. It’s a real achievement by Mr. McQueen here. I love this movie. I think it’s important. I think it’s important because it deals with our history that we haven...
This year’s 86th Academy Awards saw a split between Best Picture and Director. 12 Years A Slave won three, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o.
Backstage, producer/actor Brad Pitt said, “ I love this movie. I ‑‑ just as a film, as a lover of film, the filmmaking, the ‑‑ this heroic story of a man in this inhumane situation trying to get back to his family. I love this film. I love the filmmaking. It’s counterintuitive to the way we’re making films today. It’s a real achievement by Mr. McQueen here. I love this movie. I think it’s important. I think it’s important because it deals with our history that we haven...
- 3/3/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Another year has gone by with some simply fantastic movies and yes, it’s the night of the Oscars yet again. We’ll be up throughout the night tweeting from @HeyUGuys and we’ll be updating this post as we go throughout the night.
If you miss a winner, fear not as they’ll all be here as we go or if you’re reading this in the UK in the morning, welcome and we’re no doubt asleep!
The Tally:
Gravity: 7 Dallas Buyers Club: 3 12 Years a Slave: 3 The Great Gatsby: 2 Frozen: 2 Blue Jasmine: 1
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Best Picture
“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers “Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers “Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers “Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers “Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa,...
If you miss a winner, fear not as they’ll all be here as we go or if you’re reading this in the UK in the morning, welcome and we’re no doubt asleep!
The Tally:
Gravity: 7 Dallas Buyers Club: 3 12 Years a Slave: 3 The Great Gatsby: 2 Frozen: 2 Blue Jasmine: 1
—————————
Best Picture
“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers “Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers “Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers “Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers “Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa,...
- 3/3/2014
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Waking up bright and early, Chris Hemsworth headed over to the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA to announce the 2014 Academy Award nominations on January 16.
In addition, the President of the Academy, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, took to the stage to kick off the day in honor the "heroes" in the film industry and read off the list with the "Thor" hunk.
Starting off the nominees list were the talented men in the Supporting Actor category including Barkad Abdi, Bradley Cooper, Michael Fassbender, Jonah Hill and Jared Leto.
As for the ladies in the Supporting Actress category, Sally Hawkins, Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong'o, Julia Roberts and June Squibb each earned recognition.
When it came to the Best Picture nominees, nine films including "American Hustle," "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Gravity," "Her," "Nebraska," "Philomena," "12 Years a Slave" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" gained a nod.
Check out the full list of 2014 Oscar nominees below!
In addition, the President of the Academy, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, took to the stage to kick off the day in honor the "heroes" in the film industry and read off the list with the "Thor" hunk.
Starting off the nominees list were the talented men in the Supporting Actor category including Barkad Abdi, Bradley Cooper, Michael Fassbender, Jonah Hill and Jared Leto.
As for the ladies in the Supporting Actress category, Sally Hawkins, Jennifer Lawrence, Lupita Nyong'o, Julia Roberts and June Squibb each earned recognition.
When it came to the Best Picture nominees, nine films including "American Hustle," "Captain Phillips," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Gravity," "Her," "Nebraska," "Philomena," "12 Years a Slave" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" gained a nod.
Check out the full list of 2014 Oscar nominees below!
- 3/2/2014
- GossipCenter
The insanity of daily modern life is presented with an exponentially comedic tone in the Finnish Academy Award-nominated Live Action Short Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? A mother wakes up in a panic certain that she and her family are late for a wedding ceremony. What ensues is a series of hilarious, but progressively terrible events that force her to try and solve all of them in the best way possible given such constrains. Director Selma Vilhunen talked to us about the real life inspiration for the short, her countrymen incredible support, and the unbelievable experience of being nominated for an Oscar.
Aguilar: How did the idea for the short come about?
Selma Vilhunen: The screenwriter, Kirsikka Saari, she had this idea or the theme in her mind for quite sometime, about people in a hurry, an a person having to do a lot of things in work and in family. But for sometime she didn’t know what the exact approach would be. She had this theme in her head and then one day she had a fight with her husband about house chores and whatnot, and she was kind of doing the same thing as the protagonist in the film. She was jumping around the house, and trying to do all kinds of things but not really being successful at any of them. Then she left the house, banged the door and went for a walk to cool her angry head. She sat down on a bench and then she started to laugh at herself. She saw herself from another person’s point of view, that’s when she knew what the approach for this theme would be. She realized that it is a comedy, and that she should laugh at this person.
Aguilar: Previously you have worked on various documentary shorts, which usually tend to be of a more serious nature, what attracted you to this short narrative comedy?
Selma Vilhunen: I could also relate to it [Laughs] I also have personal experience on this kind of situation in life. Kirsikka and I are co-owners of the same production company and we both have kids, so the question “Do I have to take care of everything?” is something I can really relate to. I also just really like the rhythm that is written in the story as well as the words, it was basically a funny story already on paper.
Aguilar: What do you think is the driving force or the reasoning behind mothers wanting to take care of everything, and do it right?
Selma Vilhunen: That’s a good question. It seems like often women are expected to be the ones who are responsible for the world going around, but on the other hand they kind of just take that role and don’t give any responsibility to the people around them. We wanted to take a small look at that, and maybe raise the question whether it is wise to try to take care of everything.
Aguilar: After the funeral sequence something chances in the family, do you think this has to do with the fact that in today’s world we tend to live so fast and we forget about the small things?
Selma Vilhunen: Maybe it is like that. Maybe the viewers can make the final interpretations themselves. Perhaps other people have different interpretations of what’s behind it all. But definitely I like the fact that is a funeral that makes them finally calm down and take a pause, but also of course, in the plot, after that they really don’t have anything to go to [Laughs] They tried their best and now there’s no where to go to. Maybe it is also the fact that life is short and you should seize the moment, the funeral kind of reminds them of that.
Aguilar: This film is only the second film ever from Finland to be nominated for an Academy Award, and the first short film. Is there any pressure on you from your compatriots?
Selma Vilhunen: I wouldn’t say that there is pressure to win the Oscar. We, and I would say also Finnish people, are very happy about this. This is a really wonderful opportunity, to be nominated, so we are enjoying this nomination already. Winning the Oscar would only be like a bonus on top of something that is already really wonderful. We have really felt the excitement of all Finnish people. It is really nice but it also a little bit surprising how much the entire nation is living this experience with us. Sometimes it can feel like this is a pressure, but we don’t want to think of it that way, we just want to enjoy it.
Aguilar: What are your future plans?Any projects in development?
Selma Vilhunen: In Tuffi Films, which is our production company, we have several projects going on at the same time. Kirsikka and I are working on a feature film, she is writing it and I’m going to direct it. We hope to have it in production next year. We also have a very busy spring. On February 28 th we have the premier of a film called Korso, which was written by Kirsikka and another writer Jenni Toivoniemi, and it is produced by Tuffi films and another production company. Then I will have my feature documentary, Laulu, in theaters in April, so it is a busy Spring.
Aguilar: How did the idea for the short come about?
Selma Vilhunen: The screenwriter, Kirsikka Saari, she had this idea or the theme in her mind for quite sometime, about people in a hurry, an a person having to do a lot of things in work and in family. But for sometime she didn’t know what the exact approach would be. She had this theme in her head and then one day she had a fight with her husband about house chores and whatnot, and she was kind of doing the same thing as the protagonist in the film. She was jumping around the house, and trying to do all kinds of things but not really being successful at any of them. Then she left the house, banged the door and went for a walk to cool her angry head. She sat down on a bench and then she started to laugh at herself. She saw herself from another person’s point of view, that’s when she knew what the approach for this theme would be. She realized that it is a comedy, and that she should laugh at this person.
Aguilar: Previously you have worked on various documentary shorts, which usually tend to be of a more serious nature, what attracted you to this short narrative comedy?
Selma Vilhunen: I could also relate to it [Laughs] I also have personal experience on this kind of situation in life. Kirsikka and I are co-owners of the same production company and we both have kids, so the question “Do I have to take care of everything?” is something I can really relate to. I also just really like the rhythm that is written in the story as well as the words, it was basically a funny story already on paper.
Aguilar: What do you think is the driving force or the reasoning behind mothers wanting to take care of everything, and do it right?
Selma Vilhunen: That’s a good question. It seems like often women are expected to be the ones who are responsible for the world going around, but on the other hand they kind of just take that role and don’t give any responsibility to the people around them. We wanted to take a small look at that, and maybe raise the question whether it is wise to try to take care of everything.
Aguilar: After the funeral sequence something chances in the family, do you think this has to do with the fact that in today’s world we tend to live so fast and we forget about the small things?
Selma Vilhunen: Maybe it is like that. Maybe the viewers can make the final interpretations themselves. Perhaps other people have different interpretations of what’s behind it all. But definitely I like the fact that is a funeral that makes them finally calm down and take a pause, but also of course, in the plot, after that they really don’t have anything to go to [Laughs] They tried their best and now there’s no where to go to. Maybe it is also the fact that life is short and you should seize the moment, the funeral kind of reminds them of that.
Aguilar: This film is only the second film ever from Finland to be nominated for an Academy Award, and the first short film. Is there any pressure on you from your compatriots?
Selma Vilhunen: I wouldn’t say that there is pressure to win the Oscar. We, and I would say also Finnish people, are very happy about this. This is a really wonderful opportunity, to be nominated, so we are enjoying this nomination already. Winning the Oscar would only be like a bonus on top of something that is already really wonderful. We have really felt the excitement of all Finnish people. It is really nice but it also a little bit surprising how much the entire nation is living this experience with us. Sometimes it can feel like this is a pressure, but we don’t want to think of it that way, we just want to enjoy it.
Aguilar: What are your future plans?Any projects in development?
Selma Vilhunen: In Tuffi Films, which is our production company, we have several projects going on at the same time. Kirsikka and I are working on a feature film, she is writing it and I’m going to direct it. We hope to have it in production next year. We also have a very busy spring. On February 28 th we have the premier of a film called Korso, which was written by Kirsikka and another writer Jenni Toivoniemi, and it is produced by Tuffi films and another production company. Then I will have my feature documentary, Laulu, in theaters in April, so it is a busy Spring.
- 2/19/2014
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
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