Lido red carpets may be star-deprived this year, but that didn’t stop the Venice Film Festival from arranging a gorgeous constellation of new movies from supernova directors. (The full lineup is here.)
The SAG-AFTRA strike work stoppage means, of course, that competition directors like Yorgos Lanthimos (“Poor Things”), David Fincher (“The Killer”), Sofia Coppola (“Priscilla”), Ava DuVernay, Saverio Costanzo (“Finalmente L’Alba”), and Michel Franco (“Memory”) will have to do the talking at press conferences and attend step-and-repeats without their actors, if they’re willing. It’s tricky for multihyphenates like Bradley Cooper, who directs and stars as Leonard Bernstein in Netflix’s “Maestro;” IndieWire hears he will sit this festival out.
Among the Venice film stars who will not be waving to the paparazzi from water taxis are Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley, Carey Mulligan, Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz, Jacob Elordi, Aunjanue Ellis, Lily James, Joe Keery,...
The SAG-AFTRA strike work stoppage means, of course, that competition directors like Yorgos Lanthimos (“Poor Things”), David Fincher (“The Killer”), Sofia Coppola (“Priscilla”), Ava DuVernay, Saverio Costanzo (“Finalmente L’Alba”), and Michel Franco (“Memory”) will have to do the talking at press conferences and attend step-and-repeats without their actors, if they’re willing. It’s tricky for multihyphenates like Bradley Cooper, who directs and stars as Leonard Bernstein in Netflix’s “Maestro;” IndieWire hears he will sit this festival out.
Among the Venice film stars who will not be waving to the paparazzi from water taxis are Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley, Carey Mulligan, Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz, Jacob Elordi, Aunjanue Ellis, Lily James, Joe Keery,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
With about two weeks to go until Venice Film Festival unveils its lineup, one title heavily tipped for a premiere is Luc Besson’s Dogman. Led by Caleb Landry Jones, the film tells the story of a child, bruised by life, who will find his salvation through the love of his dogs while experimenting with gender expression. Ahead of a likely Venice bow and a release in France this September––moved back from earlier after a strong response from early screenings––the first trailer has now arrived.
After recently being cleared of rape charges, Besson is looking for a career comeback. Despite the wonky fun of Valerian, his last film to really make a mark was nearly a decade ago with the immensely entertaining Lucy. His latest seems like a more focused dramatic play with a promising lead performance for Caleb Landry Jones, who won the top acting prize at Cannes for Nitram.
After recently being cleared of rape charges, Besson is looking for a career comeback. Despite the wonky fun of Valerian, his last film to really make a mark was nearly a decade ago with the immensely entertaining Lucy. His latest seems like a more focused dramatic play with a promising lead performance for Caleb Landry Jones, who won the top acting prize at Cannes for Nitram.
- 7/10/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
When I write about new trailers that are released, I typically include the studio’s synopsis of the film. It’s just an easy way to concisely provide an explanation for what the film is about and why you should care. But with Luc Besson’s “Dogman,” I’m going to include the synopsis as a way to show you just how a simple sentence can, at once, perfectly describe the film and also not even come close to explaining it.
Continue reading ‘Dogman’ Trailer: Caleb Landry Jones Is Raised By Dogs In Luc Besson’s New Action Film at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Dogman’ Trailer: Caleb Landry Jones Is Raised By Dogs In Luc Besson’s New Action Film at The Playlist.
- 7/10/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Luc Besson is back in the director’s chair.
The French filmmaker, who was recently cleared of all charges in a 2018 rape case, helms upcoming drama “DogMan” which will premiere during this year’s fall festival circuit. “DogMan” is described as an incredible story of a child, bruised by life, who finds his salvation through the love of his dogs. The feature is Besson’s latest film since 2019’s “Anna.”
Caleb Landry Jones plays Douglas, a man who was abused as a child by his father and found solace in the friendship of dogs. Douglas later transitions to a woman and further explores his love of canines. Jojo T. Gibbs also stars alongside Cannes Best Actor winner Jones, who took home the prize in 2021 for “Nitram.”
Director Besson wrote “DogMan” and is producing the film under his Lbp EuropaCorp banner. Paris-based Kinology will handle international market sales, with Apollo Films releasing the film in France.
The French filmmaker, who was recently cleared of all charges in a 2018 rape case, helms upcoming drama “DogMan” which will premiere during this year’s fall festival circuit. “DogMan” is described as an incredible story of a child, bruised by life, who finds his salvation through the love of his dogs. The feature is Besson’s latest film since 2019’s “Anna.”
Caleb Landry Jones plays Douglas, a man who was abused as a child by his father and found solace in the friendship of dogs. Douglas later transitions to a woman and further explores his love of canines. Jojo T. Gibbs also stars alongside Cannes Best Actor winner Jones, who took home the prize in 2021 for “Nitram.”
Director Besson wrote “DogMan” and is producing the film under his Lbp EuropaCorp banner. Paris-based Kinology will handle international market sales, with Apollo Films releasing the film in France.
- 7/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
"As far as I can tell, they only have one flaw: they trust humans." EuropaCorp has revealed the trailer for Luc Besson's new film DogMan, which is set to debut later this year at the fall film festivals. Apparently this was supposed to open in France in April but they delayed it because reactions from the EFM at Berlinale were great. "Wherever there is an unfortunate, God sends a dog." –Lamartine. DogMan tells the incredible story of a child – bruised by life – who will find his salvation through the love of his dogs. Caleb Landry Jones stars as its fragile yet resilient protagonist who bends societal rules as he makes his own way. The film is said to have "an edgy, indie feel reminiscent of Besson's debut feature Subway" and his other early films like The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, and Leon. The cast includes Christopher Denham, Marisa Berenson,...
- 7/10/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A trailer has just been unveiled for Dogman, the latest film from Luc Besson – whose previous credits include The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, The Family, Lucy, and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Besson’s most recent film was the 2019 assassin thriller Anna. Dogman is expected to make its world premiere on the festival circuit this fall, and you can watch its trailer in the embed above.
According to Deadline, Dogman is described as being the incredible story of a child, bruised by life, who finds his salvation through the love of his dogs. The Dogman himself is said to be “a fragile yet resilient protagonist who bends societal rules as he makes his own way.”
Caleb Landry Jones of Nitram, Get Out, and American Made plays the lead character – and for most of the trailer, it looks like Dogman is...
According to Deadline, Dogman is described as being the incredible story of a child, bruised by life, who finds his salvation through the love of his dogs. The Dogman himself is said to be “a fragile yet resilient protagonist who bends societal rules as he makes his own way.”
Caleb Landry Jones of Nitram, Get Out, and American Made plays the lead character – and for most of the trailer, it looks like Dogman is...
- 7/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
EuropaCorp has dropped the trailer for Luc Besson’s anticipated comeback movie “Dogman” starring Caleb Landry Jones, a Texas-born musician and actor best-known for his Cannes-prizewinning role in “Nitram.”
The movie, represented in international markets by Kinology, is rumored to be selected in competition at the Venice Film Festival. The film tells the story of a child, bruised by life, who finds salvation through his love of dogs. It marks Besson’s first film since 2019’s “Anna.”
In the trailer, which Variety had seen exclusively before the Berlinale, Landry Jones stars as Douglas, a man who was abused as a child by his violent father and viciously thrown to the dogs. Instead of attacking him, the dogs came to protect him and became his allies. On a journey to heal from childhood trauma and physical injury, Douglas seeks to find his own path, even if it means bending societal rules...
The movie, represented in international markets by Kinology, is rumored to be selected in competition at the Venice Film Festival. The film tells the story of a child, bruised by life, who finds salvation through his love of dogs. It marks Besson’s first film since 2019’s “Anna.”
In the trailer, which Variety had seen exclusively before the Berlinale, Landry Jones stars as Douglas, a man who was abused as a child by his violent father and viciously thrown to the dogs. Instead of attacking him, the dogs came to protect him and became his allies. On a journey to heal from childhood trauma and physical injury, Douglas seeks to find his own path, even if it means bending societal rules...
- 7/10/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Kinology has boarded Quentin Dupieux’s (“Rubber”) ferocious comedy “Yannick” which will world premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival.
The anticipated film is produced by Thomas et Mathieu Verhaeghe at Atelier de production, and Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi Productions. “Yannick” stars Raphaël Quenard, Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin and Sébastien Chassagne.
Yannick” unfolds during a mediocre stage performance of “Le Cocu” during which an audience member revolts and takes the full reins of the room.
“‘Yannick’ is Quentin Dupieux’s most mature film; it’s both melancholic and thoughtful,” said Gregoire Melin, Kinology’s founder and president. “We’re so excited to be reteaming with him after ‘Daaaaaali!’ and ‘Wrong’ on this new film which could become even more cult than his previous movies,” Melin continued.
Diaphana will release “Yannick” in France on Aug. 2. Kinology will kick off international sales at Locarno. Dupieux, who is one of France’s most prolific filmmakers,...
The anticipated film is produced by Thomas et Mathieu Verhaeghe at Atelier de production, and Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi Productions. “Yannick” stars Raphaël Quenard, Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin and Sébastien Chassagne.
Yannick” unfolds during a mediocre stage performance of “Le Cocu” during which an audience member revolts and takes the full reins of the room.
“‘Yannick’ is Quentin Dupieux’s most mature film; it’s both melancholic and thoughtful,” said Gregoire Melin, Kinology’s founder and president. “We’re so excited to be reteaming with him after ‘Daaaaaali!’ and ‘Wrong’ on this new film which could become even more cult than his previous movies,” Melin continued.
Diaphana will release “Yannick” in France on Aug. 2. Kinology will kick off international sales at Locarno. Dupieux, who is one of France’s most prolific filmmakers,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Roughly a month before Venice Film Festival’s 2023 lineup announcement, the buzz around the competition is heating up with several star-studded films by heavyweight directors in the mix, including Pablo Larrain (“El Conde”), Michael Mann (“Ferrari“), Sofia Coppola (“Priscilla“), Yorgos Lanthimos (“Poor Things”) and Michel Franco (“Memory”).
These titles are believed to have been officially invited to the Lido in competition, according to sources.
Larraín’s follow-up to “Spencer,” “El Conde” depicts dictator Augusto Pinochet as a Vampire with a cast led by Chilean star Alfredo Castro.
Another film with a genre element, Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” is a surrealist science-fiction romance based on an adaptation of Alasdair Grey’s novel of the same name, and starring Emma Stone as Belle Baxter, a Frankenstein-like woman who is brought back to life after her brain is replaced with that of her unborn child. Stone stars opposite Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott and Margaret Qualley.
These titles are believed to have been officially invited to the Lido in competition, according to sources.
Larraín’s follow-up to “Spencer,” “El Conde” depicts dictator Augusto Pinochet as a Vampire with a cast led by Chilean star Alfredo Castro.
Another film with a genre element, Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” is a surrealist science-fiction romance based on an adaptation of Alasdair Grey’s novel of the same name, and starring Emma Stone as Belle Baxter, a Frankenstein-like woman who is brought back to life after her brain is replaced with that of her unborn child. Stone stars opposite Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott and Margaret Qualley.
- 6/21/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Legal battle first began in 2018.
France’s appeals court has officially dismissed rape accusations bought against filmmaker Luc Besson by Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy.
It marks the end of a long legal battle that began when French publication Mediapart published reports from a total of nine women accusing the director of sexual harassment and assault in 2018, including Van Roy, who went on to press formal charges, claiming the Fifth Element and Leon director raped her over a two-year period. The case became emblematic of the #MeToo movement in the world of French cinema.
The rape charges were officially dropped...
France’s appeals court has officially dismissed rape accusations bought against filmmaker Luc Besson by Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy.
It marks the end of a long legal battle that began when French publication Mediapart published reports from a total of nine women accusing the director of sexual harassment and assault in 2018, including Van Roy, who went on to press formal charges, claiming the Fifth Element and Leon director raped her over a two-year period. The case became emblematic of the #MeToo movement in the world of French cinema.
The rape charges were officially dropped...
- 6/21/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
French filmmaker Luc Besson has been definitively cleared of all charges in the rape case involving the Belgian-Dutch female actor Sand Van Roy.
The ruling was issued on Wednesday (June 21) by the Cour de Cassation, the French equivalent to the Supreme Court. The court document, obtained by Variety, says that “after examining the admissibility of the appeal and the files from the instruction, the Cour de Cassation has determined that there doesn’t exist, at present, any means to allow for the admission of the appeal.” As part of the ruling, Van Roy has been ordered to pay Besson €2,500.
It marks the fourth and final judicial instruction in this case. The legal battle started with Van Roy’s police complaints filed in May and July 2018. The case was dismissed by the Paris prosecutor after a nine-month investigation in February 2019, citing a lack of evidence. Van Roy then filed a civil...
The ruling was issued on Wednesday (June 21) by the Cour de Cassation, the French equivalent to the Supreme Court. The court document, obtained by Variety, says that “after examining the admissibility of the appeal and the files from the instruction, the Cour de Cassation has determined that there doesn’t exist, at present, any means to allow for the admission of the appeal.” As part of the ruling, Van Roy has been ordered to pay Besson €2,500.
It marks the fourth and final judicial instruction in this case. The legal battle started with Van Roy’s police complaints filed in May and July 2018. The case was dismissed by the Paris prosecutor after a nine-month investigation in February 2019, citing a lack of evidence. Van Roy then filed a civil...
- 6/21/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France’s highest appeals court dismissed accusations of rape by Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy against French director and producer Luc Besson on Wednesday.
According to local media reports, the Court of Cassation in Paris rejected an appeal lodged by the actress in relation to the 2021 dismissal of her 2018 complaint for rape against Besson.
Van Roy first filed a rape complaint against Besson on May 18, 2018, a few hours after a meeting with him in a luxury Paris hotel.
She filed a second complaint against the director two months later, accusing him of sexual assault over a period running from 2016 to 2018.
A Paris judge dismissed the case in 2021 after a lengthy investigation which was confirmed by the Paris appeals court in May 2022.
Van Roy’s lawyer Antoine Gitton immediately filed an appeal at France’s Court of Cassation, to which it was responding on Wednesday.
Van Roy’s 2018 accusations were followed...
According to local media reports, the Court of Cassation in Paris rejected an appeal lodged by the actress in relation to the 2021 dismissal of her 2018 complaint for rape against Besson.
Van Roy first filed a rape complaint against Besson on May 18, 2018, a few hours after a meeting with him in a luxury Paris hotel.
She filed a second complaint against the director two months later, accusing him of sexual assault over a period running from 2016 to 2018.
A Paris judge dismissed the case in 2021 after a lengthy investigation which was confirmed by the Paris appeals court in May 2022.
Van Roy’s lawyer Antoine Gitton immediately filed an appeal at France’s Court of Cassation, to which it was responding on Wednesday.
Van Roy’s 2018 accusations were followed...
- 6/21/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
British singer-actor Luke Evans and Taiwanese female actor Gwei Lun-mei will co-star in “Weekend Escape Project,” an action thriller being produced in Taiwan by EuropaCorp.
The film marks a further comeback for EuropaCorp after a four-year hiatus that followed the personal travails of its founder, Luc Besson, and financial difficulties at the company. EuropaCorp was taken over by its junior lender, Vine Alternative Investments, in 2020, as part of a restructuring deal.
Besson and Virginie Besson-Silla are producing the movie for EuropaCorp. Kinology is handling international sales.
Directed by George Huang, the film (aka “Weekend in Taipei”) is set to start shooting on July 3 in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital. Production is expected to take three months and take in locations including the Ximending district, Zhongshan Hall, the Dome and Taipei City Hall.
In February, Besson-Silla scouted locations for the film with director Olivier Megaton (“Transporter 3”) and met with Taipei mayor Wayne Chiang.
The film marks a further comeback for EuropaCorp after a four-year hiatus that followed the personal travails of its founder, Luc Besson, and financial difficulties at the company. EuropaCorp was taken over by its junior lender, Vine Alternative Investments, in 2020, as part of a restructuring deal.
Besson and Virginie Besson-Silla are producing the movie for EuropaCorp. Kinology is handling international sales.
Directed by George Huang, the film (aka “Weekend in Taipei”) is set to start shooting on July 3 in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital. Production is expected to take three months and take in locations including the Ximending district, Zhongshan Hall, the Dome and Taipei City Hall.
In February, Besson-Silla scouted locations for the film with director Olivier Megaton (“Transporter 3”) and met with Taipei mayor Wayne Chiang.
- 6/21/2023
- by Patrick Frater and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sofia Coppola, Emerald Fennell, Yorgos Lanthimos, Pablo Larrain, Michel Franco and Bradley Cooper could all be on the Lido.
Alberto Barbera is closing in on his Venice Film Festival selection, with buzz around Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Matteo Garrone’s migrant drama Io Capitano and Pablo Larrain’s dark comedy El Conde about Augusto Pinochet for the Competition.
Also potentially Lido-bound are Michael Mann’s Ferrari with Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz, David Michod’s comedy Wizards! with Pete Davidson, Naomi Scott and Orlando Bloom, and Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers starring Zendaya and Josh O’Connor.
Michel Franco,...
Alberto Barbera is closing in on his Venice Film Festival selection, with buzz around Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Matteo Garrone’s migrant drama Io Capitano and Pablo Larrain’s dark comedy El Conde about Augusto Pinochet for the Competition.
Also potentially Lido-bound are Michael Mann’s Ferrari with Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz, David Michod’s comedy Wizards! with Pete Davidson, Naomi Scott and Orlando Bloom, and Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers starring Zendaya and Josh O’Connor.
Michel Franco,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
France engaged in a record 144 international co-productions in 2022, while the number of majority French movies produced dropped by 10% to 208 titles, according to a study unveiled by the National Film Board (Cnc).
For the first time since 2003, half of the movies produced in France were international co-productions (with 33 countries) last year, compared with 42.1 % in 2021 and 39.6 % between 2017 and 2019.
Investment in films dropped by 12.8% to €1.18 billion ($1.30 billion) compared with 2021, while foreign investment broke a 10-year record.
In France, TV channels as well as streamers (since the start of 2022) are required to invest a percentage of annual revenue on French and European productions. As such, they invested a total of €280.78 million in 159 films in 2022, a 8.3 % drop compared with the average invested between 2017 and 2019.
Free-to-air channels, such as TF1 and M6, invested €111.25 million in 2022, a 15.4 % year-on-year drop and a record low since 2014 (with the exception of 2020 during the pandemic).
Meanwhile, streamers, including Netflix, Disney+ and...
For the first time since 2003, half of the movies produced in France were international co-productions (with 33 countries) last year, compared with 42.1 % in 2021 and 39.6 % between 2017 and 2019.
Investment in films dropped by 12.8% to €1.18 billion ($1.30 billion) compared with 2021, while foreign investment broke a 10-year record.
In France, TV channels as well as streamers (since the start of 2022) are required to invest a percentage of annual revenue on French and European productions. As such, they invested a total of €280.78 million in 159 films in 2022, a 8.3 % drop compared with the average invested between 2017 and 2019.
Free-to-air channels, such as TF1 and M6, invested €111.25 million in 2022, a 15.4 % year-on-year drop and a record low since 2014 (with the exception of 2020 during the pandemic).
Meanwhile, streamers, including Netflix, Disney+ and...
- 3/30/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The French movie sector saw investment and activity return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, while streamer contributions rose, according to the annual production report of France’s National Cinema Centre.
Overall, there was $1.28 billion (1.18 billion euros) worth of investment in feature film production in 2022, against €1.44 billion (1.33 billion euros) in 2021 and $1.21 billion (1.11 billion euros) in 2019.
The number of films also stabilized at 287, down from the 2021 spike of 340 but in line with the 10-year average of 288.
The annual study, released on Wednesday, draws on budget information provided for feature film productions approved by the Cnc as eligible for its different support schemes and is seen as giving an accurate reflection of what is going on in the sector from one year to the next.
“After a 2021 marked by a record number of approved films due to the strong catch-up effect of 2020, when production was hit by the crisis, 2022 returns to a level of...
Overall, there was $1.28 billion (1.18 billion euros) worth of investment in feature film production in 2022, against €1.44 billion (1.33 billion euros) in 2021 and $1.21 billion (1.11 billion euros) in 2019.
The number of films also stabilized at 287, down from the 2021 spike of 340 but in line with the 10-year average of 288.
The annual study, released on Wednesday, draws on budget information provided for feature film productions approved by the Cnc as eligible for its different support schemes and is seen as giving an accurate reflection of what is going on in the sector from one year to the next.
“After a 2021 marked by a record number of approved films due to the strong catch-up effect of 2020, when production was hit by the crisis, 2022 returns to a level of...
- 3/30/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
But production levels were below pre-pandemic levels of 2019.
After playing catch-up with a surge in production in 2021 following delays and full national lockdowns in 2020, French production retained a sense of stability in 2022 but is still under pre-pandemic levels, according to an annual report from France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) released on Wednesday (March 29).
The figures showed a surge in production from US streamers and a rise in investment from international co-productions, signs of a giant shift in the filmmaking landscape in the country.
After film production skyrocketed by 43.5% year on year to 340 films made in 2021 compared to just 237 in...
After playing catch-up with a surge in production in 2021 following delays and full national lockdowns in 2020, French production retained a sense of stability in 2022 but is still under pre-pandemic levels, according to an annual report from France’s National Cinema Centre (Cnc) released on Wednesday (March 29).
The figures showed a surge in production from US streamers and a rise in investment from international co-productions, signs of a giant shift in the filmmaking landscape in the country.
After film production skyrocketed by 43.5% year on year to 340 films made in 2021 compared to just 237 in...
- 3/30/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
At Berlin’s European Film Market, which wrapped Feb. 22, the indie industry was back in force, and plenty of deals got done.
Amazon Prime Video snatched up international rights to AGC Studio’s The Order, a white supremacist thriller starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult from Assassin’s Creed director Justin Kurzel; also, in a deal with sales outfit Rocket Science, Amazon grabbed pirate-themed survival thriller The Bluff, starring Zoe Saldaña from Anthony and Joe Russo’s Agbo banner.
Black Bear International sold out most of Europe and a number of other international territories for Nicolas Cage serial killer movie Longlegs, and the Jamie Bell-Margaret Qualley musical biopic Fred & Ginger. Buyers across Europe pounced on Dogman, Luc Besson’s comeback movie, starring Caleb Landry Jones, which Kinology is selling, with a domestic deal expected soon. And there was considerable heat around Voltage’s Milli Vanilli biopic Girl You Know It’s True,...
Amazon Prime Video snatched up international rights to AGC Studio’s The Order, a white supremacist thriller starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult from Assassin’s Creed director Justin Kurzel; also, in a deal with sales outfit Rocket Science, Amazon grabbed pirate-themed survival thriller The Bluff, starring Zoe Saldaña from Anthony and Joe Russo’s Agbo banner.
Black Bear International sold out most of Europe and a number of other international territories for Nicolas Cage serial killer movie Longlegs, and the Jamie Bell-Margaret Qualley musical biopic Fred & Ginger. Buyers across Europe pounced on Dogman, Luc Besson’s comeback movie, starring Caleb Landry Jones, which Kinology is selling, with a domestic deal expected soon. And there was considerable heat around Voltage’s Milli Vanilli biopic Girl You Know It’s True,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Luc Besson’s ”Dogman,” starring Caleb Landry Jones, wowed buyers at the Berlin’s European Film Market, where it was screened for select buyers.
“We hosted only one private screening of the completed film and buyers were stunned, they all came out saying that it was Luc Besson’s best film to date, his most mature movie and some even called it a masterpiece,” said Gregoire Melin, founder of Kinology, which is handling sales on the film.
On the heels of the screening, Kinology closed deals with some of the biggest distributors in key international territories, including Italy (Lucky Red), Germany and Austria (Capelight Pictures), Spain and Latin America (Sun Distribution Group), Scandinavia (Svensk Filmindustri), Benelux (Belga Films), Switzerland (Elite Film), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Monolith), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aqs) and former Yugoslavia (Blitz).
Kinology is in active talks to close deals for the U.
“We hosted only one private screening of the completed film and buyers were stunned, they all came out saying that it was Luc Besson’s best film to date, his most mature movie and some even called it a masterpiece,” said Gregoire Melin, founder of Kinology, which is handling sales on the film.
On the heels of the screening, Kinology closed deals with some of the biggest distributors in key international territories, including Italy (Lucky Red), Germany and Austria (Capelight Pictures), Spain and Latin America (Sun Distribution Group), Scandinavia (Svensk Filmindustri), Benelux (Belga Films), Switzerland (Elite Film), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Monolith), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aqs) and former Yugoslavia (Blitz).
Kinology is in active talks to close deals for the U.
- 2/19/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
After winning best actor at Cannes with Justin Kurzel’s “Nitram,” Caleb Landry Jones is poised to gain further international recognition with another towering and intense performance in “DogMan.”
The anticipated movie, which is now in post and will mark Luc Besson’s directorial comeback after his 2019 film “Lucy,” was teased with a trailer at a private exhibition event in Paris, at the Grand Rex theater, on Jan. 24.
Introduced on stage by Besson, the trailer delivers a glimpse at the movie’s emotionally charged scenes with Landry Jones filling nearly every frame. The Texas-born musician and actor stars as Douglas, a man who was abused as a child by his violent father and viciously thrown to dogs. Instead of attacking him, the dogs came to protect him and became his allies in life. On a journey to heal from childhood trauma and physical injury, Douglas seeks to find his own path,...
The anticipated movie, which is now in post and will mark Luc Besson’s directorial comeback after his 2019 film “Lucy,” was teased with a trailer at a private exhibition event in Paris, at the Grand Rex theater, on Jan. 24.
Introduced on stage by Besson, the trailer delivers a glimpse at the movie’s emotionally charged scenes with Landry Jones filling nearly every frame. The Texas-born musician and actor stars as Douglas, a man who was abused as a child by his violent father and viciously thrown to dogs. Instead of attacking him, the dogs came to protect him and became his allies in life. On a journey to heal from childhood trauma and physical injury, Douglas seeks to find his own path,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry is readying his next project, which will be on sale in the Cannes market with French seller Kinology.
As previously revealed, in-demand French star Pierre Niney (Frantz) will lead cast on the buzzy French-language comedy The Book of Solutions (Le Livre Des Solutions). Plot details are being kept under wraps on the hot project, but we hear it will be about a filmmaker trying to overcome creative demons.
We also understand supporting cast will include Blanche Gardin, Camille Rutherford, Frankie Wallach and Vincent Elbaz. Producer is Georges Berman.
Oscar winner Gondry returns to feature directing after a seven-year absence. Meanwhile, Niney is one of France’s most impressive young actors, known for movies including Yves Saint Laurent, Frantz and the upcoming Mascarade, which is playing in Cannes.
The promising projects just keep coming at the Cannes market this year. As one buyer told us Sunday,...
As previously revealed, in-demand French star Pierre Niney (Frantz) will lead cast on the buzzy French-language comedy The Book of Solutions (Le Livre Des Solutions). Plot details are being kept under wraps on the hot project, but we hear it will be about a filmmaker trying to overcome creative demons.
We also understand supporting cast will include Blanche Gardin, Camille Rutherford, Frankie Wallach and Vincent Elbaz. Producer is Georges Berman.
Oscar winner Gondry returns to feature directing after a seven-year absence. Meanwhile, Niney is one of France’s most impressive young actors, known for movies including Yves Saint Laurent, Frantz and the upcoming Mascarade, which is playing in Cannes.
The promising projects just keep coming at the Cannes market this year. As one buyer told us Sunday,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Aimee Lou Wood Leads UK Comedy Cast
Seize Them!, the UK comedy being helmed by Curtis Vowell (Baby Done), has confirmed its cast as shooting gets underway. Starring will be Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education), Lolly Adefope (Shrill), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz) and Jessica Hynes (W1A). Written by Andy Riley (Veep), the story is set in the Dark Ages in Britain, following a queen who is toppled by a revolution, leaving her with a bounty on her head. Producing are Damian Jones and Matthew James Wilkinson. The film is financed by Entertainment Film Distributors, which will release in the UK and Ireland.
Garrone’s Next Feature Underway
Dogman director Matteo Garrone is underway with filming on his next project, Io Capitano. The film is shooting in Dakar, Senegal, and stars newcomers Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall. The project is an epic tale following the hazardous journey...
Seize Them!, the UK comedy being helmed by Curtis Vowell (Baby Done), has confirmed its cast as shooting gets underway. Starring will be Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education), Lolly Adefope (Shrill), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz) and Jessica Hynes (W1A). Written by Andy Riley (Veep), the story is set in the Dark Ages in Britain, following a queen who is toppled by a revolution, leaving her with a bounty on her head. Producing are Damian Jones and Matthew James Wilkinson. The film is financed by Entertainment Film Distributors, which will release in the UK and Ireland.
Garrone’s Next Feature Underway
Dogman director Matteo Garrone is underway with filming on his next project, Io Capitano. The film is shooting in Dakar, Senegal, and stars newcomers Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall. The project is an epic tale following the hazardous journey...
- 3/21/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Caleb Landry Jones, who won best actor at last year’s Cannes for “Nitram,” is set to play the lead in Luc Besson’s “DogMan.”
Besson penned “DogMan” and will direct it, on top of producing via his banner Lbp. EuropaCorp, the company founded by Besson and now owned by New York-based Vine Alternative, is co-producing the movie.
“DogMan” is expected to enter production in May and will be shot mainly in France and the U.S. The film tells the sprawling story of a child, bruised by life, who grows to find his salvation through the love of his dogs.
Producers are Virginie Besson-Silla, who produced Besson’s last five films including “Lucy” as well as Guy Ritchie’s “Revolver,” and Steve Rabineau, who joined Lbp in 2019 after a successful career as a top agent at WME for over three decades.
Before his laureled performance in Justin Kurzel’s “Nitram,...
Besson penned “DogMan” and will direct it, on top of producing via his banner Lbp. EuropaCorp, the company founded by Besson and now owned by New York-based Vine Alternative, is co-producing the movie.
“DogMan” is expected to enter production in May and will be shot mainly in France and the U.S. The film tells the sprawling story of a child, bruised by life, who grows to find his salvation through the love of his dogs.
Producers are Virginie Besson-Silla, who produced Besson’s last five films including “Lucy” as well as Guy Ritchie’s “Revolver,” and Steve Rabineau, who joined Lbp in 2019 after a successful career as a top agent at WME for over three decades.
Before his laureled performance in Justin Kurzel’s “Nitram,...
- 1/12/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Cohen Media Group and Curzon have jointly acquired all U.S., U.K. and Irish distribution rights to Mark Cousins’ Cannes Film Festival documentary The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas about the Oscar-winning producer of The Last Emperor.
A theatrical release is expected later in 2021 for the movie, which is a David P. Kelly Films production.
In The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas, filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins (The Story Of Film: An Odyssey) accompanies legendary producer Thomas on the latter’s annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival.
Each year for the last 45 years, Thomas has made the journey to Cannes. This time Cousins is along for the off-beat grand tour on sea and land, chatting with Thomas as they take in landmarks and people connected to the producer’s films and life, from the Paris locations of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers,...
A theatrical release is expected later in 2021 for the movie, which is a David P. Kelly Films production.
In The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas, filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins (The Story Of Film: An Odyssey) accompanies legendary producer Thomas on the latter’s annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival.
Each year for the last 45 years, Thomas has made the journey to Cannes. This time Cousins is along for the off-beat grand tour on sea and land, chatting with Thomas as they take in landmarks and people connected to the producer’s films and life, from the Paris locations of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers,...
- 10/21/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a while since Italian cinema has raised a major enfant terrible, but the country’s film industry firmly believes it has a pair in twin brothers Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo. Hot off a co-writing credit on Matteo Garrone’s “Dogman,” the duo (billed onscreen as The D’Innocenzo Brothers) made a splash and won a prize at last year’s Berlinale with their sophomore feature, the sleek, bleak, nihilistic suburban nightmare “Bad Tales.” Its themes were pretty well-worn, but its darkly chic styling was arresting enough to ensure plenty of chatter trailing their swiftly delivered third film “America Latina.”
Sadly, the hype is unfulfilled by this minor, tricked-out study of extreme midlife crisis, which shows little advancement in the brothers’ storytelling instincts, while underlining their knack for surly mood-building and elegantly sinister imagery. If anything, its thin, oblique blend of arch character study, dreamlike psychodrama and spindly...
Sadly, the hype is unfulfilled by this minor, tricked-out study of extreme midlife crisis, which shows little advancement in the brothers’ storytelling instincts, while underlining their knack for surly mood-building and elegantly sinister imagery. If anything, its thin, oblique blend of arch character study, dreamlike psychodrama and spindly...
- 9/11/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Screen profiles the Venice Competition section, which includes new titles from Pedro Almodovar, Paolo Sorrentino, Jane Campion and Pablo Larrain.
Following a physical 2020 edition that triumphantly braved the pandemic, Venice Film Festival (September 1-11) is back on the Lido with a line‑up showcasing major filmmakers including Pedro Almodovar, Paolo Sorrentino, Jane Campion and Pablo Larrain.
America Latina (It-Fr)
Dirs. Damiano D’Innocenzo, Fabio D’Innocenzo
Widely seen as Italian film’s next big things, the 33-year-old twin brothers have so far — among other feats — opened their 2018 debut feature Boys Cry in Berlin’s Panorama section, co-scripted Matteo Garrone’s Dogman, picked...
Following a physical 2020 edition that triumphantly braved the pandemic, Venice Film Festival (September 1-11) is back on the Lido with a line‑up showcasing major filmmakers including Pedro Almodovar, Paolo Sorrentino, Jane Campion and Pablo Larrain.
America Latina (It-Fr)
Dirs. Damiano D’Innocenzo, Fabio D’Innocenzo
Widely seen as Italian film’s next big things, the 33-year-old twin brothers have so far — among other feats — opened their 2018 debut feature Boys Cry in Berlin’s Panorama section, co-scripted Matteo Garrone’s Dogman, picked...
- 8/27/2021
- ScreenDaily
After landing on our radars as part of the writing team behind Matteo Garrone’s Dogman, brothers Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo helmed their debut feature Boys Cry and then returned to Berlinale last year to premiere their follow-up Bad Tales, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. The drama will now come to the U.S. from Strand Releasing, set to play at Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, followed by a release on June 4 at Film at Lincoln Center’s Virtual Cinema, then an expansion on June 11. Ahead of the release, we’re pleased to exclusively debut the new trailer.
Once upon a time, in a small family suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of the summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and gardens, silence shrouds the subtle sadism of the fathers,...
Once upon a time, in a small family suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of the summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and gardens, silence shrouds the subtle sadism of the fathers,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The story of “Pinocchio,” the wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy, has been retold since the publication of Italian author Carlo Collodi’s book in 1883. However, Matteo Garrone’s 2021 Oscar-nominated live action version is almost certainly the first to deal with the hazards of a slime trail.
“Mamma mia, it was a nightmare!” said costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini, recalling how one actress would routinely fall on the sludge left behind by the giant snail as the blue Fairy (Alida Baldari Calabria) followed. “More than once, alas, the little girl slipped. The stains that were getting onto the costume of the fairy were, of course, very difficult to remove.”
In an era of sophisticated CGI-driven storytelling, Garrone’s “Pinocchio” stands out for its unique focus on practical effects, snail stains and all. While not devoid of digital assistance, the movie provides a welcome balance between handcrafted textures and modern tech.
“Mamma mia, it was a nightmare!” said costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini, recalling how one actress would routinely fall on the sludge left behind by the giant snail as the blue Fairy (Alida Baldari Calabria) followed. “More than once, alas, the little girl slipped. The stains that were getting onto the costume of the fairy were, of course, very difficult to remove.”
In an era of sophisticated CGI-driven storytelling, Garrone’s “Pinocchio” stands out for its unique focus on practical effects, snail stains and all. While not devoid of digital assistance, the movie provides a welcome balance between handcrafted textures and modern tech.
- 4/13/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
“I have been breathing the same air as Pinocchio himself,” reveals Massimo Cantini Parrini, costume designer of the recent faithful adaptation of the 1883 novel by Carlo Collodi. “I was born in the neighborhood of Costello, which is the neighborhood where Collodi wrote his classic,” translates Milan-based interpreter Marina Spagnuolo from Cantini Parrini’s Italian in his exclusive interview with Gold Derby (watch the video above). Calling it “a dream come true,” he laughs, “The house of my grandparents was just 100 meters away from the house in which Collodi lives.”
The costume design for the eponymous character was motivated by narrative, practical and symbolic considerations. Cantini Parrini notes about the source material, “The dress was made of paper and his hat was made of breadcrumbs.” He explains about reimagining for this live-action film, “Paper would not have helped us at all because it would have been torn and ruined very, very...
The costume design for the eponymous character was motivated by narrative, practical and symbolic considerations. Cantini Parrini notes about the source material, “The dress was made of paper and his hat was made of breadcrumbs.” He explains about reimagining for this live-action film, “Paper would not have helped us at all because it would have been torn and ruined very, very...
- 4/8/2021
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
The Italian filmmaker is back in the director’s chair with a thriller led by Edoardo Pesce and Massimo Popolizio, who investigate the disappearance of two youngsters. After I peggiori and Gli uomini d'oro (nominated at the Nastri d'Argento Awards and sold in numerous territories by Intramovies), Vincenzo Alfieri is returning with a thriller packed full of plot twists, intitled Il confine, on which filming commenced today and is set to unfold in various locations across the Roman countryside. Leading the cast are Edoardo Pesce (who co-starred in Dogman and recently appeared in The Guest Room and The Time of Indifference) and Massimo Popolizio. A remote village on the edge of the woods, a rave, two young people...
Superbly shot, the D’Innocenzo brothers’ film focuses on families, neighbourly envy and the feral behaviour of men which culminates in tragedy
The 32-year-old D’Innocenzo brothers, Damiano and Fabio, are not newcomers; they shot a feature called Boys Cry in 2018 and made script contributions to many others, including Matteo Garrone’s Dogman. But this is their breakthrough as writer-directors: Favolacce, translated as Bad Tales, which won the Silver Bear award for screenplay at the Berlin film festival last year.
It is a superbly shot, viscerally acted ensemble drama of group dysfunction among blue-collar families in the Rome suburbs at the tail end of a sweltering summer. The children prepare to go back to school where a sinister science teacher is to have a catastrophic influence. The ingenious premise is that the narrator has discovered a child’s diary with blank pages and continues the journal in fictional form. This film is the result.
The 32-year-old D’Innocenzo brothers, Damiano and Fabio, are not newcomers; they shot a feature called Boys Cry in 2018 and made script contributions to many others, including Matteo Garrone’s Dogman. But this is their breakthrough as writer-directors: Favolacce, translated as Bad Tales, which won the Silver Bear award for screenplay at the Berlin film festival last year.
It is a superbly shot, viscerally acted ensemble drama of group dysfunction among blue-collar families in the Rome suburbs at the tail end of a sweltering summer. The children prepare to go back to school where a sinister science teacher is to have a catastrophic influence. The ingenious premise is that the narrator has discovered a child’s diary with blank pages and continues the journal in fictional form. This film is the result.
- 2/16/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
"Who are you...?" "Pinocchio!" Yes, of course. We all know who he is... Roadside Attractions in the US has unveiled one final US trailer for their upcoming release of the Italian update on Pinocchio, from director Matteo Garrone. This originally premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year after opening in Italy on Christmas last year. This new take on the story from Carlo Collodi's novel of the same name is staying true to that book, telling a more grounded story with fantastical elements. Roberto Benigni (who previously directed his own Pinocchio film in 2002) stars as Geppetto, Federico Ielapi plays Pinocchio, with a main cast including Marine Vacth, Marcello Fonte, Gigi Proietti, Davide Marotta, Massimiliano Gallo, Rocco Papaleo, and Massimo Ceccherini. This version has been dubbed into English - the same as the UK version we've teased before. This honestly looks so pretty bad, and I'm not sure...
- 12/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Roadside Attractions is opening Roberto Benigni’s new Pinocchio movie from filmmaker Matteo Garrone on Christmas Day stateside on 2,000 screens. It’s more good news for those theaters which are braving the Christmas holiday. This past Thanksgiving proved that families will venture out during the pandemic where they feel safe and head to the movies; Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age moving to a $14.2M five-day opening.
Having grossed $1.1M in the UK via distributor Vertigo Releasing back in August from an English language version, that Pinocchio print will be booked at U.S. and Canada theaters versus a subtitled one. Garrone’s Pinocchio opened in Italy a year ago where it grossed $17.1M, repping 84% of the pic’s $20.4M WW box office to date. The movie also played this past year’s Berlin Film Festival.
In this live-action version, which Roadside acquired U.S. on back on Nov.
Having grossed $1.1M in the UK via distributor Vertigo Releasing back in August from an English language version, that Pinocchio print will be booked at U.S. and Canada theaters versus a subtitled one. Garrone’s Pinocchio opened in Italy a year ago where it grossed $17.1M, repping 84% of the pic’s $20.4M WW box office to date. The movie also played this past year’s Berlin Film Festival.
In this live-action version, which Roadside acquired U.S. on back on Nov.
- 11/30/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
When the Italian selection committee meets early this week to determine which film it will submit to the Oscar race for Best International Feature Film, it might well be the most consequential decision any country in the race will have made this year — and probably the only one that has the potential to give the category a genuine frontrunner.
That possibility exists because one of the 25 (!) films that the committee has said are in contention is Edoardo Ponti’s “The Life Ahead,” a drama that contains the first screen performance in a decade from Ponti’s mother, Sophia Loren. Not only was Loren the first actor to win an Oscar for a performance not in English, which she did in 1961 for “Two Women,” she’s considered a strong contender in this year’s Best Actress category for her affecting role as a retired prostitute who cares for the children of...
That possibility exists because one of the 25 (!) films that the committee has said are in contention is Edoardo Ponti’s “The Life Ahead,” a drama that contains the first screen performance in a decade from Ponti’s mother, Sophia Loren. Not only was Loren the first actor to win an Oscar for a performance not in English, which she did in 1961 for “Two Women,” she’s considered a strong contender in this year’s Best Actress category for her affecting role as a retired prostitute who cares for the children of...
- 11/22/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. wide theatrical release rights to Pinocchio, the live-action take on the classic tale from Matteo Garrone and starring Roberto Benigni. The deal was struck with HanWay Films.
No release date set yet in the U.S., but the film was released in December 2019 in its home country Italy and other overseas territories and is carrying a worldwide gross of $20.31 million.
In the pic, the Oscar-winning Benigni (who wrote and directed and played Pinocchio is his own feature film version of the story in 2002) now plays Geppetto, the woodcarver whose puppet creation magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio (Federico Ielapi) tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits through a wonderful world full of imaginative creatures – from the belly of a giant fish to the Land Of Toys and the Field Of Miracles.
No release date set yet in the U.S., but the film was released in December 2019 in its home country Italy and other overseas territories and is carrying a worldwide gross of $20.31 million.
In the pic, the Oscar-winning Benigni (who wrote and directed and played Pinocchio is his own feature film version of the story in 2002) now plays Geppetto, the woodcarver whose puppet creation magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio (Federico Ielapi) tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits through a wonderful world full of imaginative creatures – from the belly of a giant fish to the Land Of Toys and the Field Of Miracles.
- 11/19/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Live-action adaptation premiered at Berlinale
Roadside Attractions has acquired US rights from HanWay Films to Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio and is planning an awards-qualifying release.
The adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s beloved novel premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year and stars Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, the woodcarver whose puppet creation magically comes to life and dreams of becoming a real boy.
Pinocchio, played by nine-year-old Federico Ielapi, gets caught up in a series of adventures that bring him into contact with bandits, the belly of a giant fish, the Land Of Toys, and the Field Of Miracles.
Garrone co-wrote...
Roadside Attractions has acquired US rights from HanWay Films to Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio and is planning an awards-qualifying release.
The adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s beloved novel premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year and stars Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, the woodcarver whose puppet creation magically comes to life and dreams of becoming a real boy.
Pinocchio, played by nine-year-old Federico Ielapi, gets caught up in a series of adventures that bring him into contact with bandits, the belly of a giant fish, the Land Of Toys, and the Field Of Miracles.
Garrone co-wrote...
- 11/19/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, operating for the first time this year as part of Tiffcom, has given hope to some filmmakers who are struggling to fund their projects. The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted many normal financing channels.
The Tgfm enables producers to meet potential investors, sales agents and post-production outfits over a three-day period (Nov. 4-6). Some 20 projects were selected to participate, from 87 applications received. They include 14 feature- projects and six TV series projects. They hail from 14 territories and already have an average of 66% of their budget in place, according to Tifcom.
Royston Tan’s “24,” is the Singaporean director’s sixth film. It revolves around the afterlife journey of a sound recordist, who visits 24 places after his death. Tan is looking to raise 30% of the $200,000 budget.
“With the pandemic, we are unable to attend festivals and markets, which forces us to rethink and adapt how financing works,” Tan told Variety.
The Tgfm enables producers to meet potential investors, sales agents and post-production outfits over a three-day period (Nov. 4-6). Some 20 projects were selected to participate, from 87 applications received. They include 14 feature- projects and six TV series projects. They hail from 14 territories and already have an average of 66% of their budget in place, according to Tifcom.
Royston Tan’s “24,” is the Singaporean director’s sixth film. It revolves around the afterlife journey of a sound recordist, who visits 24 places after his death. Tan is looking to raise 30% of the $200,000 budget.
“With the pandemic, we are unable to attend festivals and markets, which forces us to rethink and adapt how financing works,” Tan told Variety.
- 11/1/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
Portuguese film distributor Midas Filmes has picked up a slew of new acquisitions, including Nanni Moretti’s upcoming “Three Floors,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria” and Daniele Luchetti’s “The Ties,” which opened this year’s Venice Film Festival.
The Lisbon-based company, which is taking part in this year’s International Classic Film Market (Mifc) focus on Portugal in Lyon, France, has also recently picked up Belgian helmer Lucas Belvaux’s “Home Front,” starring Gérard Depardieu; “The Woman Who Ran,” by Hong Sang-Soo; and “Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue,” Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke’s documentary about a local literature festival in Shanxi, China, which premiered at this year’s Berlinale.
Launched in 2006, Midas Filmes has released more than 60 films and boasts a DVD catalog of more than 200 films. Catalog titles and classics play major roles in the distributor’s repertoire, some 85% of which comprises international films, about 10% Portuguese titles and 5% U.
The Lisbon-based company, which is taking part in this year’s International Classic Film Market (Mifc) focus on Portugal in Lyon, France, has also recently picked up Belgian helmer Lucas Belvaux’s “Home Front,” starring Gérard Depardieu; “The Woman Who Ran,” by Hong Sang-Soo; and “Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue,” Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke’s documentary about a local literature festival in Shanxi, China, which premiered at this year’s Berlinale.
Launched in 2006, Midas Filmes has released more than 60 films and boasts a DVD catalog of more than 200 films. Catalog titles and classics play major roles in the distributor’s repertoire, some 85% of which comprises international films, about 10% Portuguese titles and 5% U.
- 10/13/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Italian sales company True Colours has taken international sales on two spanking new Cinema Italiano titles with strong cast elements in the leadup to Rome’s Mia market: “Fortuna – The Girl and the Giants,” a dark fable starring Valeria Golino, and Rome-set psychological thriller “The Guest Room,” toplining International Emmy-nominated Guido Caprino.
True Colours chief Gaetano Maiorino said his company has booked physical screenings for five of its films set for market premieres at the Mia mart – the acronym stands for Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo, or International Audiovisual Market – that will take place as a hybrid physical and online event Oct. 14-18 in Rome.
“It looks like buyers are coming, and those who won’t be physically present will be attending online,” said Maiorino. He noted that Mia will be “the first real bona-fide market” taking place physically since Berlin in February, prior to the pandemic.
Directed by Neapolitan first-timer Nicolangelo Gelormini,...
True Colours chief Gaetano Maiorino said his company has booked physical screenings for five of its films set for market premieres at the Mia mart – the acronym stands for Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo, or International Audiovisual Market – that will take place as a hybrid physical and online event Oct. 14-18 in Rome.
“It looks like buyers are coming, and those who won’t be physically present will be attending online,” said Maiorino. He noted that Mia will be “the first real bona-fide market” taking place physically since Berlin in February, prior to the pandemic.
Directed by Neapolitan first-timer Nicolangelo Gelormini,...
- 10/8/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Projects include Toei Animation’s The Lost Titan (working title) in collaboration with John A. Davis.
Tiffcom, the film and TV market accompanying Tokyo International Film Festival, has announced the 20 projects selected for the first edition of its Tokyo Gap Financing Market (Tgfm), which is scheduled to run online November 4-6.
The selection includes 14 feature-length projects, four of which are animations, and six TV series projects, including three animations. Female producers are involved in 11 of the projects, which have a total budget volume of around $3m, with an average 66% of financing secured.
Projects include Toei Animation’s The Lost Titan...
Tiffcom, the film and TV market accompanying Tokyo International Film Festival, has announced the 20 projects selected for the first edition of its Tokyo Gap Financing Market (Tgfm), which is scheduled to run online November 4-6.
The selection includes 14 feature-length projects, four of which are animations, and six TV series projects, including three animations. Female producers are involved in 11 of the projects, which have a total budget volume of around $3m, with an average 66% of financing secured.
Projects include Toei Animation’s The Lost Titan...
- 10/5/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
2019 Foreign Language Film Oscar Submissions Algeria – Until The End Of Time – Yasmine Chouikh Argentina– The Angel (El Angel) – Luis Ortega Austria – The Waldheim Waltz – Ruth Beckermann Belarus – Crystal Swan – Darya Zhuk Belgium – Girl – Lukas Dhont Bolivia – Muralla – Rodrigo Patiño Bosnia – Never Leave Me – Aida Begic Brazil – The Great Mystical Circus – Carlos Diegues Bulgaria – Omnipresent – Ilian Djevelekov Cambodia – Graves Without A Name – Rithy Pan Canada – Watch Dog – Sophie Dupuis Chile – And Suddenly The Dawn – Silvio Caiozzi Colombia– Birds of Passage, Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra Croatia – The Eighth Commissioner – Ivan Salaj Czech Republic – Winter Flies – Olmo Omerzu Denmark – The Guilty – Gustav Möller Dominican Republic – Cocote – Nelson Carlo de los Santos Ecuador – A Son Of Man – Jamaicanoproblem and Pablo Agüero Egypt – Yomeddine – Abu Bakr Shawky Estonia – Take It Or Leave It – Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo Finland – Euthanizer – Teemu Nikin France – Memoir Of War – Emmanuel Finkiel Georgia – Namme – Zaza Khalvashi Germany – Never Look Away – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck...
- 8/21/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
"I don't want to be a puppet..." Vertigo Releasing from the UK has debuted a new trailer for their upcoming release of the Italian update on Pinocchio, from director Matteo Garrone. This premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year after opening in Italy on Christmas last year. This new take on the story from Carlo Collodi's novel of the same name is staying true to that book, telling a more grounded story with fantastical elements. Roberto Benigni (who previously directed his own Pinocchio film in 2002) stars as Geppetto, Federico Ielapi plays Pinocchio, with a full cast including Marine Vacth, Marcello Fonte, Gigi Proietti, Davide Marotta, Massimiliano Gallo, Rocco Papaleo, and Massimo Ceccherini. This version has been dubbed into English for the film's UK release. Early reviews have been quite mixed - but if you think it looks interesting, it's worth renting at least. Here's the full UK...
- 7/30/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Caracas-based Veloz Distribución may be the only Venezuelan company attending Cannes’s Marché du Film this year, but the five-year-old shingle has some impressive film and TV projects in development, including the latest work by celebrated auteur Román Chalbaud.
Headed by actress Elaiza Gil and writer-director Edgar Rocca, Veloz is also in the process of launching VelozStreaming, a new VOD service described as “more of a virtual cinema” and “a little in the spirit of Mubi.” The company is on the lookout for films for the platform as well as for another new Venezuelan streaming service, Click a Cine, established by a group of filmmakers, producers and actors, among them producer Carlos Malavé.
Chalbaud, the iconic Venezuelan filmmaker whose debut feature, “Adolescence of Cain,” premiered in San Sebastian in 1959 alongside Alfred Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest,” is next directing “Violence,” a film about femicide, feminism and political corruption.
Chalbuad, says Rocca,...
Headed by actress Elaiza Gil and writer-director Edgar Rocca, Veloz is also in the process of launching VelozStreaming, a new VOD service described as “more of a virtual cinema” and “a little in the spirit of Mubi.” The company is on the lookout for films for the platform as well as for another new Venezuelan streaming service, Click a Cine, established by a group of filmmakers, producers and actors, among them producer Carlos Malavé.
Chalbaud, the iconic Venezuelan filmmaker whose debut feature, “Adolescence of Cain,” premiered in San Sebastian in 1959 alongside Alfred Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest,” is next directing “Violence,” a film about femicide, feminism and political corruption.
Chalbuad, says Rocca,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
What kind of movies will audiences most want to see as the world emerges from the novel coronavirus pandemic? If thrillers and exotic escape are your buyer's bet — a reasonable guess after populations have spent months cooped up, totally unable to travel — then the Argentinian samurai revenge thriller Dogman could be a bankable project to board early.
Directed by Buenos Aires-based genre specialist Tamae Garateguy, the film follows a young half-Japanese, half Argentinian man named Tupac (played by Roberto "Chichi" Kim Fukaura) who is spared a life of aimlessness by the dawning desire to seek revenge on ...
Directed by Buenos Aires-based genre specialist Tamae Garateguy, the film follows a young half-Japanese, half Argentinian man named Tupac (played by Roberto "Chichi" Kim Fukaura) who is spared a life of aimlessness by the dawning desire to seek revenge on ...
- 6/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
What kind of movies will audiences most want to see as the world emerges from the novel coronavirus pandemic? If thrillers and exotic escape are your buyer's bet — a reasonable guess after populations have spent months cooped up, totally unable to travel — then the Argentinian samurai revenge thriller Dogman could be a bankable project to board early.
Directed by Buenos Aires-based genre specialist Tamae Garateguy, the film follows a young half-Japanese, half Argentinian man named Tupac (played by Roberto "Chichi" Kim Fukaura) who is spared a life of aimlessness by the dawning desire to seek revenge on ...
Directed by Buenos Aires-based genre specialist Tamae Garateguy, the film follows a young half-Japanese, half Argentinian man named Tupac (played by Roberto "Chichi" Kim Fukaura) who is spared a life of aimlessness by the dawning desire to seek revenge on ...
- 6/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today's horror highlights, we have a short film for you to watch, the reveal of a new poster, and details on Frontières' project selections for their Cannes online event:
Watch the Short Film Bill: "Bill tells the story of a grieving widow who employs the dark arts to see her husband once more.
The film is a Diy Self Funded short film inspired by the Ghost our two young sons would talk to in the ceiling called ‘Bill’. We were chilled to the bone and the events inspired this 3 minute film which premiered at the prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival 2019. The film was partially conceived as a challenge to shoot a short film in our own house, with our own props in just 1 day."
The film was written and directed by Dan Gitsham & Sophie Mair. You can watch the film below and learn more about the film making team at: www.
Watch the Short Film Bill: "Bill tells the story of a grieving widow who employs the dark arts to see her husband once more.
The film is a Diy Self Funded short film inspired by the Ghost our two young sons would talk to in the ceiling called ‘Bill’. We were chilled to the bone and the events inspired this 3 minute film which premiered at the prestigious Encounters Short Film Festival 2019. The film was partially conceived as a challenge to shoot a short film in our own house, with our own props in just 1 day."
The film was written and directed by Dan Gitsham & Sophie Mair. You can watch the film below and learn more about the film making team at: www.
- 5/14/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Works include The Paper Tigers represented by Xyz Films, Amp International.
Frontières has announced the final selection of projects for its annual Cannes platform as it prepares to return for the fourth year to the Marché du Film as part of the upcoming online edition.
They include proof of concepts for Rules For Werewolves, a feature-length adaptation of the SXSW short entry with Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) attached to star, Argentinian filmmaker Tamae Garateguy’s Dogman, and Buyer’s Showcase sales title The Paper Tigers represented by Xyz Films and Amp International.
The 2020 slate focuses on emerging voices in...
Frontières has announced the final selection of projects for its annual Cannes platform as it prepares to return for the fourth year to the Marché du Film as part of the upcoming online edition.
They include proof of concepts for Rules For Werewolves, a feature-length adaptation of the SXSW short entry with Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) attached to star, Argentinian filmmaker Tamae Garateguy’s Dogman, and Buyer’s Showcase sales title The Paper Tigers represented by Xyz Films and Amp International.
The 2020 slate focuses on emerging voices in...
- 5/13/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Works include The Paper Tigers represented by Xyz Films, Amp International.
Frontières has announced the final selection of projects for its annual Cannes platform as it prepares to return for the fourth year to the Marché du Film as part of the upcoming online edition.
They include proof of concepts for Rules For Werewolves, a feature-length adaptation of the SXSW short entry with Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) attached to star, Argentinian filmmaker Tamae Garateguy’s Dogman, and Buyer’s Showcase sales title The Paper Tigers represented by Xyz Films and Amp International.
The 2020 slate focuses on emerging voices in...
Frontières has announced the final selection of projects for its annual Cannes platform as it prepares to return for the fourth year to the Marché du Film as part of the upcoming online edition.
They include proof of concepts for Rules For Werewolves, a feature-length adaptation of the SXSW short entry with Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) attached to star, Argentinian filmmaker Tamae Garateguy’s Dogman, and Buyer’s Showcase sales title The Paper Tigers represented by Xyz Films and Amp International.
The 2020 slate focuses on emerging voices in...
- 5/13/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The David di Donatello Awards, which are modeled on the Oscars, were established in the 1950s as Italy’s film industry started thriving amid the country’s postwar reconstruction effort.
Below are some milestones that provide a partial mini-history of postwar Italian cinema.
1956: The first David di Donatello awards ceremony takes place at Rome’s Cinema Fiamma. The gold statuette, which is a replica of Michelangelo’s David, is made by Bulgari. Vittorio De Sica, Walt Disney, and Gina Lollobrigida are among the year’s prizewinners.
1957: The Davids ceremony moves to Taormina’s Ancient Greek Theater, which will host the ceremony for many more years to come. Federico Fellini wins the best director prize for “Nights of Cabiria.”
1958: Anna Magnani wins best actress for George Cukor’s “Wild Is the Wind.” Marilyn Monroe is feted for her role in “The Prince and the Showgirl,” directed by Laurence Olivier.
Below are some milestones that provide a partial mini-history of postwar Italian cinema.
1956: The first David di Donatello awards ceremony takes place at Rome’s Cinema Fiamma. The gold statuette, which is a replica of Michelangelo’s David, is made by Bulgari. Vittorio De Sica, Walt Disney, and Gina Lollobrigida are among the year’s prizewinners.
1957: The Davids ceremony moves to Taormina’s Ancient Greek Theater, which will host the ceremony for many more years to come. Federico Fellini wins the best director prize for “Nights of Cabiria.”
1958: Anna Magnani wins best actress for George Cukor’s “Wild Is the Wind.” Marilyn Monroe is feted for her role in “The Prince and the Showgirl,” directed by Laurence Olivier.
- 5/8/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Not definitive, but interesting news items…
Next year the Berlinale will be February 11–21, 2021. Sundance will be Thursday, 21 January and will end on Sunday, 31 January 2021. Rotterdam will go from Wednesday, 27 January and will end on Sunday, 7 February 2021.
Winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear, for There Is No Evil
The Hollywood Reporter Berlin Edition Day 3 February 22: “It all seems so 2016…A few years back the independent film industry was hit with what might be called near-term streamer anxiety…theatrical exhibitors and distributors made calls to boycott streamers from film festivals and the battle lines were drawn…At Berlin's European Film Market this year, streaming is still on everyone’s mind, but the buzzword these days is not confrontation, it’s cooperation. Independent distributors are finding new models to jointly buy and release films with Svod platforms in a way that both boosts subscriptions numbers and fills theater seats…”…the next question is,...
Next year the Berlinale will be February 11–21, 2021. Sundance will be Thursday, 21 January and will end on Sunday, 31 January 2021. Rotterdam will go from Wednesday, 27 January and will end on Sunday, 7 February 2021.
Winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear, for There Is No Evil
The Hollywood Reporter Berlin Edition Day 3 February 22: “It all seems so 2016…A few years back the independent film industry was hit with what might be called near-term streamer anxiety…theatrical exhibitors and distributors made calls to boycott streamers from film festivals and the battle lines were drawn…At Berlin's European Film Market this year, streaming is still on everyone’s mind, but the buzzword these days is not confrontation, it’s cooperation. Independent distributors are finding new models to jointly buy and release films with Svod platforms in a way that both boosts subscriptions numbers and fills theater seats…”…the next question is,...
- 5/5/2020
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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