THE FILM WILL DEBUT IN THE ZABALTEGI SECTION OF THE 63RD SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
Fortissimo Films announced today its acquisition of International sales rights to Paula Ortiz’s (DE TU VENTANA A LA MÍA) epic tragedy LA NOVIA (THE BRIDE). The film, which will receive its World Premiere in the Zabaltegi Section of the 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival, is based on the acclaimed play “Bodas de Sangre” (Blood Wedding) from intern...
DDI President, Jason Moring, announced today that DDI has acquired the worldwide sales rights for METANOIA and attached Harry Potter actor Michael Gambon to the project.
METANOIA stars David Tennant (Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Broadchurch), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), will be directed by Robert Mullan, produced by Charlotte Arden and Harriet Hammond, and executive produced by Phin Glynn and Peter Dunphy. The film is a co-production between Gizmo Films and Bad Penny Productions.
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Fortissimo Films announced today the licensing of North American distribution rights of Ray Yeung’s FRONT COVER to Strand Releasing. FRONT COVER received its World Premiere in Competition at the recent Seattle International Film Festival and will unspool next week as the Opening Film of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Strand plans for an extensive North American Festival run and a multi-market theatrical release starting in New York City from spring 2016.
The English-...
A FRED WOLF FILM FROM BRON STUDIOS & FORTITUDE INTERNATIONAL
Five time Golden Globe and Emmy winner Alec Baldwin and Oscar nominee Salma Hayek will star in the feature comedy DRUNK PARENTS, to be directed by Fred Wolf, from a screenplay by Wolf and Peter Gaulke. The film’s producers, Robert Ogden Barnum and Aaron L. Gilbert, announced a first quarter 2016 start date.
The film is a co-production with Fortitude International and Bron Studios, in association with CW Med...
Fortissimo Films announced today its acquisition of international sales rights to Lech Majewski’s (THE MILL & THE CROSS, THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS, BASQUIAT) spectacular and otherworldly science-fiction feature VALLEY OF THE GODS. The film, which is set to commence principal photography in Q1 2016, will star Josh Hartnett (BLACK HAWK DOWN, 40 DAY AND NIGHTS, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN, VIRGIN SUICIDES). He currently stars in the Showtime series PENNY DREADFUL. Additional cast...
GOLDEN ISLANDS FILMWORKS SETS UP UNPRECEDENTED $125 MILLION EQUITY FINANCING AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA
Arrangement Will Cover Five Films That Include “Rebels” (the story of four rebel icons who discovered and supported the rise of legendary musician Bob Marley) and “Nick Carter: Killmaster” Espionage Thriller
Esteemed producer Rudy Langlais (“The Hurricane,” “Sugar Hill”) and his partners, Caribbean social entrepreneur...
42nd TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL
2015 PROGRAM
Twenty-seven new feature films to screen in the main program
Danny Boyle, Adam Curtis and Rooney Mara to receive Silver Medallion Awards
Telluride Film Festival, presented by the National Film Preserve, today announced its official program selections for the 42nd edition of the Telluride Film Festival. TFF’s annual celebration of artistic excellence brings together cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and artists to discover the best ...
At 60 km/h
A selection of 17 films in this year's "World Cinema" at the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
Great cinema from all over the world. New top films by world famous directors are running in the category "World Cinema" of this year's official programme. A selection of the best movies from Cannes, Toronto, Locarno or Venice including seven German Premieres and two films of the European Film Award's shortlist.
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DCP - HD - 2015 - 85 min - Argentina, Germany
Directed by German Kral
Produced by German Kral Filmproduktion, Lailaps Pictures
From Executive Producer Wim Wenders, Rodrigo Furth, Jakob Abrahamson
Original Language Spanish
Co-producer Birgit Rothörl, Josef Brandmaier
With the participation of Schubert International Filmproduktions,
Monogatari Fi...
On the first day of the festival the box office record (58.987) was hit, with 3 553 more than last year at same date.
Congrats to the ccommunication team at the festival.
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Maria Guskova’s acclaimed short ‘The Return of Erkin’, winner of the prestigious Cannes Cinéfondation award, is featuring in the Short Cuts section at the Toronto International Film Festival with the support of ROSKINO.
‘The Return of Erkin’ (28 min.) is Maria Guskova’s graduation project at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, class of Irakli Kvirikadze and Andrey Dobrovolsky.
The film tells the story of a man named Erkin who is t...
Special Presentation
The Wave
Director: Roar Uthaug
The experienced geologist Kristian Eikfjord has accepted a job offer out of town. He is getting ready to move from the city of Geiranger with his family, when he and his colleagues measure small geological changes in the underground. Kristian gets worried and his worst nightmare is about to come true, when the alarm goes off and the disaster is inevitable. With less than 10 minutes to react, it becomes a race against time in order to ...
The film follows a group of amateur investigators who, despite investigating for months, have never found any proof of the paranormal. During the group's most recent investigation, like many times before, they come up empty. At this point, team member Matt is losing faith in the existence of the paranormal and performs risky attempts to provoke the spirits.
At first, Matt's taunts appear to go unanswered but while on his way home the investigatio...
The Pearl Button (El botón de nácar) 2015 Chilean documentary film directed by Patricio Guzmán will be screened at TIFF. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for Best Script. Patricio Guzman will be in Toronto and available for interviews.
« It is the director’s extraordinary intuition about the synchronicity of history, geography and the physical universe – a mysterious...
WORLD PREMIERING AT RAINDANCE 2015!
THE CARRIER
Outbreak Thriller
C...
Turkish Film Amongst FSS Supports
PANTOM BOY by Alain Gagnol & Jean-Loup Félicioli
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) remains one of EFP's flagship festivals for which Film Sales Support (FSS) for the promotion of European films is available. In total, an amount of €160,540 has been reserved by EFP for 28 sales companies which are unrolling their marketing campaigns for 41 new European films scre...
DER NACHTMAHR
(Acquisition Title/K5 International)
Section: Vanguard
Written and Directed by AKIZ
Cast: Carolyn Genzkow, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, Kim Gordon, Lynn Femme, Sina Tkotsch
**SCREENING LINKS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST**
Synopsis:
Jarring, disturbing, and thoroughly disorienting, Der Nachtmahr is a psychophantasmagoric coming-of-age story about a teenage girl thrust into an unnaturally symbiotic relationship. Secret rav...
primetime
Cromo
Lucía Puenzo, Nicolás Puenzo, Pablo Fendrik
“CROMO” created by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo, Argentina
Directors Lucía Puenzo (XXY, Wakolda), Pablo Fendrik (Blood Appears, El Ardor) and Nicolás Puenzo team up for this timely eco-thriller, based on the real stories of a team of scientists that set out to expose environmental crimes in the dangerous and exotic wetlands of northern Argentina.
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In the tradition of THE WALKING DEAD and WORLD WAR Z...
The Apocalypse has happened. “Aftermath” is the story of those who have survived. But their nightmare has only begun. In a world where the infected kill and eat the living, how much time does anyone really have? A World where the living may still prove to be more dangerous than the dead? Witness what happens when the World you know ends, and the next chapter, begins.
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We are excited to present the international premiere of the insightful and entertaining docu - WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED, by acclaimed Australian director, Gillian Armstrong. This colorful, cinematic documentary pays tribute to legendary Hollywood costume designer Orry-Kelly, who won multiple Academy Awards® for his work on such classics as An American in Paris, Les Girls and Some Like It Hot. Today the name Orry-Kelly typically draws blank looks. But in Hollywood...
XVIII ENTERTAINMENT IS PROUD TO PRESENT WITH INDICAN PICTURES DARK METROPOLIS
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ATTENDING TIFF 2015
From the 10th to the 17th of September
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