Debut film “A Life, A Rose” has attracted a heavyweight international investor in France’s Backup Media.
The proposed film is by Kaushik Ray who has previously worked in film finance as a lawyer on projects such as “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Fish Tank.” His first two short films as director are only now in pre-production.
Paris-based Backup Media, represented by producer Jean-Baptiste Babin, is a vastly experienced co-producer and interface between the European and international film industries. It has previously backed Wim Wenders’ “Submergence,” Brian de Palma’s “Domino,” Carlota Pereda’s “Piggy” and “Still Alice” which earned Julianne Moore a best actress Oscar in 2015.
A part of Nfdc Film Bazaar’s Co-Production Market 2022, “A Life A Rose” is structured as a co-production between companies in India, France, the U.K. and Germany. It’s the story of a decades-long silent mutual love, told through the eyes of 70-year-old protagonist Namita Sinha,...
The proposed film is by Kaushik Ray who has previously worked in film finance as a lawyer on projects such as “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Fish Tank.” His first two short films as director are only now in pre-production.
Paris-based Backup Media, represented by producer Jean-Baptiste Babin, is a vastly experienced co-producer and interface between the European and international film industries. It has previously backed Wim Wenders’ “Submergence,” Brian de Palma’s “Domino,” Carlota Pereda’s “Piggy” and “Still Alice” which earned Julianne Moore a best actress Oscar in 2015.
A part of Nfdc Film Bazaar’s Co-Production Market 2022, “A Life A Rose” is structured as a co-production between companies in India, France, the U.K. and Germany. It’s the story of a decades-long silent mutual love, told through the eyes of 70-year-old protagonist Namita Sinha,...
- 11/23/2022
- by Udita Jhunjhunwala
- Variety Film + TV
India’s Film Bazaar, South Asia’s largest film market, has selected a range of projects from around the world for its annual co-production market, which will be held in-person this year after two years of being online due to Covid-19.
Though the 20 selected projects are from 11 countries, and most are already structured as co-productions, they are all South Asian-themed. Michael Radford, best known for BAFTA and Oscar-winning film “Il Postino,” has Spanish-language Spain-India project “The Princess of Kapurthala,” which he will co-direct with Manuel Estudillo (“Caso Urquijo”). Juan Antonio Casado and Davide Cottarelli of Pok Production are producing.
Gautam Arora’s Hindi and English-language film “The Last Lane” (India) is being produced by Kite Rabbit Films, the production company of Shaunak Sen, whose “All That Breathes” won best documentary at both Sundance and Cannes this year.
Gogularaajan Rajendran’s Tamil and Malay-language project “Depth of Darkness” is being produced...
Though the 20 selected projects are from 11 countries, and most are already structured as co-productions, they are all South Asian-themed. Michael Radford, best known for BAFTA and Oscar-winning film “Il Postino,” has Spanish-language Spain-India project “The Princess of Kapurthala,” which he will co-direct with Manuel Estudillo (“Caso Urquijo”). Juan Antonio Casado and Davide Cottarelli of Pok Production are producing.
Gautam Arora’s Hindi and English-language film “The Last Lane” (India) is being produced by Kite Rabbit Films, the production company of Shaunak Sen, whose “All That Breathes” won best documentary at both Sundance and Cannes this year.
Gogularaajan Rajendran’s Tamil and Malay-language project “Depth of Darkness” is being produced...
- 10/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Spanish rural thriller premiered in Sundance’s Midnight section.
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.
Paris-based Charades is handling international sales on the title.
“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades. Caffrey negotiated the deal with Jean-Félix Dealberto at Charades.
Other new deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I...
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.
Paris-based Charades is handling international sales on the title.
“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades. Caffrey negotiated the deal with Jean-Félix Dealberto at Charades.
Other new deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I...
- 2/23/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Spanish rural thriller premiered in Sundance’s Midnight section.
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.
Paris-based Charades is handling international sales on the title.
“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades.
Other new deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I Wonder), Scandinavia and Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment) and Hungary (Ads Service).
As previously announced,...
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.
Paris-based Charades is handling international sales on the title.
“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades.
Other new deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I Wonder), Scandinavia and Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment) and Hungary (Ads Service).
As previously announced,...
- 2/23/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Spanish rural thriller premiered in Sundance’s Midnight section.
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.
Paris-based company Charades is handling international sales on the title.
“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades.
Other fresh deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I Wonder), Scandinavia and Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment) and Hungary (Ads Service).
As previously announced,...
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights for Spanish rural thriller Piggy following its world premiere in Sundance’s Midnight section in January.
Paris-based company Charades is handling international sales on the title.
“We fell in love with Piggy at Sundance,” said Ed Caffrey, head of acquisitions at Vertigo Releasing, which has previously acquired hot titles Revenge, Shorta and Bafta-nominated UK indie Boiling Point from Charades.
Other fresh deals for the feature include to Germany (Alamode), Switzerland (Praesens), Italy (I Wonder), Scandinavia and Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment) and Hungary (Ads Service).
As previously announced,...
- 2/23/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired North American rights Carlota Pereda’s “Piggy” following its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The film is a feature-length adaptation of Pereda’s Goya award-winning 2018 short film of the same name. It centers on a small-town butcher’s daughter (newcomer Laura Galán) who is routinely ridiculed for her appearance by a clique of mean girls in her rural Spanish village. Magnet plans to release “Piggy” later this year.
Variety‘s Guy Lodge praised the film as an “impressive debut” for Pereda, writing that it “draws its terror from the same well of adolescent female insecurity as ‘Carrie,’ before going its own grisly way.”
In the film, the girl’s usual trip to the local pool is disrupted by the presence of a mysterious stranger and an exceptionally grueling bout of abuse at the hands of her bullies.
The film is a feature-length adaptation of Pereda’s Goya award-winning 2018 short film of the same name. It centers on a small-town butcher’s daughter (newcomer Laura Galán) who is routinely ridiculed for her appearance by a clique of mean girls in her rural Spanish village. Magnet plans to release “Piggy” later this year.
Variety‘s Guy Lodge praised the film as an “impressive debut” for Pereda, writing that it “draws its terror from the same well of adolescent female insecurity as ‘Carrie,’ before going its own grisly way.”
In the film, the girl’s usual trip to the local pool is disrupted by the presence of a mysterious stranger and an exceptionally grueling bout of abuse at the hands of her bullies.
- 2/9/2022
- by Brent Lang and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Backup Systems, the owner of the cloud-based app MovieChainer, has acquired a strategic stake in Moonday, the new AI-powered social and professional network dedicated to the film and TV industry.
MovieChainer launched five years ago and allows right-holders to model and track the legal and financial structure of their film projects. MovieChainer and Moonday will unveil new data-centric features for the industry the fourth quarter.
“Our services address the same clients, and while our respective promises are and will remain distinct, it rapidly became clear to us that several of our respective features could benefit from such synergies” said Olivier Bronckart, Moonday’s CEO and co-founder.
Sandrine Legrand, head of product strategy and partnerships for MovieChainer, said the company’s “underlying philosophy is that our products constantly need to evolve to adapt to our clients’ needs and deliver a better user experience.”
Jean-Baptiste Babin, the co-founder of Backup Systems, said...
MovieChainer launched five years ago and allows right-holders to model and track the legal and financial structure of their film projects. MovieChainer and Moonday will unveil new data-centric features for the industry the fourth quarter.
“Our services address the same clients, and while our respective promises are and will remain distinct, it rapidly became clear to us that several of our respective features could benefit from such synergies” said Olivier Bronckart, Moonday’s CEO and co-founder.
Sandrine Legrand, head of product strategy and partnerships for MovieChainer, said the company’s “underlying philosophy is that our products constantly need to evolve to adapt to our clients’ needs and deliver a better user experience.”
Jean-Baptiste Babin, the co-founder of Backup Systems, said...
- 7/12/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The postponement of the Cannes Film Festival from mid-May to the end of June has elicited a mix of sadness and skepticism among international film executives.
The festival’s decision Thursday evening to delay this year’s edition from its originally scheduled dates of May 12-23 to an as yet undetermined period between June and July was not surprising, given the event’s vulnerability to the rampant outbreak of coronavirus in Europe.
“It was the logical step to take,” says prominent Spanish producer and distributor Antonio Saura, “and I’m very glad they made it now, and didn’t wait until mid-April (as organizers had previously said).”
The executive, who says the postponement is “bad news” for independents that do “half their business” in Cannes, notes he has been “preparing” for such an eventuality due to the pandemic’s aggressive spread.
Saura, who heads Madrid-based Latino Films, adds he is...
The festival’s decision Thursday evening to delay this year’s edition from its originally scheduled dates of May 12-23 to an as yet undetermined period between June and July was not surprising, given the event’s vulnerability to the rampant outbreak of coronavirus in Europe.
“It was the logical step to take,” says prominent Spanish producer and distributor Antonio Saura, “and I’m very glad they made it now, and didn’t wait until mid-April (as organizers had previously said).”
The executive, who says the postponement is “bad news” for independents that do “half their business” in Cannes, notes he has been “preparing” for such an eventuality due to the pandemic’s aggressive spread.
Saura, who heads Madrid-based Latino Films, adds he is...
- 3/21/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
IFC Films has acquired the North American rights to Jamie Bell’s drama “Donnybrook,” an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Frank Grillo, Margaret Qualley and James Badge Dale also star in the film directed by Tim Sutton, based on the novel by Frank Brill.
The drama premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Platform Competition. IFC plans a theatrical release for “Donnybrook” in 2019.
Also Read: Jamie Bell's 'Skin' Lands at A24, DirecTV for Domestic Rights
David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox from Rumble Films produced, while Joel Thibout, David Atlan-Jackson, Jean-Baptiste Babin, Andrew Schwartzberg and Jon Shiffman executive produced.
Bell stars as a former marine struggling with his financial situations, until he enters a bare-knuckle fighting contest where the grand prize is $100,000.
The deal was negotiated by IFC Films Evp of Acquisitions and Production Arianna Bocco and UTA Independent Film Group.
See Video: Jamie Bell on...
Frank Grillo, Margaret Qualley and James Badge Dale also star in the film directed by Tim Sutton, based on the novel by Frank Brill.
The drama premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Platform Competition. IFC plans a theatrical release for “Donnybrook” in 2019.
Also Read: Jamie Bell's 'Skin' Lands at A24, DirecTV for Domestic Rights
David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox from Rumble Films produced, while Joel Thibout, David Atlan-Jackson, Jean-Baptiste Babin, Andrew Schwartzberg and Jon Shiffman executive produced.
Bell stars as a former marine struggling with his financial situations, until he enters a bare-knuckle fighting contest where the grand prize is $100,000.
The deal was negotiated by IFC Films Evp of Acquisitions and Production Arianna Bocco and UTA Independent Film Group.
See Video: Jamie Bell on...
- 9/14/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
IFC Films has acquired North American distribution rights to the drama “Donnybrook” out of the Toronto Film Festival, Variety has learned.
The deal was in the seven-figure range, according to sources. Five companies were circling the project, which stars Jamie Bell as a former marine grappling with economic hardships. He enters a bare-knuckle fighting contest where the winner walks away with $100,000.
The rest of the cast includes Frank Grillo, Margaret Qualley and James Badge Dale.
IFC will release “Donnybrook” in theaters in 2019.
The film, directed by Tim Sutton (“Dark Knight”) and based on the novel by Frank Bill, premiered to strong reviews at Toronto’s Platform Competition. It was produced by David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox at Rumble Films with financing from Backup Media. Executive producers include Joel Thibout, David Atlan-Jackson, Jean-Baptiste Babin, Andrew Schwartzberg and Jon Shiffman.
“It is both an honor and a thrill to partner with IFC Films,...
The deal was in the seven-figure range, according to sources. Five companies were circling the project, which stars Jamie Bell as a former marine grappling with economic hardships. He enters a bare-knuckle fighting contest where the winner walks away with $100,000.
The rest of the cast includes Frank Grillo, Margaret Qualley and James Badge Dale.
IFC will release “Donnybrook” in theaters in 2019.
The film, directed by Tim Sutton (“Dark Knight”) and based on the novel by Frank Bill, premiered to strong reviews at Toronto’s Platform Competition. It was produced by David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox at Rumble Films with financing from Backup Media. Executive producers include Joel Thibout, David Atlan-Jackson, Jean-Baptiste Babin, Andrew Schwartzberg and Jon Shiffman.
“It is both an honor and a thrill to partner with IFC Films,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Paris-based Backup Media Group has appointed Guillaume Lirondière as partner while founding principal Jean-Baptiste Babin steps down from operational functions at Backup Films. This is a notable shift at the top of the finance, production and distribution outfit that Babin runs with longtime colleagues and friends David Atlan-Jackson and Joël Thibout. It is an amicable move as Babin seeks new challenges, and with Backup in good shape for the future. Babin will be ceasing…...
- 10/9/2017
- Deadline
Iniative kicks off as film festivals continue to asses the merits of co-production markets.
Boost Nl, the new collaborative project between the Holland Film Meeting (Hfm, Sept 22-25) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s CineMart, is launching officially this week at the Hfm, which began today at the Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht
The idea behind the initiative, which will continue at the Iffr’s Cinemart next January, is not just to help Dutch projects but to assist further a number of projects that have already received support from Iffr’s Hubert Bals Fund or have been presented at CineMart.
Speaking to Screen, Hfm chief Vanja Kaludjercic gave further details of the “enhanced coproduction experience” offered to the selected projects.
“Some things cannot be achieved in only three days of the event itself so what we have created is an extended trajectory,” Kaludjercic said of the new Utrecht/Rotterdam axis. The intention...
Boost Nl, the new collaborative project between the Holland Film Meeting (Hfm, Sept 22-25) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s CineMart, is launching officially this week at the Hfm, which began today at the Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht
The idea behind the initiative, which will continue at the Iffr’s Cinemart next January, is not just to help Dutch projects but to assist further a number of projects that have already received support from Iffr’s Hubert Bals Fund or have been presented at CineMart.
Speaking to Screen, Hfm chief Vanja Kaludjercic gave further details of the “enhanced coproduction experience” offered to the selected projects.
“Some things cannot be achieved in only three days of the event itself so what we have created is an extended trajectory,” Kaludjercic said of the new Utrecht/Rotterdam axis. The intention...
- 9/22/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Former Fidélité Films CFO/COO Guillaume Lirondière has joined Paris-based finance, production and distribution outfit Backup Media (Still Alice) as COO. The exec will spearhead production and finance at Backup with founding partners Jean-Baptiste Babin, David Atlan Jackson and Joël Thibout. Backup is entering a new growth phase as it heads to Toronto. Last year, it got out of the French tax finance business after funding over 300 films. Its focus going forward will be on…...
- 9/8/2016
- Deadline
Paris-based company’s current slate includes Toronto titles Message From The King and Brimstone.
Guillaume Lirondiere has joined Backup Media as COO to spearhead production and finance at the Paris-based company.
Lirondiere served for six years as CFO and COO at Fidelite Films, working on the likes of Renoir and Enter The Void. He previously served as CFO at Paulo Branco’s Gemini Films/Alfama.
“Having such an experienced professional as Guillaume joining the team is a blessing while the group is entering a new phase of its growth,” commented founding partner Jean-Baptiste Babin.
Lirondiere added: “I am thrilled to join the Backup team whose financial skills and bold tastes I have always appreciated from one of their very first films, Cannes jury prize-winner Tropical Malady.”
Last year, Backup ended its French tax money business and will now focus on 10-15 international productions a year, with up to five to be fully financed. Their current...
Guillaume Lirondiere has joined Backup Media as COO to spearhead production and finance at the Paris-based company.
Lirondiere served for six years as CFO and COO at Fidelite Films, working on the likes of Renoir and Enter The Void. He previously served as CFO at Paulo Branco’s Gemini Films/Alfama.
“Having such an experienced professional as Guillaume joining the team is a blessing while the group is entering a new phase of its growth,” commented founding partner Jean-Baptiste Babin.
Lirondiere added: “I am thrilled to join the Backup team whose financial skills and bold tastes I have always appreciated from one of their very first films, Cannes jury prize-winner Tropical Malady.”
Last year, Backup ended its French tax money business and will now focus on 10-15 international productions a year, with up to five to be fully financed. Their current...
- 9/7/2016
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
In the midst of Europe’s changing financial landscape, a panel of producers, financing agents and private equity consultants at International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) considered which business models are working best.
“Let’s be honest here. If you can avoid hard money, then do it,” said Backup Media’s Jean Baptiste Babin.
“European producers think of financing as a banking job: you are loaned the money [from the state], and there’s no backend or equity,” said Paris-based Babin.
“But if a private investor comes on board - they can recoup a premium up to 125% of the production budget and 40-50% of the backend.”
Guirec van Slingelandt, a private equity consultant at Dutch company Global Film Partners, agreed.
“The Dutch Film Fund don’t know how to act when an international co-producer comes on board. They don’t understand the private equity system, and don’t want to deal with it.”
Paris-based lawyer Sebastien Lechaussee of L’Avocat also warned...
“Let’s be honest here. If you can avoid hard money, then do it,” said Backup Media’s Jean Baptiste Babin.
“European producers think of financing as a banking job: you are loaned the money [from the state], and there’s no backend or equity,” said Paris-based Babin.
“But if a private investor comes on board - they can recoup a premium up to 125% of the production budget and 40-50% of the backend.”
Guirec van Slingelandt, a private equity consultant at Dutch company Global Film Partners, agreed.
“The Dutch Film Fund don’t know how to act when an international co-producer comes on board. They don’t understand the private equity system, and don’t want to deal with it.”
Paris-based lawyer Sebastien Lechaussee of L’Avocat also warned...
- 2/2/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Key deals for Backup Media on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry.
French finance outfit Backup Media, which represents Takashi Miike’s Directors’ Fortnight entry Yakuza Apocalypse, has closed deals on the action-horror with German-speaking territories (Koch), France (The Jokers) and Benelux (Cineart).
Nikkatsu is handling Asian rights to the film about a yakuza vampire boss, starring The Raid’s Yayan Ruhlan and Riri Furanki (Like Father, Like Son).
Paris-based financier Backup, run by Joel Thibout, Jean-Baptiste Babin and David Atlan-Jackson, joined the project last Afm as part of a push for high-profile Asian art-house and genre films.
The outfit has backed a host of ambitious French, European and Us films to date, including Nicolas Saada’s Taj Mahal, Yann Gozlan’s thriller A Perfect Man, Benoit Jacquot’s Diary of a Chambermaid, Ma Ma, starring Penelope Cruz, Pablo Virzi’s Human Capital and Martin Koolhoven’s upcoming thriller Brimstone.
Prolific cult Japanese director Miike played in competition...
French finance outfit Backup Media, which represents Takashi Miike’s Directors’ Fortnight entry Yakuza Apocalypse, has closed deals on the action-horror with German-speaking territories (Koch), France (The Jokers) and Benelux (Cineart).
Nikkatsu is handling Asian rights to the film about a yakuza vampire boss, starring The Raid’s Yayan Ruhlan and Riri Furanki (Like Father, Like Son).
Paris-based financier Backup, run by Joel Thibout, Jean-Baptiste Babin and David Atlan-Jackson, joined the project last Afm as part of a push for high-profile Asian art-house and genre films.
The outfit has backed a host of ambitious French, European and Us films to date, including Nicolas Saada’s Taj Mahal, Yann Gozlan’s thriller A Perfect Man, Benoit Jacquot’s Diary of a Chambermaid, Ma Ma, starring Penelope Cruz, Pablo Virzi’s Human Capital and Martin Koolhoven’s upcoming thriller Brimstone.
Prolific cult Japanese director Miike played in competition...
- 5/20/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Queen of the Desert star joins Mia Wasikowska, Guy Pearce.
Robert Pattinson and Carice Van Houten (Black Book, Game of Thrones) have joined Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce in writer-director Martin Koolhoven’s (Winter in Wartime) thriller Brimstone, which Embankment has launched at Berlin’s Efm (Feb 5-13).
Set to shoot in May 2015, the film will follow a heroine on the run from her past and a diabolical preacher. Robert Pattinson will play an outlaw.
Els Vandevorst (Winter in Wartime, Dogville) of N279 Entertainment is producing, in co-production with Studio Babelsberg, The Film Farm and Prime Time.
Nik Powell and Backup Media’s Jean-Baptiste Babin and Joel Thibout are executive producers while CAA rep Us rights.
Pattinson is currently in Berlin for Anton Corbijn’s Berlinale Gala Life, which screens tonight, and Werner Herzog’s competition entry Queen of the Desert, in which he plays T.E. Lawrence.
“Wasikowska is a powerhouse performer,” said Embankment...
Robert Pattinson and Carice Van Houten (Black Book, Game of Thrones) have joined Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce in writer-director Martin Koolhoven’s (Winter in Wartime) thriller Brimstone, which Embankment has launched at Berlin’s Efm (Feb 5-13).
Set to shoot in May 2015, the film will follow a heroine on the run from her past and a diabolical preacher. Robert Pattinson will play an outlaw.
Els Vandevorst (Winter in Wartime, Dogville) of N279 Entertainment is producing, in co-production with Studio Babelsberg, The Film Farm and Prime Time.
Nik Powell and Backup Media’s Jean-Baptiste Babin and Joel Thibout are executive producers while CAA rep Us rights.
Pattinson is currently in Berlin for Anton Corbijn’s Berlinale Gala Life, which screens tonight, and Werner Herzog’s competition entry Queen of the Desert, in which he plays T.E. Lawrence.
“Wasikowska is a powerhouse performer,” said Embankment...
- 2/9/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Embankment boards western thriller.
Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce are to lead cast of Martin Koolhoven’s thriller western Brimstone, which UK sales outfit Embankment Films has boarded ahead of Berlin’s Efm (Feb 5-13).
Stoker star Wasikowska will play Liz, a heroine on the run from her past and hunted by Pearce’s (The Rover) diabolical preacher.
Koolhoven, director of Second World War epic Winter in Wartime, directs from his own script which will be shot by Bullhead and The Drop cinematographer Nicolas Karakatsanis.
The film is due to start shooting in May 2015.
Els Vandevorst (Winter in Wartime, Dogville) of N279 Entertainment is producing, in co-production with Studio Babelsberg, The Film Farm and Prime Time.
Nik Powell and Backup Media’s Jean-Baptiste Babin and Joel Thibout are executive producers while CAA rep Us rights.
Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce are to lead cast of Martin Koolhoven’s thriller western Brimstone, which UK sales outfit Embankment Films has boarded ahead of Berlin’s Efm (Feb 5-13).
Stoker star Wasikowska will play Liz, a heroine on the run from her past and hunted by Pearce’s (The Rover) diabolical preacher.
Koolhoven, director of Second World War epic Winter in Wartime, directs from his own script which will be shot by Bullhead and The Drop cinematographer Nicolas Karakatsanis.
The film is due to start shooting in May 2015.
Els Vandevorst (Winter in Wartime, Dogville) of N279 Entertainment is producing, in co-production with Studio Babelsberg, The Film Farm and Prime Time.
Nik Powell and Backup Media’s Jean-Baptiste Babin and Joel Thibout are executive producers while CAA rep Us rights.
- 2/5/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
By Terence Johnson
Managing Editor
Cold in July is a classic study on when expectations for a film don’t meet reality. That’s not to say that is a bad thing as the film, a celebration of 80s pastiche and pulp noirs, the film is just different than what you think. But isn’t that what ones looks for a film, an interesting exploration of themes that aren’t what you expected?
Which is probably why this film is so difficult to review (and why there will be a spoiler section at the end of this review). The movie shows how a life can change in an instant. Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall), a mild mannered owner of a frame store, goes to investigate noises in his house one night in 1989 and ends up shooting a small time burglar Freddy Russell. After pleading self defense, he goes on about his life,...
Managing Editor
Cold in July is a classic study on when expectations for a film don’t meet reality. That’s not to say that is a bad thing as the film, a celebration of 80s pastiche and pulp noirs, the film is just different than what you think. But isn’t that what ones looks for a film, an interesting exploration of themes that aren’t what you expected?
Which is probably why this film is so difficult to review (and why there will be a spoiler section at the end of this review). The movie shows how a life can change in an instant. Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall), a mild mannered owner of a frame store, goes to investigate noises in his house one night in 1989 and ends up shooting a small time burglar Freddy Russell. After pleading self defense, he goes on about his life,...
- 1/19/2014
- by Terence Johnson
- Scott Feinberg
Variety and Efm are hosting a debate on new approaches to finance and content based on needs and opportunities: Contained-budget production in France, evolving film finance options in Germany, the overhaul of Europe’s incentive systems, still building markets – think Russia and Latin America - and the good news around films like "Amour" and "The Intouchables" that are creating positive brand identities for European films.
The panel will be moderated by John Hopewell (Variety).
Panelists
Jean-Baptiste Babin, Managing Partner, Backup Media Group (France) Leonardo M. Barros, Conspiração Filmes (Brazil) Martin Moszkowicz, Member of the Board, Film & Television, Constantin Film (Germany) Catherine Mtsitouridze, Roskino CEO (Russia)
Venue and Time
Gropius Mirror Restaurant
Niederkirchnerstraße, across from the Martin-Gropius-Bau
4:30-5:30 pm (one hour debate followed by networking cocktail)
Registration
If you would like to attend this debate, please register here...
The panel will be moderated by John Hopewell (Variety).
Panelists
Jean-Baptiste Babin, Managing Partner, Backup Media Group (France) Leonardo M. Barros, Conspiração Filmes (Brazil) Martin Moszkowicz, Member of the Board, Film & Television, Constantin Film (Germany) Catherine Mtsitouridze, Roskino CEO (Russia)
Venue and Time
Gropius Mirror Restaurant
Niederkirchnerstraße, across from the Martin-Gropius-Bau
4:30-5:30 pm (one hour debate followed by networking cocktail)
Registration
If you would like to attend this debate, please register here...
- 2/10/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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