Grindstone Entertainment Group, which has a distribution partnership with Lionsgate, has acquired North American rights to the Russian animated adventure “My Sweet Monster,” which is scheduled to be released theatrically in Russia by Sony Pictures on Dec. 9.
Worldwide rights are handled by the sales outfit Luminescence, which screened the film for international buyers earlier this year at the Key Buyers Event organized by Russian film promotion body Roskino, and will also screen it during Rome’s Mia market (Oct. 13-17).
The announcement was made by Grindstone president and CEO Barry Brooker, Grindstone partner Stan Wertlieb, and Juraj Barabas, managing director of Luminescence.
Directed by Viktor Glukhushin and produced by Academy Award-nominated producer Sergey Selyanov, “My Sweet Monster” tells the story of rebellious teenage Princess Barbara, who escapes the palace and joins forces with two forest bandits to find the charming Prince, stop the sleazy Bandy Joyce from taking over the kingdom,...
Worldwide rights are handled by the sales outfit Luminescence, which screened the film for international buyers earlier this year at the Key Buyers Event organized by Russian film promotion body Roskino, and will also screen it during Rome’s Mia market (Oct. 13-17).
The announcement was made by Grindstone president and CEO Barry Brooker, Grindstone partner Stan Wertlieb, and Juraj Barabas, managing director of Luminescence.
Directed by Viktor Glukhushin and produced by Academy Award-nominated producer Sergey Selyanov, “My Sweet Monster” tells the story of rebellious teenage Princess Barbara, who escapes the palace and joins forces with two forest bandits to find the charming Prince, stop the sleazy Bandy Joyce from taking over the kingdom,...
- 10/13/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Grindstone Entertainment Group, which has a distribution partnership with Lionsgate, has acquired North American rights to the Russian box office hit “Upon the Magic Roads.” The fantasy adventure film was released in Russia on Feb. 18 and grossed an outstanding $15.9 million.
Worldwide rights are handled by the sales outfit Luminescence, which screened the film for international buyers at this week’s digital Key Buyers Event, organized by Roskino, and will also screen it during the Pre-Cannes Screenings (June 21-25).
Deals have also closed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Capelight), France and French-speaking Belgium (Koba), Portugal (Cinemundo), Poland (Puls TV), Czech Republic and Slovakia (MediaSquad), Turkey (aTV), Middle East (Front Row), South Africa (Filmfinity), South East Asia Ptv (Disney), Mongolia (FilmBridge), Vietnam (Cj Cgv), South Korea (World Cinema), and Latin America Ptv/SVOD (Discovery).
“Upon the Magic Roads” tells the story of John, a kind-hearted romantic fool, who is sent on a...
Worldwide rights are handled by the sales outfit Luminescence, which screened the film for international buyers at this week’s digital Key Buyers Event, organized by Roskino, and will also screen it during the Pre-Cannes Screenings (June 21-25).
Deals have also closed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Capelight), France and French-speaking Belgium (Koba), Portugal (Cinemundo), Poland (Puls TV), Czech Republic and Slovakia (MediaSquad), Turkey (aTV), Middle East (Front Row), South Africa (Filmfinity), South East Asia Ptv (Disney), Mongolia (FilmBridge), Vietnam (Cj Cgv), South Korea (World Cinema), and Latin America Ptv/SVOD (Discovery).
“Upon the Magic Roads” tells the story of John, a kind-hearted romantic fool, who is sent on a...
- 6/10/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Offers in for UK, South Korea.
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Russian action sci-fi action Cosmoball, one of a raft of worldwide deals by Budapest-based Luminescence heading into the Cannes virtual market.
Luminescence has licensed rights to: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux (Splendid); France (Fip); Spain (YouPlanet); Portugal (Cinemundo); Latin America (Sato); Middle East (Front Row); Cis (Nashe Kino), and Poland (Puls TV). Offers are in from the UK and South Korea.
Rights have also gone in: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia (HBO Europe); Estonia, Latvia and...
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Russian action sci-fi action Cosmoball, one of a raft of worldwide deals by Budapest-based Luminescence heading into the Cannes virtual market.
Luminescence has licensed rights to: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux (Splendid); France (Fip); Spain (YouPlanet); Portugal (Cinemundo); Latin America (Sato); Middle East (Front Row); Cis (Nashe Kino), and Poland (Puls TV). Offers are in from the UK and South Korea.
Rights have also gone in: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia (HBO Europe); Estonia, Latvia and...
- 6/4/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Directed by Aleksey Nuzhny, the film is produced by the heavyweight trio of Leonid Vereschagin, Anton Zlatopolskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov.
Leading Russian sales agent and distributor Central Partnership is launching pre-sales at Afm on big-budget action film Fire.
Directed by Aleksey Nuzhny, the film is produced by the heavyweight trio of Leonid Vereschagin, Anton Zlatopolskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov, who collaborated on Olympic basketball movie Three Seconds (aka Going Vertical), Russia’s highest-grossing film ever.
Fire follows so-called “smoke jumpers”, rescuers called on to show extreme bravery on a regular basis in putting out forest fires. The film, which is in post-production,...
Leading Russian sales agent and distributor Central Partnership is launching pre-sales at Afm on big-budget action film Fire.
Directed by Aleksey Nuzhny, the film is produced by the heavyweight trio of Leonid Vereschagin, Anton Zlatopolskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov, who collaborated on Olympic basketball movie Three Seconds (aka Going Vertical), Russia’s highest-grossing film ever.
Fire follows so-called “smoke jumpers”, rescuers called on to show extreme bravery on a regular basis in putting out forest fires. The film, which is in post-production,...
- 11/9/2019
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Leading Russian producer Sergey Selyanov is producing both titles.
Budapest-based sales outfit Luminescence is launching world sales on two new animated projects at Afm, both being produced by leading Russian producer Sergey Selyanov (Mongol: The Rise Of Genghis Khan) through his production banner Ctb.
Fantasy adventure Upon Magic Roads, which Selyanov will produce with Alexander Gorokhov and Anton Zlatopolskiy, is directed by Oleg Pogodin (Spacewalk) and follows John the Fool and his friend Foal as they embark on a series of unpredictable adventures. Currently in post-production, it is due for release in autumn 2020.
“We are thrilled to present this brand-new fantasy adventure to international distributors,...
Budapest-based sales outfit Luminescence is launching world sales on two new animated projects at Afm, both being produced by leading Russian producer Sergey Selyanov (Mongol: The Rise Of Genghis Khan) through his production banner Ctb.
Fantasy adventure Upon Magic Roads, which Selyanov will produce with Alexander Gorokhov and Anton Zlatopolskiy, is directed by Oleg Pogodin (Spacewalk) and follows John the Fool and his friend Foal as they embark on a series of unpredictable adventures. Currently in post-production, it is due for release in autumn 2020.
“We are thrilled to present this brand-new fantasy adventure to international distributors,...
- 11/6/2019
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Colombia Pictures is bringing Fedor Bondarchuk’s Russian smash to the Us and has struck a deal with IMAX for a one-week nationwide engagement starting on February 28.
The 3D WWII drama is Russia’s foreign-language Oscar submission and became the highest grossing Russian film ever on $66.1m in six weeks.
The producers also claim it is the first Russian film made completely in 3D and the first Russian film to be released in the IMAX format.
Ilya Tilkin and Sergey Snezhkin wrote the screenplay from the novel Life And Fate by Vasiliy Grossman. Thomas Kretschmann, Petr Fedorov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Mariya Smolnikova and Yanina Studilina star.
Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, Dmitriy Rudovskiy and Anton Zlatopolskiy produced. The executive producer is Nataliya Gorina.
The 3D WWII drama is Russia’s foreign-language Oscar submission and became the highest grossing Russian film ever on $66.1m in six weeks.
The producers also claim it is the first Russian film made completely in 3D and the first Russian film to be released in the IMAX format.
Ilya Tilkin and Sergey Snezhkin wrote the screenplay from the novel Life And Fate by Vasiliy Grossman. Thomas Kretschmann, Petr Fedorov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Mariya Smolnikova and Yanina Studilina star.
Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, Dmitriy Rudovskiy and Anton Zlatopolskiy produced. The executive producer is Nataliya Gorina.
- 1/9/2014
- ScreenDaily
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