Isabelle Huppert Drama, Peter Sarsgaard Spanish Flu Satire, Celine Sciamma Short Set for Venice Days
The Giornate Degli Autori — the independently run event that takes place alongside the Venice Film Festival and is often referred to simply as Venice Days — has unveiled the lineup for its 2023 edition (also it’s 20th).
Among the 10 titles world premiering in competition is Elise Girard’s drama Sidonie in Japan, starring Isabelle Huppert as a French writer mourning her husband’s death while on a book tour. Out of competition, Coup! — a satire set during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic and starring Peter Sarsgaard and Billy Magnussen — will bow, while special events include the world premiere of This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet, a short from Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma (who was previously president of the Venice Days jury). There will also be a special daylong event in honor of late Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée, including a screening of his 2005 drama C.R.A.Z.Y.
Venice...
Among the 10 titles world premiering in competition is Elise Girard’s drama Sidonie in Japan, starring Isabelle Huppert as a French writer mourning her husband’s death while on a book tour. Out of competition, Coup! — a satire set during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic and starring Peter Sarsgaard and Billy Magnussen — will bow, while special events include the world premiere of This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet, a short from Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma (who was previously president of the Venice Days jury). There will also be a special daylong event in honor of late Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée, including a screening of his 2005 drama C.R.A.Z.Y.
Venice...
- 7/27/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA) has unveiled the selection for its 20th edition running from August 30 to September 9, featuring a surprise short by Céline Sciamma, a new feature by Teona Strugar Mitevska as well as a tribute to late Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée.
The line-up spans 10 films in competition, seven special events, eight titles in Venetian Nights as well as a special day-long event devoted Vallée and the cinema of Québec, featuring a screening of his 2005 coming of age drama C.R.A.Z.Y.
Highlights of the competition include Canadian filmmaker Ariane Louis-Seize’s quirky vampire tale Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person; Atlas Mountains-set ensemble theatre group road movie Backstage by directorial debut Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane; Through The Night, in which Belgian director Delphine Girard expands her Oscar-nominated short A Sister, and Sidonie In Paris, starring Isabelle Huppert as a writer mourning the...
The line-up spans 10 films in competition, seven special events, eight titles in Venetian Nights as well as a special day-long event devoted Vallée and the cinema of Québec, featuring a screening of his 2005 coming of age drama C.R.A.Z.Y.
Highlights of the competition include Canadian filmmaker Ariane Louis-Seize’s quirky vampire tale Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person; Atlas Mountains-set ensemble theatre group road movie Backstage by directorial debut Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane; Through The Night, in which Belgian director Delphine Girard expands her Oscar-nominated short A Sister, and Sidonie In Paris, starring Isabelle Huppert as a writer mourning the...
- 7/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Seven titles to play as part of Tfl Film Parade on Festival Scope platform.
TorinoFilmLab is to mark its 15th edition by showcasing a selection of titles that have successfully been developed at the training, networking and development event.
The Tfl Film Parade will share a selection of seven titles chosen among over 150 films developed within the Tfl’s development programmes.
The films – which all went on to premiere at A-list festivals - will be released online and accessible for free to anyone who registers on Tfl’s long-term partner-platform Festival Scope, in the original language with English subtitles.
Each...
TorinoFilmLab is to mark its 15th edition by showcasing a selection of titles that have successfully been developed at the training, networking and development event.
The Tfl Film Parade will share a selection of seven titles chosen among over 150 films developed within the Tfl’s development programmes.
The films – which all went on to premiere at A-list festivals - will be released online and accessible for free to anyone who registers on Tfl’s long-term partner-platform Festival Scope, in the original language with English subtitles.
Each...
- 10/17/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Seven titles to play as part of Tfl Film Parade on Festival Scope platform.
TorinoFilmLab is to mark its 15th edition by showcasing a selection of titles that have successfully been developed at the training, networking and development event.
The Tfl Film Parade will share a selection of seven titles chosen among over 150 films developed within the Tfl’s development programmes.
The films – which all went on to premiere at A-list festivals - will be released online and accessible for free to anyone who registers on Tfl’s long-term partner-platform Festival Scope, in the original language with English subtitles.
Each...
TorinoFilmLab is to mark its 15th edition by showcasing a selection of titles that have successfully been developed at the training, networking and development event.
The Tfl Film Parade will share a selection of seven titles chosen among over 150 films developed within the Tfl’s development programmes.
The films – which all went on to premiere at A-list festivals - will be released online and accessible for free to anyone who registers on Tfl’s long-term partner-platform Festival Scope, in the original language with English subtitles.
Each...
- 10/17/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Ukrainian director Alina Gorlova has triumphed in the international competition of the 61st Florence documentary festival, while Duccio Chiarini’s L’occhio di vetro was named Best Italian Documentary. This Rain Will Never Stop from Ukrainian director Alina Gorlova and The Glass Eye from Italian filmmaker Duccio Chiarini are the winners of the 61st edition of the Festival dei Popoli, the Florence documentary film festival which this year, because of the Covid pandemic, took place entirely online (from 15 to 22 November - read the news) and for the first time under the artistic director of Alessandro Stellino (read our interview). Alina Gorlova's film, which tells the story of the young Kurd Andriy travelling between his native Syria and Ukraine, two countries equally marked by bloody wars that split families, was named Best Feature Film in the International Competition, winning a prize of €8,000. The jury composed of Joëlle Bertossa (Switzerland), Maria...
- 11/23/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
From 15 to 22 November, the Florence International Documentary Film Festival offers 48 film in streaming, among them the world premiere of Duccio Chiarini’s L'occhio di vetro. Edoardo Zucchetti’s documentary Patti in Florence, which explores the special relationship between the great rock artist Patti Smith and the city of Florence that began with her legendary 1979 show in front of 60,000 spectators, will have its world premiere on Sunday 15 November opening the 61st edition of the Festival dei Popoli, International Documentary Film Festival. The event is taking place online until 22 November on Più Compagnia, a virtual screening room in partnership with MYmovies (with all films available for streaming for seven days). “Once more,” said Claudia Maci, organizational director, and Alessandro Stellino, artistic director, “festivals were left without a home and found one in that of each spectator. The 61st edition of the Festival dei Popoli enters everyone's homes...
Films presented last year include Golden Bear wiunner Touch Me Not and Critics’ Week winner Diamantino.
This year’s Torino Film Lab (Tfl) will once again showcase 10 films developed within its programmes at the upcoming Meeting Event (23-24 November).
The projects, to be presented at the Coming Soon night, are all works in progress in their final stages of completion, half of which are still looking for a sales agent.
2018 has been an important year for many of the films previewed at last year’s Coming Soon event. Adina Pintilie Touch Me Not went on to win the Golden Bear at the Berlinale,...
This year’s Torino Film Lab (Tfl) will once again showcase 10 films developed within its programmes at the upcoming Meeting Event (23-24 November).
The projects, to be presented at the Coming Soon night, are all works in progress in their final stages of completion, half of which are still looking for a sales agent.
2018 has been an important year for many of the films previewed at last year’s Coming Soon event. Adina Pintilie Touch Me Not went on to win the Golden Bear at the Berlinale,...
- 10/25/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
A 40-ish Italian wannabe writer and substitute teacher becomes a couch nomad after his girlfriend dumps him in the generically named but very enjoyable The Guest (L’ospite). This second outing from writer-director Duccio Chiarini, after his Venice and Berlin-selected debut, 2014's Short Skin, slowly morphs from a comedy into an affecting melodrama that charts the difficulties of a generation less interested in commitment, whether it be in relationships, jobs or, more generally, in life. Though Chiarini and his three fellow screenwriters finally opt for a movie ending instead of one that would feel more life like and true for these ...
- 8/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A 40-ish Italian wannabe writer and substitute teacher becomes a couch nomad after his girlfriend dumps him in the generically named but very enjoyable The Guest (L’ospite). This second outing from writer-director Duccio Chiarini, after his Venice and Berlin-selected debut, 2014's Short Skin, slowly morphs from a comedy into an affecting melodrama that charts the difficulties of a generation less interested in commitment, whether it be in relationships, jobs or, more generally, in life. Though Chiarini and his three fellow screenwriters finally opt for a movie ending instead of one that would feel more life like and true for these ...
- 8/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London-schooled Italian director Duccio Chiarini is in Locarno with his second feature “The Guest,” an end-of-relationship drama-comedy which was launched as a project at Locarno’s Alliance for Development initiative, after which the script was developed at Cannes’ Cinefondation La Résidence. It’s an end-of-relationship drama triggered by a pregnancy scare. The couple’s breakup prompts the protagonist Guido, who is pushing 40, to wind up sleeping on friends and parents’ couches in homes where he witnesses the fragility of other relationships. “The Guest” will screen Thursday on the Piazza Grande, a clear indication that it’s considered a potential crowdpleaser. Chiarini spoke to Variety about making the transition from his micro-budget debut “Short Skin” to larger scale, albeit ultra-indie, production and why he thinks that, though it stems from typically Italian woes, “The Guest” can speak to global audiences.
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- 8/8/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Urban Distribution International has just dropped an international trailer for “The Guest,” the second feature of Italian director Duccio Chiarini (“Short Skin”) which the Locarno Festival confirmed as one of its Piazza Grande titles, a space usually reserved for what it conceives as its biggest crowd-pleasers.
Udi’S French theatrical arm, Urban Distribution, will release “The Guest” in France; Swiss distribution will be handled by First Hand Films.
“The Guest,” from a trailer made available in exclusivity to Variety, would seem to fit the bill. An end-of-relationship drama -comedy developed at Cannes’ Cinefondation La Résidence, which picks up on up-and-coming stronger voiced auteurs from around the world, “The Guest” turns on near-40 Guido, played dopey-ishly by Daniele Parisi (“Orecchie”), an academic for ever preparing a book on Italo Calvino.
A pregnancy scare, caught in the trailer, is for Guido maybe a sign that he and longtime g.f. Chiara should have a family; for Chiara,...
Udi’S French theatrical arm, Urban Distribution, will release “The Guest” in France; Swiss distribution will be handled by First Hand Films.
“The Guest,” from a trailer made available in exclusivity to Variety, would seem to fit the bill. An end-of-relationship drama -comedy developed at Cannes’ Cinefondation La Résidence, which picks up on up-and-coming stronger voiced auteurs from around the world, “The Guest” turns on near-40 Guido, played dopey-ishly by Daniele Parisi (“Orecchie”), an academic for ever preparing a book on Italo Calvino.
A pregnancy scare, caught in the trailer, is for Guido maybe a sign that he and longtime g.f. Chiara should have a family; for Chiara,...
- 7/11/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Before Telluride, before Venice, before TIFF, there is the last great festival of the summer season: Locarno Festival, a singular Swiss event that typically features a strong mix of fest favorites from Sundance and Cannes, along with their own batch of returning favorites.
This year’s lineup is no exception, including films from Spike Lee, Ethan Hawke, Kent Jones, Aneesh Chaganty, Cristina Gallego, and Ciro Guerra that have premiered elsewhere, along with new films from Hong Sangsoo, Vianney Lebasque, and Yolande Zauberman. Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming sequel “The Equalizer 2″ will also screen, along with the second season of Bruno Dumont’s series “Coincoin and the Extra Humans.”
This morning’s lineup announcement includes the Piazza Grande section and the International Competition.
Check out the full lineup for this year’s Locarno Festival below.
Piazza Grande
“The Guest,” Duccio Chiarini, Italy Switzerland, France
“Coincoin and the Extra-Humans,” Bruno Dumont, France
“Liberty,...
This year’s lineup is no exception, including films from Spike Lee, Ethan Hawke, Kent Jones, Aneesh Chaganty, Cristina Gallego, and Ciro Guerra that have premiered elsewhere, along with new films from Hong Sangsoo, Vianney Lebasque, and Yolande Zauberman. Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming sequel “The Equalizer 2″ will also screen, along with the second season of Bruno Dumont’s series “Coincoin and the Extra Humans.”
This morning’s lineup announcement includes the Piazza Grande section and the International Competition.
Check out the full lineup for this year’s Locarno Festival below.
Piazza Grande
“The Guest,” Duccio Chiarini, Italy Switzerland, France
“Coincoin and the Extra-Humans,” Bruno Dumont, France
“Liberty,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Bruno Dumont's CoinCoin et les Z'inhumainsThe lineup for the 2018 festival has been revealed, including new films by Hong Sang-soo, Radu Muntean, Mariano Llinás and others, alongside retrospectives and tributes, and much more.
Piazza GRANDEBlacKkKlansmanBlazeCoincoin et les Z'inhumainsI Feel GoodLe vent tourneLes Beaux EspritsLibertyL'ordre des medecinsL'ospiteManila in the Claws of LightBirds of PassageRuben Brandt, Collector (Milorad Krstic, Hungary)Se7enSearchingThe Equalizer 2Un nemico che ti vuole bene (Denis Rabaglia, Italy/Switzerland)What Doesn't Kill Us
Concorso INTERNAZIONALEGlaubenbergA Family TourDianeLa FlorYaraMenocchioToo Late To Die YoungRay & LizHotel By the RiverA Land ImaginedMSibelGenèseWintermärchenAlice T.
Concorso Cineasti Del PRESENTEAll GoodThose Who WorkChaosClosing TimeImmersed FamilyFaust The Dive Suburban BirdsYoung and AliveLikemebackDead Horse NebulaWe Are ThankfulSophia AntipolisHierLong Way HomeTrot
Signs Of Lifea Room with a Coconut ViewCommunion Los AngelesHow Fernando Pessoa Saved PortugalDulcineaGulyabaniThe Fragile HouseMan in the WellJulio Iglesias's HouseThe Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas ChauvinSedução da CarneAnything And AllThe Grand BizarreErased,...
Piazza GRANDEBlacKkKlansmanBlazeCoincoin et les Z'inhumainsI Feel GoodLe vent tourneLes Beaux EspritsLibertyL'ordre des medecinsL'ospiteManila in the Claws of LightBirds of PassageRuben Brandt, Collector (Milorad Krstic, Hungary)Se7enSearchingThe Equalizer 2Un nemico che ti vuole bene (Denis Rabaglia, Italy/Switzerland)What Doesn't Kill Us
Concorso INTERNAZIONALEGlaubenbergA Family TourDianeLa FlorYaraMenocchioToo Late To Die YoungRay & LizHotel By the RiverA Land ImaginedMSibelGenèseWintermärchenAlice T.
Concorso Cineasti Del PRESENTEAll GoodThose Who WorkChaosClosing TimeImmersed FamilyFaust The Dive Suburban BirdsYoung and AliveLikemebackDead Horse NebulaWe Are ThankfulSophia AntipolisHierLong Way HomeTrot
Signs Of Lifea Room with a Coconut ViewCommunion Los AngelesHow Fernando Pessoa Saved PortugalDulcineaGulyabaniThe Fragile HouseMan in the WellJulio Iglesias's HouseThe Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas ChauvinSedução da CarneAnything And AllThe Grand BizarreErased,...
- 7/11/2018
- MUBI
The lineup for this year’s Locarno International Film Festival, which celebrates its 71st edition, has arrived. Among the most-anticipated titles in the lineup there’s a new feature from Hong Sang-soo titled Hotel by the River and the latest film from Tuesday, After Christmas director Radu Muntean, Alice T. Also in the slate is Man in the Well, a short film from Hu Bo, made before his first and final feature An Elephant Sitting Still. Ahead of our coverage, check out the full lineup below (via Mubi), also featuring previously premiered films from Spike Lee, Kent Jones, Ethan Hawke, Ciro Guerra & Cristtina Gallego, Aneesh Chaganty, and more.
Piazza Grande
BlackKkansman
Blaze
Coincoin et les Z’inhumains
I Feel Good
Le vent tourne
Les Beaux Esprits
Liberty
L’ordre des medecins
L’ospite
Manila in the Claws of Light
Birds of Passage
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Se7en
Searching
The Equalizer 2...
Piazza Grande
BlackKkansman
Blaze
Coincoin et les Z’inhumains
I Feel Good
Le vent tourne
Les Beaux Esprits
Liberty
L’ordre des medecins
L’ospite
Manila in the Claws of Light
Birds of Passage
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Se7en
Searching
The Equalizer 2...
- 7/11/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
New films from Hong Sangsoo, Abbas Fahdel, Radu Muntean in competition.
The line-up for Carlo Chatrian’s last outing as the artistic director of the Locarno Festival (Aug 1-11) in Switzerland includes the world premieres of Swiss filmmaker Bettina Oberli’s Le Vent Tourne and German director Sandra Nettelbeck’s tragicomedy Was Uns Nicht Umbringt.
Both will screen as part of the non-competitive Piazza Grande open-air programme.
Scroll down for full line-up
Further Piazza Grande films include Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, actor-director Ethan Hawke’s Blaze, Aneesh Chaganty’s debut feature Searching, and the late Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka’s...
The line-up for Carlo Chatrian’s last outing as the artistic director of the Locarno Festival (Aug 1-11) in Switzerland includes the world premieres of Swiss filmmaker Bettina Oberli’s Le Vent Tourne and German director Sandra Nettelbeck’s tragicomedy Was Uns Nicht Umbringt.
Both will screen as part of the non-competitive Piazza Grande open-air programme.
Scroll down for full line-up
Further Piazza Grande films include Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, actor-director Ethan Hawke’s Blaze, Aneesh Chaganty’s debut feature Searching, and the late Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka’s...
- 7/11/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The Locarno Film Festival has unveiled the official lineup for its 71st edition, including 13 world premieres in the main competition, which is characterized by films with women at their center.
Artistic director Carlo Chatrian – who moves to the Berlin Film Festival next year – noted that, although only three of the 15 titles competing for the Golden Leopard are directed by women, “a large number of the films are portraits of women.”
That applies to U.S. first-time director Kent Jones’ drama “Diane,” which stars Mary Kay Place and made a splash at Tribeca; Romanian auteur Radu Muntean’s teenage pregnancy drama “Alice T”; Turkey’s “Sibel,” by Cagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, whose protagonist is a young, rebellious mute woman; and Iraqi director Abbas Fahdel’s “Yara,” about a young woman who lives with her grandmother in an idyllic Lebanese village “where politics and the female condition in the Arab world come crashing in.
Artistic director Carlo Chatrian – who moves to the Berlin Film Festival next year – noted that, although only three of the 15 titles competing for the Golden Leopard are directed by women, “a large number of the films are portraits of women.”
That applies to U.S. first-time director Kent Jones’ drama “Diane,” which stars Mary Kay Place and made a splash at Tribeca; Romanian auteur Radu Muntean’s teenage pregnancy drama “Alice T”; Turkey’s “Sibel,” by Cagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, whose protagonist is a young, rebellious mute woman; and Iraqi director Abbas Fahdel’s “Yara,” about a young woman who lives with her grandmother in an idyllic Lebanese village “where politics and the female condition in the Arab world come crashing in.
- 7/11/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Feature, documentary, Vr, TV projects set for Venice industry strand.
Venice Film Festival industry strand Venice Production Bridge has confirmed the 47 projects that will take part in this year’s edition of the Gap-Financing Market (September 1-3).
Now in its fourth year, the market will welcome 25 feature film and documentary projects, 15 virtual reality, interactive, web and TV projects, as well as seven Vr projects from previous editions of the talent development lab Biennale College, which are in various stages of development and production.
The teams behind each project will take part in one-ot-one meetings with producers, financiers, distributors, sales agents and further industry attending the Production Bridge.
Full list of projects:
Fiction features (Europe)
All The Pretty Little Horses dir. Michalis Konstantatos (Greece, Germany, Netherlands), Horsefly Productions
Bodyguard Of Lies dir. Charles Matthau (Spain, United States), Babieka Films
Brighton 4 dir. Levan Koguashvili (Georgia, Bulgaria, Greece), Kino Iberica
Cook, Fuck, Kill dir. Mira Fornay (Czech...
Venice Film Festival industry strand Venice Production Bridge has confirmed the 47 projects that will take part in this year’s edition of the Gap-Financing Market (September 1-3).
Now in its fourth year, the market will welcome 25 feature film and documentary projects, 15 virtual reality, interactive, web and TV projects, as well as seven Vr projects from previous editions of the talent development lab Biennale College, which are in various stages of development and production.
The teams behind each project will take part in one-ot-one meetings with producers, financiers, distributors, sales agents and further industry attending the Production Bridge.
Full list of projects:
Fiction features (Europe)
All The Pretty Little Horses dir. Michalis Konstantatos (Greece, Germany, Netherlands), Horsefly Productions
Bodyguard Of Lies dir. Charles Matthau (Spain, United States), Babieka Films
Brighton 4 dir. Levan Koguashvili (Georgia, Bulgaria, Greece), Kino Iberica
Cook, Fuck, Kill dir. Mira Fornay (Czech...
- 7/14/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Massoud Bakhshi’s Yalda wins two prizes at the event.
Production awards worth more than €470,000 were handed out at the 2016 TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event (Nov 23-25), held within the Torino Film Festival.
Three films were awarded Tfl co-production awards worth €50,000 each; Danielle Lessovitz’s Port Authority; Maya Da-Rin’s The Fever and Massoud Bakhshi’s Yalda.
Yalda also took home the audience award, voted for by attendees at event, worth €30,000.
Tehran-born Bakhshi’s feature debut, A Respectable Family, premiered at Cannes in 2012.
The international jury, which was chaired by the Venice Film Festival’s Artistic Director Alberto Barbera, also awarded production awards worth €40,000 each to three films; The Guest by Duccio Chiarini; The Orphanage by Shahrbanoo Sadat and The Staffroom by Sonja Tarokić.
New award
A new prize this year was the Lago development award, worth €5000, which went to Jan-Ole Gerster’s Imperium.
Apprentice by Boo Junfeng, Felicity by Alain Gomis, Jesús by [link...
Production awards worth more than €470,000 were handed out at the 2016 TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event (Nov 23-25), held within the Torino Film Festival.
Three films were awarded Tfl co-production awards worth €50,000 each; Danielle Lessovitz’s Port Authority; Maya Da-Rin’s The Fever and Massoud Bakhshi’s Yalda.
Yalda also took home the audience award, voted for by attendees at event, worth €30,000.
Tehran-born Bakhshi’s feature debut, A Respectable Family, premiered at Cannes in 2012.
The international jury, which was chaired by the Venice Film Festival’s Artistic Director Alberto Barbera, also awarded production awards worth €40,000 each to three films; The Guest by Duccio Chiarini; The Orphanage by Shahrbanoo Sadat and The Staffroom by Sonja Tarokić.
New award
A new prize this year was the Lago development award, worth €5000, which went to Jan-Ole Gerster’s Imperium.
Apprentice by Boo Junfeng, Felicity by Alain Gomis, Jesús by [link...
- 11/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
Mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory and film director Thanos Anastopoulos.Scroll down for the nine projects
The TorinoFilmlab has revealed the nine projects that will take part in the 2016 edition of FrameWork, the initiative’s flagship lab for first and second feature film projects.
Amongst the first and second-time filmmakers is Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, whose first feature A Respectable Family debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2012, and Israeli director Tom Shoval, whose 2013 drama Youth was named best Israeli feature at the 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival.
This year’s mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory, script consultants Franz Rodenkirchen, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten and Anita Voorham, film director Thanos Anastopoulos, cinematographer Marko Brdar, post-production expert Niko Remus, producer Didar Domehri, acting coach and casting director Tatiana Vialle, sound designer Peter Albrechtsen and film promotion consultant Joanna Solecka.
The first session will take place in Izola (Slovenia) from May 30 to...
The TorinoFilmlab has revealed the nine projects that will take part in the 2016 edition of FrameWork, the initiative’s flagship lab for first and second feature film projects.
Amongst the first and second-time filmmakers is Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, whose first feature A Respectable Family debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2012, and Israeli director Tom Shoval, whose 2013 drama Youth was named best Israeli feature at the 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival.
This year’s mentors include Israel Film Fund executive director Katriel Schory, script consultants Franz Rodenkirchen, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten and Anita Voorham, film director Thanos Anastopoulos, cinematographer Marko Brdar, post-production expert Niko Remus, producer Didar Domehri, acting coach and casting director Tatiana Vialle, sound designer Peter Albrechtsen and film promotion consultant Joanna Solecka.
The first session will take place in Izola (Slovenia) from May 30 to...
- 4/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Breaking Glass Pictures Acquires Italian Sex Comedy "Short Skin" Duccio Chiarini's debut narrative feature and coming-of-age sex comedy "Short Skin," which stars newcomer Matteo Creatini, has an exclusive clip that can only be described as "exposing." The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, follows 17-year-old Edoardo (Creatini) on his quest to lose his virginity. There's just one problem: Edoardo suffers from a disorder called phimosis, a painful condition that makes the act of sex nearly impossible. With the added antics of his wild family (including a sister obsessed with her dog's sexuality) and the potential loss of his dream girl crowding in on him, Edoardo finds himself awkwardly walking the line between youth and adulthood with often hilarious consequences. "Short Skin" is distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures and will be released at Cinema Village in NYC tomorrow, October 9. The...
- 10/8/2015
- by Aubrey Page
- Indiewire
Read More: The Best And Worst Of The 2014 Venice Film Festival Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to Duccio Chiarini's comedy, "Short Skin." The Italian film debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year, telling a coming-of-age story littered with uncomfortable sexual distinctions. The official synopsis reads: "Edoardo (newcomer Matteo Creatini) [is] a 17-year-old virgin. This summer, he and his best friend vow to lose their virginity. There's just one problem: Edoardo is suffering from a disorder called phimosis - a painful condition in which the foreskin is too tight to be pulled back. Edoardo is also secretly dealing with the antics of his crazy friends and family -- bickering parents with their own sexual issues, a sister obsessed with her dog's sexuality, his leering best friend Arturo, his pink haired alt neighbor Elisabetta and his dream girl Bianca, who has decided to move to Paris." Richard Ross,...
- 8/12/2015
- by Ethan Sapienza
- Indiewire
The Us rights deal on Duccio Chiarini’s Italian sex comedy leads into an October 9 premiere followed by a director Q&A at Cinema Village in New York.
Short Skin will then premiere on October 20 via digital platforms.
Newcomer Matteo Creatini stars as a 17-year-old who resolves to lose his virginity one summer despite a painful personal problem.
The film premiered in Venice in 2014. Breaking Glass brokered the deal with Films Boutique.
Short Skin will then premiere on October 20 via digital platforms.
Newcomer Matteo Creatini stars as a 17-year-old who resolves to lose his virginity one summer despite a painful personal problem.
The film premiered in Venice in 2014. Breaking Glass brokered the deal with Films Boutique.
- 8/12/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Coinciding with the announcement of the Orizzonti Comp selections, we’re pleased to announce that Ioncinema.com will once again be partnering in bringing the Lido to your doorstep. The 4th edition of Biennale’s Sala Web basically streams selected titles from both the Biennale College and Orizzonti sections. We’ll have an overview of the selected films next month. Here’s the press release:
Following three successful years incorporating an online screening experience to the regular programming of the Venice Film Festival, the Biennale has announced that its innovative Sala Web initiative will return this year for the 72nd edition of the Mostra, in collaboration with Festival Scope, the online platform for film professionals.
Sala Web will serve as a parallel online showcase for films officially selected at the Orizzonti Competition and Biennale College. These films will be available for streaming during a full 5 days, on the same day...
Following three successful years incorporating an online screening experience to the regular programming of the Venice Film Festival, the Biennale has announced that its innovative Sala Web initiative will return this year for the 72nd edition of the Mostra, in collaboration with Festival Scope, the online platform for film professionals.
Sala Web will serve as a parallel online showcase for films officially selected at the Orizzonti Competition and Biennale College. These films will be available for streaming during a full 5 days, on the same day...
- 7/29/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Sara Serraiocco's star shines in Lamberto Sanfelice's Chlorine and Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza's Salvo Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Attending the Open Roads: New Italian Cinema lunch at Barbetta were filmmakers Francesca Archibugi - An Italian Name (Il Nome Del figlio); Duccio Chiarini - Short Skin; Eleonora Danco - N-Capace / N-Able; Cristina Comencini - Latin Lover; Ivano de Matteo - The Dinner (I Nostri Ragazzi); Masbedo (Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni) - The Lack and actors Claudio Santamaria in Ermanno Olmi's Greenery Will Bloom Again (Torneranno I Prati); Adriano Giannini in Claudio Noce's The Ice Forest (La Foresta Di Ghiaccio) and Lamberto Sanfelice's Chlorine (Cloro) star, Sara Serraiocco.
Jenny with Flavia (Chiara Romano): "I spent a lot of time with the girls who do synchronized swimming."
The Italian cinema delegation in town was joined by Antonio Monda, the newly appointed Artistic Director of...
Attending the Open Roads: New Italian Cinema lunch at Barbetta were filmmakers Francesca Archibugi - An Italian Name (Il Nome Del figlio); Duccio Chiarini - Short Skin; Eleonora Danco - N-Capace / N-Able; Cristina Comencini - Latin Lover; Ivano de Matteo - The Dinner (I Nostri Ragazzi); Masbedo (Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni) - The Lack and actors Claudio Santamaria in Ermanno Olmi's Greenery Will Bloom Again (Torneranno I Prati); Adriano Giannini in Claudio Noce's The Ice Forest (La Foresta Di Ghiaccio) and Lamberto Sanfelice's Chlorine (Cloro) star, Sara Serraiocco.
Jenny with Flavia (Chiara Romano): "I spent a lot of time with the girls who do synchronized swimming."
The Italian cinema delegation in town was joined by Antonio Monda, the newly appointed Artistic Director of...
- 6/6/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Organisers at the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) announced the complete line-up of 450 films from 92 countries on Wednesday. The festival runs from May 14-June 7.
The Overnight starring Jason Schwartzman will close the event and as previously announced Spy (pictured) with Melissa McCartney will kick off proceedings. Kevin Bacon will receive career achievement in acting award.
“This year’s festival is bigger and more international than ever, with a record 92 countries represented,” said Siff artistic director Carl Spence. “Adding to our diverse international line-up is our new programme, Culinary Cinema, which features 11 fantastic new films.
“And I’m particularly excited to welcome Kevin Bacon as this year’s Tribute Guest – Siff will now be only one-degree of separation away!”
Galas and premieres include Max Landis’ directorial debut Me Him Her, Chris Evans in Before We Go, Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segal in the Centerpiece Gala End Of The Tour . Inside Out, Mr. Holmes and [link...
The Overnight starring Jason Schwartzman will close the event and as previously announced Spy (pictured) with Melissa McCartney will kick off proceedings. Kevin Bacon will receive career achievement in acting award.
“This year’s festival is bigger and more international than ever, with a record 92 countries represented,” said Siff artistic director Carl Spence. “Adding to our diverse international line-up is our new programme, Culinary Cinema, which features 11 fantastic new films.
“And I’m particularly excited to welcome Kevin Bacon as this year’s Tribute Guest – Siff will now be only one-degree of separation away!”
Galas and premieres include Max Landis’ directorial debut Me Him Her, Chris Evans in Before We Go, Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segal in the Centerpiece Gala End Of The Tour . Inside Out, Mr. Holmes and [link...
- 4/29/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Lesson by co-directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov was the big winner at this year’s Sofia International Film Festival in Bulgaria.
The duo’s feature debut became the second Bulgarian feature in Siff’s 19-year history to receive the international jury’s Grand Prix after Dragomir Sholev’s Shelter in 2011.
The Lesson also picked up the Audience Award, the Fipresci International Critics’ Prize and the award for the Best Bulgarian Feature Film.
Accepting the award, Valchanov pointed to the importance of the Sofia Meetings where The Lesson had originally been pitched and said that this event should be ¨an example¨ to the Bulgarian state to develop a long-term and sustainable film policy for the future.
The sentiment was echoed by international jury president Stephan Komanderev (The Judgement) when he presented the ¨Sofia City Of Film¨ Grand Prix to the young directors.
The Lesson, which is handled internationally by Wide Management, premiered last year...
The duo’s feature debut became the second Bulgarian feature in Siff’s 19-year history to receive the international jury’s Grand Prix after Dragomir Sholev’s Shelter in 2011.
The Lesson also picked up the Audience Award, the Fipresci International Critics’ Prize and the award for the Best Bulgarian Feature Film.
Accepting the award, Valchanov pointed to the importance of the Sofia Meetings where The Lesson had originally been pitched and said that this event should be ¨an example¨ to the Bulgarian state to develop a long-term and sustainable film policy for the future.
The sentiment was echoed by international jury president Stephan Komanderev (The Judgement) when he presented the ¨Sofia City Of Film¨ Grand Prix to the young directors.
The Lesson, which is handled internationally by Wide Management, premiered last year...
- 3/16/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Taking place April 4-19, the festival will feature over 200 films, including recent world premieres from Sundance and Berlin.
Istanbul Film Festival has unveiled the lineup to its upcoming edition, taking place from April 4-19.
This year will feature over 200 films from 62 countries, as well as free talks and workshops by film-makers and masterclasses. New sections at this year’s festival include a special focus on cinema of the Balkans and a focus on German animation.
The festival’s international competition includes the likes of Cédric Kahn’s Wild Life, Quentin Dupieux’s Reality, Francesco Munzi’s Black Souls and Thomas Vinterberg’s Far from the Madding Crowd, while the national competition will screen Ali Atay’s Lemonade, Selim Evci’s Secret and Mehmet Eryılmaz’s The Visitor, among others.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice, Jc Chandor’s A Most Violent Year, Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Matthew Warchus’ Pride are among this year’s Akbank Gala screenings...
Istanbul Film Festival has unveiled the lineup to its upcoming edition, taking place from April 4-19.
This year will feature over 200 films from 62 countries, as well as free talks and workshops by film-makers and masterclasses. New sections at this year’s festival include a special focus on cinema of the Balkans and a focus on German animation.
The festival’s international competition includes the likes of Cédric Kahn’s Wild Life, Quentin Dupieux’s Reality, Francesco Munzi’s Black Souls and Thomas Vinterberg’s Far from the Madding Crowd, while the national competition will screen Ali Atay’s Lemonade, Selim Evci’s Secret and Mehmet Eryılmaz’s The Visitor, among others.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice, Jc Chandor’s A Most Violent Year, Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and Matthew Warchus’ Pride are among this year’s Akbank Gala screenings...
- 3/13/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Title: Short Skin Director: Duccio Chiarini Starring: Matteo Creatini, Michele Crestacci, Bianca Nappi, Bianca Ceravolo, Nicola Nocchi, Francesca Agostini, Miriana Raschilla. ‘Short Skin,’ the first Italian movie in competition at the 65th Berlin Film Festival (Section Generation 14plus competitions), surely is an endearing “Foreskin’s Lament.” Edoardo (Matteo Creatini) lives in Pisa and has been suffering since childhood from phimosis. The wellbeing of his malformed penis is of great concern for the entire family, with both his parents (Michele Crestacci and Bianca Nappi) and even his little sister Olivia (Bianca Ceravolo) participating in inspections of Edoardo’s member. Now seventeen, Edoardo starts to feel the pressure: his best friend Arturo (Nicola Nocchi) [ Read More ]
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The post Short Skin Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 2/13/2015
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
The 65th Berlinale has begun to unveil its lineup for this coming February 5th to 15th in the German capital. Watch this page for updates as more announcements come in.
Competition
Cinderella (Kenneth Branagh)
Ixcanul (Jayro Bustamante)
As We Were Dreaming (Andreas Dresen)
Under Electric Clouds (Alexey German)
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway)
45 Years (Andrew Haigh)
Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
The Bunker (Nikias Chryssos)
Spiderwebhouse (Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt)
HomeSick (Jakob M. Erwa)
Wanja (Carolina Hellsgård)
Sibylle (Michael Krummenacher)
A Perfect Place (Anatol Schuster)
I Remember (Janna Ji Wonders)
Generation 14Plus
Short Skin (Duccio Chiarini, Italy)
Corbo (Mathieu Denis, Canada)
Nena (Saskia Diesing, Netherlands/Germany)
Flocken (Beata Gårdeler, Sweden)
The Beat Beneath My Feet (John Williams, Great Britain)
Generation Kplus
Paper Planes (Robert Connolly, Australia)
Snow Pirates (Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu, Turkey)
Mini and the Mozzies (Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist Møller, Denmark)
Rainbow (Nagesh Kukunoor, India)
My Skinny Sister...
Competition
Cinderella (Kenneth Branagh)
Ixcanul (Jayro Bustamante)
As We Were Dreaming (Andreas Dresen)
Under Electric Clouds (Alexey German)
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway)
45 Years (Andrew Haigh)
Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
The Bunker (Nikias Chryssos)
Spiderwebhouse (Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt)
HomeSick (Jakob M. Erwa)
Wanja (Carolina Hellsgård)
Sibylle (Michael Krummenacher)
A Perfect Place (Anatol Schuster)
I Remember (Janna Ji Wonders)
Generation 14Plus
Short Skin (Duccio Chiarini, Italy)
Corbo (Mathieu Denis, Canada)
Nena (Saskia Diesing, Netherlands/Germany)
Flocken (Beata Gårdeler, Sweden)
The Beat Beneath My Feet (John Williams, Great Britain)
Generation Kplus
Paper Planes (Robert Connolly, Australia)
Snow Pirates (Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu, Turkey)
Mini and the Mozzies (Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist Møller, Denmark)
Rainbow (Nagesh Kukunoor, India)
My Skinny Sister...
- 12/16/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival runs February 5-15. The first wave of titles included five feature-length films and two shorter ones spanning many distinct genres and styles. The Generation 2015 films "are set in hermetic environments where young people who are coming of age experience diverse situations that threaten their very existence," according to the festival. Generation 14Plus Duccio Chiarini’s Short Skin (Italy). Eduardo has all the normal longings and desires of an adolescent. And he does not lack opportunities to live them out. If it weren’t for that little medical problem. A coming-of-age drama about friendship, yearnings and a too-tight foreskin. International premiere. Mathieu Denis’s Corbo (Canada). Quebec in the 1960s: Young Jean is trying to figure out who he is. The stories of his father’s immigration and social climb don’t provide the answers. He then discovers his calling in the Flq, a radically left separatist organization.
- 12/12/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Berlinale's announced thirteen features lined up for the Generation programs aimed at younger viewers attending its 65th edition, running from February 5 through 15: Duccio Chiarini's Short Skin, Mathieu Denis's Corbo, Saskia Diesing's Nena, Beata Gårdeler's Flocken, John Williams's The Beat Beneath My Feet, Robert Connolly's Paper Planes, Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu's Kar Korsanları, Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist Møller's Cykelmyggen og Minibillen, Nagesh Kukunoor's Dhanak, Sanna Lenken's Min lilla syster, Mark Noonan's You’re Ugly Too, Brian Perkins's Golden Kingdom and Tallulah Schwab's Dorsvloer vol Confetti. » - David Hudson...
- 12/12/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
The Berlinale's announced thirteen features lined up for the Generation programs aimed at younger viewers attending its 65th edition, running from February 5 through 15: Duccio Chiarini's Short Skin, Mathieu Denis's Corbo, Saskia Diesing's Nena, Beata Gårdeler's Flocken, John Williams's The Beat Beneath My Feet, Robert Connolly's Paper Planes, Faruk Hacıhafızoğlu's Kar Korsanları, Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist Møller's Cykelmyggen og Minibillen, Nagesh Kukunoor's Dhanak, Sanna Lenken's Min lilla syster, Mark Noonan's You’re Ugly Too, Brian Perkins's Golden Kingdom and Tallulah Schwab's Dorsvloer vol Confetti. » - David Hudson...
- 12/12/2014
- Keyframe
Norwegian distributor scores hat-trick of titles.
Fidalgo has secured three titles at the Toronto International Film Festival for Norwegian distribution.
The films include Marie’s Story’s from Jean-Pierre Ameris, sold by Indie Film Sales. The film stars Isabelle Carré as a determined nun in late 19th century France who taught a deaf and blind child to communicate.
Fidalgo has also picked up Duccio Chiarini’s debut, Short Skin, from Films Boutique. Starring Matteo Creatini and Francesca Agostini, the bittersweet comedy follows a 17-year-old protagonist who suffers too tight a foreskin to have sex.
In addition, the distributor has picked up Francois Ozon’s The New Girlfriend. Based on a short story collection by crime writer Ruth Rendell, the drama stars Anaïs Demoustier, Romain Duris and Raphaël Personnaz.
The film follows a woman who falls into a deep depression after the death of her best friend but is given a new lease of life when she discovers...
Fidalgo has secured three titles at the Toronto International Film Festival for Norwegian distribution.
The films include Marie’s Story’s from Jean-Pierre Ameris, sold by Indie Film Sales. The film stars Isabelle Carré as a determined nun in late 19th century France who taught a deaf and blind child to communicate.
Fidalgo has also picked up Duccio Chiarini’s debut, Short Skin, from Films Boutique. Starring Matteo Creatini and Francesca Agostini, the bittersweet comedy follows a 17-year-old protagonist who suffers too tight a foreskin to have sex.
In addition, the distributor has picked up Francois Ozon’s The New Girlfriend. Based on a short story collection by crime writer Ruth Rendell, the drama stars Anaïs Demoustier, Romain Duris and Raphaël Personnaz.
The film follows a woman who falls into a deep depression after the death of her best friend but is given a new lease of life when she discovers...
- 9/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Multiple deals for Venice and Toronto titles.
Berlin-based Films Boutique has seen a run on recently-acquired duo Short Skin and Life In A Fishbowl [pictured].
Duccio Chiarini’s debut Short Skin, which premiered in Venice and had a popular market screening in Toronto, has sold to France (Epicenter), UK (Peccadillo Pictures), Italy (Good Films), Norway (Fidalgo Films) and Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pictures).
Deals are in advanced stages for France, Germany, Greece and Taiwan.
Starring Matteo Creatini and Francesca Agostini, the bittersweet comedy follows a 17-year-old protagonist who suffers too tight a foreskin to have sex.
Baldvin Zophoníasson’s Icelandic box office hit, Life In A Fishbowl, the multiple-narrative drama about three people whose lives intersect in surprising ways, has sold to Canada (Raven Banner), Denmark (41 Shadows) and Norway (Europa Films), while negotiations are underway for the Us, Germany, Switzerland and Japan.
The film plays in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema.
The outfit...
Berlin-based Films Boutique has seen a run on recently-acquired duo Short Skin and Life In A Fishbowl [pictured].
Duccio Chiarini’s debut Short Skin, which premiered in Venice and had a popular market screening in Toronto, has sold to France (Epicenter), UK (Peccadillo Pictures), Italy (Good Films), Norway (Fidalgo Films) and Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pictures).
Deals are in advanced stages for France, Germany, Greece and Taiwan.
Starring Matteo Creatini and Francesca Agostini, the bittersweet comedy follows a 17-year-old protagonist who suffers too tight a foreskin to have sex.
Baldvin Zophoníasson’s Icelandic box office hit, Life In A Fishbowl, the multiple-narrative drama about three people whose lives intersect in surprising ways, has sold to Canada (Raven Banner), Denmark (41 Shadows) and Norway (Europa Films), while negotiations are underway for the Us, Germany, Switzerland and Japan.
The film plays in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema.
The outfit...
- 9/8/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
While a Venetian touch (gondolas, art, architecture, margherita pizzas) certainly adds to the charm of the Venice Film Festival experience, for a third year straight, cinephiles can skip the packing their suitcases portion of a trip and bring the Lido into their own screening rooms. Venice Biennale’s Sala Web has reteamed with Festival Scope folks to offer an appetite whetting total of eleven features (8 Orizzonti section & 3 Biennale College – Cinema). Announced yesterday, digital tickets for the Sala Web screenings (4€ each) can be grabbed at www.boxoffice.festivalscope.com – but don’t throw your popcorn into the microwave just yet. The 2014 sampling of world cinema/72nd Venice Film Fest is only available during a period of 5 days beginning at 9 pm (Italian time) on the day of each film’s official presentation.
Among the headliner items we find Kandahar helmer Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President tells a story set in a fictional...
Among the headliner items we find Kandahar helmer Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President tells a story set in a fictional...
- 8/20/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Workshop backs three for production, including UK film Blood Cells, produced by Samm Haillay.
Venice’s Biennale college – the development and production workshop for micro-budget films - has selected three films for production, including a new project from UK producer Samm Haillay.
The three projects are in line to receive €150,000 each as part of the second Biennale college.
The projects are:
Blood Cells – Joseph Bull (director, UK), Luke Seomore (director, UK), and Samm Haillay (producer, UK). A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, an eruption from the past compels an exiled young man to embark on an odyssey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain. (Debut film)
H. – Rania Attieh (director, Lebanon), Daniel Garcia (director, USA), and Shruti Rya Ganguly (producer, India) and Pierce Varous (producer). A tale of two women, both named Helen, whose lives and relationships begin to unravel in the wake of a meteor explosion over their town of...
Venice’s Biennale college – the development and production workshop for micro-budget films - has selected three films for production, including a new project from UK producer Samm Haillay.
The three projects are in line to receive €150,000 each as part of the second Biennale college.
The projects are:
Blood Cells – Joseph Bull (director, UK), Luke Seomore (director, UK), and Samm Haillay (producer, UK). A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, an eruption from the past compels an exiled young man to embark on an odyssey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain. (Debut film)
H. – Rania Attieh (director, Lebanon), Daniel Garcia (director, USA), and Shruti Rya Ganguly (producer, India) and Pierce Varous (producer). A tale of two women, both named Helen, whose lives and relationships begin to unravel in the wake of a meteor explosion over their town of...
- 11/27/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Workshop backs three for production, including UK film Blood Cells, produced by Samm Haillay.
Venice’s Biennale college – the development and production workshop for micro-budget films - has selected three films for production, including a new project from UK producer Samm Haillay.
The three projects are in line to receive €150,000 each as part of the second Biennale college.
The projects are:
• Blood Cells – Joseph Bull (director, UK), Luke Seomore (director, UK), and Samm Haillay (producer, UK). A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, an eruption from the past compels an exiled young man to embark on an odyssey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain. (Debut film)
• H. – Rania Attieh (director, Lebanon), Daniel Garcia (director, USA), and Shruti Rya Ganguly (producer, India) and Pierce Varous (producer). A tale of two women, both named Helen, whose lives and relationships begin to unravel in the wake of a meteor explosion over their town of...
Venice’s Biennale college – the development and production workshop for micro-budget films - has selected three films for production, including a new project from UK producer Samm Haillay.
The three projects are in line to receive €150,000 each as part of the second Biennale college.
The projects are:
• Blood Cells – Joseph Bull (director, UK), Luke Seomore (director, UK), and Samm Haillay (producer, UK). A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, an eruption from the past compels an exiled young man to embark on an odyssey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain. (Debut film)
• H. – Rania Attieh (director, Lebanon), Daniel Garcia (director, USA), and Shruti Rya Ganguly (producer, India) and Pierce Varous (producer). A tale of two women, both named Helen, whose lives and relationships begin to unravel in the wake of a meteor explosion over their town of...
- 11/27/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A total of 12 projects have been selected for the second edition of Venice filmmaking scheme, the Biennale College - Cinema, a programme for training young filmmakers and producing micro-budget films.
The 12 teams, made up of directors and producers, come from Argentina, Belgium, UK, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Malaysia, Romania, Hungary and the Us.
They will introduce their projects at a special session held today (October 14) in Venice introduced by president Paolo Baratta and the director of the Venice International Film Festival Alberto Barbera.
Three teams will then be chosen to take part in two further workshops to be held in December 2013 and January 2014, before going into production on their microbudget films, each of which will receive a €150,000 contribution and will be screened at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014.
The sessions will be led by Michel Reilhac, Gino Ventriglia and Amy Dotson, with industry support from production and script consultants including Vincent Wang, Mike Ryan, [link...
The 12 teams, made up of directors and producers, come from Argentina, Belgium, UK, India, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Malaysia, Romania, Hungary and the Us.
They will introduce their projects at a special session held today (October 14) in Venice introduced by president Paolo Baratta and the director of the Venice International Film Festival Alberto Barbera.
Three teams will then be chosen to take part in two further workshops to be held in December 2013 and January 2014, before going into production on their microbudget films, each of which will receive a €150,000 contribution and will be screened at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014.
The sessions will be led by Michel Reilhac, Gino Ventriglia and Amy Dotson, with industry support from production and script consultants including Vincent Wang, Mike Ryan, [link...
- 10/14/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Now that we've got an entry collecting trailers for the films competing at this year's Venice Film Festival, here's another gathering trailers for films screening in the other sections as well as in the two autonomous programs, Venice Days and International Critics' Week. What we've got here, obviously, is a pretty mixed bag, but here we go:
Out Of Competition
Rolando Colla's Giochi d'estate:
Ugo Gregoretti, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli and Nino Russo's Scossa:
Tomás Lunák's Alois Nebel:
Kike Maillo's Eva:
Takashi Shimizu's Tormented:
Tony Ching Siu-tung's The Sorcerer and the White Snake:
Steven Soderbergh's Contagion:
Orizzonti
Yves Caumon's L'Oiseau (The Bird):
Clarissa Campolina and Helvecio Marins Jr's Swirl:
Amiel Courtin-Wilson's Hail:
Jonathan Demme's I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad and the Beautiful:
And here are a couple more clips.
Michael Glawogger...
Out Of Competition
Rolando Colla's Giochi d'estate:
Ugo Gregoretti, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli and Nino Russo's Scossa:
Tomás Lunák's Alois Nebel:
Kike Maillo's Eva:
Takashi Shimizu's Tormented:
Tony Ching Siu-tung's The Sorcerer and the White Snake:
Steven Soderbergh's Contagion:
Orizzonti
Yves Caumon's L'Oiseau (The Bird):
Clarissa Campolina and Helvecio Marins Jr's Swirl:
Amiel Courtin-Wilson's Hail:
Jonathan Demme's I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad and the Beautiful:
And here are a couple more clips.
Michael Glawogger...
- 8/23/2011
- MUBI
Dueling festival lineups! It seems that for every announcement for the Toronto International Film Festival lineup comes a competing (and often overlapping) one from Venice. Here we're collecting the finalized Venice lineups so far. (Above image: Philippe Garrel's A Burning Hot Summer.)
Competition
The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) (opening night) 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA) Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece) A Burning Hot Summer (Philippe Garrel, France) Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/Spain/Poland) Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France/Belgium/Germany) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, Canada) Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, USA) The Exchange (Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany) Faust (Alexander Sokurov, Russia) Himizu (Sion Sono, Japan) Killer Joe (William Friedkin, USA) Life without Principle (Johnnie To, Hk) Quando la notte (Cristina Comencini, Italy) Seediq Bale (Wei Desheng, Taiwan) Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, Italy) Texas Killing Fields (Ami Canaan Mann,...
Competition
The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) (opening night) 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA) Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece) A Burning Hot Summer (Philippe Garrel, France) Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/Spain/Poland) Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France/Belgium/Germany) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, Canada) Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, USA) The Exchange (Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany) Faust (Alexander Sokurov, Russia) Himizu (Sion Sono, Japan) Killer Joe (William Friedkin, USA) Life without Principle (Johnnie To, Hk) Quando la notte (Cristina Comencini, Italy) Seediq Bale (Wei Desheng, Taiwan) Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, Italy) Texas Killing Fields (Ami Canaan Mann,...
- 8/9/2011
- MUBI
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