Exclusive: Thunderbird picks up project; sets spring 2018 release.
Mobiles Homes, which played in the Directors’ Fortnight strand at the Cannes Film Festival, has been picked up for UK distribution by Thunderbird Releasing.
The debut feature from Vladimir de Fontenay, it stars Imogen Poots, Callum Turner and newcomer Frank Oulton and follows a young mother as she drifts from one motel to the next with her intoxicating boyfriend and her 8- year-old son.
The deal was negotiated by Edward Fletcher, managing director of Thunderbird Releasing, and Charlotte Mickie, former president of Mongrel International.
Mobile Homes is slated for a UK release in early spring, 2018.
Fletcher said the film was a “fantastic debut; one of those Cannes moments where initial expectations were blown away by the gripping story- and a totally absorbing and heartfelt performance by Imogen Poots.”
This year Thunderbird have already picked up another Cannes title; Michel Hazanavicius’s Redoubtable, which premiered...
Mobiles Homes, which played in the Directors’ Fortnight strand at the Cannes Film Festival, has been picked up for UK distribution by Thunderbird Releasing.
The debut feature from Vladimir de Fontenay, it stars Imogen Poots, Callum Turner and newcomer Frank Oulton and follows a young mother as she drifts from one motel to the next with her intoxicating boyfriend and her 8- year-old son.
The deal was negotiated by Edward Fletcher, managing director of Thunderbird Releasing, and Charlotte Mickie, former president of Mongrel International.
Mobile Homes is slated for a UK release in early spring, 2018.
Fletcher said the film was a “fantastic debut; one of those Cannes moments where initial expectations were blown away by the gripping story- and a totally absorbing and heartfelt performance by Imogen Poots.”
This year Thunderbird have already picked up another Cannes title; Michel Hazanavicius’s Redoubtable, which premiered...
- 6/16/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Co-founder of UK distributor, Thunderbird Releasing, departs after 15 years.
Eve Gabereau is exiting Thunderbird Releasing, the company she founded as Soda Pictures in 2002.
During her 15 years at the UK distribution outfit she amassed a library of more than 350 films, including Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson and Maren Ade’s Oscar and BAFTA nominee Toni Erdmann.
In 2014, Soda was acquired by Canadian production company Thunderbird Entertainment, and the UK distribution arm re-branded as Thunderbird Releasing in April.
She retains a stake in the Thunderbird Entertainment group.
Gabereau’s co-managing director Edward Fletcher will remain as MD of Thunderbird Releasing.
Future plans
Speaking to Screen in Cannes, where she is attending with Directors’ Fortnight pick I Am Not A Witch, on which she is an executive producer, Gabereau said she had several projects on her radar and would also be taking some time out.
Those include her programmer and consultancy role at the Prince Edward Island Film, Food & Ideas...
Eve Gabereau is exiting Thunderbird Releasing, the company she founded as Soda Pictures in 2002.
During her 15 years at the UK distribution outfit she amassed a library of more than 350 films, including Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson and Maren Ade’s Oscar and BAFTA nominee Toni Erdmann.
In 2014, Soda was acquired by Canadian production company Thunderbird Entertainment, and the UK distribution arm re-branded as Thunderbird Releasing in April.
She retains a stake in the Thunderbird Entertainment group.
Gabereau’s co-managing director Edward Fletcher will remain as MD of Thunderbird Releasing.
Future plans
Speaking to Screen in Cannes, where she is attending with Directors’ Fortnight pick I Am Not A Witch, on which she is an executive producer, Gabereau said she had several projects on her radar and would also be taking some time out.
Those include her programmer and consultancy role at the Prince Edward Island Film, Food & Ideas...
- 5/23/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK distributor re-named after parent company.
UK distributor Soda Pictures has rebranded and reorganised as Thunderbird Releasing.
Soda was acquired by Canadian production company Thunderbird Entertainment Inc. in 2014 and the name change sees the Thunderbird brand extend into the theatrical distribution business and the UK marketplace.
Upcoming Soda/Thunderbird projects include Oscar-nominated films A Man Called Ove, Land Of Mine and My Life As A Courgette.
In February, the company picked up Cate Blanchett multi-character drama Manifesto for the UK and Ireland.
Thunderbird Entertainment are a film and television production company based in Vancouver and are executive producers of the upcoming Blade Runner 2049 starring Ryan Gosling.
Soda was set up in 2002 by Eve Gabereau and Edward Fletcher and specialises in arthouse, independent and world cinema.
UK distributor Soda Pictures has rebranded and reorganised as Thunderbird Releasing.
Soda was acquired by Canadian production company Thunderbird Entertainment Inc. in 2014 and the name change sees the Thunderbird brand extend into the theatrical distribution business and the UK marketplace.
Upcoming Soda/Thunderbird projects include Oscar-nominated films A Man Called Ove, Land Of Mine and My Life As A Courgette.
In February, the company picked up Cate Blanchett multi-character drama Manifesto for the UK and Ireland.
Thunderbird Entertainment are a film and television production company based in Vancouver and are executive producers of the upcoming Blade Runner 2049 starring Ryan Gosling.
Soda was set up in 2002 by Eve Gabereau and Edward Fletcher and specialises in arthouse, independent and world cinema.
- 4/12/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Distributor adds feature animation to Lff slate that also includes Toni Erdmann and Paterson.
UK distributor Soda Pictures has acquired Claude Barras’s debut feature animation My Life As A Courgette ahead of the film’s berth at the BFI London Film Festival (Lff)
The film, which premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight programme, is Switzerland’s submission to this year’s Oscar race.
The acquisition rounds out a strong looking line-up for Soda at this year’s Lff, with the company’s slate also featuring Cannes favourites Toni Erdmann and Paterson, as well as Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion, documentary David Lynch: The Art Life, Marco Bellocchio’s Berenice Bejo-starring drama Sweet Dreams and French fantasy animation Phantom Boy.
The stop-motion feature tells the story of nine-year-old Icare, nicknamed Courgette, who has to find his way in an orphanage after his mother’s death, eventually being taken in by a policeman.
It is based...
UK distributor Soda Pictures has acquired Claude Barras’s debut feature animation My Life As A Courgette ahead of the film’s berth at the BFI London Film Festival (Lff)
The film, which premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight programme, is Switzerland’s submission to this year’s Oscar race.
The acquisition rounds out a strong looking line-up for Soda at this year’s Lff, with the company’s slate also featuring Cannes favourites Toni Erdmann and Paterson, as well as Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion, documentary David Lynch: The Art Life, Marco Bellocchio’s Berenice Bejo-starring drama Sweet Dreams and French fantasy animation Phantom Boy.
The stop-motion feature tells the story of nine-year-old Icare, nicknamed Courgette, who has to find his way in an orphanage after his mother’s death, eventually being taken in by a policeman.
It is based...
- 10/7/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
UK distributor Metrodome Group was placed in administration earlier this week.
Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader, which was set to be released in the UK this weekend by Metrodome, will now be handled by Soda Pictures. The switch is a result of Metrodome being placed in administration earlier this week.
Protagonist Pictures, which handles international sales on the period drama, stated “all parties have acted quickly to ensure that the film’s release will not be adversely affected”.
Soda will take over all responsibility for the film with immediate effect, and will work with exhibitors to ensure the film’s release is not impacted.
Edward Fletcher, managing director for Soda Pictures, said: “The circumstances surrounding Metrodome are deeply upsetting to all of us at Soda - as a fellow independent film distributor, we are acutely aware of the challenges faced in today’s marketplace, and we are completely committed to continuing their wonderful work.
“We...
Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader, which was set to be released in the UK this weekend by Metrodome, will now be handled by Soda Pictures. The switch is a result of Metrodome being placed in administration earlier this week.
Protagonist Pictures, which handles international sales on the period drama, stated “all parties have acted quickly to ensure that the film’s release will not be adversely affected”.
Soda will take over all responsibility for the film with immediate effect, and will work with exhibitors to ensure the film’s release is not impacted.
Edward Fletcher, managing director for Soda Pictures, said: “The circumstances surrounding Metrodome are deeply upsetting to all of us at Soda - as a fellow independent film distributor, we are acutely aware of the challenges faced in today’s marketplace, and we are completely committed to continuing their wonderful work.
“We...
- 8/19/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Gavin Rose, Dave Woodward and Nicola Woodburn joined UK-based distributor.
UK distributor Soda Pictures has made three new appointments.
Gavin Rose joins as head of finance; Dave Woodward as theatrical sales manager; and Nicola Woodburn as marketing manager.
Rose has previously held finance roles at production-distribution outfit Entertainment One, distribution company Momentum Pictures and broadcaster ITV.
Woodward joins from Picturehouse Entertainment where he recently oversaw the rollout of BIFAs favourite The Lobster. He also previously held positions at Pathe and Icon Film Distribution, where he worked on titles including Slumdog Millionaire and The Passion Of The Christ.
Woodburn was a marketing manager at BSkyB where she worked on Sky Living and Atlantic. She previously held positions in distribution at studios Paramount Pictures and The Walt Disney Company.
Soda’s manging directors Edward Fletcher and Eve Gabereau said of the new hires: “We’re delighted to be welcoming Gavin, Dave and Nicola to the team, they are fantastic...
UK distributor Soda Pictures has made three new appointments.
Gavin Rose joins as head of finance; Dave Woodward as theatrical sales manager; and Nicola Woodburn as marketing manager.
Rose has previously held finance roles at production-distribution outfit Entertainment One, distribution company Momentum Pictures and broadcaster ITV.
Woodward joins from Picturehouse Entertainment where he recently oversaw the rollout of BIFAs favourite The Lobster. He also previously held positions at Pathe and Icon Film Distribution, where he worked on titles including Slumdog Millionaire and The Passion Of The Christ.
Woodburn was a marketing manager at BSkyB where she worked on Sky Living and Atlantic. She previously held positions in distribution at studios Paramount Pictures and The Walt Disney Company.
Soda’s manging directors Edward Fletcher and Eve Gabereau said of the new hires: “We’re delighted to be welcoming Gavin, Dave and Nicola to the team, they are fantastic...
- 12/4/2015
- ScreenDaily
Philip Ridley’s 1990 horror featured Viggo Mortensen in one of his first starring roles.
Soda Pictures has acquired UK & Irish home video rights to Philip Ridley’s 1990 cult classic The Reflecting Skin, featuring Viggo Mortensen in one of his first starring roles and Scottish actress Lindsay Duncan.
The UK/Canada co-production, which has never been released on DVD or Blu-Ray in the UK before, will be released by the Anglo-Canadian distributor in a special edition later this year.
This release will be the worldwide video premiere of a new, director-approved high-definition transfer. Exclusive bonus material is currently in production, including newly-filmed interviews with Ridley and Mortensen.
Further details, including release dates, will be announced in the lead-up to the restoration’s UK premiere at Film4 Frightfest in August, which was announced yesterday.
The Reflecting Skin played at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win 11 international awards.
Set in the Idaho farmlands of the 1950s, the film...
Soda Pictures has acquired UK & Irish home video rights to Philip Ridley’s 1990 cult classic The Reflecting Skin, featuring Viggo Mortensen in one of his first starring roles and Scottish actress Lindsay Duncan.
The UK/Canada co-production, which has never been released on DVD or Blu-Ray in the UK before, will be released by the Anglo-Canadian distributor in a special edition later this year.
This release will be the worldwide video premiere of a new, director-approved high-definition transfer. Exclusive bonus material is currently in production, including newly-filmed interviews with Ridley and Mortensen.
Further details, including release dates, will be announced in the lead-up to the restoration’s UK premiere at Film4 Frightfest in August, which was announced yesterday.
The Reflecting Skin played at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win 11 international awards.
Set in the Idaho farmlands of the 1950s, the film...
- 7/3/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: StudioCanal executive Nick McKay to start in April.
UK distributor Soda Pictures has appointed StudioCanal executive Nick McKay as head of distribution.
McKay will start at Soda in April and manage the core distribution team, working across acquisitions, partnerships and business development.
The London-based exec, an 12 year-StudioCanal [previously Optimum in the UK] veteran who is currently head of theatrical sales, was recently responsible for booking recent box office hits Paddington and The Imitation Game.
Recent acquisitions for Soda include Gemma Bovery, starring Gemma Arterton; Michael Winterbottom’s Face of an Angel; Christian Petzold’s Phoenix; and Lone Scherfig’s The Riot Club.
Last year, the company merged with Canadian film and TV outfit Thunderbird Films to grow their business in the UK and build a distribution division in North America.
Co-founders and managing directors of Soda, Eve Gabereau and Edward Fletcher said: “We are very excited about Nick joining Soda to work with us on taking the business to the...
UK distributor Soda Pictures has appointed StudioCanal executive Nick McKay as head of distribution.
McKay will start at Soda in April and manage the core distribution team, working across acquisitions, partnerships and business development.
The London-based exec, an 12 year-StudioCanal [previously Optimum in the UK] veteran who is currently head of theatrical sales, was recently responsible for booking recent box office hits Paddington and The Imitation Game.
Recent acquisitions for Soda include Gemma Bovery, starring Gemma Arterton; Michael Winterbottom’s Face of an Angel; Christian Petzold’s Phoenix; and Lone Scherfig’s The Riot Club.
Last year, the company merged with Canadian film and TV outfit Thunderbird Films to grow their business in the UK and build a distribution division in North America.
Co-founders and managing directors of Soda, Eve Gabereau and Edward Fletcher said: “We are very excited about Nick joining Soda to work with us on taking the business to the...
- 1/21/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
In a rare deal for a third-party format, Talpa Global will partner with Israel’s A Cappella to handle the worldwide distribution rights to game show The Big Picture. Created by TV host and mentalist Nimrod Harel and A Cappella, The Big Picture sees studio contestants given a shot at winning $1M by correctly answering 12 picture-based questions. If the studio player is unsure, they can enlist help from a connected viewer playing along in real time with the Big Picture app. At that moment, the connected player will have their image projected on the TV screen, play along via the technology and also have a shot at winning a substantial amount of the studio player’s total prize money. A budget of $1M went toward developing and producing an English-language Big Picture pilot, which A Cappella’s Einat Shamir and Tal Shaked shopped at Mip-tv in April.
Beta Film has...
Beta Film has...
- 9/25/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
British drama debuted at Venice Days.
Soda Pictures has acquired UK rights to The Goob, the debut feature from writer-director Guy Myhill.
The deal was negotiated between Soda Pictures’ MD Edward Fletcher and producers Mike Elliott and Lee Groombridge of Emu Films.
The cast includes Sean Harris (Prometheus), Sienna Guilleroy (Luther), Hannah Spearritt (Primeval) and newcomer Liam Walpole.
The coming-of-age story centres on 16-year-old Goob Taylor (Walpole) in Norfolk. He helps his mother run a transport cafe and harvests the surrounding pumpkin fields. But when she starts a relationship with a stock car driver (Harris), Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. But when exotic pumpkin picker Eva arrives, Goob dreams of a better life, fuelled by her flirtatious comments.
The Goob received its world premiere last month in Venice. It is up for the Golden Hitchcock at the 25th Dinard British Film Festival and will feature in the First Feature Competition at the BFI London Film Festival...
Soda Pictures has acquired UK rights to The Goob, the debut feature from writer-director Guy Myhill.
The deal was negotiated between Soda Pictures’ MD Edward Fletcher and producers Mike Elliott and Lee Groombridge of Emu Films.
The cast includes Sean Harris (Prometheus), Sienna Guilleroy (Luther), Hannah Spearritt (Primeval) and newcomer Liam Walpole.
The coming-of-age story centres on 16-year-old Goob Taylor (Walpole) in Norfolk. He helps his mother run a transport cafe and harvests the surrounding pumpkin fields. But when she starts a relationship with a stock car driver (Harris), Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. But when exotic pumpkin picker Eva arrives, Goob dreams of a better life, fuelled by her flirtatious comments.
The Goob received its world premiere last month in Venice. It is up for the Golden Hitchcock at the 25th Dinard British Film Festival and will feature in the First Feature Competition at the BFI London Film Festival...
- 9/24/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Soda brand continues to exist as the company expands to include Canadian distribution, starting with The Riot Club.
Canadian production company Thunderbird has acquired UK indie distributor Soda Pictures in a deal that will see Soda grow its UK operations and slate as well as launching as a distributor in Canada.
The companies launch the new venture with a Canadian deal for Lone Scherfig’s The Riot Club, which premieres tomorrow night in Toronto. The Riot Club deal was negotiated between HanWay’s Thorsten Schumacher and Soda’s Eve Gabereau.
Soda will continue to operate under its own brand, as part of the Thunderbird group of companies. Soda principals Eve Gabereau and Edward Fletcher, who founded the company in 2002, will continue to lead the outfit.
The alliance will see Soda concentrating on high-end British films for its Canadian slate. The UK slate will grow in “scale and scope” thanks to the new investment.
Tim Gamble, CEO of...
Canadian production company Thunderbird has acquired UK indie distributor Soda Pictures in a deal that will see Soda grow its UK operations and slate as well as launching as a distributor in Canada.
The companies launch the new venture with a Canadian deal for Lone Scherfig’s The Riot Club, which premieres tomorrow night in Toronto. The Riot Club deal was negotiated between HanWay’s Thorsten Schumacher and Soda’s Eve Gabereau.
Soda will continue to operate under its own brand, as part of the Thunderbird group of companies. Soda principals Eve Gabereau and Edward Fletcher, who founded the company in 2002, will continue to lead the outfit.
The alliance will see Soda concentrating on high-end British films for its Canadian slate. The UK slate will grow in “scale and scope” thanks to the new investment.
Tim Gamble, CEO of...
- 9/5/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
UK distributor Soda Pictures has teamed with the BFI, film education programme Into Film, UK children’s festivals and indie exhibitors to launch Children’s Cinema Club, an initiative to boost the number of independent children’s films on release in the UK.
Four films will be selected for distribution by a panel of 12 curators and programmers including Mike Tait from Discovery Film Festival in Dundee; Chris Shaw from Cinemagic in Belfast; Joan Parsons from Showcomotion in Sheffield; Gemma Woolley from Zoom Cymru in Wales; Ian Francis from Flatpack Film Festival in Birmingham; and Nicky Beaumont from Brighton’s Cine City, alongside Simon Ward from the Independent Cinema Office, Leah Byrne from Picturehouse Cinemas, Susie Evans from the Barbican, Kate Gerova from Birds Eye View Film Festival; Moira McVean from Into Film; and Soda MD Edward Fletcher.
The partners will collaborate on the acquisitions, press and marketing for the films.
Sally Hodgson of [link...
Four films will be selected for distribution by a panel of 12 curators and programmers including Mike Tait from Discovery Film Festival in Dundee; Chris Shaw from Cinemagic in Belfast; Joan Parsons from Showcomotion in Sheffield; Gemma Woolley from Zoom Cymru in Wales; Ian Francis from Flatpack Film Festival in Birmingham; and Nicky Beaumont from Brighton’s Cine City, alongside Simon Ward from the Independent Cinema Office, Leah Byrne from Picturehouse Cinemas, Susie Evans from the Barbican, Kate Gerova from Birds Eye View Film Festival; Moira McVean from Into Film; and Soda MD Edward Fletcher.
The partners will collaborate on the acquisitions, press and marketing for the films.
Sally Hodgson of [link...
- 8/8/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Panel to include representatives from Vue Entertainment, Picturehouse Cinemas and the BFI among others.
Film London has announced the members of its Film Hub London Advisory Panel, who will devise aims and objectives to to better serve the capital’s diverse population.
The exhibitors are to help guide the strategy for Film Hub London, a four-year project that is part of the nationwide BFI Film Audience Network (Fan).
The project is aimed at ensuring cinema activities are available to all Londoners, with a focus on widening participation in those areas currently underserved.
Traditional cinema exhibitors on the Advisory Panel include Stuart Boreman from multiplex chain Vue Entertainment, Clare Binns from Picturehouse Cinemas and Tyrone Walker-Hebborn from the independent cinema Genesis.
Wider cultural venues are represented with Lesley Jones from the Barbican Centre and Clare Stewart from BFI Southbank and the BFI London Film Festival.
Kate Gerova from Bird’s Eye View represents London’s range of film...
Film London has announced the members of its Film Hub London Advisory Panel, who will devise aims and objectives to to better serve the capital’s diverse population.
The exhibitors are to help guide the strategy for Film Hub London, a four-year project that is part of the nationwide BFI Film Audience Network (Fan).
The project is aimed at ensuring cinema activities are available to all Londoners, with a focus on widening participation in those areas currently underserved.
Traditional cinema exhibitors on the Advisory Panel include Stuart Boreman from multiplex chain Vue Entertainment, Clare Binns from Picturehouse Cinemas and Tyrone Walker-Hebborn from the independent cinema Genesis.
Wider cultural venues are represented with Lesley Jones from the Barbican Centre and Clare Stewart from BFI Southbank and the BFI London Film Festival.
Kate Gerova from Bird’s Eye View represents London’s range of film...
- 11/4/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK outfit nabs Raindance winner The Patrol directed by former soldier.
Soda Pictures has picked up UK rights to Raindance Film Festival winner The Patrol.
The Afghan war film marks the debut of former soldier Tom Petch, who served in Cambodia, Bosnia and with the special forces. The film has been received as the first British drama about the latest conflict in the country.
The film draws on the problems faced by an army patrol and is directly influenced by real accounts of British Army experiences in Afghanistan.
Release is scheduled for February 2014.
Soda Pictures managing director Edward Fletcher from Soda said: “As the Raindance award confirms, Tom’s remarkably authentic film provides an exceptional cinematic experience and Soda Pictures look forward to delivering that.”
Sales company Epic Pictures Group is representing the film internationally.
Soda Pictures has picked up UK rights to Raindance Film Festival winner The Patrol.
The Afghan war film marks the debut of former soldier Tom Petch, who served in Cambodia, Bosnia and with the special forces. The film has been received as the first British drama about the latest conflict in the country.
The film draws on the problems faced by an army patrol and is directly influenced by real accounts of British Army experiences in Afghanistan.
Release is scheduled for February 2014.
Soda Pictures managing director Edward Fletcher from Soda said: “As the Raindance award confirms, Tom’s remarkably authentic film provides an exceptional cinematic experience and Soda Pictures look forward to delivering that.”
Sales company Epic Pictures Group is representing the film internationally.
- 10/31/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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