Exclusive: Altered Innocence has picked up all North American rights to Iranian filmmaker Kaveh Daneshmand’s first feature film Endless Summer Syndrome which debuted last year at Tallinn Black Nights before playing Raindance, Goa Iff, and Fantaspoa.
The deal was completed this week in Cannes. Altered Innocence has said they plan to release the film theatrically in late 2024.
Endless Summer Syndrome is a black comedy about a family coming apart at the seams when the mother gets an anonymous call from her husband’s colleague about an alleged affair with one of their adopted children. Daneshman has described the film as “a provocative take on parental responsibility, who, when confronted by their own truths, take risks that lead to dangerous consequences.”
The film’s full synopsis reads: When Delphine gets an anonymous call from her husband’s colleague about an alleged affair with one of their adopted children, her ideal...
The deal was completed this week in Cannes. Altered Innocence has said they plan to release the film theatrically in late 2024.
Endless Summer Syndrome is a black comedy about a family coming apart at the seams when the mother gets an anonymous call from her husband’s colleague about an alleged affair with one of their adopted children. Daneshman has described the film as “a provocative take on parental responsibility, who, when confronted by their own truths, take risks that lead to dangerous consequences.”
The film’s full synopsis reads: When Delphine gets an anonymous call from her husband’s colleague about an alleged affair with one of their adopted children, her ideal...
- 5/21/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The 32nd edition of the UK’s Raindance Film Festival is to open with horror-thriller Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer, as the festival shifts away from autumn to a midsummer slot, running June 19-28.
This year, 90% of the international films screening in competition are debut features. The jury includes actors Alice Englert, Claes Bang, Jared Harris and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and producers Ivana MacKinnon and Paul Sng.
Cuckoo is a German-us co-production that has played at Berlin and SXSW. Schafer plays a 17- year-old who is forced to leave her American home to live with her father and his new family as...
This year, 90% of the international films screening in competition are debut features. The jury includes actors Alice Englert, Claes Bang, Jared Harris and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and producers Ivana MacKinnon and Paul Sng.
Cuckoo is a German-us co-production that has played at Berlin and SXSW. Schafer plays a 17- year-old who is forced to leave her American home to live with her father and his new family as...
- 5/20/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 32nd edition of the UK’s Raindance Film Festival is to open with Tilman Singer’s horror-thriller Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer, as the festival shifts away from autumn to a midsummer slot, running June 19-28.
This year, 90% of the international films screening in competition are debut features.
The jury includes actors Alice Englert, Claes Bang, Jared Harris and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and producers Ivana MacKinnon and Paul Sng.
Opening night film Cuckoo is a German-us co-production, that has played at Berlin and SXSW. Schafer plays a 17- year-old who is forced to leave her American home to live with her...
This year, 90% of the international films screening in competition are debut features.
The jury includes actors Alice Englert, Claes Bang, Jared Harris and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and producers Ivana MacKinnon and Paul Sng.
Opening night film Cuckoo is a German-us co-production, that has played at Berlin and SXSW. Schafer plays a 17- year-old who is forced to leave her American home to live with her...
- 5/20/2024
- ScreenDaily
The debut feature from Iranian filmmaker Kaveh Daneshmand will play in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival’s first feature competition.
UK-France sales outfit Alief has picked up Kaveh Daneshmand’s Endless Summer Syndrome for world sales excluding the Czech Republic. The film will premiere in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival’s first feature competition.
Daneshmand is an Iranian filmmaker, based in Prague. Endless Summer Syndrome received the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Works in Progress award in July 2022. The drama follows a woman, the mother of two adoptees, who is tipped off about the possible affair her husband may be...
UK-France sales outfit Alief has picked up Kaveh Daneshmand’s Endless Summer Syndrome for world sales excluding the Czech Republic. The film will premiere in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival’s first feature competition.
Daneshmand is an Iranian filmmaker, based in Prague. Endless Summer Syndrome received the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Works in Progress award in July 2022. The drama follows a woman, the mother of two adoptees, who is tipped off about the possible affair her husband may be...
- 10/9/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The line-up is made up of 11 world premieres at 5 international premieres.
Aylin Tezel’s romance Falling Into Place is among 16 titles selected for the First Features competition at Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
The line-up comprises 11 world premieres and 5 international premieres.
German-Turkish actor Tezel, whose credits include 2019’s 7500, makes her directorial debut with the English-language Falling Into Place - a romance set between Scotland and London and starring Tezel, Chris Fulton and 2023 Screen Star of Tomorrow Rory Fleck Byrne. It recently world premiered at Filmfest Hamburg.
Also screening is Carolina Ingvarsson’s UK-produced drama Unmoored, fresh off its London premiere,...
Aylin Tezel’s romance Falling Into Place is among 16 titles selected for the First Features competition at Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
The line-up comprises 11 world premieres and 5 international premieres.
German-Turkish actor Tezel, whose credits include 2019’s 7500, makes her directorial debut with the English-language Falling Into Place - a romance set between Scotland and London and starring Tezel, Chris Fulton and 2023 Screen Star of Tomorrow Rory Fleck Byrne. It recently world premiered at Filmfest Hamburg.
Also screening is Carolina Ingvarsson’s UK-produced drama Unmoored, fresh off its London premiere,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Eastern Promises industry strand has unveiled the winners of the five project showcases taking place within its auspices from July 3-5.
This year’s edition presented 35 feature film projects across five selections, spanning Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch, First Cut+ Works in Progress and Odesa International Film Festival Works in Progress presentations.
In the Works in Progress sidebar, the post-production development prize went to Yemeni director Amr Gamal’s The Burdened; the 5,100 Trt prize was awarded to Bulgarian filmmaker Paval G. Vesnakov’s Windless, and the Karlovy Vary Iff prize was clinched by Turkish director Kaveh Daneshmand’s Endless Summer Syndrome.
For the Works in Development – Feature Launch, the main Kviff & Midpoint development award went to Swedish director Sophia Vuković’s My Best Friend’s Baby.
In the same section, the Connecting Cottbus Award was won by Polish filmmaker Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska’s Dolphin,...
This year’s edition presented 35 feature film projects across five selections, spanning Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch, First Cut+ Works in Progress and Odesa International Film Festival Works in Progress presentations.
In the Works in Progress sidebar, the post-production development prize went to Yemeni director Amr Gamal’s The Burdened; the 5,100 Trt prize was awarded to Bulgarian filmmaker Paval G. Vesnakov’s Windless, and the Karlovy Vary Iff prize was clinched by Turkish director Kaveh Daneshmand’s Endless Summer Syndrome.
For the Works in Development – Feature Launch, the main Kviff & Midpoint development award went to Swedish director Sophia Vuković’s My Best Friend’s Baby.
In the same section, the Connecting Cottbus Award was won by Polish filmmaker Sonja Orlewicz-Zakrzewska’s Dolphin,...
- 7/5/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Yemeni film “The Burdened,” directed by Amr Gamal, won the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in Eastern Promises, the industry section of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on Tuesday.
The story, written by Gamal and Mazen Refaat, centers on Ahmed, Isra’a and their three children in Aden, Yemen in 2019. Both parents lose their jobs and suffer from the economic crisis. The movie starts with Isra’a finding out about her pregnancy at a time when they cannot cover the expenses of a new child, leading them to make difficult decisions in order to survive.
The jury said it was “impressed by the director’s brave approach to tackling this sensitive subject against all odds.”
The Yemen-Sudan coproduction is produced by Mohsen Alkhalifi, Gamal, Amjad Abu Alala and Mohammed Alomda.
The Works in Progress Karlovy Vary Iff Award went to “Endless Summer Syndrome,” directed by Kaveh Daneshmand, an...
The story, written by Gamal and Mazen Refaat, centers on Ahmed, Isra’a and their three children in Aden, Yemen in 2019. Both parents lose their jobs and suffer from the economic crisis. The movie starts with Isra’a finding out about her pregnancy at a time when they cannot cover the expenses of a new child, leading them to make difficult decisions in order to survive.
The jury said it was “impressed by the director’s brave approach to tackling this sensitive subject against all odds.”
The Yemen-Sudan coproduction is produced by Mohsen Alkhalifi, Gamal, Amjad Abu Alala and Mohammed Alomda.
The Works in Progress Karlovy Vary Iff Award went to “Endless Summer Syndrome,” directed by Kaveh Daneshmand, an...
- 7/5/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Graham Foy’s Canada-us title ‘The Maiden’ takes First Cut+ prize.
Kaveh Daneshmand’s Turkey-France co-production Endless Summer Syndrome is among the winners from Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Eastern Promises industry section, which held its awards this evening (July 5).
The film received the Karlovy Vary Iff Works in Progress award. It is currently in post-production ahead of a planned January 2023 launch, and will be the feature debut for Iranian filmmaker Daneshmand, who is based in the Czech Republic.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Endless Summer Syndrome is a drama about a woman who receives an anonymous phone call,...
Kaveh Daneshmand’s Turkey-France co-production Endless Summer Syndrome is among the winners from Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Eastern Promises industry section, which held its awards this evening (July 5).
The film received the Karlovy Vary Iff Works in Progress award. It is currently in post-production ahead of a planned January 2023 launch, and will be the feature debut for Iranian filmmaker Daneshmand, who is based in the Czech Republic.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Endless Summer Syndrome is a drama about a woman who receives an anonymous phone call,...
- 7/5/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival’s industry section, Eastern Promises, has unveiled its lineup of 35 film projects, which will be showcased during the Works in Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch, First Cut+ Works in Progress and Odesa International Film Festival Works in Progress presentations. The most promising projects will receive awards totaling Euros 125,000.
The showcasing of projects to industry professionals will take place in Karlovy Vary during Kviff Industry Days. On July 4, are Works in Progress and Works in Development – Feature Launch; on July 5, First Cut+ Works in Progress and Oiff WiP Selection.
For Works in Progress, 10 fiction and documentary feature films in the late stage of production or post-production from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, and North Africa have been selected. The prize will be decided by jury members Dennis Ruh (European Film Market), Óscar Alonzo (Latido Films...
The showcasing of projects to industry professionals will take place in Karlovy Vary during Kviff Industry Days. On July 4, are Works in Progress and Works in Development – Feature Launch; on July 5, First Cut+ Works in Progress and Oiff WiP Selection.
For Works in Progress, 10 fiction and documentary feature films in the late stage of production or post-production from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, and North Africa have been selected. The prize will be decided by jury members Dennis Ruh (European Film Market), Óscar Alonzo (Latido Films...
- 6/13/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
New festival aimed at Arab films and high-end TV to launch this autumn.
The Arab Cinema Center (Acc) is set to launch a new festival Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) focused on Arab cinema and high-end TV in the Czech Republic this autumn, the umbrella body announced at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
“Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) will be a festival for cinema, culture and Arabic content,” said Arab cinema expert Alaa Karkouti, CEO of Cairo-based Arab cinema promotional agency Mad Solutions which set up the Acc in 2015. “It is a new development for the Acc’s initiatives, which are aimed...
The Arab Cinema Center (Acc) is set to launch a new festival Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) focused on Arab cinema and high-end TV in the Czech Republic this autumn, the umbrella body announced at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
“Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) will be a festival for cinema, culture and Arabic content,” said Arab cinema expert Alaa Karkouti, CEO of Cairo-based Arab cinema promotional agency Mad Solutions which set up the Acc in 2015. “It is a new development for the Acc’s initiatives, which are aimed...
- 7/4/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
New festival aimed at Arab films and high-end TV to launch this autumn.
The Arab Cinema Center (Acc) is set to launch a new festival Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) focused on Arab cinema and high-end TV in the Czech Republic this autumn, the umbrella body announced at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
“Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) will be a festival for cinema, culture and Arabic content,” said Arab cinema expert Alaa Karkouti, CEO of Cairo-based Arab cinema promotional agency Mad Solutions which set up the Acc in 2015. “It is a new development for the Acc’s initiatives, which are aimed...
The Arab Cinema Center (Acc) is set to launch a new festival Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) focused on Arab cinema and high-end TV in the Czech Republic this autumn, the umbrella body announced at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
“Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) will be a festival for cinema, culture and Arabic content,” said Arab cinema expert Alaa Karkouti, CEO of Cairo-based Arab cinema promotional agency Mad Solutions which set up the Acc in 2015. “It is a new development for the Acc’s initiatives, which are aimed...
- 7/4/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
New festival aimed at Arab films and high-end TV to launch this autumn.
The Arab Cinema Center (Acc) is set to launch a new festival Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) focused on Arab cinema and high-end TV in the Czech Republic this autumn, the umbrella body announced at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
“Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) will be a festival for cinema, culture and Arabic content,” said Arab cinema expert Alaa Karkouti, CEO of Cairo-based Arab cinema promotional agency Mad Solutions which set up the Acc in 2015. “It is a new development for the Acc’s initiatives, which are aimed...
The Arab Cinema Center (Acc) is set to launch a new festival Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) focused on Arab cinema and high-end TV in the Czech Republic this autumn, the umbrella body announced at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
“Mad 3Arabi (Arab Flow) will be a festival for cinema, culture and Arabic content,” said Arab cinema expert Alaa Karkouti, CEO of Cairo-based Arab cinema promotional agency Mad Solutions which set up the Acc in 2015. “It is a new development for the Acc’s initiatives, which are aimed...
- 7/4/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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