Exclusive: Hiam Abbass leads Berlin Panorama winner.
New York distributor Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Belgian director Philippe Van Leeuw’s Berlin Panorama Audience Award-winner In Syria.
Films Boutique represents international rights to the film formerly known as Insyriated and screens it in Cannes tomorrow (May 18) and on Monday (May 22).
Israeli-Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass plays a mother of three who turns her home into a safe house for family and neighbours as Syria’s civil war rages outside.
As bombs fall in the street, snipers turn nearby courtyards into death traps and burglars loot hard-won belongings, maintaining a routine indoors becomes a matter of life and death over the course of one day.
The cast includes Diamand Bou Abboud and Juliette Navis.
Film Movement celebrates its 15th anniversary this year and president Michael E. Rosenberg is in Cannes to scout for acquisitions. The company plans a theatrical release this winter.
“In Syria is a powerful...
New York distributor Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Belgian director Philippe Van Leeuw’s Berlin Panorama Audience Award-winner In Syria.
Films Boutique represents international rights to the film formerly known as Insyriated and screens it in Cannes tomorrow (May 18) and on Monday (May 22).
Israeli-Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass plays a mother of three who turns her home into a safe house for family and neighbours as Syria’s civil war rages outside.
As bombs fall in the street, snipers turn nearby courtyards into death traps and burglars loot hard-won belongings, maintaining a routine indoors becomes a matter of life and death over the course of one day.
The cast includes Diamand Bou Abboud and Juliette Navis.
Film Movement celebrates its 15th anniversary this year and president Michael E. Rosenberg is in Cannes to scout for acquisitions. The company plans a theatrical release this winter.
“In Syria is a powerful...
- 5/17/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Infusing last year's Cannes with such unique films as Greece's Dogtooth, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno and the biking in the birthday suit comedy The Misfortunates, the all encompassing heavyweight French unit MK2 is on one of those odd winning streaks – managing to find/rep films that are celebrated at not only the major heavyweight film fests, but the “second tier” noteworthy fests as well – such as the Rotterdams and the Locarnos of this world we brought about Alamar (To the Sea) and Nothing Personal. - Infusing last year's Cannes with such unique films as Greece's Dogtooth, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno and the biking in the birthday suit comedy The Misfortunates, the all encompassing heavyweight French unit MK2 is on one of those odd winning streaks – managing to find/rep films that are celebrated at not only the major heavyweight film fests, but the “second tier” noteworthy fests...
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Infusing last year's Cannes with such unique films as Greece's Dogtooth, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno and the biking in the birthday suit comedy The Misfortunates, the all encompassing heavyweight French unit MK2 is on one of those odd winning streaks – managing to find/rep films that are celebrated at not only the major heavyweight film fests, but the “second tier” noteworthy fests as well – such as the Rotterdams and the Locarnos of this world we brought about Alamar (To the Sea) and Nothing Personal. This year they present films from distinguished auteurs in Kiarostami (see Binoche in still above) and Zhang-ke, but anyone who follows the site knows how much we look forward in seeing Abdellatif Kechiche's next feature – headed to and to be celebrated in, Venice. P.S: MK2 reps can invite me to see the first images of the biopic set way before our time. Black Venus...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Trailer for a film called The Day God Walked Away which will make its stateside debut at the San Francisco International Film Festival in May, after screenings all over Europe and in Canada.
The story goes… this lushly photographed film opens on an idyll of children, white and black, playing by a forest waterfall. But paradise swiftly turns to hell—more precisely, Rwanda, 1994—as screams signal the arrival of genocide. Jacqueline, a Tutsi mother of two of the children, works for a Belgian family in Kigali. The family flees the machete-bearing Hutu thugs, but they can’t protect Jacqueline—they leave her to hide in the attic while looters strip the house bare.
Eventually, Jacqueline ventures out to search for her children and takes refuge in the tall grass near a pond, hiding from the voices that boast of raping and hacking up their victims. There, Jacqueline encounters a wounded...
The story goes… this lushly photographed film opens on an idyll of children, white and black, playing by a forest waterfall. But paradise swiftly turns to hell—more precisely, Rwanda, 1994—as screams signal the arrival of genocide. Jacqueline, a Tutsi mother of two of the children, works for a Belgian family in Kigali. The family flees the machete-bearing Hutu thugs, but they can’t protect Jacqueline—they leave her to hide in the attic while looters strip the house bare.
Eventually, Jacqueline ventures out to search for her children and takes refuge in the tall grass near a pond, hiding from the voices that boast of raping and hacking up their victims. There, Jacqueline encounters a wounded...
- 4/30/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
San Sebastian -- Lu Chuan's controversial Chinese film "City of Life and Death," depicting the atrocities committed during the 1938 Japanese siege of China's former capital, Nanjing, won the Golden Shell Saturday at the 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Spain's Javier Rebollo picked up the best directing award for his "Woman Without Piano," portraying the alienation of a Madrid housewife on the threshold of menopause.
The Silver Shell acting awards went to Spanish actors Lola Duenas and Pablo Pineda for their central performances in Alvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro's "Me Too," focusing on a man with Down syndrome and his efforts to woo a woman without. Pineda is the first Down's sufferer to get a university degree in Europe.
Philippe Van Leeuw's look at the Rwandan massacre "The Day God Walked Away" won the coveted Kutxa-New Directors Award worth 90,000 euros to be equally divided between the director and the Spanish distributor.
Spain's Javier Rebollo picked up the best directing award for his "Woman Without Piano," portraying the alienation of a Madrid housewife on the threshold of menopause.
The Silver Shell acting awards went to Spanish actors Lola Duenas and Pablo Pineda for their central performances in Alvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro's "Me Too," focusing on a man with Down syndrome and his efforts to woo a woman without. Pineda is the first Down's sufferer to get a university degree in Europe.
Philippe Van Leeuw's look at the Rwandan massacre "The Day God Walked Away" won the coveted Kutxa-New Directors Award worth 90,000 euros to be equally divided between the director and the Spanish distributor.
- 9/26/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Following my top ten Tiff list of titles available piece that I published a couples of hours back, Tiff released the lengthy list of titles that are looking for deals. Among those that I didn't mention in my top ten but could have easily have been there is the omission of Micmacs à tire-larigot (I wasn't sure if Warner Bros. only had domestic rights for France and not world rights), and titles such as Neil Jordan's Ondine, Atom Egoyan's Chloe, Oliver Parker's Dorian Gray, Aaron Schneider's Get Low, Derrick Borte's The Joneses and Michael J. Bassett's Solomon Kane should be generating key interest from the buyers as well. Without further ado, here is the list. L’Affaire Farewell Christian Carion, France Ahead of Time Bob Richman, USA The Angel Margreth Olin, Norway/Sweden/Finland The Art of the Steal Don Argott, USA Baaria Giuseppe Tornatore,
- 8/27/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- Lots of Fall festival news today from New York, Toronto and Spain and I know what my first piece of Tiff coverage will be: Christopher Doyle's "Picture Start" (Doyle (Happy Together) reconsiders how images evolve before the director’s call to “action” and what happens to them after the “cut.” Doyle superimposes directives from traditional film leader on to the processed still film and filmmaking images he has created during his extensive career. Curated by Noah Cowan at the Indexg, 50 Gladstone Avenue in Toronto. Here is a look at eight and 1/2 news items that we didn't have enough time to cover but are worth mentioning here for August 11th... 1. Tell Me Where you are Josh!Blair Witch creators looking to make a sequel. Must be out of money and ideas. (Via Slashfilm.com) 2. Charlie, Sophie and Giamatti Cold Souls director and star on Charlie Rose last night. 3. San
- 8/12/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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