Agreements signed with Metrodome in the UK among others.
Distribution deals for 3D Everest documentary Beyond the Edge have been secured by Altitude Film Sales for key territories including the UK (Metrodome), German-speaking Europe (Polyband), Japan (Kadokawa) and the Middle East (Gulf).
The film, which had its world premiere for at the Toronto International Film Festival, grossed Nz$320,170 ($270,000) on its opening weekend at the box office across 76 screens.
It generated a screen average of Nz$4,200 ($3,500) toppling the previous documentary record holder for the territory, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - also from Beyond the Edge filmmaker Leanne Pooley.
The film’s total to date in New Zealand is Nz$505,601 ($425,000).
The docudrama, made in New Zealand this year, charts the story of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953, using a combination of archive footage and newly-shot 3D recreation.
Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film Sales, said he “will be negotiating further deals at the...
Distribution deals for 3D Everest documentary Beyond the Edge have been secured by Altitude Film Sales for key territories including the UK (Metrodome), German-speaking Europe (Polyband), Japan (Kadokawa) and the Middle East (Gulf).
The film, which had its world premiere for at the Toronto International Film Festival, grossed Nz$320,170 ($270,000) on its opening weekend at the box office across 76 screens.
It generated a screen average of Nz$4,200 ($3,500) toppling the previous documentary record holder for the territory, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - also from Beyond the Edge filmmaker Leanne Pooley.
The film’s total to date in New Zealand is Nz$505,601 ($425,000).
The docudrama, made in New Zealand this year, charts the story of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953, using a combination of archive footage and newly-shot 3D recreation.
Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film Sales, said he “will be negotiating further deals at the...
- 11/6/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Agreements signed with Metrodome in the UK among others.
Distribution deals for 3D Everest documentary Beyond the Edge have been secured by Altitude Film Sales for key territories including the UK (Metrodome), German-speaking Europe (Polyband), Japan (Kadokawa) and the Middle East (Gulf).
The film, which had its world premiere for at the Toronto International Film Festival, grossed Nz$320,170 ($270,000) on its opening weekend at the box office across 76 screens.
It generated a screen average of Nz$4,200 ($3,500) toppling the previous documentary record holder for the territory, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - also from Beyond the Edge filmmaker Leanne Pooley.
The film’s total to date in New Zealand is Nz$505,601 ($425,000).
The docudrama, made in New Zealand this year, charts the story of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953, using a combination of archive footage and newly-shot 3D recreation.
Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film Sales, said he “will be negotiating further deals at the...
Distribution deals for 3D Everest documentary Beyond the Edge have been secured by Altitude Film Sales for key territories including the UK (Metrodome), German-speaking Europe (Polyband), Japan (Kadokawa) and the Middle East (Gulf).
The film, which had its world premiere for at the Toronto International Film Festival, grossed Nz$320,170 ($270,000) on its opening weekend at the box office across 76 screens.
It generated a screen average of Nz$4,200 ($3,500) toppling the previous documentary record holder for the territory, The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls - also from Beyond the Edge filmmaker Leanne Pooley.
The film’s total to date in New Zealand is Nz$505,601 ($425,000).
The docudrama, made in New Zealand this year, charts the story of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953, using a combination of archive footage and newly-shot 3D recreation.
Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film Sales, said he “will be negotiating further deals at the...
- 11/6/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Tags: The Topp TwinsTegan and SaraPretty Little LiarsSuze OrmanDegrassiIMDbLindsey ShawShay Mitchell
Good morning, Brewbies! Let's kick of Monday with some bad news/good news. The bad news: Paige McCullers will not be gracing us with her presence during tomorrow night's Pretty Little Liars season three finale. The good news: Season four started filming late last week, and Lindsey Shaw tweeted from set Friday night with a Paily update:
Reunited with @shaymitch, and it feels so good. :) #Paily #Pll
— Lindsey Shaw (@LadyShawsters) March 16, 2013
#Paily is cuter than ever in season 4!! You're a doll @shaymitch! We'll see what's in store....#Pll
— Lindsey Shaw (@LadyShawsters) March 16, 2013
Tegan and Sara co-hosted the the mtvU Woodie Awards over the weekend, where they also performed "Closer" to the hyped up SXSW crowd. I'm psyched beyond measure at the revolutionary way things are changing for gay people these days, but it still blows my mind a...
Good morning, Brewbies! Let's kick of Monday with some bad news/good news. The bad news: Paige McCullers will not be gracing us with her presence during tomorrow night's Pretty Little Liars season three finale. The good news: Season four started filming late last week, and Lindsey Shaw tweeted from set Friday night with a Paily update:
Reunited with @shaymitch, and it feels so good. :) #Paily #Pll
— Lindsey Shaw (@LadyShawsters) March 16, 2013
#Paily is cuter than ever in season 4!! You're a doll @shaymitch! We'll see what's in store....#Pll
— Lindsey Shaw (@LadyShawsters) March 16, 2013
Tegan and Sara co-hosted the the mtvU Woodie Awards over the weekend, where they also performed "Closer" to the hyped up SXSW crowd. I'm psyched beyond measure at the revolutionary way things are changing for gay people these days, but it still blows my mind a...
- 3/18/2013
- by stuntdouble
- AfterEllen.com
The Woman In The Fifth (15)
(Pawel Pawlikowski, 2011, Fra/Pol/UK) Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig. 84 mins.
Mysteries abound in this sombre, 1970s-style drama, and so do women. Hawke's emotionally wracked American in Paris is plagued by them – not just the seductress of the title (Scott Thomas) but also his estranged wife and daughter, and the pretty Polish waitress. Plus some dodgy (male) gangster types. If it all seems too good to be true, it is, but this doesn't show its hand till very late on – maybe too late – and maybe too many cards, or too few.
Hadewijch (12A)
(Bruno Dumont, 2009, Fra) Julie Sokolowski, Yassine Salime, Karl Sarafidis. 105 mins.
Boldly drawing connections between (Christian) religious devotion and (Muslim) religious extremism, this radical but naturalistic drama follows a rejected nun whose search for spiritual solace takes her far out of her central Paris comfort zone, and deep into the paradoxes of faith.
(Pawel Pawlikowski, 2011, Fra/Pol/UK) Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig. 84 mins.
Mysteries abound in this sombre, 1970s-style drama, and so do women. Hawke's emotionally wracked American in Paris is plagued by them – not just the seductress of the title (Scott Thomas) but also his estranged wife and daughter, and the pretty Polish waitress. Plus some dodgy (male) gangster types. If it all seems too good to be true, it is, but this doesn't show its hand till very late on – maybe too late – and maybe too many cards, or too few.
Hadewijch (12A)
(Bruno Dumont, 2009, Fra) Julie Sokolowski, Yassine Salime, Karl Sarafidis. 105 mins.
Boldly drawing connections between (Christian) religious devotion and (Muslim) religious extremism, this radical but naturalistic drama follows a rejected nun whose search for spiritual solace takes her far out of her central Paris comfort zone, and deep into the paradoxes of faith.
- 2/18/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Jools and Linda Topp are twin singing sensations from the countryside of New Zealand with a deep love for country music. They have risen to stardom in country music, winning over fans of all ages and backgrounds. Jools and Linda also happen to be gay. The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls is a concert film spanning the careers of the Topp Twins, two of New Zealand's biggest stars, but the film is more than that. Up until recently, mainstream Lgbt films have been centered around homophobia instead of romances, daily conflicts, and the everyday life of people who just happen to be gay. Last year's I Love You Philip Morris was a step in the right direction. The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls is further proof that despite Rick Perry's objections, being gay is normal, and film is starting to finally reflect that truth.
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- 12/21/2011
- by Rachel Kolb
- JustPressPlay.net
Many words can be ascribed to New Zealand comediennes The Topp Twins, not the least of which are: yodeling lesbian sister act, politically driven sketch comedy duo, and world recognized singer-songwriters. But all of these descriptors (no matter how kitschy or chic) fail to encompass the Topp Twins in their entirety, which is something The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls strives to achieve.
By intercutting interviews, home movies, and video of more than twenty years worth of performances with a deeply personal and autobiographical retrospective concert, Untouchable Girls strives to chart the lives and careers of Jools and Linda Topp, who began life on a dairy farm in rural New Zealand. These two charming sisters left home at 17 to join the army before turning to music, busking on the streets before scoring cabaret performances that eventually landed them on television. By the 1980s, these openly queer performers were playing their uniquely...
By intercutting interviews, home movies, and video of more than twenty years worth of performances with a deeply personal and autobiographical retrospective concert, Untouchable Girls strives to chart the lives and careers of Jools and Linda Topp, who began life on a dairy farm in rural New Zealand. These two charming sisters left home at 17 to join the army before turning to music, busking on the streets before scoring cabaret performances that eventually landed them on television. By the 1980s, these openly queer performers were playing their uniquely...
- 5/13/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Last year, when Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman director in history to win the Best Director Oscar, it was an eye-opening moment for many film fans that had never before noticed the dominance of men in Hollywood.
But it was no revelation to Melissa Silverstein, who founded the site Women and Hollywood, to focus attention on women’s issues in the entertainment industry. Silverstein has become one of the most respected film critics on the Internet by celebrating the accomplishments of women in film — and calling out the industry for its lack of acknowledgment of those accomplishments. If the site is not on your list of daily reads, bookmark it now.
Now Melissa has taken on a new venture, this time a film festival featuring films that explore women and leadership. The Athena Film Festival will highlight the stories of women around the world who have made a difference in their communities.
But it was no revelation to Melissa Silverstein, who founded the site Women and Hollywood, to focus attention on women’s issues in the entertainment industry. Silverstein has become one of the most respected film critics on the Internet by celebrating the accomplishments of women in film — and calling out the industry for its lack of acknowledgment of those accomplishments. If the site is not on your list of daily reads, bookmark it now.
Now Melissa has taken on a new venture, this time a film festival featuring films that explore women and leadership. The Athena Film Festival will highlight the stories of women around the world who have made a difference in their communities.
- 1/5/2011
- by the linster
- AfterEllen.com
Best documentary at the Oscars is, like best foreign language film, the type of category that seems invented to be grumbled over, with selections and winners rarely reflecting the films everyone else in the world finds most worthy of praise. So it's much less frustrating to look to organizations like the International Documentary Association for better indicators of the docs that are the cream of 2010's crop.
The nominees for the 2010 Ida Documentary Awards were announced today, and the contenders for the top prize include Banksy's "Exit Through The Gift Shop," a personal favorite; Laura Poitras' Al-Qaeda saga "The Oath"; Joonas Berghaell and Mika Hotakainen's look at Finnish sauna culture "Steam of Life"; Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor's trailing of Montana sheepherders "Sweetgrass"; and Lucy Walker's tale of making art of trash "Waste Land," opening in New York on Friday. The awards will take place in L.
The nominees for the 2010 Ida Documentary Awards were announced today, and the contenders for the top prize include Banksy's "Exit Through The Gift Shop," a personal favorite; Laura Poitras' Al-Qaeda saga "The Oath"; Joonas Berghaell and Mika Hotakainen's look at Finnish sauna culture "Steam of Life"; Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor's trailing of Montana sheepherders "Sweetgrass"; and Lucy Walker's tale of making art of trash "Waste Land," opening in New York on Friday. The awards will take place in L.
- 10/27/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
Two lesbian dramas, Ned Farr's "A Marine Story" and James Kent's "The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister," earned jury awards Sunday as outstanding U.S. dramatic feature and outstanding international dramatic feature, respectively, at Outfest, the 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
"Marine" also picked up the audience award for outstanding dramatic feature, and Dreya Weber was named outstanding actress in a feature as the fest handed out its prizes at its awards luncheon.
Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara's "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields" took the jury prize for best documentary feature, and Michelle Lawler's "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight" copped the audience award for best feature doc.
An audience award also went to Jacob Chase's "The Four-Faced Liar," voted outstanding first U.S. dramatic feature film.
"Bearcity" earned two jury awards -- for outstanding feature actor Stephen Guarino and outstanding...
"Marine" also picked up the audience award for outstanding dramatic feature, and Dreya Weber was named outstanding actress in a feature as the fest handed out its prizes at its awards luncheon.
Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara's "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields" took the jury prize for best documentary feature, and Michelle Lawler's "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight" copped the audience award for best feature doc.
An audience award also went to Jacob Chase's "The Four-Faced Liar," voted outstanding first U.S. dramatic feature film.
"Bearcity" earned two jury awards -- for outstanding feature actor Stephen Guarino and outstanding...
- 7/18/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been a wild ten days since the last Awards Roundup, with Los Angeles Film Festival, Silverdocs, Palm Spring ShortFest, Sunny Side of the Doc and Edinburgh all wrapping up this past weekend, seemingly making way for the FIFA World Cup as that quadrennial global fiesta moved into the second round. Among the films continuing their prize-winning runs included Jeff Malmberg's Marwencol, taking the Cinematic Vision Award at Silverdocs; Laura Poitras' The Oath, winning the top doc prize at Edinburgh; Leanne Pooley's The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, which earned best ...
- 6/29/2010
- by twhite
- International Documentary Association
The Seattle International Film Festival closed out its lengthy edition with the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary going to Jeff Malmberg's Marwencol, continuing that film's impressive festival circuit showing that began with an equivalent honor at SXSW in March. Leanne Pooley's The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls took two prizes on both ends of the continent: Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision at Seattle and Best Documentary Feature at NewFest in New York City. The film, about the New Zealand-based music and comedy sister act of the same name, is ...
- 6/15/2010
- by twhite
- International Documentary Association
Quebecois director Xavier Dolan's "I Killed My Mother" won Best Narrative Feature, while "The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls" by Leanne Pooley took the prize in the documentary category over the weekend at the 22nd NewFest, New York's Lgbt Film Festival. The prizes were handed out by the festival's executive director Lesli Klainberg, Steve Mendelsohn, co-president of the NewFest board of directors as well as actor Ash Christian and former honoree, filmmakers ...
- 6/14/2010
- Indiewire
if you missed part one
I have a small window of time in Tribeca duties so I must wrap the unfortunately brief Nashville Film Festival coverage.
New Directors Competition
This is the jury that I served on along with Lou Harry A&E editor of the Indianapolis Business Journal and actor Brian O’Halloran who you’ll remember from Clerks. It's interesting to watch so many debut features back to back because patterns do emerge in regards to strengths and weaknesses within first efforts. The jury discussions were yet another reminder – as if I needed one covering the Oscars so closely each year – that one man’s treasure is another man’s… anyway, the discussions were lively and fun but so much disagreement! We ended up not spreading the wealth much because we were very divided about our slate of films and even the individual achievements within the films. Our...
I have a small window of time in Tribeca duties so I must wrap the unfortunately brief Nashville Film Festival coverage.
New Directors Competition
This is the jury that I served on along with Lou Harry A&E editor of the Indianapolis Business Journal and actor Brian O’Halloran who you’ll remember from Clerks. It's interesting to watch so many debut features back to back because patterns do emerge in regards to strengths and weaknesses within first efforts. The jury discussions were yet another reminder – as if I needed one covering the Oscars so closely each year – that one man’s treasure is another man’s… anyway, the discussions were lively and fun but so much disagreement! We ended up not spreading the wealth much because we were very divided about our slate of films and even the individual achievements within the films. Our...
- 4/27/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London
A reminder that "human rights" is a universal issue rather than an empty poltical buzz word, with 28 searing films from around the world. Like Anthony Lapaglia's star turn in The Balibo Conspiracy, a gripping fictionalisation of the disappearance of five Australian TV journalists during the East Timor invasion of 1975, the truth of which lay undiscovered for over 30 years. Or the timely Moloch Tropical, a film from Haitian minister of culture-turned-auteur, Raoul Peck imagining the mental unravelling of the country's prime minister. Other highlights include Iranian artist Shirin Neshat's intimate Women Without Men, and Red Chapel, which finds comedy in North Korea.
Various venues, Wed to 26 Mar, visit hrw.org/iff
Andrea Hubert
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
There's little to galvanise this year's crop (over 75 films and documentaries), besides tragedy, love, religion, schooldays and nestling together under a big rainbow-coloured umbrella.
A reminder that "human rights" is a universal issue rather than an empty poltical buzz word, with 28 searing films from around the world. Like Anthony Lapaglia's star turn in The Balibo Conspiracy, a gripping fictionalisation of the disappearance of five Australian TV journalists during the East Timor invasion of 1975, the truth of which lay undiscovered for over 30 years. Or the timely Moloch Tropical, a film from Haitian minister of culture-turned-auteur, Raoul Peck imagining the mental unravelling of the country's prime minister. Other highlights include Iranian artist Shirin Neshat's intimate Women Without Men, and Red Chapel, which finds comedy in North Korea.
Various venues, Wed to 26 Mar, visit hrw.org/iff
Andrea Hubert
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
There's little to galvanise this year's crop (over 75 films and documentaries), besides tragedy, love, religion, schooldays and nestling together under a big rainbow-coloured umbrella.
- 3/13/2010
- by Andrea Hubert, Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
The 33rd Portland International Film Festival announces the Oregonian Audience Award winners. This year’s Festival wrapped up its 18 day run Sunday, February 28th after 195 total screenings at multiple theater locations in the downtown cultural district of Portland. This year’s Festival was attended by over 30,000 attendees and included 77 features and 39 shorts from over 40 countries.
Complete coverage of Piff 2010
Don’t forget to vote for the 8th Annual Tsr Movie Awards
Audience winners include Best Narrative Feature The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden) and Best Documentary Feature The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (New Zealand). The winner of the Best New Director Award is Hernán A. Goldfrid with Music On Hold (Argentina).
This year’s Short Film Award goes to Portland filmmaker Kyle Bell with the film The Mouse That Soared.
This year’s Piff presenting sponsors include The Oregonian and Regal Cinemas Major sponsors include the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation,...
Complete coverage of Piff 2010
Don’t forget to vote for the 8th Annual Tsr Movie Awards
Audience winners include Best Narrative Feature The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden) and Best Documentary Feature The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (New Zealand). The winner of the Best New Director Award is Hernán A. Goldfrid with Music On Hold (Argentina).
This year’s Short Film Award goes to Portland filmmaker Kyle Bell with the film The Mouse That Soared.
This year’s Piff presenting sponsors include The Oregonian and Regal Cinemas Major sponsors include the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation,...
- 3/1/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Michael Hoffman's "The Last Station," a portrait of Leo Tolstoy and his wife, will kick off the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival, which runs Jan. 7-17.
Daniel Adams' "The Lightkeepers," starring Richard Dreyfuss, will serve as the closing-night film.
James McAvoy, who stars in "Station" with Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren, will attend the opening night, and Dreyfuss and his co-star Blythe Danner will be on hand for the close.
The fest has lined up 189 films from 70 countries. "Our film lineup this year is a strong reflection of the current zeitgeist in world cinema," festival director Darryl Macdonald said. "Sixty-seven first-time feature film directors will screen this year, representing a surge of new filmmaking talent on the world stage."
The fest will present the world premieres of "Dark Resonance," "Dumbstruck," "Expecting Mary," "Is It Just Me?" "The Making of Plus One With Kate, Cate and George: The Story of a Hollywood Nobody,...
Daniel Adams' "The Lightkeepers," starring Richard Dreyfuss, will serve as the closing-night film.
James McAvoy, who stars in "Station" with Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren, will attend the opening night, and Dreyfuss and his co-star Blythe Danner will be on hand for the close.
The fest has lined up 189 films from 70 countries. "Our film lineup this year is a strong reflection of the current zeitgeist in world cinema," festival director Darryl Macdonald said. "Sixty-seven first-time feature film directors will screen this year, representing a surge of new filmmaking talent on the world stage."
The fest will present the world premieres of "Dark Resonance," "Dumbstruck," "Expecting Mary," "Is It Just Me?" "The Making of Plus One With Kate, Cate and George: The Story of a Hollywood Nobody,...
- 12/16/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Gold Coast Film Festival kicks off in Southport on November 12 with a screening of The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls. With the event open to the public, the film is an intimate account of Jools and Lynda Topp, featuring rare archive footage and home movies. The film is an insightful peek behind the curtain at 25 years within the entertainment industry, from their humble beginnings in New Zealand to international success. Featuring footage from Jools' recent experience overcoming breast cancer, the film has been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival where it won the Cadillac People's Choice Award for Best Documentary.
- 10/20/2009
- FilmInk.com.au
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