Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired all North American rights to co-writer/directors Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit’s euthanasia comedy "The Farewell Party," a Toronto 2014 premiere that went on to win Venice Days' People's Choice award, and four Ophir Awards including Best Actor for acclaimed Israeli comedian Ze’ev Revach. Produced by Pie Films, 2Team production, in co-production with Pallas Film, Twenty Twenty Vision and United King Films, the film, per Goldwyn, tells "a unique, compassionate and unlikely funny story of a group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home who build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with a life and death dilemma." The cast includes Revach, Levana Finkelshtein, Aliza Rozen, Ilan Dar and Rafael Tabor. Dubbed "Mita Tova" in Hebrew, the...
- 2/3/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Other winners include Assaf Korman’s Next To Her.
The 30th Haifa Film Festival (Oct 9-18) in Israel has closed with the Best Picture Award handed to Next to Her (At li Layla), Assaf Korman’s debut feature
A jury including Hamburg Film Festival director albert Wiederspiel and Hungarian filmmaker Szabolcs Hajdu, added a Best Script distinction for Liron Ben Shlush, who plays one of the leads in the film, first unveiled earlier this year in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight.
Cannes screenplay winner Leviathan won the Fedeora Film Critics’ Award with director Andrey Zvyagintsev, who was the festival’s guest of honour, presenting a full retrospective of his films.
Sophie Arthuis’ The Valley collected the First Film Award as well as a Best Actor for Nave Tsur.
For Best Actress, the jury picked Levana Finkelstein for her performance in The Farewell Party (Mita Tova), a black comedy which scored high notes at its Venice and Toronto shows and is...
The 30th Haifa Film Festival (Oct 9-18) in Israel has closed with the Best Picture Award handed to Next to Her (At li Layla), Assaf Korman’s debut feature
A jury including Hamburg Film Festival director albert Wiederspiel and Hungarian filmmaker Szabolcs Hajdu, added a Best Script distinction for Liron Ben Shlush, who plays one of the leads in the film, first unveiled earlier this year in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight.
Cannes screenplay winner Leviathan won the Fedeora Film Critics’ Award with director Andrey Zvyagintsev, who was the festival’s guest of honour, presenting a full retrospective of his films.
Sophie Arthuis’ The Valley collected the First Film Award as well as a Best Actor for Nave Tsur.
For Best Actress, the jury picked Levana Finkelstein for her performance in The Farewell Party (Mita Tova), a black comedy which scored high notes at its Venice and Toronto shows and is...
- 10/20/2014
- by dfainaru@netvision.net.il (Edna Fainaru)
- ScreenDaily
Venice Days Bnl People’s Choice award winner sells to Benelux, Germany and Australia/New Zealand, among others.
Beta Cinema has sold The Farewell Party (Mita Tova) to Benelux (Cineart), Germany (Neue Visionen), Frenetic (Switzerland), Austria (Polyfilm), and Australia/New Zealand (Jiff).
Negotiations are ongoing for France, Spain, Italy and Japan.
The film won the Venice Days Bnl People’s Choice award and the Brian award and now screens in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema programme.
Beta Cinema has sold The Farewell Party (Mita Tova) to Benelux (Cineart), Germany (Neue Visionen), Frenetic (Switzerland), Austria (Polyfilm), and Australia/New Zealand (Jiff).
Negotiations are ongoing for France, Spain, Italy and Japan.
The film won the Venice Days Bnl People’s Choice award and the Brian award and now screens in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema programme.
- 9/7/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
If you wanted a snapshot of worldly issues then Tiff’s Contemporary World Cinema programme would certainly serve as a whirlwind passport. Loaded in Cannes Film Festival preemed items receiving their North American Premiere debuts (Jessica Hausner’s Amour Fou, Mélanie Laurent’s Breathe , Bruno Dumont’s P’tit Quinquin and Pascale Ferran’s Bird People are are just the tip of the iceberg) Tiff programmers have landed world premiere items from the likes of Cristián Jiménez, Ole Christian Madsen, Alex Holdridge & Linnea Saasen (we pic above) and Baran bo Odar. Along with the Canadian items mentioned last week, Here is the largest section’s offerings for 2014.
“Aire Libre,” Anahí Berneri, Argentina / International Premiere
“Amour Fou,” Jessica Hausner, Austria/Luxembourg/Germany / North American Premiere
“Behavior” (“Conducta”), Ernesto Daranas, Cuba / Canadian Premiere
“Bird People,” Pascale Ferran, France / North American Premiere
“Black Souls” (“Anime Nere”), Francesco Munzi, Italy / International Premiere
“Breathe” (“Respire”), Mélanie Laurent,...
“Aire Libre,” Anahí Berneri, Argentina / International Premiere
“Amour Fou,” Jessica Hausner, Austria/Luxembourg/Germany / North American Premiere
“Behavior” (“Conducta”), Ernesto Daranas, Cuba / Canadian Premiere
“Bird People,” Pascale Ferran, France / North American Premiere
“Black Souls” (“Anime Nere”), Francesco Munzi, Italy / International Premiere
“Breathe” (“Respire”), Mélanie Laurent,...
- 8/12/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
This morning the Toronto Film Festival added several more films to their lineup including the world premiere of Thomas McCarthy's The Cobbler which stars Adam Sandler as a New York City cobbler who, disenchanted with the grind of daily life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. The film co-stars Method Man, Ellen Barkin, Melonie Diaz, Dan Stevens, Steve Buscemi and Dustin Hoffman. Additionally, Sundance standouts Infinity Polar Bear and Laggies starring Keira Knightley and Chloe Grace Moretz were added to the Gala selection. Joining The Cobbler as new additions to the Special Presentations field include Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria starring Kristen Stewart and Juliette Binoche and Two Days, One Night from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and starring Marion Cotillard. Both films made a splash at Cannes earlier this year,...
- 8/12/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Toronto film festival organisers have programmed features from 42 countries in the Contemporary World Cinema (Cwc) programme and unveiled eight South Korean selections in the City To City.
Cwc features latest work by Jessica Hausner, Rolf de Heer, Christian Zübert and Ryuichi Hiroki, among others.
For the third year, Tiff (Sept 4-14) has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Munk School Of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series, pairing five films in selection with expert scholars.
The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with the Tiff Adult Learning department.
Contemporary World Cinema
Wp = World premiere / Nap = North American premiere / IP = International premiere / Cp = Canadian premiere.
Aire Libre (Argentina), Anahí Berneri IP
Amour Fou (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany), Jessica Hausner Nap
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), Ernesto Daranas Cp
Bird People (France), Pascale Ferran Nap
Black Souls (Anime Nere) (Italy), Francesco Munzi IP
Breathe (Respire) (France), Mélanie Laurent Nap
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer Nap
*John Stackhouse...
Cwc features latest work by Jessica Hausner, Rolf de Heer, Christian Zübert and Ryuichi Hiroki, among others.
For the third year, Tiff (Sept 4-14) has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Munk School Of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series, pairing five films in selection with expert scholars.
The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with the Tiff Adult Learning department.
Contemporary World Cinema
Wp = World premiere / Nap = North American premiere / IP = International premiere / Cp = Canadian premiere.
Aire Libre (Argentina), Anahí Berneri IP
Amour Fou (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany), Jessica Hausner Nap
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), Ernesto Daranas Cp
Bird People (France), Pascale Ferran Nap
Black Souls (Anime Nere) (Italy), Francesco Munzi IP
Breathe (Respire) (France), Mélanie Laurent Nap
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer Nap
*John Stackhouse...
- 8/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Shawn Christensen’s Before I Disappear in 12-strong competition line-up.Scroll down for full list
Venice Days (Aug 27 to Sept 6) has unveiled the line-up for its 11th edition, opening with Kim Ki-Duk’s One On One and closing with Alex de la Iglesia’s footballer documentary, Messi.
The 11-day event, which runs as an independent sidebar of the Venice Film Festival, will play 12 features in competition – the first time Venice Days has hosted a competitive element.
Those competing for the €20,000 ($27,000) Venice Days Award, split between the winning director and international distributor of the film, include Shawn Christensen’s SXSW winner Before I Disappear; Guy Myhill’s The Goob; and Laurent Cantet’s Return to Ithaca.
The jurors for the Venice Days Award will be 28 young participants – one from each of the 28 EU member countries.
A total of 678 feature films were submitted between January and July. Including films viewed at festivals and markets, a total of...
Venice Days (Aug 27 to Sept 6) has unveiled the line-up for its 11th edition, opening with Kim Ki-Duk’s One On One and closing with Alex de la Iglesia’s footballer documentary, Messi.
The 11-day event, which runs as an independent sidebar of the Venice Film Festival, will play 12 features in competition – the first time Venice Days has hosted a competitive element.
Those competing for the €20,000 ($27,000) Venice Days Award, split between the winning director and international distributor of the film, include Shawn Christensen’s SXSW winner Before I Disappear; Guy Myhill’s The Goob; and Laurent Cantet’s Return to Ithaca.
The jurors for the Venice Days Award will be 28 young participants – one from each of the 28 EU member countries.
A total of 678 feature films were submitted between January and July. Including films viewed at festivals and markets, a total of...
- 7/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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