New Zealand rugby icon Jonah Lomu and former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel will be the subjects of two new documentaries from U.K.-based sales agent and distributor Dogwoof and Sylver Entertainment.
The companies previously collaborated on “McEnroe,” a documentary about the tennis great John McEnroe, which was released in U.K. cinemas in July and premiered on Showtime on Sept. 2.
As development financiers and executive producers on both projects, Dogwoof will be presenting the projects to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.
“Lomu” is centred on the late Jonah Lomu, one of the greatest rugby players of all time. Lomu was a Tongan/Kiwi warrior who could run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. He was the youngest All Black to put on the jersey and still holds the record for the most tries scored in World Cup history. The film about his life is being made...
The companies previously collaborated on “McEnroe,” a documentary about the tennis great John McEnroe, which was released in U.K. cinemas in July and premiered on Showtime on Sept. 2.
As development financiers and executive producers on both projects, Dogwoof will be presenting the projects to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.
“Lomu” is centred on the late Jonah Lomu, one of the greatest rugby players of all time. Lomu was a Tongan/Kiwi warrior who could run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. He was the youngest All Black to put on the jersey and still holds the record for the most tries scored in World Cup history. The film about his life is being made...
- 9/6/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Up to $20,000 in development funding will be given to an “extraordinary” documentary project as part of a new partnership between Film Victoria and Universal Pictures Content Group.
Applications are now open for the Big Picture initiative, which is available to both experienced documentary filmmakers and emerging storytellers who are yet to attain their first screen credit.
The initiative calls for “compelling stories with global appeal” to follow in the footsteps of films such as Three Identical Strangers and Marianne & Leonard, which were both acquired and distributed by Universal.
Filmmakers with special access to a person or realm in the areas of music, crime, and sport – reminiscent of Conor McGregor: Notorious and the Film Victoria-supported feature documentary, Mystify: Michael Hutchence – are encouraged to apply, with other subject matter to also be considered.
One project suitable for theatrical distribution will be selected for development funding of up to $20,000.
Film Victoria CEO...
Applications are now open for the Big Picture initiative, which is available to both experienced documentary filmmakers and emerging storytellers who are yet to attain their first screen credit.
The initiative calls for “compelling stories with global appeal” to follow in the footsteps of films such as Three Identical Strangers and Marianne & Leonard, which were both acquired and distributed by Universal.
Filmmakers with special access to a person or realm in the areas of music, crime, and sport – reminiscent of Conor McGregor: Notorious and the Film Victoria-supported feature documentary, Mystify: Michael Hutchence – are encouraged to apply, with other subject matter to also be considered.
One project suitable for theatrical distribution will be selected for development funding of up to $20,000.
Film Victoria CEO...
- 12/14/2020
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Notorious is a documentary about Ufc icon Conor McGregor. But does it pack the right sort of punch?
I went into the press screening of the new documentary Conor McGregor: Notorious with only a vague knowledge of who the eponymous chap is: an Irishman, a fighter, and a bit of a shouty person. I didn’t really quite know what to expect. A bit of a mix, as it happens.
The film opens with Conor bopping about in the back of a fancy car. Hip and happening music is playing, and the iconography of Las Vegas is spliced in between Conor’s in-transit dance moves. It feels like one of those little montage thingies they show before a sporting fixture. This sense, that you’re watching the preamble to an event rather than an actual feature film, recurs throughout Notorious. I’ll come back to that in a bit.
However,...
I went into the press screening of the new documentary Conor McGregor: Notorious with only a vague knowledge of who the eponymous chap is: an Irishman, a fighter, and a bit of a shouty person. I didn’t really quite know what to expect. A bit of a mix, as it happens.
The film opens with Conor bopping about in the back of a fancy car. Hip and happening music is playing, and the iconography of Las Vegas is spliced in between Conor’s in-transit dance moves. It feels like one of those little montage thingies they show before a sporting fixture. This sense, that you’re watching the preamble to an event rather than an actual feature film, recurs throughout Notorious. I’ll come back to that in a bit.
However,...
- 10/19/2017
- Den of Geek
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