Granted, The Berlinale and Efm seem like a thousand years ago, but look, what have we got to look forward to? Not much right now, as everything is being cancelled, so let’s talk about the past Berlinale.
I was just going through my Berlin trades and just discovered that Ben Gibson, all of our favorite leftist renegade, crazy but good educator, producer of I don’t know how many films.”
That the trade press could write such reports about a friend to hang out with at parties at least, without first fact checking and interviewing their longtime colleague/ friend Ben or an actual witness is reprehensible because with a care–less stroke of their pen, they seem to have blocked any academic institution from ever interviewing Ben again. At first Google, the Screen article will appear. The article was next picked up by Variety who later corrected the reported...
I was just going through my Berlin trades and just discovered that Ben Gibson, all of our favorite leftist renegade, crazy but good educator, producer of I don’t know how many films.”
That the trade press could write such reports about a friend to hang out with at parties at least, without first fact checking and interviewing their longtime colleague/ friend Ben or an actual witness is reprehensible because with a care–less stroke of their pen, they seem to have blocked any academic institution from ever interviewing Ben again. At first Google, the Screen article will appear. The article was next picked up by Variety who later corrected the reported...
- 3/17/2020
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
To celebrate the release of Chosen - available on DVD & Digital Download 27th March – we are giving away a copy courtesy of Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. An extraordinary story of courage and survival during World War Two, as the resistance take on the Nazis in a powerful cross between Valkyrie and Defiance. Chosen is war cinema at its most powerful!
Take an incredible cast, including a supporting role from Hollywood legend Harvey Keitel, a war story inspired by actual events that is as audacious as it is incredible, mix it in with stunning production values and thrilling set pieces, and you have Jasmin Dizdar’s Chosen.
A powerful and haunting testament to the human spirit, a portrait of humanity in the depths of war that is brilliantly evoked, thrillingly effective and frighteningly prescient.
Order today: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chosen-DVD-Harvey-Keital/dp/B01E91F2IK/ref=sr...
Take an incredible cast, including a supporting role from Hollywood legend Harvey Keitel, a war story inspired by actual events that is as audacious as it is incredible, mix it in with stunning production values and thrilling set pieces, and you have Jasmin Dizdar’s Chosen.
A powerful and haunting testament to the human spirit, a portrait of humanity in the depths of war that is brilliantly evoked, thrillingly effective and frighteningly prescient.
Order today: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chosen-DVD-Harvey-Keital/dp/B01E91F2IK/ref=sr...
- 3/20/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Jodorowsky actor directorial debut to be presented at new co-production event; Reygadas curates for Filmfest Hamburg.
Argentinian actor Leandro Taub’s directorial debut The Dream of the Guest and Slovenian filmmaker Jan Cvitkovic’s new feature film Mercedes Fire Horse are among the projects to be presented at a new co-production event, the Matchbox Coproduction Lounge, during this year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival (Sept 14-18).
Matchbox’s inaugural edition will also present Buddy Giovinazzo’s Potsdamer Platz which had been the last project, which the late Tony Scott had optioned to direct.
Taub, who was a lead actor in veteran Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cannes competition film Endless Poetry this year, wrote the screenplay for the comedy drama which centres on how a family’s life changes dramatically when a special guest, claiming to be building a space ship, moves into their home to “confront them” with his strong belief in the possibility of the...
Argentinian actor Leandro Taub’s directorial debut The Dream of the Guest and Slovenian filmmaker Jan Cvitkovic’s new feature film Mercedes Fire Horse are among the projects to be presented at a new co-production event, the Matchbox Coproduction Lounge, during this year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival (Sept 14-18).
Matchbox’s inaugural edition will also present Buddy Giovinazzo’s Potsdamer Platz which had been the last project, which the late Tony Scott had optioned to direct.
Taub, who was a lead actor in veteran Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cannes competition film Endless Poetry this year, wrote the screenplay for the comedy drama which centres on how a family’s life changes dramatically when a special guest, claiming to be building a space ship, moves into their home to “confront them” with his strong belief in the possibility of the...
- 8/22/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
"An ordinary man, but the circumstances were extraordinary..." Lionsgate has released a new trailer for the WWII action film Chosen, from director Jasmin Dizdar, starring legendary actor Harvey Keitel as an unassuming Hungarian lawyer who ends up leading an anti-Nazi resistance during the war. English actor Luke Mably plays the "young" version of Keitel seen in flashbacks during the war. There is quite a bit of action in this, which is probably the main selling point, but I'm curious how much takes place in the present and how much really takes place in the past (during the war). Also starring Ana Ularu. Even though this is direct-to-dvd, if you're a fan of WWII films it's worth checking out. Not sure if it's any good, might be solid. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Jasmin Dizdar's Chosen, direct from Lionsgate's YouTube: Screen legend Harvey Keitel stars as Sonson, a...
- 6/2/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The public can finally witness the ultimate test of heroism, as Harvey Keitel’s new war film, ‘Chosen,’ has received an official trailer and release date from its distributor, Lionsgate. In honor of the action movie’s upcoming distribution, Shockya is exclusively debuting the trailer, and announcing that it will be unveiled on DVD, Digital HD and On Demand on August 2. ‘Chosen,’ which was written by Gabriel de Mercur and directed by Jasmin Dizdar, was shot in Bucharest, Romania and New York. The action war film, which was produced by Michael Riley, was inspired by true events. The movie’s DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98. In [ Read More ]
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- 5/26/2016
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Exclusive: Premiere Entertainment Group arrives at the market with worldwide rights to UK-based Sterling Pictures’ WWII action film Chosen starring Harvey Keitel.
Jasmin Dizdar directed from a screenplay by Gabriel de Mercur. The film tells the story of a young lawyer who fights the Nazis to save thousands of lives. Keitel plays the lawyer in present day.
Luke Mably and Ana Ularu also star and Michael Riley produced the drama, which shot in Bucharest, Romania, and New York.
“Chosen is an extraordinary story of courage and survival set during the Second World War,” said Premiere Entertainment Svp of sales and acquisitions Jack Campbell. “ Producer Michael Riley spared no expense – the sets are remarkable and the cinematography is stylish and modern. We’re eager to get this powerful film in front of buyers at the Afm.”
Gray Coleman of Davis Wright Tremaine and Tony Piantedosi negotiated the deal with Premiere Entertainment’s director of development and acquisitions [link=nm...
Jasmin Dizdar directed from a screenplay by Gabriel de Mercur. The film tells the story of a young lawyer who fights the Nazis to save thousands of lives. Keitel plays the lawyer in present day.
Luke Mably and Ana Ularu also star and Michael Riley produced the drama, which shot in Bucharest, Romania, and New York.
“Chosen is an extraordinary story of courage and survival set during the Second World War,” said Premiere Entertainment Svp of sales and acquisitions Jack Campbell. “ Producer Michael Riley spared no expense – the sets are remarkable and the cinematography is stylish and modern. We’re eager to get this powerful film in front of buyers at the Afm.”
Gray Coleman of Davis Wright Tremaine and Tony Piantedosi negotiated the deal with Premiere Entertainment’s director of development and acquisitions [link=nm...
- 11/4/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Premiere Entertainment Group arrives at the market with worldwide rights to UK-based Sterling Pictures’ WWII action film Chosen starring Harvey Keitel.
Jasmin Dizdar directed from a screenplay by Gabriel de Mercur. The film tells the story of a young lawyer who fights the Nazis to save thousands of lives. Keitel plays the lawyer in present day.
Luke Mably and Ana Ularu also star and Michael Riley produced the drama, which shot in Bucharest, Romania, and New York.
“Chosen is an extraordinary story of courage and survival set during the Second World War,” said Premiere Entertainment Svp of sales and acquisitions Jack Campbell. “ Producer Michael Riley spared no expense – the sets are remarkable and the cinematography is stylish and modern. We’re eager to get this powerful film in front of buyers at the Afm.”
Gray Coleman of Davis Wright Tremaine and Tony Piantedosi negotiated the deal with Premiere Entertainment’s director of development and acquisitions [link=nm...
Jasmin Dizdar directed from a screenplay by Gabriel de Mercur. The film tells the story of a young lawyer who fights the Nazis to save thousands of lives. Keitel plays the lawyer in present day.
Luke Mably and Ana Ularu also star and Michael Riley produced the drama, which shot in Bucharest, Romania, and New York.
“Chosen is an extraordinary story of courage and survival set during the Second World War,” said Premiere Entertainment Svp of sales and acquisitions Jack Campbell. “ Producer Michael Riley spared no expense – the sets are remarkable and the cinematography is stylish and modern. We’re eager to get this powerful film in front of buyers at the Afm.”
Gray Coleman of Davis Wright Tremaine and Tony Piantedosi negotiated the deal with Premiere Entertainment’s director of development and acquisitions [link=nm...
- 11/4/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Harvey Keitel and Ana Ularu lead holocaust drama directed by Cannes award-winning director Jasmin Dizdar.
Bosnian director Jasmin Dizdar has wrapped shooting on Second World War action drama Chosen, starring Harvey Keitel, Ana Ularu and Luke Mably.
Shot in Bucharest, Romania and New York and inspired by true events, the story centres on Sonson, an unassuming young lawyer (Mably) who leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.
With the help of Judith (Ularu) he turns a struggle for survival into a mission to save thousands of lives. Keitel plays Sonson in the present day.
The film marks Dizdar’s second feature, following Beautiful People, which won the Un Certain Regard Best Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999.
Producer Mike Riley said the film would be delivered before Cannes 2015.
The Sterling Pictures Production was made in association with Pluribus Unum, written by Gabriel De Mercur and co-produced by [link...
Bosnian director Jasmin Dizdar has wrapped shooting on Second World War action drama Chosen, starring Harvey Keitel, Ana Ularu and Luke Mably.
Shot in Bucharest, Romania and New York and inspired by true events, the story centres on Sonson, an unassuming young lawyer (Mably) who leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.
With the help of Judith (Ularu) he turns a struggle for survival into a mission to save thousands of lives. Keitel plays Sonson in the present day.
The film marks Dizdar’s second feature, following Beautiful People, which won the Un Certain Regard Best Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999.
Producer Mike Riley said the film would be delivered before Cannes 2015.
The Sterling Pictures Production was made in association with Pluribus Unum, written by Gabriel De Mercur and co-produced by [link...
- 10/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Ben Gibson, the departing Director of the London Film School, has been appointed to a new senior role at Aftrs, the Australian Film Television & Radio School, as Director, Degree Programs. He will start work in Sydney in September.
Gibson will play a key leadership role in ensuring the successful delivery and development of a new three-year Aftrs Bachelor of Arts (Screen) degree and Aftrs Screen and Screen Business Masters degrees, which are being restructured and relaunched for 2015.
“Ben is eminently qualified for this pivotal new role at Aftrs, and I’m thrilled that he could be persuaded to bring his considerable skills, experience and academic rigor to Australia. His 14 years as Director of the very successful London Film School are notable for his work in building up the school’s reputation in the UK and abroad and expanding and accrediting its prestigious postgraduate degrees. Ben has also been a very successful and original independent producer and production executive, and has previously worked in distribution and exhibition, so he comes with a deep knowledge of the international screen industry at all levels,” said Sandra Levy, CEO of the Aftrs.
Prior to joining the London Film School in 2001, Gibson worked as a film distributor and independent producer, and as Head of Production at the British Film Institute from 1988 to 1998. His production and executive production credits include Terence Davies' " The Long Day Closes," Derek Jarman's "Wittgenstein," John Maybury's "Love is the Devil," Carine Adler's "Under the Skin"and Jasmin Dizdar's "Beautiful People," as well as 20 other low budget features and many shorts by UK directors including Patrick Keiller, Gurinder Chadha, Lynne Ramsay, Richard Kwietniowski and Andrew Kotting. As a partner in distributors The Other Cinema/Metro Pictures he acquired and promoted films by Pedro Almodovar, Chris Marker, Chantal Akerman and Jean-Luc Godard as well as opening the West End’s Metro Cinema in 1986. He has also been a theater director, a repertory film programmer and a film critic and journalist. He leaves Lfs at the end of July.
Ben Gibson said: “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to Sandra Levy’s vision of Aftrs as a complete screen school -- and to get the chance to work in the Australian film industry, one I’ve hugely admired and followed -- so far from a great distance. Aftrs offers a special combination of good things: self-confidence, an extraordinary heritage, great creative ambition, exceptional resources, a wide educational scope and a central mission in a dynamic and productive screen industry. It’s rightly considered to be one of the great film schools of the world. I can’t wait to join the team and get started there.”
Gibson’s final year at Lfs has been attended by great creative success. The school won 35 festival prizes and mentions in 2013-14, including a BAFTA nomination. Ms Levy pointed out that this year’s Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival was won by Leidi, the Lfs graduation film of Simón Mesa Soto. Also at Cannes, amongst seven graduates featured in the 2014 selection, "The Salt of the Earth," co-directed by Lfs graduate Juliano Ribeiro Salgado with Wim Wenders, was awarded the Un Certain Regard’s Special Jury Prize.
Director Mike Leigh, Chair of Governors at the London Film School, in announcing Ben’s departure earlier this year, said: “Ben Gibson has led Lfs from strength to strength over his fourteen years of outstanding service, and we will be sad to see him go.”
Aftrs is Australia’s national screen arts and broadcasting school and has been named as one of the Top 20 film schools in the world by industry journal, The Hollywood Reporter. As an elite specialist institution, Aftrs provides excellence in education through its practice based model, and aspires to deliver a dynamic educational offering that prepares the most talented and creative students – novice, experienced, fully fledged professional specialists – to be platform agnostic, creative and resilient in an industry subject to constant changes in knowledge and technology. The new BA Screen is a 3-year program offering a strong base in the understanding of story and screen history alongside a comprehensive introduction to the skills of screen production.
Gibson will play a key leadership role in ensuring the successful delivery and development of a new three-year Aftrs Bachelor of Arts (Screen) degree and Aftrs Screen and Screen Business Masters degrees, which are being restructured and relaunched for 2015.
“Ben is eminently qualified for this pivotal new role at Aftrs, and I’m thrilled that he could be persuaded to bring his considerable skills, experience and academic rigor to Australia. His 14 years as Director of the very successful London Film School are notable for his work in building up the school’s reputation in the UK and abroad and expanding and accrediting its prestigious postgraduate degrees. Ben has also been a very successful and original independent producer and production executive, and has previously worked in distribution and exhibition, so he comes with a deep knowledge of the international screen industry at all levels,” said Sandra Levy, CEO of the Aftrs.
Prior to joining the London Film School in 2001, Gibson worked as a film distributor and independent producer, and as Head of Production at the British Film Institute from 1988 to 1998. His production and executive production credits include Terence Davies' " The Long Day Closes," Derek Jarman's "Wittgenstein," John Maybury's "Love is the Devil," Carine Adler's "Under the Skin"and Jasmin Dizdar's "Beautiful People," as well as 20 other low budget features and many shorts by UK directors including Patrick Keiller, Gurinder Chadha, Lynne Ramsay, Richard Kwietniowski and Andrew Kotting. As a partner in distributors The Other Cinema/Metro Pictures he acquired and promoted films by Pedro Almodovar, Chris Marker, Chantal Akerman and Jean-Luc Godard as well as opening the West End’s Metro Cinema in 1986. He has also been a theater director, a repertory film programmer and a film critic and journalist. He leaves Lfs at the end of July.
Ben Gibson said: “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to Sandra Levy’s vision of Aftrs as a complete screen school -- and to get the chance to work in the Australian film industry, one I’ve hugely admired and followed -- so far from a great distance. Aftrs offers a special combination of good things: self-confidence, an extraordinary heritage, great creative ambition, exceptional resources, a wide educational scope and a central mission in a dynamic and productive screen industry. It’s rightly considered to be one of the great film schools of the world. I can’t wait to join the team and get started there.”
Gibson’s final year at Lfs has been attended by great creative success. The school won 35 festival prizes and mentions in 2013-14, including a BAFTA nomination. Ms Levy pointed out that this year’s Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival was won by Leidi, the Lfs graduation film of Simón Mesa Soto. Also at Cannes, amongst seven graduates featured in the 2014 selection, "The Salt of the Earth," co-directed by Lfs graduate Juliano Ribeiro Salgado with Wim Wenders, was awarded the Un Certain Regard’s Special Jury Prize.
Director Mike Leigh, Chair of Governors at the London Film School, in announcing Ben’s departure earlier this year, said: “Ben Gibson has led Lfs from strength to strength over his fourteen years of outstanding service, and we will be sad to see him go.”
Aftrs is Australia’s national screen arts and broadcasting school and has been named as one of the Top 20 film schools in the world by industry journal, The Hollywood Reporter. As an elite specialist institution, Aftrs provides excellence in education through its practice based model, and aspires to deliver a dynamic educational offering that prepares the most talented and creative students – novice, experienced, fully fledged professional specialists – to be platform agnostic, creative and resilient in an industry subject to constant changes in knowledge and technology. The new BA Screen is a 3-year program offering a strong base in the understanding of story and screen history alongside a comprehensive introduction to the skills of screen production.
- 7/15/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Outgoing director of the London Film School to join Australian Film School.
Ben Gibson, the departing director of the London Film School, has been appointed to a new senior role at Aftrs, the Australian Film Television & Radio School, as director, degree programs. He will start work in Sydney in September.
Gibson will play a key leadership role in ensuring the successful delivery and development of a new three-year Aftrs Bachelor of Arts (Screen) degree and Aftrs Screen and Screen Business Masters degrees, which are being restructured and relaunched for 2015.
Prior to joining the Lfs in 2001, Gibson worked as a film distributor and independent producer, and as head of production at the British Film Institute (BFI) from 1988 to 1998.
His production and executive production credits include Terence Davies’ The Long Day Closes, Derek Jarman’s Wittgenstein, John Maybury’s Love is the Devil, Carine Adler’s Under the Skin and Jasmin Dizdar’s Beautiful People, as well as...
Ben Gibson, the departing director of the London Film School, has been appointed to a new senior role at Aftrs, the Australian Film Television & Radio School, as director, degree programs. He will start work in Sydney in September.
Gibson will play a key leadership role in ensuring the successful delivery and development of a new three-year Aftrs Bachelor of Arts (Screen) degree and Aftrs Screen and Screen Business Masters degrees, which are being restructured and relaunched for 2015.
Prior to joining the Lfs in 2001, Gibson worked as a film distributor and independent producer, and as head of production at the British Film Institute (BFI) from 1988 to 1998.
His production and executive production credits include Terence Davies’ The Long Day Closes, Derek Jarman’s Wittgenstein, John Maybury’s Love is the Devil, Carine Adler’s Under the Skin and Jasmin Dizdar’s Beautiful People, as well as...
- 7/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mike Leigh praises London Film School director Ben Gibson for “outstanding” service.
London Film School director Ben Gibson has stepped down from the post he held for 14 years.
The Lfs board is now looking to appoint a new director who will likely assume the role from next autumn.
Gibson will remain active at the school until the transition to the new director.
Gibson has been instrumental in raising the profile of the Lfs in the UK and abroad and has also overseen the school’s long-gestating transition from Covent Garden to the Barbican.
In December 2013, the school announced its first major funding towards the transfer, with a move planned for 2016, the same year the school celebrates its 60th birthday.
Gibson told ScreenDaily: “It has been an engrossing pleasure to lead this dynamic and important institution since 2000. Lfs is a wonderful place to work and learn, and the privilege of teaching and supporting talented, collaborative and clear-eyed...
London Film School director Ben Gibson has stepped down from the post he held for 14 years.
The Lfs board is now looking to appoint a new director who will likely assume the role from next autumn.
Gibson will remain active at the school until the transition to the new director.
Gibson has been instrumental in raising the profile of the Lfs in the UK and abroad and has also overseen the school’s long-gestating transition from Covent Garden to the Barbican.
In December 2013, the school announced its first major funding towards the transfer, with a move planned for 2016, the same year the school celebrates its 60th birthday.
Gibson told ScreenDaily: “It has been an engrossing pleasure to lead this dynamic and important institution since 2000. Lfs is a wonderful place to work and learn, and the privilege of teaching and supporting talented, collaborative and clear-eyed...
- 1/14/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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