Exclusive: Frontieres, the industry initiative for genre film professionals, has named an 11-strong lineup for its 2020 Financing & Packaging Forum.
Frontieres runs three events throughout the year: the Forum, which this year will be held in Sweden in February, the Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film which is held during the Cannes festival in May, and finally the International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantastia festival in July.
The year’s Forum relocates from Helsinki to Karlskrona, Sweden, and will run February 27-29. It is co-organized with The Carl International Film Festival and Nordic Factory, and marks the first collaboration between Frontieres, the Swedish Film Institute and Norwegian Film Institute, and a returning collaboration with the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
This year’s slate features a majority of women directors as participants. Jen Handorf, whose credits as a producer include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Ben Parker’s The Chamber,...
Frontieres runs three events throughout the year: the Forum, which this year will be held in Sweden in February, the Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film which is held during the Cannes festival in May, and finally the International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantastia festival in July.
The year’s Forum relocates from Helsinki to Karlskrona, Sweden, and will run February 27-29. It is co-organized with The Carl International Film Festival and Nordic Factory, and marks the first collaboration between Frontieres, the Swedish Film Institute and Norwegian Film Institute, and a returning collaboration with the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
This year’s slate features a majority of women directors as participants. Jen Handorf, whose credits as a producer include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Ben Parker’s The Chamber,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Murphy’s quietly intense, mesmerizing performance is the principal asset of Terrance Odette’s glacial-paced drama about an aged priest struggling with guilt over an incident of sexual abuse he may or may not have committed in the distant past. Straining mightily for a Bergmanesque somberness but mainly smacking of pretension, Fall suffers from its overly determined subtlety.
The veteran character actor, best known for his frequent collaborations with Robert Altman, plays the lead role of Father Sam, who tends to his small Niagara Falls flock in dedicated fashion. But as he goes about his day-to-day activities, Father Sam exhibits an...
The veteran character actor, best known for his frequent collaborations with Robert Altman, plays the lead role of Father Sam, who tends to his small Niagara Falls flock in dedicated fashion. But as he goes about his day-to-day activities, Father Sam exhibits an...
- 2/1/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The Philadelphia-based distributor has picked up all Us rights to Terrance Odette’s Catholic priest drama.
Fall stars Michael Murphy in the tale of an ageing clergyman who receives a letter that stirs haunting memories of a possible incident involving a teenage boy many years ago.
Breaking Glass plans a limited theatrical release for winter after CEO Rich Wolff negotiated the deal with Marina Cordoni of Marina Cordoni Entertainment.
“We are thrilled to be working with Breaking Glass on the release of Fall,” said Odette, who also wrote the screenplay.
“This timely film attempts to explore celibacy and sexuality,...
Fall stars Michael Murphy in the tale of an ageing clergyman who receives a letter that stirs haunting memories of a possible incident involving a teenage boy many years ago.
Breaking Glass plans a limited theatrical release for winter after CEO Rich Wolff negotiated the deal with Marina Cordoni of Marina Cordoni Entertainment.
“We are thrilled to be working with Breaking Glass on the release of Fall,” said Odette, who also wrote the screenplay.
“This timely film attempts to explore celibacy and sexuality,...
- 6/13/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Industry Pictures and Lentin/Odette Productions announced on Monday (February 2) the multiple Canadian Screen Awards nominee will premiered at the market in Berlin.
Marina Cordoni Entertainment will commence talks with buyers on Terrance Odette’s sexual abuse drama about an aging Roman Catholic priest who receives a letter that disrupts his peaceful existence.
Fall will screen at the Efm on February 6.
“Fall is a beautifully shot, poetic film that exudes a European cinematic feel,” said Cordoni. “I’m excited to showcase this feature for the first time in what I believe is a perfect match for the foreign buying audience.”
The film is in the running for five Canadian Screen Awards including best picture and lead actor for Michael Murphy.
Mongrel Media holds Canadian rights and plans a 2015 release.
Marina Cordoni Entertainment will commence talks with buyers on Terrance Odette’s sexual abuse drama about an aging Roman Catholic priest who receives a letter that disrupts his peaceful existence.
Fall will screen at the Efm on February 6.
“Fall is a beautifully shot, poetic film that exudes a European cinematic feel,” said Cordoni. “I’m excited to showcase this feature for the first time in what I believe is a perfect match for the foreign buying audience.”
The film is in the running for five Canadian Screen Awards including best picture and lead actor for Michael Murphy.
Mongrel Media holds Canadian rights and plans a 2015 release.
- 2/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In "Fall," Father Sam Ryan (Michael Murphy), an aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
The letter, from "Christopher," confronts him about an incident that happened 40 years ago. Father Sam was a young, charismatic priest, serving a remote Northern Ontario parish. Christopher was a 14-year-old adolescent whom Sam mentored. The letter asks Father Sam for the truth: what did take place all those years ago? Were lines blurred or crossed? What choices were made?
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Forgiveness, redemption and sin are the dominant themes of Terrance Odette's ("Heater," "Saint Monica") latest feature. All the characters encountered by Father Sam -- through his parish duties and from his suppressed past -- force him into deeper reflection: Chelsea, a restless bride-to-be; Michael, a repentant addict; Reza, a gay Iranian grieving his recently deceased mother; Sheila,...
The letter, from "Christopher," confronts him about an incident that happened 40 years ago. Father Sam was a young, charismatic priest, serving a remote Northern Ontario parish. Christopher was a 14-year-old adolescent whom Sam mentored. The letter asks Father Sam for the truth: what did take place all those years ago? Were lines blurred or crossed? What choices were made?
Article Continues After Poster! (Click for full-sized image)
Forgiveness, redemption and sin are the dominant themes of Terrance Odette's ("Heater," "Saint Monica") latest feature. All the characters encountered by Father Sam -- through his parish duties and from his suppressed past -- force him into deeper reflection: Chelsea, a restless bride-to-be; Michael, a repentant addict; Reza, a gay Iranian grieving his recently deceased mother; Sheila,...
- 10/22/2014
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
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