Stars: Louisa Krause, Sophie Lowe | Written and Directed by Maximilian Erlenwein
Written and directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, The Dive is an English language remake of the 2020 Swedish thriller Breaking Surface, which is basically the same story, only colder, due to it being set in northern Norway. As such, it’s an effective and engaging survival horror, not too far removed from 2022’s horror hit The Fall, which had two women stuck up a pole, as opposed to two women stuck underwater. You could also, somewhat less generously, see it as 47 Metres Down without the sharks.
Louisa Krause and Sophie Lowe play May and Drew, two sisters of a similar age, who have become semi-estranged as a result of a recent event – we assume the death of their father, though that’s never explicitly stated. Whatever the incident, May is still harbouring some resentment towards Drew (flashbacks belatedly hint at the...
Written and directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, The Dive is an English language remake of the 2020 Swedish thriller Breaking Surface, which is basically the same story, only colder, due to it being set in northern Norway. As such, it’s an effective and engaging survival horror, not too far removed from 2022’s horror hit The Fall, which had two women stuck up a pole, as opposed to two women stuck underwater. You could also, somewhat less generously, see it as 47 Metres Down without the sharks.
Louisa Krause and Sophie Lowe play May and Drew, two sisters of a similar age, who have become semi-estranged as a result of a recent event – we assume the death of their father, though that’s never explicitly stated. Whatever the incident, May is still harbouring some resentment towards Drew (flashbacks belatedly hint at the...
- 8/31/2023
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
The Dive is a survival thriller movie directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, who also worked on the screenplay with Joachim Hedén. The survival movie follows the story of two sisters, who go diving at a beautiful but remote location. One of the sisters gets trapped by a rock 28 meters below. The Dive stars Louisa Krause and Sophia Lowe in the lead roles and if you loved the film here are some similar movies you could watch next.
47 Meters Down (Starz & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Dimension Films
Synopsis: Sisters Lisa and Kate become trapped at the bottom of the ocean when a diving expedition to observe sharks goes horribly wrong. When the cable attaching the cage sinks to the bottom of the ocean, the sisters must figure out a way to get back to safety battling injuries, lack of oxygen, and worst of all, bloodthirsty, great white sharks.
The Shallows (Tubi & Rent...
47 Meters Down (Starz & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Dimension Films
Synopsis: Sisters Lisa and Kate become trapped at the bottom of the ocean when a diving expedition to observe sharks goes horribly wrong. When the cable attaching the cage sinks to the bottom of the ocean, the sisters must figure out a way to get back to safety battling injuries, lack of oxygen, and worst of all, bloodthirsty, great white sharks.
The Shallows (Tubi & Rent...
- 8/28/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
In the heart-pounding survival thriller The Dive, directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, the true depth of human connection surfaces amidst the struggle for survival. The film portrays the complex relationship between the two protagonists, May and Drew, painting a poignant portrait of their individual personas while exploring the unbreakable bond that emerges in the face of imminent danger. As the sisters navigate the treacherous waters of isolation, the nuances of their characters come to life, breathing humanity into a narrative that oscillates between desperation and hope.
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May
May, a figure of meticulous caution, emerges as the stoic counterbalance to her sister’s effervescence. Portrayed as aloof and rigid, May’s demeanor echoes her diligent nature. Armed with state-of-the-art gear and an arsenal of oxygen tanks, she symbolizes the archetype of preparedness. From the outset, her apprehension is palpable, as she carries the weight of not only their equipment but...
Spoilers Ahead
May
May, a figure of meticulous caution, emerges as the stoic counterbalance to her sister’s effervescence. Portrayed as aloof and rigid, May’s demeanor echoes her diligent nature. Armed with state-of-the-art gear and an arsenal of oxygen tanks, she symbolizes the archetype of preparedness. From the outset, her apprehension is palpable, as she carries the weight of not only their equipment but...
- 8/27/2023
- by Anjena Pillai
- Film Fugitives
In the unforgiving terrain of survival thrillers, where humanity’s endurance is stretched to its limits, director and writer Maximilian Erlenwein’s The Dive ventures into treacherous waters with a mixture of commendable ambition and palpable shortcomings. While it treads the same waters as gripping classics like 127 Hours and 47 Meters Down, this tale of two sisters trapped in the cold embrace of the ocean falls somewhat short of making a lasting impact, often finding itself gasping for air. With a mixed bag of performances, a screenplay that occasionally springs leaks, and a submerged urgency that fails to fully surface, The Dive finds itself navigating the uncertain waters between tension and missed opportunities.
The film commences with a promise, painting a scenic yet foreboding picture of two sisters, May and Drew, venturing out for a diving expedition along Malta’s picturesque coastline. As the siblings embark on this ill-fated escapade,...
The film commences with a promise, painting a scenic yet foreboding picture of two sisters, May and Drew, venturing out for a diving expedition along Malta’s picturesque coastline. As the siblings embark on this ill-fated escapade,...
- 8/27/2023
- by Anjena Pillai
- Film Fugitives
UK Sundance title ‘Scrapper’ starts out for Picturehouse Entertainment.
Disney’s performing arts comedy Theater Camp and Universal comedy-horror The Blackening will look to end the five-week run of Barbie atop the UK-Ireland box office, with Oppenheimer also threatening to take top spot following strong holds.
Opening in 352 cinemas, Theater Camp is a comedy about the eccentric staff of a rundown theatre camp in upstate New York, who must band with the founder’s son to keep the facility afloat.
Directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman in their feature directorial debuts, it debuted at Sundance Film Festival in January,...
Disney’s performing arts comedy Theater Camp and Universal comedy-horror The Blackening will look to end the five-week run of Barbie atop the UK-Ireland box office, with Oppenheimer also threatening to take top spot following strong holds.
Opening in 352 cinemas, Theater Camp is a comedy about the eccentric staff of a rundown theatre camp in upstate New York, who must band with the founder’s son to keep the facility afloat.
Directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman in their feature directorial debuts, it debuted at Sundance Film Festival in January,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Take a look at more footage from "The Dive", the German-produced action thriller, directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, releasing August 25, 2023 in theaters:
“…a deep-sea diving trip at one of the world's most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters ‘Drew’ and ‘May’ when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move.
“With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister's life. She must put her own life in jeopardy and risk paying the ultimate sacrifice. But with no help in sight, time is quickly running out....”
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“…a deep-sea diving trip at one of the world's most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters ‘Drew’ and ‘May’ when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move.
“With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister's life. She must put her own life in jeopardy and risk paying the ultimate sacrifice. But with no help in sight, time is quickly running out....”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 8/24/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
There’s no time like the present in this diving thriller, neither for its two sister protagonists May (Louisa Krause) and Drew (Sophie Lowe), nor the director Maximilian Erlenwein who wastes no time in getting the two of them in the water. The pair have an evident competence and confidence as they prepare to take the dive in from a tiny jetty on an isolated and idyllic looking beach, although May seems less keen on this yearly reunion swim than Drew is.
The pair are wearing full face masks that allow them to communicate even when submerged, also permitting Erlenwein to key us more directly into their thoughts, and soon, fears. They’re not under for long before disaster strikes as a sudden rockfall catches them off guard. Worse still, it is the practical, no-nonsense May who gets trapped. With the clock ticking on her sister’s air it’s up to the more.
The pair are wearing full face masks that allow them to communicate even when submerged, also permitting Erlenwein to key us more directly into their thoughts, and soon, fears. They’re not under for long before disaster strikes as a sudden rockfall catches them off guard. Worse still, it is the practical, no-nonsense May who gets trapped. With the clock ticking on her sister’s air it’s up to the more.
- 8/23/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause as Drew and May in The Dive. Maximilian Erlenwein: 'It was crucial for me to make it as real and realistic as possible' Maximilian Erlenwein's The Dive takes the plunge with two sisters, Drew (Sophie Lowe) and May (Louisa Krause), as they head off on their annual diving trip together. The isolated location proves to be a threat, however, when May becomes trapped beneath the waves and Drew faces a race against the clock to try to save her. Shot on location in Malta and the neighbouring island of Gozo, Erlenwein was determined to keep the underwater shooting as authentic as possible, which meant both actresses had to learn how to dive. We caught up with him ahead of the film's FrightFest screening and UK release to talk about the challenges.
Do you dive yourself?
Maximilian Erlenwein: Oh, yes. I did a lot of diving when I was younger.
Do you dive yourself?
Maximilian Erlenwein: Oh, yes. I did a lot of diving when I was younger.
- 8/22/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
An race against the clock offers plenty of adrenaline-filled moments, but a weak backstory drains the tension
This survival thriller puts an underwater twist on 127 Hours, the Danny Boyle movie in which James Franco’s arm gets wedged in a boulder while he’s out hiking. Here, the limb-stuck-in-rock predicament is 30-odd meters below sea level, with an American diver who traps her leg off the coast of Malta. (Plot spoiler: no DIY surgery is involved.) What follows is a race against the clock, cleverly constructed by director Maximilian Erlenwein and co-writer Joachim Hedén. Their script throws in plenty of calamities to nobble the diver’s escape, but didn’t quite manage – for me at least – to spark a vertiginous clammy terror.
Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause play sisters Drew and May, driving out to dive in a hire car. Clearly, there’s unspoken conflict between the two. May...
This survival thriller puts an underwater twist on 127 Hours, the Danny Boyle movie in which James Franco’s arm gets wedged in a boulder while he’s out hiking. Here, the limb-stuck-in-rock predicament is 30-odd meters below sea level, with an American diver who traps her leg off the coast of Malta. (Plot spoiler: no DIY surgery is involved.) What follows is a race against the clock, cleverly constructed by director Maximilian Erlenwein and co-writer Joachim Hedén. Their script throws in plenty of calamities to nobble the diver’s escape, but didn’t quite manage – for me at least – to spark a vertiginous clammy terror.
Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause play sisters Drew and May, driving out to dive in a hire car. Clearly, there’s unspoken conflict between the two. May...
- 8/22/2023
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
“The Dive” is a new German-produced action thriller, directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, releasing August 25, 2023 in theaters:
“…a deep-sea diving trip at one of the world's most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters ‘Drew’ and ‘May’ when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move.
“With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister's life. She must put her own life in jeopardy and risk paying the ultimate sacrifice. But with no help in sight, time is quickly running out....”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…a deep-sea diving trip at one of the world's most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters ‘Drew’ and ‘May’ when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move.
“With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister's life. She must put her own life in jeopardy and risk paying the ultimate sacrifice. But with no help in sight, time is quickly running out....”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 8/13/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“The Dive” is a new German-produced action thriller, directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, releasing August 25, 2023 in theaters:
“…a deep-sea diving trip at one of the world's most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters ‘Drew’ and ‘May’ when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move.
“With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister's life. She must put her own life in jeopardy and risk paying the ultimate sacrifice. But with no help in sight, time is quickly running out....”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…a deep-sea diving trip at one of the world's most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters ‘Drew’ and ‘May’ when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move.
“With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister's life. She must put her own life in jeopardy and risk paying the ultimate sacrifice. But with no help in sight, time is quickly running out....”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 8/4/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
FrightFest, the UK genre festival, has unveiled the lineup for its latest edition (August 24-28).
The event opens with the European premiere of Suitable Flesh, the latest pic from FrightFest regular Joe Lynch. The pic follows a psychiatrist who becomes obsessed with one of her young clients with multiple personalities. The film is co-produced and co-stars Barbara Crampton.
The Sacrifice Game, from director Jenn Wexler, receiving its European premiere, is the closing night film. The festival has described the film as a wild, thrilling ride and a tribute to the beauty and boldness of classic 1970s horror.
This year the festival will host seven world premieres, including Nick Psinakis’s Cheat, Matt Sampere’s Halloween slasher Creeping Death, Raymond Wood’s feminist revenge-fantasy Faceless After Dark, Steven Pierce’s zombie survivalist thriller Herd, and Michael J. Hurst’s wild science fiction shocker Transmission.
Announcing the lineup today, fest co-director Alan Jones...
The event opens with the European premiere of Suitable Flesh, the latest pic from FrightFest regular Joe Lynch. The pic follows a psychiatrist who becomes obsessed with one of her young clients with multiple personalities. The film is co-produced and co-stars Barbara Crampton.
The Sacrifice Game, from director Jenn Wexler, receiving its European premiere, is the closing night film. The festival has described the film as a wild, thrilling ride and a tribute to the beauty and boldness of classic 1970s horror.
This year the festival will host seven world premieres, including Nick Psinakis’s Cheat, Matt Sampere’s Halloween slasher Creeping Death, Raymond Wood’s feminist revenge-fantasy Faceless After Dark, Steven Pierce’s zombie survivalist thriller Herd, and Michael J. Hurst’s wild science fiction shocker Transmission.
Announcing the lineup today, fest co-director Alan Jones...
- 7/13/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 10-20 in Fort Lauderdale, South Beach and virtually nationwide. The festival is leaping off the screen in full stereoscopic 3-D glory for its ninth edition, and they’ve unleashed a first wave of programming that includes new premieres and repertory celebrations.
Highlights include the World Premiere of Deliver Us on Opening Night; seven feature film World Premieres including Brandon Christensen’s The Puppetman; a special spotlight of made-in-Florida films featuring World Premieres of Big Easy Queens, Santastein, and a live original score performance for Herschell Gordon Lewis’ splatter masterpiece Blood Feast for its 60th anniversary; a “1983-d” celebration of 3-D films; and a focus on the “Australian Invasion” of bold new genre films coming from down under headlined by the World Premieres of Psychosis and Puzzle Box.
Access to the in-theater experience will be available...
Highlights include the World Premiere of Deliver Us on Opening Night; seven feature film World Premieres including Brandon Christensen’s The Puppetman; a special spotlight of made-in-Florida films featuring World Premieres of Big Easy Queens, Santastein, and a live original score performance for Herschell Gordon Lewis’ splatter masterpiece Blood Feast for its 60th anniversary; a “1983-d” celebration of 3-D films; and a focus on the “Australian Invasion” of bold new genre films coming from down under headlined by the World Premieres of Psychosis and Puzzle Box.
Access to the in-theater experience will be available...
- 6/29/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Rlje Films will be giving the survival thriller The Dive a theatrical release on August 25th, and with that date just a couple months away a trailer for the film has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.
Directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, whose previous credits include the 2009 crime drama Gravity, the 2014 thriller Stereo, and the Netflix series Skylines (all of which were German productions), The Dive has the following synopsis: A deep-sea diving trip at one of the world’s most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters Drew and May when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move. With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister’s life. She must put her own...
Directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, whose previous credits include the 2009 crime drama Gravity, the 2014 thriller Stereo, and the Netflix series Skylines (all of which were German productions), The Dive has the following synopsis: A deep-sea diving trip at one of the world’s most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters Drew and May when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move. With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister’s life. She must put her own...
- 6/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
"You have to go to the surface and call for help!" Rlje Films has revealed the trailer for an underwater survival thriller titled The Dive, from German filmmaker Maximilian Erlenwein. This is actually a remake of a Scandinavian film called Breaking Surface, which has the same plot except in Norway. In this new one, two sisters go diving at a beautiful, remote location. One is struck by a rock underwater from a landslide, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures at these depths, it is up to her sister to save her – Drew must make life-and-death decisions with no outside help in sight... The thriller stars Sophie Lowe as Drew and Louisa Krause as May – the one trapped. This looks super scary! Especially for anyone afraid of deep water. This trailer plays like 127 Hours, but underwater. If you're already nervous of Scuba diving,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Publishing exec will take over from Petra Müller on January 1, 2024
Walid Nakschbandi is to succeed Petra Müller as CEO of one of the leading German regional film funds, Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, from January 1, 2024.
Afghan-born Nakschbandi, who settled in Germany at the age of 14, studied political science and law in Bonn and Berlin. He joined the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in 1996 and ran the group’s TV production arm Ave Gesellschaft für Fernsehproduktion GmbH from 1999.
His producer credits include the TV movie My Daughter, Anne Frank, a documentary on the right-wing terrorist Beate Zschäpe in Letzte Ausfahrt Gera - Acht Stunden mit Beate Zschäpe,...
Walid Nakschbandi is to succeed Petra Müller as CEO of one of the leading German regional film funds, Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, from January 1, 2024.
Afghan-born Nakschbandi, who settled in Germany at the age of 14, studied political science and law in Bonn and Berlin. He joined the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in 1996 and ran the group’s TV production arm Ave Gesellschaft für Fernsehproduktion GmbH from 1999.
His producer credits include the TV movie My Daughter, Anne Frank, a documentary on the right-wing terrorist Beate Zschäpe in Letzte Ausfahrt Gera - Acht Stunden mit Beate Zschäpe,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
They will screen as part of the New German Films line-up at the 40th edition of the German festival later this month.
New feature films by Asli Özge, Maximilian Erlenwein and Henrika Kull are among 15 titles premiering in the New German Cinema sidebar at the Filmfest München’s 40th anniversary edition (June 23 - July 1).
Turkish-born director Özge’s thriller Black Box, whose cast includes Luise Heyer, Felix Kramer, and Christian Berkel, will open the section on June 24 and be released theatrically in Germany by Port au Prince Pictures on August 10 .
The Zeitsprung Pictures production was co-produced with the Dardennes brothers...
New feature films by Asli Özge, Maximilian Erlenwein and Henrika Kull are among 15 titles premiering in the New German Cinema sidebar at the Filmfest München’s 40th anniversary edition (June 23 - July 1).
Turkish-born director Özge’s thriller Black Box, whose cast includes Luise Heyer, Felix Kramer, and Christian Berkel, will open the section on June 24 and be released theatrically in Germany by Port au Prince Pictures on August 10 .
The Zeitsprung Pictures production was co-produced with the Dardennes brothers...
- 6/6/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The film stars Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause and is directed by Maximilian Erlenwein.
UK sales agent Protagonist Pictures has closed deals for key international territories on survival thriller Dive.
The film stars Sophie Lowe (Medieval) and Louisa Krause (Billions), and is directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, who also wrote the screenplay alongside Joachim Hedén.
It has sold to Australia and New Zealand (Reset Collective), Latin America (CDC), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Benelux (Just Entertainment), Scandinavia (Mislabel), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Baltics (Acme), Middle East (Front Row), Turkey (Bir Film) and Airlines (Skeye Inflight Entertainment).
Other new sales are India (Asia Pictureworks...
UK sales agent Protagonist Pictures has closed deals for key international territories on survival thriller Dive.
The film stars Sophie Lowe (Medieval) and Louisa Krause (Billions), and is directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, who also wrote the screenplay alongside Joachim Hedén.
It has sold to Australia and New Zealand (Reset Collective), Latin America (CDC), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Benelux (Just Entertainment), Scandinavia (Mislabel), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Baltics (Acme), Middle East (Front Row), Turkey (Bir Film) and Airlines (Skeye Inflight Entertainment).
Other new sales are India (Asia Pictureworks...
- 2/14/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
UK-based company is aiming to ”move faster and come onto projects even earlier”.
Dave Bishop has been CEO of London-based sales, production and financing agency Protagonist Pictures for five years but Cannes 2022 is just his third time on the Croisette in the top role. Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have kept Bishop mostly in the UK and reliant on Zoom.
The squeeze on talent has been a particular test. “We’ve spent a lot of time building relationships with [US] agents, managers and financiers,” says Bishop. “What’s been frustrating over the past couple of years is not being able to travel to the US.
Dave Bishop has been CEO of London-based sales, production and financing agency Protagonist Pictures for five years but Cannes 2022 is just his third time on the Croisette in the top role. Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have kept Bishop mostly in the UK and reliant on Zoom.
The squeeze on talent has been a particular test. “We’ve spent a lot of time building relationships with [US] agents, managers and financiers,” says Bishop. “What’s been frustrating over the past couple of years is not being able to travel to the US.
- 5/19/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
In a further expansive move, London-based Protagonist Pictures is teaming with Madrid’s Mogambo, executive producers on “1917,” for a multi-year, multi-title strategic financing and production partnership.
Announced on the cusp of the Cannes Festival, the deal sees the two companies allying to finance, co-produce and sell up to five films a year, Protagonist CEO Dave Bishop and Cco George Hamilton, announced alongside Mogambo founders Ignacio Salazar-Simpson and Ricardo Marco Budé.
They added in a statement that the partnership will focus on jointly green-lighting prestige third party filmmaker-driven titles with budget ranges of 5 million-25 million, as well as strategic co-productions and development.
Negotiated by Mogambo’s legal director Carlos Segovia and Protagonist’s COO James Pugh, Hamilton and Head of Acquisitions Luane Gauer, the alliance is another building brick for both companies as they seek to leverage co-production to create bigger and more ambitious movie productions.
They can also bring...
Announced on the cusp of the Cannes Festival, the deal sees the two companies allying to finance, co-produce and sell up to five films a year, Protagonist CEO Dave Bishop and Cco George Hamilton, announced alongside Mogambo founders Ignacio Salazar-Simpson and Ricardo Marco Budé.
They added in a statement that the partnership will focus on jointly green-lighting prestige third party filmmaker-driven titles with budget ranges of 5 million-25 million, as well as strategic co-productions and development.
Negotiated by Mogambo’s legal director Carlos Segovia and Protagonist’s COO James Pugh, Hamilton and Head of Acquisitions Luane Gauer, the alliance is another building brick for both companies as they seek to leverage co-production to create bigger and more ambitious movie productions.
They can also bring...
- 5/16/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Former Number 9 Films development editor will focus on new talent.
London-based international sales, production and finance company Protagonist Pictures has appointed Alice Vail as creative executive.
Vail joins from Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films where she worked as development editor.
Reporting to head of development Len Rowles and head of acquisitions Luane Gauer, Vail will work across Protagonist’s film and television projects with a focus on supporting new talent.
Vail began her career at film and TV agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, where she worked with writers and directors including Academy Award-nominee Phyllis Nagy, Saint Maud director Rose Glass,...
London-based international sales, production and finance company Protagonist Pictures has appointed Alice Vail as creative executive.
Vail joins from Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films where she worked as development editor.
Reporting to head of development Len Rowles and head of acquisitions Luane Gauer, Vail will work across Protagonist’s film and television projects with a focus on supporting new talent.
Vail began her career at film and TV agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, where she worked with writers and directors including Academy Award-nominee Phyllis Nagy, Saint Maud director Rose Glass,...
- 4/25/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
International finance, production and sales company Protagonist Pictures has appointed Alice Vail as creative executive, reporting into head of development Len Rowles and head of acquisitions Luane Gauer. Vail will be working across Protagonist’s film and television projects with a focus on supporting new talent.
Vail previously served as the development editor at Number 9 Films, working on several high-profile projects including Eva Husson’s Cannes 2021 official selection “Mothering Sunday,” and Oliver Hermanus’ “Living,” which bowed at Sundance earlier this year.
Vail began her career working at the film and TV agency, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, where she worked with writers and directors including Oscar-nominee Phyllis Nagy (“Carol”), “Saint Maud” director Rose Glass, and “Ida” screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Rowles and Gauer said: “We are delighted to welcome Alice to the Protagonist team. Her broad industry experience, ability to analyze scripts with a view to worldwide market appeal, and her...
Vail previously served as the development editor at Number 9 Films, working on several high-profile projects including Eva Husson’s Cannes 2021 official selection “Mothering Sunday,” and Oliver Hermanus’ “Living,” which bowed at Sundance earlier this year.
Vail began her career working at the film and TV agency, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, where she worked with writers and directors including Oscar-nominee Phyllis Nagy (“Carol”), “Saint Maud” director Rose Glass, and “Ida” screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Rowles and Gauer said: “We are delighted to welcome Alice to the Protagonist team. Her broad industry experience, ability to analyze scripts with a view to worldwide market appeal, and her...
- 4/25/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
International feature film and commercial content group Iconoclast and Berlin-based StickUp Films have established a new joint venture to produce feature films and series for the domestic and international markets.
Represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the new shingle, Iconoclast Films Germany, is aiming to produce a minimum of three film or series projects annually within a five-year ramp-up period.
The company is headed by Luis Singer and Dennis Schanz of StickUp Films – the creators and co-producers of Netflix’s award-winning series “Skylines” — as well as Iconoclast executive producer Swantje Rummel.
Iconoclast sees the new venture as part of its international content strategy and a logical extension of its brand. In addition to producing recent works by the likes of Gus Van Sant, Julian Schnabel (“At Eternity’s Gate”), Harmony Korine (“The Beach Bum”) and Romain Gavras (“The World Is Yours”) through its companies in the U.S. and France, Iconoclast...
Represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the new shingle, Iconoclast Films Germany, is aiming to produce a minimum of three film or series projects annually within a five-year ramp-up period.
The company is headed by Luis Singer and Dennis Schanz of StickUp Films – the creators and co-producers of Netflix’s award-winning series “Skylines” — as well as Iconoclast executive producer Swantje Rummel.
Iconoclast sees the new venture as part of its international content strategy and a logical extension of its brand. In addition to producing recent works by the likes of Gus Van Sant, Julian Schnabel (“At Eternity’s Gate”), Harmony Korine (“The Beach Bum”) and Romain Gavras (“The World Is Yours”) through its companies in the U.S. and France, Iconoclast...
- 3/15/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Multi-hyphenate Flying Lotus and his company Brainfeeder Films has linked with Paris-based Logical Pictures and XYZ Films for a multi-picture development deal covering a slate of films that the artist will produce and direct.
Logical Content Ventures, the co-production fund backed by Logical Pictures, will finance the development of the films, which will focus on genres in the horror, thriller and sci-fi universe. Logical also secured a first-look agreement to finance and produce. The slate will span multiple projects, with XYZ Films set to produce and handle sales.
The deal was negotiated by Frédéric Fiore and Grace Adams from Logical Pictures, and by Nate Bolotin, partner at XYZ Films, on behalf of Brainfeeder Films.
Flying Lotus, also known as Steven Ellison, is a genre-bending, Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, filmmaker and rapper. He founded Brainfeeder Records in 2008.
Since 2006, Ellison has released six studio albums and composed much of the music heard...
Logical Content Ventures, the co-production fund backed by Logical Pictures, will finance the development of the films, which will focus on genres in the horror, thriller and sci-fi universe. Logical also secured a first-look agreement to finance and produce. The slate will span multiple projects, with XYZ Films set to produce and handle sales.
The deal was negotiated by Frédéric Fiore and Grace Adams from Logical Pictures, and by Nate Bolotin, partner at XYZ Films, on behalf of Brainfeeder Films.
Flying Lotus, also known as Steven Ellison, is a genre-bending, Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, filmmaker and rapper. He founded Brainfeeder Records in 2008.
Since 2006, Ellison has released six studio albums and composed much of the music heard...
- 3/3/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The funds boosted inward investment on film and high-end TV series by a record €740m ($841m) in ’German spend’ last year.
Two of Germany’s leading production incentive programmes boosted inward investment on film and high-end TV series by a record €740m ($841m) in ’German spend’ last year.
The 2021 figure is up on the €715m generated in 2019, despite pandemic-related restrictions on production.
The German Federal Film Fund (Dfff) and German Motion Picture Fund (Gmpf) paid out a combined total of €147.4m in 2021, up €62.8m on 2020 and €11.9m more in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, generating an almost five-fold increase in the initial outlay.
Two of Germany’s leading production incentive programmes boosted inward investment on film and high-end TV series by a record €740m ($841m) in ’German spend’ last year.
The 2021 figure is up on the €715m generated in 2019, despite pandemic-related restrictions on production.
The German Federal Film Fund (Dfff) and German Motion Picture Fund (Gmpf) paid out a combined total of €147.4m in 2021, up €62.8m on 2020 and €11.9m more in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, generating an almost five-fold increase in the initial outlay.
- 2/18/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Protagonist Pictures has closed multiple deals for several key territories on Sundance selection and Berlin Film Festival competition title “Call Jane.”
Territories sold include Dcm for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Umbrella Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand, Mis.label for Scandinavia, Eagle for Italy, Shaw for Singapore and Empire for South Africa.
Directed by Phyllis Nagy, the Oscar nominated writer of “Carol,” the film stars Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara and Chris Messina. The film follows Joy (Banks), a traditional 1960s housewife who unexpectedly falls pregnant and finds the Janes, an underground abortion movement led by Virginia (Weaver). The group saves her life and gives her a sense of purpose – to help other women take control of their destinies.
Nagy directed from a Blacklist script by “The Resident” writers Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi. The film is produced by Robbie Brenner (“The Dallas Buyers Club”), David Wulf, and Kevin McKeon.
Territories sold include Dcm for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Umbrella Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand, Mis.label for Scandinavia, Eagle for Italy, Shaw for Singapore and Empire for South Africa.
Directed by Phyllis Nagy, the Oscar nominated writer of “Carol,” the film stars Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara and Chris Messina. The film follows Joy (Banks), a traditional 1960s housewife who unexpectedly falls pregnant and finds the Janes, an underground abortion movement led by Virginia (Weaver). The group saves her life and gives her a sense of purpose – to help other women take control of their destinies.
Nagy directed from a Blacklist script by “The Resident” writers Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi. The film is produced by Robbie Brenner (“The Dallas Buyers Club”), David Wulf, and Kevin McKeon.
- 2/11/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ridley Scott is a producer on the thriller.
Eric Bana and Kiernan Shipka are to star in UK director Jordan Scott’s Berlin-set thriller Berlin Nobody, with Ridley Scott a producer.
American social psychologist Ben Monroe (Bana) investigates a local cult connected to a disturbing event, while his daughter (Shipka) becomes embroiled with a mysterious local boy. The film is inspired by Nicholas Hogg’s 2015 novel Tokyo. Jordan Scott has also written the script.
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide sales alongside Cologne-based augenschein Sales. The companies will co-represent the project and launch worldwide sales at the European Film Market, having...
Eric Bana and Kiernan Shipka are to star in UK director Jordan Scott’s Berlin-set thriller Berlin Nobody, with Ridley Scott a producer.
American social psychologist Ben Monroe (Bana) investigates a local cult connected to a disturbing event, while his daughter (Shipka) becomes embroiled with a mysterious local boy. The film is inspired by Nicholas Hogg’s 2015 novel Tokyo. Jordan Scott has also written the script.
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide sales alongside Cologne-based augenschein Sales. The companies will co-represent the project and launch worldwide sales at the European Film Market, having...
- 1/27/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: In an interesting international tie-up, UK sales firm Protagonist Pictures and Germany’s 7500 and Stowaway producer Augenschein are teaming up to co-represent worldwide rights on select English-language movies.
Protagonist will serve as executive producers on the films in the new partnership and work with Augenschein to source finance for the projects. The companies will invest a portion of the funds generated by the sales into the co-development of select projects, with the aim of building a co-production slate.
The strategic alliance is not fully exclusive and will not prevent either company from continuing to work with others.
This is a smart move to bolster prominence in a market in which the streamers are increasingly dominant. We’ve heard for a while about the potential for sellers and distributors teaming up to increase their pulling power and distribution footprints.
The first project under the new deal will be elevated survival...
Protagonist will serve as executive producers on the films in the new partnership and work with Augenschein to source finance for the projects. The companies will invest a portion of the funds generated by the sales into the co-development of select projects, with the aim of building a co-production slate.
The strategic alliance is not fully exclusive and will not prevent either company from continuing to work with others.
This is a smart move to bolster prominence in a market in which the streamers are increasingly dominant. We’ve heard for a while about the potential for sellers and distributors teaming up to increase their pulling power and distribution footprints.
The first project under the new deal will be elevated survival...
- 6/16/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Sophie Lowe, Louisa Krause star in survival thriller, set to shoot later summer in Malta, Germany.
Augenschein Sales and Protagonist Pictures have struck a worldwide sales partnership on select films from Augenschein’s slate of English-speaking films and will kick off virtual Cannes market talks on survival thriller The Dive.
Protagonist will serve as executive producers on the projects and will help augenschein source additional financing.
The companies will invest a portion of the funds generated by the non-exclusive partnership into co-development of select projects as they assemble a co-production slate.
The Dive is scheduled to commence production in mid-August...
Augenschein Sales and Protagonist Pictures have struck a worldwide sales partnership on select films from Augenschein’s slate of English-speaking films and will kick off virtual Cannes market talks on survival thriller The Dive.
Protagonist will serve as executive producers on the projects and will help augenschein source additional financing.
The companies will invest a portion of the funds generated by the non-exclusive partnership into co-development of select projects as they assemble a co-production slate.
The Dive is scheduled to commence production in mid-August...
- 6/16/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Projects to receive funding include Joachim Hedén’s Breaking Surface and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch.
New projects by Komplizen Film, augenschein Filmproduktion, X Filme and Gaumont are among 16 films and TV series awarded a total of more than €9.6m ($11.5m) in production funding by North Rhine-Westphalia’s regional film fund Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw in its first funding session of 2021.
The largest single award to a feature, €1m ($1.19m), went to augenschein Filmproduktion’s English-language survival drama The Dive, based on Swedish writer-director Joachim Hedén’s Breaking Surface, which will be directed by Maximilian Erlenwein in Sardinia and Germany later this year.
New projects by Komplizen Film, augenschein Filmproduktion, X Filme and Gaumont are among 16 films and TV series awarded a total of more than €9.6m ($11.5m) in production funding by North Rhine-Westphalia’s regional film fund Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw in its first funding session of 2021.
The largest single award to a feature, €1m ($1.19m), went to augenschein Filmproduktion’s English-language survival drama The Dive, based on Swedish writer-director Joachim Hedén’s Breaking Surface, which will be directed by Maximilian Erlenwein in Sardinia and Germany later this year.
- 2/4/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: German producer Augenschein, whose Joseph Gordon-Levitt thriller 7500 sold last year to Amazon, is lining up English-language survival movie The Dive.
The thriller is being pitched in the vein of 127 Hours, and charts the story of two sisters with a close but complex bond who go diving at a beautiful, remote location. During their dive, one of the sisters is struck by a rock from a landslide above the water, leaving her trapped on the seabed 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life, which in turn puts her own life in jeopardy.
Directing will be German filmmaker Maximilian Erlenwein, known for 2014 crime-thriller Stereo, which played at the Berlinale and was picked up by Netflix, and for 2019 Netflix Germany crime-drama series Skylines. Erlenwein is himself an experienced diver.
Shoot is slated for late Q1/early Q2, 2021, in Sardinia and Germany.
The thriller is being pitched in the vein of 127 Hours, and charts the story of two sisters with a close but complex bond who go diving at a beautiful, remote location. During their dive, one of the sisters is struck by a rock from a landslide above the water, leaving her trapped on the seabed 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life, which in turn puts her own life in jeopardy.
Directing will be German filmmaker Maximilian Erlenwein, known for 2014 crime-thriller Stereo, which played at the Berlinale and was picked up by Netflix, and for 2019 Netflix Germany crime-drama series Skylines. Erlenwein is himself an experienced diver.
Shoot is slated for late Q1/early Q2, 2021, in Sardinia and Germany.
- 11/13/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
A total of 15 films have been submitted for consideration.
German producers have submitted 15 films for consideration to German Films as the country’s entry for the 87th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
An independent expert jury will decide on Aug 27 which film is to be sent into the race for Germany.
The following titles were submitted:
Home From Home – Chronicle Of A Vision
Edgar Reitz (De/Fr, Erf Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion)
Beloved Sisters
Dominik Graf (Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktion)
Finsterworld
Frauke Finsterwalder (Walker + Worm Film)
Hanna’s Journey
Julia von Heinz (De/Il, 2 Pilots Filmproduction)
Im Weissen Rössl – Wehe Du Singst
Christian Theede (Ziegler Film)
Stations Of The Cross
Dietrich Brüggemann (Ufa Fiction)
Run Boy Run
Pepe Danquart (De/Fr, bittersuess pictures, A Company Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Quinte Film)
The Last Mentsch
Pierre-Henri Salfati (Elsani Film)
Stereo
Maximilian Erlenwein (Frisbeefilms, Kaissar Film, Wild Bunch Germany)
West
Christian Schwochow (zero one film, Terz...
German producers have submitted 15 films for consideration to German Films as the country’s entry for the 87th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
An independent expert jury will decide on Aug 27 which film is to be sent into the race for Germany.
The following titles were submitted:
Home From Home – Chronicle Of A Vision
Edgar Reitz (De/Fr, Erf Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion)
Beloved Sisters
Dominik Graf (Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktion)
Finsterworld
Frauke Finsterwalder (Walker + Worm Film)
Hanna’s Journey
Julia von Heinz (De/Il, 2 Pilots Filmproduction)
Im Weissen Rössl – Wehe Du Singst
Christian Theede (Ziegler Film)
Stations Of The Cross
Dietrich Brüggemann (Ufa Fiction)
Run Boy Run
Pepe Danquart (De/Fr, bittersuess pictures, A Company Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Quinte Film)
The Last Mentsch
Pierre-Henri Salfati (Elsani Film)
Stereo
Maximilian Erlenwein (Frisbeefilms, Kaissar Film, Wild Bunch Germany)
West
Christian Schwochow (zero one film, Terz...
- 8/6/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A total of 15 films have been submitted for consideration.
German producers have submitted 15 films for consideration to German Films as the country’s entry for the 87th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
An independent expert jury will decide on Aug 27 which film is to be sent into the race for Germany.
The following titles were submitted:
Home From Home – Chronicle Of A Vision
Edgar Reitz (De/Fr, Erf Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion)
Beloved Sisters
Dominik Graf (Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktion)
Finsterworld
Frauke Finsterwalder (Walker + Worm Film)
Hanna’s Journey
Julia von Heinz (De/Il, 2 Pilots Filmproduction)
Im Weissen Rössl – Wehe Du Singst
Christian Theede (Ziegler Film)
Stations Of The Cross
Dietrich Brüggemann (Ufa Fiction)
Run Boy Run
Pepe Danquart (De/Fr, bittersuess pictures, A Company Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Quinte Film)
The Last Mentsch
Pierre-Henri Salfati (Elsani Film)
Stereo
Maximilian Erlenwein (Frisbeefilms, Kaissar Film, Wild Bunch Germany)
West
Christian Schwochow (zero one film, Terz...
German producers have submitted 15 films for consideration to German Films as the country’s entry for the 87th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
An independent expert jury will decide on Aug 27 which film is to be sent into the race for Germany.
The following titles were submitted:
Home From Home – Chronicle Of A Vision
Edgar Reitz (De/Fr, Erf Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion)
Beloved Sisters
Dominik Graf (Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktion)
Finsterworld
Frauke Finsterwalder (Walker + Worm Film)
Hanna’s Journey
Julia von Heinz (De/Il, 2 Pilots Filmproduction)
Im Weissen Rössl – Wehe Du Singst
Christian Theede (Ziegler Film)
Stations Of The Cross
Dietrich Brüggemann (Ufa Fiction)
Run Boy Run
Pepe Danquart (De/Fr, bittersuess pictures, A Company Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Quinte Film)
The Last Mentsch
Pierre-Henri Salfati (Elsani Film)
Stereo
Maximilian Erlenwein (Frisbeefilms, Kaissar Film, Wild Bunch Germany)
West
Christian Schwochow (zero one film, Terz...
- 8/6/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) opens tonight (July 17) with German film Stereo; this year’s Producers’ Choice Awards going to actor Hyun Bin and actress Son Ye-jin.
The 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) opens tonight (July 17) with this year’s Producers’ Choice Awards going to actor Hyun Bin and actress Son Ye-jin.
Selected by PiFan and the Korean Film Producers Association (Kfpa), the Producers’ Choice Awards go to “the most recognized actors with outstanding careers in Korea” each year. The awards were started in 2012 and have guaranteed top stars on the PiFan opening night red carpet annually.
Previously seen in romances such as Lee Yoon-ki’s Come Rain, Come Shine and Kim Tae-yong’s Late Autumn, Hyun was most recently in historical thriller The Fatal Encounter.
Son’s credits include hits such as The Art Of Seduction, April Snow and My Wife Got Married. She also stars in the upcoming sea-faring adventure...
The 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) opens tonight (July 17) with this year’s Producers’ Choice Awards going to actor Hyun Bin and actress Son Ye-jin.
Selected by PiFan and the Korean Film Producers Association (Kfpa), the Producers’ Choice Awards go to “the most recognized actors with outstanding careers in Korea” each year. The awards were started in 2012 and have guaranteed top stars on the PiFan opening night red carpet annually.
Previously seen in romances such as Lee Yoon-ki’s Come Rain, Come Shine and Kim Tae-yong’s Late Autumn, Hyun was most recently in historical thriller The Fatal Encounter.
Son’s credits include hits such as The Art Of Seduction, April Snow and My Wife Got Married. She also stars in the upcoming sea-faring adventure...
- 7/17/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
UK film-makers are in the spotlight at the fifth edition of Vologda’s Voices festival (July 4-8), which will open with Ken Loach’s Cannes Competition film Jimmy’s Hall.
British actress Justine Waddell, who learnt Russian for her role in Alexander Zeldovich’s Target (Mishen), will join the competition’s international jury, including Moscow Film Festival programme director Kirill Razlogov, Russian actress Olga Sutulova, and Armenian-French actor-director-producer Serge Avedikian, with writer-director Svetlana Proskurina as jury chairperson.
The competition line-up of 10 first and second features are as follows:
Life Feels Good, dir: Maciej Pieprzyca, PolandStill Life, dir: Uberto Pasolini, UKClass Enemy, dir: Rok Bicek, SloveniaBlind, dir: Eskil Vogt, NorwayStereo, dir: Maximilian Erlenwein, GermanyThe Art Of Happiness, dir: Alessandro Rak, ItalyWolf, dir: Jim Taihuttu, The NetherlandsTo See The Sea, dir: Jirí Mádl, Czech RepublicWhen Animals Dream, dir: Jonas Alexander Arnby, DenmarkSkinless, dir: Vladimir Beck, Russia.
Sidebars include the out-of-competition European section with such films as The Great Beauty...
British actress Justine Waddell, who learnt Russian for her role in Alexander Zeldovich’s Target (Mishen), will join the competition’s international jury, including Moscow Film Festival programme director Kirill Razlogov, Russian actress Olga Sutulova, and Armenian-French actor-director-producer Serge Avedikian, with writer-director Svetlana Proskurina as jury chairperson.
The competition line-up of 10 first and second features are as follows:
Life Feels Good, dir: Maciej Pieprzyca, PolandStill Life, dir: Uberto Pasolini, UKClass Enemy, dir: Rok Bicek, SloveniaBlind, dir: Eskil Vogt, NorwayStereo, dir: Maximilian Erlenwein, GermanyThe Art Of Happiness, dir: Alessandro Rak, ItalyWolf, dir: Jim Taihuttu, The NetherlandsTo See The Sea, dir: Jirí Mádl, Czech RepublicWhen Animals Dream, dir: Jonas Alexander Arnby, DenmarkSkinless, dir: Vladimir Beck, Russia.
Sidebars include the out-of-competition European section with such films as The Great Beauty...
- 7/1/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Following last week’s first wave of programming announcements, the Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed its second wave of programming, which includes a screening of Ju-On: The Beginning of the End and a 40th anniversary screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, where Tobe Hooper will be presented with a lifetime achievement award:
“Official Closing Film – Abel Ferrara’s Welcome To New York
Fantasia will close its 2014 edition with the North American Premiere of Abel Ferrara’s Welcome To New York, the controversial latest from the legendary filmmaker behind such landmarks as Bad Lieutenant, King Of New York, New Rose Hotel and the recently re-released Ms 45.
Welcome To New York is loosely based on the Dsk scandal and stars the iconic Gérard Depardieu in one of the bravest performances of his career. Co-starring is the equally sensational Jacqueline Bisset.
Abel Ferrara will be on hand to host this special evening,...
“Official Closing Film – Abel Ferrara’s Welcome To New York
Fantasia will close its 2014 edition with the North American Premiere of Abel Ferrara’s Welcome To New York, the controversial latest from the legendary filmmaker behind such landmarks as Bad Lieutenant, King Of New York, New Rose Hotel and the recently re-released Ms 45.
Welcome To New York is loosely based on the Dsk scandal and stars the iconic Gérard Depardieu in one of the bravest performances of his career. Co-starring is the equally sensational Jacqueline Bisset.
Abel Ferrara will be on hand to host this special evening,...
- 6/27/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
We're back with more titles heading to the 2014 Fantasia Film Festival as well as a few new images and word on a Lifetime Achievement Award for Tobe Hooper. Read on for all the details!
From the Press Release:
Following last week’s first wave of programming announcements, the Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to unveil additional highlights to rev you up for our July 10th Press Conference, where our full 2014 film lineup will be revealed.
Official Closing Film - Abel Ferrara’s Welcome To New York
Fantasia will close its 2014 edition with the North American Premiere of Abel Ferrara’s Welcome To New York, the controversial latest from the legendary filmmaker behind such landmarks as Bad Lieutenant, King Of New York, New Rose Hotel and the recently re-released Ms 45.
Welcome To New York is loosely based on the Dsk scandal and stars the iconic Gérard Depardieu in one of...
From the Press Release:
Following last week’s first wave of programming announcements, the Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to unveil additional highlights to rev you up for our July 10th Press Conference, where our full 2014 film lineup will be revealed.
Official Closing Film - Abel Ferrara’s Welcome To New York
Fantasia will close its 2014 edition with the North American Premiere of Abel Ferrara’s Welcome To New York, the controversial latest from the legendary filmmaker behind such landmarks as Bad Lieutenant, King Of New York, New Rose Hotel and the recently re-released Ms 45.
Welcome To New York is loosely based on the Dsk scandal and stars the iconic Gérard Depardieu in one of...
- 6/26/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
The 18th Fantasia International Film Festival’s second lineup of films was unveiled Thursday, and it features the closing night film on August 5, Welcome to New York directed by Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, Ms. 45).
Ferrara will be present to talk about his latest film, starring Gérard Depardieu and Jacqueline Bisset. The film was received with warm reviews after appearing out of competition at Cannes and at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The Fantasia Film Fest runs July 17 to August 5 in Montreal, and the full lineup of films, in addition to the ones already announced, will be released July 10.
View the whole press release of second wave lineup announcements below.
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Fantasia Announces Second Wave
Of 2014 Programming Montreal, Thursday June 26, 2014 – Following last week’s first wave of programming announcements, the Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to unveil additional highlights to rev you up for our July 10th Press Conference, where...
Ferrara will be present to talk about his latest film, starring Gérard Depardieu and Jacqueline Bisset. The film was received with warm reviews after appearing out of competition at Cannes and at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The Fantasia Film Fest runs July 17 to August 5 in Montreal, and the full lineup of films, in addition to the ones already announced, will be released July 10.
View the whole press release of second wave lineup announcements below.
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Fantasia Announces Second Wave
Of 2014 Programming Montreal, Thursday June 26, 2014 – Following last week’s first wave of programming announcements, the Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to unveil additional highlights to rev you up for our July 10th Press Conference, where...
- 6/26/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Abel Ferrara’s controversial Dsk feature to receive North American premiere at the genre festival, which has announced its second wave of programming.
Welcome to New York will receive its North American premiere as the closing film of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
Abel Ferrara’s controversial feature, loosely based on the Dsk scandal, is part of the second wave of programming for the Montreal-based genre festival, along with the international premiere of Masayuki Ochiai’s reboot Ju-on: The Beginning of the End.
The second wave includes three additional world premieres – Tim Grabham & Jasper Sharp’s The Creeping Garden, Joseph O’Brien’s The Devil’s Mile and Chad Archibald’s The Drownsman – while the likes of Brian O’Malley’s Let Us Prey and Maximilian Erlenwein’s Stereo receive their North American premieres at this year’s edition.
Nicholas McCarthy’s At the Devil’s Door (formerly Home), Wong Jin’s From Vegas to Macau...
Welcome to New York will receive its North American premiere as the closing film of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
Abel Ferrara’s controversial feature, loosely based on the Dsk scandal, is part of the second wave of programming for the Montreal-based genre festival, along with the international premiere of Masayuki Ochiai’s reboot Ju-on: The Beginning of the End.
The second wave includes three additional world premieres – Tim Grabham & Jasper Sharp’s The Creeping Garden, Joseph O’Brien’s The Devil’s Mile and Chad Archibald’s The Drownsman – while the likes of Brian O’Malley’s Let Us Prey and Maximilian Erlenwein’s Stereo receive their North American premieres at this year’s edition.
Nicholas McCarthy’s At the Devil’s Door (formerly Home), Wong Jin’s From Vegas to Macau...
- 6/26/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
As one of Twitch's favorite film festivals, we're alway eager to see what PiFan (Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival) holds in store for its annual genre cinema celebration. For its upcoming 18th edition, which was revealed yesterday evening, Asia's top fantastic fest didn't disappoint.Opening the doors to the program's 210 films, which span 47 countries, on the 17th of July will be the German film Stereo from director Maximilian Erlenwein, which debuted at the Berlinale earlier this year. Closing the event ten days later will be My Ordinary Love Story, the second film from Korean director Lee Kwon, who previously made Attack on the Pin-up Boys (2007).Puchon Choice, PiFan's competition section, will feature 12 titles this year, including Fruit Chan's The Midnight After and Nacho...
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- 6/20/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) announced its line-up today with Maximilian Erlenwein’s German thriller Stereo [pictured] as the opening film.
Stereo received its world premiere in the Berlinale Panorama section in February but will recieve its Asian premiere at PiFan.
The festival’s closing film will be the world premiere of Korean director Kwon Lee’s sophomore feature My Ordinary Love Story, featuring popular stars Song Sae-byeok and Kang Ye-won.
“My Ordinary Love Story starts off as a humorous romantic comedy and later transforms into a horror mystery,” said chief programmer Jangwan Pyeon, describing it and the opening film as representative of the PiFan’s focus on more “complex genre films” this year.
The festival will screen 210 films from 47 countries with 43 world premieres and 20 international premieres. It will run July 17-27 with the closing ceremony on July 25 and encore screenings on the last two days.
Competition titles
The Puchon Choice: Feature competition section of 12 titles...
Stereo received its world premiere in the Berlinale Panorama section in February but will recieve its Asian premiere at PiFan.
The festival’s closing film will be the world premiere of Korean director Kwon Lee’s sophomore feature My Ordinary Love Story, featuring popular stars Song Sae-byeok and Kang Ye-won.
“My Ordinary Love Story starts off as a humorous romantic comedy and later transforms into a horror mystery,” said chief programmer Jangwan Pyeon, describing it and the opening film as representative of the PiFan’s focus on more “complex genre films” this year.
The festival will screen 210 films from 47 countries with 43 world premieres and 20 international premieres. It will run July 17-27 with the closing ceremony on July 25 and encore screenings on the last two days.
Competition titles
The Puchon Choice: Feature competition section of 12 titles...
- 6/19/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Munich based Beta Cinema has arrived in Cannes with new pick-ups that could provoke heated debate.
Beta is launching We Are Young, We Are Strong by young Afghan-German director Burhan Qurbani in the Cannes Marché. The film explores the driving forces of xenophobia during the violent riots of 1992 in freshly reunited Germany
Based on historical facts and currently in post-production, it recounts the violent xenophobic riots in Rostock in 1992 from the perspectives of three different characters: a Vietnamese woman settled in Germany, a young hooligan involved in the night’s riots and his father, a local politician, trapped in the dilemma of advancing his career or standing up for his ideals.
Devid Striesow, Jonas Nay and European Shooting Star Saskia Rosendahl headline the cast of the film, which is a Ufa Fiction production in co-production with cine plus, Zdf and Arte.
It marks the follow up to Qurbani’s Berlinale competition title, Shahada.
Also...
Beta is launching We Are Young, We Are Strong by young Afghan-German director Burhan Qurbani in the Cannes Marché. The film explores the driving forces of xenophobia during the violent riots of 1992 in freshly reunited Germany
Based on historical facts and currently in post-production, it recounts the violent xenophobic riots in Rostock in 1992 from the perspectives of three different characters: a Vietnamese woman settled in Germany, a young hooligan involved in the night’s riots and his father, a local politician, trapped in the dilemma of advancing his career or standing up for his ideals.
Devid Striesow, Jonas Nay and European Shooting Star Saskia Rosendahl headline the cast of the film, which is a Ufa Fiction production in co-production with cine plus, Zdf and Arte.
It marks the follow up to Qurbani’s Berlinale competition title, Shahada.
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- 5/14/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Is director Maximilian Erlenwein aiming for a career as the German David Fincher? Dark moody visuals, a throbbing soundtrack, cold and clinical violence ... yep, his upcoming Stereo has more than a few points of contact with Fincher's signature style. Eric just wants to lead a mellow life and take care of his motorcycle workshop. He spends his free time with his new girlfriend Julia and her young daughter. It could all be so perfect. But this seemingly happy world comes to an abrupt end when an erie stranger, Henry, forces his way into Eric's life. Like a parasite, there's no shaking him off. His annoying and cynical way of doing things provokes and pushes Eric to the edge of madness. But when more shady...
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- 4/7/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Efm: Brisk business for Beta Cinema; Pandastorm buys five.
Beta Cinema’s two Competition titles – Dietrich Brüggemann’s Stations Of The Cross and Edward Berger’s Jack – were the Munich-based sales company’s top-selling titles at this year’s European Film Market (Efm).
Stations Of The Cross has been sold to France (Memento), Italy (Satine Film), Spain (Caramel), Poland (Aurora), Benelux (Wild Bunch), Portugal (Vendetta Films), Greece (7 Films), Scandinavia and the Baltic States (Nonstop), Ex-Yugoslavia (Discovery) and Hungary (Circo).
As reported by ScreenDaily yesterday, the UK (Arrow) has also taken the drama, which had been the top-rated film of the Screen jury before Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was screened.
Further interest has been shown from the Us and Australia for the Ufa Fiction production, which received the Silver Bear for Best Script and the Ecumenical Jury’s prize for the best film in the Competition..
Jack has been acquired for France (Diaphana), Japan (Showgate), Norway (Europa...
Beta Cinema’s two Competition titles – Dietrich Brüggemann’s Stations Of The Cross and Edward Berger’s Jack – were the Munich-based sales company’s top-selling titles at this year’s European Film Market (Efm).
Stations Of The Cross has been sold to France (Memento), Italy (Satine Film), Spain (Caramel), Poland (Aurora), Benelux (Wild Bunch), Portugal (Vendetta Films), Greece (7 Films), Scandinavia and the Baltic States (Nonstop), Ex-Yugoslavia (Discovery) and Hungary (Circo).
As reported by ScreenDaily yesterday, the UK (Arrow) has also taken the drama, which had been the top-rated film of the Screen jury before Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was screened.
Further interest has been shown from the Us and Australia for the Ufa Fiction production, which received the Silver Bear for Best Script and the Ecumenical Jury’s prize for the best film in the Competition..
Jack has been acquired for France (Diaphana), Japan (Showgate), Norway (Europa...
- 2/19/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Market screening for The Physician, two competition titles among slate.
Beta Cinema’s Berlinale slate includes competition titles Station of the Cross and Jack as well as Panorama Special entry Stereo.
Move director Dietrich Brueggemann’s competition entry Stations of the Cross, produced by Ufa, follows a 14-year-old girl from a fundamentalist Catholic community who undergoes her own 14 ‘stations’.
The company’s second competition entry Jack, directed by Edward Berger, is the story of a boy of ten who embarks on a journey to find his disappeared mother.
Maximilian Erlenwein’s thriller Stereo, about a mysterious stranger who forces his way into an ex-gangster’s life, stars Juergen Vogel and Moritz Bleibtreu, while also on the slate are The Famous Five III, tragicomedy Back on Track and Global Player.
Beta will continue to sell flagship production The Physician, which gets a market screening. The adventure-drama has already taken €32m in Germany and Spain alone.
Beta Cinema’s Berlinale slate includes competition titles Station of the Cross and Jack as well as Panorama Special entry Stereo.
Move director Dietrich Brueggemann’s competition entry Stations of the Cross, produced by Ufa, follows a 14-year-old girl from a fundamentalist Catholic community who undergoes her own 14 ‘stations’.
The company’s second competition entry Jack, directed by Edward Berger, is the story of a boy of ten who embarks on a journey to find his disappeared mother.
Maximilian Erlenwein’s thriller Stereo, about a mysterious stranger who forces his way into an ex-gangster’s life, stars Juergen Vogel and Moritz Bleibtreu, while also on the slate are The Famous Five III, tragicomedy Back on Track and Global Player.
Beta will continue to sell flagship production The Physician, which gets a market screening. The adventure-drama has already taken €32m in Germany and Spain alone.
- 1/28/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A total of 24 world premieres are included in the Berlinale’s Panorama selection, which has added a number of Asian productions.
Some 36 films from 29 countries will feature in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16), of which 24 will be world premieres.
Most recently invited are works from Norway, Ethiopia, Mexico, India, Iran, Georgia, Greece, Hungary and Austria – with returning filmmakers Elfi Mikesch and Umut Dağ, who opened Panorama 2012 with Kuma, his directorial debut.
New titles include a number of Asian productions. In Ieji (Homeland) by Japan’s Nao Kubota, a farmer’s son, who first fled to the city, explores his home village in the Fukushima district, an area that is actually still a no-go zone following the disaster at the region’s nuclear power plant.
In the South Korean film Night Flight, LeeSong Hee-il presents a duel between two schoolmates. LeeSong previously showed the films No Regret and White Night in Panorama...
Some 36 films from 29 countries will feature in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16), of which 24 will be world premieres.
Most recently invited are works from Norway, Ethiopia, Mexico, India, Iran, Georgia, Greece, Hungary and Austria – with returning filmmakers Elfi Mikesch and Umut Dağ, who opened Panorama 2012 with Kuma, his directorial debut.
New titles include a number of Asian productions. In Ieji (Homeland) by Japan’s Nao Kubota, a farmer’s son, who first fled to the city, explores his home village in the Fukushima district, an area that is actually still a no-go zone following the disaster at the region’s nuclear power plant.
In the South Korean film Night Flight, LeeSong Hee-il presents a duel between two schoolmates. LeeSong previously showed the films No Regret and White Night in Panorama...
- 1/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 64th Berlin International Film Festival has announced the first set of screenings from the edition's Panorama section. 50 fictional and documentary films will be chosen to give the programme its distinctive profile between innovative mainstream and radical alternative. So far 19 films have been invited.
Fabio Audi, Ghilherme Lobo, Tess Amorim in Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (The Way he Looks) von/by Daniel Ribeiro
If You Don't, I Will (Sophie Fillières, France)
The Rice Bomber (Cho Li, Taiwan)
Ice Poison (Midi Z, Taiwan/Myanmar)
Calvary (John Michael McDonagh, Ireland/Great Britain)
The Way He Looks (Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil)
Is the Tall Man Happy? (Michel Gondry, France)
The Man of the Crowd (Marcelo Gomes & Cao Guimarães, Brazil)
Papillio Buddha (Jayan Cherian, India/USA)
Quick Change (Eduardo Roy Jr., Philippines)
Stereo (Maximilian Erlenwein, Germany)
Test (Chris Mason Johnson, USA)
The Better Angels (A. J. Edwards, USA)
The Lamb (Kutluğ Ataman, Germany/Turkey...
Fabio Audi, Ghilherme Lobo, Tess Amorim in Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (The Way he Looks) von/by Daniel Ribeiro
If You Don't, I Will (Sophie Fillières, France)
The Rice Bomber (Cho Li, Taiwan)
Ice Poison (Midi Z, Taiwan/Myanmar)
Calvary (John Michael McDonagh, Ireland/Great Britain)
The Way He Looks (Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil)
Is the Tall Man Happy? (Michel Gondry, France)
The Man of the Crowd (Marcelo Gomes & Cao Guimarães, Brazil)
Papillio Buddha (Jayan Cherian, India/USA)
Quick Change (Eduardo Roy Jr., Philippines)
Stereo (Maximilian Erlenwein, Germany)
Test (Chris Mason Johnson, USA)
The Better Angels (A. J. Edwards, USA)
The Lamb (Kutluğ Ataman, Germany/Turkey...
- 12/19/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Nineteen films have been announced for the Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama program. New films from Michel Gondry, Kutluğ Ataman, Robert Lepage, Sophie Fillières, Benjamin Heisenberg, Maximilian Erlenwein, John Michael McDonagh and Tsai Ming-liang are included in the list, while Jalil Lespert's "Yves Saint Laurent" has been announced as the opening night section. With "Yves Saint Laurent," Berlin’s flagship cinema, the Zoo Palast, will be re-inaugurated as a Berlinale venue after extensive renovations on February 7, 2014. Another notable relocation announced today was that the queer film-oriented Teddy Award ceremony will go down for the first time in its 28-year history in the "baroque setting" of the Komische Oper Berlin. Here's the first 19 films announced from the Panorama. This list will grow to around 50 in the coming weeks: Arrête ou je continue (If You Don't, I Will) France By Sophie Fillières With Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu...
- 12/19/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary and new films by Michel Gondry, Kutlug Ataman and Robert Lepage are to feature in the Berlinale’s Panorama strand, which will open with Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent.Scroll down for first batch of titles
A total of 50 features will be chosen for the Panorama section of the 2014 Berlinale (Feb 6-16), films that “provide insight on new directions in art house cinema”, and the first 19 have been announced. A total of 11 of those selected are world premieres.
The opening film will mark the international premiere of Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent, a look at the life of the French designer from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
The opening screening on Feb 7 will see Berlin’s flagship cinema, the Zoo Palast, re-inaugurated as a Berlinale venue after extensive renovations.
Also in the line-up are new films from Michel Gondry, Kutluğ...
A total of 50 features will be chosen for the Panorama section of the 2014 Berlinale (Feb 6-16), films that “provide insight on new directions in art house cinema”, and the first 19 have been announced. A total of 11 of those selected are world premieres.
The opening film will mark the international premiere of Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent, a look at the life of the French designer from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
The opening screening on Feb 7 will see Berlin’s flagship cinema, the Zoo Palast, re-inaugurated as a Berlinale venue after extensive renovations.
Also in the line-up are new films from Michel Gondry, Kutluğ...
- 12/19/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
"The Reverse," directed by Borys Lankosz, backed away with the grand jury prize at the 36th Seattle International Film Festival on Sunday.
In addition, Jeff Malmberg's "Marwencol" won the documentary grand jury prize, and Sara Colangelo's "Little Accidents" won the best narrative short award.
The fest, which began May 20, presented 408 films, including "The Extra Man," closing-night film "Get Low," "Howl," "Waiting for 'Superman,' " the Imax film "The Wildest Dream" and the 3D "Cane Toads: The Conquest." Boxoffice receipts were up 20%, breaking all previous Siff records.
The Fipresci Award for best American feature went to "Night Catches Us," directed by Tanya Hamilton. The grand jury prize for best documentary short was awarded to "White Lines and the Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug," directed by Travis Senger, and Beomsik Shim's "The Wonder Hospital" won the prize for best animated short.
The features "Turistas," directed by Alicia Scherson,...
In addition, Jeff Malmberg's "Marwencol" won the documentary grand jury prize, and Sara Colangelo's "Little Accidents" won the best narrative short award.
The fest, which began May 20, presented 408 films, including "The Extra Man," closing-night film "Get Low," "Howl," "Waiting for 'Superman,' " the Imax film "The Wildest Dream" and the 3D "Cane Toads: The Conquest." Boxoffice receipts were up 20%, breaking all previous Siff records.
The Fipresci Award for best American feature went to "Night Catches Us," directed by Tanya Hamilton. The grand jury prize for best documentary short was awarded to "White Lines and the Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug," directed by Travis Senger, and Beomsik Shim's "The Wonder Hospital" won the prize for best animated short.
The features "Turistas," directed by Alicia Scherson,...
- 6/14/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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