Fabula-Fremantle’s “Hot Sur,” The Mediapro Studio’s “El Mal” and “Two Nights in Lisbon,” from Portugal’s Hop Films and the U.K’s Heroes Films, look like potential standouts at next week’s Content Americas Copro Pitch 2024, one of its industry centerpieces.
These series projects will be joined by crime mystery thriller “Delito,” from Barcelona’s Grup Focus TV & Films, behind banner Amazon Original “Reina Roja,” “Iron Woman,” a tumultuous political saga from Brazil-based Jarsom Wayans, two high concept doc series – Argentina’s “Climate Migrants” and Brazil’s “Mystery of the Megafauna” – and bio doc feature “Farraquito, a Flamenco Story,” profiling the famed flamenco bailaor.
Shaping up as one of the biggest new titles to be brought onto the market at Content Americas, “Hot Sur” marks the latest from a fruitful 2019 multi-year first-look deal between Fremantle and Fabula, headed by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, which has already yielded “La Jauría,...
These series projects will be joined by crime mystery thriller “Delito,” from Barcelona’s Grup Focus TV & Films, behind banner Amazon Original “Reina Roja,” “Iron Woman,” a tumultuous political saga from Brazil-based Jarsom Wayans, two high concept doc series – Argentina’s “Climate Migrants” and Brazil’s “Mystery of the Megafauna” – and bio doc feature “Farraquito, a Flamenco Story,” profiling the famed flamenco bailaor.
Shaping up as one of the biggest new titles to be brought onto the market at Content Americas, “Hot Sur” marks the latest from a fruitful 2019 multi-year first-look deal between Fremantle and Fabula, headed by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, which has already yielded “La Jauría,...
- 1/19/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
A petition is live on the European Documentary Network website.
UK members of the European Documentary Network (Edn) are lobbying for the UK to remain part of the Creative Europe programme after Brexit.
The campaign was launched at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 9.
An online petition has been set up on the Edn website, requesting signatures for a declaration of support for the UK’s continued membership.
The declaration states, ‘Documentaries supported by the EU’s Creative Europe programme are a vital part of a free and open society and our shared cultural exchange.
The documentary industry...
UK members of the European Documentary Network (Edn) are lobbying for the UK to remain part of the Creative Europe programme after Brexit.
The campaign was launched at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 9.
An online petition has been set up on the Edn website, requesting signatures for a declaration of support for the UK’s continued membership.
The declaration states, ‘Documentaries supported by the EU’s Creative Europe programme are a vital part of a free and open society and our shared cultural exchange.
The documentary industry...
- 6/11/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Asbury Park Music & Film Festival announced today their film submission award winners at a ceremony held at the Asbury Hotel.
Hosted by two-time Gracie Award winner Shelli Sonstein this year’s winners included the Justin Kreutzmann-directed Break On Thru: A Celebration of Ray Manzarek and The Doors for Best Feature Film Award as well as Corinne Gray Ruff for Best Aspiring Female Director Award for The Oyster Farmers and Sarah Galloway winning the Asbury Park Press Award for Bike Riddim.
The Apmff benefits the underserved youth in Asbury Park, one of the most challenged youth communities in the country. Funds raised through the Apmff support music programs for these children. The fest continues to provide music education, instruments and social connection opportunities for children in underserved communities.
Read the complete winners list below.
Asbury Park Press Award
Bike Riddim
Directed by: Sarah Galloway
Rwj Barnabas Health Award
Stay...
Hosted by two-time Gracie Award winner Shelli Sonstein this year’s winners included the Justin Kreutzmann-directed Break On Thru: A Celebration of Ray Manzarek and The Doors for Best Feature Film Award as well as Corinne Gray Ruff for Best Aspiring Female Director Award for The Oyster Farmers and Sarah Galloway winning the Asbury Park Press Award for Bike Riddim.
The Apmff benefits the underserved youth in Asbury Park, one of the most challenged youth communities in the country. Funds raised through the Apmff support music programs for these children. The fest continues to provide music education, instruments and social connection opportunities for children in underserved communities.
Read the complete winners list below.
Asbury Park Press Award
Bike Riddim
Directed by: Sarah Galloway
Rwj Barnabas Health Award
Stay...
- 4/29/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
How many lifetimes have passed since the right wing made a villain out of the community-activist organization known as Acorn? The name may still have rage-stoking power in some quarters, its Viagra-like appeal surpassed only by proper nouns like "Benghazi." But for most Americans, facing the crises of 2018, a documentary about the group and its spectacular demise has limited (albeit real) value. In Acorn and the Firestorm, directors Reuben Atlas and Sam Pollard offer a second draft of this chapter in progressives' history, showing how much more there was to Acorn than America saw in those infamous 2009 sting...
- 4/5/2018
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Remember Acorn? Founded in 1970 as a grassroots advocacy group dedicated to supporting low and middle-income Americans in all manner of social issues, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now was only dissolved in 2010, but it might as well have been a million years ago. Of course, that acronym hasn’t lost any of its flavor for the millions of people it helped to defend against the likes of predatory lending and unlivable wages, or for any of the right-wing media types who feverishly smeared and entrapped the consortium as part of their efforts to disenfranchise voters and discredit liberal causes.
If all of this feels like ancient history, that’s probably because it went down prior to the Age of Trump, when something like the Acorn scandal might barely crack the evening news. And yet, Reuben Atlas and Sam Pollard’s convincing but unfocused documentary “Acorn and the Firestorm...
If all of this feels like ancient history, that’s probably because it went down prior to the Age of Trump, when something like the Acorn scandal might barely crack the evening news. And yet, Reuben Atlas and Sam Pollard’s convincing but unfocused documentary “Acorn and the Firestorm...
- 4/5/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
In December 2013, the Justice Department concluded its first successful prosecution of a wine fraud case when Rudy Kurniawan, an Indonesian national, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for counterfeiting rare and very expensive wines. The conviction was the conclusion of a series of incidents that rocked the world of fine-wine collecting to its foundations, but which went largely unnoticed otherwise, even though it fundamentally shifted the perspective of an entire industry.
In Sour Grapes, filmmakers Reuben Atlas and Jerry Rothwell thoroughly and concisely detail the progression of Kurniawan’s wide-ranging fraud in a style that merges an Antiques Roadshow-style...
In Sour Grapes, filmmakers Reuben Atlas and Jerry Rothwell thoroughly and concisely detail the progression of Kurniawan’s wide-ranging fraud in a style that merges an Antiques Roadshow-style...
- 12/15/2016
- by Justin Lowe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 5th Annual Key West Film Festival has announced its official 2016 lineup, including the opening night film, “20th Century Women,” directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig and Billy Crudup. As part of the festival’s signature Critics Focus program, MTV’s Chief Film Critic Amy Nicholson will present and lead a conversation around the film, alongside David Fear, Senior Film/TV Editor of Rolling Stone.
Director of Programming Michael Tuckman said of Nicholson’s pick, “I could not be more thrilled with Amy Nicholson’s choice of ’20th Century Women’ to kick off our 5th Anniversary edition of festival. Annette Bening’s performance is Oscar-deserving and the rich depth of the balance of the leading cast is Altman-esque in its quality. Amy’s discussion after the film will bring a cunning critic’s eye to this fabulous film for audiences.”
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Director of Programming Michael Tuckman said of Nicholson’s pick, “I could not be more thrilled with Amy Nicholson’s choice of ’20th Century Women’ to kick off our 5th Anniversary edition of festival. Annette Bening’s performance is Oscar-deserving and the rich depth of the balance of the leading cast is Altman-esque in its quality. Amy’s discussion after the film will bring a cunning critic’s eye to this fabulous film for audiences.”
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- 10/19/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Ken Loach biographical doc has sold to five territories.
UK-based documentary specialists Dogwoof has inked a series of sales on three of its titles at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18).
Louise Osmond’s biographical film Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach [pictured] has gone to Australia and New Zealand (Transmission), Portugal (Mida Films), Turkey (Filmarti), Hong Kong (Edko) and Captive (airlines).
Produced by long-term Loach collaborator Rebecca O’Brien, the film chronicles Loach’s 50-year career in the film industry.
Lorna Tucker’s portrait of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, Vivienne Westwood: Get A Life, has sold to Germany, Australia and Switzerland (Nfp) and Japan (Kadokawa). Dogwoof is also in discussions with buyers for the Us, Australia and New Zealand on the title.
The company has also scored sales on Jerry Rothwell and Reuben Atlas’s wine-fraud doc Sour Grapes, which has gone to Blue Ice Docs (Canada) and Rialto (Australia and New Zealand).
UK-based documentary specialists Dogwoof has inked a series of sales on three of its titles at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18).
Louise Osmond’s biographical film Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach [pictured] has gone to Australia and New Zealand (Transmission), Portugal (Mida Films), Turkey (Filmarti), Hong Kong (Edko) and Captive (airlines).
Produced by long-term Loach collaborator Rebecca O’Brien, the film chronicles Loach’s 50-year career in the film industry.
Lorna Tucker’s portrait of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, Vivienne Westwood: Get A Life, has sold to Germany, Australia and Switzerland (Nfp) and Japan (Kadokawa). Dogwoof is also in discussions with buyers for the Us, Australia and New Zealand on the title.
The company has also scored sales on Jerry Rothwell and Reuben Atlas’s wine-fraud doc Sour Grapes, which has gone to Blue Ice Docs (Canada) and Rialto (Australia and New Zealand).
- 9/10/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Competition titles revealed; retrospectives of Ken Loach and Chantal Akerman; speakers include HBO documentaries president Sheila Nevins and revered filmmaker Da Pennebaker. Scroll down for competition films
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has unveiled the programme for its 23rd edition, including 160 feature and short documentaries, an alternate realities line-up and a series of on-stage interviews and debates with major filmmakers and industry figures.
As previously announced, Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next will open the festival with the Us documentarian in attendance at Doc/Fest for the first time since 1998.
The UK premiere and Q&A will be live streamed to 114 cinemas across the UK through distributor Dogwoof. It marks the second time Doc/Fest has streamed its opening, following Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets in 2014.
There are a total of 27 world premieres, 15 international, 19 European and 52 UK premieres with documentaries from 49 countries including Mexico, Cuba, China and Peru.
Competition titles...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has unveiled the programme for its 23rd edition, including 160 feature and short documentaries, an alternate realities line-up and a series of on-stage interviews and debates with major filmmakers and industry figures.
As previously announced, Michael Moore’s Where To Invade Next will open the festival with the Us documentarian in attendance at Doc/Fest for the first time since 1998.
The UK premiere and Q&A will be live streamed to 114 cinemas across the UK through distributor Dogwoof. It marks the second time Doc/Fest has streamed its opening, following Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets in 2014.
There are a total of 27 world premieres, 15 international, 19 European and 52 UK premieres with documentaries from 49 countries including Mexico, Cuba, China and Peru.
Competition titles...
- 5/5/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
It’s been a couple months since the last edition of What’s Up Doc? placed Michael Moore’s surprise world premiere of Where To Invade Next at the top of this list and in the meantime much shuffling has taken place and much time has been spent on various new endeavors (namely my Buffalo-based film series, Cultivate Cinema Circle). Finally taking its rightful place at the top, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hagedus’ Unlocking the Cage is in the midst of being scored by composer James Lavino, according to Lavino’s own personal site. Though the project has been taking shape at its own leisurely pace, I’d expect to see the film making its festival debut in early 2016.
Right behind, the American direct cinema masters is a Texan soon to make his non-fiction debut with Voyage of Time. Just two weeks ago indieWIRE reported that Ennio Morricone, who scored...
Right behind, the American direct cinema masters is a Texan soon to make his non-fiction debut with Voyage of Time. Just two weeks ago indieWIRE reported that Ennio Morricone, who scored...
- 11/5/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's sound travels through jazz, rock, funk, soul, and hip-hop on peaceful waves. Reuben Atlas's debut film, Brothers Hypnotic, follows the group's eight horn-carrying brothers, all sons of legendary jazz trumpeter Phil Cohran, from an impoverished childhood on the South Side of Chicago to their current worldwide fame.
The documentary portrait starts by recounting the ensemble's journey over a decade ago to New York, where the brothers and their drummer (a close friend) appear playing outside Times Square's 42nd Street station for the pleasure of passersby. The musicians emphasize in talking-head interviews that they perform on sidewalks and without a record deal not from need but by choice, desiring to preserve their independent artists' right &...
The documentary portrait starts by recounting the ensemble's journey over a decade ago to New York, where the brothers and their drummer (a close friend) appear playing outside Times Square's 42nd Street station for the pleasure of passersby. The musicians emphasize in talking-head interviews that they perform on sidewalks and without a record deal not from need but by choice, desiring to preserve their independent artists' right &...
- 3/19/2014
- Village Voice
The Maysles Cinema in NYC will present the exclusive U.S. theatrical premiere of Reuben Atlas' feature documentary Brothers Hypnotic, which follows 8 brothers who make up the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, taking on the music business while trying to adhere to their father’s vision of music as a path to consciousness-raising. First-time director Atlas met the ensemble while they were playing on 42nd street in NYC, and followed them on tour, to meetings, in practice and at home in Chicago with their legendary musician father Phil Cohran - a loving family of one dad, three moms and 24 siblings. The film follows a long list of "musical...
- 2/5/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A new year of film festivals has officially launched with the grand-daddy of them all (here in the USA anyway) the Sundance Film Festival, ending its run last weekend. In February, however, all eyes will be on the Pan African Film Festival that takes place in Los Angeles, CA, which runs from February 6-17, 2014, celebrating its 22nd anniversary. Continuing on with highlights from this year's event... from the documentary section, Brothers Hypnotic, an 86-minute feature doc from director Reuben Atlas, which follows 8 brothers who make up the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, taking on the music business while trying to adhere to their father’s vision of music...
- 1/31/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The Film Society of Lincoln Center's 2013 lineup for Sound + Vision (July 26 to August 1) - a music documentary series exploring a range of musical artists, genres and styles - includes Brothers Hypnotic, an 86-minute feature documentary from director Reuben Atlas, which follows 8 brothers who make up the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, taking on the music business while trying to adhere to their father’s vision of music as a path to consciousness-raising. First-time director Atlas met the ensemble while they were playing on 42nd street in NYC, and followed them on tour, to meetings, in practice and at home in Chicago with their legendary musician...
- 7/15/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Reuben Atlas previously worked at Legal Aid, a maximum security prison, and as an entertainment lawyer before he started making films. This year he brings "Brothers Hypnotic" to the festival. What it's about: Eight brothers, extraordinary musicians from Chicago’s roughest neighborhood, seek to uphold the legacy of their anti-establishment, jazz legend father in the face of worldwide success. On the challenges: "Balancing the number of characters. Telling a story about eight brothers is tough enough, but adding to the mix their father, whose history is the history of Chicago music, and their super-dynamic mothers, was a big challenge. When celebrities like Prince, Mos Def, Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), and Sun Ra showed up in the story, we had to make them footnotes!" What's next: "I'm directing with Sam Pollard a Sundance Institute and Ida supported documentary about the community-organizing group, Acorn, and finishing a short documentary about Karim...
- 6/11/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Some of the best films of the 2012/2013 calender year from Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Bujalski, Jeff Nichols, David Gordon Green, Shane Carruth and Joshua Oppenheimer are among the headliner names for the 2013 edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival. With a little over 100 plus film line-up (a whopping 2000+ titles were submitted), almost 70 are world premieres: there is the highly anticipated sophomore film (that has been on our radar since it first went into production) with M. Blash’s (The Wait), Joe Swanberg who makes SXSW his second home will premiere Drinking Buddies, veteran indie filmmaker John Sayles saddles in with Go For Sisters, and rounding out the Narrative Spotlight section we’ve got The Bounceback from Bryan Poyser, Loves Her Gun from Geoff Marslett along with titles we thought might break into Park City, but found an Austin home instead with Jacob Vaughan’s Milo and...
- 2/1/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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