Exclusive: Chelsea Peretti, the comedian, actress and writer best known for her role as Gina Linetti on the hit comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has signed with CAA for representation.
Peretti is otherwise known for her acclaimed 2014 stand-up special Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats, which currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
She’s appeared on the film side in Stella Meghie’s 2020 romantic drama The Photograph, Andrea Dorfman’s 2019 comedy Spinster, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s comedic thriller Game Night, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone’s comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Garth Jennings’ animated sequel Sing 2 for Illumination and Universal Pictures, among other titles. She’s featured on the TV side in such series as Girls, New Girl, Kroll Show, Drunk History, Search Party, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Another Period, Parks and Recreation and The Sarah Silverman Program, lending her vocal talents to animated series including Big Mouth,...
Peretti is otherwise known for her acclaimed 2014 stand-up special Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats, which currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
She’s appeared on the film side in Stella Meghie’s 2020 romantic drama The Photograph, Andrea Dorfman’s 2019 comedy Spinster, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s comedic thriller Game Night, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone’s comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Garth Jennings’ animated sequel Sing 2 for Illumination and Universal Pictures, among other titles. She’s featured on the TV side in such series as Girls, New Girl, Kroll Show, Drunk History, Search Party, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Another Period, Parks and Recreation and The Sarah Silverman Program, lending her vocal talents to animated series including Big Mouth,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Funny Boy, Posessor, Inconvenient Indian also make cut.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its list of top 10 Canadian films for 2020, with Beans, The Nest, and Nadia, Butterfly among the selection.
The list includes Canada’s international feature film submission Funny Boy from Deepa Mehta and is compiled by the TIFF programming team comprising artistic director and TIFF co-head Cameron Bailey, senior director, film, Diana Sanchez, and TIFF programmer Steve Gravestock.
In order to qualify, selections must have screened at a Canadian or international film festival.
The list appears below, followed by TIFF’s top 10 Canadian shorts of the year,...
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its list of top 10 Canadian films for 2020, with Beans, The Nest, and Nadia, Butterfly among the selection.
The list includes Canada’s international feature film submission Funny Boy from Deepa Mehta and is compiled by the TIFF programming team comprising artistic director and TIFF co-head Cameron Bailey, senior director, film, Diana Sanchez, and TIFF programmer Steve Gravestock.
In order to qualify, selections must have screened at a Canadian or international film festival.
The list appears below, followed by TIFF’s top 10 Canadian shorts of the year,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
"Society is afraid of change and no one wants to die; not now, from a tiny virus; not later from the world on fire..." Something wholesome to soothe the nerves. A balm for these lonely pandemic days. How to Be at Home is a new animated short film x poem collaboration. Made for Canada's National Film Board (The Nfb): "Lean into loneliness — and know you're not alone in it. Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman reunites with poet Tanya Davis to craft tender and profound animation on the theme of isolation, providing a wise and soaringly lyrical sequel to their viral hit How to Be Alone." This time Tanya's poem wonders about how to find home, how to be at home (alone), how to find connection in the loneliness, how to feel warmth again, and how to dance to find joy. It's a really beautiful poem made transcendent by really beautiful animation...
- 11/6/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Ahead of the release of her coffee-themed concept album this fall, Chelsea Peretti has shared five new tracks from the record — brewed as the Phosphorescent Panic EP.
The actress-comedian also released a single from the EP, “Javadawgs,” featuring Reggie Watts and Kate Berlant. The track’s animated video, directed by Vincent Scala, features the three artists as dogs getting caffeinated at the beach and flying through the skies. “We’ll sniff you out on land and on sea,” they sing. “Javadawgs, we’ll bring you some coffee.”
Phosphorescent Panic features contributions by Nick Kroll,...
The actress-comedian also released a single from the EP, “Javadawgs,” featuring Reggie Watts and Kate Berlant. The track’s animated video, directed by Vincent Scala, features the three artists as dogs getting caffeinated at the beach and flying through the skies. “We’ll sniff you out on land and on sea,” they sing. “Javadawgs, we’ll bring you some coffee.”
Phosphorescent Panic features contributions by Nick Kroll,...
- 8/11/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
For its first act, it appears as if Andrea Dorfman’s “Spinster” is really leaning into an anti-romcom ethos, offering up a standard “sad gal can’t find a mate!” plot with a big twist (what if said sad gal was kind of a jerk and perhaps not even deserving of love?). Such is the prickly start of this Chelsea Peretti-starring comedy, which initially unspools as a non-romantic (and also not very funny) romantic comedy, before
Written by Jennifer Deyell (who previously penned Dorfman’s “Love That Boy” over a decade ago), “Spinster” opens in a familiar space, as 39-year-old Gaby (Peretti) is a perennial loser when it comes to love, and her inability to find a suitable mate has turned her sour on most aspects of her life. It’s well-trod romcom territory, the sort of concept everything from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” to “The Apartment” has...
Written by Jennifer Deyell (who previously penned Dorfman’s “Love That Boy” over a decade ago), “Spinster” opens in a familiar space, as 39-year-old Gaby (Peretti) is a perennial loser when it comes to love, and her inability to find a suitable mate has turned her sour on most aspects of her life. It’s well-trod romcom territory, the sort of concept everything from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” to “The Apartment” has...
- 8/7/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The fight for freedom of the press and against the oppressive political regime in the Philippines takes center stage in Ramona S. Diaz’s A Thousand Cuts, which opens in theaters and in virtual theaters nationwide.
As journalists around the world face threats and the term “fake news” is thrown around recklessly by world leaders, A Thousand Cuts puts Filipino journalist Maria Ressa in the spotlight. The founder of the news site Rappler and Time Magazine’s Person of The Year has been on the frontlines holding Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte accountable for his controversial and violent war on drugs in the country as well as his regime’s bolstering of misinformation. Ressa has always been in Duterte’s crosshairs and in June, she was found guilty of cyber libel by a court in the Philippines. Diaz’s docu follows Ressa’s journey and how its impact may have global consequences.
As journalists around the world face threats and the term “fake news” is thrown around recklessly by world leaders, A Thousand Cuts puts Filipino journalist Maria Ressa in the spotlight. The founder of the news site Rappler and Time Magazine’s Person of The Year has been on the frontlines holding Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte accountable for his controversial and violent war on drugs in the country as well as his regime’s bolstering of misinformation. Ressa has always been in Duterte’s crosshairs and in June, she was found guilty of cyber libel by a court in the Philippines. Diaz’s docu follows Ressa’s journey and how its impact may have global consequences.
- 8/7/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Among the oldest stories in the romantic comedy playbook is that of the bright, brashly independent heroine who claims she doesn’t need a man, only for the perfect one to waltz into her life at that very moment. The genre exists to defeat singledom: A romcom without a life-changing romance, after all, is just a com.
“Spinster,” while unassuming in most formal respects, rather admirably challenges this formula. A romantic comedy that sympathetically shares its unattached female protagonist’s conflicting impulses to couple up or to stand her single ground, Andrea Dorfman’s thoughtful little film arrives at a compromise that feels honest and hard-won — helped along by the infectious, defiantly offbeat presence of erstwhile “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Chelsea Peretti. The result is less preoccupied with happy-ever-after than happy-right-now, and it proves a satisfying objective.
“I think society has progressed to the point where we can forget the word ‘spinster,...
“Spinster,” while unassuming in most formal respects, rather admirably challenges this formula. A romantic comedy that sympathetically shares its unattached female protagonist’s conflicting impulses to couple up or to stand her single ground, Andrea Dorfman’s thoughtful little film arrives at a compromise that feels honest and hard-won — helped along by the infectious, defiantly offbeat presence of erstwhile “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Chelsea Peretti. The result is less preoccupied with happy-ever-after than happy-right-now, and it proves a satisfying objective.
“I think society has progressed to the point where we can forget the word ‘spinster,...
- 8/7/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
"What if you do that hard work, and still don't find someone?" Vertical Ent. has debuted an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Spinster, the latest film from Canadian filmmaker Andrea Dorfman. This first premiered at the Whistler Film Festival last year, and also stopped by the Miami Film Festival. After her partner breaks up with her on her 39th birthday, Gaby tackles her fears of loneliness as well as preconceptions of what it means to be a single woman. Comedian Chelsea Peretti stars as Gaby. Her greatest fear, that she'll end up a lonely and pathetic spinster, seems to be her destiny. After a frenzy of dating leaves her exhausted and demoralized, she admits she might never find love and must create a Plan B. Also starring Susan Kent, Amy Groening, and Charlie Boyle. This looks smart and fun, and might have good advice on how you...
- 7/17/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Vertical Entertainment to release in Us and UK, Game Theory in Canada.
Montreal-based WaZabi Films has picked up worldwide sales rights excluding North America and UK to Andrea Dorfman’s “anti” rom-com Spinster starring Chelsea Peretti of Brooklyn Nine Nine.
Vertical Entertainment will release the film from Woods Entertainment, Northeast Films and Shut Up & Colour Pictures in the Us and UK, while Game Theory will handle distribution in Canada.
WaZabi will launch talks with buyers immediately on Spinster, which follows Peretti’s character Gaby as she is unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday and embarks on a dating rampage...
Montreal-based WaZabi Films has picked up worldwide sales rights excluding North America and UK to Andrea Dorfman’s “anti” rom-com Spinster starring Chelsea Peretti of Brooklyn Nine Nine.
Vertical Entertainment will release the film from Woods Entertainment, Northeast Films and Shut Up & Colour Pictures in the Us and UK, while Game Theory will handle distribution in Canada.
WaZabi will launch talks with buyers immediately on Spinster, which follows Peretti’s character Gaby as she is unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday and embarks on a dating rampage...
- 4/22/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Vertical Entertainment has picked up U.S. and U.K. rights to Andrea Dorfman’s comedy “Spinster,” starring “Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s” Chelsea Peretti.
The film makes its U.S. premiere today in the Cinema 360 section at the Miami Film Festival. Toronto-based Game Theory Films has Canadian rights.
“Spinster” follows Peretti’s character Gaby who, unceremoniously dumped on her 40th birthday, is petrified she’ll be alone forever. She embarks on a dating rampage only to discover that her problem isn’t that she doesn’t have a love life – it’s that she doesn’t have a life.
The cast also includes Susan Kent, whose credits include “Trailer Park Boys” and “Hands That Bind,” Nadia Tonen (“Mr. D”), Jonathan Watton (“Murdoch Mysteries”), and Amy Groening.
The film is written by Jennifer Deyell, with cinematography by Stephanie Weber Biron and editing by Simone Smith. Producers include Bill Niven, Marc Tetreault, Jay Dahl and William Woods.
The film makes its U.S. premiere today in the Cinema 360 section at the Miami Film Festival. Toronto-based Game Theory Films has Canadian rights.
“Spinster” follows Peretti’s character Gaby who, unceremoniously dumped on her 40th birthday, is petrified she’ll be alone forever. She embarks on a dating rampage only to discover that her problem isn’t that she doesn’t have a love life – it’s that she doesn’t have a life.
The cast also includes Susan Kent, whose credits include “Trailer Park Boys” and “Hands That Bind,” Nadia Tonen (“Mr. D”), Jonathan Watton (“Murdoch Mysteries”), and Amy Groening.
The film is written by Jennifer Deyell, with cinematography by Stephanie Weber Biron and editing by Simone Smith. Producers include Bill Niven, Marc Tetreault, Jay Dahl and William Woods.
- 3/9/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Vertical Entertainment has nabbed the U.S. and UK distribution rights to Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti's Spinster comedy from director Andrea Dorfman and Sea Green Pictures.
Peretti plays Gaby, a woman who — after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday — faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. The Canadian indie, set for a theatrical release later this year, features Peretti after her character Gina Linetti made her Brooklyn Nine-Nine exit.
"We're thrilled to be working with Vertical on the release of Spinster in the U.S. and U.K. Just looking at their titles. We'...
Peretti plays Gaby, a woman who — after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday — faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. The Canadian indie, set for a theatrical release later this year, features Peretti after her character Gina Linetti made her Brooklyn Nine-Nine exit.
"We're thrilled to be working with Vertical on the release of Spinster in the U.S. and U.K. Just looking at their titles. We'...
Vertical Entertainment has nabbed the U.S. and UK distribution rights to Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti's Spinster comedy from director Andrea Dorfman and Sea Green Pictures.
Peretti plays Gaby, a woman who — after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday — faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. The Canadian indie, set for a theatrical release later this year, features Peretti after her character Gina Linetti made her Brooklyn Nine-Nine exit.
"We're thrilled to be working with Vertical on the release of Spinster in the U.S. and U.K. Just looking at their titles. We'...
Peretti plays Gaby, a woman who — after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday — faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. The Canadian indie, set for a theatrical release later this year, features Peretti after her character Gina Linetti made her Brooklyn Nine-Nine exit.
"We're thrilled to be working with Vertical on the release of Spinster in the U.S. and U.K. Just looking at their titles. We'...
WFF19 attracted a total of 12,339 attendees across our programming including 6,450 film-screening attendees and 2,180 special event attendees. On the Industry side, the Content Summit welcomed 2,655 attendees, 116 talent program attendees and 938 delegates.
The Whistler Film Festival’s Audience Award sponsored by Fisherman’s Friend went to the North American premiere of LIBERTÉ: A Call To Spy, an exciting true story about female spies during WWII. The film is an American title shot partly in Budapest and was produced, written by and stars Sarah Megan Thomas and was directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher. The Wff Audience Award runner-up was The Cuban directed by Sergio Navarretta, which had its world premiere at the festival. The Wff Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Film went to Antigone, Canada’s official submission in this year’s international film Oscars category. Directed by Sophie Deraspe, the film won four of the five Borsos Competition Awards including Best Canadian Feature.
The Whistler Film Festival’s Audience Award sponsored by Fisherman’s Friend went to the North American premiere of LIBERTÉ: A Call To Spy, an exciting true story about female spies during WWII. The film is an American title shot partly in Budapest and was produced, written by and stars Sarah Megan Thomas and was directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher. The Wff Audience Award runner-up was The Cuban directed by Sergio Navarretta, which had its world premiere at the festival. The Wff Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Film went to Antigone, Canada’s official submission in this year’s international film Oscars category. Directed by Sophie Deraspe, the film won four of the five Borsos Competition Awards including Best Canadian Feature.
- 12/25/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Chelsea Peretti will star in the comedy feature “Spinster,” Sea Green Pictures Inc. announced on Tuesday.
Peretti has starred on the police comedy series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” as Gina Linetti since 2013. The series was recently picked up for a sixth season by NBC one day after it was cancelled by Fox, following an outpouring of fan support. She has also appeared in “Game Night” opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and has a Netflix stand-up special “One of the Greats.”
In “Spinster,” which is currently in production, Peretti plays the role of Gaby, a woman who faces her fear of becoming a lonely spinster after being dumped on her 39th birthday.
Also Read: Kate Spade, Fashion Designer, Dies at 55 in Apparent Suicide
The project is helmed by Emmy-awarding winning director Andrea Dorfman, and produced by Marc Tetreault from Shut Up & Colour Pictures, Jay Dahl from Black Dog Films, and Bill Niven from Idlewild Films.
Peretti has starred on the police comedy series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” as Gina Linetti since 2013. The series was recently picked up for a sixth season by NBC one day after it was cancelled by Fox, following an outpouring of fan support. She has also appeared in “Game Night” opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and has a Netflix stand-up special “One of the Greats.”
In “Spinster,” which is currently in production, Peretti plays the role of Gaby, a woman who faces her fear of becoming a lonely spinster after being dumped on her 39th birthday.
Also Read: Kate Spade, Fashion Designer, Dies at 55 in Apparent Suicide
The project is helmed by Emmy-awarding winning director Andrea Dorfman, and produced by Marc Tetreault from Shut Up & Colour Pictures, Jay Dahl from Black Dog Films, and Bill Niven from Idlewild Films.
- 6/5/2018
- by Juliette Verlaque
- The Wrap
Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti is toplining Spinster, an indie comedy from director Andrea Dorfman and Sea Green Pictures.
Peretti is playing Gaby, a woman who after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. The stand-up comic, actress and writer recently starred in Game Night, opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and completed work on Friendsgiving, with Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings.
Her TV credits include HBO's Girls, Fox's New Girl, FX's Louie and Comedy Central's Kroll Show. Dorfman is directing Spinster from a screenplay by Jennifer Deyell and ...
Peretti is playing Gaby, a woman who after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. The stand-up comic, actress and writer recently starred in Game Night, opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and completed work on Friendsgiving, with Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings.
Her TV credits include HBO's Girls, Fox's New Girl, FX's Louie and Comedy Central's Kroll Show. Dorfman is directing Spinster from a screenplay by Jennifer Deyell and ...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti is toplining Spinster, an indie comedy from director Andrea Dorfman and Sea Green Pictures.
Peretti is playing Gaby, a woman who after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. The stand-up comic, actress and writer recently starred in Game Night, opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and completed work on Friendsgiving, with Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings.
Her TV credits include HBO's Girls, Fox's New Girl, FX's Louie and Comedy Central's Kroll Show. Dorfman is directing Spinster from a screenplay by Jennifer Deyell and ...
Peretti is playing Gaby, a woman who after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. The stand-up comic, actress and writer recently starred in Game Night, opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and completed work on Friendsgiving, with Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings.
Her TV credits include HBO's Girls, Fox's New Girl, FX's Louie and Comedy Central's Kroll Show. Dorfman is directing Spinster from a screenplay by Jennifer Deyell and ...
Stand-up comic, writer and Brooklyn Nine-Nine regular Chelsea Peretti has been set to topline Spinster, a comedy in the works from Sea Green Pictures. Shooting is now underway in Nova Scotia.
Directed by Andrea Dorfman, the pic centers on Gaby (Peretti), a woman who after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday, faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. Jennifer Deyell penned the screenplay.
Shut Up & Color Pictures’ Marc Tetreault is producing with Woods Entertainment’s William Woods, Black Dog Films’ Jay Dahl and Idlewild Films’ Bill Niven. Telefilm Canada and Nova Scotia Business Inc are financing.
Peretti, whose recent film credits include Game Night, just finished shooting Friendsgiving opposite Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings. Brooklyn Nine-Nine will air its sixth season on NBC, which snapped it up after Fox canceled it. Her hour stand-up special One of the Greats is streaming on Netflix.
She is repped by Wme and Hansen,...
Directed by Andrea Dorfman, the pic centers on Gaby (Peretti), a woman who after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday, faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster. Jennifer Deyell penned the screenplay.
Shut Up & Color Pictures’ Marc Tetreault is producing with Woods Entertainment’s William Woods, Black Dog Films’ Jay Dahl and Idlewild Films’ Bill Niven. Telefilm Canada and Nova Scotia Business Inc are financing.
Peretti, whose recent film credits include Game Night, just finished shooting Friendsgiving opposite Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings. Brooklyn Nine-Nine will air its sixth season on NBC, which snapped it up after Fox canceled it. Her hour stand-up special One of the Greats is streaming on Netflix.
She is repped by Wme and Hansen,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Chelsea Peretti is set to star as the lead of the independent comedy feature “Spinster.”
Andrea Dorfman is helming the project from an original screenplay written by Jennifer Deyell. Producers are Marc Tetreault (“Suck It Up”) from Shut Up & Colour Pictures, William Woods (“Mean Dreams”) from Woods Entertainment, Jay Dahl (“Heartbeat”) from Black Dog Films, and Bill Niven (“The Book of Negroes”) from Idlewild Films.
“Spinster,” currently filming, is financed in part by Telefilm Canada and Nova Scotia Business Inc. It’s the story of a woman who, after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday, faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster.
Peretti most recently starred in “Game Night” opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams and completed shooting “Friendsgiving” opposite Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings. In addition to five seasons of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” as administrator Gina Linetti, she has appeared in HBO’s farewell season of “Girls,...
Andrea Dorfman is helming the project from an original screenplay written by Jennifer Deyell. Producers are Marc Tetreault (“Suck It Up”) from Shut Up & Colour Pictures, William Woods (“Mean Dreams”) from Woods Entertainment, Jay Dahl (“Heartbeat”) from Black Dog Films, and Bill Niven (“The Book of Negroes”) from Idlewild Films.
“Spinster,” currently filming, is financed in part by Telefilm Canada and Nova Scotia Business Inc. It’s the story of a woman who, after being unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday, faces her fear of becoming a pathetic, lonely spinster.
Peretti most recently starred in “Game Night” opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams and completed shooting “Friendsgiving” opposite Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings. In addition to five seasons of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” as administrator Gina Linetti, she has appeared in HBO’s farewell season of “Girls,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Project shooting now, centres on woman who gets dumped on 39th birthday.
Stand-up comic Chelsea Peretti from Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine is set to play the lead in Spinster for Canada’s Sea Green Pictures.
Peretti most recently appeared in Warner Bros’ Game Night opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams and has completed shooting Friendsgiving with Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings.
In addition to five seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and her Netflix stand-up special One Of The Greats, she has appeared in HBO’s farewell season of Girls, Fox’s New Girl, and Comedy Central’s The Kroll Show, Drunk History,...
Stand-up comic Chelsea Peretti from Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine is set to play the lead in Spinster for Canada’s Sea Green Pictures.
Peretti most recently appeared in Warner Bros’ Game Night opposite Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams and has completed shooting Friendsgiving with Malin Akerman and Kat Dennings.
In addition to five seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and her Netflix stand-up special One Of The Greats, she has appeared in HBO’s farewell season of Girls, Fox’s New Girl, and Comedy Central’s The Kroll Show, Drunk History,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled its 2015 line-up which includes films representing 54 countries, 23 world premieres and 53 U.S. premieres. The U.S. premiere of Niki Caro’s McFarland USA will close out the 30th fest. Based on the 1987 true story and starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello, the film follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. The unlikely band of runners overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well.
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
- 1/8/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
A self-acknowledged "showcase for Academy Award frontrunners," the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is often overlooked for the actual films that earn it festival status. An amalgamation of international discoveries and ’merica’s circuit highlights, the Sbiff curates a week of best-of-the-best to pair with their star-praising. The 2015 edition offers another expansive selection, bookended by two films that aren’t on any radars just yet. Sbiff will open with "Desert Dancer," producer Richard Raymond’s directorial debut. Starring Reece Ritchie and Frieda Pinto, the drama follows a group of friends who wave off the harsh political climate of Iran’s 2009 presidential election in favor of forming a dance team, picking up moves from Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev thanks to the magic of YouTube. The festival will close with "McFarland, USA," starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello. Telling the 1987 true story of a Latino high school’s underdog cross-country team,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
Heartbeat
Written and directed by Andrea Dorfman
Canada, 2014
The struggle to find oneself is painfully real. Such pilgrimages of discovery are made more difficult by uncertainty, anxiety, imposing friends, and lingering exes. You can find yourself stuck in a habit that isn’t quite unbearable, that teeters so near comfortable complacence that you don’t realize you’re suffering silently. We latch onto troubling relationships to avoid the reality of our trepidation, and fail to grasp the very real benefits of solitude.
Andrea Dorfman’s latest film, Heartbeat, beautifully discusses all these anxieties as they apply to our heroine, Justine, played by the enchanting Tanya Davis. In a manner that feels innately Canadian, Heartbeat combines Halifax’s charm, and beautiful nature, with Davis’ soulful poetry, to form a touching dialogue on the nature of loneliness, and the rewards of truly living.
Davis takes center stage as protagonist Justine Porter. Literally.
Written and directed by Andrea Dorfman
Canada, 2014
The struggle to find oneself is painfully real. Such pilgrimages of discovery are made more difficult by uncertainty, anxiety, imposing friends, and lingering exes. You can find yourself stuck in a habit that isn’t quite unbearable, that teeters so near comfortable complacence that you don’t realize you’re suffering silently. We latch onto troubling relationships to avoid the reality of our trepidation, and fail to grasp the very real benefits of solitude.
Andrea Dorfman’s latest film, Heartbeat, beautifully discusses all these anxieties as they apply to our heroine, Justine, played by the enchanting Tanya Davis. In a manner that feels innately Canadian, Heartbeat combines Halifax’s charm, and beautiful nature, with Davis’ soulful poetry, to form a touching dialogue on the nature of loneliness, and the rewards of truly living.
Davis takes center stage as protagonist Justine Porter. Literally.
- 12/10/2014
- by Ariel Fisher
- SoundOnSight
Heartbeat is a story about self-discovery at the crossroads of life. Justine (Tanya Davis) is stuck in a rut as a twenty-something Halifax singer-songwriter in in a perpetual cycle of disappointment. She lives in her grandmother’s basement (and wears her granny’s old bras), can’t seem to pull the plug on her on-again-off-again relationship, and is slowly realizing that her life has come to a halt while her friends around her marry, have babies, and fully move into adulthood.
So what’s holding her up? As Justine slowly comes to terms with an embarrassing stage fright incident, she attempts to rekindle her true passion - music. Music is the key to opening doors to her future and possibilities with fellow musician Ruby (Stephanie Clattenberg).
Heartbeat, directed by Andrea Dorfman, recently held its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Look for our interview with star Tanya Davis...
So what’s holding her up? As Justine slowly comes to terms with an embarrassing stage fright incident, she attempts to rekindle her true passion - music. Music is the key to opening doors to her future and possibilities with fellow musician Ruby (Stephanie Clattenberg).
Heartbeat, directed by Andrea Dorfman, recently held its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Look for our interview with star Tanya Davis...
- 9/29/2014
- by Rachel West
- Cineplex
At a Tiff Telefilm Canada panel, four Canadian directors talked about current industry issues including film vs digital.
Jacob Tierney, Jeffrey St. Jules [pictured], Mathieu Denis, and Andrea Dorfman – these four names are just a sampling of the future of Canadian cinema. These up-and-coming directors sat down at the CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto today during a Telefilm Canada panel to express their attitudes towards new technologies and the changing medium of cinema, weighing in on a crucial debate that emerging filmmakers must confront: film or digital?
Moderator Richard Crouse: You’ve all been making films for at least 10 years, and in some cases, a bit longer than that. These 10 years, which have probably been the most tumultuous 10 years in filmmaking in recent memory, there have been changes in technology, how films are financed, and virtually every facet of the business. I wanted to ask each of you, as people...
Jacob Tierney, Jeffrey St. Jules [pictured], Mathieu Denis, and Andrea Dorfman – these four names are just a sampling of the future of Canadian cinema. These up-and-coming directors sat down at the CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto today during a Telefilm Canada panel to express their attitudes towards new technologies and the changing medium of cinema, weighing in on a crucial debate that emerging filmmakers must confront: film or digital?
Moderator Richard Crouse: You’ve all been making films for at least 10 years, and in some cases, a bit longer than that. These 10 years, which have probably been the most tumultuous 10 years in filmmaking in recent memory, there have been changes in technology, how films are financed, and virtually every facet of the business. I wanted to ask each of you, as people...
- 9/5/2014
- ScreenDaily
Editor’S Note: This is a capsule review. The full review will be released once the film hits theatres.
Heartbeat, the new film from Canadian director and animator Andrea Dorfman, is about a drifter looking for a purpose and spends much of its 95-minute running time searching for a pulse.
The aimless protagonist is Justine, a failed musician with a short black bob and square glasses. She is played by Tanya Davis, a more successful poet and singer-songwriter. Justine’s dreams of playing music felt flat when she fainted onstage during her first public show. Now living in her grandma’s home, a quaint and quiet place that fits well into the film’s Atlantic Canada setting, Justine taps her guitar nervously and waits for her friends to come over and talk over her.
When her ex-boyfriend decides they need some time apart, she searches for something to do. Could...
Heartbeat, the new film from Canadian director and animator Andrea Dorfman, is about a drifter looking for a purpose and spends much of its 95-minute running time searching for a pulse.
The aimless protagonist is Justine, a failed musician with a short black bob and square glasses. She is played by Tanya Davis, a more successful poet and singer-songwriter. Justine’s dreams of playing music felt flat when she fainted onstage during her first public show. Now living in her grandma’s home, a quaint and quiet place that fits well into the film’s Atlantic Canada setting, Justine taps her guitar nervously and waits for her friends to come over and talk over her.
When her ex-boyfriend decides they need some time apart, she searches for something to do. Could...
- 9/4/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
For the first time ever, Toronto International Film Festival along with Telefilm Canada had a pre-Toronto reception for the trade. Held at Soho House on a flawless L.A. day, with views of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the trade had the happy hours to greet and catch up with each other and to preview trailers of the films Canada will be showing at the festival. And best of all, Tiff gave everyone a 2 lb. 4 oz. catalog (even more than one to gift to other colleagues) to take home instead of having to pack them into our suitcases to take back from Toronto.
Maybe it’s the drought here in L.A. that gives me the yearning for rain, but the films on my must-see list include a couple about rain: the Tiff Doc, “Monsoon” by Surla Gunnarsson and “October Gale” by Ruba Nadda (“Cairo Time”) starring Patricia Clarkson and Scott Speedman, a Special Presentation being sold by Myriad.
Canada has the most coproduction treaties of any other nation, and Seoul Korea is the chosen city in this year’s City to City program. The coproduction between Canada and So. Korea, “In Her Place” by writer-director Albert Shin, showing in the Discovery Section looks very compelling. Elle Driver is selling this drama about a wealthy couple secretly seeking to adopt the unborn child of an impoverished and troubled rural teenager.
Other trailers we watched included Contemporary World Cinema entries, “Felix and Meira” by Maxime Giroux, being sold by Udi – Urban Distribution International, “Love in the Time of Civil War” by Rodrigue Jean (Isa: Les Films du 3 Mars) and “Heartbeat” by Andrea Dorfman.
In Midnight Madness, “The Editor” looks pretty good. Park Entertainment is selling it. Xavier Dolan, Bruce Greenwood and Catherine Keener star in “Elephant Song” by Charles Biname which is a Special Presentation. Another Special Presentation is “Preggoland” by Jacob Tierney (“The Trotsky”).
Trailers from Discovery included “Guidance”, the debut film by Pat Mills, “Big Muddy”, “The Valley Below” by Kyle Thomas, “Wet Bum” by Lindsay Mackay, (Isa: Traction Media), “Backcountry” by Adam MacDonald, (Isa: Event Film Distribution, Us: contact Cinetic), “Bang Bang Baby” a surreal, fever-dream fusion of small-town musical and 1950s sci-fi debut feature which writer-director Jeffrey St. Jules developed from his own short at the Cannes Film Festival Residence Program.
Peter Goldwyn of The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Matt Dentler of iTunes, talked up the unprecedented (for a foreign language film) success reaching the top 20 films on iTunes of “ The German Doctor” directed by Lucia Puenzo.
Paul Federbush and I spoke of new horizons of the international labs of Sundance Institute. Sundance Industry’s Rosy Wong introduced me to Lisa Ogdie, Sundance Ff’s Shorts Programmer. Strand’s Marcus Hu, who has two films in the festival (Films Distribution’s “Girlhood” and Pyramide’s “Xenia”) was there, Frank Wuliger looking at the Gersh trailer of “October Gale”, Rebecca (Bec) Smith of UTA as were so many others.
New acquisitions gigs were discussed: Bobby Rock looking for international sales agent,Cinema Management Group ( Dene Anderberg, Cmg’s VP of Sales and Operations, was also there schmoozing) and for Random Media, the new U.S. distribution company founded by Eric Doctorow (formerly head of Paramount Home Video) in November 2013, which will release films through Cinedigm.
Telefilm and Tiff have held a similar soiree for four years in NewYork. I’m sure Andrew Karpen, former Co-ceo of Focus Features, who is launching the new distribution company Bleecker Street was there in N.Y.
Rachel Shapiro, also happily working on many projects at once and her friend, producer Melanie Backer, Laurie Woodrow of RightsTrade a global online marketplace for film, television and digital rights licensing whose “Market On Demand” streamlines film, television, and digital rights sales and acquisitions for content owners, sales agents and distributors who can reach thousands of industry buyers, and buyers can search, screen, and license rights from sellers of thousands of titles.
Bonnie Voland with her hands full for Im Global and its many lines, reminisced with Carolle Brabant, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada and Brigitte Hubmann of Telefilm about the five (!) regimes of the Toronto International Film Festival she has known…from before Helga Stephenson all the way to Cameron Bailey who was there talking up the upcoming festival and hearing peoples’ raves or rants.
Also reminiscing with Brigitte about their days at Goethe Institut was Margit Kleinman who is now director of Villa Aurora, the artist-in-residence program for artists in Germany housed in the Pacific Palisades former home of German émigré, the novelist Lion Furchtwanger. I didn’t have time to ask if they would host the German Academy Award party this year for their submission for Best Foreign Language film, Dominik Graf’s “Beloved Sister”. Since its premiere at the Berlinale this year, international sales agent Global Screen has sold the rights to Music Box for U.S. who will release it in December, and to Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland and Croatia thus far.
Our dear friend, Ian Birnie, programmer for Mumbai Film Festival and the Louisiana International Film Festival was there with so many others. It was a wonderful moment to catch up and to forget the pressure we are all under preparing our screenings and meetings for Tiff.
Even though he wasn’t there, I want to mention a brief interchange I had with producer rep Cassian Elwes of Elevated Film Sales, who is repping “Black and White” with Kevin Costner and co-repping the Paul Bettany movie with Jennifer Connelly, “Shelter”, with UTA at Tiff. “In Venice I have Bogdanovich’s ‘She's Funny that Way’ which is in a three way split between me, CAA and UTA and Joe Dante's movie ‘Burying the Ex’ which I'm doing with CAA.”
Steven Raphael and Mj Pekos were fronting for the reception and also are repping “Voiceover” and “Dark Horse” at Tiff.
There was no need to show trailers to the buzz films like the Gala film “Foxcatcher”, which has Oscar expectations are already swirling around it and which premiered in Cannes and is being sold by Kimberly Fox’s Panorama Media and Annapurna (already sold to Sony Pictures Classics for U.S. as well as to Canada-Métropole Films Distribution and Mongrel Media Inc., France-Mars Films, Germany-Koch Media Gmbh, Japan-Longride Inc. So. Korea-Green Narae Media, Switzerland-Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Taiwan-Long Shong International, United Kingdom- Entertainment One Uk. The film has already earned Bennett Miller the Best Director prize at Cannes.
Another not previewing was Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the much talked about Alan Turing biopic “ The Imitation Game”, and his portrayal of the legendary British code breaker and mathematician is generating talk of a Best Actor nod at this year's Academy Awards. FilmNation is repping this and has already sold it to The Weinstein Company for U.S., Belgium to Paradiso Filmed Entertainment, Greece to Seven Films, Hong Kong (China) to Edko Films Ltd, Israel to Lev Films (Shani Films), Italy toVidea - Cde S.P.A., Japan toGaga Corporation, So. Korea to Medialog Corp., Sweden to Svensk Filmindustri, Ab, Switzerland to Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Taiwan to Applause Entertainment Ltd. Taiwan Branch, Thailand to M Pictures Co., Ltd.
Two other hot films are Lone Scherfig's “The Riot Club” repped by Hanway and already sold to Universal Pictures for No. America, Belgium-Lumière, France-Selective Films, Germany-Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh, Hong Kong (China)-Golden Scene Company Limited, Italy-Notorious Pictures, Benelux-Lumiere, Poland-Kino Swiat, Switzerland-Pathe Films Ag, United Arab Emirates-Front Row Filmed Entertainment and the U.K. Kingdom-Universal Pictures International and Noah Baumbach's “ While We're Young”, produced by Scott Rudin and repped by FilmNation (again!), with no sales on record yet.
See Cameron Bailey on CBC News discussing Tiff:
Video | TIFF2014: 4 buzz-worthy films at the fest If you want to know more about sales in Toronto, please check back with www.SydneysBuzz.com/Reports for the Toronto By Numbers Report and after the festival for the Toronto Rights Roundup.
Maybe it’s the drought here in L.A. that gives me the yearning for rain, but the films on my must-see list include a couple about rain: the Tiff Doc, “Monsoon” by Surla Gunnarsson and “October Gale” by Ruba Nadda (“Cairo Time”) starring Patricia Clarkson and Scott Speedman, a Special Presentation being sold by Myriad.
Canada has the most coproduction treaties of any other nation, and Seoul Korea is the chosen city in this year’s City to City program. The coproduction between Canada and So. Korea, “In Her Place” by writer-director Albert Shin, showing in the Discovery Section looks very compelling. Elle Driver is selling this drama about a wealthy couple secretly seeking to adopt the unborn child of an impoverished and troubled rural teenager.
Other trailers we watched included Contemporary World Cinema entries, “Felix and Meira” by Maxime Giroux, being sold by Udi – Urban Distribution International, “Love in the Time of Civil War” by Rodrigue Jean (Isa: Les Films du 3 Mars) and “Heartbeat” by Andrea Dorfman.
In Midnight Madness, “The Editor” looks pretty good. Park Entertainment is selling it. Xavier Dolan, Bruce Greenwood and Catherine Keener star in “Elephant Song” by Charles Biname which is a Special Presentation. Another Special Presentation is “Preggoland” by Jacob Tierney (“The Trotsky”).
Trailers from Discovery included “Guidance”, the debut film by Pat Mills, “Big Muddy”, “The Valley Below” by Kyle Thomas, “Wet Bum” by Lindsay Mackay, (Isa: Traction Media), “Backcountry” by Adam MacDonald, (Isa: Event Film Distribution, Us: contact Cinetic), “Bang Bang Baby” a surreal, fever-dream fusion of small-town musical and 1950s sci-fi debut feature which writer-director Jeffrey St. Jules developed from his own short at the Cannes Film Festival Residence Program.
Peter Goldwyn of The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Matt Dentler of iTunes, talked up the unprecedented (for a foreign language film) success reaching the top 20 films on iTunes of “ The German Doctor” directed by Lucia Puenzo.
Paul Federbush and I spoke of new horizons of the international labs of Sundance Institute. Sundance Industry’s Rosy Wong introduced me to Lisa Ogdie, Sundance Ff’s Shorts Programmer. Strand’s Marcus Hu, who has two films in the festival (Films Distribution’s “Girlhood” and Pyramide’s “Xenia”) was there, Frank Wuliger looking at the Gersh trailer of “October Gale”, Rebecca (Bec) Smith of UTA as were so many others.
New acquisitions gigs were discussed: Bobby Rock looking for international sales agent,Cinema Management Group ( Dene Anderberg, Cmg’s VP of Sales and Operations, was also there schmoozing) and for Random Media, the new U.S. distribution company founded by Eric Doctorow (formerly head of Paramount Home Video) in November 2013, which will release films through Cinedigm.
Telefilm and Tiff have held a similar soiree for four years in NewYork. I’m sure Andrew Karpen, former Co-ceo of Focus Features, who is launching the new distribution company Bleecker Street was there in N.Y.
Rachel Shapiro, also happily working on many projects at once and her friend, producer Melanie Backer, Laurie Woodrow of RightsTrade a global online marketplace for film, television and digital rights licensing whose “Market On Demand” streamlines film, television, and digital rights sales and acquisitions for content owners, sales agents and distributors who can reach thousands of industry buyers, and buyers can search, screen, and license rights from sellers of thousands of titles.
Bonnie Voland with her hands full for Im Global and its many lines, reminisced with Carolle Brabant, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada and Brigitte Hubmann of Telefilm about the five (!) regimes of the Toronto International Film Festival she has known…from before Helga Stephenson all the way to Cameron Bailey who was there talking up the upcoming festival and hearing peoples’ raves or rants.
Also reminiscing with Brigitte about their days at Goethe Institut was Margit Kleinman who is now director of Villa Aurora, the artist-in-residence program for artists in Germany housed in the Pacific Palisades former home of German émigré, the novelist Lion Furchtwanger. I didn’t have time to ask if they would host the German Academy Award party this year for their submission for Best Foreign Language film, Dominik Graf’s “Beloved Sister”. Since its premiere at the Berlinale this year, international sales agent Global Screen has sold the rights to Music Box for U.S. who will release it in December, and to Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland and Croatia thus far.
Our dear friend, Ian Birnie, programmer for Mumbai Film Festival and the Louisiana International Film Festival was there with so many others. It was a wonderful moment to catch up and to forget the pressure we are all under preparing our screenings and meetings for Tiff.
Even though he wasn’t there, I want to mention a brief interchange I had with producer rep Cassian Elwes of Elevated Film Sales, who is repping “Black and White” with Kevin Costner and co-repping the Paul Bettany movie with Jennifer Connelly, “Shelter”, with UTA at Tiff. “In Venice I have Bogdanovich’s ‘She's Funny that Way’ which is in a three way split between me, CAA and UTA and Joe Dante's movie ‘Burying the Ex’ which I'm doing with CAA.”
Steven Raphael and Mj Pekos were fronting for the reception and also are repping “Voiceover” and “Dark Horse” at Tiff.
There was no need to show trailers to the buzz films like the Gala film “Foxcatcher”, which has Oscar expectations are already swirling around it and which premiered in Cannes and is being sold by Kimberly Fox’s Panorama Media and Annapurna (already sold to Sony Pictures Classics for U.S. as well as to Canada-Métropole Films Distribution and Mongrel Media Inc., France-Mars Films, Germany-Koch Media Gmbh, Japan-Longride Inc. So. Korea-Green Narae Media, Switzerland-Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Taiwan-Long Shong International, United Kingdom- Entertainment One Uk. The film has already earned Bennett Miller the Best Director prize at Cannes.
Another not previewing was Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the much talked about Alan Turing biopic “ The Imitation Game”, and his portrayal of the legendary British code breaker and mathematician is generating talk of a Best Actor nod at this year's Academy Awards. FilmNation is repping this and has already sold it to The Weinstein Company for U.S., Belgium to Paradiso Filmed Entertainment, Greece to Seven Films, Hong Kong (China) to Edko Films Ltd, Israel to Lev Films (Shani Films), Italy toVidea - Cde S.P.A., Japan toGaga Corporation, So. Korea to Medialog Corp., Sweden to Svensk Filmindustri, Ab, Switzerland to Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Taiwan to Applause Entertainment Ltd. Taiwan Branch, Thailand to M Pictures Co., Ltd.
Two other hot films are Lone Scherfig's “The Riot Club” repped by Hanway and already sold to Universal Pictures for No. America, Belgium-Lumière, France-Selective Films, Germany-Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh, Hong Kong (China)-Golden Scene Company Limited, Italy-Notorious Pictures, Benelux-Lumiere, Poland-Kino Swiat, Switzerland-Pathe Films Ag, United Arab Emirates-Front Row Filmed Entertainment and the U.K. Kingdom-Universal Pictures International and Noah Baumbach's “ While We're Young”, produced by Scott Rudin and repped by FilmNation (again!), with no sales on record yet.
See Cameron Bailey on CBC News discussing Tiff:
Video | TIFF2014: 4 buzz-worthy films at the fest If you want to know more about sales in Toronto, please check back with www.SydneysBuzz.com/Reports for the Toronto By Numbers Report and after the festival for the Toronto Rights Roundup.
- 9/1/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Bill Murray starrer St. Vincent will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of this week’s wave of programming that includes Discovery.
The Discovery section includes the upcoming world premiere of Stories Of Our Lives, a portmanteau of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex testimonies by anonymous filmmakers from Kenya.
Selections include first-looks of Ross Katz’s Us comedy Adult Beginners, Sarah Leonor’s French Legion drama The Great Man, Isidora Marras’ Chile-Argentinian psychothriller I Am Not Lorena and UK drama X + Y.
“Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Lynne Ramsay and David Gordon Green all presented their first features in our Discovery section,” said Tiff artistic director Cameron Bailey. “It’s a great place to spot new talent first.”
Besides St. Vincent, Festival Additions includes concert film cum road movie Roger Waters The Wall, while the world premiere of Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body takes its place among the Masters strand.
Tiff Docs arrivals...
The Discovery section includes the upcoming world premiere of Stories Of Our Lives, a portmanteau of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex testimonies by anonymous filmmakers from Kenya.
Selections include first-looks of Ross Katz’s Us comedy Adult Beginners, Sarah Leonor’s French Legion drama The Great Man, Isidora Marras’ Chile-Argentinian psychothriller I Am Not Lorena and UK drama X + Y.
“Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Lynne Ramsay and David Gordon Green all presented their first features in our Discovery section,” said Tiff artistic director Cameron Bailey. “It’s a great place to spot new talent first.”
Besides St. Vincent, Festival Additions includes concert film cum road movie Roger Waters The Wall, while the world premiere of Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body takes its place among the Masters strand.
Tiff Docs arrivals...
- 8/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto film festival organisers have programmed features from 42 countries in the Contemporary World Cinema (Cwc) programme and unveiled eight South Korean selections in the City To City.
Cwc features latest work by Jessica Hausner, Rolf de Heer, Christian Zübert and Ryuichi Hiroki, among others.
For the third year, Tiff (Sept 4-14) has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Munk School Of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series, pairing five films in selection with expert scholars.
The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with the Tiff Adult Learning department.
Contemporary World Cinema
Wp = World premiere / Nap = North American premiere / IP = International premiere / Cp = Canadian premiere.
Aire Libre (Argentina), Anahí Berneri IP
Amour Fou (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany), Jessica Hausner Nap
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), Ernesto Daranas Cp
Bird People (France), Pascale Ferran Nap
Black Souls (Anime Nere) (Italy), Francesco Munzi IP
Breathe (Respire) (France), Mélanie Laurent Nap
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer Nap
*John Stackhouse...
Cwc features latest work by Jessica Hausner, Rolf de Heer, Christian Zübert and Ryuichi Hiroki, among others.
For the third year, Tiff (Sept 4-14) has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Munk School Of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series, pairing five films in selection with expert scholars.
The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with the Tiff Adult Learning department.
Contemporary World Cinema
Wp = World premiere / Nap = North American premiere / IP = International premiere / Cp = Canadian premiere.
Aire Libre (Argentina), Anahí Berneri IP
Amour Fou (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany), Jessica Hausner Nap
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), Ernesto Daranas Cp
Bird People (France), Pascale Ferran Nap
Black Souls (Anime Nere) (Italy), Francesco Munzi IP
Breathe (Respire) (France), Mélanie Laurent Nap
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer Nap
*John Stackhouse...
- 8/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The luxurious banquet hall in Toronto’s Royal York hotel was electric with excitement as Tiff senior programmers including Steve Gravestock and Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo announced the robust lineup of Canadian films (several world preems) at this year’s Tiff plus the 40+ short titles (out of an astounding 840 short films — an increase of over 200 titles from last year) that will screen at the prestigious festival. With features populating almost every section at the fest, among the headliner items from English Canada, Cairo Time‘s Ruba Nadda returns to the fest with October Gale, while also world preeming is Bang Bang Baby — Jeffrey St. Jules marks his feature film debut with a film that is equal parts Rocky Horror Picture Show and early Cronenberg. Starring Jane Levy of the recent About Alex, it revolves around a small-town teenager in the ’60s whose dream of becoming a famous singer is dashed...
- 8/6/2014
- by Leora Heilbronn
- IONCINEMA.com
New work by Sturla Gunnarsson, Denys Arcand, Ruba Nadda and Xavier Dolan are among the selection set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) next month.
“These are filmmakers at the top of their craft, bringing fresh perspectives to traditional genres like comedies and less traditionally Canadian genres, such as musicals,” said Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) senior programmer Steve Gravestock. “This year’s slate truly showcases the diversity of talent in our country, featuring films from coast to coast.”
“We are inspired by the number of exceptional debut features from Canadian directors, reflecting the depth of talent in this country,” said Tiff’s Canadian features programmer Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo.
“Extremely exciting is also the fact that female-driven narratives play a significant part in this year’s programming, highlighting the strong, rich tapestry of our storytelling.”
The Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film is up for grabs, as is the...
“These are filmmakers at the top of their craft, bringing fresh perspectives to traditional genres like comedies and less traditionally Canadian genres, such as musicals,” said Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) senior programmer Steve Gravestock. “This year’s slate truly showcases the diversity of talent in our country, featuring films from coast to coast.”
“We are inspired by the number of exceptional debut features from Canadian directors, reflecting the depth of talent in this country,” said Tiff’s Canadian features programmer Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo.
“Extremely exciting is also the fact that female-driven narratives play a significant part in this year’s programming, highlighting the strong, rich tapestry of our storytelling.”
The Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film is up for grabs, as is the...
- 8/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Altar Identity Studios will co-produce and finance Donna Gigliotti, James Spies and J E Craig’s Big Stone Gap to star Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg.
Adriana Trigiani wrote the screenplay and will make her feature directorial debut when production gets underway on October 19.
Big Stone Gap is based on Trigiani’s bestselling novels about a small town romance.
Altar Identity Studios president Wade Bradley and Helen Rosenberg negotiated the deal with Graham Taylor.
Andrea Dorfman has commenced shooting on Heartbeat in her native Halifax. The rom-com is scheduled to shoot until November 6 and stars Tanya Davis, Kristin Langille and Glen Matthews. Bill Niven and Jay Dahl of Northeast Films are producing. Funding comes via Telefilm Canada, Film And Creative Industries Nova Scotia and Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund with additional financing from the Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit and the Canadian Film And Video Production Tax Credit.
Adriana Trigiani wrote the screenplay and will make her feature directorial debut when production gets underway on October 19.
Big Stone Gap is based on Trigiani’s bestselling novels about a small town romance.
Altar Identity Studios president Wade Bradley and Helen Rosenberg negotiated the deal with Graham Taylor.
Andrea Dorfman has commenced shooting on Heartbeat in her native Halifax. The rom-com is scheduled to shoot until November 6 and stars Tanya Davis, Kristin Langille and Glen Matthews. Bill Niven and Jay Dahl of Northeast Films are producing. Funding comes via Telefilm Canada, Film And Creative Industries Nova Scotia and Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund with additional financing from the Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit and the Canadian Film And Video Production Tax Credit.
- 10/15/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A solar–powered outdoor pop–up cinema for film lovers around the south coast
This week's Cine-files is by Neil Mitchell, freelance writer and editor of World Film Locations: London, among other publications. He also writes a film blog, and you can find him on Twitter @nrm1972.
Is there a cinema you'd like to tell others about? If you're interested in contributing to Cine–files, drop an email to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk.
Location
Around Brighton and Hove – that's the beauty of a mobile cinema. Generally to be found popping up at the Level, Preston Park and what was the site of the Open Market, but screenings have also been held in Shoreham-by-Sea, in Southampton and on the Isle of Wight.
The Building
Who needs a building when you can set up in the open air? The closest you'll get to cover might be the odd gazebo brought along by punters.
This week's Cine-files is by Neil Mitchell, freelance writer and editor of World Film Locations: London, among other publications. He also writes a film blog, and you can find him on Twitter @nrm1972.
Is there a cinema you'd like to tell others about? If you're interested in contributing to Cine–files, drop an email to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk.
Location
Around Brighton and Hove – that's the beauty of a mobile cinema. Generally to be found popping up at the Level, Preston Park and what was the site of the Open Market, but screenings have also been held in Shoreham-by-Sea, in Southampton and on the Isle of Wight.
The Building
Who needs a building when you can set up in the open air? The closest you'll get to cover might be the odd gazebo brought along by punters.
- 10/30/2012
- by Guardian readers
- The Guardian - Film News
[Our thanks to Kier-La Janisse for the following.]
It's been over a week since Ottawa's closing night festivities, and my head is still reeling with the smorgasbord of animated treats I was privy to for the few short days I was there. Other than the features and some of the retrospectives (which I talked about in my previous Ottawa Animation Festival Wrap-Up Part One), I was able to catch the Canadian Short Film Showcase, one of the International showcases and the first of five short film competitions (sadly missing both the latest Priit Parn and Jonas Odell shorts).
The Canadian program kicked off smartly with Amy Lockhart's The Collagist, inspired by the creative process of her frequent collaborator, cartoonist/artist Marc Bell. With a single shot depicting two hands manipulating objects on a desk into a series of images - blobby potatoes, people, raindrops, mouths, eyes and text - this cut-out animation is a spirited ode to...
It's been over a week since Ottawa's closing night festivities, and my head is still reeling with the smorgasbord of animated treats I was privy to for the few short days I was there. Other than the features and some of the retrospectives (which I talked about in my previous Ottawa Animation Festival Wrap-Up Part One), I was able to catch the Canadian Short Film Showcase, one of the International showcases and the first of five short film competitions (sadly missing both the latest Priit Parn and Jonas Odell shorts).
The Canadian program kicked off smartly with Amy Lockhart's The Collagist, inspired by the creative process of her frequent collaborator, cartoonist/artist Marc Bell. With a single shot depicting two hands manipulating objects on a desk into a series of images - blobby potatoes, people, raindrops, mouths, eyes and text - this cut-out animation is a spirited ode to...
- 11/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Jacques Bonnavent's "The Gold Mine," the story of a spinster who meets her dream man online, scored jury three awards, including the best of the festival prize, at the Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Festival.
The fest, which announced winners Sunday at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs, handed its future filmmaker award to Pierre Ferriere for "The Story of My Life."
The Panavision Grand Jury Award went to Jonathan van Tulleken's "Off Season." The festival, which concludes today, screened 314 short films.
Award winners that received a first-place prize in four categories are eligible for Oscar consideration.
A complete list of winners follows.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award
The Gold Mine (La Mina de Oro) (Mexico), Jacques Bonnavent
Future Filmmaker Award
Pierre Ferriere, The Story of My Life (Toute ma Vie) (France)
Panavision Grand Jury Award
Off Season (Canada/USA), Jonathan van Tulleken
Jury Special Citation...
The fest, which announced winners Sunday at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs, handed its future filmmaker award to Pierre Ferriere for "The Story of My Life."
The Panavision Grand Jury Award went to Jonathan van Tulleken's "Off Season." The festival, which concludes today, screened 314 short films.
Award winners that received a first-place prize in four categories are eligible for Oscar consideration.
A complete list of winners follows.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award
The Gold Mine (La Mina de Oro) (Mexico), Jacques Bonnavent
Future Filmmaker Award
Pierre Ferriere, The Story of My Life (Toute ma Vie) (France)
Panavision Grand Jury Award
Off Season (Canada/USA), Jonathan van Tulleken
Jury Special Citation...
- 6/27/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund has revealed the list of upcoming films that will get financial support through its Script Development Program and Equity Investment Program.
The list reveals all the 27 films (chosen out of 139 applications), which are either in production or pre-production period, that will get some financial backing.
Story Optioning
The Flying Troutmans
Four Seasons Productions Inc.
Screenwriters: Semi Chellas and Miriam Toews
King Leary
Verite Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Paul Quarrington
The Outlander
Strada Films Inc. and Triptych Media Inc.
Screenwriter: Tbd
First Draft
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
Hand Picked Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Richard Bell
The Diary of Laura’s Twin
pUNK Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Laura Phillips
Don’t Talk To Irene
Alyson Richards Productions Inc.
Screenwriter: Pat Mills
King Leary
Verite Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Paul Quarrington
The Lizard Cage
Sienna Films Inc.
Screenwriter: David Vainola
Queen Kristina
Triptych Media Inc.
Screenwriter: Michel Marc Bouchard
Second...
The list reveals all the 27 films (chosen out of 139 applications), which are either in production or pre-production period, that will get some financial backing.
Story Optioning
The Flying Troutmans
Four Seasons Productions Inc.
Screenwriters: Semi Chellas and Miriam Toews
King Leary
Verite Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Paul Quarrington
The Outlander
Strada Films Inc. and Triptych Media Inc.
Screenwriter: Tbd
First Draft
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
Hand Picked Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Richard Bell
The Diary of Laura’s Twin
pUNK Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Laura Phillips
Don’t Talk To Irene
Alyson Richards Productions Inc.
Screenwriter: Pat Mills
King Leary
Verite Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Paul Quarrington
The Lizard Cage
Sienna Films Inc.
Screenwriter: David Vainola
Queen Kristina
Triptych Media Inc.
Screenwriter: Michel Marc Bouchard
Second...
- 1/20/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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