Ruben Ostlund’s Force Majeure to screen atop 3,200m high Aiguille Rouge Mountain at Alpine festival.
Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance, Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank and Gerard Johnson’s Hyena are among the titles set to compete at the sixth edition of Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20) in the heart of the French Alps.
Festival co-founders Pierre Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop said the event’s focus on Europe was more relevant than ever as its citizens posed questions about the future of the region amid the ongoing economic crisis.
“We continue to believe in a united Europe where together we can safeguard our cultures and ways of life without renouncing progress,” they said in a joint statement. “Across the new line-up, each country shows off the best of its cinema.”
The titles in the competition, selected by artistic director Frédéric Boyer, will compete for the festival’s top prize, the Crystal...
Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance, Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank and Gerard Johnson’s Hyena are among the titles set to compete at the sixth edition of Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20) in the heart of the French Alps.
Festival co-founders Pierre Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop said the event’s focus on Europe was more relevant than ever as its citizens posed questions about the future of the region amid the ongoing economic crisis.
“We continue to believe in a united Europe where together we can safeguard our cultures and ways of life without renouncing progress,” they said in a joint statement. “Across the new line-up, each country shows off the best of its cinema.”
The titles in the competition, selected by artistic director Frédéric Boyer, will compete for the festival’s top prize, the Crystal...
- 11/6/2014
- ScreenDaily
More than 20 companies have already been confirmed as first-time exhibitors at next month’s European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
Market debutants from Asia will include Ablaze Image, a new international sales and distribution company based in Taiwan that specialises in Chinese-language features. Ablaze will work from the Taiwan Cinema stand.
Other newcomers from Asia include Japanese producer-distributor Kadokawa Corp; the Malaysian Astro Shaw group of production and distribution companies; Malaysia’s industry-led, government-funded Creative Content Association; and the Indonesian martial arts action production house Skylar Pictures from South Jakarta.
In addition, the Marriott Hotel will serve as a base for the Chinese film and TV production house Beijing Galloping Horse and the Hong Kong-based sales agent One Dollar Distributon whose line-up includes time-travelling action adventure Iceman 3D and the action comedy Hong Kong Undercover Cop.
European debutants
Fledgling European outfits setting up shop for the first time at the Efm (Feb 6-14) will include Berlin-based [link=co...
Market debutants from Asia will include Ablaze Image, a new international sales and distribution company based in Taiwan that specialises in Chinese-language features. Ablaze will work from the Taiwan Cinema stand.
Other newcomers from Asia include Japanese producer-distributor Kadokawa Corp; the Malaysian Astro Shaw group of production and distribution companies; Malaysia’s industry-led, government-funded Creative Content Association; and the Indonesian martial arts action production house Skylar Pictures from South Jakarta.
In addition, the Marriott Hotel will serve as a base for the Chinese film and TV production house Beijing Galloping Horse and the Hong Kong-based sales agent One Dollar Distributon whose line-up includes time-travelling action adventure Iceman 3D and the action comedy Hong Kong Undercover Cop.
European debutants
Fledgling European outfits setting up shop for the first time at the Efm (Feb 6-14) will include Berlin-based [link=co...
- 1/13/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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