Final titles revealed for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus strands.
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1) has revealed the final raft of titles that will comprise its Generation strand and confirmed that 58% of the features and shorts in the youth section are directed by women.
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It follows a recent announcement that more than 50% of the films in the official project selection of the Berlinale Co-Production Market are from female directors.
The 43rd edition of Berlin’s Generation sidebar will comprise 59 competition entries from 34 countries, including 29 world premieres.
After revealing 20 films in the strand last month,...
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1) has revealed the final raft of titles that will comprise its Generation strand and confirmed that 58% of the features and shorts in the youth section are directed by women.
Scroll down for full list of titles
It follows a recent announcement that more than 50% of the films in the official project selection of the Berlinale Co-Production Market are from female directors.
The 43rd edition of Berlin’s Generation sidebar will comprise 59 competition entries from 34 countries, including 29 world premieres.
After revealing 20 films in the strand last month,...
- 1/22/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The Eurimages Lab Award at Haugesund has gone to Norwegian director Guro Bruusgaard for Him.
Norwegian director Guro Bruusgaard has won the Eurimages Lab iAward at Haugesund for Him.
The award—which is only eligible for a select group of work-in-progress projects that are more experimental in form or content – comes with a grant worth $55,500.
Him looks at the roles of contemporary men in society through stories of a boy, a 30-year-old man and a 60-year old man during one day in Oslo. The jury said Him offered a “relevant discussion made in a witty, intelligent and compassionate style”. No sales company is attached yet.
Norwegian director Guro Bruusgaard has won the Eurimages Lab iAward at Haugesund for Him.
The award—which is only eligible for a select group of work-in-progress projects that are more experimental in form or content – comes with a grant worth $55,500.
Him looks at the roles of contemporary men in society through stories of a boy, a 30-year-old man and a 60-year old man during one day in Oslo. The jury said Him offered a “relevant discussion made in a witty, intelligent and compassionate style”. No sales company is attached yet.
- 8/23/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The 25th New Nordic Films, unspooling Aug. 20-23 parallel to the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, will kick off with the critically-lauded “A White, White Day” by Hlynur Pálmason. The Icelandic drama which world premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week, is among 19 films set to screen, of which 13 are world market premieres such as Jesper W. Nielsen’s thriller “The Exception,” Venice Critics Week’s pick “Psychosia,”, Venice Days’ entry “Beware of Children”, Jens Jonsson’s “The Spy” and Jesper Ganslandt’s “438 Days”.
The hot Works in Progress session has 20 titles to be pitched to more than 300 attendees. Gauging this year’s crop, New Nordic Films’ managing director Gyda Velvin Myklebust underlines the large number of local films, genre-driven and reality-based stories, as well as the healthy gender balance -half the films are female directed. “There are many new female talents to watch out for,” says Myklebust, citing the...
The hot Works in Progress session has 20 titles to be pitched to more than 300 attendees. Gauging this year’s crop, New Nordic Films’ managing director Gyda Velvin Myklebust underlines the large number of local films, genre-driven and reality-based stories, as well as the healthy gender balance -half the films are female directed. “There are many new female talents to watch out for,” says Myklebust, citing the...
- 8/13/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The final announcement will be made tomorrow (22 June).
With Locarno chief Carlo Chatrian’s appointment as successor to Dieter Kosslick as the artistic director of the Berlinale considered a done deal by the German media after a leak from the decision-making body to a tabloid journalist, attention is now focused at who will be the festival manager.
This person will be responsible for finances, organisation and sponsors as part of a new dual leadership for the festival from May 2019.
Monika Grütters, Germany’s state minister for culture and media, has long made it clear she wanted to appoint a woman...
With Locarno chief Carlo Chatrian’s appointment as successor to Dieter Kosslick as the artistic director of the Berlinale considered a done deal by the German media after a leak from the decision-making body to a tabloid journalist, attention is now focused at who will be the festival manager.
This person will be responsible for finances, organisation and sponsors as part of a new dual leadership for the festival from May 2019.
Monika Grütters, Germany’s state minister for culture and media, has long made it clear she wanted to appoint a woman...
- 6/21/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The final announcement will be made tomorrow (22 June).
With Locarno chief Carlo Chatrian’s appointment as successor to Dieter Kosslick at the Berlinale considered a done deal by the German media after a leak from the decision-making body to a tabloid journalist, attention is now focused at who might be selected as the festival manager responsible for finances, organisation and sponsors as part of a new dual leadership for the festival from May 2019.
According to German press reports, it is being presumed that a woman from the local film industry will be proposed to fill the post of festival manager.
With Locarno chief Carlo Chatrian’s appointment as successor to Dieter Kosslick at the Berlinale considered a done deal by the German media after a leak from the decision-making body to a tabloid journalist, attention is now focused at who might be selected as the festival manager responsible for finances, organisation and sponsors as part of a new dual leadership for the festival from May 2019.
According to German press reports, it is being presumed that a woman from the local film industry will be proposed to fill the post of festival manager.
- 6/21/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Nordisk Film & TV Fond has unveiled the list of Nordic graduation students and their projects running for the $30,000 (NOK250,000) pitch prize and $6,000 (Nok 50,000) special mention prize at Nordic Talents (Aug 31-Sept 2).
Petri Kemppinen, Nordisk Film & TV Fond CEO, said: “This year we have many projects targeting children and young audiences, and several comedies. The competition to get in was tougher as for the first time we asked applicants to submit a development plan for their project. I think this was helpful for both the students and the selection group. It is also interesting to note the 60/40 female representation in the submissions and selection.”
In addition to the pitching sessions, Nordic Talents will screen the graduation films of all selected film students.
This year’s Nordic Talents jury comprises Norwegian director/writer Sara Johnsen, Danish animation director/comics artist Anders Morgenthaler, Swedish producer Lars Blomgren of Filmlance, Finnish writer/producer Petja Peltomaa of Yellow Film & TV and Kristina...
Petri Kemppinen, Nordisk Film & TV Fond CEO, said: “This year we have many projects targeting children and young audiences, and several comedies. The competition to get in was tougher as for the first time we asked applicants to submit a development plan for their project. I think this was helpful for both the students and the selection group. It is also interesting to note the 60/40 female representation in the submissions and selection.”
In addition to the pitching sessions, Nordic Talents will screen the graduation films of all selected film students.
This year’s Nordic Talents jury comprises Norwegian director/writer Sara Johnsen, Danish animation director/comics artist Anders Morgenthaler, Swedish producer Lars Blomgren of Filmlance, Finnish writer/producer Petja Peltomaa of Yellow Film & TV and Kristina...
- 6/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
I’m not keen on moving these days. When I switch my homestead to a new location, I have to find all the spots I was taking for granted – food stores, gas stations, mechanics, restaurants and so on. It usually also means I have to find a new newspaper. Yes, I’ve just proclaimed myself to be a dinosaur and I still read the newspaper every morning over breakfast. Yes, I know they offer electronic editions but I like one I can hold in my hands.
Assuming there is more than one local newspaper (or local-ish), I have to make a choice as to which one I’ll read. I have two primary criterions – where they fall on the political spectrum and what comic strips they have. The latter may be more important to me than the former. I was raised in a Republican household in Chicago so we got...
Assuming there is more than one local newspaper (or local-ish), I have to make a choice as to which one I’ll read. I have two primary criterions – where they fall on the political spectrum and what comic strips they have. The latter may be more important to me than the former. I was raised in a Republican household in Chicago so we got...
- 5/22/2016
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
Berlin-based One Two Films is making its first foray into Stateside production as the co-producer on Jennifer Fox’s fiction feature debut The Tale, which begins shooting at locations in Louisiana today (Oct 20).
The $3.5m investigative thriller is being produced by Blackbird Films and A Luminous Mind Productions, with Lawrence Inglee and Laura Rister as producers and Oren Moverman serving as executive producer.
The autobiographical story has a cast headed up by Laura Dern, with Ellen Burstyn, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki and Jason Ritter.
One Two Films’ Sol Bondy - who was a Screen Future Leader at Cannes 2013 - told ScreenDaily he had been introduced to The Tale as a project when he and Fox took part in the 2013/14 edition of the Transatlantic Film Partners programme.
He subsequently brought public broadcaster Zdf and Arte to the project which is being handled internationally by Mongrel International and is set to wrap principal photography in December.
From Helsinki...
The $3.5m investigative thriller is being produced by Blackbird Films and A Luminous Mind Productions, with Lawrence Inglee and Laura Rister as producers and Oren Moverman serving as executive producer.
The autobiographical story has a cast headed up by Laura Dern, with Ellen Burstyn, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki and Jason Ritter.
One Two Films’ Sol Bondy - who was a Screen Future Leader at Cannes 2013 - told ScreenDaily he had been introduced to The Tale as a project when he and Fox took part in the 2013/14 edition of the Transatlantic Film Partners programme.
He subsequently brought public broadcaster Zdf and Arte to the project which is being handled internationally by Mongrel International and is set to wrap principal photography in December.
From Helsinki...
- 10/20/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Sleepless Night: Schipper’s Audacious, Single Take Heist Thriller
Actor turned director Sebastian Schipper makes major headway with his fourth effort behind the camera, Victoria. Premiering at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival where it snagged an award for cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grovlen (who also lensed Anders Morgenthaler’s The 11th Hour, which starred Schipper, as well as the 2015 Un Certain Regard winner, Rams), this two hour plus blend of romantic drama and heist thriller was filmed in one, single take, shot in the wee morning hours on the streets of Berlin. Technically accomplished and satisfying as a narrative, the film provides lead actress Laia Costa, playing the titular protagonist, with a spectacular role that should see her international career boom a bit like Franka Potente’s following Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (1998).
Opening in the throes of a dance floor of a packed techno club, Victoria (Costa), makes her way to the exit.
Actor turned director Sebastian Schipper makes major headway with his fourth effort behind the camera, Victoria. Premiering at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival where it snagged an award for cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grovlen (who also lensed Anders Morgenthaler’s The 11th Hour, which starred Schipper, as well as the 2015 Un Certain Regard winner, Rams), this two hour plus blend of romantic drama and heist thriller was filmed in one, single take, shot in the wee morning hours on the streets of Berlin. Technically accomplished and satisfying as a narrative, the film provides lead actress Laia Costa, playing the titular protagonist, with a spectacular role that should see her international career boom a bit like Franka Potente’s following Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (1998).
Opening in the throes of a dance floor of a packed techno club, Victoria (Costa), makes her way to the exit.
- 10/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sweet Child of Mine: Basinger Buoys Bizarre Psycho Drama
Danish director Anders Morgenthaler (Princess, 2006) returns with The 11th Hour, a strange, psychological drama with the kind of art-house sensibilities that could easily be mistaken for Eurotrash. A German-Danish co-production starring American actress Kim Basinger, there’s more bizarre elements on display than the simplistic yet frustratingly equivocal title can rightly handle.
Slight otherworldly elements and one woman’s insane quest for motherhood offer up an uneasy narrative many will either dismiss outright or react unkindly towards, at least as displayed in this consistently repellant universe. And yet, despite some distractions and flaws, Morgenthaler offers a unique portrait of hysterical motherhood. Though its heroine remains woefully superficial, defined completely by her consuming desire, Basinger is arresting in a film that seems oblivious to all elements audiences hold dear in these unnerving psychological studies.
Maria (Basinger), we learn the quiet, childlike whispers...
Danish director Anders Morgenthaler (Princess, 2006) returns with The 11th Hour, a strange, psychological drama with the kind of art-house sensibilities that could easily be mistaken for Eurotrash. A German-Danish co-production starring American actress Kim Basinger, there’s more bizarre elements on display than the simplistic yet frustratingly equivocal title can rightly handle.
Slight otherworldly elements and one woman’s insane quest for motherhood offer up an uneasy narrative many will either dismiss outright or react unkindly towards, at least as displayed in this consistently repellant universe. And yet, despite some distractions and flaws, Morgenthaler offers a unique portrait of hysterical motherhood. Though its heroine remains woefully superficial, defined completely by her consuming desire, Basinger is arresting in a film that seems oblivious to all elements audiences hold dear in these unnerving psychological studies.
Maria (Basinger), we learn the quiet, childlike whispers...
- 6/13/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, June 12. [Synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.] Wide Jurassic World Director: Colin Trevorrow Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake M. Johnson, Judy Greer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nick Robinson, Lauren Lapkus, Omar Sy, Bd Wong, Irrfan Khan, Brian Tee, Ty Simpkins, Andy Buckley, Katie McGrath Synopsis: "Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond." Criticwire Grade Average: B- (10 reviews) Limited The 11th Hour Director: Anders Morgenthaler Cast: Kim Basinger, Jordan Prentice, Sebastian Schipper, Peter Stormare, Robert Hunger-Buhler, Anouk Wagener, Nina Fog Synopsis: "Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks...
- 6/12/2015
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
We don't see Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger on the big screen too often these days, and that's a shame, but in the upcoming "The 11th Hour" she makes the most of an opportunity to command a lead performance. And the result is something that might just be her most attention-getting work in quite some time, and today we have a little preview. The actress stars in the latest from writer/director Anders Morgenthaler, in a picture produced by Lars von Trier's Zentropa Entertainment, that tells the story of business executive who is eager to have a child. But after suffering another miscarriage, she is devastated to learn she's too old to conceive again, and as you'll see in the exclusive clip below, the news does not go over well. "The 11th Hour" opens in cinemas on June 12th. Watch below.
- 5/27/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Sneak Peek actress Kim Basinger ("Nine 1/2 Weeks") in the official trailer for director Anders Morgenthaler's upcoming dramatic feature "I Am Here":
"...a successful business executive, struggles to fulfill her greatest wish of all: to bring a child to the world. But a doctor informs Maria that she's too old to carry a child and her whole world comes crashing down.
"Devastated and unable to accept her fate, Maria sets out on a desperate and perilous quest to realize her dream of motherhood..."
Cast also includes Peter Stormare, Jordan Prentice and Sebastian Schipper.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "I Am Here"...
"...a successful business executive, struggles to fulfill her greatest wish of all: to bring a child to the world. But a doctor informs Maria that she's too old to carry a child and her whole world comes crashing down.
"Devastated and unable to accept her fate, Maria sets out on a desperate and perilous quest to realize her dream of motherhood..."
Cast also includes Peter Stormare, Jordan Prentice and Sebastian Schipper.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "I Am Here"...
- 2/6/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Dark Places
A24 and DirectTV have acquired all U.S rights to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Dark Places" based on the novel by "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn. Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Tye Sheridan and Corey Stoll star.
Theron plays a survivor of the brutal killing of her family as a child who is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving crimes.
Gentlemen
Magnolia has acquired U.S. rights to Mikael Marcimain's post-wwii-set "Gentlemen" which stars David Dencik, Sverrir Gudnason and Pernilla August.
Based on Klas Ostergren’s bestselling novels, the story deals with the forbidden love and dark secrets surrounding Sweden’s flamboyant Morgan brothers.
The Mirror
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Ed Boase's urban myth-inspired horror tale "The Mirror". The story follows friends who buy a supposedly haunted camera on eBay. The...
A24 and DirectTV have acquired all U.S rights to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Dark Places" based on the novel by "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn. Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Tye Sheridan and Corey Stoll star.
Theron plays a survivor of the brutal killing of her family as a child who is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving crimes.
Gentlemen
Magnolia has acquired U.S. rights to Mikael Marcimain's post-wwii-set "Gentlemen" which stars David Dencik, Sverrir Gudnason and Pernilla August.
Based on Klas Ostergren’s bestselling novels, the story deals with the forbidden love and dark secrets surrounding Sweden’s flamboyant Morgan brothers.
The Mirror
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Ed Boase's urban myth-inspired horror tale "The Mirror". The story follows friends who buy a supposedly haunted camera on eBay. The...
- 11/10/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
TrustNordisk has sold the North American rights for Anders Morgenthaler’s drama I Am Here to La-based distributor Brainstorm Media.
The deal was negotiated between Susan Wendt, head of sales at TrustNordisk and Meyer Shwarzstein, president at Brainstorm Media.
Morgenthaler’s drama premiered at Austin’s Fantastic Fest in September and stars Kim Basinger as a successful business executive who sets out on a desperate and perilous quest to realize her dream of motherhood.
The film also stars Peter Stormare, Jordan Prentice and Sebastian Schipper.
Producers are Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm for Zentropa Entertainments32. Co-producers are Maria Köpf for Zentropa Entertainments Berlin, Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy for One Two Films, with executive producers Peter Aalbæk Jensen for Zentropa, Peter Nadermann for Network Movie/Zdf „Das kleine Fernsehspiel“ in collaboration with Arte, and Jessica Ask for Film i Väst, with support from Danish Film Institute, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Dfff and in...
The deal was negotiated between Susan Wendt, head of sales at TrustNordisk and Meyer Shwarzstein, president at Brainstorm Media.
Morgenthaler’s drama premiered at Austin’s Fantastic Fest in September and stars Kim Basinger as a successful business executive who sets out on a desperate and perilous quest to realize her dream of motherhood.
The film also stars Peter Stormare, Jordan Prentice and Sebastian Schipper.
Producers are Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm for Zentropa Entertainments32. Co-producers are Maria Köpf for Zentropa Entertainments Berlin, Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy for One Two Films, with executive producers Peter Aalbæk Jensen for Zentropa, Peter Nadermann for Network Movie/Zdf „Das kleine Fernsehspiel“ in collaboration with Arte, and Jessica Ask for Film i Väst, with support from Danish Film Institute, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Dfff and in...
- 11/7/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
"We need to start something new." We haven't seen Basinger that much recently. Zentropa has debuted an early trailer for Anders Morgenthaler's drama/suspense film I Am Here, starring Oscar winner Kim Basinger along with Peter Stormare (22 Jump Street, Bad Milo, Pain & Gain), Jordan Prentice (In Bruges, Mirror Mirror) and Sebastian Schipper (Run Lola Run, Three). The film is about a woman (Basinger) who really wants to have a baby, but can't do so, and sets off on a quest to do something about it only ending up in what seems to be a very messed up situation. While it seems like your standard drama, there's some very interesting quirks to it, like the tiny glowing girl that talks in her ear. Yea I know – what?! Watch the new international trailer for Anders Morgenthaler's I Am Here, found via The Movie Box: Anders Morgenthaler's drama world premiered...
- 11/2/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The concept of the early middle aged woman's biological clock is well established. It's expected that as childless women reach a certain age their body will begin to tell them that it is time. Now, obviously this is a gross generality, but in my own personal experience, it's a cliche because there is more than a grain of truth to it. Many men and women my age, that is to say early to mid thirties, begin to notice many of their female peers turning from footloose and fancy-free Dinc's (double income no children) or singles, to frothing-at-the-mouth rabid baby-coveters. Director Anders Morgenthaler explores the illogical extreme of this archetype in I Am Here, a sort of biological thriller in which Kim Basinger's Maria takes her...
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- 9/24/2014
- Screen Anarchy
We are three weeks away until Fantastic Fest. Kind of amazing to think about. This year, I am blessed to bring Mike Hassler with me. We will be seeing as many films as our eyeballs will see and writing as many reviews as our fingers will allow us. Take a look at the second wave announcement below and don’t forget to look at the first wave and my predictions of what might play at the fest (I didn’t fare well with the Second Wave). As before, I have included the trailers for all the films, if available, announced in this wave.
From the Press Release
Austin, TX – Wednesday, August 27, 2014 – Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of events, special guests and film programming. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place September 18-25th in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
From the Press Release
Austin, TX – Wednesday, August 27, 2014 – Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of events, special guests and film programming. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place September 18-25th in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
- 8/28/2014
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Fantastic Fest 2014 kicks off September 18, and the second wave of films has been announced. Purgatory, Redeemer, Whispers Behind the Wall, Necrophobia 3D, Over Your Dead Body, and more are on the menu!
From the Press Release:
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of events, special guests, and film programming. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place September 18-25th in Austin, Texas, at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
Get ready to be blown away by Lionsgate's latest action-packed thriller, John Wick starring Keanu Reeves, with a red carpet gala screening with Reeves and directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski in attendance. John Wick is the story of a former ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the "assassin genre.
From the Press Release:
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of events, special guests, and film programming. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place September 18-25th in Austin, Texas, at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
Get ready to be blown away by Lionsgate's latest action-packed thriller, John Wick starring Keanu Reeves, with a red carpet gala screening with Reeves and directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski in attendance. John Wick is the story of a former ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the "assassin genre.
- 8/27/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Be sure to check out MovieBS.com for reviews and commentary from the best film festival known to man. Here is the news release of the second wave of films and events.
Austin, TX – Wednesday, August 27, 2014 – Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of events, special guests and film programming. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place September 18-25th in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
Get ready to be blown away by Lionsgate’s latest action-packed thriller, John Wick starring Keanu Reeves, with a red carpet gala screening with Reeves and directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski in attendance. John Wick is the story of a former ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the “assassin genre.
Austin, TX – Wednesday, August 27, 2014 – Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of events, special guests and film programming. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place September 18-25th in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South Lamar and Highball.
Get ready to be blown away by Lionsgate’s latest action-packed thriller, John Wick starring Keanu Reeves, with a red carpet gala screening with Reeves and directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski in attendance. John Wick is the story of a former ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the “assassin genre.
- 8/27/2014
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The lineup for the second wave of films at 2014′s 10th Annual Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas has arrived, and with it a potential Oscar contender, Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler. The film, a pulpy crime film about an embedded journalist (Jake Gyllenhaal), will make its U.S. premiere at the festival with Director and Writer Gilroy in attendance.
Fantastic Fest has also released a lineup that includes John Wick, an action/thriller starring Keanu Reeves (Reeves will be in attendance), Takashi Miike’s latest Over Your Dead Body and the Studio Ghibli film The Tale of Princess Kaguya. This announcement comes on the heels of the first wave of films, including Sundance horror film The Babadook.
Fantastic Fest takes place September 18-25 in Austin. View the first lineup of films here. And view the full lineup of films and descriptions from this second wave below via a press release.
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The Absent One
Denmark,...
Fantastic Fest has also released a lineup that includes John Wick, an action/thriller starring Keanu Reeves (Reeves will be in attendance), Takashi Miike’s latest Over Your Dead Body and the Studio Ghibli film The Tale of Princess Kaguya. This announcement comes on the heels of the first wave of films, including Sundance horror film The Babadook.
Fantastic Fest takes place September 18-25 in Austin. View the first lineup of films here. And view the full lineup of films and descriptions from this second wave below via a press release.
****
The Absent One
Denmark,...
- 8/27/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Open Road’s Jake Gyllenhaal starrer Nightcrawler will close the 10th annual Fantastic Fest in its U.S. premiere and Keanu Reeves will drop by for a gala screening of Lionsgate’s John Wick, organizers announced today. The rising genre film fest held September 18-25 in Austin, TX will open with the previously announced Tusk from Kevin Smith.
Also unveiled today along with a second wave of programming is a centerpiece bout in the Fantastic Debates, in which filmmakers, critics, and celebs engage in discourse at a podium before taking it to the boxing ring to determine the ultimate winner. This year, BitTorrent’s Chief Content Officer Matt Mason will take on a challenger to duke it out over whether the file sharing platform is a valuable tool or an enabler of piracy.
Related: Kevin Smith’s Horror-Comedy ‘Tusk’ To Open Fantastic Fest 2014
This year’s festival marks the grand...
Also unveiled today along with a second wave of programming is a centerpiece bout in the Fantastic Debates, in which filmmakers, critics, and celebs engage in discourse at a podium before taking it to the boxing ring to determine the ultimate winner. This year, BitTorrent’s Chief Content Officer Matt Mason will take on a challenger to duke it out over whether the file sharing platform is a valuable tool or an enabler of piracy.
Related: Kevin Smith’s Horror-Comedy ‘Tusk’ To Open Fantastic Fest 2014
This year’s festival marks the grand...
- 8/27/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Hovering around the twenty-one to twenty-four feature film mark with at least a quarter of those films belonging to first time filmmakers, the Quinzaine des Realisateurs (a.k.a Directors’ Fortnight) has in the past couple of years, counted on a healthy supply of French, Spanish and Belgium produced film items, and has been geared towards the offbeat genre items as with last year’s edition curated by Edouard Waintrop and co. To be unveiled on the 22nd, as we attempted with our Critics’ Week predix, Blake Williams, Nicholas Bell and I (Eric Lavallee) are thinking out loud and hedging our bets on what the section might look like or what the programmers might be looking at for 2014. Here is our predictions overview:
Alleluia
Six years after presenting Vinyan at the Venice Film Festival, Fabrice Du Welz finally returns with potentially not one, but a pair of works for the ’14 campaign.
Alleluia
Six years after presenting Vinyan at the Venice Film Festival, Fabrice Du Welz finally returns with potentially not one, but a pair of works for the ’14 campaign.
- 4/16/2014
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
A panel of experts at Cph Pix say that the luxury of public support for Danish film may be inhibiting risktaking and creating a ‘monoculture’ on screen.
If you look in recent lineups of Berlinale Forum or Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, you see an absence of new Danish films. That’s despite the country’s film industry going through something of a golden age of international success from Love Is All You Need to The Hunt to A Royal Affair and Nymphomaniac, with one of the world’s best government-backed support systems for film.
So where are the ‘art’ films? That was the question posed at a panel on Thursday at the Cph Pix festival in Copenhagen.
Vinca Wiedemann [pictured], the widely respected producer who just became head of the National Film School of Denmark, noted that when she was the first artistic director of the Danish Film Institute’s New Danish Screen strand, which is engineered...
If you look in recent lineups of Berlinale Forum or Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, you see an absence of new Danish films. That’s despite the country’s film industry going through something of a golden age of international success from Love Is All You Need to The Hunt to A Royal Affair and Nymphomaniac, with one of the world’s best government-backed support systems for film.
So where are the ‘art’ films? That was the question posed at a panel on Thursday at the Cph Pix festival in Copenhagen.
Vinca Wiedemann [pictured], the widely respected producer who just became head of the National Film School of Denmark, noted that when she was the first artistic director of the Danish Film Institute’s New Danish Screen strand, which is engineered...
- 4/11/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Jamie Marks Is Dead
Director: Carter Smith
Writer: Carter Smith
Producers: Alex Orlovsky, Hunter Gray, Jacob Jaffke, Omri Bezalel, Carter Smith
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Cameron Monaghan, Noah Silver, Morgan Saylor, Madisen Beaty, Judy Greer, Liv Tyler
Much like the fate of those featured in his feature debut (The Ruins) the adults fall by the wayside and the teens in this long-awaited sophomore film are left to their own devices. Tonally speaking, Jamie Marks Is Dead is compelling because it works from some oddball premise material, but atmospherically with generous amounts of creepiness and with plenty of subtext — perhaps not Bugcrush sophistication, we find a Carter Smith in master-mode.
Gist: Based on Christopher Barzak’s novel (One for Sorrow), Adam McCormick (Monaghan) had just turned fifteen when the body was found in the woods. It is the beginning of an autumn that will change his life forever. Jamie...
Director: Carter Smith
Writer: Carter Smith
Producers: Alex Orlovsky, Hunter Gray, Jacob Jaffke, Omri Bezalel, Carter Smith
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Cameron Monaghan, Noah Silver, Morgan Saylor, Madisen Beaty, Judy Greer, Liv Tyler
Much like the fate of those featured in his feature debut (The Ruins) the adults fall by the wayside and the teens in this long-awaited sophomore film are left to their own devices. Tonally speaking, Jamie Marks Is Dead is compelling because it works from some oddball premise material, but atmospherically with generous amounts of creepiness and with plenty of subtext — perhaps not Bugcrush sophistication, we find a Carter Smith in master-mode.
Gist: Based on Christopher Barzak’s novel (One for Sorrow), Adam McCormick (Monaghan) had just turned fifteen when the body was found in the woods. It is the beginning of an autumn that will change his life forever. Jamie...
- 2/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
I’m Here
Director: Anders Morgenthaler
Writer: Anders Morgenthaler
Producers: Marie Gade Denessen, Julie Lind-Holm
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Kim Basinger, Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare
While his 2006 film, Princess, starring Thure Lindhardt, received a great deal of attention after premiering in the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at Cannes, Anders Morgenthaler’s 2007 sophomore feature, Echo (with Kim Bodnia) never received theatrical release outside of Denmark. After working in television since then, he’s completed his third film feature, dealing with infant prostitution in Eastern Europe. And starring Kim Basinger. Come now, that sounds absolutely delectable. While the original title, Petit was preferable to the generic sounding I’m Here, this sounds like an excellent offbeat showcase for the beautiful Basinger, and we see Peter Stormare is once again part of Morgenthaler’s cast. This could go either way, but it’s definitely a project high on our radar.
Gist:...
Director: Anders Morgenthaler
Writer: Anders Morgenthaler
Producers: Marie Gade Denessen, Julie Lind-Holm
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Kim Basinger, Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare
While his 2006 film, Princess, starring Thure Lindhardt, received a great deal of attention after premiering in the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at Cannes, Anders Morgenthaler’s 2007 sophomore feature, Echo (with Kim Bodnia) never received theatrical release outside of Denmark. After working in television since then, he’s completed his third film feature, dealing with infant prostitution in Eastern Europe. And starring Kim Basinger. Come now, that sounds absolutely delectable. While the original title, Petit was preferable to the generic sounding I’m Here, this sounds like an excellent offbeat showcase for the beautiful Basinger, and we see Peter Stormare is once again part of Morgenthaler’s cast. This could go either way, but it’s definitely a project high on our radar.
Gist:...
- 2/24/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Drop
Director: Michael R. Roskam
Writer: Dennis Lehane
Producers: Chernin Entertainment’s Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark, Mike Larocca
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, Ann Dowd, James Frecheville
Michael R. Roskam’s English language debut is a no-brainer entry on this list – after all, his feature debut, the unshakable Bullhead was a hardcore revenge film that even found the difficult palates from the Academy could appreciate for some Best Foreign language category nomination love. The newly minted The Drop which will likely feature a pissed off Tom Hardy (look for comparisons to be made between him and Matthias Schoenaerts) might actually become the best of Dennis Lehane’s overrated book to film adaptations.
Gist: This centers on a Boston bartender (Hardy) who rescues a dog from a garbage can. This act of good will gets him into more trouble than he can imagine,...
Director: Michael R. Roskam
Writer: Dennis Lehane
Producers: Chernin Entertainment’s Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark, Mike Larocca
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, Ann Dowd, James Frecheville
Michael R. Roskam’s English language debut is a no-brainer entry on this list – after all, his feature debut, the unshakable Bullhead was a hardcore revenge film that even found the difficult palates from the Academy could appreciate for some Best Foreign language category nomination love. The newly minted The Drop which will likely feature a pissed off Tom Hardy (look for comparisons to be made between him and Matthias Schoenaerts) might actually become the best of Dennis Lehane’s overrated book to film adaptations.
Gist: This centers on a Boston bartender (Hardy) who rescues a dog from a garbage can. This act of good will gets him into more trouble than he can imagine,...
- 2/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Kim Basinger has been cast in Petit.
The actress has been confirmed for a starring role in Anders Morgenthaler's English-language movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Oscar-winner will play Maria, a successful career woman who struggles to have a child after discovering that she is infertile.
Her attempts to adopt result in her becoming entangled in a world of illegal child prostitution in Eastern Europe.
Basinger recently wrapped filming with Liam Neeson on Third Person.
She will also appear in the upcoming Grudge Match with Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro and One Square Mile.
Shooting on Petit recently began in Hamburg.
The actress has been confirmed for a starring role in Anders Morgenthaler's English-language movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Oscar-winner will play Maria, a successful career woman who struggles to have a child after discovering that she is infertile.
Her attempts to adopt result in her becoming entangled in a world of illegal child prostitution in Eastern Europe.
Basinger recently wrapped filming with Liam Neeson on Third Person.
She will also appear in the upcoming Grudge Match with Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro and One Square Mile.
Shooting on Petit recently began in Hamburg.
- 6/18/2013
- Digital Spy
Kim Basinger is set to play the lead role in Danish director Anders Morgenthaler's new English-language drama "Petit" at Zentropa Entertainments.
Basinger stars as Maria, a successful career woman who has just received the news that she is infertile.
She begins a desperate pursuit to adopt a child, her efforts leading her into the criminal underworld of infant prostitution in Eastern Europe.
Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare, Sophie Rois and Sebastian Schipper co-star.
Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm are producing, and shooting has just begun on the project in Hamburg, Germany ahead of a 2014 release.
Source: THR...
Basinger stars as Maria, a successful career woman who has just received the news that she is infertile.
She begins a desperate pursuit to adopt a child, her efforts leading her into the criminal underworld of infant prostitution in Eastern Europe.
Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare, Sophie Rois and Sebastian Schipper co-star.
Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm are producing, and shooting has just begun on the project in Hamburg, Germany ahead of a 2014 release.
Source: THR...
- 6/18/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Regular readers of Twitch should be well familiar with the work of Anders Morgenthaler by this point, the popular Danish cartoonist proving to be a restless and intriguing talent. Already well known in Denmark thanks to his comic strip work, he burst on to the international film scene in 2006 when his ultra violent, satiric animated feature Princess debuted in Cannes. That would be followed by live action effort Echo, children's animation The Apple And The Worm, animated television hit for crude adults who think they're still children The Pandas, and an appearance in anthology project The ABCs Of Death. And now Morgenthaler is back to live action with ultra dark live action feature Petit now under way in Hamburg.Petit tells the story of Maria,...
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- 6/18/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Kim Basinger (pictured) stars.
Anders Morgenthaler has started shooting his new feature Petit in Hamburg.
For production details visit
Petit
Kim Basinger stars as a successful career woman who is desperate for a baby and is drawn into an underworld of abuse and brutality.
Morgenthaler, who previously directed films including Princess and Echo, makes his English-language debut.
The cast also features Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare, Sebastian Schipper and Sophie Rois.
Producers Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm for Zentropa Entertainments32 ApS in co-production with Maria Köpf for Zentropa Entertainments Berlin GmbH, Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy for One Two Films and executive produced by Peter Aalbæk Jensen for Zentropa and Peter Nadermann for Network Movie in cooperation with Zdf/Arte, Film i Väst, Morgenthaler Office, Copenhagen Bombay, Viking Brothers Entertainment and TV2/Denmark and with support from The Danish Film Institute, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Dfff.
TrustNordisk handles international sales and the film will be readied for a 2014 release...
Anders Morgenthaler has started shooting his new feature Petit in Hamburg.
For production details visit
Petit
Kim Basinger stars as a successful career woman who is desperate for a baby and is drawn into an underworld of abuse and brutality.
Morgenthaler, who previously directed films including Princess and Echo, makes his English-language debut.
The cast also features Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare, Sebastian Schipper and Sophie Rois.
Producers Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm for Zentropa Entertainments32 ApS in co-production with Maria Köpf for Zentropa Entertainments Berlin GmbH, Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy for One Two Films and executive produced by Peter Aalbæk Jensen for Zentropa and Peter Nadermann for Network Movie in cooperation with Zdf/Arte, Film i Väst, Morgenthaler Office, Copenhagen Bombay, Viking Brothers Entertainment and TV2/Denmark and with support from The Danish Film Institute, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Dfff.
TrustNordisk handles international sales and the film will be readied for a 2014 release...
- 6/18/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Kim Basinger (pictured) stars.
Anders Morgenthaler has started shooting his new feature Petit in Hamburg.
Kim Basinger stars as a successful career woman who is desperate for a baby and is drawn into an underworld of abuse and brutality.
Morgenthaler, who previously directed films including Princess and Echo, makes his English-language debut.
The cast also features Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare, Sebastian Schipper and Sophie Rois.
Producers Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm for Zentropa Entertainments32 ApS in co-production with Maria Köpf for Zentropa Entertainments Berlin GmbH, Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy for One Two Films and executive produced by Peter Aalbæk Jensen for Zentropa and Peter Nadermann for Network Movie in cooperation with Zdf/Arte, Film i Väst, Morgenthaler Office, Copenhagen Bombay, Viking Brothers Entertainment and TV2/Denmark and with support from The Danish Film Institute, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Dfff.
TrustNordisk handles international sales and the film will be readied for a 2014 release.
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Anders Morgenthaler has started shooting his new feature Petit in Hamburg.
Kim Basinger stars as a successful career woman who is desperate for a baby and is drawn into an underworld of abuse and brutality.
Morgenthaler, who previously directed films including Princess and Echo, makes his English-language debut.
The cast also features Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare, Sebastian Schipper and Sophie Rois.
Producers Marie Gade Denessen and Julie Lind-Holm for Zentropa Entertainments32 ApS in co-production with Maria Köpf for Zentropa Entertainments Berlin GmbH, Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy for One Two Films and executive produced by Peter Aalbæk Jensen for Zentropa and Peter Nadermann for Network Movie in cooperation with Zdf/Arte, Film i Väst, Morgenthaler Office, Copenhagen Bombay, Viking Brothers Entertainment and TV2/Denmark and with support from The Danish Film Institute, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and Dfff.
TrustNordisk handles international sales and the film will be readied for a 2014 release.
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- 6/18/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Cologne, Germany – Kim Basinger is confirmed as the lead in Petit, the new English-language drama from Danish director Anders Morgenthaler (Princess). The Oscar-winning Basinger will play Maria, a successful career woman who is told she is infertile, leading to a desperate pursuit to have a child. Her attempts to adopt eventually lead her to the criminal work of infant prostitution in Eastern Europe. Shooting on the project has just begun in Hamburg, Germany. Photos: Revenge of the Over-40 Actress: 10 A-Listers Whose Clout (and Salaries) Are Skyrocketing Basinger recently wrapped shooting on the Paul Haggis drama Third Person,
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- 6/18/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – “The ABCs of Death” may easily rank as the most repugnant two hours I’ve ever had the displeasure of being condemned to review. But don’t let that entice you, gorehounds. It’s also uninspired and thoroughly monotonous. The only thing that scared me was my realization after the first short film had ended that I still had 25 films left to go. This isn’t entertainment. It’s an endurance test.
Consider the vignette about an obese woman who decides, in a fit of depression, to slice off her fat. Her self-mutilation is juxtaposed with footage of a skinny model striking poses in a commercial. The director, Xavier Gens, cuts back and forth between the imagery with such mechanical repetition that the viewer develops a mixture of nauseation and whiplash but not, alas, fear. What a sad encapsulation of modern horror’s exceedingly sorry state. Horror used to be about atmosphere,...
Consider the vignette about an obese woman who decides, in a fit of depression, to slice off her fat. Her self-mutilation is juxtaposed with footage of a skinny model striking poses in a commercial. The director, Xavier Gens, cuts back and forth between the imagery with such mechanical repetition that the viewer develops a mixture of nauseation and whiplash but not, alas, fear. What a sad encapsulation of modern horror’s exceedingly sorry state. Horror used to be about atmosphere,...
- 6/5/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 21, 2013
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $32.98
Studio: Magnolia
One of 26 fatal segments of The ABCs of Death.
The horror film The ABCs of Death is a high-concept anthology movie if ever there was one: 26 individual “chapters” on the topic of death, each helmed by a different director assigned to a specific letter of the alphabet.
Showcasing the wide variety of possibilities when it comes to that most final of topics, the segments include the fatal visions of such established genre filmmakers as Ti West (The Innkeepers), Xavier Gens (The Divide), Adam Wingard (V/H/S) and Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) amongst a whole helluva lot of them.
The unrated ABCs of Death, which features an ill-fated a cast of performers from around the world, received a limited release to theaters in the U.S. following its rollout to genre film festivals around the world.
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $32.98
Studio: Magnolia
One of 26 fatal segments of The ABCs of Death.
The horror film The ABCs of Death is a high-concept anthology movie if ever there was one: 26 individual “chapters” on the topic of death, each helmed by a different director assigned to a specific letter of the alphabet.
Showcasing the wide variety of possibilities when it comes to that most final of topics, the segments include the fatal visions of such established genre filmmakers as Ti West (The Innkeepers), Xavier Gens (The Divide), Adam Wingard (V/H/S) and Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police) amongst a whole helluva lot of them.
The unrated ABCs of Death, which features an ill-fated a cast of performers from around the world, received a limited release to theaters in the U.S. following its rollout to genre film festivals around the world.
- 4/17/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Directors: Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Bruno Forzani, Adrián García Bogliano, Xavier Gens, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, and Yudai Yamaguchi. Writers: Kaare Andrews, Simon Barrett, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Adrián García Bogliano, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Simon Rumley, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Nacho Vigalondo, Dimitrije Vojnov, Ti West, and Yudai Yamaguchi. The ABCs of Death is a horror anthology, composed of twenty-six shorts. This anthology brought twenty-seven directors from fifteen countries together to create a fairly entertaining outing. Understandably, some of the shorts are stronger than others, while some are...
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- 4/2/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The ABCs of Death
Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo, Angela Bettis, Ti West, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Adam Wingard, Srdjan Spasojevic, Ben Wheatley, Jason Eisener, and more
Running Time: 2 hrs 9 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Plot: 26 filmmakers from around the world were each given one letter of the alphabet. From there they had free rein to create a killer short horror film based around words ranging from “Apocalypse” to “Zetsumetsu.”
Who’S It For? Some segments will be loved, others hated, but anyone who likes the idea of a horror anthology needs to check this out.
Overall
Twenty-six shorts from 26 directors based on the 26 letters of the alphabet is one ambitious experiment. As a fan of anthologies, I went into The ABCs of Death wanting to like it, but even I’m surprised by how successful I found the film as a whole. Sure, there are a handful of middling entries that...
Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo, Angela Bettis, Ti West, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Adam Wingard, Srdjan Spasojevic, Ben Wheatley, Jason Eisener, and more
Running Time: 2 hrs 9 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Plot: 26 filmmakers from around the world were each given one letter of the alphabet. From there they had free rein to create a killer short horror film based around words ranging from “Apocalypse” to “Zetsumetsu.”
Who’S It For? Some segments will be loved, others hated, but anyone who likes the idea of a horror anthology needs to check this out.
Overall
Twenty-six shorts from 26 directors based on the 26 letters of the alphabet is one ambitious experiment. As a fan of anthologies, I went into The ABCs of Death wanting to like it, but even I’m surprised by how successful I found the film as a whole. Sure, there are a handful of middling entries that...
- 3/8/2013
- by Shane T. Nier
- The Scorecard Review
"A" is for agonizing, awful and apocalyptic.
"B is for bizarre, brutal and bloody.
"D" is for disturbing, deeply disturbing, "S" for subversive, "T" for twisted and trangressive.
"The ABCs of Death" is an instant midnight movie, a morbid mishmash of styles and filmmaking formats -- 26 films, 26 filmmakers from the four corners of the horror globe, all making short films about death.
It's not for everyone.
Spanish director Adrián García Bogliano's "B is for Bigfoot" is an amusing account of a sexually aroused woman warning her boyfriend's little sister that girls who don't go to sleep by 8 are carried off and eaten by an abominable snowman who now lives in Mexico City. Yes, it has a gory payoff.
Marcel Sarmiento's "D is for Dogfight" may be the most disturbing (which is saying something), a vivid, ugly slow-motion parable about an underworld where dogs fight homeless men to the death.
"B is for bizarre, brutal and bloody.
"D" is for disturbing, deeply disturbing, "S" for subversive, "T" for twisted and trangressive.
"The ABCs of Death" is an instant midnight movie, a morbid mishmash of styles and filmmaking formats -- 26 films, 26 filmmakers from the four corners of the horror globe, all making short films about death.
It's not for everyone.
Spanish director Adrián García Bogliano's "B is for Bigfoot" is an amusing account of a sexually aroused woman warning her boyfriend's little sister that girls who don't go to sleep by 8 are carried off and eaten by an abominable snowman who now lives in Mexico City. Yes, it has a gory payoff.
Marcel Sarmiento's "D is for Dogfight" may be the most disturbing (which is saying something), a vivid, ugly slow-motion parable about an underworld where dogs fight homeless men to the death.
- 3/7/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Title: The ABCs of Death Directed By: Bruno Forzani, Helene Cattet, Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Adrian Bogliano, Jason Eisner, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Xavier Gens, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Jbanjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yudai Yamaguchi, Lee Hardcastle You can have one good short film. You can even have five that are all solid. But 26? “The ABCs of Death” is a horror anthology consisting of 26 shorts from 26 different directors all of whom accepted the challenge of taking a single letter of the [ Read More ]
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- 3/6/2013
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
The ABCs of Death is now available on a variety of VOD services and will receive a limited theatrical release on March 8th. If you’re looking to learn more before checking it out, we have a new featurette with a number of the directors involved talking about the movie and their segment.
“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”
Directors: Kaare Andrews (Altitude), Angela Bettis (Roman), Ernesto Diaz Espinoza...
“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”
Directors: Kaare Andrews (Altitude), Angela Bettis (Roman), Ernesto Diaz Espinoza...
- 2/2/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The ABCs of Death Directed by: Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Bruno Forzani, Adrián García Bogliano, Xavier Gens, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yudai Yamaguchi The ABCs of Death is at times revolting, inventive, funny and fascinating. It’s also a wildly uneven anthology collection from some of the most well-known horror directors working today. The film was announced a few years ago and rolled out at the Tiff and Fantastic Fest film festivals in 2012. The premise is intriguing. A letter of the alphabet was assigned to 26 different directors with one stipulation: they must create a short starting with that letter and pertaining to death. Then let them have it, no holds barred.
- 2/1/2013
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
The ABCs of Death is an anthology horror film with 26 short chapters directed by a different filmmaker. The movie was just released on-demand and on a variety of digital download services, and each of the 26 directors involved in the project conducted an interview with a different website. For our feature, we conducted a Q&A with Danish artist and director Anders Morgenthaler, who created K is for Klutz:
Thank you for taking the time to talk with Daily Dead. How did you become involved on The ABC’s of Death? Did you approach the producers to be a part of it or did they approach you?
Todd Brown of Twitchfilm has followed my work since Princess and we have been meeting up regularly for a couple years. He asked me if I wanted in on the ABC project and saying yes was the only sane answer.
Did you have your...
Thank you for taking the time to talk with Daily Dead. How did you become involved on The ABC’s of Death? Did you approach the producers to be a part of it or did they approach you?
Todd Brown of Twitchfilm has followed my work since Princess and we have been meeting up regularly for a couple years. He asked me if I wanted in on the ABC project and saying yes was the only sane answer.
Did you have your...
- 1/31/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
A red band trailer for The ABCs of Death gave us the first good look at the anthology horror film last month. If you’re looking for more, we have the new green band trailer that was just released. The ABCs of Death is an anthology horror film with 26 short chapters. Each chapter is directed by a different filmmaker, including Ti West, Xavier Gens, Adam Wingard, and more:
“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.
“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.
- 12/4/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
After the new pics posted earlier this week for horror anthology 'The ABCs of Death' Yahoo! Movies has followed up as promised with the unveiling of the new red band trailer. The 26 segmented shocker will arrive in the next year and includes a who's who of horror directors. Kaare Andrews ('Altitude'), Angela Bettis, Adrian Bogliano, Bruno Forzani and Helene Cattet, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener ('Hobo with a Shotgun'), Xavier Gens ('The Divide'), Jorge Michel Grau, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi ('Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead'), Thomas Cappelen Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic ('A Serbian Film'), Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West ('Doghouse'), Ti West ('The Innkeepers'), Ben Wheatley ('Kill List'), Adam Wingard ('V/H/S') and Yudai Yamaguchi make up the impressive list...
- 11/16/2012
- Horror Asylum
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to get literary and remind ourselves of our aBCs. After a run on the festival circuit, the first, very red band trailer for horror anthology The ABCs Of Death has appeared online.
The premise of the project is simple, as you may recall – twenty six directors with minimal financial resources but full creative freedom were given a letter and the request to construct an on screen death in a manner connected to that letter.
Have a look at the trailer:
Directors involved in the project are:
Kaare Andrews (Altitude), USA
Angela Bettis (Roman), USA
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mirageman; Mandrill), Chile
Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Canada
Bruno Forzani & Héléne Cattet (Amer), Belgium
Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat), Mexico
Xavier Gens (Frontiers; Hitman), France
Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Mexico
Noburo Iguchi (Robo Geisha), Japan
Thomas Malling (Norwegian Ninja), Norway
Anders Morgenthaler...
The premise of the project is simple, as you may recall – twenty six directors with minimal financial resources but full creative freedom were given a letter and the request to construct an on screen death in a manner connected to that letter.
Have a look at the trailer:
Directors involved in the project are:
Kaare Andrews (Altitude), USA
Angela Bettis (Roman), USA
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mirageman; Mandrill), Chile
Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Canada
Bruno Forzani & Héléne Cattet (Amer), Belgium
Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat), Mexico
Xavier Gens (Frontiers; Hitman), France
Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Mexico
Noburo Iguchi (Robo Geisha), Japan
Thomas Malling (Norwegian Ninja), Norway
Anders Morgenthaler...
- 11/15/2012
- by Vesna Sunrider
- Filmofilia
Yahoo! has premiered the red band (could there be any other kind?) trailer for The ABCs Of Death. Conceived by Ant Timpson and produced by Timpson, Drafthouse Films and Magnet Releasing, the film sees 26 of the world's top genre directors create a short film around an assigned letter and method of morte. The exhaustive roster includes Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis (May), Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Bruno Forzani & Héléne Cattet (Amer), Adrían Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes The DEVIL_, Xavier Gens (Frontiers), Lee Hardcastle, Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Noburu Iguchi (Machine Girl), Thomas Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police), Banjong Pisathanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento (Deadgirl), Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes), Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley (Kill List), Adam Wingard and Yudai Yamaguchi.
As with any anthology—especially one amplified to such a level...
As with any anthology—especially one amplified to such a level...
- 11/15/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
Yahoo! has premiered the red band (could there be any other kind?) trailer for The ABCs Of Death. Conceived by Ant Timpson and produced by Timpson, Drafthouse Films and Magnet Releasing, the film sees 26 of the world's top genre directors create a short film around an assigned letter and method of morte. The exhaustive roster includes Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis (May), Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Bruno Forzani & Héléne Cattet (Amer), Adrían Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes The DEVIL_, Xavier Gens (Frontiers), Lee Hardcastle, Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Noburu Iguchi (Machine Girl), Thomas Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police), Banjong Pisathanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento (Deadgirl), Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes), Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley (Kill List), Adam Wingard and Yudai Yamaguchi.
As with any anthology—especially one amplified to such a level...
As with any anthology—especially one amplified to such a level...
- 11/15/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
Yahoo! has premiered the red band (could there be any other kind?) trailer for The ABCs Of Death. Conceived by Ant Timpson and produced by Timpson, Drafthouse Films and Magnet Releasing, the film sees 26 of the world's top genre directors create a short film around an assigned letter and method of morte. The exhaustive roster includes Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis (May), Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Bruno Forzani & Héléne Cattet (Amer), Adrían Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes The DEVIL_, Xavier Gens (Frontiers), Lee Hardcastle, Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Noburu Iguchi (Machine Girl), Thomas Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police), Banjong Pisathanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento (Deadgirl), Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes), Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley (Kill List), Adam Wingard and Yudai Yamaguchi.
As with any anthology—especially one amplified to such a level...
As with any anthology—especially one amplified to such a level...
- 11/15/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
In yesterday’s news, we told you to expect something from The ABCs of Death this evening and we now have the first trailer for you to watch. The ABCs of Death is an anthology horror film with 26 short chapters. Each chapter is directed by a different filmmaker, including Ti West, Xavier Gens, Adam Wingard, and many more:
“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”
Directors: Kaare Andrews (Altitude), Angela Bettis...
“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”
Directors: Kaare Andrews (Altitude), Angela Bettis...
- 11/15/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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