Benjamin Ree’s gamer documentary Ibelin led the winners at Tromso International Film Festival (TIFF) on Saturday, January 20; after Norwegian feature Grandmonster took the Fiction Norway pitching prize last week.
Ibelin took the audience award, playing at Tromso the day after its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival. The Norwegian title follows the story of Mats Steen, a gamer who died of a degenerative muscular disease aged 25; after which his parents began to receive messages from online friends around the world. Netflix acquired US distribution and worldwide streaming rights on the title following its Sundance premiere.
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Ibelin took the audience award, playing at Tromso the day after its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival. The Norwegian title follows the story of Mats Steen, a gamer who died of a degenerative muscular disease aged 25; after which his parents began to receive messages from online friends around the world. Netflix acquired US distribution and worldwide streaming rights on the title following its Sundance premiere.
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- 1/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
Five participants and projects announced.
La-based Vaparaiso Pictures, producers on Pig and The Line, have partnered on an inaugural script lab with organisers Christina Campagnola and Emery Matson.
The 2019 participants in the Writers Out Of Office lab (Wooo), set to take place in Joshua Tree, California, from October 11-14, were announced on Friday (11).
Campagnola of Apa agency (pictured at left), and Matson, a former development executive, launched the lab to champion unique voices, and integrate discussions and wellness activities aimed to strengthen the writers’ sense of self.
Valparaiso Pictures principal David Carrico and head of development Bobby Hoppey are on board as lab partners.
La-based Vaparaiso Pictures, producers on Pig and The Line, have partnered on an inaugural script lab with organisers Christina Campagnola and Emery Matson.
The 2019 participants in the Writers Out Of Office lab (Wooo), set to take place in Joshua Tree, California, from October 11-14, were announced on Friday (11).
Campagnola of Apa agency (pictured at left), and Matson, a former development executive, launched the lab to champion unique voices, and integrate discussions and wellness activities aimed to strengthen the writers’ sense of self.
Valparaiso Pictures principal David Carrico and head of development Bobby Hoppey are on board as lab partners.
- 10/11/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Five participants and projects announced.
La-based Valparaiso Pictures, producers on Pig and The Line, have partnered on an inaugural script lab with organisers Christina Campagnola and Emery Matson.
The 2019 participants in the Writers Out Of Office lab (Wooo), set to take place in Joshua Tree, California, from October 11-14, were announced on Friday (11).
Former literary agent Campagnola (pictured at left), and Matson, a former development executive, launched the lab to champion unique voices, and integrate discussions and wellness activities aimed to strengthen the writers’ sense of self.
Valparaiso Pictures principal David Carrico and head of development Bobby Hoppey are on board as lab partners.
La-based Valparaiso Pictures, producers on Pig and The Line, have partnered on an inaugural script lab with organisers Christina Campagnola and Emery Matson.
The 2019 participants in the Writers Out Of Office lab (Wooo), set to take place in Joshua Tree, California, from October 11-14, were announced on Friday (11).
Former literary agent Campagnola (pictured at left), and Matson, a former development executive, launched the lab to champion unique voices, and integrate discussions and wellness activities aimed to strengthen the writers’ sense of self.
Valparaiso Pictures principal David Carrico and head of development Bobby Hoppey are on board as lab partners.
- 10/11/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Five participants and projects announced.
La-based Valparaiso Pictures, producers on Pig and The Line, have partnered on an inaugural script lab with organisers Christina Campagnola and Emery Matson.
The 2019 participants in the Writers Out Of Office lab (Wooo), set to take place in Joshua Tree, California, from October 11-14, were announced on Friday (11).
Campagnola of Apa agency (pictured at left), and Matson, a former development executive, launched the lab to champion unique voices, and integrate discussions and wellness activities aimed to strengthen the writers’ sense of self.
Valparaiso Pictures principal David Carrico and head of development Bobby Hoppey are on board as lab partners.
La-based Valparaiso Pictures, producers on Pig and The Line, have partnered on an inaugural script lab with organisers Christina Campagnola and Emery Matson.
The 2019 participants in the Writers Out Of Office lab (Wooo), set to take place in Joshua Tree, California, from October 11-14, were announced on Friday (11).
Campagnola of Apa agency (pictured at left), and Matson, a former development executive, launched the lab to champion unique voices, and integrate discussions and wellness activities aimed to strengthen the writers’ sense of self.
Valparaiso Pictures principal David Carrico and head of development Bobby Hoppey are on board as lab partners.
- 10/11/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
For the eighth year in a row, the Locarno Film Festival is playing host to 12 aspiring film critics from around the world as part of the festival’s annual Critics Academy initiative.
Featuring participants from Switzerland, Pakistan, the Netherlands, Mexico, the U.S, the U.K., Nigeria and Czech Republic, the latest edition of the Locarno Critics Academy gives budding journalists the chance to interact with professional critics, programmers and filmmakers in attendance at Locarno.
The two-week long workshop encompasses the various aspects of the work of film critics — from pitching to composing articles to negotiating the world of industry, and finally to adapting their prose style to the working methods of different editors.
As part of the initiative, a collaboration between the Locarno festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (Foc), the Swiss Association of Film Journalists, ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts), Swissinfo,...
Featuring participants from Switzerland, Pakistan, the Netherlands, Mexico, the U.S, the U.K., Nigeria and Czech Republic, the latest edition of the Locarno Critics Academy gives budding journalists the chance to interact with professional critics, programmers and filmmakers in attendance at Locarno.
The two-week long workshop encompasses the various aspects of the work of film critics — from pitching to composing articles to negotiating the world of industry, and finally to adapting their prose style to the working methods of different editors.
As part of the initiative, a collaboration between the Locarno festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (Foc), the Swiss Association of Film Journalists, ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts), Swissinfo,...
- 8/7/2019
- by Christopher Small
- Variety Film + TV
A scarily good gig is available today for Los Angeles–based actors looking for a lead or supporting role! “Anima,” a short proof-of-concept horror-thriller film for a feature-length film or TV series, is now casting lead and supporting talent. A female actor, aged 30–40, is wanted to play the lead role of Laura Davis, a rough-and-tumble Marine who loses her community and struggles to regain her purpose. The actor playing Laura must have a Southern accent or be able to pull one off convincingly. Talent must also have an athletic build to look like a trained soldier or Marine and have short hair or be willing to cut her hair short or shave her head. There are also multiple supporting roles and roles for day players, aged 18–70, as well as for background actors portraying prisoners. “Anima” will shoot this year in Los Angeles. Talent will be paid $100–$200 per day, depending on the role.
- 4/17/2018
- backstage.com
Escher Holloway ("When a Stranger Calls") and Sarah Habel ("Whip It") have signed on for the independent gangster crime drama "A New York Heartbeat" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Set in 1957 New York, Holloway plays a young gang leader who blunders into the nest of a notorious gangster and makes off with a suitcase full of money.
Beaten and left for dead, he is taken in by a sheltered young woman (Habel) who hides and looks after both him and her invalid, exiled crime lord uncle.
Tjardus Greidanus and Laura Davis will produce. Shooting kicks off this month in Pittsburgh.
Set in 1957 New York, Holloway plays a young gang leader who blunders into the nest of a notorious gangster and makes off with a suitcase full of money.
Beaten and left for dead, he is taken in by a sheltered young woman (Habel) who hides and looks after both him and her invalid, exiled crime lord uncle.
Tjardus Greidanus and Laura Davis will produce. Shooting kicks off this month in Pittsburgh.
- 7/16/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Escher Holloway and Sarah Habel will star in the indie crime drama "A New York Heartbeat" from filmmaker Tjardus Greidanus.
Set in New York in 1957, the movie follows Spider (Holloway), a young gang leader who blunders into the gambling nest of a notorious gangster, makes off with a suitcase full of money and is beaten and left for dead. He is taken in by a sheltered young woman named Tamara (Habel), who hides him along with her reclusive, bedridden uncle, an exiled crime lord.
Greidanus (HBO's "First Look" preview series) is producing with Laura Davis. Shooting begins this month in Pittsburgh.
Holloway, repped by Apa and Evolution Entertainment, appeared in the feature "When a Stranger Calls." He also has roles in the upcoming comedies "The Secret Lives of Dorks" and "Getting That Girl."
Repped by Apa and Fuel Filmworks, Habel recently appeared on the series "CSI: NY," "Cold Case" and...
Set in New York in 1957, the movie follows Spider (Holloway), a young gang leader who blunders into the gambling nest of a notorious gangster, makes off with a suitcase full of money and is beaten and left for dead. He is taken in by a sheltered young woman named Tamara (Habel), who hides him along with her reclusive, bedridden uncle, an exiled crime lord.
Greidanus (HBO's "First Look" preview series) is producing with Laura Davis. Shooting begins this month in Pittsburgh.
Holloway, repped by Apa and Evolution Entertainment, appeared in the feature "When a Stranger Calls." He also has roles in the upcoming comedies "The Secret Lives of Dorks" and "Getting That Girl."
Repped by Apa and Fuel Filmworks, Habel recently appeared on the series "CSI: NY," "Cold Case" and...
- 7/15/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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