Variety has been granted exclusive access to the trailer (below) for Portuguese director Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour,” which will have its world premiere in Cannes Film Festival’s Competition section. Variety can also exclusively reveal that that distribution on “Grand Tour” will be handled in France by Tandem, and in Italy by Lucky Red, and that Gomes’ next film will be “Savagery.”
“Grand Tour” kicks off in 1917 in Burma. It centers on Edward, a civil servant for the British Empire, who runs away from his fiancée Molly the day she arrives to get married. During his travels, however, panic gives way to melancholy. Contemplating the emptiness of his existence, the cowardly Edward wonders what has become of Molly… Determined to get married and amused by Edward’s move, Molly follows his trail on this Asian grand tour.
The film stars Gonçalo Waddington and Crista Alfaiate, and the cast also includes...
“Grand Tour” kicks off in 1917 in Burma. It centers on Edward, a civil servant for the British Empire, who runs away from his fiancée Molly the day she arrives to get married. During his travels, however, panic gives way to melancholy. Contemplating the emptiness of his existence, the cowardly Edward wonders what has become of Molly… Determined to get married and amused by Edward’s move, Molly follows his trail on this Asian grand tour.
The film stars Gonçalo Waddington and Crista Alfaiate, and the cast also includes...
- 4/18/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
After a bumper 40th anniversary edition of IFFR Pro last year, there’s a sense that Rotterdam’s industry strand has fined tuned things rather than introduced major changes for 2024.
IFFR Pro centres around key initiatives including co-production market CineMart, talent development programme Rotterdam Lab, works in progress section Dark Room and financial support for filmmakers through the festival’s Hubert Bals Fund.
Head of IFFR Pro a.i. Alessia Acone, who is overseeing the industry strand while IFFR Pro head Inke Van Loocke is on maternity leave, says one of the main differences about CineMart this year is that...
IFFR Pro centres around key initiatives including co-production market CineMart, talent development programme Rotterdam Lab, works in progress section Dark Room and financial support for filmmakers through the festival’s Hubert Bals Fund.
Head of IFFR Pro a.i. Alessia Acone, who is overseeing the industry strand while IFFR Pro head Inke Van Loocke is on maternity leave, says one of the main differences about CineMart this year is that...
- 1/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Screen can reveal the first trailer for Julia de Simone’s Brazilian drama Praia Formosa which will have its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition.
The Portuguese-language film explores the multi-ethnic ethos of Rio de Janeiro from the perspective of Muanza, a woman from the kingdom of Congo smuggled into Brazil in the 19th century. As the protagonist mysteriously wakes up in the present day, she explores Rio de Janeiro’s mercurial port region of Pequena Africa (Little Africa).
Competing for the top prize at IFFR, Praia Formosa is the third feature-length film by de Simone.
The Portuguese-language film explores the multi-ethnic ethos of Rio de Janeiro from the perspective of Muanza, a woman from the kingdom of Congo smuggled into Brazil in the 19th century. As the protagonist mysteriously wakes up in the present day, she explores Rio de Janeiro’s mercurial port region of Pequena Africa (Little Africa).
Competing for the top prize at IFFR, Praia Formosa is the third feature-length film by de Simone.
- 1/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Some 18 producers from 17 countries will attend workshops throughout 2023 and 2024.
Eve Gabereau of the UK’s Modern Films and Denmark’s Monica Hellstrom are among 18 independent producers selected for Ace 33, the latest intake for the Ace Producers Network.
The 18 producers from 17 different countries will attend three workshops throughout 2023 and 2024 with independent feature projects. The workshops will take place in Norway in October, on content development; in Warsaw, Poland in November, on financing strategies; and finally in France, looking at business strategies.
Scroll down for the Ace 33 selection
The producers will then join the Ace Network following the 2024 Ace meeting in Bordeaux,...
Eve Gabereau of the UK’s Modern Films and Denmark’s Monica Hellstrom are among 18 independent producers selected for Ace 33, the latest intake for the Ace Producers Network.
The 18 producers from 17 different countries will attend three workshops throughout 2023 and 2024 with independent feature projects. The workshops will take place in Norway in October, on content development; in Warsaw, Poland in November, on financing strategies; and finally in France, looking at business strategies.
Scroll down for the Ace 33 selection
The producers will then join the Ace Network following the 2024 Ace meeting in Bordeaux,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
18 producers from 17 countries will attend workshops throughout 2023 and 2024.
Eve Gabereau of UK company Modern Films and Danish producer Monica Hellstrom are among 18 independent producers selected for Ace 33, the latest intake for the Ace Producers Network.
The 18 producers from 17 different countries will attend three workshops throughout 2023 and 2024 with independent feature projects. The workshops will take place in Norway in October, on content development; in Warsaw, Poland in November, on financing strategies; and finally in France, looking at business strategies.
Scroll down for the Ace 33 selection
The producers will then join the Ace Network following the 2024 Ace meeting in Bordeaux, France.
London-based...
Eve Gabereau of UK company Modern Films and Danish producer Monica Hellstrom are among 18 independent producers selected for Ace 33, the latest intake for the Ace Producers Network.
The 18 producers from 17 different countries will attend three workshops throughout 2023 and 2024 with independent feature projects. The workshops will take place in Norway in October, on content development; in Warsaw, Poland in November, on financing strategies; and finally in France, looking at business strategies.
Scroll down for the Ace 33 selection
The producers will then join the Ace Network following the 2024 Ace meeting in Bordeaux, France.
London-based...
- 9/12/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
One belongs in two places: in love and at home. With her sophomore feature, Golden Leopard contender Leonor Teles questions the stability of both. “Baan” (Thai for home) reimagines the world of a lovelorn person coming to terms with her own loneliness through a quasi-magical shift between Bangkok and Lisbon.
Part of Locarno’s main competition, “Baan” follows a young woman named L. (Carolina Miragaia) on her emotional journey, as she meets, falls for, and recovers from a serendipitous encounter with the elusive K. (Meghna Lall).
L. is an architect, but she is not bound to any place or home in particular. Instead, she sublimates the now-lost intimacy wandering through the city at sunrise, on the road to self-discovery.
With its idiosyncrasies, “Baan” fits well within the catalog of its production company, Uma Pedra no Sapato, and its support for the brazen voices of Portuguese cinema, old and new, such...
Part of Locarno’s main competition, “Baan” follows a young woman named L. (Carolina Miragaia) on her emotional journey, as she meets, falls for, and recovers from a serendipitous encounter with the elusive K. (Meghna Lall).
L. is an architect, but she is not bound to any place or home in particular. Instead, she sublimates the now-lost intimacy wandering through the city at sunrise, on the road to self-discovery.
With its idiosyncrasies, “Baan” fits well within the catalog of its production company, Uma Pedra no Sapato, and its support for the brazen voices of Portuguese cinema, old and new, such...
- 8/9/2023
- by Savina Petkova and Tomás Guarnaccia
- Variety Film + TV
When Ana’s daughter confronts her by exclaiming: “Why do you waste your time taking care of this Dracula’s castle, when nobody is ever around?”, we begin to ponder the ultimate meaning of subserviance and indebting oneself when that love isn’t returned? In their latest cinematic achievement, the directorial duo João Miller Guerra and Filipa Reis, will allude to themes of liminal spaces and rural work impacting the inner life, as well as the the generation gap, the disintegration of the working-class family, while the ultimate point is eluding us. Légua premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section.
We’re first greeted by a sight of a middle-aged woman, Ana (Carla Maciel), dancing to a pop song, as she’s dressing intimately and making herself ready for the loving embrace of her husband, who is always away working seasonal construction jobs in France.
We’re first greeted by a sight of a middle-aged woman, Ana (Carla Maciel), dancing to a pop song, as she’s dressing intimately and making herself ready for the loving embrace of her husband, who is always away working seasonal construction jobs in France.
- 8/7/2023
- by Nikola Jovic
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Rushes: Fall Festival Preview, Lucile Hadžihalilović's "La Tour de Glace," Atom Egoyan's Soundscapes
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI, and sign up for our weekly email newsletter by clicking here.NEWSMay December.The first flurries of fall festival news have arrived. The New York Film Festival opens on September 29 with the North American premiere of Todd Haynes's May December—read Lawrence Garcia's take on the "immediately invigorating" film here, toward the conclusion of his Cannes dispatch. The San Sebastián Film Festival (September 22 through 30) has announced its first group of competition titles: among them, Cristi Puiu’s Mmxx, Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Martín Rejtman’s La prática, and Robin Campillo’s Red Island. Finally, the Venice Film Festival will open on August 30 with the world premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers.Lucile Hadžihalilović has announced her follow-up to Earwig (2021), the 1970s-set La Tour de Glace. Based on a brief plot synopsis,...
- 7/12/2023
- MUBI
Mubi Podcast host Rico Gagliano traveled to the Cannes Film Festival, camera crew in tow, to chat it up with a cross-section of filmmakers debuting their movies there. Our Cannes Conversations mini-season concludes this week with two final interviews.At Cannes, celebrated Portuguese directing duo Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra debuted Légua—a movie about a housekeeper tending to an empty country estate…and the sacrifices she’s willing to make for work and friendship.Reis tells host Rico Gagliano about turning the camera on her own privilege, the joys and challenges of tag-team directing, and an ’80s Portuguese pop track that’s one of the keys to her film’s main character.Oscar-nominated Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi is celebrated for her bold, unclassifiable features (like the Cannes-winning sci-fi My 20th Century). But at this year’s Cannes she trained her eye on smaller-scale visions: she helmed the jury...
- 7/6/2023
- MUBI
Natacha Kaganski has joined Luxbox as festivals and acquisitions manager and Solène Colomer has been named sales & marketing coordinator.
Previously, Kaganski spent four years as acquisitions manager at Wild Bunch, where she handled deals for the French and international market as well as coordination for multi-territories deals with the Wild Bunch group, such as Germany, Spain and Italy.
She was involved in films likeVenice winner “Happening” by Audrey Diwan, Gaspar Noé’s “Vortex” or “Leila’s Brothers,” also taking part in first Wild Bunch productions.
Solène Colomer has one year of experience assisting the sales and production teams at Urban Group under her belt. She was involved in “Plan 75” by Chie Hayakawa and “If Only I Could Hibernate” by Zoljargal Purevdash which, as reported by Variety, has already made history in Cannes.
They complete the already existing team with president Fiorella Moretti and Jennyfer Gautier, head of international sales.
“Personally,...
Previously, Kaganski spent four years as acquisitions manager at Wild Bunch, where she handled deals for the French and international market as well as coordination for multi-territories deals with the Wild Bunch group, such as Germany, Spain and Italy.
She was involved in films likeVenice winner “Happening” by Audrey Diwan, Gaspar Noé’s “Vortex” or “Leila’s Brothers,” also taking part in first Wild Bunch productions.
Solène Colomer has one year of experience assisting the sales and production teams at Urban Group under her belt. She was involved in “Plan 75” by Chie Hayakawa and “If Only I Could Hibernate” by Zoljargal Purevdash which, as reported by Variety, has already made history in Cannes.
They complete the already existing team with president Fiorella Moretti and Jennyfer Gautier, head of international sales.
“Personally,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
“Légua” by Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra has its world premiere in Directors Fortnight. Reis and Miller Guerra previously co-helmed the Cape Verde-set debut feature, “Djon Africa” (2018), and several documentaries.
“Légua” is produced by the company, Uma Pedra no Sapato, which Reis founded in 2008 and ranks as one of Portugal’s leading independent production companies.
The pic is set in the rural village of Légua in the North of Portugal, between Amarante and Marco de Canaveses. One of the main characters is an old country house that has been deserted by its heirs and is looked after by the ailing elderly housekeeper, Emilia, assisted by Ana (played by Carla Maciel (“Diamantino”), whose husband emigrates to work in France, leaving her to look after Emilia and her own restless teenage daughter, Mónica.
The film explores a world in decay, embodied by three women from different generations.
Several scenes dispense with...
“Légua” is produced by the company, Uma Pedra no Sapato, which Reis founded in 2008 and ranks as one of Portugal’s leading independent production companies.
The pic is set in the rural village of Légua in the North of Portugal, between Amarante and Marco de Canaveses. One of the main characters is an old country house that has been deserted by its heirs and is looked after by the ailing elderly housekeeper, Emilia, assisted by Ana (played by Carla Maciel (“Diamantino”), whose husband emigrates to work in France, leaving her to look after Emilia and her own restless teenage daughter, Mónica.
The film explores a world in decay, embodied by three women from different generations.
Several scenes dispense with...
- 5/24/2023
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Film is second feature from the Portuguese directors.
Screen can reveal the first trailer for Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra’s Directors’ Fortnight title Legua.
Portuguese filmmakers Reis and Miller Guerra co-directed several documentaries before premiering their fiction feature debut Djon Africa in Rotterdam’s Tiger Competition in 2018.
Legua is their second feature and is set in a fading manor house in northern Portugal, and follows three generations of women as they seek to understand their place in a changing world.
The film is produced by Reis’s own production company Uma Pedra No Sapato, alongside co-production outfits Laranja Azul from Portugal,...
Screen can reveal the first trailer for Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra’s Directors’ Fortnight title Legua.
Portuguese filmmakers Reis and Miller Guerra co-directed several documentaries before premiering their fiction feature debut Djon Africa in Rotterdam’s Tiger Competition in 2018.
Legua is their second feature and is set in a fading manor house in northern Portugal, and follows three generations of women as they seek to understand their place in a changing world.
The film is produced by Reis’s own production company Uma Pedra No Sapato, alongside co-production outfits Laranja Azul from Portugal,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Last week we featured the poster one-sheet for Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra’s Légua – and now we have a bit more of Portugal for you with some clips from the Directors’ Fortnight selected film. In one instance we have a non-heated bed-making polite exchange between Ana (Carla Maciel) and the elder Emília (Fátima Soares). Ana will essentially take over for the other – a changing of the guard of one person who is relinquishing the title and symbolically going down with the ship. Here every object (even a blanket) has a function, purpose and raison d’être. In the other clip, we find Ana and her teenage daughter in conflict – we have chickens running loose reminding us that we are in a rural setting, there is not much in the realm of possibilities for the next generation and that the outside world might have more to offer.…
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- 5/15/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Paris-based sales agent to launch film at Cannes market.
Paris-based Luxbox has boarded Ali Ahmadzadeh’s Iranian-German co-production Critical Zone, set in the underworld of Tehran, and will kick off sales at the upcoming Cannes market.
The Persian-language feature follows a man driving through Tehran’s underworld with his dog, dealing drugs and healing troubled souls.
Ahmadzadeh produces alongside Sina Ataeian Dena in co-production with Germany’s Counterintuitive film.
Ahmadzadeh made his feature debut in 2013 with Kami’s Party, followed by Atomic Heart that premiered in Berlin in 2014 and 2017’s Phenomenon (Padideh).
The filmmaker was arrested in Tehran last year...
Paris-based Luxbox has boarded Ali Ahmadzadeh’s Iranian-German co-production Critical Zone, set in the underworld of Tehran, and will kick off sales at the upcoming Cannes market.
The Persian-language feature follows a man driving through Tehran’s underworld with his dog, dealing drugs and healing troubled souls.
Ahmadzadeh produces alongside Sina Ataeian Dena in co-production with Germany’s Counterintuitive film.
Ahmadzadeh made his feature debut in 2013 with Kami’s Party, followed by Atomic Heart that premiered in Berlin in 2014 and 2017’s Phenomenon (Padideh).
The filmmaker was arrested in Tehran last year...
- 5/10/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Poster for Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra’s Légua – 2023 Directors’ Fortnight Selection
Set to have its world premiere screening (05.23) in the Directors’ Fortnight section, we have your exclusive first look at poster one-sheet for tandem Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra‘s sophomore fiction feature Légua.
A two-hander set at a sumptuous estate in the north of Portugal deserted by its heirs is now home only to a bigoted elderly housekeeper (Fátima Soares plays the ageing Emília). As she carries out her household chores punctiliously, she is assisted by Ana (a Carla Maciel who is firmly planted in the past as the poster suggests) whose laborer husband has gone to work in France, leaving her and their restless teenage daughter behind.…...
A two-hander set at a sumptuous estate in the north of Portugal deserted by its heirs is now home only to a bigoted elderly housekeeper (Fátima Soares plays the ageing Emília). As she carries out her household chores punctiliously, she is assisted by Ana (a Carla Maciel who is firmly planted in the past as the poster suggests) whose laborer husband has gone to work in France, leaving her and their restless teenage daughter behind.…...
- 5/8/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The lineup for the 2023 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) at Cannes has been announced. See also the lineup of the Official Selection and Critics' Week.Creatura.Feature FILMSThe Goldman Case (Cédric Kahn)Agra (Kanu Behl)The Other Laurens (Claude Schmitz)Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Thien An Pham)Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (Elene Naveriani) Blazh (Ilya Povolotsky)She Is Conann (Bertrand Mandico)Creatura (Elena Martín Gimeno)Déserts (Faouzi Bensaïdi)In Flames (Zarrar Kahn) Légua (Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra)The Book of Solutions (Michel Gondry)Mambar Pierrette (Rosine Mbakam)Riddle of Fire (Weston Razooli)The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something has Passed (Joanna Arnow)The Sweet East (Sean Price Williams)A Prince (Pierre Creton)A Song Sung Blue (Zihan Geng)In Our Day (Hong Sang-soo)Short FILMSThe House Is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm (Mouloud Aït Liotna)A Storm Inside (Clément Pérot)The Birthday Party (Francesco Sossai...
- 4/18/2023
- MUBI
The Cannes Directors’ Fortnight lineup has been unveiled ahead of this year’s festival.
Set for May 16 through May 27, the Directors’ Fortnight will debut 20 feature films and 10 short films this year.
Cédric Kahn’s “The Goldman Case” is the opening night selection. The film centers on the 1976 trial of left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman who was convicted of multiple armed robberies and later murdered.
Korean director Hong Sangsoo’s “In Our Day” will conclude the festival. The feature stars Kim Minhee and Ki Joobong in parallel stories of cat owners grappling with their felines’ respective mortality.
Directors’ Fortnight highlights also include Oscar winner Michel Gondry’s French comedy “The Book of Solutions,” starring Pierre Niney as a filmmaker with writer’s block. The film marks “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” director Gondry’s first feature in seven years.
“Good Time” director of photography Sean Price William makes his directorial feature...
Set for May 16 through May 27, the Directors’ Fortnight will debut 20 feature films and 10 short films this year.
Cédric Kahn’s “The Goldman Case” is the opening night selection. The film centers on the 1976 trial of left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman who was convicted of multiple armed robberies and later murdered.
Korean director Hong Sangsoo’s “In Our Day” will conclude the festival. The feature stars Kim Minhee and Ki Joobong in parallel stories of cat owners grappling with their felines’ respective mortality.
Directors’ Fortnight highlights also include Oscar winner Michel Gondry’s French comedy “The Book of Solutions,” starring Pierre Niney as a filmmaker with writer’s block. The film marks “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” director Gondry’s first feature in seven years.
“Good Time” director of photography Sean Price William makes his directorial feature...
- 4/18/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
After Cannes Film Festival announced its main lineup last week, the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week sidebars have unveiled their slates. Now in its 55th edition, Directors’ Fortnight features Hong Sangsoo’s second feature of the year, In Our Day, while Sean Price Williams’ The Sweet East, Michel Gondry’s The Book of Solutions, Bertrand Mandico’s She Is Conann, and more.
“The Directors’ Fortnight was born when a community of directors came together with the desire to create an independent space that would encourage the emergence of free filmmaking regardless of geographical provenance or any other limiting criteria,” said Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Directors’ Fortnight. “At the heart of the creation of the Directors’ Fortnight was the singular quality of a work of art and the impossibility of pigeonholing it. We have chosen to present 30 films to you which, through their own unique language, embody a spirit...
“The Directors’ Fortnight was born when a community of directors came together with the desire to create an independent space that would encourage the emergence of free filmmaking regardless of geographical provenance or any other limiting criteria,” said Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Directors’ Fortnight. “At the heart of the creation of the Directors’ Fortnight was the singular quality of a work of art and the impossibility of pigeonholing it. We have chosen to present 30 films to you which, through their own unique language, embody a spirit...
- 4/18/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The sidebar unveiled its 55th selection under new artistic director Julien Rejl on Tuesday (April 18).
Films from Michel Gondry, Hong Sangsoo and Cédric Kahn are among the 19 features set to world premiere at the 55th Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running May 17-26.
Scroll down for the full selection
Incoming artistic director Julien Rejl unveiled the line-up at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (April 18) for the non-competitive Cannes parallel section run by French directors guild the Srf.
Rejl said he and his committee chose the films from nearly 4,000 submissions and travelled to more than 20 countries to meet filmmakers and professionals across the globe.
Films from Michel Gondry, Hong Sangsoo and Cédric Kahn are among the 19 features set to world premiere at the 55th Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running May 17-26.
Scroll down for the full selection
Incoming artistic director Julien Rejl unveiled the line-up at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (April 18) for the non-competitive Cannes parallel section run by French directors guild the Srf.
Rejl said he and his committee chose the films from nearly 4,000 submissions and travelled to more than 20 countries to meet filmmakers and professionals across the globe.
- 4/18/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The sidebar unveiled its 55th selection under new artistic director Julien Rejl on Tuesday (April 18).
Projects from Michel Gondry, Hong Sang-Soo and Cédric Kahn are among the 19 features set to world premiere at the 55th Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running May 17-26.
Scroll down for the full selection
Incoming artistic director Julien Rejl unveiled the line-up at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (April 18) for the non-competitive Cannes parallel section run by French directors guild the Srf.
Rejl said he and his committee chose the films from nearly 4,000 submissions and travelled to more than 20 countries to meet filmmakers and professionals across the globe.
Projects from Michel Gondry, Hong Sang-Soo and Cédric Kahn are among the 19 features set to world premiere at the 55th Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running May 17-26.
Scroll down for the full selection
Incoming artistic director Julien Rejl unveiled the line-up at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (April 18) for the non-competitive Cannes parallel section run by French directors guild the Srf.
Rejl said he and his committee chose the films from nearly 4,000 submissions and travelled to more than 20 countries to meet filmmakers and professionals across the globe.
- 4/18/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
New films from Hong Sang-soo and Michel Gondry will world premiere at Directors Fortnight, a selection running parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. This edition marks the first under the leadership of Julien Rejl as artistic director.
Succeeding to Paolo Moretti, Rejl was named by the governing body of Directors’ Fortnight, the Srf (Société des réalisateurs de films), as part of a rebranding. Unlike previous artistic directors for this selection, Rejl doesn’t come from the festival circuit. He was previously in charge of distribution, international co-productions and international sales at Capricci, an arthouse film banner based in Paris.
The well-balanced lineup shows his taste for international cinema, with a mix of emerging directors and established masters, such as Hong, who will present his movie “In Our Day” on closing night. The edition will kick off with “The Goldman’s Case,” a thriller directed by actor-turned-helmer Cedric Kahn about the true story of Pierre Goldman,...
Succeeding to Paolo Moretti, Rejl was named by the governing body of Directors’ Fortnight, the Srf (Société des réalisateurs de films), as part of a rebranding. Unlike previous artistic directors for this selection, Rejl doesn’t come from the festival circuit. He was previously in charge of distribution, international co-productions and international sales at Capricci, an arthouse film banner based in Paris.
The well-balanced lineup shows his taste for international cinema, with a mix of emerging directors and established masters, such as Hong, who will present his movie “In Our Day” on closing night. The edition will kick off with “The Goldman’s Case,” a thriller directed by actor-turned-helmer Cedric Kahn about the true story of Pierre Goldman,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Event helps directors of shorts playing in the sidebar make their feature debuts.
Cannes’ Critics Week has wrapped the ninth edition of its Next Step programme which helps short film directors from its past festival selections make the leap between short and feature films.
This year’s crop of aspiring filmmakers included Portugese director Sofia Bost, Mexican filmmaker Jorge Sistos Moreno, British filmmaker Joseph Pierce, Greek filmmakers Evi Kalogiropoulou and Manolis Mavris, and Chinese directors Lin Tu and Hao Zhao.
The group headed to France from December 3-9 with their feature film projects, first at the Moulin d’Andé residence...
Cannes’ Critics Week has wrapped the ninth edition of its Next Step programme which helps short film directors from its past festival selections make the leap between short and feature films.
This year’s crop of aspiring filmmakers included Portugese director Sofia Bost, Mexican filmmaker Jorge Sistos Moreno, British filmmaker Joseph Pierce, Greek filmmakers Evi Kalogiropoulou and Manolis Mavris, and Chinese directors Lin Tu and Hao Zhao.
The group headed to France from December 3-9 with their feature film projects, first at the Moulin d’Andé residence...
- 12/10/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Cannes’ Critics Week winner Laura Ferrés’ debut feature The Permanent Picture is among the projects.
Cannes’ Critics Week winner Laura Ferrés’ debut feature The Permanent Picture and the new film from Tribeca winner Elina Psykou are among 14 feature projects in post-production selected for the 2022 in-person edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival Work in Progress session.
The annual industry event designed to help projects find international sales agents, distributors and festival premieres will run on Sunday, December 11 as part of the Industry Village at the 13th edition of the festival (December 11-19).
Scroll down for the full list of projects
This year,...
Cannes’ Critics Week winner Laura Ferrés’ debut feature The Permanent Picture and the new film from Tribeca winner Elina Psykou are among 14 feature projects in post-production selected for the 2022 in-person edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival Work in Progress session.
The annual industry event designed to help projects find international sales agents, distributors and festival premieres will run on Sunday, December 11 as part of the Industry Village at the 13th edition of the festival (December 11-19).
Scroll down for the full list of projects
This year,...
- 12/1/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
France’s Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 14 European feature film projects that will be presented in its Works in Progress showcase as part of its industry program, running December 1-10.
The selected projects were picked out of 160 submissions this year.
The line-up includes Rossa Speranza, the second film from Italian director Annarita Zambrano, whose debut feature After The War world premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2017.
Set in the 1980s, the dark comedy revolves around a group of teenagers who meet in an institution for wayward rich kids.
Other projects in the mix include the Peruvian feature Fuga by directorial duo Mary Jiménez and Bénédicte Liénard, whose previous collaborations include the award-winning documentary By The Name Of Tania.
The Work in Progress showcase is aimed at connecting features in post-production with sales agents, distributors and festival programmers.
Twelve of the projects will compete for a €10,000 post-production prize,...
The selected projects were picked out of 160 submissions this year.
The line-up includes Rossa Speranza, the second film from Italian director Annarita Zambrano, whose debut feature After The War world premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2017.
Set in the 1980s, the dark comedy revolves around a group of teenagers who meet in an institution for wayward rich kids.
Other projects in the mix include the Peruvian feature Fuga by directorial duo Mary Jiménez and Bénédicte Liénard, whose previous collaborations include the award-winning documentary By The Name Of Tania.
The Work in Progress showcase is aimed at connecting features in post-production with sales agents, distributors and festival programmers.
Twelve of the projects will compete for a €10,000 post-production prize,...
- 12/1/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Danish international sales and aggregation outfit LevelK has boarded the thought-provoking drama “Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures” by award-winning Portuguese director Marco Martins, which world premieres in main competition at next month’s San Sebastian Film Festival.
Hailed by Variety as “a powerful study of intense grief,” Martin’s debut feature, “Alice,” won the Prix Regards Jeune at Cannes in 2005.
The story unravels three months before Brexit, as hundreds of migrants descend on the UK village of Great Yarmouth seeking work in the region’s turkey processing plants. Once there, Tânia greets them with matronly authority, taking charge as innkeeper, accountant, and fixer. As she’s forced to deceive them, her conscience grows heavy and she dreams of a brighter, seemingly unattainable, future transforming derelict hotels into modern retreats for elderly tourists.
Tânia’s struggle unfolds with dim and hazy shots that add a raw and unnerving aesthetic to the film,...
Hailed by Variety as “a powerful study of intense grief,” Martin’s debut feature, “Alice,” won the Prix Regards Jeune at Cannes in 2005.
The story unravels three months before Brexit, as hundreds of migrants descend on the UK village of Great Yarmouth seeking work in the region’s turkey processing plants. Once there, Tânia greets them with matronly authority, taking charge as innkeeper, accountant, and fixer. As she’s forced to deceive them, her conscience grows heavy and she dreams of a brighter, seemingly unattainable, future transforming derelict hotels into modern retreats for elderly tourists.
Tânia’s struggle unfolds with dim and hazy shots that add a raw and unnerving aesthetic to the film,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Selection includes upcoming features from Berlinale award-winner Carla Simon and San Sebastian award-winner Johannes Nyholm.
CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), has revealed the 17 feature projects to be showcased at the upcoming edition, which will take place entirely online.
The market will run February 1-5, during the 50th IFFR, and will invite filmmakers to pitch their projects virtually to a host of international film professionals in tailored one-to-one meetings, as well as online presentations that are open to all CineMart guests.
Eleven of the filmmakers are returning to IFFR after previously screening films at earlier editions,...
CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), has revealed the 17 feature projects to be showcased at the upcoming edition, which will take place entirely online.
The market will run February 1-5, during the 50th IFFR, and will invite filmmakers to pitch their projects virtually to a host of international film professionals in tailored one-to-one meetings, as well as online presentations that are open to all CineMart guests.
Eleven of the filmmakers are returning to IFFR after previously screening films at earlier editions,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Pamplona — No presentation at Conecta Fiction is as important as its CoPro Pitching Sessions, packed this year with 12 scripted series projects from Latin America and Europe. 2020’s hybrid edition – with Spanish producers and creators pitching in Pamplona, Latin Americans mostly online – is proving no exception. Following, a drill down on the 12 projects, half of which were presented on stage Wednesday morning at Conecta Fiction, whose budgetary level and historical setting reveal a heightened ambition in drama series from the Spanish-speaking world:
“Chained”
June 1940: Dunkirk ends with British defeat, France falls to Hitler’s troops. Two spies – English party girl – or so it seems – June Robinson and Spanish bon vivant Alejandro Salvatierra are recruited in a desperate attempt by Winston Churchill’s government to stop Spain entering WWII and the Dukes of Windsor negotiating Britain’s capitulation. A two programe type genre blender, mixing period drama and espionage thriller, an...
“Chained”
June 1940: Dunkirk ends with British defeat, France falls to Hitler’s troops. Two spies – English party girl – or so it seems – June Robinson and Spanish bon vivant Alejandro Salvatierra are recruited in a desperate attempt by Winston Churchill’s government to stop Spain entering WWII and the Dukes of Windsor negotiating Britain’s capitulation. A two programe type genre blender, mixing period drama and espionage thriller, an...
- 9/2/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Work in Progress strand will also return for a second year.
The Iffam Project Market (Ipm) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during the three-day event in Macao, which runs December 6-8.
They include supernatural revenge thriller Nocebo from Irish director Lorcan Finnegan, who’s Vivarium was in Cannes Critic’s Week this year, and The Day And Night Of Brahma, a family drama by South African director Sheetal Magan, whose short Paraya was presented in Cannes Directors Fortnight.
Other titles include coming-of-age feature Uk Kei from Portuguese director Leonor Teles, the youngest director to have ever won the...
The Iffam Project Market (Ipm) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during the three-day event in Macao, which runs December 6-8.
They include supernatural revenge thriller Nocebo from Irish director Lorcan Finnegan, who’s Vivarium was in Cannes Critic’s Week this year, and The Day And Night Of Brahma, a family drama by South African director Sheetal Magan, whose short Paraya was presented in Cannes Directors Fortnight.
Other titles include coming-of-age feature Uk Kei from Portuguese director Leonor Teles, the youngest director to have ever won the...
- 10/28/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Miguel Moreira’s Portuguese idler travels to Cape Verde to find his dad in in this meandering, lusciously shot drama
There’s a charming, easy swing to this docu-fiction feature from documentary film-makers João Miller Guerra and Filipa Reis. It has a warmth and openness as it follows its nose across the landscape, building episodic encounters with nonprofessional local people into what could be called a quest narrative. Ruminating valuably on the nature of cultural belonging and exclusion, it’s amiably laid-back, though I have to confess I felt that a bit more storytelling structure and energy wouldn’t have gone amiss.
The musician Miguel Moreira plays Djon, essentially a version of himself – a Portuguese guy whose family hails from Cape Verde, the island state and former Portuguese colony 350 miles off the west coast of Africa.
There’s a charming, easy swing to this docu-fiction feature from documentary film-makers João Miller Guerra and Filipa Reis. It has a warmth and openness as it follows its nose across the landscape, building episodic encounters with nonprofessional local people into what could be called a quest narrative. Ruminating valuably on the nature of cultural belonging and exclusion, it’s amiably laid-back, though I have to confess I felt that a bit more storytelling structure and energy wouldn’t have gone amiss.
The musician Miguel Moreira plays Djon, essentially a version of himself – a Portuguese guy whose family hails from Cape Verde, the island state and former Portuguese colony 350 miles off the west coast of Africa.
- 8/15/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
In 2018 we've published 70 interviews whose subjects have ranged from old masters to emerging new voices, and including some unexpected conversations, including those with curators (Dave Kehr of the Museum of Modern Art), as well as archival finds (a 1971 talk with Jerry Lewis).Below you will find an index of our conversations throughout the year, listed in order of publication date.Blake Williams (Prototype)Samira Elagoz (Craigslist Allstars)F.J. Ossang (9 Fingers)Jerry LewisAndré Gil Mata (The Tree)Christian Petzold (Transit)Raoul Peck (Young Karl Marx)Ashley McKenzie (Werewolf)Penelope SpheerisTed Fendt (Classical Period)Dominik Graf (The Red Shadow)Blake Williams ("Stereo Visions")Arnaud Desplechin (Ismael's Ghosts)Ruth Beckermann (The Waldheim Waltz)Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias (Cocote)Esther GarrelPhilippe Garrel (Lover for a Day)Jonas MekasJohann Lurf (★)Karim Aïnouz (Central Airport Thf)Juliana Antunes (Baronesa)Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra (Birds of Passage)Wang Bing (Dead Souls)Donal Foreman...
- 12/27/2018
- MUBI
Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra's Djon África (2018), which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on Mubi, is showing August 17 – September 16, 2018 as a Special Discovery.For most international observers, the Rotterdam Hivos Tiger Competition slot for Djon África was the first introduction to the Portuguese filmmaking duo of Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra. Yet, over the past decade they have quietly built a rather impressive body of short and medium-length work that has been a constant presence in the Portuguese festival circuit, with wins at IndieLisboa and DocLisboa, and traveled to some international fests (like Cinéma du Réel or DokLeipzig). Reis and Guerra have also regularly supported directors such as Golden Bear winner Leonor Teles or The Nothing Factory’s Pedro Pinho (a regular collaborator who scripted the original treatment for Djon África). Most of their own work is documentary in nature or origin, dealing openly with...
- 8/12/2018
- MUBI
In our fractured world, stories of cultural dislocation are burgeoning into a genre unto themselves, but rarely has the subject been explored with such warmth and irony as in “Djon África,” the fictional debut of Portuguese documentarians Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra. “Djon Africa” opening displays these traits immediately, as a funky rap track introduces the film’s themes while the protagonist grooms his dreadlocks, which to him are an indelible part of his identity as an African living in Portugal.
- 4/12/2018
- by Joe Blessing
- The Playlist
Cinema will seemingly never run out of stories in which sons go in search of their missing/lost fathers, but if the results were always as charming as Joao Miller Guerra and Filipa Reis' ambling picaresque Djon Africa, few audiences would complain. Written by Pedro Pinho, currently riding high on the film-festival circuit with The Nothing Factory, this co-production between Portugal and its former colonies Cape Verde and Brazil was one of the more notable world premieres at Rotterdam this year. Accessible and atmospheric, built around an engaging performance by Miguel Moreira as the eponymous "Djon," it should...
- 2/4/2018
- by Neil Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Eight films selected for the festival’s top award.
Source: Iffr
‘Piercing’, ‘Sultry’, ‘I Have A Date With Spring’, ‘Left The Reports On Sarah And Saleem’
The 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam (24 Jan – 4 Feb) has revealed the eight films that will compete in its 2018 Hivos Tiger Competition.
Scroll down for the full line-up
The award includes a cash prize of €40,000, to be divided between filmmaker and producer. There is also a special jury award worth €10,000. Both will handed out on 2 February.
This year’s selection includes new feature films by directors including Baek Seungbin, Marina Meliande, Shireen Seno and Nicolas Pesce. There are seven world premieres and one international premiere.
This year’s jury will comprise of Anthea Kennedy, Paula Astorga, Job ter Burg Valeska Grisebach and Kim Kyung-Mook.
Festival director Bero Beyer commented: “This year’s Tiger line-up features daring filmmakers who boldly venture into new territories. All of them combine relevant stories and themes – like Israeli...
Source: Iffr
‘Piercing’, ‘Sultry’, ‘I Have A Date With Spring’, ‘Left The Reports On Sarah And Saleem’
The 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam (24 Jan – 4 Feb) has revealed the eight films that will compete in its 2018 Hivos Tiger Competition.
Scroll down for the full line-up
The award includes a cash prize of €40,000, to be divided between filmmaker and producer. There is also a special jury award worth €10,000. Both will handed out on 2 February.
This year’s selection includes new feature films by directors including Baek Seungbin, Marina Meliande, Shireen Seno and Nicolas Pesce. There are seven world premieres and one international premiere.
This year’s jury will comprise of Anthea Kennedy, Paula Astorga, Job ter Burg Valeska Grisebach and Kim Kyung-Mook.
Festival director Bero Beyer commented: “This year’s Tiger line-up features daring filmmakers who boldly venture into new territories. All of them combine relevant stories and themes – like Israeli...
- 1/9/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
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