Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– The Orchard has acquired the North American rights to Jordan Ross’s directorial debut “Thumper,” starring “Orange is the New Black’s” Pablo Schreiber. The gritty crime thriller debuted at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and was written and directed by Ross. The movie also stars Eliza Taylor, Lena Headey, Ben Feldman, Grant Harvey and Daniel Webber. Set in a town of low-income and fractured families, “Thumper” is centered around a group of teens that are lured into working for a dangerous drug dealer. A new girl arrives into town hiding a dangerous secret that will impact everybody and change their lives forever.
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– The Orchard has acquired the North American rights to Jordan Ross’s directorial debut “Thumper,” starring “Orange is the New Black’s” Pablo Schreiber. The gritty crime thriller debuted at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and was written and directed by Ross. The movie also stars Eliza Taylor, Lena Headey, Ben Feldman, Grant Harvey and Daniel Webber. Set in a town of low-income and fractured families, “Thumper” is centered around a group of teens that are lured into working for a dangerous drug dealer. A new girl arrives into town hiding a dangerous secret that will impact everybody and change their lives forever.
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- 6/9/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The film had its world premiere in the Panorama Special section in Berlin.
Music Box Films has acquired Us rights to Vazante, Daniela Thomas’ first solo-directed feature.
Vazante, set in Brazil in 1821, centres on a slave trader who finds out that his wife died in labour. While forced to live on the farmhouse with numerous African slaves, the trader marries his wife’s niece. A restless soul, he returns to his trading expeditions, leaving his young wife behind alone with the slaves.
Brazilian filmmaker Thomas previously co-directed the Cannes selection Linha De Passe, Midnight, and Foreign Land alongside Walter Salles.
Sara Silveira of Dezenove Som e Imagem and Cisma Produções’ Beto Amaral produced in association with Ukbar Filmes in Portugal.
“We are pleased to be working with Daniela Thomas to bring her eloquent depiction of the often untold history of early 19th century Brazilian mining life to American audiences,” Music Box president William Schopf said.
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Music Box Films has acquired Us rights to Vazante, Daniela Thomas’ first solo-directed feature.
Vazante, set in Brazil in 1821, centres on a slave trader who finds out that his wife died in labour. While forced to live on the farmhouse with numerous African slaves, the trader marries his wife’s niece. A restless soul, he returns to his trading expeditions, leaving his young wife behind alone with the slaves.
Brazilian filmmaker Thomas previously co-directed the Cannes selection Linha De Passe, Midnight, and Foreign Land alongside Walter Salles.
Sara Silveira of Dezenove Som e Imagem and Cisma Produções’ Beto Amaral produced in association with Ukbar Filmes in Portugal.
“We are pleased to be working with Daniela Thomas to bring her eloquent depiction of the often untold history of early 19th century Brazilian mining life to American audiences,” Music Box president William Schopf said.
Films Boutique CEO [link...
- 6/6/2017
- ScreenDaily
Brazilian filmmaker Daniela Thomas is steadily earning an increasingly bigger profile on the world cinema stage. Best known for co-directing 2008’s “Linha de Passe” with Walter Salles, she also helmed the “Loin du 16e” segment in the omnibus “Paris, je t’aime” and was behind the camera for the Opening Ceremonies at the Rio Olympic Games. Now she’s headed to the Berlin Film Festival to open the Panorama Special section with “Vazante,” which will also be part of the Reclaiming Black History program at the fest.
Continue reading Berlin Exclusive: Captivating Clip From Daniela Thomas’ Historical Drama ‘Vazante’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Berlin Exclusive: Captivating Clip From Daniela Thomas’ Historical Drama ‘Vazante’ at The Playlist.
- 2/9/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Abbas Kiarostami is to head the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury of the 67th Cannes Film Festival.
The Iranian director and screenwriter has been nominated for the Palme d’Or five times and won in 1997 with Taste of Cherry.
The 2014 Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury will also include directors Noémie Lvovsky (France), Daniela Thomas (Brazil), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad), and Joachim Trier (Norway).
They will be tasked with awarding three prizes to films submitted by students from film schools around the world, which will be presented in the Cinéfondation Selection, to be announced at a later date.
The Cinéfondation Prizes will be announced by the Jury on May 22, at a ceremony to be followed by a screening of the winning films.
The Jury will also decide the Short Film Palme d’or to be awarded at the prize-giving ceremony on May 24.
Kiarostami rose to international fame with Where is the Friend’s Home (1987) and went on to present...
The Iranian director and screenwriter has been nominated for the Palme d’Or five times and won in 1997 with Taste of Cherry.
The 2014 Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury will also include directors Noémie Lvovsky (France), Daniela Thomas (Brazil), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad), and Joachim Trier (Norway).
They will be tasked with awarding three prizes to films submitted by students from film schools around the world, which will be presented in the Cinéfondation Selection, to be announced at a later date.
The Cinéfondation Prizes will be announced by the Jury on May 22, at a ceremony to be followed by a screening of the winning films.
The Jury will also decide the Short Film Palme d’or to be awarded at the prize-giving ceremony on May 24.
Kiarostami rose to international fame with Where is the Friend’s Home (1987) and went on to present...
- 3/6/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Me + You" Tweetable Logline: An American girl travels to Brazil and falls in love with a drugdealer from the favelas. Elevator Pitch: "Natural Born Killers" meets "City of God." Gritty, fast-paced, thrilling. Valentina travels to Brazil on the heels of her mother's death when her destiny collides with Marcelo, a drugdealer from the favelas. As the world around them spirals out of control and she plummets into a life of crime, the only sanctuary they have is their love for each other. Production Team: Director/Producer/Writer: Iyin Landre (Monday Mornings) Co-Producer in Brazil: Douglas Rosa (Linha de Passe, 2 Coelhos) About the Production: Being an Asian-American female filmmaker,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Brazilian director Walter Salles' path to adapting Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" has been a long and winding one that's taken about seven years to come to fruition. And while reviews out of Cannes about his new picture starring Garett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart and more have been decidely mixed (read our review here), the film will finally arrive on U.S. shores in the late fall.
But while "On the Road" was a prolonged pregnancy, the filmmaker, perhaps best known for "The Motorcycle Diaries," has kept fairly busy with other plans. After 2005's "Dark Water" came the little-seen Brazilian favela-slums-set "Linha de Passe" that never found U.S. distribution and all the while, Salles had been slowly chipping away on a documentary about "On the Road," which he has described as his own personal research towards making the film.
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But while "On the Road" was a prolonged pregnancy, the filmmaker, perhaps best known for "The Motorcycle Diaries," has kept fairly busy with other plans. After 2005's "Dark Water" came the little-seen Brazilian favela-slums-set "Linha de Passe" that never found U.S. distribution and all the while, Salles had been slowly chipping away on a documentary about "On the Road," which he has described as his own personal research towards making the film.
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- 5/26/2012
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
It took three decades to bring the seminal book to the big screen, and finally, the road trip tome from Jack Kerouac received a mid fest showing. His fifth trip on the Croisette, (two shorts in omnibuses) with The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Linha de Passe (2007), I think you can make an argument that Walter Salles was the man for the job. An ensemble that included Garrett Hedlund (as Dean Moriarty), Sam Riley (Sal Paradise), Kristen Stewart (Marylou), Amy Adams (Jane Lee), Tom Sturridge (Carlo Marx), Elisabeth Moss (Galatea Dunkel), Kirsten Dunst (Camille) and Viggo Mortensen in a brilliant raspy voice set Old Bull Lee aka William S. Burroughs. It’s almost a shame that our critics think that On the Road is of a middle of the road quality. Click the image to enlarge!
- 5/24/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
By Kim Palacios
hollywoodnews.com: Though Kristen Stewart’s career outside of “Twilight” has focused on independent films, her most recent projects have yet to win critical acclaim. With the exception of “Welcome to the Rileys” (which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance), neither “The Yellow Handkerchief” nor “The Runaways” has been up for critical awards. Yet, last week, Ion Cinema named “On The Road” as one of 20 films predicted for screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. Given Brazilian director Walter Salles’ track record at Cannes, the prediction might just be right.
Salles’ “Linha de Passe” and “The Motorcycle Diaries” were each nominated for the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded to competing films. At the 2004 festival, “The Motorcycle Diaries” won the François Chalais Award (which rewards the film most dedicated to the values of life affirmation and of journalism) and the...
hollywoodnews.com: Though Kristen Stewart’s career outside of “Twilight” has focused on independent films, her most recent projects have yet to win critical acclaim. With the exception of “Welcome to the Rileys” (which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance), neither “The Yellow Handkerchief” nor “The Runaways” has been up for critical awards. Yet, last week, Ion Cinema named “On The Road” as one of 20 films predicted for screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. Given Brazilian director Walter Salles’ track record at Cannes, the prediction might just be right.
Salles’ “Linha de Passe” and “The Motorcycle Diaries” were each nominated for the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded to competing films. At the 2004 festival, “The Motorcycle Diaries” won the François Chalais Award (which rewards the film most dedicated to the values of life affirmation and of journalism) and the...
- 5/31/2010
- by Kim Palacios
- Hollywoodnews.com
Jason Solomons picks his all-time favourite high jinks on the Croisette
Madonna presents her bra, 1991Few people have seized the Palais des Festivals red carpet moment more memorably than Madonna, when the documentary In Bed with Madonna premiered in an out-of-competition slot. Wreathed in a cloak, she reached the top of the steps and turned to reveal that underneath she was wearing a Jean-Paul Gaultier conical bra. In 2005, French actress Sophie Marceau topped this with an "unintentional" wardrobe malfunction that briefly revealed her left breast.
Cannes canned, 1968
Surely the most dramatic year for this drama queen of world festivals was 1968, during the student riots, strikes and general unrest that spread around France from Paris. It led to directors Godard, Truffaut, Louis Malle, Polanski, Lelouch and Milos Forman calling press conferences, withdrawing films and demanding a shutdown in sympathy with the students. After two days of sit-ins, the festival called a halt to proceedings.
Madonna presents her bra, 1991Few people have seized the Palais des Festivals red carpet moment more memorably than Madonna, when the documentary In Bed with Madonna premiered in an out-of-competition slot. Wreathed in a cloak, she reached the top of the steps and turned to reveal that underneath she was wearing a Jean-Paul Gaultier conical bra. In 2005, French actress Sophie Marceau topped this with an "unintentional" wardrobe malfunction that briefly revealed her left breast.
Cannes canned, 1968
Surely the most dramatic year for this drama queen of world festivals was 1968, during the student riots, strikes and general unrest that spread around France from Paris. It led to directors Godard, Truffaut, Louis Malle, Polanski, Lelouch and Milos Forman calling press conferences, withdrawing films and demanding a shutdown in sympathy with the students. After two days of sit-ins, the festival called a halt to proceedings.
- 5/1/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
New LA Film Festival Director!
Very exciting news for Los Angeles Film Festival! Rebecca Yeldham, who left Australia and began her U.S. career at the industry famed incubator Fox/ Lorber (where David Linde and Rena Ronson also began) and moved on to Sundance where she moved up to senior programmer while producing a doc about female cowboys and then went on to produce Motorcycle Diaries as the senior VP of production at FilmFour where she headed the U.S. production of The Kite Runner and Linha De Passe, has been named the new director of the Los Angeles Film Festival! Very good news after the pathos of Richard Raddon's leaving last November. Since then, Film Independent and the Los Angeles Film Festival's director of programming, Rachel Rosen, and Film Independent’s senior director, Sean McManus, have been co-directors. Yeldham's upcoming projects are Walter Salles' Jack Kerouac project On The Road and the documentary companion piece Searching For The Road. Yeldham said. "In these times, there is such a desire to come together and celebrate our unique city, community and industry, to bridge differences and champion great film-making and film-going experiences." This year marks the 14th edition of the festival and it will run in Westwood Village from June 18-28. It is surely going to give AFI Film Festival a run for the money!
- 3/12/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
- Brazil's box office emulated that of the world with high-end box office receipts for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian who has been number 1 for two weeks going taking away the spot from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a film that had the limelight for one week stripping it away from Iron Man and its three week run at number one. Local Scene: Brazil This week, it was announced by one of the country's biggiest newspapers that Jose Padilha was producing a sequel to Tropa de Elite. This rumor was quickly put to rest by the producers of the movie, who claim , that at the moment, no one is actually involved in such a project. Rodrigo Pimentel (screenwriter of the first movie) would also be back and the movie would involve four new stories, including one of a reporter infiltrated on the squad. Hollywood Style.
- 6/16/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Day 4 got underway with an 8:30 a.m. starting time at the Théâtre Lumière for one of my most anticipated pictures of the year. Set in poorer sections of Sao Paulo, the low budgeted, well-detailed Linha de Passe juxtaposes five micro stories of a family of five. A return to sources for Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, this is a noteworthy drama without superficial story structures or overly complex characters. The directors capture life as is - the non-actors come out like pros and their seperate journeys don't come across as a mapped design - this notion is only further confirmed in the subtle, hopeful ending which onyl feels appropriate. For those who saw Central Station take a look at the eldest brother of the four - that is actor Vinicius de Oliveira almost a decade later. [Note: Full review coming soon] ...
- 5/18/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Here is the complete 2008 Cannes Line Up. Main Competition: Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Three Monkeys (Turkey-France-Italy) Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne - Le Silence De Lorna (France-Belgium)Arnaud Desplechin - A Christmas Story (France) Clint Eastwood - Changeling (Us)Atom Egoyan - Adoration (Canada) Ari Folman - Waltz With Bashir (Israel) Philippe Garrel - La Frontiere De L'Aube (France) Matteo Garrone - Gomorra (Italy)Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York (Us) Eric Khoo - My Magic (Singapore) Lucretia Martel - La Mujer Sin Cabeza (Argentina-Spain) Brillante Mendoza - Serbis (The Philippines) Kornel Mondruczo - Delta (Hungary-Germany) Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas - Linha de Passe (Brazil) Paolo Sorrentino - Il Divo (Italy) Pablo Trapero - Lion's Den (Argentina-South Korea) Wim Wenders - The Palermo Shooting (Germany) Jia Zhangke - 24 City (China)Steven Soderbergh - Che (Us-Spain-France) -- one four-hour competion title comprised of The Argentine and Guerrilla Out of competitionSteven Spielberg -
- 5/14/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- The heavyweights category (main comp) this year has a slew of great filmmakers - but it is the last experienced filmmakers that might make more of a splash. I'm guessing that the below five will send the buyers and critics into a frenzy...as well as get a sure shot at the Palme D'or... . Adoration (Atom Egoyan)Egoyan continues exploring themes of identity with a coming-of-age film in the age of the internet. Adoration may just be his best work since The Sweet Hereafter. La Mujer Sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman) (Lucrecia Martel) Remaining with the theme of identity (a device found in her last picture Holy Girl, Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel brings a dramatic character study about a woman who believes to be guilty of something – but she is not sure what. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)The only directorial debut given a slot in the prestigious section
- 5/14/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Brazil at Home:The story of a north-eastern man named Raimundo Nonato (actor João Miguel, from “Movies, Aspirin and Vultures” and “Mutum”) who tries a better life moving to the south of Brazil is touching a cord among local audiences. Arriving with almost nothing, the protagonsit starts to work at a small pub, where, even been explored by his boss, his gastronomic skills emerge. Increasing the number of costumers of the place, he immediately notices the power that his talent could provide to his life. Soon, he would change his workplace to a better one. In parallel, Raimundo is seen in a cell that he shares with numerous prisoners. Not knowing exactly what the protagonist had done to be there, the public is driven through a man’s journey to achieve better ways of life in these two situations: free, while he grows as a cook and in jail, while
- 5/13/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Surprise, surprise! Last week’s misleading speculations of titles pulling out and the odd closer for the 61st edition of the Cannes film festival were indeed debunked. Soderbergh's pair of Che films (The Argentine and Guerrilla) come as a possible four-hour epic (hopefully with at least one pee break), Woody Allen takes another out of comp slot with Vicky Cristina Barcelona and so far, there are no opening or closing titles announced. Unlike last year’s edition, this is a loaded with world preems year with the exception being Marina Zenovich's Roman Polanski docu. Films that were to be expected were confirmed, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s comes with a differently titled film that will take some getting used to from the former "Daydreams" to Three Monkeys, Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York was a shoe-in since it was first introduced at last year’s Cannes, native Arnaud Desplechin
- 4/23/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- South American cinema comes in like a lion at the 61st Festival de Cannes, with three films competing for the Palme D’or. That’s not even counting Steven Soderbergh’s Che films (The Argentine and Guerilla) which also heavily represent the region. Walter Salles, who’s The Motorcycle Diaries competed for the Palme in 2004 (winning two awards), returns to the fest with Linha de Passe, a Brazilian production set in Sao Paolo’s urban projects. The film follows four soccer-obsessed brothers as they fight to escape poverty and realize their dreams. Argentina has two films in competition, both by Cannes neophytes. La Mujer Sin Cabeza by female director Lucrecia Martel, considered one of the pioneers of New Argentina Cinema, is a politically charged women’s drama. The highly buzzed Leonara by Pablo Trapero tells the story of a young mother trying to raise her son from prison. The
- 4/23/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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