Deals announced in run-up to Cannes virtual market.
Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.
Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.
Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...
Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.
Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.
Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...
- 6/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Tiff selection lands at Signature in UK, Icon in Australia/New Zealand, Gussi in Mexico, Colombia, Central America
Epic Pictures Group has closed key territories on deals on the sci-fi thriller Sea Fever that premiered in Toronto and stars Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen, and Dougray Scott.
Director of international sales Kalani Dreimanis has licensed rights on Neasa Hardiman’s debut feature debut to the UK (Signature), Australia and New Zealand (Icon), Cis (Kinologistika), Mexico, Colombia and Central America (Gussi), South Korea (Challan), Japan (Inter Film), Middle East (Eagle), and Philippines (Pioneer).
Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label Dust previously acquired Us rights.
Epic Pictures Group has closed key territories on deals on the sci-fi thriller Sea Fever that premiered in Toronto and stars Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen, and Dougray Scott.
Director of international sales Kalani Dreimanis has licensed rights on Neasa Hardiman’s debut feature debut to the UK (Signature), Australia and New Zealand (Icon), Cis (Kinologistika), Mexico, Colombia and Central America (Gussi), South Korea (Challan), Japan (Inter Film), Middle East (Eagle), and Philippines (Pioneer).
Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label Dust previously acquired Us rights.
- 11/7/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The 5th annual Ax Wound Film Festival wants to keep the frights coming now that, sadly, Halloween is over. Continue reading for more details before the festival kicks off on Friday, November 15th. Also: Sea Fever acquisition news, This is Our Home release details, and info on the new comic series The Traveller .
Ax Wound Film Festival 2019 Announced: "Need a cure for your post-spooky-season blues? The Ax Wound Film Festival (Awff)— now in its fifth year—is ushering in more scares deep into the Fall 2019 season. Spend Friday evening, November 15th and all-day Saturday, November 16th at the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery (https:// www.hookerdunham.org) in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont with some of the most riveting and intense shorts directed by women.
“Many films are darkly funny and more likely to utilize experimental storytelling over the traditional narratives,” says festival director Hannah “Neurotica” Forman. Neurotica’s vision each year is focused...
Ax Wound Film Festival 2019 Announced: "Need a cure for your post-spooky-season blues? The Ax Wound Film Festival (Awff)— now in its fifth year—is ushering in more scares deep into the Fall 2019 season. Spend Friday evening, November 15th and all-day Saturday, November 16th at the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery (https:// www.hookerdunham.org) in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont with some of the most riveting and intense shorts directed by women.
“Many films are darkly funny and more likely to utilize experimental storytelling over the traditional narratives,” says festival director Hannah “Neurotica” Forman. Neurotica’s vision each year is focused...
- 11/6/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Gunpowder & Sky has acquired U.S. rights to the Irish sci-fi thriller Sea Fever, the Neasa Hardiman-directed pic that had its world premiere this fall at the Toronto Film Festival. It will now get a U.S. release in early 2020 via G&s’ multiplatform sci-fi label Dust.
Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Siobhan, a young marine biology student who boards a trawler run by a couple. When the ship hits an unseen object, a mysterious bioluminescent force infiltrates the vessel, and the crew begins a fight for survival while marooned at sea.
Hardiman calls her debut feature film “a dreamlike and devastating parable, where a neurodivergent heroine struggles with individual responsibility and threat in our increasingly fragile world.”
Fantastic Films’ Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell produced in a co-production with Borje Hansson of Bright Pictures (Sweden), Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts...
Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Siobhan, a young marine biology student who boards a trawler run by a couple. When the ship hits an unseen object, a mysterious bioluminescent force infiltrates the vessel, and the crew begins a fight for survival while marooned at sea.
Hardiman calls her debut feature film “a dreamlike and devastating parable, where a neurodivergent heroine struggles with individual responsibility and threat in our increasingly fragile world.”
Fantastic Films’ Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell produced in a co-production with Borje Hansson of Bright Pictures (Sweden), Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts...
- 11/5/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
You never know what will be waiting for you in the woods... In today's Horror Highlights, we have two clips from the upcoming thriller Without Name, as well as details on the Nitehawk Shorts Festival Selects program, Frontières returning to the Fantasia International Film Festival, and the official trailer for The Passing.
Without Name Clips: Press Release: "Los Angeles, California (June 16, 2017) - Global Digital Releasing has set a distribution date for the award winning dramatic thriller Without Name. The North American release will be across multiple digital and VOD platforms, beginning Tuesday, June 20.
The story follows land surveyor Eric (Alan McKenna). He travels to a remote, unnamed Irish woodland to assess its suitability for a new development project. However, the assignment it is not as simple as it could be. Intrigued by the woods’ foreboding mysticism, Eric finds himself drawn into a dangerous game that could lead to him becoming...
Without Name Clips: Press Release: "Los Angeles, California (June 16, 2017) - Global Digital Releasing has set a distribution date for the award winning dramatic thriller Without Name. The North American release will be across multiple digital and VOD platforms, beginning Tuesday, June 20.
The story follows land surveyor Eric (Alan McKenna). He travels to a remote, unnamed Irish woodland to assess its suitability for a new development project. However, the assignment it is not as simple as it could be. Intrigued by the woods’ foreboding mysticism, Eric finds himself drawn into a dangerous game that could lead to him becoming...
- 6/16/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Us, Canada, UK deals for horror.
Metrodome International has closed major territory deals on horror Let Us Prey.
Mpi Media Group’s Dark Sky Films has acquired all rights for the Us; Raven Banner Entertainment in Canada; and Kaleidoscope has taken all rights for the UK.
Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh and Douglas Russell star in the horror about the night when an enigmatic stranger detained in the cells of a remote police station takes over the minds of the inmates.
The Sitges, Fantasia, Toronto After Dark and Puchon title previously sold to Germany (Pierrot le Fou), Benelux (Premiere TV), The Middle East (Falcon) and Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pics).
Eddie Dick (Outcast) produced for Makar Productions together with Brendan McCarthy (Last Days on Mars) and John McDonnell (Last Days on Mars) for Fantastic Films whilst Brian O’Malley directed.
Backers on the project include James Daly of Greenhouse Media; Creative Scotland and The Irish Film Board.
Metrodome...
Metrodome International has closed major territory deals on horror Let Us Prey.
Mpi Media Group’s Dark Sky Films has acquired all rights for the Us; Raven Banner Entertainment in Canada; and Kaleidoscope has taken all rights for the UK.
Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh and Douglas Russell star in the horror about the night when an enigmatic stranger detained in the cells of a remote police station takes over the minds of the inmates.
The Sitges, Fantasia, Toronto After Dark and Puchon title previously sold to Germany (Pierrot le Fou), Benelux (Premiere TV), The Middle East (Falcon) and Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pics).
Eddie Dick (Outcast) produced for Makar Productions together with Brendan McCarthy (Last Days on Mars) and John McDonnell (Last Days on Mars) for Fantastic Films whilst Brian O’Malley directed.
Backers on the project include James Daly of Greenhouse Media; Creative Scotland and The Irish Film Board.
Metrodome...
- 11/7/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mpi Media Group’s Dark Sky Films banner has picked up U.S. rights to Let Us Prey, from Irish helmer Brian O’Malley. The commercials director makes his feature debut with the horror tale about an enigmatic stranger (Game Of Thrones‘ Liam Cunningham) who’s detained overnight in a small town police station, where his dark influence takes over the minds of the inmates and officers around him. Let Us Prey played Cannes and the European genre circuit before making its U.S. debut over the weekend at Austin’s Fantastic Fest. Dark Sky is plotting a spring 2015 release.
Let Us Prey also stars The Woman‘s Pollyanna McIntosh, Hanna Stanbridge (Outcast), and Bryan Larkin (Outlander) and was co-written by David Cairns and Fiona Watson. The film is a co-production between Fantastic Films, Greenhouse Media Investment in association with Mr. Significant Film, the Irish Film Board, and Makar Productions.
Let Us Prey also stars The Woman‘s Pollyanna McIntosh, Hanna Stanbridge (Outcast), and Bryan Larkin (Outlander) and was co-written by David Cairns and Fiona Watson. The film is a co-production between Fantastic Films, Greenhouse Media Investment in association with Mr. Significant Film, the Irish Film Board, and Makar Productions.
- 9/23/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Exclusive: Horror starring Liam Cunningham sells in Europe, Middle East.
Av Pictures has inked a trio of deals on horror Let Us Prey, starring Liam Cunningham.
Alamode/Pierrot Le Fou has acquired rights in German-speaking Europe, Premiere TV Distribution has picked up Benelux rights while Falcon Films will distribute in The Middle East.
Currently in post-production, Let Us Prey charts the fallout when an enigmatic stranger takes over the minds of the detainees in a remote Scottish police station.
Pollyanna McIntosh (Filth) and Douglas Russell (A Lonely Place To Die) star alongside Cunningham.
Eddie Dick (Outcast) produces for Makar Productions with Brendan McCarthy (Last Days on Mars) and John McDonnell (Last Days on Mars) for Fantastic Films with Brian O’Malley directing.
Backers on the project include James Daly of Greenhouse Media; Creative Scotland and The Irish Film Board.
Lee Brazier is overseeing the production for Av Pictures.
Av Pictures has inked a trio of deals on horror Let Us Prey, starring Liam Cunningham.
Alamode/Pierrot Le Fou has acquired rights in German-speaking Europe, Premiere TV Distribution has picked up Benelux rights while Falcon Films will distribute in The Middle East.
Currently in post-production, Let Us Prey charts the fallout when an enigmatic stranger takes over the minds of the detainees in a remote Scottish police station.
Pollyanna McIntosh (Filth) and Douglas Russell (A Lonely Place To Die) star alongside Cunningham.
Eddie Dick (Outcast) produces for Makar Productions with Brendan McCarthy (Last Days on Mars) and John McDonnell (Last Days on Mars) for Fantastic Films with Brian O’Malley directing.
Backers on the project include James Daly of Greenhouse Media; Creative Scotland and The Irish Film Board.
Lee Brazier is overseeing the production for Av Pictures.
- 12/5/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Brian O’Malley started principal photography on Monday for horror film Let Us Prey.
Av Pictures handles sales and will screen first footage to buyers at the Afm.
The cast is led by Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones), Pollyanna McIntosh and Douglas Russell.
The story is about Satan arriving in a backwater town; Rae Brunton, David Cairns and Fiona Watson wrote the screenplay.
The production is shooting in Ireland and Scotland.
Eddie Dick (Outcast) is producing for Makar Productions with Brendan McCarthy & John McDonnell for Fantastic Films (Last Days on Mars). Backers on the project include James Daly of Greenhouse Media; Creative Scotland and The Irish Film Board.
Lee Brazier is overseeing the production for Av.
Av Pictures handles sales and will screen first footage to buyers at the Afm.
The cast is led by Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones), Pollyanna McIntosh and Douglas Russell.
The story is about Satan arriving in a backwater town; Rae Brunton, David Cairns and Fiona Watson wrote the screenplay.
The production is shooting in Ireland and Scotland.
Eddie Dick (Outcast) is producing for Makar Productions with Brendan McCarthy & John McDonnell for Fantastic Films (Last Days on Mars). Backers on the project include James Daly of Greenhouse Media; Creative Scotland and The Irish Film Board.
Lee Brazier is overseeing the production for Av.
- 9/7/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) and Hanna Standbridge are set to star in the Satanic thriller Let Us Prey. Brian O'Malley will direct for producers Eddie Dick, Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell. Av Pictures is shopping the pic around Cannes.
In the film, an enigmatic stranger is detained in the cells of a remote police station one fateful night. From his basement dungeon the charismatic loner begins to take over the minds of his fellow inmates and those of the police officers.
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In the film, an enigmatic stranger is detained in the cells of a remote police station one fateful night. From his basement dungeon the charismatic loner begins to take over the minds of his fellow inmates and those of the police officers.
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- 5/8/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Edinburgh International Film Festival
EDINBURGH -- As an example of issue-driven community film-making, "Trouble Sleeping", an ensemble drama "based on the experiences of members of Edinburgh's refugee community," is a respectable effort that almost transcends tight budgetary limitations. Intentions are admirable, and there's much to like about the way we're taken into the tough daily lives of asylum-seekers in Scotland's picturesque capital. But in their keenness to do justice to a wide spectrum of cultures and topics, the filmmakers bite off more than they can comfortably chew. This results in a choppy, slightly unfocused multi-strander.
Festivals specializing in human-rights issues should take note. Otherwise, the picture is too uneven and technically rough-edged to gain much access.
The screenwriters should perhaps have concentrated on the closest thing "Trouble Sleeping" (an odd title, by the way) has got to a protagonist: thirtysomething social-worker Halla (Alia Alzougbi). Dispensing advice at a refugee-center, she meets many members of the city's culturally-diverse though mainly Muslim asylum-seeker community. Several obtain significant screen time, most engagingly Kamal (Fouad Cherif), a happy-go-lucky Algerian who becomes the ever-so-Italian 'Nico' when working as a trattoria waiter. The main drama, however, revolves around Halla and how she copes with a particularly awful episode from her past - a secret to which new-in-town Palestinian weightlifter/soldier Ahmad Hassan Naama) happens to be privy.
Unsurprisingly, given the project's nature, performances are wildly variable, with professionals like Alzougbi, Nabil Shaban and Gary Lewis generally faring better than their enthusiastic non-pro counterparts. Camerawork (lowish-end DV) and direction are passably functional, in keeping with a screenplay that baldly spells out its themes and in the latter stages veers uncomfortably close to melodrama.
Jim Sutherland's eclectic score is intrusive and near-incessant, almost drowning out dialogue in one scene. It's surely no coincidence that the most powerful sequence, in which Halla's torment is finally explained, is one of few instances where music is dispensed with and Alzougbi is given space to really let rip.
Production companies: Makar Productions & Theatre Workshop. Cast: Hassan Naama, Alia Alzougbi, Waseem Uboaklain, Okan Yahsi, Fouad Cherif. Director: Robert Rae. Screenwriters: Robert Rae, Ghazi Hussein, James McSharry, Roxana Pope, Saleyha Ashan, Lucy Kaya. Producer: Eddie Dick. Executive Producers: Leslie Finlay, Ewan Angus. Director of Photography: Ian Dodds. Production Designer: Laurel Wear. Music: Jim Sutherland. Costume Designer: Laurel Wear. Editor: Tina Hetherington. Sales Agent: Makar Productions, Edinburgh. No rating, 102 minutes.
EDINBURGH -- As an example of issue-driven community film-making, "Trouble Sleeping", an ensemble drama "based on the experiences of members of Edinburgh's refugee community," is a respectable effort that almost transcends tight budgetary limitations. Intentions are admirable, and there's much to like about the way we're taken into the tough daily lives of asylum-seekers in Scotland's picturesque capital. But in their keenness to do justice to a wide spectrum of cultures and topics, the filmmakers bite off more than they can comfortably chew. This results in a choppy, slightly unfocused multi-strander.
Festivals specializing in human-rights issues should take note. Otherwise, the picture is too uneven and technically rough-edged to gain much access.
The screenwriters should perhaps have concentrated on the closest thing "Trouble Sleeping" (an odd title, by the way) has got to a protagonist: thirtysomething social-worker Halla (Alia Alzougbi). Dispensing advice at a refugee-center, she meets many members of the city's culturally-diverse though mainly Muslim asylum-seeker community. Several obtain significant screen time, most engagingly Kamal (Fouad Cherif), a happy-go-lucky Algerian who becomes the ever-so-Italian 'Nico' when working as a trattoria waiter. The main drama, however, revolves around Halla and how she copes with a particularly awful episode from her past - a secret to which new-in-town Palestinian weightlifter/soldier Ahmad Hassan Naama) happens to be privy.
Unsurprisingly, given the project's nature, performances are wildly variable, with professionals like Alzougbi, Nabil Shaban and Gary Lewis generally faring better than their enthusiastic non-pro counterparts. Camerawork (lowish-end DV) and direction are passably functional, in keeping with a screenplay that baldly spells out its themes and in the latter stages veers uncomfortably close to melodrama.
Jim Sutherland's eclectic score is intrusive and near-incessant, almost drowning out dialogue in one scene. It's surely no coincidence that the most powerful sequence, in which Halla's torment is finally explained, is one of few instances where music is dispensed with and Alzougbi is given space to really let rip.
Production companies: Makar Productions & Theatre Workshop. Cast: Hassan Naama, Alia Alzougbi, Waseem Uboaklain, Okan Yahsi, Fouad Cherif. Director: Robert Rae. Screenwriters: Robert Rae, Ghazi Hussein, James McSharry, Roxana Pope, Saleyha Ashan, Lucy Kaya. Producer: Eddie Dick. Executive Producers: Leslie Finlay, Ewan Angus. Director of Photography: Ian Dodds. Production Designer: Laurel Wear. Music: Jim Sutherland. Costume Designer: Laurel Wear. Editor: Tina Hetherington. Sales Agent: Makar Productions, Edinburgh. No rating, 102 minutes.
- 6/19/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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