‘Saltburn’ actor Alison Oliver stars in the Lithuania-Ireland-Latvia co-production.
UK-France sales agent Alief has picked up sales, excluding Lithuania, Ireland and Latvia, for Tomas Vengris’ Five And A Half Love Stories In An Apartment In Vilnius, Lithuania, ahead of its world premiere as part of the Rebels With A Cause strand at Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff), which is running until November 17.
Irish actor Alison Oliver, whose credits include Saltburn and Conversations With Friends, stars in Lithuanian-us filmmaker Vengris’ sophomore feature. His debut Motherland won the best film in the Baltic competition award at Tallinn in 2019.
The...
UK-France sales agent Alief has picked up sales, excluding Lithuania, Ireland and Latvia, for Tomas Vengris’ Five And A Half Love Stories In An Apartment In Vilnius, Lithuania, ahead of its world premiere as part of the Rebels With A Cause strand at Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff), which is running until November 17.
Irish actor Alison Oliver, whose credits include Saltburn and Conversations With Friends, stars in Lithuanian-us filmmaker Vengris’ sophomore feature. His debut Motherland won the best film in the Baltic competition award at Tallinn in 2019.
The...
- 11/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Compared with last year, Fortissmo Films come packing with only a single title, but that doesn't mean their sales agent won't be spending pretty much the entire festival from their rented office balcony. They signed a fairly ambitious deal with Fox - first time I've heard of a major studio outputting their titles to a films sales company of this nature and they've got one receiving a world preem at the festival in Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy. - Compared with last year, Fortissmo Films come packing with only a single title, but that doesn't mean their sales agent won't be spending pretty much the entire festival from their rented office balcony. They signed a fairly ambitious deal with Fox - first time I've heard of a major studio outputting their titles to a films sales company of this nature and they've got one receiving a world preem at the...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Compared with last year, Fortissmo Films come packing with only a single title, but that doesn't mean their sales agent won't be spending pretty much the entire festival from their rented office balcony. They signed a fairly ambitious deal with Fox - first time I've heard of a major studio outputting their titles to a films sales company of this nature and they've got one receiving a world preem at the festival in Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy (see pic) has the unique distinction of being from a first-timer – it's a rare feat to see a first timer in the Main Comp – so, we might be looking at a gem here folks. Among the hot titles on the sales side of things is Anh Hung Tran's Norwegian Wood – a pic that I was sure was going to land a spot in Cannes this year, but appears to still be in post prod.
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
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Terribly Happy - Review
You have to look at a performance by Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds in order to fully comprehend why Jakob Cedergren, who plays town cop Robert Hansen in Terribly Happy, deserves his own spot on the world stage.
Cedergren takes a character, an urban police offer who is exiled into a rural, remote village town after having a nervous breakdown, and twists it into a complex individual who has no predictability, no hints about what he’s going to do next. He’s thrilling...
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
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Terribly Happy - Review
You have to look at a performance by Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds in order to fully comprehend why Jakob Cedergren, who plays town cop Robert Hansen in Terribly Happy, deserves his own spot on the world stage.
Cedergren takes a character, an urban police offer who is exiled into a rural, remote village town after having a nervous breakdown, and twists it into a complex individual who has no predictability, no hints about what he’s going to do next. He’s thrilling...
- 2/19/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
$9.99
Directed by: Tatia Rosenthal
Cast: (voices) Geoffrey Rush, Anthony Lapaglia, Samuel Johnson
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Plot: In this stop-motion animated film, denizens of an apartment building live interconnected lives. Their individual stories make up a mosaic about the choices and options life has to offer.
Who’s It For? Fans of animation, or just well-crafted films in general.
Expectations: I was hoping for a good story, what I had seen of the animation in stills looked pretty interesting.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Geoffrey Rush as The Angel: I didn’t realize whose voice I was listening to until the film was over and the credits rolled. Perhaps it was because he was speaking in his normal voice, aka with an Australian accent. Regardless Rush does a great job as “The Angel,” a mysterious winged man who may or may not have supernatural origins. There’s...
Directed by: Tatia Rosenthal
Cast: (voices) Geoffrey Rush, Anthony Lapaglia, Samuel Johnson
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Plot: In this stop-motion animated film, denizens of an apartment building live interconnected lives. Their individual stories make up a mosaic about the choices and options life has to offer.
Who’s It For? Fans of animation, or just well-crafted films in general.
Expectations: I was hoping for a good story, what I had seen of the animation in stills looked pretty interesting.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Geoffrey Rush as The Angel: I didn’t realize whose voice I was listening to until the film was over and the credits rolled. Perhaps it was because he was speaking in his normal voice, aka with an Australian accent. Regardless Rush does a great job as “The Angel,” a mysterious winged man who may or may not have supernatural origins. There’s...
- 7/31/2009
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
Are we in a golden age of animation? To start, Pixar just keeps getting better and better; critics almost unanimously voted Wall-e the best picture of 2008 -- not just the best animated film, but the best film. And their new Up has racked up nearly equal praise. So far two of the best films I've seen in 2009 are animated features, Henry Selick's Coraline and Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues. Coraline was filmed in stop-motion 3D, and Sita was mostly hand-drawn with some computer assist. Filmmakers seem to have perfected 3D this year, not only in live-action features, but in animated features like Coraline, Monsters vs. Aliens, Battle for Terra and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Computer animation, which recently looked like it was going to take over for good, has now simply become one of the many tools an animator can use: Disney has gone back...
Computer animation, which recently looked like it was going to take over for good, has now simply become one of the many tools an animator can use: Disney has gone back...
- 7/21/2009
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
Albert (Voiced By Barry Otto) And The Angel (Voiced By Geoffrey Rush) In Director Tatia Rosenthal'S $9.99. Courtesy Strand Releasing. Being an independent filmmaker is difficult enough without adding the further challenges of animation, so it's always a pleasure to see the emergence of a visionary talent like Tatia Rosenthal. The Israeli writer-director and stop motion animator was born in Tel Aviv in 1971 and explored some very diverse avenues before deciding on her current profession: Rosenthal was in the Israeli Defense Force for two years, spent a period of time at medical school and then studied photography in Paris for a year. She finally found her niche while studying for a Bfa in Film & Television at Nyu's Tisch School of the Arts...
- 6/29/2009
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Moviegoers said yes to Disney's "The Proposal" during the weekend as the debut of the female-skewing romantic comedy topped the North American boxoffice with an estimated $34.1 million, knocking the hard-partying guys of "The Hangover" into second place.
Sony's "Year One," Harold Ramis' burlesque of the early history of mankind and the weekend's other new wide opener, found it tougher going. Unable to overcome strong holdover business from "Hangover" and "Up," it had to settle for a fourth-place showing of $20.2 million.
Among exclusive openings, Woody Allen's "Whatever Works" worked just fine. The Sony Pictures Classics release bowed on nine screens, grabbing $280,720 for a per-screen average of $31,191.
After several weekends in which the domestic boxoffice was down from year-ago frames, ticket sales finally registered an uptick, performing 3%-4% better than they did last year at this time, when the debut of "Get Smart" led the list with a $38.7 million opening.
Sony's "Year One," Harold Ramis' burlesque of the early history of mankind and the weekend's other new wide opener, found it tougher going. Unable to overcome strong holdover business from "Hangover" and "Up," it had to settle for a fourth-place showing of $20.2 million.
Among exclusive openings, Woody Allen's "Whatever Works" worked just fine. The Sony Pictures Classics release bowed on nine screens, grabbing $280,720 for a per-screen average of $31,191.
After several weekends in which the domestic boxoffice was down from year-ago frames, ticket sales finally registered an uptick, performing 3%-4% better than they did last year at this time, when the debut of "Get Smart" led the list with a $38.7 million opening.
- 6/21/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Before Tatia Rosenthal's celebrated stop motion animated feature film $9.99 (which hits theaters today and was featured at Tiff), the director crafted a pair of shorts, A Buck's Worth was featured at the Sundance Film Festival, while her first piece (an Nyu thesis project) dates back to 1998. This week's Eye Candy looks back at her humble debut Crazy Glue. Co-written with Etgar Keret (the first of what will be tons of collaborations if you break down $9.99 into the collection of short stories), Crazy Glue earns its name from the popular glue device and will remind some of us of those of that crazy television commercial that boggled the mind. However, as you'll witness below, this is an accomplished piece of work that shows a reconciliation attempt from a wife who has grown apart from her husband. Have any of you seen $9.99? What do you think about the short film below?
- 6/19/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Indie Roundup looks back at the past seven (or, sometimes, eight) days of news in the indie film community, along with a peak ahead to what's coming soon.
Opening. The highest-profile "indie" is Woody Allen's Whatever Works, wiith Tatia Rosenthal's stop-motion animation feature $9.99, Francois Velle's NYC drama The Narrows, Andy Abrahams Wilson's Lyme disease doc Under Our Skin, and Tommy Wirkola's Nazi zombie flick Dead Snow vying for attention on a limited number of screens. On the festival circuit, CineVegas drew to a close on Monday (Eric D. Snider covered it for us), the same night that Silverdocs opened in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Los Angeles Film Festival starts tonight and the New York Asian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow.
Box Office. Last weekend saw several strong openings, with Robert Kenner's doc Food, Inc. leading the way ($20,171 per-screen), followed by Duncan Jones' sci-fi drama...
Opening. The highest-profile "indie" is Woody Allen's Whatever Works, wiith Tatia Rosenthal's stop-motion animation feature $9.99, Francois Velle's NYC drama The Narrows, Andy Abrahams Wilson's Lyme disease doc Under Our Skin, and Tommy Wirkola's Nazi zombie flick Dead Snow vying for attention on a limited number of screens. On the festival circuit, CineVegas drew to a close on Monday (Eric D. Snider covered it for us), the same night that Silverdocs opened in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Los Angeles Film Festival starts tonight and the New York Asian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow.
Box Office. Last weekend saw several strong openings, with Robert Kenner's doc Food, Inc. leading the way ($20,171 per-screen), followed by Duncan Jones' sci-fi drama...
- 6/19/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Popular Israeli author Etgar Keret (Wristcutters: A Love Story) is obsessed with weighty topics like the nature of life and death and the philosophies behind human connection, but his stories are rarely as heavy as his subjects; a keen sense of absurdity and a penchant for surrealism keep him out of deep waters. That formula carries through on $9.99, a stop-motion collection of his stories he co-scripted with young Israeli animator Tatia Rosenthal, making her feature-directing debut. In theory, the many interconnected characters in her all-puppet movie are linked by their search for the meaning of life, but as ...
- 6/18/2009
- avclub.com
Gumby wept watching “$9.99,” director Tatia Rosenthal’s stop motion animated feature, a beautiful ensemble drama based on Israeli author Etgar Keret’s short stories. At least that’s how I imagine the iconic clay boy would react to a stop-motion movie as beautiful and moving as Rosenthal’s debut feature film. Dave Peck (voice of Samuel Johnson) is an unemployed 28-year-old who still lives at home with his dad Jim (Anthony Lapaglia) and brother Lenny (Ben Mendelsohn). After he responds to an ad for a booklet claiming to explain the meaning of life, all for the low cost of $9.99, Dave’s actions intersect with his apartment building neighbors.
- 6/18/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Woody Allen has returned to New York, but does New York want him back? For the excruciating "Whatever Works," his first Gotham-set movie since 2004's "Melinda and Melinda," Allen dusted off a script written around the time of "Annie Hall," intended as a vehicle for Zero Mostel, who died a few months after that film was released in 1977. The replacement mouthpiece for Allen's borscht-y misanthropy is Larry David, who, playing Boris Yellnikoff, frequently breaks the fourth wall, to hector, lecture and obsess. "This is not a feel-good movie," Boris, addressing the camera, pontificates at the outset. Rather, it is a numbing movie, filled with creaky, wheezy shtick about sex, politics, religion and the city that even the Catskill comics in "Broadway Danny Rose" would have a hard time cracking a smile at.
Boris, who once tried to kill himself during an argument with his psychotherapist wife by throwing himself out of their Beekman Place apartment,...
Boris, who once tried to kill himself during an argument with his psychotherapist wife by throwing himself out of their Beekman Place apartment,...
- 6/17/2009
- by Melissa Anderson
- ifc.com
Animated cinema geared specifically for adults is an elusive proposition. Even if Pixar’s recent films (especially “Up” and last year’s “Wall*E”) and Nick Park’s Aardman entertainments have truly embodied that slippery archetype “fun for the whole family,” the mainstream of animation remains fart jokes, anthropomorphic jungle critters with googly eyes, and familiar voices spouting shoehorned-in lowbrow pop-culture references (toss in the latest from Smashmouth over the end credits for good measure). …...
- 6/16/2009
- Indiewire
This week in theaters sees more history coming to life while the oceans around us die. Woody Allen fans can start counting backwards from 364 again, while Sandra Bullock makes Ryan Reynolds suffer, which, after "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," has got to be a cause worth supporting.
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"$9.99"
Thanks to the mainstream explosion of snarky adult-oriented animation, grown-ups no longer need to dream up creative excuses to spend all day in front of cartoons, which is nice. This latest dose of claymation cleverness comes courtesy of Israeli director Tatia Rosenthal, working from "Jellyfish" writer/director Etgar Keret's book of short stories. Anthony Lapaglia voices Jim, a single dad in urban Australia who, along with his family and neighbors, embarks on a series of surreal adventures after his son Dave (Samuel Johnson) blows the titular sum on...
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Thanks to the mainstream explosion of snarky adult-oriented animation, grown-ups no longer need to dream up creative excuses to spend all day in front of cartoons, which is nice. This latest dose of claymation cleverness comes courtesy of Israeli director Tatia Rosenthal, working from "Jellyfish" writer/director Etgar Keret's book of short stories. Anthony Lapaglia voices Jim, a single dad in urban Australia who, along with his family and neighbors, embarks on a series of surreal adventures after his son Dave (Samuel Johnson) blows the titular sum on...
- 6/15/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
- Sticking to their usual habit of importing the Sundance film festival to the east coast side, the New Directors/New Films 2009 edition will be bookmarked by opening film selection Amreeka from first time filmmaker Cherien Dabis and ending it off with the impressive sophomore feature from Lee Daniels. Along with Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire (I'd be curious to see what distribution company "label" is shown before the film), the event will showcase many New York based filmmakers and some excellent quality affair in Sophie Barthes Cold Souls, So Yong Kim's 2nd film Treeless Mountain and a doc film that has surprisingly been unbought in Ondi Timone's We Live in Public. The 39th edition which runs March 25th to April 5th grabbed films dating back to Tiff and Venice of last year. Here is the list of selected titles. $9.99, dir. Tatia Rosenthal (Israel/Australia) Amreeka, dir.
- 2/13/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Kung Fu Panda shut out its competition in every major feature film category at the 36th annual Annie Awards celebrating 2008’s best animated movies. The DreamWorks Animation pic bested critic favorite Wall-e and other nominee Bolt for “Best Feature.”
The surprise win is the first time DreamWorks has beaten a Pixar film for the top prize since 2001’s Shrek over Pixar’s Monster’s Inc. Panda took home fifteen statues Friday night and tied for the most wins ever. The Annie Award has matched the “Best Animated Feature” category at the Academy Awards every single year but one.
I thoroughly enjoyed Kfp, but I was under the impression that Wall-e was a better film all around. While DreamWorks Animation has stepped up its game in recent years, Pixar’s animation was exceptional. This is a major upset, especially since Wall-e went home with nothing. The Oscar race just got even more interesting.
The surprise win is the first time DreamWorks has beaten a Pixar film for the top prize since 2001’s Shrek over Pixar’s Monster’s Inc. Panda took home fifteen statues Friday night and tied for the most wins ever. The Annie Award has matched the “Best Animated Feature” category at the Academy Awards every single year but one.
I thoroughly enjoyed Kfp, but I was under the impression that Wall-e was a better film all around. While DreamWorks Animation has stepped up its game in recent years, Pixar’s animation was exceptional. This is a major upset, especially since Wall-e went home with nothing. The Oscar race just got even more interesting.
- 1/31/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
That might have been a bit confusing - this is a trailer for a claymation movie made in Australia called $9.99. It played at a couple of prominent film festivals, including in Toronto and Rome this year. $9.99 is story about people living in a Syndey apartment complex looking for meaning in their lives. I haven't seen it yet, but it has received a few fairly positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. This trailer is arriving fairly late in the game, but it's never too late, especially for an indie movie like this that needs all the love it can get! Cartoon Brew said of it: "It's a remarkable film... Smart, funny and at the same time, deadly serious." Watch the trailer for Tatia Rosenthal's $9.99: [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/999_trailer_regent.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/999_trailer_regent.jpg 480 260] $9.99 is directed by Israeli filmmaker Tatia Rosenthal an animator who is making her feature directorial debut after a few other claymation shorts. The ...
- 12/28/2008
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jim Peck (Anthony Lapaglia) in the towel and Dave Peck (Samuel Johnson) in $9.99
Photo: Regent Releasing $9.99 is a curious little film that was put together under some particularly interesting circumstances. A New York-based independent filmmaker (Tatia Rosenthal) and an Israeli author (Etgar Keret) came together on a stop-motion animated feature produced as an Israeli-Australian co-production filmed in Australia, with post done in Israel, while using a worldy cast to voice the slice-of-life that is $9.99. Oh, did I mention it coincidentally makes use of nine animators? All of this ties into one peculiar animated feature as a varied group of characters search for the meaning of life amidst the pursuit of happiness. Best described as an urban fairy tale involving a group of people who all take up residence in a corner apartment building, $9.99 follows a young boy (voiced by Jamie Katsamatsas) who pines for a new toy, a man and...
Photo: Regent Releasing $9.99 is a curious little film that was put together under some particularly interesting circumstances. A New York-based independent filmmaker (Tatia Rosenthal) and an Israeli author (Etgar Keret) came together on a stop-motion animated feature produced as an Israeli-Australian co-production filmed in Australia, with post done in Israel, while using a worldy cast to voice the slice-of-life that is $9.99. Oh, did I mention it coincidentally makes use of nine animators? All of this ties into one peculiar animated feature as a varied group of characters search for the meaning of life amidst the pursuit of happiness. Best described as an urban fairy tale involving a group of people who all take up residence in a corner apartment building, $9.99 follows a young boy (voiced by Jamie Katsamatsas) who pines for a new toy, a man and...
- 12/9/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Updated With A Higher Resolution Version Of The Trailer
“Have you ever wondered “What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?” The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You’ll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.”
This is the ad that alters the life of the unemployed 28 year old who still lives at home, Dave Peck. In his struggle to share his find with the world, Dave¡¦s surreal path crosses with those of his unusual neighbours: an old man and his disgruntled guardian angel, a magician in debt, a bewitching woman who likes her men extra smooth, a broken hearted man who befriends a group of hard partying two inch tall students,...
“Have you ever wondered “What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?” The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You’ll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.”
This is the ad that alters the life of the unemployed 28 year old who still lives at home, Dave Peck. In his struggle to share his find with the world, Dave¡¦s surreal path crosses with those of his unusual neighbours: an old man and his disgruntled guardian angel, a magician in debt, a bewitching woman who likes her men extra smooth, a broken hearted man who befriends a group of hard partying two inch tall students,...
- 12/5/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
The Academy Awards are slowly creeping up, just three months away now with buzz seeming to only surround a handful of movies. But one piece of the puzzle and a solid indicator of the “Best Animated Feature” Oscar are the Annie Awards, now in their 36th year.
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda earned 16 total nominations, a tie for the most in the history of the ceremonies. The other movies to pull that off were 2004’s The Incredibles and 2005’s Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Since the Annies started, the Annie Award for “Best Animated Feature” has predicted the Oscar winner every single time but once.
This is huge for DreamWorks, who makes successful animated movies like Shrek, but hasn’t seem to put out the quality of film that Pixar seems to churn out on a regular basis. Just for comparison, this year’s expert pick for...
DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda earned 16 total nominations, a tie for the most in the history of the ceremonies. The other movies to pull that off were 2004’s The Incredibles and 2005’s Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Since the Annies started, the Annie Award for “Best Animated Feature” has predicted the Oscar winner every single time but once.
This is huge for DreamWorks, who makes successful animated movies like Shrek, but hasn’t seem to put out the quality of film that Pixar seems to churn out on a regular basis. Just for comparison, this year’s expert pick for...
- 12/3/2008
- by Jeff
- newsinfilm.com
DreamWorks' excellent "Kung Fu Panda" lead the 2008 Annie Award nominees with a total of seventeen nominations which included Best Feature, Best Feature Writing, Best Directing, Best Animated Effects, Best Character Animation as well as Best Animated Video Game. (See featured store items at the bottom of the page) Disney/Pixar's heart-warming "Wall-e" ended second best with a total of eight nominations. Also faring well was another Disney pic in the recent "Bolt" voiced by John Travolta and Miley Cyrus. The adventure comedy scored five nominations. DreamWorks, which also released "Kung Fu Panda" companion piece "Secrets of the Furious Five" and "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," landed a grand total of 27 nominations. As listed, here are the 2008 Annie Award Nominations by CategoryPRODUCTION CATEGORIESBest Animated Feature Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation $9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films Wall•E – Pixar Animation Studios Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici,...
- 12/2/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
On Monday, December 1, the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, has come out with an announcement of 2008 Annie Awards' nominations. Dominating the list is "Kung Fu Panda" with 17 nods for the animated features category as well as for video games category.
In the feature film category itself, this DreamWorks Animation comedy has collected in total 16 nods. One comes from the production category, that is Best Animated Feature, whereas the rest from the individual nominations. For the Best Voice Acting title, "Panda" has managed to put three of its voice actors, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong and Ian McShane, to compete with voice actors from "Wall-e" and "Bolt". Additionally, it also gives directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne a shot for Best Animated Film Director.
Beside "Kung Fu Panda", other movies collecting multiple nominations for Annie are "Bolt" and "Wall-e". "Bolt" has earned 9 counts and "Wall-e" has landed on 8 nods. Both of which...
In the feature film category itself, this DreamWorks Animation comedy has collected in total 16 nods. One comes from the production category, that is Best Animated Feature, whereas the rest from the individual nominations. For the Best Voice Acting title, "Panda" has managed to put three of its voice actors, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong and Ian McShane, to compete with voice actors from "Wall-e" and "Bolt". Additionally, it also gives directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne a shot for Best Animated Film Director.
Beside "Kung Fu Panda", other movies collecting multiple nominations for Annie are "Bolt" and "Wall-e". "Bolt" has earned 9 counts and "Wall-e" has landed on 8 nods. Both of which...
- 12/2/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Photo: DreamWorks Animation The International Animated Film Society announced the nominees for the 2008 Annie Awards and Kung Fu Panda is leading the way with 17 nominations followed by Disney's Bolt with 9 and the Disney/Pixar feature Wall-e earning 8. Panda picked up a healthy amount of noms in categories such as Character Animation, Character Design, Music, Production Design, Storyboarding, Voice Acting and Writing. In each of those categories it was either nominated while Bolt and Wall-e were not or secured multiple nominations giving it the outright nomination lead by 8. Could this be a sign of a Panda-over-wall-e Oscar upset? The nominees are listed below and you can check out the official award site here. Best Animated Feature Bolt (Walt Disney Animation Studios) Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks Animation) $9.99 (Sherman Pictures/Lama Films) Wall-e (Pixar Animation Studios) Waltz With Bashir (Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films) Best Animated Home Entertainment...
- 12/1/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" fought off stiff competition to earn 16 nominations -- the most for a feature -- for the International Animated Film Society's 36th Annual Annie Awards.
That includes a nomination for best-animated feature, a category that includes Pixar Animation Studios "Wall-e"-considered the frontrunner for the Oscar-which earned seven nominations. "Panda" and "Wall-e" also earned one additional nomination each in the best video game competition.
The top category is rounded out by nominations for Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Bolt," a 3-D release that earned five nominations; Sony Pictures Classics' "Waltz With Bashir," Israel's award-winning documentary, which took four nominations; and Sherman Pictures/Lama Films "$9.99," a stop-motion title that earned two nominations.
Blue Sky Studios' "Dr. Suess' Horton Hear as Who," a Fox release, also had a strong showing with five nominations.
All of these features are short listed by AMPAS for this season's animated feature competition.
Dwa earned a total of 27 nominations.
That includes a nomination for best-animated feature, a category that includes Pixar Animation Studios "Wall-e"-considered the frontrunner for the Oscar-which earned seven nominations. "Panda" and "Wall-e" also earned one additional nomination each in the best video game competition.
The top category is rounded out by nominations for Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Bolt," a 3-D release that earned five nominations; Sony Pictures Classics' "Waltz With Bashir," Israel's award-winning documentary, which took four nominations; and Sherman Pictures/Lama Films "$9.99," a stop-motion title that earned two nominations.
Blue Sky Studios' "Dr. Suess' Horton Hear as Who," a Fox release, also had a strong showing with five nominations.
All of these features are short listed by AMPAS for this season's animated feature competition.
Dwa earned a total of 27 nominations.
- 12/1/2008
- by By Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We just got hold of an ad posted by Peter Debrudge of a stop motion movie called $9.99. The poster reveals some of the strong cast that is part of the film with Geoffrey Rush and Anthony Lapaglia. The Academy also loves stop motion films. So this sort of good news for movies like Coraline and The Fantastic Mr Fox that our yet to be released. The last stop motion to get nominated went on to win Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit. While Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride got nominated, this is surely a good sign for stop motion toon makers. The film is directed by Tatia Rosenthal based on short stories by Etgar Keret.
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- 11/18/2008
- by John
- ReelSuave.com
New York - Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch will be introducing some U.S. moviegoers to a different kind of music: African pop.
Yauch's Oscilloscope Laboratories has nabbed domestic rights to the rockumentary "Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love," a portrait of the influential Senegalese musician.
Chai Vasarhelyi's film, set for an early Summer 2009 theatrical release in conjunction with Ndour's tour, covers two years in the life of the Muslim musician and controversy surrounding his songs about Islam. Oscilloscope's David Fenkel negotiated the deal with Celluloid Dreams' Bobby Allen and Hengameh Panahi.
Additionally, Regent Releasing hopes to sell audiences the the secret to happiness for just "$9.99." The distributor picked up North American rights to Tatia Rosenthal's stop-motion animated comedy. Geoffrey Rush and Anthony Lapaglia are among the voices who'll be heard when "$9.99," based on Etgar Keret's short stories, hits select U.S. theaters next spring. Regent's Mark Reinhart...
Yauch's Oscilloscope Laboratories has nabbed domestic rights to the rockumentary "Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love," a portrait of the influential Senegalese musician.
Chai Vasarhelyi's film, set for an early Summer 2009 theatrical release in conjunction with Ndour's tour, covers two years in the life of the Muslim musician and controversy surrounding his songs about Islam. Oscilloscope's David Fenkel negotiated the deal with Celluloid Dreams' Bobby Allen and Hengameh Panahi.
Additionally, Regent Releasing hopes to sell audiences the the secret to happiness for just "$9.99." The distributor picked up North American rights to Tatia Rosenthal's stop-motion animated comedy. Geoffrey Rush and Anthony Lapaglia are among the voices who'll be heard when "$9.99," based on Etgar Keret's short stories, hits select U.S. theaters next spring. Regent's Mark Reinhart...
- 9/26/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced a whole load of films, including many world premiers, to be added as part of their lineups. Some of the more interesting looking ones are Lance Daly's Kisses about two Irish kids who run away from home and deal with the dark underside of Dublin. Another film I'm definitely interested in is Scott McGehee and David Siegel's Uncertainty which stars one of my personal favorites, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It's about a couple in love who find out she's pregnant and they flip a coin from where it apparently follows both possible storylines, but with the same disastrous consequences. Also screening will be Fabrice du Welz's Vinyan (trailer here) which is about a couple who lost their son in a Tsunami and won't give up looking for him. In the Discovery program, the stop-motion animation $9.99 which is about a man seeking the meaning to life.
- 8/14/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Toronto -- The Toronto International Film Festival stepped into the "Lymelife" on Thursday, scheduling a world premiere for the Derick Martini dramedy in its Discovery sidebar.
The indie film, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and starring Alec Baldwin and Emma Roberts, portrays life in late 1970s Long Island through the eyes of a 15-year-old (Rory Culkin).
Other world premieres booked for the Discovery section include Brian Goodman's "What Doesn't Kill You," an autobiographical crime drama starring Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo; Tatia Rosenthal's stop-motion animated film "$9.99"; Matt Aselton's "Gigantic," starring Paul Dano and John Goodman; Nik Fackler's Christmas romance "Lovely, Still," toplined by Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn; and Cyrus Nowrasteh's "The Stoning of Soraya M," which stars Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo.
Also Toronto bound are Maria Govan's "Rain," Norwegian filmmaker Eva Sorhaug's "Cold Lunch," Hajime Kadoi's "Vacation" and British director Duane Hopkins' "Better Things."
Toronto earlier announced Steve McQueen's "Hunger," Barry Jenkins' "Medicine for Melancholy" and Gabriel Medina's "The Paranoids" for the sidebar.
The indie film, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and starring Alec Baldwin and Emma Roberts, portrays life in late 1970s Long Island through the eyes of a 15-year-old (Rory Culkin).
Other world premieres booked for the Discovery section include Brian Goodman's "What Doesn't Kill You," an autobiographical crime drama starring Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo; Tatia Rosenthal's stop-motion animated film "$9.99"; Matt Aselton's "Gigantic," starring Paul Dano and John Goodman; Nik Fackler's Christmas romance "Lovely, Still," toplined by Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn; and Cyrus Nowrasteh's "The Stoning of Soraya M," which stars Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo.
Also Toronto bound are Maria Govan's "Rain," Norwegian filmmaker Eva Sorhaug's "Cold Lunch," Hajime Kadoi's "Vacation" and British director Duane Hopkins' "Better Things."
Toronto earlier announced Steve McQueen's "Hunger," Barry Jenkins' "Medicine for Melancholy" and Gabriel Medina's "The Paranoids" for the sidebar.
- 8/14/2008
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- An animated feature that's Australia's first co-production with Israel and a feature-length documentary have received the green light for funding from Australia's Film Finance Corp., the agency said Wednesday. The Australia-Israel co-production, $9.99, is written by Etgar Karet and directed by Tatia Rosenthal. Set around a Sydney apartment block, the docu is being produced by Candy producer Emile Sherman and Golden Globe winner Amir Harel, with international sales handled by Fortissimo Films and Australian distribution through Dendy Films. "I'm delighted the FFC is supporting what I hope will be a ground-breaking, stop-motion animation film for adults. I hope it marks the beginning of a fruitful filmmaking relationship between Australia and Israel," said Sherman. The documentary feature, "Forbidden Lie$," written and directed by Anna Broinowski, is based on Norma Khouri book, Forbidden Love. The supposed true story of a young Jordanian woman who was the victim of an honor killing by male members of her family, the book was discredited as a fake, while allegations of criminal activity have been raised against her. Both films had received letters of intent from the funding agency in January.
- 3/22/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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