eOne release The Girl on The Train in cinemas October 6.
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
eOne release The Girl on The Train in cinemas October 6.
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Troy Lum.
eOne has promoted Troy Lum as it introduces a new regionally-focused leadership structure across its Global Film Group..
According to a statement, the realignment is designed to further support partnership activities globally, and reflects the film group.s increasing number of multi-territory relationships from leading suppliers including Amblin Partners and The Mark Gordon Company. It also builds upon eOne.s global production and sales alliance with Sierra Pictures..
.Alex, Troy and Patrick are dynamic leaders with deep industry experience, and have been instrumental in growing our business and broadening our great partnerships around the world," said by Steve Bertram, President, Global Film Group, Entertainment One..
"We are looking forward to continued success from them in their expanded regional roles as we prepare for an exciting film slate in the year ahead...
As Managing Director, Film, Asia-Pacific, Lum extends his role from Australia and New Zealand to now include...
eOne has promoted Troy Lum as it introduces a new regionally-focused leadership structure across its Global Film Group..
According to a statement, the realignment is designed to further support partnership activities globally, and reflects the film group.s increasing number of multi-territory relationships from leading suppliers including Amblin Partners and The Mark Gordon Company. It also builds upon eOne.s global production and sales alliance with Sierra Pictures..
.Alex, Troy and Patrick are dynamic leaders with deep industry experience, and have been instrumental in growing our business and broadening our great partnerships around the world," said by Steve Bertram, President, Global Film Group, Entertainment One..
"We are looking forward to continued success from them in their expanded regional roles as we prepare for an exciting film slate in the year ahead...
As Managing Director, Film, Asia-Pacific, Lum extends his role from Australia and New Zealand to now include...
- 8/16/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Channing Tatum took a trip down memory lane to celebrate his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum on Mother's Day. Tatum, 36, shared a special throwback photo of Dewan Tatum on Instagram in honor of the special holiday. "I took this just days after Jenna and I (mostly Jenna) brought our little girl into the world," Tatum captioned the photo of a hand holding a black and white picture of Dewan Tatum with their then newborn daughter, Everly. "I've taken many like it over the past 3 years but this is one of my favorites." Tatum wrote that Dewan Tatum, 35, was "so tired" that...
- 5/9/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Channing Tatum took a trip down memory lane to celebrate his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum on Mother's Day. Tatum, 36, shared a special throwback photo of Dewan Tatum on Instagram in honor of the special holiday. "I took this just days after Jenna and I (mostly Jenna) brought our little girl into the world," Tatum captioned the photo of a hand holding a black and white picture of Dewan Tatum with their then newborn daughter, Everly. "I've taken many like it over the past 3 years but this is one of my favorites." Tatum wrote that Dewan Tatum, 35, was "so tired" that...
- 5/9/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
In The Sleepwalker (Sundance Selects / limited release 11.21), filmmaker Mona Fastvold sequesters her quartet of players in mostly volatile sibling, lover and fighter pairings. Architecturally speaking, the setting is a particular one. An under repair, posh yet isolated million plus dollar refuge in the woods acts as a sort of centrifuge system for dysfunctionality. Archetypally speaking, we find the protective nurture in the sisterly bound, romantically fused couples and a testosterone-filled joust between classes in this over-reaching air/atmosphere of unconscious and subconscious behaviours.
Christopher Abbott (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Carlos Puga’s All That I Am (aka “Burma”), Josh Mond’s short film, 1009) had arrived at Sundance having just completed filming on Mond’s feature debut, James White (we briefly discuss this at the tail-end of the interview) plays Andrew, the sort of blue collar hammer and nail kind of New Englander with a pit-bull like short fuse, while Gitte Witt plays girlfriend Kaia,...
Christopher Abbott (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Carlos Puga’s All That I Am (aka “Burma”), Josh Mond’s short film, 1009) had arrived at Sundance having just completed filming on Mond’s feature debut, James White (we briefly discuss this at the tail-end of the interview) plays Andrew, the sort of blue collar hammer and nail kind of New Englander with a pit-bull like short fuse, while Gitte Witt plays girlfriend Kaia,...
- 11/21/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
They range in age, amount of screen time, supporting or principle characters, and have previous (television work, stage and or bit parts in Hollywood/Indiewood productions or next to no film experience at all. In essence these folks have a special gift and have essentially broken out. I had the fortune of having a team of four journalists (Caitlin Coder, Jordan M. Smith, Nicholas Bell and myself) covering the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and when you got a small army covering a major fest it ensures that fine performances from a new crop of acting talents don’t go undetected. Michael B. Jordan, Robin Weigert and Miles Teller (who follows up The Speculator Now with a dramatically and physically charged perf in the marvelous Whiplash) were just some of the new faces included on our top list last year.Worthy mnetions that did not break into our Top 10 include Fishing Without Nets‘ Abdikani Muktar,...
- 1/30/2014
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
As someone who says, “Up your ziggy with a wa-wa brush,” more than I care to admit, Gaby Hoffmann’s early work was an adolescence staple so it’s a thrill to see her building a robust resume yet again. In one of her latest films, “All That I Am,” formerly titled “Burma,” Hoffmann steps in as Susan, one of three siblings still struggling to cope with her father’s abandonment and her mother’s passing. One thing that usually helps is her annual get-together with her brothers Christian and Win (Christopher Abbott and Dan Bittner), but when their father decides to use their reunion to make his big return in attempt to make [ Read More ]
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- 1/9/2014
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Gaby Hoffmann stars in two films premiering at the Los Angeles Film Festival (June 13-23 in downtown L.A.) — Crystal Fairy, co-starring Michael Cera and directed by Sebastian Silva, and Goodbye World, co-starring Adrien Grenier and directed by Denis Hennelly. Hoffmann was a child actress, with featured roles in classics like Sleepless in Seattle and Field of Dreams. More recently, she’s starred in Silva’s HBO Go series The Boring Life of Jacqueline and the upcoming independent film Burma, plus had recent guest spots on The Good Wife and Homeland. Below in a post as-told-to EW’s Laura Hertzfeld,...
- 6/11/2013
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
Christopher Abbott has signed with Wme. Abbott made headlines recently with his decision to abruptly leave HBO‘s comedy series Girls, on which he played Allison Williams’ boyfriend Charlie for the first two seasons. Abbott, who continues to be repped by Parseghian Planco, also co-stars in Burma, which debuted at this year’s SXSW where it received jury recognition for Best Ensemble. He will next be seen in Mona Fastvold’s The Sleepwalker.
- 5/21/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
While the MTV series "True Life" might be the most recognizable title on director Carlos Puga's CV, when it came to crafting his sophomore feature film, he put together something quite different than you might expect. Picking up Special Jury Recognition for Ensemble Cast at SXSW last month, "Burma" is a compelling family drama and as it continues its festival circuit run, we've got a couple exclusive posters from the movie to share with you. (Former) "Girls" star Christopher Abbott, Gaby Hoffmann and Michael McCann each get some nicely stylized character one sheets. The film tells the story of three children, Susan, Christian, and Win, who were abandoned by their father Dr. Lynn, while their terminally ill mother was on her deathbed. Years later he returns to a family reunion, and his presence stirs up the dynamic among everyone attending. One to keep an eye on, "Burma" will next...
- 4/9/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
When you’ve got a film that’s a slice-of-life family drama through and through, you run the risk of forging forward without a hook to make it stand out from the lot. However, thanks to its Special Jury Recognition for Ensemble Cast at SXSW, Carlos Puga’s “Burma” might have just gotten the boost it needed to spark a significant degree of intrigue well beyond its festival run. Christopher Abbott leads the piece as Christian, a struggling writer still reeling from the passing of his mother. While Christian opts to drown his sorrows in parties, booze, and cocaine, his sister Susan (Gaby Hoffman) hopes to cope through hosting their annual family get-together [ Read More ]
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- 4/8/2013
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
He became a well-liked component of the “Girls” crew as ‘Charlie,’ but now Christopher Abbott has resigned his gig with the popular HBO program.
According to a report, things between Abbott and series creator/star Lena Dunham have been tense as of late, eventually causing Christopher to throw in the towel.
A rep for the actor told press, "[Chris] is grateful for the experience of collaborating with Lena, Judd [Apatow], and the entire Girls cast and crew, but right now he’s working on numerous other projects and has decided not to return to the show."
Abbott was featured in last year’s “Hello I Must Be Going,” as well as SXSW film “Burma” and he’ll star in “The Sleepwalker” in the months to come.
According to a report, things between Abbott and series creator/star Lena Dunham have been tense as of late, eventually causing Christopher to throw in the towel.
A rep for the actor told press, "[Chris] is grateful for the experience of collaborating with Lena, Judd [Apatow], and the entire Girls cast and crew, but right now he’s working on numerous other projects and has decided not to return to the show."
Abbott was featured in last year’s “Hello I Must Be Going,” as well as SXSW film “Burma” and he’ll star in “The Sleepwalker” in the months to come.
- 4/4/2013
- GossipCenter
The 2013 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas has wrapped up this weekend. Winners for the audience awards at the festival were unveiled, along with the jury prizes given out last week. The big winner - a film called Short Term 12, directed by Destin Cretton, whose feature debut was I Am Not a Hipster, one of my favorite films of last year. Short Term 12 took home the Grand Jury prize for Narrative Feature, and went on to win the Audience Award as well, a similar double win just like with Fruitvale at Sundance earlier this year. As for docs, Josh Greenbaum's The Short Game took home the audience award. Full lists below. 2013 SXSW Film Festival Jury Awards: Narrative Feature Competition: Grand Jury Winner - Short Term 12, Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Special Jury Recognition for Ensemble Cast - Burma, Featuring: Christopher Abbott, Gaby Hoffmann, Christopher McCann, Dan Bittner,...
- 3/18/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Another year and another great festival wraps up deep in the heart of Texas. As the curtains draw to a close on the Paramount and the music fades, Friday marked the end of another great festival at South by Southwest. With over a hundred films screened, this year’s festival has introduced a plethora of great films to audiences. The festival has been a chance to showcase big headliners like Evil Dead as well as highlight fantastic indies like Zero Charisma. The greatest thing about these festivals is the air of collaboration between various artists, admirers, and professionals alike. Hearing a conversation between a music badge holder, film badge press, and interactive entrepreneurs sums up South by Southwest succinctly. It really captures the spirit of South by Southwest and reminds us why Austin is a true Mecca for creativity and collaboration. Signing off from Austin, TX, see y’all next year!
- 3/17/2013
- by David Tran
- SoundOnSight
The best stories of the week from Toh! SXSW: Review: In Lovely and Devastating Narrative Spotlight Entry "Good Night," No One Goes Gently Review: Gorgeous, Meditative "The Retrieval," Starring Jury Award Winner Tishuan Scott (Clip) Review Update: Christopher Abbott of "Girls" and Gaby Hoffmann Lead Jury Award Winning Ensemble Cast in "Burma" "Bellflower" Producer Granshaw Talks Directorial Debut "Coldwater" "Loves Her Gun" Star Trieste Kelly Dunn Talks Improv, Roadtripping and Directors Destin Cretton Talks Grand Jury Winner "Short Term 12," Immaturity and the Mystery of Indie Film's Future Interviews: Tina Fey Talks Her Post-"30 Rock" Career, "Admission" and Oscar Hosting Alex Gibney Talks Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and New Doc "We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks" (Exclusive Video) Television: SXSW 2013: "Bates Motel" Preview a Few Cuts Under Its Pre-"Psycho" Potential News: "Girls" Creator Lena Dunham Poses for Playboy and Answers Twenty...
- 3/15/2013
- by TOH!
- Thompson on Hollywood
Austin -- There are so many worthy films at South by Southwest that a feature like Burma -- a small, intense family drama about three siblings from upstate New York who are revisited by the father who abandoned them -- could easily get lost in the shuffle. But a special jury prize awarded to its acting ensemble has given Burma a crucial profile boost, and with it the promise of a life beyond the SXSW bubble. Christopher Abbott, 27, best known as playing the cute-but-wimpy Charlie on HBO's Girls, headlines here as Christian, a frustrated novelist who numbs his grief over his mother's death and absent dad
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- 3/15/2013
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Burma
Directed by Carlos Puga
Written by Carlos Puga
Every family has their own issues, tendencies, and dysfunctions, but that familial bond transcends any sort of disagreement. However, what happens when familial bonds are tested against each other. When trust is betrayed, when parents abandon their children, what is the end result? Carlos Puga’s Burma takes an honest look at abandonment, resentment, and the sometimes unfulfilling sense of reconciliation.
The film revolves around three siblings: Christian (Christopher Abbott) the wayward, drug abusing writer, Susan (Gaby Hoffmann) the overbearing mother and wife, and Win (Dan Bittner) the successful and hopeful children’s writer. They are all living distant lives until their annual family reunion rolls around. Christian is at an all time low, having blown an interview, and then his father (Christopher McCann), having left them nine years ago, returns promising to have a satisfying reason why he left.
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Directed by Carlos Puga
Written by Carlos Puga
Every family has their own issues, tendencies, and dysfunctions, but that familial bond transcends any sort of disagreement. However, what happens when familial bonds are tested against each other. When trust is betrayed, when parents abandon their children, what is the end result? Carlos Puga’s Burma takes an honest look at abandonment, resentment, and the sometimes unfulfilling sense of reconciliation.
The film revolves around three siblings: Christian (Christopher Abbott) the wayward, drug abusing writer, Susan (Gaby Hoffmann) the overbearing mother and wife, and Win (Dan Bittner) the successful and hopeful children’s writer. They are all living distant lives until their annual family reunion rolls around. Christian is at an all time low, having blown an interview, and then his father (Christopher McCann), having left them nine years ago, returns promising to have a satisfying reason why he left.
Winner...
- 3/15/2013
- by David Tran
- SoundOnSight
The Austin, Texas music-film-interactive festival is often ground zero for emerging talent working in sometimes divergent, sometimes complimentary, media and when it comes to the business of movies, South by Southwest has been especially important to indie filmmakers looking to get noticed, make their mark and start amassing some buzz in the hopes that a distributor comes knocking and a bigger audience can enjoy their work.
With the 2013 SXSW film fest coming to the end of its nine-day run, members of the jury, who range from critics, journalists, filmmakers and bloggers, chose writer-director Destin Cretton's Short Term 12, starring Rami Malek, John Gallagher Jr. and a stand-out Brie Larson (21 Jump Street, Scott Pilgrim vs the World "United States of Tara") as a troubled young woman who works at a teen foster facility, as the Grand Jury winner, in the Narrative Feature category.
Other winners in that category include Special Jury Prize (ensemble) for Burma,...
With the 2013 SXSW film fest coming to the end of its nine-day run, members of the jury, who range from critics, journalists, filmmakers and bloggers, chose writer-director Destin Cretton's Short Term 12, starring Rami Malek, John Gallagher Jr. and a stand-out Brie Larson (21 Jump Street, Scott Pilgrim vs the World "United States of Tara") as a troubled young woman who works at a teen foster facility, as the Grand Jury winner, in the Narrative Feature category.
Other winners in that category include Special Jury Prize (ensemble) for Burma,...
- 3/13/2013
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
Destin Daniel Cretton.s Short Term 12, an ensemble drama about a 20-something caretaker (Brie Larson) at a foster care facility, took home the Narrative Feature award at the South By Southwest Film Festival on Tuesday evening. In the Documentary category, Ben Nabors. winning William and the Windmill took home the top prize for its insightful portrayal of an unusual student.s global triumphs. The awards were handed out Tuesday evening at the Paramount Theater. Janet Pierson, Film Conference and Festival Producer, said in a release, .We know the juries had a tough job, but are grateful for their commitment to the task. We're thrilled with the quality of the work recognized.. Also in the Narrative competition, the film Burma received a Special Jury Recognition for the power of its ensemble. The movie, directed by Carlos Puga, details an estranged father showing up on his child.s doorstep on the...
- 3/13/2013
- cinemablend.com
The Grand Jury and Special Award winners of the 2013 SXSW Film Festival were revealed Tuesday in Austin. Destin Cretton's "Short Term 12," starring Brie Larson and John Gallagher Jr. as foster care workers dealing with their own troubled pasts, has taken the Narrative Feature prize, while Ben Nabors' "William and the Windmill," focusing on the author and subject of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," has been awarded the Documentary prize. Carlos Puga's "Burma," led by strong Christopher Abbott and Gaby Hoffmann, has appropriately taken the Ensemble Cast prize, while the deserving Tishuan Scott of Chris Eska's gorgeously lensed African-American Civil War drama "The Retrieval" (watch an exclusive clip here) has won the Jury Acting prize. Full list below.Documentary Feature Competition Grand Jury Winner: William And The WINDMILLDirector: Ben Nabors Special Jury Recognition for Cinematography: ToubaDirector of Photography: Scott Duncan Special Jury Recognition for...
- 3/13/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
“Burma,” made by first-time feature filmmaker Carlos Puga and winner of the Grand Jury Award for Ensemble Cast at SXSW, looks at a family in crisis. They aren't falling apart, but instead put together, suddenly, awkwardly, and the building blocks hurt. What starts as a generic and even patience-testing drama ultimately grows into a film boasting strong performances and a few unexpectedly open wounds. Christian (Christopher Abbott) is an adrift twentysomething with writer’s block and a cocaine habit. His routine consists of casual hook-ups with college-age girls and general self-sabotage of his potential as a novelist and emotionally functional adult. He is thrown into even deeper chaos with the surprise arrival one night of his estranged father, Dr. Lynn (Christopher McCann), who we learn abandoned Christian and his two siblings and their mother when she was on her deathbed. Dr. Lynn’s unannounced visit is on the eve of...
- 3/13/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Jury Awards for the 2013 SXSW Film Festival were announced tonight, with the major awards going to narrative feature “Short Term 12” and documentary “William and the Windmill.” The eligible films were those in the narrative feature and documentary feature competition categories; the Audience Awards, to be announced March 16, are culled from all feature categories save headliners and special events. A complete list of tonight’s winners is below. Feature Film Jury Awards Documentary Feature Competition Grand Jury Winner: “William and the Windmill,” director: Ben Nabors Special Jury Recognition for Cinematography: “Touba,” Director of Photography Scott Duncan Special Jury Recognition for Directing: “We Always Lie To Strangers,” directors: Aj Schnack & David Wilson Narrative Feature COMPETITIONGrand Jury Winner: “Short Term 12,” director: Destin Daniel Cretton Special Jury Recognition for Ensemble Cast: “Burma”Christopher Abbott, Gaby Hoffmann, Christopher McCann, Dan Bittner, Emily Fleischer, Jacinta Puga, Matt McCarthy, Kelly Aucoin Special Jury Recognition for Acting: Tishuan Scott,...
- 3/13/2013
- backstage.com
Austin — A buried-secret family drama whose prodigal father is almost as mysterious when the credits roll as when we meet him, Carlos Puga's Burma watches as three adult siblings disagree over whether to allow the man back into their lives. Fest audiences will likely be underwhelmed by the capable but familiar picture, the feature debut for a director best known for MTV's True Life. Christopher Abbott stars as Christian, an aspiring writer who has been floundering and doing too many drugs since the death of his mother, years ago. But he still honors his annual reunion with siblings
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- 3/12/2013
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This is one of the rare moments in one’s life when jury duty calls…. you emphatically say, yes. Yours truly is headed to the 2013 edition of the SXSW Film Festival as one-third of jury for the fest’s Narrative Feature Competition. On this site, we heart film festivals for their uniqueness, quirks, rebel attitude, flamboyancy, spirit and how the top fests all individually contribute in shaping up a given year in film – and the cornerstone signs are that when you’re running a quality fest is when you look back at the previous editions and take inventory of the gem discoveries that were offered.
As film critics we can’t help but continually rank, sort, classify the films we see… so this juror gig doesn’t come across as unfamiliar terrain, but its definitively a privileged position when you care about film and the filmmakers the way we all...
As film critics we can’t help but continually rank, sort, classify the films we see… so this juror gig doesn’t come across as unfamiliar terrain, but its definitively a privileged position when you care about film and the filmmakers the way we all...
- 3/8/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Girls' Christopher Abbott and Gaby Hoffman play siblings forced to take in the father who abandoned them and their dying mother a decade earlier in Burma, a searing new domestic drama from writer-director Carlos Puga set to debut at the South by Southwest Film Festival on Sunday, March 10. With a family reunion approaching, Abbott's character Christian is surprised when his long lost father shows up on his door, claiming he can justify his disappearance. Christian, addicted to drugs and still mourning the loss of his mother, reluctantly agrees to bring his father to the event, plunging the already volatile family dynamic
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- 3/6/2013
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First time filmmaker Carlos Puga, formerly a documentarian for MTV's "True Life," had known for awhile that he wanted to make narrative films. When his short "Satan Since 2003" experienced success at Sundance, he finally set out to make his first feature, and in doing so landed a great cast including Christopher Abbott ("Girls") and Gaby Hoffman ("Crystal Fairy"). What it's about: "Burma" is the story of a sibling reunion that is sent reeling with the arrival of an unexpected and unwelcome guest. Tell Us About Yourself: I was born in Chile and raised in Miami, Fl. After high school I moved to New York and attended The Stern School of Business at Nyu, where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Interesting stuff, but not really the career path I was planning on. During the college years I also studied directing and acting at various studios around the city.
- 3/6/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The Sarasota Film Festival, which runs from April 5 - April 14, will open with Gabriela Cowperthwaite's "Blackfish," a documentary about the history of killer whales in captivity. The 15th annual festival will close with Noah Baumbach's "Frances Ha," starring Greta Gerwig. Sundance Special Jury Prize winner "The Spectacular Now," starring Shailene Woodley, will screen as the festival's Narrative Centerpiece Film and Barbara Kopple's documentary "Running From Crazy" will screen as the Documentary Centerpiece Film. Two-time Academy Award winner Kopple will also be honored at the festival with the Director's Award. Other highlights include the world premiere of Will Slocombe's "Pasadena," starring Peter Bogdanovich and Cheryl Hines, Carlos Puga's "Burma," Justin Schwarz' road movie "The Discoverers," and the North American premiere of Tom Gilroy's "The Cold Lands." The Sff's Visions Competition lineup will be announced March 13, along with the rest of the program. Below are the.
- 3/4/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Indiewire
Former child star Gaby Hoffmann is having a moment. Best known for her work in string of popular '90s films including "Field of Dreams," "Uncle Buck" and "Now and Then," Hoffmann is having a career resurgence of late with a recent acclaimed guest appearance on "Louie," a lead role opposite Michael Cera in the 2013 Sundance opener "Crystal Fairy," and a part in the family drama "Burma," making its world premiere in the Narrative Competition at the upcoming SXSW Film Festival in Austin. She also appeared last week in a hilarious new episode of Ingrid Jungermann's popular web series "F to 7th," as a Park Slope mom who knows how to flirt. (You can view the episode below.) Hoffmann's upbringing is one for the books: the New York native is the daughter of Warhol muse Viva and grew up in Manhattan's legendary Chelsea Hotel for the bulk of her formative years.
- 2/27/2013
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
South by Southwest (SXSW) is just one of many film festivals, we here at Sound On Sight cover yearly. The fest, which takes place every spring in Austin, Texas, began in 1987, and has continued to grow in size every year. The fest announced the first wave of films back in early January, and the lineup included some highly anticipated films such as The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Evil Dead, Downloaded and Spring Breakers. Now the full lineup has been announced, and it just might be one of the best lineups the festival has ever programmed.
SXSW takes place March 8-16 in Austin Texas. Here are just some of the films we are excited about.
Narrative Feature Competition – This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,191 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere.
Awful Nice
Director/Screenwriter: Todd Sklar, Screenwriter: Alex Rennie
Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when...
SXSW takes place March 8-16 in Austin Texas. Here are just some of the films we are excited about.
Narrative Feature Competition – This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,191 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere.
Awful Nice
Director/Screenwriter: Todd Sklar, Screenwriter: Alex Rennie
Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when...
- 2/1/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Some of the best films of the 2012/2013 calender year from Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Bujalski, Jeff Nichols, David Gordon Green, Shane Carruth and Joshua Oppenheimer are among the headliner names for the 2013 edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival. With a little over 100 plus film line-up (a whopping 2000+ titles were submitted), almost 70 are world premieres: there is the highly anticipated sophomore film (that has been on our radar since it first went into production) with M. Blash’s (The Wait), Joe Swanberg who makes SXSW his second home will premiere Drinking Buddies, veteran indie filmmaker John Sayles saddles in with Go For Sisters, and rounding out the Narrative Spotlight section we’ve got The Bounceback from Bryan Poyser, Loves Her Gun from Geoff Marslett along with titles we thought might break into Park City, but found an Austin home instead with Jacob Vaughan’s Milo and...
- 2/1/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Now in its 20th year, the South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival is set to invade Austin, Texas between March 8-16. The fest’s organisers have sent out the list of movies that will feature and it includes some doozies, with screenings of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, not to mention the world premiere of both Evil Dead and the new Steve Carell/Jim Carrey magician comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.With 69 world premieres among the 109 movies showing, including 68 from first-time filmmakers, the festival is known for finding hidden gems and giving other movies a welcome boost.The narrative feature competition this year includes Todd Sklar’s Awful Nice, Carlos Puga’s Burma, Improvement Club from Dayna Hanson, Licks directed by Jonathan Singer-Vine, Chris Eska’s The Retrieval, Short Term 12 from Destin Daniel Cretton, Ruben Amar’s Swim Little Fish Swim...
- 1/31/2013
- EmpireOnline
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