The Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film is gearing up for a 6% hike in attendance with numbers expected to hit close to 15,000 participants, according to projections revealed by executive director Guillaume Esmiol in the run-up to its opening Tuesday.
“We’ll only have the exact number at the end of the market but for now we’re looking at an increase of more than 6%,” predicts Esmiol, on the basis of a rise in registrations ahead of the market kickoff.
“Last year we announced the record-breaking attendance of just over 14,000 attendees. I expect we’re going to break that record again to be not far off 15,000.”
Around 4,000 feature films and projects from 140 territories will be on offer, with screening staking place in 33 venues, while the market will also host 200 different events, including 70 conferences, across its nine days running from May 14 to 22.
While the AFM, Toronto and even the Berlinale’s...
“We’ll only have the exact number at the end of the market but for now we’re looking at an increase of more than 6%,” predicts Esmiol, on the basis of a rise in registrations ahead of the market kickoff.
“Last year we announced the record-breaking attendance of just over 14,000 attendees. I expect we’re going to break that record again to be not far off 15,000.”
Around 4,000 feature films and projects from 140 territories will be on offer, with screening staking place in 33 venues, while the market will also host 200 different events, including 70 conferences, across its nine days running from May 14 to 22.
While the AFM, Toronto and even the Berlinale’s...
- 5/13/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney+, Max and Mubi are among the new participants of Cannes Film Market’s Streamers Forum, a series of conferences discussing the evolution of the streaming landscape. Clément Schwebig, Warner Bros. Discovery’s president of Western Europe and Africa, and Mubi CEO Efe Cakarel will deliver exclusive keynotes at the event.
Schwebig will make his debut on the Croisette in the run up to Max’s launch across 20 European countries on May 21, while Cakarel will give some insight on Mubi’s role in nurturing independent cinema.
This year’s roster will also bring together executives from AVOD services such as Pluto TV, as well as Filmin, the Spanish subscription-based streaming service primarily dedicated to independent films, and Greece’s Cinobo.
Pluto TV will kick off the program on May 16 at the Palais des Festivals with Oliver Jollet, exec VP and international general manager of Pluto TV, which launched 10 years ago...
Schwebig will make his debut on the Croisette in the run up to Max’s launch across 20 European countries on May 21, while Cakarel will give some insight on Mubi’s role in nurturing independent cinema.
This year’s roster will also bring together executives from AVOD services such as Pluto TV, as well as Filmin, the Spanish subscription-based streaming service primarily dedicated to independent films, and Greece’s Cinobo.
Pluto TV will kick off the program on May 16 at the Palais des Festivals with Oliver Jollet, exec VP and international general manager of Pluto TV, which launched 10 years ago...
- 4/19/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Steffi Niederzoll’s Berlin, Cph: Dox and El Gouna-winning documentary “Seven Winters in Tehran” added another award to its collection with the best international film honor at India’s inaugural Cinevesture International Festival (Ciff).
Anmol Sidhu’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominee “Jaggi” won best Indian film and Elham Ehsas’ BAFTA and Clermont-Ferrand nominee “Yellow” was named as best short.
The festival took place March 27-31 in Chandigarh, northern India. A three-day phone filmmaking workshop hosted by Chitkara International School and produced by Cinevesture saw students from five schools participating with Ritisha Sinha’s film “Unveiled” from Mount Carmel School winning an award.
Former Cannes film market director Jerome Paillard, Indian actor and producer Rana Daggubati (“Baahubali”) and Nicole Guillemet, who was co-director of the Sundance Film Festival, and Indian filmmaker Ajitpal Singh (Sundance title “Fire in the Mountains”) are on the festival advisory board.
The festival had an accompanying...
Anmol Sidhu’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominee “Jaggi” won best Indian film and Elham Ehsas’ BAFTA and Clermont-Ferrand nominee “Yellow” was named as best short.
The festival took place March 27-31 in Chandigarh, northern India. A three-day phone filmmaking workshop hosted by Chitkara International School and produced by Cinevesture saw students from five schools participating with Ritisha Sinha’s film “Unveiled” from Mount Carmel School winning an award.
Former Cannes film market director Jerome Paillard, Indian actor and producer Rana Daggubati (“Baahubali”) and Nicole Guillemet, who was co-director of the Sundance Film Festival, and Indian filmmaker Ajitpal Singh (Sundance title “Fire in the Mountains”) are on the festival advisory board.
The festival had an accompanying...
- 4/2/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Festival, Market
The first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival and market will feature a range of masterclasses and panels headlined by a range of luminaries including filmmakers Shekhar Kapur (“What’s Love Got to Do with It?”) and Karan Johar (“Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”).
The lineup also includes actors Jaideep Ahlawat (“Paatal Lok”), Roshan Mathew (“Paradise”), Suvinder Vicky (“Kohrra”), Rajshri Deshpande (“Trial by Fire”), Boman Irani (“Dunki”), Rasika Dugal (“Mirzapur”), Abhay Deol (“Trial by Fire”), actor-producers Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal (“Girls Will be Girls”), filmmakers Tahira Kashyap (“Sharmajee Ki Beti”), Sudhir Mishra (“Tanaav”), Ajitpal Singh (“Tabbar”), Anurag Singh (“Kesri”) and Saugata Mukherjee, head of content at streamer SonyLiv.
As previously announced, the India premieres of France’s “The Taste of Things” and Korea’s “Exhuma” will open and close the festival. Former Cannes film market director Jerome Paillard, Indian actor and producer Rana Daggubati and...
The first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival and market will feature a range of masterclasses and panels headlined by a range of luminaries including filmmakers Shekhar Kapur (“What’s Love Got to Do with It?”) and Karan Johar (“Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”).
The lineup also includes actors Jaideep Ahlawat (“Paatal Lok”), Roshan Mathew (“Paradise”), Suvinder Vicky (“Kohrra”), Rajshri Deshpande (“Trial by Fire”), Boman Irani (“Dunki”), Rasika Dugal (“Mirzapur”), Abhay Deol (“Trial by Fire”), actor-producers Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal (“Girls Will be Girls”), filmmakers Tahira Kashyap (“Sharmajee Ki Beti”), Sudhir Mishra (“Tanaav”), Ajitpal Singh (“Tabbar”), Anurag Singh (“Kesri”) and Saugata Mukherjee, head of content at streamer SonyLiv.
As previously announced, the India premieres of France’s “The Taste of Things” and Korea’s “Exhuma” will open and close the festival. Former Cannes film market director Jerome Paillard, Indian actor and producer Rana Daggubati and...
- 3/26/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The first edition of the Cinevesture International Film Festival (Ciff) to be held in Chandigarh from March 27 to 31 will boast of a host of masterclasses and panel discussions, including one with filmmaker Karan Johar, which film critic Namrata Joshi will moderate.
The 20 masterclasses and panel discussions to be held at Taj Chandigarh will feature Shekhar Kapur, Jaideep Ahlawat, Tahira Kashyap, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Roshan Mathew, Abhay Deol, Sudhir Mishra, ‘Kohrra’ star Suvinder Vicky, Boman Irani, Rasika Dugal, Rajshri Deshpande, Ajitpal Singh, Anurag Singh, Sudhir Mishra and Saugata Mukherjee, Head of Content, SonyLiv, Sony Pictures Network India, etc.
The opening film of the festival is the Cannes award-winning French film ‘The Taste of Things’ starring Juliette Binoche while the closing one is South Korea’s highest-grossing film of 2024 till date — the horror-mystery-thriller ‘Exhuma’ (‘Pamyo’), which premiered at the 2024 Berlinale.
The festival advisory board includes Rana Daggubati, former Head of Cannes Film Market Jerome Paillard,...
The 20 masterclasses and panel discussions to be held at Taj Chandigarh will feature Shekhar Kapur, Jaideep Ahlawat, Tahira Kashyap, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Roshan Mathew, Abhay Deol, Sudhir Mishra, ‘Kohrra’ star Suvinder Vicky, Boman Irani, Rasika Dugal, Rajshri Deshpande, Ajitpal Singh, Anurag Singh, Sudhir Mishra and Saugata Mukherjee, Head of Content, SonyLiv, Sony Pictures Network India, etc.
The opening film of the festival is the Cannes award-winning French film ‘The Taste of Things’ starring Juliette Binoche while the closing one is South Korea’s highest-grossing film of 2024 till date — the horror-mystery-thriller ‘Exhuma’ (‘Pamyo’), which premiered at the 2024 Berlinale.
The festival advisory board includes Rana Daggubati, former Head of Cannes Film Market Jerome Paillard,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
India premieres of France’s “The Taste of Things” and Korea’s “Exhuma” will open and close respectively the first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival.
Tran Anh Hung won best director at Cannes 2023 for “The Taste of Things,” which was subsequently submitted as France’s official entry to the Oscars’ international feature category. Jang Jae-hyun’s “Exhuma” is Korea’s biggest box office hit of 2024.
International highlights of the program include Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning “The Zone of Interest,” Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Monster,” Darren Aronivsky’s “The Whale,” starring Brendan Fraser, Steffi Niederzoll’s Berlinale winner “Seven Winters in Tehran,” Anthony Chen’s Singapore Oscar entry “Breaking Ice” and Prasanna Vithanage’s Busan-winning “Paradise.”
Indian films include Jayant Digambar Somalkar’s Toronto winner “Sthal,” Karan Tejpal’s Venice title “Stolen,” Rima Das’ Toronto title “Tora’s Husband,” Gurvinder Singh’s Rotterdam film “Adh Chanani Raat,” Lijo Jose Pellissery...
Tran Anh Hung won best director at Cannes 2023 for “The Taste of Things,” which was subsequently submitted as France’s official entry to the Oscars’ international feature category. Jang Jae-hyun’s “Exhuma” is Korea’s biggest box office hit of 2024.
International highlights of the program include Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning “The Zone of Interest,” Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Monster,” Darren Aronivsky’s “The Whale,” starring Brendan Fraser, Steffi Niederzoll’s Berlinale winner “Seven Winters in Tehran,” Anthony Chen’s Singapore Oscar entry “Breaking Ice” and Prasanna Vithanage’s Busan-winning “Paradise.”
Indian films include Jayant Digambar Somalkar’s Toronto winner “Sthal,” Karan Tejpal’s Venice title “Stolen,” Rima Das’ Toronto title “Tora’s Husband,” Gurvinder Singh’s Rotterdam film “Adh Chanani Raat,” Lijo Jose Pellissery...
- 3/11/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Former Cannes film market director Jerome Paillard, Indian actor and producer Rana Daggubati and Nicole Guillemet who was co-director of the Sundance Film Festival have joined the advisory board of the inaugural Cinevesture International Film Festival in India.
The advisory board also includes Indian filmmaker Ajitpal Singh, Bangladeshi director Nuhash Humayun and “Make Money Screenwriting” series author Julian Friedmann.
The festival will take place in Chandigarh, northern India, March 27-31. Bina Paul, who was artistic director at the International Film Festival of Kerala for more than a decade, will fulfil that role at the Chandigarh event. Film critic Namrata Joshi serves as market curator.
The festival is the brainchild of Nina Lath Gupta, who previously headed Film Bazaar, South Asia’s largest co-production market, from 2006 to 2018. Cinevesture’s focus is on building the business of film and addressing the needs of a producer at various stages of filmmaking.
“There is...
The advisory board also includes Indian filmmaker Ajitpal Singh, Bangladeshi director Nuhash Humayun and “Make Money Screenwriting” series author Julian Friedmann.
The festival will take place in Chandigarh, northern India, March 27-31. Bina Paul, who was artistic director at the International Film Festival of Kerala for more than a decade, will fulfil that role at the Chandigarh event. Film critic Namrata Joshi serves as market curator.
The festival is the brainchild of Nina Lath Gupta, who previously headed Film Bazaar, South Asia’s largest co-production market, from 2006 to 2018. Cinevesture’s focus is on building the business of film and addressing the needs of a producer at various stages of filmmaking.
“There is...
- 2/5/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
They claim the Flemish cultural sector will now suffer without De Schutter’s expertise and international contacts.
Over 150 leading figures from the European and international industry have signed an open letter in support of Christian De Schutter, former managing director of Flanders Image, whose sudden removal from his role was announced in a short email sent by Koen Van Bockstal, CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf), on December 20.
“We’re all flummoxed by the situation and as his longtime colleagues we think we deserve some sort of explanation. We know that many people in Belgium, including your leading filmmakers, are also confused and angered,...
Over 150 leading figures from the European and international industry have signed an open letter in support of Christian De Schutter, former managing director of Flanders Image, whose sudden removal from his role was announced in a short email sent by Koen Van Bockstal, CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf), on December 20.
“We’re all flummoxed by the situation and as his longtime colleagues we think we deserve some sort of explanation. We know that many people in Belgium, including your leading filmmakers, are also confused and angered,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
A prize ceremony attended by Hamaguchi Ryusuke (“Drive My Car”), Vinod Vidhu Chopra (“3 Idiots”), Amir Naderi and Yonfan on Thursday wrapped up the final event of the debut edition of the Festival of Young Cinema in Macau.
Following a week (Jan. 6-11) of industry-only screenings and presentations of 17 partly-completed films by emerging directors and producers from the region, the prizes went to four work-in-progress films from mainland China and one from Macau.
A jury consisting of producer Jeremy Chua, the Jio Mami Mumbai festival’s artistic director Deepti DCunha, Chinese producer Wang Yang, Chinese screenwriter Wang Yixin and Hong Kong-based executive Esther Yeung determined the in-kind prizes according to the needs of the productions.
“Macau is a very small place, but people here have a big heart,” said Weng Tingting, director of “Revisit,” the tale of a reluctant care-giver which earned a special mention. “I used all the money...
Following a week (Jan. 6-11) of industry-only screenings and presentations of 17 partly-completed films by emerging directors and producers from the region, the prizes went to four work-in-progress films from mainland China and one from Macau.
A jury consisting of producer Jeremy Chua, the Jio Mami Mumbai festival’s artistic director Deepti DCunha, Chinese producer Wang Yang, Chinese screenwriter Wang Yixin and Hong Kong-based executive Esther Yeung determined the in-kind prizes according to the needs of the productions.
“Macau is a very small place, but people here have a big heart,” said Weng Tingting, director of “Revisit,” the tale of a reluctant care-giver which earned a special mention. “I used all the money...
- 1/11/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Renowned filmmaker and Jury Chairperson Shekhar Kapur on Monday said that India has unparalleled content and technological prowess which enriches the global cinema.
Shekhar Kapur, on Monday along with other International Jury Members of 54th International Film Festival of India interacted with delegates.
They shared their profound experiences and insights on watching the films nominated for the Golden Peacock Award of Iffi.
Kapur said that the selection committee has done a remarkable curation of films.
“India’s unparalleled content and technological prowess enriches global cinema. India has the world’s largest base of content and technology and festivals like Iffi help the rest of the world understand the culture of India,” Shekhar Kapur said.
Speaking about the growing use of Artificial Intelligence in film making in India, he said “there is no final authority in a creative work.”
Jerome Paillard said that discovering diverse films and networking for collaborations is...
Shekhar Kapur, on Monday along with other International Jury Members of 54th International Film Festival of India interacted with delegates.
They shared their profound experiences and insights on watching the films nominated for the Golden Peacock Award of Iffi.
Kapur said that the selection committee has done a remarkable curation of films.
“India’s unparalleled content and technological prowess enriches global cinema. India has the world’s largest base of content and technology and festivals like Iffi help the rest of the world understand the culture of India,” Shekhar Kapur said.
Speaking about the growing use of Artificial Intelligence in film making in India, he said “there is no final authority in a creative work.”
Jerome Paillard said that discovering diverse films and networking for collaborations is...
- 11/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Renowned filmmaker and Jury Chairperson Shekhar Kapur on Monday said that India has unparalleled content and technological prowess which enriches the global cinema.
Shekhar Kapur, on Monday along with other International Jury Members of 54th International Film Festival of India interacted with delegates.
They shared their profound experiences and insights on watching the films nominated for the Golden Peacock Award of Iffi.
Kapur said that the selection committee has done a remarkable curation of films.
“India’s unparalleled content and technological prowess enriches global cinema. India has the world’s largest base of content and technology and festivals like Iffi help the rest of the world understand the culture of India,” Shekhar Kapur said.
Speaking about the growing use of Artificial Intelligence in film making in India, he said “there is no final authority in a creative work.”
Jerome Paillard said that discovering diverse films and networking for collaborations is...
Shekhar Kapur, on Monday along with other International Jury Members of 54th International Film Festival of India interacted with delegates.
They shared their profound experiences and insights on watching the films nominated for the Golden Peacock Award of Iffi.
Kapur said that the selection committee has done a remarkable curation of films.
“India’s unparalleled content and technological prowess enriches global cinema. India has the world’s largest base of content and technology and festivals like Iffi help the rest of the world understand the culture of India,” Shekhar Kapur said.
Speaking about the growing use of Artificial Intelligence in film making in India, he said “there is no final authority in a creative work.”
Jerome Paillard said that discovering diverse films and networking for collaborations is...
- 11/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
‘This Is What I Remember’ was the first submission by the Asian country in more than 20 years.
Kyrgyzstan’s Oscar selection committee has turned down the US Academy’s request to submit another title for the international feature film category following the rejection of Aktan Arym Kubat’s This Is What I Remember.
The film from the Central Asian country did not make the final list as its release date fell outside the Academy’s release window.
According to Oscar regulations, international feature film submissions must have received a local release between December 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023 in order to qualify. However,...
Kyrgyzstan’s Oscar selection committee has turned down the US Academy’s request to submit another title for the international feature film category following the rejection of Aktan Arym Kubat’s This Is What I Remember.
The film from the Central Asian country did not make the final list as its release date fell outside the Academy’s release window.
According to Oscar regulations, international feature film submissions must have received a local release between December 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023 in order to qualify. However,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Festival veteran Marco Mueller will oversee the new festival, which is set to launch in January.
Veteran festival director Marco Mueller is set to launch a new festival in Macau, with an industry strand led by former Cannes Marche du Film executive director Jerome Paillard.
The Asia-Europe Festival of Young Cinema will run from January 5-11 and aims to serve audiences from Macau, Hong Kong and mainland China while bringing together film industry professionals from East and West.
The opening weekend will be focussed on the public-facing screenings of between 35 and 40 films, built around 15 masterclasses with filmmakers including Japan’s Hamaguchi Ryusuke,...
Veteran festival director Marco Mueller is set to launch a new festival in Macau, with an industry strand led by former Cannes Marche du Film executive director Jerome Paillard.
The Asia-Europe Festival of Young Cinema will run from January 5-11 and aims to serve audiences from Macau, Hong Kong and mainland China while bringing together film industry professionals from East and West.
The opening weekend will be focussed on the public-facing screenings of between 35 and 40 films, built around 15 masterclasses with filmmakers including Japan’s Hamaguchi Ryusuke,...
- 11/23/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Veteran film festival director Marco Mueller is working with the Macau government to launch a new film festival, Asia-Europe Young Cinema Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Macau from January 5-11.
Former Cannes Marche chief Jerome Paillard has also joined as Industry Coordinator, with Beijing-based Shanshan Cao, an independent producer and former CAA China executive, heading the China and Asia side of the event.
Organized with the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau, the event aims to connect the mainland China market with international buyers and sellers, as well as support new Chinese talent and host a series of film education programmes.
More than 30 European and Asian sales companies will be screening features for theatrical and streaming buyers from China, Macau and Hong Kong. International film festival programmers will also be attending the event.
While venues are still being confirmed, the event will be held in Macau’s high-end hotels with adjacent screening facilities.
Former Cannes Marche chief Jerome Paillard has also joined as Industry Coordinator, with Beijing-based Shanshan Cao, an independent producer and former CAA China executive, heading the China and Asia side of the event.
Organized with the Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau, the event aims to connect the mainland China market with international buyers and sellers, as well as support new Chinese talent and host a series of film education programmes.
More than 30 European and Asian sales companies will be screening features for theatrical and streaming buyers from China, Macau and Hong Kong. International film festival programmers will also be attending the event.
While venues are still being confirmed, the event will be held in Macau’s high-end hotels with adjacent screening facilities.
- 11/23/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Stuart Gatt’s “Catching Dust,” which premiered at Tribeca earlier this year, will open the 54th International Film Festival of India (Iffi), Goa.
Robert Kolodny’s “The Featherweight,” which bowed at Venice, will close the festival. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses,” for which Merve Dizdar won best actress at Cannes, will be the mid-festival gala.
The fiction feature strand of the Indian panorama showcase will open with Anand Ekarshi’s “Aattam” and the documentary strand with Longjam Meena’s “Andro Dream.” The panorama will screen 25 fiction features, including five mainstream films, plus 20 documentaries.
Michael Douglas will deliver the key festival masterclass. The international competition jury will be led by eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”) and also includes producers Catherine Dussart (“Silence in the Dust”) and Helen Leake (“Carnifex”), former Cannes market chief Jerome Paillard and Pedro Almodovar’s long-standing cinematographer José Luis Alcaine, P.K. Atre’s “Shyamchi Aai...
Robert Kolodny’s “The Featherweight,” which bowed at Venice, will close the festival. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses,” for which Merve Dizdar won best actress at Cannes, will be the mid-festival gala.
The fiction feature strand of the Indian panorama showcase will open with Anand Ekarshi’s “Aattam” and the documentary strand with Longjam Meena’s “Andro Dream.” The panorama will screen 25 fiction features, including five mainstream films, plus 20 documentaries.
Michael Douglas will deliver the key festival masterclass. The international competition jury will be led by eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”) and also includes producers Catherine Dussart (“Silence in the Dust”) and Helen Leake (“Carnifex”), former Cannes market chief Jerome Paillard and Pedro Almodovar’s long-standing cinematographer José Luis Alcaine, P.K. Atre’s “Shyamchi Aai...
- 11/7/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The upcoming 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India, which is set to be held in Goa, has announced its International Jury panel. The jury will be headed by acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who is known for films like ‘Bandit Queen’, ‘Mr. India’ and ‘Masoom’.
The international jury members include Spanish cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine, who is known for his collaborations with Pedro Almodovar, producer Jerome Paillard, producer Catherine Dussart and producer Helen Leake.
They will judge the International Competition and Best Debut Feature Film of a Director Award at the Festival.
The ‘International Competition’ is a selection of 15 acclaimed feature films of important genres, representing the emerging trends in the aesthetics sense and politics of film as envisioned by masters and young voices alike.
The international jury will select the winner of the coveted Best Film Award which includes the Golden Peacock, Rs 40 lakh monetary component and...
The international jury members include Spanish cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine, who is known for his collaborations with Pedro Almodovar, producer Jerome Paillard, producer Catherine Dussart and producer Helen Leake.
They will judge the International Competition and Best Debut Feature Film of a Director Award at the Festival.
The ‘International Competition’ is a selection of 15 acclaimed feature films of important genres, representing the emerging trends in the aesthetics sense and politics of film as envisioned by masters and young voices alike.
The international jury will select the winner of the coveted Best Film Award which includes the Golden Peacock, Rs 40 lakh monetary component and...
- 10/31/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The upcoming 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India, which is set to be held in Goa, has announced its International Jury panel. The jury will be headed by acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who is known for films like ‘Bandit Queen’, ‘Mr. India’ and ‘Masoom’.
The international jury members include Spanish cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine, who is known for his collaborations with Pedro Almodovar, producer Jerome Paillard, producer Catherine Dussart and producer Helen Leake.
They will judge the International Competition and Best Debut Feature Film of a Director Award at the Festival.
The ‘International Competition’ is a selection of 15 acclaimed feature films of important genres, representing the emerging trends in the aesthetics sense and politics of film as envisioned by masters and young voices alike.
The international jury will select the winner of the coveted Best Film Award which includes the Golden Peacock, Rs 40 lakh monetary component and...
The international jury members include Spanish cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine, who is known for his collaborations with Pedro Almodovar, producer Jerome Paillard, producer Catherine Dussart and producer Helen Leake.
They will judge the International Competition and Best Debut Feature Film of a Director Award at the Festival.
The ‘International Competition’ is a selection of 15 acclaimed feature films of important genres, representing the emerging trends in the aesthetics sense and politics of film as envisioned by masters and young voices alike.
The international jury will select the winner of the coveted Best Film Award which includes the Golden Peacock, Rs 40 lakh monetary component and...
- 10/31/2023
- by Agency News Desk
While the lineup of Cannes Film Market’s newly launched initiative Cannes Investors Circle has remained under wraps, Variety has learned about four of the nine projects which were pitched during the invitation-only event.
The initiative was created by the film market’s new executive director Guillaume Esmiol to connect VIP private investors with select filmmakers and producers boasting a stellar track records. Curated by experts such as Medici’s Tamara Tatishvili, Arte Cinema’s Rémi Burah and financier Serge Hayat, the nine projects are budgeted between €2 million and €12 million. Among these are “Dracula: The Second Coming” directed by Radu Jude; “Rivo Alto,” directed by Clément Cogitore (“The Wakhan Front”) and produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond at Kazak Productions (“Titane”); “The Girl” directed by Marina Ziolkowski (“But You Look So Good”) and produced by Philippe Gompel (“Cherry”) at Manny Films; and “The Birthday Party” directed by Miguel Angel Jimenez (“Chaika”) and...
The initiative was created by the film market’s new executive director Guillaume Esmiol to connect VIP private investors with select filmmakers and producers boasting a stellar track records. Curated by experts such as Medici’s Tamara Tatishvili, Arte Cinema’s Rémi Burah and financier Serge Hayat, the nine projects are budgeted between €2 million and €12 million. Among these are “Dracula: The Second Coming” directed by Radu Jude; “Rivo Alto,” directed by Clément Cogitore (“The Wakhan Front”) and produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond at Kazak Productions (“Titane”); “The Girl” directed by Marina Ziolkowski (“But You Look So Good”) and produced by Philippe Gompel (“Cherry”) at Manny Films; and “The Birthday Party” directed by Miguel Angel Jimenez (“Chaika”) and...
- 5/22/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Black Mass from director Devanny Pinn and starring Jeremy London (Mall Rats), Lisa Wilcox (Nightmare of Elm Street 4: The Dream Master), Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist), Mike Ferguson (Amityville Uprising), Jennifer Wenger (Tales of Halloween), Greg Tally (Bermuda Island), Eve Hamilton (Mutilator 2), and Lew Temple (The Walking Dead will have it’s world premiere at Palais J at the Croisette at Cannes Marche du Film Festival on Sunday, May 21st at 6:15pm.
Inspired by real events, Black Mass is set over a 24-hour period in Florida during the winter of 1978 when college girls were being stalked by a serial killer.
Cannes Marche du Film
The Marché heads into this year’s market with a new executive director in Guillaume Esmiol, who co-directed the 2022 edition alongside longtime leader Jerome Paillard and is taking on his solo duties for the first time at this year’s May market.
It is...
Inspired by real events, Black Mass is set over a 24-hour period in Florida during the winter of 1978 when college girls were being stalked by a serial killer.
Cannes Marche du Film
The Marché heads into this year’s market with a new executive director in Guillaume Esmiol, who co-directed the 2022 edition alongside longtime leader Jerome Paillard and is taking on his solo duties for the first time at this year’s May market.
It is...
- 5/15/2023
- by Michael Joy
- Horror Asylum
Guillaume Esmiol is gearing up for his first edition flying solo as the executive director of the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film, which kicks off in less than a week to run from May 16 to 24.
“We’re in the thick of it right now. There’s still a lot to tie up,” says Esmiol, who took over from long-time market boss Jérôme Paillard at the end of the 2022 edition.
On the back of current registrations, Esmiol is predicting record-breaking attendance this year as the travel restrictions of the pandemic recede into history.
“The numbers are good,” he says.
As of May 9, there were 11,200 accreditations, which is 15% more than for the same period last year, when the market registered a final figure of 12,100 accreditations in total.
“I think we could beat our 2019 record when there were just over 12,500 accredited guests,” says Esmiol. “It could be that people have registered earlier…...
“We’re in the thick of it right now. There’s still a lot to tie up,” says Esmiol, who took over from long-time market boss Jérôme Paillard at the end of the 2022 edition.
On the back of current registrations, Esmiol is predicting record-breaking attendance this year as the travel restrictions of the pandemic recede into history.
“The numbers are good,” he says.
As of May 9, there were 11,200 accreditations, which is 15% more than for the same period last year, when the market registered a final figure of 12,100 accreditations in total.
“I think we could beat our 2019 record when there were just over 12,500 accredited guests,” says Esmiol. “It could be that people have registered earlier…...
- 5/9/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Marche 2023 is the first under the solo leadership of executive director Guillaume Esmiol.
As Cannes’ Marché du Film gears up for its 2023 edition under new executive director, Guillaume Esmiol, Screen spotlights the people, places and elements to expect from this year’s Marché.
New leadership, new motto
The Marché heads into this year’s market with a new executive director in Esmiol, who co-directed the 2022 edition alongside longtime leader Jerome Paillard and is taking on his solo duties for the first time at this year’s May market.
The Marché’s new official tagline this year is ‘The heart...
As Cannes’ Marché du Film gears up for its 2023 edition under new executive director, Guillaume Esmiol, Screen spotlights the people, places and elements to expect from this year’s Marché.
New leadership, new motto
The Marché heads into this year’s market with a new executive director in Esmiol, who co-directed the 2022 edition alongside longtime leader Jerome Paillard and is taking on his solo duties for the first time at this year’s May market.
The Marché’s new official tagline this year is ‘The heart...
- 4/11/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Spain has been named as the country of honor for the upcoming edition of the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film running May 16 to 24.
The showcase comes amid a $1.7B government-backed drive by Spain to become a major European film and TV player, under its “Spain, Audiovisual Hub of Europe” plan.
The Ministry Of Industry, Trade & Tourism’s business-faced body Icex Spain Trade & Investment and the country’s Institute of Cinematography & Audiovisual Arts (Icaa) are leading the focus.
It will showcase Spanish talent and content across all formats, ranging from cinema to documentary, animation and extended reality.
The focus is supported and funded by two major Spanish government economic growth initiatives – the “Spain, Audiovisual Hub of Europe” plan and its post-pandemic “Recovery, Transformation & Resilience” plan.
The “Spain, Audiovisual Hub of Europe” plan has a planned public investment of $1.7B (1.6B euros) for the period from 2021 to 2025 and aims to...
The showcase comes amid a $1.7B government-backed drive by Spain to become a major European film and TV player, under its “Spain, Audiovisual Hub of Europe” plan.
The Ministry Of Industry, Trade & Tourism’s business-faced body Icex Spain Trade & Investment and the country’s Institute of Cinematography & Audiovisual Arts (Icaa) are leading the focus.
It will showcase Spanish talent and content across all formats, ranging from cinema to documentary, animation and extended reality.
The focus is supported and funded by two major Spanish government economic growth initiatives – the “Spain, Audiovisual Hub of Europe” plan and its post-pandemic “Recovery, Transformation & Resilience” plan.
The “Spain, Audiovisual Hub of Europe” plan has a planned public investment of $1.7B (1.6B euros) for the period from 2021 to 2025 and aims to...
- 3/7/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Co-director Jérôme Paillard says market ”exceeded our expectations, especially regarding the quality of the projects proposed in the different sections”.
Horror When Evil Lurks, drama León – both from Argentina – and fantasy drama Almamula, a co-production between Argentina, Italy and France, were among the winners as Ventana Sur came to a close on Friday in Buenos Aires.
The prizes come with development and/or completion funds, or attendance at partner events, underscoring Ventana Sur’s reputation as a critical support platform for Latin American content.
Demian Rugna’s Blood Window Screenings Award winner When Evil Lurks, the first Spanish-language production for...
Horror When Evil Lurks, drama León – both from Argentina – and fantasy drama Almamula, a co-production between Argentina, Italy and France, were among the winners as Ventana Sur came to a close on Friday in Buenos Aires.
The prizes come with development and/or completion funds, or attendance at partner events, underscoring Ventana Sur’s reputation as a critical support platform for Latin American content.
Demian Rugna’s Blood Window Screenings Award winner When Evil Lurks, the first Spanish-language production for...
- 12/3/2022
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
Buenos Aires — Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” Lukas Dhont’s “Close” and the Dardenne brothers ‘Tori and Lokita” screen at this week’s Cannes Festival Film Week in Buenos Aires, which runs Dec. 28 to Dec. 3.
The Week saw another highlight this Tuesday in a masterclass by French actor Vincent Lindon (“The Measure of a Man”), this year’s Cannes jury president, who spoke with bracing honesty about he art and reality of acting in films.
Lindon was interviewed on stage by Argentina’s Santiago Mitre, whose Argentine Oscar entry, “Argentina, 1985,” has had an extraordinary box office run in Argentina this fall, scoring 1.2 million admissions, despite playing simultaneously in the latter stage of its run both in cinema theaters and on Amazon’s Prime Video.
Further titles in the six-pic Film Week lineup take in Jerzy Skolimoswski’s “Eo,” Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” and “Boy from Heaven” from Tarik Saleh.
The Week saw another highlight this Tuesday in a masterclass by French actor Vincent Lindon (“The Measure of a Man”), this year’s Cannes jury president, who spoke with bracing honesty about he art and reality of acting in films.
Lindon was interviewed on stage by Argentina’s Santiago Mitre, whose Argentine Oscar entry, “Argentina, 1985,” has had an extraordinary box office run in Argentina this fall, scoring 1.2 million admissions, despite playing simultaneously in the latter stage of its run both in cinema theaters and on Amazon’s Prime Video.
Further titles in the six-pic Film Week lineup take in Jerzy Skolimoswski’s “Eo,” Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” and “Boy from Heaven” from Tarik Saleh.
- 12/2/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Buenos Aires — Online in 2020, and sporting a boutique on-site edition in 2021, Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest film-tv market, is roaring back, attendance levels, especially from delegates outside Argentina, looking set to break all time records.
“With all the sales companies, distributors and platforms coming back, it’s really great to find the same dynamism as in 2019,” Jérôme Paillard, Ventana Sur co-director, commented a week out from this year’s 13th edition, running Nov. 28 to Dec. 2.
In some ways, in fact, there may be more. 10 takes on this year’s event, backed by the Cannes Festival, Market and Argentina’s Incaa film-tv agency:
Ventana Sur Xxl
Three stats nail this year’s Ventana Sur. Delegates from outside Argentina had near doubled by Sunday, say organisers. Led by Primer Corte & Copia Final, Proyecta, Animation!, Blood Window, Punto Genero, Maquinitas and the Spanish Screenings, projects and pix-in-post pitched has sky-rocketed to a...
“With all the sales companies, distributors and platforms coming back, it’s really great to find the same dynamism as in 2019,” Jérôme Paillard, Ventana Sur co-director, commented a week out from this year’s 13th edition, running Nov. 28 to Dec. 2.
In some ways, in fact, there may be more. 10 takes on this year’s event, backed by the Cannes Festival, Market and Argentina’s Incaa film-tv agency:
Ventana Sur Xxl
Three stats nail this year’s Ventana Sur. Delegates from outside Argentina had near doubled by Sunday, say organisers. Led by Primer Corte & Copia Final, Proyecta, Animation!, Blood Window, Punto Genero, Maquinitas and the Spanish Screenings, projects and pix-in-post pitched has sky-rocketed to a...
- 11/28/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Spanish Screenings on Tour, video games section among anticipated highlights.
Ventana Sur organisers anticipate a record number of participants to descend on Buenos Aires for the in-person return of Latin America’s leading audiovisual market running November 28–December 2.
This year’s edition is loaded with animation and genre, a profusion of works in progress as well as video game projects and the arrival of Spanish Screenings On Tour.
Ventana Sur is heading towards a record attendance this year as organisers said more than 2,500 participants including 400 from Europe, 100 from North America and 400 from Latin America (excluding Argentina) have registered so far.
Ventana Sur organisers anticipate a record number of participants to descend on Buenos Aires for the in-person return of Latin America’s leading audiovisual market running November 28–December 2.
This year’s edition is loaded with animation and genre, a profusion of works in progress as well as video game projects and the arrival of Spanish Screenings On Tour.
Ventana Sur is heading towards a record attendance this year as organisers said more than 2,500 participants including 400 from Europe, 100 from North America and 400 from Latin America (excluding Argentina) have registered so far.
- 11/27/2022
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
The Unifrance cocktail event at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, held in partnership with Variety, saw a heady mix of film executives and artists mingle at the sea terrace of the plush Excelsior hotel.
Presiding over proceedings was Unifrance executive director Daniela Elstner and artists present included director Romain Gavras and actor Ouassini Embarek, whose film “Athena” is in the main competition at the festival. Also attending were actor Swann Arlaud, César winner for “Bloody Milk” and “By the Grace of God,” who is at Venice with his new film “Beating Sun,” by Philippe Petit, who was also present; and filmmaker Audrey Diwan, who won the Venice Golden Lion last year for “Happening” and is serving on the jury this year.
Jean-Paul Salomé and Bertrand Faivre, the director and producer respectively of Horizons strand selection “The Sitting Duck,” were also present as was “The Blessed” filmmaker Sofia Djama, who...
Presiding over proceedings was Unifrance executive director Daniela Elstner and artists present included director Romain Gavras and actor Ouassini Embarek, whose film “Athena” is in the main competition at the festival. Also attending were actor Swann Arlaud, César winner for “Bloody Milk” and “By the Grace of God,” who is at Venice with his new film “Beating Sun,” by Philippe Petit, who was also present; and filmmaker Audrey Diwan, who won the Venice Golden Lion last year for “Happening” and is serving on the jury this year.
Jean-Paul Salomé and Bertrand Faivre, the director and producer respectively of Horizons strand selection “The Sitting Duck,” were also present as was “The Blessed” filmmaker Sofia Djama, who...
- 9/5/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest film-tv market, has set dates for its 2022 edition, which promises to be the first full-on reunion of its burgeoning regional industry in three long years.
Running Monday, Nov. 28 to Friday, Dec. 2, Ventana Sur has also launched a call for applications for Proyecta, its film co-production forum organized by Cannes’ Marché du Film and the San Sebastian Festival and targeting first or second film projects in development seeking co-production between Europe and Latin America.
Launched in 2009, the Cannes Festival/Film Market initiative, organized in partnership with Argentina’s Incaa agency, looks vital to regional rebuild in Latin America.
It also catches the industry as it is pulled by opposing pressures. Many film-tv professionals are anxious to curb non-essential travel. Yet film and TV industries are being positioned by regional and national governments alike in Latin America as a priority growth sector for post-pandemic recovery.
Running Monday, Nov. 28 to Friday, Dec. 2, Ventana Sur has also launched a call for applications for Proyecta, its film co-production forum organized by Cannes’ Marché du Film and the San Sebastian Festival and targeting first or second film projects in development seeking co-production between Europe and Latin America.
Launched in 2009, the Cannes Festival/Film Market initiative, organized in partnership with Argentina’s Incaa agency, looks vital to regional rebuild in Latin America.
It also catches the industry as it is pulled by opposing pressures. Many film-tv professionals are anxious to curb non-essential travel. Yet film and TV industries are being positioned by regional and national governments alike in Latin America as a priority growth sector for post-pandemic recovery.
- 7/4/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
As its 56th edition – running July 1-9 – kicks off, Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival is ready to party like it’s 2019.
“We can’t predict how many people will come, as some still don’t want to travel, but it’s supposed to be as close to [pre-pandemic] 2019 as possible,” says artistic director Karel Och, noting the audience is still one of the festival’s biggest assets.
It’s their enthusiasm for cinema that has “enchanted even big Hollywood stars,” echoes president Jiří Bartoška, hoping for a great atmosphere in Karlovy Vary.
But there have been significant changes at the festival, starting with the death of the longtime artistic advisor and former artistic director Eva Zaoralová in March.
“When it happened, it was just like when Bowie died — certain people you just consider immortal,” says Och. The festival will celebrate Zaoralová with an exhibition of photographs and a screening of her favorite film,...
“We can’t predict how many people will come, as some still don’t want to travel, but it’s supposed to be as close to [pre-pandemic] 2019 as possible,” says artistic director Karel Och, noting the audience is still one of the festival’s biggest assets.
It’s their enthusiasm for cinema that has “enchanted even big Hollywood stars,” echoes president Jiří Bartoška, hoping for a great atmosphere in Karlovy Vary.
But there have been significant changes at the festival, starting with the death of the longtime artistic advisor and former artistic director Eva Zaoralová in March.
“When it happened, it was just like when Bowie died — certain people you just consider immortal,” says Och. The festival will celebrate Zaoralová with an exhibition of photographs and a screening of her favorite film,...
- 7/1/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Three further Cannes titles also added to 2022 edition.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) has revealed it will open on Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s romantic drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing.
Superheroes explores the relationship between a physics teacher and cartoonist, played respectively by Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca, at the beginning of their courtship and 10 years later. It marks the latest feature of Genovese, who has since directed upcoming drama The First Day Of My Life, starring Toni Servillo. It was released in Italy in December 2021 via Medusa Film.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) has revealed it will open on Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s romantic drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing.
Superheroes explores the relationship between a physics teacher and cartoonist, played respectively by Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca, at the beginning of their courtship and 10 years later. It marks the latest feature of Genovese, who has since directed upcoming drama The First Day Of My Life, starring Toni Servillo. It was released in Italy in December 2021 via Medusa Film.
- 6/29/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Paolo Genovese’s “Superheroes” will be the opening film of the 56th Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on July 1, while George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” will close the festival on July 9.
“Superheroes” is a romantic film that briefly introduces us to the carousel of joys and fears of a couple brought together by chance. Or was it fate? Comic book illustrator Anna and theoretical physicist Marco are a pair of congenial superheroes who, like so many other people, have decided to live together. After all, dealing with shared problems sometimes requires truly superhuman strength. Every relationship has its crises and its idyllic moments – from a random encounter in the rain to serious conversations a decade later.
The film’s structure presents the history of their relationship by following two timelines: the very beginning and 10 years later. The carefully constructed episodes systematically take aim at viewers’ hearts and minds.
“Superheroes” is a romantic film that briefly introduces us to the carousel of joys and fears of a couple brought together by chance. Or was it fate? Comic book illustrator Anna and theoretical physicist Marco are a pair of congenial superheroes who, like so many other people, have decided to live together. After all, dealing with shared problems sometimes requires truly superhuman strength. Every relationship has its crises and its idyllic moments – from a random encounter in the rain to serious conversations a decade later.
The film’s structure presents the history of their relationship by following two timelines: the very beginning and 10 years later. The carefully constructed episodes systematically take aim at viewers’ hearts and minds.
- 6/29/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) will open this Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s relationship drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Cannes title Three Thousand Years of Longing, it has revealed in a final pre-kick-off announcement.
Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca co-star in Genovese’s romance exploring the high and lows of the relationship between a comic book illustrator and theoretical physicist
It is the 11th feature of Genovese, who is best known internationally for his 2016 couple comedy-drama Perfect Strangers which was hit at home and went on to be adapted for multiple territories.
Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing – starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba – world premiered out of competition at Cannes last May.
The festival also revealed that US actor and director Liev Schreiber and former Cannes Marché du Film head Jerôme Paillard will be guests this year. Other previously announced...
Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca co-star in Genovese’s romance exploring the high and lows of the relationship between a comic book illustrator and theoretical physicist
It is the 11th feature of Genovese, who is best known internationally for his 2016 couple comedy-drama Perfect Strangers which was hit at home and went on to be adapted for multiple territories.
Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing – starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba – world premiered out of competition at Cannes last May.
The festival also revealed that US actor and director Liev Schreiber and former Cannes Marché du Film head Jerôme Paillard will be guests this year. Other previously announced...
- 6/29/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The market in Buenos Aires has run online and hybrid events since the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020.
Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest film and TV market, has pledged to return as a fully-fledged physical event later this year and is launching a new fantasy film script competition.
The 14th edition of the event, a joint venture between Cannes’ Marché du Film and Argentinian film agency Incaa, is set to return to Buenos Aries in Argentina from November 28 to December 2.
It will spotlight the region’s films with screenings, a works-in-progress platform and project presentations while also including screenings of European features.
Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest film and TV market, has pledged to return as a fully-fledged physical event later this year and is launching a new fantasy film script competition.
The 14th edition of the event, a joint venture between Cannes’ Marché du Film and Argentinian film agency Incaa, is set to return to Buenos Aries in Argentina from November 28 to December 2.
It will spotlight the region’s films with screenings, a works-in-progress platform and project presentations while also including screenings of European features.
- 6/27/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Channel 4 Hires Charlie Perkins As Head Of Comedy
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has hired Charlies Perkins as its new head of comedy, replacing Fiona McDermott, who recently left to join Apple TV+ after delivering series such as Derry Girls, We Are Lady Parts and Big Boys. The hire brings to an end a lengthy search for McDermott’s successor. Perkins will report directly to Chief Content Officer Ian Katz and will manage a team comprising newly promoted Commissioning Editor Laura Riseam and Commissioning Executive Joe Hullait. She will also oversee the appointment of a Senior Commissioning Editor, and Deadline understands several candidates have been approached. Perkins arrives from London-based Blink Industries, which is behind the upcoming series Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared for Channel 4. Perkins began her career on shows such as Little Britain, French & Saunders, Benidorm and Mock the Week, moving on to become a producer at alternative comedy venue The Invisible Dot,...
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has hired Charlies Perkins as its new head of comedy, replacing Fiona McDermott, who recently left to join Apple TV+ after delivering series such as Derry Girls, We Are Lady Parts and Big Boys. The hire brings to an end a lengthy search for McDermott’s successor. Perkins will report directly to Chief Content Officer Ian Katz and will manage a team comprising newly promoted Commissioning Editor Laura Riseam and Commissioning Executive Joe Hullait. She will also oversee the appointment of a Senior Commissioning Editor, and Deadline understands several candidates have been approached. Perkins arrives from London-based Blink Industries, which is behind the upcoming series Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared for Channel 4. Perkins began her career on shows such as Little Britain, French & Saunders, Benidorm and Mock the Week, moving on to become a producer at alternative comedy venue The Invisible Dot,...
- 6/27/2022
- by Jesse Whittock and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Incoming market head talks enticing professionals back to the Palais, plans for the future and potential price hikes.
Cannes Marché du Film’s co-executive director Guillaume Esmiol has been working closely with outgoing head Jérôme Paillard at its buzzy 2022 comeback edition, ahead of moving into the top job in 2023.
He spoke to Screen about his impressions as the market recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic with its biggest physical edition since 2019 and plans for the future.
How was the lead-up to the market?
There were a lot of questions. It was difficult to gauge the mood in the industry. Were they going to come?...
Cannes Marché du Film’s co-executive director Guillaume Esmiol has been working closely with outgoing head Jérôme Paillard at its buzzy 2022 comeback edition, ahead of moving into the top job in 2023.
He spoke to Screen about his impressions as the market recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic with its biggest physical edition since 2019 and plans for the future.
How was the lead-up to the market?
There were a lot of questions. It was difficult to gauge the mood in the industry. Were they going to come?...
- 5/28/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Final figures show there were 12,872 professionals accredited to the market as it returns to full strength.
The Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film roared back to life this year to the sound of a red-carpet flypast by French air force jets to mark the world premiere of Top Gun: Maverick on the second day (May 18) of the event.
The classy Cannes launch of the film, which is predicted to gross 180m worldwide this opening weekend after being held back for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, took on a special significance for theatrically- focused US professionals in town,...
The Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film roared back to life this year to the sound of a red-carpet flypast by French air force jets to mark the world premiere of Top Gun: Maverick on the second day (May 18) of the event.
The classy Cannes launch of the film, which is predicted to gross 180m worldwide this opening weekend after being held back for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, took on a special significance for theatrically- focused US professionals in town,...
- 5/28/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Over the past nearly 30 years, as the international film business became more complex, two certainties remained: the Cannes Film Market still ranked as the biggest movie emporium in the world, and overseeing it was the energetic Jérôme Paillard.
Now, having driven attendance up from 2,000 in 1995 to over 12,500 in 2019 and year-on-year growth for every edition save 2002’s and 2008’s, Paillard is stepping down. The 2022 Cannes Film Market — Marché du Film in French — will be his last, as he passes the baton to its new executive director, Guillaume Esmiol.
For many, it will seem like the passing of an era.
“I’m not that young anymore. I have things to do with my life and to have time to do them with my wife and family,” Paillard says.
Also, he adds, with all the changes facing the industry, the Cannes Film Market has to be “re-invented and I thought I was not...
Now, having driven attendance up from 2,000 in 1995 to over 12,500 in 2019 and year-on-year growth for every edition save 2002’s and 2008’s, Paillard is stepping down. The 2022 Cannes Film Market — Marché du Film in French — will be his last, as he passes the baton to its new executive director, Guillaume Esmiol.
For many, it will seem like the passing of an era.
“I’m not that young anymore. I have things to do with my life and to have time to do them with my wife and family,” Paillard says.
Also, he adds, with all the changes facing the industry, the Cannes Film Market has to be “re-invented and I thought I was not...
- 5/10/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The traditional press conference in Paris on April 14 announced the Official Selection for its 75th edition. Meanwhile the Film Market is transitioning as Guillaume Esmiol is named Co-Executive Director of the Marché du Film and will work in tandem with Jérôme Paillard before Esmiol definitively replaces Paillard for 2023.
Jérôme Paillard and Guillaume Esmiol, Co-Executive Directors of the Marché du Film 2022
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As for the Marché, which Guillaume Esmiol joined in 2020 as Deputy Director in charge of development, clearly with the prospect of taking over new functions linked to the succession of Jérôme Paillard, they will work in tandem this year before Esmiol permanently replaces Paillard in 2023.
Guillaume Esmiol was formerly Innovation Director for TF1 Group and Marketing Director for the startup studio Wefound ― an experience that allowed him to bring his expertise in Digital, Media, and Innovation to the Marché.
Meanwhile, the managing team of the Marché will remain the same and is comprised of Maud Amson (Operations & Sales Director), Michèle Waterhouse (Administrative Director), Alice Kharoubi (Cinema Programming Director), Camille Rousselet (Head of Cinando), and Aleksandra Zakharchenko (Head of Programming).
Jérôme Paillard will conclusively step down from his functions in December 2022 during Ventana Sur, the co-production market that the Festival co-organizes with Incaa, each year in Buenos Aires.
The time chosen for this transmission is special. The Marché du Film 2022 will, hopefully, be the true post-pandemic market after the difficulties that the industry faced in 2020 and 2021. However, the Marché must look ahead, reinvent itself and reflect on the issues that are now at the forefront.
The Board of Directors, Pierre Lescure, (and the new incoming President, Iris Knobloch) and Thierry Frémaux, hold the highest regards for Jérôme Paillard and the work accomplished by the Marché du Film under his leadership. They would also like to extend their sincerest gratitude for his unfailing commitment, his talent, and his constant creativity. Jérôme brought the Marché du Film to where it is today ― in high standing, a position that’s necessary to maintain as we navigate this ever-changing future.
Jérôme Paillard and Guillaume Esmiol, Co-Executive Directors of the Marché du Film 2022
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As for the Marché, which Guillaume Esmiol joined in 2020 as Deputy Director in charge of development, clearly with the prospect of taking over new functions linked to the succession of Jérôme Paillard, they will work in tandem this year before Esmiol permanently replaces Paillard in 2023.
Guillaume Esmiol was formerly Innovation Director for TF1 Group and Marketing Director for the startup studio Wefound ― an experience that allowed him to bring his expertise in Digital, Media, and Innovation to the Marché.
Meanwhile, the managing team of the Marché will remain the same and is comprised of Maud Amson (Operations & Sales Director), Michèle Waterhouse (Administrative Director), Alice Kharoubi (Cinema Programming Director), Camille Rousselet (Head of Cinando), and Aleksandra Zakharchenko (Head of Programming).
Jérôme Paillard will conclusively step down from his functions in December 2022 during Ventana Sur, the co-production market that the Festival co-organizes with Incaa, each year in Buenos Aires.
The time chosen for this transmission is special. The Marché du Film 2022 will, hopefully, be the true post-pandemic market after the difficulties that the industry faced in 2020 and 2021. However, the Marché must look ahead, reinvent itself and reflect on the issues that are now at the forefront.
The Board of Directors, Pierre Lescure, (and the new incoming President, Iris Knobloch) and Thierry Frémaux, hold the highest regards for Jérôme Paillard and the work accomplished by the Marché du Film under his leadership. They would also like to extend their sincerest gratitude for his unfailing commitment, his talent, and his constant creativity. Jérôme brought the Marché du Film to where it is today ― in high standing, a position that’s necessary to maintain as we navigate this ever-changing future.
- 5/10/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Festivals
The Cannes Film Market has added to its previously announced Ukraine in Focus program, which will provide Ukrainian filmmakers and producers with networking, pitching and co-financing opportunities over two days during the Cannes Film Festival, on May 21 and 22. A panel discussion titled “Ukrainian Cinema: From Surviving to Thriving Again: How the Global Film Community Can Come Together to Support the Country’s War-Torn Industry” will take place on May 21.
In addition the market has confirmed the full endorsement and patronage of Ukrainian Films Now, an initiative promoted by Eave, First Cut Lab, and When East Meets West, which aims at gathering a pool of European regional and national film funds to support Ukrainian films at a late post-production stage to complete the final financial gap.
“We hope that these initiatives will allow Ukraine’s cinema and audiovisual industry to not only survive in the challenging context, but to thrive...
The Cannes Film Market has added to its previously announced Ukraine in Focus program, which will provide Ukrainian filmmakers and producers with networking, pitching and co-financing opportunities over two days during the Cannes Film Festival, on May 21 and 22. A panel discussion titled “Ukrainian Cinema: From Surviving to Thriving Again: How the Global Film Community Can Come Together to Support the Country’s War-Torn Industry” will take place on May 21.
In addition the market has confirmed the full endorsement and patronage of Ukrainian Films Now, an initiative promoted by Eave, First Cut Lab, and When East Meets West, which aims at gathering a pool of European regional and national film funds to support Ukrainian films at a late post-production stage to complete the final financial gap.
“We hope that these initiatives will allow Ukraine’s cinema and audiovisual industry to not only survive in the challenging context, but to thrive...
- 5/4/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
India will be the official country of honor for the Cannes Film Market (May 17-25) this year.
This is the first time the market is having an official country of honor and the new tradition will be continued annually with different nations at future editions.
There s a neat coincidence: India is celebrating its 75th year of independence from British rule. The Cannes festival is also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The market celebrations will kick off on May 18 at the Majestic Beach with an introduction from market executive directors Jérôme Paillard and Guillaume Esmiol and a welcome address from Anurag Singh Thakur, India’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
India will be prominently visible throughout the festival this year. Actor Deepika Padukone is on the jury for the main feature film competition. Indian filmmaker Shaunak Sen’s Sundance grand jury prize winning documentary “All That Breathes” is showing as a special screening.
This is the first time the market is having an official country of honor and the new tradition will be continued annually with different nations at future editions.
There s a neat coincidence: India is celebrating its 75th year of independence from British rule. The Cannes festival is also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The market celebrations will kick off on May 18 at the Majestic Beach with an introduction from market executive directors Jérôme Paillard and Guillaume Esmiol and a welcome address from Anurag Singh Thakur, India’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
India will be prominently visible throughout the festival this year. Actor Deepika Padukone is on the jury for the main feature film competition. Indian filmmaker Shaunak Sen’s Sundance grand jury prize winning documentary “All That Breathes” is showing as a special screening.
- 5/2/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes’ Marché du Film, the world’s biggest film market, is set to change leadership in 2023 with its long-time, charismatic executive director Jerome Paillard due to exit after this year’s edition.
Guillaume Esmiol has been named co-executive director for this edition and will fully take over in 2023. Esmiol joined the Marché du Film in 2020 to spearhead the development. The tech saavy executive helped transform the market into a hybrid event.
Esmiol was previously head of innovation at TF1 Group and head of marketing for the startup studio Wefound, where he acquired skills in digital and media.
Variety understands that Paillard is planning to retire and focus on his favorite hobby which is flying, and is expected to continue having a presence at festivals around the world, on juries for instance. An industry veteran, Paillard joined the Cannes Film Festival, a private institution, back in 1995 and has bolstered the global...
Guillaume Esmiol has been named co-executive director for this edition and will fully take over in 2023. Esmiol joined the Marché du Film in 2020 to spearhead the development. The tech saavy executive helped transform the market into a hybrid event.
Esmiol was previously head of innovation at TF1 Group and head of marketing for the startup studio Wefound, where he acquired skills in digital and media.
Variety understands that Paillard is planning to retire and focus on his favorite hobby which is flying, and is expected to continue having a presence at festivals around the world, on juries for instance. An industry veteran, Paillard joined the Cannes Film Festival, a private institution, back in 1995 and has bolstered the global...
- 2/11/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Guillaume Esmiol will take over when Paillard steps down in 2023.
Guillaume Esmiol has been named co-executive director of the Cannes Marché du Film, working alongside Jérôme Paillard for the 2022 edition before taking over from Paillard in 2023.
Esmiol was appointed the Marche’s deputy director in charge of development in 2020, with a view to eventually taking over from Paillard. He was previously innovation director for the TF1 Group and marketing director for the start-up studio Wefound.
The Marche confirmed the management team would remain the same. It is comprised of Maud Amson (operations and sales director), Michèle Waterhouse (administrative director), Alice Kharoubi...
Guillaume Esmiol has been named co-executive director of the Cannes Marché du Film, working alongside Jérôme Paillard for the 2022 edition before taking over from Paillard in 2023.
Esmiol was appointed the Marche’s deputy director in charge of development in 2020, with a view to eventually taking over from Paillard. He was previously innovation director for the TF1 Group and marketing director for the start-up studio Wefound.
The Marche confirmed the management team would remain the same. It is comprised of Maud Amson (operations and sales director), Michèle Waterhouse (administrative director), Alice Kharoubi...
- 2/11/2022
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Guillaume Esmiol has been named the successor of Cannes Marché head Jérôme Paillard, who will step down from his role after this year’s edition. Esmiol will serve as co-exec director of the Marché this year, where he will work in tandem with Paillard, before taking on the role entirely from 2023.
Esmiol was formerly innovation director at TF1 Group and marketing director for the startup studio Wefound, which will see him bring expertise in digital, media and innovation to the new role.
Paillard, who has worked at the Cannes Marché for more than 26 years, will step down from his role officially in December 2022 during Ventana Sur, the co-production market that the festival co-organizes with the Incaa each year in Buenos Aires.
Cannes is hoping that the upcoming Marché du Film will be the first true post-pandemic market after two years of virtual and hybrid events throughout the international film festival calendar.
Esmiol was formerly innovation director at TF1 Group and marketing director for the startup studio Wefound, which will see him bring expertise in digital, media and innovation to the new role.
Paillard, who has worked at the Cannes Marché for more than 26 years, will step down from his role officially in December 2022 during Ventana Sur, the co-production market that the festival co-organizes with the Incaa each year in Buenos Aires.
Cannes is hoping that the upcoming Marché du Film will be the first true post-pandemic market after two years of virtual and hybrid events throughout the international film festival calendar.
- 2/11/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Cannes’ hybrid Marché du Film reported some 10,000 market registrations, divided 50:50 between on-site and online attendance.
Cannes’ hybrid Marché du Film closes its doors on Thursday (July 15) on one of the strangest editions in its 62-year history as it unfolded against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Executive director Jérôme Paillard reported some 10,000 market registrations, divided 50:50 between on-site and online attendance, compared to 10,000 online participants for 2020’s virtual market and the record-breaking 12,527 physical attendees in 2019, some six months before coronavirus struck.
By territory, France had the biggest physical attendance with around 1,200 registrations against 1,943 in 2019, followed by the US with 550 on-site attendees.
Cannes’ hybrid Marché du Film closes its doors on Thursday (July 15) on one of the strangest editions in its 62-year history as it unfolded against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Executive director Jérôme Paillard reported some 10,000 market registrations, divided 50:50 between on-site and online attendance, compared to 10,000 online participants for 2020’s virtual market and the record-breaking 12,527 physical attendees in 2019, some six months before coronavirus struck.
By territory, France had the biggest physical attendance with around 1,200 registrations against 1,943 in 2019, followed by the US with 550 on-site attendees.
- 7/16/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
After more than a two-year break since its last edition due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cannes Film Market’s Focus CoPro’ returned on Tuesday at the Palais des Festivals in a lively pitch and networking session between industry professionals and first-time feature-film directors.
The event, launched in 2018, is hosted by Cannes’ Short Film Corner in collaboration with the Cannes Film Market, Pop Up Film Residency and La Incubadora, It aims to highlight the nascent projects of filmmakers in various Cannes selections and participating in the Short Film Corner as they take the path toward making their first feature films.
The early projects are presented by the producer and/or director in the form of a short pitch to the audience of professionals, and the session was followed by one-to-one meetings between the project holders and the decision-makers
Focus CoPro’ is, according to Short Film Corner head Camille Hébert-Bénazet, an “opportunity...
The event, launched in 2018, is hosted by Cannes’ Short Film Corner in collaboration with the Cannes Film Market, Pop Up Film Residency and La Incubadora, It aims to highlight the nascent projects of filmmakers in various Cannes selections and participating in the Short Film Corner as they take the path toward making their first feature films.
The early projects are presented by the producer and/or director in the form of a short pitch to the audience of professionals, and the session was followed by one-to-one meetings between the project holders and the decision-makers
Focus CoPro’ is, according to Short Film Corner head Camille Hébert-Bénazet, an “opportunity...
- 7/14/2021
- by Alexander Durie
- Variety Film + TV
Sean Penn’s “Flag Day,” Leos Carax’s “Annette,” starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” with Frances McDormand and Timothée Chalamet, will provide star power at a 2021 Cannes Festival packed to overflowing with established and very often new European and world cinema arthouse talent.
The festival films will also drive much of Cannes’ business. Cannes’ business behemoth, a pre-sales market unveiling big indie projects — such as this year’s $60 million Vin Diesel vehicle “Muscle” — took place June 21-25 at the virtual Pre-Cannes Screenings.
“In some ways, Cannes this year has the opportunity to be the purest form of itself,” said Dylan Leiner at Sony Pictures Classics.
“Since the market was held virtually a couple of weeks before, festivalgoers will be able to focus on the programmed films almost exclusively without the distraction of a physical market, which so often favors splashy, large scale packages that grab headlines,...
The festival films will also drive much of Cannes’ business. Cannes’ business behemoth, a pre-sales market unveiling big indie projects — such as this year’s $60 million Vin Diesel vehicle “Muscle” — took place June 21-25 at the virtual Pre-Cannes Screenings.
“In some ways, Cannes this year has the opportunity to be the purest form of itself,” said Dylan Leiner at Sony Pictures Classics.
“Since the market was held virtually a couple of weeks before, festivalgoers will be able to focus on the programmed films almost exclusively without the distraction of a physical market, which so often favors splashy, large scale packages that grab headlines,...
- 7/6/2021
- by John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Ventana Sur, which wrapped Friday, was, on many counts, quite extraordinary. With Buenos Aires, the market’s normal location, still under Covid-19 lockdown, Latin America’s biggest movie mart-meet spread out film screenings over five cities in two continents – Madrid, Mexico City, Bogotá, São Paulo and Santiago de Chile – complemented by digital screenings for the rest of the world. Following, five takes on that bold gambit and the market itself, organized by Argentina’s Incaa Film Institute and the Cannes Marché du Film and Festival:
It Was Remarkable – But Did It Work?
Ventana Sur’s five city spread marks a revolution. But did it work? Global attendance held stable at 2,957 participants from 61 countries. 188 online screenings, complimented by 118 theatrical screenings, and the loss of a single on-site event in Buenos Aires, sparked a dramatic increase in non-Argentine attendees with delegates rocketing up to 78% in Europe to 546, 49% in the U.S. to 110 and 185% to 134 in Mexico,...
It Was Remarkable – But Did It Work?
Ventana Sur’s five city spread marks a revolution. But did it work? Global attendance held stable at 2,957 participants from 61 countries. 188 online screenings, complimented by 118 theatrical screenings, and the loss of a single on-site event in Buenos Aires, sparked a dramatic increase in non-Argentine attendees with delegates rocketing up to 78% in Europe to 546, 49% in the U.S. to 110 and 185% to 134 in Mexico,...
- 12/5/2020
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In an out-of-the-box move, the Cannes-backed Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest movie market, looks set for a game changing seven city on-site roll-out to run from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 in Madrid, Paris, Rome, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile and Colombia’s Bogotá.
Launched in 2009 by the Cannes Festival and Film Market and Argentina’s Incaa film agency, Ventana Sur’s first 11 editions have all taken place in Argentina’s Buenos Aires.
The seven city spread will see 30-40 titles screening throughout the first week in December at a single theater in each of these cities, targeting an industry audience of sales agents, distributors and film fest heads, said Jérôme Paillard, Cannes Marché du Film director and co-director of 2020’s Ventana Sur with Bernardo Bergeret.
“Traditionally, we’ve brought distributors to films, but now we’ll bring films to distributors. Currently, we have no choice,” Paillard said, in...
Launched in 2009 by the Cannes Festival and Film Market and Argentina’s Incaa film agency, Ventana Sur’s first 11 editions have all taken place in Argentina’s Buenos Aires.
The seven city spread will see 30-40 titles screening throughout the first week in December at a single theater in each of these cities, targeting an industry audience of sales agents, distributors and film fest heads, said Jérôme Paillard, Cannes Marché du Film director and co-director of 2020’s Ventana Sur with Bernardo Bergeret.
“Traditionally, we’ve brought distributors to films, but now we’ll bring films to distributors. Currently, we have no choice,” Paillard said, in...
- 11/2/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Day three of the Locarno Film Festival StepIn 2020, moderated by Variety‘s Leo Barraclough and hosted by the Variety Streaming Room platform, brought professionals from various parts of the film festival and market sectors together for a panel on the Future of Film Festivals and Film Markets.
Jérôme Paillard, executive director of Cannes Film Market; Lili Hinstin, artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival; Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival; Sarah Schweitzman, from CAA’s Film Finance and Sales Group, which helped set up the agency-led virtual film market at Cannes; and Tabitha Jackson, director of Sundance Film Festival, made up the panel’s members.
As many events this year have gone virtual on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, some film festivals also had to adapt and utilize online platforms, including Cannes. The panelists noted that the virtual route has so far offered both positive and negative...
Jérôme Paillard, executive director of Cannes Film Market; Lili Hinstin, artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival; Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival; Sarah Schweitzman, from CAA’s Film Finance and Sales Group, which helped set up the agency-led virtual film market at Cannes; and Tabitha Jackson, director of Sundance Film Festival, made up the panel’s members.
As many events this year have gone virtual on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, some film festivals also had to adapt and utilize online platforms, including Cannes. The panelists noted that the virtual route has so far offered both positive and negative...
- 8/10/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
Keep your budgets low and have faith in the resilience of arthouse cinema and theaters, film festivals and markets. But also be ready to engage with streamers that could become an integral part of new indie business models in the post-pandemic landscape.
Those were some of the upbeat tips that surfaced from the Locarno Film Festival’s StepIn industry think tank, where film industry operators who form the core of Europe’s indie ecosystem come together to trash out the most pressing issues they are contending with. StepIn went online this year due to the pandemic with webinars on the future of the theatrical experience, production, film festivals and markets.
The three sessions — moderated by Variety journalists and hosted by the Variety Streaming Room platform — streamed Aug. 5, 6 and 7.
Here are five takeaways from the sessions:
1. Keep budgets low
Brazilian producer Rodrigo Teixeira, who has been instrumental in bringing to the...
Those were some of the upbeat tips that surfaced from the Locarno Film Festival’s StepIn industry think tank, where film industry operators who form the core of Europe’s indie ecosystem come together to trash out the most pressing issues they are contending with. StepIn went online this year due to the pandemic with webinars on the future of the theatrical experience, production, film festivals and markets.
The three sessions — moderated by Variety journalists and hosted by the Variety Streaming Room platform — streamed Aug. 5, 6 and 7.
Here are five takeaways from the sessions:
1. Keep budgets low
Brazilian producer Rodrigo Teixeira, who has been instrumental in bringing to the...
- 8/10/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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