Projects ‘The Elf’, ‘Truth Or Consquences’; festival film ‘Falling Into Place’ all receive plaudits.
International industry attendees have praised the European Genre Forum as a highlight of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff), which closed its 27th edition on Sunday, November 19.
The Forum is a pan-European development event organised with Imagine Fantastic Film Festival in the Netherlands and Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival, that closes its three-lab structure with a marketing and packaging lab in Tallinn.
As head of Montreal-based distributor Attraction Distribution, Xiaojuan Zhou travelled further than most to Estonia, finding the trip worthwhile. “The quality of the pitches was...
International industry attendees have praised the European Genre Forum as a highlight of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff), which closed its 27th edition on Sunday, November 19.
The Forum is a pan-European development event organised with Imagine Fantastic Film Festival in the Netherlands and Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival, that closes its three-lab structure with a marketing and packaging lab in Tallinn.
As head of Montreal-based distributor Attraction Distribution, Xiaojuan Zhou travelled further than most to Estonia, finding the trip worthwhile. “The quality of the pitches was...
- 11/20/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Yellow Veil Pictures, the New-York and L.A.-based arthouse genre distribution company, has acquired U.S. distribution rights for two features from Polish director Jagoda Szelc, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report this afternoon. We’ve also got poster art for both.
Tower. A Bright Day (2017) and Monument (2018) will both be released May 30 on Digital from Yellow Veil Pictures, with physical releases coming later this year.
Tower. A Bright Day follows a protective woman who has raised her young niece in the countryside as her own daughter. When her sister suddenly returns, it triggers a sense that she may be back to reclaim her offspring or to implement even more ominous plans.
The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and Gdynia Film Festival, where it won best feature film and best screenplay.
Monument follows a group of hotel interns who wake up in an ice-cold van. They don’t know each other yet,...
Tower. A Bright Day (2017) and Monument (2018) will both be released May 30 on Digital from Yellow Veil Pictures, with physical releases coming later this year.
Tower. A Bright Day follows a protective woman who has raised her young niece in the countryside as her own daughter. When her sister suddenly returns, it triggers a sense that she may be back to reclaim her offspring or to implement even more ominous plans.
The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and Gdynia Film Festival, where it won best feature film and best screenplay.
Monument follows a group of hotel interns who wake up in an ice-cold van. They don’t know each other yet,...
- 5/12/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
578 Magnum was Vietnam’s official entry to the Oscars.
Justyna Koronkiewicz’s Berlin-based Media Move sold its latest acquisition, Dung Luong Dinh’s action film 578 Magnum, to Germany (Dolphin Medien), Italy (Blue Swan), Taiwan (Av Jet), and Poland (White & Red).
578 Magnum, which was Vietnam’s official entry to the Oscars, stars leading Vietnamese martial artist Tuan Hac and South East Asian champion wrestler Ha Van Hieu.
A deal has also been done with Premiere 9 for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) territories.
“I was all in”: Netflix Germany exec talks ‘All Quiet On The Western Front...
Justyna Koronkiewicz’s Berlin-based Media Move sold its latest acquisition, Dung Luong Dinh’s action film 578 Magnum, to Germany (Dolphin Medien), Italy (Blue Swan), Taiwan (Av Jet), and Poland (White & Red).
578 Magnum, which was Vietnam’s official entry to the Oscars, stars leading Vietnamese martial artist Tuan Hac and South East Asian champion wrestler Ha Van Hieu.
A deal has also been done with Premiere 9 for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) territories.
“I was all in”: Netflix Germany exec talks ‘All Quiet On The Western Front...
- 2/20/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Polish production company Gigant Films will remake Titas Laucius’ feature debut, “Parade.” It will start shooting this year under the working title “Divorcees” (“Rozwodnicy”)
The Lithuanian film, inspired by Laucius’ own family, world premiered at Tallinn Black Night Film Festival in November. It sees Miglė, whose ex-husband, after years of living apart, wants to remarry in church. In order to do so, the long-divorced couple needs to get an annulment. Suddenly, they are faced with a church tribunal investigating their past. And their own memories.
“When I first heard about this project, and then watched the film, I saw the potential for feel-good comedy,” said producer Radosław Grabik.
“Poland [as a predominantly Catholic country] feels like a great fit for this story. We won’t be demonizing the clergy, but we want to gently mock the hypocrisy of everyone involved. Including all these people who claim to care about church weddings, even though they aren’t even religious,...
The Lithuanian film, inspired by Laucius’ own family, world premiered at Tallinn Black Night Film Festival in November. It sees Miglė, whose ex-husband, after years of living apart, wants to remarry in church. In order to do so, the long-divorced couple needs to get an annulment. Suddenly, they are faced with a church tribunal investigating their past. And their own memories.
“When I first heard about this project, and then watched the film, I saw the potential for feel-good comedy,” said producer Radosław Grabik.
“Poland [as a predominantly Catholic country] feels like a great fit for this story. We won’t be demonizing the clergy, but we want to gently mock the hypocrisy of everyone involved. Including all these people who claim to care about church weddings, even though they aren’t even religious,...
- 2/19/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Avi Federgreen’s Indiecan Entertainment is launching a genre-focused distribution arm, hot on the heels of releasing Junta Yamaguchi’s time paradox comedy Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes.
Red Water Entertainment will serve as a home for genre cinema from around the world, focused on bringing North American audiences high-quality cinema with no language or regional barriers.
It will work primarily in the horror, science fiction and action genres, but will release films from the vast spectrum that the term ‘genre’ encompasses. “There’s a lot of wonderful genre cinema that never sees the light of day in North America, and I’m excited to help some of these films find the audiences they deserve,” said Federgreen.
Red Water’s launch slate comprises six diverse films that will release late this year. They are Stefano Lodovichi’s The Guest Room (aka The Room; Italy), John Farrelly’s The Sleep...
Red Water Entertainment will serve as a home for genre cinema from around the world, focused on bringing North American audiences high-quality cinema with no language or regional barriers.
It will work primarily in the horror, science fiction and action genres, but will release films from the vast spectrum that the term ‘genre’ encompasses. “There’s a lot of wonderful genre cinema that never sees the light of day in North America, and I’m excited to help some of these films find the audiences they deserve,” said Federgreen.
Red Water’s launch slate comprises six diverse films that will release late this year. They are Stefano Lodovichi’s The Guest Room (aka The Room; Italy), John Farrelly’s The Sleep...
- 5/13/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
A day-and-date release in the US is planned for July 1.
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Ukrainian war drama Sniper: The White Raven, directed by first-time filmmaker Marian Bushan, from Berlin/Warsaw-based sales agent Media Move.
Media Move’s Justyna Koronkiewicz told Screen that a day-and-date release in the US is planned for July 1.
The film has also sold to South Korea (Yj Creative) and Japan (Amg Entertainment).
Sniper centres on an eccentric pacifist, whose world collapses when the war starts in Donbass and his pregnant wife is killed by militants. Mykola enlists in the military...
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Ukrainian war drama Sniper: The White Raven, directed by first-time filmmaker Marian Bushan, from Berlin/Warsaw-based sales agent Media Move.
Media Move’s Justyna Koronkiewicz told Screen that a day-and-date release in the US is planned for July 1.
The film has also sold to South Korea (Yj Creative) and Japan (Amg Entertainment).
Sniper centres on an eccentric pacifist, whose world collapses when the war starts in Donbass and his pregnant wife is killed by militants. Mykola enlists in the military...
- 4/12/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Elevated genre from Wagtail Films stars Alexis Lane.
Berlin-based Media Move has licensed North American, UK and Latin American rights at EFM on Wagtail Films’ female-led Australian revenge thriller and 2020 Tallinn Black Nights selection The Flood.
4Digital Media has picked up North America and the UK on writer-director Victoria Wharfe McIntyre’s elevated genre about a woman seeking vengeance after her husband, daughter, and land are taken from her.
The distributor is targeting a fourth quarter digital and DVD release after managing director Tony Taglienti negotiated the deal with Justyna Koronkiewicz of Media Move.
Brazil’s Encripta will distribute in...
Berlin-based Media Move has licensed North American, UK and Latin American rights at EFM on Wagtail Films’ female-led Australian revenge thriller and 2020 Tallinn Black Nights selection The Flood.
4Digital Media has picked up North America and the UK on writer-director Victoria Wharfe McIntyre’s elevated genre about a woman seeking vengeance after her husband, daughter, and land are taken from her.
The distributor is targeting a fourth quarter digital and DVD release after managing director Tony Taglienti negotiated the deal with Justyna Koronkiewicz of Media Move.
Brazil’s Encripta will distribute in...
- 3/5/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Distributor’s pipeline includes Alex Chung’s Contracts.
Indiecan Entertainment has acquired Us and Canadian rights to genre films Girl With No Mouth from Baskin director Can Evrenol and Fantastic Fest selection Werewolf.
Girl With No Mouth follows children deformed by a toxic explosion who embark on an adventure in a war-torn post-apocalyptic region.
Turkish director Evrenol’s Baskin was a favourite when it premiered in Toronto Midnight Madness in 2015. His 2017 horror Housewife is currently playing on the genre platform Shudder.
Adrian Panek’s Polish horror Werewolf was an official selection at Fantastic Fest 2018 and centres on a group of...
Indiecan Entertainment has acquired Us and Canadian rights to genre films Girl With No Mouth from Baskin director Can Evrenol and Fantastic Fest selection Werewolf.
Girl With No Mouth follows children deformed by a toxic explosion who embark on an adventure in a war-torn post-apocalyptic region.
Turkish director Evrenol’s Baskin was a favourite when it premiered in Toronto Midnight Madness in 2015. His 2017 horror Housewife is currently playing on the genre platform Shudder.
Adrian Panek’s Polish horror Werewolf was an official selection at Fantastic Fest 2018 and centres on a group of...
- 5/2/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
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