Sundance audience award winner received one-week awards-qualifying run earlier this month.
Sony Pictures Classics has set a March 1, 2024, release date for Noora Niasari’s Australian Oscar submission Shayda.
The film will open in New York and Los Angeles and expand nationwide in the following weeks. It received a one-week awards-qualifying run earlier this month.
Shayda premiered in Sundance where it won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
The Origma 45 production centres on the titular Iranian woman living in Australia, who finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter, Mona, when she learns a court...
Sony Pictures Classics has set a March 1, 2024, release date for Noora Niasari’s Australian Oscar submission Shayda.
The film will open in New York and Los Angeles and expand nationwide in the following weeks. It received a one-week awards-qualifying run earlier this month.
Shayda premiered in Sundance where it won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
The Origma 45 production centres on the titular Iranian woman living in Australia, who finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter, Mona, when she learns a court...
- 12/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival will close with a screening of the Sundance Competiton pic Shayda attended by the film’s star Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider) and Exec Producer Cate Blanchett.
Directed by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari, Shayda, which won the Audience Award at Sundance 2023, will close out the final evening of the Festival alongside a free second screening of a surprise title that touches on the history of cinema and the Locarno Film Festival, chosen by Marco Solari, President of the Locarno Film Festival. This year will be Solari’s final year at the helm.
Blanchett is an exec producer on the pic through Dirty Films, the production company she runs with her husband, Andrew Upton, and Coco Francini. On August 12, the two-time Oscar winner will moderate a discussion between Niasari and Ebrahimi at the festival on the theme of Iranian women and Iranian cinema...
Directed by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari, Shayda, which won the Audience Award at Sundance 2023, will close out the final evening of the Festival alongside a free second screening of a surprise title that touches on the history of cinema and the Locarno Film Festival, chosen by Marco Solari, President of the Locarno Film Festival. This year will be Solari’s final year at the helm.
Blanchett is an exec producer on the pic through Dirty Films, the production company she runs with her husband, Andrew Upton, and Coco Francini. On August 12, the two-time Oscar winner will moderate a discussion between Niasari and Ebrahimi at the festival on the theme of Iranian women and Iranian cinema...
- 6/23/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the Sundance audience award winner Shayda for North America and other international territories.
Cate Blanchett executive produced Noora Niasari’s debut feature that stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who won best actress at Cannes last year for her performance in Holy Spider, and the drama earned the audience award in the world cinema dramatic competition at Sundance.
“I have held the deepest admiration for Sony Pictures Classics since childhood. For my debut feature to be distributed by them is a dream. I know they will set the stage for a wonderful release, so that audiences worldwide can experience the emotional depth and power of Shayda,” said Niasari in a statement on Tuesday.
Sony Pictures Classics also took all media rights for Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East and Turkey. Unfolding in 1995 Australia, Niasari’s film draws from her experiences as a child living...
Cate Blanchett executive produced Noora Niasari’s debut feature that stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who won best actress at Cannes last year for her performance in Holy Spider, and the drama earned the audience award in the world cinema dramatic competition at Sundance.
“I have held the deepest admiration for Sony Pictures Classics since childhood. For my debut feature to be distributed by them is a dream. I know they will set the stage for a wonderful release, so that audiences worldwide can experience the emotional depth and power of Shayda,” said Niasari in a statement on Tuesday.
Sony Pictures Classics also took all media rights for Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East and Turkey. Unfolding in 1995 Australia, Niasari’s film draws from her experiences as a child living...
- 2/14/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures Classics has secured distribution rights to “Shayda,” which won the Audience Award at Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition last month.
The distributor holds all media rights in North America, Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East, and Turkey.
Executive produced by Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films, the first feature by writer-director Noora Niasari follows Shayda and her six-year-old daughter Mona, two Iranians living in Australia. After divorcing her husband Hossein, Shayda moves them into a women’s shelter, where she struggles to adjust to her new life while trying to create one for Mona. Encouraged by the start of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, to embrace her newfound freedom, Shayda is thrown off when Hossein wins visitation rights, raising the possibility that he’ll attempt to take his daughter back to Iran.
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The distributor holds all media rights in North America, Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East, and Turkey.
Executive produced by Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films, the first feature by writer-director Noora Niasari follows Shayda and her six-year-old daughter Mona, two Iranians living in Australia. After divorcing her husband Hossein, Shayda moves them into a women’s shelter, where she struggles to adjust to her new life while trying to create one for Mona. Encouraged by the start of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, to embrace her newfound freedom, Shayda is thrown off when Hossein wins visitation rights, raising the possibility that he’ll attempt to take his daughter back to Iran.
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- 2/14/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
The Audience Award goes to SPC for North America and bundle of international markets.
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired all media rights to Sundance Audience Award winner Shayda for North America, Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East and Turkey.
Written and directed by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari as her feature debut, the film had its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance and is currently being offered for remaining territories by HanWay Films at Berlin’s European Film Market.
Shayda stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Osamah Sami and Leah Purcell in the story of...
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired all media rights to Sundance Audience Award winner Shayda for North America, Latin America, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Portugal, the Middle East and Turkey.
Written and directed by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari as her feature debut, the film had its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance and is currently being offered for remaining territories by HanWay Films at Berlin’s European Film Market.
Shayda stars Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Osamah Sami and Leah Purcell in the story of...
- 2/14/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Holy Spider actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi will star.
UK outfit Hanway Films has acquired international rights to Australia-based Iranian writer-director Noora Niasari’s feature Shayda.
Holy Spider actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi will star in the film as a young Iranian mother who finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowrooz). As they seek their freedom in this new world they come up against the violence they tried so hard to escape.
Niasari is best known for her award-winning short film Waterfall, which screened at the 66th Melbourne International Film...
UK outfit Hanway Films has acquired international rights to Australia-based Iranian writer-director Noora Niasari’s feature Shayda.
Holy Spider actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi will star in the film as a young Iranian mother who finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowrooz). As they seek their freedom in this new world they come up against the violence they tried so hard to escape.
Niasari is best known for her award-winning short film Waterfall, which screened at the 66th Melbourne International Film...
- 5/23/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Days after a topless protester stormed the Cannes red carpet donned in body paint to disrupt the “Three Thousand Years of Longing” premiere, a new protest erupted at the start of the red carpet for competition title “Holy Spider,” in which a group of women held smoke bombs and a massive poster — though this time the demonstration appears to have been pre-planned.
The group involved in the demonstration is Les Colleuses, a guerilla feminist movement in France. Roughly a dozen women from the group dressed in formal wear unfurled a large banner that contained the names of 129 women who died in France as a result of domestic violence. They then held smoke bombs that cast off dark plumes of smoke into the air while others thrust their fists into the air. Security did not intervene.
Though the demonstration took place on the steps of the Grand Palais ahead of the “Holy Spider” premiere,...
The group involved in the demonstration is Les Colleuses, a guerilla feminist movement in France. Roughly a dozen women from the group dressed in formal wear unfurled a large banner that contained the names of 129 women who died in France as a result of domestic violence. They then held smoke bombs that cast off dark plumes of smoke into the air while others thrust their fists into the air. Security did not intervene.
Though the demonstration took place on the steps of the Grand Palais ahead of the “Holy Spider” premiere,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Beloved American ventriloquist Shari Lewis and her popular sock puppet Lamb Chop will be the subject of a new documentary feature from White Horse Pictures and MoJo Global Arts.
“Shari & Lamb Chop” will be directed by Emmy-nominated Lisa D’Apolito, director of “Love, Gilda,” the documentary about the late Saturday Night Live comedian Gilda Radner.
As a young female ventriloquist with big aspirations, Shari Lewis was searching for a voice who could say things that a young woman in the 1950s could not, and found it in a sock puppet named Lamb Chop. The duo debuted on CBS children’s television series “Captain Kangaroo” in 1956 and went on to attain cultural icon status in the U.S. by the end of the 20th century.
Lewis died in 1998. The documentary will examine her journey, which included winning 13 Emmys and a Peabody and authoring 60 children’s books, and her impact on children’s...
“Shari & Lamb Chop” will be directed by Emmy-nominated Lisa D’Apolito, director of “Love, Gilda,” the documentary about the late Saturday Night Live comedian Gilda Radner.
As a young female ventriloquist with big aspirations, Shari Lewis was searching for a voice who could say things that a young woman in the 1950s could not, and found it in a sock puppet named Lamb Chop. The duo debuted on CBS children’s television series “Captain Kangaroo” in 1956 and went on to attain cultural icon status in the U.S. by the end of the 20th century.
Lewis died in 1998. The documentary will examine her journey, which included winning 13 Emmys and a Peabody and authoring 60 children’s books, and her impact on children’s...
- 8/11/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Indie film distribution company The Film Arcade is furthering its outreach to indie projects with its newly launched distribution arm The Film Arcade Carousel which will be a one-stop shop for small budget indie films via digital platforms.
The new company will be headed by producer Lindsay Lanzillotta and will serve as a boutique aggregator for indie films under the $2 million range. It will also handle distribution, marketing, and advertising for these films that will release via digital platforms. On top of that, they will hone in on underrepresented voices when it comes to filmmakers, artists, and stories.
“It is our hope that filmmakers will feel comfortable that we can provide experienced guidance of their distribution service options and to have a financially conscious outcome for their film while maintaining a level of control,” said Lanzillotta. “We hope to make filmmakers aware and...
The new company will be headed by producer Lindsay Lanzillotta and will serve as a boutique aggregator for indie films under the $2 million range. It will also handle distribution, marketing, and advertising for these films that will release via digital platforms. On top of that, they will hone in on underrepresented voices when it comes to filmmakers, artists, and stories.
“It is our hope that filmmakers will feel comfortable that we can provide experienced guidance of their distribution service options and to have a financially conscious outcome for their film while maintaining a level of control,” said Lanzillotta. “We hope to make filmmakers aware and...
- 1/23/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Jacki Weaver gets cast, Mekhi Phifer’s “Obsession” gets acquired and MiLa Media launches an open script submission system.
Castings
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver will join Naomi Watts and Andrew Lincoln in the family drama “Penguin Bloom.”
Weaver will portray the mother of Watts’ character in the drama, which follows a young family on Sydney’s northern beaches who must come to terms with a near-fatal accident that leaves their mother paralyzed. As they learn to adjust to her new situation, an unlikely ally enters their lives in the form of an injured Magpie chick, dubbed “Penguin” by the family.
“Penguin Bloom” is adapted from the bestseller by Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom. The film is directed by Glendyn Ivin from a script by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps. “Thor: Ragnarok” star Rachel House is also joining the cast as a...
Castings
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver will join Naomi Watts and Andrew Lincoln in the family drama “Penguin Bloom.”
Weaver will portray the mother of Watts’ character in the drama, which follows a young family on Sydney’s northern beaches who must come to terms with a near-fatal accident that leaves their mother paralyzed. As they learn to adjust to her new situation, an unlikely ally enters their lives in the form of an injured Magpie chick, dubbed “Penguin” by the family.
“Penguin Bloom” is adapted from the bestseller by Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom. The film is directed by Glendyn Ivin from a script by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps. “Thor: Ragnarok” star Rachel House is also joining the cast as a...
- 8/1/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Karyn Kusama’s horror film “The Invitation” made its rounds on the festival circuit last year, including a world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, then later screening at the Fantasia festival, Fantastic Fest, and the London Film Festival, among many others. One of the festivals was the Stiges Film Festival in Spain where it won the Best Film prize. Now, “The Invitation” producers Tony Mancilla and Lindsay Lanzillotta have a new thriller that screened at this year’s Stiges Film Festival just this past weekend: Ryan Gregory Phillips’s feature film debut “Shortwave.”
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The film follows Josh and Isabel Harris (Cristobal Tapia Montt and Juanita Ringeling), a couple who recently suffered the loss of a child and decide to relocate to a secluded hillside research facility to repair their broken family. Around this time,...
Read More: Karyn Kusama’s ‘The Invitation’ Wins Best Film Award at 48th Sitges Film Festival
The film follows Josh and Isabel Harris (Cristobal Tapia Montt and Juanita Ringeling), a couple who recently suffered the loss of a child and decide to relocate to a secluded hillside research facility to repair their broken family. Around this time,...
- 10/10/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
"What's this? What's this?!" These are Funko's The Nightmare Before Christmas Pop! vinyl figures for Nycc 2016, Jack. Specifically featured at this year's event is Sally in a seated position and Behemoth. Also in today's Horror Highlights: details on The Director's Chair two-hour special on El Rey Network and a new clip from Shortwave.
A Look at Funko's The Nightmare Before Christmas Nycc 2016 Exclusive Pop! Vinyls: From Funko: "Funko is proud to announce the latest batch of New York Comic Con 2016 exclusives!
Our exclusives contain many of Funko’s most popular lines like Pop!, Dorbz, and ReAction!
Our goal was to cover as many beloved licenses and characters as possible to remind every Comic Con attendee why they fell in love with these stories in the first place!
Without further ado, here is the latest installment of Funko’s New York Comic Con exclusives list!
We have awesome exclusives for Disney and Star Wars fans alike,...
A Look at Funko's The Nightmare Before Christmas Nycc 2016 Exclusive Pop! Vinyls: From Funko: "Funko is proud to announce the latest batch of New York Comic Con 2016 exclusives!
Our exclusives contain many of Funko’s most popular lines like Pop!, Dorbz, and ReAction!
Our goal was to cover as many beloved licenses and characters as possible to remind every Comic Con attendee why they fell in love with these stories in the first place!
Without further ado, here is the latest installment of Funko’s New York Comic Con exclusives list!
We have awesome exclusives for Disney and Star Wars fans alike,...
- 9/24/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Shortwave is upcoming sci-fi/horror produced by Tony Mancilla and Lindsay Lanzillotta, two of the producers of Sitges winner The Invitation (review). The film is about to begin its festival run with a premier at Dances With Films in Hollywood on Saturday June 4th.
In the film, a couple loses their daughter in a peculiar disappearance and is trying to move on. But after moving into a new home, a particular shortwave radio signal brings about oddness.
Shortwave is the directorial debut of Ryan Gregory Phillips and stars Juanita Ringeling, Cristobal Tapia Montt, and Kyle Davis and features Jay Ellis, Nina Senicar, Sara Malakul Lane.
Synopsis:
Josh and [Continued ...]...
In the film, a couple loses their daughter in a peculiar disappearance and is trying to move on. But after moving into a new home, a particular shortwave radio signal brings about oddness.
Shortwave is the directorial debut of Ryan Gregory Phillips and stars Juanita Ringeling, Cristobal Tapia Montt, and Kyle Davis and features Jay Ellis, Nina Senicar, Sara Malakul Lane.
Synopsis:
Josh and [Continued ...]...
- 5/24/2016
- QuietEarth.us
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