The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has selected 20 executives for the 2024 edition of Inside Pictures, the film and television business training and development programme.
Participants include Swedish producer Erik Hemmendorff, who has made all of Ruben Ostlund’s feature films including Palme d’Or winners The Square and Triangle Of Sadness, through the duo’s Plattform Produktion.
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Also selected are Alex Gardener-Smith, head of commercial planning at Lionsgate UK; Charlotte Lopez, VP international sales at Studiocanal; and David Swetman, SVP content and commercial strategy at All3Media International.
Inside Pictures...
Participants include Swedish producer Erik Hemmendorff, who has made all of Ruben Ostlund’s feature films including Palme d’Or winners The Square and Triangle Of Sadness, through the duo’s Plattform Produktion.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Also selected are Alex Gardener-Smith, head of commercial planning at Lionsgate UK; Charlotte Lopez, VP international sales at Studiocanal; and David Swetman, SVP content and commercial strategy at All3Media International.
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- 5/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
For many around the world, there’s one name at the top of the action totem pole: Jackie Chan, and today marks his 70th birthday.
If you only know him as a goofy martial arts comedian from the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series, then consider this a wake up call. Because when Jackie did things His way on his home turf, he churned out some of the best action movies you’ll ever see.
Many would point to Drunken Master II as Jackie’s magnum opus. Fair enough, that is an all-timer, but for an example of his best modern day martial arts action, mixed in with some crime drama and his signature comedy, one of his absolute best outings is 1985’s Police Story.
In the 1970s, Jackie Chan soared to fame internationally once he was finally able to break out of the shadow of Bruce Lee. When Chan...
If you only know him as a goofy martial arts comedian from the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series, then consider this a wake up call. Because when Jackie did things His way on his home turf, he churned out some of the best action movies you’ll ever see.
Many would point to Drunken Master II as Jackie’s magnum opus. Fair enough, that is an all-timer, but for an example of his best modern day martial arts action, mixed in with some crime drama and his signature comedy, one of his absolute best outings is 1985’s Police Story.
In the 1970s, Jackie Chan soared to fame internationally once he was finally able to break out of the shadow of Bruce Lee. When Chan...
- 4/7/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
This year’s Pitch Point includes new projects from Nir Bergman, Yona Rozenkier, Hadar Morag.
Jerusalem Film Festival has confirmed the Industry Days programme for its 40th-anniversary edition, including the 10 projects for its Pitch Point Competition for Israeli co-production features.
The Industry Days will run from July 13-15, and will also include the final pitching event of the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab on July 14.
Scroll down for the full list of Pitch Point projects.
Pitch Point pitches will run on July 13, to a jury presided over by Arte Cinema France’s Olivier Pere, and including Beta Cinema’s Thorsten Ritter,...
Jerusalem Film Festival has confirmed the Industry Days programme for its 40th-anniversary edition, including the 10 projects for its Pitch Point Competition for Israeli co-production features.
The Industry Days will run from July 13-15, and will also include the final pitching event of the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab on July 14.
Scroll down for the full list of Pitch Point projects.
Pitch Point pitches will run on July 13, to a jury presided over by Arte Cinema France’s Olivier Pere, and including Beta Cinema’s Thorsten Ritter,...
- 7/3/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Jerusalem Film Fest Unveils 2023 Industry Program
Nir Bergman and Yona Rozenkier will be among the Israeli filmmakers presenting new projects at the Jerusalem Film Fest’s Pitch Point event this year. The annual meeting connecting Israeli directors with international partners is one pole of the festival’s Jerusalem Industry Days, running July 13 to 15. Jurors will be Olivier Père (Arte Cinema France), Thorsten Ritter (Beta Cinema), Kevin Chan (Mubi) and Claudia Solano (The Match Factory), alongside Helge Albers and producer Yael Fogiel (Les Films du Poisson). The Industry Days will also host the final pitching session for the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab. Other highlights include a focus on Austria, accompanied by Austrian Films’ Anne Laurent-Delage and Emilie Dauptain and producers Antonin Svoboda (coop99), Oliver Neumann (FreibeuterFilm), Sabine Gruber (Golden Girls) and Barbara Pichler (Kgp Filmproduktion). Filmmakers Sebastian Meise,...
Nir Bergman and Yona Rozenkier will be among the Israeli filmmakers presenting new projects at the Jerusalem Film Fest’s Pitch Point event this year. The annual meeting connecting Israeli directors with international partners is one pole of the festival’s Jerusalem Industry Days, running July 13 to 15. Jurors will be Olivier Père (Arte Cinema France), Thorsten Ritter (Beta Cinema), Kevin Chan (Mubi) and Claudia Solano (The Match Factory), alongside Helge Albers and producer Yael Fogiel (Les Films du Poisson). The Industry Days will also host the final pitching session for the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab. Other highlights include a focus on Austria, accompanied by Austrian Films’ Anne Laurent-Delage and Emilie Dauptain and producers Antonin Svoboda (coop99), Oliver Neumann (FreibeuterFilm), Sabine Gruber (Golden Girls) and Barbara Pichler (Kgp Filmproduktion). Filmmakers Sebastian Meise,...
- 7/3/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Business training and leadership skills programme celebrates its 20th year.
Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson will be the industry ambassador for the 20th anniversary edition of European business training and leadership skills development programme Inside Pictures, which has selected 20 participants including executives from Amazon, Studiocanal and Mubi.
Thompson will represent the programme to the wider international industry, and share her expertise and insight with the participants.
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For the second year Inside Pictures will cater to both film and television executives, with the 2023 cohort hailing from eight different countries.
Selected participants this year include Ashanti McIntosh,...
Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson will be the industry ambassador for the 20th anniversary edition of European business training and leadership skills development programme Inside Pictures, which has selected 20 participants including executives from Amazon, Studiocanal and Mubi.
Thompson will represent the programme to the wider international industry, and share her expertise and insight with the participants.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
For the second year Inside Pictures will cater to both film and television executives, with the 2023 cohort hailing from eight different countries.
Selected participants this year include Ashanti McIntosh,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Photo: ‘Police Story’ Trilogy
Edgar Wright once highlighted the essential difference in Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan’s respective big screen personas when he pointed out the stark contrast between the two Martial Arts legend’s signature combat stances. Wright pointed out that Lee’s calling card was an aggressive “Come on!” gesture, confidently beckoning his next opponent into the fray (notably referenced in ‘The Matrix’). Conversely, Wright’s enduring image of Chan is of a man who is perpetually defending himself, barely managing to dodge, slip, or parry the preposterous onslaught of punches, kicks, and flying objects that are constantly coming his way. Wright went on to proclaim that despite their best efforts, all of the films that blatantly ripped off Jackie’s style, or attempted to re-capture the energy of a Jackie Chan picture, were doomed from the start, because they were all missing the most irreplaceable element...
Edgar Wright once highlighted the essential difference in Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan’s respective big screen personas when he pointed out the stark contrast between the two Martial Arts legend’s signature combat stances. Wright pointed out that Lee’s calling card was an aggressive “Come on!” gesture, confidently beckoning his next opponent into the fray (notably referenced in ‘The Matrix’). Conversely, Wright’s enduring image of Chan is of a man who is perpetually defending himself, barely managing to dodge, slip, or parry the preposterous onslaught of punches, kicks, and flying objects that are constantly coming his way. Wright went on to proclaim that despite their best efforts, all of the films that blatantly ripped off Jackie’s style, or attempted to re-capture the energy of a Jackie Chan picture, were doomed from the start, because they were all missing the most irreplaceable element...
- 1/13/2023
- by Dillon Goss-Carpenter
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Berlin’s Martin Gropius Bau building won’t be hopping with the European Film Market’s frenzied deal-making, but the global film industry is still weighing up trips to Germany for an in-person Berlinale.
Sales companies with a film at the festival, which runs Feb. 10-16, are largely planning to show up, and numerous distributors are expected to attend. Efforts are also underway to get buyers to Berlin by setting up separate market screenings for films in the official selection, although it’s unclear how feasible this will be.
Europa International, the umbrella group representing European sales companies, has been in negotiations with the EFM to try and arrange some sort of informal, on-the-ground market activity, according to several sources.
“We are in a constant dialogue with the sales agents and understand the need a top festival on the scale of the Berlinale generates for the commercial launch of films,...
Sales companies with a film at the festival, which runs Feb. 10-16, are largely planning to show up, and numerous distributors are expected to attend. Efforts are also underway to get buyers to Berlin by setting up separate market screenings for films in the official selection, although it’s unclear how feasible this will be.
Europa International, the umbrella group representing European sales companies, has been in negotiations with the EFM to try and arrange some sort of informal, on-the-ground market activity, according to several sources.
“We are in a constant dialogue with the sales agents and understand the need a top festival on the scale of the Berlinale generates for the commercial launch of films,...
- 1/14/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli, Elsa Keslassy and Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 15-title lineup of its Work-in-Progress session, the popular industry sidebar whose alumni roster include Vladimar Jóhannsson’s “Lamb,” Lukas Dhont’s “Girl” and Nora Fingscheidt’s “System Crasher.”
The section, curated by Frederic Boyer, the artistic director of Tribeca and Les Arcs Film Festival, will include “Opponent,” a drama by Swedish up-and-comer Milad Alami (“The Charmer”) and produced by Sweden’s Tangy and Norway’s Ape&Bjørn; “Preparations for a Miracle,” directed by Tobias Nölle and produced by Switzerland’s Hugofilm Features and Germany’s Flare Film; and “Silver Haze,” helmed by Sacha Polak and produced by Dutch banner Viking Film and the U.K.’s Emu Films.
Spanning 18 countries across Europe, the selection comprises films in post-production, eight of which are by female directors. Jeremy Zelnik who spearheads Les Arcs’s Industry Village received a record 164 projects, which reflects the fact that many...
The section, curated by Frederic Boyer, the artistic director of Tribeca and Les Arcs Film Festival, will include “Opponent,” a drama by Swedish up-and-comer Milad Alami (“The Charmer”) and produced by Sweden’s Tangy and Norway’s Ape&Bjørn; “Preparations for a Miracle,” directed by Tobias Nölle and produced by Switzerland’s Hugofilm Features and Germany’s Flare Film; and “Silver Haze,” helmed by Sacha Polak and produced by Dutch banner Viking Film and the U.K.’s Emu Films.
Spanning 18 countries across Europe, the selection comprises films in post-production, eight of which are by female directors. Jeremy Zelnik who spearheads Les Arcs’s Industry Village received a record 164 projects, which reflects the fact that many...
- 12/3/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Global streamer Mubi has taken worldwide Svod rights (excl. Spain) to Little Hands, Rémi Allier’s short film that is in the running for this year’s Live Action Short Film Oscar.
The pic screened at Telluride and also won last year’s César short film award in France. It tells the story of a factory employee who, upon discovering that the management is closing down his workplace, kidnaps the toddler of the director in order to negotiate.
It was produced by Benoît Roland (Wrong Men) and Pauline Seigland and Lionel Massol (Film Grand Huit). Wim Wenders and Dario Suter (Dcm) are executive producers.
The deal was struck between François Morisset from Salaud Morisset, a regular distributor of short films, and Kevin Chan from Mubi.
Paris and Berlin based Salaud Morisset has previously worked on Guy Nattiv’s 2019 Live Action Short Oscar-winning film Skin, Ladj Li’s short Les Miserables,...
The pic screened at Telluride and also won last year’s César short film award in France. It tells the story of a factory employee who, upon discovering that the management is closing down his workplace, kidnaps the toddler of the director in order to negotiate.
It was produced by Benoît Roland (Wrong Men) and Pauline Seigland and Lionel Massol (Film Grand Huit). Wim Wenders and Dario Suter (Dcm) are executive producers.
The deal was struck between François Morisset from Salaud Morisset, a regular distributor of short films, and Kevin Chan from Mubi.
Paris and Berlin based Salaud Morisset has previously worked on Guy Nattiv’s 2019 Live Action Short Oscar-winning film Skin, Ladj Li’s short Les Miserables,...
- 1/10/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi has acquired Luca Guadagnino’s short drama “The Staggering Girl,” starring Julianne Moore. The global streaming service and theatrical distributor has taken worldwide rights on the film excluding Italy, China, Japan, Russia, and theatrical rights in Turkey.
The 35-min short premiered in Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in May. It tells the short of an Italian-American writer (Moore) who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her ageing mother. Mia Goth, KiKi Layne, Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller, and Alba Rohrwacher co-star.
Mubi previously handled U.K. theatrical rights to Guadagnino’s last feature “Suspiria,” from Amazon Studios.
“We are extremely excited to continue working with Luca after the success of his wildly imaginative ‘Suspiria’ last year,” said Mubi founder and CEO, Efe Cakarel. “‘The Staggering Girl’ is an exciting new vision from one of the most thrilling filmmakers working today and we...
The 35-min short premiered in Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in May. It tells the short of an Italian-American writer (Moore) who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her ageing mother. Mia Goth, KiKi Layne, Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller, and Alba Rohrwacher co-star.
Mubi previously handled U.K. theatrical rights to Guadagnino’s last feature “Suspiria,” from Amazon Studios.
“We are extremely excited to continue working with Luca after the success of his wildly imaginative ‘Suspiria’ last year,” said Mubi founder and CEO, Efe Cakarel. “‘The Staggering Girl’ is an exciting new vision from one of the most thrilling filmmakers working today and we...
- 8/28/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Streaming service and theatrical distributor Mubi has picked up world rights to Luca Guadagnino’s short drama The Staggering Girl, marking the company’s first global deal for a new film.
Directed by Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name), the 35-minute piece stars Julianne Moore, Mia Goth, KiKi Layne, Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller, and Alba Rohrwacher. It debuted at Cannes.
Mubi has acquired world rights excluding Italy, China, Japan, Russia, and theatrical rights in Turkey. The deal was negotiated between Kevin Chan for Mubi, Endeavor Content and Rai.
The Italy and New York-set film tells the story of Francesca (Moore), an Italian-American writer who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her ageing mother. Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto provides the music for the film, which was lit by Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria DoP Sayombhu Mukdeeprom.
The visually striking short is produced in...
Directed by Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name), the 35-minute piece stars Julianne Moore, Mia Goth, KiKi Layne, Kyle MacLachlan, Marthe Keller, and Alba Rohrwacher. It debuted at Cannes.
Mubi has acquired world rights excluding Italy, China, Japan, Russia, and theatrical rights in Turkey. The deal was negotiated between Kevin Chan for Mubi, Endeavor Content and Rai.
The Italy and New York-set film tells the story of Francesca (Moore), an Italian-American writer who lives in New York and must return to Rome to retrieve her ageing mother. Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto provides the music for the film, which was lit by Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria DoP Sayombhu Mukdeeprom.
The visually striking short is produced in...
- 8/28/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Chan joins from Thunderbird.
Streaming service and distributor Mubi has named Kevin Chan as senior acquisitions manager.
Chan joins from UK distributor Thunderbird Releasing, where he was acquisitions manager and worked on picking up UK rights to titles including Shoplifters and Burning.
At Mubi, his focus will be primarily on picking up titles for UK theatrical distribution.
Mubi has moved more into the theatrical space in the last 12 months, releasing titles such as Suspiria into UK cinemas. Last year, the company launched Mubi Go, a theatrical ticket offering for subscribers to its platform.
Upcoming Mubi releases include Ali Abbasi’s Border,...
Streaming service and distributor Mubi has named Kevin Chan as senior acquisitions manager.
Chan joins from UK distributor Thunderbird Releasing, where he was acquisitions manager and worked on picking up UK rights to titles including Shoplifters and Burning.
At Mubi, his focus will be primarily on picking up titles for UK theatrical distribution.
Mubi has moved more into the theatrical space in the last 12 months, releasing titles such as Suspiria into UK cinemas. Last year, the company launched Mubi Go, a theatrical ticket offering for subscribers to its platform.
Upcoming Mubi releases include Ali Abbasi’s Border,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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