New titles also include African elephant and rhino genocide doc The Last Animals.
Distributor Kew Media Group has filled out its slate ahead of next month’s Cannes Film Festival and acquired worldwide sales rights to six new titles. The films will be making their festival market debut at the Marche du Film.
The titles include Nothing Like A Dame, a conversation piece between four renowned British actresses – Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Playwright and Maggie Smith. Directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and produced by Sally Angel and Karen Steyn, the film sees the four ladies discuss their careers...
Distributor Kew Media Group has filled out its slate ahead of next month’s Cannes Film Festival and acquired worldwide sales rights to six new titles. The films will be making their festival market debut at the Marche du Film.
The titles include Nothing Like A Dame, a conversation piece between four renowned British actresses – Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Playwright and Maggie Smith. Directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and produced by Sally Angel and Karen Steyn, the film sees the four ladies discuss their careers...
- 4/30/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Close-up card magician legend Richard Turner will be the subject of a new feature film.
Court Five producers Jane Fleming and Mark Ordesky have struck a deal with Keep On Running Pictures and Ralph Smyth Entertainment to develop and produce a feature film based on Turner’s life story, Variety has learned. And what a life it is — Turner became a slight-of-hand master despite the fact that he is completely blind.
Turner was the subject of “Dealt,” an acclaimed Sundance Selects documentary about his life that debuted in 2017. The film went on to win the audience award for documentary at SXSW and became the most watched documentary on iTunes.
The filmmakers behind “Dealt” – director, writer and producer Luke Korem, producer Russell Groves, and writer Bradley Jackson – are all on board to produce the feature film with Court Five. To make the movie, Korem spent months with Turner and his family,...
Court Five producers Jane Fleming and Mark Ordesky have struck a deal with Keep On Running Pictures and Ralph Smyth Entertainment to develop and produce a feature film based on Turner’s life story, Variety has learned. And what a life it is — Turner became a slight-of-hand master despite the fact that he is completely blind.
Turner was the subject of “Dealt,” an acclaimed Sundance Selects documentary about his life that debuted in 2017. The film went on to win the audience award for documentary at SXSW and became the most watched documentary on iTunes.
The filmmakers behind “Dealt” – director, writer and producer Luke Korem, producer Russell Groves, and writer Bradley Jackson – are all on board to produce the feature film with Court Five. To make the movie, Korem spent months with Turner and his family,...
- 4/26/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
When Richard Turner says he has a “two or three pack-a-day habit,” he’s not talking about cigarettes. A self-described “card mechanic” (because he can fix a card game), Turner is almost never without a deck in his hands — at one point in “Dealt,” Luke Korem’s sweet but listless documentary about the legendary sleight-of-hand trickster, Turner’s wife recounts how she once caught him absently running a card over his fingers while they were having sex. Needless to say, the 63-year-old has put in his 10,000 hours more than 10 times over.
Also: He’s completely blind. And he might not want you to know that. The fact might sound self-evident — he’s a close-up magician! — but Turner never gives anything away. From the moment he saunters on stage at Hollywood’s Magic Castle, everything is part of the act, including the eye contact he appears to make with the intimate crowd.
Also: He’s completely blind. And he might not want you to know that. The fact might sound self-evident — he’s a close-up magician! — but Turner never gives anything away. From the moment he saunters on stage at Hollywood’s Magic Castle, everything is part of the act, including the eye contact he appears to make with the intimate crowd.
- 10/20/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Dealt IFC Films Director: Luke Korem, Written by: Bradley Jackson, Luke Korem Cast: Richard Turner, Kim Turner, Asa Spades Turner Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 10/17/17 Opens: October 20, 2017 You probably won’t be terribly surprised to hear that some people look at their iPhones while making love. You can’t blame them; after all, it’s […]
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- 10/18/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"I represent why you should never play cards with strangers." IFC FIlms has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled Dealt, introducing us to and telling the story of Richard Turner, a world famous magician who is completely blind. Turner went blind as a child, and then dedicated his life to learning how to do things that one can't do when they're blind - including becoming an expert in sleight of hand and card tricks. I've been looking forward to seeing this doc ever since I first heard about it earlier this year. I love what Turner says in this trailer about how he wants to be known for what he does on its own merit. I wish I could go see him perform live somewhere. This really seems like a fascinating and fantastic doc. Deal me in. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Luke Korem's documentary Dealt,...
- 9/18/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Play the hand you're dealt" has an obvious double-meaning in Luke Korem's engaging Dealt, a doc whose star boasts a godlike control of playing cards but must learn to accept the blindness he has spent his life trying to hide. Card technician Richard Turner's skills would be astonishing for a person with no disability, and they supply the film with some thrilling moments. But Korem proves to be more focused on his decades-long path to acceptance, in a polished portrait that should play very well to those with eye disease and to those who support them. The winner of SXSW's...
- 8/31/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.
Lineup Announcements
– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.
- 4/13/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Fox Searchlight has bought the rights to “The Spy With No Name,” an ebook written by Jeff Maysh and published by Amazon Kindle Single, Deadline reports. Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert of Emjag Productions will produce alongside “Argo” executive producer David Klawans.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Grasshopper Film Gets ‘Escapes,’ Amazon and IFC Films Date ‘City of Ghosts’ and More
The true story centers on Erwin van Haarlem, a Cold War secret agent who stole the identity of a Dutch man whose mother had given him up for adoption. The Communist spy pretended to be Johanna van Haarlem’s long lost son for 11 years before being caught.
– FilmRise has acquired the U.S. rights to Michael Almereyda’s “Marjorie Prime,...
– Fox Searchlight has bought the rights to “The Spy With No Name,” an ebook written by Jeff Maysh and published by Amazon Kindle Single, Deadline reports. Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert of Emjag Productions will produce alongside “Argo” executive producer David Klawans.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Grasshopper Film Gets ‘Escapes,’ Amazon and IFC Films Date ‘City of Ghosts’ and More
The true story centers on Erwin van Haarlem, a Cold War secret agent who stole the identity of a Dutch man whose mother had given him up for adoption. The Communist spy pretended to be Johanna van Haarlem’s long lost son for 11 years before being caught.
– FilmRise has acquired the U.S. rights to Michael Almereyda’s “Marjorie Prime,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The documentary won the Audience Award at this year’s SXSW.
Sundance Selects has acquired Us rights to director Luke Korem’s Dealt, written by Bradley Jackson & Luke Korem.
The film, a Keep On Running Pictures and Ralph Smyth Entertainment production, made its world premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival and won the Audience Award in the Documentary Feature Competition, centres on Richard Turner, a living legend in the world of magic.
Dealt is the story of sixty-two year old Richard Turner who is known as one of the world’s greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind. Richard traces his journey from his troubled childhood, when he began losing his vision, to present day as he pursues perfection, knowing his biggest weakness might also be his greatest strength.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Sundance Selects to share the magic and inspiration of Richard Turner’s amazing life story,” said Korem. “Sundance Selects...
Sundance Selects has acquired Us rights to director Luke Korem’s Dealt, written by Bradley Jackson & Luke Korem.
The film, a Keep On Running Pictures and Ralph Smyth Entertainment production, made its world premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival and won the Audience Award in the Documentary Feature Competition, centres on Richard Turner, a living legend in the world of magic.
Dealt is the story of sixty-two year old Richard Turner who is known as one of the world’s greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind. Richard traces his journey from his troubled childhood, when he began losing his vision, to present day as he pursues perfection, knowing his biggest weakness might also be his greatest strength.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Sundance Selects to share the magic and inspiration of Richard Turner’s amazing life story,” said Korem. “Sundance Selects...
- 3/29/2017
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to Dealt, the documentary from director Luke Korem that centers on Richard Turner, one of the world’s greatest card magicians who is also blind. The pic had its world premiere at SXSW where it won the audience award in the Documentary Feature Competition. The docu traces Turner’s journey from his troubled childhood, when he began losing his vision, to now as he pursues perfection while struggling with the reality that his biggest…...
- 3/29/2017
- Deadline
Sundance Selects acquired Us rights to Dealt, the Luke Korem-directed pic that won the Audience Award in the Documentary category. Pic focuses on Richard Turner, a living legend in the world of magic who has achieved that status even though he is blind. Jonathan Sehring and Lisa Schwartz, co-presidents of IFC Films/Sundance Selects stated: "We are very excited to help tell the entertaining and uplifting story of Richard Turner following sold out screenings and standing…...
- 3/29/2017
- Deadline
Last week, SXSW Film released its jury awards, recognizing critics’ favorite films out of this year’s competition crop. Now, the festival’s audiences have gotten a chance to chime in as well, with Deadline reporting that the picks for the SXSW Audience Awards are in
Unsurprisingly, given the warm reception it got during its world premiere last Saturday night, Edgar Wright’s upcoming Baby Driver was one of the top winners, beating out movies like James Franco’s The Disaster Artist or Atomic Blonde for the Headliner Award. Meanwhile, Jessica M. Thompson’s sexual assault drama The Light Of The Moon took the top award in the Narrative Feature competition, and Luke Korem’s Dealt, about a blind master of card-based magic, won in documentaries.
Other recognized entries: Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick, an episodic award for Netflix’s Dear White People TV series, and the comedy Mr...
Unsurprisingly, given the warm reception it got during its world premiere last Saturday night, Edgar Wright’s upcoming Baby Driver was one of the top winners, beating out movies like James Franco’s The Disaster Artist or Atomic Blonde for the Headliner Award. Meanwhile, Jessica M. Thompson’s sexual assault drama The Light Of The Moon took the top award in the Narrative Feature competition, and Luke Korem’s Dealt, about a blind master of card-based magic, won in documentaries.
Other recognized entries: Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick, an episodic award for Netflix’s Dear White People TV series, and the comedy Mr...
- 3/18/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
The 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival announced their Audience Award and Virtual Cinema Jury Award winners on March 18. The full list is below.
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “The Light of the Moon”
Director: Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “Dealt”
Director: Luke Korem
Headliners
Audience Award Winner: “Baby Driver”
Director: Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “Mr. Roosevelt”
Director: Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin”
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Audience Award Winner: “Becoming Bond”
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
Audience Award Winner: “68 Kill”
Director: Trent Haaga
Episodic
Audience Award Winner: “Dear White People”
Director: Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
Audience Award Winner: “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”
Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Audience Award Winner: “Divine Divas”
Director: Leandra Leal
Festival Favorites
Audience Award Winner:...
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “The Light of the Moon”
Director: Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “Dealt”
Director: Luke Korem
Headliners
Audience Award Winner: “Baby Driver”
Director: Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “Mr. Roosevelt”
Director: Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin”
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Audience Award Winner: “Becoming Bond”
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
Audience Award Winner: “68 Kill”
Director: Trent Haaga
Episodic
Audience Award Winner: “Dear White People”
Director: Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
Audience Award Winner: “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”
Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Audience Award Winner: “Divine Divas”
Director: Leandra Leal
Festival Favorites
Audience Award Winner:...
- 3/18/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver voted top film in Headliners section.
Jessica M. Thompson’s narrative feature selection The Light Of The Moon and the documentary selection Dealt by Luke Korem earned top honours on Sunday.
The festival announced its audience winners on Sunday as they prepared to wrap the 2017 edition.
The jury and special prize winners were unveiled last week and reported here.
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
The Light Of The Moon, dir. Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Dealt, dir. Luke Korem
Headliners
Baby Driver, dir. Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Mr. Roosevelt, dir. Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
The Untold Tales Of Armistead Maupin, dir. Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Becoming Bond, dir. Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
68 Kill, dir. Trent Haaga
Episodic
Dear White People, dir. Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers, dirs. Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Divine Divas, dir. [link...
Jessica M. Thompson’s narrative feature selection The Light Of The Moon and the documentary selection Dealt by Luke Korem earned top honours on Sunday.
The festival announced its audience winners on Sunday as they prepared to wrap the 2017 edition.
The jury and special prize winners were unveiled last week and reported here.
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
The Light Of The Moon, dir. Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Dealt, dir. Luke Korem
Headliners
Baby Driver, dir. Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Mr. Roosevelt, dir. Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
The Untold Tales Of Armistead Maupin, dir. Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Becoming Bond, dir. Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
68 Kill, dir. Trent Haaga
Episodic
Dear White People, dir. Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers, dirs. Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Divine Divas, dir. [link...
- 3/18/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Here’s a clip from the Luke Korem-directed documentary Dealt that follows a renowned card magician who is also completely blind. The doc will world premiere at the South By Southwest Film Festival, which officially kicks off tomorrow. Written by Korem and Bradley Jackson, the doc gives insight into the life of 62 year old Richard Turner, as he traces his journey from his troubled childhood, when he began losing his vision, to present day as he relentlessly…...
- 3/9/2017
- Deadline
After drawing attention to the festival’s annual Gaming Awards, organizers behind the South by Southwest Film Festival have posted the full, comprehensive lineup, revealing that the likes of Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver and Free Fire, the riotous ensemble thriller from Ben Wheatley, are among those films that will screen for critics and attendees.
Per SXSW 2017‘s website, this year’s showcase will host “84 World Premieres, 11 North American Premieres, and 6 Us Premieres. First-time filmmakers account for 51 films, continuing our tradition of unearthing the emergent talent of tomorrow.” British auteur Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England) is a regular of the Texas festival, and will be rubbing shoulders with other favorites including Michael Winterbottom, Nacho Vigalondo, Michael Showalter.
SXSW 2017 begins on March 10th in Austin, Texas and you can get up to speed on everything the festival has to offer down below.
Narrative Feature Competition
A Bad Idea Gone Wrong...
Per SXSW 2017‘s website, this year’s showcase will host “84 World Premieres, 11 North American Premieres, and 6 Us Premieres. First-time filmmakers account for 51 films, continuing our tradition of unearthing the emergent talent of tomorrow.” British auteur Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England) is a regular of the Texas festival, and will be rubbing shoulders with other favorites including Michael Winterbottom, Nacho Vigalondo, Michael Showalter.
SXSW 2017 begins on March 10th in Austin, Texas and you can get up to speed on everything the festival has to offer down below.
Narrative Feature Competition
A Bad Idea Gone Wrong...
- 1/31/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Luke Korem is in the final days of an Indiegogo campaign to fundraise for Dealt, his documentary on the amazing blind card magician Richard Turner. During the course of filmmaking, he’s become friends with Turner, and below he discusses that friendship within the framework of documentary ethics and practice. Read and consider visiting his Indiegogo page and contributing. It’s the question every documentary filmmaker will at some point ask themselves: “How close should I get to my subject?” Making a documentary is like running a marathon with no definite end in sight. It takes time and 100% commitment to your subject. For anyone […]...
- 11/17/2014
- by Luke Korem
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Luke Korem is in the final days of an Indiegogo campaign to fundraise for Dealt, his documentary on the amazing blind card magician Richard Turner. During the course of filmmaking, he’s become friends with Turner, and below he discusses that friendship within the framework of documentary ethics and practice. Read and consider visiting his Indiegogo page and contributing. It’s the question every documentary filmmaker will at some point ask themselves: “How close should I get to my subject?” Making a documentary is like running a marathon with no definite end in sight. It takes time and 100% commitment to your subject. For anyone […]...
- 11/17/2014
- by Luke Korem
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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