Sundance film festival

Those close to the production of After, the feature adaptation of the Anna Todd YA novel, were also upset with Aviron’s handling of the film stateside last spring after it fizzled stateside with $12.1M, despite raking in an overseas gross of $57.4M given the source material’s popularity. … [Read more...] about William Sadleir Out At Aviron Pictures

You really can do so much on foot and public transport is great. The history and architecture. Business wise you can get to see a lot of people in a short space of time. If you’re organizing an event, German efficiency is just a joy. … [Read more...] about Berlin 2020 According to Publicist Tina McFarling

Oh my. It was too much sometimes. People who worked with me to create the archive would say that it was too much, that they were sick. There are very cruel images, very sad images. They are strong and very dark. But we were learning history over the four years we worked. I took notes but tried not to write too much. How do you take subjects like these and make them accessible? That is the task I set myself. You can become fascinated by horror. So I needed to be very careful. I needed "art" to be present. I needed "cinema" to be present. … [Read more...] about ‘Irradiated’ Filmmaker on Four-Year Journey Exploring Genocide

Shot in 21 days on a budget of less than $1 million, Suk Suk, Yeung’s third feature, was produced by Asian industry veteran Michael Werner and emerging local producer Teresa Kwong, among others. Werner, whose former sales outfit Fortissimo repped Yeung’s previous two features, Front Cover (2015) and Cut Sleeve Boys (2006), liked the script but had his reservations. "He was a little worried that a film with an LGBTQ theme plus an old-age love affair would almost be considered box office suicide," Yeung says. "However, he continued to lend his support." … [Read more...] about Berlin Hidden Gem: An Empathetic Look at the Closeted Lives of Elderly Men

We feel the areas of growth for us are definitely international, working with production companies rooted in their own territories and being able to develop great shows for local broadcasters and developing our international footprint and knowledge. The deal with Gub reflects our ambition to be very, very active in the English-speaking world and develop a real international product that can fit the expectations of English-speaking broadcasters in the U.K. and the U.S. We have a significant team in London with Reel One, but having Gub will strengthen our commercial presence. … [Read more...] about Newen’s Rodolphe Buet on Challenges for European Producers, Developing an “International Footprint”