Filmmakers Milad Alami, Kasper Barfoed and up-and-coming creatives Emma Sehested Høed and Jennifer Vedsted Christiansen are some of the Scandi talents plotting projects for the new Danish production banner Uma Film, formerly Good Company Films.
The Copenhagen-based shingle is run by three pedigreed female producers with a solid track record in Danish drama series and features. Stinna Lassen has produced for the Danish pubcaster Dr their biggest hit in the last six-to-seven years,“Carmen Curlers”, under the spotlight at this week’s Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision as contender for the Nordic Film & TV Fond Prize for best screenplay of a Nordic series. Her earlier productions take in Alami’s acclaimed feature debut “The Charmer” and series “When the Dust Settled.”
Lassen’s colleagues Claudia Saginario and Marie-Louise Gyldenkrone were respectively producer and line producer on another Dr’s smash local and international hit,“Cry Wolf.”
Uma Film’s fourth partner,...
The Copenhagen-based shingle is run by three pedigreed female producers with a solid track record in Danish drama series and features. Stinna Lassen has produced for the Danish pubcaster Dr their biggest hit in the last six-to-seven years,“Carmen Curlers”, under the spotlight at this week’s Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision as contender for the Nordic Film & TV Fond Prize for best screenplay of a Nordic series. Her earlier productions take in Alami’s acclaimed feature debut “The Charmer” and series “When the Dust Settled.”
Lassen’s colleagues Claudia Saginario and Marie-Louise Gyldenkrone were respectively producer and line producer on another Dr’s smash local and international hit,“Cry Wolf.”
Uma Film’s fourth partner,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
International directors Luca Guadagnino, Annemarie Jacir, Ruben Ostland, Nadine Labaki and Lee Chang-Dong also invited.
Rose Garnett, the head of BBC Films, Lizzie Francke, senior development and production executive at the BFI, and Tessa Ross, the former head of Film4 and now an independent producer at House Productions, are among the leading UK figures invited to join AMPAS on Monday June 25.
The Us Academy said this is its most diverse membership drive with a record 928 people invited to join the Academy from 59 countries. The invitation list comprised 49% females and 38% people of colour.
Further international executive invitees included renowned sales people Sharon Harel-Cohen,...
Rose Garnett, the head of BBC Films, Lizzie Francke, senior development and production executive at the BFI, and Tessa Ross, the former head of Film4 and now an independent producer at House Productions, are among the leading UK figures invited to join AMPAS on Monday June 25.
The Us Academy said this is its most diverse membership drive with a record 928 people invited to join the Academy from 59 countries. The invitation list comprised 49% females and 38% people of colour.
Further international executive invitees included renowned sales people Sharon Harel-Cohen,...
- 6/26/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Danish outfit has a busy slate at Cannes, including the fantasy family film based on Lene Kaaberbøl’s best-selling book series.
Danish production outfit Good Company is plotting a $3.5m fantasy family film, Wild Witch, to be directed by Kaspar Munk [pictured] (You & Me Forever) from a script by Bo H. Hansen based on Lene Kaaberbøl’s best-selling book series.
The story follows a 12-year-old girl who realizes she is a wild witch with the ability to communicate with animals. Good co-produces with Sweden’s Yellow Bird and Hungary’s Proton. The project will start shooting from February 2017, partially in Hungary. Backing comes from Nordisk Film, TV2 and the Danish Film Institute.
Good is also developing Iran-born filmmaker Milad Alami’s debut feature The Charmer, a thriller about a mysterious man who climbs the social ladder. It will start shooting in August; Alami was in Directors’ Fortnight in 2014 with short Void.
The slate also...
Danish production outfit Good Company is plotting a $3.5m fantasy family film, Wild Witch, to be directed by Kaspar Munk [pictured] (You & Me Forever) from a script by Bo H. Hansen based on Lene Kaaberbøl’s best-selling book series.
The story follows a 12-year-old girl who realizes she is a wild witch with the ability to communicate with animals. Good co-produces with Sweden’s Yellow Bird and Hungary’s Proton. The project will start shooting from February 2017, partially in Hungary. Backing comes from Nordisk Film, TV2 and the Danish Film Institute.
Good is also developing Iran-born filmmaker Milad Alami’s debut feature The Charmer, a thriller about a mysterious man who climbs the social ladder. It will start shooting in August; Alami was in Directors’ Fortnight in 2014 with short Void.
The slate also...
- 5/13/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Good Company Films will combine the producers behind The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Lar von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark; three projects already in development.
Anni Fernandez, who stepped down CEO of Sweden’s Yellow Bird last week, has quickly resurfaced as the CEO and producer at new Danish production outfit Good Company Films.
Based in Copenhagen, Fernandez has launched the new company with Vibeke Windeløv, Stinna Lassen and Ole Søndberg.
Windeløv has produced more than 35 titles for directors including Lars von Trier and Susanne Bier and joins the company as executive producer.
Lassen, who recently finished producing the first season of new crime series The Team, joins Good Company as a producer.
Søndberg, founder of Yellow Bird and executive producer of the Wallander and Millennium franchises, joins as executive producer.
In a joint statement, the partners said: “Scandinavian film has during the past years enjoyed a tremendous amount of success, and it is our...
Anni Fernandez, who stepped down CEO of Sweden’s Yellow Bird last week, has quickly resurfaced as the CEO and producer at new Danish production outfit Good Company Films.
Based in Copenhagen, Fernandez has launched the new company with Vibeke Windeløv, Stinna Lassen and Ole Søndberg.
Windeløv has produced more than 35 titles for directors including Lars von Trier and Susanne Bier and joins the company as executive producer.
Lassen, who recently finished producing the first season of new crime series The Team, joins Good Company as a producer.
Søndberg, founder of Yellow Bird and executive producer of the Wallander and Millennium franchises, joins as executive producer.
In a joint statement, the partners said: “Scandinavian film has during the past years enjoyed a tremendous amount of success, and it is our...
- 9/1/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
So far, La Grande Belleza, my choice for the Oscar is in the lead!
See the full list of winners below:
The 26th European Film Awards: Winners
The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
European Film
La Grande Bellezza
The Great Beauty
Italy/France , 140 min
Directed By: Paolo Sorrentino
Written By: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
Produced By: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need
Denmark, 111 min
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier
Produced By: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
European Documentary
The Act Of Killing
Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min
Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced By: Signe Byrge Sørensen
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress
Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
Written & Directed By: Ari Folman
Animation: Yoni Goodman
European Short Film
Dood Van Een Schaduw
Death Of A Shadow
directed by Tom Van Avermaet
Belgium/France 2012, 20 min, fiction
European Director
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Actress
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
European Actor
Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter
François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In The House)
European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma
Asaf Sudry
for Lemale Et Ha’Halal (Fill The Void)
Israel
European Editor
Cristiano Travaglioli
for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
Italy/France
European Production Designer
Sarah Greenwood
for Anna Karenina
UK
European Costume Designer
Paco Delgado
for Blancanieves
Spain/France
European Composer
Ennio Morricone
for The Best Offer
Italy
European Sound Designer
Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith)
Austria/Germany/France
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
European Achievement In World Cinema
Pedro Almodóvar
European Co-production Award– Prix Eurimages
Ada Solomon
People’S Choice Award for Best European Film
The Gilded Cage directed by Ruben Alves...
See the full list of winners below:
The 26th European Film Awards: Winners
The more than 2,900 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:
European Film
La Grande Bellezza
The Great Beauty
Italy/France , 140 min
Directed By: Paolo Sorrentino
Written By: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
Produced By: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
European Comedy
Love Is All You Need
Denmark, 111 min
Directed By: Susanne Bier
Written By: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier
Produced By: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv
European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
Oh Boy
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
European Documentary
The Act Of Killing
Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min
Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced By: Signe Byrge Sørensen
European Animated Feature Film
The Congress
Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
Written & Directed By: Ari Folman
Animation: Yoni Goodman
European Short Film
Dood Van Een Schaduw
Death Of A Shadow
directed by Tom Van Avermaet
Belgium/France 2012, 20 min, fiction
European Director
Paolo Sorrentino for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Actress
Veerle Baetens in The Broken Circle Breakdown
European Actor
Toni Servillo in La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter
François Ozon for Dans La Maison (In The House)
European Cinematographer – Prix Carlo Di Palma
Asaf Sudry
for Lemale Et Ha’Halal (Fill The Void)
Israel
European Editor
Cristiano Travaglioli
for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)
Italy/France
European Production Designer
Sarah Greenwood
for Anna Karenina
UK
European Costume Designer
Paco Delgado
for Blancanieves
Spain/France
European Composer
Ennio Morricone
for The Best Offer
Italy
European Sound Designer
Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith)
Austria/Germany/France
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
European Achievement In World Cinema
Pedro Almodóvar
European Co-production Award– Prix Eurimages
Ada Solomon
People’S Choice Award for Best European Film
The Gilded Cage directed by Ruben Alves...
- 12/9/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Broken Circle Breakdown, The Great Beauty and Adele: Chapters 1 & 2 among nominees.
The nominations for the 26th European Film Awards have been announced at the Seville European Film Festival.
More than 2,900 European Film Academy members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on Dec 7 in Berlin.
Nominated are:
European Film 2013
The Best Offer
Italy, 130 min
Written & Directed By: Giuseppe Tornatore
Produced By: Isabella Cocuzza & Arturo Paglia
Blancanieves
Spain/France, 104 min
Written & Directed By: Pablo Berger
Produced By: Ibon Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal & Pablo Berger
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Belgium, 100 min
Directed By: Felix van Groeningen
Written By: Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen
Produced By: Dirk Impens
La Grande Bellezza
The Great Beauty
Italy/France, 140 min
Directed By: Paolo Sorrentino
Written By: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
Produced By: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
Oh Boy!
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
La Vie D’Adele:...
The nominations for the 26th European Film Awards have been announced at the Seville European Film Festival.
More than 2,900 European Film Academy members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on Dec 7 in Berlin.
Nominated are:
European Film 2013
The Best Offer
Italy, 130 min
Written & Directed By: Giuseppe Tornatore
Produced By: Isabella Cocuzza & Arturo Paglia
Blancanieves
Spain/France, 104 min
Written & Directed By: Pablo Berger
Produced By: Ibon Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal & Pablo Berger
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Belgium, 100 min
Directed By: Felix van Groeningen
Written By: Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen
Produced By: Dirk Impens
La Grande Bellezza
The Great Beauty
Italy/France, 140 min
Directed By: Paolo Sorrentino
Written By: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
Produced By: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
Oh Boy!
Germany, 83 min
Written & Directed By: Jan Ole Gerster
Produced By: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
La Vie D’Adele:...
- 11/9/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Revivals, Views From The Avant-Garde, Convergence, Applied Science, Motion Portraits took place at the New York Film Festival. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Breaking off from the New York Film Festival Main Slate, here are some of the highlights. In the Applied Science programme at the press conference for Teller's Tim's Vermeer, David Hockney, Johannes Vermeer, and Jimi Hendrix were intertwined by Teller's partner Penn Jillette. This year's Convergence focused on the "intersection of technology and storytelling" and opened with a Keystone Presentation of Investigate North's The Cloud Chamber Mystery, co-produced by Lars von Trier's Breaking The Waves producer Vibeke Windeløv, whom I met at the New York Film Festival in 2003 where she presented Dogville with Nicole Kidman. In the Revivals, Arthur Ripley's restored The Chase starring Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan and Peter Lorre would be a high-water mark for any festival, at any time. In New York,...
- 10/15/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: Appointment signals European Film Bonds ambition to establish a stronger foothold in the UK market.
Peter La Terriere, a British producer and former vp of international production for Universal Pictures, has been hired to head the London offices of European Film Bonds (Efb) - the completion guarantor for titles as Dom Hemingway, Headhunters and Nymphomaniac.
His appointment as Efb’s managing director, UK, was announced today by the company’s CEO and founder Per Neumann.
The move comes as Efb seeks to establish a stronger foothold in the UK market.
La Terriere will oversee the expansion of Efb’s presence in the English-language production sector. The company has also hired legal executive Johan Ewing, and production executive Sudie Smyth.
The Scandinavian completion guarantor whose credits also include Toronto titles Starred Up, Pioneer and Qissa as well as A Royal Affair and Kon-Tiki, was set up by Per Neumann, Nina Crone and Hans Lönnerheden in Copenhagen.
The...
Peter La Terriere, a British producer and former vp of international production for Universal Pictures, has been hired to head the London offices of European Film Bonds (Efb) - the completion guarantor for titles as Dom Hemingway, Headhunters and Nymphomaniac.
His appointment as Efb’s managing director, UK, was announced today by the company’s CEO and founder Per Neumann.
The move comes as Efb seeks to establish a stronger foothold in the UK market.
La Terriere will oversee the expansion of Efb’s presence in the English-language production sector. The company has also hired legal executive Johan Ewing, and production executive Sudie Smyth.
The Scandinavian completion guarantor whose credits also include Toronto titles Starred Up, Pioneer and Qissa as well as A Royal Affair and Kon-Tiki, was set up by Per Neumann, Nina Crone and Hans Lönnerheden in Copenhagen.
The...
- 9/18/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
$150,000 in Documentary Finishing Funds to be Awarded to Eight International Filmmakers Chosen from a Record Number of Submissions; Spotlighting Women Documentary Award Presented in Partnership with the Ppr Corporate Foundation for Women’s Dignity & Rights
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Marshall Curry, James Franco, Barbara Kopple and Robin Wright among 2012 Jury Members
The Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) and Gucci announced the 2012 recipients selected for the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund. The Fund, now in its fifth year, provides finishing finances, year-round support and guidance to domestic and international documentary filmmakers with feature-length films highlighting and humanizing issues of social importance from around the world. Eight projects have been selected from a record 697 submissions from 56 countries to receive a total of $150,000, to be administered by the Tribeca Film Institute.
For the second year, the Ppr Corporate Foundation for Women’s Dignity & Rights has joined the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund to present the Spotlighting Women Documentary Award. Three film projects have been chosen that illuminate the courage, compassion, extraordinary strength of character, and contributions of women from around the world, including Iran, Timor-Leste and Nigeria.
2012 projects were selected by a jury consisting of Marshall Curry, Jesse Dylan, James Franco, Barbara Kopple, Andrea Meditch, and Robin Wright. The committee chose the recipients from finalists selected by Tfi. In addition to funding, grantees will each receive year-round support from Tfi, including one-on-one guidance and consultation to help each film to reach completion, enter the marketplace, and find broader audiences for their work.
“Over the past four years, alumni projects of the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund have gone on not only to receive artistic and critical recognition from around the world, but also to inspire and impact change through the social justice issues within the stories they are telling,” said Ryan Harrington, Director of Documentary Programming at the Tribeca Film Institute. “We are proud of their success and look forward to helping this year’s filmmakers finish and bring awareness to their films .”
The projects that will collectively receive $100,000 total in funding for the 2012 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund are:
- E-Team (Directors Katy Chevigny & Ross Kauffman)
- God Loves Uganda (Director Roger Ross Williams)
- First to Fall (Director Rachel Anderson)
- Mercy Mercy (Director Katrine W Kjaer)
- Two Children of the Red Mosque (Director Hemal Trivedi)
The projects that will collectively receive $50,000 total in funding for the 2012 Spotlighting Women Documentary Award are:
- Alias Ruby Blade (Director Alex Meillier)
- Stargazing(working title) (Director Berit Madsen)
- The Supreme Price (Director Joanna Lipper)
“It was difficult to choose from among such a strong group of projects, but those we selected for the 2012 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund and the Spotlighting Women Awards feature strong, engaging characters and an intimate style to tell stories that illuminate the remarkable range of human struggle and triumph around the world,” said Andrea Meditch on behalf of the jury.
Films funded through the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund explore social issues across the globe through compelling and deeply personal stories, including: the intersection of religion and African culture in evangelical communities in Uganda; a fascinating look into the work of three members of the Human Rights Watch’s Emergency Team; the journey of young civilian expatriate rebels to liberate their home country; the complexities of international adoption; and the juxtaposing stories of two children in Pakistan pursuing very different dreams. The grantees projects include:
E-Team
Directed by Katy Chevigny & Ross Kauffman, produced by Chevigny, Kauffman & Marilyn Ness — The E-Team follows the intense and courageous work of three intrepid human rights workers on the frontlines of identifying international human rights abuses. Dramatic and crucial, Human Rights Watch’s Emergency Team work is custom-made for a compelling documentary film with a global perspective.
God Loves Uganda
Directed and produced by Roger Ross Williams, produced by Julie Goldman — God Loves Uganda is a journey into the heart of East Africa, where Ugandan pastors and their American counterparts spread God’s word and evangelical values to millions desperate for a better life. Inspired by his own roots in the African American Baptist church, director Roger Ross Williams seeks to explore a place where religion and African culture intersect.
First to Fall
Directed by Rachel Anderson, produced by Tony Gerber, executive produced by Mike Lerner —First to Fall follows a group of young civilian expatriate ‘rebels’ on their 8-month journey to liberate their home country. They give up comfortable, stable lives in order to take up arms against a corrupt regime and risk their lives in a brutal, chaotic war.
Mercy Mercy
Directed by Katrine W Kjær, produced by Miriam Nørgaard, Sara Stockmann & Vibeke Windeløv —International adoption seems like the perfect solution to a heartbreaking imbalance: Poor countries have babies in need of homes, and rich countries have homes in need of babies. Unfortunately, a lot of the orphans are not orphans at all.
Two Children of the Red Mosque
Directed and produced by Hemal Trivedi, co-directed by Mohammad Naqvi, produced by Whitney Dow and Jonathan Goodman Levitt — After attending Pakistan’s most notorious madrassah, 12-year-olds Zarina and Talha pursue different dreams. Zarina attends school while trying to avoid marriage; Talha remains a madrassah student preparing for Jihad. Their stories personalize Pakistanis’ ideological war.
The Spotlighting Women Documentary Awards highlight the courage and strength of women from around the world including: an Arabian teenage who dreams of a career as an astronaut despite her family’s disapproval; the role of one woman in establishing Timor-Leste as an independent nation; and another woman’s work fighting the corruption in Nigeria’s government. The grantees projects include:
Alias Ruby Blade
Directed by Alexander Meillier, produced by Tanya Ager Meillier — One courageous woman risks everything for the love of the imprisoned leader of a nation struggling for freedom. Together they nurture the tumultuous birth of the world’s newest nation – Timor-Leste.
Stargazing (working title)
Directed by Berit Madsen, produced by Henrik Underbjerg & Stefan Frost— A young Arabian girl wants to become an astronaut. But at her age the nightly stargazing excursions in the desert are a thorn in the side of family and traditions.
The Supreme Price
Directed and produced by Joanna Lipper— The Supreme Price tells the story of Hafsat Abiola. Following the annulment of her father’s victory in Nigeria’s Presidential Election and her mother’s assassination by the military dictatorship, Hafsat faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria’s most marginalized population: women.
About the Ppr Foundation:
Since its inception in 2009, the Ppr Corporate Foundation for Women’s Dignity & Rights pursues two objectives: fighting violence against women and promoting women’s empowerment.
Through its partnerships with local and international NGOs, social entrepreneurs or awareness raising programs, the Ppr Foundation encourages staff mobilization to the benefit of women.
The Ppr Foundation is part of Ppr Home.
www.fondationppr.org...
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Marshall Curry, James Franco, Barbara Kopple and Robin Wright among 2012 Jury Members
The Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) and Gucci announced the 2012 recipients selected for the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund. The Fund, now in its fifth year, provides finishing finances, year-round support and guidance to domestic and international documentary filmmakers with feature-length films highlighting and humanizing issues of social importance from around the world. Eight projects have been selected from a record 697 submissions from 56 countries to receive a total of $150,000, to be administered by the Tribeca Film Institute.
For the second year, the Ppr Corporate Foundation for Women’s Dignity & Rights has joined the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund to present the Spotlighting Women Documentary Award. Three film projects have been chosen that illuminate the courage, compassion, extraordinary strength of character, and contributions of women from around the world, including Iran, Timor-Leste and Nigeria.
2012 projects were selected by a jury consisting of Marshall Curry, Jesse Dylan, James Franco, Barbara Kopple, Andrea Meditch, and Robin Wright. The committee chose the recipients from finalists selected by Tfi. In addition to funding, grantees will each receive year-round support from Tfi, including one-on-one guidance and consultation to help each film to reach completion, enter the marketplace, and find broader audiences for their work.
“Over the past four years, alumni projects of the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund have gone on not only to receive artistic and critical recognition from around the world, but also to inspire and impact change through the social justice issues within the stories they are telling,” said Ryan Harrington, Director of Documentary Programming at the Tribeca Film Institute. “We are proud of their success and look forward to helping this year’s filmmakers finish and bring awareness to their films .”
The projects that will collectively receive $100,000 total in funding for the 2012 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund are:
- E-Team (Directors Katy Chevigny & Ross Kauffman)
- God Loves Uganda (Director Roger Ross Williams)
- First to Fall (Director Rachel Anderson)
- Mercy Mercy (Director Katrine W Kjaer)
- Two Children of the Red Mosque (Director Hemal Trivedi)
The projects that will collectively receive $50,000 total in funding for the 2012 Spotlighting Women Documentary Award are:
- Alias Ruby Blade (Director Alex Meillier)
- Stargazing(working title) (Director Berit Madsen)
- The Supreme Price (Director Joanna Lipper)
“It was difficult to choose from among such a strong group of projects, but those we selected for the 2012 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund and the Spotlighting Women Awards feature strong, engaging characters and an intimate style to tell stories that illuminate the remarkable range of human struggle and triumph around the world,” said Andrea Meditch on behalf of the jury.
Films funded through the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund explore social issues across the globe through compelling and deeply personal stories, including: the intersection of religion and African culture in evangelical communities in Uganda; a fascinating look into the work of three members of the Human Rights Watch’s Emergency Team; the journey of young civilian expatriate rebels to liberate their home country; the complexities of international adoption; and the juxtaposing stories of two children in Pakistan pursuing very different dreams. The grantees projects include:
E-Team
Directed by Katy Chevigny & Ross Kauffman, produced by Chevigny, Kauffman & Marilyn Ness — The E-Team follows the intense and courageous work of three intrepid human rights workers on the frontlines of identifying international human rights abuses. Dramatic and crucial, Human Rights Watch’s Emergency Team work is custom-made for a compelling documentary film with a global perspective.
God Loves Uganda
Directed and produced by Roger Ross Williams, produced by Julie Goldman — God Loves Uganda is a journey into the heart of East Africa, where Ugandan pastors and their American counterparts spread God’s word and evangelical values to millions desperate for a better life. Inspired by his own roots in the African American Baptist church, director Roger Ross Williams seeks to explore a place where religion and African culture intersect.
First to Fall
Directed by Rachel Anderson, produced by Tony Gerber, executive produced by Mike Lerner —First to Fall follows a group of young civilian expatriate ‘rebels’ on their 8-month journey to liberate their home country. They give up comfortable, stable lives in order to take up arms against a corrupt regime and risk their lives in a brutal, chaotic war.
Mercy Mercy
Directed by Katrine W Kjær, produced by Miriam Nørgaard, Sara Stockmann & Vibeke Windeløv —International adoption seems like the perfect solution to a heartbreaking imbalance: Poor countries have babies in need of homes, and rich countries have homes in need of babies. Unfortunately, a lot of the orphans are not orphans at all.
Two Children of the Red Mosque
Directed and produced by Hemal Trivedi, co-directed by Mohammad Naqvi, produced by Whitney Dow and Jonathan Goodman Levitt — After attending Pakistan’s most notorious madrassah, 12-year-olds Zarina and Talha pursue different dreams. Zarina attends school while trying to avoid marriage; Talha remains a madrassah student preparing for Jihad. Their stories personalize Pakistanis’ ideological war.
The Spotlighting Women Documentary Awards highlight the courage and strength of women from around the world including: an Arabian teenage who dreams of a career as an astronaut despite her family’s disapproval; the role of one woman in establishing Timor-Leste as an independent nation; and another woman’s work fighting the corruption in Nigeria’s government. The grantees projects include:
Alias Ruby Blade
Directed by Alexander Meillier, produced by Tanya Ager Meillier — One courageous woman risks everything for the love of the imprisoned leader of a nation struggling for freedom. Together they nurture the tumultuous birth of the world’s newest nation – Timor-Leste.
Stargazing (working title)
Directed by Berit Madsen, produced by Henrik Underbjerg & Stefan Frost— A young Arabian girl wants to become an astronaut. But at her age the nightly stargazing excursions in the desert are a thorn in the side of family and traditions.
The Supreme Price
Directed and produced by Joanna Lipper— The Supreme Price tells the story of Hafsat Abiola. Following the annulment of her father’s victory in Nigeria’s Presidential Election and her mother’s assassination by the military dictatorship, Hafsat faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria’s most marginalized population: women.
About the Ppr Foundation:
Since its inception in 2009, the Ppr Corporate Foundation for Women’s Dignity & Rights pursues two objectives: fighting violence against women and promoting women’s empowerment.
Through its partnerships with local and international NGOs, social entrepreneurs or awareness raising programs, the Ppr Foundation encourages staff mobilization to the benefit of women.
The Ppr Foundation is part of Ppr Home.
www.fondationppr.org...
- 6/25/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Prix EURIMAGES, a prize for European film co-productions, has been awarded to Vibeke Windeløv, one of the best known independent film producers in Scandinavia, and Bettina Brokemper, an internationally acclaimed young German producer, on Friday 5 December 2008 in Copenhagen at the end of the European Film Academy’s General Assembly.
In additionm, two films supported by Eurimages have been rewarded during the ceremony of the European Film Awards which took place on Saturday 6 December in Copenhagen: Kristin Scott-Thomas won the Actress Award for her performance in the film 'Il y a longtemps que je t'aime' by Philippe Claudel, while the European Actor Award 2008 went to Toni Servillo for his performance in both films 'Il Divo' by Paolo Sorrentino and 'Gomorra' by Matteo Garrone.
In additionm, two films supported by Eurimages have been rewarded during the ceremony of the European Film Awards which took place on Saturday 6 December in Copenhagen: Kristin Scott-Thomas won the Actress Award for her performance in the film 'Il y a longtemps que je t'aime' by Philippe Claudel, while the European Actor Award 2008 went to Toni Servillo for his performance in both films 'Il Divo' by Paolo Sorrentino and 'Gomorra' by Matteo Garrone.
- 12/11/2008
- Sydney's Buzz
Stepping into a role that had originally been earmarked for Nicole Kidman, Bryce Dallas Howard is in negotiations to play the lead character in Manderlay, Lars von Trier's newest film, sources said. Von Trier will direct from his own script, and the film will be produced by his longtime producer Vibeke Windelov. Manderlay is the second installment in a trilogy that began with Dogville, which stars Kidman and Paul Bettany and is scheduled for release next year via Lions Gate. Manderlay is expected to pick up thematically where Dogville leaves off, telling a story of slavery in the American South. Shooting is scheduled to begin in March in Denmark. At this year's Festival de Cannes, von Trier publicly offered the role to Kidman at the Dogville news conference, and she appeared to accept. But she declined the role two months later because of scheduling conflicts. Howard, daughter of director Ron Howard, is making her feature film debut in M. Night Shyamalan's The Village (formerly known as The Woods), opposite Joaquin Phoenix. Before that film, Howard had compiled a theater resume, including Manhattan Theatre Club's House/Garden, the Roundabout Theatre's Tartuffe and the Public Theatre's As You Like It. Howard is repped by Innovative Artists and Management 360.
- 12/2/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-winning superstar Nicole Kidman has been forced to pull out of filming for the sequel to Lars Von Trier's Dogville due to "scheduling problems". The announcement comes just a day after reports suggested that Kidman may also have to withdraw from the Brad Pitt film Mr. And Mrs. Smith due to a clash with her Stepford Wives remake work timetable. Von Trier had hoped the tall blonde would appear in all three parts of the trilogy, but scheduling conflicts have forced Moulin Rouge beauty Nicole to renege on her agreement to star in the second film, Manderlay. Von Trier's producer Vibeke Windelov laments, "We and she would love for her to do it, but we simply couldn't make it work." At the Cannes Film Festival this year, Nicole reportedly told Trier, "Lars, you know there's no doubt I will. Lars, I'm going to star in your pictures, no matter what it will cost."...
- 7/24/2003
- WENN
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