Festival organisers on Friday announced the Tribeca Immersive programme will comprise 29 Vr exhibits including 20 world premieres.
Established Vr creators and studios debuting new pieces include Marshmallow Laser Feast, Gabo Arora, Baobab Studios, Oculus Story Studios, Penrose Studios, and Within.
For the first time, Storyscapes and Virtual Arcade exhibitions will run concurrently at the Tribeca Festival Hub throughout the festival and kick off on April 21. The festival runs from April 19-30.
Storyscapes selections include six projects from four countries, three of which are world premieres including Blackout, a Vr project viewing today’s political climate through the lens of the New York Subway from Scatter creators Alexander Porter, Yasmin Elayat, James George, and Mei-Ling Wong.
Draw Me Close from Jordan Tannahill is a collaboration with the National Theatre and the National Film Board Of Canada on a blend of live-action and animation that explores the director’s relationship with his mother after her terminal cancer diagnosis.
The Last Goodbye...
Established Vr creators and studios debuting new pieces include Marshmallow Laser Feast, Gabo Arora, Baobab Studios, Oculus Story Studios, Penrose Studios, and Within.
For the first time, Storyscapes and Virtual Arcade exhibitions will run concurrently at the Tribeca Festival Hub throughout the festival and kick off on April 21. The festival runs from April 19-30.
Storyscapes selections include six projects from four countries, three of which are world premieres including Blackout, a Vr project viewing today’s political climate through the lens of the New York Subway from Scatter creators Alexander Porter, Yasmin Elayat, James George, and Mei-Ling Wong.
Draw Me Close from Jordan Tannahill is a collaboration with the National Theatre and the National Film Board Of Canada on a blend of live-action and animation that explores the director’s relationship with his mother after her terminal cancer diagnosis.
The Last Goodbye...
- 3/3/2017
- ScreenDaily
The 16th annual Tribeca Film Festival announced today its lineup of immersive films, including 29 Vr and interactive projects in its Storyscapes and Virtual Arcade exhibits. Tribeca was one of the first U.S. festivals to showcase experimental storytelling projects, and as such the festival attracts world premieres from some of the vastly growing industry’s leading creators and studios.
Highlights include a virtual reality tour of the White House led by Barack and Michelle Obama; a new Vr collaboration from Chris Milk and by Pharell Williams; a mystery starring Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola from interactive studio Eko; and a multidisciplinary exploration of women of color’s experience through the lens of technology, society and culture, titled “NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism.”
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“As Vr has continued to evolve technologically, so has the storytelling. Our mission...
Highlights include a virtual reality tour of the White House led by Barack and Michelle Obama; a new Vr collaboration from Chris Milk and by Pharell Williams; a mystery starring Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola from interactive studio Eko; and a multidisciplinary exploration of women of color’s experience through the lens of technology, society and culture, titled “NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism.”
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“As Vr has continued to evolve technologically, so has the storytelling. Our mission...
- 3/3/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Organisers behind the Cannes Marché’s third Next event set to run from May 12-18 have lined up an expanded future of cinema showcase that places heavy emphasis on the fast-rising world of virtual reality.
For the first time Next events will take place at the entrance of the Village International on the Pantiero side – the site previously occupied by Canal+ – and will feature installations, interactive films, screenings, conferences and workshops on subjects such as big data, theatres of the future, and VOD opportunities.
The Next schedule will include 15 innovative companies that will conduct business at the Next Pavilion. Creative Wallonia and the Canadian Film Center will have their own corner. The full Next programme will be announced shortly.
Vr Days programme
The centerpiece is the Vr Days programme, a rich roster featuring work from the world’s leading exponents that takes place over May 15 and 16 and stems from a clamour by content creators to focus...
For the first time Next events will take place at the entrance of the Village International on the Pantiero side – the site previously occupied by Canal+ – and will feature installations, interactive films, screenings, conferences and workshops on subjects such as big data, theatres of the future, and VOD opportunities.
The Next schedule will include 15 innovative companies that will conduct business at the Next Pavilion. Creative Wallonia and the Canadian Film Center will have their own corner. The full Next programme will be announced shortly.
Vr Days programme
The centerpiece is the Vr Days programme, a rich roster featuring work from the world’s leading exponents that takes place over May 15 and 16 and stems from a clamour by content creators to focus...
- 4/20/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Errors Of The Human Body producer Cole Payne has launched the Los Angeles-based film and television production, distribution and talent management company.
Management executive Jeremy Loethen, current head of the talent management department for Payne’s Interactor Media, will be a partner in the new venture.
The company has signed Zackary Adler to direct Casual Encounters, which is set to commence shooting this month in Los Angeles and will centre on a man who is persuaded to start online dating after an embarrassing public break-up. Erik Steinmetz and Sebastian J Michael wrote the screenplay and Payne will produce.
Traverse will distribute its first film Sugar, a recent acquisition from the Cinema At The Edge film festival. Rotimi Rainwater wrote and directed and Ari Palitz and Erin Ward produced the tale of a homeless girl with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Comedy Central Workaholics co-creator Conner Pritchard and author of the three-part sci-fi book series The Rho Agenda Richard Phillips have joined...
Management executive Jeremy Loethen, current head of the talent management department for Payne’s Interactor Media, will be a partner in the new venture.
The company has signed Zackary Adler to direct Casual Encounters, which is set to commence shooting this month in Los Angeles and will centre on a man who is persuaded to start online dating after an embarrassing public break-up. Erik Steinmetz and Sebastian J Michael wrote the screenplay and Payne will produce.
Traverse will distribute its first film Sugar, a recent acquisition from the Cinema At The Edge film festival. Rotimi Rainwater wrote and directed and Ari Palitz and Erin Ward produced the tale of a homeless girl with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Comedy Central Workaholics co-creator Conner Pritchard and author of the three-part sci-fi book series The Rho Agenda Richard Phillips have joined...
- 6/6/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Insomnia Media Group is moving forward with two new projects: "A Fine Step" and "Master's Tree."
Luke Perry and Armand Assante star in "Step," a drama about a champion horse rider injured in a car accident and the woman who takes over the training and riding of Fandango, his prized Paso Fino horse. The project, whose title might change, has begun principal photography in Memphis.
Jonathan Meyers is directing from a screenplay by Dennis Sonnenschein and Doc Suggs. Bret Saxon is producing with Insomnia's Ari Palitz. Jon Yarbrough Jr., Doug Ames, Ron Coleman and Justin Gullett executive produce.
Cylk Cozart ("16 Blocks"), Justin Baldoni ("Heroes"), Leonor Varela ("The Man in the Iron Mask") and Amy Lavere ("Black Snake Moan") co-star.
Perry is repped by Fortitude and Himber Entertainment. Assante is repped by Rebel Entertainment Partners and Omniquest Media.
Insomnia also has signed David Mickey Evans ("Sandlot") to direct the Christmas drama "Tree,...
Luke Perry and Armand Assante star in "Step," a drama about a champion horse rider injured in a car accident and the woman who takes over the training and riding of Fandango, his prized Paso Fino horse. The project, whose title might change, has begun principal photography in Memphis.
Jonathan Meyers is directing from a screenplay by Dennis Sonnenschein and Doc Suggs. Bret Saxon is producing with Insomnia's Ari Palitz. Jon Yarbrough Jr., Doug Ames, Ron Coleman and Justin Gullett executive produce.
Cylk Cozart ("16 Blocks"), Justin Baldoni ("Heroes"), Leonor Varela ("The Man in the Iron Mask") and Amy Lavere ("Black Snake Moan") co-star.
Perry is repped by Fortitude and Himber Entertainment. Assante is repped by Rebel Entertainment Partners and Omniquest Media.
Insomnia also has signed David Mickey Evans ("Sandlot") to direct the Christmas drama "Tree,...
- 2/16/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Justin Baldoni has been cast in the title role in the real-life story of "Barry Minkow." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Baldoni joins James Caan, Armand Assante, Mark Hamill and Ving Rhames in the bizarre story of a teenage entrepreneur running a successful carpet company, Zzzz Best, who gets busted for running a Ponzi scheme. After experiencing a religious conversion in prison, Minkow becomes a pastor doing anti-fraud work with the FBI. The screenplay was written by Jonathan Meyers; Bruce Caulk will direct. Bret Saxon, Jeff Bowler, Ari Palitz, William MacDonald, Charles Arthur Berg and Minkow are producing for Insomnia Media Group. The film is shooting in Los Angeles.
- 8/31/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Justin Baldoni has been cast in the title role in the real-life story of "Barry Minkow."
Baldoni joins James Caan, Armand Assante, Mark Hamill and Ving Rhames in the bizarre story of a teenage entrepreneur running a successful carpet company, Zzzz Best, who gets busted for running a Ponzi scheme. After experiencing a religious conversion in prison, Minkow becomes a pastor doing anti-fraud work with the FBI.
The screenplay was written by Jonathan Meyers; Bruce Caulk will direct.
Bret Saxon, Jeff Bowler, Ari Palitz, William MacDonald, Charles Arthur Berg and Minkow are producing for Insomnia Media Group. The film is shooting in Los Angeles.
Baldoni, who is repped by Talent Works and Kritzer Levine Wilkins Entertainment, appeared on "Everwood" and "Heroes." He next appears in the feature "Unrequited."...
Baldoni joins James Caan, Armand Assante, Mark Hamill and Ving Rhames in the bizarre story of a teenage entrepreneur running a successful carpet company, Zzzz Best, who gets busted for running a Ponzi scheme. After experiencing a religious conversion in prison, Minkow becomes a pastor doing anti-fraud work with the FBI.
The screenplay was written by Jonathan Meyers; Bruce Caulk will direct.
Bret Saxon, Jeff Bowler, Ari Palitz, William MacDonald, Charles Arthur Berg and Minkow are producing for Insomnia Media Group. The film is shooting in Los Angeles.
Baldoni, who is repped by Talent Works and Kritzer Levine Wilkins Entertainment, appeared on "Everwood" and "Heroes." He next appears in the feature "Unrequited."...
- 8/30/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Vivica A. Fox and Rachel Miner will star and Laura Ramsey and Toby Hemingway are in final negotiations to star in York Shackleton's Street, the true story of a 16-year-old runaway, from producer Insomnia Media Group.
Fox will portray a woman who helps and mentors Lexi (Ramsey), a girl with a troubled mother, a convict father and a caring sister (Miner). After running away with a boyfriend who ends up abusing her, she finds shelter and love with a drug-addicted street kid (Hemingway) who teaches her how to survive in a tough Portland, Ore., neighborhood.
Jeff Bowler, Bret Saxon and Ari Palitz are producing Street for Insomnia. Shackleton's Auteur Entertainment is co-producing; Shackleton wrote the script, which is based on the life of co-producer Kristen Jensen. Luke Goss (Hellboy 2) is executive producing. William Morris is repping sales.
Insomnia, a production and talent management outfit founded by Bowler and Saxon, produced Zak Penn's mockumentary The Grand with Eleven Eleven Films.
Fox will portray a woman who helps and mentors Lexi (Ramsey), a girl with a troubled mother, a convict father and a caring sister (Miner). After running away with a boyfriend who ends up abusing her, she finds shelter and love with a drug-addicted street kid (Hemingway) who teaches her how to survive in a tough Portland, Ore., neighborhood.
Jeff Bowler, Bret Saxon and Ari Palitz are producing Street for Insomnia. Shackleton's Auteur Entertainment is co-producing; Shackleton wrote the script, which is based on the life of co-producer Kristen Jensen. Luke Goss (Hellboy 2) is executive producing. William Morris is repping sales.
Insomnia, a production and talent management outfit founded by Bowler and Saxon, produced Zak Penn's mockumentary The Grand with Eleven Eleven Films.
- 7/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Robert De Niro is executive producing writer-director Barry Primus' upcoming dramatic comedy "20% Fiction."
The film centers on a respected acting coach dissatisfied with his superficial life in Los Angeles. He finds love and self-fulfillment after moving to a small town and working with its quirky residents.
De Niro produced and co-starred in Primus' 1992 sophomore directorial effort, Mistress. Primus has served as De Niro's acting coach, and the two longtime friends have acted together in such films as New York, New York, Night and the City and Guilty by Suspicion.
Bret Saxon, Jeff Bowler and Ari Palitz of Insomnia Media Group are financing the film and producing with Deco Entertainment's Nicholas Celozzi and Freddy Braidy. Principal photography is slated to begin in late September in Los Angeles.
Insomnia's recent projects include Zak Penn's The Grand. Braidy produced the Paris Hilton starrer Bottoms Up.
The film centers on a respected acting coach dissatisfied with his superficial life in Los Angeles. He finds love and self-fulfillment after moving to a small town and working with its quirky residents.
De Niro produced and co-starred in Primus' 1992 sophomore directorial effort, Mistress. Primus has served as De Niro's acting coach, and the two longtime friends have acted together in such films as New York, New York, Night and the City and Guilty by Suspicion.
Bret Saxon, Jeff Bowler and Ari Palitz of Insomnia Media Group are financing the film and producing with Deco Entertainment's Nicholas Celozzi and Freddy Braidy. Principal photography is slated to begin in late September in Los Angeles.
Insomnia's recent projects include Zak Penn's The Grand. Braidy produced the Paris Hilton starrer Bottoms Up.
- 6/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This review was written for the festival screening of "The Grand".Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK -- For his second directorial effort, screenwriter Zak Penn ("X-Men: The Last Stand") uses an improvisational approach similar to his feature debut, "Incident at Loch Ness", with much more successful results. This ensemble comedy about a group of eccentric players competing in a multimillion-dollar poker match will inevitably be compared to the works of Christopher Guest, but what "The Grand" lacks in originality it more than makes up for with its high percentage of funny moments.
Penn, who co-wrote the script with Matt Bierman, has assembled a top-notch cast of comedic performers who seem to be having one hell of a time. Their enjoyment is infectious, and while some of the gags invariably go on for too long, for the most part the film is crisply paced and consistently uproarious.
The central character is "One Eyed" Jack Faro (Woody Harrelson), who's lost the casino his grandfather left him because of his various addictions, not the least of which is to marriage. In order to gain it back from an addled real estate developer (Michael McKean), he enters a poker competition called "The Grand", the prize being $10 million.
To win, he must compete against a gallery of bizarre players, including Larry Schwartzman (David Cross), whose distraction techniques include wearing a burka; his sister, Lainie (Cheryl Hines), a profane Long Island housewife; LBJ "Deuce" Fairbanks (Dennis Farina), who longs for the good old days of breaking legs; Andy Andrews (Richard Kind), who garnered his spot at the table after winning an online game; Harold Melvin (Chris Parnell), a semi-autistic who lives with his elderly mother; "The German" (Werner Herzog), who needs to kill at least one animal a day; and others.
Also on hand are such characters as Lainie's husband (Ray Romano), a "lightning survivor"; her father (sitcom star Gabe Kaplan, now a real-life player); and other competitors played in cameos by such figures as Hank Azaria, Jason Alexander and director Brett Ratner, among many others.
Penn and Bierman have clearly allowed their performers to let loose, with mostly hilarious results. Their attempt to provide some emotional depth to the proceedings, with a subplot involving the dysfunctional Schwartzman family dynamics, is less successful, though it does little harm.
THE GRAND
Eleven Eleven Films, Insomnia Media Group
Credits:
Director: Zak Penn
Screenwriters: Zak Penn, Matt Bierman
Producers: Bret Saxon, Jeff Bowler, Zak Penn, Gary Marcus, Bobby Schwartz, Ross M. Dinerstein
Executive producers: Ari Palitz, Matt Bierman
Co-producer: Lance Stockton
Director of photography: Anthony Hardwick
Production designer: Shepherd Frankel
Music: Stephen Endelman
Costume designer: Valerie Laven-Cooper
Editor: Abby Schwarzwalder
Cast:
"One-Eyed" Jack Faro: Woody Harrelson
Larry Schwartzman: David Cross
LBJ "Deuce" Fairbanks: Dennis Farina
Lainie Schwartzman: Cheryl Hines
Andy Andrews: Richard Kind
Harold Melvin: Chris Parnell
The German: Werner Herzog
Dr. Yakov Achmed: Jason Alexander
Fred Marsh: Ray Romano
Reggie Marshall: Mike Epps
Running time -- 95 minutes
No MPAA rating...
NEW YORK -- For his second directorial effort, screenwriter Zak Penn ("X-Men: The Last Stand") uses an improvisational approach similar to his feature debut, "Incident at Loch Ness", with much more successful results. This ensemble comedy about a group of eccentric players competing in a multimillion-dollar poker match will inevitably be compared to the works of Christopher Guest, but what "The Grand" lacks in originality it more than makes up for with its high percentage of funny moments.
Penn, who co-wrote the script with Matt Bierman, has assembled a top-notch cast of comedic performers who seem to be having one hell of a time. Their enjoyment is infectious, and while some of the gags invariably go on for too long, for the most part the film is crisply paced and consistently uproarious.
The central character is "One Eyed" Jack Faro (Woody Harrelson), who's lost the casino his grandfather left him because of his various addictions, not the least of which is to marriage. In order to gain it back from an addled real estate developer (Michael McKean), he enters a poker competition called "The Grand", the prize being $10 million.
To win, he must compete against a gallery of bizarre players, including Larry Schwartzman (David Cross), whose distraction techniques include wearing a burka; his sister, Lainie (Cheryl Hines), a profane Long Island housewife; LBJ "Deuce" Fairbanks (Dennis Farina), who longs for the good old days of breaking legs; Andy Andrews (Richard Kind), who garnered his spot at the table after winning an online game; Harold Melvin (Chris Parnell), a semi-autistic who lives with his elderly mother; "The German" (Werner Herzog), who needs to kill at least one animal a day; and others.
Also on hand are such characters as Lainie's husband (Ray Romano), a "lightning survivor"; her father (sitcom star Gabe Kaplan, now a real-life player); and other competitors played in cameos by such figures as Hank Azaria, Jason Alexander and director Brett Ratner, among many others.
Penn and Bierman have clearly allowed their performers to let loose, with mostly hilarious results. Their attempt to provide some emotional depth to the proceedings, with a subplot involving the dysfunctional Schwartzman family dynamics, is less successful, though it does little harm.
THE GRAND
Eleven Eleven Films, Insomnia Media Group
Credits:
Director: Zak Penn
Screenwriters: Zak Penn, Matt Bierman
Producers: Bret Saxon, Jeff Bowler, Zak Penn, Gary Marcus, Bobby Schwartz, Ross M. Dinerstein
Executive producers: Ari Palitz, Matt Bierman
Co-producer: Lance Stockton
Director of photography: Anthony Hardwick
Production designer: Shepherd Frankel
Music: Stephen Endelman
Costume designer: Valerie Laven-Cooper
Editor: Abby Schwarzwalder
Cast:
"One-Eyed" Jack Faro: Woody Harrelson
Larry Schwartzman: David Cross
LBJ "Deuce" Fairbanks: Dennis Farina
Lainie Schwartzman: Cheryl Hines
Andy Andrews: Richard Kind
Harold Melvin: Chris Parnell
The German: Werner Herzog
Dr. Yakov Achmed: Jason Alexander
Fred Marsh: Ray Romano
Reggie Marshall: Mike Epps
Running time -- 95 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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