Cph:forum, the financing and co-production event held during Cph:dox documentary film festival in Copenhagen, will introduce new projects by filmmakers such as Ljubomir Stefanov (“Honeyland”), Jessica Kingdon (“Ascension”), Finlay Pretsell (“Time Trial”), Ousmane Samassekou (“The Last Shelter”), Mila Turajlić (“The Other Side of Everything”), Tonislav Hristov (“The Good Postman”), Iryna Tsilyk (“The Earth Is Blue as an Orange”) and Brett Story (“The Hottest August”), among others.
Stefanov, who was nominated for an Oscar for “Honeyland,” will be pitching “House of Earth.” He teams with producer Maya E. Rudolph, who produced Emmy-nominated “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” and Sarah D’hanens. The film centers on transgender sex worker Pinky, who returns to her Roma community after 30 years, and finds two families in need of a matriarch. Torn between her biological kin and chosen queer family, Pinky attempts to build a future that feels like home.
Kingdon, who was Oscar nominated for “Ascension,” arrives with “Untitled Animal Project,...
Stefanov, who was nominated for an Oscar for “Honeyland,” will be pitching “House of Earth.” He teams with producer Maya E. Rudolph, who produced Emmy-nominated “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” and Sarah D’hanens. The film centers on transgender sex worker Pinky, who returns to her Roma community after 30 years, and finds two families in need of a matriarch. Torn between her biological kin and chosen queer family, Pinky attempts to build a future that feels like home.
Kingdon, who was Oscar nominated for “Ascension,” arrives with “Untitled Animal Project,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Cph:dox also sets work-in-progress, Change co-production selections.
New feature documentaries from Honeyland director Ljubomir Stefanov and Ascension filmmaker Jessica Kingdon are among the 33 projects selected for Cph:Forum, the financing and co-production market of Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.
Macedonian filmmaker Stefanov is presenting House of Earth, about a transgender sex worker who returns to her Roma community after 30 years on the run, only to be torn between her biological kin and her chosen queer family. The Macedonian-us co-production is produced by Maya E. Rudolph and Sarah D’hanens, and is looking for €405,000 funding to supplement its €45,000 in place from Louverture Films and private equity.
New feature documentaries from Honeyland director Ljubomir Stefanov and Ascension filmmaker Jessica Kingdon are among the 33 projects selected for Cph:Forum, the financing and co-production market of Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.
Macedonian filmmaker Stefanov is presenting House of Earth, about a transgender sex worker who returns to her Roma community after 30 years on the run, only to be torn between her biological kin and her chosen queer family. The Macedonian-us co-production is produced by Maya E. Rudolph and Sarah D’hanens, and is looking for €405,000 funding to supplement its €45,000 in place from Louverture Films and private equity.
- 2/10/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Charli Xcx: Alone Together, a documentary that follows international pop star Charli Xcx as she records an album during the pandemic with online input from her fans.
Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler directed the film, which Greenwich plans to release in January. The documentary premiered in March at SXSW.
“Charli Xcx… was riding high after an electric headline global tour in 2019. However, everything changes when the Covid-19 pandemic turns the world upside down,” Greenwich wrote in a release describing the documentary project. “Lost in the early days of quarantine Charli turns to music and announces she will make an album at home in 40 days by enlisting the help of her fans online. The boundaries take Charli on a unique creative and emotional journey as she confronts mental health issues, rekindles her relationship with her boyfriend, connects with her fans, and ultimately...
Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler directed the film, which Greenwich plans to release in January. The documentary premiered in March at SXSW.
“Charli Xcx… was riding high after an electric headline global tour in 2019. However, everything changes when the Covid-19 pandemic turns the world upside down,” Greenwich wrote in a release describing the documentary project. “Lost in the early days of quarantine Charli turns to music and announces she will make an album at home in 40 days by enlisting the help of her fans online. The boundaries take Charli on a unique creative and emotional journey as she confronts mental health issues, rekindles her relationship with her boyfriend, connects with her fans, and ultimately...
- 9/23/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
With most festivals moving full steam ahead, such as the recently wrapped Rotterdam and Sundance, the next two major ones on the calendar are Berlinale, which just unveiled its lineup, and South by Southwest, which has also dropped theirs.
Set to take place March 16-20, the 2021 Film Festival program has 75 features including 57 World Premieres, 3 International Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 1 U.S. Premieres, 8 Texas Premieres and 53 films from first-time filmmakers + 84 Short Films including Music Videos, 5 Episodic Premieres, 6 Episodic Pilots, 20 Virtual Cinema projects, 14 Title Design entries, plus 30 Special Events.
“It’s been a year unlike any we’ve experienced, first marked by the cancellation of SXSW 2020,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film. “We feel privileged to have been able to pivot to SXSW Online and present a fantastic treasure trove of programming, including a pared down and wonderful selection of films that we know will delight, entertain and move our attendees. SXSW...
Set to take place March 16-20, the 2021 Film Festival program has 75 features including 57 World Premieres, 3 International Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 1 U.S. Premieres, 8 Texas Premieres and 53 films from first-time filmmakers + 84 Short Films including Music Videos, 5 Episodic Premieres, 6 Episodic Pilots, 20 Virtual Cinema projects, 14 Title Design entries, plus 30 Special Events.
“It’s been a year unlike any we’ve experienced, first marked by the cancellation of SXSW 2020,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film. “We feel privileged to have been able to pivot to SXSW Online and present a fantastic treasure trove of programming, including a pared down and wonderful selection of films that we know will delight, entertain and move our attendees. SXSW...
- 2/11/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Documentary music films about the careers of singer-songwriter Charli Xcx and late rock legend Tom Petty will headline this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, as the Austin fest has unveiled its full 2021 slate.
Charli Xcx’s “Alone Together” will be the closing night film about how she made an album over the course of 40 days in quarantine, while “Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free” will be the centerpiece film that uncovers new 16mm footage of Petty at work on his 1994 album “Wildflowers.” Rounding out the headliners for SXSW is the previously announced opening night film, “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil,” a YouTube Originals documentary about the aftermath of the actress and singer’s near-fatal overdose in 2018.
This year’s SXSW, now in its 28th year, is virtual and online after 2020’s festival was one of the first major events to be canceled as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Charli Xcx’s “Alone Together” will be the closing night film about how she made an album over the course of 40 days in quarantine, while “Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free” will be the centerpiece film that uncovers new 16mm footage of Petty at work on his 1994 album “Wildflowers.” Rounding out the headliners for SXSW is the previously announced opening night film, “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil,” a YouTube Originals documentary about the aftermath of the actress and singer’s near-fatal overdose in 2018.
This year’s SXSW, now in its 28th year, is virtual and online after 2020’s festival was one of the first major events to be canceled as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- 2/10/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
South by Southwest Conference and Festivals have revealed the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival — and it will all take place online March 16-20.
As previously reported, the documentary Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil is set to open the fest while the Charli Xcx quarantine docu Alone Together will serve as the film fest closer. Keeping in line with the films about musicians, Mary Wharton’s Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free will make its World Premiere as a centerpiece film.
“It’s been a year unlike any we’ve experienced, first marked by the cancellation of SXSW 2020,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film. “We feel privileged to have been able to pivot to SXSW Online and present a fantastic treasure trove of programming, including a pared down and wonderful selection of films that we know will delight, entertain and move our attendees. SXSW...
As previously reported, the documentary Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil is set to open the fest while the Charli Xcx quarantine docu Alone Together will serve as the film fest closer. Keeping in line with the films about musicians, Mary Wharton’s Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free will make its World Premiere as a centerpiece film.
“It’s been a year unlike any we’ve experienced, first marked by the cancellation of SXSW 2020,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film. “We feel privileged to have been able to pivot to SXSW Online and present a fantastic treasure trove of programming, including a pared down and wonderful selection of films that we know will delight, entertain and move our attendees. SXSW...
- 2/10/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: You Cannot Kill David Arquette, the SXSW doc chronicling actor Arquette’s extraordinary life and return to professional wrestling, has been picked up for UK distribution by Blue Finch Films.
The company has also acquired the project’s international sales rights ahead of the AFM. The deal sees Blue Finch expand into the sales arena for the first time, a move that will see it specialize in documentaries.
Neon’s boutique label Super Ltd previously took the doc’s North American rights.
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, Arquette’s attempt to return to the sport stalled his Hollywood career.
Christina McLarty Arquette, Bryn Mooser, David Darg, Ross Levine, and Stacey Souther produced the Xtr and One Last Run film. Exec producers include Franklin and Gabby McLarty, Justin Lacob, and Kathryn Everett. Darg and Price James directed.
The company has also acquired the project’s international sales rights ahead of the AFM. The deal sees Blue Finch expand into the sales arena for the first time, a move that will see it specialize in documentaries.
Neon’s boutique label Super Ltd previously took the doc’s North American rights.
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, Arquette’s attempt to return to the sport stalled his Hollywood career.
Christina McLarty Arquette, Bryn Mooser, David Darg, Ross Levine, and Stacey Souther produced the Xtr and One Last Run film. Exec producers include Franklin and Gabby McLarty, Justin Lacob, and Kathryn Everett. Darg and Price James directed.
- 10/7/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Charli Xcx is releasing a documentary film called “6ft Apart,” based on the recording of her quarantine album, “How I’m Feeling Now,” which was released in May. The album, the first to be made in quarantine by a major artist. The prolific performer, songwriter and producer first announced the album on April 6th, giving herself a hard deadline of May 15th. “It’ll be very DIY — I’ll make it from scratch, very indicative of the times we’re in,” she said during a Zoom session with fans — and sure enough, advance streams of the album arrived on the 14th.
“It felt only natural to document myself making this album,” Charli says of the film. “I don’t think I’ve ever made music in such a unique situation: being so logistically far apart from my collaborators, but going through exactly the same thing, writing songs about my relationship...
“It felt only natural to document myself making this album,” Charli says of the film. “I don’t think I’ve ever made music in such a unique situation: being so logistically far apart from my collaborators, but going through exactly the same thing, writing songs about my relationship...
- 7/16/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, the documentary “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” and the thriller “Broil” find homes and AFI unveils winners of its Writers’ Room Ready Awards.
Acquisitions
Super Ltd, Neon’s boutique division, has acquired North American rights to David Darg and Price James’ documentary, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” which is an official selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival.
Filmed over three years chronicling the journey through Arquette’s life and stint in wrestling, the film had its debut in early March at Arquette’s California home 24 hours after hearing about the SXSW cancellation, surrounded by friends, family and a homemade wrestling ring.
Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in the 2000 movie “Ready to Rumble” and was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. In “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” Arquette seeks redemption by...
Acquisitions
Super Ltd, Neon’s boutique division, has acquired North American rights to David Darg and Price James’ documentary, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” which is an official selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival.
Filmed over three years chronicling the journey through Arquette’s life and stint in wrestling, the film had its debut in early March at Arquette’s California home 24 hours after hearing about the SXSW cancellation, surrounded by friends, family and a homemade wrestling ring.
Arquette starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan in the 2000 movie “Ready to Rumble” and was crowned world champion as a marketing stunt, making him the most hated man in professional wrestling as a result. In “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” Arquette seeks redemption by...
- 5/2/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Documentary premiered in Arquette’s California home 24 hours after festival cancellation.
Neon boutique division and incubator Super Ltd has picked up North American rights from Cinetic to the documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette in what the distributor claimed was the first documentary acquisition out of the cancelled SXSW Film Festival.
David Darg and Price James directed the film, which shot over three years and chronicles the actor’s life in pro wrestling as he makes a bid at redemption following years of notoriety in the ring, and family and addiction troubles.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette includes interviews with sisters Patricia and Rosanna Arquette,...
Neon boutique division and incubator Super Ltd has picked up North American rights from Cinetic to the documentary You Cannot Kill David Arquette in what the distributor claimed was the first documentary acquisition out of the cancelled SXSW Film Festival.
David Darg and Price James directed the film, which shot over three years and chronicles the actor’s life in pro wrestling as he makes a bid at redemption following years of notoriety in the ring, and family and addiction troubles.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette includes interviews with sisters Patricia and Rosanna Arquette,...
- 5/1/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Super Ltd, the boutique division and incubator from Neon, has secured the North American distribution right to You Cannot Kill David Arquette, the SXSW-selected documentary that details the journey through Arquette’s life and wrestling.
David Darg and Price James directed the doc, which was filmed over a three-year period. Following his infamous championship run as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he “won” the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring for real this time.
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David Darg and Price James directed the doc, which was filmed over a three-year period. Following his infamous championship run as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he “won” the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring for real this time.
More from DeadlineReopening Hollywood: David & Christina Arquette Lay Out Bold Plan To Open Production In Arkansas & Brave Covid-19 ShutdownCoping With Covid-19 Crisis: David Arquette & Bryn Mooser On How SXSW Cancellation Couldn't Suplex Xtr's 'You Cannot Kill David Arquette'Ashley Greene,...
- 5/1/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Super Ltd, the boutique division of the distributor Neon, has acquired the North American rights to “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” a documentary that follows the actor’s stint as a pro wrestler, it was announced Friday.
David Darg and Price James directed the film that was a selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Within 24 hours of the festival being canceled in early March, Arquette actually hosted the premiere of the film in his California home surrounded by friends, family and a homemade wrestling ring.
Release plans for “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” will be announced at a later date.
Also Read: David Arquette Left Bloodied in Violent Wrestling Match (Video)
The directors followed Arquette over three years as he aimed to redeem himself as a pro-wrestler after initially becoming the most hated man in wrestling when he “won” a title as part of a marketing stunt for his film “Ready to Rumble.
David Darg and Price James directed the film that was a selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Within 24 hours of the festival being canceled in early March, Arquette actually hosted the premiere of the film in his California home surrounded by friends, family and a homemade wrestling ring.
Release plans for “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” will be announced at a later date.
Also Read: David Arquette Left Bloodied in Violent Wrestling Match (Video)
The directors followed Arquette over three years as he aimed to redeem himself as a pro-wrestler after initially becoming the most hated man in wrestling when he “won” a title as part of a marketing stunt for his film “Ready to Rumble.
- 5/1/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
David Arquette made an unlikely return to professional wrestling last year, and a documentary about his comeback is in the works called “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” the film’s production company Xtr announced Thursday.
Arquette learned some basic wrestling moves back for his 2000 film “Ready to Rumble,” and at the time, he was even crowned a world champion from World Championship Wrestling as part of a marketing stunt. He became a perfect villain in the sport, and now nearly two decades later, he made the real wrestling circuit and competed in 19 different professional matches, some of which even left him bloodied as seen in this video.
David Darg, an Oscar-nominee for the documentary short film “Body Team 12,” directed “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” and he’s been filming throughout Arquette’s tour for the last two years. Xtr, a new nonfiction film and TV studio, will be part of...
Arquette learned some basic wrestling moves back for his 2000 film “Ready to Rumble,” and at the time, he was even crowned a world champion from World Championship Wrestling as part of a marketing stunt. He became a perfect villain in the sport, and now nearly two decades later, he made the real wrestling circuit and competed in 19 different professional matches, some of which even left him bloodied as seen in this video.
David Darg, an Oscar-nominee for the documentary short film “Body Team 12,” directed “You Cannot Kill David Arquette,” and he’s been filming throughout Arquette’s tour for the last two years. Xtr, a new nonfiction film and TV studio, will be part of...
- 12/12/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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