Exclusive: The ancient Scottish town of St Andrews was hit with a heavy bout of Spidey fever this past weekend as the third annual Sands International Film Festival opened, pulling in an eclectic set of films, filmmakers, and speakers alongside one popular guest of honor.
Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, also known for The Impossible, Cherry, and The Devil All the Time passed through the fest, which opened with a screening of Last Call, a short project he leads with Lindsay Duncan (Blackbird) that was co-written and directed by his brother, Harry Holland. The Holland brothers also took part in the first annual Sands golf tournament, which will continue as part of the festival’s wider activities. It was on the pristine golfing greens where Tom linked up with Deadline to discuss his career so far and plans for future projects, including whether he will return for a fourth Spider-Man movie.
Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, also known for The Impossible, Cherry, and The Devil All the Time passed through the fest, which opened with a screening of Last Call, a short project he leads with Lindsay Duncan (Blackbird) that was co-written and directed by his brother, Harry Holland. The Holland brothers also took part in the first annual Sands golf tournament, which will continue as part of the festival’s wider activities. It was on the pristine golfing greens where Tom linked up with Deadline to discuss his career so far and plans for future projects, including whether he will return for a fourth Spider-Man movie.
- 4/22/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
A small piece of contemporary cinema history was written last night in St Andrews, Scotland when Steven Soderbergh sat down with Joe and Anthony Russo on stage at the Sands International Film Festival to discuss their 2002 collaboration Welcome to Collinwood.
Produced by Soderbergh and George Clooney who also stars alongside William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Luis Guzmán, and Patricia Clarkson, Welcome to Collinwood was the second feature from the Russos following their debut feature Pieces, which bombed out of Slamdance in 1997.
“There was zero interest in the film from anybody but this man over here,” Anthony said of Pieces, pointing towards Soderbergh. The sex, lies and videotape filmmaker had been present at the doomed Pieces screening at Slamdance and reached out to the directing duo to impart some wisdom.
“It was insanely ambitious and dense,” Soderbergh told Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr, who moderated the talk, of Pieces.
Produced by Soderbergh and George Clooney who also stars alongside William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Luis Guzmán, and Patricia Clarkson, Welcome to Collinwood was the second feature from the Russos following their debut feature Pieces, which bombed out of Slamdance in 1997.
“There was zero interest in the film from anybody but this man over here,” Anthony said of Pieces, pointing towards Soderbergh. The sex, lies and videotape filmmaker had been present at the doomed Pieces screening at Slamdance and reached out to the directing duo to impart some wisdom.
“It was insanely ambitious and dense,” Soderbergh told Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr, who moderated the talk, of Pieces.
- 4/21/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Ania Trzebiatowska has compiled an eclectic selection of fiction and non-fiction titles for the third annual Sands International Film Festival, which kicked off Friday evening in St Andrews, Scotland.
Mounted across this weekend in the ancient university town, Trzebiatowska — also a full-time programmer at Sundance — runs the festival with an impressive gang of part-time student programmers from the University of St. Andrews, a partner on the festival alongside Joe and Anthony Russo’s Agbo. The Avengers: Endgame filmmakers are connected to the town through Joe’s eldest daughter, who studied at St Andrews. The two Russos were in the building this evening.
“I love the energy of this town. I love how warm everyone is and how enthusiastic the students are,” Joe Russo said opening the event. “It permeates the experience of being here. And it’s such an incredible backdrop for the festival for those reasons. It’s great...
Mounted across this weekend in the ancient university town, Trzebiatowska — also a full-time programmer at Sundance — runs the festival with an impressive gang of part-time student programmers from the University of St. Andrews, a partner on the festival alongside Joe and Anthony Russo’s Agbo. The Avengers: Endgame filmmakers are connected to the town through Joe’s eldest daughter, who studied at St Andrews. The two Russos were in the building this evening.
“I love the energy of this town. I love how warm everyone is and how enthusiastic the students are,” Joe Russo said opening the event. “It permeates the experience of being here. And it’s such an incredible backdrop for the festival for those reasons. It’s great...
- 4/20/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Scotland’s Sands International Film Festival Of St Andrews will open on April 19 with a double-bill screening of British writer-director Naqqash Khalid’s debut feature In Camera and Harry Holland’s short film Last Call, starring Tom Holland.
The titles make up the lineup of the festival’s third edition, which runs April 19-21. The festival will close with Maggie Contreras’ debut feature documentary Maestra, in which five female conductors from across the globe prepare for and compete in La Maestra – the world’s only competition for female conductors.
Elsewhere, Scottish actress and filmmaker Karen Gillan will take part in a talk on April 21 about her career, moderated by actor, playwright, and director Adura Onashile. Gillan is best known for working with the Russo brothers on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers Endgame. Her other film credits include Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, in which she starred alongside Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black,...
The titles make up the lineup of the festival’s third edition, which runs April 19-21. The festival will close with Maggie Contreras’ debut feature documentary Maestra, in which five female conductors from across the globe prepare for and compete in La Maestra – the world’s only competition for female conductors.
Elsewhere, Scottish actress and filmmaker Karen Gillan will take part in a talk on April 21 about her career, moderated by actor, playwright, and director Adura Onashile. Gillan is best known for working with the Russo brothers on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers Endgame. Her other film credits include Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, in which she starred alongside Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The third installment of the Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews has set its slate, and that will include director Steven Soderbergh engaging in a conversation with directors Anthony and Joe Russo. I will moderate that discussion, which will touch on the preposterously unlikely way that Soderbergh discovered and godfathered the career of the duo that directed Hollywood’s all-time highest grossing film, Avengers: Endgame. The festival runs next month from April 19-21.
Soderbergh’s own career took off with sex, lies, and videotape, the film that just celebrated 35 years since the filmmaker turned Sundance into a lucrative independent film hatchery. It went on to win the Palme d’Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, followed by Soderbergh’s first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He has gone on to direct films as diverse as Traffic, for which he received the 2000 Academy Award for Directing—the...
Soderbergh’s own career took off with sex, lies, and videotape, the film that just celebrated 35 years since the filmmaker turned Sundance into a lucrative independent film hatchery. It went on to win the Palme d’Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, followed by Soderbergh’s first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He has gone on to direct films as diverse as Traffic, for which he received the 2000 Academy Award for Directing—the...
- 3/21/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sands International Film Festival has set third edition lineup and will feature Joe Russo, Avengers composer Alan Silvestri and casting director Debra Zane.
The third year of the Scottish festival that aims to showcase “creative and innovative” people working in the entertainment industries will run from April 19 to 21.
Renowned Hollywood director Russo will return to St Andrews and, as the festival founder, is expected to participate in a special conversation and host a mentoring session with local filmmakers.
Silvestri, an iconic composer whose back catalog includes the Avengers movies, Back to the Future and Forrest Gump, will give a talk about his career along with a performance, while Zane, whose credits include The Hunger Games franchise, Ocean’s Eleven and Catch Me if You Can, is special guest and will speak about the effort to establish the newly created Oscar for Best Achievement in Casting.
The third year of the Scottish festival that aims to showcase “creative and innovative” people working in the entertainment industries will run from April 19 to 21.
Renowned Hollywood director Russo will return to St Andrews and, as the festival founder, is expected to participate in a special conversation and host a mentoring session with local filmmakers.
Silvestri, an iconic composer whose back catalog includes the Avengers movies, Back to the Future and Forrest Gump, will give a talk about his career along with a performance, while Zane, whose credits include The Hunger Games franchise, Ocean’s Eleven and Catch Me if You Can, is special guest and will speak about the effort to establish the newly created Oscar for Best Achievement in Casting.
- 2/29/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The schedule for the milestone 40th Sundance Film Festival continues to fall into focus. The beloved Utah event — scheduled for Jan. 19-26 in Park City — has unveiled the lineup for Beyond Film programming and revealed that the documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the iconic song “We Are the World,” will be part of this year’s program.
The roster of Beyond Film speakers includes notables with films in this year’s festival like Steven Soderbergh (Presence), Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Rob Peace), Sue Bird (Sue Bird: In The Clutch), Dee Rees (Pariah), Lucy Lawless (Never Look Away), André Holland (Exhibiting Forgiveness), Debra Granik (Conbody vs Everybody), Jay Ellis (Freaky Tales) and Nzingha Stewart (Me/We).
The slate also includes a conversation within New Frontier, which champions artists practicing at the crossroads of film, art, performance and new media. Titled...
The roster of Beyond Film speakers includes notables with films in this year’s festival like Steven Soderbergh (Presence), Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Rob Peace), Sue Bird (Sue Bird: In The Clutch), Dee Rees (Pariah), Lucy Lawless (Never Look Away), André Holland (Exhibiting Forgiveness), Debra Granik (Conbody vs Everybody), Jay Ellis (Freaky Tales) and Nzingha Stewart (Me/We).
The slate also includes a conversation within New Frontier, which champions artists practicing at the crossroads of film, art, performance and new media. Titled...
- 1/6/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A still from ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ by Bao Nguyen, an official selection of the Episodic Program at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute)
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival has added The Greatest Night in Pop, a documentary that explores the creation of the collaborative “We Are the World” song and video, to its lineup.
“We’re thrilled to be adding to our program a special screening of The Greatest Night in Pop, taking us behind the scenes of how ‘We Are the World’ came together, followed by a conversation with Lionel Richie, filmmaker Bao Nguyen, and producer Julia Nottingham,” stated Kim Yutani, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. “Our robust film lineup will be rounded out by a wide range of conversations touching upon themes in the programming and featuring some of today’s most inspiring creators and leaders.”
The festival also announced the 2024 Beyond Film schedule,...
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival has added The Greatest Night in Pop, a documentary that explores the creation of the collaborative “We Are the World” song and video, to its lineup.
“We’re thrilled to be adding to our program a special screening of The Greatest Night in Pop, taking us behind the scenes of how ‘We Are the World’ came together, followed by a conversation with Lionel Richie, filmmaker Bao Nguyen, and producer Julia Nottingham,” stated Kim Yutani, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. “Our robust film lineup will be rounded out by a wide range of conversations touching upon themes in the programming and featuring some of today’s most inspiring creators and leaders.”
The festival also announced the 2024 Beyond Film schedule,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival’s Beyond Film — described as a “community hub for Festivalgoers through artist conversations, talks with filmmakers and experts across the fields of art and science, and audience discourse,” as per the press release — has revealed its lineup of speakers and events slated for Jan. 19 to Jan. 26. This will be the festival’s 40th anniversary with special celebration events for the occasion.
Speakers this year include Jesse Eisenberg, Steven Soderbergh, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sue Bird, Dee Rees, Lucy Lawless, André Holland, Debra Granik, Jay Ellis and Nzingha Stewart. Additionally, there will be a “New Frontier: Let’s Rebrand Artificial Intelligence!” conversation about technology and popular culture led by experts in the field.
As part of the lineup, there will be a special screening of the music documentary “The Greatest Night in Pop,” which spotlights the recording session behind the song “We Are the World” from Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie,...
Speakers this year include Jesse Eisenberg, Steven Soderbergh, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sue Bird, Dee Rees, Lucy Lawless, André Holland, Debra Granik, Jay Ellis and Nzingha Stewart. Additionally, there will be a “New Frontier: Let’s Rebrand Artificial Intelligence!” conversation about technology and popular culture led by experts in the field.
As part of the lineup, there will be a special screening of the music documentary “The Greatest Night in Pop,” which spotlights the recording session behind the song “We Are the World” from Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Jaden Thompson and Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance Institute announced the addition of the documentary The Greatest Night in Pop to the 2024 Sundance Film Festival film program and the lineup for the Festival’s Beyond Film programming.
In addition to the three annual series — Power of Story, Cinema Café presented by Audible, and The Big Conversation — this year’s lineup also includes a New Frontier conversation about artificial intelligence and special 40th Edition Celebration events. With the exception of Power of Story, the sole ticketed event, all Beyond Film events are free and open to the public.
Supplementing the Festival experience, Beyond Film provides a community hub for Festivalgoers through artist conversations, talks with filmmakers and experts across the fields of art and science, and audience discourse. The events will take place in person from January 19–26, 2024, with select Beyond Film offerings available beginning January 25, 2024, to audiences across the country on the online Festival Platform. The Festival will...
In addition to the three annual series — Power of Story, Cinema Café presented by Audible, and The Big Conversation — this year’s lineup also includes a New Frontier conversation about artificial intelligence and special 40th Edition Celebration events. With the exception of Power of Story, the sole ticketed event, all Beyond Film events are free and open to the public.
Supplementing the Festival experience, Beyond Film provides a community hub for Festivalgoers through artist conversations, talks with filmmakers and experts across the fields of art and science, and audience discourse. The events will take place in person from January 19–26, 2024, with select Beyond Film offerings available beginning January 25, 2024, to audiences across the country on the online Festival Platform. The Festival will...
- 1/5/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival has unveiled its Beyond Film programming, including discussions with leading auteurs and rising stars.
A trio of annual series — Power of Story, Cinema Café presented by Audible, and The Big Conversation — have shared their respective filmmaker lineups, with the festival also launching special 40th anniversary celebration events and a New Frontier conversation about artificial intelligence in film. The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18 to 28, with the talks taking place January 19 to 26. Select Beyond Film offerings available beginning January 25 on the digital platform.
The Beyond Film speakers series includes discussions with Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Eisenberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sue Bird, Lucy Lawless, Nzingha Stewart, and Debra Granik, who also serves on the festival jury. For the 40th edition of the festival, alums like Richard Linklater, Dawn Porter, Miguel Arteta, and Christine Vachon will participate in “Power of Story: Four Decades of Taking Chances,” a talk about the importance of independent filmmaking.
A trio of annual series — Power of Story, Cinema Café presented by Audible, and The Big Conversation — have shared their respective filmmaker lineups, with the festival also launching special 40th anniversary celebration events and a New Frontier conversation about artificial intelligence in film. The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18 to 28, with the talks taking place January 19 to 26. Select Beyond Film offerings available beginning January 25 on the digital platform.
The Beyond Film speakers series includes discussions with Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Eisenberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sue Bird, Lucy Lawless, Nzingha Stewart, and Debra Granik, who also serves on the festival jury. For the 40th edition of the festival, alums like Richard Linklater, Dawn Porter, Miguel Arteta, and Christine Vachon will participate in “Power of Story: Four Decades of Taking Chances,” a talk about the importance of independent filmmaking.
- 1/5/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Participants include Christine Vachon and Steven Soderbergh.
The Sundance Film Festival has revealed details of this year’s Beyond Film programme of panels and discussions, with participants including Steven Soderbergh, Christine Vachon, Jesse Eisenberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lucy Lawless.
The festival, which runs January 18-28, has also added the world premiere screening of The Greatest Night in Pop to this year’s film line-up. The UK/US documentary, directed by Bao Nguyen, tells the story of 1985 fund-raising pop song We Are the World. Nguyen, producer Julia Nottingham and producer and subject Lionel Richie will be present for a post-screening conversation.
The Sundance Film Festival has revealed details of this year’s Beyond Film programme of panels and discussions, with participants including Steven Soderbergh, Christine Vachon, Jesse Eisenberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lucy Lawless.
The festival, which runs January 18-28, has also added the world premiere screening of The Greatest Night in Pop to this year’s film line-up. The UK/US documentary, directed by Bao Nguyen, tells the story of 1985 fund-raising pop song We Are the World. Nguyen, producer Julia Nottingham and producer and subject Lionel Richie will be present for a post-screening conversation.
- 1/5/2024
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Participants include Christine Vachon and Steven Soderbergh.
The Sundance Film Festival has revealed details of this year’s Beyond Film programme of panels and discussions, with participants including Steven Soderbergh, Christine Vachon, Jesse Eisenberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lucy Lawless.
The festival, which runs January 18-28, has also added the world premiere screening of The Greatest Night in Pop to this year’s film line-up. The UK/US documentary, directed by Bao Nguyen, tells the story of 1985 fund-raising pop song We Are the World. Nguyen, producer Julia Nottingham and producer and subject Lionel Richie will be present for a post-screening conversation.
The Sundance Film Festival has revealed details of this year’s Beyond Film programme of panels and discussions, with participants including Steven Soderbergh, Christine Vachon, Jesse Eisenberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lucy Lawless.
The festival, which runs January 18-28, has also added the world premiere screening of The Greatest Night in Pop to this year’s film line-up. The UK/US documentary, directed by Bao Nguyen, tells the story of 1985 fund-raising pop song We Are the World. Nguyen, producer Julia Nottingham and producer and subject Lionel Richie will be present for a post-screening conversation.
- 1/5/2024
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Sands International Film Festival of St Andrews will return for a third edition set to run from April 19 – 21, 2024.
Next year’s dates see the festival take a slight shift in the calendar, with the start date just under a week later than 2023’s edition, which ran April 14 – 16.
Last year saw the fest unravel over three days, with a series of official screenings and industry talks from filmmakers and artists such as director Joe Russo, who opened the fest with a world premiere screening of his Prime Video series Citadel. Other highlights included Q&As with Stanley Tucci, who screened his 1996 culinary comedy Big Night; Reinaldo Marcus Green, who brought his 2018 thriller Monsters and Men and veteran casting director Margery Simkin. The festival also hosted a packed keynote industry-focused panel chaired by Deadline’s Mike Fleming featuring Joe Russo,...
Next year’s dates see the festival take a slight shift in the calendar, with the start date just under a week later than 2023’s edition, which ran April 14 – 16.
Last year saw the fest unravel over three days, with a series of official screenings and industry talks from filmmakers and artists such as director Joe Russo, who opened the fest with a world premiere screening of his Prime Video series Citadel. Other highlights included Q&As with Stanley Tucci, who screened his 1996 culinary comedy Big Night; Reinaldo Marcus Green, who brought his 2018 thriller Monsters and Men and veteran casting director Margery Simkin. The festival also hosted a packed keynote industry-focused panel chaired by Deadline’s Mike Fleming featuring Joe Russo,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Scotland’s Sands film festival, styled officially as the International Film Festival of St Andrews, wrapped its second edition this past weekend with a curated line-up of screenings, industry panels, and director Q&As.
Proceedings opened with a world premiere screening of Prime Video’s forthcoming mega-budget series Citadel, which features Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden as members of a secret global spy. The screening was introduced by Joe Russo, who Executive Produced and is a primary sponsor of Sands with his brother Anthony through their Agbo production label.
Other highlights included Q&As with Stanley Tucci, who screened his 1996 culinary comedy Big Night; Reinaldo Marcus Green, who brought his 2018 thriller Monsters and Men and veteran casting director Margery Simkin.
Sands unravels over a tight three days out of the Byre Theatre in central St Andrews, an ancient city in northern...
Proceedings opened with a world premiere screening of Prime Video’s forthcoming mega-budget series Citadel, which features Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden as members of a secret global spy. The screening was introduced by Joe Russo, who Executive Produced and is a primary sponsor of Sands with his brother Anthony through their Agbo production label.
Other highlights included Q&As with Stanley Tucci, who screened his 1996 culinary comedy Big Night; Reinaldo Marcus Green, who brought his 2018 thriller Monsters and Men and veteran casting director Margery Simkin.
Sands unravels over a tight three days out of the Byre Theatre in central St Andrews, an ancient city in northern...
- 4/19/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Klondike Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute This year's Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews will run over the weekend of April 14 to 16.
On the 15th Academy-Award nominated actor Stanley Tucci will present his much-loved 1996 film Big Night followed by a Q&a alongside Joe Russo.
Among the other films screening is Sundance Grand Jury prize-winner Klondike, directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and rom-com charmer Rye Lane.
Events include casting director Margery Simkin who will talk about her craft, while Ita O'Brien, Gemma Bodinetz and Kally Lloyd-Jones will discuss intimacy co-ordination in theatre and film.
Ania Trzebiatowska, Festival Director said: “The idea behind Sands is to create a sense of community and a dialogue between a diverse group of artists and film lovers. We think it’s important to pause and think about not just where we are, but also how we got here, and how to...
On the 15th Academy-Award nominated actor Stanley Tucci will present his much-loved 1996 film Big Night followed by a Q&a alongside Joe Russo.
Among the other films screening is Sundance Grand Jury prize-winner Klondike, directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and rom-com charmer Rye Lane.
Events include casting director Margery Simkin who will talk about her craft, while Ita O'Brien, Gemma Bodinetz and Kally Lloyd-Jones will discuss intimacy co-ordination in theatre and film.
Ania Trzebiatowska, Festival Director said: “The idea behind Sands is to create a sense of community and a dialogue between a diverse group of artists and film lovers. We think it’s important to pause and think about not just where we are, but also how we got here, and how to...
- 4/7/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Sands International Film Festival of St Andrews has set Stanley Tucci as a special guest for this year’s edition, where he will present a screening of his 1996 culinary comedy Big Night.
The film will screen at the festival on April 15 at the Byre Theatre. The screening will be followed by an on-stage conversation between Tucci and writer-director Joe Russo (Avengers Endgame). Russo’s Agbo label is among the backers of Sands.
Set in 1950s New Jersey, the pic follows two brothers who run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
Tucci co-wrote the screenplay for Big Night with his cousin Joseph Tropiano and co-directed with fellow actor Campbell Scott (Jurassic World: Dominion). He also stars in the pic, which debuted at Sundance.
The film will screen at the festival on April 15 at the Byre Theatre. The screening will be followed by an on-stage conversation between Tucci and writer-director Joe Russo (Avengers Endgame). Russo’s Agbo label is among the backers of Sands.
Set in 1950s New Jersey, the pic follows two brothers who run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
Tucci co-wrote the screenplay for Big Night with his cousin Joseph Tropiano and co-directed with fellow actor Campbell Scott (Jurassic World: Dominion). He also stars in the pic, which debuted at Sundance.
- 3/31/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Motherland, a “dark and monumental” film about neo-nationalism in Belarus, earned the top prize tonight at the prestigious Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen.
Belorussian directors Alexander Mihalkovich and Hanna Badziaka accepted the Dox:Award honor at a ceremony at the Kunsthal Charlottenborg in the Danish capital. Jurors praised Motherland as “a cinematic and meaningful film that took its time unfolding the complexity of living within an oppressive and unjust system. It poses questions about the idea of an individual choice within a cornered society. The title of the film is a way to give back the power to the women who are at the forefront of this fight.” [See the full list of Cph:dox winners below].
‘Motherland’
The world premiere of Motherland at Cph:dox comes at a particularly timely moment, just over a year after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine with key assistance from the Kremlin-allied Belorussian government. Russian forces trained in Belarus in advance of the war...
Belorussian directors Alexander Mihalkovich and Hanna Badziaka accepted the Dox:Award honor at a ceremony at the Kunsthal Charlottenborg in the Danish capital. Jurors praised Motherland as “a cinematic and meaningful film that took its time unfolding the complexity of living within an oppressive and unjust system. It poses questions about the idea of an individual choice within a cornered society. The title of the film is a way to give back the power to the women who are at the forefront of this fight.” [See the full list of Cph:dox winners below].
‘Motherland’
The world premiere of Motherland at Cph:dox comes at a particularly timely moment, just over a year after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine with key assistance from the Kremlin-allied Belorussian government. Russian forces trained in Belarus in advance of the war...
- 3/24/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews, held in northern Scotland, has set the lineup for its second edition, running April 14 – 16.
Over the course of three days, the festival will host a series of official screenings and industry talks from filmmakers and artists such as director Joe Russo, who returns to St Andrews after supporting the inaugural edition in 2022.
Russo will be bringing with him what the festival has described as an “early sneak peek of a hotly anticipated project” that he has executive produced under his Agbo production outfit. The title of the pic will not be unveiled until the screening begins.
The festival has also set Russo as the host of a public discussion on gaming and contemporary storytelling with Epic Games Chief Creative Officer Donald Mustard, who has worked as a creator and director on titles such as Fortnite.
Russo...
Over the course of three days, the festival will host a series of official screenings and industry talks from filmmakers and artists such as director Joe Russo, who returns to St Andrews after supporting the inaugural edition in 2022.
Russo will be bringing with him what the festival has described as an “early sneak peek of a hotly anticipated project” that he has executive produced under his Agbo production outfit. The title of the pic will not be unveiled until the screening begins.
The festival has also set Russo as the host of a public discussion on gaming and contemporary storytelling with Epic Games Chief Creative Officer Donald Mustard, who has worked as a creator and director on titles such as Fortnite.
Russo...
- 3/17/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sundance Institute on Friday announced the lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Beyond Film conversations, all of which are open to the public.
Made up of three series called Power of Story, Cinema Café, and The Big Conversation, Beyond Film rounds out the Festival experience, providing a place for the community to engage through artist conversations, filmmaker panels, and audience discourse. Beyond Film will take place in-person from January 19–23, 2023, with the Beyond Film offerings becoming available to audiences across the country on the online Festival Platform starting January 24, 2023. The Festival also shared details about additional free conversations and events from Sundance Collab and our Festival partners available in person and online.
Beyond Film speakers will include talent from Festival films, such as Barry Jenkins, Dakota Johnson, Jonathan Majors (“Magazine Dreams”), Randall Park (“Shortcomings”), Ruth Reichl (“Food and Country”), and Adrian Tomine (“Shortcomings”), as well as compelling speakers including Dr.
Made up of three series called Power of Story, Cinema Café, and The Big Conversation, Beyond Film rounds out the Festival experience, providing a place for the community to engage through artist conversations, filmmaker panels, and audience discourse. Beyond Film will take place in-person from January 19–23, 2023, with the Beyond Film offerings becoming available to audiences across the country on the online Festival Platform starting January 24, 2023. The Festival also shared details about additional free conversations and events from Sundance Collab and our Festival partners available in person and online.
Beyond Film speakers will include talent from Festival films, such as Barry Jenkins, Dakota Johnson, Jonathan Majors (“Magazine Dreams”), Randall Park (“Shortcomings”), Ruth Reichl (“Food and Country”), and Adrian Tomine (“Shortcomings”), as well as compelling speakers including Dr.
- 1/6/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Participants include talents from festival films All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt and Magazine Dreams.
The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled this year’s line-up of artist conversations, filmmaker panels and audience discussions, with speakers set to include Barry Jenkins, Dakota Johnson, Jonathan Majors, Randall Park and Marlee Matlin.
The festival’s Beyond Film programme comprises three series – Power of Story, Cinema Cafe and The Big Conversation – and will take place in person from January 19-23, with sessions becoming available online starting on January 24.
This year’s Power of Story strand includes a session on intimacy with speakers including actress and producer Johnson,...
The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled this year’s line-up of artist conversations, filmmaker panels and audience discussions, with speakers set to include Barry Jenkins, Dakota Johnson, Jonathan Majors, Randall Park and Marlee Matlin.
The festival’s Beyond Film programme comprises three series – Power of Story, Cinema Cafe and The Big Conversation – and will take place in person from January 19-23, with sessions becoming available online starting on January 24.
This year’s Power of Story strand includes a session on intimacy with speakers including actress and producer Johnson,...
- 1/6/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Institute has unveiled its lineups of Beyond Film and Partner Programming for the hybrid 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the in-person component of which is taking place in Utah from January 19-29.
The Beyond Film program consists of chats with notable creatives across three separate series: Power of Story, Cinema Café, and The Big Conversation. Some of the artists taking part this year include Barry Jenkins, Dakota Johnson, Jonathan Majors, Randall Park, Marlee Matlin and W. Kamau Bell — most of whom have films premiering at Sundance 2023. The program will take place in-person from January 19–23, with Beyond Film offerings to become available via the online Festival Platform starting on the 24th.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and Oscar-winning Summer of Soul helmer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson are just a couple of the A-listers set for panels to be put on by Festival partners between the 19th and the 24th...
The Beyond Film program consists of chats with notable creatives across three separate series: Power of Story, Cinema Café, and The Big Conversation. Some of the artists taking part this year include Barry Jenkins, Dakota Johnson, Jonathan Majors, Randall Park, Marlee Matlin and W. Kamau Bell — most of whom have films premiering at Sundance 2023. The program will take place in-person from January 19–23, with Beyond Film offerings to become available via the online Festival Platform starting on the 24th.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and Oscar-winning Summer of Soul helmer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson are just a couple of the A-listers set for panels to be put on by Festival partners between the 19th and the 24th...
- 1/6/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sundance Film Festival has outlined some of the specific details for how it intends to go hybrid for the 2023 event, announcing Tuesday that the festival will begin exclusively in person in Utah for its first few days before opening up its online component.
Sundance 2023 runs Jan. 19-29, but the online component of the festival will then become available beginning on Jan. 24. Audiences will be able to view select films from the official selection online, though that includes all competition titles playing at the festival — including in the U.S. Dramatic, U.S. Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, World Cinema Documentary and Next sections — as well as others across the film, episodic and shorts programs. Finally, on Jan. 28-29, the award-winning films from the year’s festival will be available both at in-person screenings and online.
In in an additional tweak, Sundance is requiring masks in all Sundance Film Festival spaces,...
Sundance 2023 runs Jan. 19-29, but the online component of the festival will then become available beginning on Jan. 24. Audiences will be able to view select films from the official selection online, though that includes all competition titles playing at the festival — including in the U.S. Dramatic, U.S. Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, World Cinema Documentary and Next sections — as well as others across the film, episodic and shorts programs. Finally, on Jan. 28-29, the award-winning films from the year’s festival will be available both at in-person screenings and online.
In in an additional tweak, Sundance is requiring masks in all Sundance Film Festival spaces,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
In-person attendance to be prioritised with limited number of online P&i badges available.
Sundance Film Festival will take place from January 19-29, 2023, as an in-person event in Utah and will expand online on January 24.
In the first details to emerge on next year’s festival, Sundance Institute hierarchy said the digital offering will present an on-demand, curated selection of features. This will comprise all competition titles from the U.S. Dramatic, U.S. Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, World Cinema Documentary, and Next strands, as well as other work from the overall selection.
The 2023 festival will take place in-person in Park City,...
Sundance Film Festival will take place from January 19-29, 2023, as an in-person event in Utah and will expand online on January 24.
In the first details to emerge on next year’s festival, Sundance Institute hierarchy said the digital offering will present an on-demand, curated selection of features. This will comprise all competition titles from the U.S. Dramatic, U.S. Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, World Cinema Documentary, and Next strands, as well as other work from the overall selection.
The 2023 festival will take place in-person in Park City,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Festival to run April 14-24.
Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) has announced the jury, industry mentors and New Works-in-Progress Forum films for the first in-person edition of the festival since 2019, set to run April 14-24.
Festival jury members who are also serving as industry mentors at the New Works-In-Progress Forum are: producer and CEO of Gamechanger Films Effie Brown; producer Kimberely Browning; former Nfb Animation Studio head Michael Fukishima; Summer Of Soul executive producer Marie Therese Guirgis; Dublin Film Festival Director Grainne Humphreys; and Sundance programmer Ania Trzebiatowska.
This year’s forum selections, curated by Kathleen McInnis, fall under two parts.
Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) has announced the jury, industry mentors and New Works-in-Progress Forum films for the first in-person edition of the festival since 2019, set to run April 14-24.
Festival jury members who are also serving as industry mentors at the New Works-In-Progress Forum are: producer and CEO of Gamechanger Films Effie Brown; producer Kimberely Browning; former Nfb Animation Studio head Michael Fukishima; Summer Of Soul executive producer Marie Therese Guirgis; Dublin Film Festival Director Grainne Humphreys; and Sundance programmer Ania Trzebiatowska.
This year’s forum selections, curated by Kathleen McInnis, fall under two parts.
- 4/7/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The first ever Sands: International Film Festival, set to be held in Scotland’s St Andrews, has revealed its line-up.
Running March 25-27, the program will consist of nine fiction and non-fiction features, including a mystery film not yet announced.
On the list is documentary Long Live My Happy Head, from Leith-based filmmaking duo Will Hewitt and Austen McCowan, which is a love story about comic books and caner that follows a long-distance couple as they navigate a Covid lockdown. The film will premiere at this year’s BFI Flare festival next month.
Screening in St Andrews having premiered recently in Sundance is Jono McLeod’s My Old School, a documentary-animation hybrid that unravels a Scottish scandal.
Arriving from Sundance’s 2021 edition will be Blerta Basholli’s feature debut Hive, Amalia Ulman’s El Planeta, and Christopher Makoto Yogi’s I Was a Simple Man.
A pair of titles will...
Running March 25-27, the program will consist of nine fiction and non-fiction features, including a mystery film not yet announced.
On the list is documentary Long Live My Happy Head, from Leith-based filmmaking duo Will Hewitt and Austen McCowan, which is a love story about comic books and caner that follows a long-distance couple as they navigate a Covid lockdown. The film will premiere at this year’s BFI Flare festival next month.
Screening in St Andrews having premiered recently in Sundance is Jono McLeod’s My Old School, a documentary-animation hybrid that unravels a Scottish scandal.
Arriving from Sundance’s 2021 edition will be Blerta Basholli’s feature debut Hive, Amalia Ulman’s El Planeta, and Christopher Makoto Yogi’s I Was a Simple Man.
A pair of titles will...
- 2/21/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Scotland’s St. Andrews is known for its ruins and for being the birthplace of golf. Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo hopes that an annual international film festival he’ll help get off the ground next year will become an additional destination to the seaside Scottish town. Sands: International Film Festival of St. Andrews is launching March 25-27, 2022. It will be backed by Russo, who with brother Anthony has been directing the Ryan Gosling-Chris Evans starrer The Gray Man for Netflix. Also backing are Ed, Virginia and Declan Murphy, and other donors. It will be held on the grounds of the University of St. Andrews. Curating it will be Sundance Film Festival programmer Ania Trzebiatowska, the former Off Camera Film Festival artistic director.
Russo fell in love with the school when his daughter studied film there, and over the years he got to know the film department heads,...
Russo fell in love with the school when his daughter studied film there, and over the years he got to know the film department heads,...
- 10/19/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“Unforgivable,” a film hailing from El Salvador, won the best of the festival award during the 2021 edition of the Palm Springs International ShortFest.
Directed by Marlén Viñayo, “Unforgivable” follows a hitman for the 18th Street gang as he serves his sentence in an evangelical Salvadorian prison, where he is punished not only for his crimes, but for being gay. Selected by a jury consisting of 2020 ShortFest best of festival winner Bérangère Mc Neese and Sundance Festival programmer Ania Trzebiatowska, “Unforgivable” will receive a $5,000 cash prize. The honorable mention in the best of festival category went to French film “Palma.”
“Step Into the River,” from both China and France, won best animated short at the festival, with French film “Navozande, the Musician” earning an honorable mention. “Step Into the River,” directed by Weijia Ma. Lu and Wei, is a surreal exploration into China’s one-child policy, and was awarded $1,000 in prize money.
Directed by Marlén Viñayo, “Unforgivable” follows a hitman for the 18th Street gang as he serves his sentence in an evangelical Salvadorian prison, where he is punished not only for his crimes, but for being gay. Selected by a jury consisting of 2020 ShortFest best of festival winner Bérangère Mc Neese and Sundance Festival programmer Ania Trzebiatowska, “Unforgivable” will receive a $5,000 cash prize. The honorable mention in the best of festival category went to French film “Palma.”
“Step Into the River,” from both China and France, won best animated short at the festival, with French film “Navozande, the Musician” earning an honorable mention. “Step Into the River,” directed by Weijia Ma. Lu and Wei, is a surreal exploration into China’s one-child policy, and was awarded $1,000 in prize money.
- 6/28/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
The Aussie director of Quincy Al Hicks and Sundance Film Festival programmer Ania Trzebiatowska are among the early guests announced for Aidc and Screenworks’ Regionality event in June.
Also announced today were Hot Docs forum programmer Dorota Lech and PBS director of programming and development Erin O’Flaherty.
From Australia, guests include the ABC’s factual manager Julie Hanna and documentary manager Stephen Oliver, and Screen Nsw screen investment manager Andrea Ulbrick.
Announced in March, Regionality is a new one-day industry program for regional documentary practitioners, and will be held June 25 at Lennox Head conference centre.
The event will include a pitching event, sessions, networking and one-on-one meetings.
The Regionality Pitch, open to regionally-based Nsw practitioners with a market ready factual or documentary project, will see up to four teams selected. Each will be provided with international training, mentorship, and trailer editing, before pitching to key local and international decision makers live.
Also announced today were Hot Docs forum programmer Dorota Lech and PBS director of programming and development Erin O’Flaherty.
From Australia, guests include the ABC’s factual manager Julie Hanna and documentary manager Stephen Oliver, and Screen Nsw screen investment manager Andrea Ulbrick.
Announced in March, Regionality is a new one-day industry program for regional documentary practitioners, and will be held June 25 at Lennox Head conference centre.
The event will include a pitching event, sessions, networking and one-on-one meetings.
The Regionality Pitch, open to regionally-based Nsw practitioners with a market ready factual or documentary project, will see up to four teams selected. Each will be provided with international training, mentorship, and trailer editing, before pitching to key local and international decision makers live.
- 5/6/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
New arrivals will work closely with non-fiction-focused programming team.
Sudeep Sharma and Ania Trzebiatowska have joined the programming team at Sundance Film Festival, Screen has learned.
Both new arrivals will work closely with non-fiction-focused programmers David Courier, Harry Vaughn, Lauren Cioffi, and Stephanie Owens.
Trzebiatowska has served as artistic director of the Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema in Krakow, Poland, since 2008, and has been an executive in film acquisitions and sales for Visit Films and Autlook Filmsales.
Sharma returns to Park City after serving as an associate programmer focusing on documentary for the festival from 2013-2015, and as...
Sudeep Sharma and Ania Trzebiatowska have joined the programming team at Sundance Film Festival, Screen has learned.
Both new arrivals will work closely with non-fiction-focused programmers David Courier, Harry Vaughn, Lauren Cioffi, and Stephanie Owens.
Trzebiatowska has served as artistic director of the Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema in Krakow, Poland, since 2008, and has been an executive in film acquisitions and sales for Visit Films and Autlook Filmsales.
Sharma returns to Park City after serving as an associate programmer focusing on documentary for the festival from 2013-2015, and as...
- 7/20/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kino Lorber, in association with blockchain-powered Tvod platform Breaker, has acquired North American rights to Beniamino Barrese’s documentary “The Disappearance of My Mother,” which had its world premiere at the Sundance Festival earlier this year, Variety has learned exclusively.
The deal was announced Monday at the Hot Docs Canadian Intl. Documentary Film Festival. It was negotiated by Kino Lorber Svp Wendy Lidell and Autlook Film Sales North American sales and acquisitions representative Ania Trzebiatowska.
“The Disappearance of My Mother” follows iconic ‘60s fashion model turned activist Benedetta Barzini, a muse to artists and image-makers like Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. For four decades Barzini has fought for the rights and emancipation of women, as a professor, journalist and radical feminist. Now facing an existential crisis at the age of 75, she decides that she wants to leave everything and everyone behind, even as her son – director Beniamino Barrese,...
The deal was announced Monday at the Hot Docs Canadian Intl. Documentary Film Festival. It was negotiated by Kino Lorber Svp Wendy Lidell and Autlook Film Sales North American sales and acquisitions representative Ania Trzebiatowska.
“The Disappearance of My Mother” follows iconic ‘60s fashion model turned activist Benedetta Barzini, a muse to artists and image-makers like Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Irving Penn and Richard Avedon. For four decades Barzini has fought for the rights and emancipation of women, as a professor, journalist and radical feminist. Now facing an existential crisis at the age of 75, she decides that she wants to leave everything and everyone behind, even as her son – director Beniamino Barrese,...
- 4/29/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Distributor plans autumn theatrical release.
Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Polish-German-Finnish documentary Over The Limit directed by Marta Prus.
Prus, a former gymnast, followed Russian rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun on her five-year journey to the Olympics, documenting the drama and pressure of her preparations.
Film Movement plans an autumn theatrical release on Over The Limit, which marks the first feature-length documentary from Prus and played at Idfa Amsterdam, the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, and Goteborg Film Festival.
Film Movement president Michael Rosenberg brokered the deal with Autlook Filmsales North American sales executive Ania Trzebiatowska.
“Over The Limit...
Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Polish-German-Finnish documentary Over The Limit directed by Marta Prus.
Prus, a former gymnast, followed Russian rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun on her five-year journey to the Olympics, documenting the drama and pressure of her preparations.
Film Movement plans an autumn theatrical release on Over The Limit, which marks the first feature-length documentary from Prus and played at Idfa Amsterdam, the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, and Goteborg Film Festival.
Film Movement president Michael Rosenberg brokered the deal with Autlook Filmsales North American sales executive Ania Trzebiatowska.
“Over The Limit...
- 4/18/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
Sundance sales slate includes Word Documentary Competition selection Of Fathers And Sons.
Source: Autlook Filmsales
Vienna-based Autlook Filmsales has brought on former Visit Films executive Ania Trzebiatowska as it eyes North American expansion and heads to Sundance with three new titles.
New York-based Trzebiatowska joins as sales and acquisitions executive covering North America, Australia and New Zealand, and will act as both sales agent and producers rep as Autlook seeks to represent more Us titles and act as a conduit for international co-productions.
The Park City sales slate includes Sundance Word Documentary Competition selection Of Fathers And Sons, an Islamic Caliphate story by Return To Homs director Talal Derki that Autlook jointly represents with UTA Independent Film Group.
Rounding out the roster are: What Walaa Wants by Christy Garland, which is in post and follows a Palestinian girl for six years as she trains to become part of the Palestinian Security Forces; and Everybody Loves Madeline by [link=nm...
Source: Autlook Filmsales
Vienna-based Autlook Filmsales has brought on former Visit Films executive Ania Trzebiatowska as it eyes North American expansion and heads to Sundance with three new titles.
New York-based Trzebiatowska joins as sales and acquisitions executive covering North America, Australia and New Zealand, and will act as both sales agent and producers rep as Autlook seeks to represent more Us titles and act as a conduit for international co-productions.
The Park City sales slate includes Sundance Word Documentary Competition selection Of Fathers And Sons, an Islamic Caliphate story by Return To Homs director Talal Derki that Autlook jointly represents with UTA Independent Film Group.
Rounding out the roster are: What Walaa Wants by Christy Garland, which is in post and follows a Palestinian girl for six years as she trains to become part of the Palestinian Security Forces; and Everybody Loves Madeline by [link=nm...
- 1/15/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Eighteen debut films eligible for award, worth Bright Future Award, worth €10,000.
Source: Iffr
Impermanence
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), which runs 24 Jan to 4 Feb, has announced the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.
Scroll down for the full line-up
The competition for the Bright Future Award 2018, worth €10,000, consists of eighteen debut films, including Impermanence by young Chinese filmmaker Zeng Zeng, German film Ella Und Nell by Aline Chukwuedo and Counting Tiles by Lebanese filmmaker Cynthia Choucair.
Other world premieres include Christopher Makoto Yogi’s debut August At Akiko, The Heart by Swedish filmmaker Fanni Metelius and Egyptian film Poisonous Roses by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, and La Estrella Errante by Spanish filmmaker Alberto Gracia, who won the Fipresci Award with his feature debut The Fifth Gospel Of Kaspar Hauser at Iffr 2013.
Read more: ’Jimmie’, ‘The Death Of Stalin’ to bookend Rotterdam film festival
The jury for the...
Source: Iffr
Impermanence
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), which runs 24 Jan to 4 Feb, has announced the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.
Scroll down for the full line-up
The competition for the Bright Future Award 2018, worth €10,000, consists of eighteen debut films, including Impermanence by young Chinese filmmaker Zeng Zeng, German film Ella Und Nell by Aline Chukwuedo and Counting Tiles by Lebanese filmmaker Cynthia Choucair.
Other world premieres include Christopher Makoto Yogi’s debut August At Akiko, The Heart by Swedish filmmaker Fanni Metelius and Egyptian film Poisonous Roses by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, and La Estrella Errante by Spanish filmmaker Alberto Gracia, who won the Fipresci Award with his feature debut The Fifth Gospel Of Kaspar Hauser at Iffr 2013.
Read more: ’Jimmie’, ‘The Death Of Stalin’ to bookend Rotterdam film festival
The jury for the...
- 1/5/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
This week, Indiewire is profiling some of the young industry talent behind the scenes at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The following profile also appeared in Variety's print edition. Ania Trzebiatowska Home: New York City Age: 33 Title: Manager of Acquisitions, Visit Films Read More: Indiewire's Complete 2016 Cannes Film Festival Preview Cannes Focus: We have a fantastic slate of new films that played Sundance, Berlinale, SXSW and Tribeca, so our sales team will be busy selling those. And my calendar is filled with acquisitions meetings with producers, writers, Cinefondation filmmakers and follow-ups with projects we’re tracking. Sophia Takal's new movie "Always Shine," which just premiered at Tribeca, got great reviews. This will be perfect timing for selling the film and talking to festival programmers. Also, we're launching "Maze," an Irish-Swedish co-production written and directed by Stephen Burke, which only just wrapped. It’s inspired by the...
- 5/14/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
X-Men franchise director Bryan Singer, whose first two features debuted at the Sundance Film Festival — including The Usual Suspects in 1995 — was one of the industry figures named to the Sundance juries that will judge this year’s films when the festival begins next week. Singer, who has X-Men: Days of Future Past due in May, will be one of five members of the U.S. Dramatic Jury. Other members of the juries include Tracy Chapman, Lone Scherfig, Leonard Maltin, and screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Prometheus). A complete list of the juries, courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival, can be viewed after the jump.
- 1/9/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
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