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‘A Poet’ producers win Munich’s €100,000 CineCoPro prize
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German producers Katharina Bergfeld and Heino Deckert of ma.ja.de. Fiction, co-producers of Colombian filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto’s A Poet, won the third annual €100,000 CineCoPro award at this year’s Munich International Fim Festival (Miff), presented by Bavarian regional fund Fff Bayern with support from the Bavarian State Chancellery.

The dark tragicomedy premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in May where it won the jury award.

Ma.je,de coproduced what is Soto’s second feature with his Colombian outfit Ocúltimo, and Sweden’s Momento Films.

“Equitable and eye-level collaborations across continents are possible and urgently needed,...
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  • 7/7/2025
  • ScreenDaily
Somali Filmmaker Mo Harawe on Intimate Family Drama ‘The Village Next to Paradise’
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After making waves on the festival circuit with a pair of heralded short films, Somali filmmaker Mo Harawe makes his auspicious feature debut at this year’s Cannes Film Festival with “The Village Next to Paradise,” which premieres May 21 in the French fest’s Un Certain Regard section — the first feature from the African nation ever to screen on the Croisette.

An intimate family drama set in a windswept Somali fishing village, “Paradise” follows Mamargade (Ahmed Ali Farah), a single father working odd jobs to provide a better life for his son, Cigaal (Ahmed Mohamud Saleban). They’re joined by his sister, Araweelo (Anab Ahmed Ibrahim), who comes back to live with the duo after her divorce. Each pursues their own ambitions in a country wracked by civil war, natural disasters and the deadly threat posed by the U.S. drones constantly buzzing overhead.

A testament to love, family and resilience,...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 5/19/2024
  • by Christopher Vourlias
  • Variety Film + TV
Totem Films Boards Sales On Somali Cannes Un Certain Regard Title ‘The Village Next To Paradise’
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Exclusive: French sales and production company Totem Films has boarded international sales on Somalia-set drama The Village Next To Paradise by Mo Harawe.

The movie was among 14 titles announced for the Un Certain Section of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival at the event’s press conference in Paris on Thursday.

Set in a remote Somali village, the feature revolves around a newly assembled family as its members navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Only love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.

“It is a privilege to afford to dream, let alone to become a filmmaker,” said Harawe. following the news. “The Village Next to Paradise serves as a metaphor for a country that holds the potential for paradise, were it not for the circumstances that make such a reality impossible.”

The film stars Somalian actors Ahmed Ali Farah,...
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  • 4/11/2024
  • by Melanie Goodfellow
  • Deadline Film + TV
‘Motherhood,’ ‘The Village Next to Paradise,’ ‘The Magma’ Take Top Prizes at Marrakech Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops
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Meryam Joobeur’s “Motherhood,” Mo Harawe’s “The Village Next to Paradise” and Mia Bendrimia’s “The Magma” claimed a trio of post-production prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops, which ran from Nov. 27 – 30 as part of the Marrakech Film Festival.

Winner of the top award, “Motherhood” walked away with a €30,000 post-production grant. Produced by Sarra Ben Hassan, the film builds on themes director Joobeur explored in her Oscar-nominated 2018 short “Brotherhood,” once again tracking family tensions when a young Isis combatant returns to his Tunisian home. With her feature debut, Joobeur will now explore the story through a lens of maternal guilt, incorporating touches of magical realism and psychological horror for good measure.

Set for delivery early next year, the film is touted for a splashy festival launch.

In fact, Joobeur had already left Marrakech and was already headed back into the rush of post-production by the time the prizes...
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  • 12/1/2023
  • by Ben Croll
  • Variety Film + TV
Tunisia’s ‘Motherhood’, Palestine’s ‘Amnesia’ grab top prizes at Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops
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‘Motherhood’ is directed by Tunisa’s Meryam Joobeur while ‘Amnesia’ is by Palestine’s Dima Hamdam.

The sixth edition of the four-day Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival (Fifm) closed on Thursday (November 30) with the presentation of eight awards representing total cash prizes €126,000

The three prizes for films in post-production went to Meryam Joobeur’s Motherhood, Mo Harawe’s The Village Next To Paradise and Mia Bendrimia’s The Magma.

Motherhood is the anticipated feature debut of Oscar-nominated Tunisian-Canadian filmmaker Joobeur and is produced by Sarra Ben Hassen of Tunisia’s Instinct Blue.

Somalian filmmaker Harawe’s The...
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  • 12/1/2023
  • by E. Nina Rothe
  • ScreenDaily
Tunisia’s ‘Motherhood’, Palestine’s ‘Amnesia’ grab top prizes at Marrakech’s Altas Workshops
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‘Motherhood’ is directed by Tunisa’s Meryam Joobeur while ‘Amnesia’ is by Palestine’s Dima Hamdam.

The sixth edition of the four-day Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival (Fifm) closed on Thursday (November 30) with the presentation of eight awards representing total cash prizes €126,000

The three prizes for films in post-production went to Meryam Joobeur’s Motherhood, Mo Harawe’s The Village Next To Paradise and Mia Bendrimia’s The Magma.

Motherhood is the anticipated feature debut of Oscar-nominated Tunisian-Canadian filmmaker Joobeur and is produced by Sarra Ben Hassen of Tunisia’s Instinct Blue.

Somalian filmmaker Harawe’s The...
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  • 12/1/2023
  • by E. Nina Rothe
  • ScreenDaily
New Colonial Era Drama ‘Prince Aden’ by Italy’s De Serio Brothers Selected for Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development Platform
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“Prince Aden,” a new drama by Italian directing duo Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, known internationally for their immigration-themed “Seven Acts of Mercy,” is among projects selected by Locarno’s Alliance for Development initiative.

The platform, now in its 8th year, is geared towards fostering co-productions between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.

Inspired by the book “Partigiani d’Oltremare,” by Italian historian Matteo Petracci, the De Serio twins’ new colonial-era film follows the vicissitudes of a 16-year-old Somali named Aden Sicré who in 1935 becomes a soldier in the Italian army that invaded Ethiopia on Mussolini’s orders. In an unexpected turn, he becomes hailed as a war hero by the Fascist regime. Then a few years later Aden and other African fighters play a pivotal role in the partisan struggle against fascism in Europe.

The Aug. 4-6 Alliance 4 Development goes beyond being a mere co-production platform since it allows for...
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  • 6/22/2023
  • by Nick Vivarelli
  • Variety Film + TV
Locarno Pro unveils 11 projects selected for Alliance 4 Development
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Includes projects by Lorenz Merz, Ann Oren and Sara Fattahi.

New projects by directors Lorenz Merz, Ann Oren and Sara Fattahi are among those selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development initiative which runs from August 4-6.

The initiative is an integral part of Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand and is aimed at encouraging co-productions between Switzerland and France, Germany and Italy.

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11 projects were chosen out of 74 submissions. During the three Alliance 4 Development programme, participants will meet with potential partners and attend panels and networking events.

Lorenz Merz will attend with Who/Man,...
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  • 6/22/2023
  • by Tim Dams
  • ScreenDaily
Sara Fattahi, Lorenz Merz and Ann Oren projects selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development
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11 projects selected for Locarno Film Festival’s industry strand.

New projects by directors Lorenz Merz, Ann Oren and Sara Fattahi are among those selected for Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development initiative which runs from August 4-6.

The initiative is an integral part of Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand and is aimed at encouraging co-productions between Switzerland and France, Germany and Italy.

Scroll down for full list of projects

11 projects were chosen out of 74 submissions. During the three Alliance 4 Development programme, participants will meet with potential partners and attend panels and networking events.

Lorenz Merz will attend with Who/Man,...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 6/22/2023
  • by Tim Dams
  • ScreenDaily
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German Dramas Win Big at Locarno Pro Industry Awards
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Three new German dramas have scooped up top honors at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival’s First Look awards, an industry prize that backs works-in-progress.

Lukas Nathrath’s One Last Evening, a scathing dramedy that skewers success-obsessed society, took the Cinegrell First Look Award, which comes with a 51,000 (50,000 euro) bursary in postproduction services from German/Swiss post-house Cinegrell.

Arthur & Diana, a road movie from director Sara Summa, won the Le Film Français Award and the accompanying 5,700 (5,600 euro) in advertising services for the yet-to-be-released feature. Summa, director of the Italian-set 2019 horror title The Last to See Them, stars in the documentary-style Arthur & Diana with her real-life brother. The feature follows the two siblings as they travel from Berlin to South Tyrol re-enacting the road trips of their childhood.

Locarno Pro’s Kaiju Cinema Diffusion Prize, which includes 5,100 (5,000 euro) to go toward the design of an international poster for the film,...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 8/8/2022
  • by Scott Roxborough
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘One Last Evening,’ ‘The Village Next to Paradise’ Win First Locarno Industry Awards
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Lukas Nathrath’s “One Last Evening,” an often excruciating tragedy-laced dramedy set around a couple’s farewell dinner for friends, won big at Locarno’s First Look on Sunday, scooping the Cinegrell First Look Award.

The award consists in €50,000 in post-production services from Cinegrell, a Switzerland and Germany based services house.

The biggest prize at this year’s Locarno Pro First Look, a pix-in-post showcase dedicated six new movies from Germany, went to a first feature which delivers a scathing portrait of a success-obsessed society whose members mostly don’t live up to their promise, especially in their own estimation.

Sebastian Jakob Doppelbauer plays Clemens, a once budding singer-songwriter but now pitied depressive whose girlfriend is now shaping up as the partner with a future as an on-the-rise doctor. Clemens in contrast doesn’t do shit.

Starting off afresh, moving from Hanover to Berlin, the couple stage a farewell dinner that spirals out of control,...
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  • 8/7/2022
  • by John Hopewell
  • Variety Film + TV
Austrian Oscar Entry ‘Great Freedom’ Debuts International Trailer, Latest Buyers Revealed (Exclusive)
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Leading arthouse sales agency The Match Factory has debuted the international trailer (see below) for the gripping, tender-hearted prison drama “Great Freedom,” which won the Jury Prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, and has revealed the latest list of international distributors. Sebastian Meise’s film was selected recently as Austria’s candidate in the Best International Feature Film Oscars race.

“Great Freedom” has sold to the following territories: Ex-Yugo (McF Megacom), Australia/New Zealand (Madman), Benelux (Imagine Film), Denmark (Ost for Paradis), Baltics (A-One), France (Paname), Greece (Ama Films), Israel (Lev Cinemas), U.S./U.K./Eire/Latam/Turkey/India (Mubi), Mexico (Cine Canibal), Sweden (Lucky Dogs), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Taiwan (Swallow Wings), Spain (Vertigo Films), and Poland (Tongariro).

The film is set in post-war Germany, where Hans is imprisoned again and again for being homosexual. Due to paragraph 175 of the penal code his desire for freedom is systematically destroyed. The...
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  • 10/18/2021
  • by Leo Barraclough
  • Variety Film + TV
Austria’s Oscar Selection; Wayne Rooney Amazon Doc; Omar Sy Netflix Pact; Efa Debut Nominees — Global Briefs
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Austria Selects Great Freedom For Oscars

Austria has selected Sebastian Meise’s Great Freedom as its official submission for Best International Feature Film for the 94th Academy Awards. Set in post-war Germany, the movie tells the story of Hans who is imprisoned time and time again for being homosexual. Due to Paragraph 175, which prohibited homosexual acts in Germany, his desire for freedom is systematically destroyed. The one steady relationship in his life becomes his long-time cellmate, Viktor (Georg Friedrich), a convicted murderer. The film stars Franz Rogowski (Victoria) and Berlinale Silver Bear awardee Georg Friedrich (The Piano Teacher) in leading roles, with a screenplay by Thomas Reider and Meise. Producers are Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, and Benny Drechsel. The 2021 Cannes entry and Un Certain Regard Jury Prize winner will be released by Mubi theatrically in the U.S. and UK on March 4, 2022. Meanwhile, per the Japanese Filmmakers Federation, Japan has...
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  • 10/12/2021
  • by Andreas Wiseman and Tom Grater
  • Deadline Film + TV
Mubi Buys North America, UK & More On Cannes Un Certain Regard Title ‘Great Freedom’
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Exclusive: Streamer and theatrical distributor Mubi has closed its first on-the-ground Cannes business, signing a multi-territory deal for Sebastian Meise’s second feature Great Freedom, which premiered here in Un Certain Regard.

The deal was struck with sales outfit The Match Factory and covers North America, UK, Ireland, Latam (excluding Mexico), Turkey and India.

The film, written by Thomas Reider and Meise, is set in post-war Germany and tells the story of Hans (Franz Rogowski) who is imprisoned time and time again for being homosexual. Due to Paragraph 175, which prohibited homosexual acts in Germany, his desire for freedom is systematically destroyed. The one steady relationship in his life becomes his long-time cellmate, Viktor (Georg Friedrich), a convicted murderer.

Pic was produced by Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, and Benny Drechsel. Anton Von Lucke and Thomas Prenn star alongside Rogowski and Fredrich

Mubi is having a busy 2021 Cannes, striking deals for a host of titles pre-market,...
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  • 7/12/2021
  • by Tom Grater
  • Deadline Film + TV
The Match Factory Sells Cannes Festival Title ‘Great Freedom’ to France’s Paname, Debuts Teaser, Poster (Exclusive)
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Leading arthouse sales company The Match Factory has pre-sold Austrian director and screenwriter Sebastian Meise’s second feature “Great Freedom,” which plays in Un Certain Regard at Cannes on Thursday, to Paname Distribution in France. The Match Factory has debuted the teaser and the poster for the film, which was created by Vasilis Marmatakis, the designer of the artwork for Yorgos Lanthimos’ films.

The film is set in post-war Germany, where Hans is imprisoned again and again for being homosexual. Due to paragraph 175 of the penal code his desire for freedom is systematically destroyed. The one steady relationship in his life becomes his long-time cell mate, Viktor, a convicted murderer. What starts as revulsion grows into something called love.

“Great Freedom” stars Franz Rogowski (“A Hidden Life”) and Berlinale Silver bear awardee Georg Friedrich (“Helle Nächte”) in the leading roles.

In his director’s statement, Meise said: “Imagine a world...
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  • 7/7/2021
  • by Leo Barraclough
  • Variety Film + TV
To the Night (2018)
‘To The Night’ Trailer: Caleb Landry Jones Is An Artist Suffering From Ptsd In Karlovy Vary-Bound Drama
To the Night (2018)
Exclusive: Here’s the first trailer for gritty-looking psychological drama To The Night, starring Three Billboards and X-Men: First Class actor Caleb Landry Jones as an artist suffering from Ptsd.

Written and directed by rising Austrian director Peter Brunner, a protege of The White Ribbon and Amour filmmaker Michael Haneke (who was a consultant on the film), the English-language feature also stars Eléonore Hendricks (Heaven Knows What) and Abbey Lee (The Neon Demon).

Jones plays an artist who suffers from Ptsd after losing his parents in a fire when he was a child. When his memories of the event are reignited one night, he sets off on a quest to face his past and build the family he never had.

The film will premiere next week in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival where Brunner’s previous feature, Those Who Fall Have Wings, won the special jury prize...
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  • 6/28/2018
  • by Andreas Wiseman
  • Deadline Film + TV
European Film Awards: Vogt, Östlund, Pawlikowski, Zvyagintsev
, Glazer & Ceylan Among 50 Contenders
This year’s European Film Awards are officially out of the gates with a not so lean 50 film submissions to select from. The 27th edition collects titles that date back to last year’s Venice and Toronto Int. Film Festivals moving into Sundance-Rotterdam-Berlin and finally Cannes of ’14. Among the 31 European countries represented, we’ve got likes of the Palme d’Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan leading the huge pack of contenders including Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin and Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida. Here’s the complete list of 50!:

Alienation

ОТЧУЖДЕНИЕ (Otchujdenie)

Bulgaria

Directed By: Milko Lazarov

Written By: Milko Lazarov, Kitodar Todorov & Georgi Tenev

Produced By: Veselka Kiryakova

Amour Fou

Austria/Luxembourg/Germany

Written & Directed By: Jessica Hausner

Produced By: Martin Gschlacht, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu & Philippe Bober

Beautiful Youth

Hermosa Juventud

Spain/France

Directed By: Jaime Rosales

Written By: Jaime Rosales & Enric Rufas

Produced By: Jaime Rosales,...
See full article at IONCINEMA.com
  • 9/16/2014
  • by Eric Lavallee
  • IONCINEMA.com
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