Chris Chesser, the producer known for his work on the sports comedy “Major League,” has died. He was 74.
Chesser died suddenly Feb. 2 while at his Los Angeles home, brothers Alan and Steve Chesser announced Tuesday. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
In 1974, the producer took his first steps into the entertainment industry as an executive in international sales at Columbia Pictures. Two years later, Chesser became general manager of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Between 1980 and 1983, Chesser helmed two production companies: he served as vice president of production at Marble Arch Productions and functioned as head of production for Filmways, until the company was acquired by Orion Pictures.
Films Chesser supervised as a production executive include “Sharkey’s Machine,” “The Great Santini,” “Caddyshack,” “Wolfen,” “Arthur,” “Excalibur” and “On Golden Pond.” He also assisted in developing the features “Spinal Tap” and “Absence of Malice.”
The late filmmaker...
Chesser died suddenly Feb. 2 while at his Los Angeles home, brothers Alan and Steve Chesser announced Tuesday. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
In 1974, the producer took his first steps into the entertainment industry as an executive in international sales at Columbia Pictures. Two years later, Chesser became general manager of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Between 1980 and 1983, Chesser helmed two production companies: he served as vice president of production at Marble Arch Productions and functioned as head of production for Filmways, until the company was acquired by Orion Pictures.
Films Chesser supervised as a production executive include “Sharkey’s Machine,” “The Great Santini,” “Caddyshack,” “Wolfen,” “Arthur,” “Excalibur” and “On Golden Pond.” He also assisted in developing the features “Spinal Tap” and “Absence of Malice.”
The late filmmaker...
- 2/21/2023
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
Pan-European initiative aims to “bring film to the classroom”.
Dutch producer Harro van Staverden of Amsterdam-based Phanta Basta! has announced a major new, pan-European film educational initiative.
The scheme, titled CinesCool, aims “to bring film to the classroom” and is backed by Eye Filmmuseum and by the Netherlands Film Fund.
The core goal is to ensure that kids are exposed to quality films, documentaries and series as part of their school experience.
CinesCool will have an online platform, overseen by Gofilex, that will focus on screenings in the classroom. It will also enable kids to watch films in cinemas.
Under the scheme, CinesCool - due to launch in the Netherlands in September with a catalogue of around 30 titles - will look to acquire “educational” rights for films.
If the pilot scheme is successful, the scheme expand beyond Dutch borders.
Other partners in the venture include Henriëtte van der Mark, manager of Young Crowds, specialists in educational...
Dutch producer Harro van Staverden of Amsterdam-based Phanta Basta! has announced a major new, pan-European film educational initiative.
The scheme, titled CinesCool, aims “to bring film to the classroom” and is backed by Eye Filmmuseum and by the Netherlands Film Fund.
The core goal is to ensure that kids are exposed to quality films, documentaries and series as part of their school experience.
CinesCool will have an online platform, overseen by Gofilex, that will focus on screenings in the classroom. It will also enable kids to watch films in cinemas.
Under the scheme, CinesCool - due to launch in the Netherlands in September with a catalogue of around 30 titles - will look to acquire “educational” rights for films.
If the pilot scheme is successful, the scheme expand beyond Dutch borders.
Other partners in the venture include Henriëtte van der Mark, manager of Young Crowds, specialists in educational...
- 5/19/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Details have emerged of the new regional film fund being set up in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.
Two projects have already been supported by the new Limburg Fund, which is currently still at pilot stage.
Code M directed by Dennis Bots (Secrets of War, Cool Kids Don’t Cry) is the first film to have been supported by the Fund.
The feature, also known as The Sword Of D’Artagnan, will be launched for pre-sales in Cannes by Sola Media. It is produced by Harro van Staverden of Bijker Film.
The second project supported by the Limburg Fund is Playboy Priest, produced by by Reinier Selen at Rinkel Film.
Investment levels from the new fund are capped currently at €200,000 - a relatively modest amount - but it is anticipated that amounts may rise when the Fund is launched officially.
Support from the new fund can be combined with money producers access through the recently...
Two projects have already been supported by the new Limburg Fund, which is currently still at pilot stage.
Code M directed by Dennis Bots (Secrets of War, Cool Kids Don’t Cry) is the first film to have been supported by the Fund.
The feature, also known as The Sword Of D’Artagnan, will be launched for pre-sales in Cannes by Sola Media. It is produced by Harro van Staverden of Bijker Film.
The second project supported by the Limburg Fund is Playboy Priest, produced by by Reinier Selen at Rinkel Film.
Investment levels from the new fund are capped currently at €200,000 - a relatively modest amount - but it is anticipated that amounts may rise when the Fund is launched officially.
Support from the new fund can be combined with money producers access through the recently...
- 5/14/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Youngsters and oldsters alike…here is the reel deal: The New York International Children’s Film Festival (Nyicff) will be making its presence known in the upcoming days. On tap for the 18th annual event will be a noted variety of creative animated films and shorts for all ages to enjoy and relish. The New York International Children’s Film Festival promises to serve up an array of animated showcases that boasts all styles and formats that should prove imaginative and appealing to our past and present childhood memories.
Please note that the Nyicff will run its operation from February 27, 2015 to March 22, 2015. Additionally, the majority of these impressive feature-length and short films have experienced critical acclaim overseas. Therefore, the impact of the Nyicff’s cinematic selections should be rewarding for ardent fans of animated film fodder designed to capture the spirit of its enthusiastic viewers.
Among the films being displayed...
Please note that the Nyicff will run its operation from February 27, 2015 to March 22, 2015. Additionally, the majority of these impressive feature-length and short films have experienced critical acclaim overseas. Therefore, the impact of the Nyicff’s cinematic selections should be rewarding for ardent fans of animated film fodder designed to capture the spirit of its enthusiastic viewers.
Among the films being displayed...
- 2/11/2015
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Dennis Bots’ Secrets of War has already been sold to German Speaking Europe, Turkey and Estonia.
Sola Media has boarded worldwide sales for Secrets of War, which screens at TIFFKids starting Sunday.
Deals have been done with German Speaking Europe (Koch Media), Turkey (Mediavizion) and Estonia (Estin Film).
Rinkel Film and Bijker Film & TV produces; the team is also planning a Sept 13 open air screening at the American Cemetery in Margraten, celebrating 70 years of liberation from the Nazis.
Dutch Film Works has released to strong results in the Netherlands.
Dennis Bots directs the story, adapted by Karen van Holst Pellekaan and based on Jacques Vriens’ bestseller about 12-year-old best friends living in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
It is summer 1943, and friends Tuur and Lambert are both 12 years old and living in their rural village. They have been inseparable since they were small, but their relationship seems about to change when Tuur’s parents join the resistance, while Lambert...
Sola Media has boarded worldwide sales for Secrets of War, which screens at TIFFKids starting Sunday.
Deals have been done with German Speaking Europe (Koch Media), Turkey (Mediavizion) and Estonia (Estin Film).
Rinkel Film and Bijker Film & TV produces; the team is also planning a Sept 13 open air screening at the American Cemetery in Margraten, celebrating 70 years of liberation from the Nazis.
Dutch Film Works has released to strong results in the Netherlands.
Dennis Bots directs the story, adapted by Karen van Holst Pellekaan and based on Jacques Vriens’ bestseller about 12-year-old best friends living in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
It is summer 1943, and friends Tuur and Lambert are both 12 years old and living in their rural village. They have been inseparable since they were small, but their relationship seems about to change when Tuur’s parents join the resistance, while Lambert...
- 9/5/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Dennis Bots’ Secrets of War [pictured] has already been sold to German Speaking Europe, Turkey and Estonia.
Sola Media has boarded worldwide sales for Secrets of War, which screens at TIFFKids starting Sunday.
Deals have been done with German Speaking Europe (Koch Media), Turkey (Mediavizion) and Estonia (Estin Film).
Rinkel Film and Bijker Film & TV produces; the team is also planning a Sept 13 open air screening at the American Cemetery in Margraten, celebrating 70 years of liberation from the Nazis.
Dutch Film Works has released to strong results in the Netherlands.
Dennis Bots directs the story, adapted by Karen van Holst Pellekaan and based on Jacques Vriens’ bestseller about 12-year-old best friends living in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
It is summer 1943, and friends Tuur and Lambert are both 12 years old and living in their rural village. They have been inseparable since they were small, but their relationship seems about to change when Tuur’s parents join the resistance, while Lambert...
Sola Media has boarded worldwide sales for Secrets of War, which screens at TIFFKids starting Sunday.
Deals have been done with German Speaking Europe (Koch Media), Turkey (Mediavizion) and Estonia (Estin Film).
Rinkel Film and Bijker Film & TV produces; the team is also planning a Sept 13 open air screening at the American Cemetery in Margraten, celebrating 70 years of liberation from the Nazis.
Dutch Film Works has released to strong results in the Netherlands.
Dennis Bots directs the story, adapted by Karen van Holst Pellekaan and based on Jacques Vriens’ bestseller about 12-year-old best friends living in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
It is summer 1943, and friends Tuur and Lambert are both 12 years old and living in their rural village. They have been inseparable since they were small, but their relationship seems about to change when Tuur’s parents join the resistance, while Lambert...
- 9/5/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Nearly 30 sales companies receive financial backing to market their films in Toronto.
A total of 28 sales companies from eight European countries are to receive financial backing from to market their films at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14) from European Film Promotion’s Film Sales Support scheme.
More than €150,000 ($200,000) in total is being reserved by Efp for Europe’s attending sales companies.
European films eligible for Fss support have to run in the festival and need to be available for Canada. Of the 39 supported films, 27 are receiving their world premiere in Toronto.
Amongst them are François Ozon’s The New Girlfriend, Bent Hamer’s 1001 Grams and Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance.
Michael Winterbottom The Face Of An Angel sees German actor and former European Shooting Star Daniel Brühl in a lead role.
Foreign Body by Krzysztof Zanussi, a co-production between Poland, Italy and Russia with one-time European Shooting Star Agata Buzek in a main role...
A total of 28 sales companies from eight European countries are to receive financial backing from to market their films at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-14) from European Film Promotion’s Film Sales Support scheme.
More than €150,000 ($200,000) in total is being reserved by Efp for Europe’s attending sales companies.
European films eligible for Fss support have to run in the festival and need to be available for Canada. Of the 39 supported films, 27 are receiving their world premiere in Toronto.
Amongst them are François Ozon’s The New Girlfriend, Bent Hamer’s 1001 Grams and Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance.
Michael Winterbottom The Face Of An Angel sees German actor and former European Shooting Star Daniel Brühl in a lead role.
Foreign Body by Krzysztof Zanussi, a co-production between Poland, Italy and Russia with one-time European Shooting Star Agata Buzek in a main role...
- 8/29/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The European film industry business training programme has selected its 16 producers and executives for the week-long sessions with senior industry professionals in Los Angeles from September 15-19.
The participants span nine countries and represent all areas of the industry and will hear from and interact with Los Angeles-based studios executive and other professionals.
This year’s participants are:
Conor Barry, producer, Savage Production Ltd;
Sara Boss, senior sales executive, K5 International;
Morgan Bushe, co-owner, Fastnet Films / WildCard Distribution;
Helena Danielsson, executive producer, producer and CEO, Hepp Film International;
Katie Ellen, senior distribution manager, film fund, British Film Institute;
Simon Gillis, associate director, legal and business affairs, Universal Pictures International Entertainment;
Teun Hilte, managing director, Under The Milky Way UK;
Mark Lane, producer and company director, The Tea Shop & Film Company;
Graeme Law, finance director, Prescience Film Finance;
Anthony Mestriner, agent, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd;
Claire Mundell, producer, Synchronicity Film Ltd;
Natja Rosner, head of sales...
The participants span nine countries and represent all areas of the industry and will hear from and interact with Los Angeles-based studios executive and other professionals.
This year’s participants are:
Conor Barry, producer, Savage Production Ltd;
Sara Boss, senior sales executive, K5 International;
Morgan Bushe, co-owner, Fastnet Films / WildCard Distribution;
Helena Danielsson, executive producer, producer and CEO, Hepp Film International;
Katie Ellen, senior distribution manager, film fund, British Film Institute;
Simon Gillis, associate director, legal and business affairs, Universal Pictures International Entertainment;
Teun Hilte, managing director, Under The Milky Way UK;
Mark Lane, producer and company director, The Tea Shop & Film Company;
Graeme Law, finance director, Prescience Film Finance;
Anthony Mestriner, agent, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd;
Claire Mundell, producer, Synchronicity Film Ltd;
Natja Rosner, head of sales...
- 8/27/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The lineups for the Mavericks, Discovery, and Tiff Kids parts of the Toronto Film Festival were announced, wrapping up a series of lineup announcements for the Toronto International Film Festival.
With the added films, the festival’s entire slate is now a whopping 393 movies. Two hundred eighty-five of those movies are feature films, of which 143 are world premieres.
The Mavericks portion of the festival includes onstage discussions following the screening of each film. Do I Sound Gay? will be followed by a talk between director David Thorpe and sex-advice guru Dan Savage. Also premiering in that space is The 50 Year Argument,...
With the added films, the festival’s entire slate is now a whopping 393 movies. Two hundred eighty-five of those movies are feature films, of which 143 are world premieres.
The Mavericks portion of the festival includes onstage discussions following the screening of each film. Do I Sound Gay? will be followed by a talk between director David Thorpe and sex-advice guru Dan Savage. Also premiering in that space is The 50 Year Argument,...
- 8/19/2014
- by Jacob Shamsian
- EW - Inside Movies
Bill Murray is coming to Toronto folks. Actually, the film he stars in (Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent) is having its official World Premiere launch at the jaw-dropping 285 feature film 2014 Tiff line-up. In the final batch of items we finally get the confirmation that 2014′s Palme d’Or Winner Winter Sleep (which gets added along with a trio of others to the Masters Programme) will show, and Tomm Moore’s highly anticipated Song of the Sea (among the four item line-up for Tiff Kids) also lands. Worth mentioning are the sprinkling of add-ons to the various other sections (Marjane Satrapi’s Sundance preemed The Voices, Matt Shakman’s Cut Bank and the world preem of Danis Tanovic’s Tigers) with a Studio Ghibli docu item being fitted into the Tiff Docs, but it is the Discovery Programme that finally takes shape.
The “up-and-comers” include Berlin Film Fest (and future Nyff...
The “up-and-comers” include Berlin Film Fest (and future Nyff...
- 8/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Bill Murray starrer St. Vincent will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of this week’s wave of programming that includes Discovery.
The Discovery section includes the upcoming world premiere of Stories Of Our Lives, a portmanteau of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex testimonies by anonymous filmmakers from Kenya.
Selections include first-looks of Ross Katz’s Us comedy Adult Beginners, Sarah Leonor’s French Legion drama The Great Man, Isidora Marras’ Chile-Argentinian psychothriller I Am Not Lorena and UK drama X + Y.
“Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Lynne Ramsay and David Gordon Green all presented their first features in our Discovery section,” said Tiff artistic director Cameron Bailey. “It’s a great place to spot new talent first.”
Besides St. Vincent, Festival Additions includes concert film cum road movie Roger Waters The Wall, while the world premiere of Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body takes its place among the Masters strand.
Tiff Docs arrivals...
The Discovery section includes the upcoming world premiere of Stories Of Our Lives, a portmanteau of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex testimonies by anonymous filmmakers from Kenya.
Selections include first-looks of Ross Katz’s Us comedy Adult Beginners, Sarah Leonor’s French Legion drama The Great Man, Isidora Marras’ Chile-Argentinian psychothriller I Am Not Lorena and UK drama X + Y.
“Christopher Nolan, Steve McQueen, Lynne Ramsay and David Gordon Green all presented their first features in our Discovery section,” said Tiff artistic director Cameron Bailey. “It’s a great place to spot new talent first.”
Besides St. Vincent, Festival Additions includes concert film cum road movie Roger Waters The Wall, while the world premiere of Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body takes its place among the Masters strand.
Tiff Docs arrivals...
- 8/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Australian 3D animation [pictured] is the Stuttgart-based sales outfit’s biggest ever project.
Stuggart-based family film sales powerhouse Sola Media has arrived in Cannes pre-selling its biggest ever project.
Australian 3D animated feature Santa: Lost Down Under has a reported budget of $30m.
“It is the biggest project that we have ever had,” commented company Managing Director Solveig Langeland.
Sola will be screening a promo reel for the film in the Marché.
The film, directed by Rob Nunn, is billed as a bold new Aussie take on the traditional Christmas story. Santa and Rudolph end up stranded in the outback just four days before Christmas. The producers are Diana Girogiutti, Ben Cunningham and Charles Glaspole.
Also new on Sola’s slate is another big budget animated 3D feature, the $17m Manou The Swift. This is being produced in Stuggart by Andrea Block and Christian Haas.
On the live action front, Sola is handling Dutch kids’ movie Secrets Of War from director...
Stuggart-based family film sales powerhouse Sola Media has arrived in Cannes pre-selling its biggest ever project.
Australian 3D animated feature Santa: Lost Down Under has a reported budget of $30m.
“It is the biggest project that we have ever had,” commented company Managing Director Solveig Langeland.
Sola will be screening a promo reel for the film in the Marché.
The film, directed by Rob Nunn, is billed as a bold new Aussie take on the traditional Christmas story. Santa and Rudolph end up stranded in the outback just four days before Christmas. The producers are Diana Girogiutti, Ben Cunningham and Charles Glaspole.
Also new on Sola’s slate is another big budget animated 3D feature, the $17m Manou The Swift. This is being produced in Stuggart by Andrea Block and Christian Haas.
On the live action front, Sola is handling Dutch kids’ movie Secrets Of War from director...
- 5/15/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Based on their outstanding careers forged on international co-productions, 24 up-and-coming players in the European film industry have been selected to take part in European Film Promotion's (Efp) networking platform Producers on the Move. Now in its 15th year, Efp spotlights emerging European producers at the Cannes Film Festival from May 17-19 and helps them embark on successful cooperation with their similarly ambitious Producers on the Move colleagues from all over Europe.
The programas been financially supported by the Media Program (2007-2013) of the European Union and the participating Efp member organizations who each made a careful selection of their national participants according to specific criteria.
The schedule of Producers on the Move includes working sessions, one-to-one speed-dating meetings and various opportunities to exchange knowledge and follow up discussions on future projects. In addition, Efp will be teaming up with the European cultural channel Arte and the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages for Producers on the Move. For the first time, Eurimages has prepared a case study exclusively for Efp's program to be discussed under the direction of Eurimages Executive Director Roberto Olla.
He points out the importance of programs such as Producers on the Move:
“This is the 4th consecutive year that Eurimages is involved with this initiative which perfectly marries our objectives of encouraging co-operation between producers so as to stimulate cinematographic co-productions and of promoting their international distribution. Further to the success of the collaboration at the Cannes Festival, the Eurimages Fund has strengthened its partnership with European Film Promotion through other initiatives which also seek to unite professionals from the European film industry in order to participate in its development on an international level.”
Looking back at previous editions, Efp's programme results each year in several new trans-national co-productions and gives the producers a higher profile in Cannes. For 2013, almost all of the participants are still in contact with one another and 17 co-productions are in development.
One recent success story is the coming-of-age feature The Word, directed by Anna Kazejak and co-produced by two Producers on the Move from 2011, Lukasz Dzieciol(Opus Film, Poland) and Jesper Morthorst (Sf Film Production, Denmark). The film was released in Poland in March after its premiere at the Berlinale in the Generation sidebar.
Currently in post is Dirk Ohm - The Illusionist That Disappeared, directed by Bobbie Peers. The producer Maria Ekerhovd (Mer Film As, Norway), joined forces for this film with her Producers on the Move colleague from 2011, Gian-Piero Ringel (Neue Road Movies, Germany) and the 2010 Producers on the Move, Lizette Jonjic (Migma Film, Sweden). Norway has scheduled the release for September 2014. Ekerhovd and Ringel also worked together for two further projects: Every Thing Will Be Fine by Wim Wenders and the six episodes for Cathedrals of Culture which have been presented at this year’s Berlinale.
The following producers were selected by the Efp member organizations:
Viktoria
Director: Maya Vitkova
Producer: Maya Vitkova
Viktoria Films, Bulgaria
selected by Bulgarian National Film Centre
Gangster of Love
Director: Nebojša Slijepcevic
Producer: Vanja Jambrović
Restart, Croatia
selected by Croation Audiovisual Centre
Burning Bush
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Producer: Tomáš Hrubỳ
Nutprodukce, Czech Republic
selected by Czech Film Center
Antboy
Director: Ask Hasselbalch
Producer: Eva Jakobsen
Nimbus Film, Denmark
selected by Danish Film Institute
Concrete Night
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
Producer: Mark Lwoff
Bufo, Finland
selected by Finnish Film Foundation
Möbius
Director: Eric Rochant
Producer: Mathias Rubin
Récifilms, France
selected by UniFrance films
Brides
Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Producer: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Gemini, Georgia
selected by Georgian National Film Center
The Special Need
Director: Carlo Zoratti
Producer: Henning Kamm
Detailfilm, Germany
selected by German Films
Standing Aside, Watching
Director: Yorgos Servetas
Producer: Konstantin Kontovrakis
Heretic Creative Producer, Greece
selected by Greek Film Centre
Land of Storms
Director: Adam Csaszi
Producer: Eszter Gyárfás
Proton Cinema, Hungary
selected by Magyar Filmunió/ Hungarian National Film Fund
Metalhead
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Producer: Árni Filippusson
Mystery, Iceland
selected by Icelandic Fim Centre
You're Ugly Too
Director: Mark Noonan
Producer: John Keville
Sp Films, Ireland
selected by Irish Film Board
Black Souls
Director: Francesco Munzi
Producer: Olivia Musini
Cinemaundici, Italy
selected by Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Monument to Michael Jackson
Director: Darko Lungulov
Co-Producer: Ognen Antov
Dream Factory Macedonia, Fyr of Macedonia
selected by Macedonian Film Agency
The Ascent
Director: Nemanja Becanovic
Producer: Ivan Djurović
Artikulacija Production, Montenegro
selected by Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
Totally True Love
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Producer: Teréz Hollo-Klausen
Anna Kron Film, Norway
selected by Norwegian Film Institute
Fuck for Forest
Director: Michal Marczak
Producer: Mikołaj Pokromski
Pokromski Studio, Poland
selected by Polish Film Institute
Collider
Director: Jason Butler
Producer: Nuno Bernardo
beActive Entertainment, Portugal
selected by Ica I.P. / Portugal
Slovakia 2.0
Director: Iveta Grófová, Juraj Herz, Martin Šulík, Miro Jelok, Mišo Suchý, Ondrej Rudavský, Peter Kerekes, Peter Krištúfek, Viera Cákanyová, Zuzana Liová
Producer: Mátyás Prikler
MPhilms, Slovak Republic
selected by Slovak Film Institute
The Extraordinary Tale
Director: José F. Ortuño, Laura Alvea
Producer: Marta Velasco
Áralan Films, Spain
selected by Icaa / Spain
Beyond Beyond
Director: Esben Toft Jacobsen
Producer: Petter Lindblad
Snowcloud Films, Sweden
selected by Swedish Film Institute
Ate Ver La Luz
Director: Basil da Cunha
Producer: Elodie Brunner
Box Productions, Switzerland
selected by Swiss Films
Secrets of War
Director: Dennis Bots
Producer: David Bijker
Bijker Film & TV, The Netherlands
selected by Eye International
Weekend
Director: Andrew Haigh
Producer: Tristan Goligher
The Bureau Film Company, United Kingdom
selected by British Council...
The programas been financially supported by the Media Program (2007-2013) of the European Union and the participating Efp member organizations who each made a careful selection of their national participants according to specific criteria.
The schedule of Producers on the Move includes working sessions, one-to-one speed-dating meetings and various opportunities to exchange knowledge and follow up discussions on future projects. In addition, Efp will be teaming up with the European cultural channel Arte and the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages for Producers on the Move. For the first time, Eurimages has prepared a case study exclusively for Efp's program to be discussed under the direction of Eurimages Executive Director Roberto Olla.
He points out the importance of programs such as Producers on the Move:
“This is the 4th consecutive year that Eurimages is involved with this initiative which perfectly marries our objectives of encouraging co-operation between producers so as to stimulate cinematographic co-productions and of promoting their international distribution. Further to the success of the collaboration at the Cannes Festival, the Eurimages Fund has strengthened its partnership with European Film Promotion through other initiatives which also seek to unite professionals from the European film industry in order to participate in its development on an international level.”
Looking back at previous editions, Efp's programme results each year in several new trans-national co-productions and gives the producers a higher profile in Cannes. For 2013, almost all of the participants are still in contact with one another and 17 co-productions are in development.
One recent success story is the coming-of-age feature The Word, directed by Anna Kazejak and co-produced by two Producers on the Move from 2011, Lukasz Dzieciol(Opus Film, Poland) and Jesper Morthorst (Sf Film Production, Denmark). The film was released in Poland in March after its premiere at the Berlinale in the Generation sidebar.
Currently in post is Dirk Ohm - The Illusionist That Disappeared, directed by Bobbie Peers. The producer Maria Ekerhovd (Mer Film As, Norway), joined forces for this film with her Producers on the Move colleague from 2011, Gian-Piero Ringel (Neue Road Movies, Germany) and the 2010 Producers on the Move, Lizette Jonjic (Migma Film, Sweden). Norway has scheduled the release for September 2014. Ekerhovd and Ringel also worked together for two further projects: Every Thing Will Be Fine by Wim Wenders and the six episodes for Cathedrals of Culture which have been presented at this year’s Berlinale.
The following producers were selected by the Efp member organizations:
Viktoria
Director: Maya Vitkova
Producer: Maya Vitkova
Viktoria Films, Bulgaria
selected by Bulgarian National Film Centre
Gangster of Love
Director: Nebojša Slijepcevic
Producer: Vanja Jambrović
Restart, Croatia
selected by Croation Audiovisual Centre
Burning Bush
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Producer: Tomáš Hrubỳ
Nutprodukce, Czech Republic
selected by Czech Film Center
Antboy
Director: Ask Hasselbalch
Producer: Eva Jakobsen
Nimbus Film, Denmark
selected by Danish Film Institute
Concrete Night
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
Producer: Mark Lwoff
Bufo, Finland
selected by Finnish Film Foundation
Möbius
Director: Eric Rochant
Producer: Mathias Rubin
Récifilms, France
selected by UniFrance films
Brides
Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Producer: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Gemini, Georgia
selected by Georgian National Film Center
The Special Need
Director: Carlo Zoratti
Producer: Henning Kamm
Detailfilm, Germany
selected by German Films
Standing Aside, Watching
Director: Yorgos Servetas
Producer: Konstantin Kontovrakis
Heretic Creative Producer, Greece
selected by Greek Film Centre
Land of Storms
Director: Adam Csaszi
Producer: Eszter Gyárfás
Proton Cinema, Hungary
selected by Magyar Filmunió/ Hungarian National Film Fund
Metalhead
Director: Ragnar Bragason
Producer: Árni Filippusson
Mystery, Iceland
selected by Icelandic Fim Centre
You're Ugly Too
Director: Mark Noonan
Producer: John Keville
Sp Films, Ireland
selected by Irish Film Board
Black Souls
Director: Francesco Munzi
Producer: Olivia Musini
Cinemaundici, Italy
selected by Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Monument to Michael Jackson
Director: Darko Lungulov
Co-Producer: Ognen Antov
Dream Factory Macedonia, Fyr of Macedonia
selected by Macedonian Film Agency
The Ascent
Director: Nemanja Becanovic
Producer: Ivan Djurović
Artikulacija Production, Montenegro
selected by Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
Totally True Love
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Producer: Teréz Hollo-Klausen
Anna Kron Film, Norway
selected by Norwegian Film Institute
Fuck for Forest
Director: Michal Marczak
Producer: Mikołaj Pokromski
Pokromski Studio, Poland
selected by Polish Film Institute
Collider
Director: Jason Butler
Producer: Nuno Bernardo
beActive Entertainment, Portugal
selected by Ica I.P. / Portugal
Slovakia 2.0
Director: Iveta Grófová, Juraj Herz, Martin Šulík, Miro Jelok, Mišo Suchý, Ondrej Rudavský, Peter Kerekes, Peter Krištúfek, Viera Cákanyová, Zuzana Liová
Producer: Mátyás Prikler
MPhilms, Slovak Republic
selected by Slovak Film Institute
The Extraordinary Tale
Director: José F. Ortuño, Laura Alvea
Producer: Marta Velasco
Áralan Films, Spain
selected by Icaa / Spain
Beyond Beyond
Director: Esben Toft Jacobsen
Producer: Petter Lindblad
Snowcloud Films, Sweden
selected by Swedish Film Institute
Ate Ver La Luz
Director: Basil da Cunha
Producer: Elodie Brunner
Box Productions, Switzerland
selected by Swiss Films
Secrets of War
Director: Dennis Bots
Producer: David Bijker
Bijker Film & TV, The Netherlands
selected by Eye International
Weekend
Director: Andrew Haigh
Producer: Tristan Goligher
The Bureau Film Company, United Kingdom
selected by British Council...
- 5/3/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 3, 2012
Price: DVD $22.99
Studio: Virgil
The documentary film Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged examines the resurging interest in the epic and controversial 1957 novel and its writer, Russian-American philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand.
Directed and produced by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Chris Mortensen (Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War) the movie explores how Rand’s book — a philosophical manifesto in the form of an epic novel — and her own philosophy of “Objectivism,” which trumpets rational self-interest over altruism, is perceived by many as a prescient blueprint of what is happening in America today.
Via exclusive footage of Rand and scores of new interviews with critics, writers, Rand biographers and friends, as well as noted executives from the business world, the film argues that Atlas Shrugged ‘s view is being frighteningly mirrored in the world today.
Meanwhile, the 55-year-old book is rising to new heights, with its...
Price: DVD $22.99
Studio: Virgil
The documentary film Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged examines the resurging interest in the epic and controversial 1957 novel and its writer, Russian-American philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand.
Directed and produced by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Chris Mortensen (Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War) the movie explores how Rand’s book — a philosophical manifesto in the form of an epic novel — and her own philosophy of “Objectivism,” which trumpets rational self-interest over altruism, is perceived by many as a prescient blueprint of what is happening in America today.
Via exclusive footage of Rand and scores of new interviews with critics, writers, Rand biographers and friends, as well as noted executives from the business world, the film argues that Atlas Shrugged ‘s view is being frighteningly mirrored in the world today.
Meanwhile, the 55-year-old book is rising to new heights, with its...
- 1/24/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 - the event that mobilized America to enter World War II. In recognition, the latest Indiewire-curated selections on Hulu's Documentaries page look back on that "date which will live in infamy" and the combat that followed on both the Pacific and European fronts. In "The Secret Sub Attack on Pearl Harbor," part of the "Pure History" series, scientists locate a Japanese midget submarine more than sixty years after the attack, submerged nearby. Their investigation presents intriguing evidence about its ill-fated role in the history-changing event. Operation Downfall is the subject of "Japan: The Invasion That Never Was," part of the "Secrets of War" series. Late in the war, working from the assumption that the war in Europe would soon be ending, the Us developed a plan to end the Pacific fighting through a strategic and.
- 12/7/2011
- Indiewire
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