Several major distributors return to UK cinemas this weekend.
France, opening Wednesday, October 21
A dozen new films opened in France this week into a complex reality for the country’s distributors and exhibitors following the introduction of a night-time curfew for Paris and eight other major cities on October 17. It was announced yesterday (Oct 22) that the measure will be extended to more than half the country this Saturday (Oct 24) following a further surge in cases over the past week.
Prior to the announcement, a dozen distributors had taken the plunge to release films on Wednesday against already difficult odds. In the backdrop,...
France, opening Wednesday, October 21
A dozen new films opened in France this week into a complex reality for the country’s distributors and exhibitors following the introduction of a night-time curfew for Paris and eight other major cities on October 17. It was announced yesterday (Oct 22) that the measure will be extended to more than half the country this Saturday (Oct 24) following a further surge in cases over the past week.
Prior to the announcement, a dozen distributors had taken the plunge to release films on Wednesday against already difficult odds. In the backdrop,...
- 10/23/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Martin Blaney¬Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
FilmChain builds bespoke collection system for Mad Invest using blockchain.
The team behind upcoming feature Mad Heidi has launched a crowdfunding initiative for fans to invest in the film and share in any future profits.
The genre twist on the classic character is from the producer of Iron Sky and has already explored traditional crowdfunding and raised $281,000 – mostly in merchandise sales – over the past two years for the development of the film.
Now, in a bid to raise most of its production finance, fans are being invited to invest in the project for a share of the revenue. The Mad...
The team behind upcoming feature Mad Heidi has launched a crowdfunding initiative for fans to invest in the film and share in any future profits.
The genre twist on the classic character is from the producer of Iron Sky and has already explored traditional crowdfunding and raised $281,000 – mostly in merchandise sales – over the past two years for the development of the film.
Now, in a bid to raise most of its production finance, fans are being invited to invest in the project for a share of the revenue. The Mad...
- 9/30/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Romanian director Alexander Nana’s Collective won the international documentary film prize.
Darius Marder’s Sound Of Metal won the Golden Eye for best international feature film as this year’s Zurich Film Festival, which concluded on Sunday (October 6).
The film stars Riz Ahmed as a drummer whose life is thrown into turmoil when he begins to lose his hearing and co-stars Olivia Cooke and Mathieu Amalric. The drama premiered in Tiff’s Platform section, with Amazon acquiring Us rights. Protagonist Pictures handles international sales.
Romanian director Alexander Nanau’s Collective won the international documentary film prize. The film follows...
Darius Marder’s Sound Of Metal won the Golden Eye for best international feature film as this year’s Zurich Film Festival, which concluded on Sunday (October 6).
The film stars Riz Ahmed as a drummer whose life is thrown into turmoil when he begins to lose his hearing and co-stars Olivia Cooke and Mathieu Amalric. The drama premiered in Tiff’s Platform section, with Amazon acquiring Us rights. Protagonist Pictures handles international sales.
Romanian director Alexander Nanau’s Collective won the international documentary film prize. The film follows...
- 10/7/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
The 15th Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 26-Oct. 6) is marking a major changing of the guard while again presenting an impressive selection of high-profile international works and showcasing the
latest in Swiss cinema.
Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” Rupert Goold’s “Judy” and James Mangold’s “Le Mans ’66” (aka “Ford v Ferrari”) are among the films screening in the fest’s Gala Premieres section, which offers some of the year’s most highly anticipated films.
Zurich will again welcome a slew of major stars and filmmakers. This year the fest is honoring Roland Emmerich, Cate Blanchett and Kristen Stewart.
Likewise on hand will be Oliver Stone, who heads the fest’s international feature film competition jury, as well as Donald Sutherland, Javier Bardem and Julie Delpy, all of whom will be taking part in the
Zff Masters series.
2019 marks the final outing for fest founders and co-directors Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri. They...
latest in Swiss cinema.
Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” Rupert Goold’s “Judy” and James Mangold’s “Le Mans ’66” (aka “Ford v Ferrari”) are among the films screening in the fest’s Gala Premieres section, which offers some of the year’s most highly anticipated films.
Zurich will again welcome a slew of major stars and filmmakers. This year the fest is honoring Roland Emmerich, Cate Blanchett and Kristen Stewart.
Likewise on hand will be Oliver Stone, who heads the fest’s international feature film competition jury, as well as Donald Sutherland, Javier Bardem and Julie Delpy, all of whom will be taking part in the
Zff Masters series.
2019 marks the final outing for fest founders and co-directors Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri. They...
- 9/26/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
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