The Playmaker has signed with GunHil to handle the world sales for “Ploey 2 – The Legend of the Winds,” which is described as “an endearing and funny road movie for the whole family about pursuing your own ideals to serve the greater good.”
The Playmaker will present the film at the European Film Market (Feb. 15-21), and will present an exclusive first look teaser at The Playmaker booth as well as a promo screening for attending international buyers.
The film, which is the sequel to the international hit “Ploey – You Never Fly Alone,” will focus on Ploveria, Ploey’s independent female friend who wants to ensure the arrival of spring and fulfil an old legend.
The film has a planned release in the first quarter of 2026.
The film centers on a legend that Plovers are the couriers of spring and without them summer won’t come to the northern hemisphere. When...
The Playmaker will present the film at the European Film Market (Feb. 15-21), and will present an exclusive first look teaser at The Playmaker booth as well as a promo screening for attending international buyers.
The film, which is the sequel to the international hit “Ploey – You Never Fly Alone,” will focus on Ploveria, Ploey’s independent female friend who wants to ensure the arrival of spring and fulfil an old legend.
The film has a planned release in the first quarter of 2026.
The film centers on a legend that Plovers are the couriers of spring and without them summer won’t come to the northern hemisphere. When...
- 2/12/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Playmaker has signed with 3Buck Productions to handle international sales for “The G,” written and directed by Karl R. Hearne. “The G” is a dark thriller about a mysterious older woman hellbent to get revenge on the corrupt legal guardian who destroyed her life. Variety debuts the trailer below.
“The G” had its world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last year and will have its U.K. premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival later this month. The Playmaker will present “The G” at the European Film Market in Berlin (Feb. 15 – 21), and hold a screening for attending international buyers.
The film mixes dark humor, implicit social commentary and intense genre elements to powerful effect. John Bleasdale of Variety called the film “a gender flipping tale of violent revenge,” and added that it was “an original and entertaining thriller.”
“We are very excited to present ‘The G’ to our...
“The G” had its world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last year and will have its U.K. premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival later this month. The Playmaker will present “The G” at the European Film Market in Berlin (Feb. 15 – 21), and hold a screening for attending international buyers.
The film mixes dark humor, implicit social commentary and intense genre elements to powerful effect. John Bleasdale of Variety called the film “a gender flipping tale of violent revenge,” and added that it was “an original and entertaining thriller.”
“We are very excited to present ‘The G’ to our...
- 2/8/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
They claim the Flemish cultural sector will now suffer without De Schutter’s expertise and international contacts.
Over 150 leading figures from the European and international industry have signed an open letter in support of Christian De Schutter, former managing director of Flanders Image, whose sudden removal from his role was announced in a short email sent by Koen Van Bockstal, CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf), on December 20.
“We’re all flummoxed by the situation and as his longtime colleagues we think we deserve some sort of explanation. We know that many people in Belgium, including your leading filmmakers, are also confused and angered,...
Over 150 leading figures from the European and international industry have signed an open letter in support of Christian De Schutter, former managing director of Flanders Image, whose sudden removal from his role was announced in a short email sent by Koen Van Bockstal, CEO of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf), on December 20.
“We’re all flummoxed by the situation and as his longtime colleagues we think we deserve some sort of explanation. We know that many people in Belgium, including your leading filmmakers, are also confused and angered,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
International sales agency the Playmaker has signed a deal with Blue Finch Film Releasing to distribute the one-shot horror film “Home Sweet Home — Where Evil Lives” in the U.K. and Ireland.
Thomas Sieben’s film, which made its world premiere in August at FrightFest in London, has its market premiere at AFM. The film, which is produced by “Resident Evil””” studio Constantin Film, will also screen at Imagine Fantastic Film Festival in Amsterdam and Splat! FilmFest in Warsaw.
In the film, Maria, a newlywed and pregnant, must uncover the dark secrets of her husband’s family, and escape their cursed house before the sinister forces consume her and her unborn child.
Maria is played by Nilam Farooq, her father-in-law is played by Justus von Dohnányi and her husband Viktor is played by David Kross.
“’Home Sweet Home’ is an accomplished feat of genre filmmaking, which does something fresh with familiar tropes.
Thomas Sieben’s film, which made its world premiere in August at FrightFest in London, has its market premiere at AFM. The film, which is produced by “Resident Evil””” studio Constantin Film, will also screen at Imagine Fantastic Film Festival in Amsterdam and Splat! FilmFest in Warsaw.
In the film, Maria, a newlywed and pregnant, must uncover the dark secrets of her husband’s family, and escape their cursed house before the sinister forces consume her and her unborn child.
Maria is played by Nilam Farooq, her father-in-law is played by Justus von Dohnányi and her husband Viktor is played by David Kross.
“’Home Sweet Home’ is an accomplished feat of genre filmmaking, which does something fresh with familiar tropes.
- 10/31/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Freshly announced this morning, Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives will have its World Premiere at FrightFest London on August 28, and Variety shares a first-look image today.
Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives is said to be a “one-shot horror film told in real time,” and The Playmaker has signed with Constantin Film to handle international sales.
Thomas Sieben (“Kidnapping Stella”) directed the upcoming horror movie. “The film follows heavily pregnant Maria (Nilam Farooq) as she returns alone to the remote country house of her father-in-law (Von Dohnányi). She has no idea what secrets are lurking within.”
The plot synopsis continues, “As she investigates strange occurrences, including a sudden power outage while talking to her fiancé Viktor (David Kross), Maria descends to the basement and hears eerie noises and a mysterious breathing, unaware of a ghostly presence behind her.
“Determined to uncover the truth, she discovers a hidden...
Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives is said to be a “one-shot horror film told in real time,” and The Playmaker has signed with Constantin Film to handle international sales.
Thomas Sieben (“Kidnapping Stella”) directed the upcoming horror movie. “The film follows heavily pregnant Maria (Nilam Farooq) as she returns alone to the remote country house of her father-in-law (Von Dohnányi). She has no idea what secrets are lurking within.”
The plot synopsis continues, “As she investigates strange occurrences, including a sudden power outage while talking to her fiancé Viktor (David Kross), Maria descends to the basement and hears eerie noises and a mysterious breathing, unaware of a ghostly presence behind her.
“Determined to uncover the truth, she discovers a hidden...
- 7/13/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Playmaker has signed with “Resident Evil” producer Constantin Film to handle the international sales for its FrightFest London contender “Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives,” a one-shot horror film told in real time by director Thomas Sieben (“Kidnapping Stella”).
The film stars German A-list cast Nilam Farooq, Justus von Dohnányi (“The Experiment”) and David Kross (“The Reader”).
“Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives” will have its world premiere at FrightFest London, which runs Aug. 24-28. It will be screened in the Main Screen section on Aug. 28 at the Cineworld Leicester Square on an IMAX screen.
The film follows heavily pregnant Maria (Farooq) as she returns alone to the remote country house of her father-in-law (Von Dohnányi). She has no idea what secrets are lurking within.
As she investigates strange occurrences, including a sudden power outage while talking to her fiancé Viktor (Kross), Maria descends to the basement and hears...
The film stars German A-list cast Nilam Farooq, Justus von Dohnányi (“The Experiment”) and David Kross (“The Reader”).
“Home Sweet Home – Where Evil Lives” will have its world premiere at FrightFest London, which runs Aug. 24-28. It will be screened in the Main Screen section on Aug. 28 at the Cineworld Leicester Square on an IMAX screen.
The film follows heavily pregnant Maria (Farooq) as she returns alone to the remote country house of her father-in-law (Von Dohnányi). She has no idea what secrets are lurking within.
As she investigates strange occurrences, including a sudden power outage while talking to her fiancé Viktor (Kross), Maria descends to the basement and hears...
- 7/13/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Playmaker Munich has signed with producer Ulysses Films to handle international sales for its upcoming family animation project “Pirate Mo & the Legend of the Red Ruby,” which has a planned release of early 2026.
Ulysses produced animation box-office hits such as “The Amazing Maurice” and “Niko & the Way to the Stars.”
The script for “Pirate Mo,” which is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, was written by Richie Conroy, and the director is Florian Westermann, co-director of “The Amazing Maurice.”
The Playmaker team will present “Pirate Mo” at the Marché du Film in Cannes, and will deliver the first teaser presentation at their booth, and at their upcoming highlights market screening on May 18.
Emely Christians, one of the film’s producers, and CEO of Ulysses, said: “I’m really happy that we’ve found a great ‘world sales port’ for our ‘Pirate Mo’ film. The project is very close to my heart.
Ulysses produced animation box-office hits such as “The Amazing Maurice” and “Niko & the Way to the Stars.”
The script for “Pirate Mo,” which is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, was written by Richie Conroy, and the director is Florian Westermann, co-director of “The Amazing Maurice.”
The Playmaker team will present “Pirate Mo” at the Marché du Film in Cannes, and will deliver the first teaser presentation at their booth, and at their upcoming highlights market screening on May 18.
Emely Christians, one of the film’s producers, and CEO of Ulysses, said: “I’m really happy that we’ve found a great ‘world sales port’ for our ‘Pirate Mo’ film. The project is very close to my heart.
- 5/8/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
A year on from the invasion, some European sales agents are refusing to do business with Russian buyers while others are beginning to do so.
A year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine some European sales agents are refusing to do business with Russian buyers while others are beginning to do so.
“For us, no fucking way,” said the chief executive of one boutique sales outfit. “I can lose money, I don’t care. I don’t buy Russian films. I don’t sell to them.”
“Our company policy is we are not doing any business with Russian distributors,...
A year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine some European sales agents are refusing to do business with Russian buyers while others are beginning to do so.
“For us, no fucking way,” said the chief executive of one boutique sales outfit. “I can lose money, I don’t care. I don’t buy Russian films. I don’t sell to them.”
“Our company policy is we are not doing any business with Russian distributors,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab¬Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Screambox is getting even crazier having acquired North American rights to Lukas Rinker‘s bonkers black comedy Holy Shit! from The Playmaker Munich out of this year’s American Film Market.
Cinedigm will release Holy Shit! on the company’s Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming platform in early 2023.
Scriptwriter and director Lukas Rinker has created an ultimate worst-case scenario that feels relatable yet unimaginable at the same time when Architect Frank awakens bloodily trapped inside a portable toilet standing on a construction site.
“Architect Frank (Thomas Niehaus) regains consciousness in a locked portable toilet on a construction site where a detonation is being prepared. As he desperately tries to find ways of escaping this „prison” before potentially being blown to smithereens, he realizes who has put him into this predicament: none other than the corrupt and lecherous mayor Horst (Gedeon Burkhard) who also has designs on Frank‘s pregnant girlfriend Marie...
Cinedigm will release Holy Shit! on the company’s Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming platform in early 2023.
Scriptwriter and director Lukas Rinker has created an ultimate worst-case scenario that feels relatable yet unimaginable at the same time when Architect Frank awakens bloodily trapped inside a portable toilet standing on a construction site.
“Architect Frank (Thomas Niehaus) regains consciousness in a locked portable toilet on a construction site where a detonation is being prepared. As he desperately tries to find ways of escaping this „prison” before potentially being blown to smithereens, he realizes who has put him into this predicament: none other than the corrupt and lecherous mayor Horst (Gedeon Burkhard) who also has designs on Frank‘s pregnant girlfriend Marie...
- 11/10/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Cinedigm Corp. has sealed a deal with sales agent The Playmaker Munich for North American rights to Lukas Rinker’s claustrophobic black comedy “Holy Shit!” The deal was made at last week’s American Film Market where the film was shown to buyers.
Cinedigm will release “Holy Shit!” on the company’s Screambox streaming platform in early 2023.
Previously announced distribution deals were Japan (New Select), South Korea (Lumix Media), China (Beijing Blue Media Times), France (Family Films) and Baltics (Estin Film).
The film won the audience award at its world premiere at this year’s Hard:Line Film Festival and was shown at several genre festivals such as Night Visions Film Festival in Helsinki, FrightFest in London and Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. At Fantaspoa, it received an honorable mention for “the best blood (and shit) bath.”
In the film, architect Frank wakes up trapped inside a portable toilet in the middle of a construction site.
Cinedigm will release “Holy Shit!” on the company’s Screambox streaming platform in early 2023.
Previously announced distribution deals were Japan (New Select), South Korea (Lumix Media), China (Beijing Blue Media Times), France (Family Films) and Baltics (Estin Film).
The film won the audience award at its world premiere at this year’s Hard:Line Film Festival and was shown at several genre festivals such as Night Visions Film Festival in Helsinki, FrightFest in London and Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. At Fantaspoa, it received an honorable mention for “the best blood (and shit) bath.”
In the film, architect Frank wakes up trapped inside a portable toilet in the middle of a construction site.
- 11/10/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
IFC Midnight has taken North American rights to Magdalena Lauritsch’s sci-fi disaster movie, Rubikon. A theatrical and PVOD date will be set for this year.
In the film, the crew of a space station, Hannah (Julia Franz Richter), Gavin (George Blagden) and Dimitri (Mark Ivanir) must decide whether they risk their lives to get back home during a global catastrophe and search for survivors or stay safe in the sophisticated station’s algae symbiosis system, which makes them fully self-reliant. Rubikon questions whether we have the right to seal ourselves off in safety and ignorance from the ongoing problems of the world, as three people with three very different worldviews collide in this pressure-cooker environment millions of miles away.
The deal for the film was negotiated by IFC Films’ Manager of Acquisitions Adam Koehler with The Playmaker Munich’s Deputy Head of Sales & Acquisitions Moritz Hemminger on behalf of the filmmakers.
In the film, the crew of a space station, Hannah (Julia Franz Richter), Gavin (George Blagden) and Dimitri (Mark Ivanir) must decide whether they risk their lives to get back home during a global catastrophe and search for survivors or stay safe in the sophisticated station’s algae symbiosis system, which makes them fully self-reliant. Rubikon questions whether we have the right to seal ourselves off in safety and ignorance from the ongoing problems of the world, as three people with three very different worldviews collide in this pressure-cooker environment millions of miles away.
The deal for the film was negotiated by IFC Films’ Manager of Acquisitions Adam Koehler with The Playmaker Munich’s Deputy Head of Sales & Acquisitions Moritz Hemminger on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 2/10/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The now-completed film was selected for Cannes Frontières Buyers Showcase last year.
IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Magdalena Lauritsch’s Austrian sci-fi disaster film Rubikon, the 2021 Cannes Frontières Buyers Showcase selection which Germany’s The Playmaker Munich is introducing to EFM buyers this week.
Julia Franz Richter from Undine, George Blagden from Les Miserables, and Mark Ivanir from The Good Shepherd star in Lauritsch’s feature directing debut as crewmembers on a space station who must choose whether to risk their own safety to search Earth for survivors of a catastrophe.
The film is now completed and...
IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Magdalena Lauritsch’s Austrian sci-fi disaster film Rubikon, the 2021 Cannes Frontières Buyers Showcase selection which Germany’s The Playmaker Munich is introducing to EFM buyers this week.
Julia Franz Richter from Undine, George Blagden from Les Miserables, and Mark Ivanir from The Good Shepherd star in Lauritsch’s feature directing debut as crewmembers on a space station who must choose whether to risk their own safety to search Earth for survivors of a catastrophe.
The film is now completed and...
- 2/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
German sales outfit The Playmaker Munich, formerly Arri Media International, has shared with Variety the international trailer of psychological thriller “Wolka,” produced by leading Icelandic banner Sagafilm with Poland’s Film Produkcja.
The feature will bow as a market premiere at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films, Scandinavia’s major film showcase which runs Aug. 24-27.
The atmospheric trailer follows Anna (Olga Bołądź) as she gets out of a Polish jail on parole after 15 years behind bars. She soon travels from Warsaw to Iceland, on the tail of a mysterious Dorota (Anna Moskal) who has blended into the nation’s largest ethnic minority. Composer Atli Örvarsson and cinematographer Marek Rajca (“South by North”) capture the escalating tension as Anna’s arrival rocks Dorota’s life, established under a false identity.
The images reveal the cultural challenges for the strong community of nearly 10,000 immigrant Poles living in Iceland, tagged by Dorota in...
The feature will bow as a market premiere at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films, Scandinavia’s major film showcase which runs Aug. 24-27.
The atmospheric trailer follows Anna (Olga Bołądź) as she gets out of a Polish jail on parole after 15 years behind bars. She soon travels from Warsaw to Iceland, on the tail of a mysterious Dorota (Anna Moskal) who has blended into the nation’s largest ethnic minority. Composer Atli Örvarsson and cinematographer Marek Rajca (“South by North”) capture the escalating tension as Anna’s arrival rocks Dorota’s life, established under a false identity.
The images reveal the cultural challenges for the strong community of nearly 10,000 immigrant Poles living in Iceland, tagged by Dorota in...
- 8/16/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Arri Media has closed a deal with Crescendo House – a new boutique distribution company – for North American rights on Marxist vampire comedy “Bloodsuckers,” following its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
The film, which screened as part of the Berlinale’s Encounters section, was written and directed by Julian Radlmaier.
Radlmaier’s script was praised by the jury as being “extravagant, bizarre, and hilarious” when he was presented with the Golden Lola for Best Unfilmed Screenplay during Berlinale 2019.
Set in 1928, the film centers on a penniless Soviet refugee, who falls in love with an eccentric young vampiress, played by Lilith Stangenberg (“Wild”), spending the summer at the seaside with her awkward servant.
Soviet factory worker Lyovoshka is cast to play Trotsky in a film by Sergei Eisenstein. But his dreams of a new life as an artist are shattered when the real Trotsky falls out of favor with Stalin...
The film, which screened as part of the Berlinale’s Encounters section, was written and directed by Julian Radlmaier.
Radlmaier’s script was praised by the jury as being “extravagant, bizarre, and hilarious” when he was presented with the Golden Lola for Best Unfilmed Screenplay during Berlinale 2019.
Set in 1928, the film centers on a penniless Soviet refugee, who falls in love with an eccentric young vampiress, played by Lilith Stangenberg (“Wild”), spending the summer at the seaside with her awkward servant.
Soviet factory worker Lyovoshka is cast to play Trotsky in a film by Sergei Eisenstein. But his dreams of a new life as an artist are shattered when the real Trotsky falls out of favor with Stalin...
- 3/22/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
As Germany continues to grapple with a new wave of Covid-19 infections, a decision about next year’s Berlin Film Festival and its sister event, the European Film Market, is understood to be imminent, with organizers strongly considering pushing the event, which is supposed to unspool Feb. 11-21, into the spring.
It’s believed the last week of March or early April are among the options on the table. Organizers are expected to confirm their plans Thursday or Friday.
Pushing back the festival would be welcomed by many in the industry. Thorsten Ritter, executive VP of acquisitions, sales and marketing at sales agency Beta Cinema, says: “Sadly, we are all rather pessimistic about a physical event in February in light of the recent developments. However, it would be great if the Berlinale could be moved and happen within the first half of the year instead of being canceled completely.
“I...
It’s believed the last week of March or early April are among the options on the table. Organizers are expected to confirm their plans Thursday or Friday.
Pushing back the festival would be welcomed by many in the industry. Thorsten Ritter, executive VP of acquisitions, sales and marketing at sales agency Beta Cinema, says: “Sadly, we are all rather pessimistic about a physical event in February in light of the recent developments. However, it would be great if the Berlinale could be moved and happen within the first half of the year instead of being canceled completely.
“I...
- 12/10/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exploring wide-ranging global themes, from poverty, migration, political strife and fascism to art and romance, German sales companies are presenting an eclectic offering of local and international cinematic works at this year’s AFM.
Social dramas and political thrillers reflect both the current zeitgeist and historical parallels of similarly troubled times.
In Marcus Lenz’s “Rival,” a 9-year-old Ukrainian boy travels to Germany to be with his mother, who has been forced to leave her country to work as an undocumented caretaker for an old man.
Producers Gunter Hanfgarn and Andrea Ufer of Berlin-based Hanfgarn & Ufer say they were intrigued by Lenz’s story from the start, noting that it is “set against the backdrop of two problems we see in a lot of Western countries — the nursing crisis and poverty emigration.” Sold internationally by Pluto Film, “Rival” is screening at AFM following its world premiere at this year’s Busan Film Festival.
Social dramas and political thrillers reflect both the current zeitgeist and historical parallels of similarly troubled times.
In Marcus Lenz’s “Rival,” a 9-year-old Ukrainian boy travels to Germany to be with his mother, who has been forced to leave her country to work as an undocumented caretaker for an old man.
Producers Gunter Hanfgarn and Andrea Ufer of Berlin-based Hanfgarn & Ufer say they were intrigued by Lenz’s story from the start, noting that it is “set against the backdrop of two problems we see in a lot of Western countries — the nursing crisis and poverty emigration.” Sold internationally by Pluto Film, “Rival” is screening at AFM following its world premiere at this year’s Busan Film Festival.
- 11/9/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Munich-based sales agency Arri Media Intl.’s has signed a North American distribution deal with Rock Salt Releasing for “Curveball – A True Story. Unfortunately.,” which had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in the Berlinale Special Gala section this year.
The film, co-written and directed by Johannes Naber, is released in German cinemas on Nov. 26, and will be released in North America by Rock Salt in the first quarter of next year.
The film tells the true story of how the Iraq war, with the involvement of the German government and secret service, was started based on faulty intelligence.
Bioweapons expert Dr. Arndt Wolf of the German Federal Intelligence Service (Bnd) is obsessed with the idea that, despite Un inspections, anthrax is still being produced in Iraq. Back home in Germany, Wolf’s superior Schatz assigns him as case officer for the Iraqi asylum seeker Rafid Alwan because...
The film, co-written and directed by Johannes Naber, is released in German cinemas on Nov. 26, and will be released in North America by Rock Salt in the first quarter of next year.
The film tells the true story of how the Iraq war, with the involvement of the German government and secret service, was started based on faulty intelligence.
Bioweapons expert Dr. Arndt Wolf of the German Federal Intelligence Service (Bnd) is obsessed with the idea that, despite Un inspections, anthrax is still being produced in Iraq. Back home in Germany, Wolf’s superior Schatz assigns him as case officer for the Iraqi asylum seeker Rafid Alwan because...
- 10/21/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Biopic premiered at Rome Film Festival last year.
Corinth Films has acquired North American rights to Andrei Konchalovsky’s Italian epic Sin (Il Pecato), which chronicles a critical juncture in the life and work of Michelangelo.
The distributor has set a virtual theatrical release in the third quarter of this year and after that will release on home entertainment and digital platforms.
Sin premiered at Rome Film Festival last year and follows the 16th century Renaissance’s most iconic artist as he struggles to complete the Sistine Chapel for Pope Julius II of the Della Rovere nobility.
When Julius II...
Corinth Films has acquired North American rights to Andrei Konchalovsky’s Italian epic Sin (Il Pecato), which chronicles a critical juncture in the life and work of Michelangelo.
The distributor has set a virtual theatrical release in the third quarter of this year and after that will release on home entertainment and digital platforms.
Sin premiered at Rome Film Festival last year and follows the 16th century Renaissance’s most iconic artist as he struggles to complete the Sistine Chapel for Pope Julius II of the Della Rovere nobility.
When Julius II...
- 6/22/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: A group of genre professionals will come together this week on Friday (May 8) to discuss the future of their industry in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Featuring notable names including Xyz exec Todd Brown and Vivarium screenwriter and producer Brendan McCarthy, the virtual panel is being organized by the Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, the genre event run by Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival that was forced to move online this year due to the virus lockdown.
The panel, run as part of the European Genre Forum which is co-run by Tallinn with Amsterdam Imagine Film Festival and Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival, will take place at 8Am Pst / 5Pm Eastern European time. It will also feature Annick Mahnert, the newly installed head of Frontieres, Re-Animator producer Brian Yuzna, Arri Media’s Deputy Head of Sales & Acquisitions Moritz Hemminger, and Jongsuk Thomas Nam, the director of BiFan...
Featuring notable names including Xyz exec Todd Brown and Vivarium screenwriter and producer Brendan McCarthy, the virtual panel is being organized by the Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, the genre event run by Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival that was forced to move online this year due to the virus lockdown.
The panel, run as part of the European Genre Forum which is co-run by Tallinn with Amsterdam Imagine Film Festival and Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival, will take place at 8Am Pst / 5Pm Eastern European time. It will also feature Annick Mahnert, the newly installed head of Frontieres, Re-Animator producer Brian Yuzna, Arri Media’s Deputy Head of Sales & Acquisitions Moritz Hemminger, and Jongsuk Thomas Nam, the director of BiFan...
- 5/4/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety has been given exclusive access to the first clip from Berlinale Special Gala film “Curveball,” which is inspired by the true story of how the work of the German secret service led to the Iraq War.
“Curveball,” which will have its world premiere at the Berlinale, was directed by Johannes Naber, and written by Naber and Oliver Keidel. Arri Media Intl. will handle international sales on the film, which it will sell at the European Film Market.
The film centers on Wolf, a bioweapons expert working for the German Federal Intelligence Service (Bnd). He is obsessed with the idea that, despite Un inspections, anthrax is still being produced in Iraq. Wolf is assigned as the case officer for the Iraqi asylum seeker Rafid Alwan, who claims to have worked as an engineer for Saddam Hussein’s secret bioweapons program.
What is missing, though, is proof, but as Alwan’s...
“Curveball,” which will have its world premiere at the Berlinale, was directed by Johannes Naber, and written by Naber and Oliver Keidel. Arri Media Intl. will handle international sales on the film, which it will sell at the European Film Market.
The film centers on Wolf, a bioweapons expert working for the German Federal Intelligence Service (Bnd). He is obsessed with the idea that, despite Un inspections, anthrax is still being produced in Iraq. Wolf is assigned as the case officer for the Iraqi asylum seeker Rafid Alwan, who claims to have worked as an engineer for Saddam Hussein’s secret bioweapons program.
What is missing, though, is proof, but as Alwan’s...
- 2/5/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
U.S. distribution deals for German films are of great strategic value for international rollouts, but lucrative prospects largely depend on the type of film on offer.
The spectrum of German film continues to broaden, encompassing everything from arthouse, historical drama and family entertainment to animation, action and horror – not to mention English-language German productions.
“With German-language dramas that do well at festivals and gain some prestige, you do have high chances of finding a passionate U.S. indie distributor who will release your film in limited cinemas in New York, L.A., Chicago and other major U.S. cities,” says Moritz Hemminger, deputy head of sales and acquisitions at Arri Media.
“Economically, the U.S., for those kind of films, isn’t always the most financially lucrative market, but a sale there helps for the international sales strategy, as a U.S. distribution deal can trigger international sales in other territories,...
The spectrum of German film continues to broaden, encompassing everything from arthouse, historical drama and family entertainment to animation, action and horror – not to mention English-language German productions.
“With German-language dramas that do well at festivals and gain some prestige, you do have high chances of finding a passionate U.S. indie distributor who will release your film in limited cinemas in New York, L.A., Chicago and other major U.S. cities,” says Moritz Hemminger, deputy head of sales and acquisitions at Arri Media.
“Economically, the U.S., for those kind of films, isn’t always the most financially lucrative market, but a sale there helps for the international sales strategy, as a U.S. distribution deal can trigger international sales in other territories,...
- 11/8/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Arri Media International has acquired international distribution rights to Andrei Konchalovsky’s Michelangelo biopic “Il Peccato” (“Sin”), which will have its world premiere as a Special Closing Event at the 14th Rome Film Festival (Oct. 17-27).
Written by Konchalovsky and Elena Kiseleva, the film is set in Florence in the 16th century and follows Michelangelo through “the agonies and ecstasy of his own creative genius, as two rival noble factions compete for his loyalty,” according to Arri.
Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo, played by Alberto Testone (“Suburra”), is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner and head of the Della Rovere nobility Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo becomes obsessed with sourcing the finest marble to complete his tomb.
The artist’s loyalty is tested when Leo X of the rival Medici family ascends to...
Written by Konchalovsky and Elena Kiseleva, the film is set in Florence in the 16th century and follows Michelangelo through “the agonies and ecstasy of his own creative genius, as two rival noble factions compete for his loyalty,” according to Arri.
Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo, played by Alberto Testone (“Suburra”), is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner and head of the Della Rovere nobility Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo becomes obsessed with sourcing the finest marble to complete his tomb.
The artist’s loyalty is tested when Leo X of the rival Medici family ascends to...
- 10/8/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Screen Media has picked up all North American rights to “The Sonata,” a thriller that features one of the late actor Rutger Hauer’s final film roles.
“The Sonata” centers on young violinist Rose (Freya Tingley) who inherits an old mansion after the death of her composer father (Hauer). After moving in, she discovers that his final work was a mysterious musical score with strange symbols that unlock keys to her father’s shadowy past, unleashing a horror beyond imagination. Screen Media is planning a theatrical and VOD release in early 2020.
The film has already sold key foreign territories and played as part of Lincoln Center’s “Scary Movies” summer series and at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival. “The Sonata” was co-written and directed by Andrew Desmond, marking his first time behind the camera for a feature-length production. “The Sonata” was co-written by Arthur Morin.
Tingley, best known for her work on “Hemlock Grove,...
“The Sonata” centers on young violinist Rose (Freya Tingley) who inherits an old mansion after the death of her composer father (Hauer). After moving in, she discovers that his final work was a mysterious musical score with strange symbols that unlock keys to her father’s shadowy past, unleashing a horror beyond imagination. Screen Media is planning a theatrical and VOD release in early 2020.
The film has already sold key foreign territories and played as part of Lincoln Center’s “Scary Movies” summer series and at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival. “The Sonata” was co-written and directed by Andrew Desmond, marking his first time behind the camera for a feature-length production. “The Sonata” was co-written by Arthur Morin.
Tingley, best known for her work on “Hemlock Grove,...
- 9/6/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Arri Media International has boarded WunderWerk’s animated family film “The Ogglies,” based on the hit German children’s book series about a group of creatures with unusual eating habits looking for a new home.
Helmed by Jens Møller, whose credits include the “Lego Star Wars” TV series, and Toby Genkel, director of animated hit “Ooops! Noah is Gone,” “The Ogglies” follows a family of green, smelly, garbage-eating yet good-natured little beings who find a new home in a city dump, only to face eviction when an unscrupulous contractor decides to build a wellness temple on the site.
Arri Media will present a teaser of the 3D CGI-animated pic for the first time at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Erhard Dietl’s book series, which includes 34 titles, has been translated into more than 13 different languages and sold more than 5 million copies in Germany alone.
“The Ogglies” film is produced by...
Helmed by Jens Møller, whose credits include the “Lego Star Wars” TV series, and Toby Genkel, director of animated hit “Ooops! Noah is Gone,” “The Ogglies” follows a family of green, smelly, garbage-eating yet good-natured little beings who find a new home in a city dump, only to face eviction when an unscrupulous contractor decides to build a wellness temple on the site.
Arri Media will present a teaser of the 3D CGI-animated pic for the first time at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Erhard Dietl’s book series, which includes 34 titles, has been translated into more than 13 different languages and sold more than 5 million copies in Germany alone.
“The Ogglies” film is produced by...
- 5/8/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
The film has its world premiere in Competition at Venice Film Festival.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away (Werk Ohne Autor) has been selected as Germany’s entry for the best foreign language film Oscar in 2019.
The film was chosen by a nine-person jury, headed by Moritz Hemminger of the Association of German Film Exporters, from eleven submissions.
This marks the second time von Donnersmarck has been put forward for the foreign language film award; he won the prize in 2007 for Cold War spy drama The Lives Of Others.
Since its first submission as a united nation for the 1991 awards,...
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away (Werk Ohne Autor) has been selected as Germany’s entry for the best foreign language film Oscar in 2019.
The film was chosen by a nine-person jury, headed by Moritz Hemminger of the Association of German Film Exporters, from eleven submissions.
This marks the second time von Donnersmarck has been put forward for the foreign language film award; he won the prize in 2007 for Cold War spy drama The Lives Of Others.
Since its first submission as a united nation for the 1991 awards,...
- 8/30/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Arri Media Worldsales closes number of deals on Edgar Reitz’s latest feature.
Arri Media Worldsales has closed a number of deals with very prestigious independent distributors for veteran German director Edgar Reitz’s Home From Home (Die andere Heimat), ranging from Artificial Eye/Curzon (UK & Ireland), Lumiere (Benelux), Sweden (TriArt), and Camera Film (Denmark).
Home From Home has already been released succesfully by its French co-producer Les Films du Losange in French cinemas and by Concorde Filmverleih in Germany.
In addition, Alain Gsponer’s family feature The Little Ghost, which had already been sold to multiple territories including North America ahead of the Berlinale, has now found a new home in Italy with the distributor Notorious Pictures.
The Rome-based company has acquired all rights and is planning a theatrical release this summer.
Arri’s acquisitions and sales director Moritz Hemminger told Screen that he is now “in negotiations” with distributors from Spain, Japan, Turkey...
Arri Media Worldsales has closed a number of deals with very prestigious independent distributors for veteran German director Edgar Reitz’s Home From Home (Die andere Heimat), ranging from Artificial Eye/Curzon (UK & Ireland), Lumiere (Benelux), Sweden (TriArt), and Camera Film (Denmark).
Home From Home has already been released succesfully by its French co-producer Les Films du Losange in French cinemas and by Concorde Filmverleih in Germany.
In addition, Alain Gsponer’s family feature The Little Ghost, which had already been sold to multiple territories including North America ahead of the Berlinale, has now found a new home in Italy with the distributor Notorious Pictures.
The Rome-based company has acquired all rights and is planning a theatrical release this summer.
Arri’s acquisitions and sales director Moritz Hemminger told Screen that he is now “in negotiations” with distributors from Spain, Japan, Turkey...
- 2/10/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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