Driving to develop animated features and series that reach out to more sophisticated global families and 18-34 young adults after the milestone success of the Academy Award-nominated “I Lost My Body,” Marc du Pontavice’s French animation studio Xilam Animation has tapped ‘Dustbin Baby’ and ‘’Hetty Feather’ screenwriter Helen Blakeman to write “Lucy Lost.”
In the run-up to this year’s online Annecy Festival and Mifa market, Du Pontavice also teased further “The Wolf,” the next feature film at Xilam, to be directed by Julien Bisaro, nominated for an Annie for his storyboard artist work on “I Lost My Body,” whose half hour “Shooom’s Odyssey” is one of Annecy’s buzziest titles in its TV Film section.
A BAFTA and International Emmy Award winner for her TV screenplay adaptation of ‘Dustbin Baby’ for BBC/Kindle Entertainment, starring Juliet Stevenson, David Haig and Dakota Blue Richards, Blakeman is also the creator,...
In the run-up to this year’s online Annecy Festival and Mifa market, Du Pontavice also teased further “The Wolf,” the next feature film at Xilam, to be directed by Julien Bisaro, nominated for an Annie for his storyboard artist work on “I Lost My Body,” whose half hour “Shooom’s Odyssey” is one of Annecy’s buzziest titles in its TV Film section.
A BAFTA and International Emmy Award winner for her TV screenplay adaptation of ‘Dustbin Baby’ for BBC/Kindle Entertainment, starring Juliet Stevenson, David Haig and Dakota Blue Richards, Blakeman is also the creator,...
- 6/15/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Annecy, France – Denis Do’s “Sorya” and Amandine Taffin’s “Tistou of the Green Thumbs” –both from France– took feature kudos at the 2019 Mifa Pitches Awards, the first honors announced at Annecy and devoted to projects pitched in various categories/showcases: Feature Films, TV Series and Specials, Short Films and Animation du Monde.
The 37-title selection included projects from Armenia, Uruguay, Hungary, Nigeria, Argentina, South Africa, Kenya, Turkey, Denmark, Brazil, Italia, Colombia, Venezuela, China, United States, Mozambique, Peru, Russia, Germany, Singapore, South Korea and of course France. Sponsored awards vary between cash prizes, development awards and the offer of post-production services.
The sophomore outing of Denis Do, a Crystal winner at Annecy last year with “Funan,” “Sorya” a personal depiction of the brutality of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, took the Ciclic Prize.“Sorya” will be produced by Sébastien Onomo at Special Touch Studios.
Do tells the story of a...
The 37-title selection included projects from Armenia, Uruguay, Hungary, Nigeria, Argentina, South Africa, Kenya, Turkey, Denmark, Brazil, Italia, Colombia, Venezuela, China, United States, Mozambique, Peru, Russia, Germany, Singapore, South Korea and of course France. Sponsored awards vary between cash prizes, development awards and the offer of post-production services.
The sophomore outing of Denis Do, a Crystal winner at Annecy last year with “Funan,” “Sorya” a personal depiction of the brutality of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, took the Ciclic Prize.“Sorya” will be produced by Sébastien Onomo at Special Touch Studios.
Do tells the story of a...
- 6/15/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Annecy, France – France’s “Lucy Lost” and “Galaxy Camp,” and the U.K.’s “The World’s Worst Children” are among the 86 TV series projects set to unspool at the 2019 Cartoon Forum, which takes place in Toulouse, Southern France. The 2019 Cartoon Forum runs Sept. 16-19.
Preeminent French animation company Xilam Animation, headed by Marc du Pontavice, is developing “Lucy Lost,” a family-targeted show of 26 26-minute episodes. Set during 1915 in the Islands of Scilly off Cornwall, the plot kicks off when a fisherman and his son rescue an injured girl from the sea. The girl just seems to be able to say one word- ‘Lucy’ – becoming a mystery for everybody in the local village.
The fishing community is not ready to accept mysteries, especially during war time. Is she a German spy? The adventure drama is an adaptation of bestseller “Listen to the Moon,” a WWI mystery novel by British children’s laureate Michael Morpurgo.
Preeminent French animation company Xilam Animation, headed by Marc du Pontavice, is developing “Lucy Lost,” a family-targeted show of 26 26-minute episodes. Set during 1915 in the Islands of Scilly off Cornwall, the plot kicks off when a fisherman and his son rescue an injured girl from the sea. The girl just seems to be able to say one word- ‘Lucy’ – becoming a mystery for everybody in the local village.
The fishing community is not ready to accept mysteries, especially during war time. Is she a German spy? The adventure drama is an adaptation of bestseller “Listen to the Moon,” a WWI mystery novel by British children’s laureate Michael Morpurgo.
- 6/14/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Following the great success of myFrenchFilmFestival.com last year (750,000 film viewings registered in 189 countries, with a 25% increase in paid viewings) the leading worldwide French film festival on the Internet now in its 4th edition returns this coming January 17th.
For one month, Us Internet users will have access to 10 features and 10 shorts in French with English subtitles. A selection of first and second feature films, theatrically released in France during the year, offers worldwide showcasing of a new generation of filmmakers, highlighting the diversity of young French production.
New features of the 2014 edition
- The festival will be accessible in the Us on the website myFrenchFilmFestival.com, iTunes (through Under the Milky Way) and TV5 Monde’s Cinema on Demand during one month (Jan 17-Feb 17 2014).
For more information:
www.tv5.org/cms/USA/Cinema-on-demand/p-22481-lg3-TV5MONDE-Cinema-On-Demand-in-November.htm
www.itunes.com
- La Fille Du 14 Juillet (The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu) will be the closing film of the Museum of Moving Image’s First Look festival on January 19th, with director Antonin Peretjatko in attendance.
- A selection of 9 features will be screened in theatres throughout the Us starting January 2nd, thanks to our partnership with SpectiCast. View full schedule here: http://www.specticast.com/myfff.jsp
- The films will also be proposed to 400 airline companies via our partner Skeye for in-flight viewings.
4 prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival:
The Filmmakers Award , presided by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and composed of foreign directors
Lynne Ramsay (United Kingdom), Marco Bellocchio (Italy), Anurag Kashyap (India) and Frédéric Fonteyne (Belgium).
The International Press Award , with a jury of 11 foreign journalists
The Audience Award , for which Internet users are invited to vote on-line
The Social Networks Award , chosen by 100 film buffs, influential on Facebook and Twitter
The winning films will then be shown on Air France flights during 6 months.
The full pass to watch the 10 features and 10 shorts online will be available for $22, features-only pass for $16.5, shorts-only pass for $8.2, single feature for $2.7 and single short $1.4.
The 2014 Myfff Selection
I – Features
- In a Rush, directed by Louis Do Lencquesaing
- Augustine, directed by Alice Winocour
- Little Lion, directed by Samuel Collardey
- Maddened by His Absence, directed by Sandrine Bonnaire
- The Virgin, the Copts and Me, directed by Namir Abdel Messeeh
- The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu, directed by Antonin Peretjako
- The Day of the Crows, directed by Jean-Christophe Dessaint
- Welcome to Argentina, directed by Edouard Deluc
- Mobile Home, directed by François Pirot
- Pauline détective, directed by Marc Fitoussi
II – Shorts
- Just Before Losing Everything, directed by Xavier Legrand
- The Lobster's Cry, directed by Nicolas Guiot
- Clay, directed by Michaël Guerraz
- The Runaway, directed by Jean-Bernard Marlin
- The Lizards, directed by Vincent Mariette
- Mademoiselle Kiki et les Montparnos, directed by Amélie Harrault
- Solitudes, directed by Liova Jedlicki
- In Seventh Heaven, directed by Guillaume Foirest
- A la française, directed by Morrigane Boyer, Julien Hazebroucq, Ren-Hsien Hsu, Emmanuelle Leleu, William Lorton
- Le premier pas, directed by Jonathan Comnène...
For one month, Us Internet users will have access to 10 features and 10 shorts in French with English subtitles. A selection of first and second feature films, theatrically released in France during the year, offers worldwide showcasing of a new generation of filmmakers, highlighting the diversity of young French production.
New features of the 2014 edition
- The festival will be accessible in the Us on the website myFrenchFilmFestival.com, iTunes (through Under the Milky Way) and TV5 Monde’s Cinema on Demand during one month (Jan 17-Feb 17 2014).
For more information:
www.tv5.org/cms/USA/Cinema-on-demand/p-22481-lg3-TV5MONDE-Cinema-On-Demand-in-November.htm
www.itunes.com
- La Fille Du 14 Juillet (The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu) will be the closing film of the Museum of Moving Image’s First Look festival on January 19th, with director Antonin Peretjatko in attendance.
- A selection of 9 features will be screened in theatres throughout the Us starting January 2nd, thanks to our partnership with SpectiCast. View full schedule here: http://www.specticast.com/myfff.jsp
- The films will also be proposed to 400 airline companies via our partner Skeye for in-flight viewings.
4 prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival:
The Filmmakers Award , presided by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and composed of foreign directors
Lynne Ramsay (United Kingdom), Marco Bellocchio (Italy), Anurag Kashyap (India) and Frédéric Fonteyne (Belgium).
The International Press Award , with a jury of 11 foreign journalists
The Audience Award , for which Internet users are invited to vote on-line
The Social Networks Award , chosen by 100 film buffs, influential on Facebook and Twitter
The winning films will then be shown on Air France flights during 6 months.
The full pass to watch the 10 features and 10 shorts online will be available for $22, features-only pass for $16.5, shorts-only pass for $8.2, single feature for $2.7 and single short $1.4.
The 2014 Myfff Selection
I – Features
- In a Rush, directed by Louis Do Lencquesaing
- Augustine, directed by Alice Winocour
- Little Lion, directed by Samuel Collardey
- Maddened by His Absence, directed by Sandrine Bonnaire
- The Virgin, the Copts and Me, directed by Namir Abdel Messeeh
- The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu, directed by Antonin Peretjako
- The Day of the Crows, directed by Jean-Christophe Dessaint
- Welcome to Argentina, directed by Edouard Deluc
- Mobile Home, directed by François Pirot
- Pauline détective, directed by Marc Fitoussi
II – Shorts
- Just Before Losing Everything, directed by Xavier Legrand
- The Lobster's Cry, directed by Nicolas Guiot
- Clay, directed by Michaël Guerraz
- The Runaway, directed by Jean-Bernard Marlin
- The Lizards, directed by Vincent Mariette
- Mademoiselle Kiki et les Montparnos, directed by Amélie Harrault
- Solitudes, directed by Liova Jedlicki
- In Seventh Heaven, directed by Guillaume Foirest
- A la française, directed by Morrigane Boyer, Julien Hazebroucq, Ren-Hsien Hsu, Emmanuelle Leleu, William Lorton
- Le premier pas, directed by Jonathan Comnène...
- 12/30/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
10 features and 10 shorts will be on offer.
UniFrance is launching the fourth edition of myFrenchFilmFestival.com, which will run Jan 17 to Feb 17.
Last year’s festival saw 750,000 viewings in 189 countries.
New for the 2014 edition are the addition of platforms including iTunes in 80 territories. SpectiCast will make the selections available to more than 1,000 cinemas worldwide, and 400 airlines will offer the films via partner Skeye.
The festival will showcase 10 first and second features and 10 shorts.
The jury for the filmmakers award will be led by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and also include Lynne Ramsay, Marco Bellocchio and Anurag Kashyap. A press award, audience award and social networks award will also be handed out.
The films are:
Features
In a Rush, directed by Louis Do Lencquesaing
Augustine [pictured], directed by Alice Winocour
Little Lion, directed by Samuel Collardey
Maddened by His Absence, directed by Sandrine Bonnaire
The Virgin, the Copts and Me, directed by Namir Abdel Messeeh
The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu, directed by Antonin...
UniFrance is launching the fourth edition of myFrenchFilmFestival.com, which will run Jan 17 to Feb 17.
Last year’s festival saw 750,000 viewings in 189 countries.
New for the 2014 edition are the addition of platforms including iTunes in 80 territories. SpectiCast will make the selections available to more than 1,000 cinemas worldwide, and 400 airlines will offer the films via partner Skeye.
The festival will showcase 10 first and second features and 10 shorts.
The jury for the filmmakers award will be led by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and also include Lynne Ramsay, Marco Bellocchio and Anurag Kashyap. A press award, audience award and social networks award will also be handed out.
The films are:
Features
In a Rush, directed by Louis Do Lencquesaing
Augustine [pictured], directed by Alice Winocour
Little Lion, directed by Samuel Collardey
Maddened by His Absence, directed by Sandrine Bonnaire
The Virgin, the Copts and Me, directed by Namir Abdel Messeeh
The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu, directed by Antonin...
- 12/4/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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