Portuguese producer Paulo Branco is planning a film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1897 short story "An Outpost of Progress".
Drawing on Conrad's own experience in the Congo, it deals with two European men who are assigned to a trading post in a remote part of the African jungle.
As isolation demoralises the pair and diseases weaken them, the story ultimately ends in tragedy. Hugo Vieira Da Silva helms the film which will shoot in Angola, close to the location in which Conrad wrote the story.
Branco previously produced an adaptation of Conrad's "Almayer's Folly" in 2011.
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Drawing on Conrad's own experience in the Congo, it deals with two European men who are assigned to a trading post in a remote part of the African jungle.
As isolation demoralises the pair and diseases weaken them, the story ultimately ends in tragedy. Hugo Vieira Da Silva helms the film which will shoot in Angola, close to the location in which Conrad wrote the story.
Branco previously produced an adaptation of Conrad's "Almayer's Folly" in 2011.
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- 5/18/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Veteran producer to adapt Joseph Conrad’s novel.
Veteran Portuguese producer Paulo Branco is planning a big screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s An Outpost of Progress.
After backing an adaptation of Conrad’s Almayer’s Folly in 2011, made by Chantal Ackerman, Branco is now working on a film version of the novelist’s short story.
Written in 1897 and drawing on his own experience in the Congo, it deals with two European men who are assigned to a trading post in a remote part of the African jungle. But as isolation demoralises the pair and diseases weaken them, the story ultimately ends in tragedy.
The film will shoot in Angola, close to the location in which Conrad wrote the story, and will be directed by Hugo Vieira Da Silva. The cast is led by Nuno Lopes. It will be made through Leopardo Filmes and Amour Fou Vienna as a Portuguese-Austrian coproduction.
Meanwhile, together...
Veteran Portuguese producer Paulo Branco is planning a big screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s An Outpost of Progress.
After backing an adaptation of Conrad’s Almayer’s Folly in 2011, made by Chantal Ackerman, Branco is now working on a film version of the novelist’s short story.
Written in 1897 and drawing on his own experience in the Congo, it deals with two European men who are assigned to a trading post in a remote part of the African jungle. But as isolation demoralises the pair and diseases weaken them, the story ultimately ends in tragedy.
The film will shoot in Angola, close to the location in which Conrad wrote the story, and will be directed by Hugo Vieira Da Silva. The cast is led by Nuno Lopes. It will be made through Leopardo Filmes and Amour Fou Vienna as a Portuguese-Austrian coproduction.
Meanwhile, together...
- 5/18/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Nothing can top last year's Cannes for the German Sales Agent -- Apichatpong Weerasethakul can thank the Tim Burton led jury for Uncle Boonmee being crowned with the Palme. This year The Match Factory have one in the main comp, a dark horse contender with Aki Kaurismaki's Le Havre and they have a trio in the Un Certain Regard section in Oslo, August 31st, Tatsumi and Stopped on Track. They've got a catalogue full of future items in the works such as the latest from Miguel Gomes and Peter Strickland. Visit the site or check out some of their slate below. Le Havre by Aki KAURISMÄKI - Completed Oslo, August 31St (Oslo, 31. August) by Joachim Trier - Completed Tatsumi by Eric Khoo - Completed A Mysterious World (Un Mundo Misterioso) by Rodrigo Moreno - Completed Barzakh by Mantas Kvedaravicius - Completed If Not Us, Who (Wer WENN Nicht Wir...
- 5/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Why did I watch a bizarre 'Holocaust farce' when I could've been enjoying festival winner Nader and Simin, a Separation?
A rifle butt swung and opened a hole and blood spurted out. The child fell to the ground. The policeman shot him in the head, told his partner to collect the fallen dealer's weapon ("I can get 20 grand for that") and strolled back to his squad car.
Brutal, polemical, awfully dumb, José Padilha's Elite Squad 2, the shoot-first-take-names-later sequel to the winner of the Berlin film festival's main prize in 2008, was made for a walk-out. Across Berlin French director Céline Sciamma's Tomboy – a quirky study of gender politics centred on a young girl who enjoys being mistaken for a boy – had other critics talking ("My favourite film of the year so far" – Hollywood News. "Pick of Berlin" – Film4) but I couldn't hear them. My ears were ringing from the...
A rifle butt swung and opened a hole and blood spurted out. The child fell to the ground. The policeman shot him in the head, told his partner to collect the fallen dealer's weapon ("I can get 20 grand for that") and strolled back to his squad car.
Brutal, polemical, awfully dumb, José Padilha's Elite Squad 2, the shoot-first-take-names-later sequel to the winner of the Berlin film festival's main prize in 2008, was made for a walk-out. Across Berlin French director Céline Sciamma's Tomboy – a quirky study of gender politics centred on a young girl who enjoys being mistaken for a boy – had other critics talking ("My favourite film of the year so far" – Hollywood News. "Pick of Berlin" – Film4) but I couldn't hear them. My ears were ringing from the...
- 2/21/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Berlinale 2011 poster
Patang (The Kite), a feature film written and directed by Prashant Bhargava, will be screened as part of the 41st Forum in Berlinale 2011. The film, a co-production between India and USA, is a drama set in the backdrop of India’s largest kite festival in Ahmedabad.
Forum will present a total of 39 films in the main programme and 6 films as special screenings, 24 of which are world premieres and 12 international premieres. It is considered to be the most experimental section of the Berlinale which presents original, provocative and disturbing cinema.
In addition, 8 films will be shown from the creative period of the Japanese director Shibuya Minoru. The 61st Berlinale will take place from February 10-20, 2011.
The complete Programme of Forum:
Main Programme
Amnesty by Bujar Alimani, Albania/Greece/France
Auf der Suche (Looking for Simon) by Jan Krüger, Germany/France
Ausente (Absent) by Marco Berger, Argentina
The Ballad of...
Patang (The Kite), a feature film written and directed by Prashant Bhargava, will be screened as part of the 41st Forum in Berlinale 2011. The film, a co-production between India and USA, is a drama set in the backdrop of India’s largest kite festival in Ahmedabad.
Forum will present a total of 39 films in the main programme and 6 films as special screenings, 24 of which are world premieres and 12 international premieres. It is considered to be the most experimental section of the Berlinale which presents original, provocative and disturbing cinema.
In addition, 8 films will be shown from the creative period of the Japanese director Shibuya Minoru. The 61st Berlinale will take place from February 10-20, 2011.
The complete Programme of Forum:
Main Programme
Amnesty by Bujar Alimani, Albania/Greece/France
Auf der Suche (Looking for Simon) by Jan Krüger, Germany/France
Ausente (Absent) by Marco Berger, Argentina
The Ballad of...
- 1/18/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Berlin International Film Festival (German: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), one of the world’s leading film festivals and most reputable media events has just announced their complete lineup for the Forum program this year, and it looks incredible once again.
With 274,000 tickets sold and 487,000 admissions, it is considered the largest publicly-attended film festival worldwide. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections, representing a comprehensive array of the cinematic world. Around twenty films compete for the awards called the Golden and Silver Bears. Basically it is the place to be if you work in the business. The European Film Market (Efm), a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit once a year. The trade fair serves distributors, film buyers, producers, financiers and co-production agents. The festival has established a cosmopolitan character integrating art, glamour, commerce and a global media attention.
With 274,000 tickets sold and 487,000 admissions, it is considered the largest publicly-attended film festival worldwide. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections, representing a comprehensive array of the cinematic world. Around twenty films compete for the awards called the Golden and Silver Bears. Basically it is the place to be if you work in the business. The European Film Market (Efm), a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit once a year. The trade fair serves distributors, film buyers, producers, financiers and co-production agents. The festival has established a cosmopolitan character integrating art, glamour, commerce and a global media attention.
- 1/18/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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