’The Light’ is one of a slate of features to receive backing from German regional fund Film-und Medienstiftung Nrw.
The Light, Tom Tykwer’s first film for the cinema since his 2016 German-us comedy A Hologram For The King is one of 10 feature film projects allocated almost €6m in production support by the Düsseldorf-based regional fund Film-und Medienstiftung Nrw.
Tykwer’s original screenplay for The Light (Das Licht) centres on a troubled family who take on a Syrian immigrant as a housekeeper. When she successfully shakes up the lives of the family she then confronts them with the dark fate of her own.
The Light, Tom Tykwer’s first film for the cinema since his 2016 German-us comedy A Hologram For The King is one of 10 feature film projects allocated almost €6m in production support by the Düsseldorf-based regional fund Film-und Medienstiftung Nrw.
Tykwer’s original screenplay for The Light (Das Licht) centres on a troubled family who take on a Syrian immigrant as a housekeeper. When she successfully shakes up the lives of the family she then confronts them with the dark fate of her own.
- 6/21/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Sophie Heldman will direct the real-life Lgbtqi+ drama.
Charlie Murphy and Flora Nicholson will lead the cast of Miss Pirie And Miss Woods, a true story Lgbtqi+ drama from director Sophie Heldman and Winners producer Paul Welsh.
Based on historian Lilian Faderman’s book Scotch Verdict, it tells the 1810 story of a scandal when a Scottish student accused two of her teachers of having an affair. The producers expect to close finance this week in Cannes, ahead of a shoot in Scotland and Germany in autumn 2023.
Having co-written the film with Nicholson, it will be a second feature for German director Heldman,...
Charlie Murphy and Flora Nicholson will lead the cast of Miss Pirie And Miss Woods, a true story Lgbtqi+ drama from director Sophie Heldman and Winners producer Paul Welsh.
Based on historian Lilian Faderman’s book Scotch Verdict, it tells the 1810 story of a scandal when a Scottish student accused two of her teachers of having an affair. The producers expect to close finance this week in Cannes, ahead of a shoot in Scotland and Germany in autumn 2023.
Having co-written the film with Nicholson, it will be a second feature for German director Heldman,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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