Loco Films, the Paris-based world sales and production company, has unveiled the trailer for Yulia Trofimova’s feature debut “The Land of Sasha” which is premiering today at the Berlinale, in the Generation 14plus strand.
“The Land of Sasha” tells the story of an indecisive 18-year-old struggling to pursue his desire to become a painter as his mother urges him to choose a safer career path. The sudden appearance of the boy’s estranged father complicates things further. But when Sasha has an unexpected encounter with an unusual girl called Zhenia, he realizes he has no choice but to finally grow up.
“The Land of Sasha” was produced by Katerina Mikhaylova and Konstantin Fam for Moscow-based Vega Film. The young director said she has always been inspired by Paul Thomas Anderson and Noah Baumbach, and watched “Francis Ha” many times while writing the script.
Trofimova said the film was a...
“The Land of Sasha” tells the story of an indecisive 18-year-old struggling to pursue his desire to become a painter as his mother urges him to choose a safer career path. The sudden appearance of the boy’s estranged father complicates things further. But when Sasha has an unexpected encounter with an unusual girl called Zhenia, he realizes he has no choice but to finally grow up.
“The Land of Sasha” was produced by Katerina Mikhaylova and Konstantin Fam for Moscow-based Vega Film. The young director said she has always been inspired by Paul Thomas Anderson and Noah Baumbach, and watched “Francis Ha” many times while writing the script.
Trofimova said the film was a...
- 2/15/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Parkland Entertainment has swooped on UK and Ireland rights to The Champion of Auschwitz, Maciej Barczzewski’s drama about a boxer who fought for survival inside a Nazi death camp during the Second World War.
Born in Warsaw in 1917, Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski was drawn to boxing early, training with well-known coach Feliks Stamm, who is considered the father of Polish boxing. After rising to become a champion boxer, Pietrzykowski was transported to the notorious concentration camp where he was forced to fight for his life.
Leszek Starzynski and Krzysztof Szpetmanski produced the movie. Piotr Glowacki, Jan Szydlowski and Grzegorz Malecki star. The UK has a large Polish population and films from the country are regularly box office hits in the territory.
Parkland struck the deal with France’s Loco Films. Pic will be released September 3 to coincide with the domestic release in Poland.
“We are thrilled to be bring...
Born in Warsaw in 1917, Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski was drawn to boxing early, training with well-known coach Feliks Stamm, who is considered the father of Polish boxing. After rising to become a champion boxer, Pietrzykowski was transported to the notorious concentration camp where he was forced to fight for his life.
Leszek Starzynski and Krzysztof Szpetmanski produced the movie. Piotr Glowacki, Jan Szydlowski and Grzegorz Malecki star. The UK has a large Polish population and films from the country are regularly box office hits in the territory.
Parkland struck the deal with France’s Loco Films. Pic will be released September 3 to coincide with the domestic release in Poland.
“We are thrilled to be bring...
- 6/21/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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