Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has unveiled the five projects it will showcase to sales agents and distributors at this year’s Cannes market.
This is the fourth year PÖFF has participated in the Goes to Cannes programme, which aims to spotlight work-in-progress projects by promising talent. The projects will be presented on 18 May. The films are without sales agents and aiming for a festival premiere.
Three of the films are by directors whose previous films premiered at PÖFF. Eeva Mägi is presenting Estonian drama Mo Papa. Her previous film Mo Mamma won the jury prize in the first...
This is the fourth year PÖFF has participated in the Goes to Cannes programme, which aims to spotlight work-in-progress projects by promising talent. The projects will be presented on 18 May. The films are without sales agents and aiming for a festival premiere.
Three of the films are by directors whose previous films premiered at PÖFF. Eeva Mägi is presenting Estonian drama Mo Papa. Her previous film Mo Mamma won the jury prize in the first...
- 4/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2023 have just been announced and among the 32 supported films we have some veteran filmmakers in David Cronenberg (The Shrouds), Agnieszka Holland (The Green Border) and Kirill Serebrennikov (Disappearance aka La disparition) landing some significant coin amounts. Also grabbing some noteworthy sums of euros are filmmakers Burhan Qurbani (No Beast So Fierce), Jonathan Millet (Lives of Hamid), Nóra Lakos (I Accidentally Wrote a Book) and Scandi helmers Jeanette Nordahl (Connections) and Fanny Ovesen (Laura). Here is the entire list which includes docus and animated films:
A Light at Midday – Elena Manrique (Spain) – €300 000
Aïcha – Mehdi Barsaoui (Tunisia) – €150 000
Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries – Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi (Italy) – €80 000 Documentary
Blood and Mud – Jean-Gabriel Leynaud (France) – €140 000 Documentary
Catane – Ioana Mischie (Romania) – €150 000
Connections – Jeanette Nordahl (Denmark) – €302 000
Disappearance – Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia) – €350 000
DJ Ahmet – Georgi Unkovski (North Macedonia) – €160 000
Dreaming of Lions – Paolo Marinou-Blanco (Portugal) – €150 000
Filipinas – Leonor Noivo (Portugal) – €74 500 Documentary
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia...
A Light at Midday – Elena Manrique (Spain) – €300 000
Aïcha – Mehdi Barsaoui (Tunisia) – €150 000
Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries – Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi (Italy) – €80 000 Documentary
Blood and Mud – Jean-Gabriel Leynaud (France) – €140 000 Documentary
Catane – Ioana Mischie (Romania) – €150 000
Connections – Jeanette Nordahl (Denmark) – €302 000
Disappearance – Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia) – €350 000
DJ Ahmet – Georgi Unkovski (North Macedonia) – €160 000
Dreaming of Lions – Paolo Marinou-Blanco (Portugal) – €150 000
Filipinas – Leonor Noivo (Portugal) – €74 500 Documentary
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia...
- 4/3/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Swedish director Katarina Launing’s ‘You Can Dance’ named the winner of Screen International ’s best pitch award.
The 2021 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has named the winners of its Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event awards.
The industry showcase took place as a hybrid of in-person and virtual events, with the winners announced today (November 26) following a week of presentations and networking with around 700 delegates.
Swedish director Katarina Launing’s feature project You Can Dance was named the winner of Screen International’s best pitch award at the Baltic Event Co-Production Market, which guarantees coverage on Screen throughout the project’s lifecycle.
The 2021 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has named the winners of its Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event awards.
The industry showcase took place as a hybrid of in-person and virtual events, with the winners announced today (November 26) following a week of presentations and networking with around 700 delegates.
Swedish director Katarina Launing’s feature project You Can Dance was named the winner of Screen International’s best pitch award at the Baltic Event Co-Production Market, which guarantees coverage on Screen throughout the project’s lifecycle.
- 11/28/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Despite producing only around 15 feature films per year, Portuguese cinema has consistently won significant festival prizes.
In 2018, awards for Portuguese films included Cannes’ Critics’ Week winner, “Diamantino” by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, and “The Dead and the Others” by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora, which took a Special Jury Prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Portuguese filmmakers have survived through a mixture of dedication, creative ingenuity and co-productions. Amid economic crisis, in 2012, the situation seemed dire, with Portugal’s National Film and Audiovisual Institute (Ica) unable to open any funding lines.
However a 2012 film law, revised in 2014, provided new revenues for the Ica by introducing levies on subscription TV services. As a result, the Ica has been able to channel significant additional funding into the domestic industry, including new support programs for TV series and animation features.
Investment obligations for domestic broadcasters have also been upped including reinforced commitments for public broadcaster,...
In 2018, awards for Portuguese films included Cannes’ Critics’ Week winner, “Diamantino” by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, and “The Dead and the Others” by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora, which took a Special Jury Prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Portuguese filmmakers have survived through a mixture of dedication, creative ingenuity and co-productions. Amid economic crisis, in 2012, the situation seemed dire, with Portugal’s National Film and Audiovisual Institute (Ica) unable to open any funding lines.
However a 2012 film law, revised in 2014, provided new revenues for the Ica by introducing levies on subscription TV services. As a result, the Ica has been able to channel significant additional funding into the domestic industry, including new support programs for TV series and animation features.
Investment obligations for domestic broadcasters have also been upped including reinforced commitments for public broadcaster,...
- 2/9/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
In 2017, Portugal introduced a tax incentive scheme, revamped in mid-2018 as a 25%-30% cash-rebate scheme, with a €0.5 million ($0.57 million) minimum spend for shoots.
The scheme, run by Portugal’s National Film and Audiovisual Institute (Ica) and Turismo de Portugal, has earmarked $14.4 million per year for 2019-21.
The new, more competitive terms — which include a higher rate, lower minimum spend and, critically, application during shooting — has led to a tenfold increase in applications.
Under the previous scheme there were three request to use the scheme, two of which were transferred to the new scheme, whereas in the first six months of the revamped scheme there have been 23 applications, 15 of which have already been approved, corresponding to a global production spend in Portugal of $28.5 million.
Portugal’s film commission system, overseen by Pic Portugal, is undergoing a major overhaul, including a fast-track film permit system and an online locations database.
International productions...
The scheme, run by Portugal’s National Film and Audiovisual Institute (Ica) and Turismo de Portugal, has earmarked $14.4 million per year for 2019-21.
The new, more competitive terms — which include a higher rate, lower minimum spend and, critically, application during shooting — has led to a tenfold increase in applications.
Under the previous scheme there were three request to use the scheme, two of which were transferred to the new scheme, whereas in the first six months of the revamped scheme there have been 23 applications, 15 of which have already been approved, corresponding to a global production spend in Portugal of $28.5 million.
Portugal’s film commission system, overseen by Pic Portugal, is undergoing a major overhaul, including a fast-track film permit system and an online locations database.
International productions...
- 2/9/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
We recently ran a series of articles on the filmmakers shortlisted for the San Francisco Film Society’s Kenneth Rainin Foundation grants, and the eight projects which were chosen to receive support were as follows: Jonas Carpignano, writer/director — A Chjana — $45,000 for preproduction Grainger David, writer/director — Nocturne (working title) — $35,000 for screenwriting Ian Hendrie and Jyson McLean, co-writers/directors/producers — Mercy Road — $40,000 for development Maryam Keshavarz and Paolo Marinou-Blanco, cowriters — The Last Harem — $35,000 for screenwriting Richard Levien, writer/director and Chad Burris, producer — La Migra — $20,000 for development Tommy Oliver, writer/director/producer — …...
- 4/24/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Anyone who doubts a director making the leap from commercials to features only needs to think of people like David Fincher, Spike Jonze, Mark Romanek, Michel Gondry, and Duncan Jones. All of them worked in the medium before (and some after) breaking into helming motion pictures; just because you’re making something that’s 30 seconds doesn’t mean you lack the talent to make a great film.
I bring this up because of Deadline‘s report that Nicolai Fuglsig has been hired by Paramount to direct Brass Monkey, a “real-time kinetic thriller” based on his own idea of following “a killing spree in Los Angeles.” A first draft, written by Paolo Marinou-Blanco, is currently getting the rewrite treatment from Brian Horiuchi. Stefan Sonnenfeld and Missy Papageorge are producing.
The DGA Award winner was recently tapped by Warner Bros. to get behind the camera for their futuristic reboot of Robin Hood,...
I bring this up because of Deadline‘s report that Nicolai Fuglsig has been hired by Paramount to direct Brass Monkey, a “real-time kinetic thriller” based on his own idea of following “a killing spree in Los Angeles.” A first draft, written by Paolo Marinou-Blanco, is currently getting the rewrite treatment from Brian Horiuchi. Stefan Sonnenfeld and Missy Papageorge are producing.
The DGA Award winner was recently tapped by Warner Bros. to get behind the camera for their futuristic reboot of Robin Hood,...
- 10/19/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Nicolai Fuglsig is an award-winning photojournalist and commercial director who created an internet sensation when he directed a commercial for Sony's Bravia line of televisions, in which a quarter-million bouncy rubber balls were poured down San Francisco streets. In 2009 Fuglsig was linked [1] to a futuristic Robin Hood film at Warner Bros., and he's been attached to other features as well. None have yet come to fruition, but he's still working towards a feature directorial gig. His latest attachment is a film called Brass Monkey. It's not a feature version of an early Beastie Boys song [2]. (You make the call as to whether that's a good thing or not.) This is a thriller set up at Paramount based on Fuglsig's own pitch. Deadline [3] calls the film "a real-time kinetic thriller that takes place during a killing spree in Los Angeles." Real-time, huh? It's not enough to tackle the normal difficulties of pacing,...
- 10/18/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
"Brass Monkey, that funky monkey. Brass Monkey, junkie. That funky monkey..." Yeah, this movie isn't about that song-- though it should be. Commerical director and photojournalist Nicolai Fuglsig will helm Brass Monkey. The film is his own concept, a real-time kinetic thriller that takes place during a killing spree in Los Angeles. Paolo Marinou-Blanco wrote the original draft and Brian Horiuchi was recently hired to do some rewriting. Fuglsig received a Directors Guild...
- 10/18/2011
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
Several acclaimed filmmakers -- from David Fincher and Spike Jonze to Michel Gondry and Gore Verbinski -- got their start on commercials and music videos. Nicolai Fuglsig.s would like to join them. The director pitched Brass Monkey to Paramount, and hopes to make it his feature-film debut, according to Deadline. The story, conceived by Fuglsig and Paolo Marinou-Blanco, is set in real-time, where someone is on a killing spree in Los Angeles. The tagline atop an action-packed teaser poster Fuglsig created for his studio pitch says, .One man.s last shot at justice.. Yet on it, you can see one man holding a hypodermic needle, another looking through a rifle scope, two figures dangling from a helicopter, an ambulance, some people running . and this is all on the poster! Fuglsig, 37, started as a photojournalist before transitioning into commercials. He.s in the running for a futuristic take on the...
- 10/18/2011
- cinemablend.com
Real-time? Like with “24″? That’s the going assumption for commercials director Nicolai Fuglsig’s feature film debut, the oddly titled “Brass Monkey” (the teaser poster, whipped up by Fugsig to sell the film to Hollywood, can be seen below). Hey, “24″ is taking its damn time getting a movie made, so why not beat it to the punch? It would serve them right for dragging their feet. In any case, Fugsig and his monkey have landed at Paramount, with Deadline calling it “a real-time kinetic thriller that takes place during a killing spree in Los Angeles.” “Brass Monkey” will be based on an idea by Fuglsig, a director with a couple of award-winning commercials and Superbowl spots to his credit, with Brian Horiuchi (“Circle of Eight”) set to re-write the original script by Paolo Marinou-Blanco...
- 10/18/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Exclusive: Acclaimed commercials director Nicolai Fuglsig has set Brass Monkey at Paramount, hoping to make his directing debut on a real-time kinetic thriller that takes place during a killing spree in Los Angeles. Fuglsig hatched the idea for the film, and Paolo Marinou-Blanco wrote the first draft. Brian Horiuchi has just been hired to rewrite it. Stefan Sonnenfeld is producing with Missy Papageorge and Sarah Perlman is co-producer for Sunny Field Entertainment. Fuglsig is repped by CAA and Management 360. The graphic for Brass Monkey is one that was designed by Fuglsig when he took the pitch to Paramount. Here are two of Fuglsig’s memorable spots. The first, for Guinness, won the DGA Award, and the second aired during the 2008 Super Bowl:...
- 10/17/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Paramount Pictures has taken a pitch from commercials director Nicolai Fuglsig and will develop it as an action feature with Fuglsig helming. Deadline has word that the project, entitled Brass Monkey , will be written by Brian Horiuchi from an original draft by Paolo Marinou-Blanco. Little is known about the specifics of the plot, though it is said to involve a killing spree that plays out in real time. You can check out the faux-poster art that Fuglsig used as part of his pitch below:...
- 10/17/2011
- Comingsoon.net
12th Annual EU Film Festival Highlights, Week One: ‘I’m All Good,’ ‘Zift,’ ‘Kisses,’ ‘Shall We Kiss’
Chicago – The Annual European Union Film Festival at the Siskel Film Center has become a calendar-clearing event for foreign film and arthouse movie lovers in the city of Chicago, but working your way through what to see of the five dozen films can be overwhelming. Let us guide the way.
This year’s edition, running from March 6th to April 2nd, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Peter Greenaway, Francois Ozon, Agnes Varda, Nicholas Roeg, Shane Meadows, Olga Malea, and Olivier Assayas, along with some movies that probably won’t be seen outside of the EU in the Windy City.
The 12th Annual European Union Film Festival includes 59 feature films, all of which are making their Chicago premiere. If you’re interested in seeing something off the beaten path, the EU is the fest for you. Week by week, every Wednesday, come back to HollywoodChicago.com for...
This year’s edition, running from March 6th to April 2nd, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Peter Greenaway, Francois Ozon, Agnes Varda, Nicholas Roeg, Shane Meadows, Olga Malea, and Olivier Assayas, along with some movies that probably won’t be seen outside of the EU in the Windy City.
The 12th Annual European Union Film Festival includes 59 feature films, all of which are making their Chicago premiere. If you’re interested in seeing something off the beaten path, the EU is the fest for you. Week by week, every Wednesday, come back to HollywoodChicago.com for...
- 3/4/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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