Big World Pictures
Founded in 2013 and run almost single-handedly by Jonathan Howell, Big World Pictures is a non-profit distribution outfit dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States.
“As an expansion of the mission of our critically-acclaimed short film distribution wing, The World According to Shorts, Big World Pictures is dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States. We acquire only three to four feature films annually for theatrical release, in addition to several short films (to be released through The World According to Shorts), and ten to twelve feature films annually for video/VOD/TV release.”
Opening at Laemmle’s Royal in L.A. day and date with New York’s Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on June 23, Luc Bondy’s modern-day adaptation of the classic Marivaux play, “False Confessions”, starring Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel and Bulle Ogier...
Founded in 2013 and run almost single-handedly by Jonathan Howell, Big World Pictures is a non-profit distribution outfit dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States.
“As an expansion of the mission of our critically-acclaimed short film distribution wing, The World According to Shorts, Big World Pictures is dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States. We acquire only three to four feature films annually for theatrical release, in addition to several short films (to be released through The World According to Shorts), and ten to twelve feature films annually for video/VOD/TV release.”
Opening at Laemmle’s Royal in L.A. day and date with New York’s Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on June 23, Luc Bondy’s modern-day adaptation of the classic Marivaux play, “False Confessions”, starring Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel and Bulle Ogier...
- 6/6/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
In the early 1970s, while in the midst of making his Trilogy of Life, Pier Paolo Pasolini publicly remarked that a kind of “cultural genocide” had overtaken his home country of Italy. Essentially, he pointed his finger at the overwhelming dominance of consumerism that he believed had begun to erase the positive values instilled by the nation’s history of peasantry.
Even decades removed, many will still find this statement heavily contentious, as it seems representational of a debate that’s raged in film culture — that, of course, over “aestheticizing poverty,” or, in some cases, romanticizing it. Among the many figures in contemporary world cinema who can be branded with this label, Pasolini’s countryman of a different generation, Roberto Minervini, certainly embraces the act while still complicating it.
His first three films forming a “Texas trilogy” showcase a deeply religious and increasingly abandoned milieu far from, say, the conservative...
Even decades removed, many will still find this statement heavily contentious, as it seems representational of a debate that’s raged in film culture — that, of course, over “aestheticizing poverty,” or, in some cases, romanticizing it. Among the many figures in contemporary world cinema who can be branded with this label, Pasolini’s countryman of a different generation, Roberto Minervini, certainly embraces the act while still complicating it.
His first three films forming a “Texas trilogy” showcase a deeply religious and increasingly abandoned milieu far from, say, the conservative...
- 6/10/2016
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra)
With its focus on the effects of exploration by white men on foreign lands, Ciro Guerra’s Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent will inevitably be compared to Werner Herzog’s stories of savage nature, and while Guerra is investigating some of Herzog’s most well trodden themes, the chaos of man exists in the background, while the unspoiled sit front and center here.
Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra)
With its focus on the effects of exploration by white men on foreign lands, Ciro Guerra’s Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent will inevitably be compared to Werner Herzog’s stories of savage nature, and while Guerra is investigating some of Herzog’s most well trodden themes, the chaos of man exists in the background, while the unspoiled sit front and center here.
- 5/20/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
The gun-toting and drug-fueled people that populate Roberto Minervini’s intimate documentary make for endlessly fascinating characters to watch
The Other Side, the latest from Italian-born, American-based documentary film-maker Roberto Minervini (Stop the Pounding Heart), opens on a surreal note: a man waking up stark naked amid a field of tall grass. He staggers down a dirt road, eventually finding himself in his sister’s home, where he picks up a needle and some drugs. The film only gets more bizarre, giving an unvarnished glimpse into a seldom depicted world.
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The Other Side, the latest from Italian-born, American-based documentary film-maker Roberto Minervini (Stop the Pounding Heart), opens on a surreal note: a man waking up stark naked amid a field of tall grass. He staggers down a dirt road, eventually finding himself in his sister’s home, where he picks up a needle and some drugs. The film only gets more bizarre, giving an unvarnished glimpse into a seldom depicted world.
Related: Sonita review: Afghan female rapper goes on unpredictable journey in triumphant documentary
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- 3/6/2016
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Italian-born, American-based Roberto Minervini’s fourth feature The Other Side grew out of his previous film, 2013’s Stop the Pounding Heart. That hybrid documentary followed the (fictionalized) romance between Colby Trichell, a teen rodeo rider, and Sara Carlson, a young girl in a devoutly Christian family. Moving from Texas to West Monroe, Louisiana, Minervini’s new documentary starts by following Lisa, the sister of Colby’s dad Todd, and her boyfriend Mark. This is a dark story, one of drug abuse and disenfranchisement, and the second half plunges further into the backwoods, riding along with a virulently anti-Obama militia as they train and prepare to confront their perceived enemies. The […]...
- 9/10/2015
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Italian-born, American-based Roberto Minervini’s fourth feature The Other Side grew out of his previous film, 2013’s Stop the Pounding Heart. That hybrid documentary followed the (fictionalized) romance between Colby Trichell, a teen rodeo rider, and Sara Carlson, a young girl in a devoutly Christian family. Moving from Texas to West Monroe, Louisiana, Minervini’s new documentary starts by following Lisa, the sister of Colby’s dad Todd, and her boyfriend Mark. This is a dark story, one of drug abuse and disenfranchisement, and the second half plunges further into the backwoods, riding along with a virulently anti-Obama militia as they train and prepare to confront their perceived enemies. The […]...
- 9/10/2015
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
“So one thing from another rises ever; and in fee-simple life is given to none, but unto all mere usufruct.” – Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, Book III
The above quote was once used by great Italian documentarian Franco Piavoli to open his masterful 1982 film, The Blue Planet. In that instance, it is deftly applied to the fragility of mother nature; her various granting and reclaiming of life, but can just as easily be applied to the figures followed by Roberto Minervini, an Italian based in the United States whose acclaimed Texas Trilogy – The Passage, Low Tide and Stop the Pounding Heart – was followed up at Cannes this year by The Other Side, which shifts the director’s gaze slightly eastward to the state of Louisiana. One must assume that Minervini, despite blazing his own trail that has led him through the Philippines and Spain en route to America’s Southern states,...
The above quote was once used by great Italian documentarian Franco Piavoli to open his masterful 1982 film, The Blue Planet. In that instance, it is deftly applied to the fragility of mother nature; her various granting and reclaiming of life, but can just as easily be applied to the figures followed by Roberto Minervini, an Italian based in the United States whose acclaimed Texas Trilogy – The Passage, Low Tide and Stop the Pounding Heart – was followed up at Cannes this year by The Other Side, which shifts the director’s gaze slightly eastward to the state of Louisiana. One must assume that Minervini, despite blazing his own trail that has led him through the Philippines and Spain en route to America’s Southern states,...
- 6/8/2015
- by Nicholas Page
- SoundOnSight
Below you’ll find the as-of-now lineup for the Cannes Film Festival, which takes this play this year from May 13 to 24. A few notes: there will be more titles added to competition soon (fingers crossed for the new Apichatpong Weerasethakul), and this isn’t the full extent of the festival. Next week will see the announcement of the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week sections, and there are other less prominent parts of the festival (such as the Acid sidebar) that also have yet to be unveiled. A special shout-out to Roberto Minervini, whose excellent Stop the Pounding Heart debuted at Cannes […]...
- 4/16/2015
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Below you’ll find the as-of-now lineup for the Cannes Film Festival, which takes this play this year from May 13 to 24. A few notes: there will be more titles added to competition soon (fingers crossed for the new Apichatpong Weerasethakul), and this isn’t the full extent of the festival. Next week will see the announcement of the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week sections, and there are other less prominent parts of the festival (such as the Acid sidebar) that also have yet to be unveiled. A special shout-out to Roberto Minervini, whose excellent Stop the Pounding Heart debuted at Cannes […]...
- 4/16/2015
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking have presented their first awards of 2015, with the group's Heterodox Award going to Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" and the Legacy Award presented to Jennie Livingston's 1990 classic "Paris is Burning." The Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine, honors a fiction film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. In addition to "Boyhood," 2015 Nominees included: "Heaven Knows What" (Josh and Benny Safdie), "A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness" (Ben Rivers and Ben Russell), "Stop the Pounding Heart" (Roberto Minervini) and "Under the Skin" (Jonathan Glazer). This is the sixth year that Cinema Eye presented its Legacy Award, intended to honor classic films that inspire a new generation of filmmakers and embody the Cinema Eye mission: excellence in creative and artistic achievements in nonfiction films....
- 1/7/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
2014 is the year documentaries began to take over. At least this seemed to be the case. The most acclaimed fiction film of the year, Boyhood, has primarily been praised for its nonfictional element of showing the actual 12-year growth of its cast. Another critical favorite is Under the Skin, a sci-fi/horror film that prominently features non-actors interacting with its protagonist, unknowingly captured with hidden cameras. Then there’s the footage from The Dust Bowl in Interstellar, the footage from Baraka and Samsara in Lucy and documentary material in Selma, Godzilla and Foxcatcher. Meanwhile, some of the best nonfiction films of 2014 veer into fiction film territory. Although this kind of blurring of real and scripted isn’t new, docs like Robert Greene‘s Actress and Roberto Minervini‘s Stop the Pounding Heart continue to find creative new ways of mixing up modes of storytelling as the most appropriate way of exploring and presenting certain subjects. More...
- 12/19/2014
- by Nonfics.com
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The Houston Film Critics Society has announced nominations, and no surprise, the three-horse race for critical darling of the year led the way: "Birdman" with 10, "Boyhood" with seven and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" with six. They also throw in a Best Poster category and deign to chart the year's worst. Check out the full list of winners below, and remember to follow along at The Circuit. Best Picture "Birdman" "Boyhood" "The Grand Budapest Hotel" "Guardians of the Galaxy" "The Imitation Game" "Inherent Vice" "A Most Violent Year" "Nightcrawler" "Selma" "Whiplash" Best Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Paul Thomas Anderson, "Inherent Vice" Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash" Best Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game" Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler" Michael Keaton, "Birdman" Tom Hardy, "Locke" Best Actress Essie Davis, "The Babadook" Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything" Julianne Moore, "Still Alice" Marion Cotillard,...
- 12/16/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
This year, Richard Linklater’s "Boyhood" played in the closing night slot of the True/False Film Fest, a festival dedicated to documentaries. The organizers explained the that, because of its documentary-like production schedule, the film represented something that only non-fiction is capable of. "For most casual filmgoers, the role of the producer may be mysterious, in part because their efforts are designed to be invisible onscreen. But a film like 'Boyhood,' seamless as a viewing experience, also demands that we acknowledge the epic care and attention to detail than went into its creation. What's more, Linklater's artistic process, by necessity, took into account the natural meanderings of his actor's lives, lending a verisimilitude to the action missing from many other fiction films." The folks behind the Cinema Eye awards clearly agree with True/False’s assessment and in the possibility that fiction can transcend its own narrative...
- 12/8/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
When non-fiction and narrative film collide, how do we distinguish between the two? The Cinema Eye Honors’ answer to this is that they do….and they don’t. Easily my favorite award category of all the year-end shenanigans, the Heterodox Award is designed for the brazen filmmakers who allow docu-form to enhance the narrative experience — essentially service narrative form who boldly incorporate a docu aesthetic and this year’s batch of five noms do this serviceably in their own fashion. Announced by Filmmaker Magazine, here are the five films.
Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater
Heaven Knows What directed by Josh and Benny Safdie
A Spell to Ward off the Darkness directed by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell
Stop the Pounding Heart directed by Roberto Minervini
Under the Skin directed by Jonathan Glazer...
Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater
Heaven Knows What directed by Josh and Benny Safdie
A Spell to Ward off the Darkness directed by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell
Stop the Pounding Heart directed by Roberto Minervini
Under the Skin directed by Jonathan Glazer...
- 12/8/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced the five nominees for its annual Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine, a publication of Ifp. The Cinema Eye Heterodox Award honors a narrative fiction film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. The five films nominated this year for the Cinema Eye Heterodox Award are: Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater Heaven Knows What directed by Josh and Benny Safdie A Spell to Ward off the Darkness directed by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell Stop the Pounding Heart directed by Roberto Minervini Under the Skin directed […]...
- 12/8/2014
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced the five nominees for its annual Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine, a publication of Ifp. The Cinema Eye Heterodox Award honors a narrative fiction film that imaginatively incorporates nonfiction strategies, content and/or modes of production. The five films nominated this year for the Cinema Eye Heterodox Award are: Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater Heaven Knows What directed by Josh and Benny Safdie A Spell to Ward off the Darkness directed by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell Stop the Pounding Heart directed by Roberto Minervini Under the Skin directed […]...
- 12/8/2014
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
It's a very busy weekend for cinema lovers in Austin. First up, you've got the Austin Asian American Film Festival at the Marchesa. It's a welcome return for the festival, which was last held in 2009. The fest aims to turn the spotlight on films from Japan, South Korea, Myanmar Thailand, Taiwan, India, the Philippines, Vietnam and the United States. It kicked off last night and will run through Sunday. Tonight, you can catch a Taiwanese drama called Ice Poison and Pee Mak, a horror film that is the highest grossing film in the history of Thailand. Saturday's lineup includes a Vietnamese comedy called Funny Money and the festival's centerpiece, Andrew Lay and Andrew Loo's Revenge Of The Green Dragons, a film that features Martin Scorsese as an executive producer. Sunday will include the Indian documentary Tomorrow We Disappear and the Japanese comedy Cicada. The full lineup and ticket information...
- 11/14/2014
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
Cinema Guild has closed a deal to serve as exclusive VOD distributor for Big World Pictures, kicking off with an HD restoration of Eric Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale.
Upcoming titles include an HD restoration of Rohmer’s A Tale Of Winter, also in a new HD restoration, Roberto Minervini’s Stop The Pounding Heart, Denis Côté’s Curling, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross’ In Bloom and Martin Lund’s The Almost Man.
Ryan Krivoshey of Cinema Guild brokered the deal with Jonathan Howell of Big World Pictures.
Upcoming titles include an HD restoration of Rohmer’s A Tale Of Winter, also in a new HD restoration, Roberto Minervini’s Stop The Pounding Heart, Denis Côté’s Curling, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross’ In Bloom and Martin Lund’s The Almost Man.
Ryan Krivoshey of Cinema Guild brokered the deal with Jonathan Howell of Big World Pictures.
- 11/10/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Amir here, back to weekly box office reporting duty. Coming back from Tiff, I tried to catch up a bit today with all the sales numbers I’d missed since August. It turns out the biggest bit of news was... the release of Forrest Gump IMAX??? Really, September? Is that the best you can do? Turgid stuff.
On the bright side, with awards season now slowly getting into full gear, we can look forward to the highbrow films the studios have been withholding from all us all year, starting with this weekend’s... The Maze Runner and This Is Where I Leave You? Damn it September; get your act together!
big name casts don't always make big time movies
Wide Release Box Office
01 The Maze Runner $32.5 New Review
02 A Walk Among The Tombstones $13.1 New
03 This Is Where I Leave You $11.8 New
04 No Good Deed $10.2 (cum. $40.1)
05 Dolphin Tale 2 $9 (cum. $27)
Maze...
On the bright side, with awards season now slowly getting into full gear, we can look forward to the highbrow films the studios have been withholding from all us all year, starting with this weekend’s... The Maze Runner and This Is Where I Leave You? Damn it September; get your act together!
big name casts don't always make big time movies
Wide Release Box Office
01 The Maze Runner $32.5 New Review
02 A Walk Among The Tombstones $13.1 New
03 This Is Where I Leave You $11.8 New
04 No Good Deed $10.2 (cum. $40.1)
05 Dolphin Tale 2 $9 (cum. $27)
Maze...
- 9/22/2014
- by Amir S.
- FilmExperience
More than a dozen new specialty films crowded the box office this weekend, including films from Terry Gilliam, Kevin Smith and singer Nick Cave. Perhaps not surprisingly, overwhelmed audiences hit a saturation point, leaving several new titles with, at best, only decent debut numbers. Despite the competition, Roadside/Lionsgate’s The Skeleton Twins held strong in its second weekend with a sizable expansion, and Snowpiercer continued to release strong VOD grosses alongside its waning theatrical returns. On a straight per-theater average, it was Cave’s 20,000 Days on Earth that easily came out on top. Drafthouse Films is distributing the Sundance 2014 documentary, which centers on writer and musician Cave as he reaches that 20,000th day in his life. The film had one of the year’s biggest non-fiction debuts, with a $26,873 gross at New York’s Film Forum. Numbers for 20,000 Days were buoyed by a offsite special event at Town Hall that included a Q&A,...
- 9/21/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
The Heart She Holler: Minervini Caps Texas Trilogy With Christian Corset
A hybrid of documentary aesthetic and subdued narrative happenings, the third film in a Texas set trilogy from Robert Minervini, Stop the Pounding Heart, most certainly is not for all tastes. Already referred to as Bressonian in its articulation of daily rituals in an isolated Christian community, the film follows The Passage (2011) and Low Tide (2012). But while some may claim it echoes the deliberate aesthetic of a Robert Bresson, its objectivity often feels like a grim purveyor of ignorance, and cynical audiences won’t be able to disguise their smirks towards such archaic rituals, nearly aligning it with earlier works by Harmony Korine.
The film focuses on the Carlsons, a family of goat farmers that sell their dairy products at farmers’ markets. The parents, Leeanne (Leeanne Carlson) and Tim (Tim Carlson) have twelve children, all of whom they’ve...
A hybrid of documentary aesthetic and subdued narrative happenings, the third film in a Texas set trilogy from Robert Minervini, Stop the Pounding Heart, most certainly is not for all tastes. Already referred to as Bressonian in its articulation of daily rituals in an isolated Christian community, the film follows The Passage (2011) and Low Tide (2012). But while some may claim it echoes the deliberate aesthetic of a Robert Bresson, its objectivity often feels like a grim purveyor of ignorance, and cynical audiences won’t be able to disguise their smirks towards such archaic rituals, nearly aligning it with earlier works by Harmony Korine.
The film focuses on the Carlsons, a family of goat farmers that sell their dairy products at farmers’ markets. The parents, Leeanne (Leeanne Carlson) and Tim (Tim Carlson) have twelve children, all of whom they’ve...
- 9/19/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Films from notables Nick Cave, Kevin Smith and Terry Gilliam, and another featuring Downton Abbey vet Dan Stevens are helping fill this weekend’s box office, despite studio blockbuster debuts for The Maze Runner and This Is Where I Leave You.
In all, 14 specialty films are debuting this weekend, at the front edge of awards season and the time of year when “serious” films hit the screens left and right. We have The Guest, with Stevens; The Zero Theorem by Gilliam; Smith’s Tusk; Tracks, the latest from the producers of The King’s Speech; and Cave’s doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
And, like a TV informercial, there’s more: the doc Pump, boundary-jumper Stop The Pounding Heart; and Swim Little Fish Swim. Just to fill out the marquees, we also have Tribeca-winning doc Keep On Keepin’ On; Flamenco, Flamenco; Hector And The Search For Happiness; Iceman; Hollidaysburg; and Not Cool.
In all, 14 specialty films are debuting this weekend, at the front edge of awards season and the time of year when “serious” films hit the screens left and right. We have The Guest, with Stevens; The Zero Theorem by Gilliam; Smith’s Tusk; Tracks, the latest from the producers of The King’s Speech; and Cave’s doc 20,000 Days On Earth.
And, like a TV informercial, there’s more: the doc Pump, boundary-jumper Stop The Pounding Heart; and Swim Little Fish Swim. Just to fill out the marquees, we also have Tribeca-winning doc Keep On Keepin’ On; Flamenco, Flamenco; Hector And The Search For Happiness; Iceman; Hollidaysburg; and Not Cool.
- 9/19/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
You keep waiting for catastrophe to strike in Roberto Minervini's taciturn Stop the Pounding Heart. The handheld camera drifts without judgment through scenes of home-schooled children in forced prayer, shirtless trailer-park boys riding a makeshift mechanical bull, those same boys mounting a dangerously unqualified elementary-school kid on the bull. But nothing wrenching happens, just unforgettable moments of piercing isolation and sadness. Stop the Pounding Heart is part of what Minervini calls his "Texas trilogy" (the two other films, The Passage and Low Tide, are not sequels but feature some of the same cast and themes; all three will run between September 19 and 25 at Lincoln Center). There's scant plot or dialogue, just glimpses of the...
- 9/17/2014
- Village Voice
Syndicado is pleased to announce the acquisition of a slate of new films from Doc and Film, including writer-director Robert Minervini’s three indies "Stop the Pounding Heart," "Low Tide" and "The Passage." The deal includes a number of other documentaries and features for VOD, with "Stop the Pounding Heart" planned for theatrical release in Canada.
The new acquisition follows Syndicado’s recent move into theatrical releasing in both the Us and Canada, while entrenching its position in VOD internationally.
“We’re delighted to further our relationship with Doc and Film for both narrative films and docs, as they continue to attract talented filmmakers under their banner. Minervini’s close up docu style in all three of his rural Texas shot pics coupled with his light directorial hand with talent drew us to this trilogy’esque series.” said Greg Rubidge, President of Syndicado. “Bringing great indie films to the theatre and major VOD outlets worldwide is what we love and we’re proud to be able to release these titles and more with Doc and Film.”
The deal includes all rights in Canada for Minervini’s films, plus digital for other English speaking territories ex-usa. Rounding out their existing partnership, Syndicado adds seven more documentaries for VOD/Svod across all major English markets.
"We’ve seen great traction through a lot of hard work and innovation from Syndicado since our initial partnership, and we’re delighted to extend our deal for more documentary titles as well as supporting their new theatrical direction,” says Daniela Elstner, President of Doc and Film International. “VOD is a growth area for us that compliments our successful growth in TV and distribution sales.”
About Syndicado Inc.
A digital aggregator and distributor of feature films, documentaries and TV programming on digital platforms as well as cable VOD to 100M+ households in North America. Syndicado partners with traditional distributors, producers and sales agents to manage all aspects of digital distribution, strategy and marketing, with the leading digital service providers in North America and Europe. The company’s expertise and unique business model allows distributors and other rights holders a cost effective strategy to fully exploit emerging digital opportunities. President Greg Rubidge is also the founder of the new documentary film VOD site – ilovedocs.com
About Doc & Film International
Based in Paris, France and handling International Sales of Feature Films & Documentaries, Doc & Film International deals with a catalogue of more than 800 titles. Doc & Film attends all major markets and festivals around the globe in order to ensure maximum international exposure for their films. Backed by a worldwide network of television stations and film distributors, they give all their films the best chance to reach the audience.
The new acquisition follows Syndicado’s recent move into theatrical releasing in both the Us and Canada, while entrenching its position in VOD internationally.
“We’re delighted to further our relationship with Doc and Film for both narrative films and docs, as they continue to attract talented filmmakers under their banner. Minervini’s close up docu style in all three of his rural Texas shot pics coupled with his light directorial hand with talent drew us to this trilogy’esque series.” said Greg Rubidge, President of Syndicado. “Bringing great indie films to the theatre and major VOD outlets worldwide is what we love and we’re proud to be able to release these titles and more with Doc and Film.”
The deal includes all rights in Canada for Minervini’s films, plus digital for other English speaking territories ex-usa. Rounding out their existing partnership, Syndicado adds seven more documentaries for VOD/Svod across all major English markets.
"We’ve seen great traction through a lot of hard work and innovation from Syndicado since our initial partnership, and we’re delighted to extend our deal for more documentary titles as well as supporting their new theatrical direction,” says Daniela Elstner, President of Doc and Film International. “VOD is a growth area for us that compliments our successful growth in TV and distribution sales.”
About Syndicado Inc.
A digital aggregator and distributor of feature films, documentaries and TV programming on digital platforms as well as cable VOD to 100M+ households in North America. Syndicado partners with traditional distributors, producers and sales agents to manage all aspects of digital distribution, strategy and marketing, with the leading digital service providers in North America and Europe. The company’s expertise and unique business model allows distributors and other rights holders a cost effective strategy to fully exploit emerging digital opportunities. President Greg Rubidge is also the founder of the new documentary film VOD site – ilovedocs.com
About Doc & Film International
Based in Paris, France and handling International Sales of Feature Films & Documentaries, Doc & Film International deals with a catalogue of more than 800 titles. Doc & Film attends all major markets and festivals around the globe in order to ensure maximum international exposure for their films. Backed by a worldwide network of television stations and film distributors, they give all their films the best chance to reach the audience.
- 9/15/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
"The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino's splashy valentine to Roman high society, was the most lauded foreign-language film of the last awards season -- it ruled the European Film Awards, and scooped Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Oscars. (At all but the last of these, it beat out its Cannes conqueror, "Blue is the Warmest Color.") So you'd think it'd be a shoo-in at Italy's own Academy Awards, right? Wrong. At yesterday's David di Donatello Awards, handed out annually by the Academy of Italian Cinema, Sorrentino's film was the night's biggest winner in terms of numbers -- taking nine awards, including Best Director and Best Actor for Toni Servillo. But its other wins were limited to below-the-line categories -- trust the Italians to have separate awards for Best Makeup and Best Hairstyling -- as Paolo Virzi's "Human Capital" took Best Picture. Virzi's film, a blend...
- 6/11/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Film by Texas-based Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini recently screened in Lincoln Center and Moma’s New Directors/New Films season.
Brooklyn-based Big World Pictures has acquired Us rights for Roberto Minervini’s drama-documentary Stop the Pounding Heart from Paris-based Doc & Film International.
“We’re pleased to start our collaboration with Big World Pictures on such an exciting film as Stop the Pounding Heart. It is a great opportunity for the film,” said Doc & Film CEO Daniela Elstner.
Big World Pictures plans to open the film at the Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on September 19, 2014, before hitting other Us cinemas as it makes the rounds of the Us festival circuit.
The English-language drama-documentary hybrid is set against the backdrop a devout Christian community in East Texas and revolves around a teenage girl who falls for a rodeo rider and rebels against her family’s desire for an arranged marriage.
The feature...
Brooklyn-based Big World Pictures has acquired Us rights for Roberto Minervini’s drama-documentary Stop the Pounding Heart from Paris-based Doc & Film International.
“We’re pleased to start our collaboration with Big World Pictures on such an exciting film as Stop the Pounding Heart. It is a great opportunity for the film,” said Doc & Film CEO Daniela Elstner.
Big World Pictures plans to open the film at the Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on September 19, 2014, before hitting other Us cinemas as it makes the rounds of the Us festival circuit.
The English-language drama-documentary hybrid is set against the backdrop a devout Christian community in East Texas and revolves around a teenage girl who falls for a rodeo rider and rebels against her family’s desire for an arranged marriage.
The feature...
- 4/30/2014
- ScreenDaily
Top brass at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival (Sfiff) have announced the films in competition for the New Directors Prize and the Golden Gate Award contenders in the documentary category.
The festival will award close to $40,000 in total cash prizes this year.
The New Directors Prize of $10,000 will go to a narrative first feature that exhibits “a unique artistic sensibility and deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible.”
The Gga documentary winner will receive $10,000 and the Gga Bay Area documentary feature winner will receive $5,000.
The Sfiff is scheduled to run from April 24-May 8.
The 2014 New Directors Prize (Narrative Feature) Competition entries are:
The Amazing Catfish (pictured, Mexico), dir Claudia Sainte-Luce
The Blue Wave (Turkey-Germany-Netherlands-Greece), dir Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan
Difret (Ethiopia), dir Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
The Dune (France-Israel), dir Yossi Aviram
History Of Fear (Argentina-France-Germany-Uruguay-Qatar), dir Benjamin Naishtat
Manos Sucias (Us-Colombia), dir Josef Wladyka
Of Horses And Men (Iceland-Germany), dir Benedikt Erlingsson...
The festival will award close to $40,000 in total cash prizes this year.
The New Directors Prize of $10,000 will go to a narrative first feature that exhibits “a unique artistic sensibility and deserves to be seen by as wide an audience as possible.”
The Gga documentary winner will receive $10,000 and the Gga Bay Area documentary feature winner will receive $5,000.
The Sfiff is scheduled to run from April 24-May 8.
The 2014 New Directors Prize (Narrative Feature) Competition entries are:
The Amazing Catfish (pictured, Mexico), dir Claudia Sainte-Luce
The Blue Wave (Turkey-Germany-Netherlands-Greece), dir Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan
Difret (Ethiopia), dir Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
The Dune (France-Israel), dir Yossi Aviram
History Of Fear (Argentina-France-Germany-Uruguay-Qatar), dir Benjamin Naishtat
Manos Sucias (Us-Colombia), dir Josef Wladyka
Of Horses And Men (Iceland-Germany), dir Benedikt Erlingsson...
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and The Museum Of Modern Art have announced seven official selections for the 2014 New Directors/New Films Festival, set to run from March 19–30.
The 2014 edition marks the 43rd year of the festival dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent.
The initial seven selections represent 11 countries and are:
Richard Ayoade’s The Double (UK):
Benedikt Erlingsson’s Of Horses And Men (pictured, Iceland);
Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army (L’Armée du Salut) (France-Morocco-Switzerland);
Ben Rivers and Ben Russell’s A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness (Estonia-France);
Roberto Minervini’s Stop The Pounding Heart (Belgium-Italy-us);
Albert Serra’s Story Of My Death (Història De La Meva Mort) (Spain-France); and
Vivian Qu’s Trap Street (Shuiyin Jie) (China).
The 2014 edition marks the 43rd year of the festival dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent.
The initial seven selections represent 11 countries and are:
Richard Ayoade’s The Double (UK):
Benedikt Erlingsson’s Of Horses And Men (pictured, Iceland);
Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army (L’Armée du Salut) (France-Morocco-Switzerland);
Ben Rivers and Ben Russell’s A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness (Estonia-France);
Roberto Minervini’s Stop The Pounding Heart (Belgium-Italy-us);
Albert Serra’s Story Of My Death (Història De La Meva Mort) (Spain-France); and
Vivian Qu’s Trap Street (Shuiyin Jie) (China).
- 1/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A mood of optimism prevailed at the Copenhagen documentary showcase despite the explicitly political lineup, as Algerian film Bloody Beans walked away with the top prize
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"It is better to be than to obey," runs a line by the French poet Antonin Artaud at the end of Bloody Beans, the Algerian film that walked away at the weekend with the top prize at this year's Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen. That quote could refer to the festival itself: although it officially ended Sunday, the event took the unusual step of presenting its prizewinners to the public for three more days, wrapping on Wednesday after nearly three weeks of screenings, concerts and YouTube mashup shows. Indeed, now in its 11th year, Cph:dox looks very little like any other film festival on the calendar; it lists parties in its catalogue, and for the...
Reading on mobile? Click here to watch Bloody Beans trailer
"It is better to be than to obey," runs a line by the French poet Antonin Artaud at the end of Bloody Beans, the Algerian film that walked away at the weekend with the top prize at this year's Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen. That quote could refer to the festival itself: although it officially ended Sunday, the event took the unusual step of presenting its prizewinners to the public for three more days, wrapping on Wednesday after nearly three weeks of screenings, concerts and YouTube mashup shows. Indeed, now in its 11th year, Cph:dox looks very little like any other film festival on the calendar; it lists parties in its catalogue, and for the...
- 11/22/2013
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
Dok Leipzig’s Golden Dove for Best International Documentary went to the Us, while Norway scored a hat-trick at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck.
The top award in Leipzig’s International Documentary Competition went to Italian-born, Us-based film-maker Roberto Minervini’s Stop The Pounding Heart whose portrayal of a strict religious family was described by the jury as ¨refreshing and unsettling at the same time.¨
The Us-Belgian-Italian co-production is handled internationally by Doc & Film.
The Golden Dove in the German Documentary Competition was awarded to Carlo Zoratti for his feature-length debut The Special Need, while the newly-created Golden Dove for the animation-documentary hybrid form was presented to French director Daniela De Felice’s Casa.
A total of 18 prizes with cash awards totalling almost €70,000 ($95,000) included the Fipresci Prize for Gang Zhao’s A Folk Troupe; the Mdr Film Prize for Vitaly Mansky’s Pipeline; and the Youth Jury Prize to Joanna by Aneta Kopacz, a graduate...
The top award in Leipzig’s International Documentary Competition went to Italian-born, Us-based film-maker Roberto Minervini’s Stop The Pounding Heart whose portrayal of a strict religious family was described by the jury as ¨refreshing and unsettling at the same time.¨
The Us-Belgian-Italian co-production is handled internationally by Doc & Film.
The Golden Dove in the German Documentary Competition was awarded to Carlo Zoratti for his feature-length debut The Special Need, while the newly-created Golden Dove for the animation-documentary hybrid form was presented to French director Daniela De Felice’s Casa.
A total of 18 prizes with cash awards totalling almost €70,000 ($95,000) included the Fipresci Prize for Gang Zhao’s A Folk Troupe; the Mdr Film Prize for Vitaly Mansky’s Pipeline; and the Youth Jury Prize to Joanna by Aneta Kopacz, a graduate...
- 11/4/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
World premieres of Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now, Fred Schepisi’s Words And Pictures and John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo are among the Tiff line-up of galas and special presentations.
The Contemporary World Cinema strand includes first views of Jan Hrebejk’s Honeymoon, Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number and Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf At The Door.
The Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
GALASBlood Ties Guillaume Canet (France-us) NAPBright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) Marion Vernoux (France) NAPWords & Pictures Fred Schepisi (Us) Wpspecial Presentationsa Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte (Belgium-France) NAPThe Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney (Us) NAPBlind Detective Johnnie To (Hong Kong) NAPChild Of God James Franco (Us) NAPThe Face Of Love Arie Posin (Us) WPFading Gigolo John Turturro (Us) WPThe Finishers Nils Tavernier (Belgium-France) WPHow I Live Now Kevin Macdonald (UK) WPThe...
The Contemporary World Cinema strand includes first views of Jan Hrebejk’s Honeymoon, Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number and Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf At The Door.
The Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
GALASBlood Ties Guillaume Canet (France-us) NAPBright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) Marion Vernoux (France) NAPWords & Pictures Fred Schepisi (Us) Wpspecial Presentationsa Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte (Belgium-France) NAPThe Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney (Us) NAPBlind Detective Johnnie To (Hong Kong) NAPChild Of God James Franco (Us) NAPThe Face Of Love Arie Posin (Us) WPFading Gigolo John Turturro (Us) WPThe Finishers Nils Tavernier (Belgium-France) WPHow I Live Now Kevin Macdonald (UK) WPThe...
- 8/13/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
World premieres of Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now, Fred Schepisi’s Words And Pictures and John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo are among the TIFF line-up of galas and special presentations announced on Tuesday [13].
The Contemporary World Cinema strand includes first views of Jan Hrebejk’s Honeymoon, Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number and Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf At The Door.
The Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
GALASBlood Ties Guillaume Canet (France-us) NAPBright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) Marion Vernoux (France) NAPWords & Pictures Fred Schepisi (Us) Wpspecial Presentationsa Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte (Belgium-France) NAPThe Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney (Us) NAPBlind Detective Johnnie To (Hong Kong) NAPChild Of God James Franco (Us) NAPThe Face Of Love Arie Posin (Us) WPFading Gigolo John Turturro (Us) WPThe Finishers Nils Tavernier (Belgium-France) WPHow I Live Now [link...
The Contemporary World Cinema strand includes first views of Jan Hrebejk’s Honeymoon, Donovan Marsh’s iNumber Number and Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf At The Door.
The Toronto International Film Festival is scheduled to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
GALASBlood Ties Guillaume Canet (France-us) NAPBright Days Ahead (Les Beaux Jours) Marion Vernoux (France) NAPWords & Pictures Fred Schepisi (Us) Wpspecial Presentationsa Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte (Belgium-France) NAPThe Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney (Us) NAPBlind Detective Johnnie To (Hong Kong) NAPChild Of God James Franco (Us) NAPThe Face Of Love Arie Posin (Us) WPFading Gigolo John Turturro (Us) WPThe Finishers Nils Tavernier (Belgium-France) WPHow I Live Now [link...
- 8/13/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sarajevo Film Festival’s documentary competition will include seven world premieres. Non-competitive sidebar Kinoscope will feature 17 films.Scroll down for full lists
The documentary competition at the the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival is to include 20 shorts and features, with seven world premieres and four international debuts.
World premieres include Escape by Serbian director Srdjan Keča, whose previous film Mirage won the Best Central and East European Documentary Award at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival and Best Short Documentary award at London Short Film Festival; and A Slave by Bosnia’s Pjer Žalica, best known for fiction films Fuse and Days And Hours.
International premieres include Marta Popivoda’s Yugoslavia, How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body, which screened in Berlinale’s Forum Expanded section; and Here… I Mean There by Laura Capatana-Juller, winner of the Romanian Days Award For Feature Film at the Transylvania International Film Festival.
Among regional premieres, there are three...
The documentary competition at the the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival is to include 20 shorts and features, with seven world premieres and four international debuts.
World premieres include Escape by Serbian director Srdjan Keča, whose previous film Mirage won the Best Central and East European Documentary Award at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival and Best Short Documentary award at London Short Film Festival; and A Slave by Bosnia’s Pjer Žalica, best known for fiction films Fuse and Days And Hours.
International premieres include Marta Popivoda’s Yugoslavia, How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body, which screened in Berlinale’s Forum Expanded section; and Here… I Mean There by Laura Capatana-Juller, winner of the Romanian Days Award For Feature Film at the Transylvania International Film Festival.
Among regional premieres, there are three...
- 7/17/2013
- ScreenDaily
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
Cannes invariably offers the opportunity to see some weird and wonderful projects that might not otherwise grab the attention, and Roberto Minervi’s neo-realist documentary style Stop The Pounding Heart is one such film. Following a young girl (Sara Carlson) in a deeply religious territory of Texas, the film seeks to offer a glaringly realistic portrayal of her struggles with lust and religion, when she meets a trainee rodeo rider from a neighbouring family (Colby Trichell) and becomes immediately drawn to him.
This story plays out over the backdrop of Sara’s family life, showing her familial duties, and the tasks required of her on the family goat farm, as well as the fervent religious dedication of her family, and how that impacts on her individuality and the various relationships between characters.
The film is the third in Minervi’s neo-realist trilogy of documentary-type films set...
Cannes invariably offers the opportunity to see some weird and wonderful projects that might not otherwise grab the attention, and Roberto Minervi’s neo-realist documentary style Stop The Pounding Heart is one such film. Following a young girl (Sara Carlson) in a deeply religious territory of Texas, the film seeks to offer a glaringly realistic portrayal of her struggles with lust and religion, when she meets a trainee rodeo rider from a neighbouring family (Colby Trichell) and becomes immediately drawn to him.
This story plays out over the backdrop of Sara’s family life, showing her familial duties, and the tasks required of her on the family goat farm, as well as the fervent religious dedication of her family, and how that impacts on her individuality and the various relationships between characters.
The film is the third in Minervi’s neo-realist trilogy of documentary-type films set...
- 5/18/2013
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
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