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For its first Pitching Paradiso, to be held at Ventana Sur on Nov. 30, Brazil’s Projeto Paradiso is looking to Brazil’s North-East and a new more diverse generation of filmmakers which is bringing a sense of urgency and excitement to Brazilian cinema.

Projects highlighted at Pitching Paradiso include one from Rio de Janeiro – Leonardo Martinelli’s much anticipated feature expansion of “Neon Phantom.” Otherwise, titles are from Brazil’s North-East: Bahia (“Time, Knifed”); Ceará and Pernambuco.

Two factors are at work. There’s a determination of all levels of government, from president Lula downwards, as well as other institutions, such as Projeto Paradiso, to support titles from fast-emerging regional talent.

“Brazil is indeed a country where the “diversity/inclusion” agenda is multi-faceted: It is not only a question of gender, race and ethnic origin, but also, in a continental country, of region of origin,” says Projeto Paradiso head Joséphine Bourgois,...

Setting the agenda for much top Brazilian cinema bowing over 2022-25, Globo Filmes has boarded 20 new Brazilian movies, powering up by far the biggest production slate of any company in Brazil.

New titles from many of Brazil’s good and great range from Cinema Novo veteran Zelito Viana to Oscar-shortlisted Cao Hambuger. The production slate features obvious big commercial plays for domestic audiences such as “Tô de Graça, o Filme,” a movie spin-off from the hugely popular sitcom franchise.

The lineup, however, displays a far larger auteurist edge than in the past, with awaited new movies from young female auteurs such as Juliana Rojas and Beatriz Seigner and battling Black filmmakers Jeferson De, Grace Passo and Sabrina Fidalgo.

The slate also features big crossover titles which bid fair to feature at some of the biggest film festivals around the world, such as Hamburger’s “School Without Gates,” “Macunaíma 21,” from Felipe Bragança and Zahi Guajajara,...

Beijing-based distributor Hugoeast Media has acquired Chinese distribution rights to Cannes Directors’ Fortnight film “The Tale of King Crab,” the first feature venture into narrative fiction of Italian filmmakers Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis.

Hugoeast Media plans a limited theatrical release in Chinese theaters in the course of 2022.

The deal with Hugoeast Media was closed by the international sales arm of France’s Shellac. It adds to a North American pick-up by Oscilloscope Laboratories, negotiated by Shellac’s Thomas Ordonneau and Egle Cepaite and announced a week after “Crab King” world premiered at the Cannes Festival.

An out-there tale of tragedy and redemption, “The Tale of King Crab” is based on vague local legend picked up by the filmmakers of a man, Luciano, living in a benighted Italian village in the late 1800s or early twentieth century decried as a “madman, an aristocrat, a saint and a drunkard.

Brazilian writer-director Felipe Bragança, whose “Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!” played Sundance and Berlin in 2017, has enrolled a team of cutting edge Brazilian indigenous artists to realize movie “Macunaima,” his contemporary reimagining of one of the most important novels in Brazilian literature.

Zahy Guajajara, a poet, actress (“The Brothers”), who formed part of the motorbike gang in “Alligator!,” and indigenous activist, has boarded “Macunaima” as a script collaborator, and the movie’s co-director. Denilson Baniwa, a visual artist and another indigenous activist, will serve as a visual consultant and collaborator.

Anthropologist Hermano Vianna has also joined “Macunaíma” as a script collaborator and conceptual consultant. Set to be presented at International Film Festival Rotterdam’s CineMart co-production market in early February, the insider knowledge and creative talent that these figures bring to the project ensure that it will not be made by an uninformed white outsider, Bragança told Variety in the run-up to CineMart.

Selection includes upcoming features from Berlinale award-winner Carla Simon and San Sebastian award-winner Johannes Nyholm.

CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), has revealed the 17 feature projects to be showcased at the upcoming edition, which will take place entirely online.

The market will run February 1-5, during the 50th IFFR, and will invite filmmakers to pitch their projects virtually to a host of international film professionals in tailored one-to-one meetings, as well as online presentations that are open to all CineMart guests.

Eleven of the filmmakers are returning to IFFR after previously screening films at earlier editions,...

Originally scheduled for 30 April, the Portuguese festival will have a physical edition from 25 August to 5 September. IndieLisboa, one of the first Portuguese festivals to postpone its 2020 edition, is now just around the corner. Though the festival has moved to the end of August (instead of the end of April), most of this year’s format will be quite similar to previous years. With an extensive programme (of competitive and non-competitive sections), the festival will open with Monia Chokri’s A Brother’s Love in Cinema São Jorge and will close with Felipe Bragança’s A Yellow Animal at Culturguest.Twelve films were selected for the International Feature Film Competition: Barzakh (Spain) by Alejandro Salgado, Red Moon Tide (Spain) by Lois Patiño, Babai (Russia/US) by Artem Aisaagaliev, The Fever (Brazil/France/Germany) by Maya Da-Rin, There Will Be No More Night (France) by Eléonore Weber, This Is My Desire (Nigeria/US) by Arie Esiri and.

‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood’ to close the festival, which runs January 22 to February 2.

João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito is to open the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which has unveiled its full line-up of competition titles.

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Mosquito follows a 17-year-old Portuguese recruit who gets lost in the African wilderness in 1917 and marks the second feature from Portuguese director Pinto following 2010’s América. It will also compete in Iffr’s Big Screen Competition.

The festival will close with Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, starring Tom Hanks as Us icon Fred Rogers.

My Mexican BretzelThe titles for the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam are being announced in anticipation of the event running January 22 – February 2, 2020. We will update the program as new films are revealed.

Tiger COMPETITIONEl año del descubrimiento (Luis López Carrasco)Beasts Clawing at Straws (Kim Yonghoon)The Cloud in Her Room (Zheng Lu Xinyuan)Desterro (Maria Clara Escobar)Drama Girl (Vincent Boy Kars)La fortaleza (Jorge Thielen Armand)Kala azar (Janis Rafa)Nasir (Arun Karthick)Piedra sola (Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf)Si yo fuera el invierno mismo (Jazmín López)

Bright Future COMPETITIONBabai (Artem Aisagaliev)Chaco (Diego Mondaca)Los fantasmas (Sebastián Lojo)Fellwechselzeit (Sabrina Mertens)For the Time Being (Salka Tiziana)I Blame Society (Gillian Wallace Horvat)Moving On (Yoon Dan-bi)My Mexican Bretzel (Nuria Giménez Lorang)Ofrenda (Juan María Mónaco Cagni)Panquiaco (Ana Elena Tejera)A Rifle and a Bag (Isabella Rinaldi / Cristina Hanes / Arya Rothe)Sebastian jumps über Geländer (Ceylan-Alejandro...

Exclusive: Im Global’s Latino sales subsidiary ramps up before Texas festival.

Mexican Rubén Imaz’s feature will receive its North American debut after the recent world premiere in Cartagena.

Tormentero centres on a retired fisherman who discovered an oil field in his village many years ago that caused his friends and neighbours to lose sight of their values and reject him.

Now alcoholic, schizophrenic and haunted by his past, the man sets out to reclaim the love and honour he lost decades ago after his fateful discovery.

Gabino Rodríguez stars with José Carlos Ruiz and Mónica Jiménez. Julio Bárcenas Sánchez served as producer alongside Imaz, Gerylee Polanco Uribe, Oscar Ruiz Navia, Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas.

“Ruben is a filmmaker I have admired since my time at Canana Distribution, when we released his first film Familia Tortuga,” Mundial general manager Cristina Garza, who made the announcement on Monday, said.

“When...

As many shows do after the death of an actor, we will get a tribute for Bill Paxton on an episode of Training Day this Thursday on CBS in it's regularly scheduled time slot. The episode will be called "Wages of Sin” and will see his costar Kyle Craig (Justin Cornwell) help clear his name after the past comes back to haunt Frank Roarke (Paxton), and threatens the loss of his badge.

On February 25, 2017, Bill Paxton died an untimely death during heart surgery, saddening many friends, family, and fans -- including myself. His resume was exquisite, including his work on Big Love, Twister, Frailty, and Brain Dead.

I admit, I had very low expectations of Training Day, but I decided to watch it for one reason alone; Paxton. I love the show, and he is the main reason. He pulls off the "badguy-yet-goodguy" character Frank Roarke quite well, which was evident from the first episode,...

Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

– Neon, the recently launched distribution company founded by Tom Quinn and Tim League, will release Oscar winning director Errol Morris’ “The B-Side,” a heartfelt portrait of photographer, Elsa Dorfman. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2016 followed by a prestigious festival run, screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (Idfa).

The film is slated to open theatrically on June 2.

– Gravitas Ventures has secured worldwide rights to “Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo,” the compelling untold story about an extraordinary team.

The story is told told “with unprecedented access to archival footage and stories from the men who lived it, including the creator of Mission Control,...

Both South American titles premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

The distributor has picked up North American rights to Ernesto Contreras’ I Dream In Another Language.

Contreras’ film won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this year’s festival in Park City last month.

FilmRise plans a mid-year theatrical release for the story about a researcher who tracks down the feuding and last-surviving speakers of an indigenous language.

CEO Danny Fisher and vice-president of acquisitions Max Einhorn negotiated with Mundial’s Cristina Garza.

The same parties brokered the North American theatrical deal on Don’t Swallow My Heart,

Alligator Girl!, a Romeo And Juliet story about young love on the Brazil-Paraguay border that screened in Generation 14plus at the Berlinale recently.

Felipe Bragança’s drama will be available to stream later this year on Amazon Prime Video after FilmRise opted in to Amazon Video Direct’s Film Festival Stars programme to establish a platform...

Why Sundance Goers, and Audiences at Every Festival, Should Embrace World Cinema Over Popular Main-Slate Titles“God’s Own Country”

Eager to brave the extreme amounts of snow piling on every sidewalk and road in Park City, scores of freezing, malnourished, and often overworked film journalists and industry professionals line up hours in advance in order to secure a satisfying seat to that star-studded, Oscar-friendly, English-language stunner people have been raving about at every party or bus top around town. It’s understandable, they are desperate to become conquerors and be the first to plant their flag on the year’s big discovery. Trendsetting is a currency that in film criticism, like in many other occupations, is vital to acquire a certain level of recognition and validation.

However, even though being able to predict the future and to see the merits of a film before the crowd has sunk their...

Films and projects travel from Sundance to Rotterdam and Rotterdam’s love affair with Latin America becomes apparent.

Making their way from Sundance to Rotterdam, “Lemon” was Opening Night in the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sloan Prize Winner “Marjorie Prime” played in Voices while director Michael Almereyda was on the Jury of the Hivos Tiger Competition. His documentary, “Escapes” also played in the Regained section of the festival.

“Marjorie Prime”: Director Michael Almereyda, Lois Smith and Jon Hamm

“Chile’s “Family Life” by Alicia Scherson and Cristian Jimenez, Singapore’s “Pop Aye”, “Lady Macbeth” and “Sami Blood” all screened here after premiering in Sundance as well.

Pop Aye director Kirsten Tan won the Big Screen Competition and in addition to the cash prize may also count on a guaranteed release in Dutch cinemas and on TV.

“The Wound” by John Trengove has even longer legs, reaching from Sundance World...

Eight features and eight short films from the Netherlands or supported by the Dutch have been selected for the 67th Berlin International Film Festival that runs 9–19 Feb 2017.“The Wound”

“The Wound” is the only film ever to world premiere in Sundance, continue into Hivos Tiger Competition in Rotterdam and play Opening Night at the Berlinale Panorama. The movie is universal and potent exploraton of conflicting conceptions of what it means to be a man.

A lonely, young factory worker Xolani travels to a remote mountain camp in South Africa to tend teenage boys going through a traditional Xhola rite of passage. This year, Xolani is assigned to mentor Kwanda, a coddled Jo’burg boy who challenges the customs of the camp and is ostracized by other initiates. Kwanda, as observant as he is insolent, quickly notices the attraction between Xolani and his fellow caregiver, the volatile Vija. Heeding Kwanda’s exhortations,...

If recent critical darlings “Neon Bull” and “Aquarius” are something to go by, Brazilian cinema is poised to break out in a major way. Film festival programmers the world over are surely scouring markets for the next big thing from the South American country, with Sundance hedging their bets on “Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!,” the feature-length directorial debut for filmmaker Felipe Bragança.

Continue reading Potential Goes Unfulfilled In The Ambitious ‘Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!’ [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.

January 19 Update: Heading into Park City’s opening night screening of An Inconvenient Sequel on Thursday, we take a look at a dozen acquisition titles likely to spark deals once the action gets underway.

The Sundance Film Festival will unveil 120 features over the course of ten days, setting the tone of Us independent cinema in 2017, unearthing international gems and launching several potential awards contenders.

While a certain number of films arrived with distribution already in place, others have sparked deals in the last few weeks (we’re thinking of you, Call Me By Your Name, Casting JonBenet, Berlin Syndrome and Long Strange Trip).

Then there are the acquisition titles. Sundance inevitably sparks a multitude of deals during and after the event and buyers expect modestly priced transactions in the $3-5m range. This has been a common refrain every year since 2008. Watch the numbers soar on a handful of titles.

What follows...

January 19 Update: Heading into Park City’s opening night screening of An Inconvenient Sequel on Thursday, we take a look at a dozen acquisition titles likely to spark deals once the action gets underway.

The Sundance Film Festival will unveil 120 features over the course of ten days, setting the tone of Us independent cinema in 2017, unearthing international gems and launching several potential awards contenders.

While a certain number of films arrived with distribution already in place, others have sparked deals in the last few weeks (we’re thinking of you, Call Me By Your Name, Casting JonBenet, Berlin Syndrome and Long Strange Trip).

Then there are the acquisition titles. Sundance inevitably sparks a multitude of deals during and after the event and buyers expect modestly priced transactions in the $3-5m range. This has been a common refrain every year since 2008. Watch the numbers soar on a handful of titles.

What follows...

Heading into Park City’s opening night screening of An Inconvenient Sequel on Thursday, we take a look at a dozen acquisition titles likely to spark deals once the action gets underway.

The Sundance Film Festival will unveil 120 features over the course of ten days, setting the tone of Us independent cinema in 2017, unearthing international gems and launching several potential awards contenders.

While a certain number of films arrived with distribution already in place, others have sparked deals in the last few weeks (we’re thinking of you, Call Me By Your Name, Casting JonBenet, Berlin Syndrome and Long Strange Trip).

Then there are the acquisition titles. Sundance inevitably sparks a multitude of deals during and after the event and buyers expect modestly priced transactions in the $3-5m range. This has been a common refrain every year since 2008. Watch the numbers soar on a handful of titles.

What follows is a list of 12 films we believe...

Exclusive: The Latino film sales subsidiary of Im Global heads to Park City this week with worldwide rights to Don’t Swallow My Heart Alligator Girl! and I Dream In Another Language.

Don’t Swallow My Heart Alligator Girl! marks the solo directorial debut of Brazil’s Felipe Bragança and premieres in World Cinema Dramatic Competition on Sunday ahead of its European premiere in Berlin next month.

Cauã Reymond, Eduardo Macedo, Adeli Gonzales and Zahy Guajajara star in the story of a Brazilian boy who must fight for the love of a Paraguayan girl as war brews between rival gangs on opposite sides of the border.

Producers on the Brazil-Netherlands-France-Paraguay drama are Marina Meliande, Marcos Prado, Dijana Olcay-Hot, Yohann Cornu and Raymond van der Kaaij on behalf of Revolver.

Bragança previously co-directed A Alegria (The Joy) with Meliande, which screened in Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2010.

Mexican filmmaker Ernesto Contreras wrote and directed I Dream In Another Language (Sueño...

While there is no official award for best title at the Sundance Film Festival (perhaps there should be), “Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!” would surely be in the running. But if the name doesn’t grab you, certainly the evocative trailer, as it comes loaded with an array of gorgeous images all set to the sounds of composer Carlos Gomes, should.

Read More: The 30 Most Exciting Films In The Sundance 2017 Lineup

Directed by Felipe Bragança, and starring Eduardo Macedo, Cauã Reymond, Adeli Gonzales, Zahy Guajajara, Claudia Assunção, and Ney Matogrosso, the movie is a love story set against the backdrop of war, and all told with a fairy-tale touch.

Continue reading Sundance Exclusive: Evocative Trailer For ‘Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!’ Promises A Tale Of Love & War at The Playlist.

Youth-focused Berlinale sidebar will feature 62 short and feature films from 41 countries.Scroll down for full list

The Berlin Film Festival has revealed the completed list of titles that will play in this year’s Generations sidebar, which focuses on youth and children’s films.

In total, there are 62 short and feature-length films hailing from 41 countries.

Titles include the world premiere of Carla Simon’s coming-of-age feature debut Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993), which has already been snapped up by New Europe Film Sales.

Among the further films added are features from China, the USA and Korea.

As previously announced, Michael Winterbottom’s music documentary On The Road will open the Generation 14plus programme this year.

Further films playing in the strand include Dash Shaw’s My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea, which features the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham and Susan Sarandon, and 2016 Tiff Platform title Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves...

Organized by the San Sebastian and Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse Festivals, Films in Progress is an initiative that promotes the meeting, dialogue and interaction between film professionals from Latin American and European. By doing this the festivals hope to foster the diversity and talent of independent filmmakers. Films in Progress is a professional platform, which supports the production of Latin American feature films contributing to their completion and international circulation through awards that focus on post-production and distribution. 

The winners of its 29th edition were recently announced: 

Films in Progress Toulouse Award 

The Films in Progress Toulouse Award consists on post-production services provided by partnered companies, a grant for post-production works and services and initiatives to promote the film. The award was presented by a jury consisting of representatives of the companies and bodies involved in the award:  Ccas (Caisse Centrale d¹Activités Sociales du personnel des industries électriques et gazières), Cnc (Centre National du Cinéma et de l¹Image Animée), Commune Image, Eaux Vives, Firelfly, Mactari, Titra Tvs.

"El Invierno"

Emiliano Torres (Argentina- France) Special Mention 

The Special Mention consists on sound post-production services provided by partnered companies Mactari and Commune Image

"Los Niños"  

Maite Alberdi (Chile - France- Netherlands) Special Ciné+ en Construcción Award 

The Cine+ channel guarantees purchase of the film for a value of Eur 15,000 and its television broadcast. This award will go to the distributor of the film in France.

"El Invierno"

Emiliano Torres (Argentina - France) European Distributors and Exhibitors Award 

It consists on the promotion of the winning film on the Europa Distribution and the Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai (Cicae) networks.

"Don't Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!"

Felipe Bragança (Brazil- France -Netherlands) Further information about the awards on:

http://www.cinelatino.com.fr/contenu/palmares-2016Films in Progress enjoys the backing of the following companies and institutions: Programa Ibermedia, Daniel Goldstein, Deluxe Spain, Dolby Iberia, Laserfilm Cine y Video, Nephilim producciones, No Problem Sonido, Wanda Visión and the collaboration of Caisse Centrale d¹Activités Sociales du personnel des industries électriques et gazières (Ccas), Centre National du Cinéma et de l¹Image Animée (Cnc), CinÉ + Commune Image, Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d¹Art et Essai (Cicae), Conseil Général de la Haute Garonne, Eaux Vives, École Supérieure d¹Audiovisuel (Esav), EP2C-Postproduction Training Programme, Europa Distribution, Firefly, La Cinéfondation, La Trame, Mactari, Mairie de Toulouse, Maison Universitaire Franco-Mexicaine, Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Producers Network (Cannes), Région Midi-Pyrénées, Signis and Titra Tvs.

Films in Progress is the professional platform, which supports the production of Latin American feature films contributing to their completion and international circulation. Organized by the San Sebastian and Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse Festivals, Films in Progress promotes meeting, dialogue and interaction between professionals from the Latin American and European film worlds, fostering the diversity and talent of independent filmmakers.

Films in Progress 29 received the submission of 182 films from 17 countries. The Toulouse - San Sebastian selection committee has selected 6 films: "A Cidade do Futuro" by Cláudio Marques and Marília Hughes (Brazil); "El Cristo Ciego," by Christopher Murray (Chile - France); "Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!" by Felipe Bragança (Brazil - France - Netherlands); "El Invierno," by Emiliano Torres (Argentina - France); "Los Niños," by Maite Alberdi (Chile - France - Netherlands) and "Rey" by Niles Atallah (Chile - France - Germany - Netherlands - Qatar), who also participated in New Directors with "Lucía."

"A Cidade do Futuro" Cláudio Marques and Marília Hughes (Brazil) Mila is 19, teaches theatre and is pregnant. Gilmar, 27, is a history teacher in a relationship with Igor, a 19 year old cowboy. The three will form a rather unconventional family. The film follows the path of these young people in the small city of Serra do Ramalho, in the dry lands of Bahía, and society’s reaction to this peculiar tale.

"El Cristo Ciego" Christopher Murray (Chile - France) Michael (30) is a mechanic who claims to have experienced a divine revelation in the desert. But far from believing him, the locals treat him like the village madman. One afternoon he learns that a childhood friend has had an accident in a distant town. Michael decides to leave everything he has to set out on a barefoot pilgrimage and cure him with a miracle. His walk begins to attract the attention of people exploited by the mining companies and drug addicts, who see him as a Christ capable of alleviating the harsh reality of the Chilean desert.

"Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!" Felipe Bragança (Brazil - France - Netherlands) Joca is a 13 year old Brazilian boy in love with a native Paraguayan girl on the border between the two countries. To fight for their love he must face up to the secrets of his elder brother, Fernando, a motorcycling cowboy.

"El Invierno" Emiliano Torres (Argentina - France) The old foreman of a cattle ranch in Patagonia is fired from his job. A younger ranch hand takes his place. The change won’t be easy for either of them. Each, in his own way, must survive the coming winter. Debut film.

"Los Niños" Maite Alberdi (Chile - France - Netherlands) A group of friends with Down’s Syndrome have been going to the same school for 40 years and no longer want to be students. Most of them have lost their parents by now, none of whom had ever imagined that their children would outlive them. The children always thought that when their parents died, they would be able to do everything they had always been forbidden to do, like living alone, having sex, becoming parents, getting married and having real jobs. But nothing has changed for them, and they have to wrestle with the frustration of living as if they were only 10, even if they are almost 50.

"Rey" Niles Atallah (Chile - France - Germany - Netherlands - Qatar) In 1860, a French lawyer dreamt of becoming the King of Patagonia. And that’s exactly what happened. Or that’s what it seems like. Participated in New Directors with Lucía, his previous film.

Awards The following awards will be presented at Films in Progress 29:

Films in Progress Toulouse Award

Consisting of post-production services offered by the collaborating companies, a grant for post-production work on the winning film.

The “Films in Progress Toulouse Award” will be delivered by a jury composed of representatives of companies and entities involved in the award:

Ccas (Caisse Centrale d’Activités Sociales du personnel des industries électriques et gazières), Cnc (Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée), Commune Image, Eaux Vives, Firelfly, Mactari,

Titra TV.

Special Cine + In Progress Award

The Cine + channel guarantees to purchase the winning film for the amount of €15,000, and to broadcast it on its television network. This award will go to the distributor of the film in France.

European Distribution and Exhibitors Award

Consisting of promotion of the film by the Europa Distribution network and by the Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d'Art et d'Essai (Cicae).

You can see the award details here...

The Paris Coproduction Village has unveiled its selections and online registration is now open to book meetings. At the event, 14 carefully selected international projects without French partners attached will be presented to producers, sales agents, distributors, financiers, and fund representatives.

The 14 projects selected are the followings:

"Across the Fields" by Daniel Joseph Borgman ("The Weight of Elephants" Berlinale Forum and Generation Selections 2013 ; short film "Berik" Grand Prix Critic’s Week Cannes 2010) produced by Adomeit Film (Denmark) "Brotherhood" by Pepe Diokno ("Above the Clouds", Tokyo International Film Festival 2014 ; "Clash" Venice Film Festival 2009 Lion of the Futur and Orrizonti Award) produced by Epicmedia (Philippines) "Fireflies" by Bani Khoshnoudi ("Ziba" International Film festival Rotterdam 2012 ; short film "Transit" Grand Jury Prix Premiers Plans Angers 2005) produced by Zensky Cine (Mexico) and Pensée Sauvage (U.S.) "Look Up" by Fulvio Risuleo (short film "Varicella" Semaine de la Critique 2015 ; short film "Lievito Madre" Cannes Cinéfondation 2014 ;) produced by Revok (Italy) "Lost Wolves" by Carlos Moreno ("All Your Dead Ones" Competition Sundance 2011 ; "Dog Eat Dog" Competition Sundance 2008) prodced by 64-a Films (Colombia) "The Man from the Sea" by Koji Fukada ("Au revoir l’été" Gold Montgolfière Festival des 3 Continents 2013 ; "Hospitalité" Best Picture Award Tokyo International Film Festival 2010) produced by Nikkatsu Corporation (Japan) "The Omission" by Sebastián Schjaer (short film "The Broken Past," Director’s Fortnight 2015 ; short film "Tomorrow All the Things" Cannes Cinéfondation 2013) produced by Trapecio Cine (Argentina) et Titus Kreyenberg (Germany) "Opening Hours" by Anocha Suwichakornpong, Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul and Wichanon Somumjarn ("Mother" Competition Torino Film Festival 2012 ; "In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire" Competition International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011 ; "Mundane Story" Tiger Award International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009) produced by Electric Eel Film (Thailand) "Pirate of Love" by Sara Guðmundsdóttir & Árni Sveinsson (short film "The Pirate of Love" Official Selection New Directors / New Films 2013 ; "Backyard" Special Mention Sound&Vision Award Cph:dox 2010) produced by Netop Films (Iceland) "Single Mother" by Hana Makhmalbaf ("Green Days" Venice Film Festival 2009 ; "Le Cahier" Crystal Bear Berlinale 2008) produced by Makhmalbaf Film House (U.K.) "Zoology" by Ivan I. Tverdosvsky ("Correction Class" Gold Star Marrakech Film Festival 2014) produced by New People (Russia) Projects selected as part of the Brazilian Focus:

"Tinnitus" by Gregorio Graziosi ("Obra" Toronto International Film Festival 2014 ; short film "Mira" International Competition Locarno Film Festival 2009) produced by Superfilmes (Brazil) "Revenge Therapy" by Marcos Bernstein ("My Sweet Orange Tree" Alice nella Citta Award Rome Film Festival 2012 ; "The Other Side of the Street" C.I.C.E.A. Award for Best Film - Berlinale Panorama 2004) produced by Passaro Films (Brazil) "A Yellow Animal" by Felipe Bragança (short film "Escape from my Eyes" Berlinale Forum Expanded 2015 ; "A Alegria" Director’s Fortnight 2010) produced by Duas Mariola Filmes (Brazil) The Paris-based international coproduction market is organized by Les Arcs European Film Festival with support from the Champs-Élysées Fim Festival to take place June 10-12, 2015. All the meetings will take place at Eurosites George V 28 Av. George V, 75008 Paris

For further information: contact[At]pariscopro.com...

Film projects from Topkapi Films, Lemming Film and Revolver selected in first round.

Three international co-productions will be supported by the Hubert Bals Fund Plus (Hbf Plus).

Film projects from Dutch producers Topkapi Films, Lemming Film and Revolver will each receive a contribution of €50,000 towards their projects from the Netherlands Film Fund, co-producing a film supported by the Hbf.

The three projects are:

Land and Shade (Colombia), dir. César Acevedo, produced by Burning Blue (Colombia) and co-produced by Ciné-Sud Promotion (France), Una Films (Germany) and Topkapi FilmsOblivion Verses (Iran), dir. Alireza Khatami, produced by House on Fire (France) and co-produced by Endorphine Production (Germany), Bulut Film (Turkey) and Lemming FilmDon’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl (Brazil), dir. Felipe Bragança, produced by Duas Mariola Filmes, Zazen Producoes and Globo Films (Brazil) and co-produced by Damned Film (France), Zero One Films (Germany) and Revolver Media

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Heleno picked up by Screen Media at Miami International Film Festival. Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the film starring Rodrigo Santoro, after a successful screening at the Miami International Film Festival, announced President of Screen Media Films nm2518335 autoSuzanne Blech[/link] today. Pic produced and presented by Miami Dade College will find theatrical release in Summer this year and is a biography of the tragic life of one of Brazil's greatest soccer players, Heleno de Freitas. Santoro plays the title character, a legend whose career shone briefly, but brightly, through the 1940s. José Henrique Fonseca directs from the script by Felipe Bragança, Fernando Castets and José Henrique Fonseca.

Heleno picked up by Screen Media at Miami International Film Festival. Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the film starring Rodrigo Santoro, after a successful screening at the Miami International Film Festival, announced President of Screen Media Films nm2518335 autoSuzanne Blech[/link] today. Pic produced and presented by Miami Dade College will find theatrical release in Summer this year and is a biography of the tragic life of one of Brazil's greatest soccer players, Heleno de Freitas. Santoro plays the title character, a legend whose career shone briefly, but brightly, through the 1940s. José Henrique Fonseca directs from the script by Felipe Bragança, Fernando Castets and José Henrique Fonseca.

Heleno picked up by Screen Media at Miami International Film Festival. Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the film starring Rodrigo Santoro, after a successful screening at the Miami International Film Festival, announced President of Screen Media Films nm2518335 autoSuzanne Blech[/link] today. Pic produced and presented by Miami Dade College will find theatrical release in Summer this year and is a biography of the tragic life of one of Brazil's greatest soccer players, Heleno de Freitas. Santoro plays the title character, a legend whose career shone briefly, but brightly, through the 1940s. José Henrique Fonseca directs from the script by Felipe Bragança, Fernando Castets and José Henrique Fonseca.

The group of leading role actors is mostly non-actors chosen after one year of research and auditions with teenagers in Rio de Janeiro. Tainá Medina, who is 16 years old, plays the leading character Luiza and she has never acted in her life. Junior Moura, that plays João, the missing cousin of Luiza, is Felipe Bragança’s cousin in real life and only worked as an amateur actor. - A Alegria (The Joy) tells the story of 16 year-old Luiza. In Rio de Janeiro’s summer, she is assigned to take care of her cousin, João, whose foot gets shot. The movie deals with the modern culture, politics, friendship, utopia and the pursuit of happiness. A Alegria (The Joy) preems in the 42nd Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Anny Gomes: How did the initial idea come about and how did this become a story...

A Alegria (The Joy) tells the story of 16 year-old Luiza. In Rio de Janeiro’s summer, she is assigned to take care of her cousin, João, whose foot gets shot. The movie deals with the modern culture, politics, friendship, utopia and the pursuit of happiness. A Alegria (The Joy) preems in the 42nd Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Anny Gomes: How did the initial idea come about and how did this become a story relevant for you to share with an audience? Felipe Bragança: The movie is a dream about utopia and the courage from the juvenile imaginary of the leading character, Luiza, a 16 year-old girl. To us, the movie is a form of expressing through images an enthusiastic reshaped look of the reality, turning against the melancholy and the nostalgia of the artsy cinema of the 90’s and still common in the beginning of Xxi century.