Hungarian director András Fésős is in post-production with his sophomore feature “Rise Up and Walk,” starring Romania’s Bogdan Dumitrache, who won best actor prizes at Locarno with “Best Intentions” and San Sebastian with “Pororoca,” Film New Europe reports.
The film tells the story of a father and son’s difficult reunion, and involves several spectacular firefighter rescues.
Sándor Félix becomes the guardian angel of those who want to end their lives. However, not everyone in town is enthusiastic about his selfless work. After the death of his mother, Félix’s son Kristóf became estranged from his father. He makes videos of depressed people, who have given up hope.
“Beyond the fact that it looks into the depths of the human soul and dissects such a difficult subject as suicide, the film tells a life-affirming story about our times which is intended for a wide audience. From the beginning, I...
The film tells the story of a father and son’s difficult reunion, and involves several spectacular firefighter rescues.
Sándor Félix becomes the guardian angel of those who want to end their lives. However, not everyone in town is enthusiastic about his selfless work. After the death of his mother, Félix’s son Kristóf became estranged from his father. He makes videos of depressed people, who have given up hope.
“Beyond the fact that it looks into the depths of the human soul and dissects such a difficult subject as suicide, the film tells a life-affirming story about our times which is intended for a wide audience. From the beginning, I...
- 7/15/2022
- by Denes Varga
- Variety Film + TV
The six-month programme kicks off with a workshop in May.
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has unveiled the 10 projects at an advanced stage by first or second-time international directors selected for this year’s FeatureLab.
The prestigious six-month programme kicks off with a workshop in May – held online due to the pandemic - and will be followed by second one in September to be held physically in Austria, if possible. The Austrian Film Institute and the Comunidad de Madrid and Ayuntamiento de Madrid are partnering on this iteration of the Lab.
Scroll down for the list of projects
The FeatureLab is led...
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has unveiled the 10 projects at an advanced stage by first or second-time international directors selected for this year’s FeatureLab.
The prestigious six-month programme kicks off with a workshop in May – held online due to the pandemic - and will be followed by second one in September to be held physically in Austria, if possible. The Austrian Film Institute and the Comunidad de Madrid and Ayuntamiento de Madrid are partnering on this iteration of the Lab.
Scroll down for the list of projects
The FeatureLab is led...
- 5/6/2021
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
This year’s iteration will take place on its original dates - May 11-15, 2020 - independently of Cannes.
20 up-and-coming producers have been selected for the European Film Promotion’s (Efp) networking platform Producers on the Move, which this year will take place online after the Cannes Film Festival was postponed.
This year’s iteration will go ahead independent of Cannes on its original dates – May 11-15, 2020 - and will include online speed meetings, roundtable sessions, case studies, and talks with experts.
Among this year’s line-up are Monica Hellström, who produced Simon Lereng Wilmont’s documentary The Distant Barking Of Dogs,...
20 up-and-coming producers have been selected for the European Film Promotion’s (Efp) networking platform Producers on the Move, which this year will take place online after the Cannes Film Festival was postponed.
This year’s iteration will go ahead independent of Cannes on its original dates – May 11-15, 2020 - and will include online speed meetings, roundtable sessions, case studies, and talks with experts.
Among this year’s line-up are Monica Hellström, who produced Simon Lereng Wilmont’s documentary The Distant Barking Of Dogs,...
- 5/5/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion’s networking program Producers on the Move will take place as a digital edition on its original dates – from May 11 to 15 – and independently of the Cannes Film Festival, which has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Twenty up-and-coming European producers will meet online and present their projects in speed meetings and roundtable sessions. A case study as well as talks with experts will round out the program.
Efp, a network of 37 European film promotion institutions, has selected the following producers from 20 different European countries: Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria), Danijel Pek (Croatia), Mikuláš Novotny (Czech Republic), Monica Hellström (Denmark), Elina Litvinova (Estonia), Aleksi Hyvärinen (Finland), Andrea Queralt (France), Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer (Germany), John Wallace (Ireland), Giovanni Pompili (Italy), Yll Uka (Kosovo), Marija Razgutė (Lithuania), Alan R. Milligan (Norway), Marta Habior (Poland), Mário Patrocínio (Portugal), Marina Gumzi (Slovenia), Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo (Spain), Marie Kjellson (Sweden), Flavia Zanon (Switzerland) and Rupert Lloyd (U.
Twenty up-and-coming European producers will meet online and present their projects in speed meetings and roundtable sessions. A case study as well as talks with experts will round out the program.
Efp, a network of 37 European film promotion institutions, has selected the following producers from 20 different European countries: Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria), Danijel Pek (Croatia), Mikuláš Novotny (Czech Republic), Monica Hellström (Denmark), Elina Litvinova (Estonia), Aleksi Hyvärinen (Finland), Andrea Queralt (France), Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer (Germany), John Wallace (Ireland), Giovanni Pompili (Italy), Yll Uka (Kosovo), Marija Razgutė (Lithuania), Alan R. Milligan (Norway), Marta Habior (Poland), Mário Patrocínio (Portugal), Marina Gumzi (Slovenia), Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo (Spain), Marie Kjellson (Sweden), Flavia Zanon (Switzerland) and Rupert Lloyd (U.
- 5/5/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Slovenian-Italian co-production won ten Vesna gongs, including Best Film and Best Director, in addition to the Audience and Iridium Awards. Coming to the Slovenian coastal town of Portorož straight from Toronto, where it world-premiered, Stories from the Chestnut Woods by director-writer-editor Gregor Božič and writer-producer Marina Gumzi charmed the audience, critics and the jury, taking home almost half of the awards at the closing of the Festival of Slovenian Film on Sunday 22 September. The feature-film jury, comprising Rok Biček, himself a filmmaker, actor Živa Selan (My Last Year as a Loser) and Boban Jevtić, the ex-director of Film Center Serbia, presented the film with ten Vesna Awards – for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Male Actor in a Leading Role (Massimo de Francovich), Best Photography (Ferran Paredes Rubio), Best Original Music (Hekla Magnúsdóttir), Best Editing, Best Production...
A total fo 16 film teams have been selected for this year’s lab.
Less Is More, the European development lab backed by Creative Europe’s Media Programme, has named the 16 film projects and 12 ‘development angels’, the mentors who will nurture the projects, taking part this year.
This year’s selected projects are: Raed Andoni, Exiled From Paradise (Palestine); Harry Ayiotis, Salt On Wound (Cyprus); Michal Bielawski, Accidents (Poland); Andreea Bortun, Blue Banks (Romania); Tudor Botezatu, The Mind Patrol (Romania); Kim Hiorthoy, U.P. 2019
(Norway); Nelicia Low, God Sister (Singapore); Jasna Nanut, Birdie(Croatia); Mark Noonan, When They All Vanish (Ireland), C.
Less Is More, the European development lab backed by Creative Europe’s Media Programme, has named the 16 film projects and 12 ‘development angels’, the mentors who will nurture the projects, taking part this year.
This year’s selected projects are: Raed Andoni, Exiled From Paradise (Palestine); Harry Ayiotis, Salt On Wound (Cyprus); Michal Bielawski, Accidents (Poland); Andreea Bortun, Blue Banks (Romania); Tudor Botezatu, The Mind Patrol (Romania); Kim Hiorthoy, U.P. 2019
(Norway); Nelicia Low, God Sister (Singapore); Jasna Nanut, Birdie(Croatia); Mark Noonan, When They All Vanish (Ireland), C.
- 2/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
New partner organisations from Egypt, Nepal and SingaporeScroll down for full list
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has selected 61 emerging film producers from 26 countries to the 16th edition of Rotterdam Lab.
Rotterdam Lab is organised by Iffr’s co-production market, CineMart, in collaboration with various partner organisations involved in the training of young producers, as well as funding bodies.
Rotterdam Lab is a five-day training workshop for emerging producers designed to provide the means to create and expand their international network and boost their confidence and skills to navigate the world of international finance, sales and distribution and markets.
Another aim of Rotterdam Lab is to support its participants setting up or adapting their companies within the quickly changing media landscape. The participants are nominated by the 29 CineMart partners. This year, Rotterdam Lab welcomes Arab Cinema Center (Egypt), Docskool (Nepal) and Singapore Film Commission as new partners.
The Rotterdam Lab programme includes panel discussions on topics such as...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has selected 61 emerging film producers from 26 countries to the 16th edition of Rotterdam Lab.
Rotterdam Lab is organised by Iffr’s co-production market, CineMart, in collaboration with various partner organisations involved in the training of young producers, as well as funding bodies.
Rotterdam Lab is a five-day training workshop for emerging producers designed to provide the means to create and expand their international network and boost their confidence and skills to navigate the world of international finance, sales and distribution and markets.
Another aim of Rotterdam Lab is to support its participants setting up or adapting their companies within the quickly changing media landscape. The participants are nominated by the 29 CineMart partners. This year, Rotterdam Lab welcomes Arab Cinema Center (Egypt), Docskool (Nepal) and Singapore Film Commission as new partners.
The Rotterdam Lab programme includes panel discussions on topics such as...
- 1/30/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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