As Cannes nears its end, some major contenders have already found homes, while many more buzzy titles are awaiting buyers after Saturday’s awards ceremony. This year’s market hasn’t been weighed down by the writers or actors strikes in the same way as last year, meaning companies like A24, Neon, Apple, and more have jumped in on exciting packages of possibly future contenders.
Below we’re tracking everything that gets bought throughout the festival and beyond.
Films Acquired During the Festival “Bird”
Section: Competition
Director: Andrea Arnold
Buyer: Mubi
Date Acquired: May 26
Cast: Barry Keoghan, Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Jasmine Jobson, James Nelson-Joyce
Buzz: Mubi’s third buy out of the competition after “The Substance” and “The Girl with the Needle,” Andrea Arnold’s latest coming-of-age story follows a 12-year-old girl’s (Nykiya Adams) journey to self-acceptance in northern Kent. She copes with a tense relationship with her father,...
Below we’re tracking everything that gets bought throughout the festival and beyond.
Films Acquired During the Festival “Bird”
Section: Competition
Director: Andrea Arnold
Buyer: Mubi
Date Acquired: May 26
Cast: Barry Keoghan, Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Jasmine Jobson, James Nelson-Joyce
Buzz: Mubi’s third buy out of the competition after “The Substance” and “The Girl with the Needle,” Andrea Arnold’s latest coming-of-age story follows a 12-year-old girl’s (Nykiya Adams) journey to self-acceptance in northern Kent. She copes with a tense relationship with her father,...
- 5/26/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
The story of a cat and his friends. Flow is an animated film made by the Latvian filmmaker named Gints Zilbalodis, his second feature after making Away (in 2019) which was a fable about loneliness. He's also known for many other animated short films that debuted online before he started moving into making these features. Whereas Away is about loneliness, Flow is about friendship, companionship, and loyalty. The title is once again a literal title because the story is about how we meet and befriend different people as life flows along, taking us to unknown destinations and through many trials & tribulations. Much like Away, the story is a metaphor for life as a human being, this time told through an adventure featuring different animals in a strange world. It's entirely dialogue free and features Zilbalodis' distinct cel-shading animation style, more rudimentary than Pixar or DreamWorks or Sony but still animated with heaps of emotion and compassion.
- 5/23/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired North American rights for Gints Zilbalodis’ animated adventure film “Flow,” which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
“We were so excited to see what Gints Zilbalodis would do after his surprising debut feature ‘Away’ in which he did almost all of the work single-handedly,” said Sideshow and Janus Films in a joint statement. “‘Flow’ did not disappoint. It’s one of the most remarkably original works we have seen in some time. We know audiences of all ages will embrace this tremendously moving and heartwarming story, and we can’t wait to bring Gints Zilbalodis’ work to a much wider audience across North America.”
According to an official logline, in “Flow,” “the world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood,...
“We were so excited to see what Gints Zilbalodis would do after his surprising debut feature ‘Away’ in which he did almost all of the work single-handedly,” said Sideshow and Janus Films in a joint statement. “‘Flow’ did not disappoint. It’s one of the most remarkably original works we have seen in some time. We know audiences of all ages will embrace this tremendously moving and heartwarming story, and we can’t wait to bring Gints Zilbalodis’ work to a much wider audience across North America.”
According to an official logline, in “Flow,” “the world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired the North American rights for Gints Zilbalodis’s animated feature Flow, following an enthusiastic standing ovation at its world premiere in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard on Wednesday.
The adventure tale revolves the character of Cat, a naturally solitary animal, whose life is turned upside down after his home is devastated by a great flood.
He finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
The film is directed and written by Zilbalodis (Away), and co-written by Matiss Kaza, with a score by Zilbalodis and Rihards Zalupe.
It is produced by Zilbalodis and Kaza, alongside Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman. The film will also screen in June at the Annecy Festival in Competition.
The adventure tale revolves the character of Cat, a naturally solitary animal, whose life is turned upside down after his home is devastated by a great flood.
He finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
The film is directed and written by Zilbalodis (Away), and co-written by Matiss Kaza, with a score by Zilbalodis and Rihards Zalupe.
It is produced by Zilbalodis and Kaza, alongside Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman. The film will also screen in June at the Annecy Festival in Competition.
- 5/22/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Animated feature “Flow,” selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, has debuted an exclusive image and it’s purr-fect.
In the dialogue-free film, a flood is coming, quickly devouring everything on its way: including Cat’s home. There is no human in sight, but luckily, he finds refuge on a boat full of other animals. Together, they silently sail through the cat-astrophe.
Directed by Latvia’s Gints Zilbalodis, “Flow” is produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio and Take Five. Charades handles sales.
“All the films I’ve made before didn’t have any dialogues either. I think it’s my strength: telling stories through images rather than words,” said the man in question, admitting that “Flow” was always supposed to be “visually driven.”
“All the characters are animals and we wanted them to behave like animals, to keep it grounded this way. It’s not a Disney film. I can...
In the dialogue-free film, a flood is coming, quickly devouring everything on its way: including Cat’s home. There is no human in sight, but luckily, he finds refuge on a boat full of other animals. Together, they silently sail through the cat-astrophe.
Directed by Latvia’s Gints Zilbalodis, “Flow” is produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio and Take Five. Charades handles sales.
“All the films I’ve made before didn’t have any dialogues either. I think it’s my strength: telling stories through images rather than words,” said the man in question, admitting that “Flow” was always supposed to be “visually driven.”
“All the characters are animals and we wanted them to behave like animals, to keep it grounded this way. It’s not a Disney film. I can...
- 5/15/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The official website for the upcoming 48th Annecy International Animation Film Festival has revealed 12 films to compete in this year's official selection of feature films. The lineup includes four Japanese film — Ghost Cat Anzu (French-Japanese co-production) directed by Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita, The Colors Within directed by Naoko Yamada, Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window directed by Shinnosuke Yakuwa, and The Imaginary by Yoshiyuki Momose. The 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival Official Selection - Feature films Into the Wonderwoods by Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducard / France, Luxembourg Flow by Gints Zilbalodis / Latvia, Belgium, France Ghost Cat Anzu by Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita / Japan, France The Colors Within by Naoko Yamada / Japan The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius / Belgium, France Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Shinnosuke Yakuwa / Japan Memoir of a Snail by Adam Elliot / Australia Rock Bottom by María Trénor / Spain, Poland Sauvages by Claude Barras / Switzerland,...
- 4/27/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the programme for its 2024 edition, including the Competition line-up and a programme of previews from the major studios.
The 12-strong Official Competition includes Adam Elliot’s Australian feature Memoir Of A Snail, in which Succession star Sarah Snook voices a lonely hoarder of ornamental snails; and stop-motion Savages!, director Claude Barras’ first feature since his Bafta- and Oscar-nominated My Life As A Courgette.
Scroll down for the full Competition line-up
The festival will open with Michel Hazanavicius’ Competition title The Most Precious Of Cargoes, heading to Annecy from its debut in Cannes Competition.
The 12-strong Official Competition includes Adam Elliot’s Australian feature Memoir Of A Snail, in which Succession star Sarah Snook voices a lonely hoarder of ornamental snails; and stop-motion Savages!, director Claude Barras’ first feature since his Bafta- and Oscar-nominated My Life As A Courgette.
Scroll down for the full Competition line-up
The festival will open with Michel Hazanavicius’ Competition title The Most Precious Of Cargoes, heading to Annecy from its debut in Cannes Competition.
- 4/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Organizers of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the world’s oldest and most important animation festival, revealed Thursday that all the big U.S. studio animation players will be in attendance this year to preview some of their most exciting upcoming titles.
Annecy has long been a launch point for global and indie animation, but over the past several years, it has become an increasingly important platform for big studios as well. This year, that trend continues and, indeed, ramps up.
Illumination will continue a popular tradition by hosting a special screening of “Despicable Me 4” in Annecy. The three previous “Despicable” films and the “Minions: The Rise of Gru” spinoff all screened at Annecy, several of them making their world premieres there.
Disney will host sneak peeks of its 2024 animated feature releases: Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana 2.” Paramount Pictures and Hasbro...
Annecy has long been a launch point for global and indie animation, but over the past several years, it has become an increasingly important platform for big studios as well. This year, that trend continues and, indeed, ramps up.
Illumination will continue a popular tradition by hosting a special screening of “Despicable Me 4” in Annecy. The three previous “Despicable” films and the “Minions: The Rise of Gru” spinoff all screened at Annecy, several of them making their world premieres there.
Disney will host sneak peeks of its 2024 animated feature releases: Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana 2.” Paramount Pictures and Hasbro...
- 4/25/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 2024 edition, running from June 9 to 15. (scroll down for full list of titles and events)
Highlights announced on Thursday include Terry Gilliam as guest of honor to receive an Honorary Cristal and give a masterclass. He joins previously announced honorary guest Wes Anderson.
The main Competition and the Contrechamps sections will showcase 23 new animated features.
Features in the main competition include Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius’ first ever animated feature The Most Precious of Cargoes, which will also open the festival.
The drama follows the fate of baby boy who is thrown from an Auschwitz-bound train by his French-Jewish father. The picture will world premiere first in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Other Cannes films in Annecy’s main competition include Un Certain Regard selection Flow by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis and Ghost Cat Anzu by Japan’s Yoko Kuno,...
Highlights announced on Thursday include Terry Gilliam as guest of honor to receive an Honorary Cristal and give a masterclass. He joins previously announced honorary guest Wes Anderson.
The main Competition and the Contrechamps sections will showcase 23 new animated features.
Features in the main competition include Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius’ first ever animated feature The Most Precious of Cargoes, which will also open the festival.
The drama follows the fate of baby boy who is thrown from an Auschwitz-bound train by his French-Jewish father. The picture will world premiere first in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Other Cannes films in Annecy’s main competition include Un Certain Regard selection Flow by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis and Ghost Cat Anzu by Japan’s Yoko Kuno,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Most Precious of Cargoes, the first animated feature from Oscar-winning French director Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), will open this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
The feature is a 2D animated adaptation of the best-selling book by French author Jean-Claude Grumberg. Set during World War II, it tells the story of a French Jewish family deported to Auschwitz. On the train to the death camp, in a desperate gesture, the father throws one of his baby twins out into the snow, where he’s discovered by a childless Polish couple living deep in the forest.
Hazanavicius presented the film as a work-in-progress at Annecy two years ago. French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant narrates the film with voice acting from Dominique Blanc, Denis Podalydès, and Grégory Gadebois. Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water) composed the score. Animation is from 3.0 Studio – formerly Prima Linea — the group behind the...
The feature is a 2D animated adaptation of the best-selling book by French author Jean-Claude Grumberg. Set during World War II, it tells the story of a French Jewish family deported to Auschwitz. On the train to the death camp, in a desperate gesture, the father throws one of his baby twins out into the snow, where he’s discovered by a childless Polish couple living deep in the forest.
Hazanavicius presented the film as a work-in-progress at Annecy two years ago. French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant narrates the film with voice acting from Dominique Blanc, Denis Podalydès, and Grégory Gadebois. Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water) composed the score. Animation is from 3.0 Studio – formerly Prima Linea — the group behind the...
- 4/25/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oliver Stone is unveiling his long-awaited documentary “Lula” at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Stone filmed the documentary about thrice-elected Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that encompasses the ruler’s incarceration between 2018 and 2019 and his return to power. Stone was in production on the feature in 2021 during which time Lula da Silva contracted Covid while filming in Cuba.
“Lula” is the latest addition to the star-studded Cannes lineup, which also includes new films from Paul Schrader, Francis Ford Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold, David Cronenberg, Ali Abbasi, Sean Baker, Jia Zhangke, and Paolo Sorrentino.
Stone teased “Lula” to Jacobin earlier this year, saying that the film would be released “hopefully before the end of the year.”
“As you know, I had him in the other films with Hugo Chávez. And of course, he’s gotten a very dramatic story, with his going to jail after his second term. Now...
Stone filmed the documentary about thrice-elected Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that encompasses the ruler’s incarceration between 2018 and 2019 and his return to power. Stone was in production on the feature in 2021 during which time Lula da Silva contracted Covid while filming in Cuba.
“Lula” is the latest addition to the star-studded Cannes lineup, which also includes new films from Paul Schrader, Francis Ford Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold, David Cronenberg, Ali Abbasi, Sean Baker, Jia Zhangke, and Paolo Sorrentino.
Stone teased “Lula” to Jacobin earlier this year, saying that the film would be released “hopefully before the end of the year.”
“As you know, I had him in the other films with Hugo Chávez. And of course, he’s gotten a very dramatic story, with his going to jail after his second term. Now...
- 4/22/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Films from Oliver Stone, Michel Hazanavicius and Arnaud Desplechin have been added to the Official Selection of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. They join previously announced titles from David Cronenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos, Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader. Greta Gerwig is the president of this year’s jury.
Stone’s film, “Lula” is a documentary about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and will have its world premiere as part of the Special Screenings section, which also features “Spectators,” from Arnaud Desplechin. His latest stars “Anatomy of a Fall” child actor Milo Machado Graner as well as Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”).
Hazanavicius, a Best Director Oscar winner for “The Artist,” joins the Competition lineup with “La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises” (“The Most Precious of Cargoes”), an animated film about a Jewish child during World War II whose father, in a desperate attempt to save his son’s life,...
Stone’s film, “Lula” is a documentary about Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and will have its world premiere as part of the Special Screenings section, which also features “Spectators,” from Arnaud Desplechin. His latest stars “Anatomy of a Fall” child actor Milo Machado Graner as well as Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”).
Hazanavicius, a Best Director Oscar winner for “The Artist,” joins the Competition lineup with “La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises” (“The Most Precious of Cargoes”), an animated film about a Jewish child during World War II whose father, in a desperate attempt to save his son’s life,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
The Cannes Film Festival has added 13 new titles to the selection for its 77 th edition, including new films by Oliver Stone, Lou Ye and Arnaud Desplechin as Special Screenings.
Three more titles have been added to competition including Michel Hazanavicius’ animated feature The Most Precious of Cargoes.
Big budget French costume-adventure drama The Count of Monte Cristo, starring Pierre Niney as the titular hero will play Out of Competition.
The new additions are:
Un Certain Regard
When The Light Breaks
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Niki
Céline Sallette 1st film
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis
Cannes Premiere
Vivre, Mourir, Renaitre
Gaël Morel
Maria
Jessica Palud
Special Screenings
Spectateurs
Arnaud Desplechin
Nasty
Tudor Giurgiu
Lula
Oliver Stone
An Unfinished Film
Lou Ye
Out Of Competition
Le Comte De Monte-cristo
Alexandre De La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte
Competition
LA Plus PRÉCIEUSE Des Marchandises
Michel Hazanavicius
Trei Kilometri Pana LA Capatul Lumii
Emanuel Parvu
The Seed Of The...
Three more titles have been added to competition including Michel Hazanavicius’ animated feature The Most Precious of Cargoes.
Big budget French costume-adventure drama The Count of Monte Cristo, starring Pierre Niney as the titular hero will play Out of Competition.
The new additions are:
Un Certain Regard
When The Light Breaks
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Niki
Céline Sallette 1st film
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis
Cannes Premiere
Vivre, Mourir, Renaitre
Gaël Morel
Maria
Jessica Palud
Special Screenings
Spectateurs
Arnaud Desplechin
Nasty
Tudor Giurgiu
Lula
Oliver Stone
An Unfinished Film
Lou Ye
Out Of Competition
Le Comte De Monte-cristo
Alexandre De La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte
Competition
LA Plus PRÉCIEUSE Des Marchandises
Michel Hazanavicius
Trei Kilometri Pana LA Capatul Lumii
Emanuel Parvu
The Seed Of The...
- 4/22/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Paris-based sales company is bringing eight new titles to Rendez-Vous.
Julie Delpy’s immigration-themed comedy Meet The Barbarians (Les Barbares) is among eight new titles Paris-based sales company Charades is launching at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema this month.
The event takes place from January 16-23 in Paris.
Charades extensive Rendez-Vous line-up also includes 3D animation Flow, romantic comedy Just A Couple of Days starring Camille Cottin, Jeremie Sein’s Olympic sports comedy Game Changers, Antoine Raimbault’s political thriller Smoke Signals, Gustave Kervern’s revenge story Enough Is Enough!, dark comedy Plastic Guns plus recently announced adaptation And...
Julie Delpy’s immigration-themed comedy Meet The Barbarians (Les Barbares) is among eight new titles Paris-based sales company Charades is launching at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema this month.
The event takes place from January 16-23 in Paris.
Charades extensive Rendez-Vous line-up also includes 3D animation Flow, romantic comedy Just A Couple of Days starring Camille Cottin, Jeremie Sein’s Olympic sports comedy Game Changers, Antoine Raimbault’s political thriller Smoke Signals, Gustave Kervern’s revenge story Enough Is Enough!, dark comedy Plastic Guns plus recently announced adaptation And...
- 1/9/2024
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Charades has acquired “Flow,” a 3D animated feature directed by Gints Zilbalodis, the Annie-nominated filmmaker of “Away”.
Produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio and Take Five, “Flow” will be presented in the Work-in-Progress section in Annecy.
Zilbalodis penned the feature with Matiss Kaza at Dream Well Studio and Ron Dyens (“Barking Island”) at Sacrebleu Productions who are acting as co-writers and producers.
“Flow” is currently in production in Marseille, Paris and Bruxelles, with an expected delivery date during the second quarter of 2024.
“Flow” is set in the aftermath of a terrible flood that ravages the world and follows a stubbornly independent cat who is forced to share a boat with a group of other animals. Getting along with them proves to be an even greater challenge than surviving the flood.
Zilbalodis, a Latvian filmmaker and animator, made his feature debut at the age of 24 with “Away.” The movie...
Produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio and Take Five, “Flow” will be presented in the Work-in-Progress section in Annecy.
Zilbalodis penned the feature with Matiss Kaza at Dream Well Studio and Ron Dyens (“Barking Island”) at Sacrebleu Productions who are acting as co-writers and producers.
“Flow” is currently in production in Marseille, Paris and Bruxelles, with an expected delivery date during the second quarter of 2024.
“Flow” is set in the aftermath of a terrible flood that ravages the world and follows a stubbornly independent cat who is forced to share a boat with a group of other animals. Getting along with them proves to be an even greater challenge than surviving the flood.
Zilbalodis, a Latvian filmmaker and animator, made his feature debut at the age of 24 with “Away.” The movie...
- 6/7/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The selection also includes projects from Kirill Serebrennikov and Agnieszka Holland
David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds is among 32 projects to receive a share of €8.3m in Eurimages’ latest round of co-production funding.
Cronenberg’s new feature, a co-production between Canada and France, received €500,000 – the largest amount awarded in this round of funding. Vincent Cassel plays a widower who creates a device that allows you to connect with the dead. Diane Kruger and Guy Pearce also star in the thriller.
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The only other project to also receive €500,000 was Adrià Garcia’s animation The Treasure Of Barracuda,...
David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds is among 32 projects to receive a share of €8.3m in Eurimages’ latest round of co-production funding.
Cronenberg’s new feature, a co-production between Canada and France, received €500,000 – the largest amount awarded in this round of funding. Vincent Cassel plays a widower who creates a device that allows you to connect with the dead. Diane Kruger and Guy Pearce also star in the thriller.
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The only other project to also receive €500,000 was Adrià Garcia’s animation The Treasure Of Barracuda,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2023 have just been announced and among the 32 supported films we have some veteran filmmakers in David Cronenberg (The Shrouds), Agnieszka Holland (The Green Border) and Kirill Serebrennikov (Disappearance aka La disparition) landing some significant coin amounts. Also grabbing some noteworthy sums of euros are filmmakers Burhan Qurbani (No Beast So Fierce), Jonathan Millet (Lives of Hamid), Nóra Lakos (I Accidentally Wrote a Book) and Scandi helmers Jeanette Nordahl (Connections) and Fanny Ovesen (Laura). Here is the entire list which includes docus and animated films:
A Light at Midday – Elena Manrique (Spain) – €300 000
Aïcha – Mehdi Barsaoui (Tunisia) – €150 000
Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries – Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi (Italy) – €80 000 Documentary
Blood and Mud – Jean-Gabriel Leynaud (France) – €140 000 Documentary
Catane – Ioana Mischie (Romania) – €150 000
Connections – Jeanette Nordahl (Denmark) – €302 000
Disappearance – Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia) – €350 000
DJ Ahmet – Georgi Unkovski (North Macedonia) – €160 000
Dreaming of Lions – Paolo Marinou-Blanco (Portugal) – €150 000
Filipinas – Leonor Noivo (Portugal) – €74 500 Documentary
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia...
A Light at Midday – Elena Manrique (Spain) – €300 000
Aïcha – Mehdi Barsaoui (Tunisia) – €150 000
Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries – Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi (Italy) – €80 000 Documentary
Blood and Mud – Jean-Gabriel Leynaud (France) – €140 000 Documentary
Catane – Ioana Mischie (Romania) – €150 000
Connections – Jeanette Nordahl (Denmark) – €302 000
Disappearance – Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia) – €350 000
DJ Ahmet – Georgi Unkovski (North Macedonia) – €160 000
Dreaming of Lions – Paolo Marinou-Blanco (Portugal) – €150 000
Filipinas – Leonor Noivo (Portugal) – €74 500 Documentary
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia...
- 4/3/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
This year, Latvia is sharing a spotlight with neighboring Lithuania and Estonia at the European Film Market, which has dedicated its 2023 Country in Focus Spotlight to the Baltic nations. It’s a sign of the tremendous strides the country has taken to put itself on the world cinema map, with the screen industries both producing more films and TV series than ever before and luring increasingly ambitious international projects to Northeastern Europe.
Here’s a rundown of some of the top Latvian projects in the pipeline that their producers will be pitching in Berlin:
Blue Blood
Director: Juris Kursietis
Producers: White Picture, Stellar Film, Asterisk*
The follow-up to Kursietis’ Cannes Directors’ Fortnight player “Oleg” is the story of a successful couple whose comfortable life is turned upside-down when the husband is implicated in a massive corruption scandal.
Sales: N/A
Soviet Milk
Director: Ināra Kolmane
Producers: Jānis Juhņēvičs, Marta Romanova-Jēkabsone...
Here’s a rundown of some of the top Latvian projects in the pipeline that their producers will be pitching in Berlin:
Blue Blood
Director: Juris Kursietis
Producers: White Picture, Stellar Film, Asterisk*
The follow-up to Kursietis’ Cannes Directors’ Fortnight player “Oleg” is the story of a successful couple whose comfortable life is turned upside-down when the husband is implicated in a massive corruption scandal.
Sales: N/A
Soviet Milk
Director: Ināra Kolmane
Producers: Jānis Juhņēvičs, Marta Romanova-Jēkabsone...
- 2/17/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Perhaps the last tidbit of foreign production support type news for ’22, we have some excellent news with regards to Dea Kulumbegashvili‘s sophomore project and Alain Guiraudie‘s eventual seventh feature. Cineuropa folks report that the Arte France Cinéma will get behind a half dozen projects including Emmanuel Mouret’s Une honnête femme (working title), Manele Labidi’s Reine mère, the (almost finished?) They Shot The Piano Player by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal and Flow by Gints Zilbalodis. The later two are animated projects.
A project she began working on in 2020 and formerly known as “Historia,” Kulumbegashvili’s Those Who Find Me is about a gynaecologist obstetrician working in the only hospital in a provincial town, who is unconditionally committed to her Hippocratic Oath, even if it means carrying out illegal abortions.…...
A project she began working on in 2020 and formerly known as “Historia,” Kulumbegashvili’s Those Who Find Me is about a gynaecologist obstetrician working in the only hospital in a provincial town, who is unconditionally committed to her Hippocratic Oath, even if it means carrying out illegal abortions.…...
- 12/21/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
International projects already have at least 70 of funding in place.
The Venice Film Festival’s Gap-Financing Market has selected 33 international feature and documentary projects for its ninth edition this year, which runs from September 2-4.
The international projects nearing completion will have the chance to close their financing through one-to-one meetings at the Market, which is part of the Venice Production Bridge.
Each of the feature and documentary projects has at least 70 of its funding in place.
The countries in focus at this year’s event are France and Taiwan, with a number of projects from each country receiving a special invite to the Market.
The Venice Film Festival’s Gap-Financing Market has selected 33 international feature and documentary projects for its ninth edition this year, which runs from September 2-4.
The international projects nearing completion will have the chance to close their financing through one-to-one meetings at the Market, which is part of the Venice Production Bridge.
Each of the feature and documentary projects has at least 70 of its funding in place.
The countries in focus at this year’s event are France and Taiwan, with a number of projects from each country receiving a special invite to the Market.
- 7/1/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
UFO Distribution has acquired French rights to the animated family tale “Perlimps” by Alê Abreu, the Oscar-nominated director of “The Boy and the World.”
Sold by Best Friend Forever, “Perlimps” is having its market premiere at the Marché du Film in Cannes and is set to world premiere at Annecy Animation Film Festival.
The film will be released by Sony Pictures in Latin America with a joint distribution in Brazil together with Vitrine Filmes.
the fantasy adventure film follows the journey of Claé and Bruô, a pair of secret agents from rival kingdoms who must join forces in spite of their differences to search for the Perlimps, mysterious creatures who can ultimately find a way to peace in times of war. The animation for the film was hand-drawn by Abreu and a reduced team who spent four years in a mountain village in Brazil. Abreu collaborated with senior Brazilian animator Sandro Cleuzo.
Sold by Best Friend Forever, “Perlimps” is having its market premiere at the Marché du Film in Cannes and is set to world premiere at Annecy Animation Film Festival.
The film will be released by Sony Pictures in Latin America with a joint distribution in Brazil together with Vitrine Filmes.
the fantasy adventure film follows the journey of Claé and Bruô, a pair of secret agents from rival kingdoms who must join forces in spite of their differences to search for the Perlimps, mysterious creatures who can ultimately find a way to peace in times of war. The animation for the film was hand-drawn by Abreu and a reduced team who spent four years in a mountain village in Brazil. Abreu collaborated with senior Brazilian animator Sandro Cleuzo.
- 5/20/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Before YouTube, there was Newgrounds. It was a formative experience to many young internet users, who formed a burgeoning community around the amateur solo artists who spent thousands of hours perfecting their Flash animations. Granted, the platform had its fair share of trash, but its best content was truly special – a testament to the creative power of an individual and their computer.
With Away, Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis has taken this humble sentiment to a whole new level of craftsmanship, serving as writer, director, producer, composer, cinematographer and editor. To complete a film in these circumstances is an accomplishment; to make one this good is remarkable.
It begins with a nameless boy landing on a mysterious island, his parachute caught in the gnarled branches of a dead tree. After regaining consciousness, a colossal figure lurches towards him. This ghostly shadow exudes a lazy menace, yet its intentions aren’t clear.
With Away, Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis has taken this humble sentiment to a whole new level of craftsmanship, serving as writer, director, producer, composer, cinematographer and editor. To complete a film in these circumstances is an accomplishment; to make one this good is remarkable.
It begins with a nameless boy landing on a mysterious island, his parachute caught in the gnarled branches of a dead tree. After regaining consciousness, a colossal figure lurches towards him. This ghostly shadow exudes a lazy menace, yet its intentions aren’t clear.
- 1/15/2021
- by Jack Hawkins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
New Projects by Paulo Miranda Maria, Delphine Girard, Mans Mansson are in the line-up.
The 12th edition of France’s Les Arcs Film Festival is moving its industry component to January 2021 but keeping the festival itself in December.
Les Arcs Industry Village will run as a hybrid online-physical event and will be based in Paris. The programme, which is headlined by the Co-production Village and Works-in-Progress events, will take place physically in Paris, from January 17-18, and online from January 20-21.
The festival component will retain its previously announced dates of December 12-19. It is expected to go ahead mainly online,...
The 12th edition of France’s Les Arcs Film Festival is moving its industry component to January 2021 but keeping the festival itself in December.
Les Arcs Industry Village will run as a hybrid online-physical event and will be based in Paris. The programme, which is headlined by the Co-production Village and Works-in-Progress events, will take place physically in Paris, from January 17-18, and online from January 20-21.
The festival component will retain its previously announced dates of December 12-19. It is expected to go ahead mainly online,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
New Projects by Paulo Miranda Maria, Delphine Girard, Mans Mansson are in the line-up.
The 12th edition of France’s Les Arcs Film Festival is moving its industy component to January 2021 but keeping the festival itself in December.
Les Arcs Industry Village will run as a hybrid online-physical event and will be based in Paris. The programme, which is headlined by the Co-production Village and Works-in-Progress events, will take place physically in Paris, from January 17-18, and online from January 20-21.
The festival component will retain its previouly announced dates of December 12-19. It is expected to go ahead mainly online,...
The 12th edition of France’s Les Arcs Film Festival is moving its industy component to January 2021 but keeping the festival itself in December.
Les Arcs Industry Village will run as a hybrid online-physical event and will be based in Paris. The programme, which is headlined by the Co-production Village and Works-in-Progress events, will take place physically in Paris, from January 17-18, and online from January 20-21.
The festival component will retain its previouly announced dates of December 12-19. It is expected to go ahead mainly online,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Warner Bros’ espionage thriller, which opened last Wednesday, took £3.27m across the three-day weekend.
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Aug 28-30)Total gross to date Week 1 Tenet (Warner Bros) £3.27m £5.3m 1 2 The New Mutants (Disney) £220,000 £220,000 Preview 3 Onward (Disney) £185,000 £6.6m 12 4 100% Wolf (Vertigo) £139,000 £827,000 5 5 Unhinged (Altitude) £112,000 £1.2m 5
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.31
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has taken an impressive £5.3m at the UK and Ireland box office, providing a much-needed boost to the sector during the virus crisis.
The Warner Bros espionage thriller took £3.27m across the three-day weekend, from August 28-30, and has topped the £5m mark due to its opening last...
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Aug 28-30)Total gross to date Week 1 Tenet (Warner Bros) £3.27m £5.3m 1 2 The New Mutants (Disney) £220,000 £220,000 Preview 3 Onward (Disney) £185,000 £6.6m 12 4 100% Wolf (Vertigo) £139,000 £827,000 5 5 Unhinged (Altitude) £112,000 £1.2m 5
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.31
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has taken an impressive £5.3m at the UK and Ireland box office, providing a much-needed boost to the sector during the virus crisis.
The Warner Bros espionage thriller took £3.27m across the three-day weekend, from August 28-30, and has topped the £5m mark due to its opening last...
- 8/31/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Warner Bros’ espionage thriller, which opened last Wednesday, took £3.27m across the three-day weekend.
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Aug 28-30)Total gross to date Week 1 Tenet (Warner Bros) £3.27m £5.4m 1 2 The New Mutants (Disney) £220,000 £220,000 Preview 3 Onward (Disney) £185,000 £6.6m 12 4 100% Wolf (Vertigo) £139,000 £827,000 5 5 Unhinged (Altitude) £112,000 £1.2m 5
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.31
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has taken an impressive £5.4m at the UK and Ireland box office, providing a much-needed boost to the sector during the virus crisis.
The Warner Bros espionage thriller took £3.27m across the three-day weekend, from August 28-30, and has topped the £5m mark due to its opening last...
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Aug 28-30)Total gross to date Week 1 Tenet (Warner Bros) £3.27m £5.4m 1 2 The New Mutants (Disney) £220,000 £220,000 Preview 3 Onward (Disney) £185,000 £6.6m 12 4 100% Wolf (Vertigo) £139,000 £827,000 5 5 Unhinged (Altitude) £112,000 £1.2m 5
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.31
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has taken an impressive £5.4m at the UK and Ireland box office, providing a much-needed boost to the sector during the virus crisis.
The Warner Bros espionage thriller took £3.27m across the three-day weekend, from August 28-30, and has topped the £5m mark due to its opening last...
- 8/31/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
With ‘Tenet’ opening in multiple territories, this is a key weekend for European cinemas.
France, opening Wednesday August 26
As the population gears up for the country’s traditional September Rentrée, marking the return to work and school after the summer, a number of films that were held back due to the Covid-19 pandemic are finally being released this week in addition to Tenet which Warner Bros France has opened on 800 prints.
They included Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern’s Silver Bear-winning comedy Delete History for Ad Vitam, which was originally scheduled for the spring and was one of the hits of the Berlinale this year,...
France, opening Wednesday August 26
As the population gears up for the country’s traditional September Rentrée, marking the return to work and school after the summer, a number of films that were held back due to the Covid-19 pandemic are finally being released this week in addition to Tenet which Warner Bros France has opened on 800 prints.
They included Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern’s Silver Bear-winning comedy Delete History for Ad Vitam, which was originally scheduled for the spring and was one of the hits of the Berlinale this year,...
- 8/28/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦¬1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦¬158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦¬1101325¦Gabriele Niola¦35¦
- ScreenDaily
Russell Crowe’s road-rage drama “Unhinged” expanded to 380 sites and increased its take by 31% to collect £178,821 at the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office, according to final figures released by Comscore.
The Altitude Film Distribution title has now taken £962,191 in four weeks of release.
Disney’s “Onward” was in second position with £142,108 from 369 locations, a leap of 54%, for a total of £6,226,845.
In third place, Warner Bros.’ 10th anniversary rerelease of Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” declined 43% to £117,415, from 441 sites, for a two-week total of £432,449.
In its fourth week and in fourth place, Vertigo U.K.’s “100% Wolf” grew 25% to £105,518 from 380 locations, for a total of £498,737.
In fifth place, another Vertigo title, Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio,” starring Roberto Benigni, slid 9% in its second week, taking £99,277 from 456 sites, for a total of £324,179.
The biggest climb in the top 10 was Universal’s “Jurassic Park” rerelease that rose 133% to reach £67,626 from 239 locations in 7th place.
The Altitude Film Distribution title has now taken £962,191 in four weeks of release.
Disney’s “Onward” was in second position with £142,108 from 369 locations, a leap of 54%, for a total of £6,226,845.
In third place, Warner Bros.’ 10th anniversary rerelease of Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” declined 43% to £117,415, from 441 sites, for a two-week total of £432,449.
In its fourth week and in fourth place, Vertigo U.K.’s “100% Wolf” grew 25% to £105,518 from 380 locations, for a total of £498,737.
In fifth place, another Vertigo title, Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio,” starring Roberto Benigni, slid 9% in its second week, taking £99,277 from 456 sites, for a total of £324,179.
The biggest climb in the top 10 was Universal’s “Jurassic Park” rerelease that rose 133% to reach £67,626 from 239 locations in 7th place.
- 8/25/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
An inspirational work of do-it-yourself computer animation that suggests the sky’s-the-limit potential of the medium for anyone with big ideas and a boundless amount of time on his hands (plus access to Maya or an equivalent CG super-tool), “Away” represents more than three years of imagination and labor by 25-year-old Latvian prodigy Gints Zilbalodis, who earns every aspect of his “a film by” credit: He conceived, designed, animated and scored — and what a score! — this hypnotic hero’s journey, which treats Joseph Campbell’s monomyth as a kind of waking dream.
“Away” opens with its young protagonist dangling by his parachute from a tree in an otherwise barren landscape, which turns out to be the remote end of a primordial island where physics follows a slightly different set of rules. We don’t know how this kid got there or where he’s going, but the giant black colossus lumbering toward him spells trouble.
“Away” opens with its young protagonist dangling by his parachute from a tree in an otherwise barren landscape, which turns out to be the remote end of a primordial island where physics follows a slightly different set of rules. We don’t know how this kid got there or where he’s going, but the giant black colossus lumbering toward him spells trouble.
- 12/1/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
After earning acclaim for his short films, Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis embarked on his first feature animation with a crew of precisely one. The dialogue-free Away has now been touring film festivals to great acclaim and will finally get a release later this month via Subliminal Films. Ahead of the release, the first trailer has now landed which shows off the adventure story of a boy and his journeys across an exotic island as he’s trailed by a mysterious dark spirit.
Jared Mobarak said in our Fantasia review, “A one-man show on-screen and behind it, Gints Zilbalodis’ Away is an obvious labor of love. Opening like a videogame wherein our lead is found dangling by parachute from a tree, we haven’t a clue about his surroundings and neither does he. Before he can release himself and begin a search for answers, however, there arrives a lumbering behemoth on...
Jared Mobarak said in our Fantasia review, “A one-man show on-screen and behind it, Gints Zilbalodis’ Away is an obvious labor of love. Opening like a videogame wherein our lead is found dangling by parachute from a tree, we haven’t a clue about his surroundings and neither does he. Before he can release himself and begin a search for answers, however, there arrives a lumbering behemoth on...
- 11/11/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"Hypnotizing." Subliminal Films has debuted an official Us trailer for the indie animated feature Away, a dialogue-free feature made entirely single-handily by Latvian animator / filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis. You may recognize the name, as he has been making award-winning short films for years (visit his Vimeo) and this is his first feature that he made himself. Away is about a boy and a little bird who find themselves on a journey across a strange island trying to get back home. It's not easy to make a film without any dialogue in it that is actually worth watching, but this one has appeared at numerous prestigious film festivals including Annecy, Fantasia, and Sitges over the last year. If you're into experimental animation, this is a must watch. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Gints Zilbalodis' Away, direct from Subliminal Films' YouTube: Told without any dialogue, Away follows a young boy after a mysterious crash landing,...
- 11/10/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
All of the winning titles at the Romanian festival's 14th edition hail from Europe. The Animest International Animation Film Festival (4-13 October), the most popular festival organised in Romania's capital, Bucharest, has announced the winning titles of its 14th edition. Twenty-five-year-old Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis' Away (Latvia) won the Best Feature Award. The jury – consisting of Jürgen Hagler, the director of Austrian festival Ars Electronica, French director Sarah Van Den Boom and Estonian director Kaspar Jancis – favoured Away for its “balance between aesthetics and story”. Animest has been an Oscar-qualifying festival since 2017, which means that the winner of the Short Film competition is automatically considered for an Oscar nomination in the Best Animated Short Film category. This year, the winner was Tomek Popakul's Acid Rain (Poland). The jury, consisting of Canadian artist Robert Valley, French producer Richard Van Den Boom and Danish animator Sara Koppel, justified their...
- 10/14/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Starring, Written and Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
An dialogue-free seventy five minute animated movie entirely created by one guy from Latvia might not seem like the outline for any film to get made, let alone watch. But that is the exact description of Away and it is a fascinating piece of work.
The directors story is an interesting one in itself. At only 25 he had made seven short films before Away, six of them in animation. He then spent three and a half years, pretty much seven days a week, creating his first full feature. After winning several awards it is now touring the world across festivals and will hopefully get some kind of wide release.
But back to the movie. We first meet a boy, who has found himself in a strange world, and with the help of his only ‘friend’ – a small bird – to help him get home.
An dialogue-free seventy five minute animated movie entirely created by one guy from Latvia might not seem like the outline for any film to get made, let alone watch. But that is the exact description of Away and it is a fascinating piece of work.
The directors story is an interesting one in itself. At only 25 he had made seven short films before Away, six of them in animation. He then spent three and a half years, pretty much seven days a week, creating his first full feature. After winning several awards it is now touring the world across festivals and will hopefully get some kind of wide release.
But back to the movie. We first meet a boy, who has found himself in a strange world, and with the help of his only ‘friend’ – a small bird – to help him get home.
- 7/19/2019
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
A one-man show on-screen and behind it, Gints Zilbalodis’ Away is an obvious labor of love. Opening like a videogame wherein our lead is found dangling by parachute from a tree, we haven’t a clue about his surroundings and neither does he. Before he can release himself and begin a search for answers, however, there arrives a lumbering behemoth on the horizon with dead eyes laser-focused upon him. Maybe it’s a friend or maybe it’s his end—the curiosity and hope for the better allowing the boy to remain still despite a palpable fear of the unknown. Only when it closes its hands around him does the void of its clench reveal dread was the correct response. Acting fast, he smartly releases the chute and runs.
Known for his short films, Latvian animator Zilbalodis has really jumped into the deep-end artistically here to expand his vision and...
Known for his short films, Latvian animator Zilbalodis has really jumped into the deep-end artistically here to expand his vision and...
- 7/13/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
I Lost My Body, Jeremy Clapin’s feature animation debut, picked up the Cristal today for a feature film at the 2019 Annecy Int’l Animated Film Festival.
The film also won a Critics’ Week Award last month at Cannes, and was picked up by Netflix.
Other Annecy winners included Gints Zilbalodis’ Away, which picked up the Annecy’s new Contrechamps category for feature film.
On the shorts side: Bruno Collet’s Memorable, won prizes for Short Film and the Audience Award.
The festival, held in Annecy, France, ran from June 10 to June 15.
Below is the complete list of winners:
Feature Films
Cristal for a Feature Film
I Lost My Body
Jeremy Clapin – Xilam Animation – France
Jury Distinction
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Salvador Simo – Sygnatia Films, Submarine – Spain/Netherlands
Feature Films Contrechamp Award
Away
Gints Zilbalodis – Bilibaba- Latvia
Audience Award / Premiere
I Lost My Body
Jeremy Clapin – Xilam...
The film also won a Critics’ Week Award last month at Cannes, and was picked up by Netflix.
Other Annecy winners included Gints Zilbalodis’ Away, which picked up the Annecy’s new Contrechamps category for feature film.
On the shorts side: Bruno Collet’s Memorable, won prizes for Short Film and the Audience Award.
The festival, held in Annecy, France, ran from June 10 to June 15.
Below is the complete list of winners:
Feature Films
Cristal for a Feature Film
I Lost My Body
Jeremy Clapin – Xilam Animation – France
Jury Distinction
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Salvador Simo – Sygnatia Films, Submarine – Spain/Netherlands
Feature Films Contrechamp Award
Away
Gints Zilbalodis – Bilibaba- Latvia
Audience Award / Premiere
I Lost My Body
Jeremy Clapin – Xilam...
- 6/16/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Annecy, France — Fulfilling expectations, Jeremy Clapin’s “I Lost My Body, the subject of one of the highest-profile Netflix deals at this year’s Cannes, won this Saturday the Annecy Festival’s top Cristal Award of best feature plus, in a relatively rare Annecy double whammy, the festival’s Audience Award.
The first was expected, the second a sign of the broad appeal of a movie whose premise – a severed hand desperately attempting to be reunited with its body – seems a highly unlikely point of departure for a movie of any kind.
Hailed as a masterpiece by many critics “I Lost My Body” was described by Peter Debruge in his Variety review as “one of the strangest ideas ever committed to animation — a severed hand seeks answers,” which “ultimately proves to be one of the medium’s most profound offerings.”
With a 2019 Annecy jury mention going to Salvador Simó’s...
The first was expected, the second a sign of the broad appeal of a movie whose premise – a severed hand desperately attempting to be reunited with its body – seems a highly unlikely point of departure for a movie of any kind.
Hailed as a masterpiece by many critics “I Lost My Body” was described by Peter Debruge in his Variety review as “one of the strangest ideas ever committed to animation — a severed hand seeks answers,” which “ultimately proves to be one of the medium’s most profound offerings.”
With a 2019 Annecy jury mention going to Salvador Simó’s...
- 6/15/2019
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Somewhere between Hayao Miyazaki and Terrence Malick lies Away, a gorgeously made minimalist cartoon that’s long on beauty and breathtaking scenery, if somewhat short on traditional narrative.
Indeed, like Malick’s recent efforts to create emotion out of sheer aesthetic prowess, one-man-band Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis uses 3D animation to highlight the power of natural wonders and the sway they hold over a young man trapped on a mystical island straight out of Ponyo, Princess Mononoke or other classics of the Japanese master. Screening in Annecy’s Contrechamps competition in France, this promising debut could gain its talented creator some notice abroad....
Indeed, like Malick’s recent efforts to create emotion out of sheer aesthetic prowess, one-man-band Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis uses 3D animation to highlight the power of natural wonders and the sway they hold over a young man trapped on a mystical island straight out of Ponyo, Princess Mononoke or other classics of the Japanese master. Screening in Annecy’s Contrechamps competition in France, this promising debut could gain its talented creator some notice abroad....
- 6/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Somewhere between Hayao Miyazaki and Terrence Malick lies Away, a gorgeously made minimalist cartoon that’s long on beauty and breathtaking scenery, if somewhat short on traditional narrative.
Indeed, like Malick’s recent efforts to create emotion out of sheer aesthetic prowess, one-man-band Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis uses 3D animation to highlight the power of natural wonders and the sway they hold over a young man trapped on a mystical island straight out of Ponyo, Princess Mononoke or other classics of the Japanese master. Screening in Annecy’s Contrechamps competition in France, this promising debut could gain its talented creator some notice abroad....
Indeed, like Malick’s recent efforts to create emotion out of sheer aesthetic prowess, one-man-band Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis uses 3D animation to highlight the power of natural wonders and the sway they hold over a young man trapped on a mystical island straight out of Ponyo, Princess Mononoke or other classics of the Japanese master. Screening in Annecy’s Contrechamps competition in France, this promising debut could gain its talented creator some notice abroad....
- 6/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Production has begun in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Jim Sturgess will play an architect who can see people’s true motives in mystery The Other Me, which Cinema Management Group has launched in Cannes with David Lynch on board as executive producer.
Production has begun in Tbilisi, Georgia, on the project from writer-director Giga Agladze about an aspiring architect who is diagnosed with a debilitating eye disease that enables him to enter a surreal version of reality in which he can see people’s true motives.
As the visions become intolerable, the man falls for a mysterious woman and confronts the truth about his own identity.
Jim Sturgess will play an architect who can see people’s true motives in mystery The Other Me, which Cinema Management Group has launched in Cannes with David Lynch on board as executive producer.
Production has begun in Tbilisi, Georgia, on the project from writer-director Giga Agladze about an aspiring architect who is diagnosed with a debilitating eye disease that enables him to enter a surreal version of reality in which he can see people’s true motives.
As the visions become intolerable, the man falls for a mysterious woman and confronts the truth about his own identity.
- 5/15/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Edward Noeltner to launch sales in Cannes next month.
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has boarded its latest prestige independent animation, acquiring sales rights to Annecy selection Away by director Gints Zilbalodis ahead of a Cannes market launch.
The film will premiere in Annecy’s new Contrechamp section in June when it will compete for the newly created Contrechamp Award and Contrechamp Jury Distinction. It joins Cmg’s Annecy selection Salma’s Big Wish (Dia de Muertos), which company president Edward Noeltner and his team began selling at the Efm in Berlin in February. Annecy International Animated Film Festival runs from...
Cinema Management Group (Cmg) has boarded its latest prestige independent animation, acquiring sales rights to Annecy selection Away by director Gints Zilbalodis ahead of a Cannes market launch.
The film will premiere in Annecy’s new Contrechamp section in June when it will compete for the newly created Contrechamp Award and Contrechamp Jury Distinction. It joins Cmg’s Annecy selection Salma’s Big Wish (Dia de Muertos), which company president Edward Noeltner and his team began selling at the Efm in Berlin in February. Annecy International Animated Film Festival runs from...
- 4/26/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The animation festival has also launched the Contrechamp competition.
Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen’s Checkered Ninja, which has taken the Danish box office by storm, will be one of eight features showcased in the Annecy Festival’s new-look Features competition section for animated films later this year (June 10-15).
The Features line-up also includes three titles from Japan – Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave, Yuhei Sakuragi’s The Relative Worlds and Keiichi Hara’s The Wonderland.
Annecy has also introduced a parallel competition called Contrechamp, ’for the most unique feature films, as well as those that create more challenges...
Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen’s Checkered Ninja, which has taken the Danish box office by storm, will be one of eight features showcased in the Annecy Festival’s new-look Features competition section for animated films later this year (June 10-15).
The Features line-up also includes three titles from Japan – Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave, Yuhei Sakuragi’s The Relative Worlds and Keiichi Hara’s The Wonderland.
Annecy has also introduced a parallel competition called Contrechamp, ’for the most unique feature films, as well as those that create more challenges...
- 4/16/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The animation festival has also launched the Contrechamp competition.
Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen’s Checkered Ninja, which has taken the Danish box office by storm, will be one of eight features showcased in the Annecy Festival’s new-look Features competition section for animated films later this year (June 10-15).
The Features line-up also includes three titles from Japan – Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave, Yuhei Sakuragi’s The Relative Worlds and Keiichi Hara’s The Wonderland.
Annecy has also introduced a parallel competition called Contrechamp, ’for the most unique feature films, as well as those that create more challenges...
Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen’s Checkered Ninja, which has taken the Danish box office by storm, will be one of eight features showcased in the Annecy Festival’s new-look Features competition section for animated films later this year (June 10-15).
The Features line-up also includes three titles from Japan – Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave, Yuhei Sakuragi’s The Relative Worlds and Keiichi Hara’s The Wonderland.
Annecy has also introduced a parallel competition called Contrechamp, ’for the most unique feature films, as well as those that create more challenges...
- 4/16/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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