Berlin-based sales agency Picture Tree Intl. (Pti) has agreed to an innovative U.S. distribution deal for “Chasing the Line,” which follows the fortunes of downhill skiing legend Franz Klammer during the 1976 Winter Olympics. Pti also announced additional sales on the film.
U.S. rights have gone to Kyle Watson’s ADLskiclub, which will stage a series of special event screenings for the film in association with ski clubs and arthouse theaters. It will also offer the film for private screenings for corporations and nonprofit organizations.
Watson said: “We are really excited to get this film out there to passionate skiers and fans of the sport and even to non-skiers across America. It’s a feel-good movie and everyone will love it.”
Picture Tree also announced at AFM that Netflix has taken the film in Germany, and it has also sold it to CCTV 6 (China), Cinemart (Czech Rep.), Encripta...
U.S. rights have gone to Kyle Watson’s ADLskiclub, which will stage a series of special event screenings for the film in association with ski clubs and arthouse theaters. It will also offer the film for private screenings for corporations and nonprofit organizations.
Watson said: “We are really excited to get this film out there to passionate skiers and fans of the sport and even to non-skiers across America. It’s a feel-good movie and everyone will love it.”
Picture Tree also announced at AFM that Netflix has taken the film in Germany, and it has also sold it to CCTV 6 (China), Cinemart (Czech Rep.), Encripta...
- 11/2/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
In telling the story of champion alpine ski racer Franz Klammer, one of Austria’s most revered and beloved sports heroes, director Andreas Schmied forewent the usual biopic tropes, focusing instead on a few fateful days that culminated in his victory at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck. It was that focus that ultimately convinced Klammer to give the film, “Chasing the Line,” a thumbs up. The movie world premieres at the Zurich Film Festival, which opens Thursday.
Other attempts had been made at telling Klammer’s story on film over the years, but none had succeeded. When producer Jakob Pochlatko of Vienna-based Epo-Film approached Schmied with the project, the director embraced the opportunity.
“I grew up with Franz Klammer – everybody in Austria did,” Schmied says, stressing Klammer’s enduring popularity in the country. “I knew what a big deal Franz is.”
Schmied and his wife and writing partner Elisabeth Schmied met...
Other attempts had been made at telling Klammer’s story on film over the years, but none had succeeded. When producer Jakob Pochlatko of Vienna-based Epo-Film approached Schmied with the project, the director embraced the opportunity.
“I grew up with Franz Klammer – everybody in Austria did,” Schmied says, stressing Klammer’s enduring popularity in the country. “I knew what a big deal Franz is.”
Schmied and his wife and writing partner Elisabeth Schmied met...
- 9/22/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Picture Tree Intl. has acquired the rights to “Chasing the Line,” which follows the fortunes of downhill skiing legend Franz Klammer during the 1976 Winter Olympics. Variety has been given exclusive access to the first teaser trailer.
After shooting wrapped in April, the film is now in postproduction. It is scheduled for an Austrian release by Constantin Film Austria for late fall 2021, with Pti representing Germany, Switzerland and international territories.
Directed by Andreas Schmied, “Chasing the Line” stars up-and-coming Austrian actor Julian Waldner as Klammer. Valerie Huber, who will be starring in the upcoming Netflix original series “Kitz,” plays Klammer’s girlfriend and later wife Eva.
Klammer himself advised on the project since its early development.
Author Elisabeth Schmied, who penned the screenplay together with Schmied, said: “We want the story to take moviegoers right up to the starting gate. They should feel the weight that almost crushed Franz pressing down...
After shooting wrapped in April, the film is now in postproduction. It is scheduled for an Austrian release by Constantin Film Austria for late fall 2021, with Pti representing Germany, Switzerland and international territories.
Directed by Andreas Schmied, “Chasing the Line” stars up-and-coming Austrian actor Julian Waldner as Klammer. Valerie Huber, who will be starring in the upcoming Netflix original series “Kitz,” plays Klammer’s girlfriend and later wife Eva.
Klammer himself advised on the project since its early development.
Author Elisabeth Schmied, who penned the screenplay together with Schmied, said: “We want the story to take moviegoers right up to the starting gate. They should feel the weight that almost crushed Franz pressing down...
- 6/22/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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