Saunders becomes the organisation’s head of production and development.
The New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) has hired Leanne Saunders as its new head of production and development.
Saunders arrives with 15 years’ experience in film and television production and will start in late May, replacing Lisa Chatfield who recently left the Nzfc for a role at local production outfit Pukeko Pictures.
Saunders’ feature film credits include The Weight Of Elephants, Born To Dance, The Devil’s Rock, Christmas and Desert. Most recently she co-produced Hunt For The Wilderpeople with Piki Films co-founders Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi.
Nzfc chief executive Dave Gibson said: “Leanne is one of New Zealand’s most experienced film producers and I am delighted she has accepted this key role at the Nzfc.
“Her regular attendance at international festivals and markets, combined with her extensive development and production experience, makes her an ideal addition to the Nzfc team.”...
The New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) has hired Leanne Saunders as its new head of production and development.
Saunders arrives with 15 years’ experience in film and television production and will start in late May, replacing Lisa Chatfield who recently left the Nzfc for a role at local production outfit Pukeko Pictures.
Saunders’ feature film credits include The Weight Of Elephants, Born To Dance, The Devil’s Rock, Christmas and Desert. Most recently she co-produced Hunt For The Wilderpeople with Piki Films co-founders Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi.
Nzfc chief executive Dave Gibson said: “Leanne is one of New Zealand’s most experienced film producers and I am delighted she has accepted this key role at the Nzfc.
“Her regular attendance at international festivals and markets, combined with her extensive development and production experience, makes her an ideal addition to the Nzfc team.”...
- 4/22/2016
- ScreenDaily
The New Zealand Film Commission has appointed Leanne Saunders as head of production and development..
Saunders replaces Lisa Chatfield who recently left the Nzfc for a role at Pukeko Pictures.
Saunders has more than 15 years. experience in film and television production..
Her feature film credits include The Weight of Elephants, Born to Dance, The Devil.s Rock, Christmas and Desert. .
With Headstrong co-founder Ant Timpson, Leanne executive produced low budget features The Devil Dared Me To and A Song of Good. .
More recently, through Piki Films, Saunders has produced Hunt for the Wilderpeople with company partners Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi. ..
Leanne is on the executive committee of New Zealand industry organisation, Spada, and an active member of Wift Nz. .
She has been a speaker on panels for Script to Screen and the Big Screen Symposium and guest lectured at Unitec.s film and television course and the University of Auckland.s screen course.
Saunders replaces Lisa Chatfield who recently left the Nzfc for a role at Pukeko Pictures.
Saunders has more than 15 years. experience in film and television production..
Her feature film credits include The Weight of Elephants, Born to Dance, The Devil.s Rock, Christmas and Desert. .
With Headstrong co-founder Ant Timpson, Leanne executive produced low budget features The Devil Dared Me To and A Song of Good. .
More recently, through Piki Films, Saunders has produced Hunt for the Wilderpeople with company partners Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi. ..
Leanne is on the executive committee of New Zealand industry organisation, Spada, and an active member of Wift Nz. .
She has been a speaker on panels for Script to Screen and the Big Screen Symposium and guest lectured at Unitec.s film and television course and the University of Auckland.s screen course.
- 4/21/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Celluloid Dreams handles Valley of Shadows; Media Luna boards Little Wing; Indie Sales represents The Giant.
The old adage of ‘leaving them wanting more’ was certainly on display at the Works In Progress pitches at Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market this year (full line-up below).
The most-anticipated pitch of the session was Johannes Nyholm’s feature debut The Giant. The director showed several scenes from the film, but refrained from showing footage of the fantastical Giant as he said the VFX was still being worked on.
Also holding back were the producers of Cold Case Hammarskjold, the latest provocative documentary from Mads Brugger (of The Ambassador and The Red Chapel fame), about the death of Swedish diplomat and author Dag Hammarskjold.
Co-producer Andreas Rocksen said the filmmakers had a new theory about how Hammarskjold’s plane went down in 1961, but he said the theory won’t be revealed until the film is ready.
Several of the...
The old adage of ‘leaving them wanting more’ was certainly on display at the Works In Progress pitches at Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market this year (full line-up below).
The most-anticipated pitch of the session was Johannes Nyholm’s feature debut The Giant. The director showed several scenes from the film, but refrained from showing footage of the fantastical Giant as he said the VFX was still being worked on.
Also holding back were the producers of Cold Case Hammarskjold, the latest provocative documentary from Mads Brugger (of The Ambassador and The Red Chapel fame), about the death of Swedish diplomat and author Dag Hammarskjold.
Co-producer Andreas Rocksen said the filmmakers had a new theory about how Hammarskjold’s plane went down in 1961, but he said the theory won’t be revealed until the film is ready.
Several of the...
- 2/8/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Abduction thriller voted to UK market by Melbourne’s 37º South Market.
Sales agents from across the world yesterday voted David Ngo and Rabbit as the producer and project at the Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market to attend the UK’s Production Finance Market (Pfm) in October.
Rabbit is a psychological thriller about a girl’s search for her abducted twin sister and it has actors Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Alex Russell (Chronicle) attached.
It is written by and will be the feature directorial debut of Luke Shanahan, who met Ngo in 2009 when both had films competing at Australian short film festival Tropfest.
“It’s in the style of Let The Right One In and Rosemary’s Baby,” said Ngo, whose first feature was director Nick Matthews’ One Eyed Girl, winner of best feature at last year’s Austin Film Festival.
The popularity of the projects Cargo and Achtung Road, also...
Sales agents from across the world yesterday voted David Ngo and Rabbit as the producer and project at the Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market to attend the UK’s Production Finance Market (Pfm) in October.
Rabbit is a psychological thriller about a girl’s search for her abducted twin sister and it has actors Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Alex Russell (Chronicle) attached.
It is written by and will be the feature directorial debut of Luke Shanahan, who met Ngo in 2009 when both had films competing at Australian short film festival Tropfest.
“It’s in the style of Let The Right One In and Rosemary’s Baby,” said Ngo, whose first feature was director Nick Matthews’ One Eyed Girl, winner of best feature at last year’s Austin Film Festival.
The popularity of the projects Cargo and Achtung Road, also...
- 8/3/2015
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
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...
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...
- 6/2/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Deal to strengthen the partnership between the two countries on film and television productions signed in Cannes.
An agreement to strengthen the partnership between Denmark and New Zealand on film and television productions has been signed in Cannes.
Henrik Bo Niels, CEO of the Danish Film Institute, and New Zealand Film Commission’s Dave Gibson signed the co-production agreement, which provides new opportunities for collaboration between the two countries’ film and television industries.
Under the new agreement, Danish films can apply for funding in New Zealand and vice versa, while it will also make the process easier in terms of attaining residence permits and the importation of film equipment.
Nielsen commented: “We are really pleased to have reached an agreement with New Zealand. It gives us great opportunities for launching new and exciting projects. We have similar treaties with Canada and France; this time we have made sure to cover the entire audiovisual field, thus including...
An agreement to strengthen the partnership between Denmark and New Zealand on film and television productions has been signed in Cannes.
Henrik Bo Niels, CEO of the Danish Film Institute, and New Zealand Film Commission’s Dave Gibson signed the co-production agreement, which provides new opportunities for collaboration between the two countries’ film and television industries.
Under the new agreement, Danish films can apply for funding in New Zealand and vice versa, while it will also make the process easier in terms of attaining residence permits and the importation of film equipment.
Nielsen commented: “We are really pleased to have reached an agreement with New Zealand. It gives us great opportunities for launching new and exciting projects. We have similar treaties with Canada and France; this time we have made sure to cover the entire audiovisual field, thus including...
- 5/20/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Filmmakers pitching include Iram Haq [pictured], who just completed I Am Yours and is now working on The Way Back; and Concerning Violence producer Annika Rogell with My Skinny Sister.
Gothenburg’s Nordic Film Market hosted 10 pitches this morning from the participants of the year-long Nordic Film Lab. The culmination of a year in the Lab leads to the presentations today. The Lab has existed since 2008 and intends to support talented filmmakers from Denmark, Norway and Sweden who are “at the starting point of their careers.”
Today’s projects presented are:
Bobbi Jene Smith – Is It An Avalanche Or A Parade? (Denmark)
Julie Leerskov, producer
Elvira Lind, director
Documentary about a 30-year-old dancer In Tel Aviv embarking on a new phase in her career. Lind says the film celebrates “female strength.”
Contact: Julie@springkids.org
Lake Over Fire (Norway)
Joern Utkilen, director
A film, with actors playing fictionalized versions of themselves, about Norwegian...
Gothenburg’s Nordic Film Market hosted 10 pitches this morning from the participants of the year-long Nordic Film Lab. The culmination of a year in the Lab leads to the presentations today. The Lab has existed since 2008 and intends to support talented filmmakers from Denmark, Norway and Sweden who are “at the starting point of their careers.”
Today’s projects presented are:
Bobbi Jene Smith – Is It An Avalanche Or A Parade? (Denmark)
Julie Leerskov, producer
Elvira Lind, director
Documentary about a 30-year-old dancer In Tel Aviv embarking on a new phase in her career. Lind says the film celebrates “female strength.”
Contact: Julie@springkids.org
Lake Over Fire (Norway)
Joern Utkilen, director
A film, with actors playing fictionalized versions of themselves, about Norwegian...
- 1/31/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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