Focus on Berlinale and EFM Feb 7

TOYFA: DEVIL 2.0 is an independent full length feature film being produced in the Okanagan Valley. It is a Horror film written and being directed by local actor and filmmaker Stacy Williamson. See the trailer and stills below!  Synopsis:  A psychological, fantasy thriller, Toyfa is the story of one man's journey through his Psychotic Break.   What he sees and the world he creates reveals to us the complex and very terrifying reality he experiences. &nbs...

 

  Meet with Summer Hill Films (and TomCat Films) at Marriott Hotel Ballroom, stand #117 from February 9th to 16th.    Take a closer look at our new film "Sugar Skull Girls"! This teenage fantasy/horror/comedy captures attention immediately with its high quality and perfect balance of comedy and fantasy - entertainment guaranteed for you and your territory! Read more and see the trailer below!  Three demonic siste...

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Produced by SAM Productions for Kanal 5, Discovery Networks Denmark, in coproduction with ZDFneo and in association with STUDIOCANAL:  Based on an idea by Adam Price (“Borgen“) and Søren Sveistrup (“The Killing“). With i.a. Johannes Lassen, Paprika Steen, Sara Hort Ditlevsen, Dar Salim, Tommy Kenter, Alexandre Willaume     BERLINALE SCREENING  Wednesday, February 15th, 3:00 pm, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, ...

 

By Kristin Brzoznowski
Matthijs Wouter Knol, director of the European Film Market (EFM), talks to World Screen Newsflash about this year's Drama Series Days, which is a joint initiative by the EFM, the Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents. Now in its third year, Drama Series Days—a joint initiative by the European Film Market (EFM), the Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents—will see an expanded program and new venue for its 2017 edition....

 

 

TIFF announced today the launch of a new Residency Exchange programme that will offer one Canadian and one German filmmaker the opportunity to live, work, and find inspiration in two countries. The initiative is in collaboration with Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and will begin in 2017.   The international exchange programme will expand the creative reach and opportunities for the participants of TIFF’s Len Blum Residency in Toronto and Medienboard’s Artist-in-Residence in ...

 

The Berlin International Film Festival is presenting a special screening to commemorate the recently deceased actor John Hurt. Since the 1990s he had attended the Berlinale with regularity and starred in twelve films presented at the festival.   The British actor is considered one of the most brilliant performers of the stage and screen in the last 50 years. Early in his career he gained international acclaim as a character actor. His roles in Midnight Express (dir: Alan Parker, 1978) a...

 

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Do not miss the public discussion with Oscar Nominee Lone Scherfig on Sat 11th February at 10AM at the Meistersaal, between Potsdamer Platz and Martin Gropius Bau: HOW TO ATTRACT AUDIENCES IN A CHANGING CINEMA LANDSCAPE - FRESH IDEAS FOR STORYTELLING AND OUTREACH. A discussion with Lone Scherfig, Julie Bergeron and Katja Eichinger. In the face of continually changing viewing habits, sticking to the existing standards of cinema is not enough. Instead, we need to profoundly challenge the ways w...

 

2017 Berlinale / Panorama Section World Premiere DISCREET A film by Travis Mathews  USA / 2017 / 80 min  / Drama / Color / English The only U.S. narrative film in Panorama at this year's Berlinale, DISCREET (World Premiere) is a searing, Texas-set psychosexual thriller from filmmaking provocateur Travis Mathews (Interior.Leather Bar, I Want Your Love). A startling and  complex work, DISCREET is a study of one man's d...

 

Brian O'Shea, The Exchange CEO, announced today that THE EXCHANGE acquired international sales rights for the movie WE'RE JUST MARRIED and attached Chris Messina (ARGO, VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA) as one of the leads, joining Lily Rabe (American Horror Story).   Messina is represented by WME and Gendler & Kelly. The Exchange will be introducing the title at the upcoming 2017 European Film Market in Berlin, February 9-17, 2017.   WME Global is handling domestic rights....

 

 

Brian O'Shea, The Exchange CEO, announced today that THE EXCHANGE attached Timothy Olyphant (Justified, The Santa Clarita Diet) to co-star with Thomas Mann (ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL, KONG: SKULL ISLAND) to the movie BEEF.   WME Global is handling domestic rights. Olyphant is currently starring in and serves as an Executive Producer on Netflix's new dark comedy series "Santa Clarita Diet" which launched on Friday, February 3rd, 2...

 

(USA / Czech Republic 2016) English 98 min - colour     John is a capable, by no means squeamish undercover agent with an insidious disinclination for his job. His latest assignment takes him into the maze of international diplomacy. And yet he’d much rather pursue a career as a singer of morbid folk songs.   With: Michael Dorman - John Tavner Kurtwood Smith - Mr. Claret Michael Chernus - Edward Tavner Kathleen Munroe - Alice Taylor Aliette Opheim - Agathe Albans...

 

1945 by Ferenc Török On a sweltering August day in 1945, villagers prepare for the wedding of the town clerk’s son. Meanwhile, two Orthodox Jews arrive at the village train station with mysterious boxes labelled "fragrances." The town clerk fears the men may be heirs of the village’s deported Jews and expects them to demand their unjustly acquired property back, originally lost during the second World War. Other villagers are afraid more survivo...

 

 

"THE MATADORS" - Trailer to watch now: THE MATADORS MOTION PICTURE TRAILER We have the most exciting Motion Picture of the year and the first BULL FIGHTING big Film since the last 25 years entitled “THE MATADORS” an original story. This Story is about three boys from around the world all following their dreams and become world famous Matadors. A real story. El Pana the Worlds most famous Matador (Starring) has been AWARDED from the President of MEXICO the &ldquo...

 

WORLD PREMIERE     Director: Jacob Lass, Germany, 2017, 90 Minutes, Color, 5.1   Tiger Girl (Germany, 2017) the FOGMA-style feature film pictures the story of two girls, the wild outcast Tiger and the quiet Vanilla. In Tiger Girl the actors clash with a documentary style real work environment and choreographed martial arts light up the screen with energizing tension. The second film of German filmmaker Jakob Lass will celebrate its world premiere as co-opening film in the Pano...

 

 

CALIFORNIA DREAMS World Premiere (USA) / Documentary Comedy Berlin Critics Week | 85 min Director: Mike Ott (ACTOR MARTINEZ, LAKE LOS ANGELES) Subjects: Cory Zacharia, Kevin ‘K-NINE’ Gilger, Neil Harley, Patrick Llaguno Synopsis: From acclaimed director Mike Ott (LAKE LOS ANGELES, ACTOR MARTINEZ) comes the new comedy documentary feature CALIFORNIA DREAMS, presenting five unique individuals in pursuit of a big life change. Through audit...

 

Akin Omotoso is making his mark in the film world with well received films like God is African, Man on Ground and the award winning romantic comedy Tell Me Sweet Something, his latest film Vaya has been selected alongside some of Hollywood’s greatest, for the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on real stories, Vaya weaves three separate plots that intersect in a gripping, edgy and deeply moving story about coming to the city and struggling to survive. It’s about strangers w...

 

Join us at EFM booth G4  Discover some of the most exciting fiction made in Flanders and Brussels, Belgium shown at this year's European Film Market in Berlin!   ...

 

OIL PAINTING Action/Adventure 80 min., Russia, USA, 2016     Nikolay is a middle-aged retired army officer working as a security guard. He’s honest, principled and experienced, and having a ha...

 

 

 

Solidarity Instead of Flowers: European Film Academy Turns 30   As part of the section Berlinale Special, the Berlinale and the European Film Academy present THE TRIAL: THE STATE OF RUSSIA VS OLEG SENTSOV Premiere at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in the presence of Imprisoned Director’s Cousin, Lawyer, Producers and Friends    In May 2014, the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was in..