Stuart McBratney’s Don’t Read This On a Plane, which had its world premiere and won the Audience Award at the just-wrapped Dances With Films, has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures. The dramatic comedy is getting a digital release in the U.S. beginning Tuesday.
The pic, a Australia/Romania co-production, stars Sophie Desmarais as Jovana Fey, a novelist who learns that her publisher has gone bankrupt just ahead of a European book tour for her latest work. Penniless and stranded, she hitchhikes and sleeps rough to give readings in bookstores across the continent, testing her resilience daily as she questions whether her dreams are worth the struggle.
Eugene Gilfedder, Allen C Gardner and Dorotheea Petre also star. McBratney also produced alongside Amazing Visuals’ Laszlo Kun. Cardinal Xd, which reps worldwide sales on the film, also secured deals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Taiwan. The domestic distribution deal was...
The pic, a Australia/Romania co-production, stars Sophie Desmarais as Jovana Fey, a novelist who learns that her publisher has gone bankrupt just ahead of a European book tour for her latest work. Penniless and stranded, she hitchhikes and sleeps rough to give readings in bookstores across the continent, testing her resilience daily as she questions whether her dreams are worth the struggle.
Eugene Gilfedder, Allen C Gardner and Dorotheea Petre also star. McBratney also produced alongside Amazing Visuals’ Laszlo Kun. Cardinal Xd, which reps worldwide sales on the film, also secured deals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Taiwan. The domestic distribution deal was...
- 9/22/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Antebellum’ Leads Weekly Streaming Lists
Janelle Monae horror thriller “Antebellum” has topped the the lists of the week’s movies streaming on Fandango’s streaming services Vudu and FandangoNOW.
Lionsgate decided in early August to ditch a domestic theatrical release for “Antebellum” amid an uncertain outlook for launching movies at brick-and-mortar theaters due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The movie, directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, had originally been set for an April 24 release that was delayed several times amid the outbreak.
Monae portrays a successful modern-day author who finds herself trapped during the era of American slavery and must find a way to escape from the horrifying reality. The cast includes Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons and Gabourey Sidibe.
‘Residue,’ ‘Feather & Pine’ Win at Mammoth Lakes
The Mammoth Lakes Film Festival has awarded its top prizes to Merawi Gerima’s “Residue” for top narrative feature and...
Janelle Monae horror thriller “Antebellum” has topped the the lists of the week’s movies streaming on Fandango’s streaming services Vudu and FandangoNOW.
Lionsgate decided in early August to ditch a domestic theatrical release for “Antebellum” amid an uncertain outlook for launching movies at brick-and-mortar theaters due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The movie, directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, had originally been set for an April 24 release that was delayed several times amid the outbreak.
Monae portrays a successful modern-day author who finds herself trapped during the era of American slavery and must find a way to escape from the horrifying reality. The cast includes Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons and Gabourey Sidibe.
‘Residue,’ ‘Feather & Pine’ Win at Mammoth Lakes
The Mammoth Lakes Film Festival has awarded its top prizes to Merawi Gerima’s “Residue” for top narrative feature and...
- 9/22/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Nine films will participate in the feature film competition including ‘Heidi’.
Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 25th edition, with nine feature world premieres playing in the two main competitive sections.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
These include Romanian filmmaker Cătălin Mitulescu’s fourth film Heidi in the feature competition, about an ageing police officer tasked with finding two prostitutes who he needs to testify in an organised crime case.
Mitulescu debuted with The Way I Spent The End Of The World which won Dorotheea Petre the best actress prize in Un Certain Regard...
Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 25th edition, with nine feature world premieres playing in the two main competitive sections.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
These include Romanian filmmaker Cătălin Mitulescu’s fourth film Heidi in the feature competition, about an ageing police officer tasked with finding two prostitutes who he needs to testify in an organised crime case.
Mitulescu debuted with The Way I Spent The End Of The World which won Dorotheea Petre the best actress prize in Un Certain Regard...
- 7/18/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
French producer David Thion has spent the past eighteen years gambling on untested talents, fostering the filmography of several Gallic novices into full-fledged auteurs. Working with Emmanuel Mouret right out the gate with 2000’s Laissons Lucie Faire!, he would head to the Cannes competition in 2001 producing Catherine Corsini’s La Repetition (thus far her only competing title), and bring the debut of Romania’s Catalin Mitulescu, The Way I Spent the End of the World to Un Certain Regard on 2006 (where it nabbed a special Best Actress prize for Dorotheea Petre). But Thion’s most significant investments would be Mia Hansen-Love…...
- 4/30/2018
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
You probably know that we’re big fans of foreign films here, and not just foreign films, but any indie gems, foreign or otherwise.
We’re also fans of streaming movies, which sets us apart from some of the “giant screen” purists out there, largely because we’re busy and mobile, and tablets can give you a hell of a picture these days.
That said, the streaming options today are legion, but the options to stream some titles are pretty limited. Popcornflix now has an amazing collection of films that have won prizes at Cannes, Sundance, and many other festivals. These are some of the most talked about foreign films in years, and you don’t want to miss out on them.
Popcornflix Top 10: Award-winning Foreign Films To Stream Immediately
There may be many different kinds of people living in this world, but we all share one grand passion for incredible stories.
We’re also fans of streaming movies, which sets us apart from some of the “giant screen” purists out there, largely because we’re busy and mobile, and tablets can give you a hell of a picture these days.
That said, the streaming options today are legion, but the options to stream some titles are pretty limited. Popcornflix now has an amazing collection of films that have won prizes at Cannes, Sundance, and many other festivals. These are some of the most talked about foreign films in years, and you don’t want to miss out on them.
Popcornflix Top 10: Award-winning Foreign Films To Stream Immediately
There may be many different kinds of people living in this world, but we all share one grand passion for incredible stories.
- 5/7/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
NEW YORK -- The award-winning Romanian drama The Way I Spent The End of the World from exec producers Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders has been acquired for North American distribution by Film Movement.
Director Catalin Mitulescu's film won the 2005 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award and Un Certain Regard best actress award for star Doroteea Petre at the 2006 Festival de Cannes.
Petre plays Eva, a teenager who accidentally breaks a statue of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu with her 7-year-old brother during the last year of the leader's rule. After being prosecuted for the incident, she escapes the country, and her brother hatches a plan to assassinate the leader with his school friends.
Film Movement will distribute World exclusively to its DVD club members in July, followed by a first-quarter 2008 limited theatrical platform release and a home video release to retail and online outlets several months later.
The deal was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein with Valentina Merli from Pyramide International.
Director Catalin Mitulescu's film won the 2005 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award and Un Certain Regard best actress award for star Doroteea Petre at the 2006 Festival de Cannes.
Petre plays Eva, a teenager who accidentally breaks a statue of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu with her 7-year-old brother during the last year of the leader's rule. After being prosecuted for the incident, she escapes the country, and her brother hatches a plan to assassinate the leader with his school friends.
Film Movement will distribute World exclusively to its DVD club members in July, followed by a first-quarter 2008 limited theatrical platform release and a home video release to retail and online outlets several months later.
The deal was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein with Valentina Merli from Pyramide International.
- 6/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Strada Film/Les Films Pelleas
PALM SPRINGS -- Romania's Academy Award submission, "The Way I Spent the End of the World," is a child's-eye-view memory piece about the last months of Nicolae Ceausescu's regime. Full of warmth but ultimately suffering from a surfeit of incident, the debut feature by Catalin Mitulescu is one of three films on this year's Palm Springs festival schedule by young Romanian directors addressing the 1989 uprising.
At the center of the tale is Eva (Doroteea Petre), a beautiful and spirited 17-year-old whose boyfriend, Alex (Ionut Becheru), is the son of a cop. Sneaking out of class for a bit of canoodling, they end up on the wrong side of the Communist Youth Union after his boyish show of bravado leaves a bust of Ceausescu in shards. Alex, predictably, is remorseful and cooperative with authorities, but Eva's recalcitrance gets her transferred to a less prestigious -- and less dogmatic -- school. In the most telling story strand, Eva's parents urge her to reconcile with Alex, whose Party-member father can be of more than a little help. But at the surprisingly nurturing reformatory, the defiant girl befriends oddball Andrei Cristian Vararu), whose unseen father is a dissident, and together they hatch a plan to swim across the Danube to freedom.
Eva's adoring 7-year-old brother, Lalalilu (Timotei Duma), has his own dreams of travel by water, but they involve a submarine and paying passengers. A couple of sequences of the boy's escape fantasies play nicely against the earthy small-town milieu. Mitulescu, whose boosters include Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders, has a strong feel for the community's traditions and the often messy relationships within families and among neighbors. He draws affecting performances from his cast, especially the two young leads. But he also betrays a first-film tendency to clutter the narrative with episodes. The screenplay, which he wrote with Andreea Valean, drifts in and out of focus, muting the impact of this otherwise engaging film.
PALM SPRINGS -- Romania's Academy Award submission, "The Way I Spent the End of the World," is a child's-eye-view memory piece about the last months of Nicolae Ceausescu's regime. Full of warmth but ultimately suffering from a surfeit of incident, the debut feature by Catalin Mitulescu is one of three films on this year's Palm Springs festival schedule by young Romanian directors addressing the 1989 uprising.
At the center of the tale is Eva (Doroteea Petre), a beautiful and spirited 17-year-old whose boyfriend, Alex (Ionut Becheru), is the son of a cop. Sneaking out of class for a bit of canoodling, they end up on the wrong side of the Communist Youth Union after his boyish show of bravado leaves a bust of Ceausescu in shards. Alex, predictably, is remorseful and cooperative with authorities, but Eva's recalcitrance gets her transferred to a less prestigious -- and less dogmatic -- school. In the most telling story strand, Eva's parents urge her to reconcile with Alex, whose Party-member father can be of more than a little help. But at the surprisingly nurturing reformatory, the defiant girl befriends oddball Andrei Cristian Vararu), whose unseen father is a dissident, and together they hatch a plan to swim across the Danube to freedom.
Eva's adoring 7-year-old brother, Lalalilu (Timotei Duma), has his own dreams of travel by water, but they involve a submarine and paying passengers. A couple of sequences of the boy's escape fantasies play nicely against the earthy small-town milieu. Mitulescu, whose boosters include Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders, has a strong feel for the community's traditions and the often messy relationships within families and among neighbors. He draws affecting performances from his cast, especially the two young leads. But he also betrays a first-film tendency to clutter the narrative with episodes. The screenplay, which he wrote with Andreea Valean, drifts in and out of focus, muting the impact of this otherwise engaging film.
- 1/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Chinese director Wang Chao scooped the Prix Un Certain Regard here Sunday, the top prize in the Festival de Cannes' sidebar, for his film Luxury Car. The film follows the journey of an aging country teacher who goes to the city to find his missing son, and finds his daughter is working there as a prostitute. The Certain Regard special jury prize went to Rolf de Heer's ancient Aborigine tale Ten Canoes. Best actor honors in the sidebar were shared by Dorothea Petre for her performance in How I Celebrated the End of the World from Romanian helmer Catalin Mitulescu and Don Angel Tavira for his role in The Violin by Mexico's Francisco Vargas.
- 5/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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