In yet another sign of the continued resilience and determination of the Ukrainian people, the fifth edition of the Ukrainian National Film Critics Circle Award, dubbed Kinokolo, pressed ahead with its ceremony on Thursday, in spite of an ongoing war in the country.
The ceremony was held in a bunker in Kyiv and broadcasted live on national public TV channel Suspilne Kultura from the underground studio, remarkably just days after Russian airstrikes targeted key infrastructure in the capital city and destroyed 30 of the country’s power stations, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Local film critics recognized projects such as Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight title Pamfir, Maryna Er Horbach’s Klondike and Natalka Vorozhbyt’s Are you Ok?
Pamfir, a drama about a man who faces small town corruption in Western Ukraine after returning from working abroad, came away with the most awards, nabbing Best Feature Film and...
The ceremony was held in a bunker in Kyiv and broadcasted live on national public TV channel Suspilne Kultura from the underground studio, remarkably just days after Russian airstrikes targeted key infrastructure in the capital city and destroyed 30 of the country’s power stations, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Local film critics recognized projects such as Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight title Pamfir, Maryna Er Horbach’s Klondike and Natalka Vorozhbyt’s Are you Ok?
Pamfir, a drama about a man who faces small town corruption in Western Ukraine after returning from working abroad, came away with the most awards, nabbing Best Feature Film and...
- 10/21/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobtchuk’s debut feature also unveils theatrical trailer.
Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight title Pamfir, the debut feature from Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobtchuk, has sold to several major territories via Paris-based sales company Indie Sales and has unveiled its theatrical trailer.
The film has sold to France’s Condor, Canada’s FunFilms, Italy’s Movies Inspired, Poland’s Gutek Film, Switzerland’s Trigon, Greece’s Ama Films, Indonesia’s Falcon Pictures, Slovakia’s Asfk and to A-One Films for the Baltic states.
Condor will release the film in France on November 2 after an ambitious tour with the director throughout the country.
Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight title Pamfir, the debut feature from Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobtchuk, has sold to several major territories via Paris-based sales company Indie Sales and has unveiled its theatrical trailer.
The film has sold to France’s Condor, Canada’s FunFilms, Italy’s Movies Inspired, Poland’s Gutek Film, Switzerland’s Trigon, Greece’s Ama Films, Indonesia’s Falcon Pictures, Slovakia’s Asfk and to A-One Films for the Baltic states.
Condor will release the film in France on November 2 after an ambitious tour with the director throughout the country.
- 10/11/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Nineteen up-and-coming producers from 12 countries across Southeast Europe and the wider Black Sea region have been selected to take part in the first edition of the CineLink Producers’ Lab, a new networking and training program launched by the industry arm of the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Taking place from Aug. 12-15 as part of the CineLink Industry Days program, the lab was conceived to help prepare emerging producers for a rapidly changing market, according to Sarajevo’s head of industry Maša Marković. “We really wanted to have something that is more catered to [the producers’] needs,” she said. “This is a really unique generation, and it’s a specific moment in a producer’s career.”
Marković noted how the rise of both regional and global streaming services has brought fresh investment into the region, disrupted the traditional supply chain and afforded new opportunities to local producers.
She also pointed to the dramatic, paradigm-shifting...
Taking place from Aug. 12-15 as part of the CineLink Industry Days program, the lab was conceived to help prepare emerging producers for a rapidly changing market, according to Sarajevo’s head of industry Maša Marković. “We really wanted to have something that is more catered to [the producers’] needs,” she said. “This is a really unique generation, and it’s a specific moment in a producer’s career.”
Marković noted how the rise of both regional and global streaming services has brought fresh investment into the region, disrupted the traditional supply chain and afforded new opportunities to local producers.
She also pointed to the dramatic, paradigm-shifting...
- 8/12/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Luxembourgish-Egyptian director’s last film Sawah was acquired by Netflix.
Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal has signed Lebanese-German actor Kida Khodr Ramadan and pioneering Egypt-born, Germany-raised actress Tua El Fawwal for his new feature Hooped.
It is El Assal’s third feature after 2019 comedy drama Sawah, starring Egyptian actor Karim Kassem as a Cairo-based DJ who loses his papers while on tour in Europe, which was acquired by Netflix for 46 territories in 2020.
Like that film, Hooped will combine a European and Middle East storyline, revolving around an aspiring entrepreneur and basketball whiz whose dreams take him from Luxembourg to Egypt via Canada.
Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal has signed Lebanese-German actor Kida Khodr Ramadan and pioneering Egypt-born, Germany-raised actress Tua El Fawwal for his new feature Hooped.
It is El Assal’s third feature after 2019 comedy drama Sawah, starring Egyptian actor Karim Kassem as a Cairo-based DJ who loses his papers while on tour in Europe, which was acquired by Netflix for 46 territories in 2020.
Like that film, Hooped will combine a European and Middle East storyline, revolving around an aspiring entrepreneur and basketball whiz whose dreams take him from Luxembourg to Egypt via Canada.
- 1/27/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has acquired Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal comedy Sawah, starring popular Egyptian actor Karim Kassem as a Cairo-based DJ whose trip to Europe takes an unexpected turn when his identity papers are stolen.
Netflix has acquired Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal comedy Sawah, starring popular Egyptian actor Karim Kassem as a Cairo-based DJ whose trip to Europe takes an unexpected turn when his identity papers are stolen.
Under the acquisition, the film began screening in 46 countries including the Benelux, Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Eastern Europe and the Middle East on Thursday (May 14)
It is a second feature for Alexandria-born...
Netflix has acquired Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal comedy Sawah, starring popular Egyptian actor Karim Kassem as a Cairo-based DJ whose trip to Europe takes an unexpected turn when his identity papers are stolen.
Under the acquisition, the film began screening in 46 countries including the Benelux, Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Eastern Europe and the Middle East on Thursday (May 14)
It is a second feature for Alexandria-born...
- 5/14/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The country’s audiovisual agency has earmarked almost €10 million in development and production grants. The Film Fund Luxembourg, the country’s main audiovisual agency, has announced the beneficiaries of its latest slate of funding. On this occasion, the body has earmarked €9,999,579 in production and development grants, and confirmed it is backing 19 projects out of a total of 32. In detail, the organisation awarded €477,500 in development grants. The nine selected projects are Bernard Michaux and Remy Solomon’s TV series Cult, Laura Schroeder’s fiction feature Maret, Loïc Tanson’s documentary feature 208, Adolf El Assal’s fiction feature Hooped, Robin McNicholas’ Vr project Sweet Dreams, Eileen Byrne’s fiction feature Bille & Zotel, Kevin...
The Latvian film by Juris Kursietis has won out over six other Central and Eastern European movies. At the awards ceremony of the 12th edition of CinÉast, held at the Cinémathèque Luxembourg on Saturday 20 October, the international jury presided over by renowned French director-scriptwriter Jacques Doillon awarded the Grand Prix to Oleg by Juris Kursietis (Latvia/Belgium/Lithuania/France) and the Special Jury Prize to Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa (Poland/France). The rest of the jury was composed of Venice Days programmer Renata Santoro, Romanian filmmaker Marius Olteanu, Luxembourgish director-producer Adolf El Assal and Luxembourgish actress Sophie Mousel. The wins for Oleg and Corpus Christi come after a successful run on the festival circuit for both films. In the CinÉast selection, they locked horns with a strong group of movies that also included Cat in the Wall by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, Nova Lituania by Karolis Kaupinis, Scandinavian Silence by Martti.
- 10/21/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
The country’s film agency will back 20 new audiovisual projects, giving out a total of €8,096,109 in production and development grants. Following the selection committee’s decision-making session held from 20-24 July, Film Fund Luxembourg has announced the recipients of its latest slate of funding, who will be given a total of €8,096,109 in production and development grants. On this occasion, the committee evaluated 34 applications in total, with the requested amount of assistance totalling over €18.1 million. The agency has granted development support to ten new projects – specifically, six fiction films, one documentary, two animated series and one animated feature. In detail, the six feature-length fiction projects awarded are Stéphan Roelants and Moussa Touré’s Poussière rouge, Félix Koch’s Vakanz Doheem, Adolf El Assal’s Hooped, Laura Schroeder’s Maret,...
Stars Karim Kassem as Cairo-based DJ Samir.
Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal, a former Berlinale Talents alumnus, has touched down at the Efm this year with his second film Sawah, a hi-jinks comedy combining a storyline and talent from the Arab and European film world.
Trilingual Egyptian star Karim Kassem stars as Cairo-based DJ Samir, who is wrongly arrested as an illegal immigrant on route to a contest for DJ’s in Belgium after someone steals his identity papers.
Alexandria-born El Assal – who grew up between Dubai, London and Luxembourg – belongs to a new generation of emerging multi-cultural talent living...
Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal, a former Berlinale Talents alumnus, has touched down at the Efm this year with his second film Sawah, a hi-jinks comedy combining a storyline and talent from the Arab and European film world.
Trilingual Egyptian star Karim Kassem stars as Cairo-based DJ Samir, who is wrongly arrested as an illegal immigrant on route to a contest for DJ’s in Belgium after someone steals his identity papers.
Alexandria-born El Assal – who grew up between Dubai, London and Luxembourg – belongs to a new generation of emerging multi-cultural talent living...
- 2/12/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Adolf El Assal – who grew up between Dubai, London and Luxembourg – co-wrote the screenplay and directs.
Luxembourg producer Alexandra Hoesdroff and Egypt’s top independent producer Mohamed Hefzy are teaming up on Sawah, the first co-production between their two countries.
The comedy-drama revolves around the adventures of Egyptian DJ Samir, who is wrongly arrested as an illegal immigrant on route to a contest for DJ’s in Belgium.
In a bizarre twist, he is placed in the custody of a local kebab seller, who in turn is in trouble with the tough boss of the local traveller community. A madcap 48 hours ensues.
The film is set mainly in Luxembourg with some scenes in the Egyptian capital Cairo, where the 2010 popular uprising is in full-swing, and Belgium.
Alexandria-born Adolf El Assal – who grew up between Dubai, London and Luxembourg – co-wrote the screenplay and directs.
Hoesdroff’s Deal Productions is lead producer on Sawah with Hefzy recently coming on board as...
Luxembourg producer Alexandra Hoesdroff and Egypt’s top independent producer Mohamed Hefzy are teaming up on Sawah, the first co-production between their two countries.
The comedy-drama revolves around the adventures of Egyptian DJ Samir, who is wrongly arrested as an illegal immigrant on route to a contest for DJ’s in Belgium.
In a bizarre twist, he is placed in the custody of a local kebab seller, who in turn is in trouble with the tough boss of the local traveller community. A madcap 48 hours ensues.
The film is set mainly in Luxembourg with some scenes in the Egyptian capital Cairo, where the 2010 popular uprising is in full-swing, and Belgium.
Alexandria-born Adolf El Assal – who grew up between Dubai, London and Luxembourg – co-wrote the screenplay and directs.
Hoesdroff’s Deal Productions is lead producer on Sawah with Hefzy recently coming on board as...
- 2/19/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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