Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) has hired veteran executive Milada Kolberg in the new role of production director.
Starting from tomorrow, Kolberg will oversee local film development and production in Germany, joining the Sony Pictures Germany team headed by Benjamin Bach. She will report to Shebnem Askin, EVP, creative production and head of Sony Pictures International Productions.
Kolberg has over 20 years of experience in film acquisitions, sales and consulting. She joins Sony from X Verleih Ag, the distribution arm of German production company X Filme Creative Pool, where she had been head of acquisitions and international co-productions since 2019.
Films Kolberg...
Starting from tomorrow, Kolberg will oversee local film development and production in Germany, joining the Sony Pictures Germany team headed by Benjamin Bach. She will report to Shebnem Askin, EVP, creative production and head of Sony Pictures International Productions.
Kolberg has over 20 years of experience in film acquisitions, sales and consulting. She joins Sony from X Verleih Ag, the distribution arm of German production company X Filme Creative Pool, where she had been head of acquisitions and international co-productions since 2019.
Films Kolberg...
- 1/31/2024
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) has hired veteran executive Milada Kolberg in the new role of production director.
Starting from tomorrow, Kolberg will oversee local film development and production in Germany, joining the Sony Pictures Germany team headed by Benjamin Bach. She will report to Shebnem Askin, EVP, creative production and head of Sony Pictures International Productions.
Kolberg has over 20 years of experience in film acquisitions, sales and consulting. She joins Sony from X Verleih Ag, the distribution arm of German production company X Filme Creative Pool, where she had been head of acquisitions and international co-productions since 2019.
Films Kolberg...
Starting from tomorrow, Kolberg will oversee local film development and production in Germany, joining the Sony Pictures Germany team headed by Benjamin Bach. She will report to Shebnem Askin, EVP, creative production and head of Sony Pictures International Productions.
Kolberg has over 20 years of experience in film acquisitions, sales and consulting. She joins Sony from X Verleih Ag, the distribution arm of German production company X Filme Creative Pool, where she had been head of acquisitions and international co-productions since 2019.
Films Kolberg...
- 1/31/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sony Pictures International Productions is ramping up two sequels to 2023 German box office hit The Three Investigators – Legacy of the Dragon (Die Drei ??? – Erbe des Drachen). Both adventure mysteries are co-productions from Wiedemann & Berg Film and Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion in cooperation with Kosmos Verlag.
The sequels, The Three Investigators – Carpathian Dog and The Three Investigators – Isle of Death, will be shot back-to-back in the Canary Islands, with principal photography beginning in February. They are scheduled to reach cinemas on January 23, 2025 and January 22, 2026, respectively. Tim Dünschede, who helmed the first picture, will direct both films.
Based on the bestselling children’s book series Die drei ???, published by Kosmos Verlag, The Three Investigators – Legacy of the Dragon centered around a famous trio of boy detectives in Transylvania who must unravel mysteries involving a long-missing boy, a mysterious brotherhood and a mysterious undead.
Returning cast members for the sequels are Julius Weckauf,...
The sequels, The Three Investigators – Carpathian Dog and The Three Investigators – Isle of Death, will be shot back-to-back in the Canary Islands, with principal photography beginning in February. They are scheduled to reach cinemas on January 23, 2025 and January 22, 2026, respectively. Tim Dünschede, who helmed the first picture, will direct both films.
Based on the bestselling children’s book series Die drei ???, published by Kosmos Verlag, The Three Investigators – Legacy of the Dragon centered around a famous trio of boy detectives in Transylvania who must unravel mysteries involving a long-missing boy, a mysterious brotherhood and a mysterious undead.
Returning cast members for the sequels are Julius Weckauf,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
641 films were released in German cinemas during the year, with ’Barbie’ taking top spot at the box office.
German box-office takings in 2023 were up almost 24% year-on-year, according to provisional figures collated by Comscore.
Ticket sales for the period from January 5, 2023 to January 3, 2024 totalled €859m, up 23.7% on the result for 2022. Total admissions increased year-on-year by 18.5% to 87.2m.
However, the figures are still below the pre-pandemic era. Box-office takings were 11% below the level for 2019 while admissions were down 20.7%.
The total number of titles released in German cinemas during 2023 increased year-on-year by 4.9% to 641, although this figure was almost 13% below that posted for 2019.
Comscore...
German box-office takings in 2023 were up almost 24% year-on-year, according to provisional figures collated by Comscore.
Ticket sales for the period from January 5, 2023 to January 3, 2024 totalled €859m, up 23.7% on the result for 2022. Total admissions increased year-on-year by 18.5% to 87.2m.
However, the figures are still below the pre-pandemic era. Box-office takings were 11% below the level for 2019 while admissions were down 20.7%.
The total number of titles released in German cinemas during 2023 increased year-on-year by 4.9% to 641, although this figure was almost 13% below that posted for 2019.
Comscore...
- 1/4/2024
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
With some of Germany’s most successful production companies in its stable, Leonine Studios is reaping the rewards with such feature film and television hits as “School of Magical Animals,” “Nightlife,” “Dark” and “Pagan Peak.”
Leonine’s production division includes such well-established companies as Wiedemann & Berg Film, which focuses on theatrical features, W&b Television and Odeon Fiction, which produce movies and series for all broadcasters and streaming platforms in Germany, documentary outfit Gebrueder Beetz and format maker I&u TV.
“We are in for high creative quality and commercial success,” explains Quirin Berg, who, along with Max Wiedemann, serves as Leonine’s chief production officer and managing director of Wiedemann & Berg Film.
“The parameters in each segment we are operating in may be different, but the agenda is not. And that was already the profile when we started out as producers some 20 years ago.”
Indeed, Wiedemann & Berg’s first feature film,...
Leonine’s production division includes such well-established companies as Wiedemann & Berg Film, which focuses on theatrical features, W&b Television and Odeon Fiction, which produce movies and series for all broadcasters and streaming platforms in Germany, documentary outfit Gebrueder Beetz and format maker I&u TV.
“We are in for high creative quality and commercial success,” explains Quirin Berg, who, along with Max Wiedemann, serves as Leonine’s chief production officer and managing director of Wiedemann & Berg Film.
“The parameters in each segment we are operating in may be different, but the agenda is not. And that was already the profile when we started out as producers some 20 years ago.”
Indeed, Wiedemann & Berg’s first feature film,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Brazil’s Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival, which is the largest genre event in South America, has locked a partnership with local streaming service Darkflix to allow it to host its 16th edition online, and free for local audiences.
The 2020 edition of the fest was originally scheduled to take place in May this year, but had to be postponed due to the pandemic. As the virus is far from being contained in Brazil (the country now has both the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the world), organizers have ultimately decided that a physical edition will not be possible this year, and instead will pivot online.
Running July 24 – August 2, Fantaspoa will see Darkflix host a number of Latin American premieres of new genre films, and will feature a total of 110 features and shorts from 35 countries. Each title will have a cap of 5,000 viewers and will be geo-blocked for viewers in Brazil.
The 2020 edition of the fest was originally scheduled to take place in May this year, but had to be postponed due to the pandemic. As the virus is far from being contained in Brazil (the country now has both the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the world), organizers have ultimately decided that a physical edition will not be possible this year, and instead will pivot online.
Running July 24 – August 2, Fantaspoa will see Darkflix host a number of Latin American premieres of new genre films, and will feature a total of 110 features and shorts from 35 countries. Each title will have a cap of 5,000 viewers and will be geo-blocked for viewers in Brazil.
- 6/17/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Cold War, Roma also win awards.
The Fortress cinematographer Ji-yong Kim won the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The 26th edition was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 10 - 17.
The Fortress, directed by Dong-hyuk Hwang, tells the story of the second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636. Ji-yong Kim was also awarded the best cinematographer award at this year’s Asian Film Awards.
Polish cinematographer Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for Pawel Pawlikowski’s black-and-white drama Cold War, Poland’s official foreign language Oscar entry.
The Fortress cinematographer Ji-yong Kim won the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The 26th edition was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 10 - 17.
The Fortress, directed by Dong-hyuk Hwang, tells the story of the second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636. Ji-yong Kim was also awarded the best cinematographer award at this year’s Asian Film Awards.
Polish cinematographer Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog for Pawel Pawlikowski’s black-and-white drama Cold War, Poland’s official foreign language Oscar entry.
- 11/18/2018
- by Tiffany Pritchard
- ScreenDaily
Camerimage, the weeklong celebration of cinematography in Bydgoszcz, Poland, comes to a close today by handing out its prestigious Frog prizes. The big winner was South Korean drama “The Fortress,” which won the top prize, the Golden Frog, in the Main Competition. The film directed by Dong-Hyuk Hwang and lensed by Ji Yong Kim was a massive hit in its home country in late 2017 and has since been released in 28 countries, including the U.S., reaching 3.8 million viewers worldwide.
The competition jury gave the Silver Frog to cinematographer Łukasz Żal for “Cold War” and the Bronze Frog to director-cinematographer Alfonso Cuarón for “Roma.” With over 900 cinematographers from around the world in attendance, many voting members of the Asc, Camerimage is an important bellwether for the Oscar race for Best Cinematography. The silver and bronze prizes should be a big boost for the two black-and-white films angling for Oscar nominations.
Five years ago,...
The competition jury gave the Silver Frog to cinematographer Łukasz Żal for “Cold War” and the Bronze Frog to director-cinematographer Alfonso Cuarón for “Roma.” With over 900 cinematographers from around the world in attendance, many voting members of the Asc, Camerimage is an important bellwether for the Oscar race for Best Cinematography. The silver and bronze prizes should be a big boost for the two black-and-white films angling for Oscar nominations.
Five years ago,...
- 11/17/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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