More than 500 international projects were submitted to the Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (Mia).
Rome’s Mia film and TV market has selected 62 projects for its co-production market, which runs from October 9-13.
More than 500 projects were submitted this year from 80 countries worldwide.
Of these, 62 were selected - 15 films, 15 animation, 18 documentaries and 14 drama - from 36 countries.
The film projects include I Will Find You by György Kristóf, whose previous film Out played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2017.
UK writer and director Aaron Brookner of Pinball London also heads to Mia with mystery thriller A Gift To My Mother along with producers Paula Vaccaro and Pauliina Ståhlberg.
Rome’s Mia film and TV market has selected 62 projects for its co-production market, which runs from October 9-13.
More than 500 projects were submitted this year from 80 countries worldwide.
Of these, 62 were selected - 15 films, 15 animation, 18 documentaries and 14 drama - from 36 countries.
The film projects include I Will Find You by György Kristóf, whose previous film Out played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2017.
UK writer and director Aaron Brookner of Pinball London also heads to Mia with mystery thriller A Gift To My Mother along with producers Paula Vaccaro and Pauliina Ståhlberg.
- 9/22/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Sales also secured on ‘The Goddess Of Fortune’, ‘Once Upon A Time… In Bethlehem’ and more.
Rome-based sales company True Colours has secured deals on a raft of titles out of the Efm, led by Sergio Castellitto’s romantic drama A Bookshop In Paris.
The film, starring Castellitto and Berenice Bejo, has pre-sold to Taiwan (Andrews Film), Poland (Aurora), Benelux (Paradiso), former Yugoslavia (Stars Media), Sweden (Studio S Entertainment), Finland (Future Film), Denmark (Another World) and Israel (Nachshon).
The romantic drama, now in post-production, marks the last screenplay written by the late Ettore Scola and has subsequently been adapted by Castellitto and novelist Margaret Mazzantini.
Rome-based sales company True Colours has secured deals on a raft of titles out of the Efm, led by Sergio Castellitto’s romantic drama A Bookshop In Paris.
The film, starring Castellitto and Berenice Bejo, has pre-sold to Taiwan (Andrews Film), Poland (Aurora), Benelux (Paradiso), former Yugoslavia (Stars Media), Sweden (Studio S Entertainment), Finland (Future Film), Denmark (Another World) and Israel (Nachshon).
The romantic drama, now in post-production, marks the last screenplay written by the late Ettore Scola and has subsequently been adapted by Castellitto and novelist Margaret Mazzantini.
- 3/3/2020
- by 1101325¦Gabriele Niola¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Italian sales company True Colours has scored multiple sales at the Efm on several titles including Christmas comedy “Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem,” which was Italy’s top-grossing domestic title in 2019.
“Bethlehem,” which scored roughly $17 million domestically, toplines comic duo Ficarra and Picone as a thief and a priest who time-travel to Palestine in the year of Jesus’ birth. It has sold to Hungarian distributor Rtl, to Russian company Pilotkino and to Palace Film for Australia and New Zealand.
Palace Film also picked up director Guido Chiesa’s comedy “Say It Loud,” about a severely stressed 40-year-old named Giulia, who gets a life coach and starts venting her anger incessantly. Pic will be released in Italy by Medusa in March.
True Colours also sold rom-com “A Bookshop in Paris,” directed by Sergio Castellitto — who also stars alongside Berenice Bejo — to Stars Media for former Yugoslavia territories and to Andrews Film for Taiwan.
“Bethlehem,” which scored roughly $17 million domestically, toplines comic duo Ficarra and Picone as a thief and a priest who time-travel to Palestine in the year of Jesus’ birth. It has sold to Hungarian distributor Rtl, to Russian company Pilotkino and to Palace Film for Australia and New Zealand.
Palace Film also picked up director Guido Chiesa’s comedy “Say It Loud,” about a severely stressed 40-year-old named Giulia, who gets a life coach and starts venting her anger incessantly. Pic will be released in Italy by Medusa in March.
True Colours also sold rom-com “A Bookshop in Paris,” directed by Sergio Castellitto — who also stars alongside Berenice Bejo — to Stars Media for former Yugoslavia territories and to Andrews Film for Taiwan.
- 2/23/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Industry Days Alliance For Development (Afd) strand to host eight European projects.
Update: Project addition: Ffa – MiBACT: The Guard by Giulio Ricciarelli (Labyrinth Of Lies). Producer: Oliver Schütte, tellfilm Deutschland Ug.
New projects from the co-producers of The Nun and Becoming Zlatan and War writer-director Simon Jaquemet are among eight feature projects selected for Locarno’s Industry Days development and co-production strand Alliance For Development (Afd).
The platform is designed to foster co-developments between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland by facilitating cooperation between existing co-development funds, including France’s Cnc, Italy’s MiBACT, and Germany’s Ffa.
Among selected projects this year are new films from Belle Epoque Films, the German co-producer of Guillaume Nicloux’s 2013 drama The Nun, and Italian outfit Indyca, which co-produced 2015 documentary Becoming Zlatan.
As Switzerland does not share a similar development bilateral fund, three Swiss projects looking for German, French and Italian co-producers have also been selected to join the initiative as special...
Update: Project addition: Ffa – MiBACT: The Guard by Giulio Ricciarelli (Labyrinth Of Lies). Producer: Oliver Schütte, tellfilm Deutschland Ug.
New projects from the co-producers of The Nun and Becoming Zlatan and War writer-director Simon Jaquemet are among eight feature projects selected for Locarno’s Industry Days development and co-production strand Alliance For Development (Afd).
The platform is designed to foster co-developments between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland by facilitating cooperation between existing co-development funds, including France’s Cnc, Italy’s MiBACT, and Germany’s Ffa.
Among selected projects this year are new films from Belle Epoque Films, the German co-producer of Guillaume Nicloux’s 2013 drama The Nun, and Italian outfit Indyca, which co-produced 2015 documentary Becoming Zlatan.
As Switzerland does not share a similar development bilateral fund, three Swiss projects looking for German, French and Italian co-producers have also been selected to join the initiative as special...
- 6/9/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Here's your dose of film news for May 16, 2009:
• Jason Statham is set to star in "The Killer Elite" directed by Gary McKendry. Based on Ranulph Fiennes' novel "The Feathermen," the film follows a bunch of former British special forces members tracked down by ruthless killers. Statham, who also stars in the upcoming "The Expendables," plays a Navy Seal leaving retirement to save a good friend. (Variety)
• Spiros Stathoulopoulos is in talks to direct "Love and Let Die," about an expert seducer who runs into his long-lost childhood love. Asimakis "Alfa" Pagidas wrote the script, and Theo Alexander is in talks to play the title role. Stathoulopoulos also directed "P.V.C.-1." (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Jerry Lewis will play the lead in Daniel Noah's "Max Rose," a drama following a widower who decides to turn to his past to unlock the mysteries of his marriage and family life.
• Jason Statham is set to star in "The Killer Elite" directed by Gary McKendry. Based on Ranulph Fiennes' novel "The Feathermen," the film follows a bunch of former British special forces members tracked down by ruthless killers. Statham, who also stars in the upcoming "The Expendables," plays a Navy Seal leaving retirement to save a good friend. (Variety)
• Spiros Stathoulopoulos is in talks to direct "Love and Let Die," about an expert seducer who runs into his long-lost childhood love. Asimakis "Alfa" Pagidas wrote the script, and Theo Alexander is in talks to play the title role. Stathoulopoulos also directed "P.V.C.-1." (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Jerry Lewis will play the lead in Daniel Noah's "Max Rose," a drama following a widower who decides to turn to his past to unlock the mysteries of his marriage and family life.
- 5/16/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
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