Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s industry section Eastern Promises wrapped Tuesday, with Yemeni abortion drama “The Burdened” winning the top prize in the Works in Progress section. This followed a presentation of the projects on Monday, where a diverse lineup was on show.
Ten projects, in late stages of production or post-production, vied for the post-production service package and two cash awards of €5,000, given out by jurors Dennis Ruh, director of European Film Market, Beta Cinema’s Cosima Finkbeiner, Trt Cinema’s Esra Demirkiran, sound designer Michaela Patríková, and Ewa Puszczyńska, one of the producers of Oscar winner “Ida,” and also behind Karlovy Vary festival title “Fools.”
“I want to welcome you all after talking to you online for two years. Which was fun for us, but I am not sure how fun it was for you,” noted industry head Hugo Rosák, kickstarting the presentations, which included the likes of Poland’s “Elephant,...
Ten projects, in late stages of production or post-production, vied for the post-production service package and two cash awards of €5,000, given out by jurors Dennis Ruh, director of European Film Market, Beta Cinema’s Cosima Finkbeiner, Trt Cinema’s Esra Demirkiran, sound designer Michaela Patríková, and Ewa Puszczyńska, one of the producers of Oscar winner “Ida,” and also behind Karlovy Vary festival title “Fools.”
“I want to welcome you all after talking to you online for two years. Which was fun for us, but I am not sure how fun it was for you,” noted industry head Hugo Rosák, kickstarting the presentations, which included the likes of Poland’s “Elephant,...
- 7/8/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Yemeni film “The Burdened,” directed by Amr Gamal, won the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in Eastern Promises, the industry section of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on Tuesday.
The story, written by Gamal and Mazen Refaat, centers on Ahmed, Isra’a and their three children in Aden, Yemen in 2019. Both parents lose their jobs and suffer from the economic crisis. The movie starts with Isra’a finding out about her pregnancy at a time when they cannot cover the expenses of a new child, leading them to make difficult decisions in order to survive.
The jury said it was “impressed by the director’s brave approach to tackling this sensitive subject against all odds.”
The Yemen-Sudan coproduction is produced by Mohsen Alkhalifi, Gamal, Amjad Abu Alala and Mohammed Alomda.
The Works in Progress Karlovy Vary Iff Award went to “Endless Summer Syndrome,” directed by Kaveh Daneshmand, an...
The story, written by Gamal and Mazen Refaat, centers on Ahmed, Isra’a and their three children in Aden, Yemen in 2019. Both parents lose their jobs and suffer from the economic crisis. The movie starts with Isra’a finding out about her pregnancy at a time when they cannot cover the expenses of a new child, leading them to make difficult decisions in order to survive.
The jury said it was “impressed by the director’s brave approach to tackling this sensitive subject against all odds.”
The Yemen-Sudan coproduction is produced by Mohsen Alkhalifi, Gamal, Amjad Abu Alala and Mohammed Alomda.
The Works in Progress Karlovy Vary Iff Award went to “Endless Summer Syndrome,” directed by Kaveh Daneshmand, an...
- 7/5/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Beta Cinema has acquired international sales rights to debut Argentine director Juan Pablo Félix’s “Karnawal,” winner of the Le Film Français, Ciné Plus, Gomedia and Titrafilm awards at December’s Ventana Sur.
“Karnawal” featured co-producers from five countries: Argentina’s Bikini Films, Brazil’s 3 Moinhos Produçoes, Chile’s Picardía Films, Mexico’s Phototaxia Pictures, Norway’s Norsk Filmproduksjon and Bolivia’s Londra Films. The Beta deal includes worldwide sales rights outside these territories.
Set in the Andes on the Argentina-Bolivia border, Cabra — played by newcomer and malombo champion dancer Martin López Lacci — prepares for the most important dance competition of his life but is interrupted when his estranged father (Alfredo Castro) returns from a stint in prison.
Recalling his own experience with dance, Félix told Variety he remembered “the incredible enthusiasm, passion and tension among all of us who danced, but most of all I remember that dance was...
“Karnawal” featured co-producers from five countries: Argentina’s Bikini Films, Brazil’s 3 Moinhos Produçoes, Chile’s Picardía Films, Mexico’s Phototaxia Pictures, Norway’s Norsk Filmproduksjon and Bolivia’s Londra Films. The Beta deal includes worldwide sales rights outside these territories.
Set in the Andes on the Argentina-Bolivia border, Cabra — played by newcomer and malombo champion dancer Martin López Lacci — prepares for the most important dance competition of his life but is interrupted when his estranged father (Alfredo Castro) returns from a stint in prison.
Recalling his own experience with dance, Félix told Variety he remembered “the incredible enthusiasm, passion and tension among all of us who danced, but most of all I remember that dance was...
- 2/23/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Locarno’s Carlo Chatrian, Matthijs Wouter Knol of Efm and Cosima Finkbeiner of Beta Cinema discussed festival budgets and revenues.
Click here to read Screen’s full Think Fest coverage from Jerusalem
Think Fest’s final panel explored the challenges facing film festivals in the 21st century, from the pressures of securing A-list talent to decreasing budgets. As purse strings for arts budget tighten across the world, Think Fest moderator Wendy Mitchell asked panellists whether they were feeling the squeeze.
Carlo Chatrian, artistic director of Locarno Film Festival, said that despite an overall 3% decrease in government funding for culture in Switzerland over the last year – and a further 3% decrease set to come – his festival’s budget had remained steady at around $13.5 (CHF13m).
Shortfalls in government funding could be made up by an increase in sponsors, he noted, but that came with its own challenges. The Locarno team now had more obligation to their commercial partners, with Chatrian...
Click here to read Screen’s full Think Fest coverage from Jerusalem
Think Fest’s final panel explored the challenges facing film festivals in the 21st century, from the pressures of securing A-list talent to decreasing budgets. As purse strings for arts budget tighten across the world, Think Fest moderator Wendy Mitchell asked panellists whether they were feeling the squeeze.
Carlo Chatrian, artistic director of Locarno Film Festival, said that despite an overall 3% decrease in government funding for culture in Switzerland over the last year – and a further 3% decrease set to come – his festival’s budget had remained steady at around $13.5 (CHF13m).
Shortfalls in government funding could be made up by an increase in sponsors, he noted, but that came with its own challenges. The Locarno team now had more obligation to their commercial partners, with Chatrian...
- 7/15/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Frederic Boyer (Tribeca), Mirsad Purivatra (Sarajevo), Anna Hoffmann (Berlinale Forum) discuss challenges on panel.
Click here to read Screen’s full Think Fest coverage from Jerusalem
The inaugural edition of Think Fest kicked off with a debate about the rapid emergence of streaming platforms, and what impact they have had on the film festival ecosystem. Pointed reference was made to the activities of Netflix, particularly in 2017, and the company’s disruptive approach to the traditional theatrical model.
At Cannes, Netflix had two films selected to play In Competition – Bong Joon-ho’s Okja and Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories – but the streaming platform’s disinterest in adhering to theatrical windows prompted grumblings from French cinema owners loud enough to force the festival to announce a new policy.
From next year, distributors will have to show theatrical intention to receive Competition slots. While Cannes’ situation may be unique – with France’s requirement for a 36-month window between theatrical...
Click here to read Screen’s full Think Fest coverage from Jerusalem
The inaugural edition of Think Fest kicked off with a debate about the rapid emergence of streaming platforms, and what impact they have had on the film festival ecosystem. Pointed reference was made to the activities of Netflix, particularly in 2017, and the company’s disruptive approach to the traditional theatrical model.
At Cannes, Netflix had two films selected to play In Competition – Bong Joon-ho’s Okja and Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories – but the streaming platform’s disinterest in adhering to theatrical windows prompted grumblings from French cinema owners loud enough to force the festival to announce a new policy.
From next year, distributors will have to show theatrical intention to receive Competition slots. While Cannes’ situation may be unique – with France’s requirement for a 36-month window between theatrical...
- 7/15/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Screen reports from festival-focused industry initiative’s first edition.
A group of high-profile film festival directors and wider industry gathered at Jerusalem Film Festival on Friday (July 14) to debate the future of film festivals in the age of streaming platforms and the changing arthouse ecosystem.
Dubbed Think Fest, the event’s guests including delegates from festivals including Tribeca, Rotterdam, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, Berlin, Venice, Goteborg, Busan, Istanbul and Thessaloniki.
Screen International contributing editor Wendy Mitchell moderated the day’s discussion, which addressed the impact of streaming platform on festivals, the changing face of distribution and why festivals remain important in the 21st century.
Click the links below to read the individual reports.
Streaming platforms and disruption: Frederic Boyer (Tribeca), Mirsad Purivatra (Sarajevo), Anna Hoffmann (Berlinale Forum)
The changing arthouse ecosystem: Mike Goodridge (Protagonist Pictures, Film Festival and Awards Macao), Karel Och (Karlovy Vary), Bero Beyer (Iffr)
Staying relevant in the 21st century: Carlo Chatrian (Locarno), [link...
A group of high-profile film festival directors and wider industry gathered at Jerusalem Film Festival on Friday (July 14) to debate the future of film festivals in the age of streaming platforms and the changing arthouse ecosystem.
Dubbed Think Fest, the event’s guests including delegates from festivals including Tribeca, Rotterdam, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, Berlin, Venice, Goteborg, Busan, Istanbul and Thessaloniki.
Screen International contributing editor Wendy Mitchell moderated the day’s discussion, which addressed the impact of streaming platform on festivals, the changing face of distribution and why festivals remain important in the 21st century.
Click the links below to read the individual reports.
Streaming platforms and disruption: Frederic Boyer (Tribeca), Mirsad Purivatra (Sarajevo), Anna Hoffmann (Berlinale Forum)
The changing arthouse ecosystem: Mike Goodridge (Protagonist Pictures, Film Festival and Awards Macao), Karel Och (Karlovy Vary), Bero Beyer (Iffr)
Staying relevant in the 21st century: Carlo Chatrian (Locarno), [link...
- 7/15/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Festival to open with The Big Sick.
Us actors Uma Thurman and Jeremy Renner will both be honoured at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 – July 8).
Thurman will receive the Festival President’s Award during the event’s gala opening ceremony. The appearance follows her recent term as president of Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard jury.
Renner will receive the same prize at the festival’s closing night, which will include a screening of one of his latest films, Arrival. His most recent project, Wind River, will also screen at Karlovy Vary (Kviff) this year.
“Jeremy is an actor with a highly diverse filmography that includes both audience favourites as well as critically acclaimed films,” commented Jiří Bartoška, president of Kviff.
Opening night
This year’s festival will open with Michael Showalter’s The Big Sick, which premiered at Sundance where it was picked up by Amazon Studios in a splashy $12m deal...
Us actors Uma Thurman and Jeremy Renner will both be honoured at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 – July 8).
Thurman will receive the Festival President’s Award during the event’s gala opening ceremony. The appearance follows her recent term as president of Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard jury.
Renner will receive the same prize at the festival’s closing night, which will include a screening of one of his latest films, Arrival. His most recent project, Wind River, will also screen at Karlovy Vary (Kviff) this year.
“Jeremy is an actor with a highly diverse filmography that includes both audience favourites as well as critically acclaimed films,” commented Jiří Bartoška, president of Kviff.
Opening night
This year’s festival will open with Michael Showalter’s The Big Sick, which premiered at Sundance where it was picked up by Amazon Studios in a splashy $12m deal...
- 6/20/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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