Releasing tomorrow, January 1, 2021, on digital platforms is Thomas Balmès’s Sing Me a Song, which finds the French documentarian returning to the town of Laya in Bhutan, the scene of his excellent 2014 documentary Happiness, to learn how one of its subjects, an eight-year-old monk named Peyangki who’s now a teenager, is dealing with the late arrival to his monastery of the internet and social media. Needless to say, the combination of adolescence and technology has created profound changes in Peyangki’s life — changes that provide insight into the ways in which these forms of communication have changed all […]
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- 12/31/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Releasing tomorrow, January 1, 2021, on digital platforms is Thomas Balmès’s Sing Me a Song, which finds the French documentarian returning to the town of Laya in Bhutan, the scene of his excellent 2014 documentary Happiness, to learn how one of its subjects, an eight-year-old monk named Peyangki who’s now a teenager, is dealing with the late arrival to his monastery of the internet and social media. Needless to say, the combination of adolescence and technology has created profound changes in Peyangki’s life — changes that provide insight into the ways in which these forms of communication have changed all […]
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- 12/31/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
"Have the Monks stopped meditating? They all seem to be tweeting." Werner Herzog made this potent (and pithy) observation in his 2016 documentary on the origins and effects of the internet, Lo And Behold. A few years later, French director (and cinematographer) Thomas Balmès takes this hypothesis an intimate leap forward with Sing Me A Song. The film is a non-fiction portrait of a long-distance relationship between a Buddhist Monk in the Bhutanese mountains and a lounge singer (and single mother) in the capital city of Thimphu, some 80 kilometres away. This is not Balmès first trip to Bhutan, nor to the remote mountainous region of Laya, as nearly a decade ago, he made a film called Happiness, about an eight year old monk, Peyangki, who...
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- 12/31/2020
- Screen Anarchy
The specialty box office and streaming space is ringing in 2021 with a peppering of new titles starting with Shadow in the Cloud starring Chloë Grace Moretz, which opens in select theaters and drops on VOD and digital starting January 1, 2021.
Directed by Roseanne Liang who co-wrote the script with Max Landis, Shadow in the Cloud is part war pic, part horror and part women empowerment. Set in World War II, the film follows Captain Maude Garrett (Moretz) who joins an all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude’s every move. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. On top of all of this, there’s something lurking in the shadows — something sinister is tearing at the heart of the plane.
Directed by Roseanne Liang who co-wrote the script with Max Landis, Shadow in the Cloud is part war pic, part horror and part women empowerment. Set in World War II, the film follows Captain Maude Garrett (Moretz) who joins an all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude’s every move. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. On top of all of this, there’s something lurking in the shadows — something sinister is tearing at the heart of the plane.
- 12/31/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s not a lot in the way of new releases for movie lovers this week, although that might be for the best, given the state of the coronavirus outbreak. The good news: Those films that are bowing in theaters over the New Year’s weekend will filter down to streaming outlets one week later — plus, most of the end-of-year blockbusters that audience might have been obliged to pay full price to see on the big screen can already be accessed at home (like would-be blockbusters like “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Soul”).
Still, take a moment to scope out what’s being launched, since there are some real treasures among them worth catching up with when you can. “The Iron Lady” director Phyllida Lloyd delivers one of the year’s best films with “Herself,” about an Irish woman who fights back against a sexist system in order to escape her...
Still, take a moment to scope out what’s being launched, since there are some real treasures among them worth catching up with when you can. “The Iron Lady” director Phyllida Lloyd delivers one of the year’s best films with “Herself,” about an Irish woman who fights back against a sexist system in order to escape her...
- 12/30/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
‘Sing Me A Song’ Trailer: Thomas Balmès Returns With A Doc About A Monk Finding Love On Social Media
When you think of monks living their lives in the mountains in Asia, you don’t necessarily imagine them on social media and staring at smartphones. But in “Sing Me A Song,” not only do we meet the monks of the rural monastery in Bhutan, but we also see how one teen Buddhist monk, Peyangki, is not only using social media but also finding love.
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As seen in the trailer for “Sing Me A Song,” we are reintroduced to Peyangki, a subject of a previous documentary “Happiness” from filmmaker Thomas Balmès, a teen monk that has found love on WeChat.
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As seen in the trailer for “Sing Me A Song,” we are reintroduced to Peyangki, a subject of a previous documentary “Happiness” from filmmaker Thomas Balmès, a teen monk that has found love on WeChat.
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- 12/28/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Dogwoof has closed a deal to handle international TV and digital sales rights to Participant’s feature doc catalogue.
UK-based sales outfit Dogwoof has closed a deal to handle international TV and digital sales rights to Green Book producer Participant’s feature documentary catalogue.
The deal will see Dogwoof take on 19 titles from the Participant library and start presenting to buyers during Mipcom next week.
Among the titles are political documentary Slay The Dragon, about the fight to end gerrymandering in the US. which was released earlier this year by Magnolia Pictures; Victor Kossakovsky’s Aquarela; Ai Weiwei’s Human Flow...
UK-based sales outfit Dogwoof has closed a deal to handle international TV and digital sales rights to Green Book producer Participant’s feature documentary catalogue.
The deal will see Dogwoof take on 19 titles from the Participant library and start presenting to buyers during Mipcom next week.
Among the titles are political documentary Slay The Dragon, about the fight to end gerrymandering in the US. which was released earlier this year by Magnolia Pictures; Victor Kossakovsky’s Aquarela; Ai Weiwei’s Human Flow...
- 10/12/2020
- ScreenDaily
Switzerland’s Close Up Films, producer of the Participant Media-backed Toronto-premiered “Sing Me a Song” and co-producer of high-profile Cannes title “The Swallows of Kabul,” is developing a new production, “The Gift” (“Faiseuse de Secret”).
Set to be presented on Saturday April 25 as part of an Rts Prize: Documentary Perspectives showcase at Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland, news of “The Gift,” comes as Close Up Films bows its latest film, Michele Pennetta’s “Il Mio Corpo,” in main competition on Visions du Réel’s online platform. It will be made available to 500 viewers over April 25 to May 2. Swiss sales company Sweet Spot Docs has acquired international sales rights to “Il Mio Corpo.”
Produced by Close Up Films’ Flavia Zanon, whose credits also include Karim Sayed’s “My English Cousin” and Locarno-selected “Bird Island,” “The Gift” turns on what seems a remarkable phenomenon for modern-day Switzerland. The Secret is...
Set to be presented on Saturday April 25 as part of an Rts Prize: Documentary Perspectives showcase at Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland, news of “The Gift,” comes as Close Up Films bows its latest film, Michele Pennetta’s “Il Mio Corpo,” in main competition on Visions du Réel’s online platform. It will be made available to 500 viewers over April 25 to May 2. Swiss sales company Sweet Spot Docs has acquired international sales rights to “Il Mio Corpo.”
Produced by Close Up Films’ Flavia Zanon, whose credits also include Karim Sayed’s “My English Cousin” and Locarno-selected “Bird Island,” “The Gift” turns on what seems a remarkable phenomenon for modern-day Switzerland. The Secret is...
- 4/24/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
UK-based documentary specialists announce sales on The Kingmaker, Sing Me A Song, The Cave, and Cunningham.
UK-based documentary specialists Dogwoof has announced a series of all-rights theatrical and TV sales for their Idfa slate.
The Kingmaker by Lauren Greenfield, which profiles the former first lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, sold to Piece of Magic (Benelux), with TV sales going to Svt (Sweden), Nrk (Norway), Yle (Finland), and Movistar (Spain). The film premiered in Venice and also screened in Telluride, Toronto, and BFI London Film Festival. Dogwoof will release in the UK on 13 December following its Us release earlier this month.
UK-based documentary specialists Dogwoof has announced a series of all-rights theatrical and TV sales for their Idfa slate.
The Kingmaker by Lauren Greenfield, which profiles the former first lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, sold to Piece of Magic (Benelux), with TV sales going to Svt (Sweden), Nrk (Norway), Yle (Finland), and Movistar (Spain). The film premiered in Venice and also screened in Telluride, Toronto, and BFI London Film Festival. Dogwoof will release in the UK on 13 December following its Us release earlier this month.
- 11/26/2019
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
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