The Intl. Emerging Film Talent Foundation (Ieftf), a new Athens-based venture established to provide support for unheard and unseen talent, launches May 18 at the Cannes Film Festival during the ceremony for the Arab Cinema Center film awards at the Plage des Palmes.
Established by Marco Orsini (pictured), the founder of the Intl. Emerging Film Talent Assn. (Iefta), the new foundation will offer tens of thousands of euros in support each year through grants to Iefta, which will in turn collaborate directly with film institutions, industry bodies, festivals and events with the goal of aiding emerging filmmakers who must overcome extraordinary challenges in entering the industry.
The launch is part of a series of events Iefta is hosting this week in Cannes, including a discussion with two-time Academy Award winner and Goodwill Ambassador for Unhcr, the U.N. Refugee Agency, Cate Blanchett, who will appear in conversation May 20 with journalist Hadley Gamble...
Established by Marco Orsini (pictured), the founder of the Intl. Emerging Film Talent Assn. (Iefta), the new foundation will offer tens of thousands of euros in support each year through grants to Iefta, which will in turn collaborate directly with film institutions, industry bodies, festivals and events with the goal of aiding emerging filmmakers who must overcome extraordinary challenges in entering the industry.
The launch is part of a series of events Iefta is hosting this week in Cannes, including a discussion with two-time Academy Award winner and Goodwill Ambassador for Unhcr, the U.N. Refugee Agency, Cate Blanchett, who will appear in conversation May 20 with journalist Hadley Gamble...
- 5/18/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
Even Emma Watson and Tom Hanks May Not Be Enough to Make a Mark As April Ends
The last weekend of April, and the “slower” spring movie season is ending this weekend, leading directly into the start of the lucrative summer box office next week. As has been the case in past years, the last couple weekends in April see a couple movies hoping to bring in any amount of money before the first big summer blockbuster, and other movies that will steal away their theaters. Last weekend was pretty sad, but hopefully a few of this weekend’s movies will fare better.
The movie that stands the best chance at finding an audience this weekend is the tech industry thriller The Circle...
Even Emma Watson and Tom Hanks May Not Be Enough to Make a Mark As April Ends
The last weekend of April, and the “slower” spring movie season is ending this weekend, leading directly into the start of the lucrative summer box office next week. As has been the case in past years, the last couple weekends in April see a couple movies hoping to bring in any amount of money before the first big summer blockbuster, and other movies that will steal away their theaters. Last weekend was pretty sad, but hopefully a few of this weekend’s movies will fare better.
The movie that stands the best chance at finding an audience this weekend is the tech industry thriller The Circle...
- 4/26/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Movies and quantum physics are, theoretically, a natural fit. And yet many screen stories based on the concept get so caught up in their time- and space-bending paradoxes that the mystery turns ploddingly prosaic, more frustrating than revelatory. Case in point: the sci-fi thriller Displacement, the first feature solo effort by writer-director Kenneth Mader.
Aiming ambitiously for an Inception-esque head trip, the filmmaker has crafted the tale of a grieving young woman caught up in timeslips that might have been triggered by her own research. His good-looking but less-than-involving film delivers moments of intrigue and jolts of eeriness,...
Aiming ambitiously for an Inception-esque head trip, the filmmaker has crafted the tale of a grieving young woman caught up in timeslips that might have been triggered by her own research. His good-looking but less-than-involving film delivers moments of intrigue and jolts of eeriness,...
- 4/26/2017
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you like your time travel thrillers with a side of memory loss and taser fights, Kenneth Mader’s “Displacement” is the film for you.
The feature follows a young physics student who sets out to reverse a fatal quantum time anomaly that causes short-term lapses in memory and time slips. Oh, and on top of that, she’s also trying to solve the murder of her boyfriend. Just a totally normal day, right?
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Courtney Hope stars in the lead role, with Bruce Davison, Susan Blakely, Sarah Douglas, Lou Richards, and Christopher Backus filling out the rest of the cast.
“Displacement” opens in Los Angeles on April 28, with other cities to follow. Check out our taser-filled exclusive clip below.
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The feature follows a young physics student who sets out to reverse a fatal quantum time anomaly that causes short-term lapses in memory and time slips. Oh, and on top of that, she’s also trying to solve the murder of her boyfriend. Just a totally normal day, right?
Read More: ‘American Assassin’ First Trailer: Michael Keaton and Dylan O’Brien Take on Terrorism in CIA Black Ops Thriller
Courtney Hope stars in the lead role, with Bruce Davison, Susan Blakely, Sarah Douglas, Lou Richards, and Christopher Backus filling out the rest of the cast.
“Displacement” opens in Los Angeles on April 28, with other cities to follow. Check out our taser-filled exclusive clip below.
Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news!
- 4/18/2017
- by Allison Picurro
- Indiewire
April is shaping up to be a great month for horror and sci-fi VOD releases, as we have over a dozen great titles making their way home this month. Things kick off with Universal’s release of M. Night Shyamalan’s Split and the Sasquatch-themed The Bigfoot Project on April 4th. Then, on April 7th, we have a pair of stellar indie horrors coming our way—The Void and Bethany—with The Bye Bye Man making its VOD bow just a few days later.
April’s digital genre offerings continue throughout the month, with the releases of The Dark Tapes on April 18th, Detour on April 25th, and both Rupture and A Dark Song rounding out the month’s VOD titles with their April 28th releases. Read on for our full breakdown of all the genre VOD releases for April 2017.
The Bigfoot Project (Gravitas Ventures) – April 4th
A bush-league group...
April’s digital genre offerings continue throughout the month, with the releases of The Dark Tapes on April 18th, Detour on April 25th, and both Rupture and A Dark Song rounding out the month’s VOD titles with their April 28th releases. Read on for our full breakdown of all the genre VOD releases for April 2017.
The Bigfoot Project (Gravitas Ventures) – April 4th
A bush-league group...
- 4/3/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Fox Searchlight will acquire the U.S., Canada and U.K. rights to to “The Old Man And The Gun,” Deadline reports. Director David Lowery’s drama stars Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek and Danny Glover and begins shooting on April 3.
Based on a true story, the film centers on bank robber and 17-time prison escapee Forrest Tucker (Redford). Affleck plays a detective obsessed with bringing Tucker to justice while Spacek plays Tucker’s love interest. The film is produced by Conde Nast Entertainment Wildwood Enterprises and Identity Films.
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– Grasshopper Film has acquired the U.S. rights...
– Fox Searchlight will acquire the U.S., Canada and U.K. rights to to “The Old Man And The Gun,” Deadline reports. Director David Lowery’s drama stars Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek and Danny Glover and begins shooting on April 3.
Based on a true story, the film centers on bank robber and 17-time prison escapee Forrest Tucker (Redford). Affleck plays a detective obsessed with bringing Tucker to justice while Spacek plays Tucker’s love interest. The film is produced by Conde Nast Entertainment Wildwood Enterprises and Identity Films.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Neon Picks Up Errol Morris’ ‘The B-Side,’ FilmRise Gets Two Sundance Premieres and More
– Grasshopper Film has acquired the U.S. rights...
- 3/24/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Displacement, the time travel sci-fi thriller from writer/director Kenneth Mader, has announced that it will be having a theatrical run in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Monica Film Center on April 28th, the same day it hits VOD platforms Amazon Prime,… Continue Reading →
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- 3/22/2017
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Maybe it’s a coincidence, or maybe it’s something in the alignment of the planets, or maybe someone is actually traveling through time in order to ensure that the latest Fund This Film column spotlights two fortuitously headlined crowdfunding projects. As you’re probably aware, this summer we’re getting a new Superman movie (Man of Steel) and a new Wolverine movie (The Wolverine). What you’re probably not aware of at all, though, is that you also have an opportunity now to help out two new time travel films involving the theme of second chances that have nothing whatsoever to do with those two new superhero blockbusters. So why do I mention them if there’s no real link? Because there is still an interesting connection. One of the crowdfunding projects stars Sarah Douglas (pictured above), who played the villainess Ursa in Superman and Superman II. The other project is by the Swedish duo behind...
- 6/8/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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