The Isa of the Day segment of SydneysBuzz resumes for the Cannes Film Festival 2015. ISAs, or International Sales Agents, help to bring films into global distribution by selling distribution rights to distributors worldwide.Topics include new trends in distribution and sales, inspirational success stories, film slates and more. A worthy read for any serious filmmaker looking to have a better understanding of the chain of business between producing a film and sharing it with the world.
Based in Los Angeles, Instrum International is a worldwide film sales and distribution company, dedicated to bringing high quality festival films to the marketplace. Its founder Ryan Keller represents the new generation of international film sales agents that is open to new talent and challenging films that don’t necessarily fit in the marketplace, and new forms of distribution and technology.
Founder Ryan Keller shares more:
I started Instrum International three years ago. I initially started working in sales at a company where I worked for several years. It was a start-up, so I wore many hats. I began working directly with filmmakers, and eventually just started doing it on my own through Instrum.
We started out doing a lot of independent festival films, and slowly started building up to more genre films. Our target is top-tier American independent festival films. For Cannes, I’m excited to share “Amira & Sam.” We also have “The Dramatics”, “The Midnight Swim,” “The Mend,” and Hardkor Disko, which has been doing really well on the festival circuit.
I like the relationships I get to develop here. It’s really cool to bring a film that you’ve found just from searching on the Internet, and to see the whole process from the marketing, distribution, and to finally see its release.
When I first started, we picked up a tiny film and they were having trouble getting sales agents. One of my vendors introduced us. We were just starting out and we helped them market it and sold it for twice their budget. We were able to develop a good relationship with these filmmakers and then helped raise financing on their last film, which we pre-sold. It’s been really cool to develop the relationship like that. Coming in early and helping them tailor their project to the market but also keeping their creativity and artistic control – that is something I aspire to do with all my future projects.
Learn more about Instrum’s slate here.
Based in Los Angeles, Instrum International is a worldwide film sales and distribution company, dedicated to bringing high quality festival films to the marketplace. Its founder Ryan Keller represents the new generation of international film sales agents that is open to new talent and challenging films that don’t necessarily fit in the marketplace, and new forms of distribution and technology.
Founder Ryan Keller shares more:
I started Instrum International three years ago. I initially started working in sales at a company where I worked for several years. It was a start-up, so I wore many hats. I began working directly with filmmakers, and eventually just started doing it on my own through Instrum.
We started out doing a lot of independent festival films, and slowly started building up to more genre films. Our target is top-tier American independent festival films. For Cannes, I’m excited to share “Amira & Sam.” We also have “The Dramatics”, “The Midnight Swim,” “The Mend,” and Hardkor Disko, which has been doing really well on the festival circuit.
I like the relationships I get to develop here. It’s really cool to bring a film that you’ve found just from searching on the Internet, and to see the whole process from the marketing, distribution, and to finally see its release.
When I first started, we picked up a tiny film and they were having trouble getting sales agents. One of my vendors introduced us. We were just starting out and we helped them market it and sold it for twice their budget. We were able to develop a good relationship with these filmmakers and then helped raise financing on their last film, which we pre-sold. It’s been really cool to develop the relationship like that. Coming in early and helping them tailor their project to the market but also keeping their creativity and artistic control – that is something I aspire to do with all my future projects.
Learn more about Instrum’s slate here.
- 5/18/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Debut competition titles at cinematography festival unveiled.
Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 15-22), has revealed the line-up of films screening in three of the festival’s competition sections including Cinematographers’ Debut, Directors’ Debut and Student Etudes.
The entries are:
Cinematographers’ Debut Competition
Duane Hopkins’ Bypass;
UK, 2014; Cinematographer: David Procter
Sidney Lexy Plaut’s Dark Samurai;
Denmark, 2014; Cinematographer: Sidney Lexy Plaut
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret;
Ethiopia, USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Monika Lenczewska
Krzysztof Skonieczny’s Hardkor Disko;
Poland, 2014; Cinematographer: Kacper Fertacz
Arild Østin Ommundsen’s It’s Only Make Believe;
Norway, 2013; Cinematographer: Arild Østin Ommundsen
Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Ruin;
Australia, 2013; Cinematographer: Ari Wegner
Ester Martin Bergsmark’s Something Must Break;
Sweden, 2014; Cinematographers: Lisabi Fridell and Minka Jakerson
David Pablos’ The Life After;
Mexico, 2013; Cinematographer: José De- La-Torre
Saar Klein’s Things People Do;
USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Matthias Koenigswieser
Jonas Alexander Arnby’s When Animals Dream;
Denmark, 2013; Cinematographer: [link=nm...
Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 15-22), has revealed the line-up of films screening in three of the festival’s competition sections including Cinematographers’ Debut, Directors’ Debut and Student Etudes.
The entries are:
Cinematographers’ Debut Competition
Duane Hopkins’ Bypass;
UK, 2014; Cinematographer: David Procter
Sidney Lexy Plaut’s Dark Samurai;
Denmark, 2014; Cinematographer: Sidney Lexy Plaut
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret;
Ethiopia, USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Monika Lenczewska
Krzysztof Skonieczny’s Hardkor Disko;
Poland, 2014; Cinematographer: Kacper Fertacz
Arild Østin Ommundsen’s It’s Only Make Believe;
Norway, 2013; Cinematographer: Arild Østin Ommundsen
Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Ruin;
Australia, 2013; Cinematographer: Ari Wegner
Ester Martin Bergsmark’s Something Must Break;
Sweden, 2014; Cinematographers: Lisabi Fridell and Minka Jakerson
David Pablos’ The Life After;
Mexico, 2013; Cinematographer: José De- La-Torre
Saar Klein’s Things People Do;
USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Matthias Koenigswieser
Jonas Alexander Arnby’s When Animals Dream;
Denmark, 2013; Cinematographer: [link=nm...
- 10/16/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Back in March I had a chance to talk with Krzysztof Skonieczny about his experimental, thrilling debut Hardkor Disko. I did not know a lot about him back then besides the fact that he's always busy; working on sets, shooting music videos, giving workshops and writing. I was even a bit afraid that to some extent he might be like Marcin (Marcin Kowalczyk) - the protagonist his film - who does not speak a lot, does not raise questions, and just prefers to do things quietly his own way. But Skonieczny turned out to be a talkative and open-minded person who cherishes a real dialogue. On the other hand he is indeed a truly independent artist who knows what he wants and what to do...
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- 9/22/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Lukasz Palkowski’s Gods was the big winner at this year’s annual showcase of Polish cinema at the Gdynia Film Festival which ended with a gala awards ceremony at the weekend.
Gods (Bogowie), based on the life of Zbigniew Religa who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in the 1980s, received the Grand Prix Golden Lions for best film as well as individual awards in the categories of screenplay, make-up, production design and actor in a leading role for Tomasz Kot.
In addition, Gods received the award of the Polish Film Festivals and Reviews Abroad as well as the Journalists’ Award, Elle magazine’s Star of the Stars award for lead actor Kot and Radio Gdansk’s Golden Claquer Award for the longest applauded film at a screening in the Musical Theatre for the Main Competition.
Palkowski made his feature directorial debut in 2007 with Reserve, which won three prize at the festival in Gdynia...
Gods (Bogowie), based on the life of Zbigniew Religa who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in the 1980s, received the Grand Prix Golden Lions for best film as well as individual awards in the categories of screenplay, make-up, production design and actor in a leading role for Tomasz Kot.
In addition, Gods received the award of the Polish Film Festivals and Reviews Abroad as well as the Journalists’ Award, Elle magazine’s Star of the Stars award for lead actor Kot and Radio Gdansk’s Golden Claquer Award for the longest applauded film at a screening in the Musical Theatre for the Main Competition.
Palkowski made his feature directorial debut in 2007 with Reserve, which won three prize at the festival in Gdynia...
- 9/22/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Hardkor Disko
Written by Krzysztof Skonieczny and Robert Bolesto
Directed by Krzysztof Skonieczny
Poland, 2013
‘Be intense or be nothing’. This statement, made by a middle-aged architect during a civilised breakfast, is put forward as a motto for his daughter’s disaffected generation. Lacking in attention and purpose, they need ‘stimulus after stimulus’ to stay interested, to keep them feeling alive. The phrase also becomes something like a raison d’être for Hardkor Disko, a film that hinges on its discomforting atmosphere and ability to aggravate the senses.
It opens with Marcin (Marcin Kowalczyk), a sullen, misanthropic figure, playing with a large knife in an abandoned theme park. At one point he leaves it hovering right between his eyes; you get the impression he could just let it drop there and then. Instead, he makes for Warsaw and goes directly to an expensive apartment, in search of the couple who live there.
Written by Krzysztof Skonieczny and Robert Bolesto
Directed by Krzysztof Skonieczny
Poland, 2013
‘Be intense or be nothing’. This statement, made by a middle-aged architect during a civilised breakfast, is put forward as a motto for his daughter’s disaffected generation. Lacking in attention and purpose, they need ‘stimulus after stimulus’ to stay interested, to keep them feeling alive. The phrase also becomes something like a raison d’être for Hardkor Disko, a film that hinges on its discomforting atmosphere and ability to aggravate the senses.
It opens with Marcin (Marcin Kowalczyk), a sullen, misanthropic figure, playing with a large knife in an abandoned theme park. At one point he leaves it hovering right between his eyes; you get the impression he could just let it drop there and then. Instead, he makes for Warsaw and goes directly to an expensive apartment, in search of the couple who live there.
- 6/28/2014
- by Rob Dickie
- SoundOnSight
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