Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the eight participants in the inaugural Cj & TIFF K-Story Fund supporting the development of first or second features.
The writers and writer-directors are: Junsung Kim (US) with California Rolls; Justin Kim WooSŏk (US) with Dances With Cranes; Michelle K Cho (US) with First Day Of Spring; Helen Lee (Can) with Go-Stop Go; Lloyd Lee Choi (Can-us) with Prodigy; Arom Choi (US) with Soledad And Faith; Thomas Percy Kim (US) with The Untitled Busan Project; and Joanne Mony Park (US) with The Windiest Day.
Selected filmmakers will take part in a four-month story development...
The writers and writer-directors are: Junsung Kim (US) with California Rolls; Justin Kim WooSŏk (US) with Dances With Cranes; Michelle K Cho (US) with First Day Of Spring; Helen Lee (Can) with Go-Stop Go; Lloyd Lee Choi (Can-us) with Prodigy; Arom Choi (US) with Soledad And Faith; Thomas Percy Kim (US) with The Untitled Busan Project; and Joanne Mony Park (US) with The Windiest Day.
Selected filmmakers will take part in a four-month story development...
- 3/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Invitees will boost overall membership to around 8,500.
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
- 6/28/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Invitees will boost overall membership to around 8,500.
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Pictures co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Pictures co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
- 6/28/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Winston Baker and the Los Cabos International Film Festival have announced the first Los Cabos Film Investor Summit, to take place in Mexico from November 10-11.
“Beyond the heavy hitters from the dealmaking side, we have also confirmed prolific producers such as Juan de Dios Larraín, Luis and Nicolás Puenzo, Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, and Cristian Conti,” said festival director Alonso Aguilar Castillo.
“Our goal is to make this Summit a staple event hosted annually in Los Cabos to foster an on-going conversation between Latin American filmmakers and film finance experts from around the world,” said Amy Baker, co-founder and managing partner of Winston Baker.
“It will be an exclusive invitation-only platform for producers and investors to collaborate in an intimate and high-level setting.”
Julie Taymor will give the keynote address and the roster of participants include Alex Walton of Bloom Media, Helen Lee Kim of Good Universe, Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval, Phil Hunt of [link...
“Beyond the heavy hitters from the dealmaking side, we have also confirmed prolific producers such as Juan de Dios Larraín, Luis and Nicolás Puenzo, Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, and Cristian Conti,” said festival director Alonso Aguilar Castillo.
“Our goal is to make this Summit a staple event hosted annually in Los Cabos to foster an on-going conversation between Latin American filmmakers and film finance experts from around the world,” said Amy Baker, co-founder and managing partner of Winston Baker.
“It will be an exclusive invitation-only platform for producers and investors to collaborate in an intimate and high-level setting.”
Julie Taymor will give the keynote address and the roster of participants include Alex Walton of Bloom Media, Helen Lee Kim of Good Universe, Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval, Phil Hunt of [link...
- 8/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It’s been a surprisingly interesting month of moving and shaking in terms of doc development. Just a month after making his first public funding pitch at Toronto’s Hot Docs Forum, legendary doc filmmaker Frederick Wiseman took to Kickstarter to help cover the remaining expenses for his 40th feature film In Jackson Heights (see the film’s first trailer below). Unrelentingly rigorous in his determination to capture the American institutional landscape on film, his latest continues down this thematic rabbit hole, taking on the immensely diverse New York City neighborhood of Jackson Heights as his latest subject. According to the Kickstarter page, Wiseman is currently editing the 120 hours of rushes he shot with hopes of having the film ready for a fall festival premiere (my guess would be Tiff, where both National Gallery and At Berkeley made their North American debut), though he’s currently quite a ways away from his $75,000 goal.
- 7/6/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Well folks, after a rather long and brutal winter (at least for me here in Buffalo), we are finally heading into the wonderful warmth of summer, but with that blast of sunshine and steamy humidity comes the mid-year drought of major film fests. After the Sheffield Doc/Fest concludes on June 10th and AFI Docs wraps on June 21st, we likely won’t see any major influx in our charts until Locarno, Venice, Telluride and Tiff announce their line-ups in rapid succession. In the meantime, we can look forward to the intriguing onslaught of films making their debut in Sheffield, including Brian Hill’s intriguing examination of Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, The Confessions of Thomas Quick, and Sean McAllister’s film for which he himself was jailed in the process of making, A Syrian Love Story, the only two films world premiering in the festival’s main competition.
- 6/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer will star in the psychological thriller 2:22 that Good Universe is introducing to buyers on the Croisette.
Lightstream Picture’s Paul Currie will direct from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Todd Stein and Nathan Parker and Currie.
Walker plays a man whose life is permanently derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself every day, ending at precisely 2:22 pm. He must solve the mystery to protect the woman he loves.
Filming will begin in October on location in Australia.
Pandemonium’s Bill Mechanic produces alongside Walk The Walk Entertainment’s Steve Hutensky and Currie.
The trio recently teamed up on The Moon And The Sun starring Pierce Brosnan, which is currently shooting in Melbourne. Good Universe represents international rights on that title too.
Garrett Kelleher of Lightstream and Jackie O’Sullivan are executive producing.
“Working with Bill, Steve and Paul On The Moon And The Sun has been such...
Lightstream Picture’s Paul Currie will direct from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Todd Stein and Nathan Parker and Currie.
Walker plays a man whose life is permanently derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself every day, ending at precisely 2:22 pm. He must solve the mystery to protect the woman he loves.
Filming will begin in October on location in Australia.
Pandemonium’s Bill Mechanic produces alongside Walk The Walk Entertainment’s Steve Hutensky and Currie.
The trio recently teamed up on The Moon And The Sun starring Pierce Brosnan, which is currently shooting in Melbourne. Good Universe represents international rights on that title too.
Garrett Kelleher of Lightstream and Jackie O’Sullivan are executive producing.
“Working with Bill, Steve and Paul On The Moon And The Sun has been such...
- 5/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
South Korea’s Lotte Entertainment has sold China remake rights to Jong Hoon Park’s Top Star to Beijing-based Aim Media.
Top Star follows a talent manager on he road to success when he becomes a celebrity himself. But his passion turns into greed and he finds himself in a crisis.
Lotte says Aim Media producer Helen Lee, whose credits include the recent mainland China hit Beijing Love Story, plans to proceed with the Chinese version’s production this year with the makers of Beijing Love Story.
“I think Top Star has the quality and storyline to potentially succeed as a remake in China,” said Justin Choi, Lotte Entertainment general manager and head of International.
“A lot of Asian countries have recently expressed interest in Korean film remake rights, and as a seller, this seems to have more significance than simple film exports.”...
Top Star follows a talent manager on he road to success when he becomes a celebrity himself. But his passion turns into greed and he finds himself in a crisis.
Lotte says Aim Media producer Helen Lee, whose credits include the recent mainland China hit Beijing Love Story, plans to proceed with the Chinese version’s production this year with the makers of Beijing Love Story.
“I think Top Star has the quality and storyline to potentially succeed as a remake in China,” said Justin Choi, Lotte Entertainment general manager and head of International.
“A lot of Asian countries have recently expressed interest in Korean film remake rights, and as a seller, this seems to have more significance than simple film exports.”...
- 3/26/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane's Good Universe has brought on a pair of veteran Hollywood executives, Helen Lee-Kim and Brent Jack, the financing, production and sales company announced on Wednesday. Lee-Kim joins as a partner and will run the company's international division while Jack will take care of international marketing and publicity. Both are former associates of Drake and Kahane at Lionsgate, Mandate Pictures and Senator International. At Good Universe, Lee-Kim will forge deals with outside producers and financiers for upcoming films with an international bent and also build out the company's...
- 10/17/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Santa Monica (October 17, 2012) – Good Universe, a full-service motion picture financing and production company, is upping its commitment to being a leading force in international sales and distribution with the expansion of its global sales arm. Industry veteran Helen Lee-Kim has come onboard as partner and president of international to jointly build Good Universe with co-founders Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane. Brent Jack also joins as the head of international marketing and publicity. Building upon key relationships, Lee-Kim will align the company with third party producers and financiers who are also committed to bringing feature films with broad commercial appeal to the international marketplace. She will also help drive the international group’s evolution into the television business. Jack will continue his decade long partnership with Lee-Kim, developing customized sales launches and supervising international rollouts for all films on the company’s growing slate. Lee-Kim and Jack have long standing...
- 10/17/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Veteran international executive Helen Lee-Kim is reuniting with Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane at Good Universe, where she'll serve as partner and president of international, helping to further establish the company's global footprint at the upcoming American Film Market in Santa Monica. Her arrival at Good Universe -- formed earlier this year after Drake exited as Lionsgate Motion Picture Group -- was widely expected. Lee-Kim worked with Drake at Lionsgate and before that, with Drake and Kahane at Mandate Pictures. Brent Jack, who likewise worked at Lionsgate and Mandate, also is reteaming with his former bosses, serving as Good Unvierse's
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- 10/17/2012
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This Saturday night marks the premiere of Syfy's latest cryptozoological creature feature, Mothman. Earlier this week I somehow got invited to get up extra early (by my standards) to take part in a conference call Q&A with stars Jewel Staite and Connor Fox.
Perhaps it was lack of sleep that led to me realize shortly after the call began that I had no earthly clue what the heck to ask either of them. Could also have been due to having not seen the film and Syfy not having done much to promote it until the past couple days.
I'm guessing most of the other callers taking part also had some difficulty coming up with questions to ask considering someone actually asked them to compare Louisiana and California movie catering. Anyway, here's the transcript of the call for those interested in hearing more about Mothman as well as "Stargate", "Firefly...
Perhaps it was lack of sleep that led to me realize shortly after the call began that I had no earthly clue what the heck to ask either of them. Could also have been due to having not seen the film and Syfy not having done much to promote it until the past couple days.
I'm guessing most of the other callers taking part also had some difficulty coming up with questions to ask considering someone actually asked them to compare Louisiana and California movie catering. Anyway, here's the transcript of the call for those interested in hearing more about Mothman as well as "Stargate", "Firefly...
- 4/23/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
It's a wrap! The Martin Gropius Bau is empty and the final pickups follow. This is a work in progress and readers are invited and welcome to contribute. Presales have returned in reaction to the reduced number of finished films on offer over the past two markets. Presales applies across the board from Us to French and even Italian films. English language films are increasingly coming out of the major non English language territories but local product is impacting sales on Us films internationally. Business was quickly wrapped up but it was done with a healthy number of buys reported. Lower prices have become accepted but the market must have product as this event proved.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
- 3/9/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Nelly attending Sean "Diddy" Combs' 40th birthday celebration presented by Ciroc Vodka at The Grand Ballroom at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. Photo copyright by M Van Niedek / PR Photos. Herbie Hancock attending Sean "Diddy" Combs' 40th birthday celebration presented by Ciroc Vodka at The Grand Ballroom at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. Photo copyright by M Van Niedek / PR Photos. Roxy attending Sean "Diddy" Combs' 40th birthday celebration presented by Ciroc Vodka at The Grand Ballroom at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. Photo copyright by M Van Niedek / PR Photos. Helen Lee Schifter attending Sean "Diddy" Combs' 40th birthday celebration presented by Ciroc Vodka at The Grand...
- 11/23/2009
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
With the last weekend of summer before us, Vf Daily looks back at what the warm-weather months of 2009 brought us. Surf Lodge in Montauk. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Despite the economic downturn, the Hamptons, Manhattan's summer playground, still held its own. Social highlights included throwdowns at the Surf Lodge, Acria's Bridgehampton benefit (attended by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker), Super Saturday (since even moguls are now mindful of a bargain), Love Heals at Luna Farm, and the Last Song of Summer. Meanwhile, the revamped Montauk Yacht Club also saw action, notably for a celebration of How it Ended, Jay McInerney's new book of short stories. Those that attended the reading included Andrew Farkas, Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy, Helen Lee Schifter, Cynthia Rowley, Amanda Hearst, and Topper Mortimer.
- 9/4/2009
- Vanity Fair
1. Candace Bushnell and Jay McInerney. 2. Alexis Bledel and Christian Siriano. 3. Dave and James Franco. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Vf Daily’s picks for the top three parties around the globe last night. Party Like It’s 1984 What: Party for Jay McInerney’s new book, How It Ended. Where: Cru restaurant, New York City. Who: Jay McInerney, with children Maise and Barrett McInerney, wife Anne Hearst McInerney, and stepdaughter Amanda Hearst. Also, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Rudy Giuliani, Judith Giuliani, J. T. Theodoracopulos, A. M. Homes, Brad Gooch, Andrew Saffir, Bettina Zilkha, Candace Bushnell, Charles Askegard, Morgan Entrekin, Dirk Wittenborn, Gillian Hearst-Simonds, Helen Lee Schifter, James Lipton, Bobby Zarem, Michael Gross, Nicole Miller, Terry McDonell, André Balazs, Sharon Bush, Richard Johnson, Binky Urban, and Ken Auletta. Why: Because it’s been 25 years since Bright Lights, Big City was published and we were eagerly waiting for McInerney’s latest. Talking Point: The equal measures of literarti and glitterati present.
- 4/7/2009
- Vanity Fair
Directors Arthur Dong, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Chris Eska, Clark Gregg, Davis Guggenheim and Freida Lee Mock are among the participants in Film Independent's fourth annual Filmmaker Forum, which will be held Sept. 26-28 at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles.
Producer Ted Hope will deliver this year's keynote address at the three-day event, which focusses on the latest developments in independent filmmaking.
The forum will kick off on Sept. 26 with a screening of Rian Anderson's "The Brothers Bloom," followed by a Q&A with producer Ram Bergman and other members of the creative team and a reception in the DGA atrium.
On Sept. 27 and 28, panel discussions will be held on such topics as "Finding the Financial Sweet Spot"; "What's Up Doc?"; "The Micro Budget Film as a Calling Card; New Tools for Audience Building; The Cost of Cutting Corners: Production Dos and Don'ts"; "Keeping Your Documentary on...
Producer Ted Hope will deliver this year's keynote address at the three-day event, which focusses on the latest developments in independent filmmaking.
The forum will kick off on Sept. 26 with a screening of Rian Anderson's "The Brothers Bloom," followed by a Q&A with producer Ram Bergman and other members of the creative team and a reception in the DGA atrium.
On Sept. 27 and 28, panel discussions will be held on such topics as "Finding the Financial Sweet Spot"; "What's Up Doc?"; "The Micro Budget Film as a Calling Card; New Tools for Audience Building; The Cost of Cutting Corners: Production Dos and Don'ts"; "Keeping Your Documentary on...
- 9/18/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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