Modovan comedy project ‘Carbon’ was the big winner.
Moldovan comedy Carbon has won the best pitch award at the Connecting Cottbus (coco) East-West Co-production Market held in Germany this week.
It is being produced by Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr and Ion Bors and will mark Bors’ feature directorial debut. The award includes a cash prize of €1,500 and free accreditation to the Producers Network at the Marche du Film in Cannes 2020.
The absurdist road movie, set during the armed conflict in Transnistria in the early 1990s, had been selected after winning the Transilvania Pitch Stop coco Award in Cluj in June.
It...
Moldovan comedy Carbon has won the best pitch award at the Connecting Cottbus (coco) East-West Co-production Market held in Germany this week.
It is being produced by Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr and Ion Bors and will mark Bors’ feature directorial debut. The award includes a cash prize of €1,500 and free accreditation to the Producers Network at the Marche du Film in Cannes 2020.
The absurdist road movie, set during the armed conflict in Transnistria in the early 1990s, had been selected after winning the Transilvania Pitch Stop coco Award in Cluj in June.
It...
- 11/8/2019
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
Mexico’s Kings of Nowhere wins doc prize; Thank You For Bombing wins Switzerland, Germany, Austria award.Scroll down for full list of winners
Grimur Hakonarson’s Rams (Hrútar) has won the Golden Eye for Best International Feature Film at the 11Sth Zurich Film Festival (Sept 24-Oct 4).
The film, about two estranged brothers who have to reunite to save their sheep during an outbreak of disease, is Iceland’s submission for the Oscars for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Zff’s international jury, headed by Carol producer Elizabeth Carlson, awarded the title as well as a cash prize of more than $25,000 (CHF25,000).
It continues a strong festival run for Rams, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in May before going on to screen at Karlovy Vary, Telluride and Toronto among others.
International sales are handled by New Europe Film Sales, which has sold the film to around 40 countries. Cohen Media Group handle Us distribution.
It also marks...
Grimur Hakonarson’s Rams (Hrútar) has won the Golden Eye for Best International Feature Film at the 11Sth Zurich Film Festival (Sept 24-Oct 4).
The film, about two estranged brothers who have to reunite to save their sheep during an outbreak of disease, is Iceland’s submission for the Oscars for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Zff’s international jury, headed by Carol producer Elizabeth Carlson, awarded the title as well as a cash prize of more than $25,000 (CHF25,000).
It continues a strong festival run for Rams, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in May before going on to screen at Karlovy Vary, Telluride and Toronto among others.
International sales are handled by New Europe Film Sales, which has sold the film to around 40 countries. Cohen Media Group handle Us distribution.
It also marks...
- 10/4/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Swiss films have punched above their weight on the international stage this year but the industry continues to face challenges.
The year got off to an auspicious start. Stefan Haupt’s local box office hit and Swiss Films champion The Circle, produced by Contrast Film, was sold to Netflix in North America after Wide House cut a number of international deals.
Swiss films remain in demand for festivals at home and abroad. Two films play in international competition in Zurich – Micha Lewinsky’s A Decent Man (Nichts Passiert) and Ruxandra Zenide’s The Miracle Of Tekir – while Guadalajara festival director Ivan Trujillo is in town scouting films for a Swiss focus at the Mexican showcase in March.
Swiss titles have also been long-listed for European Film Academy awards.
The four Swiss documentaries in contention for nominations are: Nicola Bellucci’s Grozny Blues; Marcel Gisler’s Electroboy; Above And Below from Nicolas Steiner; and co-production The Good Life from German...
The year got off to an auspicious start. Stefan Haupt’s local box office hit and Swiss Films champion The Circle, produced by Contrast Film, was sold to Netflix in North America after Wide House cut a number of international deals.
Swiss films remain in demand for festivals at home and abroad. Two films play in international competition in Zurich – Micha Lewinsky’s A Decent Man (Nichts Passiert) and Ruxandra Zenide’s The Miracle Of Tekir – while Guadalajara festival director Ivan Trujillo is in town scouting films for a Swiss focus at the Mexican showcase in March.
Swiss titles have also been long-listed for European Film Academy awards.
The four Swiss documentaries in contention for nominations are: Nicola Bellucci’s Grozny Blues; Marcel Gisler’s Electroboy; Above And Below from Nicolas Steiner; and co-production The Good Life from German...
- 9/26/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A total of 17 co-productions received a share of $5.8m
The Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund is to plough €4.54m ($5.8m) into 16 feature films and one documentary project.
Among the projects selected at the meeting, held from Oct 13-16 in Strasbourg, was Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune (Kollektivet).
The upcoming film from the Danish director of Oscar-nominated The Hunt was recently shopped at Toronto by TrustNordisk
The story, scriped by Tobias Lindholm (The Hunt, A Hijacking), focuses on the clash between personal desires versus the solidarity and tolerance in a commune in the mid 1970s.
Cast has yet to be announced and shooting is expected to start later this year,
Eurimages will also support the new film from Corneliu Porumboiu, director of When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism.
His latest project, The Treasure (Comoara), began shooting on 15 October and follows two men as they face a series of misadventures in their quest to find a treasure...
The Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund is to plough €4.54m ($5.8m) into 16 feature films and one documentary project.
Among the projects selected at the meeting, held from Oct 13-16 in Strasbourg, was Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune (Kollektivet).
The upcoming film from the Danish director of Oscar-nominated The Hunt was recently shopped at Toronto by TrustNordisk
The story, scriped by Tobias Lindholm (The Hunt, A Hijacking), focuses on the clash between personal desires versus the solidarity and tolerance in a commune in the mid 1970s.
Cast has yet to be announced and shooting is expected to start later this year,
Eurimages will also support the new film from Corneliu Porumboiu, director of When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism.
His latest project, The Treasure (Comoara), began shooting on 15 October and follows two men as they face a series of misadventures in their quest to find a treasure...
- 10/21/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Other projects supported by Romania’s film fund include Cristian Mungiu’s Rmd and Tudor Giurgiu’s Apropierea.
Romania’s Centrul National al Cinematografiei (Cnc) has become the latest European film fund to be raided by the ubiquitous film-maker Peter Greenaway for a future project.
Greenaway’s Walking To Paris (Mergand Spre Paris), which is being structured as a co-production between his regular producer Kees Kasander’s UK-based Cinatura, Switzerland’s Cobra Film, France’s Cdp Productions and Romania’s Abis Studio, received 291,000 Ron (€65,000) in the results of the 2013 call for projects.
Walking To Paris centres on the 27-year-old Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi who set off a month-long trek across Europe from Romania to Paris in 1903, and will show how Brancusi’s fight for survival and many adventures during his journey influenced his subsequent work.
Greenaway had previously accessed the Croatian Audiovisual Centre for Goltzius And The Pelican Company and the Polish Film Institute for Nightwatching, while...
Romania’s Centrul National al Cinematografiei (Cnc) has become the latest European film fund to be raided by the ubiquitous film-maker Peter Greenaway for a future project.
Greenaway’s Walking To Paris (Mergand Spre Paris), which is being structured as a co-production between his regular producer Kees Kasander’s UK-based Cinatura, Switzerland’s Cobra Film, France’s Cdp Productions and Romania’s Abis Studio, received 291,000 Ron (€65,000) in the results of the 2013 call for projects.
Walking To Paris centres on the 27-year-old Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi who set off a month-long trek across Europe from Romania to Paris in 1903, and will show how Brancusi’s fight for survival and many adventures during his journey influenced his subsequent work.
Greenaway had previously accessed the Croatian Audiovisual Centre for Goltzius And The Pelican Company and the Polish Film Institute for Nightwatching, while...
- 4/14/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
#80. Ruxandra Zenide’s About Cosmetics and Happiness
Gist: The second part of a trilogy that started with Zenide’s Ryna. In this one, Felicia, a young Romanian girl, arrives in Geneva for her mother’s funerals. Her mother was working in a cosmetic factory to send her money in Bucharest. Little by little, Felicia steps into her mother’s life – her apartment, her job, her friends – but realizes soon she wants more. The encounter with the factory’s manager seems to offer her new perspectives and opportunities. But there is a price to pay, and Felicia has to deal with her own values and identity.
Prediction: This is prime Critics Week material, the kind of wholesome, sophomore Euro-indie coming-of-age drama the sidebar eats for breakfast. The only question is will it be ready in time. Production company Elefant Films already lists a running time (90min…not to mention a shooting format of 35mm!
Gist: The second part of a trilogy that started with Zenide’s Ryna. In this one, Felicia, a young Romanian girl, arrives in Geneva for her mother’s funerals. Her mother was working in a cosmetic factory to send her money in Bucharest. Little by little, Felicia steps into her mother’s life – her apartment, her job, her friends – but realizes soon she wants more. The encounter with the factory’s manager seems to offer her new perspectives and opportunities. But there is a price to pay, and Felicia has to deal with her own values and identity.
Prediction: This is prime Critics Week material, the kind of wholesome, sophomore Euro-indie coming-of-age drama the sidebar eats for breakfast. The only question is will it be ready in time. Production company Elefant Films already lists a running time (90min…not to mention a shooting format of 35mm!
- 4/3/2013
- by Blake Williams
- IONCINEMA.com
'Snow White' tops Swiss noms
COLOGNE -- Iraqi-born Swiss director Samir's cross-cultural romance Snow White leads the nominations for this year's Swiss Film Prize, Switzerland's top film honor, with noms for best film, best actor (Carlos Leal) and best supporting actor (Zoe Miku), the Swiss selection jury announced Thursday. The film, about a troubled romance between a young, upper-class Swiss girl and a drug-dealing rapper from an immigrant family, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival earlier this year. Also nominated for the best film prize were Michael Steiner's family-friendly comedy Mein Name Ist Eugen (My Name Is Eugen); Ruxandra Zenide's coming-of-age drama Ryna; Fragile, from first-time director Laurent Negre; and Die Vogelpredigt (The Bird Sermon), Clemens Klopfenstein's satire on the Swiss film industry.
- 11/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cottbus fest's top prize to 'Gravehopping' film
MOSCOW -- Gravehopping, a dark comedy from young Slovene director Jan Cvitkovic about a funeral orator whose job gives him more than the usual reason for reflections on mortality, took the 15,000 ($17,600) main prize Saturday as the 15th edition of the Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema came to a close. Cvitkovic's Gravehopping (Odrobadogroba), a Slovene-Croatian co-production, was one of 10 films in feature competition at the eastern German festival that is dedicated exclusively to movies from the former socialist and communist countries of Eastern Europe. A special jury prize worth 7,500 ($8,800) went to Ruxandra Zenide's Romania-Swiss co-production Ryna, about a 15-year-old tomboy who begins to discover her femininity.
- 11/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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