Bruno Chatelin, Fest agent for the film Living in the Future's Past, was there to receive his award. Watch out for the fun video and ambiance pictures! ...
For the past 70 years Hollywood has been serviced by a niche community of private banks and financial groups who traditionally put up the capital to finance Film and TV productions. Using technology, FilmHedge streamlines the media finance process and captures an unprecedented amount of data in the process. For example, they provide real time analytics on how producers utilize money to investors, something that reduces accounting errors or fraud. The FilmHedge platform also automates t...
Media finance innovator Gayle Jennings O’Byrne will be honored at the Women in Entertainment Finance Forum (WEF) celebration this year at the Cannes Film Festival. The event is a new program launched as part of Winston Baker's larger International Film Finance Forum now in its 12th year. The event offers recognition to outstanding contributions of Women working in financial services as related to the production of Film, TV, or other areas of media. Winston Bak...
Cultpix.com is the world’s first global streaming platform dedicated to vintage exploitation and genre films. Cultpix has recently celebrated its first anniversary, having gone from 400 films to 800 films in one year of operation, and adding 5-10 more titles every week. Cultpix has agreements with companies and institutions like AGFA (the American Genre Film Archive), Something Weird Video, Vinegar Syndrome, Synapse Films, SF Studios, Klubb Super 8, Penny Video, ARRI/Lisa Film, ...
DANCES WITH FILMS ANNOUNCE DARK COMEDY THE WRONG GUY AS OFFICIAL SELECTION Director/producer Alejandro Montoya Marin, one of director Robert Rodriguez’ stars in his 12-part series Rebel Without a Crew brings his new film The Wrong Guy to Dances With Films Festival. Screening June 15th at 5:00 p.m. at the TCL Chinese Theater. Never a stranger to exorbitant challenges, th...
Revived Art-House Label Creates Strategically Important Domestic Distribution Outlet for Arab Cinema. MAD Solutions has extended the global reach of its theatrical distribution operations for Arab cinema after assuming an equity ownership stake in the revived New York City-based arthouse distributor D Street Releasing. The deal gives MAD, already a prolific distributor of independent Arab feature-length and short films across the entire Arab-speaking world, a critical...
ITN'S TITLES FOR CANNES 2022 CLICK HERE FOR ANIMATIONS CLICK HERE FOR DOCUMENTARIES ITN will be attending Cannes May 17th-21st. To request av...
Newen Studios' film label TF1 Studio adds a new title to its line-up for the Cannes Film Market 2022: "Funny Birds" by Hanna Ladoul and Marco La Via. With Martin Scorsese as Executive Producer Catherine Deneuve, Andrea Riseborough and Morgan Saylor set to star in the multi-generational drama. The feature film "Funny Birds" directed by Hanna Ladoul and Marco La Via (whose 1st film "Anywhere With You" was selected at the ACID in Cannes in 2018 and a...
Yury Revich Attends Premiere of EO, Cannes Film Festival 2022. Directed by : Jerzy Skolimowski Yury Revich is Producing “At the Heart of the Plastisphere” ...
Amy Baker : Winston Baker co-founder. Concluding a wonderfull morning of panels and keynotes at this year's Film Finance Forum (including a brilliant Rob Reiner keynote...) the reception at FilmHedge offices with a view and a few different wines... Jon Gosier- FilmHedge Founder with Katie Witkowski - Winston Baker The team at work ...
WOMEN IN MOTION TALK WITH CLARA LUCIANI Saturday May 21st at 11 am Saturday May 21st at 11 am The Talks will be broadcast live on Kering’s and its partners’ social media accounts, under the official hashtag : #WomenInMotion ...
MARCHÉ DU FILM THE VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL PANTIERO PAVILION #200 Happy Hours ...
The film team which produced Pierre et Jean under COVID times were gathered in Cannes for a drink after their successfull market premiere. Clémentine Célarié and Matthieu Rubin (Sazia Films) hosted a reception at 57 la Croisette FilmHedge terrace, and welcoming foreign press, with a group of members from l' academie des Lumières in France. Et Voila! ...
Directed by Benoit Levievre, shortfilm “Spring, Seeing Hong Kong Again” (2022) is a love letter to the vibrancy and diversity of a Hong Kong that has been drastically hit by the Covid pandemic for the last two years.. Both in Mandarin and English, the film is narrated by New Zealand born Alex who moved to the city in 2000 and has felt so at home in the dynamic city that he raised his daughter there. Expertly shot with superb and superior film footage and drone work of Hong...
Review by Siraj Syed How do you define a city? Or, rather, how do you re-define a city, after two years of a pandemic? Covid had varying casualties across the world, and Hong Konghad its share. The 5th wave of the deadly virus brought with it 20,082 new cases, while the total number of confirmed infections exceeded one million. That is a huge number, considering the city’s population of about 7 million. But while the severe impact of the disease meant a toned down life-style, th...
Cannes 2022 has begun, and you're right on time for a some BRAND NEW releases from Summer Hill Films! The festival is the perfect opportunity to watch and find amazing new films. Join us there at our booth! Just look for Riviera E12. Check out some new releases to get ready for Cannes from Summer Hill Films. Be sure to check out our website at www.summerhillfilms.com to see all our available films. We look forward to working with...
To celebrate the market debut of Tim Scott Bogart’s new feature film Spinning Gold, GRAMMY-nominee Tayla Parx, who plays Donna Summer, GRAMMY-winner Ledisi, who plays Gladys Knight and Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan who plays Neil Bogart, performed the hit songs of their onscreen characters last night at the biggest party on the Croisette. Heralding a triumphant post-Covid return, the celebration saw Long Beach transformed into Studio 54 for one night only complete with a...
Under the title “Fostering Europe’s cultural autonomy through investment and IP exploitation: MediaInvest”, the EFF will focus on private investment into audiovisual production and distribution and the advantages of IP exploitation in order to foster European cultural autonomy and increase its competitiveness at global level. For the occasion, Commissioner Breton will publicly present MediaInvest, a unique and pioneer equity instrument recently launched by the Europe...
Visionary writer/director Alex Proyas's studio production outfit Heretic Foundation with his IP development company Mystery Clock Cinema have today announced a co-production/financing partnership with UK-based 108 Media leading the charge to launch worldwide sales and packaging on Proyas' latest feature-film project, SISTER DARKNESS. In the first of several forthcoming collaborations between the parties including new premium content stacks and technology builds, ...
The European Audiovisual Observatory is back in Cannes for its traditional Saturday morning conference! For our return in person to the Marché du Film, we're looking at the circulation of European films and asking how we can bring them to wider audiences - both on big and small screens. Audiences are returning to cinemas. So it's the right time to ask what Europe can do to boost the circulation of European films. Together with our expert panel we’ll be zooming in...
The European Audiovisual Observatory is back in Cannes for its traditional Saturday morning conference! For our return in person to the Marché du Film, we're looking at the circulation of European films and asking how we can bring them to wider audiences - both on big and small screens. Audiences are returning to cinemas. So it's the right time to ask what Europe can do to boost the circulation of European films. Together with our expert panel we’ll be zooming in...
This conference, co-hosted by the Marché du Film and the European Audiovisual Observatory, will give a one stop shop focus on the main key trends in the international film sector. We’ve designed this session as an “all you need to know” event in a short 45-minute format. Gilles Fontaine, Head of the Observatory’s’ Department for Market Information and Deputy Head Martin Kanzler will talk trends with 2 key players from the film industry and look at ...
