"I don't have to produce Batman," says Simone Bachini from the comfort of a lounge chair in the Italian Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival in his charming, stilted English. "This is a good thing," I think to myself. As much as I enjoyed Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008), the most recent epic installment of the Batman legend made famous by DC Comics, I fully recognize the cinema cannot be populated entirely by superhero antics and dilemmas. I get the feeling Simone recognizes this as well, but his valiant effort at communicating in English, which are far more impressive than my Italian, prevent him from elaborating. Simone is one half of the dynamic duo who runs Arancia Film, which most recently produced Giorgio Diritti's L'Uomo Che Verrà (The Man Who Will Come), the recipient of the Best Producer...
- 5/18/2010
- by Ashley Wren Collins
- Huffington Post
Cologne, Germany -- French producer Lauranne Bourrachot ("A Prophet"), Greece's Yorgos Tsourgiannis ("Dogtooth") and Alvaro Alonso of Spain ("The Orange Girl") are among the 23 up-and-comers named for this year's Producers on the Move program in Cannes.
Producers on the Move runs May 15-18 during the Cannes Film Festival and brings together some of Europe's most promising behind-the-scenes talent with an eye to creating cross-border networking opportunities.
This year's top 23 (each European country picks its own up-and-comer) includes Kamen Kalev, the Bulgarian director/producer of Tokyo Film Fest winner "Eastern Plays;" Serbia's Jelena Mitrovic, whose credits include Antonio Nuic's "Donkey" and upcoming World War I drama "Besa" and Isabelle Stead, the Brit producer of Sundance entry "Son of Babylon."
Organizers European Film Promotion claim nearly 50% of Producers on the Move participants over the past 11 years have set up co-pros together. Recent success stories include Bettina Brokemper of Germany (Producer on...
Producers on the Move runs May 15-18 during the Cannes Film Festival and brings together some of Europe's most promising behind-the-scenes talent with an eye to creating cross-border networking opportunities.
This year's top 23 (each European country picks its own up-and-comer) includes Kamen Kalev, the Bulgarian director/producer of Tokyo Film Fest winner "Eastern Plays;" Serbia's Jelena Mitrovic, whose credits include Antonio Nuic's "Donkey" and upcoming World War I drama "Besa" and Isabelle Stead, the Brit producer of Sundance entry "Son of Babylon."
Organizers European Film Promotion claim nearly 50% of Producers on the Move participants over the past 11 years have set up co-pros together. Recent success stories include Bettina Brokemper of Germany (Producer on...
- 4/20/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere Best Film BAARÌA produced by Medusa Film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore Mine Vaganti / Loose Cannons produced by Domenico Procacci directed by Ferzan Ozpetek La Prima Cosa Bella / The First Beautiful Thing produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib for Medusa Film Motorino Amaranto, Indiana Production directed by Paolo Virzì L’Uomo Che Verra’ produced by Aranciafilm (Simone Bachini, Giorgio Diritti), Rai Cinema directed by Giorgio Diritti Vincere produced by Mario Gianani for Offside directed by Marco Bellocchio Best European Union Film Le Concert, Radu Mihaileanu (Bim) The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke (Lucky Red) A Prophet, Jacques Audiard (Bim) Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin (Bim) Welcome, Philippe Lioret (Teodora Film) Best Foreign Film A Serious Man, by Joel & Ethan Coen (Medusa) Avatar, by James Cameron (20th Century Fox) Inglourious Basterds, by Quentin Tarantino (Universal) Invictus, [...]...
- 4/16/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
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