Paul Walter Hauser has added another project to a packed upcoming slate.
The Emmy and Golden Globe winner, who in the last few weeks alone has been tapped to play Chris Farley in Josh Gad’s biopic and has joined the cast of both “Fantastic Four” and the “Naked Gun” reboot, is to lead “Press Your Luck,” a drama-thriller based on the true story of Michael Larson. Protagonist Pictures has unveiled the drama-thriller — from Plenty Good in co-production with Fabula — alongside a first look image and will handle international sales, while CAA Media Finance represents North American rights.
Set in 1984, “Press Your Luck” follows Larson, an unemployed truck driver from Ohio who stepped onto the game show “Press Your Luck” harbouring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak gets threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
The...
The Emmy and Golden Globe winner, who in the last few weeks alone has been tapped to play Chris Farley in Josh Gad’s biopic and has joined the cast of both “Fantastic Four” and the “Naked Gun” reboot, is to lead “Press Your Luck,” a drama-thriller based on the true story of Michael Larson. Protagonist Pictures has unveiled the drama-thriller — from Plenty Good in co-production with Fabula — alongside a first look image and will handle international sales, while CAA Media Finance represents North American rights.
Set in 1984, “Press Your Luck” follows Larson, an unemployed truck driver from Ohio who stepped onto the game show “Press Your Luck” harbouring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak gets threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
The...
- 5/9/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Fabula, the production company of internationally renowned brother filmmakers Pablo Larraín and Juan de Dios Larraín, has appointed Yira Vilaro as Vice President Of Film And Television, Deadline has learned.
Vilaro joins from Anonymous Content, where she worked as VP Film & TV for a year and a half. Previously, she held roles as a development executive at Amazon Studios, and as Director of Development at Macro, prior to that working at companies like Imagine Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and WME, among others.
In her new role, Vilaro will focus on Fabula’s growing slate of English-language features and series. She reports to Andrew Hevia, Head of Fabula North America, and will work out of the company’s Los Angeles office. News of her hiring comes on the heels of an ASC Award nomination for Ed Lachman, cinematographer of Fabula’s El Conde, as well as the naming of the...
Vilaro joins from Anonymous Content, where she worked as VP Film & TV for a year and a half. Previously, she held roles as a development executive at Amazon Studios, and as Director of Development at Macro, prior to that working at companies like Imagine Entertainment, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and WME, among others.
In her new role, Vilaro will focus on Fabula’s growing slate of English-language features and series. She reports to Andrew Hevia, Head of Fabula North America, and will work out of the company’s Los Angeles office. News of her hiring comes on the heels of an ASC Award nomination for Ed Lachman, cinematographer of Fabula’s El Conde, as well as the naming of the...
- 1/20/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar-shortlisted Panamanian filmmaker Abner Benaim (Plaza Catedral) is gearing up to direct a feature adaptation of Nemesis, the final bestseller by Philip Roth to be published prior to the famed author’s 2018 passing.
Dealing with such timely themes as an epidemic and antisemitism, Nemesis was described in The New Yorker as having “the elegance of a fable and the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama.” The novel published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October of 2010 is set in the summer of 1944, examining the impact of a polio epidemic on a Newark, NJ community and its children.
Peter Glanz (The Longest Week) adapted the screenplay. Pablo Larraín, Juan de Dios Larraín and Andrew Hevia will produce for Fabula — the production company behind Foreign Language Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman, the Kristen Stewart starrer Spencer, and the upcoming drama Maria starring Angelina Jolie. Fernando Loureiro produces for Tigresa.
Dealing with such timely themes as an epidemic and antisemitism, Nemesis was described in The New Yorker as having “the elegance of a fable and the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama.” The novel published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October of 2010 is set in the summer of 1944, examining the impact of a polio epidemic on a Newark, NJ community and its children.
Peter Glanz (The Longest Week) adapted the screenplay. Pablo Larraín, Juan de Dios Larraín and Andrew Hevia will produce for Fabula — the production company behind Foreign Language Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman, the Kristen Stewart starrer Spencer, and the upcoming drama Maria starring Angelina Jolie. Fernando Loureiro produces for Tigresa.
- 5/16/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Readying Maite Alberdi’s “The Eternal Memory” and Christopher Murray’s “Sorcery” for world premieres at this year’s Sundance Festival, “Spencer” director and producer Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula has promoted Constanza Muñoz to VP of film at its North American office. The move comes as Fabula continues to expand into the English-language market. Muñoz will report to Andrew Hevia, Fabula head of film & TV for North America.
Setting out as a boutique art film producer which first made a splash with Pablo Larraín’s “Tony Manero,” Chile’s 2009 Oscar submission, few Latin American production companies have seen such energetic growth as Fabula.
After Pablo Larrain had directed his English-language debut, 2016’s “Jackie” with Natalie Portman, Fabula opened an office in the U.S. in 2018. Its founding aim was to produce not only titles from Larraín himself but also offer itself as a production base for...
Setting out as a boutique art film producer which first made a splash with Pablo Larraín’s “Tony Manero,” Chile’s 2009 Oscar submission, few Latin American production companies have seen such energetic growth as Fabula.
After Pablo Larrain had directed his English-language debut, 2016’s “Jackie” with Natalie Portman, Fabula opened an office in the U.S. in 2018. Its founding aim was to produce not only titles from Larraín himself but also offer itself as a production base for...
- 1/21/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
At the 20th Morelia Film Festival to debut their first feature produced in Mexico, “Maquíllame Otra Vez,” brothers Pablo and Juan de Diós Larrain of Chile-based film-tv powerhouse Fabula have announced the official launch of their Mexican city production office with Carlos Taibo at the helm. Fabula has also named Eduardo Castro as their line producer, Enrique Ochoa as deputy finance manager and Daniela Amorós as human resources director.
“In all, we’ll have up to 18 staff members aside from additional hires on a per project basis,” said producer Juan de Dios who pointed out that Fabula was interested in “generating content that portrays Latin America’s idiosyncrasies and imagination as well as revealing our identity from our own points of view and challenges.”
Taibo, who starts his new position in December, was a unit production manager on such big titles as “Elysium,” “The Arrival,” “Man on Fire” and the highest grossing Spanish-language film worldwide,...
“In all, we’ll have up to 18 staff members aside from additional hires on a per project basis,” said producer Juan de Dios who pointed out that Fabula was interested in “generating content that portrays Latin America’s idiosyncrasies and imagination as well as revealing our identity from our own points of view and challenges.”
Taibo, who starts his new position in December, was a unit production manager on such big titles as “Elysium,” “The Arrival,” “Man on Fire” and the highest grossing Spanish-language film worldwide,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Executive and producer joined in 2018.
Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín of Chilean powerhouse Fabula, whose upcoming Spencer starring Kristen Stewart is a strong contender for a world premiere slot in Venice, have promoted Andrew Hevia to head of film and TV of the North American office.
In his new role Hevia will oversee Fabula’s slate of English-language features and domestic TV projects and manage the company’s first-look arrangement with global TV producer Fremantle.
Hevia was brought in to help launch the North American office in 2018 and worked as vice-president of film and TV. He will be joined by Constanza Muñoz,...
Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín of Chilean powerhouse Fabula, whose upcoming Spencer starring Kristen Stewart is a strong contender for a world premiere slot in Venice, have promoted Andrew Hevia to head of film and TV of the North American office.
In his new role Hevia will oversee Fabula’s slate of English-language features and domestic TV projects and manage the company’s first-look arrangement with global TV producer Fremantle.
Hevia was brought in to help launch the North American office in 2018 and worked as vice-president of film and TV. He will be joined by Constanza Muñoz,...
- 7/9/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Calm Beyond, a survivalist thriller that premiered in competition at the 2020 Adelaide Film Festival. This is the feature directorial debut of the late Joshua Wong, the award-winning commercials and shorts director, who tragically lost his battle with cancer in December 2020.
From a story by Wong and Heather Gornall, and a script penned by Gornall, The Calm Beyond stars Kara Wang as Asha, one of the few survivors living in Hong Kong after climate change has devastated the city and left it a dark and dangerous place.
Before his passing, Wong said of The Calm Beyond, “while being a survival film at its core, it’s really about living with trauma and picking up the pieces of a broken life. How do you live after the storms of your life have hit?”
Wong added that...
From a story by Wong and Heather Gornall, and a script penned by Gornall, The Calm Beyond stars Kara Wang as Asha, one of the few survivors living in Hong Kong after climate change has devastated the city and left it a dark and dangerous place.
Before his passing, Wong said of The Calm Beyond, “while being a survival film at its core, it’s really about living with trauma and picking up the pieces of a broken life. How do you live after the storms of your life have hit?”
Wong added that...
- 6/28/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Survivalist drama was directed by Joshua Wong, who died in December 2020.
Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired worldwide rights to survivalist thriller The Calm Beyond, the feature directorial debut of the late Joshua Wong.
Kara Wang from the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, and Goliath, stars as Asha, one of the few survivors living in Hong Kong after climate change has devastated the city.
Heather Gornall wrote the screenplay from a story by Wong. Speaking before his death from cancer last December, Wong said, “While being a survival film at its core, it’s really about living with trauma and picking...
Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired worldwide rights to survivalist thriller The Calm Beyond, the feature directorial debut of the late Joshua Wong.
Kara Wang from the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, and Goliath, stars as Asha, one of the few survivors living in Hong Kong after climate change has devastated the city.
Heather Gornall wrote the screenplay from a story by Wong. Speaking before his death from cancer last December, Wong said, “While being a survival film at its core, it’s really about living with trauma and picking...
- 6/28/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Panama Intl. Film Festival, (Iff Panama) the highest-profile film event in Central America, is using online tools to develop existing and new initiatives.
In one move, it has just completed its pix-in-post competition Primera Mirada, its new Su Mirada sidebar for women filmmakers from the region, and is now launching a new Virtual Co-Production Forum – the Panama Film Match – and a streamlined five-day online festival.
All initiatives are sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank.
Iff Panama was initially slated to run from March 26 to April 1, but was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis.
Undeterred, the festival has used online tools to maintain its crucial role in supporting new projects from the region.
Launched in 2015, Primera Mirada has served as an important springboard for projects from the region, providing vital post-production funding.
This year’s $10,000 first prize went to Dominican Republic revenge thriller “Rafaela,” by Tito Rodríguez (“Una fiesta inolvidable...
In one move, it has just completed its pix-in-post competition Primera Mirada, its new Su Mirada sidebar for women filmmakers from the region, and is now launching a new Virtual Co-Production Forum – the Panama Film Match – and a streamlined five-day online festival.
All initiatives are sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank.
Iff Panama was initially slated to run from March 26 to April 1, but was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis.
Undeterred, the festival has used online tools to maintain its crucial role in supporting new projects from the region.
Launched in 2015, Primera Mirada has served as an important springboard for projects from the region, providing vital post-production funding.
This year’s $10,000 first prize went to Dominican Republic revenge thriller “Rafaela,” by Tito Rodríguez (“Una fiesta inolvidable...
- 4/30/2020
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
A producer on Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight and a Miami native with a hand in building up the city’s festival/collective Borscht Corporation, Andrew Hevia flew to Hong Kong to make an art documentary and, when that fell through, pivoted to record his feelings of isolation and disconnection in the big city. As a result, Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window is a fleeting impression of urban and existential displacement, a hybrid of documentary form, travel diary and vlog inspirations. It features the director himself, camera in hand, and a computer-generated voice over who addresses him in the second person while he gets lost in Hong Kong malls and navigates his minuscule flat.…...
- 11/28/2019
- by Tommaso Tocci
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Fabula, producer of Oscar-winning film A Fantastic Woman, has tapped Tracy Ryerson as Head of Film & TV of the company’s North American office. In her role, Ryerson is responsible for overseeing Fabula’s foray into English language features and TV, as well as managing the company’s first-look deal with global TV producer Fremantle.
“We met with many qualified candidates but Tracy stood out immediately. We’re incredibly excited about her unique sensibility and look forward to having her on the team” said Fabula co-founder Juan de Dios Larraín.
Prior to starting at Fabula, Ryerson worked as Head of TV for Rare Birds Productions, the prodco of actors Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed, under the company’s deal with Warner Bros. TV. Ryerson previously served stints with Hollywood veterans Caryn Mandabach and before that, Jerry Weintraub, where she worked on projects such as Peaky Blinders, Oceans 13, Westworld, Nancy Drew and Tarzan.
“We met with many qualified candidates but Tracy stood out immediately. We’re incredibly excited about her unique sensibility and look forward to having her on the team” said Fabula co-founder Juan de Dios Larraín.
Prior to starting at Fabula, Ryerson worked as Head of TV for Rare Birds Productions, the prodco of actors Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed, under the company’s deal with Warner Bros. TV. Ryerson previously served stints with Hollywood veterans Caryn Mandabach and before that, Jerry Weintraub, where she worked on projects such as Peaky Blinders, Oceans 13, Westworld, Nancy Drew and Tarzan.
- 10/15/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A stranger in a foreign land, with a camera and a penchant for cheap beer: Andrew Hevia’s hyperdigital documentary Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window follows the Miami-bred filmmaker as he visits Hong Kong for the Chinese edition of Art Basel. At first determined to make a traditional documentary accessible for public television audiences, Hevia’s plans are quickly thwarted once he discovers the elusive intricacies of the region. He’s a Cuban-American who can’t understand the language of his new surroundings. Rather than view that as a hindrance, he takes to meeting artists and art collectors, attending art shows, wooing […]...
- 6/12/2019
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A stranger in a foreign land, with a camera and a penchant for cheap beer: Andrew Hevia’s hyperdigital documentary Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window follows the Miami-bred filmmaker as he visits Hong Kong for the Chinese edition of Art Basel. At first determined to make a traditional documentary accessible for public television audiences, Hevia’s plans are quickly thwarted once he discovers the elusive intricacies of the region. He’s a Cuban-American who can’t understand the language of his new surroundings. Rather than view that as a hindrance, he takes to meeting artists and art collectors, attending art shows, wooing […]...
- 6/12/2019
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Panama City — Posting a record in admissions, said festival director Pituka Ortega Heilbron, the 8th Iff Panama wrapped Wednesday with the closing film “The Sentence,” screened in the presence of actor Edward James Olmos.
Gustavo Pizzi’s “Benzinho” won best Ibero-American fiction film, Mauro Colombo’s “Tierra Adentro” Best Documentary, about the endangered jungle on the border between Panama and Colombia, and Sebastian and Rodrigo Barriuso’s “Un Traductor,” about Chernobyl victims being treated in 1989 Havana, won best film from Central America and the Caribbean, sponsored by Copa Airlines, Revista K and Master Card respectively.
In the 5th Primera Mirada, Iff Panama’s pix-in-post sidebar, Ana Elena Tejera’s “Panquiaco” scooped a $10,000 cash prize and a trip to Cannes Film Market and Fernando F. Blanco Rivas’ “Por eso vengo al río” a $5,000 prize. The sidebar screened five films from Central America and the Caribbean.
“Panquiaco,” about Cebaldo – a reincarnation of...
Gustavo Pizzi’s “Benzinho” won best Ibero-American fiction film, Mauro Colombo’s “Tierra Adentro” Best Documentary, about the endangered jungle on the border between Panama and Colombia, and Sebastian and Rodrigo Barriuso’s “Un Traductor,” about Chernobyl victims being treated in 1989 Havana, won best film from Central America and the Caribbean, sponsored by Copa Airlines, Revista K and Master Card respectively.
In the 5th Primera Mirada, Iff Panama’s pix-in-post sidebar, Ana Elena Tejera’s “Panquiaco” scooped a $10,000 cash prize and a trip to Cannes Film Market and Fernando F. Blanco Rivas’ “Por eso vengo al río” a $5,000 prize. The sidebar screened five films from Central America and the Caribbean.
“Panquiaco,” about Cebaldo – a reincarnation of...
- 4/11/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Panama City — The 8th Iff Panama has further reinforced its industry dimension, with a record number of submissions to the Primera Mirada pix-in-post sidebar and more sales agents and festival programmers attending the event, which this year includes the Locarno Industry Academy and a new Fipresci Award for the 12-pic Stories from Central America and the Caribbean competition.
2019 boasts a record number of guests and, according to the organizers, advance ticket sales are higher than ever.
23 films were submitted to Primera Mirada, covering different genres from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Panama.
“The selection is powerful and has strong voices,” says Karla Quintero, co-ordinator of Iff Panama’s Industry and Educational Programs. “The films have a consolidated discourse and pay testimony to incredibly sensitive filmmakers in whose films the region’s identity definitely shines through.
She added: “These are exactly the voices this award is meant to amplify and empower.
2019 boasts a record number of guests and, according to the organizers, advance ticket sales are higher than ever.
23 films were submitted to Primera Mirada, covering different genres from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Panama.
“The selection is powerful and has strong voices,” says Karla Quintero, co-ordinator of Iff Panama’s Industry and Educational Programs. “The films have a consolidated discourse and pay testimony to incredibly sensitive filmmakers in whose films the region’s identity definitely shines through.
She added: “These are exactly the voices this award is meant to amplify and empower.
- 4/5/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
A Diy meditation on art, commerce and estrangement, Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window follows filmmaker Andrew Hevia on a flubbed expedition to chronicle Hong Kong’s annual Art Basel fair. Searching for contacts and authentic experiences, Hevia — whose credits include co-producing the Oscar-winning Moonlight — instead winds up living in a 40-square-foot cubicle and wandering the city completely alone, trying his best to make connections in an unwelcoming land.
Whether such happenings make for a captivating movie is another matter, and Bus strains to retain interest despite a contracted running time (of 68 minutes) and a subject matter that has ...
Whether such happenings make for a captivating movie is another matter, and Bus strains to retain interest despite a contracted running time (of 68 minutes) and a subject matter that has ...
- 3/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A Diy meditation on art, commerce and estrangement, Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window follows filmmaker Andrew Hevia on a flubbed expedition to chronicle Hong Kong’s annual Art Basel fair. Searching for contacts and authentic experiences, Hevia — whose credits include co-producing the Oscar-winning Moonlight — instead winds up living in a 40-square-foot cubicle and wandering the city completely alone, trying his best to make connections in an unwelcoming land.
Whether such happenings make for a captivating movie is another matter, and Bus strains to retain interest despite a contracted running time (of 68 minutes) and a subject matter that has ...
Whether such happenings make for a captivating movie is another matter, and Bus strains to retain interest despite a contracted running time (of 68 minutes) and a subject matter that has ...
- 3/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
An evocative personal journey and study of globalization and loneliness, Andrew Hevia’s Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window often veers into silliness as the director arrives at Art Basel Hong Kong to make a film about Hugo, an international artist from Miami. He’s not successful in his approach and growing frustrated from talk of art in seven languages, he decides to instead get drunk and take a nap.
Arriving weeks ahead of schedule, Hevia aimlessly stumbles to find his footing between the past, present, and an imagined future. He seems to go off course at multiple turns, connecting and disconnecting with migrant workers socializing on their day off and backpackers around the city.
Despite its setting and what I assume might be the initial goal of the project, Hevia films artists and dealers but this isn’t a documentary about the economics of the art market like The Price of Everything.
Arriving weeks ahead of schedule, Hevia aimlessly stumbles to find his footing between the past, present, and an imagined future. He seems to go off course at multiple turns, connecting and disconnecting with migrant workers socializing on their day off and backpackers around the city.
Despite its setting and what I assume might be the initial goal of the project, Hevia films artists and dealers but this isn’t a documentary about the economics of the art market like The Price of Everything.
- 3/13/2019
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Fabula’s Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, producers of Academy Award winner “A Fantastic Woman,” have named “Moonlight” co-producer Andrew Hevia as VP of their North American office, reporting to former Paramount exec Geoff Stier, who was appointed CEO in March. Hevia has been helping Fabula with logistical planning over recent months.
Fabula’s first U.S. production, Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria Bell,” starring Julianne Moore and John Turturro, was acquired by A24 for U.S. distribution. It screens as a special presentation at Toronto.
“I’m a great fan of the Larrain brothers’ work and the chance to work alongside Geoff in L.A. was a major selling point, given his fantastic wealth of experience, first at Mirage and then at Paramount,” said Hevia.
Hevia, who co-founded Miami’s Borscht Film Festival, recently produced recent Ecuadorian picture “Cenizas.”
“Andrew’s eclectic taste and keen eye for talent, plus...
Fabula’s first U.S. production, Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria Bell,” starring Julianne Moore and John Turturro, was acquired by A24 for U.S. distribution. It screens as a special presentation at Toronto.
“I’m a great fan of the Larrain brothers’ work and the chance to work alongside Geoff in L.A. was a major selling point, given his fantastic wealth of experience, first at Mirage and then at Paramount,” said Hevia.
Hevia, who co-founded Miami’s Borscht Film Festival, recently produced recent Ecuadorian picture “Cenizas.”
“Andrew’s eclectic taste and keen eye for talent, plus...
- 9/6/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Shot on a $1.5 million budget and ranking as the lowest-budgeted film in Academy Awards’ history, 2017 best picture winner “Moonlight”, highlighted the talent associated to Miami’s burgeoning film community.
To capitalize on the surge in local filmmaking talent, ArtCenter/South Florida has launched a micro-budget Cinematic Arts residency, accepting entries until Sept. 18, that will provide up to $50,000 funding per project for two feature films by Miami-based filmmakers.
The residency will roll-off on Miami’s unique mix of talent and ethnic communities, including a large number of filmmakers with Latin American roots. It will be run by local helmer Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, co-founder of the Third Horizon Film Festival, whose Haiti-set documentary “Papa Machete,” premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and has generated over one million views on NationalGeographic.com.
Projects will be selected by a jury headed by Andrew Hevia, “Moonlight” co-producer and co-founder of the Borscht Film Festival.
Jeffers...
To capitalize on the surge in local filmmaking talent, ArtCenter/South Florida has launched a micro-budget Cinematic Arts residency, accepting entries until Sept. 18, that will provide up to $50,000 funding per project for two feature films by Miami-based filmmakers.
The residency will roll-off on Miami’s unique mix of talent and ethnic communities, including a large number of filmmakers with Latin American roots. It will be run by local helmer Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, co-founder of the Third Horizon Film Festival, whose Haiti-set documentary “Papa Machete,” premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and has generated over one million views on NationalGeographic.com.
Projects will be selected by a jury headed by Andrew Hevia, “Moonlight” co-producer and co-founder of the Borscht Film Festival.
Jeffers...
- 8/13/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Panama City — Academy Award winning producer Andrew Hevia is attending the 7th Iff Panama to present his latest production, Ecuadorian writer- director Juan Sebastian Jacome’s “Cenizas” (“Ashes”), as well as conducting a low-budget filmmaking workshop.
Hevia and Jacome met at the Florida State University Film School, and decided to team up for “Ashes,” which is Hevia’s first feature film since co-producing “Moonlight,” that was directed by fellow Florida State-alumnus Barry Jenkins.
The Ecuador-shot sexual abuse-themed pic is co-produced by Hevia, Panama’s Irina Caballero and Uruguay’s German Tejeira.
Hevia is currently completing his personal documentary, “Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window”, which he lensed in Hong Kong while on a 10-month Fulbright scholarship.
He has used a start-up mindset to produce award-winning films by directors such as Jenkins, Phil Lord and Hannah Fidell and to launch the Borscht Film Festival, called “the weirdest film festival on the planet,...
Hevia and Jacome met at the Florida State University Film School, and decided to team up for “Ashes,” which is Hevia’s first feature film since co-producing “Moonlight,” that was directed by fellow Florida State-alumnus Barry Jenkins.
The Ecuador-shot sexual abuse-themed pic is co-produced by Hevia, Panama’s Irina Caballero and Uruguay’s German Tejeira.
Hevia is currently completing his personal documentary, “Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window”, which he lensed in Hong Kong while on a 10-month Fulbright scholarship.
He has used a start-up mindset to produce award-winning films by directors such as Jenkins, Phil Lord and Hannah Fidell and to launch the Borscht Film Festival, called “the weirdest film festival on the planet,...
- 4/10/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
The year-long fellowship is designed to nurture first-time documentary feature directors.
The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) has announced the 10 documentaries selected for the 2017 Ifp Filmmaker Labs.
Ifp Filmmaker Labs support first-time feature directors with projects in post-production as they complete, market and distribute their films.
The selected projects and their attending Lab Fellows for the 2017 Ifp Documentary Lab are:
The Area David Schalliol (director, producer, Dp), Brian Ashby (producer, editor), Peter Galassi (editor)
Baato Lucas Millard (director, writer, producer, Dp), Kate Stryker (director, writer, 2nd camera)
¡Las Sandinistas! Jenny Murray (director, writer), Sarah Winshall (producer)
Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window Andrew Hevia (director, writer, producer, Dp), Carlos Rivera (editor)
Personal Statement Juliane Dressner (director, producer, dp), Edwin Martinez (co-director, Dp, editor), Beth Levison (co-producer)
A Photographic Memory Rachel Elizabeth Seed (director, producer, Dp), Danielle Varga (producer)
Shadow of His Wings Lucas Habte (director, producer, Dp), Isidore Bethel (writer, producer, editor...
The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) has announced the 10 documentaries selected for the 2017 Ifp Filmmaker Labs.
Ifp Filmmaker Labs support first-time feature directors with projects in post-production as they complete, market and distribute their films.
The selected projects and their attending Lab Fellows for the 2017 Ifp Documentary Lab are:
The Area David Schalliol (director, producer, Dp), Brian Ashby (producer, editor), Peter Galassi (editor)
Baato Lucas Millard (director, writer, producer, Dp), Kate Stryker (director, writer, 2nd camera)
¡Las Sandinistas! Jenny Murray (director, writer), Sarah Winshall (producer)
Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window Andrew Hevia (director, writer, producer, Dp), Carlos Rivera (editor)
Personal Statement Juliane Dressner (director, producer, dp), Edwin Martinez (co-director, Dp, editor), Beth Levison (co-producer)
A Photographic Memory Rachel Elizabeth Seed (director, producer, Dp), Danielle Varga (producer)
Shadow of His Wings Lucas Habte (director, producer, Dp), Isidore Bethel (writer, producer, editor...
- 5/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
Moonlight co-producer Andrew Hevia is developing a Hong Kong-based mystery thriller as his follow-up to the Oscar-winning film. Hevia, who lived in Hong Kong for a year in 2015 as a Fulbright scholar, is working with commercial director Joshua Wong for his feature directorial debut.
Titled Dark Room, the English-language film is budgeted at under $5 million. Hevia has met with Chinese and Hong Kong companies for possible collaboration and will continue to look for investors in the U.S. after Filmart.
"The goal is to have a film that is authentic to Hong Kong as I experienced it and Joshua...
Titled Dark Room, the English-language film is budgeted at under $5 million. Hevia has met with Chinese and Hong Kong companies for possible collaboration and will continue to look for investors in the U.S. after Filmart.
"The goal is to have a film that is authentic to Hong Kong as I experienced it and Joshua...
- 3/14/2017
- by Karen Chu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As film nonprofits go, Miami’s Borscht Corp has a different way of doing things. Whether it’s buying a speedboat as the first step in fundraising for a feature, or “canceling” a secret party on social media to throw off the cops, Borscht’s organizational methods are as experimental and visionary as the work it produces. That includes the Borscht Film Festival, a “quasi-yearly” event showcasing films, sculpture, performances, and installations by emerging regional filmmakers.
While Borscht may sound obscure, it lies at the heart of Barry Jenkins’ success. When Borscht co-founder (and “Moonlight” co-producer) Andrew Hevia saw Miami native Jenkins’ first feature, the San Francisco-set “Medicine for Melancholy,” he became determined to bring Jenkins back to Miami to shoot a film. Borscht commissioned a short film from Jenkins, “Chlorophyl,” for the 2011 festival. “That sort of re-awakened [Jenkins] to the city,” said Borscht co-founder Lucas Leyva, an accomplished filmmaker and producer himself.
While Borscht may sound obscure, it lies at the heart of Barry Jenkins’ success. When Borscht co-founder (and “Moonlight” co-producer) Andrew Hevia saw Miami native Jenkins’ first feature, the San Francisco-set “Medicine for Melancholy,” he became determined to bring Jenkins back to Miami to shoot a film. Borscht commissioned a short film from Jenkins, “Chlorophyl,” for the 2011 festival. “That sort of re-awakened [Jenkins] to the city,” said Borscht co-founder Lucas Leyva, an accomplished filmmaker and producer himself.
- 3/9/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
In a matter of seconds, “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins’ friends, collaborators, former teachers, and students experienced disappointment, confusion, and total jubilation Sunday night during the official “Moonlight” Oscar party in Liberty City, Miami.
After “La La Land” was mistakenly announced as the winner, a snafu in the live feed at the outdoor block party led to even more confusion. “The thing that’s insane about being here is that the whole thing glitched out, it’s overwhelming,” said Daniel Soto, a volunteer with the Borscht Film Festival, which co-presented the party with A24 and the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, where Jenkins held auditions to find the film’s stunning young actors.
“Every ounce of skepticism in my body wants to deny it,” said Soto. “I have no idea how to process this. We’re not used to it.”
The block party was the final event of the weekend of the Borscht Film Festival,...
After “La La Land” was mistakenly announced as the winner, a snafu in the live feed at the outdoor block party led to even more confusion. “The thing that’s insane about being here is that the whole thing glitched out, it’s overwhelming,” said Daniel Soto, a volunteer with the Borscht Film Festival, which co-presented the party with A24 and the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, where Jenkins held auditions to find the film’s stunning young actors.
“Every ounce of skepticism in my body wants to deny it,” said Soto. “I have no idea how to process this. We’re not used to it.”
The block party was the final event of the weekend of the Borscht Film Festival,...
- 2/27/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Coming of age drama has posted strong returns during a limited opening in the Us.
Altitude Film Distribution has picked up Barry Jenkins’s awards season contender Moonlight for release in the UK and Ireland.
Premiering to rave receptions at Telluride and garnering similar praise from berths at festivals in Toronto, New York and London, the intense and emotional coming of age drama stars Trevante Rhodes in the story of a young African American man growing up in a tough Miami neighbourhood.
Altitude struck the deal with sales agent A24, who are handling Us distribution where the film has returned a healthy $1.47m from its initial limited release and is set to expand over the coming weeks.
Altitude’s Will Clarke commented: “Moonlight is one of those life-affirming films that immerses you in its universal themes and kaleidoscopic view of life but told with such emotional intimacy, delicacy and beauty that no-one could fail to be moved...
Altitude Film Distribution has picked up Barry Jenkins’s awards season contender Moonlight for release in the UK and Ireland.
Premiering to rave receptions at Telluride and garnering similar praise from berths at festivals in Toronto, New York and London, the intense and emotional coming of age drama stars Trevante Rhodes in the story of a young African American man growing up in a tough Miami neighbourhood.
Altitude struck the deal with sales agent A24, who are handling Us distribution where the film has returned a healthy $1.47m from its initial limited release and is set to expand over the coming weeks.
Altitude’s Will Clarke commented: “Moonlight is one of those life-affirming films that immerses you in its universal themes and kaleidoscopic view of life but told with such emotional intimacy, delicacy and beauty that no-one could fail to be moved...
- 11/7/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Barry Jenkins is about to become the next big thing, but he’s been here before. “Moonlight,” which he wrote and directed, has been celebrated as the year’s major discovery and the ultimate achievement in modern black filmmaking. That’s nothing new for Jenkins: Eight years ago, the director faced similar acclaim on a smaller scale with his 2008 debut, “Medicine for Melancholy.” However, the lag between his first two features is a testament to Jenkins’ quiet determination — and to a culture that had yet to catch up. It takes time for the world to recognize a genuine vision.
“I think a filmmaker like me isn’t on the outside in the same way that I was in 2008, even though the work itself feels very, very outsiderish,” he said. “It’s completely fucking crazy, because it didn’t used to be that way.” While “Moonlight” marks Jenkins’ transition into a major artist,...
“I think a filmmaker like me isn’t on the outside in the same way that I was in 2008, even though the work itself feels very, very outsiderish,” he said. “It’s completely fucking crazy, because it didn’t used to be that way.” While “Moonlight” marks Jenkins’ transition into a major artist,...
- 10/19/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Borscht Film Festival does great work, not only playing films already on the circuit but also specially commissioning shorts by Miami-based filmmakers for the event. Amy Seimetz’s When We Lived in Miami was the most notable of these from last year’s fest, and from the previous year that distinction arguably went to Barry Jenkins’ Chlorophyl. The short by the Medicine for Melancholy dirctor is, finally, online. And for a little background, check out Borscht collective member Andrew Hevia’s post for Filmmaker‘s own The Microbudget Conversation about how the film came about.
- 11/12/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Borscht Film Festival does great work, not only playing films already on the circuit but also specially commissioning shorts by Miami-based filmmakers for the event. Amy Seimetz’s When We Lived in Miami was the most notable of these from last year’s fest, and from the previous year that distinction arguably went to Barry Jenkins’ Chlorophyl. The short by the Medicine for Melancholy dirctor is, finally, online. And for a little background, check out Borscht collective member Andrew Hevia’s post for Filmmaker‘s own The Microbudget Conversation about how the film came about.
- 11/12/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Last summer, at about the same time I was shooting Orphaned, Columbia Pictures was shooting second-unit/chase scenes for Salt here in Albany, NY. Apparently we have a really dope set of off-ramps and bridges that made it necessary to shoot one scene in Upstate New York. They brought in all their own people and all their own gear. Many of the actors that worked on Orphaned got day-play extra roles and stand-in gigs, and downtown was a mess for a week. The film community of Albany was pissed and ecstatic all at the same time, and the experience acted as a mirror for upstate film; we had a lot to learn, and a long way to go in order to be a thriving film community. Watching the film months later it was Very apparent that Angelina goes from Washington DC to Albany NY in a matter of seconds, but...
- 7/19/2011
- by John Yost
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
From an email from director, actress and producer Amy Seimetz:
I am making my next feature– Sun Don’t Shine. I have started a ChipIn site for it. 10% of the funds raised will be donated to a shelter for abused women and children in Florida, which I volunteered at in high school. Feel free to donate what you can or pass it along.You can read more about the film and donate here.…And yes– our donation to the shelter is a hint to the plot.
Here’s more from the film’s website, which contains a blog with updates on the production.
A feature film directed by Amy Seimetz starring Kate Sheil and Kentucker Audley. The plot is top secret, but in a nutshell, it’s about two people on the road in Florida doing very bad things. Shot on Super 16mm, the film is inspired by “Two-Lane Blacktop...
I am making my next feature– Sun Don’t Shine. I have started a ChipIn site for it. 10% of the funds raised will be donated to a shelter for abused women and children in Florida, which I volunteered at in high school. Feel free to donate what you can or pass it along.You can read more about the film and donate here.…And yes– our donation to the shelter is a hint to the plot.
Here’s more from the film’s website, which contains a blog with updates on the production.
A feature film directed by Amy Seimetz starring Kate Sheil and Kentucker Audley. The plot is top secret, but in a nutshell, it’s about two people on the road in Florida doing very bad things. Shot on Super 16mm, the film is inspired by “Two-Lane Blacktop...
- 5/7/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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