Paris-based Urban Sales has swooped on international sales rights to Brazilian writer-director Carolina Markowicz’s awaited debut feature film “Charcoal” (“Carvão”), which is set for its world premiere at at Toronto’s prestigious Platform showcase before heading to San Sebastian for a Europe bow as part of its just-revealed Horizontes Latinos lineup.
Urban Sales has also shared with Variety a first look still from the film.
Distribution in Brazil is handled by Pandora Filmes, founded by André Sturm, which launched the country’s first classic film streaming platform Belas Artes in 2019, bringing big-name, cult, and regional classics to audiences nationwide.
Markowicz has written and directed six short films that have been selected by 400 festivals including Locarno, SXSW, Toronto and AFI. Her short film,“The Orphan,” a gritty tale about a young queer boy who tries to navigate his most recent adoption after being placed with a well-off conservative family, premiered...
Urban Sales has also shared with Variety a first look still from the film.
Distribution in Brazil is handled by Pandora Filmes, founded by André Sturm, which launched the country’s first classic film streaming platform Belas Artes in 2019, bringing big-name, cult, and regional classics to audiences nationwide.
Markowicz has written and directed six short films that have been selected by 400 festivals including Locarno, SXSW, Toronto and AFI. Her short film,“The Orphan,” a gritty tale about a young queer boy who tries to navigate his most recent adoption after being placed with a well-off conservative family, premiered...
- 8/11/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Brazilian writer-director Caru Alves de Souza, whose second feature, “My Name Is Baghdad,” won the Crystal Bear for best film at Berlin’s 2020 Generation 14plus sidebar, has been selected for the Pop Up Film Residency 2022 program.
Alves de Souza will use the Residency to develop “Lonely Hearts,” her new fiction feature.
The award was announced Saturday at Cannes Marché du Film by Josephine Bourgois and Rachel do Valle, executive director and program director at Brazil’s Projeto Paradiso, which is backing the prize, and former Cannes Critics’ Week programmer Matthieu Darras, creator of Pop Up.
Alves de Souza will participate in the mentoring program for the development of a fiction feature, which runs over three weeks, in August, in Vilnius, Lithuania. She will receive a Paradiso Scholarship and travel support in the amount of Reais 5,000, in addition to becoming part of the Paradiso Talent Network.
Alves de Souza impressed with “My Name is Baghdad,...
Alves de Souza will use the Residency to develop “Lonely Hearts,” her new fiction feature.
The award was announced Saturday at Cannes Marché du Film by Josephine Bourgois and Rachel do Valle, executive director and program director at Brazil’s Projeto Paradiso, which is backing the prize, and former Cannes Critics’ Week programmer Matthieu Darras, creator of Pop Up.
Alves de Souza will participate in the mentoring program for the development of a fiction feature, which runs over three weeks, in August, in Vilnius, Lithuania. She will receive a Paradiso Scholarship and travel support in the amount of Reais 5,000, in addition to becoming part of the Paradiso Talent Network.
Alves de Souza impressed with “My Name is Baghdad,...
- 5/21/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros’ Tenet premiered on October 29.
With the recent and gradual reopening of cinemas in Brazil, there are now around 1,570 screens in operation in the country after the multiplex sector took a heavy hit.
According to the Brazilian Association of Multiplex Cinema Operator Companies (Abraplex), the estimated loss to cinemas located in shopping centres so far this year has been $312.6m (Brl 1.8bn).
However new figures have given cause for cautious optimism.
Since the major chains Cinemark and Cinépolis reopened last week, the number of tickets sold reached 133,000 and box office totalled $382,000 (Brl 2.2m), according to local theatrical tracking firm Filme B.
With the recent and gradual reopening of cinemas in Brazil, there are now around 1,570 screens in operation in the country after the multiplex sector took a heavy hit.
According to the Brazilian Association of Multiplex Cinema Operator Companies (Abraplex), the estimated loss to cinemas located in shopping centres so far this year has been $312.6m (Brl 1.8bn).
However new figures have given cause for cautious optimism.
Since the major chains Cinemark and Cinépolis reopened last week, the number of tickets sold reached 133,000 and box office totalled $382,000 (Brl 2.2m), according to local theatrical tracking firm Filme B.
- 10/30/2020
- by Elaine Guerini
- ScreenDaily
Water Bearer Films will release the magical realism-flavored Brazilian film The Famous and The Dead on DVD on May 31.
Things get hazy for Henrique Larré in The Famous and The Dead.
Directed and co-written by Esmir Filho, the 2009 movie focuses on a 16-year-old Bob Dylan fan (Henrique Larré), known only by his online handle Mr. Tambourine Man, who lives with his mother in the remote countryside of Southern Brazil. Devastated by the loss of his father and trapped in a village he dubs “the hole in the world,” his only contact to the outside world is via the internet. The arrival of two mysterious figures, the spirit guide Jingle Jangle (Ismael Caneppele) and her companion Julian (Tuane Eggers), ignites both a fear and a fascination that draws him into their seductive, dreamy nether world.
Presented in Portuguese with English subtitles, The Famous and The Dead played a host of international...
Things get hazy for Henrique Larré in The Famous and The Dead.
Directed and co-written by Esmir Filho, the 2009 movie focuses on a 16-year-old Bob Dylan fan (Henrique Larré), known only by his online handle Mr. Tambourine Man, who lives with his mother in the remote countryside of Southern Brazil. Devastated by the loss of his father and trapped in a village he dubs “the hole in the world,” his only contact to the outside world is via the internet. The arrival of two mysterious figures, the spirit guide Jingle Jangle (Ismael Caneppele) and her companion Julian (Tuane Eggers), ignites both a fear and a fascination that draws him into their seductive, dreamy nether world.
Presented in Portuguese with English subtitles, The Famous and The Dead played a host of international...
- 4/14/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Zipangu Fest, London
When it comes to off-the-scale weirdness, Japan comes out on top. And as the name suggests, it's that side of the nation's cinema this inaugural festival celebrates, with a menu of cult/indie/exploitation film, animation, and outsider documentary and other oddities. Where else will you find naked hippies on motorbikes (music doc Rock Tanjo: The Movement 70s); cartoons about lecherous carnival freaks (Midori: The Girl In The Freakshow); a transgender performer dressed as a giant bouquet of flowers (documentary Pyuupiru 2001-2008); and a kick-ass squad of mutant girls (er, Mutant Girl Squad). Indie movement leader Tetsuaki Matsue, meanwhile, introduces his amazing one-take street music documentary, Live Tape.
Various venues, Tue to 28 Nov
ID Fest, Derby
What makes a person English? What makes a person a person? Are English people people? These and other questions might be answered at this new festival exploring identity (exclusively English identity...
When it comes to off-the-scale weirdness, Japan comes out on top. And as the name suggests, it's that side of the nation's cinema this inaugural festival celebrates, with a menu of cult/indie/exploitation film, animation, and outsider documentary and other oddities. Where else will you find naked hippies on motorbikes (music doc Rock Tanjo: The Movement 70s); cartoons about lecherous carnival freaks (Midori: The Girl In The Freakshow); a transgender performer dressed as a giant bouquet of flowers (documentary Pyuupiru 2001-2008); and a kick-ass squad of mutant girls (er, Mutant Girl Squad). Indie movement leader Tetsuaki Matsue, meanwhile, introduces his amazing one-take street music documentary, Live Tape.
Various venues, Tue to 28 Nov
ID Fest, Derby
What makes a person English? What makes a person a person? Are English people people? These and other questions might be answered at this new festival exploring identity (exclusively English identity...
- 11/20/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
From my inbox… for New Yorkers: A collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, the annual Premiere Brazil festival introduces New York audiences to original and accomplished recent work by both new and established Brazilian filmmakers.
This year’s edition opens with the New York premiere of an acclaimed documentary about contemporary artist Vik Muniz’s collaboration on a recycling project with the inhabitants of the world’s largest garbage dump – a powerful ode to the transformative powers of art. A number of evocative works (Lands; Reidy, Building Utopia; I Travel because I Have To, I Come Back because I Love You) deal with the collision between modern lifestyles, urban expansion, and the destructive power and delicate balance of the vast Brazilian landscape. This year’s classics selection, dedicated to the continued preservation and celebration of the legacy of the influential Cinema Novo movement,...
This year’s edition opens with the New York premiere of an acclaimed documentary about contemporary artist Vik Muniz’s collaboration on a recycling project with the inhabitants of the world’s largest garbage dump – a powerful ode to the transformative powers of art. A number of evocative works (Lands; Reidy, Building Utopia; I Travel because I Have To, I Come Back because I Love You) deal with the collision between modern lifestyles, urban expansion, and the destructive power and delicate balance of the vast Brazilian landscape. This year’s classics selection, dedicated to the continued preservation and celebration of the legacy of the influential Cinema Novo movement,...
- 5/28/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Cologne, Germany -- "Youth in Revolt," Miguel Arteta's romantic comedy starring Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday, is one of the higher profile titles screening at Generation -- the Berlin Film Festival's youth cinema sidebar -- but the title could be used for the 2010 lineup as a whole. For its 33rd edition, Generation has decided to stir things up, mixing genres and styles, big names and unknowns.
Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Dev Benegal will open Generation's main 14plus competition with his latest off-Bollywood production "Road Movie." "Alamar," a docu-drama from Mexican director Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio kicks off the Generation Kplus section of younger-skewing titles.
No longer a ghetto for kid flicks, Generation has established itself as a strong brand and platform for launching films in its own right -- a fact illustrated by the ten world premieres this year. These range from "Last of the Line" from Finnish directors Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio,...
Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Dev Benegal will open Generation's main 14plus competition with his latest off-Bollywood production "Road Movie." "Alamar," a docu-drama from Mexican director Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio kicks off the Generation Kplus section of younger-skewing titles.
No longer a ghetto for kid flicks, Generation has established itself as a strong brand and platform for launching films in its own right -- a fact illustrated by the ten world premieres this year. These range from "Last of the Line" from Finnish directors Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio,...
- 1/13/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Those compiling their best of the year lists would do well to consult the roll-call of gong-winners handed out by an august band of international critics
Any perspicacious film festival-goer or festival-watcher will have noticed that one of the prizes awarded at most festivals, in addition to the Golden Palms, Golden Lions or Golden Leopards etc, is the Fipresci (Federation International de la Presse Cinematographic) – aka the international film critics' award. In principle, this should be the most prestigious and sought-after prize of all, because the juries are made up of professional film critics (usually five, each from a different country) who are paid to tell the public what is good or bad and why.
Unfortunately, the Fipresci prize does not carry with it any money but, in theory, it does help the film gain a distributor. However, on one occasion, I remember that a director, who had just won the Fipresci prize,...
Any perspicacious film festival-goer or festival-watcher will have noticed that one of the prizes awarded at most festivals, in addition to the Golden Palms, Golden Lions or Golden Leopards etc, is the Fipresci (Federation International de la Presse Cinematographic) – aka the international film critics' award. In principle, this should be the most prestigious and sought-after prize of all, because the juries are made up of professional film critics (usually five, each from a different country) who are paid to tell the public what is good or bad and why.
Unfortunately, the Fipresci prize does not carry with it any money but, in theory, it does help the film gain a distributor. However, on one occasion, I remember that a director, who had just won the Fipresci prize,...
- 12/24/2009
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Year: 2009
Directors: Esmir Filho
Writers: Esmir Filho & Ismael Caneppele
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Linus de Paoli
Rating: 8 out of 10
[Editor's note: So begins our Locarno coverage. Surprised? We're making moves in Europe, lots more to come!]
After a couple of rather disappointing films I wasn’t expecting much, but “Os Famosos E Os Duendes Da Morte” was the first truly impressive work of this year’s international competition of the Locarno Film festival! It features many mysterious elements, dreams and visions that appear almost Lynchesque, but it never gets supernatural. In the way the film deals with its characters, it is more a dreamy coming-of-age story than a thriller. And it definitely is a vivid and strong example for young Brazilian film making all along the line!
16-year-old Bob Dylan fan "Mr. Tambourine Man" lives in a small town that he refers to as "the a**hole of the world". He is bored by his real life and spends a lot of time on the Internet,...
Directors: Esmir Filho
Writers: Esmir Filho & Ismael Caneppele
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Linus de Paoli
Rating: 8 out of 10
[Editor's note: So begins our Locarno coverage. Surprised? We're making moves in Europe, lots more to come!]
After a couple of rather disappointing films I wasn’t expecting much, but “Os Famosos E Os Duendes Da Morte” was the first truly impressive work of this year’s international competition of the Locarno Film festival! It features many mysterious elements, dreams and visions that appear almost Lynchesque, but it never gets supernatural. In the way the film deals with its characters, it is more a dreamy coming-of-age story than a thriller. And it definitely is a vivid and strong example for young Brazilian film making all along the line!
16-year-old Bob Dylan fan "Mr. Tambourine Man" lives in a small town that he refers to as "the a**hole of the world". He is bored by his real life and spends a lot of time on the Internet,...
- 8/11/2009
- QuietEarth.us
We've been focusing on some of the incredible indie talent being showcased at the upcoming Locarno film festival and The Famous and the Dead has to be added to that list. Although all the details I can find are incredibly vague, I do know it's adapted from a novel by Ismael Caneppele and has something to do with young adults and a Bob Dylan fan and is set in Brazil. The footage looks incredible and the sales agent Umedia describes director Esmir Filho as a talented young director, and from the video we have, I would agree. And while searching around for more, I learned our friends at Row Three also featured an article on this same film (which I completely missed, sorry!), so thanks to them for further info and the teaser.
This film looks at an unfamiliar side of Brazil, far removed from the caricatures, the favelas, crime and samba music.
This film looks at an unfamiliar side of Brazil, far removed from the caricatures, the favelas, crime and samba music.
- 7/21/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Locarno, a Swiss fest dedicated to indie arthouse fair, especially with an arthouse lilt, has unveiled its lineup and it includes 10 world premiers. Locarno premiers serious weirdness (and awesomeness) like David Manuli's Beket (review here) which bowed last year.
I have yet to go through everything, so I'm just posting this as of now.
Check the full lineup after the break.
The Locarno Film Festival
Piazza Grande
"500 Days of Summer," Marc Webb, U.S. (opener)
"Blue Sofa" (short), Giuseppe Baresi, Pippo Delbono, Lara Fremder, Italy
"The Two Horses of Genghis Khan" (closer), Byambasuren Davaa, Germany
"Giulias Verschwinden," Christoph Schaub, Switzerland
"La Guerre des fils de la lumiere contre les fils des tenebres," Amos Gitai, France
"The Valley," Mihaly Gyorik, Switzerland-Italy-Hungary
"Les Derniers jours du monde," Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu, France-Spain-Taiwan
"Les Yeux de Simone" (short), Jean-Louis Porchet, Switzerland-France
"My Sister's Keeper," Nick Cassavetes, U.S.
"Petit Indi," Marc Recha,...
I have yet to go through everything, so I'm just posting this as of now.
Check the full lineup after the break.
The Locarno Film Festival
Piazza Grande
"500 Days of Summer," Marc Webb, U.S. (opener)
"Blue Sofa" (short), Giuseppe Baresi, Pippo Delbono, Lara Fremder, Italy
"The Two Horses of Genghis Khan" (closer), Byambasuren Davaa, Germany
"Giulias Verschwinden," Christoph Schaub, Switzerland
"La Guerre des fils de la lumiere contre les fils des tenebres," Amos Gitai, France
"The Valley," Mihaly Gyorik, Switzerland-Italy-Hungary
"Les Derniers jours du monde," Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu, France-Spain-Taiwan
"Les Yeux de Simone" (short), Jean-Louis Porchet, Switzerland-France
"My Sister's Keeper," Nick Cassavetes, U.S.
"Petit Indi," Marc Recha,...
- 7/15/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Rome -- The European premiere of "500 Days of Summer," a romantic comedy from U.S. helmer Marc Webb, will be the opening film at the 62nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival, organizers said Tuesday.
The film, which will screen at the festival's famous Piazza Grande, continues the trend started by artistic director Frederick Maire, who has brought major Hollywood fare to Locarno along with a full slate of the festival's more traditional lineup of cerebral films.
In addition to the opening film, Locarno officials gave the first hints of what appears to be an international competition lineup.
The first contenders announced are "Os famosos e os duendes da morte" (The Famous and the Dead) from up-and-coming Brazilian director Esmir Filho, the international premiere of "The Search" from China's Pema Tseden, and the world premiere of "Complices," the first feature from Switzerland's Frederic Mermoud. This year's festival, the final one under the direction of Maire,...
The film, which will screen at the festival's famous Piazza Grande, continues the trend started by artistic director Frederick Maire, who has brought major Hollywood fare to Locarno along with a full slate of the festival's more traditional lineup of cerebral films.
In addition to the opening film, Locarno officials gave the first hints of what appears to be an international competition lineup.
The first contenders announced are "Os famosos e os duendes da morte" (The Famous and the Dead) from up-and-coming Brazilian director Esmir Filho, the international premiere of "The Search" from China's Pema Tseden, and the world premiere of "Complices," the first feature from Switzerland's Frederic Mermoud. This year's festival, the final one under the direction of Maire,...
- 6/16/2009
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
2009 Torino Glbt Film Festival Awards 2009 Torino Glbt Film Festival: April 23-30, 2009 Best Feature Film: Leonera / Lion’s Den by Pablo Trapero (Argentina/South Korea/Brazil, 2008) Special Mention: Actress Martina Gusman for Lion’s Den Special Jury Award: Elève libre / Private Lessons by Joachim Lafosse (Belgium, 2008) Special Mention: Actor Jonas Bloquet for Death in Venice Special Mention: Wu sheng feng ling / Soundless Wind Chime by Kit Hung (Hong Kong/China/Switzerland, 2008) Best Documentary (ex-aequo): Khastegi / Sex My Life by Bahman Motamedian (Iran, 2008) and Out in India: A Family’s Journey by Tom Keegan (USA/India, 2007) Special Mention: Giorgio/Giorgia…storia di una voce by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy, 2008) Best Short Film: Saliva by Esmir Filho (Brazil, 2008) Special Mention: Même pas mort / Tomboy by Claudine Natkin (France, 2008) The Nuovi Sguardi Award: Wu sheng feng ling / Soundless Wind Chime by Kit Hung (Hong Kong/China/Switzerland, 2008) Audience Awards Best Feature [...]...
- 5/3/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
MADRID - Tarsem Singh's fantastical epic "The Fall" won the top honor for best film at Sitges' International Film Festival of Catalonia, an important fantasy film event, organizers announced Saturday.
The Indian/US/U.K. co-production tells of the relationship between a little girl with a broken collar bone who meets a bedridden man in a hospital. The man starts telling her a story that intertwines fiction and reality.
Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's horror film "REC" did well at the festival, earning its directorial team the best director nod and seeing its Manuela Velasco take the best actress award.
Sam Rockwell won the best actor award for his role in George Ratliff's horror film "Joshua", featuring the traumatic arrival of a newborn sister for a nine-year-old boy.
Chung Seo-Kyung and Park Chan-Wook took the best script award for "I'm a Cyborg but That's OK", while Esmir Filho's "Saliva" won the best short.
Japanese films took a handful of awards. Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django" won best cinematography (Toyomichi Kurita) and production design (Takashi Sasaki), while Katsuhiro Otomo's "Mushishi" won the special effects and soundtrack (Kuniaki Haishima).
The Indian/US/U.K. co-production tells of the relationship between a little girl with a broken collar bone who meets a bedridden man in a hospital. The man starts telling her a story that intertwines fiction and reality.
Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's horror film "REC" did well at the festival, earning its directorial team the best director nod and seeing its Manuela Velasco take the best actress award.
Sam Rockwell won the best actor award for his role in George Ratliff's horror film "Joshua", featuring the traumatic arrival of a newborn sister for a nine-year-old boy.
Chung Seo-Kyung and Park Chan-Wook took the best script award for "I'm a Cyborg but That's OK", while Esmir Filho's "Saliva" won the best short.
Japanese films took a handful of awards. Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django" won best cinematography (Toyomichi Kurita) and production design (Takashi Sasaki), while Katsuhiro Otomo's "Mushishi" won the special effects and soundtrack (Kuniaki Haishima).
- 10/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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