Marrakech International Film Festival’s project incubator showcased 15 projects in development and nine projects.
Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir’s The Mother Of All Lies and Tunisian-French director Erige Sehiri’s Under The Fig Trees have won the top post-production prizes at the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops talent and project incubator.
The films were among 15 projects in development and nine projects in post-production presented in the fourth edition of the workshops, running online from November 22 to 25 and attended by more than 300 international film professionals.
The post-production jury comprised Nuha Eltayeb, director of content acquisitions for the Middle East,...
Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir’s The Mother Of All Lies and Tunisian-French director Erige Sehiri’s Under The Fig Trees have won the top post-production prizes at the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops talent and project incubator.
The films were among 15 projects in development and nine projects in post-production presented in the fourth edition of the workshops, running online from November 22 to 25 and attended by more than 300 international film professionals.
The post-production jury comprised Nuha Eltayeb, director of content acquisitions for the Middle East,...
- 11/25/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Participant is teaming up with leading French sales agent MK2 Films and Endeavor Content to represent worldwide distribution rights on “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” the anticipated feature debut of Lebanese filmmaker Mounia Akl.
“Costa Brava, Lebanon” will be headlined by Lebanese star and filmmaker Nadine Labaki (“Capernaum”), alongside Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (“The Band’s Visit”). The pair will play a couple who decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains. This dream life is shattered when a landfill is built right outside its fence, bringing the garbage and corruption they hoped to leave behind to its door. As the trash rises, so do the tensions in their perfect home.
Akl, an alumni of Cannes’ Cinefondation, previously directed the critically-acclaimed short film “Submarine” in 2015. The student short was nominated for a BAFTA and played at Toronto and SXSW,...
“Costa Brava, Lebanon” will be headlined by Lebanese star and filmmaker Nadine Labaki (“Capernaum”), alongside Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (“The Band’s Visit”). The pair will play a couple who decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains. This dream life is shattered when a landfill is built right outside its fence, bringing the garbage and corruption they hoped to leave behind to its door. As the trash rises, so do the tensions in their perfect home.
Akl, an alumni of Cannes’ Cinefondation, previously directed the critically-acclaimed short film “Submarine” in 2015. The student short was nominated for a BAFTA and played at Toronto and SXSW,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The production has recently signed Nadine Labaki and Saleh Bakri to lead roles.
Paris-based mk2 films have boarded sales on Lebanese director Mounia Akl’s dark comedy Costa Brava Lebanon about a family whose seemingly idyllic lifestyle in the mountains is threatened by the construction of a landfill site on their doorstep.
The company is launching sales at the AFM.
The production has recently signed Lebanese filmmaker and actress Nadine Labaki to co-star opposite Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri, who is best known internationally for his performances in The Band’s Visit and Wajib.
The pair play a couple who remove...
Paris-based mk2 films have boarded sales on Lebanese director Mounia Akl’s dark comedy Costa Brava Lebanon about a family whose seemingly idyllic lifestyle in the mountains is threatened by the construction of a landfill site on their doorstep.
The company is launching sales at the AFM.
The production has recently signed Lebanese filmmaker and actress Nadine Labaki to co-star opposite Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri, who is best known internationally for his performances in The Band’s Visit and Wajib.
The pair play a couple who remove...
- 11/9/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Drama about a young man who returns home after serving time in prison, but is not forgiven by the local community, played in Directors’ Fortnight.
TrustNordisk has sold Swedish director Magnus von Horn’s debut feature The Here After to the UK (Soda Pictures) and Korea (Atnine Film Co. Ltd.) with more territories currently in negotiation.
Review: The Here AfterINTERVIEW: Magnus von Horn
In France, distribution is being handled by Nour Films. The Here After was selected for Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where it received its world premiere.
TrustNordisk CEO Rikke Ennis said: “Rarely have we seen so strong reactions from festivals like on The Here After.”
Von Horn’s feature debut following several award-winning shorts (Echo, Without Snow) is the story of a man released from prison after serving time for his ex-girlfriend’s murder. Life on the outside overwhelms him until he meets the mother of the girl he killed...
TrustNordisk has sold Swedish director Magnus von Horn’s debut feature The Here After to the UK (Soda Pictures) and Korea (Atnine Film Co. Ltd.) with more territories currently in negotiation.
Review: The Here AfterINTERVIEW: Magnus von Horn
In France, distribution is being handled by Nour Films. The Here After was selected for Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where it received its world premiere.
TrustNordisk CEO Rikke Ennis said: “Rarely have we seen so strong reactions from festivals like on The Here After.”
Von Horn’s feature debut following several award-winning shorts (Echo, Without Snow) is the story of a man released from prison after serving time for his ex-girlfriend’s murder. Life on the outside overwhelms him until he meets the mother of the girl he killed...
- 5/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Singapore-France-Germany co-production set to shoot in September.
Singapore-based Zhao Wei Films and Peanut Pictures have announced Boo Junfeng, director of the 2010 Cannes Critics Week entry Sandcastle, will start shooting his Singapore/France/Germany co-production Apprentice this September with locations in Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
Produced by Singapore’s Zhao Wei Films, Peanut Pictures and Akanga Film Asia, the project previously confirmed Germany’s augenschein Filmproduktion and France’s Cinéma Defacto as co-producers at the European Film Market (Efm).
Attached as associate producer, Rachel Higgins’ Birdcage Films will coordinate the Australian shoot.
Described as “a tense psychological drama”, Apprentice takes place in the territory’s top prison where Aiman, a newly transferred correctional officer happens to befriend Koon, who turns out to be the chief executioner there. When Koon’s assistant suddenly quits, he asks Aiman to work under him with implications that he might succeed him.
Singapore’s Eric Khoo (My Magic) is attached as executive producer...
Singapore-based Zhao Wei Films and Peanut Pictures have announced Boo Junfeng, director of the 2010 Cannes Critics Week entry Sandcastle, will start shooting his Singapore/France/Germany co-production Apprentice this September with locations in Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
Produced by Singapore’s Zhao Wei Films, Peanut Pictures and Akanga Film Asia, the project previously confirmed Germany’s augenschein Filmproduktion and France’s Cinéma Defacto as co-producers at the European Film Market (Efm).
Attached as associate producer, Rachel Higgins’ Birdcage Films will coordinate the Australian shoot.
Described as “a tense psychological drama”, Apprentice takes place in the territory’s top prison where Aiman, a newly transferred correctional officer happens to befriend Koon, who turns out to be the chief executioner there. When Koon’s assistant suddenly quits, he asks Aiman to work under him with implications that he might succeed him.
Singapore’s Eric Khoo (My Magic) is attached as executive producer...
- 2/26/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Fitzgibbon, Sitaru, Vicari, Huddles, Runarsson and van Geffen will be at Les Arcs this December.
Ireland’s Ian Fitzgibbon, Romania’s Adrian Sitaru, Iceland’s Runar Runarsson (pictured), Italy’s Daniele Vicari and America’s John Huddles are among the directors who will be presenting their new projects at the Les Arcs Co-production village this year.
The event, which runs Dec 14-17 within France’s alpine, Sundance-style Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 14-21), unveiled the production line-up on Thursday as well as the productions that will be presented in the Works in Progress section on Dec 15.
This year’s co-pro selection mixes upcoming productions from established independent filmmakers with a slew of projects from feted shorts directors who are embarking on their first features.
“We pretty proud of this year’s line-up. There’s a lot of projects I would be seriously looking at if I were going to Les Arcs in a professional capacity rather...
Ireland’s Ian Fitzgibbon, Romania’s Adrian Sitaru, Iceland’s Runar Runarsson (pictured), Italy’s Daniele Vicari and America’s John Huddles are among the directors who will be presenting their new projects at the Les Arcs Co-production village this year.
The event, which runs Dec 14-17 within France’s alpine, Sundance-style Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 14-21), unveiled the production line-up on Thursday as well as the productions that will be presented in the Works in Progress section on Dec 15.
This year’s co-pro selection mixes upcoming productions from established independent filmmakers with a slew of projects from feted shorts directors who are embarking on their first features.
“We pretty proud of this year’s line-up. There’s a lot of projects I would be seriously looking at if I were going to Les Arcs in a professional capacity rather...
- 11/14/2013
- ScreenDaily
Fitzgibbon, Sitaru, Vicari, Huddles, Runarsson and van Geffen will be at Les Arcs this December.
Ireland’s Ian Fitzgibbon, Romania’s Adrian Sitaru, Iceland’s Runar Runarsson (pictured), Italy’s Daniele Vicari and America’s John Huddles are among the directors who will be presenting their new projects at the Les Arcs Co-production village this year.
The event, which runs Dec 14-17 within France’s alpine, Sundance-style Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 14-21), unveiled the production line-up on Thursday as well as the productions that will be presented in the Works in Progress section on Dec 15.
This year’s co-pro selection mixes upcoming productions from established independent filmmakers with a slew of projects from feted shorts directors who are embarking on their first features.
“We pretty proud of this year’s line-up. There’s a lot of projects I would be seriously looking at if I were going to Les Arcs in a professional capacity rather...
Ireland’s Ian Fitzgibbon, Romania’s Adrian Sitaru, Iceland’s Runar Runarsson (pictured), Italy’s Daniele Vicari and America’s John Huddles are among the directors who will be presenting their new projects at the Les Arcs Co-production village this year.
The event, which runs Dec 14-17 within France’s alpine, Sundance-style Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 14-21), unveiled the production line-up on Thursday as well as the productions that will be presented in the Works in Progress section on Dec 15.
This year’s co-pro selection mixes upcoming productions from established independent filmmakers with a slew of projects from feted shorts directors who are embarking on their first features.
“We pretty proud of this year’s line-up. There’s a lot of projects I would be seriously looking at if I were going to Les Arcs in a professional capacity rather...
- 11/14/2013
- ScreenDaily
Fitzgibbon, Sitaru, Vicari, Huddles, Runarsson and van Geffen will be at Les Arcs this December.
Ireland’s Ian Fitzgibbon, Romania’s Adrian Sitaru, Iceland’s Runar Runarsson (pictured), Italy’s Daniele Vicari and America’s John Huddles are among the directors who will be presenting their new projects at the Les Arcs Co-production village this year.
The event, which runs Dec 14-17 within France’s alpine, Sundance-style Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 14-21), unveiled the production line-up on Thursday as well as the productions that will be presented in the Works in Progress section on Dec 15.
This year’s co-pro selection mixes upcoming productions from established independent filmmakers with a slew of projects from feted shorts directors who are embarking on their first features.
“We pretty proud of this year’s line-up. There’s a lot of projects I would be seriously looking at if I were going to Les Arcs in a professional capacity rather...
Ireland’s Ian Fitzgibbon, Romania’s Adrian Sitaru, Iceland’s Runar Runarsson (pictured), Italy’s Daniele Vicari and America’s John Huddles are among the directors who will be presenting their new projects at the Les Arcs Co-production village this year.
The event, which runs Dec 14-17 within France’s alpine, Sundance-style Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 14-21), unveiled the production line-up on Thursday as well as the productions that will be presented in the Works in Progress section on Dec 15.
This year’s co-pro selection mixes upcoming productions from established independent filmmakers with a slew of projects from feted shorts directors who are embarking on their first features.
“We pretty proud of this year’s line-up. There’s a lot of projects I would be seriously looking at if I were going to Les Arcs in a professional capacity rather...
- 11/14/2013
- ScreenDaily
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