Swimming Home is an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2011 novel, written and directed by debut UK flmmaker Justin Anderson.
The UK-Dutch co-production premiered in the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The film centres around a war reporter played by Mackenzie Davis, on a family holiday with her husband (Christopher Abbott), a poet, and their teenage daughter. Returning home to their villa with a friend (Nadine Labaki) they find a naked stranger, Kitti (Ariane Labed) floating in the pool. Invited to stay, Kitti’s presence comes to emphasise the tensions within the family.
Anderson studied...
The UK-Dutch co-production premiered in the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The film centres around a war reporter played by Mackenzie Davis, on a family holiday with her husband (Christopher Abbott), a poet, and their teenage daughter. Returning home to their villa with a friend (Nadine Labaki) they find a naked stranger, Kitti (Ariane Labed) floating in the pool. Invited to stay, Kitti’s presence comes to emphasise the tensions within the family.
Anderson studied...
- 2/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
Swimming Home is an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2011 novel, written and directed by debut UK flmmaker Justin Anderson.
The UK-Dutch co-production premiered in the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The film centres around a war reporter played by Mackenzie Davis, on a family holiday with her husband (Christopher Abbott), a poet, and their teenage daughter. Returning home to their villa with a friend (Nadine Labaki) they find a naked stranger, Kitti (Ariane Labed) floating in the pool. Invited to stay, Kitti’s presence comes to emphasise the tensions within the family.
Anderson studied...
The UK-Dutch co-production premiered in the Tiger competition of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
The film centres around a war reporter played by Mackenzie Davis, on a family holiday with her husband (Christopher Abbott), a poet, and their teenage daughter. Returning home to their villa with a friend (Nadine Labaki) they find a naked stranger, Kitti (Ariane Labed) floating in the pool. Invited to stay, Kitti’s presence comes to emphasise the tensions within the family.
Anderson studied...
- 2/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The producers of hit Netflix movie Nowhere, the streamer’s most-watched Spanish-language film ever, have found their next movie in the shape of supernatural horror Tooth Fairy, which UK sales firm Architect is launching ahead of the EFM in Berlin.
The Spanish-language movie follows a series of child disappearances in a tight-knit rural community in Spain. As a social worker begins to dig into the village’s myths and legends, she discovers she has unwittingly reawakened a terrifying, vengeful spirit. Filming is due to get underway this summer with casting underway.
Producers Miguel Ruz and Jordi Roca have locked financing on the project from writer-director Tony Morales. The movie marks the feature film directorial debut of Spanish filmmaker Morales, whose horror shorts include Abracitos, Black Eyed Child, Alicia, and Hada, on which Tooth Fairy is based.
Rock & Ruz are coming off their debut feature, the Netflix survival thriller Nowhere,...
The Spanish-language movie follows a series of child disappearances in a tight-knit rural community in Spain. As a social worker begins to dig into the village’s myths and legends, she discovers she has unwittingly reawakened a terrifying, vengeful spirit. Filming is due to get underway this summer with casting underway.
Producers Miguel Ruz and Jordi Roca have locked financing on the project from writer-director Tony Morales. The movie marks the feature film directorial debut of Spanish filmmaker Morales, whose horror shorts include Abracitos, Black Eyed Child, Alicia, and Hada, on which Tooth Fairy is based.
Rock & Ruz are coming off their debut feature, the Netflix survival thriller Nowhere,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Award-winning artist Justin Anderson’s debut feature “Swimming Home” has its world premiere in competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam. Variety has secured access to the first clip from the film.
The film, an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel, centers on poet Joe (Christopher Abbott) and war photographer Isabel (Mackenzie Davis), whose marriage is dying when Kitti (Ariane Labed), a naked stranger found floating in the pool at their sunny holiday villa in Greece, is invited to stay. Oscar nominated Lebanese actor-director Nadine Labaki plays a significant role in the film as does emerging actor Freya Hannan-Mills.
In 2014, Anderson directed “Jumper,” a short inspired by Pasolini’s “Teorema,” about a man emerging from a pool and standing naked in the window during a family dinner. A friend saw the film and suggested that he read Levy’s novel. The book resonated with Anderson and he contacted Levy.
The film, an adaptation of Deborah Levy’s 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel, centers on poet Joe (Christopher Abbott) and war photographer Isabel (Mackenzie Davis), whose marriage is dying when Kitti (Ariane Labed), a naked stranger found floating in the pool at their sunny holiday villa in Greece, is invited to stay. Oscar nominated Lebanese actor-director Nadine Labaki plays a significant role in the film as does emerging actor Freya Hannan-Mills.
In 2014, Anderson directed “Jumper,” a short inspired by Pasolini’s “Teorema,” about a man emerging from a pool and standing naked in the window during a family dinner. A friend saw the film and suggested that he read Levy’s novel. The book resonated with Anderson and he contacted Levy.
- 1/26/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Wagner Moura is set to star in the upcoming biopic Angicos about Brazilian educator and author Paulo Freire. Felipe Hirsch will write and direct and Adriana Tavares of Café Royal will produce alongside Paula Linhares of Cenya Productions and Marcos Tellechea and Guilherme Somlo of Reagent Media.
Angicos begins in the town of the same name in Rio Grande do Norte in 1963, with the mission of educator Freire (Moura) to fight against illiteracy by teaching the entire village of blue-collar, domestic, and cotton farm workers how to read and write in only 40 hours – a seemingly impossible feat.
Funded by President John F. Kennedy to solidify the South American nation as an ally in the Cold War amidst worldwide social and economic tensions, the success of the endeavor resulted in the planned implementation of Freire’s literary system on a nationwide level. However, before long,...
Angicos begins in the town of the same name in Rio Grande do Norte in 1963, with the mission of educator Freire (Moura) to fight against illiteracy by teaching the entire village of blue-collar, domestic, and cotton farm workers how to read and write in only 40 hours – a seemingly impossible feat.
Funded by President John F. Kennedy to solidify the South American nation as an ally in the Cold War amidst worldwide social and economic tensions, the success of the endeavor resulted in the planned implementation of Freire’s literary system on a nationwide level. However, before long,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The deals include on titles ‘Talk To Me’, ‘Swimming Home’ and ‘Raised Eyebrows’
London-based sales agent Bankside Films has closed numerous deals off the back of Cannes, on titles including Talk To Me, Swimming Home and Raised Eyebrows.
Horror Talk To Me is directed by Australian YouTube sensations Danny and Michael Philppou (aka RackaRacka), and is in post-production.
It has sold to Altitude (UK-Ireland), the Gp Cinema (Baltics), Premiere Distribution (Benelux), McF (Former Yugoslavia), Alba Films (France), Capelight (Germany), Vertigo Media (Hungary), Koch (Italy), The Coup (Korea), M2 (Poland), Scanbox (Scandinavia), Praesens (Switzerland), A Really Good Film Company (Taiwan and...
London-based sales agent Bankside Films has closed numerous deals off the back of Cannes, on titles including Talk To Me, Swimming Home and Raised Eyebrows.
Horror Talk To Me is directed by Australian YouTube sensations Danny and Michael Philppou (aka RackaRacka), and is in post-production.
It has sold to Altitude (UK-Ireland), the Gp Cinema (Baltics), Premiere Distribution (Benelux), McF (Former Yugoslavia), Alba Films (France), Capelight (Germany), Vertigo Media (Hungary), Koch (Italy), The Coup (Korea), M2 (Poland), Scanbox (Scandinavia), Praesens (Switzerland), A Really Good Film Company (Taiwan and...
- 7/5/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The adaptation of Deborah Levy’s novel will be directed by Justin Anderson.
Ariane Labed, Christopher Abbott and Mackenzie Davis have signed to star in Justin Anderson’s directorial debut Swimming Home, which Bankside Films is introducing to international buyers at Cannes. US rights are being co-repped by UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent.
The film is an adaptation of the Man Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same name by Deborah Levy and is a dark comedy about a troubled married couple and their teenage daughter whose holiday is transformed by the naked stranger they find floating in the pool of their villa.
Ariane Labed, Christopher Abbott and Mackenzie Davis have signed to star in Justin Anderson’s directorial debut Swimming Home, which Bankside Films is introducing to international buyers at Cannes. US rights are being co-repped by UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent.
The film is an adaptation of the Man Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same name by Deborah Levy and is a dark comedy about a troubled married couple and their teenage daughter whose holiday is transformed by the naked stranger they find floating in the pool of their villa.
- 5/13/2022
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Apx Capital Group Strikes TV & Film Co-Financing Deal In Latin America With ‘The Revenant’ Financier
Exclusive: TV and film investment fund Apx Capital is expanding into Latin America with a co-financing deal with Cenya Productions, the investment group founded by a financier behind films such as The Revenant.
Apx, which takes advantage of Italy’s tax credit program, was launched by Yona Wiesenthal, former CEO of the Israel Broadcast Authority and content chief at Israeli Dbs platform Yes and New York real estate entrepreneur Noam Baram.
It will work with venture capital investor Paula Linhares, founder and CEO of Cenya Productions to lead the new Latin American financing division to invest 20M per year for the next five years. It will focus on film co-productions in in Italy, Morocco and South America, concentrating in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.
Linhares, together with her partner at Reagant Media Marcos Tellechea, were involved in financing films including Paxton Winters’ Pacified, Fernando Grostein Andrade’s Abe, Jordan Ross’ Thumper...
Apx, which takes advantage of Italy’s tax credit program, was launched by Yona Wiesenthal, former CEO of the Israel Broadcast Authority and content chief at Israeli Dbs platform Yes and New York real estate entrepreneur Noam Baram.
It will work with venture capital investor Paula Linhares, founder and CEO of Cenya Productions to lead the new Latin American financing division to invest 20M per year for the next five years. It will focus on film co-productions in in Italy, Morocco and South America, concentrating in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.
Linhares, together with her partner at Reagant Media Marcos Tellechea, were involved in financing films including Paxton Winters’ Pacified, Fernando Grostein Andrade’s Abe, Jordan Ross’ Thumper...
- 4/28/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Producers of ‘Supernova’, ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Spencer’ among those with projects to receive investment.
The first three projects to benefit from a £1.2m investment fund, created by UK distributor Curzon, Australian outfit Madman Entertainment and Benelux firm Cineart, have been revealed.
The Curzon Cm Development Fund is backing Justin Anderson’s feature debut Swimming Home, whose producers include Andy Starke and Emily Morgan; Brady Hood’s Sweet Maddie Stone, produced by Laura Jackson and Paul Webster; and The Ballad Of A Small Player, written by Rowan Joffe. No director is attached yet to the latter.
Curzon, Madman and Cineart each have...
The first three projects to benefit from a £1.2m investment fund, created by UK distributor Curzon, Australian outfit Madman Entertainment and Benelux firm Cineart, have been revealed.
The Curzon Cm Development Fund is backing Justin Anderson’s feature debut Swimming Home, whose producers include Andy Starke and Emily Morgan; Brady Hood’s Sweet Maddie Stone, produced by Laura Jackson and Paul Webster; and The Ballad Of A Small Player, written by Rowan Joffe. No director is attached yet to the latter.
Curzon, Madman and Cineart each have...
- 3/18/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Cherien Dabis among executive producers.
Garrett Hedlund and Brady Jandreau will star in Reagent Media’s Iraq-set survival drama Outside The Wire, which Film Constellation will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market.
UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights to the story of an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves together in Iraq and must rely on each other to reach their final destination. Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star.
Outside The Wire marks the second screenplay from Paxton Winters (Pacified) and was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
Garrett Hedlund and Brady Jandreau will star in Reagent Media’s Iraq-set survival drama Outside The Wire, which Film Constellation will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market.
UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights to the story of an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves together in Iraq and must rely on each other to reach their final destination. Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star.
Outside The Wire marks the second screenplay from Paxton Winters (Pacified) and was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
- 6/18/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Cherien Dabis among executive producers.
Garrett Hedlund and Brady Jandreau will star in Reagent Media’s Iraq-set survival drama Outside The Wire, which Film Constellation will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market.
UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights to the story of an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves together in Iraq and must rely on each other to reach their final destination. Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star.
Outside The Wire marks the second screenplay from Paxton Winters (Pacified) and was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
Garrett Hedlund and Brady Jandreau will star in Reagent Media’s Iraq-set survival drama Outside The Wire, which Film Constellation will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market.
UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights to the story of an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves together in Iraq and must rely on each other to reach their final destination. Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star.
Outside The Wire marks the second screenplay from Paxton Winters (Pacified) and was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
- 6/18/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Cherien Dabis among executive producers.
Garrett Hedlund and Brady Jandreau will star in Reagent Media’s Iraq-set survival drama Outside The Wire, which Film Constellation will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market.
UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights to the story of an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves together in Iraq and must rely on each other to reach their final destination. Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star.
Outside The Wire marks the second screenplay from Paxton Winters (Pacified) and was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
Garrett Hedlund and Brady Jandreau will star in Reagent Media’s Iraq-set survival drama Outside The Wire, which Film Constellation will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market.
UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights to the story of an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves together in Iraq and must rely on each other to reach their final destination. Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star.
Outside The Wire marks the second screenplay from Paxton Winters (Pacified) and was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
- 6/18/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Reagent Media has set Garrett Hedlund and Brady Jandreau for filmmaker Paxton Winters’ next feature, Outside the Wire, about an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves dependent on each other for their survival. The two are thrust together on a road trip through the perils of the new Iraq. What starts as a journey of hate, forces the men to face their fears and navigate each other to reach their final destination.
Outside the Wire is Winters’ second script, which was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star. Paula Linhares and Marcos Tellechea (Pacified) of Reagent Media are producing with Rick Rosenthal and Cherien Dabis serving as EPs. .Film Constellation is handling international rights with UTA Independent handling North American. Sales will launch at the upcoming Marché du Film Online.
Outside the Wire is Winters’ second script, which was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star. Paula Linhares and Marcos Tellechea (Pacified) of Reagent Media are producing with Rick Rosenthal and Cherien Dabis serving as EPs. .Film Constellation is handling international rights with UTA Independent handling North American. Sales will launch at the upcoming Marché du Film Online.
- 6/18/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Garrett Hedlund and “The Rider” star Brady Jandreau are set to star in an Iraq War drama from writer and director Paxton Winters called “Outside the Wire,” the film’s production company Reagent Media announced Thursday.
Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star in the film that will be presented to buyers at the Cannes Virtual Market. The film is the second script from Winters and was chosen as part of the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
The story for “Outside the Wire” follows an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves dependent on each other for their survival, as they are thrust together on a road trip through the perils of the new Iraq. What starts as a journey of hate, will force the men to face their fears and navigate each other to reach their final destination.
Also Read: Natasha Lyonne, Trevante Rhodes Join Lee...
Zahraa Ghandour is also attached to star in the film that will be presented to buyers at the Cannes Virtual Market. The film is the second script from Winters and was chosen as part of the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
The story for “Outside the Wire” follows an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves dependent on each other for their survival, as they are thrust together on a road trip through the perils of the new Iraq. What starts as a journey of hate, will force the men to face their fears and navigate each other to reach their final destination.
Also Read: Natasha Lyonne, Trevante Rhodes Join Lee...
- 6/18/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“Mudbound’s” Garrett Hedlund and “The Rider’s” Brady Jandreau have signed on to star in writer/director Paxton Winters’ “Outside the Wire,” alongside Zahraa Ghandour (“Baghdad in My Shadow”). Film Constellation is handling international rights with UTA Independent handling North American. Sales will launch at next week’s Marché du Film Online.
The story follows an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves dependent on each other for their survival, as they are thrust together on a road trip through the perils of the new Iraq. What starts as a journey of hate, will force the men to face their fears and navigate each other to reach their final destination. The movie is Winters’ second script, and was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
Paula Linhares and Marcos Tellechea of Reagent Media will produce, following on from their collaboration with Winters on...
The story follows an American soldier and an Iraqi insurgent who find themselves dependent on each other for their survival, as they are thrust together on a road trip through the perils of the new Iraq. What starts as a journey of hate, will force the men to face their fears and navigate each other to reach their final destination. The movie is Winters’ second script, and was chosen to participate in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab.
Paula Linhares and Marcos Tellechea of Reagent Media will produce, following on from their collaboration with Winters on...
- 6/18/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Darren Aronofsky-produced Brazilian drama Pacified tonight won the Golden Shell top prize at Spain’s prestigious San Sebastian Film Festival. We spoke to the Black Swan and mother! director about how he came to the project, which is his company Protozoa Pictures’ first foreign-language film, and what’s next for him.
Portuguese-language pic Pacified charts the relationship between a street-smart 13 year-old girl and her ex-trafficker father as they try to find peace in a Rio favela. U.S. filmmaker Paxton Winters was inspired to direct the film after moving to live in the same favela.
Bukassa Kabengele, who tonight won San Sebastian’s best actor prize, stars with newcomer Cassia Gil, Debora Nascimento and José Loreto. Also producing alongside Protozoa are Paula Linhares, Lisa Muskat and Marcos Tellechea.
Aronofsky’s initial connection to the project was a personal one, “I have known Paxton for a long time,” the Oscar-nominated filmmaker told us today.
Portuguese-language pic Pacified charts the relationship between a street-smart 13 year-old girl and her ex-trafficker father as they try to find peace in a Rio favela. U.S. filmmaker Paxton Winters was inspired to direct the film after moving to live in the same favela.
Bukassa Kabengele, who tonight won San Sebastian’s best actor prize, stars with newcomer Cassia Gil, Debora Nascimento and José Loreto. Also producing alongside Protozoa are Paula Linhares, Lisa Muskat and Marcos Tellechea.
Aronofsky’s initial connection to the project was a personal one, “I have known Paxton for a long time,” the Oscar-nominated filmmaker told us today.
- 9/28/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Darren Aronofsky-produced Brazilian drama Pacified (Pacificado) has won the Golden Shell top prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The movie also won best actor for Bukassa Kabengele and best DoP for Laura Merians.
Crowned this evening at the Spanish festival, Portuguese-language pic Pacified charts the relationship between a street-smart 13-year-old girl and an ex-trafficker who live in a Rio favela. U.S. filmmaker Paxton Winters was inspired to direct the film after himself moving to live in a favela. Kabengele stars with newcomer Cassia Nascimento and José Loreto.
Fox will release the film in Brazil. Also producing are Paula Linhares, Lisa Muskat and Marcos Tellechea.
The festival’s best director prize went jointly to Aitor Arregi, Jon Garano and Jose Mari Goenaga for The Endless Trench. Special jury prize went to Alice Winocour for Proxima.
The festival’s best actress prize was shared between Nina Hoss for The Audition...
Crowned this evening at the Spanish festival, Portuguese-language pic Pacified charts the relationship between a street-smart 13-year-old girl and an ex-trafficker who live in a Rio favela. U.S. filmmaker Paxton Winters was inspired to direct the film after himself moving to live in a favela. Kabengele stars with newcomer Cassia Nascimento and José Loreto.
Fox will release the film in Brazil. Also producing are Paula Linhares, Lisa Muskat and Marcos Tellechea.
The festival’s best director prize went jointly to Aitor Arregi, Jon Garano and Jose Mari Goenaga for The Endless Trench. Special jury prize went to Alice Winocour for Proxima.
The festival’s best actress prize was shared between Nina Hoss for The Audition...
- 9/28/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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