“Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre,” a one-hour documentary chronicling the attack perpetrated by Hamas during a music festival in southern Israel, has been acquired by broadcasters around the world.
The anticipated documentary will premiere on Kan in Israel on Dec. 23. It has now been picked up by BBC World Service, Zdf in Germany, Svt in Sweden, Dr in Denmark, Rai in Italy, Vrt in Belgium, Canal+ Group’s CNews in France and Record TV in Brazil. The doc was also nabbed by a major U.K. broadcaster.
London-based Tvf International will be handling worldwide sales going forward and is closing deals with further broadcast partners. The documentary was produced by Reinhardt Beetz and Duki Dror (“Inside the Mossad” Netflix and Wdr/Arte), who also co-directed with award-winning filmmaker Yossi Bloch and Satisfaction Group’s Arthur Essebag.
In the emotional documentary, survivors of the massacre and first responders share their harrowing stories...
The anticipated documentary will premiere on Kan in Israel on Dec. 23. It has now been picked up by BBC World Service, Zdf in Germany, Svt in Sweden, Dr in Denmark, Rai in Italy, Vrt in Belgium, Canal+ Group’s CNews in France and Record TV in Brazil. The doc was also nabbed by a major U.K. broadcaster.
London-based Tvf International will be handling worldwide sales going forward and is closing deals with further broadcast partners. The documentary was produced by Reinhardt Beetz and Duki Dror (“Inside the Mossad” Netflix and Wdr/Arte), who also co-directed with award-winning filmmaker Yossi Bloch and Satisfaction Group’s Arthur Essebag.
In the emotional documentary, survivors of the massacre and first responders share their harrowing stories...
- 12/20/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Palestinian refugees have been arriving in the slum district of Sabra and Shalila on the outskirts of Beirut since what Israel calls the War of Independence in 1948. Forty-four years later, their presence (and that of suspected Plo fighters) got targeted in a mid-September massacre by the Christian militia known as Lebanese Forces, executed while Israeli Defense Forces who’d already invaded the nation three months prior stood by. Another four decades have passed since, during which span the area has remained not just a last-resort magnet for multinational refugees, but “the most lawless, poorest, dirtiest place” in the city.
That statement from a resident is one of many such heard in Irish cinematographer Stephen Gerard Kelly’s directorial debut, “In the Shadow of Beirut,” which he co-helmed with fellow countryman Garry Keane (“Gaza”). Yet bleak as this portrait of four families living in desperate straits may be in many respects,...
That statement from a resident is one of many such heard in Irish cinematographer Stephen Gerard Kelly’s directorial debut, “In the Shadow of Beirut,” which he co-helmed with fellow countryman Garry Keane (“Gaza”). Yet bleak as this portrait of four families living in desperate straits may be in many respects,...
- 12/9/2023
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Shortlist of 15 films to be announced December 21, nominations out on January 23, 2024.
The Academy has announced eligible features in the categories of international feature film, animation, and documentary for the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024.
The shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 21, and the nominations announcement is January 23, 2024.
International
Eighty-eight countries or regions have submitted films eligible for consideration in the international feature film category. An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 minutes long) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track. Namibia is a first-time entrant.
Academy members...
The Academy has announced eligible features in the categories of international feature film, animation, and documentary for the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, 2024.
The shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 21, and the nominations announcement is January 23, 2024.
International
Eighty-eight countries or regions have submitted films eligible for consideration in the international feature film category. An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 minutes long) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track. Namibia is a first-time entrant.
Academy members...
- 12/7/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Academy has revealed the list of eligible films for consideration in best animated, documentary and international feature of the year, encompassing a broad range of blockbusters and critically acclaimed titles.
GKids’ “The Boy and the Heron,” Pixar’s “Elemental,” Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” are among the 33 animated films in the running. This is up from 27 in 2023, when “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” took home the prize.
The eventual five nominees are determined by members of the shorts and animation branch, and any Academy members outside the branch who wish to participate. The number of outside members who opt in is unknown. All films submitted for animated feature also qualify for the Academy Awards in other categories, including best picture.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
There are 88 films representing their countries for the international feature Oscar,...
GKids’ “The Boy and the Heron,” Pixar’s “Elemental,” Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” are among the 33 animated films in the running. This is up from 27 in 2023, when “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” took home the prize.
The eventual five nominees are determined by members of the shorts and animation branch, and any Academy members outside the branch who wish to participate. The number of outside members who opt in is unknown. All films submitted for animated feature also qualify for the Academy Awards in other categories, including best picture.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
There are 88 films representing their countries for the international feature Oscar,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
It’s nearly impossible to go on social media today and not see videos and pictures of war-torn Gaza. The massive amounts of bombings over the past couple of months in Gaza has chilled people to the bone. But that’s not the only place in the Middle East where violence has caused catastrophic loss of life and seemingly insurmountable poverty. And that is what is showcased in the new documentary, “In the Shadow of Beirut.”
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As it’s awards season time, we’re thrilled to give our readers the chance to see an exclusive trailer for the critically acclaimed doc, “In the Shadow of Beirut.” The film follows the stories of several people living in Sabra, one of Beirut’s harshest slums, where violence and tragedy are sadly just a way of life.
Continue reading ‘In The Shadow Of Beirut’ Exclusive...
Read More: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2024
As it’s awards season time, we’re thrilled to give our readers the chance to see an exclusive trailer for the critically acclaimed doc, “In the Shadow of Beirut.” The film follows the stories of several people living in Sabra, one of Beirut’s harshest slums, where violence and tragedy are sadly just a way of life.
Continue reading ‘In The Shadow Of Beirut’ Exclusive...
- 12/7/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Filmmakers of “Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre” have unveiled a first-look trailer of the harrowing documentary film, which charts the dramatic events that took place during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack at a music festival in Southern Israel through the eyes of survivors.
Currently in production, the immersive one-hour film features eyewitness accounts from survivors of the massacre and first responders, as well as real-time footage collected from multiple sources. In addition, the doc provides a timeline of the attack, in which 365 attendees were killed, hundreds wounded and 40 kidnapped. The film portrays several survivors, one of whom hid a shelter that was hit by a grenade, as well as parents whose children have been taken hostage.
“Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre” is being made by a stellar team, including producers Reinhardt Beetz, Duki Dror (“Inside the Mossad”) and leading Israeli producer/EP Danna Stern. The documentary is also a collective effort that...
Currently in production, the immersive one-hour film features eyewitness accounts from survivors of the massacre and first responders, as well as real-time footage collected from multiple sources. In addition, the doc provides a timeline of the attack, in which 365 attendees were killed, hundreds wounded and 40 kidnapped. The film portrays several survivors, one of whom hid a shelter that was hit by a grenade, as well as parents whose children have been taken hostage.
“Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre” is being made by a stellar team, including producers Reinhardt Beetz, Duki Dror (“Inside the Mossad”) and leading Israeli producer/EP Danna Stern. The documentary is also a collective effort that...
- 11/29/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A fast turnaround doc from filmmaker Duki Dror profiling the survivors of the surprise Hamas-led attack on a music festival in Israel is set to launch in Germany and France.
Hamas Festival Attack – The Survivors of the Desert Rave will launch on Arte as an ‘Arte Re:’ special on Tuesday, November 28 at 10:10 Pm in Germany and 10:50 Pm in France on Arte. Zdf is a shareholder in Arte Deutschland and often works with its French counterpart on doc programs.
An 50-minute international version is being readied under the title Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre by Leonine-owned producer Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion and Dror’s Zygote Films.
At least 365 people were killed when Hamas stormed the Supernova Sukkot Gathering near kibbutz Re’im as part of a coordinated attack on Israel on October 7. Around 40 more were kidnapped and taken to Gaza as hostages. Horrifying videos and images from the festival,...
Hamas Festival Attack – The Survivors of the Desert Rave will launch on Arte as an ‘Arte Re:’ special on Tuesday, November 28 at 10:10 Pm in Germany and 10:50 Pm in France on Arte. Zdf is a shareholder in Arte Deutschland and often works with its French counterpart on doc programs.
An 50-minute international version is being readied under the title Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre by Leonine-owned producer Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion and Dror’s Zygote Films.
At least 365 people were killed when Hamas stormed the Supernova Sukkot Gathering near kibbutz Re’im as part of a coordinated attack on Israel on October 7. Around 40 more were kidnapped and taken to Gaza as hostages. Horrifying videos and images from the festival,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Garry Keane and Stephen Gerard Kelly’s documentary In The Shadow Of Beirut, which is Ireland’s Oscar category this year, is headed to the Red Sea International Film Festival, running November 30 to December 9 in the Red Sea port of Jeddah.
The work, which is executive produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton as well as Siobhan Sinnerton under their HiddenLight Productions banner, is an immersive work capturing life in the slum neighborhoods of Sabra and Shatila neighborhoods outside Beirut, three decades after they hit world headlines following the infamous massacre of 1982.
The documentary is among six titles selected for the New Vision line-up alongside Jurgen Buedts and Sahim Omar Kalifa biodoc The Iraq’s Invisible Beauty about Iraqi photographer Latif Al Ani, which world premieres at the Red Sea, and Thien An Pham’s first feature Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell which won Camera d’Or at Cannes this year.
The work, which is executive produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton as well as Siobhan Sinnerton under their HiddenLight Productions banner, is an immersive work capturing life in the slum neighborhoods of Sabra and Shatila neighborhoods outside Beirut, three decades after they hit world headlines following the infamous massacre of 1982.
The documentary is among six titles selected for the New Vision line-up alongside Jurgen Buedts and Sahim Omar Kalifa biodoc The Iraq’s Invisible Beauty about Iraqi photographer Latif Al Ani, which world premieres at the Red Sea, and Thien An Pham’s first feature Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell which won Camera d’Or at Cannes this year.
- 11/22/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar voters in the Best International Feature Film category have received their group assignments for this year’s initial round of voting, with 89 films included on the seven lists that the Academy has sent to members.
The lists, which were obtained by TheWrap, include presumed favorites “The Zone of Interest” (United Kingdom), “The Taste of Things” (France), “The Promised Land” (Denmark) and “Perfect Days” (Japan), along with a number of documentaries, among them Estonia’s “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” Brazil’s “Pictures of Ghosts” and Ukraine’s “20 Days in Mariupol.”
The 89 films are four short of the record of 93 qualifying films in the category. The list of group assignments does not make up the Academy’s official list of eligible films; it’s possible that assigned films might still fail to qualify before first-round voting begins on Dec. 18. For the most part, though, films that are included in the group...
The lists, which were obtained by TheWrap, include presumed favorites “The Zone of Interest” (United Kingdom), “The Taste of Things” (France), “The Promised Land” (Denmark) and “Perfect Days” (Japan), along with a number of documentaries, among them Estonia’s “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” Brazil’s “Pictures of Ghosts” and Ukraine’s “20 Days in Mariupol.”
The 89 films are four short of the record of 93 qualifying films in the category. The list of group assignments does not make up the Academy’s official list of eligible films; it’s possible that assigned films might still fail to qualify before first-round voting begins on Dec. 18. For the most part, though, films that are included in the group...
- 10/31/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Pakistan: “In Flames”
Zarrar Kahn’s horror film “In Flames” is Pakistan’s entry for the international feature Oscar. The film debuted at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight earlier this year.
In the Karachi-set film, after the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter’s precarious existence is ripped apart by figures from their past – both real and phantasmal. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.
The film, produced by Anam Abbas and executive produced by Shant Joshi, Todd Brown and Maxime Cottray, is part of XYZ’s New Visions slate. As revealed by Variety, XYZ had boarded the title last year.
“‘In Flames’ has resonated profoundly with our committee members, as it beautifully encapsulates the essence of our culture, art, and cinematic craftsmanship. We believe that the narrative, performances, direction, and every element that went into...
Zarrar Kahn’s horror film “In Flames” is Pakistan’s entry for the international feature Oscar. The film debuted at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight earlier this year.
In the Karachi-set film, after the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter’s precarious existence is ripped apart by figures from their past – both real and phantasmal. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.
The film, produced by Anam Abbas and executive produced by Shant Joshi, Todd Brown and Maxime Cottray, is part of XYZ’s New Visions slate. As revealed by Variety, XYZ had boarded the title last year.
“‘In Flames’ has resonated profoundly with our committee members, as it beautifully encapsulates the essence of our culture, art, and cinematic craftsmanship. We believe that the narrative, performances, direction, and every element that went into...
- 10/28/2023
- by Patrick Frater, Leo Barraclough, Ellise Shafer, Elsa Keslassy, John Hopewell, Naman Ramachandran, Nick Vivarelli, K.J. Yossman and Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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