The San Sebastian International Film Festival has long been one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most prominent film festivals and as the 70th edition of the festival is nearly underway, the much-loved European event has looked to beef up its industry components in a bid to attract a wider pool of delegates, notably from North America.
This year will see the launch of the new San Sebastian Festival Creative Investors’ Conference, which is co-organized with CAA Media Finance. The two-day conference, which runs September 19-20, will see a host of top global industry execs from companies such as 30West, A24, Anonymous Content, Focus Features, Mubi, Neon, Netflix and Wild Bunch International among others, touch down in the Basque Country.
“Something we’ve had in mind for some years now is to improve and enlarge our industry activities,” festival director José Luis Rebordinos tells Deadline, who says the initiative was organised...
This year will see the launch of the new San Sebastian Festival Creative Investors’ Conference, which is co-organized with CAA Media Finance. The two-day conference, which runs September 19-20, will see a host of top global industry execs from companies such as 30West, A24, Anonymous Content, Focus Features, Mubi, Neon, Netflix and Wild Bunch International among others, touch down in the Basque Country.
“Something we’ve had in mind for some years now is to improve and enlarge our industry activities,” festival director José Luis Rebordinos tells Deadline, who says the initiative was organised...
- 9/13/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Decal has acquired U.S. rights to Millennium Media’s horror-thriller Abyzou out of the Cannes Market, with plans to release it in theaters later this year.
In Abyzou, the son of a Jewish funeral director returns home, in hopes of reconciling with his orthodox father, with his pregnant wife in tow. But his intentions are put to the test when the family morgue receives the body of a mysterious corpse containing an ancient entity with a sinister plan for his unborn child.
Nick Blood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Emm Wiseman (Winchester), Allan Corduner (Homeland) and Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones) star in the film from director Oliver Park. Hank Hoffman scripted it from the story he penned with Millenium’s Jonathan Yunger. Hoffman, Yunger, Jeffrey Greenstein, Les Weldon, Sam Schulte, and Yariv Lerner of Millennium Media produced, with Millennium Media’s Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and Tanner Mobley serving as executive producers.
In Abyzou, the son of a Jewish funeral director returns home, in hopes of reconciling with his orthodox father, with his pregnant wife in tow. But his intentions are put to the test when the family morgue receives the body of a mysterious corpse containing an ancient entity with a sinister plan for his unborn child.
Nick Blood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Emm Wiseman (Winchester), Allan Corduner (Homeland) and Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones) star in the film from director Oliver Park. Hank Hoffman scripted it from the story he penned with Millenium’s Jonathan Yunger. Hoffman, Yunger, Jeffrey Greenstein, Les Weldon, Sam Schulte, and Yariv Lerner of Millennium Media produced, with Millennium Media’s Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and Tanner Mobley serving as executive producers.
- 5/31/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Decal has acquired North American rights to Brandon Dermer’s sci-fi comedy I’m Totally Fine out of the Cannes market, slating it for release in theaters later this year.
The music video vet’s first feature follows Vanessa (Jillian Bell), who embarks on a solo weekend away to clear her head after the death of her best friend (Natalie Morales)—seeing her self-care vacation plans change when she’s met with a situation that’s out of this world.
The film written by American Dad!‘s Alisha Ketry also stars Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Blake Anderson (Workaholics) and Karen Maruyama (The Binge 2: It’s A Wonderful Binge). What We Do in the Shadows, Murder Mystery and Workaholics‘ Kyle Newacheck produced alongside Jonas Dolkart.
“We are whole-heartedly excited to share our project with our fellow humans/Earthlings,” said Newacheck, “and it was Decal who...
The music video vet’s first feature follows Vanessa (Jillian Bell), who embarks on a solo weekend away to clear her head after the death of her best friend (Natalie Morales)—seeing her self-care vacation plans change when she’s met with a situation that’s out of this world.
The film written by American Dad!‘s Alisha Ketry also stars Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Blake Anderson (Workaholics) and Karen Maruyama (The Binge 2: It’s A Wonderful Binge). What We Do in the Shadows, Murder Mystery and Workaholics‘ Kyle Newacheck produced alongside Jonas Dolkart.
“We are whole-heartedly excited to share our project with our fellow humans/Earthlings,” said Newacheck, “and it was Decal who...
- 5/26/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
As you’ve probably noticed, sometimes awards show winners make no sense. Yet, sometimes they make so much sense in hindsight you start to wonder if you’re perhaps over-analyzing everything. Such was the case for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 13, 2011. In a ceremony that included an almost clean sweep by country band Lady A; big wins for Lady Gaga, John Legend, and Jay-Z; and some serious snubs for then up-and-coming artists Drake and Justin Bieber, the biggest moment of the night came when a understandably confused Barbra Streisand declared Arcade Fire’s acclaimed rock masterpiece “The Suburbs” as the Album of the Year. How did this happen, and most importantly, what can we learn from it more than 10 years later?
Let’s start by taking a look at the nominees that year. Arcade Fire was first on the list with their critically beloved third studio album,...
Let’s start by taking a look at the nominees that year. Arcade Fire was first on the list with their critically beloved third studio album,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2021, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
It’s challenging to contextualize 2021, a year that largely felt like a gradual restart to moviegoing and, maybe, a new normal. Cinema, to that end, remains largely escapist, even if some pictures like Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn and Stop and Go (nee Recovery) directly confronted some of the anxiety—perhaps even some of the absurdity—of Covid times. 2020 was slated to be a year of big films and many of those (F9 and No Time to Die) surfaced in 2021, while some (Licorice Pizza and Spider-Man: No Way Home) were freshly made under extensive safety protocols. In some ways the multiplex in 2021 felt a lot like outlet shopping: certain films were fresh and on-trend, others felt like relics from another time.
On the festival front,...
It’s challenging to contextualize 2021, a year that largely felt like a gradual restart to moviegoing and, maybe, a new normal. Cinema, to that end, remains largely escapist, even if some pictures like Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn and Stop and Go (nee Recovery) directly confronted some of the anxiety—perhaps even some of the absurdity—of Covid times. 2020 was slated to be a year of big films and many of those (F9 and No Time to Die) surfaced in 2021, while some (Licorice Pizza and Spider-Man: No Way Home) were freshly made under extensive safety protocols. In some ways the multiplex in 2021 felt a lot like outlet shopping: certain films were fresh and on-trend, others felt like relics from another time.
On the festival front,...
- 1/12/2022
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Before director Rashid Masharawi, whose latest film “Diary of Rue Gabrielle” makes its world premiere at the Cairo Film Festival this week, started making films, there wasn’t much of a film industry in Palestine, beyond propaganda films by the Plo, he says.
“I was the first,” he says. “In the early days, festivals that were cautious about Middle East politics, didn’t know which country to assign me to. At one event I wore a badge saying ‘The Palestinian Director,’ ” he recalls.
His short film “The Shelter” (1988), which marked his debut on the international festival circuit, played at the Berlinale. It’s country of origin was marked Israel.
“Diary of Rue Gabrielle” is set in Montmartre, Paris, but “it’s about Palestine,” he says.
The film was shot in the Spring of 2020, once lockdown began in France. “I was [in Paris] preparing my next film when suddenly I was stuck,” he says.
“I was the first,” he says. “In the early days, festivals that were cautious about Middle East politics, didn’t know which country to assign me to. At one event I wore a badge saying ‘The Palestinian Director,’ ” he recalls.
His short film “The Shelter” (1988), which marked his debut on the international festival circuit, played at the Berlinale. It’s country of origin was marked Israel.
“Diary of Rue Gabrielle” is set in Montmartre, Paris, but “it’s about Palestine,” he says.
The film was shot in the Spring of 2020, once lockdown began in France. “I was [in Paris] preparing my next film when suddenly I was stuck,” he says.
- 12/1/2021
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: XYZ Films’ fledgling domestic distribution division has closed a multiyear, exclusive home entertainment partnership with Decal, beginning with their 2022 film slate.
Decal is the home ent distribution venture launched earlier this year by Neon and Bleecker Street.
Under the XYZ deal, Decal will handle the home entertainment window for all titles released through the XYZ Distribution Label, led by former Drafthouse Films and Neon COO James Emanuel Shapiro.
Upcoming XYZ Film releases include the latest sci-fi feature from Justin Bensen and Aaron Morehead, Something In The Dirt.
The output deal was negotiated by XYZ’s James Emanuel Shapiro and Ayo Kepher-Maat from Decal.
“I’m excited we found a partner as prestigious as Decal to handle our transactional rights. From top to bottom, they have assembled an all-star team of the folks I respect the most in this space,” said James Emanuel Shapiro, EVP of XYZ Films distribution label.
Decal is the home ent distribution venture launched earlier this year by Neon and Bleecker Street.
Under the XYZ deal, Decal will handle the home entertainment window for all titles released through the XYZ Distribution Label, led by former Drafthouse Films and Neon COO James Emanuel Shapiro.
Upcoming XYZ Film releases include the latest sci-fi feature from Justin Bensen and Aaron Morehead, Something In The Dirt.
The output deal was negotiated by XYZ’s James Emanuel Shapiro and Ayo Kepher-Maat from Decal.
“I’m excited we found a partner as prestigious as Decal to handle our transactional rights. From top to bottom, they have assembled an all-star team of the folks I respect the most in this space,” said James Emanuel Shapiro, EVP of XYZ Films distribution label.
- 10/26/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Decal, the recently launched film label, has acquired U.S. rights to Naveen A. Chathapuram’s thriller The Last Victim and will release it theatrically day-and-date in the first quarter of 2022.
The pic stars Ron Perlman, Ali Larter (Resident Evil) and Ralph Ineson (The Green Knight). Set in rural America, it follows a band of modern-day outlaws pursued by an aging sheriff after a crime goes wrong.
The pic is based on a story by Chathapuram and Doc Justin and was written by Ashley James Louis. Producers are Vicky Gong, Todd Berger, Nicholas Burnett, Chathapuram, Luke Daniels, Charles Leslie, Graem Luis, Joseph Lanius and Shaun Sanghani.
The Last Victim is a production of Peach Partners in association with Slated, Sss Entertainment, Sss Capital, The Catalyst Group, Blind Alley and Sprockefeller Films.
The movie is Chathapuram’s directing debut. He previously produced Ca$h, starring Sean Bean and Chris Hemsworth for...
The pic stars Ron Perlman, Ali Larter (Resident Evil) and Ralph Ineson (The Green Knight). Set in rural America, it follows a band of modern-day outlaws pursued by an aging sheriff after a crime goes wrong.
The pic is based on a story by Chathapuram and Doc Justin and was written by Ashley James Louis. Producers are Vicky Gong, Todd Berger, Nicholas Burnett, Chathapuram, Luke Daniels, Charles Leslie, Graem Luis, Joseph Lanius and Shaun Sanghani.
The Last Victim is a production of Peach Partners in association with Slated, Sss Entertainment, Sss Capital, The Catalyst Group, Blind Alley and Sprockefeller Films.
The movie is Chathapuram’s directing debut. He previously produced Ca$h, starring Sean Bean and Chris Hemsworth for...
- 10/18/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The new fund gives production and post-production support to Arab world cinema projects.
Lebanese director Ely Dagher’s Beirut-set drama The Sea Ahead and Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam’s debut feature Farha are among the first 14 recipients of the Red Sea International Film Festival’s $14m fund.
Starring French-Lebanese actress Manal Issa as a young woman who returns to Beirut after many years of absence, The Sea Ahead world premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight earlier this year. It was Dagher’s first feature after Waves ’98, which won the Cannes Palme D’Or for best short film in 2015.
Farha will...
Lebanese director Ely Dagher’s Beirut-set drama The Sea Ahead and Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam’s debut feature Farha are among the first 14 recipients of the Red Sea International Film Festival’s $14m fund.
Starring French-Lebanese actress Manal Issa as a young woman who returns to Beirut after many years of absence, The Sea Ahead world premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight earlier this year. It was Dagher’s first feature after Waves ’98, which won the Cannes Palme D’Or for best short film in 2015.
Farha will...
- 9/6/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Saudi Arabia’s nascent Red Sea International Film Festival has revealed 14 Arabic feature films selected to receive production and post-production funding from its Red Sea Fund.
The announcement was made at the Venice Film Festival where the Red Sea festival and Saudi Arabia’s fledgling film industry have a substantial presence.
Among the beneficiaries of the fund are Jordanian writer and director Darin J. Sallam’s Toronto Film Festival-bound “Farha,” the story of 14-year-old girl Farha in Palestine in 1948, who watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home, and Lebanese director Ely Dagher’s “The Sea Ahead,” that recently launched from the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
The announced grants for pics coming from Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, mark the first round of funding from the deep-pocketed fund that in June announced a $10 million pot, which then during Cannes, in July, was increased to $14 million,...
The announcement was made at the Venice Film Festival where the Red Sea festival and Saudi Arabia’s fledgling film industry have a substantial presence.
Among the beneficiaries of the fund are Jordanian writer and director Darin J. Sallam’s Toronto Film Festival-bound “Farha,” the story of 14-year-old girl Farha in Palestine in 1948, who watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home, and Lebanese director Ely Dagher’s “The Sea Ahead,” that recently launched from the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
The announced grants for pics coming from Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, mark the first round of funding from the deep-pocketed fund that in June announced a $10 million pot, which then during Cannes, in July, was increased to $14 million,...
- 9/6/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Heatseeking indie distributor Decal has landed U.S. distribution rights to “Recovery,” a well-received comedy which played this year’s SXSW Film Festival.
From directors Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek, the road trip adventure follows two lost-soul sisters traveling across country to rescue their grandmother, whose nursing home suffers a Covid-19 outbreak. The project is described as “Booksmart” meets the Tom Hardy indie gem “Locke.” Everton co-stars and co-wrote the screenplay with Whitney Call.
Decal is plotting a hybrid theatrical and VOD release this fall. The film was produced by Sorø Films Production in partnership with BuzzFeed Studios. Scott Christopherson, Babetta Kelly and Abi Nielson Hunsaker served as producers.
“Recovery is our love letter to the world after the year we’ve all had, and we couldn’t imagine joining with a better team than BuzzFeed Studios, and now Decal. Their vision for indie film and the expertise they’re...
From directors Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek, the road trip adventure follows two lost-soul sisters traveling across country to rescue their grandmother, whose nursing home suffers a Covid-19 outbreak. The project is described as “Booksmart” meets the Tom Hardy indie gem “Locke.” Everton co-stars and co-wrote the screenplay with Whitney Call.
Decal is plotting a hybrid theatrical and VOD release this fall. The film was produced by Sorø Films Production in partnership with BuzzFeed Studios. Scott Christopherson, Babetta Kelly and Abi Nielson Hunsaker served as producers.
“Recovery is our love letter to the world after the year we’ve all had, and we couldn’t imagine joining with a better team than BuzzFeed Studios, and now Decal. Their vision for indie film and the expertise they’re...
- 6/14/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Sometimes the most harrowing and distressing situations can ultimately provide one of life’s most liberating and fulfilling experiences. That’s certainly the case for both the filmmakers behind, and the protagonists in, the new comedy, ‘Recovery.’ While real life best friends and filmmakers, Mallory Everton and Whitney Call are afflicted by the painful effects that Covid-19 […]
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- 4/5/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
It’s not easy to fathom the rush to make films about the coronavirus pandemic, especially since we’re not quite in the clear. Still, here we are. Or rather, here are friends Whitney Call and Mallory Everton, the co-writers and stars of the slight, mighty silly, improbably likable comedy “Recovery,” about sisters on a mission to rescue their grandmother from her assisted living facility in Washington state — a film which premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival almost exactly a year after the country shut down, making the previous edition one of its first casualties.
In February 2020, Jamie (Call) and Blake Jerikovic (Everton) are riding, if not high, at least hopeful. Jamie is celebrating her 30th birthday. Blake is celebrating what looks to be a promising first date. Both are making plans. Then comes March. Who can forget the endless month in which everything came to a screeching halt? They...
In February 2020, Jamie (Call) and Blake Jerikovic (Everton) are riding, if not high, at least hopeful. Jamie is celebrating her 30th birthday. Blake is celebrating what looks to be a promising first date. Both are making plans. Then comes March. Who can forget the endless month in which everything came to a screeching halt? They...
- 3/26/2021
- by Lisa Kennedy
- Variety Film + TV
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