Picture Perfect Entertainment head Patrick Wachsberger arrives on the Croisette with key pre-sales in the bag on his hot-ticket French adaptation of The Incredible Shrinking Man starring Jean Dujardin.
Production began in Brussels last week on the feature based on the Richard Matheson novel and Universal’s 1957 black and white film about a man who faces danger at every turn after he is exposed to radiation and insecticide and shrinks to less than one inch tall.
Dujardin, who won the Oscar for The Artist, reunites with his 99 Francs director Jan Kounen.
Deals have closed in Germany (Leonine), Italy (Rai), Latin...
Production began in Brussels last week on the feature based on the Richard Matheson novel and Universal’s 1957 black and white film about a man who faces danger at every turn after he is exposed to radiation and insecticide and shrinks to less than one inch tall.
Dujardin, who won the Oscar for The Artist, reunites with his 99 Francs director Jan Kounen.
Deals have closed in Germany (Leonine), Italy (Rai), Latin...
- 5/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Picture Perfect Federation Chairman Patrick Wachsberger, former Co-Chairman of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group, stopped by our Zurich Summit studio this past weekend to discuss the progress of his Jv with Federation Entertainment, some of the exciting projects he is working on, and the recent challenge of choosing between The Taste Of Things and Anatomy Of A Fall on France’s Oscar selection committee.
Since launching in 2019, Picture Perfect Federation has added outposts in Italy, UK, Germany and Israel.
Wachsberger, who won a Best Picture Oscar for Coda two years ago, tells us he “considered retirement for about 15 minutes” after leaving Lionsgate but explains why Picture Perfect has given him a new lease on life. You can watch the video of our chat above.
Among high-profile projects coming up for the company are Coda director Sian Heder’s next film, The Impossible Us, and The Department, the English-language TV...
Since launching in 2019, Picture Perfect Federation has added outposts in Italy, UK, Germany and Israel.
Wachsberger, who won a Best Picture Oscar for Coda two years ago, tells us he “considered retirement for about 15 minutes” after leaving Lionsgate but explains why Picture Perfect has given him a new lease on life. You can watch the video of our chat above.
Among high-profile projects coming up for the company are Coda director Sian Heder’s next film, The Impossible Us, and The Department, the English-language TV...
- 10/4/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Zurich Avenue, headed by producers and former Zurich Film Festival execs Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani, has quickly amassed an impressive slate of projects since launching last year, including Annette Bening starrer “Nyad.”
Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s film, which chronicles the attempt by 64-year-old swimmer Diana Nyad to swim from Cuba to Florida, unspools at the Zurich Film Festival. Zurich Avenue co-developed the Netflix film, which was produced by Black Bear Pictures and Mad Chance.
Part of financing group SPG3 Entertainment, likewise co-founded by Spoerri along with Urs Wietlisbach and Alfred Gantner in 2020, Zurich Avenue has provided the producers with a more hands-on approach, allowing them to create their own slate. The company’s recent films include Bill Pohlad’s critically-acclaimed “Dreamin’ Wild,” starring Casey Affleck and Zooey Deschanel; Coky Giedroyc’s Take That musical “Greatest Days”; and the forthcoming Josh Margolin action-comedy “Thelma,” starring June Squibb...
Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s film, which chronicles the attempt by 64-year-old swimmer Diana Nyad to swim from Cuba to Florida, unspools at the Zurich Film Festival. Zurich Avenue co-developed the Netflix film, which was produced by Black Bear Pictures and Mad Chance.
Part of financing group SPG3 Entertainment, likewise co-founded by Spoerri along with Urs Wietlisbach and Alfred Gantner in 2020, Zurich Avenue has provided the producers with a more hands-on approach, allowing them to create their own slate. The company’s recent films include Bill Pohlad’s critically-acclaimed “Dreamin’ Wild,” starring Casey Affleck and Zooey Deschanel; Coky Giedroyc’s Take That musical “Greatest Days”; and the forthcoming Josh Margolin action-comedy “Thelma,” starring June Squibb...
- 9/30/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Are there any sweeter words in the age of too much TV than “limited series?” It’s a category that guarantees minimal time commitment with maximum return — be it weekly watercooler gossip or a delicious binge. The limited series is the perfect hybrid between a movie and a longer-running TV series, with intricate stories, complex characters, and just the right amount of moving parts. The fact that a series will not return makes the narrative precious and the ending paramount, even if that means leaving things deliberately open-ended. This one-off nature makes them perfect for literary adaptations, epic events, and period pieces.
What doesn’t qualify? Those that started as limited series but then blew up enough to get a second season. We’ve also limited (ha!) ourselves to scripted for now, since Ken Burns will probably deserve his own ranking down the line, once he slows down and we...
What doesn’t qualify? Those that started as limited series but then blew up enough to get a second season. We’ve also limited (ha!) ourselves to scripted for now, since Ken Burns will probably deserve his own ranking down the line, once he slows down and we...
- 2/21/2023
- by Steve Greene and Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
The 16 writers will participate in pre-writing workshops to shape drama series
French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, who co-wrote Rust And Bone and The Cowboys is one of the 16 writers taking part in a series of workshops hosted by The Creatives, the Fremantle-backed alliance of 10 international production companies.
The Creative Connection will aim to strengthen drama series writing in Europe and is co-funded by The Creatives and the European Commission.
The writers, who span 14 countries, will participate in three five-day workshops across Europe and collaborate with the 10 producers that form The Creatives, including the Netherlands’ Lemming Film, UK’s Good Chaos,...
French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, who co-wrote Rust And Bone and The Cowboys is one of the 16 writers taking part in a series of workshops hosted by The Creatives, the Fremantle-backed alliance of 10 international production companies.
The Creative Connection will aim to strengthen drama series writing in Europe and is co-funded by The Creatives and the European Commission.
The writers, who span 14 countries, will participate in three five-day workshops across Europe and collaborate with the 10 producers that form The Creatives, including the Netherlands’ Lemming Film, UK’s Good Chaos,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The Creatives, an alliance of independent production companies from across Europe and beyond, has picked 16 screenwriters to participate in a session of brainstorming workshops aimed at developing ideas and pitches for new films and high-end drama TV series.
The group, announced Monday, includes veteran writers Thomas Bidegain, co-writer of The Bélier Family, the 2014 French feature adapted into English as 2021 Best Picture Oscar winner Coda, as well as several collaborations with French director Jacques Audiard, including A Prophet (2009), Rust and Bone (2012) and The Sisters Brothers (2018); Israeli writer Sigal Avin, creator of Apple TV+ Losing Alice; and Denmark’s Julie Budtz Sørensen, a writer on Netflix series The Rain and Chosen.
The 16 writers, joined by 10 producers from The Creatives, will take part in three, five-day workshops across Europe this year. The first will kick off in France’s Île-de-France region this week. The concept of the workshops will see the writers and...
The group, announced Monday, includes veteran writers Thomas Bidegain, co-writer of The Bélier Family, the 2014 French feature adapted into English as 2021 Best Picture Oscar winner Coda, as well as several collaborations with French director Jacques Audiard, including A Prophet (2009), Rust and Bone (2012) and The Sisters Brothers (2018); Israeli writer Sigal Avin, creator of Apple TV+ Losing Alice; and Denmark’s Julie Budtz Sørensen, a writer on Netflix series The Rain and Chosen.
The 16 writers, joined by 10 producers from The Creatives, will take part in three, five-day workshops across Europe this year. The first will kick off in France’s Île-de-France region this week. The concept of the workshops will see the writers and...
- 1/16/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Picture Perfect Federation and Zurich Avenue have teamed to acquire Jeneva Rose’s bestselling psychological thriller debut novel The Perfect Marriage. The film will be directed by Sigal Avin (Losing Alice), and the script is by Oscar-nominated scribe William Broyles (Apollo 13 and Cast Away).
The film will be produced by Patrick Wachsberger, who’s coming off Best Picture for Coda, and Ashley Stern for Picture Perfect Federation. Zurich Avenue’s Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani are exec producing alongside Broyles and Lenore Entertainment Group’s Adam Berkowitz, Avin’s manager. Olivia Wachsberger is co-executive producer.
Sarah Morgan is a successful defense attorney whose life gets flipped upside down when her husband is accused of murdering his mistress. She decides to take her husband’s case and at trial, the couple is pulled into a twisted game of cat and mouse as they re-examine their relationship while dealing with life-changing consequences.
The film will be produced by Patrick Wachsberger, who’s coming off Best Picture for Coda, and Ashley Stern for Picture Perfect Federation. Zurich Avenue’s Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani are exec producing alongside Broyles and Lenore Entertainment Group’s Adam Berkowitz, Avin’s manager. Olivia Wachsberger is co-executive producer.
Sarah Morgan is a successful defense attorney whose life gets flipped upside down when her husband is accused of murdering his mistress. She decides to take her husband’s case and at trial, the couple is pulled into a twisted game of cat and mouse as they re-examine their relationship while dealing with life-changing consequences.
- 10/20/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
[This post originally appeared as part of Recommendation Machine, IndieWire’s daily TV picks feature.]
Where to Watch “Losing Alice”: Apple TV+ (the series originally aired on the Israeli TV network Hot 3)
For a show filled with different forms of temptation, it only makes sense that “Losing Alice” is told in a way that makes it appealing to try to solve it. From the opening scene, a brutal introduction to this world intended to be as disorienting as it is bloody, the viewer is a little at the mercy of the tangled web that writer/director Sigal Avin lays out over eight episodes.
Rather than keep the audience adrift (or present its story in a way that only makes sense with thorough unpacking), the show is rooted in Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a filmmaker at a career crossroads who wants to ditch her for-hire work and make a true artistic statement. One possibility gets dangled in front of her...
Where to Watch “Losing Alice”: Apple TV+ (the series originally aired on the Israeli TV network Hot 3)
For a show filled with different forms of temptation, it only makes sense that “Losing Alice” is told in a way that makes it appealing to try to solve it. From the opening scene, a brutal introduction to this world intended to be as disorienting as it is bloody, the viewer is a little at the mercy of the tangled web that writer/director Sigal Avin lays out over eight episodes.
Rather than keep the audience adrift (or present its story in a way that only makes sense with thorough unpacking), the show is rooted in Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a filmmaker at a career crossroads who wants to ditch her for-hire work and make a true artistic statement. One possibility gets dangled in front of her...
- 11/21/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is a long way from Westeros. The Danish actor, whose two-time Emmy-nominated role as Jamie Lannister in Game of Thrones made him a global star, is spending the week on the sunny Mediterranean, watching the international series that could become the next Game of Thrones.
Coster-Waldau heads the jury of the 2021 CanneSeries international television festival. Together with his fellow jurors — Israeli screenwriter Sigal Avin, French actor Naidra Ayadi, Italian actor Salvatore Esposito and French DJ Marco Prince — he will pick the winners of this year’s competition. Its lineup is eclectic and cosmopolitan, running the gambit from Israeli dramas ...
Coster-Waldau heads the jury of the 2021 CanneSeries international television festival. Together with his fellow jurors — Israeli screenwriter Sigal Avin, French actor Naidra Ayadi, Italian actor Salvatore Esposito and French DJ Marco Prince — he will pick the winners of this year’s competition. Its lineup is eclectic and cosmopolitan, running the gambit from Israeli dramas ...
- 10/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is a long way from Westeros. The Danish actor, whose two-time Emmy-nominated role as Jamie Lannister in Game of Thrones made him a global star, is spending the week on the sunny Mediterranean, watching the international series that could become the next Game of Thrones.
Coster-Waldau heads the jury of the 2021 CanneSeries international television festival. Together with his fellow jurors — Israeli screenwriter Sigal Avin, French actor Naidra Ayadi, Italian actor Salvatore Esposito and French DJ Marco Prince — he will pick the winners of this year’s competition. Its lineup is eclectic and cosmopolitan, running the gambit from Israeli dramas ...
Coster-Waldau heads the jury of the 2021 CanneSeries international television festival. Together with his fellow jurors — Israeli screenwriter Sigal Avin, French actor Naidra Ayadi, Italian actor Salvatore Esposito and French DJ Marco Prince — he will pick the winners of this year’s competition. Its lineup is eclectic and cosmopolitan, running the gambit from Israeli dramas ...
- 10/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Prolific writer, playwright and director Sigal Avin, who created the Israeli psychological thriller series Losing Alice, has signed with CAA.
Avin created, wrote and directed the eight-episode series Losing Alice, which premiered in Israel in June 2020. Shortly after its debut, Apple TV+ acquired global rights to the neo-noir thriller as part of a co-production deal with Israel’s Dori Media in association with Hot. Losing Alice premiered on the streaming service in January to strong reviews.
Using flashbacks and flashforwards, Losing Alice tells the story of aging film director, Alice (Ayelet Zurer), and her growing obsession with a young screenwriter, Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), whose dark and troubled script appears more truth than fiction.
Avin also created, wrote, and directed That’s Harassment, a series of short films that depict the dynamic behind sexual harassment. The shorts launched on Facebook pre the #MeToo movement, and went viral. From there, Avin...
Avin created, wrote and directed the eight-episode series Losing Alice, which premiered in Israel in June 2020. Shortly after its debut, Apple TV+ acquired global rights to the neo-noir thriller as part of a co-production deal with Israel’s Dori Media in association with Hot. Losing Alice premiered on the streaming service in January to strong reviews.
Using flashbacks and flashforwards, Losing Alice tells the story of aging film director, Alice (Ayelet Zurer), and her growing obsession with a young screenwriter, Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), whose dark and troubled script appears more truth than fiction.
Avin also created, wrote, and directed That’s Harassment, a series of short films that depict the dynamic behind sexual harassment. The shorts launched on Facebook pre the #MeToo movement, and went viral. From there, Avin...
- 4/8/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for “Losing Alice,” including the end.]
When filming the second-to-last episode of “Losing Alice,” writer-director Sigal Avin faced a challenge. Not only did the episode feature an extended sequence that required emotional vulnerability from everyone involved, but also in that moment Avin was a director directing a fictional director directing.
Buried within an incredibly focused and layered enterprise, on the most basic level possible Avin had to figure out how to differentiate herself from her filmmaker character Alice (Ayelet Zurer). Avin couldn’t even call “cut!” — that was in Alice’s dialogue, a cue for David (Gal Toren) and Sophie (Lihi Kornowski) to show their frustration.
“We had a code. I would yell ‘Chips!’ if I really wanted to cut, if it was Sigal wanting to cut the scene or just yelling ‘Cut’ so that they would know when to explode,” Avin said. “Those scenes were actually a bit of a mindfuck.
When filming the second-to-last episode of “Losing Alice,” writer-director Sigal Avin faced a challenge. Not only did the episode feature an extended sequence that required emotional vulnerability from everyone involved, but also in that moment Avin was a director directing a fictional director directing.
Buried within an incredibly focused and layered enterprise, on the most basic level possible Avin had to figure out how to differentiate herself from her filmmaker character Alice (Ayelet Zurer). Avin couldn’t even call “cut!” — that was in Alice’s dialogue, a cue for David (Gal Toren) and Sophie (Lihi Kornowski) to show their frustration.
“We had a code. I would yell ‘Chips!’ if I really wanted to cut, if it was Sigal wanting to cut the scene or just yelling ‘Cut’ so that they would know when to explode,” Avin said. “Those scenes were actually a bit of a mindfuck.
- 2/26/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Photo: ‘Penguin Bloom’/Netflix ‘Penguin Bloom’ the newest film from streaming service Netflix and director Glendyn Ivin (‘Safe Harbour’) is as beautiful plot-wise as it is visually. It starts with the narration from debut actor Griffin Murray-Johnston and begins a deeply moving and personal tale. The film opens on a montage of the family celebrating and exploring Thailand, a cheerful prelude for the drama to come. Within the first five minutes, we learn that able-bodied Naomi Watts (‘Mulholland Drive’) falls off a building in a freak accident while her husband, Andrew Lincoln (‘The Walking Dead’) watches. The rest of the story plays out in painstaking detail as Watts’s character struggles to recover while Lincoln tries to hold their family together. It’s a grueling, heart-wrenching tale that highlights the skills of Murray-Johnston, Watts, and Lincoln. Related article: Review: Apple TV Hits the Jackpot Again with Creator Sigal Avin’s...
- 1/28/2021
- by Jordan Qin
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Israeli-produced espionage thriller “Tehran,” created by “Fauda” writer Moshe Zonder and “Magpie” writer Omri Shenhar, has been renewed for a second season on Apple TV Plus after being hailed by critics following its global premiere. “Tehran” was the first non-English language series to be released on Apple’s streaming service in September after it bought international distribution rights shortly after the show’s original debut in Israel in June 2020. The Hebrew and Persian-language geopolitical thriller tells the story of Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan), who goes undercover on a mission in the titular Iranian capital. Sultan is joined by cast members Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Shervin Alenabi, Liraz Charhi and Menashe Noy. Dana Eden and Maor Kohn are series creators alongside Zonder, as well as director Daniel Skyrkin and writer Shenhar. “Tehran” is executive produced by Eden and Shula Spiegel for Donna and Shula Productions, Alon Aranya for Paper Plane Productions,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Apple TV+ has renewed its first non-English language original series, Israeli espionage thriller drama Tehran, for a second season.
Apple TV+ stepped in to co-produce with Israeli broadcaster Kan 11 Season 1 of Tehran, from Moshe Zonder and Omri Shenhar, and carry internationally the Israel-Iran spy thriller. Starting with Season 2, Tehran will be an Apple Original worldwide. In Israel, it will continue to air on Kan 11 as well as on Apple TV+.
The renewal for the seres, produced by Alon Aranya, comes four months after Tehran‘s premiere on Apple TV+ to strong reviews. Both Zonder and Aranya have deals at the streamer.
Tehran tells the story of Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan who goes deep undercover on a dangerous mission in Tehran that places her and everyone around her in dire jeopardy.
The series stars Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Shervin Alenabi, Liraz Charhi and Menashe Noy. Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden...
Apple TV+ stepped in to co-produce with Israeli broadcaster Kan 11 Season 1 of Tehran, from Moshe Zonder and Omri Shenhar, and carry internationally the Israel-Iran spy thriller. Starting with Season 2, Tehran will be an Apple Original worldwide. In Israel, it will continue to air on Kan 11 as well as on Apple TV+.
The renewal for the seres, produced by Alon Aranya, comes four months after Tehran‘s premiere on Apple TV+ to strong reviews. Both Zonder and Aranya have deals at the streamer.
Tehran tells the story of Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan who goes deep undercover on a dangerous mission in Tehran that places her and everyone around her in dire jeopardy.
The series stars Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Shervin Alenabi, Liraz Charhi and Menashe Noy. Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden...
- 1/26/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo: ‘Losing Alice’/Apple TV Apple TV is proving itself to have a keen eye for talent because Sigal Avin demonstrates truly innovative Cinematic talent with her new drama series ‘Losing Alice’. A story about a screenwriter who’s lost their artistic edge, spark, and drive; it’s a tale as old as time, however, due to the creative freedom that’s at the nucleus of Apple TV’s production model, Sigal Avin steers ‘Losing Alice’’s narrative in a creatively novel direction that makes fascinating and engrossing artistic leaps within an otherwise classic Hollywood story. Related article: Fans of ‘The Crown’ Will Love ‘The Dig’: An Archaeological Meditation on Legacy in a Time of Crisis Related article: Bollywood Mega-Star Kajol’s ‘Tribhanga’: What Happens When Society Isn’t Ready For Progressive Feminism? Starring ‘Man of Steel’ and ‘Munich’ actor Ayelet Zurer, ‘The Burglar’ and ‘The Commune’ actor Lihi Kornowski,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Armando Brigham
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
For a large majority of “Losing Alice,” the people on screen aren’t quite sure what’s happening. The unknowable nature of a partner’s true feelings, the confusion of fleeting glimpses of people who can’t physically be there, and the daily tiny frustrations of film production: all have the potential to make a shaky foundation for a drama series. Add on the idea that what the audience sees is often one fictional layer downward and there are plenty of chances for “Losing Alice” (premiering on Apple TV+ this week after airing on the Israeli TV network Hot 3 last summer) to lose its way.
It takes a steady hand and a clear eye to make sure that disorientation serves a purpose. Fortunately, writer/director Sigal Avin has both and plenty more.
After an enigmatic preamble, the series jump starts with the arrival of Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), an aspiring writer...
It takes a steady hand and a clear eye to make sure that disorientation serves a purpose. Fortunately, writer/director Sigal Avin has both and plenty more.
After an enigmatic preamble, the series jump starts with the arrival of Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), an aspiring writer...
- 1/22/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first three episodes of “Losing Alice,” streaming now on Apple TV Plus.
At the start of Sigal Avin’s “Losing Alice,” the titular character, a successful filmmaker who has taken some time away from her work to raise a family, becomes engaged in conversation with an up-and-coming writer named Sophie (Lihi Kornowski). Sophie recognizes Alice as she sits across from her on a train and uses the seemingly chance encounter to tell her what a fan she is by pointing out Alice’s decade-old famous film was formative for her.
“It’s like saying, ‘That thing that you’ve done many, many, many years ago was so great [but] what are you doing now?’ It immediately raises the feeling that right now you’re nothing — right now you’re in the swamp of artistic death. She gives her a compliment,...
At the start of Sigal Avin’s “Losing Alice,” the titular character, a successful filmmaker who has taken some time away from her work to raise a family, becomes engaged in conversation with an up-and-coming writer named Sophie (Lihi Kornowski). Sophie recognizes Alice as she sits across from her on a train and uses the seemingly chance encounter to tell her what a fan she is by pointing out Alice’s decade-old famous film was formative for her.
“It’s like saying, ‘That thing that you’ve done many, many, many years ago was so great [but] what are you doing now?’ It immediately raises the feeling that right now you’re nothing — right now you’re in the swamp of artistic death. She gives her a compliment,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Apple is adding another international co-production to its streaming repertoire.
The streamer has boarded the Israeli psychological thriller series “Losing Alice.” The show is produced by Israel’s Dori Media Productions in association with Hot. The eight-episode series is currently airing on Hot and will stream worldwide later this year on Apple TV Plus.
The series hails from creator Sigal Avin, who served as director in addition to writing. It follows Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a 48 year old film director who feels irrelevant since raising her family. After a brief encounter on the train, she becomes obsessed with 24 year old screenwriter, femme-fatale, Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), and eventually surrenders her moral integrity in order to achieve power, relevance and success. The series uses flashbacks and flash-forwards to take viewers through the conscious and subconscious parts of Alice’s mind.
This is the second Israeli co-production deal Apple has announced in recent weeks.
The streamer has boarded the Israeli psychological thriller series “Losing Alice.” The show is produced by Israel’s Dori Media Productions in association with Hot. The eight-episode series is currently airing on Hot and will stream worldwide later this year on Apple TV Plus.
The series hails from creator Sigal Avin, who served as director in addition to writing. It follows Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a 48 year old film director who feels irrelevant since raising her family. After a brief encounter on the train, she becomes obsessed with 24 year old screenwriter, femme-fatale, Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), and eventually surrenders her moral integrity in order to achieve power, relevance and success. The series uses flashbacks and flash-forwards to take viewers through the conscious and subconscious parts of Alice’s mind.
This is the second Israeli co-production deal Apple has announced in recent weeks.
- 6/26/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ has picked up its second Israeli drama series this month after taking the global rights to neo-noir thriller Losing Alice.
Apple has partnered with Dori Media on the eight-part show, which is currently airing on Hot in Israel. It premiered at the We Are One: A Global Film Festival and was part of the Cannes Series lineup.
Using flashbacks and flashforwards, Losing Alice tells the story of female film director, Alice (Ayelet Zurer), who feels her powers are waning after having a family.
She meets mysterious young screenwriter Sophie (Lihi Kornowski) on a train and becomes obsessed with her, opening up issues of jealousy, guilt and a fear of aging. The series is created, written, and directed by Sigal Avin.
Apple’s acquisition of Losing Alice follows its deal to co-produce Israel-Iran espionage thriller Tehran. Distributed by Cineflix Rights, the eight-part series features young Israeli actress Niv Sultan as Tamar Rabinyan,...
Apple has partnered with Dori Media on the eight-part show, which is currently airing on Hot in Israel. It premiered at the We Are One: A Global Film Festival and was part of the Cannes Series lineup.
Using flashbacks and flashforwards, Losing Alice tells the story of female film director, Alice (Ayelet Zurer), who feels her powers are waning after having a family.
She meets mysterious young screenwriter Sophie (Lihi Kornowski) on a train and becomes obsessed with her, opening up issues of jealousy, guilt and a fear of aging. The series is created, written, and directed by Sigal Avin.
Apple’s acquisition of Losing Alice follows its deal to co-produce Israel-Iran espionage thriller Tehran. Distributed by Cineflix Rights, the eight-part series features young Israeli actress Niv Sultan as Tamar Rabinyan,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ is expanding its slate of international original series.
The streamer has picked up exclusive international rights to Israeli neo-noir series Losing Alice and signed a co-production deal with Israel's Dori Media and cable company Hot.
Created, written and directed Sigal Avin, Losing Alice stars Ayelet Zurer (Man of Steel, Daredevil) as Alice, a 48 year-old film director who feels increasingly irrelevant but is inspired once more after becoming obsessed with Sophie, a 24 year-old femme fatale screenwriter played by Lihi Kornowski. Building on the Faust legend, but through the unique prism of a female filmmaker, Losing Alice explores issues ...
The streamer has picked up exclusive international rights to Israeli neo-noir series Losing Alice and signed a co-production deal with Israel's Dori Media and cable company Hot.
Created, written and directed Sigal Avin, Losing Alice stars Ayelet Zurer (Man of Steel, Daredevil) as Alice, a 48 year-old film director who feels increasingly irrelevant but is inspired once more after becoming obsessed with Sophie, a 24 year-old femme fatale screenwriter played by Lihi Kornowski. Building on the Faust legend, but through the unique prism of a female filmmaker, Losing Alice explores issues ...
- 6/26/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises, We Are One joins together over 20 of the world’s premier film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Sundance, Toronto, and Tribeca, in celebration of some of the world’s most talented voices, and in a central effort to provide entertainment and relief to people globally, at a time when they need it most.
The digital festival provides audiences the opportunity to immerse themselves into new cultures, viewpoints, and perspectives from around the world that they wouldn’t typically be exposed to. We’re excited to share these voices with the world and would love your support.
The programme includes several films by female directors from across the globe. Here are the Asian titles directed by females in the online festival:
Iron Hammer / China / Premieres June 7 at 4:30pm Et
Synopsis: In her rousing and personal documentary debut, director Joan Chen charts the inspiring life...
The digital festival provides audiences the opportunity to immerse themselves into new cultures, viewpoints, and perspectives from around the world that they wouldn’t typically be exposed to. We’re excited to share these voices with the world and would love your support.
The programme includes several films by female directors from across the globe. Here are the Asian titles directed by females in the online festival:
Iron Hammer / China / Premieres June 7 at 4:30pm Et
Synopsis: In her rousing and personal documentary debut, director Joan Chen charts the inspiring life...
- 6/7/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Paris — AMC’s “The Walking Dead: World Beyond,” Amazon Prime’s “Upload,” and Apple TV’s “Trying” will make their international premieres at the 3rd edition of Canneseries, which will run from March 27 to April 1.
The Riviera-set fest will host tributes to David Hasselhoff (“Baywatch”), “Sharp Object” and “Euphoria” breakout Sydney Sweeney, and “Transparent” star Judith Light, before closing with the world premiere of “The Bureau,” Season 5.
Producer Gale Anne Hurd will lead this year’s jury alongside actors Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”), Camille Cottin (“Call My Agent”) and Katja Herbers (“Westworld”), director Tawfik Abu Wael (“Our Boys”) and rocker Steward Copeland.
Pay-tv service Canal Plus will bring two high-profile French language offerings, launching the final season premiere of their spy thriller “The Bureau” and the series premiere of their hip-hop drama “Validé,” which was co-created by popular local star Franck Gastambide.
Of then ten series in the festival’s highly selective competition,...
The Riviera-set fest will host tributes to David Hasselhoff (“Baywatch”), “Sharp Object” and “Euphoria” breakout Sydney Sweeney, and “Transparent” star Judith Light, before closing with the world premiere of “The Bureau,” Season 5.
Producer Gale Anne Hurd will lead this year’s jury alongside actors Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”), Camille Cottin (“Call My Agent”) and Katja Herbers (“Westworld”), director Tawfik Abu Wael (“Our Boys”) and rocker Steward Copeland.
Pay-tv service Canal Plus will bring two high-profile French language offerings, launching the final season premiere of their spy thriller “The Bureau” and the series premiere of their hip-hop drama “Validé,” which was co-created by popular local star Franck Gastambide.
Of then ten series in the festival’s highly selective competition,...
- 2/26/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
The Haifa Script Distillery will support Israeli writers.
Israel’s Haifa International Film Festival (September 22 - October 1) has launched a script development programme called the Haifa Script Distillery to support Israeli writers to develop English-language film and TV scripts.
The initiative has been unveiled during this year’s festival where 20 projects chosen from 400 entries are being presented (See full list below). Six to eight works will be shortlisted and will each receive a development grant of 50,000 Nis. Each writer will be mentored and receive training from tutors and supporting partners.
Once fully developed, the selected works will be presented to...
Israel’s Haifa International Film Festival (September 22 - October 1) has launched a script development programme called the Haifa Script Distillery to support Israeli writers to develop English-language film and TV scripts.
The initiative has been unveiled during this year’s festival where 20 projects chosen from 400 entries are being presented (See full list below). Six to eight works will be shortlisted and will each receive a development grant of 50,000 Nis. Each writer will be mentored and receive training from tutors and supporting partners.
Once fully developed, the selected works will be presented to...
- 9/24/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
In an evening of storytelling, formerly homeless individuals took center stage in Hancock Park throughout “Stories from the Frontline: Ending Homelessness through Supportive Housing.”
Through story, spoken word, and song, individuals shared their experiences on the path from struggle to resilience, in partnership with The Ebell of Los Angeles. With First Lady of Los Angeles Amy Elaine Wakeland as the guest speaker, the event also featured advocacy groups which enlisted volunteers on-site to take immediate action: Csh Speak Up!, Imagine La, Aviva Family and Children’s Services, The United Way, League of Women Voters and Safe Parking La.
In addition to Wakeland, speakers throughout the evening included event co-chairs Marilyn Wells and Allison Schallert, Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu, Csh Speak Up! Advocates Emily Martiniuk, Sam Randolph, and Hector Curiel, Singer Songwriter Mike Jelks, Imagine La Mentor Scott Sale M.D., and United Way of Greater Los Angeles Director of Public Affairs Tommy Newman.
Through story, spoken word, and song, individuals shared their experiences on the path from struggle to resilience, in partnership with The Ebell of Los Angeles. With First Lady of Los Angeles Amy Elaine Wakeland as the guest speaker, the event also featured advocacy groups which enlisted volunteers on-site to take immediate action: Csh Speak Up!, Imagine La, Aviva Family and Children’s Services, The United Way, League of Women Voters and Safe Parking La.
In addition to Wakeland, speakers throughout the evening included event co-chairs Marilyn Wells and Allison Schallert, Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu, Csh Speak Up! Advocates Emily Martiniuk, Sam Randolph, and Hector Curiel, Singer Songwriter Mike Jelks, Imagine La Mentor Scott Sale M.D., and United Way of Greater Los Angeles Director of Public Affairs Tommy Newman.
- 3/6/2018
- Look to the Stars
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- 1/29/2018
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
The Ad Council has joined with actor and producer David Schwimmer, writer and director Sigal Avin, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (Rainn) and the National Women’s Law Center (Nwlc) to launch ‘#ThatsHarassment,’ a national campaign to empower victims and bystanders to speak out and provide tools for employers to create a safe work environment.
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Beginning Friday, January 26, the full-length short films and PSAs will be supported digitally and on television by major media companies including Amazon Prime Video, CBS, The CW, Fox Networks Group, Freedom, Hulu, Showtime and Starz.
The PSAs, executive produced by Schwimmer, Avin and Mazdack Rassi of Milk Studios, are shortened versions of the films that first launched in April 2017. The Ad Council will nationally distribute 30-second cutdowns of three of the six originally launched films to media outlets nationwide this week, with 10 and 20-second cutdowns available on Extreme Reach and PSA Central.
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Beginning Friday, January 26, the full-length short films and PSAs will be supported digitally and on television by major media companies including Amazon Prime Video, CBS, The CW, Fox Networks Group, Freedom, Hulu, Showtime and Starz.
The PSAs, executive produced by Schwimmer, Avin and Mazdack Rassi of Milk Studios, are shortened versions of the films that first launched in April 2017. The Ad Council will nationally distribute 30-second cutdowns of three of the six originally launched films to media outlets nationwide this week, with 10 and 20-second cutdowns available on Extreme Reach and PSA Central.
- 1/24/2018
- Look to the Stars
Starz said today that it will air a series of short films that depict cases of sexual harassment in the workplace. The half-hour special #ThatsHarassment is set for 8:30 Pm Friday on the premium channel. Written and directed by Sigal Avin, who also executive produces alongside David Schwimmer and Mazdack Rassi, the films are based on real events. All take place in professional settings where sexual harassment can occur and depict different scenarios where men in positions…...
- 1/23/2018
- Deadline TV
David Schwimmer has teamed up with writer and director Sigal Avin for an important new campaign. The pair have come together for five short films to raise awareness about sexual harassment. Each of the short films is inspired by Avin’s own experiences, who felt it was important that there was more visual representation on the […]...
- 4/4/2017
- by Jordan Appugliesi
- ET Canada
David Schwimmer is standing up to sexual harassment by launching a new campaign of short films called #ThatsHarassment. Directed by Sigal Avin, the series’ first short, “The Boss” stars Schwimmer as a lawyer who, while complimenting a female employee, takes things way too far.
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Other actors featured in the series include Cynthia Nixon, Emmy Rossum and Cristela Alonzo. Schwimmer recently told Cosmopolitan that he grew up hearing stories about sexual harassment from his mother, and that nearly every woman in his life has been harassed at one point or another.
“The whole purpose of this is to encourage people and to give them the courage to speak out if they’re a victim themselves of harassment, or if they witness or are aware of sexual harassment,’ Schwimmer said in the interview. “The reality...
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Other actors featured in the series include Cynthia Nixon, Emmy Rossum and Cristela Alonzo. Schwimmer recently told Cosmopolitan that he grew up hearing stories about sexual harassment from his mother, and that nearly every woman in his life has been harassed at one point or another.
“The whole purpose of this is to encourage people and to give them the courage to speak out if they’re a victim themselves of harassment, or if they witness or are aware of sexual harassment,’ Schwimmer said in the interview. “The reality...
- 4/3/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Following the premiere of their new dramedy series "The Ex List" on Friday, October 3, CBS have presented a sneak peek into the show's second episode entitled "Climb Every Mountain Biker". To be aired next Friday, October 10, the new episode will follow Bella's search of Mr. Right after finding out that she has dated her soul mate.
While dining out with her girlfriends, she accidentally meets one of her former boyfriends, Jake Turner. No longer a couch potato Bella's dating back then, Jake has become a fitness buff. Trying to prove to Bella that he isn't a slacker anymore, he plans vigorous activities for their dates from cycling to rock climbing. Meanwhile, Cyrus invents a drinking game for the gang involving 'googling' their exes.
Produced by Fox Television Studios, "The Ex List" is an American version of the 2007 Israeli dramedy "Mythological X" by Sigal Avin. The show follows Bella as she...
While dining out with her girlfriends, she accidentally meets one of her former boyfriends, Jake Turner. No longer a couch potato Bella's dating back then, Jake has become a fitness buff. Trying to prove to Bella that he isn't a slacker anymore, he plans vigorous activities for their dates from cycling to rock climbing. Meanwhile, Cyrus invents a drinking game for the gang involving 'googling' their exes.
Produced by Fox Television Studios, "The Ex List" is an American version of the 2007 Israeli dramedy "Mythological X" by Sigal Avin. The show follows Bella as she...
- 10/4/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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