Event ran September 12-13 concurrent Toronto International Film Festival.
The virtual 2021 Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (iff) that took place this month brought together feature producers on projects at various stages of development with industry executives and hosted more than 550 meetings.
Iff, which took place from September 12-13 concurrent with Toronto International Film Festival, invited 42 industry executives from the likes of Netflix, Neon, Voltage Pictures, The Match Factory and Protagonist Pictures. Charlotte Mickie, vice-president of Celluloid Dreams, said: “Iff is awesome. The offering is diverse and rich, and the conversations with the producers are so stimulating and provocative, in a good way.
The virtual 2021 Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (iff) that took place this month brought together feature producers on projects at various stages of development with industry executives and hosted more than 550 meetings.
Iff, which took place from September 12-13 concurrent with Toronto International Film Festival, invited 42 industry executives from the likes of Netflix, Neon, Voltage Pictures, The Match Factory and Protagonist Pictures. Charlotte Mickie, vice-president of Celluloid Dreams, said: “Iff is awesome. The offering is diverse and rich, and the conversations with the producers are so stimulating and provocative, in a good way.
- 9/30/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Neil Labute (In the Company of Men; most recently, Death at a Funeral) published a short-story compilation back in 2004 entitled Seconds of Pleasure. (Check it out over at Amazon by clicking here.) And since the publication, he’s been hard at work adapting the collection into a film, because Mike Figgis (Oscar-nominated for Leaving Las Vegas) has been brought on to direct the “ensemble drama,” which will star Matt Dillon, Julia Stiles, Brendan Fraser, Kristin Scott Thomas (Sarah’s Key), and Christina Hendricks (Drive). [THR]
Myriad Pictures has attained the global rights, excluding the U.K, to the film. Labute‘s screenplay is said to “weave together several separate but intertwined stories about six different couples,” and has been described by various contributors to the film’s construction — namely Stv Productions’ Margaret Enefer and Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico — as “incredibly candid,” “blazingly witty,” and “razor-sharp.”
Though Labute is certainly capable of such work,...
Myriad Pictures has attained the global rights, excluding the U.K, to the film. Labute‘s screenplay is said to “weave together several separate but intertwined stories about six different couples,” and has been described by various contributors to the film’s construction — namely Stv Productions’ Margaret Enefer and Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico — as “incredibly candid,” “blazingly witty,” and “razor-sharp.”
Though Labute is certainly capable of such work,...
- 11/7/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Myriad Pictures has picked up non-u.K. rights to "Seconds of Pleasure," starring Matt Dillon, Julia Stiles, Kristin Scott Thomas, Brendan Fraser and Christina Hendricks, the company announced Sunday. Mike Figgis ("Leaving Las Vegas") is directing a sript by Neil Labute ("Death at a Funeral," "In the Company of Men"). The movie is based on Labute's novel about a small group of six couples on a flight from Chicago to London, "searching for those moments that make life worth living," according to Myriad. Scotland-based broadcast company Stv developed and is producing the movie. Margaret Enefer, Bill...
- 11/6/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights outside the UK for the Neil Labute-scripted Seconds Of Pleasure. Mike Figgis will direct a film that will star Matt Dillon, Julia Stiles, Brendan Fraser, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Hendricks. Seconds Of Pleasure explores a series of intimate and emotionally charged events that occur among a small group of people traveling together on a trans-Atlantic flight from Chicago to London. Labute adapted it from his novel, which weaves together the intertwined yet separate stories of the six couples searching for those moments that make life worth living. Seconds Of Pleasure is a production of Scotland broadcasting giant Stv. Margaret Enefer, Stv Productions’ Head of Drama, Bill Shapter and Labute are the producers. “We’re delighted to be working with Myriad on this fantastic film,” Enefer said. “Neil has written an incredibly candid, blazingly witty script. We know Mike Figgis will make it...
- 11/6/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The producers of long-running Scottish police drama Taggart have revealed that they would love former Doctor Who star David Tennant to make a guest appearance on the show. A new series of the programme is currently filming on the streets of Glasgow, with shooting expected to continue until late August. Executive producer Margaret Enefer told The Drum: “We would love to have David on the show, in fact I can’t believe he’s never (more)...
- 7/12/2010
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
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