Johnny Holden. (Courtesy photo)
FilmRise is expanding the role of its chief financial executive to include growth strategy initiatives.
This month, Chief Financial Officer Johnny Holden also became the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, a role that will involve developing and executing all financial and growth strategies across the media and entertainment firm.
“Johnny’s management is characterized by a forward-thinking approach and dedication to fostering a collaborative and inclusive company culture,” FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher said in a statement. “His unwavering commitment to excellence and innovative strategic planning has solidified FilmRise’s position as a leader in the industry, propelling its growth and success.”
FilmRise is one of the world’s top content providers, licensing TV shows and movies for subscription-based (SVOD) and ad-supported platforms (AVOD), along with free, ad-supported streaming TV (Fast) content channels.
Content distributed by FilmRise includes Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Kitchen Nightmares,...
FilmRise is expanding the role of its chief financial executive to include growth strategy initiatives.
This month, Chief Financial Officer Johnny Holden also became the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, a role that will involve developing and executing all financial and growth strategies across the media and entertainment firm.
“Johnny’s management is characterized by a forward-thinking approach and dedication to fostering a collaborative and inclusive company culture,” FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher said in a statement. “His unwavering commitment to excellence and innovative strategic planning has solidified FilmRise’s position as a leader in the industry, propelling its growth and success.”
FilmRise is one of the world’s top content providers, licensing TV shows and movies for subscription-based (SVOD) and ad-supported platforms (AVOD), along with free, ad-supported streaming TV (Fast) content channels.
Content distributed by FilmRise includes Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Kitchen Nightmares,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Jonitha Keymoore. (Courtesy photo)
Content production and licensing company FilmRise has elevated Jonitha Keymoore to serve as its new Head of Content.
In the new role, Keymoore will oversee all content licensing and production activities involving the FilmRise network of free, ad-supported (Fast) linear content channels and apps, and coordinate the same with FilmRise’s streaming-focused partners and stakeholders.
“From the moment Jonitha joined our team at FilmRise three years ago, her impact has been extraordinary,” said FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher. “Her dedication, insights, and work ethic have made her a cornerstone of the company. In her new role, we have every confidence that Jo will thrive and excel and pave the way for even greater successes for FilmRise.”
Keymoore joined FilmRise in 2021 after serving in a senior role with Paramount Global. At Paramount, she was tasked with securing licensing deals for content across the company’s cable and digital networks.
Content production and licensing company FilmRise has elevated Jonitha Keymoore to serve as its new Head of Content.
In the new role, Keymoore will oversee all content licensing and production activities involving the FilmRise network of free, ad-supported (Fast) linear content channels and apps, and coordinate the same with FilmRise’s streaming-focused partners and stakeholders.
“From the moment Jonitha joined our team at FilmRise three years ago, her impact has been extraordinary,” said FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher. “Her dedication, insights, and work ethic have made her a cornerstone of the company. In her new role, we have every confidence that Jo will thrive and excel and pave the way for even greater successes for FilmRise.”
Keymoore joined FilmRise in 2021 after serving in a senior role with Paramount Global. At Paramount, she was tasked with securing licensing deals for content across the company’s cable and digital networks.
- 5/17/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Major construction work along Cannes’ famed Croisette has turned this most glamorous of French seaside towns into a chaotic building site. Television executives, in town for the MIPCOM Cannes international TV confab, which runs through Thursday, Oct. 19, have been forced to run a gauntlet of concrete slabs and roped-off danger zones.
It’s an apt metaphor for the mood at MIPCOM this year. A conflagration of factors — the actors strike, rising inflation, a slump in the advertising market, and a pull-back in investment by the global streamers — have combined to weaken the foundations of the international TV business. Executives are treading carefully as if in fear the whole structure could collapse under their feet.
“There’s a lot of fear out there, a lot of companies are worried they might not be around in six, 12, 18 months,” said one MIPCOM veteran, the CEO of a mid-sized European production and distribution company.
It’s an apt metaphor for the mood at MIPCOM this year. A conflagration of factors — the actors strike, rising inflation, a slump in the advertising market, and a pull-back in investment by the global streamers — have combined to weaken the foundations of the international TV business. Executives are treading carefully as if in fear the whole structure could collapse under their feet.
“There’s a lot of fear out there, a lot of companies are worried they might not be around in six, 12, 18 months,” said one MIPCOM veteran, the CEO of a mid-sized European production and distribution company.
- 10/18/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Elsbeth’ Flies To France
Paramount Global Content Distribution has licensed the highly anticipated CBS Studios series “Elsbeth” to TF1 in France.
Starring Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston, “Elsbeth” is based on the popular character of Elsbeth Tascioni, the astute but unconventional attorney featured in “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight.” “The series has been highly sought after in the French territory and this agreement will provide TF1 viewers exclusive access to the series in the market,” Paramount Global Content Distribution said.
The new series finds Elsbeth in New York City tackling a new investigative role and working alongside the NYPD after leaving her successful legal career in Chicago.
“TF1 is delighted to welcome this new series, driven by the talent of the amazing Carrie Preston,” said Sophie Leveaux, Tfi’s artistic director of acquisitions and international drama development, noting that the “Good Wife” universe was adored by audiences. “‘Elsbeth...
Paramount Global Content Distribution has licensed the highly anticipated CBS Studios series “Elsbeth” to TF1 in France.
Starring Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston, “Elsbeth” is based on the popular character of Elsbeth Tascioni, the astute but unconventional attorney featured in “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight.” “The series has been highly sought after in the French territory and this agreement will provide TF1 viewers exclusive access to the series in the market,” Paramount Global Content Distribution said.
The new series finds Elsbeth in New York City tackling a new investigative role and working alongside the NYPD after leaving her successful legal career in Chicago.
“TF1 is delighted to welcome this new series, driven by the talent of the amazing Carrie Preston,” said Sophie Leveaux, Tfi’s artistic director of acquisitions and international drama development, noting that the “Good Wife” universe was adored by audiences. “‘Elsbeth...
- 10/16/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
A dozen top YouTubers are taking their content to TV with FilmRise.
Sam and Colby (9.7 million subscribers), UnspeakablePlays (7.5M), PrestonGamez (3.4M), LazarBeam (20M), jschlatt (3.9M), That Chapter (1.8M), TheWhyFiles (2.1M), Kendall Rae (3.5M), ShanePlays (1.9M), I did a thing (4.4M), and Hyper (2.4M) have partnered with the Brooklyn-based film/TV studio to repackage their content in TV show form and distribute it across various Fast, AVOD, SVOD, and pay TV channels.
FilmRise, which was founded in 2012 by longtime producers and financiers Danny Fisher, Jack Fisher, and Alan Klingenstein, tells Tubefilter these deals are part of its creator partner program’s expansion into gaming and true crime content.
It’s been building the partner program since 2021, distributing content from creators like Guga Foods, Azzyland, Scuba Jake, Brave Wilderness, Uncle Roger, Rooster Teeth, and Brianna Arsement.
It also previously did deals with Preston and Unspeakable; their new agreements specifically cover gaming content.
Sam and Colby (9.7 million subscribers), UnspeakablePlays (7.5M), PrestonGamez (3.4M), LazarBeam (20M), jschlatt (3.9M), That Chapter (1.8M), TheWhyFiles (2.1M), Kendall Rae (3.5M), ShanePlays (1.9M), I did a thing (4.4M), and Hyper (2.4M) have partnered with the Brooklyn-based film/TV studio to repackage their content in TV show form and distribute it across various Fast, AVOD, SVOD, and pay TV channels.
FilmRise, which was founded in 2012 by longtime producers and financiers Danny Fisher, Jack Fisher, and Alan Klingenstein, tells Tubefilter these deals are part of its creator partner program’s expansion into gaming and true crime content.
It’s been building the partner program since 2021, distributing content from creators like Guga Foods, Azzyland, Scuba Jake, Brave Wilderness, Uncle Roger, Rooster Teeth, and Brianna Arsement.
It also previously did deals with Preston and Unspeakable; their new agreements specifically cover gaming content.
- 8/15/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
“Jersey Shore” star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is entering the true crime space with “Statute of Limitations,” TheWrap has exclusively learned.
Co-produced by FilmRise and Grinning Dog Entertainment, the series is described as a “light-hearted” take on the true crime genre. Hosted by Sorrentino, “Statute of Limitations” follows everyday people who have committed non-violent crimes where — title drop — the statute of limitations have passed, allowing them to speak openly about how they evaded the law. Watch the first trailer for the series above.
“This one-of-a-kind series features crimes openly discussed by people who ‘got away with it’ coupled together with series host Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino’s unique style of humor that brings a light heartedness to a normally dark genre,” FilmRise senior vice president of acquisitions and co-productions Max Einhorn said in a press release. “That combination along with Mike’s highly engaged global fan base will help deliver big audiences for the series.
Co-produced by FilmRise and Grinning Dog Entertainment, the series is described as a “light-hearted” take on the true crime genre. Hosted by Sorrentino, “Statute of Limitations” follows everyday people who have committed non-violent crimes where — title drop — the statute of limitations have passed, allowing them to speak openly about how they evaded the law. Watch the first trailer for the series above.
“This one-of-a-kind series features crimes openly discussed by people who ‘got away with it’ coupled together with series host Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino’s unique style of humor that brings a light heartedness to a normally dark genre,” FilmRise senior vice president of acquisitions and co-productions Max Einhorn said in a press release. “That combination along with Mike’s highly engaged global fan base will help deliver big audiences for the series.
- 6/26/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Like so many business success stories, FilmRise started with a huge failure.
It was 2009, and City Lights Media, the TV production and distribution company founded and run by Danny Fisher and his brother Jack, had just gone bust. The company was nearly 30 years old and an industry staple, the producer of dozens of shows, including the Food Network hit Chopped, and home to one of the biggest postproduction operations in New York. It had more than 400 employees.
But City Lights didn’t survive the financial crash. The company was heavily leveraged, with some 15 million in debt personally guaranteed by Danny. When the world’s economy pancaked, he was forced to file for personal bankruptcy. His savings were wiped out. He was left with 1,700 in his checking account and no idea what to do next.
“I was luckier than most,” says Fisher. “My wife, Barbara, was still working as a psychologist.
It was 2009, and City Lights Media, the TV production and distribution company founded and run by Danny Fisher and his brother Jack, had just gone bust. The company was nearly 30 years old and an industry staple, the producer of dozens of shows, including the Food Network hit Chopped, and home to one of the biggest postproduction operations in New York. It had more than 400 employees.
But City Lights didn’t survive the financial crash. The company was heavily leveraged, with some 15 million in debt personally guaranteed by Danny. When the world’s economy pancaked, he was forced to file for personal bankruptcy. His savings were wiped out. He was left with 1,700 in his checking account and no idea what to do next.
“I was luckier than most,” says Fisher. “My wife, Barbara, was still working as a psychologist.
- 2/2/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Canada’s Bell Media has acquired more than 1,000 hours of content including Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen, Ex Machina and Boyhood from FilmRise.
The deal also includes movies such as Steve Carell-starring Foxcatcher and multiple factual shows like Unsolved Mysteries and Kitchen Nightmares for Canadian studio Bell’s digital channels CTV Throwback and CTV Movies.
Additional content will be added over the coming months.
The announcement was made jointly today by FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher and Justin Stockman, Vice-President, Content Development & Programming at Bell Media.
“This partnership allows us to deepen our content offering on CTV Throwback and CTV Movies, delivering more titles and more choice for viewers,” added Stockman.
The deal was brokered by Michael L. Smith of Warbun Consulting Inc.
The deal also includes movies such as Steve Carell-starring Foxcatcher and multiple factual shows like Unsolved Mysteries and Kitchen Nightmares for Canadian studio Bell’s digital channels CTV Throwback and CTV Movies.
Additional content will be added over the coming months.
The announcement was made jointly today by FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher and Justin Stockman, Vice-President, Content Development & Programming at Bell Media.
“This partnership allows us to deepen our content offering on CTV Throwback and CTV Movies, delivering more titles and more choice for viewers,” added Stockman.
The deal was brokered by Michael L. Smith of Warbun Consulting Inc.
- 6/8/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network, has acquired the North American rights to a large swath of Japanese anime titles, headlined by more than episodes of the “Yu- Gi-Oh!” franchise.
The deal with Konami Cross Media NY, part of Japan’s Konami Group, grants AVOD streaming rights for the FilmRise Streaming Network, including apps and free ad-supported TV (Fast) channels.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise is based on the manga series that inspired a trading card game played with monsters, spells, and traps, several video games, and a television series.
“This iconic Japanese property will be featured alongside other beloved anime content, on our FilmRise Anime channel a growing new destination for North American anime fans,” said Max Einhorn, FilmRise’s SVP of acquisitions and co-production.
The video streaming package includes 808 episodes of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” TV series in English, and 541 dubbed in Spanish. It includes “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters...
The deal with Konami Cross Media NY, part of Japan’s Konami Group, grants AVOD streaming rights for the FilmRise Streaming Network, including apps and free ad-supported TV (Fast) channels.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise is based on the manga series that inspired a trading card game played with monsters, spells, and traps, several video games, and a television series.
“This iconic Japanese property will be featured alongside other beloved anime content, on our FilmRise Anime channel a growing new destination for North American anime fans,” said Max Einhorn, FilmRise’s SVP of acquisitions and co-production.
The video streaming package includes 808 episodes of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” TV series in English, and 541 dubbed in Spanish. It includes “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters...
- 4/12/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
New York-based film and television studio and streaming network FilmRise has struck a production and distribution deal with Los Angeles-based Nicely Entertainment.
Under the terms of the deal, FilmRise will co-produce and exclusively distribute in the U.S. holiday-themed films “Sappy Holiday,” starring Vanessa Sears (“The Last Man”) and John McLaren (“Heartland”) and “Snowball Effect” along with two newly completed productions from Nicely – “Adeline,” starring John Schneider (“Dukes of Hazard”) and “Snapshot to Love,” starring Lexi Giovagnoli (“Christmas Lovers Anonymous”) and Benedict Mazurek (“Danger! Danger!”).
In addition, FilmRise is picking up U.S. digital distribution rights to some 20 holiday films in the Nicely library.
Along with the FilmRise Streaming Network, the new productions will be offered to a range of broadcasters and digital partner platforms. In 2021, FilmRise entered a similar deal with Reel One Entertainment, which focuses on female-lead, feel-good romance and holiday films, that included FilmRise acquiring 15 new releases,...
Under the terms of the deal, FilmRise will co-produce and exclusively distribute in the U.S. holiday-themed films “Sappy Holiday,” starring Vanessa Sears (“The Last Man”) and John McLaren (“Heartland”) and “Snowball Effect” along with two newly completed productions from Nicely – “Adeline,” starring John Schneider (“Dukes of Hazard”) and “Snapshot to Love,” starring Lexi Giovagnoli (“Christmas Lovers Anonymous”) and Benedict Mazurek (“Danger! Danger!”).
In addition, FilmRise is picking up U.S. digital distribution rights to some 20 holiday films in the Nicely library.
Along with the FilmRise Streaming Network, the new productions will be offered to a range of broadcasters and digital partner platforms. In 2021, FilmRise entered a similar deal with Reel One Entertainment, which focuses on female-lead, feel-good romance and holiday films, that included FilmRise acquiring 15 new releases,...
- 3/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: FilmRise has acquired all North American distribution rights to New Zealand drama The Justice of Bunny King, starring Essie Davis (The Babadook) and Jojo Rabbit, Last Night in Soho and The Power of the Dog actress Thomasin McKenzie.
Gaysorn Thavat’s feature film directorial debut follows the story of a mother who tries to battle her way back from the bottom to regain custody of her children. Emma Slade produced from a script by Sophie Henderson.
The film had its worldwide premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival where it received the Special Jury Mention for the Nora Ephron Award. The film was an Official Selection at the 2021 Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards where Essie Davis was nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress award.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisitions for FilmRise and Jonathan Walik,...
Gaysorn Thavat’s feature film directorial debut follows the story of a mother who tries to battle her way back from the bottom to regain custody of her children. Emma Slade produced from a script by Sophie Henderson.
The film had its worldwide premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival where it received the Special Jury Mention for the Nora Ephron Award. The film was an Official Selection at the 2021 Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards where Essie Davis was nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress award.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisitions for FilmRise and Jonathan Walik,...
- 2/1/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: New York-based distributor FilmRise has acquired North American rights to completed sci-fi romance-drama The Time Capsule, starring Todd Grinnell (Hollywoodland), Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool), Baron Vaughn (Grace And Frankie), KaDee Strickland (Private Practice) and Ravi Patel (Meet The Patels).
Erwann Marshall’s feature directorial debut, set in the near future, charts the story of a politician fresh off an electoral loss who escapes to his family’s summer lake house. His vacation is disrupted by the appearance of his first love, who has just returned from a 20-year space voyage and hasn’t aged a day.
The Landier Entertainment film was written by Chad Fifer and Erwann Marshall, produced by Amanda Marshall, and exec-produced by Michael Landier, with Dobré Films’ Ves D’Elia and Michael Klein also serving as executive producers.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisitions for FilmRise, and Charlotte Lichtman, Agent, International and Independent Film for ICM Partners.
Erwann Marshall’s feature directorial debut, set in the near future, charts the story of a politician fresh off an electoral loss who escapes to his family’s summer lake house. His vacation is disrupted by the appearance of his first love, who has just returned from a 20-year space voyage and hasn’t aged a day.
The Landier Entertainment film was written by Chad Fifer and Erwann Marshall, produced by Amanda Marshall, and exec-produced by Michael Landier, with Dobré Films’ Ves D’Elia and Michael Klein also serving as executive producers.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisitions for FilmRise, and Charlotte Lichtman, Agent, International and Independent Film for ICM Partners.
- 12/8/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Marvelous And The Black Hole’: FilmRise Picks Up North American Rights To Rhea Perlman Sundance Pic
Exclusive: FilmRise has acquired North American distribution rights to well-received Sundance and Tribeca title Marvelous And The Black Hole, starring four-time Emmy-winner Rhea Perlman (The Mindy Project) and Miya Cech (Always Be My Maybe).
The coming-of-age comedy follows the story of an unlikely bond between a young girl and an eccentric magician.
Pic was produced by Carolyn Mao and marks Kate Tsang’s feature film directorial debut. Recent festival play includes the Mill Valley Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival and the Sun Valley Film Festival.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carrol, Manager, Independent Film Acquisition, for FilmRise, and Adriana Banta, Director at 30 West.
Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise commented: “The combination of releasing Kate Tsang’s directorial debut film featuring the terrific performance of 2021 Sundance Film Festival breakout star Miya Cech opposite the masterful comic timing of Rhea Perlman in a unique coming of age comedy, was irresistible. This...
The coming-of-age comedy follows the story of an unlikely bond between a young girl and an eccentric magician.
Pic was produced by Carolyn Mao and marks Kate Tsang’s feature film directorial debut. Recent festival play includes the Mill Valley Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival and the Sun Valley Film Festival.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carrol, Manager, Independent Film Acquisition, for FilmRise, and Adriana Banta, Director at 30 West.
Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise commented: “The combination of releasing Kate Tsang’s directorial debut film featuring the terrific performance of 2021 Sundance Film Festival breakout star Miya Cech opposite the masterful comic timing of Rhea Perlman in a unique coming of age comedy, was irresistible. This...
- 11/3/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Streaming network FilmRise has acquired the digital distribution rights to over 300 different film titles from the Maverick Entertainment Library, which is known for its diverse movies targeted at African American audiences and with niche genres.
The titles in the deal include 2019’s “New Year, New Us” starring Kellen Marcus (pictured) and Courtney Gray, “Murder Gardens” starring Bertrand E. Boyd, “Love & Drugs” starring Kenny Gardner, “#Love Swag” starring Anica Barbosa and “The Lies We Tell But the Secrets We Keep” starring Anita Nicole Brown, among many others.
The deal gives the FilmRise Streaming Network AVOD, including Fast (free ad-supported streaming TV) rights, in both the US and Canada.
“We couldn’t think of a better partner to align with than Maverick Entertainment, given their leading position in providing content for Black audiences,” FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher said in a statement. “We believe their impressive collection of programming will make a great...
The titles in the deal include 2019’s “New Year, New Us” starring Kellen Marcus (pictured) and Courtney Gray, “Murder Gardens” starring Bertrand E. Boyd, “Love & Drugs” starring Kenny Gardner, “#Love Swag” starring Anica Barbosa and “The Lies We Tell But the Secrets We Keep” starring Anita Nicole Brown, among many others.
The deal gives the FilmRise Streaming Network AVOD, including Fast (free ad-supported streaming TV) rights, in both the US and Canada.
“We couldn’t think of a better partner to align with than Maverick Entertainment, given their leading position in providing content for Black audiences,” FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher said in a statement. “We believe their impressive collection of programming will make a great...
- 8/10/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: John Leguizamo (John Wick) crime movie Dark Blood has been picked up for distribution in North and South America by FilmRise.
Spanish-language film Dark Blood, directed by Colombian filmmaker Harold Trompetero (Diastole y systole: Los movimientos del Corazon), follows a father who is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners. You can check out the film’s first trailer above.
The pact was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisition at FilmRise and Priscilla Ross Smith, CEO of recently-launched France-based sales firm The Coven. The deal gives FilmRise theatrical, digital and broadcast rights in North and Sound America.
The film will have its North American premiere this September coinciding with National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Danny Fisher, President and CEO at FilmRise, stated: “John Leguizamo’s performance in...
Spanish-language film Dark Blood, directed by Colombian filmmaker Harold Trompetero (Diastole y systole: Los movimientos del Corazon), follows a father who is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners. You can check out the film’s first trailer above.
The pact was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisition at FilmRise and Priscilla Ross Smith, CEO of recently-launched France-based sales firm The Coven. The deal gives FilmRise theatrical, digital and broadcast rights in North and Sound America.
The film will have its North American premiere this September coinciding with National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Danny Fisher, President and CEO at FilmRise, stated: “John Leguizamo’s performance in...
- 6/29/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sundance and Berlin 2020 drama Surge, starring Ben Whishaw, has sold to FilmRise for North America.
Skyfall and A Very English Scandal star Whishaw leads the UK drama about a security guard at Stansted Airport crumbling under the strain of his job and the pressures of a dysfunctional family. A series of frustrations leads him to commit an impulsive act of rebellion, an act that releases a wilder side of his personality which takes him on an uninhibited journey across the British capital.
FilmRise has taken theatrical, digital and broadcast rights. The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisition at FilmRise and George Hamilton, Head of Sales at Protagonist Pictures.
Surge marks Aneil Karia’s (Top Boy) feature directorial debut. We spoke to Karia ahead of the film’s debut at Sundance.
The film had its worldwide premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where Whishaw won the...
Skyfall and A Very English Scandal star Whishaw leads the UK drama about a security guard at Stansted Airport crumbling under the strain of his job and the pressures of a dysfunctional family. A series of frustrations leads him to commit an impulsive act of rebellion, an act that releases a wilder side of his personality which takes him on an uninhibited journey across the British capital.
FilmRise has taken theatrical, digital and broadcast rights. The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisition at FilmRise and George Hamilton, Head of Sales at Protagonist Pictures.
Surge marks Aneil Karia’s (Top Boy) feature directorial debut. We spoke to Karia ahead of the film’s debut at Sundance.
The film had its worldwide premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where Whishaw won the...
- 6/8/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
PBS has acquired the domestic distribution rights to “Icon: Music Through the Lens,” a docuseries about the history of photography for rock stars and musicians through the years.
Dick Carruthers, a legendary music director who has worked with artists like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Beyonce, White Stripes, Oasis, Paul McCartney and Black Sabbath, directed and produced “Icon,” and music photographer Gered Mankowitz curated the series’ many iconic photos.
PBS plans to air the series this summer, which is in six, one-hour parts, as part of the network’s primetime lineup.
“Icon” charts the fascinating lives and often crazy experiences of music photogs, from the earliest darkrooms to the digital landscapes of the present day. The series examines famous studio portraits, record sleeves, music magazine shoots, live shows, exhibitions, social media, coffee table books and fine art to ask what makes an image iconic and discover what the future holds for music photography.
Dick Carruthers, a legendary music director who has worked with artists like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Beyonce, White Stripes, Oasis, Paul McCartney and Black Sabbath, directed and produced “Icon,” and music photographer Gered Mankowitz curated the series’ many iconic photos.
PBS plans to air the series this summer, which is in six, one-hour parts, as part of the network’s primetime lineup.
“Icon” charts the fascinating lives and often crazy experiences of music photogs, from the earliest darkrooms to the digital landscapes of the present day. The series examines famous studio portraits, record sleeves, music magazine shoots, live shows, exhibitions, social media, coffee table books and fine art to ask what makes an image iconic and discover what the future holds for music photography.
- 5/14/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: PBS has acquired U.S. domestic broadcast and digital rights to Icon: Music Through The Lens, a six-episode original series from FilmRise in partnership with Universal Music Group’s Mercury Studios.
PBS will air the one-hour episodes as part of their summer prime-time lineup, Brooklyn-based FilmRise announced today. The series explores studio portraits, record sleeves, music magazines, live shows, exhibitions, social media, coffee table books and the fine art world, and looks at the future music photography.
Musicians featured include Alice Cooper, Craig David, Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Ziggy Marley, Lars Ulrich, (Metallica), Zara Larsson, Stefflon Don and Dizzee Rascal. The show interviews photographers Jill Furmanovsky, Kevin Westenberg, Terry O’Neill, Kevin Cummins, Bob Gruen, Rachel Wright, Deborah Feingold, Baron Wolman, Neal Preston, Roger Sargent, Dean Chalkley, Tom Sheehan, Pooneh Ghana, Michael Zagaris, Danny Clinch, Rankin and Mick Rock.
FilmRise called the series “a thrill ride...
PBS will air the one-hour episodes as part of their summer prime-time lineup, Brooklyn-based FilmRise announced today. The series explores studio portraits, record sleeves, music magazines, live shows, exhibitions, social media, coffee table books and the fine art world, and looks at the future music photography.
Musicians featured include Alice Cooper, Craig David, Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Ziggy Marley, Lars Ulrich, (Metallica), Zara Larsson, Stefflon Don and Dizzee Rascal. The show interviews photographers Jill Furmanovsky, Kevin Westenberg, Terry O’Neill, Kevin Cummins, Bob Gruen, Rachel Wright, Deborah Feingold, Baron Wolman, Neal Preston, Roger Sargent, Dean Chalkley, Tom Sheehan, Pooneh Ghana, Michael Zagaris, Danny Clinch, Rankin and Mick Rock.
FilmRise called the series “a thrill ride...
- 5/13/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: New York-based distributor FilmRise has struck a deal with sales firm WaZabi Films for U.S. rights to TIFF 2020 and Berlin 2021 drama Beans.
The coming-of-age story about a twelve-year-old Mohawk girl forced to grow up fast during the 1990 Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, played at the Toronto International Film Festival — where director Tracey Deer won the TIFF Emerging Talent prize — and is an Official Selection at the Berlinale, 2021.
Deer is an Indigenous woman whose own experiences from the crisis inspired her to write the movie. Anne-Marie Gélinas of EMAFilms produces.
Cast includes Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson and Joel Montgrand. The film also played at festivals including Vancouver, Sao Paulo and Los Cabos.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisitions at FilmRise, and Anick Poirier Co-President at WaZabi Films.
Danny Fisher, FilmRise CEO commented: “Beans is a perfect addition to our library of...
The coming-of-age story about a twelve-year-old Mohawk girl forced to grow up fast during the 1990 Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, played at the Toronto International Film Festival — where director Tracey Deer won the TIFF Emerging Talent prize — and is an Official Selection at the Berlinale, 2021.
Deer is an Indigenous woman whose own experiences from the crisis inspired her to write the movie. Anne-Marie Gélinas of EMAFilms produces.
Cast includes Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson and Joel Montgrand. The film also played at festivals including Vancouver, Sao Paulo and Los Cabos.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisitions at FilmRise, and Anick Poirier Co-President at WaZabi Films.
Danny Fisher, FilmRise CEO commented: “Beans is a perfect addition to our library of...
- 3/2/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
TheGrill is pleased to welcome award-winning filmmakers Brad Bird and Antoine Fuqua, former IMAX Entertainment CEO Greg Foster, Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor, Skydance president and COO Jesse Sisgold and Warner Bros. Pictures president of international theatrical distribution Andrew Cripps for a powerhouse conversation on “The Future of Theatrical Film” at the three-day Grill conference September 22-24.
Across the world movie theaters have closed, festivals have been cancelled or postponed, film releases have moved to future dates or delayed indefinitely and film production has largely halted. While Hollywood is bracing itself for more changes due to coronavirus, industry leaders are finding new ways to adapt and think outside the box. This high-level panel of executives, experts and filmmakers will address what the future holds for the theatrical experience, and movies in general.
For over a decade, TheWrap’s Grill event series has led conversations on the convergence between entertainment, media and technology,...
Across the world movie theaters have closed, festivals have been cancelled or postponed, film releases have moved to future dates or delayed indefinitely and film production has largely halted. While Hollywood is bracing itself for more changes due to coronavirus, industry leaders are finding new ways to adapt and think outside the box. This high-level panel of executives, experts and filmmakers will address what the future holds for the theatrical experience, and movies in general.
For over a decade, TheWrap’s Grill event series has led conversations on the convergence between entertainment, media and technology,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Emily Vogel
- The Wrap
TheGrill welcomes “Kajillionaire” writer and director Miranda July for the prestigious Spotlight Conversation on Wednesday at TheGrill, TheWrap’s signature business conference held virtually from September 22-24.
July, an author and artist along with being a writer-director, will discuss her career and her latest film “Kajillionaire” starring Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins and Gina Rodriguez in a one-hour conversation with Wrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman.
“Kajillionaire” had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Focus Features on September 25. The film is about two con artists (Jenkins and Winger) who have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn, a unique fable told in July’s singular voice. The film won early laudatory reviews such as Antony Lane’s remark in The New Yorker: “July uses ‘Kajillionaire’ to present her credentials as a transcendentalist of the humdrum.”
“Kajillionaire” (Focus Features)
Previously July wrote,...
July, an author and artist along with being a writer-director, will discuss her career and her latest film “Kajillionaire” starring Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins and Gina Rodriguez in a one-hour conversation with Wrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman.
“Kajillionaire” had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Focus Features on September 25. The film is about two con artists (Jenkins and Winger) who have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn, a unique fable told in July’s singular voice. The film won early laudatory reviews such as Antony Lane’s remark in The New Yorker: “July uses ‘Kajillionaire’ to present her credentials as a transcendentalist of the humdrum.”
“Kajillionaire” (Focus Features)
Previously July wrote,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Emily Vogel
- The Wrap
TheGrill is thrilled to welcome “The Social Dilemma” writer and director Jeff Orlowski for an in-depth conversation about his new documentary exploring the human impact of technology companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter.
In addition, “Green Book” producer John Sloss, “The Irishman” producer Jane Rosenthal, WarnerMedia senior vice president of enterprise inclusion MyKhanh Shelton,”Broad City” and “Russian Doll” producer Lilly Burns, “Charm City Kings” star William Catlett,”Peanut Butter Falcon” producer Tim Zajaros and activist and producer JLove Calderón will also join the three day all virtual event September 22-24.
“The Social Dilemma” is a hybrid documentary-drama that explores the dangerous human impact of intensive social networking that is changing societies across the globe. It features tech experts who sound the alarm about the products they helped create. Orlowski will show clips from the film and discuss the implications of its themes on September 24, Day Three of TheGrill.
For over a decade,...
In addition, “Green Book” producer John Sloss, “The Irishman” producer Jane Rosenthal, WarnerMedia senior vice president of enterprise inclusion MyKhanh Shelton,”Broad City” and “Russian Doll” producer Lilly Burns, “Charm City Kings” star William Catlett,”Peanut Butter Falcon” producer Tim Zajaros and activist and producer JLove Calderón will also join the three day all virtual event September 22-24.
“The Social Dilemma” is a hybrid documentary-drama that explores the dangerous human impact of intensive social networking that is changing societies across the globe. It features tech experts who sound the alarm about the products they helped create. Orlowski will show clips from the film and discuss the implications of its themes on September 24, Day Three of TheGrill.
For over a decade,...
- 9/18/2020
- by Emily Vogel
- The Wrap
FilmRise has licensed more than 500 hours of content from Nent Studios UK, the production and distribution entity of the Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent).
Under the deal, FilmRise has acquired all digital rights, including AVOD and SVOD for the content in both the North and South American territories.
The package includes the British comedy “Peep Show,” which won a BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy; “Black Books,” which also won the BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy; and the original British version of “Shameless,” which won prizes at the BAFTA TV Awards and the British Comedy Awards.
FilmRise has also acquired the exclusive ad-supported rights to the first five seasons of “Doc Martin,” the British medical comedy drama series, and will be bringing Season 6 to platforms. The show won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Drama in 2004, and has been widely popular. Its ninth season aired last year.
“This new partnership...
Under the deal, FilmRise has acquired all digital rights, including AVOD and SVOD for the content in both the North and South American territories.
The package includes the British comedy “Peep Show,” which won a BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy; “Black Books,” which also won the BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy; and the original British version of “Shameless,” which won prizes at the BAFTA TV Awards and the British Comedy Awards.
FilmRise has also acquired the exclusive ad-supported rights to the first five seasons of “Doc Martin,” the British medical comedy drama series, and will be bringing Season 6 to platforms. The show won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Drama in 2004, and has been widely popular. Its ninth season aired last year.
“This new partnership...
- 9/18/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
FilmRise Picks Up Streaming Rights to UK’s ‘Shameless,’ Other Shows From Nent Studios UK (Exclusive)
FilmRise has signed a deal with Nent Studios UK to license 500-plus hours of content, including the original British version of the Showtime hit “Shameless” and six seasons of the beloved comedy “Doc Martin.”
Under the deal with the Nordic Entertainment Group’s production/distribution business, FilmRise will pick up North and South American digital rights, including AVOD and SVOD, for a range of shows, including “Peep Show,” the longest-running comedy in the history of the U.K.’s Channel 4 history; the BAFTA-winning comedy “Black Books” and more.
“Shameless,” a Manchester-set comedy that ran for 11 seasons in the U.K. from 2003-11, helped launch the career of a young James McAvoy and spawned a successful Showtime version set in Pittsburgh and starring William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum.
“This new partnership with Nent Studios UK is very exciting for us,” FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher said in a statement. “It...
Under the deal with the Nordic Entertainment Group’s production/distribution business, FilmRise will pick up North and South American digital rights, including AVOD and SVOD, for a range of shows, including “Peep Show,” the longest-running comedy in the history of the U.K.’s Channel 4 history; the BAFTA-winning comedy “Black Books” and more.
“Shameless,” a Manchester-set comedy that ran for 11 seasons in the U.K. from 2003-11, helped launch the career of a young James McAvoy and spawned a successful Showtime version set in Pittsburgh and starring William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum.
“This new partnership with Nent Studios UK is very exciting for us,” FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher said in a statement. “It...
- 9/17/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
TheGrill is pleased to welcome top streaming executives from Sony, Roku, Pluto TV, Xumo and FimRise to explore how the streaming revolution has transformed the way content is created, distributed and consumed at this year’s three-day, all-virtual conference from Sept. 22-24.
FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher, Sony Pictures Television president of worldwide networks and distribution Keith Le Goy, Roku vice president of programming Rob Holmes, Pluto TV’s senior vice president of content strategy and global partnerships Amy Kuessner and Xumo CEO Colin Petrie-Norris will discuss the latest trends and opportunities in streaming.
For over a decade, TheWrap’s Grill event series has led conversations on the convergence between entertainment, media and technology, bringing together newsmakers to debate the challenges and opportunities facing content in the digital age.
TheWrap has created a digital-first experience for TheGrill 2020. This year’s event will focus on the future of theatrical, streaming revolution, building...
FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher, Sony Pictures Television president of worldwide networks and distribution Keith Le Goy, Roku vice president of programming Rob Holmes, Pluto TV’s senior vice president of content strategy and global partnerships Amy Kuessner and Xumo CEO Colin Petrie-Norris will discuss the latest trends and opportunities in streaming.
For over a decade, TheWrap’s Grill event series has led conversations on the convergence between entertainment, media and technology, bringing together newsmakers to debate the challenges and opportunities facing content in the digital age.
TheWrap has created a digital-first experience for TheGrill 2020. This year’s event will focus on the future of theatrical, streaming revolution, building...
- 9/15/2020
- by Emily Vogel
- The Wrap
Film and television studio and independent AVOD streamer FilmRise has acquired exclusive North American theatrical and digital rights to award-winning feature documentary “Deep In Vogue.”
Voguing is a stylized dance form that originated in the late 1980s that harks back to the Harlem ballrooms of the 1960s. Interestingly, it has enjoyed renewed popularity in the north of England, spawning a movement known as Northern Vogue. Dancers from the north have formed ‘Houses’ that are as much about being a support group as they are about dance, with dedicated ‘House Mothers’ leading these houses.
“Deep in Vogue” celebrates the colorful, queer, emotional and political stories of Northern Vogue and its people. Over the course of a year, filmmakers Dennis Keighron-Foster and Amy Watson developed a relationship with the House Mothers and their members and charted the build-up to the Manchester Icons Vogue Ball featuring The House of Suarez, The House of Decay,...
Voguing is a stylized dance form that originated in the late 1980s that harks back to the Harlem ballrooms of the 1960s. Interestingly, it has enjoyed renewed popularity in the north of England, spawning a movement known as Northern Vogue. Dancers from the north have formed ‘Houses’ that are as much about being a support group as they are about dance, with dedicated ‘House Mothers’ leading these houses.
“Deep in Vogue” celebrates the colorful, queer, emotional and political stories of Northern Vogue and its people. Over the course of a year, filmmakers Dennis Keighron-Foster and Amy Watson developed a relationship with the House Mothers and their members and charted the build-up to the Manchester Icons Vogue Ball featuring The House of Suarez, The House of Decay,...
- 9/15/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
FilmRise, the New York-based film and TV distribution company and streaming network, has acquired Sabrina Van Tassel’s timely social justice documentary “The State of Texas vs. Melissa,” which premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.
FilmRise picked up the theatrical and digital rights to the documentary for North America, the U.K. and Ireland.
Set in the heart of the Latino community of South Texas, the compelling film explores the life and trials of Melissa Lucio, the first Hispanic woman in Texas sentenced to death row. The film takes a look at Lucio’s broken and abusive childhood and her adult life plagued by poverty and prejudice.
“Sabrina Van Tassel’s powerful documentary raises important questions about our criminal justice system and how it treats vulnerable members of our society,” said Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise.
“We are proud to add this film to our diverse library of documentaries about our criminal justice system,...
FilmRise picked up the theatrical and digital rights to the documentary for North America, the U.K. and Ireland.
Set in the heart of the Latino community of South Texas, the compelling film explores the life and trials of Melissa Lucio, the first Hispanic woman in Texas sentenced to death row. The film takes a look at Lucio’s broken and abusive childhood and her adult life plagued by poverty and prejudice.
“Sabrina Van Tassel’s powerful documentary raises important questions about our criminal justice system and how it treats vulnerable members of our society,” said Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise.
“We are proud to add this film to our diverse library of documentaries about our criminal justice system,...
- 8/19/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: FilmRise, the Brooklyn-based film and TV distributor, is launching its first original production, forensic investigative series Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace with Peninsula Television in partnership with Sky Studios.
Genesis TV will syndicate the 20-episode series, which features criminal investigations using familial DNA. It will premiere nationwide Oct. 3 on stations reaching nearly 90% of the country followed by a roll out on streaming platforms in 2021.
FilmRise is heavily into true crime, distributing the original Robert Stack-hosted Unsolved Mysteries, and Forensic Files, one of its first major acquisitions, to streamers. The company’s CEO Danny Fisher called the genre “a space whose audience we understand well.”
Its new series will unpack cold case murder investigations solved through Familial DNA Search, a growing branch of forensics where detectives trace an unknown criminal through a relative’s DNA. It was used to find the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr.
Genesis TV will syndicate the 20-episode series, which features criminal investigations using familial DNA. It will premiere nationwide Oct. 3 on stations reaching nearly 90% of the country followed by a roll out on streaming platforms in 2021.
FilmRise is heavily into true crime, distributing the original Robert Stack-hosted Unsolved Mysteries, and Forensic Files, one of its first major acquisitions, to streamers. The company’s CEO Danny Fisher called the genre “a space whose audience we understand well.”
Its new series will unpack cold case murder investigations solved through Familial DNA Search, a growing branch of forensics where detectives trace an unknown criminal through a relative’s DNA. It was used to find the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr.
- 8/14/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
FilmRise has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Short History of the Long Road,” featuring singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter in her first lead role in a feature film, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
Danny Trejo, Steven Ogg and Maggie Siff also star in the film that is set for a theatrical release on May 15. Ani Simon-Kennedy wrote and directed the feature. Simon-Kennedy was the winner of the Special Jury Mention Best Screenplay Award at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
“The Short History of the Long Road” stars Carpenter as Nola, a teenager who grew up living out of a van with her father. When tragedy strikes, she must come to terms with the fact that living life as an outsider might not be her only choice, and she must integrate into a society she’s never known.
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Danny Trejo, Steven Ogg and Maggie Siff also star in the film that is set for a theatrical release on May 15. Ani Simon-Kennedy wrote and directed the feature. Simon-Kennedy was the winner of the Special Jury Mention Best Screenplay Award at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
“The Short History of the Long Road” stars Carpenter as Nola, a teenager who grew up living out of a van with her father. When tragedy strikes, she must come to terms with the fact that living life as an outsider might not be her only choice, and she must integrate into a society she’s never known.
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- 2/18/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
In today’s film news roundup, Oscar Isaac boards “The Great Machine,” Keira Knightley joins “Silent Night” and “The Dog Doc” finds a home. Castings
Legendary has closed a deal for Oscar Isaac to star in and produce superhero saga “The Great Machine.”
The project is based on Brian K. Vaughan’s comic book series “Ex Machina” with artist Tony Harris. Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel are set to adapt the story. Isaac will produce alongside his longtime manager Jason Spire. Vaughan will also produce.
“Ex Machina” charts the exploits of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who after a mysterious accident gains powers making him the world’s first and only superhero. In the wake of his actions during 9/11 he is elected mayor of New York City, turning his back on life as a masked vigilante. But his political career is threatened when the source of his powers returns to claim its debt.
Legendary has closed a deal for Oscar Isaac to star in and produce superhero saga “The Great Machine.”
The project is based on Brian K. Vaughan’s comic book series “Ex Machina” with artist Tony Harris. Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel are set to adapt the story. Isaac will produce alongside his longtime manager Jason Spire. Vaughan will also produce.
“Ex Machina” charts the exploits of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who after a mysterious accident gains powers making him the world’s first and only superhero. In the wake of his actions during 9/11 he is elected mayor of New York City, turning his back on life as a masked vigilante. But his political career is threatened when the source of his powers returns to claim its debt.
- 1/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The New York-based TV and film distributor FilmRise has acquired the U.S. rights to Cindy Meehl’s feature documentary “The Dog Doc” about the innovative and unconventional veterinarian Dr. Marty Goldstein, it was announced Wednesday by FilmRise CEO Danny Fisher.
Dr. Goldstein, who has been called everything from a maverick to a miracle-worker to a quack, runs a clinic in South Salem, New York, that has made him and his staff famous for their integrative and even holistic approaches to pet health issues.
Meehl, who directed the 2011 documentary “Buck,” directed the documentary film that debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. FilmRise will release “The Dog Doc” theatrically in select markets in March followed by a national theatrical and theatrical-on-demand rollout.
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“This documentary will no doubt have audiences...
Dr. Goldstein, who has been called everything from a maverick to a miracle-worker to a quack, runs a clinic in South Salem, New York, that has made him and his staff famous for their integrative and even holistic approaches to pet health issues.
Meehl, who directed the 2011 documentary “Buck,” directed the documentary film that debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. FilmRise will release “The Dog Doc” theatrically in select markets in March followed by a national theatrical and theatrical-on-demand rollout.
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“This documentary will no doubt have audiences...
- 1/15/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: FilmRise has picked up North American rights to Independent Spirit nominee Driveways, starring Hong Chau (Downsizing), Lucas Jaye (Fuller House), Brian Dennehy (Cocoon) and Christine Ebersole (The Wolf Of Wall Street).
The film follows the friendship struck between a young boy in a new neighborhood and a reclusive 83-year-old neighbor. Directed by Andrew Ahn (Spa Night), the film garnered Indie Spirit noms for actress Hong Chau, and Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen for best first screenplay.
Pic is produced by Joe Pirro, James Schamus, Nicolaas Bertelsen, Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler. FilmRise has slated the film for release in spring 2020. We revealed first footage of the film earlier this year.
Bob Jason, Vice-President, FilmRise and Rachel Swearingen, Manager of Acquisitions, FilmRise, negotiated the deal with Peter Trinh of ICM.
Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise, stated, “Andrew Ahn’s second feature film is a wonderful follow up to his John Cassavetes award-winning debut,...
The film follows the friendship struck between a young boy in a new neighborhood and a reclusive 83-year-old neighbor. Directed by Andrew Ahn (Spa Night), the film garnered Indie Spirit noms for actress Hong Chau, and Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen for best first screenplay.
Pic is produced by Joe Pirro, James Schamus, Nicolaas Bertelsen, Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler. FilmRise has slated the film for release in spring 2020. We revealed first footage of the film earlier this year.
Bob Jason, Vice-President, FilmRise and Rachel Swearingen, Manager of Acquisitions, FilmRise, negotiated the deal with Peter Trinh of ICM.
Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise, stated, “Andrew Ahn’s second feature film is a wonderful follow up to his John Cassavetes award-winning debut,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Sokol Jun 12, 2019
Sylvia Miles was the original Sally on the Dick van Dyke Show, and a fixture of New York's entertainment world.
Iconic New York stage and screen scene-stealer Sylvia Miles died at age 94, according to Variety. Miles created a string of incredibly memorable, very New York characters, often with very little screen time. She was on the screen for six minutes in Midnight Cowboy (1969), about five and a half minutes in Farewell, My Lovely (1975), and she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for both. She only sold two apartments in Wall Street and its sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Miles had three short scenes selling Amy Irving to the pickle guy in Crossing Delancey.
Her starring role in Andy Warhol's Heat, is no less memorable, though criminally under-watched. A take on the classic Sunset Boulevard, as if any of Warhol's movies weren't, Miles played the Gloria Swanson...
Sylvia Miles was the original Sally on the Dick van Dyke Show, and a fixture of New York's entertainment world.
Iconic New York stage and screen scene-stealer Sylvia Miles died at age 94, according to Variety. Miles created a string of incredibly memorable, very New York characters, often with very little screen time. She was on the screen for six minutes in Midnight Cowboy (1969), about five and a half minutes in Farewell, My Lovely (1975), and she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for both. She only sold two apartments in Wall Street and its sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Miles had three short scenes selling Amy Irving to the pickle guy in Crossing Delancey.
Her starring role in Andy Warhol's Heat, is no less memorable, though criminally under-watched. A take on the classic Sunset Boulevard, as if any of Warhol's movies weren't, Miles played the Gloria Swanson...
- 6/13/2019
- Den of Geek
Classic episodes of “Roseanne” and “3rd Rock From the Sun” are heading to Stirr, Sinclair’s recently launched vMVPD service, the network announced Tuesday morning.
The additions are part of a larger deal between Sinclair and FilmRise, which will see several titles from FilmRise’s content library stream on Stirr, including “Unsolved Mysteries” and “21 Jump Street.” The content will be featured on Stirr’s Channel 1 local news platform between its live news segments and will also be available on-demand on a FilmRise branded hub page within the service.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country,” Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise, said in a statement. “Their priority is aligned with ours — for audiences to watch a deep selection of on-demand programming in an easy, convenient and free way.”
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The additions are part of a larger deal between Sinclair and FilmRise, which will see several titles from FilmRise’s content library stream on Stirr, including “Unsolved Mysteries” and “21 Jump Street.” The content will be featured on Stirr’s Channel 1 local news platform between its live news segments and will also be available on-demand on a FilmRise branded hub page within the service.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country,” Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise, said in a statement. “Their priority is aligned with ours — for audiences to watch a deep selection of on-demand programming in an easy, convenient and free way.”
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- 4/9/2019
- by Matt Lopez
- The Wrap
Endemol Shine North America is teaming with Michael Strahan’s Smac Entertainment to develop a new U.S. version of global game show The Money Drop.
Strahan, the former NFL standout who is co-host of Good Morning America, will serve as an executive producer. Endemol Shine North America and Smac announced at Natpe that they are exploring potential primetime and daytime opportunities, including national syndication, for the series.
Created by Endemol Shine UK’s Remarkable Television, the format originally titled The Million Pound Drop Live has been locally produced in 54 different global territories. In the UK, where a second series currently airs as The £100K Money Drop, a five-day-a-week strip on Channel 4.
“We are thrilled to partner with Michael and the team at Smac Entertainment to develop an all-new version of ‘The Money Drop’ for an American audience,” says Michael Weinberg, Executive Vice President, Syndication, Endemol Shine North America.
Strahan, the former NFL standout who is co-host of Good Morning America, will serve as an executive producer. Endemol Shine North America and Smac announced at Natpe that they are exploring potential primetime and daytime opportunities, including national syndication, for the series.
Created by Endemol Shine UK’s Remarkable Television, the format originally titled The Million Pound Drop Live has been locally produced in 54 different global territories. In the UK, where a second series currently airs as The £100K Money Drop, a five-day-a-week strip on Channel 4.
“We are thrilled to partner with Michael and the team at Smac Entertainment to develop an all-new version of ‘The Money Drop’ for an American audience,” says Michael Weinberg, Executive Vice President, Syndication, Endemol Shine North America.
- 1/22/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has acquired U.S. rights to “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” the Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise, announced Monday.
Based on the Ya novel by Emily Danforth, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” follows Cameron (Chloe Grace Moretz), as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught making out with another girl on prom night. Run by the austere Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.) — who is an example of how those in the program can be “cured” — the center is built upon repenting for “same sex attraction.”
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In the face of intolerance and denial, Cameron meets a group of fellow “sinners,” including the amputee stoner Jane (Sasha Lane) and her...
Based on the Ya novel by Emily Danforth, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” follows Cameron (Chloe Grace Moretz), as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught making out with another girl on prom night. Run by the austere Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.) — who is an example of how those in the program can be “cured” — the center is built upon repenting for “same sex attraction.”
Also Read: Chloe Grace Moretz Lived in Summer Camp While Filming 'Miseducation of Cameron Post': 'It Was Method' (Video)
In the face of intolerance and denial, Cameron meets a group of fellow “sinners,” including the amputee stoner Jane (Sasha Lane) and her...
- 1/22/2019
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Sundance filmmakers should prepare for a streaming reality without buffering. Sales agents are telling their clients that Amazon Video Direct is not expected to offer its Film Festival Stars program at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Open to official selections at major festivals, the two-year-old Ffs offered cash bonuses and preferential royalty rates for filmmakers to self-distribute their films on Amazon Prime.
According to multiple sources, Amazon has put Ffs on hiatus as the company takes a hard look at its future. Distribution partners, sales agents, and the festival itself has not heard from Amazon Video Direct in months, most telling IndieWire they would be “shocked” if the Ffs deal returned for Sundance.
When “streaming platform” entered the filmmaker vocabulary just a few years ago, it sounded like an indie godsend — a way to ensure that virtually any film could find an audience, if not a buyer. However, the...
According to multiple sources, Amazon has put Ffs on hiatus as the company takes a hard look at its future. Distribution partners, sales agents, and the festival itself has not heard from Amazon Video Direct in months, most telling IndieWire they would be “shocked” if the Ffs deal returned for Sundance.
When “streaming platform” entered the filmmaker vocabulary just a few years ago, it sounded like an indie godsend — a way to ensure that virtually any film could find an audience, if not a buyer. However, the...
- 1/4/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
FilmRise’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post bowed to solid numbers in two New York locations over the weekend, grossing $53K. Directed by Desiree Akhavan and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, the Sundance Film Festival dramatic prize-winner averaged $26,500. Well Go USA opened Korean action-fantasy Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days in 48 theaters, taking in $329K for a $6,854 average, while A24 teen drama Never Goin’ Back came up short with a $10,044 launch from two runs. The company’s fellow teen feature, Eighth Grade, however, went over a thousand theaters in its fourth outing, taking in $2.87M in the three-day. Last weekend’s per theater average topper, Scotty And The Secret History of Hollywood from Greenwich Entertainment, opened New York and added locations in L.A. in its second frame, grossing $43,259. Sony Pictures Classics added runs for Marc Turtletaub’s Puzzle in its second weekend, grossing $128,598 for an $8K average, while...
- 8/5/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
“Roseanne” has been scrubbed from ABC’s website and apps, as well as Viacom’s cable networks and Hulu — but the full run of the original series is still available from several digital services.
ABC on Tuesday quickly axed “Roseanne” in response to star Roseanne Barr’s racist comment on Twitter about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett. A few hours later came word that Hulu and Viacom’s TV Land, Cmt and Paramount Network were pulling reruns of the original nine seasons of the sitcom.
However, all episodes of the classic “Roseanne” series, which aired from 1988-97, remain available on Amazon Prime Video. The ecommerce giant began streaming the show last summer, distributed through Amazon’s Video Direct program by FilmRise (which licensed distribution rights to the original nine seasons of the TV series from Carsey-Werner Co.).
In addition, FilmRise plans to continue to make all original seasons of “Roseanne” available on the FilmRise free,...
ABC on Tuesday quickly axed “Roseanne” in response to star Roseanne Barr’s racist comment on Twitter about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett. A few hours later came word that Hulu and Viacom’s TV Land, Cmt and Paramount Network were pulling reruns of the original nine seasons of the sitcom.
However, all episodes of the classic “Roseanne” series, which aired from 1988-97, remain available on Amazon Prime Video. The ecommerce giant began streaming the show last summer, distributed through Amazon’s Video Direct program by FilmRise (which licensed distribution rights to the original nine seasons of the TV series from Carsey-Werner Co.).
In addition, FilmRise plans to continue to make all original seasons of “Roseanne” available on the FilmRise free,...
- 6/1/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
FilmRise has announced that it has acquired exclusive North American distribution rights to Desiree Akhavan’s coming-of-age film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it went on to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. FilmRise will release the film later this summer. Directed by Desiree Akhavan and adapted for the screen by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele, the film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, and Jennifer Ehle.
The drama is based on the Emily M. Danforth novel of the same name and follows the eponymous Cameron Post (Moretz) after she is caught engaging in sexual activity with her best female friend on prom night. Sent off to a gay conversion therapy center, Cameron must contend with the camp’s two very different heads — the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh (Ehle) and her brother Reverend Rick (Gallagher Jr.
The drama is based on the Emily M. Danforth novel of the same name and follows the eponymous Cameron Post (Moretz) after she is caught engaging in sexual activity with her best female friend on prom night. Sent off to a gay conversion therapy center, Cameron must contend with the camp’s two very different heads — the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh (Ehle) and her brother Reverend Rick (Gallagher Jr.
- 3/23/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Gay conversion therapy drama won U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
FilmRise has acquired North American rights to Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post and will release theatrically this summer.
The film, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, and Jennifer Ehle, was awarded the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in January.
The feature is based on Emily M. Danforth’s novel of the same title, and follows teenager Cameron Post through her experience at a gay conversion therapy centre.
Adapted for the screen by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele,...
FilmRise has acquired North American rights to Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post and will release theatrically this summer.
The film, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, John Gallagher Jr., Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, and Jennifer Ehle, was awarded the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in January.
The feature is based on Emily M. Danforth’s novel of the same title, and follows teenager Cameron Post through her experience at a gay conversion therapy centre.
Adapted for the screen by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele,...
- 3/23/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
FilmRise — the film and TV distribution company founded by veteran producer/financiers Danny Fisher, Jack Fisher and Alan Klingenstein in 2010 — on Wednesday announced that it has raised an additional $50 million in financing, bringing the capital it has raised to date for the acquisition of film and TV titles to $110 million.
Arena Investors led the investor group behind the newest round of financing. The deal was negotiated by FilmRise CEO Fisher and CFO Goetz Grossman and Arena Investors managing director John Eck.
“We are thrilled to continue our aggressive acquisition strategy through our relationship with Arena Investors,...
Arena Investors led the investor group behind the newest round of financing. The deal was negotiated by FilmRise CEO Fisher and CFO Goetz Grossman and Arena Investors managing director John Eck.
“We are thrilled to continue our aggressive acquisition strategy through our relationship with Arena Investors,...
- 9/6/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Netflix has acquired the worldwide Svod rights to Drake Doremus’ “Newness,” Deadline reports. The film stars Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa as a couple in contemporary Los Angeles navigating the world of online dating and social media–driven hookup culture. The film was a last-minute addition to the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and co-stars Matthew Gray Gubler, Courtney Eaton, Danny Huston and Courtney Eaton. Netflix acquired the rights in a reported seven-figure deal.
– Gravitas Ventures has acquired writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s second feature film, “Abundant Acreage Available.” The film premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenplay Award in the U.S. Narrative Competition. The film focuses on siblings Tracy (Amy Ryan) and Jesse...
– Netflix has acquired the worldwide Svod rights to Drake Doremus’ “Newness,” Deadline reports. The film stars Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa as a couple in contemporary Los Angeles navigating the world of online dating and social media–driven hookup culture. The film was a last-minute addition to the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and co-stars Matthew Gray Gubler, Courtney Eaton, Danny Huston and Courtney Eaton. Netflix acquired the rights in a reported seven-figure deal.
– Gravitas Ventures has acquired writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s second feature film, “Abundant Acreage Available.” The film premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenplay Award in the U.S. Narrative Competition. The film focuses on siblings Tracy (Amy Ryan) and Jesse...
- 6/16/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Film to screen on June 5 in New York to commemorate Pride Month.
Brooklyn-based film and TV distributor FilmRise has acquired worldwide rights to Julie Sokolow’s documentary Woman On Fire.
The film premiered at the 2016 Doc NYC Film Festival and centres on Brooke Guinan, New York City’s first openly transgender firefighter.
Guinan’s father and grandfather served as New York firefighters, yet she experiences obstacles in her career in what remains a male-dominated profession.
Woman On Fire will screen to the public on June 5 at Bam Rose Cinemas in partnership with Brooklyn Pride. Guinan will be honoured as a Grand Marshal at this year’s Lgbt Pride March in New York on June 25.
Danny Yourd produced the documentary and Michael Killen, Kathy Dziubek, and Jim Kreitzburg of production company Animal Inc served as executive producers.
“We feel privileged to be able to share Brooke Guinan’s remarkable story of strength and resilience,” FilmRise CEO [link...
Brooklyn-based film and TV distributor FilmRise has acquired worldwide rights to Julie Sokolow’s documentary Woman On Fire.
The film premiered at the 2016 Doc NYC Film Festival and centres on Brooke Guinan, New York City’s first openly transgender firefighter.
Guinan’s father and grandfather served as New York firefighters, yet she experiences obstacles in her career in what remains a male-dominated profession.
Woman On Fire will screen to the public on June 5 at Bam Rose Cinemas in partnership with Brooklyn Pride. Guinan will be honoured as a Grand Marshal at this year’s Lgbt Pride March in New York on June 25.
Danny Yourd produced the documentary and Michael Killen, Kathy Dziubek, and Jim Kreitzburg of production company Animal Inc served as executive producers.
“We feel privileged to be able to share Brooke Guinan’s remarkable story of strength and resilience,” FilmRise CEO [link...
- 6/2/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Motherland premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and screened at the 2017 Berlinale.
Brooklyn-based film and TV distributor FilmRise has acquired exclusive North American distribution rights to Ramona S. Diaz’s documentary Motherland from London-based sales and distribution company Dogwoof.
FilmRise plans a theatrical release for this summer via The Film Collaborative, while it will have its television premiere on PBS’s Pov series this autumn.
Motherland takes place in one of the world’s largest and busiest maternity hospitals in the Philippines. Diaz follows three women as they navigate through the severe conditions of giving birth there, from jam-packed delivery rooms to overflowing corridors where babies are misplaced and then found.
The documentary had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where Diaz won the world cinema documentary special jury award for commanding vision. The film went on to screen at the 2017 Berlinale in the specialty Forum section.
The film will also be available to stream...
Brooklyn-based film and TV distributor FilmRise has acquired exclusive North American distribution rights to Ramona S. Diaz’s documentary Motherland from London-based sales and distribution company Dogwoof.
FilmRise plans a theatrical release for this summer via The Film Collaborative, while it will have its television premiere on PBS’s Pov series this autumn.
Motherland takes place in one of the world’s largest and busiest maternity hospitals in the Philippines. Diaz follows three women as they navigate through the severe conditions of giving birth there, from jam-packed delivery rooms to overflowing corridors where babies are misplaced and then found.
The documentary had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where Diaz won the world cinema documentary special jury award for commanding vision. The film went on to screen at the 2017 Berlinale in the specialty Forum section.
The film will also be available to stream...
- 5/30/2017
- ScreenDaily
The Cannes Film Festival — impossibly glamorous, unapologetically auteurist — is the world’s most aspirational film festival. And this week, it’s hosting filmmakers like Bong Joon Ho and Noah Baumbach as they premiere films that will skip theaters entirely in favor of a Netflix premiere. So, for those up-and-coming filmmakers who aspire: Is it time to exchange dreams of the big screen in favor of the red logo?
It’s not a simple question; to pose it suggests cinephile disloyalty. However, the increasing artistic acceptance of Netflix, along with its overwhelming ubiquity, means that independent filmmakers owe it to themselves to consider the facts on all sides.
Read More: Cannes 2017 – Will Smith Clashes With Pedro Almodóvar Over Netflix
How Are Netflix and Amazon Affecting My Distribution Options?
Even if a filmmaker swears undying loyalty to theatrical distribution, subscription-based VOD like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu already control the game. While Svod platforms may offer equal access,...
It’s not a simple question; to pose it suggests cinephile disloyalty. However, the increasing artistic acceptance of Netflix, along with its overwhelming ubiquity, means that independent filmmakers owe it to themselves to consider the facts on all sides.
Read More: Cannes 2017 – Will Smith Clashes With Pedro Almodóvar Over Netflix
How Are Netflix and Amazon Affecting My Distribution Options?
Even if a filmmaker swears undying loyalty to theatrical distribution, subscription-based VOD like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu already control the game. While Svod platforms may offer equal access,...
- 5/24/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Altitude handles international sales. Altitude Film Distribution to release in UK.
FilmRise has acquired North American rights to Marc Meyers’ My Friend Dahmer. The Ibid Filmworks and Aperture Entertainment production is slated for an autumn release.
Altitude Films Sales is handling international sales, and Altitude Film Distribution has taken UK rights with plans for a theatrical release.
The film premiered in Tribeca last month and tells the true story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer during his time in high school, based on real-life classmate Derf Backderf’s graphic novel.
Dahmer is portrayed as an awkward teenager who collects roadkill and has an unstable family life. He fixates on a neighbourhood jogger who routinely passes by his house. By the start of senior year, he acts out, throwing epileptic-like fits in the halls.
His goofball antics win over a group of nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club headed by Backderf. This camaraderie...
FilmRise has acquired North American rights to Marc Meyers’ My Friend Dahmer. The Ibid Filmworks and Aperture Entertainment production is slated for an autumn release.
Altitude Films Sales is handling international sales, and Altitude Film Distribution has taken UK rights with plans for a theatrical release.
The film premiered in Tribeca last month and tells the true story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer during his time in high school, based on real-life classmate Derf Backderf’s graphic novel.
Dahmer is portrayed as an awkward teenager who collects roadkill and has an unstable family life. He fixates on a neighbourhood jogger who routinely passes by his house. By the start of senior year, he acts out, throwing epileptic-like fits in the halls.
His goofball antics win over a group of nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club headed by Backderf. This camaraderie...
- 5/15/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The film premiered at Berlin earlier this year and also won two awards at Ankara.
German sales outfit M-Appeal has closed a North American deal for its topical Turkish psychological thriller Inflame (Kaygı) with FilmRise.
Inflame is the feature debut of Turkish female filmmaker Ceylan Özgün Özçelik. The film, described in Screen International’s review as “casting its lot defiantly with the liberal, free-speech minority in Erdogan’s Turkey,” was a premiere in Berlin earlier this year.
The film recently received two awards at the Ankara Film Festival - a special jury prize and best art director award. This follows on from its Turkish premiere in competition at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
The film’s main character is a news channel employee who has been having the same nightmare for quite some time. Through recurring nightmares, a question creeps into her mind: Is it possible that her parents were not killed in a traffic accident...
German sales outfit M-Appeal has closed a North American deal for its topical Turkish psychological thriller Inflame (Kaygı) with FilmRise.
Inflame is the feature debut of Turkish female filmmaker Ceylan Özgün Özçelik. The film, described in Screen International’s review as “casting its lot defiantly with the liberal, free-speech minority in Erdogan’s Turkey,” was a premiere in Berlin earlier this year.
The film recently received two awards at the Ankara Film Festival - a special jury prize and best art director award. This follows on from its Turkish premiere in competition at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
The film’s main character is a news channel employee who has been having the same nightmare for quite some time. Through recurring nightmares, a question creeps into her mind: Is it possible that her parents were not killed in a traffic accident...
- 5/8/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
PBS series Independent Lens takes Us broadcast rights.
FilmRise has added recent SXSW world premiere I Am Another You to its distribution pipeline following a North American deal with Submarine.
Nanfu Wang’s follow-up to Hooligan Sparrow profiles the life and mysterious history of a drifter Wang meets in the Us.
I Am Another You won the SXSW special jury award for excellence in documentary storytelling and the SXSW Luna Chicken & Egg Award, a special prize for the best documentary directed by a woman.
The film will get a theatrical release in late 2017 and air on Independent Lens in early 2018.
It will also be available to stream next year on Amazon Prime Video after FilmRise opted in to Amazon Video Direct’s Film Festival Stars programme to provide a distribution channel for festival selections.
I Am Another You is a Little Horse Crossing the River Production in association with Hard Working Movies. Wang and [link...
FilmRise has added recent SXSW world premiere I Am Another You to its distribution pipeline following a North American deal with Submarine.
Nanfu Wang’s follow-up to Hooligan Sparrow profiles the life and mysterious history of a drifter Wang meets in the Us.
I Am Another You won the SXSW special jury award for excellence in documentary storytelling and the SXSW Luna Chicken & Egg Award, a special prize for the best documentary directed by a woman.
The film will get a theatrical release in late 2017 and air on Independent Lens in early 2018.
It will also be available to stream next year on Amazon Prime Video after FilmRise opted in to Amazon Video Direct’s Film Festival Stars programme to provide a distribution channel for festival selections.
I Am Another You is a Little Horse Crossing the River Production in association with Hard Working Movies. Wang and [link...
- 4/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Both South American titles premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
The distributor has picked up North American rights to Ernesto Contreras’ I Dream In Another Language.
Contreras’ film won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this year’s festival in Park City last month.
FilmRise plans a mid-year theatrical release for the story about a researcher who tracks down the feuding and last-surviving speakers of an indigenous language.
CEO Danny Fisher and vice-president of acquisitions Max Einhorn negotiated with Mundial’s Cristina Garza.
The same parties brokered the North American theatrical deal on Don’t Swallow My Heart,
Alligator Girl!, a Romeo And Juliet story about young love on the Brazil-Paraguay border that screened in Generation 14plus at the Berlinale recently.
Felipe Bragança’s drama will be available to stream later this year on Amazon Prime Video after FilmRise opted in to Amazon Video Direct’s Film Festival Stars programme to establish a platform...
The distributor has picked up North American rights to Ernesto Contreras’ I Dream In Another Language.
Contreras’ film won the audience award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this year’s festival in Park City last month.
FilmRise plans a mid-year theatrical release for the story about a researcher who tracks down the feuding and last-surviving speakers of an indigenous language.
CEO Danny Fisher and vice-president of acquisitions Max Einhorn negotiated with Mundial’s Cristina Garza.
The same parties brokered the North American theatrical deal on Don’t Swallow My Heart,
Alligator Girl!, a Romeo And Juliet story about young love on the Brazil-Paraguay border that screened in Generation 14plus at the Berlinale recently.
Felipe Bragança’s drama will be available to stream later this year on Amazon Prime Video after FilmRise opted in to Amazon Video Direct’s Film Festival Stars programme to establish a platform...
- 2/21/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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