European producers to trial AI software aimed at enhancing outcomes for features at script, rough-cut and fine cut stages.
The Paris-based European Producers Club (Epc) and Swiss artificial intelligence start-up Largo have pacted on an experiment to trial how artificial intelligence technology could be applied to European independent film productions, to support their development, financing and distribution.
“The studios have been using AI for a while but the technology has yet to be widely explored by Europe’s independent film production scene,” explained Alexandra Lebret, managing director of the Epc which gathers some 100 top producers from across Europe.
Under the initiative,...
The Paris-based European Producers Club (Epc) and Swiss artificial intelligence start-up Largo have pacted on an experiment to trial how artificial intelligence technology could be applied to European independent film productions, to support their development, financing and distribution.
“The studios have been using AI for a while but the technology has yet to be widely explored by Europe’s independent film production scene,” explained Alexandra Lebret, managing director of the Epc which gathers some 100 top producers from across Europe.
Under the initiative,...
- 2/24/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Alliance for Development projects include Isis thriller and comic book story.
The Locarno Industry Days’ Alliance for Development wrapped its third edition today with a handful of potential co-productions catching the eye.
The initiative aims to help foster development and co-production between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland with projects backed by European funds including France’s Cnc, Italy’s MiBACT and Germany’s Ffa.
Among the nine projects in the programme this year was Gigi Roccati’s (Babylon Sisters) Isis-themed thriller My Kin, which has been boarded in Locarno by Belgian producer Hubert Toint (Gangsters).
Italy’s Pilar Saavedra is the main producer alongside Antoine de Clermont Tonnere of MacT productions in France. The team is aiming for a 2019 shoot on the project, which is in the €2m range.
Also catching the eye was romantic-comedy Comic Book Souls, the project with the biggest estimated budget (€4.5m), about a young man who finds life inspiration through his passion...
The Locarno Industry Days’ Alliance for Development wrapped its third edition today with a handful of potential co-productions catching the eye.
The initiative aims to help foster development and co-production between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland with projects backed by European funds including France’s Cnc, Italy’s MiBACT and Germany’s Ffa.
Among the nine projects in the programme this year was Gigi Roccati’s (Babylon Sisters) Isis-themed thriller My Kin, which has been boarded in Locarno by Belgian producer Hubert Toint (Gangsters).
Italy’s Pilar Saavedra is the main producer alongside Antoine de Clermont Tonnere of MacT productions in France. The team is aiming for a 2019 shoot on the project, which is in the €2m range.
Also catching the eye was romantic-comedy Comic Book Souls, the project with the biggest estimated budget (€4.5m), about a young man who finds life inspiration through his passion...
- 8/6/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Northern Soul sub-distributor boards drama following the true story of Irish artist Eileen Gray.
Distribution outfit Munro Films - the company which sub-distributed Northern Soul and Cobain: Montage Of Heck - has taken rights to Mary McGuckian’s biographical drama The Price Of Desire for the UK and Ireland.
The films tells the story of how Irish artist and designer Eileen Gray was virtually erased from history due to an ongoing conflict with revered architect Le Corbusier.
Orla Brady (A Love Divided) plays Gray, while Vincent Perez (Cyrano De Bergerac) plays Le Corbusier, with musician Alanis Morissette also amongst the cast.
Director McGuckian also wrote the film’s screenplay and produced, along with Jean-Jacques Neira and Hubert Toint.
The project was an English-Belgian co-production, shot on location in Belgium and the south of France in a villa designed by Gray. Eg Film Productions were the primary production outfit.
The Little Film Company is handling sales on the...
Distribution outfit Munro Films - the company which sub-distributed Northern Soul and Cobain: Montage Of Heck - has taken rights to Mary McGuckian’s biographical drama The Price Of Desire for the UK and Ireland.
The films tells the story of how Irish artist and designer Eileen Gray was virtually erased from history due to an ongoing conflict with revered architect Le Corbusier.
Orla Brady (A Love Divided) plays Gray, while Vincent Perez (Cyrano De Bergerac) plays Le Corbusier, with musician Alanis Morissette also amongst the cast.
Director McGuckian also wrote the film’s screenplay and produced, along with Jean-Jacques Neira and Hubert Toint.
The project was an English-Belgian co-production, shot on location in Belgium and the south of France in a villa designed by Gray. Eg Film Productions were the primary production outfit.
The Little Film Company is handling sales on the...
- 3/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Northern Soul sub-distributor boards drama following the true story of Irish artist Eileen Gray.
Distribution outfit Munro Films - the company which sub-distributed Northern Soul and Cobain: Montage Of Heck - has taken rights to Mary McGuckian’s biographical drama The Price Of Desire for the UK and Ireland.
The films tells the story of how Irish artist and designer Eileen Gray was virtually erased from history due to an ongoing conflict with revered architect Le Corbusier.
Orla Brady (A Love Divided) plays Gray [pictured], while Vincent Perez (Cyrano De Bergerac) plays Le Corbusier, with musician Alanis Morissette also amongst the cast.
Director McGuckian also wrote the film’s screenplay and produced, along with Jean-Jacques Neira and Hubert Toint.
The project was an English-Belgian co-production, shot on location in Belgium and the south of France in a villa designed by Gray. Eg Film Productions were the primary production outfit.
The Little Film Company is handling sales on the...
Distribution outfit Munro Films - the company which sub-distributed Northern Soul and Cobain: Montage Of Heck - has taken rights to Mary McGuckian’s biographical drama The Price Of Desire for the UK and Ireland.
The films tells the story of how Irish artist and designer Eileen Gray was virtually erased from history due to an ongoing conflict with revered architect Le Corbusier.
Orla Brady (A Love Divided) plays Gray [pictured], while Vincent Perez (Cyrano De Bergerac) plays Le Corbusier, with musician Alanis Morissette also amongst the cast.
Director McGuckian also wrote the film’s screenplay and produced, along with Jean-Jacques Neira and Hubert Toint.
The project was an English-Belgian co-production, shot on location in Belgium and the south of France in a villa designed by Gray. Eg Film Productions were the primary production outfit.
The Little Film Company is handling sales on the...
- 3/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
See images from 2 Days in New York, starring Julie Delpy and Chris Rock Ju;ly Delpy directs the Magnolia Pictures release which already opened on VOD on July 6th prior to its upcoming August 10th theatrical run. Also in the cast of the comedy are Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau, Alexandre Nahon, Kate Burton, Dylan Baker and Daniel Brühl. 2 Days in New York is produced by Scott Franklin, Ulf Israel, Christophe Mazodier, Jean-Jacques Neira and Hubert Toint. Marion and Mingus live cozily—perhaps too cozily—with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. However, when Marion’s jolly father (played by director Delpy’s real-life dad), her oversexed sister, and her sister’s outrageous boyfriend unceremoniously descend upon them for a visit, it initiates two unforgettable days that will test Marion and Mingus.
- 7/4/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See images from 2 Days in New York, starring Julie Delpy and Chris Rock Ju;ly Delpy directs the Magnolia Pictures release which already opened on VOD on July 6th prior to its upcoming August 10th theatrical run. Also in the cast of the comedy are Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau, Alexandre Nahon, Kate Burton, Dylan Baker and Daniel Brühl. 2 Days in New York is produced by Scott Franklin, Ulf Israel, Christophe Mazodier, Jean-Jacques Neira and Hubert Toint. Marion and Mingus live cozily—perhaps too cozily—with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. However, when Marion’s jolly father (played by director Delpy’s real-life dad), her oversexed sister, and her sister’s outrageous boyfriend unceremoniously descend upon them for a visit, it initiates two unforgettable days that will test Marion and Mingus.
- 7/4/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
#65. 2 Days in New York Director/Writer: Julie DelpyProducers: Scott Franklin, Ulf Israel, Christophe Mazodier, Jean-Jacques Neira, Hubert Toint Distributor: Rights Available The Gist: This centers again Marion (Delpy), who has broken up with Jack and now lives in New York with their children. Her Parisian family come to visit her, but the cultural differences between her eccentric father and new American boyfriend will turn out to be explosive. Meanwhile, her sister has had the "good" idea of bringing an ex-boyfriend from Paris and there is the pressure of an upcoming photography exhibition...(more) Cast: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock and Dylan Baker List Worthy Reasons...: The notion of sequels are made more magical whenever Julie Delpy is involved. Her writing and character development in Linklater's Before Sunrise/Sunset makes us especially hopeful for her 2 Days transatlantic gigs. We expect nutty cast of characters and a nuttier premise this time out.
- 1/5/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
#02. 2 Days in New York - Julie Delpy 2 Days in Paris premiered at the Berlin Int. Film Festival in 2007 and we think there is no reason why 2 Days in New York won't be presented there as well. Technically out of the way is her 2011 film Skylab, which was shown at San Sebastián, so my thinking is this shot in the U.S sequel without a North American distributor might want to logically make a first pitstop in Park City. Part one grossed just over 4 million in art-house box office receipts for Samuel Goldwyn, with a NYC-backdrop, zany cast of chracters from different backgrounds including Chris Rock in the line-up this rom com could easily grab a Premieres section showing. Gist: Scripted by Delpy, 2 Days in New York centres again on French woman Marion (Delpy), who has broken up with Jack and now lives in New York with their children. Her Parisian family come to visit her,...
- 11/7/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Berlinale Competition
PARIS -- Erick Zonca, the acclaimed director of "The Dreamlife of Angels" and "The Little Thief", spent seven years on this American project, "Julia", an homage to John Cassavetes' "Gloria" as well as a nod to the late director's "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."
Although directed, written and photographed by French filmmakers, this is an American movie, shot in California and Mexico with American and British actors. The commercial prospects are therefore those of a U.S. indie film. The presence of Tilda Swinton, following her Oscar nomination, could further attract a significant number of viewers. The film opens in France on March 12.
The opening sequences focus on Julia's nightlife: repeated drinking, occasional sex with strangers, quarrels. What starts out as a portrait of an alcoholic suddenly takes a turn with the intrusion of another woman. At an AA meeting, Julia (Swinton) meets Elena (Kate Del Castillo), who seeks her help. She claims she has been separated from her son, who lives with his grandfather. She asks Julia to help kidnap the boy and offers to split the ransom from the grandfather, a millionaire.
"Julia" naturally turns into a thriller, full of suspense, which will bring Julia and the boy to the California desert and all the way to Mexico. Getting involved in a kidnapping and having to face Mexican criminals allow Julia to better understand herself. So in 140 minutes, which move faster than many 90-minute movies, Zonca manages to change genres, change styles and make his character evolve.
Visually, the film evokes the American cinema of the 1970s. The immersion in Julia's drunk life is deliberately filmed in a Cassavetes style: short shots, close focal distance, blurred colors, dialogues that seem improvised. The thriller is first a road movie that uses the immensity of the desert as a narrative resource. Then the sequences in Tijuana pivot around the most vehement cliches Americans have on this border town.
As Julia, Swinton belongs to that league of great cinematic alcoholics such as Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in "Days of Wine and Roses" and Ray Milland in "The Lost Weekend". As an action character, she naturally evokes Gena Rowlands without ever trying to resemble her. She doesn't hesitate to show her imperfect body -- some cellulite, a little potbelly. The braveness to take on such an unsexy behavior is not common. Opposite her, in some of the film's most compelling sequences, Saul Rubinek shows again that he is the essence of the supporting actor.
JULIA
Les Productions Bagheera, Le Bureau, StudioCanal, the 7th Floor, Saga Film
Credits:
Director: Erick Zonca
Screenwriters: Aude Py, Erick Zonca
Artistic collaborator: Camille Natta
Producers: Francois Marquis, Bertrand Faivre
Co-producers: Allen Bain, Jesse Scolaro, Hubert Toint, Jean-Jacques Neira
Director of photography: Yorick Le Saux
Production designer: Francois-Renaud Labarthe
Costume designer: April Napier
Editor: Philippe Kotlarski
Cast:
Julia: Tilda Swinton
Mitch: Saul Rubinek
Elena: Kate del Castillo
Tom: Aidan Gould
Nick: Jude Cicolella
Diego: Bruno Bichir
Santos: Horacio Garcia Rojas
Miguel: Gaston Peterson
Running time -- 140 minutes
No MPAA rating...
PARIS -- Erick Zonca, the acclaimed director of "The Dreamlife of Angels" and "The Little Thief", spent seven years on this American project, "Julia", an homage to John Cassavetes' "Gloria" as well as a nod to the late director's "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."
Although directed, written and photographed by French filmmakers, this is an American movie, shot in California and Mexico with American and British actors. The commercial prospects are therefore those of a U.S. indie film. The presence of Tilda Swinton, following her Oscar nomination, could further attract a significant number of viewers. The film opens in France on March 12.
The opening sequences focus on Julia's nightlife: repeated drinking, occasional sex with strangers, quarrels. What starts out as a portrait of an alcoholic suddenly takes a turn with the intrusion of another woman. At an AA meeting, Julia (Swinton) meets Elena (Kate Del Castillo), who seeks her help. She claims she has been separated from her son, who lives with his grandfather. She asks Julia to help kidnap the boy and offers to split the ransom from the grandfather, a millionaire.
"Julia" naturally turns into a thriller, full of suspense, which will bring Julia and the boy to the California desert and all the way to Mexico. Getting involved in a kidnapping and having to face Mexican criminals allow Julia to better understand herself. So in 140 minutes, which move faster than many 90-minute movies, Zonca manages to change genres, change styles and make his character evolve.
Visually, the film evokes the American cinema of the 1970s. The immersion in Julia's drunk life is deliberately filmed in a Cassavetes style: short shots, close focal distance, blurred colors, dialogues that seem improvised. The thriller is first a road movie that uses the immensity of the desert as a narrative resource. Then the sequences in Tijuana pivot around the most vehement cliches Americans have on this border town.
As Julia, Swinton belongs to that league of great cinematic alcoholics such as Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in "Days of Wine and Roses" and Ray Milland in "The Lost Weekend". As an action character, she naturally evokes Gena Rowlands without ever trying to resemble her. She doesn't hesitate to show her imperfect body -- some cellulite, a little potbelly. The braveness to take on such an unsexy behavior is not common. Opposite her, in some of the film's most compelling sequences, Saul Rubinek shows again that he is the essence of the supporting actor.
JULIA
Les Productions Bagheera, Le Bureau, StudioCanal, the 7th Floor, Saga Film
Credits:
Director: Erick Zonca
Screenwriters: Aude Py, Erick Zonca
Artistic collaborator: Camille Natta
Producers: Francois Marquis, Bertrand Faivre
Co-producers: Allen Bain, Jesse Scolaro, Hubert Toint, Jean-Jacques Neira
Director of photography: Yorick Le Saux
Production designer: Francois-Renaud Labarthe
Costume designer: April Napier
Editor: Philippe Kotlarski
Cast:
Julia: Tilda Swinton
Mitch: Saul Rubinek
Elena: Kate del Castillo
Tom: Aidan Gould
Nick: Jude Cicolella
Diego: Bruno Bichir
Santos: Horacio Garcia Rojas
Miguel: Gaston Peterson
Running time -- 140 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/10/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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