Exclusive: Sci-fi action-comedy stars Yotam Ishay as a man who discovers that he is a robot.
Genre specialist sales outfit Devilworks has acquired Israeli sci-fi action-comedy Omg I’m A Robot!, which will have its world premiere at next month’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Catalonia, Spain (Oct 7-16).
Screening as part of the festival’s Midnight X-Treme strand on Oct 14 and 15, the film follows a young man who realises one day that he is not human and is actually an indestructible robot. When his girlfriend is kidnapped by a mysterious organisation, he must go on a journey to save her, and to discover the reasons behind his creation.
Tal Goldberg and Gal Zelezniak wrote and directed the Hebrew-language film, their debut feature. Yotam Ishay (The Bubble) stars in the lead role. It was produced by Amir Manor (Epilogue).
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson commented on the acquisition: “We adore sci-fi and Omg, I’m A Robot...
Genre specialist sales outfit Devilworks has acquired Israeli sci-fi action-comedy Omg I’m A Robot!, which will have its world premiere at next month’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Catalonia, Spain (Oct 7-16).
Screening as part of the festival’s Midnight X-Treme strand on Oct 14 and 15, the film follows a young man who realises one day that he is not human and is actually an indestructible robot. When his girlfriend is kidnapped by a mysterious organisation, he must go on a journey to save her, and to discover the reasons behind his creation.
Tal Goldberg and Gal Zelezniak wrote and directed the Hebrew-language film, their debut feature. Yotam Ishay (The Bubble) stars in the lead role. It was produced by Amir Manor (Epilogue).
Devilworks president Samantha Richardson commented on the acquisition: “We adore sci-fi and Omg, I’m A Robot...
- 9/23/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
A still from Epilogue
The 6th Bengaluru International Film Festival (December 26 to January 2, 2014) announced its awards on Wednesday.
The Netpac award for Best Asian Film went to Israeli film Epilogue directed by Amir Manor. The award comprises of a cash component of Rs. 2 lakhs.
The Indian Films Competition Jury named Manju Borah’s Assamese film Ko:Yad as the Best Film. The award has a cash component of Rs. 4 lakhs. The Special Jury award in this category went to Astu by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar.
In Kannada cinema competition, the Best Film award went to Munsif directed by Umashankar Swamy. The award has a cash component of 2 lakhs. Tallana directed by N Sudarshan was adjudged the second best film while Edegarike by Sumana Kittur won a Special Jury award.
The 6th Bengaluru International Film Festival (December 26 to January 2, 2014) announced its awards on Wednesday.
The Netpac award for Best Asian Film went to Israeli film Epilogue directed by Amir Manor. The award comprises of a cash component of Rs. 2 lakhs.
The Indian Films Competition Jury named Manju Borah’s Assamese film Ko:Yad as the Best Film. The award has a cash component of Rs. 4 lakhs. The Special Jury award in this category went to Astu by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar.
In Kannada cinema competition, the Best Film award went to Munsif directed by Umashankar Swamy. The award has a cash component of 2 lakhs. Tallana directed by N Sudarshan was adjudged the second best film while Edegarike by Sumana Kittur won a Special Jury award.
- 1/2/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jane Campion, President of the Jury for Shorts and also the Cinefondation's 15 shorts by new filmmakers coming from Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, India, Greece, Italy and France. The ninth edition of the Atelier de la Cinéfondation Cannes Festival will run parallel to the Competition screenings and can be seen in the Riviera between 15 and 26 May 2013.
Mexican Jorge Hernandez Aldana and his film The heirs and Chilean Attalah Niles and his film King along with the other participants will be presented to potential partners, sales companies and producers who might be interested in entering into co-productions with them.
Born in Caracas, cinematically formed in the Polish school in Lodz, and settled professionally in Mexico, Jorge Hernandez Aldana was the director of The Night Buffalo written by Guillermo Arriaga and starring Diego Luna, Liz Gallardo and Irene Azuela. Heirs has initial support from Lucia Films, producer of Mexican Michel Franco, and the main characters are a group of teenagers and their families in the city of Monterrey during the first half of the 90s. The boys are in search of the keys to achieve the American dream on Mexican soil. It is a portrait, comedic and serious, of an era that will not return, a story about the meaning of friendship and the need to belong, to what happens to a group of teenagers from good families while spending the summer on a skateboard, while waiting for a future of wealth, success and power.
King, by Chilean-American Niles Atallah ( Lucia ), deals Orélie Tounens Antoine, a lawyer who in 1860 took over a Mapuche territory, Araucania, make a kingdom where he would be the king, and his ministers and citizins Indians to maintain independence from Chile. According to its makers, the film, with a budget of half a million euros, penetrates the mind and offers a multifaceted portrait of an ambitious dreamer in a hallucinatory and surreal style.
Two projects from Asia are among the 15 new works selected to take part in this year's Atelier, part of the Cannes Film Festival's Cinefondation.
From China, it has selected Ciao Ciao by Song Chuan. From India, Chenu and film-maker Manjeet Singh will participate. Details of the projects will be disclosed at the beginning of April.
The remaining projects are approved for Atelier Sworn Virgin by Italian Laura Bispuri ♀ , Stage Fright by Greek director Yorgos Zois; Memories of the Wind by Turkish Ozcan Alper, Je ne suis pas un salaud by French Emmanuel Finkiel; Road Kill by Japanese Yuichi Hibi; Days of Cannibalism by Teboho Edkins Joscha (South Africa); Lamb by Yared Zeleke (Ethiopia), Out / In the Streets by Jasmina Metwaly ♀ and Philip Rizk (Egypt); Chenu by Manjeet Singh ( India), Ciao Ciao , Song Chuan (China), Me, Myself and Murdoch by Alabdallah Yahya (Jordan / Palestine), and Holy Airby Shady Srour, and The House on End Stree by Amir Manor, both Israelis .
The Atelier was created in 2005 within the Cannes Film Festival in order to give impetus to the movies and to create a new generation of filmmakers, helping them to complete the financing for his films. During the past eight years, 126 projects have been through the workshop, of which 83 have been completed and 29 are performing currently in preproduction.
Mexican Jorge Hernandez Aldana and his film The heirs and Chilean Attalah Niles and his film King along with the other participants will be presented to potential partners, sales companies and producers who might be interested in entering into co-productions with them.
Born in Caracas, cinematically formed in the Polish school in Lodz, and settled professionally in Mexico, Jorge Hernandez Aldana was the director of The Night Buffalo written by Guillermo Arriaga and starring Diego Luna, Liz Gallardo and Irene Azuela. Heirs has initial support from Lucia Films, producer of Mexican Michel Franco, and the main characters are a group of teenagers and their families in the city of Monterrey during the first half of the 90s. The boys are in search of the keys to achieve the American dream on Mexican soil. It is a portrait, comedic and serious, of an era that will not return, a story about the meaning of friendship and the need to belong, to what happens to a group of teenagers from good families while spending the summer on a skateboard, while waiting for a future of wealth, success and power.
King, by Chilean-American Niles Atallah ( Lucia ), deals Orélie Tounens Antoine, a lawyer who in 1860 took over a Mapuche territory, Araucania, make a kingdom where he would be the king, and his ministers and citizins Indians to maintain independence from Chile. According to its makers, the film, with a budget of half a million euros, penetrates the mind and offers a multifaceted portrait of an ambitious dreamer in a hallucinatory and surreal style.
Two projects from Asia are among the 15 new works selected to take part in this year's Atelier, part of the Cannes Film Festival's Cinefondation.
From China, it has selected Ciao Ciao by Song Chuan. From India, Chenu and film-maker Manjeet Singh will participate. Details of the projects will be disclosed at the beginning of April.
The remaining projects are approved for Atelier Sworn Virgin by Italian Laura Bispuri ♀ , Stage Fright by Greek director Yorgos Zois; Memories of the Wind by Turkish Ozcan Alper, Je ne suis pas un salaud by French Emmanuel Finkiel; Road Kill by Japanese Yuichi Hibi; Days of Cannibalism by Teboho Edkins Joscha (South Africa); Lamb by Yared Zeleke (Ethiopia), Out / In the Streets by Jasmina Metwaly ♀ and Philip Rizk (Egypt); Chenu by Manjeet Singh ( India), Ciao Ciao , Song Chuan (China), Me, Myself and Murdoch by Alabdallah Yahya (Jordan / Palestine), and Holy Airby Shady Srour, and The House on End Stree by Amir Manor, both Israelis .
The Atelier was created in 2005 within the Cannes Film Festival in order to give impetus to the movies and to create a new generation of filmmakers, helping them to complete the financing for his films. During the past eight years, 126 projects have been through the workshop, of which 83 have been completed and 29 are performing currently in preproduction.
- 3/28/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The ninth edition of L'Atelier at the upcoming 2013 Cannes Film Festival has announced 15 selected projects from 14 different countries. Since its creation in 2005, L'Atelier has invited directors and producers to meet hundreds of potential partners at the Cannes festival and market. In offering participants access to international collaboration and co-production, L'Atelier maximizes the filmmakers' chances of completing their projects. So far, 83 of the 126 films over the past eight years have seen completion, with 29 in post-production. This year's L'Atelier selected projects are:Rey, dir. Niles Attalah (Chile)Ciao Ciao, dir. Song Chuan (China)Out/In the Streets, dirs. Jasmina Metwaly and Philip Rizk (Egypt)Lamb, Yared Zeleke (Ethiopia)Je ne suis pas un salaud, dir. Emmanuel Finkiel (France)Stage Fright, dir. Yorgoz Zois (Greece)Chenu, dir. Manjeet Singh (India)Holy Air, dir. Shady Srour (Israel)The House on Fin Street, dir. Amir Manor (Israel)Sworn Virgin, dir. Laura Bispuri...
- 3/4/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 11th Pune International Film Festival (January 10-17, 2013) has announced its slate for 2013. These films will be screened under nine sections: International Competition, Marathi Competition, Student Competition (live action and animation), Global Cinema, Country Focus, Retrospective, Tribute, Indian Cinema and Regional Cinema.
Israeli film Hayuta and Berl by Amir Manor will open the festival on 10th January. See the schedule here.
Feature films at the festival contend for the Best Film, Best Director and Government of Maharashtra “Sant Tukaram” Best International Marathi Film Award. The Marathi films in competition will vie for the Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography Awards. The Student Competition will also have a Special Award and a cash prize.
Eighty contemporary films from more than 50 countries will be screened under the Global Cinema section. Hungary and South Korea will be the Countries in Focus with the screening of six and seven films, respectively.
Israeli film Hayuta and Berl by Amir Manor will open the festival on 10th January. See the schedule here.
Feature films at the festival contend for the Best Film, Best Director and Government of Maharashtra “Sant Tukaram” Best International Marathi Film Award. The Marathi films in competition will vie for the Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography Awards. The Student Competition will also have a Special Award and a cash prize.
Eighty contemporary films from more than 50 countries will be screened under the Global Cinema section. Hungary and South Korea will be the Countries in Focus with the screening of six and seven films, respectively.
- 1/9/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
★★★★☆ With Michael Haneke's Amour (2012), winner of this year's Palme d'Or, also playing at the London Film Festival, it's possible that Amir Manor's quiet drama Epilogue (2012) may be somewhat overlooked. That would be a real shame, however, as this touching tale of an octogenarian couple struggling through their disconnect with modern life in Israel is a real gem. Times are tough for Berl (Yosef Carmon) and Hayuta (Rivka Gur), an elderly couple occupying a small flat in Tel Aviv where Berl shuffles up and down their building appropriating his neighbours' discarded newspapers whilst Hayuta labours through a shower.
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- 10/21/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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