New arrival has been based in Seoul since 2012 and founded 2Mr Films with Lee Sang-woo.
Xyz Films has expanded its international ranks with new South Korea executive Pierce Conran, who is in Hong Kong attending Filmart with the company this week.
Conran joins James Marsh (Hong Kong), Simon de Bruyn (Australia/New Zealand) and Todd Brown and Mike Sherman (Toronto) on the company’s international roster.
Based in Seoul since 2012, he edits the Korean Film Council’s English website, founded the site Modern Korean Cinema, and writes for Screen Anarchy and Time Out Seoul.
In 2014, he founded 2Mr Films with Lee Sang-woo,...
Xyz Films has expanded its international ranks with new South Korea executive Pierce Conran, who is in Hong Kong attending Filmart with the company this week.
Conran joins James Marsh (Hong Kong), Simon de Bruyn (Australia/New Zealand) and Todd Brown and Mike Sherman (Toronto) on the company’s international roster.
Based in Seoul since 2012, he edits the Korean Film Council’s English website, founded the site Modern Korean Cinema, and writes for Screen Anarchy and Time Out Seoul.
In 2014, he founded 2Mr Films with Lee Sang-woo,...
- 3/21/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
'Restoration' (Photo credit: Jeff Paine)..
Rockzeline, the Paris-based sales agent which reps the likes of The Wizards of Aus, Airlock and Wastelander Panda, has picked up two Aussie titles: multiplatform sci-fi thriller Restoration and web series Jade of Death.
Rockzeline has offices in Paris, Los Angeles, Montreal and Sydney, and specialises in digital short-form projects..
They also produce original content in Australia through their production subsidiary Deadrock, a partnership between Enzo Tedeschi.s Deadhouse Films and Rockzeline.
Directed by Stuart Willis and produced by Midnight Snack Productions, Restoration is set in a near-future world where humans have their memories downloaded for backup via a new and dangerous technology.
The one-hour film, which stars Craig McLachlan, premiered on Nine in August last year, and in New Zealand on Sky TV.s sci-fi channel The Zone in December. It also secured a berth on Stan, where it.s currently available to stream.
Rockzeline, the Paris-based sales agent which reps the likes of The Wizards of Aus, Airlock and Wastelander Panda, has picked up two Aussie titles: multiplatform sci-fi thriller Restoration and web series Jade of Death.
Rockzeline has offices in Paris, Los Angeles, Montreal and Sydney, and specialises in digital short-form projects..
They also produce original content in Australia through their production subsidiary Deadrock, a partnership between Enzo Tedeschi.s Deadhouse Films and Rockzeline.
Directed by Stuart Willis and produced by Midnight Snack Productions, Restoration is set in a near-future world where humans have their memories downloaded for backup via a new and dangerous technology.
The one-hour film, which stars Craig McLachlan, premiered on Nine in August last year, and in New Zealand on Sky TV.s sci-fi channel The Zone in December. It also secured a berth on Stan, where it.s currently available to stream.
- 3/8/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Stu Willis directed story in multiple formats.
Paris-based Rockzeline will sell Restoration in its original 50-minute single episode broadcast format in addition to two 25-minute and five 10-minute episodes.
The deal covers all territories excluding Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, where the film has already secured distribution.
Willis directed Restoration and Midnight Snack Productions’ Toby Gibson produced. The story takes place in a near-future world where human memories are backed up via a dangerous new technology.
Craig McLachlan, Grant Cartwright, Nadia Townsend, Stephen Carracher, Rosie Lourde, Elizabeth Nabben and Ailís Logan star.
Producers Midnight Snack Productions hatched a production plan to develop the project across multiple formats for different release platforms in order to reach as wide an audience as possible.
“Rockzeline is proud to include Restoration in the top bracket of shows we represent and along with sales in its current format,” Rockzeline co-founder Antoine Disle said.
“We hope to...
Paris-based Rockzeline will sell Restoration in its original 50-minute single episode broadcast format in addition to two 25-minute and five 10-minute episodes.
The deal covers all territories excluding Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, where the film has already secured distribution.
Willis directed Restoration and Midnight Snack Productions’ Toby Gibson produced. The story takes place in a near-future world where human memories are backed up via a dangerous new technology.
Craig McLachlan, Grant Cartwright, Nadia Townsend, Stephen Carracher, Rosie Lourde, Elizabeth Nabben and Ailís Logan star.
Producers Midnight Snack Productions hatched a production plan to develop the project across multiple formats for different release platforms in order to reach as wide an audience as possible.
“Rockzeline is proud to include Restoration in the top bracket of shows we represent and along with sales in its current format,” Rockzeline co-founder Antoine Disle said.
“We hope to...
- 3/2/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Poster art by Jeremy Love.
1967, the height of the Red Scare. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt is embroiled in a power struggle after discovering his spymaster has illegally investigated and exposed Red sympathisers embedded within Holt's administration.
That's the premise for an ambitious new Australian short film set in the period leading up to the Holt's famous disappearance at Victoria's Cheviot Beach.
The Defector is written, directed and produced by Scott Mannion and executive produced by Antonia Barnard, Nick Cole, Greg Dick and Simon de Bruyn, who describes the short as "an Australian spy film made to world class standards."
Mannion came to de Bruyn's attention in his capacity as an acquisitions executive with international sales agent and production company Xyz Films..
"As part of my role at Xyz, and its joint venture Xyz-gfc, I am tracking some of the best genre talent in this region and Scott had quickly...
1967, the height of the Red Scare. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt is embroiled in a power struggle after discovering his spymaster has illegally investigated and exposed Red sympathisers embedded within Holt's administration.
That's the premise for an ambitious new Australian short film set in the period leading up to the Holt's famous disappearance at Victoria's Cheviot Beach.
The Defector is written, directed and produced by Scott Mannion and executive produced by Antonia Barnard, Nick Cole, Greg Dick and Simon de Bruyn, who describes the short as "an Australian spy film made to world class standards."
Mannion came to de Bruyn's attention in his capacity as an acquisitions executive with international sales agent and production company Xyz Films..
"As part of my role at Xyz, and its joint venture Xyz-gfc, I am tracking some of the best genre talent in this region and Scott had quickly...
- 10/6/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Companies launch venture to promote films from New Zealand and Australia.
La-based Xyz Films and Auckland’s General Film Corporation, who partnered on The Dead Lands and the upcoming 6 Days, have launched a venture to promote films from New Zealand and Australia.
The enterprise, backed by the New Zealand Film Commission’s Business Development Scheme and called Xyz-gfc, will cover co-productions, New Zealand and Australian sales, North American sales and, in select cases, international sales.
Xyz’s Melbourne-based Simon de Bruyn will serve as the dedicated Xyz-gfc acquisitions executive reporting to General Film Corporation managing director Matthew Metcalfe and Xyz partner Aram Tertzakian.
The venture will engage in financing and packaging and aims to produce one to three films a year and will seek commercial work from film-makers with top-drawer festival appeal.
Xyz-gfc first collaborated on The Dead Lands, New Zealand’s Oscar submission from Toa Fraser whose follow-up 6 Days charts the Sas elite forces rescue...
La-based Xyz Films and Auckland’s General Film Corporation, who partnered on The Dead Lands and the upcoming 6 Days, have launched a venture to promote films from New Zealand and Australia.
The enterprise, backed by the New Zealand Film Commission’s Business Development Scheme and called Xyz-gfc, will cover co-productions, New Zealand and Australian sales, North American sales and, in select cases, international sales.
Xyz’s Melbourne-based Simon de Bruyn will serve as the dedicated Xyz-gfc acquisitions executive reporting to General Film Corporation managing director Matthew Metcalfe and Xyz partner Aram Tertzakian.
The venture will engage in financing and packaging and aims to produce one to three films a year and will seek commercial work from film-makers with top-drawer festival appeal.
Xyz-gfc first collaborated on The Dead Lands, New Zealand’s Oscar submission from Toa Fraser whose follow-up 6 Days charts the Sas elite forces rescue...
- 2/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Companies launch venture to promote films from New Zealand and Australia.
La-based Xyz Films and Auckland’s General Film Corporation, who partnered on The Dead Lands and the upcoming 6 Days, have launched a venture to promote films from New Zealand and Australia.
The enterprise, backed by the New Zealand Film Commission’s Business Development Scheme and called Xyz-gfc, will cover co-productions, New Zealand and Australian sales, North American sales and, in select cases, international sales.
Xyz’s Melbourne-based Simon de Bruyn will serve as the dedicated Xyz-gfc acquisitions executive reporting to General Film Corporation managing director Matthew Metcalfe and Xyz partner Aram Tertzakian.
The venture will engage in financing and packaging and aims to produce one to three films a year and will seek commercial work from film-makers with top-drawer festival appeal.
Xyz-gfc first collaborated on The Dead Lands, New Zealand’s Oscar submission from Toa Fraser whose follow-up 6 Days charts the Sas elite forces rescue...
La-based Xyz Films and Auckland’s General Film Corporation, who partnered on The Dead Lands and the upcoming 6 Days, have launched a venture to promote films from New Zealand and Australia.
The enterprise, backed by the New Zealand Film Commission’s Business Development Scheme and called Xyz-gfc, will cover co-productions, New Zealand and Australian sales, North American sales and, in select cases, international sales.
Xyz’s Melbourne-based Simon de Bruyn will serve as the dedicated Xyz-gfc acquisitions executive reporting to General Film Corporation managing director Matthew Metcalfe and Xyz partner Aram Tertzakian.
The venture will engage in financing and packaging and aims to produce one to three films a year and will seek commercial work from film-makers with top-drawer festival appeal.
Xyz-gfc first collaborated on The Dead Lands, New Zealand’s Oscar submission from Toa Fraser whose follow-up 6 Days charts the Sas elite forces rescue...
- 2/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Grant Cartwright as Oliver Klein and Nadia Townsend as Emma Laws (Photo by Jeff Paine)
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The producers of Restoration are negotiating Australian and international multi-platform deals for the futuristic sci-fi project which doubles as a one-hour film and a 3-part online series. Set in 2019 when humans have their memories downloaded for backup, Restoration stars Grant Cartwright as Oliver Klein, a committed family man and corporate lawyer who awakes to find his memories restored into a body that is not his own.
Nadia Townsend plays Emma Laws, a technician who works at Restoration Life Services, the facility which enables people to have their memories downloaded for back-up so when death happens, those memories can uploaded into a new body.
Stephen Carracher portrays Gavin Worth, whose body becomes the vessel for Oliver.s restored memories, and Rosie Lourde is Oliver.s wife.
The project is the first collaboration between Toby Gibson.s...
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The producers of Restoration are negotiating Australian and international multi-platform deals for the futuristic sci-fi project which doubles as a one-hour film and a 3-part online series. Set in 2019 when humans have their memories downloaded for backup, Restoration stars Grant Cartwright as Oliver Klein, a committed family man and corporate lawyer who awakes to find his memories restored into a body that is not his own.
Nadia Townsend plays Emma Laws, a technician who works at Restoration Life Services, the facility which enables people to have their memories downloaded for back-up so when death happens, those memories can uploaded into a new body.
Stephen Carracher portrays Gavin Worth, whose body becomes the vessel for Oliver.s restored memories, and Rosie Lourde is Oliver.s wife.
The project is the first collaboration between Toby Gibson.s...
- 11/6/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Xyz Films has promoted the executive to director of sales on the eve of Toronto, where the company’s films in various capacities include Tusk, The Dead Lands, Tokyo Tribe, Electric Boogaloo, Spring and The Editor.
Katz, who was profiled last summer as a Screen International Future Leader of sales and distribution, has been with the company since 2013 and is based in Los Angeles
She assumes responsibility for managing Xyz Films’ slate for European territories such as Scandinavia, Italy, Portugal, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Greece and Iceland.
Her remit includes a swath of Asia including China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong and Asian pay-tv.
Katz will continue to work alongside Xyz partner Nate Bolotin on North American sales.
Denmark-born Katz joined Xyz Films as an intern after graduating from UCLA and has remained there ever since. She became sales coordinator and then manager of sales.
She handled...
Katz, who was profiled last summer as a Screen International Future Leader of sales and distribution, has been with the company since 2013 and is based in Los Angeles
She assumes responsibility for managing Xyz Films’ slate for European territories such as Scandinavia, Italy, Portugal, Benelux, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Greece and Iceland.
Her remit includes a swath of Asia including China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong and Asian pay-tv.
Katz will continue to work alongside Xyz partner Nate Bolotin on North American sales.
Denmark-born Katz joined Xyz Films as an intern after graduating from UCLA and has remained there ever since. She became sales coordinator and then manager of sales.
She handled...
- 8/26/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The company announced at Filmart (26) that it has brought on Asian-based acquisitions executive James Marsh.
Marsh is on the ground with Xyz Films at Filmart in Hong Kong this week, where he has been meeting with regional producers and financiers.
The Asian editor of TwitchFilm.com has been a programmer at Fantastic Fest since 2010 and will be based in Hong Kong, where he has lived since 2001.
He becomes the second international executive to join Xyz after Melbourne-based Simon de Bruyn in 2012.
Xyz has been a prominent champion of Asian cinema and its sales and executive producer slate includes The Raid, The Raid 2, Killers, On The Job and The Night Comes For Us.
The company is producing English-language remakes of The Raid and On The Job with Screen Gems and Universal, respectively.
Marsh is on the ground with Xyz Films at Filmart in Hong Kong this week, where he has been meeting with regional producers and financiers.
The Asian editor of TwitchFilm.com has been a programmer at Fantastic Fest since 2010 and will be based in Hong Kong, where he has lived since 2001.
He becomes the second international executive to join Xyz after Melbourne-based Simon de Bruyn in 2012.
Xyz has been a prominent champion of Asian cinema and its sales and executive producer slate includes The Raid, The Raid 2, Killers, On The Job and The Night Comes For Us.
The company is producing English-language remakes of The Raid and On The Job with Screen Gems and Universal, respectively.
- 3/26/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Xyz Films has picked up world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to the upcoming New Zealand-set action thriller featuring traditional Maori hand-to-hand combat.
Toa Fraser (pictured) will direct from a screenplay by Glenn Standring about a chieftain’s teenage son who must enter a feared region in order to avenge his father’s death.
James Rolleston from Boy, Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Xavier Horan, George Henare and Rena Owen will star.
Production is scheduled for later this month in Auckland and the central North Island of New Zealand. Matthew Metcalfe is the producer. Lord Of The Rings stunt co-ordinator Steve McQuillan will handle the action sequences.
General Film Corporation in association with the New Zealand Film Commission will finance with New Zealand Film Production Fund Trust, Te Mangai Paho, Images and Sound, Lip Sync and UK-based Day Tripper Films, backed by Ingenious Media.
“This is precisely the kind of elevated, culturally relevant...
Toa Fraser (pictured) will direct from a screenplay by Glenn Standring about a chieftain’s teenage son who must enter a feared region in order to avenge his father’s death.
James Rolleston from Boy, Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Xavier Horan, George Henare and Rena Owen will star.
Production is scheduled for later this month in Auckland and the central North Island of New Zealand. Matthew Metcalfe is the producer. Lord Of The Rings stunt co-ordinator Steve McQuillan will handle the action sequences.
General Film Corporation in association with the New Zealand Film Commission will finance with New Zealand Film Production Fund Trust, Te Mangai Paho, Images and Sound, Lip Sync and UK-based Day Tripper Films, backed by Ingenious Media.
“This is precisely the kind of elevated, culturally relevant...
- 12/9/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Los Angeles-based production and sales company Xyz Films has launched an international sales division.
Xyz International will handle world sales on behalf of third-party projects in line with the company's focus on elevated genre films with broad commercial appeal. It will also handle world sales on many of its own in-house productions.
Xyz Films was launched in 2009 and is best known for high-action Indonesian thriller The Raid: Redemption.
Xyz is represented in Australia by acquisitions consultant Simon de Bruyn..Among the company's Australian slate (via Celluloid Nightmares) is apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours. It has also just.shopped Frankenstein's Army at the Berlin Film Festival.
Xyz International will handle world sales on behalf of third-party projects in line with the company's focus on elevated genre films with broad commercial appeal. It will also handle world sales on many of its own in-house productions.
Xyz Films was launched in 2009 and is best known for high-action Indonesian thriller The Raid: Redemption.
Xyz is represented in Australia by acquisitions consultant Simon de Bruyn..Among the company's Australian slate (via Celluloid Nightmares) is apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours. It has also just.shopped Frankenstein's Army at the Berlin Film Festival.
- 2/12/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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