I have been tracking producer Sol Bondy since 2016 when co-production The Happiest Day in the Life of Ölli Mäki won the Un Certain Regard Grand Prize and the European Film Award for Best Debut. He and Fred Burle have been developing The Girl from Köln (aka Köln 75) with writer-director Ido Fluk, the filmmaker behind 2016 Tribeca selection The Ticket since 2019. "This project has been very close to our hearts in the last few years and we're very excited with the way it's been shaped so far," said Bondy, a Variety Producer to Watch in 2018. "It's been such a joy working with Ido on this exciting story and we're thrilled to have put an amazing team together," added Burle, Brazilian born producer who was just made a partner in One Two Films, alongside co-founders Sol Bondy and Christoph Lange. Burle joined One Two in January 2017, having graduated from the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) the previous year. He has previously worked as a film critic, at The Match Factory, and as curator of the inaugural dffb film festival. One Two Films has produced and co-produced award-winning films such as Holy Spider (Read my blog about it here), Vadim Perelman's Persian Lessons (Read my blog about it here), Jennifer Fox's Sundance breakout The Tale, Isabel Coixet's The Bookshop and Juho Kuosmanen's The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki.Other titles in the pipeline include Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson's dark comedy Northern Comfort, which premieres in SXSW later this month, Annemarie Jacir's survival drama The Oblivion Theory, Sarah Arnold's debut feature Wild Encounters and Michiel ten Horn's romantic comedy Any Other Night. In Berlin this year it was announced that Bankside would be The Girl from Köln's international sales agent and was launching sales. Alamode Film already has German-speaking territories and is a coproducer, who have very recently secured funding through the Fff, the local fund in Bavaria. It is in early pre-production and will shoot this year in Poland and Germany. The Girl from Köln tells the little-known story of Vera Brandes, who, in 1975, at the age of 17, staged the famous Köln Concert by jazz musician Keith Jarrett, which became the top-selling jazz solo album of all time. With Polish Film Institute backing, Oscar-winning Polish producer Ewa Puszczynska (Ida, Cold War) of Extreme Emotions is co-producing along with Annegret Weitkämper-Krug of Germany's Gretchenfilm (Seneca). Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Oren Moverman (Love & Mercy, Bad Education) serves as executive producer. Moverman also produced Fluk's previous feature, The Ticket. The Tale writer-director Jennifer Fox also serves as executive producer. Stephen Kelliher and Sophie Green executive produce for Bankside. It stars Mala Emde (Skin Deep, And Tomorrow the Entire World) in the lead role, alongside John Magaro (Past Lives) as Jarrett. Magaro was also in Cannes last year with Kelly Reichardt's competition title Showing Up.Other cast attached include Alexander Scheer (Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush), Ulrich Tukur (The Life of Others), Susanne Wolff (Sisi & I, Styx), Jördis Triebel (Dark), Jan Bülow (Lindenberg) and Marie-Lou Sellem (Tar, Exit Marrakesh). The NYU-graduate Fluk was dubbed "a talent to watch" by Variety following his feature debut Never Too Late, the first crowd-sourced Israeli film ever made. His American debut, the Tribeca competition selection, The Ticket, starred Dan Stevens and Malin Akerman. Upcoming projects include 24 Hours in June, a retelling of the final day in the life of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union, to be produced by Academy Award winner James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain) and Joe Pirro (Driveways). Fluk is repped by Amotz Zakai, Amy Schiffman, and Kegan Schell at Echo Lake Entertainment. He is also created the recently-announced HBO series Empty Mansions for Fremantle with director Joe Wright (Atonement, Darkest Hour) attached to direct the pilot. "From the moment I heard Vera's story, about how as a high school teenager she organized one of the greatest concerts in history, I knew her story had to be told," said Fluk. "We were immediately exhilarated by Vera Brandes' remarkable female empowerment story. Her strength, courage and sheer belief in herself and the music of Keith Jarrett will entertain and inspire audiences around the world," added Kelliher.
- 3/5/2023
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Burle also spearheads Annemarie Jacir’s ‘The Oblivion Theory’.
One Two Films, the Berlin-based production company behind Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider, has promoted Fred Burle to partner in the company, alongside co-founders Sol Bondy and Christoph Lange.
Brazilian producer Burle will realise his own projects and continue to work alongside One Two managing director Bondy.
Burle joined One Two in January 2017, having graduated from the German Film and Television Academy (Dffb) the previous year.
He has previously worked as a film critic, in sales at The Match Factory, and as curator of the inaugural Dffb film festival.
One Two...
One Two Films, the Berlin-based production company behind Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider, has promoted Fred Burle to partner in the company, alongside co-founders Sol Bondy and Christoph Lange.
Brazilian producer Burle will realise his own projects and continue to work alongside One Two managing director Bondy.
Burle joined One Two in January 2017, having graduated from the German Film and Television Academy (Dffb) the previous year.
He has previously worked as a film critic, in sales at The Match Factory, and as curator of the inaugural Dffb film festival.
One Two...
- 2/16/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Building on a recent initiative and leveraging considerable industry clout, organizers of the TorinoFilmLab, the international film and TV series incubator linked to the Torino Film Festival, are looking to deploy the program’s screenplay and feature development labs to promote ecologically-minded projects both in front of and behind the camera.
Working from a belief in positive reinforcement, the program introduced its first of such incentives in 2019, creating a special prize called the Tfl White Mirror that awarded a €3,000 development grant to a Tfl ScriptLab project that incorporates environmental issues into its text.
“We wanted to see how this issue can be addressed through storytelling itself,” says TorinoFilmLab managing director Mercedes Fernandez. “We called it the White Mirror, as opposed to Black Mirror, because it seems this issue is always approached as a dystopia. And we think it’s possible to approach the subject in a more positive way.”
“We...
Working from a belief in positive reinforcement, the program introduced its first of such incentives in 2019, creating a special prize called the Tfl White Mirror that awarded a €3,000 development grant to a Tfl ScriptLab project that incorporates environmental issues into its text.
“We wanted to see how this issue can be addressed through storytelling itself,” says TorinoFilmLab managing director Mercedes Fernandez. “We called it the White Mirror, as opposed to Black Mirror, because it seems this issue is always approached as a dystopia. And we think it’s possible to approach the subject in a more positive way.”
“We...
- 11/29/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
The Berlin International Film Festival’s European Film Market (EFM) has confirmed details for how its online incarnation will work March 1-5.
As Deadline revealed, Dennis Ruh took the reins at the EFM in September 2020 and faces an unconventional first edition.
“International sales agents have filled their lineups for the start of the year and have an attractive variety of films on offer. Many films are also currently in production and ready for pre-sales. We want the digital EFM in 2021 to be an impulse for a new beginning in the international film industry,” said Ruh today. “Since the EFM is an integral part of an international convention calendar, and therefore part of an economic system that includes events such as the Marché du Film in Cannes and the American Film Market in Los Angeles, a later date is not an option.”
The Efm will condense the industry sessions from its...
As Deadline revealed, Dennis Ruh took the reins at the EFM in September 2020 and faces an unconventional first edition.
“International sales agents have filled their lineups for the start of the year and have an attractive variety of films on offer. Many films are also currently in production and ready for pre-sales. We want the digital EFM in 2021 to be an impulse for a new beginning in the international film industry,” said Ruh today. “Since the EFM is an integral part of an international convention calendar, and therefore part of an economic system that includes events such as the Marché du Film in Cannes and the American Film Market in Los Angeles, a later date is not an option.”
The Efm will condense the industry sessions from its...
- 1/15/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Efm market screenings will be available in 120-minute windows.
The Berlinale’s European Film Market (Efm) has given details of its upcoming edition that is running online from March 1-5, including how its market screenings platform will work.
The Efm will also include a presentation of the Berlinale’s film selection.
Films will be available to watch by delegates within a 120-minute time window from a designated start time. These will be determined by local time zone. For example, a film available from 10.00-12.00 in Berlin would be available from 10.00-12.00 in any other global location.
Additionally, the online Efm...
The Berlinale’s European Film Market (Efm) has given details of its upcoming edition that is running online from March 1-5, including how its market screenings platform will work.
The Efm will also include a presentation of the Berlinale’s film selection.
Films will be available to watch by delegates within a 120-minute time window from a designated start time. These will be determined by local time zone. For example, a film available from 10.00-12.00 in Berlin would be available from 10.00-12.00 in any other global location.
Additionally, the online Efm...
- 1/15/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The 23rd session of the directing residency will come to the aid of the feature debuts by Sarah Arnold, Léa Todorov, Karim Bensalah, Martin Drouot and Stéphane Marchetti. Selected by a jury that was chaired this year by Alice Winocour, five young filmmakers have been picked for the 23rd session of the Emergence directing residency. This scheme, which is the only one of its kind in Europe, will offer them the chance to shoot two scenes from their debut features in March, with the patronage of an established director, artistic support and professional production facilities.Sarah Arnold has been selected with her project Wild Encounters (L’espèce explosive). The story, which she wrote together with Olivier Seror and Romain Winckler, is set in Northeast France. The wild boars that have been devastating the corn crops have sparked an open war between farmers and...
Project awarded “White Mirror Award” at the 2019 Torino Script Lab.
French production company 5a7 Films is joining forces with Berlin-based One Two Films to co-produce Swiss writer/director Sarah Arnold’s debut feature Wild Encounters.
The project just received $33,300 development funding from the German-French co-production fund Mini-Traite backed by Ffa and Cnc.
The team is aiming to shoot in 2021.
The project had already received funding from the Region Grand Est and Grand Region and was awarded the new White Mirror Award at the 2019 Torino Script Lab. The project also participated in the Full Circle Lab – Upper Rhine, where Arnold and...
French production company 5a7 Films is joining forces with Berlin-based One Two Films to co-produce Swiss writer/director Sarah Arnold’s debut feature Wild Encounters.
The project just received $33,300 development funding from the German-French co-production fund Mini-Traite backed by Ffa and Cnc.
The team is aiming to shoot in 2021.
The project had already received funding from the Region Grand Est and Grand Region and was awarded the new White Mirror Award at the 2019 Torino Script Lab. The project also participated in the Full Circle Lab – Upper Rhine, where Arnold and...
- 6/26/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest won several key awards
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest and Andrei Tănase’s Romanian drama Victus received the TorinoFilmLab’s production awards of €40,000 each on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event on November 23.
The three-day event served as a showcase for the new projects developed within each of the Tfl programmes, and as a pitching platform attended by international festival representatives, distributors and sales agents.
Three €50,000 co-production awards, funded by Creative Europe’s Media programme, were presented to Fabián Hernández’s A Male (Colombia-Netherlands), Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum’s Houses (Israel) and Marian Mathias’ Runner (Germany-France-us).
Furthermore,...
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest and Andrei Tănase’s Romanian drama Victus received the TorinoFilmLab’s production awards of €40,000 each on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event on November 23.
The three-day event served as a showcase for the new projects developed within each of the Tfl programmes, and as a pitching platform attended by international festival representatives, distributors and sales agents.
Three €50,000 co-production awards, funded by Creative Europe’s Media programme, were presented to Fabián Hernández’s A Male (Colombia-Netherlands), Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum’s Houses (Israel) and Marian Mathias’ Runner (Germany-France-us).
Furthermore,...
- 11/25/2019
- ScreenDaily
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest won several key awards
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest and Andrei Tănase’s Romanian drama Victus received the TorinoFilmLab’s production awards of €40,000 each on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event on November 23.
The three-day event served as a showcase for the new projects developed within each of the Tfl programmes, and as a pitching platform attended by international festival representatives, distributors and sales agents.
Three €50,000 co-production awards, funded by Creative Europe’s Media programme, were presented to Fabián Hernández’s A Male (Colombia-Netherlands), Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum’s Houses (Israel) and Marian Mathias’ Runner (Germany-France-us).
Furthermore,...
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest and Andrei Tănase’s Romanian drama Victus received the TorinoFilmLab’s production awards of €40,000 each on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event on November 23.
The three-day event served as a showcase for the new projects developed within each of the Tfl programmes, and as a pitching platform attended by international festival representatives, distributors and sales agents.
Three €50,000 co-production awards, funded by Creative Europe’s Media programme, were presented to Fabián Hernández’s A Male (Colombia-Netherlands), Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum’s Houses (Israel) and Marian Mathias’ Runner (Germany-France-us).
Furthermore,...
- 11/25/2019
- ScreenDaily
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