Three alumni of the programme have films premiering in Competition.
Emily Morgan, producer of Directors’ Fortnight 2017 title I Am Not A Witch, and Nina Bisgaard, producer of the Oscar-nominated Border, are among the 20 up-and-coming producers to be selected for the European Film Promotion (Efp)’s Producers On The Move showcase, which takes place at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The programme for 20th edition runs from May 16-20, and includes pitching sessions, case studies, and one-to-one meetings with the international industry.
Morgan produced the Bifa and Bafta-winning I Am Not A Witch through her UK outfit Quiddity Films,...
Emily Morgan, producer of Directors’ Fortnight 2017 title I Am Not A Witch, and Nina Bisgaard, producer of the Oscar-nominated Border, are among the 20 up-and-coming producers to be selected for the European Film Promotion (Efp)’s Producers On The Move showcase, which takes place at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The programme for 20th edition runs from May 16-20, and includes pitching sessions, case studies, and one-to-one meetings with the international industry.
Morgan produced the Bifa and Bafta-winning I Am Not A Witch through her UK outfit Quiddity Films,...
- 4/24/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Twenty of Europe’s up-and-coming producers are going to Cannes with European Film Promotion. The organization unveiled its latest roster of Producers on the Move on Wednesday, a lineup that features France’s Gregoire Debailly, who produced Jean-Bernard Marlin’s “Sheherazade,” which premiered in Critics’ Week in Cannes last year, and Ireland’s Cormac Fox, who produced Sophie Hyde’s “Animals.”
Other names include “Borg vs. McEnroe” producer Jon Nohrstedt and, from the U.K., Emily Morgan, whose credits include the critically acclaimed “I Am Not a Witch.”
Efp has been putting selected enterprising producers in the spotlight for 20 years, a period in which 400 have featured. The European Union’s Creative Europe – Media Program backs the initiative, which sees the selected producers take part in networking and production-skewed events.
A trio of producers from previous editions will have films at Cannes this year: Germany’s Janine Jackowski with Corneliu Porumboiu’s “The Whistlers,...
Other names include “Borg vs. McEnroe” producer Jon Nohrstedt and, from the U.K., Emily Morgan, whose credits include the critically acclaimed “I Am Not a Witch.”
Efp has been putting selected enterprising producers in the spotlight for 20 years, a period in which 400 have featured. The European Union’s Creative Europe – Media Program backs the initiative, which sees the selected producers take part in networking and production-skewed events.
A trio of producers from previous editions will have films at Cannes this year: Germany’s Janine Jackowski with Corneliu Porumboiu’s “The Whistlers,...
- 4/24/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Guests include composer Alexandre Desplat and producer Ed Guiney.
The BFI London Film Festival (October 10-21) has unveiled the industry programme that will run alongside its 2018 event.
Guests this year include Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (taking part in an AMPAS event); producer and head of Element Pictures Ed Guiney; producer and co-founder of Number 9 Films Elizabeth Karlsen; and Ben Roberts, director of the BFI Film Fund.
Also attending will be Femi Oguns, founder of the Identity Agency Group; Stacy Smith, the creator of the ‘inclusion rider’; and screenwriter Jeff Pope.
Events
A co-production discussion entitled ‘What Has Co-Production Ever Done For Us?...
The BFI London Film Festival (October 10-21) has unveiled the industry programme that will run alongside its 2018 event.
Guests this year include Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (taking part in an AMPAS event); producer and head of Element Pictures Ed Guiney; producer and co-founder of Number 9 Films Elizabeth Karlsen; and Ben Roberts, director of the BFI Film Fund.
Also attending will be Femi Oguns, founder of the Identity Agency Group; Stacy Smith, the creator of the ‘inclusion rider’; and screenwriter Jeff Pope.
Events
A co-production discussion entitled ‘What Has Co-Production Ever Done For Us?...
- 9/6/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Filmmaker Ali Abbasi lives in Copenhagen, but he has an Iranian passport; he grew up in the country and moved to Denmark when he was 20 years old. That proved complicated when his second feature “Border,” Sweden’s Oscar submission and the winner of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section last May, was selected for the Telluride and Toronto film festivals. Due to the Trump Administration’s travel ban, which indefinitely suspends visas to Iranian citizens in addition to six other countries, Abbasi didn’t know if he could make it with his movie.
However, over the past week, the filmmaker learned that he was granted a rare exception to the rule. On Friday, he showed up at the Telluride Film Festival for the North American premiere of “Border,” which Neon will qualify in the U.S. later this year. Legal authorities have told him that he’s the first Iranian to...
However, over the past week, the filmmaker learned that he was granted a rare exception to the rule. On Friday, he showed up at the Telluride Film Festival for the North American premiere of “Border,” which Neon will qualify in the U.S. later this year. Legal authorities have told him that he’s the first Iranian to...
- 9/1/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Sweden has selected Ali Abbasi’s Cannes winner “Border” as its entry for best foreign language film at this year’s 91st Academy Awards. The Swedish Film Institute announced the choice Tuesday.
Abbasi said he was “overwhelmed” that his film had been selected. “I thought it was impossible to even get to Cannes, but as the film has grown and now is being screened at festivals all over the world, the Oscars doesn’t seem so far away all of a sudden,” said Abbasi, who was born in Iran and educated in Denmark.
The film was chosen by the seven members of the Swedish Oscar Committee, which was presided over by Anna Serner, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute.
“Border” saw its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard program at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in May, where it went on to win the section’s top prize.
Abbasi said he was “overwhelmed” that his film had been selected. “I thought it was impossible to even get to Cannes, but as the film has grown and now is being screened at festivals all over the world, the Oscars doesn’t seem so far away all of a sudden,” said Abbasi, who was born in Iran and educated in Denmark.
The film was chosen by the seven members of the Swedish Oscar Committee, which was presided over by Anna Serner, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute.
“Border” saw its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard program at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in May, where it went on to win the section’s top prize.
- 8/28/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Neon acquired North American rights to director Ali Abbasi’s troll love story “Border” following its world premiere at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, the company announced Friday.
The Swedish genre film is based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, whose previous vampire story, “Let the Right One In,” became an international film hit in 2010 — and was also adapted by Hollywood two years later.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Also Read: 'Border' Film Review: Are Moviegoers Ready for Hot, Hairy Troll Sex?
“Border,” the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Abbasi, follows a border guard (Eva Melander) who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. When she comes across a mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection, she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind.
Abassi co-scripted the film with Isabella Eklöf, in collaboration with Lindqvist.
TheWrap’s Steve Pond described the film as “a quintessential midnight movie for the artiest of art-houses,” noting its depiction of maggot-eating beast people who engage in “some hairy, sweaty and distinctly unusual troll sex.”
He added, “But it’s also an allegory of how we treat outsiders, from migrants to those who don’t love the same way we do.”
Also Read: Bleecker Street Acquires Mads Mikkelsen Survival Drama 'Arctic'
Producers include Nina Bisgaard, Piodor Gustafsson and Petra Jönsson for Meta Film Stockholm, Spark Film & TV and Kärnfilm, in co-production with Meta Film Denmark, together with Film i Väst, Svt and Copenhagen Film Fund.
The Swedish Film Institute and Nordisk Film & TV Fond provided production support. The film was also supported by the Danish Film Institute, Media and Eurimages.
Read original story Neon Picks Up Troll Love Story ‘Border’ At TheWrap...
The Swedish genre film is based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, whose previous vampire story, “Let the Right One In,” became an international film hit in 2010 — and was also adapted by Hollywood two years later.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Also Read: 'Border' Film Review: Are Moviegoers Ready for Hot, Hairy Troll Sex?
“Border,” the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Abbasi, follows a border guard (Eva Melander) who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. When she comes across a mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection, she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind.
Abassi co-scripted the film with Isabella Eklöf, in collaboration with Lindqvist.
TheWrap’s Steve Pond described the film as “a quintessential midnight movie for the artiest of art-houses,” noting its depiction of maggot-eating beast people who engage in “some hairy, sweaty and distinctly unusual troll sex.”
He added, “But it’s also an allegory of how we treat outsiders, from migrants to those who don’t love the same way we do.”
Also Read: Bleecker Street Acquires Mads Mikkelsen Survival Drama 'Arctic'
Producers include Nina Bisgaard, Piodor Gustafsson and Petra Jönsson for Meta Film Stockholm, Spark Film & TV and Kärnfilm, in co-production with Meta Film Denmark, together with Film i Väst, Svt and Copenhagen Film Fund.
The Swedish Film Institute and Nordisk Film & TV Fond provided production support. The film was also supported by the Danish Film Institute, Media and Eurimages.
Read original story Neon Picks Up Troll Love Story ‘Border’ At TheWrap...
- 5/11/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Ali Abbasi directed feature based on short story by author of Let the Right One In.
Neon has swooped on North American rights in Cannes to the Swedish troll love story Border following its world premiere in Un Certain Regard on Friday night.
Ali Abbasi directed the feature based on a short story by the author of Let the Right One In, John Ajvide Lindqvist. Films Boutique handles worldwide sales.
Border is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Abbasi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Isabella Eklöf, in collaboration with Lindqvist.
Border tells the story of a border guard played...
Neon has swooped on North American rights in Cannes to the Swedish troll love story Border following its world premiere in Un Certain Regard on Friday night.
Ali Abbasi directed the feature based on a short story by the author of Let the Right One In, John Ajvide Lindqvist. Films Boutique handles worldwide sales.
Border is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Abbasi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Isabella Eklöf, in collaboration with Lindqvist.
Border tells the story of a border guard played...
- 5/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ali Abbasi directed feature based on short story by author of Let the Right One In.
Neon has swooped on North American rights in Cannes to the Swedish troll love story Border following its world premiere in Un Certain Regard on Friday night.
Ali Abbasi directed the feature based on a short story by the author of Let the Right One In, John Ajvide Lindqvist. Films Boutique handles worldwide sales.
Border is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Abbasi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Isabella Eklöf, in collaboration with Lindqvist.
Border tells the story of a border guard played...
Neon has swooped on North American rights in Cannes to the Swedish troll love story Border following its world premiere in Un Certain Regard on Friday night.
Ali Abbasi directed the feature based on a short story by the author of Let the Right One In, John Ajvide Lindqvist. Films Boutique handles worldwide sales.
Border is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Abbasi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Isabella Eklöf, in collaboration with Lindqvist.
Border tells the story of a border guard played...
- 5/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Border” (“Gräns”), a troll love story based on a novel by the writer of “Let the Right One In,” has sold to Neon, Variety has learned. The deal is for North American rights.
“Border” is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Ali Abbasi. The film deals with issues of identity through a folkloric perspective. It premiered in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section. The screenplay is based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, whose vampire tale “Let the Right One In” inspired two hit films, one Swedish and the other a U.S. adaptation.
“Border” tells the story of a border guard (Eva Melander) who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. When she comes across a mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection, she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind.
Indie label Neon is barely a year old,...
“Border” is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Ali Abbasi. The film deals with issues of identity through a folkloric perspective. It premiered in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section. The screenplay is based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, whose vampire tale “Let the Right One In” inspired two hit films, one Swedish and the other a U.S. adaptation.
“Border” tells the story of a border guard (Eva Melander) who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. When she comes across a mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection, she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind.
Indie label Neon is barely a year old,...
- 5/11/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
It is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Ali Abbasi.
Films Boutique has sealed an eye-catching sale on its new title Border to powerhouse French distributor Metropolitan Filmexport. Ali Abbasi’s Sweden-Denmark co-production will premiere on Thursday (May 10) in Un Certain Regard.
It is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Abbasi. He co-scripted the film with Isabella Eklöf, in collaboration with novelist John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let The Right One In). The film is based on a story by Lindqvist.
It tells of a border guard (Eva Melander) with an uncanny instinct for spotting smugglers. When she comes across...
Films Boutique has sealed an eye-catching sale on its new title Border to powerhouse French distributor Metropolitan Filmexport. Ali Abbasi’s Sweden-Denmark co-production will premiere on Thursday (May 10) in Un Certain Regard.
It is the second feature from Iranian-born Danish director Abbasi. He co-scripted the film with Isabella Eklöf, in collaboration with novelist John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let The Right One In). The film is based on a story by Lindqvist.
It tells of a border guard (Eva Melander) with an uncanny instinct for spotting smugglers. When she comes across...
- 5/8/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.