MK2 Films has boarded Bernhard Wenger’s feature debut, “Peacock,” a tragicomedy headlined by Albrecht Schuch, the German actor who starred in “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “System Crasher.”
An up-and-coming Austrian director, Wenger developed the script at the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinefondation residency and was part of Berlinale Talents in 2020. His shorts, including “Keeping Balance,” “Guy Proposes to His Girlfriend on a Mountain” and “Excuse Me, I’m Looking for the Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend,” have played at festivals in Chicago, Palm Springs and Nashville, among others.
MK2 Films’ team, spearheaded by Fionnuala Jamison, is kicking off sales on “Peacock” at the American Film Market. The project is being pitched as a “corrosive comedy” capturing “the essence of human relationships.”
“Peacock” tells the story Matthias who works at a rent-a-friend agency and finds it increasingly difficult to open up again and be authentic in his private life.
An up-and-coming Austrian director, Wenger developed the script at the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinefondation residency and was part of Berlinale Talents in 2020. His shorts, including “Keeping Balance,” “Guy Proposes to His Girlfriend on a Mountain” and “Excuse Me, I’m Looking for the Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend,” have played at festivals in Chicago, Palm Springs and Nashville, among others.
MK2 Films’ team, spearheaded by Fionnuala Jamison, is kicking off sales on “Peacock” at the American Film Market. The project is being pitched as a “corrosive comedy” capturing “the essence of human relationships.”
“Peacock” tells the story Matthias who works at a rent-a-friend agency and finds it increasingly difficult to open up again and be authentic in his private life.
- 11/2/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Team Dmv can't catch a break.
Since Breaking the Ice began, Coach Rory had one goal -- to prepare a diverse synchronized skating team for Nationals, show them their worth, and have them win. They've only competed in one competition so far, where they took second place.
On Breaking the Ice Season 1 Episode 4, their competitive dreams may be dashed since this exclusive clip hints that US Nationals may be postponed, and the tension between the coaches and the parents is heating up.
If you've been watching Breaking the Ice, you know that legendary figure skater Rory Flack is coaching the first diverse synchronized team of teenage girls. She's tough on them because she believes they will make milestones.
However, the skaters and parents often have difficulty with her coaching style, such as when she corrects mistakes quickly or changes choreography a week before a competition.
Up to this point, Team...
Since Breaking the Ice began, Coach Rory had one goal -- to prepare a diverse synchronized skating team for Nationals, show them their worth, and have them win. They've only competed in one competition so far, where they took second place.
On Breaking the Ice Season 1 Episode 4, their competitive dreams may be dashed since this exclusive clip hints that US Nationals may be postponed, and the tension between the coaches and the parents is heating up.
If you've been watching Breaking the Ice, you know that legendary figure skater Rory Flack is coaching the first diverse synchronized team of teenage girls. She's tough on them because she believes they will make milestones.
However, the skaters and parents often have difficulty with her coaching style, such as when she corrects mistakes quickly or changes choreography a week before a competition.
Up to this point, Team...
- 7/27/2023
- by Laura Nowak
- TVfanatic
Breaking the Ice Review Video — Breaking the Ice (2022) Video Movie Review, a movie directed and written by Clara Stern, and starring Alina Schaller, Judith Altenberger, Wolfgang Bock, Pia Herzegger, and Tobias Samuel Resch. Plot Synopsis Breaking the Ice‘s plot synopsis: “Breaking The Ice, a film that explores what happens when someone with a very [...]
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Breaking The Ice (2022): An Absorbing Movie that Works Best when its Scenes are off the Ice...
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Breaking The Ice (2022): An Absorbing Movie that Works Best when its Scenes are off the Ice...
- 2/18/2023
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Fest focus on films by up-and-coming talent from Geman-speaking world.
Max Gleschinski’s Alaska won the top prize in the feature film competition at this year’s Filmfestival Max Ophüls, which was held in Saarbrücken on the German-French border from January 23-29.
Focusing on works by up-and-coming talent from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, the festival is considered the most important newcomer film festival in the German-speaking world.
Rostock-based Gleschinski’s second feature centres on a 40-something woman who slowly finds her way back into life after nursing her father for 20 years, and falls in love with another woman.
The...
Max Gleschinski’s Alaska won the top prize in the feature film competition at this year’s Filmfestival Max Ophüls, which was held in Saarbrücken on the German-French border from January 23-29.
Focusing on works by up-and-coming talent from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, the festival is considered the most important newcomer film festival in the German-speaking world.
Rostock-based Gleschinski’s second feature centres on a 40-something woman who slowly finds her way back into life after nursing her father for 20 years, and falls in love with another woman.
The...
- 1/31/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
In the mesmerizing and strangely beautiful documentary “Matter Out of Place,” which world premieres in International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival on Wednesday, Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter looks at how we dispose of our trash. But, taking a broader view, he is trying to gain a better understanding of mankind, and the impact it is having on the planet, he tells Variety.
The locations for the film are wide ranging: it moves from the mountains of Switzerland to the coasts of Greece and Albania, to an Austrian refuse incinerator, and then to Nepal and the Maldives, and finally to the deserts of Nevada for the Burning Man event.
When choosing locations, sound was as much of a consideration as the images. Geyrhalter says he invested heavily in capturing high-quality surround sound, which is designed to be heard using Dolby Atmos, and then carefully fine tuned the results when it...
The locations for the film are wide ranging: it moves from the mountains of Switzerland to the coasts of Greece and Albania, to an Austrian refuse incinerator, and then to Nepal and the Maldives, and finally to the deserts of Nevada for the Burning Man event.
When choosing locations, sound was as much of a consideration as the images. Geyrhalter says he invested heavily in capturing high-quality surround sound, which is designed to be heard using Dolby Atmos, and then carefully fine tuned the results when it...
- 8/10/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Clara Stern’s debut feature “Breaking the Ice,” a drama about the blossoming love between ice-hockey player Mira and her new teammate Theresa, has debuted its trailer. The film will have its world premiere Saturday in the Viewpoints section of the Tribeca Film Festival. Julien Razafindranaly at Films Boutique is handling world sales.
The Austrian film follows on from Stern’s prize-winning short film “Mathias,” about a transgender man’s struggle to find his place in the world. “Mathias” screened at more than 30 festivals, and won best short film at Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film in 2017, and the Austrian Academy Award for best short film in 2018.
Frédéric Boyer, Tribeca’s artistic director, commented: “She brings that same sensitivity to ‘Breaking the Ice,’ a film that explores what happens when someone with a very rigid approach to life meets their freewheeling opposite.”
Alina Schaller stars as Mira, the heir to an...
The Austrian film follows on from Stern’s prize-winning short film “Mathias,” about a transgender man’s struggle to find his place in the world. “Mathias” screened at more than 30 festivals, and won best short film at Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film in 2017, and the Austrian Academy Award for best short film in 2018.
Frédéric Boyer, Tribeca’s artistic director, commented: “She brings that same sensitivity to ‘Breaking the Ice,’ a film that explores what happens when someone with a very rigid approach to life meets their freewheeling opposite.”
Alina Schaller stars as Mira, the heir to an...
- 6/9/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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