Exclusive: The English-remake of Israeli movie Longing starring Richard Gere has added Diane Kruger and Canadian actress Suzanne Clement.
In Longing, Gere plays a bachelor who is forced to evaluate his life choices when he discovers that an ex-girlfriend had given birth to his son twenty years ago. Savi Gabizon, who wrote and directed the original movie, is returning to helm.
Kruger plays Alice, the favorite teacher of Gere’s deceased son whilst Clement plays the boy’s mother, Rachel.
Daniel Bekerman produces under the Scythia Films banner along with Current Flow Entertainment’s Alexander Vinnitski and Arbitrage Pictures’ Neil Mathieson.
“We have been incredibly fortunate to attract such a stellar and multi award-winning cast for this very special and beautiful film, clearly a testament to Savi’s screenplay and vision for this English language remake”, says Vinnitski.
The Solution Entertainment’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson...
In Longing, Gere plays a bachelor who is forced to evaluate his life choices when he discovers that an ex-girlfriend had given birth to his son twenty years ago. Savi Gabizon, who wrote and directed the original movie, is returning to helm.
Kruger plays Alice, the favorite teacher of Gere’s deceased son whilst Clement plays the boy’s mother, Rachel.
Daniel Bekerman produces under the Scythia Films banner along with Current Flow Entertainment’s Alexander Vinnitski and Arbitrage Pictures’ Neil Mathieson.
“We have been incredibly fortunate to attract such a stellar and multi award-winning cast for this very special and beautiful film, clearly a testament to Savi’s screenplay and vision for this English language remake”, says Vinnitski.
The Solution Entertainment’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson...
- 11/10/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Mongrel Media has promoted company veteran Andrew Frank to co-president, Variety has learned. The executive joins current president and founder, Hussain Amarshi, who began the Toronto-based company in 1994.
In the new role, Frank will handle all sales — including those for Mongrel International — and acquisitions. He will also executive produce all Canadian films distributed by Mongrel. Frank has been with the company for 16 years and most recently held the title of VP sales and acquisitions. Previously, he spent six years as the director of home entertainment.
Prior to joining the company in 2006, Frank served as a creative consultant for Robert Redford’s Sundance Cinemas. Before joining the world of film, the exec was the director of marketing and sales at The Coffee Connection in Boston, where he invented and trademarked the Frappuccino.
“I am privileged to join Hussain in leading Mongrel’s highly experienced and cinephilic team as we continue to evolve as distributors,...
In the new role, Frank will handle all sales — including those for Mongrel International — and acquisitions. He will also executive produce all Canadian films distributed by Mongrel. Frank has been with the company for 16 years and most recently held the title of VP sales and acquisitions. Previously, he spent six years as the director of home entertainment.
Prior to joining the company in 2006, Frank served as a creative consultant for Robert Redford’s Sundance Cinemas. Before joining the world of film, the exec was the director of marketing and sales at The Coffee Connection in Boston, where he invented and trademarked the Frappuccino.
“I am privileged to join Hussain in leading Mongrel’s highly experienced and cinephilic team as we continue to evolve as distributors,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
Back in May, we got the exclusive first look at the trailer for first-time feature director Nyla Innuksuk’s alien invasion horror film Slash/Back, which is coming to us from Rlje Films and Shudder. The movie is set to receive a theatrical, digital, and VOD release on October 21st, and with that date just a few weeks away a new trailer for Slash/Back has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above!
Scripted by Innuksuk and Ryan Cavan, the film has the following synopsis:
Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they...
Scripted by Innuksuk and Ryan Cavan, the film has the following synopsis:
Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they...
- 9/29/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Screen Media has acquired “Best Sellers,” a comedy with Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza about a pair of misfits that has a literary twist. The deal is for all U.S. rights, and the company plans to release the film theatrically and on-demand in September.
Directed by Lina Roessler (“Little Whispers: The Vow”), “Best Sellers” centers on an ambitious young editor (Plaza) who decides to try to save the flailing publishing house her father left her by going on a book tour with the bitter, hard-drinking author (Caine) who helped establish the company several decades and an ocean of booze ago.
Cary Elwes, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong and Veronica Ferres co-star in the film. The screenplay, written by Anthony Grieco, won a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting award.
“Not since ‘As Good as it Gets’ have we seen such a mismatched pair take to the road,” said Screen Media in a statement.
Directed by Lina Roessler (“Little Whispers: The Vow”), “Best Sellers” centers on an ambitious young editor (Plaza) who decides to try to save the flailing publishing house her father left her by going on a book tour with the bitter, hard-drinking author (Caine) who helped establish the company several decades and an ocean of booze ago.
Cary Elwes, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong and Veronica Ferres co-star in the film. The screenplay, written by Anthony Grieco, won a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting award.
“Not since ‘As Good as it Gets’ have we seen such a mismatched pair take to the road,” said Screen Media in a statement.
- 7/12/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Coming-of-age story will premiere on Netflix outside Canada on December 10.
Canada has selected Deepa Mehta’s coming-of-age drama Funny Boy as its submission for the Oscar international feature film category.
Mehta, whose Water was the Canadian Oscar submission in 2007, co-wrote the feature with Shyam Selvadurai based on the latter’s novel about a gay boy growing up in Sri Lanka during the Tamil-Sinhalese conflict.
Brandon Ingram makes his feature film debut alongside Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, and Arush Nand. David Hamilton and Hussain Amarshi served as producers.
The film was one of 11 submissions. Telefilm Canada coordinates and chairs...
Canada has selected Deepa Mehta’s coming-of-age drama Funny Boy as its submission for the Oscar international feature film category.
Mehta, whose Water was the Canadian Oscar submission in 2007, co-wrote the feature with Shyam Selvadurai based on the latter’s novel about a gay boy growing up in Sri Lanka during the Tamil-Sinhalese conflict.
Brandon Ingram makes his feature film debut alongside Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, and Arush Nand. David Hamilton and Hussain Amarshi served as producers.
The film was one of 11 submissions. Telefilm Canada coordinates and chairs...
- 10/29/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Giant Little Ones, the coming-of-age drama from Canadian director Keith Behrman that had its world premiere earlier this fall as a Toronto Film Festival special presentation. The plan is for a March 2019 platform theatrical release.
Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Maria Bello and Kyle MacLachlan star in the pic, which centers on Franky Winter (Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Mann) who have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty – handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live the perfect teenage life, until the night of Franky’s epic 17th birthday party when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected incident that changes their lives forever.
Allison Black produced, with Patrice Theroux, Bello, Nathan Morlando, Ricky Blumenstein, Jason Potash, Paul Finkel, Hussain Amarshi, Daniel Bekerman, Mark Gingras and John Laing as executive producers.
Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Maria Bello and Kyle MacLachlan star in the pic, which centers on Franky Winter (Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Mann) who have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty – handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live the perfect teenage life, until the night of Franky’s epic 17th birthday party when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected incident that changes their lives forever.
Allison Black produced, with Patrice Theroux, Bello, Nathan Morlando, Ricky Blumenstein, Jason Potash, Paul Finkel, Hussain Amarshi, Daniel Bekerman, Mark Gingras and John Laing as executive producers.
- 11/1/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Mongrel International handles sales outside Us and Canada.
Kyle MacLachlan, star of Showtime’s recently revived Twin Peaks, has joined La and Toronto-based euclid431’s Ya drama Glo, which is currently shooting in and around Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada.
The star of the recently revived Twin Peaks on Showtime joins previously announced Maria Bello and Josh Wiggins on the Ya drama.
Keith Behrman wrote and directed Glo, also known as The Giant Little Ones, about two popular teenage friends whose lives and families are turned upside-down after an unexpected incident occurs at a 17th birthday party.
Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, and Peter Outerbridge round out the cast. Production in Ontario is scheduled to continue through August.
Telefilm Canada, Storyboard Entertainment, Omdc, Nohfc, Mongrel Media, CBC, Urban Post, Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund, and Tmn are financing the project.
euclid431 founder Allison Black produces the film, and executive producers are Bello, Patrice Theroux, [link...
Kyle MacLachlan, star of Showtime’s recently revived Twin Peaks, has joined La and Toronto-based euclid431’s Ya drama Glo, which is currently shooting in and around Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada.
The star of the recently revived Twin Peaks on Showtime joins previously announced Maria Bello and Josh Wiggins on the Ya drama.
Keith Behrman wrote and directed Glo, also known as The Giant Little Ones, about two popular teenage friends whose lives and families are turned upside-down after an unexpected incident occurs at a 17th birthday party.
Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, and Peter Outerbridge round out the cast. Production in Ontario is scheduled to continue through August.
Telefilm Canada, Storyboard Entertainment, Omdc, Nohfc, Mongrel Media, CBC, Urban Post, Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund, and Tmn are financing the project.
euclid431 founder Allison Black produces the film, and executive producers are Bello, Patrice Theroux, [link...
- 7/17/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Invitees will boost overall membership to around 8,500.
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
- 6/28/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Invitees will boost overall membership to around 8,500.
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Pictures co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
A record 774 people from 57 countries have been invited to join the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, an influx that will swell membership to around 8,500.
Among the new faces are veterans of the independent film world that include Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford, Lionsgate UK and Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, FilmNation founder and CEO Glen Basner, Good Universe partner and head of international Helen Lee Kim, and Cornerstone Pictures co-founder Alison Thompson.
The list beat last year’s intake of 683 and according to the Academy comprises 39% females and 30% people of colour, two areas where the Academy has been vocal in its efforts to boost representation in light of the ongoing diversity drive across the industry.
The intake includes Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, acquisitions executives Dori Begley from Magnolia Pictures, Eda Kowan from Lionsgate, Hussain Amarshi from Mongrel Media and Peter Goldwyn from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and publicity...
- 6/28/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mickie joined Mongrel in 2014 to oversee the acquisition and sales of films worldwide.
Mongrel International president and industry veteran Charlotte Mickie is leaving the Canadian sales company in June. Mongrel International is a division of Toronto-based independent film distributor Mongrel Media.
In a statement, Hussain Amarshi, president and founder of Mongrel Media, said: “We’re grateful to Charlotte for her role at Mongrel International, where she set up a robust foundation for our future endeavours. We plan to continue to bring some of the most innovative films and other content to the international market under the leadership of Caroline Habib and the team at Mongrel.”
Caroline Habib, a Screen 2014 Future Leader: sales and distribution, has been promoted to director of Mongrel International and will supervise sales and acquisitions for the company. She will work with Chantal Chateauneuf, a 2017 Future Leader: sales and acquisitions, and Alice Dutrut, who will take on an expanded marketing role.
Mickie, a familiar...
Mongrel International president and industry veteran Charlotte Mickie is leaving the Canadian sales company in June. Mongrel International is a division of Toronto-based independent film distributor Mongrel Media.
In a statement, Hussain Amarshi, president and founder of Mongrel Media, said: “We’re grateful to Charlotte for her role at Mongrel International, where she set up a robust foundation for our future endeavours. We plan to continue to bring some of the most innovative films and other content to the international market under the leadership of Caroline Habib and the team at Mongrel.”
Caroline Habib, a Screen 2014 Future Leader: sales and distribution, has been promoted to director of Mongrel International and will supervise sales and acquisitions for the company. She will work with Chantal Chateauneuf, a 2017 Future Leader: sales and acquisitions, and Alice Dutrut, who will take on an expanded marketing role.
Mickie, a familiar...
- 6/6/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
The Other Half, a romantic drama starring Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen, has gotten a release date in the U.S.
Brainstorm Media will release the feature from writer-director Joey Klein on March 10, both in theaters and on VOD.
The Other Half tracks the relationship of a grief-stricken man (Cullen) and a bipolar woman (Maslany).
JoBro Productions’ Jonathan Bronfman, Motel Pictures’ Nicole Hilliard-Forde and Joey Klein produced the film, with Prodigy Pictures' Jay Firestone executive producing.
Cullen and Maslany also executive produced, along with David Miller, Mark Gingras, John Laing, Hussain Amarshi, Julia Sereny, Jennifer Kawaja and Andra Gordon.
American Entertainment Investors negotiated...
Brainstorm Media will release the feature from writer-director Joey Klein on March 10, both in theaters and on VOD.
The Other Half tracks the relationship of a grief-stricken man (Cullen) and a bipolar woman (Maslany).
JoBro Productions’ Jonathan Bronfman, Motel Pictures’ Nicole Hilliard-Forde and Joey Klein produced the film, with Prodigy Pictures' Jay Firestone executive producing.
Cullen and Maslany also executive produced, along with David Miller, Mark Gingras, John Laing, Hussain Amarshi, Julia Sereny, Jennifer Kawaja and Andra Gordon.
American Entertainment Investors negotiated...
- 1/10/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The founder of the Fantasia International Film Festival’s Frontières International Co-Production Market will serve as director of distribution.
Trepanier earned her distribution stripes at Christal Films, where she was hired as publicist for theatrical releases and eventually transitioned to the home video department.
In 2008 she founded the boutique distribution company Evokative Films and for the past two years she has served in Los Angeles as director of development for Snowfort Pictures.
Hussain Amarshi, president of Toronto-based Mongrel Media, a supplier of films to Métropole, said: “We are very pleased to see the continued evolution of Métropole Films and very much look forward to working with Stephanie Trepanier in distributing our award winning and internationally recognised art house films in Quebec.”
Métropole titles include Manchester By The Sea, Elle, Toni Erdmann, I, Daniel Blake, A Separation, Amour, Blue Is The Warmest Colour and Whiplash.
Los Angeles-based content creator Big Block has added Spanish director Marcus Kuhne to its...
Trepanier earned her distribution stripes at Christal Films, where she was hired as publicist for theatrical releases and eventually transitioned to the home video department.
In 2008 she founded the boutique distribution company Evokative Films and for the past two years she has served in Los Angeles as director of development for Snowfort Pictures.
Hussain Amarshi, president of Toronto-based Mongrel Media, a supplier of films to Métropole, said: “We are very pleased to see the continued evolution of Métropole Films and very much look forward to working with Stephanie Trepanier in distributing our award winning and internationally recognised art house films in Quebec.”
Métropole titles include Manchester By The Sea, Elle, Toni Erdmann, I, Daniel Blake, A Separation, Amour, Blue Is The Warmest Colour and Whiplash.
Los Angeles-based content creator Big Block has added Spanish director Marcus Kuhne to its...
- 1/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in the Us as well as the UK and Latin America to Aisling Walsh’s recent Telluride world premiere starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke.
The distributor has also acquired territories in Asia and Eastern Europe as well as Scandinavia, Italy, South Africa, Portugal, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus.
Spc negotiated the deal with CAA and Mongrel International. Maudie received its Canadian premiere in Toronto.
Sherry White wrote the screenplay about the love story between acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis and the taciturn Everett Lewis
Bob Cooper produced alongside Mary Young Leckie, Susan Mullen and Mary Sexton, while executive producers are Heather Haldane, Hussain Amarshi, Alan Moloney, Johanna Hogan, Mark Roberts, Sheldon Rabinowitz, Ross Jacobson, Tyler Mitchell and Ed Riche.
Maudie was made with financial participation by Telefilm Canada, the Newfoundland and Labrador Development Corporation, Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund, the Ontario Media Development Corporation & Bord Scannán na hÉireann...
The distributor has also acquired territories in Asia and Eastern Europe as well as Scandinavia, Italy, South Africa, Portugal, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus.
Spc negotiated the deal with CAA and Mongrel International. Maudie received its Canadian premiere in Toronto.
Sherry White wrote the screenplay about the love story between acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis and the taciturn Everett Lewis
Bob Cooper produced alongside Mary Young Leckie, Susan Mullen and Mary Sexton, while executive producers are Heather Haldane, Hussain Amarshi, Alan Moloney, Johanna Hogan, Mark Roberts, Sheldon Rabinowitz, Ross Jacobson, Tyler Mitchell and Ed Riche.
Maudie was made with financial participation by Telefilm Canada, the Newfoundland and Labrador Development Corporation, Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund, the Ontario Media Development Corporation & Bord Scannán na hÉireann...
- 9/30/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all U.S. rights and multiple foreign territories to “Maudie,” Aisling Walsh’s biopic of folk artist Maud Lewis. The film stars Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke and is based on the true story of the romance between Everett Lewis (Hawke) and his housekeeper, Maud (Hawkins), who later became a famous artist. The film is written by Sherry White. “Maudie” is produced by Bob Cooper, Mary Young Leckie, Susan Mullen and Mary Sexton and executive produced by Heather Haldane, Hussain Amarshi, Alan Moloney, Johanna Hogan, Mark Roberts, Sheldon Rabinowitz, Ross Jacobson, Tyler Mitchell and Ed Riche.
- 9/30/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Charlotte Mickie and her team have taken international sales rights on Ira Sachs’s Sundance Premieres selection that debuts in Park City on Monday.
Little Men stars Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina Garcia and newcomers Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbieri and tells of two youngsters whose budding friendship is put to the test when a rent dispute erupts between their parents.
Wme represents North American rights to the coming-of-age drama that travels to the Berlinale next month, where it screens in both the Panorama and Generations sections.
Sachs produced Little Men with Lucas Joaquin, Faliro House’s Christos V Konstantakopoulos and Race Point Films’ Jim Landé and Laura Teodosio.
“I am joyful to be reunited with Ira as I sold his very first film (on 16mm!) The Delta, and later I worked on sales for Forty Shades Of Blue,” said Mongrel International president Mickie.
“He is a quintessentially humanist filmmaker who demonstrates enormous empathy for his subjects...
Little Men stars Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina Garcia and newcomers Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbieri and tells of two youngsters whose budding friendship is put to the test when a rent dispute erupts between their parents.
Wme represents North American rights to the coming-of-age drama that travels to the Berlinale next month, where it screens in both the Panorama and Generations sections.
Sachs produced Little Men with Lucas Joaquin, Faliro House’s Christos V Konstantakopoulos and Race Point Films’ Jim Landé and Laura Teodosio.
“I am joyful to be reunited with Ira as I sold his very first film (on 16mm!) The Delta, and later I worked on sales for Forty Shades Of Blue,” said Mongrel International president Mickie.
“He is a quintessentially humanist filmmaker who demonstrates enormous empathy for his subjects...
- 1/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Troy Lum has laid much of the blame for the virtual demise of mid-level theatrical films on the Us majors. blockbusters mentality.
Speaking during a panel session at the Cannes Film Festival, the MD of eOne Australia also complained that most scripts he reads lack emotional resonance.
.The middle ground all over the world has fallen out of the marketplace,. Lum said during a session on distribution in English-speaking markets moderated by the UK.s Film Council's Ben Luxford and Screen Australia.s Richard Harris.
.The films that were doing £2-5 million in the UK and Australia aren.t really there anymore. That.s unfortunate because that.s where the independent market sits.
.There has been a lack of respect of audiences from the studios just making shit, over and over again, so it meant there's a whole audience that wasn.t being served.
.That coincided with a great boost in TV drama,...
Speaking during a panel session at the Cannes Film Festival, the MD of eOne Australia also complained that most scripts he reads lack emotional resonance.
.The middle ground all over the world has fallen out of the marketplace,. Lum said during a session on distribution in English-speaking markets moderated by the UK.s Film Council's Ben Luxford and Screen Australia.s Richard Harris.
.The films that were doing £2-5 million in the UK and Australia aren.t really there anymore. That.s unfortunate because that.s where the independent market sits.
.There has been a lack of respect of audiences from the studios just making shit, over and over again, so it meant there's a whole audience that wasn.t being served.
.That coincided with a great boost in TV drama,...
- 5/18/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Canadian distributor has swooped on Asif Kapadia’s anticipated documentary about the late Amy Winehouse, set to premiere in Midnight Screenings on the Croisette.
Amy uses unseen archival footage and previously unheard tracks to chronicle the short life of the six-time Grammy winner and her death from alcohol poisoning in July 2011 at the age of 27.
James Gay-Rees produced via On The Corner Films. Mongrel cut the deal with Cinetic and plans a July release.
“Asif Kapadia is one the most talented filmmakers we have worked with and Amy is a jewel of a film – a tribute to one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our generation,” said Mongrel president Hussain Amarshi.
Mongrel distributed Kapadia’s 2010 documentary Senna. The company also holds rights to Woody Allen’s out of competition Cannes premiere Irrational Man.
Amy uses unseen archival footage and previously unheard tracks to chronicle the short life of the six-time Grammy winner and her death from alcohol poisoning in July 2011 at the age of 27.
James Gay-Rees produced via On The Corner Films. Mongrel cut the deal with Cinetic and plans a July release.
“Asif Kapadia is one the most talented filmmakers we have worked with and Amy is a jewel of a film – a tribute to one of the greatest singer-songwriters of our generation,” said Mongrel president Hussain Amarshi.
Mongrel distributed Kapadia’s 2010 documentary Senna. The company also holds rights to Woody Allen’s out of competition Cannes premiere Irrational Man.
- 4/17/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The New York-based company has licensed all Us rights excluding TV on the Sundance Audience Award winner to Music Box and Canadian rights to Mongrel Media.
Showbox Networks has picked up broadcast rights to Meru, which Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi co-directed and centres on three Himalayan big wall climbers who attempt to scale Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru.
David Koh and Josh Braun of Submarine brokered the deals with Ed Arentz and William Schopf of Music Box, Helen Huang of Showtime Networks and Andrew Frank and Hussain Amarshi of Mongrel Media.
Music Box plan a late summer theatrical release and academy qualification.
Vasarhelyi, Chin and Shannon Etheridge produced and Daniel T Reiner, Elizabeth Lauren Reiner, Jonas Tempel, Chris Wright and Loren Bough are the executive producers.
Showbox Networks has picked up broadcast rights to Meru, which Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi co-directed and centres on three Himalayan big wall climbers who attempt to scale Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru.
David Koh and Josh Braun of Submarine brokered the deals with Ed Arentz and William Schopf of Music Box, Helen Huang of Showtime Networks and Andrew Frank and Hussain Amarshi of Mongrel Media.
Music Box plan a late summer theatrical release and academy qualification.
Vasarhelyi, Chin and Shannon Etheridge produced and Daniel T Reiner, Elizabeth Lauren Reiner, Jonas Tempel, Chris Wright and Loren Bough are the executive producers.
- 3/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mongrel International has spiced up its Efm slate and joined a select handful of sales agents to secure the services of red-hot Ethan Hawke.
The Oscar-nominated star of Boyhood will act opposite Sally Hawkins in Maudie, the true-life romance that is scheduled to shoot this summer in Newfoundland, Canada.
Hawke will play a reclusive fish peddler who falls for his arthritic housekeeper, the eponymous Maud who displays little talent for her job but huge ability as a painter and goes on to become a celebrated folk artist.
Aisling Walsh will direct from Canadian Sherry White’s screenplay inspired by the real romance that played out in Nova Scotia in the 1950s and 60s.
Bob Cooper of Los Angeles-based Landscape Films produces with Mary Young Leckie of Toronto’s Solo Productions and Susan Mullen of Parallel Films, the Dublin producers behind Albert Nobbs.
“Ethan Hawke is one of the finest actors and artists working today,” said Walsh. “His...
The Oscar-nominated star of Boyhood will act opposite Sally Hawkins in Maudie, the true-life romance that is scheduled to shoot this summer in Newfoundland, Canada.
Hawke will play a reclusive fish peddler who falls for his arthritic housekeeper, the eponymous Maud who displays little talent for her job but huge ability as a painter and goes on to become a celebrated folk artist.
Aisling Walsh will direct from Canadian Sherry White’s screenplay inspired by the real romance that played out in Nova Scotia in the 1950s and 60s.
Bob Cooper of Los Angeles-based Landscape Films produces with Mary Young Leckie of Toronto’s Solo Productions and Susan Mullen of Parallel Films, the Dublin producers behind Albert Nobbs.
“Ethan Hawke is one of the finest actors and artists working today,” said Walsh. “His...
- 2/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former evp of eOne Films International arrives in Cannes as new president of Mongrel International.
Beloved sales veteran Charlotte Mickie arrives in Cannes as the new president of freshly minted Mongrel International and will commence talks on Maudie starring Sally Hawkins.
Mickie joined Mongrel Media founder Hussain Amarshi’s new venture on the eve of Cannes after recently departing eOne Films International.
Mongrel International holds worldwide rights to the Canada-Ireland co-production excluding Canada, where Mongrel Media will distribute directly.
Aisling Walsh’s drama is lined up to shoot in Newfoundland, Canada, in July. The true story based on a screenplay by Sherry White recounts the romance between recluse Everett Lewis and Maud Lewis, who went on to become a celebrated folk painter.
Bob Cooper of Los Angeles-based Landscape produces with Mary Young Leckie of Toronto-based Solo Productions and Susan Mullen from Dublin’s Parallel. Heather Haldane, Mary Sexton, Tyler Mitchell, Alan Moloney and [link...
Beloved sales veteran Charlotte Mickie arrives in Cannes as the new president of freshly minted Mongrel International and will commence talks on Maudie starring Sally Hawkins.
Mickie joined Mongrel Media founder Hussain Amarshi’s new venture on the eve of Cannes after recently departing eOne Films International.
Mongrel International holds worldwide rights to the Canada-Ireland co-production excluding Canada, where Mongrel Media will distribute directly.
Aisling Walsh’s drama is lined up to shoot in Newfoundland, Canada, in July. The true story based on a screenplay by Sherry White recounts the romance between recluse Everett Lewis and Maud Lewis, who went on to become a celebrated folk painter.
Bob Cooper of Los Angeles-based Landscape produces with Mary Young Leckie of Toronto-based Solo Productions and Susan Mullen from Dublin’s Parallel. Heather Haldane, Mary Sexton, Tyler Mitchell, Alan Moloney and [link...
- 5/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former evp of eOne Films International arrives in Cannes as new president of Mongrel International.
Beloved sales veteran Charlotte Mickie arrives in Cannes as the new president of freshly minted Mongrel International and will commence talks on Maudie starring Sally Hawkins.
Mickie joined Mongrel Media founder Hussain Amarshi’s new venture on the eve of Cannes after recently departing eOne Films International.
Mongrel International holds worldwide rights to the Canada-Ireland co-production excluding Canada, where Mongrel Media will distribute directly.
Aisling Walsh’s drama is lined up to shoot in Newfoundland, Canada, in July. The true story based on a screenplay by Sherry White recounts the romance between recluse Everett Lewis and Maud Lewis, who went on to become a celebrated folk painter.
Bob Cooper of Los Angeles-based Landscape produces with Mary Young Leckie of Toronto-based Solo Productions and Susan Mullen from Dublin’s Parallel. Heather Haldane, Mary Sexton, Tyler Mitchell, Alan Moloney and [link...
Beloved sales veteran Charlotte Mickie arrives in Cannes as the new president of freshly minted Mongrel International and will commence talks on Maudie starring Sally Hawkins.
Mickie joined Mongrel Media founder Hussain Amarshi’s new venture on the eve of Cannes after recently departing eOne Films International.
Mongrel International holds worldwide rights to the Canada-Ireland co-production excluding Canada, where Mongrel Media will distribute directly.
Aisling Walsh’s drama is lined up to shoot in Newfoundland, Canada, in July. The true story based on a screenplay by Sherry White recounts the romance between recluse Everett Lewis and Maud Lewis, who went on to become a celebrated folk painter.
Bob Cooper of Los Angeles-based Landscape produces with Mary Young Leckie of Toronto-based Solo Productions and Susan Mullen from Dublin’s Parallel. Heather Haldane, Mary Sexton, Tyler Mitchell, Alan Moloney and [link...
- 5/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former evp of eOne Films International arrives in Cannes as new president of Mongrel International.
Beloved sales veteran Charlotte Mickie arrives in Cannes as the new president of freshly minted Mongrel International and will commence talks on Maudie starring Sally Hawkins.
Mickie joined Mongrel Media founder Hussain Amarshi’s new venture on the eve of Cannes after recently departing eOne Films International.
Mongrel International holds worldwide rights to the Canada-Ireland co-production excluding Canada, where Mongrel Media will distribute directly.
Aisling Walsh’s drama is lined up to shoot in Newfoundland, Canada, in July. The true story based on a screenplay by Sherry White recounts the romance between recluse Everett Lewis and Maud Lewis, who went on to become a celebrated folk painter.
Bob Cooper of Los Angeles-based Landscape produces with Mary Young Leckie of Toronto-based Solo Productions and Susan Mullen from Dublin’s Parallel. Heather Haldane, Mary Sexton, Tyler Mitchell, Alan Moloney and [link...
Beloved sales veteran Charlotte Mickie arrives in Cannes as the new president of freshly minted Mongrel International and will commence talks on Maudie starring Sally Hawkins.
Mickie joined Mongrel Media founder Hussain Amarshi’s new venture on the eve of Cannes after recently departing eOne Films International.
Mongrel International holds worldwide rights to the Canada-Ireland co-production excluding Canada, where Mongrel Media will distribute directly.
Aisling Walsh’s drama is lined up to shoot in Newfoundland, Canada, in July. The true story based on a screenplay by Sherry White recounts the romance between recluse Everett Lewis and Maud Lewis, who went on to become a celebrated folk painter.
Bob Cooper of Los Angeles-based Landscape produces with Mary Young Leckie of Toronto-based Solo Productions and Susan Mullen from Dublin’s Parallel. Heather Haldane, Mary Sexton, Tyler Mitchell, Alan Moloney and [link...
- 5/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Hussain Amarshi is moving into the international sales business and heads to Cannes with an expanded Canadian company and his first sales title.
Mongrel International will focus on pedigree Canadian and world cinema titles and the first on the roster is Canada-Ireland co-production Maudie to star Sally Hawkins.
“We have specialised in bringing carefully curated, culturally relevant, story-driven and beautifully crafted films to Canadian audiences,” said Mongrel president and founder Hussain Amarshi, who will announce hires shortly. “And with Mongrel International, we plan to do that same for the world market.”
Aisling Walsh is scheduled to start shooting Maudie in July in Newfoundland, Canada, where the producers believe they will capture the look of Nova Scotia in the 1950s and 1960s era of the film.
Mongrel holds Canadian rights to the true story of a romance between a curmudgeonly recluse and the fragile yet determined eponymous character, whose crippled hands do not stop her from creating her beloved...
Mongrel International will focus on pedigree Canadian and world cinema titles and the first on the roster is Canada-Ireland co-production Maudie to star Sally Hawkins.
“We have specialised in bringing carefully curated, culturally relevant, story-driven and beautifully crafted films to Canadian audiences,” said Mongrel president and founder Hussain Amarshi, who will announce hires shortly. “And with Mongrel International, we plan to do that same for the world market.”
Aisling Walsh is scheduled to start shooting Maudie in July in Newfoundland, Canada, where the producers believe they will capture the look of Nova Scotia in the 1950s and 1960s era of the film.
Mongrel holds Canadian rights to the true story of a romance between a curmudgeonly recluse and the fragile yet determined eponymous character, whose crippled hands do not stop her from creating her beloved...
- 4/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Whistler Film Festival in BC runs from December 4 to 8, 2013, and filmmakers and deal-makers from Los Angeles, China and Canada will meet there at the Whistler Film Festival’s annual industry Summit to talk about cross border distribution and commerce. One of the many advantages of Wff’s Summit is the intimate environment in which executives and filmmakers network and forge relationships. Whether it is at a panel discussion, a reception or strolling through the village, Whistler offers an unparalleled opportunity for gaining access to the people you need to talk to – and with this years roster of industry elite, it’s an opportunity you can’t afford to miss.
“Drawing on the expertise of this years VIP guests, the Summit is structured around the theme of bringing your films to market, and is designed to provide filmmakers and producers with the necessary tools to succeed both within and beyond Canada’s borders,” said Paul Gratton, Wff’s Director of Programming. “Our second annual China Canada Gateway for Film Script Competition will provide insight into what works when considering a possible co-production with China. Similarly, this year's Crossing Borders program focuses on film distribution in Canada, specifically addressing what the EOne acquisition of Alliance means to Canadian players.”
On December 5th, Wff’s Summit kicks off with the second annual China Canada Gateway for Film® Script Competition, a dynamic pitching competition designed to stimulate international financing for Canadian creators to participate in a China Canada co-production. The competition introduces experienced writer/producer teams to Chinese studios with production financing on the table for three selected projects. The selected teams, international panel of experts and three Chinese production companies will be announced at the end of October.
On December 6th, the Summit’s Crossing Borders program will address all things distribution from big screen success to small screen solutions, attracting the most influential players in the industry.
The New Distribution panel will reveal how the vacuum in the Canadian distribution sector is quickly being filled up by aggressive new players such as Pacific Northwest Pictures and Indiecan, and how more established companies such as Kinosmith and Phase Four Films are stepping up to the plate. Attendees will learn about the new distributors, what they are looking for, and how and when to best approach them with their next film project. Guests include: Emily Alden, VP of Production & Development, Pacific Northwest Pictures; Robin Smith, Founder & President, Kinosmith; and Berry Meyerowitz, President & CEO, Phase 4 Films Inc.
The Alternative Distribution panel will speak to new ways of getting films to the big screen, or any screen for that matter. At a time when digital technology is allowing more and more films to get made than ever before, the challenge still remains on how to get these films to market. With alternative distributors speaking from both the Us and Canadian perspective, attendees will find out from the pros how to get films seen and generating revenue no matter what side of the border you live on. Guests include: J. Joly, Founder & CEO, CineCoup; Bill Bromiley, Chief Acquisitions Officer, Image, Rlj Entertainment; and Avi Federgreen, CEO, IndieCan Entertainment.
The What’s Up Docs panel will be moderated by Sturla Gunnarsson, director of numerous award-winning docs and of Ice Soldiers, which is receiving its world premiere at Wff. Featuring notable documentary filmmakers, the panel will address financing and distribution options for feature length documentaries at a time when most of the programming slots for so-called "one-offs" have disappeared from television screens to make way for reality programs. Guests include: Barry Avrich, Director, Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story; and Lucy Walker, Director, Crash Reel, with others to be announced with Wff’s lineup.
Hussain Amarshi, President & Founder of Mongrel Media, will deliver a keynote address entitled The Best of Times, The Worst of Times - Reflections on 20 Years of Film Distribution at Wff’s annual invitation only Filmmaker Luncheon.
Summit highlight In Conversation: A View From The Top moderated by Variety’s VP & Executive Editor, Steven Gaydos features Canada’s distribution and exhibition leaders including eOne, Cineplex and Bell Media who will discuss consolidation in the media and debate the pros and cons their companies' dominant positions bring to their respective sectors (theatrical distribution, theatrical exhibition, and television exhibition) in Canada. Guests include: Patrice Theroux, President, Global Filmed Entertainment, Executive Director of Entertainment One Ltd.; Michael Kennedy, Vice-President of Filmed Entertainment, Cineplex; and Kevin Goldstein, VP Regulatory Affairs Bell Media Inc.
Registered filmmakers and producers with industry experience and production credits will also have the opportunity to sign up for high-level one-on-one meetings to pitch their projects to commissioning editors, sales agents, distributors and other key execs attending the Festival.
On December 7th, Wff’s ShortWork Lab returns to empower the next generation of storytellers, providing filmmakers firsthand insight into the world of narrative short-form storytelling. Emerging filmmakers are invited to participate in this full day of panel discussions, pitches, networking and screenings with filmmakers and industry experts.
Wff’s Summit industry schedule is now available at www.whistlerfilmfestival.com . The Festival’s online box office is open for early bird industry registration and festival passes until October 31st. The Festival lineup and film schedule will be available online on November 4th.
For more information, go to www.whistlerfilmfestival.com .
The Whistler Film Festival is supported by Telefilm Canada, the Province of British Columbia and the Resort Municipality of Whistler. Bell Media (CTV, Etalk, E!) is Wff’s lead partner. Wff is sponsored by Variety, Transcontinental Media (Elle Canada), the Directors Guild of Canada - British Columbia, American Airlines, Sorel, Christie, Zoom Audio Visual Networks, Promosa Management, Tourism Whistler, Whistler Blackcomb and the Westin Resort & Spa Whistler.
The Whistler Film Festival Society (Wffs) is a cultural charitable organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler. Wffs produces one of Canada’s leading film festivals and plays a leadership role in offering professional and project development programs for filmmakers.
Whistler is Canada’s premier, year-round destination located in the spectacular Coast Mountains of British Columbia, and just two hours north of Vancouver. Consistently ranked the number one mountain resort in North America, Whistler features two majestic mountains, epic skiing and snowboarding conditions, four championship golf courses, more than 200 shops, 90 restaurants and bars, accommodations galore, hiking trails, spas and arguably the best mountain bike park in the world. In short, Whistler has everything you will ever need to have the time of your life - and so much more.
“Drawing on the expertise of this years VIP guests, the Summit is structured around the theme of bringing your films to market, and is designed to provide filmmakers and producers with the necessary tools to succeed both within and beyond Canada’s borders,” said Paul Gratton, Wff’s Director of Programming. “Our second annual China Canada Gateway for Film Script Competition will provide insight into what works when considering a possible co-production with China. Similarly, this year's Crossing Borders program focuses on film distribution in Canada, specifically addressing what the EOne acquisition of Alliance means to Canadian players.”
On December 5th, Wff’s Summit kicks off with the second annual China Canada Gateway for Film® Script Competition, a dynamic pitching competition designed to stimulate international financing for Canadian creators to participate in a China Canada co-production. The competition introduces experienced writer/producer teams to Chinese studios with production financing on the table for three selected projects. The selected teams, international panel of experts and three Chinese production companies will be announced at the end of October.
On December 6th, the Summit’s Crossing Borders program will address all things distribution from big screen success to small screen solutions, attracting the most influential players in the industry.
The New Distribution panel will reveal how the vacuum in the Canadian distribution sector is quickly being filled up by aggressive new players such as Pacific Northwest Pictures and Indiecan, and how more established companies such as Kinosmith and Phase Four Films are stepping up to the plate. Attendees will learn about the new distributors, what they are looking for, and how and when to best approach them with their next film project. Guests include: Emily Alden, VP of Production & Development, Pacific Northwest Pictures; Robin Smith, Founder & President, Kinosmith; and Berry Meyerowitz, President & CEO, Phase 4 Films Inc.
The Alternative Distribution panel will speak to new ways of getting films to the big screen, or any screen for that matter. At a time when digital technology is allowing more and more films to get made than ever before, the challenge still remains on how to get these films to market. With alternative distributors speaking from both the Us and Canadian perspective, attendees will find out from the pros how to get films seen and generating revenue no matter what side of the border you live on. Guests include: J. Joly, Founder & CEO, CineCoup; Bill Bromiley, Chief Acquisitions Officer, Image, Rlj Entertainment; and Avi Federgreen, CEO, IndieCan Entertainment.
The What’s Up Docs panel will be moderated by Sturla Gunnarsson, director of numerous award-winning docs and of Ice Soldiers, which is receiving its world premiere at Wff. Featuring notable documentary filmmakers, the panel will address financing and distribution options for feature length documentaries at a time when most of the programming slots for so-called "one-offs" have disappeared from television screens to make way for reality programs. Guests include: Barry Avrich, Director, Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story; and Lucy Walker, Director, Crash Reel, with others to be announced with Wff’s lineup.
Hussain Amarshi, President & Founder of Mongrel Media, will deliver a keynote address entitled The Best of Times, The Worst of Times - Reflections on 20 Years of Film Distribution at Wff’s annual invitation only Filmmaker Luncheon.
Summit highlight In Conversation: A View From The Top moderated by Variety’s VP & Executive Editor, Steven Gaydos features Canada’s distribution and exhibition leaders including eOne, Cineplex and Bell Media who will discuss consolidation in the media and debate the pros and cons their companies' dominant positions bring to their respective sectors (theatrical distribution, theatrical exhibition, and television exhibition) in Canada. Guests include: Patrice Theroux, President, Global Filmed Entertainment, Executive Director of Entertainment One Ltd.; Michael Kennedy, Vice-President of Filmed Entertainment, Cineplex; and Kevin Goldstein, VP Regulatory Affairs Bell Media Inc.
Registered filmmakers and producers with industry experience and production credits will also have the opportunity to sign up for high-level one-on-one meetings to pitch their projects to commissioning editors, sales agents, distributors and other key execs attending the Festival.
On December 7th, Wff’s ShortWork Lab returns to empower the next generation of storytellers, providing filmmakers firsthand insight into the world of narrative short-form storytelling. Emerging filmmakers are invited to participate in this full day of panel discussions, pitches, networking and screenings with filmmakers and industry experts.
Wff’s Summit industry schedule is now available at www.whistlerfilmfestival.com . The Festival’s online box office is open for early bird industry registration and festival passes until October 31st. The Festival lineup and film schedule will be available online on November 4th.
For more information, go to www.whistlerfilmfestival.com .
The Whistler Film Festival is supported by Telefilm Canada, the Province of British Columbia and the Resort Municipality of Whistler. Bell Media (CTV, Etalk, E!) is Wff’s lead partner. Wff is sponsored by Variety, Transcontinental Media (Elle Canada), the Directors Guild of Canada - British Columbia, American Airlines, Sorel, Christie, Zoom Audio Visual Networks, Promosa Management, Tourism Whistler, Whistler Blackcomb and the Westin Resort & Spa Whistler.
The Whistler Film Festival Society (Wffs) is a cultural charitable organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler. Wffs produces one of Canada’s leading film festivals and plays a leadership role in offering professional and project development programs for filmmakers.
Whistler is Canada’s premier, year-round destination located in the spectacular Coast Mountains of British Columbia, and just two hours north of Vancouver. Consistently ranked the number one mountain resort in North America, Whistler features two majestic mountains, epic skiing and snowboarding conditions, four championship golf courses, more than 200 shops, 90 restaurants and bars, accommodations galore, hiking trails, spas and arguably the best mountain bike park in the world. In short, Whistler has everything you will ever need to have the time of your life - and so much more.
- 10/22/2013
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Canadian director Deepa Mehta ("Midnight's Children") is set to helm an adaptation of Shilpi Somaya Gowda's novel "Secret Daughter" at Silent Joe Inc. and Mongrel Media.
The story follows two families, one in Mumbai forced to give a baby up for adoption, and another in San Francisco raising a brown-skinned child from another culture.
Mehta is penning the script, while Jody Colero and Hussain Amarshi will produce.
Source: THR...
The story follows two families, one in Mumbai forced to give a baby up for adoption, and another in San Francisco raising a brown-skinned child from another culture.
Mehta is penning the script, while Jody Colero and Hussain Amarshi will produce.
Source: THR...
- 5/16/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Toronto, May 16: After adapting Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" for the big screen, Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is working on a script based on Shilpi Somaya Gowda's novel "Secret Daughter" about how two families are bound by an adoption.
Mehta is said to be busy penning the script for producers Jody Colero of Silent Joe Inc. and Hussain Amarshi of Mongrel Media, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
"Secret Daughter" tells the story of two families, one in Mumbai, India, forced to give a baby up for adoption, and another in San Francisco, in the Us, raising a brown-skinned child from another culture.
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Mehta is said to be busy penning the script for producers Jody Colero of Silent Joe Inc. and Hussain Amarshi of Mongrel Media, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
"Secret Daughter" tells the story of two families, one in Mumbai, India, forced to give a baby up for adoption, and another in San Francisco, in the Us, raising a brown-skinned child from another culture.
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- 5/16/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
Toronto – Canadian director Deepa Mehta is bringing Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s novel Secret Daughter to the big screen. Mehta, whose latest film, Midnight’s Children, based on the Salman Rushdie’s 1981 historical novel, is currently in U.S. release, is penning the script for a film adaptation of Gowda’s best-selling novel for producers Jody Colero of Silent Joe Inc. and Hussain Amarshi of Mongrel Media. Secret Daughter tells the story of two families, one in Mumbai, India forced to give a baby up for adoption, and another in San Francisco raising a brown-skinned child from another culture. Canada’s Harold
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- 5/15/2013
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlin -- Mongrel Media in Canada and indie distributors Vertigo in Hungary have become to the two latest partners for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac, snatching up local rights for the two-part erotic epic from sales group TrustNordisk. "I am thrilled to finally have a Lars von Trier film at Mongrel Media," said Mongrel President Hussain Amarshi. "Lars is the most daring filmmaker in the, and we love his phenomenal talent at pushing the boundaries of cinema". Photos: Behind the Scenes of THR's Berlin 2013 Actors Roundtable Nymphomaniac, which is currently in post-production, stars Charlotte Gainsbourg as a self-diagnosed
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- 2/15/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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