Arna Media, the Russian distribution company run by Nadezda Motina, has secured the rights to “Brother and Sister,” “The Tank,” “Little Allan – The Human Antenna” and “The Colors of Fire” for its theatrical pipeline.
Arnaud Desplechin’s family-drama “Brother and Sister” stars Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud and Golshifteh Farahani. Cotillard and Poupaud play the titular siblings who, following the death of their parents, reunite after decades of silence. It is a companion film to Desplechin’s 2004 César award-winning movie “Kings and Queen.” The project is produced by Why Not Productions and is in post, set to be completed by May. Arna acquired the rights from sales agent Wild Bunch.
Clovis Cornillac’s “The Colors of Fire” is the female-powered thriller based on Pierre Lemaitre’s bestseller. The film, which stars Lea Drucker, Benoit Poelvoorde, Olivier Gourmet, Fanny Ardant and Cornillac, follows Madeleine (Drucker) through 1920s Paris on a journey to...
Arnaud Desplechin’s family-drama “Brother and Sister” stars Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud and Golshifteh Farahani. Cotillard and Poupaud play the titular siblings who, following the death of their parents, reunite after decades of silence. It is a companion film to Desplechin’s 2004 César award-winning movie “Kings and Queen.” The project is produced by Why Not Productions and is in post, set to be completed by May. Arna acquired the rights from sales agent Wild Bunch.
Clovis Cornillac’s “The Colors of Fire” is the female-powered thriller based on Pierre Lemaitre’s bestseller. The film, which stars Lea Drucker, Benoit Poelvoorde, Olivier Gourmet, Fanny Ardant and Cornillac, follows Madeleine (Drucker) through 1920s Paris on a journey to...
- 2/13/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
“The biggest choice was to make it,” admits Nicolaj Kopernikus, the writer and director of “Stenofonen.” For our recent webchat he continues, “It is really important that you keep having this stamina and this courage. I thought, ‘If I just made this movie for myself to follow my idea all the way from the beginning to the end, that would be enough.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“Stenofonen” is based on Kopernikus’ dad who, as a 12 year old boy collected stones that could be played as a musical instrument. The director reveals, “I wanted to combine it with his very tough relationship he had to his father. It would be a perfect combination to tell universal stories about how important it is to put some spotlight on each other. But, first of all, it was because I thought it was such a crazy idea to find a music instrument out of 2000 stones.
“Stenofonen” is based on Kopernikus’ dad who, as a 12 year old boy collected stones that could be played as a musical instrument. The director reveals, “I wanted to combine it with his very tough relationship he had to his father. It would be a perfect combination to tell universal stories about how important it is to put some spotlight on each other. But, first of all, it was because I thought it was such a crazy idea to find a music instrument out of 2000 stones.
- 1/28/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Louis Næss-Schmidt and Jesper Christensen in Nicolaj Kopernikus’s Oscar-shortlisted Live Action Short Film Stenofonen
Nicolaj Kopernikus’s Oscar-shortlisted Live Action Short Film Stenofonen, produced by two-time Oscar winner Kim Magnusson (Anders Walter’s Helium and Anders Thomas Jensen’s Election Night), scored by Halfdan E and shot by Henrik Kristensen, stars Louis Næss-Schmidt (The Chestnut Man), Jesper Christensen, Lars Ranthe, Patricia Schumann, Joachim Fjelstrup, Caspar Phillipson, and Kopernikus.
Nicolaj Kopernikus with Kim Magnusson and Anne-Katrin Titze: “I was so happy that my son said yes to playing my father as a 12-year-old kid back in the 1950s.”
In the first installment of my conversation with Nicolaj Kopernikus and Kim Magnusson we discuss father/son relationships on and off the set, casting Caspar Phillipson as the Hallo-Hallo radio host, a special photograph, the location of the beach, cutting a line from the script, and the missing magic tricks.
There are...
Nicolaj Kopernikus’s Oscar-shortlisted Live Action Short Film Stenofonen, produced by two-time Oscar winner Kim Magnusson (Anders Walter’s Helium and Anders Thomas Jensen’s Election Night), scored by Halfdan E and shot by Henrik Kristensen, stars Louis Næss-Schmidt (The Chestnut Man), Jesper Christensen, Lars Ranthe, Patricia Schumann, Joachim Fjelstrup, Caspar Phillipson, and Kopernikus.
Nicolaj Kopernikus with Kim Magnusson and Anne-Katrin Titze: “I was so happy that my son said yes to playing my father as a 12-year-old kid back in the 1950s.”
In the first installment of my conversation with Nicolaj Kopernikus and Kim Magnusson we discuss father/son relationships on and off the set, casting Caspar Phillipson as the Hallo-Hallo radio host, a special photograph, the location of the beach, cutting a line from the script, and the missing magic tricks.
There are...
- 1/22/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Short film predictions are often the hardest for the average office Oscars pool participant, and unfortunately the experts usually don’t fare much better. And of the three shorts categories, the live action short is usually the biggest wild card. While animated and documentary shorts have benefitted in recent years from growing online audiences, traditional narrative shorts tend to remain the domain of film festivals — at least until Oscar season. That said, this year’s shortlist offers an array of narrative shorts from both emerging and established filmmakers, some with festival recognition and others little known until now. This year’s crop is refreshingly international, with only one American film in the bunch, making the spread even harder to decipher.
That distinction goes to Kd Dávila’s futuristic prison satire “Please Hold,” about a wrongful arrest that takes a young man through a Kafkaesque techno hellscape. Even without the home country advantage,...
That distinction goes to Kd Dávila’s futuristic prison satire “Please Hold,” about a wrongful arrest that takes a young man through a Kafkaesque techno hellscape. Even without the home country advantage,...
- 1/5/2022
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar and Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
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2022 Oscars Predictions:
Best Live Action Short
Updated: Dec 23, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: It always helps to have one of...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Oscars Hub
Revisit the prediction archive of the 2021 season The Archive
Link to television awards is atTHE Emmys Hub
2022 Oscars Predictions:
Best Live Action Short
Updated: Dec 23, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: It always helps to have one of...
- 12/23/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Powder Keg (Krudttønden) Samuel Goldwyn Films Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Ole Christian Madsen Writer: Lars Kristian Andersen, Ole Christian Madsen Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lars Brygmann, Jakob Oftebro, Sonja Richter, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Martin Greis-Rosenthal Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 7/29/21 Opens: September 3, 2021 The political situation […]
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- 8/29/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
There are certain characters on “Game of Thrones” who could probably have been played equally well by a few dozen actors across the UK and Europe. Then there are the ones who, because of certain traits given to them by author George R.R. Martin, needed a very specific combination of talent and physical appearance. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister is obviously one of those, and Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth is another. At an imposing 6’4”(*) with icy blonde hair and large blue eyes, Christie makes an impression, and is absolutely convincing as the stoic warrior who keeps beating up all the men who underestimate her. (*) Tall actresses often wear flats to downplay their height, but when I interviewed Christie, she was wearing heels, making her even taller, and one of the few actors of either gender I’ve ever had to look up at. Christie and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau had...
- 4/2/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth unleashed a storm of swords in the climax of Sunday night’s Game of Thrones; the two knights with very different ethics finally having their big clash on a scenic bridge.
Captive Jaime was being led to King’s Landing by Brienne when his stream of insults and attempts to annoy her finally afforded him a chance to escape. Unlike Jaime’s showdown with Ned Stark in season one, however, this was a unique kind of battle.
“It was a very different fight because I was still tied with my hands and her style...
Captive Jaime was being led to King’s Landing by Brienne when his stream of insults and attempts to annoy her finally afforded him a chance to escape. Unlike Jaime’s showdown with Ned Stark in season one, however, this was a unique kind of battle.
“It was a very different fight because I was still tied with my hands and her style...
- 4/8/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Brienne of Tarth might be one of the more somber, conservative characters on "Game of Thrones," but the actress who plays her, Gwendoline Christie, is nothing like that. The same can be said of Jaime Lannister's Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and putting the two of them together in real life is guaranteed comedy. The duo filmed might be enemies on screen, but they have developed a rapport after filming the majority of Season 3 together that is wonderful to see at play.
Zap2it attended a press day for "Game of Thrones" Season 3 and spoke to Christie and Coster-Waldau about what fans can expect from the next 10 episodes of HBO's hit fantasy series. Among the jokes being tossed between the two actors were some thoughtful teases of the upcoming season. Here are some highlights:
Christie and Coster-Waldau after being asked to tease their storylines this season...
Coster-Waldau: "Gwen."
Christie: "Okay, Nikolaj, thanks for tossing that over first.
Zap2it attended a press day for "Game of Thrones" Season 3 and spoke to Christie and Coster-Waldau about what fans can expect from the next 10 episodes of HBO's hit fantasy series. Among the jokes being tossed between the two actors were some thoughtful teases of the upcoming season. Here are some highlights:
Christie and Coster-Waldau after being asked to tease their storylines this season...
Coster-Waldau: "Gwen."
Christie: "Okay, Nikolaj, thanks for tossing that over first.
- 3/21/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
In part two of our interviews on the set of Mama (read part one here), producer Guillermo del Toro is joined by the charismatic star of the show, Jessica Chastain. After our interview, Jessica took us to her trailer to show us how she had decorated with punk posters to get into characters. Of course, I was too distracted by her playful three-legged puppy Chaplin to pay too much attention to the sparse trailer. So here is the interview.
Jessica, what has it been like working with Andy, a new director, and of course Guillermo? Did Guillermo’s name help convince you to sign on for this project?
Jessica Chastain: Well of course. I’ve been such a huge fan of Guillermo’s and he’s one of the first people I met when I came onto this project. I had knee problems. I came in to the meeting...
Jessica, what has it been like working with Andy, a new director, and of course Guillermo? Did Guillermo’s name help convince you to sign on for this project?
Jessica Chastain: Well of course. I’ve been such a huge fan of Guillermo’s and he’s one of the first people I met when I came onto this project. I had knee problems. I came in to the meeting...
- 10/24/2012
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
I got to meet Jessica Chastain’s three legged dog on the ‘Mama’ set and ever since I’ve mentioned at every opportunity how happy a three legged dog can be.
In Jessica’s creation of Annabel means listening to punk music (her character plays the bass, so her nailpolish is constantly chipped) and watching whatever horror movies Guillermo Del Toro and Andrés Muchietti recommend (she’s not a natural horror fan). Mostly, I watch Devin from Badass Digest questioning Jessica Chastain as we’re all in her trailer – I expected him to do something more crazy, but – curse him – he just reported like the rest of us.
Back in the windowless room mere hours earlier, our chat with Guillermo was finally giving us a picture of what this movie was about, what it’s goals were and how the story grew beyond the original short (all this in my...
In Jessica’s creation of Annabel means listening to punk music (her character plays the bass, so her nailpolish is constantly chipped) and watching whatever horror movies Guillermo Del Toro and Andrés Muchietti recommend (she’s not a natural horror fan). Mostly, I watch Devin from Badass Digest questioning Jessica Chastain as we’re all in her trailer – I expected him to do something more crazy, but – curse him – he just reported like the rest of us.
Back in the windowless room mere hours earlier, our chat with Guillermo was finally giving us a picture of what this movie was about, what it’s goals were and how the story grew beyond the original short (all this in my...
- 10/23/2012
- by Da7e
- LRMonline.com
(Above: ’Mama’ director Andrés Muschietti and Guillermo Del Toro)
I’m not sure how I got switched from the comics/action/tentpole guy to the horror guy, but when you get offered a set visit for a Guillermo Del Toro produced film, you go. Not to mention that this movie was the premiere English language film from Andrés Muchietti a director who wouldn’t be on IMDb at all if it wasn’t for his original “Mama” short and a position as a set production assistant on ‘Evita.’ Packing up for Toronto, I threw the short up on my laptop as I was packing. It was brief, it was creepy, it was insanely dark. I stopped packing, messed with my settings and found a brighter version.
‘Mama,” the short film is what sold Guillermo Del Toro on Andrés and his sister/creative partner Barbara and it’s what got me...
I’m not sure how I got switched from the comics/action/tentpole guy to the horror guy, but when you get offered a set visit for a Guillermo Del Toro produced film, you go. Not to mention that this movie was the premiere English language film from Andrés Muchietti a director who wouldn’t be on IMDb at all if it wasn’t for his original “Mama” short and a position as a set production assistant on ‘Evita.’ Packing up for Toronto, I threw the short up on my laptop as I was packing. It was brief, it was creepy, it was insanely dark. I stopped packing, messed with my settings and found a brighter version.
‘Mama,” the short film is what sold Guillermo Del Toro on Andrés and his sister/creative partner Barbara and it’s what got me...
- 10/23/2012
- by Da7e
- LRMonline.com
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays mega-creeper Jaime Lannister in HBO's "Game of Thrones," has signed on to costar opposite Tom Cruise in "Oblivion."
Coster-Waldau will take time out from tormenting the Stark family to play Sykes, whom Deadline describes as "a battle-hardened, physically imposing, intelligent and extremely athletic military technology and weapons expert."
The movie, which has had a somewhat turbulent path from story to screen, is quickly racking up star power in time for its March start date. Morgan Freeman recently signed on the dotted line, and Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough were announced as costars in January.
The three actors' roles are still under wraps, as is the barest plot outline, but since there are only a few characters in the story, it's safe to assume that Coster-Waldau will be the last addition to the cast. The Universal sci-fi thriller has a reported budget of $100 mil, and with "Tron: Legacy...
Coster-Waldau will take time out from tormenting the Stark family to play Sykes, whom Deadline describes as "a battle-hardened, physically imposing, intelligent and extremely athletic military technology and weapons expert."
The movie, which has had a somewhat turbulent path from story to screen, is quickly racking up star power in time for its March start date. Morgan Freeman recently signed on the dotted line, and Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough were announced as costars in January.
The three actors' roles are still under wraps, as is the barest plot outline, but since there are only a few characters in the story, it's safe to assume that Coster-Waldau will be the last addition to the cast. The Universal sci-fi thriller has a reported budget of $100 mil, and with "Tron: Legacy...
- 2/14/2012
- by Jenni Miller
- NextMovie
Berlin International Film Festival
BERLIN -- Writer-director Annette K. Olesen and co-writer Kim Fupz Aakeson say they wanted to make "a Dutch 'feel-bad' movie" with "Forbrydelser" (In Your Hands). They have succeeded. We get gut-wrenching confrontations, chatter about God, faith, guilt and shame and, finally, tragic consequences to bad decisions that reflect a lack of faith in both God and man. Perhaps for their next film, Olesen and Aakeson will return to the quirky, feel-good tragicomedy that marked their "Minor Mishaps", which won over audiences at the Berlinale two years ago.
A women's prison is the site of a meeting between newly graduated theology student Anna (Ann Eleanora Jorgensen), who takes over as prison priest, and Kate the sinner (Trine Dyrholm), said to possess supernatural healing powers. The latter seemingly gets confirmed when Kate helps a fellow prisoner (Sonja Richter) overcome her drug addiction.
Kate develops an attraction to a male guard (Nicolaj Kopernikus), which can only bring trouble to both. Meanwhile, Anna's joy at learning she is pregnant, after years of trying, turns to despair when a doctor informs her and the father (Lars Ranthe) that the baby may suffer from a genetic fault.
Will Anna put her faith in God? In the sinner-healer? Or Will She not take chances and abort her fetus? Much hand-wringing and angry words accompany these ruminations. The movie is overly melodramatic yet alienating as its makers are determined to reach the worse possible outcomes for all their subplots. This also is a Dogme film, lacking music and conventional lighting, which only adds to the motifs of doom and gloom.
BERLIN -- Writer-director Annette K. Olesen and co-writer Kim Fupz Aakeson say they wanted to make "a Dutch 'feel-bad' movie" with "Forbrydelser" (In Your Hands). They have succeeded. We get gut-wrenching confrontations, chatter about God, faith, guilt and shame and, finally, tragic consequences to bad decisions that reflect a lack of faith in both God and man. Perhaps for their next film, Olesen and Aakeson will return to the quirky, feel-good tragicomedy that marked their "Minor Mishaps", which won over audiences at the Berlinale two years ago.
A women's prison is the site of a meeting between newly graduated theology student Anna (Ann Eleanora Jorgensen), who takes over as prison priest, and Kate the sinner (Trine Dyrholm), said to possess supernatural healing powers. The latter seemingly gets confirmed when Kate helps a fellow prisoner (Sonja Richter) overcome her drug addiction.
Kate develops an attraction to a male guard (Nicolaj Kopernikus), which can only bring trouble to both. Meanwhile, Anna's joy at learning she is pregnant, after years of trying, turns to despair when a doctor informs her and the father (Lars Ranthe) that the baby may suffer from a genetic fault.
Will Anna put her faith in God? In the sinner-healer? Or Will She not take chances and abort her fetus? Much hand-wringing and angry words accompany these ruminations. The movie is overly melodramatic yet alienating as its makers are determined to reach the worse possible outcomes for all their subplots. This also is a Dogme film, lacking music and conventional lighting, which only adds to the motifs of doom and gloom.
Berlin International Film Festival
BERLIN -- Writer-director Annette K. Olesen and co-writer Kim Fupz Aakeson say they wanted to make "a Dutch 'feel-bad' movie" with "Forbrydelser" (In Your Hands). They have succeeded. We get gut-wrenching confrontations, chatter about God, faith, guilt and shame and, finally, tragic consequences to bad decisions that reflect a lack of faith in both God and man. Perhaps for their next film, Olesen and Aakeson will return to the quirky, feel-good tragicomedy that marked their "Minor Mishaps", which won over audiences at the Berlinale two years ago.
A women's prison is the site of a meeting between newly graduated theology student Anna (Ann Eleanora Jorgensen), who takes over as prison priest, and Kate the sinner (Trine Dyrholm), said to possess supernatural healing powers. The latter seemingly gets confirmed when Kate helps a fellow prisoner (Sonja Richter) overcome her drug addiction.
Kate develops an attraction to a male guard (Nicolaj Kopernikus), which can only bring trouble to both. Meanwhile, Anna's joy at learning she is pregnant, after years of trying, turns to despair when a doctor informs her and the father (Lars Ranthe) that the baby may suffer from a genetic fault.
Will Anna put her faith in God? In the sinner-healer? Or Will She not take chances and abort her fetus? Much hand-wringing and angry words accompany these ruminations. The movie is overly melodramatic yet alienating as its makers are determined to reach the worse possible outcomes for all their subplots. This also is a Dogme film, lacking music and conventional lighting, which only adds to the motifs of doom and gloom.
BERLIN -- Writer-director Annette K. Olesen and co-writer Kim Fupz Aakeson say they wanted to make "a Dutch 'feel-bad' movie" with "Forbrydelser" (In Your Hands). They have succeeded. We get gut-wrenching confrontations, chatter about God, faith, guilt and shame and, finally, tragic consequences to bad decisions that reflect a lack of faith in both God and man. Perhaps for their next film, Olesen and Aakeson will return to the quirky, feel-good tragicomedy that marked their "Minor Mishaps", which won over audiences at the Berlinale two years ago.
A women's prison is the site of a meeting between newly graduated theology student Anna (Ann Eleanora Jorgensen), who takes over as prison priest, and Kate the sinner (Trine Dyrholm), said to possess supernatural healing powers. The latter seemingly gets confirmed when Kate helps a fellow prisoner (Sonja Richter) overcome her drug addiction.
Kate develops an attraction to a male guard (Nicolaj Kopernikus), which can only bring trouble to both. Meanwhile, Anna's joy at learning she is pregnant, after years of trying, turns to despair when a doctor informs her and the father (Lars Ranthe) that the baby may suffer from a genetic fault.
Will Anna put her faith in God? In the sinner-healer? Or Will She not take chances and abort her fetus? Much hand-wringing and angry words accompany these ruminations. The movie is overly melodramatic yet alienating as its makers are determined to reach the worse possible outcomes for all their subplots. This also is a Dogme film, lacking music and conventional lighting, which only adds to the motifs of doom and gloom.
- 2/10/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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