London-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has closed a host of sales for Daniel Roher’s “Navalny” and Jono McLeod’s “My Old School,” both of which premiered at Sundance and are screening this week at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Roher’s riveting documentary thriller (pictured above) won the Festival Favorite Award and the U.S. Documentary Audience Award at Sundance. It follows the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, as he and investigative news organizations Bellingcat and CNN try to unravel the botched effort to assassinate him in 2020.
Following CNN’s world premiere broadcast on April 24, TV rights were sold to BBC (U.K.), Rtl (Germany), Discovery (Italy), Svt (Sweden), Dr (Denmark), Nrk (Norway), Ruv (Iceland), Vrt (Belgium), Vpro (the Netherlands), Channel 8 (Israel), Yesdocu (Israel), Tvn (Poland), and Aleph (Romania).
The film was released theatrically last month by Warner Bros. Studios and Fathom Events in...
Roher’s riveting documentary thriller (pictured above) won the Festival Favorite Award and the U.S. Documentary Audience Award at Sundance. It follows the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, as he and investigative news organizations Bellingcat and CNN try to unravel the botched effort to assassinate him in 2020.
Following CNN’s world premiere broadcast on April 24, TV rights were sold to BBC (U.K.), Rtl (Germany), Discovery (Italy), Svt (Sweden), Dr (Denmark), Nrk (Norway), Ruv (Iceland), Vrt (Belgium), Vpro (the Netherlands), Channel 8 (Israel), Yesdocu (Israel), Tvn (Poland), and Aleph (Romania).
The film was released theatrically last month by Warner Bros. Studios and Fathom Events in...
- 5/4/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Jono McLeod-directed documentary My Old School, which made its world premiere at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival, has landed at Magnolia Pictures. The specialty cinema label has taken North American rights to the docu, which features Alan Cumming. A July 22 theatrical release has been set.
My Old School unravels the astonishing true story of a mysterious new student who may not be who his Scottish classmates and teachers believe.
In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow. What followed over the next two years would become the stuff of legend. Brandon had been privately tutored in Canada while he accompanied his mother, an opera diva, on tour before her tragic death. The preternaturally bright student surprised teachers by blazing toward his goal of entering medical school, displaying a wealth of knowledge beyond his years. Brandon found friends despite his initial awkwardness,...
My Old School unravels the astonishing true story of a mysterious new student who may not be who his Scottish classmates and teachers believe.
In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow. What followed over the next two years would become the stuff of legend. Brandon had been privately tutored in Canada while he accompanied his mother, an opera diva, on tour before her tragic death. The preternaturally bright student surprised teachers by blazing toward his goal of entering medical school, displaying a wealth of knowledge beyond his years. Brandon found friends despite his initial awkwardness,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Hopscotch Films production received co-funding from Creative Scotland.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to My Old School, the documentary starring Alan Cumming that premiered at Sundance earlier this year.
Jono McLeod directed the film, which unravels the true story of a mysterious new student at a secondary school in an affluent part of Glasgow who may not be who his Scottish classmates and teachers believe.
Magnolia will release the film in theaters on July 22. Olivia Lichtenstein and John Archer served as producers.
My Old School is a Hopscotch Films production with co-funding from Creative Scotland. Executive producers are Mark Thomas,...
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to My Old School, the documentary starring Alan Cumming that premiered at Sundance earlier this year.
Jono McLeod directed the film, which unravels the true story of a mysterious new student at a secondary school in an affluent part of Glasgow who may not be who his Scottish classmates and teachers believe.
Magnolia will release the film in theaters on July 22. Olivia Lichtenstein and John Archer served as producers.
My Old School is a Hopscotch Films production with co-funding from Creative Scotland. Executive producers are Mark Thomas,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The first trailer for Mark Cousins’ epic documentary “Women Make Film,” whose full-length 14-hour version receives its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, has been launched by Dogwoof and Hopscotch Films.
Narrated by actresses Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Sharmila Tagor, Adjoa Andoh, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton, and Debra Winger, the film has been divided by Cousins into five parts for screening in Toronto from Sept. 7-11. The first four installments run three hours apiece and the final section runs two hours.
The narrators are seen driving in the trailer, taking the viewer on a literal road trip. The film is subtitled “A New Road Movie Through Cinema.”
Swinton sets out the premise and goal of the documentary. “Most films have been directed by men. Most of the recognized so-called movie classics were directed by men,” she says. “For 13 decades and on all six filmmaking continents, thousands of women have been directing films,...
Narrated by actresses Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Sharmila Tagor, Adjoa Andoh, Kerry Fox, Thandie Newton, and Debra Winger, the film has been divided by Cousins into five parts for screening in Toronto from Sept. 7-11. The first four installments run three hours apiece and the final section runs two hours.
The narrators are seen driving in the trailer, taking the viewer on a literal road trip. The film is subtitled “A New Road Movie Through Cinema.”
Swinton sets out the premise and goal of the documentary. “Most films have been directed by men. Most of the recognized so-called movie classics were directed by men,” she says. “For 13 decades and on all six filmmaking continents, thousands of women have been directing films,...
- 8/28/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
T2 Trainspotting leads charge for Scottish BAFTAs Danny Boyle's T2 Trainspotting has been nominated for five awards by Bafta Scotland.
The sequel to the 1986 hit is in the running for best film, best director, plus best actor nods for Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle and Ewan McGregor.
The film will vie for best film against Accidental Anarchist, directed by John Archer and Clara Glynn and Chico Pereira's docufiction Donkeyote.
The ceremony will take place on Sunday 5 November.
Full list of the film nominees:
Actor - Film
Ewen Bremner - T2 Trainspotting
Robert Carlyle - T2 Trainspotting
Ewan McGregor - T2 Trainspotting
Actress - Film
Kate Dickie - Prevenge
Freya Mavor - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Deirdre Mullins - The Dark Mile
Animation
Home Matters - Playdead
Life Cycles - Ross Hogg
Spindrift - Selina Wagner, Anna Thomson, Mike Vass
Director - Fiction
Danny Boyle - T2 Trainspotting
Hope Dickson Leach...
The sequel to the 1986 hit is in the running for best film, best director, plus best actor nods for Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle and Ewan McGregor.
The film will vie for best film against Accidental Anarchist, directed by John Archer and Clara Glynn and Chico Pereira's docufiction Donkeyote.
The ceremony will take place on Sunday 5 November.
Full list of the film nominees:
Actor - Film
Ewen Bremner - T2 Trainspotting
Robert Carlyle - T2 Trainspotting
Ewan McGregor - T2 Trainspotting
Actress - Film
Kate Dickie - Prevenge
Freya Mavor - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Deirdre Mullins - The Dark Mile
Animation
Home Matters - Playdead
Life Cycles - Ross Hogg
Spindrift - Selina Wagner, Anna Thomson, Mike Vass
Director - Fiction
Danny Boyle - T2 Trainspotting
Hope Dickson Leach...
- 10/5/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The documentary festival is also launching a fifth competition strand at its 2017 edition.
Scandi documentary festival Cph:dox (Mar 16-26) has unveiled the films in its usual four competitions as well as introducing a new competition section.
World premieres announced across the competitions include Bridgend director Jeppe Rønde’s The John Dalli Mystery [pictured], a Kafkaesque story with Mikael Bertelsen and Mads Brügger; Do Donkeys Act?, a film about unruly donkeys narrated by Willem Dafoe; Accidental Anarchist, about the British former diplomat Carne Ross who has transformed into an anarchist; Sigrid Dyekjær’s A Modern Man, about violinist and model Charlie Siem; and Ben Rivers’ Urth, about the failed ecosystem Biosphere 2.0 in Arizona.
Read Screen’s festival preview here.
Other high profile documentaries to screen at the event include Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land follow up City Of Ghosts.
New competition Next:wave is launched to highlight international emerging talents “who have the courage to take chances and stand out.”
The...
Scandi documentary festival Cph:dox (Mar 16-26) has unveiled the films in its usual four competitions as well as introducing a new competition section.
World premieres announced across the competitions include Bridgend director Jeppe Rønde’s The John Dalli Mystery [pictured], a Kafkaesque story with Mikael Bertelsen and Mads Brügger; Do Donkeys Act?, a film about unruly donkeys narrated by Willem Dafoe; Accidental Anarchist, about the British former diplomat Carne Ross who has transformed into an anarchist; Sigrid Dyekjær’s A Modern Man, about violinist and model Charlie Siem; and Ben Rivers’ Urth, about the failed ecosystem Biosphere 2.0 in Arizona.
Read Screen’s festival preview here.
Other high profile documentaries to screen at the event include Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land follow up City Of Ghosts.
New competition Next:wave is launched to highlight international emerging talents “who have the courage to take chances and stand out.”
The...
- 2/22/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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