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Ram Releasing, the genre shingle under New York-based distributor Film Movement, today premieres the Us theatrical poster and trailer for the label’s first theatrical release since its launch in late 2013, App.
A film by Bobby Boermans, it’s the first film made with the intentional inclusion of content on a second, mobile screen. The accompanying app, Iris, is equipped with sonic technology that triggers additional content during the movie – off-screen text messages between characters, an alternative angle in a scene, and more. Though not required for viewing (and enjoying!) the action-packed App, the intentional use of the second screen makes it a groundbreaking achievement in...
From the Press Release
Ram Releasing, the genre shingle under New York-based distributor Film Movement, today premieres the Us theatrical poster and trailer for the label’s first theatrical release since its launch in late 2013, App.
A film by Bobby Boermans, it’s the first film made with the intentional inclusion of content on a second, mobile screen. The accompanying app, Iris, is equipped with sonic technology that triggers additional content during the movie – off-screen text messages between characters, an alternative angle in a scene, and more. Though not required for viewing (and enjoying!) the action-packed App, the intentional use of the second screen makes it a groundbreaking achievement in...
- 2/18/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Film Movement’s genre division’s inaugural selections include Moebius and Hide And Seek.
Leading the 2014 pipeline are Bobby Boerman’s Dutch second-screen thriller App on May 9 and South Korean Kim Ki-duk’s extreme family drama Moebius in late July.
The sister labels will co-release two titles theaterically in the form of Wiktor Ericsson’s documentary about porn auteur Joe Sarno in The Sarnos: A Life In Dirty Movies in June and Manuel Martín Cuenca’s romance Cannibal in July.
Rounding out the Ram slate are Nate Taylor’s psychodrama Forgetting The Girl and Huh Jung’s South Korean box office hit Hide And Seek (pictured) on home video on April 1 and April 8, respectively.
“After over a decade in this business, we’d seen again and again these genre films of exceptional quality with no place to put them within Film Movement’s established brand,” said vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget.
“We developed...
Leading the 2014 pipeline are Bobby Boerman’s Dutch second-screen thriller App on May 9 and South Korean Kim Ki-duk’s extreme family drama Moebius in late July.
The sister labels will co-release two titles theaterically in the form of Wiktor Ericsson’s documentary about porn auteur Joe Sarno in The Sarnos: A Life In Dirty Movies in June and Manuel Martín Cuenca’s romance Cannibal in July.
Rounding out the Ram slate are Nate Taylor’s psychodrama Forgetting The Girl and Huh Jung’s South Korean box office hit Hide And Seek (pictured) on home video on April 1 and April 8, respectively.
“After over a decade in this business, we’d seen again and again these genre films of exceptional quality with no place to put them within Film Movement’s established brand,” said vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget.
“We developed...
- 2/10/2014
- ScreenDaily
Manuel Martin Cuenca’s dark romance [pictured] to open theatrically in Us and Canada in Q3 2014, followed by VOD and DVD release.
North American film distributor Film Movement has picked up Cannibal (Caníbal).
Manuel Martin Cuenca’s dark romance centres on a tailor and secret cannibal (played by Antonio de la Torre) who unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with his latest prospective victim. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The deal was negotiated on the first day of the Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires by Film Movement’s VP of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget and Vicente Casales, managing director at Film Factory.
Conget commented: “Manuel Martin Cuenca has established himself as one of Spain’s most artistically astute filmmakers, his works consistently evolving in skill and style. In Cannibal, we see a surprisingly thoughtful approach to an otherwise gruesome premise, one we’re confident audiences will be as gripped by as we were...
North American film distributor Film Movement has picked up Cannibal (Caníbal).
Manuel Martin Cuenca’s dark romance centres on a tailor and secret cannibal (played by Antonio de la Torre) who unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with his latest prospective victim. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The deal was negotiated on the first day of the Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires by Film Movement’s VP of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget and Vicente Casales, managing director at Film Factory.
Conget commented: “Manuel Martin Cuenca has established himself as one of Spain’s most artistically astute filmmakers, his works consistently evolving in skill and style. In Cannibal, we see a surprisingly thoughtful approach to an otherwise gruesome premise, one we’re confident audiences will be as gripped by as we were...
- 12/5/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Film Movement has acquired Us Rights to "For A Woman" ("Pour Une Femme"), from director Diane Kurys ("Children of the Century," "Entre Nous"), the company announced today. A semi-autobiographical tale, "For A Woman" follows Anne, who, on the eve of her mother's death, uncovers a family secret in the form of a mysterious stranger her parents took in after World War II. The film, which stars Benoit Magimel, Mélanie Thierry, Nicolas Duvauchelle, and Syle Testud, opened in France in July to critical and commercial success. The deal was negotiated by President Adley Gartenstein and VP of Acquisitions and Distribution Rebeca Conget of Film Movement, and by Cécile Fouché, International Sales Manager at Europacorp. “Diane Kurys is an established prominent voice in French cinema, and once again she has made an immaculately structured and dramatically profound film. We couldn’t be prouder to bring her latest work to North American audiences,...
- 11/12/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Indiewire
Film Movement’s nascent genre label Ram Releasing has acquired South Korean smash Hide And Seek.
Ram Releasing plans a January VOD release for the film followed by a spring DVD debut as it assembles its 2014 launch slate.
Huh Jung’s feature directorial debut Hide And Seek follows a wealthy man who scours the underbelly of his city in search of his missing brother.
President Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget of Ram Releasing brokered the deal with Finecut CEO Youngjoo Suh and director of international sales Luna Kim.
Ram Releasing plans a January VOD release for the film followed by a spring DVD debut as it assembles its 2014 launch slate.
Huh Jung’s feature directorial debut Hide And Seek follows a wealthy man who scours the underbelly of his city in search of his missing brother.
President Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget of Ram Releasing brokered the deal with Finecut CEO Youngjoo Suh and director of international sales Luna Kim.
- 11/4/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Distributor Film Movement has secured all North American rights to African drama Grigris, which played in Competition at Cannes.
The fifth feature film from director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, who also directed Film Movement’s A Screaming Man, received the Vulcan Award for technical achievement at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The film, a French-Chad co-production, tells the eponymous story of a 25-year-old Chadian who dreams of being a dancer despite his paralyzed leg and the demands of his family weighing on him.
Review: Grigris
Grigris will have a New York theatrical opening in the first quarter of 2014, with a limited national roll-out to follow.
The acquisition of was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget, and Agathe Valentin, head of international sales at Les Films du Losange.
Conget said: “It is an honour to be the distributor now of two films by Haroun-Saleh, who with each...
The fifth feature film from director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, who also directed Film Movement’s A Screaming Man, received the Vulcan Award for technical achievement at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The film, a French-Chad co-production, tells the eponymous story of a 25-year-old Chadian who dreams of being a dancer despite his paralyzed leg and the demands of his family weighing on him.
Review: Grigris
Grigris will have a New York theatrical opening in the first quarter of 2014, with a limited national roll-out to follow.
The acquisition of was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget, and Agathe Valentin, head of international sales at Les Films du Losange.
Conget said: “It is an honour to be the distributor now of two films by Haroun-Saleh, who with each...
- 7/2/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Film Movement has acquired North Amrican rights to Elie Wajeman’s Aliyah, which screened in the Directors’ Fortnight at the recent Cannes Film Festival. The French language feature stars Pio Marmai as a Jewish drug dealer in Paris who is caught between family ties and dreams of moving to a better life in Israel. The distributor is planning a New York theatrical opening in the first quarter of 2013, along with a day-and-date cable VOD premiere. The acquisition was negotiated by Rebeca Conget, vp of acquisitions and distribution at Film Movement, and Sébastien Chesneau, head of international sales at
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- 6/15/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to French writer-director Elie Wajeman’s drama “Alyah,” which had its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The specialty distributor will release the film theatrically in New York and on VOD day-and-date in early 2013 Wajeman’s debut feature follows the struggles of a twenty-seven-year-old Parisian drug dealer with a dependent brother who sees a different potential future in a move to Tel Aviv to work for a cousin opening a restaurant, though it means leaving his friends and lovers behind. “The Directors’ Fortnight selection this year was particularly strong, and we’re proud to be able to announce the acquisition of yet another first film from that program, this time by a French director, the talented Elie Wajeman,” said Film Movement exec Rebeca Conget, who negotiated the deal with Rezo’s Sébastien Chesneau....
- 6/14/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Film Movement has taken North American rights to Israeli documentary, "Hitler's Children" from director Chanoch Ze'evi. The doc, which will be released in New York this fall followed by a national roll-out and VOD release, looks at the descendants of top Nazi officials and the struggle in their lives to move beyond the horrors of their past. While Hitler himself did not have children, many of his associates did -- including Adolf Eichmann, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler and Hans Frank. The synopsis are trailer are below. Film Movement's Rebeca Conget calls the film, "important, and powerful, and emotional on so many levels. It makes you question the idea of inherited guilt and responsibility, and the power of history on the individual’s psyche. We are hoping it will be seen by millions of people in North America, and open up dialog and discussion on the effects of the Holocaust...
- 4/11/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Indiewire
"The Dynamiter," which debuted at Berlin 2011 and recently received Indie Spirit Award nominations (John Cassavettes Award, Best Cinematography), has been acquired by Film Movement for North American distribution. The film will be released theatrically in New York during the second quarter of 2012, followed by a limited national release and VOD. "The Dynamiter" is Mathew Gordon's first feature; he shot the film in Mississippi with professional and non-professional actors to tell the story of a teen boy growing up in the rural South. Film Movement's Rebeca Conget says the film "grabs you and doesn’t let go, and you don’t even realize it until hours and days after you finish watching it. "The Dynamiter" won the Durban Film Festival's Best 1st Feature awards, as well as Deauville's Jury Prize. The synopsis is below: All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet, as another...
- 2/8/2012
- Indiewire
Updated 2:25 p.m. Film Movement has acquired “Historias,” a drama from Brazilian filmmaker Julia Murat, the company announced Monday. The Portuguese-language relationship drama is set in a small village that time seems to have passed by. Murat’s debut feature received a standing ovation after its screening in Toronto. It has a theatrical opening in the second quarter of 2012 with a limited national roll-out to follow. It also has a day-and-date video on demand premiere. Film Movement’s president, Adley Gartenstein, and VP of acquisitions and distribution, Rebeca Conget, negotiated the deal with Pierre Menahem and...
- 9/12/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
"The Colors of the Mountain," the debut film from filmmaker Carlos César Arbeláez, winner of the New Directors Award at this year's San Sebastian International Film Festival, is set for a summer 2011 release in North America. Film Movement acquired the film's North American rights in a deal negotiated by Film Movement President Adley Gartenstein and Rebeca Conget, the company's Vice-President of Acquisitions and Distribution. U-Media's Frédéric Corvez and Eric ...
- 12/14/2010
- Indiewire
British director Beadie Finzi's Portuguese-language doc feature "Only When I Dance" has been picked up by North American distributor Film Movement. The film, which features several young ballet prospects, including Irlan Silva, who is currently touring with the junior company of American Ballet Theater, will have a limited theatrical release and Video on Demand release in the Summer of 2010. Film Movement's president Adley Gartenstein and VP of distribution, Rebeca Conget ...
- 2/9/2010
- Indiewire
Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio's father-son drama "Alamar," which will be the opening night feature of the Generation section of the upcoming Berlin Film Festival.
The Spanish-language film, which is currently screening in competition at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, will open theatrically at New York's Film Forum on July 14 with a limited national roll-out to follow.
The acquisition was negotiated by Film Movement's Adley Gartenstein and Rebeca Conget, and MK2's Matthieu Giblin.
The Spanish-language film, which is currently screening in competition at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, will open theatrically at New York's Film Forum on July 14 with a limited national roll-out to follow.
The acquisition was negotiated by Film Movement's Adley Gartenstein and Rebeca Conget, and MK2's Matthieu Giblin.
- 2/4/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Damjian Kozole's "A Call Girl," which it will release in the second quarter of the year.
The film follows a small-town girl who moves to Slovenia's capital city where she becomes a high-priced call girl.
The acquisition was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget with M-appeal's Maren Kroymann.
The film follows a small-town girl who moves to Slovenia's capital city where she becomes a high-priced call girl.
The acquisition was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget with M-appeal's Maren Kroymann.
- 1/6/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Ciro Guerra's Spanish-language drama "The Wind Journeys," which follows an older musician and his young acolyte through the Colombian countryside.
"Journeys" is Colombia's official submission in the foreign-language film Oscar race.
A spring theatrical release is planned, followed by a DVD and VOD release in the summer.
The acquisition was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget and Elle Driver's Eva Diederix and Adeline Fontan Tessaur.
"Journeys" is Colombia's official submission in the foreign-language film Oscar race.
A spring theatrical release is planned, followed by a DVD and VOD release in the summer.
The acquisition was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget and Elle Driver's Eva Diederix and Adeline Fontan Tessaur.
- 10/28/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Movement has acquired rights to American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung's "Munyurangabo," a study of two Rwandan teenagers.
The film, which premiered last year as part of the Festival de Cannes's Un Certain Regard sidebar, will be released domestically in late May.
The first narrative feature shot in the native Kinyarwanda dialect, the film boasts an entirely nonprofessional cast and crew consisting of genocide orphans, returned refugees and other undereducated locals barely making a living in the village where the film was shot.
"This is an incredibly special film, in many ways, that we believe will soon become a world cinema classic," said Rebeca Conget, Film Movement's vp acquisitions and distribution. "We feel extremely proud to give 'Munyurangabo' a home in North America and look forward to sharing its compelling story and artistry with audiences."
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The film, which premiered last year as part of the Festival de Cannes's Un Certain Regard sidebar, will be released domestically in late May.
The first narrative feature shot in the native Kinyarwanda dialect, the film boasts an entirely nonprofessional cast and crew consisting of genocide orphans, returned refugees and other undereducated locals barely making a living in the village where the film was shot.
"This is an incredibly special film, in many ways, that we believe will soon become a world cinema classic," said Rebeca Conget, Film Movement's vp acquisitions and distribution. "We feel extremely proud to give 'Munyurangabo' a home in North America and look forward to sharing its compelling story and artistry with audiences."
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- 3/2/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Movement has acquired the North American rights to the Italian family drama Days and Clouds, directed by Silvio Soldini.
The film revolves around Elsa and Michelle, a well-to-do couple who break up after the stress of Michele's unemployment wears on their relationship. Eventually, the two re-unite after realizing that their greatest possession is the love they've shared.
Set for a June release, Days was an official selection at the Toronto, London and Rome film festivals.
"It is a real honor to be able to add another beautiful film by Silvio Soldini to our collection," said Adley Gartenstein, president of Film Movement. " 'Days and Clouds' reaffirms Soldini's sensibility and talent for capturing the human spirit using both humor and heart."
The deal was negotiated by Gartenstein and Rebeca Conget, vp acquisitions and distribution, and Adriana Chiesa, of Adriana Chiesa Enterprises.
Film Movement also distributed Soldini's 2004 romantic comedy Agatha and the Storm.
The film revolves around Elsa and Michelle, a well-to-do couple who break up after the stress of Michele's unemployment wears on their relationship. Eventually, the two re-unite after realizing that their greatest possession is the love they've shared.
Set for a June release, Days was an official selection at the Toronto, London and Rome film festivals.
"It is a real honor to be able to add another beautiful film by Silvio Soldini to our collection," said Adley Gartenstein, president of Film Movement. " 'Days and Clouds' reaffirms Soldini's sensibility and talent for capturing the human spirit using both humor and heart."
The deal was negotiated by Gartenstein and Rebeca Conget, vp acquisitions and distribution, and Adriana Chiesa, of Adriana Chiesa Enterprises.
Film Movement also distributed Soldini's 2004 romantic comedy Agatha and the Storm.
- 3/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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