When a man foresees his own murder, he tries to change the future in the new sci-fi thriller Volition. After winning the best feature award at the Philip K. Dick Film Festival, Volition has been acquired by Giant Pictures for U.S. distribution, with a July 10th release scheduled for Apple TV, Prime Video, and additional digital platforms.
Press Release: Los Angeles, May 5, 2020 – Giant Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to the sci-fi/thriller Volition. The film will be released in theaters, on Apple TV, Prime Video and other Digital Platforms on July 10, 2020.
Volition is the feature directorial debut for Tony Dean Smith (Rakka), who co-wrote the script with his brother and producing partner Ryan W. Smith (Next Gen). The film stars Adrian Glynn McMorran (The Revenant), Magda Apanowicz (You), John Cassini (The Possession), Frank Cassini (Watchmen), Aleks Paunovic (War for the Planet of the Apes), and Bill Marchant...
Press Release: Los Angeles, May 5, 2020 – Giant Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to the sci-fi/thriller Volition. The film will be released in theaters, on Apple TV, Prime Video and other Digital Platforms on July 10, 2020.
Volition is the feature directorial debut for Tony Dean Smith (Rakka), who co-wrote the script with his brother and producing partner Ryan W. Smith (Next Gen). The film stars Adrian Glynn McMorran (The Revenant), Magda Apanowicz (You), John Cassini (The Possession), Frank Cassini (Watchmen), Aleks Paunovic (War for the Planet of the Apes), and Bill Marchant...
- 5/7/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Bing Liu’s skateboarding movie “Minding The Gap” has won the International Documentary Association’s award for top feature of 2018.
Floyd Russ’s “Zion” was awarded best short. Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country” won for best limited series and HBO’s “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” took the ABC News VideoSource Award. PBS’ “Pov” won for best curated series, Showtime’s “The Trade” for best episodic series, Mel Films for best short form series, and Jayisha Patel’s “Circle” for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award.
Both Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!” and Steve Loveridge’s “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” were each awarded best music documentary while “Bisbee ’17” and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” were each awarded best music score. The New York Times’ “Caliphate” took the inaugural award in the audio documentary category.
Ricki Lake hosted the ceremonies Saturday night for the 34th...
Floyd Russ’s “Zion” was awarded best short. Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country” won for best limited series and HBO’s “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” took the ABC News VideoSource Award. PBS’ “Pov” won for best curated series, Showtime’s “The Trade” for best episodic series, Mel Films for best short form series, and Jayisha Patel’s “Circle” for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award.
Both Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!” and Steve Loveridge’s “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” were each awarded best music documentary while “Bisbee ’17” and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” were each awarded best music score. The New York Times’ “Caliphate” took the inaugural award in the audio documentary category.
Ricki Lake hosted the ceremonies Saturday night for the 34th...
- 12/9/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu’s film about working-class Illinois skateboarders whose raucous lifestyle hides brutal family stories, has been named the best nonfiction film of 2018 at the International Documentary Association’s Ida Documentary Awards, which took place on the Paramount Studios lot on Saturday night.
Liu also received the Emerging Filmmaker Award, and he and Joshua Altman won the award for best editing.
Other craft awards went to “Distant Constellation” cinematographer Shevaun Mizrahi, “The Other Side of Everything” writer Mila Turajlić and, in a tie, “Bisbee ’17” composer Keegan DeWitt and “Hale Country This Morning, This Evening” composers Scott Alario, Forest Kelley and Alex Somers.
Also Read: 'Minding the Gap' Film Review: Powerful Doc Depicts Skateboarders In Transition to Adulthood
The award for the best music documentary also ended in a tie, between Steve Loveridge’s “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” and Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!”
In its first year,...
Liu also received the Emerging Filmmaker Award, and he and Joshua Altman won the award for best editing.
Other craft awards went to “Distant Constellation” cinematographer Shevaun Mizrahi, “The Other Side of Everything” writer Mila Turajlić and, in a tie, “Bisbee ’17” composer Keegan DeWitt and “Hale Country This Morning, This Evening” composers Scott Alario, Forest Kelley and Alex Somers.
Also Read: 'Minding the Gap' Film Review: Powerful Doc Depicts Skateboarders In Transition to Adulthood
The award for the best music documentary also ended in a tie, between Steve Loveridge’s “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” and Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!”
In its first year,...
- 12/9/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The 34th Annual Ida Documentary Awards were handed out Saturday night at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles with Bing Liu’s Minding The Gap taking top honors in the Best Feature category.
Hosted by actress and producer Ricki Lake, the ceremony also honored Floyd Russ’s Zion as Best Short as well as Netflix’s Wild Wild Country which won for Best Limited Series.
Other winners for the evening included HBO’s John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls for the ABC News VideoSource Award, PBS’ Pov for Best Curated Series, Showtime’s The Trade for Best Episodic Series, Mel Films for Best Short Form Series, and Jayisha Patel’s Circle for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award. The New York Times’ Caliphate won the inaugural Best Audio Documentary category.
In addition, the Career Achievement Award was presented to three-time Academy Award winner Julia Reichert and Ida...
Hosted by actress and producer Ricki Lake, the ceremony also honored Floyd Russ’s Zion as Best Short as well as Netflix’s Wild Wild Country which won for Best Limited Series.
Other winners for the evening included HBO’s John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls for the ABC News VideoSource Award, PBS’ Pov for Best Curated Series, Showtime’s The Trade for Best Episodic Series, Mel Films for Best Short Form Series, and Jayisha Patel’s Circle for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award. The New York Times’ Caliphate won the inaugural Best Audio Documentary category.
In addition, the Career Achievement Award was presented to three-time Academy Award winner Julia Reichert and Ida...
- 12/9/2018
- by Erik Pedersen and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Rookie filmmaker Bing Liu’s “Minding The Gap” beat out the competition to win top honors at the 34th Annual Ida Documentary Awards at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday night. The portrait of a group of skateboarders took home Best Feature, Emerging Filmmaker and Best Editing. Liu had accepted a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where the Pov film was acquired by Hulu.
Other winners include Floyd Russ’s “Zion” (Best Short), Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country” (Best Limited Series), HBO’s “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” (the ABC News VideoSource Award), PBS’ Pov (Best Curated Series), Showtime’s “The Trade” (Best Episodic Series), Mel Films (Best Short Form Series), and Jayisha Patel’s “Circle” (the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award). Both Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!” and Steve Loveridge’s “Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.” won Best Music Documentary,...
Other winners include Floyd Russ’s “Zion” (Best Short), Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country” (Best Limited Series), HBO’s “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” (the ABC News VideoSource Award), PBS’ Pov (Best Curated Series), Showtime’s “The Trade” (Best Episodic Series), Mel Films (Best Short Form Series), and Jayisha Patel’s “Circle” (the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award). Both Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!” and Steve Loveridge’s “Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.” won Best Music Documentary,...
- 12/9/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Rookie filmmaker Bing Liu’s “Minding The Gap” beat out the competition to win top honors at the 34th Annual Ida Documentary Awards at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday night. The portrait of a group of skateboarders took home Best Feature, Emerging Filmmaker and Best Editing. Liu had accepted a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where the Pov film was acquired by Hulu.
Other winners include Floyd Russ’s “Zion” (Best Short), Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country” (Best Limited Series), HBO’s “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” (the ABC News VideoSource Award), PBS’ Pov (Best Curated Series), Showtime’s “The Trade” (Best Episodic Series), Mel Films (Best Short Form Series), and Jayisha Patel’s “Circle” (the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award). Both Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!” and Steve Loveridge’s “Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.” won Best Music Documentary,...
Other winners include Floyd Russ’s “Zion” (Best Short), Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country” (Best Limited Series), HBO’s “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” (the ABC News VideoSource Award), PBS’ Pov (Best Curated Series), Showtime’s “The Trade” (Best Episodic Series), Mel Films (Best Short Form Series), and Jayisha Patel’s “Circle” (the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award). Both Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!” and Steve Loveridge’s “Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.” won Best Music Documentary,...
- 12/9/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Wild Wild Country wins best limited series.
Bing Liu’s Minding The Gap was named best feature at the 34th Annual Ida Documentary Awards on Saturday night (8).
Floyd Russ’s Zion won best short at the ceremony at Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles, while Wild Wild Country was named best limited series.
“Both the Best Feature and Best Short categories recognized the remarkable range of work that was produced in 2018,” said Simon Kilmurry, Ida executive director. “In Minding The Gap we see the emergence of Bing Liu as a fresh, bold new voice in documentary. His film sneaks up on audiences and,...
Bing Liu’s Minding The Gap was named best feature at the 34th Annual Ida Documentary Awards on Saturday night (8).
Floyd Russ’s Zion won best short at the ceremony at Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles, while Wild Wild Country was named best limited series.
“Both the Best Feature and Best Short categories recognized the remarkable range of work that was produced in 2018,” said Simon Kilmurry, Ida executive director. “In Minding The Gap we see the emergence of Bing Liu as a fresh, bold new voice in documentary. His film sneaks up on audiences and,...
- 12/8/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Two of the season’s most reliable groups when it comes to forecasting the eventual Academy Awards nominees for Documentary Feature have now announced the shortlists for their own programs. The International Documentary Association (Ida) and Doc NYC, one of the largest documentary film festivals in the country, both boast great track records with either nominating, awarding and/or screening major contenders for the Oscars in recent years.
Doc NYC, who announced a short list of 15 titles for their 2018 festival which runs from November 8th to 15th, has overlapped their own short list with the academy’s short list with 9 to 10 titles in each of the last five years. In addition, they’ve included 4 to 5 titles that went on to be Oscar-nominated and in the last seven years they’ve screened the documentary that won the Academy Award.
Ida is comparably prescient, having matched their award nominees with the eventual...
Doc NYC, who announced a short list of 15 titles for their 2018 festival which runs from November 8th to 15th, has overlapped their own short list with the academy’s short list with 9 to 10 titles in each of the last five years. In addition, they’ve included 4 to 5 titles that went on to be Oscar-nominated and in the last seven years they’ve screened the documentary that won the Academy Award.
Ida is comparably prescient, having matched their award nominees with the eventual...
- 10/15/2018
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
“Popular, popular, I’m really really pop-u-lar” goes the sardonic, off-the-cuff riff spontaneously spouted by controversial Sri Lankan-British hip-hop artist M.I.A. aka Maya, at an early point in Steve Loveridge‘s energetic, scattered but surprisingly deep-cut documentary about her life. It’s a bit of home video footage taken from around the time of M.I.A.’s first brush with success, after getting signed to Xl Recordings in London and releasing her first single “Galang,” and it’s the combination of these pre-fame, pre-infamy moments, with the more knowing and pointed footage from later that gives the film its edge, and a shifting, ironic perspective that is admiring while never letting the subject get too big for her boots.
Continue reading ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ Is A Deep-Cut Doc About The Making Of A Singular Artist [Zurich Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ Is A Deep-Cut Doc About The Making Of A Singular Artist [Zurich Review] at The Playlist.
- 10/7/2018
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
If anyone could have been mentally prepared for M.I.A.’s savagely tepid response to his documentary about her, it’s Steven Loveridge. The soft-spoken British filmmaker and the British Tamil pop icon go way back to their art school days at Central Saint Martins, but after seeing “Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.” for the first time at the Sundance Film Festival, Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam set him straight. “It’s not the film that I would have made,” she said during a live Q&A, adding that Loveridge “took all my cool out.”
“That was excruciating, showing it to her at Sundance,” Loveridge said during a recent phone interview. “That was not a good idea, to spring it on her in the audience and say, ‘Now, welcome to stage, M.I.A. and Steve Loveridge,’ and then I have to say to her, ‘What do you think of the film?’ Live, at Sundance,...
“That was excruciating, showing it to her at Sundance,” Loveridge said during a recent phone interview. “That was not a good idea, to spring it on her in the audience and say, ‘Now, welcome to stage, M.I.A. and Steve Loveridge,’ and then I have to say to her, ‘What do you think of the film?’ Live, at Sundance,...
- 10/6/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
She’s the rapper that flipped off the camera at the Super Bowl. She’s the political activist that is critical of America. She’s the pop star that had a hit featuring kids singing the chorus layered over gunshots and a sample of The Clash’s “Straight to Hell.” Music critics and fans knew of M.I.A. starting with her breakthrough album Arular in 2005, but it wasn’t until her song “Paper Planes” was featured in the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire (it went on to win Best Picture) that the general public became aware of the Sri Lankan artist which led to an unconventional radio hit. And with that came a series of controversial performances, music videos, and interviews, that all culminated in a 2012 Super Bowl halftime show alongside Madonna. Yet, for all of the headlines, articles, and think-pieces labeling the artist as an enfant terrible, many were more obsessed about...
- 9/28/2018
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A docu project shrouded in controversy, and perhaps mystery, several including the singer/songwriter subject of the film (and perhaps even the filmmaker himself Steve Loveridge) never thought the M.I.A docu would see the day. Having trusted a friend with what are easily hundreds of hours of footage, her world premiere post screening reaction was that of a person who is used to being in control of her image and message, and had no say on what turned out to be an intimate and transparent musical diary, one that pieces and deconstructs the individual and displays how tenacity manifests itself creatively in her work.…...
- 9/27/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
From the moment it first screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the story around “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” is that its namesake — the iconoclastic English-Sri Lankan musician and general force of nature — is unhappy with the documentary that longtime friend Steve Loveridge has made about her. This critic was at that premiere, and remembers spending most of the supremely awkward Q&A that followed staring at the floor and praying for the sweet release of death. “He took all my cool out,” Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam said to the audience after bemoaning the film’s length. “It’s not the film that I would have made.”
Well, yeah. As even Arulpragasam seemed to understand, that’s kind of the whole idea. Once an aspiring documentarian herself, she knew — when she gave Loveridge a 700-hour cache of home video footage in 2011 — that he would use it to cobble together an honest, subjective, and occasionally unflattering portrait.
Well, yeah. As even Arulpragasam seemed to understand, that’s kind of the whole idea. Once an aspiring documentarian herself, she knew — when she gave Loveridge a 700-hour cache of home video footage in 2011 — that he would use it to cobble together an honest, subjective, and occasionally unflattering portrait.
- 9/25/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The rapper Mia comes across as impulsive, seductive, brattish and immensely likable in this scrappy documentary
‘I’m unmanageable,” jokes rapper/singer/firebrand activist Mia on the phone to her manager in the midst of yet another scandal. (You don’t hear the manager’s side of the conversation. But “Why can’t you just keep quiet and be normal?” may have been running through their mind.) Mia emerges from this documentary about her life – the music plays second fiddle – as immensely likable. She swaggers about like an impossibly cool older sister, impulsive, seductive and brattishly difficult. The film itself is scrappily edited, directed by Steve Loveridge, an old friend from her art-school days, who had access to 700 hours of her home video.
Mia, real name Mathangi Arulpragasam, Maya to her friends, arrived on a London council estate from Sri Lanka as a refugee aged eight with her mum and two siblings.
‘I’m unmanageable,” jokes rapper/singer/firebrand activist Mia on the phone to her manager in the midst of yet another scandal. (You don’t hear the manager’s side of the conversation. But “Why can’t you just keep quiet and be normal?” may have been running through their mind.) Mia emerges from this documentary about her life – the music plays second fiddle – as immensely likable. She swaggers about like an impossibly cool older sister, impulsive, seductive and brattishly difficult. The film itself is scrappily edited, directed by Steve Loveridge, an old friend from her art-school days, who had access to 700 hours of her home video.
Mia, real name Mathangi Arulpragasam, Maya to her friends, arrived on a London council estate from Sri Lanka as a refugee aged eight with her mum and two siblings.
- 9/20/2018
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
From footage of a fragmented immigrant upbringing to arguing with Elastica and upstaging Madonna, director Steve Loveridge and Mia discuss 2018’s most illuminating pop doc
“The first cut he showed me, I puked,” says Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, Aka Mia, “and then I was ill for like four or five days.” She was watching a rough cut of Matangi/Maya/Mia, a documentary about her made by friend Steve Loveridge. The film makes extensive use of Mia’s own home movies. “It was awful when I watched it, the shock of it was insane,” she continues. “The shots with my mum, and us in the bedroom. And there was much more footage of my brother, which was really tough during those times. It still makes me emotional to think about it … ” Her voice trails off. She wipes tears from her eyes: “Yeah, it was very emotional.”
We are in a hotel suite in London.
“The first cut he showed me, I puked,” says Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, Aka Mia, “and then I was ill for like four or five days.” She was watching a rough cut of Matangi/Maya/Mia, a documentary about her made by friend Steve Loveridge. The film makes extensive use of Mia’s own home movies. “It was awful when I watched it, the shock of it was insane,” she continues. “The shots with my mum, and us in the bedroom. And there was much more footage of my brother, which was really tough during those times. It still makes me emotional to think about it … ” Her voice trails off. She wipes tears from her eyes: “Yeah, it was very emotional.”
We are in a hotel suite in London.
- 9/14/2018
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
At the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, documentary filmmaker Stephen Loveridge made his directorial debut with the premiere of Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. Following its initial premiere, Loveridge’s newest feature documentary will now find its way into theaters – courtesy of Yellow Submarine and Exit Through The Gift Shop distributor Abramorama.
The documentary centers on Sri Lankan musician and rapper Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam – better known by her artistic alias “M.I.A.” As the three-part title suggests, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. delves into the different stages of Maya’s life and takes an intimate look at her upbringing. To achieve this effect, it’s fitting that the film is culled from over 700 hours of M.I.A.’s self-archived footage of her life and career.
Our own Leonardo Goi caught the film at the New Directors/New Films Festival and applauded Loveridge’s inaugural execution in depicting an artist...
The documentary centers on Sri Lankan musician and rapper Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam – better known by her artistic alias “M.I.A.” As the three-part title suggests, Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. delves into the different stages of Maya’s life and takes an intimate look at her upbringing. To achieve this effect, it’s fitting that the film is culled from over 700 hours of M.I.A.’s self-archived footage of her life and career.
Our own Leonardo Goi caught the film at the New Directors/New Films Festival and applauded Loveridge’s inaugural execution in depicting an artist...
- 7/20/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
M.I.A. has more records than the Kgb. She also has a documentary about her life courtesy of director Steve Loveridge, whose account of her life and career premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Born Maya Arulpragasam, the musician and activist best known for songs like “Paper Planes” and “Bad Girls” has courted acclaim and controversy in nearly equal measure over the last 10 years. Watch the trailer for “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” below.
It opens with the ever-catchy hook from “Paper Planes” before showing glimpses of M.I.A.’s earlier, more troubled days as a refugee from the Sri Lankan Civil War. “There’s a genocide going on,” she says at one point in the trailer. “We don’t want to talk about death; we talk about Beverly Hills…You’ve got access to a microphone. Please use it to say something.”
After premiering at Sundance, where it...
It opens with the ever-catchy hook from “Paper Planes” before showing glimpses of M.I.A.’s earlier, more troubled days as a refugee from the Sri Lankan Civil War. “There’s a genocide going on,” she says at one point in the trailer. “We don’t want to talk about death; we talk about Beverly Hills…You’ve got access to a microphone. Please use it to say something.”
After premiering at Sundance, where it...
- 7/19/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Here’s a first look at the official trailer and poster for the upcoming documentary, Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. Directed by Steve Loveridge, Abramorama will release the documentary in theaters September 28th.
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. provides a never-before-seen look into the life and career of artist and musician, M.I.A., complete with rare archival footage from her childhood in Sri Lanka, and personal video journals spanning decades.
Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge’s Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. is a startlingly personal profile of the critically acclaimed artist, chronicling her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star. She began as Matangi. Daughter of the founder of Sri Lanka’s armed Tamil resistance, she hid from the government in the face of a vicious and bloody civil war. When her family fled to the UK, she became Maya,...
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. provides a never-before-seen look into the life and career of artist and musician, M.I.A., complete with rare archival footage from her childhood in Sri Lanka, and personal video journals spanning decades.
Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge’s Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. is a startlingly personal profile of the critically acclaimed artist, chronicling her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star. She began as Matangi. Daughter of the founder of Sri Lanka’s armed Tamil resistance, she hid from the government in the face of a vicious and bloody civil war. When her family fled to the UK, she became Maya,...
- 7/19/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
M.I.A. reflects on her creative journey and a childhood defined by the Sri Lankan civil war in the new trailer for Matangi/Maya/M.I.A., the upcoming documentary about the rapper-activist.
“I had to deal with the fact that I was different and I was an immigrant,” M.I.A. recalls. “Music was my medicine. It just blew up so quickly. I lived through war, came as a refugee that is now a pop star. What are the goal posts?”
Director Steve Loveridge traces 22 years of M.I.A.
“I had to deal with the fact that I was different and I was an immigrant,” M.I.A. recalls. “Music was my medicine. It just blew up so quickly. I lived through war, came as a refugee that is now a pop star. What are the goal posts?”
Director Steve Loveridge traces 22 years of M.I.A.
- 7/19/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
The Orchard has acquired North American rights to Song of Back and Neck, the feature film debut of The Office writer-producer-actor Paul Lieberstein that bowed this year at Tribeca. Rosemarie DeWitt, Brian D’Arcy James, Robert Pine, Clark Duke and Paul Feig co-star in the pic, which will get a 2018 release. Lieberman plays Fred, resigned to a lifetime of back pain who has tried every possible remedy — except for having an affair with a client (DeWitt) at the start of her complicated divorce, or trying her acupuncturist whose 200 needles in Fred’s back reveal a bizarre talent, or beginning to wonder if his problems are more psychological than physical. Lieberstein produces with Kim Leadford and StarStream Media’s Jennifer Prediger, and Fernando Loureiro, Roberto Vasconcellos, Candice Abela-Mikati, Allen Babakhanloo and Lauren Russell executive produce. The deal was made by The Orchard’s Danielle Digiacomo and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 7/13/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Film about British rapper gets Us deal after Sundance Special Jury Award win.
Abramorama and Cinereach have signed a deal to give music documentary Matangi/Maya/Mia a Us release in September.
The film, about the rise to fame of British rapper and musician Maya Arulpragasam, better known as Mia, won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at this year’s Sundance.
Elevation Pictures will be distributing the film in Canada and Dogwoof will be releasing in the UK and handling international sales.
Directed by Steve Loveridge and scored by Paul Hicks and George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison,...
Abramorama and Cinereach have signed a deal to give music documentary Matangi/Maya/Mia a Us release in September.
The film, about the rise to fame of British rapper and musician Maya Arulpragasam, better known as Mia, won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at this year’s Sundance.
Elevation Pictures will be distributing the film in Canada and Dogwoof will be releasing in the UK and handling international sales.
Directed by Steve Loveridge and scored by Paul Hicks and George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison,...
- 7/12/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The 26th edition of the oldest and biggest film festival will be held in the urban center of eastern Slovakia – Košice – from 15 to 23 June 2018.
Košice Art Film Fest’s primary goal is to present a compendium of contemporary world cinema in all its diversity of genres, themes and varieties, while also featuring classic and timeless pictures from throughout film history, emphasizing Slovak cinematic production.
The Festival intends to promote dialogue between professionals and the community, and to provide a unique venue for interaction between for international and local visitors. This inclusive project grants equal space for the screening of both professional and student work, as well as for talks and panel discussions on various topics.
Košice Art Film Fest is a a special treat for Asan movie fans as one whole section of the Festival called „Prísľuby Z Východu / Eastern Promises“ is entirely dedicated to the Cinema of East and Southeast Asia,...
Košice Art Film Fest’s primary goal is to present a compendium of contemporary world cinema in all its diversity of genres, themes and varieties, while also featuring classic and timeless pictures from throughout film history, emphasizing Slovak cinematic production.
The Festival intends to promote dialogue between professionals and the community, and to provide a unique venue for interaction between for international and local visitors. This inclusive project grants equal space for the screening of both professional and student work, as well as for talks and panel discussions on various topics.
Košice Art Film Fest is a a special treat for Asan movie fans as one whole section of the Festival called „Prísľuby Z Východu / Eastern Promises“ is entirely dedicated to the Cinema of East and Southeast Asia,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Sundance docs Matangi / Maya / M.I.A and Kusama – Infinity have scored deals in Europe and Asia for UK sales outfit Dogwoof.
The former, Steve Loveridge’s music-biopic of Sri Lankan singer and outspoken activist M.I.A, premiered in Sundance, followed by a European premiere in Berlin. Dogwoof has signed deals with Beat Films (Cis), Anticipate Pictures (Singapore), Non Stop, Avalon (Spain), Mad Man, I Wonder (Italy) and Against Gravity (Poland). Cinereach will distribute in the U.S later this summer.
Kusama – Infinity, Heather Lenz’s feature tracing the life of contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, has gone to Eurozoom (France), Weltkino (Germany), Feltrinelli (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Atrium (South Korea), Doc Film Centre (Russia) and Movies Matter (Thailand). Previous sales include Mad Man (Australia and New Zealand), Edko (Hong Kong), Non Stop (Scandinavia), Joint Ent (Taiwan) and Nueva Era (Mexico). Magnolia has U.S.
The former, Steve Loveridge’s music-biopic of Sri Lankan singer and outspoken activist M.I.A, premiered in Sundance, followed by a European premiere in Berlin. Dogwoof has signed deals with Beat Films (Cis), Anticipate Pictures (Singapore), Non Stop, Avalon (Spain), Mad Man, I Wonder (Italy) and Against Gravity (Poland). Cinereach will distribute in the U.S later this summer.
Kusama – Infinity, Heather Lenz’s feature tracing the life of contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, has gone to Eurozoom (France), Weltkino (Germany), Feltrinelli (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Atrium (South Korea), Doc Film Centre (Russia) and Movies Matter (Thailand). Previous sales include Mad Man (Australia and New Zealand), Edko (Hong Kong), Non Stop (Scandinavia), Joint Ent (Taiwan) and Nueva Era (Mexico). Magnolia has U.S.
- 5/8/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Canadian documentary festival Hot Docs has added 17 additional special presentations.
They include McQueen, Ian Bonhôte’s documentary about fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and Steve Loveridge’s Matanga / Maya / M.I.A., the Sundance world premiere about British rapper and record producer M.I.A. that has been picked up for the UK by Dogwoof.
Other highlights in the programme include Liz Garbus’s The Fourth Estate, a look into how The New York Times covered the first year of the Trump presidency, and Mercury 13, the story of Nasa’s first female astronaut training programme.
The full selection from Hot Docs,...
They include McQueen, Ian Bonhôte’s documentary about fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and Steve Loveridge’s Matanga / Maya / M.I.A., the Sundance world premiere about British rapper and record producer M.I.A. that has been picked up for the UK by Dogwoof.
Other highlights in the programme include Liz Garbus’s The Fourth Estate, a look into how The New York Times covered the first year of the Trump presidency, and Mercury 13, the story of Nasa’s first female astronaut training programme.
The full selection from Hot Docs,...
- 3/13/2018
- by Adam Weddle
- ScreenDaily
Now in its 47th year, New Directors/New Films is a stellar showcase for new voices in cinema, both domestic and international, and this year’s lineup is no exception. Opening with a bang with the M.I.A. documentary Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. and closing with one of our Sundance favorites, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, the slate also includes one of the best films we’ve seen at Berlinale, An Elephant Standing Still, as well as festival favorites from last year, including Milla, Cocote, The Nothing Factory, and more.
“The purpose of New Directors/New Films is to seek out emerging filmmakers who are working at the vanguard of cinema,” said Film Society Director of Programming Dennis Lim. “This is as diverse and wide-ranging a lineup as we’ve assembled in years: full of pleasures and provocations and, above all, surprises—proof that film remains a medium ripe...
“The purpose of New Directors/New Films is to seek out emerging filmmakers who are working at the vanguard of cinema,” said Film Society Director of Programming Dennis Lim. “This is as diverse and wide-ranging a lineup as we’ve assembled in years: full of pleasures and provocations and, above all, surprises—proof that film remains a medium ripe...
- 2/22/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
by David González, Cineuropa.orgTolga Karaçelik’s film has won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, while Talal Derki has triumphed again in the World Cinema Documentary Competition
Butterflies by Tolga Karaçelik
The Sundance Film Festival came to an end yesterday, after the list of films awarded by the jury (which included Ruben Östlund) was unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday evening. Curiously enough, the World Cinema competitions, which included a handful of European productions and co-productions, witnessed the triumph of two films hailing from the Middle East.
Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik’s Butterflies, the follow-up to his award-winning Ivy, received the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. The film follows three siblings who do not know each other or anything about their late father, as they wait to bury his body in a rural Turkish village.
Furthermore, the World Cinema Dramatic Competition saw victory for European talent,...
Butterflies by Tolga Karaçelik
The Sundance Film Festival came to an end yesterday, after the list of films awarded by the jury (which included Ruben Östlund) was unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday evening. Curiously enough, the World Cinema competitions, which included a handful of European productions and co-productions, witnessed the triumph of two films hailing from the Middle East.
Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik’s Butterflies, the follow-up to his award-winning Ivy, received the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. The film follows three siblings who do not know each other or anything about their late father, as they wait to bury his body in a rural Turkish village.
Furthermore, the World Cinema Dramatic Competition saw victory for European talent,...
- 2/5/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Maya Arulpragasam — the controversial musician known as M.I.A. and the subject of Stephen Loveridge’s new documentary “Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” — was shellshocked after the film’s Sundance world premiere, and not in the good way. “It’s so long,” she told the sold-out crowd, mere seconds after watching the movie for the first time. Then, turning to her understandably ashen director without even the slightest hint of a smile, she just said: “I’m surprised people didn’t walk out.” If anyone had, they would have missed one of the festival’s defining moments.
The Q&A that followed was one for the ages. For 20 rivetingly awkward minutes, Arulpragasam poked at the man who had made a movie out of her life, bending each of the broad questions she was asked back to her supposed collaborator. Despite knowing the outspoken iconoclast since meeting her in art school in the ’90s, Loveridge didn...
The Q&A that followed was one for the ages. For 20 rivetingly awkward minutes, Arulpragasam poked at the man who had made a movie out of her life, bending each of the broad questions she was asked back to her supposed collaborator. Despite knowing the outspoken iconoclast since meeting her in art school in the ’90s, Loveridge didn...
- 1/29/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The Guilty, Shirkers claim Park City honourees on Saturday night.
Sundance 2018 wrapped on Saturday (January 27) with juried awards for The Miseducation Of Cameron Post (pictured) in the U.S. Dramatic programme, Kailash in U.S. Documentary, Of Fathers And Sons in World Cinema Documentary, and Butterflies in World Cinema Dramatic.
In other highlights, Gustav Möller’s acclaimed Danish selection The Guilty won the World Cinema Audience award, while Sandi Tan collected the World Cinema Documentary directing award for Shirkers. Festival Favorite, A new award voted on by audiences, will be announced in the coming days.
The Sentence by Rudy Valdez was the audience favourite in the U.S. Documentary category, capping a fine day that saw HBO acquire Us rights from Cinetic Media.
“The scope and scale of this year’s festival – films, events, conversations – were invigorating,” Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam said. “I can’t wait to see how our incredible community will leverage these ten days...
Sundance 2018 wrapped on Saturday (January 27) with juried awards for The Miseducation Of Cameron Post (pictured) in the U.S. Dramatic programme, Kailash in U.S. Documentary, Of Fathers And Sons in World Cinema Documentary, and Butterflies in World Cinema Dramatic.
In other highlights, Gustav Möller’s acclaimed Danish selection The Guilty won the World Cinema Audience award, while Sandi Tan collected the World Cinema Documentary directing award for Shirkers. Festival Favorite, A new award voted on by audiences, will be announced in the coming days.
The Sentence by Rudy Valdez was the audience favourite in the U.S. Documentary category, capping a fine day that saw HBO acquire Us rights from Cinetic Media.
“The scope and scale of this year’s festival – films, events, conversations – were invigorating,” Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam said. “I can’t wait to see how our incredible community will leverage these ten days...
- 1/27/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
When the credits rolled as a home video of a pre-stardom M.I.A. is seen dancing alone, the audience at the Sundance Film Festival world premiere of Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. gave the documentary that’s been nearly a decade in the making a rousing ovation.
Amidst the applause, M.I.A. stood in front of the cheering audience looking confounded at what longtime friend Stephen Loveridge had created from the 700 hours of footage she gave to him nearly a decade ago. It was her first time seeing the documentary among strangers in Park City, Utah, and the Q&A with M.I.A. and...
Amidst the applause, M.I.A. stood in front of the cheering audience looking confounded at what longtime friend Stephen Loveridge had created from the 700 hours of footage she gave to him nearly a decade ago. It was her first time seeing the documentary among strangers in Park City, Utah, and the Q&A with M.I.A. and...
- 1/25/2018
- by Andreas Hale, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Admiring profile of tough-minded rapper, who has taken up the cause of Tamil resistance in Sri Lanka and suffered a huge backlash as a result
Many years in the making, this definitive documentary on political musician Mia is credited to long-time friend Stephen Loveridge. Really it should at least be co-credited to Matangi/Maya Arulpragasam – for one thing, it’s her own footage of her early career and in Sri Lanka, where the film sources its greatest energy. More than that, she’s the controlling spirit of this enjoyable documentary: always the centre of attention, performing and setting the mood with absolute magnetism. It’s clear she’s the director of her own life and Loveridge just happens to occasionally be in the right place at the right time.
The structure of the film is mostly linear and traditional, following Mia from early days as the child of Sri Lankans...
Many years in the making, this definitive documentary on political musician Mia is credited to long-time friend Stephen Loveridge. Really it should at least be co-credited to Matangi/Maya Arulpragasam – for one thing, it’s her own footage of her early career and in Sri Lanka, where the film sources its greatest energy. More than that, she’s the controlling spirit of this enjoyable documentary: always the centre of attention, performing and setting the mood with absolute magnetism. It’s clear she’s the director of her own life and Loveridge just happens to occasionally be in the right place at the right time.
The structure of the film is mostly linear and traditional, following Mia from early days as the child of Sri Lankans...
- 1/24/2018
- by Charlie Phillips
- The Guardian - Film News
Many labels have been applied to the work of Mathangi Arulpragasam, better known by her stage name M.I.A. She’s been described as a provocateur, an anti-establishment controversialist and, at times, even a terrorist sympathizer. Stephen Loveridge’s new film about Arulpragasam, who goes by Maya, takes a look beyond the reductive headlines that have been applied to the uniquely talented rap star, whose Tamil heritage figures centrally in her music and advocacy against the…...
- 1/23/2018
- Deadline
UK film I Am Not A Witch will feature in the Spotlight section In a break from the usual bitesize announcements, Sundance Film Festival has released the names of all 110 feature film titles that will screen at this year's festival in Utah.
British names in the frame, include Idris Elba - whose directorial debut, crime drama Yardie will premiere - and Rupert Everett, who also makes his directorial debut with the tale of the last days of Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince.
Other British and Irish stars include Kelly Macdonald, Andrea Riseborough, Keira Knightley, Robert Pattinson and rising Dublin-born star Barry Keoghan. The festival will also see actor Paul Dano make his directorial debut with Wildlife and Ethan Hawke step behind the camera again with Blaze.
Other UK productions and co-production premieres to make the cut are Stephen Loveridge's Matangi / Maya / M.I.A., about the Sri Lankan artist,...
British names in the frame, include Idris Elba - whose directorial debut, crime drama Yardie will premiere - and Rupert Everett, who also makes his directorial debut with the tale of the last days of Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince.
Other British and Irish stars include Kelly Macdonald, Andrea Riseborough, Keira Knightley, Robert Pattinson and rising Dublin-born star Barry Keoghan. The festival will also see actor Paul Dano make his directorial debut with Wildlife and Ethan Hawke step behind the camera again with Blaze.
Other UK productions and co-production premieres to make the cut are Stephen Loveridge's Matangi / Maya / M.I.A., about the Sri Lankan artist,...
- 11/30/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The 2018 Sundance Film Festival has announced their selected feature films. Among the 110 independent films from around the globe, the festival will also premiere documentaries on Joan Jett, Robin Williams and Studio 54.
Directed by Kevin Kerslake and written by Joel Marcus, Bad Reputation focuses on the life of Joan Jett. It's described as chronicling "her early years as the founder of The Runaways and first meeting collaborator Kenny Laguna in 1980 to her enduring presence in pop culture as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer."
Director Marina Zenovich culls never-before-seen footage and...
Directed by Kevin Kerslake and written by Joel Marcus, Bad Reputation focuses on the life of Joan Jett. It's described as chronicling "her early years as the founder of The Runaways and first meeting collaborator Kenny Laguna in 1980 to her enduring presence in pop culture as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer."
Director Marina Zenovich culls never-before-seen footage and...
- 11/30/2017
- Rollingstone.com
The end of the year is often seen as a time when awards season gains momentum and critics produce their top 10 lists, but for much of the film industry, it’s also the first big preview of 2018 movies. Thanks to the Sundance Film Festival lineup, which in January will include 110 movies from 29 countries, a fresh crop of films to talk about have just been announced, many of which are certain to continue generating conversations throughout the year.
However, the Sundance program takes its time to gather buzz, and it’s not always obvious which movies deserve the most attention right off the bat. So here’s our annual attempt to take a first crack at some of the surprises and hidden gems in the lineup, with some input from Sundance director John Cooper and director of programming Trevor Groth. We’re as excited as anyone to see Paul Dano’s...
However, the Sundance program takes its time to gather buzz, and it’s not always obvious which movies deserve the most attention right off the bat. So here’s our annual attempt to take a first crack at some of the surprises and hidden gems in the lineup, with some input from Sundance director John Cooper and director of programming Trevor Groth. We’re as excited as anyone to see Paul Dano’s...
- 11/29/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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