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Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Clorox to Giveaway $50,000 to Kids Programs! (Peacefund)
Call for Entries Phase of Contest Kicks Off November 2nd on Facebook
During these tough economic times, budget cuts are an unfortunate reality. That means important kids` programs everywhere, despite dedication and hard work, are getting scaled back or even eliminated. Clorox Clean-Up, the only all-purpose cleaner powered by Clorox Bleach, is here to help. Through its new Power A Bright Future grant program, the Clorox Clean-Up team will award five grants of $10,000 each to applicable kids` programs - in hopes of enriching kids` lives across the country.
From November 2-29, 2009, the Clorox Clean-Up team invites individuals to nominate non-profit kids` programs for a Power A Bright Future grant by submitting a photo and short essay about the project for consideration. Each winner will receive a $10,000 grant to help the project grow and flourish.
Winners will also be featured within an advertisement in an issue of People magazine. "Moms are very important to us and we want to help them in every way possible - from helping them clean their homes to helping provide an enriching after-school program for their kids," said Selin Alkan, Associate Marketing Manager at The Clorox Company. "These important programs have the power to shape lives and bring about positive change for kids everywhere, and the Clorox Clean-Up team is thrilled to be able to help."
A panel of influential children`s advocates including representatives from the National Education Association Health Information Network, Mom Central Consulting and Extraordinary Mommy.com will review all submissions and select 50 finalists based on criteria that includes: impact of program on kids; quality of
the entry; and fitting within the contest theme of helping kids` programs .
From December 7th - January 17th 2010, the public will have the opportunity to vote online (www.facebook.com/cloroxcleanup) for their favorite kids` program. The final five will be announced by the last week of January. As a thank you for voting, consumers will receive a Clorox Clean-Up coupon the first time they vote.
http://www.facebook.com/cloroxcleanup?v=app_159380506087&ref=search
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Thriller Trilogy Set for Hungary in 2010
Michael Cowan and Jason Piette’s UK-based Stealth Media has acquired FilmTiger’s Wild East Trilogy, comprising Come The Assassin, Three$um, and Hour Of The Gun.
The thrillers are set in post-Berlin Wall Eastern Europe in the early 90s and follow characters and plot lines that will play out over the three films.
Production is set to begin in April 2010 in HUNGARY, Serbia and the Czech Republic with a budget of $5-6m per film.
Cowan and Piette of Spice Factory are boarding the projects as producers alongside FilmTiger and will handle international sales rights through Stealth Media, spearheaded by Juan Vista Neis. Michael Philip and Chris Ver Wiel of FilmTiger will co direct the films.
It’s been 20 years since the fall of the Berlin wall and in the subsequent decades a truly limitless story environment emerged,” Ver Wiel.
The thrillers are set in post-Berlin Wall Eastern Europe in the early 90s and follow characters and plot lines that will play out over the three films.
Production is set to begin in April 2010 in HUNGARY, Serbia and the Czech Republic with a budget of $5-6m per film.
Cowan and Piette of Spice Factory are boarding the projects as producers alongside FilmTiger and will handle international sales rights through Stealth Media, spearheaded by Juan Vista Neis. Michael Philip and Chris Ver Wiel of FilmTiger will co direct the films.
It’s been 20 years since the fall of the Berlin wall and in the subsequent decades a truly limitless story environment emerged,” Ver Wiel.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Auction Cause Mgt Raises $10,000 for Charity
http://www.auctioncause.com/ (Revised)
http://stores.ebay.com/Auction-Cause-Charity-Auctions/Global-Giving.html ($9,000 to Heroes Project)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120489252656 ($5,000 to PAWS)
http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=right-to-play ($6,100)
President Eric Gauzin has worked with many celebrities including: Tom Hanks, Kyra Sedgwick, Sharon Stone, Kevin Bacon, Gina Gershon, Charline Theron & Gillian Anderson and more ...
This is how you reach out to the rest of the world.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Political Thriller "Child 44" in Development
Three time Oscar-nominee Sir Ridley Scott will adapt the Child 44, British TV-writer Tom Rob Smith's debut novel for Fox 2000. (announced in October 2008)
The production will shoot in Hungary. With a completed script at hand, 'the Budapest thing seems to be locked in,' an American source told FNE. Scott paid a visit to Hungary for location scouting and found locations to stand in for 1950's Soviet Union. Negotiations are underway to find a local production services company. Budget figures have not be released.
Ridley and Tony Scott's company, Scott Free will produce. Its president, Michael Costigan and vice president, Michael Ellenberg brought the project to Fox 2000 last year, before the book's release in 2008.
Set in Stalinist Russia, Child 44 is a political thriller about the inner workings and defects of Communism as seen through the eyes of a KGB officer who gets involved in the case of a serial killer who murders children.
The production will shoot in Hungary. With a completed script at hand, 'the Budapest thing seems to be locked in,' an American source told FNE. Scott paid a visit to Hungary for location scouting and found locations to stand in for 1950's Soviet Union. Negotiations are underway to find a local production services company. Budget figures have not be released.
Ridley and Tony Scott's company, Scott Free will produce. Its president, Michael Costigan and vice president, Michael Ellenberg brought the project to Fox 2000 last year, before the book's release in 2008.
Set in Stalinist Russia, Child 44 is a political thriller about the inner workings and defects of Communism as seen through the eyes of a KGB officer who gets involved in the case of a serial killer who murders children.
Set in the Soviet Union in 1953, this stellar debut from British author Smith offers appealing characters, a strong plot and authentic period detail. When war hero Leo Stepanovich Demidov, a rising star in the MGB, the State Security force, is assigned to look into the death of a child, Leo is annoyed, first because this takes him away from a more important case, but, more importantly, because the parents insist the child was murdered. In Stalinist Russia, there's no such thing as murder; the only criminals are those who are enemies of the state. After attempting to curb the violent excesses of his second-in-command, Leo is forced to investigate his own wife, the beautiful Raisa, who's suspected of being an Anglo-American sympathizer. Demoted and exiled from Moscow, Leo stumbles onto more evidence of the child killer. The evocation of the deadly cloud-cuckoo-land of Russia during Stalin's final days will remind many of Gorky Park and Darkness at Noon, but the novel remains Smith's alone, completely original and absolutely satisfying. Rights sold in more than 20 countries.
AlejoSun's "Hirokin" Moving Forward
This is the same film Adrian was going to direct many years ago. Went into pre-production this month.
Filming January to March 2010. Casting for several roles. Fantastic website
http://www.alejosun.com/
Filming January to March 2010. Casting for several roles. Fantastic website
http://www.alejosun.com/
Romantic Comedy "Men Don't Lie" Set for Dec 4
Synopsis: A young, idealistic woman falls in love with an American expatriate living in Budapest, Hungary: BOB, who runs around with the poor and disenfranchised of the area,trying to put up his 'artistic' visions in his poverty...Meanwhile, a French aristocrat, visiting with his relatives along with his glitterati friends in a luxury hotel in town,falls in love with her..and through the course of the story - she finds her true values: both within herself and the people she knows.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
J.C. Penney's Sponsors Angel Giving Tree Online
The Salvation Army Angel Giving Tree online program presented by JCPenney is a national, online program that allows people from across the country to provide children and seniors in need with holiday gifts. The purpose of the program is to increase the number of people helped this holiday season by providing a convenient online program through which Angels can be adopted.
Through The Salvation Army Angel Giving Tree online program presented by JCPenney, people across the country have the ability to adopt Angels from a local community of your choice through a website located at jcp.com/angel.
http://www.jcpenney.com/jcp/X3.aspx?DeptID=58824&CatID=71132&cmCatLevel=3&CmCatId=58824
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Hungarian Director Shooting Thriller "Run to Ground"
The young Hungarian director Zsombor Dyga is shooting his new feature thriller Run to Ground."
The film tells paralel three dark stories: a young waitress finding out that the trainer of his son is a pedofile kidnapper; a doctor meeting the murderer of his son; and a retired speed skater being blackmailed by a dying old man.
The film is produced by Európa Film (www.europafilm.hu/index.php). The script was developed in ScriptEast and éQuinoxe workshops, and chosen to participate in the Connecting Cottbus and Baltic Event coproduction forums. Rundown was supported by Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation with a total of HUF 80 million (EUR 30,000).
Script: Balázs Lovas,
The film tells paralel three dark stories: a young waitress finding out that the trainer of his son is a pedofile kidnapper; a doctor meeting the murderer of his son; and a retired speed skater being blackmailed by a dying old man.
The film is produced by Európa Film (www.europafilm.hu/index.php). The script was developed in ScriptEast and éQuinoxe workshops, and chosen to participate in the Connecting Cottbus and Baltic Event coproduction forums. Rundown was supported by Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation with a total of HUF 80 million (EUR 30,000).
Script: Balázs Lovas,
Monday, November 9, 2009
"The Heavy" Available on Blu Ray Dec 28
http://www.theheavymovie.com/
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Jovoich to Make "Winter Queen" in Budapest
This film is being produced by Thomas Hedman who did Nine Miles Down. And Bondarchuk is replacing Paul Verhoeven on Winter Queen which is based on the novel by Boris Akunin and is being put together as a Russia/Hungary/UK co-production and will shoot in Budapest and St Petersburg early next year. Milla Jovovich is still attached to star.
“We are finally going to start principal photography in March or April so that it’ll be finished in time for him (Bondarchuk) to go on to do Stalingrad,” Seven Arts boss Peter Hoffman commented this weekend.
Synopsis: Based on the worldwide bestselling novel by Boris Akunin, this is the tale of a global terrorist conspiracy. What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in full view of the promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division of the St. Petersburg Police thinks, but he's curious enough to send out the newest member of the Division, Erast Fandorin, a young man of irresistible charm, to investigate. Fandorin - naive and anxious to learn - vacillates between bravery and fear as he throws himself whole heartedly into this mystery. Murder and deception compete with duels and reckless gambling as Fandorin finds himself entangled in the web of the mysterious beauty, Amalia, a femme fatale who enjoys playing with the emotions and lives of her many wealthy admirers. Can Fandorin solve the mystery of the deaths without becoming the next victim?
“We are finally going to start principal photography in March or April so that it’ll be finished in time for him (Bondarchuk) to go on to do Stalingrad,” Seven Arts boss Peter Hoffman commented this weekend.
Synopsis: Based on the worldwide bestselling novel by Boris Akunin, this is the tale of a global terrorist conspiracy. What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in full view of the promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division of the St. Petersburg Police thinks, but he's curious enough to send out the newest member of the Division, Erast Fandorin, a young man of irresistible charm, to investigate. Fandorin - naive and anxious to learn - vacillates between bravery and fear as he throws himself whole heartedly into this mystery. Murder and deception compete with duels and reckless gambling as Fandorin finds himself entangled in the web of the mysterious beauty, Amalia, a femme fatale who enjoys playing with the emotions and lives of her many wealthy admirers. Can Fandorin solve the mystery of the deaths without becoming the next victim?
Holiday Online Catalog Fundraiser
Current offers some great items including chocolate candy, brownies, cookies, gift wrap, greeting cards & home decor gifts. Ships to USA including Guam, Puerto Rico, Alaska & Hawaii.
**THE PEACE FUND was loaded into their directory so this could be implemented immediately.
http://currentfun.com/frontpage.asp (See Archives March 2009)
http://believekids.com/ (Fundraiser Catalog)
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Andrassy Street 60 to Film in January 2010
in Budapest. Some already cast....Production company:StoneBridge
SyFy Channel Airing Highlander Season 1
Schedule includes: Every Monday & Tuesday at 1:AM throughout November and December.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Intandem Takes Over Sale of "Nine Miles Down"
for Seven Arts Pictures...and is showcasting the film at the American Film Market November 4-11 in Santa Monica, CA
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ib5a89ec9373cbe14efd67bcf15959546
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ib5a89ec9373cbe14efd67bcf15959546
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Mirren to Shoot "The Door" in Budapest
Szabó will begin shooting in early 2010. The film is an adaptation the novel of the recently deceased Hungarian writer Magda Szabó. The book was translated in 36 languange. Mirren is cast in the role of Emerenc, a cleaning lady, one of two lead roles. The remainder of the cast has not been announced.
The film is produced by FilmArt Studio Kft. (www.filmart.hu) and Intuit Pictures (www.intuitpictures.com). Producers are Jenő Hábermann and Sándor Sőth; executive producers are Marco Mehlitz of Lago Film and Phil Hunt of Bankside Films. Bankside Films (www.bankside-films.com) is handling world sales.
Synopsis: Magda, a female writer struggling for success, employs an elderly woman called Emerence to be her housekeeper. From their first encounter, it is clear that Emerence is no ordinary maid. Although everyone in the neighbourhood knows and respects her, no one knows anything about her private life or has ever been allowed to enter her home. However, a dramatic event in the writer's life prompts Emerence to unveil glimpses of her traumatic past - a past which sheds light on her very peculiar behaviour. "The Door" brilliantly illustrates the bond as it develops between these two very different women and, ultimately, the tragic end of their relationship.
The film is produced by FilmArt Studio Kft. (www.filmart.hu) and Intuit Pictures (www.intuitpictures.com). Producers are Jenő Hábermann and Sándor Sőth; executive producers are Marco Mehlitz of Lago Film and Phil Hunt of Bankside Films. Bankside Films (www.bankside-films.com) is handling world sales.
Synopsis: Magda, a female writer struggling for success, employs an elderly woman called Emerence to be her housekeeper. From their first encounter, it is clear that Emerence is no ordinary maid. Although everyone in the neighbourhood knows and respects her, no one knows anything about her private life or has ever been allowed to enter her home. However, a dramatic event in the writer's life prompts Emerence to unveil glimpses of her traumatic past - a past which sheds light on her very peculiar behaviour. "The Door" brilliantly illustrates the bond as it develops between these two very different women and, ultimately, the tragic end of their relationship.
Epic Pictures Sells Martial Arts Fantasy "Vikingdom
this is a Asian martial arts fantasy epic with mythical characters like Lord of the Rings... and will be turned into a potential franchise.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
2010 Just Walk for Charity of Choice
Just Walk - 10km Family Walk ADULTS BOOKING England
15 May 2010 - Just Walk is an exciting sponsored UK charity walk for anyone, including children, wanting to fundraise for the charity of their choice. This fundraising walk is open to charities and anyone who is keen to get their walking boots on and hike for charity.
This charity walk offers enthusiastic walkers the chance to experience a breathtaking walk over the picturesque South Downs and generate funds for their chosen charity.
You and your friends, can choose to participate in either a 10km fund raising walk, a 20km walk, a 40km walk or a whopping 60km. Once you have paid an event fee, ALL the money you raise will go to your chosen charity. So, whether you raise £10 or £10,000, your charity will get it ALL. There are no hidden overheads.
http://www.acrossthedivide.com/index.php/products/event/p-0035.html
Pattinson to Shoot 19th century "Bel Ami" in Budapest
beginning in February 2010 according to Screendaily.com...
an intriguing star pairing, Twilight sensation Robert Pattinson is teaming with Nicole Kidman (rumor only) to star in Bel Ami, the film of Guy De Maupassant’s erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction.
Multi-award winning UK theatre directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod are directing from a screenplay by Rachel Bennette.
London-based Protagonist has taken on international sales to the film.Uberto Pasolini (The Full Monty) will produce, with Simon Fuller of 19 Entertainment acting as executive producer.The film will shoot in London and Budapest from February 2010.
Synopsis: Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end. Written when Maupassant was at the height of his powers, Bel-Ami is a novel of great frankness and cynicism, but it is also infused with the sheer joy of life depicting the scenes and characters of Paris in the belle epoque with wit, sensitivity and humanity.
an intriguing star pairing, Twilight sensation Robert Pattinson is teaming with Nicole Kidman (rumor only) to star in Bel Ami, the film of Guy De Maupassant’s erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction.
Multi-award winning UK theatre directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod are directing from a screenplay by Rachel Bennette.
London-based Protagonist has taken on international sales to the film.Uberto Pasolini (The Full Monty) will produce, with Simon Fuller of 19 Entertainment acting as executive producer.The film will shoot in London and Budapest from February 2010.
Synopsis: Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end. Written when Maupassant was at the height of his powers, Bel-Ami is a novel of great frankness and cynicism, but it is also infused with the sheer joy of life depicting the scenes and characters of Paris in the belle epoque with wit, sensitivity and humanity.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Raleigh Studios Plants Flag in Budapest
This is good news for actors like Adrian who have homes in Budapest.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/11/hollywoods-raleigh-studios-plants-flag-in-budapest.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/11/hollywoods-raleigh-studios-plants-flag-in-budapest.html
Monday, November 2, 2009
Romance "Puzzle for a Blind Man"
to film in Bucharest, Romania Spring 2010. An affluent banker fed up with his humdrum marriage embarks on a torrid affair with a sultry young artist, while a best-selling author whose books examine true love defies the odds and reconnects with the enduring love of his life, a girl he only saw in passing over 25 years ago.
Vlad Păunescu, the general manager of Castel Film Studios (www.castelfilm.ro), told FNE that he hopes to have a co-production between Romania, USA, Austria, and France.
Vlad Păunescu, the general manager of Castel Film Studios (www.castelfilm.ro), told FNE that he hopes to have a co-production between Romania, USA, Austria, and France.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
OT--Michael Jackson Heals the World
I know this doesn't relate to Adrian but I just thought I would mention that I went to go see "This is It" last night. A good night to go the movies since the kids were all out trick or treating.
I wasn't sure what to expect but I found myself smiling throughout the entire movie. Michael looked happy,healthy and passionate about what he was doing.. And very pleased with the way the rehearsals were going. There is alot of behind the scenes preparation, special effects and gimmicks but at the end we see him singing and dancing alone to Billy Jean with his back up dancers jumping up and down cheering
him on. They were fans just as much as we are.
The guy was still "Michael Jackson". And the rumors about him looking ill or tired just don't pan out. This would have been the most incredible concert and would have defintely put him back on top. And he also seemed to have a very strong theme: healing the world....Defintely go see this movie
Animated "Zombie Age" in Pre-Production
Academy Award nominated Hungarian director Geza M. Toth (Maestro) is in preproduction with the animated feature film The Zombie Age.
Previously going by the title Tomi's Struggle, the story won the pitching forum in 2007 at Croatia's Animafest in Zagreb.
The film is produced by Hungary's Katapult Film (www.katapultfilm.hu) under managing producers Ivan Angelusz and Peter Reich. The Hungarian producers are now seeking international co-production partners. "There's international interest but so far there's no signed contract," Reich told FNE.
The €1 million film received €40,000 in 2008 from the Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary (www.mmka.hu).
Katapult Film Ltd.
http://www.katapultfilm.hu/
Previously going by the title Tomi's Struggle, the story won the pitching forum in 2007 at Croatia's Animafest in Zagreb.
The film is produced by Hungary's Katapult Film (www.katapultfilm.hu) under managing producers Ivan Angelusz and Peter Reich. The Hungarian producers are now seeking international co-production partners. "There's international interest but so far there's no signed contract," Reich told FNE.
The €1 million film received €40,000 in 2008 from the Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary (www.mmka.hu).
Katapult Film Ltd.
http://www.katapultfilm.hu/
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Mythberg Producing Comedy "Children of the Green Dragon"
http://www.mythbergfilms.hu/dragon_synopsis.html
A drama about an encounter between two cultures, Hungary and China, in the streets of Budapest, to be produced by Mythberg Films as a co-production with Germany's LE Vision, China's Scarecrow Workshop and the Concorde Film Trust. Shooting in Budapest at the end of the 2009.
A drama about an encounter between two cultures, Hungary and China, in the streets of Budapest, to be produced by Mythberg Films as a co-production with Germany's LE Vision, China's Scarecrow Workshop and the Concorde Film Trust. Shooting in Budapest at the end of the 2009.
Hungary's Mundruczo Plans Da Vinci Film
Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo, whose “Delta” got its competition screening Tuesday, is planning a film about the 15th century sodomy trial of Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci.
The project — at an early stage of development — is likely to be co-produced by Hungarian director Bela Tarr, whose “Man From London” was in competition here last year.
“Although there is no script yet, this is one of two projects for which Kornel has specific plans,” said Viktoria Petranyi, producer of “Delta.”
The Da Vinci project —based on the true story of charges of homosexual activity laid against the Renaissance artist — is in development alongside another project, based on the story of Frankenstein that would probably be co-produced with “Delta” co-producer Phillipe Bober of French firm the Coproduction Office, Petranyi added.
Both projects would seek initial funding from Hungarian state sources and were being prepped for 2009 or 2010 production schedules.
“The key thing is that we are keen to get working fast on new projects and to continue working with our established co-production partners,” Petranyi said.
The project — at an early stage of development — is likely to be co-produced by Hungarian director Bela Tarr, whose “Man From London” was in competition here last year.
“Although there is no script yet, this is one of two projects for which Kornel has specific plans,” said Viktoria Petranyi, producer of “Delta.”
The Da Vinci project —based on the true story of charges of homosexual activity laid against the Renaissance artist — is in development alongside another project, based on the story of Frankenstein that would probably be co-produced with “Delta” co-producer Phillipe Bober of French firm the Coproduction Office, Petranyi added.
Both projects would seek initial funding from Hungarian state sources and were being prepped for 2009 or 2010 production schedules.
“The key thing is that we are keen to get working fast on new projects and to continue working with our established co-production partners,” Petranyi said.
Adrian Cast in Animated "Egill the Last Pagan"
Lichthof Prod./CAOZ, TBA 2010
Director: Aron Gauder
Synopsis: This Hungarian/Icelandic/Polish CG toon is based on the Icelandic epic about Egill the Viking, a brute of a warrior known for his pride and bad temper, who sets out to seek revenge from the King of Norway after he insults his family. Polish studio Se-Ma-For will tackle the puppets and stop-motion filming, while Hungarian co-producers, including Tadpole Studio, deliver the CG software required to finish the animation. According to imdb.com, Michael Madsen will star as Egill.
http://www.egillmovie.com/
http://www.lichthof.hu/egill/index.html
http://www.caoz.com/
http://cine.hu/egill/site/
Friday, October 30, 2009
FirstGiving Raises Money Via Online Special Events
Can I get approval to launch this site? Fans would then distribute via email to their friends & family and and co-workers; we could place on Adrian's official sites? (The fee is 7.5%)
Residents of the USA/Canada
http://www.firstgiving.com/sherylsiminoff
http://www.firstgiving.com/ (The site will accept MC, VISA, AmerX, & Discover)
Residents of the UK go to:
http://www.justgiving.com/ (The site will acept MC, VISA, AmerX & Discover)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Ciculie working on Comedy in Romania
Award-winning documentary director Thomas Ciulei is working on his feature debut, a comedy about an actor and a filmmaker, the last artists from an imaginary country ruled by an ominous dictator.
The Show Must Go On (working title) won a grant of €325,847 from National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) last year, which covers over half of the €600,000 budget.
Ciulei is producing with his Romanian company Europolis Film (site under construction) and also wrote the script. Negotiations with foreign co-producers are underway. It is possible that the feature could be a Romanian-German co-production, Ciulei told FNE.
Filming will take place no sooner than 2010, with the premiere in 2011.
The Show Must Go On (working title) won a grant of €325,847 from National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) last year, which covers over half of the €600,000 budget.
Ciulei is producing with his Romanian company Europolis Film (site under construction) and also wrote the script. Negotiations with foreign co-producers are underway. It is possible that the feature could be a Romanian-German co-production, Ciulei told FNE.
Filming will take place no sooner than 2010, with the premiere in 2011.
Search Engines Raise Money for Charities (Free)
GoodSearch donates 50% of its revenue, approximately a penny per search, to the charities designated by its users. You use it exactly as you would any other search engine and the pennies add up quickly just 500 people searching four times a day will earn around $7,300 in a year. It doesn't cost the users a thing!
Similarly with GoodShop.com, consumers are helping their favorite causes by shopping at hundreds of well known retailers including Amazon, Target, Apple, Macy's, Best Buy, Orbitz, Staples and others. The shopping experience and the prices are exactly the same as going to the retailer directly, but by going through GoodShop, up to 37% of the purchase price is donated the user's favorite cause!
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=217805#
http://www.goodsearch.com/
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
"Tuesday After Christmas" shooting in Bucharest
Multi Media Est.Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean continues his "étude des caractères" with Tuesday after Christmas, a look at the pending break-up of a ten-year marriage.
Muntean (The Paper Will Be Blue, Boogie) wrote the script together with his longtime colleagues, Alexandru Baciu and Răzvan Rădulescu. Already cast are Mimi Brănescu (Boogie) and Maria Popistaşu (Sick Love). Tudor Lucaciu is the DoP.
The shooting is set to start in NOVEMBER. The film is produced by Multimedia Est (www.mme.ro) and received a €324,500 grant from the National Film Centre (www.cncinema.abt.ro), the biggest amount of money allotted in 2009 for a Romanian production.
The shooting will take place in Bucharest, and will last for 30 days. The premiere is not yet settled.
Muntean (The Paper Will Be Blue, Boogie) wrote the script together with his longtime colleagues, Alexandru Baciu and Răzvan Rădulescu. Already cast are Mimi Brănescu (Boogie) and Maria Popistaşu (Sick Love). Tudor Lucaciu is the DoP.
The shooting is set to start in NOVEMBER. The film is produced by Multimedia Est (www.mme.ro) and received a €324,500 grant from the National Film Centre (www.cncinema.abt.ro), the biggest amount of money allotted in 2009 for a Romanian production.
The shooting will take place in Bucharest, and will last for 30 days. The premiere is not yet settled.
Sponsored Social Giving Enables Members to Raise $700,000
I saw what Shaq doing for Toys for Tots and it just sparked something. I found out that this is called Sponsored Social Giving! No cost fundraisers. The corporations are sponsoring this. Our donors
only click.
http://media.socialvibe.com/m/aboutus/press/PressRelease072908.pdf
http://www.socialvibe.com/info#/about_partners/ (Social Vibe)
http://apps.facebook.com/socialvibe/?rs=sv_home (Facebook)
SocialVibe Brings Traditional Trick-or-Treat Charity Efforts to Millions of
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SocialVibe (www.socialvibe.com), the
leading social media utility that empowers people to benefit their causes by
engaging with brands, announced the program "Click 4 Good" today. Expanding
real world trick-or-treating online, Click 4 Good is a virtual neighborhood on
SocialVibe (www.socialvibe.com/click4good) comprised of houses representing
charities, each of which aim to bring relief to those in need. Partnerships with charity: water,
Stand Up 2 Cancer, Keep A Child Alive.
only click.
http://media.socialvibe.com/m/aboutus/press/PressRelease072908.pdf
http://www.socialvibe.com/info#/about_partners/ (Social Vibe)
http://apps.facebook.com/socialvibe/?rs=sv_home (Facebook)
SocialVibe Brings Traditional Trick-or-Treat Charity Efforts to Millions of
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SocialVibe (www.socialvibe.com), the
leading social media utility that empowers people to benefit their causes by
engaging with brands, announced the program "Click 4 Good" today. Expanding
real world trick-or-treating online, Click 4 Good is a virtual neighborhood on
SocialVibe (www.socialvibe.com/click4good) comprised of houses representing
charities, each of which aim to bring relief to those in need. Partnerships with charity: water,
Stand Up 2 Cancer, Keep A Child Alive.
Join Babies R Us Facebook & Help Raise Money for Toys for Tots
No cost.. Just click your mouse.
http://www.facebook.com/toysrus
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS84887+20-Oct-2009+PRN20091020
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Horror "Castlevania" Goes into Pre-Production
http://www.crystalsky.com/films.htm
Monday, October 26, 2009
Three Projects in Pre-Production with Tivoli
*SUBJECT TO CONTRACT
Feature UK-Hungarian co-production
Director: James Erskine
Producers: Ami Baker, Katalin Krammer
*AGAINST EASTERN WINDS
Musical journey through Europe, to be directed by György Szomjas
*THE TREASURE OF THE RED TOWER
Youth adventure film based on the novel by Lajos Hollós Korvin, to be directed by András Dér
Feature UK-Hungarian co-production
Director: James Erskine
Producers: Ami Baker, Katalin Krammer
*AGAINST EASTERN WINDS
Musical journey through Europe, to be directed by György Szomjas
*THE TREASURE OF THE RED TOWER
Youth adventure film based on the novel by Lajos Hollós Korvin, to be directed by András Dér
Szasz in Pre-Production with "The Big Notebook"
Janos Szasz has started pre-production on a new project, the adaptation of the novel of Agota Kristof titled Le Grand Cahier (The Big Notebook).
Szasz (Woyzeck, The Wittman boys, Opium) has postponed preparation of his planned film Sóhajok hídja (The Bridge of Sighs) to work on The Big Notebook. The author is a Swiss of Hungarian origin.
The novel, which was translated to 35 languages, is the story of twins who stay with their grandmother in a hostile, weird countryside where they have to cope with the situation. The style of the novel is stripped and cold, which will be represented by a similarly harsh, Bressonian style according to Szasz.
The rights of the novel have been unavailable for decades, but this year producer Sandor Söth and Intuit Pictures (www.intuitpictures.com) were able to secure them. Szasz is currently writing the second draft of the script, and plans to scout filming locations and cast the film in the fall. The film will be a German-Dutch-Hungarian cooproduction with Hungarian partner Hunnia Filmstúdió http://www.hunniafilm.hu/, Pál Sándor producer.
The film will be shot in Summer 2010.
Szasz (Woyzeck, The Wittman boys, Opium) has postponed preparation of his planned film Sóhajok hídja (The Bridge of Sighs) to work on The Big Notebook. The author is a Swiss of Hungarian origin.
The novel, which was translated to 35 languages, is the story of twins who stay with their grandmother in a hostile, weird countryside where they have to cope with the situation. The style of the novel is stripped and cold, which will be represented by a similarly harsh, Bressonian style according to Szasz.
The rights of the novel have been unavailable for decades, but this year producer Sandor Söth and Intuit Pictures (www.intuitpictures.com) were able to secure them. Szasz is currently writing the second draft of the script, and plans to scout filming locations and cast the film in the fall. The film will be a German-Dutch-Hungarian cooproduction with Hungarian partner Hunnia Filmstúdió http://www.hunniafilm.hu/, Pál Sándor producer.
The film will be shot in Summer 2010.
NEW-- Seagal's "Born to Raise Hell" Casting in Bucharest
Born to Raise Hell, an action movie directed by Lauro Chartrand and starring Steven Seagal, will be shot at Castel Film Studios starting in early November for 4 weeks. Budget is $10M.. DVD Premiere release
The film is produced by Voltage Pictures (www.voltagepictures.com). Castel Film Romania http://http://www.castelfilm.ro/) is providing with services.
Steven Seagal will be an Interpol agent sent to Eastern Europe to target gun and dope trafficking. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and the Russians, leaving one task force member dead.
Bogdan Moncea, Marketing Manager at Castel Film Studios, told FNE that Casting is Not yet Finished and some Romanian actors will also be in the cast. Shooting will wrap after 4 weeks. Film will be shot in Bucharest and at Castel Film Studios.
The script is written by Steven Seagal and Joe Halpin. Eric J. Goldstein is the DOP.Born to Raise Hell will be released in 2010 on DVD.
The film is produced by Voltage Pictures (www.voltagepictures.com). Castel Film Romania http://http://www.castelfilm.ro/) is providing with services.
Steven Seagal will be an Interpol agent sent to Eastern Europe to target gun and dope trafficking. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and the Russians, leaving one task force member dead.
Bogdan Moncea, Marketing Manager at Castel Film Studios, told FNE that Casting is Not yet Finished and some Romanian actors will also be in the cast. Shooting will wrap after 4 weeks. Film will be shot in Bucharest and at Castel Film Studios.
The script is written by Steven Seagal and Joe Halpin. Eric J. Goldstein is the DOP.Born to Raise Hell will be released in 2010 on DVD.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
"The Job" Begins October 5
(SEE ARCHIVES AUGUST 27 2009)
Filming begins October 5. Cast: Christopher Lambert and Thomas Jane.
Handmade Films and SilverBack Productions.
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:M0wHpilPTQoJ:www.silverback.hu/index.php%3Flang%3Den+The+job+Silverback,+Hungary&cd=1&hl=en&ct=cl
Filming begins October 5. Cast: Christopher Lambert and Thomas Jane.
Handmade Films and SilverBack Productions.
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:M0wHpilPTQoJ:www.silverback.hu/index.php%3Flang%3Den+The+job+Silverback,+Hungary&cd=1&hl=en&ct=cl
"The Frankenstein Project" in Pre-Production
(SEE BLOG ARCHIVES JULY 2009)
Sipos is co-producing Kornel Mundruczo's The Frankenstein Project with Proton Cinema (www.protoncinema.hu). At EFP's Producers on the Move, he is represented by Arpad Bogdan's next movie The Necromancer. The movie will be made by Laokoon Film with the estimated budget 1 million euro. Both movies are in preproduction.
Speaking of his selection for EFP's Producers on the Move, Sipos told FNE said that he is excited to take part because of the learning process as well as the chance to meet interesting colleagues and build a network which can be useful for the future.
Looking ahead, Sipos told FNE that he wants to make independent quality pictures -- though he won't mind mind if he wins a Cannes prize or gets the Oscars. He's confident about the future of the Hungarian film industry. In his words, "We can't do anything else than to be confident. And we're doing this to make it better."
Sipos is co-producing Kornel Mundruczo's The Frankenstein Project with Proton Cinema (www.protoncinema.hu). At EFP's Producers on the Move, he is represented by Arpad Bogdan's next movie The Necromancer. The movie will be made by Laokoon Film with the estimated budget 1 million euro. Both movies are in preproduction.
Speaking of his selection for EFP's Producers on the Move, Sipos told FNE said that he is excited to take part because of the learning process as well as the chance to meet interesting colleagues and build a network which can be useful for the future.
Looking ahead, Sipos told FNE that he wants to make independent quality pictures -- though he won't mind mind if he wins a Cannes prize or gets the Oscars. He's confident about the future of the Hungarian film industry. In his words, "We can't do anything else than to be confident. And we're doing this to make it better."
Hungarian Film "Psyche" in Development
(SEE BLOG ARCHIVES JULY 9, 2009)
Hungarian director and scriptwriter Arpad Sopsits is in development on a new project titled Psyche based the work of Hungarian poet Sandor Weores.
Sopsits who is in Karlovy Vary to present his new film The Seventh Circle, produced by Hunnia Film Studio (www.hunniafilm.hu), which had its international premier in the East of the West competition of the festival.
Sopsits said the script for Psyche has already finished and the film would be produced by Budapest based Cinemafilm (www.cinema-film.hu) The project is planned as a European coproduction and Sopsits said he was looking for coproduction partners while he was visiting the Czech spa town.
Sopsits is one of Hungary's best known directors and his previous films have screened in the Director's Fortnight in Cannes and in Montreal FF.
Hungarian director and scriptwriter Arpad Sopsits is in development on a new project titled Psyche based the work of Hungarian poet Sandor Weores.
Sopsits who is in Karlovy Vary to present his new film The Seventh Circle, produced by Hunnia Film Studio (www.hunniafilm.hu), which had its international premier in the East of the West competition of the festival.
Sopsits said the script for Psyche has already finished and the film would be produced by Budapest based Cinemafilm (www.cinema-film.hu) The project is planned as a European coproduction and Sopsits said he was looking for coproduction partners while he was visiting the Czech spa town.
Sopsits is one of Hungary's best known directors and his previous films have screened in the Director's Fortnight in Cannes and in Montreal FF.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
NEW--Hungary's Lankoon to Produce "A Journey by Moonlight"
Journey by Moonlight is deservedly a classic of 20th century HUNGARIAN literature and a very great novel. It combines realistic depiction of middle class Budapest manners and mores with a profound sense of the darker forces at work in all of us beneath the veneer of civilisation (forces which were to erupt and deprive the author of his life in a Nazi labour camp a few years after he published this book). Every character is drawn with superb elegance and depth, and the parallel journeys of Mihaly and Erszi are astonishing in their desperate intensity and danger. I lived every second of their pathetic nights of crisis with them and was genuinely relieved by the ironic conclusion.
This book is far more than an accomplished comedy of manners, though it may be read as simply that. Its complex nesting of love-triangles denotes the presence of the muse in, ultimately, nightmarish mode. I believe it is a model and precursor for Cocteau's Les Enfants Terribles, mention of which immediately calls attention to this work's superior quality as literature and imagination. Antal Szerb deserves our love and gratitude for depicting civilisation and its discontents with a loving mockery counterbalanced by a clear sense of the darkness and menace implicit in civilisation's overthrow (or latent in its roots). He knew so much and spoke so well, we are fortunate to have inherited this much of his genius.
Also in development: Don't Look Down, Strange Forest and Necromancer
http://lankoonfilm.com/
This book is far more than an accomplished comedy of manners, though it may be read as simply that. Its complex nesting of love-triangles denotes the presence of the muse in, ultimately, nightmarish mode. I believe it is a model and precursor for Cocteau's Les Enfants Terribles, mention of which immediately calls attention to this work's superior quality as literature and imagination. Antal Szerb deserves our love and gratitude for depicting civilisation and its discontents with a loving mockery counterbalanced by a clear sense of the darkness and menace implicit in civilisation's overthrow (or latent in its roots). He knew so much and spoke so well, we are fortunate to have inherited this much of his genius.
Also in development: Don't Look Down, Strange Forest and Necromancer
http://lankoonfilm.com/
My Charity Blog (Revised)
This is my idea of what we could do for the Peace Fund blog. It cannot be seen on the internet yet.
Adrian & Alex Set up Baby Registries for Fans (Revised)
Hi Everyone. Thanks for Thinking of us and our soon to be arrival. We greatly appreicate all your wonderful well wishes. and that in itself is gift enough. But, in case you still want to shower the little one, here is a
list of goodies we think we might need...PEACE Adrian & Alex.
Babies R Us
Registry #43764281
or Search Last Name: Tonelli or Paul
http://www.babiesrus.com/
The Juvenile Shop
Registry #7299
Search Last Name: Tonelli or Paul
https://www.juvenileshop.com/
Carmel Posted: "Adrian and I caught up about a week ago and yes, he is positively over the moon about the impending arrival of a beautiful baby girl. I had told him and Alexandra that there are also those who would really like to send a gift but also wanted some idea of what might be needed and appreciated. To that end (and being very practical) I SUGGESTED A BABY REGISTRY. Obviously people are completely free to still do their own thing but for others it takes the guess work out. "
As all the people who frequent this blog, know I originally posted a "Virtual Online Baby Shower for Adrian & Alex on Sunday October 17. I paid Bonnie (who runs Webby Baby Shower websites $50 to create a little shower site for me. However, within a day or so the folks at the AP WEB TEAM told Bonnie I had invaded Ms. Tonelli & Mr. Paul's privacy and to suspend the site which she did.
(baby news was made public). The original Webby website had several features including a Guest Book, Journal and a Gift Registry; the folks at AP Web Team saw this..After Boonie suspened me, I put up my own Online Baby Shower Blog which had a Babies R Us logo. The ladies over Adrian's chat board asked Carmel today if she was associated
or affiliated with my site...they see the connection of the ideas.
These ladies are NOT being fooled this time around Carmel. First you took the Highlander Set Visit & Cameo Role Auction idea, then Cafe Press (See Blog Sept 2008) and now this...Congrats...That's 3 times in 5 years you plagarized me...Sheryl
Friday, October 23, 2009
NEW--Evergreen Acquires Hungarian TV Animation Project
"When Gabor showed me the animation I knew that Evergreen had to acquire the distribution rights. TipTop's a 3D series for very small children with bright colours, delightful and very original characters and simple everyday stories." said Steve Walsh.
"We have no real experience of the international marketplace, but we intend to make lots of animated shows, so we were delighted when Steve and Alan came to Budapest to visit the studio and advise us on how best to proceed. We are very happy to know that our show will be in such good hands at MIPCOM and beyond." Said Wyvern's Gabor Koltai.
'TipTop' is a 26 x 6' animated series aimed at tiny tots narrated in English by a single voice to facilitate the making of foreign language versions.
http://www.evergreenentertainment.tv/projects.php?id=29
Online Auction Agencies Raise Money for Charities
Kompolt is a promotional agency which helps define client brand promotional strategy through auctions, delivers creative design, and manages operations of feature online auctions for maximum visibility of well-known brands, media companies, charities, Nonprofits, public relations firms and advertising agencies.
Some of our marquee clients include: eBay, NBC, ABC, Warner Bros, Mercedes-Benz, Intel, The GRAMMY Foundation, UNICEF, City of Hope, and many more. Click here to view an extensive list of our current and past clients.
http://www.auctioncause.com/
http://www.kompolt.com/auctions.html
Thursday, October 22, 2009
NEW--Virtual Baby Shower Online for Adrian & Alex
It was just announced that Adrian &Alex are expecting a bouncing baby girl in early 2010. I have now set up a Virtual Online Shower at Blogger.com. The shower has a Guest Book, a Gift Registry (pending approval from Adrian) Photo Slide Show and a Charity Shopping Mall.
*Can we find out which retail stores Alexa registered at so we can then add those retailers to the eregistry.
This way she doesn't get duplicates or things she doesn't want. How about a P.O Box where we can send the gifts? Also fans can shop and earn 2 to 10% for the Peace Fund at the Shopping Mall
http://wwwadrianalexshower.blogspot.com/
*Can we find out which retail stores Alexa registered at so we can then add those retailers to the eregistry.
This way she doesn't get duplicates or things she doesn't want. How about a P.O Box where we can send the gifts? Also fans can shop and earn 2 to 10% for the Peace Fund at the Shopping Mall
http://wwwadrianalexshower.blogspot.com/
Gift Registries for Charities
http://www.eregistry.com/community/baby/h/ (Shopping Portal Gives a % to the Charity)
http://www.justgive.org/ (Peace Fund appears in their database)
http://www.justgive.org/ (Peace Fund appears in their database)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
HBO to Reboot "In Treatment" for Eastern Europe TV
Kicking off a drive to produce more inhouse drama, HBO Central Europe has pacted with Doff Media Distribution for local versions of HBO's "In Treatment" for the Romanian, Hungarian, Czech and Polish markets.
Neither the price of the format deal nor production budget were released. HBO CE chief exec Linda Jensen said a Romanian version of the series will be first, with a season of 40-plus episodes scheduled for fall 2010.
Based on its success in Romania, Jensen said HBO CE will make locally adapted versions for Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland.
In Treatment," based on the Israeli series "Be tipul," portrays a ...
Vampire Romance "Carmilla" in Pre Production
*Dark Star Productions, London UK
MyRegistry Provides Donation Service to Charities
**We could buy a gift for Adrian & Alex or make a donation to Peace Fund.. Launched in December 2005 MyRegistry.com streamlines the gift buying process by giving the new Mom the ability to add gifts from any store in the world.
MyRegistry.com’s celebrity member, actress Marisol Nichols, says, “I love using it!” She’s added over 75 gifts to her baby shower registry from high-end boutiques to mainstream stores. The “24″ star, famous newscasters, and other celebs, along with tens of thousands of new parents, have opened up their baby registries at MyRegistry.com, enjoying the freedom of choosing gifts from any store in the world and adding them onto one beautiful and easy-to-use registry.
Expectant celebrities are not only asking for thousand-dollar Stokke strollers and Bloom Fresco high chairs, but also registering for the same affordable baby basics that every typical parent needs (diapers, monitors, thermometers, etc.) from some of the most common stores. From Target and Toys ‘R’ Us to Dimples and Dandelions and other exclusive designer baby boutiques, all moms have the ability to add anything they want on one registry. “We want all of our members to be able to get whatever they want or need for their new baby, and giving them the ability to choose absolutely anything is very enticing, especially for our celebrity clients,” says President Nancy Lee.
“I wish I had known about it for my wedding - I was stuck registering at 2 or 3 places and struggling to find things I really wanted. MyRegistry would’ve made it so much easier!” says Nichols. Couples all across America are also building their wedding registries with MyRegistry.com because it supports a world of possibilities when it comes to registering for gifts. And what’s a bride to do if all she needs is cash? MyRegistry.com’s patent-pending Cash Gift Fund Service is a tasteful way to request cash and personalize it with a name and notes. Members have called their funds everything from “Our Fantasy Honeymoon Fund!” to “Help Us Pay for Our [California King Size Bed, New Pair of Jet Skis, Motorcycle for Two, or New Wine Cellar]!”
http://www.myregistry.com/Press_Display.aspx?imgsrc=images/articles/MR3_09-15-08.gif
ttp://www.myregistry.com/
http://www.myregistry.com/docs/Donation_Registry_Launch.pdf (Donation Registry for Charities)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
NEW--Sitaru Preparing "Love with Best Intentions" in Bucharest
for May 2010.
After Angling/Pescuit sportiv, Adrian Sitaru is preparing his second feature, From Love With Best Intentions/ Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intenţii, a story about growing up in contemporary Romania.
He wrote the script as a Cinéfondation resident from Cannes Film Festival (www.festival-cannes.com), in 2008, after receiving a development grant from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro). The treatment and concept also participated at CineMart, at the Rotterdam Film Festival http://http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/). The script won a production grant of €135,000 (545,000 RON) from the Romanian National Centre for Cinema in August 2008.
Ada Solomon and HiFilm (www.hifilm.ro) are producing. Marie Pierre Macia and Juliette Lepoutre from MPM Film (Movie Partners in Motion Film) are the French co-producers, while Monica Lazurean Gorgan and 4Proof Film (www.4prooffilm.ro) are co-producing from Romania. Foreign co-producers are sought in order to fill the €650,000 budget.
the film follows the experience of a successful young man, Alex, who is facing the unexpected illness of his mother. He tries to deal with it the best he can, but he finally has to accept that he has no control. "This is an experience we all have. We all try to fight and do the best we can, and sometimes all we do is useless," the director says.
Production information
HiFilm Production
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.hifilm.ro/
4Proof Film
7B Inisor street, Sect.2
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.4prooffilm.ro/
After Angling/Pescuit sportiv, Adrian Sitaru is preparing his second feature, From Love With Best Intentions/ Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intenţii, a story about growing up in contemporary Romania.
He wrote the script as a Cinéfondation resident from Cannes Film Festival (www.festival-cannes.com), in 2008, after receiving a development grant from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro). The treatment and concept also participated at CineMart, at the Rotterdam Film Festival http://http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/). The script won a production grant of €135,000 (545,000 RON) from the Romanian National Centre for Cinema in August 2008.
Ada Solomon and HiFilm (www.hifilm.ro) are producing. Marie Pierre Macia and Juliette Lepoutre from MPM Film (Movie Partners in Motion Film) are the French co-producers, while Monica Lazurean Gorgan and 4Proof Film (www.4prooffilm.ro) are co-producing from Romania. Foreign co-producers are sought in order to fill the €650,000 budget.
the film follows the experience of a successful young man, Alex, who is facing the unexpected illness of his mother. He tries to deal with it the best he can, but he finally has to accept that he has no control. "This is an experience we all have. We all try to fight and do the best we can, and sometimes all we do is useless," the director says.
Production information
HiFilm Production
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.hifilm.ro/
4Proof Film
7B Inisor street, Sect.2
Bucharest, Romania
http://www.4prooffilm.ro/
Monday, October 19, 2009
"Eyeborgs" Wins Best Sci Fi Feature
Posted tonight on Facebook.com. According to composer Mark Brisbane, who is present in Arizona, Eyeborgs has just won the award for Best SciFi Feature at this year's International Horror and SciFi Film Festival!
Friday, October 16, 2009
NEW--Belvedere to produce 1930's "Mars in Aires"
Mars in Aires and Semmelweis in Hungary and Vienna
In the tradition of such films as The English Patient, Atonement, and Valkyrie. Based on the acclaimed Nazi resistance novel by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Mars im Widder, which was banned upon publication in 1941.
Script Adaptation: Robert von Dassanowsky, Elfi von Dassanowsky, and Judy Sharinger Principal Photography in Austria, Poland, Hungary.
Karlovy to Shoot Comedy "The Blonde Hurricane"
(PLEASE SEE BLOG ARCHIVE JULY 10, 2009).
KARLOVY VARY: Prolific Hungarian director Gyorgy Palfi has three new projects in the pipeline together with producer Gabor Varadi helmer at Budapest based Eurofilm Studio (www.eurofilm.hu).
Palfi was in KVIFF together with a team of twelve actors and other professionals from the film for the international premier of his latest film You Are Not My Friend a coproduction with Eurofilm Studio and Filmax.
"It's my first time at Karlovy Vary," said Palfi, "It's great and since it's so close I brought the whole team. Maybe we'll all go to try out some of the spas together while we are here."
Varadi who also worked with Palfi on his internationally successful Taxidermi said he already had three more projects in various stages of development.
The Blonde Hurricaine which is due to start shooting in 2010 is the next film on Palfi's production schedule. The script also by Palfi is based on a novel by Hungarian adventure writer Jeno Rejto who wrote under the name of P. Howard between the two world wars. It will be Palfi's first film to be shot in English and it will be a European coproduction with well known English or American actors in the leading roles according to Varadi which will shoot in the UK, France and North Africa. While no contracts have been inked yet Varadi said interest from foreign partners was high in the 8 m Euro project and Scarlett Johannson was one of the actresses they were hoping to attract to the project.
Next up will be another literary based film, Toldi, based on the work of Hungarian poet Janos Arany. One of Hungary's most famous poets who worked 200 years ago this will be a wholly Hungarian project. (this is a 14th century medieval story involivng King Louis).
KARLOVY VARY: Prolific Hungarian director Gyorgy Palfi has three new projects in the pipeline together with producer Gabor Varadi helmer at Budapest based Eurofilm Studio (www.eurofilm.hu).
Palfi was in KVIFF together with a team of twelve actors and other professionals from the film for the international premier of his latest film You Are Not My Friend a coproduction with Eurofilm Studio and Filmax.
"It's my first time at Karlovy Vary," said Palfi, "It's great and since it's so close I brought the whole team. Maybe we'll all go to try out some of the spas together while we are here."
Varadi who also worked with Palfi on his internationally successful Taxidermi said he already had three more projects in various stages of development.
The Blonde Hurricaine which is due to start shooting in 2010 is the next film on Palfi's production schedule. The script also by Palfi is based on a novel by Hungarian adventure writer Jeno Rejto who wrote under the name of P. Howard between the two world wars. It will be Palfi's first film to be shot in English and it will be a European coproduction with well known English or American actors in the leading roles according to Varadi which will shoot in the UK, France and North Africa. While no contracts have been inked yet Varadi said interest from foreign partners was high in the 8 m Euro project and Scarlett Johannson was one of the actresses they were hoping to attract to the project.
Next up will be another literary based film, Toldi, based on the work of Hungarian poet Janos Arany. One of Hungary's most famous poets who worked 200 years ago this will be a wholly Hungarian project. (this is a 14th century medieval story involivng King Louis).
Dark Comedy "Security" Planned in Budapest
(PLEASE SEE BLOG ARCHIVES JULY 12, 2009)
Daniel Erdelyi's second feature film, Security, is in preproduction, the director told FNE, with filming planned for the first half of 2010.
Security will be a mixed genre movie about a couple's relationship with unexpected turns of events. The film is produced by Katapult Film (http://www.katapultfilm.hu/) and managing producer Ivan Angelusz.
The €1 million film plans a 30-day shoot on location in Budapest, and Miskolc.
The project won development support from the Board of the Motion Picture Section of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary (http://www.nka.hu/). The script took part at the Script East pitching forum at the Berlinale in February and is also invited for a pitching forum in Cannes in May.
Producers are touting international market and festival potential. Security is likely to premier at the 2011 Hungarian Film Week. The national and international distribution rights are still available.
Katapult Film Ltd.
Managing Producers: Ivan Angelusz, Peter Reich
Address: H-1023 Budapest Frankel Leo str. 21-23. III/8. Phone/Fax: 06/1 787-3558Phone: +36 1 438 0894, +36 1 438 0895, +36 30 416 6627E-mail:
Daniel Erdelyi's second feature film, Security, is in preproduction, the director told FNE, with filming planned for the first half of 2010.
Security will be a mixed genre movie about a couple's relationship with unexpected turns of events. The film is produced by Katapult Film (http://www.katapultfilm.hu/) and managing producer Ivan Angelusz.
The €1 million film plans a 30-day shoot on location in Budapest, and Miskolc.
The project won development support from the Board of the Motion Picture Section of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary (http://www.nka.hu/). The script took part at the Script East pitching forum at the Berlinale in February and is also invited for a pitching forum in Cannes in May.
Producers are touting international market and festival potential. Security is likely to premier at the 2011 Hungarian Film Week. The national and international distribution rights are still available.
Katapult Film Ltd.
Managing Producers: Ivan Angelusz, Peter Reich
Address: H-1023 Budapest Frankel Leo str. 21-23. III/8. Phone/Fax: 06/1 787-3558Phone: +36 1 438 0894, +36 1 438 0895, +36 30 416 6627E-mail:
Romantic Comedy "Night of the Singles in Pre-production
Tamás Sas (Nine and Half Dates, S.O.S. Love) is in production with a romantic comedy, NIGHT OF THE SINGLES (Szinglik éjszakája).
The film is one of three movies the director is working on this year. Shooting of The Lull (Szélcsend) a three-character chamber drama set in a boat is now completed, and EXPRESS 2 (Presszó 2) is in pre-production.
Planned as a genre movie, the script was developed by a team of writers. The original story is from Sándor Szélesi; the script was written by Péter Szajki, András M. Kovács and Nóra Zsigmond; and Sas, the producers József Cirkó and Tamás Dér, and the srcipt editor Judit Csikász did minor re-writes.
The film is produced by HCC Media (www.hccmedia.hu) and Movieline Enterntainment, the budget is quite high comparing to an average Hungarian one - HUF 497 million (EUR 1.9 million). The Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (MMKA) granted the film HUF 30 million, and commercial station TV2 also invested in the film. The release is planned for Valentine's day of 2010.
The story is about four female friends who vow never to marry , but one of them changes her mind. The day of the wedding somebody steals the wedding rings and the young women set out to find them.
According to Sas this film is meant to be a contemporary fairy tale.
http://www.hccmedia.hu/us/index.php?id=1
The film is one of three movies the director is working on this year. Shooting of The Lull (Szélcsend) a three-character chamber drama set in a boat is now completed, and EXPRESS 2 (Presszó 2) is in pre-production.
Planned as a genre movie, the script was developed by a team of writers. The original story is from Sándor Szélesi; the script was written by Péter Szajki, András M. Kovács and Nóra Zsigmond; and Sas, the producers József Cirkó and Tamás Dér, and the srcipt editor Judit Csikász did minor re-writes.
The film is produced by HCC Media (www.hccmedia.hu) and Movieline Enterntainment, the budget is quite high comparing to an average Hungarian one - HUF 497 million (EUR 1.9 million). The Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (MMKA) granted the film HUF 30 million, and commercial station TV2 also invested in the film. The release is planned for Valentine's day of 2010.
The story is about four female friends who vow never to marry , but one of them changes her mind. The day of the wedding somebody steals the wedding rings and the young women set out to find them.
According to Sas this film is meant to be a contemporary fairy tale.
http://www.hccmedia.hu/us/index.php?id=1
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