Tribeca Films, the distribution label from Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures, has acquired eight films from different film festivals as part of its first round of acquisitions.
“Tribeca has championed independent film for over two decades, and our distribution label is a continuation of our commitment to support filmmakers,” said Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca co-founder and chief executive officer. “We’re proud to introduce this exciting slate of films, including four narratives by Tribeca alumni such as ‘Good Girl Jane,’ a striking coming-of-age drama, and ‘Nude Tuesday,’ an absurdist romantic comedy, to new audiences.”
The list of movies acquired include: “Suze,” starring Michaela Watkins, Sara Waisglass and Charlie Gillespie; “Good Girl Jane,” featuring Rain Spencer, Andie MacDowell, and Odessa A’zion; “Nude Tuesday,” featuring Jemaine Clement and directed by Armagan Ballantyne; “In Her Name,” directed by Sarah Carter; “President in Waiting,” directed by Jeffrey Roth; “Roving Woman,” directed by Michal Chmielewski; “Phantom Parrot,...
“Tribeca has championed independent film for over two decades, and our distribution label is a continuation of our commitment to support filmmakers,” said Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca co-founder and chief executive officer. “We’re proud to introduce this exciting slate of films, including four narratives by Tribeca alumni such as ‘Good Girl Jane,’ a striking coming-of-age drama, and ‘Nude Tuesday,’ an absurdist romantic comedy, to new audiences.”
The list of movies acquired include: “Suze,” starring Michaela Watkins, Sara Waisglass and Charlie Gillespie; “Good Girl Jane,” featuring Rain Spencer, Andie MacDowell, and Odessa A’zion; “Nude Tuesday,” featuring Jemaine Clement and directed by Armagan Ballantyne; “In Her Name,” directed by Sarah Carter; “President in Waiting,” directed by Jeffrey Roth; “Roving Woman,” directed by Michal Chmielewski; “Phantom Parrot,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
10 films were competing for the Powell and Pressburger award.
Scottish animators Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson’s 60-minutes documentary A Cat Called Dom has won the inaugural Powell and Pressburger Award for best film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Anderson and Henderson star in and co-direct the inventive documentary, which had its world premiere at Eiff. The film explores how Will deals with his mother’s cancer diagnosis and also the frustrations of trying to make a film.
The jury, comprised of president Gaylene Gould (founder of creative lab The Space to Come), producer Rosie Crerar and author Sarah Winman,...
Scottish animators Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson’s 60-minutes documentary A Cat Called Dom has won the inaugural Powell and Pressburger Award for best film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Anderson and Henderson star in and co-direct the inventive documentary, which had its world premiere at Eiff. The film explores how Will deals with his mother’s cancer diagnosis and also the frustrations of trying to make a film.
The jury, comprised of president Gaylene Gould (founder of creative lab The Space to Come), producer Rosie Crerar and author Sarah Winman,...
- 8/23/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Armagan Ballantyne, Jackie van Beek, Julia Davis, Damon Herriman in Edinburgh for the gala screening of Nude Tuesday Photo: Pako Mera
Antipodean comedy Nude Tuesday - which was the Centrepiece Gala at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival - doubles down on improvisation. Its tale of a couple, Laura (Jackie van Beek) and Bruno (Damon Herriman), who go on a sex retreat run by guru Bjorg (Jemaine Clement) in a bid to save their marriage, sees the cast, improvising around a basic script devised by van Beek, all speaking made up gibberish. Once the film, directed by Armagan Ballantyne, was complete, they handed the version that screened in Edinburgh to Julia Davis, who created her own set of subtitles based purely on what she saw. It's a tricky task for actors, filmmaker and writer and I caught up with van Beek, Herriman, Ballantyne and Davis ahead of the Edinburgh screening...
Antipodean comedy Nude Tuesday - which was the Centrepiece Gala at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival - doubles down on improvisation. Its tale of a couple, Laura (Jackie van Beek) and Bruno (Damon Herriman), who go on a sex retreat run by guru Bjorg (Jemaine Clement) in a bid to save their marriage, sees the cast, improvising around a basic script devised by van Beek, all speaking made up gibberish. Once the film, directed by Armagan Ballantyne, was complete, they handed the version that screened in Edinburgh to Julia Davis, who created her own set of subtitles based purely on what she saw. It's a tricky task for actors, filmmaker and writer and I caught up with van Beek, Herriman, Ballantyne and Davis ahead of the Edinburgh screening...
- 8/21/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Comedies don’t come much more unconventional than “Nude Tuesday.”
The brainchild of Armağan Ballantyne and Jackie van Beek — who also stars as Laura, one half of a couple who attend a new-age retreat run by sex-guru Bjorg Rassmussen (Jemaine Clement) to rekindle their marriage — it was filmed in a made-up language and then subtitled after the fact by Julia Davis. The cult comedy veteran’s prose is a frequently hilarious interpretation of the cast’s performances.
Speaking with Variety ahead of the film’s U.K. premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), Davis recalls why she agreed to the subtitling gig before she even saw the movie.
“I was a big fan of Jackie’s from a film she did called ‘The Breaker Upperers.’ We had a mutual fan type of thing going between us where we were emailing each other,” says Davis. “But then Jackie just emailed me and said,...
The brainchild of Armağan Ballantyne and Jackie van Beek — who also stars as Laura, one half of a couple who attend a new-age retreat run by sex-guru Bjorg Rassmussen (Jemaine Clement) to rekindle their marriage — it was filmed in a made-up language and then subtitled after the fact by Julia Davis. The cult comedy veteran’s prose is a frequently hilarious interpretation of the cast’s performances.
Speaking with Variety ahead of the film’s U.K. premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), Davis recalls why she agreed to the subtitling gig before she even saw the movie.
“I was a big fan of Jackie’s from a film she did called ‘The Breaker Upperers.’ We had a mutual fan type of thing going between us where we were emailing each other,” says Davis. “But then Jackie just emailed me and said,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Amon Warmann
- Variety Film + TV
Whatever you might think of the comedy presented onscreen in this tale of a repressed married couple who try to invigorate their relationship on a sex retreat, there’s no denying there’s a fun concept lying behind it. Although devised by writer/director Armagan Ballantyne and writer/star Jackie van Beek, the film’s dialogue is deliberate gibberish, with a Scandinavian lilt, that was improvised by the actors, who had been given some pointers in terms of word and sentence construction by dialect coach Perry Piercy.
The idea is that, now finished, the film can be subtitled by any number of different comedians in different territories, with the creators accurately suggesting it is like a sort of feature-length version of the Downfall parodies video meme. In the case of the version playing as Edinburgh Film Festival’s central gala, they’re written by Julia Davis, although a version by Celia Pacquola and Ronny Chieung.
The idea is that, now finished, the film can be subtitled by any number of different comedians in different territories, with the creators accurately suggesting it is like a sort of feature-length version of the Downfall parodies video meme. In the case of the version playing as Edinburgh Film Festival’s central gala, they’re written by Julia Davis, although a version by Celia Pacquola and Ronny Chieung.
- 8/14/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Nude Tuesday Photo: Kerry Brown Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced the full programme for its 75th edition, which will feature 87 new features, 12 short film programmes and two retrospectives.
The festival, which will run from August 12 to 20 marks the first edition from new creative director Kristy Matheson, and, as previously announced, will open with Aftersun, which premiered in Cannes, and close with After Yang.
Among the films announced today is the Central Gala, Nude Tuesday, directed by Armagan Ballantyne, which the festival describes as a "gibberish comedy".
10 international feature films with over 50 per cent female directors or co-directors for the revamped competitive Powell and Pressburger Award for Best Feature Film.
Notable films in the section include the world premieres of Ainslie Henderson’s documentary animation A Cat Called Dom and Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum’s documentary Husband, plus the UK premiere of Peter Strickland's Flux Gourmet. Anderson's film deals with his.
The festival, which will run from August 12 to 20 marks the first edition from new creative director Kristy Matheson, and, as previously announced, will open with Aftersun, which premiered in Cannes, and close with After Yang.
Among the films announced today is the Central Gala, Nude Tuesday, directed by Armagan Ballantyne, which the festival describes as a "gibberish comedy".
10 international feature films with over 50 per cent female directors or co-directors for the revamped competitive Powell and Pressburger Award for Best Feature Film.
Notable films in the section include the world premieres of Ainslie Henderson’s documentary animation A Cat Called Dom and Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum’s documentary Husband, plus the UK premiere of Peter Strickland's Flux Gourmet. Anderson's film deals with his.
- 7/20/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
‘Nude Tuesday’ to be Central Gala as Edinburgh Reveals Competition Titles for Reimagined Major Award
Armağan Ballantyne’s gibberish comedy “Nude Tuesday” will be the central gala at the 75th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff).
In the film, which has previously played at Tribeca and Sydney, 40-somethings Laura (Jackie van Beek) and Bruno (Damon Herriman) head to a three day couples’ retreat run by relationship and sexual healing guru Bjorg Rasmussen (Jemaine Clement) in an effort to rekindle the spark in their troubled marriage. Upon arrival, the path to their reconnection is met with increasingly absurd farce. The film is spoken entirely in an improvised, gibberish-esque language with subtitles created by Julia Davis.
The festival has reimagined its major award, the Michael Powell Award for best British feature. “With a renewed commitment to internationalism and cultural exchange, the principles on which the Edinburgh Festivals were founded, Eiff will present the Powell & Pressburger award for best feature film. This competition of 10 films is composed of a mix of U.
In the film, which has previously played at Tribeca and Sydney, 40-somethings Laura (Jackie van Beek) and Bruno (Damon Herriman) head to a three day couples’ retreat run by relationship and sexual healing guru Bjorg Rasmussen (Jemaine Clement) in an effort to rekindle the spark in their troubled marriage. Upon arrival, the path to their reconnection is met with increasingly absurd farce. The film is spoken entirely in an improvised, gibberish-esque language with subtitles created by Julia Davis.
The festival has reimagined its major award, the Michael Powell Award for best British feature. “With a renewed commitment to internationalism and cultural exchange, the principles on which the Edinburgh Festivals were founded, Eiff will present the Powell & Pressburger award for best feature film. This competition of 10 films is composed of a mix of U.
- 7/20/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
I feel like I’ve just seen the first movie that — future developments pending — might work better in the breach, so to speak, than in the observance. So to speak.
What do I mean by this? Well, Nude Tuesday is a New Zealand comedy that distinguishes itself in a very Down Under culture-jamming sort of way: It is performed by the cast in a “language” that is mostly gibberish. There are a few words that were agreed upon in advance, for consistency — yaah and ne, for example; chula for “thanks” — but beyond that, the actors are working more with feeling rather than concrete meaning as they deliver their improvised nonsense dialogue.
It’s all the brainchild of director Armağan Ballantyne and actor, filmmaker, and costar here Jackie van Beek. Van Beek wrote the script — more a general outline, it would seem — and then, after production was completed, another writer, comedian Julia Davis,...
What do I mean by this? Well, Nude Tuesday is a New Zealand comedy that distinguishes itself in a very Down Under culture-jamming sort of way: It is performed by the cast in a “language” that is mostly gibberish. There are a few words that were agreed upon in advance, for consistency — yaah and ne, for example; chula for “thanks” — but beyond that, the actors are working more with feeling rather than concrete meaning as they deliver their improvised nonsense dialogue.
It’s all the brainchild of director Armağan Ballantyne and actor, filmmaker, and costar here Jackie van Beek. Van Beek wrote the script — more a general outline, it would seem — and then, after production was completed, another writer, comedian Julia Davis,...
- 6/17/2022
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
All the dialogue in the Anz comedy is spoken in gibberish
Cornerstone Films has acquired world sales rights to Armagan Ballantyne’s upcoming comedy Nude Tuesday, which it will launch at the virtual European Film Market.
The London and Los Angeles-based sales agency will reveal first footage of the Australia-New Zealand co-production to buyers during the EFM. Madman previously secured distribution rights for New Zealand and Australia.
All the dialogue in the film, about a couple who attempt to rekindle the spark in their marriage, is spoken in unintelligible gibberish. It will feature two sets of subtitles – one provided by...
Cornerstone Films has acquired world sales rights to Armagan Ballantyne’s upcoming comedy Nude Tuesday, which it will launch at the virtual European Film Market.
The London and Los Angeles-based sales agency will reveal first footage of the Australia-New Zealand co-production to buyers during the EFM. Madman previously secured distribution rights for New Zealand and Australia.
All the dialogue in the film, about a couple who attempt to rekindle the spark in their marriage, is spoken in unintelligible gibberish. It will feature two sets of subtitles – one provided by...
- 2/16/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Writer Jackie van Beek and director Armagan Ballantyne, who will collaborate on ‘Nude Tuesday’.
Two feature films, one from Robert Connolly and the other a Kiwi-Aussie co-pro penned by The Breaker Upperers’ Jackie van Beek; a ABC TV comedy from Closer Productions; and two online projects are the latest recipients of $3.5 million worth of production funding from Screen Australia.
Connolly, writer/director of box office hit Paper Planes, will return to Western Australia to shoot a feature film adaptation of Tim Winton’s acclaimed novel Blueback, while Nz’s Firefly Productions will join forces with Good Thing Productions to create absurdist dramedy feature Nude Tuesday, directed by Armagan Ballantyne. Erik Thomson teams up with Adelaide’s Closer Productions to produce Yes, Chef! for the ABC, following a notorious celebrity chef who is forced to flee to his hometown in the Adelaide Hills.
Screen Australia head of content Sally Caplan said:...
Two feature films, one from Robert Connolly and the other a Kiwi-Aussie co-pro penned by The Breaker Upperers’ Jackie van Beek; a ABC TV comedy from Closer Productions; and two online projects are the latest recipients of $3.5 million worth of production funding from Screen Australia.
Connolly, writer/director of box office hit Paper Planes, will return to Western Australia to shoot a feature film adaptation of Tim Winton’s acclaimed novel Blueback, while Nz’s Firefly Productions will join forces with Good Thing Productions to create absurdist dramedy feature Nude Tuesday, directed by Armagan Ballantyne. Erik Thomson teams up with Adelaide’s Closer Productions to produce Yes, Chef! for the ABC, following a notorious celebrity chef who is forced to flee to his hometown in the Adelaide Hills.
Screen Australia head of content Sally Caplan said:...
- 1/21/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Vai’ (Photo credit: Nzfc)
Ten New Zealand features and shorts including a record number by female directors will screen in official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival next month while two will feature at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas in March.
Written and directed by nine Pacific women and filmed in seven different Pacific countries, Vai will open the Berlinale’s NATIVe section and will then have its North American premiere at SXSW.
Produced by Waru’s Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton, Vai chronicles the journey of empowerment through culture over the lifetime of one woman, Vai, played by a different Indigenous actress in each of the Pacific countries.
The writer/directors are ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Mīria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana, Becs Arahanga, Nicole Whippy and Sharon Whippy.
Mpi Media is handling international sales and Vendetta Films will distribute in Australia and New Zealand.
Ten New Zealand features and shorts including a record number by female directors will screen in official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival next month while two will feature at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas in March.
Written and directed by nine Pacific women and filmed in seven different Pacific countries, Vai will open the Berlinale’s NATIVe section and will then have its North American premiere at SXSW.
Produced by Waru’s Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton, Vai chronicles the journey of empowerment through culture over the lifetime of one woman, Vai, played by a different Indigenous actress in each of the Pacific countries.
The writer/directors are ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Mīria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana, Becs Arahanga, Nicole Whippy and Sharon Whippy.
Mpi Media is handling international sales and Vendetta Films will distribute in Australia and New Zealand.
- 1/16/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Which will include Coppola's Tetro which premiers at Cannes for a total of 392 films which includes 31 world premiers and 203 narrative features. Man, Siff always has good stuff, I wish I could go. Any writers in Seattle want to provide coverage for us?
Check out some of the premiers after the break.
World Premieres
Back to the Garden, Flower Power Comes Full Circle, directed by Kevin Tomlinson (USA, 2009)
Dancing Across Borders, directed by Anne H. Bass (USA/Cambodia, 2009)
Facing Ali, directed by Pete McCormack (Canada, 2009)
The Hills Run Red, directed by Dave Parker (USA, 2009)
Icons Among Us, directed by Michael Rivoira, Lars Larson, Peter J. Vogt (USA, 2009)
I’m No Dummy, directed by Bryan W. Simon (USA, 2009)
Pop Star On Ice, directed by David Barba (USA/Canada/Russia/Japan, 2009)
The Spy and the Sparrow, directed by Garrett Bennett (USA, 2009)
talhotblond, directed by Barbara Schroeder (USA, 2008)
The Whole Truth, directed by Colleen Patrick (USA,...
Check out some of the premiers after the break.
World Premieres
Back to the Garden, Flower Power Comes Full Circle, directed by Kevin Tomlinson (USA, 2009)
Dancing Across Borders, directed by Anne H. Bass (USA/Cambodia, 2009)
Facing Ali, directed by Pete McCormack (Canada, 2009)
The Hills Run Red, directed by Dave Parker (USA, 2009)
Icons Among Us, directed by Michael Rivoira, Lars Larson, Peter J. Vogt (USA, 2009)
I’m No Dummy, directed by Bryan W. Simon (USA, 2009)
Pop Star On Ice, directed by David Barba (USA/Canada/Russia/Japan, 2009)
The Spy and the Sparrow, directed by Garrett Bennett (USA, 2009)
talhotblond, directed by Barbara Schroeder (USA, 2008)
The Whole Truth, directed by Colleen Patrick (USA,...
- 5/1/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Berlin -- Richard Loncraine's "My One and Only," a '50s-era comedy starring Renee Zellweger and Kevin Bacon, was squeezed into the competition lineup for this year's Berlin International Film Festival, barely a week before the event kicks off.
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
- 1/27/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- The directorial debut of Montreal-based filmmakers Henri Bernadet and Myriam Verreault, the second film from Alicia Scherson and Peng Tao's sophmore outing "Floating in Memory" are among the 14 titles selected for the competition lineup at this year's Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Organizers said Wednesday that Bernadet and Verreault's "At West of Pluto" will open the competition section, while Scherson's "Tourists" will close the festival's 12-day run of Jan. 21-Feb. 1.
Other competitors for the event's Tiger Awards include movies from Turkey, New Zealand and Indonesia.
Rotterdam's long history with young Asian filmmaking is reflected by a half-dozen films from Asia, including productions from Japan ("Dark Harbour"), Korea ("Breathless"), Indonesia ("Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly") and Taiwan ("No puedo vivir sin ti") along with Tao's "Floating in Memory."
"The Strength of Water," a first film from New Zealand, and "Wrong Rosary," the first Turkish film ever to be included,...
Organizers said Wednesday that Bernadet and Verreault's "At West of Pluto" will open the competition section, while Scherson's "Tourists" will close the festival's 12-day run of Jan. 21-Feb. 1.
Other competitors for the event's Tiger Awards include movies from Turkey, New Zealand and Indonesia.
Rotterdam's long history with young Asian filmmaking is reflected by a half-dozen films from Asia, including productions from Japan ("Dark Harbour"), Korea ("Breathless"), Indonesia ("Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly") and Taiwan ("No puedo vivir sin ti") along with Tao's "Floating in Memory."
"The Strength of Water," a first film from New Zealand, and "Wrong Rosary," the first Turkish film ever to be included,...
- 1/7/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fourteen titles have been announced which are first and second features in competition for Iffr's top honor, the Vpro Tiger award. The Hungry Ghosts, the directorial debut of Sopranos actor and Goodfella's Spider (haha!) will be opening the fest. Simon Ellis's debut feature Dogging: A Love Story which we reported on here will also be playing. The story revolves around the risque sex scene that is dogging which I guess has to do with voyeurism. The list is a good mixture of film from all over the planet, but I have yet to go through the rest.
Check out the full list after the break. via Variety.
"At West of Pluto," Henri Bernadet & Myriam Verreault (Canada)
"Be Calm and Count to Seven," Ramtin Lavafipour (Iran)
"Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly," Edwin (Indonesia)
"Breathless," Yang Ik-june (South Korea)
"Dark Harbor," Takatsugu Naito (Japan)
"Dogging: A Love Story," Simon Ellis (U.
Check out the full list after the break. via Variety.
"At West of Pluto," Henri Bernadet & Myriam Verreault (Canada)
"Be Calm and Count to Seven," Ramtin Lavafipour (Iran)
"Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly," Edwin (Indonesia)
"Breathless," Yang Ik-june (South Korea)
"Dark Harbor," Takatsugu Naito (Japan)
"Dogging: A Love Story," Simon Ellis (U.
- 1/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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