Exclusive: L.A.-based Into the Sun Entertainment and Italy’s Augustus Group have announced a new banner called Colors of the Sun Ventures.
Focused on film production and restoration, the initiative will see the partners combine their strengths and networks to provide financial solutions for filmmakers and producers in the film and TV industries across Europe.
There will be a particular focus on Italy, France, Albania and Spain as well as Morocco, but the new venture’s activities will not be limited to these countries.
The partners say their aim is to foster growth and cooperation for European entities with Hollywood and Asian cinema by offering financial and production solutions with production incentives as well as post-production, and restoration facilities in these countries.
L.A.-based Into the Sun Entertainment and its Rome-based subsidiary Into the Sun Films, were launched by China-born, Italy-raised writer, director and producer Yi Zhou in...
Focused on film production and restoration, the initiative will see the partners combine their strengths and networks to provide financial solutions for filmmakers and producers in the film and TV industries across Europe.
There will be a particular focus on Italy, France, Albania and Spain as well as Morocco, but the new venture’s activities will not be limited to these countries.
The partners say their aim is to foster growth and cooperation for European entities with Hollywood and Asian cinema by offering financial and production solutions with production incentives as well as post-production, and restoration facilities in these countries.
L.A.-based Into the Sun Entertainment and its Rome-based subsidiary Into the Sun Films, were launched by China-born, Italy-raised writer, director and producer Yi Zhou in...
- 5/14/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Tenerife-based Bendita Films has pounced on international rights to “Almamula,” a buzzy debut, mixing folklore, sexuality and fantasy. From helmer Juan Sebastián Torales, the film will have its world premiere as part of the Generation 14plus’ strand at this month’s Berlinale. The film is nominated for the Gwff Best First Feature Award 2023 and has seen wins already with the Ciné+ Award for distribution at Ventana Sur 2022 and the Eurimages Development Co-production Award at the San Sebastian Co-Production Forum in 2019.
“We have been following this project since 2019, when we had the opportunity to attend Juan Sebastián Torales impressive pitch at the san Sebastian Co-Production Forum,” says Luis Renart, CEO of Bendita Film Sales.
He added: “We were immediately captivated by the director’s singular vision and that delicate combination of coming-of-age sexuality and fantasy, rooted in the legends and folklore of the Argentine countryside. Now, we are excited to be...
“We have been following this project since 2019, when we had the opportunity to attend Juan Sebastián Torales impressive pitch at the san Sebastian Co-Production Forum,” says Luis Renart, CEO of Bendita Film Sales.
He added: “We were immediately captivated by the director’s singular vision and that delicate combination of coming-of-age sexuality and fantasy, rooted in the legends and folklore of the Argentine countryside. Now, we are excited to be...
- 2/7/2023
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
New York-based real estate entrepreneur and producer Noam Baram (“Walking to Paris”) has joined forces with Italian film exec Augusto Pelliccia to launch Valiah Entertainment, a new production company that will tap into Italy’s generous film production incentives.
The new outfit, called Valiah Entertainment, has also forged a joint venture with veteran Hollywood producer Mark Lipsky whose Wof Entertainment will help finance the production and handle distribution of Valiah’s multi-picture slate. Lipsky’s production partner in Wof is Robert Agueli.
The first film out of the Valiah gate will be “The Curfew,” a rom-com directed by Australia’s Nadia Tass who is known for directing Australian cult comedies such as “Malcolm,” “The Big Steal” and more recently the doc “Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story.” Writers on the pic are Dennis Loonan and Ann Paly Loonan (“War Dog”) and Nicholas Pisacane.
Shooting on “Curfew” is planned to start this...
The new outfit, called Valiah Entertainment, has also forged a joint venture with veteran Hollywood producer Mark Lipsky whose Wof Entertainment will help finance the production and handle distribution of Valiah’s multi-picture slate. Lipsky’s production partner in Wof is Robert Agueli.
The first film out of the Valiah gate will be “The Curfew,” a rom-com directed by Australia’s Nadia Tass who is known for directing Australian cult comedies such as “Malcolm,” “The Big Steal” and more recently the doc “Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story.” Writers on the pic are Dennis Loonan and Ann Paly Loonan (“War Dog”) and Nicholas Pisacane.
Shooting on “Curfew” is planned to start this...
- 7/20/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
“The Killing Fields” and “The Mission” director Roland Joffé is in talks to helm an epic drama spanning the two World Wars in a project set up with international film and media fund Apx Capital Group.
“L’Inverno” is the first pic to emerge from Apx’s new Music World Films & TV venture — a new division headed by Mathew Knowles (Beyoncé’s father), who sold his Music World Entertainment Group to Apx last month. As part of the deal, the film and TV division of Knowles’ company has been merged with the studio.
Apx will complete the financing on “L’Inverno,” with the 12-million budgeted movie starting principal photography in Rome, Italy, this fall. (Apx has a 10-year commitment to move productions to Italy.)
Spanning two World Wars, “L’Inverno” tells the story of former childhood friends SS Officer Nikolaus Führich and Jewish violinist Elisabeth Soloveichik, expressed through the eyes of Elizabeth’s brother,...
“L’Inverno” is the first pic to emerge from Apx’s new Music World Films & TV venture — a new division headed by Mathew Knowles (Beyoncé’s father), who sold his Music World Entertainment Group to Apx last month. As part of the deal, the film and TV division of Knowles’ company has been merged with the studio.
Apx will complete the financing on “L’Inverno,” with the 12-million budgeted movie starting principal photography in Rome, Italy, this fall. (Apx has a 10-year commitment to move productions to Italy.)
Spanning two World Wars, “L’Inverno” tells the story of former childhood friends SS Officer Nikolaus Führich and Jewish violinist Elisabeth Soloveichik, expressed through the eyes of Elizabeth’s brother,...
- 4/1/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and former manager of Destiny’s Child, is gearing up for his own King Richard-style origin story as part of a wide-ranging deal with investment fund Apx Capital Group.
The media fund has acquired Knowles’ Music World Entertainment Group and will merge its film and TV division within Apx Capital Group. Knowles will manage this new division, which will be responsible for a €250M (US$275M) fund for film and TV co-productions between the U.S. and Italy.
One of the first projects that is set to come out of the deal is The Mathew Knowles Story, which will trace his story of how he helped his daughters become the global superstars that they are today and how he managed both Destiny’s Child and the solo careers of Beyoncé and Solange as well as Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland.
Knowles has evidently been...
The media fund has acquired Knowles’ Music World Entertainment Group and will merge its film and TV division within Apx Capital Group. Knowles will manage this new division, which will be responsible for a €250M (US$275M) fund for film and TV co-productions between the U.S. and Italy.
One of the first projects that is set to come out of the deal is The Mathew Knowles Story, which will trace his story of how he helped his daughters become the global superstars that they are today and how he managed both Destiny’s Child and the solo careers of Beyoncé and Solange as well as Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland.
Knowles has evidently been...
- 3/17/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Peter Greenaway has unveiled the trailer for his next film, “Walking to Paris.”
The biographical drama, Greenaway’s first feature since 2015’s romantic comedy “Eisenstein in Guanajuato,” centers on modernist Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi. Set in the early 1900s, the story takes place when Brancusi was 27-year-old and follows his 18-month trek from Bucharest to Paris to reach the metropolis of world culture. The first-look footage offers a glimpse at his voyage, complete with adventure and hardship, which served as a prelude of sorts to becoming a highly influential sculpture in the 20th century. Brancusi’s vast oeuvre includes “The Kiss,” “Bird in Space” and “Sleeping Muse.”
“Walking to Paris” is scheduled to release in theaters in late November 2022 after an effort to hit the festival circuit.
New York-based film and media fund Apx Capital Group, led by co-CEOs Yona Weisenthal and Noam Baram and media investor Augusto Pelliccia,...
The biographical drama, Greenaway’s first feature since 2015’s romantic comedy “Eisenstein in Guanajuato,” centers on modernist Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi. Set in the early 1900s, the story takes place when Brancusi was 27-year-old and follows his 18-month trek from Bucharest to Paris to reach the metropolis of world culture. The first-look footage offers a glimpse at his voyage, complete with adventure and hardship, which served as a prelude of sorts to becoming a highly influential sculpture in the 20th century. Brancusi’s vast oeuvre includes “The Kiss,” “Bird in Space” and “Sleeping Muse.”
“Walking to Paris” is scheduled to release in theaters in late November 2022 after an effort to hit the festival circuit.
New York-based film and media fund Apx Capital Group, led by co-CEOs Yona Weisenthal and Noam Baram and media investor Augusto Pelliccia,...
- 3/3/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Apax Capital Group, a film and TV fund taking advantage of Italy’s tax credit program, has struck a ten-year deal with Mike Amoia to provide music for its European projects.
The company, which was launched by Yona Wiesenthal, former CEO of the Israel Broadcast Authority and content chief at Israeli Dbs platform Yes and by Augusto Pelliccia, Italian film financier and CEO of Augustus Group, with New York real estate entrepreneur Noam Baram as an equity partner in North America, has closed the deal with Amoia via his Mibe Music business.
The arrangement will see Amoia, whose publishing company’s credits include Beyonce’s Pepsi commercial and Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing, put in €10M worth of music a year for ten years.
Amoia, alongside his Mibe Music partner Peter Zepina, will steer the Music Investment Committee of Apax’s board and will be active in determining Apax...
The company, which was launched by Yona Wiesenthal, former CEO of the Israel Broadcast Authority and content chief at Israeli Dbs platform Yes and by Augusto Pelliccia, Italian film financier and CEO of Augustus Group, with New York real estate entrepreneur Noam Baram as an equity partner in North America, has closed the deal with Amoia via his Mibe Music business.
The arrangement will see Amoia, whose publishing company’s credits include Beyonce’s Pepsi commercial and Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing, put in €10M worth of music a year for ten years.
Amoia, alongside his Mibe Music partner Peter Zepina, will steer the Music Investment Committee of Apax’s board and will be active in determining Apax...
- 1/25/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Apax Capital Group, a new film fund backed by the Italian government, an Italian insurer and a consortium of other investors, says it plans to spend €1.5 billion (about $1.7 billion) over 10 years on films shot and/or completed in Europe, primarily Italy.
The venture is led by producer Yona Wiesenthal, former CEO of the Israel Broadcast Authority and content chief at Israeli Dbs platform Yes; and by Augusto Pelliccia, Italian film financier and CEO of Augustus Group. They are investors in the fund along with studios, production facilities and film commissions in Italy, Spain and Morocco.
The group has tapped New York real estate entrepreneur Noam Baram as an equity partner in North America to scout for projects by U.S. producers that can be shot in Europe and Italy. He’s currently setting up Apax Capital’s presence Stateside with a few staff between New York and Los Angeles.
The venture is led by producer Yona Wiesenthal, former CEO of the Israel Broadcast Authority and content chief at Israeli Dbs platform Yes; and by Augusto Pelliccia, Italian film financier and CEO of Augustus Group. They are investors in the fund along with studios, production facilities and film commissions in Italy, Spain and Morocco.
The group has tapped New York real estate entrepreneur Noam Baram as an equity partner in North America to scout for projects by U.S. producers that can be shot in Europe and Italy. He’s currently setting up Apax Capital’s presence Stateside with a few staff between New York and Los Angeles.
- 12/23/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The New York-based fund is teaming up with Augusto Pelliccia and other Italian partners to invest in the local film and TV sector. Last week, New York-based outfit Dcr Finance Corp confirmed that it has secured a $500 million deal to bolster film and TV production in Malta. The outfit, headquartered in the Trump Building on Wall Street, has purposely created a consortium of studios and firms ready to invest in the small Southern European island's audiovisual sector. Dcr, whose team includes veteran producers Adi Cohen and Mark Damon, has announced that the deal was enabled by the advantageous local tax rebate, which can cover up to 40% of the production budget spent in the country. In detail, the consortium includes several Italian companies and is headed up by Augusto Pelliccia (Catharsys or The Afina Tales of the...
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