Exclusive: Marco Kreuzpaintner has signed with CAA for representation.
Kreuzpaintner began his career in feature films, including the coming-of-age drama Summer Storm, Krabat, The Collini Case, and the Roland Emmerich-produced Trade – Welcome to America, starring Academy Award winner Kevin Kline.
He created and directed the first German original for Amazon Prime Video, Beat, a crime series set in the underground club world of Berlin.
He has directed and executive produced such TV shows as the BAFTA Award-winning series The Lazarus Project for Sky, Soulmates for AMC, and the Netflix/DC Comics limited series Bodies, based on the graphic novel of the same name.
Alongside Roland Emmerich, Kreuzpaintner directed five of the 10 episodes of the upcoming Peacock spectacle Those About to Die, starring Anthony Hopkins and Iwan Rheon.
He continues to be represented in the UK by Alec Drysdale and Olivia Gray at Independent Talent Group, and in Germany by Marie-Luise Schmidt at Die Agenten.
Kreuzpaintner began his career in feature films, including the coming-of-age drama Summer Storm, Krabat, The Collini Case, and the Roland Emmerich-produced Trade – Welcome to America, starring Academy Award winner Kevin Kline.
He created and directed the first German original for Amazon Prime Video, Beat, a crime series set in the underground club world of Berlin.
He has directed and executive produced such TV shows as the BAFTA Award-winning series The Lazarus Project for Sky, Soulmates for AMC, and the Netflix/DC Comics limited series Bodies, based on the graphic novel of the same name.
Alongside Roland Emmerich, Kreuzpaintner directed five of the 10 episodes of the upcoming Peacock spectacle Those About to Die, starring Anthony Hopkins and Iwan Rheon.
He continues to be represented in the UK by Alec Drysdale and Olivia Gray at Independent Talent Group, and in Germany by Marie-Luise Schmidt at Die Agenten.
- 5/7/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The Little Witch (Die Kleine Hexe) will star German actress Karoline Herfurth and reunite the production team behind local box office hit Heidi.
Studiocanal is to co-produce and handle world sales on the first German live-action film adaptation of Otfried Preussler’s children’s classic The Little Witch (Die Kleine Hexe).
Published in 1957, Preussler’s tale centres on a witch who is a mere one hundred and twenty-seven years old and thus deemed too young to be allowed to dance with the others on the Hill of Witches during Walpurgis Night (30 April).
Before she can prove to the chief witch that she has what it takes to become a good witch, she must hone her magic skills, but she hadn’t reckoned with the mean weather witch Rumpumpel using every means to prevent her reaching her goal.
Studiocanal’s German production arm, Studiocanal Film, will co-produce with Munich-based Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion and Switzerland’s Zodiac Pictures after last...
Studiocanal is to co-produce and handle world sales on the first German live-action film adaptation of Otfried Preussler’s children’s classic The Little Witch (Die Kleine Hexe).
Published in 1957, Preussler’s tale centres on a witch who is a mere one hundred and twenty-seven years old and thus deemed too young to be allowed to dance with the others on the Hill of Witches during Walpurgis Night (30 April).
Before she can prove to the chief witch that she has what it takes to become a good witch, she must hone her magic skills, but she hadn’t reckoned with the mean weather witch Rumpumpel using every means to prevent her reaching her goal.
Studiocanal’s German production arm, Studiocanal Film, will co-produce with Munich-based Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion and Switzerland’s Zodiac Pictures after last...
- 4/29/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
3D animation sells to Poland, Estonia, Russia and Cis, among others.
Munich-based Global Screen has announced a raft of deals on its new 3D animation feature, the fairytale comedy The 7th Dwarf.
In advance to its market premiere, the film has gone to Poland (Kino Swiat), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Cis (all Rekiston Enterprises), and Croatia and the other ex-Yugoslavian states (all Karantinja).
Other new deals also include Latin America (Swen), Portugal (Pris), India (Pictureworks) and Asian-Pacific territories including Malaysia and the Philippines (Suraya Filem).
With the earlier deals in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aqs), Israel (Five Stars), Indonesia (Pt Media Bermutu), Korea (Sane Company), Middle East (Italia Film) and Turkey (Medyavizyon), The 7th Dwarf has been sold everywhere from Eastern Europe to the Asian-Pacific regions to Latin America.
The German release is being handled by Universal.
Global Screen is launching several other new projects in the market. Among these is...
Munich-based Global Screen has announced a raft of deals on its new 3D animation feature, the fairytale comedy The 7th Dwarf.
In advance to its market premiere, the film has gone to Poland (Kino Swiat), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Cis (all Rekiston Enterprises), and Croatia and the other ex-Yugoslavian states (all Karantinja).
Other new deals also include Latin America (Swen), Portugal (Pris), India (Pictureworks) and Asian-Pacific territories including Malaysia and the Philippines (Suraya Filem).
With the earlier deals in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aqs), Israel (Five Stars), Indonesia (Pt Media Bermutu), Korea (Sane Company), Middle East (Italia Film) and Turkey (Medyavizyon), The 7th Dwarf has been sold everywhere from Eastern Europe to the Asian-Pacific regions to Latin America.
The German release is being handled by Universal.
Global Screen is launching several other new projects in the market. Among these is...
- 5/16/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
The 9th Berlinale Co-Production Market is inviting entries from experienced producers around the world who are looking for international co-production and financing partners for their new feature film projects. The deadline for submissions is October 27, 2011.
Berlinale is looking for new promising projects that have budgets between two and ten million euros, are suited for international co-production and have at least 30% of their funding in place. The market will take place in Berlin from February 12-14, 2012.
Approximately 30 projects will be selected for the market whose producers will then meet with interested potential co-producers, film financiers, sales agents, distributors, TV broadcasters and funders.
A few weeks before the festival, all registered participants will receive more detailed information about these projects in a catalogue and can then request one-on-one meetings with their favourites, as stated in a press release. The focus is on arranging a personalised meeting schedule that allows participants to fit...
Berlinale is looking for new promising projects that have budgets between two and ten million euros, are suited for international co-production and have at least 30% of their funding in place. The market will take place in Berlin from February 12-14, 2012.
Approximately 30 projects will be selected for the market whose producers will then meet with interested potential co-producers, film financiers, sales agents, distributors, TV broadcasters and funders.
A few weeks before the festival, all registered participants will receive more detailed information about these projects in a catalogue and can then request one-on-one meetings with their favourites, as stated in a press release. The focus is on arranging a personalised meeting schedule that allows participants to fit...
- 9/15/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
WhatCulture! have teamed up with Peccadillo Pictures Ltd to give away 3 pairs of tickets to an exclusive screening of Krabat And The Legend Of The Satanic Mill with a Q&A with lead actor David Kross (War Horse, The Reader) and director Marco Kreuzpaintner next Wednesday, 27th July, 7pm at the Apollo Cinema Piccadilly Circus.
Not a bad way to spend a Wednesday night! A free film screening on us co-starring Inglourious Basterds’ Frederick Zoller…
Based on the best-selling novel by Otfried Preussler, Krabat And The Legend Of The Satanic Mill is a dark but uplifting adventure for all ages, Krabat combines fantasy with enchantment and allure.
Medieval Europe has been devastated by the Thirty Years War and the plague. Krabat (David Kross – The Reader, War Horse), a fourteen year old orphan lives on the margins of society, travelling from village to village to beg out a meagre existence. Life is relentlessly grim,...
Not a bad way to spend a Wednesday night! A free film screening on us co-starring Inglourious Basterds’ Frederick Zoller…
Based on the best-selling novel by Otfried Preussler, Krabat And The Legend Of The Satanic Mill is a dark but uplifting adventure for all ages, Krabat combines fantasy with enchantment and allure.
Medieval Europe has been devastated by the Thirty Years War and the plague. Krabat (David Kross – The Reader, War Horse), a fourteen year old orphan lives on the margins of society, travelling from village to village to beg out a meagre existence. Life is relentlessly grim,...
- 7/18/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
There was a catch to this week's decision of the German Federal Film Board to approve more funds to more screenwrights than usual: In average, most of them walk away with less money. No maximum subsidies (30,000, in exceptional cases 50,000) were given out to the 16 approved projects (out of 60). Instead, all screenplays were affirmed for support payments of either 18,000 or just over 14,500 Euros. Four treatments received 7,000 each. Of course, that group included some better-known names, such as Fatih Akin, director of Head-On and The Edge of Heaven, who has teamed up with journalist Hans Hielscher to write a script called Kämpfernatur (Born Fighter), a story based in the world of professional boxing. We also have Aliza Olmert, visual artist and wife of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, who is trying to get her autobiographical novel A Slice of Sea on the big screen with the help of Brit writer/director Gareth Jones.
- 11/20/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Cologne, Germany -- German actor Frank Giering, who played a courteous psychopath in Michael Haneke's 1997 film "Funny Games" and starred in hit German crime series "Der Kriminalist," died Wednesday in Berlin. He was 38.
Born and raised in East Germany, Giering was well known and successful without ever becoming a star. In many ways, his career -- which began in theater before moving mainly to supporting, often small-screen roles -- resembled that of Christoph Waltz before "Inglourious Basterds." And like Waltz he was an actor's actor, often cited as an inspiration by a younger generation of performers.
"Giering is God," is how Robert Stadlober ("Krabat") put it.
But Giering also struggled with alcoholism and self-doubt, issues he discussed publicly. He once described himself as a "remnant" of the Gdr and not suited for modern life. German police are investigating the cause of death.
Giering has a series of small roles...
Born and raised in East Germany, Giering was well known and successful without ever becoming a star. In many ways, his career -- which began in theater before moving mainly to supporting, often small-screen roles -- resembled that of Christoph Waltz before "Inglourious Basterds." And like Waltz he was an actor's actor, often cited as an inspiration by a younger generation of performers.
"Giering is God," is how Robert Stadlober ("Krabat") put it.
But Giering also struggled with alcoholism and self-doubt, issues he discussed publicly. He once described himself as a "remnant" of the Gdr and not suited for modern life. German police are investigating the cause of death.
Giering has a series of small roles...
- 6/24/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
German cinema seems to be undergoing somewhat of a revival in recent years. Some may disagree (but some aren't writing this review), but if you look beyond the turn of the century there seems to be only sporadic films that really made any kind of mark on the international stage. And then in the past five or so years we've seen Downfall, The Lives of Others, Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, Goodbye Lenin!, and several more receive critical acclaim outside of Germany. Most of the films that have crossed over have been relatively straight dramas, but once in a while those sneaky krauts deliver something more genre oriented. The latest example of German filmmakers expanding their cinematic boundaries is the recent fantasy Krabat. Imagine an under-funded Hogwarts school for grimy, asexual boys... Krabat (David Kross) is a young beggar barely surviving a harsh winter in 18th century Germany when a flock of ravens appears before him and calls...
- 10/15/2009
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Let’s play a quick game of word association. ’Harry Potter’ is to ‘Krabat’ as Britain is to Germany. You can see that when comparing the jovial, almost apologetic stylings of ‘Harry Potter’ against the hard melancholy that dominates ‘Krabat,’ the new adaptation of the 1971 novel from director Marco Kreuzpaintner. ’Krabat’ is a film grounded within a sense of reality, and Kreuzpaintner’s dominance in filmmaking brings the mixture of real settings and character arcs and the fantastical ideas of black magic into a film that succeeds in several areas where many of the ‘Harry Potter’ films simply could not.
David Kross of ‘The Reader’ plays Krabat, a boy who wanders with his friends in the countryside of a Germany near the end of the Thirty Years’ War. Hearing a calling from a distance, one that tells him he is special, Krabat leaves his friends and comes upon a mill.
David Kross of ‘The Reader’ plays Krabat, a boy who wanders with his friends in the countryside of a Germany near the end of the Thirty Years’ War. Hearing a calling from a distance, one that tells him he is special, Krabat leaves his friends and comes upon a mill.
- 9/26/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Film festivals are often a conumdrum for me because I sometimes wonder how they get started and, more to the point, who picks the films that get shown at them. My problem is that the films selected for many of the festivals don’t usually seem all that appealing (at least to me) and are often a collection of “art for art’s sake” films overwhelmed by their own sense of self-importance.
Fortunately, I don’t have this problem with the Fantastic Fest in Austin, which runs from September 24th to October 1st. The films selected for this festival represent an eclectic mix of genres and filmmakers and what I consider to be some of the most interesting, innovative and creative films being produced today. Sure, they’re not all potential Hollywood blockbusters, nor are they for everyone, but they are all pretty much guaranteed to be interesting, entertaining and in their own way,...
Fortunately, I don’t have this problem with the Fantastic Fest in Austin, which runs from September 24th to October 1st. The films selected for this festival represent an eclectic mix of genres and filmmakers and what I consider to be some of the most interesting, innovative and creative films being produced today. Sure, they’re not all potential Hollywood blockbusters, nor are they for everyone, but they are all pretty much guaranteed to be interesting, entertaining and in their own way,...
- 7/13/2009
- by Chris Ullrich
- The Flickcast
That's right, the first 32 titles have been announced for Austin's Fantastic Fest and the opening film will be the latest from Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) which stars Jemaine Clement (Eagle vs Shark)! I think I'm going this year!
Also playing will be the likes of...
Nicholas Refn's Bronson (review)
Pieter Van Hees Dirty Mind (review)
Esther Gronenborn's Kaifeck Murder (review coming shortly)
Lawrence Gough's Salvage (review)
Cory McAbee's Stingray Sam (review)
Full list of features and shorts after the break.
42nd Street Forever Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition
The hugely popular Synapse trailer compilation series 42nd Street Forever is featuring the Alamo Film Archive for it's fifth volume. Here's your chance to check out a sneak preview screening of the actual 35mm trailers which are featured in the DVD compilation
Breathless
(dir. Yang Ik-june, 2009, South Korea)
Breathless is a foul-mouthed drama that delivers an unlikely mix of pathos,...
Also playing will be the likes of...
Nicholas Refn's Bronson (review)
Pieter Van Hees Dirty Mind (review)
Esther Gronenborn's Kaifeck Murder (review coming shortly)
Lawrence Gough's Salvage (review)
Cory McAbee's Stingray Sam (review)
Full list of features and shorts after the break.
42nd Street Forever Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition
The hugely popular Synapse trailer compilation series 42nd Street Forever is featuring the Alamo Film Archive for it's fifth volume. Here's your chance to check out a sneak preview screening of the actual 35mm trailers which are featured in the DVD compilation
Breathless
(dir. Yang Ik-june, 2009, South Korea)
Breathless is a foul-mouthed drama that delivers an unlikely mix of pathos,...
- 7/13/2009
- QuietEarth.us
It is time boys and girls, the first wave lineup for Fantastic Fest 2009 has been announced, and we are bringing it to you right… now:
Also, Do Not forget to go buy your damn tickets!
Features:
42nd Street Forever Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition. The hugely popular Synapse trailer compilation series 42nd Street Forever is featuring the Alamo Film Archive for it’s fifth volume. Here’s your chance to check out a sneak preview screening of the actual 35mm trailers which are featured in the DVD compilation.
Breathless
(dir. Yang Ik-june,
2009, South Korea)
Breathless is a foul-mouthed drama that delivers an unlikely mix of pathos, brutality and humor. First-time director Yang Ik-June plays an angry thug named who gets involved in a dysfunctional relationship with a high-school girl. It eventually becomes apparent that the pair are linked in ways that neither of them realize.
Bronson
(dir. Nicholas Winding Refn,...
Also, Do Not forget to go buy your damn tickets!
Features:
42nd Street Forever Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition. The hugely popular Synapse trailer compilation series 42nd Street Forever is featuring the Alamo Film Archive for it’s fifth volume. Here’s your chance to check out a sneak preview screening of the actual 35mm trailers which are featured in the DVD compilation.
Breathless
(dir. Yang Ik-june,
2009, South Korea)
Breathless is a foul-mouthed drama that delivers an unlikely mix of pathos, brutality and humor. First-time director Yang Ik-June plays an angry thug named who gets involved in a dysfunctional relationship with a high-school girl. It eventually becomes apparent that the pair are linked in ways that neither of them realize.
Bronson
(dir. Nicholas Winding Refn,...
- 7/13/2009
- by Scott
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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 – "John Rabe," an historic biopic about the German business man who saved 200,000 Chinese civilians from the Nanking massacre, is the front runner for this year's German Film Awards – or Lolas – with seven nominations.
The film's nominations include best film, best director for Florian Gallenberger and a best actor for star Ulrich Tukur as Rabe.
Steve Buscemi also picked up a nomination as best supporting actor for his role as an idealistic American doctor who helps Rabe. It was one of the few Lola nominations ever given to a non-German actor.
Uli Edel's Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated terrorist drama "The Baader Meinhof Complex" picked up four Lola noms, including best film and best actress for Johanna Wokalek.
"Chiko," a gangster movie by first time director Ozgur Yildirim, surprised many by also nabbing a best film nom along with ones for Yildirim's screenplay, for lead actor Denis Moschitto and for editor Sebastian Thumler.
The film's nominations include best film, best director for Florian Gallenberger and a best actor for star Ulrich Tukur as Rabe.
Steve Buscemi also picked up a nomination as best supporting actor for his role as an idealistic American doctor who helps Rabe. It was one of the few Lola nominations ever given to a non-German actor.
Uli Edel's Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated terrorist drama "The Baader Meinhof Complex" picked up four Lola noms, including best film and best actress for Johanna Wokalek.
"Chiko," a gangster movie by first time director Ozgur Yildirim, surprised many by also nabbing a best film nom along with ones for Yildirim's screenplay, for lead actor Denis Moschitto and for editor Sebastian Thumler.
- 3/13/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
1Cologne, Germany -- German sales outfit Bavaria Film International is bucking the global economic downturn with a series of deals coming out of the European Film Market, which wrapped up last week.
Bavaria inked two big Japanese deals out of the Efm, selling Marco Kreuzpaintner’s fantasy film “Krabat” and Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish vampire movie “Let The Right One In” to the territory. Nippon distributor Transformer picked up “Krabat,” which stars David Kross of “The Reader” and Daniel Bruhl. Bavaria declined to give details for the “Let The Right One In” sale.
“Troubled Water,” a psychological thriller from Norwegian director Erik Poppe, has also proved a strong seller for Bavaria, with deals across Europe, including sales to Kool Filmdistribution in Germany, Look Now! In Switzerland and Four Corners/Wildbunch for Benelux.
Offers are coming in as well for Maren Ade’s “Everyone Else,” which won two Silver Bears at...
Bavaria inked two big Japanese deals out of the Efm, selling Marco Kreuzpaintner’s fantasy film “Krabat” and Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish vampire movie “Let The Right One In” to the territory. Nippon distributor Transformer picked up “Krabat,” which stars David Kross of “The Reader” and Daniel Bruhl. Bavaria declined to give details for the “Let The Right One In” sale.
“Troubled Water,” a psychological thriller from Norwegian director Erik Poppe, has also proved a strong seller for Bavaria, with deals across Europe, including sales to Kool Filmdistribution in Germany, Look Now! In Switzerland and Four Corners/Wildbunch for Benelux.
Offers are coming in as well for Maren Ade’s “Everyone Else,” which won two Silver Bears at...
- 2/17/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- Bavaria Film International has locked up some major territory sales for Marco Kreuzpaintner's fantasy tale "Krabat" and Doris Doerrie's drama "Cherry Blossoms -- Hanami" ahead of next month's European Film Market.
"Krabat," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, sold for Spain (Flins y Piniculas), Benelux (Video Film Express) and Thailand (Seven Seas), while Dogwoof picked up "Cherry Blossoms" for release in Great Britain and Ireland.
Doerrie's tragicomedy about a widower fulfilling his wife's last wish has sold to some 40 territories worldwide, with Strand Releasing handling the film's U.S. theatrical release.
"Krabat," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, sold for Spain (Flins y Piniculas), Benelux (Video Film Express) and Thailand (Seven Seas), while Dogwoof picked up "Cherry Blossoms" for release in Great Britain and Ireland.
Doerrie's tragicomedy about a widower fulfilling his wife's last wish has sold to some 40 territories worldwide, with Strand Releasing handling the film's U.S. theatrical release.
- 1/23/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A new trailer is up for The Reader (http://www.thereader-movie.com/), which is set to be in limited release come December 10, 2008. It stars Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes with upcoming German actor David Kross - who also starred alongside fellow German actor Daniel Brühl in Krabat (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772181/). The Reader is based on the German novel (http://www.amazon.com/The-Reader/dp/B000FC1K66/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8 s=books qid=1225597944 sr=8-2) of the same name by Bernhard Schlink, and is directed by Stephen Daldry. More about the movie: It opens in post-wwii Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens.
- 11/4/2008
- The Movie Fanatic
Krabat, Marco Kreuzpaintner‘s film adaptation of Otfried Preußler‘s beloved bestselling novel Krabat (The Satanic Mill)—which sold over 2.1 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 30 languages—has come highly anticipated. Starring Daniel Brühl (Goodbye, Lenin!, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Edukators), Christian Redl (Downfall) and David Kross (Tough Enough, The Reader) in the lead role of Krabat, Kreuzpaintner’s film is a soul-stirring adventure for all ages that seizes the viewer with its atmospheric power, emotional truthfulness, and discreet SFX rather than CGI overload and arcane storylines. I had the good fortune of touching base with Kreuzpaintner and Brühl during the film’s international premiere at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival. They startled me for arriving clean-cut to our scheduled interview without a trace of mud or grime. My thanks to Stephen Lan and Bavaria Film International (whose website provides a subtitled trailer) for arranging...
- 10/18/2008
- by Michael Guillen
- Screen Anarchy
Toronto International Film Festival acquisitions this year were sparse which was no surprise given the recent closings of the well funded specialty arms of the studios. The noticeable slowdown in the business at these large festival cum market events (e.g., Toronto) has continued since Cannes although Locarno was happily surprised at the increased number of acquisitions which took place there albeit by international sales agents rather than by distributors. At least it attests to some enthusiasm in what seems to be a lackluster low energy year for the film business. Venice[/link] also created some sales in spite of its never quite becoming the market it might be. Pusan was disappointing leaving buyers and sellers looking toward the upcoming Tokyo International Film Festival and AFM as the place where deals will close. The European sales agents did better selling to the Asian distributors than the Asian sales agents. Bavaria sold 'Into the Great Silence' to Jin Jin of South Korea. Celsius sold 'Vivaldi' to Mirovision for South Korea, and new international sales agent M-Appeal's Maren Kroymann sold 'Trick' to Coral for South Korea.
This is a sample of the Rights Roundup Reports available from sales-filmfinders@imdb.com. For more information on acquisitions in the future you can purchase the Fall Festival and Market RightsRoundup and Rights Roundup Reports for AFM/ American Film Market, Berlin Film Festival and EFM/ European Film Market and Cannes Film Festival and Marche du Film after those events.
In Toronto, Fox Searchlight remained the strong buyer, picking up 'The Wrestler' for the highest sales figure of the market, but still less than $4,000,000 and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, the other hit of the festival. Summit, an A list international sales agent who entered the domestic distribution business this year also acquired ‘Hurt Locker' for U.S.. Both 'The Wrestler' and 'Hurt Locker' were packaged, financed and represented by CAA and both were significant in that only U.S. rights were acquired (without Canada) at a good high price. IFC Films continued its acquisitions activities for IFC in Theaters, its day and date distribution platform making independent films available to a national audience in theaters and on demand simultaneously, buying ‘Flame & Citron’, ‘Fear Me Not’, ‘Everlasting Moments’ and ‘Che’. Sony Pictures Classics was also active acquiring distribution rights to ‘Every Little Step: The Journey of a Chorus Line’, ‘Faubourg 36’ (aka ‘Paris 36’). The micro distributors such as Strand, Kino, Zeitgeist, Panorama, etc. continued business as usual, which generally means hanging back until there are no obvious offers for a film and then coming in with a modest proposal.
Here are the international sales agents whose sales (licensing of distribution rights on behalf of the producers) have been reported thus far:
Bavaria Film International licensed ‘Krabat’ to SPI for Poland and Romania and to Film Depot for Russia ahead of the first public screening. Strong interest is also reported from Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latin America, Japan and USA. ‘The Window’ (aka ‘La Ventana’) sold to Cinemien for Benelux, Imovison for Brazil. A deal with France is expected to close. ‘Cherry Blossoms’ went to Against Gravity for Poland. ‘Empty Nest’ has interest from U.S. as does ‘Restless’.
Celluloid Dreams has acquired all international sales rights to ‘Soul Power’ from Submarine Entertainment who was repping the film. There are offers in major territories soon to close. It also acquired ‘Youssou NDour: I Bring What I Love’ for world sales. Oscilloscope acquired it for U.S. ‘Birdwatchers’ sold to Artificial Eye for the U.K., Filmladen for Austria, Trigon for Switzerland, Pandora for Germany, Cinemien for Benelux, Hopscotch for Australia and New Zealand. ‘Mark Of An Angel’ has sold to Metrodome for the UK, Odeon for Greece, Seville for Canada, Xenix for Switzerland. Diaphana is about to gross $5m with its French theatrical release and Lumiere released in Belgium. ‘Achilles and the Tortoise’ sold to Odeon for France and Maywin for Russia.
Cinema Management Group has closed several territories on ‘The People Speak’ which screened 20 minutes in Toronto FF Special Screening. ‘Zambezia’, ‘Killer Bean Forever’ and ‘The People Speak’ went to Vision Film for Poland and to Film Pop for Turkey.
Elle Driver licensed ’35 Rhums’ to New Wave Films for the U.K.
Fandango Portobello licensed ‘Mid August Lunch' (aka'Pranzo di ferragosto’) to Le Pacte for France, Pandora for Germany, Cinemien for Benelux, Xenix for Switzerland, Filmladen for Austria.
Films Distribution licensed ‘Sea Wall’ to Axiom for the U.K.
Finecut licensed 'Daytime Drinking' to Japan's Eleven Arts who will release it in 30 North American cities. Fortissimo Films signed a six picture deal with Canadian distributor Maximum Films for ‘$9.99’, ‘Laila's Birthday’, ‘Country Wedding’, ‘Serbis’, ‘Native Dancer’, and ‘Tokyo Sonata’. ‘Disgrace’ also went to Maximum. ‘Every Little Step: The Journey of A Chorus Line’ went to Sony Pictures Classics for North America and Australia and New Zealand. ‘Serbis’ and 'Tokyo Sonata' went to Regent for North America.
Hanway Films licensed ‘Of Time and City’ to Strand Releasing for all U.S. rights. ‘Genova’ went to ThinkFilm for North America just before Toronto. Wanda acquired all rights for Spain.
Maximum licensed ‘Sugar‘ to Axiom for the U.K.
Momento licensed ‘Goodbye Solo’ to Imagine for Benelux, Axiom for the U.K. and Xenix for Switzerland. It also has offers from France, Portugal, Greece and Italy among others.
MK2 licensed ‘24 City’ to The Cinema Guild for U.S.
Pathe licensed ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ to Warner Bros. and Fox Searchlight for North America. ‘Faubourg 36’ (aka ‘Paris 36’) went to Sony Pictures Classics for U.S., Australasia, and Scandinavia just before Toronto.
Rai Trade licensed ‘Il Papa di Giovanna’ to Paradis for France, ABC for Benelux, Palace of Australia and New Zealand, MFD for Switzerland.
Roissy has licensed 'Seraphine' to Metrodome for U.K. and Ireland and to Rialto for Australia and New Zealand.
Sahamonkol licensed 'Chocolate' to Magnet for North America.
The Match Factory licensed ‘Flame & Citron’ to IFC Films for U.S. ‘Teza’ went to Trigon for Switzerland and Ripley’s Film for Italy.
TrustNordisk licensed ‘Fear Me Not’ and ‘Everlasting Moments’ and 'Heaven's Heart' to IFC Films for North America. Visit Films licensed five titles including ‘Hannah Takes The Stairs’, ‘LOL’, and ‘Kissing on The Mouth’, ‘Dance Party USA’ and ‘Quiet City’ to Beyond Entertainment for Australia/ New Zealand.
Voltage licensed ‘The Hurt Locker’ to Summit for U.S.
Wild Bunch licensed ‘Che’ to IFC Films. ‘Ponyo’ went to Lucky Red for Italy.
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In Toronto, Fox Searchlight remained the strong buyer, picking up 'The Wrestler' for the highest sales figure of the market, but still less than $4,000,000 and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, the other hit of the festival. Summit, an A list international sales agent who entered the domestic distribution business this year also acquired ‘Hurt Locker' for U.S.. Both 'The Wrestler' and 'Hurt Locker' were packaged, financed and represented by CAA and both were significant in that only U.S. rights were acquired (without Canada) at a good high price. IFC Films continued its acquisitions activities for IFC in Theaters, its day and date distribution platform making independent films available to a national audience in theaters and on demand simultaneously, buying ‘Flame & Citron’, ‘Fear Me Not’, ‘Everlasting Moments’ and ‘Che’. Sony Pictures Classics was also active acquiring distribution rights to ‘Every Little Step: The Journey of a Chorus Line’, ‘Faubourg 36’ (aka ‘Paris 36’). The micro distributors such as Strand, Kino, Zeitgeist, Panorama, etc. continued business as usual, which generally means hanging back until there are no obvious offers for a film and then coming in with a modest proposal.
Here are the international sales agents whose sales (licensing of distribution rights on behalf of the producers) have been reported thus far:
Bavaria Film International licensed ‘Krabat’ to SPI for Poland and Romania and to Film Depot for Russia ahead of the first public screening. Strong interest is also reported from Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latin America, Japan and USA. ‘The Window’ (aka ‘La Ventana’) sold to Cinemien for Benelux, Imovison for Brazil. A deal with France is expected to close. ‘Cherry Blossoms’ went to Against Gravity for Poland. ‘Empty Nest’ has interest from U.S. as does ‘Restless’.
Celluloid Dreams has acquired all international sales rights to ‘Soul Power’ from Submarine Entertainment who was repping the film. There are offers in major territories soon to close. It also acquired ‘Youssou NDour: I Bring What I Love’ for world sales. Oscilloscope acquired it for U.S. ‘Birdwatchers’ sold to Artificial Eye for the U.K., Filmladen for Austria, Trigon for Switzerland, Pandora for Germany, Cinemien for Benelux, Hopscotch for Australia and New Zealand. ‘Mark Of An Angel’ has sold to Metrodome for the UK, Odeon for Greece, Seville for Canada, Xenix for Switzerland. Diaphana is about to gross $5m with its French theatrical release and Lumiere released in Belgium. ‘Achilles and the Tortoise’ sold to Odeon for France and Maywin for Russia.
Cinema Management Group has closed several territories on ‘The People Speak’ which screened 20 minutes in Toronto FF Special Screening. ‘Zambezia’, ‘Killer Bean Forever’ and ‘The People Speak’ went to Vision Film for Poland and to Film Pop for Turkey.
Elle Driver licensed ’35 Rhums’ to New Wave Films for the U.K.
Fandango Portobello licensed ‘Mid August Lunch' (aka'Pranzo di ferragosto’) to Le Pacte for France, Pandora for Germany, Cinemien for Benelux, Xenix for Switzerland, Filmladen for Austria.
Films Distribution licensed ‘Sea Wall’ to Axiom for the U.K.
Finecut licensed 'Daytime Drinking' to Japan's Eleven Arts who will release it in 30 North American cities. Fortissimo Films signed a six picture deal with Canadian distributor Maximum Films for ‘$9.99’, ‘Laila's Birthday’, ‘Country Wedding’, ‘Serbis’, ‘Native Dancer’, and ‘Tokyo Sonata’. ‘Disgrace’ also went to Maximum. ‘Every Little Step: The Journey of A Chorus Line’ went to Sony Pictures Classics for North America and Australia and New Zealand. ‘Serbis’ and 'Tokyo Sonata' went to Regent for North America.
Hanway Films licensed ‘Of Time and City’ to Strand Releasing for all U.S. rights. ‘Genova’ went to ThinkFilm for North America just before Toronto. Wanda acquired all rights for Spain.
Maximum licensed ‘Sugar‘ to Axiom for the U.K.
Momento licensed ‘Goodbye Solo’ to Imagine for Benelux, Axiom for the U.K. and Xenix for Switzerland. It also has offers from France, Portugal, Greece and Italy among others.
MK2 licensed ‘24 City’ to The Cinema Guild for U.S.
Pathe licensed ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ to Warner Bros. and Fox Searchlight for North America. ‘Faubourg 36’ (aka ‘Paris 36’) went to Sony Pictures Classics for U.S., Australasia, and Scandinavia just before Toronto.
Rai Trade licensed ‘Il Papa di Giovanna’ to Paradis for France, ABC for Benelux, Palace of Australia and New Zealand, MFD for Switzerland.
Roissy has licensed 'Seraphine' to Metrodome for U.K. and Ireland and to Rialto for Australia and New Zealand.
Sahamonkol licensed 'Chocolate' to Magnet for North America.
The Match Factory licensed ‘Flame & Citron’ to IFC Films for U.S. ‘Teza’ went to Trigon for Switzerland and Ripley’s Film for Italy.
TrustNordisk licensed ‘Fear Me Not’ and ‘Everlasting Moments’ and 'Heaven's Heart' to IFC Films for North America. Visit Films licensed five titles including ‘Hannah Takes The Stairs’, ‘LOL’, and ‘Kissing on The Mouth’, ‘Dance Party USA’ and ‘Quiet City’ to Beyond Entertainment for Australia/ New Zealand.
Voltage licensed ‘The Hurt Locker’ to Summit for U.S.
Wild Bunch licensed ‘Che’ to IFC Films. ‘Ponyo’ went to Lucky Red for Italy.
- 9/16/2008
- Sydney's Buzz
It is sometimes hard to review a movie that does everything very well but that just does not connect. The German fable Krabat is one such movie. David Kross is Krabat a young beggar who at the end of the 30 Years war in German answers a call from a dark sorcerer, played by Christian Redl. He is given a chance to be one of the 12 apprentices for the sorcerer. Krabat works hard and is accepted into the ranks and on the night of his initiation he is told by fellow apprentice Tonda, played by Daniel Brühl to leave as everything isn't as it seems. Also on this night he finds out that Tonda has fallen in love with one of the local village girl and he himself meets a girl and falls for her immediately. Tonda tells him to never let the sorcerer know the girls name as she will be killed by him.
- 9/10/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Thanks to generations of Disney-fication it’s easy to think of fairy tales as simple, pleasant children’s tales loaded with easy to swallow moral messages but in the original incarnation they were something far, far different. The worlds created by the Brothers Grimm we dark, bleak places, places where death lurked around every corner, places where any mis-step could easily be your last, any mistake could see you eaten. We comfort our children, the Grimms scared them. We make cheery cartoons, Marco Kreuzpaintner has made Krabat. Adapted from a novel subtitled The Satanic Mill, Krabat is a living, breathing Grimm tale come to life. Impeccably crafted and taking full advantage of the stunning scenery provided by the Alpine region in which it was shot it is also an incredibly dirty and grimy film, a film filled with much and filth where dangers both seen and unseen lurk around every corner.
- 9/5/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
In the seventeenth century, a 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the Thirty Years War by becoming an apprentice to the ominous master of a mysterious mill. One of 12 young men working for the miller, Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling but is also initiated into a sinister world of dark arts. When the life of his friend and protector becomes threatened, Krabat must struggle to free himself from an evil sorcerer’s control in a gripping fight for freedom, friendship and love. - - - - - - If the recent news of the delayed release of Harry Potter disappointed you, then perhaps you might want to watch a new German movie about sorcery, magic and mystery. While it seems unfair to compare the two movies, I for one was looking forward to seeing the latest Harry Potter this year, so I was definitely...
- 8/30/2008
- The Movie Fanatic
- The Toronto Film Festival announced the line ups for the Wavelengths, Sprockets Family Zone and Midnight Madness sections with names like Quentin Tarantino, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Gene Simmons participating to the festivities, but to be honest there aren't that many films that peak my curiosity with the exception of Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs (see the picture above). A late 2007 pick up for The Weinsteins, this is the story of a terrifying cycle of violence that follows a group of girls. The picture is apparently so nasty, that France is almost banning the picture slapping it with a must be over 18 classification. Two other titles that I have a low level interest are a meta-comedy from director Mabrouk El Mechri. The action laugher Jcvd stars Jean Claude Van Damme playing himself in the midst of a post office heist. Cannes was bombarded by Cannes market advertisements for this project,
- 7/23/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
COLOGNE, Germany -- Krabat, the long-in-development children's book adaptation from Munich-based production house Claussen + Woebke, got a big boost Monday when Germany's Federal Film Board (FFA) signed a check for 800,000 ($957,520) toward production financing. Director Hans-Christian Schmid (Requiem) was originally attached to Krabat, an adaptation of Otfried Preussler's best-selling children's book, but in February, Marco Kreuzpainter (Welcome To America) took over as the film's helmer. Krabat is the story of a poor boy who becomes an apprentice to an evil magician. The FFA also backed "Auf der anderen Seite des Lebens" (On the Other Side of Life), the latest drama from director Fatih Akin (Head-On) with 400,000 ($478,760). The feature will be the second from Akin's new Corazon International shingle, which debuted last year with the music documentary Crossing the Bridge.
- 3/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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