A forthcoming movie from Sony Pictures Classics called A Winter’s Journey will use Media Molecule’s Dreams to create its world. Animators from Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent will work on the film.
Doha Film Institute strengthens international outreach in support of global film projects
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The Doha Film Institute has further strengthened its roster of international film projects with three new co-financed films that not only highlight emerging and established voices in global filmmaking talents, but are also examples of compelling narratives that present poignant human stories of hope, ambition and global realities.
The new co-financed productions are: Birds Like Us (Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, Turkey, US, Qatar/2017) directed by Faruk Šabanović and Amela Ćuhara; Grain (Turkey, Germany, France, Sweden, Qatar/2017) by Semih Kaplanoğlu; and Looking for Oum Kulthum (Germany, Austria, Italy, Qatar, Lebanon/2017) by Shirin Neshat in collaboration with Shoja Azari.
The Peasants, by Oscar-Nominated Loving Vincent Director, Sells to Germany (EXCLUSIVE)
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Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales continues its pre-sales of “The Peasants,” the hotly anticipated follow-up from Oscar-nominated “Loving Vincent” director Dorota Kobiela, selling rights for Germany and Austria to Koch Media.
As reported earlier, New Europe brokered a deal with The Jokers for distribution in France of the buzzy animated feature.
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“The Peasants” is produced by BreakThru Films’ Sean Bobbitt and Hugh Welchman, who also co-wrote the script, using the same technique that dramatically brought the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life in “Loving Vincent,” which Kobiela co-directed with Welchman.