BlogAlejo Hoijman participated in the FBS-LA 2009 with this project.
The Shark’s Eye tells the story of Michael, 16 years old, whom during the summer learns the family profession of shark bull hunting. His uncle Juan, a hunter that was a soldier during the Sandinista revolution, will be who initiates Michael in this dangerous profession. Michael is destined to be one of the lasts shark hunters in Greytown.
Finaliza el rodaje del documental El ojo del tiburón, coproducido entre España y Costa Rica
Tras doce semanas de filmación, los directores Luis Ángel Ramírez y Alejo Hoijman han finalizado el rodaje de “El ojo del tiburón”. Este documental es una coproducción entre Astronauta Producciones (España) y Arco Arte (Costa Rica) y ha contado, para su desarrollo, con la ayuda del Programa Ibermedia.
Alejo Hoijman participó en la FBS-LA 2009 con este proyecto.
El ojo del tiburón narra la vida de Michael, 16 años, que durante el verano va aprender el oficio familiar: la caza del tiburón toro. Su tío Juan, un curtido cazador que fue soldado durante la revolución sandinista, será quien le inicie en esta peligrosa profesión. Michael está destinado ser uno de los últimos cazadores de tiburones en Greytown.
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El Orden de las Cosas (The Order of Things) of the Alendas brothers has been selected for the Málaga Film Festival
El Orden de las cosas, the new short film by César and José Esteban Alenda, winners of the 2009 Goya Award for best animated short film “La Increíble Historia del Hombre sin Sombra", has been selected to participate in the competition of the XIII Málaga Film Festival that will take place during April 17th to 24th.
In El Orden de las Cosas, stars Manuela Vellés, Javier Gutiérrez, Mariano Venancio and Biel Durán. It counts with the support of Madrid Regional Government as well as the Junta de Andalucía.
The life of Julia (Manuela Vellés) takes place in a bathtub. Drop by drop she will gather the courage necessary to change the order of things
This project is the result of a collaboration between two 2003 MEGA alumni, Nina Frese and Jose Estabán Alenda whom through their production companies, Flux Film and Solita Films have decided to develop projects together.
El Orden de las Cosas, de los Hermanos Esteban Alenda, seleccionado en el Festival de Málaga.
El Orden de las Cosas, el nuevo cortometraje de César y José Esteban Alenda, ganadores del Premio Goya 2009 a Mejor Cortometraje de Animación por "La Increíble Historia del Hombre sin Sombra", ha sido seleccionado para participar en la competición a concurso del XIII Festival de Málaga que se celebrará del 17 al 24 de abril.
El Orden de las Cosas está protagonizado por Manuela Vellés, Javier Gutiérrez, Mariano Venancio y Biel Durán, y cuenta con el apoyo de la Viceconsejería de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid y la Junta de Andalucía. La vida de Julia (Manuela Vellés) transcurre en la bañera.
Gota a gota irá reuniendo el valor necesario para cambiar el orden de las cosas.
Este proyecto es fruto de la colaboración de dos ex estudiantes del MEGA 2003, Nina Frese y José Esteban Alenda quienes a través de sus respectivas productoras cinematográficas, Flux Film y Solita Films, han decidido desarrollar proyectos cinematográficos en común.
Congratulations to Johannes Rexin, MEGA 1999, who has co-produced the German-Turkish film Bal that won the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin Film Festival! Bal (Honey) is the closing film of the trilogy directed by Semih Kaplanoglu.
Heimatfilm, is a production company for film and television based in Cologne, Germany since May 2003. http://www.heimatfilm.biz/
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Penrose film goes to the 60th Berlin Film Festival with 2 projects produced by Felix Eisele, Mega 2005- The projects were The astronaut on the roof, a short film by Sergi Portabella and one of the five nominated works for the Berlin Today Award 2010, and Cindy Does Not Love Me presented at the Perspektive Deutsches Kino.
-----------------------------------------------Pudana Last Of The Line participated at the Berlin Generation Kplus competition. The film is produced by Pertti Veijalainen, who participated with the project in the Film Business School in Sofia, Bulgaria in November 2007. The film is a story of change, upbringing and deprivation of identity, taking place in the Yamal Peninsula during the Soviet Government. The film is based on a true story and is set in director’s Anastasia Lapsui's childhood surroundings.
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Crying With Laughter, a film co-produced by Claire Mundell (FBS 2007) was presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival this year and is also preparing to go to SXSW in Austin, Texas where the film will also be launched across the US on Comcast, TimeWarner, Amazon and iTunes. Crying with Laughter it´s a powerfully, redemptive and darkly comedic revenge thriller, set against the vicious world of stand up comedy. The project was born at Ronda Media Business School as Mundell met her future co-producers from Wellington Films.
Mundell says: " I am absolutely delighted that Ronda Media Film Business School played such an important part in helping Crying With Laughter happen. Without the opportunity to attend the film school I wouldn´t have met Rachel and Al from Wellington and heard their case studies about low budget film making. Though I attended Ronda with a different project, it was sitting in the workshops and chatting together there wich helped form the idea to co-produce the film with Wellington and EM Media, as well as Scottish Screen and BBC Scotland. The Film Business School is a great opportunity to help hot house the coming together of projects in this way."
http://www.cryingwithlaughter.co.uk/
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Carles Pastor, FBS 2008, is producing the film Bestezuelas, which finished filming last month and its now on postproduction. The film it’s expected to be released by the end of this year or beginning of 2011. In addition, Comida Para Gatos, the previous film produced by Pastor, has recently sold its format internationally after winning several awards.
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Fiona Kinsella, Mega 2003, has opened her new production company in Ireland.
Jumper Productions, specializes in producing TV commercials and online content. It was established by Fiona Kinsella to address a gap that she saw between traditional advertising production companies and the requirements of the newer online market. www.jumperproductions.ie
-----------------------------------------------Dorothee Beinemeir, 2009 Mega Plus participant, has been recently hired as a producer for Egoli Tossell Film, an independent film production and financing company entity based in Germany.
-----------------------------------------------Tachaan! ,one of the animated short films nominated for the Goya Awards given by the Spanish Film Academy, was created by students of the Pepe-School-Land and produced by Nicolas Matji, participant of the FBS and MD 2006. http://tachaaan.com/
-----------------------------------------------Nikodemo Animation, the creators of the cult web series “Calico Electronico” (www.calicoelectronico.com) has launched a new initiative, the Web Series Festival, aiming to discover and catalyse new talent for the digital media and web series. Nikodemo Animation has participated in the 2009 edition of the Mega Plus, through its CEO Raúl Escolano, giving a one day class on web series and independent animation production. For more information: http://www.webseriesfestival.com.
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“Memorias de un soldado”, one of the projects of the FBS-LA 2009 starts shooting.
Caupolicán Ovalles, participant of the FBS-LA 2009, has begun in January shooting his first film, the Venezuelan epic “Memories of a soldier”. The script written by the director and Edgar Narváez was selected by the Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía of Venezuela.
The film will show the story of the soldier Braulio Fernandez, who writes his memories during the Independence War of Venezuela. The soldier begins fighting alongside the “realistas” and later drastically changes his mind to embrace the rebels against Spain.
The shooting will last 8 weeks, and another 6 months are planned for postproduction. The film will be ready for release at the beginning of 2011.
