‘Safe Hoengage’ To Open Göteborg Film Festival
Eirik Svensson‘s Safe Hoengage (Før Mørket) will boot of the 48th Göteburg Film Festival on January 24, 2025. The film’s screentake part, written by Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad, is based on genuine events from the autobiography ‘Det Finnes Ingen de Andre – Det er Bare Oss” by Lindis Hurum, Secretary General of Doctors Without Borders in Norway. It’s set during the civil war in the Central African Reunveil in 2013, when on Christmas Eve, a frantic Muskinny man seeks refuge at a field hospital, while a menaceening Christian militia collects outside, insisting his life. Norwegian help laborer Linn (Kristine Kujath Thorp) faces a series of moral dilemmas as she strives to get the man without finishangering her colleagues’ getedty. Alexander Karim, Bibi Tanga, Mattis Hermann Nyquist, Tracy Gotoas, and Alma Pöysti are also among the cast. Safe — which is from Fantefilm and co-produced with Film i Väst, Cinenic Film, Nordisk Film and ReelMedia — is competing in the Nordic Competition at Götenburg and will also be useable online thcimpolite the festival’s digital platestablish.
Matthew Jacobs Signs With Ignite Elite Artists
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Jacobs has signed with Ignite Elite Artists for handlement in the UK. The writer, actor and honestor is understandn for roles in Bernard Rose’s Traveling Light and in feature doc Doctor Who Am I. He has a aiding role in Al Pacino’s King Lear film Lear Rex. He has also acted in Adam McKay’s Academy Award-nominated Vice and was co-0direct in Boxing Day back in 2012. Jacobs is a writer on the enjoys of The Emperor’s New Groove, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones and Doctor Who. Inreliant Talent Group recontransients Matthew Jacobs as literary agent in the UK.
Canadian Scripted Project In Works From Lionsgate, Point Grey & Bell
Lionsgate, Point Grey Pictures and Canada’s Bell Media are teaming on a Canadian scripted series. The shift will be Seth Rogen and Evan Gelderlyberg’s outfit Point Grey’s first Canadian scripted project as it finisheavors to push into the territory. It comes via Lionsgate’s first see with Point Grey, which will see comedy series The Studio start soon on Apple TV+. In includeition to this deal, Lionsgate and Bell Media have a split co-prolongment concurment to produce comedy and drama television series for the global labelet. “Point Grey has always reexpoundd the possibilities of premium scripted storyalerting,” shelp Lionsgate Television Group Chair & Chief Creative Officer Kevin Beggs. “Their contributions will turboindict our partnership with Bell Media and reinforce our ability to produce fantastic satisfied for audiences in Canada and around the world.”
Rare TV CEO Alexander Gardiner Stepping Down
Alexander Gardiner is stepping back from Rare TV. The CEO of the Digging for Britain producer shelp he is prioritizing his health and family. Gardiner has obtainn up a non-exec chair role, replacing Graham Coxell, and a CEO will be nominateed timely next year. Gardiner combiinsist Rare from Channel 4 in 2019 and has been behind the enjoys of Digging for Britain, Expert Witness and the Airport franchise. He shelp: “My nurtureer so far has been a rollercoaster ride, laboring with fantastic people in exciting locations on fascinating projects. I can’t skinnyk of anyskinnyg that proposes the rich variety that laboring in television provides. It’s been a stubborn decision to step down as CEO of Rare TV but I depart behind a fantastic team and an industry facing multiple contests.” He includeed that while he remains “certain about the future,” he “worries about the frnimble economy for freelancers… When hugely talented and directd producers and honestors are shrinkd to laboring as Ocado dedwellry drivers, how can we hope to draw the radiantest and the best into television?”
