Exclusive: The Bureau Sales inks deal for comedy-drama.
The Bureau Sales has closed an all-rights deal for North American with Gravitas Ventures for its Emily Beecham-starring comedy-drama Daphne.
Produced by The Bureau, international rights are handled by The Bureau Sales, which has already closed deals with Altitude for the UK, Cinemien for Benelux, Mag for France, Bilibilli for China, and most recently Vista India Digital Media for India.
The film stars Beecham as a quick-witted, thirty-something Londoner whose life takes a downward spiral after she witnesses a violent attack.
It marks the directing debut of Peter Mackie Burns, who won a Golden Bear in 2005 for his short film Milk.
The cast also includes Geraldine James, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Nathaniel Martello-White.
The deal was negotiated by Josh Spector on behalf of Gravitas.
Spector commented: “Emily Beecham’s outstanding lead performance is undeniable and we are thrilled to be bringing Peter Mackie Burns’ powerful film to North American...
The Bureau Sales has closed an all-rights deal for North American with Gravitas Ventures for its Emily Beecham-starring comedy-drama Daphne.
Produced by The Bureau, international rights are handled by The Bureau Sales, which has already closed deals with Altitude for the UK, Cinemien for Benelux, Mag for France, Bilibilli for China, and most recently Vista India Digital Media for India.
The film stars Beecham as a quick-witted, thirty-something Londoner whose life takes a downward spiral after she witnesses a violent attack.
It marks the directing debut of Peter Mackie Burns, who won a Golden Bear in 2005 for his short film Milk.
The cast also includes Geraldine James, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Nathaniel Martello-White.
The deal was negotiated by Josh Spector on behalf of Gravitas.
Spector commented: “Emily Beecham’s outstanding lead performance is undeniable and we are thrilled to be bringing Peter Mackie Burns’ powerful film to North American...
- 5/19/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Bureau Sales inks deal with fledgling French distributor Mag Distribution.
French outfit The Bureau Sales has closed deals on Daphne at this week’s European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
The film has sold for France to Mag Distribution, the newly-launched distribution company set up by Richard Magnien, Emmanuel Agneray and Yann Gilbert.
The acquisition is part of the company’s debut slate which also includes Radu Jude’s 2016 Locarno premiere Scarred Hearts and Miwa Nishikawa’s Long Excuses, which premiered at Tiff last year.
Daphne has also sold to China with Bilibili. Previous deals closed on the title include Altitude for the UK and Cinemien for Benelux.
The film stars Emily Beecham as a 30-something woman living in London whose life enters a downward spiral after she witnesses a violent attack.
It marks the feature debut of director Peter Mackie Burns, who won a Berlin Golden Bear in 2005 for his short film Milk. [link...
French outfit The Bureau Sales has closed deals on Daphne at this week’s European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
The film has sold for France to Mag Distribution, the newly-launched distribution company set up by Richard Magnien, Emmanuel Agneray and Yann Gilbert.
The acquisition is part of the company’s debut slate which also includes Radu Jude’s 2016 Locarno premiere Scarred Hearts and Miwa Nishikawa’s Long Excuses, which premiered at Tiff last year.
Daphne has also sold to China with Bilibili. Previous deals closed on the title include Altitude for the UK and Cinemien for Benelux.
The film stars Emily Beecham as a 30-something woman living in London whose life enters a downward spiral after she witnesses a violent attack.
It marks the feature debut of director Peter Mackie Burns, who won a Berlin Golden Bear in 2005 for his short film Milk. [link...
- 2/14/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Looking for Mr. Goodbar meets Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret on the streets of 21st century London in Peter Mackie Burns' disarming debut Daphne, the intimate character study of a 31-year-old singleton who goes off the rails after witnessing a random act of violence. First and foremost, it's a cracking little showcase for rising British actress Emily Beecham, who's seldom offscreen for long as the tale's lively, complex, intriguing quasi-heroine.
A low-key but promising first feature from Mackie Burns, winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear in 2005 for his short Milk, it is essentially an expansion of his 11-minute Happy Birthday to Me (2013),...
A low-key but promising first feature from Mackie Burns, winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear in 2005 for his short Milk, it is essentially an expansion of his 11-minute Happy Birthday to Me (2013),...
- 2/8/2017
- by Neil Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Peter Mackie Burns’ feature debut is being developed by The Bureau.
Golden Bear winner Peter Mackie Burns has started shooting his London-set debut feature Daphne, production company The Bureau has revealed.
Emily Beecham [pictured] - who features in the cast of Berlinale opening film Hail, Caesar! - plays the titular Daphne, a young Londoner with a frenetic lifestyle who decides she needs to change her life after witnessing a violent robbery.
The Bureau producers Tristan Goligher and Valentina Brazzini developed the project in-house. The BFI and Creative Scotland are the main financiers of the film, together with The Bureau.
The company’s Paris-based sister company, The Bureau Sales, is handling international rights.
Mackie Burns won the Golden Bear for best short film in 2005 for Milk, about a girl trying to bathe her grandmother.
Nico Mensinga wrote the screenplay for Daphne in his second collaboration with Mackie Burns after the short Happy Birthday To Me, also starring...
Golden Bear winner Peter Mackie Burns has started shooting his London-set debut feature Daphne, production company The Bureau has revealed.
Emily Beecham [pictured] - who features in the cast of Berlinale opening film Hail, Caesar! - plays the titular Daphne, a young Londoner with a frenetic lifestyle who decides she needs to change her life after witnessing a violent robbery.
The Bureau producers Tristan Goligher and Valentina Brazzini developed the project in-house. The BFI and Creative Scotland are the main financiers of the film, together with The Bureau.
The company’s Paris-based sister company, The Bureau Sales, is handling international rights.
Mackie Burns won the Golden Bear for best short film in 2005 for Milk, about a girl trying to bathe her grandmother.
Nico Mensinga wrote the screenplay for Daphne in his second collaboration with Mackie Burns after the short Happy Birthday To Me, also starring...
- 2/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
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