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Ewa Puszczynska, a producer on Pawel Pawlikowskis Oscar-winning Ida, is preparing the first feature project of her own new company.Speaking to ScreenDaily during this weeks Polish Days in Wroclaw, Puszczynska said Lo
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stanley cup a and is in addition to her work as a producer and head of development at Opus Film Ida .Puszczynska was at the Polish Days pitching session on Thursday July 30 with Aa, the planned feature film debut by the Israeli-born writer-director Jack Faber, which she has been accompanying in its development for the past 18 monthsBased on actual events, the film centres on the last night of a heritage tour in Poland by a group of Israeli high-school students when a prank quickly spins out of control and exposes the violent nature of the young peoples present lives.Faber had initially started working on the project during his studies at the Netherlands Film Academy and continued its development during a script editor workshop of the Binger Film Lab and the Berlinale Talent Script Station as well as participation in the Wajda Film Schools EKRAN Programme and the Torino Film Lab.According to Puszczynska, the co-production between Extreme Emotions and Israels Lama Films has already attracted ser
stanley cup ious interest from potential production partners in France and Germany.Puszczynska was one of the co-producers for Opus Film on such international projects as Fatih Akins The Cut, Ari Folmans The Congress and Marius Holsts Uhwc Cannes technology mart fills available floor space
Dir: Michael Corrente. UK-US. 2000. 114 mins.Prod Co: Eagle Beach Productions, Butcher s Run Productions. Int l Sales: Seven Arts International 1 323 467 1822. Prods: Michael Corrente, Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner. Exec Prods: Billy Heinzerling, Steven Bowman, Denis O Neil. Scr: Denis O Ne
stanley mug il. DoP: Alex Thomson. Prod des: Andy Harris. Ed: David Ray. Mus: Mark Knopfler. Main cast: Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Ally McCoist, Brian Cox, Kirsty Mitchell.A labour of love for actor-producer Robert Duvall, A Shot At Glory leaves no cliche unvisited as it charts the fairytale progress of an underdog Scottish football team towards a Cup Final showdown. Authentic sporting sequences and the presence of real-life star striker Ally McCoist should help the film find an audience in the UK market. The hackneyed storyline and heavy accents will probably confine it to the benches
stanley kubek in most other territories.Developed by Duvall over the past seven years, the film unfolds in a romanticised, picture postcard vision of Scotland. Handicapped by a wayward accent that he seems unable to control, Duvall is Gordon McLeod, a dour football coach guiding the small Highland team of Kilnochie towards their date with destiny. Matters are complicated by the signing of star player Jacki
stanley cup e McQuillon McCoist , a hotheaded, self-destructive talent who also happens to be McLeod s despised son-in-law. The stakes are raised by the news that the team s American owner Keaton intends to relocate them to Ireland if th
