Sundance Selects acquires Christian Petzold's Nazi drama “Phoenix”September 11, 2014 - 13:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to Christian Petzold's Nazi drama “Phoenix”, which stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld, the company announced from the Toronto International Film Festival, TheWrap said. Petzold wrote and directed the film, which was produced by Florian Koerner von Gustorf and Michael Weber from Schramm Film. “Phoenix” had its world premiere this week in Toronto's Special Presentation section, and will have its European premiere later this month in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Hoss stars as a concentration camp survivor who searches ravaged post-war Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Nazis. “Phoenix” is Petzold's first film since “Barbara,” his critically acclaimed 2012 drama starring Hoss, for which he won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. “Petzold has created an impressive work – a truly haunting portrait of what it takes to rise from the ashes of a life destroyed,” said Jonathan Sehring, president of Sundance Selects/IFC Films. The deal for the film was negotiated by Arianna Bocco, senior VP of acquisitions & productions for Sundance Selects/IFC Films with The Match Factory on behalf of the filmmakers. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |