Samuel Goldwyn nabs foreign Oscar-nommed “Tangerines” February 14, 2015 - 15:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to “Tangerines” the Estonian-Georgian drama nominated for the Academy Award for foreign-language film, Variety reports. Goldwyn is planning to release the film this year. Directed by Zaza Urushadze, “Tangerines” centers on an older Estonian man who cares for two wounded soldiers from opposite sides of the 1990s-era war in Georgia. “Tangerines” is produced by Estonian film production company Allfilm and Georgian production company Cinema 24. Producers are Ivo Felt and Urushadze. The cast includes Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nuganen, Mikhail Meskhi, Giorgi Nakashidze, Raivo Trass and Zurab Bealishvili. The film has won awards at the Warsaw, Mannheim-Heidelberg, Palm Springs and Seattle film festivals. The deal was negotiated by Ian Puente of Samuel Goldwyn Films and Nick Stiliadis of Cinemavault, 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 |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
