SXSW Fest winner “Miss Stevens” sells to The OrchardMay 24, 2016 - 13:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Orchard has acquired all North American rights to Julia Hart’s directorial debut “Miss Stevens”, starring Lily Rabe in the title role, Variety reports. Rabe (“American Horror Story”) won the SXSW Best Actress Special Jury Prize for this role as a teacher who’s stuck at a crossroads in her personal life as she chaperones three of her students on a weekend trip to a drama competition. Hart directed “Miss Stevens” from a script she wrote with Jordan Horowitz. Timotheé Chalamet (“Interstellar”), Lili Reinhart (“The Kings of Summer”), YouTube phenomenon Anthony Quintal, Oscar Nuñez and Rob Huebel also star. Producers are Alex Turtletaub, Michael B. Clark, Horowitz and Gary Gilbert. The film is a Beachside presentation of a Beachside and Gilbert Films Production in association with Original Headquarters. Justin Chang said in his SXSW review for Variety: “Julia Hart’s directing debut is distinguished by a smartly layered performance from Lily Rabe (“American Horror Story”), fully persuasive as a designated authority figure still a few steps away from embracing full adulthood.” The Orchard plans a fall release for “Miss Stevens.” The deal was negotiated by ICM Partners and WME Global 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |