On March 27th, Lucky Kuswandi, one of Indonesia's most talented young directors, was in London to present his second feature, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SUN, for its European Premiere at the Asia House Film Festival. The film follows the path of three women as they struggle to find themselves in the ever-changing jungle of Jakarta. The film was made available on FilmDoo that same day.
Asia House:
Opening Gala Night
BERLIN: FILMDOO AT THE 65th BERLINALE–EUROPEAN FILM MARKET
February 2015
The FilmDoo team attended the European Film Market, during the 65th Berlinale in Germany. After closing deals with UK distributors, FilmDoo signed up with sales agents to increase its catalog. The platform inked deals with Germany's Rushlake Media, documentary sales agent Java Films, Australia-based Odin's Eye and France's Doc & Film. FilmDoo is always thrilled to promote international documentaries and aims to build a documentary channel soon.
COMPETITION: FILMDOO UNVEILS PRESTIGIOUS FILM POSTER COMPETITION
January 2015
FilmDoo has launched a global design competition whereby three winners will receive fantastic prizes and the paid opportunity to create artwork for an upcoming film release. The FilmDoo Creativity competition is supported by leading tech brands Adobe, Scan and Nvidia, leading film distributors Altitude Entertainment, Picturehouse Entertainment, Peccadillo Pictures, Third Window Films and Terracotta Distribution. Also supporting this initiative is Little White Lies magazine, industry trade zine The Raygun and film production community Shooting People. A leading panel of judges within the design and film industry will choose the winning designs. The winners will be announced during the Cannes Film Festival in May, where their posters will be displayed. FilmDoo is thrilled to pay homage to the art of movie posters and receive original artwork from all around the world.
FESTIVAL: FILMDOO PARTNERS UP WITH FRINGE! QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
November 2014
FilmDoo has forged a partnership with London's Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival and is hosting the closing night film screening, OPEN UP TO ME. SimoHalinen's multi Jussi award winning film is a Finnish tale that follows Maarit, a transgender woman, whose affair with a married man has unexpected consequences. The festival also screened FilmDoo's NOOR, by Guillaume Giovanetti and CaglaZencirci. As with OPEN UP TO ME, the French-Pakistani production about the transgender community in Pakistan had a day and date release on FilmDoo. FilmDoo aims to be the go-to place for LGBTQI films, so closing a major output deal with UK distributor Peccadillo Pictures and its 150+ films, tied in perfectly with the Fringe festivities.
FESTIVAL: FILMDOO, SUPPORTING PARTNER OF THE RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
September 2014
FilmDoo Co-founder Weerada Sucharitkul and Maxim Jago (Chief Innovation Officer) presented a panel discussion on the future of media. Simon Savory, FilmDoo's Head of Programming, took part in a panel discussion covering the topic of film distribution deals. FilmDoo was also proud to present in association with Raindance, the Raindance Web Fest, which is a two-day event celebrating independent online scripted and documentary web original series. The festival is the first and the UK's only web series festival and takes place during the Raindance Film Festival in September.
FESTIVAL: SUPERNOVA UK PREMIERE AT THE CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL
August 2014
FilmDoo has partnered with Paris-based sales agent WIDE and its sub-label for first time directors, Eye On Films. The first title is Dutch SUPERNOVA, Tamar Van Den Dop's coming-of-age tale that premiered at Berlinale (Generation). In SUPERNOVA, we see the world through the eyes of teenager Meis (Gaite Jansen) and her various misadventures in the middle of nowhere. The film, based on the novel by Flemish author Bo Van Ranst, premiered at the Cambridge Film Festival, where the FilmDoo team was also present. On this occasion, FilmDoo had the opportunity to interview actress/writer/director Tamar Van Den Dop, and talk about film adaptation, female directors and directing actors.
