BR-3
Films UK Ltd. - A SNAPSHOT -
The Company
BR-3 Films UK is a new
film and music company based in London. It was founded by
lawyer and former investment banker Elisa Alvares in October
2003 and was initially incubated under a Housekeeping Deal,
by UK-German media private equity group Kingsbridge Capital.
BR-3 is currently co-managed by Elisa and London’s Latin
American Film Festival Director Alexa Dean.
The Company’s Film
Division has a primary focus on Latin America-related feature
films, working on projects with a distinctive local identity
and commercial potential. BR-3 Films is ideally positioned
to operate as a bridge between the UK and Latin American film
industries, and the company has at present three proprietary
feature film projects in development. The company’s
first project is expected to go into production in the first
half of 2005.
The Company’s Music
Division provides a range of music supervision and copyright
clearance services to a growing list of independent film producers
across the world such as the producer of City of God’
in Brazil. BR-3 Music works with up-and-coming music supervisors
and award wining film composers.
Summary of Feature Film projects
in development
PROJECT Carmo
CARMO
A film by Murilo Pasta
ON THE ROAD, NO-ONE HIDES
A young woman stuck in
a hellhole near the Western border of Brazil and Paraguay
is kidnapped by a lonesome Argentinean who desperately needs
someone to guide him in a lawless, reckless drive across Brazil.
A maelstrom of a road movie
set in South America; CARMO portrays the unlikely love affair
between two strayed souls colliding in a knife-edge situation.
Bonnie & Clyde’
meets Y tu Mamá También’ in a fast,
raw, freewheeling South American road movie/romantic odyssey
for audiences aged 16-24 and beyond.
Selected by Moonstone 2004
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Distribution deals
Sales Agent
ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE
PROJECT The Samaritan
The Samaritan
A story
by Odilon Rocha
THE SAMARITAN
A story by Odilon Rocha
A WHITE CHRISTMAS TAINTED WITH BLOOD
In modern London,
a volunteer Samaritan discovers a taste for murder by
inducing one of her callers to commit suicide. In the
count-down for Christmas, three people will cross her
path. What lies ahead of the Samaritan and her obsession
to find the inner truth in people?
In development with STEP BY STEP
Script Development Programme
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Development finance
German co-producers |
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PROJECT
Hotel Atlântico
HOTEL ATLÂNTICO
By Suzana Amaral
IN SEARCH OF A CHIMERA
From the award-winning Brazilian film maker,
a tale of longing and solitude.
Alberto leaves Rio on a bus. His direction,
the vast, boundless landscapes of the Brazilian pampas. His
destination, the uncertainty of a man’s soul.
Rich in colours and contradictions, his journey will unveil
a world of loneliness, despair and love. The magic of Latin
America in reflection, a road movie unlike most.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: Distribution
deals
Sales Agent
ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE except Argentina &
Brazil
Completed Feature Films
Ana and the Others
Writer/Director: Celina Murga
Argentina, 2003
88’ 35mm colour
Spanish language |
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“NOTHING HAS CHANGED YET
NOTHING IS THE SAME”
Ana travels to her native town after an
absence of several years. A newspaper photograph taken by
her first love prompts her to embark on a journey that will
take her back to her roots and make her reconcile with her
past.
Ana and the Others is the intimate portrait
of a search, revealed as a subjective, happy yet melancholic,
trip. It is a distant but close study of a place: a place
of childhood.
PRIZES
Special Mention International Week of Film Critics, Venice
Film Festival 2003
FIPRESCI Best Latin American Film Prize,
Rio International Film Festival 2003
Special Mention, Vienna Film Festival 2003
Best Director, Thessaloniki Film Festival
2003
Commercial release in France: Summer 2004
Commercial Release in Argentina: Oct 2004
UK/IRE RIGHTS AVAILABLE
BR-3 Music Copyright Clearance
Services
For further information, please contact:
BR-3 Films UK Ltd.
Unit 1A
26-32 Voltaire Road
London SW4 6DH
UK
W : BR-3.com
Contact:
Elisa Alvares
E: elisa@BR-3.com
Alexa Dean
E: alexa@BR-3.com
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