Amp Signs Genre Co-Pro Deal With Quebec-Based Producer Philip Kalin-Hajdu — Toronto
11.09.2023 - 11:25
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. and UK-based production, sales and financing company Alliance Media Partners (Amp) has signed a non-exclusive genre co-production deal with Quebec-based producer Philip Kalin-Hajdu.
The parties are coming off Tribeca thriller Suitable Flesh, and Fantasia debut The Sacrifice Game, respectively.
The deal is due to see the duo produce three new mid-budget pictures a year, utilizing Quebec and/or Canadian talent and incentives, and to include international co-productions. Their first project, action-thriller Skate Or Die, is in the works for early 2024.
Amp is part of Dubai-based Alliance Capital Partners group, a private asset management and finance company. Genre film releases include Suitable Flesh, starring Heather Graham, Judah Lewis and Barbara Crampton; Glorious, starring J.K. Simmons and Ryan Kwanten, and The Endless, Blue Iguana starring Sam Rockwell.
Kalin-Hajdu is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominated producer. He is producer and executive producer of The Sacrifice Game, starring Mena Massoud and Olivia Scott Welch, which was acquired by Shudder; and writer-producer of upcoming horror feature Mom, starring Emily Hampshire, François Arnaud, and Christian Convery.
Bob Portal, Amp’s Head of Production, said: “We’re really delighted to be working with Philip in this new capacity. His honest no-nonsense approach, and his ability to structure a production or international co-production to actually put the money on the screen is exactly what we need as we expand our capacity.”
Kalin-Hajdu added: “Amp’s hands-on approach from financing to physical production to sales makes them an ideal collaborator. They have shown time and again that they support filmmakers, take creative risks, and make an