‘Pieces Of A Woman’: Vanessa Kirby’s Venice Winner Sells To Netflix In Worldwide Deal

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Arthouse outfit MUBI has struck a deal with sales firm The Match Factory for all UK and Ireland rights to Michel Franco’s Venice Film Festival drama New Order, which won the festival’s Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize.Conceived six years ago, Franco’s (After Lucia) timely class conflict drama sees a high-society wedding interrupted by the arrival of unwelcome guests as protests rage on the streets.

Also Read: 'Pieces of a Woman' Film Review: Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf Explore Shades of Grief“Just before I did that take, Kornel was about to say action, and Vanessa said to me, ‘make me go to court.’ That was the purpose of the scene, that’s what I had to accomplish,” Burstyn explained. “And I started the scene, and I got to the end of the written speech, and in that moment, I could feel that I hadn’t made her go to court.

Neon has picked up North American rights to New Order,the new feature from Mexican director Michel Franco that won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. The feature, which also played at the San Sebastián and Toronto fests, and is screening at the upcomingLondon and Chicago film festivals, is a look at a violent uprising against the wealthy ruling class.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix shows “Criminal U.K.” and “Delhi Crime,” UFA’s second season of “Charité,” and the second season of HBO Latin America’s “The Bronze Garden” are the nominees in the best drama category at the International Emmy Awards.Vying for best actress are Glenda Jackson for “Elizabeth is Missing,” for which she has already won a BAFTA, Yeo Yann Yann for “Invisible Stories,” Emma Bading for “Play,” and Andrea Beltrão for “Hebe.”Nominees for best actor are Billy Barratt for

Also Read: Venice Winner 'Pieces of a Woman' Picked up by Netflix in Worldwide DealCasey Affleck and Christopher Abbott co-star in the film. Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard wrote the screenplay.

Vanessa Kirby wears her face mask while walking around the city after lunch on Sunday (September 13) in Venice, Italy.

Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to Pieces of a Woman, which stars Shia LaBeouf and The Crown star Vanessa Kirby playing a couple shattered by the loss of their newborn baby. Also Saturday, Kirby was awarded the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo's first English-language movie after his 2014 break-out film White Dog.

Vanessa Kirby holds her trophy while accepting the Best Actress award during the closing ceremony of the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Saturday (September 12) in Venice, Italy.

With a much different than usual Venice Film Festival now come to a close, it’s time for the annual awards ceremony that marks the beginning of the awards season, whatever that means in this strange year.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNetflix has swept up a worldwide distribution deal for the resonant festival drama “Pieces of a Woman,” lauded for its leading performances from Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf.The harrowing drama about a couple struggling after a failed home birth is the English-language debut of Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMara Brock Akil has signed an overall deal with Netflix. The news comes just days ahead of the Netflix premiere of Brock Akil’s classic sitcom “Girlfriends,” which will begin streaming on Netflix on Sept.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Chappell Music announced today that it has entered into a global publishing agreement with the legendary Quincy Jones. The administration deal covers Jones’s genre-crossing songwriting catalog, as well as all current and future material.

For Vanessa Kirby, the 2020 Venice Film Festival has been a case of veni, vidi, vici: she came, she saw, she blew 'em away. The British actress, best known for her turn as Princess Margaret in Netflix's The Crown and supporting roles inHobbs & Shaw and the Mission: Impossible franchise, wowed the Venice arthouse crowd with her performances in competition titles Pieces of a Woman and The World To Come.

Vanessa Kirby wears a plunging black suit for the premiere of her new movie The World to Come on Sunday (September 6) in Venice, Italy.

Over a year after Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant loosed each other’s corsets and fell in love in a French Cannes film, and less than a week before Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet are due to do the same in coastal England at TIFF, Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby play American, mid-19th century secret lesbian lovers in Mona Fastvold‘s Venice competition title “The World to Come,” a beautiful and quiet, seasons-spanning tale of poetry and pining pioneerwomen.

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Filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó is no stranger to the film festival circuit, with his 2005 film “Johanna” screening at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, before “White God” took home the Prize Un Certain Regard later in 2014. “White God” was even selected to be Hungary’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 87th Academy Awards.

Vanessa Kirby is the lady in red while attending the premiere of her movie Pieces of a Woman during the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Saturday (September 5) in Venice, Italy.