Tag: The Vanishing

  • This ’80s Movie Is Quiet Horror at Its Most Terrifying

    This ’80s Movie Is Quiet Horror at Its Most Terrifying

    Watch an average modern American horror movie and you’re bound to be inundated with a lot of noise. Loudness is not innately a bad thing, nor are pronounced jump scares. But lackluster scary films can often end up being so underwhelming because they mistake loudness for creepiness. Something like Smile or Fall will often just…

  • Visions du Réel crowns 2021 industry award winners

    Visions du Réel crowns 2021 industry award winners

    Documentary projects from the US, Africa and China among those awarded.Upcoming documentary The Vanishing by Senegalese filmmaker Rama Thiaw received one of the top prizes at Visions du Réel’s industry awards last night (April 20), hosted virtually from the Swiss town of Nyon.The online ceremony saw 17 prizes awarded to documentary projects from the US,…

  • Mad as Birds Brings on Warner Bros. Marketing Alum Con Gornell (Exclusive)

    Mad as Birds Brings on Warner Bros. Marketing Alum Con Gornell (Exclusive)

    Burgeoning U.K. producer Mad as Birds has brought on Con Gornell as a long-term consultant to support its growing slate of movies, including “The Vanishing” and others, several of which are being sold at Afm with this week.The first project that former Warner Bros. Emea marketing exec VP Gornell will work on is “The Vanishing”…