Winner of the Swiss Book Prize and Eichendorff Prize in 2011, this epic drama about migration, sold over 50.000 copies in Germany alone. Translated into 7 languages, in 2011 and 2012 it was for months on Switzerland’s Best-Seller List.
The author and director Yilmaz Arslan (winner of the Silver Rose and Silver Leopard) and Berlin BuchScout Agent Suzanne Pradel will collaborate together on the cinematic adaptation of Catalin Dorian Florescu’s wonderful novel JACOB DECIDES TO LOVE.
The drama „Galloping Mind“ by Belgian star-choreogrpher, author and director Wim Vandekeybus, will celebrate its theatrical release starting in Belgium, September 9th 2015. The E.U. Media Programme supported international coproduction was produced in Hungary by Savage Film, Climax Film, Eyeworks, Panta Vision Film International, Uj Budapest Filmstudio, and VRT/Canvas. BuchScout Suzanne Pradel worked as script consultant on this project.
Synopsis:
Twins separated at birth, the girl grows up in a middle-class environment, her brother in a street gang. Twelve years later their paths cross again.
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„The book was different“, is one of the things you often hear when leaving the cinema. But Novels and Film are very different mediums. If so, why undertake a film adaptation instead of producing an original screenplay?
What are the benefits of an adaptation, and what are the pitfalls to be avoided? What are the steps in the process, from choosing the right Novel, the acquisition of rights and negotiation of contracts, to the completion of the film?
Suzanne Pradel is the founder of BuchScout Agency which is your expert for novel to film adaptations. As international script consultancy we work in the development of ambitious/ sophisticated feature films for the national and international markets.
SAE Institute, the world’s largest creative media school with a presence in over 50 countries is bringing back its iconic alumni convention to Berlin, Germany.
http://www.sae-alumni-convention.org
The BuchScout Agency is pleased to announce Wilhelm Schmid’s nonfiction book „Placidity – What We Can Gain When We Get Older“, which was lauded by literary critic Dennis Scheck, made its way on top of Der Spiegel’s bestseller list 2014 and 2015.
„… (Schmid) writes clearly and unmistakeable, without appearing banal at any time or to stay too long with matters of course. Philosophy wins back its original purpose“, by Thomas Gross. FAZ 14.05.2014
The critically acclaimed and Juliane Bartel Price award winning TV Drama „It´s Your Turn“, by Sylke Enders and Lars Eidinger, produced by Zentropa, was aired again in August on German T.V. Channel ARD’s „FilmWednesday“.