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MillimeterStudent Academy Award-Winning Short to be Made Into Feature Film
Jun 24, 2002 12:00 PM, Press Release
Kinetic Arts, a New York-based film and digital video production company, is pleased to announce its production partnership with M&M Productions of Copenhagen, Denmark, to produce a feature film based on the 2002 Student Academy Award-winning short film, "Feeding Desire". The announcement was made following a screening of the film at the Fifth Annual Newport International Film Festival in Newport, R.I., where the short is in competition.
"Feeding Desire" is a universally appealing romantic comedy about a man whose marriage is endangered by the fact that he does not have a mistress. So, like anyone in that predicament, he invents one and proceeds to see his life turned upside down.
"We knew immediately after seeing it at the 2002 Clermont-Ferrand film festival that "Feeding Desire" was a winner, and that there was exceptional talent behind the project", says Chris Spanos, one of Kinetic Arts' Managing Partners. Spanos adds, "It's our plan to work hand in hand with the original production team at M&M to bring this clever story to audiences in the U.S. looking for funny, original content."
Mie Andreasen, who produced the short film for M&M Productions and will also serve as one of the producers of the English-language feature, states, "It's exciting to work with Kinetic Arts to bring this story to the American market. We believe that director Martin Strange-Hansen's original film has such strong universal themes, in the vein of American Beauty , that the feature will work perfectly in the U.S."
Kim Magnusson and Mie Andreasen of M&M and Chris Spanos and Alex Twersky of Kinetic Arts will produce the English-language feature version of Feeding Desire. The film is currently in development and is slated to go into production in 2003 with a budget of under U.S. $5 million.
About Kinetic Arts LLC www.kineticarts.tv Based in New York City with a satellite office in Washington, D.C., Kinetic Arts is a full service film and digital video production company made up of five divisions -- Commercials, Music Videos, Film & Digital Video, Documentaries, and Broadband. The company is led by a partnership of two individuals, Chris Spanos and Alex Twersky. Spanos is a veteran commercial and animation producer, having produced TV spots for some of the biggest brands in America, such as MCI and Prodigy Internet. Twersky has worked as an independent media and content strategy consultant, film producer, and served in senior posts at Scholastic, a global leader in children's entertainment. Kinetic Arts was founded with the goal of producing groundbreaking content for the small and big screens. Nurturing the work of both new and experienced directors, Kinetic Arts has produced award-winning films that have made the rounds of some of the world's most prestigious film festivals.
About M&M Productions M& M Productions is a Copenhagen-based production company concentrating mostly on fiction. Founded in 1995, M&M's focus is on feature film production, but it has also successfully ventured into TV, commercials, documentaries, and shorts. M&M's projects have been the recipients of extensive international acclaim, among them receiving several Oscar nominations and winning an Academy Award, numerous Emmys and a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
For more information about Feeding Desire please contact Chris Spanos or Alex Twersky at info@kineticarts.tv.
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