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Wim Wenders directs a project for IFC's InDigEnt production.
.... Based on an original story by Wim Wenders and a screenplay co-written by Wenders and Michael Meredith (Three Days of Rain), the film's plot is being kept under wraps. The film also stars John Diehl, Richard Edson and Gloria Stewart, actors who have worked with Wenders previously in "The End of the Violence" and "Million Dollar Hotel," respectively. Besides reuniting with actors he trusts from their past collaborations, Wenders reveals that he and Michael Meredith had Williams in mind when they wrote the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "This is a low-budget production and we have little time," says Wenders. "So it is essential to know that you can rely 100 percent on your actors." The script was written in 3 weeks and shooting - which started on Friday, September 26 - will last for 16 days. Filming takes place on locations in Downtown L.A., California Desert Towns and New York. Franz Lustig is the director of photography. Wenders' Reverse Angle partner, Peter Schwartzkopf, is executive producing with John Sloss of InDigEnt and Jonathan Sehring and Caroline Kaplan of IFC. IFC and Reverse Angle are co-financing. Said Wenders "My partner Peter Schwartzkopff and I had a vision of a series of digitally produced films that are low in cost but high in content and contemporary issues. In InDigEnt and IFC, we have found the perfect allies for that philosophy."
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Independent Digital Entertainment (InDigEnt) was created in 1999 as a collaboration between Gary Winick, John Sloss (Sloss Special Projects), Jonathan Sehring, and Caroline Kaplan of Independent Film Channel Productions. It is an innovative digital filmmaking collective financed by IFC to produce ten low-budget digital feature films. InDigEnt is dedicated to the community of filmmakers looking to experiment and expand into digital filmmaking. InDigEnt provides a strong support base for the filmmakers, while allowing them to maintain creative control of their projects. With technical support, state of the art equipment, casting resources, and post-production services, InDigEnt is able to produce smaller scale projects with major production values. Inspired by Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration and the legacy of John Cassavetes, Gary Winick "realized that there exists a technology that could be used by this great independent film community here in New York to come up with some really wonderful stories." After directing Sam the Man, starring Fisher Stevens, Annabella Sciorra, Ron Rifkin, and Rob Morrow, Winick came up with the idea of making a series of Digital films, each with formidable talent and streamlined crews. This "InDigEnt model" allows for a unique profit sharing mechanism that gives ownership to cast and crew alike. Mr. Winick teamed up with Alexis Alexanian, who brings years of production experience on larger studio films, to produce the series. Together, they have created a company which operates like a mini film friendly studio with the capability of making movies in this new way for years to come. InDigEnt made quite a name for itself at the Sundance Film Festival, backing such successes as Tadpole (Miramax Films) and Pieces of April (United Artists). Other new InDigEnt projects include "Pieces of April," which is screening here in Toronto, as well as Alan Taylor's "Kill the Poor" and Greg Harrison's "November." The group is currently shooting Mark Christopher's "Pizza" in Massachusetts. Past projects include Campbell Scott's "Final," Ethan Hawke's "Chelsea Walls," Bruce Wagner's "Women in Film," Richard Linklater's "Tape," Rodrigo Garcia's "Ten Tiny Love Stories," Gary Winick's "Tadpole," and Rebecca Miller's "Personal Velocity." For more info click here: InDigEnt Productions
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