Address:
70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2
Telephone:
+353-1-678 7930
Fax:
+353-1-678 7930
Email: mail@wideeyefilms.com
Personnel:
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler
David Gleeson
Company Description:
Wide Eye Films Ltd. was established in April 1999 by Nathalie Lichtenthaeler and David Gleeson.
Wide Eye Films is a production company dedicated to developing and producing the visionary, the innovative, the extraordinary in world cinema. Our criteria is that each new project offers a new challenge, speaks with a unique voice and has the potential to reach a wide audience.
Genre:
Feature Films
In Development:
• AS F I'M NOT THERE, is about a remarkable woman who faced the most appalling situation during the Balkan wars in 1992 based on the acclaimed book by Slavenka Drakulic.
• NORTH SEA, an epic story about life on a North Sea oil platform.
• AGAINST THE THRESHOLD, coming of age tale about a young girl who ends up running away with a man twice her age set in Ireland in the 80's.
• THE LAST SNOWS OF SPRING, a remake of the 1974 Italian blockbusting tear jerker.
• THE END OF HISTORY, a Summer "tentpole" movie with a knockout premise.
Current Production:
VASHA (post production)
TOM, a wide-eyed, innocent sixteen year-old, finds himself an unwitting accomplice in a deadly game of vengeance and death when he befriends ARTUR - a Chechen terrorist, hell bent on revenging the torture and murder of his family - on the streets of Tallinn.
Previous Production:
THE FRONT LINE (2006)
COWBOYS & ANGELS (2004)
Awards:
THE FRONT LINE (2006), Writer/Director, Wide Eye Films
with Eriq Ebouaney, James Frain, Gerard McSorley, Hakeem Kae-Kasim
BEST FILM, SALERNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY, 2007)
BEST FILM, BOSTON IRISH FILM FESTIVAL (USA, 2007)
BERNHARD WICKI PRIZE (AUDIENCE AWARD), EMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (GERMANY, 2007)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, MADRID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, (SPAIN, 2007)
Nominated for 4 Irish Film & Television Academy awards (2007) including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Music
COWBOYS & ANGELS (2003), Writer/Director, Wide Eye Films
with Michael Legge, Allen Leech, Amy Shiels
AWARDS
BEST FILM, MADRID MOSTOLES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SPAIN, 2005)
GOLD MEDAL AWARD, SPECIAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING A MESSAGE OF TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING TO YOUNG PEOPLE, GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY, 2004)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL (USA, 2004)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN, IRISH FILM & TELEVISION ACADEMY AWARDS (IRL, 2004)
BEST FILM, FORT WORTH INTL. FILM FESTIVAL (USA, 2004)