Paavo Turtiainen, Lars Schmidt, Ingrid Bergman

33rd Manaki Brothers Int’l Cinematographers’ Film Festival

Paavo, a Life in Five Courses was selected to the 33rd International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers in Bitola, Macedonia on September 15th-21st, 2012.

Sielunruokaa ja silmäniloa – DVD nyt täällä!

Paavo, viisi annosta elämää – DVD ilmestyy kauppoihin uunituoreena 7.3.2012. Ennakkotilaus on jo käynnissä hyvin varustetuissa webbikaupoissa. Tilaa oma Paavosi jo tänään!

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Paavo, viisi annosta elämää traileri – http://youtu.be/Yvc8blUV47k

The DVD is finally here – gourmet for the eyes, mind and soul!

Paavo, A Life in Five Courses – DVD will hit the stores on March 7th in Finland.
Better yet, pre-ordering is now available. Get your own Paavo online today!

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Paavo, A Life in Five Courses trailer – http://youtu.be/Yvc8blUV47k

The film to open Eurodok in Oslo

The annual European Documentary Film Festival Eurodok is to open in Oslo, Norway in March 2012 with Paavo, a Life in Five Courses. Arranged for the first time in 2002 the festival showcases the best of contemporary European documentary filmmaking. The winners of the festival’s competition section include 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Pirjo Honkasalo), War Photographer (Christian Frei), Tintin et moi (Anders Østergaard), Darwin’s Nightmare (Hupert Sauper), The Substitute (Åsa Blanck & Johan Palmgren), A Very British Gangster (Donal MacIntyre), El Olvido (Heddy Honigmann), Space Tourists (Christian Frei) and Regretters (Marcus Lindeen).

http://www.nfi.no/Program+%26+aktiviteter/Cinemateket/Eurodok

The film selected to the Fipatel market

The film was selected to the Fipatel Market at the 25th Fipa held in January 2012 in Biarritz, France.

http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/programs/2012/paavo-fem-ratter-och-ett-liv-23256.htm

The film to be shown in TV in Sweden

SVT Sweden is to broadcast Paavo, fem rätter och ett liv on December 30th, 2011. This will be the 58 min version.

Donald Spoto, biographer of Ingrid Bergman:

“A sumptuous feast for the eye and the heart, PAAVO-A LIFE IN FIVE COURSES is a magnificent film that documents the extraordinary life of a gifted man whose culinary genius and supreme good taste have brought sustained joy into the lives of many people. Hanna Hemila has given us a warm, witty, astonishing and moving work we can savour again and again.”

Isabella Rossellini, actress:

“A film about friendship, loyalty and bonds. Touching, but also full of funny moments.”

Distribution deal in Finland and Sweden

An agreement on distribution in Finland and Sweden was signed at Cannes Film Festival with the Scandinavian distributor Future Film.

JMT Films launches the world sales of the film

JMT Films Distribution starts selling Paavo, a Life in Five Courses world wide.