Producer Montana Berg just returned from a week at MIPCOM, one of the largest film markets in the world that takes place once a year in Cannes, France. Over 12,000 industry professionals from 103 countries, including more than 4,000 buyers, invaded the Croisette for the cross-platform, cross-cultural media event.
As Leave Them Laughing is entering the final stages of post-production, the goal of the trip was to raise lots of awareness for the film around the globe. Montana managed to speak with over 100 TV and Theatrical distributors/network executives and journalists from North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. The reactions of most folks, when they heard that Leave Them Laughing is a ‘musical comedy about dying,’ included those of positive curiosity and genuine interest. Everyone who watched the trailer enjoyed the humor and there has been a keen interest in the opportunity to screen a copy of the rough cut.
Montana is particularly proud of the fact that she was welcomed to MIPCOM with a short writeup in the MIPCOM news magazine which published one issue on each of the four MIPCOM days. The article said the following:
Montana Berg is at MIPCOM for the first time to drum up interest in Leave Them Laughing, which she describes as “a musical comedy movie about dying.”
Although Berg herself is a first-time producer, she has put together an experienced team, headed by Academy Award-winning director John Zaritsky (Just Another Missing Kid). Leave Them Laughing, a Point Grey Pictures/MagicalFlute Films production, tells the true story of comic Carla Zilbersmith, who is suffering from a fatal disease, but has vowed to keep people laughing to the end.
“Coming to MIPCOM has been a real eye-opener,” Berg said. “We are getting a lot of interest in Leave Them Laughing, which is partly down to the strength of the story and partly down to the calibre of the production team.”
Only about a hundred+ projects and/or people were recognized in the MIPCOM news and we are proud that Leave Them Laughing was amongst them!
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