During Hitler’s rise to power, Austria’s most prominent musical prodigy since Mozart is torn. Does he risk his life as a revered Jewish composer and attempt to continue his career at home? Or should he abandon his true art by accepting to go to Hollywood to compose for the new era of movies? With an ominous new world order on the horizon, he has only one chance to determine his future.
Attached to direct and write the screenplay for the Korngold movie is Academy Award nominated Bruce Beresford. He is an Australian film director and screenwriter who has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career. Notable films he has directed include Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies, Crimes of the Heart, Breaker Morant and Ladies in Black. IMDb
Academy Award, Best Picture
Academy Award Nomination, Best Director Bruce Beresford
• Compelling, true story with potential for broad demographic appeal
•Oscar nominated Writer/Director, Bruce Beresford attached
•Powerful studio quality screenplay written for mass market
•Established worldwide awareness of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
•Production and business experience of management team
With beginnings in nonprofits, Honnie was drawn into media to share stories of transformation. She produced and hosted a television show inspired by the thought, “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends” – Maya Angelou.
Travel with Spirit was viewed for 8 seasons in 158 countries. 15 years later, Honnie’s production company, CineVantage has grown to produce documentaries and feature films with the same transformative theme, but now with iconic directors such as Bruce Beresford and Andy Tennant. More
With a family legacy steeped in Hollywood tradition both Gary’s grandfather, a two-time Academy Award winner, and his father spent their lives in film production. Prior to re-engaging with the film community, he has spent the past 40 years in the business world, and currently is the President of a successful pharmaceutical company. Gary now brings his extensive executive business experience to film production to create a new legacy for the next generation of his family. More
Sandra Tomek is producer and organizer of the Film Music Gala Concert Hollywood in Vienna, which she designed and created in 2007. She is responsible for the music programming and staging of the event and also acts as the show’s TV co-producer.
Being the managing director of Tomek Productions, she creates multimedia concepts for film music concerts. With Hollywood in Vienna, which is also broadcast worldwide on TV, as well as other international film music productions, her company has established itself as a market leader in the field of film music events.
Recent productions include the concert series Hollywood in Hamburg in the Elbphilharmonie and the Eurpean tour The World of Hans Zimmer.
Tomek is also organizer of the FIMU – International Film Music Symposium Vienna, head of the Music for Media Austria Society, as well as initiator of the Vienna Film Music Award and the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award. More
Danielle’s creative passion and specialist experience in political engagement provide the binding thread so vital to her vision and success with Think-Film Impact Production, for which she serves as Founder and Executive Director. Before founding TFIP, she advised the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief, liaising with the European External Action Service, and spearheaded many projects on radicalisation. This, combined with her involvement in providing a platform for women, youth, religious minorities and refugees sparked her vision to revitalise creative mediums to empower socio-political progress. Danielle's desire is to see films used as visual policy briefs, propelling emotional, lasting narratives. More
Sam Bregman is a Digital Strategist, Social Media Expert, and CEO of Alpha Tribe Media. He is best known for building massive social media followings and communities that accelerate his clients’ influence.
Labeled a “social media star” by outlets such as the Huffington Post, Sam and his work have been featured hundreds of times in major media publications such as Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Inc., Fast Company, BuzzFeed, Yahoo, Bloomberg Radio, Reader’s Digest, MSN, Medium, and by American Express, Microsoft, the United States Air Force Academy, and on some of the top-ranked Entrepreneur and Business podcasts in iTunes.
Sam is also a Business Law Attorney with 17 years of experience. A graduate of the Emory University School of Law, he is the Founder of The Law Offices of Samuel M. Bregman, and has also served as Managing Director of Keystone National Properties in New York City. More