PRODUCTION / FUNDING Netherlands / Greece
Shariff Korver’s drama Do Not Hesitate in post-production
- The Venezuelan helmer’s second feature will star actors Joes Brauers, Spencer Bogaert and Tobias Kersloot in the lead roles
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Shariff Korver’s new project, a suspense-drama entitled Do Not Hesitate [+see also:
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Korver’s new endeavour, penned in its entirety by Jolein Laarman (Among Us [+see also:
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Do Not Hesitate is being produced by Erik Glijnis, Leontine Petit and Emily Morgan for Amsterdam-based outfit Lemming Film, Dutch public broadcaster NTR, and Konstantinos Kontovrakis and Giorgos Karnavas for Greece’s Heretic. Judy Tossel is Lemming Film’s executive producer. The project is also being backed by the Netherlands Film Fund through the Film Production Incentive, the CoBO Fund, the Greek Film Centre, EKOME and Creative Europe - MEDIA. September Films is in charge of its distribution in the Benelux, while the international sales have been entrusted to TrustNordisk.
The film will be released by the end of 2020.
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