Archive for February, 2010


The amazing debut novel by Jonas Jonasson

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

At the beginning of this year 2010, Pontas became the international agency for Swedish author Jonas Jonasson and his first novel: The Centenarian Who Climbed Out Through The Window and Vanished.    When we started working for Jonas Jonasson, the novel was already selling very well in Sweden and had been the third ...

Pontas at the Berlinale & European Film Market 2010 and its various activities

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Despite the wintery weather, the European Film Market (EFM) 2010 hit new records in industry attendees and visitors. The European Film Market runs for nine days as part of one of the most important film festivals in the world, the Berlinale. As the first major film event of the year, it ...

Pontas at the FIFO (Oceania International Film Festival) in Tahiti

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Marc de Gouvenain, on behalf of Pontas, attended the 7th edition of the FIFO (Oceania International Film Festival) 2010 in Papeete (25th-31st january), where he could meet a number of producers and film directors from all over Oceania. The FIFO focuses on documentaries and could present this year films coming ...

“The Lighthousekeeper’s Daughter” and other titles by Ann Rosman

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The Pontas team  is working (on behalf of the Nordin Agency) in the sales of more translation rights of Swedish author Ann Rosman, considered in her country the new Camilla Läckberg!!        Italian rights of Swedish author Ann Rosman have been acquired in a pre-empt in a two-book deal by Bompiani, from the ...

Another literary award for Maite Carranza, more possibilities for films

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

 Last January 28th, Maite Carranza won the Edebé Award for  Young Adults Fiction with Poisoned Words (Palabras envenenadas). The novel will be launched within a few weeks in the four Spain’s official languages: Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician. Written originally in Catalan, Maite Carranza’s new novel is the story of ...


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