Srdjan Dragojevic's The Parade Srdjan Dragojevic's black comedy Parada / The Parade has become the biggest box-office hit "in the former Yugoslavia in years," according to an Associated Press report. The film has sold more than 500,000 tickets and has been "equally acclaimed in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia," where it's supposed to have been seen by more people than James Cameron's Avatar. In Dragojevic's Belgrade-set film, a Serbian anti-gay former gangster/war veteran (Nikola Kojo) recruits former fighters from other ethnic/national factions to protect a local gay couple (Milos Samolov, Goran Jevtic) attempting to organize a gay pride parade. As per The Guardian, at Belgrade's 2010 Gay Pride Parade, 5,000 police officers had to guard 1,000 marchers pelted by rocks and fire bombs. (Scenes shot at that parade are featured in the film.) On the surface, The Parade seems to have very little in common with Angelina Jolie's In the Land of Blood and Honey.
- 3/22/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Karsten Kastelan
Amsterdam – Seung-Jun Yi’s Planet of Snail, the story of a South Korean man blind and deaf since birth, has sped away with the best feature length documentary prize at the 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). The film, which traces the man's interactions with the world and his loving wife, had been an early favorite of audiences and industry-attendees alike. A special jury award and the audience award went to Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi for 5 Broken Cameras, about a Palestinian village’s restistance of encroaching Jewish settlements. Mid-length Argentinian documentary Montenegro by Jorge
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Amsterdam – Seung-Jun Yi’s Planet of Snail, the story of a South Korean man blind and deaf since birth, has sped away with the best feature length documentary prize at the 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). The film, which traces the man's interactions with the world and his loving wife, had been an early favorite of audiences and industry-attendees alike. A special jury award and the audience award went to Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi for 5 Broken Cameras, about a Palestinian village’s restistance of encroaching Jewish settlements. Mid-length Argentinian documentary Montenegro by Jorge
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- 11/27/2011
- by Karsten Kastelan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Do the movies that best represent modern German cinema have crossover appeal, or are they lost in translation?
Scanning overseas box office charts is like strolling the aisles of a foreign supermarket. The old familiar produce is still there and still prominent, although it sits cheek-by-jowl with local cuisine that can seem exotic, enticing or off-putting, depending on your predilections.
So yes, German audiences, like their British counterparts, are currently devouring The King's Speech, Rango, Black Swan and True Grit. They are also partial to films such as Der ganz grobe traum, Dschungelkind and Ya Sonra? The year's biggest hit, meanwhile, is Kokowääh, which has earned a phenomenal €26m (£22.5m) after just five weeks on general release.
So what is Kokowääh, and what makes it so good? A cursory investigation leaves me none the wiser. "Anybody who likes KeinOhrHasen or ZweiOhrKüeken will love Kokowääh," promises an enthusiastic user on IMDb.
Scanning overseas box office charts is like strolling the aisles of a foreign supermarket. The old familiar produce is still there and still prominent, although it sits cheek-by-jowl with local cuisine that can seem exotic, enticing or off-putting, depending on your predilections.
So yes, German audiences, like their British counterparts, are currently devouring The King's Speech, Rango, Black Swan and True Grit. They are also partial to films such as Der ganz grobe traum, Dschungelkind and Ya Sonra? The year's biggest hit, meanwhile, is Kokowääh, which has earned a phenomenal €26m (£22.5m) after just five weeks on general release.
So what is Kokowääh, and what makes it so good? A cursory investigation leaves me none the wiser. "Anybody who likes KeinOhrHasen or ZweiOhrKüeken will love Kokowääh," promises an enthusiastic user on IMDb.
- 3/14/2011
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Continuing to expand its worldwide network of correspondents, The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday unveiled a roster of new writers in Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Italy and Korea.
Announcing the additional writers in key foreign territories Thursday, Eric Mika, senior vp and publishing director, said the expanded correspondents' roster represents another important step in a wide-ranging plan to further grow the publication's global presence.
"I am delighted to announce this additional enhancement of our international operations, which I have no doubt will enrich our readers in the U.S. as well as abroad," Mika said. "I believe the new hires will quickly prove themselves excellent additions to our already formidable global team."
The announcement followed previously unveiled key international additions, including the appointment of Asia editor Jonathan Landreth and the opening of offices in Beijing and Hong Kong.
The new correspondents include German journalists Dieter Brockmeyer, a 20-year veteran reporter of the German TV industry and leading experts on the cable biz, and Karsten Kastelan, a German film reporter and deputy head of the German Film Critics Assn.
Announcing the additional writers in key foreign territories Thursday, Eric Mika, senior vp and publishing director, said the expanded correspondents' roster represents another important step in a wide-ranging plan to further grow the publication's global presence.
"I am delighted to announce this additional enhancement of our international operations, which I have no doubt will enrich our readers in the U.S. as well as abroad," Mika said. "I believe the new hires will quickly prove themselves excellent additions to our already formidable global team."
The announcement followed previously unveiled key international additions, including the appointment of Asia editor Jonathan Landreth and the opening of offices in Beijing and Hong Kong.
The new correspondents include German journalists Dieter Brockmeyer, a 20-year veteran reporter of the German TV industry and leading experts on the cable biz, and Karsten Kastelan, a German film reporter and deputy head of the German Film Critics Assn.
- 9/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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