“All Quiet on the Western Front” came out of the BAFTAs with seven wins, including Best Film and Best Director, and boasts nine Oscar nominations. With the influential international Academy voting bloc, could this win Best Picture?
Foreign-language Best Picture wins are still rare, especially without the directing nod that “All Quiet” lacks. Bong Joon Ho won Best Director and Best Picture with “Parasite” in 2020, and it remains an anomaly. The Korean crowd pleaser grossed $252 million worldwide and also won the SAG Ensemble award that went to 2022 Oscar winner “Coda” and 2023 frontrunner “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Still, grabbing a Best Picture nomination shows how competitive “All Quiet on the Western Front” could be in many categories and Netflix’s formidable awards machine is now focused on its strongest contender, from Best International Feature, Adapted Screenplay, and Cinematography to Production Design, Sound, and Score.
Over a wide-ranging conversation, Swiss director Edward Berger,...
Foreign-language Best Picture wins are still rare, especially without the directing nod that “All Quiet” lacks. Bong Joon Ho won Best Director and Best Picture with “Parasite” in 2020, and it remains an anomaly. The Korean crowd pleaser grossed $252 million worldwide and also won the SAG Ensemble award that went to 2022 Oscar winner “Coda” and 2023 frontrunner “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Still, grabbing a Best Picture nomination shows how competitive “All Quiet on the Western Front” could be in many categories and Netflix’s formidable awards machine is now focused on its strongest contender, from Best International Feature, Adapted Screenplay, and Cinematography to Production Design, Sound, and Score.
Over a wide-ranging conversation, Swiss director Edward Berger,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
All signs point to “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis” and “The Fabelmans” all dominating the Oscar noms with eight apiece. But if “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Top Gun: Maverick” manage some pickups, they could join or surpass the group.
On Jan. 24, AMPAS will unveil its nominees for the 95th Academy Awards. The season has been marked by the return of the Hollywood blockbuster, and a love for old-fashioned movie extravaganzas will play a crucial role in how the nearly 9,600 members rank their ballots.
So what will be the story of the day?
Warner Bros’ musical biopic “Elvis” is looking to assemble a robust showing in the tech races, which doesn’t include an overdue career nom for director Baz Luhrmann. Still, its star Austin Butler is a lock for his first nod in best actor.
Martin McDonagh’s Irish comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin...
On Jan. 24, AMPAS will unveil its nominees for the 95th Academy Awards. The season has been marked by the return of the Hollywood blockbuster, and a love for old-fashioned movie extravaganzas will play a crucial role in how the nearly 9,600 members rank their ballots.
So what will be the story of the day?
Warner Bros’ musical biopic “Elvis” is looking to assemble a robust showing in the tech races, which doesn’t include an overdue career nom for director Baz Luhrmann. Still, its star Austin Butler is a lock for his first nod in best actor.
Martin McDonagh’s Irish comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin...
- 1/19/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has just dropped a hauntingly powerful trailer for the new adaptation of the classic novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. The original novel was published in 1928 and written by Erich Maria Remarque. It told the story of a young German soldier’s brutal journey through the horrors of World War I. It was adapted into a film in the 1930s and then again as a TV movie with an all-star cast in 1979.
The official Netflix synopsis reads,
All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
The official Netflix synopsis reads,
All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
- 10/20/2022
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Colombian director Laura Mora’s drama The Kings Of The World has clinched the Golden Eye for best feature film at the Zurich Film Festival.
The award follows hot on the heels of the film’s triumph at the San Sebastian Film Festival exactly a week ago, where it world premiered and then won the Golden Shell for best film.
The drama follows five street kids from Medellin who set off on a dangerous trip into the Colombian hinterland, after one of them is granted the right to a piece of land taken from his family by paramilitaries, during the country’s 52-year conflict which displaced more than five million people.
The Kings Of The World was produced by producer and director Cristina Gallego, whose credits include Birds Of Passage and the Oscar-nominated The Embrace Of The Serpent.
The film also previously screened to professionals as part of the TIFF...
The award follows hot on the heels of the film’s triumph at the San Sebastian Film Festival exactly a week ago, where it world premiered and then won the Golden Shell for best film.
The drama follows five street kids from Medellin who set off on a dangerous trip into the Colombian hinterland, after one of them is granted the right to a piece of land taken from his family by paramilitaries, during the country’s 52-year conflict which displaced more than five million people.
The Kings Of The World was produced by producer and director Cristina Gallego, whose credits include Birds Of Passage and the Oscar-nominated The Embrace Of The Serpent.
The film also previously screened to professionals as part of the TIFF...
- 10/1/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Laura Mora’s “The Kings of the World” was named Best Film at the Zurich Film Festival Saturday.
The jury, led by Asghar Farhadi and featuring Clio Barnard, Daniel Dreifuss, Petra Volpe and Piodor Gustafsson, was taken with the coming-of-age drama about young friends living on the streets of Medellín, one that has triumphed at San Sebastian as well. Film Factory Entertainment handles sales.
“I am so happy the jury voted for it. I am convinced this film will stand the test of time,” artistic director Christian Jungen told Variety.
“It shows that film can be an art form, but it also provides social criticism on the situation in Colombia. Where poor, regular people can’t easily access their rights.”
Mora got the idea for the story while casting her feature debut “Killing Jesus,” she told Variety back in August.
“More than 90 boys we interviewed all shared a terrible feeling of exclusion,...
The jury, led by Asghar Farhadi and featuring Clio Barnard, Daniel Dreifuss, Petra Volpe and Piodor Gustafsson, was taken with the coming-of-age drama about young friends living on the streets of Medellín, one that has triumphed at San Sebastian as well. Film Factory Entertainment handles sales.
“I am so happy the jury voted for it. I am convinced this film will stand the test of time,” artistic director Christian Jungen told Variety.
“It shows that film can be an art form, but it also provides social criticism on the situation in Colombia. Where poor, regular people can’t easily access their rights.”
Mora got the idea for the story while casting her feature debut “Killing Jesus,” she told Variety back in August.
“More than 90 boys we interviewed all shared a terrible feeling of exclusion,...
- 10/1/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Asghar Farhadi will preside over the jury for the International Feature Film Competition at this year’s Zurich Film Festival.
Farhadi will judge the festival’s competition category alongside Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (All Quiet on the Western Front).
The acclaimed producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry) will head the festival’s Focus Competition sidebar. Vachon will be joined by Swiss filmmaker director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach), and Swiss journalist Roger Schawinski.
The festival’s Documentary Film Competition will be headed by Alexander Nanau, Atanas Georgiev, Joelle Bertossa, Nina Numankadić, and Sushmit Ghosh.
“We are delighted that the two-time Academy Award-winning Asghar Farhadi is returning to the Zff to preside over the Feature Film Competition jury,” Christian Jungen, artistic director of the Zurich Film Festival, said. “The producer...
Farhadi will judge the festival’s competition category alongside Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (All Quiet on the Western Front).
The acclaimed producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry) will head the festival’s Focus Competition sidebar. Vachon will be joined by Swiss filmmaker director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach), and Swiss journalist Roger Schawinski.
The festival’s Documentary Film Competition will be headed by Alexander Nanau, Atanas Georgiev, Joelle Bertossa, Nina Numankadić, and Sushmit Ghosh.
“We are delighted that the two-time Academy Award-winning Asghar Farhadi is returning to the Zff to preside over the Feature Film Competition jury,” Christian Jungen, artistic director of the Zurich Film Festival, said. “The producer...
- 9/14/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, who directed the Oscar winners “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” U.S. producer Christine Vachon, whose credits includes Oscar winner “Boys Don’t Cry,” and Oscar nominees “Far from Heaven” and “Carol,” and Romania’s Alexander Nanau, the director of the Oscar nominated “Collective,” are among the jury members at the 18th edition of the Zurich Film Festival, which takes place from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2.
Farhadi will head the jury for the International Feature Film Competition. He is joined by the U.K.’s Clio Barnard, who directed the BAFTA nominated “The Arbor,” “The Selfish Giant” and “Ali & Ava”; L.A.-based Brazilian Daniel Dreifuss, a producer on the Oscar nominated “No” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany’s Oscar entry; Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe, whose credits include Tribeca prizewinner “The Divine Order”; and Sweden’s Peter “Piodor” Gustafsson, the producer of Ali Abbassi’s “Border,...
Farhadi will head the jury for the International Feature Film Competition. He is joined by the U.K.’s Clio Barnard, who directed the BAFTA nominated “The Arbor,” “The Selfish Giant” and “Ali & Ava”; L.A.-based Brazilian Daniel Dreifuss, a producer on the Oscar nominated “No” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany’s Oscar entry; Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe, whose credits include Tribeca prizewinner “The Divine Order”; and Sweden’s Peter “Piodor” Gustafsson, the producer of Ali Abbassi’s “Border,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
UK’s Film & TV Charity Launches Cost-Of-Living Tools
The UK’s Film and TV Charity has launched a range of financial tools to help the sector with the impending cost-of-living crisis. Designed for freelancers who may experience less certainty with their income, and for those in employment who may also be experiencing significant pressures, the resources will provide advice and tips in the face of unprecedented financial uncertainty, according to the Charity, which has partnered with MoneyHelper. Tools include a Budget Planner, Bills Prioritiser and Savings Calculator. As with much of the rest of the world, the nation is preparing itself for a crisis, with gas bills skyrocketing and inflation still on the rise. Sky and ITV have already given staff bonuses and indie trade body Pact CEO John McVay has urged broadcasters to help producers with inflated budgets. “Our new financial tools aren’t a magic bullet to the cost-of-living crisis,...
The UK’s Film and TV Charity has launched a range of financial tools to help the sector with the impending cost-of-living crisis. Designed for freelancers who may experience less certainty with their income, and for those in employment who may also be experiencing significant pressures, the resources will provide advice and tips in the face of unprecedented financial uncertainty, according to the Charity, which has partnered with MoneyHelper. Tools include a Budget Planner, Bills Prioritiser and Savings Calculator. As with much of the rest of the world, the nation is preparing itself for a crisis, with gas bills skyrocketing and inflation still on the rise. Sky and ITV have already given staff bonuses and indie trade body Pact CEO John McVay has urged broadcasters to help producers with inflated budgets. “Our new financial tools aren’t a magic bullet to the cost-of-living crisis,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Max Goldbart, Zac Ntim and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will head up the competition jury for the 2022 Zurich International Film Festival, judging this year’s winners of the Golden Eye honors. Farhadi will oversee the three-person jury, together with Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (No, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front), Swedish producer Peter Gustafsson (Border), and British director Clio Barnard (The Arbor, Dark River).
Acclaimed Killer Films’ producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) will head up this year’s jury for Zurich’s Focus Competition sidebar. Swiss documentary director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), film editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach) and Swiss journalist and media executive Roger Schawinski, will join Vachon on the Focus jury.
Romanian filmmaker Alexander Nanau, director of...
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will head up the competition jury for the 2022 Zurich International Film Festival, judging this year’s winners of the Golden Eye honors. Farhadi will oversee the three-person jury, together with Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (No, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front), Swedish producer Peter Gustafsson (Border), and British director Clio Barnard (The Arbor, Dark River).
Acclaimed Killer Films’ producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) will head up this year’s jury for Zurich’s Focus Competition sidebar. Swiss documentary director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), film editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach) and Swiss journalist and media executive Roger Schawinski, will join Vachon on the Focus jury.
Romanian filmmaker Alexander Nanau, director of...
- 9/14/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The filmmakers will head the Feature Film, Documentary and Focus categories.
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, US producer Christine Vachon and Romanian documentarian Alexander Nanau will head the juries of the 18th Zurich Film Festival, which runs from September 22 to October 2 this year.
Farhadi will lead the jury for the International Feature Film Competition, alongside UK filmmaker Clio Barnard, Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe, Swedish producer Piodor Gustafsson and US producer Daniel Dreifuss.
Vachon presides over the Focus Competition jury, which is comprised of Swiss filmmaker Fred Baillif, Austrian filmmaker Katharina Muckstein, Italian editor Maria Fantastica Valmori and Swiss journalist Roger Schawinski.
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, US producer Christine Vachon and Romanian documentarian Alexander Nanau will head the juries of the 18th Zurich Film Festival, which runs from September 22 to October 2 this year.
Farhadi will lead the jury for the International Feature Film Competition, alongside UK filmmaker Clio Barnard, Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe, Swedish producer Piodor Gustafsson and US producer Daniel Dreifuss.
Vachon presides over the Focus Competition jury, which is comprised of Swiss filmmaker Fred Baillif, Austrian filmmaker Katharina Muckstein, Italian editor Maria Fantastica Valmori and Swiss journalist Roger Schawinski.
- 9/14/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The producers behind the upcoming adaptation of the Norwegian fantasy book series will present the project to buyers tomorrow [May 16].
Gudrun Giddings and Christian Arnold-Beutel are taking part in the Best Seller to Box Office literary adaptations programme at the International Village.
Phenomena is based on the seven-book series by Ruben Eliassen that centres on two elf children who learn they may hold the key to saving the world.
Giddings optioned the series and brought on Christian Limmer to adapt the books. The producers have earmarked an autumn shoot in Ireland and Bernd Schlötterer’s Palatin Media handles sales.
Phenomena is a co-production between Filmed Imagination, G4C Innovation and Magicworx.
The producer roster includes Marius Haugan and Daniel Marc Dreifuss.
Gudrun Giddings and Christian Arnold-Beutel are taking part in the Best Seller to Box Office literary adaptations programme at the International Village.
Phenomena is based on the seven-book series by Ruben Eliassen that centres on two elf children who learn they may hold the key to saving the world.
Giddings optioned the series and brought on Christian Limmer to adapt the books. The producers have earmarked an autumn shoot in Ireland and Bernd Schlötterer’s Palatin Media handles sales.
Phenomena is a co-production between Filmed Imagination, G4C Innovation and Magicworx.
The producer roster includes Marius Haugan and Daniel Marc Dreifuss.
- 5/15/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Munich-based writer will adapt the award-winning Norwegian fantasy book series for both film and television.
Phenomena is based on the seven-book series by Ruben Eliassen that centres on two elf children who learn they could hold the key to saving the world from evil forces.
The books were published in Norway from 2002-2012. Limmer’s completed screenplay would be the first version to introduce the adventures to English-speaking audiences.
Limmer is currently shortlisted by the German Academy in the best TV writer category for TV movie Paradise 505. His credits include Tatort and Polizeiruf 110 as well as the feature Hinter Kaifeck.
Christian Arnold-Beutel has come on board as producer alongside Gudrun Giddings, Marius Haugan and Daniel Marc Dreifuss.
Giddings and Beutel brokered the deal on behalf of the producers with Astride Bergauer of Agentur Scenario on behalf of Limmer.
Phenomena is based on the seven-book series by Ruben Eliassen that centres on two elf children who learn they could hold the key to saving the world from evil forces.
The books were published in Norway from 2002-2012. Limmer’s completed screenplay would be the first version to introduce the adventures to English-speaking audiences.
Limmer is currently shortlisted by the German Academy in the best TV writer category for TV movie Paradise 505. His credits include Tatort and Polizeiruf 110 as well as the feature Hinter Kaifeck.
Christian Arnold-Beutel has come on board as producer alongside Gudrun Giddings, Marius Haugan and Daniel Marc Dreifuss.
Giddings and Beutel brokered the deal on behalf of the producers with Astride Bergauer of Agentur Scenario on behalf of Limmer.
- 9/4/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Munich-based writer is adapting the award-winning Norwegian fantasy book series for both big and small screens.
Phenomena is based on the seven-book series by Ruben Eliassen that centres on two elf children who learn they could hold the key to saving the world from evil forces.
The books were published in Norway from 2002-2012. Limmer’s completed screenplay would be the first version to introduce the adventures to English-speaking audiences.
Limmer is currently shortlisted by the German Academy in the best TV writer category for TV movie Paradise 505. His credits include Tatort and Polizeiruf 110 as well as the feature Hinter Kaifeck.
Phenomena is a co-production between Filmed Imagination, G4C Innovation and Magicworx and the producers are Christian Arnold-Beutel, Gudrun Giddings, Marius Haugan and Daniel Marc Dreifuss.
Giddings and Arnold-Beutel brokered the deal on behalf of the producers with Astride Bergauer of Agentur Scenario on behalf of Limmer.
Phenomena is based on the seven-book series by Ruben Eliassen that centres on two elf children who learn they could hold the key to saving the world from evil forces.
The books were published in Norway from 2002-2012. Limmer’s completed screenplay would be the first version to introduce the adventures to English-speaking audiences.
Limmer is currently shortlisted by the German Academy in the best TV writer category for TV movie Paradise 505. His credits include Tatort and Polizeiruf 110 as well as the feature Hinter Kaifeck.
Phenomena is a co-production between Filmed Imagination, G4C Innovation and Magicworx and the producers are Christian Arnold-Beutel, Gudrun Giddings, Marius Haugan and Daniel Marc Dreifuss.
Giddings and Arnold-Beutel brokered the deal on behalf of the producers with Astride Bergauer of Agentur Scenario on behalf of Limmer.
- 9/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
#31. No Director: Pablo LarraínWriter(s): Pedro Peirano Producers: Daniel Marc Dreifuss, Juan de Dios and Pablo LarraínDistributor: Rights Available The Gist: Inspired in part by "Referendum," an unpublished play by Antonio Skarmeta and based on true events, "No" takes place before the 1988 referendum staged by Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to gain a further eight-year term in office. Adopting a brilliantly upbeat advertising campaign, the "No" campaign won the plebiscite, ousting Pinochet...(more) Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal (and hopefully a small appearance from Alfredo Castro?) List Worthy Reasons...: Huge fans of both his second (Tony Manero) and third (Post Mortem) features, we hope that Larrain's subversive, edgy style in all things related to his beloved, politically challenged Chile somehow continue with this project -- which appears lighter in tone and boasts the good-natured Gael Garcia Bernal (an actor we like best when working with more challenging, auteur-driven material as...
- 1/8/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
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