The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering Ravenous was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Travis Hopson, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
1999, a year of hope, a year of high fashion, nooo, no… 1999, the year when people prepared for Y2K, the year of all the odd choices when it came to fashion, and the year of interesting cinematic options. We got The Mummy which gave us all the hot cast members we could ask for and still gives us memes, we got End of Days, Stigmata, Idle Hands, House on Haunted Hill, The Haunting, Stir of Echoes, and The Blair Witch Project. It was a year for surprising hits, shocking failures, and offbeat horror films. So many smaller budgets did so well. Also out in 1999 was this movie about cannibalism in the olden days of the United States,...
1999, a year of hope, a year of high fashion, nooo, no… 1999, the year when people prepared for Y2K, the year of all the odd choices when it came to fashion, and the year of interesting cinematic options. We got The Mummy which gave us all the hot cast members we could ask for and still gives us memes, we got End of Days, Stigmata, Idle Hands, House on Haunted Hill, The Haunting, Stir of Echoes, and The Blair Witch Project. It was a year for surprising hits, shocking failures, and offbeat horror films. So many smaller budgets did so well. Also out in 1999 was this movie about cannibalism in the olden days of the United States,...
- 12/16/2023
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
New Indie
We’ll probably spend the next decade or so speculating on the impact certain films might have made had they not been released in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. One movie that could have had a bigger splash was “The Water Man” (Rlje Films), David Oyelowo’s impressive directorial debut. It’s a rousing kid adventure and a poignant family tale, and he very skillfully threads the needle between those two genres. Like many an actor-turned-director before him, Oyelowo displays a sure hand with the fine ensemble he’s assembled, including young actors Lonnie Chavis and Amiah Miller and veterans Rosario Dawson, Alfred Molina and Maria Bello.
Also available: The Criterion Collection continues to preserve the best Netflix originals to physical media, the latest being the intense “Beasts of No Nation,” starring Abraham Attah and Idris Elba in an appropriately brutal tale of child soldiers; “Overwhelm the...
We’ll probably spend the next decade or so speculating on the impact certain films might have made had they not been released in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. One movie that could have had a bigger splash was “The Water Man” (Rlje Films), David Oyelowo’s impressive directorial debut. It’s a rousing kid adventure and a poignant family tale, and he very skillfully threads the needle between those two genres. Like many an actor-turned-director before him, Oyelowo displays a sure hand with the fine ensemble he’s assembled, including young actors Lonnie Chavis and Amiah Miller and veterans Rosario Dawson, Alfred Molina and Maria Bello.
Also available: The Criterion Collection continues to preserve the best Netflix originals to physical media, the latest being the intense “Beasts of No Nation,” starring Abraham Attah and Idris Elba in an appropriately brutal tale of child soldiers; “Overwhelm the...
- 8/6/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Milcho Manchevski, Pablo Berger.
Co-productions from French director Michel Hazanavicius and Belgian filmmaking duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are among 24 selected for funding in the latest Eurimages round.
Hazanavicius, whose 2011 title The Artist which won five Oscars including best picture and director, receives €470,000 towards Franco-Belgian animation The Most Precious Of Cargoes.
Adapted from a 2019 novel by French writer Jean-Claude Grumberg, the animated film is set during the Second World War, when a Jewish father throws one of his twins from the train to Auschwitz in a desperate attempt to save him. The boy is then discovered by a childless Polish couple.
Co-productions from French director Michel Hazanavicius and Belgian filmmaking duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are among 24 selected for funding in the latest Eurimages round.
Hazanavicius, whose 2011 title The Artist which won five Oscars including best picture and director, receives €470,000 towards Franco-Belgian animation The Most Precious Of Cargoes.
Adapted from a 2019 novel by French writer Jean-Claude Grumberg, the animated film is set during the Second World War, when a Jewish father throws one of his twins from the train to Auschwitz in a desperate attempt to save him. The boy is then discovered by a childless Polish couple.
- 3/22/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
North Macedonia’s Oscar© 2020 Entry for Best International Feature: ‘Willow’ by Milcho Manchevski
I watched Willow since I loved Manchevski’s Before The Rain; he has such a cinematic sense and is primary preoccupation — how things…
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I watched Willow since I loved Manchevski’s Before The Rain; he has such a cinematic sense and is primary preoccupation — how things…
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- 1/28/2021
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Milcho Manchevski is set to re-team with North Macedonia-based Banana Film and Ian Prior’s U.K. banner Scala Productions on his next directorial outing, the black comedy “Kaymak.”
Manchevski last teamed up with Banana Film and Scala Productions on “Willow” which represents North Macedonia in the Oscar race.
Penned by Manchevski, the film tells the story of two couples who live next to each other and are involved in non-traditional romantic liaisons.
“Kaymak” is co-produced by Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen and Mette Børch at Meta Films in Copenhagen and Ivan Doykov of Dare Films in Sofia. Casting is currently underway.
“’Kaymak’ is about challenging the accepted wisdom of what is considered a ‘normal’ romantic relationship. It is about following your heart and where that takes you,” said Manchevski who also wrote the screenplay. “It is about taboos, about the choices we make in life and how they come back...
Manchevski last teamed up with Banana Film and Scala Productions on “Willow” which represents North Macedonia in the Oscar race.
Penned by Manchevski, the film tells the story of two couples who live next to each other and are involved in non-traditional romantic liaisons.
“Kaymak” is co-produced by Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen and Mette Børch at Meta Films in Copenhagen and Ivan Doykov of Dare Films in Sofia. Casting is currently underway.
“’Kaymak’ is about challenging the accepted wisdom of what is considered a ‘normal’ romantic relationship. It is about following your heart and where that takes you,” said Manchevski who also wrote the screenplay. “It is about taboos, about the choices we make in life and how they come back...
- 1/27/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
North Macedonia’s official submission for the ‘Best International Feature’ category at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021 is Willow, the latest title from Milcho Manchevski, which premiered at the 2019 Rome International Film Festival. Manchevski is revered for his 1994 debut Before the Rain, which was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. This is the fourth time Manchevski has been the official submission for his country and in our zoom chat we got to speak about his process, including the origins and inspirations of his latest work. Manchevski also touches upon a new project he’s been working during this in conversation.…...
- 1/23/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Milcho Manchevski is a New York-based filmmaker from North Macedonia, who has made several films about motherhood and its impact on women. His latest film, “Willow,” takes that theme and tells it through the eyes of a shared experience of sacrifice that spans centuries.
“Willow” is a triptych of three stories, each about 30 minutes in length, which ripple subtly into each other. It’s a format of storytelling that Manchevski has favored during his career, especially in his acclaimed 1994 drama “Before the Rain,” which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and earned an Oscar nomination. “Willow” is North Macedonia’s official selection for the 2020 Academy Awards.
The filmmaker was asked about his preference for three-act structure during an interview as part of TheWrap’s Awards & International Screening Series. “I guess it goes back to my film school days in Illinois and [learning] avant garde cinema and structuralism and even conceptualism,...
“Willow” is a triptych of three stories, each about 30 minutes in length, which ripple subtly into each other. It’s a format of storytelling that Manchevski has favored during his career, especially in his acclaimed 1994 drama “Before the Rain,” which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and earned an Oscar nomination. “Willow” is North Macedonia’s official selection for the 2020 Academy Awards.
The filmmaker was asked about his preference for three-act structure during an interview as part of TheWrap’s Awards & International Screening Series. “I guess it goes back to my film school days in Illinois and [learning] avant garde cinema and structuralism and even conceptualism,...
- 1/19/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Kino Lorber’s acquired U.S. rights to Milcho Manchevski’s “Willow,” which will represent North Macedonia in the Oscars’ international feature film race.
“Willow” premiered at the Rome Film Festival and went on to win a best director award at Raindance. Reel Suspects is handling worldwide sales on the movie.
“Willow” tells the heartfelt tale of three women struggling to become mothers and contending with the issues of control over their bodies, struggle against tradition, loyalty, adoption and motherhood. Penned by Manchevski, the multi-layered drama is set in a medieval Macedonian village and in a contemporary city.
Manchevski is best known for his feature debut “Before the Rain” which won an Independent Spirit award, as well as the Golden Lion in Venice. “Before The Rain” represented Macedonia at the Oscars in 1995 and earned the country’s first Oscar nomination.
Kino Lorber is planning to release “Willow” in the Spring,...
“Willow” premiered at the Rome Film Festival and went on to win a best director award at Raindance. Reel Suspects is handling worldwide sales on the movie.
“Willow” tells the heartfelt tale of three women struggling to become mothers and contending with the issues of control over their bodies, struggle against tradition, loyalty, adoption and motherhood. Penned by Manchevski, the multi-layered drama is set in a medieval Macedonian village and in a contemporary city.
Manchevski is best known for his feature debut “Before the Rain” which won an Independent Spirit award, as well as the Golden Lion in Venice. “Before The Rain” represented Macedonia at the Oscars in 1995 and earned the country’s first Oscar nomination.
Kino Lorber is planning to release “Willow” in the Spring,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Bookmark this page for all the latest international feature submissions.
Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.
Scroll down for the full list
The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. It was originally set to be held on February 28, before both the ceremony and eligibility period were postponed for two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Submitted films must have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. (Last year it was October-September.
Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.
Scroll down for the full list
The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. It was originally set to be held on February 28, before both the ceremony and eligibility period were postponed for two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Submitted films must have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. (Last year it was October-September.
- 11/17/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Giorgos Georgopoulos’s Not To Be Unpleasant But We Need To Have A Serious Talk won the top prize.
Greek director Giorgos Georgopoulos’s Not To Be Unpleasant But We Need To Have A Serious Talk won the ’film of the festival’ prize at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival, held online this year from October 28 to November 7.
A dark comedy about a womaniser who contracts a sexually-transmited disease that could be fatal to his many partners, Greece’s Not To Be Unpleasant previously picked up the J.F.Costopoulos Foundation award at the 2019 Thessaloniki film festival.
The other winners...
Greek director Giorgos Georgopoulos’s Not To Be Unpleasant But We Need To Have A Serious Talk won the ’film of the festival’ prize at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival, held online this year from October 28 to November 7.
A dark comedy about a womaniser who contracts a sexually-transmited disease that could be fatal to his many partners, Greece’s Not To Be Unpleasant previously picked up the J.F.Costopoulos Foundation award at the 2019 Thessaloniki film festival.
The other winners...
- 11/6/2020
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The wives are not old in Milcho Manchevski’s “Willow,” but their tales have a folkloric resonance — even the two of the three that are set in the present day. Using a tripartite structure the director has been fond of in the past, notably in his Oscar-nominated, Venice-winning 1994 debut “Before the Rain,” Manchevski secures three outstanding female performances from his main actresses, each one leading her own story of motherhood’s griefs, guilts and impossible sacrifices. Often tragic, often cruel, “Willow,” as seen through Dp Tamas Dobos’ graceful, radiant camera, still retains a lightness and an energy that manages to be, in the end, optimistic, less a story of the willow’s weeping than of its ability to bend with almost infinite suppleness without breaking.
The first chapter is the most overtly mythic, set in the medieval Macedonian countryside where a young couple — the astonishingly blue-eyed Donka (Sara Klimoska) and her big,...
The first chapter is the most overtly mythic, set in the medieval Macedonian countryside where a young couple — the astonishingly blue-eyed Donka (Sara Klimoska) and her big,...
- 8/20/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
The final five titles nominated for the newly named International Feature Film Oscar category included some surprises when they were announced in January. Chief among the latter is Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, an awards season darling that has continued to cement its position as a leading candidate for this particular race, while also increasingly moving into serious contention for some other categories.
The blackly comic thriller about the members of a poor family who scheme to work in a wealthy household by posing as unrelated, highly-qualified help, is only the sixth movie to land Best Picture and International Film (formerly Foreign Language) nods, and the first Korean film to do so. It is the 11th non-English language film ever nominated for Best Picture.
What makes the feat even more impressive is that Korea has such a rich homegrown industry, bursting with talent and very sophisticated audiences. It’s surprising...
The blackly comic thriller about the members of a poor family who scheme to work in a wealthy household by posing as unrelated, highly-qualified help, is only the sixth movie to land Best Picture and International Film (formerly Foreign Language) nods, and the first Korean film to do so. It is the 11th non-English language film ever nominated for Best Picture.
What makes the feat even more impressive is that Korea has such a rich homegrown industry, bursting with talent and very sophisticated audiences. It’s surprising...
- 1/31/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Which film will follow on from ‘Roma’ in winning the prize?
Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2020 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.
This is the first year the award will be given under the new name of ‘best international feature film’, after a change in April from ‘foreign-language film’.
The eligibility rules remain the same: an international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the Us with a predominantly non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2020 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.
This is the first year the award will be given under the new name of ‘best international feature film’, after a change in April from ‘foreign-language film’.
The eligibility rules remain the same: an international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the Us with a predominantly non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
- 8/30/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
In her confident, crafty eyes and free-flowing cadences, Condola Rashad — daughter of Phylicia and Ahmad Rashad — more than slightly recalls the style of Denzel Washington in her commanding performance in “Bikini Moon”; she’s easily the most appealing thing about this latest effort from Milcho Manchevski, best known for 1994’s Venice Golden Lion-winning “Before the Rain.” The new movie, a fictional character study that doubles as an inquiry into nonfiction filmmaking techniques, is a patchy, intermittently captivating hodgepodge that begins promisingly before losing its narrative thread, a shortcoming that figures to curtail its theatrical prospects. Nevertheless, it’s a promising showcase for Rashad, who (presently seen on Showtime’s “Billions”) is more than up to the leading-lady challenge.
“Bikini Moon” is comprised of footage shot from numerous faux-verité sources, including security cams and cell phones. Its most consistent perspective, however, comes via the cameras of pretentious documentarian Trevor (Will Janowitz...
“Bikini Moon” is comprised of footage shot from numerous faux-verité sources, including security cams and cell phones. Its most consistent perspective, however, comes via the cameras of pretentious documentarian Trevor (Will Janowitz...
- 10/10/2018
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Screen’s regularly updated list of foreign language Oscar submissions.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
- 9/20/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Screen’s regularly updated list of foreign language Oscar submissions.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
- 9/20/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Screen’s regularly updated list of foreign language Oscar submissions.
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards are not until Tuesday January 22, but the first submissions for best foreign-language film are now being announced.
Last year saw a record 92 submissions for the award, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of nine. This was cut to five nominees, with Sebastián Lelio’s transgender drama A Fantastic Woman ultimately taking home the gold statue.
Screen’s interview with Mark Johnson, chair of the Academy’s foreign-language film committee, explains the shortlisting process from submission to voting.
Submitted films must be released theatrically...
- 9/20/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Willow’ is from Macedonian filmmaker Milcho Manchevski, while ‘Rattlesnakes’ is from Nfts grad Julius Amedume.
The Crying Game producer Nik Powell is in Cannes with two new projects.
Powell, who stepped down as director of the UK’s National Film and Television School last summer, is working with Golden Lion-winning writer-director Milcho Manchevski on the Macedonian-born filmmaker’s new feature Willow.
Due to shoot in Macedonia in early autumn, the film consists of two love stories, both set in Macedonia. One takes place in a 17th-century rural milieu, the other in a contemporary urban setting. Despite being separated by hundreds of years,...
The Crying Game producer Nik Powell is in Cannes with two new projects.
Powell, who stepped down as director of the UK’s National Film and Television School last summer, is working with Golden Lion-winning writer-director Milcho Manchevski on the Macedonian-born filmmaker’s new feature Willow.
Due to shoot in Macedonia in early autumn, the film consists of two love stories, both set in Macedonia. One takes place in a 17th-century rural milieu, the other in a contemporary urban setting. Despite being separated by hundreds of years,...
- 5/10/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Summerside sells The Liberation Of Skopje to First Brave/Jushi.
Italian sales company Summerside International has sold father-and-son directing team Rade and Danilo Serbedzija’s Second World War film The Liberation Of Skopje to China (First Brave/Jushi).
Set in 1941, when the Germans and their Bulgarian allies occupied the city of Skopje and took over local Jewish homes, the film depicts the suffering of the townspeople through the eyes of 11-year-old Zoran, whose father has joined the Yugoslavian partisan army to fight the occupiers and whose mother becomes involved with a German officer.
The Macedonia-Finland-Croatia co-production was Macedonia’s submission...
Italian sales company Summerside International has sold father-and-son directing team Rade and Danilo Serbedzija’s Second World War film The Liberation Of Skopje to China (First Brave/Jushi).
Set in 1941, when the Germans and their Bulgarian allies occupied the city of Skopje and took over local Jewish homes, the film depicts the suffering of the townspeople through the eyes of 11-year-old Zoran, whose father has joined the Yugoslavian partisan army to fight the occupiers and whose mother becomes involved with a German officer.
The Macedonia-Finland-Croatia co-production was Macedonia’s submission...
- 3/18/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The effects of the German occupation on an extended family are viewed through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy in The Liberation of Skopje, Macedonia’s submission to the foreign-language Oscar race. Though its observations might feel familiar and aren’t always subtle, the film commendably avoids sentimentality, even in its child’s perspective, and delivers an affecting take on wartime’s unholy alliances and betrayals and the lasting consequences of guilt by association.
The feature marks the directorial debut of renowned actor Rade Serbedzija, whose many credits include Eyes Wide Shut and the Oscar-nominated Before the Rain, which was the newly independent Macedonia’s...
The feature marks the directorial debut of renowned actor Rade Serbedzija, whose many credits include Eyes Wide Shut and the Oscar-nominated Before the Rain, which was the newly independent Macedonia’s...
- 12/5/2016
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s never a bad thing when an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker dips his toes into the horror genre, and over twenty years after nabbing a Best Foreign Language Film nod for Before the Rain, Macedonian director Milcho Manchevski is doing just… Continue Reading →
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- 6/15/2016
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos talks with Deadline about the success of Beasts of No Nation:
It is worth sharing that this movie, in North America alone, has over 3 million views already. Which I think is a bigger audience than any specialty film could ever hope for in its first two weeks of release, and maybe for its entire run. And we’re just starting. We are just thrilled with the total audience reach of this film, not just in North America but the world. In the first week of release, Beasts Of No Nation was the most watched movie on Netflix, in every country we operate in.
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos talks with Deadline about the success of Beasts of No Nation:
It is worth sharing that this movie, in North America alone, has over 3 million views already. Which I think is a bigger audience than any specialty film could ever hope for in its first two weeks of release, and maybe for its entire run. And we’re just starting. We are just thrilled with the total audience reach of this film, not just in North America but the world. In the first week of release, Beasts Of No Nation was the most watched movie on Netflix, in every country we operate in.
- 10/27/2015
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Chinese film-maker’s short The Administration Of Glory was in competition at Cannes in 2014
Chinese film-maker and artist Ran Huang has received the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Bursary from this year’s award curator, Us actor-director Danny Houston, at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
“When I saw Ran’s films I knew I was watching the work of a visionary: he makes me see the world differently and I find that very exciting,” said Houston.
“Sarajevo Film Festival is all about international communication through Art and Ran is investigating the human condition.”
Ran Huang said he was delighted at the possibilities offered by the Bursary: “As an artist you work largely on your own but in film I really enjoy the openness to others’ ideas.
“I appreciate this opportunity to expand my vision, to explore a new language, a new community and a new way to connect with people.”
Huang came to film from fine art, and his conceptual...
Chinese film-maker and artist Ran Huang has received the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Bursary from this year’s award curator, Us actor-director Danny Houston, at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
“When I saw Ran’s films I knew I was watching the work of a visionary: he makes me see the world differently and I find that very exciting,” said Houston.
“Sarajevo Film Festival is all about international communication through Art and Ran is investigating the human condition.”
Ran Huang said he was delighted at the possibilities offered by the Bursary: “As an artist you work largely on your own but in film I really enjoy the openness to others’ ideas.
“I appreciate this opportunity to expand my vision, to explore a new language, a new community and a new way to connect with people.”
Huang came to film from fine art, and his conceptual...
- 8/22/2015
- by vladan.petkovic@gmail.com (Vladan Petkovic)
- ScreenDaily
UK veteran producer Simon Perry has been appointed head of production at Swedish regional film centre Film i Väst in Trollhättan, aka Sweden’s Trollywood.
Perry - former head of British Screen Finance and, more recently, the Irish Film Board from 2006-11 – has signed a two-year contract with the centre and started in his new job this week.
He replaces Swedish producer Jessica Ask, who left to join independent production company Anagram Film & TV.
“We are happy to welcoming Perry to Film i Väst, and look forward to a collaboration with one of the world’s most experienced co-producers on the international scene,” said CEO Tomas Eskildsson.
Film i Vast operates on an annual budget of $11.5m (Sek 93m).
Perry, a film journalist, independent filmmaker and producer with his own Umbrella Films, was head of state-financed development and production company British Screen Finance (later known as the UK Film Coucil) from 1991.
Since 2000 he has concentrated on teaching...
Perry - former head of British Screen Finance and, more recently, the Irish Film Board from 2006-11 – has signed a two-year contract with the centre and started in his new job this week.
He replaces Swedish producer Jessica Ask, who left to join independent production company Anagram Film & TV.
“We are happy to welcoming Perry to Film i Väst, and look forward to a collaboration with one of the world’s most experienced co-producers on the international scene,” said CEO Tomas Eskildsson.
Film i Vast operates on an annual budget of $11.5m (Sek 93m).
Perry, a film journalist, independent filmmaker and producer with his own Umbrella Films, was head of state-financed development and production company British Screen Finance (later known as the UK Film Coucil) from 1991.
Since 2000 he has concentrated on teaching...
- 1/13/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
At Iffr this week, Dutch production outfit Lemming has revealed full details of its 2014 slate.
The company has attached Gregoire Colin (Before The Rain, Beau Travail) to star in David Verbeek’s new English-language feature Full Contact.
Co-produced by Nukleus Film, this is a drama outfit about a drone pilot riddled with guilt after bombing a school instead of a military training camp. It will shoot in Croatia. Sales agents are circling the project, which went through Cinefondation.
The financing is also now almost in place for another Verbeek project, the China-set vampire movie Dead & Beautiful, on Bac Films’ slate.
Another new Lemming co-production is No One’s Boy, the next feature from young Chilean auteur Frenando Guzzoni, whose 2012 film Dog Flesh was a prize winner in San Sebastian.
Jba (France), Solita (Chile) and Motlys (Norway) are co-producers of the family drama. The project was a prize winner recently at the Torino Film Lab.
The company...
The company has attached Gregoire Colin (Before The Rain, Beau Travail) to star in David Verbeek’s new English-language feature Full Contact.
Co-produced by Nukleus Film, this is a drama outfit about a drone pilot riddled with guilt after bombing a school instead of a military training camp. It will shoot in Croatia. Sales agents are circling the project, which went through Cinefondation.
The financing is also now almost in place for another Verbeek project, the China-set vampire movie Dead & Beautiful, on Bac Films’ slate.
Another new Lemming co-production is No One’s Boy, the next feature from young Chilean auteur Frenando Guzzoni, whose 2012 film Dog Flesh was a prize winner in San Sebastian.
Jba (France), Solita (Chile) and Motlys (Norway) are co-producers of the family drama. The project was a prize winner recently at the Torino Film Lab.
The company...
- 1/28/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Six emerging producers selected to join upcoming writers and support development of their stories.
After hosting a first module in August with 14 upcoming UK screenwriters, The Bureau’s Sos development programme is set to enter its second stage.
Six emerging producers have been selected to join the writers to support them during the development of their story – now at treatment stage - the aim being to fast track their own development experience while connecting with writers and writer-directors.
Selected Participants & Projects for Module II
Writers
Adam Dewar – The SafetyAl Mackay Mackay – The FarmAleem Khan – After LifeEd Hime – Last ChristmasJesse Quinones – Carlito Y JaneMatthew Knott – TrollOrhan Boztas - Twinelle
Producers
Amy BasilDavid AllainEmily MorganFarhana BuhlaJack TarlingJessica Levick
The newly selected producers includes Nfts graduates Jessica Levick and Emily Morgan, who have been active in producing shorts since leaving the school, and Jack Tharling, a Newcastle-based producer with more than 20 shorts to his credit and production experience, currently co-producing...
After hosting a first module in August with 14 upcoming UK screenwriters, The Bureau’s Sos development programme is set to enter its second stage.
Six emerging producers have been selected to join the writers to support them during the development of their story – now at treatment stage - the aim being to fast track their own development experience while connecting with writers and writer-directors.
Selected Participants & Projects for Module II
Writers
Adam Dewar – The SafetyAl Mackay Mackay – The FarmAleem Khan – After LifeEd Hime – Last ChristmasJesse Quinones – Carlito Y JaneMatthew Knott – TrollOrhan Boztas - Twinelle
Producers
Amy BasilDavid AllainEmily MorganFarhana BuhlaJack TarlingJessica Levick
The newly selected producers includes Nfts graduates Jessica Levick and Emily Morgan, who have been active in producing shorts since leaving the school, and Jack Tharling, a Newcastle-based producer with more than 20 shorts to his credit and production experience, currently co-producing...
- 11/5/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Th International Financing Forum (Iff) will be held at this year's Tiff by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (Omdc), now in its 8th edition the annual event will bring the best Canadian and international producers to an expectant group of industry executives, sales agents, financiers, and distributors.
During the two-day networking program, taking place September 8tha and 9th, 40 feature film projects will be get this invaluable exposure. Twenty-one of these potential works are Canadian, the rest represent 15 international markets from around the globe which include Australia, Bulgaria, England, Germany, India, Finland, France, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and The United State.
Via more than 682 meetings scheduled for Iff 2013 the selected projects will have the chance to be connected with over 30 international companies :
Bankside Films, Big Beach Films, Cinetic Media, eOne Entertainment, Film4, FilmNation, IFC Films/Sundance Selects, K5 Media Group, ICM Partners, Kickstarter, Magnolia, The Match Factory, Nordisk, Participant Films, Parts & Labor Films, Protagonist Pictures, River Road Entertainment, See-Saw Films, TF1, Voltage, Wild Bunch, and William Morris Endeavor, among other top film companies.
Canadian producers/projects include:
• Toronto producer David Cormican of Don Carmody Productions with romantic comedy, The Jane Austen Marriage Manual, written by internationally best-selling novelist Kim Izzo (The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum)
• Vancouver’s Trish Dolman and Christine Haebler (Hector and The Search For Happiness starring Simon Pegg) with Nick Broomfield’s ( Kurt and Courtney) fiction feature film directorial debut, The Catastrophist, to star Freida Pinto, John C. Reilly, and Dana Stevens
• Toronto producer, Frank Siracusa with murder-mystery, The Bird Artist, with Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg) at the helm, written by Malcolm McRury (The Man Without A Face, Deadwood)
• International projects include:
• Award-winning Iranian director, novelist, human rights activist, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (award-winning Gabbeh, Iran’s submission for 70th Academy Awards®) with The President from U.K. producers, Mike Downey (Deathwatch) and Sam Taylor (Before The Rain)
• Netherlands producers Pierre Spengler and Laurence Lamers (1995 Palme d’Or Winner – Underground; Superman I and II) with historical-drama, Orestes, with Freddie Highmore, Susan Lynch and Alan Cumming attached to star
• Finnish producer, Tero Kaukomaa (2000 Palme d’Or winner, Dancer in the Dark and award-winning Iron Sky) with Deadrise, a Timo Vuerensola (Iron Sky) horror/zombie project
• U.S. producers Mona Panchal (former Paramount executive) and Priya Swaminathan (head of development, George Clooney’s Smoke House Pictures) with psychological thriller, The Incident (2013 Sundance Screenwriting and Directing labs), written and to be directed by Jan Kwiecinski (Vice Films distributed, Fawns).
Some of the recent successful projects supported in previous years by the Iff include the 2011 Academy Award nominated film Incendies by Denis Villeneuve who returns to Toronto with two films Prisoners and Enemy , David Michod's Animal Kingdom, and more recently Wadjda, the first Saudi Arabian feature film from a female director, which opens in the U.S on September 13th.
During the two-day networking program, taking place September 8tha and 9th, 40 feature film projects will be get this invaluable exposure. Twenty-one of these potential works are Canadian, the rest represent 15 international markets from around the globe which include Australia, Bulgaria, England, Germany, India, Finland, France, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and The United State.
Via more than 682 meetings scheduled for Iff 2013 the selected projects will have the chance to be connected with over 30 international companies :
Bankside Films, Big Beach Films, Cinetic Media, eOne Entertainment, Film4, FilmNation, IFC Films/Sundance Selects, K5 Media Group, ICM Partners, Kickstarter, Magnolia, The Match Factory, Nordisk, Participant Films, Parts & Labor Films, Protagonist Pictures, River Road Entertainment, See-Saw Films, TF1, Voltage, Wild Bunch, and William Morris Endeavor, among other top film companies.
Canadian producers/projects include:
• Toronto producer David Cormican of Don Carmody Productions with romantic comedy, The Jane Austen Marriage Manual, written by internationally best-selling novelist Kim Izzo (The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum)
• Vancouver’s Trish Dolman and Christine Haebler (Hector and The Search For Happiness starring Simon Pegg) with Nick Broomfield’s ( Kurt and Courtney) fiction feature film directorial debut, The Catastrophist, to star Freida Pinto, John C. Reilly, and Dana Stevens
• Toronto producer, Frank Siracusa with murder-mystery, The Bird Artist, with Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg) at the helm, written by Malcolm McRury (The Man Without A Face, Deadwood)
• International projects include:
• Award-winning Iranian director, novelist, human rights activist, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (award-winning Gabbeh, Iran’s submission for 70th Academy Awards®) with The President from U.K. producers, Mike Downey (Deathwatch) and Sam Taylor (Before The Rain)
• Netherlands producers Pierre Spengler and Laurence Lamers (1995 Palme d’Or Winner – Underground; Superman I and II) with historical-drama, Orestes, with Freddie Highmore, Susan Lynch and Alan Cumming attached to star
• Finnish producer, Tero Kaukomaa (2000 Palme d’Or winner, Dancer in the Dark and award-winning Iron Sky) with Deadrise, a Timo Vuerensola (Iron Sky) horror/zombie project
• U.S. producers Mona Panchal (former Paramount executive) and Priya Swaminathan (head of development, George Clooney’s Smoke House Pictures) with psychological thriller, The Incident (2013 Sundance Screenwriting and Directing labs), written and to be directed by Jan Kwiecinski (Vice Films distributed, Fawns).
Some of the recent successful projects supported in previous years by the Iff include the 2011 Academy Award nominated film Incendies by Denis Villeneuve who returns to Toronto with two films Prisoners and Enemy , David Michod's Animal Kingdom, and more recently Wadjda, the first Saudi Arabian feature film from a female director, which opens in the U.S on September 13th.
- 9/9/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Gaye’s feature debut Des Etoiles will get its world premiere at Toronto.
The Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award has been awarded to director Dyana Gaye at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Gaye’s short Dewenti screened last night to a packed crowd at one of the city’s open-air venues.
The annual bursary, given to a new voice in cinema, was awarded by Danny Glover.
French-Senegalese director Gaye’s feature debut Des Etoiles will premiere at Toronto.
Previous winners of the award include Cary Fukunaga, Juanita Wilson and last year’s winners Diana El Jeiroudi and Orwa Nyrabia.
For the last nine years the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation, which aims to promote new talent and new voices, has appointed a curator, selected from among Cartlidge’s friends and colleagues, who in turn chooses a recipient of the annual bursary.
English actress Katrin Cartlidge, who died in 2002, is well known in the Balkans for her performances in Milcho Manchevski’s [link...
The Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award has been awarded to director Dyana Gaye at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Gaye’s short Dewenti screened last night to a packed crowd at one of the city’s open-air venues.
The annual bursary, given to a new voice in cinema, was awarded by Danny Glover.
French-Senegalese director Gaye’s feature debut Des Etoiles will premiere at Toronto.
Previous winners of the award include Cary Fukunaga, Juanita Wilson and last year’s winners Diana El Jeiroudi and Orwa Nyrabia.
For the last nine years the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation, which aims to promote new talent and new voices, has appointed a curator, selected from among Cartlidge’s friends and colleagues, who in turn chooses a recipient of the annual bursary.
English actress Katrin Cartlidge, who died in 2002, is well known in the Balkans for her performances in Milcho Manchevski’s [link...
- 8/23/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Review by Barbara Snitzer
Joplin native Chip Gubera.s documentary Joplin Missouri: A Tornado Story is a comprehensive, informative account of the devastation wrought on his hometown by a natural disaster and its subsequent recovery.
On May 21, 2011 the deadliest tornado ever recorded struck Joplin, an F5 in which wind gusts exceeded 200 mph. In fact, it was not a single tornado, but a multi-vortex tornado created by two converging storms. As local meteorologist Jeremiah Cook explained, this meant that the half mile wide tornado had several .fingers,. each an individual tornado, and the rains were so heavy one could not see them before they struck.
Narrator George Noory.s jovial voice and the monotone recollections of survivors belie the overwhelming scope of the devastation. Fortunately, director Gubera uses footage from weather satellite photos, security cameras, and police vehicle audio and video recordings to convey the immense power of the storm and the apocalyptic destruction it wrought.
Joplin native Chip Gubera.s documentary Joplin Missouri: A Tornado Story is a comprehensive, informative account of the devastation wrought on his hometown by a natural disaster and its subsequent recovery.
On May 21, 2011 the deadliest tornado ever recorded struck Joplin, an F5 in which wind gusts exceeded 200 mph. In fact, it was not a single tornado, but a multi-vortex tornado created by two converging storms. As local meteorologist Jeremiah Cook explained, this meant that the half mile wide tornado had several .fingers,. each an individual tornado, and the rains were so heavy one could not see them before they struck.
Narrator George Noory.s jovial voice and the monotone recollections of survivors belie the overwhelming scope of the devastation. Fortunately, director Gubera uses footage from weather satellite photos, security cameras, and police vehicle audio and video recordings to convey the immense power of the storm and the apocalyptic destruction it wrought.
- 11/12/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Review by Barbara Snitzer
Joplin Missouri: A Tornado Story screens as part of The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase on Monday, July 9th at 7:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd.
Joplin native Chip Gubera’s documentary Joplin Missouri: A Tornado Story is a comprehensive, informative account of the devastation wrought on his hometown by a natural disaster and its subsequent recovery.
On May 21, 2011 the deadliest tornado ever recorded struck Joplin, an F5 in which wind gusts exceeded 200 mph. In fact, it was not a single tornado, but a multi-vortex tornado created by two converging storms. As local meteorologist Jeremiah Cook explained, this meant that the half mile wide tornado had several “fingers,” each an individual tornado, and the rains were so heavy one could not see them before they struck.
Narrator George Noory’s jovial voice and the monotone recollections of survivors belie the overwhelming scope of the devastation.
Joplin Missouri: A Tornado Story screens as part of The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase on Monday, July 9th at 7:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd.
Joplin native Chip Gubera’s documentary Joplin Missouri: A Tornado Story is a comprehensive, informative account of the devastation wrought on his hometown by a natural disaster and its subsequent recovery.
On May 21, 2011 the deadliest tornado ever recorded struck Joplin, an F5 in which wind gusts exceeded 200 mph. In fact, it was not a single tornado, but a multi-vortex tornado created by two converging storms. As local meteorologist Jeremiah Cook explained, this meant that the half mile wide tornado had several “fingers,” each an individual tornado, and the rains were so heavy one could not see them before they struck.
Narrator George Noory’s jovial voice and the monotone recollections of survivors belie the overwhelming scope of the devastation.
- 7/8/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Rade Serbedzija, the star of Croatia’s Oscar entry, 72 Days, has an impressive filmography that includes well regarded European art films like Before the Rain, as well as Hollywood blockbusters Mission: Impossible II, Batman Begins, and X-Men: First Class. He’s on movie screens right now as the chief villain in Angelina Jolie’s In the Land of Blood and Honey. While he’s an imposing screen presence, he probably won’t draw audiences to this provocative but downbeat black comedy. 72 Days is something of a family affair. Serbedzija’s son Danilo is the writer-director, and his daughter Lucija plays the romantic
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- 1/7/2012
- by Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Criterion tried playing a fast one this week by releasing all the new films while we were recording our super two year anniversary special. Sneaky Criterion, how could you do such a thing? But lo and behold they gave us another 11 titles, which again just goes to show that Criterion/Janus have multiple tricks up their sleeves. Especially this week, they gave us a couple of catalog titles and the rest are new and exciting, especially one that is the original edit of a particular film that was put on the page last week. Once again, if you want to join what a million other people are enjoying right now, please sign up here. It will help the series of articles and you’ll get to experience the best bang for the buck.
First up is the original version of a film that was put up last week, which is...
First up is the original version of a film that was put up last week, which is...
- 7/12/2011
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
By Annlee Ellingson
(June 2011)
“Aruba is an island with more screens per capita than any other place I have been in the world,” says Aruba International Film Festival director Claudio Masenza. “Such a special bond with movies only means that a film festival is long overdue.”
The 2011 Aruba International Film Festival, held June 10–16 on the 70-square-mile island off the coast of Venezuela, will screen 45 films from 18 countries, including festival favorites “Beginners,” “The Guard” and “The Son of No One.”
Just in its second year, Aiff is already attracting celebrities from across the filmmaking spectrum to its annual event. Jonathan Demme, director of “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Beloved,” will be on hand to discuss his body of work and present his 2003 documentary “The Agronomist,” which profiled Jean Dominique, the late Haitian radio personality who campaigned for democracy in his country.
In addition to screening “The Agronomist,” the festival,...
(June 2011)
“Aruba is an island with more screens per capita than any other place I have been in the world,” says Aruba International Film Festival director Claudio Masenza. “Such a special bond with movies only means that a film festival is long overdue.”
The 2011 Aruba International Film Festival, held June 10–16 on the 70-square-mile island off the coast of Venezuela, will screen 45 films from 18 countries, including festival favorites “Beginners,” “The Guard” and “The Son of No One.”
Just in its second year, Aiff is already attracting celebrities from across the filmmaking spectrum to its annual event. Jonathan Demme, director of “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Beloved,” will be on hand to discuss his body of work and present his 2003 documentary “The Agronomist,” which profiled Jean Dominique, the late Haitian radio personality who campaigned for democracy in his country.
In addition to screening “The Agronomist,” the festival,...
- 6/8/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Annlee Ellingson
(June 2011)
“Aruba is an island with more screens per capita than any other place I have been in the world,” says Aruba International Film Festival director Claudio Masenza. “Such a special bond with movies only means that a film festival is long overdue.”
The 2011 Aruba International Film Festival, held June 10–16 on the 70-square-mile island off the coast of Venezuela, will screen 45 films from 18 countries, including festival favorites “Beginners,” “The Guard” and “The Son of No One.”
Just in its second year, Aiff is already attracting celebrities from across the filmmaking spectrum to its annual event. Jonathan Demme, director of “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Beloved,” will be on hand to discuss his body of work and present his 2003 documentary “The Agronomist,” which profiled Jean Dominique, the late Haitian radio personality who campaigned for democracy in his country.
In addition to screening “The Agronomist,” the festival,...
(June 2011)
“Aruba is an island with more screens per capita than any other place I have been in the world,” says Aruba International Film Festival director Claudio Masenza. “Such a special bond with movies only means that a film festival is long overdue.”
The 2011 Aruba International Film Festival, held June 10–16 on the 70-square-mile island off the coast of Venezuela, will screen 45 films from 18 countries, including festival favorites “Beginners,” “The Guard” and “The Son of No One.”
Just in its second year, Aiff is already attracting celebrities from across the filmmaking spectrum to its annual event. Jonathan Demme, director of “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia” and “Beloved,” will be on hand to discuss his body of work and present his 2003 documentary “The Agronomist,” which profiled Jean Dominique, the late Haitian radio personality who campaigned for democracy in his country.
In addition to screening “The Agronomist,” the festival,...
- 6/8/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
It has been released today that Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City” series), director Jonathan Demme (“The Silence of the Lambs”, “The Manchurian Candidate”), wardrobe designer Michael Kaplan (“Blade Runner”, “Burlesque”, “Fight Club”) and director Milcho Manchevski (“Before the Rain”, “Brothers”) are scheduled to attend the 2nd Annual Aruba International Film Festival (Aiff). The guests will also participate in the “In Conversation With” series. Cattrall’s entrance on the Red Carpet at Paseo Herencia will start the event on June 10. Her “In Conversation With” series will take place June 11. Demme will have his series June 12. Kaplan and Manchevski’s dates are to be announced. Also attending the festival is...
- 5/17/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
The Aruba International Film Festival has added some names to its sophomoric edition, bringing directors Jonathan Demme (“Philadelphia,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “Rachel Getting Married”), Milcho Manchewski (“Before the Rain,” “Mothers”), actress Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City,” “The Ghost Writer”) and costume designer Michael Kaplan (“Blade Runner,” Se7en,” “Fight Club”) to participate in their “In Conversation With” series.
With a mission to “encourage, educate and activate young Aruban filmmakers,” the festival takes place from June 10-16, 2011. For updated information on screening times and venues, please check the festival’s official site, http://www.arubafilmfest.com.
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With a mission to “encourage, educate and activate young Aruban filmmakers,” the festival takes place from June 10-16, 2011. For updated information on screening times and venues, please check the festival’s official site, http://www.arubafilmfest.com.
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- 5/16/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The Aruba International Film Festival has added some names to its sophomoric edition, bringing directors Jonathan Demme (“Philadelphia,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “Rachel Getting Married”), Milcho Manchewski (“Before the Rain,” “Mothers”), actress Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City,” “The Ghost Writer”) and costume designer Michael Kaplan (“Blade Runner,” Se7en,” “Fight Club”) to participate in their “In Conversation With” series.
With a mission to “encourage, educate and activate young Aruban filmmakers,” the festival takes place from June 10-16, 2011. For updated information on screening times and venues, please check the festival’s official site, http://www.arubafilmfest.com.
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With a mission to “encourage, educate and activate young Aruban filmmakers,” the festival takes place from June 10-16, 2011. For updated information on screening times and venues, please check the festival’s official site, http://www.arubafilmfest.com.
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- 5/16/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Naked, the controversial 1993 drama film by writer-director Mike Leigh (Another Year) will receive a release on Blu-ray disc from The Criterion Collection on July 12.
The film was first issued on DVD by Criterion back in 2005.
David Thewliss gives the world a piece of his mind in Naked.
In the movie, David Thewlis (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) stars as Johnny, a charming and eloquent but relentlessly vicious drifter. Rejecting anyone who might care for him, the volcanic Johnny hurls himself through a nocturnal odyssey around London, colliding with a succession of other desperate and dispossessed people, and scorching everyone in his path.
Co-starring alongside Thewliss (who delivers a raging, raw performance) are the late Katrin Cartlidge (Before the Rain) and Lesley Sharp (The Full Monty).
Leigh’s picture of England’s underbelly is an amalgam of black comedy and doomsday prophecy that took the best director and best...
The film was first issued on DVD by Criterion back in 2005.
David Thewliss gives the world a piece of his mind in Naked.
In the movie, David Thewlis (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) stars as Johnny, a charming and eloquent but relentlessly vicious drifter. Rejecting anyone who might care for him, the volcanic Johnny hurls himself through a nocturnal odyssey around London, colliding with a succession of other desperate and dispossessed people, and scorching everyone in his path.
Co-starring alongside Thewliss (who delivers a raging, raw performance) are the late Katrin Cartlidge (Before the Rain) and Lesley Sharp (The Full Monty).
Leigh’s picture of England’s underbelly is an amalgam of black comedy and doomsday prophecy that took the best director and best...
- 4/17/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The relatively young distribution arm of Tribeca Enterprises, Tribeca Film, just grabbed the Us rights to The Big Bang Club in what may prove to be it’s biggest acquisition to date. Tribeca will be theatrically releasing the film, which had it’s world premiere at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, in the second quarter of 2011, as well as on video-on-demand, and other platforms. The character-driven drama was written and directed by South African Steven Silver, who exec-produced Shake Hands With The Devil and another 2010 Tiff premiere, Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie. Gist: With a B-list cast of Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels Van Jaarsveld and Frank Rautenbach, The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, whose photographs captured the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa and the final demise of apartheid.
- 11/18/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Alexandra Burke has confirmed the tracklisting for the reissue of Overcome. The singer releases the deluxe edition of her debut album on December 6, and features four new tracks including the recent number one single 'Start Without You'. Other new track titles are 'Perfect', 'Before the Rain' and 'What Happens on the Dancefloor', which features Us pop band Cobra Starship. A DVD also accompanies the release, featuring all her music videos including the latest clip for new single 'The Silence'. Since its release in October 2009, Overcome has sold over 700,000 copies in the UK. The LP's new tracklisting appears below: Disc 1 1. 'Start Without You (ft. Laza Morgan)'
2. 'The Silence (Singles Mix)'
3. 'Bad Boys (ft. Flo Rida)'
4. 'All Night (more)...
2. 'The Silence (Singles Mix)'
3. 'Bad Boys (ft. Flo Rida)'
4. 'All Night (more)...
- 11/1/2010
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
Who on earth decided that white cats should be the ultimate incarnation of evil? They nestle in the laps of Cardinal Richelieu and Blofeld
So you think women and ethnic minorities get a raw deal in the movies? That's nothing compared to the way cinema discriminates against cats. Dogs are waggy-tailed brown-nosers who save tots from drowning; cats are stuck-up, psychotic and about as trustworthy as a 1940s film noir femme fatale. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is only the latest example of Hollywood's insidious anti-feline agenda. It's a slight advance on the first Cats & Dogs film in that, this time, not all the cats are wicked. But the villain who wants to take over the world is a cat, and the psycho in Hannibal Lecter restraints is a cat. Film-makers love dogs, we all know that. But what have they got against cats?
It's true there's a...
So you think women and ethnic minorities get a raw deal in the movies? That's nothing compared to the way cinema discriminates against cats. Dogs are waggy-tailed brown-nosers who save tots from drowning; cats are stuck-up, psychotic and about as trustworthy as a 1940s film noir femme fatale. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore is only the latest example of Hollywood's insidious anti-feline agenda. It's a slight advance on the first Cats & Dogs film in that, this time, not all the cats are wicked. But the villain who wants to take over the world is a cat, and the psycho in Hannibal Lecter restraints is a cat. Film-makers love dogs, we all know that. But what have they got against cats?
It's true there's a...
- 7/29/2010
- by Anne Billson
- The Guardian - Film News
In the increasingly distant past of 1994, when arthouse hits were common, and entertainment magazines tracked the careers of promising foreign filmmakers the way rotisserie-leaguers scour box scores, Milcho Manchevski became a director of significance, thanks to his Oscar-nominated debut feature Before The Rain. Fifteen years later, Manchevski has only two more unexceptional feature credits, a music video, and an episode of The Wire on his résumé. He's become that unfortunate figure: a talented artist who hasn't gotten enough work to nurture his gifts. Manchevski's third film, Shadows, is a respectable enough little ghost story, but ...
- 1/29/2009
- avclub.com
Upon its release in 1994, Milcho Manchevski's debut film Before The Rain was often compared to Pulp Fiction, because it came out around the same time, and also featured a three-part narrative structure founded on a fractured timeline. Fourteen years later, when fractured timelines have become so common that even TV sitcoms use them, the structure of Before The Rain doesn't seem quite so novel, and frankly, its repetition of images, sounds, and characters from storyline to storyline now recalls the overly familiar "everything's connected" meta-irony of movies like Crash and Babel. Time and imitation have sapped some of Before The Rain's vitality. And yet the movie is still tense and moving, perhaps because there's something undeniable about its bleak depiction of ancient tribal conflicts in the Balkans. In the film's first section, "Words," Grégoire Colin plays a young Macedonian monk who discovers an Albanian girl hiding in his.
- 7/2/2008
- by Noel Murray
- avclub.com
VENICE, Italy -- The Russian movie The Return by first-time director Andrey Zvyagintsev picked up the Golden Lion, Venice International Film Festival's top prize, at the closing-award ceremony. The movie, a visually poetic drama about two boys whose father returns after a 10-year absence to take them on a mysterious journey to a desolate island, won much praise from critics during the 11-day festival and has attracted the attention of several U.S. buyers. It is the first time a debut director has won the Golden Lion since Macedonian director Milcho Manchevski won with Before the Rain in 1994. Zvyagintsev's win will no doubt invite comparisons to his celebrated compatriot and namesake Andrei Tarkovsky, who was "discovered" by Venice in 1962 with his picture Ivanovo Detstvo (Ivan's Childhood). The Return also won the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for best first movie across all sections of the festival, which comes with 100,000 in prize money split between the director and producer Ren Film. The movie is being sold by Intercinema Art Agency. In an emotional moment at Saturday's ceremony, Zvyagintsev dedicated the Golden Lion to Vladimir Garin, the 15-year-old actor who played one of the sons, who drowned shortly after the shoot in the same lake that appears in the movie.
No Man's Land star Katrin Cartlidge has died suddenly at the age of 41. The British actress, who played a TV reporter in the Oscar-winning Bosnian movie about life on the frontline during the Balkan conflict, is believed to have died of complications resulting from pneumonia and blood poisoning. Cartlidge was a regular collaborator with UK director Mike Leigh, and appeared in several films following a stint in TV soap Brookside. She starred in From Hell, Topsy-turvy, Before The Rain, Career Girls, Naked and Breaking The Waves.
- 9/10/2002
- WENN
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