A hazardous journey from oppression and confinement to liberation and independence is intimately chronicled in Prison Sisters, Iranian-Swedish director Nima Sarvestani's follow-up to his International Emmy-winning 2012 documentary No Burqas Behind Bars. Tracing the very different fates of the two principal protagonists of the earlier film — but by no means reliant on audience familiarity with the first picture — it's a conventionally mounted but engaging look at some hot-button issues involving the (mis-)treatment of women in Middle East countries.
Reactions were sufficiently upbeat at Idfa, where it was the third-most-popular among the dozens of feature-length world...
Reactions were sufficiently upbeat at Idfa, where it was the third-most-popular among the dozens of feature-length world...
- 11/27/2016
- by Neil Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Josh Thomas. Please Like Me has been nominated for best comedy at the 2014 International Emmy® Awards.
Produced by Pigeon Fancier Productions, John & Josh International and the ABC, the show will compete with South Africa.s Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola, Brazil.s The Mayor´s Wife and Belgium.s What if? season 2.
Nominations were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees across 10 categories. For the first time, the International Academy is recognizing programs from the Us. Winners will be announced on November 24 Us time in a ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. Nominations span 18 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the Us.
Among the contenders are The Tunnel and Utopia for best drama, The Tunnel.s Stephen Dillane for best actor and Broadchurch.s Olivia Colman for best actress.
Produced by Pigeon Fancier Productions, John & Josh International and the ABC, the show will compete with South Africa.s Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola, Brazil.s The Mayor´s Wife and Belgium.s What if? season 2.
Nominations were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees across 10 categories. For the first time, the International Academy is recognizing programs from the Us. Winners will be announced on November 24 Us time in a ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. Nominations span 18 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the Us.
Among the contenders are The Tunnel and Utopia for best drama, The Tunnel.s Stephen Dillane for best actor and Broadchurch.s Olivia Colman for best actress.
- 10/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
An Adventure in Space and Time and Broadchurch's Olivia Colman are amongst the nominations for the 2014 International Emmy Awards.
The Doctor Who biopic and the British actress are amongst those shortlisted for the prestigious awards, which feature nominees from 19 countries.
An Adventure In Space And Time competes in the TV movie/miniseries category with Alexander and Other Heroes (Brazil), Radio (Japan) and Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter/Generation War: The Motion Comic (Germany).
Colman is amongst the nominees in the best actress category for her performance in ITV's Broadchurch. Also nominated is Tuba Büyüküstün in 20 Dakika/20 Minutes (Turkey), Romina Gaetani in Televisión por la Justicia (Argentina) and Bianca Krijgsman in De Nieuwe Wereld/The New World (Netherlands).
Educating Yorkshire is amongst the nominees for non-scripted entertainment, alongside MasterChef China (People's Republic of China), Missie Mosango (Belgium) and O Infiltrado (Brazil).
Recently-cancelled Channel 4 drama Utopia competes against Prófugos (Chile), The Tunnel...
The Doctor Who biopic and the British actress are amongst those shortlisted for the prestigious awards, which feature nominees from 19 countries.
An Adventure In Space And Time competes in the TV movie/miniseries category with Alexander and Other Heroes (Brazil), Radio (Japan) and Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter/Generation War: The Motion Comic (Germany).
Colman is amongst the nominees in the best actress category for her performance in ITV's Broadchurch. Also nominated is Tuba Büyüküstün in 20 Dakika/20 Minutes (Turkey), Romina Gaetani in Televisión por la Justicia (Argentina) and Bianca Krijgsman in De Nieuwe Wereld/The New World (Netherlands).
Educating Yorkshire is amongst the nominees for non-scripted entertainment, alongside MasterChef China (People's Republic of China), Missie Mosango (Belgium) and O Infiltrado (Brazil).
Recently-cancelled Channel 4 drama Utopia competes against Prófugos (Chile), The Tunnel...
- 10/13/2014
- Digital Spy
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