‘Identifying Features’ by Mexican filmmaker Fernanda Valadez wins top prize.
Mexican director Fernanda Valadez’s drama Identifying Features has won the top prize for best feature at the 2020 Zurich Film Festival, which awarded all its top Golden Eye honours to female directors.
Identifying Features is about a woman who travels across Mexico in search of her son, who is presumed dead after trying to cross the border, and teams with a recently deported young man.
The film premiered at Sundance where it won an audience award and screenplay prize, and more recently screened at San Sebastian, where it picked up the Horizons award.
Mexican director Fernanda Valadez’s drama Identifying Features has won the top prize for best feature at the 2020 Zurich Film Festival, which awarded all its top Golden Eye honours to female directors.
Identifying Features is about a woman who travels across Mexico in search of her son, who is presumed dead after trying to cross the border, and teams with a recently deported young man.
The film premiered at Sundance where it won an audience award and screenplay prize, and more recently screened at San Sebastian, where it picked up the Horizons award.
- 10/5/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Plans by the German government to slash the budget for incentive programme Dfff by €10m ($13.8m) has surprised the film community.
In her first public appearance before representatives of the film industry on the eve of this year’s Berlinale, the new State Minister for Culture and Media Monika Grütters had told the audience at the German Producers Guild conference that she intended to continue the good work achieved by her predecessor in the post Bernd Neumann.
At the time, Grütters pointed out that the budget for the Dfff had been increased from €60m to €70m ($83m to $97m) in 2013 “and we would like to leave it at least at this”.
She had also said that the coalition agreement between the Cdu/Csu and Spd had given a “clear signal” for Germany as a production hub by proposing that the Dfff .
However, less than a month later, finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble submitted a draft budget which envisaged...
In her first public appearance before representatives of the film industry on the eve of this year’s Berlinale, the new State Minister for Culture and Media Monika Grütters had told the audience at the German Producers Guild conference that she intended to continue the good work achieved by her predecessor in the post Bernd Neumann.
At the time, Grütters pointed out that the budget for the Dfff had been increased from €60m to €70m ($83m to $97m) in 2013 “and we would like to leave it at least at this”.
She had also said that the coalition agreement between the Cdu/Csu and Spd had given a “clear signal” for Germany as a production hub by proposing that the Dfff .
However, less than a month later, finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble submitted a draft budget which envisaged...
- 4/9/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
My Best Enemy
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger
Written by Wolfgang Murnberger and Paul Hengge
Austria/Luxembourg, 2010
Some have wondered if a movie will ever be able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust. While there are films (Schindler’s List, Sophie’s Choice, The Pianist) that cast a macabre and cautionary depiction of the Shoah, the only other alternative seems to be wildly offensive abominations masked as comedies or satire (Isla, She Wolf of the SS). While the debate continues to rage, Wolfgang Murnberger’s My Best Enemy can be used as an argument for both sides.
The film stars Moritz Bleibtreu (The Baader Meinhof Complex) as Victor Kaufman, a German Jew whose family owns an art gallery in Vienna. Among the collection is a rare and authentic Michelangelo painting.
When Hitler begins annexing Austria, his childhood friend Rudi (Georg Friedrich), who is Aryan, joins the Nazi Party, and when...
Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger
Written by Wolfgang Murnberger and Paul Hengge
Austria/Luxembourg, 2010
Some have wondered if a movie will ever be able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust. While there are films (Schindler’s List, Sophie’s Choice, The Pianist) that cast a macabre and cautionary depiction of the Shoah, the only other alternative seems to be wildly offensive abominations masked as comedies or satire (Isla, She Wolf of the SS). While the debate continues to rage, Wolfgang Murnberger’s My Best Enemy can be used as an argument for both sides.
The film stars Moritz Bleibtreu (The Baader Meinhof Complex) as Victor Kaufman, a German Jew whose family owns an art gallery in Vienna. Among the collection is a rare and authentic Michelangelo painting.
When Hitler begins annexing Austria, his childhood friend Rudi (Georg Friedrich), who is Aryan, joins the Nazi Party, and when...
- 5/13/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Veteran actress Marthe Keller, among whose credits are Claude Lelouch's And Now My Love and John Schlesinger's Marathon Man, will be inducted as a chevalier ("knight") in the French Legion of Honor, a civilian distinction that has been around since the early 1800s. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Keller will turn 67 next Jan. 28. In the last 45 years, she has appeared in more than 40 films, whether in leading or supporting roles. Apart from the aforementioned — ludicrous but financially successful — Marathon Man, in which she was featured opposite Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier, Keller wasn't very lucky in her several Hollywood try-outs in the late '70s. She was a terrorist in John Frankenheimer's thriller Black Sunday (1977); romanced Al Pacino in Sydney Pollack's expensive autoracing flop Bobby Deerfield (1977); and was a mysterious Greta Garbo-like former actress pursued by William Holden in Billy Wilder's bomb Fedora (1978). Keller's last...
- 1/4/2012
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Chicago International Film Festival 2011
My Best Enemy
Directed by: Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreau, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Rating: Nr
Release Date: Tbd
Click Here for complete coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2011)
Plot: During World War II, Victor (Bleibtreau) is Jewish, and Rudi (Friedrich) becomes a Nazi. When Rudi’s eventual Nazi superiors discover that Victor and his family are in the possession of something that would make a great uniting gift from Germany to Italy’s Mussolini, they try to persuade Victor to give up the whereabouts of the painting.
Who’S It For? If you liked the backstabbing energy of The Ides of March, this wouldn’t be a bad choice. If you like tightly written stories of deception, with a friendship in the middle, you’ll likely enjoy My Best Enemy.
Overall
My Best Enemy takes a while to get its story started,...
My Best Enemy
Directed by: Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreau, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss
Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins
Rating: Nr
Release Date: Tbd
Click Here for complete coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2011)
Plot: During World War II, Victor (Bleibtreau) is Jewish, and Rudi (Friedrich) becomes a Nazi. When Rudi’s eventual Nazi superiors discover that Victor and his family are in the possession of something that would make a great uniting gift from Germany to Italy’s Mussolini, they try to persuade Victor to give up the whereabouts of the painting.
Who’S It For? If you liked the backstabbing energy of The Ides of March, this wouldn’t be a bad choice. If you like tightly written stories of deception, with a friendship in the middle, you’ll likely enjoy My Best Enemy.
Overall
My Best Enemy takes a while to get its story started,...
- 10/11/2011
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
The general mood of journalists at the 61st Berlin Film Festival was disappointment: reports generally characterised the selection as dismal. The Independent’s Jonathan Romney explained that the festival tended to ‘test your tolerance for the worthy’, just like every other year. The term ‘worthy’ makes the films sound depressing and dull, but as Romney also observed, the Berlinale had ‘no lemons’: many films looked at real-life problems in a new way and so, for my part, I typically left the cinema feeling stimulated and uplifted rather than sad or irritated.
It seems that the festival juries, too, found plenty to praise: of the nearly 400 films in the festival, 45 won awards. The ceremony for the 61st Berlin Film Festival took place on Saturday, Feburary 19th, and while the full list of awards is too lengthy to summarise in detail, the following should provide you with a nice list of...
It seems that the festival juries, too, found plenty to praise: of the nearly 400 films in the festival, 45 won awards. The ceremony for the 61st Berlin Film Festival took place on Saturday, Feburary 19th, and while the full list of awards is too lengthy to summarise in detail, the following should provide you with a nice list of...
- 2/22/2011
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
Why did I watch a bizarre 'Holocaust farce' when I could've been enjoying festival winner Nader and Simin, a Separation?
A rifle butt swung and opened a hole and blood spurted out. The child fell to the ground. The policeman shot him in the head, told his partner to collect the fallen dealer's weapon ("I can get 20 grand for that") and strolled back to his squad car.
Brutal, polemical, awfully dumb, José Padilha's Elite Squad 2, the shoot-first-take-names-later sequel to the winner of the Berlin film festival's main prize in 2008, was made for a walk-out. Across Berlin French director Céline Sciamma's Tomboy – a quirky study of gender politics centred on a young girl who enjoys being mistaken for a boy – had other critics talking ("My favourite film of the year so far" – Hollywood News. "Pick of Berlin" – Film4) but I couldn't hear them. My ears were ringing from the...
A rifle butt swung and opened a hole and blood spurted out. The child fell to the ground. The policeman shot him in the head, told his partner to collect the fallen dealer's weapon ("I can get 20 grand for that") and strolled back to his squad car.
Brutal, polemical, awfully dumb, José Padilha's Elite Squad 2, the shoot-first-take-names-later sequel to the winner of the Berlin film festival's main prize in 2008, was made for a walk-out. Across Berlin French director Céline Sciamma's Tomboy – a quirky study of gender politics centred on a young girl who enjoys being mistaken for a boy – had other critics talking ("My favourite film of the year so far" – Hollywood News. "Pick of Berlin" – Film4) but I couldn't hear them. My ears were ringing from the...
- 2/21/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Wolfgang Murnburger’s latest film tells the story of two lifelong friends, Rudi and Victor: when World War II breaks out, Rudi joins the Nazis and betrays Victor, who is Jewish. This is all I knew going into My Best Enemy (Mein bester Feind, 2010): if you, too, would like to enjoy a tense, original, emotional and darkly humorous film, trust me when I tell you that My Best Enemy is excellent—don’t spoil the surprises this film has in store by reading more about it.
If you are still curious, unconvinced or just can’t wait to see this film, I’ll fill you in on a few details. Victor Kaufmann comes from a wealthy family of Viennese art dealers. His friend Rudi Smekal grew up alongside him, as Rudi’s mother worked as the Kaufmanns’ housekeeper for 25 years. When the film begins, it is the early 1930s...
If you are still curious, unconvinced or just can’t wait to see this film, I’ll fill you in on a few details. Victor Kaufmann comes from a wealthy family of Viennese art dealers. His friend Rudi Smekal grew up alongside him, as Rudi’s mother worked as the Kaufmanns’ housekeeper for 25 years. When the film begins, it is the early 1930s...
- 2/17/2011
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
The Berlin International Film Festival, or if you prefer – the Berlinale, is one of the world’s leading film festivals, and something that’s definitely worth our attention.
And if you thought we were going to miss this spectacle – you were wrong, because we’re also curious to find out who will return home with the Golden and Silver Bears statues!
The 2011 Berlin film festival opens tonight with the Coen brothers‘ Western remake True Grit, so let’s get started.
We all know, this remake of a 1969 classic Western, is already a nominee in even 10 categories, including best picture for the upcoming Oscar. And, by the way the filmmaking team Joel and Ethan Cohen also earned Oscar nods as best director.
The remake is already out in North America and so is not eligible for prizes at the closing ceremony on February 19, but it will screen out of competition today.
And if you thought we were going to miss this spectacle – you were wrong, because we’re also curious to find out who will return home with the Golden and Silver Bears statues!
The 2011 Berlin film festival opens tonight with the Coen brothers‘ Western remake True Grit, so let’s get started.
We all know, this remake of a 1969 classic Western, is already a nominee in even 10 categories, including best picture for the upcoming Oscar. And, by the way the filmmaking team Joel and Ethan Cohen also earned Oscar nods as best director.
The remake is already out in North America and so is not eligible for prizes at the closing ceremony on February 19, but it will screen out of competition today.
- 2/10/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Matt Damon in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's True Grit The Berlin Film Festival runs Feb. 10-20. In competition: A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse), Bela Tarr Bizim Buyuk Caresizligimiz (Our Grand Despair), Seyfi Teoman Coriolanus, Ralph Fiennes El premio (The Prize), Paula Markovitch Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader and Simin, A Separation), Asghar Farhadi Les contes de la nuit (Tales of the Night), Michel Ocelot Lipstikka, Jonathan Sagall Margin Call, J. C. Chandor Saranghanda, Saranghaji Anneunda (Come Rain Come Shine), Lee Yoon-ki Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness), Ulrich Koehler The Forgiveness of Blood, Joshua Marston The Future, Miranda July Un Mundo Misterioso (A Mysterious World), Rodrigo Moreno V Subbotu (Innocent Saturday), Alexander Mindadze Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?), Andres Veiel Yelling to the Sky, Victoria Mahoney Out of competition: Almanya, Yasemin Samdereli Les femmes du 6eme etage (Service Entrance), Philippe Le Guay Mein bester Freund (My Best Enemy...
- 2/1/2011
- by Arthur Leander
- Alt Film Guide
Officials from the 61st Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the Competition program for this year’s event. It includes 22 films, 16 of which will be competing for the awards.
In addition there will be two special screenings: In solidarity with the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, his film “Offside” will be presented on Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Also, the European premiere of Werner Herzog’s 3-D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” will be shown as a special screening in the Berlinale Palast.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be announced at the festival awards ceremony on Feb. 19.
The following is the complete Berlinale Competition program.
“A Torinói Ló” (“The Turin Horse”) Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland
Directed by Béla Tarr
With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
World premiere
“Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland” (“Almanya”) Germany
By Yasemin Samdereli – debut film
With Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardin, Aylin Tezel,...
In addition there will be two special screenings: In solidarity with the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, his film “Offside” will be presented on Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Also, the European premiere of Werner Herzog’s 3-D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” will be shown as a special screening in the Berlinale Palast.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be announced at the festival awards ceremony on Feb. 19.
The following is the complete Berlinale Competition program.
“A Torinói Ló” (“The Turin Horse”) Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland
Directed by Béla Tarr
With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
World premiere
“Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland” (“Almanya”) Germany
By Yasemin Samdereli – debut film
With Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardin, Aylin Tezel,...
- 1/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The 61st Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its Competition programme – including 22 diverse films, 16 of which will be competing in the awards.
The Competition programme contains a wide-range of films from countries all over the globe; ranging from USA drama Margin Call, by Jc Chandor to France’s Les femmes du 6ème étage, by Philippe Le Guay.
Adding to the Programme, there will be two special screenings, showcasing the films of acclaimed directors Jafar Panahi and Werner Herzog.
Panahi’s Offside will be presented on February 11, to coincide with the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, while Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams will be shown at the Berlinale Palast.
The 61st Berlin International Film Festival runs from 10 - 20 February, with the awards ceremony taking place on 19 February.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be shown as the closing film.
The contenders:
A Torinói Ló by Béla Tarr...
The Competition programme contains a wide-range of films from countries all over the globe; ranging from USA drama Margin Call, by Jc Chandor to France’s Les femmes du 6ème étage, by Philippe Le Guay.
Adding to the Programme, there will be two special screenings, showcasing the films of acclaimed directors Jafar Panahi and Werner Herzog.
Panahi’s Offside will be presented on February 11, to coincide with the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, while Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams will be shown at the Berlinale Palast.
The 61st Berlin International Film Festival runs from 10 - 20 February, with the awards ceremony taking place on 19 February.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be shown as the closing film.
The contenders:
A Torinói Ló by Béla Tarr...
- 1/18/2011
- by jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
- LOVEFiLM
This year Victoria, British Columbia will host several horror and thriller films. This year's festival begins February 4th with an opening event, which is inclusive and open to the public. The Vff ends a week later, February 13, with awards being announced this day. In the middle are over 150 film showings of various genres. So, take an early look at several Canadian and international films that bring the most gruesome and terrifying to this small town. Details on half a dozen tense films are below.
Blame
Showing: February 5th and 7th.
Director/writer: Michael Henry.
The synopsis for Blame is here:
"A film about a group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal. However, when the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice" (Vff).
Les Petits Mouchoirs aka Little White Lies
Showing: February 12th.
Director/writer: Guillame Canet.
The plot for Little White Lies is here:
"Every year,...
Blame
Showing: February 5th and 7th.
Director/writer: Michael Henry.
The synopsis for Blame is here:
"A film about a group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal. However, when the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice" (Vff).
Les Petits Mouchoirs aka Little White Lies
Showing: February 12th.
Director/writer: Guillame Canet.
The plot for Little White Lies is here:
"Every year,...
- 1/16/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Cologne, Germany -- Beta Cinema found new friends for "Mein Bester Feind," (My Best Enemy), selling the Nazi-era drama directed by Wolfgang Murnberger ("The Bone Man") and starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich and Udo Samel to Metrodome in the U.K., Erg in China and Hollywood Classic Entertainment for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. All three distributors handled Oscar-winner "The Counterfeiters" (2007) from "Mein Bester Feind" producer Aichholzer.
The film tells the story of the strange friendship between Victor Kaufmann (Bleibtreu) and Rudi Smekal (Friedrich), one the son of a Jewish merchant, the other a working class German who joins the SS. When Kaufmann is rounded up by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp, Smekal intervenes to save his life but only so Kaufmann can help him in a secret Nazi mission.
Erg also picked up Beta's "Hidden," another World War II drama, directed by Poland's Agnieszka Holland ("Europa,...
The film tells the story of the strange friendship between Victor Kaufmann (Bleibtreu) and Rudi Smekal (Friedrich), one the son of a Jewish merchant, the other a working class German who joins the SS. When Kaufmann is rounded up by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp, Smekal intervenes to save his life but only so Kaufmann can help him in a secret Nazi mission.
Erg also picked up Beta's "Hidden," another World War II drama, directed by Poland's Agnieszka Holland ("Europa,...
- 5/27/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – Foreign film fans and art house aficionados rejoice! The Annual European Union Film Festival is back at the Siskel Film Center, offering Chicagoans a rare and illuminating journey through contemporary world cinema. Sifting through five dozen titles may prove to be formidable for moviegoers deciding what to see. Let us guide the way.
This year’s edition, running from March 5th to April 1st, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Peter Greenaway, Jacques Rivette, Neil Jordan, Catherine Breillat, Amos Gital, Bruno Dumont, Jan Hrebejk and Caroline Link. Moviegoers should take note of the fact that several of these titles won’t be screened outside of the EU festival in Chicago, making their appearance here all the more priceless.
The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival includes 59 feature films, all of which are making their Chicago premiere. If you’ve had your fill with Hollywood, or are...
This year’s edition, running from March 5th to April 1st, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Peter Greenaway, Jacques Rivette, Neil Jordan, Catherine Breillat, Amos Gital, Bruno Dumont, Jan Hrebejk and Caroline Link. Moviegoers should take note of the fact that several of these titles won’t be screened outside of the EU festival in Chicago, making their appearance here all the more priceless.
The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival includes 59 feature films, all of which are making their Chicago premiere. If you’ve had your fill with Hollywood, or are...
- 3/4/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Berlin -- Richard Loncraine's "My One and Only," a '50s-era comedy starring Renee Zellweger and Kevin Bacon, was squeezed into the competition lineup for this year's Berlin International Film Festival, barely a week before the event kicks off.
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
Zellweger plays a glamorous single mom on the hunt for a rich man to foot the bill for her and her sons' lifestyle. Produced by Merv Griffith Entertainment and Ray Gun Prods., "My One and Only" will have its world premiere in Berlin. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
Berlin also added Lone Scherfig's Sundance favorite "An Education" with Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma Thompson and Davis Guggenheim's music documentary "It Might Get Loud" for its Berlinale Special Galas, ensuring the films will get the red carpet treatment without any of the pressure of competition.
All three films should give an added boost of star power to...
- 1/27/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Panorama section will comprise a total of 50 titles with about a third of those being documentaries and here's the first 21 of the list. Oddly enough Dominic Murphy's White Lightnin' will be playing although it's having it's premier at Sundance. Another film we reported on, Uli Lommel's Absolute Evil starring David Carradine will also be playing, and I'm still wondering how the hell they got that in there.
You can check out the list of all 21 titles after the break.
Absolute Evil by Ulli Lommel, USA (world premiere)
With David Carradine, Carolyn Neff, Ulli Lommel, Chris Kiesa
Ander by Roberto Castón, Spain (directorial debut and world premiere)
With Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pilar Rodríguez, Leire Ucha
At Stake by Iwan Setiawan, Muhammad Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin, Ani Ema Susanti, Indonesia
Panorama Dokumente
Coyote by Chema Rodríguez, Spain (world premiere)
Panorama Dokumente
Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) by Wolfgang Murnberger,...
You can check out the list of all 21 titles after the break.
Absolute Evil by Ulli Lommel, USA (world premiere)
With David Carradine, Carolyn Neff, Ulli Lommel, Chris Kiesa
Ander by Roberto Castón, Spain (directorial debut and world premiere)
With Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pilar Rodríguez, Leire Ucha
At Stake by Iwan Setiawan, Muhammad Ichsan, Lucky Kuswandi, Ucu Agustin, Ani Ema Susanti, Indonesia
Panorama Dokumente
Coyote by Chema Rodríguez, Spain (world premiere)
Panorama Dokumente
Der Knochenmann (The Bone Man) by Wolfgang Murnberger,...
- 1/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Cologne, Germany -- Julie Delpy, whose directorial debut, "2 Days in Paris" lit up the 2007 Berlinale, returns this year with her period thriller "The Countess," which will have its world premiere at Berlin's Panorama sidebar.
Jose Padilha, whose corrupt cops drama "The Elite Squad" was last year's surprise winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear, also has booked a return flight, for the Panorama premiere of "Garapa," his documentary examining poverty in Brazil.
Other highlights of 2009 Panorama lineup include "Absolute Evil," a crime thriller which teams up cult director Ulli Lommel ("The Boogeyman") with star David Carradine; the documentary "Coyote" from Chema Rodriquez ("The Railroad All-Stars") which looks at the issue of human trafficking and "Der Knochenmann" (The Bone Man) from veteran Austrian director Wolfgang Murnberger ("Silentium").
Actress Rie Rasmussen ("Angel-a") will unspool her directorial debut, "Human Zoo," which focuses on the trauma of a woman living in Paris who escaped the horrors of the Balkan war.
Jose Padilha, whose corrupt cops drama "The Elite Squad" was last year's surprise winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear, also has booked a return flight, for the Panorama premiere of "Garapa," his documentary examining poverty in Brazil.
Other highlights of 2009 Panorama lineup include "Absolute Evil," a crime thriller which teams up cult director Ulli Lommel ("The Boogeyman") with star David Carradine; the documentary "Coyote" from Chema Rodriquez ("The Railroad All-Stars") which looks at the issue of human trafficking and "Der Knochenmann" (The Bone Man) from veteran Austrian director Wolfgang Murnberger ("Silentium").
Actress Rie Rasmussen ("Angel-a") will unspool her directorial debut, "Human Zoo," which focuses on the trauma of a woman living in Paris who escaped the horrors of the Balkan war.
- 1/7/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The audience awards at the Woodstock Film Festival, which wrapped Sunday in Woodstock, N.Y., resulted in a pair of ties. The award for best narrative feature went to Susanne Bier's After the Wedding and Udi Aloni's Forgiveness, and the award for best documentary feature went to Barbara Kopple's Shut Up & Sing and Rachel Libert's Beyond Conviction. The audiences at the Mill Valley Film Festival, which wrapped Sunday in California, were more decisive. They voted awards to Phillip Noyce's Catch a Fire as best dramatic feature, Amy Berg's Deliver Us From Evil as best feature-length docu and Wolfgang Murnberger's Lapislazuli: In the Eye of the Bear as best children's film.
- 10/19/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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