"At first, the man was believed to be a hiker. Later, his stone age origins were revealed..." Film Movement has debuted a new official Us trailer for Iceman, a stone age survival thriller set in the snowy Ötztal Alps (located on Austria / Italy border). This premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2017, and we originally posted a trailer for it back then. This could be described as an early Neolithic man version of The Revenant, about one man who angrily seeks revenge but must first survive the brutal Ötztal Alps. Jürgen Vogel stars as Kelab, with the full cast including Susanne Wuest, André Hennicke, Violetta Schurawlow, Sabin Tambrea, Martin Schneider, and an appearance by Franco Nero. The film uses an early version of the Rhaetic language. This actually looks pretty damn good, with some epic footage and plenty of gnarly beards. Here's the new official Us trailer (+ another poster) for Felix Randau's Iceman,...
- 2/5/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation also set to debut in UK.
After two sizable debuts in consecutive weeks at the UK box office – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with £9.7m last week and Incredibles 2 with £9.5m the week before – two more titles will be looking to make a splash this weekend.
Paramount’s Mission: Impossible - Fallout is riding the crest of a wave of positive reviews, with Screen’s own calling it a “thrilling franchise topper”. Despite being the sixth entry in the long-running Tom Cruise-fronted Mission Impossible series, the possibility of franchise fatigue should...
After two sizable debuts in consecutive weeks at the UK box office – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with £9.7m last week and Incredibles 2 with £9.5m the week before – two more titles will be looking to make a splash this weekend.
Paramount’s Mission: Impossible - Fallout is riding the crest of a wave of positive reviews, with Screen’s own calling it a “thrilling franchise topper”. Despite being the sixth entry in the long-running Tom Cruise-fronted Mission Impossible series, the possibility of franchise fatigue should...
- 7/27/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Felix Randau’s violent drama reconstructs the life and death of a man found preserved in ice 5,000 years later
In 1991, two tourists hiking in the Austrian Alps made a staggering discovery: a 5,000-year-old man almost perfectly preserved in the ice, with clothes and shoes made from furs and animal-hide. He had a distinctive copper axe, an arrowhead lodged in his body and traces of what were subsequently found to be four different types of blood on him. Clearly, he had died a violent and dramatic death. What can have led to it?
This movie from German writer-director Felix Randau makes a bold attempt at imaginative reconstruction. It is harrowingly brutal, drenched in male violence, with unsubtitled dialogue grunted in the obscure language of early Rhetian, believed to have been in use there at that time. The result is something like a revenge western crossed with something, not prehistoric, but post-historic...
In 1991, two tourists hiking in the Austrian Alps made a staggering discovery: a 5,000-year-old man almost perfectly preserved in the ice, with clothes and shoes made from furs and animal-hide. He had a distinctive copper axe, an arrowhead lodged in his body and traces of what were subsequently found to be four different types of blood on him. Clearly, he had died a violent and dramatic death. What can have led to it?
This movie from German writer-director Felix Randau makes a bold attempt at imaginative reconstruction. It is harrowingly brutal, drenched in male violence, with unsubtitled dialogue grunted in the obscure language of early Rhetian, believed to have been in use there at that time. The result is something like a revenge western crossed with something, not prehistoric, but post-historic...
- 7/27/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood is filled to the brim with writers, directors, and many others that people don’t know. Traveling outside of those circles it is possible to find even more that have true talent and are still not known for whatever reason. It could be because they are not as inclined to follow the same path as those that seek fame, they don’t play by the same rules, or because they simply don’t play well with others. In many cases however it is because they want to do things their way and do not want someone else stepping on their toes, so
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Felix Randau...
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Felix Randau...
- 8/17/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
It could be called the first murder mystery in human history: Who killed the man now nicknamed “Otzi,” an Eneolithic Alps dweller whose exceptionally well-preserved mummy was found in a glacier on the Italo-Austrian border in 1991 but who died around 3,200 Bce, probably from an arrow wound and/or a blow to the head? German writer-director Felix Randau (Northern Star) imagines a possible answer to the whodunit aspect of the story but this is only the end point of what is basically a visceral thrill ride through the Alpine Copper Age, as the fortysomething Otzi is reimagined as a man...
- 8/11/2017
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"They found a man, but not his story..." A trailer has debuted for a film titled Iceman, which is premiering at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland kicking off this week. This film could be described as an ancient Neolithic man version of The Revenant, about one man who angrily seeks revenge but must first survive the brutal Ötztals Alps. Jürgen Vogel stars as Kelab, with the full cast including Susanne Wuest, André Hennicke, Violetta Schurawlow, Sabin Tambrea, Martin Schneider, and an appearance by Franco Nero. The film uses an early version of the Rhaetic language. This actually looks damn good, with some impressive hair + beards and an intense story set entirely in the wilderness. I'm intrigued enough to watch. Here's the first official trailer (+ German poster) for Felix Randau's Iceman, direct from YouTube: 5000 years ago: A man lives with his woman and their children in the Ötztals Alps.
- 7/25/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Watch the first trailer for revenge movie about Neolithic man ‘Ötzi’.
Screen can reveal the first trailer for writer-director Felix Randau’s Locarno world premiere Iceman, which reimagines the last days of Neolithic man ‘Ötzi’.
Watch above or on mobile Here:
The epic survival and revenge story charts the fictional journey of a man who lived more than 5,300 years ago as the leader of a besieged Neolithic clan in the Ötztal Alps.
The enigmatic character has subsequently become the subject of one of the great unsolved historical murder cases.
Beta Cinema handles sales on the movie, starring Juergen Vogel (The Wave), Franco Nero (Django Unchained), André M. Hennicke (Victoria), Sabin Tambrea (Ludwig II) and Susanne Wuest (A Cure For Wellness).
The film was shot in an early version of the Rhaetic language. Dop is Jakub Bejnarowicz (Mercy).
Producers are Port au Prince Film and Kultur Produktion/Jan Krüger (Jack) in co-production with Echo Film, Lucky Bird Pictures...
Screen can reveal the first trailer for writer-director Felix Randau’s Locarno world premiere Iceman, which reimagines the last days of Neolithic man ‘Ötzi’.
Watch above or on mobile Here:
The epic survival and revenge story charts the fictional journey of a man who lived more than 5,300 years ago as the leader of a besieged Neolithic clan in the Ötztal Alps.
The enigmatic character has subsequently become the subject of one of the great unsolved historical murder cases.
Beta Cinema handles sales on the movie, starring Juergen Vogel (The Wave), Franco Nero (Django Unchained), André M. Hennicke (Victoria), Sabin Tambrea (Ludwig II) and Susanne Wuest (A Cure For Wellness).
The film was shot in an early version of the Rhaetic language. Dop is Jakub Bejnarowicz (Mercy).
Producers are Port au Prince Film and Kultur Produktion/Jan Krüger (Jack) in co-production with Echo Film, Lucky Bird Pictures...
- 7/25/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Ben & Joshua Safdie's Good TimeThe lineup for the 2017 festival has been revealed, including new films by Wang Bing, Radu Jude, Raúl Ruiz and others, alongside retrospectives and tributes dedicated to Jean-Marie Straub, Jacques Tourneur and much more.Piazza GRANDEAmori che non sonno stare al mondo (Francesca Comencini, Italy)Atomic Blonde (David Leitch, USA)Chien (Samuel Benchetrit, France/Belgium)Demain et tous les autres jours (Noémie Lvovsky, France)Drei Zinnen (Jan Zabeil, Germany/Italy)Good Time (Ben & Joshua Safdie, USA)Gotthard - One Life, One Soul (Kevin Merz, Switzerland)I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, USA)Iceman (Felix Randau, Germany/Italy/Austria)Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium/France)Lola Pater (Nadir Moknèche, France/Belgium)Sicilia! (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Italy/France/Germany)Sparring (Samuel Jouy, France)The Big Sick (Michael Showalter, USA)The Song of Scorpions (Anup Singh, Switzerland/France/Singapore)What Happed to Monday (Tommy Wirkola,...
- 7/12/2017
- MUBI
Atomic Blonde, The Big Sick, The Song Of Scorpions among line-up.
The line-up for the 70th Locarno Festival (Aug 2-12) in Switzerland has been announced.
Scroll down for the full line-up
The 16-strong Piazza Grande strand features 11 world premieres, including opening night film Tomorrow And Every Other Day directed by Noemie Lvovsky and starring Mathieu Amalric, and closing night music doc Gotthard - One Life, One Soul, about the swiss rock band.
Other Piazza Grande films include Atomic Blonde with Charlize Theron, Good Time starring Robert Pattinson, Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick, What Happened to Monday? with Glenn Close and the world premiere of Anup Singh’s The Song of Scorpions, starring Irrfan Khan, who will attend the festival.
Actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz will receive the festival’s 2017 excellence award and Nastassja Kinski will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award.
Michel Merkt (Toni Erdmann, Elle) will receive the festival’s best independent producer award.
As...
The line-up for the 70th Locarno Festival (Aug 2-12) in Switzerland has been announced.
Scroll down for the full line-up
The 16-strong Piazza Grande strand features 11 world premieres, including opening night film Tomorrow And Every Other Day directed by Noemie Lvovsky and starring Mathieu Amalric, and closing night music doc Gotthard - One Life, One Soul, about the swiss rock band.
Other Piazza Grande films include Atomic Blonde with Charlize Theron, Good Time starring Robert Pattinson, Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick, What Happened to Monday? with Glenn Close and the world premiere of Anup Singh’s The Song of Scorpions, starring Irrfan Khan, who will attend the festival.
Actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz will receive the festival’s 2017 excellence award and Nastassja Kinski will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award.
Michel Merkt (Toni Erdmann, Elle) will receive the festival’s best independent producer award.
As...
- 7/12/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The European Commission (EC) is planning changes to its Creative Europe programme from 2016.
In preparation for the forthcoming Creative Europe Programme Committee meeting in Brussels, the EC’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (Eacea) has drawn up revised and updated guidelines for the Culture and Media sub-programmes based on the experience of Creative Europe’s first year of operations from January 1, 2014.
Innovation and the use of the latest digital technologies will be given greater emphasis in the guidelines for training under the Media sub-programme, according to the Eacea’s proposals.
In future, eligible training activities will include those offering training in “new modes of distribution and exploitation using the latest digital technologies including social media” as well as training in “knowledge sharing and networking capabilities”, while the award criteria will now also take “the deployment of digital technologies” and “the technical and management experience of the [project] team” into account.
Level playing...
In preparation for the forthcoming Creative Europe Programme Committee meeting in Brussels, the EC’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (Eacea) has drawn up revised and updated guidelines for the Culture and Media sub-programmes based on the experience of Creative Europe’s first year of operations from January 1, 2014.
Innovation and the use of the latest digital technologies will be given greater emphasis in the guidelines for training under the Media sub-programme, according to the Eacea’s proposals.
In future, eligible training activities will include those offering training in “new modes of distribution and exploitation using the latest digital technologies including social media” as well as training in “knowledge sharing and networking capabilities”, while the award criteria will now also take “the deployment of digital technologies” and “the technical and management experience of the [project] team” into account.
Level playing...
- 4/23/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
MADRID -- Crossover artists from the TV world, complete unknowns and directors with just one feature under their belt are some of the 16 filmmakers competing for the €90,000 ($110,000) Altadis-New Directors Award at the 55th annual San Sebastian International Film Festival, organizers said Friday.
The Zabaltegi sidebar, which sports a hefty dose of English-language films this year, weaves together films from first-time directors, pearls from previous festivals and special documentary screenings that will be shown Sept. 20-29.
First- and second-time directors screening in the Official Section will be announced separately, though they also will be entitled to compete for the cash prize. Three Spanish films running in Zabaltegi and competing for the award previously were announced.
Threes Anna's family drama "The Bird Can't Fly", starring Barbara Hershey; Eric Nazarian's "The Blue Hour"; and Sarah Gavron's multiracial love story "Brick Lane", an adaptation of the Monica Ali novel "Seven Seas, Thirteen Rivers", represent three directorial debuts in the competition.
German helmer Felix Randau's "The Calling Game", which follows up on his "Northern Star"; Salvatore Stabile's second feature, the homeless drama "Where God Left His Shoes"; and "10+4," Mania Akbari's sequel to Abbas Kiarostami's "Ten", also will compete.
The Zabaltegi sidebar, which sports a hefty dose of English-language films this year, weaves together films from first-time directors, pearls from previous festivals and special documentary screenings that will be shown Sept. 20-29.
First- and second-time directors screening in the Official Section will be announced separately, though they also will be entitled to compete for the cash prize. Three Spanish films running in Zabaltegi and competing for the award previously were announced.
Threes Anna's family drama "The Bird Can't Fly", starring Barbara Hershey; Eric Nazarian's "The Blue Hour"; and Sarah Gavron's multiracial love story "Brick Lane", an adaptation of the Monica Ali novel "Seven Seas, Thirteen Rivers", represent three directorial debuts in the competition.
German helmer Felix Randau's "The Calling Game", which follows up on his "Northern Star"; Salvatore Stabile's second feature, the homeless drama "Where God Left His Shoes"; and "10+4," Mania Akbari's sequel to Abbas Kiarostami's "Ten", also will compete.
- 8/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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