Transilvania International Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 23rd edition which takes place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The 12 features in competition feature several festival favourites including Shuchi Talati’s Indian romance Girls Will Be Girls which won the Sundance audience award in world cinema – dramatic and the Arte international prize at Berlinale.
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Also competing is Laura Ferres’ The Permanent Picture, best film winner at Valladolid; Ernst De Geer’s The Hypnosis, which scooped Karlovy Vary jury awards in Fipresci and Europa Cinema Label; and Berlinale Forum premiere The Adamant Girl from Indian director P.S. Vinothraj.
The 12 features in competition feature several festival favourites including Shuchi Talati’s Indian romance Girls Will Be Girls which won the Sundance audience award in world cinema – dramatic and the Arte international prize at Berlinale.
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Also competing is Laura Ferres’ The Permanent Picture, best film winner at Valladolid; Ernst De Geer’s The Hypnosis, which scooped Karlovy Vary jury awards in Fipresci and Europa Cinema Label; and Berlinale Forum premiere The Adamant Girl from Indian director P.S. Vinothraj.
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Festival has programmed 75 films from 36 countries.
The Marrakech International Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its 20th edition, which runs from November 24-December 2.
The festival is opening with Richard Linklater’s action comedy Hit Man, starring Glen Powell, and is screening 75 films in total from 36 countries.
Marrakech’s official competition, which comprises first and second feature films, includes Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Cannes Competition title Banel & Adama, Lina Soualem’s Venice Giornate degli Autori documentary Bye Bye Tiberias and Moroccan director Kamal Lazraq’s feature debut Hounds, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
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Johnny Barrington,...
The Marrakech International Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its 20th edition, which runs from November 24-December 2.
The festival is opening with Richard Linklater’s action comedy Hit Man, starring Glen Powell, and is screening 75 films in total from 36 countries.
Marrakech’s official competition, which comprises first and second feature films, includes Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Cannes Competition title Banel & Adama, Lina Soualem’s Venice Giornate degli Autori documentary Bye Bye Tiberias and Moroccan director Kamal Lazraq’s feature debut Hounds, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
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- 11/2/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Adriano Valerio’s documentary “Casablanca,” which will world premiere on Thursday at Venice Days, has been acquired by Salaud Morisset for world sales. Variety has been given an exclusive clip from the film.
“Casablanca” follows Fouad, a Moroccan living in Italy without papers, and Daniela, a former drug-addict from Apulia’s upper middle-class, who find each other by chance in Umbria. The meeting is the beginning of a love that helps them heal. But Fouad’s feeling of not belonging and the interminable wait for a visa are pushing him to the brink: will he stay in Umbria or go back to Casablanca, even if it means never to return?
Valerio followed the two characters for seven years after he met Fouad in 2016 in a bar and immediately became fascinated by his way of seeing life and his determination fueled by his almost undestroyable hope.
Valerio said: “I wanted to...
“Casablanca” follows Fouad, a Moroccan living in Italy without papers, and Daniela, a former drug-addict from Apulia’s upper middle-class, who find each other by chance in Umbria. The meeting is the beginning of a love that helps them heal. But Fouad’s feeling of not belonging and the interminable wait for a visa are pushing him to the brink: will he stay in Umbria or go back to Casablanca, even if it means never to return?
Valerio followed the two characters for seven years after he met Fouad in 2016 in a bar and immediately became fascinated by his way of seeing life and his determination fueled by his almost undestroyable hope.
Valerio said: “I wanted to...
- 9/7/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Isabelle Huppert Drama, Peter Sarsgaard Spanish Flu Satire, Celine Sciamma Short Set for Venice Days
The Giornate Degli Autori — the independently run event that takes place alongside the Venice Film Festival and is often referred to simply as Venice Days — has unveiled the lineup for its 2023 edition (also it’s 20th).
Among the 10 titles world premiering in competition is Elise Girard’s drama Sidonie in Japan, starring Isabelle Huppert as a French writer mourning her husband’s death while on a book tour. Out of competition, Coup! — a satire set during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic and starring Peter Sarsgaard and Billy Magnussen — will bow, while special events include the world premiere of This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet, a short from Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma (who was previously president of the Venice Days jury). There will also be a special daylong event in honor of late Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée, including a screening of his 2005 drama C.R.A.Z.Y.
Venice...
Among the 10 titles world premiering in competition is Elise Girard’s drama Sidonie in Japan, starring Isabelle Huppert as a French writer mourning her husband’s death while on a book tour. Out of competition, Coup! — a satire set during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic and starring Peter Sarsgaard and Billy Magnussen — will bow, while special events include the world premiere of This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet, a short from Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Céline Sciamma (who was previously president of the Venice Days jury). There will also be a special daylong event in honor of late Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée, including a screening of his 2005 drama C.R.A.Z.Y.
Venice...
- 7/27/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA) has unveiled the selection for its 20th edition running from August 30 to September 9, featuring a surprise short by Céline Sciamma, a new feature by Teona Strugar Mitevska as well as a tribute to late Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée.
The line-up spans 10 films in competition, seven special events, eight titles in Venetian Nights as well as a special day-long event devoted Vallée and the cinema of Québec, featuring a screening of his 2005 coming of age drama C.R.A.Z.Y.
Highlights of the competition include Canadian filmmaker Ariane Louis-Seize’s quirky vampire tale Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person; Atlas Mountains-set ensemble theatre group road movie Backstage by directorial debut Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane; Through The Night, in which Belgian director Delphine Girard expands her Oscar-nominated short A Sister, and Sidonie In Paris, starring Isabelle Huppert as a writer mourning the...
The line-up spans 10 films in competition, seven special events, eight titles in Venetian Nights as well as a special day-long event devoted Vallée and the cinema of Québec, featuring a screening of his 2005 coming of age drama C.R.A.Z.Y.
Highlights of the competition include Canadian filmmaker Ariane Louis-Seize’s quirky vampire tale Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person; Atlas Mountains-set ensemble theatre group road movie Backstage by directorial debut Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane; Through The Night, in which Belgian director Delphine Girard expands her Oscar-nominated short A Sister, and Sidonie In Paris, starring Isabelle Huppert as a writer mourning the...
- 7/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Loads‘ Ognjen Glavonic, Autobiography‘s Makbul Mubarak & Medusa‘s Anita Rocha da Silveira are among the selected filmmakers for TorinoFilmLab’s ScriptLab Participants. Glavonic will be at the lab with In The Shadow Of The Horns – his sophomore fiction feature. Indonesian filmmaker Mubarak comes with Watch It Burn – his sophomore feature while Brazilian filmmaker Anita Rocha da Silveira will be workshopping her third feature in I Can’t Dance. The 20 projects come from 20 writer-directors and eight co-writers, and have been selected from 550 submissions. Here are the ScriptLab 2023 projects and participants:
A Perfect Family – Writer: Adriano Valerio / Co-writer: Aude Py
All The Crows In The World – Writer: Yi Tang
Alma – Writer: Laura Herrero Garvin / Co-writer: Jorge Gil
Amari – Writer: Domien Huyghe, Co-writer: Wendy Huyghe
Blind Spots – Writer: Ely Chevillot
Brilliant Melody – Writer: Carlo Francisco / Co-writer: Jeremie Dubois
Counting Cards With My Father – Writer: Lydia Rui
Detour – Writer: Jakub Piatek / Co-writer:...
A Perfect Family – Writer: Adriano Valerio / Co-writer: Aude Py
All The Crows In The World – Writer: Yi Tang
Alma – Writer: Laura Herrero Garvin / Co-writer: Jorge Gil
Amari – Writer: Domien Huyghe, Co-writer: Wendy Huyghe
Blind Spots – Writer: Ely Chevillot
Brilliant Melody – Writer: Carlo Francisco / Co-writer: Jeremie Dubois
Counting Cards With My Father – Writer: Lydia Rui
Detour – Writer: Jakub Piatek / Co-writer:...
- 3/27/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
There is a particular focus on comedies.
TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has selected 20 projects for its ScriptLab 2023, plus five story editors, in what it describes as the first ‘fully international’ iteration of the annual development scheme.
The 20 projects come from 20 writer-directors and eight co-writers, and have been selected from 550 submissions.
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Those selected will take part in three week-long residential modules in April, June and November; with two online modules in September and October. The participants will be divided into five groups, and tutored by script consultants Philippe Barriere, Severine Cornamusaz, Aleksandra Swierk, Marietta von Hausswolff and Gino Ventriglia.
TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has selected 20 projects for its ScriptLab 2023, plus five story editors, in what it describes as the first ‘fully international’ iteration of the annual development scheme.
The 20 projects come from 20 writer-directors and eight co-writers, and have been selected from 550 submissions.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Those selected will take part in three week-long residential modules in April, June and November; with two online modules in September and October. The participants will be divided into five groups, and tutored by script consultants Philippe Barriere, Severine Cornamusaz, Aleksandra Swierk, Marietta von Hausswolff and Gino Ventriglia.
- 3/27/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Sardinia, a longtime a magnet for international productions spanning from James Bond classic “The Spy Who Loved Me” to George Clooney-directed TV series “Catch-22,” is ready for its close up again.
Following a hiatus due to the coronavirus crisis, the Italian island known for its emerald coast and ancient monuments is now hosting shoots for food and travel TV shows while scouting is under way for prospective big productions, including several from global streaming giants.
“We are doing lots of location scouting with Netflix, Amazon and Disney,” says Nevina Satta, head of the Sardinia Film Commission, who has long been a champion of eco-friendly best practices on set.
She has been busy training local executive producers in Covid-19 safety protocols alongside previous “green set” directives that the film commission had in place. Incidentally, during the pandemic, Sardinia had the lowest rates of coronavirus infection in Italy.
“Covid can actually...
Following a hiatus due to the coronavirus crisis, the Italian island known for its emerald coast and ancient monuments is now hosting shoots for food and travel TV shows while scouting is under way for prospective big productions, including several from global streaming giants.
“We are doing lots of location scouting with Netflix, Amazon and Disney,” says Nevina Satta, head of the Sardinia Film Commission, who has long been a champion of eco-friendly best practices on set.
She has been busy training local executive producers in Covid-19 safety protocols alongside previous “green set” directives that the film commission had in place. Incidentally, during the pandemic, Sardinia had the lowest rates of coronavirus infection in Italy.
“Covid can actually...
- 7/17/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio, recently the big winner at Italy’s David di Donatello awards with elegant mob drama “The Traitor,” is busy with a trio of projects involving personal and also national history, all shepherded by his now regular producer Simone Gattoni.
Gattoni, partner with Bellocchio in Rome’s Kavac Film, and among Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch last year, is riding high after the Davids — “The Traitor” having won six statuettes including best picture and director — and ramping up a robust slate of film and TV projects in various stages, to be directed by a mix of veteran names such as Bellocchio and Gianni Amelio (“Open Doors”), as well as younger, emerging Italian helmers. Most of these projects are being mounted by Kavac in tandem with other prominent Italian and European producers.
The most advanced project on the Kavac slate is Bellocchio’s “L’Urlo” (“The Scream”), a very...
Gattoni, partner with Bellocchio in Rome’s Kavac Film, and among Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch last year, is riding high after the Davids — “The Traitor” having won six statuettes including best picture and director — and ramping up a robust slate of film and TV projects in various stages, to be directed by a mix of veteran names such as Bellocchio and Gianni Amelio (“Open Doors”), as well as younger, emerging Italian helmers. Most of these projects are being mounted by Kavac in tandem with other prominent Italian and European producers.
The most advanced project on the Kavac slate is Bellocchio’s “L’Urlo” (“The Scream”), a very...
- 5/22/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
With Italy gradually lifting some lockdown restrictions, local film and TV producers are busy drafting safety protocols to start shooting again, with June targeted as the start of the industry’s road map to recovery.
With close to 30,000 deaths, Italy has the second deadliest coronavirus outbreak in Europe, behind the U.K., but is now flattening the curve. On May 4, it entered its so-called “phase two” with some workplaces reopening.
The same day, the central Lazio region, which is the Italian industry’s main hub comprising Rome and Cinecittà Studios, announced that productions could start up again, prompting some premature trumpeting in local media that physical production of films and TV series has already restarted. However, the reality of reviving production is a far more complicated picture.
“Production activity as a whole can indeed restart, but there are many aspects to this, including preparation and opening offices again,” says Francesca Cima,...
With close to 30,000 deaths, Italy has the second deadliest coronavirus outbreak in Europe, behind the U.K., but is now flattening the curve. On May 4, it entered its so-called “phase two” with some workplaces reopening.
The same day, the central Lazio region, which is the Italian industry’s main hub comprising Rome and Cinecittà Studios, announced that productions could start up again, prompting some premature trumpeting in local media that physical production of films and TV series has already restarted. However, the reality of reviving production is a far more complicated picture.
“Production activity as a whole can indeed restart, but there are many aspects to this, including preparation and opening offices again,” says Francesca Cima,...
- 5/8/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes–Seven first-feature projects will be pitched to an audience of industry professionals at Focus CoPro’, an event hosted by Cannes’ Short Film Corner that will take place Tuesday May 21 at the Palais des Festivals.
The pitching session, which is run in collaboration with Nisi Masa and the Pop Up Film Residency, was introduced last year as a way to support early-career filmmakers looking to make the leap from short to feature films. This year’s edition will build on the success of the inaugural program with an expanded scope, according to Short Film Corner head Camille Hébert-Bénazet. “This year is our second edition and we are expecting more people, especially buyers, residences, labs, film funds and more producers,” she said.
The Focus CoPro’ pitch has also expanded to include more projects, with organizers winnowing down more than 90 applicants to select the seven most promising projects—as well as another...
The pitching session, which is run in collaboration with Nisi Masa and the Pop Up Film Residency, was introduced last year as a way to support early-career filmmakers looking to make the leap from short to feature films. This year’s edition will build on the success of the inaugural program with an expanded scope, according to Short Film Corner head Camille Hébert-Bénazet. “This year is our second edition and we are expecting more people, especially buyers, residences, labs, film funds and more producers,” she said.
The Focus CoPro’ pitch has also expanded to include more projects, with organizers winnowing down more than 90 applicants to select the seven most promising projects—as well as another...
- 5/20/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
ThelmaA selection of films from the 2017 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has been unveiled, with new films by Sebastián Lelio, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Darren Aronofsky, Greta Gerwig, Guillermo Del Toro, Joachim Trier, Wim Wenders, and many more.Special PRESENTATIONSOpening Night: Ladybird (Greta Gerwig)Closing Night: Sheikh Jackson (Amr Salama)Battle of the Sexes (Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton)Bpm (Beats Per Minute) (Robin Campillo)The Brawler (Anurag Kashyap)The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey)Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino)Catch the Wind (Gaël Morel)The Children Act (Richard Eyre)The Current War (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)Disobedience (Sebastián Lelio)Downsizing (Alexander Payne)A Fantastic Woman (Sebastián Lelio)First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie)The Guardians (Xavier Beauvois)Hostiles (Scott Cooper)The Hungry (Bornila Chatterjee)I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie)Mother! (Darren Aronofsky)Novitiate (Maggie Betts)Omerta (Hansal Mehta)Plonger (Mélanie Laurent)The Price of Success (Teddy Lussi-Modeste)Professor Marston & the Wonder Women...
- 8/3/2017
- MUBI
Palm Springs International Film Fest Announces Premieres, New Voices/New Visions, and Modern Masters
The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) has announced its line-up of Premieres, New Voices/New Visions competition and Modern Masters. Films from 60 countries, including 54 premieres (7 World, 17 North American and 30 U.S.), will unspool at the Festival, running from January 1-11, 2016 in Palm Springs, California.
“The line-up this year, while full of unexpected surprises, vividly reflects what is going on in the world around us,” said Festival Director Darryl Macdonald. “There’s a particular focus on stories about displaced people – immigrants, emigrants, refugees, those seeking asylum or shelter. There’s a concurrent trend toward stories revolving around new beginnings and escaping the shackles of the past, whether sexual, cultural, societal or self-imposed. Balancing all of these is a focus on family and romance, along with films involving a healthy dose of magic realism or absurdist comedy, and a plethora of exceptional films dealing with the usual obsessions – music, food, sex and art. All in all, it’s about as well-rounded, as thoughtfully chosen, and as provocative as it’s possible for a smartly curated lineup of new international cinema to be.”
“I am thrilled at the breadth and depth of this year’s program,” said Festival Artistic Director Helen du Toit. “While Modern Masters showcases such widely acclaimed filmmakers as as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Barbara Kopple and Terence Davies, our New Voices/New Visions program is evidence that new masters are emerging around the world. The range of approaches is extraordinary. Highlights include Raam Reddy's 'Thithi' (India), which skillfully juggles myriad characters in a delightful low key comedy; Yorgos Zois’ 'Interruption' (Greece), which challenges the audience with a complex and highly compelling narrative; and Maris Curran's 'Five Nights in Maine' (USA), featuring David Oyelowo's nuanced and heartbreaking performance as a widower reconnecting with his estranged mother-in-law.”
Showcasing the diversity of international cinema, Festival premieres will include:
World premieres: "50 Days in the Desert" (Luxembourg) directed by Fabrizio Maltese, "Agnes" (Germany/Belgium), the documentary "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" (Us) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, "The Carer" (Hungary/UK), "Going Going Gone" (UK), "Searchdog" (Us) and "Set the Thames on Fire" (UK).
North American premieres: "Banat" (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), "Death By Death" (Belgium/France), "A Decent Man" (Switzerland),"Departure" (France/UK),"Fly Away Solo" (India/France), "Interruption" (Greece/Croatia), "A Korean in Paris" (South Korea/France), "The Memory of Water" (Chile/Spain/Argentina/Germany), "Moor" (Pakistan), "On My Mother’s Side" (Canada), "Paradise Trips" (Belgium/Croatia), "Rosita" (Denmark), "Spy Time" (Spain), "Tanna" (Australia/Vanuatu), "Thithi" (India/Us/Canada), "Utopians" (Hong Kong) and "When a Tree Falls" (Spain).
U.S. premieres: "1944" (Estonia/Finland), "3000 Nights" (Palestine/France/Jordan/Lebanon), "Atomic Falafel" (Israel/Germany/New Zealand), "Belgian Rhapsody" (Belgium), "Beyond My Grandfather Allende" (Chile/Mexico), "Born to Dance" (New Zealand), "Closet Monster" (Canada), "Enclave" (Serbia/Germany), "The Endless River" (South Africa/France), "Endorphine" (Canada),Exotica, "Erotica, Etc." (France), "Fire Song" (Canada), "Five Nights in Maine" (Us), "A Heavy Heart" (Germany), "Home Care" (Czech Republic/Slovakia), "Let Them Come" (Algeria/France), "My Big Night" (Spain), "My Internship in Canada" (Canada), "The Other Side" (Italy/France), "Our Everyday Life" (Bosnia, Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), "The Paradise Suite" (Netherlands/Sweden/Bulgaria), "Parched" (India/Us/UK), "Parisienne" (France), "Sabali" (Canada), "Sleeping Giant" (Canada), "Summer Solstice" (Poland/Germany), "Trap" (Philippines), "The Violin Teacher" (Brazil), "Wedding Doll" (Israel) and " Zubaan" (India).
The New Voices/New Visions competition showcases 12 Us premieres from top emerging international directors marking their feature film debut at the Festival, with the additional criteria that the films selected are currently without U.S. distribution. The winner is selected by a jury of U.S. distributors which include Gary Rubin of Cohen Media, Dan Berger of Oscilloscope and Ryan Kampe of Visit Films/Monument Releasing. The winner will receive use of a $60,000 Panavision camera package and a glass sculpture designed for the Festival by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. Films selected for this year include:
"Banat" (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), Director Adriano Valerio "Death By Death" (Belgium/France), Director Xavier Seron "Departure" (UK/France), Director Andrew Steggall "Five Nights in Maine" (Us), Director Maris Curran and starring David Oyelowo "A Heavy Heart" (Germany), Director Thomas Stuber "Home Care" (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Director Slávek Horák "Interruption" (Greece/Croatia), Director Yorgos Zois "Let Them Come" (Algeria/France), Director Salem Brahimi "Our Everyday Life" (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), Director Ines Tanović "Paradise Trips" (Belgium/Croatia), Director Raf Reyntjens "Sleeping Giant" (Canada), Director Andrew Cividino "Thithi" (India/Us/Canada), Director Raam Reddy
The Modern Masters section features 10 films from international directors who set the standards for contemporary cinema. Films selected for this year include:
"Cemetery Of Splendour" (Thailand/UK), Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul "Dheepan" (France), Director Jacques Audiard "Miss Sharon Jones!" (Us), Director Barbara Kopple "Mountains May Depart" (China/France/Japan), Director Jia Zhangke "My Golden Days" (France), Director Arnaud Desplechin "My Mother" (Italy/France), Director Nanni Moretti "Our Little Sister" (Japan), Director Hirokazu Kore-eda "Sunset Song" (UK/Luxembourg), Director Terence Davies "Sweet Bean" (Japan), Director Naomi Kawase "Women He’s Undressed" (Australia), Director Gillian Armstrong
Other Festival films with notable talent and directors include: "45 Years" (UK) directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, "Anomalisa" (Us) directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman with the voices of David Thewlis and Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Chronic" (Mexico/France) starring Tim Roth, "Closet Monster" (Canada) with Connor Jessup and Isabella Rossellini, "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" (Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium/France) directed by Peter Greenaway, "February" (Us/Canada) starring Kiernan Shipka and Emma Roberts, "Hello, My Name is Doris" (Us) starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs and Stephen Root, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (France/Us) directed by Kent Jones and featuring Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher and Richard Linklater, "The Invitation" (Us) starring Logan Marshall-Green and Michiel Huisman, "The Lady in the Van" (UK) directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent and James Corden, "Louder Than Bombs" (USA) starring Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne and Isabelle Huppert, "Men & Chicken" (Denmark) starring Mads Mikkelsen, "Papa (Cuba)" directed by Bob Yari and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson and Minka Kelly, "A Perfect Day" (Spain) starring Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins and Olga Kurylenko, "The Seventh Fire" (Us) executive produced by Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman and Chris Eyre, and "Where to Invade Next" (Us) directed by Michael Moore.
The complete line-up will be available on December 18 at www.psfilmfest.org.
“The line-up this year, while full of unexpected surprises, vividly reflects what is going on in the world around us,” said Festival Director Darryl Macdonald. “There’s a particular focus on stories about displaced people – immigrants, emigrants, refugees, those seeking asylum or shelter. There’s a concurrent trend toward stories revolving around new beginnings and escaping the shackles of the past, whether sexual, cultural, societal or self-imposed. Balancing all of these is a focus on family and romance, along with films involving a healthy dose of magic realism or absurdist comedy, and a plethora of exceptional films dealing with the usual obsessions – music, food, sex and art. All in all, it’s about as well-rounded, as thoughtfully chosen, and as provocative as it’s possible for a smartly curated lineup of new international cinema to be.”
“I am thrilled at the breadth and depth of this year’s program,” said Festival Artistic Director Helen du Toit. “While Modern Masters showcases such widely acclaimed filmmakers as as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Barbara Kopple and Terence Davies, our New Voices/New Visions program is evidence that new masters are emerging around the world. The range of approaches is extraordinary. Highlights include Raam Reddy's 'Thithi' (India), which skillfully juggles myriad characters in a delightful low key comedy; Yorgos Zois’ 'Interruption' (Greece), which challenges the audience with a complex and highly compelling narrative; and Maris Curran's 'Five Nights in Maine' (USA), featuring David Oyelowo's nuanced and heartbreaking performance as a widower reconnecting with his estranged mother-in-law.”
Showcasing the diversity of international cinema, Festival premieres will include:
World premieres: "50 Days in the Desert" (Luxembourg) directed by Fabrizio Maltese, "Agnes" (Germany/Belgium), the documentary "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" (Us) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, "The Carer" (Hungary/UK), "Going Going Gone" (UK), "Searchdog" (Us) and "Set the Thames on Fire" (UK).
North American premieres: "Banat" (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), "Death By Death" (Belgium/France), "A Decent Man" (Switzerland),"Departure" (France/UK),"Fly Away Solo" (India/France), "Interruption" (Greece/Croatia), "A Korean in Paris" (South Korea/France), "The Memory of Water" (Chile/Spain/Argentina/Germany), "Moor" (Pakistan), "On My Mother’s Side" (Canada), "Paradise Trips" (Belgium/Croatia), "Rosita" (Denmark), "Spy Time" (Spain), "Tanna" (Australia/Vanuatu), "Thithi" (India/Us/Canada), "Utopians" (Hong Kong) and "When a Tree Falls" (Spain).
U.S. premieres: "1944" (Estonia/Finland), "3000 Nights" (Palestine/France/Jordan/Lebanon), "Atomic Falafel" (Israel/Germany/New Zealand), "Belgian Rhapsody" (Belgium), "Beyond My Grandfather Allende" (Chile/Mexico), "Born to Dance" (New Zealand), "Closet Monster" (Canada), "Enclave" (Serbia/Germany), "The Endless River" (South Africa/France), "Endorphine" (Canada),Exotica, "Erotica, Etc." (France), "Fire Song" (Canada), "Five Nights in Maine" (Us), "A Heavy Heart" (Germany), "Home Care" (Czech Republic/Slovakia), "Let Them Come" (Algeria/France), "My Big Night" (Spain), "My Internship in Canada" (Canada), "The Other Side" (Italy/France), "Our Everyday Life" (Bosnia, Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), "The Paradise Suite" (Netherlands/Sweden/Bulgaria), "Parched" (India/Us/UK), "Parisienne" (France), "Sabali" (Canada), "Sleeping Giant" (Canada), "Summer Solstice" (Poland/Germany), "Trap" (Philippines), "The Violin Teacher" (Brazil), "Wedding Doll" (Israel) and " Zubaan" (India).
The New Voices/New Visions competition showcases 12 Us premieres from top emerging international directors marking their feature film debut at the Festival, with the additional criteria that the films selected are currently without U.S. distribution. The winner is selected by a jury of U.S. distributors which include Gary Rubin of Cohen Media, Dan Berger of Oscilloscope and Ryan Kampe of Visit Films/Monument Releasing. The winner will receive use of a $60,000 Panavision camera package and a glass sculpture designed for the Festival by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. Films selected for this year include:
"Banat" (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), Director Adriano Valerio "Death By Death" (Belgium/France), Director Xavier Seron "Departure" (UK/France), Director Andrew Steggall "Five Nights in Maine" (Us), Director Maris Curran and starring David Oyelowo "A Heavy Heart" (Germany), Director Thomas Stuber "Home Care" (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Director Slávek Horák "Interruption" (Greece/Croatia), Director Yorgos Zois "Let Them Come" (Algeria/France), Director Salem Brahimi "Our Everyday Life" (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), Director Ines Tanović "Paradise Trips" (Belgium/Croatia), Director Raf Reyntjens "Sleeping Giant" (Canada), Director Andrew Cividino "Thithi" (India/Us/Canada), Director Raam Reddy
The Modern Masters section features 10 films from international directors who set the standards for contemporary cinema. Films selected for this year include:
"Cemetery Of Splendour" (Thailand/UK), Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul "Dheepan" (France), Director Jacques Audiard "Miss Sharon Jones!" (Us), Director Barbara Kopple "Mountains May Depart" (China/France/Japan), Director Jia Zhangke "My Golden Days" (France), Director Arnaud Desplechin "My Mother" (Italy/France), Director Nanni Moretti "Our Little Sister" (Japan), Director Hirokazu Kore-eda "Sunset Song" (UK/Luxembourg), Director Terence Davies "Sweet Bean" (Japan), Director Naomi Kawase "Women He’s Undressed" (Australia), Director Gillian Armstrong
Other Festival films with notable talent and directors include: "45 Years" (UK) directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, "Anomalisa" (Us) directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman with the voices of David Thewlis and Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Chronic" (Mexico/France) starring Tim Roth, "Closet Monster" (Canada) with Connor Jessup and Isabella Rossellini, "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" (Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium/France) directed by Peter Greenaway, "February" (Us/Canada) starring Kiernan Shipka and Emma Roberts, "Hello, My Name is Doris" (Us) starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs and Stephen Root, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (France/Us) directed by Kent Jones and featuring Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher and Richard Linklater, "The Invitation" (Us) starring Logan Marshall-Green and Michiel Huisman, "The Lady in the Van" (UK) directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent and James Corden, "Louder Than Bombs" (USA) starring Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne and Isabelle Huppert, "Men & Chicken" (Denmark) starring Mads Mikkelsen, "Papa (Cuba)" directed by Bob Yari and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson and Minka Kelly, "A Perfect Day" (Spain) starring Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins and Olga Kurylenko, "The Seventh Fire" (Us) executive produced by Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman and Chris Eyre, and "Where to Invade Next" (Us) directed by Michael Moore.
The complete line-up will be available on December 18 at www.psfilmfest.org.
- 12/15/2015
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Top brass at the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) on Monday announced the Premieres, New Voices/New Visions competition and Modern Masters programmes.
Films from 60 countries, including 54 premieres (seven world, 17 North American and 30 Us), will screen during the festival, which runs from January 1-11, 2016.
World premieres include: 50 Days In The Desert (Luxembourg) by Fabrizio Maltese; Agnes (Germany-Belgium); documentary Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age (Us) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford; The Carer (Hungary-uk); Going Going Gone (UK); Searchdog (Us); and Set The Thames On Fire (UK).
New Voices/New Visions
Twelve Us premieres from emerging international directors marking their feature film without Us distribution. The winner is selected by a jury of Us distributors comprising Gary Rubin of Cohen Media, Dan Berger of Oscilloscope and Ryan Kampe of Visit Films/Monument Releasing. The winner will receive use of a $60,000 Panavision camera package and a glass sculpture designed...
Films from 60 countries, including 54 premieres (seven world, 17 North American and 30 Us), will screen during the festival, which runs from January 1-11, 2016.
World premieres include: 50 Days In The Desert (Luxembourg) by Fabrizio Maltese; Agnes (Germany-Belgium); documentary Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age (Us) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford; The Carer (Hungary-uk); Going Going Gone (UK); Searchdog (Us); and Set The Thames On Fire (UK).
New Voices/New Visions
Twelve Us premieres from emerging international directors marking their feature film without Us distribution. The winner is selected by a jury of Us distributors comprising Gary Rubin of Cohen Media, Dan Berger of Oscilloscope and Ryan Kampe of Visit Films/Monument Releasing. The winner will receive use of a $60,000 Panavision camera package and a glass sculpture designed...
- 12/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Luca Guadagnino will come to Goteborg to present A Bigger Splash [pictured].
The 2016 Goteborg Film Festival has selected Italy as its country of focus.
“Italy is a wonderful film country, and it feels incredibly fun to be able to show off the full richness of Italian film. Contemporary Italian films take many forms, but often combine poetic sensuality and classic beauty with a critical view of society and history,” said the festival’s artistic director Jonas Holmberg.
The programme of 15-20 films will include contemporary titles as well as retrospective works – some chosen by the festival’s honorary chairman, Swedish director Roy Andersson.
Luca Guadagnino will come to Goteborg to present A Bigger Splash.
Other titles will include Wondrous Boccaccio byPaolo and Vittorio Taviani, Pietro Marcello’s Lost And Beautiful, Giorgia Cecere’s Somewhere Amazing; Claudio Caligari’s Don’t Be Bad, Marco Bellocchio’s Blood Of My Blood, Adriano Valerio’s Banat (The Journey), and Eleanora Danco’s...
The 2016 Goteborg Film Festival has selected Italy as its country of focus.
“Italy is a wonderful film country, and it feels incredibly fun to be able to show off the full richness of Italian film. Contemporary Italian films take many forms, but often combine poetic sensuality and classic beauty with a critical view of society and history,” said the festival’s artistic director Jonas Holmberg.
The programme of 15-20 films will include contemporary titles as well as retrospective works – some chosen by the festival’s honorary chairman, Swedish director Roy Andersson.
Luca Guadagnino will come to Goteborg to present A Bigger Splash.
Other titles will include Wondrous Boccaccio byPaolo and Vittorio Taviani, Pietro Marcello’s Lost And Beautiful, Giorgia Cecere’s Somewhere Amazing; Claudio Caligari’s Don’t Be Bad, Marco Bellocchio’s Blood Of My Blood, Adriano Valerio’s Banat (The Journey), and Eleanora Danco’s...
- 11/20/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion (Efp) has unveiled the list of titles it will support at this year’s Busan International Film Festival (Oct 1-10) in South Korea.
It marks the 18th year that Efp has supported cultural exchange between European filmmakers and Korean audiences as well as helping European films find their way onto Asia’s screens.
Efp’s programme, Opening Doors, is backed by the Creative Europe – Media Programme of the European Union and participating Efp member organisations.
A total of 13 mostly young European film artists will travel to Busan with the support of Efp to present their titles at the Asian film showcase.
Several of the films have already been recognised this year on the film festival circuit.
Babai, the feature debut of Kosovo-born, Germany-based filmmaker Visar Morina won best director at Karlovy Vary in July. The film tells a father-and-son-story of unwanted economic migrants.
Adriano Valerio’s debut film, Banat, about...
It marks the 18th year that Efp has supported cultural exchange between European filmmakers and Korean audiences as well as helping European films find their way onto Asia’s screens.
Efp’s programme, Opening Doors, is backed by the Creative Europe – Media Programme of the European Union and participating Efp member organisations.
A total of 13 mostly young European film artists will travel to Busan with the support of Efp to present their titles at the Asian film showcase.
Several of the films have already been recognised this year on the film festival circuit.
Babai, the feature debut of Kosovo-born, Germany-based filmmaker Visar Morina won best director at Karlovy Vary in July. The film tells a father-and-son-story of unwanted economic migrants.
Adriano Valerio’s debut film, Banat, about...
- 8/25/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Venice Champ 'Court' Acquired by Zeitgeist Films Venice Critics' Week, an independent section of the Venice Film Festival, has announced its lineup of debut features that will be in competition alongside official selections for the festival's Lion of the Future award, worth $100,000. The 30th edition of Venice Critcs' Week will also open with a tribute to Scottish director and actor Peter Mullan ("My Name is Joe," "Trainspotting"), who will have his 1998 directorial debut "Orphans" screened. The seven works in competition have been selected by Italian film critic Francesco Di Pace. All synopses have been provided by the Venice Critics' Week website. "Banat" Director: Adriano Valerio From Puglia to Romania through a reverse migration process, agronomist Ivo drags with him the destiny of Clara. "Montanha" Director: João Salaviza David, a 14 year old boy who is living a crucial moment of his existence,...
- 7/23/2015
- by Ethan Sapienza
- Indiewire
The lineup for the 30th International Film Critics’ Week, the independent section running parallel to the 72nd Venice International Film Festival from September 2 through 12, features seven first-time directors' features and three special events. Competing are Min Bahadur Bham's Kalo Pothi (The Black Hen), Martin Butler and Bentley Dean's Tanna, Esther May Campbell's Light Years, João Salaviza's Montanha, Senem Tuzen's Ana yurdu (Motherland), Adriano Valerio's Banat (Il viaggio) and Green Zeng's The Return. And a Special Award will be presented to Peter Mullan. » - David Hudson...
- 7/23/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The lineup for the 30th International Film Critics’ Week, the independent section running parallel to the 72nd Venice International Film Festival from September 2 through 12, features seven first-time directors' features and three special events. Competing are Min Bahadur Bham's Kalo Pothi (The Black Hen), Martin Butler and Bentley Dean's Tanna, Esther May Campbell's Light Years, João Salaviza's Montanha, Senem Tuzen's Ana yurdu (Motherland), Adriano Valerio's Banat (Il viaggio) and Green Zeng's The Return. And a Special Award will be presented to Peter Mullan. » - David Hudson...
- 7/23/2015
- Keyframe
To my dear readers,
I am traveling through France, visiting family (what a life!) and will begin slowly to recuperate from one of the most intense Cannes I have had in years. As I do so, I hope you will follow my Cannes journal. For now, I want to mention the prizes as I was so lucky to have been able to devote the last 3 days in Cannes to watching movies and got to see some of the winners. I made a point to see the films of my fellow Americans: The Coen Brothers Inside Llewyn Davis (U.S.:CBS Films, Isa:StudioCanal) which won the well deserved Grand Prix, Alexander Payne Nebraska (U.S.: Paramount Pictures, Isa: FilmNation Ent.) whose star, 72 year old Bruce Dern, won the Best Actor Award (a "moderate surprise" to quote Cineuropa.org) as he played a decrepit old man, a few degrees removed from the almost charming Jack Nicholson in the somewhat similarly themed movie 2002 Cannes Festival film Palme d'Or and Oscar nominated film About Schmidt, Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (U.S.: Sony Pictures Classics, Isa: HanWay Films) James Gray's The Immigrant (Isa: Wild Bunch, No. America: TWC) starring the always outstanding, always surprising Marion Cotillard.
My personal favorites were the Palme d'Or winning Blue is the Warmest Color, or La Vie d'Adele Chapitres 1 & 2, which will be distributed in the U.S. by Sundance Selects (Isa: Wild Bunch) and whose next chapters I eagerly await, and the second to the last film screened in Cannes, Roman Polanski's outstanding "pas de deux" Venus in Fur (U.S.: Contact ICM, Isa: Lionsgate).
For Blue is the Warmest Color the Palme d'Or director Abdellatif Kechiche along with his lead actors Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos were all called onto the stage as equals underlining their importance. NY Times says, that this was an "unusual, perhaps unprecedented step acknowledging the contributions of both women, who appear naked in several sex scenes, but it also took some auteur sheen away from Mr. Kechiche, suggesting that the jury had engaged in intense back-room negotiations".
The Jury Prize went to Like Father, Like Son by Japanese director Kore-Eda Hiroka. This film gives an intimate look into two families as two six-year-old boys are discovered to have been switched at birth and now must exchange parents.
Chinese director Jia Zhangke won the Best Screenplay Award for A Touch of Sin, It was his third time in competition but the first time he had won which is also good news for the French company Mk2, the film’s international sales agent.
The Caméra d´Or Jury headed by Agnès Varda presented its award to Ilo ilo, (Isa: Memento) a first film by Singapore director Anthony Chen.
The ultra violent (so I heard, as I did not see the film) Heli (Isa: Ndm) by Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante won the Best Director Award for Heli [trailer], a coproduction between Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.
The best Actress Award went to Berenice Bejo who was visibly surprised, for her role in the Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) directed film The Past (trailer here: The Past [trailer]
The Cineuropa team would like to point out in particular two important European films: The Great Beauty [trailer, film focus] by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino and Venus in Fur by Roman Polanski which both deserved a place on the winners’ list, which this year did not include any Special Mentions for feature films.
Palme d´Or
Blue is the Warmest Colour [trailer, film focus] - Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix
Inside Llewyn Davis – Ethan and Joel Coen
Best Actress
Bérénice Bejo - The Past [trailer]
Best Actor
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Best Director
Heli [trailer] - Amat Escalante
Best Screenplay
Jia Zhangke - A Touch of Sin
Jury Prize
Like Father, Like Son – Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Caméra d´Or Award
Ilo Ilo - Anthony Chen
Palme d'Or for Best Short Film
Safe - Moon Byoung-gon
Special Mentions
Whale Valley - Gudmundur Arnar
7°4 S - Adriano Valerio
EuropaDistribution that important arthouse indie association which also sponsors. Us in Progress at Wroclaw's American Film Festival and the upcoming Champs Elysees Film Festival gave their Special Award to the sleeper hit, The Selfish Giant, in the Directors Fortnight.
The Queer Palm Award went to the gay erotic thriller Strangers By the Lake (L’inconnu du lac) (U.S.: Strand Releasing) by writer-director Alain Guiraudie has won the 2013 Queer Palm handed out to Cannes Film Festival movies featuring gay, lesbian, bi, tri, multi, transgender, etc. characters. Stranger by the Lake was screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
This is not a definitive list of the other festival winners for Directors Fortnight, Critics Week, or Acid, but I am in Arles (just bumped into Cmg's Edward Noeltner and his son Philippe!) and we're driving to see my brother-in-law in Bordeaux!
Au revoir!!
I am traveling through France, visiting family (what a life!) and will begin slowly to recuperate from one of the most intense Cannes I have had in years. As I do so, I hope you will follow my Cannes journal. For now, I want to mention the prizes as I was so lucky to have been able to devote the last 3 days in Cannes to watching movies and got to see some of the winners. I made a point to see the films of my fellow Americans: The Coen Brothers Inside Llewyn Davis (U.S.:CBS Films, Isa:StudioCanal) which won the well deserved Grand Prix, Alexander Payne Nebraska (U.S.: Paramount Pictures, Isa: FilmNation Ent.) whose star, 72 year old Bruce Dern, won the Best Actor Award (a "moderate surprise" to quote Cineuropa.org) as he played a decrepit old man, a few degrees removed from the almost charming Jack Nicholson in the somewhat similarly themed movie 2002 Cannes Festival film Palme d'Or and Oscar nominated film About Schmidt, Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (U.S.: Sony Pictures Classics, Isa: HanWay Films) James Gray's The Immigrant (Isa: Wild Bunch, No. America: TWC) starring the always outstanding, always surprising Marion Cotillard.
My personal favorites were the Palme d'Or winning Blue is the Warmest Color, or La Vie d'Adele Chapitres 1 & 2, which will be distributed in the U.S. by Sundance Selects (Isa: Wild Bunch) and whose next chapters I eagerly await, and the second to the last film screened in Cannes, Roman Polanski's outstanding "pas de deux" Venus in Fur (U.S.: Contact ICM, Isa: Lionsgate).
For Blue is the Warmest Color the Palme d'Or director Abdellatif Kechiche along with his lead actors Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos were all called onto the stage as equals underlining their importance. NY Times says, that this was an "unusual, perhaps unprecedented step acknowledging the contributions of both women, who appear naked in several sex scenes, but it also took some auteur sheen away from Mr. Kechiche, suggesting that the jury had engaged in intense back-room negotiations".
The Jury Prize went to Like Father, Like Son by Japanese director Kore-Eda Hiroka. This film gives an intimate look into two families as two six-year-old boys are discovered to have been switched at birth and now must exchange parents.
Chinese director Jia Zhangke won the Best Screenplay Award for A Touch of Sin, It was his third time in competition but the first time he had won which is also good news for the French company Mk2, the film’s international sales agent.
The Caméra d´Or Jury headed by Agnès Varda presented its award to Ilo ilo, (Isa: Memento) a first film by Singapore director Anthony Chen.
The ultra violent (so I heard, as I did not see the film) Heli (Isa: Ndm) by Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante won the Best Director Award for Heli [trailer], a coproduction between Mexico, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain.
The best Actress Award went to Berenice Bejo who was visibly surprised, for her role in the Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) directed film The Past (trailer here: The Past [trailer]
The Cineuropa team would like to point out in particular two important European films: The Great Beauty [trailer, film focus] by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino and Venus in Fur by Roman Polanski which both deserved a place on the winners’ list, which this year did not include any Special Mentions for feature films.
Palme d´Or
Blue is the Warmest Colour [trailer, film focus] - Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix
Inside Llewyn Davis – Ethan and Joel Coen
Best Actress
Bérénice Bejo - The Past [trailer]
Best Actor
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Best Director
Heli [trailer] - Amat Escalante
Best Screenplay
Jia Zhangke - A Touch of Sin
Jury Prize
Like Father, Like Son – Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Caméra d´Or Award
Ilo Ilo - Anthony Chen
Palme d'Or for Best Short Film
Safe - Moon Byoung-gon
Special Mentions
Whale Valley - Gudmundur Arnar
7°4 S - Adriano Valerio
EuropaDistribution that important arthouse indie association which also sponsors. Us in Progress at Wroclaw's American Film Festival and the upcoming Champs Elysees Film Festival gave their Special Award to the sleeper hit, The Selfish Giant, in the Directors Fortnight.
The Queer Palm Award went to the gay erotic thriller Strangers By the Lake (L’inconnu du lac) (U.S.: Strand Releasing) by writer-director Alain Guiraudie has won the 2013 Queer Palm handed out to Cannes Film Festival movies featuring gay, lesbian, bi, tri, multi, transgender, etc. characters. Stranger by the Lake was screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar.
This is not a definitive list of the other festival winners for Directors Fortnight, Critics Week, or Acid, but I am in Arles (just bumped into Cmg's Edward Noeltner and his son Philippe!) and we're driving to see my brother-in-law in Bordeaux!
Au revoir!!
- 5/30/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue is the Warmest Color" was the biggest winner of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The coming-of-age lesbian drama starring Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux was awarded the Palme d'Or by the fantastic jury including Steven Spielberg, Christoph Waltz, Ang Lee, and Nicole Kidman. The esteemed jury also honored the cast of the film. Yay!
The Coen Brothers' 1960s folk music flick, "Inside Llewyn Davis," starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, and Justin Timberlake, took home the Grand Prix award.
Berenice Bejo (we loved her in "The Artist") won Best Actress for Asghar Farhadi's "The Past" and Bruce Dern took home the Best Actor as an aging, booze-addled father who goes on a trip from Montana to Nebraska to claim a million dollar Mega Sweepstakes prize in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska."
Here's the complete list of the winners of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Congrats everyone!
The complete list...
The Coen Brothers' 1960s folk music flick, "Inside Llewyn Davis," starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, and Justin Timberlake, took home the Grand Prix award.
Berenice Bejo (we loved her in "The Artist") won Best Actress for Asghar Farhadi's "The Past" and Bruce Dern took home the Best Actor as an aging, booze-addled father who goes on a trip from Montana to Nebraska to claim a million dollar Mega Sweepstakes prize in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska."
Here's the complete list of the winners of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Congrats everyone!
The complete list...
- 5/28/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Abdellatif Kechiche's sexually explicit young French lesbians in love drama "Blue is the Warmest Color" took the top prize of the Palme d’Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival a few hours ago.
The Coen brothers "Inside Llewyn Davis" slid in just behind with the runner-up honor of the Grand Prize, Hirokazu Kore-Eda's "Like Father, Like Son" took the Jury Prize, and Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's claymation documentary "The Missing Picture" scored the Un Certain Regard prize.
Bruce Dern's performance in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" won Best Actor, while Berenice Bejo took Best Actress for Asghar Farhadi's "The Past".
Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante won Best Director for the ultra violent "Heli," Zhangke Jia's script for "A Touch Of Sin" won Best Screenplay, and Anthony Chen's "Ilo Ilo" took the Camera d'Or (best first feature).
Byoung-Gon Moon's "Safe" took the Best Short Film honor,...
The Coen brothers "Inside Llewyn Davis" slid in just behind with the runner-up honor of the Grand Prize, Hirokazu Kore-Eda's "Like Father, Like Son" took the Jury Prize, and Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's claymation documentary "The Missing Picture" scored the Un Certain Regard prize.
Bruce Dern's performance in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" won Best Actor, while Berenice Bejo took Best Actress for Asghar Farhadi's "The Past".
Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante won Best Director for the ultra violent "Heli," Zhangke Jia's script for "A Touch Of Sin" won Best Screenplay, and Anthony Chen's "Ilo Ilo" took the Camera d'Or (best first feature).
Byoung-Gon Moon's "Safe" took the Best Short Film honor,...
- 5/27/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
After a week of stars, filmmakers, and worldwide media coverage on the Croisette, the 2013 Cannes Film Festival came to an end today. The Palme d’Or went to Blue Is The Warmest Color from director Abdellatif Kechiche, best director award went to Amat Escalante for Heli, while the Jury Grand Prix went to the Coen Bros. for Inside Llewyn Davis.
The Closing Ceremony of the 66th Festival de Cannes took place at the Grand Théâtre Lumière where the Jury, presided over by Steven Spielberg, revealed the award winners.
Audrey Tautou hosted Uma Thurman on the stage to award the Palme d’or to the best film among the 20 in Competition. Taking place May 15 – 26, director Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby kicked off the 66th Festival in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, out of Competition in the Official Selection.
With films such as Inside Llewyn Davis scheduled...
The Closing Ceremony of the 66th Festival de Cannes took place at the Grand Théâtre Lumière where the Jury, presided over by Steven Spielberg, revealed the award winners.
Audrey Tautou hosted Uma Thurman on the stage to award the Palme d’or to the best film among the 20 in Competition. Taking place May 15 – 26, director Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby kicked off the 66th Festival in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, out of Competition in the Official Selection.
With films such as Inside Llewyn Davis scheduled...
- 5/27/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It was to be expected the moment that the Best Actress prize was given to Bérénice Béjo (The Past), that the chances for Palme D’Or winner for Abdellatif Kechiche could materialize — but even when they were finished announcing the Grand Prix prize, the Spielberg led jury gave a with special recognition to thesps Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux – combining the prize as a triple award. Here are pics of the winners – taken from the press conference room.
Palme D’Or winner: Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour with special recognition to: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux
Grand Prix winner: Coen Bros.’ Inside Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac accepting)
Jury prize winner: Kore-Eda Hirokazu’s Like Father Like Son.
Best Director: Amat Escamante for Heli.
The great Jia Zhangke, winner of the Best Screenplay for A Touch Of Sin.
Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska (Alexander Payne accepting)
Best Actress: Bérénice Béjo,...
Palme D’Or winner: Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue is the Warmest Colour with special recognition to: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux
Grand Prix winner: Coen Bros.’ Inside Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac accepting)
Jury prize winner: Kore-Eda Hirokazu’s Like Father Like Son.
Best Director: Amat Escamante for Heli.
The great Jia Zhangke, winner of the Best Screenplay for A Touch Of Sin.
Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska (Alexander Payne accepting)
Best Actress: Bérénice Béjo,...
- 5/26/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
With twenty films in the competition, the Cannes Film Festival jury had a difficult time choosing the best and brightest of the bunch.
Taking the top prize, the Palme d'Or for best film, was "Blue is the Warmest Colour", a love story about two young French women. Though praised for its intimacy, the film is also controversial for its graphic lesbian sex scenes.
Perhaps more familiar to American audiences, Joel and Ethan Coen's "Inside Llewyn Davis" earned the Grand Prize, as best Actress and Actor were Bérénice Bejo in "The Past" and Bruce Dern in "Nebraska," respectively.
Chaired by Steven Spielberg, the Jury gave its own prize this year to "Like Father, Like Son," as Mexico's Amat Escalante grabbed the Best Director award for "Heli."
Rounding out the winners were Zhangeke Jia for Best Screenplay; Anthony Chen for Camera d'Or; and Byoung-Gon Moon, Adriano Valerio, and Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson for their short films.
Taking the top prize, the Palme d'Or for best film, was "Blue is the Warmest Colour", a love story about two young French women. Though praised for its intimacy, the film is also controversial for its graphic lesbian sex scenes.
Perhaps more familiar to American audiences, Joel and Ethan Coen's "Inside Llewyn Davis" earned the Grand Prize, as best Actress and Actor were Bérénice Bejo in "The Past" and Bruce Dern in "Nebraska," respectively.
Chaired by Steven Spielberg, the Jury gave its own prize this year to "Like Father, Like Son," as Mexico's Amat Escalante grabbed the Best Director award for "Heli."
Rounding out the winners were Zhangeke Jia for Best Screenplay; Anthony Chen for Camera d'Or; and Byoung-Gon Moon, Adriano Valerio, and Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson for their short films.
- 5/26/2013
- GossipCenter
In Competition
Feature Films
Palme d'Or – Blue is the Warmest Color, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix – Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Jury Prize – Like Father, Like Son, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Best Director – Amat Escalante, Heli
Best Screenplay – Jia Zhangke, A Touch of Sin
Best Actress – Bérénice Bejo, The Past
Best Actor – Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Check out our Notebook coverage of The Past, Like Father Like Son, A Touch of Sin (x2), and Inside Llewyn Davis.
Short Films
Palme d'Or (Short Film) – Safe, directed by Moon Byoung-gon
Special Distinction – Whale Valley, directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson; 37°4 S, directed by Adriano Valerio
Un Certain Regard
Prize of Un Certain Regard – The Missing Picture, directed by Rithy Panh
Jury Prize – Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Directing Prize – Alain Guiraudie, Stranger By the Lake
A Certain Talent Prize - The cast of La jaula de oro
Avenir Prize - Fruitvale Station,...
Feature Films
Palme d'Or – Blue is the Warmest Color, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix – Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Jury Prize – Like Father, Like Son, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Best Director – Amat Escalante, Heli
Best Screenplay – Jia Zhangke, A Touch of Sin
Best Actress – Bérénice Bejo, The Past
Best Actor – Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Check out our Notebook coverage of The Past, Like Father Like Son, A Touch of Sin (x2), and Inside Llewyn Davis.
Short Films
Palme d'Or (Short Film) – Safe, directed by Moon Byoung-gon
Special Distinction – Whale Valley, directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson; 37°4 S, directed by Adriano Valerio
Un Certain Regard
Prize of Un Certain Regard – The Missing Picture, directed by Rithy Panh
Jury Prize – Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Directing Prize – Alain Guiraudie, Stranger By the Lake
A Certain Talent Prize - The cast of La jaula de oro
Avenir Prize - Fruitvale Station,...
- 5/26/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
And the winners are… the Cannes Film Festival is in the midst of doling out their Competition awards… Feature Films Palme d’Or La Vie D’ADÈLE – Chapitre 1 & 2 (Blue Is The Warmest Colour) directed by Abdellatif Kechiche Grand Prix Inside Llewyn Davis directed by Ethan Coen Award for Best Director Amat Escalante for Heli Award for Best Screenplay Jia Zhangke for Tian Zhu Ding (A Touch Of Sin) Award for Best Actress Bérénice Bejo in Le PASSÉ (The Past) directed by Asghar Farhadi Award for Best Actor Bruce Dern in Nebraska directed by Alexander Payne Jury Prize Soshite Chichi Ni Naru (Like Father, Like Son) directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu Vulcain Prize for an artist technician, awarded by the C.S.T. Grigris directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Short Films Palme d’Or – Short Film Safe directed by Byoung-Gon Moon Short Film Special Distinction Ex-aequo Hvalfjordur (Whale Valley) directed by Gudmundur Arnar...
- 5/26/2013
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
This morning the official 2013 Cannes Film Festival line-up was announced from Paris, France. The committee saw 1,858 films submitted this year and while additional titles will continue to be announced, this morning we got the full Competition and Un Certain Regard lineup and it looks amazing so far. Among the films announced In Competition so far, many were expected including Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives, Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra, Roman Polanski's Venus in Fur, Asghar Farhadi's The Past and Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis. Additionally James Gray's once titled Lowlife starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner will play, but under the name The Immigrant and Takashi Miike's cop thriller Wara No Tate (Straw Shield) has also made the competition list. However, the biggest "surprise" is the inclusion of Alexander Payne's black-and-white film Nebraska, which is sure to be a big attention getter,...
- 4/18/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Cannes Film Festival has announced which short films have made it to the festival competition.
For the first time, a Palestinian film is included in the competition, with a film called Condom Lead, by Mohammed and Ahmad Abou Nasser.
The other competition short films are Ali Asgari’s More Than Two Hours (Iran), Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson’s Whale Valley (Iceland, Denmark), Omoi Sasaki’s The Metorite and Impotence (Japan), Gilles Coulier’s Mont Blanc (Belgium), Elzbieta Benkowska’s Olena (Poland), Annarita Zambrano’s Ophelia (France), Byounggon Moon’s Safe (South Korea) and Adriano Valerio’s 37º 4 S (France).
Over 3,500 short films were submitted,...
For the first time, a Palestinian film is included in the competition, with a film called Condom Lead, by Mohammed and Ahmad Abou Nasser.
The other competition short films are Ali Asgari’s More Than Two Hours (Iran), Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson’s Whale Valley (Iceland, Denmark), Omoi Sasaki’s The Metorite and Impotence (Japan), Gilles Coulier’s Mont Blanc (Belgium), Elzbieta Benkowska’s Olena (Poland), Annarita Zambrano’s Ophelia (France), Byounggon Moon’s Safe (South Korea) and Adriano Valerio’s 37º 4 S (France).
Over 3,500 short films were submitted,...
- 4/16/2013
- by Amanda Taylor
- EW - Inside Movies
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