European genre festival crowns 2017 winners.
Super Dark Times has been awarded the best feature film prize at the 17th Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival.
The film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January and marks the debut feature for director Kevin Philips.
It explores the lives of two teenage friends in the Us in the 1990s whose lives are altered by an unexpected act of violence.
This year’s other winners included Japanese director Takashi Miike. His new film JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable premiered at the Swiss festival, which is known for championing genre and Asian cinema.
The 2017 edition of the festival screened 151 films from 43 countries; 10 films had their world premieres while six had their international premieres.
A total fo 37,000 tickets were sold, according to the organisers.
Full List Of Winners
H.R. Giger “Narcisse” award for best feature
Super Dark Times
Directed by: Kevin Phillips
United States, 2017
Silver Méliès...
Super Dark Times has been awarded the best feature film prize at the 17th Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival.
The film premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January and marks the debut feature for director Kevin Philips.
It explores the lives of two teenage friends in the Us in the 1990s whose lives are altered by an unexpected act of violence.
This year’s other winners included Japanese director Takashi Miike. His new film JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable premiered at the Swiss festival, which is known for championing genre and Asian cinema.
The 2017 edition of the festival screened 151 films from 43 countries; 10 films had their world premieres while six had their international premieres.
A total fo 37,000 tickets were sold, according to the organisers.
Full List Of Winners
H.R. Giger “Narcisse” award for best feature
Super Dark Times
Directed by: Kevin Phillips
United States, 2017
Silver Méliès...
- 7/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
The 69th annual Locarno Film Festival finally concluded after eleven days and screenings of 279 films, and awarded its Palmarès. The Golden Leopard went to “Godless,” a first feature from Bulgaria’s Ralitza Petrova. The film portrait of the criminal underbelly of Bulgaria also took home Best Actress for Irena Ivanova.
The fest jury awarded João Pedro Rodrigues Best Director for “O Ornitólogo.” Romanian director Radu Jude won the Special Jury Prize for his film “Inimi Cicatrizate” (Scarred Hearts), which was inspired by the 1937 Max Blecher novel.
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The public favorite, Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake,” about a UK retiree struggling to obtain medical assistance from the state, won the Audience Award; at Cannes, Indiewire’s Eric Kohn dubbed the film “Loach’s best movie in years.”
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The fest jury awarded João Pedro Rodrigues Best Director for “O Ornitólogo.” Romanian director Radu Jude won the Special Jury Prize for his film “Inimi Cicatrizate” (Scarred Hearts), which was inspired by the 1937 Max Blecher novel.
Read More: João Pedro Rodrigues’ ‘The Ornithologist’ Will Blow Your Mind — Locarno Review
The public favorite, Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake,” about a UK retiree struggling to obtain medical assistance from the state, won the Audience Award; at Cannes, Indiewire’s Eric Kohn dubbed the film “Loach’s best movie in years.”
Read More: Cannes Review: Why ‘I, Daniel Blake’ is Ken Loach...
- 8/13/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
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