Mustang director Deniz Gamze Ergüven on costume designer Selin Sozen's "shapeless shit-colored dresses": "For me it looks like a western." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan star with Nihal G. Koldas, Ayberk Pekcan, Burak Yigit and Bahar Kerimoglu in Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Foreign Language Film Oscar nominated drama Mustang, co-written with Augustine director Alice Winocour. On a frosty afternoon in Chelsea, we spoke about Nick Cave collaborator Warren Ellis, who is featured in Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth's 20,000 Days On Earth, Jafar Panahi's Offside, why Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides lacks in comparison to Don Siegel's Escape From Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood, costume design, cooking lessons and the importance of blanket making.
Lale (Günes Sensoy)
Part allegory, part teenage empowerment, Mustang follows five high-spirited, orphaned sisters, Sonay [Akdogan], Selma [Sunguroglu], Ece [Iscan], Nur [Doguslu] and Lale [Sensoy]. Defying expectations in different...
Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan star with Nihal G. Koldas, Ayberk Pekcan, Burak Yigit and Bahar Kerimoglu in Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Foreign Language Film Oscar nominated drama Mustang, co-written with Augustine director Alice Winocour. On a frosty afternoon in Chelsea, we spoke about Nick Cave collaborator Warren Ellis, who is featured in Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth's 20,000 Days On Earth, Jafar Panahi's Offside, why Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides lacks in comparison to Don Siegel's Escape From Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood, costume design, cooking lessons and the importance of blanket making.
Lale (Günes Sensoy)
Part allegory, part teenage empowerment, Mustang follows five high-spirited, orphaned sisters, Sonay [Akdogan], Selma [Sunguroglu], Ece [Iscan], Nur [Doguslu] and Lale [Sensoy]. Defying expectations in different...
- 2/15/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Earning about as much praise as criticism (including tying for the Silver Berlin Bear in 2015) is actor/director Sebastian Schipper’s fourth feature, Victoria, the impressively formulated, single take romance/bank heist thriller. Completed after three attempts and largely improvised (the initial script was only twelve pages), it’s a testament to the ambitious possibilities of cinema, and potentially an argument for the necessity for multiple takes in the first place. Although its limited Us theatrical release in October, 2015 courtesy of distributor Adopt Films didn’t garner the same excited response it received on the international circuit (it was actually bypassed by the Toronto International Film Festival), this will be a title now referenced as the gold standard for narratives transpiring within a single take.
Opening in the throes of a dance floor of a packed techno club, Victoria (Costa), makes her way to the exit. Dawn is approaching, and she’s scheduled to work,...
Opening in the throes of a dance floor of a packed techno club, Victoria (Costa), makes her way to the exit. Dawn is approaching, and she’s scheduled to work,...
- 2/9/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sleepless Night: Schipper’s Audacious, Single Take Heist Thriller
Actor turned director Sebastian Schipper makes major headway with his fourth effort behind the camera, Victoria. Premiering at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival where it snagged an award for cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grovlen (who also lensed Anders Morgenthaler’s The 11th Hour, which starred Schipper, as well as the 2015 Un Certain Regard winner, Rams), this two hour plus blend of romantic drama and heist thriller was filmed in one, single take, shot in the wee morning hours on the streets of Berlin. Technically accomplished and satisfying as a narrative, the film provides lead actress Laia Costa, playing the titular protagonist, with a spectacular role that should see her international career boom a bit like Franka Potente’s following Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (1998).
Opening in the throes of a dance floor of a packed techno club, Victoria (Costa), makes her way to the exit.
Actor turned director Sebastian Schipper makes major headway with his fourth effort behind the camera, Victoria. Premiering at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival where it snagged an award for cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grovlen (who also lensed Anders Morgenthaler’s The 11th Hour, which starred Schipper, as well as the 2015 Un Certain Regard winner, Rams), this two hour plus blend of romantic drama and heist thriller was filmed in one, single take, shot in the wee morning hours on the streets of Berlin. Technically accomplished and satisfying as a narrative, the film provides lead actress Laia Costa, playing the titular protagonist, with a spectacular role that should see her international career boom a bit like Franka Potente’s following Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (1998).
Opening in the throes of a dance floor of a packed techno club, Victoria (Costa), makes her way to the exit.
- 10/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
If you're drooling over the magnificent achievement that is Birdman, then you might want to pay attention to this forthcoming action thriller called Victoria coming out of Berlin. Sebastian Schipper directs the action thriller as a single, unbroken shot that lasts over two hours. The trailer just flat out tells you this little detail, and you'll see how impressive it is that Schipper and director of photography Sturla Brandth Grovlen were able to pull it off, especially with so many locations. And if you need any more convincing, respected director Darren Aronofsky said, "This film rocked my world," when he gave Grovelen the Outstanding Artistic Contribution Silver Bear for the production's impressive cinematography. Watch it! Here's the Berlin trailer for Sebastian Schipper's Victoria (via Moviepilot): Victoria (Laia Costa), a young Spanish woman, dances through the Berlin scene with abandon. She meets Sonne (Frederick Lau), Boxer (Franz Rogowski) and...
- 2/17/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Perhaps making Sokurov’s one-shot wonder Russian Ark feel a little dated, the Adopt Films crew have potentially “robbed” another fest favorite in the award-winning Berlin Film Festival thriller, Victoria. In the vein of Tom Twyker’s Run, Lola, Run (it’s German, plot involves running and stealing and the film’s helmer studied under Twyker), Sebastian Schipper’s, over two hour film in one take Comp title claimed the Outstanding Artistic Contribution Silver Bear for cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen. Deadline reports that a late summer/early fall 2015 release is to be expected.
Gist: Featuring starlet Laia Costa in the lead role of Victoria, this is about a young woman from Madrid who meets four young Berlin guys outside a club. Sonne and his gang (Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, and Max Mauff) have got themselves into hot water and Victoria ends up as their driver. But what starts as a big,...
Gist: Featuring starlet Laia Costa in the lead role of Victoria, this is about a young woman from Madrid who meets four young Berlin guys outside a club. Sonne and his gang (Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, and Max Mauff) have got themselves into hot water and Victoria ends up as their driver. But what starts as a big,...
- 2/16/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The distributor has picked up Us rights from The Match Factory to Sebastian Schipper’s thriller following its world premiere in Berlin.
Victoria tells in one continuous 134-minute take the story of a young Spanish girl who gets more than she bargained for when she hooks up with four men in Berlin after a night clubbing.
Adopt plans a late summer / early autumn release on what becomes its fourth collaboration with The Match Factory after Christian Petzold’s Barbara, Miguel Gomes’ Tabu and Hany Abu Assad’s Omar.
Spain’s Laia Costa stars alongside German actors Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit and Max Mauff. Jan Dressler produced.
Victoria tells in one continuous 134-minute take the story of a young Spanish girl who gets more than she bargained for when she hooks up with four men in Berlin after a night clubbing.
Adopt plans a late summer / early autumn release on what becomes its fourth collaboration with The Match Factory after Christian Petzold’s Barbara, Miguel Gomes’ Tabu and Hany Abu Assad’s Omar.
Spain’s Laia Costa stars alongside German actors Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit and Max Mauff. Jan Dressler produced.
- 2/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has picked up Us rights from The Match Factory to Sebastian Schipper’s thriller following its world premiere in Berlin.
Victoria tells in one continuous 134-minute take the story of a young Spanish girl who gets more than she bargained for when she hooks up with four men in Berlin after a night clubbing.
Adopt plans a late summer / early autumn release on what becomes its fourth collaboration with The Match Factory after Christian Petzold’s Barbara, Miguel Gomes’ Tabu and Hany Abu Assad’s Omar.
Spain’s Laia Costa stars alongside German actors Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit and Max Mauff. Jan Dressler produced.
Victoria tells in one continuous 134-minute take the story of a young Spanish girl who gets more than she bargained for when she hooks up with four men in Berlin after a night clubbing.
Adopt plans a late summer / early autumn release on what becomes its fourth collaboration with The Match Factory after Christian Petzold’s Barbara, Miguel Gomes’ Tabu and Hany Abu Assad’s Omar.
Spain’s Laia Costa stars alongside German actors Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit and Max Mauff. Jan Dressler produced.
- 2/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Adopt Films has acquired U.S. rights to Sebastian Schipper’s thriller Victoria after the film enjoyed a warm reception at the Berlin Film Festival. The film, which won a Silver Bear for extraordinary artistic contribution for its cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grovlen, was shot in one continuous 134-minute take, bridging 20 locations. Adopt is planning a late summer/early fall 2015 U.S. release. The film — starring Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit and Max Mauff and produced by Jan Dressler — centers on a bank-heist-gone-bad and premiered in competition at the Berlin fest in
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- 2/16/2015
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I heard about director Sebastian Schipper's Victoria only this morning. The film's cinematographer, Sturla Brandth Grovlen, won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for extraordinary artistic contribution for its cinematographer. Jury president Darren Aronofsky said of the movie, "This film rocked my world." Whyc Well, I'm sure the fact the movie is 134 minutes long and captured in one single take over 20 locations had something to do with it. Now Adopt Films has acquired it for a domestic release. Deadline reports the news saying the movie centers on a trio of friends (Frederick Lau, Laia Costa and Franz Rogowski) whose wild night of partying ends with a bank robbery. Scenes include underground dance raves, hold-ups, car chases, shoot-outs, kidnappings, rooftop flirtations and coffee house piano performances. It stars Spain's Laia Costa and German actors Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, and Max Mauff. Jan Dressler is producer. Over at Variety,...
- 2/16/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
With only a few weeks to go until the Berlin Film Festival unspools, much of the competition lineup still remains a mystery. However, today has added some clarity with several titles unveiled. Among them, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s latest effort. The director, who is under house arrest and a 20-year filmmaking ban, nevertheless manages to get a movie out every couple of years. His last, Closed Curtain, stirred up controversy in Iran when it won the screenwriting prize in Berlin in 2013. This latest film, Taxi, stars the director, although other details were not immediately available.
Also in the mix is the world premiere, out of competition, of Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hiroyuki Sanada and Hattie Morahan. McKellen plays the titular detective as he nears the end of his days and revisits an unsolved case which forced him into retirement.
Werner Herzog...
Also in the mix is the world premiere, out of competition, of Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hiroyuki Sanada and Hattie Morahan. McKellen plays the titular detective as he nears the end of his days and revisits an unsolved case which forced him into retirement.
Werner Herzog...
- 1/14/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Pattinson, added to Berlinale competition line-up; Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellen as an aged Sherlock, to play out of competition.
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 5-15) has added a further eight titles to its Competition programme, ahead of the complete line-up next week.
The films, which originate from across Europe, Asia, the Us and the Middle East, include the world premiere of Queen of the Desert, Werner Herzog’s biopic based on the life of British explorer Gertrude Bell.
Nicole Kidman plays the 19th century explorer, known as the female Lawrence of Arabia, and her co-stars include James Franco, Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson (as Te Lawrence).
Berlinale 2015: new Competition films
Body
Poland
By Malgorzata Szumowska (Stranger, Elles, In the Name of)
With Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwala
World premiere
Cha và con và (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories)
Vietnam / France / Germany...
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 5-15) has added a further eight titles to its Competition programme, ahead of the complete line-up next week.
The films, which originate from across Europe, Asia, the Us and the Middle East, include the world premiere of Queen of the Desert, Werner Herzog’s biopic based on the life of British explorer Gertrude Bell.
Nicole Kidman plays the 19th century explorer, known as the female Lawrence of Arabia, and her co-stars include James Franco, Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson (as Te Lawrence).
Berlinale 2015: new Competition films
Body
Poland
By Malgorzata Szumowska (Stranger, Elles, In the Name of)
With Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwala
World premiere
Cha và con và (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories)
Vietnam / France / Germany...
- 1/14/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sebastian Schipper, Werner Herzog, Benoit Jacquot and Further Titles Added to the Selection
Another eight films have been selected for the Competition Programme of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.
The productions are from the following countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong/China, Iran, the People’s Republic of China, Poland, the USA, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
Body
Poland
By Malgorzata Szumowska (Stranger, Elles, In the Name of)
With Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwala
World premiere
Cha và con và (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories)
Vietnam / France / Germany / Netherlands
By Di Phan Dang (Bi, Don’t Be Afraid)
With Do Thi Hai Yen, Le Cong Hoang, Truong The Vinh
World premiere
Journal d’une femme de chambre (Diary of a Chambermaid)
France / Belgium
By Benoit Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen; Three Hearts)
With Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Clotilde Mollet, Hervé Pierre, Vincent Lacoste
World premiere
Mr. Holmes
United Kingdom
By Bill Condon (The Fifth Estate)
With...
Another eight films have been selected for the Competition Programme of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.
The productions are from the following countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong/China, Iran, the People’s Republic of China, Poland, the USA, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
Body
Poland
By Malgorzata Szumowska (Stranger, Elles, In the Name of)
With Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwala
World premiere
Cha và con và (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories)
Vietnam / France / Germany / Netherlands
By Di Phan Dang (Bi, Don’t Be Afraid)
With Do Thi Hai Yen, Le Cong Hoang, Truong The Vinh
World premiere
Journal d’une femme de chambre (Diary of a Chambermaid)
France / Belgium
By Benoit Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen; Three Hearts)
With Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Clotilde Mollet, Hervé Pierre, Vincent Lacoste
World premiere
Mr. Holmes
United Kingdom
By Bill Condon (The Fifth Estate)
With...
- 1/14/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Beta Cinema will handle international sales on German director Isabelle Stevers’ grotesque drama Cooking Cats, which began shooting in Cologne last week.
UK actor Jim Broadbent has been cast as a British ambassador in the drama set in the world of international aid schemes with Maria Furtwängler as an Un aid worker caught between the contradictions of a jetsetting life and tackling Third World poverty.
Other cast members include former European Shooting Star Dorka Gryllus and newcomer Mehmer Sözer.
Stever’s previous films include the feature films Erste Ehe and Gisela and an episode of the omnibus film Deutschland ‘09.
The co-production between Sutor Kolonko Filmproduktion, cine plus Filmproduktion and broadcasters Wdr, Br and Ndr will be released theatrically in Germany by Movienet.
Shooting will continue at the Hürth-based Medienparks Nrw studio, in Düsseldorf and Jordan’s Amman until the beginning of June.
Schipper thriller and love story
Another addition to Beta’s slate is actor-director [link=nm...
UK actor Jim Broadbent has been cast as a British ambassador in the drama set in the world of international aid schemes with Maria Furtwängler as an Un aid worker caught between the contradictions of a jetsetting life and tackling Third World poverty.
Other cast members include former European Shooting Star Dorka Gryllus and newcomer Mehmer Sözer.
Stever’s previous films include the feature films Erste Ehe and Gisela and an episode of the omnibus film Deutschland ‘09.
The co-production between Sutor Kolonko Filmproduktion, cine plus Filmproduktion and broadcasters Wdr, Br and Ndr will be released theatrically in Germany by Movienet.
Shooting will continue at the Hürth-based Medienparks Nrw studio, in Düsseldorf and Jordan’s Amman until the beginning of June.
Schipper thriller and love story
Another addition to Beta’s slate is actor-director [link=nm...
- 5/9/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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