Exclusive: Duván Duque, the Colombian writer-director behind 2024 Oscar-qualifying short All-Inclusive, has signed with UTA and Silent R Management.
World premiering at TIFF last year before going on to play over 70 festivals around the world, where it picked up 20+ awards, Duque’s latest watches as a young boy’s fragile family is shaken when his desperate father faces the possibility of money laundering as a way out of their financial struggles, putting the kid’s precious bond with his stepmother at risk. By shifting the focus from a spectacular tales of drug lords to the emotional journey of a boy with little control over his fate, the drama offers a fresh angle on Colombian society, transcending the typical tropes through which it’s represented.
All-Inclusive was produced by Oscar-nominated French producers Christophe Barral and Toufik Ayadi of Srab Films, as well as Colombian producer Franco Lolli...
World premiering at TIFF last year before going on to play over 70 festivals around the world, where it picked up 20+ awards, Duque’s latest watches as a young boy’s fragile family is shaken when his desperate father faces the possibility of money laundering as a way out of their financial struggles, putting the kid’s precious bond with his stepmother at risk. By shifting the focus from a spectacular tales of drug lords to the emotional journey of a boy with little control over his fate, the drama offers a fresh angle on Colombian society, transcending the typical tropes through which it’s represented.
All-Inclusive was produced by Oscar-nominated French producers Christophe Barral and Toufik Ayadi of Srab Films, as well as Colombian producer Franco Lolli...
- 12/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Carmen Jaquier and Mohamed Kordofani, a pair of fast-rising international filmmakers whose respective films Thunder and Goodbye Julia have both recently been submitted for International Feature Oscar consideration, have signed with Jewerl Ross at Silent R Management.
Representing Switzerland is Jaquier, whose first solo feature world premiered at TIFF last year. Pic is set in 1900 and stars Lilith Grasmug as Elisabeth, a 17-year-old girl on the cusp of taking vows to become a nun, whose life is set on another course following the sudden death of her older sister. She returns to her family after five years in the convent to help on their farm in a mountain village. The mysteries surrounding her sister’s death prompt her to fight for her right to self-determination and to rebel against the strict expectations of the village community.
Thunder scored a sustained standing ovation at its European premiere in San Sebastian...
Representing Switzerland is Jaquier, whose first solo feature world premiered at TIFF last year. Pic is set in 1900 and stars Lilith Grasmug as Elisabeth, a 17-year-old girl on the cusp of taking vows to become a nun, whose life is set on another course following the sudden death of her older sister. She returns to her family after five years in the convent to help on their farm in a mountain village. The mysteries surrounding her sister’s death prompt her to fight for her right to self-determination and to rebel against the strict expectations of the village community.
Thunder scored a sustained standing ovation at its European premiere in San Sebastian...
- 9/28/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
While we aim to discuss a wide breadth of films each year, few things give us more pleasure than the arrival of bold, new voices. It’s why we venture to festivals and pore over a variety of different features that might bring to light some emerging talent. This year was an especially notable time for new directors making their stamp, and we’re highlighting the handful of 2020 debuts that most impressed us.
Below, one can check out a list spanning a variety of different genres and many are available to stream here. In years to come, take note as these helmers (hopefully) ascend.
The 40-Year-Old Version (Radha Blank)
Playwright Radha Blank’s spirited directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Version in an often hilarious and heartfelt autobiographical tale of reinvention. Surrounded in a shoebox apartment of memories of her past including 30 Under 30 Awards, Blank plays herself, a playwright who is faced...
Below, one can check out a list spanning a variety of different genres and many are available to stream here. In years to come, take note as these helmers (hopefully) ascend.
The 40-Year-Old Version (Radha Blank)
Playwright Radha Blank’s spirited directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Version in an often hilarious and heartfelt autobiographical tale of reinvention. Surrounded in a shoebox apartment of memories of her past including 30 Under 30 Awards, Blank plays herself, a playwright who is faced...
- 12/15/2020
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
An American Pickle (Brandon Trost)
Seth Rogen plays dual roles in his latest comedy, American Pickle follows Seth Rogen both as Herschel Greenbaum, an immigrant who falls in a vat of pickled is brined for 100 years, and his great-grandson Ben Greenbaum, who is a computer coder and lives a very different life, to say the least. While there are certainly humorous sequences (a Brooklyn hipster couple’s first impressions of Greenbaum’s pickle stand comes foremost to mind), Rogen is far more interested in the definitions of family and loyalty, themes that are not explored with a great deal of emotional impact, but do add some heart to what...
An American Pickle (Brandon Trost)
Seth Rogen plays dual roles in his latest comedy, American Pickle follows Seth Rogen both as Herschel Greenbaum, an immigrant who falls in a vat of pickled is brined for 100 years, and his great-grandson Ben Greenbaum, who is a computer coder and lives a very different life, to say the least. While there are certainly humorous sequences (a Brooklyn hipster couple’s first impressions of Greenbaum’s pickle stand comes foremost to mind), Rogen is far more interested in the definitions of family and loyalty, themes that are not explored with a great deal of emotional impact, but do add some heart to what...
- 8/7/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
About This Film
Interestingly, the “The Recorder Exam” (2011) is the prequel to the 2018 award-winning “House of Hummingbird” and features the same family of Eun-hee, 6 years earlier. Infused with childhood memories and melancholy, “The Recorder Exam” is perfectly stand-alone but it is also an essential view if you have loved the 2018 feature film as it provides an additional insight into Eun-hee’s struggle and one more dose of lyricism from director Bora Kim.
Synopsis
It’s 1988, the Seoul Olympics are wrapping up and 8-yer-old Eun-hee (a wonderful Jeongone Hwang) is preparing for her recorder exam. It’s her first important challenge and she is striving to get some attention and support from her busy family.
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Interestingly, the “The Recorder Exam” (2011) is the prequel to the 2018 award-winning “House of Hummingbird” and features the same family of Eun-hee, 6 years earlier. Infused with childhood memories and melancholy, “The Recorder Exam” is perfectly stand-alone but it is also an essential view if you have loved the 2018 feature film as it provides an additional insight into Eun-hee’s struggle and one more dose of lyricism from director Bora Kim.
Synopsis
It’s 1988, the Seoul Olympics are wrapping up and 8-yer-old Eun-hee (a wonderful Jeongone Hwang) is preparing for her recorder exam. It’s her first important challenge and she is striving to get some attention and support from her busy family.
Watch This Film
https://mubi.com/free_programmings/the-recorder-exam/watch...
- 7/8/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Director/writer Bora Kim’s feature directing debut House of Hummingbird has racked up over 59 awards since its 2018 release, and this critically acclaimed feature is now playing in select virtual theaters throughout the U.S.
Eunhee (Ji-Hu Park) is an introspective teenager who is trying her best to balance her school life with a family that, though [...]
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Eunhee (Ji-Hu Park) is an introspective teenager who is trying her best to balance her school life with a family that, though [...]
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- 6/28/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
In what has been one hell of an election year, Jon Stewart is cutting through all of it with his biting political comedy Irresistible starring Steve Carell, Rose Byrne and Chris Cooper. The Focus Features film was originally set to hit theaters on May 29, but like all films impacted by the pandemic, it pivoted to PVOD and drops today.
Written by Stewart, Irresistible follows a Democrat political consultant (Carell) who helps a retired Marine colonel (Cooper) run for mayor against a Republican rival (Byrne) in a small Wisconsin town. This marks a reunion of sorts for Stewart and Carell, who was a recurring correspondent on The Daily Show between 1999 and 2005. The film is also Stewart’s latest outing as a feature film director. His first pic, Rosewater, was released in 2014 and told the story of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was accused and brutally interrogated by Iranian forces for being a spy.
Written by Stewart, Irresistible follows a Democrat political consultant (Carell) who helps a retired Marine colonel (Cooper) run for mayor against a Republican rival (Byrne) in a small Wisconsin town. This marks a reunion of sorts for Stewart and Carell, who was a recurring correspondent on The Daily Show between 1999 and 2005. The film is also Stewart’s latest outing as a feature film director. His first pic, Rosewater, was released in 2014 and told the story of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was accused and brutally interrogated by Iranian forces for being a spy.
- 6/26/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
"The world is marvelous and beautiful." Well Go USA has released an official Us trailer for an indie Korean drama titled House of Hummingbird, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Bora Kim. This first premiered at the Busan Film Festival in Korea last year, then it went on to play at the Berlin, Tribeca, Seattle, Fantasia, and London Film Festivals as well. Positioned against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Seoul in 1994, a lonely 14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Only when she meets a new teacher does she finally feel like an adult really understands her. Described as a "critically-acclaimed coming-of-age drama," this won the Audience Award in Busan last year. Starring Ji-hu Park as Eun-hee, with Sae-byuk Kim, Seung-yeon Lee, and In-gi Jeong. This looks sad but also a reminder there is hope in...
- 5/29/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today’s film news roundup, Alicia Silverstone’s “Sister of the Groom,” faith-based “Everyday Miracles” and South Korean drama “House of Hummingbiord” get distribution and the Indian horror movie “Lapachhapi” gets a Hindi remake.
Acquisitions
Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy “Sister of the Groom” from Premiere Entertainment Group.
Written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, the film also co-stars Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier. Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms.
Silverstone portrays a woman who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.
Charlie Bewley, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht and Ronald Guttman are also in the cast. Silverstone and Everett Scott also previously appeared as...
Acquisitions
Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy “Sister of the Groom” from Premiere Entertainment Group.
Written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, the film also co-stars Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier. Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms.
Silverstone portrays a woman who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.
Charlie Bewley, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht and Ronald Guttman are also in the cast. Silverstone and Everett Scott also previously appeared as...
- 5/29/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Recent Well Go USA releases include Burning, Shadow, Ip Man 4.
Kino Lorber has slotted the latest film into its Kino Marquee platform, partnering with Well Go USA on the virtual theatrical release of Bora Kim’s Berlin Generation 14+ grand prix winner House Of Hummingbird.
The South Korean drama centres on 14-year-old Eun-hee, who despite parental neglect and fraternal abuse, moves through life breezily, exploring with her friends and experiencing adventure and young love against the backdrop of the fatal Seongsu Bridge collapse in Seoul in 1994.
The film premiered at Busan International Film Festival in 2018 where it won the Knn audience...
Kino Lorber has slotted the latest film into its Kino Marquee platform, partnering with Well Go USA on the virtual theatrical release of Bora Kim’s Berlin Generation 14+ grand prix winner House Of Hummingbird.
The South Korean drama centres on 14-year-old Eun-hee, who despite parental neglect and fraternal abuse, moves through life breezily, exploring with her friends and experiencing adventure and young love against the backdrop of the fatal Seongsu Bridge collapse in Seoul in 1994.
The film premiered at Busan International Film Festival in 2018 where it won the Knn audience...
- 5/28/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has bought global rights to Polish feature “The Hater,” which won Best International Narrative Feature at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
The film will be available worldwide, excluding Poland, from July. Polish subscribers will have access to the film “as soon as the licensing window allows, which is planned for March 2021,” according to a Netflix spokesperson.
Directed by Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi” filmmaker Jan Komasa, the film portrays a society grappling with its communist past and European present. It follows disgraced law student Tomek (Maciej Musiałowski) who is trying to get the attention of childhood friend Gabi (Vanessa Aleksander) and the respect of his progressive family.
When he takes a job at a high-profile but morally bankrupt PR company to impress Gabi, Tomek finds he excels at the political games he is asked to orchestrate on social media — though it comes at a high price.
“The Hater” is penned by Mateusz Pacewicz,...
The film will be available worldwide, excluding Poland, from July. Polish subscribers will have access to the film “as soon as the licensing window allows, which is planned for March 2021,” according to a Netflix spokesperson.
Directed by Oscar-nominated “Corpus Christi” filmmaker Jan Komasa, the film portrays a society grappling with its communist past and European present. It follows disgraced law student Tomek (Maciej Musiałowski) who is trying to get the attention of childhood friend Gabi (Vanessa Aleksander) and the respect of his progressive family.
When he takes a job at a high-profile but morally bankrupt PR company to impress Gabi, Tomek finds he excels at the political games he is asked to orchestrate on social media — though it comes at a high price.
“The Hater” is penned by Mateusz Pacewicz,...
- 5/14/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Jay Jeon was born in 1959 in Seoul, Korea. He has a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Sung Kyun Kwan University. Jay was one of the founder members of East-West Film Group as a part of Goethe Institute in early 80’s. Their main projects included progressive films on society movement. He edited some publications introducing world filmmakers and also launched a quarterly magazine called Film Language, which brought wider and deeper interest and analysis on new Korean films. Since the early 90’s, he took interest in film production. “Tales of City”, directed by Lee J-yong, is one of his early works as producer. Jay also worked as associate producer for “Spring in My Hometown” directed by Lee Kwangmo, and as co-producer of world acclaimed films by Lee Chang-dong: “Peppermint Candy” and “Oasis”. He produced the TV documentary “An Odyssey” into the Cinema World in 1995. In 2005, he was honored...
- 2/17/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: CAA has signed filmmaker Bora Kim.
Kim’s debut feature House of Hummingbird made its Us premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring where it won three awards included Best International Feature, Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature and Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature.
House of Hummingbird follows 14-year old Eunhee as she wanders Seoul searching for love. The movie is set in 1994, the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed.
The film had its international premiere at The Busan International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award and screened at Berlinale where it also won a Special Jury Prize. The film has gone on to win 39 awards at festivals around the world and in its home country of South Korea the film won Best Screenplay at the Korean equivalent of the Oscars. The pic is currently listed at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. She continues to be managed by Silent R Management.
Kim’s debut feature House of Hummingbird made its Us premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring where it won three awards included Best International Feature, Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature and Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature.
House of Hummingbird follows 14-year old Eunhee as she wanders Seoul searching for love. The movie is set in 1994, the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed.
The film had its international premiere at The Busan International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award and screened at Berlinale where it also won a Special Jury Prize. The film has gone on to win 39 awards at festivals around the world and in its home country of South Korea the film won Best Screenplay at the Korean equivalent of the Oscars. The pic is currently listed at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. She continues to be managed by Silent R Management.
- 12/20/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Alejandro Landes’ Colombian survival thriller Monos was presented with the best film award of the Official Competition at the BFI London Film Festival tonight (October 12).
The film is Colombia’s entry for the best international film at the Oscars, and has already won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury award at Sundance. Picturehouse acquired UK rights from Le Pacte for a release later this month.
Wash Westmoreland, the Official Competition jury president, said: “Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!
The film is Colombia’s entry for the best international film at the Oscars, and has already won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury award at Sundance. Picturehouse acquired UK rights from Le Pacte for a release later this month.
Wash Westmoreland, the Official Competition jury president, said: “Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!
- 10/12/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
The BFI London Film Festival has revealed its 2019 winners, which include lauded Colombian co-production Monos and Mati Diop’s well-received Atlantics.
Monos, the Sundance thriller about child soldiers, took home the best film award in official competition, with jury president Wash Westmoreland saying, “Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!”
The competition jury gave special commendations to Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy and Rose Glass’s Saint Maud.
Mati Diop’s Senegal-set love story drama Atlantics took home the Sutherland Award in the first feature competition. There was a special commendation in the same category for Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird.
Meanwhile, the Grierson Award in the documentary competition went to Rubika Shah’s documentary White Riot, about multicultural punk and reggae gigs in London in the 1970s.
The competition winners received their awards on stage from...
Monos, the Sundance thriller about child soldiers, took home the best film award in official competition, with jury president Wash Westmoreland saying, “Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!”
The competition jury gave special commendations to Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy and Rose Glass’s Saint Maud.
Mati Diop’s Senegal-set love story drama Atlantics took home the Sutherland Award in the first feature competition. There was a special commendation in the same category for Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird.
Meanwhile, the Grierson Award in the documentary competition went to Rubika Shah’s documentary White Riot, about multicultural punk and reggae gigs in London in the 1970s.
The competition winners received their awards on stage from...
- 10/12/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Greek festival celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Lithuanian director Karolis Kaupinis’ debut feature Nova Lituania won the Golden Athena for the best film at the 25th-anniversary edition of the Athens International Fim Festival on September 29.
The award came with a cash prize of €2,000.
Produced by Vilnius-based M-Films, Nova Litunaia is a satire about the real-life attempts to establish a Lithuanian colony abroad as a devastating world war loomed in the 1930s. The film premiered in the East of the West section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival earlier this year. Dutch outfit Some Shorts is handling international rights.
The...
Lithuanian director Karolis Kaupinis’ debut feature Nova Lituania won the Golden Athena for the best film at the 25th-anniversary edition of the Athens International Fim Festival on September 29.
The award came with a cash prize of €2,000.
Produced by Vilnius-based M-Films, Nova Litunaia is a satire about the real-life attempts to establish a Lithuanian colony abroad as a devastating world war loomed in the 1930s. The film premiered in the East of the West section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival earlier this year. Dutch outfit Some Shorts is handling international rights.
The...
- 9/30/2019
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
The 63rd BFI London Film Festival that will run from 2 to 13 October 2019, once again in partnership with American Express®, has announced the contenders for the Official Competitions and the long list of films in the other “Strands”.
The 2019 nominated films showcase an incredible range of film-making talent from across the world; 60% of the films are from a female director or co-director with 16 countries represented across the producers and co-producers.
Lff is a compelling combination of diverse films, red carpet glamour, friendly audiences and vibrant exchange. Lff provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success; promotes the careers of international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes and positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
And here is the full list of Asian entries in this rich edition of BFI London Film Festival:
Official Competition – The Best Film Award recognises inspiring, inventive and distinctive filmmaking.
The Perfect...
The 2019 nominated films showcase an incredible range of film-making talent from across the world; 60% of the films are from a female director or co-director with 16 countries represented across the producers and co-producers.
Lff is a compelling combination of diverse films, red carpet glamour, friendly audiences and vibrant exchange. Lff provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success; promotes the careers of international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes and positions London as the world’s leading creative city.
And here is the full list of Asian entries in this rich edition of BFI London Film Festival:
Official Competition – The Best Film Award recognises inspiring, inventive and distinctive filmmaking.
The Perfect...
- 8/30/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Other winners included Ladj Ly’s Les Miserables for best international feature.
At its awards ceremony last night (August 1), Jerusalem Film Festival (Jff) presented Yaron Shani’s Love Trilogy: Chained with the Haggiag award for best Israeli feature while Ladj Ly’s Les Miserables won the Jerusalem Foundation award for best international feature.
Chained follows an Israeli policeman whose marriage and masculinity are threatened after he is accused of sexual assault by two teenage boys. A Berlinale premiere in February, it’s the second film in Shani’s Love Trilogy following Stripped, which first showed in Venice Horizons last September.
At its awards ceremony last night (August 1), Jerusalem Film Festival (Jff) presented Yaron Shani’s Love Trilogy: Chained with the Haggiag award for best Israeli feature while Ladj Ly’s Les Miserables won the Jerusalem Foundation award for best international feature.
Chained follows an Israeli policeman whose marriage and masculinity are threatened after he is accused of sexual assault by two teenage boys. A Berlinale premiere in February, it’s the second film in Shani’s Love Trilogy following Stripped, which first showed in Venice Horizons last September.
- 8/2/2019
- by Edna Fainaru
- ScreenDaily
With awards for the best director, the best original soundtrack (Matija Strnisa), “Premio Cima” (by the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media), the Young Jury Award for the Best Feature Film and the Audience award, Bora Kim’s “House of Hummingbird” is the big winner of Cinemajove, Valencia International Film Festival. Asian Movie Pulse sat down with Kim in Valencia to talk about her feature debut, a coming of age drama that earlier this year won the Grand Prix for best film at the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation 14plus sidebar.
I was wondering about the title of the movie and its connection to the storyline.
Actually, the original title is just “The Hummingbird”, but in English the word alone doesn’t sound right, which is why I combined the two. The explanation is simple – Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world, but it beats its wings pretty...
I was wondering about the title of the movie and its connection to the storyline.
Actually, the original title is just “The Hummingbird”, but in English the word alone doesn’t sound right, which is why I combined the two. The explanation is simple – Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world, but it beats its wings pretty...
- 7/1/2019
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
“Yellow Rose,” written, directed, and produced by Diane Paragas, was awarded the Grand Jury Award for outstanding North American narrative feature at the 35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which ran May 2-10.
Special Jury Awards for cinematography, actress and breakthrough performance went, respectively, to Ante Cheng for “Ms. Purple”; Maya Erskine for “Plus One”; and Eva Noblezada for “Yellow Rose.”
“Seadrift,” directed by Tim Tsai, took home the Grand Jury Award for North American documentary feature, while the jury-panelists gave Special Jury Awards to “Jaddoland,” directed by Nadia Shihab, and “Origin Story,” directed by Kulap Vilaysack.
The Grand Jury Award for international narrative feature went to “House of Hummingbird,” directed by Bora Kim. Jury Awards went to Leon Le for “Song Lang,” and to the directors ensemble of “Vai”: ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Amberley Jo Aumua, Becs Arahanga, Dianna Fuemana, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Matasila Freshwater, Mīria George, Nicole Whippy.
Special Jury Awards for cinematography, actress and breakthrough performance went, respectively, to Ante Cheng for “Ms. Purple”; Maya Erskine for “Plus One”; and Eva Noblezada for “Yellow Rose.”
“Seadrift,” directed by Tim Tsai, took home the Grand Jury Award for North American documentary feature, while the jury-panelists gave Special Jury Awards to “Jaddoland,” directed by Nadia Shihab, and “Origin Story,” directed by Kulap Vilaysack.
The Grand Jury Award for international narrative feature went to “House of Hummingbird,” directed by Bora Kim. Jury Awards went to Leon Le for “Song Lang,” and to the directors ensemble of “Vai”: ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Amberley Jo Aumua, Becs Arahanga, Dianna Fuemana, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Matasila Freshwater, Mīria George, Nicole Whippy.
- 5/11/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
“Among all the people you know, how many really know what’s going on inside you?” Eun-hee’s compassionate cram school tutor, Young-ji asks her tenderly in writer/director Bora Kim’s poignant coming of age drama “House of Hummingbird.” Set in Seoul, Korea, 1994, “House of Hummingbird,” is a striking debut; a painfully honest exploration of queer adolescence that feels a little like a feminist neo-realist film.
Continue reading ‘House Of Hummingbird’: Confident Debut Film That Delicately Questions The Fine Line Between Being Heartfelt & Being Harmful [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘House Of Hummingbird’: Confident Debut Film That Delicately Questions The Fine Line Between Being Heartfelt & Being Harmful [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.
- 5/8/2019
- by Andrew Bundy
- The Playlist
Last night in New York at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival, the winners were announced in the competition categories. The top honours went to Burning Cane which took the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) which won Best International Narrative Feature and Scheme Birds which was named Best Documentary Feature. Here’s a full list of Tribeca 2019 competition winners:
U.S. Narrative Competition Categories
Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature – Burning Cane, directed by Phillip Youmans. The award was given by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal on behalf of the jury.
Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Haley Bennett in Swallow.
Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Wendell Pierce in Burning Cane.
Best International Narrative Feature – House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) directed and written by Bora Kim.
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Phillip Youmans for Burning Cane.
U.S. Narrative Competition Categories
Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature – Burning Cane, directed by Phillip Youmans. The award was given by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal on behalf of the jury.
Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Haley Bennett in Swallow.
Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Wendell Pierce in Burning Cane.
Best International Narrative Feature – House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) directed and written by Bora Kim.
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Phillip Youmans for Burning Cane.
- 5/3/2019
- by James Kleinmann
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jane Rosenthal presents the Founders Award for Best Us Narrative Feature to Phillip Youmans for Burning Cane Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Burning Cane, directed and shot by Phillip Youmans, is one of the big winners at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival, capturing the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature and Best Cinematography, while his star Wendell Pierce won Best Actor. Youmans film, which follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son, is a particularly impressive achievement as he wrote, directed and shot it at the age of just 17.
Angela Bassett and Steve Zaillian honour House Of Hummingbird director Bora Kim Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Bora Kim's coming-of-age drama House Of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) won Best International Narrative Feature, Best Cinematography by Gookhyun Kang and Best Actress for Ji-hu Park. Noah Land (Nuh Tepesi) director Cenk Ertürk took home Best International...
Angela Bassett and Steve Zaillian honour House Of Hummingbird director Bora Kim Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Bora Kim's coming-of-age drama House Of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) won Best International Narrative Feature, Best Cinematography by Gookhyun Kang and Best Actress for Ji-hu Park. Noah Land (Nuh Tepesi) director Cenk Ertürk took home Best International...
- 5/2/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Phillip Youmans’ “Burning Cane” took home the Founders Award for best narrative feature at the 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, with star Wendell Pierce earning Best Actor.
Youmans, a 19-year-old freshman at NYU, is the first African-American director to win the Founders Award and the youngest director to have a feature in Tribeca — he was just 17 when he wrote, directed and shot the film, about the fractious relationship between a mother and son in rural Louisiana.
Korean director Bora Kim’s “House of Hummingbird” won for best international narrative feature, and Ji-hu Park won best international actress.
In addition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin won for their documentary feature “Scheme Birds.”
Here’s the complete list of winners.
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U.S. Narrative Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2019 U.S. Narrative Competition were Lucy Alibar,...
Youmans, a 19-year-old freshman at NYU, is the first African-American director to win the Founders Award and the youngest director to have a feature in Tribeca — he was just 17 when he wrote, directed and shot the film, about the fractious relationship between a mother and son in rural Louisiana.
Korean director Bora Kim’s “House of Hummingbird” won for best international narrative feature, and Ji-hu Park won best international actress.
In addition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin won for their documentary feature “Scheme Birds.”
Here’s the complete list of winners.
Also Read: 'Xy Chelsea' Film Review: Doc Tackles Chelsea Manning's Very In-Progress Story
U.S. Narrative Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2019 U.S. Narrative Competition were Lucy Alibar,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The 18th Annual Tribeca Film Festival announced the winning filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in its competition categories at this year’s awards ceremony, which took place this evening at the Stella Artois Theatre at Bmcc Tpac. The top honors went to “Burning Cane” for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) for Best International Narrative Feature, and “Scheme Birds” for Best Documentary Feature.
The winners were dominated by fresh faces, including “Burning Cane” director Phillip Youmans, who was just 17 when he made his film, making him the youngest director to have a feature play at Tribeca. Other first-time directors also won big, as both “House of Hummingbird” filmmaker Bora Kim and “Scheme Birds” filmmaking duo Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin all made feature directorial debuts with their Tribeca winners.
“I’m so proud to see our juries reward a group of winners that is...
The winners were dominated by fresh faces, including “Burning Cane” director Phillip Youmans, who was just 17 when he made his film, making him the youngest director to have a feature play at Tribeca. Other first-time directors also won big, as both “House of Hummingbird” filmmaker Bora Kim and “Scheme Birds” filmmaking duo Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin all made feature directorial debuts with their Tribeca winners.
“I’m so proud to see our juries reward a group of winners that is...
- 5/2/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Women claim four short film prizes.
Nineteen-year old Phillip Youmans became the first African American to win The Founders Award for best Us narrative feature at the Tribeca Film Festival when Burning Cane received the top honour on Thursday (2).
Youmans, 19, already the youngest filmmaker to have a feature in the festival (he was 17 when he directed the story of a troubled preacher starring best actor award-winner Wendell Pierce), receives $20,000 sponsored by At&T.
The jury of Lucy Alibar, Jonathan Ames, Cory Hardrict, Dana Harris, and Jenny Lumet said of Burning Cane: “The Founders Award goes to a voice that is searingly original.
Nineteen-year old Phillip Youmans became the first African American to win The Founders Award for best Us narrative feature at the Tribeca Film Festival when Burning Cane received the top honour on Thursday (2).
Youmans, 19, already the youngest filmmaker to have a feature in the festival (he was 17 when he directed the story of a troubled preacher starring best actor award-winner Wendell Pierce), receives $20,000 sponsored by At&T.
The jury of Lucy Alibar, Jonathan Ames, Cory Hardrict, Dana Harris, and Jenny Lumet said of Burning Cane: “The Founders Award goes to a voice that is searingly original.
- 5/2/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Burning Cane, the drama whose writer-director Phillip Youmans is the youngest-ever helmer to have a feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, won the fest’s marquee Founders Award on Thursday. Tribeca bestowed all three of its top juried feature awards on first-time directors, but none more first-time than Youmans, who made the movie when he was 17. He also becomes the first African American director to win the award.
The film’s Wendell Pierce won the Best Actor award in the fest’s U.S. Narrative Competition section. He plays a preacher dealing with his wife’s recent death in Burning Cane, a portrait of Southeastern Louisiana. Youmans also won a cinematography honor.
Haley Bennett won the Best Actress award for Swallow, a psychological thriller about a newly pregnant woman who develops the compulsion to consume dangerous objects.
In the documentary competition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin’s Scheme Birds won the Best Feature prize,...
The film’s Wendell Pierce won the Best Actor award in the fest’s U.S. Narrative Competition section. He plays a preacher dealing with his wife’s recent death in Burning Cane, a portrait of Southeastern Louisiana. Youmans also won a cinematography honor.
Haley Bennett won the Best Actress award for Swallow, a psychological thriller about a newly pregnant woman who develops the compulsion to consume dangerous objects.
In the documentary competition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin’s Scheme Birds won the Best Feature prize,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Burning Cane” has won the Founders Award for best U.S. narrative feature and star Wendell Pierce has been awarded the top actor in the category for the 18th Annual Tribeca Film Festival.
Haley Bennett won the festival’s award for best actress in a narrative feature for her performance in “Swallow.” “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) took the prize for best international narrative feature, and “Scheme Birds” won for top documentary feature.
The awards were announced Thursday. Rania Attieh won the Nora Ephron Award and a $25,000 prize for Initials S.G. (“Iniciales S.G.”). The award honors excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director embodying the spirit and boldness of the late filmmaker. Tribeca’s Storyscapes Award went to “The Key,” created by Celine Tricart.
“Burning Cane,” set in the Louisiana swamplands, is directed by Phillip Youmans, who wrote, directed and shot the film at the age of 17. He...
Haley Bennett won the festival’s award for best actress in a narrative feature for her performance in “Swallow.” “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) took the prize for best international narrative feature, and “Scheme Birds” won for top documentary feature.
The awards were announced Thursday. Rania Attieh won the Nora Ephron Award and a $25,000 prize for Initials S.G. (“Iniciales S.G.”). The award honors excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director embodying the spirit and boldness of the late filmmaker. Tribeca’s Storyscapes Award went to “The Key,” created by Celine Tricart.
“Burning Cane,” set in the Louisiana swamplands, is directed by Phillip Youmans, who wrote, directed and shot the film at the age of 17. He...
- 5/2/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
There is a certain tentativeness to the 14-year-old Eun-hee (Ji-hu Park) in writer-director Bora Kim’s sure-handed feature debut “House of Hummingbird,” a tender yet somewhat underpowered coming-of-age film set in the Seoul of 1994. Lonely, reserved, and stuck in a dysfunctional household among her frequently quarrelling parents (Seung-Yeon Lee and In-gi Jeong), her troublemaking sister Su-hee (Su-yeon Park), and bully of a brother Dae-hoon (Sang-yeon Sohn), eighth-grader Eun-hee seems to move through life involuntarily, like a bird with a pair of broken wings. And yet, she still copes with routine neglect behind a youthful shield of resilience — Kim slowly lays bare Eun-hee’s toughened spirit from a minimalist and acutely feminine perspective.
Loosely inspired by the writer-director’s own adolescence, Kim’s personal film timidly drifts without narrative spikes for a while, until a sense of direction emerges alongside era-specific facts (like Seoul’s undisciplined real-estate expansion) in the backdrop.
Loosely inspired by the writer-director’s own adolescence, Kim’s personal film timidly drifts without narrative spikes for a while, until a sense of direction emerges alongside era-specific facts (like Seoul’s undisciplined real-estate expansion) in the backdrop.
- 5/1/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Kim Bora’s debut feature, House of Hummingbird, is a meticulous and compelling study of adolescence filtered through the lens of a fourteen-year-old girl, Eun-hee (Park Ji-hu), coming of age in mid-90s Korea. The film is uncompromising in its cultural and historical specificity—we never get the sense that this film is anything other than this a young Korean teenager’s particular journey through the pains of realizing how flawed her family members are, the inevitable betrayal that arrives in trusting others, and the difficulty of being kind to oneself. In doing so, however, the film strikes a chord with a collective and unconscious desire instanced by recent American coming-of-age narratives including Ladybird, Eighth Grade, and Boyhood:a desire to change the circumstances of our actual past by better understanding it. What distinguishes House of Hummingbird is how little it relies on nostalgia. The film sets an unadorned, naturalistic...
- 4/28/2019
- MUBI
Nostalgic coming-of-age movies have become the order of the day as of late, but House of Hummingbird, which follows a lonely 14-year-old girl named Eun-hee as she navigates adolescence in ’90s South Korea, eschews the rose-colored glasses in favor of a magnifying glass. Directed by Bora Kim in her feature film debut, House of Hummingbird digs […]
The post ‘House of Hummingbird’ Review: A Sublime Coming-of-Age Movie That Lingers on the Mind and Heart [Tribeca] appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘House of Hummingbird’ Review: A Sublime Coming-of-Age Movie That Lingers on the Mind and Heart [Tribeca] appeared first on /Film.
- 4/27/2019
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
The film will compete in Tribeca’s International Narrative Competition section.
Cohen Media Group has acquired Us rights to Anne Fontaine’s racy new comedy-drama White As Snow, ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 24-May 5) next month.
The film will compete in Tribeca’s International Narrative Competition section alongside films including Sharon Maymon and Flawless’s Flawless, Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird and Scott Graham’s Run.
A contemporary re-telling of the Snow White fairytale with a comedic and erotic edge, the feature co-stars Isabelle Huppert as evil stepmother Maud opposite Lou de Laâge as...
Cohen Media Group has acquired Us rights to Anne Fontaine’s racy new comedy-drama White As Snow, ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 24-May 5) next month.
The film will compete in Tribeca’s International Narrative Competition section alongside films including Sharon Maymon and Flawless’s Flawless, Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird and Scott Graham’s Run.
A contemporary re-telling of the Snow White fairytale with a comedic and erotic edge, the feature co-stars Isabelle Huppert as evil stepmother Maud opposite Lou de Laâge as...
- 3/13/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSThanks to a donation of Dkk 300 million, the Danish Film Institute will now "digitise, study and disseminate Denmark’s entire silent film heritage, consisting of some 415 titles with a combined running time of around 350 hours." The project is the largest film dissemination effort in Danish history, as the films will be made available in an "online universe" for streaming. The iconoclastic French-Mauritanian filmmaker (and actor!) Med Hondo has died at the age of 82. Tambay Obenson provides a thorough remembrance at Indiewire, which includes this perceptive quote from the auteur: “I decided to make films to bring some black faces to the lily-white French screens, which have been ignoring us and the black contribution to the world for years.” The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 2019 edition, which includes films by Werner Herzog...
- 3/6/2019
- MUBI
Ghost Town AnthologyThe titles for the 69th Berlin International Film Festival are being announced in anticipation of the event running February 7-17, 2019. We will update the program as new films are revealed.COMPETITIONThe Ground Beneath My FeetThe Golden Glove (Faith Akin, Germany/France)By the Grace of GodThe Kindness of StrangersI Was at Home, but A Tale of Three SistersGhost Town Anthology (Denis Côté, Canada)Berlinale SPECIALGully Boy (Zoya Akhtar, India)BrechtWatergate (Charles Ferguson, USA)Panorama 201937 Seconds (Hikari (Mitsuyo Miyazaki), Japan)Dafne (Federico Bondi, Italy)The Day After I'm Gone (Nimrod Eldar, Israel)A Dog Called Money (Seamus Murphy, Ireland/UK)Waiting for the CarnivalChainedFlatland (Jenna Bass, South Africa/Germany/Luxembourg)Greta (Armando Praça, Brazil)Hellhole (Bas Devos, Belgium/Netherlands)Jessica Forever (Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, France)AcidMid90s (Jonah Hill, USA) Family MembersMonos (Alejandro Landes, Columbia/Argentina/Netherlands/Germany/Denmark/Sweden/Uruguay) O Beautiful Night (Xaver Böhm,...
- 1/2/2019
- MUBI
Seven world premieres amongst 16 films.
The first 16 titles from the 2019 Berlin Film Festival (Feb 7-17) Generation section have been revealed.
For the 42nd edition of the Generation strand, there are eight films for Generation 14plus and eight for Generation Kplus so far.
Titles in the former include the European premiere of Stupid Young Heart from Finland’s Selma Vilhunen, who was nominated for the best live action short Oscar for Do I Have To Take Care Of Everything? in 2014.
There will also be a European premiere of Bulbul Can Sing from Indian director Rima Das. Das’ previous film Village Rockstars...
The first 16 titles from the 2019 Berlin Film Festival (Feb 7-17) Generation section have been revealed.
For the 42nd edition of the Generation strand, there are eight films for Generation 14plus and eight for Generation Kplus so far.
Titles in the former include the European premiere of Stupid Young Heart from Finland’s Selma Vilhunen, who was nominated for the best live action short Oscar for Do I Have To Take Care Of Everything? in 2014.
There will also be a European premiere of Bulbul Can Sing from Indian director Rima Das. Das’ previous film Village Rockstars...
- 12/19/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Thirty-five students from 20 U.S. colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Academy members will view the finalists. films at special screenings and vote to select the winners. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with accompanying cash grants of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respectively, may be presented in each of four categories: Alternative, Animation, Documentary and Narrative. Winners will be brought to Los Angeles, along with the international student winners in the Foreign Student Film category, for a week of industry activities and social events that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 9, at 6 p.m. at the Academy.s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The finalists are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Alternative
“Falconer,” Micah Robert Barber, University of Texas at Austin
“In Between Shadows,” Tianran Duan, University of Southern California
“Last Remarks,...
The finalists are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Alternative
“Falconer,” Micah Robert Barber, University of Texas at Austin
“In Between Shadows,” Tianran Duan, University of Southern California
“Last Remarks,...
- 5/2/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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