"The finest Western you'll see this year is set in aristocratic 16th-century France, in the heat of Counter-Reformation," declares Nick Pinkerton. Segueing into his interview with Bertrand Tavernier, Aaron Hillis, also in the Voice, sums up the gist of The Princess of Montpensier: "Adapted from Madame de la Fayette's classic novel, the film concerns a nubile, wealthy heiress (Mélanie Thierry) who loves a rugged hothead from the wrong clan (Gaspard Ulliel), but is forced by her father to marry another prince (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet), leaving her to dwell on the too-modern desire for free will — defiantly bucking against the rigid traditions of her breed." Back to Pinkerton: "The setting always serves the performers rather than vice versa — though the film is also greatly enhanced by the costuming, the rugged French countryside photographed in outdoor-adventure CinemaScope, and Philippe Sarde's baroque-tribal score, its martial and romantic poles matching a tale of...
- 4/18/2011
- MUBI
Acclaimed Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin has won the Best Experimental Short award at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival for Night Mayor. The film is a fictional documentary about Bosnian inventor Nihad Ademi who, in 1939, built a machine that harnessed the power of the Aurora Borealis to transmit images of Canadians to themselves.
Created as a tribute to the National Film Board of Canada’s 70th anniversary, Night Mayor playfully twists concepts of fact and fiction. Maddin describes the film as a documentary, even though his subject never actually existed, since it was shot documentary style with no planned action or script. Maddin assembled his cast and crew to document Ademi’s story as it may have happened and captured the action in his uncanny style of recreating time periods.
To see the director at work and to hear him describe his process, embedded below is a making-of clip posted on the Nfb’s website.
Created as a tribute to the National Film Board of Canada’s 70th anniversary, Night Mayor playfully twists concepts of fact and fiction. Maddin describes the film as a documentary, even though his subject never actually existed, since it was shot documentary style with no planned action or script. Maddin assembled his cast and crew to document Ademi’s story as it may have happened and captured the action in his uncanny style of recreating time periods.
To see the director at work and to hear him describe his process, embedded below is a making-of clip posted on the Nfb’s website.
- 3/19/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
We’re back with short report from South by Southwest Film Festival SXSW 2010.
This time we’re giving you first look on some projects that got our attention, hoping that you’ll also be interested in. And, since the festival is still on, let us remind you to check the updates on our site.
“C’mon, be honest with yourself, at some point of our lives we all wanted to be superhero” – that’s exactly the main thing about the first movie we’re going to talk about.
Kick-ass a superhero movie unlike any that has gone before, and definitely one that pays tribute to the rich history of the comic book movie. Still, this one is so different, original and fresh.
Dave Lizewski is an average high school student with typical teenage problems – no girlfriend, too much homework, and a chronic masturbation habit. His love of comics has inspired him to want more,...
This time we’re giving you first look on some projects that got our attention, hoping that you’ll also be interested in. And, since the festival is still on, let us remind you to check the updates on our site.
“C’mon, be honest with yourself, at some point of our lives we all wanted to be superhero” – that’s exactly the main thing about the first movie we’re going to talk about.
Kick-ass a superhero movie unlike any that has gone before, and definitely one that pays tribute to the rich history of the comic book movie. Still, this one is so different, original and fresh.
Dave Lizewski is an average high school student with typical teenage problems – no girlfriend, too much homework, and a chronic masturbation habit. His love of comics has inspired him to want more,...
- 3/19/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
SXSW Film Announces 2010 Award Winners
Complete Coverage of SXSW 2010
Austin, Texas – March 16, 2010 – The Jury and Audience Award-winners of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival were announced tonight at the Festival’s closing Awards Ceremony hosted by comedian Eugene Mirman in Austin, Texas. Feature Films receiving Jury Awards were selected from the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature categories. Films in these categories, as well as the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, Lone Star States and 24 Beats Per Second categories were also eligible for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Awards. Only Narrative and Documentary Feature Audience Awards were announced tonight. Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters Audience Awards will be announced separately on Monday, March 22.
SXSW also announced the Jury Award-winners in Shorts Filmmaking, and Film Design Awards, and Special Awards, including the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award and the SXSW Wholphin Award.
Complete Coverage of SXSW 2010
Austin, Texas – March 16, 2010 – The Jury and Audience Award-winners of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival were announced tonight at the Festival’s closing Awards Ceremony hosted by comedian Eugene Mirman in Austin, Texas. Feature Films receiving Jury Awards were selected from the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature categories. Films in these categories, as well as the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, Lone Star States and 24 Beats Per Second categories were also eligible for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Awards. Only Narrative and Documentary Feature Audience Awards were announced tonight. Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters Audience Awards will be announced separately on Monday, March 22.
SXSW also announced the Jury Award-winners in Shorts Filmmaking, and Film Design Awards, and Special Awards, including the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award and the SXSW Wholphin Award.
- 3/18/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Tuesday, winners were announced for the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival. The festival, which also includes one of the largest music fests in the world, is held every spring in Austin, Texas.
The two big winners were Tiny Furniture (Narrative) and Marwencol (Documentary). The Film Audience Awards went to Brotherhood (N) and For Once in My Life (D).
Tiny Furniture is the story of Aura, who “returns home to her artist mother’s TriBeCa loft with the following: a useless film theory degree, 357 hits on her Youtube page, a boyfriend who’s left her to find himself at Burning Man, a dying hamster, and her tail between her legs.”
Marwencol is a documentary about how Mark Hogancamp created a World War II-era town in his backyard with dolls in order to recover after being beaten close to death outside a bar in Kingston, NY.
Myth of the American Sleepover won best ensemble,...
The two big winners were Tiny Furniture (Narrative) and Marwencol (Documentary). The Film Audience Awards went to Brotherhood (N) and For Once in My Life (D).
Tiny Furniture is the story of Aura, who “returns home to her artist mother’s TriBeCa loft with the following: a useless film theory degree, 357 hits on her Youtube page, a boyfriend who’s left her to find himself at Burning Man, a dying hamster, and her tail between her legs.”
Marwencol is a documentary about how Mark Hogancamp created a World War II-era town in his backyard with dolls in order to recover after being beaten close to death outside a bar in Kingston, NY.
Myth of the American Sleepover won best ensemble,...
- 3/17/2010
- by Billy Soistmann
- Atomic Popcorn
Austin, Texas – March 16, 2010 – The Jury and Audience Award-winners of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival were announced tonight at the Festival’s closing Awards Ceremony hosted by comedian Eugene Mirman in Austin, Texas. Feature Films receiving Jury Awards were selected from the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature categories. Films in these categories, as well as the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, Lone Star States and 24 Beats Per Second categories were also eligible for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Awards. Only Narrative and Documentary Feature Audience Awards were announced tonight. Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters Audience Awards will be announced separately on Monday, March 22. SXSW also announced the Jury Award-winners in Shorts Filmmaking, and Film Design Awards, and Special Awards, including the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award and the SXSW Wholphin Award. Details can be found at www.
- 3/17/2010
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
The Jury and Audience Award-winners of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival were announced last night at the Festival’s closing Awards Ceremony hosted by comedian Eugene Mirman in Austin, Texas. Feature Films receiving Jury Awards were selected from the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature categories.
Films in these categories, as well as the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, Lone Star States and 24 Beats Per Second categories were also eligible for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Awards. Only Narrative and Documentary Feature Audience Awards were announced tonight.
Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters Audience Awards will be announced separately on Monday, March 22.
SXSW also announced the Jury Award-winners in Shorts Filmmaking, and Film Design Awards, and Special Awards, including the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award and the SXSW Wholphin Award.
Click through for the complete list of the...
Films in these categories, as well as the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, Lone Star States and 24 Beats Per Second categories were also eligible for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Awards. Only Narrative and Documentary Feature Audience Awards were announced tonight.
Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters Audience Awards will be announced separately on Monday, March 22.
SXSW also announced the Jury Award-winners in Shorts Filmmaking, and Film Design Awards, and Special Awards, including the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award and the SXSW Wholphin Award.
Click through for the complete list of the...
- 3/17/2010
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
Though SXSW 2010 is only at the halfway point, the music portion is about to kick into high gear and many film folks are leaving town. The awards ceremony was held last night, and Jeff Malmberg's Marwencol and Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture won jury awards for best feature-length documentary and narrative, respectively.
Audience awards went to For Once in My Life (documentary) and Brotherhood (narrative). As if often the case, I haven't seen any of the winners, so can't comment further on them, but we do have a review for Marwencol up on the site, which is linked below.
Here's the announcement provided by the festival:
Austin, Texas - March 16, 2010 - The Jury and Audience Award-winners of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival were announced tonight at the Festival's closing Awards Ceremony hosted by comedian Eugene Mirman in Austin, Texas. Feature Films receiving Jury Awards were...
Audience awards went to For Once in My Life (documentary) and Brotherhood (narrative). As if often the case, I haven't seen any of the winners, so can't comment further on them, but we do have a review for Marwencol up on the site, which is linked below.
Here's the announcement provided by the festival:
Austin, Texas - March 16, 2010 - The Jury and Audience Award-winners of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival were announced tonight at the Festival's closing Awards Ceremony hosted by comedian Eugene Mirman in Austin, Texas. Feature Films receiving Jury Awards were...
- 3/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The winners of the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas were announced tonight. Here is a complete list of the awards: Documentary Feature – Marwencol (Director: Jeff Malmberg) Runner-up: War Don Don (Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen) Narrative Feature – Tiny Furniture (Director: Lena Dunham) Special Jury Award – Best Ensemble: Myth of the American Sleepover (Director: David Robert Mitchell) Special Jury Award – Best Individual Performance: Brian Hasenfus in Phillip the Fossil (Director: Garth Donovan) Feature Film Audience Awards Documentary Feature – For Once in My Life (Directors: Jim Bigham & Mark Moormann) Narrative Feature – Brotherhood (Director: Will Canon) Short Film Jury Awards Narrative Shorts – Cigarette Candy...
- 3/17/2010
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture has won the Narrative Feature award presented by the Feature Film Jury at this year's SXSW Film Festival. Special Jury Awards go to Myth of the American Sleepover, directed by David Robert Mitchell, for Best Ensemble and to Brian Hasenfus for his performance in Garth Donovan's Phillip the Fossil.
Jeff Maimberg's Marwencol wins the Documentary Feature award; runner-up: Rebecca Richman Cohen's War Don Don.
Audience Awards: Jim Bigham and Mark Moormann's For Once in My Life (Documentary) and Will Canon's Brotherhood (Narrative).
For the full list of further awards (shorts, poster and title design and more), turn to indieWIRE.
Jeff Maimberg's Marwencol wins the Documentary Feature award; runner-up: Rebecca Richman Cohen's War Don Don.
Audience Awards: Jim Bigham and Mark Moormann's For Once in My Life (Documentary) and Will Canon's Brotherhood (Narrative).
For the full list of further awards (shorts, poster and title design and more), turn to indieWIRE.
- 3/17/2010
- MUBI
Feature Film Jury Awards Documentary Feature Winner: Marwencol Director: Jeff Malmberg Runner-up: War Don Don Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen Narrative Feature Winner: Tiny Furniture Director: Lena Dunham Special Jury Award...
- 3/17/2010
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
At the SXSW closing awards ceremony Tuesday night, Lena Dunham's offbeat autobiographical drama Tiny Furniture won the narrative feature jury prize. Shot in November and edited in December, the filmmakers finished the micro-budget drama last Monday, and flew into Austin with a tape in hand. Dunham also won the Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award. The dramatic jury also awarded two special jury prizes: best ensemble, Myth of the American Sleepover, directed by David Robert Mitchell and best individual performance: Brian Hasenfus in Phillip the Fossil, directed by Garth Donovan. The feature doc jury winner was Jeff Malmberg's Marwencol, about Mark Hogancamp and his fantasy world. The runner-up was War Don Don, from director Rebecca Richman Cohen. The audience awards went to Will Canon's fraternity thriller Brotherhood and documentary ...
- 3/17/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
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