It’s interesting to see a documentary exploring the challenges for a new mother returning to work – and when that new mother happens to be a prima ballerina, the results are especially fascinating. Laura Kaehr’s engrossing documentary Becoming Giulia won the Audience Award at the Zurich Film Festival, and follows the charismatic Giulia Tonelli, an Italian dancer at the Zurich Opera. Shot over three years, it’s an insight into her profession as well as a portrait of parenthood and, as the film evolves, life in lockdown.
Four months after giving birth, Tonelli is preparing to come back to the stage. We see her orderly life at home with her husband, and the time they enjoy with their baby. We see the joy and nerves when she returns to the Opera House. “This is like being back home again,” she says, before adding, “I’ve never been away from the stage this long.
Four months after giving birth, Tonelli is preparing to come back to the stage. We see her orderly life at home with her husband, and the time they enjoy with their baby. We see the joy and nerves when she returns to the Opera House. “This is like being back home again,” she says, before adding, “I’ve never been away from the stage this long.
- 10/25/2022
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Laura Mora’s “The Kings of the World” was named Best Film at the Zurich Film Festival Saturday.
The jury, led by Asghar Farhadi and featuring Clio Barnard, Daniel Dreifuss, Petra Volpe and Piodor Gustafsson, was taken with the coming-of-age drama about young friends living on the streets of Medellín, one that has triumphed at San Sebastian as well. Film Factory Entertainment handles sales.
“I am so happy the jury voted for it. I am convinced this film will stand the test of time,” artistic director Christian Jungen told Variety.
“It shows that film can be an art form, but it also provides social criticism on the situation in Colombia. Where poor, regular people can’t easily access their rights.”
Mora got the idea for the story while casting her feature debut “Killing Jesus,” she told Variety back in August.
“More than 90 boys we interviewed all shared a terrible feeling of exclusion,...
The jury, led by Asghar Farhadi and featuring Clio Barnard, Daniel Dreifuss, Petra Volpe and Piodor Gustafsson, was taken with the coming-of-age drama about young friends living on the streets of Medellín, one that has triumphed at San Sebastian as well. Film Factory Entertainment handles sales.
“I am so happy the jury voted for it. I am convinced this film will stand the test of time,” artistic director Christian Jungen told Variety.
“It shows that film can be an art form, but it also provides social criticism on the situation in Colombia. Where poor, regular people can’t easily access their rights.”
Mora got the idea for the story while casting her feature debut “Killing Jesus,” she told Variety back in August.
“More than 90 boys we interviewed all shared a terrible feeling of exclusion,...
- 10/1/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Dubai-based sales agent Cercamon has acquired world sales rights excluding Switzerland for Laura Kaehr’s first feature documentary “Becoming Giulia,” which has its world premiere Sept. 23 in the Focus competition at the Zurich Film Festival.
Produced by Point Prod, the outfit behind Elie Grappe’s Cannes Critics’ Week prize winner “Olga,” in partnership with Srg Ssr, the film is an intimate and committed look at the journey of a woman who reclaims her body and herself to return to the stage.
Shot over three years, “Becoming Giulia” opens with prima ballerina Giulia Tonelli returning to the main stage at the Zurich Opera House after an 11-month absence due to her first pregnancy. The film offers a sensitive portrait of an artist at the top of her craft, moving from rehearsals to opening nights to everyday life in the home, even as Tonelli juggles the competing demands of work and family.
Produced by Point Prod, the outfit behind Elie Grappe’s Cannes Critics’ Week prize winner “Olga,” in partnership with Srg Ssr, the film is an intimate and committed look at the journey of a woman who reclaims her body and herself to return to the stage.
Shot over three years, “Becoming Giulia” opens with prima ballerina Giulia Tonelli returning to the main stage at the Zurich Opera House after an 11-month absence due to her first pregnancy. The film offers a sensitive portrait of an artist at the top of her craft, moving from rehearsals to opening nights to everyday life in the home, even as Tonelli juggles the competing demands of work and family.
- 9/21/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
A miner in Germany’s last coal mine undergoing a gender change, a prima ballerina fighting to keep her status after becoming a mother, a repentant hooligan turned kickboxing champion, a father who fled the former Uruguayan dictatorship, rejected refugees awaiting deportation, and stuntwomen taking hit after hit for the film industry: to say that the 5th Swiss Films Previews at doc film fest Visions du Réel introduced us to strong characters is an understatement.
Six promising films soon to be launched on the festival circuit and the international market were selected for the event and pitched at VdR-Industry. Five of them were directed (co-directed for “Red”) by women. Four of them are first features. By the quality of the excerpts and the originality of the themes that fit the times, all of them demand to be seen as finished film.
Here’s an overview of what’s coming up...
Six promising films soon to be launched on the festival circuit and the international market were selected for the event and pitched at VdR-Industry. Five of them were directed (co-directed for “Red”) by women. Four of them are first features. By the quality of the excerpts and the originality of the themes that fit the times, all of them demand to be seen as finished film.
Here’s an overview of what’s coming up...
- 4/16/2022
- by Trinidad Barleycorn
- Variety Film + TV
Gender equality has been among the hottest of topics on the film-festival circuit these last few years, with Cannes earning praise for recent developments and Venice earning criticism for a lack of female filmmakers in competition. With the Locarno Film Festival underway, festival president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali have signed the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals. An initiative of the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan), the Pledge has also been signed by Cannes.
The Pledge’s commitments are as follows:
To compile statistics according to gender, especially those regarding the number of films submitted, in order to support Swan with reliable data. To disclose the list of the appointed members of selection committees and programmers, the aim being to eliminate any suspicion of a lack of diversity and parity while allowing the festivals to fully pursue their editorial and strategic choices. To...
The Pledge’s commitments are as follows:
To compile statistics according to gender, especially those regarding the number of films submitted, in order to support Swan with reliable data. To disclose the list of the appointed members of selection committees and programmers, the aim being to eliminate any suspicion of a lack of diversity and parity while allowing the festivals to fully pursue their editorial and strategic choices. To...
- 8/5/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Locarno Film Festival officials signed today a programming pledge for parity and inclusion, following the footsteps of Cannes Film Festival.
The pledge was signed by Locarno fest president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali. The initiative was put together by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan) with director Ursula Meier, who is the pledge Godmother, and producer Pauline Gygax, the pledge advisor.
“We are thrilled about this first step towards equality and diversity in festivals. Just as with budgets and funding, women are entitled to an equal share of the spotlight and the screens. Visibility of our films is essential,” said Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stéphane Mitchell, Swan’s co-presidents, in a statement.
“The financing part is essential to allow women directors to make movies and being selected at a festival plays a key role in the financing because it can raise a profile of a filmmaker and create a demand,...
The pledge was signed by Locarno fest president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali. The initiative was put together by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan) with director Ursula Meier, who is the pledge Godmother, and producer Pauline Gygax, the pledge advisor.
“We are thrilled about this first step towards equality and diversity in festivals. Just as with budgets and funding, women are entitled to an equal share of the spotlight and the screens. Visibility of our films is essential,” said Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stéphane Mitchell, Swan’s co-presidents, in a statement.
“The financing part is essential to allow women directors to make movies and being selected at a festival plays a key role in the financing because it can raise a profile of a filmmaker and create a demand,...
- 8/5/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Locarno Festival has agreed to sign the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals after being introduced to the measure by the Swiss Women's Audiovisual Network (Swan).
Locarno will be the first A-list festival after Cannes and the first Swiss fest to sign the pledge, which came out of the French movement 5050x2020 during Cannes in May.
The pledge will be signed by Locarno president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali on Sunday at a special ceremony along with Swan co-presidents Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stephane Mitchell, Swiss Director of Federal Office ...
Locarno will be the first A-list festival after Cannes and the first Swiss fest to sign the pledge, which came out of the French movement 5050x2020 during Cannes in May.
The pledge will be signed by Locarno president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali on Sunday at a special ceremony along with Swan co-presidents Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stephane Mitchell, Swiss Director of Federal Office ...
- 7/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Locarno Festival has agreed to sign the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals after being introduced to the measure by the Swiss Women's Audiovisual Network (Swan).
Locarno will be the first A-list festival after Cannes and the first Swiss fest to sign the pledge, which came out of the French movement 5050x2020 during Cannes in May.
The pledge will be signed by Locarno president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali on Sunday at a special ceremony along with Swan co-presidents Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stephane Mitchell, Swiss Director of Federal Office ...
Locarno will be the first A-list festival after Cannes and the first Swiss fest to sign the pledge, which came out of the French movement 5050x2020 during Cannes in May.
The pledge will be signed by Locarno president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali on Sunday at a special ceremony along with Swan co-presidents Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stephane Mitchell, Swiss Director of Federal Office ...
- 7/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Following the Cannes and Annecy film festivals, Locarno is the latest international fest whose chiefs have agreed to sign a pledge ensuring gender equality and inclusion in programming.
Organized by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan), the pledge will be signed by Locarno festival president Marco Solari and Vice President Carla Speziali on Sunday. The film festival begins Wednesday.
The pledge-signing event will be attended by prominent Swiss industry figures and members of Swan, notably filmmaker Ursula Meier, along with producer Pauline Gygax, and Swan’s three co-presidents and authors-directors Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr, and screenwriter Stephane Mitchell.
“The fact that Locarno Festival signs the pledge, only months after Cannes, is absolutely thrilling. When we approached them with Swan, the Locarno Festival was immediately open to meeting with us and signing the pledge,” said Kaehr, who will introduce the pledge-signing at the Spazio Cinema in Locarno along with federal...
Organized by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan), the pledge will be signed by Locarno festival president Marco Solari and Vice President Carla Speziali on Sunday. The film festival begins Wednesday.
The pledge-signing event will be attended by prominent Swiss industry figures and members of Swan, notably filmmaker Ursula Meier, along with producer Pauline Gygax, and Swan’s three co-presidents and authors-directors Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr, and screenwriter Stephane Mitchell.
“The fact that Locarno Festival signs the pledge, only months after Cannes, is absolutely thrilling. When we approached them with Swan, the Locarno Festival was immediately open to meeting with us and signing the pledge,” said Kaehr, who will introduce the pledge-signing at the Spazio Cinema in Locarno along with federal...
- 7/31/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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