Following, in intimate detail, the making of an art star in her early days, Lea Glob’s Apolonia, Apolonia is a powerful meditation on art and evolution. At one early point in the film, reflecting on a new work, Apolonia Sokol speaks directly to the camera, telling us that with “identity and work, there is no difference.” While some films about artists start capturing their subject much later in life, Glob’s picture is a work of serendipity, keeping praise largely in the moment. There are no talking heads or curators to provide context, just the filmmaker and Glob narrating most of the film with the tone of a bedtime story, as if she’s telling her daughter about this mythical time and figure in her life.
Linking her story with that of her subject, Glob observes Apolonia’s progress from a young woman living with her family in Lavoir...
Linking her story with that of her subject, Glob observes Apolonia’s progress from a young woman living with her family in Lavoir...
- 11/29/2023
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
A video spreading across social media of Volodymyr Zelensky with a bag of cocaine on his desk is – of course – fake, and the latest in an ongoing smear campaign against the Ukrainian president.
In the manipulated video, a not-inconspicuous amount of white powder is seen next to Zelensky as he conducts a video conference with Elon Musk.
It didn’t take long before the original, cocaine-less clip resurfaced — BBC disinformation journalist Shayan Sardarizeh noted the original video was from March — but by then hundreds of pro-Russian, English-speaking Twitter accounts had spread the shallow fake video.
In the manipulated video, a not-inconspicuous amount of white powder is seen next to Zelensky as he conducts a video conference with Elon Musk.
It didn’t take long before the original, cocaine-less clip resurfaced — BBC disinformation journalist Shayan Sardarizeh noted the original video was from March — but by then hundreds of pro-Russian, English-speaking Twitter accounts had spread the shallow fake video.
- 4/23/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov talks swapping red carpet for fighting on the frontline (exclusive)
The filmmaker who is serving as an army reservist sends fresh dispatches from the frontline
Just six weeks ago Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov was walking the red carpet at Kyiv’s landmark Cinema House venue for the national premiere of his new film Rhino, ahead of its general release across the country on February 17.
The raft of high-profile guests included former Ukrainian presidents Viktor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko, current foreign minister Dimitry Kuleba, rock star Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and actress Kateryna Molchanova.
The drama, about a young man who works his way up the ranks of the organised crime world in 1990s Ukraine,...
Just six weeks ago Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov was walking the red carpet at Kyiv’s landmark Cinema House venue for the national premiere of his new film Rhino, ahead of its general release across the country on February 17.
The raft of high-profile guests included former Ukrainian presidents Viktor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko, current foreign minister Dimitry Kuleba, rock star Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and actress Kateryna Molchanova.
The drama, about a young man who works his way up the ranks of the organised crime world in 1990s Ukraine,...
- 3/30/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Ukraine State Prosecutor “Says Biden is to blame. Yes” Breaking News! Start Video Play Video According to Tvmix “Forty Three Million War-torn Ukrainian people are forced to pay energy bills jacked up by corrupted Parliament to line the pockets of Petro Poroshenko, The Bidens et al”. Just as War between the Ukraine and Russia began, […]
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The post Did Joe Biden Just Start A World War To Bury The Burisma Scandal? appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 3/1/2022
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
Ukranian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy isn’t a politician — but he plays the president on TV. As luck would have it, life is on its way to imitating art as Zelenskiy today came out victorious in the second round of Ukraine’s presidential election after candidate Petro Poroshenko conceded defeat.
According to news reports, exit polls suggest a landslide victory for Zelenskiy who won the presidential runoff with 73.2% of the vote against Poroshenko’s 25.3%. The official results are expected to come Sunday night.
Zelenskiy is known for his role on the Ukrainian TV series Servant of the People. The show follows a teacher who unexpectedly becomes Ukrainian president after an angry rant about corruption is posted online by his students. Apparently, this is paralleling his character on Servant of the People because, like his character on the Ukranian show, he has promised to clean up politics in the country. Even so,...
According to news reports, exit polls suggest a landslide victory for Zelenskiy who won the presidential runoff with 73.2% of the vote against Poroshenko’s 25.3%. The official results are expected to come Sunday night.
Zelenskiy is known for his role on the Ukrainian TV series Servant of the People. The show follows a teacher who unexpectedly becomes Ukrainian president after an angry rant about corruption is posted online by his students. Apparently, this is paralleling his character on Servant of the People because, like his character on the Ukranian show, he has promised to clean up politics in the country. Even so,...
- 4/21/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
An actor with no political experience other than playing the president on a TV comedy series has been elected president of one of Europe's biggest countries.
Volodomyr Zelenskiy — who plays a school teacher who gets elected president after an online rant on the popular drama series Servant of the People — beat incumbent Petro Poroshenko in Sunday's runoff poll.
Exit polls late Sunday showed that as many as three out of every four Ukrainians cast their votes for the actor, rather than the sitting president.
Poroshenko, an experienced politician and former defense minister who has been dogged ...
Volodomyr Zelenskiy — who plays a school teacher who gets elected president after an online rant on the popular drama series Servant of the People — beat incumbent Petro Poroshenko in Sunday's runoff poll.
Exit polls late Sunday showed that as many as three out of every four Ukrainians cast their votes for the actor, rather than the sitting president.
Poroshenko, an experienced politician and former defense minister who has been dogged ...
- 4/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
New Cinema Law offers incentives to foreign producers and will be showcased in Cannes.
After months of delays when he vetoed the new Cinema Law despite it having been adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament, President Petro Poroshenko has finally put his signature to the decree introducing the new legislative framework for the film industry, including the creation of a cash rebate scheme for international film and television producers shooting in Ukraine.
According to the legislation ‘On the State Support of the Cinematography in Ukraine’, foreign producers will be able to get a rebate of up to 16.6% of the production costs spent on the territory of Ukraine and receive an additional 10% for the labour costs in Kiev and Sevastopol and 4.5% of labour costs incurred in the rest of Ukraine.
Poroshenko’s timing was highly fortuitous: his signature came on the eve of the first national awards staged by the newly created Ukrainian Film Academy, giving a great...
After months of delays when he vetoed the new Cinema Law despite it having been adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament, President Petro Poroshenko has finally put his signature to the decree introducing the new legislative framework for the film industry, including the creation of a cash rebate scheme for international film and television producers shooting in Ukraine.
According to the legislation ‘On the State Support of the Cinematography in Ukraine’, foreign producers will be able to get a rebate of up to 16.6% of the production costs spent on the territory of Ukraine and receive an additional 10% for the labour costs in Kiev and Sevastopol and 4.5% of labour costs incurred in the rest of Ukraine.
Poroshenko’s timing was highly fortuitous: his signature came on the eve of the first national awards staged by the newly created Ukrainian Film Academy, giving a great...
- 5/4/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Polish Ministry of Culture is proposing a €22m annual budget for the 25% rebate scheme.
Poland is set to become the latest territory to offer a cash rebate incentive as a way of stimulating the national film industry, strengthening the local production sector and attracting more foreign productions to shoot in Poland.
Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage has prepared a bill on a production incentive scheme which would give producers a 25% rebate on qualifying Polish production costs such as locally employed crew, goods and services purchased in Poland.
With a proposed annual budget currently set at €22m, the cash rebate scheme would be available to domestic Polish films, co-productions and service productions and cover a broad spectrum of eligible genres from live-action and animated feature films through documentaries to high-end television drama.
A cap on the amount available for individual projects has yet to be specified in the proposed scheme’s guidelines which will also...
Poland is set to become the latest territory to offer a cash rebate incentive as a way of stimulating the national film industry, strengthening the local production sector and attracting more foreign productions to shoot in Poland.
Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage has prepared a bill on a production incentive scheme which would give producers a 25% rebate on qualifying Polish production costs such as locally employed crew, goods and services purchased in Poland.
With a proposed annual budget currently set at €22m, the cash rebate scheme would be available to domestic Polish films, co-productions and service productions and cover a broad spectrum of eligible genres from live-action and animated feature films through documentaries to high-end television drama.
A cap on the amount available for individual projects has yet to be specified in the proposed scheme’s guidelines which will also...
- 1/19/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Polish Ministry of Culture is proposing a €22m annual budget for the 25% rebate scheme.
Poland is set to become the latest territory to offer a cash rebate incentive as a way of stimulating the national film industry, strengthening the local production sector and attracting more foreign productions to shoot in Poland.
Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage has prepared a bill on a production incentive scheme which would give producers a 25% rebate on qualifying Polish production costs such as locally employed crew, goods and services purchased in Poland.
With a proposed annual budget currently set at €22m, the cash rebate scheme would be available to domestic Polish films, co-productions and service productions and cover a broad spectrum of eligible genres from live-action and animated feature films through documentaries to high-end television drama.
A cap on the amount available for individual projects has yet to be specified in the proposed scheme’s guidelines which will also...
Poland is set to become the latest territory to offer a cash rebate incentive as a way of stimulating the national film industry, strengthening the local production sector and attracting more foreign productions to shoot in Poland.
Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage has prepared a bill on a production incentive scheme which would give producers a 25% rebate on qualifying Polish production costs such as locally employed crew, goods and services purchased in Poland.
With a proposed annual budget currently set at €22m, the cash rebate scheme would be available to domestic Polish films, co-productions and service productions and cover a broad spectrum of eligible genres from live-action and animated feature films through documentaries to high-end television drama.
A cap on the amount available for individual projects has yet to be specified in the proposed scheme’s guidelines which will also...
- 1/19/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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