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Ukraine has selected Valentyn Vasyanovych's dark story of a man's midlife crisis, Black Level, as its candidate for the best foreign-language film at the Oscars.
The film, Vasyanovych's third feature, tells the story of a 50-year-old wedding photographer, Kostya, whose life falls apart as all that seemed permanent disappears. In his professional life, he captures images of others' happiness while, in a dark reflection of those lives, his father, paralyzed by a stroke, his girlfriend, a stylist at a wedding magazine, and even his old cat leave his life.
The film impressed international critics last month at the Odessa International Film...
The film, Vasyanovych's third feature, tells the story of a 50-year-old wedding photographer, Kostya, whose life falls apart as all that seemed permanent disappears. In his professional life, he captures images of others' happiness while, in a dark reflection of those lives, his father, paralyzed by a stroke, his girlfriend, a stylist at a wedding magazine, and even his old cat leave his life.
The film impressed international critics last month at the Odessa International Film...
- 8/29/2017
- by Nick Holdsworth ,Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Summer 1993 and My Happy Family also take home prizes from Ukrainian festival.
Peter Brosen and Jessica Woodworth’s fourth feature King Of The Belgians received the Golden Duke Grand Prix - based on voting by festival-goers - at the eighth Odesa International Film Festival (Oiff, July 14 - 22), which came to a close on Saturday evening.
The International Competition jury, headed up by German director Christian Petzold and including actress Sibel Kekilli and Romanian producer-director-festival organiser Tudor Giurgiu, awarded the prize for best international feature film to Catalan director Carla Simón’s autobiographical film Summer 1993.
Handled internationally by New Europe Film Sales, Simón’s film had its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus sidebar where it won the international jury’s grand prix and the Gwff best first feature award.
Meanwhile, My Happy Family by the directorial duo Nana & Simon continued its successful international festival career by picking up the jury’s awards for best director...
Peter Brosen and Jessica Woodworth’s fourth feature King Of The Belgians received the Golden Duke Grand Prix - based on voting by festival-goers - at the eighth Odesa International Film Festival (Oiff, July 14 - 22), which came to a close on Saturday evening.
The International Competition jury, headed up by German director Christian Petzold and including actress Sibel Kekilli and Romanian producer-director-festival organiser Tudor Giurgiu, awarded the prize for best international feature film to Catalan director Carla Simón’s autobiographical film Summer 1993.
Handled internationally by New Europe Film Sales, Simón’s film had its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Generation Kplus sidebar where it won the international jury’s grand prix and the Gwff best first feature award.
Meanwhile, My Happy Family by the directorial duo Nana & Simon continued its successful international festival career by picking up the jury’s awards for best director...
- 7/24/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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