Film-maker Klaartje Quirijns turns the camera on her mother and father as they open up about the trauma of her elder sister’s death
There is some insightful material in this personal essay-film from Dutch documentary maker and journalist Klaartje Quirijns, avowedly inspired by Philip Larkin’s poem This Be the Verse about your mum and dad fucking you up. It’s a painful probing of a psychological wound in her parents’ lives: the death of Quirijns’s elder sister in a drowning accident. That undoubtedly contributed to the disintegration of their marriage and is something which her elderly parents have never talked about until now: she makes them open up to her about it, on camera.
Quirijns was apparently moved to consider this, and to take stock of her own life and upbringing, because of having surgeries on her breast, though she doesn’t actually say the word “cancer” out loud,...
There is some insightful material in this personal essay-film from Dutch documentary maker and journalist Klaartje Quirijns, avowedly inspired by Philip Larkin’s poem This Be the Verse about your mum and dad fucking you up. It’s a painful probing of a psychological wound in her parents’ lives: the death of Quirijns’s elder sister in a drowning accident. That undoubtedly contributed to the disintegration of their marriage and is something which her elderly parents have never talked about until now: she makes them open up to her about it, on camera.
Quirijns was apparently moved to consider this, and to take stock of her own life and upbringing, because of having surgeries on her breast, though she doesn’t actually say the word “cancer” out loud,...
- 4/25/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The young Dutch director will start filming her second feature at the beginning of April. Dutch writer-director Floor van der Meulen is now preparing her sophomore feature, a dramedy entitled Methusalem. The project will be filmed in the Netherlands, Slovenia and Italy, and will start principal photography at the beginning of April. After her studies at Rotterdam’s Willem de Kooning Academy, van der Meulen worked as an assistant director for documentarian Klaartje Quirijns and other Dutch filmmakers. In 2015, together with Issa Touma and Thomas Vroege, she made the internationally acclaimed short documentary 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo, followed by another short set in Syria, Greetings from Aleppo (2017). Her debut feature, Last Male Standing, was made in 2019. The story of her new directorial effort, penned in its entirety by screenwriter Bastiaan Kroeger (C'est déjà l'été), revolves around a 29-year-old woman called Iris, who unexpectedly hears...
What a surprising city Rotterdam is and the Festival and Cinemart are full of surprises too.
Being in The Netherlands is like a homecoming for me. My first major job in the film industry was with 20th Century Fox International and City Fox Films in Amsterdam in 1975 which is when I first attended the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, three years after its founding by Huub Bals. It was much smaller then. Iffr’s logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion as an alternative. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. It has become one of the most important events in the film world, an integral part of the winter circuit of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.
“Fox and HIs Friends”
Except for my...
Being in The Netherlands is like a homecoming for me. My first major job in the film industry was with 20th Century Fox International and City Fox Films in Amsterdam in 1975 which is when I first attended the International Film Festival of Rotterdam, three years after its founding by Huub Bals. It was much smaller then. Iffr’s logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion as an alternative. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. It has become one of the most important events in the film world, an integral part of the winter circuit of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Festivals.
“Fox and HIs Friends”
Except for my...
- 3/8/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Though the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) is going on its 46th year and its Cinemart on its 35th, 2017 marks only the third year since festival director Bero Beyer, a former producer, continues to reshape the event into a more focused selection of film projects whose life on the film circuit will have an impact beyond the festival scene itself, a field that is becoming increasingly crowded for many reasons which would take another article to explain.
But there will be quite a discussion about this very issue.The Rotterdam Cinemart, the first co-production market ever, started in 1982 and brought the then-small international film community together in a uniquely egalitarian and intimate way that only the Dutch could offer. In many ways it became a victim of its own success, mentoring similar events in Hong Kong and So. Korea and then copied by numerous others, but without the care and warmth of the original event.
But there will be quite a discussion about this very issue.The Rotterdam Cinemart, the first co-production market ever, started in 1982 and brought the then-small international film community together in a uniquely egalitarian and intimate way that only the Dutch could offer. In many ways it became a victim of its own success, mentoring similar events in Hong Kong and So. Korea and then copied by numerous others, but without the care and warmth of the original event.
- 1/28/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
A total of 26 film projects will participate in this year’s co-production market in Rotterdam.Scroll down for full line-up
The line-up for the 2017 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) co-production market CineMart has been revealed.
The 34th edition of the co-pro event features 26 projects and will run Jan 29 – Feb 1 as part of the Iffr Pro Days industry strand of the wider festival (Jan 25 – Feb 5).
Film-makers presenting projects at this year’s edition include Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro, whose 2015 feature Neon Bull [pictured] won prizes in Venice and Toronto. His next project is titled Centre Of The Earth.
Also participating in the event will be UK director Ben Rivers, whose credits include The Sky Trembles And The Earth Is Afraid And The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers. His latest project, After London, is being produced by Ben Wheatley’s Rook Films. Rivers previously won Rotterdam’s Tiger Award for his 2014 short film Things.
Nepalese director...
The line-up for the 2017 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) co-production market CineMart has been revealed.
The 34th edition of the co-pro event features 26 projects and will run Jan 29 – Feb 1 as part of the Iffr Pro Days industry strand of the wider festival (Jan 25 – Feb 5).
Film-makers presenting projects at this year’s edition include Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro, whose 2015 feature Neon Bull [pictured] won prizes in Venice and Toronto. His next project is titled Centre Of The Earth.
Also participating in the event will be UK director Ben Rivers, whose credits include The Sky Trembles And The Earth Is Afraid And The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers. His latest project, After London, is being produced by Ben Wheatley’s Rook Films. Rivers previously won Rotterdam’s Tiger Award for his 2014 short film Things.
Nepalese director...
- 12/13/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Films include a collaboration between Sing Sing prison inmates and a leading contemporary dance company from Turner Prize nominated visual artist Phil Collins.
Scroll down for full list of projects
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at its MeetMarket initiative, celebrating 10 years in 2015.
A total of 64 filmmaker teams from 19 countries will pitch to international and UK decision makers for research, development and production funding
At Crossover Market, which includes digital titles, a further 26 interactive projects from 12 countries will pitch in one-to-one meetings to a range of specialist decision makers.
Among the Crossover projects being pitched are the latest from Oscar Raby who won last year’s Interactive Audience Award with Assent; and Ram Devineni who attracted funding at last year’s Crossover Market and Tribeca New Media Fund for Priya’s Shakti.
New pitch opportunities this year include a BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories commission for young filmmakers, the Guardian...
Scroll down for full list of projects
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at its MeetMarket initiative, celebrating 10 years in 2015.
A total of 64 filmmaker teams from 19 countries will pitch to international and UK decision makers for research, development and production funding
At Crossover Market, which includes digital titles, a further 26 interactive projects from 12 countries will pitch in one-to-one meetings to a range of specialist decision makers.
Among the Crossover projects being pitched are the latest from Oscar Raby who won last year’s Interactive Audience Award with Assent; and Ram Devineni who attracted funding at last year’s Crossover Market and Tribeca New Media Fund for Priya’s Shakti.
New pitch opportunities this year include a BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories commission for young filmmakers, the Guardian...
- 4/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Digital Release Date: Nov. 19, 2013
Studio: Music Box
A noted visual artist comes into focus in Anton Corbijn Inside Out.
The 2012 documentary Anton Corbijn Inside Out is a portrait of one of the world’s most respected and influential visual artists, who has worked as a photographer, a filmmaker and a video director.
The result of nearly four years of access to Anton Corbijn (the director of The American and countless, highly-regarded music videos) and his collaborators by filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns, the film examines Corbijn’s youth, career and creative endeavors in an attempt to uncover the inspirations that have led to a remarkable and wildly influential body of work over the past thirty years.
Beginning as a photographer, the Netherlands-born Anton Corbijn played a large part in building the images of such artists as Joy Division, U2, Björk, and Depeche Mode via his luxurious black-and-white photographic work. He also contributed...
Studio: Music Box
A noted visual artist comes into focus in Anton Corbijn Inside Out.
The 2012 documentary Anton Corbijn Inside Out is a portrait of one of the world’s most respected and influential visual artists, who has worked as a photographer, a filmmaker and a video director.
The result of nearly four years of access to Anton Corbijn (the director of The American and countless, highly-regarded music videos) and his collaborators by filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns, the film examines Corbijn’s youth, career and creative endeavors in an attempt to uncover the inspirations that have led to a remarkable and wildly influential body of work over the past thirty years.
Beginning as a photographer, the Netherlands-born Anton Corbijn played a large part in building the images of such artists as Joy Division, U2, Björk, and Depeche Mode via his luxurious black-and-white photographic work. He also contributed...
- 11/5/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Before he was an acclaimed filmmaker, Anton Corbijn was the king of cool, but you might not have known it. He started his career as a photographer, where he captured a diverse array of artists such as Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Björk, Elvis Costello, Morrissey and more in iconic pictures. He then moved to music videos where again, his inventive eye made his name a brand, and he still dabbles in that world today, most recently helming "Reflektor" for Arcade Fire (and you can see his recently released director's cut of Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box" right here). But now, the camera is getting turned on Corbijn himself. He's the subject of the forthcoming documentary "Anton Corbijn Inside Out," and it's one that fans of his work will want to track down. Directed by Klaartje Quirijns, it's a film that tracks both his life and work,...
- 10/9/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Pacha, a Bolivian film by Héctor Ferreiro will open the first edition of the Kochi International Film Festival today. The festival that will run from December 16-23 will be inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy.
The festival will screen films from Latin America, Europe, Asia and USA, apart from films on the 100 Years of Indian Cinema and Centenary of Masters.
A total of 50 international films and 24 Indian films will be screened. Five films from Thailand, eight from Poland six films from Iran will be a part of the international section. While 18 Malayalam, one Tulu film and three Hindi films are in the line-up.
Line up of films:
100 Years of Indian Cinema
Malayalam Golden 10:
Elippathayam (The Rat Trap) by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Chidambaram by G. Aravindan
Danny by T. V. Chandran
Amma Ariyan by John Abraham
Oppol by K. S. Sethumadhavan
Nirmalyam by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Uppu by Pavithran
Olavum Theeravum by P.
The festival will screen films from Latin America, Europe, Asia and USA, apart from films on the 100 Years of Indian Cinema and Centenary of Masters.
A total of 50 international films and 24 Indian films will be screened. Five films from Thailand, eight from Poland six films from Iran will be a part of the international section. While 18 Malayalam, one Tulu film and three Hindi films are in the line-up.
Line up of films:
100 Years of Indian Cinema
Malayalam Golden 10:
Elippathayam (The Rat Trap) by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Chidambaram by G. Aravindan
Danny by T. V. Chandran
Amma Ariyan by John Abraham
Oppol by K. S. Sethumadhavan
Nirmalyam by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Uppu by Pavithran
Olavum Theeravum by P.
- 12/16/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Anton Corbijn: Inside Out
Features: Anton Corbijn, Bono, Martin Gore | Written by Klaartje Quirijns, Thomas den Drijver | Directed by Klaartje Quirijns
Photography is an art, it comes from the eye of the person behind the camera and they invite us into their world. It’s a snapshot of what they want us to see, their reality and their view. When it comes to a photographer and the images they create it’s an exclusive image and it’s their vision, if we don’t like what we see we can move on and not care, but if it moves us we look deeper into what we see and try understand exactly what they were thinking when they created that image. They are the painter creating their art with a paintbrush; they are a poet creating their art with a pen. Anton Corbijn is an artist who whether it’s through photography,...
Features: Anton Corbijn, Bono, Martin Gore | Written by Klaartje Quirijns, Thomas den Drijver | Directed by Klaartje Quirijns
Photography is an art, it comes from the eye of the person behind the camera and they invite us into their world. It’s a snapshot of what they want us to see, their reality and their view. When it comes to a photographer and the images they create it’s an exclusive image and it’s their vision, if we don’t like what we see we can move on and not care, but if it moves us we look deeper into what we see and try understand exactly what they were thinking when they created that image. They are the painter creating their art with a paintbrush; they are a poet creating their art with a pen. Anton Corbijn is an artist who whether it’s through photography,...
- 9/19/2012
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Klaartje Quirijns' engrossing and surprising touching documentary Anton Corbijn: Inside Out (2012) is available to own on DVD from Monday (17 September). Thanks to Momentum Pictures, we've kindly been given Two DVD bundles to give away to Corbijn fans, which includes a copies of both Inside Out and his 2007 Ian Curtis biopic Control. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
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- 9/14/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Best known in movie circles for his stellar work on Control and his existential muse-athon hitman thriller The American, Anton Corbijn has been lending his uncanny eye to rock bands like U2 and Depeche Mode for more than two decades. He's not a man who craves the limelight, happier beavering away behind the camera, so Anton Corbijn Inside Out, a new fly-on-the-wall doc, is a particularly intriguing look at the man and his art. This clip gives a glimpse of some of the cracking footage captured by Dutch filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns.Gold for budding snappers, sure, but plenty too for movie fans. Quirijns trailed Corbijn during the shooting of The American before he reverted to still photography for Metallica and Lou Reed's 'Lulu' album. Watch the results for its insights into the film and music biz, or watch it because Lou Reed's impersonation of Tommy DeVito is extraordinary.
- 8/24/2012
- EmpireOnline
They might only have a trio of Out of Competition items in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Me and You, Laurent Bouzereau’s Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir, and Trashed by Candida Brady, but there are some definite September Film Festival titles in Phil Morrison long awaited return since Junebug with Lucky Dog and Martin Mcdonagh’s Seven Psychopaths (see pic above) that have both us and buyers buzzing.
Lucky Dog by Phil Morrison
Me And You (Io E Te) by Bernardo Bertolucci
Seven Psychopaths by Martin McDonagh
Anton Corbijn Inside Out by Klaartje Quirijns
Diana Vreeland : The Eye Has To Travel by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Girls’ Night Out by Michael Hoffman
God Help The Girl by Stuart Murdoch
Great Expectations by Mike Newell
Kon Tiki by Joachim Roenning
Quartet by Dustin Hoffman
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir by Laurent Bouzereau
Trashed by Candida Brady
Woody Allen: A Documentary by...
Lucky Dog by Phil Morrison
Me And You (Io E Te) by Bernardo Bertolucci
Seven Psychopaths by Martin McDonagh
Anton Corbijn Inside Out by Klaartje Quirijns
Diana Vreeland : The Eye Has To Travel by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Girls’ Night Out by Michael Hoffman
God Help The Girl by Stuart Murdoch
Great Expectations by Mike Newell
Kon Tiki by Joachim Roenning
Quartet by Dustin Hoffman
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir by Laurent Bouzereau
Trashed by Candida Brady
Woody Allen: A Documentary by...
- 5/17/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Wisely not attempting to go the standard-issue bio doc route with a subject who is clearly anything but standard-issue, "Anton Corbijn Inside Out," as the title suggests, instead takes a more impressionistic, intimate approach to the celebrated photographer and filmmaker, and in the process creates a thoughtful film that is as much an homage to the creative process as it is a tribute to a man. Klaartje Quirijns' documentary, which enjoyed its world premiere in Berlin yesterday, sets out its stall early: the first shot, of a reflective Corbijn lying on his living room couch talking in soft-spoken, subtitled Dutch, has about it the feel of a psychologist's session, something acknowledged a little later by the man, playfully. But it means from the beginning we are prepared for a highly subjective stance -- the film feels as though it's less about him than from him, from the 'Inside Out.
- 2/18/2012
- The Playlist
A flurry of press releases from the Berlinale today, and the one you may find most interesting isn't the newsiest. You already knew that the Retrospective, The Red Dream Factory, will be featuring Eisenstein's October (Oktjabr, 1928), but today's announcement has details on the new restoration and the presentation on February 10: "Conducted by Frank Strobel, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform the original score as composed by Edmund Meisel."
The second release of the day reveals that 12 titles have been added to the lineup of the Berlinale Special program, in addition to the six previously announced (here and here). Seems we can assume the first three events will be happening on Potsdamer Platz:
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the film journal Positif: Volker Schlöndorff's Der Fangschuss (Le coup de grâce, 1975) with Matthias Habich, Margarethe von Trotta, Rüdiger Kirschtein, Mathieu Carrière and Valeska Gert.
The European premiere of...
The second release of the day reveals that 12 titles have been added to the lineup of the Berlinale Special program, in addition to the six previously announced (here and here). Seems we can assume the first three events will be happening on Potsdamer Platz:
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the film journal Positif: Volker Schlöndorff's Der Fangschuss (Le coup de grâce, 1975) with Matthias Habich, Margarethe von Trotta, Rüdiger Kirschtein, Mathieu Carrière and Valeska Gert.
The European premiere of...
- 1/17/2012
- MUBI
I’ll just fess up: Despite the fact that it’s in its 41st year, the International Film Festival Rotterdam is something I’ve kind of never heard about until today. (Let’s blame it on a slip in my geography skills.) This ignorance on my part notwithstanding, taking a look at their initial lineup for this year — when the event runs from January 25th to February 5th — has left me mightily impressed.
The biggest world premieres come from two directors on opposite ends of at least a few spectrum: Takashi Miike and James Franco. (Discounting the fact that they’ve both depicted amputations onscreen, in one way or the other.) The former is debuting his adaptation of the popular Nintendo DS game, Ace Attorney, while the latter will be exhibiting Francophrenia (Or: Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is). A movie based on a kid’s...
The biggest world premieres come from two directors on opposite ends of at least a few spectrum: Takashi Miike and James Franco. (Discounting the fact that they’ve both depicted amputations onscreen, in one way or the other.) The former is debuting his adaptation of the popular Nintendo DS game, Ace Attorney, while the latter will be exhibiting Francophrenia (Or: Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is). A movie based on a kid’s...
- 1/6/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has announced the lineup for its main section, Spectrum: 72 features and documentaries from 32 countries, with descriptions from the Festival, running January 25 through February 5:
World premieres
Cornelia frente al espejo (Cornelia at Her Mirror) - Daniel Rosenfeld, Argentina, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film. A "meticulous and stylish film based on the story by Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993)." Roman Diary - Michael Pilz, Austria. A "meditative film featuring images of a park in Rome." Rua Aperana 52 - Júlio Bressane, Brazil. A "musical film about a street corner in Rio, edited together from old photos and the maker’s own films from the period 1957-2005." Lacan Palestine - Mike Hoolboom, Canada. A "found-footage essay on a complex country and its love-struck inhabitants." 38 témoins (38 Witnesses) - Lucas Belvaux, France, Belgium. Opening Film Iffr 2012. Le reste du monde (The Rest of the World) - Damien Odoul, France. A "family considers issues of identity and relationships.
World premieres
Cornelia frente al espejo (Cornelia at Her Mirror) - Daniel Rosenfeld, Argentina, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film. A "meticulous and stylish film based on the story by Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993)." Roman Diary - Michael Pilz, Austria. A "meditative film featuring images of a park in Rome." Rua Aperana 52 - Júlio Bressane, Brazil. A "musical film about a street corner in Rio, edited together from old photos and the maker’s own films from the period 1957-2005." Lacan Palestine - Mike Hoolboom, Canada. A "found-footage essay on a complex country and its love-struck inhabitants." 38 témoins (38 Witnesses) - Lucas Belvaux, France, Belgium. Opening Film Iffr 2012. Le reste du monde (The Rest of the World) - Damien Odoul, France. A "family considers issues of identity and relationships.
- 1/6/2012
- MUBI
MILAN, Italy -- U.S. writer-director Jieho Lee received the special jury award Monday as the 17th Courmayeur Noir in Festival came to a close.
The award, handed out by the international jury headed by Italian horror director Dario Argento, was for Lee's "The Air I Breathe". The film's cast includes Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, who received the best actor award at last year's festival for "The Last King of Scotland".
Other awards at this year's event included the Napapijri Prize for Best Acting Performance, which went to Ingvar Sigurdsson for his part in Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur's "Myrin" (Jar City).
"Vous etes de la police?" by French director Romuald Beugnon received the Fox Crime Audience Award, while "Der Andere Junge" by German director Volker Einrauch took the Black Lion for best film.
The Young European Film Critic Jury, whose members included Christina Ricci, bestowed a DocNoir Award for best documentary to Dutch director Klaartje Quirijns for "The Dictator Hunter".
The festival, dedicated to the film noir genre, began Dec.
The award, handed out by the international jury headed by Italian horror director Dario Argento, was for Lee's "The Air I Breathe". The film's cast includes Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, who received the best actor award at last year's festival for "The Last King of Scotland".
Other awards at this year's event included the Napapijri Prize for Best Acting Performance, which went to Ingvar Sigurdsson for his part in Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur's "Myrin" (Jar City).
"Vous etes de la police?" by French director Romuald Beugnon received the Fox Crime Audience Award, while "Der Andere Junge" by German director Volker Einrauch took the Black Lion for best film.
The Young European Film Critic Jury, whose members included Christina Ricci, bestowed a DocNoir Award for best documentary to Dutch director Klaartje Quirijns for "The Dictator Hunter".
The festival, dedicated to the film noir genre, began Dec.
- 12/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- The Toronto International Film Festival drew to a close Saturday with David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises" grabbing the audience award.
The Canadian filmmaker took the top prize at Toronto's 32nd edition after he reunited with "History of Violence" lead Viggo Mortensen to make a thriller about a Russian gangster crossing paths with an innocent midwife, played by Naomi Watts.
The win for Cronenberg, an established filmmaker, contrasts with last year when first-time director Alejandro Monteverde earned the audience award in Toronto for his romantic drama "Bella".
Focus Features is releasing "Eastern Promises" theatrically this weekend in the U.S.
Past audience award winners in Toronto that went on to Academy Awards success include "American Beauty", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hotel Rwanda".
Cronenberg beat out two American indie movies for the best-liked movie in Toronto. The first runner-up was Jason Reitman's "Juno", while the second runner-up was "Body of War", a documentary about an Iraqi war veteran turned social activist from co-directors Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.
The audience appeal for the Donahue and Spiro documentary capped off strong political debate in Toronto this year as a number of war-themed movies generated buzz, including Roger Spottiswoode's Rwandan drama "Shake Hands With the Devil", Dutch filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns' "The Dictator Hunter", Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" and Gavin Hood's "Rendition".
Other juried prizes handed out Saturday in Toronto included the Discovery Award going to "Cochochi", from Latin American directors Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzman, while the FIPRESCI critics prize went to Rodrigo Pla's "La Zona", which bowed in Toronto.
The Canadian filmmaker took the top prize at Toronto's 32nd edition after he reunited with "History of Violence" lead Viggo Mortensen to make a thriller about a Russian gangster crossing paths with an innocent midwife, played by Naomi Watts.
The win for Cronenberg, an established filmmaker, contrasts with last year when first-time director Alejandro Monteverde earned the audience award in Toronto for his romantic drama "Bella".
Focus Features is releasing "Eastern Promises" theatrically this weekend in the U.S.
Past audience award winners in Toronto that went on to Academy Awards success include "American Beauty", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hotel Rwanda".
Cronenberg beat out two American indie movies for the best-liked movie in Toronto. The first runner-up was Jason Reitman's "Juno", while the second runner-up was "Body of War", a documentary about an Iraqi war veteran turned social activist from co-directors Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.
The audience appeal for the Donahue and Spiro documentary capped off strong political debate in Toronto this year as a number of war-themed movies generated buzz, including Roger Spottiswoode's Rwandan drama "Shake Hands With the Devil", Dutch filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns' "The Dictator Hunter", Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" and Gavin Hood's "Rendition".
Other juried prizes handed out Saturday in Toronto included the Discovery Award going to "Cochochi", from Latin American directors Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzman, while the FIPRESCI critics prize went to Rodrigo Pla's "La Zona", which bowed in Toronto.
- 9/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- The Toronto International Film Festival drew to a close Saturday with David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises" grabbing the audience award.
The Canadian filmmaker took the top prize at Toronto's 32nd edition after he reunited with "History of Violence" lead Viggo Mortensen to make a thriller about a Russian gangster crossing paths with an innocent midwife, played by Naomi Watts.
The win for Cronenberg, an established filmmaker, contrasts with last year when first-time director Alejandro Monteverde earned the audience award in Toronto for his romantic drama "Bella".
Focus Features is releasing "Eastern Promises" theatrically this weekend in the U.S.
Past audience award winners in Toronto that went on to Academy Awards success include "American Beauty", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hotel Rwanda".
Cronenberg beat out two American indie movies for the best-liked movie in Toronto. The first runner-up was Jason Reitman's "Juno", while the second runner-up was "Body of War", a documentary about an Iraqi war veteran turned social activist from co-directors Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.
The audience appeal for the Donahue and Spiro documentary capped off strong political debate in Toronto this year as a number of war-themed movies generated buzz, including Roger Spottiswoode's Rwandan drama "Shake Hands With the Devil", Dutch filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns' "The Dictator Hunter", Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" and Gavin Hood's "Rendition".
Other juried prizes handed out Saturday in Toronto included the Discovery Award going to "Cochochi", from Latin American directors Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzman, while the FIPRESCI critics prize went to Rodrigo Pla's "La Zona", which bowed in Toronto.
The Canadian filmmaker took the top prize at Toronto's 32nd edition after he reunited with "History of Violence" lead Viggo Mortensen to make a thriller about a Russian gangster crossing paths with an innocent midwife, played by Naomi Watts.
The win for Cronenberg, an established filmmaker, contrasts with last year when first-time director Alejandro Monteverde earned the audience award in Toronto for his romantic drama "Bella".
Focus Features is releasing "Eastern Promises" theatrically this weekend in the U.S.
Past audience award winners in Toronto that went on to Academy Awards success include "American Beauty", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hotel Rwanda".
Cronenberg beat out two American indie movies for the best-liked movie in Toronto. The first runner-up was Jason Reitman's "Juno", while the second runner-up was "Body of War", a documentary about an Iraqi war veteran turned social activist from co-directors Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.
The audience appeal for the Donahue and Spiro documentary capped off strong political debate in Toronto this year as a number of war-themed movies generated buzz, including Roger Spottiswoode's Rwandan drama "Shake Hands With the Devil", Dutch filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns' "The Dictator Hunter", Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" and Gavin Hood's "Rendition".
Other juried prizes handed out Saturday in Toronto included the Discovery Award going to "Cochochi", from Latin American directors Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzman, while the FIPRESCI critics prize went to Rodrigo Pla's "La Zona", which bowed in Toronto.
- 9/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- I’m not sure what the previous years have churned out, but this year’s Real to Reel (Tiff's doc section) packs a wallop: either the film’s selected happen to have a muscle name among doc filmmakers attached or the docu subject will raise more than one eyebrow. Among the mix we have Phil Donahue’s Body of War – a doc that is coming to the fest with ample buzz, we have film critic Todd McCarthy’s documentary of a Cannes fest icon Pierre Rissient who makes the term 'cinephile' sound like a disease, and after a successful crossover into feature films, Kevin Macdonald looks into the mind of Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie, a.k.a the Butcher of Lyon. Here is the complete list:algerie, Histoires A Ne Pas Dire Jean-Pierre Lledo, AlgeriaFour Algerians of Muslim origin revisit the last years of their country's War of Independence, searching
- 7/31/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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