Rodrigo Reyes’ “Sansón and Me” (Mexico/U.S.) has won best film at the Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 23-28) international competition. Supported by BBC Studios Documentary Unit, the award is Academy Award accredited.
Special mentions were given to “One Day in Ukraine” by Volodymyr Tykhyy (Ukraine-Poland) and “After the End of the World” by Nadim Mishlawi (Lebanon)
The best first feature award was won by Rosa Ruth Boesten’s “Master of Light” (U.S.-Netherlands). A special mention was given to “Julie on Line” by Mia Ma (France).
Best short film was awarded to “Fawley” by Chu-Li Shewring and Adam Gutch (U.K.). Supported by WarnerBros OneFifty, this section is Academy Award, BAFTA and BIFA accredited. A special mention was given to “Calling Cabral” by Welket Bungué (Guinea-Bissau-Portugal-Brazil)
The Tim Hetherington Award was presented to “Lyra” by Alison Millar (U.K.). The award is supported by Dogwoof. A special mention...
Special mentions were given to “One Day in Ukraine” by Volodymyr Tykhyy (Ukraine-Poland) and “After the End of the World” by Nadim Mishlawi (Lebanon)
The best first feature award was won by Rosa Ruth Boesten’s “Master of Light” (U.S.-Netherlands). A special mention was given to “Julie on Line” by Mia Ma (France).
Best short film was awarded to “Fawley” by Chu-Li Shewring and Adam Gutch (U.K.). Supported by WarnerBros OneFifty, this section is Academy Award, BAFTA and BIFA accredited. A special mention was given to “Calling Cabral” by Welket Bungué (Guinea-Bissau-Portugal-Brazil)
The Tim Hetherington Award was presented to “Lyra” by Alison Millar (U.K.). The award is supported by Dogwoof. A special mention...
- 6/29/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Festival reveals award winning docs, and the winners of its pitching sessions.
Rodrigo Reyes’s Sansón And Me, the story of an unlikely friendship between two Mexican migrants, has won the best film prize of the the international competition at this year’s Sheffield DocFest.
The DocFest jury lauded Reyes for choosing “to explore a subject matter which is all too often invisible and neglected: the incarceration of immigrants in the US.” The documentary sees Reyes reconnect with Sansón, a Mexican migrant sentenced to life in prison, whom he met when the director was a translator at his trial.
Special...
Rodrigo Reyes’s Sansón And Me, the story of an unlikely friendship between two Mexican migrants, has won the best film prize of the the international competition at this year’s Sheffield DocFest.
The DocFest jury lauded Reyes for choosing “to explore a subject matter which is all too often invisible and neglected: the incarceration of immigrants in the US.” The documentary sees Reyes reconnect with Sansón, a Mexican migrant sentenced to life in prison, whom he met when the director was a translator at his trial.
Special...
- 6/29/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
24 films will compete for three Canon Tiger awards for short films; programme will also include tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack and Swiss film-maker and artist HannesSchüpbach.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has unveiled the 24 films competing for the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films.
Shorts include Yael Bartana’s Inferno [pictured] and Adan Jodorowsky’s The Voice Thief. The full programme of Tiger and Spectrum Shorts, with 217 short and mid-length films, will be screened from Jan 23-27 at LantarenVenster.
The programme also includes tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack, with five of her works presented at the festival, and Swiss film-maker and artist Hannes Schüpbach with three of his works screened during Iffr.
Jan 23-26 will see Iffr and Gonzo (circus) magazine present Mind The Gap Nights, four evenings of unique collaborations between musicians, video artists, film-makers and other image makers.
The full list of titles competing for the three Canon Tiger awards for short films are:...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has unveiled the 24 films competing for the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films.
Shorts include Yael Bartana’s Inferno [pictured] and Adan Jodorowsky’s The Voice Thief. The full programme of Tiger and Spectrum Shorts, with 217 short and mid-length films, will be screened from Jan 23-27 at LantarenVenster.
The programme also includes tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack, with five of her works presented at the festival, and Swiss film-maker and artist Hannes Schüpbach with three of his works screened during Iffr.
Jan 23-26 will see Iffr and Gonzo (circus) magazine present Mind The Gap Nights, four evenings of unique collaborations between musicians, video artists, film-makers and other image makers.
The full list of titles competing for the three Canon Tiger awards for short films are:...
- 1/7/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto’s Images Festival celebrated its 25th year back on April 12-21 and gave out a bevy of awards, many with cash prizes, to several experimental film and video makes.
Images is unique among most experimental festivals in that a large portion of it is devoted to gallery installation pieces, many of which won awards including the top one, the Images Prize. This award, which is sponsored by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan went to media artist Gary Kibbins for his Girl Sitting on Blue Chair. And, best of all, if you’re in Toronto and missed this piece, you can still check it out Trinity Square Video until May 19.
The second top prize of the festival, the Deluxe Cinematic Vision Award also went to an installation piece, Joshua Bonnetta’s Strange Lines and Distances. (Unfortunately, this is no longer on display.)
On the more traditionally screened videos side of the fest,...
Images is unique among most experimental festivals in that a large portion of it is devoted to gallery installation pieces, many of which won awards including the top one, the Images Prize. This award, which is sponsored by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan went to media artist Gary Kibbins for his Girl Sitting on Blue Chair. And, best of all, if you’re in Toronto and missed this piece, you can still check it out Trinity Square Video until May 19.
The second top prize of the festival, the Deluxe Cinematic Vision Award also went to an installation piece, Joshua Bonnetta’s Strange Lines and Distances. (Unfortunately, this is no longer on display.)
On the more traditionally screened videos side of the fest,...
- 5/3/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Ben Rivers' film is about a man who lives in a remote Scottish house. We follow his daily life – but don't know why. Welcome to 'slow cinema'
This could be the least glamorous wrap party in the history of cinema. It is 2am, and we're sitting around a dying fire, sipping tea and whisky in the middle of a pine forest in Aberdeenshire, in the junk-strewn courtyard of an old farmhouse. The house belongs to Jake Williams, wiry, bright-eyed and with an impressive white beard. He's the movie's star; or, rather, he's the only person in it. Opposite him sit the crew: director Ben Rivers and sound recordist Chu-li Shewring. That's it. They have just finished shooting the final scene of Rivers' first feature: a close-up of Williams staring into the fire as it slowly dies. They've shot it twice tonight, adding bits of car tyre (it gives off a nice,...
This could be the least glamorous wrap party in the history of cinema. It is 2am, and we're sitting around a dying fire, sipping tea and whisky in the middle of a pine forest in Aberdeenshire, in the junk-strewn courtyard of an old farmhouse. The house belongs to Jake Williams, wiry, bright-eyed and with an impressive white beard. He's the movie's star; or, rather, he's the only person in it. Opposite him sit the crew: director Ben Rivers and sound recordist Chu-li Shewring. That's it. They have just finished shooting the final scene of Rivers' first feature: a close-up of Williams staring into the fire as it slowly dies. They've shot it twice tonight, adding bits of car tyre (it gives off a nice,...
- 4/26/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Toronto’s Images Festival celebrates it’s 25th anniversary on April 12-21 at theaters, galleries and other venues all over the city. They are celebrating with a massive event with films and videos, live performances, installations, artist talks and other events.
Below is the lineup for Images’ specific film screening events and some live performances. The fest’s Opening Night film is John Akomfrah’s The Nine Muses, which takes a poetic look at the immigrant experience, particularly through using images of Caribbean and African migrants in the 1950s and ’60s.
The fest will close with a live score by alt-rock band Yo La Tengo accompanying the avant-garde scientific underwater films by French documentary filmmaker Jean Painlevé. Yo La Tengo has been performing “Sounds of Science” since they were commissioned for the project by the San Francisco Film Festival in 2001.
In between these two events is a lineup of feature-length experimental works,...
Below is the lineup for Images’ specific film screening events and some live performances. The fest’s Opening Night film is John Akomfrah’s The Nine Muses, which takes a poetic look at the immigrant experience, particularly through using images of Caribbean and African migrants in the 1950s and ’60s.
The fest will close with a live score by alt-rock band Yo La Tengo accompanying the avant-garde scientific underwater films by French documentary filmmaker Jean Painlevé. Yo La Tengo has been performing “Sounds of Science” since they were commissioned for the project by the San Francisco Film Festival in 2001.
In between these two events is a lineup of feature-length experimental works,...
- 4/9/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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