The Berlin Festival’s ever larger three-day Berlinale Series Market kicks off today, Feb. 20. Below just a small selection of the series screening at the Market or in Berlinale Series, the festival strand. The selection could have been much larger.
About Antoine
Berlinale Series Market Selects
Canada
Creator: Cathleen Rouleau
Production company: ComediHa!
Broadcaster: Club illico, Tva (Quebecor)
An insight into the life of a family with all the quirks, highs and lows it entails, tackling a rarely explored theme in fiction: Life with a multi-handicapped child.
Rouleau: “I didn’t want to write a gut-wrenching story. A good show is wrapped in truth. It doesn’t matter if the hero spits fire from his mouth, as long as he is true to himself.”
Agent
Berlinale Series
Denmark
Creator, director: Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Production company: Zentropa Productions2
Broadcaster: TV2
Johan’s job is to solve his clients’ problems. Chronically overstretched,...
About Antoine
Berlinale Series Market Selects
Canada
Creator: Cathleen Rouleau
Production company: ComediHa!
Broadcaster: Club illico, Tva (Quebecor)
An insight into the life of a family with all the quirks, highs and lows it entails, tackling a rarely explored theme in fiction: Life with a multi-handicapped child.
Rouleau: “I didn’t want to write a gut-wrenching story. A good show is wrapped in truth. It doesn’t matter if the hero spits fire from his mouth, as long as he is true to himself.”
Agent
Berlinale Series
Denmark
Creator, director: Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Production company: Zentropa Productions2
Broadcaster: TV2
Johan’s job is to solve his clients’ problems. Chronically overstretched,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Also world premiering is HBO Max series ‘Spy/Master’ and Indian drama ‘Roar’
Italian crime drama The Good Mothers is among the seven titles selected for Berlinale (February 16-26) Series strand.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The Disney+ series is directed by the UK’s Julian Jarrold, whose credits include Kinky Boots, Becoming Jane and Brideshead Revisted, and Italian filmmaker Elisa Amoruso. The Good Mothers is a UK-Italy co-production and follows three women trying to bring down the Italian mafia.
The first two episodes of the six-part series is one of five series world premiering at Berlinale.
These...
Italian crime drama The Good Mothers is among the seven titles selected for Berlinale (February 16-26) Series strand.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The Disney+ series is directed by the UK’s Julian Jarrold, whose credits include Kinky Boots, Becoming Jane and Brideshead Revisted, and Italian filmmaker Elisa Amoruso. The Good Mothers is a UK-Italy co-production and follows three women trying to bring down the Italian mafia.
The first two episodes of the six-part series is one of five series world premiering at Berlinale.
These...
- 1/16/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The festival unfolded mainly online with special socially distanced screenings for Israeli works.
Ukrainian producer and director Valentyn Vasyanovych’s drama Atlantis has won best film at the 37th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival (Jff), which is running as an online event December 10-20 due to Israel’s ongoing Covid-19 lockdown.
Set in war-torn eastern Ukraine in the near future, the film revolves around a former soldier suffering from Ptsd, who is trying to rebuild his life against the backdrop of his environmentally devastated homeland.
It is Vasyanovych’s third feature and Ukraine’s submission to the best international film category of the 2021 Oscars.
Ukrainian producer and director Valentyn Vasyanovych’s drama Atlantis has won best film at the 37th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival (Jff), which is running as an online event December 10-20 due to Israel’s ongoing Covid-19 lockdown.
Set in war-torn eastern Ukraine in the near future, the film revolves around a former soldier suffering from Ptsd, who is trying to rebuild his life against the backdrop of his environmentally devastated homeland.
It is Vasyanovych’s third feature and Ukraine’s submission to the best international film category of the 2021 Oscars.
- 12/16/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Execs from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 set to attend Warsaw initiative.
Top executives from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 are among the professionals confirmed to mentor six emerging international filmmakers at the second annual New Europe Warsaw Sessions, taking place in the Polish capital from June 23-27.
Ayo Kepher-Maat, director of acquisitions at Us distributor Neon; Peter Spencer, creative executive at Fox Searchlight; Carole Scotta, founder of French producer and distributor Haut et Court; and Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, will particpate in masterclasses, networking and creative exchange with the new talents.
Top executives from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 are among the professionals confirmed to mentor six emerging international filmmakers at the second annual New Europe Warsaw Sessions, taking place in the Polish capital from June 23-27.
Ayo Kepher-Maat, director of acquisitions at Us distributor Neon; Peter Spencer, creative executive at Fox Searchlight; Carole Scotta, founder of French producer and distributor Haut et Court; and Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, will particpate in masterclasses, networking and creative exchange with the new talents.
- 6/18/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
New Europe has recently represented Israeli titles including One Week And A Day and Scaffolding.
Warsaw-based sales outfit New Europe Film Sales is looking to continue its recent run of success in Israeli cinema with the acquisition of world rights to The Delegation, one of the projects selected for this year’s Pitch Point showcase at Jerusalem Film Festival.
The film marks the second feature of director Asaf Saban, whose debut Outdoors was released in Israel in 2017 and saw its star Noa Koler nominated for the Israeli Film Academy’s best actress award. Saban has also directed numerous short films,...
Warsaw-based sales outfit New Europe Film Sales is looking to continue its recent run of success in Israeli cinema with the acquisition of world rights to The Delegation, one of the projects selected for this year’s Pitch Point showcase at Jerusalem Film Festival.
The film marks the second feature of director Asaf Saban, whose debut Outdoors was released in Israel in 2017 and saw its star Noa Koler nominated for the Israeli Film Academy’s best actress award. Saban has also directed numerous short films,...
- 7/27/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Turkish casting director one of 16 nominated for prize.
Turkish casting director Harika Uygur [pictured] has won the Locarno Film Festival’s European Casting award for her work on Cannes 2015 hit Mustang.
The Oscar-nominated drama charts the coming-of-age of five carefree girls whose conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
Uygur was one of 16 European casting directors nominated for the award, which was decided on by the 83 members of the International Casting Directors Network (Icdn), which represents casting directors in 24 countries.
“This casting director created an organic family that was totally believable; the match of characters and actresses was perfect,” the Icdn told Screen in a statement.
The inexperienced young actresses in lauded drama Mustang - Elit Iscan, Gunes Nezihe Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Ilayda Akdogan, and Tugba Sunguroglu - were widely praised for their performances.
Uygur’s recent credits include The Ottoman Lieutenant and Lady Winsley. She is also a member of the Academy of Motion...
Turkish casting director Harika Uygur [pictured] has won the Locarno Film Festival’s European Casting award for her work on Cannes 2015 hit Mustang.
The Oscar-nominated drama charts the coming-of-age of five carefree girls whose conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
Uygur was one of 16 European casting directors nominated for the award, which was decided on by the 83 members of the International Casting Directors Network (Icdn), which represents casting directors in 24 countries.
“This casting director created an organic family that was totally believable; the match of characters and actresses was perfect,” the Icdn told Screen in a statement.
The inexperienced young actresses in lauded drama Mustang - Elit Iscan, Gunes Nezihe Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Ilayda Akdogan, and Tugba Sunguroglu - were widely praised for their performances.
Uygur’s recent credits include The Ottoman Lieutenant and Lady Winsley. She is also a member of the Academy of Motion...
- 8/4/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Among the national cinemas represented at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, there was a notably large contingent of Israeli films. In addition to Un Certain Regard selections “Beyond the Mountain and Hills” and “Personal Affairs,” the country found itself featured in the Critic’s Week—a sidebar devoted to first and second-time filmmakers—with “One Week And A Day.” American-born Asaph Polonsky’s debut feature is a droll crowd-pleaser about a couple mourning the loss of their son, and the shape of their daily routine afterward.
Continue reading Weed & Grief Collide Humorously In Stoner Comedy ‘One Week And A Day’ [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Weed & Grief Collide Humorously In Stoner Comedy ‘One Week And A Day’ [Review] at The Playlist.
- 4/28/2017
- by Bradley Warren
- The Playlist
Described by IndieWire’s own David Ehrlich as “a sweet and subdued look at the absurdity of life after death,” the Israeli dramedy “One Week and a Day” articulates the often very personal way that individuals deal with death.
The film marks the directorial debut of filmmaker Asaph Polonsky, and it earned him a splashy world premiere slot at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, along with 7 Israeli Academy Awards nominations.
Read More: Cannes Review: ‘One Week and a Day’ Is a Moving Israeli Dramedy About Grief and Getting High
“One Week and a Day” follows Eyal and Vicky, a married couple, and their reactions at the end of sitting shiva for their recently deceased son. In the Jewish religion, a week of sitting shiva (mourning of the deceased) is called for after a funeral. At the end of their shiva, the pair have some…well, unexpected reactions to their grief (some...
The film marks the directorial debut of filmmaker Asaph Polonsky, and it earned him a splashy world premiere slot at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, along with 7 Israeli Academy Awards nominations.
Read More: Cannes Review: ‘One Week and a Day’ Is a Moving Israeli Dramedy About Grief and Getting High
“One Week and a Day” follows Eyal and Vicky, a married couple, and their reactions at the end of sitting shiva for their recently deceased son. In the Jewish religion, a week of sitting shiva (mourning of the deceased) is called for after a funeral. At the end of their shiva, the pair have some…well, unexpected reactions to their grief (some...
- 4/27/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
Tears of laughter and tears of grief are both in abundant supply in Asaph Polonsky’s uproariously funny and heart-wrenchingly moving “One Week and a Day.” Playing in the Critic’s Week sidebar in Cannes, the film examines the grieving process through a haze of pot smoke and sly humor. “One Week and a Day” takes place in the time immediately after the ritual seven days of mourning — the shiva — mandated by the Jewish faith. In some ways, that is the most difficult time of all. After seven highly regimented days, structured by food and friends and prayer, those in.
- 4/27/2017
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
Even Emma Watson and Tom Hanks May Not Be Enough to Make a Mark As April Ends
The last weekend of April, and the “slower” spring movie season is ending this weekend, leading directly into the start of the lucrative summer box office next week. As has been the case in past years, the last couple weekends in April see a couple movies hoping to bring in any amount of money before the first big summer blockbuster, and other movies that will steal away their theaters. Last weekend was pretty sad, but hopefully a few of this weekend’s movies will fare better.
The movie that stands the best chance at finding an audience this weekend is the tech industry thriller The Circle...
Even Emma Watson and Tom Hanks May Not Be Enough to Make a Mark As April Ends
The last weekend of April, and the “slower” spring movie season is ending this weekend, leading directly into the start of the lucrative summer box office next week. As has been the case in past years, the last couple weekends in April see a couple movies hoping to bring in any amount of money before the first big summer blockbuster, and other movies that will steal away their theaters. Last weekend was pretty sad, but hopefully a few of this weekend’s movies will fare better.
The movie that stands the best chance at finding an audience this weekend is the tech industry thriller The Circle...
- 4/26/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
One Week And A Day (Shavua ve Yom) Oscilloscope Laboratories Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Asaph Polonsky Written by: Asaph Polonsky Cast: Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Tomer Kapon, Alona Shauloff, Sharon Alexander, Carmit Mesilati-Kaplan, Uri Gavriel Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 4/14/17 Opens: April 28, 2017 Jewish burial customs are different from […]
The post One Week And A Day Review: Laughing One Moment, Crying The Next appeared first on Shockya.com.
The post One Week And A Day Review: Laughing One Moment, Crying The Next appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 4/21/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.
Lineup Announcements
– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.
- 4/13/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Following a premiere at Cannes last year, a U.S. trailer has arrived for One Week and a Day (Shavua ye Yom), the feature debut of writer-director Asaph Polonsky. The film centers around a mourning Jewish family who have just lost their son. However, once the traditional week of mourning ends, Eyal (Shai Avivi) cannot adjust back to normal life in the way his wife, Vicky (Evgenia Dodina) wants or needs.
Through a matter-of-a-fact aesthetic approach and a clever use of titles, the trailer demonstrates the balancing act of darkly funny and incredibly saddening that Polonsky seems to be shooting for. Hopefully it pays off with a poignant and satisfying drama and marks him as a talent to watch out for. See the trailer below, along with a synopsis and poster.
As Eyal finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife Vicky urges him to...
Through a matter-of-a-fact aesthetic approach and a clever use of titles, the trailer demonstrates the balancing act of darkly funny and incredibly saddening that Polonsky seems to be shooting for. Hopefully it pays off with a poignant and satisfying drama and marks him as a talent to watch out for. See the trailer below, along with a synopsis and poster.
As Eyal finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife Vicky urges him to...
- 3/29/2017
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Find out what made our top 10 films of 2016 - and which films feature on Team Screen’s overall top 10.Scroll down for Screen’s overall top 10
Screen’s esteemed critics have had their turn. Now, Screen staff, contributors and correspondents reveal their favourite films seen in 2016. Festival premieres and UK/Us theatrical releases are deemed eligible.
Matt Mueller (editor)
Moonlight (dir. Barry Jenkins)La La Land (dir. Damien Chazelle)Aquarius (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho)Mustang (dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven)Hell Or High Water (dir. David Mackenzie)Embrace Of The Serpent (dir. Ciro Guerra)Little Men (dir. Ira Sachs)Suntan (dir. Argyris Papadimitropoulos)Love & Friendship (dir. Whit Stillman)Nocturnal Animals (dir Tom Ford)Jeremy Kay (Us editor)
Manchester By The Sea (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)Neruda (dir. Pablo Larrain)Aquarius (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho)Deadpool (dir Tim Miller)Fire At Sea (dir. Gianfranco Rosi)Moonlight (dir. Barry Jenkins)Oj: Made In America (dir. Ezra Edelman)[link=tt...
Screen’s esteemed critics have had their turn. Now, Screen staff, contributors and correspondents reveal their favourite films seen in 2016. Festival premieres and UK/Us theatrical releases are deemed eligible.
Matt Mueller (editor)
Moonlight (dir. Barry Jenkins)La La Land (dir. Damien Chazelle)Aquarius (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho)Mustang (dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven)Hell Or High Water (dir. David Mackenzie)Embrace Of The Serpent (dir. Ciro Guerra)Little Men (dir. Ira Sachs)Suntan (dir. Argyris Papadimitropoulos)Love & Friendship (dir. Whit Stillman)Nocturnal Animals (dir Tom Ford)Jeremy Kay (Us editor)
Manchester By The Sea (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)Neruda (dir. Pablo Larrain)Aquarius (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho)Deadpool (dir Tim Miller)Fire At Sea (dir. Gianfranco Rosi)Moonlight (dir. Barry Jenkins)Oj: Made In America (dir. Ezra Edelman)[link=tt...
- 12/20/2016
- ScreenDaily
Beyond The Mountains And Hills, One Week And A Day take home top prizes after 15 days of programming.
The 20th edition of UK International Jewish Film Festival selected its award winners after fifteen days of programming. The festival showcased over 80 world, European and UK premieres of features and shorts from November 5-20.
The Israel-Germany-Belgium co-production Beyond The Mountains And Hills [pictured], directed by Eran Kolirin, took home the award for best feature film. It’s star Mili Eshet collected the prize at the ceremony.
Head of jury Jason Solomons said, “It was felt that Kolirin’s film was a bold step up from his popular debut The Band’s Visit, and we admired his willingness to examine the complexities of modern Israeli life with unflinching views that will challenge some audiences. We were struck and provoked, to varying degrees, by the idea of a family representing a nation in mid-life crisis and representing its fears.
“The film maker...
The 20th edition of UK International Jewish Film Festival selected its award winners after fifteen days of programming. The festival showcased over 80 world, European and UK premieres of features and shorts from November 5-20.
The Israel-Germany-Belgium co-production Beyond The Mountains And Hills [pictured], directed by Eran Kolirin, took home the award for best feature film. It’s star Mili Eshet collected the prize at the ceremony.
Head of jury Jason Solomons said, “It was felt that Kolirin’s film was a bold step up from his popular debut The Band’s Visit, and we admired his willingness to examine the complexities of modern Israeli life with unflinching views that will challenge some audiences. We were struck and provoked, to varying degrees, by the idea of a family representing a nation in mid-life crisis and representing its fears.
“The film maker...
- 11/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
There are many paradoxes to being an indie filmmaker in 2016. Never has it been easier to make a quality movie, while at the same time it’s never been harder to maintain a stable career as a movie director. Equipment, viewing habit and the world are all rapidly changing, resulting in both opening and narrowing the opportunities for creative expression.
IndieWire checked in with the indie directors behind the “New Auteurs” and “American Independent” feature films at this year’s AFI Fest and asked: What is the most exciting and discouraging thing happening in filmmaking today?
Read More: 13 Lessons From Making a Film Festival Breakout: AFI Fest Directors Share Their Tips
Asaph Polonsky, “One Week and a Day”
Encouraging: That the miniseries “Olive Kitteridge” exists.
Discouraging: In Israel, where I made “One Week and a Day,” the Prime Minster, Bibi Netanyahu is now trying to shut down (before it even...
IndieWire checked in with the indie directors behind the “New Auteurs” and “American Independent” feature films at this year’s AFI Fest and asked: What is the most exciting and discouraging thing happening in filmmaking today?
Read More: 13 Lessons From Making a Film Festival Breakout: AFI Fest Directors Share Their Tips
Asaph Polonsky, “One Week and a Day”
Encouraging: That the miniseries “Olive Kitteridge” exists.
Discouraging: In Israel, where I made “One Week and a Day,” the Prime Minster, Bibi Netanyahu is now trying to shut down (before it even...
- 11/15/2016
- by Chris O'Falt and Casey Coit
- Indiewire
For many people, filmmaking is a process of ongoing education. The filmmakers who succeed are often the ones willing to learn from their mistakes and taking advice. IndieWire recently checked in with the up-and-coming indie directors behind the exciting films playing in the “New Auteurs” and “American Independent” categories at this year’s AFI Fest to find out what they learned while making their festival breakout.
Read More: AFI Fest 2016 – What Cameras Were Used to Shoot This Year’s Films
Kris Avedisian, “Donald Cried”: There was a time while shooting that I got lost in the process. I started to see the movie take shape but it was in a very deformed state. There are times when you have to make decisions, changes and adjust because of what you’re seeing. But it could be hard to know sometimes if I was only reacting to seeing scenes out of order,...
Read More: AFI Fest 2016 – What Cameras Were Used to Shoot This Year’s Films
Kris Avedisian, “Donald Cried”: There was a time while shooting that I got lost in the process. I started to see the movie take shape but it was in a very deformed state. There are times when you have to make decisions, changes and adjust because of what you’re seeing. But it could be hard to know sometimes if I was only reacting to seeing scenes out of order,...
- 11/14/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Indiewire reached out to the filmmakers with films in the “New Auteurs” and “American Independent” sections of this year’s AFI Fest to find out what cameras they used and why they chose them.
Read More: AFI Fest 2016: 14 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at the Festival
“One Week and a Day”
Arri Alexa Xt
Dir. Asaph Polonsky: “It allowed scenes in long takes and the use of zoom lenses, sticks, dolly, Steadicam and handheld, were the tools that served the D.P., Moshe Mishali, and I the most as we tried to be subtle about reflecting the characters journeys visually.”
“Dark Night”
Arri Amira with Cooke lenses
Dir. Tim Sutton: “Good combination.”
“Divine”
Red Dragon
Dir. Houda Benyamin: “We wanted to work on the idea of focus — getting to details from the big picture, getting to things from a distance, which in a way symbolizes...
Read More: AFI Fest 2016: 14 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at the Festival
“One Week and a Day”
Arri Alexa Xt
Dir. Asaph Polonsky: “It allowed scenes in long takes and the use of zoom lenses, sticks, dolly, Steadicam and handheld, were the tools that served the D.P., Moshe Mishali, and I the most as we tried to be subtle about reflecting the characters journeys visually.”
“Dark Night”
Arri Amira with Cooke lenses
Dir. Tim Sutton: “Good combination.”
“Divine”
Red Dragon
Dir. Houda Benyamin: “We wanted to work on the idea of focus — getting to details from the big picture, getting to things from a distance, which in a way symbolizes...
- 11/11/2016
- by Casey Coit and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The 5th Annual Key West Film Festival has announced its official 2016 lineup, including the opening night film, “20th Century Women,” directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig and Billy Crudup. As part of the festival’s signature Critics Focus program, MTV’s Chief Film Critic Amy Nicholson will present and lead a conversation around the film, alongside David Fear, Senior Film/TV Editor of Rolling Stone.
Director of Programming Michael Tuckman said of Nicholson’s pick, “I could not be more thrilled with Amy Nicholson’s choice of ’20th Century Women’ to kick off our 5th Anniversary edition of festival. Annette Bening’s performance is Oscar-deserving and the rich depth of the balance of the leading cast is Altman-esque in its quality. Amy’s discussion after the film will bring a cunning critic’s eye to this fabulous film for audiences.”
Read More: ’20th Century...
Director of Programming Michael Tuckman said of Nicholson’s pick, “I could not be more thrilled with Amy Nicholson’s choice of ’20th Century Women’ to kick off our 5th Anniversary edition of festival. Annette Bening’s performance is Oscar-deserving and the rich depth of the balance of the leading cast is Altman-esque in its quality. Amy’s discussion after the film will bring a cunning critic’s eye to this fabulous film for audiences.”
Read More: ’20th Century...
- 10/19/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
AFI Fest has announced the selections for its New Auteurs, American Independents, Midnights and Shorts sections. Already announced as part of the weeklong festival, which runs in Hollywood from November 10 – 17, are “Elle,” “20th Century Women” and the world premieres of both “The Comedian” and “Rules Don’t Apply.” Read the full announcement here, and see the New Auteurs, American Independents and Midnight selections below.
Read More: Warren Beatty’s ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Will Open AFI Fest 2016
New Auteurs
“Always Shine” (dir. Sophia Takal)
“Buster’s Mal Heart” (dir. Sarah Adina Smith)
“Divines” (dir. Houda Benyamina)
“The Future Perfect” (dir. Nele Wohlatz)
“Godless” (dir. Ralitza Petrova)
“Kati Kati” (dir. Mbithi Masya)
“Kill Me Please” (dir. Anita Rocha da Silveira)
“One Week and a Day” (dir. Asaph Polonsky)
“Oscuro Animal” (dir. Felipe Guerrero)
“Still Life” (dir. Maud Alpi)
Read More: Watch: Lola Kirke Takes Us Inside the Mind of an Epileptic...
Read More: Warren Beatty’s ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Will Open AFI Fest 2016
New Auteurs
“Always Shine” (dir. Sophia Takal)
“Buster’s Mal Heart” (dir. Sarah Adina Smith)
“Divines” (dir. Houda Benyamina)
“The Future Perfect” (dir. Nele Wohlatz)
“Godless” (dir. Ralitza Petrova)
“Kati Kati” (dir. Mbithi Masya)
“Kill Me Please” (dir. Anita Rocha da Silveira)
“One Week and a Day” (dir. Asaph Polonsky)
“Oscuro Animal” (dir. Felipe Guerrero)
“Still Life” (dir. Maud Alpi)
Read More: Watch: Lola Kirke Takes Us Inside the Mind of an Epileptic...
- 10/18/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
TV sales arm to mark first anniversary at Cannes content market.
Wild Bunch TV will launch a trio of new series at the upcoming edition of Mipcom Oct 17-20, its second time at the content market since launching last year.
It will kick off sales on Belgian-produced, bittersweet romance and road trip Tytgat Chocolate about a mentally-challenged, chocolate factory worker who sets off in search of his girlfriend after she is deported back to Kosovo.
The Flemish-language series is written and directed by Marc Bryssinck and Filip Lenaerts. Brussels-based deMENSEN – which previously made Beau Sejour and Highway of Love – produced the series for Vrt.
The quirky drama stars Jelle Palmaerts alongside other members of Belgium’s Theater Stap, a company of mentally-challenged professional actors.
Flemish stars Els Dottermans and Jan Decleir also feature in the cast.
Israeli dramas
Wild Bunch TV has also picked up sales on Israeli director-writer Keren Weissman’s psychological drama Mama’s Angel...
Wild Bunch TV will launch a trio of new series at the upcoming edition of Mipcom Oct 17-20, its second time at the content market since launching last year.
It will kick off sales on Belgian-produced, bittersweet romance and road trip Tytgat Chocolate about a mentally-challenged, chocolate factory worker who sets off in search of his girlfriend after she is deported back to Kosovo.
The Flemish-language series is written and directed by Marc Bryssinck and Filip Lenaerts. Brussels-based deMENSEN – which previously made Beau Sejour and Highway of Love – produced the series for Vrt.
The quirky drama stars Jelle Palmaerts alongside other members of Belgium’s Theater Stap, a company of mentally-challenged professional actors.
Flemish stars Els Dottermans and Jan Decleir also feature in the cast.
Israeli dramas
Wild Bunch TV has also picked up sales on Israeli director-writer Keren Weissman’s psychological drama Mama’s Angel...
- 10/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Anton Yelchin-starrer Porto is executive produced by Jim Jarmusch.
Poland-based New Europe Film Sales has sold the newly acquired title Porto, executive-produced by Jim Jarmusch and starring the late Anton Yelchin in one of his last screen roles, to German-speaking Europe (Mfa+) and Brazil (Fenix Filmes).
Porto tells a story of two outsiders in the titular Portuguese city who discover a passionate connection. Gabe Klinger’s narrative feature debut will premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival last this month and will also play in the BFI London Film Festival’s first feature competition.
The film is a co-production between Portugal (Bando À Parte), USA (Double Play Films), France (Gladys Glover) and Poland (Madants).
New Europe has also announced that Asaph Polonsky’s One Week And A Day has been picked up for Germany and Austria by Temperclay.
The film premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and won five prizes at the Jerusalem Film Festival...
Poland-based New Europe Film Sales has sold the newly acquired title Porto, executive-produced by Jim Jarmusch and starring the late Anton Yelchin in one of his last screen roles, to German-speaking Europe (Mfa+) and Brazil (Fenix Filmes).
Porto tells a story of two outsiders in the titular Portuguese city who discover a passionate connection. Gabe Klinger’s narrative feature debut will premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival last this month and will also play in the BFI London Film Festival’s first feature competition.
The film is a co-production between Portugal (Bando À Parte), USA (Double Play Films), France (Gladys Glover) and Poland (Madants).
New Europe has also announced that Asaph Polonsky’s One Week And A Day has been picked up for Germany and Austria by Temperclay.
The film premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and won five prizes at the Jerusalem Film Festival...
- 9/10/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Festival’s new $20,000 international competition prize goes to Albert Serra for The Death Of Louis Xiv; One Week And A Day wins best Israeli feature.
The 33rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday, has awarded its top prizes to The Death Of Louis Xiv by Albert Serra (best international film), One Week And A Day by Asaph Polonsky (best Israeli feature), and Dimona Twist by Michal Aviad (best Israeli documentary).
The international jury was comprised of Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, and Israeli director Talya Lavie, who praised Serra “for creating a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world. For its stunning set design and cinematography that captures its period brilliantly. For creating an intimate and moving look at the sunset of a great figure in history.”
An honourable mention went to Tobias Lindholm’s A War.
The Death Of Louis Xiv wins the $20,000 cash prize for the festival’s new international...
The 33rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday, has awarded its top prizes to The Death Of Louis Xiv by Albert Serra (best international film), One Week And A Day by Asaph Polonsky (best Israeli feature), and Dimona Twist by Michal Aviad (best Israeli documentary).
The international jury was comprised of Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, and Israeli director Talya Lavie, who praised Serra “for creating a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world. For its stunning set design and cinematography that captures its period brilliantly. For creating an intimate and moving look at the sunset of a great figure in history.”
An honourable mention went to Tobias Lindholm’s A War.
The Death Of Louis Xiv wins the $20,000 cash prize for the festival’s new international...
- 7/15/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Festival’s new $20,000 international competition prize goes to Albert Serra for The Death of Louis Xiv; One Week And a Day wins best Israeli feature.
The 33rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday, has awarded its top prizes to The Death of Louis Xiv by Albert Serra (best international film), One Week And A Day by Asaph Polonsky (best Israeli feature), and Dimona Twist by Michal Aviad (best Israeli documentary).
The jury was comprised of Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, and Israeli director Talya Lavie, who praised Serra “for creating a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world. For its stunning set design and cinematography that captures its period brilliantly. For creating an intimate and moving look at the sunset of a great figure in history.”
An honourable mention went to Tobias Lindholm’s A War.
Louis Xiv wins the $20,000 cash prize for the festival’s new international competition, supported...
The 33rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday, has awarded its top prizes to The Death of Louis Xiv by Albert Serra (best international film), One Week And A Day by Asaph Polonsky (best Israeli feature), and Dimona Twist by Michal Aviad (best Israeli documentary).
The jury was comprised of Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, and Israeli director Talya Lavie, who praised Serra “for creating a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world. For its stunning set design and cinematography that captures its period brilliantly. For creating an intimate and moving look at the sunset of a great figure in history.”
An honourable mention went to Tobias Lindholm’s A War.
Louis Xiv wins the $20,000 cash prize for the festival’s new international competition, supported...
- 7/15/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
New Europe Film Sales secures further deals in Europe and Asia.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired Us rights to One Week And A Day, Asaph Polonsky’s black comedy that debuted in Critics’ Week at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Oscilloscope, which last year acquired Cannes Directors’ Fortnight winner Embrace Of The Serpent, will release One Week And A Day in theatres followed by a release across all ancillary platforms.
Jan Naszewski from New Europe Film Sales, who brokered the deal, also revealed to Screen that additional agreements have been signed for Denmark (Ost for Paradis) and Taiwan (Swallow Wings) following sales during the Cannes Marche.
The film, which marks the debut of Israeli-American writer-director Polonsky, won the Gan Foundation Award in Cannes’ Critics’ Week competition and an award from the French cinema owners association, Afcae.
One Week And A Day tells a story of a grieving father, who finishes a week of mourning for his late...
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired Us rights to One Week And A Day, Asaph Polonsky’s black comedy that debuted in Critics’ Week at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Oscilloscope, which last year acquired Cannes Directors’ Fortnight winner Embrace Of The Serpent, will release One Week And A Day in theatres followed by a release across all ancillary platforms.
Jan Naszewski from New Europe Film Sales, who brokered the deal, also revealed to Screen that additional agreements have been signed for Denmark (Ost for Paradis) and Taiwan (Swallow Wings) following sales during the Cannes Marche.
The film, which marks the debut of Israeli-American writer-director Polonsky, won the Gan Foundation Award in Cannes’ Critics’ Week competition and an award from the French cinema owners association, Afcae.
One Week And A Day tells a story of a grieving father, who finishes a week of mourning for his late...
- 5/24/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to Asaph Polonsky's debut feature film One Week And A Day. The Hebrew-language movie just had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Critics’ Week sidebar, where it won a pair of awards. A theatrical release is planned. The plot of the pic from the Israeli-American writer-director Polonsky: The day following a week of mourning of their late son is the one on which Eyal and his wife, Vicky, are supposed to…...
- 5/24/2016
- Deadline
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to “One Week and a Day,” a comedy from first-time director Asaph Polonsky, which screened in the Critics’ Week section of the recent Cannes Film Festival. The movie deals with a couple who are mourning the death of their son — but as the traditional shiva period of mourning ends, the father enlists their son’s stoner friend to help him sample the stash of medical marijuana that his son left behind. Reviewing “One Week and a Day” in Cannes, TheWrap’s Ben Croll called it “uproariously funny and heart-wrenchingly moving.” He added, “By this point,...
- 5/24/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Other winners included Mehmet Can Mertoglu’s Albüm and Wregas Bhanuteja’s Penjak.
Oliver Laxe’s Mimosas has won the Nespresso Grand Prize at the 55th Critics’ Week – the Cannes Film Festival sidebar devoted to first and second features.
Review: Mimosas
The story follows a caravan escorting a dying sheikh across the Atlas Mountains to fulfil his dying wish.
France-born, Spain-based Laxe won the €15,000 ($17,000) prize, which has previously been awarded to Guillermo del Toro, Gaspar Noe and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu among others.
The film, which was shot in Morocco and took part in Qumra 2016, is Laxe’s second film after You Are All Captains, which screened in Directors’ Fortnight in 2010, winning the Fipresci prize
Mimosas is a Spain-Morocco-France-Qatar co-production and is sold by Luxbox.
Albüm, from Turkish filmmaker Mehmet Can Mertoğlu, won the France 4 Visionary Award, which rewards “outstanding creativity and innovation”.
The black comedy centres on an Antalya-based couple who fake a pregnancy to keep their...
Oliver Laxe’s Mimosas has won the Nespresso Grand Prize at the 55th Critics’ Week – the Cannes Film Festival sidebar devoted to first and second features.
Review: Mimosas
The story follows a caravan escorting a dying sheikh across the Atlas Mountains to fulfil his dying wish.
France-born, Spain-based Laxe won the €15,000 ($17,000) prize, which has previously been awarded to Guillermo del Toro, Gaspar Noe and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu among others.
The film, which was shot in Morocco and took part in Qumra 2016, is Laxe’s second film after You Are All Captains, which screened in Directors’ Fortnight in 2010, winning the Fipresci prize
Mimosas is a Spain-Morocco-France-Qatar co-production and is sold by Luxbox.
Albüm, from Turkish filmmaker Mehmet Can Mertoğlu, won the France 4 Visionary Award, which rewards “outstanding creativity and innovation”.
The black comedy centres on an Antalya-based couple who fake a pregnancy to keep their...
- 5/20/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Other winners included Mehmet Can Mertoglu’s Albüm and Wregas Bhanuteja’s Penjak.
Oliver Laxe’s Mimosas has won the Nespresso Grand Prize at the 55th Critics’ Week – the Cannes Film Festival sidebar devoted to first and second features.
Review: Mimosas
The story follows a caravan escorting a dying sheikh across the Atlas Mountains to fulfil his dying wish.
France-born, Spain-based Laxe won the €15,000 ($17,000) prize, which has previously been awarded to Guillermo del Toro, Gaspar Noe and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu among others.
The film, which was shot in Morocco and took part in Qumra 2016, is Laxe’s second film after You Are All Captains, which screened in Directors’ Fortnight in 2010, winning the Fipresci prize
Mimosas is a Spain-Morocco-France-Qatar co-production and is sold by Luxbox.
Albüm, from Turkish filmmaker Mehmet Can Mertoğlu, won the France 4 Visionary Award, which rewards “outstanding creativity and innovation”.
The black comedy centres on an Antalya-based couple who fake a pregnancy to keep their...
Oliver Laxe’s Mimosas has won the Nespresso Grand Prize at the 55th Critics’ Week – the Cannes Film Festival sidebar devoted to first and second features.
Review: Mimosas
The story follows a caravan escorting a dying sheikh across the Atlas Mountains to fulfil his dying wish.
France-born, Spain-based Laxe won the €15,000 ($17,000) prize, which has previously been awarded to Guillermo del Toro, Gaspar Noe and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu among others.
The film, which was shot in Morocco and took part in Qumra 2016, is Laxe’s second film after You Are All Captains, which screened in Directors’ Fortnight in 2010, winning the Fipresci prize
Mimosas is a Spain-Morocco-France-Qatar co-production and is sold by Luxbox.
Albüm, from Turkish filmmaker Mehmet Can Mertoğlu, won the France 4 Visionary Award, which rewards “outstanding creativity and innovation”.
The black comedy centres on an Antalya-based couple who fake a pregnancy to keep their...
- 5/20/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Israeli-American filmmaker Asaph Polonsky closed out his first week ever in Cannes with a Critics' Week prize for his first-ever feature. One Week And A Day, which drew strong reviews and a standing ovation at its official screening, took the Gan Foundation Award last night which comes with a 20K euro purse to help market the film in France. French distribution was earlier secured by Sophie Dulac. The film has also sold to Australia, Italy and Brazil with U.S. offers on…...
- 5/20/2016
- Deadline
In the first group of significant prizes to come as the Cannes Film Festival winds down, the Critics’ Week sidebar named its winners this evening. Mimosas, the sophomore feature from Spain’s Oliver Laxe, scored the Nespresso Grand Prize, while Turkish comedy Album was honored with the France 4 Visionary Award. In prizes given by the section’s partners, crowd-pleaser One Week And A Day by Israeli-American Asaph Polonsky was also highlighted. Mimosas is a mountain odyssey…...
- 5/19/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Asaph Polonsky’s black comedy has gone to Brazil and Italy.
New Europe Film Sales has scored a brace of sales on Cannes 2016 Critics’ Week selection One Week And A Day.
Brazil (Imovision) and Italy (Parthenos) have picked up the feature debut of Us-born, Israeli filmmaker Asaph Polonsky.
As previously announced, all Australian rights went to Jiff Distribution and French rights were sold to Sophie Dulac Distribution. New Europe also has further offers on the film from Us and European buyers.
Polonsky is an AFI graduate, whose graduation film Samnang was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013.
One Week And A Day tells a story of a grieving father, who finishes a week of mourning for his late son and is urged by his wife to return to their routine. He instead gets high with a young neighbour and sets out to discover there are still things in life worth living for.
The cast of...
New Europe Film Sales has scored a brace of sales on Cannes 2016 Critics’ Week selection One Week And A Day.
Brazil (Imovision) and Italy (Parthenos) have picked up the feature debut of Us-born, Israeli filmmaker Asaph Polonsky.
As previously announced, all Australian rights went to Jiff Distribution and French rights were sold to Sophie Dulac Distribution. New Europe also has further offers on the film from Us and European buyers.
Polonsky is an AFI graduate, whose graduation film Samnang was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013.
One Week And A Day tells a story of a grieving father, who finishes a week of mourning for his late son and is urged by his wife to return to their routine. He instead gets high with a young neighbour and sets out to discover there are still things in life worth living for.
The cast of...
- 5/18/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
"I'm not healthy," says the grief-stricken father, asking the doctor for some medicinal marijuana. "You're not sick, either," she replies. It's a quick exchange in Israeli writer-director Asaph Polonsky's droll debut, typical of his movie's mordant sense of humor, but the moment leaves its mark — seldom has dialogue so succinctly articulated the purgatory of profound loss. Sitting Shiva, as the opening title card of "One Week and a Day" informs the uninitiated, is a Jewish postmortem tradition in which the family of the deceased welcome mourners into their home for a week following the funeral. The effect of the ritual is twofold: On one hand, it offers people a wide window to come and pay their respects to the dead. On the other, it allows those who are most acutely affected by the loss to take a deep breath and put some distance between themselves and the world at...
- 5/15/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Ivan Tverdovsky’s supernatural drama tells the story of a woman whose life turns around after she grows a tail.
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has picked up Ivan Tverdovsky’s supernatural drama Zoology.
The film marks Tverdovsky’s follow-up to festival favourite, Corrections Class, which won the best debut prize at Kinotavr Festival in Sochi, the East of the West Award in Karlovy Vary and four prizes in Cottbus Ff, as well as screening to acclaim at many other events.
Zoology is the story of a middle-aged zoo worker Natasha, who still lives with her mother in a small coastal town. She is stuck in a rut and it seems that life has no surprises in store for her until one day when her life turns around after she grows a tail.
The film is produced by New People Film Company (Russia), Arizona Productions (France) and MovieBrats Pictures (Germany).
Clips...
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has picked up Ivan Tverdovsky’s supernatural drama Zoology.
The film marks Tverdovsky’s follow-up to festival favourite, Corrections Class, which won the best debut prize at Kinotavr Festival in Sochi, the East of the West Award in Karlovy Vary and four prizes in Cottbus Ff, as well as screening to acclaim at many other events.
Zoology is the story of a middle-aged zoo worker Natasha, who still lives with her mother in a small coastal town. She is stuck in a rut and it seems that life has no surprises in store for her until one day when her life turns around after she grows a tail.
The film is produced by New People Film Company (Russia), Arizona Productions (France) and MovieBrats Pictures (Germany).
Clips...
- 5/11/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Here is a trailer for One Week and a Day, an Israeli film about a mourning couple who deal their grief in very different ways. Writer-director Asaph Polonsky’s Hebrew-language pic screens in the Critics’ Week sidebar at Cannes this week. A week of sitting Shiva isn’t enough for Eyal and Vicky (Shai Avivi and Evgenia Dodina), a married couple edging into the back half of middle age who just buried their 25-year-old son. A return to routine seems to be in order…...
- 5/10/2016
- Deadline
The 2016 Cannes Film Festival is under a week away from getting started, and Indiewire continues to get ready with an exclusive poster premiere from Israel's official entry, "One Week And A Day." Marking the debut feature of Asaph Polonsky, the film centers around the final days of a Jewish family sitting Shiva for the loss of their 25-year-old son. The cast includes Shai Avivi and Evgenia Dodina. Read More: 9 Shockers From the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Snubs & Surprise The official synopsis reads: "A married couple edging into the back half of middle age, Eyal and Vicky find themselves reacting to the end of Shiva in markedly different ways. A return to routine seems to be in order for Vicky, a teacher, as she finds herself back at school trying to abruptly kick out the substitute assigned in her stead. Meanwhile, shopkeeper Eyal opts for a total abdication of routine, as...
- 5/6/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Both titles debuted at Berlinale where United States of Love won a Silver Bear.
Polish drama United States Of Love (Zjednoczone stany miłości) has been snapped up by a further three territories following its world premiere in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won director/writer Tomasz Wasilewski the Silver Bear for best script.
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales company New Europe Film Sales has sold the film to Denmark (Angel), Hungary (Vertigo) and Romania (Transilvania Film) with further offers pending from German-speaking Europe.
It follows previous sales across Europe and Asia including the UK, France and South Korea during the Efm. Set in Poland in 1990 – the country’s first year of freedom following the fall of communism - the film tells a story of four women of different ages, who decide it is time to change their lives.
New Europe has also scored deals for Tobias Nölle’s Aloys, which won the...
Polish drama United States Of Love (Zjednoczone stany miłości) has been snapped up by a further three territories following its world premiere in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won director/writer Tomasz Wasilewski the Silver Bear for best script.
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales company New Europe Film Sales has sold the film to Denmark (Angel), Hungary (Vertigo) and Romania (Transilvania Film) with further offers pending from German-speaking Europe.
It follows previous sales across Europe and Asia including the UK, France and South Korea during the Efm. Set in Poland in 1990 – the country’s first year of freedom following the fall of communism - the film tells a story of four women of different ages, who decide it is time to change their lives.
New Europe has also scored deals for Tobias Nölle’s Aloys, which won the...
- 5/6/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Cinephiles across the globe collectively held their breaths last week wondering whether the new Olivier Assayas or Lucretia Martel would make it onto the 2016 Croisette – his did, hers didn’t – as Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux unspooled the Competition, Un Certain Regard, Midnight Screenings, and Outside Competition line-ups. As if the promise of new adventures with Almodóvar, Dolan, and Park Chan-Wook weren’t enough, the recent announcements of the Critics’ Week and Cannes Classics sidebars present a whole host of new gems and old treasures to discover.
Let’s start with Critics’ Week, where a coterie of freshmen and sophomore directors compete for their own Nespresso Grand Prize. That would make this the branded stadium for spring-boarding international talents, such as Iñárritu (Amores Perros), Wong Kar-Wai (As Tears Go By), as well as Andrea Arnold and Jeff Nichols who are contending in the Main Competition this year with American Honey and Loving,...
Let’s start with Critics’ Week, where a coterie of freshmen and sophomore directors compete for their own Nespresso Grand Prize. That would make this the branded stadium for spring-boarding international talents, such as Iñárritu (Amores Perros), Wong Kar-Wai (As Tears Go By), as well as Andrea Arnold and Jeff Nichols who are contending in the Main Competition this year with American Honey and Loving,...
- 4/21/2016
- by Daniel Crooke
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: Black comedy to play in competition at Critics’ Week.
New Europe Film Sales has picked up Asaph Polonsky’s black comedy One Week and a Day and sold all French rights to Sophie Dulac Distribution.
The feature debut of Us-born, Israeli filmmaker Polonsky was yesterday named as a competition title in the Critics’ Week sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22).
Polonsky is an AFI graduate, whose graduation film Samnang was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013.
One Week and a Day tells a story of a grieving father, who finishes a week of mourning for his late son and is urged by his wife to return to their routine. He instead gets high with a young neighbour and sets out to discover there are still things in life worth living for.
The cast of the film includes well-known Israeli actors Shai Avivi and Evgenia Dodina as the married couple and Tomer Kapon as the...
New Europe Film Sales has picked up Asaph Polonsky’s black comedy One Week and a Day and sold all French rights to Sophie Dulac Distribution.
The feature debut of Us-born, Israeli filmmaker Polonsky was yesterday named as a competition title in the Critics’ Week sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22).
Polonsky is an AFI graduate, whose graduation film Samnang was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013.
One Week and a Day tells a story of a grieving father, who finishes a week of mourning for his late son and is urged by his wife to return to their routine. He instead gets high with a young neighbour and sets out to discover there are still things in life worth living for.
The cast of the film includes well-known Israeli actors Shai Avivi and Evgenia Dodina as the married couple and Tomer Kapon as the...
- 4/19/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Following the unveiling of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival line-up, the Critics’ Week sidebar has now revealed their slate. As usual, there are a lot of discoveries to be had, with six of main selection being first features and four sophomore effort. Notably, Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher) will screen his new short From the Diary of a Wedding Photographer while Chloë Sevigny will premiere her new film Kitty. Check out the full line-up, along with the trailer for the Un Certain Regard title Apprentice.
Feature Films In Competition
ALBÜM Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey)
Diamond Island Davy Chou (Cambodia/France)
Raw (Grave) Julia Ducournau (France)
Mimosas Oliver Laxe (Spain)
One Week And A Day (Shavua Ve Yom) Asaph Polonsky (Israel)
Tramontane Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)
A Yellow Bird K. Rajagopal (Singapore)
Special Screenings
Opening Film
In Bed With Victoria (Victoria) Justine Triet (France)
Closing Films
Smile (Bonne Figure) Sandrine Kiberlain (France)
En...
Feature Films In Competition
ALBÜM Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey)
Diamond Island Davy Chou (Cambodia/France)
Raw (Grave) Julia Ducournau (France)
Mimosas Oliver Laxe (Spain)
One Week And A Day (Shavua Ve Yom) Asaph Polonsky (Israel)
Tramontane Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)
A Yellow Bird K. Rajagopal (Singapore)
Special Screenings
Opening Film
In Bed With Victoria (Victoria) Justine Triet (France)
Closing Films
Smile (Bonne Figure) Sandrine Kiberlain (France)
En...
- 4/18/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The lineup for the 2016 Cannes Critics' Week has been announced.Opening FilmIn Bed with Victoria (Justine Triet): Victoria Spick, a criminal lawyer in a total sentimental void, meets at a wedding her friend Vincent and Sam, a former drug dealer she got out business. The next day, Vincent is accused of attempted murder by his girlfriend. The victim's dog is the only witness. Reluctantly, Victoria accepts to defend Vincent, while she hires Sam as an au pair. This is just the beginning of troubled times for Victoria.CompetitionAlbüm (Mehmet Can Mertoğlu): A couple in their late 30’s sets out to prepare a fake photo album of a pseudo pregnancy period in order to prove their biological tie to the baby they’re planning adopt.Diamond Island (Davy Chou): Bora, an 18-year-old, leaves his village to work on the construction sites of Diamond Island, a project for an...
- 4/18/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Justine Triet’s In Bed With Victoria to open Critics’ Week; Chloë Sevigny’s Kitty one of three closing films. Scroll down for full list
Cannes Critics’ Week, devoted to first and second features, has unveiled the line-up for its 55th edition (May 12-20), following the announcement of the festival’s Official Selection last week.
The parallel section will open with Justine Triet’s comedy-drama In Bed With Victoria, which centres on a beautiful Parisian criminal lawyer in her late 30s who is a self-centred workaholic and sex addict, played by Virginie Efira.
It marks the second feature from French filmmaker Triet, whose Cesar-nominated Age of Panic opened in the Acid section in 2013, and is handled by Indie Sales with French distribution by Le Pacte.
In total, 1,100 features were submitted for consideration.
The seven features chosen to play in competition represent a mix of titles from Turkey, France and Spain to Cambodia, Israel, Lebanon...
Cannes Critics’ Week, devoted to first and second features, has unveiled the line-up for its 55th edition (May 12-20), following the announcement of the festival’s Official Selection last week.
The parallel section will open with Justine Triet’s comedy-drama In Bed With Victoria, which centres on a beautiful Parisian criminal lawyer in her late 30s who is a self-centred workaholic and sex addict, played by Virginie Efira.
It marks the second feature from French filmmaker Triet, whose Cesar-nominated Age of Panic opened in the Acid section in 2013, and is handled by Indie Sales with French distribution by Le Pacte.
In total, 1,100 features were submitted for consideration.
The seven features chosen to play in competition represent a mix of titles from Turkey, France and Spain to Cambodia, Israel, Lebanon...
- 4/18/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
La Semaine de la Critique, the oldest parallel competitive section of the Cannes Film Festival known to most as Critics' Week, has announced the lineup for its 55th edition running from May 12 through 20. Valérie Donzelli heads up this year's jury, whose other members are Alice Winocour, Nadav Lapid, David Robert Mitchell and Santiago Mitre. Among the features in the Competition are Vatche Boulghourjian's Tramontane, Davy Chou's Diamond Island, Julia Ducourneau's Raw (Grave), Oliver Laxe's Mimosas, Mehmet Can Mertoğlu's Albüm, Asaph Polonsky's One Week and a Day, and K. Rajagopal's A Yellow Bird. And this year's edition will close with an intriguing trio: Laetitia Casta's En Moi, Sandrine Kiberlain's Smile and Chloë Sevigny's Kitty. » - David Hudson...
- 4/18/2016
- Keyframe
La Semaine de la Critique, the oldest parallel competitive section of the Cannes Film Festival known to most as Critics' Week, has announced the lineup for its 55th edition running from May 12 through 20. Valérie Donzelli heads up this year's jury, whose other members are Alice Winocour, Nadav Lapid, David Robert Mitchell and Santiago Mitre. Among the features in the Competition are Vatche Boulghourjian's Tramontane, Davy Chou's Diamond Island, Julia Ducourneau's Raw (Grave), Oliver Laxe's Mimosas, Mehmet Can Mertoğlu's Albüm, Asaph Polonsky's One Week and a Day, and K. Rajagopal's A Yellow Bird. And this year's edition will close with an intriguing trio: Laetitia Casta's En Moi, Sandrine Kiberlain's Smile and Chloë Sevigny's Kitty. » - David Hudson...
- 4/18/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
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