The toxicity of patriarchal masculinity has become such a well-worn trope in pop culture (and especially in recent Colombian cinema) that it’s hard to remember its effects continue unabated in streets and households all over the world, and in that Latin American country specifically. And so, while Fabián Hernández’s central concerns in his simply-titled film, “A Man” (“Un Varón”), are all too familiar, his tale of a young man living in a shelter in the center of Bogotá who cannot escape the violence of the world of the streets around him, emerges nonetheless as a powerful portrait of the country’s inescapable machismo.
When Carlos (Dilan Felipe Ramírez Espitia) sits down to get a haircut, he has only one request: He wants one fit for a “varón.” Yet the English translation (“a man”) doesn’t quite capture the specificity of such a word in Colombian slang, for “varón...
When Carlos (Dilan Felipe Ramírez Espitia) sits down to get a haircut, he has only one request: He wants one fit for a “varón.” Yet the English translation (“a man”) doesn’t quite capture the specificity of such a word in Colombian slang, for “varón...
- 12/8/2023
- by Manuel Betancourt
- Variety Film + TV
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
The 88 submissions for the best international feature award at the 2023 Oscars have been announced, and Screen has profiled all the entries below.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is set to be announced on December 21 with the final five nominees announced on January 24, 2024 The 95th Academy Awards will take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
The 88 submissions are down from last year when 92 films were in contentions. Four countries submitted this year but have not appeared on the final list - Cuba with Fernando Perez...
The 88 submissions for the best international feature award at the 2023 Oscars have been announced, and Screen has profiled all the entries below.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is set to be announced on December 21 with the final five nominees announced on January 24, 2024 The 95th Academy Awards will take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
The 88 submissions are down from last year when 92 films were in contentions. Four countries submitted this year but have not appeared on the final list - Cuba with Fernando Perez...
- 12/8/2023
- by Screen staff¬Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
New York-based Cinema Tropical has pounced on the U.S. theatrical rights to Fabián Hernández’s debut feature “Un Varón” (“A Male”), Colombia’s official submission to the 2024 Oscar race.
The drama, which had its world premiere at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight last year, will open in New York City on Dec. 8 before rolling out to other key cities.
Inspired by events in Hernández’s teen years, “Un Varón” revolves around Carlos (played by newcomer Dilan Felipe Ramírez Espitia), a young man living in a Bogota youth shelter, seeking solace from life’s harsh realities. On Christmas, Carlos yearns to reunite with his mother and sister, who are trapped in the cycle of urban violence.
Leaving the shelter, Carlos confronts the unforgiving streets of his neighborhood, where survival is dictated by the law of the strongest, the alpha ‘macho.’ In his quest for a family reunion, Carlos must prove his worth...
The drama, which had its world premiere at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight last year, will open in New York City on Dec. 8 before rolling out to other key cities.
Inspired by events in Hernández’s teen years, “Un Varón” revolves around Carlos (played by newcomer Dilan Felipe Ramírez Espitia), a young man living in a Bogota youth shelter, seeking solace from life’s harsh realities. On Christmas, Carlos yearns to reunite with his mother and sister, who are trapped in the cycle of urban violence.
Leaving the shelter, Carlos confronts the unforgiving streets of his neighborhood, where survival is dictated by the law of the strongest, the alpha ‘macho.’ In his quest for a family reunion, Carlos must prove his worth...
- 10/23/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 9/1/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 8/30/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 8/30/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The Ewip industry event takes place October 17-19.
European Work In Progress Cologne (Ewip) has announced a new partnership with TorinoFilmLab ahead of the industry event’s 5th edition (October 17-19)
Five projects now in post-production that have been developed or supported by Torino’s FeatureLab, ScriptLab or the Tfl Fund programme will be presented in official selection at Ewip which takes place in Cologne ahead of the 32nd Film Festival Cologne (October 20-27)
The projects will compete with 25 other selected European co-productions, to be announced at the end of the month, for various prizes worth a total of €52,500.
New...
European Work In Progress Cologne (Ewip) has announced a new partnership with TorinoFilmLab ahead of the industry event’s 5th edition (October 17-19)
Five projects now in post-production that have been developed or supported by Torino’s FeatureLab, ScriptLab or the Tfl Fund programme will be presented in official selection at Ewip which takes place in Cologne ahead of the 32nd Film Festival Cologne (October 20-27)
The projects will compete with 25 other selected European co-productions, to be announced at the end of the month, for various prizes worth a total of €52,500.
New...
- 9/1/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Manuela Martelli’s 1976 and documentary My Imaginary Country, both Chilean titles, are among the line-up
Manuela Martelli’s 1976 and documentary My Imaginary Country, both Chilean titles, are among the 12 films selected for the Horizontes Latinos section of the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 16-24).
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Martelli’s drama premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection earlier this year and recently picked up the best first feature film award at Jerusalem. The film follows a middle-class woman re-evaluating her beliefs when she’s asked to secretly take care of an injured man. Luxbox are handling sales.
Manuela Martelli’s 1976 and documentary My Imaginary Country, both Chilean titles, are among the 12 films selected for the Horizontes Latinos section of the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (September 16-24).
Scroll down for full line-up
Martelli’s drama premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection earlier this year and recently picked up the best first feature film award at Jerusalem. The film follows a middle-class woman re-evaluating her beliefs when she’s asked to secretly take care of an injured man. Luxbox are handling sales.
- 8/11/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
1976 – Manuela Martelli [Review] [Interview]
Ashkal – Youssef Chebbi [Review]
The Dam – Ali Cherri
Continental Drift (South) – Lionel Baier [Review]
Enys Men – Mark Jenkin
De Humani Corporis Fabrica – Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel [Review]
Falcon Lake – Charlotte Le Bon [Review]
Les Cinq Diables – Léa Mysius [Review]
Funny Pages – Owen Kline
God’s Creatures – Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer [Review]
Le Parfum vert – Nicolas Pariser
Les Harkis – Philippe Faucon
Un varón – Fabian Hernández [Review]
La Montagne – Thomas Salvador [Review]
Un beau matin – Mia Hansen-Løve [Review]
Pamfir – Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk [Review]
Revoir Paris – Alice Winocour [Review]
L’Envol – Pietro Marcello [Review]
Les Années Super 8 – Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot [Review]
El agua – Elena López Riera [Review]
Will-o’-the-Wisp – João Pedro Rodrigues
Special Screening: Men – Alex Garland [Review]…...
Ashkal – Youssef Chebbi [Review]
The Dam – Ali Cherri
Continental Drift (South) – Lionel Baier [Review]
Enys Men – Mark Jenkin
De Humani Corporis Fabrica – Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel [Review]
Falcon Lake – Charlotte Le Bon [Review]
Les Cinq Diables – Léa Mysius [Review]
Funny Pages – Owen Kline
God’s Creatures – Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer [Review]
Le Parfum vert – Nicolas Pariser
Les Harkis – Philippe Faucon
Un varón – Fabian Hernández [Review]
La Montagne – Thomas Salvador [Review]
Un beau matin – Mia Hansen-Løve [Review]
Pamfir – Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk [Review]
Revoir Paris – Alice Winocour [Review]
L’Envol – Pietro Marcello [Review]
Les Années Super 8 – Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot [Review]
El agua – Elena López Riera [Review]
Will-o’-the-Wisp – João Pedro Rodrigues
Special Screening: Men – Alex Garland [Review]…...
- 6/14/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Argentina’s Manuel Abramovich, Ecuador’s Ana Cristina Barragán and the Ukraine-born Oksana Bychkova, all big fest winners, will introduce their latest films to an industry audience at San Sebastian’s pix-in-post strands, Wip Latam and Wip Europa, over Sept. 20-22.
The sections promise discoveries. They also underscore a reality. As art film pre-sales have plunged, public-sector equity financing has escalated, with producers tapping film funds around the world via international co-production. Wip Latam’s six films average four production partners a piece. Sales, which the films now seek in San Sebastian, is increasingly icing on the cake.
A drill down on titles:
Wip Latam
“Daughter of Rage,” (“La Hija de Todas las Rabias,” Laura Baumeister, Nicaragua, Mexico, Nederland, Germany, France, Norway)
Nicaraguan Laura Baumeister’s stirring feature debut which swept three of the four prizes on offer at San Sebastian’s 2019 Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum. Since then it...
The sections promise discoveries. They also underscore a reality. As art film pre-sales have plunged, public-sector equity financing has escalated, with producers tapping film funds around the world via international co-production. Wip Latam’s six films average four production partners a piece. Sales, which the films now seek in San Sebastian, is increasingly icing on the cake.
A drill down on titles:
Wip Latam
“Daughter of Rage,” (“La Hija de Todas las Rabias,” Laura Baumeister, Nicaragua, Mexico, Nederland, Germany, France, Norway)
Nicaraguan Laura Baumeister’s stirring feature debut which swept three of the four prizes on offer at San Sebastian’s 2019 Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum. Since then it...
- 9/20/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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