Contemporary American writer and artist Ben Shattuck wrote a short story titled “The History of Sound,” which also became the title of the whole collection in which it was published. In short, the story tells us of the gay romance between two men who fall in love during World War I. So, why are we reporting on the story? Well, the story is going to be adapted into a movie soon, and we can officially confirm that the filming for the upcoming release has finally been done and that the movie can now enter post-production.
In the upcoming paragraphs, we are going to reveal all the known information about the movie, including the known production details, cast and crew members, plot, and release date, as the movie is entering its final stage of production.
The movie is being directed by South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, who is known for his LGBTQ+-themed films,...
In the upcoming paragraphs, we are going to reveal all the known information about the movie, including the known production details, cast and crew members, plot, and release date, as the movie is entering its final stage of production.
The movie is being directed by South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, who is known for his LGBTQ+-themed films,...
- 4/27/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
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The Sephora Savings Event is in full swing, and while the retailer rarely offers site wide sales throughout the year, there’s never been a better time to stock up on your go-to skincare routine essentials, treat yourself to a luxe hair tool that never goes on sale, or try out the latest viral beauty trend you spotted on TikTok.
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The Sephora Savings Event is in full swing, and while the retailer rarely offers site wide sales throughout the year, there’s never been a better time to stock up on your go-to skincare routine essentials, treat yourself to a luxe hair tool that never goes on sale, or try out the latest viral beauty trend you spotted on TikTok.
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- 4/10/2024
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
Fans of Rihanna’s music should not hold their breath for a ninth record anytime soon, it seems, according to a conversation with the singer-turned-mogul in the latest issue of Interview magazine.
The pop sensation, who hasn’t released an album since 2016’s Anti, recently spoke with Interview editor Mel Ottenberg on a wide range of topics, from her marriage to Fenty Beauty to music. On the latter topic, she has no news but that may not be great news for eager fans.
“I have a lot of visual ideas,” the singer told the outlet. “It’s weird. My brain is working backward right now. I usually have the music first, and the music leads me into all of these visual opportunities, and now I’m having all of these visuals.”
“I don’t have the songs for them yet, she added. “But maybe that’s the key, this time.
The pop sensation, who hasn’t released an album since 2016’s Anti, recently spoke with Interview editor Mel Ottenberg on a wide range of topics, from her marriage to Fenty Beauty to music. On the latter topic, she has no news but that may not be great news for eager fans.
“I have a lot of visual ideas,” the singer told the outlet. “It’s weird. My brain is working backward right now. I usually have the music first, and the music leads me into all of these visual opportunities, and now I’m having all of these visuals.”
“I don’t have the songs for them yet, she added. “But maybe that’s the key, this time.
- 4/10/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bringing Up Bates star Josie Bates Balka transforms her mother, Kelly Jo, in her latest post. The 24-year-old is back with her online hustles after welcoming her third child, Miles. She’s been uploading clips and pictures of herself showing off some of her beauty routines. But Josie made things more interesting after surprising her followers with her mother. Keep reading to see their heartwarming moment.
Bringing Up Bates: Josie Bates Celebrates The Sixth Week Of Baby Miles
Josie has been embracing every moment with her baby boy. Recently, the Bringing Up Bates star uploaded a clip of Miles as he turned six weeks old. The video shows the tenth Bates child carrying her newborn son six hours after her delivery. Moments later, the clip was changed to Josie carrying a six-week-old Miles.
Josie Bates From Bringing Up Bates, Sourced From Effortless Beauty YouTube
Many were also surprised by...
Bringing Up Bates: Josie Bates Celebrates The Sixth Week Of Baby Miles
Josie has been embracing every moment with her baby boy. Recently, the Bringing Up Bates star uploaded a clip of Miles as he turned six weeks old. The video shows the tenth Bates child carrying her newborn son six hours after her delivery. Moments later, the clip was changed to Josie carrying a six-week-old Miles.
Josie Bates From Bringing Up Bates, Sourced From Effortless Beauty YouTube
Many were also surprised by...
- 4/8/2024
- by Michael Malley
- TV Shows Ace
Astro’s Cha Eun Woo At No. 1 In March’s Brand Reputation Individual Ranking ( Photo Credit – Instagram )
South Korean dramas and bands have been ruling our hearts for years, and their popularity has increased every passing day. One of the famous names is Cha Eun Woo. He is not only an actor but also a K-pop idol associated with the boy band Astro. He has been making headlines for his solo debut and show Wonderful World, which has led him to gain the top spot in this month’s individual brand reputation ranking.
Eun Woo is known for shows like True Beauty and Gangnam Beauty. He also recently made his solo debut by releasing the mini album Entity. The True Beauty star is also a famous face on social media, with 43.4 million fans on Instagram. He often keeps his admirers engaged by posting pictures of him from the sets, behind-the-scenes snaps of his photoshoots,...
South Korean dramas and bands have been ruling our hearts for years, and their popularity has increased every passing day. One of the famous names is Cha Eun Woo. He is not only an actor but also a K-pop idol associated with the boy band Astro. He has been making headlines for his solo debut and show Wonderful World, which has led him to gain the top spot in this month’s individual brand reputation ranking.
Eun Woo is known for shows like True Beauty and Gangnam Beauty. He also recently made his solo debut by releasing the mini album Entity. The True Beauty star is also a famous face on social media, with 43.4 million fans on Instagram. He often keeps his admirers engaged by posting pictures of him from the sets, behind-the-scenes snaps of his photoshoots,...
- 3/17/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Thanksgiving is a day to express gratitude for all of the things that we have in life. Black Friday, which follows immediately after, is all about snagging some good deals.
If you’re a lover of beauty and makeup, you know that this is the time of year when you can get some of the best sale prices on all of your must-have products. It’s also the ideal time to splurge on some fantasy items that have been on your wishlist for a while.
Of course, beauty retailers like Sephora and Ulta will be offering some good deals on their websites and in store. However, you might find an even better deal if you hunt around on your favorite brand’s own website.
It is a lot of work to scour deals across various websites, so we did it for you! We pulled together some of the best 2023 Black Friday deals for makeup lovers.
If you’re a lover of beauty and makeup, you know that this is the time of year when you can get some of the best sale prices on all of your must-have products. It’s also the ideal time to splurge on some fantasy items that have been on your wishlist for a while.
Of course, beauty retailers like Sephora and Ulta will be offering some good deals on their websites and in store. However, you might find an even better deal if you hunt around on your favorite brand’s own website.
It is a lot of work to scour deals across various websites, so we did it for you! We pulled together some of the best 2023 Black Friday deals for makeup lovers.
- 11/23/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
While it’s starting out its life as a midseason replacement series, Victor Rasuk has high hopes for his show, The Baker and the Beauty. Some of that optimism comes from Rasuk’s belief that it’s a good, positive romantic comedy for our time, but he also admits some of it comes from a more selfish place [...]
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- 5/4/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Why so secretive, Kourtney Kardashian? In this clip from Sunday's all-new Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the Poosh.com founder finds herself at odds with sisters Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian over her filming boundaries. "Our job is being open and honest and sharing a lot of ourselves. And it just seems like, for the past few years now, Kourtney hasn't really been open about her personal life on camera," the Kkw Beauty boss laments in a confessional. "So, all of the days that Kourtney isn't filming, Khloe and I are picking up the slack and are having to share more." Amid the mother of three's resistance to showcase her personal life, Kim and Khloe decide it's their...
- 12/6/2019
- E! Online
Disney has been all aboard the live-action remake train since The Jungle Book made almost $1 billion at the global box office. Since then we've had live-action iterations of Beauty And The Beast, Dumbo, Aladdin, and The Lion King. Next up for the House of Mouse is the $300 million budgeted Mulan, set to hit theaters next year. 'Tis the season for giving and Disney graciously decided to unlock…...
- 12/5/2019
- by Corrye Van Caeseele-Cook
- JoBlo.com
The Lotus and 3 Marys Entertainment production directed by Nicola Abbatangelo will be set in 1920s New York. Shooting on the musical The Land of Dreams, which is already earning a name for itself “the Italian La La Land” and which is directed by Nicola Abbatangelo, the thirty-something Molise filmmaker and author of the award-winning musical short Beauty, is currently underway in Bulgaria. Shot and sung in English, the film boasts an international cast: Belorussian actress Caterina Shulha (currently touring cinemas in Into the Labyrinth), England’s George Blagden, Scottish actor Kevin Guthrie (Sunset Song), Ryan Reid, Nathan Amzi and Italy’s Paolo Calabresi, Marina Rocco, Carla Signoris, Stefano Fresi and Edoardo Pesce (the winner of the Best Supporting Actor David di Donatello award for Dogman). The Land of Dreams is produced by Marco Belardi on behalf of Lotus Production (Leone Film Group), as...
- 10/31/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
The Afrikaans word “moffie” is South Africa’s answer to “faggot”: an anti-gay slur used liberally and illiberally across the country’s tangle of languages, in casual playground teasing or brutal bigoted assault alike. If it sounds ineffectively soft and silly on the tongue, trust that it can land with the targeted force of a bullet. We inevitably hear it a lot, hurled with equal viciousness and exuberance, in “Moffie,” the piercing, perfectly formed new film from Oliver Hermanus — in which a closeted, terrified teenager is conscripted and sent to war on the Angolan border in 1981. Each time the word is spoken, it burrows a little deeper under the skin: Anyone who grew up gay in pre-millennial South Africa may need to dig their nails into their armrest to get through what is
Following three fine features of steadily increasing ambition, “Moffie” is Hermanus’ masterpiece in the true sense...
Following three fine features of steadily increasing ambition, “Moffie” is Hermanus’ masterpiece in the true sense...
- 9/5/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Quibi continues its recent run on original programming with a series order for Centerpiece, a floral-arrangement docuseries led by floral artist Maurice Harris from executive producers Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.
Peter Kline, John Kaplan and Harris also are EPs on the show, which explores the nature of creativity through the process of flower design. Each episode will see Harris go on a creative journey with a celebrity guest exploring who they are to create a mind-blowing floral centerpiece.
Los Angeles-based Harris — who co-created the series with Kline — is behind Bloom & Plume, a bespoke floral design studio in Echo Park. His unique point of view, sense of humor and craftsmanship has made him both one of the most sought-after floral designers in L.A. and one of the most followed florists on Instagram. His clients include some of Hollywood’s biggest names as well as such top-tier brands such as Louis Vuitton,...
Peter Kline, John Kaplan and Harris also are EPs on the show, which explores the nature of creativity through the process of flower design. Each episode will see Harris go on a creative journey with a celebrity guest exploring who they are to create a mind-blowing floral centerpiece.
Los Angeles-based Harris — who co-created the series with Kline — is behind Bloom & Plume, a bespoke floral design studio in Echo Park. His unique point of view, sense of humor and craftsmanship has made him both one of the most sought-after floral designers in L.A. and one of the most followed florists on Instagram. His clients include some of Hollywood’s biggest names as well as such top-tier brands such as Louis Vuitton,...
- 7/26/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: When The Street Lights Go On‘s long road to the screen has come to a happy end. Quibi has given a series order to the project, a coming-of-age murder mystery adapted from the Black List feature script by writers Chris Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe. The project hails from Paramount TV and Anonymous Content. When the Lights Go On was previously adapted to series by Hulu where it went to pilot in 2016.
Written by O’Keefe and Hutton and directed by Rebecca Thomas, in When The Lights Go On, after the murder of a beautiful young girl rocks a suburban community, the victim’s sister and her high school peers must struggle to find a sense of normalcy while coming of age in the midst of the murder investigation.
O’Keefe, Hutton and Thomas executive produce. Tariq Merhab and Chad Hamilton executive produce for Anonymous Content.
When The...
Written by O’Keefe and Hutton and directed by Rebecca Thomas, in When The Lights Go On, after the murder of a beautiful young girl rocks a suburban community, the victim’s sister and her high school peers must struggle to find a sense of normalcy while coming of age in the midst of the murder investigation.
O’Keefe, Hutton and Thomas executive produce. Tariq Merhab and Chad Hamilton executive produce for Anonymous Content.
When The...
- 7/25/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
After five consecutive weeks wherein the weekend domestic box office failed to top the same weekend from a year prior, this weekend will easily buck the trend. Leading the charge, Disney's latest release, the "live-action" adaptation of The Lion King, is likely to outperform the combined top twelve from the same weekend last year all on its own as it is ushered into over 4,700 domestic locations and all over the world. With what has been a summer box office season that has seen plenty of films under-perform and miss expectations, Disney is hoping their CGI adaptation of the studio's beloved animated feature The Lion King delivers not only at the domestic box office, but all around the world. The film will launch in a record 4,725 domestic locations this weekend and industry expectations have it pegged for a debut around $175-180 million, which would be enough to top the current...
- 7/18/2019
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
While Drew Struzan is probably the most recognized artist behind some of the most famous movie posters of all-time, the work of the late John Alvin is a close second. Alvin’s work graced the posters for movies like Blade Runner, Gremlins, The Goonies, Batman Returns, and Disney’s 1990s classics like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and […]
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- 4/18/2019
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Shane Dawson has had a massive year on YouTube with the launch of several multi-part docuseries -- and those ventures did not go unnoticed at the eighth annual Streamy Awards, where Dawson won in the ‘Documentary’ category for The Truth About TanaCon as well as the audience-voted ‘Creator Of The Year’ award. (Dawson's TanaCon series also took home an award for ‘Editing’ that was not presented during last night’s live YouTube broadcast).
This year's Streamys, hosted by The Try Guys -- with group member Eugene Yee Lang decked out in full drag -- also featured trophy presenter Charo changing into multiple showstopping outfits throughout the evening. And with the midterm elections just around the corner, several onstage presenters -- including Mamrie Hart, Grace Helbig, Liza Koshy, and DeStorm Power -- urged Streamys viewers to get out and vote.
Other notable winners last night included ‘Breakout Creator’ Emma Chamberlain, David Dobrik...
This year's Streamys, hosted by The Try Guys -- with group member Eugene Yee Lang decked out in full drag -- also featured trophy presenter Charo changing into multiple showstopping outfits throughout the evening. And with the midterm elections just around the corner, several onstage presenters -- including Mamrie Hart, Grace Helbig, Liza Koshy, and DeStorm Power -- urged Streamys viewers to get out and vote.
Other notable winners last night included ‘Breakout Creator’ Emma Chamberlain, David Dobrik...
- 10/23/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
“Afrikaners is plesierig, dit can julle glo,” runs the chorus of the rustiest chestnut in Afrikaans folk music. It isn’t heard, much less proven, in “The Harvesters,” South African writer-director Etienne Kallos’ muscular, mood-rich debut feature. Unusual within the annals of its national cinema for its searching examination of the country’s once-dominant, now-dwindling white Afrikaner population, this sternly moving, vividly shot rural drama draws quasi-Biblical resonance from its tale of teenage foster brothers locked in a familial and cultural power struggle on a remote farmstead. That a low-key queer undercurrent courses through the conflict somewhat broadens the festival and distribution prospects of the film, the fine social divisions of which will nonetheless be unfamiliar to many outside viewers; in a Cannes edition heavy on auspicious debuts, this is among the most excitingly complete.
It says much about the out-of-time nature of life in the Bible belt of South...
It says much about the out-of-time nature of life in the Bible belt of South...
- 5/15/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
At the end of a bumper year for film-making, Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw unveils the contenders for his very own – imaginary – film awards
Most critics compile year-end roundups in a mood of shrugging acceptance that not every year can be great. But actually 2012 has been vintage, with some really brilliant films from the biggest names doing their best work – and some fascinating documentaries. So once again, I have created my imaginary awards nominations in the following categories: best film, best director, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best documentary and best screenplay. You will have to imagine me, in full tuxedo-style evening wear announcing the Braddies at the Dorchester. (I have put Seth MacFarlane, Michael Haneke and Kylie Minogue on my table.)
So, the nominations are …
Best film
Amour (dir. Michael Haneke)
The Master (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Holy Motors (dir. Leos Carax)
Killing Them Softly (dir.
Most critics compile year-end roundups in a mood of shrugging acceptance that not every year can be great. But actually 2012 has been vintage, with some really brilliant films from the biggest names doing their best work – and some fascinating documentaries. So once again, I have created my imaginary awards nominations in the following categories: best film, best director, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best documentary and best screenplay. You will have to imagine me, in full tuxedo-style evening wear announcing the Braddies at the Dorchester. (I have put Seth MacFarlane, Michael Haneke and Kylie Minogue on my table.)
So, the nominations are …
Best film
Amour (dir. Michael Haneke)
The Master (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Holy Motors (dir. Leos Carax)
Killing Them Softly (dir.
- 12/13/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Following strong reviews on its cinematic run earlier this year, Oliver Hermanus' heartbreaking Beauty (Skoonheid, 2011) makes its way onto DVD this Monday (8 October), courtesy of our Screen Award-winning friends at Peccadillo Pictures. To celebrate this release, we've kindly been given Three DVD copies of the film to give away to our valued readership. 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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- 10/7/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Susan Weeks Coulter, Gfi Founder and Board Chair, is in Cannes and available to meet with filmmakers, producers and sales agents regarding projects in development, and films seeking distribution and/or production funding.
(Look for the yellow bag!)
The Global Film Initiative is a leading distributor and funder of films from Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, including:
Miss Lovely (dir. Ashim Ahluwalia, India). Un Certain Regard. Isa: Fortissimo. Screening May 24 and May 25.
Fat, Bald, Short Man/Gordo, Calvo Y Bajito (dir. Carlos Osuna, Colombia). There is no International Sales Agent. This film which I first saw as a work in progress in San Sebastian tells a wonderful emotionally fulfilling story of a fat, bald, short man using the simplest animated drawings. Whoever sees it loves it as you can see from its very long list of showcases:
2008. Selected for Cinéma in Développement a branch of Cinéma en Construction an initiative promoted by San Sebastián Film Festival and the Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse.
2009. Winner of the Feature Film Production category of the Colombian Cinematographic Development Fund (Fdc) contest.
2010. Best Feature Film Project during the V Producer’s Encounter of Cartagena Film Festival.
2010. Selected to be part of the Producers Network of Cannes Film Festival.
2010. Selected to be part of the Movie Market of Annecy Animated Film Festival.
2011. Selected to be part of Guadalajara Construye 5.
2011. Winner of the Fonds Sud Cinema Fund for post-production.
2011. Winner of the Fix Comunicación Prize during Guadalajara Construye 5.
2011. Winner of the Art Digital Prize during Guadalajara Construye 5.
2011. Biarritz Film Festival. Avant Premiere Section. Out of competition.
2011. Warsaw Film Festival. Free Spirit Competition. In competition.
2011. Chicago Film Festival. World Cinema Program. Out of competition.
2011. India Film Festival.
2011. Amiens Film Festival. In Competition.
2010. Best Feature Film Project during the V Producer’s Encounter of Cartagena Film Festival. 2010. Selected to be part of the Producers Network of Cannes Film Festival. 2010. Selected to be part of the Movie Market of Annecy Animated Film Festival. 2011. Selected to be part of Guadalajara Construye 5. 2011. Winner of the Fonds Sud Cinema Fund for post-production. 2011. Winner of the Fix Comunicación Prize during Guadalajara Construye 5. 2011. Winner of the Art Digital Prize during Guadalajara Construye 5. 2011. Biarritz Film Festival. Avant Premiere Section. Out of competition. 2011. Warsaw Film Festival. Free Spirit Competition. In competition. 2011. Chicago Film Festival. World Cinema Program. Out of competition. 2011. India Film Festival. 2011. Amiens Film Festival. In Competition.
Beauty/Skoonheid (dir. Oliver Hermanus, South Africa), Premiered Cannes Ff 2011 Un Certain Regard. Isa: MK2.
Grey Matter/ MatiÈRe Grise (dir. Kivu Ruhorahoza, Rwanda) has played in the Tribeca Film Festival 2012 (Special Jury Mention Best Actor), Rio,Warsaw, Rotterdam, Durban, Dubai, Melbourne International Film Festival 2012
The Boda Boda Thieves (dir. Donald Mugisha, Uganda).
Click on the links below for recent Gfi news:
Festivals & Awards: Gfi Grantee Miss Lovely Selected for Un Certain Regard
Granting: George Ovashvili and Li Ruijun Among Gfi's Winter 2012 Grantees
Distribution: Watch The Finger and other Global Lens 2012 Films on Festival Scope!
Industry: Gfi Co-sponsors the Sierra Leone International Film Festival
New On DVD:Sérgio Bianchi's The Tenants and Levan Koguashvili's Street Days...
(Look for the yellow bag!)
The Global Film Initiative is a leading distributor and funder of films from Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, including:
Miss Lovely (dir. Ashim Ahluwalia, India). Un Certain Regard. Isa: Fortissimo. Screening May 24 and May 25.
Fat, Bald, Short Man/Gordo, Calvo Y Bajito (dir. Carlos Osuna, Colombia). There is no International Sales Agent. This film which I first saw as a work in progress in San Sebastian tells a wonderful emotionally fulfilling story of a fat, bald, short man using the simplest animated drawings. Whoever sees it loves it as you can see from its very long list of showcases:
2008. Selected for Cinéma in Développement a branch of Cinéma en Construction an initiative promoted by San Sebastián Film Festival and the Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse.
2009. Winner of the Feature Film Production category of the Colombian Cinematographic Development Fund (Fdc) contest.
2010. Best Feature Film Project during the V Producer’s Encounter of Cartagena Film Festival.
2010. Selected to be part of the Producers Network of Cannes Film Festival.
2010. Selected to be part of the Movie Market of Annecy Animated Film Festival.
2011. Selected to be part of Guadalajara Construye 5.
2011. Winner of the Fonds Sud Cinema Fund for post-production.
2011. Winner of the Fix Comunicación Prize during Guadalajara Construye 5.
2011. Winner of the Art Digital Prize during Guadalajara Construye 5.
2011. Biarritz Film Festival. Avant Premiere Section. Out of competition.
2011. Warsaw Film Festival. Free Spirit Competition. In competition.
2011. Chicago Film Festival. World Cinema Program. Out of competition.
2011. India Film Festival.
2011. Amiens Film Festival. In Competition.
2010. Best Feature Film Project during the V Producer’s Encounter of Cartagena Film Festival. 2010. Selected to be part of the Producers Network of Cannes Film Festival. 2010. Selected to be part of the Movie Market of Annecy Animated Film Festival. 2011. Selected to be part of Guadalajara Construye 5. 2011. Winner of the Fonds Sud Cinema Fund for post-production. 2011. Winner of the Fix Comunicación Prize during Guadalajara Construye 5. 2011. Winner of the Art Digital Prize during Guadalajara Construye 5. 2011. Biarritz Film Festival. Avant Premiere Section. Out of competition. 2011. Warsaw Film Festival. Free Spirit Competition. In competition. 2011. Chicago Film Festival. World Cinema Program. Out of competition. 2011. India Film Festival. 2011. Amiens Film Festival. In Competition.
Beauty/Skoonheid (dir. Oliver Hermanus, South Africa), Premiered Cannes Ff 2011 Un Certain Regard. Isa: MK2.
Grey Matter/ MatiÈRe Grise (dir. Kivu Ruhorahoza, Rwanda) has played in the Tribeca Film Festival 2012 (Special Jury Mention Best Actor), Rio,Warsaw, Rotterdam, Durban, Dubai, Melbourne International Film Festival 2012
The Boda Boda Thieves (dir. Donald Mugisha, Uganda).
Click on the links below for recent Gfi news:
Festivals & Awards: Gfi Grantee Miss Lovely Selected for Un Certain Regard
Granting: George Ovashvili and Li Ruijun Among Gfi's Winter 2012 Grantees
Distribution: Watch The Finger and other Global Lens 2012 Films on Festival Scope!
Industry: Gfi Co-sponsors the Sierra Leone International Film Festival
New On DVD:Sérgio Bianchi's The Tenants and Levan Koguashvili's Street Days...
- 5/22/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Lightning Entertainment’s Slate Of New Titles For Cannes Includes Chris Colfer’s Struck By Lightning
Lightning Entertainment has acquired international rights to five feature films and will present the slate of new titles, including the star-studded comedy Struck By Lightning written by and starring Glee.s Chris Colfer, to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market, it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment.
Struck By Lightning will make its market premiere at the Marché du Film following its Tribeca Film Festival world debut where it received an overwhelmingly positive response. Servitude will also make its market premiere with promotional footage being shown for family film Heaven.S Door and South African thriller One Last Look. Black South-easter is currently in production.
.We are thrilled to present this eclectic slate of new titles featuring films from across the globe to our buyers at Cannes and we are incredibly excited that both Struck By Lightning and Servitude will be making their market premieres next month,...
Struck By Lightning will make its market premiere at the Marché du Film following its Tribeca Film Festival world debut where it received an overwhelmingly positive response. Servitude will also make its market premiere with promotional footage being shown for family film Heaven.S Door and South African thriller One Last Look. Black South-easter is currently in production.
.We are thrilled to present this eclectic slate of new titles featuring films from across the globe to our buyers at Cannes and we are incredibly excited that both Struck By Lightning and Servitude will be making their market premieres next month,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
★★★★☆ Winner of the Queer Palm at last year's Cannes Film Festival, South African director Oliver Hermanus' sophomore feature Beauty (Skoonheid, 2011) is a devastatingly powerful story of obsession and sexual denial, which in itself acts as a powerful allegory for his country's continued transition from a nation of archaic beliefs and traditions to a more open and accepting culture.
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- 4/18/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
From Albania to Vietnam, 63 countries are hoping that their film entry will get picked to fill one of the five slots for Best Foreign Language Film for the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
Five slots, 63 countries, the competition is fierce! Is your country of choice one of the 63 hopefuls?
I'm happy that my home country, the Philippines, has an entry, the dramedy "The Woman in the Septic Tank" from director Marlon N. Rivera. Released in the Philippines on August 3rd, the film became the highest grossing independent movie in my country's cinema history. So keeping my fingers crossed for this movie!
The shortlist will be released in January and then it will be whittled down to five contenders when the nominations are announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. The winner will be announced on Oscar night on Sunday, February 26, 2012.
Take a look at the complete list of Best Foreign Language hopefuls:
Albania, "Amnesty,...
Five slots, 63 countries, the competition is fierce! Is your country of choice one of the 63 hopefuls?
I'm happy that my home country, the Philippines, has an entry, the dramedy "The Woman in the Septic Tank" from director Marlon N. Rivera. Released in the Philippines on August 3rd, the film became the highest grossing independent movie in my country's cinema history. So keeping my fingers crossed for this movie!
The shortlist will be released in January and then it will be whittled down to five contenders when the nominations are announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. The winner will be announced on Oscar night on Sunday, February 26, 2012.
Take a look at the complete list of Best Foreign Language hopefuls:
Albania, "Amnesty,...
- 10/17/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Yesterday the Academy finally released the full list of 2012 Foreign Language Oscar contenders adding four films I did not have on my previous list from the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, United Kingdom and a mysterious title I can't find anything about from Kazakhstan and now that the short list has been announced and everyone has posted the Academy's press release it's like searching for a needle in a haystack if you go looking for more information on it. That said, if anyone has a link to any information on Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky's Returning to the 'A' I would love to share it as I have links and information for all other 62 films submitted for consideration. As I said in my last post addressing the category, I haven't seen any of these films, a rarity for me, but based on buzz the top contenders would seem to include Zhang Yimou's The War of Flowers,...
- 10/14/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Oscar 2012: New Zealand/First Samoan Feature Among Best Foreign Language Film Contenders Albania, Amnesty, Bujar Alimani, director; Argentina, Aballay, Fernando Spiner, director; Austria, Breathing, Karl Markovics, director; Belgium, Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam, director; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belvedere, Ahmed Imamovic, director; Brazil, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, José Padilha, director; Bulgaria, Tilt, Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director; Canada, Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau, director; Chile, Violeta Went to Heaven, Andrés Wood, director; China, The Flowers of War, Zhang Yimou, director; Colombia, The Colors of the Mountain, Carlos César Arbeláez, director; Croatia, 72 Days, Danilo Serbedzija, director; Cuba, Havanastation, Ian Padrón, director; Czech Republic, Alois Nebel, Tomás Lunák, director; Denmark, Superclásico, Ole Christian Madsen, director; Dominican Republic, Love Child, Leticia Tonos, director; Egypt, Lust, Khaled el Hagar, director; Estonia, Letters to Angel, Sulev Keedus, director; Finland, Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki, director; France, Declaration of War,...
- 10/13/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
We gave you an update a few weeks ago, but The Academy now has its final list of the 63 films competing for Best Foreign Film Oscar. This list will get cut down as films screen and the committee decides on a final five when the nominations get announced late January. The notable films include Iran’s A Separation, which we adored and China’s massive budget The Flowers of War starring Christian Bale (which isn’t even complete to my knowledge).
Mexico’s Miss Bala (read our Cannes and Vancouver reviews) and Finland’s Le Havre (our Cannes and Toronto reviews) are also contenders. Lebanon’s Where Do We Go Now? is also in the mix, a drama that won the top prize at Toronto. There are many others we’ve seen at festivals, so follow that coverage here as we head into Oscar season. Check out the press release below.
Mexico’s Miss Bala (read our Cannes and Vancouver reviews) and Finland’s Le Havre (our Cannes and Toronto reviews) are also contenders. Lebanon’s Where Do We Go Now? is also in the mix, a drama that won the top prize at Toronto. There are many others we’ve seen at festivals, so follow that coverage here as we head into Oscar season. Check out the press release below.
- 10/13/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Press Release:
Beverly Hills, CA - Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®.
The 2011 submissions are:
Albania, “Amnesty,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Argentina, “Aballay,” Fernando Spiner, director;
Austria, “Breathing,” Karl Markovics, director;
Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina,”Belvedere,” Ahmed Imamovic, director;
Brazil, “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within,” José Padilha, director;
Bulgaria, “Tilt,” Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director;
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe Falardeau, director;
Chile, “Violeta Went to Heaven,” Andrés Wood, director;
China, “The Flowers of War,” Zhang Yimou, director;
Colombia, “The Colors of the Mountain,” Carlos César Arbeláez, director;
Croatia, “72 Days,” Danilo Serbedzija, director;
Cuba, “Havanastation,” Ian Padrón, director;
Czech Republic,”Alois Nebel,” Tomás Lunák, director;
Denmark, “Superclásico,” Ole Christian Madsen, director;
Dominican Republic,”Love Child,” Leticia Tonos, director;
Egypt, “Lust,” Khaled el Hagar, director;
Estonia, “Letters to Angel,” Sulev Keedus, director;
Finland,...
Beverly Hills, CA - Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®.
The 2011 submissions are:
Albania, “Amnesty,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Argentina, “Aballay,” Fernando Spiner, director;
Austria, “Breathing,” Karl Markovics, director;
Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina,”Belvedere,” Ahmed Imamovic, director;
Brazil, “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within,” José Padilha, director;
Bulgaria, “Tilt,” Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director;
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe Falardeau, director;
Chile, “Violeta Went to Heaven,” Andrés Wood, director;
China, “The Flowers of War,” Zhang Yimou, director;
Colombia, “The Colors of the Mountain,” Carlos César Arbeláez, director;
Croatia, “72 Days,” Danilo Serbedzija, director;
Cuba, “Havanastation,” Ian Padrón, director;
Czech Republic,”Alois Nebel,” Tomás Lunák, director;
Denmark, “Superclásico,” Ole Christian Madsen, director;
Dominican Republic,”Love Child,” Leticia Tonos, director;
Egypt, “Lust,” Khaled el Hagar, director;
Estonia, “Letters to Angel,” Sulev Keedus, director;
Finland,...
- 10/13/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Update: The total is now 60 films as Steve Pond at The Wrap informs us the Domenican Republic's submission La hija natural has been accepted. He also says we should expect four or five more films to be added to the list by the time things are said and done. My original post follows...
The deadline for countries to submit films for consideration at this year's Oscars was Monday, October 3 and this year's list is a little lighter than last (so far) as 60 countries have offered up submissions compared to 66 last year and 67 the year before that. Looking over the complete list, which I have included directly below and can always be viewed in my "The Contenders" section right here, there are a few that stand out based on what I've heard, but then again, this is the first year I can ever remember where I haven't seen a single one of the entries.
The deadline for countries to submit films for consideration at this year's Oscars was Monday, October 3 and this year's list is a little lighter than last (so far) as 60 countries have offered up submissions compared to 66 last year and 67 the year before that. Looking over the complete list, which I have included directly below and can always be viewed in my "The Contenders" section right here, there are a few that stand out based on what I've heard, but then again, this is the first year I can ever remember where I haven't seen a single one of the entries.
- 10/7/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
We are looking for upwards of 65 total submissions for Oscar's list of Foreign Language contenders and we are inching closer as I have just added 18 more titles to the list bringing the total up to 40. Today I added submissions from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Israel, Peru, Slovakia, South Africa and Vietnam along with China's submission of Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War starring Christian Bale.
Yimou, as I'm sure most of you know, is best known for helming House of Flying Daggers and Hero and with Flowers of War he's working from an adaptation of Geling Yan's novel "13 Flowers of Nanjing," centering on the Nanjing Massacre, when Japanese troops killed thousands of Chinese citizens in what was then the nation's capital in 1937. Bale plays John Haufman, an American trapped amidst the chaos of battle and the ensuing occupation takes shelter,...
Yimou, as I'm sure most of you know, is best known for helming House of Flying Daggers and Hero and with Flowers of War he's working from an adaptation of Geling Yan's novel "13 Flowers of Nanjing," centering on the Nanjing Massacre, when Japanese troops killed thousands of Chinese citizens in what was then the nation's capital in 1937. Bale plays John Haufman, an American trapped amidst the chaos of battle and the ensuing occupation takes shelter,...
- 9/23/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Tla picks up South African Beauty drama helmed by Oliver Hermanus Toronto 2011 - Tla Releasing has picked up U.S. distribution rights to the story which follows a family man devoid of any care to be happy, until a change encounter changes his life, reports Variety. Beauty's showing in the World Contemporary Cinema section of the Toronto International Film Festival. The film has stirred interest and been picked up in several international venues including Australia and Germany by Pro Fun, the U.K. by Pecadillo Pictures, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg by ABC Distribution...
- 9/13/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Tla Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to South African drama "Beauty" (aka "Skoonheid"), which will screen in the Toronto International Film Festival's World Contemporary Cinema section. Directed by by Oliver Hermanus, "Beauty" tells the story of a married man who is forced to deal with his attraction to other men. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard sidebar and received the unofficial Queer Palm award.
- 9/12/2011
- Indiewire
With a total of 50+1 films from around the world, the Contemporary World Cinema programme could very well be a film festival in its own right. Once again loaded in Cannes North American premieres from, the section also includes world preem titles: Xiaolu Guo's UFO in her Eyes, Lynn Shelton's Your Sister's Sister (starring Emily Blunt see pic above), Nacho Vigalondo's Extraterrestrial and Christophe Van Rompaey's Lena. Among Cannes titles we can vouch for, which will play out in the section and happen to tell us that this world is not healthy state of affairs we have Andrey Zvyagintsev's brilliant Elena, Gerardo Naranjo's Miss Bala , and Markus Schleinzer' Michael. Here's the full list: Always Brando Ridha Béhi, Tunisia World Premiere After meeting Anis Raache, a young Tunisian actor who bears a stunning resemblance to young Marlon Brando, Tunisian master Ridha Béhi decided to write a film casting the two.
- 8/16/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
As noted in previous lineup announcement entries, (Visions, Wavelengths, Future Projections, Galas and Special Presentations), the Toronto International Film Festival (September 9 through 18) has released some of its most anticipated lineups today. We're taking them one at a time, first posting them program by program with descriptions provided by the festival — and then returning over the coming hours and days to add links and further notes. Here's the lineup for the Contemporary World Cinema program.
Karim Aïnouz's The Silver Cliff. A phone message from her husband propels Violeta into the streets of Rio until sunrise. Telling their teenage son that a last minute trip has come up, she sets out to find her husband. Rio at night is her sole companion as she struggles to face his abrupt and sudden change of heart, but the beach also provides renewal, unexpected meetings and a window to a whole other world.
Ozcan Alper's Future Lasts Forever.
Karim Aïnouz's The Silver Cliff. A phone message from her husband propels Violeta into the streets of Rio until sunrise. Telling their teenage son that a last minute trip has come up, she sets out to find her husband. Rio at night is her sole companion as she struggles to face his abrupt and sudden change of heart, but the beach also provides renewal, unexpected meetings and a window to a whole other world.
Ozcan Alper's Future Lasts Forever.
- 8/16/2011
- MUBI
Tiff has just announced the final batch of films slated to hit the fest in September. The number of additions is overwhelming. We just posted the complete line-up for the Gala and Special Presentation programs. Now comes the massive wave of movies in the Contemporary World Cinema program. Here is the press release.
Toronto – The Contemporary World Cinema programme delivers 51 cinematic gems from around the globe at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival®. Offering a variety of filmmakers’ voices and perspectives from around the world, the lineup draws from Brazil, China, South Africa, France, Iran, Morocco, the Netherlands, Israel, Portugal, Russia, Canada and more. This snapshot of global trends in cinema also features the North American premieres of new films by directors such as Andrey Zvyagintsev, Gerardo Naranjo, Sion Sono, Asghar Farhadi, Karim Ainouz, Ole Christian Madsen and Cristián Jiménez
Always Brando Ridha Béhi, Tunisia
World Premiere
After meeting Anis Raache,...
Toronto – The Contemporary World Cinema programme delivers 51 cinematic gems from around the globe at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival®. Offering a variety of filmmakers’ voices and perspectives from around the world, the lineup draws from Brazil, China, South Africa, France, Iran, Morocco, the Netherlands, Israel, Portugal, Russia, Canada and more. This snapshot of global trends in cinema also features the North American premieres of new films by directors such as Andrey Zvyagintsev, Gerardo Naranjo, Sion Sono, Asghar Farhadi, Karim Ainouz, Ole Christian Madsen and Cristián Jiménez
Always Brando Ridha Béhi, Tunisia
World Premiere
After meeting Anis Raache,...
- 8/16/2011
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
After three separate announcements (here, here and here), the Toronto International Film Festival has announced the final line-up for their Galas and Special Presentations, as well as a few other categories. Most notable is Andrea Arnold‘s Fish Tank follow-up Wuthering Heights, the next film from Timecrimes director Nacho Vigalondo, as well as Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Alps.
We also get Whit Stillman‘s Damsels in Distress starring Greta Gerwig and Geoffrey Fletcher’s Violet & Daisy starring Saoirse Ronan and James Gandolfini. In what should be a little fun we have Gary McKendry‘s Killer Elite starring Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham. We also get Owen’s horror flick Intruders and Joel Schumacher‘s Trespass starring Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage. Check out the full line-ups below.
Galas
Closing Night Film
Page Eight David Hare, United Kingdom
International Premiere
Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is a long-serving M15 officer.
We also get Whit Stillman‘s Damsels in Distress starring Greta Gerwig and Geoffrey Fletcher’s Violet & Daisy starring Saoirse Ronan and James Gandolfini. In what should be a little fun we have Gary McKendry‘s Killer Elite starring Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham. We also get Owen’s horror flick Intruders and Joel Schumacher‘s Trespass starring Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage. Check out the full line-ups below.
Galas
Closing Night Film
Page Eight David Hare, United Kingdom
International Premiere
Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is a long-serving M15 officer.
- 8/16/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Nader and Simin, A Separation (Iran) directed by Asghar Farhadi won the Best Film at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival.
“…a masterpiece! We are awarding Best Film for the simplicity and precision of Asghar Farhadi’s craft and his portrayal of the complexities of this family and society in a way that is subtle and universally understood,” the Jury said in its statement.
Andrey Zvyagintsev was awarded the Best Director for Elena (Russia).
Skoonheid directed by Oliver Hermanus won the award for the Best South African Feature Film.
The Best First Feature Film went to The Dynamiter (USA), directed by Matthew Gordon.
Best Documentary went to Position Among the Stars (The Netherlands), directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich. “With its incredibly intimate portrayal of life in Indonesia’s slums, this daring documentary illuminates family relations while treating its subjects with dignity,” the Jury said.
Dirty Laundry (South Africa), directed by...
“…a masterpiece! We are awarding Best Film for the simplicity and precision of Asghar Farhadi’s craft and his portrayal of the complexities of this family and society in a way that is subtle and universally understood,” the Jury said in its statement.
Andrey Zvyagintsev was awarded the Best Director for Elena (Russia).
Skoonheid directed by Oliver Hermanus won the award for the Best South African Feature Film.
The Best First Feature Film went to The Dynamiter (USA), directed by Matthew Gordon.
Best Documentary went to Position Among the Stars (The Netherlands), directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich. “With its incredibly intimate portrayal of life in Indonesia’s slums, this daring documentary illuminates family relations while treating its subjects with dignity,” the Jury said.
Dirty Laundry (South Africa), directed by...
- 8/2/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
High time to round up the films at this year's Cannes Film Festival that never saw entries of their own and send them on their way. Today: Un Certain Regard.
"Bakur Bakuradze's The Hunter seems like a ficticious version of Raymond Depardon's Modern Life, a trilogy on farming that was screened in Cannes in 2008," finds Moritz Pfeifer, who also interviews the director for the East European Film Bulletin. "With no soundtrack, no professional actors, little dialogue and a minimalist plot, the film depicts the daily life of Ivan (Mikhail Barskovich) as he peacefully runs his pig farm in one of the less populous areas of northwestern Russia…. Clearly, Bakuradze wants to depict an alternative world, and the spirit of his film is more utopian than its hyper-realistic images suggest."
Grumbles the Hollywood Reporter's Kirk Honeycutt: "There is maybe 10 to 15 minutes of actual story located within this 124 minute slog,...
"Bakur Bakuradze's The Hunter seems like a ficticious version of Raymond Depardon's Modern Life, a trilogy on farming that was screened in Cannes in 2008," finds Moritz Pfeifer, who also interviews the director for the East European Film Bulletin. "With no soundtrack, no professional actors, little dialogue and a minimalist plot, the film depicts the daily life of Ivan (Mikhail Barskovich) as he peacefully runs his pig farm in one of the less populous areas of northwestern Russia…. Clearly, Bakuradze wants to depict an alternative world, and the spirit of his film is more utopian than its hyper-realistic images suggest."
Grumbles the Hollywood Reporter's Kirk Honeycutt: "There is maybe 10 to 15 minutes of actual story located within this 124 minute slog,...
- 5/31/2011
- MUBI
Robert De Niro and his Cannes jury team have awarded the Palme d’Or to Terrence Malick’s completely uneven Tree of Life – deeming the excessive, overly ambitious, one-note and pretentious meditative movie to be the Best Picture of the 64th edition of the festival. Of course Malick had better things to do yesterday and it was up to producers Bill Pohlad and Dede Gardner to accept the award on his behalf but they did say the director would be ‘delighted’ by the win and he would have thanked his family if he had been there.
De Niro said at the awards press conference;
“Most of us felt very clearly it was the movie, the size of it, the importance seemed to fit the prize. Other movies were good also. It’s a difficult process, and it’s never quite 100%, but most of us thought it was terrific.
There were...
De Niro said at the awards press conference;
“Most of us felt very clearly it was the movie, the size of it, the importance seemed to fit the prize. Other movies were good also. It’s a difficult process, and it’s never quite 100%, but most of us thought it was terrific.
There were...
- 5/23/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life has picked up the coveted prize of Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The past ten winners were The Pianist, Elephant, Fahrenheit 9/11, L’enfant, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, The Class, The White Ribbon, and last year’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Malick’s film also joins the ranks of classics like Pulp Fiction, Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, and La Dolce Vita. I personally found the film to be a masterpiece, well deserving of the award. Check out our full Cannes coverage here, and links to any reviews by clicking the film titles below.
The Palme d’Or winner: Terrence Malick‘s The Tree Of Life.
The Grand Prix: (Tie) The Dardenne’s The Kid With a Bike and Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn...
The Palme d’Or winner: Terrence Malick‘s The Tree Of Life.
The Grand Prix: (Tie) The Dardenne’s The Kid With a Bike and Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn...
- 5/22/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Skoonheid / Beauty Oliver Hermanus' South African drama Skoonheid / Beauty, reportedly the first Afrikaans-language film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival, won the Queer Palm, given to the best Cannes film dealing with what some like to call "queer" — i.e., gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender — issues. Skoonheid was presented in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. In the film, a married, middle-aged South African man (Deon Lotz) is forced to confront his latent homosexuality after he becomes obsessed with the 23-year-old son (Charlie Keegan) of a friend. Come to think of it, let me rephrase that: [...]...
- 5/22/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Cannes Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury President Michel Gondry, Copyright C. Fitte/Getty Images
Michel Gondry and his jury have announced the student filmmaker winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation prizes for 2011.
In a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, the following films were awarded ahead of a screening of their films.
First Prize:
Der Brief (The Letter)
directed by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany
Second Prize:
Drari
directed by Kamal Lazraq
La fémis, France
Third Prize:
Ya-gan-bi-hang (Fly by Night)
directed by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
The awarded films will receive € 15,000 for the First Prize, € 11,250 for the Second and € 7,500 for the Third.
In the official correspondence, the press office noted the following about the Cinéfondation: Created in 1998, the Cinéfondation Selection has showcased student films by directors who are back in Cannes this year with a feature film: Frederikke Aspöck (Labrador), Catalin Mitulescu (Loverboy), Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Trabalhar Cansa), Roland Edzard...
Michel Gondry and his jury have announced the student filmmaker winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation prizes for 2011.
In a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, the following films were awarded ahead of a screening of their films.
First Prize:
Der Brief (The Letter)
directed by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany
Second Prize:
Drari
directed by Kamal Lazraq
La fémis, France
Third Prize:
Ya-gan-bi-hang (Fly by Night)
directed by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
The awarded films will receive € 15,000 for the First Prize, € 11,250 for the Second and € 7,500 for the Third.
In the official correspondence, the press office noted the following about the Cinéfondation: Created in 1998, the Cinéfondation Selection has showcased student films by directors who are back in Cannes this year with a feature film: Frederikke Aspöck (Labrador), Catalin Mitulescu (Loverboy), Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Trabalhar Cansa), Roland Edzard...
- 5/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Cannes Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury President Michel Gondry, Copyright C. Fitte/Getty Images
Michel Gondry and his jury have announced the student filmmaker winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation prizes for 2011.
In a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, the following films were awarded ahead of a screening of their films.
First Prize:
Der Brief (The Letter)
directed by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany
Second Prize:
Drari
directed by Kamal Lazraq
La fémis, France
Third Prize:
Ya-gan-bi-hang (Fly by Night)
directed by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
The awarded films will receive € 15,000 for the First Prize, € 11,250 for the Second and € 7,500 for the Third.
In the official correspondence, the press office noted the following about the Cinéfondation: Created in 1998, the Cinéfondation Selection has showcased student films by directors who are back in Cannes this year with a feature film: Frederikke Aspöck (Labrador), Catalin Mitulescu (Loverboy), Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Trabalhar Cansa), Roland Edzard...
Michel Gondry and his jury have announced the student filmmaker winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation prizes for 2011.
In a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, the following films were awarded ahead of a screening of their films.
First Prize:
Der Brief (The Letter)
directed by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany
Second Prize:
Drari
directed by Kamal Lazraq
La fémis, France
Third Prize:
Ya-gan-bi-hang (Fly by Night)
directed by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
The awarded films will receive € 15,000 for the First Prize, € 11,250 for the Second and € 7,500 for the Third.
In the official correspondence, the press office noted the following about the Cinéfondation: Created in 1998, the Cinéfondation Selection has showcased student films by directors who are back in Cannes this year with a feature film: Frederikke Aspöck (Labrador), Catalin Mitulescu (Loverboy), Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Trabalhar Cansa), Roland Edzard...
- 5/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
One of the pleasures of a festival like Cannes is that there are so many films a day that sometimes it is possible to walk into a film you don’t know anything about, just because it fits the schedule, and be pleasantly surprised. It was the case for Skoonheid (Beauty), the South African entry at the section Une certain regard. The second film by the young Oliver Hermanus is a flawed yet absorbing portrait of a group of Afrikaners (white South Africans) who just don’t seem to accept that life has changed. At the center, a middle aged man who can’t accept the fact that he prefers the company of gentlemen. Successful, married and with two daughters, he attends sex parties where they will just do any men, except for “fags and coloreds.” When he reencounters Christian, the hunky young son of a former friend (who used...
- 5/18/2011
- by Ed Lucatero
- SoundOnSight
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