Summer 1993 — Catalonia, Spain
So cathartic was Summer 1993 that my personal psyche will be marked by it forever. Why this story, about a six year old girl who quietly and slowly comes to terms with the death of her mother and how the process, invisible to anyone watching, culminates in a sudden crescendo of emotion moved me to tears, is what you must find out on your own.
No one knows the emotions of another person unless communication, self-knowledge and compassion work in favor of knowing. Yes tears and laughter mean a lot but without tears and laughter, there are thousands of feelings not communicated which result in actions whose meaning is unknown. And for children who have no words for their feelings or why they act as they do, adults can only surmise and intuit if they are able.
A child of six has no way of knowing death; children are fearless,...
So cathartic was Summer 1993 that my personal psyche will be marked by it forever. Why this story, about a six year old girl who quietly and slowly comes to terms with the death of her mother and how the process, invisible to anyone watching, culminates in a sudden crescendo of emotion moved me to tears, is what you must find out on your own.
No one knows the emotions of another person unless communication, self-knowledge and compassion work in favor of knowing. Yes tears and laughter mean a lot but without tears and laughter, there are thousands of feelings not communicated which result in actions whose meaning is unknown. And for children who have no words for their feelings or why they act as they do, adults can only surmise and intuit if they are able.
A child of six has no way of knowing death; children are fearless,...
- 12/5/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Mubi is exclusively premiering online the new restorations of Hot Thrills and Warm Chills (1967) and The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds (1965) as part of the series ByNWR. I think it was Quentin Tarantino who said that the grindhouse enthusiast not only has to drink a lot of milk to get to the cream, they have to drink a lot of curdled milk. And I generally figured I would leave that to someone else because it didn't sound too appetizing. So I have to be grateful to Nicholas Winding Refn, a sturdier trashonaut than I, who has performed curatorial duties, rediscovering and restoring two prime examples of cultist cream, thick, clotted and soured and probably very bad for your figure. I shouldn't, I really shouldn't. But I'm going to.Hot Thrills and Warm Chills (1967) accompanies its nonsensical title with some really exciting Latin rhythms, credited to "Dario de Mexico" (who has...
- 11/1/2017
- MUBI
Four students from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television were honored Monday night as winners of the 62nd annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, which recognize excellence in dramatic writing.
John Goldwyn, president, and Tony Goldwyn, vice president, of the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, announced the awards. First prize went to Liz Buda for her screenplay Zero Hour. The other winners were: second prize, Joey Siara, Goslinged; and tied for third prize, Godwin Itai Japangwe for R.O.V.E.R. and Eric Mallory Morgan for Hole in the Sky. Morgan was a repeat winner, having won first prize in 2016 for his script...
John Goldwyn, president, and Tony Goldwyn, vice president, of the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, announced the awards. First prize went to Liz Buda for her screenplay Zero Hour. The other winners were: second prize, Joey Siara, Goslinged; and tied for third prize, Godwin Itai Japangwe for R.O.V.E.R. and Eric Mallory Morgan for Hole in the Sky. Morgan was a repeat winner, having won first prize in 2016 for his script...
- 10/31/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 62nd annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards announced the winners of the yearly competition that recognizes excellence in dramatic writing. The four finalists from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television were announced in September. President of the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation John Goldwyn announced the winners alongside Vice President Tony Goldwyn. First prize went to Liz Buda for " Zero Hour" while second prize was awarded to Joey Siara for "Goslinged." Godwin…...
- 10/31/2017
- Deadline
Update: Audience award winner revealed; Good Manners, Winter Brothers also among winners.
Documentary filmmaker Wang Bing became the fifth director from China in Locarno’s seven-decade history to win the top honour of the Golden Leopard at this year’s edition.
Mrs. Fang, which is the first documentray ever to win the festival’s top prize, follows the last days of a 67-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in southern China.
Previous Golden Leopard winners from China were Hongqui Li with Winter Vacation in 2010 and Xiaolu Guo with She, a Chinese a year before, as well as Shuo Wang with Father in 2000 and Yue Lü with Mr Zhao in 1998.
The decision by the international competition jury, headed by director Olivier Assayas, reflects a trend at international festivals of recent years for documentaries beating out competition from fiction productions.
While the special jury prize went to the Brazilian writing and directing team Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra’s Good Manners about...
Documentary filmmaker Wang Bing became the fifth director from China in Locarno’s seven-decade history to win the top honour of the Golden Leopard at this year’s edition.
Mrs. Fang, which is the first documentray ever to win the festival’s top prize, follows the last days of a 67-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in southern China.
Previous Golden Leopard winners from China were Hongqui Li with Winter Vacation in 2010 and Xiaolu Guo with She, a Chinese a year before, as well as Shuo Wang with Father in 2000 and Yue Lü with Mr Zhao in 1998.
The decision by the international competition jury, headed by director Olivier Assayas, reflects a trend at international festivals of recent years for documentaries beating out competition from fiction productions.
While the special jury prize went to the Brazilian writing and directing team Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra’s Good Manners about...
- 8/12/2017
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
'Amazing Tales from the Archives': Pioneering female documentarian Aloha Wanderwell Baker remembered at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival – along with the largely forgotten sound-on-cylinder technology and the Jean Desmet Collection. 'Amazing Tales from the Archives': San Francisco Silent Film Festival & the 'sound-on-cylinder' system Fans of the earliest sound films would have enjoyed the first presentation at the 2017 San Francisco Silent Film Festival, held June 1–4: “Amazing Tales from the Archives,” during which Library of Congress' Nitrate Film Vault Manager George Willeman used a wealth of enjoyable film clips to examine the Thomas Edison Kinetophone process. In the years 1913–1914, long before The Jazz Singer and Warner Bros.' sound-on-disc technology, the sound-on-cylinder system invaded the nascent film industry with a collection of “talkies.” The sound was scratchy and muffled, but “recognizable.” Notably, this system focused on dialogue, rather than music or sound effects. As with the making of other recordings at the time, the...
- 6/28/2017
- by Danny Fortune
- Alt Film Guide
Cannes Ends with…Awards — 3rd of 3
The heightened security with machine gun armed soldiers and policemen constantly patrolling was intensified after the Manchester Massacre. With a pall over the festival, one minute of silence was observed for the 22 murdered and flags hung at half-mast. In addition to that, the sudden death at 57 of the Busan Film Festival deputy director Kim Ji-seok and that of the James Bond star Roger Moore brought the film world into a new perspective as we join the larger world to face the random indications of human mortality. High security vs. cinema as a sanctuary of freedom is highlighted this year like no other time that I can recall in my 31 years here.President of the jury, Pedro Almodovar
But life does go on, the jury judges, the stars get press attention on the red carpet and the rest of us continue to wait patiently in...
The heightened security with machine gun armed soldiers and policemen constantly patrolling was intensified after the Manchester Massacre. With a pall over the festival, one minute of silence was observed for the 22 murdered and flags hung at half-mast. In addition to that, the sudden death at 57 of the Busan Film Festival deputy director Kim Ji-seok and that of the James Bond star Roger Moore brought the film world into a new perspective as we join the larger world to face the random indications of human mortality. High security vs. cinema as a sanctuary of freedom is highlighted this year like no other time that I can recall in my 31 years here.President of the jury, Pedro Almodovar
But life does go on, the jury judges, the stars get press attention on the red carpet and the rest of us continue to wait patiently in...
- 5/29/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Cristian Mungiu lead the jury at the 70th edition of the festival.
The winners of the 20th Cinéfondation Selection at the Cannes Film Festival have been announced.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2 600 entries coming from 626 film schools around the world.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu was president of the Jury that also included Clotilde Hesme, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Barry Jenkins and Eric Khoo.
They handed out the prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films, which were:
First Prize:
Paul Est LÀ (Paul Is Here)
Directed by Valentina Maurel
Insas, Belgium
Second Prize:
Heyvan (AniMal)
Directed by Bahram & Bahman Ark
Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran
Third Prize:
Deux ÉGARÉS Sont Morts (Two Youths Died)
Directed by Tommaso Usberti
La Fémis, France
The Cinéfondation allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The winner...
The winners of the 20th Cinéfondation Selection at the Cannes Film Festival have been announced.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2 600 entries coming from 626 film schools around the world.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu was president of the Jury that also included Clotilde Hesme, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Barry Jenkins and Eric Khoo.
They handed out the prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films, which were:
First Prize:
Paul Est LÀ (Paul Is Here)
Directed by Valentina Maurel
Insas, Belgium
Second Prize:
Heyvan (AniMal)
Directed by Bahram & Bahman Ark
Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran
Third Prize:
Deux ÉGARÉS Sont Morts (Two Youths Died)
Directed by Tommaso Usberti
La Fémis, France
The Cinéfondation allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The winner...
- 5/26/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Cannes Critics Week Awards: ‘Makala,’ ‘Gabriel and the Mountain’ Take Top Honors
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Cristian Mungiu and including Clotilde Hesme, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Barry Jenkins and Eric Khoo has awarded the 2017 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. The winners are:
First Prize
“Paul Est Là” (“Paul Is Here”)
Directed by Valentina Maurel
The Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (Insas), Belgium
Second Prize
“Heyvan” (“Animal”)
Directed by Bahram Ark and Bahman Ark
Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran
Third Prize
“Deux Égarés Sont Morts” (“Two Youths Died”)
Directed by Tommaso Usberti
La Fémis, France
The Cinéfondation allocates a €15,000 grant for the first prize, €11,250 for the second and €7,500 for the third. The winner of the first prize is also guaranteed the presentation of his or her first feature film at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Cristian Mungiu and including Clotilde Hesme, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Barry Jenkins and Eric Khoo has awarded the 2017 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. The winners are:
First Prize
“Paul Est Là” (“Paul Is Here”)
Directed by Valentina Maurel
The Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (Insas), Belgium
Second Prize
“Heyvan” (“Animal”)
Directed by Bahram Ark and Bahman Ark
Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran
Third Prize
“Deux Égarés Sont Morts” (“Two Youths Died”)
Directed by Tommaso Usberti
La Fémis, France
The Cinéfondation allocates a €15,000 grant for the first prize, €11,250 for the second and €7,500 for the third. The winner of the first prize is also guaranteed the presentation of his or her first feature film at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 5/26/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Writer/director David Lea first won acclaim in 2002 when Half Life, a short film he co-directed for Greenpeace, won First Prize and Special Jury Prize at the young Advertising Awards in Cannes. He went on to direct award winning music promos for artists such as The Offspring, Emiliana Torrini and was nominated for Best VFX at the MTV music video awards for his work on the Radiohead Promo ‘There, There’.
His last short film Storage (staring Tom Hughes – Cemetery Junction, About Time) premiered at the 66th Venice International Film Festival before screening at festivals around the world. And now he’s released his latest short, On Sunday – a film half a decade in the making – shot on location in Cornwall and painstakingly post produced in the weekends and evenings over the next 5 years…
A man and his dog make their routine walk to the isolated clifftops of Cornwall…but this...
His last short film Storage (staring Tom Hughes – Cemetery Junction, About Time) premiered at the 66th Venice International Film Festival before screening at festivals around the world. And now he’s released his latest short, On Sunday – a film half a decade in the making – shot on location in Cornwall and painstakingly post produced in the weekends and evenings over the next 5 years…
A man and his dog make their routine walk to the isolated clifftops of Cornwall…but this...
- 11/23/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Japanese director Naomi Kawase led the jury at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Naomi Kawase and including Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Marie Larrieu, Radu Muntean and Santiago Loza, has awarded the 2016 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 2 350 entries coming from 548 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
Anna
directed by Or Sinai
The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel
Second Prize:
In The Hills
directed by Hamid Ahmadi
The London Film School, United Kingdom
Joint Third Prize:
A NYALINTÁS Nesze
directed by Nadja Andrasev
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Hungary
Joint Third Prize:
La Culpa, Probablemente
directed by Michael Labarca
Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
Cannes Film Festival allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The winner...
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Naomi Kawase and including Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Marie Larrieu, Radu Muntean and Santiago Loza, has awarded the 2016 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 2 350 entries coming from 548 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
Anna
directed by Or Sinai
The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israel
Second Prize:
In The Hills
directed by Hamid Ahmadi
The London Film School, United Kingdom
Joint Third Prize:
A NYALINTÁS Nesze
directed by Nadja Andrasev
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Hungary
Joint Third Prize:
La Culpa, Probablemente
directed by Michael Labarca
Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
Cannes Film Festival allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The winner...
- 5/20/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Cinefondation winner Juho Kuosmanen makes his feature debut with the Finnish-German-Swedish co-production.
Les Films du Losange has come on board for world sales of Juho Kuosmanen’s debut feature The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki, which has been confirmed to premiere in Cannes Un Certain Regard.
The Finnish-German-Swedish co-production is produced by Aamu Film Company, One Two Films, Tre Vänner and Film Väst.
Backers include the Finnish Film Foundation, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Yle, and Sr/Arte. The project was developed at the Ateliers d’Angers and the Torino Film Lab.
The story is based on the real life of Olli Maki, the Finnish boxer who competes for the featherweight boxing title in 1962, but is distracted by his first love. Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola and Eero Milonoff lead the cast.
The black-and-white film is shot in 16mm.
Kuosmanen won the Cannes Cinefondation First Prize in 2010 with his short The Painting Sellers.
“Juho is very...
Les Films du Losange has come on board for world sales of Juho Kuosmanen’s debut feature The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki, which has been confirmed to premiere in Cannes Un Certain Regard.
The Finnish-German-Swedish co-production is produced by Aamu Film Company, One Two Films, Tre Vänner and Film Väst.
Backers include the Finnish Film Foundation, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Yle, and Sr/Arte. The project was developed at the Ateliers d’Angers and the Torino Film Lab.
The story is based on the real life of Olli Maki, the Finnish boxer who competes for the featherweight boxing title in 1962, but is distracted by his first love. Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola and Eero Milonoff lead the cast.
The black-and-white film is shot in 16mm.
Kuosmanen won the Cannes Cinefondation First Prize in 2010 with his short The Painting Sellers.
“Juho is very...
- 4/16/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Institute is including a touch of Cannes this week as the likes of Pippa Bianco (her short Share was the 2015 winner of Cannes Cinefondation), Alistair Banks Griffin (Two Gates of Sleep premiered in Directors’ Fortnight in 2010), and the Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza tandem (from Critics’ Week Grand Prize in 2013 for Salvo) are among the dozen selected projects for the 2016 January Screenwriters Lab. The immersive, five-day writers’ workshop takes place just prior to the festival at the Sundance Resort in Utah, January 15-20. Look for several of these projects to one day break into not only Sundance, but other major film fests. Here are the selected people & projects:
The projects and fellows selected for the 2016 January Screenwriters Lab are:
Bull (U.S.A.) / Annie Silverstein (Co-writer/Director) and Johnny McAllister (Co-writer)
In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally willful and unforgiving neighbor,...
The projects and fellows selected for the 2016 January Screenwriters Lab are:
Bull (U.S.A.) / Annie Silverstein (Co-writer/Director) and Johnny McAllister (Co-writer)
In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally willful and unforgiving neighbor,...
- 1/11/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Blizzard Entertainment
The final Dlc for Starcraft II, Legacy of the Void, has been released, bringing the saga of one of the world’s most iconic strategy games to a close. If you haven’t experienced the space-based Rts phenomenon yet, then here’s your chance with our giveaway!
For the uninitiated, StarCraft II is a space-based strategy game from Blizzard (who made WarCraft, World of WarCraft, and all the other Crafts), in which you control one of three intergalactic species – the Terrans, the Zerg and the Protoss – in epic battles taking place in distant recesses of space.
Legacy of the Void is a standalone expansion pack for StarCraft II, casting you as the Protoss character Artanis, who leads his troops against all the odds into a last-stand war against the tyrannical alien Amon. At the same time as wrapping up the story, the expansion opens up the multiplayer component of the game,...
The final Dlc for Starcraft II, Legacy of the Void, has been released, bringing the saga of one of the world’s most iconic strategy games to a close. If you haven’t experienced the space-based Rts phenomenon yet, then here’s your chance with our giveaway!
For the uninitiated, StarCraft II is a space-based strategy game from Blizzard (who made WarCraft, World of WarCraft, and all the other Crafts), in which you control one of three intergalactic species – the Terrans, the Zerg and the Protoss – in epic battles taking place in distant recesses of space.
Legacy of the Void is a standalone expansion pack for StarCraft II, casting you as the Protoss character Artanis, who leads his troops against all the odds into a last-stand war against the tyrannical alien Amon. At the same time as wrapping up the story, the expansion opens up the multiplayer component of the game,...
- 11/27/2015
- by Robert Zak
- Obsessed with Film
There was a celebratory vibe at Federation Hall at the Vca in Melbourne last night as this year.s primary and secondary student winners were announced at the 2015 Atom Awards student awards.
Held annually for more than 30 years, the Atom Awards recognise film and media excellence in the education sector and the screen industry. This year there were more than 500 entries from Australian and New Zealand filmmakers.
The award presentation was hosted by Nat Geo Wild.s Ben Britton and was followed by a special screening of all the winning productions.
Atom, in conjunction with the IP Awareness Foundation, also announced the winners of the 2015 My Story My Content short film competition.
The winners in the tertiary and general/open categories of the Atom Awards will be announced on Thursday November 27 in Melbourne.
Content from both events will also be shown on Foxtel community channel Aurora.
The student winners of...
Held annually for more than 30 years, the Atom Awards recognise film and media excellence in the education sector and the screen industry. This year there were more than 500 entries from Australian and New Zealand filmmakers.
The award presentation was hosted by Nat Geo Wild.s Ben Britton and was followed by a special screening of all the winning productions.
Atom, in conjunction with the IP Awareness Foundation, also announced the winners of the 2015 My Story My Content short film competition.
The winners in the tertiary and general/open categories of the Atom Awards will be announced on Thursday November 27 in Melbourne.
Content from both events will also be shown on Foxtel community channel Aurora.
The student winners of...
- 10/28/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Evolution wins special jury prize; Joachim Lafosse’s The White Knights wins Silver Shell.Scroll down for full list of winners
Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Sparrows has won the Golden Shell for best film at the 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 18-26).
Runarsson’s second film, following Volcano (2011), follows 16-year-old Ari, who has to leave his mother’s home in Reykjavik and move back to his former hometown in the isolated Westfjords of Iceland where he navigates a rocky relationship with his father.
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s surreal horror film Evolution picked up the Special Jury Prize. The French director’s first feature in more than a decade follows a young boy living in a mysterious, isolated seaside clinic who uncovers the sinister purposes of his keepers.
The film also saw Manu Dacosse pick up the Jury Prize for best cinematography.
The Silver Shell for best director went to Joachim Lafosse for The White...
Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Sparrows has won the Golden Shell for best film at the 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 18-26).
Runarsson’s second film, following Volcano (2011), follows 16-year-old Ari, who has to leave his mother’s home in Reykjavik and move back to his former hometown in the isolated Westfjords of Iceland where he navigates a rocky relationship with his father.
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s surreal horror film Evolution picked up the Special Jury Prize. The French director’s first feature in more than a decade follows a young boy living in a mysterious, isolated seaside clinic who uncovers the sinister purposes of his keepers.
The film also saw Manu Dacosse pick up the Jury Prize for best cinematography.
The Silver Shell for best director went to Joachim Lafosse for The White...
- 9/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
The Danish comedy The Reunion (Klassefesten) from 2011 is being given an Estonian remake by 1944’s producer Kristian Taska of Taska Film.
Principal photography has begun in the Estonian capital of Tallinn on Klassikokkutulek under the direction of René Vilbre (I Was Here) with a cast including Mait Malmsten, Henry Korvits and Aso Andreson.
The Estonian remake comes in the wake of the successful theatrical release of the Finnish version by Teneli Mustonen for Solar Films earlier this year.
Mustonen’s film - known as Luokkakokous - broke local box-office records when it opened in March, selling more than 150,000 tikets in the first seven days.
Jaana Puskala, Head of Feature Film Promotion at the Finnish Film Foundation, told Screen that the comedy has since been seen by more than half a million, quite a remarkable achievement considering that Finland’s total population is only 5.5m.
Debut for Cinéfondation winner
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Gulf of...
Principal photography has begun in the Estonian capital of Tallinn on Klassikokkutulek under the direction of René Vilbre (I Was Here) with a cast including Mait Malmsten, Henry Korvits and Aso Andreson.
The Estonian remake comes in the wake of the successful theatrical release of the Finnish version by Teneli Mustonen for Solar Films earlier this year.
Mustonen’s film - known as Luokkakokous - broke local box-office records when it opened in March, selling more than 150,000 tikets in the first seven days.
Jaana Puskala, Head of Feature Film Promotion at the Finnish Film Foundation, told Screen that the comedy has since been seen by more than half a million, quite a remarkable achievement considering that Finland’s total population is only 5.5m.
Debut for Cinéfondation winner
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Gulf of...
- 9/25/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Venice titles and award-winners from Cannes, Berlin and Sundance included in Pearls strand.
The 63rd San Sebastian Festival (Sept 18-26) has unveiled the titles that will make up its Pearls section and compete for audience awards worth nearly $80,000.
The line-up comprises some the best of the year’s festivals to date as well as titles set for Venice and Toronto.
Scott Cooper’s mob drama Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp; Charlie Kaufman’s animated Anomalisa; and Pablo Trapero’s sinister drama The Clan will screen at San Sebastian following their premieres at Venice.
Cannes winners in the Pearls strand include Laszlo Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son of Saul, which won the Grand Prix; Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre, winner of the Ecumenical Jury prize; The Assassin, which won Hou Hsiao-Hsien best director; and Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days, which won the Sacd Prize at Directors’ Fortnight.
Other Cannes titles added to the San Sebastian line-up include...
The 63rd San Sebastian Festival (Sept 18-26) has unveiled the titles that will make up its Pearls section and compete for audience awards worth nearly $80,000.
The line-up comprises some the best of the year’s festivals to date as well as titles set for Venice and Toronto.
Scott Cooper’s mob drama Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp; Charlie Kaufman’s animated Anomalisa; and Pablo Trapero’s sinister drama The Clan will screen at San Sebastian following their premieres at Venice.
Cannes winners in the Pearls strand include Laszlo Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son of Saul, which won the Grand Prix; Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre, winner of the Ecumenical Jury prize; The Assassin, which won Hou Hsiao-Hsien best director; and Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days, which won the Sacd Prize at Directors’ Fortnight.
Other Cannes titles added to the San Sebastian line-up include...
- 8/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
This year the renowned AFI Conservatory swept the 2015 Student Academy Awards with the most nominations of any film school in all of this year’s categories, dominating the Narrative category with four of the seven nominees:
"Against Night" directed by Stefan Kubicki (AFI Class of 2014)
The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director/writer Stefan Kubicki, producer Saba Zerehi, cinematographer Nicolas Navia, editor Shayar Bhansali and production designer Aleksandra Zgorska.
"Day One" directed by Henry Hughes (AFI Class of 2014)
The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director/writer Henry Hughes, producer Michael Steiner, cinematographer Kee Sun Kyung, editor Anisha Acharya and production designer Benjamin Cox. The film most recently won the BAFTA U.S. Student Film Award. It has also earned director Hughes and producer Steiner the Directing award and the Drama award, respectively, at the 36th College Television Awards.
"Stealth" directed by Bennett Lasseter (AFI Class of 2014)
The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director Bennett Lasseter, writer/producer Melissa Hoppe, producer Muhua Yang, cinematographer Andressa Cor and editor Leo Chan. The film was also recognized at the 68th Cannes Film Festival’s Emerging Filmmaker Showcase with an Honorable Mention. It also earned Hoppe the Children’s Programming award at the 36th College Television Awards.
"This Way Up" directed by Jeremy Cloe (AFI Class of 2014)
The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director/writer Jeremy Cloe, writer/producer Michael Langer, cinematographer Cory Warner, editor Steven Pristin and production designer Ying-Te “Julie” Chen.
The sweep of nominations continues the winning streak of recent graduates for their AFI film work: the 2015 Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéfondation First Prize and the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase Honorable Mention; five wins at the 36th College Television Awards; two wins at the 2014 DGA Student Film Awards, the BAFTA U.S. Student Film Award at the 12th annual BAFTA U.S. Student Film Awards and a bronze medal at the 2014 Student Academy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences administers the Student Academy Awards, which is an annual nationwide competition for college and university filmmakers that recognizes this country’s most promising new filmmakers.
Winners will be announced September 17, 2015.
"Against Night" directed by Stefan Kubicki (AFI Class of 2014)
The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director/writer Stefan Kubicki, producer Saba Zerehi, cinematographer Nicolas Navia, editor Shayar Bhansali and production designer Aleksandra Zgorska.
"Day One" directed by Henry Hughes (AFI Class of 2014)
The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director/writer Henry Hughes, producer Michael Steiner, cinematographer Kee Sun Kyung, editor Anisha Acharya and production designer Benjamin Cox. The film most recently won the BAFTA U.S. Student Film Award. It has also earned director Hughes and producer Steiner the Directing award and the Drama award, respectively, at the 36th College Television Awards.
"Stealth" directed by Bennett Lasseter (AFI Class of 2014)
The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director Bennett Lasseter, writer/producer Melissa Hoppe, producer Muhua Yang, cinematographer Andressa Cor and editor Leo Chan. The film was also recognized at the 68th Cannes Film Festival’s Emerging Filmmaker Showcase with an Honorable Mention. It also earned Hoppe the Children’s Programming award at the 36th College Television Awards.
"This Way Up" directed by Jeremy Cloe (AFI Class of 2014)
The short film’s credits include AFI Class of 2014 alumni: director/writer Jeremy Cloe, writer/producer Michael Langer, cinematographer Cory Warner, editor Steven Pristin and production designer Ying-Te “Julie” Chen.
The sweep of nominations continues the winning streak of recent graduates for their AFI film work: the 2015 Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéfondation First Prize and the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase Honorable Mention; five wins at the 36th College Television Awards; two wins at the 2014 DGA Student Film Awards, the BAFTA U.S. Student Film Award at the 12th annual BAFTA U.S. Student Film Awards and a bronze medal at the 2014 Student Academy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences administers the Student Academy Awards, which is an annual nationwide competition for college and university filmmakers that recognizes this country’s most promising new filmmakers.
Winners will be announced September 17, 2015.
- 8/3/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Besides the renowned auteurs being awarded yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival, other filmmakers who could soon be part of the main competition were also recognized. The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Abderrahmane Sissako and including Cécile de France, Joana Hadjithomas, Daniel Olbrychski and Rebecca Zlotowski, awarded the 2015 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 1 593 entries coming from 381 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
"Share" directed by Pippa Bianco
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, USA
Second Prize:
"Locas Perdidas" directed by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile
Joint Third Prize:
"The Return of Erkin" directed by Maria Guskova
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Russia
Joint Third Prize:
"Victor Xx" directed by Ian Garrido López
Escac, Spain
The awarded films will received €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that her first feature film will be presented at the Festival de Cannes.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 1 593 entries coming from 381 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
"Share" directed by Pippa Bianco
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, USA
Second Prize:
"Locas Perdidas" directed by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile
Joint Third Prize:
"The Return of Erkin" directed by Maria Guskova
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Russia
Joint Third Prize:
"Victor Xx" directed by Ian Garrido López
Escac, Spain
The awarded films will received €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that her first feature film will be presented at the Festival de Cannes.
- 5/26/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Timbuktu director Abderrahmane Sissako led the jury.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Abderrahmane Sissako and including Cécile de France, Joana Hadjithomas, Daniel Olbrychski and Rebecca Zlotowski, has awarded the 2015 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 1,593 entries coming from 381 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
Share directed by Pippa Bianco
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Us
Second Prize:
Locas Perdidas directed by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile
Joint Third Prize:
The Return Of Erkin directed by Maria Guskova
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Russia
Joint Third Prize:
Victor Xx directed by Ian Garrido López
Escac, Spain
The awarded films will receive €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that her...
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Abderrahmane Sissako and including Cécile de France, Joana Hadjithomas, Daniel Olbrychski and Rebecca Zlotowski, has awarded the 2015 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 1,593 entries coming from 381 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
Share directed by Pippa Bianco
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Us
Second Prize:
Locas Perdidas directed by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile
Joint Third Prize:
The Return Of Erkin directed by Maria Guskova
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Russia
Joint Third Prize:
Victor Xx directed by Ian Garrido López
Escac, Spain
The awarded films will receive €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that her...
- 5/22/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Timbuktu director Abderrahmane Sissako led the jury.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Abderrahmane Sissako and including Cécile de France, Joana Hadjithomas, Daniel Olbrychski and Rebecca Zlotowski, has awarded the 2015 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 1,593 entries coming from 381 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
Share directed by Pippa Bianco
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Us
Second Prize:
Locas Perdidas directed by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile
Joint Third Prize:
The Return Of Erkin directed by Maria Guskova
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Russia
Joint Third Prize:
Victor Xx directed by Ian Garrido López
Escac, Spain
The awarded films will receive €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that her...
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Abderrahmane Sissako and including Cécile de France, Joana Hadjithomas, Daniel Olbrychski and Rebecca Zlotowski, has awarded the 2015 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 1,593 entries coming from 381 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
Share directed by Pippa Bianco
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Us
Second Prize:
Locas Perdidas directed by Ignacio Juricic Merillán
Carrera de Cine y TV Universidad de Chile, Chile
Joint Third Prize:
The Return Of Erkin directed by Maria Guskova
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Russia
Joint Third Prize:
Victor Xx directed by Ian Garrido López
Escac, Spain
The awarded films will receive €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that her...
- 5/22/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Here Are Some of the Best New American Short Films The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, headed by Abderrahmane Sissako and including Cécile de France, Joana Hadjithomas, Daniel Olbrychski and Rebecca Zlotowski, has awarded the 2015 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. The winner of the top prize, "Share," was one of our picks for the best new American short films earlier this month when we saw it at the Maryland Film Festival. We noted that "Share" had "long, engrossing takes on par with the Dardenne brothers and a voyeuristic quality reminiscent of Michael Haneke" and that it "portrays the distinctly modern fear of digital processes beyond our control — and yet, at the same time, with the potential to become dangerously personal." First Prize: "Share" Directed by Pippa Bianco AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women,...
- 5/22/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
Award-winning director’s Waiting For The Sea opened the Rome Film Festival in 2012.
Tadzhik-born director Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov has died today in Berlin following a serious illness. He was 49.
His films as director included Brother (1991), Kosh ba Kosh (1993), Luna Papa (1999), Chic - The Suit (2003), and the long-gestating epic Waiting For The Sea which opened the 7th edition of the Rome Film Festival in 2012.
After graduating from the directing department of Russia’s Vgik State Film School in Moscow in 1989, Khudoinazarov initially worked as an assistant director at the Tadzhikfilm studio and as a radio and TV correspondent.
His films were frequently in the lists of prize-winners at international film festivals, beginning with Brother which received the Grand Prix, Fipresci Prize and the Catholic Film Critics Award at the 1991 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival as well as the Audience Award at Nantes’ Festival des Trois Continents, and Turin International Festival of Young Cinema’s prize for the Best Feature Film, among...
Tadzhik-born director Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov has died today in Berlin following a serious illness. He was 49.
His films as director included Brother (1991), Kosh ba Kosh (1993), Luna Papa (1999), Chic - The Suit (2003), and the long-gestating epic Waiting For The Sea which opened the 7th edition of the Rome Film Festival in 2012.
After graduating from the directing department of Russia’s Vgik State Film School in Moscow in 1989, Khudoinazarov initially worked as an assistant director at the Tadzhikfilm studio and as a radio and TV correspondent.
His films were frequently in the lists of prize-winners at international film festivals, beginning with Brother which received the Grand Prix, Fipresci Prize and the Catholic Film Critics Award at the 1991 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival as well as the Audience Award at Nantes’ Festival des Trois Continents, and Turin International Festival of Young Cinema’s prize for the Best Feature Film, among...
- 4/21/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
We haven't run these competitions for many months now, but due to popular demand, TwitchFilm and Madman are bringing back the massive giveaway competitions. This month, you have the chance to win DVDs of some wonderful films from different parts of the world: First Prize (1 winner): A DVD of each of the films in the gallery belowSecond Prize (2 winners): A DVD of one of the films in the gallery belowFor your chance to win, all you have to do is to follow these two steps:1) Tell me in 35 words or less which of the films in the prize pack you want to see the most and why, and2) Email to me at: hugo[at]twitchfilm.net- Your answer- Your name- Your postal address- Your choice of DVD...
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- 3/21/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys was named best children.s TV series and Mindful Media.s Redesign My Brain took the prizes for best factual series and best documentary, science, technology and the environment, at the 2014 Australian Teachers of Media (Atom) awards.
The best docudrama gong went to Electric Pictures. Enigma Man: A Stone Age Mystery in the awards presented at the Vca in Melbourne on Thursday night. In other documentary categories, Scarlett Pictures. Tender won the prize for general documentary, Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.s JFK: The Smoking Gun collected the history prize and Unicorn Films. Aim High in Creation! won for social and political issues.
Best biography docu went to iKandy Films' 35 Letters and best arts docu was Pop Pictures. Sons and Mothers.
RocKwiz.s Brian Nankervis hosted the event attended by education and screen industry professionals, higher education students, screen funding body reps and sponsors. There were more than...
The best docudrama gong went to Electric Pictures. Enigma Man: A Stone Age Mystery in the awards presented at the Vca in Melbourne on Thursday night. In other documentary categories, Scarlett Pictures. Tender won the prize for general documentary, Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.s JFK: The Smoking Gun collected the history prize and Unicorn Films. Aim High in Creation! won for social and political issues.
Best biography docu went to iKandy Films' 35 Letters and best arts docu was Pop Pictures. Sons and Mothers.
RocKwiz.s Brian Nankervis hosted the event attended by education and screen industry professionals, higher education students, screen funding body reps and sponsors. There were more than...
- 11/27/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Five UCLA students have won Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, which have honored excellent dramatic writing since 1955. Winners receive $15,000 for first place, $7,500 for second place, $4,000 for third place and $1,000 for the honorable mention. They are: First Prize: Han-Yee Ling, "Spaghetti Bridges" Second Prize (tie): Kevin Human, "Hell Is Other Cowboys" Second Prize (tie): Gaia Violo, "Absentia" Third Prize: Teresa Sullivan and A.J. Marchisello, "Doublelind" Honorable Mention: Dan Patrick, "The Village of Sweet Dreams" Past winners include Francis Ford Coppola, Pamela Gray, Colin Higgins, Eric Roth and novelist Jonathan Kellerman. This year's judges were Allison Anders, director/writer/producer and Goldwyn Award winner; Ben Feingold, producer and former President Worldwide Home Entertainment, Digital Distribution and Product Acquisitions at Sony Pictures; and Jeremy Kay, U.S. Editor, Screen International. The prize was...
- 11/4/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
The found footage flick As Above / So Below, directed by John Erick Dowdle (Quarantine, Devil), will be in theatres on August 29th; and right now we have your chance to gear up with this exclusive prize package!
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an email at contests@dreadcentral.com including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
The package includes:
First Prize
(1) T-shirt
(1) Backpack
(1) Messenger Bag
(1) Signed poster
(1) Promo Code Card
Runner-up Prize
(1) T-shirt
(1) Signed poster
This contest will end on at 12:01 Am Pt on August 28th.
Dowdle wrote the script with his brother, Drew, and the film stars Ben Feldman, Perdita Weeks, and Edwin Hodge.
Synopsis
Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls.
When a team of explorers venture into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark...
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an email at contests@dreadcentral.com including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
The package includes:
First Prize
(1) T-shirt
(1) Backpack
(1) Messenger Bag
(1) Signed poster
(1) Promo Code Card
Runner-up Prize
(1) T-shirt
(1) Signed poster
This contest will end on at 12:01 Am Pt on August 28th.
Dowdle wrote the script with his brother, Drew, and the film stars Ben Feldman, Perdita Weeks, and Edwin Hodge.
Synopsis
Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls.
When a team of explorers venture into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark...
- 8/26/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The Sarajevo Film Festival, which concludes Saturday, has been the scene of yet another hard stance from a filmmaker regarding the conflict in Gaza. Late Thursday, outspoken British director Ken Loach gave a speech at the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award Ceremony honoring Palestinian directors Abdel Salam Shehadeh and Ashraf Mashharawi, and called for an “absolute boycott of all the cultural happenings supported by the Israeli state.” According to Screen Daily, he added, “Israel must become a pariah state.” Loach further referred to the U.S., saying, “My country, to its shame, follows the bully that is the United States. But we are not powerless. We can act together.”
Related: Russell Brand Video Says 6 Companies Should Divest Israeli Holdings Over Gaza
The Sarajevo festival was founded during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. Per Screen, Loach said: “I know the people here will know the struggle and bravery you need when you are under siege,...
Related: Russell Brand Video Says 6 Companies Should Divest Israeli Holdings Over Gaza
The Sarajevo festival was founded during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. Per Screen, Loach said: “I know the people here will know the struggle and bravery you need when you are under siege,...
- 8/23/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Honouring two Palestinian filmmakers at the Sarajevo Film Festival, British director Ken Loach branded the Us as a “bully” and said cultural happenings supported by the Israeli state should be boycotted.
British filmmaker Ken Loach has called for the “boycott of all the cultural happenings supported by the Israeli state” at an awards ceremony honouring two Palestinian directors.
The director of Kes and The Wind That Shakes The Barley gave an impassioned speech at the Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 15-23) last night, where he presented the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award to Palestinian directors Abdel Salam Shehadeh and Ashraf Mashharawi.
Loach branded the directors as “probably two of the greatest filmmakers in the world today, because they are making films in Gaza.”
Stirring memories of Sarajevo’s four-year siege from 1992-96, Loach said: “I know the people here will know the struggle and bravery you need when you are under siege, and you feel...
British filmmaker Ken Loach has called for the “boycott of all the cultural happenings supported by the Israeli state” at an awards ceremony honouring two Palestinian directors.
The director of Kes and The Wind That Shakes The Barley gave an impassioned speech at the Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 15-23) last night, where he presented the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award to Palestinian directors Abdel Salam Shehadeh and Ashraf Mashharawi.
Loach branded the directors as “probably two of the greatest filmmakers in the world today, because they are making films in Gaza.”
Stirring memories of Sarajevo’s four-year siege from 1992-96, Loach said: “I know the people here will know the struggle and bravery you need when you are under siege, and you feel...
- 8/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Locarno’s Golden Leopard has been awarded to Filipino director Lav Diaz’s five-and-a-half-hour epic From What Is Before.Scroll down for full list of winners
The film, which has the Filipino title Mula sa kung ano ang noon, also picked up the Fipresci International Critics Prize, the Environment is Quality of Life Prize, and the International Federation of Film Societies’ (Iffs) Don Quixote Prize.
On learning that he had won Locarno’s top honour, Diaz said that he wanted to dedicate the award to his father.
“He brought me cinema, he’s a cinema addict, and he started this passion in me,” said Diaz.
“For the Filipino people, it’s for them, for their struggle, and then I would like to dedicate it to all serious filmmakers in the world, to Pedro Costa, he’s my brother and I love his work, to Matias Pineiro, and to the makers of all the other films in the...
The film, which has the Filipino title Mula sa kung ano ang noon, also picked up the Fipresci International Critics Prize, the Environment is Quality of Life Prize, and the International Federation of Film Societies’ (Iffs) Don Quixote Prize.
On learning that he had won Locarno’s top honour, Diaz said that he wanted to dedicate the award to his father.
“He brought me cinema, he’s a cinema addict, and he started this passion in me,” said Diaz.
“For the Filipino people, it’s for them, for their struggle, and then I would like to dedicate it to all serious filmmakers in the world, to Pedro Costa, he’s my brother and I love his work, to Matias Pineiro, and to the makers of all the other films in the...
- 8/16/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Cannes winner Winter Sleep and Berlin victor Black Coal, Thin Ice amongst line-up.
The 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sep 19-27) has released the line-up for its Pearls strand.
Among the selected films are the winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale, Black Coal, Thin Ice by Yinan Diao, and the film that received the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep.
The section also features new works from directors such as Isao Takahata, Xavier Dolan, Wim Wenders, Abel Ferrara, Laurent Cantet, Naomi Kawase and Mathieu Amalric.
All of the films in the Pearls Section will compete for the Audience Award, with votes cast by spectators at the first public screenings of each film in the section.
The Audience Award is split into two prizes: a First Prize for Best Film, with €50,000 ($67,000), and a Second Prize for Best European Film, with €20,000 ($27,000). The...
The 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sep 19-27) has released the line-up for its Pearls strand.
Among the selected films are the winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale, Black Coal, Thin Ice by Yinan Diao, and the film that received the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep.
The section also features new works from directors such as Isao Takahata, Xavier Dolan, Wim Wenders, Abel Ferrara, Laurent Cantet, Naomi Kawase and Mathieu Amalric.
All of the films in the Pearls Section will compete for the Audience Award, with votes cast by spectators at the first public screenings of each film in the section.
The Audience Award is split into two prizes: a First Prize for Best Film, with €50,000 ($67,000), and a Second Prize for Best European Film, with €20,000 ($27,000). The...
- 8/14/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
My new novel, "Under the Blade" came out last week, and as a way of promoting the project, I put together a fun contest that asks you to buy my book and enter an awesome giveaway with multiple winners. Of course, you gotta do a little work for this one, but only a little!
From now until the end of summer, September 22, 2014, you have an opportunity to enter my "Slasher Summer" contest. By entering, you can win a bundle of slasher films on Blu-ray and DVD. These are some of the films that inspired "Under the Blade," so the tie-in feels appropriate.
Please note this contest isn't sponsored by the labels whose discs I'm giving away. I purchased these titles for the purposes of this contest. Think of this as my advertising budget.
What You Can Win
First prize takes home a bundle of Blu-ray discs valued at $80. These films...
From now until the end of summer, September 22, 2014, you have an opportunity to enter my "Slasher Summer" contest. By entering, you can win a bundle of slasher films on Blu-ray and DVD. These are some of the films that inspired "Under the Blade," so the tie-in feels appropriate.
Please note this contest isn't sponsored by the labels whose discs I'm giving away. I purchased these titles for the purposes of this contest. Think of this as my advertising budget.
What You Can Win
First prize takes home a bundle of Blu-ray discs valued at $80. These films...
- 7/29/2014
- by Matt Serafini
- DreadCentral.com
The 2014 Chinese Visual Festival ran from 7th – 25th May at King’s College London, featuring guest directors Jia Zhangke, Pema Tseden and Chen Yin Yen, plus more than 40 independent films from the Chinese speaking world, Wang Xin’s multi-media art exhibition project The Gallery, a local filmmakers session, panel sessions and an east meets west pipa and piano music concert by Wang Ting and Chris Lee. The 2014 festival was a huge success and represented a considerable expansion on previous years, recording more than double the attendance figures of 2013 for both film and art, and receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from audiences and critics. Chinese Visual Festival is proud to announce its 2014 Audience Awards, as voted for by members of the public. Three awards are made, chosen by voting forms on which the audience were invited to rate films: First Prize Today My Mother Will Get Married (director Jin Ye, China, 2013) Jin...
- 6/6/2014
- by BeyondHollywood Staff
- Beyond Hollywood
Because Madman's massive giveaway competitions have been so popular with our Australian readers, we are again running two giveaway competitions this month! Competition #1To celebrate the release of Hentai Kamen and The Monkey King on DVD, Madman is giving you the chance to win a DVD pack that includes some great Asian fantasy titles. First prize (one winner): All of the DVDs shown in the picture above - Hentai Kamen, The Monkey King, A Werewolf Boy, Doomsday Book, 20th Century Boys TrilogySecond prize (two winners): Hentai Kamen or The Monkey King on DVD.For a chance to win, all you have to do is to follow these two steps:1) Tell me in 25 words or less, which of the movies in the prize pack you like the most...
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- 6/5/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The 2nd annual Haverhill Experimental Film Festival — which was just held in Haverhill, Massachusetts on May 29-June 1 — has announced their list of 9 award winners. Most impressively for a small festival in just its second year is that each winner, including the Honorable Mentions, was awarded a cash prize.
The big winner of the fest was filmmaker Metrah Pashaee, whose Human Body Battleground Organ Organism took home the First Prize award of $300. The Second Prize winner of $200 was Mike Olenick for his Red Luck. This is the second big award for Red Luck this year, which previously took home the Best Looking Award at the 2014 Chicago Underground Film Festival. The Third Prize winner of $100 was Josh Lewis for his Pillager.
Jurors for this years festival were media remix artists Soda_Jerk and experimental documentarian Robert Todd, both of whom awarded two Honorable Mentions each. One of those winners — appropriately awarded by...
The big winner of the fest was filmmaker Metrah Pashaee, whose Human Body Battleground Organ Organism took home the First Prize award of $300. The Second Prize winner of $200 was Mike Olenick for his Red Luck. This is the second big award for Red Luck this year, which previously took home the Best Looking Award at the 2014 Chicago Underground Film Festival. The Third Prize winner of $100 was Josh Lewis for his Pillager.
Jurors for this years festival were media remix artists Soda_Jerk and experimental documentarian Robert Todd, both of whom awarded two Honorable Mentions each. One of those winners — appropriately awarded by...
- 6/3/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
One of the standout titles from my visit to Fantasia last year was Caradog James' sci fi flick The Machine, not only for its ambition, but for what James was able to achieve visually on such a meager budget. Xlrator Media is releasing The Machine on DVD and Blue-ray on June 17 and we have an opportunity for you to win some sweet prizes. First prize is a Blu-ray of the film and you will also get a poster signed by the machine herself, Caity Lotz. Two runner-ups will get a DVD copy of the film and a signed poster as well! Sweet!To enter all you have to do is answer the skill testing question below! E-mail us the answer here and you are entered in...
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- 6/2/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Winter Sleep won the Palme d’Or
The Jury of this 67th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Jane Campion, awarded the Palme d’Or to Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
The Best Director Award went to Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher.
The Camera d’Or went to Party Girl directed by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis presented in the Un Certain Regard Selection.
Full list of awards: (including Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight)
Feature Films
Palme d’Or
Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Grand Prix
Le Meraviglie (The Wonders) by Alice Rohrwacher
Best Director Award
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher
Jury Prize ex-aequo
Mommy by Xavier Dolan
Adieu Au Langage (Goodbye to language) by Jean-Luc Godard
Best Screenplay Award
Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin for Leviathan
Best Actress Award
Julianne Moore in Maps To The Stars by David Cronenberg
Best Actor Award
Timothy Spall in Mr. Turner...
The Jury of this 67th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Jane Campion, awarded the Palme d’Or to Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
The Best Director Award went to Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher.
The Camera d’Or went to Party Girl directed by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis presented in the Un Certain Regard Selection.
Full list of awards: (including Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight)
Feature Films
Palme d’Or
Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Grand Prix
Le Meraviglie (The Wonders) by Alice Rohrwacher
Best Director Award
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher
Jury Prize ex-aequo
Mommy by Xavier Dolan
Adieu Au Langage (Goodbye to language) by Jean-Luc Godard
Best Screenplay Award
Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin for Leviathan
Best Actress Award
Julianne Moore in Maps To The Stars by David Cronenberg
Best Actor Award
Timothy Spall in Mr. Turner...
- 5/25/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 196-minute epic Winter Sleep won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Film Festival.
The saga of a former actor who runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife, with whom he has a stormy relationship, and his recently-divorced sister, it was described by some critics as a challenge for audiences with a minimal narrative driven by political and intellectual debates.
The director dedicated the award to the . young people of Turkey and to those who lost their lives during the year..
David Gulpilil took the best actor prize for Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country in the Un Certain Regard section.
Italian-German director Alice Rohrwacher's The Wonders, the tender story of a young woman struggling against her alienating environment, won the grand jury prize.
Bennett Miller was named best director for Foxcatcher, which stars Channing Tatum...
The saga of a former actor who runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife, with whom he has a stormy relationship, and his recently-divorced sister, it was described by some critics as a challenge for audiences with a minimal narrative driven by political and intellectual debates.
The director dedicated the award to the . young people of Turkey and to those who lost their lives during the year..
David Gulpilil took the best actor prize for Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country in the Un Certain Regard section.
Italian-German director Alice Rohrwacher's The Wonders, the tender story of a young woman struggling against her alienating environment, won the grand jury prize.
Bennett Miller was named best director for Foxcatcher, which stars Channing Tatum...
- 5/24/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Jury of this 67th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Jane Campion, revealed the names of the prize winners this evening during the Awards Ceremony. Lambert Wilson hosted Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d’or to the best of the 18 films in Competition. Sergio Leone’s Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars) presented by Quentin Tarantino, was screened at the end of the ceremony. An the winners are: Feature Films Palme d’or Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Grand Prix Le Meraviglie (The Wonders) by Alice Rohrwacher Best Director Award Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher Jury Prize ex-aequo Mommy by Xavier Dolan Adieu Au Langage (Goodbye to language) by Jean-Luc Godard Best Screenplay Award Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin for Leviathan Best Actress Award Julianne Moore in Maps To The Stars by David Cronenberg...
- 5/24/2014
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Abbas Kiarostami and the Jury announce the winners of this year’s selection.
Annie Silverstein’s Skunk has won first prize (€15,000) at this year’s Cinéfondation Selection.
Abbas Kiarostami and the jury, including Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Noémie Lvovsky, Daniela Thomas and Joachim Trier, announced the winners during a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre which was followed by the screening of the winning films.
Silverstein is now guaranteed that her first feature film will be presented at Cannes.
Second prize went to Atsuko Hirayanagi’s Oh Lucy! (€11,250), while third prize (€7,500) was shared between Fulvio Risuleo’s Lievito Madre and Daisy Jacobs’ The Bigger Picture.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 1,631 entries coming from 457 film schools around the world.
Winners
First Prize:
Skunk directed by Annie Silverstein
the University of Texas at Austin, USA
Second Prize:
Oh Lucy! directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi
Nyu Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore
Joint...
Annie Silverstein’s Skunk has won first prize (€15,000) at this year’s Cinéfondation Selection.
Abbas Kiarostami and the jury, including Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Noémie Lvovsky, Daniela Thomas and Joachim Trier, announced the winners during a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre which was followed by the screening of the winning films.
Silverstein is now guaranteed that her first feature film will be presented at Cannes.
Second prize went to Atsuko Hirayanagi’s Oh Lucy! (€11,250), while third prize (€7,500) was shared between Fulvio Risuleo’s Lievito Madre and Daisy Jacobs’ The Bigger Picture.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 1,631 entries coming from 457 film schools around the world.
Winners
First Prize:
Skunk directed by Annie Silverstein
the University of Texas at Austin, USA
Second Prize:
Oh Lucy! directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi
Nyu Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore
Joint...
- 5/22/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Abbas Kiarostami and including Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Noémie Lvovsky, Daniela Thomas and Joachim Trier, has awarded the 2014 Cinéfondation Prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Read More: The 2014 Indiewire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During Run of Festival The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 1,631 entries coming from 457 film schools around the world. The prizes were presented during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre and followed by the screening of the winning films, which were: First Prize: "Skunk,"directed by Annie Silverstein from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Second Prize: "Oh Lucy!" directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi from Nyu Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore. Joint Third Prize: "Lievito Madre," directed by Fulvio Risuleo from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy. Joint...
- 5/22/2014
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
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