Well, I said in my review that the high-tension Brazilian kidnap thriller "A Wolf at the Door" was highly impressive stuff, and it seems the jury at the Miami Film Festival agreed. Not only did Fernando Coimbras' debut feature take the top prize at last night's festival awards ceremony, beating nine other films in the Knight Competition for Spanish and Latin American narrative cinema, but Coimbras was further rewarded with the Best Director award. That the jury -- led by Spanish producer Enrique Lopez Lavigne, whose credits include "The Impossible" -- chose to doubly honor Coimbras in this fashion marks a serious show of faith in a filmmaker whose snappy arthouse-genre chops have serious crossover potential. ("A Wolf at the Door" also won the Latin Horizons section last year at the San Sebastian fest, where it premiered; Brazil has a formidable candidate for Oscar submission here.) It's not as if...
- 3/16/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
San Sebastian, Spain -- Annette Bening, Oliver Stone, Michelle Yeoh and Juan Jose Campanella took the stage for the inauguration of the 61st San Sebastian International Film Festival Friday night, kicking off the eight-day long event in the picturesque seaside town that is its namesake. Bening is presenting Face of Love -- hot off its screening in Toronto -- in the Pearls section, while Campanella's 3D animated film Foosball opened the Official Section. Story: Hugh Jackman to Get San Sebastian Fest Lifetime Honor "I feel so lucky to be surrounded here. We all come from different parts of the world, but we
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- 9/20/2013
- by Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Berlin and San Sebastian International Film Festivals and the Basque Culinary Center have unveiled the San Sebastian Fest’s new section, “Culinary Zinema”, a nod to Berlin's "Culinary Cinema" section. The two fests will collaborate on a number of gastronomy-related activities. Ssiff director José Luis Rebordinos said; “For years we have admired the work of the Berlinale in this field with its Culinary Cinema section. That’s why, now, when we’ve ...
- 8/3/2011
- Indiewire
I've been keeping an eye on this one for a while after having premiered at the San Sebastian fest and playing at Sundance because something about the story of a man with down syndrome going after a normal girl just got me. A Spanish film by first-time feature length co-director/writers Antonio Naharro and Álvaro Pastor, Me Too was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema (Drama) at Sundance and won best actor and actress along with being nominated for the Golden Seashell at San Sebastian. I can't verify this right now, but I think this is based on a true person with down who graduated from college.
Thirty-four-year-old Daniel is the first European with Down syndrome to have graduated from university. He starts a social services job in Seville, where he meets free-spirited co-worker Laura. They become fast friends, drawing the attention of both their coworkers and families.
Thirty-four-year-old Daniel is the first European with Down syndrome to have graduated from university. He starts a social services job in Seville, where he meets free-spirited co-worker Laura. They become fast friends, drawing the attention of both their coworkers and families.
- 5/28/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Madrid – Mark Herman's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is to get an out of competition slot at the upcoming San Sebastian Film Festival, organizers said Wednesday.
Herman's movie, produced by David Heyman for Miramax, is the movie version of the international best selling novel about the son of the commandant of a Nazi concentration camp who befriends a Jewish child prisoner.
The movie stars David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend and Asa Butterfield and is distributed by The Walt Disney Motion Picture Group.
Herman's movie, produced by David Heyman for Miramax, is the movie version of the international best selling novel about the son of the commandant of a Nazi concentration camp who befriends a Jewish child prisoner.
The movie stars David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend and Asa Butterfield and is distributed by The Walt Disney Motion Picture Group.
- 7/31/2008
- by By Benjamin Jones
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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