★★★★☆ Awarded the Best International Film prize at last year's Edinburgh International Film Festival over Dan Sallitt's The Unspeakable Act and Miguel Gomes' marvellous Tabu, Chinese director's Mao Mao's Here, Then (2012) finally gets a UK release this month thanks to world cinema distributor Second Run. An almost impenetrable study of the disenfranchisement of youth, Here, Then is a film which rewards patience and an analytical appreciation of cinema. In a remote Chinese village lies an entire lost generation of youngsters, each patiently waiting for their fate to roll around the corner and send them in the right direction.
However, with each day as monotonous as the last, their lives appear to amount to little more than simply prevailing against the weariness of this secluded lifestyle. The existence of these seemingly unrelated lost souls all become interconnected through a series of chance encounters, fuelled by sexual desire, boredom and...
However, with each day as monotonous as the last, their lives appear to amount to little more than simply prevailing against the weariness of this secluded lifestyle. The existence of these seemingly unrelated lost souls all become interconnected through a series of chance encounters, fuelled by sexual desire, boredom and...
- 6/18/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho will head the jury at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival. The filmmaker -- whose English language debut "Snowpiercer" is due out later this year -- will be joined by actress Natalie Dormer ("Game of Thrones") and film critic Siobhan Synnot. They will choose the winner of the "Award for Best Film in the International Competition" from a selection of films from outside the UK. Last year's winner was "Here, Then" by first-time director Mao Mao. The full press release below. Cannes – 21 May 2013 - Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) is pleased to announce that renowned South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho will chair the International Feature Film Competition Jury at this year's Festival. Bong Joon-Ho, whose English-language debut, 'Snowpiercer', is expected later this year, came to international attention with his first feature 'Barking Dogs Never Bite' (2000). He won Best Director at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
- 5/21/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Scotland looks magnificent in Eiff closing night film Brave — lots of mountains, mystical spaces and torrential waterfalls. Strangely though, it doesn’t rain in the movie. Not once. This decision must have been overseen by the Scottish tourist board, for there are few places as rainy as Scotland. When it rained in Cannes this year, it was all the trades could talk about — but it’s just not news when it happens in Edinburgh. The last two weeks in Edinburgh we have all been dashing from cinema to cinema in raincoats, umbrellas up, wavy hair getting frizzier by the minute. The only thing to be said for the rain is that it’s great movie-watching weather.
And happily Eiff 2012 has been all about watching, and celebrating, movies. I think we can safely say the disaster of 2011 is well behind us thanks to Artistic Director Chris Fujiwara‘s intelligent, international, inclusive programming.
And happily Eiff 2012 has been all about watching, and celebrating, movies. I think we can safely say the disaster of 2011 is well behind us thanks to Artistic Director Chris Fujiwara‘s intelligent, international, inclusive programming.
- 7/2/2012
- by Hope Dickson Leach
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Penny Woolcock scoops best British feature for One Mile Away while international prize goes to Chinese film Here, Then
The 66th edition of the Edinburgh film festival wrapped up on the weekend with a high-profile screening of Pixar's Scots-themed animation Brave, and took the opportunity to dish out a handful of awards – a practice that had been abandoned for last year's controversy-mired event.
The Michael Powell award for best British feature film went to One Mile Away, Penny Woolcock's documentary about the attempt to forge a truce between two London gangs. This follows the Sheffield Doc/Fest's bestowal of its Inspiration award on Woolcock, best known for the opera film The Death of Klinghoffer and the urban musical 1 Day.
Winner of the award for best film in the international feature competition was Here, Then, a study of alienated youth in contemporary China from director Mao Mao, while special mention was given to documentary Papirosen,...
The 66th edition of the Edinburgh film festival wrapped up on the weekend with a high-profile screening of Pixar's Scots-themed animation Brave, and took the opportunity to dish out a handful of awards – a practice that had been abandoned for last year's controversy-mired event.
The Michael Powell award for best British feature film went to One Mile Away, Penny Woolcock's documentary about the attempt to forge a truce between two London gangs. This follows the Sheffield Doc/Fest's bestowal of its Inspiration award on Woolcock, best known for the opera film The Death of Klinghoffer and the urban musical 1 Day.
Winner of the award for best film in the international feature competition was Here, Then, a study of alienated youth in contemporary China from director Mao Mao, while special mention was given to documentary Papirosen,...
- 7/2/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The full programme for the 66th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which runs from 20 June to 1 July, has been officially announced and will feature nineteen World premieres and thirteen International premieres.
The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...
The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...
- 5/30/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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