The drama about a couple in need of a caesarean section then closed the event.
Swiss-Mongolian drama Out Of Paradise, directed by Batbayar Chogsom, won best film at the Golden Goblet Awards at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
The film, which played as Siff’s closing film due to its win, follows a couple from the Mongolian steppes in need of a caesarean section who travel to Ulaanbaatar but don’t have enough money for the operation.
Sonthar Gyal’s Tibetan drama Ala Changso picked up Siff’s Jury Grand Prix and the best screenplay award. Best director...
Swiss-Mongolian drama Out Of Paradise, directed by Batbayar Chogsom, won best film at the Golden Goblet Awards at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
The film, which played as Siff’s closing film due to its win, follows a couple from the Mongolian steppes in need of a caesarean section who travel to Ulaanbaatar but don’t have enough money for the operation.
Sonthar Gyal’s Tibetan drama Ala Changso picked up Siff’s Jury Grand Prix and the best screenplay award. Best director...
- 6/25/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-winning French director to revisit infamous case of Tennessee novelist accused of murdering wife.
French director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade is set to make a third instalment of his popular real-life crime thriller, The Staircase, revolving around Tennessee novelist Michael Peterson who was accused of murdering his wife in 2001.
Lestrade has followed the case since Peterson’s original trial in 2003 on charges of killing his wife Katherine, who was found in a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase with injuries to her head.
That trial – at which Peterson was found guilty — was at the heart of Lestrade’s hit, 2004, HBO-backed miniseries The Staircase.
It is regarded as a seminal true-crime series and Sarah Koenig, creator of the hit podcast Serial, has cited it as one of her inspirations for her own episodic, murder-mystery investigation.
A 2011 one-off feature documentary The Staircase – The Last Chance, followed a retrial of Peterson, after evidence...
French director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade is set to make a third instalment of his popular real-life crime thriller, The Staircase, revolving around Tennessee novelist Michael Peterson who was accused of murdering his wife in 2001.
Lestrade has followed the case since Peterson’s original trial in 2003 on charges of killing his wife Katherine, who was found in a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase with injuries to her head.
That trial – at which Peterson was found guilty — was at the heart of Lestrade’s hit, 2004, HBO-backed miniseries The Staircase.
It is regarded as a seminal true-crime series and Sarah Koenig, creator of the hit podcast Serial, has cited it as one of her inspirations for her own episodic, murder-mystery investigation.
A 2011 one-off feature documentary The Staircase – The Last Chance, followed a retrial of Peterson, after evidence...
- 11/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
Academy invitee Eddie Redmayne in 'The Theory of Everything.' Academy invites 322 new members: 'More diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before' The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered membership to 322 individuals "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures." According to the Academy's press release, "those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2015." In case all 322 potential new members say an enthusiastic Yes, that means an injection of new blood representing about 5 percent of the Academy's current membership. In the words of Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (as quoted in the press release), in 2015 "our branches have recognized a more diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before, and we look forward to adding their creativity, ideas and experience to our organization." In recent years, the Academy membership has...
- 7/1/2015
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
- 6/27/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Strangely dropping a press release on a historic day where the nation's attention is elsewhere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their annual list of new member invitees this morning. For those who criticize the makeup of the Academy there was some good news and the stark realization the organization still has a long way to go. The Academy has spent the last eight to 10 years attempting to diversify its membership and this year's class mostly reflects that. There are significantly more invitees of Asian and African-American descent, but the male to female disparity is still depressing. Out of the 25 potential new members of the Actor's Branch only seven are women. And, no, there isn't really an acceptable way for the Academy to spin that sad fact. Additionally, It's important to realize the 322 people noted in the release have only been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club.
- 6/26/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Lee Daniels is heading the jury for the Muhr Feature competition at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (Diff), while Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Khan heads the jury for the Muhr Shorts & Emirati competition.
Daniels, the director and producer of Oscar-winning films Precious and The Butler, will be joined by Dutch cinematographer and director Leonard Retel Helmrich, Algerian director Malik Bensmail, actress Virginia Madsen and Lebanese director and actress Nadine Labaki.
Khan will be joined by Palestinian director Cherien Dabis and Emirati screenwriter Mohammed Hasan Ahmed.
One of Egypt’s best-known directors, Khan attended Diff last year with his latest film Factory Girl, which won the Fipresci award and best actress for Yasmin Raeis’ performance.
“The groundbreaking works entered into the reputable Muhr Awards this year have proven the fruits of our labour over the past 11 years,” said Diff artistic director Masoud Amralla Al Ali.
“The number of entries has increased in line with the caliber of the...
Daniels, the director and producer of Oscar-winning films Precious and The Butler, will be joined by Dutch cinematographer and director Leonard Retel Helmrich, Algerian director Malik Bensmail, actress Virginia Madsen and Lebanese director and actress Nadine Labaki.
Khan will be joined by Palestinian director Cherien Dabis and Emirati screenwriter Mohammed Hasan Ahmed.
One of Egypt’s best-known directors, Khan attended Diff last year with his latest film Factory Girl, which won the Fipresci award and best actress for Yasmin Raeis’ performance.
“The groundbreaking works entered into the reputable Muhr Awards this year have proven the fruits of our labour over the past 11 years,” said Diff artistic director Masoud Amralla Al Ali.
“The number of entries has increased in line with the caliber of the...
- 12/5/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Screen previews the Sarajevo Film Festival’s industry events, which includes a UK focus, the annual Regional Forum and highlights of the Work in Progress and CineLink projects.
Over the last ten years, Southeast Europe’s most important film event Sarajevo Film Festival has also become its main industry hub.
What started in 2003 with CineLink, a co-production market initially modeled after Rotterdam’s CineMart, has developed into an increasingly wide array of industry events, simultaneously expanding from the region towards Caucasus countries, and in recent years aiming to spread its activities and networking overseas, in partnerships with the Doha Film Institute, the Arab Fund for Arts & Culture, and from this year, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (Imcine).
While the Industry Days peak in the final part of the festival, from August 20-23, its activities started on Sunday [17], with the presentation of the newly established Sarajevo City of Film Fund.
In addition to CineLink, the heart of...
Over the last ten years, Southeast Europe’s most important film event Sarajevo Film Festival has also become its main industry hub.
What started in 2003 with CineLink, a co-production market initially modeled after Rotterdam’s CineMart, has developed into an increasingly wide array of industry events, simultaneously expanding from the region towards Caucasus countries, and in recent years aiming to spread its activities and networking overseas, in partnerships with the Doha Film Institute, the Arab Fund for Arts & Culture, and from this year, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (Imcine).
While the Industry Days peak in the final part of the festival, from August 20-23, its activities started on Sunday [17], with the presentation of the newly established Sarajevo City of Film Fund.
In addition to CineLink, the heart of...
- 8/18/2014
- by vladan.petkovic@gmail.com (Vladan Petkovic)
- ScreenDaily
Silver Linings Playbook actress to lead Narrative Competition jury.
The juries of the 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 24-Nov 2) have been revealed.
The Narrative Competition jury president is Australian actress Jacki Weaver, best known for her Oscar-nominated performances in David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom and David O. Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook.
Joining her on the jury are Israeli actress Hiam Abbass, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission Adrian Wootton, Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha and Sandra den Hamer, current CEO of Eye Film Institute Netherlands.
The New Horizons Competition jury is lead by Yeşim Ustaoğlu, director of Turkish drama Araf.
Ustaoğlu is assisted by Irene Bignardi, co-founder of daily newspaper La Repubblica and former director of the Locarno Film Festival (2000–05), Moroccan filmmaker Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, Ukrainian director Valery Todorovsky and Lebanese director Michel Kammoun.
President of the Documentary Competition is the co-director and artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff...
The juries of the 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 24-Nov 2) have been revealed.
The Narrative Competition jury president is Australian actress Jacki Weaver, best known for her Oscar-nominated performances in David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom and David O. Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook.
Joining her on the jury are Israeli actress Hiam Abbass, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission Adrian Wootton, Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha and Sandra den Hamer, current CEO of Eye Film Institute Netherlands.
The New Horizons Competition jury is lead by Yeşim Ustaoğlu, director of Turkish drama Araf.
Ustaoğlu is assisted by Irene Bignardi, co-founder of daily newspaper La Repubblica and former director of the Locarno Film Festival (2000–05), Moroccan filmmaker Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, Ukrainian director Valery Todorovsky and Lebanese director Michel Kammoun.
President of the Documentary Competition is the co-director and artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff...
- 10/23/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A documentary from the Netherlands outlines the journey of fishermen as they continue to fish and live life in a long lost profession. The Hollandse Niewe, or commonly referred to as the Dutch New Herring, is a type of fish that is found in the region and is known to be a cultural tradition to feast on. The problem? As beloved as the fish are, the number of ships have diminished to just two as the passion for fishing has left with the new generation.
Director Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich spoke to us about the film and what problems she and her co-director, Leonard Retel Helmrich, had to deal with while filming the documentary. Having won the 2004 Martha Bering Award for Dutch Women in Film and Media, Hetty Helmrich has gone on to be a cultural icon for all women everywhere as well as win several other awards for previous documentaries she also filmed.
Director Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich spoke to us about the film and what problems she and her co-director, Leonard Retel Helmrich, had to deal with while filming the documentary. Having won the 2004 Martha Bering Award for Dutch Women in Film and Media, Hetty Helmrich has gone on to be a cultural icon for all women everywhere as well as win several other awards for previous documentaries she also filmed.
- 10/15/2013
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Any cinematographer worth his salt is probably already aware of “Raw Herring,” which may not sound appetizing to everyone (with onions? serve ‘em up …) but is a miraculous exercise in the art of the camera. It may also serve as a breath of fresh air to audiences fed up with the sterile artifice of so much CGI-driven cinema. Leonard Retel Helmrich, the Dutch-born director with Indonesian roots (his sister, Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, usually his producer, has co-director credit here) is a much-honored documentarian, notably for his trilogy “Eye of the Day,” “Shape of the Moon” and “Position Among the Stars.” But he’s also a cinematographic magician: In charting the course of Netherlands fishermen harvesting the year’s first haul of Dutch New Herring (a traditional delicacy in Holland), Helmrich does things that seem to defy physics -- while firing the imagination about what’s possible with a camera. The opening shot,...
- 4/19/2013
- by John Anderson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Filmmaking is a family affair for brother and sister duo Leonard Retel Helmrich and Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich. Hetty’s son Jasper has worked for them, editing their last two films, "Position Among The Stars," which won awards at Idfa and Sundance and was acquired by HBO. The three are back with their latest,"Raw Herring." What's it about: Much of Holland’s identity is shaped by raw herring: fishing for it, selling it and eating it raw – with chopped onions. "Raw Herring" is a portrait of the only two Dutch boats left that catch herring and process it on-board, showing how the fishermen hang on to century-old traditions and passing them on to their young sons who join them on board. What else should audiences know?: "They will have a chance to spend some time with the captain and his crew on the two ships: their physically demanding work,...
- 4/8/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Tribeca Film Festival organizers on Wednesday announced 46 of the 89 feature films screening at the New York-set festival starting next month, including selections in the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film sections, as well as out-of-competition Viewpoints screenings.
"Big Men," a documentary about American corporations pursuing oil reserves in Africa, will serve as the opening night film for the World Documentary portion; "Bluebird," a small-town drama featuring "Girls" star Adam Driver, will kick-off the World Narrative slate. "Flex Is Kings," a documentary about Brooklyn street performers, is the Viewpoints opener. All three films premiere on April 18. The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 17 through April 28, with "Mistaken For Strangers," a documentary about The National, serving as the fest's opening night film.
"Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frederic Boyer said in a release. “The cinematic proficiency that...
"Big Men," a documentary about American corporations pursuing oil reserves in Africa, will serve as the opening night film for the World Documentary portion; "Bluebird," a small-town drama featuring "Girls" star Adam Driver, will kick-off the World Narrative slate. "Flex Is Kings," a documentary about Brooklyn street performers, is the Viewpoints opener. All three films premiere on April 18. The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 17 through April 28, with "Mistaken For Strangers," a documentary about The National, serving as the fest's opening night film.
"Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frederic Boyer said in a release. “The cinematic proficiency that...
- 3/5/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
The Tribeca Film Festival announced the first half of its 2013 movie slate today, including its World Narrative and Documentary Competition film categories, along with selections from the out-of-competition Viewpoints section, which highlights international and independent cinema. Festival organizers reviewed more than 6,000 submissions to select 89 feature-length films from 30 different countries for this year’s festival, which boasts 53 world premieres. “Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” said Frederic Boyer, Tribeca’s artistic director. “The cinematic proficiency that harnesses this lineup is remarkable and we’re looking forward to sharing these new perspectives, powerful performances,...
- 3/5/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has unveiled the winners of their WGA Awards. Woody Allen won for "Midnight in Paris" in the Original Screenplay category, and Alexander Payne, Nat Faxos and Jim Rash won for "The Descendants" in the Adapted Screenplay category. Meanwhile, "Homeland" won Best New TV Series and ABC's "Modern Family" won Best Comedy TV Series. In the video game department, "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" won in the Video Game category. Check out the full list of nominees and winners (marked in red) from the film categories. Original Screenplay: * Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen) * 50/50 (Will Reiser) * Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig) * Win Win (Tom McCarthy, Joe Tiboni) * Young Adult (Diablo Cody) Adapted Screenplay: * The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Steven Zaillian) * The Help (Tate Taylor) * Hugo (John Logan) * Moneyball (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin) Documentary Screenplay: * Better This World (Katie Galloway,...
- 2/20/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced the winners of the WGA Awards for outstanding achievement in writing. In the Screenplay category, "Midnight in Paris," written by Woody Allen, took home the Original Screenplay award while "The Descendants," written by Alexander Payne, and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming, received the Best Adapted Screenplay award.
Winners of the WGA awards were announced Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale served as hosts of the ceremony.
Here is the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2012 WGA Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here)
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
*** (Winner) Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win,...
Winners of the WGA awards were announced Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale served as hosts of the ceremony.
Here is the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2012 WGA Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here)
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
*** (Winner) Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Marion Cotillard, Alison Pill, Owen Wilson, Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, Tate Taylor: WGA Award Winners Original Screenplay 50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios * Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures Adapted Screenplay * The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures Moneyball,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Woman In The Fifth (15)
(Pawel Pawlikowski, 2011, Fra/Pol/UK) Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig. 84 mins.
Mysteries abound in this sombre, 1970s-style drama, and so do women. Hawke's emotionally wracked American in Paris is plagued by them – not just the seductress of the title (Scott Thomas) but also his estranged wife and daughter, and the pretty Polish waitress. Plus some dodgy (male) gangster types. If it all seems too good to be true, it is, but this doesn't show its hand till very late on – maybe too late – and maybe too many cards, or too few.
Hadewijch (12A)
(Bruno Dumont, 2009, Fra) Julie Sokolowski, Yassine Salime, Karl Sarafidis. 105 mins.
Boldly drawing connections between (Christian) religious devotion and (Muslim) religious extremism, this radical but naturalistic drama follows a rejected nun whose search for spiritual solace takes her far out of her central Paris comfort zone, and deep into the paradoxes of faith.
(Pawel Pawlikowski, 2011, Fra/Pol/UK) Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig. 84 mins.
Mysteries abound in this sombre, 1970s-style drama, and so do women. Hawke's emotionally wracked American in Paris is plagued by them – not just the seductress of the title (Scott Thomas) but also his estranged wife and daughter, and the pretty Polish waitress. Plus some dodgy (male) gangster types. If it all seems too good to be true, it is, but this doesn't show its hand till very late on – maybe too late – and maybe too many cards, or too few.
Hadewijch (12A)
(Bruno Dumont, 2009, Fra) Julie Sokolowski, Yassine Salime, Karl Sarafidis. 105 mins.
Boldly drawing connections between (Christian) religious devotion and (Muslim) religious extremism, this radical but naturalistic drama follows a rejected nun whose search for spiritual solace takes her far out of her central Paris comfort zone, and deep into the paradoxes of faith.
- 2/18/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
After being spoiled last week with a whole plethora of cinematic delights, it’s a slightly more low-key affair this time out.
There’s only a couple of major releases hitting the screens but there’s several smaller independent features which may well prove worthy of seeking out, particularly when you consider the critical reception of what’s on offer.
If you want to check to see if any of these films are playing near you you can visit Find Any Film and they’ll be able to help.
Without further ado, here we go…
Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance in 3D Iframe Embed for Youtube
Nic Cage is back as Johnny Blaze, the former stunt driver turned demonic avenger. Having sold his soul to the devil, Blaze now takes on the mantle of the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of the damned. In this follow up to the poorly received 2007 original,...
There’s only a couple of major releases hitting the screens but there’s several smaller independent features which may well prove worthy of seeking out, particularly when you consider the critical reception of what’s on offer.
If you want to check to see if any of these films are playing near you you can visit Find Any Film and they’ll be able to help.
Without further ado, here we go…
Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance in 3D Iframe Embed for Youtube
Nic Cage is back as Johnny Blaze, the former stunt driver turned demonic avenger. Having sold his soul to the devil, Blaze now takes on the mantle of the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of the damned. In this follow up to the poorly received 2007 original,...
- 2/17/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Artist Damien Hirst plans to build 500 eco-homes, Riba puts 250 years of housing on display and the notorious Heygate estate is transformed from urban film location into romcom residence
It's all been about housing this week, spearheaded by the surprise announcement of a new celebrity developer in the game: Damien Hirst. It turns out the zillionaire spot-merchant is planning to build 500 eco-homes on land he owns in glamorous Ilfracombe, Devon. It's early days – building won't start till next year – but his architect, Mike Rundell, spoke to locals about Hirst's plans this week, according to the North Devon Journal.
"He has a horror of building anonymous, lifeless buildings," Rundell told the meeting. "He wants these houses to be the kind of homes he would want to live in." Although seeing as Hirst bought Toddington Manor, a 300-room Gloucestershire mansion, a few years ago, that might be a bit of a stretch.
Rundell...
It's all been about housing this week, spearheaded by the surprise announcement of a new celebrity developer in the game: Damien Hirst. It turns out the zillionaire spot-merchant is planning to build 500 eco-homes on land he owns in glamorous Ilfracombe, Devon. It's early days – building won't start till next year – but his architect, Mike Rundell, spoke to locals about Hirst's plans this week, according to the North Devon Journal.
"He has a horror of building anonymous, lifeless buildings," Rundell told the meeting. "He wants these houses to be the kind of homes he would want to live in." Although seeing as Hirst bought Toddington Manor, a 300-room Gloucestershire mansion, a few years ago, that might be a bit of a stretch.
Rundell...
- 2/17/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
A highly watchable and witty documentary about an Indonesian family leaves Peter Bradshaw wondering if the director has set things up a touch
This highly watchable, witty and humane film is the third in a trilogy by the Dutch documentary-maker Leonard Retel Helmrich following the fortunes of an Indonesian family from the toughest, meanest streets of Jakarta. It is like an episode of Shameless, or a page-turning realist novel about a family packed with comic characters, the sort of thing that Timothy Mo might write. There are set-pieces so artfully turned and shrewdly observed that I half-suspected Helmrich had set things up … just a little. The star is Grandmother Rumidjah who is begged by her ne'er-do-well middle-aged son Bakti to leave the countryside and come to the big city and help bring up his niece Tari, a bright girl who is the family's one aspirational hope. Bakti's alleged income derives...
This highly watchable, witty and humane film is the third in a trilogy by the Dutch documentary-maker Leonard Retel Helmrich following the fortunes of an Indonesian family from the toughest, meanest streets of Jakarta. It is like an episode of Shameless, or a page-turning realist novel about a family packed with comic characters, the sort of thing that Timothy Mo might write. There are set-pieces so artfully turned and shrewdly observed that I half-suspected Helmrich had set things up … just a little. The star is Grandmother Rumidjah who is begged by her ne'er-do-well middle-aged son Bakti to leave the countryside and come to the big city and help bring up his niece Tari, a bright girl who is the family's one aspirational hope. Bakti's alleged income derives...
- 2/17/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ Over a decade in the making, Position Among the Stars (2010) is the final instalment of Dutch director Leonard Retel Helmrich's trilogy of documentaries following the lives of the Sjamsuddin family. Acting as a portal into the lives of just one of many improvised families currently living amongst the fragile shanty towns of Jakarta, Helmrich's intensely beautiful study of this domestic microcosm of Indonesian life is as socially important as it is enjoyable.
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- 2/15/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
The effects of globalisation in Indonesia’s rapidly changing society ripple into the life of a poor Christian woman living in the slums of Jakarta with her Muslim sons and teenage granddaughter.
Position Among The Stars is Leonard Retel Helmrich’s third instalment in a trilogy of documentaries that follows one Indonesian family over the last decade, through the fall of President Suharto and into a period of rapid economic growth.
As the film opens, grandmother Rumija is about to leave her home in the countryside and return to Jakarta with son Bakti to help look after his...
Position Among The Stars is Leonard Retel Helmrich’s third instalment in a trilogy of documentaries that follows one Indonesian family over the last decade, through the fall of President Suharto and into a period of rapid economic growth.
As the film opens, grandmother Rumija is about to leave her home in the countryside and return to Jakarta with son Bakti to help look after his...
- 2/5/2012
- by Emma Slawinski
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
DocedgeKolkata, a mentoring workshop and co-production platform for documentary filmmakers of India and Asian Region will be held from January 9-15,2012 at Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata.
There are two Masterclasses to be held by well-known documentary filmmakers Victor Kossakovsky and Leonard Retel Helmrich on January 12 and 13.
Award winning documentary films from across the globe will be screened at DocedgeKolkata. The screenings will comprise films by Indian documentary filmmakers like R.V Ramani, Sourav Sarangi, Pankaj Rishi Kumar ( in all 26 filmmakers) who will discuss their projects with other fellow Asian filmmakers.
Screenings and Masterclasses are free of cost. To register, send an email to abhishekbhattacharya.docedge@gmail.com...
There are two Masterclasses to be held by well-known documentary filmmakers Victor Kossakovsky and Leonard Retel Helmrich on January 12 and 13.
Award winning documentary films from across the globe will be screened at DocedgeKolkata. The screenings will comprise films by Indian documentary filmmakers like R.V Ramani, Sourav Sarangi, Pankaj Rishi Kumar ( in all 26 filmmakers) who will discuss their projects with other fellow Asian filmmakers.
Screenings and Masterclasses are free of cost. To register, send an email to abhishekbhattacharya.docedge@gmail.com...
- 1/8/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has unveiled the nominees for their upcoming WGA awards in the categories of original screenplay, adapted screenplay and documentary screenplay. Just like every year, plenty of films are not eligible for the awards. This time, "The Artist," "Beginners" and several others are not being considered. Check out the full list of the movies that made the cut below. The winners will be announced on February 19th, during simultaneous award ceremonies in Hollywood and New York. Original Screenplay: * 50/50 (Will Reiser) * Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig) * Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen) * Win Win (Tom McCarthy, Joe Tiboni) * Young Adult (Diablo Cody) Adapted Screenplay: * The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Steven Zaillian) * The Help (Tate Taylor) * Hugo (John Logan) * Moneyball (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin) Documentary Screenplay: * Better This World (Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega) * If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front...
- 1/6/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Midnight in Paris, Young Adult, and the other nominations for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards have been announced. The 64th Annual Writers Guild Awards is “a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different Us labor unions: The Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae), representing TV and film writers East of the Mississippi. The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw), representing TV and film writers in Hollywood and southern California.” The 2012 Writers Guild Awards will be held on February 19, 2012.
The full listing of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards nominations is below.
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Pictures
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne...
The full listing of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards nominations is below.
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Pictures
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne...
- 1/6/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The Writers Guild Awards is a precursor and an indicator of what scripts you can expect to see at the Academy Awards. Every year sees its share of surprises, snubs, terrible and obvious (sometimes together) choices. This year Young Adult, The Descendants, 50/50, and Bridesmaids are all nominated for awards. However, films like The Artist are getting snubs. But before you can say that the movie had no dialogue, it did have a script, therefore it was possible that it could have been nominated.
The nominations for Original Screenplay are spot on, but it’s a few of the Adapted Screenplays I don’t agree with. While The Help did provide some excellent performances, I can’t say too many good things about the script itself. I am still on the fence with the script for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Check out the list of nominees for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards below.
The nominations for Original Screenplay are spot on, but it’s a few of the Adapted Screenplays I don’t agree with. While The Help did provide some excellent performances, I can’t say too many good things about the script itself. I am still on the fence with the script for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Check out the list of nominees for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards below.
- 1/5/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
The Writers Guild of America has revealed their 2012 nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting for 2011. Winners will be crowned at the Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19. Two ceremonies will take place simultaneously at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City.
And the nominees are:
Original Screenplay
"50/50," Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
"Bridesmaids," Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
"Midnight in Paris," Written...
And the nominees are:
Original Screenplay
"50/50," Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
"Bridesmaids," Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
"Midnight in Paris," Written...
- 1/5/2012
- Extra
The best original screenplays of 2011, according to the Writers Guild of America, were comedies -- or at least spiked with healthy doses of humor.
You could argue whether Diablo Cody's "Young Adult" is really a comedy or a drama with some funny parts, but her WGA peers have judged it one of the best of the year. The other original screenplay nominees -- "50/50," "Bridesmaids," "Midnight in Paris" and "Win Win" -- also lean toward laughs.
The adapted screenplay nominees, on the other hand, are all dramas, including "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Help."
The full list of films nominated for the 2012 WGA Awards is below. The TV nominees, which were announced in December, are here.
Original screenplay
"50/50," written by Will Reiser
"Bridesmaids," written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
"Midnight in Paris," written by Woody Allen
"Win Win," screenplay by Tom McCarthy, story by Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni
"Young Adult,...
You could argue whether Diablo Cody's "Young Adult" is really a comedy or a drama with some funny parts, but her WGA peers have judged it one of the best of the year. The other original screenplay nominees -- "50/50," "Bridesmaids," "Midnight in Paris" and "Win Win" -- also lean toward laughs.
The adapted screenplay nominees, on the other hand, are all dramas, including "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Help."
The full list of films nominated for the 2012 WGA Awards is below. The TV nominees, which were announced in December, are here.
Original screenplay
"50/50," written by Will Reiser
"Bridesmaids," written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
"Midnight in Paris," written by Woody Allen
"Win Win," screenplay by Tom McCarthy, story by Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni
"Young Adult,...
- 1/5/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Pencils down!
The Writer's Guild of America has announced its nominees for the year's best screenplays, and Oscar dark horse "Bridesmaids" continues to pick up awards season steam after netting a nod for Best Original Screenplay.
Meanwhile, not unlike the director's films themselves, Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" keeps chugging with understated distinction among a playing field of more colorful candidates as it squares off against not just "Bridesmaids," but "50/50," "Win Win" and "Young Adult."
In general, this year's Original Screenplay competition seems largely comprised of up-and-comers, or at the very least, folks who are still largely outside the traditional Hollywood crowd.
"50/50" marks scribe Will Reiser's first produced screenplay, and even though Tom McCarthy contributed to the script for "Up" and previously wrote and directed his first two features, "Win Win" is an art house rather than commercial triumph. At the same time, the independent circuit is where...
The Writer's Guild of America has announced its nominees for the year's best screenplays, and Oscar dark horse "Bridesmaids" continues to pick up awards season steam after netting a nod for Best Original Screenplay.
Meanwhile, not unlike the director's films themselves, Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" keeps chugging with understated distinction among a playing field of more colorful candidates as it squares off against not just "Bridesmaids," but "50/50," "Win Win" and "Young Adult."
In general, this year's Original Screenplay competition seems largely comprised of up-and-comers, or at the very least, folks who are still largely outside the traditional Hollywood crowd.
"50/50" marks scribe Will Reiser's first produced screenplay, and even though Tom McCarthy contributed to the script for "Up" and previously wrote and directed his first two features, "Win Win" is an art house rather than commercial triumph. At the same time, the independent circuit is where...
- 1/5/2012
- by Todd Gilchrist
- NextMovie
Award nominations from the major guilds are always the best indicators of possible nomations for Oscars. Earlier this week we saw the Producers Guild choices [1], and now we've got the Writers Guild of America nominations [2] for achievement in 2011. Steven Zaillian scored two nominations (for Moneyball and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Woody Allen got his 20th WGA nomination for Midnight in Paris. The full nomination list is after the break. What you'll likely notice isn't so much what is nominated as what is not. While there are some films that people will be very happy to see on the lists (almost the entire 'original screenplay' lineup, for instance) there are also quite a few great films and recent awards faves that didn't make the cut, such as The Artist, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Beginners, and more. (Edit: I always forget about some of the eligibility requirements for some...
- 1/5/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph in Paul Feig's Bridesmaids Steven Spielberg/War Horse, Stephen Daldry/Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Out: WGA Nominations Original Screenplay 50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures Adapted Screenplay The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures Moneyball,...
- 1/5/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Comedy might not get an respect from the Oscars, but writers love to laugh, judging from the Writers Guild Awards nominations announced today. All five nominees for Original Screenplay were comedies, led by Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig’s Bridesmaids. Toss in Tate Taylor’s The Help and The Descendants from Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, and you have an awards slate connected by a common funny bone. Another Oscar favorite with a sense of humor, The Artist, didn’t make the cut, though likely only because it was ineligible (as was The Iron Lady,...
- 1/5/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced their nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2011 today and comedies ruled the day in the Original Screenplay category and I don't see many surprises in the Original Screenplay category, though these nominations should always be looked at with one thing in mind... The WGA only recognizes screenplays written by WGA members or under productions that are signatories to the guild's Minimum Basic Agreement. What does that mean? Well, as Kris Tapley at HitFix indicated back in early December, screenplays in the original category that didn't qualify for consideration included The Artist, Beginners, The Iron Lady, The Lady, Like Crazy, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia, Rango, Shame and Take Shelter. As for adapted contenders, scripts for Albert Nobbs, Carnage, Drive, Jane Eyre, My Week with Marilyn, Sarah's Key, The Skin I Live In and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy were all ineligible for nomination.
- 1/5/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
HollywoodNews.com: The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2011. Winners will be honored at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, 2012, during simultaneous ceremonies in Hollywood and New York.
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Diablo Cody receiving her “Hollywood Screenwriter Award” at the Hollywood Film Awards last October.
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson,...
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Diablo Cody receiving her “Hollywood Screenwriter Award” at the Hollywood Film Awards last October.
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson,...
- 1/5/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
The big guild nominations are underway, giving light to the likely Oscar nominations set for unveiling later this month. We’ve covered Producers and Art Directors, and now the Writers Guild of America have released their nominations. One of the biggest snubs in terms of Oscar favorites was War Horse in the adapted category, but 50/50, Bridesmaids, Young Adult and Win Win have all been cemented as Oscars contenders when it comes to original screenplay. It is surprising to see Steven Zaillian‘s poor adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo get some love, but I believe the adapted screenplay Oscar will easily go to Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash for The Descendants. Check out all the noms below via THR.
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win,...
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win,...
- 1/5/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Patricio Guzmán's "Nostalgia for the Light" was the big winner at the 2011 International Documentary Association (Ida) Awards receiving the Best Feature trophy. Here's the full list of winners:
Career Achievement Award
Les Blank
Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award
Danfung Dennis
Best Feature Award
"Nostalgia For The Light"
Director/Writer: Patricio Guzmán
Producer: Renate Sachse
Atacama Productions (France), Blinker Filmproduction GmbH and Wdr (Germany), and Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile), Icarus Films
Best Short Award
"Poster Girl"
Director/Producer: Sara Nesson
Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins (HBO)
Producer: Mitchell Block
Supervising Producer: Sara Bernstein (HBO)
Consulting Producer: Ross Kauffman
Portrayal Films, Inc. in association with HBO Documentary Films
Best Limited Series Award
"Boomtown"
Executive Producer/Director: Rachel Libert
Executive Producers: Josh Braun, Ken Druckerman, Susannah Ludwig, Banks Tarver
Co-Executive Producer: Matthew Galkin
Producer: Kevin Vargas
Left/Right Inc., Discovery Channel- Planet Green
Best Continuing Series Award
"Pov"
Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry
Co-Executive...
Career Achievement Award
Les Blank
Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award
Danfung Dennis
Best Feature Award
"Nostalgia For The Light"
Director/Writer: Patricio Guzmán
Producer: Renate Sachse
Atacama Productions (France), Blinker Filmproduction GmbH and Wdr (Germany), and Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile), Icarus Films
Best Short Award
"Poster Girl"
Director/Producer: Sara Nesson
Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins (HBO)
Producer: Mitchell Block
Supervising Producer: Sara Bernstein (HBO)
Consulting Producer: Ross Kauffman
Portrayal Films, Inc. in association with HBO Documentary Films
Best Limited Series Award
"Boomtown"
Executive Producer/Director: Rachel Libert
Executive Producers: Josh Braun, Ken Druckerman, Susannah Ludwig, Banks Tarver
Co-Executive Producer: Matthew Galkin
Producer: Kevin Vargas
Left/Right Inc., Discovery Channel- Planet Green
Best Continuing Series Award
"Pov"
Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry
Co-Executive...
- 12/11/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Cinema Eye Honors revealed the nominees for the 5th Annual Awards honoring Non-Fiction Filmmaking. Winners will be announced on January 11. Here's the list of the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:
"The Arbor," Directed by Clio Barnard, Produced by Tracy O.Riordan
"Senna," Directed by Asif Kapadia; Produced by James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
"Project Nim," Directed by James Marsh, Produced by Simon Chinn
"Position Among the Stars," Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich, Produced by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
"Nostalgia for the Light," Directed by Patricio Guzmán, Produced by Renate Sachse
"The Interrupters," Directed by Steve James, Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James
Outstanding Achievement in Direction:
Clio Barnard for "The Arbor"
Leonard Retel Helmrich for "Position Among the Stars"
Patricio Guzmán for "Nostalgia for the Light"
Steve James for "The Interrupters"
Danfung Dennis for "Hell and Back Again"
Outstanding Achievement in Production:
Erik Nelson...
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:
"The Arbor," Directed by Clio Barnard, Produced by Tracy O.Riordan
"Senna," Directed by Asif Kapadia; Produced by James Gay-Rees, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
"Project Nim," Directed by James Marsh, Produced by Simon Chinn
"Position Among the Stars," Directed by Leonard Retel Helmrich, Produced by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
"Nostalgia for the Light," Directed by Patricio Guzmán, Produced by Renate Sachse
"The Interrupters," Directed by Steve James, Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James
Outstanding Achievement in Direction:
Clio Barnard for "The Arbor"
Leonard Retel Helmrich for "Position Among the Stars"
Patricio Guzmán for "Nostalgia for the Light"
Steve James for "The Interrupters"
Danfung Dennis for "Hell and Back Again"
Outstanding Achievement in Production:
Erik Nelson...
- 12/11/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The live stream of the European Film Awards from Berlin this evening was pretty spotty, but a few fine moments came through, particularly the moment when a special honorary award was inaugurated and presented to a very surprised Michel Piccoli by Volker Schlöndorff and Bruno Ganz.
Another special award was given to producer Mariela Besuievski, Stellan Skarsgård presented the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Mads Mikkelsen, and Stephen Frears received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The full list of winners and nominees:
European Film 2011: Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by Lars von Trier
Produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth.
Also nominated:
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...
Another special award was given to producer Mariela Besuievski, Stellan Skarsgård presented the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Mads Mikkelsen, and Stephen Frears received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The full list of winners and nominees:
European Film 2011: Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by Lars von Trier
Produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth.
Also nominated:
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...
- 12/3/2011
- MUBI
Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light won Best Feature at the International Documentary Association's Awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night. The La Times' Susan King: "Set in northern Chile's Atacama Desert, the documentary juxtaposes scenes of astronomers in observatories scanning the galaxies, while nearby, archaeologists and elderly women dig through the sand searching for the human remains of pre-Columbian mummies, 19th century miners who labored in slave conditions and the bodies of victims of Gen Augusto Pinochet's regime who were taken to the Atacama as political prisoners and dumped there." Michael Guillén interviewed Guzmán in October 2010.
TheWrap's Steve Pond notes that neither Nostalgia nor any of the other docs nominated for the Ida's top award — Better This World, How to Die in Oregon, The Redemption of General Butt Naked and The Tiniest Place — have made the Academy's shortlist of 15 films left in the race for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.
TheWrap's Steve Pond notes that neither Nostalgia nor any of the other docs nominated for the Ida's top award — Better This World, How to Die in Oregon, The Redemption of General Butt Naked and The Tiniest Place — have made the Academy's shortlist of 15 films left in the race for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.
- 12/3/2011
- MUBI
Melancholia, The Artist, Le Havre and the other nominations for the 2011 European Film Awards have been announced. The 24th Annual European Film Awards are presented “by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.” This year’s European Film Awards “ceremony will be held on December 3, 2011 in Berlin’s Tempodrom near Potsdamer Platz.”
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...
- 11/6/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The 9th edition of DocedgeKolkata is now inviting entries. It is a Forum for documentaries which focuses on intensive training and mentoring of documentary filmmakers working on their new projects and looking for further guidance and additional funding.
The Forum conducts training cum pitching workshops devoted to international co-production. It also involves pitching of projects to an international panel consisting of broadcasters, producers and foundations.
There are masterclasses and mentoring by international tutors through screening and open discussions. Victor Kossakovsky, Russia, Leonard Retel Helmrich, The Netherlands, Iikka Vehkalahti, Finland, Rada Sesic, The Netherlands, Claas Danielsen, DOKLeipzig, Germany, Audrius Stonys, Lithuania and Matthias Heeder, Germany will be the tutors for 2012 edition.
Apart from selected participants developing and pitching projects, the community includes observers and special guests who participate in the contributory discussions on the project improvement.
The submission deadline for applications is November 26, 2011 while the selections will be announced on December...
The Forum conducts training cum pitching workshops devoted to international co-production. It also involves pitching of projects to an international panel consisting of broadcasters, producers and foundations.
There are masterclasses and mentoring by international tutors through screening and open discussions. Victor Kossakovsky, Russia, Leonard Retel Helmrich, The Netherlands, Iikka Vehkalahti, Finland, Rada Sesic, The Netherlands, Claas Danielsen, DOKLeipzig, Germany, Audrius Stonys, Lithuania and Matthias Heeder, Germany will be the tutors for 2012 edition.
Apart from selected participants developing and pitching projects, the community includes observers and special guests who participate in the contributory discussions on the project improvement.
The submission deadline for applications is November 26, 2011 while the selections will be announced on December...
- 10/31/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Better This World, The Tiniest Place and the other nominations for the 2011 Ida Awards have been announced. The 27th Annual Ida Awards (documentary awards) are presented by the International Documentary Association (Ida) “a non-profit organization promoting documentary film, video and new media, to support the efforts of documentary filmmaking and video production makers around the world and to increase public appreciation and demand for the art of the documentary…the Ida has approximately 2,800 members in 53 countries, providing a forum for supporters and suppliers of documentary film making.”
This years presentation will see “the 2011 Career Achievement Award [awarded] to legendary documentary filmmaker Les Blank. He will be presented his award by Werner Herzog. Director Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) will receive the 2011 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.”
The full listing of the 2011 Ida Awards nominations is below.
Best Feature Award
Better This World
Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega...
This years presentation will see “the 2011 Career Achievement Award [awarded] to legendary documentary filmmaker Les Blank. He will be presented his award by Werner Herzog. Director Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) will receive the 2011 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.”
The full listing of the 2011 Ida Awards nominations is below.
Best Feature Award
Better This World
Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega...
- 10/28/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The International Documentary Association (Ida) has announced its list of 2011 award nominees. Up for Best Feature are Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega's Better This World, Peter D. Richardson's How to Die in Oregon, Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light, Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion's The Redemption of General Butt Naked, and Tatiana Huezo's The Tiniest Place. [Photo: David McKay, imprisoned as a "domestic terrorist," in Better This World.] Themes range from political repression and the cosmos (Nostalgia for the Light), political repression and terrorism paranoia (Better This World), and political repression and hope in a small village in El Salvador (The Tiniest Place) to euthanasia and (How to Die in Oregon) and the story of a Liberian warlord (The Redemption of General Butt Naked). Of the five Best Feature nominees, only Nostalgia for the Light was also nominated in that category for the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking, which were announced yesterday. Notably absent...
- 10/27/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan in Eugene Jarecki's Reagan Euthanasia, Political Repression, Liberian Warlord: International Documentary Association Nominations David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award This award recognizes exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at the university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field. GUAÑAPE Sur Director/Executive Producer/Writer: János Richter Executive Producers: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo Paccagnella Producer: Georg Zeller ZeLIG- School for Documentary, Andanafilms, Icarus Films Heart-quake Director/Writer: Mark Olexa Executive Producers: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo Paccagnella Producers: Georg Zeller, Nadia Caruso ZeLIG – School for Documentary River Of Victory Director/Producer: Trevor Wright Executive Director: Jack Emery Producers: A. Todd Smith, Jordan Augustine Full Mountain Pictures, Brigham Young University Smoke Songs Director/Producer/Writer: Briar March Executive Producers: Jan Krawitz, Jamie Meltzer, Kris Samuelson On the Level Production Transit Director/Writer: Regina Tan Producers: Haley Quartarone, Juvia Chua,...
- 10/27/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
In a ceremony last night at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in London the nominees were announced for the 5th annual Cinema Eye Honors. Complete list of nominees are below.
Recognizing the best in nonfiction work, this year marks the first time six films will be vying for the top prize.
33 films from 12 countries are among this year’s nominees, including four nominations for seven films (The Arbor, Dragonslayer, Hell and Back Again, The Interrupters, Nostalgia for the Light, Position Among the Stars and Senna) and four individual nominations for The Interrupters‘ director Steve James.
Winners will be announced on January 11, 2012 as Cinema Eye returns for a second year to New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
Learn more at cinemaeyehonors.com.
2012 Cinema Eye Honors Nominees
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Arbor
Directed by Clio Barnard
Produced by Tracy O’Riordan
The Interrupters
Directed...
Recognizing the best in nonfiction work, this year marks the first time six films will be vying for the top prize.
33 films from 12 countries are among this year’s nominees, including four nominations for seven films (The Arbor, Dragonslayer, Hell and Back Again, The Interrupters, Nostalgia for the Light, Position Among the Stars and Senna) and four individual nominations for The Interrupters‘ director Steve James.
Winners will be announced on January 11, 2012 as Cinema Eye returns for a second year to New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
Learn more at cinemaeyehonors.com.
2012 Cinema Eye Honors Nominees
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Arbor
Directed by Clio Barnard
Produced by Tracy O’Riordan
The Interrupters
Directed...
- 10/27/2011
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light From the the remains of political prisoners buried in Chile's Atacama desert to Muslim-Christian relationships within a (very large) family in Indonesia: Clio Barnard’s The Arbor, Steve James’ The Interrupters, Patricio Guzmán’s Nostalgia for the Light, Leonard Retel Helmrich’s Position Among the Stars, James Marsh’s Project Nim and Asif Kapadia’s Senna are all in the running for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking at the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. It's the first time that six films are competing for the top Cinema Eye award. Seven documentaries received four nominations each, the highest number this year: Tristan Patterson’s Dragonslayer, Danfung Dennis’ Hell and Back Again, The Arbor, The Interrupters, Nostalgia for the Light, Position Among the Stars and Senna. In all, 33 films from 12 countries are vying for Cinema Eye awards in 11 categories. The five nominees for...
- 10/27/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Cinema Eye Honors unveiled its nominations for the fifth annual awards show spotlighting non-fiction with six films competing for the Ceh's Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking prize. Included are Clio Barnard's "The Arbor," Steve James' "The Interrupters," Patricio Guzmán's "Nostalgia for the Light," Leonard Retel Helmrich's "Position Among the Stars," James Marsh's "Project Nim" and Asif Kapadia's "Senna." 33 films from 12 countries are among this year's picks. ...
- 10/26/2011
- Indiewire
Gurvinder Singh’s Anhey Ghore da daan (Alms for a blind horse) won Special Jury mention with a cash prize of Usd 50,000 at the 5th Abu Dhabi Film Festival. India born British director Gemma Atwal’s documentary on the wonder kid of Orissa– Marathon Boy bagged her award for Best New Director with a cash prize of Usd 50,000.
Alms for a Blind Horse was in the New Horizon Competition at the festival. The Jury for the competition was headed by Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Gobadi (Half Moon, Turtles can fly). The award for Best Film in this section was bagged by Stories Only Exist When Remembered, a Brazilan, Argentinian and French co production directed by Julia Murat.
The best documentary award was won by The Tiniest Place, a Mexican film directed by Titiana Huezo. The jury was headed by Egyptian-Canadian director Tahani Rached, while New Delhi based documentary filmmaker Anwar Jamal also served on the jury.
Alms for a Blind Horse was in the New Horizon Competition at the festival. The Jury for the competition was headed by Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Gobadi (Half Moon, Turtles can fly). The award for Best Film in this section was bagged by Stories Only Exist When Remembered, a Brazilan, Argentinian and French co production directed by Julia Murat.
The best documentary award was won by The Tiniest Place, a Mexican film directed by Titiana Huezo. The jury was headed by Egyptian-Canadian director Tahani Rached, while New Delhi based documentary filmmaker Anwar Jamal also served on the jury.
- 10/21/2011
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
François Ozon has completed shooting his 13th feature, reports Fabien Lemercier at Cineuropa. An adaptation of Juan Mayorga's play The Boy in the Last Row, Dans La Maison features Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and Denis Ménochet and is slated for a release in France next fall.
"As the repression of Iranian filmmakers and actors intensifies, a group of prominent Iranians — including artist Shirin Neshat, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo — have called on countries worldwide to boycott official Iranian film and TV organizations and sanction its members." Anthony Kaufman has the full statement.
"A pioneer of what film scholar Gene Youngblood called 'expanded cinema,' San Francisco artist Jordan Belson developed his majestic form of abstract cinema over six decades of work," writes Max Goldberg. "He died last month at 85, the same day as George Kuchar. Belson worked on a very different plane than Kuchar: his films were non-representational,...
"As the repression of Iranian filmmakers and actors intensifies, a group of prominent Iranians — including artist Shirin Neshat, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo — have called on countries worldwide to boycott official Iranian film and TV organizations and sanction its members." Anthony Kaufman has the full statement.
"A pioneer of what film scholar Gene Youngblood called 'expanded cinema,' San Francisco artist Jordan Belson developed his majestic form of abstract cinema over six decades of work," writes Max Goldberg. "He died last month at 85, the same day as George Kuchar. Belson worked on a very different plane than Kuchar: his films were non-representational,...
- 10/19/2011
- MUBI
The European Film Academy has nominated three films for the Documentary Prix Arte award, which will be given at their December 3 event in Berlin after the Efa's 2,500 members vote for the winner. nominees are Wim Wenders' 3-D dance profile Pina(Germany), Leonard Retel Helmrich's Stand Van De Sterren (Positioning Among the Stars) (Netherlands) and Victor Kossakovsky's ¡Vivan Las Antipodas! (Ger/Neth/Argentina/Chile). More information on the nominating committee below: The committee consists of Nik Powell, director of the Nfts and deputy chairman of the Efa Board, Efa Board Member Despina Mouzaki (Greece), Efa Member Francine Brücher (Switzerland), the documentary experts Claas Danielsen (International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany), Ally Derks (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands), and Jacques Laurent (producer, Belgium), and Arte-observer Martin Pieper. [Pina image courtesy of Laurent Philippe]...
- 10/18/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
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