Somesuch, the company behind Riz Ahmed’s Oscar-winning live action short “The Long Goodbye,” is launching a feature film division, Variety can exclusively reveal.
The new division, which will focus on film development and production, will be headed by BAFTA-winning producer Scott O’Donnell.
Among the first feature-length productions they are working on is Leo Leigh’s “Sweet Sue,” which is backed by BBC Films and repped by sales agent HanWay.
Features already on the slate are Leigh’s yet-to-be-announced sophomore project and experimental filmmaker Beatrice Gibson’s feature debut, both of which are currently in development with BBC Film.
Somesuch was founded by Sally Campbell and Tim Nash in 2010 and has offices in London and L.A.
The company began life producing short films, music videos, branded content and advertising, for which it has collected Oscars, BAFTAs and BIFAs for work including “The Long Goodbye,” which was directed by Aneil Karia and starred Ahmed,...
The new division, which will focus on film development and production, will be headed by BAFTA-winning producer Scott O’Donnell.
Among the first feature-length productions they are working on is Leo Leigh’s “Sweet Sue,” which is backed by BBC Films and repped by sales agent HanWay.
Features already on the slate are Leigh’s yet-to-be-announced sophomore project and experimental filmmaker Beatrice Gibson’s feature debut, both of which are currently in development with BBC Film.
Somesuch was founded by Sally Campbell and Tim Nash in 2010 and has offices in London and L.A.
The company began life producing short films, music videos, branded content and advertising, for which it has collected Oscars, BAFTAs and BIFAs for work including “The Long Goodbye,” which was directed by Aneil Karia and starred Ahmed,...
- 1/18/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Much like Brit filmmaker Daniel Mulloy, Norwegian filmmaker Jakob Rørvik has “owned” the short film space for over a decade now landing accolades from all the prestigious film fests. We got to meet the filmmaker after his sejour at the 2018 Sundance Screenwriters Lab (was known as Thomas in 10 Dimensions then) – so Thomas in Superposition has its roots there. Production began around the month of February this year with players Arthur Berning, Filip Mathias Eide, Silje Storstein onboard and as production wrapped unleashed another short in Apocalypse Norway – it can be found here.
Gist: Quantum physicist Thomas believes he is about to crack the code of the universe, but he can’t seem to untangle the mysteries of his own life, even as the people he loves most—his young son, ex-wife, and mother—all try to bring him back to earth.…...
Gist: Quantum physicist Thomas believes he is about to crack the code of the universe, but he can’t seem to untangle the mysteries of his own life, even as the people he loves most—his young son, ex-wife, and mother—all try to bring him back to earth.…...
- 11/25/2020
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The Prishtina International Film Festival has wrapped its 11th edition, which ran from 16-21 July and screened over 70 films, with an awards ceremony held at the National Theatre. The winner of the Balkan film competition at the 11th Prishtina International Film Festival, a strand also known as the “Honey and Blood” programme, was Albanian director Robert Budina’s feature A Shelter Among the Clouds, as decreed by jury members Karin Dix, Daniel Mulloy and Eponine Momenceau. Furthermore, the film’s leading actors, who both originate from Kosovo, Arben Bajraktaraj and Irena Cahani, snagged the Best Actor and Best Actress Awards, respectively. The jury bestowed the Best Director Award upon Turkey’s Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun for his film The Announcement, which also picked up the Fipresci Jury Award. The international jury for PriFest’s European competition, comprising Claudia Landsberger, Armond Morina and Vladimir Anastasov, handed first-time Slovenian director-screenwriter Darko Štante’s Consequences.
Each month, the fine folks at FilmStruck and the Criterion Collection spend countless hours crafting their channels to highlight the many different types of films that they have in their streaming library. This March will feature an exciting assortment of films, as noted below.
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Friday, March 2
Friday Night Double Feature: The Ladykillers and La poison
Criminal schemes take unlikely targets in these two pitch-dark comedies from the 1950s. In Alexander Mackendrick’s Ealing Studio farce The Ladykillers (1955), a team of thieves (led by Alec Guinness) descends on a boardinghouse run by an elderly widow, who becomes the victim of their misdeeds. In Sacha Guitry’s brisk, witty, and savage La poison (1951), a gardener (Michel Simon) and his wife, fed up after thirty years of marriage, find themselves plotting each other’s murder.
Tuesday, March 6
Tuesday’s Short + Feature: Art* and In...
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Friday, March 2
Friday Night Double Feature: The Ladykillers and La poison
Criminal schemes take unlikely targets in these two pitch-dark comedies from the 1950s. In Alexander Mackendrick’s Ealing Studio farce The Ladykillers (1955), a team of thieves (led by Alec Guinness) descends on a boardinghouse run by an elderly widow, who becomes the victim of their misdeeds. In Sacha Guitry’s brisk, witty, and savage La poison (1951), a gardener (Michel Simon) and his wife, fed up after thirty years of marriage, find themselves plotting each other’s murder.
Tuesday, March 6
Tuesday’s Short + Feature: Art* and In...
- 3/1/2018
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
The shorts vying for this year’s award are a varied selection that tell stories of Europe’s migrant crisis, factories in China and Troubles-era Belfast
The Bafta tradition of giving a touring release to their nominated short films gets more interesting and more valuable by the year: the portmanteau film lives again. The 2017 anthology of live-action and animated shorts is a mixed bunch, inevitably, but there’s a lot to enjoy – and admire – in this non-parochial, globally minded selection. For me the most successful is Daniel Mulloy’s Home, a through-the-looking-glass journey into the issue of refugees, starring Jack O’Connell and Holliday Grainger. It’s a bold, simple idea, executed with commitment and ambition. Charlotte Regan’s Standby is a funny, clever study of two coppers that persuasively tells the story of a tender and protective friendship. Consumed is a documentary by Richard John Seymour about the Chinese...
The Bafta tradition of giving a touring release to their nominated short films gets more interesting and more valuable by the year: the portmanteau film lives again. The 2017 anthology of live-action and animated shorts is a mixed bunch, inevitably, but there’s a lot to enjoy – and admire – in this non-parochial, globally minded selection. For me the most successful is Daniel Mulloy’s Home, a through-the-looking-glass journey into the issue of refugees, starring Jack O’Connell and Holliday Grainger. It’s a bold, simple idea, executed with commitment and ambition. Charlotte Regan’s Standby is a funny, clever study of two coppers that persuasively tells the story of a tender and protective friendship. Consumed is a documentary by Richard John Seymour about the Chinese...
- 2/22/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The gongs were scattered wide, but what united this year’s Bafta film winners was the remarkable quality of their commitment
The Baftas went according to plan, if not exactly according to type, and the pundits’ predictions were largely correct, although it is sad that Moonlight did not get the silverware that it deserved. There was actually an interestingly political and dissentient flavour to the evening, with wins for I, Daniel Blake in the best British film category, occasioning a stirring speech from that remarkable film-maker Ken Loach, whose return from retirement has been marked with one of the biggest hits of his career. Ava DuVernay had the prize for documentary with her angry, uncompromising and unmissable film 13th, a barnstorming attack on the poisonous residue of Jim Crow and slavery in America’s penal and criminal justice system. These wins are all more relevant and appropriate for our new lurch into chaotic,...
The Baftas went according to plan, if not exactly according to type, and the pundits’ predictions were largely correct, although it is sad that Moonlight did not get the silverware that it deserved. There was actually an interestingly political and dissentient flavour to the evening, with wins for I, Daniel Blake in the best British film category, occasioning a stirring speech from that remarkable film-maker Ken Loach, whose return from retirement has been marked with one of the biggest hits of his career. Ava DuVernay had the prize for documentary with her angry, uncompromising and unmissable film 13th, a barnstorming attack on the poisonous residue of Jim Crow and slavery in America’s penal and criminal justice system. These wins are all more relevant and appropriate for our new lurch into chaotic,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Did the stars thank their agents or bash Trump?
Politics were high on the agenda in the speeches at the 2017 Bafta awards.
Acceptance speeches from the likes of Emma Stone and Manchester By The Sea’s Kenneth Lonergan addressed the state of Us politics.
There was also criticism of Brexit and the British government’s scrapping of the Dubs child refugee scheme, with Ken Loach in particular slamming the government’s “brutality”
Even host Stephen Fry made a few political jokes, saying of this year’s awards: “[Let’s] find out who the Russians have decided has won”.
Outstanding British Film
“Thank you to the academy for endorsing the truth of what this film says,” I, Daniel Blake’s Ken Loach said accepting the award. “The most vulnerable and poorest people are treated by government with brutality. Brutality that keeps out refugee children, and that’s disgraceful.
He added that films “can tell us about the world we live...
Politics were high on the agenda in the speeches at the 2017 Bafta awards.
Acceptance speeches from the likes of Emma Stone and Manchester By The Sea’s Kenneth Lonergan addressed the state of Us politics.
There was also criticism of Brexit and the British government’s scrapping of the Dubs child refugee scheme, with Ken Loach in particular slamming the government’s “brutality”
Even host Stephen Fry made a few political jokes, saying of this year’s awards: “[Let’s] find out who the Russians have decided has won”.
Outstanding British Film
“Thank you to the academy for endorsing the truth of what this film says,” I, Daniel Blake’s Ken Loach said accepting the award. “The most vulnerable and poorest people are treated by government with brutality. Brutality that keeps out refugee children, and that’s disgraceful.
He added that films “can tell us about the world we live...
- 2/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
Simon Brew Feb 12, 2017
La La Land and I, Daniel Blake take home big prizes at the BAFTAs. Here's the full list of winners...
No harm was done on La La Land's path to the Oscars at today's BAFTA Film Awards 2017, with the British Academy for Film and Television Arts rewarding the acclaimed musical with its top gong. Elsewhere, significant salutes were in abundance for I, Daniel Blake, and - aside from some British loyalty - there's little to suggest that the prizes given out won't be reflected at this year's Academy Awards.
Here's the full list of winners...
Fellowship
Mel Brooks
Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
Curzon
Best Film
La La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
Outstanding British Film
I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien, Paul Laverty
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Under the Shadow: Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo,...
La La Land and I, Daniel Blake take home big prizes at the BAFTAs. Here's the full list of winners...
No harm was done on La La Land's path to the Oscars at today's BAFTA Film Awards 2017, with the British Academy for Film and Television Arts rewarding the acclaimed musical with its top gong. Elsewhere, significant salutes were in abundance for I, Daniel Blake, and - aside from some British loyalty - there's little to suggest that the prizes given out won't be reflected at this year's Academy Awards.
Here's the full list of winners...
Fellowship
Mel Brooks
Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
Curzon
Best Film
La La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
Outstanding British Film
I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien, Paul Laverty
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Under the Shadow: Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo,...
- 2/12/2017
- Den of Geek
La La Land wins top prize at the ceremony.
La La Land was the big winner at the 2017 Baftas, winning five prizes, including best film, best director (Damien Chazelle) and best actress (Emma Stone).
Casey Affleck won leading actor for Manchester by the Sea, with Dev Patel (Lion) and Viola Davis (Fences) winning supporting actor and actress.
I, Daniel Blake won outstanding British film.
The 2017 Baftas took place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and were once again hosted once again by Stephen Fry.
Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe full list of winners
Winners in bold.
Best Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiLEADING Actressamy Adams ArrivalEMILY Blunt The Girl on the TrainEMMA Stone La La LandMERYL Streep...
La La Land was the big winner at the 2017 Baftas, winning five prizes, including best film, best director (Damien Chazelle) and best actress (Emma Stone).
Casey Affleck won leading actor for Manchester by the Sea, with Dev Patel (Lion) and Viola Davis (Fences) winning supporting actor and actress.
I, Daniel Blake won outstanding British film.
The 2017 Baftas took place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and were once again hosted once again by Stephen Fry.
Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe full list of winners
Winners in bold.
Best Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiLEADING Actressamy Adams ArrivalEMILY Blunt The Girl on the TrainEMMA Stone La La LandMERYL Streep...
- 2/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
La La Land, Arrival, Nocturnal Animals and I, Daniel Blake among films competing for Bafta glory.
The 2017 Baftas take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and are hosted once again by Stephen Fry.
The show is broadcast on BBC One on a time delay, but Screen will be following the action as it happens from around 6:45Gmt and updating the winners as they are announced, below.
Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe nominations
Winners in bold.
Leading Actorandrew Garfield Hacksaw RidgeCASEY Affleck Manchester by the SeaJAKE Gyllenhaal Nocturnal AnimalsRYAN Gosling La La LandVIGGO Mortensen Captain FantasticCINEMATOGRAPHYARRIVAL Bradford YoungHELL Or High Water Giles NuttgensLA La Land Linus SandgrenLION Greig FraserNOCTURNAL Animals Seamus McGarveyORIGINAL Screenplayhell Or High Water Taylor SheridanI, Daniel Blake Paul LavertyLA La Land Damien ChazelleMANCHESTER By The Sea Kenneth LonerganMOONLIGHT Barry JenkinsOutstanding British contribution to cinemaCURZON Cinemassupporting Actoraaron Taylor-johnson Nocturnal AnimalsDEV Patel LionHUGH Grant Florence Foster JenkinsJEFF Bridges Hell or High...
The 2017 Baftas take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and are hosted once again by Stephen Fry.
The show is broadcast on BBC One on a time delay, but Screen will be following the action as it happens from around 6:45Gmt and updating the winners as they are announced, below.
Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe nominations
Winners in bold.
Leading Actorandrew Garfield Hacksaw RidgeCASEY Affleck Manchester by the SeaJAKE Gyllenhaal Nocturnal AnimalsRYAN Gosling La La LandVIGGO Mortensen Captain FantasticCINEMATOGRAPHYARRIVAL Bradford YoungHELL Or High Water Giles NuttgensLA La Land Linus SandgrenLION Greig FraserNOCTURNAL Animals Seamus McGarveyORIGINAL Screenplayhell Or High Water Taylor SheridanI, Daniel Blake Paul LavertyLA La Land Damien ChazelleMANCHESTER By The Sea Kenneth LonerganMOONLIGHT Barry JenkinsOutstanding British contribution to cinemaCURZON Cinemassupporting Actoraaron Taylor-johnson Nocturnal AnimalsDEV Patel LionHUGH Grant Florence Foster JenkinsJEFF Bridges Hell or High...
- 2/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
Cinema St. Louis Film Series at .Zack Continues with Screening of “Best Sliff Shorts” on Feb. 13, 2017
Cinema St. Louis, the presenter of the St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff), continues its new screening series,“Films @ Sliff.Zack,” with “Best Sliff Shorts” on Feb. 13. The screening series takes place on select Mondays throughout the year at Grand Center’s .Zack Theatre. The other 2017 dates are April 3, June 27, July 31, and Sept. 25. To help introduce “Films @ Sliff.Zack” to the public, the February screening is offered free. Tickets for subsequent films will be $13 general admission, $10 for Cinema St. Louis members and students.
Dianne Bellino’s The Itching
“Best Sliff Shorts” screens at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at .Zack, 3224 Locust St. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The diverse eight-film program — which runs 126 min. — features the winners (and one honorable mention) of Sliff’s juried shorts competition. The winners were...
Cinema St. Louis, the presenter of the St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff), continues its new screening series,“Films @ Sliff.Zack,” with “Best Sliff Shorts” on Feb. 13. The screening series takes place on select Mondays throughout the year at Grand Center’s .Zack Theatre. The other 2017 dates are April 3, June 27, July 31, and Sept. 25. To help introduce “Films @ Sliff.Zack” to the public, the February screening is offered free. Tickets for subsequent films will be $13 general admission, $10 for Cinema St. Louis members and students.
Dianne Bellino’s The Itching
“Best Sliff Shorts” screens at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at .Zack, 3224 Locust St. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The diverse eight-film program — which runs 126 min. — features the winners (and one honorable mention) of Sliff’s juried shorts competition. The winners were...
- 2/7/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Bafta chair Jane Lush was joined by Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper to announce the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in London on January 10 2017.
The awards will take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and will be hosted once again by Stephen Fry. The show will be broadcast on BBC One.
2017 nominationsBEST Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiOUTSTANDING British Filmamerican Honey Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van HoyDENIAL Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, [link...
Bafta chair Jane Lush was joined by Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper to announce the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in London on January 10 2017.
The awards will take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and will be hosted once again by Stephen Fry. The show will be broadcast on BBC One.
2017 nominationsBEST Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiOUTSTANDING British Filmamerican Honey Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van HoyDENIAL Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, [link...
- 1/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
Bulgarian-Danish-French drama previously won festival awards in Locarno and Sarajevo.
Ralitza Petrova’s Godless has won this year’s Golden Puffin, the top award at the 13th Reykjavik International Film Festival (Riff)
The jury, comprised of Goteborg artistic director Jonas Holmberg, Rams director Grimur Hákonarson and bestselling Icelandic novelist Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, said, “The Golden Puffin goes to a bleak but beautiful film with poignant acting and atmospheric cinematography. The film combines the downbeat suspense of an medicalised crime story with a subtle portrayal of the agony in a post communist society where redemption is only glimpsed in the sacral world of music.”
Godless, which is a Bulgarian-Danish-French co-production, previously won the Golden Leopard in Locarno and the Special Jury Award and the Heart of Sarajevo for best actress (Irena Ivanova) at Sarajevo Film Festival. It also won five national awards at the Golden Rose National Film Festival in Bulgaria.
Petrova is a graduate of the UK’s National...
Ralitza Petrova’s Godless has won this year’s Golden Puffin, the top award at the 13th Reykjavik International Film Festival (Riff)
The jury, comprised of Goteborg artistic director Jonas Holmberg, Rams director Grimur Hákonarson and bestselling Icelandic novelist Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, said, “The Golden Puffin goes to a bleak but beautiful film with poignant acting and atmospheric cinematography. The film combines the downbeat suspense of an medicalised crime story with a subtle portrayal of the agony in a post communist society where redemption is only glimpsed in the sacral world of music.”
Godless, which is a Bulgarian-Danish-French co-production, previously won the Golden Leopard in Locarno and the Special Jury Award and the Heart of Sarajevo for best actress (Irena Ivanova) at Sarajevo Film Festival. It also won five national awards at the Golden Rose National Film Festival in Bulgaria.
Petrova is a graduate of the UK’s National...
- 10/10/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Short films stand tall in southern California every year at the Palm Springs International Shortfest — after over 4,000 submissions, 327 shorts from over 50 countries were shown this past week at North America’s largest short film festival. The winners of this year’s festival, announced Sunday night, received combined prizes valued at approximately $115,000 with $20k of that being in cash.
“A common thread of immigration and compassion dominates our award winning films this year – echoing current issues around the world,” said Festival Director Helen du Toit. “After a stimulating and energizing week of storytelling and networking between the next generation of filmmakers, we leave with a sense of hope for a world that, despite some setbacks, does seem to be evolving slowly but surely.”
The Kosovan film “Home” by Daniel Mulloy, which rides along with a “young, happy family [who seem] to be going on holiday but is instead on a journey similar to millions of others,...
“A common thread of immigration and compassion dominates our award winning films this year – echoing current issues around the world,” said Festival Director Helen du Toit. “After a stimulating and energizing week of storytelling and networking between the next generation of filmmakers, we leave with a sense of hope for a world that, despite some setbacks, does seem to be evolving slowly but surely.”
The Kosovan film “Home” by Daniel Mulloy, which rides along with a “young, happy family [who seem] to be going on holiday but is instead on a journey similar to millions of others,...
- 6/28/2016
- by Kyle Kizu
- Indiewire
Jack O’Connell, star of 71 and Unbroken, appears opposite The Borgias’ Holliday Grainger in Home, in the world exclusive trailer for a 20-minute film designed to highlight the plight of refugees and the uncertainties and violence faced by hundreds of thousands across the globe. Directed by Daniel Mulloy, winner of the best short film Bafta in 2006 for Antonio’s Breakfast, Home is partly funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and will be released in cinemas nationwide on 20 June, World Refugee Day
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- 6/8/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Film supported by the Un to be released on World Refugee Day.
A film highlighting the refugee crisis, starring Jack O’Connell (Starred Up, Money Monster) and Holliday Grainger (Great Expectations, Cinderella), has been set for release across the UK on World Refugee Day - June 20, 2016.
Home, a 20-minute short that was shot in three countries, is supported by the Unhcr, the United Nations’ Refugee Agency.
Written and directed by Daniel Mulloy, who won a BAFTA in 2005 for short film Antonio’s Breakfast, the film centres on a comfortable English family who experience a life-changing journey.
Mulloy said: “We want to address the disconnect with refugees and do something to rip down the sense of them and us.”
Artists including Coldplay, Dizzee Rascal and Wiley donated music for the soundtrack.
The project is further supported by augmented reality and visual discovery app Blippar. For the first time ever on World Refugee Day, users will be...
A film highlighting the refugee crisis, starring Jack O’Connell (Starred Up, Money Monster) and Holliday Grainger (Great Expectations, Cinderella), has been set for release across the UK on World Refugee Day - June 20, 2016.
Home, a 20-minute short that was shot in three countries, is supported by the Unhcr, the United Nations’ Refugee Agency.
Written and directed by Daniel Mulloy, who won a BAFTA in 2005 for short film Antonio’s Breakfast, the film centres on a comfortable English family who experience a life-changing journey.
Mulloy said: “We want to address the disconnect with refugees and do something to rip down the sense of them and us.”
Artists including Coldplay, Dizzee Rascal and Wiley donated music for the soundtrack.
The project is further supported by augmented reality and visual discovery app Blippar. For the first time ever on World Refugee Day, users will be...
- 6/2/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
DokuFest has announced its full slate of films for the 2015 festival, which runs from August 8 – 16 in the city of Prizren, Kosovo. Selected from a record number of over 3.000 submissions, DokuFest will showcase 228 films from 43 countries across 6 competitive sections and more than a dozen specially curated programs.
Migration is central theme of the festival this year and its global, as well as local social context and consequences, will be highlighted and explored through a number of events, including panels and discussions with filmmakers and invited international and local experts. A hand picked film program focusing on the issue of migration has been created. Bafta winning filmmaker Daniel Mulloy created a striking visual campaign to match with this year’s theme.
This year’s selection brings some of the finest work of non-fiction cinema, as well as a great array of short fictions and experimental cinema to the charming city of Prizren and its celebrated outdoor cinemas. The festival is also adding the 5th installment of this outdoor screenings known as the Dream Cinema.
DokuFest will also present a record number of films made in Albanian, both by filmmakers living and working in Kosovo and Albania, but also abroad. Nearly a dozen short documentaries under the banner of DokuFest have also been produced and will be shown at the festival.
Added to this, the festival will pay tribute to one the world’s greatest filmmakers, Albert Maysles. DokuFest will screen six of his films including landmark works such as " Gimme Shelter' and "Grey Gardens" as well as his last two films, "Iris" and "In Transit." Albert Maysles, who died earlier this year, together with his brother David, redefined documentary filmmaking, and influenced a generation of filmmakers with their ability to capture reality as it was unfolding.
The View From The World, non-competitive section of the festival will once again bring some of the biggest films of the year, including, among others,"Citizenfour," winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,"The Wolfpack," Sundance sensation and winner of the U.S Grand Jury Prize and "The Pearl Button," Best Screenplay winner at this year’s Berlinale.
This year’s rich and varied program also includes film critic’s Neil Young survey of American independent scene in "Uncharted States of America" program and Pamela Cohn’s now continuous exploration of music documentary landscape, albeit in very different form this year, in the "Sound of my Soul" selection.
“DokuFest is returning with yet another eclectic program of films that is sure to amaze, move, question and surprise,” says Veton Nurkollari, Artistic Director of DokuFest. “ We are delighted to be able to present works of the highest quality, both from emerging filmmakers and masters of the craft, to our growing audience”.
You can take a closer look at the diverse sections below:
Competition Programs:
Balkan Dox Competition
International Dox Competition/Feature & Short
Green Dox Competition
Human Rights Dox Competition
International Shorts Competition
National Competition
Special Programs:
View from the World
Should I Stay or Should I go: Films on Migration
Uncharted States of America
Sound of My Soul
Golden Ages of Croatian Experiment
Efa Short
Amdocs@Dokufest
Tribute: Albert Maysles
Films on Film
Food on Film
Life is Elsewhere
Stories We Tell
Future is Here
Special Presentations
Flashes...
Migration is central theme of the festival this year and its global, as well as local social context and consequences, will be highlighted and explored through a number of events, including panels and discussions with filmmakers and invited international and local experts. A hand picked film program focusing on the issue of migration has been created. Bafta winning filmmaker Daniel Mulloy created a striking visual campaign to match with this year’s theme.
This year’s selection brings some of the finest work of non-fiction cinema, as well as a great array of short fictions and experimental cinema to the charming city of Prizren and its celebrated outdoor cinemas. The festival is also adding the 5th installment of this outdoor screenings known as the Dream Cinema.
DokuFest will also present a record number of films made in Albanian, both by filmmakers living and working in Kosovo and Albania, but also abroad. Nearly a dozen short documentaries under the banner of DokuFest have also been produced and will be shown at the festival.
Added to this, the festival will pay tribute to one the world’s greatest filmmakers, Albert Maysles. DokuFest will screen six of his films including landmark works such as " Gimme Shelter' and "Grey Gardens" as well as his last two films, "Iris" and "In Transit." Albert Maysles, who died earlier this year, together with his brother David, redefined documentary filmmaking, and influenced a generation of filmmakers with their ability to capture reality as it was unfolding.
The View From The World, non-competitive section of the festival will once again bring some of the biggest films of the year, including, among others,"Citizenfour," winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,"The Wolfpack," Sundance sensation and winner of the U.S Grand Jury Prize and "The Pearl Button," Best Screenplay winner at this year’s Berlinale.
This year’s rich and varied program also includes film critic’s Neil Young survey of American independent scene in "Uncharted States of America" program and Pamela Cohn’s now continuous exploration of music documentary landscape, albeit in very different form this year, in the "Sound of my Soul" selection.
“DokuFest is returning with yet another eclectic program of films that is sure to amaze, move, question and surprise,” says Veton Nurkollari, Artistic Director of DokuFest. “ We are delighted to be able to present works of the highest quality, both from emerging filmmakers and masters of the craft, to our growing audience”.
You can take a closer look at the diverse sections below:
Competition Programs:
Balkan Dox Competition
International Dox Competition/Feature & Short
Green Dox Competition
Human Rights Dox Competition
International Shorts Competition
National Competition
Special Programs:
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- 7/23/2015
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave pulled a five finger discount at the 2014 Indie Spirit Awards grabbing hardware in the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography categories. Apart from the larceny in the Best Doc category, the winners in the above mention category (excluding Bobbitt’s work) and the double win pairing of Leto and McConaughey along with Cate Blanchett’s perf win in Blue Jasmine will likely repeat itself less than 24 hours later at tomorrow’s Academy Awards celebrations obviously begging many to ponder the following: who needs the 86th Academy Awards when we have the Indie Spirit Awards? While today’s most pleasurable wins come from the truly indie kudos for Best First Feature (Ryan Coogler for Frutivale Station) the John Cassavetes award for Chad Hartigan’s This is Martin Bonner, and the Piaget Producers Award to Ain’t Them Bodies Saints...
- 3/2/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Film Independent announced nominations for the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards this morning.
Film Independent President Josh Welsh presided over the press conference held at the W Hollywood, with actresses Octavia Spencer and Paula Patton presenting the nominations.
Nominees for Best Feature included 12 Years a Slave, All Is Lost, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska.
Mud was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
In its commitment to recognizing the importance of below the line contributions to the art of filmmaking, Film Independent has now introduced, for the first year, the Best Editing category in the Spirit Awards.
Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 1, 2014. The awards ceremony will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening...
Film Independent President Josh Welsh presided over the press conference held at the W Hollywood, with actresses Octavia Spencer and Paula Patton presenting the nominations.
Nominees for Best Feature included 12 Years a Slave, All Is Lost, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska.
Mud was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
In its commitment to recognizing the importance of below the line contributions to the art of filmmaking, Film Independent has now introduced, for the first year, the Best Editing category in the Spirit Awards.
Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 1, 2014. The awards ceremony will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening...
- 11/26/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Adding to the awards show season buzz, the list of hopefuls for 2014 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards was just unveiled.
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the much-anticipated event is slated to get underway on March 1st in Santa Monica, and there will be plenty of stars to be seen.
Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oscar Isaac, Michael B. Jordan, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Redford will all compete in the Best Male Lead Category, while the Best Female Lead nominees are Cate Blanchett, Julie Delpy, Gaby Hoffman, Brie Larson, and Shailene Woodley.
The 29th Spirit Awards contenders are:
Best Feature
12 Years A Slave
All is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor, All Is Lost
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Jeff Nichols, Mud
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley,...
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the much-anticipated event is slated to get underway on March 1st in Santa Monica, and there will be plenty of stars to be seen.
Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oscar Isaac, Michael B. Jordan, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Redford will all compete in the Best Male Lead Category, while the Best Female Lead nominees are Cate Blanchett, Julie Delpy, Gaby Hoffman, Brie Larson, and Shailene Woodley.
The 29th Spirit Awards contenders are:
Best Feature
12 Years A Slave
All is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor, All Is Lost
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Jeff Nichols, Mud
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley,...
- 11/26/2013
- GossipCenter
Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack of the nominations for the 29th Annual Film Independent Spirit Award. The film received 7 nominations including best feature, director, and acting noms for Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, and Michael Fassbender.
Winners of the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on Saturday, March 1st at a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening at 10:00 pm Et/Pt exclusively on IFC.
Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!
Here's the complete list of the nominees of the 2014 Spirit Awards:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
12 Years a Slave
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
All Is Lost
Producers: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb
Frances Ha
Producers: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub...
Winners of the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on Saturday, March 1st at a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening at 10:00 pm Et/Pt exclusively on IFC.
Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!
Here's the complete list of the nominees of the 2014 Spirit Awards:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
12 Years a Slave
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
All Is Lost
Producers: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb
Frances Ha
Producers: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub...
- 11/26/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave is in contention for seven Spirit Awards followed closely by Alexander Payne’s Nebraska on six as Film Independent top brass announced nominees on November 26.
McQueen earned a director nomination and will compete against Alexander Payne for Nebraska, Jc Chandor for All Is Lost, Jeff Nichols for Mud and Share Carruth for Upstream Color.
Not surprisingly given the strength and depth of this awards season, the categories are strong across the board.
Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty is among a mighty crop of international contenders that includes Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt and A Touch Of Sin from China’s Jia Zhang-Ke.
12 Years A Slave’s Chiwetel Ejiofor will contest the lead actor race with veterans Bruce Dern for Nebraska and Robert Redford for All Is Lost, as well as...
McQueen earned a director nomination and will compete against Alexander Payne for Nebraska, Jc Chandor for All Is Lost, Jeff Nichols for Mud and Share Carruth for Upstream Color.
Not surprisingly given the strength and depth of this awards season, the categories are strong across the board.
Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty is among a mighty crop of international contenders that includes Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt and A Touch Of Sin from China’s Jia Zhang-Ke.
12 Years A Slave’s Chiwetel Ejiofor will contest the lead actor race with veterans Bruce Dern for Nebraska and Robert Redford for All Is Lost, as well as...
- 11/26/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 19th Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival has announced its international line-up, with films starring Ben Whishaw and Alan Rickman.
A total of 225 works from 40 countries selected to be showcased in competition at the festival from September 17-22 in Bristol. This year the festival received a record 2,372 entries.
Brief Encounters
Brief Encounters will feature live action and mixed format short films from all over the world, including new short format work by a number of established British filmmakers who are returning to the festival: Daniel Mulloy (Bashk), Chris Shepherd (The Ringer), Simon Ellis (Stew and Punch) and John Smith (Dad’s Stick).
Prominent national talent is also on display in Orbit Ever After, directed by 2012 Screen Star of Tomorrow Jamie Stone and starring Mackenzie Crook; No Kaddish in Carmarthen by Jesse Armstrong (Four Lions), Aneil Karia’s Beat, starring Ben Whishaw; and Ben Ockrent’s Dust featuring Alan Rickman and Jody Whittaker.
The competition...
A total of 225 works from 40 countries selected to be showcased in competition at the festival from September 17-22 in Bristol. This year the festival received a record 2,372 entries.
Brief Encounters
Brief Encounters will feature live action and mixed format short films from all over the world, including new short format work by a number of established British filmmakers who are returning to the festival: Daniel Mulloy (Bashk), Chris Shepherd (The Ringer), Simon Ellis (Stew and Punch) and John Smith (Dad’s Stick).
Prominent national talent is also on display in Orbit Ever After, directed by 2012 Screen Star of Tomorrow Jamie Stone and starring Mackenzie Crook; No Kaddish in Carmarthen by Jesse Armstrong (Four Lions), Aneil Karia’s Beat, starring Ben Whishaw; and Ben Ockrent’s Dust featuring Alan Rickman and Jody Whittaker.
The competition...
- 7/26/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Before we unleash the beast that is our annual Top 100 Most Anticipated Films List for 2013, we thought we’d give our readers an eyeful on the projects we’re keeping tabs on for… the 2014 campaign. We’re a little nuts with ours lists, but in the upcoming year we’ll be reporting on several of these films as producers find coin, screenplays are finalized, tech crews are hired, cast come abroad and greenlights are announced. Our countdown begins with…:
100. Prodigal Summer – Dir. Nicole Kassell
99. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
98. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent – Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
97. Tree Shade – Dir. Pedro Gonzalez Rubio
96. In Your Name – Dir. Marco Van Geffen
95. Twinkle Twinkle – Dir. Harmony Korine
94. Dead Spy Running – Dir. Adam Wingard
93. Leningrad – Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
92. The Man Who Sold the World – Dir. Bill Condon
91. Used Guys – Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
90. Untitled Freddie Mercury Biopic – Stephen Frears
89. Deux Nuits – Dir.
100. Prodigal Summer – Dir. Nicole Kassell
99. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
98. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent – Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
97. Tree Shade – Dir. Pedro Gonzalez Rubio
96. In Your Name – Dir. Marco Van Geffen
95. Twinkle Twinkle – Dir. Harmony Korine
94. Dead Spy Running – Dir. Adam Wingard
93. Leningrad – Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
92. The Man Who Sold the World – Dir. Bill Condon
91. Used Guys – Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
90. Untitled Freddie Mercury Biopic – Stephen Frears
89. Deux Nuits – Dir.
- 1/8/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Actress Ada Condeescu who has in just a trio of films (award-winning If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, the Cannes selected Loverboy and the much anticipated Wolf) and Arta Dobroshi’s whose stunning career resume began with the Dardenne’s Lorna’s Silence, Daniel Mulloy’s brilliant short Baby, and Catherine Corsini’s Cannes-selected Three Worlds are two of the ten names/faces who’ve been added to the list of 10 European actors selected as the 2013 Shooting Stars (annually presented at the Berlin Film Festival). Here is the complete list of ten names/faces to watch out for in European cinema:
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: Nominated by Danish Film Institute
Laura Birn: Nominated by Finnish Film Foundation
Christa Theret: Nominated by uniFrance
Saskia Rosendahl: Nominated by German Films
Luca Marinelli: Nominated by Istituto Luce Cinecitta
Arta Dobroshi: Nominated by Kosova Cinematography Center
Ada Condeescu...
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: Nominated by Danish Film Institute
Laura Birn: Nominated by Finnish Film Foundation
Christa Theret: Nominated by uniFrance
Saskia Rosendahl: Nominated by German Films
Luca Marinelli: Nominated by Istituto Luce Cinecitta
Arta Dobroshi: Nominated by Kosova Cinematography Center
Ada Condeescu...
- 12/13/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Gone are the days of a mangled production history – A Single Shot must have started and stopped a couple of times, switched casts before helmer David M. Rosenthal (Janie Jones) along with thesps Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Melissa Leo, Jeffrey Wright, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Reilly, Joe Anderson and Ophelia Lovibond were lassoed in March of this year. The book to film adaptation of Matthew F. Jones’s novel – a crime thriller filmed in Vancouver comes equipped with Cinematographer Eduard Grau (A Single Man), Composer Atli Örvarsson (The Burning Plain) , Production Designer David Brisbin (In the Cut), and Editor Dan Robinson (Daniel Mulloy’s short film filmography).
Gist: The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Production Co./Producers: Unanimous Pictures’ Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Unified Pictures’ Keith Kjarval,...
Gist: The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Production Co./Producers: Unanimous Pictures’ Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Unified Pictures’ Keith Kjarval,...
- 11/19/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Courtesy of Variety, we have learned that Sundance Selects has acquired the North American rights to Lucy Mulloy‘s Una Noche, which had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and its Us premiere at Tiff this year. It won three awards at the latter — Best New Narrative Director, Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film as well as Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film.
The film, of which was also scripted by Mulloy, stars Dariel Arrechaga, Anailin de la Rua de la Toree and Javier Nunez Florian. She also served as a producer alongside Daniel Mulloy, Maite Artieda, Sandy Perez and Yunior Santiago. The film “follows a day in the lives of two Cuban teens faced with the stark contrast between the tourists’ lives and their own struggle with poverty.”
In some similar North American distribution news, Variety also reports that Drafthouse Films have acquired the rights...
The film, of which was also scripted by Mulloy, stars Dariel Arrechaga, Anailin de la Rua de la Toree and Javier Nunez Florian. She also served as a producer alongside Daniel Mulloy, Maite Artieda, Sandy Perez and Yunior Santiago. The film “follows a day in the lives of two Cuban teens faced with the stark contrast between the tourists’ lives and their own struggle with poverty.”
In some similar North American distribution news, Variety also reports that Drafthouse Films have acquired the rights...
- 5/31/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Acquisitions from the Tribeca Film Festival are starting to trickle in, with Sundance Selects picking up North American rights to Lucy Mulloy’s “Una Noche” Thursday. After its world premiere at the Berlin fest, Mulloy’s debut feature won a trio of awards in competition at Tribeca, including one for best new narrative director. Dariel Arrechaga, Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nuñez Florian star in the story of three Cuban teenagers struggling with poverty and stark choices about what a better life in Miami might mean. Mulloy, who wrote the screenplay, produced along with Daniel Mulloy, Maite Artieda, Sandy Perez and Yunior Santiago. "‘Una Noche’ is a remarkable first film that vividly takes us into the lives of 3 teenagers living in Havana looking for a better life,” said Sundance Selects/IFC Films president Jonathan Sehring. “Lucy Mulloy is a major director to watch and has created a film that is both.
- 5/31/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
It's the week before the Sundance Film Festival that best exemplifies the all encompassing commitment to indie film and up-and-coming filmmakers. The week prior to the madness in Park City, the Sundance Institute nurtures (in some snowy setting that I'd love to be a fly on the wall for) about a dozen projects via the Screenwriters and Directing Labs. So before we kick off our coverage for the 28th edition, I deemed it was fit to publish an interview (which took place same time last year) that I conducted with someone who is fresh from the labs with 2012's January lab invited project, Mitrovica. Brit Daniel Mulloy is an award-winning short filmmaker (over 80 fest awards folks) who belongs to both the extended Sundance filmmaking family and a celluloid loving family of his own -- we've featured his sister Lucy and her debut film, Una Noche which is headed off to Berlin next month.
- 1/19/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
The week before the beast known as Sundance gets unleashed, 12 projects and their writers/directors will hit the Sundance Resort in Utah and get to work with such names as Lisa Cholodenko, Nicole Holofcener and Joachim Trier on what they hope will one day become feature film projects. This year appears to have more stories that go beyond U.S. borders and worth noting several of the mentioned lab attendees have a bit more "clout". Among the dozen, we have helmer Jonas Carpignano who'll be basing his feature on his award-winning short, A Chjàna (which won at the Venice Film Festival, we've got Ioana Uricaru (one of the filmmaker contributors on Cristian Mungiu's Tales From the Golden Age) who'll work from a U.S./Romanian perspective. David Lowery who was featured in Filmmaker Mag's 25 New Faces of Independent Film of 2011, who I think has a legitimate shot at attracting...
- 12/17/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The 20th Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff), which began on Nov. 10, concluded on Nov. 20. Nearly 24,000 people attended . 23,948 patrons participated in fest-related events, a 23 percent increase from 2010 and a festival record.
Awards were announced at the Nov. 20 closing-night party at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark:
Audience Choice Awards
Best Narrative Feature: .In Darkness,. by Agnieszka Holland
Best International Narrative Feature: .The Artist,. by Michael Hazanavicius
Leon Award for Best Documentary Feature: .Carol Channing: Larger Than Life,. by Dori Berinstein
New Filmmakers Forum Emerging Director Award
.96 Minutes,. by Aimee Lagos ($500 cash prize)
Interfaith Awards
Best Narrative Feature: .The White Meadows,. by Mohammed Rasoulof
Best Documentary Feature: .The Welcome,. by Kim Shelton
Midrash Awards
Best Narrative Feature: .Joint Body,. by Brian Jun ($500 cash prize)
Best Documentary Feature: .The Pruitt-Igoe Myth,. by Chad Freidrichs ($300 cash prize)
Short Film Awards
Best of Fest: .Baby,. by Daniel Mulloy
Best Local Short: .My Best Wand,...
Awards were announced at the Nov. 20 closing-night party at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark:
Audience Choice Awards
Best Narrative Feature: .In Darkness,. by Agnieszka Holland
Best International Narrative Feature: .The Artist,. by Michael Hazanavicius
Leon Award for Best Documentary Feature: .Carol Channing: Larger Than Life,. by Dori Berinstein
New Filmmakers Forum Emerging Director Award
.96 Minutes,. by Aimee Lagos ($500 cash prize)
Interfaith Awards
Best Narrative Feature: .The White Meadows,. by Mohammed Rasoulof
Best Documentary Feature: .The Welcome,. by Kim Shelton
Midrash Awards
Best Narrative Feature: .Joint Body,. by Brian Jun ($500 cash prize)
Best Documentary Feature: .The Pruitt-Igoe Myth,. by Chad Freidrichs ($300 cash prize)
Short Film Awards
Best of Fest: .Baby,. by Daniel Mulloy
Best Local Short: .My Best Wand,...
- 11/24/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It was a late night down at the Ballpark Hilton where Cinema St. Louis held their annual post-fest awards party for the St. Louis International Film Festival last night. The most coveted prize is the audience-choice award and this year it was a bit of a surprise when In Darkness was announced as the winner. The Descendants or The Artist both seemed like more obvious choices but Agnieszka Holland’s drama about Jewish refugees living in the sewers beneath in Nazi-occupied Poland apparently wowed St. Louis audiences enough to take home the prize. It was not a film that We Are Movie Geeks was able to review in our extensive coverage of the fest, but one we will certainly look forward to seeing and reviewing. The Artist received the second highest number of votes and was named “Best Foreign Narrative Feature”. Big congratulations to Cinema St. Louis. This was their...
- 11/22/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
#69. Una Noche - Lucy Mulloy Profiled in our predictions list last year and in our "In the Pipeline" series, I guess Lucy Mulloy is several steps closer to a film festival birth - and Sundance certainly looks like great spot to showcase Una Noche. World Dramatic Competition spot would be appropriate. Gist: The film follows 16-year old Raul through a night that will change his life forever. Raul’s mother is very ill and his frustration at his situation comes out as a passive aggression towards her. His good looks entice a string of admirers but he deals with his emotional pain by shutting out deeper relationships. Upon this night he releases his frustration, the result of which will make turning back impossible. Raul, more desperate than ever sets out to cross a stretch of water notorious for the deaths of thousands, 90 miles across the Ocean in the Us. The...
- 11/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
One of the oldest festivals in Europe, the Krakow Film Festival has a reputation among cinephiles as one of the continent’s most prestigious venues for short filmmaking and one of Eastern Europe’s largest markets for documentaries. Its 51st edition, which came to a close Memorial Day weekend, largely lived up to the hype. Unspooling 87 films of various shapes and sizes during the final week of May, it devoted a significant amount of its program to Polish cinema, with a competition section devoted solely to Polish films regardless or length or type. The shorts programming seems to be the heart of the festival, with many of the prime evening slots in the festival’s modernist ground zero the Kijow Centrum devoted to shorts blocks.
Kaveh Terhani’s 1994 (pictured above) won the Golden Dragon for best film. A terrifically observed short, comedic doc about an Iranian born immigrant to Norway...
Kaveh Terhani’s 1994 (pictured above) won the Golden Dragon for best film. A terrifically observed short, comedic doc about an Iranian born immigrant to Norway...
- 6/13/2011
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Independent Film Festival of Boston [1] recently released their full line-up and it's a doozy. Sundance favorites such as The Future [2] and Submarine [3] will be there, along with awesome documentaries like Being Elmo [4] (With Elmo In Attendance!!!) and Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times [5]. I'm looking forward to films I wasn't able to catch at Sundance and SXSW, such as the legal documentary Hot Coffee, the heartbreaking How to Die in Oregon, and the new fascinating Conan O'Brien film. Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins [6] also looks like it will rock the house. The full line-up is below. The festival is April 27th through May 4th, and it's one of my favorite movie events of the year. If you live anywhere in New England, I invite you to come and check it out. You can follow IFFBoston on Facebook for updates [7] or buy your passes now [8]! Narrative Features 13 Assassins...
- 3/25/2011
- by David Chen
- Slash Film
Odds that a Sundance short films program will be a good harvest are in the high percentile -- with over 6000 short film submissions sent in and about less than 100 selected certainly increases those odds. In any given year at the festival, you could easily trace back a filmmaker's presenting his/her feature film to the roots of shorts included in the fest from previous years. Because we're big on auteur theory, this year's coverage will include several short film items. Program IV was the tops of my list because it includes the latest works from two filmmakers I discovered in 2006 with their ward-winning shorts: Carter Smith (Bugcrush) and Daniel Mulloy (Antonio's Breakfast). Carter Smith's Yearbook (see pic above) was a Diy (set in his kitchen actually) is a slideshow talking-heads-esque with distinct flavors a la Smith -- warped comedy elements (perhaps a companion piece to Bugcrush) with sci-fi elements.
- 1/23/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Edouard Deluc’s short ¿Dónde Está Kim Basinger? has won the Flickerfest Award for Best Short Film.
The Best Australian Film went to Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Taun’s The Lost Thing, while the Jury Prize was awarded to the British short Baby, by Daniel Mulloy.
The 20th edition of Flickerfest Short Film Festival came to an end last night at Bondi Pavilion, Sydney. The best films from the festival will now embark on a 30-stop national tour, starting in Byron Bay on January 21 and traveling through to March.
The winners – selected by a Jury consisting of Kryzystof Geirat (Director Krakow Film Festival), Eileen Arandiga (Festival Director of the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto,) Renee Brack (face of Movie Extra), Hannah Hillard (director), Susie Porter (actress), Luke Doolan (director), Peta Watermayer (National Geographic Channel’s Program and Acquisitions Manager) and Tom Zubrycki (director) – are:
National Geographic Award – Best Documentary...
The Best Australian Film went to Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Taun’s The Lost Thing, while the Jury Prize was awarded to the British short Baby, by Daniel Mulloy.
The 20th edition of Flickerfest Short Film Festival came to an end last night at Bondi Pavilion, Sydney. The best films from the festival will now embark on a 30-stop national tour, starting in Byron Bay on January 21 and traveling through to March.
The winners – selected by a Jury consisting of Kryzystof Geirat (Director Krakow Film Festival), Eileen Arandiga (Festival Director of the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto,) Renee Brack (face of Movie Extra), Hannah Hillard (director), Susie Porter (actress), Luke Doolan (director), Peta Watermayer (National Geographic Channel’s Program and Acquisitions Manager) and Tom Zubrycki (director) – are:
National Geographic Award – Best Documentary...
- 1/16/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
From January 7th through the 16th, “lose the winter blues with 10 days of noise and pictures, exploding across London this January.”
That’s the festival’s tagline, which says it all I suppose. Of note, tomorrow, Sunday, the 9th, starting at 7:45Pm, catch a selection of short films that “highlight stories around the Black and Asian experience in the UK.”
The films in this screening: Baby, directed by Daniel Mulloy, 25 mins; The Block, directed by Michael Omonua, 4 mins (the above image); Half Term, directed by Sam Donovan, 25 mins; Knock Off, directed by Rosanne Flynn, 11 mins; The Loop, directed by Luc Rioche, 8 mins; Lost Paradise, directed by Waleed Akhtar, 14 mins; Promise, directed by David Alexander, 9 mins; Reunion, directed by Nick Parish, 11 mins; for a total of about 101 minutes.
Screenings take place at the Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton.
To buy tickets click Here.
That’s the festival’s tagline, which says it all I suppose. Of note, tomorrow, Sunday, the 9th, starting at 7:45Pm, catch a selection of short films that “highlight stories around the Black and Asian experience in the UK.”
The films in this screening: Baby, directed by Daniel Mulloy, 25 mins; The Block, directed by Michael Omonua, 4 mins (the above image); Half Term, directed by Sam Donovan, 25 mins; Knock Off, directed by Rosanne Flynn, 11 mins; The Loop, directed by Luc Rioche, 8 mins; Lost Paradise, directed by Waleed Akhtar, 14 mins; Promise, directed by David Alexander, 9 mins; Reunion, directed by Nick Parish, 11 mins; for a total of about 101 minutes.
Screenings take place at the Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton.
To buy tickets click Here.
- 1/8/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Short films by some Sundance alumni in Moon Molson, Michael Mohan, Oscilloscope founder Adam Yauch (see above), Lance Weiler, Zellner Bros., Neil Labute, Lake Bell, Isabella Rossellini, Daniel Mulloy, and as we mentioned before Carter Smith will be attending the festival with Yearbook with the logline being: "Something strange is going on at Rockdale high school…" And always worth the detour, Ruben Östlund brings Incident by a Bank whose plot is pretty much revealed in the title. The short films selected for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival are: U.S. Narrative Shorts This year's 44 U.S. short films were selected from a record 3,453 submissions. After You Left (Director: Jef Taylor; Screenwriters: Jef Taylor and Michael Tisdale) – A man in his mid-thirties searches for meaning in the aftermath of a relationship. Andy and Zach (Director and Screenwriter: Nick Paley) – When Zach decides to move out, his roommate Andy tries to set up...
- 12/6/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
#45. Una Noche - Lucy Mulloy Her brother and the feature film's producer, Daniel Mulloy paved the way to a Sundance route when he presented his award-winning short film Antonio's Breakfast at the festival back in 06'. My thinking is Lucy Mulloy will be unveiling her debut film Una Noche in the World Dramatic Competition portion of the fest. Well-versed in using Cuba as the backdrop for this turbulent storyline, Mulloy spent a year in Cuba before she was awarded the Dean's Fellowship to study her Mfa at New York University, packed her bags to return to Havana for three years to develop the script, for which she was awarded the Spike Lee Production Grant and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Grant. The film follows 16-year old Raul through a night that will change his life forever. Raul’s mother is very ill and his frustration at his situation comes out...
- 11/6/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Shane Meadows’ British drama “Somers Town” won the prestigious Michael Powell Award Sunday at the 62nd edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Praised by jury member Danny Huston, the film follows two teenagers who spend their time pursuing moneymaking scams and falling in love with local waitresses. Meadows’ directing credits also include “This is England.”
The Ppg Award for best performance in a British feature went to Robert Carlyle for “Summer,” Kenneth Glenaan’s drama about the struggle of a man to confront his past. Carlyle also recently starred in “28 Weeks Later.”
Werner Herzog won the award for best documentary for “Encounters at the End of the World,” in which the director travels to Antarctica to capture the landscape’s rarely seen beauty.
The Standard Life Audience Award was presented to James Marsh for “Man on Wire,” a documentary about tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring but often illegal stunts.
Praised by jury member Danny Huston, the film follows two teenagers who spend their time pursuing moneymaking scams and falling in love with local waitresses. Meadows’ directing credits also include “This is England.”
The Ppg Award for best performance in a British feature went to Robert Carlyle for “Summer,” Kenneth Glenaan’s drama about the struggle of a man to confront his past. Carlyle also recently starred in “28 Weeks Later.”
Werner Herzog won the award for best documentary for “Encounters at the End of the World,” in which the director travels to Antarctica to capture the landscape’s rarely seen beauty.
The Standard Life Audience Award was presented to James Marsh for “Man on Wire,” a documentary about tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring but often illegal stunts.
- 7/1/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
- It was originally set up as a short film, but it quickly became a feature length film and wowed audiences at Berlin, that got noticed at Tribeca and as of today, raised eyebrows at Edinburgh International Film Festival. Awarded with the top prize (a cash award of 20,000 pounds), Shane Meadows shot on 16 mm in black and white, the 26-page script by Paul Fraser, this follows Turgoose's character as a young runaway who befriends a young Polish boy in the north London area of Somers Town. Meadows received wide acclaim for another film featuring a minor. Set in 1983, This Is England centers around 12 year old Shaun is a lonely boy growing up in a grim coastal town in northern England, whose father died fighting in the Falklands War. (Read our interview with the filmmaker here). A jury statement described Meadows' film as "the freshest, most imaginative, maverick work" in the race for this year's award.
- 6/29/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Tom Quinn's "The New Year Parade", which looks at the effects divorce has on a family, was named the Grand Jury Narrative Feature winner at the 14th annual Slamdance Film Festival, which ended Friday.
The Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature went to Greg Kohs' "Song Sung Blue", which focusses on a husband and wife singing duo who pay tribute to the music of Neil Diamond. "Blue" was also the audience award winner in the documentary feature category.
The awards were announced at closing night ceremonies in Park City as the fest, which began Jan. 17, drew to a close.
The two winners -- both from first-time filmmakers working with budgets of less than $1 million -- will be screened at New Yorks' IFC Center next month.
Grand jury prizes also went to: Andrew McPhillips' "Blood Will Tell", animated short; C.A. Voros' "The Ladies", documentary short; Michael Langan's "Doxology", experimental short; and Daniel Mulloy's "Son", best narrative short.
Other audience award winners were Ryan Piotrowicz's "The Project", named best narrative feature, and Gloria Kim's "Rock Garden", best anarchy film.
The Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature went to Greg Kohs' "Song Sung Blue", which focusses on a husband and wife singing duo who pay tribute to the music of Neil Diamond. "Blue" was also the audience award winner in the documentary feature category.
The awards were announced at closing night ceremonies in Park City as the fest, which began Jan. 17, drew to a close.
The two winners -- both from first-time filmmakers working with budgets of less than $1 million -- will be screened at New Yorks' IFC Center next month.
Grand jury prizes also went to: Andrew McPhillips' "Blood Will Tell", animated short; C.A. Voros' "The Ladies", documentary short; Michael Langan's "Doxology", experimental short; and Daniel Mulloy's "Son", best narrative short.
Other audience award winners were Ryan Piotrowicz's "The Project", named best narrative feature, and Gloria Kim's "Rock Garden", best anarchy film.
- 1/26/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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