The European Film Academy (Efa) has unveiled 462 film professionals as new members in an announcement timed to coincide with Europe Day on May 9.
The new arrivals will be eligible to vote in the academy’s European Film Awards, the region’s equivalent to the Academy Awards, as well as contribute to its other initiatives across the year.
The Efa said a record number of professionals had accepted to join the organization this year, adding that 50% were female, 49%, were male, and 1% defined as non-binary.
The bigger intake comes amid a drive to revamp the academy which recently announced it would be moving the Efa ceremony to January in 2026, from its traditional December slot, to make it more relevant in the annual film awards season culminating with the Oscars.
The Efa currently now counts 4,600 members based in 52 countries.
The new members mainly hailed from Germany (68), France (38), Switzerland (37), Poland (36), Italy (33), Spain (24), UK (28) and...
The new arrivals will be eligible to vote in the academy’s European Film Awards, the region’s equivalent to the Academy Awards, as well as contribute to its other initiatives across the year.
The Efa said a record number of professionals had accepted to join the organization this year, adding that 50% were female, 49%, were male, and 1% defined as non-binary.
The bigger intake comes amid a drive to revamp the academy which recently announced it would be moving the Efa ceremony to January in 2026, from its traditional December slot, to make it more relevant in the annual film awards season culminating with the Oscars.
The Efa currently now counts 4,600 members based in 52 countries.
The new members mainly hailed from Germany (68), France (38), Switzerland (37), Poland (36), Italy (33), Spain (24), UK (28) and...
- 5/9/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Rodrigo Reyes’ “Sansón and Me” (Mexico/U.S.) has won best film at the Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 23-28) international competition. Supported by BBC Studios Documentary Unit, the award is Academy Award accredited.
Special mentions were given to “One Day in Ukraine” by Volodymyr Tykhyy (Ukraine-Poland) and “After the End of the World” by Nadim Mishlawi (Lebanon)
The best first feature award was won by Rosa Ruth Boesten’s “Master of Light” (U.S.-Netherlands). A special mention was given to “Julie on Line” by Mia Ma (France).
Best short film was awarded to “Fawley” by Chu-Li Shewring and Adam Gutch (U.K.). Supported by WarnerBros OneFifty, this section is Academy Award, BAFTA and BIFA accredited. A special mention was given to “Calling Cabral” by Welket Bungué (Guinea-Bissau-Portugal-Brazil)
The Tim Hetherington Award was presented to “Lyra” by Alison Millar (U.K.). The award is supported by Dogwoof. A special mention...
Special mentions were given to “One Day in Ukraine” by Volodymyr Tykhyy (Ukraine-Poland) and “After the End of the World” by Nadim Mishlawi (Lebanon)
The best first feature award was won by Rosa Ruth Boesten’s “Master of Light” (U.S.-Netherlands). A special mention was given to “Julie on Line” by Mia Ma (France).
Best short film was awarded to “Fawley” by Chu-Li Shewring and Adam Gutch (U.K.). Supported by WarnerBros OneFifty, this section is Academy Award, BAFTA and BIFA accredited. A special mention was given to “Calling Cabral” by Welket Bungué (Guinea-Bissau-Portugal-Brazil)
The Tim Hetherington Award was presented to “Lyra” by Alison Millar (U.K.). The award is supported by Dogwoof. A special mention...
- 6/29/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Festival reveals award winning docs, and the winners of its pitching sessions.
Rodrigo Reyes’s Sansón And Me, the story of an unlikely friendship between two Mexican migrants, has won the best film prize of the the international competition at this year’s Sheffield DocFest.
The DocFest jury lauded Reyes for choosing “to explore a subject matter which is all too often invisible and neglected: the incarceration of immigrants in the US.” The documentary sees Reyes reconnect with Sansón, a Mexican migrant sentenced to life in prison, whom he met when the director was a translator at his trial.
Special...
Rodrigo Reyes’s Sansón And Me, the story of an unlikely friendship between two Mexican migrants, has won the best film prize of the the international competition at this year’s Sheffield DocFest.
The DocFest jury lauded Reyes for choosing “to explore a subject matter which is all too often invisible and neglected: the incarceration of immigrants in the US.” The documentary sees Reyes reconnect with Sansón, a Mexican migrant sentenced to life in prison, whom he met when the director was a translator at his trial.
Special...
- 6/29/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
The Chinese One-child policy, a 35-year-long initiative aiming to curb the overpopulation of the country, is one of the most reprehensible state policies in recent history. Resulting in a large number of female infanticides, forced sterilization of women, and illegally born children, it has anything but curbed the growth of the population. That is because, despite incurring huge fines and diminishing the chances for upward social mobility, there were many families who chose to have a second child. In his intensely personal debut documentary “Four Journeys”, Louis Hothothot, a second child born during the One-child policy, looks at the repercussions of this policy on his family.
“Four Journeys” is screening at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Louis, a Chinese artist and director living in The Netherlands, has felt abandoned by his parents since he was a child. So he seldom visits them, the last time being five years ago.
“Four Journeys” is screening at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Louis, a Chinese artist and director living in The Netherlands, has felt abandoned by his parents since he was a child. So he seldom visits them, the last time being five years ago.
- 11/29/2021
- by Martin Lukanov
- AsianMoviePulse
Many’s the child who, when faced with what they feel is undue criticism or complaint from their parents, has reacted with a standard adolescent whine: “I didn’t ask to be born!” It’s a sentiment that resonates a little differently, however, through “Four Journeys,” in which Dutch-based Chinese multimedia artist Louis Hothothot quite sincerely invites his parents to discuss why they had him, and they explain with some candor their regrets about doing so. The ensuing documentary is a feat of family-therapy-as-art that veers in tone from confrontational to affectionate, but remains engagingly audience-friendly even at its most intimate. Having premiered to a warm reception as this year’s IDFA opener, “Four Journeys” looks likely to significantly extend its travel itinerary on the docfest circuit.
Not the most evocative of titles for such a personal and distinctive film, “Four Journeys” refers to a series of travels made by...
Not the most evocative of titles for such a personal and distinctive film, “Four Journeys” refers to a series of travels made by...
- 11/20/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
After addressing his family’s decades-long trauma in IDFA opener “Four Journeys,” Louis Hothothot (Louis Yi Liu) is already developing another intimate story. In “A Big Dream,” he will follow an American girl who weighs nearly 250 kg and dreams of becoming an actor in Beijing. In a clip shared with Variety, his protagonist admits to struggling with self-worth because of the way she looks, rendered “uncastable” because of her size.
“I am always interested in personal emotions and personal stories,” says Hothothot. In “Four Journeys,” the story in question is actually his own – conceived in violation of China’s one-child policy, introduced in 1979, he was an illegal “black child.” Although his birth has changed the life of his parents forever and ended his father’s political career, his family stayed mum on the subject.
“I started to think about it back in 2015, during the refugee crisis. I was volunteering in...
“I am always interested in personal emotions and personal stories,” says Hothothot. In “Four Journeys,” the story in question is actually his own – conceived in violation of China’s one-child policy, introduced in 1979, he was an illegal “black child.” Although his birth has changed the life of his parents forever and ended his father’s political career, his family stayed mum on the subject.
“I started to think about it back in 2015, during the refugee crisis. I was volunteering in...
- 11/17/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The IDFA festival director talks projects, backers and the tyranny of the 90-minute film-making trope.
Orwa Nyrabia is in his fourth edition of artistic director of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The festival opens tonight (November 17), amid a partial Covid-enforced lockdown, with the world premiere of Louis Hothothot’s Four Journeys.
The event already bears his strong imprint. This year, Nyrabia has made significant changes to the programme structure. He has launched a new competition strand, Envision, for documentaries using bold and innovative cinematic language which sits alongside an International Competition showcasing “the best of the art. Singular films that are artistically confident,...
Orwa Nyrabia is in his fourth edition of artistic director of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The festival opens tonight (November 17), amid a partial Covid-enforced lockdown, with the world premiere of Louis Hothothot’s Four Journeys.
The event already bears his strong imprint. This year, Nyrabia has made significant changes to the programme structure. He has launched a new competition strand, Envision, for documentaries using bold and innovative cinematic language which sits alongside an International Competition showcasing “the best of the art. Singular films that are artistically confident,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Louis Hothothot’s feature debut “Four Journeys” will open the 34th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which also revealed the lineup of the International Competition program, as well as other sections.
“Four Journeys” is a personal film about the destructive influence on a Chinese family of the one-child policy. Hothothot was born as an “illegal” second child, and the authorities punished his parents harshly. The director forces his parents to confront their traumatic past in the film.
A total of 264 titles from more than 80 countries play in the festival, which runs from Nov. 17-28. Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia said the films show us “how artistic freedom, courage and engagement with the world come in many different languages, styles, and viewpoints.” He added: “The documentary field is being confirmed as a future-proof art form that is unapologetically open, diverse and continuously developing.”
The International Competition lineup includes...
“Four Journeys” is a personal film about the destructive influence on a Chinese family of the one-child policy. Hothothot was born as an “illegal” second child, and the authorities punished his parents harshly. The director forces his parents to confront their traumatic past in the film.
A total of 264 titles from more than 80 countries play in the festival, which runs from Nov. 17-28. Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia said the films show us “how artistic freedom, courage and engagement with the world come in many different languages, styles, and viewpoints.” He added: “The documentary field is being confirmed as a future-proof art form that is unapologetically open, diverse and continuously developing.”
The International Competition lineup includes...
- 11/1/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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