Nine projects have been selected for the CineLink Co-Production Market and seven for the CineLink Drama at the upcoming edition of CineLink Industry Days within the Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug. 12-19), according to Film New Europe.
The CineLink Co-Production Market includes projects from North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria, while projects from Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary were selected for CineLink Drama.
A new development award, Female Voices CineLink Award with a cash prize of Euros 10,000, presented by the Slovenian Film Center, will be handed to one project from the CineLink Co-Production Market or CineLink Drama.
CineLink Industry Days will start with CineLink Workshop this month, one-on-one meetings during the festival (Aug. 15-18), and will continue with online meetings in September.
Click here to see the selected projects for CineLink Co-Production Market and CineLink Drama.
‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ Dominates Polish Film Awards, the Eagles
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The CineLink Co-Production Market includes projects from North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria, while projects from Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary were selected for CineLink Drama.
A new development award, Female Voices CineLink Award with a cash prize of Euros 10,000, presented by the Slovenian Film Center, will be handed to one project from the CineLink Co-Production Market or CineLink Drama.
CineLink Industry Days will start with CineLink Workshop this month, one-on-one meetings during the festival (Aug. 15-18), and will continue with online meetings in September.
Click here to see the selected projects for CineLink Co-Production Market and CineLink Drama.
‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ Dominates Polish Film Awards, the Eagles
“Quo Vadis, Aida?...
- 6/10/2022
- by Anna Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
Kore-eda’s ‘Air Doll’ Gets First U.S. Release
Exclusive: New York-based distributor Dekanalog has picked up Japanese pic Air Doll, directed by Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda, and will give the film its first U.S. release. Released in Japan in 2009, the film follows an inflatable sex doll who finds that she has grown consciousness and a heart. Wandering Tokyo, she discovers the innate complexities of being human, including the heartbreak of loneliness. The deal was overseen by sales agent Gabrielle Rozing at Fortissimo Films and George Schmalz of Dekanalog. The picture will be released in U.S. cinemas and on VOD in early 2022.
Red Sea Fund First Projects
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Fund has selected 97 projects it will back as part of its first funding cycle. The projects hail from Saudi Arabia (26), the Arab region (60) and Africa (11) and range from feature films to shorts, animations and series.
Exclusive: New York-based distributor Dekanalog has picked up Japanese pic Air Doll, directed by Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda, and will give the film its first U.S. release. Released in Japan in 2009, the film follows an inflatable sex doll who finds that she has grown consciousness and a heart. Wandering Tokyo, she discovers the innate complexities of being human, including the heartbreak of loneliness. The deal was overseen by sales agent Gabrielle Rozing at Fortissimo Films and George Schmalz of Dekanalog. The picture will be released in U.S. cinemas and on VOD in early 2022.
Red Sea Fund First Projects
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Fund has selected 97 projects it will back as part of its first funding cycle. The projects hail from Saudi Arabia (26), the Arab region (60) and Africa (11) and range from feature films to shorts, animations and series.
- 11/30/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Other winners included German drama ‘Other Cannibals’ and Lithuania’s ‘Runner’.
Andreas Kleinert’s German drama Dear Thomas has been awarded the Grand Prix at the 2021 Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
The black-and-white historical biopic follows the struggles of East German author and filmmaker Thomas Brasch, played by Albrecht Schuch who was also named best actor at Black Nights’ closing ceremony on Saturday evening (November 27).
Scroll down for full list of winners
It marks the latest feature of prolific Germany filmmaker Kleinert, known for titles such as Leb Whol, Joseph; Lost Landscape; and Head Under Water,...
Andreas Kleinert’s German drama Dear Thomas has been awarded the Grand Prix at the 2021 Black Nights Film Festival, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.
The black-and-white historical biopic follows the struggles of East German author and filmmaker Thomas Brasch, played by Albrecht Schuch who was also named best actor at Black Nights’ closing ceremony on Saturday evening (November 27).
Scroll down for full list of winners
It marks the latest feature of prolific Germany filmmaker Kleinert, known for titles such as Leb Whol, Joseph; Lost Landscape; and Head Under Water,...
- 11/28/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Dedicated to the story that shook up Poland in 1983, when high-schooler Grzegorz Przemyk was beaten to death by militia, Venice’s main competition entry “Leave No Traces” is not your usual historical movie, argued helmer Jan P. Matuszyński during the press conference.
“I see parallels between the case of Grzegorz Przemyk and the case of George Floyd,” he said. Floyd’s murder at the hands of a police officer was filmed by teenage Darnella Frazier, Przemyk’s ordeal was witnessed by a close friend. As recounted in Cezary Łazarewicz’s non-fiction book “Leave No Traces. The Case of Grzegorz Przemyk,” the tragedy – and the trial that followed – sparked widespread protests yet the culprits were never sentenced.
Matuszyński, who debuted with “The Last Family” and was born a year after the events took place, admitted it took a lot of effort to recreate the world of 1983. He didn’t want to “make a postcard,...
“I see parallels between the case of Grzegorz Przemyk and the case of George Floyd,” he said. Floyd’s murder at the hands of a police officer was filmed by teenage Darnella Frazier, Przemyk’s ordeal was witnessed by a close friend. As recounted in Cezary Łazarewicz’s non-fiction book “Leave No Traces. The Case of Grzegorz Przemyk,” the tragedy – and the trial that followed – sparked widespread protests yet the culprits were never sentenced.
Matuszyński, who debuted with “The Last Family” and was born a year after the events took place, admitted it took a lot of effort to recreate the world of 1983. He didn’t want to “make a postcard,...
- 9/9/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Since it was launched as a joint production venture between Finland, Estonia and Latvia, the North Star Film Alliance has labored to lure international film production to this scenic corner of Northeast Europe, which is enjoying a star turn after the Estonian shoot of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet.”
This year the alliance redoubled its efforts by opening offices in the heart of Hollywood, hoping to sell studio execs on what the region has to offer. “Hollywood is always open to new ideas, new looks, new ways to tell stories in the most original ways,” says Eleonora Granata, who heads the group’s L.A. office.
The former VP of acquisitions at Turner Pictures says the Hollywood launch, as well as the unveiling of new offices in Tokyo, will help “to prepare the ground [and] really plant the seed of what these places are offering.”
“The richness and the variety of the landscapes,...
This year the alliance redoubled its efforts by opening offices in the heart of Hollywood, hoping to sell studio execs on what the region has to offer. “Hollywood is always open to new ideas, new looks, new ways to tell stories in the most original ways,” says Eleonora Granata, who heads the group’s L.A. office.
The former VP of acquisitions at Turner Pictures says the Hollywood launch, as well as the unveiling of new offices in Tokyo, will help “to prepare the ground [and] really plant the seed of what these places are offering.”
“The richness and the variety of the landscapes,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The Polish-Latvian co-production was filmed in the Baltic republic from 31 July to 14 August and is set to continue until November. Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski has recently wrapped the Latvian shoot of his new project, a comedy entitled W2, a sequel of his 2004 film The Wedding. The production follows the director's box office hit Clergy (2018), a drama about the sins committed by the Catholic Church in Poland and dealing with several controversial themes, such as corruption, paedophilia and alcoholism. The shooting of W2 took place from 31 July to 14 August in Tukums and in the Cibla region, and saw the participation of Latvian actor Juris Gornavs, as well as local crew and extras. Filming is planned to continue until November. The script, penned by the director himself, revolves around a family attending a wedding. In the background of this event, we follow the family's complex relationships...
Mihály Schwechtje’s Democracy Work In Progress wins €20,000 Eurimages co-production development award.
Fifteen projects from Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey were presented at the Transilvania Pitch Stop (Tps) at the Transilvania International Film Festival (Tiff) in Cluj-Napoca in Romania last week.
The €20,000 Eurimages co-production development award went to Hungarian filmmaker Mihály Schwechtje’s Democracy Work In Progress. The project had been developed at the Nipkow Programme in Berlin last year.
Turkish director Selman Nacar’s Between Two Dawns was awarded €25,000 in postproduction services from Chainsaw Europe. The project is being co-produced by Romania’s Oana Giurgiu of...
Fifteen projects from Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey were presented at the Transilvania Pitch Stop (Tps) at the Transilvania International Film Festival (Tiff) in Cluj-Napoca in Romania last week.
The €20,000 Eurimages co-production development award went to Hungarian filmmaker Mihály Schwechtje’s Democracy Work In Progress. The project had been developed at the Nipkow Programme in Berlin last year.
Turkish director Selman Nacar’s Between Two Dawns was awarded €25,000 in postproduction services from Chainsaw Europe. The project is being co-produced by Romania’s Oana Giurgiu of...
- 6/13/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Cluj, Romania–Alejandro Landes’ “Monos,” a survival thriller about a group of rebels set deep in the jungles of Colombia, won the top prize at the Transilvanian Intl. Film Festival on Saturday, with the jury praising the Sundance player “for its hypnotic power through its minimalist storytelling, committed cast, and unsentimental portrait of young people with guns.”
After a week of heavy rains in Cluj that swept across the cobbled streets of its historic city center and disrupted countless open-air screenings, a palpable air of relief seemed to settle over the red carpet Saturday evening, as guests climbed the steps of the National Theater at twilight accompanied by the strains of a string quartet.
Looking back at a week of screenings that continued the festival’s tradition of pushing the envelope with bold and provocative programming, Tiff artistic director Mihai Chirilov described from the podium the “experiment” behind the official...
After a week of heavy rains in Cluj that swept across the cobbled streets of its historic city center and disrupted countless open-air screenings, a palpable air of relief seemed to settle over the red carpet Saturday evening, as guests climbed the steps of the National Theater at twilight accompanied by the strains of a string quartet.
Looking back at a week of screenings that continued the festival’s tradition of pushing the envelope with bold and provocative programming, Tiff artistic director Mihai Chirilov described from the podium the “experiment” behind the official...
- 6/9/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Cluj, Romania–When Lee Chang-dong’s mystery thriller “Burning” was released in Romania not too long ago, Tudor Giurgiu had the sense he had to catch the Cannes festival player before it was too late. “I felt this film was kind of meteoric, and it just disappeared,” he said.
The Romanian director and Transilvania Film Festival founder used the South Korean arthouse darling as an example of the challenges facing distributors in Central and Eastern Europe during a panel discussion Friday afternoon in Cluj, as part of the European Film Forum.
The day-long event, which was presented by the E.U.’s Creative Europe-Media Program, included a conversation with Giurgiu, Romanian producer Ada Solomon, and Warsaw-based sales agent New Europe Film Sales CEO Jan Naszewski. The session, entitled “New Trends in Regional Distribution,” was moderated by Erwin M. Schmidt, managing director of the German Producers Association.
Giurgiu cited the case...
The Romanian director and Transilvania Film Festival founder used the South Korean arthouse darling as an example of the challenges facing distributors in Central and Eastern Europe during a panel discussion Friday afternoon in Cluj, as part of the European Film Forum.
The day-long event, which was presented by the E.U.’s Creative Europe-Media Program, included a conversation with Giurgiu, Romanian producer Ada Solomon, and Warsaw-based sales agent New Europe Film Sales CEO Jan Naszewski. The session, entitled “New Trends in Regional Distribution,” was moderated by Erwin M. Schmidt, managing director of the German Producers Association.
Giurgiu cited the case...
- 6/8/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Clergy opens with scenes of Catholic priests boozily slurring their way through last rites. Later, we see them dozing in the confession box, nicking cash from the collection plate and engaging in sexual trysts both playful and depraved. But what starts innocently enough turns dark as Clergy examines the damage caused by children abused by priests and the church that, for decades, covered it up.
Wojciech Smarzowski’s drama, based on real events, has become a phenomenon in Poland: It’s the most successful film of the year ($23 million at the box office and counting) and one that has shaken up ...
Wojciech Smarzowski’s drama, based on real events, has become a phenomenon in Poland: It’s the most successful film of the year ($23 million at the box office and counting) and one that has shaken up ...
- 11/2/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Clergy opens with scenes of Catholic priests boozily slurring their way through last rites. Later, we see them dozing in the confession box, nicking cash from the collection plate and engaging in sexual trysts both playful and depraved. But what starts innocently enough turns dark as Clergy examines the damage caused by children abused by priests and the church that, for decades, covered it up.
Wojciech Smarzowski’s drama, based on real events, has become a phenomenon in Poland: It’s the most successful film of the year ($23 million at the box office and counting) and one that has shaken up ...
Wojciech Smarzowski’s drama, based on real events, has become a phenomenon in Poland: It’s the most successful film of the year ($23 million at the box office and counting) and one that has shaken up ...
- 11/2/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It will help Poland to compete as a location with Hungary and the Czech Republic.
The Polish Film Institute (Pfi) has approved and will administrate a 30% cash rebate for incoming film, TV, documentary and animation productions that shoot in Poland from January 2019.
To qualify for the rebate, international producers will be required to work with a local partner and spend at least $1m in Poland for a feature film that is co-produced locally, $540,000 if the feature project is set up as a service production and works wtih a Polish line producer rather than co-producer, and $400,000 per episode for TV projects.
The Polish Film Institute (Pfi) has approved and will administrate a 30% cash rebate for incoming film, TV, documentary and animation productions that shoot in Poland from January 2019.
To qualify for the rebate, international producers will be required to work with a local partner and spend at least $1m in Poland for a feature film that is co-produced locally, $540,000 if the feature project is set up as a service production and works wtih a Polish line producer rather than co-producer, and $400,000 per episode for TV projects.
- 10/29/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Polish film Kler (The Clergy), which paints a damaging picture of the local priesthood, has broken local box-office records and caused controversy in the largely Catholic country.
Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski, the film was released in Poland on Sept. 28 and immediately broke the local opening weekend box-office record with 935,000 admissions. Poland's box-office charts track admissions rather than revenue.
Since opening, The Clergy has had over 3 million admissions according to distributor Kino Swiat. Local observers say the film has a chance of breaking Poland's all-time attendance record, which James Cameron's Avatar currently holds with 3.68 million ...
Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski, the film was released in Poland on Sept. 28 and immediately broke the local opening weekend box-office record with 935,000 admissions. Poland's box-office charts track admissions rather than revenue.
Since opening, The Clergy has had over 3 million admissions according to distributor Kino Swiat. Local observers say the film has a chance of breaking Poland's all-time attendance record, which James Cameron's Avatar currently holds with 3.68 million ...
- 10/15/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Polish film Kler (The Clergy), which paints a damaging picture of the local priesthood, has broken local box-office records and caused controversy in the largely Catholic country.
Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski, the film was released in Poland on Sept. 28 and immediately broke the local opening weekend box-office record with 935,000 admissions. Poland's box-office charts track admissions rather than revenue.
Since opening, The Clergy has had over 3 million admissions according to distributor Kino Swiat. Local observers say the film has a chance of breaking Poland's all-time attendance record, which James Cameron's Avatar currently holds with 3.68 million ...
Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski, the film was released in Poland on Sept. 28 and immediately broke the local opening weekend box-office record with 935,000 admissions. Poland's box-office charts track admissions rather than revenue.
Since opening, The Clergy has had over 3 million admissions according to distributor Kino Swiat. Local observers say the film has a chance of breaking Poland's all-time attendance record, which James Cameron's Avatar currently holds with 3.68 million ...
- 10/15/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Controversial in its native Poland, this ambitious drama skilfully shows its clerical cast are as much victims as villains
Source of understandable huffing among Polish conservatives, this stark and steely-eyed drama sets out its anti-clerical stall when three Catholic priests’ marathon drinking session is interrupted by news one of their parishioners requires the last rites, duly slurred through. A few degrees lighter – visually, tonally – and it might have reached us under the title Bad Padres.
The multitude of sins writer-director Wojciech Smarzowski enumerates spans confession-box dozing, illegal surveillance and liberal borrowing from the collection plate – and that’s before he perhaps inevitably broaches some ambiguous business with altar boys in the sacristy. Suffice to say, Smarzowski isn’t exactly preaching to the converted, rather mobilising the viewer who suspects organised religion may be organised crime, a Cosa Nostra in cassocks.
Source of understandable huffing among Polish conservatives, this stark and steely-eyed drama sets out its anti-clerical stall when three Catholic priests’ marathon drinking session is interrupted by news one of their parishioners requires the last rites, duly slurred through. A few degrees lighter – visually, tonally – and it might have reached us under the title Bad Padres.
The multitude of sins writer-director Wojciech Smarzowski enumerates spans confession-box dozing, illegal surveillance and liberal borrowing from the collection plate – and that’s before he perhaps inevitably broaches some ambiguous business with altar boys in the sacristy. Suffice to say, Smarzowski isn’t exactly preaching to the converted, rather mobilising the viewer who suspects organised religion may be organised crime, a Cosa Nostra in cassocks.
- 10/11/2018
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Hatred (Wołyń) by Wojciech Smarzowski was tapped as the year's best film at the Polish Eagles, the country's main film awards and local equivalent of the Oscars, at a ceremony Monday in Warsaw.
Smarzowski also took home the best director award for Hatred, a love story set against the backdrop of World War II.
The film earned the highest number of nominations, 14, and ended up receiving eight awards, including for best photography, editing and music.
Robert Bolesto, writer of Jan P. Matuszyński's The Last Family (Ostatnia rodzina), collected best screenplay honors, while the movie's stars, Aleksandra...
Smarzowski also took home the best director award for Hatred, a love story set against the backdrop of World War II.
The film earned the highest number of nominations, 14, and ended up receiving eight awards, including for best photography, editing and music.
Robert Bolesto, writer of Jan P. Matuszyński's The Last Family (Ostatnia rodzina), collected best screenplay honors, while the movie's stars, Aleksandra...
- 3/21/2017
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The nominations for the Polish Eagles, the country's main film award and local equivalent of the Oscars, were announced on Tuesday.
Jestem mordercą (I'm a Killer) by Maciej Pieprzyca, Ostatnia rodzina (The Last Family) by Jan P. Matuszyński, which won awards at Locarno, Chicago and Denver international film festivals, and Wołyń (Hatred) by Wojciech Smarzowski are to compete in the best film nomination.
Hatred, a WWII love story, earned the highest number of nominations ,14 in total, including best director, best actor, best actress, best screenplay and the discovery of the year.
It is followed by The Last...
Jestem mordercą (I'm a Killer) by Maciej Pieprzyca, Ostatnia rodzina (The Last Family) by Jan P. Matuszyński, which won awards at Locarno, Chicago and Denver international film festivals, and Wołyń (Hatred) by Wojciech Smarzowski are to compete in the best film nomination.
Hatred, a WWII love story, earned the highest number of nominations ,14 in total, including best director, best actor, best actress, best screenplay and the discovery of the year.
It is followed by The Last...
- 2/8/2017
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
StardustExile can take many forms. Several major filmmakers from Poland famously followed the Chopin route to France—Walerian Borowczyk, Andrzej Żuławski, to a degree even Krzysztof Kieślowski—while their pugilistic peer Jerzy Skolimowski, as well as Roman Polanski, was ranging even further across Europe and beyond. But the comically-oriented writer-director Andrzej Kondratiuk—an early Polanski co-conspirator, who died in June aged 79—found voluntary geographical exile without leaving his own country. He was able to renew his creative energies in rural isolation, seeking, gaining and retaining true independence amid a political system founded upon collective, communal effort. Kondratiuk’s five-decade career is thus a consistently idiosyncratic and enigmatic one, encompassing eight theatrical features, several shorts and five TV-movies. Among the latter is the work for which he’s now best known—at least at home—the raucous and irresistibly-titled black-and-white superhero/comicbook spoof Hydro-Riddle (Hydrozagadka, 1972), which after hostile initial reactions has...
- 12/6/2016
- MUBI
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market Awards at the 20th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market, taking place since 2005, is the largest coproduction platform in the region of Northern and Central Europe. With a complete overview of the year’s audiovisual production in the region and a range of programs open for feature film projects, Baltic Event is the key production platform to be at in November.
For its 15th edition, Baltic Event selected 14 projects from its traditional roster of new EU territories, Scandinavia and Russia, as well as a project from Georgia in collaboration with Eave and 2 projects from this year’s focus country, Luxembourg. The Baltic Event Coproduction Market presented these 17 projects from November 22 to 24, 2016 to international coproducers and buyers at more than 500 one-to-one meetings during the 20th jubilee edition of the Black Nights Film Festival.
The Baltic Event team was satisfied by the exceptionally...
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market, taking place since 2005, is the largest coproduction platform in the region of Northern and Central Europe. With a complete overview of the year’s audiovisual production in the region and a range of programs open for feature film projects, Baltic Event is the key production platform to be at in November.
For its 15th edition, Baltic Event selected 14 projects from its traditional roster of new EU territories, Scandinavia and Russia, as well as a project from Georgia in collaboration with Eave and 2 projects from this year’s focus country, Luxembourg. The Baltic Event Coproduction Market presented these 17 projects from November 22 to 24, 2016 to international coproducers and buyers at more than 500 one-to-one meetings during the 20th jubilee edition of the Black Nights Film Festival.
The Baltic Event team was satisfied by the exceptionally...
- 11/26/2016
- by Tara Karajica
- Sydney's Buzz
Screen Pitch competition line-up; Queen Of Spades opens Main Competition.
Films from Russia, the Baltic states, Poland, Croatia and Georgia are among 17 projects selected for the 15th edition of the Baltic Event’s Co-Production Market (November 21-24).
The projects will be competing, among other awards, for Screen International’s Best Pitch Award which has gone in the past to projects from Finland, Estonia and Russia as well as the first ever Baltic co-production of a fiction feature film, Lithuania’s Seneca’s Day.
The prize is decided by the Co-Production Market’s participants.
This year’s selection features new projects by Latvia’s Laila Pakalnina (Insect Night), Croatia’s Vinko Bresan (What A Country!) and Poland’s Wojciech Smarzowski (The Clergy) and Dariusz Gajewski (Trust).
In addition, the Tallinn forum will serve as the venue for up-and-coming filmmakers such as Russia’s Maxim Dashkin, Lithuania’s Tomas Smulkis and Sweden’s Maria Eriksson to present new film...
Films from Russia, the Baltic states, Poland, Croatia and Georgia are among 17 projects selected for the 15th edition of the Baltic Event’s Co-Production Market (November 21-24).
The projects will be competing, among other awards, for Screen International’s Best Pitch Award which has gone in the past to projects from Finland, Estonia and Russia as well as the first ever Baltic co-production of a fiction feature film, Lithuania’s Seneca’s Day.
The prize is decided by the Co-Production Market’s participants.
This year’s selection features new projects by Latvia’s Laila Pakalnina (Insect Night), Croatia’s Vinko Bresan (What A Country!) and Poland’s Wojciech Smarzowski (The Clergy) and Dariusz Gajewski (Trust).
In addition, the Tallinn forum will serve as the venue for up-and-coming filmmakers such as Russia’s Maxim Dashkin, Lithuania’s Tomas Smulkis and Sweden’s Maria Eriksson to present new film...
- 10/21/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Locarno premiere took home eight awards; meanwhile Ukraine greenlights cash rebate scheme.
Jan P. Matuszynski’s feature debut The Last Family swept the board at this year’s Gdynia Film Festival in Poland (19-24 September) with eight awards, including the Golden Lions Grand Prix as well as the awards for Best Actor and Actress and the Audience Award.
The tragicomic story also picked up the Journalists Award, the Onetu Award for the three lead actors Aleksandra Konieczna, Andrzej Seweryn and Dawid Ogrodnik, as well as the Elle Crystal Star and the Golden Kangaroo for director Matuszynski.
Handled internationally by New Europe Film Sales and distributed theatrically in Poland by Kino Swiat, The Last Family had its world premiere in competition at last month’s Locarno Film Festival where the Leopard for Best Actor was awarded to star Andrzej Seweryn for his performance.
Tomasz Wasilewski’s Berlinale competition title United States Of Love - also with New Film...
Jan P. Matuszynski’s feature debut The Last Family swept the board at this year’s Gdynia Film Festival in Poland (19-24 September) with eight awards, including the Golden Lions Grand Prix as well as the awards for Best Actor and Actress and the Audience Award.
The tragicomic story also picked up the Journalists Award, the Onetu Award for the three lead actors Aleksandra Konieczna, Andrzej Seweryn and Dawid Ogrodnik, as well as the Elle Crystal Star and the Golden Kangaroo for director Matuszynski.
Handled internationally by New Europe Film Sales and distributed theatrically in Poland by Kino Swiat, The Last Family had its world premiere in competition at last month’s Locarno Film Festival where the Leopard for Best Actor was awarded to star Andrzej Seweryn for his performance.
Tomasz Wasilewski’s Berlinale competition title United States Of Love - also with New Film...
- 9/26/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Selection includes the debut feature from the editor/Dop of The Tribe.
The ten titles selected for the 11th CentEast Market works-in-progress presentations.
Nine feature fiction films and one documentary are among selected projects that will be presented in Warsaw (Oct 16) before travelling to CentEast Moscow (Oct 19) and then the Beijing Film Market (April 2016), in the framework of China-Eastern Europe Film Promotion Project/CentEast in Beijing
Highlights include the untitled first feature of Valentyn Vasyanovych, the Ukrainian editor and director of photography on multi-award winner The Tribe.
Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov (The Owners) will present his latest project, The Plague at the Karatas Village, alongside producer Olga Khlasheva.
Romanian producer Dan Burlac (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) will present the second feature of Gabriel Achim (Adalbert’s Dream), dark comedy The Last Day.
The second feature directed by Slovak producer Michal Kollar of Fog’n’ Desire Films, The Red Captain is an adaptation of a bestselling Slovak novel, featuring...
The ten titles selected for the 11th CentEast Market works-in-progress presentations.
Nine feature fiction films and one documentary are among selected projects that will be presented in Warsaw (Oct 16) before travelling to CentEast Moscow (Oct 19) and then the Beijing Film Market (April 2016), in the framework of China-Eastern Europe Film Promotion Project/CentEast in Beijing
Highlights include the untitled first feature of Valentyn Vasyanovych, the Ukrainian editor and director of photography on multi-award winner The Tribe.
Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov (The Owners) will present his latest project, The Plague at the Karatas Village, alongside producer Olga Khlasheva.
Romanian producer Dan Burlac (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) will present the second feature of Gabriel Achim (Adalbert’s Dream), dark comedy The Last Day.
The second feature directed by Slovak producer Michal Kollar of Fog’n’ Desire Films, The Red Captain is an adaptation of a bestselling Slovak novel, featuring...
- 9/17/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Polish Days constitutes the most important industry event at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. There, more than 250 movers and shakers of the Polish and international film industry, from producers and film funds to buyers and festival programmers from Berlin, Semaine de la Critique, Rotterdam, Venice, Tribeca and New Directors/New Films, met to watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings. This year, the event took place from July 29 to 31 in the city of Wrocław, Poland.
The 2015 edition focused on funding and German producers. Polish and German film producers met at a conference organized by the Polish Film Institute, the Film Commission of Poland, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (Mdm), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German regional funds and the Cottbus Film Festival.
A total of 26 films and projects by both first-time directors and well-established filmmakers were selected for the industry event.
In fact, among the works shown in full at closed screenings were Karlovy Vary competition titles "The Red Spider" by Marcin Koszalkaand "Chemo" by Bartosz Prokopowicz as well as the debut features by Wojciech Kasperski "The High Frontier," "Berlin Diaries" by Przemysław Wojcieszek, "My Sister" by Kinga Dębska and Krzysztof Łukaszewicz’s "Karbala."
As far as the work-in-progress section is concerned, it presented 10 films. These were "Baby Bump" by Kuba Czekaj, "Journals" by Wiktoria Szymańska, "Waves" by Grzegorz Zariczny, "Into the Spirale" by Konrad Aksinowicz, "All These Sleepless Nights" by Michał Marczak and two projects pitched at the festival last year - "Wild Roses" by Anna Jadowska and "Volhynia" by Wojtek Smarzowski. Two documentaries were also presented here: "21 x New York" by Piotr Stasik and "When You Return" by Anna Zamęcka.
Pitchings presented Polish films at an earlier stage of development and production included new works by Marcin Wrona ("Lili"), Dorota Kędzierzawska ("Speedway") and Marcin Dudziak ("Presence"), as well as the following debut features: "The Last Family" by Jan P. Matuszyński, "Tower" by Jagoda Szelc, "Forest" by Joanna Zastróżna and the Cinemart project "Hurrah, we're still alive!" by Agnieszka Polska. Moreover, three projects by foreign directors but developed in Poland were also pitched: "AA" by Jack Faber, "Marie Curie" by Marie Noelle and "People I'm Not" by Francesco Rizzi. Post-production awards from Toya Studios (sound) and Chimney Poland (image) went to "People I'm Not" by Francesco Rizzi, "Tower" by Jagoda Szelc and "Speedway" by Dorota Kędzierzawska.
In the case of "The Last Family," David Ogrodnik, one of the stars of the critically acclaimed hit "Ida," has been cast in the film as Tomek, the son of Polish artist Zdzislaw Beksinski, played by Andrzej Seweryn, a veteran film and theater actor.
According to Joanna Łapińska, the head of Polish Days and the artistic director of the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, the program “contains, in equal measure, expressive, original works, along with interesting genre films, moving features, and courageous documentaries.” As far as Agnieszka Odorowicz, the general director of the Polish Film Institute, is concerned, Polish Days has become “one of the most interesting events dedicated to promoting Polish cinema and showcasing film projects in early stages of production. The importance of Polish Days for the international promotion of Polish cinema cannot be overstated. ” Łapińska was adamant on “making it clear” that “Poland is a place for interesting coproductions.”
Polish Days is co-organized with the Polish Film Institute. The event’s partners include the Film Commission of Poland, the Mazovia-Warsaw and Wrocław Film Commissions, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the National Audiovisual Institute and post-production studios Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
The 2015 edition focused on funding and German producers. Polish and German film producers met at a conference organized by the Polish Film Institute, the Film Commission of Poland, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (Mdm), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German regional funds and the Cottbus Film Festival.
A total of 26 films and projects by both first-time directors and well-established filmmakers were selected for the industry event.
In fact, among the works shown in full at closed screenings were Karlovy Vary competition titles "The Red Spider" by Marcin Koszalkaand "Chemo" by Bartosz Prokopowicz as well as the debut features by Wojciech Kasperski "The High Frontier," "Berlin Diaries" by Przemysław Wojcieszek, "My Sister" by Kinga Dębska and Krzysztof Łukaszewicz’s "Karbala."
As far as the work-in-progress section is concerned, it presented 10 films. These were "Baby Bump" by Kuba Czekaj, "Journals" by Wiktoria Szymańska, "Waves" by Grzegorz Zariczny, "Into the Spirale" by Konrad Aksinowicz, "All These Sleepless Nights" by Michał Marczak and two projects pitched at the festival last year - "Wild Roses" by Anna Jadowska and "Volhynia" by Wojtek Smarzowski. Two documentaries were also presented here: "21 x New York" by Piotr Stasik and "When You Return" by Anna Zamęcka.
Pitchings presented Polish films at an earlier stage of development and production included new works by Marcin Wrona ("Lili"), Dorota Kędzierzawska ("Speedway") and Marcin Dudziak ("Presence"), as well as the following debut features: "The Last Family" by Jan P. Matuszyński, "Tower" by Jagoda Szelc, "Forest" by Joanna Zastróżna and the Cinemart project "Hurrah, we're still alive!" by Agnieszka Polska. Moreover, three projects by foreign directors but developed in Poland were also pitched: "AA" by Jack Faber, "Marie Curie" by Marie Noelle and "People I'm Not" by Francesco Rizzi. Post-production awards from Toya Studios (sound) and Chimney Poland (image) went to "People I'm Not" by Francesco Rizzi, "Tower" by Jagoda Szelc and "Speedway" by Dorota Kędzierzawska.
In the case of "The Last Family," David Ogrodnik, one of the stars of the critically acclaimed hit "Ida," has been cast in the film as Tomek, the son of Polish artist Zdzislaw Beksinski, played by Andrzej Seweryn, a veteran film and theater actor.
According to Joanna Łapińska, the head of Polish Days and the artistic director of the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, the program “contains, in equal measure, expressive, original works, along with interesting genre films, moving features, and courageous documentaries.” As far as Agnieszka Odorowicz, the general director of the Polish Film Institute, is concerned, Polish Days has become “one of the most interesting events dedicated to promoting Polish cinema and showcasing film projects in early stages of production. The importance of Polish Days for the international promotion of Polish cinema cannot be overstated. ” Łapińska was adamant on “making it clear” that “Poland is a place for interesting coproductions.”
Polish Days is co-organized with the Polish Film Institute. The event’s partners include the Film Commission of Poland, the Mazovia-Warsaw and Wrocław Film Commissions, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the National Audiovisual Institute and post-production studios Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
- 8/12/2015
- by Tara Karajica
- Sydney's Buzz
Marcin Koszalka’s The Red Spider among 26 titles in local showcase.Scroll down for full list of films
Polish Days, the showcase of national films at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, has announced 26 titles this year.
Among six completed films are Karlovy Vary features The Red Spider and Chemo.
Ten films will be presented at the pitchings event - for projects in development and the early stages of production - while nine films will be presented in the work-in-progress strand.
This year’s Polish Days will have a focus on German producers and film funds, including a meeting of Polish and German film producers organised in co-operation with the East German film funds Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (Mdm) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Cottbus Iff, the Polish Film Institute and Film Commission Poland.
170 guests from Poland and abroad are expected to attend the event in Wrocław, which will take place July 29-31.
Full list of selected...
Polish Days, the showcase of national films at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, has announced 26 titles this year.
Among six completed films are Karlovy Vary features The Red Spider and Chemo.
Ten films will be presented at the pitchings event - for projects in development and the early stages of production - while nine films will be presented in the work-in-progress strand.
This year’s Polish Days will have a focus on German producers and film funds, including a meeting of Polish and German film producers organised in co-operation with the East German film funds Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (Mdm) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Cottbus Iff, the Polish Film Institute and Film Commission Poland.
170 guests from Poland and abroad are expected to attend the event in Wrocław, which will take place July 29-31.
Full list of selected...
- 7/14/2015
- ScreenDaily
Audience Award won by Pale Moon with the film’s Rie Miyazawa named best actress.
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) wrapped tonight with Josh and Benny Safdie’s Us-France co-production Heaven Knows What winning the Tokyo Grand Prix. The top award comes with a cash prize of $50,000.
The co-directors also took Award for Best Director ($5,000) with their film about young junkies struggling to survive in New York. Heaven Knows What was an Asian premiere in Tokyo after Venice, Toronto and New York.
The Special Jury Prize ($20,000) went to Bulgaria-Greece co-production The Lesson directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.
Rie Miyazawa took the Best Actress award ($5,000) for her performance in Pale Moon, a world premiere title which also picked up the Audience Award ($10,000).
Directed by Daihachi Yoshida (The Kirishima Thing), the film was the only Japanese work in competition and drew pleased buzz from hard-pressed festival-goers looking for good Japanese films in the selection.
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The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) wrapped tonight with Josh and Benny Safdie’s Us-France co-production Heaven Knows What winning the Tokyo Grand Prix. The top award comes with a cash prize of $50,000.
The co-directors also took Award for Best Director ($5,000) with their film about young junkies struggling to survive in New York. Heaven Knows What was an Asian premiere in Tokyo after Venice, Toronto and New York.
The Special Jury Prize ($20,000) went to Bulgaria-Greece co-production The Lesson directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.
Rie Miyazawa took the Best Actress award ($5,000) for her performance in Pale Moon, a world premiere title which also picked up the Audience Award ($10,000).
Directed by Daihachi Yoshida (The Kirishima Thing), the film was the only Japanese work in competition and drew pleased buzz from hard-pressed festival-goers looking for good Japanese films in the selection.
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- 10/31/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
World premieres from Goupil, Li, De La Cruz, Yeo, Yoshida and more.Scroll down for Competition line-up
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) (Oct 23-31) has announced the rest of its line-up with a Competition selection that includes world premieres such as Romain Goupil’s French film The Days Come and Li Ruijun’s Chinese film River Road.
The other world premieres in Competition will be: Filipino maverick Khavn De La Cruz‘s Ruined Heart - Another Love Story Between A Criminal & A Whore; Malaysian producer of Cannes title Tiger Factory, Edmund Yeo’s feature directorial debut River Of Exploding Durians, and the previously announced single Japanese film in Competition, Pale Moon, directed by Daihachi Yoshida.
Claudio Noce’s Italian film Ice Forest will make an international premiere in Competition.
Tiff Programming director Yoshi Yatabe explained the selection was made on three criteria: “an unswerving focus on depicting humanity”, “diversity” and “auteurism”.
He said, “To sum up...
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) (Oct 23-31) has announced the rest of its line-up with a Competition selection that includes world premieres such as Romain Goupil’s French film The Days Come and Li Ruijun’s Chinese film River Road.
The other world premieres in Competition will be: Filipino maverick Khavn De La Cruz‘s Ruined Heart - Another Love Story Between A Criminal & A Whore; Malaysian producer of Cannes title Tiger Factory, Edmund Yeo’s feature directorial debut River Of Exploding Durians, and the previously announced single Japanese film in Competition, Pale Moon, directed by Daihachi Yoshida.
Claudio Noce’s Italian film Ice Forest will make an international premiere in Competition.
Tiff Programming director Yoshi Yatabe explained the selection was made on three criteria: “an unswerving focus on depicting humanity”, “diversity” and “auteurism”.
He said, “To sum up...
- 9/30/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Lukasz Palkowski’s Gods was the big winner at this year’s annual showcase of Polish cinema at the Gdynia Film Festival which ended with a gala awards ceremony at the weekend.
Gods (Bogowie), based on the life of Zbigniew Religa who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in the 1980s, received the Grand Prix Golden Lions for best film as well as individual awards in the categories of screenplay, make-up, production design and actor in a leading role for Tomasz Kot.
In addition, Gods received the award of the Polish Film Festivals and Reviews Abroad as well as the Journalists’ Award, Elle magazine’s Star of the Stars award for lead actor Kot and Radio Gdansk’s Golden Claquer Award for the longest applauded film at a screening in the Musical Theatre for the Main Competition.
Palkowski made his feature directorial debut in 2007 with Reserve, which won three prize at the festival in Gdynia...
Gods (Bogowie), based on the life of Zbigniew Religa who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in the 1980s, received the Grand Prix Golden Lions for best film as well as individual awards in the categories of screenplay, make-up, production design and actor in a leading role for Tomasz Kot.
In addition, Gods received the award of the Polish Film Festivals and Reviews Abroad as well as the Journalists’ Award, Elle magazine’s Star of the Stars award for lead actor Kot and Radio Gdansk’s Golden Claquer Award for the longest applauded film at a screening in the Musical Theatre for the Main Competition.
Palkowski made his feature directorial debut in 2007 with Reserve, which won three prize at the festival in Gdynia...
- 9/22/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Retrospective to include films from Danis Tanovic, Cristi Puiu, Mira Fornay and more.
A total of 50 films are to make up the retrospective Eastern Promises: Autobiography of Eastern Europe at the 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 19-27).
The line-up includes movies produced since 2000 in the countries that lived under Soviet influence after the Second World War and include some that were never released theatrically in Spain.
Several directors of films in the retrospective will attend the festival to present their works including Sarunas Bartas (Lithuania), Kristina Buožytė (Lithuania), Marian Crisan (Romania), Mira Fornay (Slovakia), Bohdan Sláma (Czech Republic), Malgorzata Szumowska (Poland) and Anna Viduleja (Latvia).
A book will be published to accompany the retrospective with contributions from journalists and critics across Europe.
The titles are:
Kruh In Mleko / Bread And Milk
Jan Cvitkovic (Slovenia) 2001
A modern classic of Slovenian cinema, the tale of a man who went out for bread and milk and lost himself to alcohol...
A total of 50 films are to make up the retrospective Eastern Promises: Autobiography of Eastern Europe at the 62nd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 19-27).
The line-up includes movies produced since 2000 in the countries that lived under Soviet influence after the Second World War and include some that were never released theatrically in Spain.
Several directors of films in the retrospective will attend the festival to present their works including Sarunas Bartas (Lithuania), Kristina Buožytė (Lithuania), Marian Crisan (Romania), Mira Fornay (Slovakia), Bohdan Sláma (Czech Republic), Malgorzata Szumowska (Poland) and Anna Viduleja (Latvia).
A book will be published to accompany the retrospective with contributions from journalists and critics across Europe.
The titles are:
Kruh In Mleko / Bread And Milk
Jan Cvitkovic (Slovenia) 2001
A modern classic of Slovenian cinema, the tale of a man who went out for bread and milk and lost himself to alcohol...
- 8/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Wroclaw New Horizons roundup: works in progress include Close Ups and I, Olga Hepnarova.
Wide Management has begun presales on the Polish-German co-production Summer Solstice by Michal Rogalski which was one of 10 Polish films featuring in this year’s works in progress showcase at the Polish Days during Wroclaw’s New Horizons International Film Festival.
Producer Maria Golos of Prasa Film said that German theatrical distribution for the €2.5m film, which is set in Poland after the Nazi defeat during the Second World War, will be handled by Farbfilm.
Separately, Leszek Budzak of the young production company Aurum Film revealed that Jacek Lusinski’s second feature Carte Blanche will be released early next year by Kino Swiat in Poland.
Based on the true story of a history teacher who is losing his sight, the lead part of the teacher is cast with the ubiquitous Polish actor Andrzej Chyra.
Magdalena Piekorz’s third feature psychological drama Close Ups was...
Wide Management has begun presales on the Polish-German co-production Summer Solstice by Michal Rogalski which was one of 10 Polish films featuring in this year’s works in progress showcase at the Polish Days during Wroclaw’s New Horizons International Film Festival.
Producer Maria Golos of Prasa Film said that German theatrical distribution for the €2.5m film, which is set in Poland after the Nazi defeat during the Second World War, will be handled by Farbfilm.
Separately, Leszek Budzak of the young production company Aurum Film revealed that Jacek Lusinski’s second feature Carte Blanche will be released early next year by Kino Swiat in Poland.
Based on the true story of a history teacher who is losing his sight, the lead part of the teacher is cast with the ubiquitous Polish actor Andrzej Chyra.
Magdalena Piekorz’s third feature psychological drama Close Ups was...
- 8/1/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Wroclaw New Horizons roundup: works in progress include Close Ups and I, Olga Hepnarova.
Wide Management has begun presales on the Polish-German co-production Summer Solstice by Michal Rogalski which was one of 10 Polish films featuring in this year’s works in progress showcase at the Polish Days during Wroclaw’s New Horizons International Film Festival.
Producer Maria Golos of Prasa Film said that German theatrical distribution for the €2.5m film, which is set in Poland after the Nazi defeat during the Second World War, will be handled by Farbfilm.
Separately, Leszek Budzak of the young production company Aurum Film revealed that Jacek Lusinski’s second feature Carte Blanche will be released early next year by Kino Swiat in Poland.
Based on the true story of a history teacher who is losing his sight, the lead part of the teacher is cast with the ubiquitous Polish actor Andrzej Chyra.
Magdalena Piekorz’s third feature psychological drama Close Ups was...
Wide Management has begun presales on the Polish-German co-production Summer Solstice by Michal Rogalski which was one of 10 Polish films featuring in this year’s works in progress showcase at the Polish Days during Wroclaw’s New Horizons International Film Festival.
Producer Maria Golos of Prasa Film said that German theatrical distribution for the €2.5m film, which is set in Poland after the Nazi defeat during the Second World War, will be handled by Farbfilm.
Separately, Leszek Budzak of the young production company Aurum Film revealed that Jacek Lusinski’s second feature Carte Blanche will be released early next year by Kino Swiat in Poland.
Based on the true story of a history teacher who is losing his sight, the lead part of the teacher is cast with the ubiquitous Polish actor Andrzej Chyra.
Magdalena Piekorz’s third feature psychological drama Close Ups was...
- 8/1/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Film Festival has entered into a partnership with Poznan’s Transatlantyk Film Festival to present a selection of its titles at the forthcoming fourth edition running from August 8-14.
The new sidebar, Sundance at Transatlantyk, will screen such films as Fishing Without Nets, The Green Prince, Watchers Of The Sky, 52 Tuesdays, Difret and A Most Wanted Man, and invite the films’ creators to meet with the audience for Q&As after the screenings.
Transatlantyk was founded in 2011 by the Oscar-wining musician and composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek as ¨a new artistic platform aimed at building a stronger relationship between society, art and the environment through music and movies¨ as well as inspiring discussion on social issues.
Another innovation is the introduction of the new section Cinema of the Third Age targetted at maturer audiences with screenings in early afternoon slots during the weekdays. Films selected for this first edition include Philomena, Gloria and [link...
The new sidebar, Sundance at Transatlantyk, will screen such films as Fishing Without Nets, The Green Prince, Watchers Of The Sky, 52 Tuesdays, Difret and A Most Wanted Man, and invite the films’ creators to meet with the audience for Q&As after the screenings.
Transatlantyk was founded in 2011 by the Oscar-wining musician and composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek as ¨a new artistic platform aimed at building a stronger relationship between society, art and the environment through music and movies¨ as well as inspiring discussion on social issues.
Another innovation is the introduction of the new section Cinema of the Third Age targetted at maturer audiences with screenings in early afternoon slots during the weekdays. Films selected for this first edition include Philomena, Gloria and [link...
- 7/31/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
New Films by Przemyslaw Wojcieszek, Marcin Krzysztalowicz, Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda, will be presented to the foreign professionals during the key industry event of the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. The organizers expect around 150 guests to attend.
Polish Days is the most important industry event at the 14.T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (24 July – 3 August 2014), where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings.
This year’s edition of Polish Days will take place on July 30 – August 1. Six completed Polish films and ten works-in-progress will be shown at closed screenings, while eleven projects will be pitched to the international audience.
Among the finished films, the representatives of the international film industry will have the chance to see "15 Corners of the World" by Zuzanna Solakiewicz, which will have its world premiere in the Films on Art International Competition at the T-Mobile New Horizons Iff and then international premiere in the Settimana della Critica section of the Locarno Ff in August. Other films shown in full at the closed screenings during Polish Days include "Gods" by Lukasz Palkowski, "Call me Marianna" by Karolina Bielawska, "Performer" by Lukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański and two films that will compete in the Main Competition of the T-Mobile International Film Festival - "How to Disappear Completely" by Przemyslaw Wojcieszek and "Calling" by Marcin Dudziak. The organisers hope to secure one extra title in the last moment before the event starts.
Projects in development presented in the pitching session include, among others, "Hungry" by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, "I’m the Killer" by Maciej Pieprzyca, "Volhynia" by Wojciech Smarzowski, "Window" by Anna Jadowska, "Rosa" by Denijal Hasanovic and "Toxaemia" by Julia Kolberger.
This year, for the first time, two projects presented in the section will be awarded with post-production awards given by Polish Days’ new partners - post-production companies Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
The works in progress section will show clips from the following films, which are currently in production: "And There Was Love in the Ghetto " by Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda, "Carte Blanche" by Jacek Lusiński, "Journey to Rome" by Tomasz Mielnik, "I, Olga Hepnarova" by Tomás Weinreb and Petr Kazda , "The Here After" by Magnus von Horn, "Walser" by Zbigniew Libera and "Close Ups" by Magdalena Piekorz, among others.
The organizers are expecting around 150 guests at the event. Confirmed attendees include programmers from Berlin, Cannes, Rotterdam, Istanbul, Edinburgh, and Hong-Kong, as well as a number of buyers such as Level K, Ndm, Premium Films, Film Republic, Alpha Violet, Indie Sales, New Europe Film Sales, Just Film Distribution, Imagine Film, Soda Pictures and Epicentre. This year’s special guests will be a group of Turkish film professionals invited to Wrocław in cooperation with the international film festival in Istanbul, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Turkish Ministry for Culture and Tourism to celebrate the 600 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Polish Days are co-organized with the Polish Film Institute, Odra Film and the Wrocław Film Commission with the support of the Lower Silesia municipality and the city of Wrocław. Event partners include Film Commission Poland, Łódź Film Commission, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Poznań Film Commission, Kraków Film Commission, Silesia Film Commission, National Audiovisual Institute, as well as post-production studios Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
Full list of presented films:
Finished Films
"15 Corners of the World" (15 stron świata) , dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz
"Gods" (Bogowie) , dir. Lukasz Palkowski
"How to Disappear Completely" (Jak całkowicie zniknąć) , dir. Przemysław Wojcieszek
"Call me Marianna" (Mów mi Marianna) , dir. Karolina Bielawska
"Performer" dirs. Lukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański
"Calling" (Wołanie) , dir. Marcin Dudziak
Pitching
"Hungry" (Głodna) , dir. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
"I’m the Killer" (Jestem mordercą) , dir. Maciej Pieprzyca
"All Gone Mad" (Krokodyl) , dir. Aleksandra Niemczyk
"Maya + Theo and Others" (Maja + Theo i inni) , dir. Filip K. Kasperaszek
"Window" (Okno) , dir. Anna Jadowska
"The Wounded Beast" (Ranne Zwierzę) , dir. Piotr Trzaskalski
"Nano" (Rdzeń) , dir. Piotr Ryczko
"Rosa" , dir. Denijal Hasanovic
"Owl, the Baker’s Daughter" (Sowa, córka piekarza) , dir. Grzegorz Jarzyna
"Toxaemia" (Toksymia) , dir. Julia Kolberger
"Volhynia" ( Wołyń) , dir. Wojciech Smarzowski
Works in Progress
"Carte Blanche" dir. Jacek Lusiński
"Journey to Rome" (Droga do Rzymu) , dir. Tomasz Mielnik
"And There Was Love in the Ghetto" (I była miłość w getcie) , dir. Jolanta Dylewska, Andrzej Wajda
"I, Olga Hepnarova" (Ja, Olga Hepnarova) , dir. Tomás Weinreb & Petr Kazda
"Summer Solstice" (Letnie przesilenie) , dir. Michal Rogalski
"The Wall" (Mur) , dir. Dariusz Glazer
"All About My Parents" (Pani z przedszkola) , dir. Marcin Krzysztalowicz
"The Here After" (Po śmierci) , dir. Magnus von Horn
"Walser" dir. Zbigniew Libera
"Close Ups" (Zbliżenia), dir. Magdalena Piekorz...
Polish Days is the most important industry event at the 14.T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (24 July – 3 August 2014), where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings.
This year’s edition of Polish Days will take place on July 30 – August 1. Six completed Polish films and ten works-in-progress will be shown at closed screenings, while eleven projects will be pitched to the international audience.
Among the finished films, the representatives of the international film industry will have the chance to see "15 Corners of the World" by Zuzanna Solakiewicz, which will have its world premiere in the Films on Art International Competition at the T-Mobile New Horizons Iff and then international premiere in the Settimana della Critica section of the Locarno Ff in August. Other films shown in full at the closed screenings during Polish Days include "Gods" by Lukasz Palkowski, "Call me Marianna" by Karolina Bielawska, "Performer" by Lukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański and two films that will compete in the Main Competition of the T-Mobile International Film Festival - "How to Disappear Completely" by Przemyslaw Wojcieszek and "Calling" by Marcin Dudziak. The organisers hope to secure one extra title in the last moment before the event starts.
Projects in development presented in the pitching session include, among others, "Hungry" by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, "I’m the Killer" by Maciej Pieprzyca, "Volhynia" by Wojciech Smarzowski, "Window" by Anna Jadowska, "Rosa" by Denijal Hasanovic and "Toxaemia" by Julia Kolberger.
This year, for the first time, two projects presented in the section will be awarded with post-production awards given by Polish Days’ new partners - post-production companies Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
The works in progress section will show clips from the following films, which are currently in production: "And There Was Love in the Ghetto " by Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda, "Carte Blanche" by Jacek Lusiński, "Journey to Rome" by Tomasz Mielnik, "I, Olga Hepnarova" by Tomás Weinreb and Petr Kazda , "The Here After" by Magnus von Horn, "Walser" by Zbigniew Libera and "Close Ups" by Magdalena Piekorz, among others.
The organizers are expecting around 150 guests at the event. Confirmed attendees include programmers from Berlin, Cannes, Rotterdam, Istanbul, Edinburgh, and Hong-Kong, as well as a number of buyers such as Level K, Ndm, Premium Films, Film Republic, Alpha Violet, Indie Sales, New Europe Film Sales, Just Film Distribution, Imagine Film, Soda Pictures and Epicentre. This year’s special guests will be a group of Turkish film professionals invited to Wrocław in cooperation with the international film festival in Istanbul, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Turkish Ministry for Culture and Tourism to celebrate the 600 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Polish Days are co-organized with the Polish Film Institute, Odra Film and the Wrocław Film Commission with the support of the Lower Silesia municipality and the city of Wrocław. Event partners include Film Commission Poland, Łódź Film Commission, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Poznań Film Commission, Kraków Film Commission, Silesia Film Commission, National Audiovisual Institute, as well as post-production studios Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
Full list of presented films:
Finished Films
"15 Corners of the World" (15 stron świata) , dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz
"Gods" (Bogowie) , dir. Lukasz Palkowski
"How to Disappear Completely" (Jak całkowicie zniknąć) , dir. Przemysław Wojcieszek
"Call me Marianna" (Mów mi Marianna) , dir. Karolina Bielawska
"Performer" dirs. Lukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański
"Calling" (Wołanie) , dir. Marcin Dudziak
Pitching
"Hungry" (Głodna) , dir. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
"I’m the Killer" (Jestem mordercą) , dir. Maciej Pieprzyca
"All Gone Mad" (Krokodyl) , dir. Aleksandra Niemczyk
"Maya + Theo and Others" (Maja + Theo i inni) , dir. Filip K. Kasperaszek
"Window" (Okno) , dir. Anna Jadowska
"The Wounded Beast" (Ranne Zwierzę) , dir. Piotr Trzaskalski
"Nano" (Rdzeń) , dir. Piotr Ryczko
"Rosa" , dir. Denijal Hasanovic
"Owl, the Baker’s Daughter" (Sowa, córka piekarza) , dir. Grzegorz Jarzyna
"Toxaemia" (Toksymia) , dir. Julia Kolberger
"Volhynia" ( Wołyń) , dir. Wojciech Smarzowski
Works in Progress
"Carte Blanche" dir. Jacek Lusiński
"Journey to Rome" (Droga do Rzymu) , dir. Tomasz Mielnik
"And There Was Love in the Ghetto" (I była miłość w getcie) , dir. Jolanta Dylewska, Andrzej Wajda
"I, Olga Hepnarova" (Ja, Olga Hepnarova) , dir. Tomás Weinreb & Petr Kazda
"Summer Solstice" (Letnie przesilenie) , dir. Michal Rogalski
"The Wall" (Mur) , dir. Dariusz Glazer
"All About My Parents" (Pani z przedszkola) , dir. Marcin Krzysztalowicz
"The Here After" (Po śmierci) , dir. Magnus von Horn
"Walser" dir. Zbigniew Libera
"Close Ups" (Zbliżenia), dir. Magdalena Piekorz...
- 7/21/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
New Films by Andrzej Wajda and Jolanta Dylewska will be amongst those presented during industry event Polish Days which will take place during the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival.
Amongst the titles due to be screened at Polish Days are new films by Przemysław Wojcieszek, Marcin Krzyształowicz, Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda.
The films will be presented at the industry event - which showcases Polish films to international sellers, buyers and programmers - as part of the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. Over 150 foreign professionals are expected to attend.
Six completed Polish films and ten works-in-progress will be shown at the closed screenings, while eleven projects will be pitched to the international audience.
Among the finished films will be Zuzanna Solakiewicz’s 15 Corners of the world which will have its world premiere in the Films on Art International Competition at the T-Mobile New Horizons Iff.
Other films shown in full at the closed...
Amongst the titles due to be screened at Polish Days are new films by Przemysław Wojcieszek, Marcin Krzyształowicz, Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda.
The films will be presented at the industry event - which showcases Polish films to international sellers, buyers and programmers - as part of the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. Over 150 foreign professionals are expected to attend.
Six completed Polish films and ten works-in-progress will be shown at the closed screenings, while eleven projects will be pitched to the international audience.
Among the finished films will be Zuzanna Solakiewicz’s 15 Corners of the world which will have its world premiere in the Films on Art International Competition at the T-Mobile New Horizons Iff.
Other films shown in full at the closed...
- 7/17/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Though still on the verge of being Poland's new voice of morality, Wojciech Smarzowski (The Wedding, The Dark House) has undoubtedly found a very convincing way of exposing the country's greatest and most frustrating absurdities. Never far from controversy, Smarzowski's unflinching directorial eye became the key to his huge success. In just four films he established an unmistakable style, which distinguishes him from other modern Polish auteurs. Amid accusations of being inappropriate and plain rude, Smarzowski proved how valuable it is to have one's own sense of self-determination. Even though his films are definitely not to everyone's taste, they're nevertheless works of an individual capable of being a perceptive observer of the world that surrounds him.Ironically, Traffic Department, a picture that ponders a seemingly serious and...
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- 2/26/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Wojciech Smarzowski's (Rose, The Dark House) latest feature is an excruciating tale about one man's persistent fight with a consumptive addiction and about love that can help his life get back to normal. Smarzowski's films are always controversial but Pod Mocnym Aniolem, based on Jerzy Pilch's award wining novel of the same title (loosely translated as The Strong Angel Inn), is boldly advertised as his most shocking and most meaningful picture yet.Jerzy (Robert Wieckiewicz) is a writer and an alcoholic. We meet him when he believes that he can actually win with his addiction. He falls in love with a young girl and finally feels that he has someone to live for. Unfortunately, he can't resist the temptation and one day goes straight to a...
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- 11/25/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida scored a second top festival prize in one night, after success in London.
The international jury of the Warsaw Film Festival has awarded the City of Warsaw Grand Prix to Pawal Pawlikowski’s Ida, which won Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival on the same night.
The black-and-white film set in the 1960s, which the international jury praised for “the superb combination of script, directing, cinematography, acting and music”, also received the prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Warsaw.
Speaking to ScreenDaily after the awards ceremony, producer Ewa Puszczynska of Lodz-based Opus Film said the film will be released on 90 screens in Poland this Friday (Oct 25) by distributor Solopan Spólka.
Fandango Portobello Sales is handling international distribution, and Music Box Films are planning the North American release for the second quarter of 2014. It debuted at Toronto last month.
Puszczynska was joined on stage to receive the Grand Prix by the non-professional...
The international jury of the Warsaw Film Festival has awarded the City of Warsaw Grand Prix to Pawal Pawlikowski’s Ida, which won Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival on the same night.
The black-and-white film set in the 1960s, which the international jury praised for “the superb combination of script, directing, cinematography, acting and music”, also received the prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Warsaw.
Speaking to ScreenDaily after the awards ceremony, producer Ewa Puszczynska of Lodz-based Opus Film said the film will be released on 90 screens in Poland this Friday (Oct 25) by distributor Solopan Spólka.
Fandango Portobello Sales is handling international distribution, and Music Box Films are planning the North American release for the second quarter of 2014. It debuted at Toronto last month.
Puszczynska was joined on stage to receive the Grand Prix by the non-professional...
- 10/21/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Includes world premieres of five Spanish productions and Oliver Stone’s documentary series The Untold History of the United States.Scroll down for full line-up
The Zabaltegi section at the 61st edition of the San Sebastian Festival (Sept 20-28) has been announced.
Along with the world premiere of five Spanish productions, other titles have also been programmed from countries such as Poland, South Korea and Kazakhstan, plus a 3D animated film and two documentaries to have competed at the Sundance Festival.
In addition, documentary series The Untold History of the United States, directed by Oliver Stone, will be presented in Spain for the first time as well as the new 206-minute epic Alexander: The Ultimate Cut, shot by the director in 2004.
Two Basque shorts will premiered within the section: Hotzanak, For Your Own Safety, by Izibene Oñederra, and Zela Trovke (Cutting Grass), by Asier Altuna.
Lav Diaz from the Philippines will also see the world premiere...
The Zabaltegi section at the 61st edition of the San Sebastian Festival (Sept 20-28) has been announced.
Along with the world premiere of five Spanish productions, other titles have also been programmed from countries such as Poland, South Korea and Kazakhstan, plus a 3D animated film and two documentaries to have competed at the Sundance Festival.
In addition, documentary series The Untold History of the United States, directed by Oliver Stone, will be presented in Spain for the first time as well as the new 206-minute epic Alexander: The Ultimate Cut, shot by the director in 2004.
Two Basque shorts will premiered within the section: Hotzanak, For Your Own Safety, by Izibene Oñederra, and Zela Trovke (Cutting Grass), by Asier Altuna.
Lav Diaz from the Philippines will also see the world premiere...
- 8/28/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Rural Russian film takes top prize at Poland’s New Horizons International Film Festival.
Russian director Alexander Fedorchenko’s Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari received the Grand Prix and a €20,000 ($27,000) cash prize at the 13th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 18-28) in Wroclaw.
The decision by the International jury, headed by Hungary’s Bela Tarr and including Polish film-maker Joanna Kos-Krauze and Berlinale Forum director Christoph Terhechte, was announced ahead of the Polish premiere of Malgorzata Szumowska’s In The Name Of on Saturday evening.
Fedorchenko’s film had its world premiere at last year’s Rome Film Festival.
Review: Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari
In June, it won three awards - best script, best cinematography and the Prize of the Russian Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics - at the Kinotavr “Open Russian” Film Festival in Sochi.
The $2m production by Fedorchenko’s 29 February Film Company explores the myths of the Russian...
Russian director Alexander Fedorchenko’s Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari received the Grand Prix and a €20,000 ($27,000) cash prize at the 13th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 18-28) in Wroclaw.
The decision by the International jury, headed by Hungary’s Bela Tarr and including Polish film-maker Joanna Kos-Krauze and Berlinale Forum director Christoph Terhechte, was announced ahead of the Polish premiere of Malgorzata Szumowska’s In The Name Of on Saturday evening.
Fedorchenko’s film had its world premiere at last year’s Rome Film Festival.
Review: Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari
In June, it won three awards - best script, best cinematography and the Prize of the Russian Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics - at the Kinotavr “Open Russian” Film Festival in Sochi.
The $2m production by Fedorchenko’s 29 February Film Company explores the myths of the Russian...
- 7/29/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Traffic Department
Written and directed by Wojciech Smarzowski
Poland, 2013
The titular police department of Wojtek Smarzowski’s film is made up of such corrupt individuals that any one of them could plausibly be the star of their own Bad Lieutenant. Rampant debauchery is the norm for the Warsaw officers, their vices extending beyond dabbling in simple bribery with those unlucky enough to be stopped or tracked down by them. Heavy substance abuse and fistfights are regular features of the policemen’s lives in the film’s opening hour, as are frequent forays into sex with prostitutes, often on the side of the road during shifts.
Complementing the film’s content excesses is its aesthetic, a mixture of lightning fast editing and varied use of different cameras, from traditional film to CCTV footage, video recordings and footage shot on mobile phones. Regarding the former attribute, the drive of the film’s lightning fast pacing and editing,...
Written and directed by Wojciech Smarzowski
Poland, 2013
The titular police department of Wojtek Smarzowski’s film is made up of such corrupt individuals that any one of them could plausibly be the star of their own Bad Lieutenant. Rampant debauchery is the norm for the Warsaw officers, their vices extending beyond dabbling in simple bribery with those unlucky enough to be stopped or tracked down by them. Heavy substance abuse and fistfights are regular features of the policemen’s lives in the film’s opening hour, as are frequent forays into sex with prostitutes, often on the side of the road during shifts.
Complementing the film’s content excesses is its aesthetic, a mixture of lightning fast editing and varied use of different cameras, from traditional film to CCTV footage, video recordings and footage shot on mobile phones. Regarding the former attribute, the drive of the film’s lightning fast pacing and editing,...
- 6/21/2013
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
As this year’s Moscow International Film Festival readies for launch, Germany’s Media Luna New Films has picked up international distribution rights to a title in competition at the 35th edition.
The Cologne-based sales agent has secured teenage drama The Kids From The Port, the second feature from Spanish director Alberto Morais.
It will see Morais return to Moscow’s main competition, having won the Golden George and the Fipresci International Critics’ Prize at the Russian festival two years ago for his feature debut Las Olas, which also received the Silver George for actor Carlos Álvarez-Nóvia.
Media Luna has also secured the rights to Slovenian director Nejc Gazvoda’s Dual, which will have its world premiere in Karlovy Vary’s East of the West Competition on July 3.
The love story between two young women is Gazvoda’s second feature after his internationally acclaimed debut A Trip.
Media Luna will also have the international premiere of [link...
The Cologne-based sales agent has secured teenage drama The Kids From The Port, the second feature from Spanish director Alberto Morais.
It will see Morais return to Moscow’s main competition, having won the Golden George and the Fipresci International Critics’ Prize at the Russian festival two years ago for his feature debut Las Olas, which also received the Silver George for actor Carlos Álvarez-Nóvia.
Media Luna has also secured the rights to Slovenian director Nejc Gazvoda’s Dual, which will have its world premiere in Karlovy Vary’s East of the West Competition on July 3.
The love story between two young women is Gazvoda’s second feature after his internationally acclaimed debut A Trip.
Media Luna will also have the international premiere of [link...
- 6/19/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Fredrik Bond’s The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman among the 11 films competing for the Golden Duke award at the 4th Oiff.
The Odessa International Film Festival (July 12-20) has unveiled the features nominated for the International Competition Grand Prix – The Golden Duke.
Directors of the 11 films are from the Us, UK, Israel, Georgia, Italy, Poland, Germany, Romania, France, India, Russia and Ukraine.
The films include Fredrik Bond’s The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman, a thriller starring Shia Labeouf and Evan Rachel Wood that premiered at Sundance and played in competition at Berlin.
Others include Ritesh Batra’s Cannes Critics’ Week winner The Lunchbox and Jan Ole Gerster’s Oh Boy, the German box office hit that has racked up prizes in Germany, Sofia and Tallinn among others.
The international jury that will choose Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor will include German actress Franziska Petri, British producer Tanya Seghatchian (Harry Potter), actress-director Nan Jorjadze...
The Odessa International Film Festival (July 12-20) has unveiled the features nominated for the International Competition Grand Prix – The Golden Duke.
Directors of the 11 films are from the Us, UK, Israel, Georgia, Italy, Poland, Germany, Romania, France, India, Russia and Ukraine.
The films include Fredrik Bond’s The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman, a thriller starring Shia Labeouf and Evan Rachel Wood that premiered at Sundance and played in competition at Berlin.
Others include Ritesh Batra’s Cannes Critics’ Week winner The Lunchbox and Jan Ole Gerster’s Oh Boy, the German box office hit that has racked up prizes in Germany, Sofia and Tallinn among others.
The international jury that will choose Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor will include German actress Franziska Petri, British producer Tanya Seghatchian (Harry Potter), actress-director Nan Jorjadze...
- 6/11/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Wojciech Smarzowski (Drogowka, Roza, Wesele), one of the most prolific Polish directors of the 21st century, is about to finish shooting his latest film entitled Aniol, a hard-hitting drama about alcoholism and its overpowering ability to destroy a person's life. Robert Wieckiewicz (Vinci, In Darkness) plays Jurus, a writer who finds himself on the verge of a moral breakdown due to the destructive disease that's alcohol addiction. Based on the controversial novel Pod Mocnym Aniolem, written by Jerzy Pilch, Aniol might come as a haunting tragicomedy that's also an intriguing cautionary tale, with a bold social commentary on the condition of the whole Polish society. The first images give the impression of a minimalistic stage play, carefully orchestrated by Wieckiewicz during his time defying drinking...
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- 5/15/2013
- Screen Anarchy
★★★☆☆ Having recently found himself in harsh and grim post-war Poland for Wojciech Smarzowski's sombre Rose (Róza, 2011), Marcin Dorocinski is back again in award-winning wartime drama, Manhunt (Oblawa, 2012). On this occasion, he is part of the Polish resistance during the conflict rather then attempting to build a life after it, but the results are similarly bleak in Marcin Krzysztalowicz's third feature film. A compelling central presence the thespian may once again prove to be, but the overall film is too confused to be truly powerful despite its unflinching portrayal of the varying greys of conflict morality.
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- 3/14/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
★★★☆☆ Originally populated by Polish settlers, the rural villages of Masuria were aggressively Germanised in the half-century leading up to the advent of World War II, which ultimately led to them being considered as one of the most loyal regions to the Fatherland. Their ethnic autonomy was largely stamped out during this period, and was utterly eradicated as the province was enveloped back into Poland after the Second World War had ended. This particularly difficult post-war period is the focus of Wojciech Smarzowski's harrowing drama Rose (Róza, 2011), which follows the fortunes (or lack thereof) of a specific homestead during this time of upheaval.
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- 3/13/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Mahesh Manjrekar’s Kaksparsh was named the Best Marathi Feature Film at the recently concluded Pune International Film Festival. Manjrekar and co-producer Aniruddha Deshpande won a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
The Best Marathi Film Director Award went to Gajendra Ahire for Anumati. Jitendra Joshi was awarded the Best Marathi Film Actor Award for his work in Tukaram. Sumitra Bhave won the Best Screenplay Award for Samhita and the Best Cinematographer Award went to Rajan Kothari for Tukaram.
In the World Cinema Competition, German film Barbara by Christian Petzold won the Best International Feature Film Award. Best International Feature Film Director Award went to Rodrigo Pla for Uruguay-Mexico-France co-production The Delay. A special mention was presented to Turkish film Araf –Somewhere in Between. Another special mention went to script writer Ali Mosaffa for his contribution in Iranian film The Last Step. The Audience Award in World Competition was presented to...
The Best Marathi Film Director Award went to Gajendra Ahire for Anumati. Jitendra Joshi was awarded the Best Marathi Film Actor Award for his work in Tukaram. Sumitra Bhave won the Best Screenplay Award for Samhita and the Best Cinematographer Award went to Rajan Kothari for Tukaram.
In the World Cinema Competition, German film Barbara by Christian Petzold won the Best International Feature Film Award. Best International Feature Film Director Award went to Rodrigo Pla for Uruguay-Mexico-France co-production The Delay. A special mention was presented to Turkish film Araf –Somewhere in Between. Another special mention went to script writer Ali Mosaffa for his contribution in Iranian film The Last Step. The Audience Award in World Competition was presented to...
- 1/24/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 11th Pune International Film Festival (January 10-17, 2013) has announced its slate for 2013. These films will be screened under nine sections: International Competition, Marathi Competition, Student Competition (live action and animation), Global Cinema, Country Focus, Retrospective, Tribute, Indian Cinema and Regional Cinema.
Israeli film Hayuta and Berl by Amir Manor will open the festival on 10th January. See the schedule here.
Feature films at the festival contend for the Best Film, Best Director and Government of Maharashtra “Sant Tukaram” Best International Marathi Film Award. The Marathi films in competition will vie for the Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography Awards. The Student Competition will also have a Special Award and a cash prize.
Eighty contemporary films from more than 50 countries will be screened under the Global Cinema section. Hungary and South Korea will be the Countries in Focus with the screening of six and seven films, respectively.
Israeli film Hayuta and Berl by Amir Manor will open the festival on 10th January. See the schedule here.
Feature films at the festival contend for the Best Film, Best Director and Government of Maharashtra “Sant Tukaram” Best International Marathi Film Award. The Marathi films in competition will vie for the Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography Awards. The Student Competition will also have a Special Award and a cash prize.
Eighty contemporary films from more than 50 countries will be screened under the Global Cinema section. Hungary and South Korea will be the Countries in Focus with the screening of six and seven films, respectively.
- 1/9/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The fifth edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival will hold retrospectives of Girish Kasaravalli and Jahnu Barua among others. Five of Kasaravalli’s films: Tabarana Kathe (1986), Kraurya (1996), Thaayi Saheba (1997), Dweepa (2003) and Hasina (2004)will be screened. While Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987), Banani (1990), Firingoti (1992) and Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door(1995) will be screened.
Besides, three other sections are dedicated to Indian cinema. Chitrabharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema (competition and screening of films in other dialects in Karnataka) and 100 years of Indian Cinema (screening of 14 films).
Complete line up:
Retrospective
Chan-Wook Park (South Korea)
1. J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (Chan-Wook Park/110/2000/South Korea)
2. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/129/2002/South Korea)
3. Old boy (Chan-Wook Park/120/2003/South Korea)
4. Lady Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/112/2005/South Korea)
5. Thirst (Chan-Wook Park/133/2009/South Korea)
Fatih Akin (Germany)
1. Short Sharp Shock (Fatih Akin/100/1998/Germany)
2. In July (Fatih Akin/99/2000/Germany)
3. Solino (Fatih Akin/124/2002/Germany)
4. Head On (Fatih Akin/121/2004/Germany/Turkey...
Besides, three other sections are dedicated to Indian cinema. Chitrabharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema (competition and screening of films in other dialects in Karnataka) and 100 years of Indian Cinema (screening of 14 films).
Complete line up:
Retrospective
Chan-Wook Park (South Korea)
1. J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (Chan-Wook Park/110/2000/South Korea)
2. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/129/2002/South Korea)
3. Old boy (Chan-Wook Park/120/2003/South Korea)
4. Lady Vengeance (Chan-Wook Park/112/2005/South Korea)
5. Thirst (Chan-Wook Park/133/2009/South Korea)
Fatih Akin (Germany)
1. Short Sharp Shock (Fatih Akin/100/1998/Germany)
2. In July (Fatih Akin/99/2000/Germany)
3. Solino (Fatih Akin/124/2002/Germany)
4. Head On (Fatih Akin/121/2004/Germany/Turkey...
- 12/7/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk) has announced its lineup. The festival will run from 7th to 14th December, 2012 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Some of the highlights of the lineup are festival favourites of the year Amour, Chitrangada, Samhita, The Sapphires, Drapchi, Miss Lovely, Me and You, Celluloid Man, and Baandhon.
Fourteen films will screen in the Competition section while seven contemporary films will be screened in “Indian Cinema Now” section.
Complete list of films:
Competition Films
Fourteen feature films from Asia, Africa and Latin America will compete for the coveted “Suvarna Chakoram” (Golden Crow Pheasant) and other awards.
Always Brando by Ridha Behi (Tunisia)
Inheritors of the Earth by T V Chandran (India)
A Terminal Trust by by Masayuki Suo (Japan)
Shutter by Joy Mathew (India)
Today by Alain Gomis (Senegal-France)
The Repentant by Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
Sta. Niña by Manny Palo (Philippines)
Present Tense...
Some of the highlights of the lineup are festival favourites of the year Amour, Chitrangada, Samhita, The Sapphires, Drapchi, Miss Lovely, Me and You, Celluloid Man, and Baandhon.
Fourteen films will screen in the Competition section while seven contemporary films will be screened in “Indian Cinema Now” section.
Complete list of films:
Competition Films
Fourteen feature films from Asia, Africa and Latin America will compete for the coveted “Suvarna Chakoram” (Golden Crow Pheasant) and other awards.
Always Brando by Ridha Behi (Tunisia)
Inheritors of the Earth by T V Chandran (India)
A Terminal Trust by by Masayuki Suo (Japan)
Shutter by Joy Mathew (India)
Today by Alain Gomis (Senegal-France)
The Repentant by Merzak Allouache (Algeria)
Sta. Niña by Manny Palo (Philippines)
Present Tense...
- 11/2/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
I can't remember a time I went to the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) press launch and looked over the list of films and saw so many I was interested in seeing. The claim to fame for over the years is to call it the largest and most-highly attended festival in the United States. This is a fact I've often taken issue with as I don't equate quantity with quality. Granted, there has been a large number of quality features to play the fest over the years, including Golden Space Needle (Best Film) winners such as Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), My Life as a Dog (1987), Trainspotting (1996), Run Lola Run (1999), Whale Rider (2003) and even recent Best Director winner, Michel Hazanavicius's Oss 117: Nest of Spies in 2006. That said, looking over this year's crop of films I see a lot of films I will be doing my absolute best to see.
- 4/27/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
My third full day at Hkiff 2012 proved to be another exceptionally strong one, and again I managed to take in four films, all from different countries. Below you can check out my brief thoughts on each of them, although as none have been reviewed on the site previously, I allowed myself to go a little longer than usual.Day 3 (24 March)Rose (dir. Wojciech Smarzowski, Poland)Showing as part of the festival's Poland In Close Up segment, this is a grim story of survival in what used to be East Prussia in the years after WWII. With the Poles, Germans and Russians all vying for ownership of the Masuria region, loyalties are always in question and nobody's past stays secret for very long. Our eponymous heroine...
- 3/27/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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