“Vera Dreams of the Sea,” Kaltrina Krasniqi’s semi-autobiographical drama about a sign-language interpreter who battles for her rights in an inheritance dispute, was awarded the Tokyo Grand Prix at the closing ceremony of the 34nd Tokyo International Film Festival on Monday. The prize is worth $30,000.
Set in Krasniqi’s native Kosovo and based on the real-life experiences of her mother, the film previously screened in Venice’s Orrizonti section.
A female-led story also claimed the second place Special Jury Prize. “La Civil,” by Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai, is a drama about a woman who goes hunting for a daughter kidnapped by a Mexican cartel.
In the Asian Future section for films by up-and-coming Asian directors, the best film award went to “World, Northern Hemisphere,” Iranian director Hossein Tehrani’s drama about a 14-yar-old boy who supports his family following his father’s death.
The closing ceremony also saw...
Set in Krasniqi’s native Kosovo and based on the real-life experiences of her mother, the film previously screened in Venice’s Orrizonti section.
A female-led story also claimed the second place Special Jury Prize. “La Civil,” by Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai, is a drama about a woman who goes hunting for a daughter kidnapped by a Mexican cartel.
In the Asian Future section for films by up-and-coming Asian directors, the best film award went to “World, Northern Hemisphere,” Iranian director Hossein Tehrani’s drama about a 14-yar-old boy who supports his family following his father’s death.
The closing ceremony also saw...
- 11/8/2021
- by Mark Schilling and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s your first trailer for Bahman Ghobadi’s new feature The Four Walls, which launched today at the Tokyo International Film Festival as part of its Main Competition.
The film, produced by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, follows Boran, a musician working in Istanbul away from his family. His wife has never seen the sea and he has worked for years to buy a small home overlooking it so he can bring his family to live with him. One day he returns home to find a building blocking his sea view. Now begins his fight to reclaim his lost view in the most tragic of circumstances, a fight which gets progressively harder as time goes by.
Festival favourite Ghobadi (Turtles Can Fly) directs. Starring are Amir Aghaee, Funda Eryiğit, Fatih Al, Bariş Yildiz and Onur Buldu. The film is produced by Waters, Ghobadi and Gökçe Isil Tuna, with...
The film, produced by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, follows Boran, a musician working in Istanbul away from his family. His wife has never seen the sea and he has worked for years to buy a small home overlooking it so he can bring his family to live with him. One day he returns home to find a building blocking his sea view. Now begins his fight to reclaim his lost view in the most tragic of circumstances, a fight which gets progressively harder as time goes by.
Festival favourite Ghobadi (Turtles Can Fly) directs. Starring are Amir Aghaee, Funda Eryiğit, Fatih Al, Bariş Yildiz and Onur Buldu. The film is produced by Waters, Ghobadi and Gökçe Isil Tuna, with...
- 11/2/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
"Have you seen a dog pass by?" The Match Factory has released the first official trailer for an indie comedy titled Smuggling Hendrix, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is about a man from Cyprus planning to leave the island until his dog runs off and crosses the Un Buffer Zone that separates the "Greek South" from the "Turkish North". He must figure out how to bring him back across. Starring Adam Bousdoukos, Vicky Papadopoulou, Fatih Al, Toni Dimitriou, and Özgür Karadeniz. "Through the simple story of a man who loses his dog, Smuggling Hendrix gives a vivid demonstration of how the fences we build, both real and imagined, between ourselves and others, can be broken down once we recognize the familiarity in the face of the unknown." I'm a dog lover so I'm totally into this, but it also looks damn good. Here's the first official...
- 10/19/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In Greek Cypriot writer-director Marios Piperides’ debut feature “Smuggling Hendrix,” a down-on-his-luck, about-to-emigrate Cypriot musician must think creatively when his adorable dog Jimi accidentally crosses over to the Turkish side of the divided capital Nicosia, and European laws prevent the canine’s return. Piperides nabbed the top prize in Tribeca’s international competition for this delightful, droll, and intelligent comedy, which captures the absurdity and tragedy of a complicated political situation with a consistently light touch. Festival play is ongoing for this crowd-pleaser, with multiple European distribution deals already in place.
It’s not a problem if you know nothing about Cyprus and its 20th-century history of intercommunal violence between Greek and Turkish residents, the 1974 Turkish invasion, or the proclamation of northern Nicosia as the capital of Northern Cyprus, a country recognized only by Turkey. Piperides contextualizes this recent past through a stream of news reports on the situation playing...
It’s not a problem if you know nothing about Cyprus and its 20th-century history of intercommunal violence between Greek and Turkish residents, the 1974 Turkish invasion, or the proclamation of northern Nicosia as the capital of Northern Cyprus, a country recognized only by Turkey. Piperides contextualizes this recent past through a stream of news reports on the situation playing...
- 8/25/2018
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
It’s hard enough as it is getting up early each morning for the earliest screenings – and in the Berlin cold – without the knowledge that the first film of the day has the dispiriting English title Our Grand Despair. Turkish competition entrant Bizim Buyuk Caresizligimiz, which follows a girl whose parents have recently perished in a car crash, could have been a truly harrowing start to the day were the title taken to its most literal extreme. Instead it turned out to be the opposite: a warm and funny film about friendship and love – bittersweet perhaps, but not at all depressing.
Surprisingly the title does not really refer to the grief of the young girl, Nihal (Gunes Sayin), who overcomes her sadness – at least on the surface – fairly early on. Instead it is about the lighter and more comedy-friendly – though no less real – despair of two men,...
It’s hard enough as it is getting up early each morning for the earliest screenings – and in the Berlin cold – without the knowledge that the first film of the day has the dispiriting English title Our Grand Despair. Turkish competition entrant Bizim Buyuk Caresizligimiz, which follows a girl whose parents have recently perished in a car crash, could have been a truly harrowing start to the day were the title taken to its most literal extreme. Instead it turned out to be the opposite: a warm and funny film about friendship and love – bittersweet perhaps, but not at all depressing.
Surprisingly the title does not really refer to the grief of the young girl, Nihal (Gunes Sayin), who overcomes her sadness – at least on the surface – fairly early on. Instead it is about the lighter and more comedy-friendly – though no less real – despair of two men,...
- 2/16/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
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