The Coens splashed out, Cynthia Nixon channelled Emily Dickinson, Ivo Ferreira shone with his poignant docudrama on war in Angola – and Meryl Streep marshalled a hard-pressed jury. Willkommen to Berlin…
There are many things that distinguish Berlin from the other major European festivals – not least the sheer militant unprettiness of Potsdamer Platz in February. And there’s the way that when critics argue about the festival, it tends to get personal: you’ll see them rolling their eyes and muttering, “Ach, Dieter…” With his actor-manager fedora and incorrigibly impish flamboyance on the red carpet, Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick has managed to brand the festival pretty much as a one-man show. The price is that he gets to take the flak: people tend not to think of a dud line-up as Berlin’s fault but as Dieter’s.
This year, however, you have to admit that Kosslick (and his team) got it right – or at least,...
There are many things that distinguish Berlin from the other major European festivals – not least the sheer militant unprettiness of Potsdamer Platz in February. And there’s the way that when critics argue about the festival, it tends to get personal: you’ll see them rolling their eyes and muttering, “Ach, Dieter…” With his actor-manager fedora and incorrigibly impish flamboyance on the red carpet, Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick has managed to brand the festival pretty much as a one-man show. The price is that he gets to take the flak: people tend not to think of a dud line-up as Berlin’s fault but as Dieter’s.
This year, however, you have to admit that Kosslick (and his team) got it right – or at least,...
- 2/21/2016
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
Fire At Sea comfortably remained top of the pile, with the new entries failing to post significant scores.
Sunday’s three new entries on the 2016 Berlinale Screen Jury Grid all proved divisive, picking up mixed scores across the board.
Andre Techine’s Being 17 scored the first X (no score) of the festival, from Anton Dolin, though also clocked up a top-rating courtesy of David Fear. Overall it rated 2.5, though there are two scores yet to be declared.
Ivo Ferreira’s Letters From War posted a slightly better 2.6 overall, including two top ratings from Jan Schulz-Ojala and Screen.
Anne Zohra Berrached’s 24 Weeks languished to a rating of 2.3, the second lowest score to date behind Denis Cote’s Boris Without Beatrice.
Still topping the table is Gianfranco Rosi’ documentary Fire At Sea.
Monday’s titles are Denis Tanovic’s Death In Sarajevo, Vincent Perez’s Alone In Berlin and Yang Chao’s Crosscurrent.
Sunday’s three new entries on the 2016 Berlinale Screen Jury Grid all proved divisive, picking up mixed scores across the board.
Andre Techine’s Being 17 scored the first X (no score) of the festival, from Anton Dolin, though also clocked up a top-rating courtesy of David Fear. Overall it rated 2.5, though there are two scores yet to be declared.
Ivo Ferreira’s Letters From War posted a slightly better 2.6 overall, including two top ratings from Jan Schulz-Ojala and Screen.
Anne Zohra Berrached’s 24 Weeks languished to a rating of 2.3, the second lowest score to date behind Denis Cote’s Boris Without Beatrice.
Still topping the table is Gianfranco Rosi’ documentary Fire At Sea.
Monday’s titles are Denis Tanovic’s Death In Sarajevo, Vincent Perez’s Alone In Berlin and Yang Chao’s Crosscurrent.
- 2/15/2016
- ScreenDaily
The first scores are in, and it’s Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary about the immigration crisis that leads.
Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire At Sea - his documentary about the migrant crisis set on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa - is the early frontrunner on this year’s Berlinale Jury Grid, comrpised of scores from Screen’s jury of international critics.
The jury awarded it a combined score of 3.3 from a possible 4, a total only beaten at last year’s Berlinale by Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and matched by Patricio Guzman’s The Pearl Button.
Five of the critics awarded Fire At Sea the maximum four-star rating, while Jan Schulz-Ojala bucked the trend by awarding the film a solitary star.
Screen’s review described the film as “shocking and intensely human”.
Elsewhere on the grid, there is currently a three-way tie for second place between Mohamed Ben Attia’s Hedi, Jeff Nichols’ [link...
Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire At Sea - his documentary about the migrant crisis set on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa - is the early frontrunner on this year’s Berlinale Jury Grid, comrpised of scores from Screen’s jury of international critics.
The jury awarded it a combined score of 3.3 from a possible 4, a total only beaten at last year’s Berlinale by Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years and matched by Patricio Guzman’s The Pearl Button.
Five of the critics awarded Fire At Sea the maximum four-star rating, while Jan Schulz-Ojala bucked the trend by awarding the film a solitary star.
Screen’s review described the film as “shocking and intensely human”.
Elsewhere on the grid, there is currently a three-way tie for second place between Mohamed Ben Attia’s Hedi, Jeff Nichols’ [link...
- 2/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Venice Film Market will showcase 15 projects seeking completion financing.
Now in its second year, the Venice Film Market’s European Gap-Financing Market, which runs September 4-5 in 2015, will highlight 15 film in search of completion funding.
To qualify, each film must already have secured 70% of its financing. They will have the opportunity to close their international funding by having one-on-one meetings with potential financiers, distributors, sales agents, post-production companies and film funds.
Last year, the Vfm welcomed 261 distributors and 66 sales agents to the market. A total of 1,500 film professionals from 57 countries attended.
Full list:
#flora63 by Stéphane Robelin (France/Belgium/Germany)
Bianco by Daniele Vicari (Italy/France)
Letters from War by Ivo Ferreira (Portugal)
Comic Sans by Nevio Marasovic (Croatia/ Slovenia)
Diamond Island by Davy Chou (France/ Cambodia)
The Eremites by Ronny Trocker (Germany)
Freaking by Julia Ducournau (France/ Belgium/ Switzerland)
Children of the Night by Andrea De Sica (Italy)
The Bank of Broken Hearts by [link...
Now in its second year, the Venice Film Market’s European Gap-Financing Market, which runs September 4-5 in 2015, will highlight 15 film in search of completion funding.
To qualify, each film must already have secured 70% of its financing. They will have the opportunity to close their international funding by having one-on-one meetings with potential financiers, distributors, sales agents, post-production companies and film funds.
Last year, the Vfm welcomed 261 distributors and 66 sales agents to the market. A total of 1,500 film professionals from 57 countries attended.
Full list:
#flora63 by Stéphane Robelin (France/Belgium/Germany)
Bianco by Daniele Vicari (Italy/France)
Letters from War by Ivo Ferreira (Portugal)
Comic Sans by Nevio Marasovic (Croatia/ Slovenia)
Diamond Island by Davy Chou (France/ Cambodia)
The Eremites by Ronny Trocker (Germany)
Freaking by Julia Ducournau (France/ Belgium/ Switzerland)
Children of the Night by Andrea De Sica (Italy)
The Bank of Broken Hearts by [link...
- 7/24/2015
- ScreenDaily
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