Project Market Awards Winners
The QCinema Project Market, the industry initiative that accompanies The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival, revealed its winners list on Tuesday delivering almost $500,000 of grants and in-kind support.
The prizes followed a two-day networking and pitching event on Nov. 18 and 19 for 19 feature-length fiction film projects from Southeast Asia.
Two projects received the QCinema Project Market – Philippines Co-production Grant, with both collecting $55,000 (PHP3 million). They were: “The Remotes” from director-producer John Torres; and “Filipiñana,” by director Rafael Manuel. “Filipinana,” a black comedy set on a golf course, won a second prize on the night worth another $18,000. At the recent Asian Project Market in Busan it had also been a multiple prize winner.
Two film projects also received the QCinema Project Market – Philippines Co-production Grant worth $27,000 (PHP1.5 million) each: “The Boy and the Fight of Spiders (Diwalwal)” by director Jarell Serencio and “Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and...
The QCinema Project Market, the industry initiative that accompanies The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival, revealed its winners list on Tuesday delivering almost $500,000 of grants and in-kind support.
The prizes followed a two-day networking and pitching event on Nov. 18 and 19 for 19 feature-length fiction film projects from Southeast Asia.
Two projects received the QCinema Project Market – Philippines Co-production Grant, with both collecting $55,000 (PHP3 million). They were: “The Remotes” from director-producer John Torres; and “Filipiñana,” by director Rafael Manuel. “Filipinana,” a black comedy set on a golf course, won a second prize on the night worth another $18,000. At the recent Asian Project Market in Busan it had also been a multiple prize winner.
Two film projects also received the QCinema Project Market – Philippines Co-production Grant worth $27,000 (PHP1.5 million) each: “The Boy and the Fight of Spiders (Diwalwal)” by director Jarell Serencio and “Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and...
- 11/22/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Selection includes Nicolas Philibert’s Golden Bear winner ‘On The Adamant’.
The 14 feature documentaries in the running for the 2023 European Film Awards (EFAs) have been announced.
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They include Nicolas Philibert’s On The Adamant, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in February. The film follows the daily lives of patients and caregivers at a central Paris psychiatric centre, which has a unique structure floating in the Seine river. French filmmaker Philibert previously won the best European documentary prize at the EFAs in 2002 with To Be And To Have (Être Et Avoir...
The 14 feature documentaries in the running for the 2023 European Film Awards (EFAs) have been announced.
Scroll down for full list of titles
They include Nicolas Philibert’s On The Adamant, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in February. The film follows the daily lives of patients and caregivers at a central Paris psychiatric centre, which has a unique structure floating in the Seine river. French filmmaker Philibert previously won the best European documentary prize at the EFAs in 2002 with To Be And To Have (Être Et Avoir...
- 8/30/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The 35th European Film Awards took place amid the uncanny beauty of Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik. While it was possible to take a boat from the marina to gaze up at the aurora borealis dancing across the sky, the northern light on Saturday, December 10 came from Sweden and was named Ruben Östlund. The EFAs have a habit of decorating the same film across all major categories, so when his broad eat-the-rich satire “Triangle of Sadness” picked up an early award for Best European Director, it was clear which way the weather was going.
Östlund barely flinched when his name was announced as the winner in this early category — perhaps two Palme d’Ors in five years does that to a man. He first thanked the actress Sunnyi Melles (who was present) for her “great vomiting performance” and then had the grace to pay respects to Charlbi Dean, the South...
Östlund barely flinched when his name was announced as the winner in this early category — perhaps two Palme d’Ors in five years does that to a man. He first thanked the actress Sunnyi Melles (who was present) for her “great vomiting performance” and then had the grace to pay respects to Charlbi Dean, the South...
- 12/11/2022
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
Puerto Rican title ‘The Fisherman’s Daughter’ takes best international project.
Polish director Michał Marczak’s black comedy Certainly The End Of Something was named the winner of the Screen International’s best pitch award at the 21st edition of the Baltic Event’s Co-Production Market at the Black Nights International Film Festival in Tallinn this week
Written by Marczak with Pawel Demirski, the feature project centres on a woman from a notorious Warsaw neighbourhood, who kidnaps a kingpin of the “gentrification mafia” who are destroying her beloved district.
Marczak said he planned “to tell a highly nuanced tale of...
Polish director Michał Marczak’s black comedy Certainly The End Of Something was named the winner of the Screen International’s best pitch award at the 21st edition of the Baltic Event’s Co-Production Market at the Black Nights International Film Festival in Tallinn this week
Written by Marczak with Pawel Demirski, the feature project centres on a woman from a notorious Warsaw neighbourhood, who kidnaps a kingpin of the “gentrification mafia” who are destroying her beloved district.
Marczak said he planned “to tell a highly nuanced tale of...
- 11/25/2022
- by Martin Blaney¬Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
IDFA is one of many festivals to have strong Ukrainian line-up - but can this continue?
While hundreds of filmmakers, sales agents and distributors were descending on Amsterdam for IDFA’s industry event The Forum over the weekend, another documentary festival was taking place far away in war-torn Ukraine.
The Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival was held in Kyiv, lasting only from 11-13 November, with few international guests in attendance and no industry events.
Films screening included Oleksiy Radynski’s Infinity: According To Florian, Pawel Lozinski’s The Balcony and Theo Anthony’s All Light, Everywhere.
The...
While hundreds of filmmakers, sales agents and distributors were descending on Amsterdam for IDFA’s industry event The Forum over the weekend, another documentary festival was taking place far away in war-torn Ukraine.
The Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival was held in Kyiv, lasting only from 11-13 November, with few international guests in attendance and no industry events.
Films screening included Oleksiy Radynski’s Infinity: According To Florian, Pawel Lozinski’s The Balcony and Theo Anthony’s All Light, Everywhere.
The...
- 11/17/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The 35th European Film Awards have officially unveiled this year’s nominations.
Lukas Dhont’s queer coming-of-age drama “Close,” Ali Abbasi’s serial-killer thriller “Holy Spider,” and Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning “Triangle of Sadness” lead the 2022 nominations, with each film garnering nods in top categories: Best European Film, Best Director, and Screenwriter.
Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” lands three nominations, including Best Actress for Vicky Krieps. “Alcarràs” has two nominations, while Venice Golden Lion winner “Saint Omer” picked up one nod for Best European Director for Alice Diop.
The European Film Academy hosts the award ceremony on December 10 in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík.
German director Margarethe von Trotta will be honored with the European Lifetime Achievement award, and Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman is set to be celebrated with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award. Italian director Marco Bellocchio will receive the Award for European Innovative Storytelling for the limited series “Exterior Night.
Lukas Dhont’s queer coming-of-age drama “Close,” Ali Abbasi’s serial-killer thriller “Holy Spider,” and Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning “Triangle of Sadness” lead the 2022 nominations, with each film garnering nods in top categories: Best European Film, Best Director, and Screenwriter.
Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” lands three nominations, including Best Actress for Vicky Krieps. “Alcarràs” has two nominations, while Venice Golden Lion winner “Saint Omer” picked up one nod for Best European Director for Alice Diop.
The European Film Academy hosts the award ceremony on December 10 in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík.
German director Margarethe von Trotta will be honored with the European Lifetime Achievement award, and Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman is set to be celebrated with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award. Italian director Marco Bellocchio will receive the Award for European Innovative Storytelling for the limited series “Exterior Night.
- 11/8/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Triangle of Sadness,” directed by Ruben Östlund, and “Holy Spider,” directed by Ali Abbasi, lead the European Film Awards nominations in major categories, alongside “Close,” directed by Lukas Dhont.
“Triangle of Sadness,” “Holy Spider,” “Alcarràs,” “Close” and “Corsage” vie for best European film.
Those contesting for best director are Dhont for “Close,” Marie Kreutzer for “Corsage,” Jerzy Skolimowski for “Eo,” Abbasi for “Holy Spider,” Alice Diop for “Saint Omer” and Östlund for “Triangle of Sadness.”
Nominated for European Screenwriter are “Alcarràs” scribes Carla Simón and Arnau Vilaró, Kenneth Branagh for “Belfast,” Dhont and Angelo Tijssens for “Close,” Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Bahrami for “Holy Spider,” and Östlund for “Triangle of Sadness.”
European Actress nominees are Vicky Krieps in “Corsage,” Zar Amir Ebrahimi in “Holy Spider,” Léa Seydoux in “One Fine Morning,” Penélope Cruz for “Parallel Mothers” and Meltem Kaptan in “Rabiye Kurnaz Vs.
“Triangle of Sadness,” “Holy Spider,” “Alcarràs,” “Close” and “Corsage” vie for best European film.
Those contesting for best director are Dhont for “Close,” Marie Kreutzer for “Corsage,” Jerzy Skolimowski for “Eo,” Abbasi for “Holy Spider,” Alice Diop for “Saint Omer” and Östlund for “Triangle of Sadness.”
Nominated for European Screenwriter are “Alcarràs” scribes Carla Simón and Arnau Vilaró, Kenneth Branagh for “Belfast,” Dhont and Angelo Tijssens for “Close,” Abbasi and Afshin Kamran Bahrami for “Holy Spider,” and Östlund for “Triangle of Sadness.”
European Actress nominees are Vicky Krieps in “Corsage,” Zar Amir Ebrahimi in “Holy Spider,” Léa Seydoux in “One Fine Morning,” Penélope Cruz for “Parallel Mothers” and Meltem Kaptan in “Rabiye Kurnaz Vs.
- 11/8/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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Lukas Dhont’s Belgian coming-of-age drama Close, Ali Abbasi’s Persian-language crime thriller Holy Spider and Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s satirical black comedy Triangle of Sadness, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, are topping the nominations for the 2022 European Film Awards (EFAs), unveiled Tuesday.
Each of the acclaimed titles, which also happen to be Oscar contenders for the 2023 Academy Awards in the best international feature category, received Efa nominations for best European film, best director, best screenwriter and an acting category apiece.
Also in the running for the Efa for best European film are Alcarràs from Spain’s Carla Simón and Austrian director Marie Kreutzer’s period drama Corsage.
The European honors are often viewed as a bellwether for the Oscars. Although last year’s Efa’s weren’t a particularly strong Oscars predictor, Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World...
Lukas Dhont’s Belgian coming-of-age drama Close, Ali Abbasi’s Persian-language crime thriller Holy Spider and Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s satirical black comedy Triangle of Sadness, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, are topping the nominations for the 2022 European Film Awards (EFAs), unveiled Tuesday.
Each of the acclaimed titles, which also happen to be Oscar contenders for the 2023 Academy Awards in the best international feature category, received Efa nominations for best European film, best director, best screenwriter and an acting category apiece.
Also in the running for the Efa for best European film are Alcarràs from Spain’s Carla Simón and Austrian director Marie Kreutzer’s period drama Corsage.
The European honors are often viewed as a bellwether for the Oscars. Although last year’s Efa’s weren’t a particularly strong Oscars predictor, Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World...
- 11/8/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont’s Close, Danish director Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider and Swedish director Ruben Ôstlund’s Triangle Of Sadness lead the nominations for the 35th European Film Awards, which were unveiled today.
The films have each made it into four categories including best European Film, Best Director and Screenwriter.
All three films debuted at Cannes this year, where Triangle Of Sadness clinched the Palme d’Or; Close, the Grand Prize (in ex-aequo with Claire Denis’s Stars At Noon); and Holy Spider, best actress for Zar Amir-Ebrahimi.
Close and Holy Spider are also the entries for their respective countries of Belgium and Denmark in the Academy Awards Best International Film category this year.
Further hot contenders include Austrian director Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, with three nominations, including best actress for Vicky Krieps, and Berlinale Berlinale Golden Lion Alcarràs with two nominations. Venice 2022 Grand Jury and best first...
The films have each made it into four categories including best European Film, Best Director and Screenwriter.
All three films debuted at Cannes this year, where Triangle Of Sadness clinched the Palme d’Or; Close, the Grand Prize (in ex-aequo with Claire Denis’s Stars At Noon); and Holy Spider, best actress for Zar Amir-Ebrahimi.
Close and Holy Spider are also the entries for their respective countries of Belgium and Denmark in the Academy Awards Best International Film category this year.
Further hot contenders include Austrian director Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, with three nominations, including best actress for Vicky Krieps, and Berlinale Berlinale Golden Lion Alcarràs with two nominations. Venice 2022 Grand Jury and best first...
- 11/8/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Just two days after a Russian airstrike in Kyiv killed three citizens, damaged a power plant, and caused significant blackouts, the Ukrainian National Film Critics Circle went ahead with their annual award ceremony.
Known as Kinokolo, the ceremony took place in an underground bunker in Kyiv on Thursday, with national broadcaster Suspilne Kultura airing the event live. First established in 2018, Kinokolo recognizes the best in national Ukrainian cinema, and is hosted on the first day of the annual Kyiv Critic’s Week. This year’s Critic Week runs until October 26.
“Pamfir,” which premiered this year in Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight section, was the big winner of the night, taking the best feature prize. Director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, who made his feature film debut with the drama about a man who returns to his small town and is sucked back into his criminal past, nabbed best director, best film screenplay, and discovery...
Known as Kinokolo, the ceremony took place in an underground bunker in Kyiv on Thursday, with national broadcaster Suspilne Kultura airing the event live. First established in 2018, Kinokolo recognizes the best in national Ukrainian cinema, and is hosted on the first day of the annual Kyiv Critic’s Week. This year’s Critic Week runs until October 26.
“Pamfir,” which premiered this year in Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight section, was the big winner of the night, taking the best feature prize. Director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, who made his feature film debut with the drama about a man who returns to his small town and is sucked back into his criminal past, nabbed best director, best film screenplay, and discovery...
- 10/21/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
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In yet another example of courage under fire from the citizens of Ukraine, the country’s film critics have managed to hold the country’s first post-war awards ceremony. The Ukrainian National Film Critics association handed out its Kinokolo Awards Thursday night, broadcasting the ceremony from a bunker studio in Kyiv. The event was carried on national public TV channel Suspilne Kultura.
Pamfir from director Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk was the night’s big winner, taking home best film, best director and best screenwriter honors, as well the discovery of the year prize for the best full-length debut. Pamfir star Oleksandr Yatsentyuk also took best actor for his performance in the film as a man who returns to Ukraine from abroad and gets drawn into his criminal past. Pamfir premiered in Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight.
‘Pamfir’
Maryna Er Gorbach’s war drama Klondike, which debuted at Sundance this year,...
In yet another example of courage under fire from the citizens of Ukraine, the country’s film critics have managed to hold the country’s first post-war awards ceremony. The Ukrainian National Film Critics association handed out its Kinokolo Awards Thursday night, broadcasting the ceremony from a bunker studio in Kyiv. The event was carried on national public TV channel Suspilne Kultura.
Pamfir from director Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk was the night’s big winner, taking home best film, best director and best screenwriter honors, as well the discovery of the year prize for the best full-length debut. Pamfir star Oleksandr Yatsentyuk also took best actor for his performance in the film as a man who returns to Ukraine from abroad and gets drawn into his criminal past. Pamfir premiered in Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight.
‘Pamfir’
Maryna Er Gorbach’s war drama Klondike, which debuted at Sundance this year,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In yet another sign of the continued resilience and determination of the Ukrainian people, the fifth edition of the Ukrainian National Film Critics Circle Award, dubbed Kinokolo, pressed ahead with its ceremony on Thursday, in spite of an ongoing war in the country.
The ceremony was held in a bunker in Kyiv and broadcasted live on national public TV channel Suspilne Kultura from the underground studio, remarkably just days after Russian airstrikes targeted key infrastructure in the capital city and destroyed 30 of the country’s power stations, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Local film critics recognized projects such as Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight title Pamfir, Maryna Er Horbach’s Klondike and Natalka Vorozhbyt’s Are you Ok?
Pamfir, a drama about a man who faces small town corruption in Western Ukraine after returning from working abroad, came away with the most awards, nabbing Best Feature Film and...
The ceremony was held in a bunker in Kyiv and broadcasted live on national public TV channel Suspilne Kultura from the underground studio, remarkably just days after Russian airstrikes targeted key infrastructure in the capital city and destroyed 30 of the country’s power stations, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Local film critics recognized projects such as Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight title Pamfir, Maryna Er Horbach’s Klondike and Natalka Vorozhbyt’s Are you Ok?
Pamfir, a drama about a man who faces small town corruption in Western Ukraine after returning from working abroad, came away with the most awards, nabbing Best Feature Film and...
- 10/21/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Festival programmes tribute to Mantas Kvedaravicius, filmmaker killed in Ukraine.
New films from Martin Scorsese, Patricio Guzman, Gianfranco Rosi and Ruth Beckermann are among the Masters selection for the 35th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s music film Personality Crisis: One Night Only will have its international premiere at IDFA, following a world debut at New York Film Festival in October. The film shows a set from US singer-songwriter David Johansen at New York’s Café Carlyle from January 2020.
The festival will also play Gianfranco Rosi’s first archive-based film In viaggio, which considers the human...
New films from Martin Scorsese, Patricio Guzman, Gianfranco Rosi and Ruth Beckermann are among the Masters selection for the 35th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s music film Personality Crisis: One Night Only will have its international premiere at IDFA, following a world debut at New York Film Festival in October. The film shows a set from US singer-songwriter David Johansen at New York’s Café Carlyle from January 2020.
The festival will also play Gianfranco Rosi’s first archive-based film In viaggio, which considers the human...
- 9/27/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Documentary festival IDFA will host the international premieres of Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s music film “Personality Crisis: One Night Only” and Barbara Kopple’s “Gumbo Coalition” as part of its Masters program, as well as the world premiere of Coco Schrijber’s “Look What You Made Me Do.”
The selection includes the work of several renowned directors who have reinvented their cinematic language. Patricio Guzmán breaks from his poetic approach to adopt a more direct, political form of filmmaking with “My Imaginary Country,” centering on the October 2019 protests in Santiago. Gianfranco Rosi directs his first archive-based film “In viaggio,” which sees Pope Francis’ journeys as a map of the human condition. Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed co-direct a film together for the first time with “Music for Black Pigeons,” a reflection on aging through jazz music, and Ruth Beckermann’s “Mutzenbacher” takes a look at a controversial erotic...
The selection includes the work of several renowned directors who have reinvented their cinematic language. Patricio Guzmán breaks from his poetic approach to adopt a more direct, political form of filmmaking with “My Imaginary Country,” centering on the October 2019 protests in Santiago. Gianfranco Rosi directs his first archive-based film “In viaggio,” which sees Pope Francis’ journeys as a map of the human condition. Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed co-direct a film together for the first time with “Music for Black Pigeons,” a reflection on aging through jazz music, and Ruth Beckermann’s “Mutzenbacher” takes a look at a controversial erotic...
- 9/27/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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The 27th edition of Busan International Film Festival will open with Scent of Wind by the Iranian director Hadi Mohaghegh and close with A Man by Japan’s Kei Ishikawa.
Launched in 1996, Busan has long been considered Asia’s premiere film festival, famous both for launching the careers of exciting new Korean and Asian auteurs, as well as its festive beachfront vibe, with tented restaurants serving soju and Korean seafood specialities into the wee hours.
This year, Busan festival director Heo Moon-young has promised an edition that represents “a full recovery” from the pandemic, restoring various programs and forums that were interrupted over the past two years due to the Seoul government’s social distancing measures. In 2022, the festival will screen 354 films from 71 countries, with various satellite events happening across town.
Scent of Wind is the fourth film by Mohaghegh, whose feature film...
The 27th edition of Busan International Film Festival will open with Scent of Wind by the Iranian director Hadi Mohaghegh and close with A Man by Japan’s Kei Ishikawa.
Launched in 1996, Busan has long been considered Asia’s premiere film festival, famous both for launching the careers of exciting new Korean and Asian auteurs, as well as its festive beachfront vibe, with tented restaurants serving soju and Korean seafood specialities into the wee hours.
This year, Busan festival director Heo Moon-young has promised an edition that represents “a full recovery” from the pandemic, restoring various programs and forums that were interrupted over the past two years due to the Seoul government’s social distancing measures. In 2022, the festival will screen 354 films from 71 countries, with various satellite events happening across town.
Scent of Wind is the fourth film by Mohaghegh, whose feature film...
- 9/12/2022
- by Soomee Park
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The Toronto Film Festival will rally in solidarity with Ukrainian film producers amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war by holding two industry panels at the Canadian festival’s 47th edition.
The first Sept. 12 panel will feature six Ukrainian filmmakers behind recent festival circuit hits, including Butterfly Vision producer Darya Bassel, whose film was the only Ukrainian feature in Cannes’ official selection this year; Luxembourg, Luxembourg producer Volodymyr Yatsenko, whose film will screen in Toronto after bowing in Venice; and Ihor Savychenko, who produced the 2019 film The Painted Bird, Vaclav Marhoul’s grim Holocaust drama adapted from Jerzy Kosinski’s novel.
Also in Toronto on the panel to discuss current and future film projects is Valeria Sochyvets, producer of the 2020 film Blindfold, and Egor Olesov, who produced the 2019 Ukrainian film Mr. Jones.
The second Sept. 13 panel will discuss possible co-production opportunities for Ukrainian productions and...
The Toronto Film Festival will rally in solidarity with Ukrainian film producers amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war by holding two industry panels at the Canadian festival’s 47th edition.
The first Sept. 12 panel will feature six Ukrainian filmmakers behind recent festival circuit hits, including Butterfly Vision producer Darya Bassel, whose film was the only Ukrainian feature in Cannes’ official selection this year; Luxembourg, Luxembourg producer Volodymyr Yatsenko, whose film will screen in Toronto after bowing in Venice; and Ihor Savychenko, who produced the 2019 film The Painted Bird, Vaclav Marhoul’s grim Holocaust drama adapted from Jerzy Kosinski’s novel.
Also in Toronto on the panel to discuss current and future film projects is Valeria Sochyvets, producer of the 2020 film Blindfold, and Egor Olesov, who produced the 2019 Ukrainian film Mr. Jones.
The second Sept. 13 panel will discuss possible co-production opportunities for Ukrainian productions and...
- 9/6/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A panel of international figures joined forces today at the Venice Festival to pledge their support for filmmakers suffering oppression, harassment and imprisonment around the world.
Participants in the panel included the Director of the Venice Film Festival Alberto Barbera, Vanja Kalurdjercic (Croatia, Director of the Rotterdam International Film Festival), Sinem Sakaoglu (Turkey, director), Orwa Nyrabia (Director of the Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival), Mike Downey (President of the European Film Academy) and Kaveh Farnam (Iran, producer).
Vania Kaludjercic gave the context for the founding two years ago of the International Coalition Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr), arising out of a shared concern for independent storytellers whose lives and livelihoods at risk. In those two years, the Icfr has helped filmmakers from Afghanistan to Egypt, Myanmar to Iran, and most recently, in Ukraine.
She described how Icfr had mobilised the international film community to raise 420,000 euros, enough to help with emergency relocation,...
Participants in the panel included the Director of the Venice Film Festival Alberto Barbera, Vanja Kalurdjercic (Croatia, Director of the Rotterdam International Film Festival), Sinem Sakaoglu (Turkey, director), Orwa Nyrabia (Director of the Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival), Mike Downey (President of the European Film Academy) and Kaveh Farnam (Iran, producer).
Vania Kaludjercic gave the context for the founding two years ago of the International Coalition Filmmakers at Risk (Icfr), arising out of a shared concern for independent storytellers whose lives and livelihoods at risk. In those two years, the Icfr has helped filmmakers from Afghanistan to Egypt, Myanmar to Iran, and most recently, in Ukraine.
She described how Icfr had mobilised the international film community to raise 420,000 euros, enough to help with emergency relocation,...
- 9/3/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Emily Blunt Heading To Mipcom For ‘The English’ Red Carpet Curtain Raiser
Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer and Hugo Blick are headed to Cannes for a red carpet screening of buzzy Western drama series The English at Mipcom. The event will be the curtain raiser for the Rx France-hosted event and will take place at the Grand Auditorium in Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Sunday October 16 at 6pm Cet, the evening before the main festival, market and conference kicks off. A Q&a with stars Blunt and Spencer and writer-director Blick will follow. The English follows aristocratic Englishwoman Lady Cornelia Locke (the Blunt) and ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp (Spencer), as they come together in 1890 mid-America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Stephen Rea, Rafe Spall and Valerie Pachner are also among the cast. Drama Republic and Eight Rooks are co-producing for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in...
Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer and Hugo Blick are headed to Cannes for a red carpet screening of buzzy Western drama series The English at Mipcom. The event will be the curtain raiser for the Rx France-hosted event and will take place at the Grand Auditorium in Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Sunday October 16 at 6pm Cet, the evening before the main festival, market and conference kicks off. A Q&a with stars Blunt and Spencer and writer-director Blick will follow. The English follows aristocratic Englishwoman Lady Cornelia Locke (the Blunt) and ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp (Spencer), as they come together in 1890 mid-America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Stephen Rea, Rafe Spall and Valerie Pachner are also among the cast. Drama Republic and Eight Rooks are co-producing for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in...
- 8/30/2022
- by Jesse Whittock and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Selection includes the final film by murdered Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius.
The 13 feature documentaries in the running for the 2022 European Film Awards have been revealed.
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They include Mariupolis 2 by murdered Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius, which premiered at Cannes and comprises footage the director shot before he was captured and killed by the Russian army in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in April.
Also selected is Mr Landsbergis by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, a four-hour account of the struggle for Lithuania’s independence from the Ussr in the early 1990s, which won the...
The 13 feature documentaries in the running for the 2022 European Film Awards have been revealed.
Scroll down for full list of titles
They include Mariupolis 2 by murdered Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius, which premiered at Cannes and comprises footage the director shot before he was captured and killed by the Russian army in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in April.
Also selected is Mr Landsbergis by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, a four-hour account of the struggle for Lithuania’s independence from the Ussr in the early 1990s, which won the...
- 8/30/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The Toronto Intl. Film Festival’s Docs program gets underway Sept. 8 and will feature 22 nonfiction films — a hefty 57 increase from last year’s lineup, which was cut back to 14 due to Covid.
Notable titles include Oscar winner Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” which is pictured above and making its Canadian premiere following a world premiere at the Venice Film Festival; “Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s latest docu “The Grab” and veteran filmmaker’s Werner Herzog’s “Theatre of Thought.”
Sacha Jenkins’s “Armstrong’s Black & Blues” will serve as TIFF Docs’ opening film.
Thom Powers, lead TIFF documentary programmer, winnowed the list of 22 from 700 submissions. While constructing this year’s program, Powers noticed various themes emerge across submissions, one being being the act of resistance.
“Cowperthwaite’s “The Grab,” which she has been making for seven years under a lot of secrecy, follows journalist Nathan Halverson as...
Notable titles include Oscar winner Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” which is pictured above and making its Canadian premiere following a world premiere at the Venice Film Festival; “Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s latest docu “The Grab” and veteran filmmaker’s Werner Herzog’s “Theatre of Thought.”
Sacha Jenkins’s “Armstrong’s Black & Blues” will serve as TIFF Docs’ opening film.
Thom Powers, lead TIFF documentary programmer, winnowed the list of 22 from 700 submissions. While constructing this year’s program, Powers noticed various themes emerge across submissions, one being being the act of resistance.
“Cowperthwaite’s “The Grab,” which she has been making for seven years under a lot of secrecy, follows journalist Nathan Halverson as...
- 8/17/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
New films from Werner Herzog, Laura Poitras, Cristian Mungiu and Jerzy Skolimowski have been added to the lineup of the 2022 Toronto International film Festival, TIFF organizers announced on Wednesday.
The new films are in the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections and together will make up almost 75 additions to the lineup of the festival, which will run from Sept. 8-18.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the world premiere of Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.” Other films in the section include Herzog’s “Theatre of Thought,” which examines new research into the brain; Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin and her campaign to get museums to reject the patronage of the Purdue Pharma-owning Sackler family; and “In Her Hands,” Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s film about Zarifa Ghafari, the youngest woman mayor in Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power in that country.
The new films are in the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections and together will make up almost 75 additions to the lineup of the festival, which will run from Sept. 8-18.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the world premiere of Sacha Jenkins’ “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.” Other films in the section include Herzog’s “Theatre of Thought,” which examines new research into the brain; Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin and her campaign to get museums to reject the patronage of the Purdue Pharma-owning Sackler family; and “In Her Hands,” Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s film about Zarifa Ghafari, the youngest woman mayor in Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power in that country.
- 8/17/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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The Toronto Film Festival has announced new titles for its TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the previously announced Sacha Jenkins’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, and there’s a North American premiere for Laura Poitras’ opioid epidemic doc All the Beauty and the Bloodshed from Participant.
The festival will also feature newly-added world bows for Cine-Guerrilas: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels, by director Mila Rurajlic; Documentary Now!, by Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas and Micah Gardner; Sam Soko and Lauren DeFilippo’s Free Money, about a Kenyan village being given a universal basic income by an American organization; The Grab, from Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite; and Stephanie Johnes’ Maya and the Wave.
Other documentary first looks headed to Toronto include Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the Whale; Sinead O’Shea’s Pray for our Sinners; Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot,...
The Toronto Film Festival has announced new titles for its TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema sections.
The TIFF Docs section will open with the previously announced Sacha Jenkins’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, and there’s a North American premiere for Laura Poitras’ opioid epidemic doc All the Beauty and the Bloodshed from Participant.
The festival will also feature newly-added world bows for Cine-Guerrilas: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels, by director Mila Rurajlic; Documentary Now!, by Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas and Micah Gardner; Sam Soko and Lauren DeFilippo’s Free Money, about a Kenyan village being given a universal basic income by an American organization; The Grab, from Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite; and Stephanie Johnes’ Maya and the Wave.
Other documentary first looks headed to Toronto include Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the Whale; Sinead O’Shea’s Pray for our Sinners; Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Includes new work from Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Werner Herzog and Klaus Hӓrӧ.
New work from Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Werner Herzog and Klaus Hӓrӧ are among TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema line-ups announced on Wednesday (August 17).
In TIFF Docs, Cowperthwaite’s The Grab exposes the systematic acquisition of food and water resources by international governments and private companies. Herzog returns to the fray with Theatre Of Thought, in which he explores the cutting edge of brain research.
The selection includes Mark Fletcher’s nature documentary Patrick And The Whale (pictured) and opens with Sacha Jenkins’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.
New work from Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Werner Herzog and Klaus Hӓrӧ are among TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema line-ups announced on Wednesday (August 17).
In TIFF Docs, Cowperthwaite’s The Grab exposes the systematic acquisition of food and water resources by international governments and private companies. Herzog returns to the fray with Theatre Of Thought, in which he explores the cutting edge of brain research.
The selection includes Mark Fletcher’s nature documentary Patrick And The Whale (pictured) and opens with Sacha Jenkins’ Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.
- 8/17/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ten titles in the festival sidebar
Florent Gouelou’s French drama Three Nights A Week will open Venice International Film Critics’ Week, the sidebar of the Venice Film Festival, playing out-of-competition. Moroccan director Yasmine Benkiran’s Queens will close the selection, also out -of -competition.
The Critics’ Week competition is comprised of seven feature debuts, including including Niccolo Falsetti’s Margini from Italy and Theo Montoya’s Anhell69 from Colombia.
Dogborn by Swedish director Isabella Carbonell is the only film by a female director in the competition section.
The 10 titles were selected by a new committee from the Union of Italian Film Critics,...
Florent Gouelou’s French drama Three Nights A Week will open Venice International Film Critics’ Week, the sidebar of the Venice Film Festival, playing out-of-competition. Moroccan director Yasmine Benkiran’s Queens will close the selection, also out -of -competition.
The Critics’ Week competition is comprised of seven feature debuts, including including Niccolo Falsetti’s Margini from Italy and Theo Montoya’s Anhell69 from Colombia.
Dogborn by Swedish director Isabella Carbonell is the only film by a female director in the competition section.
The 10 titles were selected by a new committee from the Union of Italian Film Critics,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Medusa Deluxe (Thomas Hardiman).The lineup for the 75th-anniversary edition of the festival has been announced, including new films by Helena Wittmann, João Pedro Rodrígues, Aleksandr Sokurov and others, alongside retrospectives, tributes, and much more.Piazza GRANDEAlles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit. (Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.) (André Schäfer)Annie Colère (Blandine Lenoir)Bullet Train (David Leitch)Compartiment tueurs (The Sleeping Car Murder) (Costa-Gavras)Delta (Michele Vannucci)Home of the Brave (Laurie Anderson)Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk)Last Dance (Delphine Lehericey)Medusa Deluxe (Thomas Hardiman)My Neighbor Adolf (Leon Prudovsky)Paradise Highway (Anna Gutto)Piano Piano (Nicola Prosatore)Printed Rainbow (Gitanjali Rao)Semret (Caterina Mona)Une femme de notre temps (Jean Paul Civeyrac)Vous n'aurez pas ma haine (You Will Not Have My Hate) (Kilian Riedhof)Where the Crawdads Sing (Olivia Newman)Human Flowers of Flesh (Helena Wittmann).Concorso INTERNAZIONALEAriyippu (Declaration) (Mahesh Narayanan)Balıqlara xütbə...
- 7/13/2022
- MUBI
Festival organisers respond to critical open letter from Ukrainian filmmakers.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has refused to withdraw a state-backed Russian film from its upcoming edition despite an open letter of protest from a group of Ukrainian directors.
The festival in the Czech Republic is set to screen Stalin-era drama Captain Volkonogov Escaped on July 1 as part of its Horizons strand. Directed by Natasha Merlulova and Aleksey Chupov, the film premiered in competition at Venice last year and its production received support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Kviff has previously denounced Russia’s invasion of...
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has refused to withdraw a state-backed Russian film from its upcoming edition despite an open letter of protest from a group of Ukrainian directors.
The festival in the Czech Republic is set to screen Stalin-era drama Captain Volkonogov Escaped on July 1 as part of its Horizons strand. Directed by Natasha Merlulova and Aleksey Chupov, the film premiered in competition at Venice last year and its production received support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Kviff has previously denounced Russia’s invasion of...
- 6/28/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Festival organisers respond to critical open letter from Ukrainian filmmakers.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has refused to withdraw a state-backed Russian film from its upcoming edition despite an open letter of protest from a group of Ukrainian directors.
The festival in the Czech Republic is set to screen Stalin-era drama Captain Volkonogov Escaped on July 1 as part of its Horizons strand. Directed by Natasha Merlulova and Aleksey Chupov, the film premiered in competition at Venice last year and its production received support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Kviff has previously denounced Russia’s invasion of...
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has refused to withdraw a state-backed Russian film from its upcoming edition despite an open letter of protest from a group of Ukrainian directors.
The festival in the Czech Republic is set to screen Stalin-era drama Captain Volkonogov Escaped on July 1 as part of its Horizons strand. Directed by Natasha Merlulova and Aleksey Chupov, the film premiered in competition at Venice last year and its production received support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Kviff has previously denounced Russia’s invasion of...
- 6/28/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Karlovy Vary selection Captain Volkonogov Escaped 'an indirect, but very distinct criticism of the current Russian state regime' Photo: Courtesy of Kviff After a protest from Ukrainian filmmakers about the screening of the Russian film Captain Volkonogov Escaped in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which starts on Friday, the event’s organisers have assured them that “we fully sympathise with all citizens of Ukraine”.
The have also pointed out that the Czech Republic is one of the most active European countries in terms of supporting Ukraine, providing humanitarian, political and military aid as well as accepting nearly 400,000 war refugees since the beginning of the conflict.
The festival has offered partnership to the Works in Progress project of the Odesa Film Festival and will welcome four Ukrainian films in the line-up and screen the film Mariupol 2 - directed by Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius, who was killed in Ukraine - which...
The have also pointed out that the Czech Republic is one of the most active European countries in terms of supporting Ukraine, providing humanitarian, political and military aid as well as accepting nearly 400,000 war refugees since the beginning of the conflict.
The festival has offered partnership to the Works in Progress project of the Odesa Film Festival and will welcome four Ukrainian films in the line-up and screen the film Mariupol 2 - directed by Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius, who was killed in Ukraine - which...
- 6/28/2022
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Festival has programmed 120 films from 52 countries
The Munich Film Festival (June 23 – July 2) is showcasing many of the highlights from last month’s Cannes Film Festival when it returns with a full programme of features for the first time since 2019.
Munich pivoted online in 2020 due to the pandemic, and programmed a reduced number of films in 2021, mainly in open-air locations.
Munich is opening this year with Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, which saw Vicky Krieps win the Un Certain Regard best performance award for her portrayal of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Corsage will play in Munich’s main Cinemasters Competition, alongside Cannes...
The Munich Film Festival (June 23 – July 2) is showcasing many of the highlights from last month’s Cannes Film Festival when it returns with a full programme of features for the first time since 2019.
Munich pivoted online in 2020 due to the pandemic, and programmed a reduced number of films in 2021, mainly in open-air locations.
Munich is opening this year with Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, which saw Vicky Krieps win the Un Certain Regard best performance award for her portrayal of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Corsage will play in Munich’s main Cinemasters Competition, alongside Cannes...
- 6/10/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Festival has programmed 120 films from 52 countries
The Munich Film Festival (June 23 – July 2) is showcasing many of the highlights from last month’s Cannes Film Festival when it returns with a full programme of features for the first time since 2019.
Munich pivoted online in 2020 due to the pandemic, and programmed a reduced number of films in 2021, mainly in open-air locations.
Munich is opening this year with Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, which saw Vicky Krieps win the Un Certain Regard best performance award for her portrayal of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Corsage will play in Munich’s main Cinemasters Competition, alongside Cannes...
The Munich Film Festival (June 23 – July 2) is showcasing many of the highlights from last month’s Cannes Film Festival when it returns with a full programme of features for the first time since 2019.
Munich pivoted online in 2020 due to the pandemic, and programmed a reduced number of films in 2021, mainly in open-air locations.
Munich is opening this year with Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, which saw Vicky Krieps win the Un Certain Regard best performance award for her portrayal of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Corsage will play in Munich’s main Cinemasters Competition, alongside Cannes...
- 6/10/2022
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
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The Munich International Film Festival unveiled its 2022 lineup Thursday, announcing a program featuring some of the most acclaimed movies from Cannes last month, including award winners Broker, War Pony, The Eight Mountains and Mariupolis 2.
Hirokazu Koreeda’s Broker, which won the best actor honor in Cannes for star Song Kang-ho, will screen in Munich’s CineMasters competition section, alongside The Eight Mountains, which took Cannes’ jury prize for co-directors Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen.
Gina Gammell and Riley Keough’s War Pony, winner of the Cannes’ Camera d’Or for best first film, will screen in the festival’s CineVision section, alongside such Cannes favorites as Aftersun – Charlotte Wells’ debut feature starring, Normal People breakout Paul Mescal, was snatched up by A24 following its bow in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight section — and Maksym Nakonechnyi’s Un Certain Regard title Butterfly Vision, a look...
The Munich International Film Festival unveiled its 2022 lineup Thursday, announcing a program featuring some of the most acclaimed movies from Cannes last month, including award winners Broker, War Pony, The Eight Mountains and Mariupolis 2.
Hirokazu Koreeda’s Broker, which won the best actor honor in Cannes for star Song Kang-ho, will screen in Munich’s CineMasters competition section, alongside The Eight Mountains, which took Cannes’ jury prize for co-directors Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen.
Gina Gammell and Riley Keough’s War Pony, winner of the Cannes’ Camera d’Or for best first film, will screen in the festival’s CineVision section, alongside such Cannes favorites as Aftersun – Charlotte Wells’ debut feature starring, Normal People breakout Paul Mescal, was snatched up by A24 following its bow in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight section — and Maksym Nakonechnyi’s Un Certain Regard title Butterfly Vision, a look...
- 6/9/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
India’s All That Breathes followed up its victory at the Sundance Film Festival by winning top documentary honors in Cannes.
The film directed by Shaunak Sen, which documents a pair of Muslim brothers in Delhi who devote countless hours to restore the health of ailing black kite birds, earned the L’Œil d’or (“Golden Eye”) award in a ceremony on Saturday.
“From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the ‘kite brothers’ care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from New Delhi’s smog-choked skies,” notes a description of the documentary. “As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.”
The Golden Eye jury, headed by filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, saluted All That Breathes for reminding “us that every life matters, and every small action matters.
The film directed by Shaunak Sen, which documents a pair of Muslim brothers in Delhi who devote countless hours to restore the health of ailing black kite birds, earned the L’Œil d’or (“Golden Eye”) award in a ceremony on Saturday.
“From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the ‘kite brothers’ care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from New Delhi’s smog-choked skies,” notes a description of the documentary. “As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.”
The Golden Eye jury, headed by filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, saluted All That Breathes for reminding “us that every life matters, and every small action matters.
- 5/29/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund led one of his now trademark primal screams inside the Palais tonight as his latest film, Triangle Of Sadness, was crowned with the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or. This is the second time Ostlund has won the prestigious prize, following 2017’s The Square.
Ostlund tonight joined an elite group of filmmakers who have taken two Palmes, including the Dardenne brothers who were awarded a special 75th anniversary prize this evening for their Tori And Lokita.
Contrary to the wild and wacky closing ceremony of last year’s Cannes Film Festival, tonight’s event was a very straightforward affair.
Triangle Of Sadness was acquired by Neon for North America earlier this week. In Deadline’s review, Stephanie Bunbury called it “a mission statement about equality: that it doesn’t exist, that it cannot exist, that while calamity may bring the downfall of the top dogs,...
Ostlund tonight joined an elite group of filmmakers who have taken two Palmes, including the Dardenne brothers who were awarded a special 75th anniversary prize this evening for their Tori And Lokita.
Contrary to the wild and wacky closing ceremony of last year’s Cannes Film Festival, tonight’s event was a very straightforward affair.
Triangle Of Sadness was acquired by Neon for North America earlier this week. In Deadline’s review, Stephanie Bunbury called it “a mission statement about equality: that it doesn’t exist, that it cannot exist, that while calamity may bring the downfall of the top dogs,...
- 5/28/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
With a jury led by Vincent Lindon and including Rebecca Hall, Deepika Padukone, Noomi Rapace, Jasmine Trinca, Asghar Farhadi, Lady Ly, Jeff Nichols, and Joachim Trier, the competition awards from the 2022 Cannes Film Festival have now been announced.
Led by Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, Claire Denis, Park Chan-wook, Lukas Dhont, Dardennes, Jerzy Skolimowski, Felix Van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch, Song Kang-ho, and Zar Amir Ebrahimi also picked up prizes.
See the full list below and catch up with our complete coverage here.
Palme d’Or
Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Östlund
Grand Prize (tie)
Stars at Noon, Claire Denis
Close, Lukas Dhont
Best Director
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Special 75th-Anniversary Prize
Tori and Lokita, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Jury Prize (tie)
Eo, Jerzy Skolimowski
The Eight Mountains, Felix Van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch
Best Actor
Song Kang-ho, Broker
Best Screenplay
Tarik Saleh, Boy From Heaven
Best Actress
Zar Amir Ebrahimi,...
Led by Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, Claire Denis, Park Chan-wook, Lukas Dhont, Dardennes, Jerzy Skolimowski, Felix Van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch, Song Kang-ho, and Zar Amir Ebrahimi also picked up prizes.
See the full list below and catch up with our complete coverage here.
Palme d’Or
Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Östlund
Grand Prize (tie)
Stars at Noon, Claire Denis
Close, Lukas Dhont
Best Director
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Special 75th-Anniversary Prize
Tori and Lokita, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Jury Prize (tie)
Eo, Jerzy Skolimowski
The Eight Mountains, Felix Van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch
Best Actor
Song Kang-ho, Broker
Best Screenplay
Tarik Saleh, Boy From Heaven
Best Actress
Zar Amir Ebrahimi,...
- 5/28/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Saudi Arabia’s rapidly expanding Telfaz11 Studios is teaming up with France’s Easy Riders Films to develop and produce a slate of four features directed by emerging Saudi talents with international ambitions.
The first title expected to go into production is “Night Courier,” a comedy about a young man named Fahad who winds up in possession of six crates of illicit booze in an Arab city known for its hidden delights and dangers. This project was first presented last year at the inaugural Red Sea Film Festival’s Red Sea Souk projects market.
The four-picture pact between Telfaz11 and Easy Riders was forged at the Cannes Film Festival.
Founded by Alaa Yousef Fadan, Ali Al Kalthami, and Ibrahim Al Khairallah, Telfaz11 is an innovative content company that started out in the YouTube space and has since seen rapid growth in both production and distribution. They recently closed a funding pact with strategic investors.
The first title expected to go into production is “Night Courier,” a comedy about a young man named Fahad who winds up in possession of six crates of illicit booze in an Arab city known for its hidden delights and dangers. This project was first presented last year at the inaugural Red Sea Film Festival’s Red Sea Souk projects market.
The four-picture pact between Telfaz11 and Easy Riders was forged at the Cannes Film Festival.
Founded by Alaa Yousef Fadan, Ali Al Kalthami, and Ibrahim Al Khairallah, Telfaz11 is an innovative content company that started out in the YouTube space and has since seen rapid growth in both production and distribution. They recently closed a funding pact with strategic investors.
- 5/27/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Italian filmmaker’s second film has an ensemble cast that includes Alba Rohrwacher and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.
Leading German sales agent The Match Factory has acquired international rights to Ginevra Elkann’s upcoming Italian drama I Told You So.
It marks the second feature to be directed by the London-born Italian filmmaker after If Only (Magari), which opened Locarno Film Festival in 2019.
I Told You So, which has the Italian title Te l’avevo detto, is described as “a turbulent mosaic of intertwined stories amidst the inescapable Italian heat”, with an ensemble cast that includes Marisa Borini, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,...
Leading German sales agent The Match Factory has acquired international rights to Ginevra Elkann’s upcoming Italian drama I Told You So.
It marks the second feature to be directed by the London-born Italian filmmaker after If Only (Magari), which opened Locarno Film Festival in 2019.
I Told You So, which has the Italian title Te l’avevo detto, is described as “a turbulent mosaic of intertwined stories amidst the inescapable Italian heat”, with an ensemble cast that includes Marisa Borini, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,...
- 5/25/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
British-French film company Alief has closed North America and French-speaking territories on “Cop Secret,” effectively now selling the Icelandic buddy cop spoof to over half the world’s major markets.
In North America, “Cop Secret” has scored a platform release with Epic Pictures. Extralucid Films has acquired France, Monaco, Luxembourg and French-speaking Belgium and Switzerland.
The writer-director feature debut of Hannes Thor Haldorsson, Iceland’s national soccer team goalkeeper, “Cop Secret” will bow in select theaters in North America on July 8 then on VOD on July 12.
The deals were put through by Patrick Ewald, president & CEO of Epic Pictures Group and Extralucid Films CEO Carine Bach and President Patrice Very. Alief President Brett Walker and partner Miguel Angel Govea negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers.
Walker and Govea are at the Cannes Film Market to continue the international roll-out of “Cop Secret,” which is already impressive.
Territories closed take in...
In North America, “Cop Secret” has scored a platform release with Epic Pictures. Extralucid Films has acquired France, Monaco, Luxembourg and French-speaking Belgium and Switzerland.
The writer-director feature debut of Hannes Thor Haldorsson, Iceland’s national soccer team goalkeeper, “Cop Secret” will bow in select theaters in North America on July 8 then on VOD on July 12.
The deals were put through by Patrick Ewald, president & CEO of Epic Pictures Group and Extralucid Films CEO Carine Bach and President Patrice Very. Alief President Brett Walker and partner Miguel Angel Govea negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers.
Walker and Govea are at the Cannes Film Market to continue the international roll-out of “Cop Secret,” which is already impressive.
Territories closed take in...
- 5/18/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Festival director Thierry Frémaux: 'The job [of a film-maker] is not the same and we want to explore what the younger generation think of it all at what is an important crossroads' Photo: Richard Mowe Given that Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux probably is one of the most wanted men on the Riviera, he looked remarkably chipper as he fielded the flack from the world’s press ahead of tomorrow’s evening launch of the 75th edition.
First up was a salvo about the stark contract between Cannes glam and glitz and the war in Ukraine. Frémaux was quick to point that there was no “official” Russian representation in the Festival - and there were no journalists or film professionals who toed the party line.
There were some Russians at the festival - but mainly those who had “escaped”. Frémaux sympathised with some hard-line Ukrainians who wanted a more radical response.
First up was a salvo about the stark contract between Cannes glam and glitz and the war in Ukraine. Frémaux was quick to point that there was no “official” Russian representation in the Festival - and there were no journalists or film professionals who toed the party line.
There were some Russians at the festival - but mainly those who had “escaped”. Frémaux sympathised with some hard-line Ukrainians who wanted a more radical response.
- 5/16/2022
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“It takes time for cinema to come into its own.”
Thierry Fremaux, delegate general of the Cannes Film Festival, has defended the lack of diversity in the 2022 lineup, including the near-total absence of Black filmmakers in Official Selection and the relatively few women filmmakers in Competition.
“It takes time for cinema to come into its own,” said Fremaux of the dearth of films by filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa, at his pre-festival press conference.
He cited Un Certain Regard opener Father & Soldier as an example of a film from the region; the film is a France-Senegal co-production which shot in both countries.
Thierry Fremaux, delegate general of the Cannes Film Festival, has defended the lack of diversity in the 2022 lineup, including the near-total absence of Black filmmakers in Official Selection and the relatively few women filmmakers in Competition.
“It takes time for cinema to come into its own,” said Fremaux of the dearth of films by filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa, at his pre-festival press conference.
He cited Un Certain Regard opener Father & Soldier as an example of a film from the region; the film is a France-Senegal co-production which shot in both countries.
- 5/16/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This Is Spinal Tap will screen in Cannes’ Cinema de la Plage sidebar on May 18.
Castle Rock Entertainment’s relaunched film division is lining up a sequel to 1984 comedy cult mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, which CAA Media Finance will introduce to worldwide buyers in Cannes.
Original director Rob Reiner returns and reprises his on-screen role as Marty Dibergi while original cast members Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer return as the buffoonish British rockers David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls.
Guest, McKean, Reiner and Shearer will conceive the new film, which will open to coincide with...
Castle Rock Entertainment’s relaunched film division is lining up a sequel to 1984 comedy cult mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, which CAA Media Finance will introduce to worldwide buyers in Cannes.
Original director Rob Reiner returns and reprises his on-screen role as Marty Dibergi while original cast members Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer return as the buffoonish British rockers David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls.
Guest, McKean, Reiner and Shearer will conceive the new film, which will open to coincide with...
- 5/12/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Cannes Film Festival has announced that the final movie from Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius will be screened during the upcoming 2022 edition. Kvedaravičius was filming an Ukraine-set documentary in the city of Mariupol when he was killed in early April amid Russia’s invasion of the country. The documentary, now titled “Mariupolis 2,” will screen on May 19 at Buñuel Theatre and on May 20 at Agnès Varda Theatre.
As detailed in a press release from Cannes: “As we know, the Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius, who directed ‘Barzakh’ (2011), ‘Mariupolis’ (2016) and ‘Parthenon’ (2019), was captured and murdered by the Russian army in Mariupol in early April. His fiancée, Hanna Bilobrova, who was with him at the time, was able to bring back the footage filmed there and edited it with Mantas’ editor Dounia Sichov. The film is entitled ‘Mariupolis 2,’ it was essential to show it, we added it.”
Kvedaravičius’ 2016 documentary “Mariupolis” documented the lives of...
As detailed in a press release from Cannes: “As we know, the Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius, who directed ‘Barzakh’ (2011), ‘Mariupolis’ (2016) and ‘Parthenon’ (2019), was captured and murdered by the Russian army in Mariupol in early April. His fiancée, Hanna Bilobrova, who was with him at the time, was able to bring back the footage filmed there and edited it with Mantas’ editor Dounia Sichov. The film is entitled ‘Mariupolis 2,’ it was essential to show it, we added it.”
Kvedaravičius’ 2016 documentary “Mariupolis” documented the lives of...
- 5/12/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Kvedaravicius’ fiancée has edited footage the director shot in the Ukrainian city.
Cannes has added Mariupolis 2 by murdered Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius, to its lineup – a feature documentary composed of footage the director shot before he was captured and killed by the Russian army in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in April.
The festival has programmed two screenings of the film on Thursday May 19 and Friday May 20, with the latter one for press.
Mariupolis 2 was edited and co-directed by Kvedaravicius’ fiancée Hanna Bilbrova, who was with him at the time when he shot the film; and also edited by Dounia Sichov.
Cannes has added Mariupolis 2 by murdered Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius, to its lineup – a feature documentary composed of footage the director shot before he was captured and killed by the Russian army in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in April.
The festival has programmed two screenings of the film on Thursday May 19 and Friday May 20, with the latter one for press.
Mariupolis 2 was edited and co-directed by Kvedaravicius’ fiancée Hanna Bilbrova, who was with him at the time when he shot the film; and also edited by Dounia Sichov.
- 5/12/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Joint statement delivered ahead of the festival’s Ukraine Day.
Ten South Korean film festivals have jointly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and paid tribute to filmmakers killed during the ongoing war.
At a press conference held on Friday (April 29) at Jeonju International Film Festival, festival directors who took to the stage included Jeonju’s Lee Joon-dong; Busan International Film Festival’s Huh Moonyung; Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival’s Kim Sang-hwa; Dmz International Documentary Film Festival’s Jung Sang-jin; Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s Shin Chul; Ulju Mountain Film Festival’s Baed Chang-ho; Jecheon International...
Ten South Korean film festivals have jointly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and paid tribute to filmmakers killed during the ongoing war.
At a press conference held on Friday (April 29) at Jeonju International Film Festival, festival directors who took to the stage included Jeonju’s Lee Joon-dong; Busan International Film Festival’s Huh Moonyung; Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival’s Kim Sang-hwa; Dmz International Documentary Film Festival’s Jung Sang-jin; Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s Shin Chul; Ulju Mountain Film Festival’s Baed Chang-ho; Jecheon International...
- 4/30/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Joint statement delivered ahead of the festival’s Ukraine Day.
Ten South Korean film festivals have jointly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and paid tribute to filmmakers killed during the ongoing war.
At a press conference held on Friday (April 29) at Jeonju International Film Festival, festival directors who took to the stage included Jeonju’s Lee Joon-dong; Busan International Film Festival’s Huh Moonyung; Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival’s Kim Sang-hwa; Dmz International Documentary Film Festival’s Jung Sang-jin; Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s Shin Chul; Ulju Mountain Film Festival’s Baed Chang-ho; Jecheon International...
Ten South Korean film festivals have jointly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and paid tribute to filmmakers killed during the ongoing war.
At a press conference held on Friday (April 29) at Jeonju International Film Festival, festival directors who took to the stage included Jeonju’s Lee Joon-dong; Busan International Film Festival’s Huh Moonyung; Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival’s Kim Sang-hwa; Dmz International Documentary Film Festival’s Jung Sang-jin; Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s Shin Chul; Ulju Mountain Film Festival’s Baed Chang-ho; Jecheon International...
- 4/30/2022
- ScreenDaily
Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel has opened in Nyon with a homage to Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius, who was killed while filming in Ukraine last week.
The 45 year old, best known for his conflict-zone documentary “Mariupolis,” which was screened at the 2016 edition of the fest and has been added to this year’s lineup, was a festival regular.
Ukraine will be the focus of a round table at the festival’s online Industry Talks on April 14 entitled “Filming in Resistance,” where Ukrainian filmmakers and producers will join the debate live from Ukraine to discuss the act of resistance through images.
The programming of doc films in A-list festival lineups will also be at the heart of Industry Talks on April 10 with an A-list panel, including Frédéric Boyer, artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival, Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, U.S. programmer and selection committee member of the Venice Film Festival,...
The 45 year old, best known for his conflict-zone documentary “Mariupolis,” which was screened at the 2016 edition of the fest and has been added to this year’s lineup, was a festival regular.
Ukraine will be the focus of a round table at the festival’s online Industry Talks on April 14 entitled “Filming in Resistance,” where Ukrainian filmmakers and producers will join the debate live from Ukraine to discuss the act of resistance through images.
The programming of doc films in A-list festival lineups will also be at the heart of Industry Talks on April 10 with an A-list panel, including Frédéric Boyer, artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival, Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, U.S. programmer and selection committee member of the Venice Film Festival,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Lithuanian film director and academic Mantas Kvedaravicius, who captured the escalating conflict in Ukraine in several powerful works, has been reported dead in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city that was the subject of his doc “Mariupolis” that premiered in Berlin.
“While (he was) trying to leave Mariupol, Russian occupiers killed Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius,” the Ukrainian Defence Ministry tweeted on Saturday. Kvedaravicius was 45.
A Lithuanian news agency called 15min reported that Kvedaravicius was rushed to a hospital but could not be saved.
News that Kvedaravicius has been killed by the Russian military — which could not be verified with family members — has prompted an outpour of statements and social media posts mourning the director’s death.
“We lost a creator well known in Lithuania and in the whole world, who, until the very last moment, in spite of danger, worked in Russia-occupied Ukraine,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement.
Best known for “Mariupolis,...
“While (he was) trying to leave Mariupol, Russian occupiers killed Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius,” the Ukrainian Defence Ministry tweeted on Saturday. Kvedaravicius was 45.
A Lithuanian news agency called 15min reported that Kvedaravicius was rushed to a hospital but could not be saved.
News that Kvedaravicius has been killed by the Russian military — which could not be verified with family members — has prompted an outpour of statements and social media posts mourning the director’s death.
“We lost a creator well known in Lithuania and in the whole world, who, until the very last moment, in spite of danger, worked in Russia-occupied Ukraine,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement.
Best known for “Mariupolis,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Rampart took home the top prize in the European Debut Competition Photo: Courtesy of Vilnius Film Festival What should have been an evening of filmmaking celebration at the Vilnius Film Festival yesterday began on a sombre note as the awards were overshadowed by the news that Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius had been killed in Mariupol in Ukraine.
The 45-year-old had previously made conflict-zone film Mariupolis about the city. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said: “While (he was) trying to leave Mariupol, Russian occupiers killed Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius.”
Vilnius Film Festival - which has kept its thoughts with Ukraine throughout this year's edition - began with a minute's silence in Kvedaravičius' honour.
A minute's silence in memory of Mantas Kvedaravičius Photo: Courtesy of Vilnius Film Festival Festival director Algirdas Ramaška said: "We lost a director who did a heroic job - documenting the atrocities of the war. It’s hard to type words at this moment.
The 45-year-old had previously made conflict-zone film Mariupolis about the city. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said: “While (he was) trying to leave Mariupol, Russian occupiers killed Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius.”
Vilnius Film Festival - which has kept its thoughts with Ukraine throughout this year's edition - began with a minute's silence in Kvedaravičius' honour.
A minute's silence in memory of Mantas Kvedaravičius Photo: Courtesy of Vilnius Film Festival Festival director Algirdas Ramaška said: "We lost a director who did a heroic job - documenting the atrocities of the war. It’s hard to type words at this moment.
- 4/4/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry is reporting that Lithuanian film director Mantas Kvedaravicius was killed Saturday in Mariupol, the under siege Ukrainian city and subject of his documentary films.
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“While (he was) trying to leave Mariupol, Russian occupiers killed Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius,” the ministry’s information agency tweeted on Sunday.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda mourned the death in a statement. “We lost a creator well known in Lithuania and in the whole world, who, until the very last moment, in spite of danger, worked in Russia-occupied Ukraine.”
Kvedaravicius, 45, was best known for his conflict-zone documentary Mariupolis, which premiered at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.
Amnesty International had awarded Kvedaravicius’s 2011 film Barzakh, shot in the Russian region of Chechnya, a prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Information on survivors was not immediately known.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
“While (he was) trying to leave Mariupol, Russian occupiers killed Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius,” the ministry’s information agency tweeted on Sunday.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda mourned the death in a statement. “We lost a creator well known in Lithuania and in the whole world, who, until the very last moment, in spite of danger, worked in Russia-occupied Ukraine.”
Kvedaravicius, 45, was best known for his conflict-zone documentary Mariupolis, which premiered at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.
Amnesty International had awarded Kvedaravicius’s 2011 film Barzakh, shot in the Russian region of Chechnya, a prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Information on survivors was not immediately known.
- 4/3/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has claimed yet another casualty from the film community, as Lithuanian documentarian Mantas Kvedaravicius has died in a Russian attack at the age of 45, according to Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s information agency (via The New York Times). Kvedaravicius was killed while trying to flee the city of Mariupol, where he had spent much of his career documenting conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Kvedaravicius is best known for the 2016 documentary “Mariupolis,” which was a hit at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film takes place in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which was frequently occupied by Russian troops, even years before Russia formally invaded Ukraine. But rather than focus on Russia’s aggression, the film focused on telling small, human stories about ordinary people trying to continue living their lives in the midst of armed conflict.
In a 2016 interview with the Odessa Review, Kvedaravicius explained his...
Kvedaravicius is best known for the 2016 documentary “Mariupolis,” which was a hit at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film takes place in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which was frequently occupied by Russian troops, even years before Russia formally invaded Ukraine. But rather than focus on Russia’s aggression, the film focused on telling small, human stories about ordinary people trying to continue living their lives in the midst of armed conflict.
In a 2016 interview with the Odessa Review, Kvedaravicius explained his...
- 4/3/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Three winners were announced on Sunday evening for the ninth edition of Locarno’s First Look, the festival’s initiative to showcase films in post-production: Milica Tomović’s “Celts,” Filip Martinović’s “Telenovela Greyscale in Color” and Marta Popivoda’s “Resisting Landscapes.”
First Look offers a potential springboard onto the international market, having previously hosted breakout projects such as Alejandro Fernandez Almendras’ “To Kill A Man,” an eventual Sundance World Cinema grand jury winner; Mantas Kvedaravicius “Parthenon,” premiering at Venice’s Critics’ Week this year; and Vicente Alves do Ó’s “Sunburn,” later picked up by international sales, distribution and production company The Open Reel.
This year the section hosted six works in progress – five documentaries and one fiction – from Serbia selected by Film Center Serbia. Four of the six were directed by helmed by women directors. Each work in progress was introduced by its producer to world sales agents...
First Look offers a potential springboard onto the international market, having previously hosted breakout projects such as Alejandro Fernandez Almendras’ “To Kill A Man,” an eventual Sundance World Cinema grand jury winner; Mantas Kvedaravicius “Parthenon,” premiering at Venice’s Critics’ Week this year; and Vicente Alves do Ó’s “Sunburn,” later picked up by international sales, distribution and production company The Open Reel.
This year the section hosted six works in progress – five documentaries and one fiction – from Serbia selected by Film Center Serbia. Four of the six were directed by helmed by women directors. Each work in progress was introduced by its producer to world sales agents...
- 8/11/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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