Blind, 1001 Grams and Letter to the King considered for submission for the Best Foreign-Language Feature.
The Norwegian Film Institute has shortlisted three features for the nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature at the 87th Academy Awards.
The titles, selected from 32 premieres, are Eskil Vogt’s Blind, Bent Hamer’s 1001 Grams and Hisham Zaman’s Letter to the King (Brev til kongen). The Norwegian committee will make its final decision on Sept 3.
Sundance entry Blind centres on a woman who recently lost her sight and retreats to the safety of her apartment, but her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over. Vogt’s feature debut won four Amandas earlier this month and also picked up prizes at Sundance and Berlin.
1001 Grams will have its world premiere in Toronto before its local release on Sept 26. Produced, directed and written by Hamer, for his own BulBul Film, it follows a recently divorced, work-obsessed woman scientist in her late 30s who...
The Norwegian Film Institute has shortlisted three features for the nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature at the 87th Academy Awards.
The titles, selected from 32 premieres, are Eskil Vogt’s Blind, Bent Hamer’s 1001 Grams and Hisham Zaman’s Letter to the King (Brev til kongen). The Norwegian committee will make its final decision on Sept 3.
Sundance entry Blind centres on a woman who recently lost her sight and retreats to the safety of her apartment, but her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over. Vogt’s feature debut won four Amandas earlier this month and also picked up prizes at Sundance and Berlin.
1001 Grams will have its world premiere in Toronto before its local release on Sept 26. Produced, directed and written by Hamer, for his own BulBul Film, it follows a recently divorced, work-obsessed woman scientist in her late 30s who...
- 8/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A Thousand Times Good Night, Blind take spoils at Amanda Awards.Scroll down for full list of winners
Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s A Thousand Times Good Night, starring French actress Juliette Binoche, took home Best Norwegian Feature and two other prizes at Saturday’s (Aug 16) Amanda Awards in Haugesund.
The drama, which had already won the Special Jury Grand Prix in Montreal and Founders Award in Chicago, also scooped Norwegian national film awards for Best Cinematography (John Christian Rosenlund) and Best Score (Armand Amar).
Binoche stars alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as a war reporter torn between her job and her family.
The other big winner on the night was Eskil Vogt’s feature debut Blind which collected four awards, including Best Director and Best Actress (Ellen Dorrit Petersen).
Blind, about a woman coming to terms with blindness, previously took the World Cinema Scriptwriting award in Sundance and the Europa Cinemas Label in Berlin.
Televised by Norway...
Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s A Thousand Times Good Night, starring French actress Juliette Binoche, took home Best Norwegian Feature and two other prizes at Saturday’s (Aug 16) Amanda Awards in Haugesund.
The drama, which had already won the Special Jury Grand Prix in Montreal and Founders Award in Chicago, also scooped Norwegian national film awards for Best Cinematography (John Christian Rosenlund) and Best Score (Armand Amar).
Binoche stars alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as a war reporter torn between her job and her family.
The other big winner on the night was Eskil Vogt’s feature debut Blind which collected four awards, including Best Director and Best Actress (Ellen Dorrit Petersen).
Blind, about a woman coming to terms with blindness, previously took the World Cinema Scriptwriting award in Sundance and the Europa Cinemas Label in Berlin.
Televised by Norway...
- 8/18/2014
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
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