Thomas Daneskov’s low-budget Diy drama The Elite (Eliten) has won the New Talent Grand Pix at Copenhagen’s Cph Pix.
The international jury comprised Alex Ross Perry, Katrine Wiedemann and Gabe Klinger. They said they were “pleased to discover a deeply personal, relevant and contemporary new voice in Danish independent cinema with ‘The Elite’ by Thomas Daneskov, a disturbing and hilarious portrait of privileged youth made in a spirit of collectivity.”
Daneskov, 26, wins €10,000 ($10,800) towards his next film.
Interview: Thomas Daneskov, The Elite
The jury also gave a special mention to Limbo by Anna Sofie Hartmann, “which deployed stunning images through a rigorous and challenging form and which kept us thinking for days.”
The Politiken Audience Award went to Dagur Kari’s Virgin Mountain, the second Icelandic film in a row to claim the honour (after Of Horses And Men). The film is a tender portrait of a 43-year-old man who lives with is mother but wants...
The international jury comprised Alex Ross Perry, Katrine Wiedemann and Gabe Klinger. They said they were “pleased to discover a deeply personal, relevant and contemporary new voice in Danish independent cinema with ‘The Elite’ by Thomas Daneskov, a disturbing and hilarious portrait of privileged youth made in a spirit of collectivity.”
Daneskov, 26, wins €10,000 ($10,800) towards his next film.
Interview: Thomas Daneskov, The Elite
The jury also gave a special mention to Limbo by Anna Sofie Hartmann, “which deployed stunning images through a rigorous and challenging form and which kept us thinking for days.”
The Politiken Audience Award went to Dagur Kari’s Virgin Mountain, the second Icelandic film in a row to claim the honour (after Of Horses And Men). The film is a tender portrait of a 43-year-old man who lives with is mother but wants...
- 4/17/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Copenhagen’s Cph Pix (April 9-22) will be bookended by films from two Danish directors shooting in the UK – Jeppe Ronde’s Welsh teen suicide drama Bridgend [pictured] and Thomas Vinterberg’s Thomas Hardy adaptation, Far From The Madding Crowd.
The audience-focused Cph Pix will show 130 feature films during 420 screenings and events.
Festival director Jacob Neiiendam said: “Artistically it’s a strong year for Danish cinema.”
Indeed, three Danish debut features will screen at Pix. “The first features from Thomas Daneskov [The Elite], Anna Sofie Hartmann [Limbo] and Jeppe Rønde showcase a diversity and nerve we have been missing in our fiction films, and they are just the tip of the iceberg,” added Neiiendam.
“We always wanted the festival to be a platform for local films which wouldn’t play well with regular releases, and this year we’ve been flooded with films produced outside the standard support system - and they are good films.”
Opening night will also...
The audience-focused Cph Pix will show 130 feature films during 420 screenings and events.
Festival director Jacob Neiiendam said: “Artistically it’s a strong year for Danish cinema.”
Indeed, three Danish debut features will screen at Pix. “The first features from Thomas Daneskov [The Elite], Anna Sofie Hartmann [Limbo] and Jeppe Rønde showcase a diversity and nerve we have been missing in our fiction films, and they are just the tip of the iceberg,” added Neiiendam.
“We always wanted the festival to be a platform for local films which wouldn’t play well with regular releases, and this year we’ve been flooded with films produced outside the standard support system - and they are good films.”
Opening night will also...
- 3/12/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
New distribution initiative launched at International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr).
Iffr’s new distribution initiative Tiger Release was launched at the festival yesterday wiht an ‘on stage workshop’ focusing on the online marketing plans, possibilities and challenges of three pre-selected films that will make use of Tiger Release as an online launching platform.
The titles include Malaysian film The River of Exploding Durians by Edmund Yeo and Limbo by German director Anna Sofie Hartmann.
Iffr has signed a multi-year pact with Infostrada Creative Technology, a leading Dutch media company, to launch Tiger Release.
Tiger Release will give rights-holders of movies playing in Rotterdam’s official selection the opportunity to show their films on Infostrada’s global VoD platforms including iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, Google Play and PlayStation Network in the territories of their choice.’
Tiger Release offers film makers and rights holders access and delivery to established VOD distribution platforms, like Hulu, Amazon, iTunes...
Iffr’s new distribution initiative Tiger Release was launched at the festival yesterday wiht an ‘on stage workshop’ focusing on the online marketing plans, possibilities and challenges of three pre-selected films that will make use of Tiger Release as an online launching platform.
The titles include Malaysian film The River of Exploding Durians by Edmund Yeo and Limbo by German director Anna Sofie Hartmann.
Iffr has signed a multi-year pact with Infostrada Creative Technology, a leading Dutch media company, to launch Tiger Release.
Tiger Release will give rights-holders of movies playing in Rotterdam’s official selection the opportunity to show their films on Infostrada’s global VoD platforms including iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, Google Play and PlayStation Network in the territories of their choice.’
Tiger Release offers film makers and rights holders access and delivery to established VOD distribution platforms, like Hulu, Amazon, iTunes...
- 1/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Iffr reveals Big Screen Awards nominees and the complete line-up for its Bright Future and Spectrum strands, including world premieres from the Us, China and the Netherlands.
Second Coming, starring Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall, has been named as one of 10 films up for the Big Screen Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (Jan 21 - Feb 1).
The UK film, written and directed by Debbie Tucker Green, will be vying for a prize of €10,000 ($12,000) awarded specifically to support theatrical distribution of the film in The Netherlands
The 10 nominees are from Iffr’s Bright Future and Spectrum programmes with the winner chosen by a specially selected audience jury. Other titles include Lisandro Alonso’s Cannes Fipresci winner Jauja and Carlos Vermut’s San Sebastian winner Magical Girl.
The nominees are:
I Swear I’ll Leave This Town, Danial AragãoJauja, Lisandro AlonsoKey House Mirror, Michael NoerThe Lesson, Kristina Grozeva, Petar ValchanovMagical Girl, Carlos VermutA...
Second Coming, starring Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall, has been named as one of 10 films up for the Big Screen Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (Jan 21 - Feb 1).
The UK film, written and directed by Debbie Tucker Green, will be vying for a prize of €10,000 ($12,000) awarded specifically to support theatrical distribution of the film in The Netherlands
The 10 nominees are from Iffr’s Bright Future and Spectrum programmes with the winner chosen by a specially selected audience jury. Other titles include Lisandro Alonso’s Cannes Fipresci winner Jauja and Carlos Vermut’s San Sebastian winner Magical Girl.
The nominees are:
I Swear I’ll Leave This Town, Danial AragãoJauja, Lisandro AlonsoKey House Mirror, Michael NoerThe Lesson, Kristina Grozeva, Petar ValchanovMagical Girl, Carlos VermutA...
- 1/7/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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