Amsterdam-based, Bosnian-born filmmaker Ena Sendijarević’s two features to date, Take Me Somewhere Nice and Sweet Dreams, hone the filmmaker’s personal cinematic language while expanding the parameters of her own perspective. The former, her 2019 debut feature, follows a Dutch teen as she journeys to visit her ailing Bosnian father in the hospital. The latter, which will screen at NYC’s Metrograph beginning today, chronicles the decline of a wealthy Dutch family’s Indonesian sugar plantation at the turn of the 20th century. While her first feature explores the contours of Eastern and Western European relations—a subject Sendijarević is familiar with as a […]
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- 4/12/2024
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Amsterdam-based, Bosnian-born filmmaker Ena Sendijarević’s two features to date, Take Me Somewhere Nice and Sweet Dreams, hone the filmmaker’s personal cinematic language while expanding the parameters of her own perspective. The former, her 2019 debut feature, follows a Dutch teen as she journeys to visit her ailing Bosnian father in the hospital. The latter, which will screen at NYC’s Metrograph beginning today, chronicles the decline of a wealthy Dutch family’s Indonesian sugar plantation at the turn of the 20th century. While her first feature explores the contours of Eastern and Western European relations—a subject Sendijarević is familiar with as a […]
The post “I Love the Kind of Cinema That [Tells You Everything] Through Images, Where Every Frame is Like a Painting”: Ena Sendijarević’ on Her Metrograph Series, Sweet Dreams first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “I Love the Kind of Cinema That [Tells You Everything] Through Images, Where Every Frame is Like a Painting”: Ena Sendijarević’ on Her Metrograph Series, Sweet Dreams first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 4/12/2024
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Bosnian-Dutch writer and director Ena Sendijarević has signed with Black Bear’s management arm.
Sendijarević’s second feature “Sweet Dreams” was selected as the official Dutch submission for this year’s Academy Awards and deemed a “startlingly accomplished sophomore film” by Variety. She was also one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch for 2024.
Sendijarević’s feature debut, “Take Me Somewhere Nice,” an absurdist European road trip movie, won the Special Jury award at the 48th International Film Festival in Rotterdam, as well as the “Heart of Sarajevo” award at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival. The film was then selected for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival Acid selection. Sendijarević has also made several short films, the latest of which, “Import,” had its world premiere in Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight section and was the official Dutch entry for Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
Next for Sendijarević is “The Possessed,...
Sendijarević’s second feature “Sweet Dreams” was selected as the official Dutch submission for this year’s Academy Awards and deemed a “startlingly accomplished sophomore film” by Variety. She was also one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch for 2024.
Sendijarević’s feature debut, “Take Me Somewhere Nice,” an absurdist European road trip movie, won the Special Jury award at the 48th International Film Festival in Rotterdam, as well as the “Heart of Sarajevo” award at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival. The film was then selected for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival Acid selection. Sendijarević has also made several short films, the latest of which, “Import,” had its world premiere in Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight section and was the official Dutch entry for Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
Next for Sendijarević is “The Possessed,...
- 1/30/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
International Film Festival Rotterdam has revealed that Belgian cinematographer Grimm Vandekerckhove will be the recipient of the fifth annual Robby Müller Award, which pays homage to the craft of artists working behind the lens in the spirit of the celebrated cinematographer.
Vandekerckhove is “known for delicately capturing the inner lives of characters,” the festival said, such as a cleaning lady on a late-night journey in “Ghost Tropic” or the encounter of a foreign construction worker and a moss researcher in “Here,” both directed by Bas Devos. He also shot Stephan Streker’s “A Wedding,” about a teenager forced into an arranged marriage.
“With profound commitment and a wondrous tranquillity he captures details and hidden shades of everyday existence in his own singular way that mirrors the emotionally moving images of Robby Müller,” the jury stated.
In other announcements, the festival, which runs Jan. 25 – Feb. 4, revealed that the jury for the...
Vandekerckhove is “known for delicately capturing the inner lives of characters,” the festival said, such as a cleaning lady on a late-night journey in “Ghost Tropic” or the encounter of a foreign construction worker and a moss researcher in “Here,” both directed by Bas Devos. He also shot Stephan Streker’s “A Wedding,” about a teenager forced into an arranged marriage.
“With profound commitment and a wondrous tranquillity he captures details and hidden shades of everyday existence in his own singular way that mirrors the emotionally moving images of Robby Müller,” the jury stated.
In other announcements, the festival, which runs Jan. 25 – Feb. 4, revealed that the jury for the...
- 12/12/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Bosnian-Dutch director Ena Sendijarević’s satire Sweet Dreams unfolds on a plantation in the Dutch East Indies that is falling into decay in step with the crumbling of the Netherlands’ colonial power.
Former Paul Verhoeven muse Renée Soutendijk heads the cast as the mistress of the house, who finds herself navigating the mounting chaos on her own after her larger-than-life plantation boss husband dies suddenly.
The situation takes a further unexpected turn when it is revealed that he has left part of his estate to his illegitimate son with the housekeeper, played by Indonesian model Hayati Azis, who is quiet parallel female force in the household.
On the face of it, the Netherlands’ Oscar entry Sweet Dreams marks a departure for Sendijarević, whose breakthrough short Import and 2019 first feature Take Me Somewhere Nice tapped into her experiences growing up as a refugee after her family fled the war in Bosnia.
Former Paul Verhoeven muse Renée Soutendijk heads the cast as the mistress of the house, who finds herself navigating the mounting chaos on her own after her larger-than-life plantation boss husband dies suddenly.
The situation takes a further unexpected turn when it is revealed that he has left part of his estate to his illegitimate son with the housekeeper, played by Indonesian model Hayati Azis, who is quiet parallel female force in the household.
On the face of it, the Netherlands’ Oscar entry Sweet Dreams marks a departure for Sendijarević, whose breakthrough short Import and 2019 first feature Take Me Somewhere Nice tapped into her experiences growing up as a refugee after her family fled the war in Bosnia.
- 12/9/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Ena Sendijarević’s “Sweet Dreams,” Netherlands’ submission in the Academy Awards international feature category, has secured North American distribution via Dekanalog.
The film had its world premiere at Locarno, where it won the Pardo for best performance for Renée Soutendijk (“Suspiria”) and the second prize of the junior jury. The film debuted in North America in Toronto’s Centrepiece section and won the Silver Hugo new directors award at Chicago. It opened the Nederlands Film Festival, where it won another six awards, including best film, best director and best leading role.
Set on a remote Indonesian island, “Sweet Dreams” explores the final days of European colonialism. It follows Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife Agathe, who are at the top of the food chain. Jan, upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo,...
The film had its world premiere at Locarno, where it won the Pardo for best performance for Renée Soutendijk (“Suspiria”) and the second prize of the junior jury. The film debuted in North America in Toronto’s Centrepiece section and won the Silver Hugo new directors award at Chicago. It opened the Nederlands Film Festival, where it won another six awards, including best film, best director and best leading role.
Set on a remote Indonesian island, “Sweet Dreams” explores the final days of European colonialism. It follows Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife Agathe, who are at the top of the food chain. Jan, upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The event runs December 16-19 in the French Alps.
France’s Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European feature film projects that will be presented in the 15th edition of its Co-production Village, running December 16-19 in the French Alps.
The showcase aims to connect projects in various stages of development with co-producers, sales agents, distributors and other co-financing partners. This year’s roster boasts a 50-50 gender parity, with nine projects from female filmmakers and nine from male directors. 10 are first fiction features and five are second films, representing 15 different countries.
All the projects will compete for the...
France’s Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 18 European feature film projects that will be presented in the 15th edition of its Co-production Village, running December 16-19 in the French Alps.
The showcase aims to connect projects in various stages of development with co-producers, sales agents, distributors and other co-financing partners. This year’s roster boasts a 50-50 gender parity, with nine projects from female filmmakers and nine from male directors. 10 are first fiction features and five are second films, representing 15 different countries.
All the projects will compete for the...
- 11/14/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The Netherlands has selected Ena Sendijarević’s Sweet Dreams as its official entry in the international feature film race at the 2024 Oscars.
The film had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in August, winning Dutch actress Renée Soutendijk a best performance award. It will get its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
“The film combines unforgiving satire with lavish aesthetics in an audacious tale of the tragic and delicious demise of European colonialism,” according to a description. “On an Indonesian island, 1900, Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife, Agathe, are at the top of the food chain. Until Jan upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine Siti, suddenly drops dead. To keep her status quo, Agathe forces her son Cornelis and his pregnant wife Josefien to travel from Europe and take over the family business. In the midst of a worker’s uprising,...
The film had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in August, winning Dutch actress Renée Soutendijk a best performance award. It will get its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
“The film combines unforgiving satire with lavish aesthetics in an audacious tale of the tragic and delicious demise of European colonialism,” according to a description. “On an Indonesian island, 1900, Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife, Agathe, are at the top of the food chain. Until Jan upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine Siti, suddenly drops dead. To keep her status quo, Agathe forces her son Cornelis and his pregnant wife Josefien to travel from Europe and take over the family business. In the midst of a worker’s uprising,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker Ena Sendijarević’s Locarno prizewinner “Sweet Dreams,” a droll satire set on a sugar plantation in colonial-era Indonesia, has released its first trailer. Athens-based production and sales outfit Heretic has given Variety exclusive access ahead of the film’s North American premiere in the Centerpiece section of the Toronto Film Festival (see below).
“Sweet Dreams” is set on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies during the waning days of the colonial era. It centers on Dutch plantation owner Jan (Hans Dagelet) and his wife, Agathe (Renée Soutendijk), who are at the top of the food chain. That is, until Jan, upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine, Siti (Hayati Azis), suddenly drops dead in front of his wife.
Desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo, Agathe forces her estranged son Cornelius (Florian Myjer) and his heavily pregnant wife, Josefien (Lisa Zweerman...
“Sweet Dreams” is set on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies during the waning days of the colonial era. It centers on Dutch plantation owner Jan (Hans Dagelet) and his wife, Agathe (Renée Soutendijk), who are at the top of the food chain. That is, until Jan, upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine, Siti (Hayati Azis), suddenly drops dead in front of his wife.
Desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo, Agathe forces her estranged son Cornelius (Florian Myjer) and his heavily pregnant wife, Josefien (Lisa Zweerman...
- 9/4/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
It takes place on a sugar plantation, but Ena Sendijarević’s magnificently composed, eerily satirical “Sweet Dreams” has something more like acid flowing through its veins. Acid — or maybe formaldehyde, given the embalmed pallor of the dysfunctional Dutch colonial family whose values are so elegantly dissected within it. In only her second feature, after the Rotterdam-awarded “Take Me Somewhere Nice,” the Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker has established herself as a formidable talent with an eye for absurdity in Academy ratio, and a feel for the manicured, placid surfaces that contain rot and rebellion just as corsetry cinches in flesh.
It is 1900, and this little corner of the Dutch East Indies is verdant, damp jungle terrain. The air is thick with biting insects. Vincent Sinceretti’s extravagantly rich sound design is so multilayered that you can differentiate the crickets from the gnats from the omnipresent, whining mosquitoes. But part of the wilderness has been tamed — or more accurately,...
It is 1900, and this little corner of the Dutch East Indies is verdant, damp jungle terrain. The air is thick with biting insects. Vincent Sinceretti’s extravagantly rich sound design is so multilayered that you can differentiate the crickets from the gnats from the omnipresent, whining mosquitoes. But part of the wilderness has been tamed — or more accurately,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Writer-director Ena Sendijarević’s second feature, Sweet Dreams, follows a recent trend of arthouse films — including Zama, The Settlers and The Tale of King Crab — that explore Europe’s troubled colonial history through a postmodern mix of satire, surrealism and cinematic lyricism.
All of these elements are present in a story set in 1900 in the Dutch East Indies, where a family running a prosperous sugar plantation finds its status quo upended when their patriarch suddenly passes away. Left to deal with the fallout, the landowner’s wife and children are quickly exposed to the limits, as well as the terrors, of colonialism, in the face of Indigenous people who refuse to keep bowing down.
Shot in the 1.33:1 Academy ratio and divided into chapters like a novella, Sendijarević’s movie maintains a certain distance from its subject, gazing at it through a contemporary prism that critiques the racism and exploitation of the epoch.
All of these elements are present in a story set in 1900 in the Dutch East Indies, where a family running a prosperous sugar plantation finds its status quo upended when their patriarch suddenly passes away. Left to deal with the fallout, the landowner’s wife and children are quickly exposed to the limits, as well as the terrors, of colonialism, in the face of Indigenous people who refuse to keep bowing down.
Shot in the 1.33:1 Academy ratio and divided into chapters like a novella, Sendijarević’s movie maintains a certain distance from its subject, gazing at it through a contemporary prism that critiques the racism and exploitation of the epoch.
- 8/7/2023
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Editor’s Note: This review originally published during the 2023 Locarno Film Festival. Dekanalog will release “Sweet Dreams” in U.S. theaters on Friday, April 12.
Two-thirds of the way into Ena Sendijarević’s stylized sophomore feature “Sweet Dreams”, a heavily pregnant white Dutch colonialist, Josefien (Lisa Zweerman), is attempting to relieve some pent-up hormonal tension by straddling her bedpost and getting herself off. It is at this exact moment that an Indonesian housegirl, Siti (Hayati Azis), walks in bearing a jug of water and a glass.
Josefien experiences no shame and seizes her chance to manipulate Siti, for Siti has the status afforded by bearing the illegitimate son, Karel (Rio Den Haas), of the recently deceased plantation head, Jan (Hans Dagelet). Unbeknownst to Siti, Jan left it all to Karel and now the young heir and his mother both have targets on their backs for Jan’s older son, Cornelius (Florian Myjer...
Two-thirds of the way into Ena Sendijarević’s stylized sophomore feature “Sweet Dreams”, a heavily pregnant white Dutch colonialist, Josefien (Lisa Zweerman), is attempting to relieve some pent-up hormonal tension by straddling her bedpost and getting herself off. It is at this exact moment that an Indonesian housegirl, Siti (Hayati Azis), walks in bearing a jug of water and a glass.
Josefien experiences no shame and seizes her chance to manipulate Siti, for Siti has the status afforded by bearing the illegitimate son, Karel (Rio Den Haas), of the recently deceased plantation head, Jan (Hans Dagelet). Unbeknownst to Siti, Jan left it all to Karel and now the young heir and his mother both have targets on their backs for Jan’s older son, Cornelius (Florian Myjer...
- 8/5/2023
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
International competition features 16 world premieres.
The Locarno Film Festival (August 2-12) has revealed the line-up for its 76th edition, which includes the world premiere of Romanian director Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much Of The End Of The World.
Locarno’s international competition will comprise 17 films, including 16 world premieres, which will vie for the coveted Golden Leopard awards.
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These titles include Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much Of The End Of The World, his first feature since winning the Berlinale Golden Bear for Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn in...
The Locarno Film Festival (August 2-12) has revealed the line-up for its 76th edition, which includes the world premiere of Romanian director Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much Of The End Of The World.
Locarno’s international competition will comprise 17 films, including 16 world premieres, which will vie for the coveted Golden Leopard awards.
Scroll down for full list of titles
These titles include Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much Of The End Of The World, his first feature since winning the Berlinale Golden Bear for Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn in...
- 7/5/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Heretic has acquired world sales rights to “Sweet Dreams,” the sophomore feature from award-winning Bosnian Dutch director Ena Sendijarević (“Take Me Somewhere Nice”).
Set on a remote Indonesian island during the waning days of the colonial era, the film centers on Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife, Agathe, who are at the top of the food chain. That is, until Jan, upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine, Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife.
Desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo, Agathe forces her estranged son Cornelis and his heavily pregnant wife, Josefien, to travel from Europe and take over the family business. In the midst of a workers’ uprising, Cornelis displays his plans for progressive change. But when Jan’s will puts Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be idle and blood thicker than water.
Set on a remote Indonesian island during the waning days of the colonial era, the film centers on Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife, Agathe, who are at the top of the food chain. That is, until Jan, upon returning from his nightly visit to his native concubine, Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife.
Desperate to keep the privileges of her status quo, Agathe forces her estranged son Cornelis and his heavily pregnant wife, Josefien, to travel from Europe and take over the family business. In the midst of a workers’ uprising, Cornelis displays his plans for progressive change. But when Jan’s will puts Siti at the forefront of the family estate, ideals prove to be idle and blood thicker than water.
- 5/15/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Atom Egoyan Presents
The great Canadian filmmaker has curated a streaming series for Filmatique—”ten films which have left a strong sense visual impression,” including work by Jafar Panahi, Christian Petzold, and Andrea Arnold.
Where to Stream: Filmatique
Drone (Sean Buckelew)
The latest short by LA-based animator and Guggenheim Fellow Sean Buckelew, Drone follows an artificially intelligent Predator drone named Newton who refuses to participate in military-mandated destruction. Instead, he livestreams his ethical musings as he tours the country spreading a message of peace. Drone deftly navigates the moral complexities of remote warfare, highlighting comedy and compassion along the way.
Where to Stream: Le Cinéma Club
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers (Robert Machoian)
If the apocalypse comes, we’re all screwed.
Atom Egoyan Presents
The great Canadian filmmaker has curated a streaming series for Filmatique—”ten films which have left a strong sense visual impression,” including work by Jafar Panahi, Christian Petzold, and Andrea Arnold.
Where to Stream: Filmatique
Drone (Sean Buckelew)
The latest short by LA-based animator and Guggenheim Fellow Sean Buckelew, Drone follows an artificially intelligent Predator drone named Newton who refuses to participate in military-mandated destruction. Instead, he livestreams his ethical musings as he tours the country spreading a message of peace. Drone deftly navigates the moral complexities of remote warfare, highlighting comedy and compassion along the way.
Where to Stream: Le Cinéma Club
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers (Robert Machoian)
If the apocalypse comes, we’re all screwed.
- 1/20/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Take Me Somewhere Nice Dekanalog Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Ena Sendijarevic Writer: Ena Sendijarevic Cast: Sara Luna Zoric, Lazar Dragojevic, Ernad Prnjavorac, Sanja Buric Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 6/2/21 Opens: June 11, 2021 Maybe it’s a stretch to say this, but the road trip taken […]
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The post Take Me Somewhere Nice Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 6/9/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The producers of this year’s International Feature Film Oscar winner “Another Round” and Berlin Silver Bear winner “Natural Light” have been selected for European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move program, which promotes promising producers and fosters international co-productions. The 20 participants for the program, which runs online from May 17-21, will be presenting their latest projects in speed meetings and during roundtable sessions. More than half of the selection are women.
The participants, who were selected for the program from all of the nominations submitted by the Efp member organizations, are Annabella Nezri (Belgium), Nikolay Mutafchiev (Bulgaria), Bojan Kanjera (Croatia), Marek Novák (Czech Republic), Kasper Dissing (Denmark), Jean-Christophe Reymond (France), Maite Woköck (Germany), Sára László (Hungary), Ruth Treacy (Ireland), Marica Stocchi (Italy), Iris Otten (The Netherlands), Gary Cranner (Norway), Beata Rzeźniczek (Poland), Tathiani Sacilotto (Portugal), Bianca Oana (Romania), Katarína Tomková (Slovak Republic), Andraž Jerič (Slovenia), Clara Nieto (Spain...
The participants, who were selected for the program from all of the nominations submitted by the Efp member organizations, are Annabella Nezri (Belgium), Nikolay Mutafchiev (Bulgaria), Bojan Kanjera (Croatia), Marek Novák (Czech Republic), Kasper Dissing (Denmark), Jean-Christophe Reymond (France), Maite Woköck (Germany), Sára László (Hungary), Ruth Treacy (Ireland), Marica Stocchi (Italy), Iris Otten (The Netherlands), Gary Cranner (Norway), Beata Rzeźniczek (Poland), Tathiani Sacilotto (Portugal), Bianca Oana (Romania), Katarína Tomková (Slovak Republic), Andraž Jerič (Slovenia), Clara Nieto (Spain...
- 5/6/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Award-winning filmmakers join forces with Vienna-based sales agent.
Award-winning filmmakers Ena Sendijarević and Guido Hendrikx have joined forced with sales agent Wouter Jansen to launch director-driven Dutch production company Aventura.
The new outfit will formally launch tomorrow alongside the world premiere of Hendrikx’s feature documentary A Man And A Camera, which debuts in the main competition of Cph:Dox. The film was coproduced by Aventura and Jasper Boon’s company, boondocs.
Jansen’s Vienna-based sales outfit Square Eyes will handle select international sales for Aventura’s titles, starting with A Man And A Camera.
Hendrikx is a Dutch filmmaker,...
Award-winning filmmakers Ena Sendijarević and Guido Hendrikx have joined forced with sales agent Wouter Jansen to launch director-driven Dutch production company Aventura.
The new outfit will formally launch tomorrow alongside the world premiere of Hendrikx’s feature documentary A Man And A Camera, which debuts in the main competition of Cph:Dox. The film was coproduced by Aventura and Jasper Boon’s company, boondocs.
Jansen’s Vienna-based sales outfit Square Eyes will handle select international sales for Aventura’s titles, starting with A Man And A Camera.
Hendrikx is a Dutch filmmaker,...
- 4/22/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Dekanalog Acquires Dachra: "Fresh off their national theatrical launch of Quentin Dupieux's acclaimed absurdist comedy Keep An Eye Out (Au Poste!), Gotham-based distributor Dekanalog has added three acclaimed festival favorites to their bustling 2021 slate, including the acclaimed horror thriller Dachra from writer/director Abdelhamid Bouchnak, per an announcement this morning at Deadline.
The acquisitions, which also include Paul Negoescu's Two Lottery Tickets and Mariam Ghani's What We Left Unfinished, join a stacked 2021 lineup for Dekanalog that currently includes theatrical and digital releases of Grímur Hákonarson's TIFF darling The County, Ena Sendijarević's Rotterdam Tiger Award-winning Take Me Somewhere Nice, and Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese's Sundance-winning This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection - Lesotho's first-ever submission to The Academy Awards.
Dachra, which is based on a terrifying true story and made waves at the world's largest genre film festivals, follows a group of students who become...
The acquisitions, which also include Paul Negoescu's Two Lottery Tickets and Mariam Ghani's What We Left Unfinished, join a stacked 2021 lineup for Dekanalog that currently includes theatrical and digital releases of Grímur Hákonarson's TIFF darling The County, Ena Sendijarević's Rotterdam Tiger Award-winning Take Me Somewhere Nice, and Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese's Sundance-winning This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection - Lesotho's first-ever submission to The Academy Awards.
Dachra, which is based on a terrifying true story and made waves at the world's largest genre film festivals, follows a group of students who become...
- 3/23/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Dekanalog, a new theatrical and digital distribution company with an emphasis on presenting international titles for U.S. audiences, will launch in March with four films on its initial slate.
The company will release Keep an Eye Out, an absurdist comedy directed by Quentin Dupieux, online on March 5. The film played the festival circuit and received a commercial release in France, where Dupieux has garnered a following after receiving critical praise for previous films like Wrong and Rubber.
Festival prize winner This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection will have its virtual debut April 2 via Brooklyn Academy of Music and Museum of the Moving Image. Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, the drama is this year’s official Oscar submission from Lesotho, the first ever from the African nation.
Also on the Dekanalog slate, without release dates as of now, are Take Me Somewhere Nice and The County.
The company will release Keep an Eye Out, an absurdist comedy directed by Quentin Dupieux, online on March 5. The film played the festival circuit and received a commercial release in France, where Dupieux has garnered a following after receiving critical praise for previous films like Wrong and Rubber.
Festival prize winner This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection will have its virtual debut April 2 via Brooklyn Academy of Music and Museum of the Moving Image. Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, the drama is this year’s official Oscar submission from Lesotho, the first ever from the African nation.
Also on the Dekanalog slate, without release dates as of now, are Take Me Somewhere Nice and The County.
- 1/13/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Sweden’s Plattform Produktion is teaming up with Dutch production group Lemming Film on director Ena Sendijarević’s colonial drama “Sweet Dreams.”
The film, which is set to shoot on location in Southeast Asia next year, follows tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son – the child of his Indonesian housemaid – upending not only his Dutch family’s plans but also established hierarchies in a single stroke.
Plattform, whose credits include “The Square” and “Force Majeure,” joins fellow co-producers A Private View from Belgium and Dutch pubcaster Vpro.
For Sendijarević, the film represents her contribution to the movement that is critically examining the past and the relationship between the West and the rest of the world and its continuing impact.
Following the death of the plantation owner and family patriarch, “everyone’s...
The film, which is set to shoot on location in Southeast Asia next year, follows tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son – the child of his Indonesian housemaid – upending not only his Dutch family’s plans but also established hierarchies in a single stroke.
Plattform, whose credits include “The Square” and “Force Majeure,” joins fellow co-producers A Private View from Belgium and Dutch pubcaster Vpro.
For Sendijarević, the film represents her contribution to the movement that is critically examining the past and the relationship between the West and the rest of the world and its continuing impact.
Following the death of the plantation owner and family patriarch, “everyone’s...
- 9/8/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
The scheme, promoted by the national film agency, will earmark a grant of €850,000 for each of the two productions. The Netherlands Film Fund, the country’s film agency, has announced the recipients of its Dutch Crossover scheme production grants. The initiative’s purpose is to promote the making of Dutch films that can reach wider audiences domestically and internationally, and it targets filmmakers who are aiming to broaden their audience base. On this occasion, the body has earmarked a grant of €850,000 for each of the two selected features. The first project is Ena Sendijarević’s Sweet Dreams, produced by Amsterdam-based Lemming Film. The Bosnian filmmaker is best known for her short Import (2016) and her debut feature, Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019), the recipient of the Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Feature Film at the 2019 Sarajevo Film Festival. The story of her sophomore film takes place in the year...
Feature roster launches on June 2 weekly selection of films that have not received Us theatrical release.
Streaming platform Filmatique has launched the second edition of its Talents online programme featuring prize winners from San Sebastian and Sarajevo.
Starting on June 2 and continuing with a new film each week for the rest of the month, the New York-based online platform will showcase a noteworthy first or second feature by an emerging global filmmaker that has not yet received a Us theatrical release.
Films screen alongside shorts from directors of all experience levels, and each release will be paired with an exclusive interview with the director.
Streaming platform Filmatique has launched the second edition of its Talents online programme featuring prize winners from San Sebastian and Sarajevo.
Starting on June 2 and continuing with a new film each week for the rest of the month, the New York-based online platform will showcase a noteworthy first or second feature by an emerging global filmmaker that has not yet received a Us theatrical release.
Films screen alongside shorts from directors of all experience levels, and each release will be paired with an exclusive interview with the director.
- 6/1/2020
- ScreenDaily
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Ena Sendijarević's Take Me Somewhere Nice, which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on Mubi, is showing from May 21 - June 20, 2020 in Mubi's Debuts series.When Dutch-Bosnian teenager Alma (Sara Luna Zoric) steps outside of the airport and for the first time in her life sets foot on the soil of her homeland, she’s not quite received with the fanfare she secretly anticipated. She came all the way from the Netherlands to Bosnia and Herzegovina to visit her hospitalized father, yet no one’s here to welcome her or even pick her up. Surely, this must be the place, but where to go from here? Fortunately, it only takes a phone call to reveal that Alma’s slacker cousin Emir (Ernad Prnjavorac) had reluctantly agreed to collect her from the airport, but fell asleep in his car...
- 5/26/2020
- MUBI
Ena Sendijarević's Take Me Somewhere Nice, which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on Mubi, is showing from May 21 – June 20, 2019 in Mubi's Debuts series.“He’s the kind of person who thinks that nobody understands him, but I do,” the actor Ernad Prnjavorac responds when I ask him what to make of Emir, the character he’s playing. People have kept asking questions about him; they didn’t understand him when reading the script. I used Raskolnikov from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment as an inspiration. Just like Raskolnikov, Emir is on a path of extremism and radicalization. I held on to the thought that probably the people commenting on Emir’s character wouldn’t understand Raskolnikov either. Luckily, my actor does. We are in the middle of shooting my debut feature film, Take Me Somewhere Nice. It’s end of summer and we are shooting in scorching hot Bosnia,...
- 5/17/2020
- MUBI
Other winners at the 17th edition of the Albanian event included Take Me Somewhere Nice, Cold November and A Decent Man, while the Iranian short Tattoo qualified for Oscars. Bulgarian directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov's Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner The Father scooped the main award, the Golden Owl for Best Feature Film, at the 17th Tirana International Film Festival (23-29 September). Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker Ena Sendijarević picked up Best Director for her Heart of Sarajevo winner Take Me Somewhere Nice, while Ismet Sijarina and Arjan Krasniqi pocketed Best Screenplay for Cold November (Kosovo/Albania). The Best Eye on Tiff Prize for Best Debut Film went to Hadrian Marcu's A Decent Man (Romania), and Tonia Mishiali received a Special Mention for Pause (Cyprus/Greece). Aga's House by Kosovar filmmaker Lendita Zeqiraj bagged the Audience Award. As of this year's edition, the Tirana Iff is one of the qualifying festivals for the Academy.
European films dominated the Korean event, with Summer Survivors and Hormigas picking up Best Director and the Special Jury Prize, respectively. At the 21st Seoul International Women's Film Festival, European films took home the three main awards in the International Features Competition, while Korean films scooped the rest. Characteristic of Siwff's dedication to emerging directors, this year's International Features Competition only considered the first or second features by female-identifying directors. Ena Sendijarević's debut feature, Take Me Somewhere Nice, walked away with the Best Film Award, worth $20,000. The Dutch-Bosnian co-production nabbed the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film last month and the Special Jury Award after its world premiere in the Tiger Competition at Rotterdam. Marija Kavtaradzė’s Toronto title Summer Survivors, the winner of the Audience Award at the Lecce European Film Festival, Best Actor Award for Paulius Markevičius and Best Lithuanian Film Award at...
The industry sessions will run from September 25-27.
UK film festival Encounters has unveiled the industry programme for its 2019 event, with guests including Locksmith Animation studio and Doc Society, distributor of the BFI’s documentary funds.
Doc Society will host a panel discussing funding opportunities for UK documentaries on Wednesday September 25.
Locksmith will give a masterclass presentation the following day, with key talent from the studio discussing their careers and future plans in making films for a global family audience.
Other sessions include The Happiness Machine, a presentation from a pan-European project connecting women animators and composers in the crafting of new work.
UK film festival Encounters has unveiled the industry programme for its 2019 event, with guests including Locksmith Animation studio and Doc Society, distributor of the BFI’s documentary funds.
Doc Society will host a panel discussing funding opportunities for UK documentaries on Wednesday September 25.
Locksmith will give a masterclass presentation the following day, with key talent from the studio discussing their careers and future plans in making films for a global family audience.
Other sessions include The Happiness Machine, a presentation from a pan-European project connecting women animators and composers in the crafting of new work.
- 9/6/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Ena Sendijarević’s Bosnian-Dutch drama took best film.
Ena Sendijarević’s Bosnian-Dutch drama Take Me Somewhere Nice won the Sarajevo Film Festival’s top honour, the Heart of Sarajevo prize for best feature film.
The 2019 winners were announced at the closing and awards ceremony last night (August 22). The film – the director’s feature debut - launched in Rotterdam in January, where it received a special mention for the Tiger award.
See below for the full list of winners
It follows a Dutch girl of Bosnian descent who travels to Bosnia to meet her sick father for the first time.
The award comes with a €16,000 prize,...
Ena Sendijarević’s Bosnian-Dutch drama Take Me Somewhere Nice won the Sarajevo Film Festival’s top honour, the Heart of Sarajevo prize for best feature film.
The 2019 winners were announced at the closing and awards ceremony last night (August 22). The film – the director’s feature debut - launched in Rotterdam in January, where it received a special mention for the Tiger award.
See below for the full list of winners
It follows a Dutch girl of Bosnian descent who travels to Bosnia to meet her sick father for the first time.
The award comes with a €16,000 prize,...
- 8/23/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Other winners include A Tale of Three Sisters, And Then We Danced and When the Persimmons Grew; the Cineuropa Prize went to Rounds. The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival announced its awards last night at a ceremony held in the National Theatre. Ena Sendarijević's Take Me Somewhere Nice triumphed in the Feature Competition, winning the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film. The Dutch-Bosnian co-production world-premiered in the Tiger Competition at Rotterdam, where it snagged a Special Mention. The Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director went to Turkey's Emin Alper for the Berlinale competition title A Tale of Three Sisters. The film also won the Cicae Award. Bulgaria's Irini Jambonas, from Stephan Komandarev's Rounds, which world-premiered at Sarajevo, received the Best Actress Award, and in addition, the film picked up the Cineuropa Prize. Levan Gelbakhiani, the star of Levan Akin's Cannes Directors' Fortnight entry And Then We Danced, was crowned Best Actor.
“Take Me Somewhere Nice,” Bosnian director Ena Sendijarević’s coming-of-age story about a teen raised in the Netherlands who returns to Bosnia to visit her ailing father, won the top prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival Thursday night, earning the Amsterdam-based helmer the coveted Heart of Sarajevo Award.
The jury heralded the “beautifully photographed, acted, scripted and directed movie,” praising its ability to capture the spirit of modern youth while feeling “timeless.” The Bosnian-born Sendijarević was visibly overwhelmed receiving the award in front of her home audience, dedicating it to a festival that celebrated its 25th edition this year.
In announcing the award winners, jury member and Rotterdam festival director Bero Beyer praised filmmakers that “reached out to our hearts as they were exploring modernity versus tradition, rootedness in history against individuality, and who with their films celebrated not so much the brotherhood of men, but rather the sisterhood of human beings.
The jury heralded the “beautifully photographed, acted, scripted and directed movie,” praising its ability to capture the spirit of modern youth while feeling “timeless.” The Bosnian-born Sendijarević was visibly overwhelmed receiving the award in front of her home audience, dedicating it to a festival that celebrated its 25th edition this year.
In announcing the award winners, jury member and Rotterdam festival director Bero Beyer praised filmmakers that “reached out to our hearts as they were exploring modernity versus tradition, rootedness in history against individuality, and who with their films celebrated not so much the brotherhood of men, but rather the sisterhood of human beings.
- 8/23/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Bosnian filmmaker Ena Sendijarević had an auspicious debut with “Import,” a short film which world premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2016. Drawing on her own family’s personal history, the Amsterdam-based director crafted an idiosyncratic tale about a family of Bosnian refugees trying to make a new home in the Netherlands.
With her feature debut, “Take Me Somewhere Nice,” Sendijarević again probes at questions of migration, identity and belonging in a quirky coming-of-age story about a teen raised in Holland who returns to Bosnia to visit her ailing father. The movie premiered at the Rotterdam Intl. Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for exceptional artistic achievement, and was selected for Cannes’ Acid sidebar. This week at the Sarajevo Film Festival, it screened for Bosnian audiences for the first time.
Born in Bosnia, Sendijarević fled with her family during the war, and has spent the past 25 years living in the Netherlands.
With her feature debut, “Take Me Somewhere Nice,” Sendijarević again probes at questions of migration, identity and belonging in a quirky coming-of-age story about a teen raised in Holland who returns to Bosnia to visit her ailing father. The movie premiered at the Rotterdam Intl. Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for exceptional artistic achievement, and was selected for Cannes’ Acid sidebar. This week at the Sarajevo Film Festival, it screened for Bosnian audiences for the first time.
Born in Bosnia, Sendijarević fled with her family during the war, and has spent the past 25 years living in the Netherlands.
- 8/22/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Jenkin didn’t need a bigger boat as his black-and-white film, set in a fishing village, won the Grand Prix and the Audience Award of the 19th edition of the Polish festival. Mark Jenkin’s UK-produced Bait, presented in Competition at this year’s New Horizons International Film Festival, might have a Cornish fisherman without a boat as its unlikely protagonist — played to poker-faced perfection by comedian Edward Rowe — it still somehow managed to leave everyone else far behind. Winning the main award of the Polish festival, but also emerging as the top choice of the audience, after competing with 11 other titles including the likes of Richard Billingham’s autobiographical drama Ray & Liz, Ena Sendijarević’s Take Me Somewhere Nice or Johannes Nyholm’s Swedish-Danish oddity Koko-di Koko-da. “Through its raw visual and sonic language, playful and almost campy style, this film dexterously revitalizes film heritage, referencing the Nouvelle Vague and.
The latest films from Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev and Romania’s Catalin Mitulescu are among 23 world premieres competing for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival.
Komandarev’s 2017 film “Directions” played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and his 2008 opus, “The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner,” was shortlisted for the Oscars. Whereas “Directions” centered on taxi drivers, the new film, “Rounds,” focuses on police officers.
Also world premiering in Sarajevo is “Heidi,” directed by Mitulescu, whose 2006 pic “The Way I Spent the End of the World” and 2011’s “Loverboy” both played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard. “Heidi” centers on an elderly policeman who has to persuade a teenage girl to testify in an organized-crime case involving human trafficking.
Joining “Rounds” and “Heidi” in the main competition lineup are two other world premieres. “Open Door,” the debut feature from Albanian director Florenc Papas, is...
Komandarev’s 2017 film “Directions” played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and his 2008 opus, “The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner,” was shortlisted for the Oscars. Whereas “Directions” centered on taxi drivers, the new film, “Rounds,” focuses on police officers.
Also world premiering in Sarajevo is “Heidi,” directed by Mitulescu, whose 2006 pic “The Way I Spent the End of the World” and 2011’s “Loverboy” both played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard. “Heidi” centers on an elderly policeman who has to persuade a teenage girl to testify in an organized-crime case involving human trafficking.
Joining “Rounds” and “Heidi” in the main competition lineup are two other world premieres. “Open Door,” the debut feature from Albanian director Florenc Papas, is...
- 7/18/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Nine films will participate in the feature film competition including ‘Heidi’.
Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 25th edition, with nine feature world premieres playing in the two main competitive sections.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
These include Romanian filmmaker Cătălin Mitulescu’s fourth film Heidi in the feature competition, about an ageing police officer tasked with finding two prostitutes who he needs to testify in an organised crime case.
Mitulescu debuted with The Way I Spent The End Of The World which won Dorotheea Petre the best actress prize in Un Certain Regard...
Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 25th edition, with nine feature world premieres playing in the two main competitive sections.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
These include Romanian filmmaker Cătălin Mitulescu’s fourth film Heidi in the feature competition, about an ageing police officer tasked with finding two prostitutes who he needs to testify in an organised crime case.
Mitulescu debuted with The Way I Spent The End Of The World which won Dorotheea Petre the best actress prize in Un Certain Regard...
- 7/18/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Line-up includes the world premieres of two Taiwanese films: Hsieh Pei-ju’s Heavy Craving and Shih Li’s Wild Sparrow.
The 21st Taipei Film Festival has unveiled a line-up of 12 films from 15 countries for its international new talent competition, including the world premiere of two Taiwanese films Hsieh Pei-ju’s first feature Heavy Craving and Shih Li’s second feature Wild Sparrow.
The former, which was selected for Berlinale Talents’ Script Station and Produire au Sud Taipei Workshop, is about an overweight woman who is in love with a bright young courier, while the latter is about grandparenting, life and...
The 21st Taipei Film Festival has unveiled a line-up of 12 films from 15 countries for its international new talent competition, including the world premiere of two Taiwanese films Hsieh Pei-ju’s first feature Heavy Craving and Shih Li’s second feature Wild Sparrow.
The former, which was selected for Berlinale Talents’ Script Station and Produire au Sud Taipei Workshop, is about an overweight woman who is in love with a bright young courier, while the latter is about grandparenting, life and...
- 5/17/2019
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Initiative to showcase nine features, with seven from first time directors.
Nine features by rising filmmakers are being showcased by France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (Acid) at the Cannes Film Festival next month (May 14-25).
The initiative aims to give greater visibility to up-and-coming independent filmmakers. Seven of the nine are first- time features (apart from Blind Spot and As Happy As Possible), five are fiction films and four are documentaries. All are world premieres except Ena Sendijarevic’s Take Me Somewhere Nice, which debuted in Rotterdam.
They are:
Blind Spot (Fr) Dirs: Pierre Trividic, Patrick-Mario...
Nine features by rising filmmakers are being showcased by France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (Acid) at the Cannes Film Festival next month (May 14-25).
The initiative aims to give greater visibility to up-and-coming independent filmmakers. Seven of the nine are first- time features (apart from Blind Spot and As Happy As Possible), five are fiction films and four are documentaries. All are world premieres except Ena Sendijarevic’s Take Me Somewhere Nice, which debuted in Rotterdam.
They are:
Blind Spot (Fr) Dirs: Pierre Trividic, Patrick-Mario...
- 4/23/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Titles include Colombian jungle thriller ‘Monos’.
Adventurous young Dutch distribution outfit Gusto is adding to its slate and has snapped up rights to Alejandro Landes’ Colombian jungle thriller Monos, fresh from its Sundance and Berlinale screenings.
Amsterdam-based Lemming Film was the Dutch partner on the film, which was presented at Rotterdam’s pitching market, Cinemart, in 2016.
Gusto, formed in Amsterdam by Hein van Joolen and Katrien Remijn just over a year ago, acquired Monos from the producers and the acquisition complements several other new Iffr or Berlinale titles on the company’s slate.
Gusto is on board fast-rising Dutch-Bosnian auteur...
Adventurous young Dutch distribution outfit Gusto is adding to its slate and has snapped up rights to Alejandro Landes’ Colombian jungle thriller Monos, fresh from its Sundance and Berlinale screenings.
Amsterdam-based Lemming Film was the Dutch partner on the film, which was presented at Rotterdam’s pitching market, Cinemart, in 2016.
Gusto, formed in Amsterdam by Hein van Joolen and Katrien Remijn just over a year ago, acquired Monos from the producers and the acquisition complements several other new Iffr or Berlinale titles on the company’s slate.
Gusto is on board fast-rising Dutch-Bosnian auteur...
- 2/12/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Take a hefty amount of Jim Jarmusch, mix in a few heaping tablespoons of David Lynch, leaven it all with Bosnian absurdism and you can more or less envision “Take Me Somewhere Nice,” the stylishly quirky debut feature from Ena Sendijarević that won Rotterdam’s Special Jury Prize for exceptional artistic achievement. The film certainly looks good, thanks to the director’s eye for unusual Academy-ratio compositions and cinematographer Emo Weemhoff’s playful way of executing it onscreen, yet Sendijarević’s screenplay defiantly resists going anywhere, turning this off-kilter story of a Dutch-raised Bosnian teen returning to the motherland to visit her hospitalized father into a one-trick pony. Festivals will understandably consider this an audience pleaser, but Sendijarević likely has better, more mature films in her future.
Bright, candy-toned digital colors and a deadpan view of the world capture the desired emotional climate, which opens nicely with Alma (Sara Luna...
Bright, candy-toned digital colors and a deadpan view of the world capture the desired emotional climate, which opens nicely with Alma (Sara Luna...
- 2/7/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
To be on the cusp of identity is to be bereft of identity. To come of age is to be neither young nor old. To be Dutch or Bosnian, to be native or immigrant, to be citizen or nomad: adolescent uncertainty is twisted and stressed through these complex cultural affiliations. Multinational Alma is at the edge of womanhood, gazing into a fractured world that reflects — what else?
Continue reading ‘Take Me Somewhere Nice’ Playfully Delightful & Offbeat [Rotterdam Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Take Me Somewhere Nice’ Playfully Delightful & Offbeat [Rotterdam Review] at The Playlist.
- 2/6/2019
- by Joseph Owen
- The Playlist
Zhu Shengze’s ’Present.Perfect.’ takes Tiger award.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has announced the award winners for its 48th edition, with Zhu Shengze’s Present.Perfect. taking the Tiger Award, with €40,000 accompanying prize.
The Tiger jury, comprised of Alfredo Jaar, Daniela Michel, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Katriel Schory and Pimpaka Towira, described it as ”a daring film that takes us to places where we have never been…brings to light characters that want and need to be seen.”
Ena Sendijarević’s Take Me Somewhere Nice received the special jury award in the Tiger competition, praised by the jury as “a...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has announced the award winners for its 48th edition, with Zhu Shengze’s Present.Perfect. taking the Tiger Award, with €40,000 accompanying prize.
The Tiger jury, comprised of Alfredo Jaar, Daniela Michel, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Katriel Schory and Pimpaka Towira, described it as ”a daring film that takes us to places where we have never been…brings to light characters that want and need to be seen.”
Ena Sendijarević’s Take Me Somewhere Nice received the special jury award in the Tiger competition, praised by the jury as “a...
- 2/1/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Standing tiny before a vaguely impressed crowd, fake snowflakes pouring down a semi-deserted hotel hall a few meters away from a stretch of the Bosnian coastline, a magician seeks a volunteer for the obligatory sawing a body in half trick. Begrudgingly, an insouciant look that belies an endless and soul-crushing journey behind her, Alma (Sara Luna Zorić) lends her teenage self to the experiment. The box is sealed; the magician taps around it; and a blade slices the silence with a metallic clang. Alma’s body is chopped in half, and the room erupts in an applause.
With its limbs protruding into the frame from unseen bodies — hands, feet, fingers sticking out as severed roots — Ena Sendijarević’s gorgeous debut feature Take Me Somewhere Nice is a tale of fractured identities, a Bildungsroman that zeroes in on a teenage girl traversing two irreconcilable worlds, each demanding her undivided allegiance, none...
With its limbs protruding into the frame from unseen bodies — hands, feet, fingers sticking out as severed roots — Ena Sendijarević’s gorgeous debut feature Take Me Somewhere Nice is a tale of fractured identities, a Bildungsroman that zeroes in on a teenage girl traversing two irreconcilable worlds, each demanding her undivided allegiance, none...
- 1/28/2019
- by Leonardo Goi
- The Film Stage
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