The 55th International Film Festival of India (Iffi) has unveiled its main competition lineup, with 15 features vying for the Golden Peacock award carrying an INR4 million prize purse, notably featuring nine films directed by women.
Among the world premieres are Manijeh Hekmat and Faeze Azizkhani’s Iranian drama “Fear & Trembling,” exploring an older woman’s struggles with isolation, and Nikhil Mahajan’s “Raavsaheb,” an Indian crime thriller examining man-animal conflict in tribal lands.
The slate includes festival circuit standouts like Louise Courvoisier’s “Holy Cow” (France), which nabbed the Un Certain Regard Youth Prize at Cannes 2024, and Saulė Bliuvaitė’s “Toxic” (Lithuania), winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno 2024. Bogdan Mureșanu’s Romanian revolution drama “The New Year That Never Came” arrives fresh from winning Venice’s Horizons and Fipresci awards.
The lineup also includes Belkis Bayrak’s “Gulizar” (Turkey), which played at Toronto and San Sebastian, and George Sikharulidze’s “Panopticon” (Georgia-u.
Among the world premieres are Manijeh Hekmat and Faeze Azizkhani’s Iranian drama “Fear & Trembling,” exploring an older woman’s struggles with isolation, and Nikhil Mahajan’s “Raavsaheb,” an Indian crime thriller examining man-animal conflict in tribal lands.
The slate includes festival circuit standouts like Louise Courvoisier’s “Holy Cow” (France), which nabbed the Un Certain Regard Youth Prize at Cannes 2024, and Saulė Bliuvaitė’s “Toxic” (Lithuania), winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno 2024. Bogdan Mureșanu’s Romanian revolution drama “The New Year That Never Came” arrives fresh from winning Venice’s Horizons and Fipresci awards.
The lineup also includes Belkis Bayrak’s “Gulizar” (Turkey), which played at Toronto and San Sebastian, and George Sikharulidze’s “Panopticon” (Georgia-u.
- 11/14/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
France’s Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 16th edition of its mountaintop movie marathon, taking place from December 14-21, 2024.
Eight European films will vie for the festival’s Crystal Arrow awards.
They include Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap, a comedy about titular west Belfast hip-hop trio that is Ireland’s entry for the best international feature Oscar race and leads the Bifa 2024 nominations, Runar Runarsson’s Icelandic drama When the Light Breaks that opened this year’s Cannes Un Certain Regard, and Kurdwin Ayub’s Moon about a former Austrian martial arts master hired to train...
Eight European films will vie for the festival’s Crystal Arrow awards.
They include Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap, a comedy about titular west Belfast hip-hop trio that is Ireland’s entry for the best international feature Oscar race and leads the Bifa 2024 nominations, Runar Runarsson’s Icelandic drama When the Light Breaks that opened this year’s Cannes Un Certain Regard, and Kurdwin Ayub’s Moon about a former Austrian martial arts master hired to train...
- 11/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light and Zhanna Ozirna’s Honeymoon were among the winners at the 53rd Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival in Ukraine.
Kapadia’s film won the Scythian Deer – the festival trophy - for Best Full-Length Film in the International Competition, with a $2,000 cash prize from the Yuliia Ihnatchenko Charitable Fund.
Scroll down for the festival’s feature winners
It was selected by a jury headed by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, alongside filmmaker Marija Kavtaradze, producer Maksym Asadchiy, actress Anastasiia Karpenko and film scholar Albert Widerspiel.
The film debuted in Competition at Cannes this year,...
Kapadia’s film won the Scythian Deer – the festival trophy - for Best Full-Length Film in the International Competition, with a $2,000 cash prize from the Yuliia Ihnatchenko Charitable Fund.
Scroll down for the festival’s feature winners
It was selected by a jury headed by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, alongside filmmaker Marija Kavtaradze, producer Maksym Asadchiy, actress Anastasiia Karpenko and film scholar Albert Widerspiel.
The film debuted in Competition at Cannes this year,...
- 11/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) has unveiled the line-up for its comeback 45th edition, taking place from November 13-22.
The world premiere of Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi’s Passing Dreams will open the festival, as part of a focus on Palestinian cinema.
Passing Dreams is a drama about a 12-year-old boy who embarks on a journey across Palestine, while chasing a carrier pigeon, convinced it has returned to its original owner.
The line-up includes three Palestinian feature documentaries competing for the best Arab film awards in the Horizons of Arab Cinema programme, and the best Palestinian film award.
Carol Mansour...
The world premiere of Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi’s Passing Dreams will open the festival, as part of a focus on Palestinian cinema.
Passing Dreams is a drama about a 12-year-old boy who embarks on a journey across Palestine, while chasing a carrier pigeon, convinced it has returned to its original owner.
The line-up includes three Palestinian feature documentaries competing for the best Arab film awards in the Horizons of Arab Cinema programme, and the best Palestinian film award.
Carol Mansour...
- 11/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
Neben der deutschen Oscareinreichung können sich auch Lars Eidinger, Franz Rogowski und Soleen Yusefs „Sieger sein“ Hoffnungen auf eine Auszeichnung bei den European Film Awards machen.
In einem Nominierungsvideo sind heute die Nominierungen in den Hauptkategorien für die Verleihung der European Film Awards am 7. Dezember in Luzern bekannt gegeben worden.
Insgesamt dreimal nominiert wurde Mohammad Rasoulofs „Die Saat des heiligen Feigenbaums“. Die deutsche Oscareinreichung wurde in der Kategorie European Film, in der in diesem Jahr erstmals auch Filme aus den Kategorien European Documentary und European Animated Feature berücksichtigt wurden, Rasoulof in den Kategorien European Director und European Screenwriter.
In der Kategorie European Actor konkurrieren die deutschen Schauspieler Franz Rogowski („Bird“) und Lars Eidinger („Sterben“) miteinander um einen European Film Award.
Für den European Film Award in der Kategorie Young Audience Award nominiert ist Soleen Yousefs „Sieger sein“.
Die Nominierungen im Überblick:
European Film:
• „Bye Bye Tiberias (Regie: Lina Soualem)
• „Dahomey...
In einem Nominierungsvideo sind heute die Nominierungen in den Hauptkategorien für die Verleihung der European Film Awards am 7. Dezember in Luzern bekannt gegeben worden.
Insgesamt dreimal nominiert wurde Mohammad Rasoulofs „Die Saat des heiligen Feigenbaums“. Die deutsche Oscareinreichung wurde in der Kategorie European Film, in der in diesem Jahr erstmals auch Filme aus den Kategorien European Documentary und European Animated Feature berücksichtigt wurden, Rasoulof in den Kategorien European Director und European Screenwriter.
In der Kategorie European Actor konkurrieren die deutschen Schauspieler Franz Rogowski („Bird“) und Lars Eidinger („Sterben“) miteinander um einen European Film Award.
Für den European Film Award in der Kategorie Young Audience Award nominiert ist Soleen Yousefs „Sieger sein“.
Die Nominierungen im Überblick:
European Film:
• „Bye Bye Tiberias (Regie: Lina Soualem)
• „Dahomey...
- 11/5/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door have emerged as the front-runners for the European Film Awards 2024, with four nominations apiece.
The nominations for the main categories of this year’s awards, which take place on December 7 in Lucerne, were announced this morning by the European Film Academy.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Fifteen features compete for the best European film prize, up from five last year. This follows a recent rule change which means that films shortlisted for the best documentary and animation categories can also compete in the section.
Emilia Pérez is nominated in the best European film category,...
The nominations for the main categories of this year’s awards, which take place on December 7 in Lucerne, were announced this morning by the European Film Academy.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Fifteen features compete for the best European film prize, up from five last year. This follows a recent rule change which means that films shortlisted for the best documentary and animation categories can also compete in the section.
Emilia Pérez is nominated in the best European film category,...
- 11/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
As 1989 drew to a close in Romania, darkness still hung heavily over the land. The long years under Nicolae Ceausescu’s brutal communist rule had taken their toll, instilling fear deep in the hearts of the people. Yet rumblings of revolution were stirring, even if most dared not speak above a whisper.
It was into this tense atmosphere that director Bogdan Muresanu made his debut, crafting The New Year That Never Came to intimately depict the oppressive final days through interconnected ordinary lives.
By focusing on the small yet momentous dramas of a group of workers, students, and artists, he illustrates the suffocating control and uncertainty shadowing all under the dictatorship. But though the environment feels grim, Muresanu finds glimmers of hope and humanity that hint at the dawn soon to break.
Through an ensemble of compelling characters, we are immersed in their daily struggles on the razor’s edge of colossal change.
It was into this tense atmosphere that director Bogdan Muresanu made his debut, crafting The New Year That Never Came to intimately depict the oppressive final days through interconnected ordinary lives.
By focusing on the small yet momentous dramas of a group of workers, students, and artists, he illustrates the suffocating control and uncertainty shadowing all under the dictatorship. But though the environment feels grim, Muresanu finds glimmers of hope and humanity that hint at the dawn soon to break.
Through an ensemble of compelling characters, we are immersed in their daily struggles on the razor’s edge of colossal change.
- 10/28/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Jakarta Film Week 2024 was officially opened on October 23, 2024 with great excitement at Cgv Grand Indonesia, Jakarta. Now in its fourth year, the festival continues to demonstrate its commitment to strengthening Indonesia’s film ecosystem and bringing local
films to the international stage.
The commitment of the Jakarta Provincial Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Disparekraf) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) in supporting the film industry
The Jakarta Provincial Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Disparekraf) continues to support Jakarta Film Week as a way to encourage the growth of the national film industry. This
festival also strengthens the film ecosystem and helps Indonesian films gain broader recognition on an international scale.
In line with this, Nuzul Kristanto, Head of the Film Appreciation and Literacy Task Force at the Directorate of Film, Music, and Media (Pmm) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek), expressed the...
films to the international stage.
The commitment of the Jakarta Provincial Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Disparekraf) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) in supporting the film industry
The Jakarta Provincial Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Disparekraf) continues to support Jakarta Film Week as a way to encourage the growth of the national film industry. This
festival also strengthens the film ecosystem and helps Indonesian films gain broader recognition on an international scale.
In line with this, Nuzul Kristanto, Head of the Film Appreciation and Literacy Task Force at the Directorate of Film, Music, and Media (Pmm) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek), expressed the...
- 10/26/2024
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
The first batch of titles were announced in August, and now with Locarno and Venice firming up the selection process, we now have our second wave of films. Sixteen feature films (nominations of the European Film Awards will be revealed on 5 November) have been added and we find the likes of Venice competition winners in Pedro Almodóvar, Maura Delpero and Dea Kulumbegashvili, Orizzonti section winner Bogdan Mureşanu, Locarno Golden Leopard winner by Saulė Bliuvaitė and Toronto preemed Hard Truths by master filmmaker Mike Leigh.
April directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Conclave directed by Edward Berger
Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh
Harvest directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Misericordia directed by Emma Dante (Italy)
Moon directed by Kurdwin Ayub (Austria)
Mr.…...
April directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Conclave directed by Edward Berger
Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh
Harvest directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Misericordia directed by Emma Dante (Italy)
Moon directed by Kurdwin Ayub (Austria)
Mr.…...
- 9/26/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The European Film Academy has added a further 16 feature films to the longlist – known as the Feature Film Selection – for the European Film Awards. With the already announced 29 films the list comprises 45 titles.
These films will now be considered for the nomination stage of the European Film Awards. The nominees will be revealed on Nov. 5.
Among the titles are several Venice award-winners: Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winner “The Room Next Door,” Grand Jury Prize winner “Vermiglio,” Special Jury Prize winner “April,” and Horizon winner “The New Year That Never Came.” Other titles include Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer.”
The films were selected by the European Film Academy Board, who consulted with a team of invited experts.
The European Film Awards take place on Dec. 7 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
These are the additional titles in the Feature Film Selection:
“April,” directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
“Conclave,...
These films will now be considered for the nomination stage of the European Film Awards. The nominees will be revealed on Nov. 5.
Among the titles are several Venice award-winners: Pedro Almodóvar’s Golden Lion winner “The Room Next Door,” Grand Jury Prize winner “Vermiglio,” Special Jury Prize winner “April,” and Horizon winner “The New Year That Never Came.” Other titles include Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer.”
The films were selected by the European Film Academy Board, who consulted with a team of invited experts.
The European Film Awards take place on Dec. 7 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
These are the additional titles in the Feature Film Selection:
“April,” directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
“Conclave,...
- 9/26/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Mitte August hatte die European Film Academy die ersten 29 Spielfilme benannt, die ins Rennen um eine Nominierung für die European Film Awards gehen, nun wurde die Liste um 16 weitere Titel erweitert – darunter auch deutsche (Ko-)Produktionen.
Die weiteren Filme der Spielfilmauswahl für die European Film Awards stehen fest (Credit: European Film Academy)
Wie bereits im August anlässlich der Bekanntgabe einer ersten, 29 Titel umfassenden Liste an Spielfilmen angekündigt, hat die European Film Academy nun weitere Filme benannt, die sich Hoffnung auf eine Nominierung für die am 07. Dezember in Luzern stattfindende Verleihung der European Film Awards machen können. Mit den 16 weiteren Filmen gehen nun insgesamt 45 europäische Spielfilme ins Rennen. Ausgewählt wurden die Produktionen vom Vorstand der European Film Academy, der sich dabei von europäischen Filmexpertinnen und -experten beraten ließ.
Dies sind die zusätzlichen Titel in der Spielfilmauswahl:
• „April“
• „Konklave“
• „Hard Truths“
• „Harvest“
• „Misericordia“ (Regie: Emma Dante; Italien)
• „Mond“ (Regie: Kurdwin Ayub; Österreich...
Die weiteren Filme der Spielfilmauswahl für die European Film Awards stehen fest (Credit: European Film Academy)
Wie bereits im August anlässlich der Bekanntgabe einer ersten, 29 Titel umfassenden Liste an Spielfilmen angekündigt, hat die European Film Academy nun weitere Filme benannt, die sich Hoffnung auf eine Nominierung für die am 07. Dezember in Luzern stattfindende Verleihung der European Film Awards machen können. Mit den 16 weiteren Filmen gehen nun insgesamt 45 europäische Spielfilme ins Rennen. Ausgewählt wurden die Produktionen vom Vorstand der European Film Academy, der sich dabei von europäischen Filmexpertinnen und -experten beraten ließ.
Dies sind die zusätzlichen Titel in der Spielfilmauswahl:
• „April“
• „Konklave“
• „Hard Truths“
• „Harvest“
• „Misericordia“ (Regie: Emma Dante; Italien)
• „Mond“ (Regie: Kurdwin Ayub; Österreich...
- 9/26/2024
- by Marc Mensch
- Spot - Media & Film
Luca Guadagnino’s Queer and Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door are among the 16 films added to the European Film Award 2024 contenders.
Several UK features have been shortlisted including Edward Berger’s Conclave, Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest. Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End, a UK co-production with Denmark, Germany, Ireland and Sweden, has also been selected.
Further features include Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April, which won the special jury prize at Venice Film Festival as well as Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio, a Silver Lion winner at Venice and Italy’s submission for international feature at the Oscars.
Several UK features have been shortlisted including Edward Berger’s Conclave, Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest. Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End, a UK co-production with Denmark, Germany, Ireland and Sweden, has also been selected.
Further features include Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April, which won the special jury prize at Venice Film Festival as well as Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio, a Silver Lion winner at Venice and Italy’s submission for international feature at the Oscars.
- 9/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Zurich Film Festival (Zff) has unveiled its full line-up for its 20th anniversary edition, which takes place from 3-13 October.
Zff’s main competition line-up comprises 14 films, with eight of them directed by women. Two of them are world premieres: Lucia Chiarla’s Es Geht Um Luis from Germany and Lisa Bruhlmann’s When We Were Sisters from Switzerland.
“This year the female gaze dominates our competition. Numerous films tell their stories through the eyes of women, for example Linda or Mother Mara,” Christian Jungen said.
The competition is aimed at discovering new talents compromising first, second and third directorial works,...
Zff’s main competition line-up comprises 14 films, with eight of them directed by women. Two of them are world premieres: Lucia Chiarla’s Es Geht Um Luis from Germany and Lisa Bruhlmann’s When We Were Sisters from Switzerland.
“This year the female gaze dominates our competition. Numerous films tell their stories through the eyes of women, for example Linda or Mother Mara,” Christian Jungen said.
The competition is aimed at discovering new talents compromising first, second and third directorial works,...
- 9/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
Der von der Hamburger Red Balloon Film koproduzierte „Happy Holidays“ von Scandar Copti wurde bei den Orizzonti Awards für das beste Drehbuch ausgezeichnet. Der Publikumspreis von Orizzonti Extra ging an die deutsch-österreichische Koproduktion „Shahed“/„The Witness” von Nader Saeivar.
„Happy Holidays“ (Credit: Fresco Films – Red Balloon Film – Tessalit Productions – Intramovies)
Gestern wurden nicht nur die Löwen des Hauptwettbewerbs vergeben in Venedig, sondern auch die Preise des Orizzonti-Wettbewerbs. Hier wurde der palästinische Regisseur und Autor Scandar Copti für seinen zweiten Spielfilm, „Happy Holidays“, mit dem Preis für das beste Drehbuch geehrt. Sein in Israel angesiedeltes Familiendrama, das auch nach Toronto eingeladen wurde, ist Koproduktion der Hamburger Red Balloon Film von Dorothe Beinemeier. Coptis Debüt „Ajami – Stadt der Götter“ von 2009 wurde bei der 82. Oscarverleihung als bester fremdsprachiger Film nominiert.
Mit gleich drei Preisen wurde der Orizzonti-Beitrag „Familiar Touch“ von Sarah Friedland ausgezeichnet: für die beste Regie, die beste Darstellerin (Kathleen Chalfant...
„Happy Holidays“ (Credit: Fresco Films – Red Balloon Film – Tessalit Productions – Intramovies)
Gestern wurden nicht nur die Löwen des Hauptwettbewerbs vergeben in Venedig, sondern auch die Preise des Orizzonti-Wettbewerbs. Hier wurde der palästinische Regisseur und Autor Scandar Copti für seinen zweiten Spielfilm, „Happy Holidays“, mit dem Preis für das beste Drehbuch geehrt. Sein in Israel angesiedeltes Familiendrama, das auch nach Toronto eingeladen wurde, ist Koproduktion der Hamburger Red Balloon Film von Dorothe Beinemeier. Coptis Debüt „Ajami – Stadt der Götter“ von 2009 wurde bei der 82. Oscarverleihung als bester fremdsprachiger Film nominiert.
Mit gleich drei Preisen wurde der Orizzonti-Beitrag „Familiar Touch“ von Sarah Friedland ausgezeichnet: für die beste Regie, die beste Darstellerin (Kathleen Chalfant...
- 9/8/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in ‘The Room Next Door’ (Photo Credit: Sony Classics)
The 2024 Venice Film Festival winners were announced on September 7th, with Oscar-winner Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her) earning the Golden Lion for Best Film for The Room Next Door. Almodóvar took home the coveted prize for this first English-language film, and he dedicated the win to his family. “It is my first movie in English but the spirit is Spanish,” said the acclaimed filmmaker.
Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman was named Best Actress for her starring role in director Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. Kidman wasn’t able to attend the ceremony, and Reijn read a statement accepting the award. “Today, I arrived in Venice to find out shortly after that my brave and beautiful mother Janelle Ann Kidman has just passed. I’m in shock and I have to go to my family. But this award is for her.
The 2024 Venice Film Festival winners were announced on September 7th, with Oscar-winner Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her) earning the Golden Lion for Best Film for The Room Next Door. Almodóvar took home the coveted prize for this first English-language film, and he dedicated the win to his family. “It is my first movie in English but the spirit is Spanish,” said the acclaimed filmmaker.
Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman was named Best Actress for her starring role in director Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. Kidman wasn’t able to attend the ceremony, and Reijn read a statement accepting the award. “Today, I arrived in Venice to find out shortly after that my brave and beautiful mother Janelle Ann Kidman has just passed. I’m in shock and I have to go to my family. But this award is for her.
- 9/8/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” won the Golden Lion at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The Spanish auteur’s first feature in English took the top prize at the awards ceremony on Saturday, where he accepted the honor in person. Based on Sigrid Nunez’s novel “What Are You Going Through,” the film stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore as friends who reunite after several years.
Though Almodóvar’s latest was not reviewed as enthusiastically as most of his films (a high bar to cross), the drama was still favored to do well at the Venice awards. When it premiered earlier this week, it was met with a lengthy standing ovation of almost 20 minutes — a warm reception even for festival audiences. And few are the cinephiles in Europe who do not consider the director of “All About My Mother,” “Talk to Her,” “Volver,” “Bad Education” and “Parallel Mothers” a living great.
Though Almodóvar’s latest was not reviewed as enthusiastically as most of his films (a high bar to cross), the drama was still favored to do well at the Venice awards. When it premiered earlier this week, it was met with a lengthy standing ovation of almost 20 minutes — a warm reception even for festival audiences. And few are the cinephiles in Europe who do not consider the director of “All About My Mother,” “Talk to Her,” “Volver,” “Bad Education” and “Parallel Mothers” a living great.
- 9/7/2024
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door has won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion main prize.
Jury president Isabelle Huppert and her jury were on hand to bestow the Golden Lion along with the other main prizes. Scroll down to see the list of laureates.
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star in Almodóvar’s euthanasia drama, which marked the acclaimed filmmaker’s English-language debut.
The movie follows Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (Swinton) who were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme and bittersweet situation. Check out our review here.
Among other prize-winners on the night were Vermiglio by Maura Delpero, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and Nicole Kidman for Babygirl whose filmmaker Halina Reijn accepted the award on behalf of Kidman who she explained could not be there in...
Jury president Isabelle Huppert and her jury were on hand to bestow the Golden Lion along with the other main prizes. Scroll down to see the list of laureates.
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star in Almodóvar’s euthanasia drama, which marked the acclaimed filmmaker’s English-language debut.
The movie follows Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (Swinton) who were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme and bittersweet situation. Check out our review here.
Among other prize-winners on the night were Vermiglio by Maura Delpero, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and Nicole Kidman for Babygirl whose filmmaker Halina Reijn accepted the award on behalf of Kidman who she explained could not be there in...
- 9/7/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Memento Distribution (“Cairo Confidential”) has nabbed French rights to “The New Year That Never Came,” a film directed by Bogdan Muresanu which is world premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
The tragi-comedy is set in 1989, at the end Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime, and follows multiple protagonists on the verge of a nervous breakdown, including an aspiring actress asked to perform in a propaganda-heavy TV special, two boys who are ready to flee, a woman whose entire life is literally about to collapse and a little boy who just sent a letter to Santa.
“The New Year That Never Came” is represented in international markets by Sébastien Chesneau’s banner Cercamon and is produced by Kinotopia and All Inclusive Films. It’s premiering in the Horizons section at Venice.
Alexandre Mallet-Guy, the founder of Memento Distribution, said the Romanian film was “not only a great political and historical film, but also...
The tragi-comedy is set in 1989, at the end Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime, and follows multiple protagonists on the verge of a nervous breakdown, including an aspiring actress asked to perform in a propaganda-heavy TV special, two boys who are ready to flee, a woman whose entire life is literally about to collapse and a little boy who just sent a letter to Santa.
“The New Year That Never Came” is represented in international markets by Sébastien Chesneau’s banner Cercamon and is produced by Kinotopia and All Inclusive Films. It’s premiering in the Horizons section at Venice.
Alexandre Mallet-Guy, the founder of Memento Distribution, said the Romanian film was “not only a great political and historical film, but also...
- 9/2/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
In Venice Film Festival premiere “The New Year That Never Came,” set during Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime in Romania and debuting its exclusive trailer with Variety, no one can be trusted. Not even Santa Claus.
“After all, he could be collaborating with Securitate [the secret police]! Maybe that’s the moral of this film: Always check Santa’s CV,” laughs director Bogdan Mureşanu.
He follows multiple protagonists on the verge of a nervous breakdown, making life-changing decisions in December 1989. An aspiring actress asked to perform in a propaganda-heavy TV special, two boys who are ready to flee, a woman whose entire life is literally about to collapse and a little boy who just sent a letter to Santa. The problem is, he happened to mention his dad would like to see “Uncle Nic” dead.
“I wanted this film to feel like a symphony and to give a proper overview of the society at that time.
“After all, he could be collaborating with Securitate [the secret police]! Maybe that’s the moral of this film: Always check Santa’s CV,” laughs director Bogdan Mureşanu.
He follows multiple protagonists on the verge of a nervous breakdown, making life-changing decisions in December 1989. An aspiring actress asked to perform in a propaganda-heavy TV special, two boys who are ready to flee, a woman whose entire life is literally about to collapse and a little boy who just sent a letter to Santa. The problem is, he happened to mention his dad would like to see “Uncle Nic” dead.
“I wanted this film to feel like a symphony and to give a proper overview of the society at that time.
- 8/28/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Just a day after New York Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival made major announcements, Venice Film Festival is here with their full lineup ahead of the festival taking place August 28 through September 7.
Highlights include Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud, Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, Harmony Korine’s Baby Invasion, Pablo Larraín’s Maria, Takeshi Kitano’s Broken Rage, Errol Morris’ Separated, Lav Diaz’s Phantosmia, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April, and more.
Check out the lineup below with a hat tip to Cineuropa.
Competition
The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar
Campo di battaglia – Gianni Amelio
Leurs enfants après eux – Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Jouer avec le feu – Delphine & Muriel Coulin
Vermiglio – Maura Delpero
Iddu (Sicilian Letters) – Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza
Queer – Luca Guadagnino
Love – Dag Johan Haugerud...
Highlights include Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud, Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, Harmony Korine’s Baby Invasion, Pablo Larraín’s Maria, Takeshi Kitano’s Broken Rage, Errol Morris’ Separated, Lav Diaz’s Phantosmia, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April, and more.
Check out the lineup below with a hat tip to Cineuropa.
Competition
The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar
Campo di battaglia – Gianni Amelio
Leurs enfants après eux – Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Jouer avec le feu – Delphine & Muriel Coulin
Vermiglio – Maura Delpero
Iddu (Sicilian Letters) – Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza
Queer – Luca Guadagnino
Love – Dag Johan Haugerud...
- 7/23/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Venice Film Festival has revealed the programme for its 81st edition, featuring a 21-strong Competition that includes new films from Todd Phillips, Pedro Almodovar, Luca Guadagino, Pablo Larrain, Brady Corbet and Justin Kurzel.
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The selection was unveiled by festival president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and artistic director Alberto Barbera. It marked Buttafuoco’s first time at the annual press conference, after replacing Roberto Cicutto in October 2023.
Further filmmakers in Competition include Wang Bing, Luis Ortega, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Dag Johan Haugerud, Athina Rachel Tsangari and Walter Salles.
The line-up also includes Jon Watt’s Wolfs, starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney,...
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The selection was unveiled by festival president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and artistic director Alberto Barbera. It marked Buttafuoco’s first time at the annual press conference, after replacing Roberto Cicutto in October 2023.
Further filmmakers in Competition include Wang Bing, Luis Ortega, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Dag Johan Haugerud, Athina Rachel Tsangari and Walter Salles.
The line-up also includes Jon Watt’s Wolfs, starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney,...
- 7/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Romanian short The Christmas Gift by Bogdan Muresanu has snagged the Golden Egg, while second prize went to Belarus’ The Lake of Happiness by Aliaksei Paluyan. The future of cinema can be glimpsed not through Vr helmets or the competitive sections of class-a festivals, but rather at small and modest film events such as the Kustendorf Film & Music Festival, held in a remote village close to the Serbian-Bosnian border. The gathering invites young filmmakers from all over the world, who for all we know could easily turn out to be the next Ruben Ostlund or Bong Joon-Ho. The winner of the main award, the Golden Egg – The Christmas Gift by Bogdan Muresanu – is already a festival darling: it won top nods at Clermont-Ferrand and Cottbus, snagged an Efa and ended up on this year’s Academy Awards shortlist for Best Live Action Short Film. No wonder it...
Works from Romania, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom feature in the shortlists for Live Action, Animated and Documentary Short Film. Along with the shortlists for the International Feature Film and Documentary Feature Film categories (read the news), the 92nd Academy Awards have announced the selection of short films that will vie for a nomination in their respective categories - and Europe is well represented among them. In the Live Action Short Film category, from the 191 titles initially qualified, 10 have made the cut. A highlight of the selection is The Christmas Gift by Romanian director Bogdan Muresanu, which has just been named European Short Film at the European Film Awards. Along with it, we can find Belgian title A Sister, directed by Delphine Girard, French productions Little Hands by Rémi Allier (co-produced with Belgium) and Nefta Football Club by Yves Piat (co-produced...
- 12/17/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
The Oscar shortlist released Monday for live action shorts offers a range of socially relevant and hot-button issues, including children and families in jeopardy, transgender identity, immigration, off-beat love stories, and animal shenanigans.
There are two French shorts about kids in jeopardy: In “Little Hands,” from Rémi Allier, the toddler son of a chemical factory director is abducted by a radical factory worker in a desperate attempt to keep the factory from closing. And, in Yves Pia’s feel-good comedy, “Nefta Football Club,” two boys intrude on a big drug score when they stumble on a donkey with headphones in the middle of the desert between Tunisia and Algeria.
Continuing with the family theme, “The Christmas Gift,” the Romanian short from Bogdan Muresanu, turns a family upside down when a young boy mails a letter to Santa during the brutal Ceausescu regime in 1989, asking for the dictator’s death. “Saria,...
There are two French shorts about kids in jeopardy: In “Little Hands,” from Rémi Allier, the toddler son of a chemical factory director is abducted by a radical factory worker in a desperate attempt to keep the factory from closing. And, in Yves Pia’s feel-good comedy, “Nefta Football Club,” two boys intrude on a big drug score when they stumble on a donkey with headphones in the middle of the desert between Tunisia and Algeria.
Continuing with the family theme, “The Christmas Gift,” the Romanian short from Bogdan Muresanu, turns a family upside down when a young boy mails a letter to Santa during the brutal Ceausescu regime in 1989, asking for the dictator’s death. “Saria,...
- 12/17/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
‘For Sama’ wins best documentary.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite was the big winner at the European Film Awards on Saturday (December 7), winning eight prizes include best film, best director, best actress for Olivia Colman and best comedy.
The film also won four previously announced technical awards for best cinematography, costume design, editing and hair and make-up.
Neither Lanthimos nor Colman attended the ceremony in Berlin, with Colman sending a video message.
Antonio Banderas won the best actor prize for his role in Pedro Almoodvar’s Pain & Glory.
Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ For Sama won the best documentary prize. They...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite was the big winner at the European Film Awards on Saturday (December 7), winning eight prizes include best film, best director, best actress for Olivia Colman and best comedy.
The film also won four previously announced technical awards for best cinematography, costume design, editing and hair and make-up.
Neither Lanthimos nor Colman attended the ceremony in Berlin, with Colman sending a video message.
Antonio Banderas won the best actor prize for his role in Pedro Almoodvar’s Pain & Glory.
Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ For Sama won the best documentary prize. They...
- 12/7/2019
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
Eleven months after receiving 10 Academy Award nominations, Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedy “The Favourite” dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday night in Berlin, winning four awards including the top honor, European Film.
Although the film was released in the U.S. in 2018, it was eligible for the Efa because it was released in January 2019 in the U.K.
Lanthimos also won the best director award, and his film about intrigue in the court of Queen Anne was named the year’s best European comedy. Olivia Colman was named best actress for the role that won her an Oscar in February.
Best-actor honors went to Antonio Banderas for Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain and Glory.”
Also Read: 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Film Review: Ravishing Drama Is a Feminist Tale From a Pre-Feminist World
Ladj Ly’s “Les Miserables” won the European Discovery award, “For Sama” was named the...
Although the film was released in the U.S. in 2018, it was eligible for the Efa because it was released in January 2019 in the U.K.
Lanthimos also won the best director award, and his film about intrigue in the court of Queen Anne was named the year’s best European comedy. Olivia Colman was named best actress for the role that won her an Oscar in February.
Best-actor honors went to Antonio Banderas for Pedro Almodovar’s “Pain and Glory.”
Also Read: 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Film Review: Ravishing Drama Is a Feminist Tale From a Pre-Feminist World
Ladj Ly’s “Les Miserables” won the European Discovery award, “For Sama” was named the...
- 12/7/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
If you’re one of the filmmakers who supplied some 5,600 submissions to the 2019 Palm Springs International Shortfest, the stakes were high. Not only because Shortfest offers the only short-film market in North America; or, because 369 of those films were selected for juried screenings to an audience of more than 700 over June 18-23.
Those functions matter, but as the world’s biggest short-film festival, Shortfest also draws talent agents, production executives, and producers who are keenly aware that, beyond identifying early talent, short-form content holds tremendous value in the current market. Yes, the Sundance Film Festival is still the best way to get films seen by Hollywood — but in a world that’s (re)discovering the virtues of short-form content, there’s something sexy about an event entirely devoted to its celebration.
While short films have always provided fodder for features, today they’re more likely to fuel web or TV series.
Those functions matter, but as the world’s biggest short-film festival, Shortfest also draws talent agents, production executives, and producers who are keenly aware that, beyond identifying early talent, short-form content holds tremendous value in the current market. Yes, the Sundance Film Festival is still the best way to get films seen by Hollywood — but in a world that’s (re)discovering the virtues of short-form content, there’s something sexy about an event entirely devoted to its celebration.
While short films have always provided fodder for features, today they’re more likely to fuel web or TV series.
- 6/24/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
If you’re one of the filmmakers who supplied some 5,600 submissions to the 2019 Palm Springs International Shortfest, the stakes were high. Not only because Shortfest offers the only short-film market in North America; or, because 369 of those films were selected for juried screenings to an audience of more than 700 over June 18-23.
Those functions matter, but as the world’s biggest short-film festival, Shortfest also draws talent agents, production executives, and producers who are keenly aware that, beyond identifying early talent, short-form content holds tremendous value in the current market. Yes, the Sundance Film Festival is still the best way to get films seen by Hollywood — but in a world that’s (re)discovering the virtues of short-form content, there’s something sexy about an event entirely devoted to its celebration.
While short films have always provided fodder for features, today they’re more likely to fuel web or TV series.
Those functions matter, but as the world’s biggest short-film festival, Shortfest also draws talent agents, production executives, and producers who are keenly aware that, beyond identifying early talent, short-form content holds tremendous value in the current market. Yes, the Sundance Film Festival is still the best way to get films seen by Hollywood — but in a world that’s (re)discovering the virtues of short-form content, there’s something sexy about an event entirely devoted to its celebration.
While short films have always provided fodder for features, today they’re more likely to fuel web or TV series.
- 6/24/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Christmas Gift, a short film by director Bogdan Muresanu about a father learning that his son has mailed a letter to Santa wishing to see Nicolae Ceausescu dead, nabbed the Best of the Festival prize at the Palm Springs ShortFest on Sunday.
The top jury awards at the Palm Springs ShortFest saw the best international short prize go to Guaxuma, a film by Nara Normande, which is centered on grains of sand in motion capturing happy childhood memories on the beach of a special friendship.
Meanwhile, the top jury award for best North American short went to King Wah (I Think ...
The top jury awards at the Palm Springs ShortFest saw the best international short prize go to Guaxuma, a film by Nara Normande, which is centered on grains of sand in motion capturing happy childhood memories on the beach of a special friendship.
Meanwhile, the top jury award for best North American short went to King Wah (I Think ...
- 6/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Christmas Gift, a short film by director Bogdan Muresanu about a father learning that his son has mailed a letter to Santa wishing to see Nicolae Ceausescu dead, nabbed the Best of the Festival prize at the Palm Springs ShortFest on Sunday.
The top jury awards at the Palm Springs ShortFest saw the best international short prize go to Guaxuma, a film by Nara Normande, which is centered on grains of sand in motion capturing happy childhood memories on the beach of a special friendship.
Meanwhile, the top jury award for best North American short went to King Wah (I Think ...
The top jury awards at the Palm Springs ShortFest saw the best international short prize go to Guaxuma, a film by Nara Normande, which is centered on grains of sand in motion capturing happy childhood memories on the beach of a special friendship.
Meanwhile, the top jury award for best North American short went to King Wah (I Think ...
- 6/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Palm Springs International ShortFest wrapped Sunday with top prizes going to “The Christmas Gift,” directed by Bogdan Muresanu, for best of the festival, Nara Normande’s “Guaxuma” for best international short and Horatio Baltz’s “King Wah (I Think I Love You)” for best North American short.
The festival is the largest shorts-focused event in North America, screening 369 films during the festival as well as 5,600 in the film market. Juried award winners of some categories are qualified to enter the shorts categories for the Oscars.
Best U.S. short went to “Manila is Full of Men Named Boy,” by Andrew Stephen Lee, while Best animated short went to “Dani” directed by Lizzy Hogenson.
Full list of winners below:
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award – The Christmas Gift (Romania/Spain), Directed by Bogdan Muresanu
Best International Short – Guaxuma (Brazil/France), Director Nara Normande
Best North American Short – King Wah (I...
The festival is the largest shorts-focused event in North America, screening 369 films during the festival as well as 5,600 in the film market. Juried award winners of some categories are qualified to enter the shorts categories for the Oscars.
Best U.S. short went to “Manila is Full of Men Named Boy,” by Andrew Stephen Lee, while Best animated short went to “Dani” directed by Lizzy Hogenson.
Full list of winners below:
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award – The Christmas Gift (Romania/Spain), Directed by Bogdan Muresanu
Best International Short – Guaxuma (Brazil/France), Director Nara Normande
Best North American Short – King Wah (I...
- 6/23/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Marcelo Martinessi’s “The Heiresses,” a Paraguayan-set story of sisterhood and entrapment, won the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival’s top prize Saturday, capping a week of honoring “films that dare,” in the words of its artistic chief Mihai Chirilov.
Crowds filled the ornate, 19th-century national theater in Cluj for the awards gala simulcast Saturday, marking the close of Romania’s top international art film fest, which this year focused on presenting fresh perspectives and provocative work in half a dozen sections, along with industry tech workshops, sessions on micro-budget filmmaking and popular screenings of archival films, often with live orchestral accompaniment.
The awards gala honored Hlynur Palmason with the director prize for Icelandic-Danish sibling rivalry story “Winter Brothers” while all three actors from U.K.-Spanish fertility triangle tale “Anchor and Hope,” Natalia Tena, Oona Chaplin and David Verdaguer, shared the best performance prize.
Asghar Yousefinejad’s “The Home,” an...
Crowds filled the ornate, 19th-century national theater in Cluj for the awards gala simulcast Saturday, marking the close of Romania’s top international art film fest, which this year focused on presenting fresh perspectives and provocative work in half a dozen sections, along with industry tech workshops, sessions on micro-budget filmmaking and popular screenings of archival films, often with live orchestral accompaniment.
The awards gala honored Hlynur Palmason with the director prize for Icelandic-Danish sibling rivalry story “Winter Brothers” while all three actors from U.K.-Spanish fertility triangle tale “Anchor and Hope,” Natalia Tena, Oona Chaplin and David Verdaguer, shared the best performance prize.
Asghar Yousefinejad’s “The Home,” an...
- 6/3/2018
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Rams wins Special Jury Prize and Audience Award, The Treasure picks up Best Romanian Film at 14th Transilvania International Film Festival in Cluj
Juan Schnitman’s The Fire has won the top prize at the 14th Transilvania International Film Festival (May 29-July 7).
The Argentinian relationship drama, which received its world premiere at this year’s Berlinale, won the Transilvania Trophy and a €15,000 cash prize at the Cluj-Napoca event.
The Special Jury Prize, worth €1,500, and the audience award for one of the 12 first or second films by their directors in the international competition, went to Grímur Hákonarson’s Rams.
The Icelandic film won Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section last month.
The most popular film overall at the festival was Operation Arctic by Grethe Bøe-Waal from Norway, one of the countries in Focus at this year’s Tiff, along with Argentina.
Bulgarian-Greek hit The Lesson, which has already won a string of awards at Sofia, Thessaloniki, Gothenburg...
Juan Schnitman’s The Fire has won the top prize at the 14th Transilvania International Film Festival (May 29-July 7).
The Argentinian relationship drama, which received its world premiere at this year’s Berlinale, won the Transilvania Trophy and a €15,000 cash prize at the Cluj-Napoca event.
The Special Jury Prize, worth €1,500, and the audience award for one of the 12 first or second films by their directors in the international competition, went to Grímur Hákonarson’s Rams.
The Icelandic film won Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section last month.
The most popular film overall at the festival was Operation Arctic by Grethe Bøe-Waal from Norway, one of the countries in Focus at this year’s Tiff, along with Argentina.
Bulgarian-Greek hit The Lesson, which has already won a string of awards at Sofia, Thessaloniki, Gothenburg...
- 6/8/2015
- by vladan.petkovic@gmail.com (Vladan Petkovic)
- ScreenDaily
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