- Sam Riley and Anton Corbijn should pack lite on November 28th as Control, by far the best Brit indie film of the year, leads the way in terms of noms for the 10th at the British Independent Film Awards. And When Did You Last See Your Father? has also received a fair share of noms with 7, followed by Hallam Foe with six and Eastern Promises with five. Newcomer Sam Riley is a shoe-in for the acting and most promising newcomer awards, although it would be a treat to see Kierston Wareing take something home for her bit in Ken Loach's It's a Free World.... The jury comprises actors Hayley Atwell, Archie Panjabi, Kathy Burke, Tony Curran, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthew Macfadyen; directors Annie Griffin, Menhaj Huda, Neil Marshall and Peter Webber; London Film Festival artistic director Sandra Hebron; producer Mark Herbert; cinematographer Brian Tufano; distributor Will Clarke; and musician Nitin Sawhney.
- 10/24/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
VANCOUVER -- The French-Iranian co-production "Persepolis" on Friday took the People's Choice award for most popular international film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
The coming-of-age drama by directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud was honored as the festival wrapped up its 26th edition.
The festival's People's Choice award for most popular international documentary went to "Garbage Warrior" by the United Kingdom's Oliver Hodge.
Michael Stenberg, Johan Soderberg and Linus Torell of Sweden took home the $25,000 inaugural Kyoto Planet Climate for Change award for "The Planet", a graphic documentary showcasing global environmental degradation.
For the hometown crowd, Gwen Haworth's transsexual drama "She's a Boy I Knew" grabbed both the Most Popular Canadian Film and the Women in Film & Television artistic merit awards. Yung Chang's disconcerting "Up the Yangtze" won the Best Canadian Documentary award. Director Carl Bessai won the Western Canada Feature Film award for "Normal", which depicts the aftermath of a teenager's accidental death.
Robert Weng's "Fujian Blue" and Zhang Yuedong's "Mid-Afternoon Barks", both poignant explorations of modern China, shared the Dragons & Tigers award for Young Cinema in the East Asian program.
The coming-of-age drama by directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud was honored as the festival wrapped up its 26th edition.
The festival's People's Choice award for most popular international documentary went to "Garbage Warrior" by the United Kingdom's Oliver Hodge.
Michael Stenberg, Johan Soderberg and Linus Torell of Sweden took home the $25,000 inaugural Kyoto Planet Climate for Change award for "The Planet", a graphic documentary showcasing global environmental degradation.
For the hometown crowd, Gwen Haworth's transsexual drama "She's a Boy I Knew" grabbed both the Most Popular Canadian Film and the Women in Film & Television artistic merit awards. Yung Chang's disconcerting "Up the Yangtze" won the Best Canadian Documentary award. Director Carl Bessai won the Western Canada Feature Film award for "Normal", which depicts the aftermath of a teenager's accidental death.
Robert Weng's "Fujian Blue" and Zhang Yuedong's "Mid-Afternoon Barks", both poignant explorations of modern China, shared the Dragons & Tigers award for Young Cinema in the East Asian program.
- 10/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- British filmmaker David Sington's In the Shadow of the Moon, about the astronauts in the Apollo space program, will open this year's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on April 19, organizers said Tuesday.
The British documentary, which looks at nine men who walked on the moon, premiered at Sundance and is among a host of films exploring contemporary America booked for Toronto.
Other titles fitting the theme include the international premiere of Norwegian filmmaker Line Halvorsen's USA vs Al-Arian, about the jailed activist and pro-Palestinian professor Sami Al-Arian; U.S. filmmaker Jennifer Venditti's Billy the Kid, a portrait of a troubled 15-year-old boy in small-town Maine; and fellow U.S. filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky Hear and Now, which follows her deaf parents, Paul and Sally Taylor, going through risky implant surgery as elderly patients.
Also Toronto-bound is a world premiere for British filmmaker Oliver Hodge's Garbage Warrior, a film about a visionary American architect who creates eco-friendly homes from refuse.
"Documentaries that agitate and educate are a big part of the mix, but we also have a range of other films from love stories to the playful," Hot Docs director of programming Sean Farnel said before outlining his lineup at a Toronto press conference.
The British documentary, which looks at nine men who walked on the moon, premiered at Sundance and is among a host of films exploring contemporary America booked for Toronto.
Other titles fitting the theme include the international premiere of Norwegian filmmaker Line Halvorsen's USA vs Al-Arian, about the jailed activist and pro-Palestinian professor Sami Al-Arian; U.S. filmmaker Jennifer Venditti's Billy the Kid, a portrait of a troubled 15-year-old boy in small-town Maine; and fellow U.S. filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky Hear and Now, which follows her deaf parents, Paul and Sally Taylor, going through risky implant surgery as elderly patients.
Also Toronto-bound is a world premiere for British filmmaker Oliver Hodge's Garbage Warrior, a film about a visionary American architect who creates eco-friendly homes from refuse.
"Documentaries that agitate and educate are a big part of the mix, but we also have a range of other films from love stories to the playful," Hot Docs director of programming Sean Farnel said before outlining his lineup at a Toronto press conference.
- 3/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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