Uberto Pasolini’s Still Life to open this year’s Warsaw Film Festival (Wff) tonight, which will close with Roman Polanski’s Venus In Fur on Oct 20.
The number of world, international and European premieres in the Wff line-up have never been as high as this year, with the selection of no less than 22 world premieres, 21 international premieres and 22 European premieres.
The world premieres include six titles in the festival’s main International competition:
Romanian film-maker Anca Damian’s English-language feature debut A Very Unsettled Summer, her first film since Crulic
Estonian Ilmar Raag’s unusual love story in a small village Love Is Blind
Zaza Urushadze’s Estonian-Georgian co-production Tangerines, which has also been invited to festivals in Mannheim-Heidelberg and Cottbus
Iranian director Amir Toodehroosta’s Paat where dogs go underground in Tehran
Zdeňek Tyc’s moving drama Like Never Before about an oddball painter approaching death in his country home
In addition, there will be...
The number of world, international and European premieres in the Wff line-up have never been as high as this year, with the selection of no less than 22 world premieres, 21 international premieres and 22 European premieres.
The world premieres include six titles in the festival’s main International competition:
Romanian film-maker Anca Damian’s English-language feature debut A Very Unsettled Summer, her first film since Crulic
Estonian Ilmar Raag’s unusual love story in a small village Love Is Blind
Zaza Urushadze’s Estonian-Georgian co-production Tangerines, which has also been invited to festivals in Mannheim-Heidelberg and Cottbus
Iranian director Amir Toodehroosta’s Paat where dogs go underground in Tehran
Zdeňek Tyc’s moving drama Like Never Before about an oddball painter approaching death in his country home
In addition, there will be...
- 10/11/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Turkish director Erdem Tepegöz’s social drama The Particle (Zerre) has won the Golden George for Best Film at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival (Miff).
The film’s lead actress, Jale Arikan, also picked up the Best Actress Silver George for her performance as Zeynep, trying to make ends meet in the dusty and dim atmosphere of abandoned apartments evacuated for clearance.
The International Jury under the presidency of Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf awarded the Silver George for Best Director to South Korea’s Jung Young-Heon for Lebanon Emotion (Le-Ba-Non Kam-Jeong).
The Best Actor prize went to Russia’s Alexey Shevchenkov for his title role as Judas in Andrey Bogatyryov’s Judas (Iuda).
The Special Jury award went to The Ravine Of Goodbye (Sayonara Keikoku) by Japan’s Tatsushi Omori.
The Documentary Competition jury - which included Claas Danielsen, director of Dok Leipzig - gave its award to Poland’s Pawel Lozinski for Father And Son (Ojciec...
The film’s lead actress, Jale Arikan, also picked up the Best Actress Silver George for her performance as Zeynep, trying to make ends meet in the dusty and dim atmosphere of abandoned apartments evacuated for clearance.
The International Jury under the presidency of Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf awarded the Silver George for Best Director to South Korea’s Jung Young-Heon for Lebanon Emotion (Le-Ba-Non Kam-Jeong).
The Best Actor prize went to Russia’s Alexey Shevchenkov for his title role as Judas in Andrey Bogatyryov’s Judas (Iuda).
The Special Jury award went to The Ravine Of Goodbye (Sayonara Keikoku) by Japan’s Tatsushi Omori.
The Documentary Competition jury - which included Claas Danielsen, director of Dok Leipzig - gave its award to Poland’s Pawel Lozinski for Father And Son (Ojciec...
- 7/1/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Cologne, Germany -- German's federal film board (Ffa) hasn't lost its taste for big period projects, putting up coin for Roland Suso Richter's early medieval epic "The Physician" and Peter Sehr's 19th century drama "Ludwig II" in its latest round of funding.
"The Physician," based on the Noah Gordon's bestseller of the same name, picked up $844,000 from the Ffa. "Ludwig II," a biopic of the so-called "fairy-tale king" of Bavaria, received a check for $700,000.
The bulk of the Ffa's cash went to mainstream productions, including the comedies "Heute bin ich Blond" (Today, I'm Blond) from Marc Rothemund, "Jesus Liebt Mich" (Jesus Loves Me) from Florian David Fitz and "What A Man," the romcom directorial debut of acting star Matthias Schweighofer.
On the other end of the scale, production-wise, is Andreas Dresen's new low-budget production, "Halt Auf Freier Strecke," which got $140,000 in subsidy cash from the Ffa.
"The Physician," based on the Noah Gordon's bestseller of the same name, picked up $844,000 from the Ffa. "Ludwig II," a biopic of the so-called "fairy-tale king" of Bavaria, received a check for $700,000.
The bulk of the Ffa's cash went to mainstream productions, including the comedies "Heute bin ich Blond" (Today, I'm Blond) from Marc Rothemund, "Jesus Liebt Mich" (Jesus Loves Me) from Florian David Fitz and "What A Man," the romcom directorial debut of acting star Matthias Schweighofer.
On the other end of the scale, production-wise, is Andreas Dresen's new low-budget production, "Halt Auf Freier Strecke," which got $140,000 in subsidy cash from the Ffa.
- 10/15/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First off, the best news, as I predicted (in private) Duncan Jones' Moon will be premiering, yay! The comedy Adventureland starring the talented Bill Hader is playing. The sweet kid soldier film Johnny Mad Dog is playing in the spectrum section, and the Jesco White story White Lightnin' which we reported on earlier is in the Park City at Midnight section.
But where the hell is Stingray Sam?
Full list after the break.
Premieres
* "Adventureland," directed and written by Greg Mottola, stars Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Bill Hader in the story of a college grad who gets a job at an amusement park. A Miramax release.
* "Brooklyn’s Finest," directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin, a drama about three Brooklyn cops who come together at the same deadly location. With Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle and Ellen Barkin.
* "Earth Days," directed by Robert Stone,...
But where the hell is Stingray Sam?
Full list after the break.
Premieres
* "Adventureland," directed and written by Greg Mottola, stars Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds and Bill Hader in the story of a college grad who gets a job at an amusement park. A Miramax release.
* "Brooklyn’s Finest," directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Michael C. Martin, a drama about three Brooklyn cops who come together at the same deadly location. With Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle and Ellen Barkin.
* "Earth Days," directed by Robert Stone,...
- 12/4/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Premieres
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, this section offers the latest work from American and international directors and world premieres of highly anticipated films.
Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola)
In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere
Brooklyn's Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin)
After enduring vastly different career paths, three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location. Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin. World premiere
Earth Days / U.S. (Director: Robert Stone)
The history of our environmental undoing through the eyes of nine Americans whose work and actions launched the modern environmental movement. World premiere, closing-night film
Endgame / U.K. (Director: Pete Travis; screenwriter: Paula Milne)
A...
To showcase the diversity of contemporary independent cinema, this section offers the latest work from American and international directors and world premieres of highly anticipated films.
Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola)
In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere
Brooklyn's Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin)
After enduring vastly different career paths, three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location. Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin. World premiere
Earth Days / U.S. (Director: Robert Stone)
The history of our environmental undoing through the eyes of nine Americans whose work and actions launched the modern environmental movement. World premiere, closing-night film
Endgame / U.K. (Director: Pete Travis; screenwriter: Paula Milne)
A...
- 12/4/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Because the Dramatic Main Competition category can only hold so many titles, the Spectrum becomes a second option for Sundance staff to include so more dramatic fair. 12 of the 16 selected are world premieres (I caught Johnny Mad Dog at Cannes and missed out on Lymelife at Tiff) from returnee directors such as Sterlin Harjo, Jeff Lipsky and Bobcat Goldthwait. Dramatic films screening in Spectrum are: Against the Current / USA (Director and Screenwriter: Peter Callahan)—Facing the anniversary of his pregnant wife's tragic death, thirty-five-year old Paul Thompson enlists the help of two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River. Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser, Mary Tyler Moore, Michelle Trachtenberg. World Premiere The Anarchist's Wife (La Mujer del Anarquista) / Germany/Spain (Directors: Marie Noelle and Peter Sehr; Screenwriters: Marie Noelle and Ray Loriga)—During the Spanish Civil War an idealistic young lawyer combating Franco's
- 12/4/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
San Sebastian, Spain -- Representatives from the German and Spanish film industries met here during the weekend to discuss how to boost co-productions between their two countries.
Despite having two of the largest film industries in Europe, the Teutonic-Iberian co-production remains a rare beast. Last year there were just two: the Spanish Civil War drama "The Anarchist's Wife" from Peter Sehr and Marie Noelle and the Norwegian-Spanish-German co-production "Das Orangenmadchen."
This initial meet was to highlight opportunities for producers looking to tap funding in both territories.
"Unlike some countries, neither Spain nor Germany ties subsidies and film funding to a particular language or requires that the entire production be shot in a certain region," said Peter Dinges, head of the Ffa, Germany's federal film commission. "So there's nothing standing in the way (of more Spanish-German co-productions). People just have to do it."
The ultimate goal, according to Stefan Schmitz of Madrid's Avalon productions,...
Despite having two of the largest film industries in Europe, the Teutonic-Iberian co-production remains a rare beast. Last year there were just two: the Spanish Civil War drama "The Anarchist's Wife" from Peter Sehr and Marie Noelle and the Norwegian-Spanish-German co-production "Das Orangenmadchen."
This initial meet was to highlight opportunities for producers looking to tap funding in both territories.
"Unlike some countries, neither Spain nor Germany ties subsidies and film funding to a particular language or requires that the entire production be shot in a certain region," said Peter Dinges, head of the Ffa, Germany's federal film commission. "So there's nothing standing in the way (of more Spanish-German co-productions). People just have to do it."
The ultimate goal, according to Stefan Schmitz of Madrid's Avalon productions,...
- 9/21/2008
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Russian director Valeriya Gai Germanika’s “Everybody Dies But Me” picked up the CineVision Award at the 25th edition of the Munich Film Festival. The coming-of-age drama follows three teenagers as they gear up for a party held at their high school.
The Young German Cinema Award for best director went to Timo Müller for “Morscholz,” a drama that follows the lives of seven people in a small German town. Heiko Martens was named best screenwriter for “Narrenspiel,” while Markus Tomczyk won best actor for his role in “Braams.” Susanne Wolff won best actress for “Das Fremde in Mir.”
The Arri-Zeiss Award, the festival’s new prize, went to Matteo Garrone’s “Gomorra,” a look at crime families operating out of Naples. The film also won the grand prize at Cannes last month.
Julie Christie received this year’s CineMerit Award, a prize honoring outstanding personalities in the international film community.
The Young German Cinema Award for best director went to Timo Müller for “Morscholz,” a drama that follows the lives of seven people in a small German town. Heiko Martens was named best screenwriter for “Narrenspiel,” while Markus Tomczyk won best actor for his role in “Braams.” Susanne Wolff won best actress for “Das Fremde in Mir.”
The Arri-Zeiss Award, the festival’s new prize, went to Matteo Garrone’s “Gomorra,” a look at crime families operating out of Naples. The film also won the grand prize at Cannes last month.
Julie Christie received this year’s CineMerit Award, a prize honoring outstanding personalities in the international film community.
- 6/30/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
COLOGNE, Germany -- "The Anarchist's Wife", Peter Sehr and Marie Noelle's period drama starring Maria Valverde and Juan Diego Botto, has won the Munich Film Festival's Bernhard Wicki Prize.
The award, dubbed the Bridge in honor of Wicki's 1959 anti-war epic of the same name, comes with a grant of €10,000 ($15,600).
"Wife" is the story of a 1930s couple torn apart by the Spanish civil war. Manuela (Valverde) is left behind when her husband, Justo (Botto), is arrested for fighting the Franco regime and sent to a concentration camp.
The prize will be presented Thursday at a gala ceremony in Munich.
The festival runs through Saturday.
The award, dubbed the Bridge in honor of Wicki's 1959 anti-war epic of the same name, comes with a grant of €10,000 ($15,600).
"Wife" is the story of a 1930s couple torn apart by the Spanish civil war. Manuela (Valverde) is left behind when her husband, Justo (Botto), is arrested for fighting the Franco regime and sent to a concentration camp.
The prize will be presented Thursday at a gala ceremony in Munich.
The festival runs through Saturday.
- 6/25/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MUNICH -- German director-producer Peter Sehr will head the 58th Berlin International Film Festival's audience-based Dialogue en perspective jury, organizers said Thursday.
Sehr, who teaches at the University of Television and Film in Munich as well as the Film Academy of Baden-Wuerttemberg, is no stranger to German-French film relations. He directed the Franco-Teutonic co-production "Obsession" (1997), starring Daniel Craig, for which he was nominated for a German Film Prize and invited to Sundance.
His "Kaspar Hauser" (1993) won the German Film Prize, and he received a Silver Leopard in Locarno for 2001's "Love the Hard Way", with Adrien Brody. His latest film is a German-French-Spanish co-production titled "The Anarchist's Wife", which he directed with his wife, Marie Noelle.
The Dialogue en perspective award is presented to the director of a film in the Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar and is sponsored by the francophone TV channel TV5 Monde and the German-French Youth Office. The jury is made up of German and French applicants from the general public between the ages of 18 and 29.
Sehr, who teaches at the University of Television and Film in Munich as well as the Film Academy of Baden-Wuerttemberg, is no stranger to German-French film relations. He directed the Franco-Teutonic co-production "Obsession" (1997), starring Daniel Craig, for which he was nominated for a German Film Prize and invited to Sundance.
His "Kaspar Hauser" (1993) won the German Film Prize, and he received a Silver Leopard in Locarno for 2001's "Love the Hard Way", with Adrien Brody. His latest film is a German-French-Spanish co-production titled "The Anarchist's Wife", which he directed with his wife, Marie Noelle.
The Dialogue en perspective award is presented to the director of a film in the Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar and is sponsored by the francophone TV channel TV5 Monde and the German-French Youth Office. The jury is made up of German and French applicants from the general public between the ages of 18 and 29.
- 12/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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