A Moldovan-Romanian directorial debut and a documentary from Azerbaijan won the top prizes at this year’s When East Meets West (Wemw) co-production forum, which was held in the Italian city of Trieste from January 21-24.
Moldovan director Dragos Turea’s debut feature Lenin’s Pawn won the €5,000 Film Center Serbia Award. A joint production by Moldova’s Parmis Film and Romania’s Project Um, Lenin’s Pawn follows a Moldovan actor struggling between his nation’s Soviet past and its European aspirations as he attempts to dismantle Lenin’s monuments.
Lala Aliyeva’s documentary Strange Sea won the €5,000 Ciclic...
Moldovan director Dragos Turea’s debut feature Lenin’s Pawn won the €5,000 Film Center Serbia Award. A joint production by Moldova’s Parmis Film and Romania’s Project Um, Lenin’s Pawn follows a Moldovan actor struggling between his nation’s Soviet past and its European aspirations as he attempts to dismantle Lenin’s monuments.
Lala Aliyeva’s documentary Strange Sea won the €5,000 Ciclic...
- 1/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
Tom Stoppard and the late Terrence McNally have won the most Tonys for a playwright taking home four each. The 85-year-old Stoppard is a strong contender to pick up his fifth Tony for his latest (and perhaps final) play “Leopoldstadt.” The acclaimed drama revolves around a wealthy Jewish family who had fled the programs in Eastern Europe and settled in Vienna. In an interview, Stoppard noted that the play “took a year to write but the gestation was much longer. Quite a lot of it is personal to me but I made it a Viennese family so that it wouldn’t seem to be about me. “ Stoppard, who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937, lost all four of his grandparents in the Holocaust.
“Leopoldstadt” earned six nominations on May 2 including Best Play and best director for Patrick Marber. It will be vying for the top prize against Jordon E. Cooper’s...
“Leopoldstadt” earned six nominations on May 2 including Best Play and best director for Patrick Marber. It will be vying for the top prize against Jordon E. Cooper’s...
- 5/4/2023
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
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