Lila Aviles received best director in the international competition.
Marie Amachoukeli’s Ama Gloria and Juraj Lerotic’s Safe Place lead the winners of the 40th Jerusalem Film Festival, which handed out 1m Ils in prizes this evening (July 20).
Ama Gloria, which premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes this year, won the best international film award. The film depicts the last summer between a six-year-old girl and her nanny Gloria, before the latter returns to Cape Verde to care for her own children.
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A jury led by Claire Denis and consisting of Whit Stillman,...
Marie Amachoukeli’s Ama Gloria and Juraj Lerotic’s Safe Place lead the winners of the 40th Jerusalem Film Festival, which handed out 1m Ils in prizes this evening (July 20).
Ama Gloria, which premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes this year, won the best international film award. The film depicts the last summer between a six-year-old girl and her nanny Gloria, before the latter returns to Cape Verde to care for her own children.
Scroll down for the full list of feature winners
A jury led by Claire Denis and consisting of Whit Stillman,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Marie Amachoukeli’s Ama Gloria has won the Best International Film Prize at the 40th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival, running from July 13 to July 26.
The feature, which world premiered as the opening film of Cannes Critics’ Week in May, revolves around a motherless six-year-old girl who travels to Cape Verde to reunite with her longtime nanny.
The jury presided over by Claire Denis, and also figuring Whit Stillman, Florian Zeller, Joana Vicente, and Maria Schrader praised the film’s “extraordinary poignancy, beauty and insight”.
Ama Gloria is produced by Bénédicte Couvreur, the long-time producer of Céline Sciamma and her films Petite Maman and Portrait Of A Lady On Fire.
Other winners in the International Competition include Best Director for Mexico’s Lila Avilés for Berlinale-selected family drama Totem and a Special Mention for the ensemble cast of Argentinian director Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents, which debuted in Un Certain Regard this year.
The feature, which world premiered as the opening film of Cannes Critics’ Week in May, revolves around a motherless six-year-old girl who travels to Cape Verde to reunite with her longtime nanny.
The jury presided over by Claire Denis, and also figuring Whit Stillman, Florian Zeller, Joana Vicente, and Maria Schrader praised the film’s “extraordinary poignancy, beauty and insight”.
Ama Gloria is produced by Bénédicte Couvreur, the long-time producer of Céline Sciamma and her films Petite Maman and Portrait Of A Lady On Fire.
Other winners in the International Competition include Best Director for Mexico’s Lila Avilés for Berlinale-selected family drama Totem and a Special Mention for the ensemble cast of Argentinian director Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents, which debuted in Un Certain Regard this year.
- 7/20/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
17 titles across the feature and documentary sections.
Jerusalem Film Festival has selected 17 Israeli features in competition across its feature and documentary sections, for the 40th anniversary edition of the event.
Titles among nine in the Full-Length Israeli Feature Films competition include A Room Of His Own, the third feature from Matan Yair. The Hebrew-language film follows Uri, whose mother is sleeping in his room since his father moved out; but who is seeking his own room and path to deal with the world.
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The $1m project participated in the Asia Film...
Jerusalem Film Festival has selected 17 Israeli features in competition across its feature and documentary sections, for the 40th anniversary edition of the event.
Titles among nine in the Full-Length Israeli Feature Films competition include A Room Of His Own, the third feature from Matan Yair. The Hebrew-language film follows Uri, whose mother is sleeping in his room since his father moved out; but who is seeking his own room and path to deal with the world.
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The $1m project participated in the Asia Film...
- 6/26/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Prizes go to Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun’s Dead Language and Maya Dreifuss’ Highway 65.
Dead Language by husband-and-wife filmmakers Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun clinched the new $18,000 Jerusalem Foundation Award at the 14th edition of Jerusalem Film Festival’s (Jff) Pitch Point event, established to connect Israeli filmmakers with international partners.
The story follows a 27-year-old woman who, while waiting for her husband at the airport, ends up driving a complete stranger to his hotel after he mistakes her for his assigned driver – a random, short-lived encounter that shakes up her life.
It is Brezis and Binnun’s second...
Dead Language by husband-and-wife filmmakers Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun clinched the new $18,000 Jerusalem Foundation Award at the 14th edition of Jerusalem Film Festival’s (Jff) Pitch Point event, established to connect Israeli filmmakers with international partners.
The story follows a 27-year-old woman who, while waiting for her husband at the airport, ends up driving a complete stranger to his hotel after he mistakes her for his assigned driver – a random, short-lived encounter that shakes up her life.
It is Brezis and Binnun’s second...
- 7/30/2019
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Promising projects from Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East will be showcased for international co-production opportunities.
The Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprising 15 projects in development from upcoming director talent.
The 12th edition of the showcase will give the invited directors and their producers access to potential funding partners during the festival in a bid to accelerate completion of the films. The titles include:
Abou Leila Amin Sidi-Boumediène (Algeria)La Cordillera Santiago Mitre (Argentina)Tantas Almas Nicolás Rincón Gille (Colombia)Ni dieux ni maîtres Eric Cherrière (France)Memories and My Mother Aditya Vikram Sengupta (India)Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Mouly Surya (Indonesia)Daoud’s Winter Koutaiba Al Janabi (Iraq)Death In Bed David Volach (Israel)Sow The Wind Danilo Caputo (Italy)Femme Fatale Kyoko Miyake (Japan)The Whole-Timers Bibhusan Basnet & Pooja Gurung (Nepal)Animas José Ortuño (Spain)My Favorite Fabric Gaya Jiji (Syria)Iguana Tokyo Kaan Müjdeci...
The Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprising 15 projects in development from upcoming director talent.
The 12th edition of the showcase will give the invited directors and their producers access to potential funding partners during the festival in a bid to accelerate completion of the films. The titles include:
Abou Leila Amin Sidi-Boumediène (Algeria)La Cordillera Santiago Mitre (Argentina)Tantas Almas Nicolás Rincón Gille (Colombia)Ni dieux ni maîtres Eric Cherrière (France)Memories and My Mother Aditya Vikram Sengupta (India)Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Mouly Surya (Indonesia)Daoud’s Winter Koutaiba Al Janabi (Iraq)Death In Bed David Volach (Israel)Sow The Wind Danilo Caputo (Italy)Femme Fatale Kyoko Miyake (Japan)The Whole-Timers Bibhusan Basnet & Pooja Gurung (Nepal)Animas José Ortuño (Spain)My Favorite Fabric Gaya Jiji (Syria)Iguana Tokyo Kaan Müjdeci...
- 3/7/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Out This Week
Avatar (12A)
(James Cameron, 2009, Us) Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver. 163 mins
The King Of The World returns with an awesomely expensive epic that makes everything else out there look cheap. It really is a visit to a strange new world: part-prog rock album cover, part-Japanese anime come to life. The mix of real action and animation is flawless, the 3D is unobtrusively immersive, and Cameron has lost none of his gift for gripping, purposeful action. It's a shame the story is so un-revolutionary: a formulaic mix of A Man Called Horse, other Cameron movies, The Matrix Sequels, and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, all washed down with an eco message that's at odds with the technological spectacle served up. But you'd be churlish not to be carried away by the experience. Come on, this is amazing!
Nine (12A)
(Rob Marshall, 2009, Us) Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz.
Avatar (12A)
(James Cameron, 2009, Us) Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver. 163 mins
The King Of The World returns with an awesomely expensive epic that makes everything else out there look cheap. It really is a visit to a strange new world: part-prog rock album cover, part-Japanese anime come to life. The mix of real action and animation is flawless, the 3D is unobtrusively immersive, and Cameron has lost none of his gift for gripping, purposeful action. It's a shame the story is so un-revolutionary: a formulaic mix of A Man Called Horse, other Cameron movies, The Matrix Sequels, and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, all washed down with an eco message that's at odds with the technological spectacle served up. But you'd be churlish not to be carried away by the experience. Come on, this is amazing!
Nine (12A)
(Rob Marshall, 2009, Us) Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz.
- 12/19/2009
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
An intensely painful and sombre film about an Orthodox Jewish family
An intensely painful and sombre film from Israeli writer-director David Volach, about an Orthodox Jewish family, which provides a variation on the theme of Abraham and Isaac. Assi Dayan and Sharon Hacohen play Rabbi Abraham and his wife Esther, and Ilan Griff is Menahem, their adored little boy, all agog at the family's forthcoming trip to the Dead Sea.
The rabbi is ferociously stern with his son, even demanding that he rip up a picture of an African tribesman on the grounds that this man is indulging in "idolatry". Yet his face lights up with love in the little boy's presence. The story is inexpressibly sad, and the movie is intelligent, severe and austere in equal parts.
• Released on Boxing Day.
Rating: 3/5
DramaWorld cinemaPeter Bradshaw
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to...
An intensely painful and sombre film from Israeli writer-director David Volach, about an Orthodox Jewish family, which provides a variation on the theme of Abraham and Isaac. Assi Dayan and Sharon Hacohen play Rabbi Abraham and his wife Esther, and Ilan Griff is Menahem, their adored little boy, all agog at the family's forthcoming trip to the Dead Sea.
The rabbi is ferociously stern with his son, even demanding that he rip up a picture of an African tribesman on the grounds that this man is indulging in "idolatry". Yet his face lights up with love in the little boy's presence. The story is inexpressibly sad, and the movie is intelligent, severe and austere in equal parts.
• Released on Boxing Day.
Rating: 3/5
DramaWorld cinemaPeter Bradshaw
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to...
- 12/17/2009
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
It's easy to see why this award-winning film about the travails of an ultra-Orthodox Israeli family bears an undeniable stamp of authenticity: David Volach, its writer-director, was raised in such an environment -- he had 19 siblings -- until he began a process of secularization that eventually resulted in his studying film.
Although his impressionistic debut feature is somewhat lacking in terms of narrative, "My Father, My Lord" provides a vivid and deeply felt portrait of the generation struggle that can occur in such circumstances.
The brief film revolves around the growing conflict that occurs in the family headed by Rabbi Eidelman, whose strict adherence to the Torah is not easily understood by his questioning young son Menachem (Ilan Griff).
Spotting a loyal dog following his stricken master into an ambulance, Menachem asks his father if good animals go to heaven. "Animals have no souls" is the brusque reply. Other incidents, involving a dove that has nested on the family's windowsill and a photograph of African tribesmen, produce similarly dogmatic actions.
Although a tragic incident that occurs in the final minutes lends the proceedings a gratuitously melodramatic tinge, the film handles its all too relevant subject matter with real sensitivity and acute observation.
Adding greatly to the overall impact are the superb performances by Dayan, one of Israel's leading actors; Sharon Hacohen Bar, as Menachem's tender-hearted mother, and Griff, wonderfully natural as the questioning youth.
Although his impressionistic debut feature is somewhat lacking in terms of narrative, "My Father, My Lord" provides a vivid and deeply felt portrait of the generation struggle that can occur in such circumstances.
The brief film revolves around the growing conflict that occurs in the family headed by Rabbi Eidelman, whose strict adherence to the Torah is not easily understood by his questioning young son Menachem (Ilan Griff).
Spotting a loyal dog following his stricken master into an ambulance, Menachem asks his father if good animals go to heaven. "Animals have no souls" is the brusque reply. Other incidents, involving a dove that has nested on the family's windowsill and a photograph of African tribesmen, produce similarly dogmatic actions.
Although a tragic incident that occurs in the final minutes lends the proceedings a gratuitously melodramatic tinge, the film handles its all too relevant subject matter with real sensitivity and acute observation.
Adding greatly to the overall impact are the superb performances by Dayan, one of Israel's leading actors; Sharon Hacohen Bar, as Menachem's tender-hearted mother, and Griff, wonderfully natural as the questioning youth.
- 6/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Parents are naturally inclined to protect their children from harm, whether in the form of germs, electric shock, choking, bullies, or even something as esoteric as corrupting ideas. This impulse reaches its extreme in orthodox religious communities, where kids are shielded as much as possible from anything that might test their faith. In one key scene in David Volach's debut film, My Father My Lord, a Jerusalem-dwelling Haredic rabbi orders his young son to tear up a picture of an African tribal ceremony because it represents "idolatry." He isn't worried that his son is worshipping the picture; he just doesn't want the boy to romanticize what other people believe. Volach grew up Haredic before breaking away in his 20s, so My Father My Lord is filled with details about what it's like to be a doubter among the devout. Some of those details are mundane, like the way the.
- 5/15/2008
- by Noel Murray
- avclub.com
By Neil Pedley
After last week's ridiculously crowded release schedule, this week's is somewhat more manageable.
"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"
Fans salivating at the prospect of some post-Middle Earth fantasy creature smackdown were left disappointed last time around as, for all its promise, initial "Narnia" installment "The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe" possessed about as much bite as a hibernating tortoise. Looking to fill the hole left by a certain boy wizard in the summer release schedule, the second adventure into Narnia sees the four Pevensie siblings summoned back to the fantastical world to find that 1300 years have passed and their former kingdom lies in ruins. Joining forces with heir to the throne Prince Caspian (Ben Bames), the children lead a renegade army into battle against the tyrannical King Miraz, seeking to restore Narnia and bring about peace once more.
Opens wide.
"My Father, My Lord"
The...
After last week's ridiculously crowded release schedule, this week's is somewhat more manageable.
"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"
Fans salivating at the prospect of some post-Middle Earth fantasy creature smackdown were left disappointed last time around as, for all its promise, initial "Narnia" installment "The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe" possessed about as much bite as a hibernating tortoise. Looking to fill the hole left by a certain boy wizard in the summer release schedule, the second adventure into Narnia sees the four Pevensie siblings summoned back to the fantastical world to find that 1300 years have passed and their former kingdom lies in ruins. Joining forces with heir to the throne Prince Caspian (Ben Bames), the children lead a renegade army into battle against the tyrannical King Miraz, seeking to restore Narnia and bring about peace once more.
Opens wide.
"My Father, My Lord"
The...
- 5/12/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
ROME -- "Making Off, le Dernier Film" (Making Of), which won two prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival, took home two more major awards Friday when it won the Golden Bull for best film and the top performance prize at the 53rd Taormina FilmFest.
The film, from Tunisian director Nouri Bouzid, tells the story of a group of Muslim fundamentalists who try to turn a young banker, played by best perfomance winner Lotfi Abdelli, into a suicide bomber. The Taormina best film prize is the biggest honor yet for the highly regarded film, which took home a special mention for its screenplay and a best actor nod for Abdelli at Tribeca, which concluded last month.
Among other prize winners at Taormina were Italian Mafia informer drama "L'Uomo di Vetro" (Man of Glass), from Stefano Incerti, which won a jury prize for best script. A separate jury prize was given to Israeli David Volach's "Hofshat Kaits" (My Father, My Lord) -- another Tribeca honoree, for best narrative feature -- which recounts the story of a rabbi forced to choose between his faith and his family.
The film, from Tunisian director Nouri Bouzid, tells the story of a group of Muslim fundamentalists who try to turn a young banker, played by best perfomance winner Lotfi Abdelli, into a suicide bomber. The Taormina best film prize is the biggest honor yet for the highly regarded film, which took home a special mention for its screenplay and a best actor nod for Abdelli at Tribeca, which concluded last month.
Among other prize winners at Taormina were Italian Mafia informer drama "L'Uomo di Vetro" (Man of Glass), from Stefano Incerti, which won a jury prize for best script. A separate jury prize was given to Israeli David Volach's "Hofshat Kaits" (My Father, My Lord) -- another Tribeca honoree, for best narrative feature -- which recounts the story of a rabbi forced to choose between his faith and his family.
- 6/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- A quartet of world premieres will join the international launch of Michael Bay's big-budget summer film "Transformers" as highlights of the 53rd annual Taormina Film Festival, organizers said Thursday.
While Paramount/DreamWorks' "Transformers" is hitting screens in South Korea and Australia a few days earlier, the Taormina event will serve as the film's official launch, with Bay and star Shia LaBeouf expected to be on hand for the June 21 screening.
The festival will include four true world premieres: Stefano Incerti's anti-Mafia film "L'Uomo di Vetro" (The Glass Man), Moroccan travel film "Two Women on the Road" from Farida Bourquia, the drama "Fuerte Apache" from Spain's Jaime Matteo Adrover and French crime picture "13 M2" from Barthelemy Grossman.
The Mediterranean competition will include Incerti's "L'Uomo di Vetro", "Adem in Trenleri" (Adam and the Devil) from Turkey's Baris Pirhasan, Adrover's "Fuerte Apache", "Akher Film" (Making Of) from Tunisia's Nouri Bouzid, Grossmann's "13 M2" and "Hofshtkaits" (My Father My Lord) from Israeli director David Volach.
Other significant screenings include "Good Time Max" from actor-director James Franco, "Kings" from Tom Collins, Russia's "Kremen" (Flint) from Aleksei Mizgiryov, Japanese director Masaki Hamamoto's "Akanezora" (Beyond the Crimson Sky), "XXY" from Argentina's Lucia Puenzo and "Pazachut na Murtvite" (Warden of the Dead) from Ilian Simeonov of Bulgaria.
While Paramount/DreamWorks' "Transformers" is hitting screens in South Korea and Australia a few days earlier, the Taormina event will serve as the film's official launch, with Bay and star Shia LaBeouf expected to be on hand for the June 21 screening.
The festival will include four true world premieres: Stefano Incerti's anti-Mafia film "L'Uomo di Vetro" (The Glass Man), Moroccan travel film "Two Women on the Road" from Farida Bourquia, the drama "Fuerte Apache" from Spain's Jaime Matteo Adrover and French crime picture "13 M2" from Barthelemy Grossman.
The Mediterranean competition will include Incerti's "L'Uomo di Vetro", "Adem in Trenleri" (Adam and the Devil) from Turkey's Baris Pirhasan, Adrover's "Fuerte Apache", "Akher Film" (Making Of) from Tunisia's Nouri Bouzid, Grossmann's "13 M2" and "Hofshtkaits" (My Father My Lord) from Israeli director David Volach.
Other significant screenings include "Good Time Max" from actor-director James Franco, "Kings" from Tom Collins, Russia's "Kremen" (Flint) from Aleksei Mizgiryov, Japanese director Masaki Hamamoto's "Akanezora" (Beyond the Crimson Sky), "XXY" from Argentina's Lucia Puenzo and "Pazachut na Murtvite" (Warden of the Dead) from Ilian Simeonov of Bulgaria.
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