Six co-productions will each receive more than 60,000 in support.
Upcoming features from Guatemala’s Cesar Diaz and Sri Lanka’s Vimukthi Jayasundara, both winners of the Camera d’Or at Cannes, are among six co-productions to receive support from the Hubert Bals Fund.
The projects by filmmakers from Argentina, Egypt, Guatemala, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Yemen will each receive 60,800 from the International Film Festival Rotterdam‘s (IFFR) Hbf+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme for 2022.
The projects will be awarded through their European co-producers in Austria, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
Jayasundara is the selection’s most prolific filmmaker and is supported for his latest feature,...
Upcoming features from Guatemala’s Cesar Diaz and Sri Lanka’s Vimukthi Jayasundara, both winners of the Camera d’Or at Cannes, are among six co-productions to receive support from the Hubert Bals Fund.
The projects by filmmakers from Argentina, Egypt, Guatemala, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Yemen will each receive 60,800 from the International Film Festival Rotterdam‘s (IFFR) Hbf+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme for 2022.
The projects will be awarded through their European co-producers in Austria, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
Jayasundara is the selection’s most prolific filmmaker and is supported for his latest feature,...
- 9/12/2022
- ScreenDaily
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Sri Lanka’s Vimukthi Jayasundara and Guatemala’s César Díaz, winners of the Cannes Golden Camera for “The Forsaken Land” (2005) and “Nuestras madres” (2019) respectively, are among the recipients of the Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam‘s (IFFR) Hbf+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme for 2022.
Out of 25 applications, six projects by filmmakers from Argentina, Egypt, Guatemala, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Yemen have been awarded a contribution of €60,000 each through their European co-producers in Austria, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
Jayasundara is supported for “Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars”, set on a mysterious resort where the protagonist must quarantine and reckon with his past on his return to Sri Lanka, while Díaz gets it for “Fidelidad”, a love triangle set on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala.
In “The Station” by Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq (Oscar nominee for 2012’s “Karama Has No Walls”), the war in Yemen...
Sri Lanka’s Vimukthi Jayasundara and Guatemala’s César Díaz, winners of the Cannes Golden Camera for “The Forsaken Land” (2005) and “Nuestras madres” (2019) respectively, are among the recipients of the Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam‘s (IFFR) Hbf+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme for 2022.
Out of 25 applications, six projects by filmmakers from Argentina, Egypt, Guatemala, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Yemen have been awarded a contribution of €60,000 each through their European co-producers in Austria, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
Jayasundara is supported for “Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars”, set on a mysterious resort where the protagonist must quarantine and reckon with his past on his return to Sri Lanka, while Díaz gets it for “Fidelidad”, a love triangle set on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala.
In “The Station” by Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq (Oscar nominee for 2012’s “Karama Has No Walls”), the war in Yemen...
- 9/12/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Five films to screen on streaming platform in August.
New York-based streaming platform Filmatique has curated an August selection in partnership with the Locarno Festival.
Filmatique will screen five features that screened under the auspices of the Locarno Open Doors international co-production initiative in 2016.
The programme runs from 2016-2018 and is designed to help South Asian filmmakers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Locarno Festival opened this week and runs through August 12.
The selections on Filmatique include: Deepak Rauniyar’s Highway (pictured), which charts the lives of passengers aboard a bus from Darjeeling to Kathmandu; Bangladeshi filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain’s exploration of religious fundamentalism and patriarchy in her second feature, Under Construction; and Burmese filmmaker Maw Naing’s The Monk, about a young man’s crisis of faith deep in the countryside of Myanmar.
Rounding out the five are two films about contemporary Sri Lanka: Rasanna Jayakody’s 28 and [link=nm...
New York-based streaming platform Filmatique has curated an August selection in partnership with the Locarno Festival.
Filmatique will screen five features that screened under the auspices of the Locarno Open Doors international co-production initiative in 2016.
The programme runs from 2016-2018 and is designed to help South Asian filmmakers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Locarno Festival opened this week and runs through August 12.
The selections on Filmatique include: Deepak Rauniyar’s Highway (pictured), which charts the lives of passengers aboard a bus from Darjeeling to Kathmandu; Bangladeshi filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain’s exploration of religious fundamentalism and patriarchy in her second feature, Under Construction; and Burmese filmmaker Maw Naing’s The Monk, about a young man’s crisis of faith deep in the countryside of Myanmar.
Rounding out the five are two films about contemporary Sri Lanka: Rasanna Jayakody’s 28 and [link=nm...
- 8/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
If Sri Lanka movies had for many years been mistaken with Bollywood movies because of the huge reign of imported Indian movies and the many (unofficial) local remakes, the industry has finally built its own identity and shaped one of world’s most poetic cinematographies – as proved by two Golden Cyclos in 2012 and 2013 for August Drizzle by Aruna Jayawardanaand With Your Without You by Prasanna Vithanage.
Lester James Peries (97 years), the « Father of Sri Lanka Cinema », has not only contributed to the founding of local industry after popular success of his Rekava (Line of Destiny) in 1956, but he also proved there could be a more realistic and personal approach other than the ever-repeating musical formula movies made in Bollywood.
The success of his Gamperaliya (The Changing Village) in 1963 has paved the way for a whole new generation of young and talented directors such as Sumitra Peries, Siri Gunasinghe, Mahagama Sekera,...
Lester James Peries (97 years), the « Father of Sri Lanka Cinema », has not only contributed to the founding of local industry after popular success of his Rekava (Line of Destiny) in 1956, but he also proved there could be a more realistic and personal approach other than the ever-repeating musical formula movies made in Bollywood.
The success of his Gamperaliya (The Changing Village) in 1963 has paved the way for a whole new generation of young and talented directors such as Sumitra Peries, Siri Gunasinghe, Mahagama Sekera,...
- 1/21/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Company will aim to attract international productions to Sri Lanka.
Cannes Camera d’Or winner Vimukthi Jayasundara [pictured] and his fellow Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage are among the co-founders of a new production and distribution company, Film Island, which aims to bring international productions to Sri Lanka.
Vithanage and Jayasundara are working with a team of producers and strategic business partners to promote Sri Lanka as a shooting destination and offer production services for international shoots.
“As filmmakers ourselves we can answer any questions that filmmakers coming from Paris to Beijing might have about shooting in the country,” said Jayasundara, who won the Camera d’Or in 2005 for The Forsaken Land and returned to Cannes in 2011 with Mushrooms.
The new outfit has already signed four MOUs with overseas partners, including France’s Les Films de l’Etranger, which will represent Film Island in the global market.
Film Island has also signed two agreements with India’s Drishyam...
Cannes Camera d’Or winner Vimukthi Jayasundara [pictured] and his fellow Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage are among the co-founders of a new production and distribution company, Film Island, which aims to bring international productions to Sri Lanka.
Vithanage and Jayasundara are working with a team of producers and strategic business partners to promote Sri Lanka as a shooting destination and offer production services for international shoots.
“As filmmakers ourselves we can answer any questions that filmmakers coming from Paris to Beijing might have about shooting in the country,” said Jayasundara, who won the Camera d’Or in 2005 for The Forsaken Land and returned to Cannes in 2011 with Mushrooms.
The new outfit has already signed four MOUs with overseas partners, including France’s Les Films de l’Etranger, which will represent Film Island in the global market.
Film Island has also signed two agreements with India’s Drishyam...
- 5/15/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Toronto International Film Festival 2011 has lined up a mixed bag of Indian films: an extravagant Bollywood fare, a Tamil satire, a surreal film and a suspense thriller both shot in Kolkata, and a ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ adaptation set in Rajasthan. The showcase also features a diverse range of directors, from actor-turned-director Pankaj Kapoor to the critically acclaimed Vimukhti Jayasundara.
Photo courtesy: tiff.net
The festival runs from September 8 through September 18, 2011. Well-known actor Pankaj Kapoor’s directorial debut Mausam starring his son Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor will have its World Premiere on September 14 at the festival. The film is touted as a typical Bollywood extravaganza replete with songs and dance. It is a love story between a Hindu Air Force pilot and a Muslim refugee from Kashmir. In the words of Cameron Bailey, the co-director and programmer of Toronto International Film Festival, “No film in this year’s...
Photo courtesy: tiff.net
The festival runs from September 8 through September 18, 2011. Well-known actor Pankaj Kapoor’s directorial debut Mausam starring his son Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor will have its World Premiere on September 14 at the festival. The film is touted as a typical Bollywood extravaganza replete with songs and dance. It is a love story between a Hindu Air Force pilot and a Muslim refugee from Kashmir. In the words of Cameron Bailey, the co-director and programmer of Toronto International Film Festival, “No film in this year’s...
- 9/7/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
To follow up on yesterday's roundup of Un Certain Regard remainders...
"The Tati-inspired dance trio of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy are at it again, crafting an awfully similar follow-up to their previous feature, Rumba." Blake Williams for Ioncinema: "The Fairy is light on magic and the supernatural, but flutters breezily along with joke-a-minute fluff…. As in their other films, the 'plot' — this one involving a wish-granting fairy — is only really a conceit by which to give the illusion of continuity to what is essentially a string of short films." Screen's Fionnuala Halligan's enjoyed it, though: "Theirs is an old-fashioned, almost silent, routine (their first feature L'Iceberg was virtually wordless) blended beautifully with an arresting dance element." In the Hollywood Reporter, Jordan Mintzer notes that "Tati's hand is evident in the exceptionally precise art direction and camerawork by regulars Nicholas Girault and Claire Childeric."
"The Silver Cliff was...
"The Tati-inspired dance trio of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy are at it again, crafting an awfully similar follow-up to their previous feature, Rumba." Blake Williams for Ioncinema: "The Fairy is light on magic and the supernatural, but flutters breezily along with joke-a-minute fluff…. As in their other films, the 'plot' — this one involving a wish-granting fairy — is only really a conceit by which to give the illusion of continuity to what is essentially a string of short films." Screen's Fionnuala Halligan's enjoyed it, though: "Theirs is an old-fashioned, almost silent, routine (their first feature L'Iceberg was virtually wordless) blended beautifully with an arresting dance element." In the Hollywood Reporter, Jordan Mintzer notes that "Tati's hand is evident in the exceptionally precise art direction and camerawork by regulars Nicholas Girault and Claire Childeric."
"The Silver Cliff was...
- 6/1/2011
- MUBI
Mushrooms, Chhatrak in Bengali, a Bengali film and an Indo-French co-production directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara, a Sri Lankan director trained at the Ftii, Pune, is part of the line up of films in the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes. So, Indian films have not completely drawn a blank at Cannes. This is not the first Cannes entry of Vimukthi. He had won Camera d’Or for his first film The Forsaken Land in 2005. His film was part of Un Certain Regard section that year. Camera d’Or is presented to the best debutante director in any of the Cannes sections Read More...
- 4/19/2011
- Bollywood Trade
Mushrooms, Chhatrak in Bengali, a Bengali film and an Indo-French co-production directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara, a Sri Lankan director trained at the Ftii, Pune, is part of the line up of films in the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes. So, Indian films have not completely drawn a blank at Cannes. This is not the first Cannes entry of Vimukthi. He had won Camera d’Or for his first film The Forsaken Land in 2005. His film was part of Un Certain Regard section that year. Camera d’Or is presented to the best debutante director in any of the Cannes sections Read More...
- 4/19/2011
- Bollywood Trade
Vimukthi Jayasundara
An Indo-France co-production, Chhatrak (Mushrooms) directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara is a part of the official lineup of Cannes Directors Fortnight.
Co-produced by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay from India, Mushrooms is Vimukthi Jayasundara’s third feature film. His debut film The Forsaken Land had won the Camera d’Or for best debut feature at Cannes in 2005.
The complete lineup for Directors Fortnight includes 25 films out of which 6 are first films making them eligible to compete for Camera d’Or.
Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Apres le sud, France, Jean-Jacques Jauffret
Blue Bird, Belgium, Gust Van den Berghe
Breathing, Austria, Karl Markovics
Code Blue, Netherlands-Denmark, Urszula Antoniak
Corpo celeste, Italy-Switzerland-France, Alice Rohrwacher
End of Silence, France-Austria, Roland Edzard
La Fee, Belgium-France, Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy (opening film)
Les Geants, Belgium-France-Luxembourg, Bouli Lanners (closing film)
Impardonnables, France, Andre Techine
The Island, Bulgaria-Sweden, Kamen Kalev
Iris in Bloom, France, Valerie Mrejen
Joan Captive,...
An Indo-France co-production, Chhatrak (Mushrooms) directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara is a part of the official lineup of Cannes Directors Fortnight.
Co-produced by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay from India, Mushrooms is Vimukthi Jayasundara’s third feature film. His debut film The Forsaken Land had won the Camera d’Or for best debut feature at Cannes in 2005.
The complete lineup for Directors Fortnight includes 25 films out of which 6 are first films making them eligible to compete for Camera d’Or.
Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Apres le sud, France, Jean-Jacques Jauffret
Blue Bird, Belgium, Gust Van den Berghe
Breathing, Austria, Karl Markovics
Code Blue, Netherlands-Denmark, Urszula Antoniak
Corpo celeste, Italy-Switzerland-France, Alice Rohrwacher
End of Silence, France-Austria, Roland Edzard
La Fee, Belgium-France, Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy (opening film)
Les Geants, Belgium-France-Luxembourg, Bouli Lanners (closing film)
Impardonnables, France, Andre Techine
The Island, Bulgaria-Sweden, Kamen Kalev
Iris in Bloom, France, Valerie Mrejen
Joan Captive,...
- 4/19/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Mushrooms, Chhatrak in Bengali, a Bengali film and an Indo-French co-production directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara, a Sri Lankan director trained at the Ftii, Pune, is part of the line up of films in the Directors' Fortnight section at Cannes. So, Indian films have not completely drawn a blank at Cannes. This is not the first Cannes entry of Vimukthi. He had won Camera d'Or for his first film The Forsaken Land in 2005. His film was part of Un Certain Regard section that year. Camera...
- 4/19/2011
- GlamSham
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, producer of Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara's third feature film Mushrooms announced today that the film will be part of the Directors' Fortnight selection, which is set to be officially unveiled in about T-minus 36 hours. Jayasundara's debut film The Forsaken Land did quite well for itself when it premiered in Cannes in 2005, winning the Camera d'Or for best debut feature. His next film, Between Two Worlds, premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, and while it didn't win anything, it's picked up some heavy acclaim from the few who have seen it (filmmaker Dan Sallitt lists it in his Top 10 list for 2009). Mushrooms cast includes Hollywood actor Darwin Shaw (Casino Royale, Prince of Persia), who will apparently play a Spanish soldier in the film, as well as Bengali actress Paoli Dam (Kaalbela). Few details are known about the plot so far for this sampling of South Asian film,...
- 4/18/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
By Michael Atkinson
Ah, minimalism, the miserable hairshirt pajamas so many critics still love to put on in the semi-privacy of their vocations, ostensibly separating them from the herd of passive filmgoers like enlightened monks separated from the peasantry -- or, at least, so it may seem to the mainstream, who have been trained from the cradle to desire only distraction, and for whom a movie that deliberately fails to deliver narrative excitement is akin to water torture. Honestly, both are fair and comprehensible positions, and if you can decry the ignorant impatience of the many viewers intolerant of the new movie by Jia Zhangke or Pedro Costa or Tsai Ming-liang, you could also legitimately wonder when and where art film asecticism steps over the border into pretentious tedium. (Just because it's not a terribly commercial gambit doesn't mean it can't be overexploited by filmmakers -- take Costa's "Colossal Youth,...
Ah, minimalism, the miserable hairshirt pajamas so many critics still love to put on in the semi-privacy of their vocations, ostensibly separating them from the herd of passive filmgoers like enlightened monks separated from the peasantry -- or, at least, so it may seem to the mainstream, who have been trained from the cradle to desire only distraction, and for whom a movie that deliberately fails to deliver narrative excitement is akin to water torture. Honestly, both are fair and comprehensible positions, and if you can decry the ignorant impatience of the many viewers intolerant of the new movie by Jia Zhangke or Pedro Costa or Tsai Ming-liang, you could also legitimately wonder when and where art film asecticism steps over the border into pretentious tedium. (Just because it's not a terribly commercial gambit doesn't mean it can't be overexploited by filmmakers -- take Costa's "Colossal Youth,...
- 9/16/2008
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
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