★★★★☆ Aleksei Fedorchenko beguiles and rewards with his lyrical meditation on the passage of time, Silent Souls (Ovsyanki, 2010). Lonesome middle-aged man Aist (Igor Sergeev) is called up by his boss Miron (Yuriy Tsurilo), whose wife Tanya (Yuliya Aug) has just died, asking him to help give her a tranquil send-off becoming of their adherence to Meryan, an ancient, mystical civilisation.
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- 6/22/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Pune International Film Festival poster
The Pune International Film Festival 2011 will be held from 6 to 13 January 2011. Silent Souls / Ovsyanki directed by Aleksei Fedorchenko of Russia, a film competing in World Cinema section will be the opening film of the festival.
The Government of Maharashtra will present the “Prabhat” Best International Film award comprising of $20,000 and “Prabhat” Best International Film Director comprising of $10,000.
The other awards in the festival are: Government of Maharashtra’s – “Sant Tukaram” Best International Marathi Film (Rs 5Lac), Akhil Bhartiya Chitrapat Maha Mandal Best Marathi Film Director (Rs.25,000), Akhil Bhartiya Chitrapat Maha Mandal – Best Marathi Film Actor( Rs.25,000) and Akhil Bhartiya Chitrapat Maha Mandal – Best screenplay Rs.25,000.
Life Time Achievement Awards will also be presented for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
For Whistling Woods International, Student Competition, the awards are: Best Film ($ 2000), Best Director ($ 1000) and Best Screen Play (Us $ 1000). There is a special award for student cinematographers...
The Pune International Film Festival 2011 will be held from 6 to 13 January 2011. Silent Souls / Ovsyanki directed by Aleksei Fedorchenko of Russia, a film competing in World Cinema section will be the opening film of the festival.
The Government of Maharashtra will present the “Prabhat” Best International Film award comprising of $20,000 and “Prabhat” Best International Film Director comprising of $10,000.
The other awards in the festival are: Government of Maharashtra’s – “Sant Tukaram” Best International Marathi Film (Rs 5Lac), Akhil Bhartiya Chitrapat Maha Mandal Best Marathi Film Director (Rs.25,000), Akhil Bhartiya Chitrapat Maha Mandal – Best Marathi Film Actor( Rs.25,000) and Akhil Bhartiya Chitrapat Maha Mandal – Best screenplay Rs.25,000.
Life Time Achievement Awards will also be presented for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
For Whistling Woods International, Student Competition, the awards are: Best Film ($ 2000), Best Director ($ 1000) and Best Screen Play (Us $ 1000). There is a special award for student cinematographers...
- 1/4/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
I’ve seen well over 150 new films this year – far more than I have ever seen in any previous year – and so this “top 10″ has been the most difficult ever. There is no room here for so many very, very good films and honourable mentions go to Dogtooth, Four Lions, Micmacs, Life During Wartime and No One Knows About Persian Cats. After much thought, I’ve included films here that weren’t released in the UK in 2010, basically because carrying films over to next year is a burden I don’t wish to bear as I have in previous years (carrying films over can result in your forgetting to mention them entirely, and they end up in a state of top 10 limbo).
Here is my personal favourite ten films of 2010:
10) Of Gods and Men, dir Xavier Beauvois, (France)
‘Of Gods and Men’ is a sober and thoughtful film based...
Here is my personal favourite ten films of 2010:
10) Of Gods and Men, dir Xavier Beauvois, (France)
‘Of Gods and Men’ is a sober and thoughtful film based...
- 1/3/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
Apart from the classic auteurs in the Special Presentations section, the 39th Festival du nouveau cinéma will be filled to the gills in new works from across the globe. I view the extremely popular film festival as sort of a B-side for film festival circuit items that generally find a spot in a major film fest such as Cannes and afterwards would normally fall through the cracks. Think the Nyff's much wilder, Canadian cousin. Over 295 films - this includes shorts, fiction and documentary, animation, retrospectives, tributes, professional panels, outdoor interactive installations, the festival which takes place between the 13th to the 24th of October, furiously promotes not only world talent, but local French Canadian filmmakers. Among the notable titles, we have Michelangelo Frammartino's Le Quattro volte, Olivier Assayas' Carlos and Alex de la Iglesia's The Last Circus and Wang Bing will be in town for a Master Class for Venice-winning The Ditch.
- 9/28/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Quentin Tarantino and his fellow jurors at the Venice Film Festival have awarded Sofia Coppola’s new film ‘Somewhere’ The Golden Lion for Best Film, making her the first woman to win the award. The decision has raised a few eyebrows in Italy owing to the fact that Tarantino and Coppola used to date- they believe he is guilty of nepotism.
This accusation is further backed up by the fact that Alex de la Iglesia, a close friend of Tarantino’s, was awarded the prize for best Director for his film Balada ‘Triste De Trompeta’. It hasn’t helped matters either that neither film has been particularly well reviewed by the critics who attended the festival.
One critic said of Tarantino and his decisions -
“The presidency of Quentin Tarantino runs the risk of turning into the most obvious conflict of interest possible if you remember that Somewhere and Road...
This accusation is further backed up by the fact that Alex de la Iglesia, a close friend of Tarantino’s, was awarded the prize for best Director for his film Balada ‘Triste De Trompeta’. It hasn’t helped matters either that neither film has been particularly well reviewed by the critics who attended the festival.
One critic said of Tarantino and his decisions -
“The presidency of Quentin Tarantino runs the risk of turning into the most obvious conflict of interest possible if you remember that Somewhere and Road...
- 9/17/2010
- by Thomas Wadd
- Movie-moron.com
Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" took home the Golden Lion prize at the 67th Venice International Film Festival Saturday. Alex de la Iglesia won the Silver Lion prize for Best Director for his Spanish civil war drama "Balada triste de trompeta" (A Sad Trumpet Ballad). Mila Kunis received the Mastroianni Prize for best young actress for her performance opposite Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan."
The jury, chaired by Quentin Tarantino and comprised of Guillermo Arriaga, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Arnaud Desplechin, Danny Elfman, Luca Guadagnino, Gabriele Salvatores, compiled the best of the fest after having viewed all twenty-four films in competition.
Here's the complete list of the winners at the 67th annual Venice International Film Festival:
Golden Lion for Best Film:
Somewhere by Sofia Coppola (USA)
Silver Lion for Best Director to:
Álex de la Iglesia for the film Balada Triste De Trompeta
(Spain, France)
Special Jury Prize to:
Essential KILLINGby Jerzy Skolimowski
(Poland,...
The jury, chaired by Quentin Tarantino and comprised of Guillermo Arriaga, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Arnaud Desplechin, Danny Elfman, Luca Guadagnino, Gabriele Salvatores, compiled the best of the fest after having viewed all twenty-four films in competition.
Here's the complete list of the winners at the 67th annual Venice International Film Festival:
Golden Lion for Best Film:
Somewhere by Sofia Coppola (USA)
Silver Lion for Best Director to:
Álex de la Iglesia for the film Balada Triste De Trompeta
(Spain, France)
Special Jury Prize to:
Essential KILLINGby Jerzy Skolimowski
(Poland,...
- 9/13/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
On September 11, the 67th Venice Film Festival came to a close. The awards ceremony began at 7:00 p.m. in the Palazzo del Cinema. The Golden Lion for best film went to Somewhere by Sofia Coppola. Silver Lion for best director to Alex de la Iglesia for Balada triste de trompeta. Special Jury Prize to Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowsi. Coppa Volpi for Best Actor to Vincent Gallo in the film Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowsi. Coppa Volpi for Best Actress to Ariane Labed in the film Attenberg by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece).
The Venezia 67 Jury, chaired by Quentin Tarantino and comprised of Guillermo Arriaga, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Arnaud Desplechin, Danny Elfman, Luca Guadagnino, Gabriele Salvatores, having viewed all twenty-four films in competition, has decided as follows:
Golden Lion for Best Film:
Somewhere by Sofia Coppola (USA)
Silver Lion for Best Director to:
Álex de la Iglesia for the film Balada Triste De Trompeta (Spain,...
The Venezia 67 Jury, chaired by Quentin Tarantino and comprised of Guillermo Arriaga, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Arnaud Desplechin, Danny Elfman, Luca Guadagnino, Gabriele Salvatores, having viewed all twenty-four films in competition, has decided as follows:
Golden Lion for Best Film:
Somewhere by Sofia Coppola (USA)
Silver Lion for Best Director to:
Álex de la Iglesia for the film Balada Triste De Trompeta (Spain,...
- 9/11/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Festivals tend to have more than one jury so let's deal with the sidebar prizes first, before we get to the main competition jury, headed by Quentin Tarantino. But a little preview: Natalie Portman went home empty-handed for Black Swank but Mila Kunis didn't. Interesssssssting.
Various Sidebars
Europa Cinema Award: This honor comes from the Venice Days sidebar and the winning film was Bertrand Blier's Le Bruit des Glacons (The Clink of the Ice), a dark French comedy about an alcoholic dealing with cancer.
The Queer Lion: This prize focuses on the way films portray gay characters and themes. The winner was En el futuro (In the Future), a 62 minute black and white film directed by Mauro Andrizzi. None of the summaries seem to tell you what it's about. Hmmmm. It played in the Orizzonti sidebar of the festival. Guess they didn't like the disturbing sapphic tryst angle of Black Swan all that much.
Various Sidebars
Europa Cinema Award: This honor comes from the Venice Days sidebar and the winning film was Bertrand Blier's Le Bruit des Glacons (The Clink of the Ice), a dark French comedy about an alcoholic dealing with cancer.
The Queer Lion: This prize focuses on the way films portray gay characters and themes. The winner was En el futuro (In the Future), a 62 minute black and white film directed by Mauro Andrizzi. None of the summaries seem to tell you what it's about. Hmmmm. It played in the Orizzonti sidebar of the festival. Guess they didn't like the disturbing sapphic tryst angle of Black Swan all that much.
- 9/11/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Ovsyanki or Silent Souls, another title In Competition for Golden Lion statue at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
This time, we’re here to present you a movie that comes from a Russian director Aleksei Fedorchenko that is already being described as “melancholy drama relates the journey of a man and his companion, who travel to a river with the remains of his companion’s late wife.”
Here’s the Silent Souls synopsis: “After a man’s young wife dies suddenly (the cause is never disclosed) he enlists the help of a colleague in disposing of the body in accordance with the local custom.
The characters here are Meryar, descendants of a 400-year-old Finnish tribe once native to that part of western Russia, but now all but forgotten. They have different and non-traditional names for places and people, but most strikingly different are their rituals to do with marriage...
This time, we’re here to present you a movie that comes from a Russian director Aleksei Fedorchenko that is already being described as “melancholy drama relates the journey of a man and his companion, who travel to a river with the remains of his companion’s late wife.”
Here’s the Silent Souls synopsis: “After a man’s young wife dies suddenly (the cause is never disclosed) he enlists the help of a colleague in disposing of the body in accordance with the local custom.
The characters here are Meryar, descendants of a 400-year-old Finnish tribe once native to that part of western Russia, but now all but forgotten. They have different and non-traditional names for places and people, but most strikingly different are their rituals to do with marriage...
- 9/10/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Yuliya Aug and Yuriy Tsurilo attending the 67th Annual Venice Film Festival. Photo copyright Insidefoto / PR Photos. Yuliya Aug and Yuriy Tsurilo attending the 67th Annual Venice Film Festival. Photo copyright Insidefoto / PR Photos. Yuliya Aug and Yuriy Tsurilo attending the 67th Annual Venice Film Festival. Photo copyright Insidefoto / PR Photos. Yuliya Aug and Yuriy Tsurilo attending the 67th Annual Venice Film Festival. Photo copyright Insidefoto / PR Photos. Yuliya Aug and Yuriy Tsurilo attending the 67th Annual Venice Film Festival. Photo copyright Insidefoto / PR Photos. 09/04/2010 - Yuliya Aug and Yuriy Tsurilo - 67th Annual Venice Film Festival - "Silent Souls" ("Ovsyanki") Photocall - Palazzo del Casino - Venice, Italy...
- 9/6/2010
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
HollywoodNews.com: Here’s a rundown of what’s clicking at the Venice Film Festival as potential award season contenders.
The Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofsky
Most critics and bloggers are intrigued by this film. Variety’s Justin Chang pointedly exclaims on Twitter: “In the battle of opening-night films: Venice 1, Cannes 0.”
Guy Lodge who is covering the festival for In Contention gives his guess for “Swan’s” odds:
Anne Thompson and I agreed at lunch today that the film has its work cut out for it in the top races — wild psychodrama not being the Academy’s strong point, particularly if critical opinion turns out to be split — and the extent to which voters (and audiences) warm to her vehicle will be a determining factor for Portman, given how deep the Best Actress field already looks.
Meek’s Cutoff directed by Kelly Reichardt
Guy Lodge is very excited about...
The Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofsky
Most critics and bloggers are intrigued by this film. Variety’s Justin Chang pointedly exclaims on Twitter: “In the battle of opening-night films: Venice 1, Cannes 0.”
Guy Lodge who is covering the festival for In Contention gives his guess for “Swan’s” odds:
Anne Thompson and I agreed at lunch today that the film has its work cut out for it in the top races — wild psychodrama not being the Academy’s strong point, particularly if critical opinion turns out to be split — and the extent to which voters (and audiences) warm to her vehicle will be a determining factor for Portman, given how deep the Best Actress field already looks.
Meek’s Cutoff directed by Kelly Reichardt
Guy Lodge is very excited about...
- 9/6/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Venice – "Ovsyanki" (Silent Souls), Russian director Aleksei Fedorchenko's in-competition drama of a factory worker's poetic and folkloric farewell to his dead wife, was among the Saturday highlights at the Venice Film Festival.
The festival also featured the world premiere of Carlo Mazzacurati's comedic drama "La passion" (The Passion), one of four Italian films in competition. It was the second film in three years on the Venice Lido for the 54-year-old Mazzacurati, following the 2008 success of "La giusta distanza" (The Right Distance), which won Venice's Gugliemo Biraghi collateral prize.
And Saturday also saw the world premiere of "Jean Gentil," from Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas, the moving story of a Haitian immigrant's struggles in the neighboring Dominican Republic. The film, which screened in Venice's Orizzonti sidebar, is the first-ever Dominican film to screen on the Lido.
But it was "Ovsyanki" that created the most buzz Saturday, immediately sparking...
The festival also featured the world premiere of Carlo Mazzacurati's comedic drama "La passion" (The Passion), one of four Italian films in competition. It was the second film in three years on the Venice Lido for the 54-year-old Mazzacurati, following the 2008 success of "La giusta distanza" (The Right Distance), which won Venice's Gugliemo Biraghi collateral prize.
And Saturday also saw the world premiere of "Jean Gentil," from Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas, the moving story of a Haitian immigrant's struggles in the neighboring Dominican Republic. The film, which screened in Venice's Orizzonti sidebar, is the first-ever Dominican film to screen on the Lido.
But it was "Ovsyanki" that created the most buzz Saturday, immediately sparking...
- 9/4/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The line-up for the 67th Venice Film Festival has finally been announced and we've handily posted the runners and riders below...
The Italian cinematic shindig, which runs from September 1-11 and features the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo Arriaga, Arnaud Desplechin, Danny Elfman, Luca Guadagnino and Gabriele Salvatores on the competition jury, has pulled out all the stops this year with some very exciting flicks.
Top on our list of must-see movies includes Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Vincent Gallo's Promises Written In Water and Anh Hung Tran's Murasaki adaptation Norwegian Wood.
The films to be shown at the 67th Venice Film Festival are...
Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.
La Pecora Nera, directed by Ascanio Celestini and starring Ascanio Celestini, Giorgio Tirabassi and Maya Sansa
Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Stephen Dorff,...
The Italian cinematic shindig, which runs from September 1-11 and features the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo Arriaga, Arnaud Desplechin, Danny Elfman, Luca Guadagnino and Gabriele Salvatores on the competition jury, has pulled out all the stops this year with some very exciting flicks.
Top on our list of must-see movies includes Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Vincent Gallo's Promises Written In Water and Anh Hung Tran's Murasaki adaptation Norwegian Wood.
The films to be shown at the 67th Venice Film Festival are...
Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.
La Pecora Nera, directed by Ascanio Celestini and starring Ascanio Celestini, Giorgio Tirabassi and Maya Sansa
Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Stephen Dorff,...
- 7/29/2010
- Screenrush
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