Ariane Louis-Seize’s “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” has picked up the director’s award at Venice Days.
“It bravely addresses crucial themes such as depression, mental health, euthanasia and neurodiversity. Nevertheless, it is able to do so with a light-hearted feel, which makes the film radical and courageous,” noted the jury, composed of European cinephiles from the 27 Times Cinema program and led by Portugal’s João Pedro Rodrigues, behind “The Ornithologist” and “Will-o’-the-Wisp.”
“While the film has unique tone and style, it joyfully reaches a wider audience thanks to its tenderness and emotional engagement,” they added, praising Louis-Seize’s “strong directorial vision.”
In the film, a young vampire has a problem: she is too sensitive to kill. When her parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha meets Paul, a teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers.
It’s produced by...
“It bravely addresses crucial themes such as depression, mental health, euthanasia and neurodiversity. Nevertheless, it is able to do so with a light-hearted feel, which makes the film radical and courageous,” noted the jury, composed of European cinephiles from the 27 Times Cinema program and led by Portugal’s João Pedro Rodrigues, behind “The Ornithologist” and “Will-o’-the-Wisp.”
“While the film has unique tone and style, it joyfully reaches a wider audience thanks to its tenderness and emotional engagement,” they added, praising Louis-Seize’s “strong directorial vision.”
In the film, a young vampire has a problem: she is too sensitive to kill. When her parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha meets Paul, a teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers.
It’s produced by...
- 9/8/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA), running alongside the main festival from August 30 to September 9, celebrates its 20th edition this year.
Partly modeled on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, GdA (which is still often referred to by its initial name of Venice Days in English) was launched in 2004 as an alternative space for independent filmmakers to the star-studded, red-carpet focus of the main festival.
The compact 12-title inaugural edition featured Hubert Sauper’s feature-doc Darwin’s Nightmare, which was later nominated for an Oscar; This Is England director-writer Shaun Meadows’ fifth feature Dead Man’s Shoes and John Lvoff’s drama Now And Then, featuring Julie Depardieu in her first starring role.
Over the past 19 years, the event has expanded to include also special screenings, tributes and talks.
This year’s 10-title Competition line-up includes quirky Canadian teen vampire tale Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person; Moroccan road movie Backstage, Spanish adoption drama Foremost By Night,...
Partly modeled on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, GdA (which is still often referred to by its initial name of Venice Days in English) was launched in 2004 as an alternative space for independent filmmakers to the star-studded, red-carpet focus of the main festival.
The compact 12-title inaugural edition featured Hubert Sauper’s feature-doc Darwin’s Nightmare, which was later nominated for an Oscar; This Is England director-writer Shaun Meadows’ fifth feature Dead Man’s Shoes and John Lvoff’s drama Now And Then, featuring Julie Depardieu in her first starring role.
Over the past 19 years, the event has expanded to include also special screenings, tributes and talks.
This year’s 10-title Competition line-up includes quirky Canadian teen vampire tale Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person; Moroccan road movie Backstage, Spanish adoption drama Foremost By Night,...
- 8/29/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Almost two weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s film industry continues to parse the complexities of a boycott on Russian cinema in order to express solidarity with the Ukrainian film community.
While some film festivals, such as Stockholm and Glasgow, haven’t hesitated in boycotting Russian state-funded films outright, others like Cannes and Venice are taking a more nuanced approach, banning official delegations, but not necessarily Russian films and directors.
The war’s more immediate effect, however, is that Ukrainian cinema is set to gain an increased visibility in the festival arena and beyond.
On Monday evening, Rome’s Cinema Troisi hosted a free screening in collaboration with the Venice Film Festival of Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasynovych’s “Reflection” (pictured), set during the war in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, in 2014.
The film, which premiered in competition on the Lido last September, “asks, with brutal austerity, what happens...
While some film festivals, such as Stockholm and Glasgow, haven’t hesitated in boycotting Russian state-funded films outright, others like Cannes and Venice are taking a more nuanced approach, banning official delegations, but not necessarily Russian films and directors.
The war’s more immediate effect, however, is that Ukrainian cinema is set to gain an increased visibility in the festival arena and beyond.
On Monday evening, Rome’s Cinema Troisi hosted a free screening in collaboration with the Venice Film Festival of Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasynovych’s “Reflection” (pictured), set during the war in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, in 2014.
The film, which premiered in competition on the Lido last September, “asks, with brutal austerity, what happens...
- 3/8/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The gathering dedicated to the mystery genre in all its guises is unspooling in virtual form on the Mymovies platform from 8 to 13 March. Like many others, the Noir in Festival is having to adapt to the times. As such, against the backdrop of the health crisis, the event is now blowing out its 30 candles online, in a bumper edition which is unspooling via the MYmovies platform, where it can be streamed free of charge via this link, as well as on the festival’s social media accounts and on the Noir in Festival website. This long-standing event dedicated to the mystery genre in all its guises, which is directed by Giorgio Gosetti, Marina Fabbri and Gianni Canova and which usually unfolds in Milan and Como, is offering up screenings, talks and masterclasses with directors and...
Films by Milcho Manchevski, François Ozon and Thomas Vinterberg, among others, join the 32 titles already announced. Due to Covid-19 and the related restrictions, the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection 2020 was announced in two steps: 32 films were already announced in August (read news), with the six titles added today, the list is now complete. Together, the 38 films from part 1 and 2 form the Efa Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2020. The films have been selected by a committee consisting of the Efa Board and invited experts such as Italy's Giorgio Gosetti (festival programmer), Germany's Kathrin Kohlstedde (festival programmer), Spain's Paz Lazaro (festival programmer), Russia's Mary Nazari (exhibitor), Lithuania's Edvinas Pukšta (festival programmer) and France's Agathe Valentin (sales agent). In the coming weeks, the over 3,800 members of the European Film Academy will...
Parallel section modelled on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight marks 17th edition this year.
Giornate degli Autori’s (GdA) new artistic director Gaia Furrer makes Venice Film Festival history this year.
She’s the first woman to take the artistic reins of any of its official or parallel sections across its 70 years of existence.
Furrer admits to having mixed feelings about this achievement, telling Screen: “It’s an enormous honour but alongside a sense of pride, I also feel a certain displeasure. In all honesty, I’d prefer to be the 10th, 15th, 30th female artistic director at Venice not the first.
Giornate degli Autori’s (GdA) new artistic director Gaia Furrer makes Venice Film Festival history this year.
She’s the first woman to take the artistic reins of any of its official or parallel sections across its 70 years of existence.
Furrer admits to having mixed feelings about this achievement, telling Screen: “It’s an enormous honour but alongside a sense of pride, I also feel a certain displeasure. In all honesty, I’d prefer to be the 10th, 15th, 30th female artistic director at Venice not the first.
- 9/6/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Venice Film Festival’s independently run Venice Days section has unveiled its lineup of 10 competition entries, nine of which are world premieres.
The lineup also includes a mix of buzz titles from known and emerging talent, characterized this year by an accent on Eastern Europe, as well as the section’s customary strong representation of female directors.
Hotly anticipated queer comedy fantasy “Saint-Narcisse” by Canadian artist-turned-filmmaker Bruce Labruce and queer romance drama “My Tender Matador,” directed by Chile’s Rodrigo Sepúlveda Urzúa — and set during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship — are among the standouts, as are shorts by French-Senegalese director Mati Diop (“Atlantics”) and Poland’s Malgorzata Szumowska (“Body”), which will unspool as part of the Prada-commissioned Miu Miu Women’s Tales, a series of short films directed by women.
The opener will be French/Algerian director Kamir Aïnouz’s promising feature debut “Honey Cigar,” which was developed with...
The lineup also includes a mix of buzz titles from known and emerging talent, characterized this year by an accent on Eastern Europe, as well as the section’s customary strong representation of female directors.
Hotly anticipated queer comedy fantasy “Saint-Narcisse” by Canadian artist-turned-filmmaker Bruce Labruce and queer romance drama “My Tender Matador,” directed by Chile’s Rodrigo Sepúlveda Urzúa — and set during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship — are among the standouts, as are shorts by French-Senegalese director Mati Diop (“Atlantics”) and Poland’s Malgorzata Szumowska (“Body”), which will unspool as part of the Prada-commissioned Miu Miu Women’s Tales, a series of short films directed by women.
The opener will be French/Algerian director Kamir Aïnouz’s promising feature debut “Honey Cigar,” which was developed with...
- 7/23/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Boyer is also artistic director at Les Arcs.
Frédéric Boyer has been named head of programming at Iceland’s Reykjavik International Film Festival (Riff).
He replaces Giorgio Gosetti, former head of Venice sidebar Giornate degli Autori, as Riff’s main programmer.
Boyer will continue to hold positions as artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival and the Les Arcs European Film Festival.
Other members of Riff’s programming team include festival director Hrönn Marinósdóttir, Guðrún Helga Jónasdóttir, Ana Catala and Gosetti, who will remain part of the committee.
Boyer’s ambitions for the festival include adding more films about artists...
Frédéric Boyer has been named head of programming at Iceland’s Reykjavik International Film Festival (Riff).
He replaces Giorgio Gosetti, former head of Venice sidebar Giornate degli Autori, as Riff’s main programmer.
Boyer will continue to hold positions as artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival and the Les Arcs European Film Festival.
Other members of Riff’s programming team include festival director Hrönn Marinósdóttir, Guðrún Helga Jónasdóttir, Ana Catala and Gosetti, who will remain part of the committee.
Boyer’s ambitions for the festival include adding more films about artists...
- 7/16/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦39¦
- ScreenDaily
The section, scheduled to take place from 2-12 September alongside the Venice Film Festival, will be headed by Furrer, who has been head of programming since the very first edition. The Associazione Giornate degli Autori has announced that starting this year, as decided by the board of directors, the role of artistic director of the Giornate degli Autori will be assumed by Gaia Furrer, who will be working closely with General Delegate Giorgio Gosetti, the selection committee, and Giornate’s consultants and programmers. “It’s an honour and a challenge,” declares Gaia Furrer, “given the exceptional circumstances. At the same time, though, Giornate 2020 is also a golden opportunity to rethink the very role of film festivals and how they reach their audiences. I’m excited about taking on this new role and what it stands for, and grateful for the trust...
The Venice Film Festival’s independently-run Venice Days section has promoted longtime chief programmer Gaia Furrer to the role of artistic director of the section modeled on the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
Furrer (pictured) will now take the reins and call the shots regarding the lineup of Venice Days, known in Italy as the Giornate Degli Autori. She joins a growing number of women at the helm of film events in Europe such as Lili Hinstin, artistic director of the Locarno Festival in Switzerland, and Eva Sangiorgi who heads the Viennale, Austria’s top film fest.
That said, Furrer will also still be working closely with Venice Days General Delegate Giorgio Gosetti, who launched the section in 2004. Gosetti remains on board in a less hands-on role. Furrer will also continue to collaborate with the rest of the Venice Days programming team comprising Renata Santoro, who now becomes head of programming, and...
Furrer (pictured) will now take the reins and call the shots regarding the lineup of Venice Days, known in Italy as the Giornate Degli Autori. She joins a growing number of women at the helm of film events in Europe such as Lili Hinstin, artistic director of the Locarno Festival in Switzerland, and Eva Sangiorgi who heads the Viennale, Austria’s top film fest.
That said, Furrer will also still be working closely with Venice Days General Delegate Giorgio Gosetti, who launched the section in 2004. Gosetti remains on board in a less hands-on role. Furrer will also continue to collaborate with the rest of the Venice Days programming team comprising Renata Santoro, who now becomes head of programming, and...
- 6/1/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Furrer has been head of programming at the sidebar since its 2004 launch.
Giornate degli Autori, the sidebar of Venice Film Festival, has promoted Gaia Furrer to artistic director with immediate effect.
Furrer steps up from her role as head of programming which she has held since Venice Days’ inaugural year in 2004.
“It’s an honor and a challenge, given the exceptional circumstances,” said Furrer. “At the same time, Giornate 2020 is also a golden opportunity to rethink the very role of film festivals and how they reach their audiences.”
She will work with new head of programming Renata Santoro and the programming team of Mazzino Montinari,...
Giornate degli Autori, the sidebar of Venice Film Festival, has promoted Gaia Furrer to artistic director with immediate effect.
Furrer steps up from her role as head of programming which she has held since Venice Days’ inaugural year in 2004.
“It’s an honor and a challenge, given the exceptional circumstances,” said Furrer. “At the same time, Giornate 2020 is also a golden opportunity to rethink the very role of film festivals and how they reach their audiences.”
She will work with new head of programming Renata Santoro and the programming team of Mazzino Montinari,...
- 6/1/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori), the independent lineup that runs alongside the Venice Film Festival, has appointed Italian programmer Gaia Furrer as artistic director.
Effective immediately, the decision was made by the event’s board of directors. This year’s edition is set to run September 2-12, during the Venice Film Festival.
Furrer has served as a Venice Days programmer since its inception, and most recently as head of programming. She will be working with Renata Santoro (new head of programming), Mazzino Montinari, Cédric Succivalli and Andrei Tănăsescu.
“It’s an honor and a challenge given the exceptional circumstances,” Furrer said. “At the same time, though, Giornate 2020 is also a golden opportunity to rethink the very role of film festivals and how they reach their audiences. I’m excited about taking on this new role and what it stands for, and grateful for the trust shown in the team...
Effective immediately, the decision was made by the event’s board of directors. This year’s edition is set to run September 2-12, during the Venice Film Festival.
Furrer has served as a Venice Days programmer since its inception, and most recently as head of programming. She will be working with Renata Santoro (new head of programming), Mazzino Montinari, Cédric Succivalli and Andrei Tănăsescu.
“It’s an honor and a challenge given the exceptional circumstances,” Furrer said. “At the same time, though, Giornate 2020 is also a golden opportunity to rethink the very role of film festivals and how they reach their audiences. I’m excited about taking on this new role and what it stands for, and grateful for the trust shown in the team...
- 6/1/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
As the Venice Film Festival forges ahead with plans to hold its next edition in September, there are still many uncertainties about the shape of what seems poised to become the first major physical film event since the coronavirus outbreak.
But one thing is for sure: organizers aren’t letting factors such as the social distancing measures put in place at the Palazzo del Cinema and other fest venues — as well as uncertainty about Hollywood talent’s readiness to travel to Italy three months from now — limit the scope of their vision.
“This year’s edition will probably be smaller in terms of the number of titles, but by no means will it be a merely Italian affair,” according to a Biennale source who reaffirmed that the fest in on track to take place Sept. 2-12, as stated over the weekend by Veneto region governor Luca Zaia.
“As always, the...
But one thing is for sure: organizers aren’t letting factors such as the social distancing measures put in place at the Palazzo del Cinema and other fest venues — as well as uncertainty about Hollywood talent’s readiness to travel to Italy three months from now — limit the scope of their vision.
“This year’s edition will probably be smaller in terms of the number of titles, but by no means will it be a merely Italian affair,” according to a Biennale source who reaffirmed that the fest in on track to take place Sept. 2-12, as stated over the weekend by Veneto region governor Luca Zaia.
“As always, the...
- 5/27/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
From 6 to 12 December, the annual literature and cinema event will be returning to Como and Milan once more, offering up a tribute to Batman and a selection of recent genre films. The 29th edition of the Noir in Festival, scheduled to run from 6 to 12 December in Como and Milan under the stewardship of Giorgio Gosetti, Marina Fabbri and Gianni Canova (representative of the Iulm – the University of Communications and Languages), will open with a trip down memory lane: the festival will be paying tribute to 80 years of Batman, the black knight who started life in graphic novel form and went on to become a huge cinematic icon. As regards the six films competing in the cinema line-up of the event - works which are set to be deliberated over by a jury composed of actress Lucia Mascino, director Patricia Mazuy and producer and festival...
- 11/27/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
The Pingyao International Film Festival on Wednesday crowned “The Fever” by Maya Da-Rin as best film in its international category and “Wet Season” by Anthony Chen as the top title in its Chinese-language section.
The Roberto Rossellini Awards at the festival go to the top international directorial debuts or second features. Taking to the stage at the awards ceremony, Brazil’s Da-Rin said the prize was “a great honor.”
“This film has been made through seven years of a lot of work of a lot of people — people who give their lives to cinema and believe that through cinema we can think about our world,” she said. “The Fever” also won Best Actor and the Fipresci prize at Locarno this year.
Two other Roberto Rossellini Awards were handed out: the jury award to Chinese helmer Liang Ming for his debut, “Wisdom Tooth,” and the prize for best director to the...
The Roberto Rossellini Awards at the festival go to the top international directorial debuts or second features. Taking to the stage at the awards ceremony, Brazil’s Da-Rin said the prize was “a great honor.”
“This film has been made through seven years of a lot of work of a lot of people — people who give their lives to cinema and believe that through cinema we can think about our world,” she said. “The Fever” also won Best Actor and the Fipresci prize at Locarno this year.
Two other Roberto Rossellini Awards were handed out: the jury award to Chinese helmer Liang Ming for his debut, “Wisdom Tooth,” and the prize for best director to the...
- 10/16/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The list includes recommendations from 31 European countries; the final nominees will be announced on 9 November at the Seville European Film Festival. Update (26/09/2019): Two new films have been added to the selection, About Endlessness by Roy Andersson and An Officer and a Spy by Roman Polanski. The European Film Academy and Efa Productions have announced the titles of the 46 films in this year's Efa Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the 2019 European Film Awards. Once again, the diversity of cinematic production has been highlighted, since 31 European countries are represented in the list. The selection has been made by a committee consisting of the Efa board as well as invited experts Giorgio Gosetti (Italy), Kathrin Kohlstedde (Germany), Paz Lazaro (Spain), Mary Nazari (Russia), Edvinas Pukšta (Lithuania) and Agathe Valentin (France). In the coming weeks, the over 3,600 members...
It includes Berlin Golden Bear winner Synonyms and Cannes prize winners Les Miserables, Young Ahmed, Pain And Glory and Little Joe.
The 46 films recommended for nomination for the 2019 European Film Awards have been announced.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
The selection includes Berlin Golden Bear winner Synonyms and Cannes prize winners Les Miserables, Young Ahmed, Pain And Glory, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Little Joe.
The films were selected by a committee consisting of the Efa board and experts Giorgio Gosetti (festival programmer), Kathrin Kohlstedde (festival programmer), Paz Lazaro (festival programmer), Mary Nazari (exhibitor), Edvinas...
The 46 films recommended for nomination for the 2019 European Film Awards have been announced.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
The selection includes Berlin Golden Bear winner Synonyms and Cannes prize winners Les Miserables, Young Ahmed, Pain And Glory, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Little Joe.
The films were selected by a committee consisting of the Efa board and experts Giorgio Gosetti (festival programmer), Kathrin Kohlstedde (festival programmer), Paz Lazaro (festival programmer), Mary Nazari (exhibitor), Edvinas...
- 8/20/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
It includes Berlin Golden Bear winner Synonyms and Cannes prize winners Les Miserables, Young Ahmed, Pain And Glory and Little Joe.
The 46 films recommended for nomination for the 2019 European Film Awards have been announced.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
The selection includes Berlin Golden Bear winner Synonyms and Cannes prize winners Les Miserables, Young Ahmed, Pain And Glory, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Little Joe.
The films were selected by a committee consisting of the Efa board and experts Giorgio Gosetti (festival programmer), Kathrin Kohlstedde (festival programmer), Paz Lazaro (festival programmer), Mary Nazari (exhibitor), Edvinas...
The 46 films recommended for nomination for the 2019 European Film Awards have been announced.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
The selection includes Berlin Golden Bear winner Synonyms and Cannes prize winners Les Miserables, Young Ahmed, Pain And Glory, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Little Joe.
The films were selected by a committee consisting of the Efa board and experts Giorgio Gosetti (festival programmer), Kathrin Kohlstedde (festival programmer), Paz Lazaro (festival programmer), Mary Nazari (exhibitor), Edvinas...
- 8/20/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
After competing in Berlin earlier this year with Tremors, Guatemalan helmer Jayro Bustamante can say 2019 was a stupendous year (with two films premiering at major fests) as he is among the eleven filmmakers in the 2019 Giornate degli Autori section at the Venice Film Festival. Bustamante’s La llorona will measure up against the likes of Dominik Moll (Seules Les Bêtes starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), Fabienne Berthaud (Un Monde Plus Grand starring her muse Cécile De France) and Manele Labidi‘s directorial debut starring Golshifteh Farahani. Section topper Giorgio Gosetti sees competing films compete for the Europa Cinemas Label, the Bnl-bnp Paribas Audience Award, the GdA Director’s Award assigned by the jury of the Giornate and the Future Lion award.…...
- 7/23/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Comic book author Igort’s directorial debut is also among the 11 titles competing in the independent section of the Venice Film Festival, running 28 August to 7 September. The 16th edition of Giornate degli Autori (28 August -7 September), the ever-vital independent section helmed by Giorgio Gosetti whose jury will this year be presided over by Andrea Purgatori for the very first time, and which will unspool alongside the 76th Venice Film Festival, will open with Only the Animals, an auteur mystery movie directed by Dominik Moll and starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, and will close with Time of the Untamed by the “horse king” himself Bartabas. Eleven films will feature in the competition (amongst which 4 first works), while 8 special events and 7 “Venetian Nights” are also planned. Eighteen nationalities will be represented in total, including countries such as the Sudan or Laos whose films are set to participate...
The Venice Film Festival’s independently run Venice Days sidebar has unveiled its 2019 lineup with 11 movies in competition.
The section, which is modeled after Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, comprises six first features and four films directed by women.
Competition highlights include Dominik Moll’s Seules Les Bêtes, which will open the strand on Wednesday, August 28; Jayro Bustamante’s La llorona; Japanese actor Joe Odagiri’s feature directorial debut They Say Nothing Stays the Same; and Fabienne Berthaud’s Un Monde Plus Grand, starring Cécile de France.
Also in competition, Corpus Christi comes from Polish director Jan Komasa; family saga Beware Of Children is by Norway’s Dag Johan Haugerud; Un Divan à Tunis, starring Golshifteh Farahani, is by Manele Labidi; Laos’ Venice debut comes with The Long Walk by Mattie Do; and U.S.-Philippines co-production Lingua Franca comes from Isabel Sandoval.
Comics artist Igort’s 5 è Il Numero Perfetto stars Toni Servillo,...
The section, which is modeled after Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, comprises six first features and four films directed by women.
Competition highlights include Dominik Moll’s Seules Les Bêtes, which will open the strand on Wednesday, August 28; Jayro Bustamante’s La llorona; Japanese actor Joe Odagiri’s feature directorial debut They Say Nothing Stays the Same; and Fabienne Berthaud’s Un Monde Plus Grand, starring Cécile de France.
Also in competition, Corpus Christi comes from Polish director Jan Komasa; family saga Beware Of Children is by Norway’s Dag Johan Haugerud; Un Divan à Tunis, starring Golshifteh Farahani, is by Manele Labidi; Laos’ Venice debut comes with The Long Walk by Mattie Do; and U.S.-Philippines co-production Lingua Franca comes from Isabel Sandoval.
Comics artist Igort’s 5 è Il Numero Perfetto stars Toni Servillo,...
- 7/23/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
New York-based Filipina filmmaker Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca,” about a transgender immigrant, is among 11 competition entries, all world premieres, that will launch from the Venice Film Festival’s independently run Venice Days section.
The only U.S. entry set to compete in the section modeled on Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, “Lingua Franca” is Sandoval’s third work. It follows “Apparition” (2012), a period drama about cloistered Filipina nuns praised by Variety’s Richard Kuipers as an “outstanding sophomore feature.”
Produced by Tony- and Grammy-winning Filipino producer Jhett Tolentino, and by Darlene Malimas and Carlo Velayo, “Lingua Franca” is set in Brighton Beach, New York, where a transgender Filipina immigrant named Olivia – played by Sandoval, who is herself transgender – scrambles to avoid deportation. She becomes involved with a Russian slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s trans.
Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti said that this year’s selection is characterized...
The only U.S. entry set to compete in the section modeled on Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, “Lingua Franca” is Sandoval’s third work. It follows “Apparition” (2012), a period drama about cloistered Filipina nuns praised by Variety’s Richard Kuipers as an “outstanding sophomore feature.”
Produced by Tony- and Grammy-winning Filipino producer Jhett Tolentino, and by Darlene Malimas and Carlo Velayo, “Lingua Franca” is set in Brighton Beach, New York, where a transgender Filipina immigrant named Olivia – played by Sandoval, who is herself transgender – scrambles to avoid deportation. She becomes involved with a Russian slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s trans.
Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti said that this year’s selection is characterized...
- 7/23/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival’s independently run Venice Days section, modeled on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, has unveiled its lineup of 11 competition entries, all world premieres, marked by a particularly strong presence of female directors.
The section will open with “Graves Without a Name” (pictured), a new documentary on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era by revered Cambodian-born director Rithy Panh, producer of Angelina Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father.” The lineup mixes promising entries from both well-known auteurs and newcomers. The out-of competition closer is suicide-themed comedy “Emma Peeters” from young Belgian director Nicole Palo.
Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti noted that six out of 12 titles in the official selection are directed by women and said that “female characters play a crucial role in all the films.” But he also said his choice was unconstrained by gender considerations. “We sought the best that we could find and...
The section will open with “Graves Without a Name” (pictured), a new documentary on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era by revered Cambodian-born director Rithy Panh, producer of Angelina Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father.” The lineup mixes promising entries from both well-known auteurs and newcomers. The out-of competition closer is suicide-themed comedy “Emma Peeters” from young Belgian director Nicole Palo.
Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti noted that six out of 12 titles in the official selection are directed by women and said that “female characters play a crucial role in all the films.” But he also said his choice was unconstrained by gender considerations. “We sought the best that we could find and...
- 7/24/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The event will provide a platform for festival professionals to discuss key topics; delegates from Berlin, Sundance, Venice and Karlovy Vary expected to attend.
The Jerusalem Film Festival is launching a new industry initiative for its 2017 edition.
‘Think Fest’ will invite film festival professionals from around the world to participate in an event dedicated to providing a platform for discussion about the burning issues affecting the film festival business.
International festival directors, programmers and organisers will gather in Jerusalem for a three-day programme at the beginning of the festival, which will run July 13-23 this year.
Speaking to Screen, festival directors Noa Regev and Elad Samorzik said they believed there was a gap in the market for an event specifically focused on film festival workers.
They reported strong early feedback to the idea from festival professionals they had contacted, including representatives of Berlin, Sundance, Venice, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, Tribeca, Rotterdam, Istanbul and Sydney...
The Jerusalem Film Festival is launching a new industry initiative for its 2017 edition.
‘Think Fest’ will invite film festival professionals from around the world to participate in an event dedicated to providing a platform for discussion about the burning issues affecting the film festival business.
International festival directors, programmers and organisers will gather in Jerusalem for a three-day programme at the beginning of the festival, which will run July 13-23 this year.
Speaking to Screen, festival directors Noa Regev and Elad Samorzik said they believed there was a gap in the market for an event specifically focused on film festival workers.
They reported strong early feedback to the idea from festival professionals they had contacted, including representatives of Berlin, Sundance, Venice, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, Tribeca, Rotterdam, Istanbul and Sydney...
- 2/12/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Festival’s new $20,000 international competition prize goes to Albert Serra for The Death Of Louis Xiv; One Week And A Day wins best Israeli feature.
The 33rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday, has awarded its top prizes to The Death Of Louis Xiv by Albert Serra (best international film), One Week And A Day by Asaph Polonsky (best Israeli feature), and Dimona Twist by Michal Aviad (best Israeli documentary).
The international jury was comprised of Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, and Israeli director Talya Lavie, who praised Serra “for creating a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world. For its stunning set design and cinematography that captures its period brilliantly. For creating an intimate and moving look at the sunset of a great figure in history.”
An honourable mention went to Tobias Lindholm’s A War.
The Death Of Louis Xiv wins the $20,000 cash prize for the festival’s new international...
The 33rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday, has awarded its top prizes to The Death Of Louis Xiv by Albert Serra (best international film), One Week And A Day by Asaph Polonsky (best Israeli feature), and Dimona Twist by Michal Aviad (best Israeli documentary).
The international jury was comprised of Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, and Israeli director Talya Lavie, who praised Serra “for creating a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world. For its stunning set design and cinematography that captures its period brilliantly. For creating an intimate and moving look at the sunset of a great figure in history.”
An honourable mention went to Tobias Lindholm’s A War.
The Death Of Louis Xiv wins the $20,000 cash prize for the festival’s new international...
- 7/15/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Festival’s new $20,000 international competition prize goes to Albert Serra for The Death of Louis Xiv; One Week And a Day wins best Israeli feature.
The 33rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday, has awarded its top prizes to The Death of Louis Xiv by Albert Serra (best international film), One Week And A Day by Asaph Polonsky (best Israeli feature), and Dimona Twist by Michal Aviad (best Israeli documentary).
The jury was comprised of Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, and Israeli director Talya Lavie, who praised Serra “for creating a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world. For its stunning set design and cinematography that captures its period brilliantly. For creating an intimate and moving look at the sunset of a great figure in history.”
An honourable mention went to Tobias Lindholm’s A War.
Louis Xiv wins the $20,000 cash prize for the festival’s new international competition, supported...
The 33rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps on Sunday, has awarded its top prizes to The Death of Louis Xiv by Albert Serra (best international film), One Week And A Day by Asaph Polonsky (best Israeli feature), and Dimona Twist by Michal Aviad (best Israeli documentary).
The jury was comprised of Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson, and Israeli director Talya Lavie, who praised Serra “for creating a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world. For its stunning set design and cinematography that captures its period brilliantly. For creating an intimate and moving look at the sunset of a great figure in history.”
An honourable mention went to Tobias Lindholm’s A War.
Louis Xiv wins the $20,000 cash prize for the festival’s new international competition, supported...
- 7/15/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The Hollywood Film Awards® was founded in 1997 and honors excellence in filmmaking and traditionally signals the Official Launch of the Award Season®. The HFAs showcase to the public at large previews of quality films released during the calendar year. The first-ever Hollywood Film Awards® gala took place in October 1997 in the historic Blossom Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, in Hollywood. Kirk Douglas took home the inaugural “Hollywood Lifetime Achievement Award.” The Hollywood Film Awards launch the awards season. Over the past 18 years, prior honorees have gone on to garner many Oscar nominations and wins. With participating Hollywood insiders, our Advisory Team identifies and selects the recipients of our honors. Our winners are pre-selected to receive our awards. Our selection is based on their outstanding achievement and contribution to the art of cinema. They are not “nominees.” 2014 honorees included some of the biggest names in Hollywood such as Keira Knightley,...
- 10/2/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Hollywood Film Awards honor established Hollywood artists. The criteria for these awards is based on the recipient’s body of work and/or a film that they have coming out this year. These awards are bestowed in all disciplines of filmmaking*: Career, Leadership, Producer, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor, Film Composer, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Animation, and Visual Effects. Our award/tribute recipients are selected by our Advisory Team which is comprised of a cross section of Hollywood professionals. To read more about the Hollywood Film Awards The selection process for our honorees takes multiple elements into consideration and involves attending pre-press private industry screenings, press screenings, festival screenings, and research. It also includes the support and participation of established entertainment industry executives, from agents, critics, directors, managers, producers, publicists, screenwriters and studio execs to members of the craft guilds. With participating Hollywood insiders,...
- 10/2/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
French comedy added to sidebar’s competition.
Venice Days (Sept 2-12) has rounded out its programme with Julie Delpy’s Lolo, bringing the number of titles in competition at the independently run section of the Venice Film Festival to 11.
The world premiere of the film, which will go on to screen at Toronto, has been secured by Venice Days following an agreement with international distributor Wild Bunch.
Delpy, star of Richard Linklater’s Before… trilogy, has written and directed Lolo and will co-star alongside Dany Boon, Vincent Lacoste and Karin Viard.
The satirical comedy centres on fortysomething workaholic Violette (Delpy), who finds romance while on a spa vacation. But once back home, the pair have to deal with Lolo, Violette’s brainy, tyrannical son, who has no intention of relinquishing his own control over the family, and the emotions of his mother.
Delpy’s previous features as director include 2 Days in New York (2012), Skylab (2011), The Countess (2009) and...
Venice Days (Sept 2-12) has rounded out its programme with Julie Delpy’s Lolo, bringing the number of titles in competition at the independently run section of the Venice Film Festival to 11.
The world premiere of the film, which will go on to screen at Toronto, has been secured by Venice Days following an agreement with international distributor Wild Bunch.
Delpy, star of Richard Linklater’s Before… trilogy, has written and directed Lolo and will co-star alongside Dany Boon, Vincent Lacoste and Karin Viard.
The satirical comedy centres on fortysomething workaholic Violette (Delpy), who finds romance while on a spa vacation. But once back home, the pair have to deal with Lolo, Violette’s brainy, tyrannical son, who has no intention of relinquishing his own control over the family, and the emotions of his mother.
Delpy’s previous features as director include 2 Days in New York (2012), Skylab (2011), The Countess (2009) and...
- 8/3/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Girlhood, White God and The Wonders among the finalists announced in Karlovy Vary; 2013 audience winner revealed.
The official selection of films competing for the European Parliament’s 2014 Lux Prize has been unveiled at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff).
At a packed event on the terrace of Kv’s Hotel Thermal on Sunday night, the 10 films were unveiled by Lux Prize co-ordinator Doris Pack, European Parliament member Olga Sehnalova and Kviff artistic director Karel Och, who is also a member of the Lux Prize selection panel.
The 10 films are:
Girlhood (Bande De Filles)
Céline Sciamma – France
White God (Feher Isten)
Kornél Mundruczó – Hungary, Germany, Sweden
Beautiful Youth (Hermosa Juventud)
Jaime Rosales – Spain, France
Ida
Pawel Pawlikowski – Poland, Denmark
Stations Of The Cross (Kreuzweg)
Dietrich Brüggemann – Germany, France
The Wonders (Le Meraviglie)
Alice Rohrwacher – Italy, Switzerland, Germany
Macondo
Sudabeh Mortezai – Austria
Class Enemy (Razredni Sovraznik)
Rok Biček – Slovenia
Force Majeure (Turist)
Ruben Östlund – Sweden, Denmark, France...
The official selection of films competing for the European Parliament’s 2014 Lux Prize has been unveiled at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff).
At a packed event on the terrace of Kv’s Hotel Thermal on Sunday night, the 10 films were unveiled by Lux Prize co-ordinator Doris Pack, European Parliament member Olga Sehnalova and Kviff artistic director Karel Och, who is also a member of the Lux Prize selection panel.
The 10 films are:
Girlhood (Bande De Filles)
Céline Sciamma – France
White God (Feher Isten)
Kornél Mundruczó – Hungary, Germany, Sweden
Beautiful Youth (Hermosa Juventud)
Jaime Rosales – Spain, France
Ida
Pawel Pawlikowski – Poland, Denmark
Stations Of The Cross (Kreuzweg)
Dietrich Brüggemann – Germany, France
The Wonders (Le Meraviglie)
Alice Rohrwacher – Italy, Switzerland, Germany
Macondo
Sudabeh Mortezai – Austria
Class Enemy (Razredni Sovraznik)
Rok Biček – Slovenia
Force Majeure (Turist)
Ruben Östlund – Sweden, Denmark, France...
- 7/7/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Kim Ki-duk’s One on One is to open the Venice Film Festival’s independantly run Venice Days section.
The 11th edition of Venice Days, which runs from Aug 27 to Sept 6, will open with the international premiere of One on One, which was released in South Korea on May 22 under its original title Il-dae-il.
It marks the 20th film of South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and follows Moebius, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festval.
One on One centres on the kidnap, rape and murder of a female student. Seven members of the Shadows Sect stalk the seven people suspected of committing the crime, hunting down the killer.
Starring South Korean star Ma Dong-seok (The Good, the Bad, the Weird) as the leader of the Shadows, as well as Kim Yeong-min, the film will open the independent sidebar on Aug 27.
“We are very honored that Kim Ki-duk and his producers have chosen our showcase,” said...
The 11th edition of Venice Days, which runs from Aug 27 to Sept 6, will open with the international premiere of One on One, which was released in South Korea on May 22 under its original title Il-dae-il.
It marks the 20th film of South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and follows Moebius, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festval.
One on One centres on the kidnap, rape and murder of a female student. Seven members of the Shadows Sect stalk the seven people suspected of committing the crime, hunting down the killer.
Starring South Korean star Ma Dong-seok (The Good, the Bad, the Weird) as the leader of the Shadows, as well as Kim Yeong-min, the film will open the independent sidebar on Aug 27.
“We are very honored that Kim Ki-duk and his producers have chosen our showcase,” said...
- 6/2/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Jury will make its final deliberations in a public, live-streamed event.
The jury for Venice Day’s new cash prize will make its final deliberations in a public, live-streamed event at its 11th edition unfolding August 27 to September 6.
‘The final discussion for the verdict will be a public discussion in English, which will also be streamed. It’s the first time a major film festival hosts a jury discussing in public rather than in secret in a locked room,” Giorgio Gosetti, artistic director of the parallel Venice selection, told Screen.
The point of the initiative, said Gosetti, is to foster debate and discussion about the films in the selection.
“This has been lost in modern festivals. In the past, there used to be huge discussions after a screening now everyone runs off to file or on to another screening,” he noted.
Under the initiative, the jury will feature 28 cinemagoers aged between 18 to 30-years-old put forward by members...
The jury for Venice Day’s new cash prize will make its final deliberations in a public, live-streamed event at its 11th edition unfolding August 27 to September 6.
‘The final discussion for the verdict will be a public discussion in English, which will also be streamed. It’s the first time a major film festival hosts a jury discussing in public rather than in secret in a locked room,” Giorgio Gosetti, artistic director of the parallel Venice selection, told Screen.
The point of the initiative, said Gosetti, is to foster debate and discussion about the films in the selection.
“This has been lost in modern festivals. In the past, there used to be huge discussions after a screening now everyone runs off to file or on to another screening,” he noted.
Under the initiative, the jury will feature 28 cinemagoers aged between 18 to 30-years-old put forward by members...
- 5/21/2014
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Parallel Venice section also planning out-of-festival activities to build new audiences for independent cinema.
Venice Days will launch a new €20,000 ($27,000) prize at its 11th edition which is due to unfold on the Venetian Lido Aug 27-Sept 6.
“Venice Days celebrated its 10th birthday in 2013. We’ve always held that our selection is our best calling card but as we enter a second decade we want to renew and refresh what we do,” Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti told Screen.
Up until now Venice Days, which runs parallel to the Venice Film Festival, has been non-competitive.
Prizes for films in the selection have been meted out independently by the Europa Cinemas Label and the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (Fedora).
Last year, Israeli espionage drama Bethlehem won the Fedora best film prize and French Jean Denizot’s child custody battle drama La Belle Vie clinched the Europa Cinemas award.
Gosetti said Venice...
Venice Days will launch a new €20,000 ($27,000) prize at its 11th edition which is due to unfold on the Venetian Lido Aug 27-Sept 6.
“Venice Days celebrated its 10th birthday in 2013. We’ve always held that our selection is our best calling card but as we enter a second decade we want to renew and refresh what we do,” Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti told Screen.
Up until now Venice Days, which runs parallel to the Venice Film Festival, has been non-competitive.
Prizes for films in the selection have been meted out independently by the Europa Cinemas Label and the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (Fedora).
Last year, Israeli espionage drama Bethlehem won the Fedora best film prize and French Jean Denizot’s child custody battle drama La Belle Vie clinched the Europa Cinemas award.
Gosetti said Venice...
- 2/10/2014
- ScreenDaily
The tenth edition of Venice Days has announced its lineup of 12 films in the official selection, three special events, two shorts in Women’s Tales and two special screenings (pre-opening and closing night).
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about an Israeli secret service officer and a Palestinian informant.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about an Israeli secret service officer and a Palestinian informant.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
- 7/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The tenth edition of Venice Days has announced its lineup of 12 films in the official selection, three special events, two shorts in Women’s Tales and two special screenings (pre-opening and closing night).
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about brothers in the West Bank.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about brothers in the West Bank.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
- 7/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The tenth edition of Venice Days has announced its lineup of 12 films in the official selection, three special events, two shorts in Women’s Tales and two special screenings (pre-opening and closing night).
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about brothers in the West Bank.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about brothers in the West Bank.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
- 7/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
We've just opened a virtual cinema featuring the work of Reha Erdem, ranging from the blackly comic to the eerily poetic (and we should note right at the top that not every film mentioned here will be viewable in every country; we do what we can). In the Us, most were first introduced to Erdem when his Times and Winds, which had won the award for Best Film (as well as the Fipresci Prize) at the Istanbul International Film Festival in 2006, saw a limited theatrical run two years later before its release on DVD. It's "a film bewitched by the rhythms of everyday life in a remote Turkish village," wrote Ed Gonzalez in the Voice. "Erdem sees pain and love the same way he does the moon and sun — as constant, illuminating forces — and his camera pushes forward as if on an axis, peering at family and communal experience through...
- 2/28/2012
- MUBI
Now that we're done salivating over the unveiling of the Gala and Special Presentation screenings for 2011 Toronto Int. Film Festival, we now put our attention on the official selection of the Venice Film Festival sidebar know as Venice Days. Director Giorgio Gosetti has mounted an edition that includes some gem auteurs and newbie filmmakers we've been keeping tabs on for the better half of 2010/2011. For the most part consists of French productions and of the "12 feature films in the Official Selection, three Special Events, one short opening film and two special collaborations," Lou Ye's Love and Bruises - a film that was a tad not ready for Cannes is indeed ready to go on the Lido. We've been thinking great things about the film the moment Tahar Rahim was announced as the lead, hot tempered character. The second name that sticks out is vet documentarian Frederick Wiseman who last explored...
- 7/26/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Giorgio Gosetti has been named the new Program Director at the Reykjavik International Film Festival. He replaces Dimitri Eipides who was recently named director of the the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. Gosetti, who is also director of the Venice Days section of the Venice Film Festival, will be reponsible for New Visions, the main section of Reykjavik. He will also serve as General Program ...
- 5/4/2011
- Indiewire
December 2008:
Rich Raddon, Festival Director of Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival, has resigned from the post he has held since 2000.
November 2008: Two top Rome Film Festival honchos, Giorgio Gosetti and Teresa Cavina, have left the festival after its closing day. Gosetti and Cavina, who are Rome's best known reps on the international festival circuit, were co-directors of Rome's Cinema 2008 section, which made up most of the fest's competition lineup.
Tiziana Finzi, the newly appointed Director of the Miami International Film Festival, was born in Trieste, Italy. She studied Architecture in Venice and History of Cinema in Trieste, where she prepared a thesis on American film director Robert Kramer. After her studies she collaborated with film magazines in Italy and abroad. In 1994 she began working with the Venice Biennale's Venice Film Festival , where in the programmation office she had the opportunity to work in the field of independent cinema, debut feature films and documentaries. She has been a consultant for several international film festivals and institutions such as Italy's Pesaro Film Festival,Taormina Arte Film Festival, Italia Cinema – Italian Film Promotion Agency, and the Alpe Adria Cinema section of the Trieste Film Festival. Since 1999 she has been working for Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland as chief of programmer of the sections “Cinéastes du présent” and “Compétition Vidéo”and “In Progress” . As a result of her wide experience as a film researcher in the domain of independent cinema and because of her interest in film experimentation and visual communication, she has collaborated with important museums and institutions of contemporary arts. In January 2005 she was the art coordinator and consultant for video /installation “Notte 266” by Masbedo, produced by C P Company /Stone island for Pitti Immagine, Firenze. She lives and works "around" for several institutions and magazines about contemporary culture. Since August 2005 Tiziana Finzi has been the deputy director of Locano International Film Festival,Switzerland. And now, year 2008, she joins the Miami International Film Festival whose mission is to bridge cultural understanding, endorse tolerance and encourage artistic development and excellence within a vigorous academic setting by provoking thought through film. By bringing the best of world cinema to Miami, MIFF presents the city and the film industry with a singular platform that fosters creative and technical talent.
Colin Stanfield has taken the reins to Nantucket Film Festival, replacing Jill Burkhart.
Veteran producer Iain Smith has been named the new Chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). He succeeds John McCormick, Chair since 1996. Smith’s producer credits include Cold Mountain, Children of Men, Wanted and Seven Years in Tibet. He has served on the UK Film Council board, the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Film Production Fund, the Scottish Film Training Trust and as governor of the National Film and Television School. He is currently a Scottish Screen board member, Chair of the Film Skills Strategy Committee, deputy Chair of the British Film Advisory Group and a director of the Children’s Film and Television Foundation. Smith said, “In these changing times the festival will be leading the way towards the discovery and showcasing of new talent and ideas in both a local and an international context.” Smith’s most pressing task will be to find a co-artistic director for the 2009 edition (June 17-28), since current artistic director Hannah McGill will be on maternity leave.
Rich Raddon, Festival Director of Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival, has resigned from the post he has held since 2000.
November 2008: Two top Rome Film Festival honchos, Giorgio Gosetti and Teresa Cavina, have left the festival after its closing day. Gosetti and Cavina, who are Rome's best known reps on the international festival circuit, were co-directors of Rome's Cinema 2008 section, which made up most of the fest's competition lineup.
Tiziana Finzi, the newly appointed Director of the Miami International Film Festival, was born in Trieste, Italy. She studied Architecture in Venice and History of Cinema in Trieste, where she prepared a thesis on American film director Robert Kramer. After her studies she collaborated with film magazines in Italy and abroad. In 1994 she began working with the Venice Biennale's Venice Film Festival , where in the programmation office she had the opportunity to work in the field of independent cinema, debut feature films and documentaries. She has been a consultant for several international film festivals and institutions such as Italy's Pesaro Film Festival,Taormina Arte Film Festival, Italia Cinema – Italian Film Promotion Agency, and the Alpe Adria Cinema section of the Trieste Film Festival. Since 1999 she has been working for Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland as chief of programmer of the sections “Cinéastes du présent” and “Compétition Vidéo”and “In Progress” . As a result of her wide experience as a film researcher in the domain of independent cinema and because of her interest in film experimentation and visual communication, she has collaborated with important museums and institutions of contemporary arts. In January 2005 she was the art coordinator and consultant for video /installation “Notte 266” by Masbedo, produced by C P Company /Stone island for Pitti Immagine, Firenze. She lives and works "around" for several institutions and magazines about contemporary culture. Since August 2005 Tiziana Finzi has been the deputy director of Locano International Film Festival,Switzerland. And now, year 2008, she joins the Miami International Film Festival whose mission is to bridge cultural understanding, endorse tolerance and encourage artistic development and excellence within a vigorous academic setting by provoking thought through film. By bringing the best of world cinema to Miami, MIFF presents the city and the film industry with a singular platform that fosters creative and technical talent.
Colin Stanfield has taken the reins to Nantucket Film Festival, replacing Jill Burkhart.
Veteran producer Iain Smith has been named the new Chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). He succeeds John McCormick, Chair since 1996. Smith’s producer credits include Cold Mountain, Children of Men, Wanted and Seven Years in Tibet. He has served on the UK Film Council board, the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Film Production Fund, the Scottish Film Training Trust and as governor of the National Film and Television School. He is currently a Scottish Screen board member, Chair of the Film Skills Strategy Committee, deputy Chair of the British Film Advisory Group and a director of the Children’s Film and Television Foundation. Smith said, “In these changing times the festival will be leading the way towards the discovery and showcasing of new talent and ideas in both a local and an international context.” Smith’s most pressing task will be to find a co-artistic director for the 2009 edition (June 17-28), since current artistic director Hannah McGill will be on maternity leave.
- 11/10/2008
- Sydney's Buzz
LONDON -- "Fear(s) of the Dark," a collaboration of graphic authors and comic artists, is the surprise addition to this year's RomeFilmFest, organizers said Thursday.
The movie will take out-of-competition slot in the Cinema 2007 section of the festival, which kicks off its second edition Oct. 18.
Organizers said the film, which has taken more than a year to make, involves work by such graphic authors and comic artists as Lorenzo Mattotti, Blutch and Charles Burns. It is produced by Valerie Schermann and Christophe Jankovic, the team behind the animated "U" and "Alice in the City".
"This year the RomeFilmFest offers an exceptional experience such as the integral presentation of the now-mythical 'Book of Dreams' by Federico Fellini," Cinema 2007 section chiefs Teresa Cavina and Giorgio Gosetti said.
"To this journey through the unconscious we are adding a highly original 'Book of Nightmares, ' uniting some of the most extraordinary 'pensmen' of contemporary drawing in a project rooted in the secret fears we all carry with us, from a child's fears of the dark to the adult who experiments with the thrills and chills of the night."
Co-directed by Blutch, Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Mattotti and Richard McGuire, "Fear(s)" is penned by Jerry Kramsky, Michel Pirus and Romain Slocombe and brought to the festival by Celluloid Dreams/Dreamachine.
The movie will take out-of-competition slot in the Cinema 2007 section of the festival, which kicks off its second edition Oct. 18.
Organizers said the film, which has taken more than a year to make, involves work by such graphic authors and comic artists as Lorenzo Mattotti, Blutch and Charles Burns. It is produced by Valerie Schermann and Christophe Jankovic, the team behind the animated "U" and "Alice in the City".
"This year the RomeFilmFest offers an exceptional experience such as the integral presentation of the now-mythical 'Book of Dreams' by Federico Fellini," Cinema 2007 section chiefs Teresa Cavina and Giorgio Gosetti said.
"To this journey through the unconscious we are adding a highly original 'Book of Nightmares, ' uniting some of the most extraordinary 'pensmen' of contemporary drawing in a project rooted in the secret fears we all carry with us, from a child's fears of the dark to the adult who experiments with the thrills and chills of the night."
Co-directed by Blutch, Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Mattotti and Richard McGuire, "Fear(s)" is penned by Jerry Kramsky, Michel Pirus and Romain Slocombe and brought to the festival by Celluloid Dreams/Dreamachine.
- 10/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- Preparations for Rome's inaugural international cinema festival, the RomaCinemaFest, are entering their final stages, with organizers saying the event will have a heavy emphasis on the participation of everyday viewers and a yet-to-be defined tie-in with New York's Tribeca Film Festival. Many of the preparations for the Oct. 13-21 event were put on hold until the conclusion of the Festival de Cannes last month. Organizers said that viewer participation in the festival will be a hallmark of the event. Many screenings will be open to the general public and the €200,000 ($252,000) prize for the festival's best picture will be selected by a jury of what RomaCinemaFest general director Giorgio Gosetti has said will be "50 regular, everyday moviegoers." Italian director and screenwriter Ettore Scola will preside over the jury.
- 6/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- Preparations for Rome's inaugural international cinema festival, the RomaCinemaFest, are entering their final stages, with organizers saying the event will have a heavy emphasis on the participation of everyday viewers and a yet-to-be defined tie-in with New York's Tribeca Film Festival. Many of the preparations for the Oct. 13-21 event were put on hold until the conclusion of the Festival de Cannes last month. Organizers said that viewer participation in the festival will be a hallmark of the event. Many screenings will be open to the general public and the €200,000 ($252,000) prize for the festival's best picture will be selected by a jury of what RomaCinemaFest general director Giorgio Gosetti has said will be "50 regular, everyday moviegoers." Italian director and screenwriter Ettore Scola will preside over the jury.
- 6/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- First-time Venice International Film Festival artistic director Marco Mueller continued to make his presence felt when he announced the lineup for the inaugural Giornate delgi Autori (Days of Authors). Mueller said Friday that the Days of Authors event is an independently programmed sidebar designed to mirror the Directors' Fortnight at the Festival de Cannes and the Berlin festival's Forum. A diverse group of 12 European films, including documentaries, animation and digital films will screen during the festival, which runs Sept. 2-11. "The criteria was quality and expressed originality," said Giorgio Gosetti, who heads the new section. Gosetti previously ran state-backed film promotion agency Italia Cinema. The sidebar is being sponsored by Italian filmmakers association ANAC and by the Italian independent producers body API and is considered a move by Mueller to provide space for a second-tier competition.
Pupi Avati's feature deals with the madness and turmoil surrounding a film festival, specifically Venice's, so it's altogether fitting that it should have its U.S. premiere at a film fest, in this case the 14th Miami Film Festival. This quietly absorbing movie is likely to be of more interest to those who attend such events than the general public, but it has several qualities that recommend it, particularly a subtle and powerful performance from Massimo Boldi.
Boldi plays Franco Melis, an Italian comedian who has fallen on hard times after a sex-and-drugs scandal obliterated his successful movie and television career. He has been reduced to playing in small clubs, where he's heckled by drunks. His personal life is equally a shambles; he left his wife and son and lost most of his friends. Only his loyal agent sticks by him.
Melis takes a starring role in a small independent film from a first- time director and finds himself on a career upswing. Suddenly, although his presence is overshadowed by the big American stars and the sexy starlets, he is a candidate for the best actor prize at Venice. Melis is convinced that he won't win because of an unspecified incident from his past involving one of the judges on the jury, but, despite his well-honed reservations, he allows his hopes to rise.
Avati takes a subtle approach to his satire, and the film documents the craziness of film festivals without lapsing into overly broad humor. It could be argued that he takes too quiet an approach; both in the direction and the performances, the film rarely strikes more than a single note, and at times it borders on the monotonous. Still, it has many quietly observed moments that ring true, and its delineation of the hollowness and self-absorption of its lead character is an apt portrait of show-business egomania turned inward. Boldi beautifully captures the essential sadness typical of so many comedians and admirably never softens his characterization to beg audience sympathy.
FESTIVAL
Filmauro
Director Pupi Avati
Story-screenplay Pupi Avati,
in collaboration with Antonio Avati,
Giorgio Gosetti, Doriano Fasoli, Nino Marino
Producers Antonio Avati, Aurelio De Laurentiis Cinematographer Chicca Ungaro
Editor Amadeo Salfa
Music Pino Donaggio
Color/stereo
Cast:
Franco Massimo Boldi
Alexandra Isabelle Pasco
Renzo Polpo Gianni Cavina
Carloa Margaret Mazzantini
Running time -- 97 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Boldi plays Franco Melis, an Italian comedian who has fallen on hard times after a sex-and-drugs scandal obliterated his successful movie and television career. He has been reduced to playing in small clubs, where he's heckled by drunks. His personal life is equally a shambles; he left his wife and son and lost most of his friends. Only his loyal agent sticks by him.
Melis takes a starring role in a small independent film from a first- time director and finds himself on a career upswing. Suddenly, although his presence is overshadowed by the big American stars and the sexy starlets, he is a candidate for the best actor prize at Venice. Melis is convinced that he won't win because of an unspecified incident from his past involving one of the judges on the jury, but, despite his well-honed reservations, he allows his hopes to rise.
Avati takes a subtle approach to his satire, and the film documents the craziness of film festivals without lapsing into overly broad humor. It could be argued that he takes too quiet an approach; both in the direction and the performances, the film rarely strikes more than a single note, and at times it borders on the monotonous. Still, it has many quietly observed moments that ring true, and its delineation of the hollowness and self-absorption of its lead character is an apt portrait of show-business egomania turned inward. Boldi beautifully captures the essential sadness typical of so many comedians and admirably never softens his characterization to beg audience sympathy.
FESTIVAL
Filmauro
Director Pupi Avati
Story-screenplay Pupi Avati,
in collaboration with Antonio Avati,
Giorgio Gosetti, Doriano Fasoli, Nino Marino
Producers Antonio Avati, Aurelio De Laurentiis Cinematographer Chicca Ungaro
Editor Amadeo Salfa
Music Pino Donaggio
Color/stereo
Cast:
Franco Massimo Boldi
Alexandra Isabelle Pasco
Renzo Polpo Gianni Cavina
Carloa Margaret Mazzantini
Running time -- 97 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/13/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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