After 2014’s acclaimed, Gyeongju, director Zhang Lu returns to the New York Asian Film Festival with A Quiet Dream. With a little help from his star, Han Ye-ri, Zhang spoke with me about blurring the lines between the subconscious and reality, celebrity cameos, and what makes the ideal man. The Lady Miz Diva: What was the idea behind casting directors for the three suitors? {Yang Ik-June, Yoon Jong-Bin, Park Jung-Bum}. I know they are all actors, as well, but did you were casting them because they were directors? Zhang Lu: I’m well aware that they are very good directors, but honestly, they are very good actors, as well, as you see in their own films. So, I naturally wanted to see if I...
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- 7/18/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Centerpiece Gala is North American premiere of Filipino thriller Birdshot.
The Us premiere of Jung Byung-gil’s revenge thriller and recent Cannes Midnight screening The Villainess will close the 16th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), set to run from June 30-July 16.
Festival brass unveiled on Monday the selection of 57 films including seven entries in the new Main Competition: previously announced festival opener Bad Genius (Thailand, pictured); Birdshot (Philippines); A Double Life (Japan); The Gangster’s Daughter (Taiwan); Kfc (Vietnam); Jane (South Korea); and With Prisoners (Hong Kong).
The Centerpiece Gala is the North American premiere of Filipino thriller Birdshot.
The festival programme includes a 20th Anniversary Hong Kong Panorama with a focus on emerging talent called Young Blood Hong Kong. Selections include Wong Chun’s Mad World, Derek Hui’s This Is Not What I Expected, and Alan Lo’s Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight.
An Lgbtq showcase features five films: Naoko Ogigami’s Close-Knit from Japan...
The Us premiere of Jung Byung-gil’s revenge thriller and recent Cannes Midnight screening The Villainess will close the 16th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), set to run from June 30-July 16.
Festival brass unveiled on Monday the selection of 57 films including seven entries in the new Main Competition: previously announced festival opener Bad Genius (Thailand, pictured); Birdshot (Philippines); A Double Life (Japan); The Gangster’s Daughter (Taiwan); Kfc (Vietnam); Jane (South Korea); and With Prisoners (Hong Kong).
The Centerpiece Gala is the North American premiere of Filipino thriller Birdshot.
The festival programme includes a 20th Anniversary Hong Kong Panorama with a focus on emerging talent called Young Blood Hong Kong. Selections include Wong Chun’s Mad World, Derek Hui’s This Is Not What I Expected, and Alan Lo’s Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight.
An Lgbtq showcase features five films: Naoko Ogigami’s Close-Knit from Japan...
- 6/5/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A Quiet Dream – the first London Korean Film Festival Teaser Screening of 2017 – will have its UK Premiere at Regent Street Cinema Monday, 20 March, 7:30pm.
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About ‘A Quiet Dream’
Internationally acclaimed director Zhang Lu’s 11th feature film, A Quiet Dream revolves around the everyday lives of four friends – a young woman and three less-than-ordinary men. Yeri, a Chinese Korean immigrant, cares for her paralysed father whilst running the small ‘Hometown Bar’ in the impoverished Su-saek neighbourhood of Seoul. Ik-june is a former small-time gangster expelled for laughing during his boss’s funeral; Jong-bin is the milk-drinking, epileptic son of the Hometown Bar’s landlord; and Jung-bum is an introverted North Korean defector who suffers from depression.
This film doesn’t follow a conventional narrative structure, but rather unfolds quietly as if taken from a small segment of their everyday lives, lives that are spent hanging out at Yeri’s bar.
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About ‘A Quiet Dream’
Internationally acclaimed director Zhang Lu’s 11th feature film, A Quiet Dream revolves around the everyday lives of four friends – a young woman and three less-than-ordinary men. Yeri, a Chinese Korean immigrant, cares for her paralysed father whilst running the small ‘Hometown Bar’ in the impoverished Su-saek neighbourhood of Seoul. Ik-june is a former small-time gangster expelled for laughing during his boss’s funeral; Jong-bin is the milk-drinking, epileptic son of the Hometown Bar’s landlord; and Jung-bum is an introverted North Korean defector who suffers from depression.
This film doesn’t follow a conventional narrative structure, but rather unfolds quietly as if taken from a small segment of their everyday lives, lives that are spent hanging out at Yeri’s bar.
- 3/20/2017
- by The Tiger
- AsianMoviePulse
The 21st Busan International Film Festival (Biff) wrapped on Saturday with its New Currents Award going to two Chinese debut features - Wang Xuebo’s The Knife In The Clear Water and Zang Qiwu’s The Donor.
Running Oct 6-15 in the aftermath of a typhoon and dealing with a partial industry boycott and smaller operating budget, the festival saw a subdued atmosphere with total attendance down 27% from last year to 165,149 this year.
Accredited attendees were down 40% to 5,759 this year, including 1,381 market badge holders and excluding press.
Malian director Souleymane Cisse headed the New Currents jury, joined by Indian producer Guneet Monga, International Film Festival Rotterdam festival director Bero Beyer, Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu and Iranian director Mahmoud Kalari.
They described The Knife In The Clear Water as “a poetic parable on grief and freedom” and praised The Donor for its “serene maturity” as an “excellently scripted film” that “plays as much on the images as on the...
Running Oct 6-15 in the aftermath of a typhoon and dealing with a partial industry boycott and smaller operating budget, the festival saw a subdued atmosphere with total attendance down 27% from last year to 165,149 this year.
Accredited attendees were down 40% to 5,759 this year, including 1,381 market badge holders and excluding press.
Malian director Souleymane Cisse headed the New Currents jury, joined by Indian producer Guneet Monga, International Film Festival Rotterdam festival director Bero Beyer, Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu and Iranian director Mahmoud Kalari.
They described The Knife In The Clear Water as “a poetic parable on grief and freedom” and praised The Donor for its “serene maturity” as an “excellently scripted film” that “plays as much on the images as on the...
- 10/15/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
A typhoon failed to dampen the event’s opening night as anticipated protests were muted.
The 21st Busan International Film Festival (Biff) had a relatively calm opening on Thursday night (Oct 6), despite rumours of protest and a typhoon that had battered the city the day before.
Rumours swirled in the run-up to the opening ceremony that the local film industry would stage protests against political interference at the festival, as well as to support former Biff executives, who are currently being prosecuted. A heavy police presence around the main venue, the Busan Cinema Centre, suggested that local authorities were on high alert.
However, only one protest was spotted as guests streamed up the red carpet; actor Kim Eui-suk, who appears in Zhang Lu’s opening film A Quiet Dream, held up a sign saying “Independent Film Festival for Busan”. Kim is also on Biff’s jury for the award for actor and actress of the year.
In...
The 21st Busan International Film Festival (Biff) had a relatively calm opening on Thursday night (Oct 6), despite rumours of protest and a typhoon that had battered the city the day before.
Rumours swirled in the run-up to the opening ceremony that the local film industry would stage protests against political interference at the festival, as well as to support former Biff executives, who are currently being prosecuted. A heavy police presence around the main venue, the Busan Cinema Centre, suggested that local authorities were on high alert.
However, only one protest was spotted as guests streamed up the red carpet; actor Kim Eui-suk, who appears in Zhang Lu’s opening film A Quiet Dream, held up a sign saying “Independent Film Festival for Busan”. Kim is also on Biff’s jury for the award for actor and actress of the year.
In...
- 10/6/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Lee Byung-hun (Red 2) stars as a successful fund manager who uncovers a shocking truth.
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Lee Zoo-young’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Lee Zoo-young’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
- 10/6/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Lee Byung-hun (Red 2) stars as a successful fund manager who uncovers a shocking truth.
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film A Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Joo-young Lee’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film A Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Joo-young Lee’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
- 10/6/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Lee Byung-hun (Red 2) stars as a successful fund manager who uncovers a shocking truth.
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film A Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Joo-young Lee’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film A Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Joo-young Lee’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
- 10/6/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
In evident, art-house fashion, the film follows Choi Hyeon, a S.Korean man, who works in China as a professor and is married there, in a melancholic trip in the streets of the city of Gyeongju, and down memory lane. In his trip, that was instigated by the death of an old friend, he meets another old friend, the deceased’s wife, an ex-lover and gets to know the beautiful owner of a tea-house and her friends.
A very personal, art house film.
Zhang Lu directs a very personal film, with the protagonist conversely mirroring his own situation, since Lu is Chinese, but now works in S. Korea. The dialogue is scarce and the pace quite slow, as Lu almost forces the audience to observe the surroundings, the beauties of the city, and the everyday life in it.
Through this trip, and the experiences Choi Hyeon has, he also makes some subtle comments,...
A very personal, art house film.
Zhang Lu directs a very personal film, with the protagonist conversely mirroring his own situation, since Lu is Chinese, but now works in S. Korea. The dialogue is scarce and the pace quite slow, as Lu almost forces the audience to observe the surroundings, the beauties of the city, and the everyday life in it.
Through this trip, and the experiences Choi Hyeon has, he also makes some subtle comments,...
- 9/26/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Festival will open with the world premiere of Zhang Lu’s Korean film A Quiet Dream.
Busan International Film Festival (Biff) on Tuesday unveiled its line-up, set to open with the world premiere of Zhang Lu’s Korean film A Quiet Dream.
Running October 6-15, the 21st Biff will screen a total of 301 films from 69 countries with 96 world premieres and 27 international premieres. The festival will close with the international premiere of Iraq-Germany-Qatar co-production The Dark Wind, directed by Hussein Hassan (Narcissus Blossom).
Festival director Kang Soo-youn said of A Quiet Dream: “It’s a film that people who like films and people who make films can’t help but like.”
The latest from Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu (Dooman River, Grain In Ear), A Quiet Dream stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) as a young woman caring for her comatose father while running a bar and being wooed by three men.
Young Korean indie directors Yang Ikjune, Yoon Jong-bin...
Busan International Film Festival (Biff) on Tuesday unveiled its line-up, set to open with the world premiere of Zhang Lu’s Korean film A Quiet Dream.
Running October 6-15, the 21st Biff will screen a total of 301 films from 69 countries with 96 world premieres and 27 international premieres. The festival will close with the international premiere of Iraq-Germany-Qatar co-production The Dark Wind, directed by Hussein Hassan (Narcissus Blossom).
Festival director Kang Soo-youn said of A Quiet Dream: “It’s a film that people who like films and people who make films can’t help but like.”
The latest from Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu (Dooman River, Grain In Ear), A Quiet Dream stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) as a young woman caring for her comatose father while running a bar and being wooed by three men.
Young Korean indie directors Yang Ikjune, Yoon Jong-bin...
- 9/6/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Festival will open with the world premiere of Zhang Lu’s Korean film A Quiet Dream.
Busan International Film Festival (Biff) on Tuesday unveiled its line-up, set to open with the world premiere of Zhang Lu’s Korean film A Quiet Dream.
Running Oct 6-15, the 21st Biff will screen a total of 301 films from 69 countries with 96 world premieres and 27 international premieres. The festival will close with the international premiere of Iraq-Germany-Qatar co-production The Dark Wind, directed by Hussein Hassan (Narcissus Blossom).
Festival director Kang Soo-youn said of A Quiet Dream: “It’s a film that people who like films and people who make films can’t help but like.”
The latest from Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu (Dooman River, Grain In Ear), A Quiet Dream stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) as a young woman caring for her comatose father while running a bar and being wooed by three men. Young Korean indie directors Yang Ikjune, Yoon Jong-bin...
Busan International Film Festival (Biff) on Tuesday unveiled its line-up, set to open with the world premiere of Zhang Lu’s Korean film A Quiet Dream.
Running Oct 6-15, the 21st Biff will screen a total of 301 films from 69 countries with 96 world premieres and 27 international premieres. The festival will close with the international premiere of Iraq-Germany-Qatar co-production The Dark Wind, directed by Hussein Hassan (Narcissus Blossom).
Festival director Kang Soo-youn said of A Quiet Dream: “It’s a film that people who like films and people who make films can’t help but like.”
The latest from Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu (Dooman River, Grain In Ear), A Quiet Dream stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) as a young woman caring for her comatose father while running a bar and being wooed by three men. Young Korean indie directors Yang Ikjune, Yoon Jong-bin...
- 9/6/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Another year, another film festival goes by. The 34th Vancouver International Film Festival was 16 days of intense film watching, as I tried to immerse myself in a fleeting atmosphere celebrating the some of the best of contemporary world cinema. And even though Viff may not boast the prestige or media frenzy of Cannes, Tiff, or Nyff, it does – like almost any film festival does – hold a special place in the mind of this budding cinephile. With over 350 films, it’s necessary to schedule my time according to the best films, generally award winners from previous fests.
But I try to deviate from the known auteurs and films which garnered bouquets of critical praise earlier in the year, because my favourite part of film festivals is nestling into the Pacific Cinematheque or Vancity Theatre at a sparsely populated screening, with the anticipation of seeing what could be a masterpiece or a disaster.
But I try to deviate from the known auteurs and films which garnered bouquets of critical praise earlier in the year, because my favourite part of film festivals is nestling into the Pacific Cinematheque or Vancity Theatre at a sparsely populated screening, with the anticipation of seeing what could be a masterpiece or a disaster.
- 10/20/2015
- by Josh Hamm
- SoundOnSight
Exclusive: New festival plans launch in 2016; preview event this month will open with the European premiere of Korean box office hit Veteran.
Plans have been revealed to launch a new annual event in London dedicated to East Asian film.
The inaugural London East Asia Film Festival (Leaff) will launch in 2016 with a programme of titles from emerging and established directors, attended by filmmakers and stars.
The new festival - founded by former London Korean Film Festival director Hye-jung Jeon – has recruited Chris Fujiwara as chief programmer.
Fujiwara stepped down as artistic director of Edinburgh International Film Festival after three festivals in September 2014. An independent film critic and programmer, Fujiwara had previously developed film festival programmes for Jeonju, Sydney and Mar del Plata among others.
Three film festival advisors, Ji-seok Kim from Busan International Film Festival, Roger Garcia from Hong Kong International Film Festival, and Simon Ward from Independent Cinema Office (Ico), have advised Leaff on its vision...
Plans have been revealed to launch a new annual event in London dedicated to East Asian film.
The inaugural London East Asia Film Festival (Leaff) will launch in 2016 with a programme of titles from emerging and established directors, attended by filmmakers and stars.
The new festival - founded by former London Korean Film Festival director Hye-jung Jeon – has recruited Chris Fujiwara as chief programmer.
Fujiwara stepped down as artistic director of Edinburgh International Film Festival after three festivals in September 2014. An independent film critic and programmer, Fujiwara had previously developed film festival programmes for Jeonju, Sydney and Mar del Plata among others.
Three film festival advisors, Ji-seok Kim from Busan International Film Festival, Roger Garcia from Hong Kong International Film Festival, and Simon Ward from Independent Cinema Office (Ico), have advised Leaff on its vision...
- 10/1/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 20th Busan International Film Festival (Biff) is to present its Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award to Hayao Miyazaki’s Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Studio Ghibli was founded by My Neighbor Totoro director Miyazaki and Takahata Isao, who directed recent Oscar-nominated animation The Tale Of Princess Kaguya.
Studio Ghibli has produced 21 films including Howl’s Moving Castle and Berlinale Golden Bear winner Spirited Away, which also picked up the 2003 Oscar for best animated feature film.
Biff organizers said: “Studio Ghibli has produced numerous masterpieces with an extended production period, providing a stable production system as well as training successors for the development of animations.
“The studio has also left a significant mark through activities concerning environmental protection, peace, and the future of children.”
To mark the occasion, Biff is screening My Neighbor Totoro in the Open Cinema section and Takahata’s Only Yesterday in the Wide Angle – Animation Showcase...
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Studio Ghibli was founded by My Neighbor Totoro director Miyazaki and Takahata Isao, who directed recent Oscar-nominated animation The Tale Of Princess Kaguya.
Studio Ghibli has produced 21 films including Howl’s Moving Castle and Berlinale Golden Bear winner Spirited Away, which also picked up the 2003 Oscar for best animated feature film.
Biff organizers said: “Studio Ghibli has produced numerous masterpieces with an extended production period, providing a stable production system as well as training successors for the development of animations.
“The studio has also left a significant mark through activities concerning environmental protection, peace, and the future of children.”
To mark the occasion, Biff is screening My Neighbor Totoro in the Open Cinema section and Takahata’s Only Yesterday in the Wide Angle – Animation Showcase...
- 9/17/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Asian premiere for Vincent Cassel feature at new 4,000-seat stadium.
The 16th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) opened today (April 30) at a new venue - the 4,000-seat outdoor screening area in Jeonju Stadium - with a star-studded red carpet, screaming fans, fireworks, K-pop performances and Ariel Kleiman’s Sundance buzz film Partisan featuring Vincent Cassel.
The Australian director was on hand to present the Opening Film with young star Jeremy Chabriel and co-screenwriter Sarah Cyngler.
“I can honestly say when we were making the film in Melbourne, Australia, we never thought we’d be showing it in a stadium full of people,” said Kleiman. “So thank you to the festival and to the city for inviting us. I’m told Jeonju is known for its independent and free-thinking people, so I think it’s perfect for this film
“It’s a bit overwhelming after all the fireworks and musical performances – it’s a hard act to follow...
The 16th Jeonju International Film Festival (Jiff) opened today (April 30) at a new venue - the 4,000-seat outdoor screening area in Jeonju Stadium - with a star-studded red carpet, screaming fans, fireworks, K-pop performances and Ariel Kleiman’s Sundance buzz film Partisan featuring Vincent Cassel.
The Australian director was on hand to present the Opening Film with young star Jeremy Chabriel and co-screenwriter Sarah Cyngler.
“I can honestly say when we were making the film in Melbourne, Australia, we never thought we’d be showing it in a stadium full of people,” said Kleiman. “So thank you to the festival and to the city for inviting us. I’m told Jeonju is known for its independent and free-thinking people, so I think it’s perfect for this film
“It’s a bit overwhelming after all the fireworks and musical performances – it’s a hard act to follow...
- 4/30/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
As this year's Toronto International Film Festival comes to a close, we gather one last round of notable reviews of notable films: new work by Liv Ullmann, François Ozon, Isao Takahata, Denys Arcand, Sophie Barthes, Alan Rickman, Im Kwon-taek, Anne Fontaine, Ken Jacobs, Manoel de Oliveira, Bent Hamer, Ann Hui, James Franco, Andrew Lau, Andrew Niccol, Wang Xiaoshuai, Claire Denis, Michael Winterbottom, Lone Scherfig, Peter Chan, Mario Martone, Zhang Lu, Naji Abu Nowar and more. » - David Hudson...
- 9/14/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
As this year's Toronto International Film Festival comes to a close, we gather one last round of notable reviews of notable films: new work by Liv Ullmann, François Ozon, Isao Takahata, Denys Arcand, Sophie Barthes, Alan Rickman, Im Kwon-taek, Anne Fontaine, Ken Jacobs, Manoel de Oliveira, Bent Hamer, Ann Hui, James Franco, Andrew Lau, Andrew Niccol, Wang Xiaoshuai, Claire Denis, Michael Winterbottom, Lone Scherfig, Peter Chan, Mario Martone, Zhang Lu, Naji Abu Nowar and more. » - David Hudson...
- 9/14/2014
- Keyframe
This morning the Toronto Film Festival added several more films to their lineup including the world premiere of Thomas McCarthy's The Cobbler which stars Adam Sandler as a New York City cobbler who, disenchanted with the grind of daily life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. The film co-stars Method Man, Ellen Barkin, Melonie Diaz, Dan Stevens, Steve Buscemi and Dustin Hoffman. Additionally, Sundance standouts Infinity Polar Bear and Laggies starring Keira Knightley and Chloe Grace Moretz were added to the Gala selection. Joining The Cobbler as new additions to the Special Presentations field include Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria starring Kristen Stewart and Juliette Binoche and Two Days, One Night from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and starring Marion Cotillard. Both films made a splash at Cannes earlier this year,...
- 8/12/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Toronto film festival organisers have programmed features from 42 countries in the Contemporary World Cinema (Cwc) programme and unveiled eight South Korean selections in the City To City.
Cwc features latest work by Jessica Hausner, Rolf de Heer, Christian Zübert and Ryuichi Hiroki, among others.
For the third year, Tiff (Sept 4-14) has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Munk School Of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series, pairing five films in selection with expert scholars.
The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with the Tiff Adult Learning department.
Contemporary World Cinema
Wp = World premiere / Nap = North American premiere / IP = International premiere / Cp = Canadian premiere.
Aire Libre (Argentina), Anahí Berneri IP
Amour Fou (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany), Jessica Hausner Nap
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), Ernesto Daranas Cp
Bird People (France), Pascale Ferran Nap
Black Souls (Anime Nere) (Italy), Francesco Munzi IP
Breathe (Respire) (France), Mélanie Laurent Nap
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer Nap
*John Stackhouse...
Cwc features latest work by Jessica Hausner, Rolf de Heer, Christian Zübert and Ryuichi Hiroki, among others.
For the third year, Tiff (Sept 4-14) has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Munk School Of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series, pairing five films in selection with expert scholars.
The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with the Tiff Adult Learning department.
Contemporary World Cinema
Wp = World premiere / Nap = North American premiere / IP = International premiere / Cp = Canadian premiere.
Aire Libre (Argentina), Anahí Berneri IP
Amour Fou (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany), Jessica Hausner Nap
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), Ernesto Daranas Cp
Bird People (France), Pascale Ferran Nap
Black Souls (Anime Nere) (Italy), Francesco Munzi IP
Breathe (Respire) (France), Mélanie Laurent Nap
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer Nap
*John Stackhouse...
- 8/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Above: Pedro Costa's Horse Money
The Locarno Film Festival has announced their lineup for the 67th edition, taking place this August between the 6th and 16th. It speaks for itself, but, um, wow...
"Every film festival, be it small or large, claims to offer, if not an account of the state of things, then an updated map of the art form and the world it seeks to represent. This cartography should show both the major routes and the byways, along with essential places to visit and those that are more unusual. The Festival del film Locarno is no exception to the rule, and I think that looking through the program you will be able to distinguish the route map for this edition." — Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director
Above: Matías Piñeiro's The Princess of France
Concorso Internazionale (Official Competition)
A Blast (Syllas Tzoumerkas, Greece/Germany/Netherlands)
Alive (Jungbum Park, South Korea)
Horse Money (Pedro Costa,...
The Locarno Film Festival has announced their lineup for the 67th edition, taking place this August between the 6th and 16th. It speaks for itself, but, um, wow...
"Every film festival, be it small or large, claims to offer, if not an account of the state of things, then an updated map of the art form and the world it seeks to represent. This cartography should show both the major routes and the byways, along with essential places to visit and those that are more unusual. The Festival del film Locarno is no exception to the rule, and I think that looking through the program you will be able to distinguish the route map for this edition." — Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director
Above: Matías Piñeiro's The Princess of France
Concorso Internazionale (Official Competition)
A Blast (Syllas Tzoumerkas, Greece/Germany/Netherlands)
Alive (Jungbum Park, South Korea)
Horse Money (Pedro Costa,...
- 7/25/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
13 of the 17 films competing for the Golden Leopard are world premieres; Juliette Binoche to receive Excellence Award.
Full details of the line-up for the 67th Locarno Film Festival, which runs August 6-16, were unveiled at a press conference in the Swiss capital Berne today.
13 of the 17 films competing for the Golden Leopard in the festival’s International Competition section are world premiers including Syllas Tzoumerkas’s A Blast [pictured], Jungbum Park’s Alive (South Korea), Paul Vecchiali’s White Nights On The Pier (France) and Yury Bykov’s The Fool (Russia). International premieres include Alex Ross Perry’s hotly antipated Us comedy Listen Up Philip starring Jason Schwartzman who is expected to attend.
The Piazza Grande line-up includes the international premieres of Eran Riklis’ Dancing Arabs, Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens’ critically acclaimed Iceland set Land Ho! Which world premiered at Sundance, and Olivier Assayas’ Clouds Of Sils Maria, which played in competition in Cannes. World premieres...
Full details of the line-up for the 67th Locarno Film Festival, which runs August 6-16, were unveiled at a press conference in the Swiss capital Berne today.
13 of the 17 films competing for the Golden Leopard in the festival’s International Competition section are world premiers including Syllas Tzoumerkas’s A Blast [pictured], Jungbum Park’s Alive (South Korea), Paul Vecchiali’s White Nights On The Pier (France) and Yury Bykov’s The Fool (Russia). International premieres include Alex Ross Perry’s hotly antipated Us comedy Listen Up Philip starring Jason Schwartzman who is expected to attend.
The Piazza Grande line-up includes the international premieres of Eran Riklis’ Dancing Arabs, Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens’ critically acclaimed Iceland set Land Ho! Which world premiered at Sundance, and Olivier Assayas’ Clouds Of Sils Maria, which played in competition in Cannes. World premieres...
- 7/16/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Korean sales company’s Afm slate is bolstered by titles including When A Man Loves A Woman and The Fives.
Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has announced a slew of deals led by pre-sales on romantic comedy Marriage Blue.
Directed by Hong Ji-young, the film sold to Showgate for Japan, Sun Entertainment for Hong Kong, Ram Entertainment for Indonesia, Purple Plan for Singapore and Malaysia, and Emphasis for in-flight rights.
Mostofa Sawar Farooki’s Busan closing film Television, Bangladesh’s submission to the upcoming Oscars’ foreign language race, sold to Astro for multiple territories: Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Philippines, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as to Emphasis for in-flight rights.
Astro also picked up Chung Ji-young’s political drama National Security for the same territories. Nishigahara Jimakusha took the film for Japan.
Shochiku picked up Jin Hyung-tae’s Bitter Days for Japan and Ram...
Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has announced a slew of deals led by pre-sales on romantic comedy Marriage Blue.
Directed by Hong Ji-young, the film sold to Showgate for Japan, Sun Entertainment for Hong Kong, Ram Entertainment for Indonesia, Purple Plan for Singapore and Malaysia, and Emphasis for in-flight rights.
Mostofa Sawar Farooki’s Busan closing film Television, Bangladesh’s submission to the upcoming Oscars’ foreign language race, sold to Astro for multiple territories: Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Philippines, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as to Emphasis for in-flight rights.
Astro also picked up Chung Ji-young’s political drama National Security for the same territories. Nishigahara Jimakusha took the film for Japan.
Shochiku picked up Jin Hyung-tae’s Bitter Days for Japan and Ram...
- 11/7/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Korean sales company’s Afm slate is bolstered by titles including When A Man Loves A Woman and The Fives.
Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has announced a slew of deals led by pre-sales on romantic comedy Marriage Blue. Directed by Hong Ji-young, the film sold to Showgate for Japan, Sun Entertainment for Hong Kong, Ram Entertainment for Indonesia, Purple Plan for Singapore and Malaysia, and Emphasis for in-flight rights.
Mostofa Sawar Farooki’s Busan closing film Television, Bangladesh’s submission to the upcoming Oscars’ foreign language race, sold to Astro for multiple territories: Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Philippines, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as to Emphasis for in-flight rights.
Astro also picked up Chung Ji-young’s political drama National Security for the same territories. Nishigahara Jimakusha took the film for Japan.
Shochiku picked up Jin Hyung-tae’s Bitter Days for Japan and Ram...
Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has announced a slew of deals led by pre-sales on romantic comedy Marriage Blue. Directed by Hong Ji-young, the film sold to Showgate for Japan, Sun Entertainment for Hong Kong, Ram Entertainment for Indonesia, Purple Plan for Singapore and Malaysia, and Emphasis for in-flight rights.
Mostofa Sawar Farooki’s Busan closing film Television, Bangladesh’s submission to the upcoming Oscars’ foreign language race, sold to Astro for multiple territories: Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Philippines, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as to Emphasis for in-flight rights.
Astro also picked up Chung Ji-young’s political drama National Security for the same territories. Nishigahara Jimakusha took the film for Japan.
Shochiku picked up Jin Hyung-tae’s Bitter Days for Japan and Ram...
- 11/7/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Busan’s Asian Film Market wrapped with a record number of participants and the Asian Project Market (Apm)’s top Busan Award going to Kim Jee-woon’s Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade.
Kim’s sci-fi action spy project is to be a live-action version of the Japanese animation written by Oshii Mamoru. Currently in the scriptwriting stage, Lewis Kim (The Host) is attached as producer with his new company Lewis Pictures Inc.
See below for full list of Apm winners
The Asian Film Market reported a record 4,000 film industry professionals visited the market. It saw a 16% increase on last year with a total of 1,272 market badge holders from 733 companies and 49 countries.
Combined with the Bifcom locations and post-production convention, the market hosted a total of 92 booths from 198 companies and 32 countries. They each had more than 50 meetings on average to make a total of over 10,000 meetings with an estimated 50 expected to result in deals.
First-timers included...
Kim’s sci-fi action spy project is to be a live-action version of the Japanese animation written by Oshii Mamoru. Currently in the scriptwriting stage, Lewis Kim (The Host) is attached as producer with his new company Lewis Pictures Inc.
See below for full list of Apm winners
The Asian Film Market reported a record 4,000 film industry professionals visited the market. It saw a 16% increase on last year with a total of 1,272 market badge holders from 733 companies and 49 countries.
Combined with the Bifcom locations and post-production convention, the market hosted a total of 92 booths from 198 companies and 32 countries. They each had more than 50 meetings on average to make a total of over 10,000 meetings with an estimated 50 expected to result in deals.
First-timers included...
- 10/11/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Busan’s Asian Film Market wrapped with a record number of participants and the Asian Project Market (Apm)’s top Busan Award going to Kim Jee-woon’s Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade.
Kim’s sci-fi action spy project is to be a live-action version of the Japanese animation written by Oshii Mamoru. Currently in the scriptwriting stage, Lewis Kim (The Host) is attached as producer with his new company Lewis Pictures Inc.
*See below for full list of Apm winners.
The Asian Film Market reported a record 4,000 film industry professionals visited the market. It saw a 16% increase on last year with a total of 1,272 market badge holders from 733 companies and 49 countries.
Combined with the Bifcom locations and post-production convention, the market hosted a total of 92 booths from 198 companies and 32 countries. They each had more than 50 meetings on average to make a total of over 10,000 meetings with an estimated 50 expected to result in deals.
First-timers included...
Kim’s sci-fi action spy project is to be a live-action version of the Japanese animation written by Oshii Mamoru. Currently in the scriptwriting stage, Lewis Kim (The Host) is attached as producer with his new company Lewis Pictures Inc.
*See below for full list of Apm winners.
The Asian Film Market reported a record 4,000 film industry professionals visited the market. It saw a 16% increase on last year with a total of 1,272 market badge holders from 733 companies and 49 countries.
Combined with the Bifcom locations and post-production convention, the market hosted a total of 92 booths from 198 companies and 32 countries. They each had more than 50 meetings on average to make a total of over 10,000 meetings with an estimated 50 expected to result in deals.
First-timers included...
- 10/11/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The 18th Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has announced its full line-up of 301 films from 70 countries with 95 world premieres and 42 international premieres.
Running Oct 3-12, the festival will open with the world premiere of Bhutanese film Vara: A Blessing, directed by Buddhist monk Khyentse Norbu, who formerly served as technical advisor to Bernardo Bertolucci on Little Buddha.
Biff will close with the world premiere of Korean film The Dinner, directed by Kim Dong-hyun whose Hello, Stranger (2007) won Asian Cinema Fund (Acf) post-production support and won the 12th Biff’s Netpac Award.
New Market Incentive
The Asian Film Market is launching new incentives for buyers and sellers participating from this year.
Market head Jay Jeon said: “With an aim to being more productive and bring more Asia-focused development in future, we are going to offer indirect support with flight and accommodations to buyers who pick up films at the Asian Film Market.
“We’ll be giving...
Running Oct 3-12, the festival will open with the world premiere of Bhutanese film Vara: A Blessing, directed by Buddhist monk Khyentse Norbu, who formerly served as technical advisor to Bernardo Bertolucci on Little Buddha.
Biff will close with the world premiere of Korean film The Dinner, directed by Kim Dong-hyun whose Hello, Stranger (2007) won Asian Cinema Fund (Acf) post-production support and won the 12th Biff’s Netpac Award.
New Market Incentive
The Asian Film Market is launching new incentives for buyers and sellers participating from this year.
Market head Jay Jeon said: “With an aim to being more productive and bring more Asia-focused development in future, we are going to offer indirect support with flight and accommodations to buyers who pick up films at the Asian Film Market.
“We’ll be giving...
- 9/3/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The Busan International Film Festival has announced its Asian Project Market (Apm) line-up for this year with 30 projects including name directors like Kim Jee-woon, Wayne Wang and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
A total of 249 projects were submitted this year, with Apm organizers noting 35% were international co-productions.
Out of the final 30 selected, 11 are co-productions, including Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Iran-Georgia project The President, A Brand New Life director Ounie Lecomte’s Korea-Japan project A Thousand Weeds, and Edwin’s Exotic Pictures, an Indonesia-Netherlands-Germany collaboration.
ScreenDaily first reported on Makhmalbaf’s The President - his first English-language feature - last week.
Wayne Wang’s Japan-us project While The Women Are Sleeping, based on a short story from The New Yorker magazine about two vacationing couples at a resort, has been changed to incorporate Asian characters and settings.
Kim Jee-woon, who made his English language directorial debut earlier this year with The Last Stand starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is planning...
A total of 249 projects were submitted this year, with Apm organizers noting 35% were international co-productions.
Out of the final 30 selected, 11 are co-productions, including Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Iran-Georgia project The President, A Brand New Life director Ounie Lecomte’s Korea-Japan project A Thousand Weeds, and Edwin’s Exotic Pictures, an Indonesia-Netherlands-Germany collaboration.
ScreenDaily first reported on Makhmalbaf’s The President - his first English-language feature - last week.
Wayne Wang’s Japan-us project While The Women Are Sleeping, based on a short story from The New Yorker magazine about two vacationing couples at a resort, has been changed to incorporate Asian characters and settings.
Kim Jee-woon, who made his English language directorial debut earlier this year with The Last Stand starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is planning...
- 8/19/2013
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Dooman River
Zhang Lu’s Dooman River (La riviere tumen), which recently won the Best International Film at the Pune International Film Festival, will open the first edition of the Yashwant International Film Festival on January 20. The festival will take place in Mumbai from January 20th to 26th 2011.
The festival will showcase competition films from the recently concluded Pune International Film Festival in the following sections: World Cinema competition, Marathi Cinema competition, Student Film competition and Short films competition done jointly by Pune and Goa International Film Festival Fest.
Babu Band Baaja which won the Best Marathi Film Award in 9th Pune International Film Festival will be the closing film of the festival.
Five films of the Greek director Michael Cacoyannis will be screened in a Retrospective while The Focus on Korea section will present six acclaimed Korean films from last 10 years. In a Special Screening, four acclaimed German Films...
Zhang Lu’s Dooman River (La riviere tumen), which recently won the Best International Film at the Pune International Film Festival, will open the first edition of the Yashwant International Film Festival on January 20. The festival will take place in Mumbai from January 20th to 26th 2011.
The festival will showcase competition films from the recently concluded Pune International Film Festival in the following sections: World Cinema competition, Marathi Cinema competition, Student Film competition and Short films competition done jointly by Pune and Goa International Film Festival Fest.
Babu Band Baaja which won the Best Marathi Film Award in 9th Pune International Film Festival will be the closing film of the festival.
Five films of the Greek director Michael Cacoyannis will be screened in a Retrospective while The Focus on Korea section will present six acclaimed Korean films from last 10 years. In a Special Screening, four acclaimed German Films...
- 1/18/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Pune International Film Festival
Zhang Lu’s La Riviere Tumen, a co-production of South Korea and France won the Government of Maharashtra’s Prabhat Best International Film award at the 9th Pune International Film Festival. Baboo Band Baaja by Rajesh Pinjani won the Sant Tukaram Best Marathi Feature Film, comprising of a cash award of Rs. 5 lakh. The festival came to an end with the award ceremony on Thursday.
Borys Lankosz won the Prabhat Best International Film Director for the film The Reverse (Poland). The special jury award was given to Natalie Smirnoff for Puzzle (Argentina, France).
Veteran actresses Saira Banu and Shashikala were honoured with Life Time Achievement awards while director Subhash Ghai was awarded for his contribution to the film industry in the ninth edition of the festival which ran from January 6-13.
Zhang Lu’s La Riviere Tumen, a co-production of South Korea and France won the Government of Maharashtra’s Prabhat Best International Film award at the 9th Pune International Film Festival. Baboo Band Baaja by Rajesh Pinjani won the Sant Tukaram Best Marathi Feature Film, comprising of a cash award of Rs. 5 lakh. The festival came to an end with the award ceremony on Thursday.
Borys Lankosz won the Prabhat Best International Film Director for the film The Reverse (Poland). The special jury award was given to Natalie Smirnoff for Puzzle (Argentina, France).
Veteran actresses Saira Banu and Shashikala were honoured with Life Time Achievement awards while director Subhash Ghai was awarded for his contribution to the film industry in the ninth edition of the festival which ran from January 6-13.
- 1/14/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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
Zhang Lu's Dooman River MoMA and the Global Film Initiative (Gfi) present the New York leg of the touring film exhibition Global Lens, described as "a project conceived to encourage filmmaking in countries with emerging film communities." Global Lens 2011 kicks off on Jan. 13. The series runs until Jan. 28. I'm not sure you could call places such as Brazil, China, India, and Argentina as "emerging film communities" considering that all four countries have had internationally renowned film industries for decades. As for the remark that in those countries "local economic realities make such expensive and technology-driven endeavors a challenge," it implies that China, Argentina, India, and Brazil are about on the same economic level as Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bangladesh, and Haiti. Speaking of dire economic realities and the challenges to filmmaking, not one movie in the Global Lens 2011 series hails from Africa or from the poorest countries in the [...]...
- 1/4/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Pairon Talle
Sidharth Srinivasan’s Pairon Talle (Soul of Sand) will be a part of Global Lens 2011, the eighth annual touring film exhibition organized by MoMA (Museum of Modern Arts, New York City). The exhibition, in collaboration with the Global Film Initiative (Gfi) will be held from January 13–28, 2011.
The nine films to be presented in this exhibition have been developed with grants from Gfi.
“Accomplished, entertaining, and thought-provoking, the films are also deeply rooted in the social and political realities of the countries where their talented and resourceful makers live and set their stories”, as stated in a press release.
This year’s other selections are:
Federico Veiroj’s La Vida Útil (A Useful Life) (2010), Uruguay; Sérgio Bianchi’s Os Inquilinos (The Tenants) (2009), Brazil; Diego Lerman’s La Mirada Invisible (The Invisible Eye) (2010), Argentina; Aktan Arym Kubat’s Svet-Ake (The Light Thief) (2010), Kyrgyzstan; Mohammad Rasoulof’s Kestzar Haye Sepid (The...
Sidharth Srinivasan’s Pairon Talle (Soul of Sand) will be a part of Global Lens 2011, the eighth annual touring film exhibition organized by MoMA (Museum of Modern Arts, New York City). The exhibition, in collaboration with the Global Film Initiative (Gfi) will be held from January 13–28, 2011.
The nine films to be presented in this exhibition have been developed with grants from Gfi.
“Accomplished, entertaining, and thought-provoking, the films are also deeply rooted in the social and political realities of the countries where their talented and resourceful makers live and set their stories”, as stated in a press release.
This year’s other selections are:
Federico Veiroj’s La Vida Útil (A Useful Life) (2010), Uruguay; Sérgio Bianchi’s Os Inquilinos (The Tenants) (2009), Brazil; Diego Lerman’s La Mirada Invisible (The Invisible Eye) (2010), Argentina; Aktan Arym Kubat’s Svet-Ake (The Light Thief) (2010), Kyrgyzstan; Mohammad Rasoulof’s Kestzar Haye Sepid (The...
- 1/4/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Cologne, Germany -- "Youth in Revolt," Miguel Arteta's romantic comedy starring Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday, is one of the higher profile titles screening at Generation -- the Berlin Film Festival's youth cinema sidebar -- but the title could be used for the 2010 lineup as a whole. For its 33rd edition, Generation has decided to stir things up, mixing genres and styles, big names and unknowns.
Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Dev Benegal will open Generation's main 14plus competition with his latest off-Bollywood production "Road Movie." "Alamar," a docu-drama from Mexican director Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio kicks off the Generation Kplus section of younger-skewing titles.
No longer a ghetto for kid flicks, Generation has established itself as a strong brand and platform for launching films in its own right -- a fact illustrated by the ten world premieres this year. These range from "Last of the Line" from Finnish directors Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio,...
Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Dev Benegal will open Generation's main 14plus competition with his latest off-Bollywood production "Road Movie." "Alamar," a docu-drama from Mexican director Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio kicks off the Generation Kplus section of younger-skewing titles.
No longer a ghetto for kid flicks, Generation has established itself as a strong brand and platform for launching films in its own right -- a fact illustrated by the ten world premieres this year. These range from "Last of the Line" from Finnish directors Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio,...
- 1/13/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This week brings a bumper crop of indie and arthouse releases with something to suit all tastes, even if their added box office is outdone by "Crank: High Voltage."
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"American Violet"
In our politically expedient, hyper-add times, director Tim Disney reminds us African-Americans had it tough in the post-civil rights era long before Katrina with this Texas-set drama based on true story. As much a legal thriller as anything else, "American Violet" stars Alfre Woodward as the steely mother of Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a woman wrongly scooped up from the projects amidst a mass drug raid and harassed into a plea bargain. With the help of an Aclu attorney (Tim Blake Nelson) and an ex-cop (Will Patton), she must go up against a callous district attorney (Michael O'Keefe), who's playing a numbers game in pursuit of federal money,...
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"American Violet"
In our politically expedient, hyper-add times, director Tim Disney reminds us African-Americans had it tough in the post-civil rights era long before Katrina with this Texas-set drama based on true story. As much a legal thriller as anything else, "American Violet" stars Alfre Woodward as the steely mother of Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a woman wrongly scooped up from the projects amidst a mass drug raid and harassed into a plea bargain. With the help of an Aclu attorney (Tim Blake Nelson) and an ex-cop (Will Patton), she must go up against a callous district attorney (Michael O'Keefe), who's playing a numbers game in pursuit of federal money,...
- 4/15/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will feature a program of Chinese contemporary cinema titled "On the Edge: New Independent Cinema From China 2009" at New York's Walter Reade Theater from April 24-26. The program opens with Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu's "Chongqing" and Ying Liang's "The Other Half."
Other titles set to screen--including several that are unlikely to make it past China's censors at home--are Peng Tao's "Little Moth"; Zhang's "Iri," a companion to "Chongqing"; and Ying's newest film, "Good Cats."
In conjunction with the series, a panel discussion on new Chinese cinema will be held April 26 at Dodge Hall at Columbia University. Speakers will include Richard Pena, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's program director and co-curator of the series; Lydia Liu, Columbia professor in the humanities; and Zhang Zhen, associate professor of cinema studies at Nyu's Tisch School of the Arts.
This series was selected by Bao Weihong...
Other titles set to screen--including several that are unlikely to make it past China's censors at home--are Peng Tao's "Little Moth"; Zhang's "Iri," a companion to "Chongqing"; and Ying's newest film, "Good Cats."
In conjunction with the series, a panel discussion on new Chinese cinema will be held April 26 at Dodge Hall at Columbia University. Speakers will include Richard Pena, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's program director and co-curator of the series; Lydia Liu, Columbia professor in the humanities; and Zhang Zhen, associate professor of cinema studies at Nyu's Tisch School of the Arts.
This series was selected by Bao Weihong...
The Korean DVD cosmos has been a tad slow this summer, what with the Olympics and the fact that, well, the market is dead. Still, this Fall season seems to promise not too badly, if the beginning is of any indication. In the coming weeks we’ll be dealing with a pretty decent array of titles, mixing mainstream with arthouse and even some possible surprises.
First we start with the biggest name, Kwak Kyung-Taek (and Ahn Kwon-Tae)’s 눈에는눈 이에는이 (Eye for an Eye), quite a solid actioner with a top notch performance by the great Han Suk-Gyu. Not a great film nor anything which will stand the test of time, but overall an accomplished genre picture, and particularly recommended to fans of the leads. You can read our review here. Much better and a treat for the eyes is Choi Ik-Hwan’s interesting 그녀는 예뻤다 (Life is Cool), Korea...
First we start with the biggest name, Kwak Kyung-Taek (and Ahn Kwon-Tae)’s 눈에는눈 이에는이 (Eye for an Eye), quite a solid actioner with a top notch performance by the great Han Suk-Gyu. Not a great film nor anything which will stand the test of time, but overall an accomplished genre picture, and particularly recommended to fans of the leads. You can read our review here. Much better and a treat for the eyes is Choi Ik-Hwan’s interesting 그녀는 예뻤다 (Life is Cool), Korea...
- 9/30/2008
- by X
- Screen Anarchy
- 57th Berlin Film FestivalFebruary 8 to 18, 2007Countdown: updateCountdownClock('February 8, 2007'); Berlin, Germany Festival LinkOn February 8 the curtain will rise in Berlinale Palast for the 57th Berlin International Film Festival. Throughout the following ten days, the festival will show 373 films on some 50 cinema screens all over the city. At the growing European Film Market, the festival's business fair, more than 700 films will be presented to the industry. International guests, stars on the red carpet, packed theaters, hot debates, and wild parties - the Berlinale will play Berlin like no other event on the calendar does. Yet, it is a festival not only of the masses, but also of the many: of the many who in months of hard work organized the programme and provided the infrastructure, and of the many who are busy behind the scenes to keep the festival buzzing. Of course, it will again be a festival of stars,
- 2/7/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
COLOGNE, Germany -- French and Asian cinema are back with a vengeance at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, with four French and four Asian films selected for the festival's official competition lineup.
Francois Ozon's Angel, about the rise and fall of a young author in early 20th century England, will close the 57th Berlinale, providing a suitable bookend to an event that kicks off Feb. 8 with the world premiere of La vie en Rose, from another French director, Olivier Dahan.
The other French films in competition -- Andre Techine's The Witness and Jacques Rivette's Don't Touch The Axe -- also will have their world premieres in Berlin.
Asian cinema, which was largely absent from last year's lineup, returns in force with two Chinese productions -- Wang Quan'an drama Tuya's Marriage and Li Yu's urban portrait Lost In Beijing -- and two from Korea -- Zhang Lu's Desert Dream, about a refugee from North Korea who flees to a barren village on the Chinese/Mongolian border, and I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK, the highly-anticipated new drama from Park Chan-wook (Oldboy).
This year's Berlinale lineup ranges from such independent productions as Ryan Eslinger's When a Man Falls in the Forest to Zack Snyder's epic 300, an adaptation of the Frank Miller comic book about the battle of Thermopylae between 300 Spartans and a Persian army numbering in the millions. Both films will have their world premieres in Berlin, with "300" unspooling out of competition.
Francois Ozon's Angel, about the rise and fall of a young author in early 20th century England, will close the 57th Berlinale, providing a suitable bookend to an event that kicks off Feb. 8 with the world premiere of La vie en Rose, from another French director, Olivier Dahan.
The other French films in competition -- Andre Techine's The Witness and Jacques Rivette's Don't Touch The Axe -- also will have their world premieres in Berlin.
Asian cinema, which was largely absent from last year's lineup, returns in force with two Chinese productions -- Wang Quan'an drama Tuya's Marriage and Li Yu's urban portrait Lost In Beijing -- and two from Korea -- Zhang Lu's Desert Dream, about a refugee from North Korea who flees to a barren village on the Chinese/Mongolian border, and I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK, the highly-anticipated new drama from Park Chan-wook (Oldboy).
This year's Berlinale lineup ranges from such independent productions as Ryan Eslinger's When a Man Falls in the Forest to Zack Snyder's epic 300, an adaptation of the Frank Miller comic book about the battle of Thermopylae between 300 Spartans and a Persian army numbering in the millions. Both films will have their world premieres in Berlin, with "300" unspooling out of competition.
- 1/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PUSAN, South Korea -- Korean filmmaker Yoon Jong-bin's debut feature, The Unforgiven, dominated the competitive sections of this year's Pusan International Film Festival, collecting the award for most popular film as well as nods from the International Film Critics' Assn. and the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC). The awards were announced here Friday. The critics' award described Yoon's film about Korea's policy of obligatory national service in the military as a "harrowing depiction of the psychological violence done to young Korean men during ... their service." NETPAC's jury hailed it for its "critical reflection on 'masculinity, ' not only in Korea or in the military but in contemporary society in general." The other major award, given to the best new filmmaker of the year as part of the festival's New Currents section, went to Chinese director Zhang Lu for Grain in Ear. The award is worth $30,000.
- 10/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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