Exclusive: Leonine Studios’ Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion has hired international doc expert Martin Pieper from public network Zdf.
The experienced exec will exit Zdf after 20 years to join the German production house on October 1 as International Producer.
Gebrueder Beetz is known for docs such as Sky’s Juan Carlos – Downfall of the King and Netflix’s first German doc-series Perfect Crime and is considered as one of mainland Europe’s top factual producers.
Pieper, who has a reputation as an expert on the international doc market, led numerous Zdf/Arte’s editorial departments, namely its Culture and Science, Thema and, most recently News/Arte units. During his time at Zdf, he worked with Gebrueder Beetz on Armenian Academy Award entry Aurora’s Sunrise and docs Gaza and The Land of the Enlightened, both of which were nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Pieper will lead international co-production activities...
The experienced exec will exit Zdf after 20 years to join the German production house on October 1 as International Producer.
Gebrueder Beetz is known for docs such as Sky’s Juan Carlos – Downfall of the King and Netflix’s first German doc-series Perfect Crime and is considered as one of mainland Europe’s top factual producers.
Pieper, who has a reputation as an expert on the international doc market, led numerous Zdf/Arte’s editorial departments, namely its Culture and Science, Thema and, most recently News/Arte units. During his time at Zdf, he worked with Gebrueder Beetz on Armenian Academy Award entry Aurora’s Sunrise and docs Gaza and The Land of the Enlightened, both of which were nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Pieper will lead international co-production activities...
- 9/26/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated documentary “Flee” – already awarded at Sundance and Annecy – was granted the Grand Prix – Bank Millennium Award at the 18th edition of Millennium Docs Against Gravity, which will continue online from September 16 until October 3. Jurors Agnieszka Holland, Christian Frei and Tomasz Wolski were taken by the story of a man who, about to marry his husband, decides to finally open up about his refugee past. The film also picked up the “Zwierciadło” award for the Best Film on Psychology.
“This film speaks about a real, extremely important subject in an artistically powerful, compelling, and complex way,” it was argued. “The original form, the sincerity of the main character, the lack of sentimentality and its strong emotional content make it not only an attractive movie for the wider audience, but also an important statement about the real situation of today’s refugees, helping us to understand their...
“This film speaks about a real, extremely important subject in an artistically powerful, compelling, and complex way,” it was argued. “The original form, the sincerity of the main character, the lack of sentimentality and its strong emotional content make it not only an attractive movie for the wider audience, but also an important statement about the real situation of today’s refugees, helping us to understand their...
- 9/10/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The docu-thriller is a difficult subgenre to get just right. Finding tension and jeopardy in the real-life crises of others can all too often feel exploitative or trumped-up, spuriously shaped for the viewer’s entertainment. In “Saudi Runaway,” an intimate study of female oppression and liberation where the stakes couldn’t be much higher, director Susanne Regina Meures finds a risky but effective solution to the camera’s intrusive gaze on a vulnerable human subject: She gets said subject, a 26-year-old Saudi woman billed only as “Muna,” to wield the camera herself. Our perspective is entirely hers, insofar as she conveys it via a roving, frequently hidden smartphone. It’s a first-person view that few women in Muna’s position get to share, and Meures’ film does not take its exceptional access for granted.
“Saudi Runaway” is a product of extraordinary trust on the part of both filmmaker and subject...
“Saudi Runaway” is a product of extraordinary trust on the part of both filmmaker and subject...
- 6/23/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The American Film Institute has revealed its full slate of films being presented online for the AFI Docs 2020 Film Festival, which will take place digitally this year. The lineup features 59 films from 11 countries and 12 virtual world premieres, with 61 percent of the films directed by women, 25 percent by Poc directors, and 14 percent by LGBTQ directors. The festival runs June 17–21, with films available to view on Docs.AFI.com. See the full lineup below.
“Now more than ever, it is important to expand our perspectives and listen to voices that may differ from our own, and this year’s festival includes a diverse range of insights and experiences for audiences to share in,” said Michael Lumpkin, AFI Festivals director. “These films explore political and social issues in the U.S. and across the globe, introducing us to the next generation of leaders and shedding new light on figures of the past.”
The...
“Now more than ever, it is important to expand our perspectives and listen to voices that may differ from our own, and this year’s festival includes a diverse range of insights and experiences for audiences to share in,” said Michael Lumpkin, AFI Festivals director. “These films explore political and social issues in the U.S. and across the globe, introducing us to the next generation of leaders and shedding new light on figures of the past.”
The...
- 6/8/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Brücher piloted international promotions at Swiss Films and was a well-known figure on the festival and market circuit.
The Swiss and European film industry has paid tribute to film sales and marketing pioneer and veteran Francine Brücher, who died at the age of 77 in Munich after a long illness on May 6.
With her calm manner and sympathetic smile, Brücher was a well-known and much-liked figure on the festival and market circuit. She was best known in the latter part of her career for her work at Switzerland’s national cinema promotional body Swiss Films.
During her time at the agency...
The Swiss and European film industry has paid tribute to film sales and marketing pioneer and veteran Francine Brücher, who died at the age of 77 in Munich after a long illness on May 6.
With her calm manner and sympathetic smile, Brücher was a well-known and much-liked figure on the festival and market circuit. She was best known in the latter part of her career for her work at Switzerland’s national cinema promotional body Swiss Films.
During her time at the agency...
- 5/13/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired the worldwide rights to “Saudi Runaway” following its debut at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
“Saudi Runaway,” which will premiere on Tuesday at the Berlin International Film Festival, chronicles the story of a brave young Saudi woman, Muna, who reckons with her upcoming arranged marriage and takes her fate into her own hands, although it’s risky.
The documentary directed by Susanne Regina Meures features never-seen-before views into Saudi Arabia’s patriarchal culture and her claustrophobic existence.
Also Read: Kino Lorber Acquires Cuban Documentary and Sundance Winner 'Epicentro'
“Muna is one of the strongest-willed and most courageous women I know,” Meures said. “Unprecedented, as a Saudi woman, Muna dares to speak up. She shares her pain and offers us a glimpse into a hidden world. Although the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is at the centre of world affairs, very few authentic images of life there exist.
“Saudi Runaway,” which will premiere on Tuesday at the Berlin International Film Festival, chronicles the story of a brave young Saudi woman, Muna, who reckons with her upcoming arranged marriage and takes her fate into her own hands, although it’s risky.
The documentary directed by Susanne Regina Meures features never-seen-before views into Saudi Arabia’s patriarchal culture and her claustrophobic existence.
Also Read: Kino Lorber Acquires Cuban Documentary and Sundance Winner 'Epicentro'
“Muna is one of the strongest-willed and most courageous women I know,” Meures said. “Unprecedented, as a Saudi woman, Muna dares to speak up. She shares her pain and offers us a glimpse into a hidden world. Although the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is at the centre of world affairs, very few authentic images of life there exist.
- 2/25/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
National Geographic Documentary Films has bought the documentary “Saudi Runaway,” which follows a young woman in Saudi Arabia attempting to flee the country before her arranged marriage.
The deal was announced on Tuesday prior to “Saudi Runaway” screening at the Berlin Film Festival. Directed by Susanne Regina Meures, the movie had its premiere in the World Documentary Competition section at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Meures also wrote the pic and produced it with Christian Frei.
The young Saudi woman used her cell phone to secretly document her claustrophobic existence and her flight to freedom. Working in close collaboration with Meures (whom she spoke with multiple times a day for months), the result is a view inside Saudi Arabia’s patriarchal culture.
“Muna is one of the strongest-willed and most courageous women I know,” Meures said. “Unprecedented, as a Saudi woman, Muna dares to speak up. She shares her...
The deal was announced on Tuesday prior to “Saudi Runaway” screening at the Berlin Film Festival. Directed by Susanne Regina Meures, the movie had its premiere in the World Documentary Competition section at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Meures also wrote the pic and produced it with Christian Frei.
The young Saudi woman used her cell phone to secretly document her claustrophobic existence and her flight to freedom. Working in close collaboration with Meures (whom she spoke with multiple times a day for months), the result is a view inside Saudi Arabia’s patriarchal culture.
“Muna is one of the strongest-willed and most courageous women I know,” Meures said. “Unprecedented, as a Saudi woman, Muna dares to speak up. She shares her...
- 2/25/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Berlin Film Festival has added the politically charged documentary Saudi Runaway to the official lineup for its Panorama sidebar.
The nonfiction feature, from director Susanne Regina Meures (Raving Iran) documents a young woman's life under the oppressive Saudi Arabian regime. Using her smartphone, the woman secretly films her everyday struggles, including her daring plan to flee the country. Saudi Runaway was produced by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei (War Photographer).
Saudi Runaway premiered in Sundance, where it received rave reviews. The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a profile in courage, more suspenseful than many Hollywood thrillers."
Berlin on Thursday also unveiled its ...
The nonfiction feature, from director Susanne Regina Meures (Raving Iran) documents a young woman's life under the oppressive Saudi Arabian regime. Using her smartphone, the woman secretly films her everyday struggles, including her daring plan to flee the country. Saudi Runaway was produced by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei (War Photographer).
Saudi Runaway premiered in Sundance, where it received rave reviews. The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a profile in courage, more suspenseful than many Hollywood thrillers."
Berlin on Thursday also unveiled its ...
The Berlin Film Festival has added the politically charged documentary Saudi Runaway to the official lineup for its Panorama sidebar.
The nonfiction feature, from director Susanne Regina Meures (Raving Iran) documents a young woman's life under the oppressive Saudi Arabian regime. Using her smartphone, the woman secretly films her everyday struggles, including her daring plan to flee the country. Saudi Runaway was produced by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei (War Photographer).
Saudi Runaway premiered in Sundance, where it received rave reviews. The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a profile in courage, more suspenseful than many Hollywood thrillers."
Berlin on Thursday also unveiled its ...
The nonfiction feature, from director Susanne Regina Meures (Raving Iran) documents a young woman's life under the oppressive Saudi Arabian regime. Using her smartphone, the woman secretly films her everyday struggles, including her daring plan to flee the country. Saudi Runaway was produced by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei (War Photographer).
Saudi Runaway premiered in Sundance, where it received rave reviews. The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a profile in courage, more suspenseful than many Hollywood thrillers."
Berlin on Thursday also unveiled its ...
American director returns to festival for fifth time.
American director Oliver Stone will attend this year’s Zurich Film Festival (September 26 – October 6) as president of the jury.
He will be joined on the International Competition jury by Colombian director Ciro Guerra, Italian director Laura Bispuri, German actor Sebastian Koch, and Swiss producer Tiziana Soudani.
Zurich’s International Documentary Film Competition will this year be chaired by British producer Simon Chinn. He will be joined by American producer Stephen Nemeth, Swiss director Anja Kofmel, French director Maryam Goormaghtigh, and Swiss documentary filmmaker Christian Frei.
The Focus Competition, which selects first, second or third features from Switzerland,...
American director Oliver Stone will attend this year’s Zurich Film Festival (September 26 – October 6) as president of the jury.
He will be joined on the International Competition jury by Colombian director Ciro Guerra, Italian director Laura Bispuri, German actor Sebastian Koch, and Swiss producer Tiziana Soudani.
Zurich’s International Documentary Film Competition will this year be chaired by British producer Simon Chinn. He will be joined by American producer Stephen Nemeth, Swiss director Anja Kofmel, French director Maryam Goormaghtigh, and Swiss documentary filmmaker Christian Frei.
The Focus Competition, which selects first, second or third features from Switzerland,...
- 8/29/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
While you catch up on the best films of 2018, it’s time to turn to the handful of highlights as we enter the first month of the new year. Along with a handful of festival favorites finally getting U.S. releases, there are a few promising studio features amongst Hollywood’s dumping ground.
Matinees to See: Communion (1/4), Rust Creek (1/4), Buffalo Boys (1/11), The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (1/18), Girl (1/18), Adult Life Skills (1/18)
10. State Like Sleep (Meredith Danluck; Jan. 1)
Starring Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon, State Like Sleep follows a widow who must dig up a dark past a year after her husband died. A premiere at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year where it received favorable reviews, it looks like a strong showcase for the Inherent Vice star as she goes down the rabbit hole of a criminal underworld.
9. Touch Me Not (Adina Pintilie; Jan. 11)
After winning Berlinale nearly a year ago,...
Matinees to See: Communion (1/4), Rust Creek (1/4), Buffalo Boys (1/11), The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (1/18), Girl (1/18), Adult Life Skills (1/18)
10. State Like Sleep (Meredith Danluck; Jan. 1)
Starring Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon, State Like Sleep follows a widow who must dig up a dark past a year after her husband died. A premiere at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year where it received favorable reviews, it looks like a strong showcase for the Inherent Vice star as she goes down the rabbit hole of a criminal underworld.
9. Touch Me Not (Adina Pintilie; Jan. 11)
After winning Berlinale nearly a year ago,...
- 1/2/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Master Class is a five-day networking and mentoring programme for 20 emerging filmmakers.
Director Kevin Madconald, Endgame Entertainment CEO James D Stern and producer Gabrielle Tana are among the expert speakers participating in the Zurich Film Festival’s Master Class that begins today (October 3).
The Master Class is an intensive five-day networking and mentoring programme for 20 directors, screenwriters and producers from 18 counties.
Further speakers include filmmakers Christian Frei, Jacob Berger, Jon Kasbe and Ann Hui, and writer Thomas Meyer.
The programme kicks off today with Srf Writer’s Day, a collaboration with Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. The day’s activities...
Director Kevin Madconald, Endgame Entertainment CEO James D Stern and producer Gabrielle Tana are among the expert speakers participating in the Zurich Film Festival’s Master Class that begins today (October 3).
The Master Class is an intensive five-day networking and mentoring programme for 20 directors, screenwriters and producers from 18 counties.
Further speakers include filmmakers Christian Frei, Jacob Berger, Jon Kasbe and Ann Hui, and writer Thomas Meyer.
The programme kicks off today with Srf Writer’s Day, a collaboration with Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. The day’s activities...
- 10/3/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The American Museum of Natural History’s Margaret Mead Film Festival, occurring October 18–21, 2018, screens documentaries that increase our understanding of the complexity and diversity of the peoples and cultures that populate our planet. The festival has evolved with the times while maintaining its important history and has grown steadily to reflect the ever-evolving incarnations of storytelling, technology and growing access to communities near and far.
The Mead aims to connect viewers to cultures and communities around the world, creating empathy and understanding through visual media. Hundreds of filmmakers and scholars, thousands of moviegoers, and over 40 international nonfiction films and media converge over four thrilling days of screenings, conversations, and parties.
This year’s festival reflects stories of resilience, portraits of strength and action by people who are rising up, breaking new ground, and pushing their communities forward.
Collectively, the new centerpiece, highlights work from community organizations that train and support...
The Mead aims to connect viewers to cultures and communities around the world, creating empathy and understanding through visual media. Hundreds of filmmakers and scholars, thousands of moviegoers, and over 40 international nonfiction films and media converge over four thrilling days of screenings, conversations, and parties.
This year’s festival reflects stories of resilience, portraits of strength and action by people who are rising up, breaking new ground, and pushing their communities forward.
Collectively, the new centerpiece, highlights work from community organizations that train and support...
- 10/2/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
by David González, Cineuropa.orgTolga Karaçelik’s film has won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, while Talal Derki has triumphed again in the World Cinema Documentary Competition
Butterflies by Tolga Karaçelik
The Sundance Film Festival came to an end yesterday, after the list of films awarded by the jury (which included Ruben Östlund) was unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday evening. Curiously enough, the World Cinema competitions, which included a handful of European productions and co-productions, witnessed the triumph of two films hailing from the Middle East.
Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik’s Butterflies, the follow-up to his award-winning Ivy, received the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. The film follows three siblings who do not know each other or anything about their late father, as they wait to bury his body in a rural Turkish village.
Furthermore, the World Cinema Dramatic Competition saw victory for European talent,...
Butterflies by Tolga Karaçelik
The Sundance Film Festival came to an end yesterday, after the list of films awarded by the jury (which included Ruben Östlund) was unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday evening. Curiously enough, the World Cinema competitions, which included a handful of European productions and co-productions, witnessed the triumph of two films hailing from the Middle East.
Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik’s Butterflies, the follow-up to his award-winning Ivy, received the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. The film follows three siblings who do not know each other or anything about their late father, as they wait to bury his body in a rural Turkish village.
Furthermore, the World Cinema Dramatic Competition saw victory for European talent,...
- 2/5/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
"In the quest for life, there is nowhere man will not go." The first full trailer has debuted online for a new documentary film titled Genesis 2.0, which is premiering at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival this month. Made by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei and Russian filmmaker Maxim Arbugaev, the film profiles the "gold rush" happening in Siberia right now - scavengers in the cold who hunt for mammoth tusks (prized in the Chinese art market). Not only do they go into Siberia to understand how these communities of hunters work, but it also goes beyond to explore next step: resurrecting the mammoth is a first manifestation of the next great technological revolution. "Man becomes Creator. Genesis two point zero." That's where the title comes from. This seems like a captivating, mind-expanding documentary that examines "life" itself. Dig in. Here's the first trailer for Christian Frei & Maxim Arbugaev's doc Genesis 2.0, from...
- 1/16/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Starting this week, the 2018 Sundance Film Festival gives us a first glimpse at the year in cinema, but even if you won’t be at Park City, we’re rounding up an initial glimpse at the premieres. After highlighting our most-anticipated films, bookmark this page for a continually-updated round-up of trailers and clips, kicking off with the Jon Hamm-led Beirut, World Cinema offerings Pity and Loveling, the documentaries Seeing Allred and Genesis 2.0 (pictured above), and more.
Check out the trailers (and clips) below thus far in alphabetical order and we’ll be posting reviews from Park City soon, so follow along here.
Beirut (Brad Anderson)
A U.S. diplomat flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
A Boy, A Girl, A Dream.
Check out the trailers (and clips) below thus far in alphabetical order and we’ll be posting reviews from Park City soon, so follow along here.
Beirut (Brad Anderson)
A U.S. diplomat flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
A Boy, A Girl, A Dream.
- 1/15/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
I Am Not A Witch among titles supported.
Source: Kinology
I Am Not A Witch
European Film Promotion (Efp) is backing nine European features that are travelling to this month’s Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28).
Through its Film Sales Support programme, the organisation is giving a €35,000 boost to the marketing of the selected titles.
Four of the titles are screening in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition: Isold Uggadottir’s And Breathe Normally (The Match Factory), Gustav Möller’s The Guilty (TrustNordisk), Isabella Eklöf’s Holiday (Heretic Outreach), and Babis Makridis’ Pity (New European Film Sales).
A further four are in the World Cinema Documentary Competition: Christian Frei’s Genesis 2.0 (Rise and Shine World Sales), Talal Derki’s Of Fathers And Sons (Autlook Filmsales), Samuel Collardey’s A Polar Year (Kinology), and Lorna Tucker’s Westwood (Dogwoof).
Finally, in Sundance’s Spotlight section, Rungano Nyoni’s Bafta-nominated I Am Not A Witch (Kinology) will also receive...
Source: Kinology
I Am Not A Witch
European Film Promotion (Efp) is backing nine European features that are travelling to this month’s Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28).
Through its Film Sales Support programme, the organisation is giving a €35,000 boost to the marketing of the selected titles.
Four of the titles are screening in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition: Isold Uggadottir’s And Breathe Normally (The Match Factory), Gustav Möller’s The Guilty (TrustNordisk), Isabella Eklöf’s Holiday (Heretic Outreach), and Babis Makridis’ Pity (New European Film Sales).
A further four are in the World Cinema Documentary Competition: Christian Frei’s Genesis 2.0 (Rise and Shine World Sales), Talal Derki’s Of Fathers And Sons (Autlook Filmsales), Samuel Collardey’s A Polar Year (Kinology), and Lorna Tucker’s Westwood (Dogwoof).
Finally, in Sundance’s Spotlight section, Rungano Nyoni’s Bafta-nominated I Am Not A Witch (Kinology) will also receive...
- 1/11/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Berlin-based boutique sales outfit Rise and Shine has acquired global sales rights to Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary entry, Genesis 2.0. Co-directed by Oscar nominee Christian Frei and newcomer Maxim Arbugaev, this is Frei’s third film to premiere in the Sundance section. Check out the new poster below. Frei produces Genesis 2.0 which is billed as a cinematic essay-meets-adventure-doc as mammoth hunters on remote Siberian islands in search of…...
- 1/9/2018
- Deadline
Swiss filmmakers’ activities at home and abroad are to be given a welcome boost by the introduction of new financial instrument - the Film Standort Schweiz (FiSS) – and a new government decree for international cooperation.
This news comes 18 months after Switzerland was forced to exit the European Union’s Creative Europe programme after its immigration referendum in February 2014 and reconfirms plans already announced a year ago.
Speaking at the Locarno Film Festival yesterday, Federal Councillor and Interior Minister Alain Berset revealed that $27.5m (CHF27m) would be made available over five years from 2016 for the FiSS scheme to support the shoots and post-production of Swiss films in Switzerland as well as co-productions by Swiss producers of foreign projects shooting there.
Inspired by Germany’s Dfff and Austria’s Fisa incentive schemes, FiSS will have a $6.6m (CHF6m) annual budget, although only $3.3m (CHF3m) will be available in 2016 as the scheme is not expected to start...
This news comes 18 months after Switzerland was forced to exit the European Union’s Creative Europe programme after its immigration referendum in February 2014 and reconfirms plans already announced a year ago.
Speaking at the Locarno Film Festival yesterday, Federal Councillor and Interior Minister Alain Berset revealed that $27.5m (CHF27m) would be made available over five years from 2016 for the FiSS scheme to support the shoots and post-production of Swiss films in Switzerland as well as co-productions by Swiss producers of foreign projects shooting there.
Inspired by Germany’s Dfff and Austria’s Fisa incentive schemes, FiSS will have a $6.6m (CHF6m) annual budget, although only $3.3m (CHF3m) will be available in 2016 as the scheme is not expected to start...
- 8/7/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, Finding Vivian Maier documents Maloof’s journey to discover more about Vivian Maier after purchasing a box of her negatives in 2007. He began the search a few years later, after he realized the negatives consisted of some of the best undeveloped street photography of the 20th century. After some searching, it was revealed that Maier was a career-nanny who had died in 2009.
Since the documentary is in serious contention for a best documentary feature Oscar, we thought we’d check to see how many other photography-related films have managed to resonate with the Academy’s documentary branch and land a nomination in the same category. We found six.
The Naked Eye (1956)
Directed by two-time Oscar winner Louis Clyde Stoumen, this documentary celebrates photography through history by looking at pioneers in the field, such as Margaret Bourke-White. Though he covers works by multiple photographers,...
Managing Editor
Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, Finding Vivian Maier documents Maloof’s journey to discover more about Vivian Maier after purchasing a box of her negatives in 2007. He began the search a few years later, after he realized the negatives consisted of some of the best undeveloped street photography of the 20th century. After some searching, it was revealed that Maier was a career-nanny who had died in 2009.
Since the documentary is in serious contention for a best documentary feature Oscar, we thought we’d check to see how many other photography-related films have managed to resonate with the Academy’s documentary branch and land a nomination in the same category. We found six.
The Naked Eye (1956)
Directed by two-time Oscar winner Louis Clyde Stoumen, this documentary celebrates photography through history by looking at pioneers in the field, such as Margaret Bourke-White. Though he covers works by multiple photographers,...
- 11/7/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Birdman, Fury and Leviathan among main competition titles; Roland Joffé to preside over main jury.
Alejandro G Ińárritu, Yimou Zhang, Mike Leigh and Jean-Marc Vallée are among the directors with films screening in competition at the 22nd Camerimage (Nov 15-22), the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography.
The main competition at the festival, held in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, comprises:
Alejandro G Ińárritu’s Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance); USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
Yimou Zhang’s Coming Home (Gui lai); China, 2014; Cinematographer: Zhao Xiaoding
Richard Raymond’s Desert Dancer; UK, 2014; Cinematographer: Carlos Catalán Alucha
Lech J. Majewski’s Field of Dogs - Onirica (Onirica - Psie pole); Poland, 2014; Cinematographers: Paweł Tybora and Lech J. Majewski
Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body (Obce cialo); Poland, Italy, Russia, 2014; Cinematographer: Piotr Niemyjski
David Ayer’s Fury; USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Roman Vasyanov
Tate Taylor’s Get on Up; USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Stephen Goldblatt
Łukasz Palkowski’s Gods (Bogowie); Poland, 2014; Cinematographer:...
Alejandro G Ińárritu, Yimou Zhang, Mike Leigh and Jean-Marc Vallée are among the directors with films screening in competition at the 22nd Camerimage (Nov 15-22), the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography.
The main competition at the festival, held in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, comprises:
Alejandro G Ińárritu’s Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance); USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
Yimou Zhang’s Coming Home (Gui lai); China, 2014; Cinematographer: Zhao Xiaoding
Richard Raymond’s Desert Dancer; UK, 2014; Cinematographer: Carlos Catalán Alucha
Lech J. Majewski’s Field of Dogs - Onirica (Onirica - Psie pole); Poland, 2014; Cinematographers: Paweł Tybora and Lech J. Majewski
Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body (Obce cialo); Poland, Italy, Russia, 2014; Cinematographer: Piotr Niemyjski
David Ayer’s Fury; USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Roman Vasyanov
Tate Taylor’s Get on Up; USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Stephen Goldblatt
Łukasz Palkowski’s Gods (Bogowie); Poland, 2014; Cinematographer:...
- 10/31/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Polish film festival sets competition juries; Roland Joffe to preside over main competition.
Camerimage (Nov 15-22), the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, has set an impressive roster of jurors for its various competition categories.
The Killing Fields director Roland Joffe will preside over the main competition jury, which incldues cinematographers Christian Berger and Manuel Alberto Claro.
Caleb Deschanel has been appointed president of the Polish Films Competition.
The full list of jurors is below.
Main Competition
Roland Joffé – Jury President (director, producer; The Killing Fields, The Mission, Vatel)
Christian Berger (cinematographer; The Piano Teacher, Hidden, The White Ribbon)
Ryszard Bugajski (director, screenwriter; Interrogation, General Nil, The Closed Circuit)
Ryszard Horowitz (photographer)
David Gropman (cinematographer; The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Life of Pi)
Arthur Reinhart (cinematographer, producer; Crows, Tristan + Isolde, Venice)
Oliver Stapleton (cinematographer; The Cider House Rules, Pay It Forward, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark)
Manuel Alberto Claro (cinematographer; Reconstruction, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac...
Camerimage (Nov 15-22), the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, has set an impressive roster of jurors for its various competition categories.
The Killing Fields director Roland Joffe will preside over the main competition jury, which incldues cinematographers Christian Berger and Manuel Alberto Claro.
Caleb Deschanel has been appointed president of the Polish Films Competition.
The full list of jurors is below.
Main Competition
Roland Joffé – Jury President (director, producer; The Killing Fields, The Mission, Vatel)
Christian Berger (cinematographer; The Piano Teacher, Hidden, The White Ribbon)
Ryszard Bugajski (director, screenwriter; Interrogation, General Nil, The Closed Circuit)
Ryszard Horowitz (photographer)
David Gropman (cinematographer; The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Life of Pi)
Arthur Reinhart (cinematographer, producer; Crows, Tristan + Isolde, Venice)
Oliver Stapleton (cinematographer; The Cider House Rules, Pay It Forward, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark)
Manuel Alberto Claro (cinematographer; Reconstruction, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac...
- 10/31/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Tonislav Hristov’s Love & Engineering is to open the 20th edition of the Visions du Réel documentary film festival.
The film about a Bulgarian computer engineer searching for a formula to create irresistible seductive power for four desperate digital geeks searching for analogue love will open this year’s festival in Nyon, Switzerland tomorrow (April 24). The festival runs from April 25 to May 3.
The German-Finnish-Bulgarian co-production won the Audience Award at DocPoint Helsinki and is set to be screened at Hot Docs Toronto and the Tribeca Film Festival this month.
Nyon’s 2014 edition will see the festival celebrating two anniversaries: in 1969, the Festival international de cinéma Nyon was founded by the later Berlinale director Moritz de Hadeln, and the name change to Visions du Réel was taken by present artistic director Luciano Barisone’s predecessor Jean Perret in 1995
19 feature-length documentaries from 17 countries in the festival’s main competition will be judged by an International Jury comprising UK producer...
The film about a Bulgarian computer engineer searching for a formula to create irresistible seductive power for four desperate digital geeks searching for analogue love will open this year’s festival in Nyon, Switzerland tomorrow (April 24). The festival runs from April 25 to May 3.
The German-Finnish-Bulgarian co-production won the Audience Award at DocPoint Helsinki and is set to be screened at Hot Docs Toronto and the Tribeca Film Festival this month.
Nyon’s 2014 edition will see the festival celebrating two anniversaries: in 1969, the Festival international de cinéma Nyon was founded by the later Berlinale director Moritz de Hadeln, and the name change to Visions du Réel was taken by present artistic director Luciano Barisone’s predecessor Jean Perret in 1995
19 feature-length documentaries from 17 countries in the festival’s main competition will be judged by an International Jury comprising UK producer...
- 4/23/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The 2nd edition of The Inner Path, a festival on Buddhism, will be held from September 6 – 10 at Iccr, Azad Bhawan, New Delhi.
Organised by Netpac India in association with the Asoka Mission, the festival celebrates Buddhism through films, art and philosophy.
Kim Ki Duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring, David Grubin’s The Buddha and Acha Dayal’s Land Of Buddha are some of the films to be screened during the five day festival.
For more information write to innerpath@netpacasia.org or netpacindia@gmail.com
For schedule, click here
Full list of films:
Alms
Director: Edward A. Burger
Angin (An Essence Of Wind)
Director: Winaldo Artaraya Swastia
Buddhism In Europe Part 2
Director: Beomsu Kim
Cave In The Snow
Director: Liz Thompson
Impermanence
Director: Goutam Ghose
Kanzeon
Director: Tim Grabham, Neil Cantwell
Karma
Director: Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
Land Of Buddha
Director: Abha Dayal
Milarepa.
Director: Liliana Cavani
Plum...
Organised by Netpac India in association with the Asoka Mission, the festival celebrates Buddhism through films, art and philosophy.
Kim Ki Duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring, David Grubin’s The Buddha and Acha Dayal’s Land Of Buddha are some of the films to be screened during the five day festival.
For more information write to innerpath@netpacasia.org or netpacindia@gmail.com
For schedule, click here
Full list of films:
Alms
Director: Edward A. Burger
Angin (An Essence Of Wind)
Director: Winaldo Artaraya Swastia
Buddhism In Europe Part 2
Director: Beomsu Kim
Cave In The Snow
Director: Liz Thompson
Impermanence
Director: Goutam Ghose
Kanzeon
Director: Tim Grabham, Neil Cantwell
Karma
Director: Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
Land Of Buddha
Director: Abha Dayal
Milarepa.
Director: Liliana Cavani
Plum...
- 9/2/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
We all wear clothing made of textiles. Textiles are our second skin. Manufacturing, processing and trade link us around the globe. The Global Skin wants to make this visible and thereby sensitize viewers for fair and sustainable action. With your videos, photos, sounds and texts, they will produce a feature film.
"People & Textiles". → How it works
Win one of the prizes totaling 30'000 Us Dollars. → the Prizes
Participate in the video contest. (Now also prizes for photography, sound and text)
The Global Skin is produced by the Center for Storytelling in cooperation with the Dschoint Ventschr Film Production in Zurich and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
Topic of "the global skin" is "People & Textile". We are collecting stories on this theme from all around the world, and the highlight will be a video contest. From the best results we will produce a patchwork film for the cinema.
The project makes visible global connections and interdependencies by making use of the modern tools of communication in a worldwide, collaborative process.
We are looking for contributions of talents from as many regions and cultures as possible. Therefore it is necessary that many young creatives learn about the project and get the opportunity to participate and show their talent. Known members of the jury are the renowned video artist Pipilotti Rist, photographer Patrizio di Renzo, Swiss radio and TV personality Bernard Senn, and director Christian Frei (Oscar Nomination: "War Photographer").
"People & Textiles". → How it works
Win one of the prizes totaling 30'000 Us Dollars. → the Prizes
Participate in the video contest. (Now also prizes for photography, sound and text)
The Global Skin is produced by the Center for Storytelling in cooperation with the Dschoint Ventschr Film Production in Zurich and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
Topic of "the global skin" is "People & Textile". We are collecting stories on this theme from all around the world, and the highlight will be a video contest. From the best results we will produce a patchwork film for the cinema.
The project makes visible global connections and interdependencies by making use of the modern tools of communication in a worldwide, collaborative process.
We are looking for contributions of talents from as many regions and cultures as possible. Therefore it is necessary that many young creatives learn about the project and get the opportunity to participate and show their talent. Known members of the jury are the renowned video artist Pipilotti Rist, photographer Patrizio di Renzo, Swiss radio and TV personality Bernard Senn, and director Christian Frei (Oscar Nomination: "War Photographer").
- 10/6/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
We all wear clothing made of textiles. Textiles are our second skin.
Manufacturing, processing and trade link us around the globe. The Global Skin wants to make this visible and thereby sensitize viewers for fair and sustainable action.
The Global Skin is collecting short filmed stories on this theme from all around the world. The highlight will be a video contest. From the best results they will produce a patchwork film for the cinema. The deadline is October 31. The short films they are seeking are about people and textiles. Winners can win prizes totalling Us$ 30,000.
The Global Skin is produced by the Center for Storytelling in cooperation with the Dschoint Ventschr Film Production in Zurich and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). The project makes visible global connections and interdependencies by making use of the modern tools of communication in a worldwide, collaborative process.
We are looking for contributions of talents from as many regions and cultures as possible. Therefore it is necessary that many young creatives learn about the project and get the opportunity to participate and show their talent.
Known members of the jury are the renowned video artist Pipilotti Rist and the director Christian Frei (Oscar Nomination: "War Photographer").
To learn more, go to http://theglobalskin.org/home-eng.html or visit Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theglobalskin
___________________________________________________
Center for Storytelling
Räffelstr. 11 l 8045 Zürich l Switzerland
Mobile +41 79 567 25 64
reinhard [At] centerforstorytelling.org | www.centerforstorytelling.org...
Manufacturing, processing and trade link us around the globe. The Global Skin wants to make this visible and thereby sensitize viewers for fair and sustainable action.
The Global Skin is collecting short filmed stories on this theme from all around the world. The highlight will be a video contest. From the best results they will produce a patchwork film for the cinema. The deadline is October 31. The short films they are seeking are about people and textiles. Winners can win prizes totalling Us$ 30,000.
The Global Skin is produced by the Center for Storytelling in cooperation with the Dschoint Ventschr Film Production in Zurich and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). The project makes visible global connections and interdependencies by making use of the modern tools of communication in a worldwide, collaborative process.
We are looking for contributions of talents from as many regions and cultures as possible. Therefore it is necessary that many young creatives learn about the project and get the opportunity to participate and show their talent.
Known members of the jury are the renowned video artist Pipilotti Rist and the director Christian Frei (Oscar Nomination: "War Photographer").
To learn more, go to http://theglobalskin.org/home-eng.html or visit Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theglobalskin
___________________________________________________
Center for Storytelling
Räffelstr. 11 l 8045 Zürich l Switzerland
Mobile +41 79 567 25 64
reinhard [At] centerforstorytelling.org | www.centerforstorytelling.org...
- 9/19/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
As part of its 35th anniversary celebrations, the Margaret Mead Film Festival at New York's American Museum of Natural History will screen Space Tourists on Friday, November 11, at 8pm.
The film, directed by Academy Award-nominee Christian Frei, will then move from the silver screen to the TV screen, airing on Documentary Channel on Sunday, November 13, at 8pm.
For Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American billionaire raised during the glory days of American and Soviet space exploration, no price is too high when it comes to travelling to the International Space Station.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, formerly secret installations are now open to the public with enough money to fund their space travel fantasies.
In 2006, Ansari paid $20million for her journey. While she lives out her dream high above the Earth, photographer Jonas Bendiksen takes a ground tour of remote Kazakhstan where the shuttle launches are tracked by scrap metal...
The film, directed by Academy Award-nominee Christian Frei, will then move from the silver screen to the TV screen, airing on Documentary Channel on Sunday, November 13, at 8pm.
For Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American billionaire raised during the glory days of American and Soviet space exploration, no price is too high when it comes to travelling to the International Space Station.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, formerly secret installations are now open to the public with enough money to fund their space travel fantasies.
In 2006, Ansari paid $20million for her journey. While she lives out her dream high above the Earth, photographer Jonas Bendiksen takes a ground tour of remote Kazakhstan where the shuttle launches are tracked by scrap metal...
- 10/14/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is set to run June 17-27 in a brand new location. Oh, it’s still in L.A, but it’s moving across town, from Westwood — where it’s been held the past few years — all the way over to Downtown.
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
- 5/17/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Like the headline says, the complete lineup for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival has been announced and it's a fascinating, eclectic mix. How happy am I to see music doc Separado! in there? Pretty damn happy, as it's one of my absolute favorites of the year and has been resoundingly overlooked. Read the complete announcement below!
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Los Angeles (May 4, 2010) - Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and year-round artist development programs and exhibition events, announced the official selections for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times. The Festival will run from Thursday, June 17 to Sunday, June 27 in downtown Los Angeles, with its central hub at L.A. Live. Now in its sixteenth year, the Festival is recognized as a world-class event, showcasing the best in new American...
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Los Angeles (May 4, 2010) - Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and year-round artist development programs and exhibition events, announced the official selections for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times. The Festival will run from Thursday, June 17 to Sunday, June 27 in downtown Los Angeles, with its central hub at L.A. Live. Now in its sixteenth year, the Festival is recognized as a world-class event, showcasing the best in new American...
- 5/4/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and year-round artist development programs and exhibition events, announced the official selections for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times. The Festival will run from Thursday, June 17 to Sunday, June 27 in downtown Los Angeles, with its central hub at L.A. Live. Now in its sixteenth year, the Festival is recognized as a world-class event, showcasing the best in new American and international cinema and providing the movie-loving public with access to critically acclaimed filmmakers, film industry professionals, and emerging talent from around the world.
The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival will screen over 200 feature films, shorts, and music videos, representing more than 40 countries. This year, the Festival received more than 4,700 submissions from filmmakers around the world. The final selections represent 28 World, North American, and U.S. premieres, which more...
The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival will screen over 200 feature films, shorts, and music videos, representing more than 40 countries. This year, the Festival received more than 4,700 submissions from filmmakers around the world. The final selections represent 28 World, North American, and U.S. premieres, which more...
- 5/4/2010
- by Staff
- Hollywoodnews.com
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- Focus Features' The Kids Are All Right to Kick Off Festival -
- World Premiere of Universal Pictures' 3-D CGI Feature Despicable Me Selected for Closing Night -
- Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to have World Premiere -
- Galas include Animal Kingdom, Cyrus, Mahler on the Couch, Revolución,& Waiting for Superman -
Los Angeles (May 4, 2010) - Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and year-round artist development programs and exhibition events, announced the official selections for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times. The Festival will run from Thursday, June 17 to Sunday, June 27 in downtown Los Angeles, with its central hub at L.A. Live. Now in its sixteenth year, the Festival is recognized as a world-class event, showcasing...
- Focus Features' The Kids Are All Right to Kick Off Festival -
- World Premiere of Universal Pictures' 3-D CGI Feature Despicable Me Selected for Closing Night -
- Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to have World Premiere -
- Galas include Animal Kingdom, Cyrus, Mahler on the Couch, Revolución,& Waiting for Superman -
Los Angeles (May 4, 2010) - Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival, and year-round artist development programs and exhibition events, announced the official selections for the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times. The Festival will run from Thursday, June 17 to Sunday, June 27 in downtown Los Angeles, with its central hub at L.A. Live. Now in its sixteenth year, the Festival is recognized as a world-class event, showcasing...
- 5/4/2010
- by maint
- Film Independent
If there is one thing I can accuse of acclaimed director Christian Frei (War Photographer), it is that he somehow made a boring documentary about space exploration. This is not an insult to him or his film, it is kind of the raison d'etre, because humanity has somehow taken the majesty and the glory of the Soviet and American Space Race, and turned it into a mundane commodity for the rich and surprisingly the poor as well. From Neil Armstrong's famous words from the moon, to a Pizza Hut logo on one of the space shuttle rocket boosters, we've come a long way from that starry eyed ideals of the final frontier. And the beleaguered Russian space program, gutted at the collapse of the Soviet Union more than a decade ago, relies on selling the 'third seat' on its Soyuz rockets to various rich software engineers or the founder...
- 4/30/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Having seen Christian Frei's War Photographer nearly a decade ago, I wasn't sure what to expect from his new documentary about the post-Soviet effort to finance Russia's Space Program. War Photographer had earned an Oscar nomination, and now the Swiss documentarian returned to Sundance for the Us premiere of Space Tourists, which vied in the World Documentary Competition. As its title suggests, the film trains its lens on lay visitors to outer space, a funding source for the Russians to keep their shuttle flying while Nasa plans to discontinue the American program. Frei follows Iranian-American multimillionaire Anousheh Ansari as she undergoes ersatz cosmonaut training en route to becoming the world's first female space tourist. She herself is armed with a camera, and her footage on board the International Space Station is some of the most intimate, breathtaking imagery we will ever see from outer space. As Ansari launches into orbit,...
- 2/22/2010
- by Brad Balfour
- Huffington Post
Winners of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced recently, with Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's Restrepo taking home the Grand Jury Prize in the documentary category, and Debra Granik's Winter's Bone winning the Grand Jury Prize in the dramatic category. You may remember Granik, the independent filmmaker who burst onto the Sundance scene in 2004, claiming the Dramatic Directing award for her first feature-length film, Down to the Bone. Despite its phenomenal reputation, Granik's big screen debut grossed a meager $30,000. Let's hope Winter's Bone turns out to be an anomaly in the director's rather minuscule line of work. A comprehensive list of all the winners this year can be seen after the jump. Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: Restrepo, directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic: Animal Kingdom, written and directed by David Michôd.
- 2/1/2010
- by Crews
- FilmJunk
Animal Kingdom, The Red Chapel, Restrepo, and Winter's Bone Earn Grand Jury Prizes
Audience Favorites Feature Contracorriente, happythankyoumoreplease, Waiting For Superman, and Wasteland
Park City, Ut-The Jury, Audience, Next, and other special award-winners of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced tonight at the Festival's Awards Ceremony hosted by David Hyde Pierce (star of The Perfect Host which premiered in this year's Park City at Midnight section) in Park City, Utah. Highlights from the Awards Ceremony can be seen on the Festival website, www.sundance.org/festival.
Films receiving Jury Awards were selected from four categories: U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition and World Cinema Documentary Competition. All films in competition were also eligible for Sundance Film Festival Audience Awards as selected by Festival audiences. The U.S. Audience Awards presented by Honda and World Cinema Audience Awards were announced by Louis C.K. Joseph Gordon Levitt...
Audience Favorites Feature Contracorriente, happythankyoumoreplease, Waiting For Superman, and Wasteland
Park City, Ut-The Jury, Audience, Next, and other special award-winners of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced tonight at the Festival's Awards Ceremony hosted by David Hyde Pierce (star of The Perfect Host which premiered in this year's Park City at Midnight section) in Park City, Utah. Highlights from the Awards Ceremony can be seen on the Festival website, www.sundance.org/festival.
Films receiving Jury Awards were selected from four categories: U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition and World Cinema Documentary Competition. All films in competition were also eligible for Sundance Film Festival Audience Awards as selected by Festival audiences. The U.S. Audience Awards presented by Honda and World Cinema Audience Awards were announced by Louis C.K. Joseph Gordon Levitt...
- 2/1/2010
- Makingof.com
Debra Granik’s dark thriller Winter’s Bone took home the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic competition and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Based on a novel by Daniel Woodrell, the film is about a young girl searching for her missing, meth-making father in the harsh conditions of the Ozark Mountain. Roadside Attractions acquired the rights and is planning a summer release.
“How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor directorial debut, the indie romantic-comedy HappyThankYouMorePlease, won the Audience Award for dramatic competition. It has not inked a distribution deal, but reportedly has several interested buyers. The ensemble cast includes Radnor, Malin Akerman, Richard Jenkins, and Kate Mara.
In documentaries, Restrepo earned the Grand Jury kudos and Paramount’s Waiting for Superman won the audience award.
The biggest surprise was Mark Ruffalo’s first film, Sympathy for Delicious, grabbing a special jury prize after being generally panned by critics.
Based on a novel by Daniel Woodrell, the film is about a young girl searching for her missing, meth-making father in the harsh conditions of the Ozark Mountain. Roadside Attractions acquired the rights and is planning a summer release.
“How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor directorial debut, the indie romantic-comedy HappyThankYouMorePlease, won the Audience Award for dramatic competition. It has not inked a distribution deal, but reportedly has several interested buyers. The ensemble cast includes Radnor, Malin Akerman, Richard Jenkins, and Kate Mara.
In documentaries, Restrepo earned the Grand Jury kudos and Paramount’s Waiting for Superman won the audience award.
The biggest surprise was Mark Ruffalo’s first film, Sympathy for Delicious, grabbing a special jury prize after being generally panned by critics.
- 2/1/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Nathaniel's on the road so I don't think he has the time to post the winners from this year's Sundance film festival. I hope y'all have been following Nathaniel's Sundance writings and you'll recognise some of the names from the winners list. Debra Granik took home top honours for her film Winter's Bone, which has people crying "Frozen River!" Frozen River was my #1 film from 2008 so if Bone gets anywhere close to being as good as that one then I will be happy.
For me, however, the bigger news was that David Michôd's Melbourne-set crime saga Animal Kingdom took home the World Cinema Jury Prize. Last year that very prize was won by The Maid, so hopefully you'll see Animal Kingdom pop up at more festivals and maybe even at your local cinema (NY/La only, natch) some time over the next year. Kingdom has big buzz down here...
For me, however, the bigger news was that David Michôd's Melbourne-set crime saga Animal Kingdom took home the World Cinema Jury Prize. Last year that very prize was won by The Maid, so hopefully you'll see Animal Kingdom pop up at more festivals and maybe even at your local cinema (NY/La only, natch) some time over the next year. Kingdom has big buzz down here...
- 2/1/2010
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
"Winter's Bone" was the big winner at the Sundance Film Festival, taking home both the U.S. dramatic jury prize and the Waldo Salt screenwriting award.
The awards were announced in Park City, Utah Saturday (Jan. 30) to close out the festival.
Roadside Attractions recently acquired the North American rights to writer/director Debra Granik's sophomore film "Winter's Bone." The mystery follows teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) who is searching for her drug-dealing dad in the Ozarks.
"Restrepo," an examination of the Second Platoon stationed in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, was awarded the U.S. documentary prize.
In the world category, the dramatic jury prize went to David Michod's coming-of-age film "Animal Kingdom," while the documentary prize went to Mads Brugger's "The Red Chapel."
Additional Sundance Film Festival prizes/awards
Special Jury Prizes:
Dramatic - "Sympathy for Delicious"
Documentary - "Gasland"
World Cinema Dramatic Breakout Performance - Tatiana Maslany,...
The awards were announced in Park City, Utah Saturday (Jan. 30) to close out the festival.
Roadside Attractions recently acquired the North American rights to writer/director Debra Granik's sophomore film "Winter's Bone." The mystery follows teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) who is searching for her drug-dealing dad in the Ozarks.
"Restrepo," an examination of the Second Platoon stationed in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, was awarded the U.S. documentary prize.
In the world category, the dramatic jury prize went to David Michod's coming-of-age film "Animal Kingdom," while the documentary prize went to Mads Brugger's "The Red Chapel."
Additional Sundance Film Festival prizes/awards
Special Jury Prizes:
Dramatic - "Sympathy for Delicious"
Documentary - "Gasland"
World Cinema Dramatic Breakout Performance - Tatiana Maslany,...
- 1/31/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Sundance Film Festival closed with the announcement of its annual awards which included some surprises.
The biggest winner was "Winter's Bone" which took home the Grand Jury Prize (Drama). The story of an Ozark Mountain girl hunting for her missing father also took home the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Grand Jury Prize (Documentary) went to "Restrepo" which follows a platoon in one of Afghanistan's most strategically crucial valleys.
The World Cinema Jury Prize (Drama) went to David Michôd's Australian crime drama "Animal Kingdom", while the World Cinema Jury Prize (Documentary) went to Danish entry "The Red Chapel" about three quite different people visiting North Korea under the guise of a cultural exchange visit.
Over in the audience-voted categories, Josh Radnor's New York-set comedy "happythankyoumoreplease" and Davis Guggenheim's public education system doco "Waiting for Superman" took home the Audience Awards for dramatic and documentary selections respectively. Javier Fuentes...
The biggest winner was "Winter's Bone" which took home the Grand Jury Prize (Drama). The story of an Ozark Mountain girl hunting for her missing father also took home the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Grand Jury Prize (Documentary) went to "Restrepo" which follows a platoon in one of Afghanistan's most strategically crucial valleys.
The World Cinema Jury Prize (Drama) went to David Michôd's Australian crime drama "Animal Kingdom", while the World Cinema Jury Prize (Documentary) went to Danish entry "The Red Chapel" about three quite different people visiting North Korea under the guise of a cultural exchange visit.
Over in the audience-voted categories, Josh Radnor's New York-set comedy "happythankyoumoreplease" and Davis Guggenheim's public education system doco "Waiting for Superman" took home the Audience Awards for dramatic and documentary selections respectively. Javier Fuentes...
- 1/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sundance put a punctuation mark on this year's festival with their awards announcement -- emcee (and "The Perfect Host" star) David Hyde Pierce rapped the name of nearly every festival film over the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow." (Hyde Pierce joked, "it was Redford's idea.") Here are the winners:
Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Dramatic Film: Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions picked up the film and will likely distribute in the summer.)
Special Jury Prize for U.S. Dramatic Film: Mark Ruffalo's "Sympathy for Delicious"
Directing Award, Dramatic Category: Eric Mendelsohn for "3 Backyards"
Directing Award, Documentary Category: Leon Gast for "Smash His Camera"
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini for "Winter's Bone"
Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary: Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's "Restrepo"
Special Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary: Josh Fox's natural gas drilling doc...
Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Dramatic Film: Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions picked up the film and will likely distribute in the summer.)
Special Jury Prize for U.S. Dramatic Film: Mark Ruffalo's "Sympathy for Delicious"
Directing Award, Dramatic Category: Eric Mendelsohn for "3 Backyards"
Directing Award, Documentary Category: Leon Gast for "Smash His Camera"
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini for "Winter's Bone"
Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary: Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's "Restrepo"
Special Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary: Josh Fox's natural gas drilling doc...
- 1/31/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone" was the big winner in Park City Saturday night, as it won both the dramatic competition grand jury prize and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Earlier in the day, the gritty drama secured North American distribution through Roadside Attractions for release later this year.
The film, about an unflinching Ozark Mountain girl trudging through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her missing father, was adapted from the Daniel Woodrell novel by Granik and Anne Rosellini. Granik's previous film, the 2004 Sundance entry "Down to the Bone," won her a dramatic directing award.
The rest of the awards were fairly well spread around at the Saturday night ceremony hosted by David Hyde Pierce, who starred in the Park City at Midnight entry "The Perfect Host" this year.
To kick off the evening, Pierce came on stage in knit cap rapping to...
The film, about an unflinching Ozark Mountain girl trudging through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her missing father, was adapted from the Daniel Woodrell novel by Granik and Anne Rosellini. Granik's previous film, the 2004 Sundance entry "Down to the Bone," won her a dramatic directing award.
The rest of the awards were fairly well spread around at the Saturday night ceremony hosted by David Hyde Pierce, who starred in the Park City at Midnight entry "The Perfect Host" this year.
To kick off the evening, Pierce came on stage in knit cap rapping to...
- 1/30/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez and Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Perhaps one of the festival's least popular sections, among the twelve selected titles in 2010's Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition, we have seven world premieres including Jose Padiha's latest and the U.S premiere of Lixin Fan's Last Train Home - winner of the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). - Perhaps one of the festival's least popular sections, among the twelve selected titles in 2010's Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition, we have seven world premieres including Jose Padiha's latest and the U.S premiere of Lixin Fan's Last Train Home - winner of the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). Word to publicists: please keep some screeners handy. Here are the selections: "Enemies of the People" (Cambodia-u.K.) - Directed by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, which recounts the shocking revelations that ensue when a young journalist whose family was killed by the Khmer...
- 12/13/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
I feel a special bond with the Sundance Film Festival. Not because I’ve been there, but because the guy in charge of it this year, John Cooper, shares my name. Because we share this bond, I feel that I’m able to take license in referring to the man as Coop for the rest of this article.
For the annual event held in Park City, Utah from January 21-31, thousands of films are submitted and screened — this year, 3,724 films were viewed by the festival’s ten programmers. I wonder when they slept.
Coop has high hopes for the festival as a whole:
“We may even be going into a golden age for independent films, in that the technology will make it possible for the films to be made and for audiences to see them. The industry is going through a major evolutionary stage right now, there’s no doubt about that,...
For the annual event held in Park City, Utah from January 21-31, thousands of films are submitted and screened — this year, 3,724 films were viewed by the festival’s ten programmers. I wonder when they slept.
Coop has high hopes for the festival as a whole:
“We may even be going into a golden age for independent films, in that the technology will make it possible for the films to be made and for audiences to see them. The industry is going through a major evolutionary stage right now, there’s no doubt about that,...
- 12/3/2009
- by John Cooper
- ReelLoop.com
Sundance Film Festival 2010 is a little over a month away and that means we can now bring you a list of the competition films that will be playing. Here you go boys and girls… enjoy!
Documentary Competition
“Blue Valentine” – Directed by Derek Cianfrance, written by Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, a portrait of an American marriage that charts the evolution of a relationship over time. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman. “Douchebag” – Directed by Drake Doremus, written by Lindsay Stidham, Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz and Andrew Dickler, in which a man about to be married takes his younger brother on a wild goose chase to find the latter’s fifth-grade girlfriend. Features Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau, Nicole Vicius, Amy Ferguson, Wendi McClendon-Covey. “The Dry Land” – Directed and written by Ryan Piers Williams, in which a returning U.S. soldier tries to reconcile his experiences overseas with his life in Texas.
Documentary Competition
“Blue Valentine” – Directed by Derek Cianfrance, written by Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, a portrait of an American marriage that charts the evolution of a relationship over time. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman. “Douchebag” – Directed by Drake Doremus, written by Lindsay Stidham, Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz and Andrew Dickler, in which a man about to be married takes his younger brother on a wild goose chase to find the latter’s fifth-grade girlfriend. Features Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau, Nicole Vicius, Amy Ferguson, Wendi McClendon-Covey. “The Dry Land” – Directed and written by Ryan Piers Williams, in which a returning U.S. soldier tries to reconcile his experiences overseas with his life in Texas.
- 12/3/2009
- by Scott
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo: Sundance Today the Sundance Institute announced the films that will be in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in both the U.S. and International dramatic and documentary categories. The festival will run from January 21-31 in Park City, Utah. There are a few changes this year as there will be no opening-night picture and the festival will take select festival films to eight cities during as the fest plays out.
Last year notable films such as this year's major Oscar contenders Precious and An Education debuted at Sundance 2009 as did audience and critical favorite (500) Days of Summer.
As for this year's crop I have highlighted a few titles among the list below in red, but I have primarily done so considering the names attached to the pictures not necessarily based on any advanced buzz I've heard around any of the films. Names to look out for include Ryan Gosling,...
Last year notable films such as this year's major Oscar contenders Precious and An Education debuted at Sundance 2009 as did audience and critical favorite (500) Days of Summer.
As for this year's crop I have highlighted a few titles among the list below in red, but I have primarily done so considering the names attached to the pictures not necessarily based on any advanced buzz I've heard around any of the films. Names to look out for include Ryan Gosling,...
- 12/2/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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