11 feature projects are entering production this year
The Slovenian Film Centre (Sfc) is to boost local film production by increasing the amount it invests in films to a record €8.8m.
This compares to €6.7m in 2022 and €4.5m in 2014.
Eleven Slovenian projects are set to shoot this year, the highest number in history. Sfc director Nataša Bučar said the centre was “significantly” increasing local film production in 2023.
The 11-strong slate includes new films from Gregor Božič (Tales Of Fruits And Monsters); Urša Menart (Everything That’s Wrong With You); and Darko Štante (The Last Son).
Four debuts will also shoot in...
The Slovenian Film Centre (Sfc) is to boost local film production by increasing the amount it invests in films to a record €8.8m.
This compares to €6.7m in 2022 and €4.5m in 2014.
Eleven Slovenian projects are set to shoot this year, the highest number in history. Sfc director Nataša Bučar said the centre was “significantly” increasing local film production in 2023.
The 11-strong slate includes new films from Gregor Božič (Tales Of Fruits And Monsters); Urša Menart (Everything That’s Wrong With You); and Darko Štante (The Last Son).
Four debuts will also shoot in...
- 1/27/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
In today’s Global Bulletin, Atresmedia commissions a Spanish version of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Steve McQueen’s “Lovers Rock” trailer drops, Lightbox will produced a three-part docu-series about Sophie Toscan du Plantier for Netflix, Hardcash announces a new coronavirus doc for ITV, and the Seville and Zagreb festivals announce their 2020 winners.
Format
¡Hola Hola Hola! Media company World of Wonder is teaming with Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia and production company Buendía Estudios on “Drag Race Spain,” a new Spanish version of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” for Atresmedia’s SVOD platform Atresplayer Premium. The Spanish update adds to the list of previous format deals in Thailand, Chile, Canada, Netherlands, and “RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.,” recently renewed for a second and third season.
Passion Distribution brokered the deal with Atresmedia and will distribute internationally, including an exclusive deal with Wow Presents Plus in the U.S., U.K and internationally, which will...
Format
¡Hola Hola Hola! Media company World of Wonder is teaming with Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia and production company Buendía Estudios on “Drag Race Spain,” a new Spanish version of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” for Atresmedia’s SVOD platform Atresplayer Premium. The Spanish update adds to the list of previous format deals in Thailand, Chile, Canada, Netherlands, and “RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.,” recently renewed for a second and third season.
Passion Distribution brokered the deal with Atresmedia and will distribute internationally, including an exclusive deal with Wow Presents Plus in the U.S., U.K and internationally, which will...
- 11/16/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ivan Ikić’s bold film has won the main award at Zagreb, the Golden Pram, while Danilo Šerbedžija’s Tereza37 scooped the Audience Award. The winning film of the 18th Zagreb Film Festival, which took place online from 8-15 November, is Oasis, a Serbian-Bosnian-Slovenian-Dutch-French co-production written and directed by Serbian filmmaker Ivan Ikić. It won the Golden Pram Award in the competition for first and second films along with the sum of €4,000, provided by Addiko Bank. In their explanation, the jury, consisting of filmmakers Ivana Mladenović from Serbia (whose Ivana the Terrible won the same award last year), Marko Škop from Slovakia and Damjan Kozole from Slovenia, stated: “The Golden Pram Award goes to the director and his team, who managed not to betray the trust they had gained after vowing to be the ones who would convey to the world the cries of those whom no one wants to hear,...
- 11/16/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
"Political Correctness, Freedom of Artistic Expression and Self-Censorship" was on everybody’s mind during a panel that went from Theodor W Adorno to Nick Cave. During a panel entitled "Political Correctness, Freedom of Artistic Expression and Self-Censorship", that felt more relevant than ever in times of growing political unrest and “cancel culture”, directors from former Yugoslavia Dana Budisavljević, Srdan Golubović, Damjan Kozole and visual artist Šejla Kamerić discussed what political correctness and self-censorship means to them nowadays – regularly referring to their own, often uneasy experiences, as encouraged by head of Sarajevo's CineLink Industry Days Amra Bakšić Čamo, moderating the online event. “I think this subject is important, so it’s good to talk about it,” said Golubović, whose film Father plays at the festival. “I am always trying to be close to real life — my last two films were inspired by newspaper articles.” The directors also discussed the Yugoslav Black.
Two estranged half-siblings from a small coastal town in Slovenia spend the better part of their young lives ignoring each other’s existence. But when circumstances force them to move into the same cramped apartment, they have no choice but to come to terms with the past that binds them, while trying to decide how to build a future for their fractured family.
“Half-Sister,” by Slovenia’s Damjan Kozole, world premieres Tuesday at the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, where Kozole won the best director award in 2016 for “Nightlife.” It stars Ursa Menart, who co-wrote the script, alongside Liza Marijina. Pic is produced by Vertigo (Slovenia), Sisters and Brother Mitevski (North Macedonia), Film House Bas Celik (Serbia), and Rtv Slovenia, in collaboration with Fs Viba film, with the support of the Slovenian Film Center, the North Macedonian Film Agency, Film Center Serbia, Creative Europe Media, Eurimages Co-production Development Award, and the Re Act Award.
“Half-Sister,” by Slovenia’s Damjan Kozole, world premieres Tuesday at the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, where Kozole won the best director award in 2016 for “Nightlife.” It stars Ursa Menart, who co-wrote the script, alongside Liza Marijina. Pic is produced by Vertigo (Slovenia), Sisters and Brother Mitevski (North Macedonia), Film House Bas Celik (Serbia), and Rtv Slovenia, in collaboration with Fs Viba film, with the support of the Slovenian Film Center, the North Macedonian Film Agency, Film Center Serbia, Creative Europe Media, Eurimages Co-production Development Award, and the Re Act Award.
- 6/26/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The 54th Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the first titled in its 2019 lineup, featuring 10 world premieres in its competition section including the Hong Khaou’s drama Monsoon starring Crazy Rich Asians‘ Henry Golding and the lone U.S. feature, Martha Stephens’ black-and-white drama To the Stars starring Kara Hayward.
The fest, which runs June 28-July 6, also unveiled films set for its East of the West, Documentary and Out of Competition sections. The latter lineup includes the world premiere of Martin Krejčí’s The True Adventures of Wolfboy, a U.S. film starring starring Jaeden Martel, Eve Hewson and John Turturro, and the European premiere of Mystify: Michael Hutchence, a documentary about the life of the lead singer of Aussie rock band INXS.
The Documentary section includes the European premiere of Apollo 11, the Todd Douglas Miller
feature-length pic that launched in March in the U.S. tied to...
The fest, which runs June 28-July 6, also unveiled films set for its East of the West, Documentary and Out of Competition sections. The latter lineup includes the world premiere of Martin Krejčí’s The True Adventures of Wolfboy, a U.S. film starring starring Jaeden Martel, Eve Hewson and John Turturro, and the European premiere of Mystify: Michael Hutchence, a documentary about the life of the lead singer of Aussie rock band INXS.
The Documentary section includes the European premiere of Apollo 11, the Todd Douglas Miller
feature-length pic that launched in March in the U.S. tied to...
- 5/28/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Monsoon Photo: Kelly Padgett/Moonspun Films Among the Competition revealed today the organisers of the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic will be the world premiere of UK-Cambodian director Hong Khaou’s Monsoon, his follow-up to his 2014 Sundance debut Lilting.
The film stars Henry Golding from Crazy Rich Asians as a man struggling with his return to his native Vietnam for the first time in 30 years and seeking to rediscover his identity.
Other world premières in the 12-feature Competition include German director Jan Ole Gerster’s drama Lara, starring Corinna Harfouch; Slovenia’s Damjan Kozole, the winner of best director at the 2016 Kviff for Nightlife, returns with Half-Sister; and Felipe Ríos’ The Man From The Future set in Chile. The selection will see the international premiere of To The Stars by Martha Stephens, an elegant black-and-white drama set in 1960s Oklahoma about a sweet, withdrawn farmer...
The film stars Henry Golding from Crazy Rich Asians as a man struggling with his return to his native Vietnam for the first time in 30 years and seeking to rediscover his identity.
Other world premières in the 12-feature Competition include German director Jan Ole Gerster’s drama Lara, starring Corinna Harfouch; Slovenia’s Damjan Kozole, the winner of best director at the 2016 Kviff for Nightlife, returns with Half-Sister; and Felipe Ríos’ The Man From The Future set in Chile. The selection will see the international premiere of To The Stars by Martha Stephens, an elegant black-and-white drama set in 1960s Oklahoma about a sweet, withdrawn farmer...
- 5/28/2019
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Selection includes Hong Khaou’s Monsoon, Jan-Ole Gerster’s Lara and Damjan Kozole’s Half-Sister.
The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 - July 6) has unveiled the first competition titles in its Official Selection, East of the West and Documentary sections.
Scroll down for full line-ups
The 12-strong main competition will include 10 world premieres and two international premieres.
UK director Hong Khaou’s Monsoon, his follow up to his 2014 Sundance debut Lilting, is among the world premieres. Backed by BBC Films, Monsoon stars Henry Golding, best known for Crazy Rich Asians, as a man struggling with his return to...
The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 - July 6) has unveiled the first competition titles in its Official Selection, East of the West and Documentary sections.
Scroll down for full line-ups
The 12-strong main competition will include 10 world premieres and two international premieres.
UK director Hong Khaou’s Monsoon, his follow up to his 2014 Sundance debut Lilting, is among the world premieres. Backed by BBC Films, Monsoon stars Henry Golding, best known for Crazy Rich Asians, as a man struggling with his return to...
- 5/28/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading movie event in Central and Eastern Europe, unveiled its competition lineup Tuesday with a geographically diverse selection, which includes 10 world and two international premieres.
Cambodia-born British filmmaker Hong Khaou brings the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Sundance debut “Lilting” with a moving drama about a young man of Vietnamese descent rediscovering his roots in “Monsoon,” starring “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Henry Golding.
Germany’s Jan-Ole Gerster follows his well-received debut, “Oh Boy,” winner of the European Film Academy’s European Discovery Award, with the world premiere of “Lara,” a psychological study starring Corinna Harfouch.
Kara Hayward, best-known for “Moonrise Kingdom,” stars in U.S. director Martha Stephens’ 1960s Oklahoma-set drama “To the Stars,” which premiered at Sundance and makes its international premiere at Karlovy Vary.
Spain’s Jonás Trueba “combines lightness and charm with intense existential emotions,” according to Kviff, in “August Virgin.
Cambodia-born British filmmaker Hong Khaou brings the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Sundance debut “Lilting” with a moving drama about a young man of Vietnamese descent rediscovering his roots in “Monsoon,” starring “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Henry Golding.
Germany’s Jan-Ole Gerster follows his well-received debut, “Oh Boy,” winner of the European Film Academy’s European Discovery Award, with the world premiere of “Lara,” a psychological study starring Corinna Harfouch.
Kara Hayward, best-known for “Moonrise Kingdom,” stars in U.S. director Martha Stephens’ 1960s Oklahoma-set drama “To the Stars,” which premiered at Sundance and makes its international premiere at Karlovy Vary.
Spain’s Jonás Trueba “combines lightness and charm with intense existential emotions,” according to Kviff, in “August Virgin.
- 5/28/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Grímur Hákonarson’s Rams follow-up The County to screen footage out of competition.
The 10th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival has selected its crop of work in progress projects.
The festival unveiled its co-production project selection and inaugural Talent Village last week.
Completing this year’s Industry Village are 15 projects, all of which are in post-production and do not yet have sales agents attached.
They include new projects from director Babis Makridis, whose Pity premiered at Sundance this year, Damjan Kozole, whose Nightlife won best director at Karlovy Vary in 2016, and Levan Akin whose The Circle was a 2015 Berlinale selection.
The 10th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival has selected its crop of work in progress projects.
The festival unveiled its co-production project selection and inaugural Talent Village last week.
Completing this year’s Industry Village are 15 projects, all of which are in post-production and do not yet have sales agents attached.
They include new projects from director Babis Makridis, whose Pity premiered at Sundance this year, Damjan Kozole, whose Nightlife won best director at Karlovy Vary in 2016, and Levan Akin whose The Circle was a 2015 Berlinale selection.
- 11/29/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things takes best director and best actor.Scroll down to see the full list of winners.
Ana Urushadze’s Gerogia-Estonia drama Scary Mother has won the top prize at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, which concludes today (Aug 18).
The film took the Heart of Sarajevo for best feature film, which comes with a financial award of €16,000. It stars Nata Murvanidze as a 50-year-old housewife who experiences family struggles as she tries to complete her first novel.
The main competition saw Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu take the Heart of Sarajevo for best director for his film Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things, which comes with €10,000.
Best actress went to Ornela Kapetani for Daybreak and best actor went to Şerban Pavlu for Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things.
The jury, led by Michel Franco and featuring Mark Adams, Gordan Bogdan...
Ana Urushadze’s Gerogia-Estonia drama Scary Mother has won the top prize at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, which concludes today (Aug 18).
The film took the Heart of Sarajevo for best feature film, which comes with a financial award of €16,000. It stars Nata Murvanidze as a 50-year-old housewife who experiences family struggles as she tries to complete her first novel.
The main competition saw Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu take the Heart of Sarajevo for best director for his film Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things, which comes with €10,000.
Best actress went to Ornela Kapetani for Daybreak and best actor went to Şerban Pavlu for Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things.
The jury, led by Michel Franco and featuring Mark Adams, Gordan Bogdan...
- 8/18/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Seven more titles join co-production market.
The Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 11-18) has finalised its selection for the 2017 CineLink Co-Production Market.
Joining seven previously announced titles are seven more feature projects, all of which are from Eastern Europe.
They include the latest feature from Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili, whose 2014 film Corn Island won a Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary and was shortlisted for an Academy Award. His project, The Pass, is being co-directed by Afghani director Siddiq Barmak, whose 2003 feature Osama premiered at Cannes and won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film.
Also attending the market with projects are Slovenian filmmaker Damjan Kozole, who won best director at Karlovy Vary in 2016 with Nightlife, and Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov, whose debut feature Avé premiered at Cannes in 2011 and whose latest film Light Thereafter premiered in Rotterdam this year.
Selected titles
Snow White Dies At The End (Macedonia)
Writer and Director: Kristijan Risteski
Producer: Kristijan Risteski, [link...
The Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 11-18) has finalised its selection for the 2017 CineLink Co-Production Market.
Joining seven previously announced titles are seven more feature projects, all of which are from Eastern Europe.
They include the latest feature from Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili, whose 2014 film Corn Island won a Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary and was shortlisted for an Academy Award. His project, The Pass, is being co-directed by Afghani director Siddiq Barmak, whose 2003 feature Osama premiered at Cannes and won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film.
Also attending the market with projects are Slovenian filmmaker Damjan Kozole, who won best director at Karlovy Vary in 2016 with Nightlife, and Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov, whose debut feature Avé premiered at Cannes in 2011 and whose latest film Light Thereafter premiered in Rotterdam this year.
Selected titles
Snow White Dies At The End (Macedonia)
Writer and Director: Kristijan Risteski
Producer: Kristijan Risteski, [link...
- 7/10/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Seven projects presented at Reykjavik-based film festival.
Seven forthcoming Icelandic film and TV projects were previewed at last week’s Stockfish Film Festival as short works-in-progress presentations.
They included feature debuts from two Columbia University film school graduates, Isold Uggadottir and Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; the fiction feature debut of documentarian Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon (produced by Oscar nominated Fridrik Thor Fridriksson); and the next film from Rams producer Grimar Jonsson.
The seven projects presented were:
And Breathe Normally
Dir Isold Uggadottir, prod Skuli Malmquest of Zik Zak Filmworks
Uggadottir makes her feature debut with this drama about “two very different women from different countries and continents – a border patrol officer at airport and a migrant.” Set in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, the story follows the women whose lives intersect briefly while they are trapped in unforeseen circumstances. The film is now finalizing sound and colour grading. Uggadottir met with African migrants living at a facility in [link...
Seven forthcoming Icelandic film and TV projects were previewed at last week’s Stockfish Film Festival as short works-in-progress presentations.
They included feature debuts from two Columbia University film school graduates, Isold Uggadottir and Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; the fiction feature debut of documentarian Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon (produced by Oscar nominated Fridrik Thor Fridriksson); and the next film from Rams producer Grimar Jonsson.
The seven projects presented were:
And Breathe Normally
Dir Isold Uggadottir, prod Skuli Malmquest of Zik Zak Filmworks
Uggadottir makes her feature debut with this drama about “two very different women from different countries and continents – a border patrol officer at airport and a migrant.” Set in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, the story follows the women whose lives intersect briefly while they are trapped in unforeseen circumstances. The film is now finalizing sound and colour grading. Uggadottir met with African migrants living at a facility in [link...
- 3/7/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Seven projects presented at Reykjavik-based film festival.
Seven forthcoming Icelandic film and TV projects were previewed at last week’s Stockfish Film Festival as short works-in-progress presentations.
They included feature debuts from two Columbia University film school graduates, Isold Uggadottir and Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; the fiction feature debut of documentarian Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon (produced by Oscar nominated Fridrik Thor Fridriksson); and the new film from Rams producer Grimar Jonsson.
The seven projects presented were:
And Breathe Normally
Dir Isold Uggadottir, prod Skuli Malmquest of Zik Zak Filmworks
Uggadottir makes her feature debut with this drama about “two very different women from different countries and continents – a border patrol officer at airport and a migrant.” Set in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, the story follows the women whose lives intersect briefly while they are trapped in unforeseen circumstances. The film is now finalizing sound and colour grading. Uggadottir met with African migrants living at a facility in [link...
Seven forthcoming Icelandic film and TV projects were previewed at last week’s Stockfish Film Festival as short works-in-progress presentations.
They included feature debuts from two Columbia University film school graduates, Isold Uggadottir and Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; the fiction feature debut of documentarian Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon (produced by Oscar nominated Fridrik Thor Fridriksson); and the new film from Rams producer Grimar Jonsson.
The seven projects presented were:
And Breathe Normally
Dir Isold Uggadottir, prod Skuli Malmquest of Zik Zak Filmworks
Uggadottir makes her feature debut with this drama about “two very different women from different countries and continents – a border patrol officer at airport and a migrant.” Set in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, the story follows the women whose lives intersect briefly while they are trapped in unforeseen circumstances. The film is now finalizing sound and colour grading. Uggadottir met with African migrants living at a facility in [link...
- 3/7/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Seven projects presented at Reykjavik-based film festival.
Seven forthcoming Icelandic film and TV projects were previewed at last week’s Stockfish Film Festival as short works-in-progress presentations.
They included feature debuts from two Columbia University film school graduates, Isold Uggadottir and Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; the fiction feature debut of documentarian Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon (produced by Oscar nominated Fridrik Thor Fridriksson); and the new film from Rams producer Grimar Jonsson.
The seven projects presented were:
And Breathe Normally
Dir Isold Uggadottir, prod Skuli Malmquest of Zik Zak Filmworks
Uggadottir makes her feature debut with this drama about “two very different women from different countries and continents – a border patrol officer at airport and a migrant.” Set in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, the story follows the women whose lives intersect briefly while they are trapped in unforeseen circumstances. The film is now finalizing sound and colour grading. Uggadottir met with African migrants living at a facility in [link...
Seven forthcoming Icelandic film and TV projects were previewed at last week’s Stockfish Film Festival as short works-in-progress presentations.
They included feature debuts from two Columbia University film school graduates, Isold Uggadottir and Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; the fiction feature debut of documentarian Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon (produced by Oscar nominated Fridrik Thor Fridriksson); and the new film from Rams producer Grimar Jonsson.
The seven projects presented were:
And Breathe Normally
Dir Isold Uggadottir, prod Skuli Malmquest of Zik Zak Filmworks
Uggadottir makes her feature debut with this drama about “two very different women from different countries and continents – a border patrol officer at airport and a migrant.” Set in Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, the story follows the women whose lives intersect briefly while they are trapped in unforeseen circumstances. The film is now finalizing sound and colour grading. Uggadottir met with African migrants living at a facility in [link...
- 3/7/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Godless wins Special Jury Prize and Best Actress.Scroll down for the full list of winners
Turkish director Mehmet Can Mertoğlu’s Album has won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20).
The comedy, which premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes in May, follows a middle class Turkish couple who try to cover up the forgery of their family history.
The decision was made by a jury led by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. The award comes with a prize of $18,000 (€16,000).
Album producer Yoel Meranda commented when receiving the award: “Many people here know that most of the stuff that helped this film get made happened in Sarajevo. It started in Sarajevo, and it’s amazing that we have completed this circle.”
Ralitza Petrova’s Godless was awarded two prizes: the Special Jury prize and Best Actress for lead Irena Ivanova.
The Bulgarian-French-Danish...
Turkish director Mehmet Can Mertoğlu’s Album has won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20).
The comedy, which premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes in May, follows a middle class Turkish couple who try to cover up the forgery of their family history.
The decision was made by a jury led by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. The award comes with a prize of $18,000 (€16,000).
Album producer Yoel Meranda commented when receiving the award: “Many people here know that most of the stuff that helped this film get made happened in Sarajevo. It started in Sarajevo, and it’s amazing that we have completed this circle.”
Ralitza Petrova’s Godless was awarded two prizes: the Special Jury prize and Best Actress for lead Irena Ivanova.
The Bulgarian-French-Danish...
- 8/20/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Sarajevo’s Avant Premieres section broadens scope and includes workshop on audience development and innovation
Launched two years ago, Sarajevo Film Festival’s Avant Premieres is a section that connects the festival’s film programme and industry section.
Presenting upcoming releases of local films, it includes public screenings of potenital box office hits, and industry screenings of trailers for new films for distributors and exhibitors.
This year, the section will introduce the Audience Development & Innovation Lab (Aug 18-19) for regional exhibitors, organized in collaboration with Europa Cinemas.
The workshop will focus on programming, marketing, audience development and social media, and will be led by Duncan Carson, marketing, communications and events manager at the UK-based Independent Cinema Office (Ico).
The goal is to strengthen the network of regional cinemas and to provide a platform where they can share strengths, weaknesses and examples of best practices.
Public screenings
The public screenings of Avant Premieres include three new films, and a...
Launched two years ago, Sarajevo Film Festival’s Avant Premieres is a section that connects the festival’s film programme and industry section.
Presenting upcoming releases of local films, it includes public screenings of potenital box office hits, and industry screenings of trailers for new films for distributors and exhibitors.
This year, the section will introduce the Audience Development & Innovation Lab (Aug 18-19) for regional exhibitors, organized in collaboration with Europa Cinemas.
The workshop will focus on programming, marketing, audience development and social media, and will be led by Duncan Carson, marketing, communications and events manager at the UK-based Independent Cinema Office (Ico).
The goal is to strengthen the network of regional cinemas and to provide a platform where they can share strengths, weaknesses and examples of best practices.
Public screenings
The public screenings of Avant Premieres include three new films, and a...
- 8/17/2016
- by vladan.petkovic@gmail.com (Vladan Petkovic)
- ScreenDaily
Radu Jude’s Scarred Hearts among titles; In Focus strand also revealed.
Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) has unveiled its competition and in focus titles ahead of the launch of its 22nd edition next month.
The eight features in competition include two world premieres: Ivan Marinović’s debut The Black Pin; and Lukas Valenta Rinner’s A Decent Woman.
The Black Pin, from Montenegro director Marinovic, centres on a priest who finds himself at odds with the other inhabitants of his small, rural parish when he opposes a large property sale. Serbian Vladimir Vasiljević is co-producing.
Austrian filmmaker Rinner, whose Parabellum won the special jury prize at Jeonju and was up for Rotterdam’s Tiger Award in 2015, returns with A Decent Woman, the story of a housemaid working in an exclusive gated community on the outskirts of Buenos Aires who embarks on a journey of sexual liberation at a nudist swingers club.
After winning...
Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) has unveiled its competition and in focus titles ahead of the launch of its 22nd edition next month.
The eight features in competition include two world premieres: Ivan Marinović’s debut The Black Pin; and Lukas Valenta Rinner’s A Decent Woman.
The Black Pin, from Montenegro director Marinovic, centres on a priest who finds himself at odds with the other inhabitants of his small, rural parish when he opposes a large property sale. Serbian Vladimir Vasiljević is co-producing.
Austrian filmmaker Rinner, whose Parabellum won the special jury prize at Jeonju and was up for Rotterdam’s Tiger Award in 2015, returns with A Decent Woman, the story of a housemaid working in an exclusive gated community on the outskirts of Buenos Aires who embarks on a journey of sexual liberation at a nudist swingers club.
After winning...
- 7/20/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Four world premieres among line-up.
Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) has revealed the documentary films that will play in competition at its 22nd edition.
The programme consists of 21 films that examine issues ranging from personal identity, national identity, emigration and social justice to family secrets, political mysteries and economical crises.
Competition Programme – Documentary Filmworld Premieres
Borders
Slovenia, 2016, 10 min.
Director: Damjan Kozole
The Heart Of Wood / Srce Od Drveta
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016, 36 min.
Director: Namik Kabil
Scream For Me Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016, 100 min.
Director: Tarik Hodžić
Svetlana
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016, 25 min.
Director: Pero Pavlovic
International Premieres
Baglar
Turkey, 2016, 81 min.
Director: Berke Bas, Melis Birder
The Beast Is Still Alive
Bulgaria, 2016, 91 min.
Director: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Down There / Unten
Austria, 2016, 87 min.
Director: Đorđe Čenić, Hermann Peseckas
Drums Of Resistance / Daullet E REZISTENCËS
Kosovo, 2016, 65 min.
Director: Mathieu Jouffre
Four Passports / ČETIRI PASOŠA
Serbia, Croatia, Germany, 2016, 83 min.
Director: Mihajlo Jevtić
Islands Of Forgotten Cinemas / Kino Otok
Croatia, 2016, 35 min.
Director:...
Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 12-20) has revealed the documentary films that will play in competition at its 22nd edition.
The programme consists of 21 films that examine issues ranging from personal identity, national identity, emigration and social justice to family secrets, political mysteries and economical crises.
Competition Programme – Documentary Filmworld Premieres
Borders
Slovenia, 2016, 10 min.
Director: Damjan Kozole
The Heart Of Wood / Srce Od Drveta
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016, 36 min.
Director: Namik Kabil
Scream For Me Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016, 100 min.
Director: Tarik Hodžić
Svetlana
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016, 25 min.
Director: Pero Pavlovic
International Premieres
Baglar
Turkey, 2016, 81 min.
Director: Berke Bas, Melis Birder
The Beast Is Still Alive
Bulgaria, 2016, 91 min.
Director: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Down There / Unten
Austria, 2016, 87 min.
Director: Đorđe Čenić, Hermann Peseckas
Drums Of Resistance / Daullet E REZISTENCËS
Kosovo, 2016, 65 min.
Director: Mathieu Jouffre
Four Passports / ČETIRI PASOŠA
Serbia, Croatia, Germany, 2016, 83 min.
Director: Mihajlo Jevtić
Islands Of Forgotten Cinemas / Kino Otok
Croatia, 2016, 35 min.
Director:...
- 7/19/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Hungarian drama won best film and best actor, while Czech features also saw success.
Szabolcs Hajdu’s Hungarian drama It’s Not the Time Of My Life was the major winner at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, which handed out its awards on Saturday night (July 9).
The film took the Crystal Globe for best feature film, which comes with a $25,000 prize, as well as best actor for director Hajdu, who also stars.
Ivan Terdovskiy’s surreal drama Zoology took the special jury prize, while Slovenian director Damjan Kozole took best director for his dark thriller Nightlife. Two Czech features also triumphed: Zuzana Mauréry won best actress for her performance in Jan Hrebejk’s school comedy The Teacher, and the final feature of the late Jan Nemec, who passed away in March this year, The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street, received a special mention.
A further special mention went to Catalin Mitulescu’s Romanian-Swedish-Italian...
Szabolcs Hajdu’s Hungarian drama It’s Not the Time Of My Life was the major winner at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, which handed out its awards on Saturday night (July 9).
The film took the Crystal Globe for best feature film, which comes with a $25,000 prize, as well as best actor for director Hajdu, who also stars.
Ivan Terdovskiy’s surreal drama Zoology took the special jury prize, while Slovenian director Damjan Kozole took best director for his dark thriller Nightlife. Two Czech features also triumphed: Zuzana Mauréry won best actress for her performance in Jan Hrebejk’s school comedy The Teacher, and the final feature of the late Jan Nemec, who passed away in March this year, The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street, received a special mention.
A further special mention went to Catalin Mitulescu’s Romanian-Swedish-Italian...
- 7/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
The winners for the 51st annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Awards were announced on Saturday night.
Hungarian director Szabolcs Hajdu’s “It’s Not the Time of My Life” took home the Grand Prix Crystal Globe prize and a $25,000 cash award. The helmer, who also stars in the film, was also awarded the best actor award for his role. The movie follows two families that happen to temporarily share an unusual apartment.
The Special Jury Prize and the $15,000 cash prize was given to “Zoology.” Directed by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, the feature follows a disillusioned middle-aged woman who grows a tail and embarks on a thrilling new romance before reality catches up with her.
Read More: Karlovy Vary Review: ‘We’re Still Together’ Is A Smart And Sensitive Micro-Budget Drama
Damjan Kozole won the best director award for “Nightlife,” which tells the story of a wealthy couple that changed by a sudden accident.
Hungarian director Szabolcs Hajdu’s “It’s Not the Time of My Life” took home the Grand Prix Crystal Globe prize and a $25,000 cash award. The helmer, who also stars in the film, was also awarded the best actor award for his role. The movie follows two families that happen to temporarily share an unusual apartment.
The Special Jury Prize and the $15,000 cash prize was given to “Zoology.” Directed by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy, the feature follows a disillusioned middle-aged woman who grows a tail and embarks on a thrilling new romance before reality catches up with her.
Read More: Karlovy Vary Review: ‘We’re Still Together’ Is A Smart And Sensitive Micro-Budget Drama
Damjan Kozole won the best director award for “Nightlife,” which tells the story of a wealthy couple that changed by a sudden accident.
- 7/9/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
It’s the conspiracies you don’t see that are the most frightening ones, and the presence of invisible enemies imbues the Slovenian thriller “Nightlife” (“Nocno zivljenje”) with a constant sense of dread. Director Damjan Kozole (“A Call Girl,” “Spare Parts”) doesn’t quite deliver the heft of similar films that have emerged from the recent Romanian New Wave — “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” and “Police, Adjective” both came to mind as I was watching — but he and editors Jurij Moskon and Ivo Trajkov keep the storytelling suspenseful. Criminal lawyer Milan (Jernej Sugman) has just succeeded in getting his client released.
- 7/6/2016
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
The final film of Jan Nemec, who died in March, to play in the main competition.Scroll down for competition line-ups
The 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) has unveiled the competition titles in its Official Selection, East of the West and Documentary sections.
The 12-strong main competition will comprise eight world premieres and four international premieres, including the last film from renowned Czech director Jan Nemec, who died in March.
The Czech filmmaker was a notable voice of the country’s New Wave movement of the 1960s with titles such as Diamonds Of The Night (1964). His final film, The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street, will world premiere at Kviff and is an adaptation of his own quasi-autobiographical short stories.
Other titles include Slovak-Czech drama The Teacher from Jan Hrebejk while Roberto Andò is returning to Kviff with The Confessions, three years after his hit Viva la Libertà.
Debut features...
The 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) has unveiled the competition titles in its Official Selection, East of the West and Documentary sections.
The 12-strong main competition will comprise eight world premieres and four international premieres, including the last film from renowned Czech director Jan Nemec, who died in March.
The Czech filmmaker was a notable voice of the country’s New Wave movement of the 1960s with titles such as Diamonds Of The Night (1964). His final film, The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street, will world premiere at Kviff and is an adaptation of his own quasi-autobiographical short stories.
Other titles include Slovak-Czech drama The Teacher from Jan Hrebejk while Roberto Andò is returning to Kviff with The Confessions, three years after his hit Viva la Libertà.
Debut features...
- 5/31/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Special country focus on Turkey; youth programme moves to neighbouring Buzet.
The Motovun Film Festival is aiming to go back to its “radical roots” for the 17th edition’s programme, which runs July 26-30.
The main programme of 21 films is:
Kelly+Victor, Kieran EvansBad Hair, Mariana RondonBlack Coal. Thin Ice, Diao YinanBoyhood, Richard LinklaterAll Is Lost, J. C. ChandorStratos, Yannis EconomidesIda, Pawel PawlikowskiIn Order Of Disappearance, Peter MollandForce Majeure – Turist, Ruben OstlundVarvari, Ivan IkićAna Ana, Petr LomDjeca Tranzicije, Matija VukšićParis Of The North, Hafsteinn Gunnar SigurdssonFrank, Lenny AbrahamsonBroj 55, Kristijan MilićPolice Officer’s Wife, Phillip GroeningTribe, Miroslav SlaboshpitskyBlind, Eskil VogtHuman Capital, Paolo VirziFinal Cut, Gyorgy Palfi
A surprise film will be added later.
The unusual ‘jury in exile’ will be comprised of people live in exile, are under house arrest or experience travel bans. Femen’s Inna Schevchenko from the Ukraine will be in Motovun but remote jurors will include Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin of the Belarus...
The Motovun Film Festival is aiming to go back to its “radical roots” for the 17th edition’s programme, which runs July 26-30.
The main programme of 21 films is:
Kelly+Victor, Kieran EvansBad Hair, Mariana RondonBlack Coal. Thin Ice, Diao YinanBoyhood, Richard LinklaterAll Is Lost, J. C. ChandorStratos, Yannis EconomidesIda, Pawel PawlikowskiIn Order Of Disappearance, Peter MollandForce Majeure – Turist, Ruben OstlundVarvari, Ivan IkićAna Ana, Petr LomDjeca Tranzicije, Matija VukšićParis Of The North, Hafsteinn Gunnar SigurdssonFrank, Lenny AbrahamsonBroj 55, Kristijan MilićPolice Officer’s Wife, Phillip GroeningTribe, Miroslav SlaboshpitskyBlind, Eskil VogtHuman Capital, Paolo VirziFinal Cut, Gyorgy Palfi
A surprise film will be added later.
The unusual ‘jury in exile’ will be comprised of people live in exile, are under house arrest or experience travel bans. Femen’s Inna Schevchenko from the Ukraine will be in Motovun but remote jurors will include Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin of the Belarus...
- 7/8/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Special country focus on Turkey; youth programme moves to neighbouring Buzet.
The Motovun Film Festival is aiming to go back to its “radical roots” for the 17th edition’s programme, which runs July 26-30.
The main programme of 21 films is:
Kelly+Victor, Kieran EvansBad Hair, Mariana RondonBlack Coal. Thin Ice, Diao YinanBoyhood, Richard LinklaterAll Is Lost, J. C. ChandorStratos, Yannis EconomidesIda, Pawel PawlikowskiIn Order Of Disappearance, Peter MollandForce Majeure – Turist, Ruben OstlundVarvari, Ivan IkićAna Ana, Petr LomDjeca Tranzicije, Matija VukšićParis Of The North, Hafsteinn Gunnar SigurdssonFrank, Lenny AbrahamsonBroj 55, Kristijan MilićPolice Officer’s Wife, Phillip GroeningTribe, Miroslav SlaboshpitskyBlind, Eskil VogtHuman Capital, Paolo VirziFinal Cut, Gyorgy Palfi
A surprise film will be added later.
The unusual ‘jury in exile’ will be comprised of people live in exile, are under house arrest or experience travel bans. Femen’s Inna Schevchenko from the Ukraine will be in Motovun but remote jurors will include Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin of the Belarus...
The Motovun Film Festival is aiming to go back to its “radical roots” for the 17th edition’s programme, which runs July 26-30.
The main programme of 21 films is:
Kelly+Victor, Kieran EvansBad Hair, Mariana RondonBlack Coal. Thin Ice, Diao YinanBoyhood, Richard LinklaterAll Is Lost, J. C. ChandorStratos, Yannis EconomidesIda, Pawel PawlikowskiIn Order Of Disappearance, Peter MollandForce Majeure – Turist, Ruben OstlundVarvari, Ivan IkićAna Ana, Petr LomDjeca Tranzicije, Matija VukšićParis Of The North, Hafsteinn Gunnar SigurdssonFrank, Lenny AbrahamsonBroj 55, Kristijan MilićPolice Officer’s Wife, Phillip GroeningTribe, Miroslav SlaboshpitskyBlind, Eskil VogtHuman Capital, Paolo VirziFinal Cut, Gyorgy Palfi
A surprise film will be added later.
The unusual ‘jury in exile’ will be comprised of people live in exile, are under house arrest or experience travel bans. Femen’s Inna Schevchenko from the Ukraine will be in Motovun but remote jurors will include Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin of the Belarus...
- 7/8/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Cologne, Germany -- Roman Polanski's political thriller "The Ghost Writer," Mike Leigh's melancholic drama "Another Year" and Berlin Film Fest winner "Honey" from Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu are among the features on the European Film Academy's 46-title long list for this year's European Film Awards.
Other high-profile films on the Efa long list include Samuel Maoz's Venice Film Fest winner "Lebanon," Stephen Frears' comic-book adaptation "Tamara Drewe" and "Oliver Assayas' five-and-a-half hour terrorist biopic "Carlos."
The 20 countries with the most Efa Members each picked a national feature, with the remaining 12 selected by the Efa selection committee. The 2,300 European Film Academy members will vote for the official nominees, which will be announced at the Sevilla Film Festival in Spain on Nov. 6.
The 23rd European Film Awards will be held in Tallinn, Estonia Dec. 4.
The long list of nominees for the 2010 European Film Awards:
European Film Awards 2010
"3 Seasons In Hell,...
Other high-profile films on the Efa long list include Samuel Maoz's Venice Film Fest winner "Lebanon," Stephen Frears' comic-book adaptation "Tamara Drewe" and "Oliver Assayas' five-and-a-half hour terrorist biopic "Carlos."
The 20 countries with the most Efa Members each picked a national feature, with the remaining 12 selected by the Efa selection committee. The 2,300 European Film Academy members will vote for the official nominees, which will be announced at the Sevilla Film Festival in Spain on Nov. 6.
The 23rd European Film Awards will be held in Tallinn, Estonia Dec. 4.
The long list of nominees for the 2010 European Film Awards:
European Film Awards 2010
"3 Seasons In Hell,...
- 9/9/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Reviewer: James Van Maanen
Rating (out of 5): ***
Can you learn much about a particular society from watching a narrative film featuring a few characters from that society? My companion and I argued this point after watching A Call Girl, a Slovenian film from Damjan Kozole making its DVD debut this week and deals with the life of a college student/call girl, her family, friends, boyfriend, teacher and -- most frighteningly – two pimps who want her in their service. (Slovenia by the way, is the tiny country bordered by Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Austria and the Adriatic Sea, whose history, as is true of many eastern European countries, particularly in the area of the Balkans, is full of competing cultures, wars, border disputes and uneasy truces.)...
Rating (out of 5): ***
Can you learn much about a particular society from watching a narrative film featuring a few characters from that society? My companion and I argued this point after watching A Call Girl, a Slovenian film from Damjan Kozole making its DVD debut this week and deals with the life of a college student/call girl, her family, friends, boyfriend, teacher and -- most frighteningly – two pimps who want her in their service. (Slovenia by the way, is the tiny country bordered by Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Austria and the Adriatic Sea, whose history, as is true of many eastern European countries, particularly in the area of the Balkans, is full of competing cultures, wars, border disputes and uneasy truces.)...
- 9/7/2010
- by GreenCineStaff
- GreenCine
"Being Michael Madsen" (2010)
Directed by Michael Mongillo
Released by Midnight Releasing
While not as distinguished or meta as "Being John Malkovich," expect this mockumentary about the "Reservoir Dogs" star to be equally surreal as Madsen recruits sister Virginia and "Kill Bill" co-stars Daryl Hannah and the late David Carradine to co-star in this film that sees him accused of murder. Rather than sit idly by, Madsen turns the table on the paparazzi photographer fueling the allegations by hiring a trio of filmmakers to follow his every move.
"Beneath Clouds" (2002)
Directed by Ivan Sen
Released by Cinema Epoch
This Australian drama stars Dannielle Hall and the late Damian Pitt as Lena and Vaughn, a pair of strangers thrown together by circumstance to travel across the country to Sydney where Lena hopes to learn more about her long-absent father and Vaughn hope to leave behind his criminal past and see his ailing mother.
Directed by Michael Mongillo
Released by Midnight Releasing
While not as distinguished or meta as "Being John Malkovich," expect this mockumentary about the "Reservoir Dogs" star to be equally surreal as Madsen recruits sister Virginia and "Kill Bill" co-stars Daryl Hannah and the late David Carradine to co-star in this film that sees him accused of murder. Rather than sit idly by, Madsen turns the table on the paparazzi photographer fueling the allegations by hiring a trio of filmmakers to follow his every move.
"Beneath Clouds" (2002)
Directed by Ivan Sen
Released by Cinema Epoch
This Australian drama stars Dannielle Hall and the late Damian Pitt as Lena and Vaughn, a pair of strangers thrown together by circumstance to travel across the country to Sydney where Lena hopes to learn more about her long-absent father and Vaughn hope to leave behind his criminal past and see his ailing mother.
- 9/7/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Chicago – We’re back with week two of the 13th Annual EU Film Festival at the Siskel Film Center, one of the best film events of the year in the Windy City. If you missed part one of our coverage, and want to relive highlights of last week, check it out here. On to week two…
This year’s edition, running from March 5th to April 1st, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Peter Greenaway, Jacques Rivette, Neil Jordan, Catherine Breillat, Amos Gital, Bruno Dumont, Jan Hrebejk and Caroline Link. Moviegoers should take note of the fact that several of these titles won’t be screened outside of the EU festival in Chicago, making their appearance here all the more priceless.
The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival includes 59 feature films, all of which are making their Chicago premiere. If you’ve had your fill with Hollywood,...
This year’s edition, running from March 5th to April 1st, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Peter Greenaway, Jacques Rivette, Neil Jordan, Catherine Breillat, Amos Gital, Bruno Dumont, Jan Hrebejk and Caroline Link. Moviegoers should take note of the fact that several of these titles won’t be screened outside of the EU festival in Chicago, making their appearance here all the more priceless.
The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival includes 59 feature films, all of which are making their Chicago premiere. If you’ve had your fill with Hollywood,...
- 3/11/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Aleksandra grew up in small town Slovania but at 23, she was ready for a new life. She packs up and moves to Ljubljana in hopes of starting her life amongst the hustle and bustle of the big city but it’s not easy. In an attempt to further her new life she answers an ad that leads her down the road of the sex trade. Now a high-priced call girl servicing tourists who come into town on short visits, she becomes entrenched in trouble when a politician client dies of a heart attack on her watch.
Damjan Kozole’s thriller A Call Gil (“Slovenka”) had it’s international premiere at Tiff last year and since then has been making the rounds to various other film festivals and critical acclaim. So much so that the thriller has been picked up for Us distribution later this year by Film Movement.
This English...
Damjan Kozole’s thriller A Call Gil (“Slovenka”) had it’s international premiere at Tiff last year and since then has been making the rounds to various other film festivals and critical acclaim. So much so that the thriller has been picked up for Us distribution later this year by Film Movement.
This English...
- 1/7/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Damjian Kozole's "A Call Girl," which it will release in the second quarter of the year.
The film follows a small-town girl who moves to Slovenia's capital city where she becomes a high-priced call girl.
The acquisition was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget with M-appeal's Maren Kroymann.
The film follows a small-town girl who moves to Slovenia's capital city where she becomes a high-priced call girl.
The acquisition was negotiated by Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein and vp of acquisitions and distribution Rebeca Conget with M-appeal's Maren Kroymann.
- 1/6/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Movement are re-teaming with Slovenia helmer Damjan Kozole on a contemporary drama about the world's oldest profession. After including his 2003 short Spare Parts on one of their DVD releases, the company has picked up Kozole's "Slovenian Girl" - a title that received a North American debut at Tiff last September, and which will receive a second quarter release going by the title of A Call Girl. - Film Movement are re-teaming with Slovenia helmer Damjan Kozole on a contemporary drama about the world's oldest profession. After including his 2003 short Spare Parts on one of their DVD releases, the company has picked up Kozole's "Slovenian Girl" - a title that received a North American debut at Tiff last September, and which will receive a second quarter release (here is what they have on tap in 2010) going by the title of A Call Girl. Growing up in small-town Slovenia, 23 year-old...
- 1/5/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Year: 2009
Directors: Damjan Kozole
Writers: Damjan Kozole & Matevz Luzar & Ognjen Svilicic
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 8 out of 10
Slovenian Girl is a superb dark-comedy/thriller/drama from director Damjan Kozole, starring Nina Ivanisin in the title role as student and part-time call-girl Sasha. She likes to have the best in life, buying a swanky apartment in the city of Ljubljana, sweet talking her university professor into granting her an exam re-sit, and accepting the occasional handout from her well intentioned father Edo; whose rock band 'Electroshock' are reforming and planning a gig at a local club. Sasha's troubles begin when she visits a hotel to meet a client, only for the old guy to suffer a heart attack from too much Viagra, and leave her to deal with the consequences. Considering he was a Un ambassador, the consequences run pretty deep.
Sasha uses the pseudonym, 'Slovenian Girl' when working,...
Directors: Damjan Kozole
Writers: Damjan Kozole & Matevz Luzar & Ognjen Svilicic
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 8 out of 10
Slovenian Girl is a superb dark-comedy/thriller/drama from director Damjan Kozole, starring Nina Ivanisin in the title role as student and part-time call-girl Sasha. She likes to have the best in life, buying a swanky apartment in the city of Ljubljana, sweet talking her university professor into granting her an exam re-sit, and accepting the occasional handout from her well intentioned father Edo; whose rock band 'Electroshock' are reforming and planning a gig at a local club. Sasha's troubles begin when she visits a hotel to meet a client, only for the old guy to suffer a heart attack from too much Viagra, and leave her to deal with the consequences. Considering he was a Un ambassador, the consequences run pretty deep.
Sasha uses the pseudonym, 'Slovenian Girl' when working,...
- 11/17/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Looking better and better, we're getting to the more esoteric and arthouse film here including one we covered a long time ago called Slovenka or in English, Slovenian Girl (trailer here).
You can check out the full list after the break.
Contemporary World Cinema
Beyond the Circle Golam Rabbany Biplob, Bangladesh
World Premiere
In this political fable from Bangladesh's leading filmmaker, a simple village musician gets swept up in the market economy of big city Dhaka.
Blessed Ana Kokkinos, Australia
International Premiere
During the course of one day and night, seven children wander the streets in an urban odyssey. Blessed is a film about mothers and children, about love and beauty, about being lost and finding your way home.
Down for Life Alan Jacobs, USA
World Premiere
Based on a New York Times article, this film depicts a single, fateful day in the life of a 15-year-old Latina gang leader.
You can check out the full list after the break.
Contemporary World Cinema
Beyond the Circle Golam Rabbany Biplob, Bangladesh
World Premiere
In this political fable from Bangladesh's leading filmmaker, a simple village musician gets swept up in the market economy of big city Dhaka.
Blessed Ana Kokkinos, Australia
International Premiere
During the course of one day and night, seven children wander the streets in an urban odyssey. Blessed is a film about mothers and children, about love and beauty, about being lost and finding your way home.
Down for Life Alan Jacobs, USA
World Premiere
Based on a New York Times article, this film depicts a single, fateful day in the life of a 15-year-old Latina gang leader.
- 8/6/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Toronto -- Alan Jacobs' gang drama "Down for Life" is up for a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, one of 11 titles added Thursday to its Contemporary World Cinema sidebar.
The U.S. indie, based on a New York Times article, portrays a day in the life of a 15-year-old Latina gang leader and stars Danny Glover and local youths in South Central Los Angeles, where it was shot on location.
Also booked for the Toronto sidebar for world bows are Golam Rabbany Biplob's "Beyond the Circle," a political fable from Bangladesh; Iranian director Shalizeh Arefpour's "Heiran"; and "Sawasdee Bangkok," an ensemble of four Bangkok-themed films by local Thai directors Wisit Sasanatieng, Aditya Assarat, Kongdej Jaturanrasmee and Pen-ek Ratanaruang.
There's also international premieres for Australian director Ana Kokkinos' "Blessed," Giuseppe Piccioni's "Giulia Doesn't Date at Night," from Italy, and Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki's "The House of Branching Love,...
The U.S. indie, based on a New York Times article, portrays a day in the life of a 15-year-old Latina gang leader and stars Danny Glover and local youths in South Central Los Angeles, where it was shot on location.
Also booked for the Toronto sidebar for world bows are Golam Rabbany Biplob's "Beyond the Circle," a political fable from Bangladesh; Iranian director Shalizeh Arefpour's "Heiran"; and "Sawasdee Bangkok," an ensemble of four Bangkok-themed films by local Thai directors Wisit Sasanatieng, Aditya Assarat, Kongdej Jaturanrasmee and Pen-ek Ratanaruang.
There's also international premieres for Australian director Ana Kokkinos' "Blessed," Giuseppe Piccioni's "Giulia Doesn't Date at Night," from Italy, and Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki's "The House of Branching Love,...
- 8/6/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emotionfilm, TV Slovenia, Slovenian Film Fund
BERLIN -- "Spare Parts" comes in parts, all right: It's part buddy movie and part moral drama with some motorcycle speedway racing thrown in.
Writer-director Damjan Kozole never quite pulls all the disparate parts together into a satisfying whole, but in its key relationship and his central story about trafficking in illegal immigrants, he achieves highly emotional moments. The first Slovenian film to screen in competition here since that country broke away from the former Yugoslavia a dozen years ago, "Spare Parts" no doubt will turn up in other festivals this year.
Much of the story takes place in and around a small industrial town near the Slovenian border with Croatia known for its speedway racing, its nuclear power plant and its high incidence of cancer. Ludvik (Peter Musevski), a widower and former national racing champion, now transports illegal immigrants from all over the world to the Italian border at night. Breaking in a new driver, Rudi (Aljosa Kovacic), he gives the neophyte a hard time but soon accepts the youth as one of the gang. Rudi still experiences moral qualms about the job, but Ludvik has long ago numbed himself to any such reservations.
Rudi gets interested in a local woman, Angela (Aleksandra Balmazovic), but her eyes are on the current racing champ. When Rudi gets drunk after Angela gives him the brushoff one night and he jeopardizes the safety of a load of immigrants, he momentarily loses his job. He and Ludvik patch things up, though, so that when Ludvik tells him his cancer has recurred, their bond is sealed.
The stark reality of the messy business of human smugglers is movingly if grimly portrayed by Kozole, which reflects his background as a documentarian as well as a feature director. The film is shot with Dogme-like austerity and backed by a terrific Igor Leonardi score.
BERLIN -- "Spare Parts" comes in parts, all right: It's part buddy movie and part moral drama with some motorcycle speedway racing thrown in.
Writer-director Damjan Kozole never quite pulls all the disparate parts together into a satisfying whole, but in its key relationship and his central story about trafficking in illegal immigrants, he achieves highly emotional moments. The first Slovenian film to screen in competition here since that country broke away from the former Yugoslavia a dozen years ago, "Spare Parts" no doubt will turn up in other festivals this year.
Much of the story takes place in and around a small industrial town near the Slovenian border with Croatia known for its speedway racing, its nuclear power plant and its high incidence of cancer. Ludvik (Peter Musevski), a widower and former national racing champion, now transports illegal immigrants from all over the world to the Italian border at night. Breaking in a new driver, Rudi (Aljosa Kovacic), he gives the neophyte a hard time but soon accepts the youth as one of the gang. Rudi still experiences moral qualms about the job, but Ludvik has long ago numbed himself to any such reservations.
Rudi gets interested in a local woman, Angela (Aleksandra Balmazovic), but her eyes are on the current racing champ. When Rudi gets drunk after Angela gives him the brushoff one night and he jeopardizes the safety of a load of immigrants, he momentarily loses his job. He and Ludvik patch things up, though, so that when Ludvik tells him his cancer has recurred, their bond is sealed.
The stark reality of the messy business of human smugglers is movingly if grimly portrayed by Kozole, which reflects his background as a documentarian as well as a feature director. The film is shot with Dogme-like austerity and backed by a terrific Igor Leonardi score.
- 2/18/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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