Wash Westmoreland Heads Lff Jury; Polanski Added To Efa List; Tokyo Fest Competition — Global Briefs
Colette director Wash Westmoreland will head this year’s BFI London Film Festival (Lff) main jury. He will be joined by Game Of Thrones actress Lena Headey, Egyptian writer and producer Mohamed Hefzy, I, Daniel Blake actress Hayley Squires, director Sudabeh Mortezai (whose Joy won last year’s Lff Competition) and magazine editor Jane Crowther. The Lff First Feature Competition jury will be led by Jessica Hausner, whose Little Joe screens at this year’s fest. Joining her are filmmaker Shola Amoo, whose The Last Tree was at Sundance this year, playwright Theresa Ikoko, and Lilting director Hong Khaou. The festival’s Documentary Competition will be overseen by Strong Island director Yance Ford, with outgoing DocLisboa head Cintia Gil, soon to take over at Sheffield Doc/Fest, and Skate Kitchen producer Julia Nottingham. Finally, the short film jury consists of filmmakers Amrou Al-Kadhi and Mark Jenkin, actor Alex Lawther, and actress and writer Marli Siu.
- 9/26/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Austrian-Turkish film-maker Umut Dag's drama about Turkish immigrants in Vienna is a bit melodramatic but strongly acted
This debut by Austrian-Turkish film-maker Umut Dag addresses the experiences of second- and third-generation Turkish and Kurdish people in western Europe and how they deal with some resilient first-generation traditions. Like Reis Çelik's recent Night of Silence, it also speaks out about the sacrificial nature of many arranged marriages. We see shy young bride Ayse (Begüm Akkaya) at her wedding ceremony in a Turkish village, evidently about to marry Hasan (Murathan Muslu) and return with him to the groom's family apartment in Vienna, presided over by Hasan's formidable mother, Fatma (Nihal Koldas). It is only when we are back in Austria that we realise that this wedding is a fake, and the real conjugal arrangement prepared for Ayse is quite different. Kuma is strongly and honestly acted, although the drama turns...
This debut by Austrian-Turkish film-maker Umut Dag addresses the experiences of second- and third-generation Turkish and Kurdish people in western Europe and how they deal with some resilient first-generation traditions. Like Reis Çelik's recent Night of Silence, it also speaks out about the sacrificial nature of many arranged marriages. We see shy young bride Ayse (Begüm Akkaya) at her wedding ceremony in a Turkish village, evidently about to marry Hasan (Murathan Muslu) and return with him to the groom's family apartment in Vienna, presided over by Hasan's formidable mother, Fatma (Nihal Koldas). It is only when we are back in Austria that we realise that this wedding is a fake, and the real conjugal arrangement prepared for Ayse is quite different. Kuma is strongly and honestly acted, although the drama turns...
- 8/15/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The first 10 minutes promise great things, but this Turkish drama about an arranged marriage never quite comes together
A bravura beginning in this drama from Turkish film-maker Reis Çelik gives way to a measured and intriguing chamber-piece for two actors, a film so enclosed it might conceivably have worked better as a stageplay. Everyone in a remote Turkish village has turned out for a wedding: the groom (Ílyas Salman) is a careworn tough guy in late middle-age, and the young bride (Dílan Aksüt), veiled and presented like a human sacrifice, is not seen until the couple are alone together in the marital home. What emerges in the tense exchanges that take place in private – this is to be no conventional night of conjugal love – is that theirs is an arranged marriage. But it is not just that: the settlement of ancient feuds and grudges is riding on their happiness, or at any rate,...
A bravura beginning in this drama from Turkish film-maker Reis Çelik gives way to a measured and intriguing chamber-piece for two actors, a film so enclosed it might conceivably have worked better as a stageplay. Everyone in a remote Turkish village has turned out for a wedding: the groom (Ílyas Salman) is a careworn tough guy in late middle-age, and the young bride (Dílan Aksüt), veiled and presented like a human sacrifice, is not seen until the couple are alone together in the marital home. What emerges in the tense exchanges that take place in private – this is to be no conventional night of conjugal love – is that theirs is an arranged marriage. But it is not just that: the settlement of ancient feuds and grudges is riding on their happiness, or at any rate,...
- 6/27/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ Winner of the Crystal Bear at the 2012 Berlinale and Best Screenplay at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Reis Çelik's Night of Silence (Lal gece, 2012) is yet another fine example of the incredible works emanating from burgeoning Turkish film industry. In UK cinemas this week, Çelik's minimalist drama is a fascinating insight into the inner pressures evoked by redemption and tradition. Opening in a neglected graveyard, we're first introduced to Damat (Livas Salman) as he pays his respects to two unidentified graves. Moments later we see this weather worn gentleman greeted by one of the village's elders.
It's here we learn that this forlorn griever has spent a lengthy time behind bars, his crime isn't disclosed, however the reception he receives from the and the fact he has a marriage arranged for him on his return suggests it was for a honour killing. A convoy of decorated cars accompanied by...
It's here we learn that this forlorn griever has spent a lengthy time behind bars, his crime isn't disclosed, however the reception he receives from the and the fact he has a marriage arranged for him on his return suggests it was for a honour killing. A convoy of decorated cars accompanied by...
- 6/27/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Future Film Festival | Turkish Film Festival | Deep Desires And Broken Dreams | Keswick Film Festival
Future Film Festival, London
Have you got what it takes to be Britain's next great film-maker? Come along and find out at this talent-nurturing event, where all you need is youth (it's aimed at ages 15-25), curiosity and a little bit of cash (tickets start at a very reasonable £5 per day). The three days deal respectively with fiction, animation and documentary, and on each you get screenings, hands-on workshops, and advice and support from industry bodies and film-makers such Sally El Hosaini (accompanying My Brother The Devil, pictured), Penny Woolcock and the makers of ParaNorman. If you're young and in Wales, alternatively, check out the Ffresh student film festival in Wrexham (Wed to Fri).
BFI, SE1, Sat to Mon
Turkish Film Festival, London
A new slot in the calendar, just after the Berlin film festival (it...
Future Film Festival, London
Have you got what it takes to be Britain's next great film-maker? Come along and find out at this talent-nurturing event, where all you need is youth (it's aimed at ages 15-25), curiosity and a little bit of cash (tickets start at a very reasonable £5 per day). The three days deal respectively with fiction, animation and documentary, and on each you get screenings, hands-on workshops, and advice and support from industry bodies and film-makers such Sally El Hosaini (accompanying My Brother The Devil, pictured), Penny Woolcock and the makers of ParaNorman. If you're young and in Wales, alternatively, check out the Ffresh student film festival in Wrexham (Wed to Fri).
BFI, SE1, Sat to Mon
Turkish Film Festival, London
A new slot in the calendar, just after the Berlin film festival (it...
- 2/16/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap has won the Screen International Jury Grand Prize for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012 for Gangs of Wasseypur.
Other directors competing with Kashyap were Brillante Mendoza for Sinapupunan (Thy Womb), Cheng Er for Lethal Hostage, Khosro Masoumi for Khers (Bear) and Reis Çelik for Lal gece (Night of Silence).
Brillante Mendoza won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for best director for Sinapupunan (Thy Womb).
Anurag Kashyap has won the Screen International Jury Grand Prize for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012 for Gangs of Wasseypur.
Other directors competing with Kashyap were Brillante Mendoza for Sinapupunan (Thy Womb), Cheng Er for Lethal Hostage, Khosro Masoumi for Khers (Bear) and Reis Çelik for Lal gece (Night of Silence).
Brillante Mendoza won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for best director for Sinapupunan (Thy Womb).
- 11/24/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Two Indian actors Manoj Bajpayee and Vidya Balan won nominations for the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards to be held on November 23 in Brisbane, Australia.
Manoj Bajpayee won a nomination in “Best Performance by an Actor” category for Gangs of Wasseypur.
Vidya Balan has been nominated for “Best Performance by a Actress” for The Dirty Picture.
Read also Gangs of Wasseypur and Gattu nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012
Established in 2007, the APSAs are one of the highest accolade in film in the Asia Pacific region. Apsa is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland and is an initiative of the Queensland Government, Australia.
Complete list of nominations:
Best Feature Film
Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time [South Korea]
Bear [Iran]
The Horde
[Russia]
Beyond the Hill
[Turkey]
Wu Xia
[Hong Kong, China]
Best Children’S Feature Film
My Australia
[Poland, Israel]
Gattu [India]
I Wish [Japan]
The Mirror Never Lies
[Indonesia]
Off White Lies
[Israel]
Best Documentary Feature Film
5 Broken Cameras [Israel, Palestine, France]
In My Mother’s Arms...
Manoj Bajpayee won a nomination in “Best Performance by an Actor” category for Gangs of Wasseypur.
Vidya Balan has been nominated for “Best Performance by a Actress” for The Dirty Picture.
Read also Gangs of Wasseypur and Gattu nominated for Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012
Established in 2007, the APSAs are one of the highest accolade in film in the Asia Pacific region. Apsa is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland and is an initiative of the Queensland Government, Australia.
Complete list of nominations:
Best Feature Film
Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time [South Korea]
Bear [Iran]
The Horde
[Russia]
Beyond the Hill
[Turkey]
Wu Xia
[Hong Kong, China]
Best Children’S Feature Film
My Australia
[Poland, Israel]
Gattu [India]
I Wish [Japan]
The Mirror Never Lies
[Indonesia]
Off White Lies
[Israel]
Best Documentary Feature Film
5 Broken Cameras [Israel, Palestine, France]
In My Mother’s Arms...
- 10/12/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Gattu by Rajan Khosa has been nominated in “Best Children’s Feature Film” category at the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Read Rajan Khosa’s interview here). The 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Awards announced its nominations today.
Anurag Kashyap has been nominated for “Achievement in Directing” for Gangs of Wasseypur (Read Anurag Kashyap’s interview here). Manoj Bajpayee won a nomination for the same film in “Best Performance by an Actor” category.
Vidya Balan has been nominated for “Best Performance by an Actress” for The Dirty Picture.
Established in 2007, the APSAs are one of the highest accolade in film in the Asia Pacific region. Apsa is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland and is an initiative of the Queensland Government, Australia.
All winners in the 6th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Friday November 23 in Brisbane, Australia.
Complete list of nominations:
Best Feature Film
Nameless Gangster: Rules...
Anurag Kashyap has been nominated for “Achievement in Directing” for Gangs of Wasseypur (Read Anurag Kashyap’s interview here). Manoj Bajpayee won a nomination for the same film in “Best Performance by an Actor” category.
Vidya Balan has been nominated for “Best Performance by an Actress” for The Dirty Picture.
Established in 2007, the APSAs are one of the highest accolade in film in the Asia Pacific region. Apsa is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland and is an initiative of the Queensland Government, Australia.
All winners in the 6th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Friday November 23 in Brisbane, Australia.
Complete list of nominations:
Best Feature Film
Nameless Gangster: Rules...
- 10/12/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's Caesar Must Die has won the Golden Bear at this year's Berlinale. The other awards, presented by Mike Leigh and his International Jury (Anton Corbijn, Asghar Farhadi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal, François Ozon, Boualem Sansal and Barbara Sukowa):
The first Silver Bear, the Jury Grand Prix, goes to Bence Fliegauf's Just the Wind. (Last year, this prize went to a Hungarian as well, to Béla Tarr for The Turin Horse.)
Silver Bear for Best Director: Christian Petzold for Barbara.
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rachel Mwanza for her performance in War Witch.
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Mikkel Følsgaard for A Royal Affair.
The Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution goes to Director of Photography Lutz Reitemeier for his work on White Deer Plain.
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg for A Royal Affair.
The Alfred Bauer Award...
The first Silver Bear, the Jury Grand Prix, goes to Bence Fliegauf's Just the Wind. (Last year, this prize went to a Hungarian as well, to Béla Tarr for The Turin Horse.)
Silver Bear for Best Director: Christian Petzold for Barbara.
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rachel Mwanza for her performance in War Witch.
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Mikkel Følsgaard for A Royal Affair.
The Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution goes to Director of Photography Lutz Reitemeier for his work on White Deer Plain.
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg for A Royal Affair.
The Alfred Bauer Award...
- 2/18/2012
- MUBI
Turkish film Lal Gece directed by Reis Çelik won the Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film in the Generation 14plus section at the 62nd Berlinale.
A Special Mention was given to Kronjuvelerna directed by Ella Lemhagen from Sweden.
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film went to Meathead directed by by Sam Holst of New Zealand.
The Jury gave a Special Mention to the short film 663114 directed by by Isamu Hirabayashi of Japan.
Generation 14Plus is a section at the Berlinale devoted to young people. The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival is being held from February 9-19,2012.
A Special Mention was given to Kronjuvelerna directed by Ella Lemhagen from Sweden.
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film went to Meathead directed by by Sam Holst of New Zealand.
The Jury gave a Special Mention to the short film 663114 directed by by Isamu Hirabayashi of Japan.
Generation 14Plus is a section at the Berlinale devoted to young people. The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival is being held from February 9-19,2012.
- 2/18/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
This week on Indiewire we hired Alison Willmore to begin TV coverage for the site; Berlinale raged on; we told you what to check out on DVD/Blu-Ray; Melissa Leo discussed playing a crazy cat lady in "Francine"; Keanu Reeves dished on his new documentary; and Lena Dunham talked "Girls." Check out all the links below for all the best news, interviews and features this week on Indiewire: News Berlinale Crowns Crystal Bear Winners: Turkey's "Lal Gece" & New Zealand's "Meathead" The Berlinale's winners of the Crystal Bears from the Generation 14plus (youth) jury are Reis Çelik's "Lal Gece" from Turkey as Best Feature Film The SXSW Conference Lineup and Additional Titles, Including "Nature Calls" with Patton Oswalt The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has revealed the complete conference lineup, in addition to announcing additional films. Dallas...
- 2/17/2012
- Indiewire
The Berlinale's winners of the Crystal Bears from the Generation 14plus (youth) jury are Reis Çelik's "Lal Gece" from Turkey as Best Feature Film and Special Mention for Ella Lemhagen's "Kronjuvelerna" from Sweden. Best Short Film is Sam Holst's "Meathead" from New Zealand and the Special Mention short film is Isamu Hirabayashi's "663114" from Japan. Details on the films and reasons for their selection are below. Awards will be given to winners tonight, along with a screening of "Lal Gece" at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Cinema 1, at 7:30pm Cet. Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film: "Lal Gece" by Reis Çelik, Turkey 2011 We were deeply touched by he brilliant actors in this year’s winning film. They let us take part in the feelings of two people who are imprisoned by family traditions which do not leave them any space for their own decision making and needs.
- 2/17/2012
- Indiewire
Comes a Bright Day
"With another twelve world premieres and three international premieres, Generation’s feature-length film program is now complete," the Berlinale's announced today. "A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions." Straight from the release, then, with descriptions from the festival:
Generation 14plus
Comes a Bright Day (Great Britain, by Simon Aboud) – Against the backdrop of an armed robbery at a London jewellers, much more is at stake than money. Where diamonds are involved, love is not far. Cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall and others. World Premiere. Site.
Lal Gece (Night of Silence, Turkey, by Reis Çelik) – When the groom lifts the bride’s veil, he is looking into the face of a 14-year-old girl. As tradition has it, a night in the bridal chamber seals the marriage. Cast: Ilyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt and others.
"With another twelve world premieres and three international premieres, Generation’s feature-length film program is now complete," the Berlinale's announced today. "A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions." Straight from the release, then, with descriptions from the festival:
Generation 14plus
Comes a Bright Day (Great Britain, by Simon Aboud) – Against the backdrop of an armed robbery at a London jewellers, much more is at stake than money. Where diamonds are involved, love is not far. Cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall and others. World Premiere. Site.
Lal Gece (Night of Silence, Turkey, by Reis Çelik) – When the groom lifts the bride’s veil, he is looking into the face of a 14-year-old girl. As tradition has it, a night in the bridal chamber seals the marriage. Cast: Ilyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt and others.
- 1/12/2012
- MUBI
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