‘Saltburn’ actor Alison Oliver stars in the Lithuania-Ireland-Latvia co-production.
UK-France sales agent Alief has picked up sales, excluding Lithuania, Ireland and Latvia, for Tomas Vengris’ Five And A Half Love Stories In An Apartment In Vilnius, Lithuania, ahead of its world premiere as part of the Rebels With A Cause strand at Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff), which is running until November 17.
Irish actor Alison Oliver, whose credits include Saltburn and Conversations With Friends, stars in Lithuanian-us filmmaker Vengris’ sophomore feature. His debut Motherland won the best film in the Baltic competition award at Tallinn in 2019.
The...
UK-France sales agent Alief has picked up sales, excluding Lithuania, Ireland and Latvia, for Tomas Vengris’ Five And A Half Love Stories In An Apartment In Vilnius, Lithuania, ahead of its world premiere as part of the Rebels With A Cause strand at Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Poff), which is running until November 17.
Irish actor Alison Oliver, whose credits include Saltburn and Conversations With Friends, stars in Lithuanian-us filmmaker Vengris’ sophomore feature. His debut Motherland won the best film in the Baltic competition award at Tallinn in 2019.
The...
- 11/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Film Movement, Level 33 among Us buyers.
Heading into the Cannes virtual market, busy WaZabi Films has closed Us and European sales on Mafia Inc, a key territory on Cannes official selection Nadia Butterfly, and a North American deal on Broken Mirrors starring Unorthodox breakout Shira Haas.
The Montreal-based sales outfit run by Anick Poirier and Lorne Price has licensed Us rights on Mafia Inc to Film Movement in the Us, Koba Films in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and French-speaking Switzerland, and One 2 See in Dutch-speaking Benelux.
Film Movement plans a digital launch in early winter later this year.
Daniel Grou directed...
Heading into the Cannes virtual market, busy WaZabi Films has closed Us and European sales on Mafia Inc, a key territory on Cannes official selection Nadia Butterfly, and a North American deal on Broken Mirrors starring Unorthodox breakout Shira Haas.
The Montreal-based sales outfit run by Anick Poirier and Lorne Price has licensed Us rights on Mafia Inc to Film Movement in the Us, Koba Films in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and French-speaking Switzerland, and One 2 See in Dutch-speaking Benelux.
Film Movement plans a digital launch in early winter later this year.
Daniel Grou directed...
- 6/18/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Film Movement, Level 33 among Us buyers.
Heading into the Cannes virtual market, busy WaZabi Films has closed Us and European sales on Mafia Inc, a key territory on Cannes official selection Nadia Butterfly, and a North American deal on Broken Mirrors starring Unorthodox breakout Shira Haas.
The Montreal-based sales outfit run by Anick Poirier and Lorne Price has licensed Us rights on Mafia Inc to Film Movement in the Us, Koba Films in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and French-speaking Switzerland, and One 2 See in Dutch-speaking Benelux.
Film Movement plans a digital launch in early winter later this year.
Daniel Grou directed...
Heading into the Cannes virtual market, busy WaZabi Films has closed Us and European sales on Mafia Inc, a key territory on Cannes official selection Nadia Butterfly, and a North American deal on Broken Mirrors starring Unorthodox breakout Shira Haas.
The Montreal-based sales outfit run by Anick Poirier and Lorne Price has licensed Us rights on Mafia Inc to Film Movement in the Us, Koba Films in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and French-speaking Switzerland, and One 2 See in Dutch-speaking Benelux.
Film Movement plans a digital launch in early winter later this year.
Daniel Grou directed...
- 6/18/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
As I hunker down into my bunker and ride out the coronavirus scare, I find some comfort in re-visiting a film I saw a few years ago called “Azimuth,” Mike Burstyn’s 2017 opus to conflict during the final days of the Six Day War.
“Azimuth” opens with a shell-shocked Egyptian soldier (played by Sammy Sheik) stumbling among the bombed-out wreckage of what’s left of his unit. The lone survivor of an Israeli air attack, he picks through the remains of his comrades and searches for anything that can enable his survival in the harsh Sinai desert. He is alone in a vast, dry unknown and not aware of the breaking news of a ratified cease-fire.
At the same time, a broken-down Israeli military convoy sends one soul out into the desert to find aid. With the only instruction of “follow the tire marks,” the young soldier (played by Yiftach Klein...
“Azimuth” opens with a shell-shocked Egyptian soldier (played by Sammy Sheik) stumbling among the bombed-out wreckage of what’s left of his unit. The lone survivor of an Israeli air attack, he picks through the remains of his comrades and searches for anything that can enable his survival in the harsh Sinai desert. He is alone in a vast, dry unknown and not aware of the breaking news of a ratified cease-fire.
At the same time, a broken-down Israeli military convoy sends one soul out into the desert to find aid. With the only instruction of “follow the tire marks,” the young soldier (played by Yiftach Klein...
- 3/19/2020
- by Richard Stellar
- The Wrap
Selection includes TV series from UK, Sweden, Austria, France, Germany, Israel and Denmark.
The Berlin International Film Festival (February 7 – 17) has unveiled the seven TV titles set to be screened in this year’s Berlinale Series programme.
Among the line-up is Amazon’s Hanna written by David Farr, who co-wrote the 2011 film of the same name. It is directed by Sarah Adina Smith, whose film credits include Buster Mal’s Heart, which starred Rami Malek. Hanna stars Esmé Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos. NBCUniversal International Studios is producing alongside Working Title Television.
Also in the selection is Netflix’s first Swedish original series Quicksand,...
The Berlin International Film Festival (February 7 – 17) has unveiled the seven TV titles set to be screened in this year’s Berlinale Series programme.
Among the line-up is Amazon’s Hanna written by David Farr, who co-wrote the 2011 film of the same name. It is directed by Sarah Adina Smith, whose film credits include Buster Mal’s Heart, which starred Rami Malek. Hanna stars Esmé Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos. NBCUniversal International Studios is producing alongside Working Title Television.
Also in the selection is Netflix’s first Swedish original series Quicksand,...
- 1/17/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Azimuth Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Mike Burstyn Screenwriter: Mike Burstyn Cast: Yiftach Klein, Sammy Sheik, Alon Dahan Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 5/4/18 Opens: April 12 in Israel. June 7, 2018 at Jcc Manhattan On Christmas Eve and the following day in 1914 during the early stages of the First World War, French, German, […]
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- 5/7/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The institution of marriage, and therefore divorce, in Israel is regulated exclusively religiously, with rabbinical consent needed to sanction both marriage and divorce. In Fill the Void, rabbinical authorisation is first denied, then granted to an arranged marriage, while Gett tracks a woman’s Kafkaesque divorce proceedings as the years go by.
Premiering at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 and currently showing at The London Israeli Film & Television Festival, Fill the Void was billed as the first fiction film by a Hassidic filmmaker intended for general release, with head-scarfed writer/director Rama Burshtein and her Orthodox-garbed husband an unwonted red-carpet scene. At Venice, it won a Best Actress award for newcomer Hadas Yaron, while Asaf Sudry’s cinematography was rewarded at the European Film Awards.
Family and offspring, the core prerogative of Hassidic womenfolk (and a staple of the Jane Austen novels that inspired the film) are at the centre...
Premiering at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 and currently showing at The London Israeli Film & Television Festival, Fill the Void was billed as the first fiction film by a Hassidic filmmaker intended for general release, with head-scarfed writer/director Rama Burshtein and her Orthodox-garbed husband an unwonted red-carpet scene. At Venice, it won a Best Actress award for newcomer Hadas Yaron, while Asaf Sudry’s cinematography was rewarded at the European Film Awards.
Family and offspring, the core prerogative of Hassidic womenfolk (and a staple of the Jane Austen novels that inspired the film) are at the centre...
- 11/20/2014
- by Zornitsa
- SoundOnSight
Israeli vs. Israeli terrorist drama is a timely, thrilling provocation
The opening scene of Israeli writer-director Nadav Lapid’s subversive, original terrorist drama Policeman is a precise snapshot of nationalistic delusion. A group of macho cops are pushing one another’s limits on a demanding bike training ride. They stop at a highway overlook for a breather. Lined up in a muscle-bound, spandex-ed row, they gaze out at an open landscape near Jerusalem: dullish brown, desiccated, dead. With prideful awe, the leader intones, “This is the most beautiful country in the world.”
The leader is Yaron (Yiftach Klein is well-cast as a doer, not a thinker), one of the movie’s dual protagonists, a member of an elite Israeli counter-terrorist squad. The first half of Policeman takes an almost ethnographic approach to following Yaron’s daily life. At work, he hides in the backseat of a car and shoots an...
The opening scene of Israeli writer-director Nadav Lapid’s subversive, original terrorist drama Policeman is a precise snapshot of nationalistic delusion. A group of macho cops are pushing one another’s limits on a demanding bike training ride. They stop at a highway overlook for a breather. Lined up in a muscle-bound, spandex-ed row, they gaze out at an open landscape near Jerusalem: dullish brown, desiccated, dead. With prideful awe, the leader intones, “This is the most beautiful country in the world.”
The leader is Yaron (Yiftach Klein is well-cast as a doer, not a thinker), one of the movie’s dual protagonists, a member of an elite Israeli counter-terrorist squad. The first half of Policeman takes an almost ethnographic approach to following Yaron’s daily life. At work, he hides in the backseat of a car and shoots an...
- 6/22/2014
- by Ryan Brown
- IONCINEMA.com
Arriving in theaters more than two years after being named the best undistributed film of 2011 by the Village Voice, Nadav Lapid's Policeman deftly examines the physical and spiritual fallout of ideology turning into action.
Yaron (Yiftach Klein) is the leader of an elite counter-terrorist squad in Israel, as well as husband to a wife whose pregnancy he doesn't want to jinx by discussing too openly; as they're often wont to, these two aspects of his life prove impossible to compartmentalize.
To say that the ensuing drama moves at a snail's pace runs the risk of offending any slugs who might be reading, but the incremental changes Yaron and his cohorts undergo are something of a slow-burning marvel to behold. Lapid is so unconcerned with crafting a convent...
Yaron (Yiftach Klein) is the leader of an elite counter-terrorist squad in Israel, as well as husband to a wife whose pregnancy he doesn't want to jinx by discussing too openly; as they're often wont to, these two aspects of his life prove impossible to compartmentalize.
To say that the ensuing drama moves at a snail's pace runs the risk of offending any slugs who might be reading, but the incremental changes Yaron and his cohorts undergo are something of a slow-burning marvel to behold. Lapid is so unconcerned with crafting a convent...
- 6/11/2014
- Village Voice
Everyone seems lost in Nadav Lapid's "Policeman" ("Ha-shoter"), an unsettling story of brawny Israeli anti-terrorist officers and the equally clueless activists they're eventually tasked with hunting down. While blatantly topical, this is not a political film of the moment, but rather a calculated meditation on self-defined purpose in the midst of societal confusion. Developed by first-time director Lapid at a Cannes Film Festival residency, the script for "Policeman" contains a persistently muted, disquieting tone that the director could expand upon in subsequent efforts. (His follow-up, "The Kindergarten Teacher," recently screened to acclaim in the latest Cannes lineup.) Despite its fragmented structure, "Policeman" is loaded with coherent insight into the nuances of contemporary Israeli society. Using a cerebral approach that calls to mind fellow Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai, Lapid follows tough-minded officer Yaron (Yiftach Klein), an ultra-confident man of the law and husband...
- 6/10/2014
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Hobbit | Fill The Void | The Innocents | The Christmas Candle | Cinema Paradiso | Tamla Rose
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (12A)
(Peter Jackson, 2013, Us/Nz) Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch. 161 mins
If the first Hobbit movie felt padded out, that didn't seem to put anyone off: its global box-office take was more than $1bn. But now all that protracted set-up is out of the way this middle section hits the ground running and barely lets up, as Freeman and his dwarves hack their way through a theme park's worth of action adventures to close in on the Lonely Mountain. It's a giddy ride, for sure, but we also get a fuller sense of Middle Earth's landscape and inhabitants. Oh yes, and there's a dragon…
Fill The Void (U)
(Rama Burshtein, 2012, Isr) Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg. 91 mins
The strictures of ultra-orthodox Judaism give this modern-day story a curiously archaic feel,...
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (12A)
(Peter Jackson, 2013, Us/Nz) Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch. 161 mins
If the first Hobbit movie felt padded out, that didn't seem to put anyone off: its global box-office take was more than $1bn. But now all that protracted set-up is out of the way this middle section hits the ground running and barely lets up, as Freeman and his dwarves hack their way through a theme park's worth of action adventures to close in on the Lonely Mountain. It's a giddy ride, for sure, but we also get a fuller sense of Middle Earth's landscape and inhabitants. Oh yes, and there's a dragon…
Fill The Void (U)
(Rama Burshtein, 2012, Isr) Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg. 91 mins
The strictures of ultra-orthodox Judaism give this modern-day story a curiously archaic feel,...
- 12/14/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Set in Tel Aviv, this is an intriguing story about a Jewish family and the cult of marriage
Rama Burshtein is a first-time director whose debut feature may call to mind Jane Austen's famous line about a certain truth universally acknowledged. It is set in Tel Aviv within an Orthodox Hasidic family; but here, Judaism and religion seem subordinate to the cult of marriage. Unmarried women and their mothers are obsessed with it; married women and their families are also obsessed, on the singletons' behalf. The unmarried state is something to be borne sorrowfully: news of impending nuptials is greeted like a rollover Lottery win to be shared out. Esther (Renana Raz) is the daughter of a respected rabbi; she is happily married to Yochay (Yiftach Klein) and heavily pregnant, and she and her kid sister Shira (Hadas Yaron) are loved by their parents. When tragedy strikes, Shira and...
Rama Burshtein is a first-time director whose debut feature may call to mind Jane Austen's famous line about a certain truth universally acknowledged. It is set in Tel Aviv within an Orthodox Hasidic family; but here, Judaism and religion seem subordinate to the cult of marriage. Unmarried women and their mothers are obsessed with it; married women and their families are also obsessed, on the singletons' behalf. The unmarried state is something to be borne sorrowfully: news of impending nuptials is greeted like a rollover Lottery win to be shared out. Esther (Renana Raz) is the daughter of a respected rabbi; she is happily married to Yochay (Yiftach Klein) and heavily pregnant, and she and her kid sister Shira (Hadas Yaron) are loved by their parents. When tragedy strikes, Shira and...
- 12/13/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆New York-born, Jerusalem-raised director Rama Burshtein's feature debut, Fill the Void (2012), is an accomplished social drama with potential appeal for international audiences. Set in contemporary Tel Aviv, where the local orthodox Jewish community continues the traditional practice of matchmaking, we begin with 28-year-old Esther (Renana Raz), married to Yochay (Yiftach Klein), dying during childbirth, delaying Esther's younger sister Shira's (Hadas Yaron) own engagement. Shira's mother learns that the community has planned for Yochay to marry a woman from Belgium - an unthinkable scenario for those involved.
- 12/12/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
It’s fair to say that Hasidic Judaism is a subject matter somewhat untapped in cinema, as a world and culture relatively overlooked. There is therefore a distinct sense of intrigue attached to Rama Burshtein’s Fill the Void, as it finally makes its way to British cinemas. Though despite the uniquity that exists, this pensive drama remains relatable, as the themes explored can be translated in a variety of ways, as the pure, human emotion on show is universal.
When Shira (Hadas Yaron) comes of age, by tradition, the devout 18-year-old Israeli is now expected to marry. Though content and acceptant of such a fate, her world is thrown into disarray when her older sister Esther (Renana Raz) passes away during childbirth. Pressure then mounts on the young girl’s shoulders to enter into an arranged, levirate marriage with her sister’s widow Yochay (Yiftach Klein) and care for his motherless son.
When Shira (Hadas Yaron) comes of age, by tradition, the devout 18-year-old Israeli is now expected to marry. Though content and acceptant of such a fate, her world is thrown into disarray when her older sister Esther (Renana Raz) passes away during childbirth. Pressure then mounts on the young girl’s shoulders to enter into an arranged, levirate marriage with her sister’s widow Yochay (Yiftach Klein) and care for his motherless son.
- 12/10/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Check out what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Much Ado About Nothing (Joss Whedon-directed comedy, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof; available now weeks before DVD; rated PG-13) Fill the Void (drama; Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein; rated PG) I Spit On Your Grave 2 (horror; Jemma Dallender, Joe Absolom; rated R) In the House (thriller, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner; rated R) The Kings of Summer (coming-of-age comedy drama; Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso; rated R) Unfinished Song (comedy; Terrence...
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- 9/24/2013
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
(Rns) In most parts of the world, arranged marriages are a time-honored expression of religious and cultural orthodoxy. Even in modern-day Israel, with its educated and affluent population, the tradition endures in the Hasidic community. But “Fill the Void” is not the critique of sexist repression we might have expected. It’s an artful, character-driven drama that constitutes a minor miracle of empathy.
The source of that empathy is director Rama Burshtein’s own life. She is the first ultra-Orthodox Israeli woman to direct a feature film, and the yearning for independent identity is embodied in her heroine, Shira (Hadas Yaron).
The pretty preschool teacher is 18, the age at which it is appropriate to consider offers of marriage. Shira’s mother (Irit Sheleg) sifts through the businesslike proposals, hoping to find a gem among the bearded, black-hatted men in their tightknit Tel Aviv community.
The gold standard among men is...
The source of that empathy is director Rama Burshtein’s own life. She is the first ultra-Orthodox Israeli woman to direct a feature film, and the yearning for independent identity is embodied in her heroine, Shira (Hadas Yaron).
The pretty preschool teacher is 18, the age at which it is appropriate to consider offers of marriage. Shira’s mother (Irit Sheleg) sifts through the businesslike proposals, hoping to find a gem among the bearded, black-hatted men in their tightknit Tel Aviv community.
The gold standard among men is...
- 7/17/2013
- by St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Huffington Post
Review by Barbie Snitzer
“Fill The Void” is an example of the kind of unique gift a movie can be.
There is no other way one could be an invisible witness to the closed world of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect of Hasidic Jews. Even if one promised to be as sensitive and non-judgmental as director Rama Burstein is in this, her début film, one would be rebuffed.
The Hasidim do not recruit new members. Unlike other secretive religious communities, they have not been the subject of reality shows that exploit their unfamiliarity with the mainstream modern world. They do not feel obligated to explain their appearance or behavior even when their culture clashes; Hasidic men will not look any woman in the eye, not just other Hasidic women.
It would be very easy for those unfamiliar with their culture to mock the opening scene. Rivka (Irit Sheleg) is on a...
“Fill The Void” is an example of the kind of unique gift a movie can be.
There is no other way one could be an invisible witness to the closed world of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect of Hasidic Jews. Even if one promised to be as sensitive and non-judgmental as director Rama Burstein is in this, her début film, one would be rebuffed.
The Hasidim do not recruit new members. Unlike other secretive religious communities, they have not been the subject of reality shows that exploit their unfamiliarity with the mainstream modern world. They do not feel obligated to explain their appearance or behavior even when their culture clashes; Hasidic men will not look any woman in the eye, not just other Hasidic women.
It would be very easy for those unfamiliar with their culture to mock the opening scene. Rivka (Irit Sheleg) is on a...
- 7/12/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
See new clips from Sony Pictures Classics' Fill the Void (Lemale et ha'halal), starring Hadas Yaron, Irit Sheleg and Yiftach Klein. Directed by Rama Burshtein, the drama, and Israel's official submission for Best Foreign Language film of 2012, opens May 24th, 2013. Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira’s promised match.
- 5/22/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rama Burshtein made her feature debut last year with Fill the Void, which has spent much of the past year on the festival circuit. The film has picked up a slew of awards and nominations, including winning the Volpi Cup in Venice for Best Actress for the young Hadas Yaron for her leading performance.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired Fill the Void’s Us distribution rights late last year, and now they’ve announced that they’ll be releasing the film in the States in May this year.
“Fill The Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv.
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited.
On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired Fill the Void’s Us distribution rights late last year, and now they’ve announced that they’ll be releasing the film in the States in May this year.
“Fill The Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv.
Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited.
On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child.
- 3/5/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Fill the Void movie clip. Watch a new clip from Sony Pictures Classics' Fill the Void, starring Hadas Yaron and Yiftach Klein. The drama directed and written by Rama Burshtein is Israel’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Language Film 2012. Also known as Lemale et ha'halal, Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira’s promised match.
- 1/3/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Fill the Void movie clip. Watch a new clip from Sony Pictures Classics' Fill the Void, starring Hadas Yaron and Yiftach Klein. The drama directed and written by Rama Burshtein is Israel’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Language Film 2012. Also known as Lemale et ha'halal, Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream-come-true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira’s promised match.
- 1/3/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
One of my favorite parts of the Sundance Film Festival is the Park City at Midnight movie line-up. This is where they put on a lot of the horror, sci-fi, comedy and other genre type films. They've also announced the movies that will be a part of the Spotlight and New Frontier sections.
Once again it looks like we've got a lot of solid films to look forward to. Of course there's going to be a few duds in the mix, but for the most part this looks like it's going to be an exciting year at Sundance. I can't wait to watch these movies!
Look over the list, read about the films, and let us know which movies sound interesting to you that you'd like to more know about!
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier,...
Once again it looks like we've got a lot of solid films to look forward to. Of course there's going to be a few duds in the mix, but for the most part this looks like it's going to be an exciting year at Sundance. I can't wait to watch these movies!
Look over the list, read about the films, and let us know which movies sound interesting to you that you'd like to more know about!
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier,...
- 11/30/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Sundance announced it’s Spotlight program selections today, which consists of plum titles that have enjoyed prestigious premieres at other festivals from the year before. Last year, Sundance nabbed Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights, Phillippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar, and Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister, to name a few. This year, Sundance has amassed a well chosen selection for Spotlight, rolling out Israel’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film, the New York Film Fest premiered Fill the Void (which was just nominated for Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Film and Best First Screenplay), followed by several high profile Cannes titles, like Pablo Larrain’s No, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, Anurag Kashrap’s five hour plus epic Gangs of Wasseypur, and Jeff Nichols’ latest, Mud (which avoided screening at the heavyweight Fall festivals, like Toronto and Venice – and which we accurately predicted). Then, from Tiff and Venice...
- 11/30/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sundance Film Festival 2013 announced its initial line-up last night, with a very promising slew of films competing in the Us and World Dramatic and Documentary categories, as always.
Tonight, we have more news from Park City, Ut, with the announcement of the films that will be screening in the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier categories.
Rising young star, Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa, Beautiful Creatures), will be heading to the festival in the Park City at Midnight category with Jeremy Lovering’s horror, In Fear, which has a very tense and promising synopsis.
Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers will be getting its long-awaited Us premiere, having debuted at Cannes earlier this year, and been earning critics’ praise ever since. Steve Oram and Alice Lowe co-wrote the film and star in the leads, and with the ever-brilliant Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), there’s...
Tonight, we have more news from Park City, Ut, with the announcement of the films that will be screening in the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier categories.
Rising young star, Alice Englert (Ginger & Rosa, Beautiful Creatures), will be heading to the festival in the Park City at Midnight category with Jeremy Lovering’s horror, In Fear, which has a very tense and promising synopsis.
Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers will be getting its long-awaited Us premiere, having debuted at Cannes earlier this year, and been earning critics’ praise ever since. Steve Oram and Alice Lowe co-wrote the film and star in the leads, and with the ever-brilliant Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), there’s...
- 11/29/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Fill the Void begins with the greatest Purim sequence in the history of cinema. To be sure, there isn’t much competition. For Your Consideration and its movie-within-a-movie Home for Purim had that title up until now, and it’s perhaps the only other film ever to feature the holiday. However, I doubt Rama Burshtein had Christopher Guest in mind when she filmed the beginning of her first fiction feature. Francis Ford Coppola, on the other hand, hangs over every moment. Burshtein plays Purim like the opening wedding in The Godfather, taking the time to carefully introduce the Hasidic community of Tel Aviv and its traditions. The head of the family sits at the table, taking requests from the younger men and handing out gobs of cash as holiday gifts. Like Coppola’s masterpiece, this tells us more about the insulation of this world than any confrontation with outsiders might. The...
- 10/3/2012
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Venice, Italy — Israeli director Rama Burshtein provides an intimate look inside the private world of Tel Aviv's Hasidic community in the film `'Fill the Void," which premiered this weekend in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
A Hasidic Jew herself, Burshtein said she wanted to create a portrait of family life within the community without presenting it in conflict with the secular world.
`'The Orthodox world is so interesting it does not need to cope with the secular," Burshtein told a news conference Sunday. "It can be very interesting and the drama can be very strong inside."
The film is about an 18-year-old girl named Shira who struggles with whether she wants to marry her brother-in-law, Yochay, after her sister Esther dies giving birth. The decision is all Shira's, despite the strict formality within the community, and the movie ultimately is a story about facing a difficult decision and becoming a woman.
A Hasidic Jew herself, Burshtein said she wanted to create a portrait of family life within the community without presenting it in conflict with the secular world.
`'The Orthodox world is so interesting it does not need to cope with the secular," Burshtein told a news conference Sunday. "It can be very interesting and the drama can be very strong inside."
The film is about an 18-year-old girl named Shira who struggles with whether she wants to marry her brother-in-law, Yochay, after her sister Esther dies giving birth. The decision is all Shira's, despite the strict formality within the community, and the movie ultimately is a story about facing a difficult decision and becoming a woman.
- 9/3/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
After a string of announcements, it looks like the Toronto International Film Festival have locked down their line-up and it’s looking like a fantastic slate. Much of the additions today come in the form of previous Cannes premieres, including Michael Haneke‘s Amour (review), Cristian Mungiu‘s Beyond the Hills (review), Abbas Kiarostami‘s Like Someone in Love (review), Bernardo Bertolucci‘s Me and You (review), Hong Sang-soo‘s In Another Country and the Venice premiere Olivier Assayas‘ Something in the Air. Most notably missing is Leos Carax‘s Holy Motors, but we do get a new Michael Winterbottom film titled Everyday. Out of the Discovery section, the biggest film seems to be The Brass Teapot, and indie drama starring Juno Temple and Michael Angarano and one can check out all the additions below.
Masters
Amour Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere Screen legends Jean-Louis Trintignant and...
Masters
Amour Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere Screen legends Jean-Louis Trintignant and...
- 8/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Following the Toronto International Film Festival line-up earlier this week, the 69th Venice Film Festival has weighed in with their choices this morning. Outside of films also premiering at Tiff — including most notably Ramin Bahrani‘s At Any Price and Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder – they have a strong batch of films not at that fest. We have the highly anticipated next feature from Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Carlos), titled Something In The Air, as well as Brian De Palma‘s sensual thriller Passion with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.
Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...
Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...
- 7/26/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
After a remarkable presence at Cannes Film Festival this year, Indian cinema hasn’t had much luck with the prestigious Venice International Film Festival.
The festival, headed by new Director Alberto Barbera announced its lineup today, but no Indian film figures in any of the sections.
The 69th edition of the festival will run from August 29-September 8, 2012. Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist will be the opening film.
In its 2011 edition, the festival had screened Sonchidi by Amit Dutta and Anhey Ghorhey da Daan(Alms of the Blind Horse) by Gurvinder Singh in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) section.
Films in Competition:
Olivier Assayas – APRÈS Mai (Something In The Air)
France, 122′
Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Félix Armand
Ramin Bahrani – At Any Price
USA, UK, 100′
Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham
Marco Bellocchio – Bella Addormentata
Italy, France, 115′
Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino, Maya Sansa, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Peter Brosens,...
The festival, headed by new Director Alberto Barbera announced its lineup today, but no Indian film figures in any of the sections.
The 69th edition of the festival will run from August 29-September 8, 2012. Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist will be the opening film.
In its 2011 edition, the festival had screened Sonchidi by Amit Dutta and Anhey Ghorhey da Daan(Alms of the Blind Horse) by Gurvinder Singh in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) section.
Films in Competition:
Olivier Assayas – APRÈS Mai (Something In The Air)
France, 122′
Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Félix Armand
Ramin Bahrani – At Any Price
USA, UK, 100′
Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham
Marco Bellocchio – Bella Addormentata
Italy, France, 115′
Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino, Maya Sansa, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Peter Brosens,...
- 7/26/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Nadav Lapid's thriller "Policeman," which ranked high on Indiewire's Best Undistributed Film Poll last year, has been acquired for U.S. release by Corinth Films. It played at the Locarno, New York and San Francisco Film Festivals. Check out our review from its Locarno premiere. Full press release reprinted below: Corinth Films Acquires North American Rights for Nadav Lapid's Policeman Written and Directed by Nadav Lapid; Camera - Shari Goldman; Editor - Era Lapid Starring Yiftach Klein, Yaara Pelzig, Michael Mushonov, Menashe Noi, Michael Aloni, Gal Hoyberger, Meital Berdah, Shaul Mizrahi, Rona-Lee Shimon, Ben Adam Israel; 2011; Runtime - 107 Mins; In Hebrew with English Subtitles Variety: “…reps a strong debut from tyro helmer-writer Nadav Lapid, and will leave audiences debating the current social and philosophical issues it reflects..”- Alissa Simon The Hollywood...
- 5/17/2012
- by Austin Dale
- Indiewire
For the most part, life in Israel consists of two major conflicts: one is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (many movie samples out there exist on the subject matter), and the lesser known one is the conflict between secular and religious people inside the Jewish community. Because the religious part lead their life in closed circuits, not many things are known about everyday life among the secular Jews, and it is even harder to explain that to non-Israelis. But these days there is a film in production that might just open a window to this world. We previously had 2004's Ushpizin - perhaps the best known and successful of them all, but for the most part, these have been directed solely by secular directors. Filling the Void is the first project aimed at a wide audience that is directed by someone from within the religious community. Rama Burstein is a graduate from...
- 2/15/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
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