To make a film critical of oneself and the values instilled in you by family and society is not an easy task. But that’s exactly what Mohamed Kordofani set out to do with Goodbye Julia. “I wanted this to be a mirror for Sudanese people. I think we, as a community, care too much about how people view us but we don’t care at all about what the people we oppress think.”
The film–screening for free this Tuesday, December 12 as part of Film Independent Presents!–tackles the macro issues of racism, colorism and prejudice within Sudan while concentrating on the growing friendship between two women in Khartoum. The first Mona (Eiman Yousef) is a privileged Sudanese housewife of Arab descent. The other, Julia (Siran Riak), is a poor woman originally from South Sudan and of African descent who ends up being her maid.
Like an Asghar Farhadi...
The film–screening for free this Tuesday, December 12 as part of Film Independent Presents!–tackles the macro issues of racism, colorism and prejudice within Sudan while concentrating on the growing friendship between two women in Khartoum. The first Mona (Eiman Yousef) is a privileged Sudanese housewife of Arab descent. The other, Julia (Siran Riak), is a poor woman originally from South Sudan and of African descent who ends up being her maid.
Like an Asghar Farhadi...
- 12/7/2023
- by Murtada Elfadl
- Film Independent News & More
The projects, all feature debuts aside from one, will receive €60,000 to support either their production or their post-production.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)’s Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf) has selected four projects for its first-ever Hbf+ Europe: Post-production Scheme, alongside eight projects for minority co-production support.
Scroll down for full list of projects
The projects, all feature debuts aside from one, will receive €60,000 to support either their production or their post-production. Hbf+Europe supports projects from filmmakers based in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe, and encourages European co-production of said projects.
Among the...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)’s Hubert Bals Fund (Hbf) has selected four projects for its first-ever Hbf+ Europe: Post-production Scheme, alongside eight projects for minority co-production support.
Scroll down for full list of projects
The projects, all feature debuts aside from one, will receive €60,000 to support either their production or their post-production. Hbf+Europe supports projects from filmmakers based in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe, and encourages European co-production of said projects.
Among the...
- 7/11/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Fund also supports Rubika Shah and Vero Cratzborn projects.
New projects by Ildikó Enyedi, Rubika Shah and Vero Cratzborn have been backed by the Cnc and Ffa’s Franco-German co-production fund at its first session of 2023.
A total of €450,000 production support was awarded to Enyedi’s next feature Silent Friend which has been structured as a co-production between lead producer Cologne-based Pandora Film with France’s Galatée Films, Hungary’s Inforg M&m Film and China’s Rediance Films.
The film focuses on an ancient tree in the Botanical Gardens of the university town of Marburg to explore the relationship between man and nature.
New projects by Ildikó Enyedi, Rubika Shah and Vero Cratzborn have been backed by the Cnc and Ffa’s Franco-German co-production fund at its first session of 2023.
A total of €450,000 production support was awarded to Enyedi’s next feature Silent Friend which has been structured as a co-production between lead producer Cologne-based Pandora Film with France’s Galatée Films, Hungary’s Inforg M&m Film and China’s Rediance Films.
The film focuses on an ancient tree in the Botanical Gardens of the university town of Marburg to explore the relationship between man and nature.
- 4/5/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Fund also supports Rubika Shah and Vero Cratzborn projects.
New projects by Ildikó Enyedi, Rubika Shah and Vero Cratzborn have been backed by the Cnc and Ffa’s Franco-German co-production fund at its first session of 2023.
A total of €450,000 production support was awarded to Enyedi’s next feature Silent Friend which has been structured as a co-production between lead producer Cologne-based Pandora Film with France’s Galatée Films, Hungary’s Inforg M&m Film and China’s Rediance Films.
The film focuses on an ancient tree in the Botanical Gardens of the university town of Marburg to explore the relationship between man and nature.
New projects by Ildikó Enyedi, Rubika Shah and Vero Cratzborn have been backed by the Cnc and Ffa’s Franco-German co-production fund at its first session of 2023.
A total of €450,000 production support was awarded to Enyedi’s next feature Silent Friend which has been structured as a co-production between lead producer Cologne-based Pandora Film with France’s Galatée Films, Hungary’s Inforg M&m Film and China’s Rediance Films.
The film focuses on an ancient tree in the Botanical Gardens of the university town of Marburg to explore the relationship between man and nature.
- 4/5/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
“For me, honestly, the most important thing is to focus on Sudanese women,” Suzannah Mirghani tells Variety.
“We have so many documentaries about them already and there was a time when these stories were in terrible need of being told. But the culture has shifted. Now, we have to let Sudanese people make their own [films].”
Currently developing her fiction feature debut “Cotton Queen,” the Sudanese-Russian filmmaker is coming back to the story she explored in her short “Al-Sit” in 2020. It shows a teenage girl living in a cotton-farming village, learning about life and love under the watchful eye of her grandmother, until a young businessman from abroad decides to marry her.
“There is no infrastructure in Sudan, no film industry, so I thought I would start small,” she explains. Mirghani is now based in Doha.
“I went there with some money and a script. That’s all I had. I...
“We have so many documentaries about them already and there was a time when these stories were in terrible need of being told. But the culture has shifted. Now, we have to let Sudanese people make their own [films].”
Currently developing her fiction feature debut “Cotton Queen,” the Sudanese-Russian filmmaker is coming back to the story she explored in her short “Al-Sit” in 2020. It shows a teenage girl living in a cotton-farming village, learning about life and love under the watchful eye of her grandmother, until a young businessman from abroad decides to marry her.
“There is no infrastructure in Sudan, no film industry, so I thought I would start small,” she explains. Mirghani is now based in Doha.
“I went there with some money and a script. That’s all I had. I...
- 11/23/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The dark comedy won two 10,000 prizes.
Amjad Al Rasheed’s Inshallah A Boy picked up The Cell award for a digital camera package and the Rise Studios award, both worth 10,000, at the Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival.
There were 20 prizes given out across 15 projects, either in development or post-production, totalling 225,000 altogether.
Inshallah A Boy is the feature debut from former Screen Arab Star of Tomorrow Al Rasheed and follows a grieving widow at risk of losing her house due to inheritance laws. A co-production between Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the dark comedy...
Amjad Al Rasheed’s Inshallah A Boy picked up The Cell award for a digital camera package and the Rise Studios award, both worth 10,000, at the Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival.
There were 20 prizes given out across 15 projects, either in development or post-production, totalling 225,000 altogether.
Inshallah A Boy is the feature debut from former Screen Arab Star of Tomorrow Al Rasheed and follows a grieving widow at risk of losing her house due to inheritance laws. A co-production between Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the dark comedy...
- 11/21/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The Cairo Film Festival’s Cairo Film Connection co-production market spread the love at an award ceremony Sunday night, with 15 projects claiming 20 prizes in the Egyptian capital valued at some 225,000.
Among the standouts were Suzannah Mirghani’s “Cotton Queen” and “Lamp in the Dark,” from Sudanese filmmaker Mahdi El-Tayeb, which both took home awards from marketing and distribution outfit Mad Solutions for distribution in the Arab world with a 50,000 minimum guarantee.
Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, “Cotton Queen” — which won the ArteKino Award at the Cannes Film Festival’s L’Atelier this year — follows a teenage girl as she begins to question cultural expectations and the collapsing cotton industry, under threat from both insect and human pests. “Lamp in the Dark” turns on a generational clash in a Sudanese village after the arrival of a mobile cinema.
No film won more than two prizes, with Amjad Al Rasheed...
Among the standouts were Suzannah Mirghani’s “Cotton Queen” and “Lamp in the Dark,” from Sudanese filmmaker Mahdi El-Tayeb, which both took home awards from marketing and distribution outfit Mad Solutions for distribution in the Arab world with a 50,000 minimum guarantee.
Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, “Cotton Queen” — which won the ArteKino Award at the Cannes Film Festival’s L’Atelier this year — follows a teenage girl as she begins to question cultural expectations and the collapsing cotton industry, under threat from both insect and human pests. “Lamp in the Dark” turns on a generational clash in a Sudanese village after the arrival of a mobile cinema.
No film won more than two prizes, with Amjad Al Rasheed...
- 11/21/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
New works by Palestinian docmaker Amer Shomali (“The Wanted 18”), emerging Egyptian filmmaker Sara Shazli (“Back Home”) and first-time Jordanian director Amjad Al Rasheed are among the 16 projects selected for the 9th Cairo Film Connection, the Cairo Film Festival’s co-production platform.
The event features films from 10 countries, including five from the host nation, with 11 fiction and documentary features in development and five currently in post-production being presented to producers, distributors, sales agents and festival programmers.
This year’s edition received a record 135 submissions, according to incoming Cairo Film Connection manager Lynda Belkhiria, pointing toward a broader surge in production across North Africa and the Middle East. “There is a need, there is a demand,” she said. “There is something going on across the region.”
Many of the projects are female-led and examine the ongoing struggle of women to define themselves against the expectations of their families and societies. Still others...
The event features films from 10 countries, including five from the host nation, with 11 fiction and documentary features in development and five currently in post-production being presented to producers, distributors, sales agents and festival programmers.
This year’s edition received a record 135 submissions, according to incoming Cairo Film Connection manager Lynda Belkhiria, pointing toward a broader surge in production across North Africa and the Middle East. “There is a need, there is a demand,” she said. “There is something going on across the region.”
Many of the projects are female-led and examine the ongoing struggle of women to define themselves against the expectations of their families and societies. Still others...
- 11/17/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The biggest recipient is Valeska Grisebach’s fourth feature ‘The Dreamt Adventurer’ (working title).
Four projects, all by women filmmakers, have been supported by the German-French Funding Commission made up of representatives from Germany’s Ffa and France’s Cnc.
The largest single amount of production funding of € 360,000 went to Valeska Grisebach’s fourth feature film The Dreamt Adventurer (Der Geträumte Abenteuer). It will be the latest collaboration between Germany’s Komplizen Films and France’s Kazak Productions, co-producers of Filmfest München’s opening film Corsage, as well as Sebastian Schipper’s 2019 film Roads and actress-director Nicolette Krebitz’s Berlinale...
Four projects, all by women filmmakers, have been supported by the German-French Funding Commission made up of representatives from Germany’s Ffa and France’s Cnc.
The largest single amount of production funding of € 360,000 went to Valeska Grisebach’s fourth feature film The Dreamt Adventurer (Der Geträumte Abenteuer). It will be the latest collaboration between Germany’s Komplizen Films and France’s Kazak Productions, co-producers of Filmfest München’s opening film Corsage, as well as Sebastian Schipper’s 2019 film Roads and actress-director Nicolette Krebitz’s Berlinale...
- 6/30/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Qatar-based funder is adapting to needs of filmmakers, says CEO
The Doha Film Institute (Dfi) is open to funding a wider range of filmmakers beyond its initial focus on first and second-time directors, according to CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi.
The Dfi pioneered financial support for emerging filmmakers in North Africa and the Middle East when it first launched in 2010. To date, more than 650 film projects from 74 countries have benefited from its funding.
The Dfi supports filmmakers through a bi-annual grants system as well as its Qumra incubator program.
It is the Middle East’s longest-serving film funding programme and aims...
The Doha Film Institute (Dfi) is open to funding a wider range of filmmakers beyond its initial focus on first and second-time directors, according to CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi.
The Dfi pioneered financial support for emerging filmmakers in North Africa and the Middle East when it first launched in 2010. To date, more than 650 film projects from 74 countries have benefited from its funding.
The Dfi supports filmmakers through a bi-annual grants system as well as its Qumra incubator program.
It is the Middle East’s longest-serving film funding programme and aims...
- 5/24/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Un Certain Regard films in latest round of grant recipients.
The latest round of Doha Film Institute (Dfi) grant recipients includes four films being showcased at Cannes this year.
They are Un Certain Regard titles Harka (Lofty Nathan), Plan 75, (Chie Hayakawa) and Return To Seoul (Davy Chou), and Cotton Queen (Suzannah Mirghani), selected for Cinefondation Atelier.
It has been revealed that 44 projects from 33 territories have been awarded Dfi grants in the spring 2022 cycle.
“We are always looking for originality, new angles and points of view,” said Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of Dfi. “Of particular importance are fresh perspectives and...
The latest round of Doha Film Institute (Dfi) grant recipients includes four films being showcased at Cannes this year.
They are Un Certain Regard titles Harka (Lofty Nathan), Plan 75, (Chie Hayakawa) and Return To Seoul (Davy Chou), and Cotton Queen (Suzannah Mirghani), selected for Cinefondation Atelier.
It has been revealed that 44 projects from 33 territories have been awarded Dfi grants in the spring 2022 cycle.
“We are always looking for originality, new angles and points of view,” said Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of Dfi. “Of particular importance are fresh perspectives and...
- 5/21/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Qatari organisation backs projects from 33 countries
The Doha Film Institute (Dfi) has announced the beneficiaries of its Spring 2022 Grants Programme, backing 44 projects from 33 countries as part of its latest funding cycle.
Three of the beneficiaries – Lotfy Nathan’s Harka, Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 and Davy Chou’s All The People I’ll Never Be – are playing in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
Another grant recipient – Suzannah Mirghani’s Cotton Queen – is participating in Cannes’ L’Atelier programme.
The Dfi grants programme is awarded in two annual cycles – spring and the autumn. It is the Middle East’s longest-running film funding...
The Doha Film Institute (Dfi) has announced the beneficiaries of its Spring 2022 Grants Programme, backing 44 projects from 33 countries as part of its latest funding cycle.
Three of the beneficiaries – Lotfy Nathan’s Harka, Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 and Davy Chou’s All The People I’ll Never Be – are playing in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
Another grant recipient – Suzannah Mirghani’s Cotton Queen – is participating in Cannes’ L’Atelier programme.
The Dfi grants programme is awarded in two annual cycles – spring and the autumn. It is the Middle East’s longest-running film funding...
- 5/20/2022
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Film Independent today announced the names of the 30 filmmakers, from 11 nations, selected to participate in its 2022 Global Media Makers LA Residency, taking place in person this month.
The filmmakers and projects chosen are Sumon Delwar (My Cousin), Ali El Arabi and Ahmed El Zoghby (The Legend of Zeinab and Noah), Prantik Basu (Dengue), Archana Borhade and Mangesh Joshi (Purjey (Parts)), Sriram Raja and Deyali Mukherjee (New Sweetness), Kushal Batunge (They Call Her Mafia), Gaby Zarazir and Michael Zarazir, Lamia Chraibi and Hicham Lasri (Meskoun), Anup Poudel and Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Rajan Kathet and Sunir Pandey (No Winter Holidays), Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi (There Was a Boy), Suzannah Mirghani (Cotton Queen), Amjad Abu Alala and Mohamed Kordofani (Goodbye Julia), Lotfi Achour and Anissa Daoud (Red Path), Rashid Abdelhamid and Ismahane Lahmar (A Respectable Family), Sezen Kayhan and Beste Yamalıoğlu (Women with...
The filmmakers and projects chosen are Sumon Delwar (My Cousin), Ali El Arabi and Ahmed El Zoghby (The Legend of Zeinab and Noah), Prantik Basu (Dengue), Archana Borhade and Mangesh Joshi (Purjey (Parts)), Sriram Raja and Deyali Mukherjee (New Sweetness), Kushal Batunge (They Call Her Mafia), Gaby Zarazir and Michael Zarazir, Lamia Chraibi and Hicham Lasri (Meskoun), Anup Poudel and Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Rajan Kathet and Sunir Pandey (No Winter Holidays), Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi (There Was a Boy), Suzannah Mirghani (Cotton Queen), Amjad Abu Alala and Mohamed Kordofani (Goodbye Julia), Lotfi Achour and Anissa Daoud (Red Path), Rashid Abdelhamid and Ismahane Lahmar (A Respectable Family), Sezen Kayhan and Beste Yamalıoğlu (Women with...
- 4/13/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Full list of 15 projects from emerging filmmakers seeking completion funding revealed.
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev’s drama project Made In EU and Egyptian Ahmed Fawzi Saleh’s Hamlet From The Slums are among 15 projects selected for the 2022 L’Atelier co-production forum, set to be held during the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Part of Cannes’ Cinefondation film development initiative, L’Atelier was launched in 2005 to support emerging filmmakers, from newcomers to high-profile names, who are offered expert advice and the opportunity to meet potential co-production partners and funding sources during the festival.
This year’s projects include Made In EU, a...
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev’s drama project Made In EU and Egyptian Ahmed Fawzi Saleh’s Hamlet From The Slums are among 15 projects selected for the 2022 L’Atelier co-production forum, set to be held during the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Part of Cannes’ Cinefondation film development initiative, L’Atelier was launched in 2005 to support emerging filmmakers, from newcomers to high-profile names, who are offered expert advice and the opportunity to meet potential co-production partners and funding sources during the festival.
This year’s projects include Made In EU, a...
- 3/22/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will be held from Thursday 10 to Sunday 20 March, abiding by all health and safety protocols in force, in both physical spaces and online. Within the framework of the 24th Tdf, 233 full-length and short film documentaries will be screened, at the time-honored home ground of the Festival, Olympion and Pavlos Zannas theaters, as well as in the movie theaters Frida Liappa, Tonia Marketaki, John Cassavetes and Stavros Tornes, at the Port of Thessaloniki. In addition, the audience will have the opportunity to watch films online through the Festival’s digital platform.
Let’s have a look at all the Asian titles of the Festival:
A Marble Travelogue, Sean Wang
A piece of white marble stone mined in Greece takes us on its Odyssey along the global consumption driven by the Chinese domestic market, to investigate the role of China as the “world’s buyer.” This film...
Let’s have a look at all the Asian titles of the Festival:
A Marble Travelogue, Sean Wang
A piece of white marble stone mined in Greece takes us on its Odyssey along the global consumption driven by the Chinese domestic market, to investigate the role of China as the “world’s buyer.” This film...
- 3/7/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Al-Sit
If you live in a neighbouring country or follow international news, you’ll be aware that Sudan is currently in a state of crisis. When such things happen, everything about daily life is disrupted. What happens to filmmakers may not seem like a big priority, but every nervous government feels threatened by the arts because of their power to influence wider culture. Suzannah Mirghani’s Oscar qualifying short, Al-Sit, tackles the issue of arranged marriages. It was made before the military takeover but its fate within its own country is now uncertain.
Suzannah is at home in Qatar when we meet, and she begins by telling me more about the current situation in her native country.
“It's tough,” she says. “Everything is up in the air at the moment so we don't know what direction the country is going to go. And we had two years of just pure bliss.
If you live in a neighbouring country or follow international news, you’ll be aware that Sudan is currently in a state of crisis. When such things happen, everything about daily life is disrupted. What happens to filmmakers may not seem like a big priority, but every nervous government feels threatened by the arts because of their power to influence wider culture. Suzannah Mirghani’s Oscar qualifying short, Al-Sit, tackles the issue of arranged marriages. It was made before the military takeover but its fate within its own country is now uncertain.
Suzannah is at home in Qatar when we meet, and she begins by telling me more about the current situation in her native country.
“It's tough,” she says. “Everything is up in the air at the moment so we don't know what direction the country is going to go. And we had two years of just pure bliss.
- 12/19/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The ninth edition of Doha Film Institute’s youth and family-focused festival ran November 7-13.
Egyptian director Ali El Arabi’s coming-of-age documentary Captains Of Zaatari has won the top prize at the ninth edition of Doha Film Institute’s Ayjal Film Festival which took place in Qatar from November 7-13.
Captains Of Zaatari won the best feature film award in the Hilal category, chosen by a jury aged 13 to 17 years. It follows two young Syrian refugees living in a camp in Jordan as they pursue their dreams to become professional soccer players.
In a surprise announcement, it was revealed the film’s young subjects,...
Egyptian director Ali El Arabi’s coming-of-age documentary Captains Of Zaatari has won the top prize at the ninth edition of Doha Film Institute’s Ayjal Film Festival which took place in Qatar from November 7-13.
Captains Of Zaatari won the best feature film award in the Hilal category, chosen by a jury aged 13 to 17 years. It follows two young Syrian refugees living in a camp in Jordan as they pursue their dreams to become professional soccer players.
In a surprise announcement, it was revealed the film’s young subjects,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
AFI Fest on Monday announced the films that received this year’s awards, with Clint Bentley’s Jockey from Sony Pictures Classics and the Tommy Oliver-directed Juice Wrld taking the narrative and documentary Audience Awards, respectively.
The Grand Jury Award winners for Live Action and Animated Short will be eligible for the Best Live Action Short and Best Animated Short Oscars.
“Bringing filmmakers and movie fans together to celebrate the moving image is at the heart of AFI Fest,” said Sarah Harris, Director of Programming for AFI Festivals. “The excitement of all festival goers to be together in the theaters once again was electric. This year’s festival has truly shown everyone the power of the art form to lift our spirits when it’s needed the most.”
The AFI Fest jury was composed of film curator and writer Kiva Reardon; Amanda Salazar, head of programming and acquisitions at...
The Grand Jury Award winners for Live Action and Animated Short will be eligible for the Best Live Action Short and Best Animated Short Oscars.
“Bringing filmmakers and movie fans together to celebrate the moving image is at the heart of AFI Fest,” said Sarah Harris, Director of Programming for AFI Festivals. “The excitement of all festival goers to be together in the theaters once again was electric. This year’s festival has truly shown everyone the power of the art form to lift our spirits when it’s needed the most.”
The AFI Fest jury was composed of film curator and writer Kiva Reardon; Amanda Salazar, head of programming and acquisitions at...
- 11/15/2021
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
AFI Fest announced its 2021 jury and audience award winners, with audience prizes going to “Jockey” and the documentary feature centered on the late rapper Juice Wrld.
“Bringing filmmakers and movie fans together to celebrate the moving image is at the heart of AFI Fest. The excitement of all festivalgoers to be together in the theaters, once again, was electric,” Sarah Harris, AFI Festivals’ director of programming said in a statement announcing the winners. “This year’s festival has truly shown everyone the power of the art form to lift our spirits when it’s needed the most.”
Director Clint Bentley’s “Jockey” earned the audience award for a narrative feature; the film stars Clifton Collins Jr. as an aging jockey with hopes to win one last title for his longtime trainer who has acquired what appears to be a championship horse, despite the years and injuries that have taken a toll on his body.
“Bringing filmmakers and movie fans together to celebrate the moving image is at the heart of AFI Fest. The excitement of all festivalgoers to be together in the theaters, once again, was electric,” Sarah Harris, AFI Festivals’ director of programming said in a statement announcing the winners. “This year’s festival has truly shown everyone the power of the art form to lift our spirits when it’s needed the most.”
Director Clint Bentley’s “Jockey” earned the audience award for a narrative feature; the film stars Clifton Collins Jr. as an aging jockey with hopes to win one last title for his longtime trainer who has acquired what appears to be a championship horse, despite the years and injuries that have taken a toll on his body.
- 11/15/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
The 2021 Tribeca Festival, presented by AT&T, has today unveiled its short film lineup, which includes 46 films from 20 countries worldwide, 70 percent of which are world premieres. The short films will be presented in eight programs: two documentaries, two narratives, two hybrids (including both narrative and documentary), one animation, and one New York shorts program. Additionally, the festival will feature a special curated out-of-competition Juneteenth program and a live performance by Blondie, following the screening of the short film “Blondie: Vivir En La Habana.”
As the festival announced late last month, this year’s event will “transform prominent locations into an expansive 12-day multi-screen outdoor celebration” held June 9 to 20, and is believed to be first major North American film festival to mount such an in-person event. Director Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited “In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, will open the 20th anniversary edition of Tribeca...
As the festival announced late last month, this year’s event will “transform prominent locations into an expansive 12-day multi-screen outdoor celebration” held June 9 to 20, and is believed to be first major North American film festival to mount such an in-person event. Director Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited “In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, will open the 20th anniversary edition of Tribeca...
- 4/22/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The 2021 Tribeca Festival, which announced its full lineup earlier this week, has unveiled a selection of 46 short films from 20 countries in narrative, documentary and animation.
Blondie will perform live following the North American Premiere of Blondie: Vivir En La Habana about the rock band’s first time performance in Havana, Cuba in 2019.
The Festival will run June 9-20 with live in-person events at outdoor venues across New York City’s five boroughs. Many of the films will be available for U.S. audiences to view online the day after they premiere in person through the Tribeca at Home virtual hub.
The 2020 Shorts Programs will also be screened at the 2021 Festival with 64 films in ten programs. Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind will perform after a screening of Rhythm of Life.
“As we curated these in-person programs, we thought a great deal about the challenges of the past year and what...
Blondie will perform live following the North American Premiere of Blondie: Vivir En La Habana about the rock band’s first time performance in Havana, Cuba in 2019.
The Festival will run June 9-20 with live in-person events at outdoor venues across New York City’s five boroughs. Many of the films will be available for U.S. audiences to view online the day after they premiere in person through the Tribeca at Home virtual hub.
The 2020 Shorts Programs will also be screened at the 2021 Festival with 64 films in ten programs. Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind will perform after a screening of Rhythm of Life.
“As we curated these in-person programs, we thought a great deal about the challenges of the past year and what...
- 4/22/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sudan-Qatar production triumphs at the Finnish short film festival, while Israeli film Mission: Hebron is put forward as a candidate for the European Film Awards. The online 2021 edition of the Tampere Film Festival, the annual Finnish event dedicated to short films, announced its awards during a virtual ceremony held on Sunday afternoon. The International Grand Prix went to Suzannah Mirghani’s film Al-Sit (Sudan/Qatar), which tells the story of Nafisa, a teenage girl in a Sudanese village who – despite her crush on someone else – is facing an arranged marriage. Her grandmother, the powerful matriarch Al-Sit, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. Can Nafisa choose for herself? The jury said that the film was “told in a simple but profound way, presenting sincere qualities that seem to come from another time, but touch upon a very modern problem: a conflict between different values – profit and progress...
Seventh edition of the annual talent incubator moves online for a second year.
Directors Claire Denis, James Gray and Jessica Hausner, sound designer Mark Mangini and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael have reconfirmed their participation at the seventh edition of the Doha Film Institute’s annual talent incubator Qumra, running online March 12-17.
Filmmakers and producers attached to 48 selected projects from 21 territories, previously supported by the Dfi grants programme, will participate in this year’s edition.
“The Institute is extremely grateful to our Qumra Masters, filmmakers and industry participants for their passion and contribution to our commitment to reshape the global storytelling...
Directors Claire Denis, James Gray and Jessica Hausner, sound designer Mark Mangini and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael have reconfirmed their participation at the seventh edition of the Doha Film Institute’s annual talent incubator Qumra, running online March 12-17.
Filmmakers and producers attached to 48 selected projects from 21 territories, previously supported by the Dfi grants programme, will participate in this year’s edition.
“The Institute is extremely grateful to our Qumra Masters, filmmakers and industry participants for their passion and contribution to our commitment to reshape the global storytelling...
- 2/22/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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