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When Adam Changes, a Canadian animated film about an awkward teenager in suburban Quebec, won the Grand Prix at the Niigata International Animation Film Festival (Niaff).
The festival, now in its second year, ran from March 15-20 in Niigata, a port city two hours north of Tokyo.
Written and directed by Joël Vaudreuil, When Adam Changes premiered at last year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. “Coming here and meeting so many people, and being able to meet and talk with the other competition directors was a gift in itself,” said Vaudreuil, acceping the award at Niaff’s closing ceremony.
The festival, now in its second year, ran from March 15-20 in Niigata, a port city two hours north of Tokyo.
Written and directed by Joël Vaudreuil, When Adam Changes premiered at last year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. “Coming here and meeting so many people, and being able to meet and talk with the other competition directors was a gift in itself,” said Vaudreuil, acceping the award at Niaff’s closing ceremony.
- 3/21/2024
- ScreenDaily
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Christoph Terhechte’s contract has been renewed by Leipzig City Council.
German documentary film festival Dok Leipzig has extended the contract of managing and artistic director Christoph Terhechte for another three years.
The director has been in the role since January 2020 and he will now continue until January 2028, following a decision by the Leipzig City Council.
The festival’s next edition runs October 28 – November 3, 2024.
Before Dok Leipzig, Terhechte was the artistic director of the International Film Festival Marrakech and previously headed the International Forum of New Cinema at Berlinale.
Five-country European co-production ‘Little Trouble Girls’ leads Les Arcs industry winners...
German documentary film festival Dok Leipzig has extended the contract of managing and artistic director Christoph Terhechte for another three years.
The director has been in the role since January 2020 and he will now continue until January 2028, following a decision by the Leipzig City Council.
The festival’s next edition runs October 28 – November 3, 2024.
Before Dok Leipzig, Terhechte was the artistic director of the International Film Festival Marrakech and previously headed the International Forum of New Cinema at Berlinale.
Five-country European co-production ‘Little Trouble Girls’ leads Les Arcs industry winners...
- 12/19/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
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The German film industry is eagerly awaiting the appointment of the Berlin Film Festival’s new director, expected to be announced tomorrow, and as the guessing game surrounding the choice shifts into high gear, one thing looks increasingly clear: the new head will face considerable financial and political challenges at the Berlinale.
Speculation in the local industry has been rife with likely candidates to succeed Carlo Chatrian and Mariëtte Rissenbeek, who have co-led the Berlinale as artistic and executive directors since 2020 and will step down after this year’s edition when their respective mandates end.
A number of potential contenders have now quashed those rumors, among them Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO and director of the European Film Academy, who made it clear to Variety that he was not in the running and was very content in his current post; Kirsten Niehuus, head of funding org Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, who said she...
Speculation in the local industry has been rife with likely candidates to succeed Carlo Chatrian and Mariëtte Rissenbeek, who have co-led the Berlinale as artistic and executive directors since 2020 and will step down after this year’s edition when their respective mandates end.
A number of potential contenders have now quashed those rumors, among them Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO and director of the European Film Academy, who made it clear to Variety that he was not in the running and was very content in his current post; Kirsten Niehuus, head of funding org Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, who said she...
- 12/11/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
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New competition section encompasses international feature-length and short animations.
Dok Leipzig is to launch an international competition section for animated films for this year’s event, which takes place October 8-15, as part of a revamp of the festival’s competition structure.
The new competition section, encompassing international feature-length and short animations, will run alongside Dok Leipzig’s international competition for documentary film.
In addition, the festival’s two German competitions are now being replaced by one competition dedicated to German documentaries.
Animation filmmakers from Germany will compete with their international colleagues in the international animated film competition, which awards...
Dok Leipzig is to launch an international competition section for animated films for this year’s event, which takes place October 8-15, as part of a revamp of the festival’s competition structure.
The new competition section, encompassing international feature-length and short animations, will run alongside Dok Leipzig’s international competition for documentary film.
In addition, the festival’s two German competitions are now being replaced by one competition dedicated to German documentaries.
Animation filmmakers from Germany will compete with their international colleagues in the international animated film competition, which awards...
- 2/9/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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A starry group of global talent has been set to join Paolo Sorrentino on the main jury for the 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival which runs from November 11-19 in the Moroccan city.
Alongside Sorrentino, who was named jury president last month, panelists are a host of award-winners including Danish writer/director Susanne Bier, Guatemalan-born U.S. actor and producer Oscar Isaac, British actor Vanessa Kirby, German actor Diane Kruger, Australian director Justin Kurzel, Lebanese director and actor Nadine Labaki, Moroccan director Laïla Marrakchi and French actor Tahar Rahim.
The international jury will award the Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second feature films in the competition, which is dedicated to the discovery of filmmakers from around the world.
This will be a particularly significant edition for Marrakech as it marks the event’s first in-person iteration since 2019 after the pandemic led to its...
Alongside Sorrentino, who was named jury president last month, panelists are a host of award-winners including Danish writer/director Susanne Bier, Guatemalan-born U.S. actor and producer Oscar Isaac, British actor Vanessa Kirby, German actor Diane Kruger, Australian director Justin Kurzel, Lebanese director and actor Nadine Labaki, Moroccan director Laïla Marrakchi and French actor Tahar Rahim.
The international jury will award the Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second feature films in the competition, which is dedicated to the discovery of filmmakers from around the world.
This will be a particularly significant edition for Marrakech as it marks the event’s first in-person iteration since 2019 after the pandemic led to its...
- 10/11/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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Moviegoing Memories is a series of short interviews with filmmakers about going to the movies. Tatiana Huezo's Prayers for the Stolen is Mubi Go's Film of the Week in the UK for April 8, 2022. Notebook: How would you describe your movie in the least amount of words?Tatiana Huezo: A look at the world from the discovery and magic of being a girl. A look that also immerses us in the fear that comes from understanding the violence to which you are exposed.Notebook: Where and what is your favourite movie theatre? Why is it your favorite?Huezo: The Cineteca Nacional in Mexico reminds me of my childhood. I feel melancholy and emotional every time I go to one of its screens, especially the big ones.When I was a child, I fell in love with cinema in front of one of those screens. I found some of the...
- 4/8/2022
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The Marrakech International Film Festival has opted to postpone its 19th edition, citing the current global health situation. However, the Festival Foundation will continue to present its industry and talent development program with the fourth edition of the Atlas Workshops to be conducted online from November 22-25 with the support of Netflix. This follows a similar path to 2020 when the Moroccan fest was also canceled and the Atlas Workshops, which launched in 2018, were moved online.
The mission of the workshops is to support the new generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers through bespoke consultation, as well as to expose them to the international market through the presentation of their projects at a co-production market.
In 2021, two winners of the Atlas Prize for Post-Production were selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week: Khadar Ahmed’s The Gravedigger’s Wife and Egyptian filmmaker Omar El Zohairy’s Feathers,...
The mission of the workshops is to support the new generation of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers through bespoke consultation, as well as to expose them to the international market through the presentation of their projects at a co-production market.
In 2021, two winners of the Atlas Prize for Post-Production were selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week: Khadar Ahmed’s The Gravedigger’s Wife and Egyptian filmmaker Omar El Zohairy’s Feathers,...
- 9/14/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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Stefan Arsenijevic’s film received the Crystal Globe Grand Prix.
Serbian refugee drama As Far As I Can Walk scored five prizes including the main Grand Prix – Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival awards this evening.
Written and directed by Stefan Arsenijevic, the film also received the best actor award for Ibrahim Koma, and a special jury mention for Jelena Stankovic for cinematography, from the awards given out in the competition section.
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The film also received two non-statutory awards, from the ecumenical jury, and the Europa Cinemas Label award...
Serbian refugee drama As Far As I Can Walk scored five prizes including the main Grand Prix – Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival awards this evening.
Written and directed by Stefan Arsenijevic, the film also received the best actor award for Ibrahim Koma, and a special jury mention for Jelena Stankovic for cinematography, from the awards given out in the competition section.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
The film also received two non-statutory awards, from the ecumenical jury, and the Europa Cinemas Label award...
- 8/28/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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The 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival came to a close today with the awarding of its various prizes.
The Grand Prix Crystal Globe, the event’s main prize, went to Stefan Arsenijević’s As Far as I Can Walk. The award comes with a $25,000 grant split between the director and producer. The film also picked up the Best Actor award for star Ibrahim Koma.
As Far as I Can Walk follows Strahinja and his wife Ababuo, who left Ghana with a dream of a better life in Europe. Instead of reaching the western part of the continent, they were deported back to Serbia. Strahinja has started to build himself a career, while Ababuo is unable to fulfil her ambitions and she feels increasingly frustrated. When she disappears one day, Strahinja sets out to find her.
The Crystal Globe jury were: Eva Mulvad, Denmark, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Poland, Christos Nikou, Greece,...
The Grand Prix Crystal Globe, the event’s main prize, went to Stefan Arsenijević’s As Far as I Can Walk. The award comes with a $25,000 grant split between the director and producer. The film also picked up the Best Actor award for star Ibrahim Koma.
As Far as I Can Walk follows Strahinja and his wife Ababuo, who left Ghana with a dream of a better life in Europe. Instead of reaching the western part of the continent, they were deported back to Serbia. Strahinja has started to build himself a career, while Ababuo is unable to fulfil her ambitions and she feels increasingly frustrated. When she disappears one day, Strahinja sets out to find her.
The Crystal Globe jury were: Eva Mulvad, Denmark, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Poland, Christos Nikou, Greece,...
- 8/28/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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“As Far as I Can Walk,” a drama about African immigrants deported from Germany to Serbia, won the Grand Prize at the 2021 Karlovy International Film Festival on Saturday evening in the Czech Republic. The film by director Stefan Arsenijević, which was inspired by a medieval poem, dominated in a main competition of 12 films at the oldest film festival in Central Europe.
The audience award went to “Zatopek,” director David Ondricek’s biopic about famed Czech runner Emil Zatopek.
Dietrich Brüggemann was named best director in the main competition for “No,” while acting awards went to Ibrahim Koma for “As Far as I Can Walk” and Eleonore Loiselle for “Wars.”
For the first time, documentaries were placed in the competition sections rather than being restricted to their own section, with “Every Single Minute” winning a Special Jury Prize.
Special Jury Mentions went to “The Staffroom,” actress Vinette Robinson for “The Boiling...
The audience award went to “Zatopek,” director David Ondricek’s biopic about famed Czech runner Emil Zatopek.
Dietrich Brüggemann was named best director in the main competition for “No,” while acting awards went to Ibrahim Koma for “As Far as I Can Walk” and Eleonore Loiselle for “Wars.”
For the first time, documentaries were placed in the competition sections rather than being restricted to their own section, with “Every Single Minute” winning a Special Jury Prize.
Special Jury Mentions went to “The Staffroom,” actress Vinette Robinson for “The Boiling...
- 8/28/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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The 55th edition of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival returned to life in a fully live format Friday after a year-long Covid-forced break, with its traditional rousing dance numbers and a lifetime achievement Crystal Globe for Michael Caine.
The versatile two-time Oscar winner prompted his third standing ovation from the audience packed into the fest’s Grand Hall at the Hotel Thermal when he raised his walking cane from the stage in thanks to his fans.
Saying he began his actor’s journey as “a nobody from nowhere who knew nothing,” Caine told the crowd, “You’ve given me an award for something I love doing.” Fest president Jiri Bartoska honored him with what the actor called the heaviest prize he’s ever tried to lift at an upbeat ceremony featuring elaborate choreography themed around the 1960s U.S. pop song “Popcorn,” with dancers whirling discs that riffed on...
The versatile two-time Oscar winner prompted his third standing ovation from the audience packed into the fest’s Grand Hall at the Hotel Thermal when he raised his walking cane from the stage in thanks to his fans.
Saying he began his actor’s journey as “a nobody from nowhere who knew nothing,” Caine told the crowd, “You’ve given me an award for something I love doing.” Fest president Jiri Bartoska honored him with what the actor called the heaviest prize he’s ever tried to lift at an upbeat ceremony featuring elaborate choreography themed around the 1960s U.S. pop song “Popcorn,” with dancers whirling discs that riffed on...
- 8/21/2021
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
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This year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Aug 20 -28) will honor actors Johnny Depp and Michael Caine, and director Jan Sverak.
Depp, who is also set to be feted at San Sebastian this year, is set to attend the Czech festival which “will recognize and pay tribute to the acclaimed actor’s extensive career and lasting legacy on the film industry globally”.
“We’re incredibly honored to welcome to the Festival an icon of the contemporary cinema,” said Kviff’s executive director Krystof Mucha and the Festival’s artistic director Karel Och. “We’ve admired Mr. Depp for such a long time and are thrilled to bestow this honor on him.”
The timing is interesting given that Depp has been caught up in an ongoing and very messy legal feud with former wife Amber Heard. The dispute and its lurid details have seen the star dropped from at least one major studio project.
Depp, who is also set to be feted at San Sebastian this year, is set to attend the Czech festival which “will recognize and pay tribute to the acclaimed actor’s extensive career and lasting legacy on the film industry globally”.
“We’re incredibly honored to welcome to the Festival an icon of the contemporary cinema,” said Kviff’s executive director Krystof Mucha and the Festival’s artistic director Karel Och. “We’ve admired Mr. Depp for such a long time and are thrilled to bestow this honor on him.”
The timing is interesting given that Depp has been caught up in an ongoing and very messy legal feud with former wife Amber Heard. The dispute and its lurid details have seen the star dropped from at least one major studio project.
- 8/10/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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Second European event this week to announce it will honour Depp.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honour Johnny Depp, paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).
The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.
It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.
A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honour Johnny Depp, paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).
The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.
It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.
A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...
- 8/10/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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Second European event this week to announce it will honour Depp.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honour Johnny Depp, paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).
The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.
It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.
A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honour Johnny Depp, paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).
The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.
It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.
A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...
- 8/10/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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Michael Caine will receive the Crystal Globe Award for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema at the 2021 Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Kviff organizers announced on Tuesday.
Caine will receive the award, the festival’s highest honor, at the Karlovy Vary’s opening ceremony on Aug. 20. He will also present the film “Best Sellers,” the directorial debut of Lina Roessler, in which he plays an author embarking on one final book tour.
Johnny Depp will also attend the festival to present screenings of two films he produced, the documentary “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan” and the drama “Minamata,” in which he also plays a photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning in Japan.
The festival will also give the Kviff Presidents Award to veteran Czech director Jan Svěrák, whose film “The Ride” won the Crystal Globe for best film at Karlovy Vary in 1995.
Previously, Kviff announced that...
Caine will receive the award, the festival’s highest honor, at the Karlovy Vary’s opening ceremony on Aug. 20. He will also present the film “Best Sellers,” the directorial debut of Lina Roessler, in which he plays an author embarking on one final book tour.
Johnny Depp will also attend the festival to present screenings of two films he produced, the documentary “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan” and the drama “Minamata,” in which he also plays a photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning in Japan.
The festival will also give the Kviff Presidents Award to veteran Czech director Jan Svěrák, whose film “The Ride” won the Crystal Globe for best film at Karlovy Vary in 1995.
Previously, Kviff announced that...
- 8/10/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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Nelson Makengo’s “Rising Up at Night” from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Omar El Zohairy’s “Feathers of a Father” from Egypt won the prizes for films in post-production in Marrakech Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops, which is for projects from Africa and the Arab world.
Documentary feature “Rising Up at Night,” produced by Rosa Spaliviero and Dada Kahindo, follows a community in Kinshasa as it attempts to restore its electricity supply. It is set against the backdrop of a society “where violence, extreme poverty and corruption are king,” according to the director, whose “Up at Night” won the short documentary award at IDFA last year. “Rising Up at Night” won the Prix Brouillon d’un Rêve, and was selected by IDFAcademy, Berlinale Talents and Durban Film Mart.
“Feathers of a Father,” produced by Juliette Lepoutre and Pierre Menahem, charts the liberation of an Egyptian family after...
Documentary feature “Rising Up at Night,” produced by Rosa Spaliviero and Dada Kahindo, follows a community in Kinshasa as it attempts to restore its electricity supply. It is set against the backdrop of a society “where violence, extreme poverty and corruption are king,” according to the director, whose “Up at Night” won the short documentary award at IDFA last year. “Rising Up at Night” won the Prix Brouillon d’un Rêve, and was selected by IDFAcademy, Berlinale Talents and Durban Film Mart.
“Feathers of a Father,” produced by Juliette Lepoutre and Pierre Menahem, charts the liberation of an Egyptian family after...
- 12/5/2020
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
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Iranian director Firouzeh Khosrovani has won the IDFA award for best feature-length documentary with “Radiograph of a Family,” a film that uses an intimate study of her parents’ marriage—her father was secular, Westernized and progressive, while her mother was a devout, traditional Muslim—to explore the divisions in Iranian society both in the run-up and aftermath of the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
The jury, which comprised Marie-Pierre Macia, Ed Lachman, Alice Diop, Abdelkader Benali, and Finn Halligan, praised Khosrovani for the strength of her storytelling, adding, “The fractured body of family life is told through images, photos, and enactments in such a way that the viewer, too, feels the loss.”
Contacted by Zoom, the director screamed with delight. “I’m honored,” she said, after taking a second or two to collect her thoughts. “I have no words to express how happy I am,” she enthused. “I just want to thank...
The jury, which comprised Marie-Pierre Macia, Ed Lachman, Alice Diop, Abdelkader Benali, and Finn Halligan, praised Khosrovani for the strength of her storytelling, adding, “The fractured body of family life is told through images, photos, and enactments in such a way that the viewer, too, feels the loss.”
Contacted by Zoom, the director screamed with delight. “I’m honored,” she said, after taking a second or two to collect her thoughts. “I have no words to express how happy I am,” she enthused. “I just want to thank...
- 11/26/2020
- by Damon Wise
- Variety Film + TV
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The Dok Industry prize-winners were announced last week.
Congolese filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi’s Downstream To Kinshasa won this year’s Golden Dove in Dok Leipzig’s (Oct 26-Nov 1) international competition for long documentary and animated film.
The co-production between the Democratic Republic of Congo, France and Belgium centres on a group of disabled civilians setting off on a long journey to Kinshasa to demand compensation for the injuries suffered during the so-called Six Day War between Ugandan and Rwandan troops in 2000.
The film, selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival and given a special mention by the Amplify Voices...
Congolese filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi’s Downstream To Kinshasa won this year’s Golden Dove in Dok Leipzig’s (Oct 26-Nov 1) international competition for long documentary and animated film.
The co-production between the Democratic Republic of Congo, France and Belgium centres on a group of disabled civilians setting off on a long journey to Kinshasa to demand compensation for the injuries suffered during the so-called Six Day War between Ugandan and Rwandan troops in 2000.
The film, selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival and given a special mention by the Amplify Voices...
- 11/1/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Pillars among short film winners.
Claiming a record national audience in its 34-year history, AFI Fest 2020 announced its award winners on Friday (October 23).
Wolfwalkers by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart won the audience award narrative feature, and 76 Days by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, and Anonymous earned the corresponding documentary feature award.
Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Pillars won the grand jury prize for live-action shorts. Visit the official website to view all the winners.
The grand jury award winners for live action and animated short will be eligible for the 2021 best live-action short and best animated short Oscars.
Claiming a record national audience in its 34-year history, AFI Fest 2020 announced its award winners on Friday (October 23).
Wolfwalkers by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart won the audience award narrative feature, and 76 Days by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, and Anonymous earned the corresponding documentary feature award.
Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Pillars won the grand jury prize for live-action shorts. Visit the official website to view all the winners.
The grand jury award winners for live action and animated short will be eligible for the 2021 best live-action short and best animated short Oscars.
- 10/23/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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The German festival is taking place as a hybrid event from October 26-November 1.
Running as a hybrid festival, Germany’s 63rd Dok Leipzig (October 26-November 1) is the first under new artistic director Christoph Terhechte, an ex-critic who was head of the Berlinale’s Forum section from 2001-2018 and artistic director of Marrakech International Film Festival for its 2018 and 2019 editions.
Terhechte took up the post at the start of the year, just before coronavirus took hold. This is one of the oldest documentary festivals in the world but none of his predecessors have had to put together a programme in the face of a pandemic.
Running as a hybrid festival, Germany’s 63rd Dok Leipzig (October 26-November 1) is the first under new artistic director Christoph Terhechte, an ex-critic who was head of the Berlinale’s Forum section from 2001-2018 and artistic director of Marrakech International Film Festival for its 2018 and 2019 editions.
Terhechte took up the post at the start of the year, just before coronavirus took hold. This is one of the oldest documentary festivals in the world but none of his predecessors have had to put together a programme in the face of a pandemic.
- 10/23/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
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The festival will show 150 films and Xr works, including 43 world, 11 international, 7 European and 36 German premieres, and will introduce a new section, Camera Lucida. The International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film Dok Leipzig has announced the full programme for its 63rd edition, set to run in Leipzig cinemas and online from 26 October-1 November. Marking a significant decrease in the number of films compared to previous years and a restructuring of the programme sections, which festival director Christoph Terhechte outlines in his interview for Cineuropa, the event will show 150 films and Xr works, including 43 world, 11 international, seven European and 36 German premieres. There are 12 titles in Dok Leipzig's flagship International Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film, six of which are world premieres: Ada Ushpiz's Children (Israel), Shelly Silver's Museum (Germany), Daria Slyusarenko's Joy (Russia), Linas Mikuta's Roman's Childhood (Lithuania), Darío...
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The festival is planning a hybrid edition that will combine online activities and physical presentations on location in cinemas in Leipzig. Update (17 June 2020): After the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film Dok Leipzig announced that the industry section of its 63rd edition, set to unspool from 26 October-1 November, would take place online, it has now revealed the concept for its film programme. This year, Dok Leipzig will present a reduced selection of about 120 films. They are all to be screened in selected Leipzig venues, in compliance with hygiene regulations. Most of the films will also be available online all across Germany. Furthermore, audiences in Leipzig will be able to attend the Dok Neuland interactive exhibition. These and other decisions have been made by festival director Christoph Terhechte and his team in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects.The festival will not be inviting...
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Dok Leipzig, one of the oldest documentary festivals in the world, is preparing a hybrid edition in October.
A reduced selection of 120 films will screen at Leipzig venues, in compliance with coronavirus hygiene regulations, and the films will also be available online across Germany. The films will be shown via on-demand and pay-per-view for two weeks online, only in Germany.
Leipzig audiences can also attend the Dok Neuland interactive exhibition.
The festival will not be inviting guests this year, but the film talks, both live and pre-recorded, will continue as online formats that audiences can access from cinemas and from home.
“Our aim is to present an artistically multifaceted hybrid festival that continues to thrive on audience participation, that is based on the idea of solidarity and that preserves the character of a film festival,” said festival director Christoph Terhechte.
The festival’s competitions will continue. The introduction of a...
A reduced selection of 120 films will screen at Leipzig venues, in compliance with coronavirus hygiene regulations, and the films will also be available online across Germany. The films will be shown via on-demand and pay-per-view for two weeks online, only in Germany.
Leipzig audiences can also attend the Dok Neuland interactive exhibition.
The festival will not be inviting guests this year, but the film talks, both live and pre-recorded, will continue as online formats that audiences can access from cinemas and from home.
“Our aim is to present an artistically multifaceted hybrid festival that continues to thrive on audience participation, that is based on the idea of solidarity and that preserves the character of a film festival,” said festival director Christoph Terhechte.
The festival’s competitions will continue. The introduction of a...
- 6/16/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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Stephan Komandarev’s drama has received the top prize, while Lithuanian filmmaker Karolis Kaupinis was crowned Best Director for his debut, Nova Lituania. The 20th edition of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, which ran a hybrid edition from 5-11 May (see the news) due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, announced its winners yesterday during an online awards ceremony. It should be noted that the total amount of the original prize money was divided among all of the competing films in an act of solidarity and support. Also, the 16 competition titles will all be screened in November at the Caligari FilmBühne cinema during the next exground filmfest, where the winner of the Audience Award will also be announced. The festival’s main award, the Golden Lily, went to Rounds by Bulgaria’s Stephan Komandarev, which celebrated its world premiere at Sarajevo last year. Chaired by Christoph Terhechte, the five-member.
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The film also won the inaugural Danish:dox prize.
Marianne Hougen-Moraga and Estephan Wagner’s trauma exploration documentary Songs Of Repression led the winners at Cph:dox 2020, which presented its prizes via an online presentation this evening (March 27).
The Danish project took the Dox:Award in the international main competition, awarded by a jury of the Sundance Institute’s Brenda Coughlin; Dok Leipzig festival director Christoph Terhechte; Romanian director Alexander Nanau; and Danish director Pernille Rose Grønkjær.
See below for the full list of winners
The film explores the different strategies used to deal with trauma by residents of a Chilean town that has seen systemic child abuse,...
Marianne Hougen-Moraga and Estephan Wagner’s trauma exploration documentary Songs Of Repression led the winners at Cph:dox 2020, which presented its prizes via an online presentation this evening (March 27).
The Danish project took the Dox:Award in the international main competition, awarded by a jury of the Sundance Institute’s Brenda Coughlin; Dok Leipzig festival director Christoph Terhechte; Romanian director Alexander Nanau; and Danish director Pernille Rose Grønkjær.
See below for the full list of winners
The film explores the different strategies used to deal with trauma by residents of a Chilean town that has seen systemic child abuse,...
- 3/30/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
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The Danish film has won the main prize at the online edition of Scandinavia's top documentary festival; other winners include We Hold the Line, Being Eriko, South, Mother’s Tongue and Mayor. The winners of the 17th edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival - Cph:dox were announced on Friday evening. Originally set to unspool from 18-29 March in Copenhagen, in light of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the festival cancelled all on-site events and moved its activities online instead, including the awards ceremony. The Danish production Songs of Repression, co-directed by Marianne Hougen-Moraga and Estephan Wagner, picked up the festival’s main prize, the Dox:Award. The film explores a closed-off German community in Chile with a dark past. The jury consisted of Brenda Coughlin, of the Sundance Institute (USA); Dok Leipzig director Christoph Terhechte (Germany); and filmmakers Alexander Nanau (Romania) and Pernille Rose Grønkjær (Denmark). Songs of Repression also received the.
Above: the former Arsenal Cinema. Photo by Marian Stefanowski.In 1971, Erika and Ulrich Gregor and the other Friends of the German Film Archive (now Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art) founded the International Forum of New Cinema as a reaction to the crisis at the Berlin Film Festival in 1970. The Forum became “a parallel event on an equal footing” alongside the Berlinale Competition and placed a focus on films that “advance the development process of the medium of film and make new functions of film within society visible.” After Erika and Ulrich Gregor headed the Forum for 30 years, Christoph Terhechte took over the section from 2002 to 2018. Milena Gregor, Birgit Kohler, and Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, who make up the Arsenal board of directors, took over the interim leadership for the 49th Forum in 2019. Since this year, Cristina Nord has been head of the Forum, which is taking place for the 50th time.
- 2/18/2020
- MUBI
Bonhomme will step down from role as programme manager at Cannes Critics’ Week after 2020 edition.
Rémi Bonhomme has been appointed artistic director of the Marrakech International Film Festival, which has pushed its dates forward by three weeks to November 13 to 21 this year.
He replaces Christoph Terhechte, who stepped down last December after two editions in the role. The former long-time Berlinale Forum programmer has since taken up the position of artistic director at Dok Leipzig.
Bonhomme, who hails from France, began his career in Lebanon as a cultural officer at the French Institute in Beirut before co-founding the independent Metropolis Cinema...
Rémi Bonhomme has been appointed artistic director of the Marrakech International Film Festival, which has pushed its dates forward by three weeks to November 13 to 21 this year.
He replaces Christoph Terhechte, who stepped down last December after two editions in the role. The former long-time Berlinale Forum programmer has since taken up the position of artistic director at Dok Leipzig.
Bonhomme, who hails from France, began his career in Lebanon as a cultural officer at the French Institute in Beirut before co-founding the independent Metropolis Cinema...
- 2/17/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
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The 18th edition of the Marrakech Intl. Film Festival awarded the Etoile d’Or for best film to Colombia’s “Valley of Souls,” directed by Nicolás Rincón Gille. In his acceptance speech the director said: “Colombia is a country that people know very little about. But in this film I try to offer a glimpse of the country and make us realize how we are connected at the deepest human level.”
The Jury Prize was awarded, ex aequo, to Saudi Arabian pic “Last Visit” by Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan, who expressed his thanks to his cast and crew, and Chinese film “Mosaic Portrait” by Zhai Yixiang, who said: “I saw a lot of mosaics here in Marrakech, so I think I came to the right place.”
Best directing prize was awarded to the Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim for his visually striking “Tlamess.” He dedicated the award to “all people who have...
The Jury Prize was awarded, ex aequo, to Saudi Arabian pic “Last Visit” by Abdulmohsen Aldhabaan, who expressed his thanks to his cast and crew, and Chinese film “Mosaic Portrait” by Zhai Yixiang, who said: “I saw a lot of mosaics here in Marrakech, so I think I came to the right place.”
Best directing prize was awarded to the Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim for his visually striking “Tlamess.” He dedicated the award to “all people who have...
- 12/8/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
The 18th edition of the Marrakech Film Festival (Nov. 29-Dec. 7) – one of the leading cultural events in the Africa and Middle East region – will screen 98 films from 34 countries.
The fest is also reinforcing its industry presence this year through the second edition of the Atlas Workshops, sponsored by Netflix, which includes a development competition and pix-in-post competition for projects from Africa and the Middle East, including 10 projects competing for the development prize and six films competing for the post-production prize.
A major delegation of Australian helmers and thesps, including David Michôd and Shannon Murphy, will attend the 25-picture Australian cinema tribute, which includes “Dead Calm,” “Strictly Ballroom,” “Mad Max” and “Crocodile Dundee.”
The 14-picture Official Selection, formed exclusively by first and second films, includes works from the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia, with five pics by women helmers, such as Shannon Murphy’s...
The fest is also reinforcing its industry presence this year through the second edition of the Atlas Workshops, sponsored by Netflix, which includes a development competition and pix-in-post competition for projects from Africa and the Middle East, including 10 projects competing for the development prize and six films competing for the post-production prize.
A major delegation of Australian helmers and thesps, including David Michôd and Shannon Murphy, will attend the 25-picture Australian cinema tribute, which includes “Dead Calm,” “Strictly Ballroom,” “Mad Max” and “Crocodile Dundee.”
The 14-picture Official Selection, formed exclusively by first and second films, includes works from the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia, with five pics by women helmers, such as Shannon Murphy’s...
- 11/12/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
It was the final festival under Leena Pasanen as Christoph Terhechte takes over for 2020.
Audrius Mickevičius and Nerijus Milerius’ Lithuanian documentary Exemplary Behaviour, a film about murderers serving life sentences in prison and their efforts to change their ways in a bid to return to society, has won the Golden Dove of the international competition at Dok Leipzig in Germany.
The Lithuanian-Slovenian-Bulgarian-Italian co-production also received the Fipresci international critics’ prize and prize of the interreligious jury.
Mickevičius was inspired to make the film following the murder of his brother. He went to the Lukiškės prison to examine the paradox of...
Audrius Mickevičius and Nerijus Milerius’ Lithuanian documentary Exemplary Behaviour, a film about murderers serving life sentences in prison and their efforts to change their ways in a bid to return to society, has won the Golden Dove of the international competition at Dok Leipzig in Germany.
The Lithuanian-Slovenian-Bulgarian-Italian co-production also received the Fipresci international critics’ prize and prize of the interreligious jury.
Mickevičius was inspired to make the film following the murder of his brother. He went to the Lukiškės prison to examine the paradox of...
- 11/4/2019
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
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Tilda Swinton, the iconoclastic British actress and producer, is set to preside over the 18th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival, succeeding to American director James Gray.
Swinton, who won an Oscar and a BAFTA award for best supporting actress for “Michael Clayton,” has been leading an eclectic acting career. She has collaborated with prominent directors from different countries, for instance Bong Joon Ho on “Snowpiercer,” and “Okja;” Lynn Ramsay on “We Need to Talk About Kevin;” Jim Jarmusch on “Broken Flowers,” “The Dead Don’t Die” and “Only Lovers Left Alive;” the Coen Brothers on “Hail, Caesar!” and “Burn After Reading;” Luca Guadagnino on “I Am Love,” “A Bigger Splash” and “Suspiria;” and Wes Anderson on four films, including “Moonrise Kingdom” and the upcoming “The French Dispatch” which she recently wrapped shooting. She also starred in the Marvel Studios blockbuster “Doctor Strange.”
“It is my honour to serve...
Swinton, who won an Oscar and a BAFTA award for best supporting actress for “Michael Clayton,” has been leading an eclectic acting career. She has collaborated with prominent directors from different countries, for instance Bong Joon Ho on “Snowpiercer,” and “Okja;” Lynn Ramsay on “We Need to Talk About Kevin;” Jim Jarmusch on “Broken Flowers,” “The Dead Don’t Die” and “Only Lovers Left Alive;” the Coen Brothers on “Hail, Caesar!” and “Burn After Reading;” Luca Guadagnino on “I Am Love,” “A Bigger Splash” and “Suspiria;” and Wes Anderson on four films, including “Moonrise Kingdom” and the upcoming “The French Dispatch” which she recently wrapped shooting. She also starred in the Marvel Studios blockbuster “Doctor Strange.”
“It is my honour to serve...
- 10/17/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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Filmmakers Dominik Graf, Emily Atef, Sol Bondy among many who signed petition calling for executive to resign.
Frankfurt-based regional film fund HessenFilm has fired CEO Hans Joachim Mendig over a controversial meeting pictured in an Instagram post in which the businessman is seen sitting down with far-right politician Jörg Meuthen.
The fund’s supervisory board voted unanimously at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday (24) to terminate Mendig’s employment with immediate effect.
The decision came after growing calls from the German film community for Mendig to step down after a local Frankfurt newspaper reported on the Instagram post dated July 24 by Meuthen,...
Frankfurt-based regional film fund HessenFilm has fired CEO Hans Joachim Mendig over a controversial meeting pictured in an Instagram post in which the businessman is seen sitting down with far-right politician Jörg Meuthen.
The fund’s supervisory board voted unanimously at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday (24) to terminate Mendig’s employment with immediate effect.
The decision came after growing calls from the German film community for Mendig to step down after a local Frankfurt newspaper reported on the Instagram post dated July 24 by Meuthen,...
- 9/24/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Former Berlinale Forum head Christoph Terhechte named artistic director of Dok Leipzig film festival
Journalist and film critic to replace Leena Pasanen from January 2020.
Former Berlinale Forum head Christoph Terhechte is to succeed Leena Pasanen as the artistic director of Dok Leipzig film festival from January 1, 2020.
Terhechte will take up the post after the serving as the artistic director for the Marrakesh International Film Festival for the second and final time this year. Marrakech runs from November 29 to December 7. He took up the post last summer after 17 years at the helm of the Berlinale’s International Forum of Young Cinema.
In his new role he will also serve as the managing director of the festival’s organiser,...
Former Berlinale Forum head Christoph Terhechte is to succeed Leena Pasanen as the artistic director of Dok Leipzig film festival from January 1, 2020.
Terhechte will take up the post after the serving as the artistic director for the Marrakesh International Film Festival for the second and final time this year. Marrakech runs from November 29 to December 7. He took up the post last summer after 17 years at the helm of the Berlinale’s International Forum of Young Cinema.
In his new role he will also serve as the managing director of the festival’s organiser,...
- 9/24/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Journalist and film critic to replace Leena Pasanen from January 2020.
Former Berlinale Forum head Christoph Terhechte is to succeed Leena Pasanen as the artistic director of Dok Leipzig film festival from January 1, 2020.
Terhechte will take up the post after the serving as the artistic director for the Marrakesh International Film Festival for the second and final time this year. Marrakech runs from November 29 to December 7. He took up the post last summer after 17 years at the helm of the Berlinale’s International Forum of Young Cinema.
In his new role he will also serve as the managing director of the festival’s organiser,...
Former Berlinale Forum head Christoph Terhechte is to succeed Leena Pasanen as the artistic director of Dok Leipzig film festival from January 1, 2020.
Terhechte will take up the post after the serving as the artistic director for the Marrakesh International Film Festival for the second and final time this year. Marrakech runs from November 29 to December 7. He took up the post last summer after 17 years at the helm of the Berlinale’s International Forum of Young Cinema.
In his new role he will also serve as the managing director of the festival’s organiser,...
- 9/24/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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Festival chief posts incendiary critique of Saudi Arabia’s plans to launch its first major film festival.
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) artistic director Orwa Nyrabia has posted an incendiary critique of Saudi Arabia’s drive to launch its first major film festival against a backdrop of human rights abuse.
The Syrian-born producer, who took over the reins of Idfa artistic director from long-time chief Ally Derks in 2018, appeared to focus much of his criticism on the new Red Sea Film Festival, although he does not mention it by name.
The fledgling event – which is gearing up for its inaugural...
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) artistic director Orwa Nyrabia has posted an incendiary critique of Saudi Arabia’s drive to launch its first major film festival against a backdrop of human rights abuse.
The Syrian-born producer, who took over the reins of Idfa artistic director from long-time chief Ally Derks in 2018, appeared to focus much of his criticism on the new Red Sea Film Festival, although he does not mention it by name.
The fledgling event – which is gearing up for its inaugural...
- 9/2/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
It’s so incredibly difficult to press on the pause button for any major event, especially one that is dipped in gold type prestige. The 2018 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival edition began it’s rejuvenation process when it landed Artistic Director Christoph Terhechte — the topper was the programmer for the Berlin Film Festival’s Forum section. With a new screening venue at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent, a strong competition section, better outreach program within the community there is an air of enthusiasm for the festival for the imminent near future. I got the chance to speak to Christoph Terhechte about how much of an undertaking it was for his first edition, we discussed the comp selection, alluring the 11th Continent section, and the Atlas Workshops.…...
- 4/12/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Industry professionals will discuss 36 projects at all stages of development.
The fifth edition of Qumra, the Doha Film Institute (Dfi)’s regional talent and project development event begins in Doha today (Friday March 15).
Budding filmmakers from the region and leading international industry professionals will come together to discuss and nurture around 36 film projects at all stages of production at the six-day meeting. Qumra takes place in and around Doha’s Souq Wafiq area as well as the city’s I.M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art.
“The unprecedented access for emerging talent to the world’s top leaders across all...
The fifth edition of Qumra, the Doha Film Institute (Dfi)’s regional talent and project development event begins in Doha today (Friday March 15).
Budding filmmakers from the region and leading international industry professionals will come together to discuss and nurture around 36 film projects at all stages of production at the six-day meeting. Qumra takes place in and around Doha’s Souq Wafiq area as well as the city’s I.M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art.
“The unprecedented access for emerging talent to the world’s top leaders across all...
- 3/15/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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The Berlinale Camera was presented to Agnès Varda on February 13 at the Berlinale Palast. This was followed by the world premiere of Varda’s documentary ‘Varda par Agnès’ (‘Varda by Agnès’), screened out of competition in the section Competition. The laudatory speech was given by Christoph Terhechte, who headed the Berlinale’s Forum section for many years.
After the surprising and wonderful Faces, Places I expect to see Varda in a new incarnation and I was not at all disappointed. This documentary about her and by her is an catalogue raisonné of her work since her first feature La Pointe Courte, in 1954 and 1962’s Cleo from 5 to 7, which I remember so well first seeing it while I was discovering my first foreign films, to her work today which goes beyond cinema’s Faces, Places and ventures into the visual high arts with installations and exhibits as shown in the Museum of Modern Art,...
After the surprising and wonderful Faces, Places I expect to see Varda in a new incarnation and I was not at all disappointed. This documentary about her and by her is an catalogue raisonné of her work since her first feature La Pointe Courte, in 1954 and 1962’s Cleo from 5 to 7, which I remember so well first seeing it while I was discovering my first foreign films, to her work today which goes beyond cinema’s Faces, Places and ventures into the visual high arts with installations and exhibits as shown in the Museum of Modern Art,...
- 2/15/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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During the gala closing ceremony of the 17th edition of the Marrakech Intl. Film Festival, the Golden Star for best film was awarded to Sudabeh Mortezai for her second feature, “Joy,” about a young Nigerian woman forced into prostitution, which recently won best film at the BFI London Film Festival.
Accepting the prize from actress Monica Bellucci, she said: “I’d like to thank all the people who helped me make the movie, especially all the women who talked to me and told me their stories and helped me write the film, and the actresses who made the film with me. I’m very happy that, with this prize, this untold story will get greater visibility.”
The jury prize went to Lila Avilés’ debut feature, “The Chambermaid,” about Eve, a maid in Mexico City’s Hotel Presidente Internacional, which Avilés describes as a “high-class prison.”
Avilés said: “I love Patti Smith.
Accepting the prize from actress Monica Bellucci, she said: “I’d like to thank all the people who helped me make the movie, especially all the women who talked to me and told me their stories and helped me write the film, and the actresses who made the film with me. I’m very happy that, with this prize, this untold story will get greater visibility.”
The jury prize went to Lila Avilés’ debut feature, “The Chambermaid,” about Eve, a maid in Mexico City’s Hotel Presidente Internacional, which Avilés describes as a “high-class prison.”
Avilés said: “I love Patti Smith.
- 12/8/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
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Hassen Ferhani’s “Kilometers 60” won the €20,000 post-production prize Wednesday at Marrakech Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops, a four-day fast-track program for 14 projects from Africa.
The Atlas Workshops, one of the key innovations of this year’s festival, were sponsored by Netflix and coordinated by Remi Bonhomme (pictured), program manager of the Cannes’ Critics’ Week.
“Kilometers 60,” a documentary about an elderly lady who runs a tiny café on a highway in Algeria, is described by Ferhani as a “road movie that stays in one place.” His previous feature, “Roundabout in My Head,” was a hit on the festival circuit. The helmer said that he was delighted to receive the prize and the overall experience of attending the workshop in particular in terms of the editing advice provided.
Six projects competed for the prize, with a jury formed by Match Factory’s Zsuzsi Bánkuti, Moroccan producer Saïd Hamich and Cannes Critics Week’s artistic director Charles Tesson.
The Atlas Workshops, one of the key innovations of this year’s festival, were sponsored by Netflix and coordinated by Remi Bonhomme (pictured), program manager of the Cannes’ Critics’ Week.
“Kilometers 60,” a documentary about an elderly lady who runs a tiny café on a highway in Algeria, is described by Ferhani as a “road movie that stays in one place.” His previous feature, “Roundabout in My Head,” was a hit on the festival circuit. The helmer said that he was delighted to receive the prize and the overall experience of attending the workshop in particular in terms of the editing advice provided.
Six projects competed for the prize, with a jury formed by Match Factory’s Zsuzsi Bánkuti, Moroccan producer Saïd Hamich and Cannes Critics Week’s artistic director Charles Tesson.
- 12/5/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s edition of the Marrakech Intl. Film Festival includes an unprecedented number of Moroccan films, including seven films in the new Morocco Panorama sidebar, and a tribute to local actor/director Jillali Ferhati.
When the festival was launched in 2001, Moroccan cinema was in a relatively fragile state and one of the fest’s key goals was to reinforce the local industry, which now seems to be paying dividends.
Over recent years, Moroccan cinema has enjoyed significant popular success at home and also rising international acclaim, as shown by the fact that several of the films playing in the Morocco Panorama have also screened at fests such as Berlin, Cannes and Venice.
Local filmmakers include both powerful male and female helmers, as reflected in the Morocco Panorama.
The fest’s artistic director Christoph Terhechte says that he hopes its international guests will discover the best of recent Moroccan cinema,...
When the festival was launched in 2001, Moroccan cinema was in a relatively fragile state and one of the fest’s key goals was to reinforce the local industry, which now seems to be paying dividends.
Over recent years, Moroccan cinema has enjoyed significant popular success at home and also rising international acclaim, as shown by the fact that several of the films playing in the Morocco Panorama have also screened at fests such as Berlin, Cannes and Venice.
Local filmmakers include both powerful male and female helmers, as reflected in the Morocco Panorama.
The fest’s artistic director Christoph Terhechte says that he hopes its international guests will discover the best of recent Moroccan cinema,...
- 12/2/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
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After being interrupted last year, the Marrakech Film Festival returned with a bang for the opening of its 17th edition.
A flurry of stars and industry figures graced the red carpet including jury president James Gray (“The Immigrant”), and jury members Dakota Johnson (“Suspiria”), who was wearing a glitzy pink gown, Lynne Ramsay (“You Were Never Really Here”), Laurent Cantet (“The Class”), Indian actress Ileana D’Cruz (“Barfi!”), Lebanese filmmaker and visual artist Joana Hadjithomas (“I Want to See”), Moroccan director Tala Hadid (“House in the Fields”), German actor Daniel Brühl and Mexican director Michel Franco (“April’s Daughter”).
The festival’s kickoff night also lured Cannes Film Festival’s artistic director Thierry Fremaux, who will give a masterclass, and festival honoree Agnes Varda, among others.
Gray opened the festival with a poignant speech that reflected on the current political turmoil in the U.S. “I’m an American...
A flurry of stars and industry figures graced the red carpet including jury president James Gray (“The Immigrant”), and jury members Dakota Johnson (“Suspiria”), who was wearing a glitzy pink gown, Lynne Ramsay (“You Were Never Really Here”), Laurent Cantet (“The Class”), Indian actress Ileana D’Cruz (“Barfi!”), Lebanese filmmaker and visual artist Joana Hadjithomas (“I Want to See”), Moroccan director Tala Hadid (“House in the Fields”), German actor Daniel Brühl and Mexican director Michel Franco (“April’s Daughter”).
The festival’s kickoff night also lured Cannes Film Festival’s artistic director Thierry Fremaux, who will give a masterclass, and festival honoree Agnes Varda, among others.
Gray opened the festival with a poignant speech that reflected on the current political turmoil in the U.S. “I’m an American...
- 11/30/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
After taking a pause last year, the Marrakech Intl. Film Festival returns this with a new artistic director – Christoph Terhechte, former head of the Berlin Film Festival’s avant-garde Forum section, who was appointed in June. Terhechte has revamped this year’s edition, welcoming some of the festival’s oldest friends, including Martin Scorsese, complemented by new ventures such as the Atlas Workshops, sponsored by Netflix, that aims to nurture upcoming Arab filmmakers. Terhechte’s Marrakech programming team includes Ali Hajji, the fest’s former general coordinator; Rasha Salti, selector for various festivals, including Abu Dhabi and Toronto; film critic Anke Leweke, member of Berlin’s selection committee since 2002; and Remi Bonhomme, general coordinator of the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week. In this exclusive interview with Variety, Terhechte talks about the 17th edition of the festival, which bowed Friday, and runs until Dec. 8.
The 2018 lineup is impressive with many old friends of the festival,...
The 2018 lineup is impressive with many old friends of the festival,...
- 11/30/2018
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
As part of the Marrakech Intl. Film Festival’s reinvention for its 17th edition, artistic director Christoph Terhechte and his programming team created a section to challenge the cinematic representations of countries usually seen only through the lens of stereotypes. Looking for yet another dose of Latin American poverty porn? On the hunt for the umpteenth story about an Arab suicide bomber, or the latest titillating white slavery drama? Then the 11th Continent is not your destination, as the films in this section counter the kind of superficial socially aware programming that reinforce one-dimensional Western notions of first- and third-world nationhood.
The section opens at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent with a presentation of archival films from the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, collectively titled “Views from Morocco and the Ottoman Empire.” Dating between 1902 and 1927, this compilation (curated by this writer) is part of a continuing project designed to discover the...
The section opens at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent with a presentation of archival films from the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, collectively titled “Views from Morocco and the Ottoman Empire.” Dating between 1902 and 1927, this compilation (curated by this writer) is part of a continuing project designed to discover the...
- 11/30/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
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Festival to kick off with Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate.
The Marrakech International Film Festival (Nov 30-Dec 8) has revealed its 2018 line-up, jury and honorary awards.
The Moroccan festival has been running since 2001, but took a year off in 2017 to “reflect on its editorial line”.
The competition line-up features 14 films from first or second-time directors. Six of the films competing for the Marrakech Etoile d’Or (or the Gold Star) are directed by women. Among the line-up is Sudabeh Mortezai’s Joy, Kent Jones’ Diane and Eva Trobisch’s All Good.
The festival opens with a gala screening of...
The Marrakech International Film Festival (Nov 30-Dec 8) has revealed its 2018 line-up, jury and honorary awards.
The Moroccan festival has been running since 2001, but took a year off in 2017 to “reflect on its editorial line”.
The competition line-up features 14 films from first or second-time directors. Six of the films competing for the Marrakech Etoile d’Or (or the Gold Star) are directed by women. Among the line-up is Sudabeh Mortezai’s Joy, Kent Jones’ Diane and Eva Trobisch’s All Good.
The festival opens with a gala screening of...
- 11/19/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
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Oscar-winning directors Martin Scorsese and Guillermo Del Toro are set to participate in masterclasses at the 17th edition of the Marrakech Film Festival.
It will mark Scorsese’s fifth time attending Marrakech Film Festival. He presided over the festival’s jury in 2013.
“I’m so happy to be on my way back to Morocco, a country I feel very close to, and to be taking part in another edition of the Marrakech Film Festival,” said Scorsese, who filmed “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Kundun” in Morocco.
“I’m looking forward to catching up with old friends, making some new ones, and seeing some movies at a film festival that will always be close to my heart,” Scorsese added.
Del Toro will also be on hand to deliver a masterclass as part of the new “Conversation With” series hosted by the festival.
Other high-profile guests set to participate in the...
It will mark Scorsese’s fifth time attending Marrakech Film Festival. He presided over the festival’s jury in 2013.
“I’m so happy to be on my way back to Morocco, a country I feel very close to, and to be taking part in another edition of the Marrakech Film Festival,” said Scorsese, who filmed “The Last Temptation of Christ” and “Kundun” in Morocco.
“I’m looking forward to catching up with old friends, making some new ones, and seeing some movies at a film festival that will always be close to my heart,” Scorsese added.
Del Toro will also be on hand to deliver a masterclass as part of the new “Conversation With” series hosted by the festival.
Other high-profile guests set to participate in the...
- 10/25/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has released a first trailer for Michaela Coel- (Chewing Gum) and Arinzé Kene-starring musical rom-com Been So Long, one of their biggest UK acquisitions to date. Set on the streets of London’s musical hot-bed Camden, the film follows Simone (Michaela Coel), a dedicated single mother who, on a rare night on the town is charmed by a handsome yet troubled stranger, Raymond (Arinzé Kene). Release has been set for October 26 on the movie directed by Tinge Krishnan and written by acclaimed playwright Ché Walker.
Robert De Niro is to be feted at the revamped Marrakech Film Festival, which will take place November 30 – December 8 in Morocco. “Although I have been to Marrakech on several occasions, I feel I am now seeing a side of Marrakech I have always wanted to see. I am most grateful for this invitation, and am looking forward to being a part of a great festival,...
Robert De Niro is to be feted at the revamped Marrakech Film Festival, which will take place November 30 – December 8 in Morocco. “Although I have been to Marrakech on several occasions, I feel I am now seeing a side of Marrakech I have always wanted to see. I am most grateful for this invitation, and am looking forward to being a part of a great festival,...
- 10/1/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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Robert De Niro will be celebrated with a special tribute at the 17th edition of the Marrakech Film Festival.
“Although I have been to Marrakech on several occasions, I feel I am now seeing a side of Marrakech I have always wanted to see,” said the Oscar-winning actor. “I am most grateful for this invitation, and am looking forward to being a part of a great festival.”
De Niro’s next project is “The Irishman,” directed by Martin Scorsese, which their ninth collaboration. The pair are producing the film together. Now in post, the anticipated Netflix movie also stars Al Pacino and Jesse Plemons.
De Niro won an Oscar for best supporting actor for Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather: Part II,” and an Oscar for best actor for Scorsese’s “Raging Bull.”
De Niro also runs his production company, Tribeca Productions, as well as the Tribeca Film Festival, which...
“Although I have been to Marrakech on several occasions, I feel I am now seeing a side of Marrakech I have always wanted to see,” said the Oscar-winning actor. “I am most grateful for this invitation, and am looking forward to being a part of a great festival.”
De Niro’s next project is “The Irishman,” directed by Martin Scorsese, which their ninth collaboration. The pair are producing the film together. Now in post, the anticipated Netflix movie also stars Al Pacino and Jesse Plemons.
De Niro won an Oscar for best supporting actor for Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather: Part II,” and an Oscar for best actor for Scorsese’s “Raging Bull.”
De Niro also runs his production company, Tribeca Productions, as well as the Tribeca Film Festival, which...
- 10/1/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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Event returns after taking a year off in 2017.
Director James Gray will head the Competition jury for the 2018 Marrakech International Film Festival.
The event, which started in 2001, returns to the festival calendar after taking a year off in 2017 to “reflect on its editorial line”.
The Competition selection will consist of 14 first and second films chosen by a programming committee headed by artistic director Christoph Terhechte, who joined in June.
The top prize, the Golden Star - Grand Prix, comes with a cash prize of $50,000. Other prizes include the jury prize, best actor, best actress and best director.
Gray, who directed Little Odessa,...
Director James Gray will head the Competition jury for the 2018 Marrakech International Film Festival.
The event, which started in 2001, returns to the festival calendar after taking a year off in 2017 to “reflect on its editorial line”.
The Competition selection will consist of 14 first and second films chosen by a programming committee headed by artistic director Christoph Terhechte, who joined in June.
The top prize, the Golden Star - Grand Prix, comes with a cash prize of $50,000. Other prizes include the jury prize, best actor, best actress and best director.
Gray, who directed Little Odessa,...
- 9/20/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
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