We join Kalia and Ram as they find themselves confined within the walls of an Upper West Side apartment, the sprawling city they’ve come to visit now on strict lockdown. The married filmmakers behind New Strains, Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, capture this claustrophobic setting perfectly, shooting within its rooms using only a decades-old camcorder.
Our leads had planned this Manhattan getaway as a carefree vacation. But as a mysterious illness sweeps the nation, they discover themselves trapped amid rising tensions. Kalia still hopes to make the most of their time together through playful games and cooking. Yet Ram can think only of disinfecting every surface, desperate to avoid what’s causing this citywide panic.
As the days drag on in isolation, tiny acts of disharmony multiply into full-blown fights. With no outlet beyond each other, their relationship begins to fray at the seams. Are they falling victim to simple lockdown confinement,...
Our leads had planned this Manhattan getaway as a carefree vacation. But as a mysterious illness sweeps the nation, they discover themselves trapped amid rising tensions. Kalia still hopes to make the most of their time together through playful games and cooking. Yet Ram can think only of disinfecting every surface, desperate to avoid what’s causing this citywide panic.
As the days drag on in isolation, tiny acts of disharmony multiply into full-blown fights. With no outlet beyond each other, their relationship begins to fray at the seams. Are they falling victim to simple lockdown confinement,...
- 8/21/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
A scene from pandemic-set lockdown dramedy New Strains. Courtesy of Memory
The low-key indie dramedy New Strains either succeeds or sucks, depending on what you’re seeking. For starters, do you want to recall the early days of the Covid pandemic through the eyes of a few others? That’s what co-directors, co-writers and co-stars Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan serve up here. They portray, respectively, Kallia and Ram – a young couple staying in her uncle’s New York apartment as a getaway from their recent hassles and frustrations. Unfortunately, rather than explore the city honeymoon-style, the initial quarantine kicks in, sticking them in what becomes an unbearably claustrophobic situation.
She’s more energetic, romantic and sociable than her partner. He plunges into Woody Allen-esque anxiety, with a large dose of Howie Mandel-level germophobia, as this new peril with its unknown parameters shatters their plans… and moods. She’s horny; he’s paranoid.
The low-key indie dramedy New Strains either succeeds or sucks, depending on what you’re seeking. For starters, do you want to recall the early days of the Covid pandemic through the eyes of a few others? That’s what co-directors, co-writers and co-stars Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan serve up here. They portray, respectively, Kallia and Ram – a young couple staying in her uncle’s New York apartment as a getaway from their recent hassles and frustrations. Unfortunately, rather than explore the city honeymoon-style, the initial quarantine kicks in, sticking them in what becomes an unbearably claustrophobic situation.
She’s more energetic, romantic and sociable than her partner. He plunges into Woody Allen-esque anxiety, with a large dose of Howie Mandel-level germophobia, as this new peril with its unknown parameters shatters their plans… and moods. She’s horny; he’s paranoid.
- 7/19/2024
- by Mark Glass
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The first poster and trailer have dropped for the film New Strains, written, shot by, and starring real-life filmmaker couple Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan during the Covid-19 lockdown in New York City. The film follows a young couple on their first vacation together whose relationship is tested by being stuck inside together during lockdown. It was praised as a “refreshingly lo-fi, emotionally naked, dryly humorous look at forced confinement” by Jordan Raup in his MoMI First Look 2023 preview.
Here’s the full synopsis: “Kallia and Ram have just begun their first vacation as a couple, and they’re already bickering. Though a strange new illness is on the brink of exploding into a pandemic, and despite Ram’s protestations, Kallia insists that they are going to have a fun week in New York City. Within hours of their arrival, a nation-wide lockdown is announced, ruining their plans. Over the course of their stay,...
Here’s the full synopsis: “Kallia and Ram have just begun their first vacation as a couple, and they’re already bickering. Though a strange new illness is on the brink of exploding into a pandemic, and despite Ram’s protestations, Kallia insists that they are going to have a fun week in New York City. Within hours of their arrival, a nation-wide lockdown is announced, ruining their plans. Over the course of their stay,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Justin Martinez
- The Film Stage
Memory, the L.A.-based production and now distribution company featured in Filmmaker‘s 2016 25 New Faces list announced today the release plans for New Strains, a microbudget, camcorder-shot pandemic comedy from a pair of filmmakers, Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, also featured on our list. The film will screen at the Roxy Cinema in New York (June 13), Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (June 15 & 16), and Los Angeles’ Now Instant Image Hall (June 21 & 22), with a North American digital release to follow on Friday, July 19. In New Strains, a pandemic — not necessarily Covid-19 — strands a couple, Kallia […]
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- 5/10/2024
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Memory, the L.A.-based production and now distribution company featured in Filmmaker‘s 2016 25 New Faces list announced today the release plans for New Strains, a microbudget, camcorder-shot pandemic comedy from a pair of filmmakers, Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, also featured on our list. The film will screen at the Roxy Cinema in New York (June 13), Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (June 15 & 16), and Los Angeles’ Now Instant Image Hall (June 21 & 22), with a North American digital release to follow on Friday, July 19. In New Strains, a pandemic — not necessarily Covid-19 — strands a couple, Kallia […]
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- 5/10/2024
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Exclusive: Independent studio and distributor Memory has picked up North American distribution rights on Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan’s pandemic comedy New Strains.
The film debuted at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it won the Tiger Competition Jury Prize and had its US premiere at the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look Festival in New York later that year. The film will have its Los Angeles premiere at the inaugural Los Angeles Festival of Movies on April 6, and Memory will release the film early this summer.
New Strains is the story of a frustrated couple on vacation at the beginning of a mysterious new pandemic. Kallia (Artemis Shaw) and Ram (Prashanth Kamalakanthan) have just arrived in New York, and they’re already bickering. A strange new illness is on the brink of exploding into a pandemic, and despite Ram’s protestations, Kallia insists that they are...
The film debuted at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it won the Tiger Competition Jury Prize and had its US premiere at the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look Festival in New York later that year. The film will have its Los Angeles premiere at the inaugural Los Angeles Festival of Movies on April 6, and Memory will release the film early this summer.
New Strains is the story of a frustrated couple on vacation at the beginning of a mysterious new pandemic. Kallia (Artemis Shaw) and Ram (Prashanth Kamalakanthan) have just arrived in New York, and they’re already bickering. A strange new illness is on the brink of exploding into a pandemic, and despite Ram’s protestations, Kallia insists that they are...
- 4/2/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Screen Daily folks have unveiled the projects and participants for TorinoFilmLab’s 2024 ScriptLab and of the 16 projects we find the likes of Brazilian filmmaker Carolina Markowicz, Spanish helmer Mikel Gurrea and Artemis Shaw. Here are the ScriptLab 2024 projects and participants:
Atropical Energy – Writer/director João Salgado (Port)
Eva – Writer/director Jonas Matzow Guldbrandsen (Nor), co-writer Norah Mc Gettigan (Ire)
Explorer – Writer/director Hilke Rönnfeldt (Ger)
Human Resource – Writer/director Stefan Bohun (Austria)
Josie Goes to War – Writer/director Coline Confort (Fr/Switz), co-writer Perrine Prost (Fr)
Kindergarten Optimisten – Writer/director Anastasia Veber (Ger)
On the Way to Forgive I Forgot Myself – Writer/director Rand Abou Fakher (Syria)
Sants – Writer/director Mikel Gurrea (Sp)
Smokescreen – Writer/director Artemis Shaw (Gr/US)
The Criminals – Writer/director Serhat Karaaslan (Tur)
The Dance of the Shadows – Writer/director Kathy Mitrani (Col/US)
The Funeral – Writer/director Carolina Markowicz (Braz/It)
The Hallucinations – Writer...
Atropical Energy – Writer/director João Salgado (Port)
Eva – Writer/director Jonas Matzow Guldbrandsen (Nor), co-writer Norah Mc Gettigan (Ire)
Explorer – Writer/director Hilke Rönnfeldt (Ger)
Human Resource – Writer/director Stefan Bohun (Austria)
Josie Goes to War – Writer/director Coline Confort (Fr/Switz), co-writer Perrine Prost (Fr)
Kindergarten Optimisten – Writer/director Anastasia Veber (Ger)
On the Way to Forgive I Forgot Myself – Writer/director Rand Abou Fakher (Syria)
Sants – Writer/director Mikel Gurrea (Sp)
Smokescreen – Writer/director Artemis Shaw (Gr/US)
The Criminals – Writer/director Serhat Karaaslan (Tur)
The Dance of the Shadows – Writer/director Kathy Mitrani (Col/US)
The Funeral – Writer/director Carolina Markowicz (Braz/It)
The Hallucinations – Writer...
- 3/21/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has selected 16 projects for ScriptLab 2024, its feature film programme focused on fiction projects in early stage of development.
Of the 16 feature projects, eight are debut feature films, five are sophomore efforts, and three represent third features.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Among the participants are Screen Spain Star of Tomorrow writer and director Mikel Gurrea, whose debut film Cork (Suro) premiered at San Sebastian in 2022 and writer and director Artemis Shaw whose debut feature New Strains won a Special Jury Award at IFFR 2023. Also selected is writer/director Andrea Gatopoulos whose 2022 film Happy New Year,...
Of the 16 feature projects, eight are debut feature films, five are sophomore efforts, and three represent third features.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Among the participants are Screen Spain Star of Tomorrow writer and director Mikel Gurrea, whose debut film Cork (Suro) premiered at San Sebastian in 2022 and writer and director Artemis Shaw whose debut feature New Strains won a Special Jury Award at IFFR 2023. Also selected is writer/director Andrea Gatopoulos whose 2022 film Happy New Year,...
- 3/20/2024
- ScreenDaily
From a pandemic and Hollywood’s dual strikes to fundraising issues, film festivals have faced a number of challenges in recent years. But a new one is braving the scene and about to hit the circuit.
The Los Angeles Festival of Movies will present its inaugural edition on April 4-7, co-presented by Mubi and Mezzanine and featuring 12 titles (one world premiere), three 4K restorations, a featured artist talk, documentary series and a short film program. Passes are currently on sale with single tickets on sale March 14. Lafm screenings will take place at three recently opened venues across Los Angeles: Vidiots in Eagle Rock, 2220 Arts + Archives in Historic Filipinotown and Now Instant Image Hall in Chinatown.
A24’s I Saw the TV Glow from filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun will open the fest with a West Coast premiere at Vidiots on April 4. Closing Lafm three days later will be the world premiere of...
The Los Angeles Festival of Movies will present its inaugural edition on April 4-7, co-presented by Mubi and Mezzanine and featuring 12 titles (one world premiere), three 4K restorations, a featured artist talk, documentary series and a short film program. Passes are currently on sale with single tickets on sale March 14. Lafm screenings will take place at three recently opened venues across Los Angeles: Vidiots in Eagle Rock, 2220 Arts + Archives in Historic Filipinotown and Now Instant Image Hall in Chinatown.
A24’s I Saw the TV Glow from filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun will open the fest with a West Coast premiere at Vidiots on April 4. Closing Lafm three days later will be the world premiere of...
- 3/7/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A new Los Angeles film festival featuring independent films, documentaries and artist talks is set for April 4-7 at venues in Chinatown, Eagle Rock and Filipinotown.
The Los Angeles Festival of Movies was launched by Micah Gottlieb and Sarah Winshall, and will open April 4 with Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow.” Closing night film is Conner O’Malley and Danny Scharar’s “Rap World” on April 7. Both films screen at Vidiots.
Screenings will be spread between Vidiots in Eagle Rock, 2220 Arts + Archives in Historic Filipinotown and Now Instant Image Hall in Chinatown.
An artist’s talk will feature musician and artist Kim Gordon and writer Rachel Kushner in conversation about their relationships to the city and cinema of Los Angeles.
The city’s last festival focused on independent films, the L.A. Independent Film Festival, closed in 2018. For several years, Sundance hosted an L.A. screening series, which hasn...
The Los Angeles Festival of Movies was launched by Micah Gottlieb and Sarah Winshall, and will open April 4 with Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow.” Closing night film is Conner O’Malley and Danny Scharar’s “Rap World” on April 7. Both films screen at Vidiots.
Screenings will be spread between Vidiots in Eagle Rock, 2220 Arts + Archives in Historic Filipinotown and Now Instant Image Hall in Chinatown.
An artist’s talk will feature musician and artist Kim Gordon and writer Rachel Kushner in conversation about their relationships to the city and cinema of Los Angeles.
The city’s last festival focused on independent films, the L.A. Independent Film Festival, closed in 2018. For several years, Sundance hosted an L.A. screening series, which hasn...
- 3/7/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Co-founded by Micah Gottlieb and Sarah Winshall, the inaugural edition of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies is slated to take place this April 4 through 7 in venues across east Los Angeles. Today, the festival announced its inaugural lineup, including selections from former 25 New Faces of Film Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn and Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan. Below, find the full line-up with descriptions from the festival’s press release. Official Selection Dream Team, dir. Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn Gasoline Rainbow, dir. Bill Ross IV & […]
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- 3/7/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Co-founded by Micah Gottlieb and Sarah Winshall, the inaugural edition of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies is slated to take place this April 4 through 7 in venues across east Los Angeles. Today, the festival announced its inaugural lineup, including selections from former 25 New Faces of Film Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn and Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan. Below, find the full line-up with descriptions from the festival’s press release. Official Selection Dream Team, dir. Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn Gasoline Rainbow, dir. Bill Ross IV & […]
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- 3/7/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The LA film festival scene just got a bit brighter.
The Los Angeles Festival of Movies (Lafm), co-presented by Mubi and Mezzanine, announced the full lineup for its inaugural festival taking place April 4-7, 2024. The new festival will screen 11 titles including one world premiere, three 4K restorations, plus a featured artist talk, documentary series, and a curated short film program. Passes are currently on sale, and single film tickets go on sale March 14.
Per the festival’s organizers, Lafm was created to redefine Los Angeles as a destination for independent film. There are many film festivals in LA, primarily led by AFI Fest in the fall, but rarely do they make independent film their only focus.
The festival’s screenings will all take place at three recently opened venues on the east side of Los Angeles: Vidiots in Eagle Rock, 2220 Arts + Archives in Historic Filipinotown, and Now Instant Image Hall in Chinatown.
The Los Angeles Festival of Movies (Lafm), co-presented by Mubi and Mezzanine, announced the full lineup for its inaugural festival taking place April 4-7, 2024. The new festival will screen 11 titles including one world premiere, three 4K restorations, plus a featured artist talk, documentary series, and a curated short film program. Passes are currently on sale, and single film tickets go on sale March 14.
Per the festival’s organizers, Lafm was created to redefine Los Angeles as a destination for independent film. There are many film festivals in LA, primarily led by AFI Fest in the fall, but rarely do they make independent film their only focus.
The festival’s screenings will all take place at three recently opened venues on the east side of Los Angeles: Vidiots in Eagle Rock, 2220 Arts + Archives in Historic Filipinotown, and Now Instant Image Hall in Chinatown.
- 3/7/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Watch the trailer for the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual First Look showcase, which will run from March 15-19 in Queens, New York City. The 38-film lineup features 25 New Faces of Film alums Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan‘s New Strains, which recently won a Special Jury Prize at IFFR as well as Kevin Jerome Everson‘s short Gospel Hill, on which he collaborated with Claudrena N. Harold. Other notable titles include Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel‘s short film Maid, which will be shown ahead of the Dardenne brothers’ Tori and Lokita. We’ve also covered several First Look films during their premieres at other festivals, including […]
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- 3/9/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Watch the trailer for the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual First Look showcase, which will run from March 15-19 in Queens, New York City. The 38-film lineup features 25 New Faces of Film alums Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan‘s New Strains, which recently won a Special Jury Prize at IFFR as well as Kevin Jerome Everson‘s short Gospel Hill, on which he collaborated with Claudrena N. Harold. Other notable titles include Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel‘s short film Maid, which will be shown ahead of the Dardenne brothers’ Tori and Lokita. We’ve also covered several First Look films during their premieres at other festivals, including […]
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- 3/9/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Now in its 12th edition, the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look festival brings together a varied, eclectic lineup of cinema from all corners of the world––including a number of films still seeking distribution, making the series perhaps one of your only chances to see these works on the big screen. With the five-day festival kicking off Wednesday, March 15, we’re delighted to exclusively premiere the festival trailer and we’ve also gathered eight essential films to check out. Watch and read on below.
Fremont (Babak Jalali)
In Fremont, Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) is often alone. She lives in a small apartment in Fremont, California, commuting each day to her job in a fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. She has a single friend that works there with her. Donya splits time between her apartment, the factory, and a therapist’s office, in hopes of receiving sleeping pills.
Fremont (Babak Jalali)
In Fremont, Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) is often alone. She lives in a small apartment in Fremont, California, commuting each day to her job in a fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. She has a single friend that works there with her. Donya splits time between her apartment, the factory, and a therapist’s office, in hopes of receiving sleeping pills.
- 3/9/2023
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Today, the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York announced the festival lineup for First Look 2023, which will take place from March 15-19. Featuring 38 films (including 19 features) from around the globe, the twelfth edition of the festival will showcase new work from long-renowned directors as well as exciting work from emerging filmmakers. Maid, a short from Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel, will accompany the Dardenne brothers’ Tori and Lokita. We’re also excited to see New Strains, from filmmakers (and 25 New Faces alums) Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, screening at First Look shortly after winning a […]
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- 2/13/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Today, the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York announced the festival lineup for First Look 2023, which will take place from March 15-19. Featuring 38 films (including 19 features) from around the globe, the twelfth edition of the festival will showcase new work from long-renowned directors as well as exciting work from emerging filmmakers. Maid, a short from Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel, will accompany the Dardenne brothers’ Tori and Lokita. We’re also excited to see New Strains, from filmmakers (and 25 New Faces alums) Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, screening at First Look shortly after winning a […]
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- 2/13/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Along with their baby and an AI-generated poster, filmmakers Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan recently brought their debut feature, New Strains, to the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it won a Special Jury prize. The film is about a couple who travel to New York just prior to the start of a worldwide pandemic and, holed up in a relative’s apartment, descend “into a toxic pattern of spite, jealousy and miserable co-dependence, wrote Vadim Rizov in our 25 New Face profile of the filmmakers. “Wryly funny and cuttingly satirical, New Strains has the rare distinction of being a pandemic film that actually […]
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- 2/9/2023
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Along with their baby and an AI-generated poster, filmmakers Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan recently brought their debut feature, New Strains, to the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it won a Special Jury prize. The film is about a couple who travel to New York just prior to the start of a worldwide pandemic and, holed up in a relative’s apartment, descend “into a toxic pattern of spite, jealousy and miserable co-dependence, wrote Vadim Rizov in our 25 New Face profile of the filmmakers. “Wryly funny and cuttingly satirical, New Strains has the rare distinction of being a pandemic film that actually […]
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- 2/9/2023
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Political dramas and documentaries were the big winners at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), as socially relevant features from Africa, Sri Lanka and the Middle East came away with the top honors.
Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram, a documentary that follows a group of children living in the far north region of Cameroon whose lives are overshadowed by the threat of Islamist terrorist organisation Boko Haram, won the main prize, the 2023 Tiger Award, which comes with 43,000 (€40,000) in prize money, announced at a gala ceremony in Rotterdam on Friday night.
Endless Borders, a minimalist thriller from Iranian director Abbas Amini, the story of an exiled Iranian teacher living in a border village between Iran and Afghanistan, won the IFFR’s Big Screen Award for best film in the IFFR’s main sidebar section.
The award came just hours after dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released from prison in Iran,...
Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram, a documentary that follows a group of children living in the far north region of Cameroon whose lives are overshadowed by the threat of Islamist terrorist organisation Boko Haram, won the main prize, the 2023 Tiger Award, which comes with 43,000 (€40,000) in prize money, announced at a gala ceremony in Rotterdam on Friday night.
Endless Borders, a minimalist thriller from Iranian director Abbas Amini, the story of an exiled Iranian teacher living in a border village between Iran and Afghanistan, won the IFFR’s Big Screen Award for best film in the IFFR’s main sidebar section.
The award came just hours after dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released from prison in Iran,...
- 2/4/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cyrielle Raingou’s documentary “Le Spectre de Boko Haram” won the Tiger Award, the top prize of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Friday. The film follows a group of children in the north of Cameroon, an area dominated by the terrorist organization Boko Haram. Raingou is from the area herself.
“When I received this unforgettable call, I started crying. I couldn’t believe it. This recognition means the world to me and my people,” Raingou said on a video message played during the awards ceremony.
The jury deemed Raingou’s feature debut “a story that centers on its filmmakers’ patient and honest gaze on the hovering presence of violence, seen through the eyes of innocents.”
The Tiger Award, which aims to “raise the profile of and reward up-and-coming international film talent,” is accompanied by a €40,000 cash prize, to be shared between the film’s director and producer. This year’s...
“When I received this unforgettable call, I started crying. I couldn’t believe it. This recognition means the world to me and my people,” Raingou said on a video message played during the awards ceremony.
The jury deemed Raingou’s feature debut “a story that centers on its filmmakers’ patient and honest gaze on the hovering presence of violence, seen through the eyes of innocents.”
The Tiger Award, which aims to “raise the profile of and reward up-and-coming international film talent,” is accompanied by a €40,000 cash prize, to be shared between the film’s director and producer. This year’s...
- 2/3/2023
- by Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
Visakesa Chandrasekaram’s ’Munnel’ and Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan’s ‘New Strains’ also won awards.
Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram has triumphed at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), taking home the main prize, the €40,000 Tiger award, at the ceremony which unfolded tonight (February 3), held in-person for the first time since 2020.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Raingou’s debut feature is a documentary following a group of children living under the threat of terrorist organisation Boko Haram in the far north region of Cameroon – the region Raingou herself is from.
The winner was...
Cyrielle Raingou’s Le Spectre De Boko Haram has triumphed at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), taking home the main prize, the €40,000 Tiger award, at the ceremony which unfolded tonight (February 3), held in-person for the first time since 2020.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Raingou’s debut feature is a documentary following a group of children living under the threat of terrorist organisation Boko Haram in the far north region of Cameroon – the region Raingou herself is from.
The winner was...
- 2/3/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The US comedy is directed by Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan.
France-uk sales, production and distribution outfit alief has picked up world sales for New Strains, which is world premiering in the Tiger competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) this month.
The film is written and directed by New York filmmakers Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan.
The comedy charts a couple’s unravelling during their first ever vacation together, an impromptu trip to New York City. They become stuck in the city as a pandemic sets in, and spiral into a pattern of spite, jealousy and co-dependence.
It is...
France-uk sales, production and distribution outfit alief has picked up world sales for New Strains, which is world premiering in the Tiger competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) this month.
The film is written and directed by New York filmmakers Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan.
The comedy charts a couple’s unravelling during their first ever vacation together, an impromptu trip to New York City. They become stuck in the city as a pandemic sets in, and spiral into a pattern of spite, jealousy and co-dependence.
It is...
- 1/27/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
For their Rotterdam-premiering feature New Strains‘s poster, Prashanth Kamalakanthan and Artemis Shaw knew they didn’t want to use an actual image from their pandemic production, which was shot on Hi-8. And they wanted an image that in addition to being beautiful would formally resonate with the film itself, a story of visiting young lovers (played by the filmmakers) stuck in New York when a travel ban hits at the start of a pandemic. “We were thinking about that sense of being frozen in time,” Shaw says. “In March, 2020, everyone was obsessed with the news, but we were all stuck […]
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- 1/20/2023
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
For their Rotterdam-premiering feature New Strains‘s poster, Prashanth Kamalakanthan and Artemis Shaw knew they didn’t want to use an actual image from their pandemic production, which was shot on Hi-8. And they wanted an image that in addition to being beautiful would formally resonate with the film itself, a story of visiting young lovers (played by the filmmakers) stuck in New York when a travel ban hits at the start of a pandemic. “We were thinking about that sense of being frozen in time,” Shaw says. “In March, 2020, everyone was obsessed with the news, but we were all stuck […]
The post Made with Dall-e-2: Prashanth Kamalakanthan and Artemis Shaw on the Poster for Their Rotterdam-Premiering New Strains first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Made with Dall-e-2: Prashanth Kamalakanthan and Artemis Shaw on the Poster for Their Rotterdam-Premiering New Strains first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/20/2023
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Following the lineups from Slamdance and Sundance, an early look at 2023 in cinema has come into further focus with the announcement of the competition lineup for the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Taking place January 25 through February 5, the festival will open with Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s Munch, an experimental biopic of Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. Along with the Tiger and Big Screen competition, seen below, the festival will also Steve McQueen’s latest artwork Sunshine State, a two-channel video projection.
Check out the lineup below via THR.
Opening Film
Munch, dir. Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Tiger Competition
100 Seasons, dir. Giovanni Bucchieri
Gagaland, dir. Teng Yuhan
Geology of Separation, dirs. Yosr Gasmi, Mauro Mazzocchi
Indivision, dir. Leïla Kilani
Letzter Abend, dir. Lukas Nathrath
Mannvirki, dir. Gústav Geir Bollason
Munnel, dir. Visakesa Chandrasekaram
New Strains, dir. Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Notas sobre un verano, dir. Diego Llorente
Numb, dir. Amir Toodehroosta
Nummer achttien, dir.
Check out the lineup below via THR.
Opening Film
Munch, dir. Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Tiger Competition
100 Seasons, dir. Giovanni Bucchieri
Gagaland, dir. Teng Yuhan
Geology of Separation, dirs. Yosr Gasmi, Mauro Mazzocchi
Indivision, dir. Leïla Kilani
Letzter Abend, dir. Lukas Nathrath
Mannvirki, dir. Gústav Geir Bollason
Munnel, dir. Visakesa Chandrasekaram
New Strains, dir. Artemis Shaw, Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Notas sobre un verano, dir. Diego Llorente
Numb, dir. Amir Toodehroosta
Nummer achttien, dir.
- 12/19/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
‘Munch’ to open first physical Rotterdam film festival since 2020; Tiger, Big Screen titles unveiled
It will be artistic director Vanja Kaludjercic’s first full physical event since being appointed three years ago.
Norwegian director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s Munch will open the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), taking place from January 25-February 5 in the Netherlands. It is the first in-person festival following two online pandemic events and the first physical one for festival director Vanja Kaludjercic since taking over from Bero Beyer after the 2020 event.
Munch, which will screen out of competition, explores the life of the tortured Norwegian artist, celebrated for his painting of ‘The Scream’, and who endured mental turmoil throughout his life.
Norwegian director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s Munch will open the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), taking place from January 25-February 5 in the Netherlands. It is the first in-person festival following two online pandemic events and the first physical one for festival director Vanja Kaludjercic since taking over from Bero Beyer after the 2020 event.
Munch, which will screen out of competition, explores the life of the tortured Norwegian artist, celebrated for his painting of ‘The Scream’, and who endured mental turmoil throughout his life.
- 12/19/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
This year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the 16 films selected for its flagship Tiger Competition. Scroll down for the full list.
As always, the competition selection is a global affair, with features from Sweeden to Sri Lanka. The 2023 jury will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, plus two special jury awards. On the jury are: Alonso Díaz de la Vega, Anisia Uzeyman, Christine Vachon, Lav Diaz, and Sabrina Baracetti.
Running from January 25 to February 5, the fest is set to return for its first full-scale physical edition since the pandemic. The event will open with Munch, an experimental feature biopic of the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (Returning Home).
The honorary Robby Müller Award will go to French cinematographer Hélène Louvart. Louvart is best known for her work with Claire Denis, including the 1999 classic Beau Travail. Louvart has also worked with directors such as Wim Wenders,...
As always, the competition selection is a global affair, with features from Sweeden to Sri Lanka. The 2023 jury will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, plus two special jury awards. On the jury are: Alonso Díaz de la Vega, Anisia Uzeyman, Christine Vachon, Lav Diaz, and Sabrina Baracetti.
Running from January 25 to February 5, the fest is set to return for its first full-scale physical edition since the pandemic. The event will open with Munch, an experimental feature biopic of the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (Returning Home).
The honorary Robby Müller Award will go to French cinematographer Hélène Louvart. Louvart is best known for her work with Claire Denis, including the 1999 classic Beau Travail. Louvart has also worked with directors such as Wim Wenders,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will open on Jan. 25 with “Munch,” Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s take on the Norwegian artist behind “The Scream.”
“Bringing to life the inner world of such a complex character has been a very rewarding experience. We are thrilled to show audiences what inspired [Edvard] Munch and what kept his inner flame alive,” noted the helmer.
Produced by The Film Company and sold internationally by Viaplay Content Distribution, it will premiere in Norwegian cinemas on Jan. 27 and on Viaplay on March 24.
IFFR, set to return for its first full-scale physical edition since the pandemic, will present 16 films in its flagship Tiger Competition. Jurors Sabrina Baracetti, Lav Diaz, Anisia Uzeyman, Christine Vachon and Alonso Díaz de la Vega will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, and two Special Jury Awards, worth €10,000 each.
Ukraine’s Philip Sotnychenko “La Palisiada,” “New Strains” by Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, and...
“Bringing to life the inner world of such a complex character has been a very rewarding experience. We are thrilled to show audiences what inspired [Edvard] Munch and what kept his inner flame alive,” noted the helmer.
Produced by The Film Company and sold internationally by Viaplay Content Distribution, it will premiere in Norwegian cinemas on Jan. 27 and on Viaplay on March 24.
IFFR, set to return for its first full-scale physical edition since the pandemic, will present 16 films in its flagship Tiger Competition. Jurors Sabrina Baracetti, Lav Diaz, Anisia Uzeyman, Christine Vachon and Alonso Díaz de la Vega will grant three prizes: the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, and two Special Jury Awards, worth €10,000 each.
Ukraine’s Philip Sotnychenko “La Palisiada,” “New Strains” by Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, and...
- 12/19/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The 10th edition of U.S. In Progress Wroclaw, the industry wing of the American Film Festival in Poland which was held online this year, wrapped over the weekend and presented a variety of awards to the participating American film projects.
The awards range from post-production services to travel bursaries and cash. A $10,000 cash prize to be put towards post-production in Poland was awarded to the film To The Moon from director Scott Friend and producers Cate Smierciak, Everett Hendler, Stephanie Randall, and Gabe Wilson. The full list of awards is below.
In addition to the U.S. projects, a group of U.S. experts including Sony Pictures Classics’ Dylan Leiner and CAA execs Maren Olson and Kat Moncrief took part in pitching and one-on-one sessions with Polish projects seeking U.S. partners. The non-competitive event is designed to foster potential co-productions and was hosted by Deadline.
In the wider festival,...
The awards range from post-production services to travel bursaries and cash. A $10,000 cash prize to be put towards post-production in Poland was awarded to the film To The Moon from director Scott Friend and producers Cate Smierciak, Everett Hendler, Stephanie Randall, and Gabe Wilson. The full list of awards is below.
In addition to the U.S. projects, a group of U.S. experts including Sony Pictures Classics’ Dylan Leiner and CAA execs Maren Olson and Kat Moncrief took part in pitching and one-on-one sessions with Polish projects seeking U.S. partners. The non-competitive event is designed to foster potential co-productions and was hosted by Deadline.
In the wider festival,...
- 11/16/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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