Nothing can top last year's Cannes for the German Sales Agent -- Apichatpong Weerasethakul can thank the Tim Burton led jury for Uncle Boonmee being crowned with the Palme. This year The Match Factory have one in the main comp, a dark horse contender with Aki Kaurismaki's Le Havre and they have a trio in the Un Certain Regard section in Oslo, August 31st, Tatsumi and Stopped on Track. They've got a catalogue full of future items in the works such as the latest from Miguel Gomes and Peter Strickland. Visit the site or check out some of their slate below. Le Havre by Aki KAURISMÄKI - Completed Oslo, August 31St (Oslo, 31. August) by Joachim Trier - Completed Tatsumi by Eric Khoo - Completed A Mysterious World (Un Mundo Misterioso) by Rodrigo Moreno - Completed Barzakh by Mantas Kvedaravicius - Completed If Not Us, Who (Wer WENN Nicht Wir...
- 5/13/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
I don’t know: you wait ages for a meandering and insipid piece of Argentinian slow cinema only for two to come along at once. Much like fellow competition entrant El Primio (The Prize), Un Mundo Misterioso (A Mysterious World) is by its own admission an eventless slog caught up in the details and lacking in story.
The film’s clueless and socially inadequate protagonist Boris – played by Esteban Bigliardi, who resembles a hispanic Joel Coen – is suddenly dumped by his girlfriend Ana (Cecilia Rainero) in the first scene, throwing him off balance in a world he can no longer understand. This is the best scene in the film as the conversation is funny, going around and around in circles because he can’t understand what she means by “some time apart”. “Some time? How much?” he repeatedly asks – of course, she can’t say.
As the scene continues it becomes amusingly concerned with semantics.
The film’s clueless and socially inadequate protagonist Boris – played by Esteban Bigliardi, who resembles a hispanic Joel Coen – is suddenly dumped by his girlfriend Ana (Cecilia Rainero) in the first scene, throwing him off balance in a world he can no longer understand. This is the best scene in the film as the conversation is funny, going around and around in circles because he can’t understand what she means by “some time apart”. “Some time? How much?” he repeatedly asks – of course, she can’t say.
As the scene continues it becomes amusingly concerned with semantics.
- 2/17/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
Matt Damon in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's True Grit The Berlin Film Festival runs Feb. 10-20. In competition: A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse), Bela Tarr Bizim Buyuk Caresizligimiz (Our Grand Despair), Seyfi Teoman Coriolanus, Ralph Fiennes El premio (The Prize), Paula Markovitch Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader and Simin, A Separation), Asghar Farhadi Les contes de la nuit (Tales of the Night), Michel Ocelot Lipstikka, Jonathan Sagall Margin Call, J. C. Chandor Saranghanda, Saranghaji Anneunda (Come Rain Come Shine), Lee Yoon-ki Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness), Ulrich Koehler The Forgiveness of Blood, Joshua Marston The Future, Miranda July Un Mundo Misterioso (A Mysterious World), Rodrigo Moreno V Subbotu (Innocent Saturday), Alexander Mindadze Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?), Andres Veiel Yelling to the Sky, Victoria Mahoney Out of competition: Almanya, Yasemin Samdereli Les femmes du 6eme etage (Service Entrance), Philippe Le Guay Mein bester Freund (My Best Enemy...
- 2/1/2011
- by Arthur Leander
- Alt Film Guide
Officials from the 61st Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the Competition program for this year’s event. It includes 22 films, 16 of which will be competing for the awards.
In addition there will be two special screenings: In solidarity with the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, his film “Offside” will be presented on Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Also, the European premiere of Werner Herzog’s 3-D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” will be shown as a special screening in the Berlinale Palast.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be announced at the festival awards ceremony on Feb. 19.
The following is the complete Berlinale Competition program.
“A Torinói Ló” (“The Turin Horse”) Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland
Directed by Béla Tarr
With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
World premiere
“Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland” (“Almanya”) Germany
By Yasemin Samdereli – debut film
With Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardin, Aylin Tezel,...
In addition there will be two special screenings: In solidarity with the convicted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, his film “Offside” will be presented on Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Also, the European premiere of Werner Herzog’s 3-D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” will be shown as a special screening in the Berlinale Palast.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be announced at the festival awards ceremony on Feb. 19.
The following is the complete Berlinale Competition program.
“A Torinói Ló” (“The Turin Horse”) Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland
Directed by Béla Tarr
With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
World premiere
“Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland” (“Almanya”) Germany
By Yasemin Samdereli – debut film
With Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardin, Aylin Tezel,...
- 1/19/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The 61st Berlin International Film Festival has finalised its Competition programme – including 22 diverse films, 16 of which will be competing in the awards.
The Competition programme contains a wide-range of films from countries all over the globe; ranging from USA drama Margin Call, by Jc Chandor to France’s Les femmes du 6ème étage, by Philippe Le Guay.
Adding to the Programme, there will be two special screenings, showcasing the films of acclaimed directors Jafar Panahi and Werner Herzog.
Panahi’s Offside will be presented on February 11, to coincide with the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, while Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams will be shown at the Berlinale Palast.
The 61st Berlin International Film Festival runs from 10 - 20 February, with the awards ceremony taking place on 19 February.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be shown as the closing film.
The contenders:
A Torinói Ló by Béla Tarr...
The Competition programme contains a wide-range of films from countries all over the globe; ranging from USA drama Margin Call, by Jc Chandor to France’s Les femmes du 6ème étage, by Philippe Le Guay.
Adding to the Programme, there will be two special screenings, showcasing the films of acclaimed directors Jafar Panahi and Werner Herzog.
Panahi’s Offside will be presented on February 11, to coincide with the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, while Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams will be shown at the Berlinale Palast.
The 61st Berlin International Film Festival runs from 10 - 20 February, with the awards ceremony taking place on 19 February.
The winner of the Golden Bear will be shown as the closing film.
The contenders:
A Torinói Ló by Béla Tarr...
- 1/18/2011
- by jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
- LOVEFiLM
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