‘Blue Jean’, ‘My Old School also among awarded films.
Aftersun was the big winner at the 2023 Bafta Scotland Awards, taking three prizes for best actor for Paul Mescal, best director (fiction) for Charlotte Wells and best writer (film and television) for Wells.
Aberdeen-based Hassan Nazer’s Iran-set family drama Winners, produced by Nadira Murray and Paul Welsh, received the feature film award; while Lucy Halliday took the actress film prize for her role as a gay girl in 1980s northeast England in Georgia Oakley’s Blue Jean.
The director factual award went to Jono McLeod for My Old School, a...
Aftersun was the big winner at the 2023 Bafta Scotland Awards, taking three prizes for best actor for Paul Mescal, best director (fiction) for Charlotte Wells and best writer (film and television) for Wells.
Aberdeen-based Hassan Nazer’s Iran-set family drama Winners, produced by Nadira Murray and Paul Welsh, received the feature film award; while Lucy Halliday took the actress film prize for her role as a gay girl in 1980s northeast England in Georgia Oakley’s Blue Jean.
The director factual award went to Jono McLeod for My Old School, a...
- 11/19/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The three winners receive £20,000 each.
Ella Glendining, Savanah Leaf and Nadira Murray have all been named winners at the second annual British Film Institute (BFI) & Chanel Filmmaker Awards.
The winners of the 2023 awards were selected by a jury of Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton; Edward Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue; Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of streaming platform Le Cinéma Club; and Ben Roberts, BFI chief executive.
Glendining, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020, is the writer-director of Sundance documentary Is There Anybody Out There?, that interrogates ableism through Glendining’s own personal journey. The jury described her work as “an important...
Ella Glendining, Savanah Leaf and Nadira Murray have all been named winners at the second annual British Film Institute (BFI) & Chanel Filmmaker Awards.
The winners of the 2023 awards were selected by a jury of Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton; Edward Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue; Marie-Louise Khondji, producer and founder of streaming platform Le Cinéma Club; and Ben Roberts, BFI chief executive.
Glendining, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020, is the writer-director of Sundance documentary Is There Anybody Out There?, that interrogates ableism through Glendining’s own personal journey. The jury described her work as “an important...
- 11/9/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Frankie Corio becomes youngest-ever Bafta Scotland nominee.
Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun leads the nominations for the Bafta Scotland Awards 2023, recognised in five categories: actor film, actress film, director fiction, feature film and writer film/television.
The UK-us co-production has acting nominations for Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio, with Corio becoming the youngest-ever nominee at Bafta Scotland.
Scroll down for the full list of nominations
Wells receives the other three nominations, with producers Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski nominated alongside her for feature film.
Aftersun previously received four nominations at the Bafta Film Awards earlier this year, winning...
Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun leads the nominations for the Bafta Scotland Awards 2023, recognised in five categories: actor film, actress film, director fiction, feature film and writer film/television.
The UK-us co-production has acting nominations for Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio, with Corio becoming the youngest-ever nominee at Bafta Scotland.
Scroll down for the full list of nominations
Wells receives the other three nominations, with producers Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski nominated alongside her for feature film.
Aftersun previously received four nominations at the Bafta Film Awards earlier this year, winning...
- 10/11/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes-winning Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest has been selected as the UK’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2024 Oscars.
The film was selected by BAFTA, the organization appointed by the American Academy to choose the UK’s submission. To be eligible, a British film must be predominantly non-English language and released theatrically between 1 December 2022 and 31 October 2023. The Zone Of Interest was shot on location in Poland with largely German and Polish dialogue.
Written and directed by Glazer, based on the novel by the late Martin Amis, the film stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller, with a score by Oscar-nominated musician Mica Levi and cinematography by Łukasz Żal (Cold War).
Story follows Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, and his wife Hedwig, who strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
The film was selected by BAFTA, the organization appointed by the American Academy to choose the UK’s submission. To be eligible, a British film must be predominantly non-English language and released theatrically between 1 December 2022 and 31 October 2023. The Zone Of Interest was shot on location in Poland with largely German and Polish dialogue.
Written and directed by Glazer, based on the novel by the late Martin Amis, the film stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller, with a score by Oscar-nominated musician Mica Levi and cinematography by Łukasz Żal (Cold War).
Story follows Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, and his wife Hedwig, who strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
- 9/21/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Pearl’, ‘Allelujah’ and ‘Winners’ are also out this weekend.
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is leading the charge this week at the UK-Ireland box office, opening in 654 sites across the UK and Ireland for Warner Bros.
Star Zachary Levi returns as the hapless crime fighter, with director David F. Sandberg also back for the DC sequel. The 2019 original, Shazam!, topped the box office in its opening weekend in April 2019, taking £4m debut from 603 sites – an average of £6,634.
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu round out the cast for the sequel, as two Greek gods who want control over planet Earth.
Pathe...
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is leading the charge this week at the UK-Ireland box office, opening in 654 sites across the UK and Ireland for Warner Bros.
Star Zachary Levi returns as the hapless crime fighter, with director David F. Sandberg also back for the DC sequel. The 2019 original, Shazam!, topped the box office in its opening weekend in April 2019, taking £4m debut from 603 sites – an average of £6,634.
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu round out the cast for the sequel, as two Greek gods who want control over planet Earth.
Pathe...
- 3/17/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
‘Pearl’, ‘Allelujah’ and ‘Winners’ are also out this weekend.
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is leading the charge this week at the UK-Ireland box office, opening in 654 sites across the UK and Ireland for Warner Bros.
Star Zachary Levi returns as the hapless crime fighter, with director David F. Sandberg also back for the DC sequel. The 2019 original, Shazam!, topped the box office in its opening weekend in April 2019, taking £4m debut from 603 sites – an average of £6,634.
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu round out the cast for the sequel, as two Greek gods who want control over planet Earth.
Pathe...
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is leading the charge this week at the UK-Ireland box office, opening in 654 sites across the UK and Ireland for Warner Bros.
Star Zachary Levi returns as the hapless crime fighter, with director David F. Sandberg also back for the DC sequel. The 2019 original, Shazam!, topped the box office in its opening weekend in April 2019, taking £4m debut from 603 sites – an average of £6,634.
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu round out the cast for the sequel, as two Greek gods who want control over planet Earth.
Pathe...
- 3/17/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
An award belonging to director Asghar Farhadi goes missing in Iran in this slow-paced, heart-on-sleeve comedy about the curative magic of the movies
This film from British Iranian director Hassan Nazer was the British entry in the international feature section at this year’s Academy Awards; sadly it was not nominated. It is a likable, gentle comedy about two children in which an Oscar statuette plays a part: the ultimate MacGuffin, perhaps. It’s also a rather cinephile film which ponders the enormous prestige of Iranian cinema abroad.
The premise is that the great Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, having boycotted the 2017 Oscars in protest at Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban, cannot be there in person to pick up his Oscar for The Salesman. But the producer bringing it to Iran for him manages to lose it after a chaotic mishap involving a taxi (that key trope of contemporary Iranian cinema) and,...
This film from British Iranian director Hassan Nazer was the British entry in the international feature section at this year’s Academy Awards; sadly it was not nominated. It is a likable, gentle comedy about two children in which an Oscar statuette plays a part: the ultimate MacGuffin, perhaps. It’s also a rather cinephile film which ponders the enormous prestige of Iranian cinema abroad.
The premise is that the great Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, having boycotted the 2017 Oscars in protest at Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim travel ban, cannot be there in person to pick up his Oscar for The Salesman. But the producer bringing it to Iran for him manages to lose it after a chaotic mishap involving a taxi (that key trope of contemporary Iranian cinema) and,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The Scottish-Iranian director’s heartwarming new film, Winners, tells the tale of a child in Iran with a passion for movies. He talks about escaping to Europe and juggling four restaurant jobs to fund his early works
Hassan Nazer was in his first month at university in Iran when he realised that he would have to leave his homeland to fulfil his dream of becoming a film-maker. As a fledgling theatre director, he had been “red-flagged” – a possibly irredeemable offence – for putting women on stage in the holy city of Mashhad. His father, who ran a family confectionery business from a factory outside Tehran, had been opposed to his career choice from the start, but one of his uncles was on his side. “He said, after you get a red flag in this age, they’re not going to let you work. So basically, if you want to go into cinema or continue with theatre,...
Hassan Nazer was in his first month at university in Iran when he realised that he would have to leave his homeland to fulfil his dream of becoming a film-maker. As a fledgling theatre director, he had been “red-flagged” – a possibly irredeemable offence – for putting women on stage in the holy city of Mashhad. His father, who ran a family confectionery business from a factory outside Tehran, had been opposed to his career choice from the start, but one of his uncles was on his side. “He said, after you get a red flag in this age, they’re not going to let you work. So basically, if you want to go into cinema or continue with theatre,...
- 2/26/2023
- by Claire Armitstead
- The Guardian - Film News
Considering the gradual rise of cinema in the Arabic countries, either indoors or through diaspora, this year we expanded the selection of the Best West Asian films to include both West and Central Asian countries, in a list we feel highlights the diversity of the cinema of those countries, as much as the quality of their productions. Iran has the lion’s share as usual, considering it is the largest industry of the region, but movies from Israel, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Iraq, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan also found their place in the list. Also of note is the fact that a number of these productions move towards the mainstream, in a rather pleasant diversity from the “misery porn” we usually get to watch from these countries, while documentaries and shorts are also included
Without further ado, here are the best West Asian films of 2022, in random order. Some...
Without further ado, here are the best West Asian films of 2022, in random order. Some...
- 1/5/2023
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Click here to read the full article.
For the first time in Oscar history, three Persian-language films are up for the Academy Award for best international feature. Alongside Iran’s official entry, Houman Seyyedi’s darkly comic World War III, Denmark has submitted serial killer drama Holy Spider from Iran-born, Copenhagen-based Ali Abbasi. Britain’s hopes, meanwhile, lie with Winners, a tragicomic tale about (of all things) a missing Oscar statue, from director Hassan Nazer, another Iranian expat, who lives in Scotland.
Taken together, the trio of movies represents the breadth of Iranian cinema, within the country and among the filmmaking diaspora.
Winners is Nazer’s love letter to his country’s filmmakers. Dedicated to Iranian directors Abbas Kiarostami, Asghar Farhadi, Majid Majidi and Jafar Panahi, it is jam-packed with references to and quotes from other Farsi films, among them Panahi’s Taxi and Majidi’s Children of Heaven and...
For the first time in Oscar history, three Persian-language films are up for the Academy Award for best international feature. Alongside Iran’s official entry, Houman Seyyedi’s darkly comic World War III, Denmark has submitted serial killer drama Holy Spider from Iran-born, Copenhagen-based Ali Abbasi. Britain’s hopes, meanwhile, lie with Winners, a tragicomic tale about (of all things) a missing Oscar statue, from director Hassan Nazer, another Iranian expat, who lives in Scotland.
Taken together, the trio of movies represents the breadth of Iranian cinema, within the country and among the filmmaking diaspora.
Winners is Nazer’s love letter to his country’s filmmakers. Dedicated to Iranian directors Abbas Kiarostami, Asghar Farhadi, Majid Majidi and Jafar Panahi, it is jam-packed with references to and quotes from other Farsi films, among them Panahi’s Taxi and Majidi’s Children of Heaven and...
- 12/13/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It was a great night for Charlotte Wells' father-daughter drama Aftersun at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday evening, as the film—– already a favourite going into the evening after 16 nominations, won seven, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Other films scoring several awards included Blue Jean, and The Origin, about a nomadic tribe that faces a terrifying ancient threat that comes when night falls.
The BIFAs continued non-gender-specific main performances categories and added one, the Joint Lead Performance, awarded to Tamara Lawrance and Letitia Wright for their roles as extraordinary real-life siblings who communicated only with each other in The Silent Twins.
Here is the full list of winners…
Best British Independent Film
Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson – Winner
Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, Katy Brand, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski
Living – Oliver Hermanus,...
Other films scoring several awards included Blue Jean, and The Origin, about a nomadic tribe that faces a terrifying ancient threat that comes when night falls.
The BIFAs continued non-gender-specific main performances categories and added one, the Joint Lead Performance, awarded to Tamara Lawrance and Letitia Wright for their roles as extraordinary real-life siblings who communicated only with each other in The Silent Twins.
Here is the full list of winners…
Best British Independent Film
Aftersun – Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson – Winner
Blue Jean – Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande – Sophie Hyde, Katy Brand, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski
Living – Oliver Hermanus,...
- 12/5/2022
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
It has been a stellar year for British talent, as is evidenced by the amazing line up of films celebrated and championed by BIFA this evening. The British Independent Film Awards were handed out this evening in London and we were there to talk to the presenters and nominees on the red carpet.
A full list of winners follows the interviews. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
The 2022 BIFAs Red Carpet Interviews
The full list of winners is below.
Best British Independent Film
Aftersun Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson (Winner)
Blue Jean Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Sophie Hyde, Katy Brand, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski
Living Oliver Hermanus, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
The Wonder Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Ed Guiney
Best Director,...
A full list of winners follows the interviews. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
The 2022 BIFAs Red Carpet Interviews
The full list of winners is below.
Best British Independent Film
Aftersun Charlotte Wells, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson (Winner)
Blue Jean Georgia Oakley, Hélène Sifre
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Sophie Hyde, Katy Brand, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski
Living Oliver Hermanus, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen
The Wonder Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Ed Guiney
Best Director,...
- 12/5/2022
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Charlotte Wells’ debut scooped seven prizes, including best British independent film and best director.
Charlotte Wells’ directorial debut feature Aftersun was the big winner of the 2022 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas), taking seven prizes at Sunday night’s (December 4) ceremony in London.
Wells’ drama won the award for best British independent film, best director, the Douglas Hickox Award for best debut director, and best screenplay, adding to the three craft awards already announced – best cinematography, best editing and best music supervision.
The Cannes premiere follows a daughter as she reflects on her relationship with her complicated father, through memories of a summer holiday in Turkey,...
Charlotte Wells’ directorial debut feature Aftersun was the big winner of the 2022 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas), taking seven prizes at Sunday night’s (December 4) ceremony in London.
Wells’ drama won the award for best British independent film, best director, the Douglas Hickox Award for best debut director, and best screenplay, adding to the three craft awards already announced – best cinematography, best editing and best music supervision.
The Cannes premiere follows a daughter as she reflects on her relationship with her complicated father, through memories of a summer holiday in Turkey,...
- 12/4/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The awards ceremony takes place today (December 4), starting at 8pm UK time.
The 2022 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) ceremony is taking place today (December 4) at London’s Old Billingsgate.
The show starts at 8pm UK time, finishing at approximately 10pm.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony (refresh the page for latest updates).
Leading the pack for nominations is Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, with 16 mentions – the second-most ever for a film at the Bifas, behind only Saint Maud’s record 17 from 2020. The feature has already won three of those awards,...
The 2022 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) ceremony is taking place today (December 4) at London’s Old Billingsgate.
The show starts at 8pm UK time, finishing at approximately 10pm.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony (refresh the page for latest updates).
Leading the pack for nominations is Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, with 16 mentions – the second-most ever for a film at the Bifas, behind only Saint Maud’s record 17 from 2020. The feature has already won three of those awards,...
- 12/4/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
A release is set for early 2023.
Modern Films has picked up the UK entry for the Oscars’ international feature film category, Winners, for UK-Ireland distribution.
It is written and directed by Aberdeen-based Iranian director Hassan Nazer, and produced by Scotland’s Paul Welsh of Edge City Films and Nadira Murray of Sylph Productions, with backing from Screen Scotland.
The drama, shot entirely in Iran using Farsi dialogue, premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the audience award, ahead of clinching the best UK feature prize at Raindance. It boasts two Bifa nominations, including breakthrough producer for Murray, and...
Modern Films has picked up the UK entry for the Oscars’ international feature film category, Winners, for UK-Ireland distribution.
It is written and directed by Aberdeen-based Iranian director Hassan Nazer, and produced by Scotland’s Paul Welsh of Edge City Films and Nadira Murray of Sylph Productions, with backing from Screen Scotland.
The drama, shot entirely in Iran using Farsi dialogue, premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the audience award, ahead of clinching the best UK feature prize at Raindance. It boasts two Bifa nominations, including breakthrough producer for Murray, and...
- 11/28/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Charlotte Wells’ indie breakout “Aftersun” continues to build momentum in the indie awards race.
After receiving four Gotham Award nods, “Aftersun” leads the 2022 British Independent Film Awards nominations in 16 categories, followed by 12 for “Blue Jean” and “The Wonder,” respectively. “Living” earned nine nominations and “Flux Gourmet,” “God’s Creatures,” “Men,” and “The Origin” each landed five nods.
The 25th annual BIFAs introduces new performance, first-time documentary feature, and music categories, with female filmmakers dominating the performance, writing, and directing categories for this year’s batch of nominees, recognizing 36 British features. The 2022 BIFA ceremony takes place December 4.
Hosts Sam Claflin and BIFA winner Kosar Ali announced the 2022 BIFA nominations, including former BIFA recipients Emma Thompson, Jessie Buckley, Florence Pugh, and Alice Birch among them. Two Paul Mescal films, “Aftersun” and “God’s Creatures,” are among the top-nominated films, with Mescal in the running for both Best Joint Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance for the respective films.
After receiving four Gotham Award nods, “Aftersun” leads the 2022 British Independent Film Awards nominations in 16 categories, followed by 12 for “Blue Jean” and “The Wonder,” respectively. “Living” earned nine nominations and “Flux Gourmet,” “God’s Creatures,” “Men,” and “The Origin” each landed five nods.
The 25th annual BIFAs introduces new performance, first-time documentary feature, and music categories, with female filmmakers dominating the performance, writing, and directing categories for this year’s batch of nominees, recognizing 36 British features. The 2022 BIFA ceremony takes place December 4.
Hosts Sam Claflin and BIFA winner Kosar Ali announced the 2022 BIFA nominations, including former BIFA recipients Emma Thompson, Jessie Buckley, Florence Pugh, and Alice Birch among them. Two Paul Mescal films, “Aftersun” and “God’s Creatures,” are among the top-nominated films, with Mescal in the running for both Best Joint Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance for the respective films.
- 11/4/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
China Selects Feelgood Hit ‘Nice View’ for Oscars Race
China has selected feelgood comedy drama film “Nice View” as its contender for the best international feature film category of the Academy Awards.
The Chinese film industry has pursued an increasingly separate course from the rest of the world this year – few foreign titles have been granted import permits and quota release slots, and, similarly, few Chinese films have been allowed to play at overseas film festivals. So, it was unclear whether Chinese authorities would participate in the Oscars process and submit a national contender.
Inviting comparisons with “The Pursuit of Happyness,” the plot of “Nice View” involves a 20-year orphaned man who moves to the Shenzhen megacity and works as a repair man to raise money for his six-year-old sister’s heart surgery. When it goes wrong, his plan to borrow money to buy crates full of second-hand telephones leaves...
China has selected feelgood comedy drama film “Nice View” as its contender for the best international feature film category of the Academy Awards.
The Chinese film industry has pursued an increasingly separate course from the rest of the world this year – few foreign titles have been granted import permits and quota release slots, and, similarly, few Chinese films have been allowed to play at overseas film festivals. So, it was unclear whether Chinese authorities would participate in the Oscars process and submit a national contender.
Inviting comparisons with “The Pursuit of Happyness,” the plot of “Nice View” involves a 20-year orphaned man who moves to the Shenzhen megacity and works as a repair man to raise money for his six-year-old sister’s heart surgery. When it goes wrong, his plan to borrow money to buy crates full of second-hand telephones leaves...
- 10/31/2022
- by Patrick Frater, Anna Marie de la Fuente, Elsa Keslassy, Leo Barraclough, Nick Vivarelli, Mark Schilling, John Hopewell, Jennie Punter, Naman Ramachandran and Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Other Angle Pictures is launching sales on the crime thriller Double Down South, starring Sons of Anarchy actor Kim Coates. Other Angle will present the completed film to buyers at AFM next month.
Written and directed by Tom Schulman, the film is set in the high-stakes world of keno gambling where Nick (Coates), a keno-veteran, runs an illegal keno parlor from a run-down plantation house. One day Diana, a smart, tough newcomer, charms Nick into taking her under his wing. They prepare to risk it all to defeat the world champion, but soon find themselves in much more danger than they ever imagined.
The film debuted at the Newport Beach International Film Festival earlier this month. Lili Simmons (Banshee) and Justin Marcel McManus (Power Book II: Ghost) star alongside Coates. Producers include Rick Wallace, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Seth Michaels. Cinematography is by Alan Caudillo, editing is by Yang Hua Hu,...
Written and directed by Tom Schulman, the film is set in the high-stakes world of keno gambling where Nick (Coates), a keno-veteran, runs an illegal keno parlor from a run-down plantation house. One day Diana, a smart, tough newcomer, charms Nick into taking her under his wing. They prepare to risk it all to defeat the world champion, but soon find themselves in much more danger than they ever imagined.
The film debuted at the Newport Beach International Film Festival earlier this month. Lili Simmons (Banshee) and Justin Marcel McManus (Power Book II: Ghost) star alongside Coates. Producers include Rick Wallace, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Seth Michaels. Cinematography is by Alan Caudillo, editing is by Yang Hua Hu,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Zac Ntim and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have revealed the nomination longlists for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film categories. In addition, BIFA’s Raindance Discovery Award longlist has also been unveiled.
Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have already won top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced in early November and winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Dec. 4.
Best International Independent Film Sponsored By Champagne Taittinger
“Alcarràs” – Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed” – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
“Argentina, 1985” – Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
“Broker” – Kore-eda Hirokazu,...
Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have already won top prizes from this year’s premier international festivals.
The final five nominations in each category will be announced in early November and winners will be revealed at the 25th annual BIFA ceremony on Dec. 4.
Best International Independent Film Sponsored By Champagne Taittinger
“Alcarràs” – Carla Simón, María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed” – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons
“Argentina, 1985” – Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Ricardo Darín, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Victoria Alonso
“Broker” – Kore-eda Hirokazu,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The film premiered at Eiff where it picked up the audience award.
The UK has submitted Hassan Nazer’s Winners as its entry for best international feature at the Oscars.
Set in a small Iranian village, the film follows two kids who go on an adventure to find the owner of a gold statuette they’ve discovered.
Winners had its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) where it picked up the audience award.
‘Winners’: Edinburgh Review
It was produced by Scottish-based companies World Film Productions and Sylph Productions in association with Edge City Productions, and shot in...
The UK has submitted Hassan Nazer’s Winners as its entry for best international feature at the Oscars.
Set in a small Iranian village, the film follows two kids who go on an adventure to find the owner of a gold statuette they’ve discovered.
Winners had its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) where it picked up the audience award.
‘Winners’: Edinburgh Review
It was produced by Scottish-based companies World Film Productions and Sylph Productions in association with Edge City Productions, and shot in...
- 10/19/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Click here to read the full article.
The British Academy has selected Winners, the Farsi-language drama from British-Iranian writer/director Hassan Nazer as the U.K.’s submission for next year’s international feature award at the Oscars.
Fully financed in Scotland with support from Creative Scotland and qualified British through the cultural test, Winners was shot entirely in Iran with 100 percent Farsi dialogue and was post-produced in Scotland. It premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August this year, where it won the audience award.
Set in a poor Iranian village where the children work hard to support their families, Winners follows nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla, wo one day find a precious statuette in the desert. As the authorities search for the lost treasure, sharing a passion for cinema, Yahya’s boss Nasser Khan decides to help the children find its owner.
Written and directed by Aberdeen-based Nazer,...
The British Academy has selected Winners, the Farsi-language drama from British-Iranian writer/director Hassan Nazer as the U.K.’s submission for next year’s international feature award at the Oscars.
Fully financed in Scotland with support from Creative Scotland and qualified British through the cultural test, Winners was shot entirely in Iran with 100 percent Farsi dialogue and was post-produced in Scotland. It premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August this year, where it won the audience award.
Set in a poor Iranian village where the children work hard to support their families, Winners follows nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla, wo one day find a precious statuette in the desert. As the authorities search for the lost treasure, sharing a passion for cinema, Yahya’s boss Nasser Khan decides to help the children find its owner.
Written and directed by Aberdeen-based Nazer,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
British-Iranian filmmaker Hassan Nazer’s latest film Winners has been selected as the UK’s entry to the Best International Film category.
Written and directed by Nazer, the film is set in a poor Iranian village where the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious statuette in the desert. As the authorities search for the lost treasure, sharing a passion for cinema Yahya’s boss Nasser Khan decides to help the children find its owner.
Winners was fully financed in Scotland with support from Creative Scotland and shot entirely in Iran with 100 Farsi dialogue. Post-production was conducted in Scotland. The film debuted at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August, where it picked up the Audience Award.
Reza Naji (The Song of Sparrows) stars in the film alongside Hossein Abedini, Parsa Maghami, Helia Mohammadkhani, and Malalai Zikria. Cinematography is by Arash Seifi Jamadi,...
Written and directed by Nazer, the film is set in a poor Iranian village where the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious statuette in the desert. As the authorities search for the lost treasure, sharing a passion for cinema Yahya’s boss Nasser Khan decides to help the children find its owner.
Winners was fully financed in Scotland with support from Creative Scotland and shot entirely in Iran with 100 Farsi dialogue. Post-production was conducted in Scotland. The film debuted at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August, where it picked up the Audience Award.
Reza Naji (The Song of Sparrows) stars in the film alongside Hossein Abedini, Parsa Maghami, Helia Mohammadkhani, and Malalai Zikria. Cinematography is by Arash Seifi Jamadi,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
‘All My Friends Hate Me’ and ‘The Almond And The Seahorse’ also won prizes.
Frances O’Connor’s Emily proved the big hit of the 33rd edition of Dinard Film Festival, the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema, for French audiences that closed on October 2.
Emily won the Golden Hitchcock for best film, with Emma Mackey receiving the award for best performance. The period drama also scooped the audience prize for best feature film. The film premiered at Toronto, and marks the directorial debut of actor O’Connor.
Sex Education star Mackey plays a rebellious version of Wuthering...
Frances O’Connor’s Emily proved the big hit of the 33rd edition of Dinard Film Festival, the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema, for French audiences that closed on October 2.
Emily won the Golden Hitchcock for best film, with Emma Mackey receiving the award for best performance. The period drama also scooped the audience prize for best feature film. The film premiered at Toronto, and marks the directorial debut of actor O’Connor.
Sex Education star Mackey plays a rebellious version of Wuthering...
- 10/3/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Joachim Back’s “Corner Office,” featuring “Mad Men” star John Hamm, will open the 30th edition of London’s Raindance Film Festival (Oct. 26-Nov. 5). Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg’s “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game” will close the festival.
To mark its 30th anniversary, Raindance will screen iconic independent films that had their U.K. premieres at the festival, including “Pulp Fiction,” “Memento,” “The Blair Witch Project” and “Oldboy.”
Special screenings of new films include the world premiere of Stephen Moyer’s “A Bit of Light” (U.K.), starring Anna Paquin and Ray Winstone; director Moshe Rosenthal will take part in a Raindance masterclass and present the U.K. premiere of “Karaoke” (Israel); and the world premiere of Dilshad Husain’s British Asian feature “Banglatown.”
The festival’s homegrown strand for U.K.-produced features include Pushan Kripalani’s “Goldfish,” Elisabeth Felson’s “Night Burns Like Cigarettes,” Finn...
To mark its 30th anniversary, Raindance will screen iconic independent films that had their U.K. premieres at the festival, including “Pulp Fiction,” “Memento,” “The Blair Witch Project” and “Oldboy.”
Special screenings of new films include the world premiere of Stephen Moyer’s “A Bit of Light” (U.K.), starring Anna Paquin and Ray Winstone; director Moshe Rosenthal will take part in a Raindance masterclass and present the U.K. premiere of “Karaoke” (Israel); and the world premiere of Dilshad Husain’s British Asian feature “Banglatown.”
The festival’s homegrown strand for U.K.-produced features include Pushan Kripalani’s “Goldfish,” Elisabeth Felson’s “Night Burns Like Cigarettes,” Finn...
- 9/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The feature is directed by Hassan Nazer.
UK filmmaker Hassan Nazer’s Winners has won the audience award at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which closed closed on Saturday August 20.
Winners, which had its world premiere at Eiff, is directed by Aberdeen-based Hassan Nazer and produced by Nadira Murray, who is Scottish Uzbek, and Scotland’s Paul Welsh. The ode to Iranian cinema is set in a deprived area in a small Iranian town, where children are required to work to help support their families. A nine-year-old girl strikes gold when she finds an unclaimed Oscar statue.
Eiff has also...
UK filmmaker Hassan Nazer’s Winners has won the audience award at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which closed closed on Saturday August 20.
Winners, which had its world premiere at Eiff, is directed by Aberdeen-based Hassan Nazer and produced by Nadira Murray, who is Scottish Uzbek, and Scotland’s Paul Welsh. The ode to Iranian cinema is set in a deprived area in a small Iranian town, where children are required to work to help support their families. A nine-year-old girl strikes gold when she finds an unclaimed Oscar statue.
Eiff has also...
- 8/24/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Scottish filmmakers Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson clinched the Powell And Pressburger Award for best film, the new main competition award at the Edinburgh Film Festival, with their debut feature A Cat Called Dom.
Anderson and Henderson both star in and co-direct the indie flick, which follows how Anderson deals with the grief of his mother’s cancer. In the film, the duo work on their animations and face the frustrations of trying to make this documentary. Whilst alone, Will turns to Dom, the animated cat that lives on his laptop screen.
The jury, comprised of president Gaylene Gould, producer Rosie Crerar, and author Sarah Winman, cited the “special collaboration” between the legendary British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger which they said “was grounded in deeply human stories and the belief that life can be magic” when handing the award to A Cat Called Dom.
Accepting the honor, Anderson and Henderson...
Anderson and Henderson both star in and co-direct the indie flick, which follows how Anderson deals with the grief of his mother’s cancer. In the film, the duo work on their animations and face the frustrations of trying to make this documentary. Whilst alone, Will turns to Dom, the animated cat that lives on his laptop screen.
The jury, comprised of president Gaylene Gould, producer Rosie Crerar, and author Sarah Winman, cited the “special collaboration” between the legendary British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger which they said “was grounded in deeply human stories and the belief that life can be magic” when handing the award to A Cat Called Dom.
Accepting the honor, Anderson and Henderson...
- 8/24/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson’s “A Cat Called Dom” won the Powell & Pressburger Award for best feature film at the 75th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), while Hassan Nazer’s “Winners” won the audience award.
The Powell & Pressburger jury also gave a special mention to Maha Haj’s “Mediterranean Fever.”
The Norman McLaren Award for British short animation went to “Stay” by Yu Sun, while the Norman McLaren Award for British short film went to “Canvas 5” by Karla Crome.
Anderson and Henderson said: “To screen our first feature at Eiff was an honor, but to take away the first Powell & Pressburger Award is just so special. ‘A Cat Called Dom’ is a film about embracing failure – after Eiff it now feels much more like a success.”
Nazer said: “Winning the audience award at Eiff means everything to me. I have been working towards this since I decided to become a filmmaker.
The Powell & Pressburger jury also gave a special mention to Maha Haj’s “Mediterranean Fever.”
The Norman McLaren Award for British short animation went to “Stay” by Yu Sun, while the Norman McLaren Award for British short film went to “Canvas 5” by Karla Crome.
Anderson and Henderson said: “To screen our first feature at Eiff was an honor, but to take away the first Powell & Pressburger Award is just so special. ‘A Cat Called Dom’ is a film about embracing failure – after Eiff it now feels much more like a success.”
Nazer said: “Winning the audience award at Eiff means everything to me. I have been working towards this since I decided to become a filmmaker.
- 8/24/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Iran-born but UK-based Hassan Nazer’s fifth feature is set up as a children’s movie, but is essentially a tribute to Iranian cinema as much as a disillusioned look at what happens after the movie festivals, as a concept, end.
Winners is screening at Edinburgh International Film Festival
The film begins with a woman entering a taxi, before she gets out for a moment in a road filled with traffic. The police almost immediately arrive, forcing the driver to move, but after he circles and returns, the woman is nowhere to be found, and even more, there is a golden statue left in the passenger seat. It is actually an Oscar, but the driver has no clue about it, eventually leaving it in the local post office, where an elderly postal worker, thinking it is a doll of sorts, hides it in his bag and takes it to his village.
Winners is screening at Edinburgh International Film Festival
The film begins with a woman entering a taxi, before she gets out for a moment in a road filled with traffic. The police almost immediately arrive, forcing the driver to move, but after he circles and returns, the woman is nowhere to be found, and even more, there is a golden statue left in the passenger seat. It is actually an Oscar, but the driver has no clue about it, eventually leaving it in the local post office, where an elderly postal worker, thinking it is a doll of sorts, hides it in his bag and takes it to his village.
- 8/19/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
An Oscar statue goes missing in Hassan Nazer’s amiable feature Winners, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
After the Oscar is inadvertently left in a taxi in Iran, the prize is sent to the post office, where it’s once again lost by a well-meaning postal worker. While he insists that it must have fallen out of his car in a rural location, the authorities insist that the man is detained, assuming theft, until the statue is located. And so there’s a ripple of urgency running through this otherwise gently paced comedy-drama.
It’s no spoiler to reveal that the Oscar ends up in the hands of two children: nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla. We’re let in on their secret as they hide the “doll” from their friends and, amusingly, put it in a dress to preserve its modesty. Their efforts to sell the find are thwarted: such items are of no use to the locals.
As the identity of certain townspeople is revealed, this statue becomes symbolic of the chasm between them and the film industry at large. One, Naser Khan (The Song of Sparrows’ Reza Naji), is a recluse who was once made famous by his role in an award-winning movie. He curses the day he took the part, claiming that fame made everyone expect him to be generous with his presumed wealth — but he wasn’t even paid for the film. In a nod to actor Naji’s real-life accomplishments, a Silver Bear lurks in a box in his humble home, along with old classics like Cinema Paradiso and Taxi Driver. The loan of these films fuels Yahya’s love for cinema — something his mother strongly discourages.
On the one hand, Winners, from Scotland-based Iranian Nazer, is an ode to cinema and the joys it brings, and it also pays tribute to the great achievements of Iranian filmmakers, dedicating the work to Abbas Kiarostami, Asghar Farhadi, Majid Maijdi and Jafar Panahi.
But it also highlights the contrast between film festival plaudits and real life: what the cast and crew are left with once the party’s over. This sense of self awareness increases during the movie’s meta conclusion — but the overall tone remains genial and upbeat. Winners may not have Oscar potential itself, but it’s likely to win over audiences and leave them with a smile.
After the Oscar is inadvertently left in a taxi in Iran, the prize is sent to the post office, where it’s once again lost by a well-meaning postal worker. While he insists that it must have fallen out of his car in a rural location, the authorities insist that the man is detained, assuming theft, until the statue is located. And so there’s a ripple of urgency running through this otherwise gently paced comedy-drama.
It’s no spoiler to reveal that the Oscar ends up in the hands of two children: nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla. We’re let in on their secret as they hide the “doll” from their friends and, amusingly, put it in a dress to preserve its modesty. Their efforts to sell the find are thwarted: such items are of no use to the locals.
As the identity of certain townspeople is revealed, this statue becomes symbolic of the chasm between them and the film industry at large. One, Naser Khan (The Song of Sparrows’ Reza Naji), is a recluse who was once made famous by his role in an award-winning movie. He curses the day he took the part, claiming that fame made everyone expect him to be generous with his presumed wealth — but he wasn’t even paid for the film. In a nod to actor Naji’s real-life accomplishments, a Silver Bear lurks in a box in his humble home, along with old classics like Cinema Paradiso and Taxi Driver. The loan of these films fuels Yahya’s love for cinema — something his mother strongly discourages.
On the one hand, Winners, from Scotland-based Iranian Nazer, is an ode to cinema and the joys it brings, and it also pays tribute to the great achievements of Iranian filmmakers, dedicating the work to Abbas Kiarostami, Asghar Farhadi, Majid Maijdi and Jafar Panahi.
But it also highlights the contrast between film festival plaudits and real life: what the cast and crew are left with once the party’s over. This sense of self awareness increases during the movie’s meta conclusion — but the overall tone remains genial and upbeat. Winners may not have Oscar potential itself, but it’s likely to win over audiences and leave them with a smile.
- 8/16/2022
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Nude Tuesday’ to be Central Gala as Edinburgh Reveals Competition Titles for Reimagined Major Award
Armağan Ballantyne’s gibberish comedy “Nude Tuesday” will be the central gala at the 75th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff).
In the film, which has previously played at Tribeca and Sydney, 40-somethings Laura (Jackie van Beek) and Bruno (Damon Herriman) head to a three day couples’ retreat run by relationship and sexual healing guru Bjorg Rasmussen (Jemaine Clement) in an effort to rekindle the spark in their troubled marriage. Upon arrival, the path to their reconnection is met with increasingly absurd farce. The film is spoken entirely in an improvised, gibberish-esque language with subtitles created by Julia Davis.
The festival has reimagined its major award, the Michael Powell Award for best British feature. “With a renewed commitment to internationalism and cultural exchange, the principles on which the Edinburgh Festivals were founded, Eiff will present the Powell & Pressburger award for best feature film. This competition of 10 films is composed of a mix of U.
In the film, which has previously played at Tribeca and Sydney, 40-somethings Laura (Jackie van Beek) and Bruno (Damon Herriman) head to a three day couples’ retreat run by relationship and sexual healing guru Bjorg Rasmussen (Jemaine Clement) in an effort to rekindle the spark in their troubled marriage. Upon arrival, the path to their reconnection is met with increasingly absurd farce. The film is spoken entirely in an improvised, gibberish-esque language with subtitles created by Julia Davis.
The festival has reimagined its major award, the Michael Powell Award for best British feature. “With a renewed commitment to internationalism and cultural exchange, the principles on which the Edinburgh Festivals were founded, Eiff will present the Powell & Pressburger award for best feature film. This competition of 10 films is composed of a mix of U.
- 7/20/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Jawanshir Haidary, the head of the Filmmakers Union of Afghanistan, has sent a letter to the Academy formally protesting the Academy's foreign language committee's decision to disqualify Hassan Nazer's Utopia, the nation's 2015 Oscar submission, for featuring too much English, and announcing Afghanistan's intent to appeal the decision. According to the Academy, the film, a Babel-like drama involving three intersecting stories, failed to meet the requirement of rule 13, section A of the Academy's "Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award," which states that "A foreign language film is... a predominantly non-English dialogue track." But
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- 11/17/2015
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
What’s an Oscar season without controversies surrounding foreign language submissions?
Joining a long line of other films that have been penalized over the years for failing to meet the Academy’s strict standards, Afghanistan’s entry for the current race, Hassan Nazer’s Utopia, has been disqualified for not being quite foreign enough, THR has confirmed with the Academy.
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The Hollywood Reporter
What’s an Oscar season without controversies surrounding foreign language submissions?
Joining a long line of other films that have been penalized over the years for failing to meet the Academy’s strict standards, Afghanistan’s entry for the current race, Hassan Nazer’s Utopia, has been disqualified for not being quite foreign enough, THR has confirmed with the Academy.
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- 11/16/2015
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
The Afghan film “Utopia” has been disqualified from the Oscar foreign-language race for containing too much English dialogue, the Academy confirmed to TheWrap on Sunday. The disqualification reduces the number of films in the race from 81 to 80. “Utopia” was directed by Hassan Nazer, and stars Hannah Spearritt as a woman who wants a child but whose husband has been incapacitated by the fighting in Afghanistan. She travels to the UK, where a sperm-bank employee switches the anonymous sample with his own. It was Afghanistan’s 10th submission in the category since it first entered the Oscar race in 2002. The country.
- 11/15/2015
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Among the foreign-language titles on display at Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York, many wound up in the foreign Oscar race. Countries chose their final official submissions before the October 1 deadline. Other Oscar entries are nearing the end of their run on the festival circuit. This year in total saw 81 submissions; that's two down from last year's record of 83. Ukraine's committee, which has been undergoing personnel changes following some dirty business that went on last year, didn't get its act together in time to submit before the deadline. The country has filed for an extension and is awaiting response from the Academy. Here's the full list. See trailers and analysis after the jump. 2016 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Entries Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director; Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors; Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director; Argentina, “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director; Australia,...
- 10/13/2015
- by Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Films from 81 countries have been subitted for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
The Us Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that 81 countries have submitted films for consideration for this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Paraguay is the only first-time entrant.
The figure is down on last year, when a record 83 countries submitted features and the eventual winner was Polish feature Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.
Nine finalists will be shortlisted, which will be whittled down to five nominees that will be announced on Jan 14, 2016.
The 88th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb 28, 2016, televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
The 2015 submissions are:
Afghanistan Utopia, Hassan Nazer
Albania Bota, Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci
Algeria Twilight of Shadows, Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina
Argentina The Clan, Pablo Trapero
Australia Arrows of the Thunder, Dragon Greg Sneddon
Austria Goodnight Mommy, Veronika Franz, [link...
The Us Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that 81 countries have submitted films for consideration for this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Paraguay is the only first-time entrant.
The figure is down on last year, when a record 83 countries submitted features and the eventual winner was Polish feature Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.
Nine finalists will be shortlisted, which will be whittled down to five nominees that will be announced on Jan 14, 2016.
The 88th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb 28, 2016, televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
The 2015 submissions are:
Afghanistan Utopia, Hassan Nazer
Albania Bota, Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci
Algeria Twilight of Shadows, Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina
Argentina The Clan, Pablo Trapero
Australia Arrows of the Thunder, Dragon Greg Sneddon
Austria Goodnight Mommy, Veronika Franz, [link...
- 10/8/2015
- ScreenDaily
Films from 81 countries have been subitted for this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar, among them Felix and Meira, Under Milk Wood, Labyrinth of Lies and Sunstroke (click through for full list).
The Us Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that 81 countries have submitted films for consideration for this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Paraguay is the only first-time entrant.
The 2015 submissions are:
Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director.
Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors.
Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director.
Argentina: “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director.
Australia: “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon,” Greg Sneddon, director.
Austria, “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;
Bangladesh, “Jalal’s Story,” Abu Shahed Emon, director;
Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Our Everyday Story,” Ines Tanović, director;
Brazil, “The Second Mother,” Anna Muylaert, director;
Bulgaria, “The Judgment,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
Cambodia, “The Last Reel,” Sotho...
The Us Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that 81 countries have submitted films for consideration for this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Paraguay is the only first-time entrant.
The 2015 submissions are:
Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director.
Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors.
Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director.
Argentina: “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director.
Australia: “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon,” Greg Sneddon, director.
Austria, “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;
Bangladesh, “Jalal’s Story,” Abu Shahed Emon, director;
Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Our Everyday Story,” Ines Tanović, director;
Brazil, “The Second Mother,” Anna Muylaert, director;
Bulgaria, “The Judgment,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
Cambodia, “The Last Reel,” Sotho...
- 10/8/2015
- ScreenDaily
Films from 81 countries have been subitted for this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar, among them Felix and Meira, Under Milk Wood, Labyrinth of Lies and Sunstroke (click through for full list).
The Us Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that 81 countries have submitted films for consideration for this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Paraguay is the only first-time entrant.
The 2015 submissions are:
Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director.
Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors.
Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director.
Argentina: “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director.
Australia: “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon,” Greg Sneddon, director.
Austria, “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;
Bangladesh, “Jalal’s Story,” Abu Shahed Emon, director;
Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Our Everyday Story,” Ines Tanović, director;
Brazil, “The Second Mother,” Anna Muylaert, director;
Bulgaria, “The Judgment,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
Cambodia, “The Last Reel,” Sotho...
The Us Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that 81 countries have submitted films for consideration for this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Paraguay is the only first-time entrant.
The 2015 submissions are:
Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director.
Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors.
Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director.
Argentina: “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director.
Australia: “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon,” Greg Sneddon, director.
Austria, “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;
Bangladesh, “Jalal’s Story,” Abu Shahed Emon, director;
Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Our Everyday Story,” Ines Tanović, director;
Brazil, “The Second Mother,” Anna Muylaert, director;
Bulgaria, “The Judgment,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
Cambodia, “The Last Reel,” Sotho...
- 10/8/2015
- ScreenDaily
While it’s futile to analyze the Oscar race in general — especially many months in advance — we do give special credence to a specific section of the Academy Awards: the Best Foreign Language Film submissions. Often one of the few categories during the ceremony that will actually highlight perhaps underseen works, we’re now giving you a chance to get ahead of the game with a full overview.
As close as cinema gets to a World Cup or Olympics, each country is able to submit their choice to compete for the award, with a few guidelines. Notably, each film must have been released in its respective country from October 1st of the previous year to September 30th of this year.
With that date recently passing, The Academy has confirmed 81 countries that have submitted a proper selection. Notable inclusions are László Nemes‘ Son of Saul, Hou Hsiao-hsien‘s The Assassin,...
As close as cinema gets to a World Cup or Olympics, each country is able to submit their choice to compete for the award, with a few guidelines. Notably, each film must have been released in its respective country from October 1st of the previous year to September 30th of this year.
With that date recently passing, The Academy has confirmed 81 countries that have submitted a proper selection. Notable inclusions are László Nemes‘ Son of Saul, Hou Hsiao-hsien‘s The Assassin,...
- 10/8/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Writer-director-producer Greg Sneddon.s Bhutan-set drama Arrows of the Thunder Dragon is Australia.s entry for the best foreign language film Oscar.
Set in the 1970s, the story follows brother and sister Kuenphen and Jamyang who live in a remote Bhutanese village where they learn traditional archery from their old warrior grandfather.
Their mother's sudden sickness gives Kuenphen the opportunity to explore the world outside the village while Jamyang must stay home to weave, cook and get married- a fate she is not willing to accept without a fight.
The self-financed film was shot on location in the Himalayan mountains with a cast of local highland village people and a Bhutanese crew including DoP Leki Dorji, none of whom had worked on a feature. Jill Bilock is the editor.
"I'm thrilled to bits," Sneddon tell If. A former Buddhist monk, he got the idea for the film while on a pilgrimage to the country.
Set in the 1970s, the story follows brother and sister Kuenphen and Jamyang who live in a remote Bhutanese village where they learn traditional archery from their old warrior grandfather.
Their mother's sudden sickness gives Kuenphen the opportunity to explore the world outside the village while Jamyang must stay home to weave, cook and get married- a fate she is not willing to accept without a fight.
The self-financed film was shot on location in the Himalayan mountains with a cast of local highland village people and a Bhutanese crew including DoP Leki Dorji, none of whom had worked on a feature. Jill Bilock is the editor.
"I'm thrilled to bits," Sneddon tell If. A former Buddhist monk, he got the idea for the film while on a pilgrimage to the country.
- 10/8/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Son Of Saul
The Academy has announced that eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Oscars.
The Holocaust drama, Son Of Saul, won the Grand Prix at Cannes in May.
Paraguay is a first-time entrant.
The 2015 submissions are:
Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director;
Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors;
Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director;
Argentina, “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director;
Australia, “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon,” Greg Sneddon, director;
Austria, “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;
Bangladesh, “Jalal’s Story,” Abu Shahed Emon, director;
Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Our Everyday Story,” Ines Tanović, director;
Brazil, “The Second Mother,” Anna Muylaert, director;
Bulgaria, “The Judgment,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
Cambodia, “The Last Reel,” Sotho Kulikar, director;
Canada, “Félix and Meira,” Maxime Giroux, director;
Chile, “The Club,” Pablo Larraín, director;
China,...
The Academy has announced that eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Oscars.
The Holocaust drama, Son Of Saul, won the Grand Prix at Cannes in May.
Paraguay is a first-time entrant.
The 2015 submissions are:
Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director;
Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors;
Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director;
Argentina, “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director;
Australia, “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon,” Greg Sneddon, director;
Austria, “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors;
Bangladesh, “Jalal’s Story,” Abu Shahed Emon, director;
Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Our Everyday Story,” Ines Tanović, director;
Brazil, “The Second Mother,” Anna Muylaert, director;
Bulgaria, “The Judgment,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
Cambodia, “The Last Reel,” Sotho Kulikar, director;
Canada, “Félix and Meira,” Maxime Giroux, director;
Chile, “The Club,” Pablo Larraín, director;
China,...
- 10/8/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Eighty-one countries have submitted official entries for the Foreign-Language Film Oscar race. The only first-time entrant this is Paraguay. Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards will be announced January 14 at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, and the hardware will be doled out February 29 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Here is the full list from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer…...
- 10/8/2015
- Deadline
Entries for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Submissions for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards are coming in and will continue until October, when the full list of eligible submissions will be revealed.
Last year, a record 83 countries submitted features and the eventual winner was Polish feature Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.
This year’s nominations must be submitted by Oct 1.
Nine finalists will be shortlisted, which will be whittled down to five nominees that will be announced on Jan 14, 2016.
The 88th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb 28, 2016.
Afghanistan: Utopia, Hassan Nazer
Albania: Bota, Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci
Austria: Goodnight Mommy, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Bangladesh: Jalal’s Story, Abu Shahed Emon
Belgium: The Brand New Testament, Jaco Van Dormael
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Our Everyday Life, Ines Tanović
Brazil: The Second Mother, Anna Muylaert
Bulgaria: The Judgement, Stephan Komandarev
Cambodia:...
Submissions for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards are coming in and will continue until October, when the full list of eligible submissions will be revealed.
Last year, a record 83 countries submitted features and the eventual winner was Polish feature Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.
This year’s nominations must be submitted by Oct 1.
Nine finalists will be shortlisted, which will be whittled down to five nominees that will be announced on Jan 14, 2016.
The 88th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb 28, 2016.
Afghanistan: Utopia, Hassan Nazer
Albania: Bota, Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci
Austria: Goodnight Mommy, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Bangladesh: Jalal’s Story, Abu Shahed Emon
Belgium: The Brand New Testament, Jaco Van Dormael
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Our Everyday Life, Ines Tanović
Brazil: The Second Mother, Anna Muylaert
Bulgaria: The Judgement, Stephan Komandarev
Cambodia:...
- 9/25/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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