Sin Photo: Courtesy of PÖFF Andrei Konchalovsky Photo: Courtesy of PÖFF Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky will receive one of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival's two lifetime achievements awards later this month.
The festival, which runs from November 15 to December 1, will also screen his latest film Sin - a portrait of the Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti - along with 2002's Chechen war drama House Of Fools.
Konchalovsky’s career spans over five decades, with films including The Story of Asya Klyachina (1966) and Uncle Vanya (1970) to The Postman’s White Nights (2014) and Paradise (2016). He has also made English-language film, including Runaway Train (1985) Maria’s Lovers (1984), Duet for One (1986), Shy People (1986) and Homer and Eddie (1989).
He has won accolades including the Venice Silver Lion, the Cannes Grand Jury Prize, Karlovy Vary's Crystal Globe and the Sebastian Golden Shell.
He also won an Emmy for best director for his small screen work with The Odyssey...
The festival, which runs from November 15 to December 1, will also screen his latest film Sin - a portrait of the Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti - along with 2002's Chechen war drama House Of Fools.
Konchalovsky’s career spans over five decades, with films including The Story of Asya Klyachina (1966) and Uncle Vanya (1970) to The Postman’s White Nights (2014) and Paradise (2016). He has also made English-language film, including Runaway Train (1985) Maria’s Lovers (1984), Duet for One (1986), Shy People (1986) and Homer and Eddie (1989).
He has won accolades including the Venice Silver Lion, the Cannes Grand Jury Prize, Karlovy Vary's Crystal Globe and the Sebastian Golden Shell.
He also won an Emmy for best director for his small screen work with The Odyssey...
- 11/7/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Our good friends at Premiere Scene have sent us this wonderful interview with highly acclaimed Russian Writer, Producer and Director Andrey Konchalovsky. His body of work includes the internationally acclaimed ‘Romance for Lovers’ (1974), ‘Maria’s Lovers’ (1984), ‘Runaway Train’ (1985), ‘Duet for One’ (1986), ‘Homer and Eddie’ (1989) starring Whoopi Goldberg, the 80s action-packed Sylvester Stallone/Kurt Russell movie ‘Tango and Cash’ (1989) and his Russian-French co-production of ‘House of Fools’ (2002), which went onto win an Honour at the Venice Film Festival.
Konchalovsky reminisces about his experiences of making films in 1960′s Russia, working with 3D technology and the significance of film festivals for the promotion of movies. Fans of Russian cinema and Konchalovsky’s works will have the opportunity to hear him introduce ‘Gloss’ and also attend a special Q&A after the screening of ‘House of Fools’at the Barbican Centre this week.
Details of which can be found at the Barbican Centre’s site here.
Konchalovsky reminisces about his experiences of making films in 1960′s Russia, working with 3D technology and the significance of film festivals for the promotion of movies. Fans of Russian cinema and Konchalovsky’s works will have the opportunity to hear him introduce ‘Gloss’ and also attend a special Q&A after the screening of ‘House of Fools’at the Barbican Centre this week.
Details of which can be found at the Barbican Centre’s site here.
- 1/19/2011
- by Andy Petrou
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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