The Geena Davis-led Bentonville Film Festival announced the 2021 selections for its narrative, documentary, short and episodic film competition.
“We are proud to offer audiences an inspirational line up celebrating diversity and inclusion on screen and behind the camera, to demonstrate the power of intersectional equity in entertainment media. Through our unique inclusion qualifiers, we are giving voice to directors who are 71% Female, 75% Bipoc or Aapi and 33% Lgbtqia+,” Davis said. “We were excited last year to see our audience grow globally as a result of our virtual component. Come to our Festival this year, in person or virtually, and be transported into stories that can change the world.”
The Bentonville Film Festival will run Aug. 2 to 8 in Bentonville, Ark. and online. It will combine virtual and in-person activations, including premieres, conversations, awards and events to provide a hybrid experience for attendees.
This year’s festival will feature a 30-year anniversary...
“We are proud to offer audiences an inspirational line up celebrating diversity and inclusion on screen and behind the camera, to demonstrate the power of intersectional equity in entertainment media. Through our unique inclusion qualifiers, we are giving voice to directors who are 71% Female, 75% Bipoc or Aapi and 33% Lgbtqia+,” Davis said. “We were excited last year to see our audience grow globally as a result of our virtual component. Come to our Festival this year, in person or virtually, and be transported into stories that can change the world.”
The Bentonville Film Festival will run Aug. 2 to 8 in Bentonville, Ark. and online. It will combine virtual and in-person activations, including premieres, conversations, awards and events to provide a hybrid experience for attendees.
This year’s festival will feature a 30-year anniversary...
- 7/15/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
"If we want respect, we have to behave respectfully!" An official Canadian trailer has debuted for an indie film titled Beans, which originally premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year to quite a bit of acclaim. Nominated for Best Picture at the Canadian Screen Awards, Beans is a coming-of-age tale set during the 78-day Oka Crisis in Quebec in 1990. Inspired by true events, the film is about a Mohawk girl on the cusp of adolescence who must grow up fast and become her own kind of warrior during the armed stand-off known as the 1990 Oka Crisis in Canada near Montreal. "Timely and touching, Beans is a powerful reminder of the resilience, beauty, and love Indigenous communities hold." The film stars Kiawentiio as Beans, and joined by Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson, Joel Montgrand, Paulina Alexis, D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Jay Cardinal Villeneuve, and Taio Gélinas. This film earned some rave reviews out...
- 3/31/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Writer/director Tracey Deer draws on her own formative experience of Quebec's Oka Crisis - a siege-like armed stand-off between the Mohawk Nation of Kanesatake and Kahnawake sparked by plans to build a golf course on burial grounds - as the backbone of this sweet if uneven coming-age drama.
Beans (Kiawentiio) is an appropriate nickname for 12-year-old Tekehentahkhwa, as she's pretty much full of them. She's a good kid, almost to a fault, with even her dad (Joel Montgrand) suggesting, "You need to toughen up". Family life with her younger sister Ruby (Violah Beauvais) is largely what you would expect, although there is some minor family tension around Beans' hopes of getting into a posh school, something pushed by pregnant mum Lily (Rainbow Dickerson) even if her dad's not so sure.
These micro-issues on the home front begin to widen after the community comes into conflict with the largely white Quebecois community of.
Beans (Kiawentiio) is an appropriate nickname for 12-year-old Tekehentahkhwa, as she's pretty much full of them. She's a good kid, almost to a fault, with even her dad (Joel Montgrand) suggesting, "You need to toughen up". Family life with her younger sister Ruby (Violah Beauvais) is largely what you would expect, although there is some minor family tension around Beans' hopes of getting into a posh school, something pushed by pregnant mum Lily (Rainbow Dickerson) even if her dad's not so sure.
These micro-issues on the home front begin to widen after the community comes into conflict with the largely white Quebecois community of.
- 3/9/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Canada has famously been described as the ‘nice apartment above a drug den’ in reference to its less salubrious neighbouring country. Yet Tracey Deer’s powerful feature Beans demonstrates that maybe the nice apartment has the odd rotten floorboard and quite a few skeletons in its closets.
Beans (Kiawentiio) is the nickname of the film’s protagonist, the wonderfully named Tekahentahkhwa. She is a twelve-year-old Mohawk and her dream – or rather, her mother’s dream – is that she get into a predominantly white private school, the Queen Heights Academy, in 1990 Quebec. Deer quickly establishes Beans’s family as a tight-knit and loving one. Mum (Rainbow Dickerson) is heavily pregnant, dad (Joel Montgrand) is supportive of his daughter’s choices and both want what is best for her. She has an adorable kid sister, Ruby (Violah Beauvais) and the general vibe is one of warmth and readily unleashed hilarity.
All this is about to change,...
Beans (Kiawentiio) is the nickname of the film’s protagonist, the wonderfully named Tekahentahkhwa. She is a twelve-year-old Mohawk and her dream – or rather, her mother’s dream – is that she get into a predominantly white private school, the Queen Heights Academy, in 1990 Quebec. Deer quickly establishes Beans’s family as a tight-knit and loving one. Mum (Rainbow Dickerson) is heavily pregnant, dad (Joel Montgrand) is supportive of his daughter’s choices and both want what is best for her. She has an adorable kid sister, Ruby (Violah Beauvais) and the general vibe is one of warmth and readily unleashed hilarity.
All this is about to change,...
- 3/7/2021
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: New York-based distributor FilmRise has struck a deal with sales firm WaZabi Films for U.S. rights to TIFF 2020 and Berlin 2021 drama Beans.
The coming-of-age story about a twelve-year-old Mohawk girl forced to grow up fast during the 1990 Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, played at the Toronto International Film Festival — where director Tracey Deer won the TIFF Emerging Talent prize — and is an Official Selection at the Berlinale, 2021.
Deer is an Indigenous woman whose own experiences from the crisis inspired her to write the movie. Anne-Marie Gélinas of EMAFilms produces.
Cast includes Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson and Joel Montgrand. The film also played at festivals including Vancouver, Sao Paulo and Los Cabos.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisitions at FilmRise, and Anick Poirier Co-President at WaZabi Films.
Danny Fisher, FilmRise CEO commented: “Beans is a perfect addition to our library of...
The coming-of-age story about a twelve-year-old Mohawk girl forced to grow up fast during the 1990 Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, played at the Toronto International Film Festival — where director Tracey Deer won the TIFF Emerging Talent prize — and is an Official Selection at the Berlinale, 2021.
Deer is an Indigenous woman whose own experiences from the crisis inspired her to write the movie. Anne-Marie Gélinas of EMAFilms produces.
Cast includes Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson and Joel Montgrand. The film also played at festivals including Vancouver, Sao Paulo and Los Cabos.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisitions at FilmRise, and Anick Poirier Co-President at WaZabi Films.
Danny Fisher, FilmRise CEO commented: “Beans is a perfect addition to our library of...
- 3/2/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Berlin International Film Festival has set its full slate for the upcoming 2021 edition. Berlinale usually follows Sundance with a February festival, but the pandemic has forced organizers to develop a new festival format for 2021. The 71st Berlin International Film Festival is set to take place with the “Industry Event” from March 1 to 5, which will include the European Film Market (EFM), the Berlinale Co-Production Market, the Berlinale Talents, and the World Cinema Fund in online forms. From June 9 to 20, 2021 the Berlinale will launch a “Summer Special” with numerous film presentations in Berlin, both at indoor and outdoor cinemas.
Included in the March event is the traditional film festival slate, which includes the main Berlinale Competition lineup as well as sidebar sections such as Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series, Encounters, Berlinale Shorts, Panorama, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, and Retrospective. With the exception of the Retrospective, the films will be shown at the March event.
Included in the March event is the traditional film festival slate, which includes the main Berlinale Competition lineup as well as sidebar sections such as Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series, Encounters, Berlinale Shorts, Panorama, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, and Retrospective. With the exception of the Retrospective, the films will be shown at the March event.
- 2/11/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Generation, the Berlin Film Festival’s section for youth-centric movies, has unveiled its lineup, with a majority of its films directed by women.
Sixty per cent of the films are directed by women, and many of them feature “strong willed” female protagonists, the festival said, such as “Ninjababy,” in which Rakel is six months pregnant, but doesn’t want to become a mother. Other such films include “Short Vacation,” “Mission Ulja Funk” and “Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent.”
Many of the films immerse themselves in the worlds of young people, such as “The White Fortress,” “Stop-Zemlia,” “The Fam” and “Fighter.”
Generation features eight world premieres across its two competition programs, Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus, with the films coming from 17 countries. With four contributions each, productions from the Asian and Scandinavian countries are particularly well represented.
“The 15 films in this year’s Generation selection are an open invitation to go beyond the obvious,...
Sixty per cent of the films are directed by women, and many of them feature “strong willed” female protagonists, the festival said, such as “Ninjababy,” in which Rakel is six months pregnant, but doesn’t want to become a mother. Other such films include “Short Vacation,” “Mission Ulja Funk” and “Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent.”
Many of the films immerse themselves in the worlds of young people, such as “The White Fortress,” “Stop-Zemlia,” “The Fam” and “Fighter.”
Generation features eight world premieres across its two competition programs, Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus, with the films coming from 17 countries. With four contributions each, productions from the Asian and Scandinavian countries are particularly well represented.
“The 15 films in this year’s Generation selection are an open invitation to go beyond the obvious,...
- 2/8/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The 71st Berlin International Film Festival unveils its program this week, with the Generation and Retrospective sections kicking off proceedings today.
A total of 15 films are selected across the two youth-focused Generation competitions – Kplus and 14plus. Of the titles chosen, 60% are directed by female directors. Scroll down for the full list.
The movies come from the likes of Canada, China, and Korea. There are eight world premieres and six debuts. Films arriving from other festivals include the animation Cryptozoo, which was at Sundance and features Lake Bell and Michael Cera in its voice cast.
The 2021 Retrospective program will focus on the comedic work of three actresses – Mae West, Rosalind Russell, and Carole Lombard during the era when the Motion Picture Production Code (“Hays Code”) was coming into effect. There are 27 films in total, released between 1932 and 1943. They are also listed below.
Buyers will get the chance to view these movies during the virtual EFM,...
A total of 15 films are selected across the two youth-focused Generation competitions – Kplus and 14plus. Of the titles chosen, 60% are directed by female directors. Scroll down for the full list.
The movies come from the likes of Canada, China, and Korea. There are eight world premieres and six debuts. Films arriving from other festivals include the animation Cryptozoo, which was at Sundance and features Lake Bell and Michael Cera in its voice cast.
The 2021 Retrospective program will focus on the comedic work of three actresses – Mae West, Rosalind Russell, and Carole Lombard during the era when the Motion Picture Production Code (“Hays Code”) was coming into effect. There are 27 films in total, released between 1932 and 1943. They are also listed below.
Buyers will get the chance to view these movies during the virtual EFM,...
- 2/8/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s no surprise that a filmmaker’s best work is often their most personal. The coming-of-age film, an over-saturated genre with more misfires than successes, works best when the creator not only draws from their own experiences, but leaves it all on the screen. That’s abundantly clear in “Beans,” Tracey Deer’s raw and affecting drama based on her experience surviving the horrific 1990 Oka Crisis. A dark and embarrassing chapter in Canadian history, the Oka Crisis was a 78-day armed standoff between Mohawk protestors and the Canadian government. , while holding an unflinching mirror up to the racism and discrimination indigenous communities still face to this day.
Named for its plucky protagonist, “Beans” lays bare the pain and trauma of that reality through the eyes of a 12-year-old Mohawk girl. Cheerful and ambitious, the film follows Beans as she struggles to find herself while navigating community, discrimination, and a revolution.
Named for its plucky protagonist, “Beans” lays bare the pain and trauma of that reality through the eyes of a 12-year-old Mohawk girl. Cheerful and ambitious, the film follows Beans as she struggles to find herself while navigating community, discrimination, and a revolution.
- 9/15/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
New work from Idris Elba, Halle Berry, Mark Wahlberg, Vanessa Kirby.
It is a slimline Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year but there are still plenty of acquisition titles on offer for distributors looking to fill 2021 and 2022 slots.
Here we take a look at some of the available films that are likely to be among the more sought after prospects.
TIFF runs from September 10-19 and opens on Thursday with David Byrne’s American Utopia directed by Spike Lee. Click here for Screen’s report on the line-up, and here for the TIFF Industry Selects roster.
Good Joe Bell...
It is a slimline Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year but there are still plenty of acquisition titles on offer for distributors looking to fill 2021 and 2022 slots.
Here we take a look at some of the available films that are likely to be among the more sought after prospects.
TIFF runs from September 10-19 and opens on Thursday with David Byrne’s American Utopia directed by Spike Lee. Click here for Screen’s report on the line-up, and here for the TIFF Industry Selects roster.
Good Joe Bell...
- 9/8/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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