The film “Taipei Suicide Story,” a drama about a “suicide hotel” in Taiwan, has won the top prize from the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival.
The film, written and directed by Keff, won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize Award as well as the Audience Award and the Acting Prize for the film’s star Tender Huang.
“Taipei Suicide Story” follows a receptionist at a suicide hotel who forms a fleeting friendship with a woman who can’t decide if she wants to live or die. The film was also a selection of Cannes 2020.
The Slamdance jurors described “Taipei Suicide Story” as a film that “is concise and emotionally effective as it portrays isolation with humanity and complex pathos.” The jury was composed of Carlos Aguilar, Kier-La Janisse and Jennifer Reeder, and the jury also gave an honorable mention to the film “A Family” directed by Jayden Stevens.
This year’s Slamdance was...
The film, written and directed by Keff, won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize Award as well as the Audience Award and the Acting Prize for the film’s star Tender Huang.
“Taipei Suicide Story” follows a receptionist at a suicide hotel who forms a fleeting friendship with a woman who can’t decide if she wants to live or die. The film was also a selection of Cannes 2020.
The Slamdance jurors described “Taipei Suicide Story” as a film that “is concise and emotionally effective as it portrays isolation with humanity and complex pathos.” The jury was composed of Carlos Aguilar, Kier-La Janisse and Jennifer Reeder, and the jury also gave an honorable mention to the film “A Family” directed by Jayden Stevens.
This year’s Slamdance was...
- 2/26/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Slamdance Film Festival unveiled winners for its 27th edition Thursday, with the compact drama Taipei Suicide Story directed by Keff taking both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for narrative features and the best actor prize during a virtual awards ceremony.
The drama is about a receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei who forms a friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die. The pic, which also was in the official Cinéfondation selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, runs 45 minutes.
Tender Huang, who plays the hotel receptionist, was named best actor during the ceremony wrapping this year’s edition, which ran as a virtual edition February 12-25.
“A film that is concise and emotionally effective as it portrays isolation with humanity and complex pathos,” the jury said in its comments about the pic today.
The drama is about a receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei who forms a friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die. The pic, which also was in the official Cinéfondation selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, runs 45 minutes.
Tender Huang, who plays the hotel receptionist, was named best actor during the ceremony wrapping this year’s edition, which ran as a virtual edition February 12-25.
“A film that is concise and emotionally effective as it portrays isolation with humanity and complex pathos,” the jury said in its comments about the pic today.
- 2/26/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Agnieszka Polska receives $25,000 Agbo Fellowship.
Taipei Suicide Story was a big winner at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival virtual awards ceremony on Thursday (February 25), taking narrative feature grand jury prize, audience and acting awards.
Keff directed the Taiwanese film about a receptionist at a suicide hotel who forms a fleeting friendship with a guest who can’t decide whether to live or die. Award-winner Tender Huang stars.
Fredrik S. Hana’s Code Name: Nagasaki (Austria) won the documentary feature grand jury prize, while the George Starks Spirit of Slamdance Award went to Chelsea Christer, director of Bleeding Audio (USA).
The...
Taipei Suicide Story was a big winner at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival virtual awards ceremony on Thursday (February 25), taking narrative feature grand jury prize, audience and acting awards.
Keff directed the Taiwanese film about a receptionist at a suicide hotel who forms a fleeting friendship with a guest who can’t decide whether to live or die. Award-winner Tender Huang stars.
Fredrik S. Hana’s Code Name: Nagasaki (Austria) won the documentary feature grand jury prize, while the George Starks Spirit of Slamdance Award went to Chelsea Christer, director of Bleeding Audio (USA).
The...
- 2/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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- 2/2/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Alliance for Development projects include Isis thriller and comic book story.
The Locarno Industry Days’ Alliance for Development wrapped its third edition today with a handful of potential co-productions catching the eye.
The initiative aims to help foster development and co-production between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland with projects backed by European funds including France’s Cnc, Italy’s MiBACT and Germany’s Ffa.
Among the nine projects in the programme this year was Gigi Roccati’s (Babylon Sisters) Isis-themed thriller My Kin, which has been boarded in Locarno by Belgian producer Hubert Toint (Gangsters).
Italy’s Pilar Saavedra is the main producer alongside Antoine de Clermont Tonnere of MacT productions in France. The team is aiming for a 2019 shoot on the project, which is in the €2m range.
Also catching the eye was romantic-comedy Comic Book Souls, the project with the biggest estimated budget (€4.5m), about a young man who finds life inspiration through his passion...
The Locarno Industry Days’ Alliance for Development wrapped its third edition today with a handful of potential co-productions catching the eye.
The initiative aims to help foster development and co-production between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland with projects backed by European funds including France’s Cnc, Italy’s MiBACT and Germany’s Ffa.
Among the nine projects in the programme this year was Gigi Roccati’s (Babylon Sisters) Isis-themed thriller My Kin, which has been boarded in Locarno by Belgian producer Hubert Toint (Gangsters).
Italy’s Pilar Saavedra is the main producer alongside Antoine de Clermont Tonnere of MacT productions in France. The team is aiming for a 2019 shoot on the project, which is in the €2m range.
Also catching the eye was romantic-comedy Comic Book Souls, the project with the biggest estimated budget (€4.5m), about a young man who finds life inspiration through his passion...
- 8/6/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Michael Noonan.
Aussie writers are among those vying to take out the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest, with the winner to be announced in Los Angeles this weekend.
The competition, now in its 14th year, aims to discover up-and-coming writers and connect them with producers, agencies, and managers across studio and independent markets.
Finalists are given exposure to Script Pipeline industry partners — approximately 200 qualified contacts — and circulation.
The winning script receives $25,000 and the runner-up gets $1,500. Both receive development consultation.
According to Script Pipeline, over $6 million in specs have been sold from its alumni since 2000.
Brisbane.s Michael Noonan, who is currently teaching film at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, has two scripts in the mix, Alternate Ending and #Escape.
Both scripts were also semi-finalists in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting; Alternate Ending in 2014, and #Escape in 2015 (then titled The Lupis Escape).
Alternate Ending is a thriller that follows a political candidate who,...
Aussie writers are among those vying to take out the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest, with the winner to be announced in Los Angeles this weekend.
The competition, now in its 14th year, aims to discover up-and-coming writers and connect them with producers, agencies, and managers across studio and independent markets.
Finalists are given exposure to Script Pipeline industry partners — approximately 200 qualified contacts — and circulation.
The winning script receives $25,000 and the runner-up gets $1,500. Both receive development consultation.
According to Script Pipeline, over $6 million in specs have been sold from its alumni since 2000.
Brisbane.s Michael Noonan, who is currently teaching film at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, has two scripts in the mix, Alternate Ending and #Escape.
Both scripts were also semi-finalists in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting; Alternate Ending in 2014, and #Escape in 2015 (then titled The Lupis Escape).
Alternate Ending is a thriller that follows a political candidate who,...
- 7/22/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Michael Noonan.
Aussie writers are among those vying to take out the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition, with the winner to be announced in Los Angeles this weekend.
The contest, now in its 14th year, aims to discover up-and-coming writers and connect them with producers, agencies, and managers across studio and independent markets.
Finalists are given exposure to Script Pipeline industry partners — approximately 200 qualified contacts — and circulation.
The winning script receives $25,000 and the runner-up gets $1,500. Both receive development consultation.
According to Script Pipeline, over $6 million in specs have been sold from its alumni since 2000.
Brisbane.s Michael Noonan, who is currently teaching film at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, has two scripts in the mix, Alternate Ending and #Escape.
Both scripts were also semi-finalists in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting; Alternate Ending in 2014, and #Escape in 2015 (then titled The Lupis Escape).
Alternate Ending is a thriller that follows a political candidate who,...
Aussie writers are among those vying to take out the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competition, with the winner to be announced in Los Angeles this weekend.
The contest, now in its 14th year, aims to discover up-and-coming writers and connect them with producers, agencies, and managers across studio and independent markets.
Finalists are given exposure to Script Pipeline industry partners — approximately 200 qualified contacts — and circulation.
The winning script receives $25,000 and the runner-up gets $1,500. Both receive development consultation.
According to Script Pipeline, over $6 million in specs have been sold from its alumni since 2000.
Brisbane.s Michael Noonan, who is currently teaching film at the University of Monterrey in Mexico, has two scripts in the mix, Alternate Ending and #Escape.
Both scripts were also semi-finalists in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for Screenwriting; Alternate Ending in 2014, and #Escape in 2015 (then titled The Lupis Escape).
Alternate Ending is a thriller that follows a political candidate who,...
- 7/22/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Check out Rhode Island getting its horror groove on! Not only did this past weekend see the wide release of the new Robert Englund film Inkubus, which was created by an all Rhode Island crew, but now we've got the results of the area's 12th annual horror film festival. Nice job, Ocean Staters!
Featuring 42 films from around the world (selected from 383 entrants), the 2011 Flickers Ri International Horror Film Festival braved the recent Northeastern snow assault and put on a great four-day festival. Here's some info on the event and the proud list of winners. Congrats!
From the Press Release
The eerie, macabre and bizarre in the world of cinema were given their due with the wrap of the Twelfth Annual Flickers Ri International Horror Film Festival through adjudicated awards. From an entry base of 383 submissions including work from the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Italy and the United States,...
Featuring 42 films from around the world (selected from 383 entrants), the 2011 Flickers Ri International Horror Film Festival braved the recent Northeastern snow assault and put on a great four-day festival. Here's some info on the event and the proud list of winners. Congrats!
From the Press Release
The eerie, macabre and bizarre in the world of cinema were given their due with the wrap of the Twelfth Annual Flickers Ri International Horror Film Festival through adjudicated awards. From an entry base of 383 submissions including work from the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Italy and the United States,...
- 11/4/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
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