Video game adaptations are all the rage. Ever since "Castlevania" became a hit on Netflix, we've seen adaptations big and small achieve huge popularity and success. On television, there's "Arcane," and this year's "The Last of Us" shows that you actually can be faithful to the medium of video games while also adapting these stories for the screen. There is no stopping this train.
One of the most anticipated and exciting adaptations in the works now is the upcoming "Fallout" TV show, adapted from the popular video game franchise of the same name. "Fallout" is set in an atompunk retrofuturistic post-apocalypse, with the games being renowned for their world-building and visual storytelling.
Where "The Last of Us" and other post-apocalyptic stories focus on the pain and misery that follows the end of civilization, "Fallout" has always been more than a bit tongue in cheek, with plenty of satire and sarcasm in the nuclear wasteland.
One of the most anticipated and exciting adaptations in the works now is the upcoming "Fallout" TV show, adapted from the popular video game franchise of the same name. "Fallout" is set in an atompunk retrofuturistic post-apocalypse, with the games being renowned for their world-building and visual storytelling.
Where "The Last of Us" and other post-apocalyptic stories focus on the pain and misery that follows the end of civilization, "Fallout" has always been more than a bit tongue in cheek, with plenty of satire and sarcasm in the nuclear wasteland.
- 11/29/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Buenos Aires-based production outfit Mil Monos is teaming with writer-director Pablo Agüero and writer-creator Nicolás Britos to develop dystopian coming-of-age thriller series project “Decibel.”
Produced by Mil Monos’ Maximiliano Monzón, “Decibel” is currently at pilot script stage, and a shoot start is planned by January 2024, tentatively in Argentina.
Written by Britos, the eight-episode, half-hour thriller follows five deaf teenagers born in a mountainous region. When The Hum, a sound that transforms every person who can hear it into a frenzied killer, is unleashed, their deafness makes them immune.
The five teens must choose between stopping the apocalypse to save the planet or letting the world perish in order to start over from scratch.
“Decibel” is one of the ten projects selected for the 9th edition of Co-Pro Series pitches at the Berlinale Series Market, running Feb. 20-22.
“We are eager to find series-experienced partners in Europe, mainly in France, Spain and Germany,...
Produced by Mil Monos’ Maximiliano Monzón, “Decibel” is currently at pilot script stage, and a shoot start is planned by January 2024, tentatively in Argentina.
Written by Britos, the eight-episode, half-hour thriller follows five deaf teenagers born in a mountainous region. When The Hum, a sound that transforms every person who can hear it into a frenzied killer, is unleashed, their deafness makes them immune.
The five teens must choose between stopping the apocalypse to save the planet or letting the world perish in order to start over from scratch.
“Decibel” is one of the ten projects selected for the 9th edition of Co-Pro Series pitches at the Berlinale Series Market, running Feb. 20-22.
“We are eager to find series-experienced partners in Europe, mainly in France, Spain and Germany,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Having been in operation for more than 30 years, the Hubert Bals Fund — the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s multifaceted initiative to help feature films from areas of the world where filmmakers receive little or no support — has a somewhat healthy slate of projects bearing its stamp, not to mention a long string of beneficiaries, including the likes of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Haifaa Al Mansour.
But over the past 12 months it was undoubtedly Monos, Alejandro Landes’ critically acclaimed Colombian war drama, which first bowed in Sundance in 2019 and was later distributed by Neon, that was the fund'...
But over the past 12 months it was undoubtedly Monos, Alejandro Landes’ critically acclaimed Colombian war drama, which first bowed in Sundance in 2019 and was later distributed by Neon, that was the fund'...
- 1/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Having been in operation for more than 30 years, the Hubert Bals Fund — the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s multifaceted initiative to help feature films from areas of the world where filmmakers receive little or no support — has a somewhat healthy slate of projects bearing its stamp, not to mention a long string of beneficiaries, including the likes of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Haifaa Al Mansour.
But over the past 12 months it was undoubtedly Monos, Alejandro Landes’ critically acclaimed Colombian war drama, which first bowed in Sundance in 2019 and was later distributed by Neon, that was the fund'...
But over the past 12 months it was undoubtedly Monos, Alejandro Landes’ critically acclaimed Colombian war drama, which first bowed in Sundance in 2019 and was later distributed by Neon, that was the fund'...
- 1/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Four of the five nominees at Saturday’s 34th American Society of Cinematographers ceremony matched up with the Oscar list for Best Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto for “The Irishman,” Lawrence Sher for “Joker,” Roger Deakins for “1917” and Robert Richardson for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The guild’s fifth nominee was Phedon Papamichael for “Ford v Ferrari,” while the Oscar’s fifth choice is Jarin Blaschke for “The Lighthouse.” Scroll down to see who won all of the film and TV categories at the 2020 Asc Awards, which took place January 25 at the Hollywood & Highland Center in a ceremony hosted by Ben Mankiewicz.
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Blaschke did pop up in the Spotlight Award category, which honors movies that screen at festivals, internationally, or in limited release. He was joined there by Natasha Braier for “Honey Boy” and Jasper Wolf for “Monos.
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Blaschke did pop up in the Spotlight Award category, which honors movies that screen at festivals, internationally, or in limited release. He was joined there by Natasha Braier for “Honey Boy” and Jasper Wolf for “Monos.
- 1/26/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
If the evolution of creativity in the 21st century means that Twitter feeds can fuel feature-length adaptations, “Zola” is a terrific place to start. Director Janicza Bravo’s zany road trip comedy about a pair of strippers on a rambunctious 48-hour Florida adventure embodies its ludicrous source while jazzing it up with relentless cinematic beats.
Bravo, who co-wrote the movie with “Slave Play” breakout Jeremy O. Harris, applies the surreal and edgy sensibilities of her unsettling dark comic short “Gregory Go Boom” and the similarly outré “Lemon” to another jittery look at anxious people driven to self-destructive extremes. This time, their antics result in
Well, maybe. In October 2015, Detroit-based stripper A’ziah “Zola” King unleashed 144 tweets chronicling her madcap journey with new pal Jessica, who invited her on a quick jaunt down south to hit the clubs. In King’s account, the impulsive odyssey took an oddball turn when Jessica...
Bravo, who co-wrote the movie with “Slave Play” breakout Jeremy O. Harris, applies the surreal and edgy sensibilities of her unsettling dark comic short “Gregory Go Boom” and the similarly outré “Lemon” to another jittery look at anxious people driven to self-destructive extremes. This time, their antics result in
Well, maybe. In October 2015, Detroit-based stripper A’ziah “Zola” King unleashed 144 tweets chronicling her madcap journey with new pal Jessica, who invited her on a quick jaunt down south to hit the clubs. In King’s account, the impulsive odyssey took an oddball turn when Jessica...
- 1/25/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Monos first non-comedy to lead local-language chart in 10 years.
Colombian film authorities have said that theatre-going reached a record level of 73.1million in 2019, while local-language market share of overall films stayed on par with 2018 on 3.4%.
Overall admissions climbed by 14% year-on-year from 64million, negating a 13.6% climb by local cinema from 2.2million in 2018 to 2.5million.
Alejando Landes’ international feature film Oscar submission and thriller Monos achieved the distinction of becoming the first non-comedy in 10 years to finish top of the local-language charts.
Monos led Colombian films on 267,916 admissions, with comedies taking six of the remaining nine top slots.
In second place was...
Colombian film authorities have said that theatre-going reached a record level of 73.1million in 2019, while local-language market share of overall films stayed on par with 2018 on 3.4%.
Overall admissions climbed by 14% year-on-year from 64million, negating a 13.6% climb by local cinema from 2.2million in 2018 to 2.5million.
Alejando Landes’ international feature film Oscar submission and thriller Monos achieved the distinction of becoming the first non-comedy in 10 years to finish top of the local-language charts.
Monos led Colombian films on 267,916 admissions, with comedies taking six of the remaining nine top slots.
In second place was...
- 1/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Updated with Audience Award winners: The 31st annual Palm Springs Film Festival has named the Bhutan drama Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom the winner of its Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, and Gay Chorus Deep South its Audience Award for Best Documentary.
The news Sunday comes after the fest yesterday revealed its juried award winners at a luncheon at the Hilton Palm Springs. There, Russian pic Beanpole took the Fipresci prize, while Bong Joon-Ho’s Oscar favorite Parasite copped the Fipresci Screenplay prize.
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, from director Pawo Choyning Dorji, was filmed on location at more than 16,000 feet in one of the most remote villages in Bhutan. The pic centers on a young displaced teacher who is taught his own life lessons from the happy and kind locals.
David Charles Rodrigues’ U.S. docu Gay Chorus Deep South follows the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus...
The news Sunday comes after the fest yesterday revealed its juried award winners at a luncheon at the Hilton Palm Springs. There, Russian pic Beanpole took the Fipresci prize, while Bong Joon-Ho’s Oscar favorite Parasite copped the Fipresci Screenplay prize.
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, from director Pawo Choyning Dorji, was filmed on location at more than 16,000 feet in one of the most remote villages in Bhutan. The pic centers on a young displaced teacher who is taught his own life lessons from the happy and kind locals.
David Charles Rodrigues’ U.S. docu Gay Chorus Deep South follows the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus...
- 1/13/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The supervillain story has now hit £46.7m.
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Oct 25-27)Total gross to date Week 1 Joker (Warner Bros) £3.5m £46.7m 4 2 Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (Disney) £2.2m £7.5m 2 3 The Addams Family (Universal) £2.1m £2.1m 1 4 Terminator: Dark Fate (Disney) £2.1m £2.9m 1 5 A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Studiocanal) £1.1m £3.3m 2
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversionrate: 1.28
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Warner Bros’ Joker continues to dominate the UK box office, holding off the challenge of openers including Terminator: Dark Fate and The Addams Family to stay top of the charts for the fourth weekend in a row.
Todd Phillips’ supervillain origin...
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Oct 25-27)Total gross to date Week 1 Joker (Warner Bros) £3.5m £46.7m 4 2 Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (Disney) £2.2m £7.5m 2 3 The Addams Family (Universal) £2.1m £2.1m 1 4 Terminator: Dark Fate (Disney) £2.1m £2.9m 1 5 A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Studiocanal) £1.1m £3.3m 2
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversionrate: 1.28
Warner Bros
Warner Bros’ Joker continues to dominate the UK box office, holding off the challenge of openers including Terminator: Dark Fate and The Addams Family to stay top of the charts for the fourth weekend in a row.
Todd Phillips’ supervillain origin...
- 10/28/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
“Under the Skin” director Jonathan Glazer is finally reemerging six years after his unsettling and visionary science-fiction film “Under the Skin,” which starred Scarlett Johansson as an alien dropped from space to feed on the bodies and souls of horny Glasgow men. Not only has the English filmmaker, who previously directed the Ben Kingsley-led crime thriller “Sexy Beast” and eerie Nicole Kidman-led reincarnation drama “Birth,” announced a new Holocaust project with A24 — he’s also released a surprise new short film, titled “The Fall.”
Running just over five minutes, “The Fall” premiered over the weekend in select U.K. cinemas and on BBC Two, and it’s now available to stream online across the pond via the BBC iPlayer, according to Deadline. Glazer spoke with The Guardian’s Catherine Shoard about the film, which depicts a masked mob hanging a man in a forest — a comment on the...
Running just over five minutes, “The Fall” premiered over the weekend in select U.K. cinemas and on BBC Two, and it’s now available to stream online across the pond via the BBC iPlayer, according to Deadline. Glazer spoke with The Guardian’s Catherine Shoard about the film, which depicts a masked mob hanging a man in a forest — a comment on the...
- 10/27/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Welsh actress, star of Saint Maud, takes the London Film Festival by storm, as Monos claims best film
Film festivals have provided breakthrough moments for actors before now, but for Morfydd Clark to appear in three films, and to play two different roles in one of them, seems excessive.
The Welsh actress has conquered this year’s London Film Festival with triumphant appearances in The Personal History of David Copperfield and Eternal Beauty. And last night her third film, Saint Maud, directed by newcomer Rose Glass, received a prestigious special commendation in the festival’s annual awards.
Film festivals have provided breakthrough moments for actors before now, but for Morfydd Clark to appear in three films, and to play two different roles in one of them, seems excessive.
The Welsh actress has conquered this year’s London Film Festival with triumphant appearances in The Personal History of David Copperfield and Eternal Beauty. And last night her third film, Saint Maud, directed by newcomer Rose Glass, received a prestigious special commendation in the festival’s annual awards.
- 10/12/2019
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
“Monos,” an unsettling thriller about teenage soldiers that one critic described as “like ‘Lord of the Flies’ in hell,” has won the award for best film at the BFI London Film Festival.
Mati Diop’s “Atlantics,” which premiered in Cannes, took home the prize for best debut feature, while “White Riot,” about a 1970s reggae protest movement, was named best documentary. The awards were unveiled Saturday, on the eve of the festival’s closing.
Directed by Alejandro Landes, “Monos” premiered at Sundance. To an evocative score by Mica Levi, the Spanish-language film follows a group of teenage soldiers and their hostage, an American doctor, as they retreat farther into the jungle.
“‘Monos’ is a stunning cinematic achievement, marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling,” director Wash Westmoreland (“Colette”), the president of the official competition jury, said. “It’s a masterpiece.”
The jury also awarded special commendations to Sundance title...
Mati Diop’s “Atlantics,” which premiered in Cannes, took home the prize for best debut feature, while “White Riot,” about a 1970s reggae protest movement, was named best documentary. The awards were unveiled Saturday, on the eve of the festival’s closing.
Directed by Alejandro Landes, “Monos” premiered at Sundance. To an evocative score by Mica Levi, the Spanish-language film follows a group of teenage soldiers and their hostage, an American doctor, as they retreat farther into the jungle.
“‘Monos’ is a stunning cinematic achievement, marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling,” director Wash Westmoreland (“Colette”), the president of the official competition jury, said. “It’s a masterpiece.”
The jury also awarded special commendations to Sundance title...
- 10/12/2019
- by Henry Chu
- Variety Film + TV
The BFI London Film Festival has revealed its 2019 winners, which include lauded Colombian co-production Monos and Mati Diop’s well-received Atlantics.
Monos, the Sundance thriller about child soldiers, took home the best film award in official competition, with jury president Wash Westmoreland saying, “Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!”
The competition jury gave special commendations to Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy and Rose Glass’s Saint Maud.
Mati Diop’s Senegal-set love story drama Atlantics took home the Sutherland Award in the first feature competition. There was a special commendation in the same category for Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird.
Meanwhile, the Grierson Award in the documentary competition went to Rubika Shah’s documentary White Riot, about multicultural punk and reggae gigs in London in the 1970s.
The competition winners received their awards on stage from...
Monos, the Sundance thriller about child soldiers, took home the best film award in official competition, with jury president Wash Westmoreland saying, “Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!”
The competition jury gave special commendations to Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy and Rose Glass’s Saint Maud.
Mati Diop’s Senegal-set love story drama Atlantics took home the Sutherland Award in the first feature competition. There was a special commendation in the same category for Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird.
Meanwhile, the Grierson Award in the documentary competition went to Rubika Shah’s documentary White Riot, about multicultural punk and reggae gigs in London in the 1970s.
The competition winners received their awards on stage from...
- 10/12/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The BFI London Film Festival on Saturday unveiled its award winners for 2019.
Alejandro Landes' Monos took home best film honors. The survival thriller about child soldiers, which premiered at Sundance, was acquired by Neon for the U.S. and was recently named Colombia's submission for consideration in the international feature film Oscar competition.
"Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!" said Wash Westmoreland, head of the main jury, which also awarded special mentions to Alma Har'el's Honey Boy and Saint Maud from Rose Glass.
Mati Diop'...
Alejandro Landes' Monos took home best film honors. The survival thriller about child soldiers, which premiered at Sundance, was acquired by Neon for the U.S. and was recently named Colombia's submission for consideration in the international feature film Oscar competition.
"Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!" said Wash Westmoreland, head of the main jury, which also awarded special mentions to Alma Har'el's Honey Boy and Saint Maud from Rose Glass.
Mati Diop'...
- 10/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The BFI London Film Festival on Saturday unveiled its award winners for 2019.
Alejandro Landes' Monos took home best film honors. The survival thriller about child soldiers, which premiered at Sundance, was acquired by Neon for the U.S. and was recently named Colombia's submission for consideration in the international feature film Oscar competition.
"Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!" said Wash Westmoreland, head of the main jury, which also awarded special mentions to Alma Har'el's Honey Boy and Saint Maud from Rose Glass.
Mati Diop'...
Alejandro Landes' Monos took home best film honors. The survival thriller about child soldiers, which premiered at Sundance, was acquired by Neon for the U.S. and was recently named Colombia's submission for consideration in the international feature film Oscar competition.
"Monos is a stunning cinematic achievement; marrying dynamic visuals, faultless performances and groundbreaking storytelling. It’s a masterpiece!" said Wash Westmoreland, head of the main jury, which also awarded special mentions to Alma Har'el's Honey Boy and Saint Maud from Rose Glass.
Mati Diop'...
- 10/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Earlier in the week, we finally learned which films would be selected by all of the countries in search of Academy Award love in Best International Feature. Not only did we get the answers to some questions regarding what each nation would pick, but we found that a record breaking 93 submissions have been made here in 2019. It’s truly the largest slate ever for voters to sift through. Talk about a good problem to have! Below you can see all of the titles in competition for the Best International Feature Oscar. Right now, only Parasite from South Korea and Pain and Glory from Spain seem like safe bets, with the former almost assured of winning the Academy Award. Aside from them? Anything goes in this category, which has potential nominees like Atlantics from Senegal, Beanpole from Russia, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind from the United Kingdom, The Chambermaid from Mexico,...
- 10/12/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
When Alejandro Landes took 25 youngsters on a bootcamp high in the Andes to make a psychedelic drama about child soldiers, reality almost outpaced his movie
Monos is set in a South American paradise but comes off like Lord of the Flies in hell. Following an eight-strong group of teen soldiers and their adult prisoner of war, it is sensual, and gorgeous and intensely, continuously disturbing. The kids – Dog, Lady, Bigfoot, Boom-Boom, Rambo, Swede, Wolf, Smurf – are left to their own devices except for the occasional visit from “the Messenger”, who works for whatever organisation has recruited them. So they scrap and kiss and fire their Ak-47s into the sky.
They met a man with dwarfism who became a child soldier at 11. 'He was an amazing destroyer of things'...
Monos is set in a South American paradise but comes off like Lord of the Flies in hell. Following an eight-strong group of teen soldiers and their adult prisoner of war, it is sensual, and gorgeous and intensely, continuously disturbing. The kids – Dog, Lady, Bigfoot, Boom-Boom, Rambo, Swede, Wolf, Smurf – are left to their own devices except for the occasional visit from “the Messenger”, who works for whatever organisation has recruited them. So they scrap and kiss and fire their Ak-47s into the sky.
They met a man with dwarfism who became a child soldier at 11. 'He was an amazing destroyer of things'...
- 10/10/2019
- by Alex Godfrey
- The Guardian - Film News
A record 93 countries submitted entries in the International Feature Film race at the 2020 Oscars. That is up by six from last year,when the category was still called Best Foreign-Language Film, and eclipses the record 92 submissions in 2018. The nations represented ranged from A (Albania) to V (Vietnam). Predicting the eventual five Oscar nominees is made difficult by the two-step process.
First, the several hundred academy members of the Foreign-Language Film screening committee are required to watch a number of the submissions (upwards of a dozen) over a two-month period that ends in mid December. They will rate them from 6 to 10 and their top six vote-getters make it to the next round, as will three films added by the 20 members of the executive committee.
Those nine semi-finalists will be screened three per day beginning in early January by select committee members in Gotham, Hollywood, London and San Francisco. These 40 folks will...
First, the several hundred academy members of the Foreign-Language Film screening committee are required to watch a number of the submissions (upwards of a dozen) over a two-month period that ends in mid December. They will rate them from 6 to 10 and their top six vote-getters make it to the next round, as will three films added by the 20 members of the executive committee.
Those nine semi-finalists will be screened three per day beginning in early January by select committee members in Gotham, Hollywood, London and San Francisco. These 40 folks will...
- 10/7/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
A record-breaking total of 93 countries have submitted entries to be considered for best international film nominations at the Academy Awards.
The Academy announced the full list of eligible films and countries on Monday. Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekisztan are competing for the first time in the category, which was previously known as the best foreign-language film category.
The previous high for submissions was 92 in 2017. A total of 87 films were submitted last year. Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” won the category this year, becoming the first Mexican entry to win the award.
High-profile entries include South Korea’s “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho’s black comedy which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; Spain’s “Pain and Glory” from Pedro Almodovar with Antonio Banderas starring as a film director; Japan’s “Weathering With You,” the country’s first animated entry since “Princess Mononoke”; Senegal’s “Atlantics” from director Mati Diop,...
The Academy announced the full list of eligible films and countries on Monday. Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekisztan are competing for the first time in the category, which was previously known as the best foreign-language film category.
The previous high for submissions was 92 in 2017. A total of 87 films were submitted last year. Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” won the category this year, becoming the first Mexican entry to win the award.
High-profile entries include South Korea’s “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho’s black comedy which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; Spain’s “Pain and Glory” from Pedro Almodovar with Antonio Banderas starring as a film director; Japan’s “Weathering With You,” the country’s first animated entry since “Princess Mononoke”; Senegal’s “Atlantics” from director Mati Diop,...
- 10/7/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The 2020 foreign-language Oscar nominees will come from submissions from 93 countries, up from last year’s 87, and breaking the record 92 from 2017. A contender for the renamed Best International Feature must be a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 minutes) produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.
Ghana, Nigeria, and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants, but Uganda did not qualify. China (Yu Yang’s “Ne Zha”) and Senegal (Mati Diop’s “Atlantics”) submitted their films under the wire on the deadline of October 1.
Earlier this year, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted not only to rename the Foreign Language Film category, but to expand the shortlist from nine films to 10.
The 2019 submissions, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Albania, “The Delegation,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, “Papicha,” Mounia Meddour, director;
Argentina, “Heroic Losers,” Sebastián Borensztein, director;
Armenia, “Lengthy Night,” Edgar Baghdasaryan, director;
Australia, “Buoyancy,” Rodd Rathjen, director;
Austria, “Joy,...
Ghana, Nigeria, and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants, but Uganda did not qualify. China (Yu Yang’s “Ne Zha”) and Senegal (Mati Diop’s “Atlantics”) submitted their films under the wire on the deadline of October 1.
Earlier this year, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted not only to rename the Foreign Language Film category, but to expand the shortlist from nine films to 10.
The 2019 submissions, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
Albania, “The Delegation,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, “Papicha,” Mounia Meddour, director;
Argentina, “Heroic Losers,” Sebastián Borensztein, director;
Armenia, “Lengthy Night,” Edgar Baghdasaryan, director;
Australia, “Buoyancy,” Rodd Rathjen, director;
Austria, “Joy,...
- 10/7/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the full list of countries that have submitted a pic for consideration for the new International Feature Film Oscar category.
Here are the 93 nations and their hopefuls, in alphabetical order:
Albania, The Delegation, Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, Papicha, Mounia Meddour, director;
Argentina, Heroic Losers, Sebastián Borensztein, director;
Armenia, Lengthy Night, Edgar Baghdasaryan, director;
Australia, Buoyancy, Rodd Rathjen, director;
Austria, Joy, Sudabeh Mortezai, director;
Bangladesh, Alpha, Nasiruddin Yousuff, director;
Belarus, Debut, Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, director;
Belgium, Our Mothers, César Díaz, director;
Bolivia, I Miss You, Rodrigo Bellott, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Son, Ines Tanovic, director;
Brazil, Invisible Life, Karim Aïnouz, director;
Bulgaria, Ága, Milko Lazarov, director;
Cambodia, In the Life of Music, Caylee So, Sok Visal, directors;
Canada, Antigone, Sophie Deraspe, director;
Chile, Spider, Andrés Wood, director;
China, Ne Zha, Yu Yang, director;
Colombia, Monos, Alejandro Landes, director;
Costa Rica, The Awakening of the Ants,...
Here are the 93 nations and their hopefuls, in alphabetical order:
Albania, The Delegation, Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, Papicha, Mounia Meddour, director;
Argentina, Heroic Losers, Sebastián Borensztein, director;
Armenia, Lengthy Night, Edgar Baghdasaryan, director;
Australia, Buoyancy, Rodd Rathjen, director;
Austria, Joy, Sudabeh Mortezai, director;
Bangladesh, Alpha, Nasiruddin Yousuff, director;
Belarus, Debut, Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, director;
Belgium, Our Mothers, César Díaz, director;
Bolivia, I Miss You, Rodrigo Bellott, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Son, Ines Tanovic, director;
Brazil, Invisible Life, Karim Aïnouz, director;
Bulgaria, Ága, Milko Lazarov, director;
Cambodia, In the Life of Music, Caylee So, Sok Visal, directors;
Canada, Antigone, Sophie Deraspe, director;
Chile, Spider, Andrés Wood, director;
China, Ne Zha, Yu Yang, director;
Colombia, Monos, Alejandro Landes, director;
Costa Rica, The Awakening of the Ants,...
- 10/7/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ documentary scoops both the Grand Prize and the Audience Award, while Papicha, Monos and Camille complete the list of victors. Confirming its deserved place within the tightly packed landscape of film events unspooling in France in the autumn months, and having paid tribute to Bertrand Tavernier and Mike Leigh in their presence during its 7th edition, which closed on 6 October in Châlons-en-Champagne to the tune of over 19,000 viewers, the War on Screen Festival has crowned the British documentary For Sama by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts its winner; a film which walked away brandishing both the Grand Jury Prize (whose judges were presided over by the photographer and director Seamus Murphy) and the Audience Award. Unveiled (and triumphant) in Austin’s SXSW before being shown in a Special Screening as part of Cannes’ official selection, battling it out for the Best Documentary Golden Eye...
International premiere set for Sunday (10).
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK rights to Alejandro Landes’ buzzy Colombia-set survival thriller Monos ahead of its international premiere in Panorama on Sunday (10).
Monos recently premiered in Sundance where it earned a special jury award and Neon picked up Us rights. Moises Arias leads the mostly young cast in the story of a guerilla unit fleeing government forces through the jungle. Julianne Nicholson plays the feisty American hostage.
Landes, whose first film Porfirio screened in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2011, co-wrote the film with Alexis Dos Santos, and produced alongside Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata and Cristina Landes.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK rights to Alejandro Landes’ buzzy Colombia-set survival thriller Monos ahead of its international premiere in Panorama on Sunday (10).
Monos recently premiered in Sundance where it earned a special jury award and Neon picked up Us rights. Moises Arias leads the mostly young cast in the story of a guerilla unit fleeing government forces through the jungle. Julianne Nicholson plays the feisty American hostage.
Landes, whose first film Porfirio screened in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2011, co-wrote the film with Alexis Dos Santos, and produced alongside Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata and Cristina Landes.
- 2/7/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Here’s some anticipated first footage of Sundance buzzer Monos, which was snapped up by Neon in Park City, and this weekend gets its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
Colombian “survivalist saga” Monos follows a young group of soldiers and guerillas training on a remote mountain in Latin America with an American hostage played by Julianne Nicholson. The teenage commandos, who have nicknames like Rambo, Smurg, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom, perform military training exercises while watching over a prisoner and a conscripted dairy cow for a shadow force know only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, the mission begins to collapse.
The lauded Spanish-language feature, which won a Special Jury Award in Sundance, has a score by composer Mica Levi, known for her work on Under the Skin and Jackie. Director Alejandro Landres co-wrote the screenplay with Alexis Dos Santos. Producers...
Colombian “survivalist saga” Monos follows a young group of soldiers and guerillas training on a remote mountain in Latin America with an American hostage played by Julianne Nicholson. The teenage commandos, who have nicknames like Rambo, Smurg, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom, perform military training exercises while watching over a prisoner and a conscripted dairy cow for a shadow force know only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, the mission begins to collapse.
The lauded Spanish-language feature, which won a Special Jury Award in Sundance, has a score by composer Mica Levi, known for her work on Under the Skin and Jackie. Director Alejandro Landres co-wrote the screenplay with Alexis Dos Santos. Producers...
- 2/6/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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