Venice Critics’ Week has announced the line-up for its 38th edition, running August 30 to September 9 alongside the Venice Film Festival.
The seven competition titles include UK director Moin Hussain’s debut feature Sky Peals about a lonely man working the night shifts at a motorway service station with little human contact or connection. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, Adam finds himself piecing together a complicated image of a man that he never really knew and uncovers details of his life that he struggles to comprehend.
Taiwanese actor Lee Hong-Chi’s will also unveil his directorial debut Love Is A Gun about a petty criminal whose attempts to build a quiet life following his release from prison are upended by the reappearance of his former boss, his debt-ridden mother and an old friend.
The competition titles will compete for the €5,000 Grand Prize and the €3,000 Audience Award. The selection...
The seven competition titles include UK director Moin Hussain’s debut feature Sky Peals about a lonely man working the night shifts at a motorway service station with little human contact or connection. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, Adam finds himself piecing together a complicated image of a man that he never really knew and uncovers details of his life that he struggles to comprehend.
Taiwanese actor Lee Hong-Chi’s will also unveil his directorial debut Love Is A Gun about a petty criminal whose attempts to build a quiet life following his release from prison are upended by the reappearance of his former boss, his debt-ridden mother and an old friend.
The competition titles will compete for the €5,000 Grand Prize and the €3,000 Audience Award. The selection...
- 7/24/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The International Film Festival of India (Iffi) today announced that music maestro A. R. Rahman will be the Chief Guest of closing ceremony of Iffi 2015. The festival also announced Argentina‘s Oscar entry and this year’s biggest Argentinean box office hit-The Clan (El Clan) as the Closing Film of Iffi 2015. Directed by Pablo Trapero, The Clan has set new record for the best opening ever of an Argentinean movie. Directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper, Danish Girl will be the mid fest film.
With each edition, the biggest film festival of India is creating new benchmarks of content, films, and achievements. The 46th edition of the film festival will be held from November 20 to 30 in Goa. The festival will screen a variety of brilliant national and international films in different sections including World Cinema section that will present 187 films from 89 countries and Indian Panorama section, which will bring...
With each edition, the biggest film festival of India is creating new benchmarks of content, films, and achievements. The 46th edition of the film festival will be held from November 20 to 30 in Goa. The festival will screen a variety of brilliant national and international films in different sections including World Cinema section that will present 187 films from 89 countries and Indian Panorama section, which will bring...
- 11/18/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences of Argentina announced today that Pablo Trapero's latest film, "The Clan" (El Clan), will represent the country in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards.
This the third time that one of Trapero's films is selected as Argentina's official Oscar entry. He previously represented his homeland with the films "Lion's Den" and "Carancho." Trapero is one of the most important figures in the Argentine film industry with a filmography that has taken him to the most important festivals around the world including Cannes, Rotterdam, and Cartagena.
Produced by Almodovar's El Deseo, "The Clan," which tells the story of the notorious Puccio family, became a box-office smash in Argentina taking around 60% of the country's box-office during its opening weekend. Trapero's latest also screened at Tiff and the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Director.
Tiff's synopsis describes the film as follows: "The new film from Argentine auteur Pablo Trapero ("Crane World," "White Elephant") recounts the astonishing true story of a seemingly normal middle-class family that trafficked in the kidnapping, ransoming and murder of the wealthy.
International sales are being handled by Film Factory Entertainment. U.S. rights are still available.
Argentina is the only Latin American country to ever win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The South American nation has won the coveted prize on two occasions: In 1986 for "The Official Story" and in 2010 for "The Secret in Their Eyes." Argentina was also nominated this year for Damián Szifrón's "Wild Tales," which was also produced by El Deseo. ...
This the third time that one of Trapero's films is selected as Argentina's official Oscar entry. He previously represented his homeland with the films "Lion's Den" and "Carancho." Trapero is one of the most important figures in the Argentine film industry with a filmography that has taken him to the most important festivals around the world including Cannes, Rotterdam, and Cartagena.
Produced by Almodovar's El Deseo, "The Clan," which tells the story of the notorious Puccio family, became a box-office smash in Argentina taking around 60% of the country's box-office during its opening weekend. Trapero's latest also screened at Tiff and the Venice Film Festival where it was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Director.
Tiff's synopsis describes the film as follows: "The new film from Argentine auteur Pablo Trapero ("Crane World," "White Elephant") recounts the astonishing true story of a seemingly normal middle-class family that trafficked in the kidnapping, ransoming and murder of the wealthy.
International sales are being handled by Film Factory Entertainment. U.S. rights are still available.
Argentina is the only Latin American country to ever win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The South American nation has won the coveted prize on two occasions: In 1986 for "The Official Story" and in 2010 for "The Secret in Their Eyes." Argentina was also nominated this year for Damián Szifrón's "Wild Tales," which was also produced by El Deseo. ...
- 9/29/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Anomalisa wins Grand Jury Prize; Robert Pattinson-starrer The Childhood Of A Leader wins best debut.Scroll down for full list of winners
From Afar (Desde Alla), the first Venezuelan production to appear in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The directorial debut of Lorenzo Vigas concerns a middle-aged man (Alfredo Castro) who pays young boys to spend time with him. One day he befriends an 18-year-old delinquent (Luis Silva), a development that affects both profoundly.
The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams, is produced by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who co-wrote the script.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero for kidnap drama The Clan (El Clan).
Trapero has a good relationship with Venice, having won two prizes for his 1999 debut, Crane World, returning in 2004 with Rolling Family and sitting on the Golden Lion jury in 2012.
The Clan is based on the real-life exploits...
From Afar (Desde Alla), the first Venezuelan production to appear in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The directorial debut of Lorenzo Vigas concerns a middle-aged man (Alfredo Castro) who pays young boys to spend time with him. One day he befriends an 18-year-old delinquent (Luis Silva), a development that affects both profoundly.
The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams, is produced by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who co-wrote the script.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero for kidnap drama The Clan (El Clan).
Trapero has a good relationship with Venice, having won two prizes for his 1999 debut, Crane World, returning in 2004 with Rolling Family and sitting on the Golden Lion jury in 2012.
The Clan is based on the real-life exploits...
- 9/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Argentine director Pablo Trapero has had a long and fruitful relationship with Venice, his debut Crane World picking up prizes here way back in 1999. This year he’s back with The Clan, the true crime story of the Puccio family, which was involved in kidnappings in Argentina in the early 80s. The film opens in
The post Venice 2015: The Clan Review appeared first on HeyUGuys.
The post Venice 2015: The Clan Review appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 9/8/2015
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Argentinean director of Carancho and White Elephant to preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard.
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director of Carancho and White Elephant, will preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The strand will compose 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at an upcoming press conference on April 17.
Trapero is no stranger to the Croisette, with his prison film Lion’s Den (Leonera) playing in Competition in 2008 and three of his features selected for Un Certain Regard: El Bonaerense (2002); Carancho (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (2012).
He said: “I am very proud to take part in another way in the adventure of Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”
Pablo Trapero was born...
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director of Carancho and White Elephant, will preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The strand will compose 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at an upcoming press conference on April 17.
Trapero is no stranger to the Croisette, with his prison film Lion’s Den (Leonera) playing in Competition in 2008 and three of his features selected for Un Certain Regard: El Bonaerense (2002); Carancho (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (2012).
He said: “I am very proud to take part in another way in the adventure of Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”
Pablo Trapero was born...
- 4/8/2014
- ScreenDaily
Argentinean director of Carancho and White Elephant to preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard.
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director of Carancho and White Elephant, will preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The strand will compose 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at an upcoming press conference on April 17.
Trapero is no stranger to the Croisette, with his prison film Lion’s Den (Leonera) playing in Competition in 2008 and three of his features selected for Un Certain Regard: El Bonaerense (2002); Carancho (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (2012).
He said: “I am very proud to take part in another way in the adventure of Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”
Pablo Trapero was born...
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director of Carancho and White Elephant, will preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The strand will compose 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at an upcoming press conference on April 17.
Trapero is no stranger to the Croisette, with his prison film Lion’s Den (Leonera) playing in Competition in 2008 and three of his features selected for Un Certain Regard: El Bonaerense (2002); Carancho (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (2012).
He said: “I am very proud to take part in another way in the adventure of Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”
Pablo Trapero was born...
- 4/8/2014
- ScreenDaily
News is rolling out of Toronto for this year's festival, with the Galas and the Special Presentations sections announced. As always with Tiff, the sheer number of films can seem overwhelming, but with new films by David Cronenberg (A Dangerous Method, pictured above), Terence Davies (!), Francis Ford Coppola, Wang Xiaoshuai, Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, and William Friedkin added to big names that premiered already this year (including Almodóvar, Von Trier, Nanni Moretti, and Nicolas Winding Refn) it looks like the 2011 iteration will be as packed with must-see cinema as ever before. We'll be updating this listing as new lineups are announced. See Tiff's official website for details.
Galas
Albert Nobbs (Rodrigo Garcia, Ireland) Butter (Jim Field Smith, USA) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, France/Ireland/UK/Germany/Canada) From the Sky Down (Davis Guggenheim, USA) A Happy Event (Rémi Bezançon, France) The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) The Lady (Luc Besson,...
Galas
Albert Nobbs (Rodrigo Garcia, Ireland) Butter (Jim Field Smith, USA) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, France/Ireland/UK/Germany/Canada) From the Sky Down (Davis Guggenheim, USA) A Happy Event (Rémi Bezançon, France) The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) The Lady (Luc Besson,...
- 8/9/2011
- MUBI
Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Shannyn Sossamon, Dominic Monaghan and Cory Hardrict in The Day
Photo: Content Media The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival announced 56 more movies added to its festival line-up this year with selections in the Vanguard, Midnight Madness, Documentaries, City to City and Tiff Kids programs. And to be honest, the line-up is filled with titles, most of which are absolutely new to me.
I have seen one of the films under the Vanguard banner, a selection of young and cutting edge features and I've heard of Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31, Ben Wheatley's Kill List (watch the trailer to the right) was a hit at South by Southwest earlier this year and the documentary selections include familiar names such as Werner Herzog, Morgan Spurlock, Jonathan Demme, Alex Gibney and Wim Wenders, the latter of which is delivering a 3D documentary centered on the dance world of Pina Bausch and her company.
Photo: Content Media The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival announced 56 more movies added to its festival line-up this year with selections in the Vanguard, Midnight Madness, Documentaries, City to City and Tiff Kids programs. And to be honest, the line-up is filled with titles, most of which are absolutely new to me.
I have seen one of the films under the Vanguard banner, a selection of young and cutting edge features and I've heard of Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31, Ben Wheatley's Kill List (watch the trailer to the right) was a hit at South by Southwest earlier this year and the documentary selections include familiar names such as Werner Herzog, Morgan Spurlock, Jonathan Demme, Alex Gibney and Wim Wenders, the latter of which is delivering a 3D documentary centered on the dance world of Pina Bausch and her company.
- 8/3/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
“Carancho”; with Ricardo Darin and Martina Gusman; directed by Pablo Trapero.
By Ali Naderzad - January 27, 2011
Grit, tears and perspiration. Argentine--must be a Pablo Trapero movie. With his camera often trained on the working-class rung of his country, Trapero calmly deconstructs in an hour and a half or so how people put up with the “general cussedness of things.” Make a buck, sometimes quickly, break a rule or two, breathe in—and out. Some professions are better-paid than others.
In “Carancho” (which means ambulance-chaser in Argentine spanish slang) Trapero tells us about the lucrative black market that strives from the personal tragedies littering the streets of Buenos Aires—traffic accidents are the number one cause of death in Argentina.
Sosa (Ricardo Darín, who was recently seen in “The Secret in their eyes”) is an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney with questionable ethics (redundant? Probably). Having recently lost his law license, he...
By Ali Naderzad - January 27, 2011
Grit, tears and perspiration. Argentine--must be a Pablo Trapero movie. With his camera often trained on the working-class rung of his country, Trapero calmly deconstructs in an hour and a half or so how people put up with the “general cussedness of things.” Make a buck, sometimes quickly, break a rule or two, breathe in—and out. Some professions are better-paid than others.
In “Carancho” (which means ambulance-chaser in Argentine spanish slang) Trapero tells us about the lucrative black market that strives from the personal tragedies littering the streets of Buenos Aires—traffic accidents are the number one cause of death in Argentina.
Sosa (Ricardo Darín, who was recently seen in “The Secret in their eyes”) is an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney with questionable ethics (redundant? Probably). Having recently lost his law license, he...
- 1/27/2011
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
“Carancho”; with Ricardo Darin and Martina Gusman; directed by Pablo Trapero.
By Ali Naderzad - January 21, 2011
Grit, tears and perspiration. Argentine--must be a Pablo Trapero movie. With his camera often trained on the working-class rung of his country, Trapero calmly deconstructs in an hour and a half or so how people put up with the “general cussedness of things.” Make a buck, sometimes quickly, break a rule or two, breathe in—and out. Some professions are better-paid than others.
In “Carancho” (which means ambulance-chaser in Argentine spanish slang) Trapero tells us about the lucrative black market that strives from the personal tragedies littering the streets of Buenos Aires—traffic accidents are the number one cause of death in Argentina.
Sosa (Ricardo Darín, who was recently seen in “The Secret in their eyes”) is an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney with questionable ethics (redundant? Probably). Having recently lost his law license, he...
By Ali Naderzad - January 21, 2011
Grit, tears and perspiration. Argentine--must be a Pablo Trapero movie. With his camera often trained on the working-class rung of his country, Trapero calmly deconstructs in an hour and a half or so how people put up with the “general cussedness of things.” Make a buck, sometimes quickly, break a rule or two, breathe in—and out. Some professions are better-paid than others.
In “Carancho” (which means ambulance-chaser in Argentine spanish slang) Trapero tells us about the lucrative black market that strives from the personal tragedies littering the streets of Buenos Aires—traffic accidents are the number one cause of death in Argentina.
Sosa (Ricardo Darín, who was recently seen in “The Secret in their eyes”) is an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney with questionable ethics (redundant? Probably). Having recently lost his law license, he...
- 1/20/2011
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
Pablo Trapero was born in San Justo, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1971. He wrote, directed and edited the short films Mocoso Malcriado (1993) and Negocios (1995) before directing his feature debut, the award-winning Crane World (1999), a black and white 16mm film that proved to be a breaking point in Argentine cinema and that encouraged dozens of young directors into their first features. Crane World was released internationally at Venice, harvesting awards and critical acclaim at film festivals around the world.
In 2002, his second feature El Bonaerense premiered at Un Certain Regard in the Cannes Film Festival, again to critical and audience acclaim. That same year he opened his own production company Matanza Cine in Buenos Aires, from which he has produced ever since not only his own features but also those of other Argentine and Latin American filmmakers, including Lisandro Alonso, Enrique Bellande and Raúl Perrone. "Matanza", Trapero informed me when we met...
In 2002, his second feature El Bonaerense premiered at Un Certain Regard in the Cannes Film Festival, again to critical and audience acclaim. That same year he opened his own production company Matanza Cine in Buenos Aires, from which he has produced ever since not only his own features but also those of other Argentine and Latin American filmmakers, including Lisandro Alonso, Enrique Bellande and Raúl Perrone. "Matanza", Trapero informed me when we met...
- 12/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Pablo Trapero was born in San Justo, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1971. He wrote, directed and edited the short films Mocoso Malcriado (1993) and Negocios (1995) before directing his feature debut, the award-winning Crane World (1999), a black and white 16mm film that proved to be a breaking point in Argentine cinema and that encouraged dozens of young directors into their first features. Crane World was released internationally at Venice, harvesting awards and critical acclaim at film festivals around the world.
In 2002, his second feature El Bonaerense premiered at Un Certain Regard in the Cannes Film Festival, again to critical and audience acclaim. That same year he opened his own production company Matanza Cine in Buenos Aires, from which he has produced ever since not only his own features but also those of other Argentine and Latin American filmmakers, including Lisandro Alonso, Enrique Bellande and Raúl Perrone. "Matanza", Trapero informed me, is the name...
In 2002, his second feature El Bonaerense premiered at Un Certain Regard in the Cannes Film Festival, again to critical and audience acclaim. That same year he opened his own production company Matanza Cine in Buenos Aires, from which he has produced ever since not only his own features but also those of other Argentine and Latin American filmmakers, including Lisandro Alonso, Enrique Bellande and Raúl Perrone. "Matanza", Trapero informed me, is the name...
- 11/8/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Tim Burton invades New York, New Italian Cinema hits Los Angeles, Harold and Kumar spread holiday cheer in Austin and everywhere you look, they're celebrating All Tomorrow's Parties -- just some of the holiday film fun you can have this winter at your local repertory theater.
More Holiday Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Repertory Calendar] [Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
New York
92YTribeca
In November, the 92YTribeca Screening Room will have some special guests in the house when it hosts the already sold out "A Conversation with Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman" on November 10th, with the two longtime collaborators discussing their latest film "Fantastic Mr. Fox." But tickets are still available for the night before (Nov. 9th), when actor Ben Foster and director Oren Moverman will screen their acclaimed new post-war drama "The Messenger". Much of the rest of the month is devoted to Cinema Tropical's Ten Years of New Argentine Cinema series with screenings of Adrián Caetano's immigration...
More Holiday Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Repertory Calendar] [Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
New York
92YTribeca
In November, the 92YTribeca Screening Room will have some special guests in the house when it hosts the already sold out "A Conversation with Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman" on November 10th, with the two longtime collaborators discussing their latest film "Fantastic Mr. Fox." But tickets are still available for the night before (Nov. 9th), when actor Ben Foster and director Oren Moverman will screen their acclaimed new post-war drama "The Messenger". Much of the rest of the month is devoted to Cinema Tropical's Ten Years of New Argentine Cinema series with screenings of Adrián Caetano's immigration...
- 11/3/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Palm Pictures has acquired North American and Caribbean rights to Pablo Trapero's film Rolling Family, which has been kicking around the festival circuit for a while. The film, from the director of the festival hit Crane World, revolves around an extended Buenos Aires family's long caravan trip to the border of Argentina and Brazil. Palm, founded by music veteran Chris Blackwell, plans to release the film in early 2006, followed by a DVD release on the Palm Pictures label.
- 11/8/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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