Floating in an ocean of equals parts uncertainty and obscurity after winning the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury in 2014, Bas Devos’s feature debut Violet didn’t reach American shores, beyond a handful of festivals, until new distributor Altered Innocence took a chance and set a theatrical date and announced a subsequent physical release. Saved from being forgotten, the film is one of the most striking and pure cinematic works to arrive stateside this year, and exemplifies the importance of betting on unorthodox voices that aim to challenge the medium’s formal conventions. Shot in the 4:3 aspect ratio […]...
- 5/19/2017
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The summer movie season is upon us, which means a seemingly endless pile-up of superheroes, reboots, and sequels will crowd the multiplexes. While a select few show some promise, we’ve set out to highlight a vast range of titles — 40 in total — that will arrive over the next four months, many of which we’ve already given our stamp of approval.
There’s bound to be more late-summer announcements in the coming months, and a number of titles will arrive on VOD day-and-date, so follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. In the meantime, see our top 40 picks for what to watch this summer below, in chronological order, and let us know what you’re looking forward to most in the comments.
Berlin Syndrome (Cate Shortland; May 5)
While the recent 10 Cloverfield Lane and Room told stories of captivity with various hooks — science-fiction and the process of healing, respectively — Cate Shortland...
There’s bound to be more late-summer announcements in the coming months, and a number of titles will arrive on VOD day-and-date, so follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. In the meantime, see our top 40 picks for what to watch this summer below, in chronological order, and let us know what you’re looking forward to most in the comments.
Berlin Syndrome (Cate Shortland; May 5)
While the recent 10 Cloverfield Lane and Room told stories of captivity with various hooks — science-fiction and the process of healing, respectively — Cate Shortland...
- 4/18/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
"Delicately surreal." A new trailer has arrived for a film titled Violet, from Flemish director Bas Devos. The film tells the story of 16-year-old Jesse, as played by Cesar De Sutter, who is the only one to witness the stabbing of his friend. But now he has to face his family and the friends in his BMX crew to tell them about how he really feels. Violet first premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2014, three years ago, and is just now being released. It won the Grand Prix prize at the festival then, for "its abstract exploration of emotions following a tragic death and because of its exquisite sculpture of cinematography, sound & story." See below. Here's the new official Us trailer (+ poster) for Bas Devos' Violet, direct from YouTube (via Tfs): 15-year-old Jesse (Cesar De Sutter) is the only one who witnessed the stabbing of his friend Jonas.
- 4/11/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After a success festival run, which included winning at Berlinale for Best Feature Film, the U.S. theatrical trailer has arrived for Violet, the feature directorial debut of writer-director Bas Devos. The drama follows a young boy (Cesar De Sutter), the sole witness to the stabbing of his friend by a BMX gang. Now, Jonas, who stood silent and passive as his friend was murdered, must process the dark journey of coping and turmoil of childhood on the cusp of adulthood.
Shot by Nicolas Karakatsanis (The Drop, Bullhead) — partially with gorgeous 8-perf 65mm film — Violet looks to be a lush, harrowing portrait of trauma and youth, and a startling debut for Devos. See the trailer below, along with a poster and synopsis.
During a routine trip to the mall, 15-year-old Jesse’s best friend is violently attacked at random. The attackers do not confront or acknowledge Jesse, and Jesse does...
Shot by Nicolas Karakatsanis (The Drop, Bullhead) — partially with gorgeous 8-perf 65mm film — Violet looks to be a lush, harrowing portrait of trauma and youth, and a startling debut for Devos. See the trailer below, along with a poster and synopsis.
During a routine trip to the mall, 15-year-old Jesse’s best friend is violently attacked at random. The attackers do not confront or acknowledge Jesse, and Jesse does...
- 4/10/2017
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Kino Lorber has acquired the North American rights to Bill Morrison’s “Dawson City: Frozen Time,” about the true history of a collection of 533 reels of film (representing 372 titles) dating from the 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a sub-arctic swimming pool deep in the Yukon Territory. The film tells the unique history of a Canadian gold rush town and how cinema, capitalism and history intersect.
“Dawson City” had its world premiere at the 73rd Venice Film Festival and North American premiere at 2016 New York Film Festival. The film also played at the BFI/London Film Festival and the 2017 Rotterdam International Film Festival, and screened Thursday at the TCM...
– Kino Lorber has acquired the North American rights to Bill Morrison’s “Dawson City: Frozen Time,” about the true history of a collection of 533 reels of film (representing 372 titles) dating from the 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a sub-arctic swimming pool deep in the Yukon Territory. The film tells the unique history of a Canadian gold rush town and how cinema, capitalism and history intersect.
“Dawson City” had its world premiere at the 73rd Venice Film Festival and North American premiere at 2016 New York Film Festival. The film also played at the BFI/London Film Festival and the 2017 Rotterdam International Film Festival, and screened Thursday at the TCM...
- 4/7/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The debut feature from Kenneth Mercken triumphed in a field of eight projects.
Coureur, directed by Kenneth Mercken and produced by Eurydice Gysel and Koen Mortier of Czar Film, has won the best project pitch at the inaugural NeXT in Ghent.
The Flanders Image event invited eight projects in development — all backed by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund — to pitch to the international industry in attendance.
Of Coureur, the industry jury said they were “especially impressed with Kenneth’s personal point of view in his own father-son story, and how he can tell this story of the cycling world from a very inside point of view in a unique way… We think it’s a film that will be quite personal to his experience but also can appeal to wide audiences.”
Ace and Lites donate $11,000 (€10,000) in facilities spend to each award winner. The prize also includes a media spend for advertising.
Details of the...
Coureur, directed by Kenneth Mercken and produced by Eurydice Gysel and Koen Mortier of Czar Film, has won the best project pitch at the inaugural NeXT in Ghent.
The Flanders Image event invited eight projects in development — all backed by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund — to pitch to the international industry in attendance.
Of Coureur, the industry jury said they were “especially impressed with Kenneth’s personal point of view in his own father-son story, and how he can tell this story of the cycling world from a very inside point of view in a unique way… We think it’s a film that will be quite personal to his experience but also can appeal to wide audiences.”
Ace and Lites donate $11,000 (€10,000) in facilities spend to each award winner. The prize also includes a media spend for advertising.
Details of the...
- 10/11/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Panorama Europe Film Festival has announced 16 films to be showcased from May 29-June 14 in New York.
The festival, which will take place at the Museum Of The Moving Image and the Bohemian National Hall, champions European filmmaking.
Opening weekend will include two screenings. Polish film Gods by Lukasz Palkowski chronicles the life of the Polish surgeon who performed his country’s first heart transplant.
Iris Elezi’s Albanian feature Bota (The World) explores the troubling time in the country’s Communist past.
Bas Devos’ award-winning film Violet (pictured) will screen as the closing night feature. The Belgian film tells the emotional story of a teen who witnessed his friend’s murder and played in New Directors/New Films earlier this year.
The programme also features Panos H Koutras’s multiple-award winning Greek film Xenia, Ignas Jonynas’s The Gambler starring Oona Mekas and French film Breathe (Respire) by Mélanie Laurent.
The festival...
The festival, which will take place at the Museum Of The Moving Image and the Bohemian National Hall, champions European filmmaking.
Opening weekend will include two screenings. Polish film Gods by Lukasz Palkowski chronicles the life of the Polish surgeon who performed his country’s first heart transplant.
Iris Elezi’s Albanian feature Bota (The World) explores the troubling time in the country’s Communist past.
Bas Devos’ award-winning film Violet (pictured) will screen as the closing night feature. The Belgian film tells the emotional story of a teen who witnessed his friend’s murder and played in New Directors/New Films earlier this year.
The programme also features Panos H Koutras’s multiple-award winning Greek film Xenia, Ignas Jonynas’s The Gambler starring Oona Mekas and French film Breathe (Respire) by Mélanie Laurent.
The festival...
- 4/30/2015
- ScreenDaily
Watch out for Bas Devos, people. If his feature debut, “Violet,” is any indication, the Belgian director is going to be a major art-house name. Along with Dp Nicolas Karakatsanis, for that matter. This is an exquisitely shot suburban tale of trauma, stretching the "show-don’t-tell" golden rule of filmmaking to the furthest reaches. In fact, before advocates of sensational shot composition and meticulous camera control choke on too many superlatives here, it’s worth noting that “Violet” might suffer from a too-much-of-a-good-thing syndrome when it comes its visually arresting qualities. The film almost looks too good for the story it tells, which is spread noticeably thin over its succinct 90-minute run time. In any event, Devos and Karakatsanis need to be on everybody’s radar because “Violet” is a shoo-in candidate for one of the best looking films of 2015. After a few blips of digitized violet light, the film...
- 3/19/2015
- by Nikola Grozdanovic
- The Playlist
New Directors/New Films opens today with Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl and closes on March 29 with Rick Alverson's Entertainment. We're tracking some of the most notable writing on the 26 features and 16 shorts screening in this 44th edition, and so far, we've collected reviews of Benjamin Crotty's Fort Buchanan; Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again with Kentucker Audley; Simone Rapisarda Casanova’s hybrid of documentary and fiction The Creation of Meaning; and Bas Devos's Violet. » - David Hudson...
- 3/18/2015
- Keyframe
New Directors/New Films opens today with Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl and closes on March 29 with Rick Alverson's Entertainment. We're tracking some of the most notable writing on the 26 features and 16 shorts screening in this 44th edition, and so far, we've collected reviews of Benjamin Crotty's Fort Buchanan; Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again with Kentucker Audley; Simone Rapisarda Casanova’s hybrid of documentary and fiction The Creation of Meaning; and Bas Devos's Violet. » - David Hudson...
- 3/18/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
New Directors/New Films opens today with Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl and closes on March 29 with Rick Alverson's Entertainment. We're tracking some of the most notable writing on the 26 features and 16 shorts screening in this 44th edition, and so far, we've collected reviews of Benjamin Crotty's Fort Buchanan; Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again with Kentucker Audley; Simone Rapisarda Casanova’s hybrid of documentary and fiction The Creation of Meaning; and Bas Devos's Violet. » - David Hudson...
- 3/18/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
New Directors/New Films opens today with Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl and closes on March 29 with Rick Alverson's Entertainment. We're tracking some of the most notable writing on the 26 features and 16 shorts screening in this 44th edition, and so far, we've collected reviews of Benjamin Crotty's Fort Buchanan; Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again with Kentucker Audley; Simone Rapisarda Casanova’s hybrid of documentary and fiction The Creation of Meaning; and Bas Devos's Violet. » - David Hudson...
- 3/18/2015
- Keyframe
Alexander Skarsgård and Kristen Wiig in Marielle Heller's The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Stevan Riley's Listen To Me Marlon, Simone Rapisarda Casanova's The Creation Of Meaning (La Creazione Di Significato), Lukas Valenta Rinner's Parabellum, and Goodnight Mommy directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz are films to look out for.
Bas Devos (Violet); Stéphane Lafleur (Tu Dors Nicole); Shim Sung-bo (Haemoo); Kornél Mundruczó (White God); Britni West (Tired Moonlight); Darhad Erdenibulag (K); Naji Abu Nowar (Theeb); Bill Ross and Turner Ross (Western); Yohei Suzuki (Ow); Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher); Benjamin Crotty (Fort Buchanan); Laura Citarella and Verónica Llinás (Dog Lady); Salomé Alexi (Line Of Credit); Chaitanya Tamhane (Court); Sarah Leonor (The Great Man); Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again); Oscar Ruiz Navia (Los Hongos) are filmmakers scheduled to participate in post-screening Q&As.
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 44th...
Stevan Riley's Listen To Me Marlon, Simone Rapisarda Casanova's The Creation Of Meaning (La Creazione Di Significato), Lukas Valenta Rinner's Parabellum, and Goodnight Mommy directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz are films to look out for.
Bas Devos (Violet); Stéphane Lafleur (Tu Dors Nicole); Shim Sung-bo (Haemoo); Kornél Mundruczó (White God); Britni West (Tired Moonlight); Darhad Erdenibulag (K); Naji Abu Nowar (Theeb); Bill Ross and Turner Ross (Western); Yohei Suzuki (Ow); Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher); Benjamin Crotty (Fort Buchanan); Laura Citarella and Verónica Llinás (Dog Lady); Salomé Alexi (Line Of Credit); Chaitanya Tamhane (Court); Sarah Leonor (The Great Man); Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again); Oscar Ruiz Navia (Los Hongos) are filmmakers scheduled to participate in post-screening Q&As.
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 44th...
- 3/15/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: Poland-based sales outfit concludes number of deals on its slate.
Poland-based growing sales outfit New Europe Film Sales has concluded a number of deals ahead of Efm on its slate.
Bas Devos’ Violet, a Berlinale selection last year, has sold to Poland (Alter Ego) and Lithuania (Kaunas Ff).
Signe Baumane’s animated Rocks In My Pockets, a Us-Latvia production and Latvia’s submission to the Oscar race, has sold to Spain (Yowu Entertainment) with other deals being negotiated now.
Papusza by the late Polish director Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze has continued to sell well, adding deals to Denmark (51 Shadows), Sweden (Njutafilms), Spain (Pirámide) and Italy (Pfa).
Finally, New Europe has sold the vampire comedy Summer of Blood by Onur Tukel to Taiwan (MovieCloud).
Here at the Efm, New Europe’s slate also includes Dominga Sotomayor’s Forum title Mar, Miguel Llanso’s Crumbs and Eirik Svensson’s One Night in Oslo.
Poland-based growing sales outfit New Europe Film Sales has concluded a number of deals ahead of Efm on its slate.
Bas Devos’ Violet, a Berlinale selection last year, has sold to Poland (Alter Ego) and Lithuania (Kaunas Ff).
Signe Baumane’s animated Rocks In My Pockets, a Us-Latvia production and Latvia’s submission to the Oscar race, has sold to Spain (Yowu Entertainment) with other deals being negotiated now.
Papusza by the late Polish director Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze has continued to sell well, adding deals to Denmark (51 Shadows), Sweden (Njutafilms), Spain (Pirámide) and Italy (Pfa).
Finally, New Europe has sold the vampire comedy Summer of Blood by Onur Tukel to Taiwan (MovieCloud).
Here at the Efm, New Europe’s slate also includes Dominga Sotomayor’s Forum title Mar, Miguel Llanso’s Crumbs and Eirik Svensson’s One Night in Oslo.
- 2/10/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
New Europe Film Sales nabs Norwegian youth film.
Warsaw sales outfir New Europe Film Sales has picked up Norwegian youth film One Night in Oslo (Natt till 17) by Eirik Svensson from the film’s producers Maipo Film As.
One Night in Oslo tells the story of 15 year-olds Sam and Amir, who have their friendship tested on the night before the Norwegian Day of Liberation.
The film premiered at this year’s Giffoni Film Festival and recoded a box office of more than $900,000 in Norway.
The acquisition is part of the company’s strategy to build a strong catalogue of films for children and youth audiences after successful runs with Berlinale Generation winners Mother I Love You by Janis Nords and Violet by Bas Devos.
The company has also picked up Oscar-nomianted Irish animation short Coda by Alan Holly.
Warsaw sales outfir New Europe Film Sales has picked up Norwegian youth film One Night in Oslo (Natt till 17) by Eirik Svensson from the film’s producers Maipo Film As.
One Night in Oslo tells the story of 15 year-olds Sam and Amir, who have their friendship tested on the night before the Norwegian Day of Liberation.
The film premiered at this year’s Giffoni Film Festival and recoded a box office of more than $900,000 in Norway.
The acquisition is part of the company’s strategy to build a strong catalogue of films for children and youth audiences after successful runs with Berlinale Generation winners Mother I Love You by Janis Nords and Violet by Bas Devos.
The company has also picked up Oscar-nomianted Irish animation short Coda by Alan Holly.
- 12/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Güeros, 10,000 Km and Happy Valley will screen at the festival as top brass announced programming in three sections.
The New Auteurs and shorts sections showcase filmmakers from around the world. Both strands are juried and selections are eligible for grand jury awards.
New Auteurs selections include Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Güeros (Mexico, pictured) and the North American premiere of Bas Devos’ Violet (Netherlands-Belgium).
There are Us premieres for Park Jungbum’s Alive (Sanda, South Korea) and Nguyen Hoang Diep’s Flapping In The Middle Of Nowhere (Ðap Cánh Giua Không Trung, Vietnam-France-Norway-Germany.)
Screen International critic Tim Grierson is on the jury alongside Alonso Duralde, Tim Grierson, Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson.
Shorts include 130919 • A Portrait Of Marina Abramović by Matthu Placek and Scott Cummings’ Buffalo Juggalos.
The shorts jurors are Kahlil Joseph, Sara Murphy, Mike Ott, Matthew Takata and Brian Udovich.
The American Independents section features the programmers’ picks of the best of the year’s independent films, including...
The New Auteurs and shorts sections showcase filmmakers from around the world. Both strands are juried and selections are eligible for grand jury awards.
New Auteurs selections include Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Güeros (Mexico, pictured) and the North American premiere of Bas Devos’ Violet (Netherlands-Belgium).
There are Us premieres for Park Jungbum’s Alive (Sanda, South Korea) and Nguyen Hoang Diep’s Flapping In The Middle Of Nowhere (Ðap Cánh Giua Không Trung, Vietnam-France-Norway-Germany.)
Screen International critic Tim Grierson is on the jury alongside Alonso Duralde, Tim Grierson, Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson.
Shorts include 130919 • A Portrait Of Marina Abramović by Matthu Placek and Scott Cummings’ Buffalo Juggalos.
The shorts jurors are Kahlil Joseph, Sara Murphy, Mike Ott, Matthew Takata and Brian Udovich.
The American Independents section features the programmers’ picks of the best of the year’s independent films, including...
- 10/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Debut competition titles at cinematography festival unveiled.
Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 15-22), has revealed the line-up of films screening in three of the festival’s competition sections including Cinematographers’ Debut, Directors’ Debut and Student Etudes.
The entries are:
Cinematographers’ Debut Competition
Duane Hopkins’ Bypass;
UK, 2014; Cinematographer: David Procter
Sidney Lexy Plaut’s Dark Samurai;
Denmark, 2014; Cinematographer: Sidney Lexy Plaut
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret;
Ethiopia, USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Monika Lenczewska
Krzysztof Skonieczny’s Hardkor Disko;
Poland, 2014; Cinematographer: Kacper Fertacz
Arild Østin Ommundsen’s It’s Only Make Believe;
Norway, 2013; Cinematographer: Arild Østin Ommundsen
Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Ruin;
Australia, 2013; Cinematographer: Ari Wegner
Ester Martin Bergsmark’s Something Must Break;
Sweden, 2014; Cinematographers: Lisabi Fridell and Minka Jakerson
David Pablos’ The Life After;
Mexico, 2013; Cinematographer: José De- La-Torre
Saar Klein’s Things People Do;
USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Matthias Koenigswieser
Jonas Alexander Arnby’s When Animals Dream;
Denmark, 2013; Cinematographer: [link=nm...
Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 15-22), has revealed the line-up of films screening in three of the festival’s competition sections including Cinematographers’ Debut, Directors’ Debut and Student Etudes.
The entries are:
Cinematographers’ Debut Competition
Duane Hopkins’ Bypass;
UK, 2014; Cinematographer: David Procter
Sidney Lexy Plaut’s Dark Samurai;
Denmark, 2014; Cinematographer: Sidney Lexy Plaut
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret;
Ethiopia, USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Monika Lenczewska
Krzysztof Skonieczny’s Hardkor Disko;
Poland, 2014; Cinematographer: Kacper Fertacz
Arild Østin Ommundsen’s It’s Only Make Believe;
Norway, 2013; Cinematographer: Arild Østin Ommundsen
Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Ruin;
Australia, 2013; Cinematographer: Ari Wegner
Ester Martin Bergsmark’s Something Must Break;
Sweden, 2014; Cinematographers: Lisabi Fridell and Minka Jakerson
David Pablos’ The Life After;
Mexico, 2013; Cinematographer: José De- La-Torre
Saar Klein’s Things People Do;
USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Matthias Koenigswieser
Jonas Alexander Arnby’s When Animals Dream;
Denmark, 2013; Cinematographer: [link=nm...
- 10/16/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
New section is aimed at engaging young audiences and programmed by a teenage team.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has announced a new Teen Spirit section and Youth Hub in a bid to engage young audiences and encourage new filmmaking talent.
The films in the Teen Spirit strand, aimed at 15-to 26-year-olds, have been selected by a 16-strong team aged 15-19. During Eiff, the Young Programmers will be hosting Q&As, promoting the films and reporting from within the festival.
The section will comprise six features and six shorts, with tickets priced at £5 to encourage younger cinemagoers.
The line-up includes:
Galore (Rhys Graham)
Ballet Boys (Kenneth Elvebakk)
#Chicagogirl - The Social Network Takes On A Dictator (Joe Piscatella)
Finsterworld (Frauke Finsterwalder)
Korso (Akseli Tuomivaara)
Violet (Bas Devos)
The short films are: Emo (The Musical); Half Sour; Letter From An Old Boy; Schoolyard; Tryouts; and Moritz And The Woodwose.
In addition, Eiff will host...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has announced a new Teen Spirit section and Youth Hub in a bid to engage young audiences and encourage new filmmaking talent.
The films in the Teen Spirit strand, aimed at 15-to 26-year-olds, have been selected by a 16-strong team aged 15-19. During Eiff, the Young Programmers will be hosting Q&As, promoting the films and reporting from within the festival.
The section will comprise six features and six shorts, with tickets priced at £5 to encourage younger cinemagoers.
The line-up includes:
Galore (Rhys Graham)
Ballet Boys (Kenneth Elvebakk)
#Chicagogirl - The Social Network Takes On A Dictator (Joe Piscatella)
Finsterworld (Frauke Finsterwalder)
Korso (Akseli Tuomivaara)
Violet (Bas Devos)
The short films are: Emo (The Musical); Half Sour; Letter From An Old Boy; Schoolyard; Tryouts; and Moritz And The Woodwose.
In addition, Eiff will host...
- 5/7/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Sixth edition of Denmark’s largest fiction festival will feature 160 feature films and more than 400 screenings and events.
Fenar Ahmad’s Flow [pictured] will receive its world premiere as the opening film of the sixth Cph Pix.
Flow will screen at the Imperial cinema on April 2 and also competes for the New Talent Grand Pix. The festival’s main prize will award €15,000 to one of ten debutants to feature at this year’s edition, including Paul Wright’s For Those in Peril and Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook. Competing for the prize are:
Jennifer Kent, The Babadook (Australia)Eskil Vogt, Blind (Norway)Felipe Barbosa, Casa Grande or the Ballad of Poor Jean (Brazil)Paul Wright, For Those in Peril (UK)Benjamin Naishat, History of Fear (Argentina, Uruguay)Michalis Konstantantos, Luton (Greece)Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child (USA)Allessandro Rossetto, Small Homeland (Italy)Bas Devos, Violet (Belgium, Holland)Fenar Ahmad, Flow (Ækte Vare) (Denmark) [pictured]
Overall, this year’s...
Fenar Ahmad’s Flow [pictured] will receive its world premiere as the opening film of the sixth Cph Pix.
Flow will screen at the Imperial cinema on April 2 and also competes for the New Talent Grand Pix. The festival’s main prize will award €15,000 to one of ten debutants to feature at this year’s edition, including Paul Wright’s For Those in Peril and Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook. Competing for the prize are:
Jennifer Kent, The Babadook (Australia)Eskil Vogt, Blind (Norway)Felipe Barbosa, Casa Grande or the Ballad of Poor Jean (Brazil)Paul Wright, For Those in Peril (UK)Benjamin Naishat, History of Fear (Argentina, Uruguay)Michalis Konstantantos, Luton (Greece)Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child (USA)Allessandro Rossetto, Small Homeland (Italy)Bas Devos, Violet (Belgium, Holland)Fenar Ahmad, Flow (Ækte Vare) (Denmark) [pictured]
Overall, this year’s...
- 3/24/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Crystal Bears awarded to 52 Tuesdays in the Generation 14plus and Killa in the Generation Kplus sections.
Australian film 52 Tuesdays has picked up the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation 14plus strand of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The feature, directed by Sophie Hyde, centres on 16 year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence, which is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
The film, which debuted at the Adelaide Film Festival last October and played at Sundance last month, was described by the jury as “both suprising and touching”.
A statement from the jury added: “The moving story is presented in a fascinating structure and convinces with strong characters, humour, clever ideas and sensitivity.”
The youth jury comprised Simon Kalmbach, Luca Kokol, Karla Laitko, Leonie Mo Munder, Paula Noack, Nicola Scholz and Florian Stündel.
A special mention was given to Spanish director Gabri Velázquez’s ärtico...
Australian film 52 Tuesdays has picked up the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation 14plus strand of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The feature, directed by Sophie Hyde, centres on 16 year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence, which is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
The film, which debuted at the Adelaide Film Festival last October and played at Sundance last month, was described by the jury as “both suprising and touching”.
A statement from the jury added: “The moving story is presented in a fascinating structure and convinces with strong characters, humour, clever ideas and sensitivity.”
The youth jury comprised Simon Kalmbach, Luca Kokol, Karla Laitko, Leonie Mo Munder, Paula Noack, Nicola Scholz and Florian Stündel.
A special mention was given to Spanish director Gabri Velázquez’s ärtico...
- 2/15/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Crystal Bears awarded in the Generation 14plus and Generation Kplus sections.
Australian film 52 Tuesdays has picked up the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation 14plus strand of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The feature, directed by Sophie Hyde, centres on 16 year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence, which is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
The film, which debuted at the Adelaide Film Festival last October and played at Sundance last month, was described by the jury as “both suprising and touching”.
A statement from the jury added: “The moving story is presented in a fascinating structure and convinces with strong characters, humour, clever ideas and sensitivity.”
The youth jury comprised Simon Kalmbach, Luca Kokol, Karla Laitko, Leonie Mo Munder, Paula Noack, Nicola Scholz and Florian Stündel.
A special mention was given to Spanish director Gabri Velázquez’s ärtico.
The Crystal...
Australian film 52 Tuesdays has picked up the Crystal Bear for Best Film in the Generation 14plus strand of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The feature, directed by Sophie Hyde, centres on 16 year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence, which is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
The film, which debuted at the Adelaide Film Festival last October and played at Sundance last month, was described by the jury as “both suprising and touching”.
A statement from the jury added: “The moving story is presented in a fascinating structure and convinces with strong characters, humour, clever ideas and sensitivity.”
The youth jury comprised Simon Kalmbach, Luca Kokol, Karla Laitko, Leonie Mo Munder, Paula Noack, Nicola Scholz and Florian Stündel.
A special mention was given to Spanish director Gabri Velázquez’s ärtico.
The Crystal...
- 2/14/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Warsaw-based international sales company New Europe Film Sales has taken on Bas Devos’ Generation 14+ title Violet.
Devos’ feature debut is the story of a 15-year-old who witnesses the stabbing of his friend.
The film is produced by the Brussels-based company Minds Meet, which last week announced that more of its titles will be handled by New Europe Film Sales, among them Caroline Strubbe’s Toronto/Rotterdam title I’m The Same, I’m An Other and the 3D Berlinale Generation 14Plus co-production Above Us All by Eugenie Jansen, which Minds Meet coproduced.
New Europe Film Sales presents three films at this year’s Berlinale: Violet, Above Us All (both Generation 14Plus), and Forum title, Us erotic thriller Thou Wast Mild and Lovely by Josephine Decker.
Devos’ feature debut is the story of a 15-year-old who witnesses the stabbing of his friend.
The film is produced by the Brussels-based company Minds Meet, which last week announced that more of its titles will be handled by New Europe Film Sales, among them Caroline Strubbe’s Toronto/Rotterdam title I’m The Same, I’m An Other and the 3D Berlinale Generation 14Plus co-production Above Us All by Eugenie Jansen, which Minds Meet coproduced.
New Europe Film Sales presents three films at this year’s Berlinale: Violet, Above Us All (both Generation 14Plus), and Forum title, Us erotic thriller Thou Wast Mild and Lovely by Josephine Decker.
- 2/3/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Nancy Buirski [pictured], Valeria Golino and Hernán Musaluppi to decide on the Best First Feature Award; 18 films are in contention.
Berlinale has unveiled the three-person jury for its Best First Feature Award.
Us director and producer Nancy Buirski, Italian actress and director Valeria Golino and Argentinian producer Hernán Musaluppi will decide the award, with the winner announced at the official award ceremony in the Berlinale Palast on Feb 15.
The award comes with a €50,000 prize, donated by the Gwff, and will be split between the producer and director of the winning film, while the director will also be awarded with a high-quality viewfinder.
A total of 18 directorial debuts have been nominated by the heads of the Competition, Panorama, Forum, Generation and Perspektive Deutsches Kino section.
They are:
Competition
´71 - United Kingdom
By Yann Demange
With Jack O’Connell, Sean Harris, Richard Dormer
Historia del miedo (History of Fear) – Argentina / Uruguay / Germany / France
By Benjamin Naishtat
With Jonathan Da Rosa, [link...
Berlinale has unveiled the three-person jury for its Best First Feature Award.
Us director and producer Nancy Buirski, Italian actress and director Valeria Golino and Argentinian producer Hernán Musaluppi will decide the award, with the winner announced at the official award ceremony in the Berlinale Palast on Feb 15.
The award comes with a €50,000 prize, donated by the Gwff, and will be split between the producer and director of the winning film, while the director will also be awarded with a high-quality viewfinder.
A total of 18 directorial debuts have been nominated by the heads of the Competition, Panorama, Forum, Generation and Perspektive Deutsches Kino section.
They are:
Competition
´71 - United Kingdom
By Yann Demange
With Jack O’Connell, Sean Harris, Richard Dormer
Historia del miedo (History of Fear) – Argentina / Uruguay / Germany / France
By Benjamin Naishtat
With Jonathan Da Rosa, [link...
- 1/23/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Berlinale adds 17 features to the Generation programme, aimed at children and youths, including the European premiere of a feature co-directed by Flight of the Conchords Jemaine Clement.
A total of 60 short and full-length films from 35 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions at the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16). They include five long and nine short animated films.
Section head Maryanne Redpath said: “This diversity transcends all limits, in content, imagery, narrative structure and rhythm. Each of these animated gems creates its own universe and is a fantastic cinematic adventure, not just for children.”
The selection includes What We Do in the Shadows, a mockumentary that follows the struggles of a group of New Zealand–based vampires to understand modern society and adapt to the ever-changing world around them. The ensemble includes Flights of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement, who co-directs alongside Taika Waititi.
This year, Generation will be...
A total of 60 short and full-length films from 35 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions at the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16). They include five long and nine short animated films.
Section head Maryanne Redpath said: “This diversity transcends all limits, in content, imagery, narrative structure and rhythm. Each of these animated gems creates its own universe and is a fantastic cinematic adventure, not just for children.”
The selection includes What We Do in the Shadows, a mockumentary that follows the struggles of a group of New Zealand–based vampires to understand modern society and adapt to the ever-changing world around them. The ensemble includes Flights of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement, who co-directs alongside Taika Waititi.
This year, Generation will be...
- 1/14/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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