Haha…Arri learned from us and created a camera chart of the Arri cameras that were used to shoot Cannes 2024 films. According to the chart, the new Alexa 35 is booming. In the 2nd place is the Mini Lf, and the 3rd belongs to the good and old Alexa Mini.
Arri Alexa 35. The winner of Cannes 2024? Arri cameras at Cannes 2024
As the tradition continues, Arri cameras are preferred among Cannes filmmakers. For instance, the Alexa Mini and Mini Lf were the chosen cameras by the Cannes 2023 cinematographers. It appears that in Cannes 2024 there’s no difference besides the rise of the newest Alexa, which is the 35. Arri felt inspired by Y.M.Cinema charts and released its own Cannes 2024 camera chart focusing on Arri cameras. According to Arri’s chart, the Alexa 35 is in the first place as the weapon of choice of Cannes 2024 cinematographers. After that, there are the Mini Lf,...
Arri Alexa 35. The winner of Cannes 2024? Arri cameras at Cannes 2024
As the tradition continues, Arri cameras are preferred among Cannes filmmakers. For instance, the Alexa Mini and Mini Lf were the chosen cameras by the Cannes 2023 cinematographers. It appears that in Cannes 2024 there’s no difference besides the rise of the newest Alexa, which is the 35. Arri felt inspired by Y.M.Cinema charts and released its own Cannes 2024 camera chart focusing on Arri cameras. According to Arri’s chart, the Alexa 35 is in the first place as the weapon of choice of Cannes 2024 cinematographers. After that, there are the Mini Lf,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Yossy Mendelovich
- YMCinema
Rithy Panh has dedicated the lion’s share of his career to interrogating the genocidal Khmer Rouge era in his native Cambodia, and it is no trivial obsession. Panh fled Phnom Penh when he was just 11, and after his family was devastated in the Killing Fields, he escaped to a Thai refugee camp at 15. Now 60, Panh has been committed to keeping the memory of the impact of Pol Pot’s tyrannical regime alive in documentary, narrative and animated film.
His 2013 feature The Missing Picture blended archival footage with clay figures re-creating the atrocities of the genocide, and the film was nominated for an Academy Award after picking up the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. His return to Cannes this year with Meeting with Pol Pot (Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot), in the Premiere lineup, brings that blend back to the screen, interweaving it into a narrative about three...
His 2013 feature The Missing Picture blended archival footage with clay figures re-creating the atrocities of the genocide, and the film was nominated for an Academy Award after picking up the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. His return to Cannes this year with Meeting with Pol Pot (Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot), in the Premiere lineup, brings that blend back to the screen, interweaving it into a narrative about three...
- 5/16/2024
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
A chilling historical drama rendered with impeccable sleight of hand, Rithy Panh’s “Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot” (“Meeting With Pol Pot”) reveals its political dimensions through layers of obfuscation. While based partially on real events (and on the writings of American war journalist Elizabeth Becker), it crafts a fictitious tale of three French journalists attempting to interview Cambodian dictator Pol Pot in 1978. Although its outcomes echo the real experiences of Becker, Scottish academic Malcolm Caldwell, and American reporter Richard Dudman, the film is as much about a specific moment in time as it is about the mechanics of propaganda, which it refutes and embodies in equal measure.
A narrow 4:3 frame introduces the movie’s analogues for Becker, Caldwell, and Dudman, who make their approach by air in the hopes of exposing the opaque Cambodian regime. Irene Jacob plays Lisa Delbo; like Becker — whose work influenced Panh’s 1996 documentary “Bophana:...
A narrow 4:3 frame introduces the movie’s analogues for Becker, Caldwell, and Dudman, who make their approach by air in the hopes of exposing the opaque Cambodian regime. Irene Jacob plays Lisa Delbo; like Becker — whose work influenced Panh’s 1996 documentary “Bophana:...
- 5/16/2024
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Variety Film + TV
The feature “Tales of Taipei” is a tribute to the low-pressure, culturally rich city, which has been shaped by its regional neighbors, taken in diverse peoples and distilled the multiple competing influences into a messy, happy-go-lucky morass.
Produced by Bowie Tsang and Amy Ma, the film calls on 10 directors hailing from Malaysia, France, Bhutan and Hong Kong, and Taiwanese locals Yin Cheng-han and Remii Huang to contribute.
“Everything is possible in Taiwan, everything exits side by side,” says Tsang, who was born in Hong Kong. “We have old Chinese myths. We believe in the afterlife. Churches exist side by side with temples. We are still trying to figure out how to tell our stories.”
As in the film, juxtapositions exist throughout the Taiwan film industry. Theatrical B.O. improved last year, but from a low 2022 base. Last year, Taiwan productions increased market share from 10% to nearly 16%, helping to lift the...
Produced by Bowie Tsang and Amy Ma, the film calls on 10 directors hailing from Malaysia, France, Bhutan and Hong Kong, and Taiwanese locals Yin Cheng-han and Remii Huang to contribute.
“Everything is possible in Taiwan, everything exits side by side,” says Tsang, who was born in Hong Kong. “We have old Chinese myths. We believe in the afterlife. Churches exist side by side with temples. We are still trying to figure out how to tell our stories.”
As in the film, juxtapositions exist throughout the Taiwan film industry. Theatrical B.O. improved last year, but from a low 2022 base. Last year, Taiwan productions increased market share from 10% to nearly 16%, helping to lift the...
- 5/14/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
European production and sales studio Vuelta Group has bought German producer Telepool from Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook.
The deal, struck through Vuelta subsidiary SquareOne, will see a combined business operating under the SquareOne banner. SquareOne and Vuelta Group Germany CEO Al Munteanu will lead the banner, with Michael Heyd serving as CFO and COO.
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the combined group will boast a library of over 1,200 titles such as Drive, Intouchables, Olympus Has Fallen, Transporter 3 and the recently released One Life. It will form part of the growing Vuelta Group, which in July last year we revealed had formed through the acquisitions of SquareOne, Paris-based international sales firm Playtime Group and Nordic distributor-producer Scanbox.
Vuelta Group Chairman Jeromt Levy, who launched the group with $50M backing from an unnamed U.S. private equity firm, announced the news today along with Munteanu.
The deal, struck through Vuelta subsidiary SquareOne, will see a combined business operating under the SquareOne banner. SquareOne and Vuelta Group Germany CEO Al Munteanu will lead the banner, with Michael Heyd serving as CFO and COO.
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the combined group will boast a library of over 1,200 titles such as Drive, Intouchables, Olympus Has Fallen, Transporter 3 and the recently released One Life. It will form part of the growing Vuelta Group, which in July last year we revealed had formed through the acquisitions of SquareOne, Paris-based international sales firm Playtime Group and Nordic distributor-producer Scanbox.
Vuelta Group Chairman Jeromt Levy, who launched the group with $50M backing from an unnamed U.S. private equity firm, announced the news today along with Munteanu.
- 5/8/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
German distributor-producer SquareOne Entertainment, part of rising European film studio Vuelta Group, has acquired German film and TV production, distribution and licensing company Telepool, which was owned by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook.
The news was announced Wednesday by Vuelta Group chairman Jerome Levy and CEO of SquareOne and Vuelta Group Germany Al Munteanu.
Munteanu will spearhead the newly combined entity under the SquareOne banner with Michael Heyd serving as CFO/COO.
The newly combined SquareOne entity will boast a library consisting of over 1,200 titles such as “Drive,” “Intouchables,” “The Olympus Has Fallen,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “Imitation Game,” “Lone Survivor,” “Book Club,” “Transporter 3,” “King Richard,” “Maurice the Tomcat” and the recently released “One Life” among others.
“For over 60 years, Telepool has been one of the leading global content houses and we are proud of the work we did with the company,” said Westbrook CEO Kosaku Yada.
The news was announced Wednesday by Vuelta Group chairman Jerome Levy and CEO of SquareOne and Vuelta Group Germany Al Munteanu.
Munteanu will spearhead the newly combined entity under the SquareOne banner with Michael Heyd serving as CFO/COO.
The newly combined SquareOne entity will boast a library consisting of over 1,200 titles such as “Drive,” “Intouchables,” “The Olympus Has Fallen,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “Imitation Game,” “Lone Survivor,” “Book Club,” “Transporter 3,” “King Richard,” “Maurice the Tomcat” and the recently released “One Life” among others.
“For over 60 years, Telepool has been one of the leading global content houses and we are proud of the work we did with the company,” said Westbrook CEO Kosaku Yada.
- 5/8/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Cannes Premiere section stocked up on films from France with Alain Guiraudie’s Misericorde among the mix, the Out of Competition section added a Canuck oddity from Winnipeger Guy Maddin and co., the Midnight Section Screenings landed Nicolas Cage starring The Surfer by Lorcan Finnegan and Sergei Loznitsa once again drops a docu film on the Croisette with an item in the Special Screenings section. Here are nineteen titles that dropped this morning:
Cannes Premiere
“C’est Pas Moi,” Leos Carax
“En Fanfare” (“The Matching Bang”), Emmanuel Courcol
“Everybody Loves Touda,” Nabil Ayouch
“Le Roman de Jim,” Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
“Misericorde,” Alain Guiraudie
“Rendez-Vous Avec Pol Pot,” Rithy Panh
Out Of Competition
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” George Miller
“Horizon, an American Saga,” Kevin Costner
“Rumours,” Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin
“She’s Got No Name,” Chan Peter Ho-Sun
Midnight Screenings
“I, the Executioner,” Seung Wan Ryoo
“The Balconettes...
Cannes Premiere
“C’est Pas Moi,” Leos Carax
“En Fanfare” (“The Matching Bang”), Emmanuel Courcol
“Everybody Loves Touda,” Nabil Ayouch
“Le Roman de Jim,” Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
“Misericorde,” Alain Guiraudie
“Rendez-Vous Avec Pol Pot,” Rithy Panh
Out Of Competition
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” George Miller
“Horizon, an American Saga,” Kevin Costner
“Rumours,” Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin
“She’s Got No Name,” Chan Peter Ho-Sun
Midnight Screenings
“I, the Executioner,” Seung Wan Ryoo
“The Balconettes...
- 4/12/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Cannes announced the official selection for this year, and the Asian representation is quite strong. India finds its way back to the main competition after 30 years, with “All We Imagine as Light” while Jia Zhangke returns with “Caught By The Tides” . Also of note is the presence of the first Saudi Arabian film in the official selection with “Norah”, which premiered last year in Red Sea. Here are all the entries we know of so far. More info will be added as we get closer to the festival.
All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia (India) Caught by the Tides by Jia Zhang-Ke (China) Norah by Tawfik Alzaidi (Saudi Arabia) Black Dog by Guan Hu (China) My Sunshine by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan) Santosh by Sandhya Suri (India) Viet and Nam by Truong Minh Quý (Vietnam) She's Got No Name by Peter Chan Ho-Sun Twilight of the Warrior Walled In...
All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia (India) Caught by the Tides by Jia Zhang-Ke (China) Norah by Tawfik Alzaidi (Saudi Arabia) Black Dog by Guan Hu (China) My Sunshine by Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan) Santosh by Sandhya Suri (India) Viet and Nam by Truong Minh Quý (Vietnam) She's Got No Name by Peter Chan Ho-Sun Twilight of the Warrior Walled In...
- 4/11/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
As expected, the Cannes Film Festival line-up is pretty spectacular with new films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and David Cronenberg heading to the fest.
As the days are getting longer and there’s a tiny bit more sunshine in between the showers of rain, that can only mean one thing. The Cannes Film Festival is almost upon us.
Of course, us peasants rarely get to go, but it is fun to read the reactions from the glitzy world premieres as the stars gather in the picturesque town of Cannes.
And this year’s festival line-up is a doozy. We already knew George Miller was heading to the Croisette with Furiosa, Francis Ford Coppola is bringing Megalopolis and Kevin Costner will be premiering his new film, too, but there’s a whole heap of great filmmakers heading out to the beach with their films.
The highlights include Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds Of Kindness,...
As the days are getting longer and there’s a tiny bit more sunshine in between the showers of rain, that can only mean one thing. The Cannes Film Festival is almost upon us.
Of course, us peasants rarely get to go, but it is fun to read the reactions from the glitzy world premieres as the stars gather in the picturesque town of Cannes.
And this year’s festival line-up is a doozy. We already knew George Miller was heading to the Croisette with Furiosa, Francis Ford Coppola is bringing Megalopolis and Kevin Costner will be premiering his new film, too, but there’s a whole heap of great filmmakers heading out to the beach with their films.
The highlights include Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds Of Kindness,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Descubre las películas que estarán en Cannes 2024: una lista completa de todas las secciones.
Esta mañana, Thierry Frémaux ha anunciado la programación oficial de la 77ª edición del Festival de Cannes. La pasada edición del festival fue testigo de los estrenos mundiales de las aclamadas películas “Anatomía de una Caída”, “Killers of the Flower Moon” y “The Zone of Interest”. Unas películas que posteriormente fueron nominadas al Oscar a la mejor película, de modo que este año el listón está muy alto.
Desde su primera edición en 1946, el Festival de Cannes se ha consolidado como uno de los acontecimientos cinematográficos más importantes de la industria del cine y la edición de este año ofrece una gran variedad de películas de todo el mundo; desde directores consagrados hasta nuevas voces de la industria. Aunque, por desgracia, España no tendrá representación en el festival este año.
La presidenta del jurado de...
Esta mañana, Thierry Frémaux ha anunciado la programación oficial de la 77ª edición del Festival de Cannes. La pasada edición del festival fue testigo de los estrenos mundiales de las aclamadas películas “Anatomía de una Caída”, “Killers of the Flower Moon” y “The Zone of Interest”. Unas películas que posteriormente fueron nominadas al Oscar a la mejor película, de modo que este año el listón está muy alto.
Desde su primera edición en 1946, el Festival de Cannes se ha consolidado como uno de los acontecimientos cinematográficos más importantes de la industria del cine y la edición de este año ofrece una gran variedad de películas de todo el mundo; desde directores consagrados hasta nuevas voces de la industria. Aunque, por desgracia, España no tendrá representación en el festival este año.
La presidenta del jurado de...
- 4/11/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Ahead of a festival kicking off in just about a month, Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, have unveiled the selection of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Led by the previously announced major highlight, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, the competition lineup features the latest films from Jia Zhangke, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader, Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Miguel Gomes, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jacques Audiard, Ali Abbasi, Payal Kapadia, and more.
Other sections include the previously new films from George Miller and Kevin Costner, alongside Leos Carax’s personal short C’est Pas Moi, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson’s Rumors, Alain Guiraudie’s Miséricorde, and more.
Check out the lineup below.
Competition
All We Imagine As Light – Payal Kapadia
L’amour Ouf – Gilles Lellouche
Anora – Sean Baker
The Apprentice – Ali Abbasi
Bird – Andrea Arnold
Caught by the Tides – Jia Zhang-ke...
Led by the previously announced major highlight, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, the competition lineup features the latest films from Jia Zhangke, David Cronenberg, Paul Schrader, Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Miguel Gomes, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jacques Audiard, Ali Abbasi, Payal Kapadia, and more.
Other sections include the previously new films from George Miller and Kevin Costner, alongside Leos Carax’s personal short C’est Pas Moi, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson’s Rumors, Alain Guiraudie’s Miséricorde, and more.
Check out the lineup below.
Competition
All We Imagine As Light – Payal Kapadia
L’amour Ouf – Gilles Lellouche
Anora – Sean Baker
The Apprentice – Ali Abbasi
Bird – Andrea Arnold
Caught by the Tides – Jia Zhang-ke...
- 4/11/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 77th edition (May 14-25)
The competition includes films by Andrea Arnold, David Cronenberg, Yórgos Lánthimos, Paul Schrader and Paolo Sorrentino.
Festival director Thierry Frémaux revealed the Official Selection at a press conference at the Ugc Normandie theatre in Paris alongside festival president Iris Knobloch.
Previously announced titles include Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act, which will open the festival on May 14 out of competition, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Kevin Costner’s Horizon, An American Saga and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.
Barbie director Greta Gerwig will preside over the jury.
The competition includes films by Andrea Arnold, David Cronenberg, Yórgos Lánthimos, Paul Schrader and Paolo Sorrentino.
Festival director Thierry Frémaux revealed the Official Selection at a press conference at the Ugc Normandie theatre in Paris alongside festival president Iris Knobloch.
Previously announced titles include Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act, which will open the festival on May 14 out of competition, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Kevin Costner’s Horizon, An American Saga and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.
Barbie director Greta Gerwig will preside over the jury.
- 4/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
#TikTokShortFilm is back, and in its third year, the contest is expanding. For the first time, U.S.-based creators can submit artistic, minute-long work to the competition, which will culminate with an award ceremony at the Festival De Cannes in May.
More than 55 countries are included in the #TikTokShortFilm contest, which celebrates short-form art while reinforcing “TikTok’s commitment to the entertainment and film industry,” according to an announcement from the video app. Submitted work will be presented in TikTok’s signature vertical format, but slower-paced entries will be considered as well. In its announcement, TikTok calls for “1min+ videos,” underscoring its recent investment in longer uploads.
“#TikTokShortFilm has helped define TikTok’s role as a launchpad for both emerging and established filmmakers around the world,” reads the announcement. “Since it first launched in 2022, the #TikTokShortFilm competition has empowered many creators to turn their passion into new career opportunities...
More than 55 countries are included in the #TikTokShortFilm contest, which celebrates short-form art while reinforcing “TikTok’s commitment to the entertainment and film industry,” according to an announcement from the video app. Submitted work will be presented in TikTok’s signature vertical format, but slower-paced entries will be considered as well. In its announcement, TikTok calls for “1min+ videos,” underscoring its recent investment in longer uploads.
“#TikTokShortFilm has helped define TikTok’s role as a launchpad for both emerging and established filmmakers around the world,” reads the announcement. “Since it first launched in 2022, the #TikTokShortFilm competition has empowered many creators to turn their passion into new career opportunities...
- 2/29/2024
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
It is the busiest time of the year for Doha Film Institute (Dfi) CEO Fatma Hassan Al Remaihi and her team as they gear up the 10th edition of the org’s Qumra talent and project incubator.
The initiative is a cornerstone of the activities of the Dfi which was launched in 2010 to help nurture a local film and TV sector as well as the wider independent filmmaking community in the Middle East and North Africa.
From March 1 to 6, some 250 professionals – including this year’s Qumra Masters Leos Carax, Toni Collette, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martín Hernández, and Jim Sheridan – will gather in Doha to support 40 projects by emerging directors, selected from recent Dfi grantees.
The Dfi also runs year-round grants programs, workshops and screenings for locally based filmmakers as well as Mena directors and a handful of emerging talents outside of the region. In a separate funding stream, it...
The initiative is a cornerstone of the activities of the Dfi which was launched in 2010 to help nurture a local film and TV sector as well as the wider independent filmmaking community in the Middle East and North Africa.
From March 1 to 6, some 250 professionals – including this year’s Qumra Masters Leos Carax, Toni Collette, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martín Hernández, and Jim Sheridan – will gather in Doha to support 40 projects by emerging directors, selected from recent Dfi grantees.
The Dfi also runs year-round grants programs, workshops and screenings for locally based filmmakers as well as Mena directors and a handful of emerging talents outside of the region. In a separate funding stream, it...
- 2/28/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Qatar’s Doha Film Institute (Dfi) kicks off the 10th edition of its Qumra project and talent incubator event meeting this Friday.
Running from March 1 to 6 in downtown Doha and the lofty surroundings of the city’s I. M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art, the event will welcome the filmmakers and producers of 40 projects across all formats for six days of masterclasses, workshops and one-on-one mentoring sessions.
Participants include UK director Ana Naomi de Sousa with Naseem, Fight With Grace about boxing star Naseem Hamed; Moroccan filmmaker Alaa Eddine Aljem with Eldorado, The Taste of the South, his second feature after Cannes Critics’ Week title The Unknown Saint; Tunisian director Mehdi Barsaoui with Aïcha, which follows 2019 drama A Son for which Sami Bouajila won Best Actor in the Venice’s Horizons sidebar, and Palestinian director Saleh Saadi with TV series Dyouf, about a young man who returns to his...
Running from March 1 to 6 in downtown Doha and the lofty surroundings of the city’s I. M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art, the event will welcome the filmmakers and producers of 40 projects across all formats for six days of masterclasses, workshops and one-on-one mentoring sessions.
Participants include UK director Ana Naomi de Sousa with Naseem, Fight With Grace about boxing star Naseem Hamed; Moroccan filmmaker Alaa Eddine Aljem with Eldorado, The Taste of the South, his second feature after Cannes Critics’ Week title The Unknown Saint; Tunisian director Mehdi Barsaoui with Aïcha, which follows 2019 drama A Son for which Sami Bouajila won Best Actor in the Venice’s Horizons sidebar, and Palestinian director Saleh Saadi with TV series Dyouf, about a young man who returns to his...
- 2/28/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Movies are a hot discussion topic on TikTok, and the app is reminding film executives that its community holds sway over pop culture trends. Several stars from #FilmTok are in attendance at the Sundance Film Festival after TikTok invited its silver screen tastemakers to join its contingent at the annual Park City, Utah event.
The creators who are present at Sundance include Joe Aragon (a.k.a. Cinema Joe) and Maddi Koch (a.k.a. Maddi Moo). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the follower counts of the #FilmTok representatives cover a wide range; Spencer Cook‘s 200,000 followers put him on the low end, while The Nobodys top the list with nearly ten million followers.
TikTok’s film community may not get as much attention as the trendsetter readers of #BookTok, but the #FilmTok hashtag has accumulated nearly 46 billion hits to date. The TikTok film discourse often focuses on the sleeper...
The creators who are present at Sundance include Joe Aragon (a.k.a. Cinema Joe) and Maddi Koch (a.k.a. Maddi Moo). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the follower counts of the #FilmTok representatives cover a wide range; Spencer Cook‘s 200,000 followers put him on the low end, while The Nobodys top the list with nearly ten million followers.
TikTok’s film community may not get as much attention as the trendsetter readers of #BookTok, but the #FilmTok hashtag has accumulated nearly 46 billion hits to date. The TikTok film discourse often focuses on the sleeper...
- 1/26/2024
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever (“Banel & Adama”) has acquired international rights to “Shambhala,” the first Nepalese film to premiere in competition at the Berlinale or any other top film festival.
Directed by Min Bahadur Bham, “Shambhala” is also the first South Asian film to be selected in Berlinale’s competition lineup after three decades. Bham is best known for his feature debut, “Kalo Pothi,” which won a prize at Venice Critics’ Week in 2015. The helmer previously directed “Bansulli,” which was Nepal’s first selection at the Venice Film Festival in 2012.
“Shambhala” is set in a Himalayan polyandrous village in Nepal, where a newly married and pregnant woman, Pema, tries to make the best of her new life. But soon, her husband Tashi vanishes, prompting her to embark on a journey into the wilderness to find him, accompanied by her monk.
The film shot in the world’s highest settlement, located...
Directed by Min Bahadur Bham, “Shambhala” is also the first South Asian film to be selected in Berlinale’s competition lineup after three decades. Bham is best known for his feature debut, “Kalo Pothi,” which won a prize at Venice Critics’ Week in 2015. The helmer previously directed “Bansulli,” which was Nepal’s first selection at the Venice Film Festival in 2012.
“Shambhala” is set in a Himalayan polyandrous village in Nepal, where a newly married and pregnant woman, Pema, tries to make the best of her new life. But soon, her husband Tashi vanishes, prompting her to embark on a journey into the wilderness to find him, accompanied by her monk.
The film shot in the world’s highest settlement, located...
- 1/24/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
No reasonably intelligent person imagines an artist’s statement about the horrors in Gaza would, in fact, end those horrors, but there are always limits to what one can take and hopes for what one could do. It might even be said that, as observers of the world and human behavior, filmmakers are especially inclined to recoil. When I interviewed Pedro Costa last month he spoke, unprompted, of a situation that’s only grown worse: “It’s very clear that we cannot stand images anymore. I can’t. I can’t. The images of the world for me [Exhales] I can’t. I turn my eyes, and I’m sure you do the same. It’s unbearable.” When I spoke with Anthony Dod Mantle a couple of weeks later it, again, emerged––vis-a-vis The Zone of Interest, whose own cinematographer alluded to it the next day. It’s difficult being a person in the world,...
- 12/29/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Among the myriad reasons we could call the Criterion Channel the single greatest streaming service is its leveling of cinematic snobbery. Where a new World Cinema Project restoration plays, so too does Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight. I think about this looking at November’s lineup and being happiest about two new additions: a nine-film Robert Bresson retro including L’argent and The Devil, Probably; and a one-film Hype Williams retro including Belly and only Belly, but bringing as a bonus the direct-to-video Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club. Until recently such curation seemed impossible.
November will also feature a 20-film noir series boasting the obvious and the not. Maybe the single tightest collection is “Women of the West,” with Johnny Guitar and The Beguiled and Rancho Notorious and The Furies only half of it. Lynch/Oz, Irradiated, and My Two Voices make streaming premieres; Drylongso gets a Criterion Edition; and joining...
November will also feature a 20-film noir series boasting the obvious and the not. Maybe the single tightest collection is “Women of the West,” with Johnny Guitar and The Beguiled and Rancho Notorious and The Furies only half of it. Lynch/Oz, Irradiated, and My Two Voices make streaming premieres; Drylongso gets a Criterion Edition; and joining...
- 10/24/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
’No Me Llame Ternera’ features interview with a former leader of the Basque terrorist group Eta.
The San Sebastian Film Festival has rejected public calls for it to withdraw a Netflix documentary from its line-up that features an exclusive interview with a former leader of Basque terrorist group Eta.
Directed by Jordi Évole and Màrius Sánchez, No Me Llame Ternera is set to open the festival’s Made in Spain section on September 22.
The documentary explores some of Eta’s decisive moments until it disbanded in 2018, and has an interview between Évole and Josu Urrutikoetxea, also known as Josu Ternera,...
The San Sebastian Film Festival has rejected public calls for it to withdraw a Netflix documentary from its line-up that features an exclusive interview with a former leader of Basque terrorist group Eta.
Directed by Jordi Évole and Màrius Sánchez, No Me Llame Ternera is set to open the festival’s Made in Spain section on September 22.
The documentary explores some of Eta’s decisive moments until it disbanded in 2018, and has an interview between Évole and Josu Urrutikoetxea, also known as Josu Ternera,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
The San Sebastian Film Festival has issued a statement standing by its decision to screen a Netflix-backed documentary about Josu Urrutikoetxea, the former leader of the Basque separatist militant group Eta.
The documentary entitled No me llame Ternera revolves around an exclusive interview between renowned Spanish journalist Jordi Évole and Urrutikoetxea, who goes by the nickname of Josu Ternera. The title translates as “Don’t call me Ternera”.
Over its 60-year history, Eta killed 883 people as part of its campaign to create a separate Basque state northern Spain and southwest France, before it was dissolved in 2018.
On the run for 16 years, Urrutikoetxea was arrested in France in May 2019 having been found guilty in absentia of being a member of a terror group. He was acquitted in a retrial in 2021 for lack of evidence.
The inclusion of No me llame Ternera as the opening film of San Sebastian’s Made...
The documentary entitled No me llame Ternera revolves around an exclusive interview between renowned Spanish journalist Jordi Évole and Urrutikoetxea, who goes by the nickname of Josu Ternera. The title translates as “Don’t call me Ternera”.
Over its 60-year history, Eta killed 883 people as part of its campaign to create a separate Basque state northern Spain and southwest France, before it was dissolved in 2018.
On the run for 16 years, Urrutikoetxea was arrested in France in May 2019 having been found guilty in absentia of being a member of a terror group. He was acquitted in a retrial in 2021 for lack of evidence.
The inclusion of No me llame Ternera as the opening film of San Sebastian’s Made...
- 9/12/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
While photographs can be lies and we’re probably all taking and distributing too many pictures of ourselves in the age of smartphones, there’s something to be said for having these accessible mementos of a life lived, at least as reference for later on, when you might be clamoring for proof that you actually existed. And while audio-visual evidence isn’t necessary for us to remember everything, there can be an extent to which an absence of documentation can prove an existential burden. It can be difficult to build an identity when your memories are unreliable. If you have no visual record of you as a child, your parents, or guardians at that time, or what your home looked like, to what extent can you trust what you think you remember?
This is one of the central ideas driving Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir’s riveting, inventive Un Certain...
This is one of the central ideas driving Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir’s riveting, inventive Un Certain...
- 5/24/2023
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- Indiewire
While Southeast Asian films have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival many times before, and even won the Palme d’Or, there’s an energy around the region this year that we haven’t felt on the Croisette at previous editions.
Tiger Stripes, a body horror from Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu, about a young Muslim girl going through extreme puberty, premieres Wednesday in Critics Week, while Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, from Pham Thien An, a young director who is at the forefront of a new wave of Vietnamese filmmakers, has been selected for Directors’ Fortnight.
Singaporean director Anthony Chen – who won the Camera d’Or in 2013 for his debut Ilo Ilo – is back in Cannes with a mainland Chinese production The Breaking Ice, which is premiering in Un Certain Regard this weekend. He is also producing an ambitious slate of Southeast Asian and international films through his Singapore-based Giraffe Pictures.
Tiger Stripes, a body horror from Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu, about a young Muslim girl going through extreme puberty, premieres Wednesday in Critics Week, while Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, from Pham Thien An, a young director who is at the forefront of a new wave of Vietnamese filmmakers, has been selected for Directors’ Fortnight.
Singaporean director Anthony Chen – who won the Camera d’Or in 2013 for his debut Ilo Ilo – is back in Cannes with a mainland Chinese production The Breaking Ice, which is premiering in Un Certain Regard this weekend. He is also producing an ambitious slate of Southeast Asian and international films through his Singapore-based Giraffe Pictures.
- 5/17/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentary world premiered this weekend at Hot Docs in Toronto.
Berlin-based Films Boutique has launched international sales on leading Mexican filmmaker Everardo González’s latest documentary A Wolfpack Called Ernesto, which world premiered at the weekend at Hot Docs in Toronto.
Films Boutique has also co-produced the doc, which is backed by TelevisaUnivision’s Spanish language streamer ViX and N+ Docs, the documentary division of the Mexican news content producer N+. The film is supported by the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund.
A Wolfpack Called Ernesto focuses on the impact of gang violence on young people in Mexico City, with...
Berlin-based Films Boutique has launched international sales on leading Mexican filmmaker Everardo González’s latest documentary A Wolfpack Called Ernesto, which world premiered at the weekend at Hot Docs in Toronto.
Films Boutique has also co-produced the doc, which is backed by TelevisaUnivision’s Spanish language streamer ViX and N+ Docs, the documentary division of the Mexican news content producer N+. The film is supported by the Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund.
A Wolfpack Called Ernesto focuses on the impact of gang violence on young people in Mexico City, with...
- 5/2/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Cannes & TikTok Have Renewed Their Partnership, But Could That Change Amid The Crackdown On The App?
The Cannes Film Festival has renewed its short film competition partnership with TikTok for a second year in a move that is likely to come under scrutiny amid the global debate over the platform’s privacy and data security record.
Delegate General Thierry Frémaux said in an interview with Variety on Monday that the festival was “happy” with the partnership and “the human relationship” it had forged with TikTok, despite a bumpy first edition of the competition.
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His comments come three days after France joined a growing list of countries banning the app on government-issued devices due to security concerns,...
Delegate General Thierry Frémaux said in an interview with Variety on Monday that the festival was “happy” with the partnership and “the human relationship” it had forged with TikTok, despite a bumpy first edition of the competition.
Related Story After TikTok CEO’s Congressional Testimony, Lawmakers Say Momentum Is Growing For A Ban On The App Related Story Cannes Critics' Week Unveils 2023 Poster Paying Tribute to 2022 Breakout 'Aftersun' Related Story Riley Keough & Gina Gammell's Cannes Breakout 'War Pony' Acquired By Momentum Pictures At SXSW
His comments come three days after France joined a growing list of countries banning the app on government-issued devices due to security concerns,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-born Italian social media personality who is the world’s most followed content creator on TikTok, has joined “Italia’s Got Talent” as a juror.
Lame is a former factory worker in Italy who after being laid off from his job in March 2020 launched a TikTok channel in which he performed absurdly comic skits that went wildly viral.
The TikTok star whose comedy bits started with ironic takes on “life hacks” relies on iconic facial expressions and body language in videos delivered without speaking so that the humor is understood universally. The short-form comedy video virtuoso, who has more than 154 million followers on TikTok, will now be making his debut as an Italian TV personality on the hit talent show.
“Italia’s Got Talent,” however, will not mark Lame’s debut as a juror. Lame in 2022 was a member of the Cannes Film Festival’s #TikTokShortFilm jury,...
Lame is a former factory worker in Italy who after being laid off from his job in March 2020 launched a TikTok channel in which he performed absurdly comic skits that went wildly viral.
The TikTok star whose comedy bits started with ironic takes on “life hacks” relies on iconic facial expressions and body language in videos delivered without speaking so that the humor is understood universally. The short-form comedy video virtuoso, who has more than 154 million followers on TikTok, will now be making his debut as an Italian TV personality on the hit talent show.
“Italia’s Got Talent,” however, will not mark Lame’s debut as a juror. Lame in 2022 was a member of the Cannes Film Festival’s #TikTokShortFilm jury,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Seven fiction and documentary projects to receive a share of 230,000.
Bangkok-based film fund Purin Pictures has selected seven projects from Southeast Asia as the recipients of its autumn 2022 funding round, which will receive a combined 230,000 in grants for production and post-production.
The production grants of 30,000 each are awarded to Aung Phyoe’s Fruit Gathering from Myanmar; Burmese-Indonesian co-production The Beer Girl In Yangon by Sein Lyan Tun; and Thai director Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s 9 Temples To Heaven.
The latter is co-produced by Cannes award-winning filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, known for titles including Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Memoria.
Bangkok-based film fund Purin Pictures has selected seven projects from Southeast Asia as the recipients of its autumn 2022 funding round, which will receive a combined 230,000 in grants for production and post-production.
The production grants of 30,000 each are awarded to Aung Phyoe’s Fruit Gathering from Myanmar; Burmese-Indonesian co-production The Beer Girl In Yangon by Sein Lyan Tun; and Thai director Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s 9 Temples To Heaven.
The latter is co-produced by Cannes award-winning filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, known for titles including Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Memoria.
- 11/1/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
- 10/18/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Viaplay Plans November 1 Launch Date For UK As Premier Sports Deal Closes
Viaplay has confirmed the date for its launch in the UK: November 1. It will offer two packages – a film- and series-focused option focused on Nordic storytelling, including Viaplay Originals and third-party shows, and a ‘Total’ package also including sports, priced at £3.99 (4.50) and £14.99 (17) per month, respectively. The Total package will include Premier Sports content after Viaplay’s acquisition of the UK streamer received Irish media merger control clearance this week. The deal values the Ireland-based, Setanta-owned company at £30M (34M). Premier Sports channels will be rebranded under Viaplay monikers and the Total package will include Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland men’s FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro Cup games, along with several other sports tournaments. The UK launch takes Viaplay’s footprint to 11 territories, with U.S. and Canada services coming in early 2023.
Davy Chou’s ‘Return...
Viaplay has confirmed the date for its launch in the UK: November 1. It will offer two packages – a film- and series-focused option focused on Nordic storytelling, including Viaplay Originals and third-party shows, and a ‘Total’ package also including sports, priced at £3.99 (4.50) and £14.99 (17) per month, respectively. The Total package will include Premier Sports content after Viaplay’s acquisition of the UK streamer received Irish media merger control clearance this week. The deal values the Ireland-based, Setanta-owned company at £30M (34M). Premier Sports channels will be rebranded under Viaplay monikers and the Total package will include Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland men’s FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro Cup games, along with several other sports tournaments. The UK launch takes Viaplay’s footprint to 11 territories, with U.S. and Canada services coming in early 2023.
Davy Chou’s ‘Return...
- 10/18/2022
- by Jesse Whittock and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
- 10/17/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Rithy Panh, director of “Rice People” and “S21 The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine” is an icon of art-house cinema, at once political, unique, and charming. The iconic image may be another of his confections – a palatable work built on uncomfortable facts.
On the incomplete evidence of a 50-minute on-stage dialog at the Busan International Film Festival on Sunday, Panh comes across as simultaneously contrarian and principled. A curmudgeonly veteran and yet a filmmaker still curious to learn.
“If there were no Khmer Rouge maybe I would not be a filmmaker,” he said of the Communist insurgents, who won the Cambodian civil war in 1975 and whose brutality and atrocities he has spent a lifetime documenting and exposing.
Panh’s family lost everything to the marauding Khmer Rouge or during their five-year rule. He was internally deported into the rice fields, escaped to Thailand and later became a refugee sent to France.
On the incomplete evidence of a 50-minute on-stage dialog at the Busan International Film Festival on Sunday, Panh comes across as simultaneously contrarian and principled. A curmudgeonly veteran and yet a filmmaker still curious to learn.
“If there were no Khmer Rouge maybe I would not be a filmmaker,” he said of the Communist insurgents, who won the Cambodian civil war in 1975 and whose brutality and atrocities he has spent a lifetime documenting and exposing.
Panh’s family lost everything to the marauding Khmer Rouge or during their five-year rule. He was internally deported into the rice fields, escaped to Thailand and later became a refugee sent to France.
- 10/9/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Steve James’ “A Compassionate Spy” and Evgeny Afineevsky’s “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” are among 11 documentaries making their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival this year, with Poitras’ competition title vying for a Golden Lion — a rare feat for a doc at a major international film festival.
The growing number of high-profile non-fiction films in and out of competition at Venice suggests that major European film festivals have finally accepted documentaries as viable, cinematic art.
While docs at the Toronto International Film Festival and major U.S. fests, including Sundance, Telluride and South by Southwest, have long been the belles of the ball, the most prominent international festivals, including Venice, Cannes and Berlin, have been slow to embrace non-fiction content, especially in competition.
“There had been what I would only characterize as an illogical resistance to thinking...
The growing number of high-profile non-fiction films in and out of competition at Venice suggests that major European film festivals have finally accepted documentaries as viable, cinematic art.
While docs at the Toronto International Film Festival and major U.S. fests, including Sundance, Telluride and South by Southwest, have long been the belles of the ball, the most prominent international festivals, including Venice, Cannes and Berlin, have been slow to embrace non-fiction content, especially in competition.
“There had been what I would only characterize as an illogical resistance to thinking...
- 8/30/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Festivals
American narrative feature projects in rough or final cut seeking finishing funds are now invited to submit to the 2022 edition of U.S. in Progress, which takes place Nov. 9-11 during the 13th American Film Festival (Nov.8-13) in Wroclaw, Poland. The strand pairs American projects in final production stages with European buyers and top Polish image and sound post-production companies and provides awards worth totally $100,000. The head of the Polish Film Institute, Radosław Śmigulski, will award one project with a $50,000 cash award to be spent on post-production, image, sound and/or VFX in Poland and Polish post-production companies Fixafilm, Orka Studio, Black Photon, Xanf and Soundflower Studio are each offering a $10,000 in-kind award.
There is no entry fee, and films can be submitted through the U.S. in Progress website. The final deadline is September 11.
The program’s objective is to inspire U.S. producers to work with Poland,...
American narrative feature projects in rough or final cut seeking finishing funds are now invited to submit to the 2022 edition of U.S. in Progress, which takes place Nov. 9-11 during the 13th American Film Festival (Nov.8-13) in Wroclaw, Poland. The strand pairs American projects in final production stages with European buyers and top Polish image and sound post-production companies and provides awards worth totally $100,000. The head of the Polish Film Institute, Radosław Śmigulski, will award one project with a $50,000 cash award to be spent on post-production, image, sound and/or VFX in Poland and Polish post-production companies Fixafilm, Orka Studio, Black Photon, Xanf and Soundflower Studio are each offering a $10,000 in-kind award.
There is no entry fee, and films can be submitted through the U.S. in Progress website. The final deadline is September 11.
The program’s objective is to inspire U.S. producers to work with Poland,...
- 8/10/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Maryam Touzani’s “The Blue Caftan,” which world premiered at Cannes and won the Fipresci prize. The film, which is represented in international markets by Films Boutique, will have its North American premiere at Toronto in the Special Screenings section.
Touzani’s follow-up to Un Certain Regard title “Adam,” “The Blue Caftan” tells the story of Halim and Mina, a married couple running a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they hire Youssef. The talented apprentice shows an utmost dedication in learning the art of embroidery and tailoring from Halim. Slowly Mina realizes how much her husband is moved by the presence of the young man.
Produced by Nabil Ayouch, “The Blue Caftan” stars Lubna Azabal (“Incendies”) and Saleh Bakri.
Touzani said “The Blue Caftan...
Touzani’s follow-up to Un Certain Regard title “Adam,” “The Blue Caftan” tells the story of Halim and Mina, a married couple running a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they hire Youssef. The talented apprentice shows an utmost dedication in learning the art of embroidery and tailoring from Halim. Slowly Mina realizes how much her husband is moved by the presence of the young man.
Produced by Nabil Ayouch, “The Blue Caftan” stars Lubna Azabal (“Incendies”) and Saleh Bakri.
Touzani said “The Blue Caftan...
- 8/9/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Acquisition
Factual content specialist Zinc Media Group has fundraised £5 million (6.1 million) and is using £2.1 million of it towards acquiring award-winning production company The Edge Picture Company, which operates from its bases in London, Doha, Vancouver and Paris. The rest of the cash will be invested in talent, potential IP, and in future acquisitions and collaborations. The Edge’s clients include Amazon, BT Group and FIFA.
The Edge joins Zinc Media Group at the end of August, subject to approval by Zinc shareholders. The Edge will continue to operate in line with other companies wholly owned by Zinc Media Group and it will continue to be run by the same management team, but benefit from the opportunities presented by being part of an enlarged organisation.
Zinc’s TV business includes the labels current affairs, contemporary history and investigations focused Brook Lapping, which was recently commissioned for “Tom Daley: Illegal To Be Me,...
Factual content specialist Zinc Media Group has fundraised £5 million (6.1 million) and is using £2.1 million of it towards acquiring award-winning production company The Edge Picture Company, which operates from its bases in London, Doha, Vancouver and Paris. The rest of the cash will be invested in talent, potential IP, and in future acquisitions and collaborations. The Edge’s clients include Amazon, BT Group and FIFA.
The Edge joins Zinc Media Group at the end of August, subject to approval by Zinc shareholders. The Edge will continue to operate in line with other companies wholly owned by Zinc Media Group and it will continue to be run by the same management team, but benefit from the opportunities presented by being part of an enlarged organisation.
Zinc’s TV business includes the labels current affairs, contemporary history and investigations focused Brook Lapping, which was recently commissioned for “Tom Daley: Illegal To Be Me,...
- 8/3/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The festival runs July 21-31.
Alexandru Belc’s Metronom has picked up the award for best international film at the 39th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival (Jff) this week.
The Romanian film was selected from 11 international titles, which included Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave and Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning. It centres around a teenage couple spending their last few days together in 1972. Belc also won the best director award when the film played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard selection earlier this year.
Berlinale managing director Mariette Rissenbeek, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes and Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson comprised the jury.
Alexandru Belc’s Metronom has picked up the award for best international film at the 39th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival (Jff) this week.
The Romanian film was selected from 11 international titles, which included Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave and Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning. It centres around a teenage couple spending their last few days together in 1972. Belc also won the best director award when the film played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard selection earlier this year.
Berlinale managing director Mariette Rissenbeek, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes and Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson comprised the jury.
- 7/29/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
International competition titles include ‘Broker’ and ‘Decision To Leave’ from South Korea.
Jerusalem Film Festival (Jff) has revealed the line-up of international competition titles for its 39th edition, which includes several award-winners from this year’s Cannes.
Ten features will compete in the international competition of Jff, which is set to host its 39th edition from July 21-31.
These include Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker and Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave from South Korea, which respectively picked up best actor for Song Kang-ho and best director for Park. Also selected is Abi Abbasi’s Holy Spider, which saw Zar Amir-Ebrahimi pick up best actress,...
Jerusalem Film Festival (Jff) has revealed the line-up of international competition titles for its 39th edition, which includes several award-winners from this year’s Cannes.
Ten features will compete in the international competition of Jff, which is set to host its 39th edition from July 21-31.
These include Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker and Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave from South Korea, which respectively picked up best actor for Song Kang-ho and best director for Park. Also selected is Abi Abbasi’s Holy Spider, which saw Zar Amir-Ebrahimi pick up best actress,...
- 7/7/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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TikTok is determined to bring together the worlds of auteur cinema and short-form mobile video.
On Thursday, TikTok unveils that it has become an official sponsor of the San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain’s leading cinema event, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, running Sept. 16-24.
The move follows TikTok’s sponsorship of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the first time the digital media giant and the world’s most acclaimed arthouse festival joined forces.
San Sebastian festival director José Luis Rebordinos welcomed the TikTok deal, saying the short-video platform would help bring the austere Spanish festival to a new generation. “The festival has the vocation of listening to all audiences and TikTok is a good partner in achieving that mission,” he noted.
The collaboration will see San Sebastian give the TikTok community access to a wide variety of exclusive content through the festival’s official TikTok account,...
TikTok is determined to bring together the worlds of auteur cinema and short-form mobile video.
On Thursday, TikTok unveils that it has become an official sponsor of the San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain’s leading cinema event, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, running Sept. 16-24.
The move follows TikTok’s sponsorship of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the first time the digital media giant and the world’s most acclaimed arthouse festival joined forces.
San Sebastian festival director José Luis Rebordinos welcomed the TikTok deal, saying the short-video platform would help bring the austere Spanish festival to a new generation. “The festival has the vocation of listening to all audiences and TikTok is a good partner in achieving that mission,” he noted.
The collaboration will see San Sebastian give the TikTok community access to a wide variety of exclusive content through the festival’s official TikTok account,...
- 6/30/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Notebook is covering the Cannes Film Festival with an on going correspondence between critics Leonoardo Goi and Lawrence Garcia, and editor Daniel Kasman.Scarlet.Dear Danny, dear Lawrence,The blue-white-red smoke of the French Air Force aerobatic team is still smearing the sky as I begin typing, and for a moment there, as the planes packed the sky with noise to honor the Top Gun: Maverick premiere, I’ve had to pinch myself to remind me where I was. A welcome side effect of last year’s edition being held in mid-July was that the 75th Cannes Film Festival would take place only ten months later, but if there’s one thing the past two years have taught me is to handle my optimism and festival plans with caution. And yet, strolling around town on Day Zero, the eve of the fiesta, everything was right as I left it. The...
- 5/28/2022
- MUBI
Created in Doha Film Institute (which Al-Remaihi is a member of the programming team) under the mentorship of Rithy Panh and the support of the Qatari Film Fund, “And Then They Burn the Sea” is a very personal film that focuses on the director’s mother, through a rather experimental approach.
“And Then They Burn the Sea” is screening at Vienna Shorts
The short begins with the sequence of a woman walking to an almost dystopian area close to the sea, under the sound of the waves, before she reaches a tree, touching its leaves with her hands. In that moment, the narration begins, in an element that actually permeates the movie, with the speaker (probably the director) talking about his mother, while the images change to a man sleeping in an embryo stance. The next scene presents footage from an old video camera, showing the filmmaker and his mother in the past.
“And Then They Burn the Sea” is screening at Vienna Shorts
The short begins with the sequence of a woman walking to an almost dystopian area close to the sea, under the sound of the waves, before she reaches a tree, touching its leaves with her hands. In that moment, the narration begins, in an element that actually permeates the movie, with the speaker (probably the director) talking about his mother, while the images change to a man sleeping in an embryo stance. The next scene presents footage from an old video camera, showing the filmmaker and his mother in the past.
- 5/26/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Here are some of the key talking points from the Cannes Film Festival and market at half-way.
First of all, how about that weather. The general feeling is that it’s great to be back en masse at a sunny, in-person, A-list festival with the spectre of Covid greatly diminished, at least.
At dinner last night, it was noted to me by a seasoned critic that the small number of widely loved films to date (it’s still early) has meant that industry and media are talking more about issues than the movies themselves. Between Russia-Ukraine, ticketing concerns, the censorship question, Rithy Panh’s jury exit, a red carpet protest etc, there have been plenty of talking points away from the lineup.
The films themselves have generally had a mixed response. Perhaps the most liked film in Competition so far has been James Gray’s emotional Armageddon Time. As expected,...
First of all, how about that weather. The general feeling is that it’s great to be back en masse at a sunny, in-person, A-list festival with the spectre of Covid greatly diminished, at least.
At dinner last night, it was noted to me by a seasoned critic that the small number of widely loved films to date (it’s still early) has meant that industry and media are talking more about issues than the movies themselves. Between Russia-Ukraine, ticketing concerns, the censorship question, Rithy Panh’s jury exit, a red carpet protest etc, there have been plenty of talking points away from the lineup.
The films themselves have generally had a mixed response. Perhaps the most liked film in Competition so far has been James Gray’s emotional Armageddon Time. As expected,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Cambodian auteur Rithy Panh has rejoined the jury that will decide the prizes for Cannes Film Festival’s inaugural TikTok short film competition. Panh resigned as president of the jury two days ago due to concerns over possible influence of the outcome by the organizers. He was followed by two other jurors.
“I recently stepped down from my position as president of the jury, while TikTok seemed to want to influence our decision about prize winners,” Panh told Variety. “Now that it has stated that it will respect the jury’s choice, I have returned.”
Panh said that he had been dealing with the European management of the Chinese-owned social media giant and its French offices. He said that the reassurances he received were in writing, as would be appropriate for something as serious as a Palme at Cannes.
“I got the reassurance yesterday. That’s why I came back,...
“I recently stepped down from my position as president of the jury, while TikTok seemed to want to influence our decision about prize winners,” Panh told Variety. “Now that it has stated that it will respect the jury’s choice, I have returned.”
Panh said that he had been dealing with the European management of the Chinese-owned social media giant and its French offices. He said that the reassurances he received were in writing, as would be appropriate for something as serious as a Palme at Cannes.
“I got the reassurance yesterday. That’s why I came back,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival keeps rolling along with some surprises and a dash of controversy, but Thursday night saw the premiere of the first major American film in the main competition: James Gray’s “Armageddon Time,” a movie that on its face was the subject of some early Oscar buzz.
Gray basked in an emotional seven-minute standing ovation following the premiere of the film Thursday night, proudly telling the Cannes crowd that the film they just saw is “my story,” a nostalgic look at the director’s childhood growing up as a bratty kid with a Jewish mother and grandfather in 1980s New York, the latter played by Anthony Hopkins.
“We finished the film last Saturday and brought it here. I’m grateful to each and every one of you,” he said.
“Armageddon Time” star Anne Hathaway likewise got emotional discussing the film in the press conference on Friday morning,...
Gray basked in an emotional seven-minute standing ovation following the premiere of the film Thursday night, proudly telling the Cannes crowd that the film they just saw is “my story,” a nostalgic look at the director’s childhood growing up as a bratty kid with a Jewish mother and grandfather in 1980s New York, the latter played by Anthony Hopkins.
“We finished the film last Saturday and brought it here. I’m grateful to each and every one of you,” he said.
“Armageddon Time” star Anne Hathaway likewise got emotional discussing the film in the press conference on Friday morning,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Jeremy Strong talks parallels with ‘Succession’.
Artists must “pose questions, illustrate and shine a light” instead of providing answers, according to Armageddon Time director James Gray today in Cannes.
Speaking at the press conference for his Competition title, Gray said: “I actually have no idea how to solve issues of inequality, of class. You have to just put it out in front of the audience and hope that they can make connections for themselves. Joseph Goebbels thought he had an answer; I don’t feel that’s what our job is as creative people.”
Armageddon Time is a personal film...
Artists must “pose questions, illustrate and shine a light” instead of providing answers, according to Armageddon Time director James Gray today in Cannes.
Speaking at the press conference for his Competition title, Gray said: “I actually have no idea how to solve issues of inequality, of class. You have to just put it out in front of the audience and hope that they can make connections for themselves. Joseph Goebbels thought he had an answer; I don’t feel that’s what our job is as creative people.”
Armageddon Time is a personal film...
- 5/20/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Cambodian director says TikTok “fails to understand creators and their independence.”
Cambodian director Rithy Panh has expanded on his resignation from the Cannes TikTok short film jury.
“The difficulty is that TikTok is a marketing-focused company and fails to understand creators and their independence,” said Panh in an interview with French publication L’Obs.
“They kept asking me for reports on our progress, even though we hadn’t even seen each other.”
Panh, who resigned from the jury earlier this week, said his decision was not a reflection of the quality of the films, but rather a result of too much interference from the sponsor.
Cambodian director Rithy Panh has expanded on his resignation from the Cannes TikTok short film jury.
“The difficulty is that TikTok is a marketing-focused company and fails to understand creators and their independence,” said Panh in an interview with French publication L’Obs.
“They kept asking me for reports on our progress, even though we hadn’t even seen each other.”
Panh, who resigned from the jury earlier this week, said his decision was not a reflection of the quality of the films, but rather a result of too much interference from the sponsor.
- 5/20/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The 2022 Cannes Film Festival opened amid concerns around journalistic independence. Now there are concerns regarding jury independence.
The celebrated arthouse filmmaker Rithy Panh resigned two days ago from his role as president of the jury for the festival’s inaugural TikTok short film competition, citing “a persistent disagreement over the independence and sovereignty of the jury”.
In an interview with French publication L’Obs, the filmmaker has further explained his decision, citing pressure on the jury choices from the European team of the China-owned social network.
“The difficulty is that TikTok is a marketing-focused company and fails to understand creators and their independence…They kept asking me for reports on our progress, even though we hadn’t even seen each other,” he said.
The filmmaker added that the platform gave too many “suggestions” on who should win prizes, often in favour of the biggest productions made by well-established creators, and for the least politicized works.
The celebrated arthouse filmmaker Rithy Panh resigned two days ago from his role as president of the jury for the festival’s inaugural TikTok short film competition, citing “a persistent disagreement over the independence and sovereignty of the jury”.
In an interview with French publication L’Obs, the filmmaker has further explained his decision, citing pressure on the jury choices from the European team of the China-owned social network.
“The difficulty is that TikTok is a marketing-focused company and fails to understand creators and their independence…They kept asking me for reports on our progress, even though we hadn’t even seen each other,” he said.
The filmmaker added that the platform gave too many “suggestions” on who should win prizes, often in favour of the biggest productions made by well-established creators, and for the least politicized works.
- 5/20/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
When it arrived at the Cannes Film Festival this year, TikTok had a plan. The micro-video platform planned to introduce its short-form superstars to the film industry. In exchange, it would help the famously stuffy festival appeal to a younger generation of movie buffs. This partnership was to center on #TikTokShortFilm, a juried competition judged by a panel of influencers and auteurs.
But the TikTok x Cannes collaboration has not gone off without a major hitch. Rithy Panh, the Cambodian documentarian who was set to serve as the #TikTokShortFilm jury president, has resigned from that post, citing "a persistent disagreement over the independence and sovereignty of the jury."
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But the TikTok x Cannes collaboration has not gone off without a major hitch. Rithy Panh, the Cambodian documentarian who was set to serve as the #TikTokShortFilm jury president, has resigned from that post, citing "a persistent disagreement over the independence and sovereignty of the jury."
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- 5/19/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, heads will turn at a new May-December romance: TikTok, which is 6 years old, has hooked up with the venerable fest, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
How is it that Cannes — which, in years past, notoriously banned social-media posting from its famous red-carpeted steps — is now welcoming TikTok as one of its elite sponsors? For the festival, the partnership is aimed at pulling Cannes forward into the 21st century, lending it a sheen of techno-hipness and ideally attracting younger film fans. For TikTok, which boasts more than 1 billion monthly users worldwide, pairing with the Cannes Film Festival is an effort to show filmmakers that the app is more than just a place for teenagers to lip-sync to the latest viral dance craze.
According to Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux, the TikTok collab is part of the fest’s desire to diversify its audience.
How is it that Cannes — which, in years past, notoriously banned social-media posting from its famous red-carpeted steps — is now welcoming TikTok as one of its elite sponsors? For the festival, the partnership is aimed at pulling Cannes forward into the 21st century, lending it a sheen of techno-hipness and ideally attracting younger film fans. For TikTok, which boasts more than 1 billion monthly users worldwide, pairing with the Cannes Film Festival is an effort to show filmmakers that the app is more than just a place for teenagers to lip-sync to the latest viral dance craze.
According to Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux, the TikTok collab is part of the fest’s desire to diversify its audience.
- 5/11/2022
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Alain Guiraudie’s “Nobody’s Hero” which is handled by Films du Losange and world premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.
The movie, which opened the Berlinale Panorama section, is set in Clermont-Ferrand revolves around Frederic, a 35 year-old man who falls in love with with a middle-aged sex worker who is married.
“Nobody’s Hero” marks the third collaboration between Strand and Guiraudie which began with the helmer’s most successful film “Stranger By The Lake,” followed by his Cannes Competition title, “Staying Vertical.”
“Alain has been a dear colleague to our company, and we are so happy to be working with him again on this wonderfully exuberant comedy that is not only funny, but humane and completely original,” said Strand Releasing’s Jon Gerrans who negotiated the deal with Alice Lesort for Films du Losange. Guiraudie previously contributed to Strand Releasing’s...
The movie, which opened the Berlinale Panorama section, is set in Clermont-Ferrand revolves around Frederic, a 35 year-old man who falls in love with with a middle-aged sex worker who is married.
“Nobody’s Hero” marks the third collaboration between Strand and Guiraudie which began with the helmer’s most successful film “Stranger By The Lake,” followed by his Cannes Competition title, “Staying Vertical.”
“Alain has been a dear colleague to our company, and we are so happy to be working with him again on this wonderfully exuberant comedy that is not only funny, but humane and completely original,” said Strand Releasing’s Jon Gerrans who negotiated the deal with Alice Lesort for Films du Losange. Guiraudie previously contributed to Strand Releasing’s...
- 4/4/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Memento International has sold Ursula Meier’s drama “The Line” to major markets, including the U.S. with Strand Releasing, on the heels of its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival.
A poignant study of acceptance and delicate family bonds, “The Line” stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (“La Fracture”) and Stephanie Blanchoud (“Ennemi Public”) as a mother and daughter whose turbulent relationship and explosive fight lead to a retraining order. “The Line” also stars musician-turned actor Benjamin Biolay, who composed a song for the film produced by Bandita Films, Les Films de Pierre and Les Films du Fleuve.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Meier’s dynamic film. Ms. Meier’s direction and collaboration with Blanchoud and Bruni Tedeschi create a credible tale of family tensions, said Jon Gerrans from Strand Releasing who negotiated the deal with Mathieu Delauney, head of sales at Memento Films International.
Strand...
A poignant study of acceptance and delicate family bonds, “The Line” stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (“La Fracture”) and Stephanie Blanchoud (“Ennemi Public”) as a mother and daughter whose turbulent relationship and explosive fight lead to a retraining order. “The Line” also stars musician-turned actor Benjamin Biolay, who composed a song for the film produced by Bandita Films, Les Films de Pierre and Les Films du Fleuve.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Meier’s dynamic film. Ms. Meier’s direction and collaboration with Blanchoud and Bruni Tedeschi create a credible tale of family tensions, said Jon Gerrans from Strand Releasing who negotiated the deal with Mathieu Delauney, head of sales at Memento Films International.
Strand...
- 3/7/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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