Exclusive: Sundance Institute has named the talented group of filmmakers that have been selected for the third class of Momentum Fellows.
The full-year program is a new collaboration with NBCUniversal that gives customized creative and professional support for mid-career writers and directors from underrepresented communities who are poised to take the next step in their careers in fiction and documentary filmmaking. This year’s fellows include Cristina Costantini, Natalie Erika James, Shalini Kantayya, Loira Limbal, Ekwa Msangi, Edson Oda, Jacqueline Olive and Angel Kristi Williams.
The fellowship includes unrestricted grant funding, industry mentorship, professional coaching offered by Renee Freedman & Company supported by The Harnisch Foundation, writing workshops and industry meetings in Spring 2021, and bespoke year-round support from Sundance Institute staff.
Additionally, the FilmTwo Fellowship has merged into the Momentum Fellowship, and NBCUniversal will provide an opportunity for select Momentum fellows working on fiction projects to participate in the Universal Directors Initiative.
The full-year program is a new collaboration with NBCUniversal that gives customized creative and professional support for mid-career writers and directors from underrepresented communities who are poised to take the next step in their careers in fiction and documentary filmmaking. This year’s fellows include Cristina Costantini, Natalie Erika James, Shalini Kantayya, Loira Limbal, Ekwa Msangi, Edson Oda, Jacqueline Olive and Angel Kristi Williams.
The fellowship includes unrestricted grant funding, industry mentorship, professional coaching offered by Renee Freedman & Company supported by The Harnisch Foundation, writing workshops and industry meetings in Spring 2021, and bespoke year-round support from Sundance Institute staff.
Additionally, the FilmTwo Fellowship has merged into the Momentum Fellowship, and NBCUniversal will provide an opportunity for select Momentum fellows working on fiction projects to participate in the Universal Directors Initiative.
- 11/23/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
As usual... These aren't necessarily recommendations; consider it more of an Fyi - films we've talked about on this site, that are now streaming on Netflix, that you might want to check out for yourselves. Without further ado, here's this week's list of 5: 1 - Acclaimed Venezuelan drama Hermano (or Brother), directed by Marcel Rasquin from a script penned by Rasquin and Rohan Jones. An Academy Awards Submission for Venezuela in 2011, the film focuses on the journey two brothers Daniel (Fernando Moreno) and Julio (Eliú Armas), take, as they struggle to become professional soccer players amidst slum life and tragedy. Here's its...
- 5/29/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
By Allen Gardner
Killer Joe (Lionsgate) William Friedkin’s film of Tracy Letts’ off-Broadway hit about a family of Texas trailer park cretins (Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon) who hire a cop-cum-hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to take out their troublesome mother, then foolishly cross him, is a stinging satire, given double-barreled audacity by Friedkin’s sure, and fearless, directorial hand. Earning its Nc-17 rating in spades, “Killer Joe” reminds us that daring, frank material like this is why movies exist in the first place. McConaughey gives the performance of his career, hopefully redefined after this. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes; Commentary by Friendkin; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan’s coda to his “Batman” trilogy finds Christian Bale returning as a brooding Bruce Wayne/Caped Crusader, this time faced with a hulking villain (Tom Hardy) with respiratory...
Killer Joe (Lionsgate) William Friedkin’s film of Tracy Letts’ off-Broadway hit about a family of Texas trailer park cretins (Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon) who hire a cop-cum-hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to take out their troublesome mother, then foolishly cross him, is a stinging satire, given double-barreled audacity by Friedkin’s sure, and fearless, directorial hand. Earning its Nc-17 rating in spades, “Killer Joe” reminds us that daring, frank material like this is why movies exist in the first place. McConaughey gives the performance of his career, hopefully redefined after this. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes; Commentary by Friendkin; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan’s coda to his “Batman” trilogy finds Christian Bale returning as a brooding Bruce Wayne/Caped Crusader, this time faced with a hulking villain (Tom Hardy) with respiratory...
- 1/8/2013
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
DVD Release Date: Dec. 18, 2012
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Music Box
Eliu Armas and Fernando Moreno yearn for a lives as professional footballers in Hermano.
The crime-sprinkled sports drama Hermano by first-time feature filmmaker Marcel Rasquin was Venezuela’s official Academy Award Selection for Best Foreign Language Film of 2010.
The film zooms in on swaggering, natural leader Julio (Eliu Armas) and wiry, determined Daniel (Fernando Moreno), two boys raised together as brothers who are struggling to escape their violence-ridden Venezuelan slum to become professional soccer players. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity arrives when a scout for the Caracas Football Club invites them to try out for the team. But when family life in the slums interferes and tragedy threatens to tear them apart, the two are forced to make a life-altering decision between saving the future unity of the family or pursuing the ultimate dream of their lives.
The winner of the award for...
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Music Box
Eliu Armas and Fernando Moreno yearn for a lives as professional footballers in Hermano.
The crime-sprinkled sports drama Hermano by first-time feature filmmaker Marcel Rasquin was Venezuela’s official Academy Award Selection for Best Foreign Language Film of 2010.
The film zooms in on swaggering, natural leader Julio (Eliu Armas) and wiry, determined Daniel (Fernando Moreno), two boys raised together as brothers who are struggling to escape their violence-ridden Venezuelan slum to become professional soccer players. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity arrives when a scout for the Caracas Football Club invites them to try out for the team. But when family life in the slums interferes and tragedy threatens to tear them apart, the two are forced to make a life-altering decision between saving the future unity of the family or pursuing the ultimate dream of their lives.
The winner of the award for...
- 12/5/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
First-time filmmaker Marcel Rasquin brings his award-winning film to the United States. The Venezuelan director explains to CineMovie why the Spanish-language film speaks universally and how an Indian child from Mumbia believed the film was made about him.
The 2010 Venezuelan hit comes to the United States for its American run. Hermano (Brother), a film by Marcel Rasquin earned critical raves and won several film festival awards such as the Golden George Award, The Public Choice Award, and the Critics Choice for the Best Movie at the Moscow International Film Festival. The Spanish-language film was also the Official Oscar® entry in the Best Foreign Language category representing Venezuela at the 83rd Academy Awards. The story of two brothers who share the love of soccer and each other also took the audience award at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.
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The 2010 Venezuelan hit comes to the United States for its American run. Hermano (Brother), a film by Marcel Rasquin earned critical raves and won several film festival awards such as the Golden George Award, The Public Choice Award, and the Critics Choice for the Best Movie at the Moscow International Film Festival. The Spanish-language film was also the Official Oscar® entry in the Best Foreign Language category representing Venezuela at the 83rd Academy Awards. The story of two brothers who share the love of soccer and each other also took the audience award at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.
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- 8/26/2012
- CineMovie
They say soccer (or football as it's known everywhere except in the United States) is the world's game and it's easy to see why. With the only equipment necessary being a ball and a space to play on, it remains one of the most accessible sports across the globe, giving hope to anyone of any class, creed or color that they too can ascend to the heights of the game and reap the rewards. But for some that journey is made even more difficult by an array of social woes that can impede progess, cut short a career or even end a life. And somewhere between the aspirations and cold hard realities, is Marcel Rasquin's "Hermano." Recalling the gritty realism of "City of God" and the wide-eyed optimism of the "Goal!" trilogy of films, "Hermano" tracks the tale of Julio (Eliú Armas) and his adopted brother Daniel (Fernando Moreno...
- 8/22/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Hermano, a 2010 Venezuelan hit, comes to the United States for its American run. A film by Marcel Rasquin, the drama earned critical raves and earned the Golden George Award, The Public Choice Award, and the Critics Choice for the Best Movie at the Moscow International Film Festival.
Hermano (Brother) was also the Official Oscar® entry in the Best Foreign Language category representing Venezuela at the 83rd Academy Awards. The story of two brothers also took the audience award at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
Brother, opening August 24, tells a simple and powerful story about two kids raised together as brothers: Daniel (Fernando Moreno) and Julio (Eliu Armas) – who struggle to become professional soccer players. Daniel is an exceptional striker, a phenomenon. Julio is the captain of the team, a natural leader. Both of them play soccer
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Hermano (Brother) was also the Official Oscar® entry in the Best Foreign Language category representing Venezuela at the 83rd Academy Awards. The story of two brothers also took the audience award at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
Brother, opening August 24, tells a simple and powerful story about two kids raised together as brothers: Daniel (Fernando Moreno) and Julio (Eliu Armas) – who struggle to become professional soccer players. Daniel is an exceptional striker, a phenomenon. Julio is the captain of the team, a natural leader. Both of them play soccer
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- 8/14/2012
- CineMovie
The 2010 acclaimed Venezuelan film Hermano (Brother), directed by Marcel Rasquin from a script penned by Rasquin and Rohan Jones, will have a limited theatrical release starting Friday, August 24 at the AMC Empire 25 and Cinema Village theaters in New York City, and in several cities across the country including Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Diego and San Francisco (see venue information below). Hermano, an Academy Awards Submission for Venezuela in 2011, focuses on the journey of brothers Daniel (Fernando Moreno) and Julio (Eliú Armas), who struggle to become professional soccer players amidst slum life and tragedy. The film won Best Feature at the 2011 Naples International...
- 8/1/2012
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
Good football action and an inside look at the Caracas barrios cannot save this film from a thin script and sport drama predictability. Writer/director Marcel Rasquin.s football dram (co-written with Rohan Jones) is a high-pitched look at life in one of the most dangerous cities of the world, Caracas, Venezuela. In truth, the whole city is not this dangerous, but the neighborhood of teenagers Daniel and Julio is treacherous. Street cred is the only thing that keeps kids alive and a lot of that street cred comes from how a young player handles himself on the football field. By the way, by football we mean what the Americans call soccer. In many countries of the world, people hang their...
- 7/29/2011
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
Some foreign films are getting nice holiday season surprises from indie distributors. Music Box Films and Kino are in a buying mood, as they have picked up Venezuela's Oscar contender "Hermano" and China's box office hit "The City of Life and Death" respectively. Directed by Marcel Rasquin making his feature film debut, "Hermano" tells the story of brothers looking to escape their hard-knock life as they aspire to play professional soccer. The film has been making the rounds of the festival circuit this year picking up best picture wins at the Moscow and Huelva film festivals. Music Box Films have…...
- 12/28/2010
- The Playlist
Music Box Films has picked up U.S. rights to "Hermano," a Venezuelan sports and crime drama. Distributor plans to release Venezuela's foreign-language Oscar hopeful in late spring. The film, helmed by Marcel Rasquin, focuses on two young men who are raised as brothers in a Caracas slum and must overcome the violent law of the streets in order to become professional soccer players. Starring are Eliú Armas, Beto Benites, Gonzalo Cubero, Marcela Girón, Fernando Moreno and Alí Rondon. "Hermano" made its premiere at the Moscow Film Festival in June, taking home the top jury prize and the audience award...
- 12/21/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Music Box Films has picked up U.S. rights to "Hermano," a Venezuelan sports and crime drama. Distributor plans to release Venezuela's foreign-language Oscar hopeful in late spring. The film, helmed by Marcel Rasquin, focuses on two young men who are raised as brothers in a Caracas slum and must overcome the violent law of the streets in order to become professional soccer players. Starring are Eliú Armas, Beto Benites, Gonzalo Cubero, Marcela Girón, Fernando Moreno and Alí Rondon. "Hermano" made its premiere at the Moscow Film Festival in June, taking home the top jury prize and the audience award...
- 12/21/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Foreign film specialists Music Box Films have grabbed the rights to Marcel Rasquin's directorial debut - a sport-themed drama where the two exits for a better life are either making the team or joining another "sort" of team. Considering that the field is rather strong this year, Brother (Hermano) -- this year's Venezuelan submission for the Foreign Language Oscar, does appear to be a long-shot for a shortlist nomination. Gist: Written by Rohan Jones and Rasquin, in the most dangerous place in the world, two brothers dream of salvation, by kicking goals out of there. On this pitch, life is on the line. Worth Noting: The film was accepted in what we considered the second tier of the top film festivals on the circuit (top 20 to 40 range) Moscow Film Festival, Shanghai Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival and São Paulo International Film Festivals. Do We Care?: A slightly different...
- 12/20/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
While I do not think that something as edgy or unusual as Giorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (pictured above) will make the 'final five' short list, but kudos to Greece for throwing it out there. Perhaps something like Tetsuya Nakashima's Confessions will make the cut despite its similarly unsettling subject matter. Either way, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did put out a big release yesterday with all of their Foreign Language film submissions, 65 of them in total even Greenland, from various countries. Many of these films have reviews in our archives.
Albania, East West East, Gjergj Xhuvani
Algeria, Hors la Loi ("Outside the Law"), Rachid Bouchareb
Argentina, Carancho, Pablo Trapero
Austria, La Pivellina, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Azerbaijan, The Precinct, Ilgar Safat
Bangladesh, Third Person Singular Number, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Belgium, Illegal, Olivier Masset-Depasse
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Circus Columbia, Danis Tanovic
Brazil, Lula the Son of Brazil,...
Albania, East West East, Gjergj Xhuvani
Algeria, Hors la Loi ("Outside the Law"), Rachid Bouchareb
Argentina, Carancho, Pablo Trapero
Austria, La Pivellina, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Azerbaijan, The Precinct, Ilgar Safat
Bangladesh, Third Person Singular Number, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Belgium, Illegal, Olivier Masset-Depasse
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Circus Columbia, Danis Tanovic
Brazil, Lula the Son of Brazil,...
- 10/14/2010
- Screen Anarchy
I have been keeping track of all of the Foreign Language Oscar submissions in my "The Contenders" section of the site and today the official list of sixty-five films from sixty-five countries was unveiled by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 83rd Academy Awards. On January 20, 2011 a shortlist of nine contenders will be announced prior to the naming of the nominees on January 25, 2011.
I have included the complete list directly below, which includes first-time entrants Ethiopia and Greenland. The only film that was originally thought to be under consideration, but didn't show up on the Academy's final list was Afghanistan's entry, Black Tulip, directed by Sonia Nassery Cole. IMDb doesn't list a release date for the film, which means it may not have met the release requirements in time.
I have linked each film to their corresponding IMDb page for those films not included...
I have included the complete list directly below, which includes first-time entrants Ethiopia and Greenland. The only film that was originally thought to be under consideration, but didn't show up on the Academy's final list was Afghanistan's entry, Black Tulip, directed by Sonia Nassery Cole. IMDb doesn't list a release date for the film, which means it may not have met the release requirements in time.
I have linked each film to their corresponding IMDb page for those films not included...
- 10/13/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I'm not sure what the cutoff date is for from the individual countries for the Foreign Language Film nominations, but Sony Pictures Classics are glad to see Canada select Denis Villeneuve's Incendies. The company now has three horses in the race and once again, places the distributor in a pretty good position to grab the most of the spots in the final five nominations. Their solid trio so far includes: the Villeneuve film that played at Venice, Telluride and Tiff with Cannes items Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods and Men and Olivier Schmitz's Life, Above All. Having seen all three mentioned titles, I can say that this will please Academy voters. Cross your fingers for Dogtooth folks. Algeria: Outside the Law, Rachid Bouchareb Austria: La Pivellina, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel Azerbaijan: The Precinct, Ilgar Safat Belgium: Illègal, Olivier Masset-Depasse Bosnia and Herzegovina: Circus Columbia, Danis Tanovic Bulgaria: Eastern Plays,...
- 9/22/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Fina Torres’ “Habana Eva” took home the Rita Award as Best Film at the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.
Other winners at Wednesday's awards ceremony included Jose Sanchez-Montes Gonzalez’s “Tiempo de Leyenda” and Eduardo de la Serna, Lucas Marcheggiano and Adriana Yorcovich’s “El Ambulante” sharing the award for Best Documentary; Alvaro Bechner’s “Mal Dia para Pescar” cited for Best Opera Prima; and Cristina Escoda’s “Alijuna” named Best Short Film.
Cinelatino’s Audience Choice Awards went to Marcel Rasquin’s “Hermano” for Best Feature and Gilbert Gonzalez’s and Vivian Price’s “Harvest of Loneliness” for Best Documentary. Cinelatino sponsored prizes of $1,000 to each of the winners.
Other winners at Wednesday's awards ceremony included Jose Sanchez-Montes Gonzalez’s “Tiempo de Leyenda” and Eduardo de la Serna, Lucas Marcheggiano and Adriana Yorcovich’s “El Ambulante” sharing the award for Best Documentary; Alvaro Bechner’s “Mal Dia para Pescar” cited for Best Opera Prima; and Cristina Escoda’s “Alijuna” named Best Short Film.
Cinelatino’s Audience Choice Awards went to Marcel Rasquin’s “Hermano” for Best Feature and Gilbert Gonzalez’s and Vivian Price’s “Harvest of Loneliness” for Best Documentary. Cinelatino sponsored prizes of $1,000 to each of the winners.
- 8/26/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Laliff kicked off its 5 day festival last night with a great audience pleaser, Venezuelan film by first time director (and writer), Marcel Rasquin, Hermano, audience and jury prize winner from Moscow Ff and rumored to be headed toward Telluride. The international sales agent EuropaCorp (whose Luc Besson was president of the Moscow jury when the film won Moscow International Film Festival's top prize, the Golden George), was uncertain that it wanted the film to show in this festival where it had been promised before EuropaCorp was in the picture. But the filmmaker must have prevailed and a packed house…...
- 8/21/2010
- Sydney's Buzz
Moscow -- Director Marcel Rasquin's Venezuelan soccer player drama "Hermano" ("Brother") won the Moscow International Film Festival's top prize, the Golden George, as the fest's 32nd edition came to a close Saturday.
The festival's special prize, the Silver George, went to "Der Albaner" ("The Albanian"), a story of an Albanian immigrant living in Germany. The Albanian-German co-production was directed by Johannes Naber and also earned best actor honors for Nik Xhelilaj.
French director and producer Luc Besson presided over the festival jury.
Poland's Jan Kidawa-Blonski collected the Silver George for best director for "Rozyczka" ("Little Rose"), a drama set in Socialist Poland in the late 1960s. Czech actress Vilma Cibulkova was named best actress for her role in "Zemsky raj to na pohled" ("An Earthy Paradise for the Eyes").
Borys Lankosz's "Rewers" ("Reverse") topped the Perspective competition program as best film.
French director Claude Lelouch, whose "What Love...
The festival's special prize, the Silver George, went to "Der Albaner" ("The Albanian"), a story of an Albanian immigrant living in Germany. The Albanian-German co-production was directed by Johannes Naber and also earned best actor honors for Nik Xhelilaj.
French director and producer Luc Besson presided over the festival jury.
Poland's Jan Kidawa-Blonski collected the Silver George for best director for "Rozyczka" ("Little Rose"), a drama set in Socialist Poland in the late 1960s. Czech actress Vilma Cibulkova was named best actress for her role in "Zemsky raj to na pohled" ("An Earthy Paradise for the Eyes").
Borys Lankosz's "Rewers" ("Reverse") topped the Perspective competition program as best film.
French director Claude Lelouch, whose "What Love...
- 6/26/2010
- by By Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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