A Fantastic Woman San Sebastian has announced the 12 films that will compete for the Horizontes Latinos prize at this year's festival, including the latest from Sebastián Lelio, Michel Franco and Adrián Biniez.
The films in this section have been produced partially or totally in Latin America and directed by filmmakers of Latin American origin or which have Latino communities as their subject matter.
Among the familiar names in competition is Lelio, Sebastián Lelio, whose first film, La Sagrada Familia, competed in Horizontes Latinos in 2005 and whose fourth, Gloria, won the Films in Progress Award in San Sebastian in 2012. His latest film, A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica), Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlinale, will open the section.
Biniez - who took home the Horizontes award in 2009 for his debut Gigante - also returns to the festival with The Waves (Las Olas), his third feature. Michel Franco,...
The films in this section have been produced partially or totally in Latin America and directed by filmmakers of Latin American origin or which have Latino communities as their subject matter.
Among the familiar names in competition is Lelio, Sebastián Lelio, whose first film, La Sagrada Familia, competed in Horizontes Latinos in 2005 and whose fourth, Gloria, won the Films in Progress Award in San Sebastian in 2012. His latest film, A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica), Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlinale, will open the section.
Biniez - who took home the Horizontes award in 2009 for his debut Gigante - also returns to the festival with The Waves (Las Olas), his third feature. Michel Franco,...
- 8/16/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In 2009, the best film in Competition at the Berlinale was Maren Ade's Everyone Else (Fwiw, it came away with 1.5 Silver Bears, the 1 for Best Actress Birgit Minichmayr, the .5 for tying with Adrián Biniez's Gigante for the Jury Grand Prix; the Golden Bear that year went to Claudia Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow). Three years on (!), the trio that made Everyone Else worth talking up to this day (see, for example, Kevin B Lee's new video essay on a key scene at Fandor; see, too, Mike D'Angelo on the same scene a year ago at the Av Club) is back in Competition, albeit in three different films. Lars Eidinger has drawn the shortest straw, taking on the lead in Hans-Christian Schmid's rather dismal Home for the Weekend. Minichmayr's fared better opposite Jürgen Vogel in Matthias Glasner's new film, though I seriously doubt many of us will...
- 2/18/2012
- MUBI
The German sales co. known for providing the fest circuit and art-house plexes with subtitled stuff from around the globe will set fire to the Director's Fortnight section this year. If I'm counting right, The Match Factory supply the fest with a five titles including The Light Thief (see pic above), The City Below, the including the much discussed on this site Cam Archer's sophomore feature, and they nabbed a Main Comp spot for one of the most celebrated directors of the decade in Apichatpong Weerasethakul latest – a sort of “ghost” story. Everything Will Be Fine (Alting Bliver Godt Igen) by Christoffer Boe - Completed Shit Year by Cam Archer - Completed The City Below (Unter Dir Die Stadt) by Christoph HOCHHÄUSLER - Completed The Light Thief by Aktan Arym Kubat - Completed Uncle Boonmee Who Nn Recall His Past Lives (Loong Boonmee Raleuk Chaat) by Apichatpong Weerasethakul -...
- 5/11/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
I don't do Berlin, but I'll consider Adrián Biniez's first film a Tiff discovery all the same. Distinctly low budget, Biniez's Gigante resembles the work of some other Latin American filmmaker patrons, its got the economically shot aesthetic and a brand of humor that will insure a long career path for the filmmaker. - #4. Adrian Biniez I don't do Berlin, but I'll consider Adrián Biniez's first film a Tiff discovery all the same. Distinctly low budget, Biniez's Gigante resembles the work of some other Latin American filmmaker patrons, its got the economically shot aesthetic and a brand of humor that will insure a long career path for the filmmaker. ...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
This week's slate gathers together so many big name stars in one place you'd think it was Oscar night already.
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"Across The Hall"
A stripped-down neo-noir with a twist, this feature debut for filmmaker Alex Merkin began as a 2005 short (starring Adrian Grenier, which can be found online here). Grenier didn't return, but Mike Vogel takes his place as Julian, a young man who races to a seedy hotel where his best friend's wayward fiancée (Brittany Murphy) and another man have aroused the suspicions of his pal, who's holed up "across the hall" with a bottle of whiskey and a gun.
Opens in New York and Los Angeles.
"Armored"
Having garnered a great deal of attention with his grungy murder mystery debut "Kontroll," American-born Hungarian helmer Nimród Antal first made his mark in Hollywood...
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"Across The Hall"
A stripped-down neo-noir with a twist, this feature debut for filmmaker Alex Merkin began as a 2005 short (starring Adrian Grenier, which can be found online here). Grenier didn't return, but Mike Vogel takes his place as Julian, a young man who races to a seedy hotel where his best friend's wayward fiancée (Brittany Murphy) and another man have aroused the suspicions of his pal, who's holed up "across the hall" with a bottle of whiskey and a gun.
Opens in New York and Los Angeles.
"Armored"
Having garnered a great deal of attention with his grungy murder mystery debut "Kontroll," American-born Hungarian helmer Nimród Antal first made his mark in Hollywood...
- 11/30/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
Quickcard Review – Chicago International Film Festival Quickcard
Gigante
Directed by: Adrian Biniez
Cast: Hermando Camadule, Leonor Svarcas
Running Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Rating: Nr
Plot: A department store security guard has a crush on a janitor he monitors. But he can only watch her, not speak to her. Winner of the Gold Hugo at the New Directors Competition.
Who’S It For? A really cheap comparison for Gigante would be if Ronnie from Observe and Report spent an entire movie watching Brandi without ever talking to her. Anyone curious by a foreign, slightly less funny and equally nicely shot version of this should take a gander.
Overall
When it comes to wooing, some of us are not Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack, or even Tucker Max. Hell, even Michael Cera has got more game than most of us. In fact, a fair majority of us are probably like Gigante’s lovably awkward Jara.
Gigante
Directed by: Adrian Biniez
Cast: Hermando Camadule, Leonor Svarcas
Running Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Rating: Nr
Plot: A department store security guard has a crush on a janitor he monitors. But he can only watch her, not speak to her. Winner of the Gold Hugo at the New Directors Competition.
Who’S It For? A really cheap comparison for Gigante would be if Ronnie from Observe and Report spent an entire movie watching Brandi without ever talking to her. Anyone curious by a foreign, slightly less funny and equally nicely shot version of this should take a gander.
Overall
When it comes to wooing, some of us are not Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack, or even Tucker Max. Hell, even Michael Cera has got more game than most of us. In fact, a fair majority of us are probably like Gigante’s lovably awkward Jara.
- 10/26/2009
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
- 10/23/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Chicago – As the 45th Chicago International Film Festival comes to a close, this year’s award-winning and most popular films are being screened one more time. All of the screenings will be held at the AMC River East 21 theater at 322 E. Illinois St.
Mississippi Damned (USA), Director: Tina Mabry
Winner Gold Hugo: Best Film, Best Screenplay - Tina Mabry, Best Supporting Actress - Jossie Harris Thacker
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They weren’t the first to dream of escaping their small Mississippi town, but—raised among their family’s vicious cycle of abuse, addiction, and lies—three young black children learn the hard way that their dreams will never be enough. Based on a true story, Mississippi Damned is the brutally honest tale of what happens when a family’s haven is also its prison.
‘Mississippi Damned,’ Winner of the Gold Hugo for Best Film at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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Mississippi Damned (USA), Director: Tina Mabry
Winner Gold Hugo: Best Film, Best Screenplay - Tina Mabry, Best Supporting Actress - Jossie Harris Thacker
7:30Pm
They weren’t the first to dream of escaping their small Mississippi town, but—raised among their family’s vicious cycle of abuse, addiction, and lies—three young black children learn the hard way that their dreams will never be enough. Based on a true story, Mississippi Damned is the brutally honest tale of what happens when a family’s haven is also its prison.
‘Mississippi Damned,’ Winner of the Gold Hugo for Best Film at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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- 10/20/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“An open mind is advised,” claim the (typically, very funny) trailers for this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival, but I will admit that I brought my preconceptions – and a nasty case of jet-lag – to the screening of Adrien Biniez’s Argentine-Uruguayan co-production Gigante. This Silver Bear winner, which centers on an overweight, heavy-metal enthusiast working the night shift as a mall security guard in Montevideo, is already quite well-traveled, and while its popularity with festival audiences is understandable, I couldn’t get past the essential contradiction at its core.
This is an outsider narrative that itself longs only to be loved.It’s not that hulking star Horacio Camandule is unappealing as the Montevidean Paul Blart, or that Biniez’ multimedia conceit, wherein our hero monitors his wage-slave beloved via security cameras, is un-clever (the running surveillance motif suggests a rom-com by Michael Haneke). Gigante feels tweaked for maximum viewer safety,...
This is an outsider narrative that itself longs only to be loved.It’s not that hulking star Horacio Camandule is unappealing as the Montevidean Paul Blart, or that Biniez’ multimedia conceit, wherein our hero monitors his wage-slave beloved via security cameras, is un-clever (the running surveillance motif suggests a rom-com by Michael Haneke). Gigante feels tweaked for maximum viewer safety,...
- 10/13/2009
- MUBI
In Adrián Biniez’s “Gigante,” security guard Jara falls in love as he supervises staff through the closed-circuit cameras at a supermarket. First voyeur, then guardian angel, he protects and pursues the cleaning woman who has unknowingly captured his heart. The film screens as part of Toronto’s Discovery section. indieWIRE contacted the film’s director to discuss her career and the film. We gave Biniez and others a free-form style interview to gather …...
- 9/10/2009
- indieWIRE - People
- Grabbing the best from Cannes' In Competition titles (A Prophet, Bright Star, Fish Tank, White Ribbon), a sampling of Venice items (Bad Lieutenant, Life During Wartime, The Road) with a bit of Sundance and Berlin thrown in for good measure, Telluride is stealing a little bit of that North American premiere thunder from Tiff. They haven't got many world preems, today's press release only mentions Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, but that could all change – as the festival has some surprises in store for patrons (this would be a good time to bring out All Good Things into the Oscar mix) and everyone is expecting Jason Reitman to show up. We are checking his twitter status. I've never been to Telluride, but Firstshowing.net's Alex Billington and Slashfilm.com's Peter Sciretta often tell me I'd love it there (check out their sites for updates) and judging by the slate this year,
- 9/4/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- #6. Gigante Director: Adrian Biniez Cast: Horacio Camandulle, Leonor SvarcasDistributor: Film Movement Buzz: Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Silver Bear, Best First Feature Film and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2009 Berlin Int’l Film Festival, Uruguayan helmer Adrián Biniez's debut might just continue in the tradition of great, uneasy, social commentaries from the current clique of Latin American filmmakers. The Gist: Security guard Jara falls in love as he supervises staff through the closed-circuit cameras at a supermarket. First voyeur, then guardian angel, he protects and pursues the cleaning woman who has unknowingly captured his heart. The story-line looks like a cautionary tale about voyeurism, much like Andrea Arnold's Red Road. Tiff Schedule: Tba ...
- 8/25/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Joe Dante presenting "The Movie Orgy" in L.A., a rare stateside appearance of Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda for a retrospective in New York and the Fantastic Fest in Austin are just a few of the events that serve as the perfect antidote for the endless stream of summertime sequels and toy-based franchises.
More Fall Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
[Breakout Performances]
92Y Tribeca
While the 92Y Tribeca is taking a well-deserved break in August, the cinema space comes roaring back in September, beginning with hosting the Fifth Annual NYC Shorts Festival (Sept. 10-13), followed by a late night "Labyrinth" sing-along complete with trivia and a costume contest (Sept. 25-26), and a Michael Winterbottom double bill of "Code 46" and "24 Hour Party People" (Sept. 30)...In October, the 92Y Tribeca will premiere "Zombie Girl: The Movie" (Oct. 2), the doc about 12-year-old filmmaker Emily Hagins and her quest to make a zombie movie, followed by hosting the Iron...
More Fall Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
[Breakout Performances]
92Y Tribeca
While the 92Y Tribeca is taking a well-deserved break in August, the cinema space comes roaring back in September, beginning with hosting the Fifth Annual NYC Shorts Festival (Sept. 10-13), followed by a late night "Labyrinth" sing-along complete with trivia and a costume contest (Sept. 25-26), and a Michael Winterbottom double bill of "Code 46" and "24 Hour Party People" (Sept. 30)...In October, the 92Y Tribeca will premiere "Zombie Girl: The Movie" (Oct. 2), the doc about 12-year-old filmmaker Emily Hagins and her quest to make a zombie movie, followed by hosting the Iron...
- 8/5/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
- Former UCLA graduate Kisztina Goda's audience favorite Chameleon becomes Hungary's 2010 entry for the Academy Awards' foreign-language film category and in the same measure, becomes the first film to be added to the annual derby that usually sees sixty plus countries compete for five nomination slots. Since we're on the topic, I thought we'd look at some of the almost guaranteed and highly probable submissions from some of the others countries. North of the Oscar land, Canada should be represented by Denis Villeneuve's gripping drama Polytechnique, while Latin America has some pretty solid contenders in Chile Sebastian Silva's The Maid (a multiple film festival award). Chile's neighbour to the North (Peru) has got a Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear winner in Claudia Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow (her first film Madeinusa got a nom couple of years back) and its neighbour to the East (Argentina) has a
- 6/19/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- Film Movement are prepping their Fall slate by including a triple Berlin Film Festival award-winner debut film from Uruguay in Adrián Biniez's Gigante. The company announced the pickup of a film with a premise (see below) that sounds delicious – I'm thinking of Latin American version of Andrea Arnold's Red Road but obviously working from a totally different Pov. From what I gather from the trailer and synopsis below is that there are strands of the socioeconomic crisis (a recurrent theme in Uruguayan cinema), but it is less central than the idea of isolation and longing. For a brief idea watch the clip-filled trailer and avoid the last two minutes for possible spoilers. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Silver Bear, Best First Feature Film and Alfred Bauer Prize in Berlin, Gigante sees Jara is a 35 year old shy and lonely man, who works in a suburb of
- 5/4/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Cologne, Germany -- Adrian Biniez's "Gigante" is close to a U.S. deal after picking up two Silver Bears, including the Jury Grand Prix, at the Berlin International Film Festival. German sales group the Match Factory said a domestic deal for "Gigante" is imminent.
Biniez's debut, about a gentle giant who, while working as a security guard at an Argentinean supermarket, falls in love with a young cleaning woman, has already sold to some 20 territories including Neue Visionen in Germany, Ocean in France, Golem in Spain, Sejong in South Korea and Gateno Films in Peru.
The Match Factory also lined up sales for Golden Bear winner "The Milk of Sorrow" from Peruvian director Claudia Llosa with deals for Sweden (Folkets Bio), Norway (Arthaus), Poland (Manana) and the Former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom) and negotiations underway for Germany, France, Italy and Latin America, among others.
Other deals signed at this year's European...
Biniez's debut, about a gentle giant who, while working as a security guard at an Argentinean supermarket, falls in love with a young cleaning woman, has already sold to some 20 territories including Neue Visionen in Germany, Ocean in France, Golem in Spain, Sejong in South Korea and Gateno Films in Peru.
The Match Factory also lined up sales for Golden Bear winner "The Milk of Sorrow" from Peruvian director Claudia Llosa with deals for Sweden (Folkets Bio), Norway (Arthaus), Poland (Manana) and the Former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom) and negotiations underway for Germany, France, Italy and Latin America, among others.
Other deals signed at this year's European...
- 2/17/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlinale 2009 winners cover a broad range of films whose central aim consists in exploring ways to further the interpretation and understanding of important topics of our time. Therefore the jury has decided to award prizes to those efforts which achieve a balance between the political statement and the poetic form.
Golden Bear for the Best Film La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) by Claudia Llosa
Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade
ex aequo Award Gigante by Adrián Biniez
Silver Bear - Best Director Asghar Farhadi for Darbareye Elly (About Elly)
Silver Bear - Best Actress Birgit Minichmayr in Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade
Silver Bear - Best Actor Sotigui Kouyate in London River by Rachid Bouchareb
Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution "We filmmakers, sometimes we forget the power of sound to create atmospheres and more often we use it in a predictable way. There’s a tremendous originality and risk in the experimental and original way this film builds up its somber narration around its powerful sound design." Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution to Gábor Erdély and Tamás Székely for the Sound-Design of Katalin Varga by Peter Strickland
Silver Bear - Best Script "The role of a film-script when telling human stories starts with the decision of whose eyes to look through in the first place. For a script that takes us into a particular experience – one all too often ignored and obscured from us - towards the encouragement of producers, distributors and audiences across the world to keep looking for a wider horizon and to honour the possibility that cinema holds for us to tell the stories that no other medium may be free enough to touch," Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for The Messenger by Oren Moverman
Alfred Bauer Prize "The jury has unanimously this year decided to give the Alfred Bauer Prize to two films and two directors. One of these directors is an old master with 60 years of experience in film-making. But he is still young and courageous in mind when developing new ways of film-making. He does not even hesitate to involve himself in his movie.
The other director is a young man, here in Berlin with his first feature film, but imbued with the same passion to use cinema to do what cinema can do best: to tell important stories about our time and the human condition."
The jury awards the Alfred Bauer Prize to
Gigante by Adrián Biniez
ex aequo award Tatarak (Sweet Rush) by Andrzej Wajda...
Golden Bear for the Best Film La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) by Claudia Llosa
Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade
ex aequo Award Gigante by Adrián Biniez
Silver Bear - Best Director Asghar Farhadi for Darbareye Elly (About Elly)
Silver Bear - Best Actress Birgit Minichmayr in Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade
Silver Bear - Best Actor Sotigui Kouyate in London River by Rachid Bouchareb
Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution "We filmmakers, sometimes we forget the power of sound to create atmospheres and more often we use it in a predictable way. There’s a tremendous originality and risk in the experimental and original way this film builds up its somber narration around its powerful sound design." Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution to Gábor Erdély and Tamás Székely for the Sound-Design of Katalin Varga by Peter Strickland
Silver Bear - Best Script "The role of a film-script when telling human stories starts with the decision of whose eyes to look through in the first place. For a script that takes us into a particular experience – one all too often ignored and obscured from us - towards the encouragement of producers, distributors and audiences across the world to keep looking for a wider horizon and to honour the possibility that cinema holds for us to tell the stories that no other medium may be free enough to touch," Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for The Messenger by Oren Moverman
Alfred Bauer Prize "The jury has unanimously this year decided to give the Alfred Bauer Prize to two films and two directors. One of these directors is an old master with 60 years of experience in film-making. But he is still young and courageous in mind when developing new ways of film-making. He does not even hesitate to involve himself in his movie.
The other director is a young man, here in Berlin with his first feature film, but imbued with the same passion to use cinema to do what cinema can do best: to tell important stories about our time and the human condition."
The jury awards the Alfred Bauer Prize to
Gigante by Adrián Biniez
ex aequo award Tatarak (Sweet Rush) by Andrzej Wajda...
- 2/17/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
Cologne, Germany -- Berlin-based distributor Neue Visionen has acquired German theatrical rights to "Gigante" from Argentinean filmmaker Adrian Biniez, one of the big winners at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it picked up the jury grand prix Silver Bear.
"Gigante," which follows a lonely supermarket security guard and his obsession with the shop's nighttime cleaner, also won Berlin's best first feature award and a second Silver Bear, the Alfred Bauer Prize.
Neue Visionen signed the deal with sales group The Match Factory shortly before the end of the Berlinale and plans to release "Gigante" in Germany later this year.
In a separate deal, Neue Visionen also picked up all German rights to Nicolas Alberny and Jean Mach's experimental French title "8th Wonderland" from Paris-based sales outfit Rendezvous Pictures.
"Gigante," which follows a lonely supermarket security guard and his obsession with the shop's nighttime cleaner, also won Berlin's best first feature award and a second Silver Bear, the Alfred Bauer Prize.
Neue Visionen signed the deal with sales group The Match Factory shortly before the end of the Berlinale and plans to release "Gigante" in Germany later this year.
In a separate deal, Neue Visionen also picked up all German rights to Nicolas Alberny and Jean Mach's experimental French title "8th Wonderland" from Paris-based sales outfit Rendezvous Pictures.
- 2/17/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Claudia Llosa's Peruvian drama "The Milk of Sorrow" (La teta asustada) won the Golden Bear for best film at the 59th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The Silver Bear went ex aequo to Maren Ade's "Everyone Else" (Alle Anderen) and Adrián Biniez's "Gigante." Asghar Farhadi took home the Silver Bear for best director for "About Elly" (Darbareye Elly).
Birgit Minichmayr was named best actress for her role in "Everyone Else," while Sotigui Kouyate won best actor for his performance in Rachid Bouchareb's "London River."
The Silver Bear for best script went to Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for "The Messenger." Alfred Bauer Prize went ex aequo to Biniez for "Gigante" and Andrzej Wajda for "Sweet Rush" (Tatarak).
The International Jury of the 2009 Berlinale was presided by Tilda Swinton and included Isabel Coixet, Gaston Kaboré, Henning Mankell, Christoph Schlingensief, Wayne Wang and Alice Waters.
The Silver Bear went ex aequo to Maren Ade's "Everyone Else" (Alle Anderen) and Adrián Biniez's "Gigante." Asghar Farhadi took home the Silver Bear for best director for "About Elly" (Darbareye Elly).
Birgit Minichmayr was named best actress for her role in "Everyone Else," while Sotigui Kouyate won best actor for his performance in Rachid Bouchareb's "London River."
The Silver Bear for best script went to Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for "The Messenger." Alfred Bauer Prize went ex aequo to Biniez for "Gigante" and Andrzej Wajda for "Sweet Rush" (Tatarak).
The International Jury of the 2009 Berlinale was presided by Tilda Swinton and included Isabel Coixet, Gaston Kaboré, Henning Mankell, Christoph Schlingensief, Wayne Wang and Alice Waters.
- 2/16/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
Peruvian film The Milk Of Sorrow has been honoured with the Berlin Film Festival's top prize.
The movie, selected by an international board under this year's president Tilda Swinton, beat off competition from the Woody Harrelson-starring film The Messenger, and My One And Only, with Renee Zellweger, to take home the Golden Bear award for Best Picture on Saturday.
On receiving the award, The Milk Of Sorrow filmmaker Claudia Llosa dedicated the win to her home country.
She said, "This is beautiful... this is such an honour. This is for Peru. This is for our country."
The runner-up Silver Bear was shared by Uruguay's Gigante and German drama Everyone Else.
The Messenger, in which Harrelson plays a military officer who must inform families when they lose soldiers in combat, received the Silver Bear for Best Script for writers Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon.
The movie, selected by an international board under this year's president Tilda Swinton, beat off competition from the Woody Harrelson-starring film The Messenger, and My One And Only, with Renee Zellweger, to take home the Golden Bear award for Best Picture on Saturday.
On receiving the award, The Milk Of Sorrow filmmaker Claudia Llosa dedicated the win to her home country.
She said, "This is beautiful... this is such an honour. This is for Peru. This is for our country."
The runner-up Silver Bear was shared by Uruguay's Gigante and German drama Everyone Else.
The Messenger, in which Harrelson plays a military officer who must inform families when they lose soldiers in combat, received the Silver Bear for Best Script for writers Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon.
- 2/15/2009
- WENN
Tilda Swinton and her esteemed jury have picked their winners for the Berlinale Festival. The Golden Bear (the top prize) went to The Milk of Sorrow. The movie is being called a "triumphant ode to life" but it sounds gruesome. The title refers to a disease carried in the breast milk of women who were raped.
The photo to the left shows Tilda kissing the hand of the lead actress. That Tilda, she's such a gentleman. Love her! (That's an order from The Film Experience. Not that you needed the shove). If you follow Oscar's foreign film race each year you may recall that the director Claudia Llosa's previous film madeinusa was Peru's submission in 2006. Llosa now seems likely to receive that particular patriotic honor again next fall when Oscar's foreign film official submission list is released. The film blog When I Look Deep In Your Eyes... is thrilled...
The photo to the left shows Tilda kissing the hand of the lead actress. That Tilda, she's such a gentleman. Love her! (That's an order from The Film Experience. Not that you needed the shove). If you follow Oscar's foreign film race each year you may recall that the director Claudia Llosa's previous film madeinusa was Peru's submission in 2006. Llosa now seems likely to receive that particular patriotic honor again next fall when Oscar's foreign film official submission list is released. The film blog When I Look Deep In Your Eyes... is thrilled...
- 2/15/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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