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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling “Poor Things” – Willem Dafoe
Weekly Commentary: Another deathmatch between two movies — Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi comedy “Poor Things.”
“Maestro” won big at the Makeup and Hair guild while “Poor Things” took home the BAFTA prize.
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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling “Poor Things” – Willem Dafoe
Weekly Commentary: Another deathmatch between two movies — Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi comedy “Poor Things.”
“Maestro” won big at the Makeup and Hair guild while “Poor Things” took home the BAFTA prize.
- 3/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
There will come a time, perhaps not even too far from now, when films like “Woman Of…” may feel, if not old hat, at least familiar, part of a genre unto itself: not a coming-of-age story but a coming-of-self one, tracing the particular life stages of identifying oneself as transgender, accepting oneself as such, and finally living that truth out loud. Spanning decades in its closeup portrait of a Polish trans woman traveling that trajectory in a social climate hostile to her very existence, Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert’s heart-on-sleeve film isn’t aiming to be revolutionary — there’s an old-fashioned melodramatic heft to its episodic construction, setting its heroine’s tale in a pointedly mainstream context. But it still represents a bold gesture of cinematic allyship, drawing attention as it does to Poland’s dire record on LGBT rights.
Those merits will serve this Venice competition premiere well on the festival circuit,...
Those merits will serve this Venice competition premiere well on the festival circuit,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Actors Gerard Butler (pictured above with Soho House’s Dominic Hofer and Studio Babelsberg’s Christoph Fisser), Daniel Brühl and Tom Wlaschiha, who played Jaqen H’ghar in “Game of Thrones,” were among the guests at the Studio Babelsberg Night Friday at Berlin’s Soho House.
Other actors at the party included Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Schuele, Elyas M’Barek, Iris Berben, Max von der Groeben, Sebastian Koch, Sabin Tambrea, Sonja Gerhardt, David Schuetter, and Hannah Herzsprung.
The directors at the event were Tom Tykwer, Ruben Fleischer, Baran bo Odar, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Lars Kraume, Marco Kreuzpaintner, and Jan-Ole Gerster.
Among the politicians and business execs were Michael Mueller, Mayor of Berlin, Monika Gruetters, Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Charles Rivkin, chairman of the Motion Picture Assn., David Goldman, VP, original series at Netflix, Martin Bachmann, managing director at Sony Pictures Releasing in Germany, and Kirsten Niehuus, M.D. at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
Other actors at the party included Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Schuele, Elyas M’Barek, Iris Berben, Max von der Groeben, Sebastian Koch, Sabin Tambrea, Sonja Gerhardt, David Schuetter, and Hannah Herzsprung.
The directors at the event were Tom Tykwer, Ruben Fleischer, Baran bo Odar, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Lars Kraume, Marco Kreuzpaintner, and Jan-Ole Gerster.
Among the politicians and business execs were Michael Mueller, Mayor of Berlin, Monika Gruetters, Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Charles Rivkin, chairman of the Motion Picture Assn., David Goldman, VP, original series at Netflix, Martin Bachmann, managing director at Sony Pictures Releasing in Germany, and Kirsten Niehuus, M.D. at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
- 2/25/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Malgorzata Szumowska, best director winner at the Berlin Film Festival for “Body,” has started shooting “Wonder Zenia,” starring “Stranger Things” actor Alec Utgoff, on location in and around Warsaw.
Utgoff, who played Alexei in the third season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and also appeared in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” stars in the title role in “Wonder Zenia.” The film also stars Agata Kulesza, who played “Red Wanda” in Oscar-winner “Ida,” Maja Ostaszewska (“Body”), Weronika Rosati and Katarzyna Figura.
Zenia, the film’s protagonist, is an industrious Ukrainian migrant worker in Poland who makes house calls as a masseur to the needy and aspirational residents of a middle-class gated community near Warsaw. He is privy to all of their problems, anxieties and secrets – and something of an unwitting guru figure. Zenia’s grounded spirituality, apparent healing powers and broad shoulders make him an object of lust for many of the lost souls in the community.
Utgoff, who played Alexei in the third season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and also appeared in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” stars in the title role in “Wonder Zenia.” The film also stars Agata Kulesza, who played “Red Wanda” in Oscar-winner “Ida,” Maja Ostaszewska (“Body”), Weronika Rosati and Katarzyna Figura.
Zenia, the film’s protagonist, is an industrious Ukrainian migrant worker in Poland who makes house calls as a masseur to the needy and aspirational residents of a middle-class gated community near Warsaw. He is privy to all of their problems, anxieties and secrets – and something of an unwitting guru figure. Zenia’s grounded spirituality, apparent healing powers and broad shoulders make him an object of lust for many of the lost souls in the community.
- 12/16/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Six months after Poland unveiled a new 30% cash rebate at the Berlin Intl. Film Festival, a wave of applications have been approved for the incentive scheme, with the first projects to access the rebate going into production in recent weeks.
“The cash rebate is a game-changer for the Polish film industry,” said Radosław Śmigulski, general director of the Polish Film Institute, citing an uptick in interest from foreign producers. “Poland has a very strong cinematographic tradition, amazing talents and great conditions for filmmaking, but it’s the incentive program that makes us truly visible on the map of Europe.”
The most high-profile project currently shooting in Poland is “Der Überläufer” (The Turncoat), directed by Academy Award winner Florian Gallenberger. Based on Siegfried Lenz’s international bestseller, the historical drama is set in the summer of 1944, when a German soldier prevented from returning to the eastern front realizes he can only...
“The cash rebate is a game-changer for the Polish film industry,” said Radosław Śmigulski, general director of the Polish Film Institute, citing an uptick in interest from foreign producers. “Poland has a very strong cinematographic tradition, amazing talents and great conditions for filmmaking, but it’s the incentive program that makes us truly visible on the map of Europe.”
The most high-profile project currently shooting in Poland is “Der Überläufer” (The Turncoat), directed by Academy Award winner Florian Gallenberger. Based on Siegfried Lenz’s international bestseller, the historical drama is set in the summer of 1944, when a German soldier prevented from returning to the eastern front realizes he can only...
- 9/7/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Land Of Mine, Suffragette win early awards.
The first seven winners for the 29th European Film Awards - which take place on 10 December in Wroclaw, Poland - have been announced.
Martin Zandvliet’s war drama Land Of Mine leads the way with three awards.
The jury picked the winners for the cinematography, editing, design, costumes, hair and make-up, music and sound categories.
The winners are:
Cinematography: Camilla Hjelm Knudsen for Land Of MineEditing: Anne Østerud and Janus Billeskov Jansen for The CommuneDesign: Alice Normington for SuffragetteCostumes: Stefanie Bieker for Land Of MineHair and Make-Up: Barbara Kreuzer for Land Of MineMusic: Ilya Demutsky for The StudentSound: Radosław Ochnio for 11 Minutes
The seven jury members were production designer Benoît Barouh, costume designer Paco Delgado, cinematographer Martin Gschlacht, sound designer Dean Humphreys, editor Era Lapid, make-up artist Waldemar Pokromski and composer Giuliano Taviani.
Pierce Brosnan will receive the European Achievement in World Cinema award at the ceremony, which this year...
The first seven winners for the 29th European Film Awards - which take place on 10 December in Wroclaw, Poland - have been announced.
Martin Zandvliet’s war drama Land Of Mine leads the way with three awards.
The jury picked the winners for the cinematography, editing, design, costumes, hair and make-up, music and sound categories.
The winners are:
Cinematography: Camilla Hjelm Knudsen for Land Of MineEditing: Anne Østerud and Janus Billeskov Jansen for The CommuneDesign: Alice Normington for SuffragetteCostumes: Stefanie Bieker for Land Of MineHair and Make-Up: Barbara Kreuzer for Land Of MineMusic: Ilya Demutsky for The StudentSound: Radosław Ochnio for 11 Minutes
The seven jury members were production designer Benoît Barouh, costume designer Paco Delgado, cinematographer Martin Gschlacht, sound designer Dean Humphreys, editor Era Lapid, make-up artist Waldemar Pokromski and composer Giuliano Taviani.
Pierce Brosnan will receive the European Achievement in World Cinema award at the ceremony, which this year...
- 11/17/2016
- ScreenDaily
Thriller marks Emma Watson’s first lead role since Harry Potter.
Pincipal photography is about to begin on thriller Colonia, from German director Florian Gallenberger (John Rabe).
The film stars Emma Watson in her first lead role since the Harry Potter franchise and Daniel Brühl, the German star of Rush and The Face of an Angel.
The film will shoot in Luxembourg, Munich, Berlin and South America, until the end of the year.
Colonia tells the story of Lena and Daniel, a young couple, who become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973.
Daniel is abducted by Pinochet’s secret police and Lena tracks him to a sealed off area in the South of the country, called Colonia Dignidad.
The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by lay preacher Paul Schäfer but, in fact, is a place nobody ever escaped from. Lena decides to join the cult in order to find Daniel.
Gallenberger is directing...
Pincipal photography is about to begin on thriller Colonia, from German director Florian Gallenberger (John Rabe).
The film stars Emma Watson in her first lead role since the Harry Potter franchise and Daniel Brühl, the German star of Rush and The Face of an Angel.
The film will shoot in Luxembourg, Munich, Berlin and South America, until the end of the year.
Colonia tells the story of Lena and Daniel, a young couple, who become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973.
Daniel is abducted by Pinochet’s secret police and Lena tracks him to a sealed off area in the South of the country, called Colonia Dignidad.
The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by lay preacher Paul Schäfer but, in fact, is a place nobody ever escaped from. Lena decides to join the cult in order to find Daniel.
Gallenberger is directing...
- 9/29/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Thriller marks Emma Watson’s first lead role since Harry Potter.
Pincipal photography is about to begin on thriller Colonia, from German director Florian Gallenberger (John Rabe).
The film stars Emma Watson in her first lead role since the Harry Potter franchise and Daniel Brühl, the German star of Rush and The Face of an Angel.
The film will shoot in Luxembourg, Munich, Berlin and South America, until the end of the year.
Colonia tells the story of Lena and Daniel, a young couple, who become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973.
Daniel is abducted by Pinochet’s secret police and Lena tracks him to a sealed off area in the South of the country, called Colonia Dignidad.
The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by lay preacher Paul Schäfer but, in fact, is a place nobody ever escaped from. Lena decides to join the cult in order to find Daniel.
Gallenberger is directing...
Pincipal photography is about to begin on thriller Colonia, from German director Florian Gallenberger (John Rabe).
The film stars Emma Watson in her first lead role since the Harry Potter franchise and Daniel Brühl, the German star of Rush and The Face of an Angel.
The film will shoot in Luxembourg, Munich, Berlin and South America, until the end of the year.
Colonia tells the story of Lena and Daniel, a young couple, who become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973.
Daniel is abducted by Pinochet’s secret police and Lena tracks him to a sealed off area in the South of the country, called Colonia Dignidad.
The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by lay preacher Paul Schäfer but, in fact, is a place nobody ever escaped from. Lena decides to join the cult in order to find Daniel.
Gallenberger is directing...
- 9/29/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
German helmer Florian Gallenberger won an Oscar for his 2000 short film Quiero Ser (I Want To Be…) and followed that up with such features as Honolulu and City Of War: The Story Of John Rabe. Both those films starred Daniel Bruhl with whom the director is reteaming on Colonia. Principal photography is about to begin on the thriller that has Emma Watson opposite Bruhl in a tale inspired by true events. They play a young couple who become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973. Daniel (Bruhl) is abducted by Pinochet’s secret police and Lena (Watson) tracks him to a sealed-off area in the south of the country called Colonia Dignidad. The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by a lay preacher, but is in fact a place from which no one has ever escaped. In order to find her beloved, Lena decides to join the cult.
- 9/29/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
The new Andy Fetscher-directed film ‘Urban Explorer’ won four major honors at the 2011 Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles. The movie won the award for Best Makeup for special effects makeup artist Waldemar Pokromski; Fetcher was honored in the Best Editing category; and Klaus Stiglmeier, who played Armin, was named Best Actor. ‘Urban Explorer’ also won the ceremony’s top honor, Best Picture. The awards ceremony was held on Saturday, October 2, after the festival screened such films as ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘The Innkeepers,’ ‘Rabies,’ ‘Madison County,’ ‘Livid,’ ‘Sector 7,’ ‘Rosewood Lane’ and of course, ‘Urban Explorer.’ ‘Urban Explorer,’ which had it’s west coast premiere at Screamfest on October...
- 10/31/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
Jeremy Irons, Tom Sturridge and Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City) have been confirmed as leads for the $7.5m production which is set to begin shooting at locations in Germany and Poland from May 2.
Us producer Michael London’s Groundswell Production has boarded Lajos Koltai’s next feature film The Treehouse (The Master of Farnow) which is being produced by Hamburg-based Transcorda Filmproduktion.
A time-honored story is set among an noble family on a Pomeranian estate in 1910. Paul Mayerberg adapted from Eduard von Keyserling’s novel “Schwüle Tage.” The novel follows a failed student, his glamorous cousin and family, and is set in pre-wwi Germany.
The director of photography on the movie will be Hungarian Gyula Pados who had also worked on Koltai’s Evening and Fateless, while production design will be controled by Academy Award winner Allan Starski. The score will be composed by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. Costume design is by Anne Sheppard,...
Us producer Michael London’s Groundswell Production has boarded Lajos Koltai’s next feature film The Treehouse (The Master of Farnow) which is being produced by Hamburg-based Transcorda Filmproduktion.
A time-honored story is set among an noble family on a Pomeranian estate in 1910. Paul Mayerberg adapted from Eduard von Keyserling’s novel “Schwüle Tage.” The novel follows a failed student, his glamorous cousin and family, and is set in pre-wwi Germany.
The director of photography on the movie will be Hungarian Gyula Pados who had also worked on Koltai’s Evening and Fateless, while production design will be controled by Academy Award winner Allan Starski. The score will be composed by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. Costume design is by Anne Sheppard,...
- 2/15/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
Berlin -- "The White Ribbon" crowned a phenomenal year with a near-sweep of the 60th German Film Awards on Friday.
Michael Haneke's film took home 10 Lolas including best film, best director and best actor for Burghart Klaussner.
Hans-Christian Schmid's war crimes drama, "Storm," which debuted at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival, picked up three Lolas, including the Silver Best Film nod, best editing for Hansjorg Weissbrich and the best score for the film music composed by German alt music stars the Notwist.
But the star of the evening was Sibel Kekilli, who won the best actress Lola for Feo Aladag's "When We Leave." Kekilli, who won the Lola for her debut in Fatih Akin's "Head-On" (2004) had nearly vanished from the German film scene. But her standout performance in "When We Leave," playing a German/Turkish woman trying to escape he abusive husband, marks a stunning comeback.
Michael Haneke's film took home 10 Lolas including best film, best director and best actor for Burghart Klaussner.
Hans-Christian Schmid's war crimes drama, "Storm," which debuted at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival, picked up three Lolas, including the Silver Best Film nod, best editing for Hansjorg Weissbrich and the best score for the film music composed by German alt music stars the Notwist.
But the star of the evening was Sibel Kekilli, who won the best actress Lola for Feo Aladag's "When We Leave." Kekilli, who won the Lola for her debut in Fatih Akin's "Head-On" (2004) had nearly vanished from the German film scene. But her standout performance in "When We Leave," playing a German/Turkish woman trying to escape he abusive husband, marks a stunning comeback.
- 4/23/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlin -- Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon" may have missed out on the best foreign film Oscar but the Austrian filmmaker is all but certain to sweep the German Film Awards after "The White Ribbon" received 13 nominations for the country's top prize, the Lolas.
"The White Ribbon" picked up Lola noms in all possible categories, including best film, best director and best acting noms for stars Burghart Klaussner and Susanne Lothar.
Cinematographer Christian Berger, whose stark black-and-white images earned him an Oscar nomination, is the favurite to win the Lola for best cinematography at the German Film Awards on April 23 in Berlin.
"When We Leave," a drama from first-time director Feo Aladag, was the big surprise, earning six Lola nominations including ones for best film and best actress for Sibel Kekilli ("Head-On") in her comeback role as a young woman banished from her devout Muslim family.
Hans-Christian Schmid's...
"The White Ribbon" picked up Lola noms in all possible categories, including best film, best director and best acting noms for stars Burghart Klaussner and Susanne Lothar.
Cinematographer Christian Berger, whose stark black-and-white images earned him an Oscar nomination, is the favurite to win the Lola for best cinematography at the German Film Awards on April 23 in Berlin.
"When We Leave," a drama from first-time director Feo Aladag, was the big surprise, earning six Lola nominations including ones for best film and best actress for Sibel Kekilli ("Head-On") in her comeback role as a young woman banished from her devout Muslim family.
Hans-Christian Schmid's...
- 3/19/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the film eligibility dates covering portions of two years, the 2009 European Film Awards finds itself in an awkward mode of having a clear favorites from circa 2008 (Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In) go up against cream of the crop from Cannes 2009 (A Prophet, The White Ribbon and Fish Tank). - With the film eligibility dates covering portions of two years, the 2009 European Film Awards finds itself in an awkward mode of having a clear favorites from circa 2008 (Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In) go up against cream of the crop from Cannes 2009 (A Prophet, The White Ribbon and Fish Tank). Jacques Audiard's A Prophet leads all nominations with a total of six with Best European Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actor (Tahar Rahim), Cinematography and Sound Design. Slumdog comes in 2nd place with five nominations while the Palme d'or winning The White Ribbon and Broken Embraces are tied with 4 each.
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
Mumbai-based film "Slumdog Millionaire" will have the chance to get its glory in Europe. The Danny Boyle-directed movie is honored with four nominations at 2009 European Film Awards for European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter and European Cinematographer categories. Additionally, the lead actor, Dev Patel, is nominated to receive European Actor prize.
Competing with "Slumdog Millionaire" in the same five categories is Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet", which leads the pack with six nominations. The French prison tale additionally is nominated to take home Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer award. Joining the Mumbai-based film and the Tahar Rahim-starred movie as the possible big winners at the award ceremony is "The White Ribbon", which grabs four nods.
At the same event, Penelope Cruz is nominated as European Actress for her role in "Broken Embraces". She is going up against Kate Winslet in "The Reader", Charlotte Gainsbourg in "Antichrist", Yolande Moreau...
Competing with "Slumdog Millionaire" in the same five categories is Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet", which leads the pack with six nominations. The French prison tale additionally is nominated to take home Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer award. Joining the Mumbai-based film and the Tahar Rahim-starred movie as the possible big winners at the award ceremony is "The White Ribbon", which grabs four nods.
At the same event, Penelope Cruz is nominated as European Actress for her role in "Broken Embraces". She is going up against Kate Winslet in "The Reader", Charlotte Gainsbourg in "Antichrist", Yolande Moreau...
- 11/9/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Cologne, Germany – Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet," Danny Boyle's Oscar champ "Slumdog Millionaire" and Palme d'Or winner "The White Ribbon" from Austrian director Michael Haneke are the front-runners in a crowded field at this year's European Film Awards.
Audiard's hard-hitting French prison tale, Haneke's austere black-and-white period piece and Boyle's Mumbai-based story of rags-to-riches all picked up nominations in the European film, European director, European screenwriter and European cinematographer categories.
"A Prophet" leads the pack with six nominations, including ones for star Tahar Rahim in the European actor category and an Efa Prix d'Excellence nomination for sound design.
Also in the running for best European film 2009 are Stephen Daldry's Oscar winner "The Reader," Scottish director Andrea Arnold's kitchen sink drama "Fish Tank" and Tomas Alfredson's Swedish vampire film "Let the Right One In."
Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces" was shut out of the best film lineup,...
Audiard's hard-hitting French prison tale, Haneke's austere black-and-white period piece and Boyle's Mumbai-based story of rags-to-riches all picked up nominations in the European film, European director, European screenwriter and European cinematographer categories.
"A Prophet" leads the pack with six nominations, including ones for star Tahar Rahim in the European actor category and an Efa Prix d'Excellence nomination for sound design.
Also in the running for best European film 2009 are Stephen Daldry's Oscar winner "The Reader," Scottish director Andrea Arnold's kitchen sink drama "Fish Tank" and Tomas Alfredson's Swedish vampire film "Let the Right One In."
Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces" was shut out of the best film lineup,...
- 11/8/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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