Erik Poppe’s war drama opens in Norway later this month.
Norway has selected Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice as its contender for this year’s best foreign language film Oscar race.
The war drama stars Jesper Christensen, Kon-Tiki’s Anders Basmo Christiansen and The Counterfeiters’ Karl Markovics. It opens in Norway on Sept 23.
Based on true events, The King’s Choice is set in 1940 when a fleet of Nazi warships attacked Oslo and King Haakon of Norway (Christensen) is faced with a choice that will change the nation forever, as a race against time between mediation and warfare ensues.
It was selected from a three-strong shortlist that also included Erik Skjoldbjærg’s The Pyromaniac (Pyromanen) and Rune Denstad Langlo’s Welcome To Norway.
Norway have never won in the foreign language Oscar category. Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg’s Kon-Tiki was the last film to be nominated in the category in 2012.
Beta Cinema handles international...
Norway has selected Erik Poppe’s The King’s Choice as its contender for this year’s best foreign language film Oscar race.
The war drama stars Jesper Christensen, Kon-Tiki’s Anders Basmo Christiansen and The Counterfeiters’ Karl Markovics. It opens in Norway on Sept 23.
Based on true events, The King’s Choice is set in 1940 when a fleet of Nazi warships attacked Oslo and King Haakon of Norway (Christensen) is faced with a choice that will change the nation forever, as a race against time between mediation and warfare ensues.
It was selected from a three-strong shortlist that also included Erik Skjoldbjærg’s The Pyromaniac (Pyromanen) and Rune Denstad Langlo’s Welcome To Norway.
Norway have never won in the foreign language Oscar category. Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg’s Kon-Tiki was the last film to be nominated in the category in 2012.
Beta Cinema handles international...
- 9/8/2016
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The land of the midnight sun has narrowed down its contenders for this year's Oscar race. The three films that will be competing for the honor (to be announced on September 7th) are...
The King’s Choice (Erik Poppe)
A Ww II drama about German soldiers invading Norway The Pyromaniac (Erik Skjoldbjærg)
Dramatic thriller about a southern village terrorized - premiering at Tiff Welcome to Norway (Rune Denstad Langlo)
A comedy about a couple opening a home for refugees
Poppe was submitted once before a dozen years back for Hawaii Oslo and Oscar loves World War II but my guess is it's going to be Pyromaniac or Welcome to Norway. Skjoldbjaerg's history should help with the former since he had a finalist for submission with Pioneer a few years ago, though Norway opted for a lower profile submission, and he was also the co-writer of the internationally popular Norwegian hit...
The King’s Choice (Erik Poppe)
A Ww II drama about German soldiers invading Norway The Pyromaniac (Erik Skjoldbjærg)
Dramatic thriller about a southern village terrorized - premiering at Tiff Welcome to Norway (Rune Denstad Langlo)
A comedy about a couple opening a home for refugees
Poppe was submitted once before a dozen years back for Hawaii Oslo and Oscar loves World War II but my guess is it's going to be Pyromaniac or Welcome to Norway. Skjoldbjaerg's history should help with the former since he had a finalist for submission with Pioneer a few years ago, though Norway opted for a lower profile submission, and he was also the co-writer of the internationally popular Norwegian hit...
- 8/31/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Joachim Trier’s drama Louder Than Bombs won four prizes including Best Director, while The Wave scooped Best Film.Scroll down for full list
Joachim Trier’s Louder than Bombs [pictured] starring Jesse Eisenberg and Gabriel Byrne won four Amanda awards at the 44th Norwegian Film Festival (Aug 20-16), including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
In 2015, the film was the first Norwegian feature to play in competition at Cannes for 36 years.
Marking the first English language film made by Trier, Louder Than Bombs follows a father and his two sons who are made to come to terms with the death of their mother, a notable war photographer.
Roar Uthaug’s The Wave took the night’s top prize, Best Norwegian Film in Theatrical Release. Submitted by Norway to last year’s Academy Awards for the best foreign-language category, it depicts the 1934 Tafjord Tsunami which resulted in the death of 40 people.
Rune Denstad Langlo’s [link...
Joachim Trier’s Louder than Bombs [pictured] starring Jesse Eisenberg and Gabriel Byrne won four Amanda awards at the 44th Norwegian Film Festival (Aug 20-16), including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
In 2015, the film was the first Norwegian feature to play in competition at Cannes for 36 years.
Marking the first English language film made by Trier, Louder Than Bombs follows a father and his two sons who are made to come to terms with the death of their mother, a notable war photographer.
Roar Uthaug’s The Wave took the night’s top prize, Best Norwegian Film in Theatrical Release. Submitted by Norway to last year’s Academy Awards for the best foreign-language category, it depicts the 1934 Tafjord Tsunami which resulted in the death of 40 people.
Rune Denstad Langlo’s [link...
- 8/30/2016
- ScreenDaily
Danish landmine drama continues winning streak with $118,000 award; doc winner is Don Juan and audience prizes go to Welcome To Norway! and The Second Mother.
Danish director Martin Zandvliet’s Land Of Mine continued its hot streak by winning one of the world’s most lucrative film festival prizes, Goteborg’s Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film.
The prize comes with $118,000 (Sek 1m), financed by Volvo Car Group, Region Västra Götaland and the City Council of Gothenburg.
Zandvliet and producer Mikael Rieks, who had a day earlier won Rotterdam’s audience award, were on hand to collect the honour on Saturday night in Goteborg.
Zandvliet said the prize was “the one you really want to win” and said such an award enabled “creative freedom.”
Rieks commented that the attention for the film also helped audiences learn about the subject matter, based on the true story of German teenagers forced to clear landmines in Denmark after World War II...
Danish director Martin Zandvliet’s Land Of Mine continued its hot streak by winning one of the world’s most lucrative film festival prizes, Goteborg’s Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film.
The prize comes with $118,000 (Sek 1m), financed by Volvo Car Group, Region Västra Götaland and the City Council of Gothenburg.
Zandvliet and producer Mikael Rieks, who had a day earlier won Rotterdam’s audience award, were on hand to collect the honour on Saturday night in Goteborg.
Zandvliet said the prize was “the one you really want to win” and said such an award enabled “creative freedom.”
Rieks commented that the attention for the film also helped audiences learn about the subject matter, based on the true story of German teenagers forced to clear landmines in Denmark after World War II...
- 2/7/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The sales company has pre-sold the comedy in several territories ahead of its world premiere at the Goteborg film festival and Efm screening.
International sales outfit Beta Cinema has acquired Rune Denstad Langlo’s Norwegian comedy Welcome To Norway! ahead of the film’s premiere in competition at the Goteborg film festival (Jan 29 – Feb 8).
The company has concluded several deals for pre-sales on the title including Neue Visionen (Germany and Austria), Filmcoopi (Switzerland) and Good Films (Italy).
Following its premiere, Beta will take the film to the Efm, hosting an IMAX screening on the first day of the Berlinale.
Starring Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Kon-Tiki), Slimane Dazi (Only Lovers Left Alive) and Henriette Steenstrup (Turn Me On, Dammit!), Welcome To Norway! follows a couple who decide to open a home for refuges in the cold mountains of Norway.
Director Langlo is most noted for his 2009 comedy North (Nord), which won a Firpresci prize at the Berlinale in 2009. Sigve Endresen...
International sales outfit Beta Cinema has acquired Rune Denstad Langlo’s Norwegian comedy Welcome To Norway! ahead of the film’s premiere in competition at the Goteborg film festival (Jan 29 – Feb 8).
The company has concluded several deals for pre-sales on the title including Neue Visionen (Germany and Austria), Filmcoopi (Switzerland) and Good Films (Italy).
Following its premiere, Beta will take the film to the Efm, hosting an IMAX screening on the first day of the Berlinale.
Starring Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Kon-Tiki), Slimane Dazi (Only Lovers Left Alive) and Henriette Steenstrup (Turn Me On, Dammit!), Welcome To Norway! follows a couple who decide to open a home for refuges in the cold mountains of Norway.
Director Langlo is most noted for his 2009 comedy North (Nord), which won a Firpresci prize at the Berlinale in 2009. Sigve Endresen...
- 1/29/2016
- ScreenDaily
Nordic Film Market includes debut films by Force Majeure actress, the screenwriter of A Royal Affair and director of viral hit Las Palmas; CAA, UTA and ICM agents among attending industry.Scroll down for full list
More than 40 Nordic films and works in progress will be presented at the fruitful Nordic Film Market in Goteborg, which runs Feb 4-7 during to the Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 29 - Feb 8).
Often a productive staging post for impressive upcoming regional features and emerging talent, the 2016 lineup includes 17 finished features and 20 works in progress, plus eight titles presented as part of the Nordic Film Lab Discovery programme.
The works-in-progress presentations (see full list below) include ten debut films from the likes of A Royal Affair screenwriter Rasmus Heisterberg, viral hit Las Palmas director Johannes Nyholm, Force Majeure actress Fanni Metelius and Cannes Cinefondation alumni Juho Kuosmanen and Shahrbanoo Sadat.
Other works in progress will be presented from directors Mads Brugger ([link...
More than 40 Nordic films and works in progress will be presented at the fruitful Nordic Film Market in Goteborg, which runs Feb 4-7 during to the Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 29 - Feb 8).
Often a productive staging post for impressive upcoming regional features and emerging talent, the 2016 lineup includes 17 finished features and 20 works in progress, plus eight titles presented as part of the Nordic Film Lab Discovery programme.
The works-in-progress presentations (see full list below) include ten debut films from the likes of A Royal Affair screenwriter Rasmus Heisterberg, viral hit Las Palmas director Johannes Nyholm, Force Majeure actress Fanni Metelius and Cannes Cinefondation alumni Juho Kuosmanen and Shahrbanoo Sadat.
Other works in progress will be presented from directors Mads Brugger ([link...
- 1/27/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Notable world premieres include Mads Matthiesen’s Teddy Bear follow-up The Model and Avalon director Axel Petersén’s Under the Pyramid.
Måns Månsson’s The Yard will open the 2016 Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 29 - Feb 8), which will screen some 450 films from 84 countries.
The film, which will have its world premiere at the Swedish festival’s Jan 29 opening, is adapted from Kristian Lundberg’s autobiographical novel about moving from cultural work to becoming a day laborer in Malmo harbour. Anders Mossling stars.
The festival’s closing film will be Henrik Ruben Genz’s Satisfaction 1720, Erlend Loe has written the manuscript for the film, about the post-war exploits of the “rock star of his day”, Vice-Admiral Tordenskjold.
Goteborg, the largest film festival in the Nordics and running for 11 days, is devoting special programmes to Italian cinema, Nigeria’s Nollywood and a new section on TV drama.
The eight films competing for the Dragon Award for Best Nordic film (which...
Måns Månsson’s The Yard will open the 2016 Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 29 - Feb 8), which will screen some 450 films from 84 countries.
The film, which will have its world premiere at the Swedish festival’s Jan 29 opening, is adapted from Kristian Lundberg’s autobiographical novel about moving from cultural work to becoming a day laborer in Malmo harbour. Anders Mossling stars.
The festival’s closing film will be Henrik Ruben Genz’s Satisfaction 1720, Erlend Loe has written the manuscript for the film, about the post-war exploits of the “rock star of his day”, Vice-Admiral Tordenskjold.
Goteborg, the largest film festival in the Nordics and running for 11 days, is devoting special programmes to Italian cinema, Nigeria’s Nollywood and a new section on TV drama.
The eight films competing for the Dragon Award for Best Nordic film (which...
- 1/12/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Director Rune Denstad Langlo delivers what looks to be a remarkably timely comedy with his upcoming Welcome To Norway, a film that puts a comic spin on the refugee crisis in Europe.Per Primus is a fourth generation mountain resort hotel owner; he's born and raised far up in the Norwegian mountians and lives there with his wife and daughter. Primus is a bit more racist than most, and is hopeless with money. Since the tourists haven't been coming to the mountains anymore, he decides to go into the business of running a state-funded asylum reception center. But it's not going to be as easy as he first expected. Because along with 50 unruly refugees, most of them muslims and Arabic speaking, comes Abedi, an endlessly...
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- 12/10/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Pernilla August’s new adaption of A Serious Game, scriped by Lone Scherfig, is among the 11 works-in-progress set to be introduced at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films
Swedish actress-turned-writer/director Pernilla August, whose latest film Beyond (Svinalängorna, 2010) garnered her three Guldbaggar – Sweden’s national film award – and the Nordic Council Film Prize, will introduce her new feature A Serious Game (Den allvarsamma leken) in New Nordic Films at the Norwegian International Film Festival (Aug 15-21) in Haugesund.
Norwegian director Anja Breien’s 1977 adaptation of Swedish author Hjalmar Söderberg’s 1912 novel is also screening in the festival programme.
Danish writer-director Lone Scherfig has scripted the new version of the passionate love between Arvid and Lydia (Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof), which Patrik Andersson, Frida Barzgo and Fredrik Heinig are producing for A B-Reel Production.
A Serious Game is one of 11 new Nordic productions, which will be presented tomorrow and Thursday (Aug 19-20) at Haugesund’s Scandic Maritim: six from...
Swedish actress-turned-writer/director Pernilla August, whose latest film Beyond (Svinalängorna, 2010) garnered her three Guldbaggar – Sweden’s national film award – and the Nordic Council Film Prize, will introduce her new feature A Serious Game (Den allvarsamma leken) in New Nordic Films at the Norwegian International Film Festival (Aug 15-21) in Haugesund.
Norwegian director Anja Breien’s 1977 adaptation of Swedish author Hjalmar Söderberg’s 1912 novel is also screening in the festival programme.
Danish writer-director Lone Scherfig has scripted the new version of the passionate love between Arvid and Lydia (Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof), which Patrik Andersson, Frida Barzgo and Fredrik Heinig are producing for A B-Reel Production.
A Serious Game is one of 11 new Nordic productions, which will be presented tomorrow and Thursday (Aug 19-20) at Haugesund’s Scandic Maritim: six from...
- 8/18/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Top brass at the festival, set to run from September 24-October 8, have announced the selections in Focus Mexico.
The films are as follows:
Focus Mexico
The Obscure Spring (Las Oscuras Primaveras)
Ernesto Contreras
Manuela Jankovic’s War (La Guerra De Manuela Jankovic)
Diana Cardozo
González
Christian Díaz Pardo
Asteroide
Marcelo Tobar
The Absent (Los Ausentes)
Nicolás Pereda
Cumbres
Gabriel Nuncio
We Are Mari Pepa (Somos Mari Pepa)
Samuel Kishi
The Well (Manto Acuífero)
Michael Rowe
Güeros
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Cantinflas
Sebastian del Amo
Los Angeles
Damian John Harper
The Amazing Catfish (Los Insólitos Peces Gato)
Claudia Sainte-Luce
The Empty Hours (Las Horas Muertas)
Aaron Fernandez.
Panorama section
Words With Gods (Palabras Con Dioses)
Guillermo Arriaga, Héctor Babenco, Warwick Thornton, Mira Nair, Hideo Nakata, Amos Gitai, Álex de la Iglesia, Emir Kusturica, Bahman Ghobadi
Short Plays
Daniel Gruener, Carlos Reygadas, Fernando Eimbcke, Felipe Gómez, Alejandro Valle, Karim Aïnouz, Marcelo Gomes, Pablo Fendrik, Pablo Stoll, [link...
The films are as follows:
Focus Mexico
The Obscure Spring (Las Oscuras Primaveras)
Ernesto Contreras
Manuela Jankovic’s War (La Guerra De Manuela Jankovic)
Diana Cardozo
González
Christian Díaz Pardo
Asteroide
Marcelo Tobar
The Absent (Los Ausentes)
Nicolás Pereda
Cumbres
Gabriel Nuncio
We Are Mari Pepa (Somos Mari Pepa)
Samuel Kishi
The Well (Manto Acuífero)
Michael Rowe
Güeros
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Cantinflas
Sebastian del Amo
Los Angeles
Damian John Harper
The Amazing Catfish (Los Insólitos Peces Gato)
Claudia Sainte-Luce
The Empty Hours (Las Horas Muertas)
Aaron Fernandez.
Panorama section
Words With Gods (Palabras Con Dioses)
Guillermo Arriaga, Héctor Babenco, Warwick Thornton, Mira Nair, Hideo Nakata, Amos Gitai, Álex de la Iglesia, Emir Kusturica, Bahman Ghobadi
Short Plays
Daniel Gruener, Carlos Reygadas, Fernando Eimbcke, Felipe Gómez, Alejandro Valle, Karim Aïnouz, Marcelo Gomes, Pablo Fendrik, Pablo Stoll, [link...
- 9/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Brazil will host the World Cup this summer and football (or soccer for our American readers) fans the world over are marking down the days with as much excitement as fanboys have for the next tentpole or we have for the next Claire Denis film. In an effort to capitalize on this worldwide excitement, Variety reports Mexican director Daniel Gruener is shepherding a new omnibus film centered around the sport and he’s bringing along some interesting names. According to the trade, the 31 directors—spanning four continents—that will direct segments for “Short Plays” include Gasper Noe, enfant terrible Vincent Gallo, “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” director Apichatpong Weerasethakul and “Post Tenebras Lux” filmmaker Carlos Reygadas, as well as Carlos Moreno, Fernando Eimbcke, Sebastian Cordero, Brit Duane Hopkins, Mascha Halberstad, Buthina Cannan Koury, Kiki Sugino,Dorris Dorrie, Yang Ik-june, Bobo Jelcic, Abner Benaim, Rune Denstad Langlo, Juan Carlos Valdivia,...
- 3/25/2014
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
Festival will take titles on tour to Edinbugh and Glasgow.
The Nordic Film Festival is returning to London for its second edition (Nov 25-Dec 4), focussing on films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
The 15-title strong programme will include five UK premieres and two London premieres. The line-up comprises family and youth dramas, crime thrillers, documentaries, animation, experimental film and shorts.
The festival will open with the UK premiere of Marcus Fjellstrom’s short noir animation series, Odboy and Erordog Suite, with live soundtrack performed by Swedish quartet The Pearls Before Swine Experience.
Other UK premieres include Rune Denstad Langlo’s Chasing the Wind; documentary My Stuff with a Q&A with director Petri Luukkainen; and documentary Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart with a Q&A with director Mika Ronkainen.
Other highlights include Pirjo Honkasalo’s Concrete Night and closing film You and Me Forever by director Kaspar Munk. The latter screening will be attended by lead...
The Nordic Film Festival is returning to London for its second edition (Nov 25-Dec 4), focussing on films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
The 15-title strong programme will include five UK premieres and two London premieres. The line-up comprises family and youth dramas, crime thrillers, documentaries, animation, experimental film and shorts.
The festival will open with the UK premiere of Marcus Fjellstrom’s short noir animation series, Odboy and Erordog Suite, with live soundtrack performed by Swedish quartet The Pearls Before Swine Experience.
Other UK premieres include Rune Denstad Langlo’s Chasing the Wind; documentary My Stuff with a Q&A with director Petri Luukkainen; and documentary Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart with a Q&A with director Mika Ronkainen.
Other highlights include Pirjo Honkasalo’s Concrete Night and closing film You and Me Forever by director Kaspar Munk. The latter screening will be attended by lead...
- 11/4/2013
- ScreenDaily
Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. - The Sales/Distribution/Production company continually pluck from a batch of interesting U.S independent film auteurs (they are back on board with So Yong Kim for her to be released in the Fall title, For Ellen), grabbing select Euro titles Natalia Smirnoff's Puzzle (a Berlin) along with French films which we've been talking non-stop for the better half of year. Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. (see Charlotte Gainsbourg in pic above). On the sales side of things, they are working with Marchand's partner in crime Dominik Moll...
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The Sales/Distribution/Production company continually pluck from a batch of interesting U.S independent film auteurs (they are back on board with So Yong Kim for her to be released in the Fall title, For Ellen), grabbing select Euro titles Natalia Smirnoff's Puzzle (a Berlin) along with French films which we've been talking non-stop for the better half of year. Among those they have tapped for the fest they have a premium Midnight Screening for Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven and they are closing the festival with Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree. (see Charlotte Gainsbourg in pic above). On the sales side of things, they are working with Marchand's partner in crime Dominik Moll's filmed in Spain fantasy pic and are onboard Pawel Pawlikowski's new project – a helmer who's sabbatical has lasted a tad too long. Black Heaven (L'autre Monde) by Gilles Marchand - Completed The Monk...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Year: 2009
Directors: Rune Denstad Langlo
Writers: Erlend Loe
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Normally I see "foreign comedy" and I run, but after watching this flick I think I'm going to have to change my viewing habits. A road movie with a western twang of sorts, North is a journey of self discovery which bares the soul of all those involved. Humorous, candid, and well written, North trespasses into inviting territory. Huh? Ever wonder about the "old days" when people were friendly and trusting, long before the days of the nightly news scare tactics and paranoia? That's what this film had, open arms for all of us no matter how f***ing weird we are.
The main character Jomar, works at a ski lift. He hates his life and his job too. His love used to be skiing but since he had a nervous breakdown...
Directors: Rune Denstad Langlo
Writers: Erlend Loe
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Normally I see "foreign comedy" and I run, but after watching this flick I think I'm going to have to change my viewing habits. A road movie with a western twang of sorts, North is a journey of self discovery which bares the soul of all those involved. Humorous, candid, and well written, North trespasses into inviting territory. Huh? Ever wonder about the "old days" when people were friendly and trusting, long before the days of the nightly news scare tactics and paranoia? That's what this film had, open arms for all of us no matter how f***ing weird we are.
The main character Jomar, works at a ski lift. He hates his life and his job too. His love used to be skiing but since he had a nervous breakdown...
- 6/13/2009
- QuietEarth.us
- Memento Films have a mandate to work in a grassroots manner – when they take on a project they don't take half a dozen others to pay the bills. Last year's films included an esteemed batch of autuer films in: Goodbye Solo, Wendy & Lucy, The Class, Wonderful Town, Under the Bombs and Grown Ups. This year they get to showcase Kamen Kalev's Eastern Plays (Director's Fortnight) and Raya Martin's Independencia (Un Certain Regard) in the comps. For buyers there is the Larrieu pic in post pro as well (see Mathieu Amalric pic below). Eastern Plays by Kamen Kalev - Completed Independencia by Raya Martin – Completed North (Nord) by Rune Denstad Langlo - CompletedTHIS Is The End (Les Derniers Jours Du Monde) by Arnaud Larrieu – Post-Production The Exploding Girl by Bradley Rust Gray – Completed Treeless Mountain by So-Yong Kim – Completed ...
- 5/12/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Tribeca Film Festival Awards 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 2009: April 22-May 3, 2009 The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: About Elly / Darbareye Elly, directed and written by Asghar Farhadi Best New Narrative Filmmaker: Rune Denstad Langlo for North / Nord, written by Erlend Loe Best Actor: Ciarán Hinds in The Eclipse, directed and written by Conor McPherson Best Actress: Zoe Kazan in The Exploding Girl, directed and written by Bradley Rust Gray Best Documentary Feature: Racing Dreams, directed by Marshall Curry Special Jury Mention: Defamation / Hashmatsa, directed by Yoav Shamir Best New Documentary Filmmaker: Ian Olds for Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi New York Competition Best New York Narrative: Here and There / Tamo i ovde, directed and written by Darko Lungulov Best New York Documentary: Partly Private, directed by Danae Elon Short Film Competition Best Narrative Short: The North Road / La route du Nord, directed and written by Carlos Chahine Best Documentary Short: Home,...
- 5/2/2009
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
An Iranian drama has walked away with the top honour at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
About Elly was named Best Feature Film at the annual prizegiving ceremony, held in New York on Thursday, while Racing Dreams, which tells the story of three young racing enthusiasts who hope to grow up to be Nascar drivers, took home Best Documentary Feature.
Ciaran Hinds triumphed in the Best Actor category for his role as a widower in The Eclipse and Best Actress went to Zoe Kazan for The Exploding Girl.
Jurors on the panel at Robert De Niro's movie event included such stars as Meg Ryan, Uma Thurman, Mary-Kate Olsen and Whoopi Goldberg.
The festival's audience award winner will be announced on Saturday evening.
The main list of winners is as follows:
Best Actor - Ciaran Hinds
Best Actress - Zoe Kazan
Best Feature Film - About Elly
Best Feature Documentary - Racing Dreams
Best Narrative - Here and There
Best Documentary - Partly Private
Best New Narrative Filmmaker - Rune Denstad Langlo For North
Best New Documentary Filmmaker - Ian Olds for Fixer: The Taking Of Ajmal Naqshbandi.
About Elly was named Best Feature Film at the annual prizegiving ceremony, held in New York on Thursday, while Racing Dreams, which tells the story of three young racing enthusiasts who hope to grow up to be Nascar drivers, took home Best Documentary Feature.
Ciaran Hinds triumphed in the Best Actor category for his role as a widower in The Eclipse and Best Actress went to Zoe Kazan for The Exploding Girl.
Jurors on the panel at Robert De Niro's movie event included such stars as Meg Ryan, Uma Thurman, Mary-Kate Olsen and Whoopi Goldberg.
The festival's audience award winner will be announced on Saturday evening.
The main list of winners is as follows:
Best Actor - Ciaran Hinds
Best Actress - Zoe Kazan
Best Feature Film - About Elly
Best Feature Documentary - Racing Dreams
Best Narrative - Here and There
Best Documentary - Partly Private
Best New Narrative Filmmaker - Rune Denstad Langlo For North
Best New Documentary Filmmaker - Ian Olds for Fixer: The Taking Of Ajmal Naqshbandi.
- 5/1/2009
- WENN
The Tribeca Film Festival has handed out its jury prizes, bestowing best narrative feature on Iranian Asghar Farhadi's "About Elly" and best documentary feature on Marshall Curry's Go-Kart doc "Racing Dreams."
Farhadi's tale examines a group of upper-middle-class Iranians on a seaside vacation and the relationships that form among them, while Curry looks at competitive Go-Kart racing among young people who dream of racing cars professionally.
The festival also gave its best new narrative filmmaker prize to Norwegian Rune Denstad Langlo, who directed "Nord," about a skier who has become a recluse, and its best new doc filmmaker award to Ian Olds, whose "Fixer" looks at the killing of an Afghani translator.
Best actor in a feature went to Ciaran Hinds for his role as a pensive widower in "The Eclipse." Zoe Kazan took best actress for her starring role in the John Hughes-esque coming-of-age dramedy "The Exploding Girl.
Farhadi's tale examines a group of upper-middle-class Iranians on a seaside vacation and the relationships that form among them, while Curry looks at competitive Go-Kart racing among young people who dream of racing cars professionally.
The festival also gave its best new narrative filmmaker prize to Norwegian Rune Denstad Langlo, who directed "Nord," about a skier who has become a recluse, and its best new doc filmmaker award to Ian Olds, whose "Fixer" looks at the killing of an Afghani translator.
Best actor in a feature went to Ciaran Hinds for his role as a pensive widower in "The Eclipse." Zoe Kazan took best actress for her starring role in the John Hughes-esque coming-of-age dramedy "The Exploding Girl.
- 4/30/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I know it looks dire as it's 28% lighter (at least so far) and minus an artistic director, but no fear, there's still more to come, and with what's been announced theirs some interesting sounding stuff, especially a film we wrote about briefly called Accidents Happen. Also premiering is the comedy Stay Cool and the Danish film Original, along with the North American premier of The Exploding Girl which we also wrote about.
Check the narrative features, world documentary, and discovery lineups after the break!
World Narrative Feature Competition
A compelling cross-section of bold creative visions from every corner of the globe come together in this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition. Presenting a diverse array of unique voices, this international film collection includes premieres from a wide range of directors, such as U.S. indie veterans the Polish brothers and Tony-nominated Conor McPherson, as well as exciting newcomers. Together, these...
Check the narrative features, world documentary, and discovery lineups after the break!
World Narrative Feature Competition
A compelling cross-section of bold creative visions from every corner of the globe come together in this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition. Presenting a diverse array of unique voices, this international film collection includes premieres from a wide range of directors, such as U.S. indie veterans the Polish brothers and Tony-nominated Conor McPherson, as well as exciting newcomers. Together, these...
- 3/10/2009
- QuietEarth.us
And here's the rest fo them which includes loads of world premiers, plenty of Asian flare, and lot's of film makers I've never heard of before..
Check the list after the break.
Panorama Main Programme
Dongbei, Dongbei (A North Chinese Girl) by Zou Peng, People’s Republic of China (Wp)
With Tian Yi-Wen, Wu Rui-Peng, Liu Xing-Ping
Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo (Raging Sun, Raging Sky) by Julián Hernández, Mexico (Wp)
With Jorge Becerra, Javier Oliván, Guillermo Villegas, Giovanna Zacarias
Rossiya 88 (Russia 88) by Pavel Bardin, Russian Federation (Wp)
With Petr Fyodorov, Vera Strokova, Kazbek Kibizov
Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen (Sleeping Songs) by Andreas Struck, Germany (Wp)
With Stefan Rudolf, Chulpan Khamatova, Traute Hoess, Paula Kalenberg, Barnaby Metschurat
Strella by Panos H. Koutras, Greece (Wp)
With Mina Orfanou, Yiannis Kokkiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Betty Vakalidou
Vingança (Retribution) by Paulo Pons, Brazil
With Bárbara Borges, Erom Cordeiro, Branca Messina, Guta Stresser, Marcio...
Check the list after the break.
Panorama Main Programme
Dongbei, Dongbei (A North Chinese Girl) by Zou Peng, People’s Republic of China (Wp)
With Tian Yi-Wen, Wu Rui-Peng, Liu Xing-Ping
Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo (Raging Sun, Raging Sky) by Julián Hernández, Mexico (Wp)
With Jorge Becerra, Javier Oliván, Guillermo Villegas, Giovanna Zacarias
Rossiya 88 (Russia 88) by Pavel Bardin, Russian Federation (Wp)
With Petr Fyodorov, Vera Strokova, Kazbek Kibizov
Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen (Sleeping Songs) by Andreas Struck, Germany (Wp)
With Stefan Rudolf, Chulpan Khamatova, Traute Hoess, Paula Kalenberg, Barnaby Metschurat
Strella by Panos H. Koutras, Greece (Wp)
With Mina Orfanou, Yiannis Kokkiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Betty Vakalidou
Vingança (Retribution) by Paulo Pons, Brazil
With Bárbara Borges, Erom Cordeiro, Branca Messina, Guta Stresser, Marcio...
- 1/21/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Drinking and sledding may be a very bad idea in real life - growing up north of Toronto you could count on a good handful of people crashing through thin ice or getting caught up in barbed wire every winter - but if Rune Denstad Langlo’s Nord - or North in English - is any indication it can make for some compelling film. A drunken road movie in which there is scarcely any actual road, the film stars Anders Baasmo Christiansen as a former athlete recovering from a mental breakdown while riding his snowmobile across the country to meet the daughter he never knew he had with only a canister of moonshine for company.
North is a road movie comedy set in romantic natural surroundings. It is the story of the athlete Jomar who has isolated himself in a sad lonely existence after having a mental crises. On a snow scooter,...
North is a road movie comedy set in romantic natural surroundings. It is the story of the athlete Jomar who has isolated himself in a sad lonely existence after having a mental crises. On a snow scooter,...
- 12/15/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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