On Monday night, November 27, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, the Gotham Awards presented the winners at their 33rd annual event. “All of Us Strangers” went in with a leading four bids, followed by “Past Lives,” “The Zone of Interest” and the TV limited series “Beef” with three apiece. But who prevailed? Scroll down for the full list, updated throughout the night.
The nominations were decided by panels of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers and film curators. The winners were then selected by juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors and others directly involved in filmmaking. That makes these awards unique and often results in surprising winners like “The Rider” for Best Feature in 2018 over the higher-profile “The Favourite,” or Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”) for Best Lead Performance in 2022 over eventual Oscar winners Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) and Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”). So a...
The nominations were decided by panels of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers and film curators. The winners were then selected by juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors and others directly involved in filmmaking. That makes these awards unique and often results in surprising winners like “The Rider” for Best Feature in 2018 over the higher-profile “The Favourite,” or Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”) for Best Lead Performance in 2022 over eventual Oscar winners Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) and Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”). So a...
- 11/28/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović is debuting her follow-up to Cannes Camera d’Or-winning “Murina.”
The acclaimed writer-director, who was nominated for three Film Independent Spirit Awards, helms Miu Miu short film “Stane,” part of the brand’s “Women’s Tales” campaign. “Stane” premiered at the Venice Film Festival’s Giornate Degli Autori on September 3.
The official synopsis reads: A complex construction site, New York’s skyline in the distance, and fresh betrayal. Stane is in charge on-site, soon to inherit the family business from her father, who built it up as a Croatian immigrant also building the American dream. But Stane’s marriage is under threat of demolition. What ensues is a public reckoning between traditional, patriarchal expectations made upon wives versus Stane’s own pain and anger. But Stane is building her own life story though — outside of the permission of men.
Writer-director Kusijanović said in a press statement, “In...
The acclaimed writer-director, who was nominated for three Film Independent Spirit Awards, helms Miu Miu short film “Stane,” part of the brand’s “Women’s Tales” campaign. “Stane” premiered at the Venice Film Festival’s Giornate Degli Autori on September 3.
The official synopsis reads: A complex construction site, New York’s skyline in the distance, and fresh betrayal. Stane is in charge on-site, soon to inherit the family business from her father, who built it up as a Croatian immigrant also building the American dream. But Stane’s marriage is under threat of demolition. What ensues is a public reckoning between traditional, patriarchal expectations made upon wives versus Stane’s own pain and anger. But Stane is building her own life story though — outside of the permission of men.
Writer-director Kusijanović said in a press statement, “In...
- 9/6/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Everything Everywhere All at Once won big at this year’s Independent Spirit Awards, taking home seven awards out of eight nominations. The only award it didn’t win was, interestingly enough, one it did win, as Ke Huy Quan beat Jamie Lee Curtis in the Best Supporting Performance category.
Here are the winners of winners of the 38th Independent Spirit Awards:
Movies:
Best Feature:
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, The Devil
Tár
Women Talking
Best Director:
Todd Field, Tár
Kogonada, After Yang
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies
Best First Feature:
Aftersun
Emily the Criminal
The Inspection
Murina
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Best Lead Performance:
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Dale Dickey, A Love Song
Mia Goth, Pearl
Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope,...
Here are the winners of winners of the 38th Independent Spirit Awards:
Movies:
Best Feature:
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, The Devil
Tár
Women Talking
Best Director:
Todd Field, Tár
Kogonada, After Yang
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies
Best First Feature:
Aftersun
Emily the Criminal
The Inspection
Murina
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Best Lead Performance:
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Dale Dickey, A Love Song
Mia Goth, Pearl
Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope,...
- 3/5/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
‘Aftersun’ wins Best First Feature, ‘Joyland’ Best International Film.
A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once has dominated the 2023 Spirit Awards, claiming seven of the eight awards it was nominated for including film, director for the Daniels, and lead and supporting performance for Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, respectively.
As awards season nears its climax, the madcap multiverse adventure heads into next weekend’s Oscars as the clear frontrunner for major honours after a triumphant Saturday evening under the traditional Film Independent tent on the beach in Santa Monica.
This follows major wins at three of the four US...
A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once has dominated the 2023 Spirit Awards, claiming seven of the eight awards it was nominated for including film, director for the Daniels, and lead and supporting performance for Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, respectively.
As awards season nears its climax, the madcap multiverse adventure heads into next weekend’s Oscars as the clear frontrunner for major honours after a triumphant Saturday evening under the traditional Film Independent tent on the beach in Santa Monica.
This follows major wins at three of the four US...
- 3/5/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The blue carpet has been rolled up, and now we know who are the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards winners. The list of nominees recognized the best among films made for under $30 million in 2023 — that’s an increase from the previous budget cap, in recognition of ever-increasing production costs.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” earned pretty much a clean sweep: winning all seven of the categories in which it was nominated, including Best Feature, and seven of its eight nominees winning overall — Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis were competing against each other in one category, Supporting Performance, with the former winning.
Yes, the 38th edition of the awards put on by Film Independent have made a change previously adopted by the Gotham Awards: to have gender-neutral performance categories. That means Cate Blanchett was not just competing against Michelle Yeoh for Best Lead Performance (who ultimately won), but also Paul Mescal...
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” earned pretty much a clean sweep: winning all seven of the categories in which it was nominated, including Best Feature, and seven of its eight nominees winning overall — Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis were competing against each other in one category, Supporting Performance, with the former winning.
Yes, the 38th edition of the awards put on by Film Independent have made a change previously adopted by the Gotham Awards: to have gender-neutral performance categories. That means Cate Blanchett was not just competing against Michelle Yeoh for Best Lead Performance (who ultimately won), but also Paul Mescal...
- 3/5/2023
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
It’s conquered the top prizes at the PGAs, DGAs and SAG Awards and two at the Golden Globes, and on Saturday afternoon, A24’s highest-grossing movie of all time and 11-time Oscar nominated Everything Everywhere All at Once took seven out of its eight Film Independent Spirit Award noms as wins, including Best Picture.
The only nom the movie didn’t get as an award was Jamie Lee Curtis, who was competing against Key Huy Quan in Best Supporting Performance.
Everything Everywhere All at Once today beat out Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, Todd Field’s Tár, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking and Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, The Devil in the Best Feature category.
Michelle Yeoh
An emotional Michelle Yeoh continued her Best Actress win streak this season with a win for Best Lead Performance. The win came after...
The only nom the movie didn’t get as an award was Jamie Lee Curtis, who was competing against Key Huy Quan in Best Supporting Performance.
Everything Everywhere All at Once today beat out Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, Todd Field’s Tár, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking and Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, The Devil in the Best Feature category.
Michelle Yeoh
An emotional Michelle Yeoh continued her Best Actress win streak this season with a win for Best Lead Performance. The win came after...
- 3/5/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro, Matt Grobar and Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards are being handed out Saturday, March 4, from Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, CA in a show hosted by comedian Hasan Minhaj. Much as it paced the Oscar nominations, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” leads the way among all film nominees with eight Independent Spirit noms, including Best Feature and honors for director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), lead performance (Michelle Yeoh), supporting performance (Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan) and breakthrough performance (Stephanie Hsu). Todd Field’s “TÁR” earned seven nominations, including director and screenplay (Field), lead performance (Cate Blanchett) and supporting (Nina Hoss). “Aftersun” scored five bids.
Scroll down to see the Indie Spirit Awards winners list live as it happens today. We’ve also included the complete roster of nominees in every category.
Besides “Everything Everywhere” and “TÁR,” the film competing for top feature are “Our Father, the Devil,” “”Bones and All” and “Women Talking.
Scroll down to see the Indie Spirit Awards winners list live as it happens today. We’ve also included the complete roster of nominees in every category.
Besides “Everything Everywhere” and “TÁR,” the film competing for top feature are “Our Father, the Devil,” “”Bones and All” and “Women Talking.
- 3/4/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
While they come from different worlds, “Avatar” director James Cameron and “Murina” helmer Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović bonded over their shared passion for filmmaking during a video interview (see below) hosted by Disney+ ahead of the Independent Spirit Awards.
“Murina” was released in the U.S. by Kino Lorber and is is vying for three Spirit Awards — first film, breakthrough performance and cinematography. It world premiered at Cannes where it won the Camera d’Or and went on to win a Gotham award for its young star Gracija Filipović.
The film is set on a remote island along Croatia’s Adriatic coast where 17-year-old Julija spends her days diving for eel, longing to free herself from her domineering father, Ante. When a rich and mysterious guest, Javier, comes visiting, he seems to offer a way out for Julija. But Javier’s presence sets off a battle of masculine ego that pushes...
“Murina” was released in the U.S. by Kino Lorber and is is vying for three Spirit Awards — first film, breakthrough performance and cinematography. It world premiered at Cannes where it won the Camera d’Or and went on to win a Gotham award for its young star Gracija Filipović.
The film is set on a remote island along Croatia’s Adriatic coast where 17-year-old Julija spends her days diving for eel, longing to free herself from her domineering father, Ante. When a rich and mysterious guest, Javier, comes visiting, he seems to offer a way out for Julija. But Javier’s presence sets off a battle of masculine ego that pushes...
- 3/3/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 2023 Independent Spirit Awards are being held on Saturday afternoon, March 4, streamed live on IMDb’s YouTube channel, as well as Film Independent’s YouTube and Twitter accounts. The event will be hosted by comedian Hasan Minhaj, but who will win when prizes are handed out? Thousands of Gold Derby users have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Those predictions were combined to generate our official racetrack odds. Scroll down to see the odds below, with our projected winners highlighted in gold.
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The nominees for the Spirit Awards are chosen by committees of film industry insiders, including critics, programmers, producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, and actors, past Spirit Award nominees and winners, and members of Film Independent’s board of directors. But winners are decided by Film Independent members at large.
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The nominees for the Spirit Awards are chosen by committees of film industry insiders, including critics, programmers, producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, and actors, past Spirit Award nominees and winners, and members of Film Independent’s board of directors. But winners are decided by Film Independent members at large.
- 3/3/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” swept the SAG Awards in historic fashion, winning all four of its categories. That included the supporting actress prize for Jamie Lee Curtis, but she was up against one of her co-stars, Stephanie Hsu, the only nominated actor from the film who didn’t end up taking home an individual performance trophy. She’ll get her opportunity in the spotlight, though, at the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards on March 4, where she’s the front-runner to win Best Breakthrough Performance.
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As of this writing Hsu gets leading odds of 59/20 based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Among those predicting her are nine out of the 11 Expert journalists we’ve surveyed thus far, all Gold Derby Editors, and most of the Top 24 Users...
SEEOscar parallels between 1983 and 2023: Steven Spielberg, John Williams …
As of this writing Hsu gets leading odds of 59/20 based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Among those predicting her are nine out of the 11 Expert journalists we’ve surveyed thus far, all Gold Derby Editors, and most of the Top 24 Users...
- 3/2/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s Murina has garnered her a DGA nomination for first-time feature — an honor she also won at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. That’s in large part because of her willingness to face her greatest fears in the name of her art. “I’m terrified of the water,” she says. “I needed to make a movie underwater, because I really wanted to tap into the fear. It’s important to include your fears in your work.”
A coming-of-age story, Murina follows Julija, a teenager living on a remote island in Croatia with her domineering father and subservient mother. When her dad’s wealthy friend Javier (Cliff Curtis) comes to stay with the family, tensions rise as he offers Julija a possible exit out of her abusive household.
Kusijanović grew up spending summers on a similar isle, passing her days exploring its rocky beaches. She made a similarly aquatic-focused short film,...
A coming-of-age story, Murina follows Julija, a teenager living on a remote island in Croatia with her domineering father and subservient mother. When her dad’s wealthy friend Javier (Cliff Curtis) comes to stay with the family, tensions rise as he offers Julija a possible exit out of her abusive household.
Kusijanović grew up spending summers on a similar isle, passing her days exploring its rocky beaches. She made a similarly aquatic-focused short film,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
2022 saw the loss of one of my most admired film directors, a man who brought me to seek out different films and examine cinema on another level. Jean-Luc Goadard’s Pierrot le Fou, a film which I was so excited to see featured in this year’s updated Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time, and one that still brings me the same joy it did when I first watched it at University. Films, for me, alongside so much, are a vehicle of escapism allowing me to spend a few precious hours outside of the constant push and pulls of life and this year I have been awed and delighted by an incredible array of talent and features which have stuck with me long after the credits rolled.
Honourable Mentions: Barbarian, Speak No Evil, Athena, Pearl, God’s Creatures, Tár, Rrr, Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti in Six Chapters.
Honourable Mentions: Barbarian, Speak No Evil, Athena, Pearl, God’s Creatures, Tár, Rrr, Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti in Six Chapters.
- 12/30/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
The Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film has unveiled the names of filmmakers who will participate in the upcoming 14th edition.
The selected fellows are Ahnmin Lee, Anndi Liggett, Jingjing Tian, Joecar Hanna and Maryam Mir. All five New York-based filmmakers will take part in a year-long mentorship. As part of the program, participants will meet regularly with industry guests and leaders of the fellowship.
Created in 2009, the Fellowship has played a key role in helping promising new filmmakers connect with their peers within the community and develop their feature debuts. Alumni include Sarna Lapine, who directed Jake Gyllenhaal in the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” on Broadway, Silka Luisa, creator of the Apple TV+ series “Shining Girls” starring Elizabeth Moss, Wagner Moura and Jamie Bell.
Most recently, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic was awarded Cannes’ Camera d’Or for best first film with “Murina” (pictured...
The selected fellows are Ahnmin Lee, Anndi Liggett, Jingjing Tian, Joecar Hanna and Maryam Mir. All five New York-based filmmakers will take part in a year-long mentorship. As part of the program, participants will meet regularly with industry guests and leaders of the fellowship.
Created in 2009, the Fellowship has played a key role in helping promising new filmmakers connect with their peers within the community and develop their feature debuts. Alumni include Sarna Lapine, who directed Jake Gyllenhaal in the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” on Broadway, Silka Luisa, creator of the Apple TV+ series “Shining Girls” starring Elizabeth Moss, Wagner Moura and Jamie Bell.
Most recently, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic was awarded Cannes’ Camera d’Or for best first film with “Murina” (pictured...
- 12/16/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Danielle Deadwyler, Ke Huy Quan take gender-neutral acting honours.
The Daniels’ fantasy adventure Everything Everywhere All At Once boosted its profile even further with a best feature win at the 2022 Gotham Awards on a Monday night in New York when the UK’s Charlotte Wells took home the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award for her lauded father-daughter drama Aftersun.
In the first major awards ceremony of the season, Danielle Deadwyler beat out the likes of heavyweight Oscar contenders Cate Blanchett (TÁR) and Brendan Fraser (The Whale) in the gender-neutral acting categories to earn the lead performance award for portraying murdered...
The Daniels’ fantasy adventure Everything Everywhere All At Once boosted its profile even further with a best feature win at the 2022 Gotham Awards on a Monday night in New York when the UK’s Charlotte Wells took home the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award for her lauded father-daughter drama Aftersun.
In the first major awards ceremony of the season, Danielle Deadwyler beat out the likes of heavyweight Oscar contenders Cate Blanchett (TÁR) and Brendan Fraser (The Whale) in the gender-neutral acting categories to earn the lead performance award for portraying murdered...
- 11/29/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The first major awards ceremony of the year took place tonight, with The Gotham Film & Media Institute hosting the 32nd Annual Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Leading the pack of winners was Everything Everywhere All at Once, which picked up Best Feature, while its star Ke Huy Quan picked up a trophy, alongside Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Gracija Filipovic (Murina), Charlotte Wells (Aftersun), Todd Field (Tár), All That Breathes, and Happening.
Check out the film winners below, along with a stream of the ceremony.
For Best Feature, presented by Jennifer Lawrence
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Produced by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang
Released by A24
The Best Feature jury included Colman Domingo, Mary Harron, Bill Holderman, Emily Mortimer, and Michael H. Weber.
For Best Documentary Feature, presented by Soledad O’Brien...
Check out the film winners below, along with a stream of the ceremony.
For Best Feature, presented by Jennifer Lawrence
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Produced by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang
Released by A24
The Best Feature jury included Colman Domingo, Mary Harron, Bill Holderman, Emily Mortimer, and Michael H. Weber.
For Best Documentary Feature, presented by Soledad O’Brien...
- 11/29/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The 2022 Gotham Awards are taking place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City to honor the best independent films of the year. TheWrap will update the list of winners as they are announced.
The award for breakthrough performer went to Gracija Filipovic for the Croatian drama “Murina.”
Todd Field won the screenplay award for “Tár,” the movie that led all films in nominations with five.
The French abortion drama “Happening” won the award for Best International Feature over films that included “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Decision to Leave,” while the documentary award went to the Indian film “All That Breathes.”
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The Gothams also handed out awards in four television categories. Ben Whishaw won the Outstanding Performance in a New Series award for “This Is Going to Hurt.” “We Need to Talk About Cosby...
The award for breakthrough performer went to Gracija Filipovic for the Croatian drama “Murina.”
Todd Field won the screenplay award for “Tár,” the movie that led all films in nominations with five.
The French abortion drama “Happening” won the award for Best International Feature over films that included “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Decision to Leave,” while the documentary award went to the Indian film “All That Breathes.”
Also Read:
‘Tár’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations: Complete List
The Gothams also handed out awards in four television categories. Ben Whishaw won the Outstanding Performance in a New Series award for “This Is Going to Hurt.” “We Need to Talk About Cosby...
- 11/29/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
With the 2022 Gotham Awards in the books, this year’s award season is officially underway. While the independent film awards don’t always align with the Academy Awards, they’re an essential showcase for small films hoping to remain on the minds of key Academy members.
The Gotham Awards recognized 23 feature films, 15 series, and 35 performances in a total of twelve award categories, and the awards were spread between some of the year’s biggest Oscar contenders. The Daniels’ A24 blockbuster “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was one of the night’s big winners, taking home both Best Feature and Best Supporting Performance for Ke Huy Quan.
Best Lead Performance went to Danielle Deadwyler for her performance in “Till.” Todd Field’s “TÁR” and Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun” were also rewarded with Best Screenplay and Best Breakthrough Director, respectively. Shaunak Sen’s “All That Breathes” won Best Documentary Feature.
On the television side,...
The Gotham Awards recognized 23 feature films, 15 series, and 35 performances in a total of twelve award categories, and the awards were spread between some of the year’s biggest Oscar contenders. The Daniels’ A24 blockbuster “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was one of the night’s big winners, taking home both Best Feature and Best Supporting Performance for Ke Huy Quan.
Best Lead Performance went to Danielle Deadwyler for her performance in “Till.” Todd Field’s “TÁR” and Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun” were also rewarded with Best Screenplay and Best Breakthrough Director, respectively. Shaunak Sen’s “All That Breathes” won Best Documentary Feature.
On the television side,...
- 11/28/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
The 2022 Gotham Awards for American independent film will be handed out tonight during a live streaming ceremony taking place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City at 8:00pm Eastern/5:00pm Pacific. Nominations were chosen by committees of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators. Then the winners were selected by separate juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others directly involved in the industry. Scroll down for our official racetrack odds in every category with our projected winners highlighted in gold.
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See‘Tar’ and ‘Everything Everywhere’ are neck-and-neck at Gotham Awards: Which film will get an early Oscar boost?
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- 11/28/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Harry Shum Jr. and Michelle Yeoh in A24’s ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ (Photo credit: Allyson Riggs)
Everything Everywhere All At Once tops the list of 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees, earning eight nominations including Best Feature, Best Director (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert), Best Lead Performance (Michelle Yeo), Best Breakthrough Performance (Stephanie Hsu), and two in the Best Supporting Performance category. Director Todd Field’s Tár, starring Cate Blanchett as a world-renowned composer whose life is falling apart, followed with seven nominations including ones for Field and Blanchett.
The 2023 awards will mark the first time Film Independent has switched the performance categories to gender-neutral. The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards also introduces a new category: Best Breakthrough Performance.
“We couldn’t be more honored to celebrate this year’s exciting film nominees,” said Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent. “As the Film Independent Spirit Awards evolve with our changing industry,...
Everything Everywhere All At Once tops the list of 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees, earning eight nominations including Best Feature, Best Director (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert), Best Lead Performance (Michelle Yeo), Best Breakthrough Performance (Stephanie Hsu), and two in the Best Supporting Performance category. Director Todd Field’s Tár, starring Cate Blanchett as a world-renowned composer whose life is falling apart, followed with seven nominations including ones for Field and Blanchett.
The 2023 awards will mark the first time Film Independent has switched the performance categories to gender-neutral. The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards also introduces a new category: Best Breakthrough Performance.
“We couldn’t be more honored to celebrate this year’s exciting film nominees,” said Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent. “As the Film Independent Spirit Awards evolve with our changing industry,...
- 11/23/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Celebrating its 38th edition, the Film Independent Spirit Awards have unveiled their 2023 nominations, with the Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once leading the pack with eight nominations while Todd Field’s TÁR secured seven. Along with those two, rounding out the Best Feature nominations were Bones and All, Our Father, the Devil, and Women Talking. Elsewhere, some of our favorites of the year––including Aftersun, Murina, The African Desperate, The Cathedral, After Yang, All That Breathes, Saint Omer, and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed––were recognized.
Check out the nominations below ahead of the March 4 ceremony.
Best Feature (Award given to the producer)
Bones and All
Producers: Timothée Chalamet, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich, Lorenzo Mieli, Marco Morabito, Gabriele Moratti, Theresa Park, Peter Spears
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Producers: Daniel Kwan, Mike Larocca, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
Our Father, the Devil
Producers: Ellie Foumbi,...
Check out the nominations below ahead of the March 4 ceremony.
Best Feature (Award given to the producer)
Bones and All
Producers: Timothée Chalamet, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich, Lorenzo Mieli, Marco Morabito, Gabriele Moratti, Theresa Park, Peter Spears
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Producers: Daniel Kwan, Mike Larocca, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
Our Father, the Devil
Producers: Ellie Foumbi,...
- 11/22/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
This year's Film Independent Spirit Awards – the 38th — announced their nominations. And it's shaping up to potentially be a very good ceremony for Everything Everywhere All At Once, TÁR, Women Talking and more.
The awards will be handed out on 4 March, though other details are in flux: broadcast for the last few years on us cable channel IFC, the ceremony's organisers are currently looking for a new TV home. Still, the celebration of indie movies will go ahead as planned.
And while the Indie Spirits don't tend to be a huge Oscar indicator, we'd expect at least a few of the nominees to also show up on the Academy Awards nominations list, to be announced on 24 January.
Check out the full Indie Spirit nomination list below…
Best Feature
Bones And All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, The Devil
TÁR
Women Talking
Best First Feature
Aftersun
Emily The Criminal...
The awards will be handed out on 4 March, though other details are in flux: broadcast for the last few years on us cable channel IFC, the ceremony's organisers are currently looking for a new TV home. Still, the celebration of indie movies will go ahead as planned.
And while the Indie Spirits don't tend to be a huge Oscar indicator, we'd expect at least a few of the nominees to also show up on the Academy Awards nominations list, to be announced on 24 January.
Check out the full Indie Spirit nomination list below…
Best Feature
Bones And All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, The Devil
TÁR
Women Talking
Best First Feature
Aftersun
Emily The Criminal...
- 11/22/2022
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations were unveiled on Tuesday, November 22, crowning the past year’s top achievements in indie film. The awards ceremony is over three months away — it takes place March 4 in Santa Monica — but these films now gain traction in the months ahead on the road to the Oscars and other awards. This year’s crop of nominees were revealed by presenters Taylour Paige and Raúl Castillo (a nominee for Best Supporting Male for 2018’s “We the Animals”). This year’s television nominees will be revealed later on December 13.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” leads the nominees with nods in eight categories, with “TÁR” close behind with seven nominations, including Best Feature, Best Lead Performance, Best Supporting Performance, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.
In a first for Film Independent, this year’s awards shifted to gender-neutral acting categories in lead and supporting across film and television. Other...
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” leads the nominees with nods in eight categories, with “TÁR” close behind with seven nominations, including Best Feature, Best Lead Performance, Best Supporting Performance, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.
In a first for Film Independent, this year’s awards shifted to gender-neutral acting categories in lead and supporting across film and television. Other...
- 11/22/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Refresh for updates: A24 once again dominated the Film Independent Spirit Award nominations with 24 noms this year, and their Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert directed arthouse blockbuster Everything Everywhere All at Once leading with eight nominations. That movie launched out of Swsw last March, ultimately becoming A24’s biggest grossing movie with 70M domestic, 103M WW and will close to the year later continue its rally to the Santa Monica Pier where the Spirits will take place on March 4, eight days before the Oscars on March 12, 2023. There is no broadcast partner this year for the Spirits and that there will be more info on the various ways to stream the show globally as the show gets closer. The SAG Awards are also another awards show sans a broadcaster.
Film Independent Spirit Awards
The Film Independent Spirit Awards raised their budget threshold from 22.5M last year for contenders to 30M this year.
Film Independent Spirit Awards
The Film Independent Spirit Awards raised their budget threshold from 22.5M last year for contenders to 30M this year.
- 11/22/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The year’s best independent films – or at least those defined by Film Independent as American productions with budgets of less than 30 million – will compete at the Spirit Awards on March 4, 2023. On Tuesday, Film Independent announced the 2023 Spirit Award nominees in all film categories (a separate announcement for the ceremony’s television nominees will take place in December), with beloved indie faves and Oscar favorites “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Tar,” and “Women Talking” scoring major nominations.
“Everything Everywhere” paced all films with eight nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Best Lead Performance for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Performance for Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan, and Best Breakthrough Performance for Stephanie Hsu.
“Tar” scored seven nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director for Todd Field, Best Lead Performance for Cate Blanchett, and Best Supporting Performance for Nina Hoss.
“Women Talking” was selected as...
“Everything Everywhere” paced all films with eight nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Best Lead Performance for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Performance for Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan, and Best Breakthrough Performance for Stephanie Hsu.
“Tar” scored seven nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director for Todd Field, Best Lead Performance for Cate Blanchett, and Best Supporting Performance for Nina Hoss.
“Women Talking” was selected as...
- 11/22/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Widely sold Critics’ Week selection up for best feature, breakthrough director, lead performance, breakthrough performance.
Charlotte Wells’ feature directorial debut Aftersun is in contention for best feature at the 2022 Gotham Awards alongside Juan Pablo Gonzalez’s Mexican drama Dos Estaciones, Ricky D’Ambrose’s The Cathedral, Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Todd Field’s TÁR.
In a highly satisfying day (October 25) for Wells, the Scottish filmmaker’s drama earned four nods including one for Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award. Paul Mescal is up for best lead performance in the gender-neutral acting categories and Frankie Corio is among the...
Charlotte Wells’ feature directorial debut Aftersun is in contention for best feature at the 2022 Gotham Awards alongside Juan Pablo Gonzalez’s Mexican drama Dos Estaciones, Ricky D’Ambrose’s The Cathedral, Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Todd Field’s TÁR.
In a highly satisfying day (October 25) for Wells, the Scottish filmmaker’s drama earned four nods including one for Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award. Paul Mescal is up for best lead performance in the gender-neutral acting categories and Frankie Corio is among the...
- 10/25/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Gotham Awards, the first prominent awards ceremony of the fall season, has announced its 2022 nominations, recognizing 23 feature films, 15 series, and 35 performances in twelve award categories.
While films like Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” were deemed ineligible due to the organization’s rule to only consider films with a budget below 35 million, prominent awards contenders like “TÁR” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” were recognized in several categories including Best Feature and Outstanding Lead Performance (the awards body removed gendered acting categories last year).
The Gotham Awards are meant to honor worthy independent films and series and their writers, directors, producers, and actors, meaning that several TV series like “Abbott Elementary,” “Pachinko,” and “Yellowjackets” were nominated for awards as well.
The awards body previously announced that the two recipients of the Performer Tributes this year would be Adam Sandler (“Hustle”) and Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”), and that the Hulu film...
While films like Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” were deemed ineligible due to the organization’s rule to only consider films with a budget below 35 million, prominent awards contenders like “TÁR” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” were recognized in several categories including Best Feature and Outstanding Lead Performance (the awards body removed gendered acting categories last year).
The Gotham Awards are meant to honor worthy independent films and series and their writers, directors, producers, and actors, meaning that several TV series like “Abbott Elementary,” “Pachinko,” and “Yellowjackets” were nominated for awards as well.
The awards body previously announced that the two recipients of the Performer Tributes this year would be Adam Sandler (“Hustle”) and Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”), and that the Hulu film...
- 10/25/2022
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
The 2022 Gotham Award nominations are out this morning — the October noms and late November event are industry bellwethers, coming at the start of awards season following fall festival buzz. More to come, but here’s the list below.
Best Feature
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)
The Cathedral
Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (Mubi)
Dos Estaciones
Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, directors; Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, producers (A24)
Tár
Todd Field, director; Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Todd Field, producers (Focus Features)
Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
Shaunak Sen, director; Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer producers (A Sideshow & Submarine Deluxe Release in Association with HBO Documentary Films)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Laura Poitras,...
Best Feature
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)
The Cathedral
Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (Mubi)
Dos Estaciones
Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, directors; Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, producers (A24)
Tár
Todd Field, director; Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Todd Field, producers (Focus Features)
Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
Shaunak Sen, director; Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer producers (A Sideshow & Submarine Deluxe Release in Association with HBO Documentary Films)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Laura Poitras,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Gotham Awards, with Todd Field’s Tár leading the pack with five nominations and Charlotte Wells’ debut Aftersun close behind with four. The Cathedral, Dos Estaciones, and Everything Everywhere All At Once rounded out the Best Feature nominations, while All That Breathes, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, I Didn’t See You There, The Territory, and What We Leave Behind picked up Best Documentary nominations.
Check out the full list of film nominations below ahead of the 2022 Gotham Awards Ceremony at 7 pm on Monday, November 28.
Best Feature
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)
The Cathedral
Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (Mubi)
Dos Estaciones
Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert,...
Check out the full list of film nominations below ahead of the 2022 Gotham Awards Ceremony at 7 pm on Monday, November 28.
Best Feature
Aftersun
Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)
The Cathedral
Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (Mubi)
Dos Estaciones
Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Before we highlight this week’s picks, I want to give a special shout-out to our newly-launched Twitter account for Michael Snydel’s podcast Intermission. He’s sharing daily, well-curated streaming recommendations, so be sure to give it a follow!
Beast (Baltasar Kormakur)
There’s no better form of getting over a dead parent or spouse than combatting a killer animal. At least that’s the thesis of The Shallows, Crawl, and now Beast. Arriving in the coveted late-August B-movie spot (basically the January doldrums for slightly cooler people), Beast is a lean and likably earnest, if slightly unremarkable, creature feature. The newest from director Baltasar Kormakur––who has not quite graduated to the IP blockbuster class while his contemporary Jaume Collet-Serra...
Before we highlight this week’s picks, I want to give a special shout-out to our newly-launched Twitter account for Michael Snydel’s podcast Intermission. He’s sharing daily, well-curated streaming recommendations, so be sure to give it a follow!
Beast (Baltasar Kormakur)
There’s no better form of getting over a dead parent or spouse than combatting a killer animal. At least that’s the thesis of The Shallows, Crawl, and now Beast. Arriving in the coveted late-August B-movie spot (basically the January doldrums for slightly cooler people), Beast is a lean and likably earnest, if slightly unremarkable, creature feature. The newest from director Baltasar Kormakur––who has not quite graduated to the IP blockbuster class while his contemporary Jaume Collet-Serra...
- 9/9/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Click here to read the full article.
As the stunning Murina opens, a blue expanse of water fills the frame like a painterly abstraction. Two divers drift into view, otherworldly in their masks and flippers and seemingly united in their spear-fishing mission. Once they’re back in the sunlight, though, their moray-eel prey dying in a pail between them on the boat, the man and his 17-year-old daughter are not in harmony. They might even be mortal enemies.
With an exceptional quartet of lead actors and a potent immersion in the Croatian island locale — you can practically smell the salt air and sea — Murina draws the viewer straight into its emotional undertow. Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic and her co-writer, Frank Graziano, have constructed a taut story bristling with unease, and one that looks head-on at conflict. The father-daughter power struggle between Ante (Leon Lučev) and Julija (Gracija Filipović) is right...
As the stunning Murina opens, a blue expanse of water fills the frame like a painterly abstraction. Two divers drift into view, otherworldly in their masks and flippers and seemingly united in their spear-fishing mission. Once they’re back in the sunlight, though, their moray-eel prey dying in a pail between them on the boat, the man and his 17-year-old daughter are not in harmony. They might even be mortal enemies.
With an exceptional quartet of lead actors and a potent immersion in the Croatian island locale — you can practically smell the salt air and sea — Murina draws the viewer straight into its emotional undertow. Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic and her co-writer, Frank Graziano, have constructed a taut story bristling with unease, and one that looks head-on at conflict. The father-daughter power struggle between Ante (Leon Lučev) and Julija (Gracija Filipović) is right...
- 7/15/2022
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This review was adapted from a piece that ran on “Murina” when the film premiered in Cannes in July 2021.
The last few weeks in the United States have lent resonance to a current in international films that’s been growing over the past couple of years – stories of young women trying to find places for themselves in environments that afford them little or no agency in their own lives. The films have nothing to do with Roe v. Wade, but from the recent Cannes period drama “Corsage” (a royal woman chafing under physical and societal constraints) to the unsettling Costa Rican film “Clara Sola” (which puts a mystical spin on the awakening of female power) the movies can feel timely to viewers that see their own boundaries narrowing.
First-time Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s “Murina,” which won the Camera d’Or as the best first film at Cannes in 2021 and comes to U.
The last few weeks in the United States have lent resonance to a current in international films that’s been growing over the past couple of years – stories of young women trying to find places for themselves in environments that afford them little or no agency in their own lives. The films have nothing to do with Roe v. Wade, but from the recent Cannes period drama “Corsage” (a royal woman chafing under physical and societal constraints) to the unsettling Costa Rican film “Clara Sola” (which puts a mystical spin on the awakening of female power) the movies can feel timely to viewers that see their own boundaries narrowing.
First-time Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s “Murina,” which won the Camera d’Or as the best first film at Cannes in 2021 and comes to U.
- 7/14/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s debut feature, Murina, is set on a Croatian island, where the adolescent protagonist Julija (Gracija Filipovic) usually fishes underwater with her father Ante (Leon Lucev). The fact that Julija usually observes the young people who have fun near her indicates an entire world is out there, waiting to be explored. Once the wealthy Javier (Cliff Curtis) – an old acquaintance of Ante and his wife Nela (Danica Curcic) – makes his appearance as he might invest in land, the main family’s reality surfaces. Ante’s repressive actions towards the women in his life become more nasty. Javier and Nela are evidently...
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- 7/13/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Last year at Cannes, writer-director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović won the Caméra d’Or for “Murina,” a tempestuous psychodrama set along Croatia’s shimmering Dalmatian coast. Now out in select U.S. theaters and expanding across July, the film follows 17-year-old Julija (Gracija Filipovic), whose deep-seated desire to flee her abusive father (Leon Lucev) and acquiescent mother (Danica Curcic) suddenly surges to the surface when a family friend (Cliff Curtis) comes to visit, offering her a rare chance to escape their remote-island abode.
Continue reading ‘Murina’ Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović Talks Fearless Filmmaking & Fearing The Sea [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Murina’ Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović Talks Fearless Filmmaking & Fearing The Sea [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 7/11/2022
- by Isaac Feldberg
- The Playlist
The nation’s fourth-largest cinema chain is testing a new subscription program called MovieFlex+ that includes a curated set of small and mid-sized films each week for no extra charge.
“We can’t live off just blockbusters,” chairman and CEO Greg Marcus tells Deadline. “We cannot just live off dinner. We need breakfast and lunch too.”
The launch of the 14.99 monthly service comes as the box office renaissance for wide-release studio franchises is clear, but whether that’s trickling down to smaller films less so. At issue is the long-term health of a theatrical ecosystem with breadth and depth of product.
Marcus began testing MovieFlex+ in two markets in January along with a general subscription plan, also new, called MovieFlex for 9.99 a month that offers one free film of choice. Both programs have deals on concessions and other perks. At two Columbus theaters, Crossroads and Pickering, where both programs are available,...
“We can’t live off just blockbusters,” chairman and CEO Greg Marcus tells Deadline. “We cannot just live off dinner. We need breakfast and lunch too.”
The launch of the 14.99 monthly service comes as the box office renaissance for wide-release studio franchises is clear, but whether that’s trickling down to smaller films less so. At issue is the long-term health of a theatrical ecosystem with breadth and depth of product.
Marcus began testing MovieFlex+ in two markets in January along with a general subscription plan, also new, called MovieFlex for 9.99 a month that offers one free film of choice. Both programs have deals on concessions and other perks. At two Columbus theaters, Crossroads and Pickering, where both programs are available,...
- 7/8/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s career is off to quite a start: the filmmaker made her feature debut with “Murina,” which won the Camera d’Or upon its 2021 Cannes premiere. But while it’s a distinctly feminine film, Kusijanović’s coming-of-age drama isn’t your typical “woman film,” as Kusijanović told IndieWire. And that may be its greatest asset — and a look at what’s to come for the rising star.
The lushly voyeuristic “carnal” family drama centers on 17-year-old diver and eel fisherwoman Julija (Gracija Filipović) as she struggles to slip out of the dictatorial grasp of her father Ante (Leon Lucev) and stifled mother Nela (Danica Curcic). When wealthy family friend Javier (Cliff Curtis) comes to town for a business investment, Julija sees a way out — no matter the cost.
Set along Croatia’s Adriatic coast, “Murina” features cinematography by “The Lost Daughter” and “Never Rarely Sometimes Always...
The lushly voyeuristic “carnal” family drama centers on 17-year-old diver and eel fisherwoman Julija (Gracija Filipović) as she struggles to slip out of the dictatorial grasp of her father Ante (Leon Lucev) and stifled mother Nela (Danica Curcic). When wealthy family friend Javier (Cliff Curtis) comes to town for a business investment, Julija sees a way out — no matter the cost.
Set along Croatia’s Adriatic coast, “Murina” features cinematography by “The Lost Daughter” and “Never Rarely Sometimes Always...
- 7/8/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Directorial debuts rarely arrive as fully formed as Murina, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s riveting Cannes Camera d’Or winner that follows a coming-of-age journey of liberation and rebellion. Led by Gracija Filipović in a revelatory performance, the Croatian drama bursts with tension in every frame, following a love triangle-of-sorts set against a cruelly domineering patriarchal figure.
Ahead of this Friday’s release I spoke with the Croatian writer-director about working with legendary cinematographer Hélène Louvart, leaving things unsaid, collaborating with executive producer Martin Scorsese, the important motif of water, and much more.
The Film Stage: Murina draws from your 2017 short Into the Blue, also starring Gracija Filipovic, but reframes that story. Can you talk about what you learned making that short and its connection with this feature?
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović: I think that actually the characters, in a nutshell, are completely different because the daughter in Into the Blue is...
Ahead of this Friday’s release I spoke with the Croatian writer-director about working with legendary cinematographer Hélène Louvart, leaving things unsaid, collaborating with executive producer Martin Scorsese, the important motif of water, and much more.
The Film Stage: Murina draws from your 2017 short Into the Blue, also starring Gracija Filipovic, but reframes that story. Can you talk about what you learned making that short and its connection with this feature?
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović: I think that actually the characters, in a nutshell, are completely different because the daughter in Into the Blue is...
- 7/7/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"He forgets about us the moment he boards the plane." Kino Lorber has revealed another new official US trailer for the worth watching Croatian film Murina, now opening in July in the US in just a few months. I highly recommend seeing this when it opens, worth it on the big screen. It initially premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival playing in Director's Fortnight, winner of the Golden Camera award. A Croatian teen tries to replace her controlling father with a wealthy foreigner on a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea, causing turmoil. She hopes it will help her escape her life at home for something more, but it doesn't go as planned. Starring Gracija Filipovic as Julija, Danica Curcic, Leon Lucev, Cliff Curtis, and Jonas Smulders. I saw this film during TIFF last year and it's fantastic. Excellent cinematography and a riveting story about this young woman fighting back against her misogynistic father.
- 5/31/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s nice seeing a movie grow from festival stand-out to full-blown theatrical release. Credit to Kino Lorber for taking up Murina, which won Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic the Camera d’Or for best first feature at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and begins a U.S. run on July 8. An executive producer credit for Martin Scorsese and cinematography duties by Hélène Louvart are one thing, but in Murina you’ll be most impressed by newcomer Gracija Filipovic, who engages in a strange game of flirtation with her father’s co-worker (Cliff Curtis) in deceptively picturesque locales.
Ahead of the release is a theatrical trailer that neatly sells the film. For a bit of context, our review says “The onscreen duplicity resonates in a way that’s universal; we can see everyone’s winks, scowls, and hesitation as they try to keep the peace opposite Julija’s rising impatience towards...
Ahead of the release is a theatrical trailer that neatly sells the film. For a bit of context, our review says “The onscreen duplicity resonates in a way that’s universal; we can see everyone’s winks, scowls, and hesitation as they try to keep the peace opposite Julija’s rising impatience towards...
- 5/31/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
It’s no mean feat to win the coveted Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, but that’s precisely what Mulina, by debutant writer/director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, managed to do last year. At times a gripping psychological drama, set against a slice of the laid-back Adriatic lifestyle, this movie is a worthy recipient.
And yet the big irony is that the theme of this movie is ultimately about broadening horizons, something it doesn’t quite manage to do itself.
Julija (Gracija Filipovic) is a young girl who’s unhappier than your average teen. Things have gone somewhat south for her since her mother (Danica Curcic) remarried, and her ultra-strict stepfather (Leon Lucev) arived on the scene, making life on an idyllic Croatian island unbearable for both mother and daughter at times. Enter Javier (Cliff Curtis), a genial and well-travelled friend of the family, who unwittingly puts some spice back in their lives.
And yet the big irony is that the theme of this movie is ultimately about broadening horizons, something it doesn’t quite manage to do itself.
Julija (Gracija Filipovic) is a young girl who’s unhappier than your average teen. Things have gone somewhat south for her since her mother (Danica Curcic) remarried, and her ultra-strict stepfather (Leon Lucev) arived on the scene, making life on an idyllic Croatian island unbearable for both mother and daughter at times. Enter Javier (Cliff Curtis), a genial and well-travelled friend of the family, who unwittingly puts some spice back in their lives.
- 4/8/2022
- by Dan Green
- The Cultural Post
Festival titles ‘The Outfit’, ‘Murina’, ‘Compartment No. 6’ all debut.
Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore will try to invoke some of the Harry Potter franchise’s past magic as the major title opening at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend.
The Secrets Of Dumbledore – the third film in the Fantastic Beasts spin-off series – will open in 716 locations, the widest-ever opening for Warner Bros, topping the 709 of The Batman from last month.
It is the eighth-widest opening of all time, just behind the 718 sites of Disney’s Death On The Nile from February.
The previous two Fantastic Beasts films opened in...
Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore will try to invoke some of the Harry Potter franchise’s past magic as the major title opening at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend.
The Secrets Of Dumbledore – the third film in the Fantastic Beasts spin-off series – will open in 716 locations, the widest-ever opening for Warner Bros, topping the 709 of The Batman from last month.
It is the eighth-widest opening of all time, just behind the 718 sites of Disney’s Death On The Nile from February.
The previous two Fantastic Beasts films opened in...
- 4/8/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This confident debut is set on the rocky Adriatic coast where a spear fisher plays a dangerous game with his wife, daughter and a dodgy land deal
There is a lot about emotional tension and teen yearning and the semi-official sexiness of swimming costumes in this confident directorial debut from Croatian film-maker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, though I wondered about some beautifully shot visual cliches.
Julija (Gracija Filipovic) is the teenage daughter of Ante (Leon Lucev), an aggressively insecure man whom she has to help, diving underwater with him while he makes a living on the rocky Adriatic coastline spear-fishing moray eels (the “murina” of the title). She is reasonably close to her mum Nela (Danica Curcic) but otherwise unhappily proud and self-contained. Her father is jittery with excitement because his old friend Javi (Cliff Curtis) is coming to visit: a super-rich alpha male who may be interested in buying some...
There is a lot about emotional tension and teen yearning and the semi-official sexiness of swimming costumes in this confident directorial debut from Croatian film-maker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, though I wondered about some beautifully shot visual cliches.
Julija (Gracija Filipovic) is the teenage daughter of Ante (Leon Lucev), an aggressively insecure man whom she has to help, diving underwater with him while he makes a living on the rocky Adriatic coastline spear-fishing moray eels (the “murina” of the title). She is reasonably close to her mum Nela (Danica Curcic) but otherwise unhappily proud and self-contained. Her father is jittery with excitement because his old friend Javi (Cliff Curtis) is coming to visit: a super-rich alpha male who may be interested in buying some...
- 4/6/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Gracija Filipovic as Julija in Murina Photo: courtesy of Glasgow Film Festival
Winner of the prestigious Camera d’Or at the 20201 Cannes Film Festival, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s début feature film, Murina, was named Best Film at the Sarajevo and São Paulo film festivals and was a hit with the audience at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. It follows a teenage girl, Julija, whose longing for a better life becomes acute during a visit from her father’s wealthy foreign friend, with whom he is trying to make a business deal. Frustrated by her father’s controlling ways, she tries to persuade his friend to take his place in her family, but adult motives are not as simple as they appear. It features the same characters – and the same young star, Gracija Filipovic – as Antoneta’s 2017 short Into The Blue, so when we met to discuss it, I started...
Winner of the prestigious Camera d’Or at the 20201 Cannes Film Festival, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s début feature film, Murina, was named Best Film at the Sarajevo and São Paulo film festivals and was a hit with the audience at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. It follows a teenage girl, Julija, whose longing for a better life becomes acute during a visit from her father’s wealthy foreign friend, with whom he is trying to make a business deal. Frustrated by her father’s controlling ways, she tries to persuade his friend to take his place in her family, but adult motives are not as simple as they appear. It features the same characters – and the same young star, Gracija Filipovic – as Antoneta’s 2017 short Into The Blue, so when we met to discuss it, I started...
- 4/5/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"What secrets are you hiding?" Modern Films UK has revealed an official trailer for Murina, an excellent film from Croatia marking the feature directorial debut of Croatian filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic. This initially premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival playing in the Director's Fortnight sidebar. A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea, causing turmoil. She hopes that this will help her escape her life at home for something more, but it doesn't go as planned. I saw this film at the Toronto Film Festival last year and Loved it. It's absolutely gorgeous - not only the cinematography (including some great underwater scenes) but the story about a young woman pushing back against her traditionalist parents and figuring out her own way in this modern world. I can't recommend it enough. Starring Gracija Filipovic, Danica Curcic,...
- 3/28/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A testament to her fearless nature and boundless determination, Croatian-American filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović was nine months pregnant when she traveled from New York to present her feature debut “Murina” at the Cannes Film Festival.
At the end of the festival, Kusijanović tool a 12-hour road trip with her husband to her homeland in Croatia, where she gave birth to her first child Petrus, right before scooping Cannes’ Golden Camera award with “Murina,” a double feast which earned her newborn son a lifetime festival accreditation.
Eight months later, she sat with Variety to tell us how her life has changed since winning the coveted award and looked back at her journey getting there. Vibrant, bright, restless and forceful like her first feature “Murina,” Kusijanović hasn’t wasted any time. She’s already well advanced on her sophomore outing, a daring English-language film which she co-wrote with Yinuo Wang (“90 Days”) and will shoot in Mexico.
At the end of the festival, Kusijanović tool a 12-hour road trip with her husband to her homeland in Croatia, where she gave birth to her first child Petrus, right before scooping Cannes’ Golden Camera award with “Murina,” a double feast which earned her newborn son a lifetime festival accreditation.
Eight months later, she sat with Variety to tell us how her life has changed since winning the coveted award and looked back at her journey getting there. Vibrant, bright, restless and forceful like her first feature “Murina,” Kusijanović hasn’t wasted any time. She’s already well advanced on her sophomore outing, a daring English-language film which she co-wrote with Yinuo Wang (“90 Days”) and will shoot in Mexico.
- 3/16/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The moray eel is a simple creature, content to scavenge where it can. It’s hunted for its flesh, considered a delicacy in parts of the Mediterranean, but the spear fishers who pursue it do well to be cautious: it has a nasty bite.
“You’re dangerous,” Javier (Cliff Curtis) says to Julija (Gracija Filipovic), and she’s much more pleased than when people tell her that she’s beautiful.
He’s an old friend of her father (Leon Luvec), though people sometimes wonder how two such different men come to know each other. Living abroad, he is a wealthy man, but he has visited from time to time over the years; now that Julija has reached a certain age she begins to suspect that it’s because he is in love with her mother (Danica Curcic). This time around, her father wants to sell him some land, so everybody...
“You’re dangerous,” Javier (Cliff Curtis) says to Julija (Gracija Filipovic), and she’s much more pleased than when people tell her that she’s beautiful.
He’s an old friend of her father (Leon Luvec), though people sometimes wonder how two such different men come to know each other. Living abroad, he is a wealthy man, but he has visited from time to time over the years; now that Julija has reached a certain age she begins to suspect that it’s because he is in love with her mother (Danica Curcic). This time around, her father wants to sell him some land, so everybody...
- 3/16/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Now in its 11th edition, the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look festival brings together a varied, eclectic lineup of cinema from all corners of the world––including a number of films still seeking distribution, making the series perhaps one of your only chances to see these works on the big screen.
With the five-day festival kicking off Wednesday, March 16, we’ve gathered seven essential films to check out. Beginning this Friday, March 11, MoMI will also present Second Look, which looks back at selections from the past decade of the festival.
Babi Yar. Context (Sergei Loznitsa)
One of two new archival documentaries from Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa screening at First Look, Babi Yar. Context revisits the horrific September 1941 massacre of 33,771 Jews that took place outside Kyiv. Casting an unflinching eye in its assembly of footage, the Cannes prizewinner examines factors leading up to the atrocity as Nazis took...
With the five-day festival kicking off Wednesday, March 16, we’ve gathered seven essential films to check out. Beginning this Friday, March 11, MoMI will also present Second Look, which looks back at selections from the past decade of the festival.
Babi Yar. Context (Sergei Loznitsa)
One of two new archival documentaries from Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa screening at First Look, Babi Yar. Context revisits the horrific September 1941 massacre of 33,771 Jews that took place outside Kyiv. Casting an unflinching eye in its assembly of footage, the Cannes prizewinner examines factors leading up to the atrocity as Nazis took...
- 3/10/2022
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights for Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s debut feature “Murina” which won the Golden Camera Award at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, with Hélène Louvart (“The Lost Daughter”) as cinematographer, “Murina” will play on opening night of the First Look Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
“Murina” is a tense and sensual tale about a restless teenager, Julija, whose urge to break free from her oppressive father and isolated existence in coastal Croatia is triggered by the visit of a family friend.
Variety‘s Jessica Kiang wrote in her review that “If Patricia Highsmith had ever written a coming-of-age story set on the rocky, clear-watered Croatian coastline, it might have looked a lot like Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s bright, brooding debut.”
The movie also boasts a breakthrough performance by Gracija Filipovic, a promising young...
Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, with Hélène Louvart (“The Lost Daughter”) as cinematographer, “Murina” will play on opening night of the First Look Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
“Murina” is a tense and sensual tale about a restless teenager, Julija, whose urge to break free from her oppressive father and isolated existence in coastal Croatia is triggered by the visit of a family friend.
Variety‘s Jessica Kiang wrote in her review that “If Patricia Highsmith had ever written a coming-of-age story set on the rocky, clear-watered Croatian coastline, it might have looked a lot like Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s bright, brooding debut.”
The movie also boasts a breakthrough performance by Gracija Filipovic, a promising young...
- 2/28/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Each year we’re proud to work with the European Film Promotion, and to sit down with the newly unveiled cohort of the Shooting Stars programme. Each year the Efp celebrate and promote the best in European acting talent and choose ten up and coming actors to showcase. The ten actors are Gracija Filipovic (Croatia), Marie Reuther (Denmark), Anamaria Vartolomei (France), Emilio Sakraya (Germany), Clare Dunne (Ireland), Hanna van Vliet (The Netherlands), João Nunes Monteiro (Portugal), Timon Sturbej (Slovenia), and Evin Ahmad (Sweden).
They talk to Stefan Pape in Berlin about their reaction to the nomination, their drive to succeed and how their home country has inspired them on their journey.
Here are the interviews.
Main Image: Emilio Sakraya (Germany), João Nunes Monteiro (Portugal), Clare Dunne (Ireland), Anamaria Vartolomei (France), Souheila Yacoub (Switzerland), Gracija Filipović (Croatia), Timon Sturbej (Slovenia), in the centre: Marie Reuther (Denmark), in front f.l.t.
They talk to Stefan Pape in Berlin about their reaction to the nomination, their drive to succeed and how their home country has inspired them on their journey.
Here are the interviews.
Main Image: Emilio Sakraya (Germany), João Nunes Monteiro (Portugal), Clare Dunne (Ireland), Anamaria Vartolomei (France), Souheila Yacoub (Switzerland), Gracija Filipović (Croatia), Timon Sturbej (Slovenia), in the centre: Marie Reuther (Denmark), in front f.l.t.
- 2/15/2022
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
One of the hottest under-the-radar titles to emerge out of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival was Dubrovnik-born filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s feature debut “Murina.” The film came to the Directors’ Fortnight with the imprimatur of executive producer Martin Scorsese and came out winning the Camera d’Or, the festival’s top prize for a first feature. With those recommendations, it’s baffling to find about a young woman’s blossoming sexuality under the spell of her mother’s old flame.
“Murina” sticks to familiarly opaque arthouse beats despite a dazzling symphonic opening sequence. And what an arresting sequence that opening is: In the capable hands of cinematographer Hélène Louvart, the film fades into an underwater shot of a rippling, cyan Mediterranean surface. It’s set to a stir of strings(from composers Evgueni and Sacha Galperine) that build toward a moment that feels like a cinematic overture. We then see two people,...
“Murina” sticks to familiarly opaque arthouse beats despite a dazzling symphonic opening sequence. And what an arresting sequence that opening is: In the capable hands of cinematographer Hélène Louvart, the film fades into an underwater shot of a rippling, cyan Mediterranean surface. It’s set to a stir of strings(from composers Evgueni and Sacha Galperine) that build toward a moment that feels like a cinematic overture. We then see two people,...
- 9/13/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
We often forget that exotic locales aren’t an escape for those living here. While co-eds dock ashore for sun, sex, and fun, families merely wake up early to go spearfishing so they have dinner that night. The psychological toll of constantly looking out your window at happy faces while dealing with the futility of teenage living under a domineering father with few (if any) opportunities to leave must be daunting. So when Julija (Gracija Filipovic) exits the water to see her father’s (Leon Lucev’s Ante) rich friend from a past life (Cliff Curtis’ Javi) has arrived, she wonders about the possibilities he brings. Ante and her mother (Danica Curcic’s Nela) hope to sell him land. Julija hopes he’ll save her.
And why shouldn’t she? Julija sees the way Javi looks at her mother (and the way she looks back). She also senses the jealousy...
And why shouldn’t she? Julija sees the way Javi looks at her mother (and the way she looks back). She also senses the jealousy...
- 9/13/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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