[Te 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival has just drawn to a close and our thanks go to regular Twitch reader James Hadfield for the following summary of the goings on. Expect to see some reviews from the festival in coming days.]
The 21st Tokyo International FIlm Festival wrapped Sunday, with the Us$100,000 Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix going to Tulpan, Sergey Dvortsevoy’s tale of nomad life on the Kazakh steppe. No surprises there: the film had already attracted positive reviews in Europe prior to its appearance here, and remained a firm favorite throughout the week. Dvortsevoy also took home the Best Director gong, presumably in recognition of his expert marshaling of Tulpan‘s cast of children, sheep and randy donkeys.
Acting awards went to Félicité Wouassi, for her commanding performance in François Dupeyron’s With a Little Help From Myself, and Vincent Cassel for his barnstorming portrayal of real-life gangster Jacques Mesrine in Jean-François Richet’s Public Enemy No. 1 (Part 1 & 2). Jerzy Skolmowski’s return to directing after a 17-year absence didn’t go entirely unheralded, either: his bleak Four Nights with Anna won the runner-up Special Jury Prize. The Audience Award,...
The 21st Tokyo International FIlm Festival wrapped Sunday, with the Us$100,000 Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix going to Tulpan, Sergey Dvortsevoy’s tale of nomad life on the Kazakh steppe. No surprises there: the film had already attracted positive reviews in Europe prior to its appearance here, and remained a firm favorite throughout the week. Dvortsevoy also took home the Best Director gong, presumably in recognition of his expert marshaling of Tulpan‘s cast of children, sheep and randy donkeys.
Acting awards went to Félicité Wouassi, for her commanding performance in François Dupeyron’s With a Little Help From Myself, and Vincent Cassel for his barnstorming portrayal of real-life gangster Jacques Mesrine in Jean-François Richet’s Public Enemy No. 1 (Part 1 & 2). Jerzy Skolmowski’s return to directing after a 17-year absence didn’t go entirely unheralded, either: his bleak Four Nights with Anna won the runner-up Special Jury Prize. The Audience Award,...
- 10/27/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
The Toronto International Film Festival keeps bringing the pain with the announcement of 20 new films as part of it's special presentations lineup. I really wish I could hit the fest, but ahh well. The films which really interest me are John Crowley's (Boy A) Is There Anybody There? which is about " an unlikely friendship between a scruffy former magician and a little boy with a morbid streak. Ten year-old Edward has become increasingly obsessed with death and the afterlife since his parents turned their house into a retirement home. Edward's is a lonely and peculiar existence – until he meets Clarence who introduces him to wonders in the here-and-now." Hints of Harold and Maude? Next is Bruno Baretto's Last Stop 174 , about "young Sandro who lives in the slums of Rio de Janeiro where corruption and violence are the norm. Orphaned, alienated and fearing for his life, Sandro falls into a life...
- 8/13/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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