Venice Film Festival jury president Damien Chazelle showed up to the Palazzo del Casino Wednesday morning for the opening press conference wearing a Writers Guild on Strike T-shirt. So were his jurors Laura Poitras and Martin McDonagh. Fellow deliberators Jane Campion and Mia Hansen-Løve did not brandish their support through fashion, but the stance of solidarity with the ongoing double union strike from across the entire jury was felt.
Chazelle was joined on the dais by Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera, La Biennale president Roberto Cicutto, Orizzonti president Jonas Carpignano, and Luigi De Laurentiis president Alice Diop. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, whose “La La Land” and “First Man” have both opened the Biennale in years past, used the opening remarks to send a strong message about the strikes and how art should ultimately trump content — something, he argued, Hollywood seems to be forgetting.
“Today is the 121st day that...
Chazelle was joined on the dais by Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera, La Biennale president Roberto Cicutto, Orizzonti president Jonas Carpignano, and Luigi De Laurentiis president Alice Diop. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, whose “La La Land” and “First Man” have both opened the Biennale in years past, used the opening remarks to send a strong message about the strikes and how art should ultimately trump content — something, he argued, Hollywood seems to be forgetting.
“Today is the 121st day that...
- 8/30/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Venice Film Festival international jury president Damien Chazelle showed support for the ongoing strikes in Hollywood at the event’s first press conference, sporting a “Writers Guild on Strike” shirt and pin.
During the jury press conference — which also included artistic director Alberto Barbera, La Biennale president Roberto Cicutto, Orizzonti president Jonas Carpignano and Luigi De Laurentiis president Alice Diop — Chazelle made a powerful statement about the current state of Hollywood, touting “art over content.”
“Today is the 121st day that the writers in Hollywood have been on strike; the 48th day that the actors have been on strike,” Chazelle began. “I think there’s a basic idea that each work of art has value onto itself, that it’s not just a piece of content — to use Hollywood’s favorite word right now — to be put into a pipeline. And that idea is very basic, I think, to art...
During the jury press conference — which also included artistic director Alberto Barbera, La Biennale president Roberto Cicutto, Orizzonti president Jonas Carpignano and Luigi De Laurentiis president Alice Diop — Chazelle made a powerful statement about the current state of Hollywood, touting “art over content.”
“Today is the 121st day that the writers in Hollywood have been on strike; the 48th day that the actors have been on strike,” Chazelle began. “I think there’s a basic idea that each work of art has value onto itself, that it’s not just a piece of content — to use Hollywood’s favorite word right now — to be put into a pipeline. And that idea is very basic, I think, to art...
- 8/30/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Jane Campion, Laura Poitras, Martin McDonagh and Mia Hansen-Løve have joined the main jury of the upcoming Venice Film Festival.
The prominent directors, most of whom are Venice regulars – Poitras last year scored the Golden Lion with documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” – will be joined by fellow jury members including Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (“Wajib”); Chinese star Shu Qi (“The Assassin”); Italian director Gabriele Mainetti, who was at Venice last year with “Freaks Out”; and Argentinian auteur Santiago Mitre, whose “Argentina, 1985” also launched from the Lido last year.
They will join Damien Chazelle who, as previously announced, will serve as president of the Venice competition jury.
Venice revealed its jury just hours after talks broke down without a deal between actors union SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance for Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). A strike is expected to be called on Thursday morning, Pacific time, which could have...
The prominent directors, most of whom are Venice regulars – Poitras last year scored the Golden Lion with documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” – will be joined by fellow jury members including Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (“Wajib”); Chinese star Shu Qi (“The Assassin”); Italian director Gabriele Mainetti, who was at Venice last year with “Freaks Out”; and Argentinian auteur Santiago Mitre, whose “Argentina, 1985” also launched from the Lido last year.
They will join Damien Chazelle who, as previously announced, will serve as president of the Venice competition jury.
Venice revealed its jury just hours after talks broke down without a deal between actors union SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance for Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). A strike is expected to be called on Thursday morning, Pacific time, which could have...
- 7/13/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
‘La La Land’ director Chazelle will chair the Competition jury.
La La Land director Damien Chazelle will be president of the Competition jury for the 80th Venice Film Festival (August 30-September 9).
Saint Omer director Alice Diop will chair the Luigi De Laurentiis debut film award jury; with A Chiara filmmaker Jonas Carpignano chairing the Horizons jury.
Chazelle has opened the festival on two previous occasions, with La La Land in 2016 and with First Man in 2018, both in Competition. Emma Stone won the Volpi Cup for best actress for La La Land, and went on to take the best actress Oscar...
La La Land director Damien Chazelle will be president of the Competition jury for the 80th Venice Film Festival (August 30-September 9).
Saint Omer director Alice Diop will chair the Luigi De Laurentiis debut film award jury; with A Chiara filmmaker Jonas Carpignano chairing the Horizons jury.
Chazelle has opened the festival on two previous occasions, with La La Land in 2016 and with First Man in 2018, both in Competition. Emma Stone won the Volpi Cup for best actress for La La Land, and went on to take the best actress Oscar...
- 5/5/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Spanish director Isabel Coixet will preside over the international jury of the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti competition at the upcoming edition running from August 31 to September 10.
The director knows Orizzonti well having world premiered her 2005 drama The Secret Life Of Words in the section, ahead of it winning four Spanish Goya awards the following year.
More recent credits include The Bookshop, which also swept the Goyas in 2017, winning best director, film and adapted screenplay, and Spanish and English-language romantic drama It Snows In Benidorm, starring Timothy Spall.
She will be by Italian filmmaker Laura Bispuri, whose third film The Peacock’s Paradise played in Orizzonti last year, and US director Antonio Campus, whose recent credits include HBO show The Staircase.
Further members include Sofia Djama, the Algerian director of The Blessed, for which lead Lyna Khoudri won the Orizzonti Best Actress Award in 2017 and former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Delegate General Edouard Waintrop.
The director knows Orizzonti well having world premiered her 2005 drama The Secret Life Of Words in the section, ahead of it winning four Spanish Goya awards the following year.
More recent credits include The Bookshop, which also swept the Goyas in 2017, winning best director, film and adapted screenplay, and Spanish and English-language romantic drama It Snows In Benidorm, starring Timothy Spall.
She will be by Italian filmmaker Laura Bispuri, whose third film The Peacock’s Paradise played in Orizzonti last year, and US director Antonio Campus, whose recent credits include HBO show The Staircase.
Further members include Sofia Djama, the Algerian director of The Blessed, for which lead Lyna Khoudri won the Orizzonti Best Actress Award in 2017 and former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Delegate General Edouard Waintrop.
- 7/20/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Toby Wallace.
Toby Wallace’s turn as a small-time drug dealer in Shannon Murphy’s debut feature Babyteeth has won him the Venice Film Festival’s Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young actor.
It is the second year in a row that the prize has been won by an Australian, with last year’s gong going to Baykali Ganambarr for his debut performance in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale.
In Babyteeth, Wallace stars as Moses, the love interest of Eliza Scanlen’s Milla, a terminally ill teenager. Their relationship is a nightmare for Milla’s parents, played by Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis, but Milla teaches those in her orbit how to live like there is nothing to lose.
Produced by Alex White and based on Rita Kalnejais’ Belvoir Theatre play of the same name, the film was critically lauded after its debut in competition at Venice last week.
Variety...
Toby Wallace’s turn as a small-time drug dealer in Shannon Murphy’s debut feature Babyteeth has won him the Venice Film Festival’s Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young actor.
It is the second year in a row that the prize has been won by an Australian, with last year’s gong going to Baykali Ganambarr for his debut performance in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale.
In Babyteeth, Wallace stars as Moses, the love interest of Eliza Scanlen’s Milla, a terminally ill teenager. Their relationship is a nightmare for Milla’s parents, played by Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis, but Milla teaches those in her orbit how to live like there is nothing to lose.
Produced by Alex White and based on Rita Kalnejais’ Belvoir Theatre play of the same name, the film was critically lauded after its debut in competition at Venice last week.
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- 9/9/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The definitive jury members for the 76th edition of Venice have been announced, encompassing Orizzonti, the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award for a Debut Film, Venice Virtual Reality and Venice Classics. The final list of jury members for the 76th Venice International Film Festival, which is set to unspool on the Lido from 28 August-7 September 2019, has been announced. Flanking director Lucrecia Martel, the chair of the competition jury at the 76th edition of Venice (see the news), in addition to Canadian historian and critic Piers Handling, British actress Stacy Martin, Mexican DoP Rodrigo Prieto, Japanese director Tsukamoto Shinya and his Italian counterpart Paolo Virzì, will be Canadian helmer Mary Harron. Taking the place of Mary Harron on the Orizzonti jury, chaired by Italian...
This first film of Soudade Kaadan, a Paris-born Syrian woman won the Luigi de Laurentiis Award for a debut film in Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti section, a suitable prize after seven years of struggling to make the film where it finally took part in 2017 in the Venice Gap-Financing Market and raising financial support from every conceivable film fund all the way from the large French Cnc to Hubert Bals Fund, World Cinema Fund, Women Make Movies, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (Fr), Doha Film Institute (Qa), Hbf+Europe Minority Fund, Arab Human Rights Fund, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Prince Claus Grant, Sanad, Asian Cinema Fund and Cinereach.
After a number of documentaries about refugees, Soudade Kaadan made the transition to fiction with this compelling narrative. Her documentary background is clearly visible in the natural game, the handheld camera work and the hyperrealism of Sana’s panic journey,...
After a number of documentaries about refugees, Soudade Kaadan made the transition to fiction with this compelling narrative. Her documentary background is clearly visible in the natural game, the handheld camera work and the hyperrealism of Sana’s panic journey,...
- 12/28/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Festival also launches new Vr strand.
The full jury line-ups for the 2017 Venice Film Festival (August 30-September 9) have been announced.
Baby Driver director Edgar Wright, actress Rebecca Hall and Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi, who won a Berlin Golden Bear this year for On Body and Soul have joined the main competition jury presided over by Annette Bening.
They are joined by Mexican director Michel Franco, French actress Anna Mouglalis, Australian film critic David Stratton, Italian actress Jasmine Trinca and Hong Kong director, producer and screenwriter Yonfan.
Director John Landis will head the international jury for a new Venice Virtual Reality (Vr) section. The other Jury members are French screenwriter and director Celine Sciamma and actor/director Ricky Tognazzi.
The Vr jury will award prizes for best Vr film, grand Vr jury prize and best Vr creativity award. A restored version of Landis’ Into the Night will also be screened at Venice this year.
Italian director...
The full jury line-ups for the 2017 Venice Film Festival (August 30-September 9) have been announced.
Baby Driver director Edgar Wright, actress Rebecca Hall and Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi, who won a Berlin Golden Bear this year for On Body and Soul have joined the main competition jury presided over by Annette Bening.
They are joined by Mexican director Michel Franco, French actress Anna Mouglalis, Australian film critic David Stratton, Italian actress Jasmine Trinca and Hong Kong director, producer and screenwriter Yonfan.
Director John Landis will head the international jury for a new Venice Virtual Reality (Vr) section. The other Jury members are French screenwriter and director Celine Sciamma and actor/director Ricky Tognazzi.
The Vr jury will award prizes for best Vr film, grand Vr jury prize and best Vr creativity award. A restored version of Landis’ Into the Night will also be screened at Venice this year.
Italian director...
- 7/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
Tunisian film festival dedicated to Arab and African cinema celebrated 50th anniversary this year.
Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has won the grand prize, or Tanit d’Or, at Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival for her feature-length documentary Zaineb Hates the Snow.
Shot over a six-year period, the film follows a young Tunisian girl’s difficult passage to adolescence after she moves to Quebec from Tunisia shortly after the death of her father in an accident.
Ben Hania – whose past works includes the mockumentary The Blade of Tunis – filmed the documentary’s young protagonist from the age of nine-years-old to 15.
Carthage’s top prize the Tanit d’Or takes its name from the lunar goddess of ancient Carthage, the ruins of which act as the backdrop for some of the festival’s screenings.
It was the second win for Zeineb Hates the Snow in recent days. The feature was also awarded best documentary prize at the CineMed...
Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has won the grand prize, or Tanit d’Or, at Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival for her feature-length documentary Zaineb Hates the Snow.
Shot over a six-year period, the film follows a young Tunisian girl’s difficult passage to adolescence after she moves to Quebec from Tunisia shortly after the death of her father in an accident.
Ben Hania – whose past works includes the mockumentary The Blade of Tunis – filmed the documentary’s young protagonist from the age of nine-years-old to 15.
Carthage’s top prize the Tanit d’Or takes its name from the lunar goddess of ancient Carthage, the ruins of which act as the backdrop for some of the festival’s screenings.
It was the second win for Zeineb Hates the Snow in recent days. The feature was also awarded best documentary prize at the CineMed...
- 11/7/2016
- ScreenDaily
Tunisian film festival dedicated to Arab and African cinema celebrated 50th anniversary this year.
Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has won the grand prize, or Tanit d’Or, at Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival for her feature-length documentary Zeineb Hates the Snow.
Shot over a six-year period, the film follows a young Tunisian girl’s difficult passage to adolescence after she moves to Quebec from Tunisia shortly after the death of her father in an accident.
Ben Hania – whose past works includes the mockumentary The Blade of Tunis – filmed the documentary’s young protagonist from the age of nine-years-old to 15.
Carthage’s top prize the Tanit d’Or takes its name from the lunar goddess of ancient Carthage, the ruins of which act as the backdrop for some of the festival’s screenings.
It was the second win for Zeineb Hates the Snow in recent days. The feature was also awarded best documentary prize at the CineMed...
Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has won the grand prize, or Tanit d’Or, at Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival for her feature-length documentary Zeineb Hates the Snow.
Shot over a six-year period, the film follows a young Tunisian girl’s difficult passage to adolescence after she moves to Quebec from Tunisia shortly after the death of her father in an accident.
Ben Hania – whose past works includes the mockumentary The Blade of Tunis – filmed the documentary’s young protagonist from the age of nine-years-old to 15.
Carthage’s top prize the Tanit d’Or takes its name from the lunar goddess of ancient Carthage, the ruins of which act as the backdrop for some of the festival’s screenings.
It was the second win for Zeineb Hates the Snow in recent days. The feature was also awarded best documentary prize at the CineMed...
- 11/7/2016
- ScreenDaily
After her outstanding performance in already one of the most buzzed about movies this fall, Benedict Andrews’ “Una” which premiered at this year’s Telluride Film Festival, Rooney Mara has lined up her next project.
The actress is set to star in the pop-star drama “Vox Lux” directed by Brady Corbet. The film will chronicle the rise of singer Celeste to superstardom, while looking at cultural evolutions of the 21st century through her eyes. It will take place from 1999 to present day and feature original songs by singer-songwriter Sia.
Production for “Vox Lux” will begin in February and be shot on 65mm large format and screened in 70mm. The picture will be produced by Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa of Killer Films and Brian Young of Three Six Zero Entertainment.
Read More: ‘Una’ Exclusive Clip: Watch Rooney Mara Hunt Down Ben Mendelsohn In One Of The Fall’s Most Exciting...
The actress is set to star in the pop-star drama “Vox Lux” directed by Brady Corbet. The film will chronicle the rise of singer Celeste to superstardom, while looking at cultural evolutions of the 21st century through her eyes. It will take place from 1999 to present day and feature original songs by singer-songwriter Sia.
Production for “Vox Lux” will begin in February and be shot on 65mm large format and screened in 70mm. The picture will be produced by Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa of Killer Films and Brian Young of Three Six Zero Entertainment.
Read More: ‘Una’ Exclusive Clip: Watch Rooney Mara Hunt Down Ben Mendelsohn In One Of The Fall’s Most Exciting...
- 9/21/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Rooney Mara will star in Brady Corbet’s pop star drama, “Vox Lux,” TheWrap has learned. The film will serve as a follow-up to Corbet’s critically-acclaimed film “The Childhood of a Leader,” which won the “Luigi de Laurentiis” Award at the Venice Film Festival last year. The soundtrack to the film, which will be shot in 65mm large format and exhibit on 70mm, will feature all original songs written by Sia. Kodak will back the film with equity and marketing. Also Read: Rooney Mara, Jason Segel Film 'The Discovery' Acquired by Netflix “Brady is a young auteur almost without parallel,...
- 9/21/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
With the jury winners announced this past weekend (see at the bottom), the 73rd Venice International Film Festival has now come to an end. As always, it was a strong kick-off to the fall festivals, with some premieres of dramas that we’ll see over the next few months, as well as a great many that won’t arrive until next year (or perhaps later, pending distribution). We’ve wrapped up the festival by selecting our 9 favorite films, followed by our complete coverage. Check out everything below and let us know what you’re most looking forward to.
Austerlitz (Sergei Loznitsa)
Having experimented with feature-length fiction films, shorts, and archival-footage documentaries in the course of his career, Sergei Loznitsa’s output since his 2014 Ukrainian crisis documentary Maidan has both garnered him greater acclaim than before and zeroed in on cinema as a collectively generated form. – Tommaso T. (full review)
Hacksaw Ridge...
Austerlitz (Sergei Loznitsa)
Having experimented with feature-length fiction films, shorts, and archival-footage documentaries in the course of his career, Sergei Loznitsa’s output since his 2014 Ukrainian crisis documentary Maidan has both garnered him greater acclaim than before and zeroed in on cinema as a collectively generated form. – Tommaso T. (full review)
Hacksaw Ridge...
- 9/12/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Lav Diaz’s The Woman Who Left from the Philippines won the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice Film festival on Saturday while Emma Stone claimed the Coppa Volpi best actress prize for La La Land and Oscar Martínez took actor honours for El Ciudadano Ilustre.
The Silver Lion – grand jury prize went to Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals and the Silver Lion award for best director was a tie between Andrei Konchalovsky for Paradise and Amat Escalante for The Untamed.
Noah Oppenheim prevailed in the screenplay category for Jackie, while Ana Lily Amirpour earned a special jury prize for The Bad Batch.
Venice Winners In Full
Golden Lion for best film
The Woman Who Left (Ang Babaeng Humayo; Philippines) by Lav Diaz
Silver Lion – grand jury prize
Nocturnal Animals (USA) by Tom Ford
Silver Lion award for best director (tie)
Andrei Konchalovsky, Paradise (Cis)
Amat Escalante, The Untamed (La Región Salvaje, Mexico-Denmark-France-Germany- Norway-Switzerland...
The Silver Lion – grand jury prize went to Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals and the Silver Lion award for best director was a tie between Andrei Konchalovsky for Paradise and Amat Escalante for The Untamed.
Noah Oppenheim prevailed in the screenplay category for Jackie, while Ana Lily Amirpour earned a special jury prize for The Bad Batch.
Venice Winners In Full
Golden Lion for best film
The Woman Who Left (Ang Babaeng Humayo; Philippines) by Lav Diaz
Silver Lion – grand jury prize
Nocturnal Animals (USA) by Tom Ford
Silver Lion award for best director (tie)
Andrei Konchalovsky, Paradise (Cis)
Amat Escalante, The Untamed (La Región Salvaje, Mexico-Denmark-France-Germany- Norway-Switzerland...
- 9/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
The 73rd Venice International Film Festival comes to a close this evening with their annual awards ceremony. The festival ran from August 31st through September 10th, with Sam Mendes as the President of the Jury for the main competition. You can watch the winners accept their awards live with the Venice Film Festival live stream. Follow the link to watch the ceremony and check in on the winners list below.
Read More: Venice Film Festival Reveals First Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Voyage of Time,’ ‘The Bad Batch,’ ‘Jackie’ and ‘Nocturnal Animals’
This year, Viff screened many high-profile films, including such anticipated fall features like Damien Chazelle’s musical “La La Land,” Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi film “Arrival,” and Terrence Malick’s “Voyage of Time.” They also premiered more more mainstream fare outside of competition, like Mel Gibson’s latest “Hacksaw Ridge” and Antoine Fuqua’s “The Magnificent Seven.”
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Read More: Venice Film Festival Reveals First Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Voyage of Time,’ ‘The Bad Batch,’ ‘Jackie’ and ‘Nocturnal Animals’
This year, Viff screened many high-profile films, including such anticipated fall features like Damien Chazelle’s musical “La La Land,” Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi film “Arrival,” and Terrence Malick’s “Voyage of Time.” They also premiered more more mainstream fare outside of competition, like Mel Gibson’s latest “Hacksaw Ridge” and Antoine Fuqua’s “The Magnificent Seven.”
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- 9/10/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
UK distributor Metrodome Group was placed in administration earlier this week.
Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader, which was set to be released in the UK this weekend by Metrodome, will now be handled by Soda Pictures. The switch is a result of Metrodome being placed in administration earlier this week.
Protagonist Pictures, which handles international sales on the period drama, stated “all parties have acted quickly to ensure that the film’s release will not be adversely affected”.
Soda will take over all responsibility for the film with immediate effect, and will work with exhibitors to ensure the film’s release is not impacted.
Edward Fletcher, managing director for Soda Pictures, said: “The circumstances surrounding Metrodome are deeply upsetting to all of us at Soda - as a fellow independent film distributor, we are acutely aware of the challenges faced in today’s marketplace, and we are completely committed to continuing their wonderful work.
“We...
Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader, which was set to be released in the UK this weekend by Metrodome, will now be handled by Soda Pictures. The switch is a result of Metrodome being placed in administration earlier this week.
Protagonist Pictures, which handles international sales on the period drama, stated “all parties have acted quickly to ensure that the film’s release will not be adversely affected”.
Soda will take over all responsibility for the film with immediate effect, and will work with exhibitors to ensure the film’s release is not impacted.
Edward Fletcher, managing director for Soda Pictures, said: “The circumstances surrounding Metrodome are deeply upsetting to all of us at Soda - as a fellow independent film distributor, we are acutely aware of the challenges faced in today’s marketplace, and we are completely committed to continuing their wonderful work.
“We...
- 8/19/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The strand will be bookended by Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Xander Robin’s Are We Not Cats [pictured].Scroll down for line-up
The Venice International Film Festival’s (Aug 31 - Sept 10) 2016 Critics’ Week line-up has been revealed.
The independent section of the festival – dedicated to features from debut directors – includes seven titles from five continents.
Opening the strand with be UK director Alice Lowe’s Prevenge (out of competition), which stars Lowe as a pregnant woman on a killing spree and will have its world premiere at the festival.
Lowe was co-writer and co-star of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers. The film is a Western Edge Pictures/Gennaker production and was shot in Wales last year.
Closing will be Xander Robin’s Are We Not Cats, which was one of three genre titles to screen as a work-in-progress at the Cannes Marche this year as part of an inaugural partnership between genre market Frontières and the Cannes Film Festival...
The Venice International Film Festival’s (Aug 31 - Sept 10) 2016 Critics’ Week line-up has been revealed.
The independent section of the festival – dedicated to features from debut directors – includes seven titles from five continents.
Opening the strand with be UK director Alice Lowe’s Prevenge (out of competition), which stars Lowe as a pregnant woman on a killing spree and will have its world premiere at the festival.
Lowe was co-writer and co-star of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers. The film is a Western Edge Pictures/Gennaker production and was shot in Wales last year.
Closing will be Xander Robin’s Are We Not Cats, which was one of three genre titles to screen as a work-in-progress at the Cannes Marche this year as part of an inaugural partnership between genre market Frontières and the Cannes Film Festival...
- 7/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of its official lineup being released last week (and amid rumors of what said lineup will consist of), the Venice Film Festival has announced the filmmakers and actors who will be on jury duty beginning late next month. Laurie Anderson, Gemma Arterton, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Nina Hoss, Chiara Mastroianni, Joshua Oppenheimer, Lorenzo Vigas and Zhao Wei will be heading the Competition jury alongside Sam Mendes, who’s serving as president this year.
Read More: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’ and Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Are ‘Virtually Assured’ to Premiere at the Venice Film Festival
Heading the Orizzonti section, meanwhile, is French director Robert Guédiguian. He’ll be joined by J. Hoberman, Nelly Karim, Valentina Lodovini, Moon So-ri, José Maria (Chema) Prado and Chaitanya Tamhane. Kim Rossi Stuart is leading the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film — Lion of the Future jury with Rosa Bosch, Brady Corbet,...
Read More: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’ and Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Are ‘Virtually Assured’ to Premiere at the Venice Film Festival
Heading the Orizzonti section, meanwhile, is French director Robert Guédiguian. He’ll be joined by J. Hoberman, Nelly Karim, Valentina Lodovini, Moon So-ri, José Maria (Chema) Prado and Chaitanya Tamhane. Kim Rossi Stuart is leading the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film — Lion of the Future jury with Rosa Bosch, Brady Corbet,...
- 7/24/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Venice appoints additional jury presidents; Sam Mendes already on board as competition jury president.
Director Robert Guédiguian (Marius and Jeannette) has been set as president of Venice’s Orizzoniti Jury and actor-director Kim Rossi Stuart (Romanzo Criminale) will serve as president of the jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a Debut Film - Lion of the Future.
French director Guédiguian, known for his focus on Marseille and working class life, presented La Ville Est Tranquille at the festival in 2000.
Kim Rossi Stuart’s films has often featured at Venice, including Le Chiavi Di Casa (2004) by Gianni Amelio and Vallanzasca (2010) by Michele Placido.
The Orizzonti section awards the Orizzonti Award for Best Film; Orizzonti Award for Best Director; Special Orizzonti Jury Prize; Orizzonti Award for Best Actor or Actress; Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay; Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film.
The international Jury of the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film awards...
Director Robert Guédiguian (Marius and Jeannette) has been set as president of Venice’s Orizzoniti Jury and actor-director Kim Rossi Stuart (Romanzo Criminale) will serve as president of the jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a Debut Film - Lion of the Future.
French director Guédiguian, known for his focus on Marseille and working class life, presented La Ville Est Tranquille at the festival in 2000.
Kim Rossi Stuart’s films has often featured at Venice, including Le Chiavi Di Casa (2004) by Gianni Amelio and Vallanzasca (2010) by Michele Placido.
The Orizzonti section awards the Orizzonti Award for Best Film; Orizzonti Award for Best Director; Special Orizzonti Jury Prize; Orizzonti Award for Best Actor or Actress; Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay; Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film.
The international Jury of the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film awards...
- 7/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
If included, it would count as one of the rare Venice preemed North American premiere debuts and uncommon 35mm treats at the fest. After doubling up at the Venice Film Festival with the Luigi de Laurentiis” award for a Debut Film and the Best Director Horizons award, The Childhood of a Leader‘s Brady Corbet recently picked up another Best Director award at the Lisbon & Estoril Film Fest. A regular figure at the festival as an actor in both short and features from Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin era up until Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer, Corbet also had his short debut (2009’s Protect You + Me.) and writing credits on Mona Fastvold’s The Sleepwalker (2014) and last year’s short Rabbit from Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre all premiere at the festival. The available acquisitions title has had its share of extremely convinced supporters and even the detractors acknowledge the genius in Corbet’s debut oeuvre.
- 11/23/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Brady Corbet was in upstate New York when the Venice Film Festival called him back. Said he might want to be on hand on awards night. Sure enough, he was called up on stage to accept the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film – Lion of the Future. And then he was called up again when Jonathan Demme presented him the Orizzonti Award for Best Director. Corbet seemed slightly overwhelmed, grateful for both awards and almost as thrilled to receive them as he was to meet Demme. The Childhood of a Leader stars Berenice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Yolande Moreau, Tom Sweet and Robert Pattinson, and we've got reviews and clips. » - David Hudson...
- 9/13/2015
- Keyframe
Brady Corbet was in upstate New York when the Venice Film Festival called him back. Said he might want to be on hand on awards night. Sure enough, he was called up on stage to accept the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film – Lion of the Future. And then he was called up again when Jonathan Demme presented him the Orizzonti Award for Best Director. Corbet seemed slightly overwhelmed, grateful for both awards and almost as thrilled to receive them as he was to meet Demme. The Childhood of a Leader stars Berenice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Yolande Moreau, Tom Sweet and Robert Pattinson, and we've got reviews and clips. » - David Hudson...
- 9/13/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Anomalisa wins Grand Jury Prize; Robert Pattinson-starrer The Childhood Of A Leader wins best debut.Scroll down for full list of winners
From Afar (Desde Alla), the first Venezuelan production to appear in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The directorial debut of Lorenzo Vigas concerns a middle-aged man (Alfredo Castro) who pays young boys to spend time with him. One day he befriends an 18-year-old delinquent (Luis Silva), a development that affects both profoundly.
The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams, is produced by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who co-wrote the script.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero for kidnap drama The Clan (El Clan).
Trapero has a good relationship with Venice, having won two prizes for his 1999 debut, Crane World, returning in 2004 with Rolling Family and sitting on the Golden Lion jury in 2012.
The Clan is based on the real-life exploits...
From Afar (Desde Alla), the first Venezuelan production to appear in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The directorial debut of Lorenzo Vigas concerns a middle-aged man (Alfredo Castro) who pays young boys to spend time with him. One day he befriends an 18-year-old delinquent (Luis Silva), a development that affects both profoundly.
The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams, is produced by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who co-wrote the script.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero for kidnap drama The Clan (El Clan).
Trapero has a good relationship with Venice, having won two prizes for his 1999 debut, Crane World, returning in 2004 with Rolling Family and sitting on the Golden Lion jury in 2012.
The Clan is based on the real-life exploits...
- 9/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
French comedy added to sidebar’s competition.
Venice Days (Sept 2-12) has rounded out its programme with Julie Delpy’s Lolo, bringing the number of titles in competition at the independently run section of the Venice Film Festival to 11.
The world premiere of the film, which will go on to screen at Toronto, has been secured by Venice Days following an agreement with international distributor Wild Bunch.
Delpy, star of Richard Linklater’s Before… trilogy, has written and directed Lolo and will co-star alongside Dany Boon, Vincent Lacoste and Karin Viard.
The satirical comedy centres on fortysomething workaholic Violette (Delpy), who finds romance while on a spa vacation. But once back home, the pair have to deal with Lolo, Violette’s brainy, tyrannical son, who has no intention of relinquishing his own control over the family, and the emotions of his mother.
Delpy’s previous features as director include 2 Days in New York (2012), Skylab (2011), The Countess (2009) and...
Venice Days (Sept 2-12) has rounded out its programme with Julie Delpy’s Lolo, bringing the number of titles in competition at the independently run section of the Venice Film Festival to 11.
The world premiere of the film, which will go on to screen at Toronto, has been secured by Venice Days following an agreement with international distributor Wild Bunch.
Delpy, star of Richard Linklater’s Before… trilogy, has written and directed Lolo and will co-star alongside Dany Boon, Vincent Lacoste and Karin Viard.
The satirical comedy centres on fortysomething workaholic Violette (Delpy), who finds romance while on a spa vacation. But once back home, the pair have to deal with Lolo, Violette’s brainy, tyrannical son, who has no intention of relinquishing his own control over the family, and the emotions of his mother.
Delpy’s previous features as director include 2 Days in New York (2012), Skylab (2011), The Countess (2009) and...
- 8/3/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
'Everest' 2015, with Jake Gyllenhaal at the Venice Film Festival. What global warming? Venice Film Festival 2015 jury: Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón president The 2015 Venice Film Festival, to be held Sept. 2–12, has announced the members of its three main juries: Venezia 72, Horizons, and the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film. In case you're wondering, “Why Venezia 72”? Well, the simple answer is that this is the 72nd edition of the festival. Looking at the lists below, you'll notice that, as usual, Europeans dominate the award juries. The only two countries from the Americas represented are the U.S. and Mexico, and here and there you'll find a sprinkling of Asian film talent. Golden Lion jury The Golden Lion – Venezia 72 Competition – jury is comprised by the following: Jury President Alfonso Cuarón, the first Mexican national to take home the Best Director Academy Award (for the Sandra Bullock-George Clooney...
- 7/28/2015
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
The three juries at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival (September 2-12, 2015) are: the Venezia 72 Competition; The Orizzonti; and the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for Best Debut Film. Venezia 72 Competition Jury: President, Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, who debuted his Oscar-winning "Gravity" opening night at Venice, has often participated in the Venice Film Festival, where in 2001 he presented "Y tu mama también." He was in competition again in 2006 with "Children of Men." French author, screenwriter and director Emmanuel Carrère, author of the bestsellers "Limonov" (2011) and "Le Royaume" (2015) among many others.Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the 2014 Cannes Palme d’Or for "Winter Sleep"Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski ("Ida") winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2015Italian...
- 7/27/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Competition jury includes Elizabeth Banks, Lynne Ramsay, Diane Kruger and Hou Hsiao-hsien.
The Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12) has revealed the members of its three international juries - Venezia 72, Orizzonti (Horizons) and ‘Luigi De Laurentiis’ Venice Award for Best Debut Film.
The Venezia 72 Competition jury, headed by Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón, will comprise:
French author, screenwriter and director Emmanuel Carrère, author of bestsellers Limonov (2011) and Le Royaume (2015);
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Winter Sleep;
Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski, director of Ida, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film earlier this year;
Italian director Francesco Munzi, in competition at last year’s Venice with Black Souls, winner of nine David di Donatello awards from the Italian Academy;
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice 1989 for A City of Sadness, and in competition at this year’s Cannes...
The Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12) has revealed the members of its three international juries - Venezia 72, Orizzonti (Horizons) and ‘Luigi De Laurentiis’ Venice Award for Best Debut Film.
The Venezia 72 Competition jury, headed by Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón, will comprise:
French author, screenwriter and director Emmanuel Carrère, author of bestsellers Limonov (2011) and Le Royaume (2015);
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Winter Sleep;
Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski, director of Ida, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film earlier this year;
Italian director Francesco Munzi, in competition at last year’s Venice with Black Souls, winner of nine David di Donatello awards from the Italian Academy;
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice 1989 for A City of Sadness, and in competition at this year’s Cannes...
- 7/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Luis Tosar thriller to open strand; Laurent Cantet to chair jury; programme includes Agnès Varda, Alice Rohrwacher shorts.Scroll down for full line-up
Dani de la Torre’s debut thriller Retribution, starring Luis Tosar, will open the 2015 Venice Days strand, which announced its line-up today.
The Venice Film Festival’s (September 2 - 12) independently run section will host 21 titles including 18 world premieres in its official selection.
The ten-title competition includes Matias Bize’s The Memory of Water, a drama about a young couple trying to rekindle their relationship after the death of their 4-year-old son, Vincenzo Marra’s fourth feature La Prima Luce, which stars Riccardo Scamarcio as an Italian lawyer tracking down his young son in Chile after an acrimonious divorce; Ascanio Celestini’s drama Long Live The Bride, starring Alba Rohrwacher, and Australian director Michael Rowe’s love drama Early Winter, featuring Suzanne Clement.
Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Sam Neill and Paul Schneider star in [link...
Dani de la Torre’s debut thriller Retribution, starring Luis Tosar, will open the 2015 Venice Days strand, which announced its line-up today.
The Venice Film Festival’s (September 2 - 12) independently run section will host 21 titles including 18 world premieres in its official selection.
The ten-title competition includes Matias Bize’s The Memory of Water, a drama about a young couple trying to rekindle their relationship after the death of their 4-year-old son, Vincenzo Marra’s fourth feature La Prima Luce, which stars Riccardo Scamarcio as an Italian lawyer tracking down his young son in Chile after an acrimonious divorce; Ascanio Celestini’s drama Long Live The Bride, starring Alba Rohrwacher, and Australian director Michael Rowe’s love drama Early Winter, featuring Suzanne Clement.
Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Sam Neill and Paul Schneider star in [link...
- 7/24/2015
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Venice Champ 'Court' Acquired by Zeitgeist Films In a shabby courtyard in Mumbai, a folk singer is midway through a fiery rendition of his own composition. His performance is interrupted by the police, who arrest him for abetting the suicide of a manhole worker. The singer, Narayan Kamble, is clueless. His cluelessness is echoed by a large-hearted, upper middle-class lawyer who takes on his case out of goodwill. He goes up against the byzantine nature of India’s legal system, and we follow them down the rabbit hole. Debutante Chaitanya Tamhane’s “Court” is a masterpiece: one of the best films of the year. It is keenly felt and packed with acute observations, not just about its characters but also about life in India today. Its sincerity leads to moments of quiet devastation, while the script’s wit ensures numerous laughs. “Court” premiered at Venice last year,...
- 7/14/2015
- by Laya Maheshwari
- Indiewire
The Museum Of Modern Art and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center announced the first nine films in the long-lived showcase for new work. They include Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s winner of the Critics’ Week grand prize at Cannes, which is set in a Ukrainian school for deaf and mute coeds and is told entirely in sign language, with no subtitles. The Tribe is one of four films that will make their way to Manhattan from Park City, Utah, where they’re also on the Sundance roster: Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again, about a heartbroken Christmas-tree salesman; Rick Alverson’s Entertainment, a follow-up to The Comedy, about a broken-down comedian doing stand-up across the Mojave Desert and Kornél Mundruczó’s White God, winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes about a dog’s journey back to its owner after being abandoned in the city.
Representing 11 countries from around the world,...
Representing 11 countries from around the world,...
- 1/21/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Guests include John Woo, Zhang Ziyi, Juliette Binoche, Cheng Pei Pei, Tong Dawei, Chen Bolin and Nastassja Kinski.
At the 25th Singapore International Film Festival, Indian justice system drama Court won Best Film and Best Director for Chaitanya Tamhane at the Silver Screen Awards yesterday (Dec 13).
Earlier this year at the Venice Film Festival, the film also picked up Best Film in the Orrizonti section and the Lion of the Future - Luigi de Laurentiis award for a debut film.
The Silver Screen Awards jury, headed by Wang Xiaoshuai, stated: “This glittering gem dazzles with its simplicity, elegance and breathtaking naturalism. Every facet of this film shines, from the humanity of its screenplay, to the originality of its structure, to the assuredness of its direction. A brilliant achievement.”
The Silver Screen Awards this year has two categories - the Asian Feature Film Competition and the inaugural Southeast Asian Short Film Competition. (See below for...
At the 25th Singapore International Film Festival, Indian justice system drama Court won Best Film and Best Director for Chaitanya Tamhane at the Silver Screen Awards yesterday (Dec 13).
Earlier this year at the Venice Film Festival, the film also picked up Best Film in the Orrizonti section and the Lion of the Future - Luigi de Laurentiis award for a debut film.
The Silver Screen Awards jury, headed by Wang Xiaoshuai, stated: “This glittering gem dazzles with its simplicity, elegance and breathtaking naturalism. Every facet of this film shines, from the humanity of its screenplay, to the originality of its structure, to the assuredness of its direction. A brilliant achievement.”
The Silver Screen Awards this year has two categories - the Asian Feature Film Competition and the inaugural Southeast Asian Short Film Competition. (See below for...
- 12/14/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Adam Driver has been named Best Actor at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
The prestigious Golden Lion Award for Best Film went to A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, directed by Sweden's Roy Andersson.
The winners were announced during an awards ceremony today (September 6), with Driver taking home the award for his role in Hungry Hearts. His co-star Alba Rohrwacher also won Best Actress for her performance.
Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence was given the Grand Jury Prize at the gala. It is the follow-up to Oppenheimer's Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing and again looks into genocide in Indonesia through the perspective of a family who are confronting the men who killed one of their brothers.
The Best Actor Award is the latest praise for Driver, who has also been nominated for two Primetime Emmys and is currently filming a major role in...
The prestigious Golden Lion Award for Best Film went to A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, directed by Sweden's Roy Andersson.
The winners were announced during an awards ceremony today (September 6), with Driver taking home the award for his role in Hungry Hearts. His co-star Alba Rohrwacher also won Best Actress for her performance.
Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence was given the Grand Jury Prize at the gala. It is the follow-up to Oppenheimer's Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing and again looks into genocide in Indonesia through the perspective of a family who are confronting the men who killed one of their brothers.
The Best Actor Award is the latest praise for Driver, who has also been nominated for two Primetime Emmys and is currently filming a major role in...
- 9/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Venice awards go to Roy Andersson dark comedy, Andrei Konchalovsky drama, Hungry Hearts.Scroll down for full list of winners
Roy Andersson’s lauded absurdist comedy A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence has scooped the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival.
Silver Lion for Best Director went to Andrei Konchalovsky for The Postman’s White Nights while Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence took home the Grand Jury Prize.
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor went to Adam Driver for Hungry Hearts, while Best Actress went to Alba Rohrwacher for the same film.
Romain Paul took the Best Young Actor Award for Le Dernier Coup De Marteau while Best Screenplay went to Rakhshan Banietemad and Farid Mostafavi for Tales (Ghesseha).
The Special Jury Prize went to Sivas by Kaan Mujdeci and the Lion of the Future Award for Debut Film went to Court by Chaitanya Tamhane (India) along with a...
Roy Andersson’s lauded absurdist comedy A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence has scooped the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival.
Silver Lion for Best Director went to Andrei Konchalovsky for The Postman’s White Nights while Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence took home the Grand Jury Prize.
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor went to Adam Driver for Hungry Hearts, while Best Actress went to Alba Rohrwacher for the same film.
Romain Paul took the Best Young Actor Award for Le Dernier Coup De Marteau while Best Screenplay went to Rakhshan Banietemad and Farid Mostafavi for Tales (Ghesseha).
The Special Jury Prize went to Sivas by Kaan Mujdeci and the Lion of the Future Award for Debut Film went to Court by Chaitanya Tamhane (India) along with a...
- 9/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Update 12:20 Pm Pt: The Venice jury tonight gave its Golden Lion to a bird, but it wasn’t the particular bird many were expecting. Alejandro G Inarritu’s opening night hit Birdman was shut out of the awards. The Golden Lion instead went to Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence. The metaphysical film is the final leg of a trilogy about what it means to be a human being. It carries on from 2000’s Songs From The Second Floor and 2007’s You, The Living. Pigeon was well-received by critics here so it’s not a total surprise – and this was a movie folks had been waiting for since it didn’t turn up on the Cannes roster after Andersson’s previous two debuted there. Jury member Tim Roth said he liked Birdman and told the press corps of its omission amongst the prizes,...
- 9/6/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
A still from “Labour of Love”
Bengali-language film Asha Jaoar Majhe (Labour of Love), a debut feature by Aditya Vikram Sengupta , has been selected for the 11th edition of Venice Days, an independent sidebar of the Venice Film Festival.
Featuring Ritwick Chakraborty and Basabdutta Chatterjee, the film has been produced by Jonaki Bhattacharya ( For Films) and Sanjay Shah (Salaam Cinema). Labour of Love marks the debut of both the director and the two production companies.
Set in the crumbling environs of Calcutta, Labour Of Love is a lyrical unfolding of two ordinary lives suspended in the duress of a spiraling recession. The film will compete for the Venice Days Jury Award, Venice Days Public Award, and Award for the First Feature (Luigi De Laurentiis Award – Lion of the future).
Aditya Vikram Sengupta studied at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad. Thereafter he worked at Channel V for three years making promotional films.
Bengali-language film Asha Jaoar Majhe (Labour of Love), a debut feature by Aditya Vikram Sengupta , has been selected for the 11th edition of Venice Days, an independent sidebar of the Venice Film Festival.
Featuring Ritwick Chakraborty and Basabdutta Chatterjee, the film has been produced by Jonaki Bhattacharya ( For Films) and Sanjay Shah (Salaam Cinema). Labour of Love marks the debut of both the director and the two production companies.
Set in the crumbling environs of Calcutta, Labour Of Love is a lyrical unfolding of two ordinary lives suspended in the duress of a spiraling recession. The film will compete for the Venice Days Jury Award, Venice Days Public Award, and Award for the First Feature (Luigi De Laurentiis Award – Lion of the future).
Aditya Vikram Sengupta studied at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad. Thereafter he worked at Channel V for three years making promotional films.
- 7/23/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
New films by Laurent Cantet, Christophe Honoré, Kim Ki-duk, Alex de la Iglesia and, in the "Women's Tales" program, So Yong Kim and Miranda July, are lined up for the 11th edition of Venice Days, running from August 27 through September 6. A new Venice Days Award will be presented by a jury of 28 young viewers, one from each of the 28 EU member countries, participating in the "28 Times Cinema" program. All first films will be competing for the Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentiis Prize for the best debut film in the entire Venice Film Festival. » - David Hudson...
- 7/22/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
New films by Laurent Cantet, Christophe Honoré, Kim Ki-duk, Alex de la Iglesia and, in the "Women's Tales" program, So Yong Kim and Miranda July, are lined up for the 11th edition of Venice Days, running from August 27 through September 6. A new Venice Days Award will be presented by a jury of 28 young viewers, one from each of the 28 EU member countries, participating in the "28 Times Cinema" program. All first films will be competing for the Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentiis Prize for the best debut film in the entire Venice Film Festival. » - David Hudson...
- 7/22/2014
- Keyframe
Nima Javidi’s Melbourne and Diego Bianchi’s The Market to bookend Venice Critics’ Week line-up.
The line-up for the 29th Venice International Film Critics’ Week (Aug 27-Sept 6) has been announced.
The opening film, playing out of competition, is Nima Javidi’s Melbourne.
The Iranian feature will receive its international premiere at Critics’ Week - the independent section of the Venice International Film Festival - dedicated to first-time directors’ feature-length films.
Melbourne centres on a young couple on their way to the eponymous Australian city to continue their studies. But just a few hours before their departure, they become involved in a tragic event.
The closing film will be the world premiere of Italian director Diego Bianchi’s The Market (Arance e Martello), also playing out of competition.
The satirical comedy, which takes place over one day in the midst of the Berlusconi era in 2011, centres on the life of a quiet corner market, which is shaken...
The line-up for the 29th Venice International Film Critics’ Week (Aug 27-Sept 6) has been announced.
The opening film, playing out of competition, is Nima Javidi’s Melbourne.
The Iranian feature will receive its international premiere at Critics’ Week - the independent section of the Venice International Film Festival - dedicated to first-time directors’ feature-length films.
Melbourne centres on a young couple on their way to the eponymous Australian city to continue their studies. But just a few hours before their departure, they become involved in a tragic event.
The closing film will be the world premiere of Italian director Diego Bianchi’s The Market (Arance e Martello), also playing out of competition.
The satirical comedy, which takes place over one day in the midst of the Berlusconi era in 2011, centres on the life of a quiet corner market, which is shaken...
- 7/21/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Italian director won the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for The Wonders.
Italian director Alice Rohrwacher has been named President of the International Jury for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Filmat the 71st Venice International Film Festival (Aug 27 to Sept 6).
The jury will comprise seven personalities from the international cinema scene, including a producer, and will select one film from among all the first features in the various competitive sections of the festival (Official Selection and Independent and Parallel Sections).
Awarding it the Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film, a cash prize of $100,000 will be divided equally between the director and the producer. No joint winners are allowed.
Winners in recent years include Cogunluk (Majority) by Seren Yüce (2010); Là-Bas (Là-Bas: A Criminal Education) by Guido Lombardi (2011); Küf (Mold) by Ali Aydin (2012); and White Shadow by Noaz Deshe (2013).
Rohrwacher won the Grand Prix at...
Italian director Alice Rohrwacher has been named President of the International Jury for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Filmat the 71st Venice International Film Festival (Aug 27 to Sept 6).
The jury will comprise seven personalities from the international cinema scene, including a producer, and will select one film from among all the first features in the various competitive sections of the festival (Official Selection and Independent and Parallel Sections).
Awarding it the Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film, a cash prize of $100,000 will be divided equally between the director and the producer. No joint winners are allowed.
Winners in recent years include Cogunluk (Majority) by Seren Yüce (2010); Là-Bas (Là-Bas: A Criminal Education) by Guido Lombardi (2011); Küf (Mold) by Ali Aydin (2012); and White Shadow by Noaz Deshe (2013).
Rohrwacher won the Grand Prix at...
- 6/16/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Despite the accolades (awards, festival prizes, and critical praise), sometimes a film that we’ve praised and seemingly has a very bright future ahead, will somehow be passed over, go unnoticed or for reasons unknown, may have fallen through the cracks. A play of words on the 1985 Madonna film, our monthly “Desperately Seeking Studio” is our way of bringing attention to a film that has yet to be picked up for distribution and deservingly should find an audience. This month we put the focus back on: Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth’s The Fifth Season (La cinquième saison)
The woefully underrated partnership of Belgian co-directors Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth have seen their previous collaborative features, Khadak and Altiplano, tour the festival circuit to critical acclaim, playing the likes of Sundance and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), taking home the Luigi De Laurentiis Award from Venice for best first feature along...
The woefully underrated partnership of Belgian co-directors Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth have seen their previous collaborative features, Khadak and Altiplano, tour the festival circuit to critical acclaim, playing the likes of Sundance and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), taking home the Luigi De Laurentiis Award from Venice for best first feature along...
- 3/28/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
While I struggle to keep up at Tiff (good lord what a learning curve) the Venice Film Festival wrapped up and announced its awards. We didn't share them in a timely fashion. My apologies. The winners were...
Stray Dogs
Golden Lion: Sacro Gra (Gianfranco Rosi)
This surprise winner is a documentary about a famous highway in Rome. Sometimes non-sexy subject matter translates into great films.
Grand Jury Prize: Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang)
From the sounds of twitter this was the sensation of the festival though it doesn't screen at Tiff until after I leave town. *snifffle*
Silver Lion (Best Director): Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence
Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss Violence
I have a terrible habit of skipping films which then become winners at festivals. This is also playing Toronto but descriptions make it sound like a Greek version of The Virgin Suicides and I didn't bite. In hindsight and...
Stray Dogs
Golden Lion: Sacro Gra (Gianfranco Rosi)
This surprise winner is a documentary about a famous highway in Rome. Sometimes non-sexy subject matter translates into great films.
Grand Jury Prize: Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang)
From the sounds of twitter this was the sensation of the festival though it doesn't screen at Tiff until after I leave town. *snifffle*
Silver Lion (Best Director): Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence
Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss Violence
I have a terrible habit of skipping films which then become winners at festivals. This is also playing Toronto but descriptions make it sound like a Greek version of The Virgin Suicides and I didn't bite. In hindsight and...
- 9/8/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Sacro Gra, a documentary about the people who live and work around Rome’s ring road, took home the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival Saturday.
Sacro Gra, directed by Gianfranco Rossi, is the first documentary to ever win the prize, and is the first Italian film to be recognized at the highest level since 1998 when Gianni Amelio’s The Way We Laughed won. Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival has historically excluded non-fiction films from the competition. This was the first year they were eligible for consideration.
Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang’s family drama Stray Dogs won the Grand Jury Prize,...
Sacro Gra, directed by Gianfranco Rossi, is the first documentary to ever win the prize, and is the first Italian film to be recognized at the highest level since 1998 when Gianni Amelio’s The Way We Laughed won. Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival has historically excluded non-fiction films from the competition. This was the first year they were eligible for consideration.
Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang’s family drama Stray Dogs won the Grand Jury Prize,...
- 9/7/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Surprise choice for Golden Lion is Italian documentary. Silver Lion for best director goes to Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence.
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
It marks the first time a documentary has ever won the Golden Lion.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
Review: Sacro Grareview: Miss Violence
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes:
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra, Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou, Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss ViolenceBest...
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
It marks the first time a documentary has ever won the Golden Lion.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
Review: Sacro Grareview: Miss Violence
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes:
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra, Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou, Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss ViolenceBest...
- 9/7/2013
- ScreenDaily
Surprise choice for Golden Lion is Italian documentary. Silver Lion for best director goes to Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence.
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou by Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor
Themis Panou in Miss Violence
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress
Elena Cotta inVIA Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante (Italy, Switzerland...
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou by Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor
Themis Panou in Miss Violence
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress
Elena Cotta inVIA Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante (Italy, Switzerland...
- 9/7/2013
- ScreenDaily
"Sacro Gra" – a little known Italian documentary about the ring road around Rome – pulled off a shocking upset to snag the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. Underdogs also prevailed in many other top races: Golden Lion: "Sacro Gra," Gianfranco Rosi Grand Jury Prize: "Stray Dogs," Tsai Ming-liang Silver Lion (Best Director): "Miss Violence," Alexandros Avranas Best Actor: Themis Panou, "Miss Violence" Best Actress: Elena Cotta, "A Street in Palermo" Marcello Mastroianni Award (Best Young Actor): Tye Sheridan, "Joe" -Break- Best Screenplay: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, "Philomena" Special Jury Prize: "The Police Officer's Wife," Phillip Groning Luigi de Laurentiis Award (Best Debut Feature): "White Shadow," Noaz Deshe Horizons Awards Best Film: "Eastern Boys," Robin Campillo Best Director:...
- 9/7/2013
- Gold Derby
Italian director Gianfranco Rosi's documentary “Sacro Gra” is the winner of the 70th Venice Film Festival. The movie is about the ring road around Rome. See the full list of official Venice competition award-winners below. International Competition Golden Lion “Sacro Gra” (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy) Silver Lion “Miss Violence” (Alexandros Avranas, Greece) Jury Grand Prize “Stray Dogs” Tsai Ming Liang (Chinese Taipei) Special Jury Prize “The Police Officer’s Wife” (Philip Groneing, Germany) Actor Themis Panou (“Miss Violence, Greece”) Actress Elena Cotta (“A Street in Palermo,” Italy) Marcello Mastroianni Prize For Young Performer Tye Sheridan (Joe, David Gordon Green, U.S.) Best Screenplay Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope (Philomena, U.K.) Luigi De Laurentiis Lion Of The Future “White Shadow” (Noaz Deshe, Italy, Germany, Tanzania)...
- 9/7/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Patrice Leconte’s A Promise will receive its world premiere at the 70th Venice Film Festival, where actress Carrie Fisher has been appointed to the international jury.
A Promise (Une Promesse), the new film by French director and scriptwriter Patrice Leconte, has been added to the Out of Competition section of the Venice Film Festival (Aug 28 - Sep 7), where it will receive its world premiere.
Based on a novel by Stefan Zweig, the film takes place in Germany, in the wake of the First World War, and hinges on a woman who falls in love with the young assistant to her husband, a rich and powerful industrialist. It stars Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman and Richard Madden.
The festival also announced that Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher will complete the international jury of the Venezia 70 Competition while Mexican director Amat Escalante will complete the international Jury for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film. Escalante...
A Promise (Une Promesse), the new film by French director and scriptwriter Patrice Leconte, has been added to the Out of Competition section of the Venice Film Festival (Aug 28 - Sep 7), where it will receive its world premiere.
Based on a novel by Stefan Zweig, the film takes place in Germany, in the wake of the First World War, and hinges on a woman who falls in love with the young assistant to her husband, a rich and powerful industrialist. It stars Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman and Richard Madden.
The festival also announced that Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher will complete the international jury of the Venezia 70 Competition while Mexican director Amat Escalante will complete the international Jury for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film. Escalante...
- 8/8/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Haifaa Al Mansour Tapped As President Of International Jury At Venice Film Festival Haifaa Al Mansour will return to Venice this year as president of the International Jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis prize for a debut film, the award that’s akin to Cannes’ Camera d’Or. Al Mansour is the first woman to ever direct a film in Saudi Arabia. Her Wadjda, about a young girl’s determination to buy a bicycle, premiered on the Lido last year and went on to play several international festivals. The 70th Venice Film Festival runs August 28-September 7. Transitional Channel Greek Public Television Hits Airwaves Greece’s public broadcaster is back on the air, but it’s not the same Ert that was shuttered by the government last month. A transitional channel called Greek Public Television started displaying its logo on Wednesday morning with plans to show films and documentaries until the...
- 7/11/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabia's first woman filmmaker whose debut feature "Wadjda" has been a hit on the festival circuit since last fall, has been named President of the International Jury for the "Luigi De Laurentiis" Venice Award for a Debut Film at the 70th Venice International Film Festival, running from August 28 through September 7.Al Mansour's "Wadjda" is also the first film shot in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; it was launched at the 2012 Venice and Telluride film festivals to critical acclaim. The international success of the film, which hits theaters stateside September 13 via Sony Pictures Classics, led Variety to name Al Mansour one of its “10 Director’s to Watch” in 2013.Our Toh! interview with Al Mansour is here.The International Jury of the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film will award to one of the debut feature-length films in the various competitive sections of the fest...
- 7/10/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
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