Anne Charrier (The Last Deadly Mission), Eriq Ebanouey (Fox Hunt), Laika Blanc Francard (My Night), Romain Levi (The Tunnel) and newcomer Louis Puech Scigliuzzi are set as series regulars opposite Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy and Adam Nagaitis in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, AMC’s spinoff from its flagship drama. Filming is currently underway in France, with premiere set for later this year on AMC and AMC+.
Set after the series conclusion of Twd, the Reedus-led offshoot finds the zombie apocalypse fan favorite transported across the Atlantic to France and a whole new level of a world gone mad.
In the spinoff, Daryl (Reedus) washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along...
Set after the series conclusion of Twd, the Reedus-led offshoot finds the zombie apocalypse fan favorite transported across the Atlantic to France and a whole new level of a world gone mad.
In the spinoff, Daryl (Reedus) washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along...
- 2/10/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Colombian filmmaker Laura Mora has clinched the Golden Shell in the main competition of the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival with her latest feature The Kings of the World (Los reyes del mundo).
Billed as a subversive tale of disobedience, friendship, and dignity, the film follows five boys living on the streets of Medellín who set out on a journey in search of the promised land. The film is a Colombian co-production with Luxembourg, France, Mexico, and Norway.
This is the third year running that a film helmed by a woman has taken home the Golden Shell following Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning in 2020 and Alina Grigore’s Blue Moon last year. This is also the first time a Colombian production has picked up San Sebastian’s top prize in the festival’s seven decades.
In other main competition awards, Japanese writer Genki Kawamura picked up the Silver Shell for Best...
Billed as a subversive tale of disobedience, friendship, and dignity, the film follows five boys living on the streets of Medellín who set out on a journey in search of the promised land. The film is a Colombian co-production with Luxembourg, France, Mexico, and Norway.
This is the third year running that a film helmed by a woman has taken home the Golden Shell following Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning in 2020 and Alina Grigore’s Blue Moon last year. This is also the first time a Colombian production has picked up San Sebastian’s top prize in the festival’s seven decades.
In other main competition awards, Japanese writer Genki Kawamura picked up the Silver Shell for Best...
- 9/24/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Other winners include Genki Kawamura’s ‘A Hundred Flowers’ and China’s ‘A Woman’.
Colombian director Laura Mora’s second film The Kings Of The World has won the Golden Shell award for best film at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Ssiff).
Scroll down for full list of winners
A Colombian co-production with Luxembourg, France, Mexico and Norway, the film follows five street kids from Medellin who venture into the countryside in search of the land that one of them inherited. Film Factory Entertainment handles international sales. Mora’s debut was 2017 Toronto and San Sebastian selection Killing Jesus.
Colombian director Laura Mora’s second film The Kings Of The World has won the Golden Shell award for best film at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Ssiff).
Scroll down for full list of winners
A Colombian co-production with Luxembourg, France, Mexico and Norway, the film follows five street kids from Medellin who venture into the countryside in search of the land that one of them inherited. Film Factory Entertainment handles international sales. Mora’s debut was 2017 Toronto and San Sebastian selection Killing Jesus.
- 9/24/2022
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
Argentinian producer Matias Mosteirin will take over as jury president.
US actress Glenn Close has withdrawn from her role as jury president of this week’s San Sebastian Film Festival, due to a ‘family emergency’.
Argentinian producer Matias Mosteirin, already a jury member, will take over Close’s role, with no replacement jury member incoming.
A statement issued by the festival said Close “conveyed to the Festival her regrets for not being able to attend a duty to which she felt very committed.”
It also relayed a message from Close, who said, “I deeply regret that I will not be...
US actress Glenn Close has withdrawn from her role as jury president of this week’s San Sebastian Film Festival, due to a ‘family emergency’.
Argentinian producer Matias Mosteirin, already a jury member, will take over Close’s role, with no replacement jury member incoming.
A statement issued by the festival said Close “conveyed to the Festival her regrets for not being able to attend a duty to which she felt very committed.”
It also relayed a message from Close, who said, “I deeply regret that I will not be...
- 9/13/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Glenn Close no longer will preside over the San Sebastian jury and has canceled her trip to the festival due to a family emergency.
“I deeply regret that I will not be able to take part in the Festival as there has been a family emergency for which I must stay home,” Close said in a statement. “I apologize to the Festival, the Jury, the filmmakers, the Donostia honorees, and the festival audience, that I will not be there to celebrate with you all.”
Argentinian producer Matías Mosteirín, who already was announced as part of the jury, will serve as the president. Mosteirin’s feature film as a producer, Bolivia, received the Young Critics Award at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. He recently executive produced Marcelo Piñeyro’s series El Reino (The Realm) for Netflix.
The jury will be filled out by French casting director and filmmaker Antoinette Boulat,...
“I deeply regret that I will not be able to take part in the Festival as there has been a family emergency for which I must stay home,” Close said in a statement. “I apologize to the Festival, the Jury, the filmmakers, the Donostia honorees, and the festival audience, that I will not be there to celebrate with you all.”
Argentinian producer Matías Mosteirín, who already was announced as part of the jury, will serve as the president. Mosteirin’s feature film as a producer, Bolivia, received the Young Critics Award at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. He recently executive produced Marcelo Piñeyro’s series El Reino (The Realm) for Netflix.
The jury will be filled out by French casting director and filmmaker Antoinette Boulat,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Glenn Close, who was due to serve as the jury president at the San Sebastian Film Festival, has canceled her trip due to a family emergency.
“I deeply regret that I will not be able to take part in the festival as there has been a family emergency for which I must stay home,” Close said in a statement. “I apologize to the festival, the jury, the filmmakers, the Donostia honorees and the festival audience, that I will not be there to celebrate with you all.”
Just last week, the star of “Fatal Attraction” and “Dangerous Liaisons” posted a video on her social media in which she expressed her enthusiasm about chairing the festival jury, describing it as “a new adventure I’ve never done before.” “I love San Sebastian, people are fantastic, I’m really looking forward to seeing some wonderful films and I’m very excited about meeting my fellow jury members,...
“I deeply regret that I will not be able to take part in the festival as there has been a family emergency for which I must stay home,” Close said in a statement. “I apologize to the festival, the jury, the filmmakers, the Donostia honorees and the festival audience, that I will not be there to celebrate with you all.”
Just last week, the star of “Fatal Attraction” and “Dangerous Liaisons” posted a video on her social media in which she expressed her enthusiasm about chairing the festival jury, describing it as “a new adventure I’ve never done before.” “I love San Sebastian, people are fantastic, I’m really looking forward to seeing some wonderful films and I’m very excited about meeting my fellow jury members,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ulrich Seidl’s “Sparta” has been pulled from the Toronto International Film Festival amid allegations of impropriety and child exploitation against the director, but its premiere at next week’s San Sebastian Film Festival will continue as planned, Variety can reveal.
A spokesperson for the Spanish festival tells Variety on behalf of festival management that “Sparta” will remain in competition.
Providing a three-point list explaining their reasoning, San Sebastian said “the festival team assesses the films after their viewing according to their interest and quality” and that the event “does not have the ability to judge how a film has been shot and whether a crime has been committed in the course of the filming. If anyone has any evidence of a crime, they should report it to a judge.”
The statement concludes: “Only a court order would lead us to suspend a scheduled screening.”
This means that “Sparta” is...
A spokesperson for the Spanish festival tells Variety on behalf of festival management that “Sparta” will remain in competition.
Providing a three-point list explaining their reasoning, San Sebastian said “the festival team assesses the films after their viewing according to their interest and quality” and that the event “does not have the ability to judge how a film has been shot and whether a crime has been committed in the course of the filming. If anyone has any evidence of a crime, they should report it to a judge.”
The statement concludes: “Only a court order would lead us to suspend a scheduled screening.”
This means that “Sparta” is...
- 9/10/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The festival runs September 16-24.
Glenn Close has been named president of the official selection jury for the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Close will be joined by French director and casting director Antoinette Boulat; Danish filmmaker Tea Lindeburg; Argentinian producer Matías Mosteirín; Spanish writer Rosa Montero; Mosotho filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese and the Icelandic director and screenwriter Hlynur Pálmason.
Wang Chao’s A Woman has also been added to Ssiff’s official selection, becoming the 16th title eligible for the Golden Shell.
The Chinese film is based on Zhang Xiu Zhen’s autobiography Dream and follows an aspiring...
Glenn Close has been named president of the official selection jury for the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Close will be joined by French director and casting director Antoinette Boulat; Danish filmmaker Tea Lindeburg; Argentinian producer Matías Mosteirín; Spanish writer Rosa Montero; Mosotho filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese and the Icelandic director and screenwriter Hlynur Pálmason.
Wang Chao’s A Woman has also been added to Ssiff’s official selection, becoming the 16th title eligible for the Golden Shell.
The Chinese film is based on Zhang Xiu Zhen’s autobiography Dream and follows an aspiring...
- 9/2/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
American actress Glenn Close has been announced as the jury president for the Official Section of the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival, running from September 16-24.
Close will be joined by the French casting director and filmmaker Antoinette Boulat, Danish filmmaker Tea Lindeburg, Argentinian producer Matías Mosteirín, the Spanish writer Rosa Montero, Lesotho filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, and the Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason.
The jury awards the Golden Shell for Best Film and the Silver Shell awards for Best Director, Best Leading Performance, Best Supporting Performance, as well as jury prizes for Cinematography and Screenplay. The Official Awards will be announced and presented at the festival’s Closing Gala on September 24.
Close was last at the Spanish festival with The Wife, which closed out the Official Section in 2017. The film went on to earn Close her eighth Academy Award nomination.
As previously announced, Spanish filmmaker Alberto Rodríguez will open the...
Close will be joined by the French casting director and filmmaker Antoinette Boulat, Danish filmmaker Tea Lindeburg, Argentinian producer Matías Mosteirín, the Spanish writer Rosa Montero, Lesotho filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, and the Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason.
The jury awards the Golden Shell for Best Film and the Silver Shell awards for Best Director, Best Leading Performance, Best Supporting Performance, as well as jury prizes for Cinematography and Screenplay. The Official Awards will be announced and presented at the festival’s Closing Gala on September 24.
Close was last at the Spanish festival with The Wife, which closed out the Official Section in 2017. The film went on to earn Close her eighth Academy Award nomination.
As previously announced, Spanish filmmaker Alberto Rodríguez will open the...
- 9/2/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the 2021 AWFJ Eda winners for its 15th season. This year’s most-nominated film, “The Power of the Dog,” swept the awards with wins in 11 out of 25 categories including best film, best director for Jane Campion, supporting actress for Kirsten Dunst and adapted screenplay.
“Although our beloved film industry was plagued by the pandemic, 2021 turned out to be a rather magnificent year for movies — especially for films made by and about women,” said AWFJ president Jennifer Merin. “We at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists are delighted to note that last year’s crop of brilliant femme-helmed and femme-centric films are getting the awards recognition they deserve — as shown in our list of Eda Award winners, and in films and talent on our roster of nominees, as well as in awards presented by other film critics’ groups.”
Other winners included ties for documentary...
“Although our beloved film industry was plagued by the pandemic, 2021 turned out to be a rather magnificent year for movies — especially for films made by and about women,” said AWFJ president Jennifer Merin. “We at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists are delighted to note that last year’s crop of brilliant femme-helmed and femme-centric films are getting the awards recognition they deserve — as shown in our list of Eda Award winners, and in films and talent on our roster of nominees, as well as in awards presented by other film critics’ groups.”
Other winners included ties for documentary...
- 1/25/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” led the nominations from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ). The emotional western was nominated for best film, director, adapted screenplay, and in acting and craft categories.
With 25 individual categories, the awards are divided into three sections: the standard “best of” section, the “Female Focus” awards and “Eda Special Mentions.” Women dominated the “best of” section, with three of the five slots occupied by women.
Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” was the second most-nominated film, landing nine nominations, and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” scored eight.
“2021 has been a surprisingly great year for films, especially for female-directed films, as is indicated by AWFJ’s Eda Award nominees,” said AWFJ and Eda Awards founder Jennifer Merin. “Our list of eligible films exceeds 700, and we’re thrilled to see so many of them directed by women and femme-centric. We hope the trend will...
With 25 individual categories, the awards are divided into three sections: the standard “best of” section, the “Female Focus” awards and “Eda Special Mentions.” Women dominated the “best of” section, with three of the five slots occupied by women.
Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” was the second most-nominated film, landing nine nominations, and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” scored eight.
“2021 has been a surprisingly great year for films, especially for female-directed films, as is indicated by AWFJ’s Eda Award nominees,” said AWFJ and Eda Awards founder Jennifer Merin. “Our list of eligible films exceeds 700, and we’re thrilled to see so many of them directed by women and femme-centric. We hope the trend will...
- 12/10/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (Iffmh) has very much captured the social, cultural and political zeitgeist with this year’s film selections, exploring such themes as female empowerment, HIV/AIDS and the post-Soviet collapse of Ukraine.
“The festival doesn’t work in topics, we are trying to show the best films, but the interesting thing is that the topics come to us through the films,” says Iffmh director Sascha Keilholz. “Obviously we are sensitive to the whole range and diversity that can be had in cinema.”
Indeed, this year’s films in the On the Rise competition section and supplemental Pushing the Boundaries sidebar, which showcases cutting-edge works by young and established filmmakers, ended up sharing unmistakable themes. Many new female voices are putting their mark in Eastern European film with stories of women rebelling against patriarchy and male structures, for example, Keilholz points out. “That was quite striking for us.
“The festival doesn’t work in topics, we are trying to show the best films, but the interesting thing is that the topics come to us through the films,” says Iffmh director Sascha Keilholz. “Obviously we are sensitive to the whole range and diversity that can be had in cinema.”
Indeed, this year’s films in the On the Rise competition section and supplemental Pushing the Boundaries sidebar, which showcases cutting-edge works by young and established filmmakers, ended up sharing unmistakable themes. Many new female voices are putting their mark in Eastern European film with stories of women rebelling against patriarchy and male structures, for example, Keilholz points out. “That was quite striking for us.
- 11/9/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Premiering out of Venice’s Horizons Extra sidebar on Tuesday, ”My Night” marks the feature debut of Antoinette Boulat, a leading casting directors behind recent films like “The French Dispatch,” “Bergman Island” and “Non-Fiction,” now making the jump behind the lens.
A veteran of the French industry, Boulat co-wrote and directed this intimate character study that follows the adolescent Marion (Lou Lampros) over the course of one peripatetic Paris night as she dwells in the past and looks to the future, mourning the death of her sister while recognizing that her chance encounter with Alex (“Synonyms” star Tom Mercier) might point toward new horizons.
“At the start, the idea was really to follow a young woman in Paris at night,” the filmmaker tells Variety. “The city unnerves me, not in the fearful sense, but that paying close attention to our surroundings can be quite unsettling.”
“Building on that point, I thought,...
A veteran of the French industry, Boulat co-wrote and directed this intimate character study that follows the adolescent Marion (Lou Lampros) over the course of one peripatetic Paris night as she dwells in the past and looks to the future, mourning the death of her sister while recognizing that her chance encounter with Alex (“Synonyms” star Tom Mercier) might point toward new horizons.
“At the start, the idea was really to follow a young woman in Paris at night,” the filmmaker tells Variety. “The city unnerves me, not in the fearful sense, but that paying close attention to our surroundings can be quite unsettling.”
“Building on that point, I thought,...
- 9/6/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Taking place September 1 through 11, the Venice Film Festival has now unveiled its lineup, after a few teases of what it contains (the opening night selection of Madres Paralelas by Pedro Almodovar and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune). Among the selections are Jane Campion’s The Power of a Dog, Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter, Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, Ana Lily Amirpour’s Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon.
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter, Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God, and Edgar Wright’s The Last Night in Soho will premiere there, along with new shorts by Radu Jude and Tsai Ming-liang.
Check out the line below for the festival that will feature 50% capacity at screenings.
Venezia 78 – Competition
Madres Paralelas, dir: Pedro Almodovar
Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon, dir: Ana Lily Amirpour
Un Autre Monde, dir: Stéphane Brizé
The Power Of The Dog,...
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter, Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God, and Edgar Wright’s The Last Night in Soho will premiere there, along with new shorts by Radu Jude and Tsai Ming-liang.
Check out the line below for the festival that will feature 50% capacity at screenings.
Venezia 78 – Competition
Madres Paralelas, dir: Pedro Almodovar
Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon, dir: Ana Lily Amirpour
Un Autre Monde, dir: Stéphane Brizé
The Power Of The Dog,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Venice film festival runs September 1-11.
The line-up for the 78th Venice Film Festival (September 1-11) is being unveiled this morning at around 11:00 Cest (10:00 BST) by festival president Roberto Cicutto and artistic director Alberto Barbera.
The press conference will be live-streamed here below, and the story will be updated with the films as they are announced.
As previously announced, Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers will open the festival in competition. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will also have its world premiere at the festival out of competition on September 3.
Bong Joon Ho will preside over the competition jury that also includes Chloé Zhao,...
The line-up for the 78th Venice Film Festival (September 1-11) is being unveiled this morning at around 11:00 Cest (10:00 BST) by festival president Roberto Cicutto and artistic director Alberto Barbera.
The press conference will be live-streamed here below, and the story will be updated with the films as they are announced.
As previously announced, Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers will open the festival in competition. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will also have its world premiere at the festival out of competition on September 3.
Bong Joon Ho will preside over the competition jury that also includes Chloé Zhao,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
While at Series Mania Festival to present his mini-series “Thanksgiving” in competition, Nicolas Saada sat with Variety to discuss the spy drama which centers on the marriage between a Frenchman and American woman who are keeping secrets from each other.
Written by Saada and Anne-Louise Trividic, “Thanksgiving” was produced by Claude Chelli at Capa Drama, the thriving French banner behind “Versailles” and “Braquo,” for Franco-German network Arte. Newen Distribution is handling international sales on the series.
A former high-profile film critic, Saada previously wrote Frederic Jardin’s “Nuit Blanche,” which was remade into “Sleepless” with Jamie Foxx; and directed two films, “Spy(ies),” a London-set thriller with Guillaume Canet, and most recently “Taj Mahal,” a psychological thriller with Stacy Martin (“Nymphomaniac”) set against the backdrop of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack.
What’s the genesis of “Thanksgiving”?
It was Claude Chelli [the boss of Capa Drama] who approached me. He wanted to work with me and...
Written by Saada and Anne-Louise Trividic, “Thanksgiving” was produced by Claude Chelli at Capa Drama, the thriving French banner behind “Versailles” and “Braquo,” for Franco-German network Arte. Newen Distribution is handling international sales on the series.
A former high-profile film critic, Saada previously wrote Frederic Jardin’s “Nuit Blanche,” which was remade into “Sleepless” with Jamie Foxx; and directed two films, “Spy(ies),” a London-set thriller with Guillaume Canet, and most recently “Taj Mahal,” a psychological thriller with Stacy Martin (“Nymphomaniac”) set against the backdrop of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack.
What’s the genesis of “Thanksgiving”?
It was Claude Chelli [the boss of Capa Drama] who approached me. He wanted to work with me and...
- 5/4/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Piazza Grande was subject to an arson attack; Switzerland has selected its 2017 Oscar candidate; The Doc Alliance Selection winner has been revealed; Nyon festival changes afoot.
Arson attack on Locarno’s Piazza Grande screen
Locarno’s world-famous open-air venue on the Piazza Grande was the victim of an arson attack at the weekend.
The fire was quickly brought under control by Locarno’s fire service. Subsequent screenings were not disrupted although there was some damage to bottom of the screen.
A 37-year-old local man was arrested by the police at in the early hours of Saturday morning after Friday night’s screening of Jason Bourne.
The man, who was under the influence of alcohol at the time of his arrest, is apparently known to the police for previous arson attacks in the region, including other parts of the festival infrastructure in the past.
Following recent events in Europe, security measures had been stepped for this year...
Arson attack on Locarno’s Piazza Grande screen
Locarno’s world-famous open-air venue on the Piazza Grande was the victim of an arson attack at the weekend.
The fire was quickly brought under control by Locarno’s fire service. Subsequent screenings were not disrupted although there was some damage to bottom of the screen.
A 37-year-old local man was arrested by the police at in the early hours of Saturday morning after Friday night’s screening of Jason Bourne.
The man, who was under the influence of alcohol at the time of his arrest, is apparently known to the police for previous arson attacks in the region, including other parts of the festival infrastructure in the past.
Following recent events in Europe, security measures had been stepped for this year...
- 8/8/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (Awfj) has revealed the winners of the 2015 Eda Awards! Founder Jennifer Merin lovingly dedicated and named the Eda Awards after her mother, Eda Reiss Marin. Awwwww :happy
"Boyhood," my favorite film of 2014, received the Best Film and Director (Richard Linklater) prizes while "Birdman" won the Best Screenplay Original award and "Gone Girl" took home the Best Screenplay Adapted award.
I love that the Awfj honored the fantastic Tilda Swinton for her role in "Snowpiercer," a performance that is all but forgotten this awards season.
I also love the Special Mention Awards with categories like Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction, and Actress Most In Need of a New Agent. Are you listening Cameron Diaz?
Here's the complete list of the winners of the 2015 Eda Awards:
Best Film
"Boyhood"
Best Director (Female or Male)
Richard Linklater for "Boyhood"
Best Screenplay, Original
"Birdman" . Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu,...
"Boyhood," my favorite film of 2014, received the Best Film and Director (Richard Linklater) prizes while "Birdman" won the Best Screenplay Original award and "Gone Girl" took home the Best Screenplay Adapted award.
I love that the Awfj honored the fantastic Tilda Swinton for her role in "Snowpiercer," a performance that is all but forgotten this awards season.
I also love the Special Mention Awards with categories like Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction, and Actress Most In Need of a New Agent. Are you listening Cameron Diaz?
Here's the complete list of the winners of the 2015 Eda Awards:
Best Film
"Boyhood"
Best Director (Female or Male)
Richard Linklater for "Boyhood"
Best Screenplay, Original
"Birdman" . Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu,...
- 1/14/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
2014 Eda Award Winners Awfj Eda ‘Best Of’ Awards (presented to females and/or males) Best FilmBOYHOOD Best Director (Female or Male)Richard Linklater for Boyhood Best Screenplay, OriginalBIRDMAN – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo Best Screenplay, AdaptedGONE Girl – Gillian Flynn Best DocumentaryCITIZENFOUR – Laura Poitras Best Animated FilmLEGO – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Best ActressJulianne Moore for Still Alice Best Actress in a Supporting RoleTilda Swinton for Snowpiercer Best ActorMichael Keaton for Birdman Best Actor in a Supporting RoleJ.K. Simmons for Whiplash Best Ensemble Cast (tie)Birdman – Francine Maisler, Casting Directorand Grand Budapest Hotel – Douglas Aibel (Us), Antoinette Boulat (France), Simone Bar, Alexandra Montag (Germany), Debra Maxwell Dion (La), Jina Jay (UK) Best EditingBIRDMAN – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione Best CinematographyBIRDMAN – Emmanuel Lubezki Best Film Music Or...
- 1/13/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the winners of the 2014 Eda Awards. Top honors went to Boyhood, while Birdman was awarded six EDAs in the Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Score and Best Ensemble Cast categories.
Awfj Eda ‘Best Of’ Awards
These awards are presented to females and/or males.
Best Film
Boyhood
Best Director (Female or Male)
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Best Screenplay, Original
Birdman – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
Best Documentary
Citizenfour – Laura Poitras
Best Animated Film
Lego – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Best Actress
Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton for Snowpiercer
Best Actor
Michael Keaton for Birdman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Best Ensemble Cast (tie)
Birdman – Francine Maisler, Casting Director
and
Grand Budapest Hotel – Douglas Aibel...
Awfj Eda ‘Best Of’ Awards
These awards are presented to females and/or males.
Best Film
Boyhood
Best Director (Female or Male)
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Best Screenplay, Original
Birdman – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
Best Documentary
Citizenfour – Laura Poitras
Best Animated Film
Lego – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Best Actress
Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton for Snowpiercer
Best Actor
Michael Keaton for Birdman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Best Ensemble Cast (tie)
Birdman – Francine Maisler, Casting Director
and
Grand Budapest Hotel – Douglas Aibel...
- 1/12/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the nominees for its eighth-annual Eda Awards.
Birdman leads the pack with 10 nominations. Boyhood and Gone Girl got five each and The Grand Budapest Hotel four.
In the best film category, the nominees are Boyhood, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Only Lovers Left Alive and Selma.
The nominees for the Female Icon of the Year, to honour a woman whose work in film and/or in life made a difference, are Selma director Ava DuVernay, Unbroken director Angelina Jolie and Citizenfour director Laura Poitras.
The full list of nominees is below, in categories for both men and women, and some women-only awards as well.
Awfj Best Of Awards (presented to men and women)
Best Film
Boyhood
Birdman
Grand Budapest Hotel
Only Lovers Left Alive
Selma
Best Director
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay for Selma
Alejandro G Inarritu for Birdman
Jim Jarmusch for Only Lovers Left Alive
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Birdman leads the pack with 10 nominations. Boyhood and Gone Girl got five each and The Grand Budapest Hotel four.
In the best film category, the nominees are Boyhood, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Only Lovers Left Alive and Selma.
The nominees for the Female Icon of the Year, to honour a woman whose work in film and/or in life made a difference, are Selma director Ava DuVernay, Unbroken director Angelina Jolie and Citizenfour director Laura Poitras.
The full list of nominees is below, in categories for both men and women, and some women-only awards as well.
Awfj Best Of Awards (presented to men and women)
Best Film
Boyhood
Birdman
Grand Budapest Hotel
Only Lovers Left Alive
Selma
Best Director
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay for Selma
Alejandro G Inarritu for Birdman
Jim Jarmusch for Only Lovers Left Alive
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- 1/9/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
"You're all alone except what goes on inside your body," the stubborn, uncompromising writer Adrien declares in "Late August, Early September", Olivier Assayas' moody, graceful and deeply accomplished French feature on friendship, grief and shifting sexual relationships.
The film's title evokes the works of Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu. Assayas, a 44-year-old former film critic, is drawn to themes of solitude and estrangement, exploring how physical passages of time mirror interior journeys of fate, opportunity, loss and renewal. The New York-based independent Zeitgeist Films, which scored strong returns on Assayas' previous feature, the 1996 "Irma Vep", should elicit a healthy specialized following to this accessible, beautifully made work.
Novelistically conceived with chapter headings (such as "Gabriel's Got Real Estate Problems"), its fragmented, impressionistic scenes punctuated by haunting fade-outs, the film is an elliptical consideration of the advancement and retreat of contemporary relationships. Assayas brilliantly binds the interrelated actions of four distinct individuals. Gabriel (Mathieu Almaric), a writer and editor, is gripped by doubt and uncertainty. His inchoate feelings are further aggravated by his compacted professional friendship with Adrien (Fran‚ois Cluzet), an admired though commercially negligible author. Gabriel has left the steady, faithful, compulsive Jenny (Jeanne Balibar) for the beautiful and brazenly self-possessed Anne (Virginie Ledoyen), a young fashion designer.
From there Assayas daringly expands his scope rather than narrow his concerns. The offhanded, practically nonlinear expositional style yields a loose faction of friends, lovers and relatives that Assayas ruefully plays off and comments on. So the confident, refreshingly direct young high school girl (Mia Hansen-Love) that Adrien is secretly involved with is placed in counterpoint with the bruising experiences of the traumatized, emotionally scarred older woman left behind (played by Arsinee Khanjian, the wife of Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan). This is a film more about questions than answers, a work that remains closed to easy interpretations, although it's bracingly attuned to nuance and observation.
All of its characters are concerned with the loss of stability and the urge for reinvention. In the last act, the death of one of the principals mediates a deeper examination of recovery and possibility, the consequences of loving unconditionally and the awakening of true feeling. The beauty is that Assayas achieves this through a concentrated and sophisticated visual design, eschewing sustained dramatic sequences in favor of shots, or fragments, of lives caught nakedly, vulnerable and open.
"Late August, Early September" is an explicitly sensual and deeply sensory film, alert to action and movement, consciousness and desire. Assayas has an astonishing facility for illustrating the emotional fluctuations of motion and feeling. Working with his excellent cinematographer Denis Lenoir, Assayas constantly frames his characters in stride, their arms, hands, faces, bodies moving in flow with their physical environment. Perspective and point of view remain constantly in flux, so shots begin inside cars, the interior of a train or other restricted spaces. Shot in Super 16mm, the film is visually somber, unfolding in a Paris drained of vibrancy or primary colors (with some striking exceptions, such as the red sweater Ledoyen appears in late in the film).
The acting is uniformly sensational, bracketing the camerawork that is so incisive and free in capturing inflection and the subtleties of expression. Almaric, who played the confused academic of Arnaud Desplechin's "My Sex Life ...", superbly embodies Gabriel's suspension between responsibility and selfishness. Playing in effect a variation of Christine, her breakthrough part in Assayas' 1994 "Cold Water", the incredible Ledoyen projects a feral sexual intensity that she credibly balances with self-loathing and risk-taking. Balibar and Cluzet are equally fine, low-key and taciturn, like the balance of the film, masters at withholding and concealment. Ali Sarka Toure's plaintive, spare guitar work is a suitably trenchant aural corollary to the film's formal elegance.
LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER
Zeitgeist Films
A Polygram Film Distribution release
A Dacia Films/Cinea production
Credits: Director-screenwriter: Olivier Assayas; Producers: Georges Benayoun, Philippe Carcassonne; Executive producer: Francoise Guglielmi; Director of photography: Denis Lenoir; Production designer: Francois Renaud Labarthe; Editor: Luc Barnier; Costume designer: Francoise Clavel; Music: Ali Sarka Toure; Casting: Antoinette Boulat. Cast: Gabriel: Mathieu Almaric; Anne: Virginie Ledoyen; Jenny: Jeanne Balibar; Adrien: Francois Cluzet; Jeremie: Alex Descas; Vera: Mia Hansen-Love; Lucie: Arsinee Khanjian; Maryelle: Nathalie Richard. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time --112 minutes.
The film's title evokes the works of Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu. Assayas, a 44-year-old former film critic, is drawn to themes of solitude and estrangement, exploring how physical passages of time mirror interior journeys of fate, opportunity, loss and renewal. The New York-based independent Zeitgeist Films, which scored strong returns on Assayas' previous feature, the 1996 "Irma Vep", should elicit a healthy specialized following to this accessible, beautifully made work.
Novelistically conceived with chapter headings (such as "Gabriel's Got Real Estate Problems"), its fragmented, impressionistic scenes punctuated by haunting fade-outs, the film is an elliptical consideration of the advancement and retreat of contemporary relationships. Assayas brilliantly binds the interrelated actions of four distinct individuals. Gabriel (Mathieu Almaric), a writer and editor, is gripped by doubt and uncertainty. His inchoate feelings are further aggravated by his compacted professional friendship with Adrien (Fran‚ois Cluzet), an admired though commercially negligible author. Gabriel has left the steady, faithful, compulsive Jenny (Jeanne Balibar) for the beautiful and brazenly self-possessed Anne (Virginie Ledoyen), a young fashion designer.
From there Assayas daringly expands his scope rather than narrow his concerns. The offhanded, practically nonlinear expositional style yields a loose faction of friends, lovers and relatives that Assayas ruefully plays off and comments on. So the confident, refreshingly direct young high school girl (Mia Hansen-Love) that Adrien is secretly involved with is placed in counterpoint with the bruising experiences of the traumatized, emotionally scarred older woman left behind (played by Arsinee Khanjian, the wife of Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan). This is a film more about questions than answers, a work that remains closed to easy interpretations, although it's bracingly attuned to nuance and observation.
All of its characters are concerned with the loss of stability and the urge for reinvention. In the last act, the death of one of the principals mediates a deeper examination of recovery and possibility, the consequences of loving unconditionally and the awakening of true feeling. The beauty is that Assayas achieves this through a concentrated and sophisticated visual design, eschewing sustained dramatic sequences in favor of shots, or fragments, of lives caught nakedly, vulnerable and open.
"Late August, Early September" is an explicitly sensual and deeply sensory film, alert to action and movement, consciousness and desire. Assayas has an astonishing facility for illustrating the emotional fluctuations of motion and feeling. Working with his excellent cinematographer Denis Lenoir, Assayas constantly frames his characters in stride, their arms, hands, faces, bodies moving in flow with their physical environment. Perspective and point of view remain constantly in flux, so shots begin inside cars, the interior of a train or other restricted spaces. Shot in Super 16mm, the film is visually somber, unfolding in a Paris drained of vibrancy or primary colors (with some striking exceptions, such as the red sweater Ledoyen appears in late in the film).
The acting is uniformly sensational, bracketing the camerawork that is so incisive and free in capturing inflection and the subtleties of expression. Almaric, who played the confused academic of Arnaud Desplechin's "My Sex Life ...", superbly embodies Gabriel's suspension between responsibility and selfishness. Playing in effect a variation of Christine, her breakthrough part in Assayas' 1994 "Cold Water", the incredible Ledoyen projects a feral sexual intensity that she credibly balances with self-loathing and risk-taking. Balibar and Cluzet are equally fine, low-key and taciturn, like the balance of the film, masters at withholding and concealment. Ali Sarka Toure's plaintive, spare guitar work is a suitably trenchant aural corollary to the film's formal elegance.
LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER
Zeitgeist Films
A Polygram Film Distribution release
A Dacia Films/Cinea production
Credits: Director-screenwriter: Olivier Assayas; Producers: Georges Benayoun, Philippe Carcassonne; Executive producer: Francoise Guglielmi; Director of photography: Denis Lenoir; Production designer: Francois Renaud Labarthe; Editor: Luc Barnier; Costume designer: Francoise Clavel; Music: Ali Sarka Toure; Casting: Antoinette Boulat. Cast: Gabriel: Mathieu Almaric; Anne: Virginie Ledoyen; Jenny: Jeanne Balibar; Adrien: Francois Cluzet; Jeremie: Alex Descas; Vera: Mia Hansen-Love; Lucie: Arsinee Khanjian; Maryelle: Nathalie Richard. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time --112 minutes.
- 8/31/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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