IFFKThe audience poll was won by the Malayalam film 'Jallikattu', which also got special mention in Competition section. Tnm Staff Asserting that dissenting voices would not be silenced, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan gave away the awards to winners at the 24th International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk), on December 13, the concluding day. Without mentioning the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, he said that India would not remain silent before anti-democratic forces. The winner of this year's Suvarna Chakoram -- the biggest award at the fest -- went to the Japanese film They Say Nothing Stays The Same. The film tells the story of Toichi (Akira Emoto), an old boatman who has ferried people across the river for decades. One day he fishes out a girl from the river, and slowly a bond develops between them. The second biggest award, Rajatha Chakoram for Best Director, went to Allan Deberton,...
- 12/14/2019
- by Haritha
- The News Minute
Brazilian films are frequently hard to pigeonhole, and Allan Deberton’s wildly veering Pacarrete is a case in point. The first half is such a broad comedy that it will turn off many festival audiences, until quite suddenly the tone turns somber and meaningful for another half hour. The ending is unclassifiable, a vindication of difference as beauty that leaves a sense of wonder — and wondering what this film is all about.
Deberton’s short films have received awards and his first feature, for all its oddity, could follow suit. It bowed in Shanghai's competition.
Playing the title role ...
Deberton’s short films have received awards and his first feature, for all its oddity, could follow suit. It bowed in Shanghai's competition.
Playing the title role ...
- 6/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brazilian films are frequently hard to pigeonhole, and Allan Deberton’s wildly veering Pacarrete is a case in point. The first half is such a broad comedy that it will turn off many festival audiences, until quite suddenly the tone turns somber and meaningful for another half hour. The ending is unclassifiable, a vindication of difference as beauty that leaves a sense of wonder — and wondering what this film is all about.
Deberton’s short films have received awards and his first feature, for all its oddity, could follow suit. It bowed in Shanghai's competition.
Playing the title role ...
Deberton’s short films have received awards and his first feature, for all its oddity, could follow suit. It bowed in Shanghai's competition.
Playing the title role ...
- 6/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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