The 2024 Cannes Film Festival was officially closed yesterday, on May 25, 2024, as the prizes for the movies and the actors were awarded at the closing ceremony. It was a very exciting and content-filled event, and we have also reported on numerous movies that had their premiere at Cannes, some of which were received well, while others… not so much. But, naturally, everyone wants to know who won and who lost at Cannes, and that is what we are going to report about in this article.
The article will be divided into two main sections. The first one will list all the juries at Cannes, since they are the ones who chose the winners at the film festival, so we think that it is only fair that you know who picked the winners. After that, we are going to list all the winners in each of the categories.
As we have said,...
The article will be divided into two main sections. The first one will list all the juries at Cannes, since they are the ones who chose the winners at the film festival, so we think that it is only fair that you know who picked the winners. After that, we are going to list all the winners in each of the categories.
As we have said,...
- 5/26/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Zum zweiten Mal in Folge geht das L’Oeil d’or, das Goldene Auge, die höchste Auszeichnung für Dokumentarfilme beim Festival de Cannes, an zwei Filme.
„Ernest Cole: Lost and Found” (Credit: Ernest Cole)
Das L’Oeil d’or, das Goldene Auge, das beim Festival de Cannes an den besten Dokumentarfilm verliehen wird, geht dieses Jahr (wie bereits 2023) ex aequo an zwei Filme. Die Jury um Nicolas Philibert, Dyana Gaye, Elise Jalladeau, Francis Legault und Mina Kavani wählte „Ernest Cole: Lost and Found“ des oscarnominierten Regisseurs Raoul Peck und „Rafaat einy ll sama“ („The Brink of Dreams“) von Ayman El Amir und Nada Riyadh aus.
In Pecks Film geht es um den gleichnamigen südafrikanischen Fotografen, der das Leben der unterdrückten schwarzen Bevölkerung seines Landes während der Apartheid dokumentierte. Der Schauspieler Lakeith Stanfield spricht in dem Film Texte des verstorbenen Künstlers. „Ernest Cole: Lost and Found“ wurde in der Sektion Special Screenings in Cannes uraufgeführt.
„Ernest Cole: Lost and Found” (Credit: Ernest Cole)
Das L’Oeil d’or, das Goldene Auge, das beim Festival de Cannes an den besten Dokumentarfilm verliehen wird, geht dieses Jahr (wie bereits 2023) ex aequo an zwei Filme. Die Jury um Nicolas Philibert, Dyana Gaye, Elise Jalladeau, Francis Legault und Mina Kavani wählte „Ernest Cole: Lost and Found“ des oscarnominierten Regisseurs Raoul Peck und „Rafaat einy ll sama“ („The Brink of Dreams“) von Ayman El Amir und Nada Riyadh aus.
In Pecks Film geht es um den gleichnamigen südafrikanischen Fotografen, der das Leben der unterdrückten schwarzen Bevölkerung seines Landes während der Apartheid dokumentierte. Der Schauspieler Lakeith Stanfield spricht in dem Film Texte des verstorbenen Künstlers. „Ernest Cole: Lost and Found“ wurde in der Sektion Special Screenings in Cannes uraufgeführt.
- 5/25/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
For the second year in a row, the L’Oeil d’or prize – the top award for documentary at the Cannes Film Festival – is being shared by two films.
The award announced on the Croisette today went to Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck, and The Brink of Dreams, directed by Ayman El Amir and Nada Riyadh.
Peck’s film centers on the titular South African photographer who documented life under apartheid for his country’s oppressed Black population. Actor Lakeith Stanfield voices writings from the late artist in the film. Ernest Cole: Lost and Found premiered in the Special Screenings section of Cannes.
Director Raoul Peck at the Deadline Studio during the 77th Cannes Film Festival presented by Neom on May 22, 2024.
The L’Oeil d’or jury – comprised of president Nicolas Philibert, as well as Dyana Gaye, Elise Jalladeau, Francis Legault and Mina Kavani – wrote,...
The award announced on the Croisette today went to Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck, and The Brink of Dreams, directed by Ayman El Amir and Nada Riyadh.
Peck’s film centers on the titular South African photographer who documented life under apartheid for his country’s oppressed Black population. Actor Lakeith Stanfield voices writings from the late artist in the film. Ernest Cole: Lost and Found premiered in the Special Screenings section of Cannes.
Director Raoul Peck at the Deadline Studio during the 77th Cannes Film Festival presented by Neom on May 22, 2024.
The L’Oeil d’or jury – comprised of president Nicolas Philibert, as well as Dyana Gaye, Elise Jalladeau, Francis Legault and Mina Kavani – wrote,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Raoul Peck’s Ernest Cole: Lost And Found and Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir’s The Brink Of Dreams have jointly won Cannes’ documentary award, the L’Œil d’or.
Ernest Cole: Lost And Found played in official selection as a Special Screening, while The Brink Of Dreams played in Critics’ Week.
Ernest Cole: Lost And Found is the latest film from Peck, whose body of work includes the Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title Lumumba. The documentary is an account of the life of Ernest Cole, one of the first Black photo...
Ernest Cole: Lost And Found played in official selection as a Special Screening, while The Brink Of Dreams played in Critics’ Week.
Ernest Cole: Lost And Found is the latest film from Peck, whose body of work includes the Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title Lumumba. The documentary is an account of the life of Ernest Cole, one of the first Black photo...
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Iranian filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi’s “My Stolen Planet,” an intimate family portrait of life during Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival on Sunday, bringing a close to an emotional and politically charged week in Greece’s second city.
Using both the director’s personal archives and 8mm recordings of strangers’ lives, the film — which world premiered in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama strand — uses an essayistic style to present the joy and vitality of life in Tehran in the 1970s, in contrast with the oppression imposed on the Iranian people by the country’s hardline regime.
The jury praised “My Stolen Planet” as “a well-crafted and moving first-person essay that brilliantly confirms that every political reality has a sub-reality and that resistance comes in many forms, not least among them in the private realm.”
In a pre-recorded video, Sharifi heralded the award...
Using both the director’s personal archives and 8mm recordings of strangers’ lives, the film — which world premiered in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama strand — uses an essayistic style to present the joy and vitality of life in Tehran in the 1970s, in contrast with the oppression imposed on the Iranian people by the country’s hardline regime.
The jury praised “My Stolen Planet” as “a well-crafted and moving first-person essay that brilliantly confirms that every political reality has a sub-reality and that resistance comes in many forms, not least among them in the private realm.”
In a pre-recorded video, Sharifi heralded the award...
- 3/17/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Palestinian director Hana Elias’ “If These Stones Could Talk,” which follows a Palestinian man’s return to his homeland to restore his family’s ancestral garden, and Argentine filmmaker María Silvia Esteve’s “Mailin,” about a woman’s painful struggle to overcome her childhood trauma, took the top prizes at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s industry award ceremony Wednesday night.
During an emotionally charged conclusion to the festival’s Agora strand, in which several filmmakers voiced their strident support for Palestine and called for a ceasefire to the more than five-month-old Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a tearful Elias took the stage alongside producer Asmahan Bkerat to receive the top prize in the Agora’s pitching forum, a €10,000 cash prize from the International Emerging Film Talents Assn. (Iefta).
“This film’s been happening for a long time, and there’s no hope right now. But we’re so grateful for this award,...
During an emotionally charged conclusion to the festival’s Agora strand, in which several filmmakers voiced their strident support for Palestine and called for a ceasefire to the more than five-month-old Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a tearful Elias took the stage alongside producer Asmahan Bkerat to receive the top prize in the Agora’s pitching forum, a €10,000 cash prize from the International Emerging Film Talents Assn. (Iefta).
“This film’s been happening for a long time, and there’s no hope right now. But we’re so grateful for this award,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Taking place just weeks after the historic passage of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Greece, the 26th edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival — which runs March 7 – 17 — pays tribute to that watershed moment in the long-running fight for equal rights for the country’s LGBTQ community, while also issuing a rallying cry for diversity, inclusion and empowerment across the globe.
“Our festival aspires to map out a detailed and thorough overview of our world’s complexity, welcoming films from the four corners of the world, which outline the radical changes, the challenges and the problems of our times,” says festival general director Elise Jalladeau. The program spotlights “the urgent call for diversity, stories of women’s empowerment [and] the visibility not only of the Lgbtqi+ community, but of all marginalized and oppressed groups of people who have suffered discrimination due to their identity,” she adds.
Following on the historic victory for...
“Our festival aspires to map out a detailed and thorough overview of our world’s complexity, welcoming films from the four corners of the world, which outline the radical changes, the challenges and the problems of our times,” says festival general director Elise Jalladeau. The program spotlights “the urgent call for diversity, stories of women’s empowerment [and] the visibility not only of the Lgbtqi+ community, but of all marginalized and oppressed groups of people who have suffered discrimination due to their identity,” she adds.
Following on the historic victory for...
- 3/7/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
When the Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival kicks off its 64th edition on Nov. 2, the organizers will unveil a host of changes while renewing their commitment to serving audiences at one of Europe’s longest-running film events — all at a time of almost unprecedented uncertainty over the future of cinema and even the very purpose of festivals themselves.
With a sister documentary festival held each March and a year-round program of workshops, screenings, special events and other education and outreach initiatives, Thessaloniki has established itself as a hub to “exchange ideas, train, reflect and celebrate cinema with the public,” says festival general director Elise Jalladeau.
It’s also uniquely positioned to adapt to a rapidly changing industry.
“We operate in an ecosystem that has changed radically over the past five years and the pace is accelerating,” says Jalladeau, calling the challenges ahead “immense, but also very motivating.” Still, Thessaloniki remains committed...
With a sister documentary festival held each March and a year-round program of workshops, screenings, special events and other education and outreach initiatives, Thessaloniki has established itself as a hub to “exchange ideas, train, reflect and celebrate cinema with the public,” says festival general director Elise Jalladeau.
It’s also uniquely positioned to adapt to a rapidly changing industry.
“We operate in an ecosystem that has changed radically over the past five years and the pace is accelerating,” says Jalladeau, calling the challenges ahead “immense, but also very motivating.” Still, Thessaloniki remains committed...
- 11/2/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Doc previously had world premiere at Berlinale.
Under The Sky Of Damascus by Talal Derki, Heba Khaled and Ali Wajeeh won the Golden Alexander prize in the international competition of the 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which closed on March 12.
The Denmark-Germany-us-Syrian co-production centres on a group of young Syrian women producing a play that lays bare the culture of misogyny and sexual abuse that has blighted their lives. The documentary had its world premiere in the Panorama section of this year Berlinale.
The Golden Alexander comes with a €12,000 and secures the place in the pre-selection shortlist for the Best Documentary Academy Award.
Under The Sky Of Damascus by Talal Derki, Heba Khaled and Ali Wajeeh won the Golden Alexander prize in the international competition of the 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which closed on March 12.
The Denmark-Germany-us-Syrian co-production centres on a group of young Syrian women producing a play that lays bare the culture of misogyny and sexual abuse that has blighted their lives. The documentary had its world premiere in the Panorama section of this year Berlinale.
The Golden Alexander comes with a €12,000 and secures the place in the pre-selection shortlist for the Best Documentary Academy Award.
- 3/13/2023
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
The Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival wrapped its 25th edition with a muted closing night on Sunday, with festival organizers scrapping an official award ceremony as Greece continues to mourn the loss of 57 lives in a deadly rail accident on Feb. 28.
The awards for this year’s festival — including the Golden Alexander, which went to Heba Khaled, Talal Derki and Ali Wajeeh’s “Under the Sky of Damascus” — were handed out behind closed doors earlier in the day.
Artistic director Orestis Andreadakis told Variety prior to the festival’s conclusion, “As a sign of respect, the festival canceled from the very start all ceremonies and festive events. In the same spirit, it was decided to call off the closing ceremony.”
Many of the awarded filmmakers were nevertheless on hand at Thessaloniki’s Olympion cinema on Sunday night, for the world premiere of “My Pet and Me,” by Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan Kramer.
The awards for this year’s festival — including the Golden Alexander, which went to Heba Khaled, Talal Derki and Ali Wajeeh’s “Under the Sky of Damascus” — were handed out behind closed doors earlier in the day.
Artistic director Orestis Andreadakis told Variety prior to the festival’s conclusion, “As a sign of respect, the festival canceled from the very start all ceremonies and festive events. In the same spirit, it was decided to call off the closing ceremony.”
Many of the awarded filmmakers were nevertheless on hand at Thessaloniki’s Olympion cinema on Sunday night, for the world premiere of “My Pet and Me,” by Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan Kramer.
- 3/13/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Fests to share knowledge on issues such as programming and sponsorship.
Seven European film festivals have joined forces to launch an alliance called ’Smart7’ to share advice and knowledge on issues such as programming, audience development through to sponsorship and fundraising.
The network is composed of New Horizons Iff (Poland), IndieLisboa Iff (Portugal), Thessaloniki Iff (Greece), Transilvania Iff (Romania), Filmadrid Iff (Spain), Reykjavik Iff (Iceland) and Vilnius Iff (Lithuania). Smart7 has been supported by the EU’s Creative Europe Media Programme and European Festivals Networks.
Thessaloniki’s general director Elise Jalladeau explained the main goal of the alliance is to share knowledge and experiences,...
Seven European film festivals have joined forces to launch an alliance called ’Smart7’ to share advice and knowledge on issues such as programming, audience development through to sponsorship and fundraising.
The network is composed of New Horizons Iff (Poland), IndieLisboa Iff (Portugal), Thessaloniki Iff (Greece), Transilvania Iff (Romania), Filmadrid Iff (Spain), Reykjavik Iff (Iceland) and Vilnius Iff (Lithuania). Smart7 has been supported by the EU’s Creative Europe Media Programme and European Festivals Networks.
Thessaloniki’s general director Elise Jalladeau explained the main goal of the alliance is to share knowledge and experiences,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The 33rd Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff) drew to a close on Sunday night after 11 days of film screenings and off-screen programmes that celebrated and showcased the best of independent cinema from across the region. More than 100 film titles from 55 countries were screened across 6 theatres, including a special Double-Bill Fundraiser with a screening of Singapore Panorama feature film ‘Baby Queen’ followed by a live performance by protagonist Opera Tang and her fellow Queens.
“This year marked the full return of the Singapore International Film Festival and it was my privilege to be a part of an event that brought the film community together,” says Emily J. Hoe, Executive Director, Sgiff. “The need to showcase the diversity and richness of Asian storytelling to the world remains essential, and this year’s success would not have been possible without the dedication and tireless commitment of our wonderful team and volunteers as well...
“This year marked the full return of the Singapore International Film Festival and it was my privilege to be a part of an event that brought the film community together,” says Emily J. Hoe, Executive Director, Sgiff. “The need to showcase the diversity and richness of Asian storytelling to the world remains essential, and this year’s success would not have been possible without the dedication and tireless commitment of our wonderful team and volunteers as well...
- 12/6/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Russia’s ‘How To Save A Dead Friend’ wins audience award.
Indonesian drama Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak has won the best Asian film prize at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards while Russian director Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s documentary How To Save A Dead Friend picked up the audience award.
Autobiography premiered in Venice’s Horizons strand in September, where it scooped a Fipresci prize, and has since won further silverware at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Golden Horse Film Festival and Marrakech among others. The debut feature of film critic-turned-director Mubarak is about a young man who...
Indonesian drama Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak has won the best Asian film prize at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards while Russian director Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s documentary How To Save A Dead Friend picked up the audience award.
Autobiography premiered in Venice’s Horizons strand in September, where it scooped a Fipresci prize, and has since won further silverware at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Golden Horse Film Festival and Marrakech among others. The debut feature of film critic-turned-director Mubarak is about a young man who...
- 12/5/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The film will make its Southeast Asian debut with a one-night-only showing and live drag performances by protagonist Opera Tang and fellow Queens
Tickets are going fast for the 33rd edition of the Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff), which runs from November 24 to December 4, 2022. Just added to the line-up is Baby Queen (rated R21) by Singaporean filmmaker Lei Yuan Bin, who is known for 03-flats (2014), which competed in Busan, and I Dream of Singapore (2019), which premiered at the Berlinale. Baby Queen is his fifth feature and premiered recently at the Busan International Film Festival 2022.
About Baby Queen: With her striking Teochew opera-inspired makeup, Opera Tang has been making waves on the local drag scene since her debut in 2020. Through intimate vignettes of Opera’s personal life, the film chronicles her queer journey: from coming-out as a fledgling drag queen, falling in love, competing in drag pageants, to dressing up...
Tickets are going fast for the 33rd edition of the Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff), which runs from November 24 to December 4, 2022. Just added to the line-up is Baby Queen (rated R21) by Singaporean filmmaker Lei Yuan Bin, who is known for 03-flats (2014), which competed in Busan, and I Dream of Singapore (2019), which premiered at the Berlinale. Baby Queen is his fifth feature and premiered recently at the Busan International Film Festival 2022.
About Baby Queen: With her striking Teochew opera-inspired makeup, Opera Tang has been making waves on the local drag scene since her debut in 2020. Through intimate vignettes of Opera’s personal life, the film chronicles her queer journey: from coming-out as a fledgling drag queen, falling in love, competing in drag pageants, to dressing up...
- 11/16/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Though the devastating wildfires that swept across Greece’s second-largest island last summer were the impetus for the Evia Film Project, an environmentally focused event organized by the Thessaloniki Film Festival, it’s with the future squarely in mind that festival leadership launched the inaugural edition, which ran June 15 – 19.
To that end, a series of workshops throughout the five-day event were designed to educate children of all ages about both cinema and our relationship to the environment. “Through the medium of cinema, we are going to try to sensitize the kids to environmental issues,” said Elise Jalladeau, general director of the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Among the sessions held last week was a workshop hosted by Rancheros, an animal-rescue farm in the village of Agia Anna that rescued hundreds of animals during last year’s wildfires. Young participants visiting the farm collaborated to shoot a short documentary film about the rescue work being done there.
To that end, a series of workshops throughout the five-day event were designed to educate children of all ages about both cinema and our relationship to the environment. “Through the medium of cinema, we are going to try to sensitize the kids to environmental issues,” said Elise Jalladeau, general director of the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Among the sessions held last week was a workshop hosted by Rancheros, an animal-rescue farm in the village of Agia Anna that rescued hundreds of animals during last year’s wildfires. Young participants visiting the farm collaborated to shoot a short documentary film about the rescue work being done there.
- 6/20/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Jordanian director Rama Ayasra’s “Harvest Moon,” a documentary that tells the story of two activists on a mission to bring back the cultivation of wheat and its lost heritage to its original homeland of Jordan, took the top prize in the Pitching Forum of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s Agora Docs industry program, which wrapped March 16.
The award ceremony Wednesday night brought a close to a successful session that saw more than 300 industry professionals taking part both physically and online. “I think it’s the best proof that the industry is ready to be back in business – if it ever stopped,” said the festival’s general director, Elise Jalladeau.
In its selection of “Harvest Moon” (pictured), which is produced by Mariam Salim (New Productions) and co-produced by Asmahan Bkerat, the jury offered its hope that the award “can help the seeds of an idea grow into a beautiful and important documentary.
The award ceremony Wednesday night brought a close to a successful session that saw more than 300 industry professionals taking part both physically and online. “I think it’s the best proof that the industry is ready to be back in business – if it ever stopped,” said the festival’s general director, Elise Jalladeau.
In its selection of “Harvest Moon” (pictured), which is produced by Mariam Salim (New Productions) and co-produced by Asmahan Bkerat, the jury offered its hope that the award “can help the seeds of an idea grow into a beautiful and important documentary.
- 3/17/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The challenge is how best to support local filmmakers and appeal to the wider international industry.
Four festival directors from Transilvania, IndieLisboa, Thessaloniki and New Horizons came together for the latest edition of ScreenDaily Talks - held in partnership this time with Transilvania Iff (TIFF) – to discuss how their festivals contribute to boosting their respective local (and regional) film industries and forging those all-important connections with the wider international film community.
Watch the session above.
“TIFF started as a strictly audience festival when it was launched in 2002,” recalled TIFF artistic director Mihai Chirilov. “That was our main priority because we...
Four festival directors from Transilvania, IndieLisboa, Thessaloniki and New Horizons came together for the latest edition of ScreenDaily Talks - held in partnership this time with Transilvania Iff (TIFF) – to discuss how their festivals contribute to boosting their respective local (and regional) film industries and forging those all-important connections with the wider international film community.
Watch the session above.
“TIFF started as a strictly audience festival when it was launched in 2002,” recalled TIFF artistic director Mihai Chirilov. “That was our main priority because we...
- 7/27/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Festival directors from Romania, Poland, Portugal and Greece will talk about the role they play for the local and international industries.
The next episode in our ScreenDaily Talks webinar series will take place July 26 at 15:00 BST / 16:00 Cest and will explore how regional film festivals boost the independent industry.
Click here to register
The panel is in partnership with Transilvania International Film Festival.
They may not attract the star wattage of the A-list festivals but Europe’s big regional festivals are essential events for the film sector ecosystems in their cities and regions.
We talk to festival directors from Romania,...
The next episode in our ScreenDaily Talks webinar series will take place July 26 at 15:00 BST / 16:00 Cest and will explore how regional film festivals boost the independent industry.
Click here to register
The panel is in partnership with Transilvania International Film Festival.
They may not attract the star wattage of the A-list festivals but Europe’s big regional festivals are essential events for the film sector ecosystems in their cities and regions.
We talk to festival directors from Romania,...
- 7/19/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The awards celebrate outstanding achievements throughout the arthouse network.
European exhibitor network Europa Cinemas has honoured three winners at its annual awards, including Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) general director Elise Jalladeau.
The awards celebrate outstanding achievements throughout the network of European arthouse theatres, which comprises 1,216 cinemas in 738 cities and 43 countries.
Jalladeau was honoured with the best programming award for her work at the Olympion and Warehouse 1 cinemas in Thessaloniki, Greece.
The iconic six-floor Olympion building and Warehouse 1, located in the city’s port, host TIFF every November. However, the festival was forced online this year as a result...
European exhibitor network Europa Cinemas has honoured three winners at its annual awards, including Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) general director Elise Jalladeau.
The awards celebrate outstanding achievements throughout the network of European arthouse theatres, which comprises 1,216 cinemas in 738 cities and 43 countries.
Jalladeau was honoured with the best programming award for her work at the Olympion and Warehouse 1 cinemas in Thessaloniki, Greece.
The iconic six-floor Olympion building and Warehouse 1, located in the city’s port, host TIFF every November. However, the festival was forced online this year as a result...
- 12/7/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The decision was reached earlier today after festival heads met with municipal and health authorities as well as the culture ministry.
The 2020 edition of the Thessaloniki international Film Festival (November 5-15) is moving fully online after previously being set to run as a hybrid event.
Screen has learned that the decision was reached earlier today (Oct 28) after festival heads met with municipal and health authorities as well as the culture ministry.
The festival was set to screen international competition titles and a number of other events at seven venues in the city. However, the recent rise in Covid cases in...
The 2020 edition of the Thessaloniki international Film Festival (November 5-15) is moving fully online after previously being set to run as a hybrid event.
Screen has learned that the decision was reached earlier today (Oct 28) after festival heads met with municipal and health authorities as well as the culture ministry.
The festival was set to screen international competition titles and a number of other events at seven venues in the city. However, the recent rise in Covid cases in...
- 10/28/2020
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
We present an overview of this year’s Work in Progress winners at Sarajevo, from a selection which included seven fiction and two documentary features from Southeast Europe and the Mena region. The CineLink Work in Progress section of the Sarajevo Film Festival is dedicated to presenting a wide selection of films currently entering their post-production phase and set to be released in the next few months. This year, the section invited nine feature-length films — seven fictions and two documentaries — hailing from South-Eastern Europe and the Mena region. Ulbolsyn, Vera Dreams of the Sea, and Moon, 66 Questions shared the awards, worth €95,000, as the overall winners of the section (read the news). The movies were screened online during the CineLink Industry Days. We offer here a detailed presentation of the winning projects, as chosen by the international jury comprising Elise Jalladeau (Thessaloniki International Film Festival), Petra Kader-Göbel (The...
Nine projects in post-production will be presented in the Work In Progress section, while nine more projects in development are featured within the Co-Production Market. Nine projects hailing from South East Europe and the Mena region have been selected for the CineLink Work In Progress, one of the main sections of the Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Industry Days, which this year will be held entirely online from 15-20 August. The new feature-length films — 7 fiction features and 2 documentaries — will be presented to a selected audience of film industry professionals, while the jury comprising Vanja Kaludjercic (International Film Festival Rotterdam), Tobias Pausinger (The Match Factory), Elise Jalladeau (Thessaloniki International Film Festival), Petra Gober (The Post Republic), and Esra Demir Kiran (Turkish National Radio Television), will hand out the three awards that the participants are competing for. Among the selected projects are the upcoming film Ulbolsyn by Kazakh filmmaker...
The selection will be screened to industry representatives online.
Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Industry Days has chosen nine feature projects from Southeast Europe and the Middle East/North Africa region for its work-in-progress strand.
The seven fiction and two documentary projects will be presented online to industry professionals, with the aim of assisting completion and enhancing distribution possibilities.
The projects will compete for three awards: the Post Republic award, the CineLink Iridium award, and the Turkish National Radio Television award.
The five-person jury selecting the winners consists of Vanja Kaludjercic, new festival director at International Film Festival Rotterdam; Tobias Pausinger,...
Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Industry Days has chosen nine feature projects from Southeast Europe and the Middle East/North Africa region for its work-in-progress strand.
The seven fiction and two documentary projects will be presented online to industry professionals, with the aim of assisting completion and enhancing distribution possibilities.
The projects will compete for three awards: the Post Republic award, the CineLink Iridium award, and the Turkish National Radio Television award.
The five-person jury selecting the winners consists of Vanja Kaludjercic, new festival director at International Film Festival Rotterdam; Tobias Pausinger,...
- 8/7/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Cannes 2020: During the “Covid-19 Festival Premieres: Streaming and Masking?” panel, Daniela Elstner and Elise Jalladeau argued that culture is like daily bread – we all need it. Plagued by continuous technical difficulties, the Cannes Marché du Film panel “Covid-19 Festival Premieres: Streaming and Masking?” still started rather optimistically. “The good thing about the crisis is that every day, you have to deal with something new. Now, our moderator is having trouble joining in,” joked Daniela Elstner, director general of Unifrance, as Maria-Silvia Gatta, of the European Commission, was nowhere to be seen. “We are going to be the first webinar to introduce the moderator!” added Elise Jalladeau, of the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Here’s to the trailblazers. Describing the ways in which their respective events reacted to the crisis, they also shared their thoughts on how to make things better: “By keeping in touch and through solidarity,” underlined Elstner. Unifrance,...
Jerusalem, Sarajevo and Tallin Black Nights have all agreed to adopt the rules.
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival has teamed with the likes of Jerusalem, Sarajevo and Tallin Black Nights on common rules to be adopted for the online versions of festivals.
The full list of the 18 signatory events is below.
Titled a ’Plea for a festival pact to support and protect the audiovisual ecosystem in a digital environment’, its two key recommendations are:
Festivals should agree to geoblock the online screenings of national and international premieres; Loosen, as much as possible, rules on international premieres for films that have...
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival has teamed with the likes of Jerusalem, Sarajevo and Tallin Black Nights on common rules to be adopted for the online versions of festivals.
The full list of the 18 signatory events is below.
Titled a ’Plea for a festival pact to support and protect the audiovisual ecosystem in a digital environment’, its two key recommendations are:
Festivals should agree to geoblock the online screenings of national and international premieres; Loosen, as much as possible, rules on international premieres for films that have...
- 6/25/2020
- by 307¦Alexis Grivas¦39¦
- ScreenDaily
There was a time not long ago when any talk of Greek cinema quickly turned to a movement loosely characterized as the Greek Weird Wave, known for a certain deadpan aesthetic that was popularized with the breakout success of Yorgos Lanthimos (“Dogtooth”) and Athina Rachel Tsangari (“Attenberg”).
That has changed, if the label ever truly fit to begin with. “I don’t believe that there is a specific Greek wave,” says Christos Nikou, whose debut feature, “Apples,” about a lonely man who becomes a victim of an unexplained surge of amnesia in his city, is being sold by Alpha Violet during the Cannes virtual market.
“My intention was to make a movie more close to the cinema I love as a viewer,” he continues. “Movies that create their own worlds and have conceptual ideas and at the same time have an unusual and complete story to narrate.”
It’s an artistic vision that,...
That has changed, if the label ever truly fit to begin with. “I don’t believe that there is a specific Greek wave,” says Christos Nikou, whose debut feature, “Apples,” about a lonely man who becomes a victim of an unexplained surge of amnesia in his city, is being sold by Alpha Violet during the Cannes virtual market.
“My intention was to make a movie more close to the cinema I love as a viewer,” he continues. “Movies that create their own worlds and have conceptual ideas and at the same time have an unusual and complete story to narrate.”
It’s an artistic vision that,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Arthouse Film Foundation (Aff), India is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the discovery and development of independent films, artists and audiences. It supports research, practice and education in the field of filmmaking as a tool to practice arts and culture across Indian sub-continent, a.k.a South Asia. The Foundation seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film, media, and audiovisual artists from India and South Asia, and to introduce audiences to their new work. As a facilitator, catalyst and provocateur in the field, Aff strives to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships.
Keeping up with our long term moto to discover and support young independent filmmakers, Arthouse Film Foundation had started organising Arthouse Asia Film Festival, since 2016. The festival is dedicated to high quality international standard films, where every year 10 fiction feature films...
Keeping up with our long term moto to discover and support young independent filmmakers, Arthouse Film Foundation had started organising Arthouse Asia Film Festival, since 2016. The festival is dedicated to high quality international standard films, where every year 10 fiction feature films...
- 9/23/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Cannes–Five projects by Greek filmmakers were presented Monday at Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes, the Cannes Film Market’s pix-in-post industry showcase backed by the Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival. The Greek Film Center also supports this initiative.
The third edition shined a spotlight on dynamic new fiction features whose producers are currently in Cannes looking for festival premieres, sales agents and distribution. Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival general director Elise Jalladeau said the presentation built on the success of the first two editions, which launched a number of recent Greek films onto the international festival circuit.
“We continue because it works,” said Jalladeau, pointing to the strong industry turnout Monday afternoon. “It’s very good to promote the films.”
Greek cinema has enjoyed a high profile in recent years, thanks in part to the success of filmmakers like Yorgos Lanthimos, who helped launch the movement known as the Greek Weird Wave.
The third edition shined a spotlight on dynamic new fiction features whose producers are currently in Cannes looking for festival premieres, sales agents and distribution. Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival general director Elise Jalladeau said the presentation built on the success of the first two editions, which launched a number of recent Greek films onto the international festival circuit.
“We continue because it works,” said Jalladeau, pointing to the strong industry turnout Monday afternoon. “It’s very good to promote the films.”
Greek cinema has enjoyed a high profile in recent years, thanks in part to the success of filmmakers like Yorgos Lanthimos, who helped launch the movement known as the Greek Weird Wave.
- 5/21/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival market is hungry for more works-in-progress seeking distribution. This year’s “Goes to Cannes” program at the Marché du Film will welcome unfinished films from festivals around the world, with each festival having the opportunity to send five projects that are still in post-production. Now in its fifth year, the “Goes to Cannes” lab more has more than doubled the amount of participating festivals, from just five in 2016 to 11 this year.
Read More: What Movies Are Critics Most Excited to See at Cannes 2017? — Critics Survey
At the Marché, the filmmaking teams behind the works-in-progress will introduce their projects to sales agents, distributors and festival programmers and show clips during a two-hour market screening session open to all Marché du Film badge holders. Below is the full list of participating film festivals for the 2017 edition:
Annecy International Animation Festival
Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf)
Los...
Read More: What Movies Are Critics Most Excited to See at Cannes 2017? — Critics Survey
At the Marché, the filmmaking teams behind the works-in-progress will introduce their projects to sales agents, distributors and festival programmers and show clips during a two-hour market screening session open to all Marché du Film badge holders. Below is the full list of participating film festivals for the 2017 edition:
Annecy International Animation Festival
Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf)
Los...
- 4/27/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Hungarian action-comedy Kills On Wheels and Icelandic-Danish coming of age story Heartstone take top prizes at Greek festival.Scroll down for full list of winners
Hungarian director Attila Till’s Kills On Wheels (Tiszta Szivvel) has been named best film at the 57th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 3-13) winning the “Theo Angelopoulos” Golden Alexander award.
The film beat out 16 first and second films screened in this year’s competition section.
Kills On Wheels’ three leading young actors, Zoltan Fenyvesi, SzaboIcs Thuroczy and Adam Fekete were jointly awarded the Best actor trophy.
The film, arriving from the Chicago film festival where it won the Roger Ebert award, deals with three wheelchair-using young adults who decide to offer their services to the mafia in an effort to overcome their daily routines. World sales are handled by the Hungarian Film Fund.
Icelandic-Danish co-production Heartstone (Hjartasteinn) by Icelandic director Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, was awarded the Special Jury Prize, Silver Alexander...
Hungarian director Attila Till’s Kills On Wheels (Tiszta Szivvel) has been named best film at the 57th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 3-13) winning the “Theo Angelopoulos” Golden Alexander award.
The film beat out 16 first and second films screened in this year’s competition section.
Kills On Wheels’ three leading young actors, Zoltan Fenyvesi, SzaboIcs Thuroczy and Adam Fekete were jointly awarded the Best actor trophy.
The film, arriving from the Chicago film festival where it won the Roger Ebert award, deals with three wheelchair-using young adults who decide to offer their services to the mafia in an effort to overcome their daily routines. World sales are handled by the Hungarian Film Fund.
Icelandic-Danish co-production Heartstone (Hjartasteinn) by Icelandic director Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, was awarded the Special Jury Prize, Silver Alexander...
- 11/14/2016
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Andreadakis joins from the Athens International Film Festival, which he co-founded.
Film critic and festival organizer Orestis Andreadakis has been named artistic director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Tiff) in replacement of Dimitris Eipides who resigned earlier this year, after a long and successful career at the helm of the event.
The announcement was made by recently appointed Tiff general director Elise Jalladeau and the board of directors headed by Dop George Arvanitis.
French educated Andreadakis arrives to the post strong from his experience at the helm of the Athens International Film Festival, an event he co-founded 21 years ago, his tenure as director of the cinema monthly Cinema and as conductor of cinema related programmes at the Mega TV network.
Dividing his time between the Athens and Thessaloniki headquarters of the festival, Andreadakis faces the challenge of adapting to an organization much different in scope, size and international status from the Athens event he leaves behind...
Film critic and festival organizer Orestis Andreadakis has been named artistic director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Tiff) in replacement of Dimitris Eipides who resigned earlier this year, after a long and successful career at the helm of the event.
The announcement was made by recently appointed Tiff general director Elise Jalladeau and the board of directors headed by Dop George Arvanitis.
French educated Andreadakis arrives to the post strong from his experience at the helm of the Athens International Film Festival, an event he co-founded 21 years ago, his tenure as director of the cinema monthly Cinema and as conductor of cinema related programmes at the Mega TV network.
Dividing his time between the Athens and Thessaloniki headquarters of the festival, Andreadakis faces the challenge of adapting to an organization much different in scope, size and international status from the Athens event he leaves behind...
- 5/10/2016
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
The refugee crisis, the departure of festival director Dimitri Eipides and the appointment of a new general director dominated the 18th Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival.Scroll down for full list of winners
The Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival (March 11-20) will be largely remembered for three important events: the resignation of its director ahead of the festival, the refugee crisis dominating the programme and the appointment of a new general director.
This was the last year director Dimitri Eipides was at the helm of the event he founded 18 years ago. The executive had simultaneously held the post of general and artistic director of the March documentary event and the November Thessaloniki international film festival (Tiff) now in its 57th year.
The decision of the festival board to attribute the post of general director to French producer Elise Jalladeau, pending her confirmation by the Culture Ministry, was welcome by the local cinema community.
Previous to her...
The Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival (March 11-20) will be largely remembered for three important events: the resignation of its director ahead of the festival, the refugee crisis dominating the programme and the appointment of a new general director.
This was the last year director Dimitri Eipides was at the helm of the event he founded 18 years ago. The executive had simultaneously held the post of general and artistic director of the March documentary event and the November Thessaloniki international film festival (Tiff) now in its 57th year.
The decision of the festival board to attribute the post of general director to French producer Elise Jalladeau, pending her confirmation by the Culture Ministry, was welcome by the local cinema community.
Previous to her...
- 3/22/2016
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Icelandic feature Rams and Colombian rural drama Land and Shade take top prizes at Greek festival.Scroll down for full list of winners
Icelandic director Grimur Hakonarson’s Rams (Hrutar) has been named best film at the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 6-15) winning the Golden Alexander.
It beat competition from 13 other first and second films screened in this year’s particularly strong international competition section.
The film, awarded the Un Certain Regard top prize earlier this year in Cannes, deals with two brothers, who haven’t spoken to each other for over 40 years though living in neighbouring farms in a remote valley in Iceland raising sheep.
World sales are handled by Polish outfit New Europe Film Sales. It will be released in Greece by Ama Films.
Following a long tradition of Latin American productions sweeping the Thessaloniki awards, features from Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela shared the majority of the other official and side awards...
Icelandic director Grimur Hakonarson’s Rams (Hrutar) has been named best film at the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 6-15) winning the Golden Alexander.
It beat competition from 13 other first and second films screened in this year’s particularly strong international competition section.
The film, awarded the Un Certain Regard top prize earlier this year in Cannes, deals with two brothers, who haven’t spoken to each other for over 40 years though living in neighbouring farms in a remote valley in Iceland raising sheep.
World sales are handled by Polish outfit New Europe Film Sales. It will be released in Greece by Ama Films.
Following a long tradition of Latin American productions sweeping the Thessaloniki awards, features from Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela shared the majority of the other official and side awards...
- 11/16/2015
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
The 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (November 6-14) offers busy industry programme including works in progress and Crossroads co-production strand.The 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival kicks off today with the Berlin prizewinner Victoria by Sebastian Schipper.
The festival closes Nov 14 with the Cannes awarded My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) by Arnaud Desplechin, who receives an homage, enjoys a full retrospective of his films and will deliver a masterclass.
Also receiving homages are veteran Romanian director Mircea Daneliuc and Greek master cinematographer Nikos Kavoukidis, accompanied by tributes to the 70 years of Greek animation and to the recent Austrian cinema.The late Belgian director Chantal.Akerman is receiving a special homage with the presentation of her 2011 film Almayer’s Folly (La folie Almayer).
The competition program includes 15 first and second films (the full list is below). The five members of the international jury set to award the Golden, Silver and Bronze...
The festival closes Nov 14 with the Cannes awarded My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) by Arnaud Desplechin, who receives an homage, enjoys a full retrospective of his films and will deliver a masterclass.
Also receiving homages are veteran Romanian director Mircea Daneliuc and Greek master cinematographer Nikos Kavoukidis, accompanied by tributes to the 70 years of Greek animation and to the recent Austrian cinema.The late Belgian director Chantal.Akerman is receiving a special homage with the presentation of her 2011 film Almayer’s Folly (La folie Almayer).
The competition program includes 15 first and second films (the full list is below). The five members of the international jury set to award the Golden, Silver and Bronze...
- 11/6/2015
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
White God and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence bookend the 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
The 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Oct 31-Nov 9) kicks off today with the Cannes Certain Regard Gran Prix awarded White God by Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó.
It concludes November 9 with the Venice Golden Lion awarded A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Swedish director Roy Andersson.
Both directors will be present as they are set to also receive homages.
Also receiving tributes are legendary German actress Hanna Schygulla, Us director Ramin Bahrani and his Serbian colleague Želimir Žilnik.
They will enjoy retrospectives of their films and will offer master classes.
Among others attending are Fatih Akin to present The Cut, Ira Sachs to introduce Love Is Strange co-produced by local production powerhouse, Christos Konstantakopoulos’ Faliro House boasting among its international coproductions slate Jarmush’s Only Lovers Left Alive plus two upcomig Terrence Malick films in post...
The 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Oct 31-Nov 9) kicks off today with the Cannes Certain Regard Gran Prix awarded White God by Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó.
It concludes November 9 with the Venice Golden Lion awarded A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Swedish director Roy Andersson.
Both directors will be present as they are set to also receive homages.
Also receiving tributes are legendary German actress Hanna Schygulla, Us director Ramin Bahrani and his Serbian colleague Želimir Žilnik.
They will enjoy retrospectives of their films and will offer master classes.
Among others attending are Fatih Akin to present The Cut, Ira Sachs to introduce Love Is Strange co-produced by local production powerhouse, Christos Konstantakopoulos’ Faliro House boasting among its international coproductions slate Jarmush’s Only Lovers Left Alive plus two upcomig Terrence Malick films in post...
- 10/31/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Director Sudhir Mishra was felicitated by the French Government this week with the insignia of Arts et Lettres. The filmmaker, who directed Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi in association with Joel Farges and Elise Jalladeau of France, was feated for his prolific career in films and invaluable contribution to the development of Indo-French relationships in the field of cinema. East v/s West Mishra who is in the midst of post-production of his next Yeh Saali Zindagi, was ecstatic at the news. “It’s great when your work is acknowledged. This award is really special and means a lot to me,” he exults, and extends ...
- 7/17/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
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