The BBC’s Storyville strand, which sets out to showcase the world’s best international documentaries, has picked up a new slate of eight films.
They will be screened on BBC Four and iPlayer over eight weeks starting Jan. 26.
“We’re excited to offer U.K. audiences this eclectic range of documentaries from around the globe,” Philippa Kowarsky, commissioning editor of Storyville, said in a statement.
“These stories deal with the issues of our times, from mistrust of political systems to the challenges of educational attainment, and from class and racial discrimination to the fight for women’s rights. They shine a light on some truly inspirational, and some controversial, characters, as well as some appealing canines!”
Check out the full slate below:
“Final Account” [Pictured above]
About the last living generation of everyday people to participate in the Third Reich
Filmed and Directed by Luke Holland
Produced by John Battsek, Luke Holland,...
They will be screened on BBC Four and iPlayer over eight weeks starting Jan. 26.
“We’re excited to offer U.K. audiences this eclectic range of documentaries from around the globe,” Philippa Kowarsky, commissioning editor of Storyville, said in a statement.
“These stories deal with the issues of our times, from mistrust of political systems to the challenges of educational attainment, and from class and racial discrimination to the fight for women’s rights. They shine a light on some truly inspirational, and some controversial, characters, as well as some appealing canines!”
Check out the full slate below:
“Final Account” [Pictured above]
About the last living generation of everyday people to participate in the Third Reich
Filmed and Directed by Luke Holland
Produced by John Battsek, Luke Holland,...
- 1/21/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Further Christmas releases include ‘Silent Night’, ‘CBeebies Christmas Show’.
Aml Ameen’s romantic comedy Boxing Day heads the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, as one of six Christmas-themed releases this weekend.
Released in 439 sites through Warner Bros, Boxing Day is inspired by Ameen’s own experiences, and follows a UK author who returns home from Los Angeles to introduce his US fiancée to his eccentric British-Caribbean family at Christmas.
The film is produced by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, alongside Damian Jones of DJ Films, plus Ameen, Dominique Telson and Matthew G. Zamias; backing came from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.
Aml Ameen’s romantic comedy Boxing Day heads the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, as one of six Christmas-themed releases this weekend.
Released in 439 sites through Warner Bros, Boxing Day is inspired by Ameen’s own experiences, and follows a UK author who returns home from Los Angeles to introduce his US fiancée to his eccentric British-Caribbean family at Christmas.
The film is produced by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, alongside Damian Jones of DJ Films, plus Ameen, Dominique Telson and Matthew G. Zamias; backing came from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.
- 12/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
With Final Account, the late director Luke Holland set out to obtain testimonies from those who participated in the Nazi atrocities – before their voices were lost. The result is a powerful mix of shame, denial and ghastly pride
One day in 2018, the prolific documentary producer John Battsek received a call from Diane Weyermann of Participant Media, asking him if he would travel to the East Sussex village of Ditchling to meet a 69-year-old director named Luke Holland. Weyermann said that Holland had spent several years interviewing hundreds of Germans who were in some way complicit in the Holocaust, from those whose homes neighboured the concentration camps to former members of the Waffen SS. The responses he captured ran the gamut from shame to denial to a ghastly kind of pride. Now he wanted to introduce these testimonies to a mainstream audience, and he needed help.
“Luke wasn’t consciously making a film,...
One day in 2018, the prolific documentary producer John Battsek received a call from Diane Weyermann of Participant Media, asking him if he would travel to the East Sussex village of Ditchling to meet a 69-year-old director named Luke Holland. Weyermann said that Holland had spent several years interviewing hundreds of Germans who were in some way complicit in the Holocaust, from those whose homes neighboured the concentration camps to former members of the Waffen SS. The responses he captured ran the gamut from shame to denial to a ghastly kind of pride. Now he wanted to introduce these testimonies to a mainstream audience, and he needed help.
“Luke wasn’t consciously making a film,...
- 12/2/2021
- by Dorian Lynskey
- The Guardian - Film News
The USC Shoah Foundation has partnered with Participant and Focus Features to unveil a new initiative for university and upper-level high school educators, aimed at combatting antisemitism, and promoting education surrounding the Holocaust.
The initiative coming to USC’s IWitness education platform centers on Final Account, a 2020 documentary brought to life for Participant and Focus by the late Luke Holland over the course of 10 years, making its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. The doc offers up a collection of never-before-seen interviews with men and women ranging from former SS officials to civilians as they reckon, in very different ways, with their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their roles in the Holocaust.
The documentary raising timely questions about authority, conformity, national identity, and responsibility does not aim to retell the history of the Nazi era, but rather to depict how these people relate to this history and...
The initiative coming to USC’s IWitness education platform centers on Final Account, a 2020 documentary brought to life for Participant and Focus by the late Luke Holland over the course of 10 years, making its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. The doc offers up a collection of never-before-seen interviews with men and women ranging from former SS officials to civilians as they reckon, in very different ways, with their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their roles in the Holocaust.
The documentary raising timely questions about authority, conformity, national identity, and responsibility does not aim to retell the history of the Nazi era, but rather to depict how these people relate to this history and...
- 11/15/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
(Interactive chart with estimates below)
Three different premieres led the specialty box office this weekend with each film breaking a 100K weekend gross.
First, Focus Features’ Final Account splashed in at $150K this opening weekend. Over a decade in the making, the timely documentary offers a portrait of the last living generation of everyday people to participate in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The Luke Holland-directed film raises questions about authority, conformity, complicity, perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians in never-before-seen interviews reckon with – in very different ways – their memories, perceptions, and personal appraisals of their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history.
Final Account was well-received by critics and minted $488 per screen at 308 locations.
Neon released the drama New Order this weekend to 236 screens. Directed by Michel Franco, the film sees a high-society wedding...
Three different premieres led the specialty box office this weekend with each film breaking a 100K weekend gross.
First, Focus Features’ Final Account splashed in at $150K this opening weekend. Over a decade in the making, the timely documentary offers a portrait of the last living generation of everyday people to participate in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The Luke Holland-directed film raises questions about authority, conformity, complicity, perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians in never-before-seen interviews reckon with – in very different ways – their memories, perceptions, and personal appraisals of their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history.
Final Account was well-received by critics and minted $488 per screen at 308 locations.
Neon released the drama New Order this weekend to 236 screens. Directed by Michel Franco, the film sees a high-society wedding...
- 5/24/2021
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on May 20th, 2021, reviewing the new World War II documentary “Final Account” in theaters beginning May 21st.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Final Account” took a decade to produce, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians of the Nazi era, in never-before-seen interviews, reckon with their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their participation back then. From the 1920s to the 1940s, the survivors who were dutiful children, bureaucrats, soldiers and ordinary citizens reconcile with, or in one case support, their role in history.
“Final Account” opened in theaters on May 21st. See local listings for theaters and show times. Written and directed by Luke Holland. Rated “PG-13”
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Final Account”
Final Account
Photo credit: Focus Features
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Final Account” took a decade to produce, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians of the Nazi era, in never-before-seen interviews, reckon with their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their participation back then. From the 1920s to the 1940s, the survivors who were dutiful children, bureaucrats, soldiers and ordinary citizens reconcile with, or in one case support, their role in history.
“Final Account” opened in theaters on May 21st. See local listings for theaters and show times. Written and directed by Luke Holland. Rated “PG-13”
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full on-air review of “Final Account”
Final Account
Photo credit: Focus Features
Click here for Patrick McDonald’s full...
- 5/23/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The domestic box office isn’t going to get interesting until next weekend when Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella launch the summer season. From that point on, we largely won’t have any weekends where the major studios are taking a break from releasing wide entries, which is the case this weekend as Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw repeats in its second frame with $1.38M yesterday, -63%, and an expected 3-day of $4.7M, -46% (actually a pretty good hold for a horror film which typically drops -60% or greater) and a running total of $15.9M. Spiral is booked at 2,997 theaters (+186). All the action is overseas where Universal’s F9 is heading to $160M this weekend in 8 markets, charged by China where it’s set to become the second biggest opener for the studio and the Fast franchise, already counting $105M. F9 parks itself at U.
- 5/22/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar nominee Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, and Owen Teale star in horse racing drama, Dream Horse, from Bleecker Street and Topic Studios.
Directed by Euros Lyn, the film tells the true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender, Jan Vokes (Collette). With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites. The group’s investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks with grit and determination and goes on to race in the Welsh Grand National showing the heart of a true champion.
Rounding out the cast are Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Steffan Rhodri, Anthony O’Donnell, Nicholas Farrell and Sian Phillips
The film, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, gallops into limited theaters today followed by an on-demand release on...
Directed by Euros Lyn, the film tells the true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender, Jan Vokes (Collette). With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites. The group’s investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks with grit and determination and goes on to race in the Welsh Grand National showing the heart of a true champion.
Rounding out the cast are Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Steffan Rhodri, Anthony O’Donnell, Nicholas Farrell and Sian Phillips
The film, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, gallops into limited theaters today followed by an on-demand release on...
- 5/21/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
In 2008, filmmaker Luke Holland began hunting Nazis. He was not attempting to capture them, or bring them before a war-crimes tribunal, or put a bullet in their head. Holland merely wanted them to talk. The elderly men and women he sought out in the big cities and small burgs of Germany and Austria were the last living generation to have experienced the Third Reich firsthand. They had been members of the Hitler Youth, served as Waffen S.S. stormtroopers, guarded concentration camps. Others had simply watched as their neighbors were rounded up and shipped away,...
- 5/20/2021
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Final Account Focus Features Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Luke Holland Writer: Luke Holland Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 4/27/21 Opens: May 21, 2021 Turkey refuses to admit its role in the Armenian genocide of 1915, making it a crime to speak of that nation’s actions. At […]
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- 5/16/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"Do not let yourself be blinded!" Focus Features has released an official trailer for Final Account, a eye-opening and frightening look back at Nazi Germany. And oh yes it definitely has an important connection to the events of nowadays. "Everyone knew, but no one said anything." Filmmaker Luke Holland (who sadly passed away last year) interviews nearly 300 elderly perpetrators and witnesses of the Holocaust from the Nazi side. His goal was to create an urgent and definitive portrait of the last living generation of everyday people who participated in Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Presenting a film that "raises vital, timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility." Indeed. We need to be hit hard with this honesty, because everyone always likes to ask that cliche "how did all those Germans let it happen?" question. So let's ask them and find out. Oooh this documentary looks damn good.
- 4/12/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After producing Unfriended, Unfriended: Dark Web, and Searching, filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) has directed the new computer screen Pov thriller Profile (using Bekmambetov's Screenlife filmmaking format), which has been acquired by Focus Features and slated for a May 14th release.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA March 23, 2020 – Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to the thriller Profile, a Berlin Film Festival sensation from Timur Bekmambetov, the director behind the intense Angelina Jolie-led thriller Wanted. Focus Features will distribute the film domestically and has set a release date of Friday, May 14, 2021. Universal Pictures will distribute internationally, excluding Cis/Russia. The sale was negotiated by WME.
Profile follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself. The thriller is co-led by Valene Kane (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA March 23, 2020 – Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to the thriller Profile, a Berlin Film Festival sensation from Timur Bekmambetov, the director behind the intense Angelina Jolie-led thriller Wanted. Focus Features will distribute the film domestically and has set a release date of Friday, May 14, 2021. Universal Pictures will distribute internationally, excluding Cis/Russia. The sale was negotiated by WME.
Profile follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself. The thriller is co-led by Valene Kane (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
- 3/23/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Focus Features has nabbed worldwide rights to Luke Holland’s “Final Account,” a documentary about the last living generation from Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The announcement was tied to International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Focus plans to release the film — in collaboration with Participant Media — in the U.S. on May 21, 2021. Universal Pictures International will distribute the film overseas, excluding Israel.
“Final Account” was filmed, directed and produced over the course of the past decade by the late Holland, whose credits also include the docs “I Was a Slave Labourer” and “Good Morning Mr. Hitler.”
The documentary combines hundreds of hours of never-before-seen interview with men and women — ranging from SS members to civilians — to record their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their own roles in the Holocaust.
Variety praised “Final Account” following its world premiere at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. Critic Jay Weissberg wrote, “Holland’s most important...
Focus plans to release the film — in collaboration with Participant Media — in the U.S. on May 21, 2021. Universal Pictures International will distribute the film overseas, excluding Israel.
“Final Account” was filmed, directed and produced over the course of the past decade by the late Holland, whose credits also include the docs “I Was a Slave Labourer” and “Good Morning Mr. Hitler.”
The documentary combines hundreds of hours of never-before-seen interview with men and women — ranging from SS members to civilians — to record their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their own roles in the Holocaust.
Variety praised “Final Account” following its world premiere at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. Critic Jay Weissberg wrote, “Holland’s most important...
- 1/27/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Focus Features is teaming with Participant to release the late director Luke Holland’s documentary Final Account. Wednesday’s announcement coincided with International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The film, which premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, will be released in U.S. theaters on May 21. Universal Pictures International will distribute the doc overseas, excluding Israel.
A decade in the making, Final Account features never-before-seen interviews with the last living generation of everyday people who participated in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The doc raises timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ...
The film, which premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, will be released in U.S. theaters on May 21. Universal Pictures International will distribute the doc overseas, excluding Israel.
A decade in the making, Final Account features never-before-seen interviews with the last living generation of everyday people who participated in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The doc raises timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ...
- 1/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Focus Features is teaming with Participant to release the late director Luke Holland’s documentary Final Account. Wednesday’s announcement coincided with International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The film, which premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, will be released in U.S. theaters on May 21. Universal Pictures International will distribute the doc overseas, excluding Israel.
A decade in the making, Final Account features never-before-seen interviews with the last living generation of everyday people who participated in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The doc raises timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ...
The film, which premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, will be released in U.S. theaters on May 21. Universal Pictures International will distribute the doc overseas, excluding Israel.
A decade in the making, Final Account features never-before-seen interviews with the last living generation of everyday people who participated in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The doc raises timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ...
- 1/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Focus Features will release Participant’s documentary Final Account which is directed and produced by the late Luke Holland, setting a date of May 21. Focus has global rights outside of Israel. Universal International will distribute the feature abroad.
The announcement comes today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Filmed over ten years, Final Account is a portrait of the last living generation of people to everyday participate in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The doc, whick made its premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival, raises vital, timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians in never-before-seen interviews reckon with – in very different ways – their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history.
In addition to Holland, Final Account is produced by John Battsek and Riete Oord.
The announcement comes today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Filmed over ten years, Final Account is a portrait of the last living generation of people to everyday participate in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The doc, whick made its premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival, raises vital, timely questions about authority, conformity, complicity and perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians in never-before-seen interviews reckon with – in very different ways – their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history.
In addition to Holland, Final Account is produced by John Battsek and Riete Oord.
- 1/27/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The late Luke Holland directed and produced film over 10 years.
Focus Features announced on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) it has picked up worldwide rights excluding Israel to Participant’s Holocaust documentary Final Account.
Directed and produced by the late Luke Holland over the course of 10 years, the film premiered in Venice last year.
The Final Account presents a portrait of the last living generation of people who participated in the Third Reich, and contains interviews with a range of subjects from members of the SS to civilians.
John Battsek and Riete Oord also serve as producers, while Participant’s...
Focus Features announced on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) it has picked up worldwide rights excluding Israel to Participant’s Holocaust documentary Final Account.
Directed and produced by the late Luke Holland over the course of 10 years, the film premiered in Venice last year.
The Final Account presents a portrait of the last living generation of people who participated in the Third Reich, and contains interviews with a range of subjects from members of the SS to civilians.
John Battsek and Riete Oord also serve as producers, while Participant’s...
- 1/27/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Venice Film Festival wraps today after putting on a show against the odds. Despite lacking in studio fare, there was no shortage of well-received movies. Was there a Sundance-style bounce, with critics giddy just to be on the Lido after months of lockdown? Perhaps. But this was also a solid roster of independent movies. While there was no Joker juggernaut, there was at least one Roma rave. We’ve done a wide sweep of the English-language reviews and here’s our run-down of the best-received world premieres.
Standing out in the pack for its touted Academy Awards potential was Chloe Zhao’s anticipated drama Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand as a woman who embarks on a journey through the American West. The Searchlight Pictures movie, which debuted last night, was expected to be impress given its simultaneous berths in Venice and Toronto, and it didn’t disappoint. It’s just...
Standing out in the pack for its touted Academy Awards potential was Chloe Zhao’s anticipated drama Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand as a woman who embarks on a journey through the American West. The Searchlight Pictures movie, which debuted last night, was expected to be impress given its simultaneous berths in Venice and Toronto, and it didn’t disappoint. It’s just...
- 9/12/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
We all know that knee-jerk racism and willful ignorance are the handmaidens of evil: Without these all-too-common traits, heinous acts are difficult to perpetrate on a large scale. Documentary maker Luke Holland’s “Final Account” is the first product of an ambitious undertaking to interview the now elderly helpers and handmaidens whose tacit acceptance of the Nazi regime enabled the Final Solution. The film is a distillation of roughly 300 interviews with men and women, some of whom were literally cogs in the machine, like the governess of a Nazi family, while others, such as SS men, were directly involved. Their willingness to appear before the camera is surprising, but not the range of responses, varying from unconvincing ignorance to pride and, just occasionally, a recognition that atrocities took place literally under their noses. Clocking in at a swift 90 minutes, “Final Account” is like a teenager-friendly approach to “Shoah,” designed as...
- 9/12/2020
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
The 2020 Venice Film Festival is surprisingly political this year, with a slew of documentaries —environmental doc I Am Greta, Luke Holland’s Holocaust documentary Final Account — and features — Jasmila Zbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida? about the Srebrenica massacre, and Regina King’s civil rights drama One Night in Miami — taking center stage at an event often more famous for its red carpet glamor than its soap-box messaging.
The ongoing civil war in Syria, the plight of war refugees, and the intersection of First World commerce with Third World suffering are in focus in The Man Who Sold His Skin, a new feature from Tunisian ...
The ongoing civil war in Syria, the plight of war refugees, and the intersection of First World commerce with Third World suffering are in focus in The Man Who Sold His Skin, a new feature from Tunisian ...
The 2020 Venice Film Festival is surprisingly political this year, with a slew of documentaries —environmental doc I Am Greta, Luke Holland’s Holocaust documentary Final Account — and features — Jasmila Zbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida? about the Srebrenica massacre, and Regina King’s civil rights drama One Night in Miami — taking center stage at an event often more famous for its red carpet glamor than its soap-box messaging.
The ongoing civil war in Syria, the plight of war refugees, and the intersection of First World commerce with Third World suffering are in focus in The Man Who Sold His Skin, a new feature from Tunisian ...
The ongoing civil war in Syria, the plight of war refugees, and the intersection of First World commerce with Third World suffering are in focus in The Man Who Sold His Skin, a new feature from Tunisian ...
Soldiers, accountants, children … Luke Holland persuaded elderly Germans to account for what they did under Nazi rule, and the air of shrugging unrepentance is damning
Heinrich Schulze is a kindly-looking old man who lived as a child near the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in Lower Saxony, Germany. In the course of Luke Holland’s quietly searing Final Account, Schulze returns to the old family farm to point out the hayloft where a group of escaped prisoners had once taken shelter. The escapees were starving and had begged him for some food. But then the guards came and retrieved them, which was of course very sad. Under further questioning, with a sheepish shrug, Schulze admits that yes, the prisoners were recaptured because he himself called the guards. As to what became of them after that? “Oh,” Herr Schulze scoffs. “Nobody knows that!”
Round them up and bring them out: the bystanders and functionaries,...
Heinrich Schulze is a kindly-looking old man who lived as a child near the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in Lower Saxony, Germany. In the course of Luke Holland’s quietly searing Final Account, Schulze returns to the old family farm to point out the hayloft where a group of escaped prisoners had once taken shelter. The escapees were starving and had begged him for some food. But then the guards came and retrieved them, which was of course very sad. Under further questioning, with a sheepish shrug, Schulze admits that yes, the prisoners were recaptured because he himself called the guards. As to what became of them after that? “Oh,” Herr Schulze scoffs. “Nobody knows that!”
Round them up and bring them out: the bystanders and functionaries,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
There are no heroes in Final Account, no one to empathize with. What makes it uniquely worth watching is its cast of octogenarians and nonagenarians who were eyewitnesses and in some cases active participants in the horrors of the concentration camps. British documaker Luke Holland has ferreted out ordinary Germans and Austrians whose role in carrying out Hitler’s crimes of genocide is something they now downplay and shrug off with embarrassment or denial.
Twelve years in the making, it is one of the featured films in this year’s Venice Film Festival and after fest and TV exposure, will take its place ...
Twelve years in the making, it is one of the featured films in this year’s Venice Film Festival and after fest and TV exposure, will take its place ...
There are no heroes in Final Account, no one to empathize with. What makes it uniquely worth watching is its cast of octogenarians and nonagenarians who were eyewitnesses and in some cases active participants in the horrors of the concentration camps. British documaker Luke Holland has ferreted out ordinary Germans and Austrians whose role in carrying out Hitler’s crimes of genocide is something they now downplay and shrug off with embarrassment or denial.
Twelve years in the making, it is one of the featured films in this year’s Venice Film Festival and after fest and TV exposure, will take its place ...
Twelve years in the making, it is one of the featured films in this year’s Venice Film Festival and after fest and TV exposure, will take its place ...
Wife of a SpyThe programme for the 2020 edition of the Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Gia Coppola, Lav Diaz, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Alice Rohrwacher, Gianfranco Rosi, Frederick Wiseman, Chloé Zhao, and more.COMPETITIONIn Between Dying (Hilal Baydarov)Le sorelle Macluso (Emma Dante)The World to Come (Mona Fastvold)Nuevo Orden (Michel Franco)Lovers (Nicole Garcia)Laila in Haifa (Amos Gitai)Dear Comrades (Andrei Konchalovsky)Wife of a Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)Sun Children (Majid Majidi)Pieces of a Woman (Kornél Mundruczó)Miss Marx (Susanna Nicchiarelli)Padrenostro (Claudio Noce)Notturno (Gianfranco Rosi)Never Gonna Snow AgainThe Disciple (Chaitanya Tamhane)And Tomorrow The Entire World (Julia Von Heinz)Quo Vadis, Aida? (Jasmila Zbanic)Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)Out Of COMPETITIONFeaturesThe Ties (Daniele Luchetti)Lasciami Andare (Stefano Mordini)Mandibules (Quentin Dupieux)Love After Love (Ann Hui)Assandria (Salvatore Mereu)The Duke (Roger Michell)Night in Paradise (Park Hoon-jung)Mosquito...
- 8/3/2020
- MUBI
U.S. documentary specialist Submarine Entertainment and Israel-based sales company Cinephil are teaming up with Participant Media to distribute the Luke Holland-directed documentary “Final Account,” about the legacy of Nazism, which is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September.
Submarine is teaming with Participant to jointly represent the film’s domestic sales, while Cinephil will handle international sales outside the U.S.
The high-profile doc is a deeply researched depiction of the last living generation of German participants in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.
This oral history of the Third Reich raises “vital questions about authority, conformity, complicity, national identity, responsibility and historical reckoning,” according to promotional materials, showing how men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians contend “in very different ways with their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history.”
Holland, who spent...
Submarine is teaming with Participant to jointly represent the film’s domestic sales, while Cinephil will handle international sales outside the U.S.
The high-profile doc is a deeply researched depiction of the last living generation of German participants in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.
This oral history of the Third Reich raises “vital questions about authority, conformity, complicity, national identity, responsibility and historical reckoning,” according to promotional materials, showing how men and women ranging from former SS members to civilians contend “in very different ways with their memories, perceptions and personal appraisals of their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history.”
Holland, who spent...
- 7/29/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s pandemic-altered Venice Film Festival will include a record number of competition films directed by women, festival organizers announced on Tuesday. And two of those are also the only Hollywood studio films to make the competition lineup — Mona Fastvold’s “The World to Come” and Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland.”
In all, eight of the 18 competition features have a female director — an improvement from last year, when just two made the cut.
“Nomadland,” a drama starring Frances McDormand released by Searchlight Pictures, will simultaneously premiere through the Toronto Film Festival as well as through the New York Film Festival and the now-canceled Telluride fest (at a special drive-in screening in Southern California). Sony’s “The World to Come” stars Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston.
Also Read: Frances McDormand's 'Nomadland' to Get Joint World Premiere From Venice and Toronto Film Festivals
Other top titles screening out...
In all, eight of the 18 competition features have a female director — an improvement from last year, when just two made the cut.
“Nomadland,” a drama starring Frances McDormand released by Searchlight Pictures, will simultaneously premiere through the Toronto Film Festival as well as through the New York Film Festival and the now-canceled Telluride fest (at a special drive-in screening in Southern California). Sony’s “The World to Come” stars Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston.
Also Read: Frances McDormand's 'Nomadland' to Get Joint World Premiere From Venice and Toronto Film Festivals
Other top titles screening out...
- 7/28/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
With Telluride Film Festival forced to cancel their yearly event, what is now the first of the major fall festivals, Venice, has announced their complete lineup. Along with Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, which was revealed yesterday, the lineup includes more of our most-anticipated films of the year, including Frederick Wiseman’s City Hall, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, Gia Coppola’s Mainstream, Abel Ferrara’s Sportin’ Life, Lav Diaz’s Genus Pan, Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come, Kornél Mundruczó’s Pieces of a Woman, Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno, and more.
There were also a few surprises in the lineup. Luca Guadagnino has directed a new documentary titled Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, while Alice Rohrwacher and Jr have teamed for the new short film, Omelia Contadina. Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibules will also premiere out of competition.
In perhaps the best surprise of all, a new, recently uncovered film by Orson Welles,...
There were also a few surprises in the lineup. Luca Guadagnino has directed a new documentary titled Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, while Alice Rohrwacher and Jr have teamed for the new short film, Omelia Contadina. Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibules will also premiere out of competition.
In perhaps the best surprise of all, a new, recently uncovered film by Orson Welles,...
- 7/28/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
While the coronavirus pandemic has canceled major festivals such as Cannes and Telluride, the 2020 Venice Film Festival is moving ahead as planned and will be the world’s first major film festival since Sundance and Berlin at the start of the year. Venice 2020’s main selection will be split into three sections: Venezia 77 (aka the main competition), Out of Competition, and Horizons. The titles selected for the main competition will compete for the Golden Lion, which was awarded last year to Todd Phillips’ “Joker.”
As previously announced, Daniele Luchetti’s drama “Lacci” will open the 77th Venice Film Festival on September 2. The movie is the first Italian title to open Venice in 11 years. The last Italian opener was Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Baarìa” at the 2009 festival. “Lacci” is included in this year’s Out of Competition section. Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider” follow-up “Nomadland” was also confirmed for a world premiere...
As previously announced, Daniele Luchetti’s drama “Lacci” will open the 77th Venice Film Festival on September 2. The movie is the first Italian title to open Venice in 11 years. The last Italian opener was Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Baarìa” at the 2009 festival. “Lacci” is included in this year’s Out of Competition section. Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider” follow-up “Nomadland” was also confirmed for a world premiere...
- 7/28/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Venice Film Festival is unveiling the lineup of its 77th edition, which, barring complications, will be the first major international film event to hold a physical edition following the coronavirus crisis.
Previously announced titles include Chloé Zhao’s road drama “Nomadland,” starring Frances McDormand, which will screen at Venice and Toronto simultaneously on Sept. 11, in both cases preceded by virtual introductions.
The out-of-competition opener will be Italian director Daniele Luchetti’s anatomy of a marriage drama “Lacci” (“The Ties”) (pictured) starring Alba Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazzaro”) and Luigi Lo Cascio (“The Traitor”) as the couple at the film’s center.
The virtual press conference is scheduled to begin at 11am Cet. This post will be updated live as films are revealed.
Venice Film Festival Lineup
In Competition
“In Between Dying,” Hilal Baydarov
“Le Sorelle Macaluso,” Emma Dante (Italy)
“The World to Come,” Mona Fastvold (U.S.)
“Nuevo Orden,” Michel Franco
“Lovers,...
Previously announced titles include Chloé Zhao’s road drama “Nomadland,” starring Frances McDormand, which will screen at Venice and Toronto simultaneously on Sept. 11, in both cases preceded by virtual introductions.
The out-of-competition opener will be Italian director Daniele Luchetti’s anatomy of a marriage drama “Lacci” (“The Ties”) (pictured) starring Alba Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazzaro”) and Luigi Lo Cascio (“The Traitor”) as the couple at the film’s center.
The virtual press conference is scheduled to begin at 11am Cet. This post will be updated live as films are revealed.
Venice Film Festival Lineup
In Competition
“In Between Dying,” Hilal Baydarov
“Le Sorelle Macaluso,” Emma Dante (Italy)
“The World to Come,” Mona Fastvold (U.S.)
“Nuevo Orden,” Michel Franco
“Lovers,...
- 7/28/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Competition line-up includes films by Chloe Zhao, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Kornel Mandruczo and Andrei Konchalovsky.
The line-up of the 77th Venice Film Festival (September 2-12) has been announced.
Scroll down for the full line-up
The big talking points from this year’s selection include an improved gender split, with eight women selected for the competition section (compared to two last year), and a lack of major US projects. Venice will be one of the first major film festivals to take place as a physical event following the Covid-19 outbreak.
Among the big-name auteurs selected are Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Michel Franco (Nuevo...
The line-up of the 77th Venice Film Festival (September 2-12) has been announced.
Scroll down for the full line-up
The big talking points from this year’s selection include an improved gender split, with eight women selected for the competition section (compared to two last year), and a lack of major US projects. Venice will be one of the first major film festivals to take place as a physical event following the Covid-19 outbreak.
Among the big-name auteurs selected are Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Michel Franco (Nuevo...
- 7/28/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
After leaving his postition as editor of BBC Storyville, Fraser is launching a doc streaming platform with CEO Lawrence Elman.
After two decades at the helm, documentary supremo Nick Fraser has stepped down from his position as editor of BBC Storyville.
He is continuing to executive produce and collaborate on various projects (including major new African documentary, Sierra Leone: An Artist’s Journey and Final Account, a doc based on 1000 hours of material of “old Nazis sitting in their living rooms” assembled by Luke Holland.)
He is also writing a wide-ranging book on his life in documentary for Faber. However, his current major project is the new doc streaming service Yaddo, which launched in Europe last month and is due to expand to expand to 160 territories worldwide in November. Yaddo has backing from Swedish tech company, Magine. The subscription based service will co-finance films as well as show them. Among the initial...
After two decades at the helm, documentary supremo Nick Fraser has stepped down from his position as editor of BBC Storyville.
He is continuing to executive produce and collaborate on various projects (including major new African documentary, Sierra Leone: An Artist’s Journey and Final Account, a doc based on 1000 hours of material of “old Nazis sitting in their living rooms” assembled by Luke Holland.)
He is also writing a wide-ranging book on his life in documentary for Faber. However, his current major project is the new doc streaming service Yaddo, which launched in Europe last month and is due to expand to expand to 160 territories worldwide in November. Yaddo has backing from Swedish tech company, Magine. The subscription based service will co-finance films as well as show them. Among the initial...
- 10/12/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Nowadays, thanks to Pixar and Cbbc we’re used to finding a subtext in children’s entertainment. But what about the kids TV of the past? As the channel turns 30, our writers dust off the Vcr and read between the lines…
The weird little world created by Wilbert Awdry – Anglican cleric, railway enthusiast and, one must presume, absolute banter legend – is an England that only exists in a dossier marked “Endgame” buried somewhere deep in the grumbling bowels of Ukip HQ. Here is a land where people can actually be called Percy without being thumped in the pancreas by everyone they encounter; a bucolic penitentiary of absolutely no women, of knowing your place, of respecting your betters, of following the pre-ordained, quite literal tracks laid before you. You can go as where you please, as long as it’s exactly where you’re told. Do not deviate. Freedom here is an illusion.
The weird little world created by Wilbert Awdry – Anglican cleric, railway enthusiast and, one must presume, absolute banter legend – is an England that only exists in a dossier marked “Endgame” buried somewhere deep in the grumbling bowels of Ukip HQ. Here is a land where people can actually be called Percy without being thumped in the pancreas by everyone they encounter; a bucolic penitentiary of absolutely no women, of knowing your place, of respecting your betters, of following the pre-ordained, quite literal tracks laid before you. You can go as where you please, as long as it’s exactly where you’re told. Do not deviate. Freedom here is an illusion.
- 9/5/2015
- by Rachel Aroesti, David Stubbs, Luke Holland, Issy Sampson, Sam Wolfson, Charlie Lyne,Gwilym Mumford, Graeme Virtue, Phil Harrison, Harriet Gibsone, Joel Golby and John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it faster than a speeding bullet? No, it’s a disappointing blancmange, a wooden dummy and the Lib Dem of comic-book heroes. Luke Holland singles out the superheroes that should never be allowed on the big screen
Not every superpower deserves to be given the cinematic treatment.
Take Ant-Man. He can make himself small. As far as superpowers go, that is frankly rubbish. Superman is practically invincible, has X-ray vision, can fly, and tops this all off with a renegade disregard for society’s underpant/trouser conventions. Ant-Man is small, and also quite strong for a thing that is small. That director Peyton Reed managed to wring a half-decent film out of this character is bordering on the miraculous.
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Not every superpower deserves to be given the cinematic treatment.
Take Ant-Man. He can make himself small. As far as superpowers go, that is frankly rubbish. Superman is practically invincible, has X-ray vision, can fly, and tops this all off with a renegade disregard for society’s underpant/trouser conventions. Ant-Man is small, and also quite strong for a thing that is small. That director Peyton Reed managed to wring a half-decent film out of this character is bordering on the miraculous.
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- 7/14/2015
- by Luke Holland
- The Guardian - Film News
Fervent fans of BBC Three's In The Flesh were left on tenterhooks for eight weeks between the first run reaching its tragic climax and the announcement on May 22, 2013 that this unique, fascinating series would return to our screens.
But that hiatus feels like a mere blip compared to the agonising three-month wait we've been made to endure since June 8, 2014 - waiting on news of a potential third series.
For the uninitiated, In The Flesh is the story of Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) and the residents of fictional rural community Roarton. In the aftermath of a zombie outbreak, Kieren and his fellow undead - labelled 'Partially Deceased Syndrome' sufferers - are reintegrated into 'polite' society, with Roarton soon becoming a hotbed of simmering tensions, prejudice and even bloodshed.
Winner of the 2014 BAFTA TV Craft Award for best Writing in Drama, series creator Dominic Mitchell uses the paranormal, those well-worn trappings of the zombie genre,...
But that hiatus feels like a mere blip compared to the agonising three-month wait we've been made to endure since June 8, 2014 - waiting on news of a potential third series.
For the uninitiated, In The Flesh is the story of Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) and the residents of fictional rural community Roarton. In the aftermath of a zombie outbreak, Kieren and his fellow undead - labelled 'Partially Deceased Syndrome' sufferers - are reintegrated into 'polite' society, with Roarton soon becoming a hotbed of simmering tensions, prejudice and even bloodshed.
Winner of the 2014 BAFTA TV Craft Award for best Writing in Drama, series creator Dominic Mitchell uses the paranormal, those well-worn trappings of the zombie genre,...
- 9/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Shooting started on the seventh Star Wars film today. Luke Holland rounds up what we know and what the internet thinks it knows about the return of George Lucas's space odyssey
More on Star Wars: Episode VII
Disney head honcho Alan Horn's recent confirmation to The Hollywood Reporter that filming had begun on Star Wars: Episode VII came as something of a surprise. Even by the tight-lipped standards of this notoriously secretive production, getting filming underway without anyone noticing was quite an achievement.
Nevertheless, despite all efforts to keep details a mystery since Disney announced its desire to resurrect the franchise following its $4bn purchase of Lucasfilm last year, some titbits have managed to creep through. Here are a few things we know, alongside a healthy smattering of rumour, hearsay and tittle-tattle.
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More on Star Wars: Episode VII
Disney head honcho Alan Horn's recent confirmation to The Hollywood Reporter that filming had begun on Star Wars: Episode VII came as something of a surprise. Even by the tight-lipped standards of this notoriously secretive production, getting filming underway without anyone noticing was quite an achievement.
Nevertheless, despite all efforts to keep details a mystery since Disney announced its desire to resurrect the franchise following its $4bn purchase of Lucasfilm last year, some titbits have managed to creep through. Here are a few things we know, alongside a healthy smattering of rumour, hearsay and tittle-tattle.
Continue reading...
- 4/7/2014
- by Luke Holland
- The Guardian - Film News
Feature Luke Holland 2 Oct 2013 - 06:15
With spoilers, Luke examines a disturbing moment in GTA V, and asks whether it's a legitimate part of its story, or a gratuitous misstep...
Nb: This article contains GTA V spoilers.
When you're introduced to Trevor Phillips, you're hardly left uncertain as to whether he's a pleasant man. His introduction sees him engaged in a conjugal act across a kitchen bench; his bedraggled companion only complicit, we discover, in exchange for a blast or two of free meth. Outside, bench-lady’s biker boyfriend meekly voices protestations. So Trevor smashes a bottle in his face and casually stamps him to death.
It’s a moment that’s easily shrugged off in the blithely nihilistic world that Rockstar’s created; one imbued with a detached, satirical tone sharpened to a hypodermic point across the years since 1997’s original. Yet there’s one moment in GTA V that sticks out – one that,...
With spoilers, Luke examines a disturbing moment in GTA V, and asks whether it's a legitimate part of its story, or a gratuitous misstep...
Nb: This article contains GTA V spoilers.
When you're introduced to Trevor Phillips, you're hardly left uncertain as to whether he's a pleasant man. His introduction sees him engaged in a conjugal act across a kitchen bench; his bedraggled companion only complicit, we discover, in exchange for a blast or two of free meth. Outside, bench-lady’s biker boyfriend meekly voices protestations. So Trevor smashes a bottle in his face and casually stamps him to death.
It’s a moment that’s easily shrugged off in the blithely nihilistic world that Rockstar’s created; one imbued with a detached, satirical tone sharpened to a hypodermic point across the years since 1997’s original. Yet there’s one moment in GTA V that sticks out – one that,...
- 10/1/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Help! us explore the many ways in which John, Paul, George and Ringo have influenced film, then and now
With Magical Mystery Tour getting the bells-and-whistles reissue treatment this week, here's a look back at the multifaceted and often downright bizarre impact the Beatles have made on the moving image.
1) The Beatles as Oscar-winners
Let It Be was filmed in January 1969, but remained unreleased until May 1970, by which point the band had officially announced its split. The Beatles were keen to see the film buried; they had little desire to return to this testing period in their career or to air some of the more fractious moments it contains – most famously the tiff between Paul and George ("I'll play, you know, whatever you want me to play or I won't play at all"). And yet, ultimately, they're probably happy they did. In April 1971 the Beatles picked up their one and only Academy award,...
With Magical Mystery Tour getting the bells-and-whistles reissue treatment this week, here's a look back at the multifaceted and often downright bizarre impact the Beatles have made on the moving image.
1) The Beatles as Oscar-winners
Let It Be was filmed in January 1969, but remained unreleased until May 1970, by which point the band had officially announced its split. The Beatles were keen to see the film buried; they had little desire to return to this testing period in their career or to air some of the more fractious moments it contains – most famously the tiff between Paul and George ("I'll play, you know, whatever you want me to play or I won't play at all"). And yet, ultimately, they're probably happy they did. In April 1971 the Beatles picked up their one and only Academy award,...
- 10/10/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
We're back with the latest installment of Radio 66.6! This week features news, music, videos, tour dates and more from the likes of Motley Crue, Kiss, Hatebreed, Miss May I, Meshuggah, The Used, Emmure, Killswitch Engage, Ministry and more. Don't touch that dial!
News
Based on the picture on their website, it appears that Killswitch Engage are in the studio recording a new album. This will be their first effort since former vocalist Jesse Leach rejoined the metalcore band.
InsideOut Music has signed British progressive metal band Headspace. The group features Ozzy Osbourne keyboardist Adam Wakeman (who is also the son of Yes' Rick Wakeman). Their debut album, I Am Anonymous, will be released in the spring.
Hatebreed have begun be-production on their sixth album. The band will hit the studio in April and May to record.
Drummer Luke Holland has joined The Word Alive. He replaces Justin Salinas, who quit the group in January.
News
Based on the picture on their website, it appears that Killswitch Engage are in the studio recording a new album. This will be their first effort since former vocalist Jesse Leach rejoined the metalcore band.
InsideOut Music has signed British progressive metal band Headspace. The group features Ozzy Osbourne keyboardist Adam Wakeman (who is also the son of Yes' Rick Wakeman). Their debut album, I Am Anonymous, will be released in the spring.
Hatebreed have begun be-production on their sixth album. The band will hit the studio in April and May to record.
Drummer Luke Holland has joined The Word Alive. He replaces Justin Salinas, who quit the group in January.
- 3/26/2012
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- DreadCentral.com
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