AMSTERDAM -- U.S. director Kelly Reichardt has secured the Rotterdam film festival's top prize, organizers said. It is the first time in the event's 35-year history that the award has gone to an American. Reichardt won the Tiger Award for her second feature, Old Joy, which deals with two old friends on a hiking trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains. The two other Tiger Awards went to Chinese director Han Jie's Walking on the Wild Side and La Perrera (The Dog Pound), from Uruguay's Manuel Nieto Zas. The Fipresci award went to Claudia Llosa from Peru for her feature Madeinusa. The jury, headed by South Korean director Lee Chang-Dong, selected the winners from a lineup of 14 titles by first- and second-time feature directors. The Dutch Critics' Award went to Australian Sarah Watt for her film Look Both Ways.
ROTTERDAM -- The International Film Festival Rotterdam said Monday it has selected 14 films, including two from the U.S., that will compete for VPRO Tiger Awards at its 35th edition, which kicks off Jan. 25. Robert Edwards' "Land of the Blind" and Kelly Reichardt's "Old Joy" are the U.S. entrants in the competition, which honors three titles equally. The festival's Hubert Bals Fund supported four titles in the competition -- "Glue" by Alexis Dos Santos, "Early in the Morning" by Gahite Fofana, "Walking on the Wild Side" by Han Jie, and "The Dog Pound" by Manuel Nieto Zas. Sepideh Farsi's "The Gaze" was previously selected as a CineMart Project.
- 1/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AMSTERDAM -- The upcoming Jan. 25-Feb. 5 International Film Festival Rotterdam will screen a record number of films supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, it was announced Wednesday. At least 30 new films will be presented at the Rotterdam fest during its 35th edition. The fund operates mainly in developing territories where independent filmmaking and production money are virtually non-existent and where filmmakers often face political resistance. Since 1988, more than 530 projects have received support from the fund. In a statement, the Hubert Bals Fund said that in 2005 it has helped more filmmakers with script development and post-production than ever before. The Rotterdam festival will host the world premieres of The Dog Pound by Manuel Nieto Zas from Uruguay and The Nightly Song of Travelers by writer Chapour Haghighat of France.
- 11/2/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- The Films in Progress section of the 53rd annual San Sebastian International Film Festival, intended to facilitate postproduction for films from South America and Spain that are experiencing problems in completion, will run Sept. 20-21, festival organizers announced Tuesday. This year's selected titles include El Bano del Papa, directed by Enrique Fernandez and Cesar Charlone (Uruguay); E Proibido Proibir, directed by Jorge Duran (Brazil); Esas no son Penas, directed by Anahi Hoeneisen and Daniel Andrade (Ecuador); La Perrera, directed by Manuel Nieto (Uruguay); El Rey de San Gregorio, directed by Alfonso Gazitua (Chile); El Telon de Azucar, directed by Camila Guzman (France-Cuba); and El Violin, directed by Francisco Vargas (Mexico).
- 8/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- Seven unfinished Latin American films have been chosen to participate in the 7th edition of Films in Progress at the Cervantes Institute in Toulouse as part of the XVII Recontres Cinemas d'Amerique Latine, organizers announced Thursday. Of the 47 films submitted, the finalists are Marcelo Mangone's "La Demolicion" (Argentina); Luis Ortega's "Monobloc" (Argentina); Manuel Nieto's "La Perrera" (Uruguay); Alfonso Gazitua's "El Rey de San Gregorio" (Chile); Amat Escalante's "Sangre" (Mexico); Sebastian Campos' "La Sagrada Familia" (Chile); and Francisco Vargas' "El Violin" (Mexico).
- 3/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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