Dubbed the “Polish Marilyn Monroe,” the late actor and singer Kalina Jędrusik used to electrify the audiences of the Polish People’s Republic with her risqué outfits, performance in Andrzej Wajda’s Oscar-nominated “The Promised Land” or unconventional relationship with husband, writer Stanisław Dygat. But “Autumn Girl” – which screens this week in the Polish Competition of the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival – named after one of her songs, “Jesienna dziewczyna,” refuses to show Jędrusik as yet another woman defined and destroyed by her sexualized image.
“They didn’t want it to be a film in which the main character is a victim,” says cinematographer Weronika Bilska, who joined the female-heavy crew led by director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, who co-wrote the script alongside Patrycja Mnich. The film was produced by Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś and Maria Gołoś for Re Studio, with Next Film handling local distribution.
“Kasia would always say that she wanted to make something cheerful,...
“They didn’t want it to be a film in which the main character is a victim,” says cinematographer Weronika Bilska, who joined the female-heavy crew led by director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, who co-wrote the script alongside Patrycja Mnich. The film was produced by Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś and Maria Gołoś for Re Studio, with Next Film handling local distribution.
“Kasia would always say that she wanted to make something cheerful,...
- 11/13/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Jakub Piątek’s ’Prime Time; won the Screen International Best Pitch award
Jakub Piątek’s feature debut Prime Time was the winner of the second annual Screen International Best Pitch award presented as part of this week’s Polish Film Days which ran as a virtual event from July 27-29.
Prime Time is based on the true story of a hostage-taking in a TV studio in front of live cameras. The screenplay is written by Piątek and Lukasz Czapski and was developed at Torino Film Lab Extended and New Horizons Studio+ last year.
The €1m project is a co-production between...
Jakub Piątek’s feature debut Prime Time was the winner of the second annual Screen International Best Pitch award presented as part of this week’s Polish Film Days which ran as a virtual event from July 27-29.
Prime Time is based on the true story of a hostage-taking in a TV studio in front of live cameras. The screenplay is written by Piątek and Lukasz Czapski and was developed at Torino Film Lab Extended and New Horizons Studio+ last year.
The €1m project is a co-production between...
- 7/30/2020
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
The film about the “Polish Marilyn Monroe”, which currently has no international title, is the Polish-language feature debut by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, who previously shot the UK drama Flying Blind. Many Polish film stars shone bright on local screens during communism, but there was only one so special that you only needed say her first name for people to know whom you were referring to: Kalina. Even though she was an ostentatious brunette, rather than a funny blonde, she was often compared to Marilyn Monroe, whom she adored. Kalina was smart, sensual and loud-mouthed, and sparked controversy with her deep cleavages and famous carriage-ride scene in Promised Land by Andrzej Wajda, where her character performs oral sex – although that part was cut from the later edit of the film, years after its original release (1974). The title of the upcoming feature Bo we mnie...
Polish showcase to highlight 26 movies.
Polish Days (August 8 - 10), the showcase of national films at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (August 3 - 13) in Wroclaw, Poland, has announced twenty-six titles this year.
Among six completed films are Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon a Time in November and Maciej Sobieszczański’s The Reconciliation.
Eleven films will be presented at the pitchings event while nine films will be presented in the work-in-progress section.
Around 150 guests from Poland and abroad are expected to attend the event in Wrocław, which has been organized since 2013 in co-operation with the Polish Film Institute.
Projects presented in past years include Spoor, The Last Family, The Birds Are Singing in Kigali and All These Sleepless Nights.
New Horizons is being held two weeks later in the calendar this year to accomodate incoming sporting event The World Games, meaning the Polish festival coincides with the Locarno Film Festival for the first time.
Full list of...
Polish Days (August 8 - 10), the showcase of national films at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (August 3 - 13) in Wroclaw, Poland, has announced twenty-six titles this year.
Among six completed films are Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon a Time in November and Maciej Sobieszczański’s The Reconciliation.
Eleven films will be presented at the pitchings event while nine films will be presented in the work-in-progress section.
Around 150 guests from Poland and abroad are expected to attend the event in Wrocław, which has been organized since 2013 in co-operation with the Polish Film Institute.
Projects presented in past years include Spoor, The Last Family, The Birds Are Singing in Kigali and All These Sleepless Nights.
New Horizons is being held two weeks later in the calendar this year to accomodate incoming sporting event The World Games, meaning the Polish festival coincides with the Locarno Film Festival for the first time.
Full list of...
- 7/14/2017
- ScreenDaily
Sales outfit secures sci-fi feature and a Berlinale Forum film ahead of next week’s Efm.
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has picked up Miguel Llansó’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi film Crumbs.
Produced by a Spanish-Ethiopian team Sergio Uguet de Resayre, Meseret Argaw, Daniel Taye Workou and Miguel Llansó, the film received its world premiere on Tuesday (Jan 27) at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) and will have its market premiere at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin next week.
Crumbs is the story of Candy, a strange-looking scrap collector, who embarks on a surreal epic journey through the post-apocalyptic Ethiopian landscape.
Llansó’s 2013 short film Chigger Ale about “Hitler´s Ethiopian clone”, also starring Daniel Tadesse Gagano, premiered at Locarno Film Festival and has been screened at Bafici, Tampere, Hamburg among others. Crumbs is his debut feature.
Naszewski described Llansó as having “a very distinctive voice… and we want...
Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based sales outlet New Europe Film Sales has picked up Miguel Llansó’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi film Crumbs.
Produced by a Spanish-Ethiopian team Sergio Uguet de Resayre, Meseret Argaw, Daniel Taye Workou and Miguel Llansó, the film received its world premiere on Tuesday (Jan 27) at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) and will have its market premiere at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin next week.
Crumbs is the story of Candy, a strange-looking scrap collector, who embarks on a surreal epic journey through the post-apocalyptic Ethiopian landscape.
Llansó’s 2013 short film Chigger Ale about “Hitler´s Ethiopian clone”, also starring Daniel Tadesse Gagano, premiered at Locarno Film Festival and has been screened at Bafici, Tampere, Hamburg among others. Crumbs is his debut feature.
Naszewski described Llansó as having “a very distinctive voice… and we want...
- 1/29/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Bristol short film showcase to host 207 films across competitive strands.
Bristol’s short film and animation festival Encounters (Sept 16-21) will showcase 207 works from 30 countries across its competitive strands.
The festival’s Thicker Than Water programme features Happy Toys, the directorial debut of actress Zawe Ashton, while Billy Connolly’s daughter Cara Connolly’s Sundance selected film, Exchange and Mart, will also feature in competition with a cast including Scottish actor Ewen Bremner.
The Journeys programme will feature The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp starring Olivia Colman and shot by Robbie Ryan and established artist filmmaker and Encounters veteran John Smith presents Dark Light in competition.
Meanwhile, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi Warsaw plays in the Encounters Retrospective. Klimkiewicz previously collaborated with Bristol-based film producer Alison Stirling, which led to Katarzyna’s first feature Flying Blind.
Other films in competition include Crocodile by Gaelle Denis which was selected in the Critics’ Week in Cannes.
In the Strange...
Bristol’s short film and animation festival Encounters (Sept 16-21) will showcase 207 works from 30 countries across its competitive strands.
The festival’s Thicker Than Water programme features Happy Toys, the directorial debut of actress Zawe Ashton, while Billy Connolly’s daughter Cara Connolly’s Sundance selected film, Exchange and Mart, will also feature in competition with a cast including Scottish actor Ewen Bremner.
The Journeys programme will feature The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp starring Olivia Colman and shot by Robbie Ryan and established artist filmmaker and Encounters veteran John Smith presents Dark Light in competition.
Meanwhile, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi Warsaw plays in the Encounters Retrospective. Klimkiewicz previously collaborated with Bristol-based film producer Alison Stirling, which led to Katarzyna’s first feature Flying Blind.
Other films in competition include Crocodile by Gaelle Denis which was selected in the Critics’ Week in Cannes.
In the Strange...
- 8/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Bristol short film showcase to host 207 films across competitive strands.
Bristol’s short film and animation festival Encounters (Sept 16 – 21) will showcase 207 works from 30 countries across its competitive strands.
The festival’s Thicker Than Water programme features Happy Toys, the directorial debut of actress Zawe Ashton, while Billy Connolly’s daughter Cara Connolly’s Sundance selected film, Exchange and Mart, will also feature in competition with a cast including Scottish actor Ewen Bremner.
The Journeys programme will feature The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp starring Olivia Colman and shot by Robbie Ryan and established artist filmmaker and Encounters veteran John Smith presents Dark Light in competition.
Meanwhile, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi Warsaw plays in the Encounters Retrospective. Klimkiewicz previously collaborated with Bristol-based film producer Alison Stirling, which led to Katarzyna’s first feature Flying Blind.
Other films in competition include Crocodile by Gaelle Denis which was selected in the Critics’ Week in Cannes.
In the Strange...
Bristol’s short film and animation festival Encounters (Sept 16 – 21) will showcase 207 works from 30 countries across its competitive strands.
The festival’s Thicker Than Water programme features Happy Toys, the directorial debut of actress Zawe Ashton, while Billy Connolly’s daughter Cara Connolly’s Sundance selected film, Exchange and Mart, will also feature in competition with a cast including Scottish actor Ewen Bremner.
The Journeys programme will feature The Karman Line by Oscar Sharp starring Olivia Colman and shot by Robbie Ryan and established artist filmmaker and Encounters veteran John Smith presents Dark Light in competition.
Meanwhile, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s Hanoi Warsaw plays in the Encounters Retrospective. Klimkiewicz previously collaborated with Bristol-based film producer Alison Stirling, which led to Katarzyna’s first feature Flying Blind.
Other films in competition include Crocodile by Gaelle Denis which was selected in the Critics’ Week in Cannes.
In the Strange...
- 8/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
New Films by Przemyslaw Wojcieszek, Marcin Krzysztalowicz, Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda, will be presented to the foreign professionals during the key industry event of the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. The organizers expect around 150 guests to attend.
Polish Days is the most important industry event at the 14.T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (24 July – 3 August 2014), where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings.
This year’s edition of Polish Days will take place on July 30 – August 1. Six completed Polish films and ten works-in-progress will be shown at closed screenings, while eleven projects will be pitched to the international audience.
Among the finished films, the representatives of the international film industry will have the chance to see "15 Corners of the World" by Zuzanna Solakiewicz, which will have its world premiere in the Films on Art International Competition at the T-Mobile New Horizons Iff and then international premiere in the Settimana della Critica section of the Locarno Ff in August. Other films shown in full at the closed screenings during Polish Days include "Gods" by Lukasz Palkowski, "Call me Marianna" by Karolina Bielawska, "Performer" by Lukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański and two films that will compete in the Main Competition of the T-Mobile International Film Festival - "How to Disappear Completely" by Przemyslaw Wojcieszek and "Calling" by Marcin Dudziak. The organisers hope to secure one extra title in the last moment before the event starts.
Projects in development presented in the pitching session include, among others, "Hungry" by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, "I’m the Killer" by Maciej Pieprzyca, "Volhynia" by Wojciech Smarzowski, "Window" by Anna Jadowska, "Rosa" by Denijal Hasanovic and "Toxaemia" by Julia Kolberger.
This year, for the first time, two projects presented in the section will be awarded with post-production awards given by Polish Days’ new partners - post-production companies Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
The works in progress section will show clips from the following films, which are currently in production: "And There Was Love in the Ghetto " by Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda, "Carte Blanche" by Jacek Lusiński, "Journey to Rome" by Tomasz Mielnik, "I, Olga Hepnarova" by Tomás Weinreb and Petr Kazda , "The Here After" by Magnus von Horn, "Walser" by Zbigniew Libera and "Close Ups" by Magdalena Piekorz, among others.
The organizers are expecting around 150 guests at the event. Confirmed attendees include programmers from Berlin, Cannes, Rotterdam, Istanbul, Edinburgh, and Hong-Kong, as well as a number of buyers such as Level K, Ndm, Premium Films, Film Republic, Alpha Violet, Indie Sales, New Europe Film Sales, Just Film Distribution, Imagine Film, Soda Pictures and Epicentre. This year’s special guests will be a group of Turkish film professionals invited to Wrocław in cooperation with the international film festival in Istanbul, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Turkish Ministry for Culture and Tourism to celebrate the 600 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Polish Days are co-organized with the Polish Film Institute, Odra Film and the Wrocław Film Commission with the support of the Lower Silesia municipality and the city of Wrocław. Event partners include Film Commission Poland, Łódź Film Commission, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Poznań Film Commission, Kraków Film Commission, Silesia Film Commission, National Audiovisual Institute, as well as post-production studios Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
Full list of presented films:
Finished Films
"15 Corners of the World" (15 stron świata) , dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz
"Gods" (Bogowie) , dir. Lukasz Palkowski
"How to Disappear Completely" (Jak całkowicie zniknąć) , dir. Przemysław Wojcieszek
"Call me Marianna" (Mów mi Marianna) , dir. Karolina Bielawska
"Performer" dirs. Lukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański
"Calling" (Wołanie) , dir. Marcin Dudziak
Pitching
"Hungry" (Głodna) , dir. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
"I’m the Killer" (Jestem mordercą) , dir. Maciej Pieprzyca
"All Gone Mad" (Krokodyl) , dir. Aleksandra Niemczyk
"Maya + Theo and Others" (Maja + Theo i inni) , dir. Filip K. Kasperaszek
"Window" (Okno) , dir. Anna Jadowska
"The Wounded Beast" (Ranne Zwierzę) , dir. Piotr Trzaskalski
"Nano" (Rdzeń) , dir. Piotr Ryczko
"Rosa" , dir. Denijal Hasanovic
"Owl, the Baker’s Daughter" (Sowa, córka piekarza) , dir. Grzegorz Jarzyna
"Toxaemia" (Toksymia) , dir. Julia Kolberger
"Volhynia" ( Wołyń) , dir. Wojciech Smarzowski
Works in Progress
"Carte Blanche" dir. Jacek Lusiński
"Journey to Rome" (Droga do Rzymu) , dir. Tomasz Mielnik
"And There Was Love in the Ghetto" (I była miłość w getcie) , dir. Jolanta Dylewska, Andrzej Wajda
"I, Olga Hepnarova" (Ja, Olga Hepnarova) , dir. Tomás Weinreb & Petr Kazda
"Summer Solstice" (Letnie przesilenie) , dir. Michal Rogalski
"The Wall" (Mur) , dir. Dariusz Glazer
"All About My Parents" (Pani z przedszkola) , dir. Marcin Krzysztalowicz
"The Here After" (Po śmierci) , dir. Magnus von Horn
"Walser" dir. Zbigniew Libera
"Close Ups" (Zbliżenia), dir. Magdalena Piekorz...
Polish Days is the most important industry event at the 14.T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (24 July – 3 August 2014), where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings.
This year’s edition of Polish Days will take place on July 30 – August 1. Six completed Polish films and ten works-in-progress will be shown at closed screenings, while eleven projects will be pitched to the international audience.
Among the finished films, the representatives of the international film industry will have the chance to see "15 Corners of the World" by Zuzanna Solakiewicz, which will have its world premiere in the Films on Art International Competition at the T-Mobile New Horizons Iff and then international premiere in the Settimana della Critica section of the Locarno Ff in August. Other films shown in full at the closed screenings during Polish Days include "Gods" by Lukasz Palkowski, "Call me Marianna" by Karolina Bielawska, "Performer" by Lukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański and two films that will compete in the Main Competition of the T-Mobile International Film Festival - "How to Disappear Completely" by Przemyslaw Wojcieszek and "Calling" by Marcin Dudziak. The organisers hope to secure one extra title in the last moment before the event starts.
Projects in development presented in the pitching session include, among others, "Hungry" by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, "I’m the Killer" by Maciej Pieprzyca, "Volhynia" by Wojciech Smarzowski, "Window" by Anna Jadowska, "Rosa" by Denijal Hasanovic and "Toxaemia" by Julia Kolberger.
This year, for the first time, two projects presented in the section will be awarded with post-production awards given by Polish Days’ new partners - post-production companies Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
The works in progress section will show clips from the following films, which are currently in production: "And There Was Love in the Ghetto " by Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda, "Carte Blanche" by Jacek Lusiński, "Journey to Rome" by Tomasz Mielnik, "I, Olga Hepnarova" by Tomás Weinreb and Petr Kazda , "The Here After" by Magnus von Horn, "Walser" by Zbigniew Libera and "Close Ups" by Magdalena Piekorz, among others.
The organizers are expecting around 150 guests at the event. Confirmed attendees include programmers from Berlin, Cannes, Rotterdam, Istanbul, Edinburgh, and Hong-Kong, as well as a number of buyers such as Level K, Ndm, Premium Films, Film Republic, Alpha Violet, Indie Sales, New Europe Film Sales, Just Film Distribution, Imagine Film, Soda Pictures and Epicentre. This year’s special guests will be a group of Turkish film professionals invited to Wrocław in cooperation with the international film festival in Istanbul, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Turkish Ministry for Culture and Tourism to celebrate the 600 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Polish Days are co-organized with the Polish Film Institute, Odra Film and the Wrocław Film Commission with the support of the Lower Silesia municipality and the city of Wrocław. Event partners include Film Commission Poland, Łódź Film Commission, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Poznań Film Commission, Kraków Film Commission, Silesia Film Commission, National Audiovisual Institute, as well as post-production studios Toya Studios and Chimney Poland.
Full list of presented films:
Finished Films
"15 Corners of the World" (15 stron świata) , dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz
"Gods" (Bogowie) , dir. Lukasz Palkowski
"How to Disappear Completely" (Jak całkowicie zniknąć) , dir. Przemysław Wojcieszek
"Call me Marianna" (Mów mi Marianna) , dir. Karolina Bielawska
"Performer" dirs. Lukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański
"Calling" (Wołanie) , dir. Marcin Dudziak
Pitching
"Hungry" (Głodna) , dir. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
"I’m the Killer" (Jestem mordercą) , dir. Maciej Pieprzyca
"All Gone Mad" (Krokodyl) , dir. Aleksandra Niemczyk
"Maya + Theo and Others" (Maja + Theo i inni) , dir. Filip K. Kasperaszek
"Window" (Okno) , dir. Anna Jadowska
"The Wounded Beast" (Ranne Zwierzę) , dir. Piotr Trzaskalski
"Nano" (Rdzeń) , dir. Piotr Ryczko
"Rosa" , dir. Denijal Hasanovic
"Owl, the Baker’s Daughter" (Sowa, córka piekarza) , dir. Grzegorz Jarzyna
"Toxaemia" (Toksymia) , dir. Julia Kolberger
"Volhynia" ( Wołyń) , dir. Wojciech Smarzowski
Works in Progress
"Carte Blanche" dir. Jacek Lusiński
"Journey to Rome" (Droga do Rzymu) , dir. Tomasz Mielnik
"And There Was Love in the Ghetto" (I była miłość w getcie) , dir. Jolanta Dylewska, Andrzej Wajda
"I, Olga Hepnarova" (Ja, Olga Hepnarova) , dir. Tomás Weinreb & Petr Kazda
"Summer Solstice" (Letnie przesilenie) , dir. Michal Rogalski
"The Wall" (Mur) , dir. Dariusz Glazer
"All About My Parents" (Pani z przedszkola) , dir. Marcin Krzysztalowicz
"The Here After" (Po śmierci) , dir. Magnus von Horn
"Walser" dir. Zbigniew Libera
"Close Ups" (Zbliżenia), dir. Magdalena Piekorz...
- 7/21/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
New Films by Andrzej Wajda and Jolanta Dylewska will be amongst those presented during industry event Polish Days which will take place during the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival.
Amongst the titles due to be screened at Polish Days are new films by Przemysław Wojcieszek, Marcin Krzyształowicz, Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda.
The films will be presented at the industry event - which showcases Polish films to international sellers, buyers and programmers - as part of the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. Over 150 foreign professionals are expected to attend.
Six completed Polish films and ten works-in-progress will be shown at the closed screenings, while eleven projects will be pitched to the international audience.
Among the finished films will be Zuzanna Solakiewicz’s 15 Corners of the world which will have its world premiere in the Films on Art International Competition at the T-Mobile New Horizons Iff.
Other films shown in full at the closed...
Amongst the titles due to be screened at Polish Days are new films by Przemysław Wojcieszek, Marcin Krzyształowicz, Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda.
The films will be presented at the industry event - which showcases Polish films to international sellers, buyers and programmers - as part of the 14th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. Over 150 foreign professionals are expected to attend.
Six completed Polish films and ten works-in-progress will be shown at the closed screenings, while eleven projects will be pitched to the international audience.
Among the finished films will be Zuzanna Solakiewicz’s 15 Corners of the world which will have its world premiere in the Films on Art International Competition at the T-Mobile New Horizons Iff.
Other films shown in full at the closed...
- 7/17/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
★★☆☆☆The latest offering to emerge from Bristol's iFeatures micro-budget funding scheme, which also saw Polish-born director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz's impressive Flying Blind (2012) secure a UK theatrical release last year, Mark Simon Hewis' debut feature 8 Minutes Idle (2012) (based on a novel of the same name by Matt Thorne) also had the added backing of funds from Kickstarter to help ensure it managed the same distribution pathway. Unfortunately, Hewis' amiable twentysomething drama doesn't quite impress in the the same way as its predecessor, despite an appealingly straight-faced performance from lead actor Tom Hughes and the abstract, sometimes almost Lynchian comedic tone.
- 6/2/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The awards have all been handed out at this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam. Here is a list of the winners:
Canon Tiger Awards for Short Films:
La isla by Dominga Sotomayor and Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Chile/Poland/Denmark
Giant by Salla Tykkä, Finland/Romania
The Chimera of M. by Sebastian Buerkner, United Kingdom
Lions Film Award:
Love Steaks by Jakob Lass
Hubert Bals Fund Lions Film Award:
Los Hongos by Oscar Ruiz Navia
Hivos Tiger Awards:
Anatomy of a Paperclip by Ikeda Akira
Han Gong-Ju by Lee Su-Jin
Something Must Break by Ester Martin Bergsmark
MovieZone Award:
Jacky au royaume des filles by Riad Sattouf (France)
Netpac Award:
28 by Jayakody Prasanna (Sri Lanka)
Fipresci Award:
The Songs of Rice by Uruphong Raksasad (Thailand)
Knf Award:
To Kill a Man by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile/France)
Big Screen Award:
Another Year by Oxana Bychkova (Russia)
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award:
Tabija by...
Canon Tiger Awards for Short Films:
La isla by Dominga Sotomayor and Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Chile/Poland/Denmark
Giant by Salla Tykkä, Finland/Romania
The Chimera of M. by Sebastian Buerkner, United Kingdom
Lions Film Award:
Love Steaks by Jakob Lass
Hubert Bals Fund Lions Film Award:
Los Hongos by Oscar Ruiz Navia
Hivos Tiger Awards:
Anatomy of a Paperclip by Ikeda Akira
Han Gong-Ju by Lee Su-Jin
Something Must Break by Ester Martin Bergsmark
MovieZone Award:
Jacky au royaume des filles by Riad Sattouf (France)
Netpac Award:
28 by Jayakody Prasanna (Sri Lanka)
Fipresci Award:
The Songs of Rice by Uruphong Raksasad (Thailand)
Knf Award:
To Kill a Man by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile/France)
Big Screen Award:
Another Year by Oxana Bychkova (Russia)
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award:
Tabija by...
- 2/1/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Winners are from UK, Finland/Romania and Chile/Poland/Denmark
Tonight in Rotterdam, the festival awarded its three equal Canon Tiger Awards for Short Films to:
The Chimera of M. by Sebastian Buerkner (UK)Giant by Salla Tykka (Finland/Romania)La isla by Dominga Sotomayor and Katarzyna Klimkiewicz (Chile/Poland/Denmark)
The winning filmmakers each receive a cash prize of €3,000, and a Canon video camera.
The Chimera of M. was also nominated to compete in the short film category of the annual European Film Awards (Efa).
There were 24 films in competition, and the jury was comprised of Mati Diop, Bart Rutten and Mika Taanila.
The jury said in a statement: “We were not necessarily looking for craftsmanship in the way the shorts were executed, but rather at the approach taken by the maker towards the story or subject matter, and the ambition to celebrate the power of the cinema in personal, thorough or witty...
Tonight in Rotterdam, the festival awarded its three equal Canon Tiger Awards for Short Films to:
The Chimera of M. by Sebastian Buerkner (UK)Giant by Salla Tykka (Finland/Romania)La isla by Dominga Sotomayor and Katarzyna Klimkiewicz (Chile/Poland/Denmark)
The winning filmmakers each receive a cash prize of €3,000, and a Canon video camera.
The Chimera of M. was also nominated to compete in the short film category of the annual European Film Awards (Efa).
There were 24 films in competition, and the jury was comprised of Mati Diop, Bart Rutten and Mika Taanila.
The jury said in a statement: “We were not necessarily looking for craftsmanship in the way the shorts were executed, but rather at the approach taken by the maker towards the story or subject matter, and the ambition to celebrate the power of the cinema in personal, thorough or witty...
- 1/26/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Warsaw-based company acquires Josephine Decker’s Berlinale Forum selection.
New Europe Film Sales has picked up Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, starring Joe Swanberg and Sophie Traub.
Josephine Decker’s sensual thriller will receive its world premiere as part of Berlinale Forum.
New Europe will handle all territories outside North America, where Paradigm is handling sales.
Decker’s first feature Butter on the Latch will also play at this year’s Berlinale.
The Warsaw-based company also recently announced that their first production - Dominga Sotomayor & Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s mid-length film La Isla - will receive its international premiere at Iffr, which began on Wednesday (Jan 22).
New Europe Film Sales has picked up Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, starring Joe Swanberg and Sophie Traub.
Josephine Decker’s sensual thriller will receive its world premiere as part of Berlinale Forum.
New Europe will handle all territories outside North America, where Paradigm is handling sales.
Decker’s first feature Butter on the Latch will also play at this year’s Berlinale.
The Warsaw-based company also recently announced that their first production - Dominga Sotomayor & Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s mid-length film La Isla - will receive its international premiere at Iffr, which began on Wednesday (Jan 22).
- 1/24/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
24 films will compete for three Canon Tiger awards for short films; programme will also include tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack and Swiss film-maker and artist HannesSchüpbach.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has unveiled the 24 films competing for the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films.
Shorts include Yael Bartana’s Inferno [pictured] and Adan Jodorowsky’s The Voice Thief. The full programme of Tiger and Spectrum Shorts, with 217 short and mid-length films, will be screened from Jan 23-27 at LantarenVenster.
The programme also includes tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack, with five of her works presented at the festival, and Swiss film-maker and artist Hannes Schüpbach with three of his works screened during Iffr.
Jan 23-26 will see Iffr and Gonzo (circus) magazine present Mind The Gap Nights, four evenings of unique collaborations between musicians, video artists, film-makers and other image makers.
The full list of titles competing for the three Canon Tiger awards for short films are:...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has unveiled the 24 films competing for the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films.
Shorts include Yael Bartana’s Inferno [pictured] and Adan Jodorowsky’s The Voice Thief. The full programme of Tiger and Spectrum Shorts, with 217 short and mid-length films, will be screened from Jan 23-27 at LantarenVenster.
The programme also includes tributes to British film-maker Jodie Mack, with five of her works presented at the festival, and Swiss film-maker and artist Hannes Schüpbach with three of his works screened during Iffr.
Jan 23-26 will see Iffr and Gonzo (circus) magazine present Mind The Gap Nights, four evenings of unique collaborations between musicians, video artists, film-makers and other image makers.
The full list of titles competing for the three Canon Tiger awards for short films are:...
- 1/7/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
★★★☆☆ Katarzyna Klimkiewicz's assured debut feature Flying Blind (2012), starring Helen McCrory, Najib Oudghiri and Kenneth Cranham, is a political thriller with a sting in its tail. Frankie (McCrory), an attractive middle-aged woman, is a successful aerospace engineer designing drones for the British military. She also lectures at Bristol University where she meets Kahil (Oudghiri), a French-Algerian student. They begin an affair and Frankie swiftly becomes obsessed with her young lover but after discovering, by accident, that he is a part-time taxi driver, she realises that she doesn't really know Kahil, his past, or where his loyalties lie.
Kahil mixes with some dubious characters, his body carries the signs of torture and he's lied about his student status. Frankie works in a sensitive field and becomes increasingly suspicious of Kahil's intentions towards her, but finds that she can't give him up so easily and starts to spy on him. She trawls...
Kahil mixes with some dubious characters, his body carries the signs of torture and he's lied about his student status. Frankie works in a sensitive field and becomes increasingly suspicious of Kahil's intentions towards her, but finds that she can't give him up so easily and starts to spy on him. She trawls...
- 7/17/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
In her latest film Helen McCrory is once again playing a mature woman with a youthful lover. And why not, she asks? Though in real life, they'd have to fight off her husband, Damian Lewis, aka Brody from Homeland…
It's a good thing in an actor to know how to make an entrance, and Helen McCrory does. She arrives late – dashing in every sense. It's not possible to walk into a room unobserved wearing a coat like hers: the colour of wet sand, with fur cuffs and lapels. Nor can it pass uncommented upon. Is it as comfortable as it is beautiful? "Comfortable on me as it was on the fox," she says, with an air of self-mocking defiance, shrugging inside it: "It's from Paris," she adds, settling into the red leather corner banquette in Colbert, Sloane Square – a cafe engaged in a more doomed attempt than hers at recalling Paris.
It's a good thing in an actor to know how to make an entrance, and Helen McCrory does. She arrives late – dashing in every sense. It's not possible to walk into a room unobserved wearing a coat like hers: the colour of wet sand, with fur cuffs and lapels. Nor can it pass uncommented upon. Is it as comfortable as it is beautiful? "Comfortable on me as it was on the fox," she says, with an air of self-mocking defiance, shrugging inside it: "It's from Paris," she adds, settling into the red leather corner banquette in Colbert, Sloane Square – a cafe engaged in a more doomed attempt than hers at recalling Paris.
- 4/13/2013
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
The Place Beyond The Pines | Oblivion | Simon Killer | The Gatekeepers | Flying Blind | Scary Movie 5 | Bafta Shorts 2013 | First Position | Theorem | Nautanki Saala!
The Place Beyond The Pines (15)
(Derek Cianfrance, 2012, Us) Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper. 141 mins
Fans might be disappointed to hear it, but this has bigger ambitions than just drooling over Ryan Gosling. His criminal stunt-biker is merely one part of a weighty cross-generational triptych: a study of fathers, sons, sins and justice that seeks a place beyond standard storytelling structure, even if there's not quite enough meat on the bones, especially of the Gosling variety.
Oblivion (12A)
(Joseph Kosinski, 2013, Us) Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko. 125 mins
Cruise is in his familiar anchorman role for this big-budget sci-fi, set on a devastated future Earth where all is not what it seems with his drone repairman's job. It's potentially a Philip K Dick-style thriller, though the lack of advance screenings is a danger sign.
The Place Beyond The Pines (15)
(Derek Cianfrance, 2012, Us) Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper. 141 mins
Fans might be disappointed to hear it, but this has bigger ambitions than just drooling over Ryan Gosling. His criminal stunt-biker is merely one part of a weighty cross-generational triptych: a study of fathers, sons, sins and justice that seeks a place beyond standard storytelling structure, even if there's not quite enough meat on the bones, especially of the Gosling variety.
Oblivion (12A)
(Joseph Kosinski, 2013, Us) Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko. 125 mins
Cruise is in his familiar anchorman role for this big-budget sci-fi, set on a devastated future Earth where all is not what it seems with his drone repairman's job. It's potentially a Philip K Dick-style thriller, though the lack of advance screenings is a danger sign.
- 4/13/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Katarzyna Klimkiewicz's film fails to grip as a sexual thriller, squandering strong performances
There are strong, committed performances here from Helen McCrory and Najib Oudghiri, but they can't make much difference to how frankly weak this movie is: at once predictable and implausible. McCrory plays Frankie, an engineering lecturer who runs a consultancy practice designing drones for the British military. Hardworking, lonely and yearning for love, she is flattered when handsome young student Kahil (Oudghiri) makes approaches – but he seems to have an interest in her military work that is making some people nervous. As a sexual thriller, this fails to grip, and director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz does not endow it with all that much tension or contemporary credibility. Right the way through to the fence-sitter of an ending, the movie looks like it was written by committee at a screenwriters' seminar.
Rating: 2/5
DramaPeter Bradshaw
guardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News...
There are strong, committed performances here from Helen McCrory and Najib Oudghiri, but they can't make much difference to how frankly weak this movie is: at once predictable and implausible. McCrory plays Frankie, an engineering lecturer who runs a consultancy practice designing drones for the British military. Hardworking, lonely and yearning for love, she is flattered when handsome young student Kahil (Oudghiri) makes approaches – but he seems to have an interest in her military work that is making some people nervous. As a sexual thriller, this fails to grip, and director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz does not endow it with all that much tension or contemporary credibility. Right the way through to the fence-sitter of an ending, the movie looks like it was written by committee at a screenwriters' seminar.
Rating: 2/5
DramaPeter Bradshaw
guardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News...
- 4/11/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆ What starts as a sexy, May-September romance turns into an involving and studied look at post-911 prejudice and paranoia. Flying Blind (2012) is the feature-length debut of Polish shorts director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, and features a career-best performance from Brit Helen McCrory. McCrory plays Frankie, a successful middle-aged employee of an aerospace company who have landed a lucrative contract to design surveillance drones for the military. Her single life enables her to also work as a part-time university lecturer, where she meets and embarks on a passionate affair with twentysomething French/Algerian student, Kahil.
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- 4/11/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Dominga Sotomayer who directed my favorite film of last year's Latino films, Thursday Through Sunday, is now crowdfunding to produce a 30 minute short called The Time Before with a Polish co-director on Indiegogo. I hope readers interested in Latino talent and/or in shorts will visit her public funding campaign. The film will have international sales representation through New Europe Film Sales, the only sales agent in Poland - read more on www.neweuropefilmsales.com. New Europe Film Sales was launched by Jan Naszewski, around the time of The American Film Festival's Us in Progress, November 2011. Jan works there as the publicist, sales, international outreach and guest director. He started New Europe Film Sales as an international sales agent for shorts but during the first Us in Progress, he picked up the film Now, Forager. The newest feature film in the catalog is I Used to be Darker by Matt Porterfield (Sundance/Berlinale Forum 2013) which showed in last year's Us in Progress. Now he is producing the Latina-Polish written and directed project The Time Before. With 15,000 Euros of its 35,000 Euro budget, this 30 minute film is an international co-production, initiated by the Cph Dox’s 2012 Dox: Lab programme, which brought together acclaimed female directors Katarzyna Klimkiewicz and Dominga Sotomayor. They were joined by an international production team: Benjamin Domenech (Argentina),Rebeca Gutiérrez (Chile) and Jan Naszewski (Poland) to make a 30 minute short film written and developed by the two directors. This team of artists, producers, festival organisers and sales agents gives the project high creative, production, sales and promotion value.
The film is financed by a grant from Cph Dox and by pre-sales, in-kind services and deferrals from the creative team. The shooting will take place on the Chiloé Island in Chile, using existing buildings and local nature (beaches, forests, etc.) as locations. A small crew will film non-professional actors over a period of 10 days. The project will be presented at the Bafici Ff’s Buenos Aires Lab in March 2013 (part of the Dox: Lab’s programme), which will allow the crew to fly out to South America and combine that with location scouting, shooting and other pre- and post-production activities. The film is set to be ready in October 2013, for the next edition of the Cph:dox festival.
My readers will see that this combines my two favorite parts of the world, Latin America and Central-Eastern Europe.
Synopsis:
A group of people gather for a family reunion in a house on an isolated island. They are waiting for the last person to join them, but as the evening arrives and he doesn’t arrive, a strange anxiety overwhelms them. The group dismantles and the family members wander away from the house separately, confronting the sea and an unspoken fear that slowly consumes them.
Written and Directed by:
Dominga Sotomayor & Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
Produced by:
Rebeca Gutierrez, Jan Naszewski, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Dominga Sotomayor...
The film is financed by a grant from Cph Dox and by pre-sales, in-kind services and deferrals from the creative team. The shooting will take place on the Chiloé Island in Chile, using existing buildings and local nature (beaches, forests, etc.) as locations. A small crew will film non-professional actors over a period of 10 days. The project will be presented at the Bafici Ff’s Buenos Aires Lab in March 2013 (part of the Dox: Lab’s programme), which will allow the crew to fly out to South America and combine that with location scouting, shooting and other pre- and post-production activities. The film is set to be ready in October 2013, for the next edition of the Cph:dox festival.
My readers will see that this combines my two favorite parts of the world, Latin America and Central-Eastern Europe.
Synopsis:
A group of people gather for a family reunion in a house on an isolated island. They are waiting for the last person to join them, but as the evening arrives and he doesn’t arrive, a strange anxiety overwhelms them. The group dismantles and the family members wander away from the house separately, confronting the sea and an unspoken fear that slowly consumes them.
Written and Directed by:
Dominga Sotomayor & Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
Produced by:
Rebeca Gutierrez, Jan Naszewski, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Dominga Sotomayor...
- 2/10/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Frankie (Helen McCrory) is a successful, smart and furiously driven aeronautical engineer and part-time lecturer who takes her work very seriously. When she strikes up a relationship with murky student Kahil (Najib Oudghiri), her work ethic decreases in favour of sex-fuelled infatuation. However, as Frankie starts to discover more and more about Kahil (he’s an illegal immigrant and seems eerily interested in fundamentalism), she becomes concerned for both her wellbeing and that of her country, which she’s involved in protecting.
Tapping into post-9/11 issues that are as controversial and discussion-raising as ever, Flying Blind elevates itself beyond minor budgeted romantic drama into a discerning and puzzling directorial debut from Polish filmmaker Katarzyna Klimkiewicz. Slow-burning in its nature, screenwriters Caroline Harrington, Bruce McLeod and Naomi Wallace continually challenge the audience’s perceptions through Frankie’s multiplying speculation and sense of insecurity.
It’s a mostly successful approach, particularly in...
Tapping into post-9/11 issues that are as controversial and discussion-raising as ever, Flying Blind elevates itself beyond minor budgeted romantic drama into a discerning and puzzling directorial debut from Polish filmmaker Katarzyna Klimkiewicz. Slow-burning in its nature, screenwriters Caroline Harrington, Bruce McLeod and Naomi Wallace continually challenge the audience’s perceptions through Frankie’s multiplying speculation and sense of insecurity.
It’s a mostly successful approach, particularly in...
- 7/3/2012
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Walking around Edinburgh today it almost felt like there was a Film Festival taking place – an improvement over last year, when even the city’s residents seemed oblivious to the whole thing. Between films today I spotted a group of journalists snapping Festival patrons Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins (whose film What Is This Film Called Love? I am seeing tomorrow). Elliott Gould could be seen hanging around the Cineworld in Fountainbridge. I was genuinely moved to look up from the DVDs in the Filmhouse foyer today and find that the sweet little lady smiling back at me was Thelma Schoonmaker, long-time collaborator of Martin Scorsese, widow of British film legend Michael Powell, and one of the finest editors in cinema history.
I kicked off today with a documentary about which I knew zip: One Mile Away. It explores gang culture in Birmingham, and the long-standing feud between the Burger...
I kicked off today with a documentary about which I knew zip: One Mile Away. It explores gang culture in Birmingham, and the long-standing feud between the Burger...
- 6/23/2012
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
Cannes is now over which means it’s time to move to Britain as the Edinburgh Film Festival kicks off!
We’ve just been sent the full line-up for the 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival which is now in it’s 66th year. We have our people (Jamie, Steven and Emma) on the ground at the event right now ready to catch as many films as they possible can throughout the next wee or two as we get to see 121 new features and 19 world premieres.
I’ll let the full press release below do the talking but let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments section below.
World Premieres:
Berberian Sound Studio Borrowed Time Day Of The Flowers Exit Elena Flying Blind Fred Future My Love Guinea Pigs Here, Then Leave It On The Track The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus Life Just Is Mnl...
We’ve just been sent the full line-up for the 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival which is now in it’s 66th year. We have our people (Jamie, Steven and Emma) on the ground at the event right now ready to catch as many films as they possible can throughout the next wee or two as we get to see 121 new features and 19 world premieres.
I’ll let the full press release below do the talking but let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments section below.
World Premieres:
Berberian Sound Studio Borrowed Time Day Of The Flowers Exit Elena Flying Blind Fred Future My Love Guinea Pigs Here, Then Leave It On The Track The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus Life Just Is Mnl...
- 5/30/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The full programme for the 66th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which runs from 20 June to 1 July, has been officially announced and will feature nineteen World premieres and thirteen International premieres.
The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...
The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...
- 5/30/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
A 3D porn film takes the Chinese into bed while Penrith seduces Eddie Izzard
The big story
Two stories stand out this week, both of them concerned in their own way with people power, and together offering a succinct explanation of the enduring magnetism of cinema. First came the news (particularly well read on our site – can't think why) that Chinese, er, cineastes are flocking to Hong Kong feast their eyes on what is claimed as the world's first 3D porn film.
Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy based on the classic erotic text, The Carnal Prayer Mat, promises to "leave audiences feeling like they are sitting right there at the edge of the bed". That might not sound so appealing to everyone, but apparently in China the idea has gone down a storm. With the ruling regime's stance on adults' rights to view sexual content being what it is, however,...
The big story
Two stories stand out this week, both of them concerned in their own way with people power, and together offering a succinct explanation of the enduring magnetism of cinema. First came the news (particularly well read on our site – can't think why) that Chinese, er, cineastes are flocking to Hong Kong feast their eyes on what is claimed as the world's first 3D porn film.
Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy based on the classic erotic text, The Carnal Prayer Mat, promises to "leave audiences feeling like they are sitting right there at the edge of the bed". That might not sound so appealing to everyone, but apparently in China the idea has gone down a storm. With the ruling regime's stance on adults' rights to view sexual content being what it is, however,...
- 4/7/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Our month-long series about working in the arts in Europe comes to an end with award-winning Polish film-maker Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
How did you get started in your job?
I knew I wanted to be a film director since I was a teenager. I never really changed my mind, although I had a few moments of despair. I was lucky to have that certainty about what I wanted to do in my life.
Is there such a thing as Polish film?
I think there is, but it has been lost for the last 20 years. The strength of Polish cinema has always been its confidence in the audience's ability to read images. Nowadays film-makers in Poland have lost this confidence, and they feel they have to explain everything in dialogue, so the films have lost their magic.
How are the arts funded in your country? Does it work?
Film in Poland is...
How did you get started in your job?
I knew I wanted to be a film director since I was a teenager. I never really changed my mind, although I had a few moments of despair. I was lucky to have that certainty about what I wanted to do in my life.
Is there such a thing as Polish film?
I think there is, but it has been lost for the last 20 years. The strength of Polish cinema has always been its confidence in the audience's ability to read images. Nowadays film-makers in Poland have lost this confidence, and they feel they have to explain everything in dialogue, so the films have lost their magic.
How are the arts funded in your country? Does it work?
Film in Poland is...
- 4/7/2011
- by Jo Harper
- The Guardian - Film News
The 23rd European Film Awards Photo credit: Efa/René Velli
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer triumphed at this year’s European Film Academy’s 23rd European Film Awards. The film, which I have reviewed here, took the best screenwriter, composer, director and the overall film award, at a ceremony on Saturday (04/12/2010) in snowy Tallinn, Estonia – European Capital of Culture 2011. The best animated feature film award went to Sylvain Chomet’s Illusionist – watch this space for a review in the next few days.
Around 1,400 guests were welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Märt Avandi who were the show’s hosts and over 2,300 members of the European Film Academy are said to have voted at the awards. The individual awards were presented by a line-up of European actors and actresses, among them Efa Ambassador Maria de Medeiros (Portugal), Jean-Marc Barr (France), Hannelore Elsner (Germany), Nikolaj Lie Kaas...
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer triumphed at this year’s European Film Academy’s 23rd European Film Awards. The film, which I have reviewed here, took the best screenwriter, composer, director and the overall film award, at a ceremony on Saturday (04/12/2010) in snowy Tallinn, Estonia – European Capital of Culture 2011. The best animated feature film award went to Sylvain Chomet’s Illusionist – watch this space for a review in the next few days.
Around 1,400 guests were welcomed by German comedy star Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Märt Avandi who were the show’s hosts and over 2,300 members of the European Film Academy are said to have voted at the awards. The individual awards were presented by a line-up of European actors and actresses, among them Efa Ambassador Maria de Medeiros (Portugal), Jean-Marc Barr (France), Hannelore Elsner (Germany), Nikolaj Lie Kaas...
- 12/6/2010
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
The 2010 European Film Award winners were announced this weekend, and the results are quite surprising. Roman Polanski’s Ghost Writer swept the awards winning six in total, including best film, director, actor (Ewan McGregor), screenwriter (Polanski and Robert Harris), production designer (Albrecht Konrad), and composer (Alexandre Desplat).
Hit the jump for the full list.
European Film 2010
The Ghost Writer, France/Germany/UK
directed by Roman Polanski
written by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
produced by Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski
European Director 2010
Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer
European Actress 2010
Sylvie Testud in Lourdes
European Actor 2010
Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer
European Screenwriter 2010
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer
Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2010
Giora Bejach for Lebanon
European Editor 2010
Luc Barnier & Marion Monnier for Carlos
European Production Designer 2010
Albrecht Konrad for The Ghost Writer
European Composer 2010
Alexandre Desplat for The Ghost Writer
European Discovery 2010- Prix Fipresci
Lebanon,...
Hit the jump for the full list.
European Film 2010
The Ghost Writer, France/Germany/UK
directed by Roman Polanski
written by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
produced by Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski
European Director 2010
Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer
European Actress 2010
Sylvie Testud in Lourdes
European Actor 2010
Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer
European Screenwriter 2010
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer
Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2010
Giora Bejach for Lebanon
European Editor 2010
Luc Barnier & Marion Monnier for Carlos
European Production Designer 2010
Albrecht Konrad for The Ghost Writer
European Composer 2010
Alexandre Desplat for The Ghost Writer
European Discovery 2010- Prix Fipresci
Lebanon,...
- 12/6/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The European Film Awards were presented this evening in Tallinn, Estonia, and it's turned out to be a good night for Roman Polanski and The Ghost Writer. The loot: European Film (in this case, meaning "best"), Director, Screenwriter (Polanski and Robert Harris), Actor (Ewan McGregor), Composer (Alexandre Desplat) and Production Design (Albrecht Konrad).
European Actress: Sylvie Testud (for her performance in Jessica Hausner's Lourdes). The European Discovery Prix Fipresci, presented to a director for his or her first feature, goes to Samuel Maoz for Lebanon. Maoz noted that he was pleasantly surprised to be discovered as he nears the age of 50. The film also picked up the Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award for Giora Bejach.
The Documentary Prix Arte goes to Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light; Jaco van Dormael's Mr Nobody has won the People's Choice Award. Animated Feature: Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist. Editing:...
European Actress: Sylvie Testud (for her performance in Jessica Hausner's Lourdes). The European Discovery Prix Fipresci, presented to a director for his or her first feature, goes to Samuel Maoz for Lebanon. Maoz noted that he was pleasantly surprised to be discovered as he nears the age of 50. The film also picked up the Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award for Giora Bejach.
The Documentary Prix Arte goes to Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light; Jaco van Dormael's Mr Nobody has won the People's Choice Award. Animated Feature: Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist. Editing:...
- 12/5/2010
- MUBI
The Ghost Writer, directed by Roman Polanski, won six awards at the 2010 European Film Awards, held tonight in Tallinn, Estonia.
The film won awards for best film, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best production design, and best composer. I really enjoyed the film. Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor were great in this film. I was surprised to find out that all of the shots that took place in the house were actually filmed on a sound stage.
See below for a complete listing of this year's winners.
European Film 2010
The Ghost Writer, France/Germany/Uk
Directed By Roman Polanski
Written By Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
Produced By Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski
European Director 2010
Roman Polanski For The Ghost Writer
European Actress 2010
Sylvie Testud In Lourdes
European Actor 2010
Ewan McGregor In The Ghost Writer
European Screenwriter 2010
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski For The Ghost Writer
Carlo Di Palma...
The film won awards for best film, best director, best screenplay, best actor, best production design, and best composer. I really enjoyed the film. Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor were great in this film. I was surprised to find out that all of the shots that took place in the house were actually filmed on a sound stage.
See below for a complete listing of this year's winners.
European Film 2010
The Ghost Writer, France/Germany/Uk
Directed By Roman Polanski
Written By Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
Produced By Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski
European Director 2010
Roman Polanski For The Ghost Writer
European Actress 2010
Sylvie Testud In Lourdes
European Actor 2010
Ewan McGregor In The Ghost Writer
European Screenwriter 2010
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski For The Ghost Writer
Carlo Di Palma...
- 12/4/2010
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Award season is among us on both sides of the Atlantic. Today the European Film Academy handed out their annual awards in Tallinn, Estonia and the big winner of the evening was Roman Polanski's Ghost Writer, claiming six awards, including Best Picture. Lebanon Israeli's Golden Lion winner of 2009, collected a pair: the award for European discovery, handed out to first time directors ("it's an honor being discovered when you're close to 50", said 48 year old director Samuel Maoz upon receiving the award), and the award for Best Cinematography, handed to Giora Bejach, for his extraordinary work, shooting an (almost) entire film from the Pov of a tank. Lebanon has an enormous artistic appeal, as it demonstrates the claustrophobic feeling leading audiences to believe the film was shot within the confines a tank, when in reality, Maoz didn't have a tank at his disposal. Israeli audiences didn't seem to connect to the film,...
- 12/4/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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