Sahraa Karimi, film director and head of the Afghan Film Organization, has been named as head of the jury at the next edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival.
The festival’s 32nd edition will run Nov. 10-21, 2021 in the Swedish capital. It expects to put on 100 film premieres in both cinemas and online via Festival on Demand. The jury will decide the winner of the Bronze Horse for best film, and Aluminium horses for best director, first film, cinematography, script, actor and actress.
Karimi, who escaped from Afghanistan and the advancing forces of the Taliban in August, will also participate in a panel that aims to raise awareness about the threat towards artists and women in the country today.
She recently wrote an open letter to the world’s media about the repressive forces in her country and the particular danger to women and girls.
“[The Taliban] will strip women’s rights,...
The festival’s 32nd edition will run Nov. 10-21, 2021 in the Swedish capital. It expects to put on 100 film premieres in both cinemas and online via Festival on Demand. The jury will decide the winner of the Bronze Horse for best film, and Aluminium horses for best director, first film, cinematography, script, actor and actress.
Karimi, who escaped from Afghanistan and the advancing forces of the Taliban in August, will also participate in a panel that aims to raise awareness about the threat towards artists and women in the country today.
She recently wrote an open letter to the world’s media about the repressive forces in her country and the particular danger to women and girls.
“[The Taliban] will strip women’s rights,...
- 9/14/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Sahraa Karimi To Head Stockholm Jury
Sahraa Karimi, the Afghan filmmaker who hit the headlines last month as she staged a dramatic escape from the Taliban as they took over her home city of Kabul, will head the jury at this year’s Stockholm International Film Festival. She will also participate in a panel that aims to raise awareness about the threat towards artists and women in Afghanistan today. Karimi and her jury will oversee the awarding of prizes including the Bronze Horse for Best Film. “Cinema is a window to the identity and at the same time the stories of the people of a nation. I’m happy that Stockholm International Film Festival – with its long history of supporting director’s in countries where basic human rights are not respected – makes this statement public and is willing to support Afghan filmmakers in the fight of not being forgotten in the history of cinema,...
Sahraa Karimi, the Afghan filmmaker who hit the headlines last month as she staged a dramatic escape from the Taliban as they took over her home city of Kabul, will head the jury at this year’s Stockholm International Film Festival. She will also participate in a panel that aims to raise awareness about the threat towards artists and women in Afghanistan today. Karimi and her jury will oversee the awarding of prizes including the Bronze Horse for Best Film. “Cinema is a window to the identity and at the same time the stories of the people of a nation. I’m happy that Stockholm International Film Festival – with its long history of supporting director’s in countries where basic human rights are not respected – makes this statement public and is willing to support Afghan filmmakers in the fight of not being forgotten in the history of cinema,...
- 9/14/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
“Firecrackers” director Jasmin Mozaffari and “Skate Kitchen” helmer Crystal Moselle, who won Stockholm Film Festival’s best film and debut, respectively, sat with Variety after the awards ceremony on Friday to discuss their next projects.
Moselle is an up-and-coming filmmaker who already boasts an impressive track record, having won Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize with her 2015 documentary “The Wolfpack,” and this year’s Sundance Audience Prize with her narrative debut “Skate Kitchen,” a vibrant, naturalistic portrait of an all-female, multiracial skater crew in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
After “The Wolfpack” which revolved around six brothers who lived confined in a New York housing project, Moselle continued to work with non-professionals for “Skate Kitchen,” leading them to deliver performances that felt completely authentic. “I’m obsessed with authentic realism and when I work with non-actors I feel that I can make them virgins of themselves,” said Moselle, who is based in New York.
Moselle is an up-and-coming filmmaker who already boasts an impressive track record, having won Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize with her 2015 documentary “The Wolfpack,” and this year’s Sundance Audience Prize with her narrative debut “Skate Kitchen,” a vibrant, naturalistic portrait of an all-female, multiracial skater crew in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
After “The Wolfpack” which revolved around six brothers who lived confined in a New York housing project, Moselle continued to work with non-professionals for “Skate Kitchen,” leading them to deliver performances that felt completely authentic. “I’m obsessed with authentic realism and when I work with non-actors I feel that I can make them virgins of themselves,” said Moselle, who is based in New York.
- 11/17/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Before Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” – the acclaimed period-piece centering on the rivalry of two female courtiers, vying for the attention of England’s queen – closes the Stockholm Intl. Film Festival on Nov. 18, the event will have offered its audience 150 films, 39% of which are directed by women, a higher percentage than most international festivals.
The festival opens on Nov. 7 with the world premiere of Anna Odell’s “X&Y,” a film that playfully explores notions of gender identity. It is highly anticipated after the success of the director’s debut, “The Reunion,” which won the Fipresci Prize at the Venice Film Festival, and the best film and script awards at the Guldbagges, Sweden’s top movie contest.
“X&Y” is one of 22 titles competing for the Bronze Horse, the fest’s top prize, restricted to directors with no more than three films. Ten of these are helmed by women, among which are Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,...
The festival opens on Nov. 7 with the world premiere of Anna Odell’s “X&Y,” a film that playfully explores notions of gender identity. It is highly anticipated after the success of the director’s debut, “The Reunion,” which won the Fipresci Prize at the Venice Film Festival, and the best film and script awards at the Guldbagges, Sweden’s top movie contest.
“X&Y” is one of 22 titles competing for the Bronze Horse, the fest’s top prize, restricted to directors with no more than three films. Ten of these are helmed by women, among which are Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,...
- 10/29/2018
- by Jon Asp
- Variety Film + TV
Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux,” Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s “Birds of Passage” and Natalya Meshchaninova’s “Core of the World” are among the wide range of movies competing for the Stockholm Film Festival’s Impact Award.
Other movies vying for the honor are Sergei Loznitsa’s “Donbass,” Richard Billingham’s “Ray & Liz,” Beatriz Seigner’s “Los Silencios,” Soheil Beiraghi’s “Cold Sweat” and Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s “Manta Ray.”
The selections span movies from around the world, from Iran to Brazil to Russia, and are meant to be singular, politically minded films reflecting today’s world in innovative ways. The central theme of this year’s roster is the impact of armed conflicts on lives and relationships.
“In ‘Los Silencios,’ Beatriz Seigner combines the social consequences of an endless armed conflict in Colombia and the uncertain future of families with elements of a ghost story,” the festival said,...
Other movies vying for the honor are Sergei Loznitsa’s “Donbass,” Richard Billingham’s “Ray & Liz,” Beatriz Seigner’s “Los Silencios,” Soheil Beiraghi’s “Cold Sweat” and Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s “Manta Ray.”
The selections span movies from around the world, from Iran to Brazil to Russia, and are meant to be singular, politically minded films reflecting today’s world in innovative ways. The central theme of this year’s roster is the impact of armed conflicts on lives and relationships.
“In ‘Los Silencios,’ Beatriz Seigner combines the social consequences of an endless armed conflict in Colombia and the uncertain future of families with elements of a ghost story,” the festival said,...
- 10/26/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 27th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 9 - 20) will present 200 films from 70 countries.
The Stockholm International Film Festival will kick-off with Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, followed by a mid-festival ‘middle film’ screening in the shape of Nate Parker’s Birth of A Nation, and will close with Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By The Sea.
Directors attending the festival include Francis Ford Coppola (who will receive the lifetime achievement award, present a public talk, and screen Apocalypse Now), Ken Loach, Francois Ozon (who receives the festival’s Visionary Award), Ira Sachs, Alice Lowe, Mark Cousins, Anne Fontaine, Gabe Klinger, and many more.
The festival’s main competition line-up is:
A Decent Woman by Lukas Valenta Rinner (Arg, S Kor, Aus)A Taste Of Ink by Morgan Simon (Fr)Albüm by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Tur, Fr, Rom)Are We Not Cats by Xander Robin (Us)Birth Of A Nation by [link...
The Stockholm International Film Festival will kick-off with Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake, followed by a mid-festival ‘middle film’ screening in the shape of Nate Parker’s Birth of A Nation, and will close with Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By The Sea.
Directors attending the festival include Francis Ford Coppola (who will receive the lifetime achievement award, present a public talk, and screen Apocalypse Now), Ken Loach, Francois Ozon (who receives the festival’s Visionary Award), Ira Sachs, Alice Lowe, Mark Cousins, Anne Fontaine, Gabe Klinger, and many more.
The festival’s main competition line-up is:
A Decent Woman by Lukas Valenta Rinner (Arg, S Kor, Aus)A Taste Of Ink by Morgan Simon (Fr)Albüm by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Tur, Fr, Rom)Are We Not Cats by Xander Robin (Us)Birth Of A Nation by [link...
- 10/18/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The Godfather director will be presented with the event’s lifetime achievement award.
This year’s Stockholm International Film Festival (November 9-20) will honour Francis Ford Coppola with its annual Bronze Horse prize for lifetime achievement.
The Godfather and Apocalypse Now director will attend the festival to introduce an as-of-yet undisclosed screening of one of his films.
Coppola’s career has seen him win six Oscars from 15 nominations, as well as two Palme d’Ors for Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Conversation (1974).
Previous recipients of the festival’s honorary prize include David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Lauren Bacall, Wong Kar-wai and Claire Denis.
Coppola commented on being selected for the honour: “In my lifetime, I’ve never had the pleasure to visit Sweden and its capital Stockholm - which I’ve always wanted.”
Festival director Git Scheynius added: “When the Stockholm International Film Festival was founded 27 years ago, we made a list of directors we would love to host...
This year’s Stockholm International Film Festival (November 9-20) will honour Francis Ford Coppola with its annual Bronze Horse prize for lifetime achievement.
The Godfather and Apocalypse Now director will attend the festival to introduce an as-of-yet undisclosed screening of one of his films.
Coppola’s career has seen him win six Oscars from 15 nominations, as well as two Palme d’Ors for Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Conversation (1974).
Previous recipients of the festival’s honorary prize include David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Lauren Bacall, Wong Kar-wai and Claire Denis.
Coppola commented on being selected for the honour: “In my lifetime, I’ve never had the pleasure to visit Sweden and its capital Stockholm - which I’ve always wanted.”
Festival director Git Scheynius added: “When the Stockholm International Film Festival was founded 27 years ago, we made a list of directors we would love to host...
- 6/29/2016
- ScreenDaily
Full line-up of the Stockholm film festival includes feature and documentary competition line-ups.Scroll down for full line-up
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition, comprising more than 190 films from over 70 countries.
The Stockholm Xxvi Competition includes Marielle Heller’s Us title The Diary of a Teenage Girl and László Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
It marks the first time Stockholm has a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse – the festival’s top prize.
The documentary competition includes Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, an investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry; and Cosima Spender’s Palio, centred on the annual horse race in Siena, Italy.
Announcing the programme, festival director Git Scheynius also revealed that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time as chairman of the jury for the first Stockholm Impact Award, which...
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition, comprising more than 190 films from over 70 countries.
The Stockholm Xxvi Competition includes Marielle Heller’s Us title The Diary of a Teenage Girl and László Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
It marks the first time Stockholm has a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse – the festival’s top prize.
The documentary competition includes Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, an investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry; and Cosima Spender’s Palio, centred on the annual horse race in Siena, Italy.
Announcing the programme, festival director Git Scheynius also revealed that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time as chairman of the jury for the first Stockholm Impact Award, which...
- 10/20/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
New Stockholm Impact Award will be part of a new international film competition.
Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has launched a new international film award with a prize of 1 million Sek ($120,000).
The Stockholm Impact Award will be awarded for the first time during the next edition of the festival in November.
It will form part of a new competition for international film and Impact will be “a section for headstrong visionaries who reflect our contemporary world,” according to the festival
The prize has been launched to support further work and development of new film projects.
Between seven and ten films from all over the world will participate in the competition. The films should be at least 72 minutes long and have their world, international or European premiere at Stockholm Film Festival.
All the competing directors will be invited to the festival to present their films and to take part in a seminar held at the City Hall...
Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has launched a new international film award with a prize of 1 million Sek ($120,000).
The Stockholm Impact Award will be awarded for the first time during the next edition of the festival in November.
It will form part of a new competition for international film and Impact will be “a section for headstrong visionaries who reflect our contemporary world,” according to the festival
The prize has been launched to support further work and development of new film projects.
Between seven and ten films from all over the world will participate in the competition. The films should be at least 72 minutes long and have their world, international or European premiere at Stockholm Film Festival.
All the competing directors will be invited to the festival to present their films and to take part in a seminar held at the City Hall...
- 5/28/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
New Stockholm Impact Award will be part of a new international film competition.
Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has launched a new international film award with a prize of 1 million Sek ($120,000).
The Stockholm Impact Award will be awarded for the first time during the next edition of the festival in November.
It will form part of a new competition for international film and Impact will be “a section for headstrong visionaries who reflect our contemporary world,” according to the festival
The prize has been launched to support further work and development of new film projects.
Between seven and ten films from all over the world will participate in the competition. The films should be at least 72 minutes long and have their world, international or European premiere at Stockholm Film Festival.
All the competing directors will be invited to the festival to present their films and to take part in a seminar held at the City Hall...
Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has launched a new international film award with a prize of 1 million Sek ($120,000).
The Stockholm Impact Award will be awarded for the first time during the next edition of the festival in November.
It will form part of a new competition for international film and Impact will be “a section for headstrong visionaries who reflect our contemporary world,” according to the festival
The prize has been launched to support further work and development of new film projects.
Between seven and ten films from all over the world will participate in the competition. The films should be at least 72 minutes long and have their world, international or European premiere at Stockholm Film Festival.
All the competing directors will be invited to the festival to present their films and to take part in a seminar held at the City Hall...
- 5/28/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Stockholm International Film Festival has unveiled the programme for its 25th edition, with more than 200 films from 60+ countries screening from Nov 5-16.
The festival opens with Mikael Marcimain’s hotly anticipated adaptation of Klas Östergren’s postwar Swedish classic Gentlemen [pictured].
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman will be the centerpiece film of the festival and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild will close.
“We are extra proud to present a record breaking program when celebrating our 25th anniversary,” said festival director Git Scheynius.
This year’s spotlight theme is hope, and films selected in that programme include Richard Raymond’s Desert Dancer, Hong Khaou’s Lilting, Shira Geffen’s Self Made and Stephen Daldry’s Trash.
Uma Thurman will be honoured with the Stockholm Achievement Award and give a public talk followed by a screening of Kill Bill 1 & 2.
Mike Leigh will also be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award and will give a talk and screen Mr. Turner.
Ai...
The festival opens with Mikael Marcimain’s hotly anticipated adaptation of Klas Östergren’s postwar Swedish classic Gentlemen [pictured].
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman will be the centerpiece film of the festival and Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild will close.
“We are extra proud to present a record breaking program when celebrating our 25th anniversary,” said festival director Git Scheynius.
This year’s spotlight theme is hope, and films selected in that programme include Richard Raymond’s Desert Dancer, Hong Khaou’s Lilting, Shira Geffen’s Self Made and Stephen Daldry’s Trash.
Uma Thurman will be honoured with the Stockholm Achievement Award and give a public talk followed by a screening of Kill Bill 1 & 2.
Mike Leigh will also be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award and will give a talk and screen Mr. Turner.
Ai...
- 10/21/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave to open festival; director Peter Greenaway to receive Visionary Award.Scroll down for full line-up
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
- 10/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Mohammad Rasoulof, convicted of making anti-regime propaganda, is prevented from collecting award at German film festival
The recent election of Hassan Rouhani and the reopening of House of Cinema prompted speculation that Iran's film industry may be on the cusp of a progressive new era. Such optimism looks likely to be dampened, however, by the news that director Mohammad Rasoulof has been banned from leaving the country to receive a lifetime achievement award.
Rasoulof, one of Iran's most prominent film-maker, was sentenced with fellow director Jafar Panahi to five years in prison and a 20-year ban on film-making for alleged anti-regime propaganda in 2011. Now out on bail, he was booked to attend this month's Nuremburg International Human Rights film festival (Nihrff) in Germany. Organisers were expecting Rasoulof to pick up his award in person and present his latest film, Manuscripts Don't Burn.
Screen Daily reports that Rasoulof's passport was confiscated...
The recent election of Hassan Rouhani and the reopening of House of Cinema prompted speculation that Iran's film industry may be on the cusp of a progressive new era. Such optimism looks likely to be dampened, however, by the news that director Mohammad Rasoulof has been banned from leaving the country to receive a lifetime achievement award.
Rasoulof, one of Iran's most prominent film-maker, was sentenced with fellow director Jafar Panahi to five years in prison and a 20-year ban on film-making for alleged anti-regime propaganda in 2011. Now out on bail, he was booked to attend this month's Nuremburg International Human Rights film festival (Nihrff) in Germany. Organisers were expecting Rasoulof to pick up his award in person and present his latest film, Manuscripts Don't Burn.
Screen Daily reports that Rasoulof's passport was confiscated...
- 10/3/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Mohammad Rasoulof was due to present Manuscripts Don’t Burn at the Nuremburg International Human Rights Film Festival (Nihrff).
Iranian authorities have confiscated director Mohammad Rasoulof’s passport on the eve of a trip to the Nuremburg International Human Rights Film Festival (Nihrff) in Germany where he was due to accept a lifetime achievement award and present his latest film Manuscripts Don’t Burn.
On Wednesday, the Hamburg Film Festival denied reports circulating that it had announced Rasoulof had been granted permission to travel. Sources close to Rasoulof also denied the rumours.
“We don’t know where this story has come from,” said a spokeswoman for the festival. “Please read our official press statement on Rasoulof on our website.”
According to the Nihrff, Rasoulof, who divides his time between Tehran and Hamburg, had his passport confiscated by the Iranian authorities when he entered Iran on September 19, preventing him from returning to Germany this weekend as planned.
“We...
Iranian authorities have confiscated director Mohammad Rasoulof’s passport on the eve of a trip to the Nuremburg International Human Rights Film Festival (Nihrff) in Germany where he was due to accept a lifetime achievement award and present his latest film Manuscripts Don’t Burn.
On Wednesday, the Hamburg Film Festival denied reports circulating that it had announced Rasoulof had been granted permission to travel. Sources close to Rasoulof also denied the rumours.
“We don’t know where this story has come from,” said a spokeswoman for the festival. “Please read our official press statement on Rasoulof on our website.”
According to the Nihrff, Rasoulof, who divides his time between Tehran and Hamburg, had his passport confiscated by the Iranian authorities when he entered Iran on September 19, preventing him from returning to Germany this weekend as planned.
“We...
- 10/2/2013
- ScreenDaily
Chinese artist and political activist complements festival’s spotlight on “freedom”.
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and subject of an award-winning documentary, is to join the jury of the 24th Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17).
Stockholm’s festival jury always features film industry figures but saves one seat for a personality from an art form other than film, which Weiwei will fill this year.
However, for the first time in the festival history, there is a risk that a jury member might not be physically present during the festival, as Ai Weiwei currently is being prohibited from travelling outside of China.
Siff director Git Scheynius said: “We still look forward to welcoming Ai Weiwei to the festival and hope the Chinese authorities will lift his travel prohibition.”
This year’s spotlight is ”freedom” and will highlight the fact that many filmmakers, artists and journalists are still unable to perform their work without the influence of censorship...
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and subject of an award-winning documentary, is to join the jury of the 24th Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17).
Stockholm’s festival jury always features film industry figures but saves one seat for a personality from an art form other than film, which Weiwei will fill this year.
However, for the first time in the festival history, there is a risk that a jury member might not be physically present during the festival, as Ai Weiwei currently is being prohibited from travelling outside of China.
Siff director Git Scheynius said: “We still look forward to welcoming Ai Weiwei to the festival and hope the Chinese authorities will lift his travel prohibition.”
This year’s spotlight is ”freedom” and will highlight the fact that many filmmakers, artists and journalists are still unable to perform their work without the influence of censorship...
- 9/23/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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