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- 3/20/2024
- MUBI
Related Images is a column in which filmmakers invite readers behind the scenes, into their sketchbooks, or otherwise through the looking glass to learn more about their creative processes.Flóra Anna Buda’s 27 is now showing exclusively on Mubi in many countries.All images from Flóra Anna Buda's "In the wake of emotions," 2020–ongoing.I started drawing the series “In the wake of emotions” during the early production of my short film 27. It was Covid times, and I was seeing a therapist who was helping me understand my different emotions. This led to a morning routine that made me start my day by drawing an imaginary portrait of my actual mood. It was important to me, first of all, on a personal level since I had a hard time detecting my own emotions, understanding them, and allowing myself to feel them. On the other hand, it was...
- 3/14/2024
- MUBI
Mubi has unveiled next’s streaming lineup, featuring notable new releases, including Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers, Éric Gravel’s Full Time, C.J. Obasi’s Mami Wata, and Benjamin Mullinkosson’s The Last Year of Darkness.
This March also brings Elaine May’s Ishtar, four features by Mia Hansen-Løve, and a collection of films shot by women cinematographers, with Claire Denis’ Bastards, shot by Agnès Godard, and more. Next month’s collection also features retrospectives of radical German director Margarethe Von Trotta, experimental animator Suzan Pitt, and additions to their continuing retrospective of Takeshi Kitano.
Check out the lineup below, and get 30 days free here.
March 1st
The German Sisters, directed by Margarethe von Trotta | Radical Intimacy: Three by Margarethe von Trotta
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages, directed by Margarethe von Trotta | Radical Intimacy: Three by Margarethe von Trotta
The Promise, directed by Margarethe von Trotta | Radical Intimacy: Three...
This March also brings Elaine May’s Ishtar, four features by Mia Hansen-Løve, and a collection of films shot by women cinematographers, with Claire Denis’ Bastards, shot by Agnès Godard, and more. Next month’s collection also features retrospectives of radical German director Margarethe Von Trotta, experimental animator Suzan Pitt, and additions to their continuing retrospective of Takeshi Kitano.
Check out the lineup below, and get 30 days free here.
March 1st
The German Sisters, directed by Margarethe von Trotta | Radical Intimacy: Three by Margarethe von Trotta
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages, directed by Margarethe von Trotta | Radical Intimacy: Three by Margarethe von Trotta
The Promise, directed by Margarethe von Trotta | Radical Intimacy: Three...
- 2/22/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
In the Western world, it has never been more difficult for young people to afford housing than it is today. This makes it difficult to start living an independent life. Alice (voiced by Natasa Stork) is 27 but still lives with her parents and young brother. She is increasingly desperate for her adult life to start, but it’s only when a drunken bicycle accident leaves her in a coma that she is fully able to process her feelings and understand how urgent the situation has become.
Frustrated erotic desires – often a driving factor in the pursuit of independence – are a big part of Alice’s problem. Director Flóra Anna Buda didn’t want that to put people off her film, so chose to represent Alice’s experiences – real and fictional – in a playful, Sixties style of animation which easily gives way to psychedelia in dream sequences. There is no effort.
Frustrated erotic desires – often a driving factor in the pursuit of independence – are a big part of Alice’s problem. Director Flóra Anna Buda didn’t want that to put people off her film, so chose to represent Alice’s experiences – real and fictional – in a playful, Sixties style of animation which easily gives way to psychedelia in dream sequences. There is no effort.
- 1/20/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
27
Although it’s also important as a platform for emerging talent and as a space in which to celebrate a different form of filmmaking, the Oscars short film selection tends to be dominated by the big issues of the day. This year there are several films about women’s rights, some about war, some about poverty in African American communities and some about the Holocaust. Flóra Anna Buda’s 27 is something rather different, exploring the rather more obscure but doubtless urgent issue of young people growing up during a housing crisis and finding it impossible to make a start on independent adult lives.
27
“It was inspired by my own struggles,” said Flóra at a press conference a few days before the shortlist was announced. “As the title says, at 27, I was living with my parents, and I thought that I was a gigantic loser. So once I managed to...
Although it’s also important as a platform for emerging talent and as a space in which to celebrate a different form of filmmaking, the Oscars short film selection tends to be dominated by the big issues of the day. This year there are several films about women’s rights, some about war, some about poverty in African American communities and some about the Holocaust. Flóra Anna Buda’s 27 is something rather different, exploring the rather more obscure but doubtless urgent issue of young people growing up during a housing crisis and finding it impossible to make a start on independent adult lives.
27
“It was inspired by my own struggles,” said Flóra at a press conference a few days before the shortlist was announced. “As the title says, at 27, I was living with my parents, and I thought that I was a gigantic loser. So once I managed to...
- 1/3/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The three short film categories can be such a pain to try to predict the nominees for. Don’t worry Derbyites, we are here to help you all. With the shortlist for the 96th Oscars having been released, below we have listed all 15 shortlisted films in the Best Animated Short category along with descriptions of each one. We also have information and links listed for where you can currently watch these finalists.
Among the subjects that are covered in this year’s crop are birds protecting eggs during a volcanic eruption, an overly confident singing cat, a woman attending her husband’s funeral, and an old man appreciating all of the body’s senses.
See Dozens of video interviews with 2024 awards contenders
“Boom” – Two birds that aren’t very bright try to protect their eggs in the midst of a volcano’s eruption. This won the Gold Medal for Animation...
Among the subjects that are covered in this year’s crop are birds protecting eggs during a volcanic eruption, an overly confident singing cat, a woman attending her husband’s funeral, and an old man appreciating all of the body’s senses.
See Dozens of video interviews with 2024 awards contenders
“Boom” – Two birds that aren’t very bright try to protect their eggs in the midst of a volcano’s eruption. This won the Gold Medal for Animation...
- 12/25/2023
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
The chances of having your short film selected for Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film program is 0.004 percent – which means the lucky 53 short film selections from over 12,000 short film submissions will truly have the new (or added) opportunity to shine. Among the names that stick out, we find Palme d’Or winner Flóra Anna Buda (“27”), Calvin Lee Reeder’s The Procedure producer Carlos A.F. Lopez‘s “Dream Creep” and Malia Ann (daughter of the former U.S president) who was selected for TIFF back in September and will now head over for a Park City premiere to “The Heart.”…...
- 12/12/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Jonathan Glazer’s harrowing Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest leads the nominations for this year’s European Film Awards (EFAs), picking up five nominations, including for best film and best director, in nominations announced via video on Tuesday.
Zone of Interest, the U.K. official entry for the 2024 Oscars in the best international feature category, also scored Efa nominations for best screenwriter, for Glazer, and best actress and best actor noms for leads Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel.
Hüller will be competing against herself in the best actress category, having picked up a second Efa nom for her starring role in Justine Triet’s courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall. The Palme d’Or winner recieved four Efa noms, including for best European Film, best director for Triet and best screenplay for Triet and co-writer Arthur Harari.
Other best European film nominees include Matteo Garrone’s refugee drama Io Capitano from Italy,...
Zone of Interest, the U.K. official entry for the 2024 Oscars in the best international feature category, also scored Efa nominations for best screenwriter, for Glazer, and best actress and best actor noms for leads Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel.
Hüller will be competing against herself in the best actress category, having picked up a second Efa nom for her starring role in Justine Triet’s courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall. The Palme d’Or winner recieved four Efa noms, including for best European Film, best director for Triet and best screenplay for Triet and co-writer Arthur Harari.
Other best European film nominees include Matteo Garrone’s refugee drama Io Capitano from Italy,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The trailer marking the sixth edition of the Animation Is Film Festival in Hollywood (October 18-22) dropped Monday morning, highlighting the opening night premiere of Hayao Miyazaki’s acclaimed “The Boy and the Heron” (Studio Ghibli/GKids) at the Tcl Chinese Theater IMAX. This marks an IMAX first for the festival, produced by GKids in partnership with the Annecy International Animation Festival.
Aardman/Netflix’s “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” the long-awaited sequel to the most successful stop-motion feature in history, will close Aif, followed by a Q&a with director Sam Fell and executive producer Peter Lord.
Aif programming from the previous two years boasted nine of the eventual animated feature Oscar nominees. This season they’ve scheduled several Oscar contenders: “The Boy and the Heron,” “Dawn of the Nugget,” DreamWorks’ “Trolls Band Together” (special screening), and Neon’s Annecy award-winning “Robot Dreams” (in feature competition). Plus, early...
Aardman/Netflix’s “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” the long-awaited sequel to the most successful stop-motion feature in history, will close Aif, followed by a Q&a with director Sam Fell and executive producer Peter Lord.
Aif programming from the previous two years boasted nine of the eventual animated feature Oscar nominees. This season they’ve scheduled several Oscar contenders: “The Boy and the Heron,” “Dawn of the Nugget,” DreamWorks’ “Trolls Band Together” (special screening), and Neon’s Annecy award-winning “Robot Dreams” (in feature competition). Plus, early...
- 10/2/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Georgian filmmaker Elene Naveriani clinched the Best Feature Award in the main international competition of the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival with her latest pic Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry. The award comes with a €16,000 cash prize.
The film also picked up the Best Actress award for Ekaterine Chavleishvili, which comes with a €2,500 cash prize. Overall, eleven films battled it out in the main competition, and Mia Wasikowska’s jury—including MoMA Film Head Josh Siegel, actor Zlatko Burić, actress Danica Ćurčić, and director Juraj Lerotić, spread the love quite widely.
The Ukrainian pic La Palisiada won the Best Director Award for Philip Sotnychenko, while Jovan Ginić won the Best Actor prize for the Serbian film Lost Country. In the festival’s documentary section, the top prize went to Bottlemen by Slovenian director Nemanja Vojinović.
Check out the full list of winners below:
Honorary Heart of Sarajevo
Mark Cousins, director and screenwriter
Lynne Ramsay,...
The film also picked up the Best Actress award for Ekaterine Chavleishvili, which comes with a €2,500 cash prize. Overall, eleven films battled it out in the main competition, and Mia Wasikowska’s jury—including MoMA Film Head Josh Siegel, actor Zlatko Burić, actress Danica Ćurčić, and director Juraj Lerotić, spread the love quite widely.
The Ukrainian pic La Palisiada won the Best Director Award for Philip Sotnychenko, while Jovan Ginić won the Best Actor prize for the Serbian film Lost Country. In the festival’s documentary section, the top prize went to Bottlemen by Slovenian director Nemanja Vojinović.
Check out the full list of winners below:
Honorary Heart of Sarajevo
Mark Cousins, director and screenwriter
Lynne Ramsay,...
- 8/19/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Forty-two short films from 23 countries will screen in the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival’s Short Cuts section, TIFF organizers announced on Wednesday.
The shorts include “Dammi,” which stars Riz Ahmed and was directed by Yann Mounir Demange, an Emmy nominee in 2021 for “Lovecraft Country”; “Electra,” a new film by Czech director Daria Kascheeva, who was nominated for an Oscar for the animated short “Mother”; “27,” for which director Flora Anna Duba won the Short Film Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival; and “Woaca,” the directorial debut of Canadian actor Mackenzie Davis.
According to TIFF, more than half the films are directed or co-directed by female or female-identifying filmmakers. Almost half the films, 19 out of the 42, are by Canadian filmmakers. Twenty one of the films will have their world premieres at TIFF.
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival will run from Sept. 7 through Sept. 17.
The Short Cuts lineup, separated...
The shorts include “Dammi,” which stars Riz Ahmed and was directed by Yann Mounir Demange, an Emmy nominee in 2021 for “Lovecraft Country”; “Electra,” a new film by Czech director Daria Kascheeva, who was nominated for an Oscar for the animated short “Mother”; “27,” for which director Flora Anna Duba won the Short Film Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival; and “Woaca,” the directorial debut of Canadian actor Mackenzie Davis.
According to TIFF, more than half the films are directed or co-directed by female or female-identifying filmmakers. Almost half the films, 19 out of the 42, are by Canadian filmmakers. Twenty one of the films will have their world premieres at TIFF.
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival will run from Sept. 7 through Sept. 17.
The Short Cuts lineup, separated...
- 8/9/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Ruben Östlund, Maryam Touzani, Denis Ménochet, Rungano Nyoni, Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Atiq Rahimi, Damián Szifron and Julia Ducournau put the cards on the table and it is Justine Triet who reigned supreme winning the big daddy Palme d’Or prize. We were on hand to witness all the happy faces for the evening. Here is a look back at the winners.
Palme d’or
Anatomy Of A Fall
directed by Justine Triet
Grand Prix
The Zone Of Interest – directed by Jonathan Glazer
Best Director
TRÂN Anh Hùng for The Pot-au-feu
Jury Prize
Fallen Leaves – directed by Aki KAURISMÄKI
Best Screenplay
Sakamoto Yuji for Monster directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Best Performance by an Actress
Merve Dizdar in About Dry Grasses directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Best Performance by an Actor
Kōji Yakusho in Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders
Camera d’or
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell – Pham Thien An...
Palme d’or
Anatomy Of A Fall
directed by Justine Triet
Grand Prix
The Zone Of Interest – directed by Jonathan Glazer
Best Director
TRÂN Anh Hùng for The Pot-au-feu
Jury Prize
Fallen Leaves – directed by Aki KAURISMÄKI
Best Screenplay
Sakamoto Yuji for Monster directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Best Performance by an Actress
Merve Dizdar in About Dry Grasses directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Best Performance by an Actor
Kōji Yakusho in Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders
Camera d’or
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell – Pham Thien An...
- 7/24/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Chicken for Linda! a French and Italian kids feature from directors Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, has won top prize, the Cristal award, for best film at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
The 2D feature follows a mother struggling to make a chicken dinner for her daughter Linda, despite the fact that she doesn’t know how to cook and has picked a day when the whole country is on strike, making it nearly impossible to find a chicken to buy. Produced by Dolce Vita Films, Chicken for Linda! also picked up Annecy’s Gan Foundation Award for distribution.
Four Souls of Coyote, a 2D feature about Indigenous creation tales, from director Áron Gauder, took the jury prize, while Japanese feature The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, from director Tomohisa Taguchi, took the Paul Grimault Award.
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams from French director Benoît Chieux,...
The 2D feature follows a mother struggling to make a chicken dinner for her daughter Linda, despite the fact that she doesn’t know how to cook and has picked a day when the whole country is on strike, making it nearly impossible to find a chicken to buy. Produced by Dolce Vita Films, Chicken for Linda! also picked up Annecy’s Gan Foundation Award for distribution.
Four Souls of Coyote, a 2D feature about Indigenous creation tales, from director Áron Gauder, took the jury prize, while Japanese feature The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, from director Tomohisa Taguchi, took the Paul Grimault Award.
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams from French director Benoît Chieux,...
- 6/17/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s hand-painted marvel “Chicken for Linda!” took home dual honors at the Annecy Animation Festival on Saturday, scooping up the festival’s top prize, the Cristal Award for best feature, as well as the Gan Foundation award for distribution.
A bittersweet childhood tale that finds screwball humor in mourning and melancholy, the French-language film premiered to some acclaim out of Cannes’ Acid sidebar last month, and was picked up for North American distribution by Gkids while competing in Annecy.
“We wanted something both funny and affecting,” said co-director Chiara Malta. “The two elements were never in conflict, because we made the film for children, putting ourselves in their perspectives while adopting their language.”
“We wanted a [joyful mess],” added co-director Sébastien Laudenbach. “The film is sad and funny. It’s full of energy and emotion, and as a result, the graphic style is dynamic as well.”
Hungary...
A bittersweet childhood tale that finds screwball humor in mourning and melancholy, the French-language film premiered to some acclaim out of Cannes’ Acid sidebar last month, and was picked up for North American distribution by Gkids while competing in Annecy.
“We wanted something both funny and affecting,” said co-director Chiara Malta. “The two elements were never in conflict, because we made the film for children, putting ourselves in their perspectives while adopting their language.”
“We wanted a [joyful mess],” added co-director Sébastien Laudenbach. “The film is sad and funny. It’s full of energy and emotion, and as a result, the graphic style is dynamic as well.”
Hungary...
- 6/17/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the prize winners of its biggest edition to date, running from June 11 to 17.
Italian-French directorial duo’s Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s Chicken For Linda! has won the top Cristal award for best film.
The heartwarming tale revolves around a mother and daughter struggling to come to terms with a personal tragedy in their lives.
Following a misunderstanding, the mother embarks on a mission to cook her daughter her favorite dish of chicken with peppers against the backdrop of a national strike.
The features is coproduced by Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, and Dorje Film.
Hungarian director Áron Gauder’s Four Souls Of Coyote won the Jury Award.
The adventure tale tackles environmental issues through the prism of a Native American creation myth, revisited by four teenagers trying to save ancestorial land from an oil pipeline project.
Gauder previously won...
Italian-French directorial duo’s Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s Chicken For Linda! has won the top Cristal award for best film.
The heartwarming tale revolves around a mother and daughter struggling to come to terms with a personal tragedy in their lives.
Following a misunderstanding, the mother embarks on a mission to cook her daughter her favorite dish of chicken with peppers against the backdrop of a national strike.
The features is coproduced by Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, and Dorje Film.
Hungarian director Áron Gauder’s Four Souls Of Coyote won the Jury Award.
The adventure tale tackles environmental issues through the prism of a Native American creation myth, revisited by four teenagers trying to save ancestorial land from an oil pipeline project.
Gauder previously won...
- 6/17/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Annecy — Opening under the pall of Thursday’s knife attack, – which prompted a spirited show of solidarity and communal defiance at its opening ceremony on Sunday – this year’s Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival has never been bigger. Creativity is exploding, from “Spider-Verse” and beyond.
Animation is flowering in India and Africa.
Yet studio work, much courtesy of streamer orders, may rebound, but never return to the halcyon levels of the last few years. Theatrical for most animation titles has yet to return, moreover – save for extraordinary mega-blockbusters such as “Across the Spider-Verse” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” 10 takes on this year’s Annecy, the biggest animation festival on the world:
The Big Plays
Three – and nearly four – high-profile U.S. movies world premiere at Annecy: Disney’s “Once Upon A Studio,” a 100th anniversary celebratory short; DreamWorks Animation’s comedy fantasy “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”; and Netflix’s...
Animation is flowering in India and Africa.
Yet studio work, much courtesy of streamer orders, may rebound, but never return to the halcyon levels of the last few years. Theatrical for most animation titles has yet to return, moreover – save for extraordinary mega-blockbusters such as “Across the Spider-Verse” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” 10 takes on this year’s Annecy, the biggest animation festival on the world:
The Big Plays
Three – and nearly four – high-profile U.S. movies world premiere at Annecy: Disney’s “Once Upon A Studio,” a 100th anniversary celebratory short; DreamWorks Animation’s comedy fantasy “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”; and Netflix’s...
- 6/12/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The vast gulf between imagination and reality is thrillingly realised in Flóra Anna Buda’s 27, contrasting ripe, verdant fields of sex fantasies with the noir-ish, dark cityscape of Budapest. Allowing her sexual imagination to run wild, Alice, 27 years old and still living with her parents, uses fantasy to escape from the more banal aspects of her unfortunate economic situation. Nestling a look at the Hungarian housing crisis within a frank, female-first slice of erotica, this deserving Cannes 2023 Palme d’Or winning animation certainly feels like the apotheosis of a recent wave of diverse, bold and memorable Hungarian animations — filled with hand drawn delights, smartly layering styles on top of one another and memorable, vivid characters. We had the chance to talk to Buda about working with a large team to pull the short off, creating LGBTQ content in Hungary and her reaction to winning the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 6/7/2023
- by Redmond Bacon
- Directors Notes
The films were Ok but lacked some luster on the whole. The list of winners of the festival(s) follows. Women filmmakers swept most of the top awards from Competition to Un Certain Regard and Critics’ Week. The market was also Ok, but not great. Rights sold before the festival and during the festival are listed with the winning titles.
The disrupters, the big streamers, were in the background and theatrical rights were being acquired by indie distributors. France’s theatrical exhibition has sprung back to its pre-covid levels while others’ like Germany, Italy and the U.S. remain 30% below.
Read The Film Verdict Summation and Reviews of Cannes Ff 2003 here. Their summation in part:
The most common line heard on the Croisette was that the main section was stuffed with minor films from major directors, which does no one any favors. But there were happy exceptions, which included 83-year-old Marco Bellocchio’s dramatically exciting and thought-provoking Kidnapped, a summing-up of his many films dealing with the Catholic religion and how a child’s cultural identity is created beginning at a young age. Disappointingly, the jury led by two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund overlooked the film entirely when they awarded their prizes.Another classic director who returned in top form was 77-year-old Wim Wenders with two masterful films: Anselm, a ravishing 3D documentary portrait of artist Anselm Kiefer, and Perfect Days, a lyrical Japanese-language character study of a Tokyo toilet attendant. Justly winning the Best Actor prize for his Zen-like performance in the latter title was Koji Yakusho.Cannes Film Festival Winners:
Palme d’Or
Anatomy of a Fall, Directed by Justine Triet
Isa: MK2 rights sold pre-Cannes to France-Le Pacte; Hong Kong — Golden Scene; Italy-Teodora; Russia, Cis, Baltics-Provzglyad; Spain-Elastica, Filmin; Taiwan-Hooray; Turkey-Mars. Cannes: No. America-Neon; Brazil-Diamond; Switzerland-Cineworx; U.K./Ireland-Picturehouse
Grand Prix
The Zone of Interest, Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Isa: A24. No. America: A24.
Jury Prize
Fallen Leaves, Directed by Aki Kaurismaki
Isa: The Match Factory sold pre-Cannes rights to Austria/ Germany-Pandora; Baltics-a-One; Benelux-September; ex-Yugo-mcf; Finland-BPlan; France-Diaphana; Greece-Cinobo; Hungary-Cirko; Israel-Lev; Italy-Lucky Red; Japan-Eurospace; Norway-Arthause; Portugal-Midas; Sweden-Folkets Bio; Switzerland-Filmcoopi. Cannes sales to Latvia/ Lithuania-a One
Best Director
Tran Anh Hung for The Pot au Feu
Isa: Gaumont sold to Australia/ N.Z.-Rialto; Belgium-Athena; Brazil-Diamond; Canada-Mongrel; France-Gaumont; Germany-Weltkino; Hong Kong-First Distributors; Israel-Lev/ Shani; Italy-Lucky Red; Japan-Gaga; Portugal-Sun; Spain-a Contracorriente; Switzerland-Frenetic; Taiwan-Swallow Wings; U.K./ Ireland-Picturehouse; U.S.-Sun
Best Screenplay
Yuji Sakamoto for Monster directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Isa: Goodfellas and Gaga sold pre-Cannes to Australia/ N.Z.-Madman; Benelux, Surinam, Dutch Antilles-September; Finland-Cinema Mondo; Hungary-Cirko; Japan-Gaga. Cannes to Bulgaria-Beta; Ex-Yugo-mcf Megacom; Germany-Wild Bunch; Greece-Spentzos; India-Impact; Indonesia-Falcon; Israel-Lev/ Shani; Italy-Bim; Hong Kong-Edko; Japan-Toho; Poland-Best; Portugal-Midas; Singapore-Clover/ Golden Village; So. Korea-Media Castle; Spain-Vertigo; Sweden-Triart; Switzerland-Cineworx, Taiwan-Movie Cloud; Thailand-Sahamongkolfilm; Turkiye-Filmarti; U.K./ Ireland-Picturehouse; U.S.-Well Go/ Relativity
Best Actress
Merve Dizdar for About Dry Grasses directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Isa Playtime sold pre-Cannes rights to Austria-Filmladen; Benelux, Surinam, Dutch Antilles-September; France-Memento; Italy-Movies Inspired, Taiwan-Swallow Wings. Cannes: Canada-Sphere; Turkey-Bir; U.K./ Ireland-Picturehouse; U.S.-Janus/ Criterion/ Sideshow
Best Actor
Kôji Yakusho for Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders
Isa The Match Factory sold rights to Madman-Australia/ N.Z.; Artfest-Bulgaria; DDDream-China; Aerofilms-Czech & Slovakia; Haut et Court-France; Feelgood-Greece; Edko-Hong Kong; Cirko-Hungary; Lev-Israel; Lucky Red-Italy; Gutek-Poland; Alambique-Portugal; Bad Unicorn-Romania; A Contracorriente-Spain; Dcm-Switzerland; Applause-Taiwan; Mubi-Ireland, Turkiye, U.K., U.S.; Neon-u.S.
Palme d’Or for Best Short Film: 27, Directed by Flora Anna Buda
Special Mention to a Short Film: Far, Directed by Gunnur Martinsdottir Schluter
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize
How to Have Sex, Directed by Molly Manning Walker
Isa MK2 sold rights to Imagine-Benelux; Greece-Cinobo; N.Z.-Ahi; Russian World Vision-Russia; Turkiye, U.K./ Ireland, Italy, U.S.-Mubi
Jury Prize
Hounds, Directed by Kamal Lazraq
Isa Charades sold to Ad Vitam-France; Zabriskie-Spain
Best Director
Asmae El Moudir For The Mother of All Lies
Isa Autlook
New Voice Prize
Augure (Omen), Directed by Baloji Tshiani
Isa Memento
Ensemble Prize
The Buriti Flower, Directed by Joao Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
Freedom Prize
Goodbye Julia, Directed by Mohamed Kordofani
Camera D’Or
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, Directed by Thien An Pham
The Golden Eye Documentary Prize
Awarded ex aequo to: Four Daughters, Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
and The Mother of All Lies, Directed by Asmae El Moudir
62nd LA Semaine De LA Critique
Grand Prize
Tiger Stripes, Directed by Amanda Nell Eu
French Touch Jury Prize to It’s Raining in the House, Directed by Paloma Sermon-Dai
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award to Jovan Ginic For Lost Country
Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for a Short Film to Bolero, Directed by Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution to Pyramide Films for Inshallah a Boy
Sacd Award to Iris Kaltenback, Writer of The Rapture
Canal+ Award for a Short Film to Bolero, Directed by Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Fipresci International Competition: The Zone of Interest
Fipresci Un Certain Regard: The Settlers (Los Colonos)
Fipresci Directors’ Fortnight & Critics’ Week: Power Alley (Levante)
Ecumenical Jury Prize to Perfect Days, Directed by Wim Wenders
Queer Palm Award to Monster, Directed by Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Palme Dog to border collie Messie in Anatomy of a Fall...
The disrupters, the big streamers, were in the background and theatrical rights were being acquired by indie distributors. France’s theatrical exhibition has sprung back to its pre-covid levels while others’ like Germany, Italy and the U.S. remain 30% below.
Read The Film Verdict Summation and Reviews of Cannes Ff 2003 here. Their summation in part:
The most common line heard on the Croisette was that the main section was stuffed with minor films from major directors, which does no one any favors. But there were happy exceptions, which included 83-year-old Marco Bellocchio’s dramatically exciting and thought-provoking Kidnapped, a summing-up of his many films dealing with the Catholic religion and how a child’s cultural identity is created beginning at a young age. Disappointingly, the jury led by two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund overlooked the film entirely when they awarded their prizes.Another classic director who returned in top form was 77-year-old Wim Wenders with two masterful films: Anselm, a ravishing 3D documentary portrait of artist Anselm Kiefer, and Perfect Days, a lyrical Japanese-language character study of a Tokyo toilet attendant. Justly winning the Best Actor prize for his Zen-like performance in the latter title was Koji Yakusho.Cannes Film Festival Winners:
Palme d’Or
Anatomy of a Fall, Directed by Justine Triet
Isa: MK2 rights sold pre-Cannes to France-Le Pacte; Hong Kong — Golden Scene; Italy-Teodora; Russia, Cis, Baltics-Provzglyad; Spain-Elastica, Filmin; Taiwan-Hooray; Turkey-Mars. Cannes: No. America-Neon; Brazil-Diamond; Switzerland-Cineworx; U.K./Ireland-Picturehouse
Grand Prix
The Zone of Interest, Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Isa: A24. No. America: A24.
Jury Prize
Fallen Leaves, Directed by Aki Kaurismaki
Isa: The Match Factory sold pre-Cannes rights to Austria/ Germany-Pandora; Baltics-a-One; Benelux-September; ex-Yugo-mcf; Finland-BPlan; France-Diaphana; Greece-Cinobo; Hungary-Cirko; Israel-Lev; Italy-Lucky Red; Japan-Eurospace; Norway-Arthause; Portugal-Midas; Sweden-Folkets Bio; Switzerland-Filmcoopi. Cannes sales to Latvia/ Lithuania-a One
Best Director
Tran Anh Hung for The Pot au Feu
Isa: Gaumont sold to Australia/ N.Z.-Rialto; Belgium-Athena; Brazil-Diamond; Canada-Mongrel; France-Gaumont; Germany-Weltkino; Hong Kong-First Distributors; Israel-Lev/ Shani; Italy-Lucky Red; Japan-Gaga; Portugal-Sun; Spain-a Contracorriente; Switzerland-Frenetic; Taiwan-Swallow Wings; U.K./ Ireland-Picturehouse; U.S.-Sun
Best Screenplay
Yuji Sakamoto for Monster directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Isa: Goodfellas and Gaga sold pre-Cannes to Australia/ N.Z.-Madman; Benelux, Surinam, Dutch Antilles-September; Finland-Cinema Mondo; Hungary-Cirko; Japan-Gaga. Cannes to Bulgaria-Beta; Ex-Yugo-mcf Megacom; Germany-Wild Bunch; Greece-Spentzos; India-Impact; Indonesia-Falcon; Israel-Lev/ Shani; Italy-Bim; Hong Kong-Edko; Japan-Toho; Poland-Best; Portugal-Midas; Singapore-Clover/ Golden Village; So. Korea-Media Castle; Spain-Vertigo; Sweden-Triart; Switzerland-Cineworx, Taiwan-Movie Cloud; Thailand-Sahamongkolfilm; Turkiye-Filmarti; U.K./ Ireland-Picturehouse; U.S.-Well Go/ Relativity
Best Actress
Merve Dizdar for About Dry Grasses directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Isa Playtime sold pre-Cannes rights to Austria-Filmladen; Benelux, Surinam, Dutch Antilles-September; France-Memento; Italy-Movies Inspired, Taiwan-Swallow Wings. Cannes: Canada-Sphere; Turkey-Bir; U.K./ Ireland-Picturehouse; U.S.-Janus/ Criterion/ Sideshow
Best Actor
Kôji Yakusho for Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders
Isa The Match Factory sold rights to Madman-Australia/ N.Z.; Artfest-Bulgaria; DDDream-China; Aerofilms-Czech & Slovakia; Haut et Court-France; Feelgood-Greece; Edko-Hong Kong; Cirko-Hungary; Lev-Israel; Lucky Red-Italy; Gutek-Poland; Alambique-Portugal; Bad Unicorn-Romania; A Contracorriente-Spain; Dcm-Switzerland; Applause-Taiwan; Mubi-Ireland, Turkiye, U.K., U.S.; Neon-u.S.
Palme d’Or for Best Short Film: 27, Directed by Flora Anna Buda
Special Mention to a Short Film: Far, Directed by Gunnur Martinsdottir Schluter
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize
How to Have Sex, Directed by Molly Manning Walker
Isa MK2 sold rights to Imagine-Benelux; Greece-Cinobo; N.Z.-Ahi; Russian World Vision-Russia; Turkiye, U.K./ Ireland, Italy, U.S.-Mubi
Jury Prize
Hounds, Directed by Kamal Lazraq
Isa Charades sold to Ad Vitam-France; Zabriskie-Spain
Best Director
Asmae El Moudir For The Mother of All Lies
Isa Autlook
New Voice Prize
Augure (Omen), Directed by Baloji Tshiani
Isa Memento
Ensemble Prize
The Buriti Flower, Directed by Joao Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
Freedom Prize
Goodbye Julia, Directed by Mohamed Kordofani
Camera D’Or
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, Directed by Thien An Pham
The Golden Eye Documentary Prize
Awarded ex aequo to: Four Daughters, Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
and The Mother of All Lies, Directed by Asmae El Moudir
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Grand Prize
Tiger Stripes, Directed by Amanda Nell Eu
French Touch Jury Prize to It’s Raining in the House, Directed by Paloma Sermon-Dai
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award to Jovan Ginic For Lost Country
Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for a Short Film to Bolero, Directed by Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution to Pyramide Films for Inshallah a Boy
Sacd Award to Iris Kaltenback, Writer of The Rapture
Canal+ Award for a Short Film to Bolero, Directed by Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Fipresci International Competition: The Zone of Interest
Fipresci Un Certain Regard: The Settlers (Los Colonos)
Fipresci Directors’ Fortnight & Critics’ Week: Power Alley (Levante)
Ecumenical Jury Prize to Perfect Days, Directed by Wim Wenders
Queer Palm Award to Monster, Directed by Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Palme Dog to border collie Messie in Anatomy of a Fall...
- 6/3/2023
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet).COMPETITIONPalme d’Or: Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) (Read our review)Grand Prix: The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer) (Read our review)Best Director: Tran Anh Hùng (Pot-au-Feu) Jury Prize: Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki)Best Screenplay: Yuji Sakamoto (Monster)Best Actress: Merve Dizdar (About Dry Grasses)Best Actor: Kôji Yakusho (Perfect Days) Short Film Award: 27 (Flóra Anna Buda)Short Film Special Mention: Intrusion (Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlūter)How to Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker).Un Certain REGARDGrand Prize: How to Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker)New Voice Prize: Omen (Baloji)Ensemble Prize: The Buriti Flower (João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora) (Read our review)Freedom Prize: Goodbye Julia (Mohamed Kordofani)Jury Prize: Hounds (Kamal Lazraq)Directing Prize: Asmae El Moudir (The Mother of All Lies) Directors' FORTNIGHTEuropa Cinemas Cannes Label for Best European Film: Creatura (Elena Martín)Sacd Prize: A Prince (Pierre Creton) (Read...
- 5/30/2023
- MUBI
It’s a wrap for the 2023 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, where French director Justine Triet’s courtroom thriller “Anatomy of a Fall” has won this year’s Palme d’Or for best film.
In the acclaimed drama, German actress Sandra Hüller plays a novelist tried for murder after the suspicious disappearance of her husband.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jane Fonda presented the festival’s top honour to Triet, pointing out how much things had changed since she first attended the festival back in the 1970s.
Read More: Rita Wilson Sets Record Straight About Photos Showing Her And Tom Hanks Appearing To Scold A Man On Cannes Red Carpet
“There were no women directors competing at that time and it never even occurred to us that there was something wrong with that,” said Fonda. ‘We’ve come a long way.”
Legendary Japanese actor Koji Yakusho won the best...
In the acclaimed drama, German actress Sandra Hüller plays a novelist tried for murder after the suspicious disappearance of her husband.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jane Fonda presented the festival’s top honour to Triet, pointing out how much things had changed since she first attended the festival back in the 1970s.
Read More: Rita Wilson Sets Record Straight About Photos Showing Her And Tom Hanks Appearing To Scold A Man On Cannes Red Carpet
“There were no women directors competing at that time and it never even occurred to us that there was something wrong with that,” said Fonda. ‘We’ve come a long way.”
Legendary Japanese actor Koji Yakusho won the best...
- 5/27/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came to an end today at the awards ceremony, featuring prizes handed out by jury president Ruben Östlund and members Maryam Touzani, Denis Ménochet, Rungano Nyoni, Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Atiq Rahimi, Damián Szifron and Julia Ducournau.
Leading the pack was Justine Triet’s drama Anatomy of a Fall, marking the third time a woman has won the top prize following Jane Campion (The Piano) and Julia Ducournau (Titane). The award also means Neon now has four consecutive Palme d’Or winners with Parasite, Titane, Triangle of Sadness, and Anatomy of a Fall.
Check out the winners below, along with Un Certain Regard winners, and see all of our festival coverage here.
Palme d’Or: Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet)
Grand Prize: The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)
Best Actor: Koji Yakusho (Perfect Days)
Best Actress: Merve Dizdar (About Dry Grasses...
Leading the pack was Justine Triet’s drama Anatomy of a Fall, marking the third time a woman has won the top prize following Jane Campion (The Piano) and Julia Ducournau (Titane). The award also means Neon now has four consecutive Palme d’Or winners with Parasite, Titane, Triangle of Sadness, and Anatomy of a Fall.
Check out the winners below, along with Un Certain Regard winners, and see all of our festival coverage here.
Palme d’Or: Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet)
Grand Prize: The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)
Best Actor: Koji Yakusho (Perfect Days)
Best Actress: Merve Dizdar (About Dry Grasses...
- 5/27/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Justine Triet’s French courtroom thriller Anatomy of a Fall has won the 2023 Palme d’Or for best film of the 76th Cannes International Film Festival.
Triet is just the third woman director to win Cannes’ top honor, but the second in three years, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for Titane in 2021. Jane Campion was the first-ever female Palme d’Or winner in 1993 with The Piano.
German actress Sandra Hüller stars in the film as a German novelist who is put on trial for murder after her husband dies in suspicious circumstances.
In his review, The Hollywood Reporter‘s Jon Frosch called Anatomy of a Fall “a gripping and gratifyingly rich drama” and called lead actress Hüller “sensational.”
Jane Fonda presenting this year’s top honor, noted that when she first attended the Cannes festival, back in the 1970s, “There were no women directors competing at that time,...
Triet is just the third woman director to win Cannes’ top honor, but the second in three years, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for Titane in 2021. Jane Campion was the first-ever female Palme d’Or winner in 1993 with The Piano.
German actress Sandra Hüller stars in the film as a German novelist who is put on trial for murder after her husband dies in suspicious circumstances.
In his review, The Hollywood Reporter‘s Jon Frosch called Anatomy of a Fall “a gripping and gratifyingly rich drama” and called lead actress Hüller “sensational.”
Jane Fonda presenting this year’s top honor, noted that when she first attended the Cannes festival, back in the 1970s, “There were no women directors competing at that time,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a star-studded festival that saw everyone from Martin Scorsese to Harrison Ford walking the Croisette, the 76th Cannes Film Festival is finally drawing to a close. This year’s lineup was heavy on big names, with the likes of Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes, Jonathan Glazer, Wim Wenders, and Hirokazu Kore-eda all debuting new works in competition. Once all the major films screened, it was up to the jury to award the festival’s most coveted honors.
Ruben Östlund — who has two Palme d’Or wins to his name for “The Square” and “Triangle of Sadness” — presided over this year’s jury. He was joined by a group of nine jurors that includes Paul Dano, Brie Larson, and “Titane” director Julie Ducournau. Östlund recently spoke to IndieWire about his approach to the deliberation process and his determination to avoid leaks to the media.
“This will be the first jury in...
Ruben Östlund — who has two Palme d’Or wins to his name for “The Square” and “Triangle of Sadness” — presided over this year’s jury. He was joined by a group of nine jurors that includes Paul Dano, Brie Larson, and “Titane” director Julie Ducournau. Östlund recently spoke to IndieWire about his approach to the deliberation process and his determination to avoid leaks to the media.
“This will be the first jury in...
- 5/27/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
A year after collecting his second Palme d‘Or for “The Triangle of Sadness,” Ruben Östlund bestowed the same honor to Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” a thought-provoking legal drama which purports to investigate the guilt or innocence of a popular novelist (Sandra Hüller), accused of murdering her husband. But the film is every bit as much an inquest into their marriage, bringing private details from the couple’s personal life into the courtroom for the press, public and audiences to dissect, as if under a microscope.
Triet is only the third woman to win the Palme d’Or. The prize was presented by Jane Fonda, who remarked on how far Cannes has come — setting a record for female representation, with seven woman helmers in competition this year — since the American star first attended. In accepting the award, Triet made a point of acknowledging the protests against French pension reform,...
Triet is only the third woman to win the Palme d’Or. The prize was presented by Jane Fonda, who remarked on how far Cannes has come — setting a record for female representation, with seven woman helmers in competition this year — since the American star first attended. In accepting the award, Triet made a point of acknowledging the protests against French pension reform,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The closing ceremony takes place today at 20.30 Cest (19.30 BST) at the Grand Theatre Lumiere.
The closing ceremony of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival is taking place today (May 27) at 20.30 Cest (19.30 BST) at the Grand Theatre Lumiere.
Scroll down for winners
The ceremony is broadcast live on France 2, as well as online in various international territories. It will be followed by a screening of closing night film Elemental.
This story will update with the winners as they happen, below. Refresh the page for latest updates.
Watch the ceremony (via Brut), below.
This year’s jury was presided over by director Ruben Östlund,...
The closing ceremony of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival is taking place today (May 27) at 20.30 Cest (19.30 BST) at the Grand Theatre Lumiere.
Scroll down for winners
The ceremony is broadcast live on France 2, as well as online in various international territories. It will be followed by a screening of closing night film Elemental.
This story will update with the winners as they happen, below. Refresh the page for latest updates.
Watch the ceremony (via Brut), below.
This year’s jury was presided over by director Ruben Östlund,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
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