Doves flutter, girls chatter, life sputters on — and sometimes gutters out — in Emma Dante’s tempestuous and touching sophomore feature “The Macaluso Sisters.” To imagine the decades-long catch-and-release sweep of a single lifespan and condense it into one sub-90-minute film is a feat; to do so about multiple interconnected lives without losing definition is even more impressive. Perhaps it’s the Italian playwright’s experience with stage dramaturgy that allows her to perform this telescoped trapeze act with such elegance, but even so, the skill with which Dante adapts her own play, marshaling three sets of actors playing the same characters at three different phases of life, and brings it soaring to fully cinematic life is remarkable. In just her second feature after the taut street-stand-off drama “A Street In Palermo” seven years ago, Dante sets a firm seal upon her cross-disciplinary emergence as a director of unusually vivid empathy.
- 9/14/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
It's farewell for another year to mosquitos, vaporettos and incomprehensibly rude Italian film critics who insist on checking their email mid-screening, because the 70th Venice Film Festival wrapped up on Saturday. For a festival that had seen quite a few twists and turns, it felt appropriate that it ended with Bernardo Bertolucci pulling a few surprises, shunning the more lauded films in the line-up to bestow the Golden Lion on "Sacro Gra," the first Italian film to win the top prize in fifteen years and the first documentary to ever manage the feat. Elsewhere, Greek film "Miss Violence" also proved popular, taking both the Silver Lion and the Best Actor prize for Themis Panou, while Tsai Ming-Liang's "Stray Dogs" won the Grand Jury Prize, Elena Cotta took Best Actress for "Via Castellana Bandiera" (which we unfortunately didn't see), Tye Sheridan was awarded Best Young Actor for David Gordon Green's "Joe,...
- 9/9/2013
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
A still from Kush
Shubhashish Bhutiani’s short film Kush, the lone Indian entry at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film.
Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival showcases new trends in world cinema. The Orizzonti Jury was chaired by Paul Schrader and composed of Catherine Corsini, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Frédéric Fonteyne, Kseniya Rappoport and Amr Waked.
Kush featuring Sonika Chopra, Shayaan Sameer and Anil Sharma is inspired by a true story : In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards, causing anti-Sikh riots to erupt throughout the country. A teacher travelling back from a field trip with her class of 10-year-old students struggles to protect Kush, the only Sikh student in the class, from the growing violence around him.
Bhutiani recently graduated from School of Visual Arts (Sva) in New York.
List Of Awards:
Golden...
Shubhashish Bhutiani’s short film Kush, the lone Indian entry at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film.
Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival showcases new trends in world cinema. The Orizzonti Jury was chaired by Paul Schrader and composed of Catherine Corsini, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Frédéric Fonteyne, Kseniya Rappoport and Amr Waked.
Kush featuring Sonika Chopra, Shayaan Sameer and Anil Sharma is inspired by a true story : In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards, causing anti-Sikh riots to erupt throughout the country. A teacher travelling back from a field trip with her class of 10-year-old students struggles to protect Kush, the only Sikh student in the class, from the growing violence around him.
Bhutiani recently graduated from School of Visual Arts (Sva) in New York.
List Of Awards:
Golden...
- 9/8/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Sacro Gra, a documentary about the people who live and work around Rome’s ring road, took home the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival Saturday.
Sacro Gra, directed by Gianfranco Rossi, is the first documentary to ever win the prize, and is the first Italian film to be recognized at the highest level since 1998 when Gianni Amelio’s The Way We Laughed won. Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival has historically excluded non-fiction films from the competition. This was the first year they were eligible for consideration.
Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang’s family drama Stray Dogs won the Grand Jury Prize,...
Sacro Gra, directed by Gianfranco Rossi, is the first documentary to ever win the prize, and is the first Italian film to be recognized at the highest level since 1998 when Gianni Amelio’s The Way We Laughed won. Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival has historically excluded non-fiction films from the competition. This was the first year they were eligible for consideration.
Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang’s family drama Stray Dogs won the Grand Jury Prize,...
- 9/7/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Surprise choice for Golden Lion is Italian documentary. Silver Lion for best director goes to Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence.
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
It marks the first time a documentary has ever won the Golden Lion.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
Review: Sacro Grareview: Miss Violence
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes:
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra, Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou, Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss ViolenceBest...
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
It marks the first time a documentary has ever won the Golden Lion.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
Review: Sacro Grareview: Miss Violence
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes:
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra, Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou, Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss ViolenceBest...
- 9/7/2013
- ScreenDaily
The 70th Venice Film Festival wrapped this weekend with the top prize of the Golden Lion going to Gianfranco Rosi's documentary "Sacro Gra".
The Venice fest awards are unique in that, only in exceptional cases, can a film win more than one prize. On top of that, whoever wins the Golden Lion can only win that award.
An exceptional case was seen with "Miss Violence" which took the Best Director (Alexandros Avranas) and Best Actor (Themis Panou) honors. Elena Cotta won Best Actress for "Via Castellana Bandiera".
Tsai Ming-liang's "Stray Dogs" took the newly added Grand Jury Prize, while Philip Groning's "The Police Officer’s Wife" won a Special Jury Prize.
Rising young "Mud" star Tye Sheridan took Best New Young Actor/Actress for "Joe," and comedian Steve Coogan along with Jeff Pope took best screenplay for "Philomena".
Earlier, the critics week "Lion of the Future" award for debut...
The Venice fest awards are unique in that, only in exceptional cases, can a film win more than one prize. On top of that, whoever wins the Golden Lion can only win that award.
An exceptional case was seen with "Miss Violence" which took the Best Director (Alexandros Avranas) and Best Actor (Themis Panou) honors. Elena Cotta won Best Actress for "Via Castellana Bandiera".
Tsai Ming-liang's "Stray Dogs" took the newly added Grand Jury Prize, while Philip Groning's "The Police Officer’s Wife" won a Special Jury Prize.
Rising young "Mud" star Tye Sheridan took Best New Young Actor/Actress for "Joe," and comedian Steve Coogan along with Jeff Pope took best screenplay for "Philomena".
Earlier, the critics week "Lion of the Future" award for debut...
- 9/7/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival closed today with an awards ceremony that honored "Joe" and "Philomena" -- but shut out "Night Moves" and "Under The Skin." The full list of winners follows. Read More: The 70th Venice Film Festival is a Historic Mess -- and Still a Thing of Beauty Official Competition Golden Lion - "Sacro Gra," directed by Gianfranco Rosi Grand Jury Prize - "Stray Dogs," directed by Tsai Ming-liang Silver Lion (Best Director) - Alexandros Avranas, "Miss Violence" Volpi Cup (Best Actor) - Themis Panou, "Miss Violence" Volpi Cup (Best Actress) - Elena Cotta, "Via Castellana Bandiera" Marcello Mastroianni Award (Best New Young Actor or Actress) - Tye Sheridan, "Joe" Best Screenplay - Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, "Philomena" Special Jury Prize - "The Police Officer’s Wife," directed by Philip Groning Critics Week Lion of the Future –...
- 9/7/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Venice – The race for the Venice Film Festival’s prestigious Golden Lion award got underway Thursday, with the screening of the first three of 20 competition entries while the Lido was still abuzz after Wednesday’s opening night screening of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. A Street in Palermo (Via Castellana Bandiera), a film about a stubborn Sicilian stand-off between two cars blocking each other on a narrow street and the silver screen directorial debut of acclaimed Italian dramatist Emma Dante, and Tracks, about a woman’s epic Australian desert trek directed by John Curran, were Thursday’s main attractions, screening back-to-back
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- 8/29/2013
- by Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Italy kicks off its Venice competition with Emma Dante’s reworking of her eponymous novel. The story of Via Castellana Bandiera is superficially simple: two cars face each other on a narrow street and neither driver is willing to let the other pass. However, the stories of the two women at the wheel are not as simple.
Dante is a stalwart of Italian theatre, but this is her directorial debut on the big screen and not content with being both writer and director, Emma Dante has cast herself in the lead. Rosa is an angry woman dragged back to Palermo by her grungy illustrator girlfriend Laura (played by the darling of Italian cinema, Alba Rohrwacher). The day starts badly as the two women bicker in the heat as they drive around the city. In a parallel story, we see an old woman visiting her daughter’s tomb at the cemetery.
Dante is a stalwart of Italian theatre, but this is her directorial debut on the big screen and not content with being both writer and director, Emma Dante has cast herself in the lead. Rosa is an angry woman dragged back to Palermo by her grungy illustrator girlfriend Laura (played by the darling of Italian cinema, Alba Rohrwacher). The day starts badly as the two women bicker in the heat as they drive around the city. In a parallel story, we see an old woman visiting her daughter’s tomb at the cemetery.
- 8/29/2013
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With the rise of the encroaching Toronto, the domestic competition offered by Rome and a hugely successful Cannes this year, the 70th Venice Film Festival - which begins on 28 August - is facing some pretty stiff competition. The lineup, however, is on the face of it relatively low-key, though there are some very interesting possibilities and potential surprises. Regular attendee George Clooney opens proceedings with Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, whilst in the main competition lie a mix of old hands - Errol Morris with his Donald Rumsfeld documentary, Hayao Miyazaki's last fable - along with fresh talents such as Kelly Reichardt (Night Moves) and Jonathan Glazer (with his Birth follow-up, Under the Skin).
Terry Gilliam also returns after an elongated absence, his The Zero Theorem starring Christoph Waltz as a hacker searching for the meaning of existence. The film hopefully marks a return to form for a filmmaker who...
Terry Gilliam also returns after an elongated absence, his The Zero Theorem starring Christoph Waltz as a hacker searching for the meaning of existence. The film hopefully marks a return to form for a filmmaker who...
- 8/28/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Rome – Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm and Via Castellana Bandiera from Emma Dante will be among the nine films selected to compete for the seventh Queer Lion award at the upcoming Venice Film Festival. The Queer Lion is given out each year to a film screening in an official section – in or out of competition, in the Venice Days, Critics’ Week or Horizons sections -– that “accurately portrays lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters.” Tom at the Farm -- a drama about a man (played by Dolan himself) who meets the family of his recently deceased lover,
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- 8/20/2013
- by Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Venice International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 70th edition.
Official Competition
Es-Stouh (Merzak Allouache, Algeria/France)
L'Intrepido (Gianna Amelio, Italy)
Miss Violence (Alexandros Avranas, Greece)
Via Castellana Bandiera (Emma Dante, Italy/Switzerland/France)
Tom à la ferme (Xavier Dolan, Canada/France)
Child of God (James Franco, USA)
Philomena (Stephen Frears, UK)
La Jalousie (Philippe Garrel, France)
The Zero Theorem (Terry Gilliam, UK/USA)
Ana Arabia (Amos Gitai, Israel/France)
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, UK/USA)
Joe (David Gordon Green, USA)
The Police Officer's Wife (Philip Gröning, Germany)
Parkland (Peter Landesman, USA)
The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld (Errol Morris, USA)
Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
Sacro Gra (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy)
Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang, Chinese Taipei/France)
Out Of Competition
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Shinji Aramaki, Japan)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, USA)
Summer '82 — When Zappa Came to Siciliy (Salvo Cuccia,...
Official Competition
Es-Stouh (Merzak Allouache, Algeria/France)
L'Intrepido (Gianna Amelio, Italy)
Miss Violence (Alexandros Avranas, Greece)
Via Castellana Bandiera (Emma Dante, Italy/Switzerland/France)
Tom à la ferme (Xavier Dolan, Canada/France)
Child of God (James Franco, USA)
Philomena (Stephen Frears, UK)
La Jalousie (Philippe Garrel, France)
The Zero Theorem (Terry Gilliam, UK/USA)
Ana Arabia (Amos Gitai, Israel/France)
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, UK/USA)
Joe (David Gordon Green, USA)
The Police Officer's Wife (Philip Gröning, Germany)
Parkland (Peter Landesman, USA)
The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld (Errol Morris, USA)
Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
Sacro Gra (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy)
Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang, Chinese Taipei/France)
Out Of Competition
Space Pirate Captain Harlock (Shinji Aramaki, Japan)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, USA)
Summer '82 — When Zappa Came to Siciliy (Salvo Cuccia,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Following the announcement that came earlier this week, launching yet another hugely impressive line-up at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the respective line-up has now been announced for what is in some ways its European counterpart, the 2013 Venice Film Festival.
The announcement shows that the two will continue to have a number of films overlapping, including Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (the Opening Night Film in Venice), Peter Landesman’s Parkland, Stephen Frears’ Philomena, and more. But it also brings with its news of where a number of films will be making their debut, including Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem; the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises; James Franco’s Child of God; Lee Sang-il’s Yurusarezaru Mono, the Japanese remake of Unforgiven; and Steven Knight’s Locke, led by Tom Hardy, and shot in one take.
In Competition
Es-Stouh – Merzak Alloucache (Algeria, France, 94’) L’Intrepido – Gianni Amelio (Italy,...
The announcement shows that the two will continue to have a number of films overlapping, including Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (the Opening Night Film in Venice), Peter Landesman’s Parkland, Stephen Frears’ Philomena, and more. But it also brings with its news of where a number of films will be making their debut, including Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem; the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises; James Franco’s Child of God; Lee Sang-il’s Yurusarezaru Mono, the Japanese remake of Unforgiven; and Steven Knight’s Locke, led by Tom Hardy, and shot in one take.
In Competition
Es-Stouh – Merzak Alloucache (Algeria, France, 94’) L’Intrepido – Gianni Amelio (Italy,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Toronto Film Festival has 12 Years A Slave and Gravity, but the Venice Film Festival does not intend to be outdone. Gravity will open the festival, yes, but Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem will also put in an appearance. Plus there are new films from Stephen Frears, Paul Schrader and James Franco, who brings his Child Of God to play at Venice. Hayao Miyazaki’s latest The Wind Rises will show up at Venice too, after its Japanese tour. Then there are films from Errol Morris, Kelly Reichardt, and Frederick Wiseman. Oh, and the Japanese Unforgiven remake Yurusarezaru mono.
All in all, it’s not a bad line-up for Venice this year. Lots of films that we’ve already heard of and, as usual, a whole slew that we probably haven’t. Festival season is always an exciting time, less for the major works and more for the ones...
All in all, it’s not a bad line-up for Venice this year. Lots of films that we’ve already heard of and, as usual, a whole slew that we probably haven’t. Festival season is always an exciting time, less for the major works and more for the ones...
- 7/25/2013
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
The films screened at the 70th Venice film festival – as the programme release is staggered, this will be updated as more information comes in
The 70th Venice film festival runs from 28 August until 7 September
Opening night film
Gravity, Dir: Alfonso Cuaron
Closing night film
Amazonia, Dir: Thierry Ragobert
Competition
Ana Arabia, Dir: Amos Gitai
Child of God, Dir: James Franco
Die Frau des Polizisten (The Police Officer's Wife), Dir: Philip Groning
L'intrepido, Dir: Gianni Amelio
La Jalousie, Dir: Philippe Garrel
Jiaoyou,, Dir: (Stray Dogs), Tsai Ming-liang
Joe, Dir: David Gordon Green
Kaze Tachinu, Dir: Hayao Miyazaki
Miss Violence, Dir: Alexandros Avranas
Night Moves, Dir: Kelly Reichardt
Parkland, Dir: Peter Landesman
Philomena, Dir: Stephen Frears
Sacro Gra, Dir: Gianfranco Rosi
Es-Stouh (The Rooftops), Dir: Merzak Allouache
Tom at the Farm, Dir: Xavier Dolan
Tracks, Dir: John Curran
Under the Skin, Dir: Jonathan Glazer
The Unknown Known: the Life and Times of...
The 70th Venice film festival runs from 28 August until 7 September
Opening night film
Gravity, Dir: Alfonso Cuaron
Closing night film
Amazonia, Dir: Thierry Ragobert
Competition
Ana Arabia, Dir: Amos Gitai
Child of God, Dir: James Franco
Die Frau des Polizisten (The Police Officer's Wife), Dir: Philip Groning
L'intrepido, Dir: Gianni Amelio
La Jalousie, Dir: Philippe Garrel
Jiaoyou,, Dir: (Stray Dogs), Tsai Ming-liang
Joe, Dir: David Gordon Green
Kaze Tachinu, Dir: Hayao Miyazaki
Miss Violence, Dir: Alexandros Avranas
Night Moves, Dir: Kelly Reichardt
Parkland, Dir: Peter Landesman
Philomena, Dir: Stephen Frears
Sacro Gra, Dir: Gianfranco Rosi
Es-Stouh (The Rooftops), Dir: Merzak Allouache
Tom at the Farm, Dir: Xavier Dolan
Tracks, Dir: John Curran
Under the Skin, Dir: Jonathan Glazer
The Unknown Known: the Life and Times of...
- 7/25/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
With still several films not yet announced for the behemoth Toronto Int. Film Festival, it appears that 2013 will be a significant cross-over year for Venice titles (Joe, Night Moves, Parkland, Philomena, Tracks, Under the Skin) landing in the Canadian capitol and from the get-go, it appears that Toronto programmers have indeed stole some of the thunder from the Alberto Barbera’s Lido, specifically in the case where they grabbed world premiere rights to Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave with the Fox Searchlight folks possibly looking to keep the film on North American soil. However, for the time being that are titles that are worth salivating over that will be making their preems on the Lido – along with a grab bag of Euro and Asian titles we have the highly anticipated showings for Hayao Miyazaki’s Kaze Tachinu, Tsai Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs, Xavier Dolan’s Tom a la Ferme...
- 7/25/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Competition titles include new films from Reichardt, Morris, Miyazaki, Glazer, Gitai, Gilliam, Frears.See below for full lists
The 70th Venice International Film Festival includes an array of exciting new features, including films from Kelly Reichardt, Errol Morris, Jonathan Glazer, Terry Gilliam, Amos Gitai and Stephen Frears.
As previously announced Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity will open the festival and Thierry Ragobert’s Amazonia will close.
Director Bernardo Bertolucci will head the jury at the event, which runs from August 28 to September 7.
A total of 20 titles in all will compete for the festival’s Golden Lion award.
Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem stars Christoph Waltz playing a reclusive computer genius, and also features Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Melanie Thierry and David Thewlis.
Glazer is launching anticipated sci-fi Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson, while Reichardt’s thriller Night Moves stars Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Fanning as three environmentalists who plot to blow up a dam. Frears...
The 70th Venice International Film Festival includes an array of exciting new features, including films from Kelly Reichardt, Errol Morris, Jonathan Glazer, Terry Gilliam, Amos Gitai and Stephen Frears.
As previously announced Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity will open the festival and Thierry Ragobert’s Amazonia will close.
Director Bernardo Bertolucci will head the jury at the event, which runs from August 28 to September 7.
A total of 20 titles in all will compete for the festival’s Golden Lion award.
Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem stars Christoph Waltz playing a reclusive computer genius, and also features Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Melanie Thierry and David Thewlis.
Glazer is launching anticipated sci-fi Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson, while Reichardt’s thriller Night Moves stars Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Fanning as three environmentalists who plot to blow up a dam. Frears...
- 7/25/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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