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Cannes 2023 :: Killers of the Flower Moon :: Martin Scorsese’s Bitterest Crime Epic Martin Scorsese triumphs yet again. A story about greed, corruption, and the mottled soul of a country that was born from the belief that it belonged to anyone callous enough to take it.. |
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Berlinale 2023 :: Full Winners List This year’s jury, headed by Kristen Stewart, gave
the Golden Bear award to the French documentary “On the Adamant..” The Silver Bear for
Best Lead Performance notably went to child star Sofia Otero for “20,000 Species of Bees.”
Philippe Garrel's “The Plough” was.. |
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BAFTA 2023 :: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Dominates BAFTA Awards With Seven Wins “All Quiet on the Western Front” dominated the BAFTA Awards in London on
Sunday night with a record-breaking seven wins for a film not in the English languag,
including for Best Director.. |
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Berlinale 2023 :: Golshifteh Farahani :: Talks Role Of
Art In Iran “In A Dictatorship Like
Iran, Art Is Essential, It’s Like Oxygen.” Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who is at the
Berlin Film Festival as a member of Kristen Stewart’s jury, has talked passionately about the
importance of art.. |
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SIFF 2023 :: Shirin Ebadi :: Until We Are Free
This is the amazing, at times harrowing,
simply astonishing story of a woman who would never give up, no matter the risks. The first
Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around
the globe.. |
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IFFR 2023 Awards :: 'Le spectre de Boko Haram' and
'Endless Borders' are the victors Cyrielle Raingou’s documentary took home the Tiger Award, whilst Abbas
Amini’s feature won the VPRO Big Screen Award, as the Dutch gathering celebrated its in-
person comeback.. |
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Winners of the 2022 ‘Sepanta Awards’ :: 15th Annual
Iranian Film Festival This year, the
festival presented 50 films from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
music video.. |
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Opinion :: Will Venice Protests Help or Hurt filmmakers
in Iran? As the Venice Film Festival
celebrates Iranian cinema — with four Iranian films screening at the 79th Biennale — back
home in Tehran, Iranian filmmakers and artists are facing the harshest crackdown in
decades.. |
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Biennale Cinema 2022 :: Awards Ceremony
Official Awards of the 79th Venice Film Festival.
Announced by the five international Juries, chaired by Julianne Moore, during the Awards
Ceremony that was held on Saturday 10th September at 7:00 pm..
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Coming: 15th Annual Iranian Film Festival! : San
Francisco: Sep. 17-18 This year, the
festival presents 50 films from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
music video. We are happy and proud to.. |
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BERLINALE 2024 Awards Mati Diop’s Dahomey bags the Berlinale Golden Bear
by Davide Abbatescianni, Cineuropa February 24, 2024
BERLINALE 2024: The 74th edition also saw the triumph of Hong Sangsoo’s A Traveller’s Needs, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’ Pepe and Bruno Dumont’s The Empire.
The 74th Berlinale (15-25 February) was brought to a close tonight by the traditional awards ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, which saw the triumph of Mati Diop’s Dahomey, the winner of this year’s Golden Bear.
The gala opened with a huge round of applause for Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, having now helmed their last edition of the festival. A conversation with the host, Hadnet Tesfai, followed, during which the pair reminisced about the challenges and the highlights of their five years working for the Berlinale. The German gathering’s new director, Tricia Tuttle, greeted by Rissenbeek, was in attendance, sitting in the audience.
Lupita Nyong’o, chair of the jury, handed the Golden Bear to Diop. This is the second time in a row that a non-fiction title has taken home the top prize, after last year’s Golden Bear winner, On the Adamant by Nicholas Philibert, did likewise. Diop thanked Chatrian, Rissenbeek, the jury and the selection committee, as they provided “the appropriate place and time to ‘defend’ this film”. During her speech, she invited people “to tear down the wall of silence together” and “to rebuild through restitution”, which entails “bringing justice”. She also expressed her solidary with Palestine.
Albert Serra invited the winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize up on stage – namely, Hong Sangsoo for A Traveller’s Needs (South Korea). The director thanked the jury and joked by saying: “I don’t know what you saw in the film.”
Christian Petzold was tasked with awarding the Silver Bear Jury Prize to Bruno Dumont’s The Empire (France/Italy/Germany/Belgium/Portugal). Dumont played a humorous, pre-recorded speech through a text-to-speech app, owing to his admittedly poor grasp of the English language.
Mati Diop’s Dahomey bags the Berlinale Golden Bear
Ann Hui awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director to Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, the helmer of Pepe (Dominican Republic/Namibia/Germany/France). Talking about his movie, he explained that he wanted to make “an opportunity [out of] a catastrophe”, while striving to go “beyond eurocentrism and American imperialism”.
The Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance, handed out on stage by Brady Corbet, went to Sebastian Stan for his role in A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg (USA). On stage, Stan thanked the jury and said he wanted to share his prize with Renate Reinsve and, in particular, Adam Pearson. He defined the film he was part of as “a story about disfigurement and disability, both subjects long overlooked”.
Jasmine Trinca welcomed Emily Watson on stage, as she snagged the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance thanks to her turn in Tim Mielants’ Berlinale opener Small Things Like These (Ireland/Belgium), in which she starred alongside Irish talents Cillian Murphy and Clare Dunne, among others.
Oksana Zabuzhko rewarded the recipient of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, Mathias Glasner, the director of Dying. She billed his film as “a story that goes to the very roots of any disruption, be it global or personal, [tackling] the lack of love and empathy”.
Nyong’o also handed the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to DoP Martin Gschlacht, who lensed “the masterfully shot historical drama” The Devil's Bath (Austria/Germany).
The Encounters jury – made up of Lisandro Alonso, Denis Côté and Tizza Covi – revealed the recipient of the gong for Best Film: Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell’s Direct Action (Germany/France). The jurors praised its “very patient, non-judgemental, delicate approach” as well as the “observational quality of this radical film”.
They also handed out two Special Jury Awards, ex aequo, to “the enjoyable, metaphorical journey” of Aliyar Rasti’s The Great Yawn of History (Iran) and “the visually stunning proposition” offered by Qiu Yang’s Some Rain Must Fall (China/USA/France/Singapore). Furthermore, the Best Director Award went to Juliana Rojas, the helmer of Cidade; Campo (Brazil/Germany/France).
The Berlinale Documentary Award, worth €40,000, is split between the director and the producer of the winning title, and is granted by pubcaster RBB. This year, the prize went to Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s No Other Land (Palestine/Norway), a film that unanimously fascinated the jury and “whose importance is simply evident”. Invited up on stage, the filmmakers called for an end to the Israeli occupation.
A Special Mention was bestowed upon Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell’s Direct Action, described by these jurors as an “exciting, intelligently structured film that shows how people can act for a better, different world than the current one, and against which they rebel”.
The GWFF Best First Feature Award, worth €50,000 and split between the producer and the director, went to Phạm Ngọc Lân’s Cu Li Never Cries (Vietnam/Singapore/France). The jury defined it as an “inventive and contemplative” film about “a woman grappling with loss and loneliness”, also boasting “spontaneous moments of humour and imagination”.
Finally, the Silver and Golden Bears for Best Short Film went to Wenqian Zhang’s Remains of the Hot Day (China) and Francisco Lezama’s An Odd Turn (Argentina), respectively. Moreover, Eva Könnemann’s short That’s All From Me (Germany) snagged a Special Mention and will also be the candidate for the next European Film Awards.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Competition
Golden Bear for Best Film Dahomey – Mati Diop (France/Senegal/Benin)
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize A Traveler's Needs – Hong Sangsoo (South Korea)
Silver Bear Jury Prize The Empire – Bruno Dumont (France/Italy/Germany/Belgium/Portugal)
Silver Bear for Best Director Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias – Pepe (Dominican Republic/Namibia/Germany/France)
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance Sebastian Stan – A Different Man (USA)
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance Emily Watson – Small Things Like These (Ireland/Belgium)
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay Matthias Glasner – Dying (Germany)
Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution Martin Gschlacht – The Devil's Bath (Austria/Germany)
Encounters
Best Film Direct Action – Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell (Germany/France)
Best Director Juliana Rojas – Cidade; Campo (Brazil/Germany/France)
Special Jury Award (ex aequo) The Great Yawn of History – Aliyar Rasti (Iran) Some Rain Must Fall - Qiu Yang (China/USA/France/Singapore)
Non-section-specific awards
Berlinale Documentary Award No Other Land – Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor (Palestine/Norway)
Special Mention Direct Action – Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell
GWFF Best First Feature Award Cu Li Never Cries – Lân Phạm Ngọc (Vietnam/Philippines/France/Singapore/Norway)
Berlinale Shorts
Golden Bear for Best Short Film An Odd Turn – Francisco Lezama (Argentina)
Silver Bear Jury Prize Remains of the Hot Day - Wenqian Zhang (China)
Special Mention That’s All From Me – Eva Könnemann (Germany)
Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards That’s All From Me – Eva Könnemann
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