Exclusive: Leo Leigh’s directorial debut Sweet Sue and Vincent Perez’s fencing film The Edge Of The Blade are among six international films set to get their world premiere at the upcoming Filmfest München (June 23 – July 1), which this year celebrates its 40th edition. Scroll down for full list and details.
The large summertime festival has been known for premiering German films but this year has collated a stronger collection of global debuts, partly inspired by the launch at the event last year of Marcelo Gomes’ Brazilian film Paloma.
The six international debuts — heralding from U.S., Canada, UK, France, and Israel — are each looking for a German distributor. Directors and talent will be attending the screenings.
Leigh is the son of celebrated British auteur Mike Leigh. His BBC Films-backed comedy-drama, sold by HanWay, follows a woman back on the dating scene who embarks on a relationship with a...
The large summertime festival has been known for premiering German films but this year has collated a stronger collection of global debuts, partly inspired by the launch at the event last year of Marcelo Gomes’ Brazilian film Paloma.
The six international debuts — heralding from U.S., Canada, UK, France, and Israel — are each looking for a German distributor. Directors and talent will be attending the screenings.
Leigh is the son of celebrated British auteur Mike Leigh. His BBC Films-backed comedy-drama, sold by HanWay, follows a woman back on the dating scene who embarks on a relationship with a...
- 6/6/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Misandrists will open Sqiff Photo: © Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion / J.Jackie Baier The Scottish Queer International Film Festival has announced that is third edition will open with the Scottish premiere of Bruce Labruce's new film The Misandrists on September 27 at Cca Glasgow. Labruce will introduce the film and he and star Caprice Crawford will also take part in a Q&A.
The film dives headfirst into the world of the Female Liberation Army hiding out in the heart of Gerwomany. Led by Big Mother, the Fla indoctrinates its young recruits to take up the struggle of freeing all female people through a mix of revolutionary porn-making, songs about taking down the patriarchy, and even a sneaky dancing nun. But does the Fla's brand of radical feminism hide some darker and more exclusionary beliefs?
Labruce will also introduce a rare screening of his early cult hit Hustler White at Glasgow Film Theatre on October 1.
The film dives headfirst into the world of the Female Liberation Army hiding out in the heart of Gerwomany. Led by Big Mother, the Fla indoctrinates its young recruits to take up the struggle of freeing all female people through a mix of revolutionary porn-making, songs about taking down the patriarchy, and even a sneaky dancing nun. But does the Fla's brand of radical feminism hide some darker and more exclusionary beliefs?
Labruce will also introduce a rare screening of his early cult hit Hustler White at Glasgow Film Theatre on October 1.
- 7/27/2017
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Germans and the Mexicans have always had a love affair. (Think Beer and Polka) But when Ficg decided to honor Beki Probst a couple of years ago (or was it last year) who knew what the relationship would grow into.
At the Berlinale this year, Mexico was the first-ever country to be honored by the Festival. The Wall — the Berlin Wall and the Proposed Wall to further divide the two North American Nations of USA and Mexico — further unites them. After all, Berlin was alway Berlin and USA’s Southwest has always been Mexico. That’s why there are so many Mexicans there.
Now the Maguey Prize, the centerpiece of Ficg, is going to German film veteran Jürgen Brüning.
Congratulations Jurgen! Our own association goes back to those early days in the 90s when we were all getting to know each other. Here are IMDb’s listed credits of those years!
At the Berlinale this year, Mexico was the first-ever country to be honored by the Festival. The Wall — the Berlin Wall and the Proposed Wall to further divide the two North American Nations of USA and Mexico — further unites them. After all, Berlin was alway Berlin and USA’s Southwest has always been Mexico. That’s why there are so many Mexicans there.
Now the Maguey Prize, the centerpiece of Ficg, is going to German film veteran Jürgen Brüning.
Congratulations Jurgen! Our own association goes back to those early days in the 90s when we were all getting to know each other. Here are IMDb’s listed credits of those years!
- 2/20/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Berlin-based sales outfit Raspberry&Cream (R&C) is partnering with Jürgen Brüning Filmproduktion to co-produce Like Cattle Towards Glow, which aims to achieve a new way of portraying sex on screen.
The film, which will begin shooting in Paris this summer with French film-maker Christophe Honoré as associate producer, is based on the first screenplay written by the Us novelist Dennis Cooper together with the film’s director, French-American visual artist Zac Farley.
“The idea for the script [for] Like Cattle Towards Glow arose from the fact that violence is prominently featured in films whereas sex, a far less upsetting act, seems to be rather poorly represented,” Brüning said.
According to the producers, the film will comprise “a set of five original narratives that deviate from the norm by using explicit sex as a privileged means to access its participants’ emotions, vulnerabilities, feelings of alienation, and ennui regarding the objectification of their own and others’ bodies.”
Brüning and Labruce...
The film, which will begin shooting in Paris this summer with French film-maker Christophe Honoré as associate producer, is based on the first screenplay written by the Us novelist Dennis Cooper together with the film’s director, French-American visual artist Zac Farley.
“The idea for the script [for] Like Cattle Towards Glow arose from the fact that violence is prominently featured in films whereas sex, a far less upsetting act, seems to be rather poorly represented,” Brüning said.
According to the producers, the film will comprise “a set of five original narratives that deviate from the norm by using explicit sex as a privileged means to access its participants’ emotions, vulnerabilities, feelings of alienation, and ennui regarding the objectification of their own and others’ bodies.”
Brüning and Labruce...
- 4/8/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Taking advantage of the impact that film has on modern society and aiming to promote a culture of tolerance and non- discrimination, the Guadalajara International Film Festival in ist 29th edition (FICG29) presents the Maguey Award (Premio Maguey) for the third consecutive year, an accolade to films whose narratives reveal an open sexuality, a cinema of acceptance towards sexual diversity in all its manifestations, cinema that gives a voice to "minorities" whom up to now have resisted oppression.
The Maguey Award favors Lgbttti cinema (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transvestite, Transgender, and Intersexual) that aims to eradicate homophobia and sexual discrimination around the world.
A total of 18 films from 14 countries form the Official Selection compete for the Maguey Award 03. The titles are Free Fall (Germany), Snails in the Rain (Israel), The Dune aka La Dune (France/ Israel), Test (U.S.), Sarah Prefers To Run (Canada), Off Road (Italy), Four Moons aka Cuatro Lunas (Mexico), Gerontophilia (Canada), Out in the Line Up (Australia), Tom at the Farm (Canada/ France), Floating Skyscrapers (Poland), Ignasi M (Spain), Land of Storms (Hungary/ Germany), Getting Go; the Go Doc Project (U.S.), Julia (Germany/ Italy), Dual (Slovenia), the Winner of the Teddy Award 2014 The Way He Looks aka Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (Brazil) ), and Bad Hair aka Pelo Malo (Venezuela).
As in in previous editions, this year five awards will be handed out: The Posthumous Homage Maguey Award, which will be dedicated to Divine, an eccentric personality who worked with director John Waters and whose irreverent personality transcended the big screen. Ruby Rich and Roberto Espejo will be awarded the Queer Icon Maguey Award for their work which dignifies and promotes a stance in favor of the Lgbttti community's rights. And Wieland Speck, founder of the Teddy Award and Director of the Panorama section at the Berlinale will be honored with the Trajectory Maguey Award.
The last award to be handed out -- and the most relevant -- is the Maguey Award for Best Film 2014, which will be determined by a team of outstanding personalities from the Queer cinematic landscape with internationally recognized careers: Benoît Arnulf, Artistic Director of In&Out, the queer film festival in Nice, France, Katharine Setzer, Director of Programming of image+nation in Canada; Michael Stütz, Programming Consultant for the Panorama section and Coordination of the Teddy Awards during the Berlinale, as well as Co-director of the Xposed Festival also in Berlin; David Ramón, Founder and Director of the Unam's Gay Film Festival and Kim Yutani, Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival and Artistic Director of Outfest Los Ángeles.
As part of the activities around the Maguey Award to secure its promise of breaking social paradigms, a curated selection by Jürgen Brüning, director of the Porn Film Festival Berlin of the best Porn cinema will be presented.
In collaboration with the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Sebastianese Award, the Winner of the Concha de Oro Award, Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) will be screened. Also, in an alliance with the Teddy Award, like in the two previous editions, the winner of such award during its recent 28th edition, The Way He Looks, will also be shown.
The Maguey Award favors Lgbttti cinema (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transvestite, Transgender, and Intersexual) that aims to eradicate homophobia and sexual discrimination around the world.
A total of 18 films from 14 countries form the Official Selection compete for the Maguey Award 03. The titles are Free Fall (Germany), Snails in the Rain (Israel), The Dune aka La Dune (France/ Israel), Test (U.S.), Sarah Prefers To Run (Canada), Off Road (Italy), Four Moons aka Cuatro Lunas (Mexico), Gerontophilia (Canada), Out in the Line Up (Australia), Tom at the Farm (Canada/ France), Floating Skyscrapers (Poland), Ignasi M (Spain), Land of Storms (Hungary/ Germany), Getting Go; the Go Doc Project (U.S.), Julia (Germany/ Italy), Dual (Slovenia), the Winner of the Teddy Award 2014 The Way He Looks aka Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (Brazil) ), and Bad Hair aka Pelo Malo (Venezuela).
As in in previous editions, this year five awards will be handed out: The Posthumous Homage Maguey Award, which will be dedicated to Divine, an eccentric personality who worked with director John Waters and whose irreverent personality transcended the big screen. Ruby Rich and Roberto Espejo will be awarded the Queer Icon Maguey Award for their work which dignifies and promotes a stance in favor of the Lgbttti community's rights. And Wieland Speck, founder of the Teddy Award and Director of the Panorama section at the Berlinale will be honored with the Trajectory Maguey Award.
The last award to be handed out -- and the most relevant -- is the Maguey Award for Best Film 2014, which will be determined by a team of outstanding personalities from the Queer cinematic landscape with internationally recognized careers: Benoît Arnulf, Artistic Director of In&Out, the queer film festival in Nice, France, Katharine Setzer, Director of Programming of image+nation in Canada; Michael Stütz, Programming Consultant for the Panorama section and Coordination of the Teddy Awards during the Berlinale, as well as Co-director of the Xposed Festival also in Berlin; David Ramón, Founder and Director of the Unam's Gay Film Festival and Kim Yutani, Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival and Artistic Director of Outfest Los Ángeles.
As part of the activities around the Maguey Award to secure its promise of breaking social paradigms, a curated selection by Jürgen Brüning, director of the Porn Film Festival Berlin of the best Porn cinema will be presented.
In collaboration with the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Sebastianese Award, the Winner of the Concha de Oro Award, Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) will be screened. Also, in an alliance with the Teddy Award, like in the two previous editions, the winner of such award during its recent 28th edition, The Way He Looks, will also be shown.
- 3/19/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Bruce Labruce’s film [pictured] will have its world premiere at Berlinale; Beta Cinema picks up Alain Gsponer’s Solothurn opener Akte Grüninger.
Berlin-based Raspberry&Cream has picked up its second Bruce Labruce title, Pierrot Lunaire, which will have its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Forum Expanded section next month.
Sales company m-appeal’s label for often sexually charged films had been launched in 2010 with Labruce’s La Zombie, shown at the film festival in Locarno. M-appeal had previously handled sales on the director’s 2008 film Otto.
The new 56-minute black-and-white feature, which is produced by Labruce’s regular collaborator Jürgen Brüning, is inspired by composer Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, which is based on the poems of Albert Giraud and is widely regarded as one of the most influential works composed in the 20th century.
The plot of Labruce’s new film centres on a young woman regularly dressing as a man, who falls in...
Berlin-based Raspberry&Cream has picked up its second Bruce Labruce title, Pierrot Lunaire, which will have its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Forum Expanded section next month.
Sales company m-appeal’s label for often sexually charged films had been launched in 2010 with Labruce’s La Zombie, shown at the film festival in Locarno. M-appeal had previously handled sales on the director’s 2008 film Otto.
The new 56-minute black-and-white feature, which is produced by Labruce’s regular collaborator Jürgen Brüning, is inspired by composer Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, which is based on the poems of Albert Giraud and is widely regarded as one of the most influential works composed in the 20th century.
The plot of Labruce’s new film centres on a young woman regularly dressing as a man, who falls in...
- 1/7/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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