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Murmur, the new horror movie from indie filmmaker Mark Polish, will have its world premiere at the Oldenburg Film Festival, the fall event known as “Germany’s Sundance.”
Polish is best known as one half, with brother Michael, of the writing/directing team The Polish brothers, whose credits include Sundance hit Twin Falls, Idaho (1999), Jackpot (2001), The Astronaut Farmer (2006) and The Smell of Success. Michael Polish has typically taken over directing duties on Polish brothers films, with Mark playing a lead role and both siblings sharing screenwriting credits.
Mark Polish first stepped behind the camera for Headlock (2019), his feature debut starring Andy Garcia, Dianna Agron and James Frain.
Murmur, which he wrote and directed, follows a group of social media stars who become guinea pigs for a new app that breaks down the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Polish’s daughter Logan Polish, of...
Murmur, the new horror movie from indie filmmaker Mark Polish, will have its world premiere at the Oldenburg Film Festival, the fall event known as “Germany’s Sundance.”
Polish is best known as one half, with brother Michael, of the writing/directing team The Polish brothers, whose credits include Sundance hit Twin Falls, Idaho (1999), Jackpot (2001), The Astronaut Farmer (2006) and The Smell of Success. Michael Polish has typically taken over directing duties on Polish brothers films, with Mark playing a lead role and both siblings sharing screenwriting credits.
Mark Polish first stepped behind the camera for Headlock (2019), his feature debut starring Andy Garcia, Dianna Agron and James Frain.
Murmur, which he wrote and directed, follows a group of social media stars who become guinea pigs for a new app that breaks down the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Polish’s daughter Logan Polish, of...
- 8/17/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As its 56th edition – running July 1-9 – kicks off, Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival is ready to party like it’s 2019.
“We can’t predict how many people will come, as some still don’t want to travel, but it’s supposed to be as close to [pre-pandemic] 2019 as possible,” says artistic director Karel Och, noting the audience is still one of the festival’s biggest assets.
It’s their enthusiasm for cinema that has “enchanted even big Hollywood stars,” echoes president Jiří Bartoška, hoping for a great atmosphere in Karlovy Vary.
But there have been significant changes at the festival, starting with the death of the longtime artistic advisor and former artistic director Eva Zaoralová in March.
“When it happened, it was just like when Bowie died — certain people you just consider immortal,” says Och. The festival will celebrate Zaoralová with an exhibition of photographs and a screening of her favorite film,...
“We can’t predict how many people will come, as some still don’t want to travel, but it’s supposed to be as close to [pre-pandemic] 2019 as possible,” says artistic director Karel Och, noting the audience is still one of the festival’s biggest assets.
It’s their enthusiasm for cinema that has “enchanted even big Hollywood stars,” echoes president Jiří Bartoška, hoping for a great atmosphere in Karlovy Vary.
But there have been significant changes at the festival, starting with the death of the longtime artistic advisor and former artistic director Eva Zaoralová in March.
“When it happened, it was just like when Bowie died — certain people you just consider immortal,” says Och. The festival will celebrate Zaoralová with an exhibition of photographs and a screening of her favorite film,...
- 7/1/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro will receive special awards at the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Kviff organizers announced on Tuesday. The two actors will both receive their awards during the closing ceremony on July 9 in the festival’s namesake spa town outside Prague in the Czech Republic.
Rush will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, an award that in the past has gone to Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Jude Law and Judi Dench. Three of Rush’s films – “The King’s Speech,” “Quills” and “Shine,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor – will be screened at the festival.
Del Toro will receive the President’s Award for making “a fundamental contribution to the development of film and cinema.” “The Usual Suspects” and his Oscar-winning turn in “Traffic” will be screened for the occasion. Ethan Hawke received the President’s Award last year.
Rush will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, an award that in the past has gone to Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Jude Law and Judi Dench. Three of Rush’s films – “The King’s Speech,” “Quills” and “Shine,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor – will be screened at the festival.
Del Toro will receive the President’s Award for making “a fundamental contribution to the development of film and cinema.” “The Usual Suspects” and his Oscar-winning turn in “Traffic” will be screened for the occasion. Ethan Hawke received the President’s Award last year.
- 6/21/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Film festival unveils 27 world premieres and three international premieres.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) has announced the line-up of 33 features for its 56th edition, which includes Jake Paltrow’s Ukraine-shot Adolf Eichmann feature June Zero.
The Czech festival will take place from July 1-9 and the selection includes 27 world premieres, three international premieres and three European premieres.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The 12 titles in the Crystal Globe Competition are all world premieres, with the exception of Anna Kazejak’s Fucking Bornholm; Sophie Linnenbaum’s The Ordinaries; and Jonás Trueba’s You Have To Come And See It – all international premieres.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) has announced the line-up of 33 features for its 56th edition, which includes Jake Paltrow’s Ukraine-shot Adolf Eichmann feature June Zero.
The Czech festival will take place from July 1-9 and the selection includes 27 world premieres, three international premieres and three European premieres.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The 12 titles in the Crystal Globe Competition are all world premieres, with the exception of Anna Kazejak’s Fucking Bornholm; Sophie Linnenbaum’s The Ordinaries; and Jonás Trueba’s You Have To Come And See It – all international premieres.
- 5/31/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Böse Spiele (Wicked Games)
With filming taking place in portions between April 2017 to May 2018, it’s been a painstakingly long post-production process for Austrian maestro Ulrich Seidl‘s Böse Spiele (Wicked Games) so it’s no wonder that we’re now celebrating a fourth appearance (watch Nicholas’ vid below) on our yearly list. This may have to do with Seidl putting more of his time and creative energy into shepherding films as a producer such as Kelly Copper & Pavol Liska’s Die Kinder der Toten (2019), Andreas Horvath’s Lillian (2019), Peter Brunner’s Luzifer (2021), and Kurdwin Ayub’s upcoming Sonne (likely to have its world premiere at a major film festival).…...
With filming taking place in portions between April 2017 to May 2018, it’s been a painstakingly long post-production process for Austrian maestro Ulrich Seidl‘s Böse Spiele (Wicked Games) so it’s no wonder that we’re now celebrating a fourth appearance (watch Nicholas’ vid below) on our yearly list. This may have to do with Seidl putting more of his time and creative energy into shepherding films as a producer such as Kelly Copper & Pavol Liska’s Die Kinder der Toten (2019), Andreas Horvath’s Lillian (2019), Peter Brunner’s Luzifer (2021), and Kurdwin Ayub’s upcoming Sonne (likely to have its world premiere at a major film festival).…...
- 1/12/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Returning to Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, where his documentary short “Views of a Retired Night Porter” was awarded in 2006, Austrian helmer Andreas Horvath decided to focus on his fiction feature debut “Lillian” when addressing the participants of European Film Promotion’s Future Frames during an exclusive masterclass. The showcase, now in its seventh edition, presents 10 young directors from Europe and their latest work, selected by the artistic team of Kviff.
Inspired by the true story of Lillian Alling, a Russian woman in New York who decided to walk back to her homeland in the 1920s, the film was borne out of Horvath’s restlessness.
“I was at a film festival in Montreal and decided to go to Toronto. I often do that – I don’t necessarily watch all the films but go to museums, explore the city. My friends had a guest and he told me about her,” he said.
Inspired by the true story of Lillian Alling, a Russian woman in New York who decided to walk back to her homeland in the 1920s, the film was borne out of Horvath’s restlessness.
“I was at a film festival in Montreal and decided to go to Toronto. I often do that – I don’t necessarily watch all the films but go to museums, explore the city. My friends had a guest and he told me about her,” he said.
- 8/24/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Future Frames is a next generation showcase comprised of short works by students and recent graduates of European film schools, curated by the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in cooperation with European Film Promotion. The selected directors and their films will be introduced to on-site festival audiences from Aug. 22-24. Austrian director Andreas Horvath will mentor the group and teach a masterclass.
Irene Albanell Mellado
“Silent Club”
Escac
Spain
During her time at the Catalonia Film School Albanell Mellado specialized in editing. “Silent Club” is her graduate work. She wants to collaborate in the conversation about a more conscious and inclusive cinema.
Glen Bay Grant
“True Mirror”
Super16 independent film school
Denmark
Bay Grant has directed a number of short films, both fiction and documentary, and also helmed several series for the Danish national broadcaster, Dr. His work expresses his feelings about the absurdities of his society.
Marcell Farkas
“Szeurum”
University...
Irene Albanell Mellado
“Silent Club”
Escac
Spain
During her time at the Catalonia Film School Albanell Mellado specialized in editing. “Silent Club” is her graduate work. She wants to collaborate in the conversation about a more conscious and inclusive cinema.
Glen Bay Grant
“True Mirror”
Super16 independent film school
Denmark
Bay Grant has directed a number of short films, both fiction and documentary, and also helmed several series for the Danish national broadcaster, Dr. His work expresses his feelings about the absurdities of his society.
Marcell Farkas
“Szeurum”
University...
- 8/20/2021
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
The films will run one a day from May 15-29.
Turkey’s Istanbul Film Festival is to play 15 features from the past year of the festival circuit, including Berlin 2020 Competition title Berlin Alexanderplatz; and Venice 2019 Competition feature Martin Eden.
The 15 selected films will play one per day from May 15 to May 29 via streaming platform filmonline.iksv.org, available via ticket purchase to Turkish audiences only.
Six of the 15 films had their world premieres at this year’s Berlinale, including Stéphanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond’s My Little Sister. Four were Venice 2019 premieres (including three from the Venice Days sidebar), with two from Cannes,...
Turkey’s Istanbul Film Festival is to play 15 features from the past year of the festival circuit, including Berlin 2020 Competition title Berlin Alexanderplatz; and Venice 2019 Competition feature Martin Eden.
The 15 selected films will play one per day from May 15 to May 29 via streaming platform filmonline.iksv.org, available via ticket purchase to Turkish audiences only.
Six of the 15 films had their world premieres at this year’s Berlinale, including Stéphanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond’s My Little Sister. Four were Venice 2019 premieres (including three from the Venice Days sidebar), with two from Cannes,...
- 5/14/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Animation Outlaws, Lillian join Special Screenings roster.
Lynne Sachs’ Film About A Father Who will open Slamdance 2020, set to run in Park City, Utah, from January 24-30, 2020.
Sachs shot her film about Ira Sachs Sr., a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Utah, over 35 years from 1984 to 2019 using 8 and 16mm film, videotape and digital.
“It takes undeniable courage to discover and reveal shocking truths about one’s family,” said Slamdance festival manager Alina Solodnikova. “Lynne Sachs has done it with unique style, a dry sense of humour and honesty that captivates our programmers. A generation in the making, Film About...
Lynne Sachs’ Film About A Father Who will open Slamdance 2020, set to run in Park City, Utah, from January 24-30, 2020.
Sachs shot her film about Ira Sachs Sr., a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Utah, over 35 years from 1984 to 2019 using 8 and 16mm film, videotape and digital.
“It takes undeniable courage to discover and reveal shocking truths about one’s family,” said Slamdance festival manager Alina Solodnikova. “Lynne Sachs has done it with unique style, a dry sense of humour and honesty that captivates our programmers. A generation in the making, Film About...
- 12/18/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘While at War’ wins international award.
Oren Gerner’s Africa and Yaron Shani’s Reborn have been jointly awarded the top award at the 35th Haifa International Film Festival (Oct 12-21).
Scroll down for full list of winners
As joint winners of the best Israeli feature film award, the prize of 100,000 Nis will be divided between them.
The dramas each won three trophies at the festival’s awards on Saturday (Oct 19).
Africa, the story of how a retiree copes with growing older, also picked up the Danny Lerner award for best Israeli feature debut and the Michael...
Oren Gerner’s Africa and Yaron Shani’s Reborn have been jointly awarded the top award at the 35th Haifa International Film Festival (Oct 12-21).
Scroll down for full list of winners
As joint winners of the best Israeli feature film award, the prize of 100,000 Nis will be divided between them.
The dramas each won three trophies at the festival’s awards on Saturday (Oct 19).
Africa, the story of how a retiree copes with growing older, also picked up the Danny Lerner award for best Israeli feature debut and the Michael...
- 10/21/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Romanian director Alexander Nana’s Collective won the international documentary film prize.
Darius Marder’s Sound Of Metal won the Golden Eye for best international feature film as this year’s Zurich Film Festival, which concluded on Sunday (October 6).
The film stars Riz Ahmed as a drummer whose life is thrown into turmoil when he begins to lose his hearing and co-stars Olivia Cooke and Mathieu Amalric. The drama premiered in Tiff’s Platform section, with Amazon acquiring Us rights. Protagonist Pictures handles international sales.
Romanian director Alexander Nanau’s Collective won the international documentary film prize. The film follows...
Darius Marder’s Sound Of Metal won the Golden Eye for best international feature film as this year’s Zurich Film Festival, which concluded on Sunday (October 6).
The film stars Riz Ahmed as a drummer whose life is thrown into turmoil when he begins to lose his hearing and co-stars Olivia Cooke and Mathieu Amalric. The drama premiered in Tiff’s Platform section, with Amazon acquiring Us rights. Protagonist Pictures handles international sales.
Romanian director Alexander Nanau’s Collective won the international documentary film prize. The film follows...
- 10/7/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
2015 Tiff Rising Star Deragh Campbell plays lead.
On the eve of Toronto, sales company Cercamon has added Platform world premiere Anne At 13,000 Ft to its Toronto roster.
New York-based Film Maudit represents Us and Canadian sales on Kazik Radwanski’s drama about a volatile young woman, which receives its world premiere on Monday (9).
2015 Tiff Rising Star Deragh Campbell stars as a single daycare worker in Toronto who undergoes a life-changing experience when she goes skydiving for her best friend’s bachelorette party, and finds herself pushing the limits of what is socially acceptable. Matt Johnson, Dorothea Paas, and Lawrene Denkers also star.
On the eve of Toronto, sales company Cercamon has added Platform world premiere Anne At 13,000 Ft to its Toronto roster.
New York-based Film Maudit represents Us and Canadian sales on Kazik Radwanski’s drama about a volatile young woman, which receives its world premiere on Monday (9).
2015 Tiff Rising Star Deragh Campbell stars as a single daycare worker in Toronto who undergoes a life-changing experience when she goes skydiving for her best friend’s bachelorette party, and finds herself pushing the limits of what is socially acceptable. Matt Johnson, Dorothea Paas, and Lawrene Denkers also star.
- 9/4/2019
- ScreenDaily
The 2019 installment of the sprawling Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6), held for more than 50 years at the sunny resort hub of the Czech Republic, boasted 12,521 accredited attendees, including 395 filmmakers, 1158 global industry professionals, and 605 journalists. They watched a selection of 177 films at 497 screenings.
Karlovy Vary, run by president Jiří Bartoška and artistic director Karel Och, runs three competitive categories. “The Father,” from Bulgaria and Greece, took home the Grand Prix, and “Lara,” from Germany, won three awards. The full list of winners is below.
Official Selection – Competition
Jury: Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic), Annemarie Jacir (State of Palestine),Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), Angeliki Papoulia (Greece), Charles Tesson (France)
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Father”
Special Jury Prize
Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Director Award
Tim Mielants for “Patrick” (Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Corinna Harfouch, star of Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Actor Award
Milan Ondrík,...
Karlovy Vary, run by president Jiří Bartoška and artistic director Karel Och, runs three competitive categories. “The Father,” from Bulgaria and Greece, took home the Grand Prix, and “Lara,” from Germany, won three awards. The full list of winners is below.
Official Selection – Competition
Jury: Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic), Annemarie Jacir (State of Palestine),Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), Angeliki Papoulia (Greece), Charles Tesson (France)
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Father”
Special Jury Prize
Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Director Award
Tim Mielants for “Patrick” (Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Corinna Harfouch, star of Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Actor Award
Milan Ondrík,...
- 7/6/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 2019 installment of the sprawling Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6), held for more than 50 years at the sunny resort hub of the Czech Republic, boasted 12,521 accredited attendees, including 395 filmmakers, 1158 global industry professionals, and 605 journalists. They watched a selection of 177 films at 497 screenings.
Karlovy Vary, run by president Jiří Bartoška and artistic director Karel Och, runs three competitive categories. “The Father,” from Bulgaria and Greece, took home the Grand Prix, and “Lara,” from Germany, won three awards. The full list of winners is below.
Official Selection – Competition
Jury: Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic), Annemarie Jacir (State of Palestine),Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), Angeliki Papoulia (Greece), Charles Tesson (France)
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Father”
Special Jury Prize
Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Director Award
Tim Mielants for “Patrick” (Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Corinna Harfouch, star of Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Actor Award
Milan Ondrík,...
Karlovy Vary, run by president Jiří Bartoška and artistic director Karel Och, runs three competitive categories. “The Father,” from Bulgaria and Greece, took home the Grand Prix, and “Lara,” from Germany, won three awards. The full list of winners is below.
Official Selection – Competition
Jury: Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic), Annemarie Jacir (State of Palestine),Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), Angeliki Papoulia (Greece), Charles Tesson (France)
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Father”
Special Jury Prize
Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Director Award
Tim Mielants for “Patrick” (Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Corinna Harfouch, star of Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Actor Award
Milan Ondrík,...
- 7/6/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has wrapped today and set its winners with Bulgarian road-trip comedy The Father taking home the top prize Grand Prix Crystal Globe, which comes with cash prize of $25,000. Scroll down for a full list of winners.
The Czech festival’s special jury prize went to German drama Lara, while best director went to Tim Mielants for Belgian feature Patrick. Milan Ondrík won best actor for his role in Czech film Let There Be Light and Corinna Harfouch won the best actress accolade for the aforementioned Lara.
This year’s competition jury comprised Štěpán Hulík, Annemarie Jacir, Sergei Loznitsa, Angeliki Papoulia and Charles Tesson. As previously revealed, there were career Crystal Globes for Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson.
Full List Of Winners:
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe (25 000 Usd)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
The Father / Bashtata
Directed by: Kristina Grozeva,...
The Czech festival’s special jury prize went to German drama Lara, while best director went to Tim Mielants for Belgian feature Patrick. Milan Ondrík won best actor for his role in Czech film Let There Be Light and Corinna Harfouch won the best actress accolade for the aforementioned Lara.
This year’s competition jury comprised Štěpán Hulík, Annemarie Jacir, Sergei Loznitsa, Angeliki Papoulia and Charles Tesson. As previously revealed, there were career Crystal Globes for Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson.
Full List Of Winners:
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe (25 000 Usd)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
The Father / Bashtata
Directed by: Kristina Grozeva,...
- 7/6/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Opening and closing films also announced for Czech festival, which takes place June 28-July 6.
Bart Freundlich’s After The Wedding will open the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) and honour its star, Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, with the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema.
The director and Moore’s co-star Billy Crudup will also attend the festival which runs in the Czech Republic from June 28-July 6.
After The Wedding premiered at Sundance earlier this year and is being released in the Us by Sony Pictures Classics on August 9.
Nisha Ganatra’s Late Night starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling,...
Bart Freundlich’s After The Wedding will open the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) and honour its star, Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, with the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema.
The director and Moore’s co-star Billy Crudup will also attend the festival which runs in the Czech Republic from June 28-July 6.
After The Wedding premiered at Sundance earlier this year and is being released in the Us by Sony Pictures Classics on August 9.
Nisha Ganatra’s Late Night starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6) will this year fete Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson with Crystal Globe awards for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
At the Czech festival, Moore and screenwriter-director Bart Freundlich will present U.S. drama remake After the Wedding, which premiered at Sundance. Co-star Billy Crudup will be a special guest at the festival’s opening ceremony.
Patricia Clarkson, who this year won a Golden Globe for her performance in HBO series Sharp Objects (selected episodes of which had their European premiere at last year’s Kv), will receive her career prize at the festival’s closing ceremony. During the Euro fest, Clarkson will also present her recent Isabel Coixet feature Learning To Drive.
Meanwhile, Casey Affleck will return to the festival to present his directorial debut Light Of My Life, which premiered in Berlin, and Kv also announced today that Sundance comedy...
At the Czech festival, Moore and screenwriter-director Bart Freundlich will present U.S. drama remake After the Wedding, which premiered at Sundance. Co-star Billy Crudup will be a special guest at the festival’s opening ceremony.
Patricia Clarkson, who this year won a Golden Globe for her performance in HBO series Sharp Objects (selected episodes of which had their European premiere at last year’s Kv), will receive her career prize at the festival’s closing ceremony. During the Euro fest, Clarkson will also present her recent Isabel Coixet feature Learning To Drive.
Meanwhile, Casey Affleck will return to the festival to present his directorial debut Light Of My Life, which premiered in Berlin, and Kv also announced today that Sundance comedy...
- 6/11/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In 1926, Polish-born immigrant Lillian Alling decided either that she was done with New York City or it was done with her, and set out to take the long way home. Traveling on foot, she crossed into Canada at Niagara Falls, headed for Alaska, and continued her epic solo trek along the Bering Strait toward Russia. She was never heard from again. Alling’s story is a grimly remarkable one that has inspired multiple novels, historical studies and even an opera; by now, it ought to have made for a remarkable film. “Lillian,” the first narrative feature by celebrated Austrian docmaker Andreas Horvath, isn’t quite it, but neither does it tell quite that story. Reimagining Alling’s journey as a present-day trans-American odyssey, it retains the sad, aloof mystique of its true-life inspiration, but despite the topical resonance of an immigrant escape narrative set in Trump’s hostile America, Horvath...
- 5/30/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Sometime in the winter of 1926 or the spring of 1927, Lillian Alling set out to cross the U.S. and Canada on foot. She was an emigrant, probably Russian, who spoke no English and had no money. Although little is known about her epic journey from New York to Alaska, it has inspired books, an opera and now Andreas Horvath’s long-in-the-making feature film Lillian. The Austrian photographer and director, who has won major awards for docs like This Ain’t No Heartland (2004) and Earth’s Golden Playground (2013), combines his knowledge of the American Midwest and the Yukon in an ...
- 5/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sometime in the winter of 1926 or the spring of 1927, Lillian Alling set out to cross the U.S. and Canada on foot. She was an emigrant, probably Russian, who spoke no English and had no money. Although little is known about her epic journey from New York to Alaska, it has inspired books, an opera and now Andreas Horvath’s long-in-the-making feature film Lillian. The Austrian photographer and director, who has won major awards for docs like This Ain’t No Heartland (2004) and Earth’s Golden Playground (2013), combines his knowledge of the American Midwest and the Yukon in an ...
- 5/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The part documentary, part fiction work stars visual artist Patrycja Planik.
Sébastien Chesneau’s Dubai-based world sales company Cercamon has acquired international sales rights to Austrian director Andreas Horvath’s part documentary, part fiction work Lillian, produced by compatriot filmmaker Ulrich Seidl, ahead of its premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (May 15-25).
Visual artist Patrycja Planik stars as a woman stranded in New York, who decides to head home to her native Russia on foot. It is a journey that will take her straight across the United States and into the freezing wastes of Alaska.
The film is based on...
Sébastien Chesneau’s Dubai-based world sales company Cercamon has acquired international sales rights to Austrian director Andreas Horvath’s part documentary, part fiction work Lillian, produced by compatriot filmmaker Ulrich Seidl, ahead of its premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (May 15-25).
Visual artist Patrycja Planik stars as a woman stranded in New York, who decides to head home to her native Russia on foot. It is a journey that will take her straight across the United States and into the freezing wastes of Alaska.
The film is based on...
- 5/2/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
With August almost over and September around the corner, we’re only a few weeks away from the start of Fantastic Fest, taking place September 22nd–29th in Austin, Texas. Following the announcement of the first wave of programming earlier this month, the second wave of films have now been revealed, including even more titles for horror, sci-fi, and suspense fans to look forward to seeing:
Press Release: Austin, TX – Thursday, August 25, 2016 – Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest delivers another dose of cinematic decadence with its second wave of programming. Procured once again from the most curious corners of the genre universe, Fantastic Fest is proud to announce its opening film, Denis Villeneuve’s stunning Arrival. Arrival marks Villeneuve’s Fantastic Fest debut, which has proven to be worth the wait as his spectacular science fiction feature promises to kick off proceedings in explosive fashion.
It wouldn’t be Fantastic Fest...
Press Release: Austin, TX – Thursday, August 25, 2016 – Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest delivers another dose of cinematic decadence with its second wave of programming. Procured once again from the most curious corners of the genre universe, Fantastic Fest is proud to announce its opening film, Denis Villeneuve’s stunning Arrival. Arrival marks Villeneuve’s Fantastic Fest debut, which has proven to be worth the wait as his spectacular science fiction feature promises to kick off proceedings in explosive fashion.
It wouldn’t be Fantastic Fest...
- 8/25/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Fantastic Fest has announced the second wave of programming for this year’s edition of the Austin-based fête, which runs from September 22 — 29. “The Bad Batch,” a new restoration of 1971’s “The Zodiac Killer,” “Toni Erdmann,” “The Handmaiden” and opening-night selection “Arrival” are among the most prominent selections, with a number of appropriately oddball offerings thrown in as well. Full list below.
“Aalavandhalan” (Suresh Krissna)
Kamal Hassan stars in this ridiculously entertaining tale of an Indian commando pitted against his own serial killer twin brother in a deadly race to save the beautiful Tejaswini from certain death.
“Arrival” (Denis Villeneuve)
When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team — led by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) — are brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers — and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life,...
“Aalavandhalan” (Suresh Krissna)
Kamal Hassan stars in this ridiculously entertaining tale of an Indian commando pitted against his own serial killer twin brother in a deadly race to save the beautiful Tejaswini from certain death.
“Arrival” (Denis Villeneuve)
When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team — led by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) — are brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers — and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life,...
- 8/25/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
For most of us in the United States, Helmut Berger is not someone who we are very familiar with. In Europe, however, most people know if his work, and his reputation for being unpredictable. Director Andreas Horvath submerges himself into Berger’s world in order to show us an intimate, uncensored look at the present life of a wounded man who once seemed to have it all in Helmut Berger, Actor.
Warning: Trailer is Nsfw, and shouldn’t be viewed by children.
A little backstory to get you in the proper head space: Berger had it made in the 70’s and 80’s. He was given his first film role by director Luchino Visconti in 1967, and things took off from there. He was leading a luxurious lifestyle with his, now lover, Visconti. Berger became a man about town, enjoying the finer things in life. When his partner died in 1976, Berger spiraled out of control.
Warning: Trailer is Nsfw, and shouldn’t be viewed by children.
A little backstory to get you in the proper head space: Berger had it made in the 70’s and 80’s. He was given his first film role by director Luchino Visconti in 1967, and things took off from there. He was leading a luxurious lifestyle with his, now lover, Visconti. Berger became a man about town, enjoying the finer things in life. When his partner died in 1976, Berger spiraled out of control.
- 6/6/2016
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
John Waters with Patty Hearst at the "Carol" premiereAh one of our favorite bad taste good --no... singular taste traditions of year-end end look backs has arrived: the annual John Waters Top Ten List at ArtForum. Though the Baltimore film icon hasn't made a feature film in over ten years he still says active as a celebrity for which we thank him. Try and imagine the world without him; we never want to!
His top ten lists generally contain at least one or two titles we haven't even heard of (rare for us don'cha know) and that's true again with #1 and #9 right here. They're also always a mix of smart, beautiful, queer, and head scratching choices -- I'm sorry but Love is Not a good movie even if it does contain, as John Waters raves, "heterosexual rimming -- in 3D!"
John Waters 2015 Top Ten List
01 Helmut Berger, Actor (Andreas Horvath)
02 Cinderella (Kenneth Branagh)
Yes,...
His top ten lists generally contain at least one or two titles we haven't even heard of (rare for us don'cha know) and that's true again with #1 and #9 right here. They're also always a mix of smart, beautiful, queer, and head scratching choices -- I'm sorry but Love is Not a good movie even if it does contain, as John Waters raves, "heterosexual rimming -- in 3D!"
John Waters 2015 Top Ten List
01 Helmut Berger, Actor (Andreas Horvath)
02 Cinderella (Kenneth Branagh)
Yes,...
- 12/1/2015
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2015 Includes ‘Carol,’ ‘Fury Road,’ ‘Tom at the Farm,’ ‘Love,’ and More
Forget the Oscar race. As he does every year, John Waters has named his favorite films of the last 12 months. Ranging from the ultra-obscure to the arthouse to the blockbuster, it’s another eclectic batch of movies to either put on your radar or revisit. While some of the year’s biggest studio hits are mentioned, Cinderella (“I fucking love this Disney film,” he says) and Mad Max: Fury Road (“this ultimate nonstop demolition derby is downright insane from the moment it takes off”), there’s sure to be a few you may not have heard of.
His number one choice is Andreas Horvath‘s obscure documentary Helmut Berger, Actor, which he questions, “Maybe the best motion picture of the year is also the worst?” There’s also Guy Maddin‘s “insanely inventive” The Forbidden Room, Xavier Dolan‘s “sexy” Tom at the Farm, Todd Haynes‘ Carol, Sean Baker‘s “beautifully shot” Tangerine,...
His number one choice is Andreas Horvath‘s obscure documentary Helmut Berger, Actor, which he questions, “Maybe the best motion picture of the year is also the worst?” There’s also Guy Maddin‘s “insanely inventive” The Forbidden Room, Xavier Dolan‘s “sexy” Tom at the Farm, Todd Haynes‘ Carol, Sean Baker‘s “beautifully shot” Tangerine,...
- 12/1/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
We're celebrating Woody Allen's 80th birthday today. Also in this roundup: "Best of 2015" lists from John Waters (#1: Andreas Horvath's Helmut Berger, Actor) and J. Hoberman (#1: Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin); interviews with legendary cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, Kent Jones (Hitchcock/Truffaut), Andrew Haigh (45 Years) and Sofia Coppola (A Very Murray Christmas); Nathan Silver (Stinking Heaven) on Bertrand Bonello; Karina Longworth on Lana Turner; an upcoming masterclass in Cuba with Abbas Kiarostami, an audiovisual essay from Cristina Álvarez López on Luis Buñuel—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 12/1/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
We're celebrating Woody Allen's 80th birthday today. Also in this roundup: "Best of 2015" lists from John Waters (#1: Andreas Horvath's Helmut Berger, Actor) and J. Hoberman (#1: Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin); interviews with legendary cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, Kent Jones (Hitchcock/Truffaut), Andrew Haigh (45 Years) and Sofia Coppola (A Very Murray Christmas); Nathan Silver (Stinking Heaven) on Bertrand Bonello; Karina Longworth on Lana Turner; an upcoming masterclass in Cuba with Abbas Kiarostami, an audiovisual essay from Cristina Álvarez López on Luis Buñuel—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 12/1/2015
- Keyframe
To hear Earth's Golden Playground tell it, the true mother lode has yet to be struck. The reality may be much less promising than that fanciful notion, but Andreas Horvath's vérité documentary on workaday gold miners in the remote Yukon remains cautiously optimistic. The rugged setting is well served by Horvath's no-frills approach — muted beauty like this doesn't require much ornamentation. The same goes for his salt-of-the-earth subjects, whom the filmmaker allows to relate their own stories of hardship and perseverance without injecting himself into the telling: There's no voiceover and, save for a few scene-setting notes at the beginning and end, virtually no intertitles. "They haven't given up all their secrets yet," one man says of the ...
- 3/11/2015
- Village Voice
Slamdance winner won the Max Ophüls Prize at the weekend, granting it a slot in the Berlinale.
Jakob Lass’ feature debut Love Steaks, this year’s winner of the Slamdance Trailer Competition Grand Prix, was awarded the prestigious Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken at the weekend.
The film, which is in the Lola nomination long list, will therefore also have a screening slot in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino on Feb 16.
Billed by the filmmakers as “the world’s first Fogma film” (with the obligatory manifesto), Love Steaks had its world premiere at Munich Filmfest last June where it won all four prizes of the Young German Cinema Support Awards.
This included for Best Screenplay, despite the film not having had any written dialogue and featuring the staff and guests at a wellness hotel on the Baltic Sea coast playing themselves alongside newcomers Lana Cooper and Franz Rogowski..
Lass’ graduation film from the University of Film...
Jakob Lass’ feature debut Love Steaks, this year’s winner of the Slamdance Trailer Competition Grand Prix, was awarded the prestigious Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken at the weekend.
The film, which is in the Lola nomination long list, will therefore also have a screening slot in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino on Feb 16.
Billed by the filmmakers as “the world’s first Fogma film” (with the obligatory manifesto), Love Steaks had its world premiere at Munich Filmfest last June where it won all four prizes of the Young German Cinema Support Awards.
This included for Best Screenplay, despite the film not having had any written dialogue and featuring the staff and guests at a wellness hotel on the Baltic Sea coast playing themselves alongside newcomers Lana Cooper and Franz Rogowski..
Lass’ graduation film from the University of Film...
- 1/27/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Voice of My Father
The International Film Festival Rotterdam, opening on January 25 and running through February 5, has announced two lineups today, the Tiger Awards Competition 2012 for first and second feature films — 15 films in all — and the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2012 with 21 films. Straight from the release:
Tiger Awards Competition 2012
De jueves a domingo (Thursday Till Sunday), Dominga Sotomayor, Chile/Netherlands, 2012, 96’, World premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film. Sotomayor’s feature film début, expertly shot by Barbara Alvarez, is a Chilean road movie set in and around the car belonging to a middle-class family. Seen through eyes of the kids in the back, they embark on a four day holiday trip to the north, while the marriage is falling apart. Dominga Sotomayor’s short film Videojuego was screened in Rotterdam in 2010. De jueves a domingo was selected for the Cannes Cinéfondation Résidence 2010.
Babamin sesi (Voice of My Father), Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Dogan,...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam, opening on January 25 and running through February 5, has announced two lineups today, the Tiger Awards Competition 2012 for first and second feature films — 15 films in all — and the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2012 with 21 films. Straight from the release:
Tiger Awards Competition 2012
De jueves a domingo (Thursday Till Sunday), Dominga Sotomayor, Chile/Netherlands, 2012, 96’, World premiere, Hubert Bals Fund-supported film. Sotomayor’s feature film début, expertly shot by Barbara Alvarez, is a Chilean road movie set in and around the car belonging to a middle-class family. Seen through eyes of the kids in the back, they embark on a four day holiday trip to the north, while the marriage is falling apart. Dominga Sotomayor’s short film Videojuego was screened in Rotterdam in 2010. De jueves a domingo was selected for the Cannes Cinéfondation Résidence 2010.
Babamin sesi (Voice of My Father), Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Dogan,...
- 1/12/2012
- MUBI
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