Berlinale competition film “Music” opens with gray clouds racing across the face of a Greek mountain as a storm prepares to break. It is a suitably dramatic prelude to the tumultuous events that will unfold, albeit rendered in an understated manner by German director Angela Schanelec, who won the Berlinale best director award in 2019 for “I Was at Home, But.”
As the storm lifts, an abandoned baby boy is rescued a paramedic, who names him Jon. Years later, Jon, now a young man, kills another man, accidentally, and ends up in prison. Here, he is tended to by a female guard, Iro, as his eyesight begins to deteriorate. When he is released, the two get married and have a child. But several years later, his wife discovers a terrible secret.
In the film, the myth of Oedipus is reworked freely. The action mainly takes place in Greece, starting in the 1980s,...
As the storm lifts, an abandoned baby boy is rescued a paramedic, who names him Jon. Years later, Jon, now a young man, kills another man, accidentally, and ends up in prison. Here, he is tended to by a female guard, Iro, as his eyesight begins to deteriorate. When he is released, the two get married and have a child. But several years later, his wife discovers a terrible secret.
In the film, the myth of Oedipus is reworked freely. The action mainly takes place in Greece, starting in the 1980s,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
“Music,” Angela Schanelec’s German drama, has been bought by Cinema Guild for North
American distribution following its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
Cinema Guild will release the film in theaters following its North American festival premiere later this year. The film tells the story of a a pair of wayward young people who abandon their
newborn child on a stormy night in the mountains of Greece. Taken in by a family of farmers, Jon grows up without knowing his father or mother. Years later, after a tragic accident, he is sent to prison, where he meets Iro. The two form a connection, expressed through music, that will, by turns, haunt them and uphold them the rest of their days. Freely inspired by the story of Oedipus, Schanelec’s latest is as terrifying as myth and as gentle as a folk song.
“With Music, Angela Schanelec continues to...
American distribution following its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
Cinema Guild will release the film in theaters following its North American festival premiere later this year. The film tells the story of a a pair of wayward young people who abandon their
newborn child on a stormy night in the mountains of Greece. Taken in by a family of farmers, Jon grows up without knowing his father or mother. Years later, after a tragic accident, he is sent to prison, where he meets Iro. The two form a connection, expressed through music, that will, by turns, haunt them and uphold them the rest of their days. Freely inspired by the story of Oedipus, Schanelec’s latest is as terrifying as myth and as gentle as a folk song.
“With Music, Angela Schanelec continues to...
- 2/21/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Angela Schanelec’s “Music,” which will have its world premiere on Feb. 21 in competition at the Berlinale, has debuted its trailer with Variety. The film, which stars Aliocha Schneider and Agathe Bonitzer, is freely inspired by the myth of Oedipus. International sales are handled by Shellac.
Found at birth abandoned on a stormy night in the Greek mountains, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother.
As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out his presence, takes care of him, records music for him.
Jon’s eyesight begins to fail… From then on, for every loss he suffers, he will gain something in return. Thus, in spite of going blind, he will live his life more fully than ever.
Asked what led to her decision to deal with the Oedipus myth,...
Found at birth abandoned on a stormy night in the Greek mountains, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother.
As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out his presence, takes care of him, records music for him.
Jon’s eyesight begins to fail… From then on, for every loss he suffers, he will gain something in return. Thus, in spite of going blind, he will live his life more fully than ever.
Asked what led to her decision to deal with the Oedipus myth,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The French film festival opens on July 22.
There is a film festival going ahead in the south of France this summer - and it’s not Cannes.
FIDMarseille is breaking new ground this year simply by taking place. The festival opens tonight, Wednesday July 22, and is running until Sunday July 26. It is the first proper physical film event of its kind, certainly in Europe, since the coronavirus pandemic began.
As Jean-Pierre Rehm, executive officer of the festival, explains staging it has been a huge challenge. “We thought first of cancelling,” Rehm recalls. “Then we thought of going online. Then, when...
There is a film festival going ahead in the south of France this summer - and it’s not Cannes.
FIDMarseille is breaking new ground this year simply by taking place. The festival opens tonight, Wednesday July 22, and is running until Sunday July 26. It is the first proper physical film event of its kind, certainly in Europe, since the coronavirus pandemic began.
As Jean-Pierre Rehm, executive officer of the festival, explains staging it has been a huge challenge. “We thought first of cancelling,” Rehm recalls. “Then we thought of going online. Then, when...
- 7/22/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Fid Marseille will take place from July 22-26 as a live, physical event, claiming to be the first post-covid 19 film festival in the world.
The fest will include a tribute to German filmmaker Angela Schanelec, with eight films screening, including her latest work, Berlinale Silver winner “I Was at Home, But”. She will receive the festival’s Grand Prix d’Honneur. There will also be a tribute to the actor Michel Piccoli.
The four competitive sections have a total 50 films, including 46 world premieres and four international premieres, representing 28 countries.
The FIDLab will be held online from July 6 to 10, as already announced.
“In the hope that you will be able and will wish to be with us for this relaunch of the festival life, we repeat: Vive le cinéma vivant,” the festival said in a statement.
TV Distribution
Distributor All3media International has signed an exclusive deal in Australia with NBCUniversal’s...
The fest will include a tribute to German filmmaker Angela Schanelec, with eight films screening, including her latest work, Berlinale Silver winner “I Was at Home, But”. She will receive the festival’s Grand Prix d’Honneur. There will also be a tribute to the actor Michel Piccoli.
The four competitive sections have a total 50 films, including 46 world premieres and four international premieres, representing 28 countries.
The FIDLab will be held online from July 6 to 10, as already announced.
“In the hope that you will be able and will wish to be with us for this relaunch of the festival life, we repeat: Vive le cinéma vivant,” the festival said in a statement.
TV Distribution
Distributor All3media International has signed an exclusive deal in Australia with NBCUniversal’s...
- 6/18/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The International Cinephile Society is known for going its own way with its annual awards, and its latest edition is no exception. Leading the field for its 17th awards was Pedro Almodóvar’s semi-autobiographical “Pain and Glory,” which won best picture, and best actor for Antonio Banderas.
The Ics is made up of more than 100 accredited journalists, film scholars, historians and other industry professionals. Led by Ics president Cédric Succivalli, each year the Ics honors the finest in American and international cinema.
Best director went to Céline Sciamma for her 18th-century story of obsession “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” while the film’s Adèle Haenel earned the supporting actress prize.
Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” – which is up for six Oscars this weekend – was another hot Ics favorite, winning original screenplay, ensemble and production design awards.
Vitalina Varela won the lead actress prize for her role as a Cape...
The Ics is made up of more than 100 accredited journalists, film scholars, historians and other industry professionals. Led by Ics president Cédric Succivalli, each year the Ics honors the finest in American and international cinema.
Best director went to Céline Sciamma for her 18th-century story of obsession “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” while the film’s Adèle Haenel earned the supporting actress prize.
Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” – which is up for six Oscars this weekend – was another hot Ics favorite, winning original screenplay, ensemble and production design awards.
Vitalina Varela won the lead actress prize for her role as a Cape...
- 2/7/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
It takes a while before a human face appears in Angela Schanelec’s I Was At Home, But, which opens on a static scene of nature. When it begins to aim on human faces, the exact details of their lives are left vaguely clarified, leaving puzzle pieces for the audience to sort out. The movie wears […]
The post ‘I Was at Home, But…’ Review: A Stark Meditation on Grief and Life [Nyff 2019] appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘I Was at Home, But…’ Review: A Stark Meditation on Grief and Life [Nyff 2019] appeared first on /Film.
- 10/4/2019
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
The world premiere of Hong Kong thriller Bodies at Rest, starring Nick Cheung and Richie Jen, and directed by Finnish filmmaker Renny Harlin, has been announced as the opening film of the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival. Francois Ozon’s Berlin Grand Jury Prize winner By the Grace of God will close the festival, which runs from 18 March until 1 April 2019. Other Berlin favourites, including Nadav Lapid’s Golden Bear winner Synonyms, and Best Director winner Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, But… will also feature, although Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son, which bagged both the Best Actor and Best Actress trophies, is notably absent. Best known for Hollywood action thrillers Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight, Renny...
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- 2/26/2019
- Screen Anarchy
‘Buoyancy’.
Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature Buoyancy has been awarded a prize from the Ecumenical Jury after its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Representing Interfilm and Signis, the international film organisations of the Protestant and Catholic Churches, the jury honours the directors whose films succeed in portraying actions or human experiences that are in keeping with the Gospels or in sensitising viewers to spiritual, human or social values.
Rathjen won a cash prize of €2,500 for the drama set in rural Cambodia which follows 14-year-old Chakra (Sarm Heng), who sets off to escape his family’s poverty but is enslaved aboard a Thai fishing trawler. Squalor and cruelty threaten to crush his spirit but he finds the courage to break the chains.
Out of 45 titles from 38 countries which screened in the festival’s Panorama section, the jury chose Buoyancy as an exquisitely-crafted debut feature which serves as an...
Rodd Rathjen’s debut feature Buoyancy has been awarded a prize from the Ecumenical Jury after its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Representing Interfilm and Signis, the international film organisations of the Protestant and Catholic Churches, the jury honours the directors whose films succeed in portraying actions or human experiences that are in keeping with the Gospels or in sensitising viewers to spiritual, human or social values.
Rathjen won a cash prize of €2,500 for the drama set in rural Cambodia which follows 14-year-old Chakra (Sarm Heng), who sets off to escape his family’s poverty but is enslaved aboard a Thai fishing trawler. Squalor and cruelty threaten to crush his spirit but he finds the courage to break the chains.
Out of 45 titles from 38 countries which screened in the festival’s Panorama section, the jury chose Buoyancy as an exquisitely-crafted debut feature which serves as an...
- 2/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Golden Bear winner Synonyms Photo: Guy Ferrandis/Sbs Films/Berlinale 2019 Synonyms director Nadav Lapid and producer Ben Said Photo: Ali Ghandtschi/Berlinale 2019 Israeli drama Synonyms has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Nadav Lapid's film, which also won the Fipresci award, is about an ex-Idf soldier (Tom Mercier) who attempts to immerse himself in a new identity in Paris.
The Silver Bear went to French director François Ozon's story of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, By The Grace Of God, while Angela Schanelec became the first German woman to win the Best Director Silver Bear for her family drama I Was At Home, But. Fellow German director Nora Fingscheidt, won the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize for System Crasher, about a young girl's experience in the care system.
The acting awards went to the stars of Chinese family saga So Long, My Son -...
The Silver Bear went to French director François Ozon's story of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, By The Grace Of God, while Angela Schanelec became the first German woman to win the Best Director Silver Bear for her family drama I Was At Home, But. Fellow German director Nora Fingscheidt, won the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize for System Crasher, about a young girl's experience in the care system.
The acting awards went to the stars of Chinese family saga So Long, My Son -...
- 2/17/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
By The Grace Of God wins the Silver Bear, while Yong Mei and Wang Jingchun take the acting Bears for Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son.
Nadiv Lapid’s Synonymes won the Golden Bear for best film at Dieter Kosslick’s 18th and final outing as Berlin’s festival director at the Berlinale Palast tonight (Feb 16).
It’s the first time in the Berlinale’s history that an Israeli director has won the Golden Bear. The film is a French-Israeli-German co-production.
Lapid dedicated the award to his late mother, the editor Ara Lapid, who he described as his “most...
Nadiv Lapid’s Synonymes won the Golden Bear for best film at Dieter Kosslick’s 18th and final outing as Berlin’s festival director at the Berlinale Palast tonight (Feb 16).
It’s the first time in the Berlinale’s history that an Israeli director has won the Golden Bear. The film is a French-Israeli-German co-production.
Lapid dedicated the award to his late mother, the editor Ara Lapid, who he described as his “most...
- 2/16/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
This year’s edition of the Berlin Film Festival has come to an end, and Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms” is taking home one of the film world’s most prestigious awards: the Golden Bear for Best Film. “I Was at Home, But” helmer Angela Schanelec was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director by the jury, which was led by Juliette Binoche and gave both acting prizes to the stars of Wang Xiaoshuai’s “Di jui tian chang”.
The full list of winners:
Read More: ‘Synonyms’ Review: An Astonishing, Maddening Drama About National Identity — Berlin
Golden Bear for Best Film: “Synonyms,” directed by Nadav Lapid
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: “Grâce à Dieu” (“By the Grace of God”), directed by François Ozon
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize: “Systemsprenger” (“System Crasher”), directed by Nora Fingscheidt
Silver Bear for Best Director: Angela Schanelec, “Ich war zuhause, aber” “(I Was at Home, But...
The full list of winners:
Read More: ‘Synonyms’ Review: An Astonishing, Maddening Drama About National Identity — Berlin
Golden Bear for Best Film: “Synonyms,” directed by Nadav Lapid
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: “Grâce à Dieu” (“By the Grace of God”), directed by François Ozon
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize: “Systemsprenger” (“System Crasher”), directed by Nora Fingscheidt
Silver Bear for Best Director: Angela Schanelec, “Ich war zuhause, aber” “(I Was at Home, But...
- 2/16/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms,” about a young Israeli man in Paris who has turned his back on his native country, won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale on Saturday.
The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize went to François Ozon’s French drama “By the Grace of God,” a fact-based account of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal behind the ongoing trial of Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon.
Accepting the award, Lapid said “Synonyms,” which stars Tom Mercier, would likely be considered “scandalous” in Israel and France – the pic skewers stereotypes from both nations – but added that it was ultimately a celebration.
In his review in Variety, Jay Weissberg wrote that the film takes “a Kalashnikov to the nation’s military culture and its carefully nurtured persecution complex.”
Thanking the Berlinale for selecting his film, Ozon said he did not know whether addressing child sexual abuse...
The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize went to François Ozon’s French drama “By the Grace of God,” a fact-based account of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal behind the ongoing trial of Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon.
Accepting the award, Lapid said “Synonyms,” which stars Tom Mercier, would likely be considered “scandalous” in Israel and France – the pic skewers stereotypes from both nations – but added that it was ultimately a celebration.
In his review in Variety, Jay Weissberg wrote that the film takes “a Kalashnikov to the nation’s military culture and its carefully nurtured persecution complex.”
Thanking the Berlinale for selecting his film, Ozon said he did not know whether addressing child sexual abuse...
- 2/16/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Emin Alper’s film scored well with critics.
Three new titles have landed on Screen’s Berlin Competition jury grid, with Emin Alper’s A Tale Of Three Sisters moving into first position.
The film has an average of 3.0, although it is missing two scores – Nicholas Wennö is still to award while Paolo Bertolin is not reviewing this title due to being credited with ‘Thanks’ on it.
So far it has received four threes (good), bracketed by a two (average) from Film Art’s Anton Dolin and a four (excellent) from Katja Nicodemus of Die Zeit.
A Tale Of Three Sisters...
Three new titles have landed on Screen’s Berlin Competition jury grid, with Emin Alper’s A Tale Of Three Sisters moving into first position.
The film has an average of 3.0, although it is missing two scores – Nicholas Wennö is still to award while Paolo Bertolin is not reviewing this title due to being credited with ‘Thanks’ on it.
So far it has received four threes (good), bracketed by a two (average) from Film Art’s Anton Dolin and a four (excellent) from Katja Nicodemus of Die Zeit.
A Tale Of Three Sisters...
- 2/13/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Variety’s “10 Europeans to Watch” were feted at a party held by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg at Berlin’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel Saturday. Kirsten Niehuus and Helge Jürgens, managing directors of Medienboard, the regional film, TV and digital-media funding body, were the co-hosts for the evening, which attracted 2,000 party-goers.
Pictured above are Henry Chu, Variety‘s international editor (left), with six of the Europeans to Watch – (from left) Belgian director Bas Devos (“Hellhole”), German actress Maria Dragus (“Mary Queen of Scots”), German director Aron Lehmann (“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”), Austrian actress Valerie Pachner (“The Ground Beneath My Feet”), Dutch director Steven Wouterlood (“My Extraordinary Summer With Tess”), and German actor Fahri Yardim (“Dogs of Berlin”), with Niehuus (right).
Among the guests at the event were producers Martin Moszkowicz (“Resident Evil”) and Stefan Arndt (“Babylon Berlin”), and Tom Schilling, the lead actor in the Oscar nominated German film “Never Look Away,...
Pictured above are Henry Chu, Variety‘s international editor (left), with six of the Europeans to Watch – (from left) Belgian director Bas Devos (“Hellhole”), German actress Maria Dragus (“Mary Queen of Scots”), German director Aron Lehmann (“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”), Austrian actress Valerie Pachner (“The Ground Beneath My Feet”), Dutch director Steven Wouterlood (“My Extraordinary Summer With Tess”), and German actor Fahri Yardim (“Dogs of Berlin”), with Niehuus (right).
Among the guests at the event were producers Martin Moszkowicz (“Resident Evil”) and Stefan Arndt (“Babylon Berlin”), and Tom Schilling, the lead actor in the Oscar nominated German film “Never Look Away,...
- 2/12/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Co-directed by Ivan Marković and Wu Linfeng.
Beijing-based sales agent Rediance has picked up international rights to From Tomorrow On, I Will, which is receiving its world premiere in Berlin’s Forum section.
Co-directed by Serbian filmmaker Ivan Marković and China’s Wu Linfeng, the film combines fiction and documentary elements to portray the daily routine of a migrant worker in Beijing. The German-Chinese-Serbian production was shot with a small crew and minimal funds in Beijing last summer.
The two co-directors previously made the short film White Bird, which premiered in Berlin in 2016. Marković is also the cinematographer on Angela Schanelec...
Beijing-based sales agent Rediance has picked up international rights to From Tomorrow On, I Will, which is receiving its world premiere in Berlin’s Forum section.
Co-directed by Serbian filmmaker Ivan Marković and China’s Wu Linfeng, the film combines fiction and documentary elements to portray the daily routine of a migrant worker in Beijing. The German-Chinese-Serbian production was shot with a small crew and minimal funds in Beijing last summer.
The two co-directors previously made the short film White Bird, which premiered in Berlin in 2016. Marković is also the cinematographer on Angela Schanelec...
- 2/7/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
The film is directed by Angela Schanelec.
Deutsche Kinemathek has boarded world sales on Angela Schanelec’s I Was At Home, But… , which is making its world premiere in Competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival (Febuary 7-17).
Berlin-based Deutsche Kinemathek is principally a film archive, but it also occasionally handles sales for select German titles.
German director Schanelec’s previous films include Un Certain Regard titles Places In Cities (1998) and Marseille (2004), Berlin title Orly (2010) and Cannes special screening Bridges Of Sarajevo (2014).
I Was At Home, But… is about a 13-year-old schoolboy who vanishes without a trace for a week.
Deutsche Kinemathek has boarded world sales on Angela Schanelec’s I Was At Home, But… , which is making its world premiere in Competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival (Febuary 7-17).
Berlin-based Deutsche Kinemathek is principally a film archive, but it also occasionally handles sales for select German titles.
German director Schanelec’s previous films include Un Certain Regard titles Places In Cities (1998) and Marseille (2004), Berlin title Orly (2010) and Cannes special screening Bridges Of Sarajevo (2014).
I Was At Home, But… is about a 13-year-old schoolboy who vanishes without a trace for a week.
- 1/31/2019
- ScreenDaily
Five new titles, including the latest films from Zhang Yimou and Andre Techine, have joined the official selection of this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Adam McKay’s “Vice” has also been added, but will screen out of competition.
“Vice” has already won a Golden Globe for star Christian Bale’s portrayal of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and picked up six BAFTA nominations last week, including for Bale, supporting actor Sam Rockwell and supporting actress Amy Adams. The festival screening will mark its German premiere.
The new additions to the main competition lineup include the world premieres of Zhang’s “One Second” and Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms.” Techine’s “Farewell to the Night,” which stars Catherine Deneuve, also receives its world premiere at the Berlinale but will play out of competition. Alan Elliott’s documentary “Amazing Grace,” about Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, will screen out of competition as well,...
“Vice” has already won a Golden Globe for star Christian Bale’s portrayal of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and picked up six BAFTA nominations last week, including for Bale, supporting actor Sam Rockwell and supporting actress Amy Adams. The festival screening will mark its German premiere.
The new additions to the main competition lineup include the world premieres of Zhang’s “One Second” and Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms.” Techine’s “Farewell to the Night,” which stars Catherine Deneuve, also receives its world premiere at the Berlinale but will play out of competition. Alan Elliott’s documentary “Amazing Grace,” about Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, will screen out of competition as well,...
- 1/17/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
I Was At Home, But
German art-house auteur Angela Schanelec will be set to unveil her ninth feature, the intriguingly titled, I Was At Home, But. Schanelec remains frustratingly underappreciated outside of Europe, as many of her works often evoke trailblazing predecessors such as Ackerman, Antononioni, and Bresson, all whom she regularly cites as inspiration. Her films often involve long, static shots, and are comprised of narratives distilled to the basest of dramatic function. Schanelec broke a six year hiatus in 2016, following 2010’s Orly with her Locarno competing The Dreamed Path.…...
German art-house auteur Angela Schanelec will be set to unveil her ninth feature, the intriguingly titled, I Was At Home, But. Schanelec remains frustratingly underappreciated outside of Europe, as many of her works often evoke trailblazing predecessors such as Ackerman, Antononioni, and Bresson, all whom she regularly cites as inspiration. Her films often involve long, static shots, and are comprised of narratives distilled to the basest of dramatic function. Schanelec broke a six year hiatus in 2016, following 2010’s Orly with her Locarno competing The Dreamed Path.…...
- 1/8/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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