Exclusive: Germany’s Oldenburg International Film Festival is to play host to the nomination committee for the European Film Awards’ European Discovery - Prix Fipresci for the first time this year.
An international jury will convene in the North German town of Oldenburg on Sept 19 for their deliberations and announce the five nominated films for the award - dedicated to first features by European directors - at the festival’s closing ceremony on Sept 20.
The jury will comprise German producer Dagmar Jacobsen; Transilvania Iff’s artistic director Mihai Chirilov; Polish critic/actor Krzysztof Kwiatkowski; UK producer Lynda Myles; Italian journalist/festival programmer Marco Spagnoli; Rotterdam Iff programmer Gerwin Tamsma; and UK critic/festival programmer Neil Young
Festival director Torsten Neumann told ScreenDaily: “It’s a great sign of recognition for us as it shows that the Efa regards Oldenburg as the right place for its jury, with its reputation as the European festival of discoveries.”
Last year’s...
An international jury will convene in the North German town of Oldenburg on Sept 19 for their deliberations and announce the five nominated films for the award - dedicated to first features by European directors - at the festival’s closing ceremony on Sept 20.
The jury will comprise German producer Dagmar Jacobsen; Transilvania Iff’s artistic director Mihai Chirilov; Polish critic/actor Krzysztof Kwiatkowski; UK producer Lynda Myles; Italian journalist/festival programmer Marco Spagnoli; Rotterdam Iff programmer Gerwin Tamsma; and UK critic/festival programmer Neil Young
Festival director Torsten Neumann told ScreenDaily: “It’s a great sign of recognition for us as it shows that the Efa regards Oldenburg as the right place for its jury, with its reputation as the European festival of discoveries.”
Last year’s...
- 8/11/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Other winners include The Tribe, a documentary about Syria and Catch Me Daddy actress Sameena Jabeen Ahmed.
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan has been crowned Best Film at the 58th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
It saw off competition from the likes of Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy, François Ozon’s The New Girlfriend and Julius Avery’s Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor (click here for full list).
Leviathan tells the tragic tale of conflict between an individual and a corrupt system in a small Russian town.
It marks the fourth feature from Zvyagintsev and is Russia’s submission for the Best Foreign-Language Oscar. The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where many expected it to win the Palme d’Or, instead winning Best Screenplay.
It will be released in the UK by Curzon.
The award was announced at a glitzy ceremony held in London’s Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, and hosted...
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan has been crowned Best Film at the 58th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 8-19).
It saw off competition from the likes of Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy, François Ozon’s The New Girlfriend and Julius Avery’s Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor (click here for full list).
Leviathan tells the tragic tale of conflict between an individual and a corrupt system in a small Russian town.
It marks the fourth feature from Zvyagintsev and is Russia’s submission for the Best Foreign-Language Oscar. The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where many expected it to win the Palme d’Or, instead winning Best Screenplay.
It will be released in the UK by Curzon.
The award was announced at a glitzy ceremony held in London’s Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, and hosted...
- 10/18/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
I am not him wins best film in Turkish competition.
Blind [pictured] by Norway’s Eskil Vogt, the story of a married woman losing her sight and battling with the real and imaginary demons of her condition, won the Golden Tulip at the 33rd Istanbul International Film Festival. The jury — presided over by Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and including British producer Lynda Myles from the National Film & TV School, Turkish actress Defne Halman, French director Philippe Leguay and Romanian writer/director Razvan Radulescu — added a special jury prize for Poland’s Papusza, written and directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze.
On the national front, Tayfun Pirselimoglou’s I am not him (Ben O Degilim) lead the field, winning the Best Film Award, also Best Script (also by Pirselimoglou) and best music (by Giorgios Komendakis), an award shared with Ali Tekbas, Serhat Bostanci and A. Imran Erin who wrote the score for Come to My Voice (Were...
Blind [pictured] by Norway’s Eskil Vogt, the story of a married woman losing her sight and battling with the real and imaginary demons of her condition, won the Golden Tulip at the 33rd Istanbul International Film Festival. The jury — presided over by Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and including British producer Lynda Myles from the National Film & TV School, Turkish actress Defne Halman, French director Philippe Leguay and Romanian writer/director Razvan Radulescu — added a special jury prize for Poland’s Papusza, written and directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze.
On the national front, Tayfun Pirselimoglou’s I am not him (Ben O Degilim) lead the field, winning the Best Film Award, also Best Script (also by Pirselimoglou) and best music (by Giorgios Komendakis), an award shared with Ali Tekbas, Serhat Bostanci and A. Imran Erin who wrote the score for Come to My Voice (Were...
- 4/21/2014
- by dfainaru@netvision.net.il (Edna Fainaru)
- ScreenDaily
The debut feature of India’s Anand Gandhi adds to prizes won in Dubai and Tokyo.
This year’s Transilvania International Film Festival (Tiff) came to a close at the weekend in Cluj-Napoca with the awarding of the main prize, the Transilvania Trophy, to Indian feature debutant Anand Gandhi’s Ship Of Theseus.
The Competition Jury - comprising directors Cristi Puiu and György Pálfi, UK producer Lynda Myles, German actress Franziska Petri and Tribeca’s Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer - said Ship Of Theseus was evidence of “a new major talent of world cinema”.
The film’s also won the Best Cinematography Award for the work of DoP Pankaj Kumar.
Both prizes were accepted in Cluj on their behalf by the film’s Hungarian sound designer Gabor Erdelyi who spoke about the shoot as being a life-changing experience.
Fortissimo Films is handling international sales.
The Best Directing Award went to Japan’s Rikiya Imaizumi for I Catch...
This year’s Transilvania International Film Festival (Tiff) came to a close at the weekend in Cluj-Napoca with the awarding of the main prize, the Transilvania Trophy, to Indian feature debutant Anand Gandhi’s Ship Of Theseus.
The Competition Jury - comprising directors Cristi Puiu and György Pálfi, UK producer Lynda Myles, German actress Franziska Petri and Tribeca’s Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer - said Ship Of Theseus was evidence of “a new major talent of world cinema”.
The film’s also won the Best Cinematography Award for the work of DoP Pankaj Kumar.
Both prizes were accepted in Cluj on their behalf by the film’s Hungarian sound designer Gabor Erdelyi who spoke about the shoot as being a life-changing experience.
Fortissimo Films is handling international sales.
The Best Directing Award went to Japan’s Rikiya Imaizumi for I Catch...
- 6/10/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Last week, we discussed the reportedly disastrous opening of the Edinburgh Film Festival and the controversy surrounding the preliminary participation and subsequent parting ways of actress Tilda Swinton, her collaborator Mark Cousins and former festival director Lynda Myles. Unfortunately, according to reports, we cannot report that the 65th edition of the Festival - the oldest continually-running film festival in the world - has been able to get back on track ...
- 6/23/2011
- Indiewire
The oldest continually-running festival in the world began its 65th edition Wednesday in Edinburgh with a massive slate of festival hits and premieres. The biggest buzz around the festival has been the participation of Tilda Swinton, her frequent collaborator Mark Cousins and former Edinburgh Film Festival director Lynda Myles and their subsequent departure. When the collaboration was announced in December, The Guardian called the decision a "dramatic move" that would ...
- 6/17/2011
- Indiewire
A 3D porn film takes the Chinese into bed while Penrith seduces Eddie Izzard
The big story
Two stories stand out this week, both of them concerned in their own way with people power, and together offering a succinct explanation of the enduring magnetism of cinema. First came the news (particularly well read on our site – can't think why) that Chinese, er, cineastes are flocking to Hong Kong feast their eyes on what is claimed as the world's first 3D porn film.
Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy based on the classic erotic text, The Carnal Prayer Mat, promises to "leave audiences feeling like they are sitting right there at the edge of the bed". That might not sound so appealing to everyone, but apparently in China the idea has gone down a storm. With the ruling regime's stance on adults' rights to view sexual content being what it is, however,...
The big story
Two stories stand out this week, both of them concerned in their own way with people power, and together offering a succinct explanation of the enduring magnetism of cinema. First came the news (particularly well read on our site – can't think why) that Chinese, er, cineastes are flocking to Hong Kong feast their eyes on what is claimed as the world's first 3D porn film.
Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy based on the classic erotic text, The Carnal Prayer Mat, promises to "leave audiences feeling like they are sitting right there at the edge of the bed". That might not sound so appealing to everyone, but apparently in China the idea has gone down a storm. With the ruling regime's stance on adults' rights to view sexual content being what it is, however,...
- 4/7/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood actor denies all-star leadership trio's role came to premature end
Tilda Swinton has stepped in to explain the extent of her involvement in this year's Edinburgh film festival after it emerged that she was playing no further part in planning for the event.
Last December the actor, alongside former festival directors Mark Cousins and Lynda Myles, was announced as part of a team of "dreamy outsiders" who would provide creative vision for the reinvention of the festival.
But it was reported yesterday that the trio's involvement in this June's festival had already ended. The Scotsman said that James Mullighan, a former music industry executive and arts journalist, had taken overall charge of the event since mid-February – having seen his role enlarged since being appointed festival producer in December.
There has been alarm in some circles about the future of the festival following the departure of artistic director Hannah McGill last autumn.
Tilda Swinton has stepped in to explain the extent of her involvement in this year's Edinburgh film festival after it emerged that she was playing no further part in planning for the event.
Last December the actor, alongside former festival directors Mark Cousins and Lynda Myles, was announced as part of a team of "dreamy outsiders" who would provide creative vision for the reinvention of the festival.
But it was reported yesterday that the trio's involvement in this June's festival had already ended. The Scotsman said that James Mullighan, a former music industry executive and arts journalist, had taken overall charge of the event since mid-February – having seen his role enlarged since being appointed festival producer in December.
There has been alarm in some circles about the future of the festival following the departure of artistic director Hannah McGill last autumn.
- 4/6/2011
- by Ian J Griffiths
- The Guardian - Film News
Trio vaunted as creative spearhead of festival have ended their involvement amid fears that the event has lost its way
Tilda Swinton, Mark Cousins and Lynda Myles, who were at the forefront of the relaunch of the Edinburgh film festival, appear to have ended their involvement in this year's event.
Big plans to change the shape and organisation of the festival were outlined in December, with actor Swinton and former directors Cousins and Myles announced as the "dreamy outsiders" who were to transform it following the departure of artistic director Hannah McGill.
Festival organisers were thought to have decided against carrying on with one person at the helm, instead relying on the trio to take charge of the artistic and creative vision. Awards ceremonies and big premieres would make way for guest curators and surprising one-off events in what Cousins described as "probably the most radical shakeup the film festival...
Tilda Swinton, Mark Cousins and Lynda Myles, who were at the forefront of the relaunch of the Edinburgh film festival, appear to have ended their involvement in this year's event.
Big plans to change the shape and organisation of the festival were outlined in December, with actor Swinton and former directors Cousins and Myles announced as the "dreamy outsiders" who were to transform it following the departure of artistic director Hannah McGill.
Festival organisers were thought to have decided against carrying on with one person at the helm, instead relying on the trio to take charge of the artistic and creative vision. Awards ceremonies and big premieres would make way for guest curators and surprising one-off events in what Cousins described as "probably the most radical shakeup the film festival...
- 4/5/2011
- by Ian J Griffiths
- The Guardian - Film News
Earlier this week, the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s new artistic advisors Mark Cousins and Lynda Myles delivered "EIFF65: Our Suggestions," the "first fruits" of their rethink of the Festival (which was initially announced late last year). Cousins and Myles outlined a "radical evoluton of form and content" at the festival, and named the first group of guest curators, who will be invited to "to dream what the Festival will and ...
- 2/16/2011
- Indiewire
New-look festival to have creative input from film and music talent including Gus van Sant, Jim Jarmusch and the Streets
It may have no official artistic director to oversee affairs this year, but the 2011 Edinburgh international film festival will not want for creative input. Organisers yesterday announced a glittering lineup of guest curators who will help shape the new-look event in June.
The actor and director Isabella Rossellini will join film-makers Gus van Sant and Jim Jarmusch in the hotseat, with support from pop star turned composer Clint Mansell and rapper Mike Skinner, formerly of the Streets. Writers Alan Warner and Greil Marcus will also be on hand, as will Thailand's Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director of the Cannes favourite Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
James Mullighan, the festival's producer, told the Glasgow Herald: "These are some of the people. Each will suggest a tone, series of films, dawn walk or theme.
It may have no official artistic director to oversee affairs this year, but the 2011 Edinburgh international film festival will not want for creative input. Organisers yesterday announced a glittering lineup of guest curators who will help shape the new-look event in June.
The actor and director Isabella Rossellini will join film-makers Gus van Sant and Jim Jarmusch in the hotseat, with support from pop star turned composer Clint Mansell and rapper Mike Skinner, formerly of the Streets. Writers Alan Warner and Greil Marcus will also be on hand, as will Thailand's Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director of the Cannes favourite Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
James Mullighan, the festival's producer, told the Glasgow Herald: "These are some of the people. Each will suggest a tone, series of films, dawn walk or theme.
- 2/15/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Tilda Swinton continued to earn awards season acclaim for her dynamic role in the art-house drama “I Am Love” but she made news by joining a leadership role at the Edinburgh Film Festival. According to London’s “The Guardian,” Swinton recently joined former festival directors Mark Cousins and Lynda Myles as co-curators for the 2011 edition of the Edinburgh Film Festival and promised to rejuvenate the festival and attract new audiences. Swinton worked with the Edinburgh Festival before transforming a vacant ballroom in the Scottish town Nairn into a temporary cinema and she partnered with Cousins on a mobile cinema tour that traveled across Scotland.
- 12/23/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Tilda Swinton continued to earn awards season acclaim for her dynamic role in the art-house drama “I Am Love” but she made news by joining a leadership role at the Edinburgh Film Festival. According to London’s “The Guardian,” Swinton recently joined former festival directors Mark Cousins and Lynda Myles as co-curators for the 2011 edition of the Edinburgh Film Festival and promised to rejuvenate the festival and attract new audiences. Swinton worked with the Edinburgh Festival before transforming a vacant ballroom in the Scottish town Nairn into a temporary cinema and she partnered with Cousins on a mobile cinema tour that traveled across Scotland.
- 12/23/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Oscar-winning actor to curate alongside Mark Cousins and Lynda Myles in move to reinvent festival facing big funding cuts
The Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton is to become a curator of the world's longest-running film festival, in Edinburgh, in a dramatic move to breathe new life into an event that faces big funding cuts.
A shift in style became immediately apparent as it was revealed that it would move away from the traditional image of film festivals, as there will be no winners or award ceremonies.
Instead, new ideas – including cheaper tickets, a string of "discrepant thinkers" as guest curators, one-off events and "honesty days" when people can pay what they feel a film is worth – promise to reinvent the festival and bring in new film lovers.
After a fruitless four-month search for a replacement artistic director following the departure of Hannah McGill in the autumn, organisers have decided against having a single person.
The Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton is to become a curator of the world's longest-running film festival, in Edinburgh, in a dramatic move to breathe new life into an event that faces big funding cuts.
A shift in style became immediately apparent as it was revealed that it would move away from the traditional image of film festivals, as there will be no winners or award ceremonies.
Instead, new ideas – including cheaper tickets, a string of "discrepant thinkers" as guest curators, one-off events and "honesty days" when people can pay what they feel a film is worth – promise to reinvent the festival and bring in new film lovers.
After a fruitless four-month search for a replacement artistic director following the departure of Hannah McGill in the autumn, organisers have decided against having a single person.
- 12/23/2010
- by Karen McVeigh
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- Former Bond girl Britt Ekland, director Mike Hodges, New York's Museum of Modern Art's senior film curator Laurence Kardish and Iranian director Rafi Pitts have all been called to jury duty as the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) is due to kick off June 16.
The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.
Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).
The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."
The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...
The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.
Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).
The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."
The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...
- 6/15/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sir Patrick Stewart heads the jury at Edinburgh this year, with some strong British films in contention. Meanwhile, Madonna is to make a second foray into direction and lost gem Bronco Bullfrog is restored to its full youthful East End glory. By Jason Solomons
Tartan up the juries
Sir Patrick Stewart - we do not yet know if he will insist on using the full, grand title - is to head the Jury at the 64th Edinburgh international film festival. The actor, who can legitimately be called "Mr President" for the duration of the event, will sit in judgment over the prestigious Michael Powell award, given to the best British film at the festival. Competitors include: Paul Andrew Williams's Cherry Tree Lane (his searing debut London to Brighton premiered at the festival in 2006); Nick Moran's The Kid; Huge, the directing debut of comic actor Ben Miller; and Soulboy,...
Tartan up the juries
Sir Patrick Stewart - we do not yet know if he will insist on using the full, grand title - is to head the Jury at the 64th Edinburgh international film festival. The actor, who can legitimately be called "Mr President" for the duration of the event, will sit in judgment over the prestigious Michael Powell award, given to the best British film at the festival. Competitors include: Paul Andrew Williams's Cherry Tree Lane (his searing debut London to Brighton premiered at the festival in 2006); Nick Moran's The Kid; Huge, the directing debut of comic actor Ben Miller; and Soulboy,...
- 6/5/2010
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
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