Marrakech International Film Festival will present honorary tributes to Sean Penn, David Cronenberg and late Moroccan actress Naima Elmcherqui at its 21st edition this year (November 29-December 7).
The festival will present a programme dedicated to each person, featuring highlights from their careers.
Marrakech describes Penn as “one of the most gifted actors of his generation”, highlighting his work with filmmakers including Brian De Palma (on Casualties Of War), Oliver Stone (on U Turn), David Fincher (on The Game) and Terrence Malick (on The Tree Of Life).
The festival notes that Canadian filmmaker Cronenberg “has built up a singular body of work that fascinates,...
The festival will present a programme dedicated to each person, featuring highlights from their careers.
Marrakech describes Penn as “one of the most gifted actors of his generation”, highlighting his work with filmmakers including Brian De Palma (on Casualties Of War), Oliver Stone (on U Turn), David Fincher (on The Game) and Terrence Malick (on The Tree Of Life).
The festival notes that Canadian filmmaker Cronenberg “has built up a singular body of work that fascinates,...
- 10/30/2024
- ScreenDaily
As sea levels gradually rise due to climate change, an entire country faces evacuation in director Thomas Vinterberg’s new miniseries Families Like Ours. Premiering to acclaim at the prestigious Venice and Toronto film festivals, the show paints a vivid portrait of what forced mass migration might look like in the not-so-distant future. With his signature blend of intimate characterization and broader themes, Vinterberg draws us deeply into the intersecting stories of a few ordinary Danish families uprooted by the impending closure of their homeland.
The spiraling environmental crisis has progressed to the point where continued habitation in Denmark is no longer feasible. In a realistic stroke, the practical government rolls out a large-scale relocation program to find new homes for its citizens abroad over the course of six months.
Meanwhile, the global community shuts its doors even further to “refugees, immigrants, and families like ours.” At the dynamic heart...
The spiraling environmental crisis has progressed to the point where continued habitation in Denmark is no longer feasible. In a realistic stroke, the practical government rolls out a large-scale relocation program to find new homes for its citizens abroad over the course of six months.
Meanwhile, the global community shuts its doors even further to “refugees, immigrants, and families like ours.” At the dynamic heart...
- 10/27/2024
- by Arash Nahandian
- Gazettely
As Spanish TV production stands strong, largely resisting the cut-back in commissions suffered in most of the world, few higher profile new series will be brought to market at Mipcom than Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The New Years” (“Los años nuevos”).
A Movistar Plus+ Original, produced with Caballo Films, the fast-rising Sorogoyen co-founded Madrid production label, in association with Arte France, “The New Years” follows on Sorogoyen’s “The Beasts,” which established him as one of Europe’s youngest top-tier filmmakers.
Few other directors will have won a Best Foreign Film César, as “The Beasts” did in 2023, beating four Cannes Festival 2022-23 competition winners: “Triangle of Sadness,” “Eo,” “Close” and “Boy from Heaven.” Not that many will have grossed $2.5 million in France with a Spanish-language film as well as an extraordinary €6.8 million ($7.5 million) in Spain, despite its artistic ambition.
Sold outside Spain and France by Movistar Plus+ International, “The New Years...
A Movistar Plus+ Original, produced with Caballo Films, the fast-rising Sorogoyen co-founded Madrid production label, in association with Arte France, “The New Years” follows on Sorogoyen’s “The Beasts,” which established him as one of Europe’s youngest top-tier filmmakers.
Few other directors will have won a Best Foreign Film César, as “The Beasts” did in 2023, beating four Cannes Festival 2022-23 competition winners: “Triangle of Sadness,” “Eo,” “Close” and “Boy from Heaven.” Not that many will have grossed $2.5 million in France with a Spanish-language film as well as an extraordinary €6.8 million ($7.5 million) in Spain, despite its artistic ambition.
Sold outside Spain and France by Movistar Plus+ International, “The New Years...
- 10/18/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Canada’s CBC is stocking its streaming service with dramas from Scandinavia and the UK.
CBC Gem will launch British comedy-drama Cheaters, Scandi co-pro comedy All and Eva and Danish drama Families Like Ours in coming weeks. All and Eva will lead off on Friday, November 1, followed by Cheaters amon November 8 and Families Like Ours on November 22.
All and Eva, from Warner Bros. International Television Sweden for Viaplay, is a six-part series in which a woman’s journey to discover her sperm donor and their unexpected relationship, despite his ignorance of his impending fatherhood. Viaplay Content Distribution shops it internationally.
It is created, written and directed by Johanna Runevard and stars Tuva Novotny, Joachim Fjelstrup, Sanna Sundqvist and Bengt Braskered.
The show has been gaining...
CBC Gem will launch British comedy-drama Cheaters, Scandi co-pro comedy All and Eva and Danish drama Families Like Ours in coming weeks. All and Eva will lead off on Friday, November 1, followed by Cheaters amon November 8 and Families Like Ours on November 22.
All and Eva, from Warner Bros. International Television Sweden for Viaplay, is a six-part series in which a woman’s journey to discover her sperm donor and their unexpected relationship, despite his ignorance of his impending fatherhood. Viaplay Content Distribution shops it internationally.
It is created, written and directed by Johanna Runevard and stars Tuva Novotny, Joachim Fjelstrup, Sanna Sundqvist and Bengt Braskered.
The show has been gaining...
- 10/16/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Fans of the entertainment industry have been crushing on Mads Mikkelsen for a while now and recently, his admirers have only grown in number. The man may be inching towards sixty but he sure is aging like fine wine and we really, really, can’t peel our eyes away from his charm. Honestly, villains have never looked better.
Another Round (2020) | Credits: Zentropa Entertainments
Back in 2020, Mads Mikkelsen starred in the Danish film, Another Round, where he played the role of Martin, a high school teacher who along with his peers decided to test out an interesting theory in school. Now, it was recently revealed that an English-language remake of the film is all set to be made with Leonardo DiCaprio starring in it. Despite the original film being heavily awarded, Mads Mikkelsen has made it clear that he has no intention of being a part of the remake.
Mads Mikkelsen...
Another Round (2020) | Credits: Zentropa Entertainments
Back in 2020, Mads Mikkelsen starred in the Danish film, Another Round, where he played the role of Martin, a high school teacher who along with his peers decided to test out an interesting theory in school. Now, it was recently revealed that an English-language remake of the film is all set to be made with Leonardo DiCaprio starring in it. Despite the original film being heavily awarded, Mads Mikkelsen has made it clear that he has no intention of being a part of the remake.
Mads Mikkelsen...
- 10/15/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Movistar Plus+, the biggest Spanish SVOD/pay TV operator, has revealed four new scripted series for 2025, including a special on Pedro Almodóvar and struggling mother dramatic comedy “Yo siempre a veces” produced by “Veneno” and “La Mesías” creators Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo at their busy Madrid-based shingle Suma Content.
Also in the mix is “Los sin nombre,” from Pau Freixas and Filmax, a series spin-off from the movie, “La Canción,” a new title from “Hierro” co-writers and “Rapa” co-creators Pepe Coira and Fran Araujo, and espionage thriller “El Centro.”
News of new series comes as Movistar Plus+ scored in September both at Venice and San Sebastián, screening Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The New Years” at Venice’s series selection, alongside Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ Series “Disclaimer,” Joe Wright’s “M. Son Of The Century” and Thomas Vinterberg’s “Families Like Ours.”
Alauda Ruiz de Azua’s “Querer” was hailed...
Also in the mix is “Los sin nombre,” from Pau Freixas and Filmax, a series spin-off from the movie, “La Canción,” a new title from “Hierro” co-writers and “Rapa” co-creators Pepe Coira and Fran Araujo, and espionage thriller “El Centro.”
News of new series comes as Movistar Plus+ scored in September both at Venice and San Sebastián, screening Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The New Years” at Venice’s series selection, alongside Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ Series “Disclaimer,” Joe Wright’s “M. Son Of The Century” and Thomas Vinterberg’s “Families Like Ours.”
Alauda Ruiz de Azua’s “Querer” was hailed...
- 10/10/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Der dänische Regisseur ist zum Jurypräsident des Marrakech International Film Festival ernannt worden, das von 29. November bis 7. Dezember zum 21. Mal stattfindet.
Thomas Vinterberg, Jurypräsident beim Marrakech International Film Festival (Credit: Anders Overgaard)
Thomas Vinterberg ist zum Präsidenten der Jury ernannt worden, die beim 21. Marrakech International Film Festival den Étoile d’Or an einen der 14 ersten oder zweiten Filme aus dem internationalen Wettbewerb des Festivals vergibt. Das gab das Festival, das von 29. November bis 7. Dezember stattfindet, heute bekannt.
„Es ist ein großes Privileg und eine Ehre, die ehrenvolle Einladung des Marrakech International Film Festival erhalten zu haben, den Vorsitz der Jury zu übernehmen. In dieser sich schnell verändernden und zunehmend gespaltenen Welt bieten Festivals wie Marrakesch einen dringend benötigten Einblick in eine große Vielfalt von Kulturen. Filme können beschreiben, was nicht erklärt werden kann. Sie können uns das Unannehmbare verständlich machen. Und im Moment gibt es in der Tat viel zu verstehen“, erklärte der dänische Regisseur,...
Thomas Vinterberg, Jurypräsident beim Marrakech International Film Festival (Credit: Anders Overgaard)
Thomas Vinterberg ist zum Präsidenten der Jury ernannt worden, die beim 21. Marrakech International Film Festival den Étoile d’Or an einen der 14 ersten oder zweiten Filme aus dem internationalen Wettbewerb des Festivals vergibt. Das gab das Festival, das von 29. November bis 7. Dezember stattfindet, heute bekannt.
„Es ist ein großes Privileg und eine Ehre, die ehrenvolle Einladung des Marrakech International Film Festival erhalten zu haben, den Vorsitz der Jury zu übernehmen. In dieser sich schnell verändernden und zunehmend gespaltenen Welt bieten Festivals wie Marrakesch einen dringend benötigten Einblick in eine große Vielfalt von Kulturen. Filme können beschreiben, was nicht erklärt werden kann. Sie können uns das Unannehmbare verständlich machen. Und im Moment gibt es in der Tat viel zu verstehen“, erklärte der dänische Regisseur,...
- 10/8/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Thomas Vinterberg, the Oscar-winning Danish director of “Another Round,” will preside over the jury of the upcoming Marrakech International Film Festival, with which he has a longstanding rapport.
The Marrakech jury will award its Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second films in the fest’s international competition. Recent winners include Moroccan director Asmae El Moudir’s “Mother of all the Lies” last year and French-Iranian helmer Emad Aleebrahim-Dehkordi’s “A Tale of Shemroon” in 2022.
It will mark the first time that Vinterberg attends the Marrakech Film Festival. The Danish filmmaker is one of Europe’s best known directors. He co-founder with Lars von Trier of the Danish Dogme 95 movement in the mid 1990s. His vast and widely praised filmography comprises “The Celebration,” aka “Festen,” (1998) for which Vinterberg won the Cannes jury prize when he was 28; “It’s All About Love (2003)”; “Dear Wendy” (2005); “When a Man Comes Home...
The Marrakech jury will award its Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second films in the fest’s international competition. Recent winners include Moroccan director Asmae El Moudir’s “Mother of all the Lies” last year and French-Iranian helmer Emad Aleebrahim-Dehkordi’s “A Tale of Shemroon” in 2022.
It will mark the first time that Vinterberg attends the Marrakech Film Festival. The Danish filmmaker is one of Europe’s best known directors. He co-founder with Lars von Trier of the Danish Dogme 95 movement in the mid 1990s. His vast and widely praised filmography comprises “The Celebration,” aka “Festen,” (1998) for which Vinterberg won the Cannes jury prize when he was 28; “It’s All About Love (2003)”; “Dear Wendy” (2005); “When a Man Comes Home...
- 10/8/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Thomas Vinterberg will chair the jury of the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco, which runs from November 29 to December 7.
The jury will award its top prize the Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second features in the festival’s international competition.
A leading light of European auteur cinema, Vinterberg broke out in 1998 when The Celebration (Festen) tied with The Class for the Cannes jury prize.
In 2021, he became the first Danish filmmaker to earn a best director Oscar nomination for Another Round, which won the best international feature award as well as corresponding honours from Bafta,...
The jury will award its top prize the Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second features in the festival’s international competition.
A leading light of European auteur cinema, Vinterberg broke out in 1998 when The Celebration (Festen) tied with The Class for the Cannes jury prize.
In 2021, he became the first Danish filmmaker to earn a best director Oscar nomination for Another Round, which won the best international feature award as well as corresponding honours from Bafta,...
- 10/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-winning Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has been announced as president of the jury at the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival, running from November 29 to December 7.
The jury awards the Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second films in the international competition, recent winners of which have included Asmae El Moudir’s Mother of all the Lies (2023) and Emad Aleebrahim-Dehkordi’s A Tale Of Shemroon (2022),
“In this rapidly changing and increasingly divided world, festivals such as Marrakech provide a much-needed window into a wide variety of cultures,” said Vinterberg. “Films can describe what cannot be explained. Make us understand the unacceptable. And there is indeed a lot to understand right now.”
Marrakech has strong connections with the Danish cinema world. Last year it celebrated longtime Vinterberg collaborator Mads Mikkelsen with an honorary career achievement award. He spoke fondly of his connection with the director in his masterclass.
Vinterberg...
The jury awards the Étoile d’Or to one of the 14 first and second films in the international competition, recent winners of which have included Asmae El Moudir’s Mother of all the Lies (2023) and Emad Aleebrahim-Dehkordi’s A Tale Of Shemroon (2022),
“In this rapidly changing and increasingly divided world, festivals such as Marrakech provide a much-needed window into a wide variety of cultures,” said Vinterberg. “Films can describe what cannot be explained. Make us understand the unacceptable. And there is indeed a lot to understand right now.”
Marrakech has strong connections with the Danish cinema world. Last year it celebrated longtime Vinterberg collaborator Mads Mikkelsen with an honorary career achievement award. He spoke fondly of his connection with the director in his masterclass.
Vinterberg...
- 10/8/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 edition of Filmfest Hamburg was the biggest in the German festival’s 32-year history, posting approximately 59,000 admissions to screenings, up from last year’s record-breaking total of 52,700.
This included the preceding open-air Binnenalster Filmfest, which ran from September 19-22.
The 10 days of the festival closed with the gala screening of Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door on October 5.
“So many of my dreams for this first year have come true. It feels truly magical,” said festival director Malika Rabahallah. “It was overwhelming to see so many renowned directors, actors, and filmmakers in Hamburg, all enjoying the special festival atmosphere with us.
This included the preceding open-air Binnenalster Filmfest, which ran from September 19-22.
The 10 days of the festival closed with the gala screening of Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door on October 5.
“So many of my dreams for this first year have come true. It feels truly magical,” said festival director Malika Rabahallah. “It was overwhelming to see so many renowned directors, actors, and filmmakers in Hamburg, all enjoying the special festival atmosphere with us.
- 10/7/2024
- ScreenDaily
"Hold me tight while your still beats and warms." Studiocanal has revealed the full trailer for an intriguing series called Families Like Ours, made by acclaimed Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg. It just premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in their "Series" section, and debuts streaming in Denmark (more countries later) in October. In a not-too-distant future, Denmark faces total evacuation due to rising water levels (climate change is definitely going to ruin everything whether we like it or not). As the nation of ~6 million people prepares to leave their homes, high school student Laura must choose between her divorced parents and the boy she's fallen in love with. It's a clever flip on the refugee crisis the world is experiencing already - what if wealthy, white people in Denmark had to flee their homes and move to other countries. What would happen? The full ensemble cast includes Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt,...
- 10/3/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
How do you confront the bleakest of challenges? A family faces a world altered by nature and fate in “Families Like Ours.” The series sees Denmark in crisis as rising water levels prompt mass evacuations. Suddenly, an entire country grapples with finding a new place to call home and the prejudices accompanying their plight. The series hails from celebrated filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg, whose previous efforts include the critically acclaimed films “Another Round” and “The Hunt.” Vinterberg directs all episodes — additionally co-writing ‘Ours’ with Bo Hr.
Continue reading ‘Families Like Ours’ Trailer: Thomas Vinterberg’s New Near-Future Disaster Drama Mini-Series Is Coming Soon at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Families Like Ours’ Trailer: Thomas Vinterberg’s New Near-Future Disaster Drama Mini-Series Is Coming Soon at The Playlist.
- 10/3/2024
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
Denmark has selected Magnus von Horn’s period drama The Girl With the Needle as its nominee for Best International Feature at the 2025 Oscars.
Set in Copenhagen in 1919, the feature stars Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday, Godland) as Karoline, a young seamstress who is left high and dry when her wealthy lover (Joachim Fjelstrup) gets her pregnant but refuses to marry her. When she finds herself unemployed and expecting, Karoline has the choice of two bad options: Give herself an abortion with a knitting needle or work with the shady backstreet adoption agency.
The Girl With the Needle premiered in competition in Cannes and had its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month. The strong critical reception for the film — THR‘s review called it a “dark, urgently timely Danish drama” that “builds to a devastating climax, taut as piano wire” — as well as the timely subject...
Set in Copenhagen in 1919, the feature stars Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday, Godland) as Karoline, a young seamstress who is left high and dry when her wealthy lover (Joachim Fjelstrup) gets her pregnant but refuses to marry her. When she finds herself unemployed and expecting, Karoline has the choice of two bad options: Give herself an abortion with a knitting needle or work with the shady backstreet adoption agency.
The Girl With the Needle premiered in competition in Cannes and had its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month. The strong critical reception for the film — THR‘s review called it a “dark, urgently timely Danish drama” that “builds to a devastating climax, taut as piano wire” — as well as the timely subject...
- 9/19/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Magnus von Horn’s The Girl With The Needle will represent Denmark as its international feature submission for the 97th Academy Awards.
The black-and-white drama premiered at Cannes in Competition and has since screened at the Polish Film Festival and Pingyao.
Trine Dyrholm and Vic Carmen Sonne star in the story loosely inspired by a real-life serial killer in Copenhagen who murdered numerous babies from 1913-20.
Nordisk Film Creative Alliance’s Malene Blenkov, whose credits include Lone Scherfig’s The Kindness Of Strangers, produces together with Mariusz Włodarski for Lava Films with support from The Danish Film Institute, The Swedish Film Institute,...
The black-and-white drama premiered at Cannes in Competition and has since screened at the Polish Film Festival and Pingyao.
Trine Dyrholm and Vic Carmen Sonne star in the story loosely inspired by a real-life serial killer in Copenhagen who murdered numerous babies from 1913-20.
Nordisk Film Creative Alliance’s Malene Blenkov, whose credits include Lone Scherfig’s The Kindness Of Strangers, produces together with Mariusz Włodarski for Lava Films with support from The Danish Film Institute, The Swedish Film Institute,...
- 9/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
Writing and directing a series is a rite of passage for any celebrated European filmmaker — so why shouldn’t Oscar winner Thomas Vinterberg follow in the footsteps of Ingmar Bergman and Rainer Werner Fassbinder? The Danish director, who won the Best International Feature Film Oscar for “Another Round” in 2021, was in Toronto to promote his new series, “Families Like Ours,” which first premiered in Venice alongside Alfonso Cuarón’s “Disclaimer” and Joe Wright’s “M. Son of the Century.” He spoke to IndieWire about his seven-episode television show, which finds Denmark in a state of environmental collapse, flooded by rising water levels as its citizens panic toward a way out. Denmark, like everywhere else, has been hit by storm surges in recent years, so this series is all too prescient in its imagining of a widespread catastrophe that would push its people out.
Vinterberg first made an arthouse splash with...
Vinterberg first made an arthouse splash with...
- 9/17/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
A grimly amusing skewering of Scandi politesse with a knife-in-the-gut finale in the vein of Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, Christian Tafdrup’s 2022 shocker Speak No Evil grew in reputation through word of mouth for its slow-burning displeasures and uncompromising cruelty. Those are features that are largely absent from James Watkins’s remake, a hollow attempt to turn a provocative showpiece into a crowd-pleaser that makes you wonder if the filmmakers are actively disdainful of the original.
Uptight Americans Ben and Louise Dalton (Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis) are vacationing in Italy with their young daughter, Agnes (Alix West Lefler), when they cross paths with Ciara and Paddy (Aisling Franciosi and James McAvoy), another couple on holiday with their developmentally challenged son, Ant (Dan Hough). The parents strike up a fast friendship, so it comes as no surprise that, upon returning to their home in London, Ben and Louise...
Uptight Americans Ben and Louise Dalton (Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis) are vacationing in Italy with their young daughter, Agnes (Alix West Lefler), when they cross paths with Ciara and Paddy (Aisling Franciosi and James McAvoy), another couple on holiday with their developmentally challenged son, Ant (Dan Hough). The parents strike up a fast friendship, so it comes as no surprise that, upon returning to their home in London, Ben and Louise...
- 9/10/2024
- by Rocco T. Thompson
- Slant Magazine
The 2024 Venice Film Festival is over, leaving behind it the surprise Golden Lion win for Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” from the Isabelle Huppert-led jury. The end-of-life drama, starring Tilda Swinton as a cancer-stricken war photographer who chooses to euthanize herself with the help of a friend played by Julianne Moore, received polarized reviews out of Venice and was liked by many but loved by few. The movie just played well at the Toronto Film Festival. This is the first Golden Lion win for Almodóvar, and Sony Pictures Classics has the film, which means Oscar prospects are in view.
But well before the awards, the nearly two-week-long festival provided us with a handful of observations about the state of movies as reflected through the festival system, which is crucial for the support of and exposure for movies to begin with. We are hardly done with the fall festivals,...
But well before the awards, the nearly two-week-long festival provided us with a handful of observations about the state of movies as reflected through the festival system, which is crucial for the support of and exposure for movies to begin with. We are hardly done with the fall festivals,...
- 9/9/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio and Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
The 2024 Venice Film Festival kicked off August 28 with the long-awaited Tim Burton-Michael Keaton sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opening the 81th edition, which runs through September 7 on the Lido. Deadline is on the ground to watch all the key films.
The lineup for the world’s oldest fest also includes world premieres of Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga pic Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas biopic Maria starring Angelina Jolie and new works from the likes of Alfonso Cuarón, Walter Salles, Harmony Korine, Thomas Vinterberg, Brady Corbet, Takeshi Kitano, Claude Lelouch, Errol Morris and others.
Below is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which last year awarded its Golden Lion for best film to Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, who went on the win the Best Actress Oscar. Isabelle Huppert heads the competition jury this year.
The lineup for the world’s oldest fest also includes world premieres of Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga pic Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas biopic Maria starring Angelina Jolie and new works from the likes of Alfonso Cuarón, Walter Salles, Harmony Korine, Thomas Vinterberg, Brady Corbet, Takeshi Kitano, Claude Lelouch, Errol Morris and others.
Below is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which last year awarded its Golden Lion for best film to Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, who went on the win the Best Actress Oscar. Isabelle Huppert heads the competition jury this year.
- 9/8/2024
- by Pete Hammond, Damon Wise, Stephanie Bunbury, Dominic Patten and Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the principal characters in Thomas Vinterberg’s new drama series, which premiered at the Viennale and went on to play at the Toronto International Film Festival, is an architect – an man who has made his living by solving problems and coming up with constructions to address every need. He’s confronted with a problem that no human skill can remedy when it emerges that the Danish government is planning to close down the country. Efforts to keep rising sea levels at bay are proving increasingly ineffective. Rather than pour more money into this, knowing that it will lose in the end, the government has decided to spend the last of its resources on brokering deals with other countries and evacuating its people.
What is the proper way for individuals and families to respond in a situation like this? For an architect, it doesn’t seem so bad – there’s.
What is the proper way for individuals and families to respond in a situation like this? For an architect, it doesn’t seem so bad – there’s.
- 9/6/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The 68th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its star-studded 2024 lineup, featuring Angelina Jolie, Elton John, Daniel Craig, Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Saoirse Ronan, and more in a program boasting 39 world premieres and 12 international premieres among its 253 feature, short, series and immersive works.
The festival’s headline gala screenings will showcase a range of high-profile films. The world premiere of Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” starring Ronan opens the festival, while Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece” closes it.
Other gala screenings include R.J. Cutler and David Furnish’s “Elton John: Never Too Late,” Sean Baker’s “Anora,” Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice” starring Sebastian Stan, Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” Edward Berger’s “Conclave” with Ralph Fiennes, Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” Ben Taylor’s “Joy,” Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” featuring Jolie, Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch” starring Amy Adams, Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door...
The festival’s headline gala screenings will showcase a range of high-profile films. The world premiere of Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” starring Ronan opens the festival, while Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece” closes it.
Other gala screenings include R.J. Cutler and David Furnish’s “Elton John: Never Too Late,” Sean Baker’s “Anora,” Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice” starring Sebastian Stan, Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” Edward Berger’s “Conclave” with Ralph Fiennes, Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” Ben Taylor’s “Joy,” Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” featuring Jolie, Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch” starring Amy Adams, Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door...
- 9/4/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The BFI London Film Festival (Lff) 2024 will screen documentaries about “witches,” and zoos and animal rescue centers in Argentina, first features from directors of varied backgrounds, and Ali Abbas’ Donald Trump film The Apprentice in its gala lineup organizers said on Wednesday as they unveiled the full program for this year’s event.
Overall, Lff will screen 253 titles, including features films, shorts, series, and immersive works, that hail from 79 countries and feature 64 languages. Of the total, 112 works are made by female and non-binary filmmakers, or 44 percent of the program, the fest said.
The London doc lineup includes the likes of Elizabeth Sankey’s 90-minute goth-y Witches, which posits a connection between historical witchery and post-partum psychological suffering and debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Meanwhile, the first feature program at Lff includes Denise Fernandes’ Hanami, which recently world-premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, and Neo Sora’s Happyend, which debuted...
Overall, Lff will screen 253 titles, including features films, shorts, series, and immersive works, that hail from 79 countries and feature 64 languages. Of the total, 112 works are made by female and non-binary filmmakers, or 44 percent of the program, the fest said.
The London doc lineup includes the likes of Elizabeth Sankey’s 90-minute goth-y Witches, which posits a connection between historical witchery and post-partum psychological suffering and debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Meanwhile, the first feature program at Lff includes Denise Fernandes’ Hanami, which recently world-premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, and Neo Sora’s Happyend, which debuted...
- 9/4/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s latest documentary feature Endurance about the epic search to find the lost ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Sean Baker’s Anora, and Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch starring Amy Adams are among the titles that have been announced within the full lineup of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) 68th London Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.
Endurance, which Oscar winners Vasarhelyi and Chin have made for National Geographic, will screen as a world premiere. Running October 9-20, Lff will feature 40 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, and 21 European Premieres.
Eye-grabbing entries from today’s launch include headline gala screenings of Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, Edward Berger’s latest feature Conclave, and Ali Abbasi’s much-talked-about Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice. Other highly-anticipated titles that arrive from the...
Endurance, which Oscar winners Vasarhelyi and Chin have made for National Geographic, will screen as a world premiere. Running October 9-20, Lff will feature 40 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, and 21 European Premieres.
Eye-grabbing entries from today’s launch include headline gala screenings of Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, Edward Berger’s latest feature Conclave, and Ali Abbasi’s much-talked-about Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice. Other highly-anticipated titles that arrive from the...
- 9/4/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Angelina Jolie got her flowers. Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson got it on. And studios and streamers got busy playing “let’s make a deal.”
The Venice Film Festival, which kicked off on Aug. 28, hasn’t been short on drama, even as it’s been unexpectedly heavy on TV. As befits a glamorous celebration of movies that’s all about excess, this year’s edition has seen more major sales, on-screen sex, politics (on and off the red carpet), and movie-star moments than ever. In addition to Jolie and Kidman, A-listers like Jude Law of “The Order” and the “Wolfs” duo of George Clooney and Brad Pitt flashed their megawatt smiles at the splashy premieres of their films. There promises to be plenty more headline-grabbing events, but as the festival reaches its midpoint, it’s already shaping up to be one of the most consequential in recent memory.
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The Venice Film Festival, which kicked off on Aug. 28, hasn’t been short on drama, even as it’s been unexpectedly heavy on TV. As befits a glamorous celebration of movies that’s all about excess, this year’s edition has seen more major sales, on-screen sex, politics (on and off the red carpet), and movie-star moments than ever. In addition to Jolie and Kidman, A-listers like Jude Law of “The Order” and the “Wolfs” duo of George Clooney and Brad Pitt flashed their megawatt smiles at the splashy premieres of their films. There promises to be plenty more headline-grabbing events, but as the festival reaches its midpoint, it’s already shaping up to be one of the most consequential in recent memory.
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- 9/3/2024
- by Alex Ritman, Elsa Keslassy and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a disturbing plausibility to director Asif Kapadia’s docudrama 2073, which just premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand. We’re not in America anymore. Welcome to “New San Francisco – Capital of the Americas.”
Old geographic boundaries have dissolved, apparently, but not because we’ve all come together as one. No, the S.F. location hints at a future where Silicon Valley and its tech bro billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have achieved hegemony, in alliance with authoritarian political leaders.
A digital billboard in a Blade Runner-like urban environment blares, “Chairwoman Trump celebrates 30th year in power” with a picture of a grinning Ivanka Trump. Farfetched? Maybe so, maybe not.
Old geographic boundaries have dissolved, apparently, but not because we’ve all come together as one. No, the S.F. location hints at a future where Silicon Valley and its tech bro billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have achieved hegemony, in alliance with authoritarian political leaders.
A digital billboard in a Blade Runner-like urban environment blares, “Chairwoman Trump celebrates 30th year in power” with a picture of a grinning Ivanka Trump. Farfetched? Maybe so, maybe not.
- 9/3/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ahead of the world premiere of all 10 episodes of his series The News Years (Los Años Nuevos) at the Venice Film Festival, filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen spoke to Deadline about the Movistar Plus+ drama, which plays in the Official Selection out of competition.
It follows a couple, Ana (Iria del Río) and Óscar (Francesco Carril), who meet at the start of their 30s. The 10 episodes revisit the pair across the same day, New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day, across a decade. Sorogoyen created the series with Sara Cano and Paula Fabra and helmed four installments.
Related: Ethan Hawke Praises Francis Ford Coppola’s Self-Funded ‘Megalopolis’ & Teases
This will be Sorogoyen’s third time at Venice. He was there in 2019 with his film Mother, which was based on a short film of the same name that scored the director an Oscar nom. In 2022, he was part of the...
It follows a couple, Ana (Iria del Río) and Óscar (Francesco Carril), who meet at the start of their 30s. The 10 episodes revisit the pair across the same day, New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day, across a decade. Sorogoyen created the series with Sara Cano and Paula Fabra and helmed four installments.
Related: Ethan Hawke Praises Francis Ford Coppola’s Self-Funded ‘Megalopolis’ & Teases
This will be Sorogoyen’s third time at Venice. He was there in 2019 with his film Mother, which was based on a short film of the same name that scored the director an Oscar nom. In 2022, he was part of the...
- 9/3/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
When the Syrian War broke out in 2011, triggering a wave of refugees to Europe, Thomas Vinterberg felt a surge of empathy towards the millions of families forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in foreign lands. But when the Oscar-winning director of Another Round, The Hunt, and The Celebration saw the response of many Europeans — often hostile, sometimes violent — he began thinking: What would happen if a disaster hit closer to home and “we were the refugees”?
More than a decade later, that “thought experiment” led to Families Like Ours. The miniseries, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival before heading to TIFF, imagines a near future where rising sea levels force the government of Denmark to evacuate. The entire country. Turning its six million inhabitants into refugees, forced to seek shelter in whichever countries will have them.
The series features a who’s who of Danish talent in its ensemble cast,...
More than a decade later, that “thought experiment” led to Families Like Ours. The miniseries, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival before heading to TIFF, imagines a near future where rising sea levels force the government of Denmark to evacuate. The entire country. Turning its six million inhabitants into refugees, forced to seek shelter in whichever countries will have them.
The series features a who’s who of Danish talent in its ensemble cast,...
- 9/1/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At various junctures in the sweeping slice of political Americana that is The Order, a man will produce a small red-covered paperback called The Turner Diaries, which at first glance, is a boys’ own adventure about a man who sets out to live in the mountains like Daniel Boone. It is, in fact, a book aimed at children. The main subject of The Turner Diaries, however, is a six-step path to a right-wing revolution that culminates in the “day of the ropes,” when people of color, Jews and anyone who stands in the way of white supremacy will swing.
The Turner Diaries was an inspiration for the fanatics who stormed the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 election. It was also a central text for The Order, a self-styled army formed in the early 1980s behind a charismatic former Mormon, Bob Matthews, whose mission was to make America white again. As...
The Turner Diaries was an inspiration for the fanatics who stormed the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 election. It was also a central text for The Order, a self-styled army formed in the early 1980s behind a charismatic former Mormon, Bob Matthews, whose mission was to make America white again. As...
- 8/31/2024
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
Everything is about to rot in the state of Denmark. The sea is rising, water is starting to bubble out of the ground and a decision has been made: the entire country is going to be dismantled and turned into a wind farm, its six million inhabitants sent to whichever country will accept them.
Thomas Vinterberg’s grimly prophetic seven-part series Families Like Ours follows timeworn convention by whittling down a macro issue — one we find too big to think about, mostly — to the stories of a few individuals. The families of the title are a rondel of comfortably-off Danes who never expected to want for anything, let alone a country: an architect and his wife who think they will be able to transfer their lives to Paris; the wife’s brother and his husband, who have the advantage of advance knowledge of the government’s plans; the architect’s...
Thomas Vinterberg’s grimly prophetic seven-part series Families Like Ours follows timeworn convention by whittling down a macro issue — one we find too big to think about, mostly — to the stories of a few individuals. The families of the title are a rondel of comfortably-off Danes who never expected to want for anything, let alone a country: an architect and his wife who think they will be able to transfer their lives to Paris; the wife’s brother and his husband, who have the advantage of advance knowledge of the government’s plans; the architect’s...
- 8/31/2024
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s no coincidence that “Families Like Ours,” the climate-change disaster miniseries in which Denmark literally closes due to flooding, is premiering in Venice, a city famously battling its own crisis over rising sea levels.
“All the water here made it the obvious choice,” says Thomas Vinterberg, the series’ Danish director. “Families Like Ours” marks his first TV series (and first project since his acclaimed Oscar-winning feature “Another Round”), and is being shopped internationally by StudioCanal (TV 2 is the local Danish broadcaster and will begin airing the 7-part show from Oct. 20). “Even in my first letter to [Venice director] Alberto [Barbera], I said there was no other place we can show this than in Venice.”
In typical Vinterberg fashion, “Families Like Ours” — as the title suggests — deals with family and society dynamics and behaviors in a plot that sees Danish authorities suddenly announce that the country’s citizens are to be evacuated...
“All the water here made it the obvious choice,” says Thomas Vinterberg, the series’ Danish director. “Families Like Ours” marks his first TV series (and first project since his acclaimed Oscar-winning feature “Another Round”), and is being shopped internationally by StudioCanal (TV 2 is the local Danish broadcaster and will begin airing the 7-part show from Oct. 20). “Even in my first letter to [Venice director] Alberto [Barbera], I said there was no other place we can show this than in Venice.”
In typical Vinterberg fashion, “Families Like Ours” — as the title suggests — deals with family and society dynamics and behaviors in a plot that sees Danish authorities suddenly announce that the country’s citizens are to be evacuated...
- 8/31/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
While the issue of refugees and economic migrants continues to dominate world headlines, Denmark’s Thomas Vinterberg has found an ingenious way to turn the situation on its head. With his seven-part series Families Like Ours, Vinterberg posits an imagined but not too far-fetched scenario in which his homeland is forced, literally, to close down. Flooding is coming, but, rather than wait, the government has been cooking up a plan to rehouse those who don’t have the resources to flee to Europe’s wealthier countries.
Drawing on the realistic but empathetic style shown in films such as Festen, It’s All About Love and Another Round, for which he won an Oscar, Vinterberg casts his eye over a handful of protagonists caught up in the madness. At the center is Amaryllis August as Laura, a high-school girl who is experiencing the first bloom of love when the story breaks, forcing...
Drawing on the realistic but empathetic style shown in films such as Festen, It’s All About Love and Another Round, for which he won an Oscar, Vinterberg casts his eye over a handful of protagonists caught up in the madness. At the center is Amaryllis August as Laura, a high-school girl who is experiencing the first bloom of love when the story breaks, forcing...
- 8/31/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
- 8/29/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
How does a natural disaster bring about change? Some will find new purpose while others see their lives drastically shift in “Families Like Ours.” The series follows random people as a forced evacuation takes place. Acclaimed director Thomas Vinterberg helms all seven episodes. The “Another Round” and “Far from the Madding Crowd” filmmaker co-wrote ‘Ours’ with Bo Hr. Hansen.
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- 8/28/2024
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
Oscar-nominated “Another Round” director Thomas Vinterberg is making his TV drama directorial debut.
The filmmaker helms Studiocanal and Zentropa-produced series “Families Like Ours,” which is set in a not-too-distant future where climate change has forced evacuations. Vinterberg co-wrote the series with Bo Hr. Hansen, and reunited with his “Another Round” producers Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing for the show.
The official synopsis for the Denmark-set series reads: “The rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are. Slowly but steadily, everything is different. All property becomes worthless, all fortunes change, and luck favours only a few. Those who can afford it travel to affluent countries while the less well-off depend on government-funded relocation to more challenging destinations. Families, friends, and loved ones are separated.
The filmmaker helms Studiocanal and Zentropa-produced series “Families Like Ours,” which is set in a not-too-distant future where climate change has forced evacuations. Vinterberg co-wrote the series with Bo Hr. Hansen, and reunited with his “Another Round” producers Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing for the show.
The official synopsis for the Denmark-set series reads: “The rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are. Slowly but steadily, everything is different. All property becomes worthless, all fortunes change, and luck favours only a few. Those who can afford it travel to affluent countries while the less well-off depend on government-funded relocation to more challenging destinations. Families, friends, and loved ones are separated.
- 8/28/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Yesterday TIFF announced a scorching Primetime programme with auteur names such as Janicza Bravo, Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg and Joe Wright alongside their Short Cuts programme – which is our main focus here. Comprised of international world premieres, Canadiana, high-profile names dabbling in the short form and a cherry-picking of some of the better shorts from recent fests there is plenty to look forward too. Actresses trying out their hand in the short form we have a first from Dakota Johnson (Loser Baby), and then Maika Monroe with Simone Faoro (The Yellow). Canucks getting world preems include Pier-Philippe Chevigny, Connor Jessup and Arshile Khanjian Egoyan.…...
- 8/10/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Margaret Menegoz, the pioneering producer who was a central figure in France’s film industry during a career spanning decades, has died. She was 83.
The Hungarian-born German-French producer served as president of Les Films du Losange from 1975 until 2021, and was president of Unifrance from 2003 to 2008.
During a career that included a key role at the Cesar Academy, Menegoz produced films for directors such as Eric Rohmer, Barbet Schroeder, Wim Wenders, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland and Michael Haneke, including the latter’s Palme d’Or-and Oscar-winning Amour in 2012.
After her tenure at Les Films du Losange ended, Menegoz handed over the...
The Hungarian-born German-French producer served as president of Les Films du Losange from 1975 until 2021, and was president of Unifrance from 2003 to 2008.
During a career that included a key role at the Cesar Academy, Menegoz produced films for directors such as Eric Rohmer, Barbet Schroeder, Wim Wenders, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland and Michael Haneke, including the latter’s Palme d’Or-and Oscar-winning Amour in 2012.
After her tenure at Les Films du Losange ended, Menegoz handed over the...
- 8/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
Margaret Menegoz, the pioneering producer who was a central figure in France’s film industry during a career spanning decades, has died. She was 83.
The Hungarian-born German-French producer served as president of Les Films du Losange from 1975 until 2021, and was president of Unifrance from 2003 to 2008.
During a career that included a key role at the Cesar Academy, Menegoz produced films for directors such as Eric Rohmer, Barbet Schroeder, Wim Wenders, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland, and Michael Haneke, including the latter’s Palme d’or-and Oscar-winning Amour in 2012.
After her tenure at Les Films du Losange ended, Menegoz handed over the...
The Hungarian-born German-French producer served as president of Les Films du Losange from 1975 until 2021, and was president of Unifrance from 2003 to 2008.
During a career that included a key role at the Cesar Academy, Menegoz produced films for directors such as Eric Rohmer, Barbet Schroeder, Wim Wenders, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland, and Michael Haneke, including the latter’s Palme d’or-and Oscar-winning Amour in 2012.
After her tenure at Les Films du Losange ended, Menegoz handed over the...
- 8/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
The series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Faithless from Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson will debut in competition as part of the Primetime & Short Cuts line up at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.
The series will screen on Wednesday 11th September at TIFF before hitting Svt and Arte France in 2025. Fremantle is handling international sales on the series. We shared the first look at the project and interviewed Alfredson back in February. You can check that out here.
Billed as a “searing tale of love and betrayal,” the project is a six-part TV series based on the 2000 feature Faithless, which Ingmar Bergman penned for his former partner Liv Ullmann. The original film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and starred Lena Endre and Erland Josephson. The entire series is directed by Alfredson from scripts adapted by Norwegian writer Sara Johnsen.
The series will screen on Wednesday 11th September at TIFF before hitting Svt and Arte France in 2025. Fremantle is handling international sales on the series. We shared the first look at the project and interviewed Alfredson back in February. You can check that out here.
Billed as a “searing tale of love and betrayal,” the project is a six-part TV series based on the 2000 feature Faithless, which Ingmar Bergman penned for his former partner Liv Ullmann. The original film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and starred Lena Endre and Erland Josephson. The entire series is directed by Alfredson from scripts adapted by Norwegian writer Sara Johnsen.
- 8/9/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
New episodic series from Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg, Joe Wright and Janicza Bravo will screen in the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival’s Primetime program, TIFF organizers announced Friday.
Cuarón will be at the festival with his Apple TV+ psychological thriller series “Disclaimer,” starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline; Vinterberg with “Families Like Ours,” a six-episode series set in a future when Denmark must be evacuated because of rising sea level; Wright with “M: Son of the Century,” a limited series about the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini; and “Zola” director Bravo with “The Listeners,” starring Rebecca Hall.
Other projects in Primetime include “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” director Tomas Alfredson’s “Faithless,” an adaptation of the semi-autobiographical 2000 film written by Ingmar Bergman and directed by Liv Ullman; Australian director Dylan River’s “Thou Shalt Not Steal”; and two projects from Canadian filmmakers, Courtney Montour and Tanya Talaga’s “The Knowing...
Cuarón will be at the festival with his Apple TV+ psychological thriller series “Disclaimer,” starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline; Vinterberg with “Families Like Ours,” a six-episode series set in a future when Denmark must be evacuated because of rising sea level; Wright with “M: Son of the Century,” a limited series about the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini; and “Zola” director Bravo with “The Listeners,” starring Rebecca Hall.
Other projects in Primetime include “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” director Tomas Alfredson’s “Faithless,” an adaptation of the semi-autobiographical 2000 film written by Ingmar Bergman and directed by Liv Ullman; Australian director Dylan River’s “Thou Shalt Not Steal”; and two projects from Canadian filmmakers, Courtney Montour and Tanya Talaga’s “The Knowing...
- 8/9/2024
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Primetime programme unveiled with the Short Cuts selections on Friday includes new series from Joe Wright, Thomas Vinterberg, Alfonso Cuarón, and Tomas Alfredson.
A trio of high-profile Primetime selections premiere in Venice: Wright’s M. Son Of The Century for Sky and Fremantle explores the rise to power of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini; Cuarón’s psychological miniseries Disclaimer for Apple TV+ stars Cate Blanchett as a journalist with a dark past; and Vinterberg’s family drama Families Like Ours from Studiocanal and Zentropa stars Paprika Steen.
There is a world premiere for Alfredson and Sara Johnsen’s Faithless,...
A trio of high-profile Primetime selections premiere in Venice: Wright’s M. Son Of The Century for Sky and Fremantle explores the rise to power of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini; Cuarón’s psychological miniseries Disclaimer for Apple TV+ stars Cate Blanchett as a journalist with a dark past; and Vinterberg’s family drama Families Like Ours from Studiocanal and Zentropa stars Paprika Steen.
There is a world premiere for Alfredson and Sara Johnsen’s Faithless,...
- 8/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
World premieres of Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer, Joe Wright’s M. Son of the Century, Tomas Alfredson’s Faithless and Thomas Vinterberg’s debut TV series Families Like Ours were unveiled as part of the Toronto Film Festival’s Primetime program on Friday.
The Toronto focus on new TV series has booked a Canadian premiere for Disclaimer, the seven-part psychological thriller for Apple from Cuarón that stars fellow Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Cline. The Apple Studios series will bow Oct. 11 and marks Cuarón’s first show under his overall deal with the streamer.
There’s also a world bow for Alfredson, the director Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and co-helmer Sara Johnsen’s Faithless, an adaptation of the 2000 feature Faithless — directed by Liv Ullmann from a script by Oscar winner Ingmar Bergman — as a limited TV series.
Lena Endre will reprise her role as Marianne for the series with...
The Toronto focus on new TV series has booked a Canadian premiere for Disclaimer, the seven-part psychological thriller for Apple from Cuarón that stars fellow Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Cline. The Apple Studios series will bow Oct. 11 and marks Cuarón’s first show under his overall deal with the streamer.
There’s also a world bow for Alfredson, the director Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and co-helmer Sara Johnsen’s Faithless, an adaptation of the 2000 feature Faithless — directed by Liv Ullmann from a script by Oscar winner Ingmar Bergman — as a limited TV series.
Lena Endre will reprise her role as Marianne for the series with...
- 8/9/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The TIFF 2024 TV lineup is full of buzzy world premieres and screenings from beloved auteurs venturing into the episodic space.
The Primetime lineup includes eight new series, with five world premieres. For one, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” director Tomas Alfredson reimagines Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman’s iconic 2000 film “Faithless” as a six-part limited series.
The show’s synopsis reads: “In the present day, renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with his former great love, actress Marianne Vogler, 75 (Lena Endre). Their encounter forces them to confront the painful repercussions of their past relationship, not only for themselves but also for their families. 40 years prior, a young David (Gustav Lindh) and Marianne (Frida Gustavsson) find themselves entwined in a passionate love affair which they must keep a secret, as Marianne is married to David’s best friend, Markus (August Wittgenstein).”
Other highlights include the world premiere of Janicza Bravo’s sci-fi series “The Listeners,...
The Primetime lineup includes eight new series, with five world premieres. For one, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” director Tomas Alfredson reimagines Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman’s iconic 2000 film “Faithless” as a six-part limited series.
The show’s synopsis reads: “In the present day, renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with his former great love, actress Marianne Vogler, 75 (Lena Endre). Their encounter forces them to confront the painful repercussions of their past relationship, not only for themselves but also for their families. 40 years prior, a young David (Gustav Lindh) and Marianne (Frida Gustavsson) find themselves entwined in a passionate love affair which they must keep a secret, as Marianne is married to David’s best friend, Markus (August Wittgenstein).”
Other highlights include the world premiere of Janicza Bravo’s sci-fi series “The Listeners,...
- 8/9/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Venice Film Festival, a perennial awards platform, revealed another powerhouse lineup Tuesday morning, including Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga starrer Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door with Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Luca Guadagnino’s Daniel Craig starrer Queer based on the William S. Burroughs novel, Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic Maria with Angelina Jolie, and Nicole Kidman A24 movie Babygirl.
Festival chief Alberto Barbera confirmed that Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe would all tread the carpet for Tim Burton’s festival opener, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Related: Conflict, Cuts And Identity Crises: How Film Festivals Are Navigating Choppy Waters
This year’s festival will also include multiple episodes of four major series: Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ drama Disclaimer, starring Cate Blanchett; Joe Wright’s Mussolini series M. Son of...
Festival chief Alberto Barbera confirmed that Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe would all tread the carpet for Tim Burton’s festival opener, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Related: Conflict, Cuts And Identity Crises: How Film Festivals Are Navigating Choppy Waters
This year’s festival will also include multiple episodes of four major series: Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ drama Disclaimer, starring Cate Blanchett; Joe Wright’s Mussolini series M. Son of...
- 7/23/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The lagoon setting, starry red carpets and summer dates of the Venice film festival don’t lend it a reputation as the most political of festivals. But Venice Film Festuval’s 81’s line-up collectively mirrors many of the challenges of the times – from Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas wars, through to migration, climate catastrophe and the rise of far-right movements.
Many of these themes are explored in documentaries playing out of competition. Asif Kapadia’s 2073 asks what the world will be like in 50 years and shows, according to Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera, “how the world is rapidly plunging into a vortex of lies,...
Many of these themes are explored in documentaries playing out of competition. Asif Kapadia’s 2073 asks what the world will be like in 50 years and shows, according to Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera, “how the world is rapidly plunging into a vortex of lies,...
- 7/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
What a difference a year makes.
After being the first major film festival to navigate the choppy waters of programming huge world premieres at a time when most actors were on strike last year, the Venice Film Festival is back for its 81st edition with a lineup of showy projects. This time, stars like George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, and Lady Gaga can actually come out to the Lido to support them.
Focusing on the 21 competition titles (down two from last year), the most expected entrants were Luca Guadanigno’s “Queer,” Pablo Larrain’s “Maria,” and Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” (his first English-language feature). Led by Daniel Craig, Jolie, and Tilda Swinton, respectively, each film arrives with awards hopes baked in already — especially considering the filmmakers’ track records with directing Oscar-nominated performances. While “The Room Next Door” furthers Almodóvar’s long-running relationship with distributor Sony Pictures Classics,...
After being the first major film festival to navigate the choppy waters of programming huge world premieres at a time when most actors were on strike last year, the Venice Film Festival is back for its 81st edition with a lineup of showy projects. This time, stars like George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, and Lady Gaga can actually come out to the Lido to support them.
Focusing on the 21 competition titles (down two from last year), the most expected entrants were Luca Guadanigno’s “Queer,” Pablo Larrain’s “Maria,” and Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” (his first English-language feature). Led by Daniel Craig, Jolie, and Tilda Swinton, respectively, each film arrives with awards hopes baked in already — especially considering the filmmakers’ track records with directing Oscar-nominated performances. While “The Room Next Door” furthers Almodóvar’s long-running relationship with distributor Sony Pictures Classics,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
As expected, Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux will make its debut in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
The Venice Film Festival line-up was announced earlier today. We won’t bore you with the entire list of the titles on show – you can find that here. But suffice it to say, the line-up is full of indie darlings as well as plenty of mainstream filmmakers bringing their latest projects to the world’s oldest film festival.
One of the biggest titles heading to the Lido is Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux. In 2019, Joker won the Golden Lion to everyone’s surprise, starting the film’s unlikely but hugely successful awards run which culminated in two Oscars.
The sequel is debuting in the festival’s prestige competition line-up, meaning it’s up for the Golden Lion again. If it were to win it, it would be the first time...
The Venice Film Festival line-up was announced earlier today. We won’t bore you with the entire list of the titles on show – you can find that here. But suffice it to say, the line-up is full of indie darlings as well as plenty of mainstream filmmakers bringing their latest projects to the world’s oldest film festival.
One of the biggest titles heading to the Lido is Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux. In 2019, Joker won the Golden Lion to everyone’s surprise, starting the film’s unlikely but hugely successful awards run which culminated in two Oscars.
The sequel is debuting in the festival’s prestige competition line-up, meaning it’s up for the Golden Lion again. If it were to win it, it would be the first time...
- 7/23/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Außerhalb des Wettbewerbs der Mostra wird Andres Veiels Dokumentarfilm „Riefenstahl“ zu sehen sein und dort seine Weltpremiere feiern. In den Wettbewerb wurde u.a. Pablo Larrains „Maria“ eingeladen, bei dem Komplizen Film als Koproduzent an Bord war.
Andres Veiel ist mit seinem Dokumentarfilm „Riefenstahl“ nach Venedig eingeladen worden
Andres Veiels Dokumentarfilm „Riefenstahl“ wird im Rahmen der 81. Mostra (28. August bis 7. September) außerhalb des Wettbewerbs zu sehen sein und dort seine Weltpremiere feiern. Das gab Festivaldirektor Alberto Barbera heute bekannt.
In den Wettbewerb wurden insgesamt 21 Titel eingeladen, zwei weniger als im vergangenen Jahr: Pablo Larrains Maria Callas gewidmeter „Maria“, bei dem Komplizen Film wie schon zuvor bei Larrains „Spencer“ als Koproduzent fungiert hat, Todd Phillips‘ „Joker: Folie A Deux“, dessen Vorgänger „Joker“ 2019 den Goldenen Löwen gewonnen hatte, Pedro Almodovars „The Room Next Door“, Gianni Amelios „Campo di Battaglia“, „Leurs Enfants Apres Eux“ von Ludovic und Zoran Boukherma, Brady Corbets „The Brutalist“, „Jouer avec le Feu...
Andres Veiel ist mit seinem Dokumentarfilm „Riefenstahl“ nach Venedig eingeladen worden
Andres Veiels Dokumentarfilm „Riefenstahl“ wird im Rahmen der 81. Mostra (28. August bis 7. September) außerhalb des Wettbewerbs zu sehen sein und dort seine Weltpremiere feiern. Das gab Festivaldirektor Alberto Barbera heute bekannt.
In den Wettbewerb wurden insgesamt 21 Titel eingeladen, zwei weniger als im vergangenen Jahr: Pablo Larrains Maria Callas gewidmeter „Maria“, bei dem Komplizen Film wie schon zuvor bei Larrains „Spencer“ als Koproduzent fungiert hat, Todd Phillips‘ „Joker: Folie A Deux“, dessen Vorgänger „Joker“ 2019 den Goldenen Löwen gewonnen hatte, Pedro Almodovars „The Room Next Door“, Gianni Amelios „Campo di Battaglia“, „Leurs Enfants Apres Eux“ von Ludovic und Zoran Boukherma, Brady Corbets „The Brutalist“, „Jouer avec le Feu...
- 7/23/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
Just a day after New York Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival made major announcements, Venice Film Festival is here with their full lineup ahead of the festival taking place August 28 through September 7.
Highlights include Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud, Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, Harmony Korine’s Baby Invasion, Pablo Larraín’s Maria, Takeshi Kitano’s Broken Rage, Errol Morris’ Separated, Lav Diaz’s Phantosmia, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April, and more.
Check out the lineup below with a hat tip to Cineuropa.
Competition
The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar
Campo di battaglia – Gianni Amelio
Leurs enfants après eux – Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Jouer avec le feu – Delphine & Muriel Coulin
Vermiglio – Maura Delpero
Iddu (Sicilian Letters) – Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza
Queer – Luca Guadagnino
Love – Dag Johan Haugerud...
Highlights include Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud, Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, Harmony Korine’s Baby Invasion, Pablo Larraín’s Maria, Takeshi Kitano’s Broken Rage, Errol Morris’ Separated, Lav Diaz’s Phantosmia, Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April, and more.
Check out the lineup below with a hat tip to Cineuropa.
Competition
The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar
Campo di battaglia – Gianni Amelio
Leurs enfants après eux – Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Jouer avec le feu – Delphine & Muriel Coulin
Vermiglio – Maura Delpero
Iddu (Sicilian Letters) – Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza
Queer – Luca Guadagnino
Love – Dag Johan Haugerud...
- 7/23/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The lineup for the 81st Venice International Film Festival is here. Artistic director Alberto Barbera and Biennale president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco revealed the complete list of titles across sections early on Tuesday, July 23. Watch the live stream here or on YouTube.
Competition highlights included, as expected, Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” with Angelina Jolie, Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” with Daniel Craig, and Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, “The Room Next Door.” Other gems in the lineup include “April,” from Georgian “Beginning” director Dea Kulumbegashvili; Brady Corbet’s “Fountainhead”-inspired epic “The Brutalist,” which runs a whopping 215 minutes and will present in 70mm; Aussie auteur Justin Kurzel’s thriller “The Order”; “Chevalier” director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Harvest” with Caleb Landry Jones; and Halina Reijn’s psychosexual thriller for A24, “Babygirl,” starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson.
Out of competition across series and features, there’s new work from Harmony Korine,...
Competition highlights included, as expected, Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” with Angelina Jolie, Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” with Daniel Craig, and Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, “The Room Next Door.” Other gems in the lineup include “April,” from Georgian “Beginning” director Dea Kulumbegashvili; Brady Corbet’s “Fountainhead”-inspired epic “The Brutalist,” which runs a whopping 215 minutes and will present in 70mm; Aussie auteur Justin Kurzel’s thriller “The Order”; “Chevalier” director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Harvest” with Caleb Landry Jones; and Halina Reijn’s psychosexual thriller for A24, “Babygirl,” starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson.
Out of competition across series and features, there’s new work from Harmony Korine,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The full list of titles set for the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival has been revealed, and it’s another powerhouse lineup — scroll below to check it out.
The venerable event in 2023 took place under the cloud of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented many stars coming out in support of their movies. With the labor action resolved and this year’s roster now formalized, we can expect a tidal wave of talent to wash over the Lido at the end of next month and into early September.
Many of the films announced this morning by La Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and Venice Film Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera were widely anticipated, including Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix/Lady Gaga starrer Joker: Folie à Deux. The Warner Bros sequel arguably is the highest-profile movie of the competition bunch, coming five years after Phillips’ Joker won the Golden Lion before going on to 11 Oscar nominations,...
The venerable event in 2023 took place under the cloud of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented many stars coming out in support of their movies. With the labor action resolved and this year’s roster now formalized, we can expect a tidal wave of talent to wash over the Lido at the end of next month and into early September.
Many of the films announced this morning by La Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and Venice Film Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera were widely anticipated, including Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix/Lady Gaga starrer Joker: Folie à Deux. The Warner Bros sequel arguably is the highest-profile movie of the competition bunch, coming five years after Phillips’ Joker won the Golden Lion before going on to 11 Oscar nominations,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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