The Slovenian-Italian co-production won ten Vesna gongs, including Best Film and Best Director, in addition to the Audience and Iridium Awards. Coming to the Slovenian coastal town of Portorož straight from Toronto, where it world-premiered, Stories from the Chestnut Woods by director-writer-editor Gregor Božič and writer-producer Marina Gumzi charmed the audience, critics and the jury, taking home almost half of the awards at the closing of the Festival of Slovenian Film on Sunday 22 September. The feature-film jury, comprising Rok Biček, himself a filmmaker, actor Živa Selan (My Last Year as a Loser) and Boban Jevtić, the ex-director of Film Center Serbia, presented the film with ten Vesna Awards – for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Male Actor in a Leading Role (Massimo de Francovich), Best Photography (Ferran Paredes Rubio), Best Original Music (Hekla Magnúsdóttir), Best Editing, Best Production...
Exclusive: Two-time Emmy-winning Veep actor Tony Hale has come aboard the indie drama, Nine Days, joining a cast that includes star Winston Duke (Black Panther) as well as Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange), David Rysdahl (Netflix’s The Family), and Bill Skarsgard.
Edson Oda wrote and is directing the film. The plot follows a reclusive man (Duke) who, in a house, distant from the reality we know, interviews prospective candidates, a personification of human souls – for the privilege that he once had. To be born. Hale, who recently picked up his sixth Emmy nom for his role as Gary Walsh on the critically acclaimed HBO series, will play Alexander, a jovial soul, desperate to prove he should be given the opportunity of life.
Mandalay’s Jason Michael Berman, Nowhere’s Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall, Juniper’s Matthew Lindner...
Edson Oda wrote and is directing the film. The plot follows a reclusive man (Duke) who, in a house, distant from the reality we know, interviews prospective candidates, a personification of human souls – for the privilege that he once had. To be born. Hale, who recently picked up his sixth Emmy nom for his role as Gary Walsh on the critically acclaimed HBO series, will play Alexander, a jovial soul, desperate to prove he should be given the opportunity of life.
Mandalay’s Jason Michael Berman, Nowhere’s Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall, Juniper’s Matthew Lindner...
- 8/28/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Fall is almost here, which means you should go ahead and starting preparing yourself for the pumpkin spice takeover and, of course, more new TV. For now, we're dishing out our weekly prizes for the stand-out moments of the week in TV below.
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- 8/23/2019
- by Amanda Bell
- TVGuide - Breaking News
“The Family” wasn’t designed as a sneak attack. In creating the newly released five-part documentary series for Netflix, director Jesse Moss wanted to be very upfront about his goals for profiling the secretive organization known as The Fellowship.
Using the experiences of reporter Jeff Sharlet as a starting point in his research, Moss wanted to present a full view of the organization’s history, using a bevy of filmmaking styles and techniques to connect the Fellowship’s decades-long journey from a small prayer gathering to a global entity that sways public opinion in countries around the globe. So rather than request interviews or access under vague or misrepresented pretext, Moss wrote the organization directly about his aims.
“At the beginning of the process, I went and wrote a letter to the Fellowship that said, very straightforward, ‘I would like to come and talk to you about your work. I...
Using the experiences of reporter Jeff Sharlet as a starting point in his research, Moss wanted to present a full view of the organization’s history, using a bevy of filmmaking styles and techniques to connect the Fellowship’s decades-long journey from a small prayer gathering to a global entity that sways public opinion in countries around the globe. So rather than request interviews or access under vague or misrepresented pretext, Moss wrote the organization directly about his aims.
“At the beginning of the process, I went and wrote a letter to the Fellowship that said, very straightforward, ‘I would like to come and talk to you about your work. I...
- 8/14/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Netflix's The Family gives off all the signs of being a conspiracy theory documentary, focused on a secret theocracy that has exerted power over political leaders for decades. Thus, the most shocking part of this docuseries about a fundamentalist organization akin to The Handmaid's Tale's Gilead is that it's entirely true.
In five parts, The Family examines The Fellowship Foundation, a conservative organization based in Washington DC that's best known for the National Prayer Breakfast, a gathering of diplomats and world leaders. Known as "The Family," the foundation organizes Bible studies and prayer meetings but remains opaque about its other operations. Over the years, it has influenced policies and political leadership, borrowing rhetoric from totalitarian leaders to emphasize Christ's messages.
How Did The Family Begin?
Norwegian-born Methodist minister Abraham Vereide founded the Fellowship Foundation in 1935 during a meeting where powerful leaders gathered to block labor organizers. The intimate circle...
In five parts, The Family examines The Fellowship Foundation, a conservative organization based in Washington DC that's best known for the National Prayer Breakfast, a gathering of diplomats and world leaders. Known as "The Family," the foundation organizes Bible studies and prayer meetings but remains opaque about its other operations. Over the years, it has influenced policies and political leadership, borrowing rhetoric from totalitarian leaders to emphasize Christ's messages.
How Did The Family Begin?
Norwegian-born Methodist minister Abraham Vereide founded the Fellowship Foundation in 1935 during a meeting where powerful leaders gathered to block labor organizers. The intimate circle...
- 8/14/2019
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
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