In The Battle of Tabatô, first-time feature director João Viana explores "music, magic and post-colonial angst" in Guinea-Bissau. The story centers on Fatu, who teaches at the local university, who is about to get married to a well-known musician in Tabatô, a village where everyone makes music. Her father has returned home to Guinea-Bissau from Portugal to attend her wedding but on the way there, it becomes apparent that his return has unearthed the buried trauma of his experiences as a soldier in the colonial war decades earlier. A former Portuguese colony, Guinea-Bissau (not to be confused with its neighboring Guinea) won its independence from the European country in...
- 8/16/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In The Battle of Tabatô, first-time feature director João Viana explores "music, magic and post-colonial angst" in Guinea-Bissau. The story centers on Fatu, who teaches at the local university, who is about to get married to a well-known musician in Tabatô, a village where everyone makes music. Her father has returned home to Guinea-Bissau from Portugal to attend her wedding but on the way there, it becomes apparent that his return has unearthed the buried trauma of his experiences as a soldier in the colonial war decades earlier. A former Portuguese colony, Guinea-Bissau (not to be confused with its neighboring Guinea) won its independence from the European country in...
- 7/2/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Still from Child’s Pose
Child’s Pose by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival which concluded on Saturday. The film portrays a mother consumed by self-love in a struggle to save her lost son.
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović won the Silver Bear while the award for Best Director went to David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche.
British filmmaker Kim Longinotto’s India-based documentary Salma bagged the second place in Panorama Audience awards at Berlinale (Read here).
List of Awards:
Golden Bear for the Best Film
Poziţia Copilului
Child’s Pose
by Călin Peter Netzer
Jury Grand Prix (Silver Bear)
Epizoda u životu berača željeza
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
by Danis Tanović
Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) – in memory of the Festival Founder –for a feature film...
Child’s Pose by Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival which concluded on Saturday. The film portrays a mother consumed by self-love in a struggle to save her lost son.
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović won the Silver Bear while the award for Best Director went to David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche.
British filmmaker Kim Longinotto’s India-based documentary Salma bagged the second place in Panorama Audience awards at Berlinale (Read here).
List of Awards:
Golden Bear for the Best Film
Poziţia Copilului
Child’s Pose
by Călin Peter Netzer
Jury Grand Prix (Silver Bear)
Epizoda u životu berača željeza
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
by Danis Tanović
Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) – in memory of the Festival Founder –for a feature film...
- 2/17/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 63rd Berlinale is coming to a close, and the awards have been announced!
In Competition
Golden Bear - Child's Pose, directed by Călin Peter Netzer
Jury Grand Prix - An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, directed by Danis Tanović
Silver Bear for Best Director - Prince Avalanche, directed by David Gordon Green
Best Actor - Nazif Mujić, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Best Actress - Paulina Garcia, Gloria
Best Screenplay - Closed Curtain, written by Jafar Panahi
Alfred Bauer Prize - Vic+Flo Saw a Bear, directed by Denis Côté
Outstanding Artistic Contribution - Cinematographer Aziz Zhambakiyev, for Harmony Lessons
Special Mentions - Promised Land, directed by Gus Van Sant & Layla Fourie, directed by Pia Marais
Best First Feature Award
Best First Feature - The Rocket, directed by Kim Mordaunt
Special Mention - The Battle of Tabatô, directed by João Viana
Teddy...
In Competition
Golden Bear - Child's Pose, directed by Călin Peter Netzer
Jury Grand Prix - An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, directed by Danis Tanović
Silver Bear for Best Director - Prince Avalanche, directed by David Gordon Green
Best Actor - Nazif Mujić, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Best Actress - Paulina Garcia, Gloria
Best Screenplay - Closed Curtain, written by Jafar Panahi
Alfred Bauer Prize - Vic+Flo Saw a Bear, directed by Denis Côté
Outstanding Artistic Contribution - Cinematographer Aziz Zhambakiyev, for Harmony Lessons
Special Mentions - Promised Land, directed by Gus Van Sant & Layla Fourie, directed by Pia Marais
Best First Feature Award
Best First Feature - The Rocket, directed by Kim Mordaunt
Special Mention - The Battle of Tabatô, directed by João Viana
Teddy...
- 2/17/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
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