More than half of the films playing at Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, are directed by women, the Canadian event said Tuesday. The festival’s 26th edition, which runs April 25-May 5, will screen 234 films, with 54% of the directors being women.
In the competitive International Spectrum program, notable films receiving their world premieres include Nicole Schafer’s “Buddha in Africa,” about a Malawian boy raised in a Chinese Buddhist orphanage, who’s torn between his heritage and upbringing; Pailin Wedel’s “Hope Frozen,” which profiles a grief-stricken Bangkok family and their unorthodox decision to cryopreserve their deceased daughter; Marcela Arteaga’s “The Guardian of Memory,” a film that reveals the desperate stories of Mexicans fleeing the violence of their country toward an unfriendly U.S. border; and Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda’s “Marek Edelman… and There Was Love in the Ghetto,” an artful recreation of the Holocaust...
In the competitive International Spectrum program, notable films receiving their world premieres include Nicole Schafer’s “Buddha in Africa,” about a Malawian boy raised in a Chinese Buddhist orphanage, who’s torn between his heritage and upbringing; Pailin Wedel’s “Hope Frozen,” which profiles a grief-stricken Bangkok family and their unorthodox decision to cryopreserve their deceased daughter; Marcela Arteaga’s “The Guardian of Memory,” a film that reveals the desperate stories of Mexicans fleeing the violence of their country toward an unfriendly U.S. border; and Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda’s “Marek Edelman… and There Was Love in the Ghetto,” an artful recreation of the Holocaust...
- 3/19/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
★★★☆☆ Seen as Russia's "secret weapon" by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, is it possible that the Bolshoi Ballet, a towering pillar of the nation's culture, be justly compared to an ancient civilisation synonymous with oppression, corruption and vacuous luxury? Given its inextricable link to national identity and location a mere stone's throw from the Kremlin, what would a vicious assault on its artistic director mean for Mother Russia as a whole? A partially successful affair, there is much to ponder over the course of British filmmaker Nick Read's Bolshoi Babylon. Co-directed by Mark Franchetti, the film oscillates around the January 2013 acid attack on Sergei Filin, perpetrated by an aggrieved fellow dancer.
- 1/10/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee review Bolshoi Babylon, the documentary about Russia’s celebrated ballet company. Directed by Nick Read and Mark Franchetti, Bolshoi Babylon examines the notorious incident that saw artistic director Sergei Filin attacked with acid, and the effect that the revelation that a jealous dancer may be to blame has on the rest of the company. Bolshoi Babylon is released in the UK on 8 January
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- 1/7/2016
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Benjamin Lee, Henry Barnes, Mat Heywood
- The Guardian - Film News
Full line-up of the Stockholm film festival includes feature and documentary competition line-ups.Scroll down for full line-up
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition, comprising more than 190 films from over 70 countries.
The Stockholm Xxvi Competition includes Marielle Heller’s Us title The Diary of a Teenage Girl and László Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
It marks the first time Stockholm has a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse – the festival’s top prize.
The documentary competition includes Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, an investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry; and Cosima Spender’s Palio, centred on the annual horse race in Siena, Italy.
Announcing the programme, festival director Git Scheynius also revealed that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time as chairman of the jury for the first Stockholm Impact Award, which...
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition, comprising more than 190 films from over 70 countries.
The Stockholm Xxvi Competition includes Marielle Heller’s Us title The Diary of a Teenage Girl and László Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
It marks the first time Stockholm has a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse – the festival’s top prize.
The documentary competition includes Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, an investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry; and Cosima Spender’s Palio, centred on the annual horse race in Siena, Italy.
Announcing the programme, festival director Git Scheynius also revealed that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time as chairman of the jury for the first Stockholm Impact Award, which...
- 10/20/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Altitude Film Sales to take Benedict Cumberbatch thriller Blood Mountain, documentary Bolshoi Babylon and Sundance award-winner Fishing Without Nets to the Efm.
Altitude Film Sales is to bring three new titles to the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival next week in addition to its previously announced slate.
Fishing Without Nets, winner of this year’s Sundance Us Dramatic Directing Award, is produced by Vice and Think Media Studios.
It marks the directorial feature debut of Cutter Hodierne, whose short film of the same name won the Sundance Special Jury Prize in 2012. Shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors, the film tells the story of an oil tanker hijacking from the perspective of impoverished Somalis.
As announced yesterday, Altitude will also bring Blood Mountain, directed by Sergei Bodrov and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. UTA Independent Film Group helped arrange financing for the project and will represent the North American rights to the film.
The third new...
Altitude Film Sales is to bring three new titles to the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival next week in addition to its previously announced slate.
Fishing Without Nets, winner of this year’s Sundance Us Dramatic Directing Award, is produced by Vice and Think Media Studios.
It marks the directorial feature debut of Cutter Hodierne, whose short film of the same name won the Sundance Special Jury Prize in 2012. Shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors, the film tells the story of an oil tanker hijacking from the perspective of impoverished Somalis.
As announced yesterday, Altitude will also bring Blood Mountain, directed by Sergei Bodrov and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. UTA Independent Film Group helped arrange financing for the project and will represent the North American rights to the film.
The third new...
- 1/29/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Altitude Film Sales to take Benedict Cumberbatch thriller Blood Mountain, documentary Bolshoi Babylon and Sundance award-winner Fishing Without Nets to the Efm.
Altitude Film Sales is to bring three new titles to the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival next week in addition to its previously announced slate.
Fishing Without Nets, winner of this year’s Sundance Us Dramatic Directing Award, is produced by Vice and Think Media Studios.
It marks the directorial feature debut of Cutter Hodierne, whose short film of the same name won the Sundance Special Jury Prize in 2012. Shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors, the film tells the story of an oil tanker hijacking from the perspective of impoverished Somalis.
As announced yesterday, Altitude will also bring Blood Mountain, directed by Sergei Bodrov and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. UTA Independent Film Group helped arrange financing for the project and will represent the North American rights to the film.
The third new...
Altitude Film Sales is to bring three new titles to the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival next week in addition to its previously announced slate.
Fishing Without Nets, winner of this year’s Sundance Us Dramatic Directing Award, is produced by Vice and Think Media Studios.
It marks the directorial feature debut of Cutter Hodierne, whose short film of the same name won the Sundance Special Jury Prize in 2012. Shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors, the film tells the story of an oil tanker hijacking from the perspective of impoverished Somalis.
As announced yesterday, Altitude will also bring Blood Mountain, directed by Sergei Bodrov and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. UTA Independent Film Group helped arrange financing for the project and will represent the North American rights to the film.
The third new...
- 1/29/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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