The Shanghai International Film Festival unveiled the competition selection for its upcoming 26th edition Wednesday, featuring a lineup characteristically heavy on Chinese titles. As in recent years, the lineup also includes a bevy of European, Japanese and Central Asian movies, but not a single film from the U.S. or South Korea.
The most anticipated film from the festival’s 14-title main competition in 2024 is undoubtedly Chinese director Guan Hu’s drama A Man and a Woman, featuring a pair of lead performances from the big local stars Huang Bo and Ni Ni. Guan wowed critics at the Cannes Film Festival just a week ago with his darkly comic thriller Black Dog, which took home the French festival’s prestigious Un Certain Regard prize. Guan also is no stranger to the Shanghai festival. His WWII tentpole The Eight Hundred was scheduled to open the 2019 edition of the event, but it...
The most anticipated film from the festival’s 14-title main competition in 2024 is undoubtedly Chinese director Guan Hu’s drama A Man and a Woman, featuring a pair of lead performances from the big local stars Huang Bo and Ni Ni. Guan wowed critics at the Cannes Film Festival just a week ago with his darkly comic thriller Black Dog, which took home the French festival’s prestigious Un Certain Regard prize. Guan also is no stranger to the Shanghai festival. His WWII tentpole The Eight Hundred was scheduled to open the 2019 edition of the event, but it...
- 5/30/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pema Tseden's second feature film is a landmark for Tibetan cinema, being the first ever film from the country to be shot entirely with a Tibetan crew in the Tibetan language, while it is also noteworthy that the production was supported by renowned Chinese 5th Generation filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang.
The Search is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
A director, a cinematographer and a producer drive through the Amdo region of Tibet, scouting actors for the “Drime Kunden” opera, which is traditionally performed for the Tibetan New Year and revolves around a prince who, selflessly, gives away his wife, his children and his own eyes to those in need. Eventually, they reach a village where they find the perfect actress to play Made Zangmo, Drime Kunden's wife. However, the girl is very shy, and furthermore, will not perform unless her boyfriend, who has left the village...
The Search is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
A director, a cinematographer and a producer drive through the Amdo region of Tibet, scouting actors for the “Drime Kunden” opera, which is traditionally performed for the Tibetan New Year and revolves around a prince who, selflessly, gives away his wife, his children and his own eyes to those in need. Eventually, they reach a village where they find the perfect actress to play Made Zangmo, Drime Kunden's wife. However, the girl is very shy, and furthermore, will not perform unless her boyfriend, who has left the village...
- 4/16/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Sonthar Gyal was born in the Tibetan region of Amdo Qinghai. His father was a primary school teacher who was the first person to graduate from college in the region. Sonthar Gyal studied at the Tsolho Nationalities Teacher Training College in Hainan (Tsolho) Prefecture and taught in the nomadic community for four years. Afterwards he received a scholarship to study fine arts at the Qinghai Normal University in Xining. After graduating in 2003 with a B.A. in Fine Arts, he worked as an art teacher and a curator at the Tongde Cultural Museum.
Encouraged by his friend Pema Tseden, Sonthar Gyal followed him to the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, where he studied cinematography for 2 years with the support of Trace Foundation. Upon graduation, he worked as a cinematographer and artistic director for a series of films and documentaries, many directed by Pema Tseden. He made his directorial debut in 2011 with...
Encouraged by his friend Pema Tseden, Sonthar Gyal followed him to the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, where he studied cinematography for 2 years with the support of Trace Foundation. Upon graduation, he worked as a cinematographer and artistic director for a series of films and documentaries, many directed by Pema Tseden. He made his directorial debut in 2011 with...
- 5/28/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Pema Tseden’s second feature film is a landmark for Tibetan cinema, being the first ever film from the country to be shot entirely with a Tibetan crew in the Tibetan language, while it is also noteworthy that the production was supported by renowned Chinese 5th Generation filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang
A director, a cinematographer and a producer drive through the Amdo region of Tibet, scouting actors for the “Drime Kunden” opera, which is traditionally performed for the Tibetan New Year and revolves around a prince who, selflessly, gives away his wife, his children and his own eyes to those in need. Eventually, they reach a village where they find the perfect actress to play Made Zangmo, Drime Kunden’s wife. However, the girl is very shy, and furthermore, will not perform unless her boyfriend, who has left the village to find a job in the city, plays the lead. The...
A director, a cinematographer and a producer drive through the Amdo region of Tibet, scouting actors for the “Drime Kunden” opera, which is traditionally performed for the Tibetan New Year and revolves around a prince who, selflessly, gives away his wife, his children and his own eyes to those in need. Eventually, they reach a village where they find the perfect actress to play Made Zangmo, Drime Kunden’s wife. However, the girl is very shy, and furthermore, will not perform unless her boyfriend, who has left the village to find a job in the city, plays the lead. The...
- 3/22/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Within the hearts and minds of many non-Westernised peoples wages an eternal generational war; between the young and the old, the old and the new, groups struggle amongst themselves to mark their own cultural identities. Pema Tseden has been one such voice caught in the crossfires of such a struggle with his films chronicling the Tibetan way of life with excruciating detail against an invisible yet potent threat of modernization always lurking on the fringes. With his 2011 portrait of humdrum mundanity he pushes both the limits of pacing and audience patience to the extreme; on its surface “Old Dog” offers nothing more than simple thoroughfare with as bare-bones a plot as possible, but descend deeper into the film’s (albeit overt) symbolism and a wealth of rumination is up for grabs.
“Old Dog” screened at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas
After a spate of dognapping across the village,...
“Old Dog” screened at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas
After a spate of dognapping across the village,...
- 2/21/2020
- by James Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
Probably Sonthar Gyal’s best movie, “The Sun Beaten Path” screened and won awards in festivals all over the world, highlighting one of Tibet’s most significant talents in the most eloquent fashion.
“The Sun Beaten Path” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story unfolds in two timelines, one in the present and one in the past. In the first one, we witness Nima, a young man on a pilgrimage trip to Lhasa, being accompanied, against his will, by an old man who quickly realizes how troubled the youth is and decides to help him any way he can. The second axis takes place in the past, and explains the reasons why Nima transformed from a happy young man with a bright future to an almost destroyed individual who has lost himself and is not sure where and why he is going. Soon it is...
“The Sun Beaten Path” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story unfolds in two timelines, one in the present and one in the past. In the first one, we witness Nima, a young man on a pilgrimage trip to Lhasa, being accompanied, against his will, by an old man who quickly realizes how troubled the youth is and decides to help him any way he can. The second axis takes place in the past, and explains the reasons why Nima transformed from a happy young man with a bright future to an almost destroyed individual who has lost himself and is not sure where and why he is going. Soon it is...
- 2/19/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Sonthar Gyal’s ability to understand the psyche of children was already obvious since this second film of his, which, once again, features a change in focus that allows him to present more comments and enhance others.
“River” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema 2020
Guru is a man in trouble. His continuous issues with his father, a man whom the rest of the community cherishes for his meditative ways, has led him to become almost a pariah, not to mention getting completely drunk frequently, and making a number of bad decisions. In one of those decisions, in order to avoid the criticism for his treatment of his father, he takes his pregnant wife and his daughter Yangjin to the summer pastures much earlier in the season than he should. His decision creates a number of problems, while his attitude soon begins to take a significant toll...
“River” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema 2020
Guru is a man in trouble. His continuous issues with his father, a man whom the rest of the community cherishes for his meditative ways, has led him to become almost a pariah, not to mention getting completely drunk frequently, and making a number of bad decisions. In one of those decisions, in order to avoid the criticism for his treatment of his father, he takes his pregnant wife and his daughter Yangjin to the summer pastures much earlier in the season than he should. His decision creates a number of problems, while his attitude soon begins to take a significant toll...
- 2/15/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“Ala Changso” is another film (along with the ones by Pema Tseden) that follows the main rule of the Tibetan New Wave, to present the reality of Tibet with as much realism as possible. However, it is also a unique one, since it is performed in a rather rare dialect, only spoken by a few tens of thousands people, two of which are the protagonists of the movie, Yungdrung Gyal and Nyima Sungsung, who actually come from the area it is spoken (big thanks to Françoise Robin for all the info)
“Ala Changso” is screening at
Festival des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul
Drolma, whose first husband has died some time ago, learns that she suffers from a life-threatening disease and immediately begins to connect her illness with her failure to make a pilgrimage to Lhassa that she has promised the deceased. Without explaining anything to the perplexed and angry current husband Dorje,...
“Ala Changso” is screening at
Festival des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul
Drolma, whose first husband has died some time ago, learns that she suffers from a life-threatening disease and immediately begins to connect her illness with her failure to make a pilgrimage to Lhassa that she has promised the deceased. Without explaining anything to the perplexed and angry current husband Dorje,...
- 2/13/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Jury Members and Full Program for 26th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas Announced
The President of the International Jury of the 26th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas (11-18 February 2020) will be Pema Tseden, the Tibetan director who was won two Golden Cyclos. He will be accompanied by Joji Alonso, producer (Philippines), Jay Jeon (director of the prestigious Busan International Film Festival (S. Korea), Yuliya Kim, producer and director of International Film Festival of Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Ariel Schweitzer, critic, academic and historian (Israel).
Critic’s Choice Jury: President Rosslyn Hyams (Radio France Internationale) Members: Wang Muyan (Screen International) and Shurong Hermine Roumilhac (Radio France Internationale)
Netpac Jury: President: Roya Sadat, director (Afghanistan) Members: Samar Qupty, lead actress of “Junction 48” (Israel), Sonthar Gyal, Tibetan Director (China)
Roya Sadat, center, with crew members at a test shoot for a TV drama she is directing in Kabul, Oct. 18, 2017. Sadat sold her apartment, car and jewelry to make a movie that deepens the conversation on women’s rights.
Critic’s Choice Jury: President Rosslyn Hyams (Radio France Internationale) Members: Wang Muyan (Screen International) and Shurong Hermine Roumilhac (Radio France Internationale)
Netpac Jury: President: Roya Sadat, director (Afghanistan) Members: Samar Qupty, lead actress of “Junction 48” (Israel), Sonthar Gyal, Tibetan Director (China)
Roya Sadat, center, with crew members at a test shoot for a TV drama she is directing in Kabul, Oct. 18, 2017. Sadat sold her apartment, car and jewelry to make a movie that deepens the conversation on women’s rights.
- 1/31/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
San Sebastian — On Monday afternoon, leading figures from the Chinese and Spanish industries gathered to discuss future plans, sitting for a panel called “China/Spain: The Belt and Road Initiatives: The New Era for Co-Production.”
Moderated by producer Ying Liu, the panel brought together executives Marta Ezpeleta (The Mediapro Studio), Lu Wei (Beijing East Purple Cloud Film Company) and Mercedes Gamero (Atresmedia Cine), producers Miao Xiaotian (former director of the China Film Co-production Commission) and Joan Antoni Gonzalez Serret (founder of the Catalan Film Institute), actress Nora Navas (“Pain and Glory”), director Sonthar Gyal (“Lhamo and Skalbe”), and the Icaa’s Jaime Alejandre, who handles international relations and partnerships for Spain’s publicly funded film agency.
The panelists began by reflecting on the recent Middle Kingdom success of Oriol Paulo’s thriller “Mirage,” a Spanish production that earned more than $16 million at the Chinese box when it opened earlier this year.
Moderated by producer Ying Liu, the panel brought together executives Marta Ezpeleta (The Mediapro Studio), Lu Wei (Beijing East Purple Cloud Film Company) and Mercedes Gamero (Atresmedia Cine), producers Miao Xiaotian (former director of the China Film Co-production Commission) and Joan Antoni Gonzalez Serret (founder of the Catalan Film Institute), actress Nora Navas (“Pain and Glory”), director Sonthar Gyal (“Lhamo and Skalbe”), and the Icaa’s Jaime Alejandre, who handles international relations and partnerships for Spain’s publicly funded film agency.
The panelists began by reflecting on the recent Middle Kingdom success of Oriol Paulo’s thriller “Mirage,” a Spanish production that earned more than $16 million at the Chinese box when it opened earlier this year.
- 9/23/2019
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Chinese indie films and Indian fare dominate the lineup of the Pingyao International Film Festival. The main selection for the festival’s third edition will include 28 world premieres, organizers said. The event will screen 52 films from 26 countries and territories, with all of them having their China debut.
The opening film is set as the world premiere of Indian director Tushar Hiranandani’s biographical film, “Bull’s Eye.” It tells the story of two real-life female sharpshooters from the same village who learned to shoot late in life, but went on to achieve national fame. The women are now in their 80s.
Chinese films that will have their world premieres at the festival include: “Summer Is the Coldest Season” by Zhou Sun; “Wisdom Tooth” by Liang Ming; “Single Cycle” by Zhang Qi; “Blood Daisy” by Xu Xiangyun; “An Insignificant Affair” by Ning Yuanyuan; “A Trophy on the Sea” by Ju Anqi...
The opening film is set as the world premiere of Indian director Tushar Hiranandani’s biographical film, “Bull’s Eye.” It tells the story of two real-life female sharpshooters from the same village who learned to shoot late in life, but went on to achieve national fame. The women are now in their 80s.
Chinese films that will have their world premieres at the festival include: “Summer Is the Coldest Season” by Zhou Sun; “Wisdom Tooth” by Liang Ming; “Single Cycle” by Zhang Qi; “Blood Daisy” by Xu Xiangyun; “An Insignificant Affair” by Ning Yuanyuan; “A Trophy on the Sea” by Ju Anqi...
- 9/17/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Tibetan-language drama sold to France, Benelux and Switzerland following Venice premiere.
Beijing-based sales outfit Rediance has sold Pema Tseden’s Balloon to three territories following its world premiere at the Venice film festival, including Condor Distribution for France.
The Tibetan-language drama, which is also playing at the on-going Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), has also gone to Benelux (September Film) and Switzerland (Xenix).
Set on the Tibetan grasslands, the film revolves around an ordinary Tibetan family, whose peaceful existence is shattered by the appearance of a condom, sparking a series of embarrassments and a dilemma. It premiered in the Orizzonti section in Venice.
Beijing-based sales outfit Rediance has sold Pema Tseden’s Balloon to three territories following its world premiere at the Venice film festival, including Condor Distribution for France.
The Tibetan-language drama, which is also playing at the on-going Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), has also gone to Benelux (September Film) and Switzerland (Xenix).
Set on the Tibetan grasslands, the film revolves around an ordinary Tibetan family, whose peaceful existence is shattered by the appearance of a condom, sparking a series of embarrassments and a dilemma. It premiered in the Orizzonti section in Venice.
- 9/9/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
The other new titles are directed by Malgorzata Szumowska, Paxton Winters, Sonthar Gyal and Gonçalo Waddington.
The San Sebastian Film Festival (September 20-28) has added six new titles that will compete for its 2019 Golden Shell award.
Among the additions are Sarah Gavron’s Rocks, which has its world premiere at Toronto. The film marks Gavron’s third feature after Suffragette and Brick Lane, and follows a teenager who fears she and her little brother will be forced apart if anyone finds out they are living alone.
Other new titles include astronaut drama Proxima from Mustang director Alice Winocour, starring Eva Green...
The San Sebastian Film Festival (September 20-28) has added six new titles that will compete for its 2019 Golden Shell award.
Among the additions are Sarah Gavron’s Rocks, which has its world premiere at Toronto. The film marks Gavron’s third feature after Suffragette and Brick Lane, and follows a teenager who fears she and her little brother will be forced apart if anyone finds out they are living alone.
Other new titles include astronaut drama Proxima from Mustang director Alice Winocour, starring Eva Green...
- 8/22/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The Darren Aronofsky-produced Brazilian title “Pacified,” by American director Paxton Winters, Alice Winocour’s French-German astronaut drama “Proxima” and Polish film director Małgorzata Szumowska’s religious thriller “The Other Lamb” are among the six final competition selections for September’s 67th San Sebastian Film Festival.
Also vying for San Sebastian’s Golden Shell will be U.K. drama “Rocks,” from “Suffragette” director Sarah Gavron, Sonthar Gyal’s Chinese production “Lhamo And Skalbe” and Gonçalo Waddington’s Portuguese-German kidnap mystery “Patrick.”
Adding three works from female filmmakers, San Sebastian has brought the number of competition contenders directed by women to six, just over one-third of the section.
“Pacified,” starring Bukassa Kabengele, Cassia Nascimento and José Loreto, centers on the friendship between a street-smart 13-year-old girl and an ex-trafficker who live in a Rio favela.
In “Proxima,” Eva Green stars as an astronaut and single mother who signs up for a year-long space mission,...
Also vying for San Sebastian’s Golden Shell will be U.K. drama “Rocks,” from “Suffragette” director Sarah Gavron, Sonthar Gyal’s Chinese production “Lhamo And Skalbe” and Gonçalo Waddington’s Portuguese-German kidnap mystery “Patrick.”
Adding three works from female filmmakers, San Sebastian has brought the number of competition contenders directed by women to six, just over one-third of the section.
“Pacified,” starring Bukassa Kabengele, Cassia Nascimento and José Loreto, centers on the friendship between a street-smart 13-year-old girl and an ex-trafficker who live in a Rio favela.
In “Proxima,” Eva Green stars as an astronaut and single mother who signs up for a year-long space mission,...
- 8/22/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Director Sonthar Gyal has a long history with the Shanghai International Film Festival, where he is a jury member this year. His directorial debut, “The Sun Beaten Path,” participated in the Asian New Talents section in 2011, as did his second film, 2015’s “River.” His third, last year’s “Ala Changso,” won the grand jury and best screenplay awards. “I have a deep relationship with the Shanghai festival – it facilitated my growth over the years as a director,” he says candidly.
This summer, Gyal is back judging the short film section. In conversation with Variety on the sidelines of the festival, he emphasized how important it was to approach the job with a sense of responsibility and sincerity.
“In one’s youth, everyone has dreams but is very confused and lost, asking themselves, am I actually suited to being a director, or not? What do I actually want to do? What am I good at?...
This summer, Gyal is back judging the short film section. In conversation with Variety on the sidelines of the festival, he emphasized how important it was to approach the job with a sense of responsibility and sincerity.
“In one’s youth, everyone has dreams but is very confused and lost, asking themselves, am I actually suited to being a director, or not? What do I actually want to do? What am I good at?...
- 6/22/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Italian director Paolo Genovese and Chinese actress Zhao Tao are among members of the jury for the upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival. They join the previously announced jury president, 2014 Cannes Palme d’Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan, the Turkish director behind last year’s “The Wild Pear Tree.”
Genovese’s 2016 film “Perfect Strangers” made $7.7 million at Chinese theaters last year, while “Kill Mobile,” its Chinese remake, made $92.7 million a few months later.
Joining them in judging the 22nd Siff Golden Goblet Award will also be Russia’s Aleksey German Jr. (“Dovlatov”), India’s Rajkumar Hirani (“3 Idiots”), Mexican producer Nicolas Celis (“Roma”) and Chinese actor Wang Jingchun. The documentary film section will be headed by Russian director Viktor Kossakovsky (“Aquarela“), accompanied by jury members Zhou Hao (“The Chinese Mayor”) and Dutch producer Isabelle Arrate Fernandez.
Irish director Tomm Moore will lead the animation jury, while American director Raul Garcia (“Extraordinary Tales...
Genovese’s 2016 film “Perfect Strangers” made $7.7 million at Chinese theaters last year, while “Kill Mobile,” its Chinese remake, made $92.7 million a few months later.
Joining them in judging the 22nd Siff Golden Goblet Award will also be Russia’s Aleksey German Jr. (“Dovlatov”), India’s Rajkumar Hirani (“3 Idiots”), Mexican producer Nicolas Celis (“Roma”) and Chinese actor Wang Jingchun. The documentary film section will be headed by Russian director Viktor Kossakovsky (“Aquarela“), accompanied by jury members Zhou Hao (“The Chinese Mayor”) and Dutch producer Isabelle Arrate Fernandez.
Irish director Tomm Moore will lead the animation jury, while American director Raul Garcia (“Extraordinary Tales...
- 5/23/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The Beijing-based sales company has acquired Pei-ju Hsieh’s debut Heavy Craving and Lhamo And Skalbe, directed by Sonthar Gyal.
Beijing-based sales company Rediance has picked up international rights to Taiwanese filmmaker Pei-ju Hsieh’s debut feature Heavy Craving and Lhamo And Skalbe, directed by Tibetan filmmaker Sonthar Gyal.
Hsieh is a graduate of Columbia University and her debut follows a woman who strikes up eclectic friendships with a deliveryman and a cross-dressing student. It is nearing completion and participated in several labs including Berlinale Talents Script Station and won the Haf Script Development Award in 2016.
Lhamo And Skalbe is...
Beijing-based sales company Rediance has picked up international rights to Taiwanese filmmaker Pei-ju Hsieh’s debut feature Heavy Craving and Lhamo And Skalbe, directed by Tibetan filmmaker Sonthar Gyal.
Hsieh is a graduate of Columbia University and her debut follows a woman who strikes up eclectic friendships with a deliveryman and a cross-dressing student. It is nearing completion and participated in several labs including Berlinale Talents Script Station and won the Haf Script Development Award in 2016.
Lhamo And Skalbe is...
- 5/16/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
CinemAsia is back. The 12th edition will open doors on the 5th and will run until the 10th of March 2019.
The rich Programme includes 35 feature films from 14 countries and regions, of which there are 3 international and 12 European premieres.
Let’s have a look at all the titles and the sections:
Opening Film
Aruna & Her Palate by Edwin
Closing Film
The Lady Improper by Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan
Competition
The Competition champions new talent, featuring 9 films by directors with a singular voice, tackling multicultural themes.
A Boy and Sungreen by Ahn Jun-YoungAve Maryam by Ertanto Robby Soediskam
Born Bone Born by Toshiyuki Teruya (Japan. 2018)
Guang by Quek Shio-chuan
Long Time No Sea by Heather Tsui
Long Time No Sea
Official Selection
The Official Selection offers a wide spectrum of genres that challenge, inform and entertain. This year the theme “Little People. Big World” spotlights minority or marginalised children all over Asia, but...
The rich Programme includes 35 feature films from 14 countries and regions, of which there are 3 international and 12 European premieres.
Let’s have a look at all the titles and the sections:
Opening Film
Aruna & Her Palate by Edwin
Closing Film
The Lady Improper by Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan
Competition
The Competition champions new talent, featuring 9 films by directors with a singular voice, tackling multicultural themes.
A Boy and Sungreen by Ahn Jun-YoungAve Maryam by Ertanto Robby Soediskam
Born Bone Born by Toshiyuki Teruya (Japan. 2018)
Guang by Quek Shio-chuan
Long Time No Sea by Heather Tsui
Long Time No Sea
Official Selection
The Official Selection offers a wide spectrum of genres that challenge, inform and entertain. This year the theme “Little People. Big World” spotlights minority or marginalised children all over Asia, but...
- 3/3/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Ivan Ayr’s Soni won best film in the Roberto Rossellini Awards, while The Crossing took best film in the Fei Mu Awards.
Indian director Ivan Ayr’s Soni won best film in the Roberto Rossellini Awards at this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff), while The Crossing from China’s Bai Xue took best film in the Fei Mu Awards.
Best director in the Roberto Rossellini Awards, selected from the festival’s Crouching Tigers section, went to Serbia’s Ognjen Glavonić for The Load, while the Jury Award went to A Land Imagined, directed by Singapore’s Yeo Siew Hua.
Indian director Ivan Ayr’s Soni won best film in the Roberto Rossellini Awards at this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff), while The Crossing from China’s Bai Xue took best film in the Fei Mu Awards.
Best director in the Roberto Rossellini Awards, selected from the festival’s Crouching Tigers section, went to Serbia’s Ognjen Glavonić for The Load, while the Jury Award went to A Land Imagined, directed by Singapore’s Yeo Siew Hua.
- 10/17/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Indian film “Soni,” directed by Ivan Iyer, was named as the best film at the second edition of the Pingyao International Film Festival. It wins a prize of $20,000, with half going to development of the director’s next project, and half provided to the film’s distributor in China.
Other Roberto Rossellini prizes went to Ognjen Glavonic as best director, for “The Load” (aka “Teret”) worth $10,000, and to Singaporean-Chinese film “A Land Imagined,” which collected the jury prize. The jury included China’s Dai Jinhua, and Wang Xiaoshuai, American actor Mason C. Lee, Iran’s Amir Naderi, and Georgia’s Ana Urushadze.
A separate prize series, the Fei Mu Awards was presented to Chinese-language films which are directorial debuts or second features and which showed in the festival’s New Generation China, Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons, or Best of Fest sections. “The Crossing” by Bai Xue was named best film...
Other Roberto Rossellini prizes went to Ognjen Glavonic as best director, for “The Load” (aka “Teret”) worth $10,000, and to Singaporean-Chinese film “A Land Imagined,” which collected the jury prize. The jury included China’s Dai Jinhua, and Wang Xiaoshuai, American actor Mason C. Lee, Iran’s Amir Naderi, and Georgia’s Ana Urushadze.
A separate prize series, the Fei Mu Awards was presented to Chinese-language films which are directorial debuts or second features and which showed in the festival’s New Generation China, Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons, or Best of Fest sections. “The Crossing” by Bai Xue was named best film...
- 10/17/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Films from Tibet have been winning new fans in the last few years, the most memorable of them being Chinese filmmaker Yang Zhang’s stark tale of a ritual pilgrimage, Paths of the Soul, which has had international art house play. Though more conventionally plotted and almost Western-feeling in its focus on the characters’ intimate psychology, Ala Changso by Tibetan director Sonthar Gyal could be another breakthrough film at the niches. It was one of the big winners at Shanghai, taking home both the grand jury prize and the screenwriting award.
Though Tibet is now an autonomous region of China, there would ...
Though Tibet is now an autonomous region of China, there would ...
- 6/29/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Films from Tibet have been winning new fans in the last few years, the most memorable of them being Chinese filmmaker Yang Zhang’s stark tale of a ritual pilgrimage, Paths of the Soul, which has had international art house play. Though more conventionally plotted and almost Western-feeling in its focus on the characters’ intimate psychology, Ala Changso by Tibetan director Sonthar Gyal could be another breakthrough film at the niches. It was one of the big winners at Shanghai, taking home both the grand jury prize and the screenwriting award.
Though Tibet is now an autonomous region of China, there would ...
Though Tibet is now an autonomous region of China, there would ...
- 6/29/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The drama about a couple in need of a caesarean section then closed the event.
Swiss-Mongolian drama Out Of Paradise, directed by Batbayar Chogsom, won best film at the Golden Goblet Awards at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
The film, which played as Siff’s closing film due to its win, follows a couple from the Mongolian steppes in need of a caesarean section who travel to Ulaanbaatar but don’t have enough money for the operation.
Sonthar Gyal’s Tibetan drama Ala Changso picked up Siff’s Jury Grand Prix and the best screenplay award. Best director...
Swiss-Mongolian drama Out Of Paradise, directed by Batbayar Chogsom, won best film at the Golden Goblet Awards at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival.
The film, which played as Siff’s closing film due to its win, follows a couple from the Mongolian steppes in need of a caesarean section who travel to Ulaanbaatar but don’t have enough money for the operation.
Sonthar Gyal’s Tibetan drama Ala Changso picked up Siff’s Jury Grand Prix and the best screenplay award. Best director...
- 6/25/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Wang Bing, Adam Wong, Pema Tseden and Lav Diaz (pictured) among directors with projects in line-up.Scoll down for full line-up
The 14th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) (March 14-16) has revealed its full line-up of 31 projects, including new works from renowned filmmakers such as Wang Bing, Pema Tseden and Lav Diaz as well as from new talents.
Hong Kong is well-represented with five projects, including The Way We Dance director Adam Wong’s new project Trains In The Night; 2012 Hong Kong Film Awards best new director Jessey Tsang’s erotic feature The Lady Improper; and Dot 2 Dot director Amos Why’s adaptation of award-winning suspense novel Napping Kid.
Other Chinese-language projects from Taiwan and China include Taiwan actress Rene Liu’s directorial debut Lieutenant Yi, which will be produced by her regular collaborator Sylvia Chang; new director Huang Zi’s From Black And White To Shades Of Grey, produced by Monga...
The 14th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) (March 14-16) has revealed its full line-up of 31 projects, including new works from renowned filmmakers such as Wang Bing, Pema Tseden and Lav Diaz as well as from new talents.
Hong Kong is well-represented with five projects, including The Way We Dance director Adam Wong’s new project Trains In The Night; 2012 Hong Kong Film Awards best new director Jessey Tsang’s erotic feature The Lady Improper; and Dot 2 Dot director Amos Why’s adaptation of award-winning suspense novel Napping Kid.
Other Chinese-language projects from Taiwan and China include Taiwan actress Rene Liu’s directorial debut Lieutenant Yi, which will be produced by her regular collaborator Sylvia Chang; new director Huang Zi’s From Black And White To Shades Of Grey, produced by Monga...
- 1/18/2016
- ScreenDaily
Australian director Stephen Page has won an Asia Pacific Screen Award .Special Mention for feature film Spear at a ceremony in Brisbane.
Spear tells a contemporary Indigenous story through movement and Dance..
The film follows young Indigenous man, Djali, as learns the ancient tradtions of becoming a man in a modern world.
Cemetery of Splendour, from Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul, won Best Feature Film.
Films from Thailand, Russian Federation, Turkey, People.s Republic of China, Japan, Palestine, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia received accolades at the event.
The awards recognise and promote cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the world.s fastest-growing film region: comprising 70 countries and areas, 4.5 billion people, and responsible for half of the world.s film output. In 2015, 39 films from 22 Asia Pacific countries and areas received Apsa nominations.
The Apsa Unesco Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film was awarded...
Spear tells a contemporary Indigenous story through movement and Dance..
The film follows young Indigenous man, Djali, as learns the ancient tradtions of becoming a man in a modern world.
Cemetery of Splendour, from Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul, won Best Feature Film.
Films from Thailand, Russian Federation, Turkey, People.s Republic of China, Japan, Palestine, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia received accolades at the event.
The awards recognise and promote cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the world.s fastest-growing film region: comprising 70 countries and areas, 4.5 billion people, and responsible for half of the world.s film output. In 2015, 39 films from 22 Asia Pacific countries and areas received Apsa nominations.
The Apsa Unesco Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film was awarded...
- 11/26/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards today announced the nominees in the youth, animation and documentary feature film categories for the 9th annual awards.
Also announced was the international jury who will determine the winners in these three categories before the November 26 ceremony at Brisbane.s City Hall.
The Australian contenders are Deane Taylor's Blinky Bill: The Movie and Molly Reynold's feature documentary Another Country,. in which David Gulpili. attempts to make sense of the contradictions of the modern Aboriginal experience. The nominees for best youth feature are Mina Walking (Afghanistan, Canada), Set Me Free (Geo-in, Republic of Korea), A Corner of Heaven (Tiantang jiaoluo, People.s Republic of China, France), Mustang (Turkey, Qatar, France, Germany), and River (Gtsngbo, People.s Republic of China), a recipient of the Apsa Academy Children.s Film Fund, written and directed by Apsa Academy member Songtaijia. Vying for best documentary feature are The Look of Silence (Indonesia,...
Also announced was the international jury who will determine the winners in these three categories before the November 26 ceremony at Brisbane.s City Hall.
The Australian contenders are Deane Taylor's Blinky Bill: The Movie and Molly Reynold's feature documentary Another Country,. in which David Gulpili. attempts to make sense of the contradictions of the modern Aboriginal experience. The nominees for best youth feature are Mina Walking (Afghanistan, Canada), Set Me Free (Geo-in, Republic of Korea), A Corner of Heaven (Tiantang jiaoluo, People.s Republic of China, France), Mustang (Turkey, Qatar, France, Germany), and River (Gtsngbo, People.s Republic of China), a recipient of the Apsa Academy Children.s Film Fund, written and directed by Apsa Academy member Songtaijia. Vying for best documentary feature are The Look of Silence (Indonesia,...
- 9/29/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Fernando Eimbcke, Olga Kurylenko and Joshua Oppenheimer will make up the Best First Feature Award jury at this year's Berlinale. More announcements today: Forum Special Screenings will include Tatiana Brandrup's Cinema: A Public Affair, Alejandro Galindo's Cuatro contra el mundo (Four Against the World, 1950), Leo Hurwitz's Strange Victory (1948), Louis de Witt's Joe Bullet (1973) and three newly restored films by Kon Ichikawa. Generation Kplus has added "Sonthar Gyal’s touching story of a family," Gtsngbo (River), "set in the Tibetan steppe," to its lineup. Also added is Levan Akin's Cirkeln (The Circle). » - David Hudson...
- 1/22/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Fernando Eimbcke, Olga Kurylenko and Joshua Oppenheimer will make up the Best First Feature Award jury at this year's Berlinale. More announcements today: Forum Special Screenings will include Tatiana Brandrup's Cinema: A Public Affair, Alejandro Galindo's Cuatro contra el mundo (Four Against the World, 1950), Leo Hurwitz's Strange Victory (1948), Louis de Witt's Joe Bullet (1973) and three newly restored films by Kon Ichikawa. Generation Kplus has added "Sonthar Gyal’s touching story of a family," Gtsngbo (River), "set in the Tibetan steppe," to its lineup. Also added is Levan Akin's Cirkeln (The Circle). » - David Hudson...
- 1/22/2015
- Keyframe
Ten years ago today, Gfi announced the recipients of the inaugural granting program, and look at them now...The Global Film Initiative announced its most recent grant recipients from the Winter 2012 granting cycle. The list of grantees features 11 works from both emerging and established filmmakers, representing 10 different countries around the world, and each project demonstrates great promise and vision. As Susan Weeks Coulter, Founder and Board Chair, said in the announcement: "We are pleased to identify and support these eleven unique and powerful narratives."
Celebrating a decade in international independent film funding with this most recent granting cycle. Ten years ago to the day, the very first round of grantees were announced on May 16, 2003. In celebration of this milestone, they are taking a look back on the films Gfi has funded over the years.
Again and again, their grantees represent filmmakers who are not afraid to challenge convention--to make sometimes dangerous, but always fiercely truthful, statements about the society and the world that reflect them. These films often represent new perspectives and voices in storytelling--voices which are too often silenced or misrepresented in the mainstream--and hold promise in heralding a new generation of filmmakers.
Click to view the interactive map!10 Years in The Global Film Initiative Granting Program:
The Global Film Initiative granting program distributes 15-20 filmmaker awards annually. Since 2003, The Global Film Initiative has awarded 143 grants to 58 nations.
Numbers By Nation:
By Region: North Africa--8 (5.6%), Sub-Saharan Africa--19 (13.3%), East Asia--9 (6.3%), Central Asia--5 (3.5%), Southeast Asia--16 (11.2%), South Asia--9 (6.3%), Middle East--21 (14.7%), Latin America--44 (30.7%), Eastern Europe--11 (7.7%), Caribbean--1 (0.7%)
Fun fact!
Argentina is the nation with the most Gfi grants at 11 awards!
Did you know?
Gfi's list of Winter 2013 grantees features the first grants to Mauritius (David Constantin's Sugarcane Shadows) and Tibet (Sonthar Gyal's The Stone With Nine Eyes)!
Hearalding New Voices:
Only a sliver of perspectives are represented in most films that get funding and are produced. Gfi works to broaden the horizons of American film-goers by supporting and distributing independent, international cinema--introducing previously unheard voices through film.
In particular, despite the often under-representation of women's voices in film and media, we are fortunate to have received many women filmmaker applicants; roughly 30% of our grants were awarded to women filmmakers in the last ten years.
Gfi also acts as a spring board for new storytellers: roughly 30% of Gfi's grants have gone to the first feature films of filmmakers, male or female. Gfi has continually provided access to new stories and storytelling in cinema since its first round of grantees, all of which were debut features: Buffalo Boy, Hollow City, On Each Side, and Another Man's Garden.
Filmmaker Maria João Ganga Breaking Boundaries:
Of their incredible list of grantees, a few films and filmmakers stand out for their sheer courage and innovation. The Global Film Initiative is proud to stand by and support these incredible works and individuals.
Hollow City, dir. Maria João Ganga. Among the first ever grant recipients, Ganga's incredible story of one war orphan's journey across the dangerous landscape of post-war Luanda is not only just the second film to be made after the end of Angola's civil war in 1991. It is also the very first film to be made by an Angolan woman ever.
Ramchand Pakistani, dir. Mehreen Jabbar. This film, a Spring 2007 grantee, about a young boy who accidentally crosses the border between Pakistan and India, is one of the first Pakistani films to feature Hindu main characters.
Karaoke, dir. Chris Chan Fui Chong. This film from Gfi's Winter 2009 grantees, which illustrates the changing climate of contemporary Malaysia through karaoke videos, was only the second Malaysian film to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
Colored Like The Night, dir. Agliberto Melendez. Gfi is proud to be supporting Dominican filmmaker Melendez's sophomore film about the final address of revolutionary mayoral candidate José Francisco Peña Gómez. His first film A One Way Ticket (1989) was the first full-length feature of the Dominican Republic!
Beatriz's War, dir. Bety Reis. This film, from the Summer 2011 grantees, is the first full-length feature film out of East Timor!
A scene from Cinema, Aspirins And VulturesAccolades:
Of the 143 projects that Gfi has funded, 75% of those completed are award-winning or nominated.
Did you know?
Of Gfi's grantees, the film with the highest number of awards is Cinema, Aspirins And Vultures with 29 film award wins!10 of the granted films have been submitted to the Academy Award's "Best Foreign Language Film" category! These films are: Cinema, Asprins And Vultures (Brazil's submission, 2006), I Am From Titov Veles (Macedonia's submission, 2009), Whisky (Uruguay's submission, 2004), The Buffalo Boy (Vietnam's submission, 2006), Border Cafe (Iran's submission, 2006), When I Saw You (Palestine's submission, 2012), Beauty (South Africa's submission, 2011), October (Peru's submission, 2010), Crab Trap (Columbia's submission, 2009), and Alive! (Albania's submission, 2009).
From supporting both the development of independent cinema around the world, to the hundreds of accolades these individual films have collectively received, they can't be more proud of their first decade of support--and cannot wait to see what Gfi's grantees accomplish in the next 10 years!
Celebrating a decade in international independent film funding with this most recent granting cycle. Ten years ago to the day, the very first round of grantees were announced on May 16, 2003. In celebration of this milestone, they are taking a look back on the films Gfi has funded over the years.
Again and again, their grantees represent filmmakers who are not afraid to challenge convention--to make sometimes dangerous, but always fiercely truthful, statements about the society and the world that reflect them. These films often represent new perspectives and voices in storytelling--voices which are too often silenced or misrepresented in the mainstream--and hold promise in heralding a new generation of filmmakers.
Click to view the interactive map!10 Years in The Global Film Initiative Granting Program:
The Global Film Initiative granting program distributes 15-20 filmmaker awards annually. Since 2003, The Global Film Initiative has awarded 143 grants to 58 nations.
Numbers By Nation:
By Region: North Africa--8 (5.6%), Sub-Saharan Africa--19 (13.3%), East Asia--9 (6.3%), Central Asia--5 (3.5%), Southeast Asia--16 (11.2%), South Asia--9 (6.3%), Middle East--21 (14.7%), Latin America--44 (30.7%), Eastern Europe--11 (7.7%), Caribbean--1 (0.7%)
Fun fact!
Argentina is the nation with the most Gfi grants at 11 awards!
Did you know?
Gfi's list of Winter 2013 grantees features the first grants to Mauritius (David Constantin's Sugarcane Shadows) and Tibet (Sonthar Gyal's The Stone With Nine Eyes)!
Hearalding New Voices:
Only a sliver of perspectives are represented in most films that get funding and are produced. Gfi works to broaden the horizons of American film-goers by supporting and distributing independent, international cinema--introducing previously unheard voices through film.
In particular, despite the often under-representation of women's voices in film and media, we are fortunate to have received many women filmmaker applicants; roughly 30% of our grants were awarded to women filmmakers in the last ten years.
Gfi also acts as a spring board for new storytellers: roughly 30% of Gfi's grants have gone to the first feature films of filmmakers, male or female. Gfi has continually provided access to new stories and storytelling in cinema since its first round of grantees, all of which were debut features: Buffalo Boy, Hollow City, On Each Side, and Another Man's Garden.
Filmmaker Maria João Ganga Breaking Boundaries:
Of their incredible list of grantees, a few films and filmmakers stand out for their sheer courage and innovation. The Global Film Initiative is proud to stand by and support these incredible works and individuals.
Hollow City, dir. Maria João Ganga. Among the first ever grant recipients, Ganga's incredible story of one war orphan's journey across the dangerous landscape of post-war Luanda is not only just the second film to be made after the end of Angola's civil war in 1991. It is also the very first film to be made by an Angolan woman ever.
Ramchand Pakistani, dir. Mehreen Jabbar. This film, a Spring 2007 grantee, about a young boy who accidentally crosses the border between Pakistan and India, is one of the first Pakistani films to feature Hindu main characters.
Karaoke, dir. Chris Chan Fui Chong. This film from Gfi's Winter 2009 grantees, which illustrates the changing climate of contemporary Malaysia through karaoke videos, was only the second Malaysian film to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
Colored Like The Night, dir. Agliberto Melendez. Gfi is proud to be supporting Dominican filmmaker Melendez's sophomore film about the final address of revolutionary mayoral candidate José Francisco Peña Gómez. His first film A One Way Ticket (1989) was the first full-length feature of the Dominican Republic!
Beatriz's War, dir. Bety Reis. This film, from the Summer 2011 grantees, is the first full-length feature film out of East Timor!
A scene from Cinema, Aspirins And VulturesAccolades:
Of the 143 projects that Gfi has funded, 75% of those completed are award-winning or nominated.
Did you know?
Of Gfi's grantees, the film with the highest number of awards is Cinema, Aspirins And Vultures with 29 film award wins!10 of the granted films have been submitted to the Academy Award's "Best Foreign Language Film" category! These films are: Cinema, Asprins And Vultures (Brazil's submission, 2006), I Am From Titov Veles (Macedonia's submission, 2009), Whisky (Uruguay's submission, 2004), The Buffalo Boy (Vietnam's submission, 2006), Border Cafe (Iran's submission, 2006), When I Saw You (Palestine's submission, 2012), Beauty (South Africa's submission, 2011), October (Peru's submission, 2010), Crab Trap (Columbia's submission, 2009), and Alive! (Albania's submission, 2009).
From supporting both the development of independent cinema around the world, to the hundreds of accolades these individual films have collectively received, they can't be more proud of their first decade of support--and cannot wait to see what Gfi's grantees accomplish in the next 10 years!
- 5/25/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
There's a fantastic moment in Old Dog where writer-director Pema Tseden lets the camera roll beyond a scene's pivotal moment, in which elderly Tibetan sheep farmer Akku declines a wealthy Chinese mainland businessman's offer to buy his old mastiff. The viewer watches as a sheep that's gotten outside the farm's fence struggles to return to its flock. There are no edits; we watch in real time as the animal works it out. This lovely, unrushed bit could be interpreted any number of ways in a film about modernity's erosion of traditional Tibetan culture. Fears about the future also play out in a subplot about a young married couple's possible infertility. Shot on digital by cinematographer Sonthar Gyal, Old Dog has the look and feel of a documentary, which adds senses of urgen...
- 5/16/2013
- Village Voice
Pema Tseden is a name you're going to be much more familiar with in the coming years. With his strong sense of visual composition and a dedication to presenting the real Tibet, it's only a matter of time before Cannes starts lapping his films up.
Already a prolific novelist in his native country, Tseden took up the camera in 2002, producing a number of features in the neo-realist vein and jump-starting the Tibetan independent scene with cinematographer Sonthar Gyal. "Old Dog" is his latest effort, a quiet affair depicting one family's struggle to keep their elderly family pooch from being stolen at a time when its breed fetches a high price. Though the plot reads like something thinly conceived, it's actually a cleverly devised story, rich in allegory and social critiques with very little fat on its bones.
A recent conversation with the director following a screening of "Old Dog" at...
Already a prolific novelist in his native country, Tseden took up the camera in 2002, producing a number of features in the neo-realist vein and jump-starting the Tibetan independent scene with cinematographer Sonthar Gyal. "Old Dog" is his latest effort, a quiet affair depicting one family's struggle to keep their elderly family pooch from being stolen at a time when its breed fetches a high price. Though the plot reads like something thinly conceived, it's actually a cleverly devised story, rich in allegory and social critiques with very little fat on its bones.
A recent conversation with the director following a screening of "Old Dog" at...
- 6/10/2012
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
The BFI London Film Festival is the biggest film festival the UK has to offer, and one of the most prestigious and well-recognised festivals across the globe. This year, the festival is celebrating its 55th run, and it has an absolutely fantastic line-up of films scheduled to play through the festival, from 12th – 27th October.
We’re now able to share with you the shortlists for the festival’s various awards, along with the juries for each of those awards. More excellent news also comes with the announcement that the BFI will be honouring both writer-director David Cronenberg, who is bringing his film A Dangerous Method to the festival this year, and actor-director Ralph Fiennes, who will be bringing his directorial debut Coriolanus to the festival, with its highest honour, in the form of the BFI Fellowship.
On receiving the award, Cronenberg has said,
“This is a monumental, in fact overwhelming,...
We’re now able to share with you the shortlists for the festival’s various awards, along with the juries for each of those awards. More excellent news also comes with the announcement that the BFI will be honouring both writer-director David Cronenberg, who is bringing his film A Dangerous Method to the festival this year, and actor-director Ralph Fiennes, who will be bringing his directorial debut Coriolanus to the festival, with its highest honour, in the form of the BFI Fellowship.
On receiving the award, Cronenberg has said,
“This is a monumental, in fact overwhelming,...
- 10/4/2011
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The programme for the 55th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, celebrates the imagination and excellence of international filmmaking from both established and emerging talent. Over 16 days the Festival will screen a total of 204 fiction and documentary features, including 13 World Premieres, 18 International Premieres and 22 European Premieres . There will also be screenings of 110 live action and animated shorts. Many of the films will be presented by their directors, cast members and crew, some of whom will also take part in career interviews, masterclasses, and other special events. The 55th BFI London Film Festival will run from 12-27 October.
Special Screenings
Opening the festival is Fernando Meirelles’ 360, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rachel Weisz. Weisz is also the star of Terence Davies’ closing night film, The Deep Blue Sea, alongside a cast which includes Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hiddleston.
Special Screenings
Opening the festival is Fernando Meirelles’ 360, written by Peter Morgan, and starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rachel Weisz. Weisz is also the star of Terence Davies’ closing night film, The Deep Blue Sea, alongside a cast which includes Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hiddleston.
- 9/7/2011
- by John
- SoundOnSight
From the 12th to the 27th of October the 55th BFI London Film Festival brings its annual box of delights to the capital. Earlier today the full programme was announced, and it look like being another fine year.
We already know that Fernando Meirelles’ latest 360 will open proceedings on the 12th and fifteen days later Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea will bring the festival to a close but there are many more great films to come and see in London this October.
There was a familiar feeling creeping across the audience this morning that a lot of the films had, like last year, already played elsewhere but this is only a small consideration when you consider the scope of the festival’s remit. To bring a vital, fresh and horizon-expanding series of features, shorts and documentaries is no easy task, and while the more well known films have played...
We already know that Fernando Meirelles’ latest 360 will open proceedings on the 12th and fifteen days later Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea will bring the festival to a close but there are many more great films to come and see in London this October.
There was a familiar feeling creeping across the audience this morning that a lot of the films had, like last year, already played elsewhere but this is only a small consideration when you consider the scope of the festival’s remit. To bring a vital, fresh and horizon-expanding series of features, shorts and documentaries is no easy task, and while the more well known films have played...
- 9/7/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Artistic director Sandra Hebron has announced the line-up for the 55th BFI London Film Festival this morning where they will screen “a total of 204 fiction and documentary features, including 13 World Premieres, 18 International Premieres and 22 European Premieres” plus “110 live action and animated shorts”.
We are already knew Fernando Meirelles’ adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s erotic drama play 360 written by Peter Morgan and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rachel Weisz would open the festival and that The Deep Blue Sea, which incidentally is another adaptation of a play (Terence Rattigan’s) and also stars Rachel Weisz, will close it. Of Time and City’s Terrence Davies directed that movie which also stars Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale.
Now we know the in-between stuff from the Gala & Special Screenings and there’s a wide selection of extremely interesting films;
George Clooney is bringing his political thriller The Ides of March that...
We are already knew Fernando Meirelles’ adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s erotic drama play 360 written by Peter Morgan and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rachel Weisz would open the festival and that The Deep Blue Sea, which incidentally is another adaptation of a play (Terence Rattigan’s) and also stars Rachel Weisz, will close it. Of Time and City’s Terrence Davies directed that movie which also stars Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale.
Now we know the in-between stuff from the Gala & Special Screenings and there’s a wide selection of extremely interesting films;
George Clooney is bringing his political thriller The Ides of March that...
- 9/7/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Pink Saris directed by Kim Longinotto won the Humanitarian Award for Outstanding Documentary at the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival. The festival that concludes on April 5 declared the winning films for the Asian Digital Competition, Humanitarian Awards for Documentaries, Short Film Competition, Fipresci Prize and Signis Awards.
As stated on the official site of the festival, the jury commented on Pink Saris that the power of the film lies not only in its championing of these women’s struggle for equality, but also in its refusal to shy away from exploring the complexity of the process of change and the flaws of its protagonist.
Pink Saris chronicles the gulabi gang of Uttar Pradesh led by Sampat Pal Devi that helps dalit women fight violence.
In the Asian Digital Competition, the Golden Digital Award went to Old Dog by Pema Tsedan while the Silver Digital Award went to Eternity by...
As stated on the official site of the festival, the jury commented on Pink Saris that the power of the film lies not only in its championing of these women’s struggle for equality, but also in its refusal to shy away from exploring the complexity of the process of change and the flaws of its protagonist.
Pink Saris chronicles the gulabi gang of Uttar Pradesh led by Sampat Pal Devi that helps dalit women fight violence.
In the Asian Digital Competition, the Golden Digital Award went to Old Dog by Pema Tsedan while the Silver Digital Award went to Eternity by...
- 4/4/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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