Last November, three short filmmakers from our 2013 “25 New Faces” hit the road for a special traveling screening series, sponsored by Arri and Sony Creative, with myself in tow. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle), Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) and Scott Blake (Surveyor) played their films in six Midwest cities across six days, with myself in tow as Q&A moderator/tour manager/nanny. It was a unique and extremely memorable experience to be part of the tour, and you can now get an inkling of what went on at that time by checking out Gorjestani’s just-posted photo diary on Exposure, which is well worth your time.
- 2/5/2014
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Last November, three short filmmakers from our 2013 “25 New Faces” hit the road for a special traveling screening series, sponsored by Arri and Sony Creative, with myself in tow. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle), Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) and Scott Blake (Surveyor) played their films in six Midwest cities across six days, with myself in tow as Q&A moderator/tour manager/nanny. It was a unique and extremely memorable experience to be part of the tour, and you can now get an inkling of what went on at that time by checking out Gorjestani’s just-posted photo diary on Exposure, which is well worth your time.
- 2/5/2014
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Starting today, the Filmmaker “25 New Faces” screening series gets underway: Scott Blake (Surveyor), Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle) and Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) are hitting the road, with myself in tow, with the first event taking place at the Uw-Madison Cinematheque in Madison, Wi. The road show, which is sponsored by Sony Creative Software and Arri, will then progress to Cleveland, Iowa City, Kansas City, Columbia, Mo and Nashville. If you’re in or around any of these places, please come to the event and say hi. As Scott wrote in his newsletter last week, this tour and the “Best Film Not Playing” screening series are our ”ways of […]...
- 11/16/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Starting today, the Filmmaker “25 New Faces” screening series gets underway: Scott Blake (Surveyor), Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle) and Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) are hitting the road, with myself in tow, with the first event taking place at the Uw-Madison Cinematheque in Madison, Wi. The road show, which is sponsored by Sony Creative Software and Arri, will then progress to Cleveland, Iowa City, Kansas City, Columbia, Mo and Nashville. If you’re in or around any of these places, please come to the event and say hi. As Scott wrote in his newsletter last week, this tour and the “Best Film Not Playing” screening series are our ”ways of […]...
- 11/16/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Following screenings in Tacoma, Portland, and New York, three of this year’s “25 New Faces” are hitting the road to showcase their short films. Joined by Filmmaker Managing Editor Nick Dawson, Scott Blake (Surveyor), Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle) and Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) will travel from Madison to Nashville on a tour sponsored by Sony Creative Software and Arri. The full stops, as well as descriptions of the films and filmmakers, are listed below. The 25 New Faces Of Independent Film Tour Calendar: Saturday, November 16, 2013 Uw-Madison Cinematheque, Madison, Wi 3pm Sunday November 17, 2013 Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, Oh 8pm Monday November 18, 2013 FilmScene, Iowa […]...
- 11/6/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Following screenings in Tacoma, Portland, and New York, three of this year’s “25 New Faces” are hitting the road to showcase their short films. Joined by Filmmaker Managing Editor Nick Dawson, Scott Blake (Surveyor), Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (Needle) and Mohammad Gorjestani (Refuge) will travel from Madison to Nashville on a tour sponsored by Sony Creative Software and Arri. The full stops, as well as descriptions of the films and filmmakers, are listed below. The 25 New Faces Of Independent Film Tour Calendar: Saturday, November 16, 2013 Uw-Madison Cinematheque, Madison, Wi 3pm Sunday November 17, 2013 Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, Oh 8pm Monday November 18, 2013 FilmScene, Iowa […]...
- 11/6/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Chicago – The 2013 49th Annual Chicago International Film Festival and Michael Kutza – Festival Founder and Artistic Director – announced the competition award winners at a ceremony in the ‘W’ Hotel City Center on October 18th. The Gold Hugo for Best Film went to “My Sweet Pepper Land,” from Iraq, France and Germany.
Kutza made the announcements along with Mimi Plauché, Head of Programming, Programmers Alex Kopecky and Penny Bartlett, plus members of the various juries who worked evaluating the competition. The W Hotel City Center is near Chicago’s financial district and the Sears (now Willis) Tower. The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
’My Sweet Pepper Land’
Photo Credit: © Chicago International Film Festival
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “My Sweet Pepper Land” (Iraq/France/Germany), directed by Hiner Saleem
The Silver Hugo – Special Jury Prize: “The Verdict...
Kutza made the announcements along with Mimi Plauché, Head of Programming, Programmers Alex Kopecky and Penny Bartlett, plus members of the various juries who worked evaluating the competition. The W Hotel City Center is near Chicago’s financial district and the Sears (now Willis) Tower. The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
’My Sweet Pepper Land’
Photo Credit: © Chicago International Film Festival
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “My Sweet Pepper Land” (Iraq/France/Germany), directed by Hiner Saleem
The Silver Hugo – Special Jury Prize: “The Verdict...
- 10/20/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I’m flying to Tacoma, Wa. tomorrow for the annual 25 New Faces event at the Grand Cinema, but before I depart I’m posting here a quick, video-driven guide to the talented people I’ll be hanging out with over the coming days. (Thanks to Nathan Jones and Dante Pilkington for helping to put this post together.) There’s a lot to dig into below, so enjoy. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh Below is the trailer for Ghazvinizadeh’s most recent Cannes-winning short, Needle, and you can watch her 2011 short When the Kid was a Kid here. Rodrigo Reyes Here’s the trailer for Purgatorio; you can […]...
- 8/15/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Why Watch? Not quite yet done with the Cannes Film Festival, here’s a film from one of this year’s award winners. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh won first prize in the Cinefondation short competition for Needle, a narrative film about a young girl living through both the piercing of her ears and her parents’ divorce. The Cinefondation jury was led by Jane Campion, and Ghazvinizadeh was awarded €15,000 (about $19,500). While Needle is not yet online, we can watch one of Ghazvinizadeh’s earlier shorts on her Vimeo page. When the Kid Was a Kid won various awards at Iranian film festivals in 2011 and 2012, and deservedly so. It’s a glimpse into the lives of a bunch of kids living in an apartment building, who entertain themselves by play-acting as their parents throwing a party. The focus is on Taha, a young boy attending the affair dressed as his mother. He raids her bedroom for a dress, a...
- 5/29/2013
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The curtain came down on the 66th Cannes Film Festival 2013 yesterday. The festival and its two sidebars- International Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight-announced their awards. Here is a compilation of all the awards presented at the festival:
Awards for the main competition
Palme d’Or
Blue is the Warmest Colour (La Vie D’Adele Chapitre 1 & 2) by Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Director
Amat Escalante for Heli
Jury prize
Hirokazu Kore-eda for Like Father, Like Son
Best Screenplay
Jia Zhang-ke for A Touch of Sin
Best Actress
Berenice Bejo in The Past (Le Passe) by Asghar Farhadi
Best Actor
Bruce Dern in Nebraska by Alexander Payne
Camera d’Or (Best First Feature)
Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen (presented in Directors’ Fortnight)
Palme d’Or Court Metrage (Short Film)
Safe by Moon Byoung-gon
Special Mention
Whale Valley (Hvalfjordur) by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson...
Awards for the main competition
Palme d’Or
Blue is the Warmest Colour (La Vie D’Adele Chapitre 1 & 2) by Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Director
Amat Escalante for Heli
Jury prize
Hirokazu Kore-eda for Like Father, Like Son
Best Screenplay
Jia Zhang-ke for A Touch of Sin
Best Actress
Berenice Bejo in The Past (Le Passe) by Asghar Farhadi
Best Actor
Bruce Dern in Nebraska by Alexander Payne
Camera d’Or (Best First Feature)
Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen (presented in Directors’ Fortnight)
Palme d’Or Court Metrage (Short Film)
Safe by Moon Byoung-gon
Special Mention
Whale Valley (Hvalfjordur) by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson...
- 5/27/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
In Competition
Feature Films
Palme d'Or – Blue is the Warmest Color, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix – Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Jury Prize – Like Father, Like Son, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Best Director – Amat Escalante, Heli
Best Screenplay – Jia Zhangke, A Touch of Sin
Best Actress – Bérénice Bejo, The Past
Best Actor – Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Check out our Notebook coverage of The Past, Like Father Like Son, A Touch of Sin (x2), and Inside Llewyn Davis.
Short Films
Palme d'Or (Short Film) – Safe, directed by Moon Byoung-gon
Special Distinction – Whale Valley, directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson; 37°4 S, directed by Adriano Valerio
Un Certain Regard
Prize of Un Certain Regard – The Missing Picture, directed by Rithy Panh
Jury Prize – Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Directing Prize – Alain Guiraudie, Stranger By the Lake
A Certain Talent Prize - The cast of La jaula de oro
Avenir Prize - Fruitvale Station,...
Feature Films
Palme d'Or – Blue is the Warmest Color, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix – Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Jury Prize – Like Father, Like Son, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Best Director – Amat Escalante, Heli
Best Screenplay – Jia Zhangke, A Touch of Sin
Best Actress – Bérénice Bejo, The Past
Best Actor – Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Check out our Notebook coverage of The Past, Like Father Like Son, A Touch of Sin (x2), and Inside Llewyn Davis.
Short Films
Palme d'Or (Short Film) – Safe, directed by Moon Byoung-gon
Special Distinction – Whale Valley, directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson; 37°4 S, directed by Adriano Valerio
Un Certain Regard
Prize of Un Certain Regard – The Missing Picture, directed by Rithy Panh
Jury Prize – Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Directing Prize – Alain Guiraudie, Stranger By the Lake
A Certain Talent Prize - The cast of La jaula de oro
Avenir Prize - Fruitvale Station,...
- 5/26/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
In 1998, the Festival de Cannes created the Cinéfondation to inspire and support the next generation of international filmmakers First Prize: Needle directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,...
- 5/26/2013
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
A short film Needle directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, student of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA, has won the top prize of the Cinefondation Selection. It consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of nearly 1550 entries coming from 277 film schools around the world. Jane Campion, the head of the Cinefondation Jury announced the winners. The jury included Maji-da Abdi Read More...
- 5/25/2013
- Bollywood Trade
Needle directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh won the first prize
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Jane Campion has announced the winners of 2013 edition. Indian actress Nandita Das was also on the jury.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of nearly 1 550 entries coming from 277 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
Needle directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Second Prize:
Waiting For The Thaw (En attendant le dégel) directed by Sarah Hirtt
Insas, Belgium
Third Prize ex-aequo:
ÎN Acvariu (In the Fishbowl) directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
Unatc, Romania
Joint Third Prize:
Pandy (Pandas) directed by Matúš VIZÁR
Famu, Czech Republic
The awarded films will receive €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that his first feature film will be presented at the Festival de Cannes.
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Jane Campion has announced the winners of 2013 edition. Indian actress Nandita Das was also on the jury.
The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of nearly 1 550 entries coming from 277 film schools around the world.
First Prize:
Needle directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Second Prize:
Waiting For The Thaw (En attendant le dégel) directed by Sarah Hirtt
Insas, Belgium
Third Prize ex-aequo:
ÎN Acvariu (In the Fishbowl) directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
Unatc, Romania
Joint Third Prize:
Pandy (Pandas) directed by Matúš VIZÁR
Famu, Czech Republic
The awarded films will receive €15,000 for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The First Prize winner is also guaranteed that his first feature film will be presented at the Festival de Cannes.
- 5/25/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jane Campion and the Jury announced the winners of the 16th Cinéfondation Selection at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of nearly 1 500 entries coming from 277 film schools around the world. The first prize went to Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for her short film Needle, which follows a young girl who is going to get her ears pierced. The second prize was awarded to Waiting For The Thaw, directed by Sarah Hirtt, a student at Insas in Belgium. The third prize was shared between Tudor...
- 5/25/2013
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
2013 Cinéfondation Awards Prizes to 'Needle,' 'Waiting For The Thaw,' 'In the Fishbowl' and 'Pandas'
At Cannes today, the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury announced the 2013 Cinéfondation Prizes in a ceremony held at the Buñuel Theater. The first prize went to Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for her short film "Needle," which follows a young girl who is going to get her ears pierced. In addition to a €15,000 cash prize, Ghazvinizadeh is also promised the opportunity to show her first feature film at Cannes in the future. The second prize was awarded to "Waiting For The Thaw," directed by Sarah Hirtt, a student at Insas in Belgium. The third prize was shared between Tudor Cristian Jurgiu of Romania's Unatc and Matúš Vizár of Czech Republic's Famu for their respective films "In the Fishbowl" and "Pandas." Now in its 16th year, the Cinéfondation has continually devoted itself to supporting and championing filmmakers of the next generation. This year's...
- 5/24/2013
- by Clint Holloway
- Indiewire
A jury headed by director Jane Campion has chosen a student film from Chicago as the best of this year's Cinefondation competition at the Cannes Film Festival. "Needle," a short film made by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, was awarded the 15,000-Euro first prize, which also comes with a guarantee that the winning filmmaker's first feature will be shown at Cannes. "En Attendant Le Degel," directed by Sarah Hirtt from Insas in Belgium, won the 11,250-Euro second prize, while the 7,500-Euro third-place award went in a...
- 5/24/2013
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The jury presided over by film-maker Jane Campion on behalf of the Cinéfondation has revealed its prizewinners for Cannes 2013. The first prize has been awarded to Needle, a short by the Us director Anahita Ghazvinizadeh from the School of Art Institute in Chicago.
The director of the film - about a young girl (Florence Winners) getting her ears pierced - will receive 15,000 euros plus a guarantee that her first feature will be screened at Cannes.
The second prize, with a cash sum of 11,250 attached, has been won by Belgium's Sarah Hirtt for en attendant le dégel while the third prize of 7,500 euros will be shared by In The Fishtank (In acvariu) directed by Tudor Cristian from Romania and Pandy directed by Matius Vizar from the Czech Republic.
The 18 films in contention were selected from a total of 1,550 submissions from 277 films schools from around...
The director of the film - about a young girl (Florence Winners) getting her ears pierced - will receive 15,000 euros plus a guarantee that her first feature will be screened at Cannes.
The second prize, with a cash sum of 11,250 attached, has been won by Belgium's Sarah Hirtt for en attendant le dégel while the third prize of 7,500 euros will be shared by In The Fishtank (In acvariu) directed by Tudor Cristian from Romania and Pandy directed by Matius Vizar from the Czech Republic.
The 18 films in contention were selected from a total of 1,550 submissions from 277 films schools from around...
- 5/23/2013
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The full list of films at this year's Cannes film festival
Opening night film: The Great Gatsby, dir Baz Luhrmann
Closing night film: Zulu, dir Jérôme Salle
In competition
Jury chair: Steven Spielberg
Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn
Inside Llewyn Davis, dir Ethan and Joel Coen
Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam
La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh
La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne
Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon
La Vie d'Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche
Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke
Grisgris, dir Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Immigrant, dir James Gray
Heli, dir Amat Escalante
Le Passe, dir Asghar Farhadi
Michael Kohlhaas, dir Arnaud Despallieres
Un Chateau en Italie, dir Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Un Certain Regard
Jury chair: Thomas Vinterberg
The Bling Ring, dir Sofia Coppola
L'Inconnu Du La,...
Opening night film: The Great Gatsby, dir Baz Luhrmann
Closing night film: Zulu, dir Jérôme Salle
In competition
Jury chair: Steven Spielberg
Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn
Inside Llewyn Davis, dir Ethan and Joel Coen
Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam
La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh
La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne
Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon
La Vie d'Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche
Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke
Grisgris, dir Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Immigrant, dir James Gray
Heli, dir Amat Escalante
Le Passe, dir Asghar Farhadi
Michael Kohlhaas, dir Arnaud Despallieres
Un Chateau en Italie, dir Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Un Certain Regard
Jury chair: Thomas Vinterberg
The Bling Ring, dir Sofia Coppola
L'Inconnu Du La,...
- 4/18/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
This morning the official 2013 Cannes Film Festival line-up was announced from Paris, France. The committee saw 1,858 films submitted this year and while additional titles will continue to be announced, this morning we got the full Competition and Un Certain Regard lineup and it looks amazing so far. Among the films announced In Competition so far, many were expected including Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives, Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra, Roman Polanski's Venus in Fur, Asghar Farhadi's The Past and Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis. Additionally James Gray's once titled Lowlife starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner will play, but under the name The Immigrant and Takashi Miike's cop thriller Wara No Tate (Straw Shield) has also made the competition list. However, the biggest "surprise" is the inclusion of Alexander Payne's black-and-white film Nebraska, which is sure to be a big attention getter,...
- 4/18/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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