Filmmaker readers first encountered the singular cinema of Jake Mahaffy back in 2005, when we placed him on our “25 New Faces” list on the basis of his extraordinary, Tarkovsky-esqure War, a post-collapse saga shot on a handcranked camera (and made years before post-collapse films and television became suddenly fashionable). On the basis of that film and the two features that have followed — including his latest, Free in Deed, currently in theaters (in New York, it’s playing Cinema Village) — Mahaffy has, in my opinion, staked out a quiet reputation as one of our most accomplished and necessary of […]...
- 9/13/2017
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
"Sometime we have to go through something to get through something." Gravitas Ventures has debuted the official Us trailer for an indie drama titled Free In Deed, which first premiered at the Venice Film Festival back in 2015. It also played at numerous film festivals in 2016, and is just now getting a very small release starting September this year. Free In Deed takes place in the world of converted storefront churches, following one man's attempt to perform a miracle. English actor David Harewood (from "Supergirl", "The Night Manager", "Homeland", The Brothers Grimsby) stars as a Pentecostal minister whose dedication to God is tested when approached by a desperate mother and her troubled son. The full cast includes Edwina Findley, Kathy Smith, and RaJay Chandler. This looks very powerful and entirely unique, worth a look. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Jake Mahaffy's Free In Deed, direct from YouTube: Set...
- 8/13/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
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- 8/12/2017
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Free In Deed, Chapter And Verse, Blue Hollywood to screen at London festival.
The British Urban Film Festival (Buff, Sept 6-12) has revealed its line-up for 2017.
Opening the festival will be writer-director Jake Mahaffy’s Free In Deed [pictured], about a Us church pastor with healing powers, which premiered at Venice in 2015. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with star David Harewood.
Further feature film screenings include Jamal Joseph’s Chapter And Verse, about a reformed gang leader in Harlem. Director Joseph (a former Black Panther) and star Daniel Beaty will attend a Q&A after the event.
The festival will also feature Francesco Gabriele’s Blue Hollywood, Gillian Scott-Ward’s documentary Back To Natural, and documentary Stay Woke, which profiles the Black Lives Matter movement.
Further screenings include two African features: Colin Perry’s documentary Black Stars Of Highlife and Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s rom-com Potato Potahto.
A masterclass...
The British Urban Film Festival (Buff, Sept 6-12) has revealed its line-up for 2017.
Opening the festival will be writer-director Jake Mahaffy’s Free In Deed [pictured], about a Us church pastor with healing powers, which premiered at Venice in 2015. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with star David Harewood.
Further feature film screenings include Jamal Joseph’s Chapter And Verse, about a reformed gang leader in Harlem. Director Joseph (a former Black Panther) and star Daniel Beaty will attend a Q&A after the event.
The festival will also feature Francesco Gabriele’s Blue Hollywood, Gillian Scott-Ward’s documentary Back To Natural, and documentary Stay Woke, which profiles the Black Lives Matter movement.
Further screenings include two African features: Colin Perry’s documentary Black Stars Of Highlife and Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s rom-com Potato Potahto.
A masterclass...
- 8/8/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The 32nd Independent Spirit Awards took place on Feb. 25 in Los Angeles. Many Oscar contenders — such as “Moonlight” and “Manchester by the Sea” — were nominated alongside smaller titles such as “American Honey” and “Chronic,” making for a truly unpredictable show.
Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Who Will Win and Who Should Win — Critics Survey
The full list of nominees is below, with winners in bold.
Best Feature
“Moonlight”
“American Honey”
“Chronic”
“Jackie”
“Manchester by the Sea”
Best Director
Barry Jenkins –”Moonlight”
Andrea Arnold –”American Honey”
Pablo Larraín –”Jackie”
Jeff Nichols –”Loving”
Kelly Reichardt –”Certain Women”
Best Male Lead
Casey Affleck –”Manchester by the Sea” as Lee Chandler
David Harewood –”Free in Deed” as Abe Wilkins
Viggo Mortensen –”Captain Fantastic” as Ben Cash
Jesse Plemons –”Other People” as David Mulcahey
Tim Roth –”Chronic” as David Wilson
Best Female Lead
Isabelle Huppert –”Elle” as Michèle Leblanc
Annette Bening –”20th Century Women” as...
Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Who Will Win and Who Should Win — Critics Survey
The full list of nominees is below, with winners in bold.
Best Feature
“Moonlight”
“American Honey”
“Chronic”
“Jackie”
“Manchester by the Sea”
Best Director
Barry Jenkins –”Moonlight”
Andrea Arnold –”American Honey”
Pablo Larraín –”Jackie”
Jeff Nichols –”Loving”
Kelly Reichardt –”Certain Women”
Best Male Lead
Casey Affleck –”Manchester by the Sea” as Lee Chandler
David Harewood –”Free in Deed” as Abe Wilkins
Viggo Mortensen –”Captain Fantastic” as Ben Cash
Jesse Plemons –”Other People” as David Mulcahey
Tim Roth –”Chronic” as David Wilson
Best Female Lead
Isabelle Huppert –”Elle” as Michèle Leblanc
Annette Bening –”20th Century Women” as...
- 2/26/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
A24’s drama – and the distributor itself – enjoyed a huge Saturday afternoon at Film Independent’s 32nd annual Spirit Awards ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica.
Best feature winner Moonlight won six awards and took the plaudits on an afternoon that also sends best director winner Barry Jenkins to Sunday’s Oscars in high spirits and recognised Friday night’s César winner Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Casey Affleck for Manchester By The Sea in the lead acting categories.
Besides best feature and director, Moonlight won screenplay for Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, cinematography for James Laxton, and editing for Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders.
The film started the ceremony as joint frontrunner with American Honey on six nominations and converted all six, including the previously announced Robert Altman Award. American Honey went away empty-handed.
It was a triumphant afternoon for A24, which made its first financing foray on Moonlight and also distributed Robert Eggers’s first...
Best feature winner Moonlight won six awards and took the plaudits on an afternoon that also sends best director winner Barry Jenkins to Sunday’s Oscars in high spirits and recognised Friday night’s César winner Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Casey Affleck for Manchester By The Sea in the lead acting categories.
Besides best feature and director, Moonlight won screenplay for Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, cinematography for James Laxton, and editing for Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders.
The film started the ceremony as joint frontrunner with American Honey on six nominations and converted all six, including the previously announced Robert Altman Award. American Honey went away empty-handed.
It was a triumphant afternoon for A24, which made its first financing foray on Moonlight and also distributed Robert Eggers’s first...
- 2/26/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Actress Molly Shannon has won Best Supporting Female at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards for her role in “Other People.”
In accepting the award Shannon talked about playing a mother dying of cancer in writer-director Chris Kelly’s film based on his real life experience.
“Cancer has become a part of so many people’s lives, there can be a risk in telling these kind of stories,” said Shannon, who encouraged filmmakers to follow in Kelly’s path. “[These stories] do the essential thing that I love most about movies — they magnify the human comedy and tragedy that binds as a kind of family together and we need that now more than ever.”
Also nominated for Best Supporting Female were Lily Gladstone (“Certain Women”), Edwina Findley (“Free In Deed”) and Paulina Garcia (“Little Men”).
Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Who Will Win and Who Should Win — Critics Survey
None of the actresses...
In accepting the award Shannon talked about playing a mother dying of cancer in writer-director Chris Kelly’s film based on his real life experience.
“Cancer has become a part of so many people’s lives, there can be a risk in telling these kind of stories,” said Shannon, who encouraged filmmakers to follow in Kelly’s path. “[These stories] do the essential thing that I love most about movies — they magnify the human comedy and tragedy that binds as a kind of family together and we need that now more than ever.”
Also nominated for Best Supporting Female were Lily Gladstone (“Certain Women”), Edwina Findley (“Free In Deed”) and Paulina Garcia (“Little Men”).
Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Who Will Win and Who Should Win — Critics Survey
None of the actresses...
- 2/26/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Casey Affleck has won the Best Male Lead at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards for his starring role in Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester By the Sea.” In accepting the award Affleck decided to get political for the first time in one of his many speeches this award season.
Read More: IndieWire’s Final Oscar 2017 Predictions: ‘La La Land’ Will Win Nine of Its 14 Nominations
“The policies of this administration are abhorrent and they will not last,” said Affleck, who applauded the many people in the room for having used their voices to speak up.
Affleck was admittedly not comfortable getting political on stage, saying beforehand that he knows this is something better whispered to himself in the bathroom. He also quoted Marian Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund and mother of Ezra Edelman the director of “Oj: Made in America.”
“It’s a time to struggle for the soul of our nation,...
Read More: IndieWire’s Final Oscar 2017 Predictions: ‘La La Land’ Will Win Nine of Its 14 Nominations
“The policies of this administration are abhorrent and they will not last,” said Affleck, who applauded the many people in the room for having used their voices to speak up.
Affleck was admittedly not comfortable getting political on stage, saying beforehand that he knows this is something better whispered to himself in the bathroom. He also quoted Marian Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund and mother of Ezra Edelman the director of “Oj: Made in America.”
“It’s a time to struggle for the soul of our nation,...
- 2/25/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The 32nd annual Independent Spirit Awards, sponsored by Perrier-Jouët, kicked off Saturday at the Santa Monica Pier in California, honoring the best independent films of 2016.
Oscar contenders like Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight are both nominated for awards, alongside smaller films like American Honey and Chronic, making Saturday's awards ceremony truly anyone's game.
Related: Final Oscars Predictions 2017: Here's Who Should Win and Who Will Win the Biggest Awards!
Check back for updates to see who wins big.
Best Feature
American Honey
Chronic
Jackie
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Director
Andrea Arnold –American Honey
Barry Jenkins –Moonlight
Pablo Larraín –Jackie
Jeff Nichols –Loving
Kelly Reichardt –Certain Women
Best Male Lead
Casey Affleck –Manchester by the Sea
David Harewood –Free in Deed
Viggo Mortensen –Captain Fantastic
Jesse Plemons –Other People
Tim Roth –Chronic
Best Female Lead
Annette Bening –20th Century Women
Isabelle Huppert –Elle
Sasha Lane –American Honey
Ruth Negga –Loving
Natalie Portman –Jackie
Best Supporting...
Oscar contenders like Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight are both nominated for awards, alongside smaller films like American Honey and Chronic, making Saturday's awards ceremony truly anyone's game.
Related: Final Oscars Predictions 2017: Here's Who Should Win and Who Will Win the Biggest Awards!
Check back for updates to see who wins big.
Best Feature
American Honey
Chronic
Jackie
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Director
Andrea Arnold –American Honey
Barry Jenkins –Moonlight
Pablo Larraín –Jackie
Jeff Nichols –Loving
Kelly Reichardt –Certain Women
Best Male Lead
Casey Affleck –Manchester by the Sea
David Harewood –Free in Deed
Viggo Mortensen –Captain Fantastic
Jesse Plemons –Other People
Tim Roth –Chronic
Best Female Lead
Annette Bening –20th Century Women
Isabelle Huppert –Elle
Sasha Lane –American Honey
Ruth Negga –Loving
Natalie Portman –Jackie
Best Supporting...
- 2/25/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Andrea Arnold’s “American Honey” and Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” lead with six Indie Spirit bids apiece, followed by Kenneth Lonergan‘s “Manchester By the Sea” at five. A trio of films — Jake Mahaffy‘s “Free in Deed,” Pablo Larrain‘s “Jackie” and Chris Kelly‘s “Other People” — have four each. Winners of the 32nd annual edition of these awards will be […]...
- 2/25/2017
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Molly Shannon was named best supporting actress for her role in Other People at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday.
Shannon was nominated alongside Edwina Findley (Free in Deed), Paulina Garcia (Little Men), Lily Gladstone (Certain Women) and Riley Keough (American Honey).
Accepting the award, Shannon thanked a long list of colleagues and dedicated her award "to all the moms who would go to the end of the earth for their kids and their families."
The actress, who plays a mother stricken with cancer in the film, also included a somber note, encouraging people to tell the stories of cancer survivors....
Shannon was nominated alongside Edwina Findley (Free in Deed), Paulina Garcia (Little Men), Lily Gladstone (Certain Women) and Riley Keough (American Honey).
Accepting the award, Shannon thanked a long list of colleagues and dedicated her award "to all the moms who would go to the end of the earth for their kids and their families."
The actress, who plays a mother stricken with cancer in the film, also included a somber note, encouraging people to tell the stories of cancer survivors....
- 2/24/2017
- by Jennifer Konerman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We learned early last month that Nick Kroll and John Mulaney are co-hosting the Independent Spirit Awards, and now IndieWire can exclusively announce the presenters at this Saturday’s ceremony. Nine actors will be lending their talents to the proceedings: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, Kerry Washington, Miles Teller, Samuel L. Jackson, Freida Pinto, Fred Armisen and Amanda Peet.
Read More: Independent Spirit Awards: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Love Spending Every Waking Hour Together in New Promos
In addition, Gary Clark Jr. is serving as the one-man house band for the ceremony, the Spirit Awards’ 32nd. The awards will be broadcast live on IFC at 5 p.m. Est this Saturday. Full list of nominees below.
Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney to Co-Host Ceremony
Best Feature:
“American Honey”
“Chronic”
“Jackie”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
Best Director:
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Pablo Larraín,...
Read More: Independent Spirit Awards: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Love Spending Every Waking Hour Together in New Promos
In addition, Gary Clark Jr. is serving as the one-man house band for the ceremony, the Spirit Awards’ 32nd. The awards will be broadcast live on IFC at 5 p.m. Est this Saturday. Full list of nominees below.
Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney to Co-Host Ceremony
Best Feature:
“American Honey”
“Chronic”
“Jackie”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
Best Director:
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Pablo Larraín,...
- 2/23/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
On Saturday, the day before the Academy Awards, a very different sort of ceremony is held. Yes, I’m talking about the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which come right before Oscar this weekend. The Spirit Awards often ends up containing my favorite nomination slates, as they reflect a broader sensibility than the Academy. To be fair, it’s also a smaller and more indie sensibility, but that jives with my taste anyway. I think both bodies did excellent work this year, so it’s a pleasure to be covering it all. The Spirit Awards are the focus today though, so lets dive in and try to make some accurate predictions. Here goes nothing… With this particular precursor, there’s zero Oscar impact, due to when balloting occurs, so it’s purely interesting to see how this group feels about the year in film. It’s going to be a battle...
- 2/21/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
As the definition of an independent film has shifted with the ever-expanding budget divide in American filmmaking — particularly Hollywood cutting back on its mid-range projects — when it comes time for awards season, it’s often only the highest profile of “indie films” that get recognized. While we do our best to recognize the films that often get unfortunately, a new awards has launched that honors the best of truly independent American cinema, featuring films all under a $1 million budget.
Aptly titled the American Independent Film Awards (aka AIFAs), they were voted on by international film festival programmers, U.S. based film festival programmers, and North American film critics (including yours truly.) “First and foremost, we would like to thank all film producers and distribution companies who helped us identify qualifying films and outline the categories. We’d also like to thank the international and American based film festival programmers, and...
Aptly titled the American Independent Film Awards (aka AIFAs), they were voted on by international film festival programmers, U.S. based film festival programmers, and North American film critics (including yours truly.) “First and foremost, we would like to thank all film producers and distribution companies who helped us identify qualifying films and outline the categories. We’d also like to thank the international and American based film festival programmers, and...
- 2/20/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Independent Spirit Award Nominee Edwina Findley Dickerson Talks Well-Acted, Traumatic ‘Free in Deed’
There’s a lot to like in “Free in Deed,” a well-acted, unrelentingly dour experiment in atmosphere, setting and sound that will captivate you throughout. Meticulous in its attention to authenticity, the Memphis, Tn-set film, assuredly-directed by Jake Mahaffy, fictionalizes the 2003… Continue Reading →...
- 1/31/2017
- by Tambay Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Festival to host 65 UK Premieres, including Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time and Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro.
The full programme for the 2017 Glasgow Film Festival (Feb 15-26) has been revealed.
The festival will host 65 UK premieres, 67 Scottish premieres and nine world and international premieres.
As previously reported, Glasgow will kick off with the European premiere of Handsome Devil, a coming-of-age drama starring Andrew Scott and directed by John Butler (The Stag).
The world premiere of Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant as renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, closes the festival. Tennant is expected to attend.
Premieres
Other highlights include UK Premieres of Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey [pictured], Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome and Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope.
There will also be first Scottish screenings of Paul Verhoeven’s Golden Globe-winning Elle, Ben Wheatley’s [link...
The full programme for the 2017 Glasgow Film Festival (Feb 15-26) has been revealed.
The festival will host 65 UK premieres, 67 Scottish premieres and nine world and international premieres.
As previously reported, Glasgow will kick off with the European premiere of Handsome Devil, a coming-of-age drama starring Andrew Scott and directed by John Butler (The Stag).
The world premiere of Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant as renowned Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing, closes the festival. Tennant is expected to attend.
Premieres
Other highlights include UK Premieres of Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey [pictured], Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome and Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope.
There will also be first Scottish screenings of Paul Verhoeven’s Golden Globe-winning Elle, Ben Wheatley’s [link...
- 1/18/2017
- ScreenDaily
Last week, you could make easily the case that the precursor season really kicked off, with the week before starting the trend due to the Independent Spirit Award nominations. Now, of course this nomination slate doesn’t overtly impact the Oscars, especially since the winners are announced the night before the Academy Awards, when ballots are already way past due. Still, their nominees help with shaping narrative and showing which indie contenders are true contenders and not just pretenders. In that realm, they definitely have value, and as such, can’t be ignored. To that end, I’ve got some predictions to share with you all, as I attempt, potentially in vein, to guess what Film Independent will see fit to honor when the show goes down on Oscar eve. Hopefully you enjoy and are as anxious for some ceremonies as I am. What you’ll see below is a guess on my part,...
- 12/5/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
American Honey and Moonlight scored a leading six nominations each as Film Independent on Tuesday announced the nominations for its 2017 Spirit Awards. Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea came in second with five noms. Other People, Jackie and Free in Deed each earned four mentions.
The nominees, celebrating the best of independent film, were revealed at a press conference hosted by Edgar Ramirez and Jenny Slate.
American Honey, Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea and Jackie all will face off in the best feature category, along with Chronic.
Although Moonlight didn't score any acting nominations, it was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. Its...
The nominees, celebrating the best of independent film, were revealed at a press conference hosted by Edgar Ramirez and Jenny Slate.
American Honey, Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea and Jackie all will face off in the best feature category, along with Chronic.
Although Moonlight didn't score any acting nominations, it was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. Its...
- 11/28/2016
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andrea Arnold’s American Honey and Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight each earned six nods as Film Independent announced its 2017 Spirit Award nominees on Tuesday.
Amazon Studios’ Manchester By The Sea written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan – which opened last weekend on the highest per-screen average in theatrical partner Roadside Attraction’s 13-year history – picked up five nominations.
Newcomer Robert Eggers earned two nods for The Witch in a great day for A24, which financed and distributes Moonlight, and distributed American Honey, Morris From America, and Swiss Army Man, and has 20th Century Women on the runway for a December launch.
American Honey and Moonlight will vie for the best feature prize alongside Manchester By The Sea, Fox Searchlight’s Jackie and Monument Releasing’s Chronic.
The category has become a bona fide harbinger of Oscar success as best feature winners Spotlight, Birdman and 12 Years A Slave all went on to claim the Academy Award best picture statuette in the...
Amazon Studios’ Manchester By The Sea written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan – which opened last weekend on the highest per-screen average in theatrical partner Roadside Attraction’s 13-year history – picked up five nominations.
Newcomer Robert Eggers earned two nods for The Witch in a great day for A24, which financed and distributes Moonlight, and distributed American Honey, Morris From America, and Swiss Army Man, and has 20th Century Women on the runway for a December launch.
American Honey and Moonlight will vie for the best feature prize alongside Manchester By The Sea, Fox Searchlight’s Jackie and Monument Releasing’s Chronic.
The category has become a bona fide harbinger of Oscar success as best feature winners Spotlight, Birdman and 12 Years A Slave all went on to claim the Academy Award best picture statuette in the...
- 11/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Independent Spirit Award nominations, which were announced today, showered a ton of love on two completely different, but both genre-defying coming-of-age stories: Barry Jenkins’ much-heralded Moonlight, and Andrea Arnold’s American Honey. The films both received Best Feature nods, alongside the likes of Chronic, Jackie, and Manchester By The Sea. Elsewhere, Jenkins and Arnold will compete in the director category. In Best Actress, American Honey star Sasha Lane will go up against a number of big-name women who could very well be Oscar contenders as well: Jackie’s Natalie Portman, 20th Century Women’s Annette Bening, Loving’s Ruth Negga, and Elle’s Isabelle Huppert.
As for their male counterparts, Manchester By The Sea’s Casey Affleck, believed to be one of the Academy’s frontrunners, is joined by some actors in films which have decidedly smaller profiles. They include: David Harewood for Free In Deed, Viggo Mortensen for...
As for their male counterparts, Manchester By The Sea’s Casey Affleck, believed to be one of the Academy’s frontrunners, is joined by some actors in films which have decidedly smaller profiles. They include: David Harewood for Free In Deed, Viggo Mortensen for...
- 11/22/2016
- by Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
The nominees for the 32nd Independent Spirit Awards have been announced and the competition is looking fierce.
Moonlight, which tells the story of a gay African-American boy growing up in poor Miami, and the road-trip love story American Honey starring Shia Labeouf are tied for the lead with six nods, including best feature and best director for Jenkins and Arnold.
Other Best Feature nominees include Natalie Portman’s portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie, and Casey Affleck’s New England-based family drama Manchester by the Sea. Those films, along with Michel Franco’s Chronic, earned five nominations in all.
Other...
Moonlight, which tells the story of a gay African-American boy growing up in poor Miami, and the road-trip love story American Honey starring Shia Labeouf are tied for the lead with six nods, including best feature and best director for Jenkins and Arnold.
Other Best Feature nominees include Natalie Portman’s portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie, and Casey Affleck’s New England-based family drama Manchester by the Sea. Those films, along with Michel Franco’s Chronic, earned five nominations in all.
Other...
- 11/22/2016
- by m34miller
- PEOPLE.com
Jenny Slate and Edgar Ramirez unveiled the nominations for the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards today at Los Angeles’s W Hollywood Hotel. As always, many of the most heralded independent films of the year scored multiple nominations, including Andrea Arnold’s American Honey, Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, Pablo Larrain’s Jackie and Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea. All these pictures were nominated for Best Picture as well as receiving nominations in several other categories. But one film that has yet to receive distribution in the States — Free in Deed, by 25 New Face Jake Mahaffy — also received many nods, including Best […]...
- 11/22/2016
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Just a few minutes ago, the nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards were announced. Their announcement is always one of the seminal moments in the precursor season. Of course, not all the contenders are eligible, with Oscar frontrunner La La Land notably not hitting the budget restriction. Other films not eligible included Nocturnal Animals, though most of the contenders you think were too expensive just were too expensive. That still left a ton of hopefuls, many of whom did show up in one place or another this morning/afternoon (depending on your location). You’ll see more below, but it seems like we have a Manchester by the Sea vs Moonlight battle ahead of us with the Spirit Awards, as both did as well as expected with the nominations. Leading the field was actually Andrea Arnold’s American Honey as well as Barry Jenkins’ aforementioned Moonlight. Each received six citations.
- 11/22/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Nominations for the 32nd annual edition of the Independent Spirit Awards were announced on Nov. 22. Andrea Arnold’s “American Honey” and Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” lead with six bids apiece, followed by Kenneth Lonergan‘s “Manchester By the Sea” at five. A trio of films — Jake Mahaffy‘s “Free in Deed,” Pablo Larrain‘s “Jackie” and Chris Kelly‘s “Other People” — have four each. The […]...
- 11/22/2016
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Ahead of their ceremony in 2017, The Film Independent Spirt Awards handed out this year’s batch of nominations with Barry Jenkins‘ triptych drama Moonlight and Andrea Arnold‘s American Honey both making strong showings with six nominations each. Close behind was Kenneth Lonergan‘s Manchester by the Sea, which picked up five.
Rounding out the Best Feature line-up is Jackie and the unexpected pick of Chronic, which premiered at Cannes last year and just got a small release this fall. As for Best First Feature, The Childhood of a Leader, The Fits, Other People, Swiss Army Man, and The Witch were all recognized. Meanwhile, 13th, Cameraperson, I Am Not Your Negro, O.J.: Made in America, Sonita, and Under the Sun all earned Best Documentary Feature nods.
Ahead of a ceremony on Saturday, February 25th, 2017, check out the full list of nominations below thanks to Variety and stream many of the below films here.
Rounding out the Best Feature line-up is Jackie and the unexpected pick of Chronic, which premiered at Cannes last year and just got a small release this fall. As for Best First Feature, The Childhood of a Leader, The Fits, Other People, Swiss Army Man, and The Witch were all recognized. Meanwhile, 13th, Cameraperson, I Am Not Your Negro, O.J.: Made in America, Sonita, and Under the Sun all earned Best Documentary Feature nods.
Ahead of a ceremony on Saturday, February 25th, 2017, check out the full list of nominations below thanks to Variety and stream many of the below films here.
- 11/22/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Moonlight, American Honey and Manchester by the Sea lead the 2016 Independent Spirit Award NominationsMoonlight, American Honey and Manchester by the Sea lead the 2016 Independent Spirit Award NominationsAdriana Floridia11/22/2016 1:26:00 Pm
With the first major announcement from the Independent Spirit Awards, we're officially into awards season!
It's the best time of year if you're a film fanatic, like us, as major awards bodies will start revealing their nominations, leading up to the coveted Academy Awards. While the Indie Spirits obviously highlight independent film, they're often a good indicator for whats to come at the Oscars, with their acting categories usually lining up with the Academy's choices.
Today was a big day if your movie was called Moonlight, American Honey or Manchester by the Sea, as Moonlight and Manchester picked up five nominations each, and American Honey lead with six nominations. Moonlight also was awarded the Robert Altman Award, which honours director Barry Jenkins,...
With the first major announcement from the Independent Spirit Awards, we're officially into awards season!
It's the best time of year if you're a film fanatic, like us, as major awards bodies will start revealing their nominations, leading up to the coveted Academy Awards. While the Indie Spirits obviously highlight independent film, they're often a good indicator for whats to come at the Oscars, with their acting categories usually lining up with the Academy's choices.
Today was a big day if your movie was called Moonlight, American Honey or Manchester by the Sea, as Moonlight and Manchester picked up five nominations each, and American Honey lead with six nominations. Moonlight also was awarded the Robert Altman Award, which honours director Barry Jenkins,...
- 11/22/2016
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Jenny Slate and Edgar Ramírez announced the 2017 Independent Spirit Award nominations live from the W Hollywood this morning, with “American Honey,” “Jackie,” “Manchester by the Sea” and “Moonlight” all doing especially well for themselves — each film was nominated for Best Feature, Director and several other awards. The ceremony itself will air on IFC on February 25. Here’s the full list of nominees:
Read More: Here’s How the Independent Spirit Awards Will Impact the Oscar Race: Analysis
Best Feature:
“American Honey”
“Chronic”
“Jackie”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
Best Director:
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Pablo Larraín, “Jackie”
Jeff Nichols, “Loving”
Kelly Reichardt, “Certain Women”
Best First Feature:
“The Childhood of a Leader”
“The Fits”
“Other People”
“Swiss Army Man”
“The Witch”
Best Female Lead:
Annette Bening, “20th Century Women”
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Sasha Lane, “American Honey”
Ruth Negga, “Loving”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Best Male Lead:
Casey Affleck,...
Read More: Here’s How the Independent Spirit Awards Will Impact the Oscar Race: Analysis
Best Feature:
“American Honey”
“Chronic”
“Jackie”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
Best Director:
Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Pablo Larraín, “Jackie”
Jeff Nichols, “Loving”
Kelly Reichardt, “Certain Women”
Best First Feature:
“The Childhood of a Leader”
“The Fits”
“Other People”
“Swiss Army Man”
“The Witch”
Best Female Lead:
Annette Bening, “20th Century Women”
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Sasha Lane, “American Honey”
Ruth Negga, “Loving”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Best Male Lead:
Casey Affleck,...
- 11/22/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
American Honey and Moonlight scored a leading six nominations each as Film Independent on Tuesday announced the nominations for its 2017 Spirit Awards. Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea came in second with five noms. Other People, Jackie and Free in Deed each earned four mentions.
The nominees, celebrating the best of independent film, were revealed at a press conference hosted by Edgar Ramirez and Jenny Slate.
American Honey, Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea and Jackie all will face off in the best feature category, along with Chronic.
Although Moonlight didn't score any acting nominations, it was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. Its...
The nominees, celebrating the best of independent film, were revealed at a press conference hosted by Edgar Ramirez and Jenny Slate.
American Honey, Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea and Jackie all will face off in the best feature category, along with Chronic.
Although Moonlight didn't score any acting nominations, it was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. Its...
- 11/22/2016
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
– Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest has unveiled its final wave of programming with a giant-sized round up of the wildest films from across the planet. Opening the announcement and closing out the festival is the triumphant return of Fantastic Fest’s Karaoke King Nacho Vigalondo with his kaiju monster mash-up “Colossal,” starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis. Other standouts include “A Monster Calls,” “Headshot,” “The Lure,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and a special sneak peek at the new “Westworld” series.
The festival will open with “Arrival,” and you can check out other additions to the slate here and here.
The festival runs from September 22 – 29. You can check out more information at the festival’s official website.
– The sixth annual Napa Valley Film Festival...
– Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest has unveiled its final wave of programming with a giant-sized round up of the wildest films from across the planet. Opening the announcement and closing out the festival is the triumphant return of Fantastic Fest’s Karaoke King Nacho Vigalondo with his kaiju monster mash-up “Colossal,” starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis. Other standouts include “A Monster Calls,” “Headshot,” “The Lure,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and a special sneak peek at the new “Westworld” series.
The festival will open with “Arrival,” and you can check out other additions to the slate here and here.
The festival runs from September 22 – 29. You can check out more information at the festival’s official website.
– The sixth annual Napa Valley Film Festival...
- 9/8/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Premiering at the 2015 Venice Film Festival in the Horizons sidebar, Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro’s exceptional sophomore feature Neon Bull won the Special Jury prize of its section before competing in the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival’s first ever Platform competition, where it secured a Special Mention (interestingly, both juries awarded top prizes to films obviously fixated on stagnating social injustices, including Jake Mahaffy’s Free in Deed and Alan Zeig’s documentary Hurt).
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- 8/30/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
★★★★☆ Loosely based on real-life reports of a pastor in Tennessee who was convicted of child abuse after an attempted exorcism on an eight-year-old boy, Jake Mahaffy's Free in Deed is a chilling study of unwavering faith in the face of mounting adversity. Free in Deed takes the viewer deep into the world of store-front churches. Once a source of social and spiritual refugee for many African-Americans during the Jim Crow era, these unassuming houses of worship continue to play a major role in the lives of marginalised families.
- 6/3/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The award-winning drama "Free in Deed' will make its New York premiere at the New Voices in Black Cinema Festival, which runs April 21 to 24 at BAMCinematek in Brooklyn. "Free in Deed" screens on Saturday, April 23, at 9:30pm. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased here: http://www.bam.org/film/2016/free-in-deed. My review of the film after its Venice Film Festival premiere, follows below, along with a trailer. *** There's a lot to like in "Free in Deed," a well-acted, unrelentingly dour experiment in atmosphere, setting and sound that will captivate you throughout. Meticulous in its attention to authenticity, the Memphis, Tn-set...
- 4/13/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
After shooting a number of well-regarded shorts, including former SXSW selection Sequin Raze and Picturing Barbara Kruger, Ava Berkofsky makes her impressive dramatic feature cinematography debut with one of the most bracing movies on this year’s independent circuit, Free in Deed. The third feature from 2005 Filmmaker 25 New Face Jake Mahaffy, it’s a probing and at times assaultive story inspired by a real-life tragedy: the death of a young boy at the hands of a religious faith healer. Berkofsky’s fluid, expressionistic lensing brings the mental turmoil of the film’s characters — the healer, the boy, and the boy’s distraught, […]...
- 3/13/2016
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Simply put, the SXSW Film, Music and Interactive Festival is one of the biggest, most prestigious events in the media calendar. Taking place annually in Austin, Texas, it is beloved by film fans and filmmakers from all over the world, and has reached such heights by building a reputation for showcasing excellent content. This results in a high level of competition, with the Narrative Feature category alone having received 1442 submissions this year, and the documentary feature category having received 1,013.
The 2016 event looks to be particularly exciting, with many world premieres and feature debuts already announced. The Narrative Feature category will include Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens, Debra Eisenstadt’s Before The Sun Explodes, Joey Klein’s The Other Half, and Musa Syeed’s A Stray, among others, while the Headliner category will feature Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some.
The Narrative Spotlight category includes 9 Rides by Matthew A. Cherry; The Waiting...
The 2016 event looks to be particularly exciting, with many world premieres and feature debuts already announced. The Narrative Feature category will include Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens, Debra Eisenstadt’s Before The Sun Explodes, Joey Klein’s The Other Half, and Musa Syeed’s A Stray, among others, while the Headliner category will feature Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some.
The Narrative Spotlight category includes 9 Rides by Matthew A. Cherry; The Waiting...
- 2/10/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Us and Hong Kong producers joined by European distributor.
Independent filmmakers and distributors must change with their audience and embrace new platforms such as Amazon Prime and Netflix, according to Michael Weber, managing director of German sales agency The Match Factory.
Speaking on a panel titled “The Creative Thunder of Cinema” at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), Weber said: “Ultimately, we want our movies to be seen by people. While I am very passionate about all of the films we sell, some of the films never make it to the cinema outside of festivals or, if they do make it to the cinema, they are often kicked out within a week by the bigger films.
“So if I sell to Netflix or to Amazon, it’s likely more people will see that movie. And companies like Amazon understand there is value to a cinematic experience. I wouldn’t say it’s all a bad thing.”
Weber...
Independent filmmakers and distributors must change with their audience and embrace new platforms such as Amazon Prime and Netflix, according to Michael Weber, managing director of German sales agency The Match Factory.
Speaking on a panel titled “The Creative Thunder of Cinema” at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), Weber said: “Ultimately, we want our movies to be seen by people. While I am very passionate about all of the films we sell, some of the films never make it to the cinema outside of festivals or, if they do make it to the cinema, they are often kicked out within a week by the bigger films.
“So if I sell to Netflix or to Amazon, it’s likely more people will see that movie. And companies like Amazon understand there is value to a cinematic experience. I wouldn’t say it’s all a bad thing.”
Weber...
- 2/2/2016
- ScreenDaily
Announced today, "Free in Deed' will make its North American premiere at the AFI Fest in the World Cinema section, screening November 8th and 9th. For more info and tickets visit: http://www.afi.com/afifest/passes.aspx. *** There's a lot to like in "Free in Deed," a well-acted, unrelentingly dour experiment in atmosphere, setting and sound that will captivate you throughout. Meticulous in its attention to authenticity, the Memphis, Tn-set film, assuredly-directed by Jake Mahaffy, fictionalizes the 2003 accidental death of a child during what was supposed to be a miraculous Pentecostal healing service, concentrating on a humble, predominantly African American...
- 10/22/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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
David Harewood as Abe in Free In Deed. Jake Mahaffy: 'I grew up in a religious pentecostal-style environment and then fully de-converted so I’m familiar with the worldview and the language' Jake Mahaffy's third feature Free In Deed won the Orizzonti (Horizons) award for Best Film at Venice Film Festival last weekend. The film tells the story of single mum Melva (Edwina Findley) and her family, particularly, her son Benny (RaJay Chandler), whose severe autism - which leaves him hyper-sensitive and frequently in pain - makes it difficult for her and her young daughter Etta (Zoe Lewis) to cope. Struggling to find solutions from doctors, an unexpected encounter sees Melva welcomed by the church. It is there that she meets self-styled faith healer Abe (Homeland's David Harewood), an encounter that will profoundly change the course of all their lives. Mahaffy paints a melancholic, non-sensationalist portrait of pain,...
- 9/17/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The red carpet has been walked upon, the Spritz has been supped and the lion has roared. This year's Golden Lion selection is yet another surprise choice, the perfectly serviceable but by no means extraordinary Venezuelan-set drama From Afar, which follows the unlikely relationship between a maker of false teeth and a Caracas street tough. Lorenzo Vigas' film is an assured debut with two fine performances, especially from Alfredo Castro, familiar to world cinema-inclined audiences as Pablo Larraín's muse in Tony Manero and Post Mortem. Head of the Jury Alfonso Cuarón perhaps shows his generosity to another Latin American filmmaker in awarding the Silver Lion to Pablo Trapero for his Martin Scorsese-inspired true crime thriller The Clan.
The runner-up award in the Grand Jury was awarded to Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson for their superb R-rated stop motion masterpiece Anomalisa, for me the best film of the competition.
The runner-up award in the Grand Jury was awarded to Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson for their superb R-rated stop motion masterpiece Anomalisa, for me the best film of the competition.
- 9/13/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Anomalisa wins Grand Jury Prize; Robert Pattinson-starrer The Childhood Of A Leader wins best debut.Scroll down for full list of winners
From Afar (Desde Alla), the first Venezuelan production to appear in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The directorial debut of Lorenzo Vigas concerns a middle-aged man (Alfredo Castro) who pays young boys to spend time with him. One day he befriends an 18-year-old delinquent (Luis Silva), a development that affects both profoundly.
The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams, is produced by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who co-wrote the script.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero for kidnap drama The Clan (El Clan).
Trapero has a good relationship with Venice, having won two prizes for his 1999 debut, Crane World, returning in 2004 with Rolling Family and sitting on the Golden Lion jury in 2012.
The Clan is based on the real-life exploits...
From Afar (Desde Alla), the first Venezuelan production to appear in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The directorial debut of Lorenzo Vigas concerns a middle-aged man (Alfredo Castro) who pays young boys to spend time with him. One day he befriends an 18-year-old delinquent (Luis Silva), a development that affects both profoundly.
The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams, is produced by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who co-wrote the script.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero for kidnap drama The Clan (El Clan).
Trapero has a good relationship with Venice, having won two prizes for his 1999 debut, Crane World, returning in 2004 with Rolling Family and sitting on the Golden Lion jury in 2012.
The Clan is based on the real-life exploits...
- 9/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Venezuelan filmmaker Lorenzo Vigas' "From Afar" has taken the top prize of the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival which comes to a close this weekend.
"From Afar" follows a middle-aged gay man (Alfred Castro) who cruises the streets of Caracas searching for young companions. Luis Silva also stars.
Alfonso Cuaron led the jury which handed the Silver Lion to Pablo Trapero 's "The Clan," the Grand Jury Prize to Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson's "Anomalisa," and a Special Jury Prize to Emin Alper's "Frenzy".
Other awards include Fabrice Luchini ("L’Hermine") for best actor, Valeria Golino ("Per Amor Vostro") for best actress, and Christian Vincent ("L'Hermine") for best screenplay.
In the 'Venice Horizons' sub-category, Jake Mahaffy's "Free In Deed" took best film while Gabriel Mascaro's "Neon Bull" scored a Special Jury Prize. Brady Corbet's "The Childhood Of A Leader" scored a best...
"From Afar" follows a middle-aged gay man (Alfred Castro) who cruises the streets of Caracas searching for young companions. Luis Silva also stars.
Alfonso Cuaron led the jury which handed the Silver Lion to Pablo Trapero 's "The Clan," the Grand Jury Prize to Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson's "Anomalisa," and a Special Jury Prize to Emin Alper's "Frenzy".
Other awards include Fabrice Luchini ("L’Hermine") for best actor, Valeria Golino ("Per Amor Vostro") for best actress, and Christian Vincent ("L'Hermine") for best screenplay.
In the 'Venice Horizons' sub-category, Jake Mahaffy's "Free In Deed" took best film while Gabriel Mascaro's "Neon Bull" scored a Special Jury Prize. Brady Corbet's "The Childhood Of A Leader" scored a best...
- 9/12/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The fourth edition of Sala Web, the “virtual festival” at the Venice Film Festival, which kicked last week (September 2-12), includes the David Harewood and Edwina Findley indie drama titled "Free In Deed," from writer/director Jake Mahaffy, which is based on a true story, and which is apparently making its world premiere there. In the film, Harewood plays a man who brings a small congregation together in order to perform the miraculous healing of an 8-year-old autistic child. Findley plays the boy’s mother. Words for the director on the project, which tells us more about the story the film tells: "How can a man crush a child to death, while...
- 9/11/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The lineup for the fourth edition of Sala Web, the “virtual festival” at the Venice Film Festival, which kicked off yesterday (September 2-12), includes the David Harewood and Edwina Findley indie drama titled "Free In Deed," from writer/director Jake Mahaffy, which is based on a true story, and which is apparently making its world premiere there. In the film, Harewood plays a man who brings a small congregation together in order to perform the miraculous healing of an 8-year-old autistic child. Findley plays the boy’s mother. It's a project we've been tracking for at least a couple of years now, and I'm glad to see it finally making its official...
- 9/3/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Venice’s “virtual festival” will feature 15 world premieres this year.Scroll Down For Full List
The fourth edition of Sala Web, the “virtual festival” at the Venice Film Festival (September 2-12), has revealed it’s line-up for 2015.
This year’s selection of films includes 15 world premieres: 12 from the Orizzonti Competition and three features from the Biennale College, Venice’s laboratory that supports micro-budget films.
Directors having their films featured include Merzak Allouache (The Rooftops), Jake Mahaffy (Wellness) and Gabriel Mascaro (August Winds), as well as numerous first-time filmmakers.
The selected films will again be streaming on VOD platform Festival Scope and will be available for five days after the films have premiere screenings at the festival.
Full list:
Synopses provided by Venice Film Festival
Orizzonti Films
Neon Bull (Boi Neon) dir. Gabriel Mascaro
Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands; 101’ Portuguese
(Available from September 3)
Iremar works at the Vaquejadas, a rodeo in the Northeast of Brazil, where two men...
The fourth edition of Sala Web, the “virtual festival” at the Venice Film Festival (September 2-12), has revealed it’s line-up for 2015.
This year’s selection of films includes 15 world premieres: 12 from the Orizzonti Competition and three features from the Biennale College, Venice’s laboratory that supports micro-budget films.
Directors having their films featured include Merzak Allouache (The Rooftops), Jake Mahaffy (Wellness) and Gabriel Mascaro (August Winds), as well as numerous first-time filmmakers.
The selected films will again be streaming on VOD platform Festival Scope and will be available for five days after the films have premiere screenings at the festival.
Full list:
Synopses provided by Venice Film Festival
Orizzonti Films
Neon Bull (Boi Neon) dir. Gabriel Mascaro
Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands; 101’ Portuguese
(Available from September 3)
Iremar works at the Vaquejadas, a rodeo in the Northeast of Brazil, where two men...
- 8/18/2015
- ScreenDaily
Back to back mid-summer Xmas mornings with the rollout of major premiere titles at Tiff and now the full line-up for Venice means we’re now carefully dissecting the numerous films announced with our first focus going down the list at the treasure trove of items in the Horizons Section, otherwise known as Orizzonti. Names that pop out of the group of eighteen include Danish helmer Tobias Lindholm‘s heavily anticipated third feature film, A War. Re-teaming with actor Pilou Asbæk in just as many outings, R (2010) and A Hijacking (2012) are part of his already stacked early filmography, this is about a solider stationed in Afghanistan and finds himself caught in a catch-22 type of situation.
Another highly anticipated film (our Nicholas Bell slotted it at #33) which posits a person in a life or death type of situation is Nicolas Saada‘s sophomore film. Based on true horrific events, set...
Another highly anticipated film (our Nicholas Bell slotted it at #33) which posits a person in a life or death type of situation is Nicolas Saada‘s sophomore film. Based on true horrific events, set...
- 7/29/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
On the heels of yesterday's Toronto Film Festival announcement, this morning we get the lineup for the 2015 Venice Film Festival and, as always, there's a little crossover with some films set to premiere on the Lido ahead of their Toronto (and/or Telluride premieres). Some of the titles not screening at Toronto (at least not yet) that will premiere at Venice include Baltasar Kormakur's Everest, which is serving as the opening night film, Drake Doremus' Equals starring Kristen Stewart, A Bigger Splash from Luca Guadagnino, Go With Me directed by Daniel Alfredson, Dito Montiel's Man Down, Amy Berg's Janis as well as a new, 16-minute short film from Martin Scorsese titled The Audition and a Brian De Palma documentary directed by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow. There's also buzz building for The Childhood of a Leader directed by Brady Corbet and starring Robert Pattinson and Berenice Bejo.
- 7/29/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Venice Film Festival has become one of the longest-running events on the festival circuit, its veteran status giving it a level of prestige that has only been heightened by the films that have screened at the event. Having first started in 1932, a number of movies that have gone on to be classics have won prizes at the festival, including Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, Satyajit Ray’s Aparajito, and Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad. Interest in the festival’s lineup announcement has thus grown over the years, with many film fans curious to see what the organisers select to play at the event, due to its stature. The full lineup for the 2015 incarnation of the festival, the 72nd one in the festival’s history, has now been announced. The festival itself will run from September 2nd to the 12th, with a jury that includes Alfonso Cuarón, Nuri Bilge Ceylan,...
- 7/29/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
A film that's on my Sundance 2015 predictions list (see the list here if you haven't), David Harewood and Edwina Findley star in the indie drama "Free In Deed," from writer/director Jake Mahaffy, which is based on a true story of a man who brings a small congregation together in order to perform the miraculous healing of an 8-year-old autistic child. Harewood plays the man, and Findley plays the boy’s mother. Last month, the filmmaker took to Indiegogo to raise funds to complete post-production on the project, although he didn't meet his $55,000 goal, raising just 21% of that. But it's Indiegogo, so he got to keep what he did raise (minus Indiegogo's fees of course). As...
- 12/2/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
After Tim Sutton’s portrait in 2014, this could this be a back-to-back Sundance editions with the idea of Memphis in the forefront. Taking perhaps the tortoise route towards fruition, Free in Deed was part of the same 2005 Screenwriters Lab (same year as Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre and So Yong Kim’s Treeless Mountain) with stops at the but the Cannes Atelier, 2006 Sundance Institute Director Lab and Annenberg Film Fellowship Grant. This project is definitely in the homestretch. Jake Mahaffy who first broke out with Frontier section War in 2004 and followed that up with the 2008 SXSW Dramatic Comp Grand Jury Prize winning Wellness (also an Ifp Gotham Awards – Best Undistributed Film Nominee) has been keeping the coals fired up working in the short and installation forms. He had previously made appearances in Park City with his Motion Studies series in Gravity (2005), Mobile (2005), Heat (2005), Inertia (2008), and most recently broke onto the...
- 11/12/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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