New Delhi, July 26 (Ians) The All-India Football Federation (Aiff) on Wednesday conducted the official draw for the 77th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2023-24 and the Senior Women’s National Football Championship 2023-24.
The Santosh Trophy will see participation from 38 teams, while there will be 37 teams in the Senior Women’s National Football Championship.
Karnataka and Meghalaya, who were the two finalists of the Santosh Trophy in 2022-23, will gain direct entry into the Final Rounds of the competition, while the same will apply to Tamil Nadu and Haryana, who played the final of the Senior Women’s NFC 2022-23, the Aiff said in a report on its website.
Aiff Secretary General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran said, “We wish each team the very best for the Santosh Trophy and the Senior Women’s NFC. I am sure this season will see much better competition, and we will have the opportunity...
The Santosh Trophy will see participation from 38 teams, while there will be 37 teams in the Senior Women’s National Football Championship.
Karnataka and Meghalaya, who were the two finalists of the Santosh Trophy in 2022-23, will gain direct entry into the Final Rounds of the competition, while the same will apply to Tamil Nadu and Haryana, who played the final of the Senior Women’s NFC 2022-23, the Aiff said in a report on its website.
Aiff Secretary General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran said, “We wish each team the very best for the Santosh Trophy and the Senior Women’s NFC. I am sure this season will see much better competition, and we will have the opportunity...
- 7/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, May 14 (Ians) Punjab Kings’ spin-bowling coach Sunil Joshi heaped praise on young opener Prabhsimran Singh for his rollicking 103 setting up a 31-run win over Delhi Capitals, saying the talent was always there in the youngster and just that maturity in him has become better.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday was witness to a one-man show from Prabhsimran, where he scored 103 off 65 balls, including ten fours and six sixes, in Punjab’s competitive total of 167 on a slow and gripping pitch, where none of his teammates went past 20 with the bat.
“I think the talent was always there with him (Prabhsimran), it’s only the maturity that gets better. He started thinking about the game. Started thinking and respecting the bowlers also. That has helped him a lot.”
“He is now staying calm in different situations. He got a lot of starts but he could not convert them.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday was witness to a one-man show from Prabhsimran, where he scored 103 off 65 balls, including ten fours and six sixes, in Punjab’s competitive total of 167 on a slow and gripping pitch, where none of his teammates went past 20 with the bat.
“I think the talent was always there with him (Prabhsimran), it’s only the maturity that gets better. He started thinking about the game. Started thinking and respecting the bowlers also. That has helped him a lot.”
“He is now staying calm in different situations. He got a lot of starts but he could not convert them.
- 5/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, May 10 (Ians) On Tuesday night, the second most sought-after contest of the Rivalry Week between Mi and Rcb at Wankhede Stadium entertained the crowd to the fullest as Mi chased down the target of 200 for the third straight time in Ipl 2023.
Sensational Suryakumar Yadav carried his red-hot form with the bat and blasted a quickfire 83 off 35 balls and young Nehal Wadhera also smashed his second fifty of the season. The duo strung a partnership of 140 runs to put Mi in the driver’s seat in the run chase.
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar claimed that Sky’s form rubbed off on Wadhera but the youngster played his own shots.
Speaking on Star Sports’ Cricket Live, Gavaskar said, “When you are batting with Sky your confidence is boosted, but the best thing about Nehal Wadhera’s innings was that he wasn’t looking to play shots like Sky. The...
Sensational Suryakumar Yadav carried his red-hot form with the bat and blasted a quickfire 83 off 35 balls and young Nehal Wadhera also smashed his second fifty of the season. The duo strung a partnership of 140 runs to put Mi in the driver’s seat in the run chase.
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar claimed that Sky’s form rubbed off on Wadhera but the youngster played his own shots.
Speaking on Star Sports’ Cricket Live, Gavaskar said, “When you are batting with Sky your confidence is boosted, but the best thing about Nehal Wadhera’s innings was that he wasn’t looking to play shots like Sky. The...
- 5/10/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
With the ball coming nicely on to the bat, Saha was effortlessly toying with the lines and lengths of Lucknow’s bowlers, especially of Avesh Khan and Mohsin Khan, making 54 out of the hosts’ 78 runs in power-play, bringing up his fifty in 20 balls and setting the base for Gujarat to bat Lucknow out of the game.
For someone who began his Ipl career in the middle order and hit a century in an Ipl final while coming at number four, Saha has now adapted quietly and quickly to the role of power-play enforcer for Gujarat, where he has a strike-rate of 137.18 in Ipl 2023.
"Since childhood, I had the nature of hitting the ball hard even if the circle is up. Yes, when I started in the Ipl, I was batting at number six or seven in Kkr, Csk. Sometimes chances came of opening the batting or playing in the top-order.
For someone who began his Ipl career in the middle order and hit a century in an Ipl final while coming at number four, Saha has now adapted quietly and quickly to the role of power-play enforcer for Gujarat, where he has a strike-rate of 137.18 in Ipl 2023.
"Since childhood, I had the nature of hitting the ball hard even if the circle is up. Yes, when I started in the Ipl, I was batting at number six or seven in Kkr, Csk. Sometimes chances came of opening the batting or playing in the top-order.
- 5/9/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mysuru, Aug 7 (Ians) Mangalore United captain R Samarth put on a top show with the bat, helping his side defeat Hubli Tigers by eight wickets at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground in the opening match of the Maharaja Ksca T20 Trophy on Sunday. Asked to bat first, in overcast conditions and a spongy […]...
- 8/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Mysuru, Aug 7 (Ians) Mangalore United captain R Samarth put on a top show with the bat, helping his side defeat Hubli Tigers by eight wickets at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground in the opening match of the Maharaja Ksca T20 Trophy on Sunday. Asked to bat first, in overcast conditions and a spongy […]...
- 8/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Kalush Orchestra, the ensemble that took home the Eurovision 2022 trophy earlier this month, has auctioned off the statue to support their country’s armed forces.
According to the band’s Instagram story, they raised 900,000 after crypto group WhiteBIT made the high bid.
“Friends, you are unreal. Thanks to everyone who donated and especially @whitebit_ua, they bought the trophy for 900,000,” the band shared.
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Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra Wins Eurovision Song Contest (Video)
The crypto group also turned to social media to announce their auction win, explaining the funds will help buy drones for the Ukrainian armed forces, currently engaged in a war with Russia.
“Today there was a drawing of two lots from Kalush Orchestra and the Charitable Foundation of Serhiy Prytula,” read a post on the crypto group’s page. “We hope you followed the events live...
According to the band’s Instagram story, they raised 900,000 after crypto group WhiteBIT made the high bid.
“Friends, you are unreal. Thanks to everyone who donated and especially @whitebit_ua, they bought the trophy for 900,000,” the band shared.
Also Read:
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra Wins Eurovision Song Contest (Video)
The crypto group also turned to social media to announce their auction win, explaining the funds will help buy drones for the Ukrainian armed forces, currently engaged in a war with Russia.
“Today there was a drawing of two lots from Kalush Orchestra and the Charitable Foundation of Serhiy Prytula,” read a post on the crypto group’s page. “We hope you followed the events live...
- 5/30/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
By Khurram Habib
New Delhi, Feb 19 (Ians) Left-arm pace bowler Chetan Sakariya, who was picked by Rajasthan Royals for Rs.1.2 crore in the Indian Premier League (Ipl) auction on Thursday, began assisting his maternal uncle in his stationery business in his village, some 10 kilometres from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, even while he was finishing school.
The uncle took care of his expenses for education, cricket equipment, and training at the Sir Bhavsinhji Cricket Academy, a go-to place for budding cricketers in and around Bhavnagar, and from where the likes of Saurashtra players Sheldon Jackson, Harvik Desai, and Sandip Maniar have emerged.
Sakariya's dad, who owned and drove a tempo, took care of the family with his meagre income.
"When I was in school, I had to balance studies and cricket. But after completing my 12th I focussed on cricket. I would train in the evening and in the first half, I would work for my uncle,...
New Delhi, Feb 19 (Ians) Left-arm pace bowler Chetan Sakariya, who was picked by Rajasthan Royals for Rs.1.2 crore in the Indian Premier League (Ipl) auction on Thursday, began assisting his maternal uncle in his stationery business in his village, some 10 kilometres from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, even while he was finishing school.
The uncle took care of his expenses for education, cricket equipment, and training at the Sir Bhavsinhji Cricket Academy, a go-to place for budding cricketers in and around Bhavnagar, and from where the likes of Saurashtra players Sheldon Jackson, Harvik Desai, and Sandip Maniar have emerged.
Sakariya's dad, who owned and drove a tempo, took care of the family with his meagre income.
"When I was in school, I had to balance studies and cricket. But after completing my 12th I focussed on cricket. I would train in the evening and in the first half, I would work for my uncle,...
- 2/19/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Feb 17 (Ians) Fast bowler Umesh Yadav, who last played a Test on India's the recent Australian tour, has replaced pacer Shardul Thakur for the third and fourth Tests against England, to be played at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, near Ahmedabad, the Indian cricket board announced on Wednesday. Thakur has been released to represent Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The rest of the squad that was picked for the first and second Tests in Chennai has been retained.
The third Test will be a day-night match and starts on February 24 while the fourth will be played from March 4.
The series is currently tied 1-1. While England won the first Test by 227 runs, India roared back into the series in the second Test with a 317-run win.
Yadav, 33, will join the team in Ahmedabad following a fitness test. He had sustained a calf injury on the third...
The rest of the squad that was picked for the first and second Tests in Chennai has been retained.
The third Test will be a day-night match and starts on February 24 while the fourth will be played from March 4.
The series is currently tied 1-1. While England won the first Test by 227 runs, India roared back into the series in the second Test with a 317-run win.
Yadav, 33, will join the team in Ahmedabad following a fitness test. He had sustained a calf injury on the third...
- 2/17/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Film ReviewPerhaps for the first time in Tamil cinema, the genre of a film has been completely changed halfway through its presentation.Priyanka ThirumurthyIt is quite common in Tamil Nadu for filmmakers to create a mishmash of genres to make a 'palatable' product for the audience. But perhaps for the first time in Tamil cinema, the genre of a film has been completely changed halfway through its presentation. Director A Kumaran's latest film Jada, which was touted to be a 'sports drama' with thriller elements starring Kathir of Pariyerum Perumal fame in the lead role, completely veers off its expected path and plunges into a half-baked horror plot, much to the well..horror of its audience. The film begins, predictably, by showcasing the passion that the youth of North Chennai have for football, and how it serves as a deterrent from indulging in the violence that they grow up with.
- 12/6/2019
- by Prajwal
- The News Minute
“For us, ivory is worthless unless it is on our elephants,” says Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta in a televised statement, shortly before several vast hauls of severed elephant tusks — ornately piled like sacred shrines — is ceremoniously set ablaze. It’s a confiscated collection that, Kenyatta tells his audience, is worth $150 million, literally going up in smoke.
On the one hand, it’s a defiant and honorable gesture of principle, a boldly symbolic warning to illegal poachers that no blood money is good money; to unnamed, hard-up ivory trader “X,” watching the broadcast stony-faced from his squalid, impoverished shanty settlement, the long view isn’t quite so apparent. It’s a complex scene of moral whiplash that encapsulates the conflicting consciences driving “When Lambs Become Lions”:
Arriving on U.S. screens long after its debut at last year’s Tribeca fest, “When Lions Become Lambs” has racked up a long...
On the one hand, it’s a defiant and honorable gesture of principle, a boldly symbolic warning to illegal poachers that no blood money is good money; to unnamed, hard-up ivory trader “X,” watching the broadcast stony-faced from his squalid, impoverished shanty settlement, the long view isn’t quite so apparent. It’s a complex scene of moral whiplash that encapsulates the conflicting consciences driving “When Lambs Become Lions”:
Arriving on U.S. screens long after its debut at last year’s Tribeca fest, “When Lions Become Lambs” has racked up a long...
- 11/22/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 have acquired the North American rights to the rock documentary “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” and plan to release the film in theaters this September, the companies announced Monday.
CNN Films, who also produced co-financed the documentary with Pch Films, has also acquired the North American broadcast TV rights for North America.
“The Sound of My Voice” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and also won an audience award for documentaries at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Also Read: 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice' Review: Rock Doc Starts and Ends With the Music
The film includes archival footage spanning 50 years, following her from the start of her career in the 1960s through becoming the highest paid female rock and roll performer in the ’70s, all culminating in her retirement in 2011 due to her battle with Parkinson’s disease.
CNN Films, who also produced co-financed the documentary with Pch Films, has also acquired the North American broadcast TV rights for North America.
“The Sound of My Voice” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and also won an audience award for documentaries at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Also Read: 'Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice' Review: Rock Doc Starts and Ends With the Music
The film includes archival footage spanning 50 years, following her from the start of her career in the 1960s through becoming the highest paid female rock and roll performer in the ’70s, all culminating in her retirement in 2011 due to her battle with Parkinson’s disease.
- 7/1/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: North American distribution rights to Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice have been co-acquired by Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 (formerly The Orchard).
The documentary, directed by Oscar winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and produced by James Keach and Michele Farinola and CNN Films, had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and recently took the Documentary Audience Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Co-financed by Keach’s Pch Films and CNN Films, the latter has also acquired broadcast television rights for North America. It will open in theaters in September. It is a powerful and no-holds barred look at the 1960s and ’70s music icon whose voice transcends all genres, and as I said when I wrote about its Tribeca premiere, the film is another sterling example in the wave of musical documentaries and biopics sweeping the theatrical exhibition scene.
Constructed from interviews over 50 years,...
The documentary, directed by Oscar winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and produced by James Keach and Michele Farinola and CNN Films, had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and recently took the Documentary Audience Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Co-financed by Keach’s Pch Films and CNN Films, the latter has also acquired broadcast television rights for North America. It will open in theaters in September. It is a powerful and no-holds barred look at the 1960s and ’70s music icon whose voice transcends all genres, and as I said when I wrote about its Tribeca premiere, the film is another sterling example in the wave of musical documentaries and biopics sweeping the theatrical exhibition scene.
Constructed from interviews over 50 years,...
- 7/1/2019
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
“Halston,” a look at the famous American fashion designer, has sold theatrical distribution and home entertainment rights to the studio formerly known as The Orchard Film Group. The deal comes following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday.
It’s the first major purchase for the indie label since it announced this week that it had a deal in place to be sold to 1091 Media, an investment group run by Danny Stein and Joe Samberg, who previously oversaw The Orchard’s push into releasing films. The Orchard is divesting from movies to concentrate on its core music business. The film group will be renamed.
“Halston,” an intimate look at a man who rose to the top of the world of haute couture with his minimalist aesthetic, was produced by CNN Films, which will retain all North American broadcast rights. It was directed by Frédéric Tcheng. The Orchard previously...
It’s the first major purchase for the indie label since it announced this week that it had a deal in place to be sold to 1091 Media, an investment group run by Danny Stein and Joe Samberg, who previously oversaw The Orchard’s push into releasing films. The Orchard is divesting from movies to concentrate on its core music business. The film group will be renamed.
“Halston,” an intimate look at a man who rose to the top of the world of haute couture with his minimalist aesthetic, was produced by CNN Films, which will retain all North American broadcast rights. It was directed by Frédéric Tcheng. The Orchard previously...
- 1/27/2019
- by Brent Lang and Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Today we have a stark, and 'uncanny valley' type of key art out of Turkey. Agnieszka Holland's much lauded Polish crime film, Pokot (Trophy), took a fair number of awards and plaudits on the festival circuit including Berlin's Silver Bear, and Fantasia's top award, The Cheval Noir. Here, the Turkish poster for the film borrows the central image of the films Polish teaser, the wolf with a human eye looking directly at the observer, adds two of its biggest achievements, and a curious miniscule credit block top centre (unorthodox!) along with the various Star ratings of English media outlets and a Turkish translation of a pull quote from the Village Voice ("One of a kind." if you are curious.) It also rebrands the film with...
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- 10/5/2018
- Screen Anarchy
After his last film “Life, Animated” became an audience favorite, director Roger Ross Williams’ next film “American Jail” is turning its attention to the U.S. prison system.
CNN released the first look at the upcoming film, which will examine the individuals and entities that benefit from the existing framework and will see Williams traveling outside the U.S. for potential solutions to the problem.
The film, which is set to air on CNN early next month, looks at the systemic issues within the American criminal justice system, particularly those to which people in poverty are most susceptible. To illustrate the forces behind the “prison pipeline” that Williams’ film looks to document, “American Jail” will feature commentary from leading experts in this field of study and testimony from individuals currently serving sentences in American facilities.
Read More: Roger Ross Williams Reveals the Healing Power of Disney in ’Life, Animated’:...
CNN released the first look at the upcoming film, which will examine the individuals and entities that benefit from the existing framework and will see Williams traveling outside the U.S. for potential solutions to the problem.
The film, which is set to air on CNN early next month, looks at the systemic issues within the American criminal justice system, particularly those to which people in poverty are most susceptible. To illustrate the forces behind the “prison pipeline” that Williams’ film looks to document, “American Jail” will feature commentary from leading experts in this field of study and testimony from individuals currently serving sentences in American facilities.
Read More: Roger Ross Williams Reveals the Healing Power of Disney in ’Life, Animated’:...
- 6/20/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg)
Leave it to Steven Spielberg to eke more thrills out of an animated feature than most directors could with every live-action tool at their disposal. The Adventures of Tintin is colored and paced like a child’s fantastical imagining of how Hergé’s comics might play in motion, and the extent to which viewers buy it depends largely on their willingness to give...
The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg)
Leave it to Steven Spielberg to eke more thrills out of an animated feature than most directors could with every live-action tool at their disposal. The Adventures of Tintin is colored and paced like a child’s fantastical imagining of how Hergé’s comics might play in motion, and the extent to which viewers buy it depends largely on their willingness to give...
- 12/8/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
When filmmakers Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau first set out to make their stunning documentary “Trophy,” about the complex industry of big-game hunting and conservation in Africa and the U.S., they thought it would be an exposé.
“We really wanted to shame the industry,” Clusiau said in a Q&A after a screening of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual documentary screening series. “And then we realized it’s not so black and white.”
When they met South African rhino farmer John Hume, who argues that the legal trade of rhino horn will prevent poaching and keep the species alive, Zimbabwean anti-poaching wildlife officer Chris Moore, who works to keep communities safe from predators in part by working with big game hunters, and many others featured in the film, their opinion changed.
Said Schwarz, “In the long run we found that in this subject we all...
“We really wanted to shame the industry,” Clusiau said in a Q&A after a screening of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual documentary screening series. “And then we realized it’s not so black and white.”
When they met South African rhino farmer John Hume, who argues that the legal trade of rhino horn will prevent poaching and keep the species alive, Zimbabwean anti-poaching wildlife officer Chris Moore, who works to keep communities safe from predators in part by working with big game hunters, and many others featured in the film, their opinion changed.
Said Schwarz, “In the long run we found that in this subject we all...
- 9/20/2017
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
For the fifth consecutive year, IndieWire will partner with the Independent Documentary Association for its annual screening series. It launches tonight with Yance Ford’s “Strong Island,” which won a special jury prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The screenings come fast and furious after that with Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz’s “Trophy” on September 14, Bryan Fogel’s “Icarus” September 18, Matthew Heineman’s “City of Ghosts” September 21, and more than 30 more documentaries to follow through the end of November, including Amir Bar-Lev’s “A Long Strange Trip,” Evgeny Afineevsky’s “Cries From Syria,” Peter Bratt’s “Dolores,” and Rebecca Miller’s “Arthur Miller: Writer.”
Each film includes a post-screening Q&A with the directors and other talent, often moderated by IndieWire. We’ll post Q&A coverage along with video of the event. All screenings are held at the Landmark Theater in Los Angeles.
The Ida Documentary Screening Series...
The screenings come fast and furious after that with Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz’s “Trophy” on September 14, Bryan Fogel’s “Icarus” September 18, Matthew Heineman’s “City of Ghosts” September 21, and more than 30 more documentaries to follow through the end of November, including Amir Bar-Lev’s “A Long Strange Trip,” Evgeny Afineevsky’s “Cries From Syria,” Peter Bratt’s “Dolores,” and Rebecca Miller’s “Arthur Miller: Writer.”
Each film includes a post-screening Q&A with the directors and other talent, often moderated by IndieWire. We’ll post Q&A coverage along with video of the event. All screenings are held at the Landmark Theater in Los Angeles.
The Ida Documentary Screening Series...
- 9/13/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
As we make our way deeper and deeper into the Fall Festival season, some of the highlights from festivals earlier in the year are finally arriving in theaters. Be it the Safdie Brothers Cannes-stealing Good Time or Eliza Hittman’s Sundance stunner Beach Rats some of the spring’s most talked about festival pictures are just now making their way into theaters around the country. But what about those that went relatively unspoken of? There are some true discoveries to be had.
One of those discoveries is the newest film from Narco Cultura director Shaul Schwarz and co-director Christina Clusiau, entitled Trophy. As one could gather from the title, the film focuses its lens on the world of animal conservation in an age where more and more animals inch closer and closer to extinction. We watch as people try to help nurture animals and their populations back to life as...
One of those discoveries is the newest film from Narco Cultura director Shaul Schwarz and co-director Christina Clusiau, entitled Trophy. As one could gather from the title, the film focuses its lens on the world of animal conservation in an age where more and more animals inch closer and closer to extinction. We watch as people try to help nurture animals and their populations back to life as...
- 9/8/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Trophy, directed by longtime photo-journos Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau, has been garnering buzz and sparking debate ever since its Sundance premiere. The film is a meticulously researched look at every possible angle of the “wildlife industry versus conservation” showdown, taking place in some of the most majestic parts of our world. Undeniably riveting, it’s also the only film I’ve seen all year that made my blood boil to the point of tossing all critical objectivity aside. I spoke with the duo, cofounders of Reel Peak Films, which aims to bring the cinematic nonfiction treatment to journalism, prior to the […]...
- 9/8/2017
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Trophy Director: Shaul Schwarz, Co-director: Christina Clusaiu Cast: Philip Glass, John Hume, Michelle Otto, Christo Gomes, Joe Hosmer, Adam Roberts, Craig Packer, Tim Fallon, Richard Hume Opens: September 8, 2017 There are lots of animals in Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, according to Shaul Schwarz, who directed “Trophy” after having made “Aida’s Secrets,” about two […]
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The post Trophy Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 9/5/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
As summer cools down, we’re entering perhaps the best time of year for cinephiles, with a variety of festivals — some of which will hold premieres of our most-anticipated 2017 features — gearing up. As we do each year, after highlighting the best films offered thus far, we’ve set out to provide a comprehensive preview of the fall titles that should be on your radar, and we’ll first take a look at selections whose quality we can attest to. These acclaimed 25 films from Sundance, Cannes, Berlinale and more will arrive between September and December (in the U.S.) and are all well worth seeking out.
Kill Me Please (Anita Rocha da Silveira; Sept. 1)
Following in a wave of cerebral psychological horror films such as The Witch, It Follows, and The Babadook, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s debut Kill Me Please is the latest art-horror film that’s concerned with the internal repercussions of trauma.
Kill Me Please (Anita Rocha da Silveira; Sept. 1)
Following in a wave of cerebral psychological horror films such as The Witch, It Follows, and The Babadook, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s debut Kill Me Please is the latest art-horror film that’s concerned with the internal repercussions of trauma.
- 8/23/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
"We have to keep this fight going!" The Orchard has debuted an official trailer for a documentary called Trophy, examining the world of big game trophy hunters and how it connects to wildlife conservation. This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in competition earlier this year, and has played at other fests all over the world. The description for this says it will make you question "what is right, what is wrong and what is necessary in order to save the great species of the world from extinction." This seems like it would make a great double feature with the other wildlife doc The Ivory Game (about elephant poaching) from last year. I will admit I'm curious about seeing this, and I'm a bit sad I missed it at Sundance. Take a look below. Here's the trailer (+ poster) for Christina Clusiau & Shaul Schwarz's doc Trophy, from YouTube: Christina Clusiau...
- 8/8/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the more controversial, much-discussed documentaries to come out of Sundance this year was Trophy, the latest film from Shaul Schwarz (Narco Cultura) and Christina Clusiau. Taking a deep, complex look inside big-game hunting and wildlife conservation, the documentary will be arriving next month and now a new trailer has landed.
“There’s no clear answer for what to do here, like so much in this world,” we said in our review. “For every groundswell of social media support for a Cecil The Lion, there are a hundred (a thousand!) poaching atrocities committed in the name of protecting local farmers and fueling a growing hunting economy, and some of that is certainly legitimate.”
Check out the trailer below.
Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled in part by a global desire to consume these majestic animals. Trophy...
“There’s no clear answer for what to do here, like so much in this world,” we said in our review. “For every groundswell of social media support for a Cecil The Lion, there are a hundred (a thousand!) poaching atrocities committed in the name of protecting local farmers and fueling a growing hunting economy, and some of that is certainly legitimate.”
Check out the trailer below.
Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled in part by a global desire to consume these majestic animals. Trophy...
- 8/8/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
If Ulrich Seidl’s “Safari” didn’t depress you enough, there’s another documentary about big-game hunting on the way: “Trophy.” Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau’s film appeared to strong reviews at Sundance earlier this year — our own Jude Dry said that it “unearths layers of an issue much more complex than even the filmmakers initially believed” — and opens in theaters next month. Watch the trailer below.
Read More‘Trophy’ Review: This Big-Game Hunting Exposé is Jaw-Droppingly Beautiful, and Appalling — Sundance 2017 Here’s the synopsis: “Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos, and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled by a global desire to consume and collect these majestic animals. ‘Trophy’ investigates the powerhouse businesses of big game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation.” Read More‘Trophy’ Exclusive Clip: SXSW Documentary Investigates the Business of Big-Game Hunting The Orchard and CNN Films acquired distribution rights to “Trophy,...
Read More‘Trophy’ Review: This Big-Game Hunting Exposé is Jaw-Droppingly Beautiful, and Appalling — Sundance 2017 Here’s the synopsis: “Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos, and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled by a global desire to consume and collect these majestic animals. ‘Trophy’ investigates the powerhouse businesses of big game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation.” Read More‘Trophy’ Exclusive Clip: SXSW Documentary Investigates the Business of Big-Game Hunting The Orchard and CNN Films acquired distribution rights to “Trophy,...
- 8/4/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The Hamptons International Film Festival's SummerDocs series is set to return for its ninth year.
Five documentary films will be screened from July 8-Aug. 26, with each screening followed by discussions with filmmakers and subjects led by Hiff co-chairman Alec Baldwin and Hiff artistic director David Nugent.
The films in this year's lineup include Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Trophy, Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton, Whitney: Can I Be Me? and Icarus. Post-screening discussions will be held with, respectively, directors Brian Knappenberger, Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz, Rory Kennedy, Nick Broomfield and Bryan Fogel. Hamilton...
Five documentary films will be screened from July 8-Aug. 26, with each screening followed by discussions with filmmakers and subjects led by Hiff co-chairman Alec Baldwin and Hiff artistic director David Nugent.
The films in this year's lineup include Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, Trophy, Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton, Whitney: Can I Be Me? and Icarus. Post-screening discussions will be held with, respectively, directors Brian Knappenberger, Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz, Rory Kennedy, Nick Broomfield and Bryan Fogel. Hamilton...
- 6/17/2017
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New initiatives at Cph:dox include Britdoc’s Good Pitch event, a cultural summit and tech innovation pitches at Propeller Springboard.
Cph:dox has awarded its Dox:award to Last Men in Aleppo, directed by Feras Fayyad and co-directed by Steen Johannessen.
The jury said the film, about volunteers in the war-torn Syrian city, is “a film whose devastating emotional immediacy plunges us into a Shakespearean tragedy of a people striving to retain their humanity in the face of impossible realities.”
The film previously won the grand jury prize in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary competition.
Special mentions went to Gray House by Austin Lynch and Matthew Booth and The John Dalli Mystery by Jeppe Rønde.
The F:act Award, for a film involving in-depth journalistic investigation, went to Reber Dosky’s Radio Kobani, about a young woman’s struggle to run a local radio station in war-torn northern Syria.
A special mention went to Trophy by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau...
Cph:dox has awarded its Dox:award to Last Men in Aleppo, directed by Feras Fayyad and co-directed by Steen Johannessen.
The jury said the film, about volunteers in the war-torn Syrian city, is “a film whose devastating emotional immediacy plunges us into a Shakespearean tragedy of a people striving to retain their humanity in the face of impossible realities.”
The film previously won the grand jury prize in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary competition.
Special mentions went to Gray House by Austin Lynch and Matthew Booth and The John Dalli Mystery by Jeppe Rønde.
The F:act Award, for a film involving in-depth journalistic investigation, went to Reber Dosky’s Radio Kobani, about a young woman’s struggle to run a local radio station in war-torn northern Syria.
A special mention went to Trophy by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau...
- 3/25/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
“Trophy” first premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival back in January. Now, the documentary directed by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau will be screening at South by Southwest.
Read More: ‘Trophy’ Review: This Big-Game Hunting Exposé is Jaw-Droppingly Beautiful, and Appalling — Sundance 2017
Here’s the official description of the film: “Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos, and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled by a global desire to consume and collect these majestic animals.”Trophy” investigates the powerhouse businesses of big game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation.”
“Surely we want our world to survive,” says one of the subjects in the film, John Hume, a rhino breeder whose life’s mission is to save the rhino from extinction. “Surely we want our world to be a better place.”
Read More: The Orchard and CNN Acquire Documentary ‘Trophy’ — Sundance 2017
The Orchard and CNN Films have...
Read More: ‘Trophy’ Review: This Big-Game Hunting Exposé is Jaw-Droppingly Beautiful, and Appalling — Sundance 2017
Here’s the official description of the film: “Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos, and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled by a global desire to consume and collect these majestic animals.”Trophy” investigates the powerhouse businesses of big game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation.”
“Surely we want our world to survive,” says one of the subjects in the film, John Hume, a rhino breeder whose life’s mission is to save the rhino from extinction. “Surely we want our world to be a better place.”
Read More: The Orchard and CNN Acquire Documentary ‘Trophy’ — Sundance 2017
The Orchard and CNN Films have...
- 3/8/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
So far it’s a solid mix of narratives and documentaries.Step
It’s safe to say that the ultimate Sundance dream is to sell a film (second to Ava DuVernay casually walking by you, of course). Filmmakers want to sell their films so that their work can reach more audiences and they can hopefully go on to make bigger and better films. Studios want to buy films so that they can compete in the industry. Patrons especially want sales so that when their friends later ask if they want to see this new indie film that just came out they can casually go, “Is that finally out? It seems like Ages since I saw it at Sundance. Also did I tell you that Ava DuVernay walked by me this year? I did? Okay.”
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is entering closing weekend with a decent number of those dream sales already under its belt. As...
It’s safe to say that the ultimate Sundance dream is to sell a film (second to Ava DuVernay casually walking by you, of course). Filmmakers want to sell their films so that their work can reach more audiences and they can hopefully go on to make bigger and better films. Studios want to buy films so that they can compete in the industry. Patrons especially want sales so that when their friends later ask if they want to see this new indie film that just came out they can casually go, “Is that finally out? It seems like Ages since I saw it at Sundance. Also did I tell you that Ava DuVernay walked by me this year? I did? Okay.”
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is entering closing weekend with a decent number of those dream sales already under its belt. As...
- 1/30/2017
- by Siân Melton
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Relationships between documentary filmmakers and their subjects must balance access and editorial control, which leaves them walking a line between establishing trust and respecting boundaries. It’s a tricky business.
IndieWire recently asked nonfiction filmmakers behind this year’s Sundance documentary features about the understandings they established with their subjects before they started shooting, and if they considered their stars to be collaborators.
Read More: Fox Searchlight Buys Documentary ‘Step’ For More Than $4 Million — Sundance 2017
Amanda Lipitz “Step” The process started with discussing the idea with the families, especially the mothers of the young women on the step team. We set up a meeting after school one day and all the parents/guardians were invited to attend. I explained my vision of the story, with the emphasis on wanting to tell a positive story about Baltimore, these young women, and what they were trying to accomplish. I absolutely consider them collaborators.
IndieWire recently asked nonfiction filmmakers behind this year’s Sundance documentary features about the understandings they established with their subjects before they started shooting, and if they considered their stars to be collaborators.
Read More: Fox Searchlight Buys Documentary ‘Step’ For More Than $4 Million — Sundance 2017
Amanda Lipitz “Step” The process started with discussing the idea with the families, especially the mothers of the young women on the step team. We set up a meeting after school one day and all the parents/guardians were invited to attend. I explained my vision of the story, with the emphasis on wanting to tell a positive story about Baltimore, these young women, and what they were trying to accomplish. I absolutely consider them collaborators.
- 1/28/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Conceived and created before the Presidency of Donald J. Trump, Sundance’s documentaries straddle one of the most profound cultural and political shifts in the United States’ recent history.
As the country is forced to grapple with a new range of issues in the post-Obama age, documentarians are also now straining to catch up. You could see it on the screen at Sundance, where last-act codas and recent news snippets suggested how the triumph of Trump had impacted, and in some cases, undermined the stories being told. The story of the election is explicitly told in “Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time,” but even when Trump wasn’t presented, the country’s conservative turn—and the pain and fractures it has caused among many of its citizens—may influence the way these films are received and understood.
A People Divided
How are this year’s nonfiction stories,...
As the country is forced to grapple with a new range of issues in the post-Obama age, documentarians are also now straining to catch up. You could see it on the screen at Sundance, where last-act codas and recent news snippets suggested how the triumph of Trump had impacted, and in some cases, undermined the stories being told. The story of the election is explicitly told in “Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time,” but even when Trump wasn’t presented, the country’s conservative turn—and the pain and fractures it has caused among many of its citizens—may influence the way these films are received and understood.
A People Divided
How are this year’s nonfiction stories,...
- 1/26/2017
- by Anthony Kaufman
- Indiewire
IndieWire reached out to the filmmakers behind the feature-length narrative and documentary films premiering this week to find out what cameras they used and why they chose them. Here are their responses.
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible – Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Dramatic Competition & Next
Cory Finley, “Thoroughbred”
Arri Alexa Mini. Panavision G-Series lenses.
The Dp, Lyle Vincent, was very particular about getting a hold of both. They gave us flexibility in shooting and helped create the very precise, high-contrast, and slightly dreamy look we were going for.
Gillian Robespierre, “Landline”
Arri Alexa with some vintage lenses
“Landline” takes place in 1990’s Manhattan. My Dp Chris Teague and I talked a lot about what shooting a period movie from a recent period would look and feel like. Unfortunately, we were not able to shoot on film, and added a texture of LiveGrain during color...
Read More: The 2017 IndieWire Sundance Bible – Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
Dramatic Competition & Next
Cory Finley, “Thoroughbred”
Arri Alexa Mini. Panavision G-Series lenses.
The Dp, Lyle Vincent, was very particular about getting a hold of both. They gave us flexibility in shooting and helped create the very precise, high-contrast, and slightly dreamy look we were going for.
Gillian Robespierre, “Landline”
Arri Alexa with some vintage lenses
“Landline” takes place in 1990’s Manhattan. My Dp Chris Teague and I talked a lot about what shooting a period movie from a recent period would look and feel like. Unfortunately, we were not able to shoot on film, and added a texture of LiveGrain during color...
- 1/25/2017
- by Annakeara Stinson and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau are the cofounders of Reel Peak Media, a production company that prides itself on documentary work of both “journalistic integrity and cinematic quality.” Both filmmakers began as photojournalists before making the move to documentary cinema. On Trophy, Schwarz and Clusiau served as DPs with Schwarz acting as director. Their film explores the worlds of big game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation. Below, the two discuss these issues ahead of Trophy‘s premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? Schwarz and Clusiau: Since we are directors who started as photojournalists, […]...
- 1/22/2017
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A hunter shoots a huge rhinoceros, and within seconds a team descends on it, whipping out a power saw to remove both the beast's horns. They're the bad guys, right?
Not so fast, says Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusaiu's complex doc Trophy, which argues that this action has just bought two years of life for the animal, who was only drugged long enough to make it worthless to the poachers who would slaughter it. There's more to the story than that, and Trophy isn't as good at drawing moral conclusions as it is at laying out the difficult issues around...
Not so fast, says Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusaiu's complex doc Trophy, which argues that this action has just bought two years of life for the animal, who was only drugged long enough to make it worthless to the poachers who would slaughter it. There's more to the story than that, and Trophy isn't as good at drawing moral conclusions as it is at laying out the difficult issues around...
- 1/21/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Somewhere in America, a man named Philip teaches his young son how to take down a trophy buck. Rifle in hand, eye peaking through the scope, the kid takes the shot. Direct hit. The father makes sure to get a couple of photos of his son, holding up the hunted, proud smile on his face. Moments later, we are in South Africa, where Rhino breeder John Hume and his team find a rhino, sedate it, and trim it’s horns as a means of protection, so poachers will ignore the lesser stumps and move along.
It’s an interesting opening to Trophy, a complicated look at big-game hunting from director Shaul Schwarz. Regarded as sport to many, orchestrated murder to many others, the coming extinction of elephants, rhinos, and lions comes ever closer, with dwindling numbers that cannot be ignored.
At the Safari Club International’s ]Annual Hunters’ Convention in Las Vegas,...
It’s an interesting opening to Trophy, a complicated look at big-game hunting from director Shaul Schwarz. Regarded as sport to many, orchestrated murder to many others, the coming extinction of elephants, rhinos, and lions comes ever closer, with dwindling numbers that cannot be ignored.
At the Safari Club International’s ]Annual Hunters’ Convention in Las Vegas,...
- 1/21/2017
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
A woman kneels down, sets a black rhino in her sights, and pulls the trigger on the majestic animal, sending it careening to the ground. Immediately a crew rushes to the animal, straps its enormous jaw closed, and takes an electric saw to its horn. Cut to a portly older gentleman explaining in heavily accented South African English that for the rhino, the procedure is akin to having its wisdom teeth pulled. It’s for their own good, he explains: Poachers won’t kill a hornless rhino.
There are two sides to every story in “Trophy,” a sweeping new documentary from Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau. Capturing footage as unbelievable as the disturbing underworld of big-game hunting it seeks to understand, “Trophy” tells a story as captivating as its images are beautiful.
Read More: The Orchard and CNN Acquire Documentary ‘Trophy’ — Sundance 2017
The portly gentleman is John Hume, a rhino...
There are two sides to every story in “Trophy,” a sweeping new documentary from Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau. Capturing footage as unbelievable as the disturbing underworld of big-game hunting it seeks to understand, “Trophy” tells a story as captivating as its images are beautiful.
Read More: The Orchard and CNN Acquire Documentary ‘Trophy’ — Sundance 2017
The portly gentleman is John Hume, a rhino...
- 1/21/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The Orchard and CNN Films announced that they have joined forces to acquire North American rights to Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau’s documentary “Trophy.” “Trophy” is produced by Lauren Haber and Julia Nottingham of Pulse Films. The Orchard will handle all North American rights except broadcast, which will be acquired by CNN. A studio is closing international rights to the film. Also Read: So How Did Kristen Stewart's Directorial Debut Hold Up at Sundance? A startling exploration of the evolving relationship between big-game hunting and wildlife conservation, “Trophy” screens at the Sundance Film Festival in U.S. Documentary Competition.
- 1/20/2017
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The North American deal understood to be a little over $2m was announced before the Friday world premiere of Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau’s U.S. Documentary Competition selection.
The Orchard will handle all North American distribution excluding broadcast and plans a theatrical release later this year on a minimum of 150 screens.
CNN will air the documentary later this year. It is understood a studio international deal is in the works.
Lauren Haber and Pulse Films’ Julia Nottingham produced the film about the evolving relationship between big-game hunting and wildlife conservation. Production companies include Reel Peak Films and Impact Partners.
The Orchard’s vice-president of acquisitions Danielle Digiacomo and CNN Films vice-president for business affairs Stacey Wolf and CNN Films vice-president for content development Courtney Sexton brokered the deal.
Negotiating for the Trophy filmmakers were Josh Braun and Ben Braun of Submarine, UTA Independent Film Group, and Anita Surendran of Gray Krauss Stratford Sandler Des Rochers.
Executive...
The Orchard will handle all North American distribution excluding broadcast and plans a theatrical release later this year on a minimum of 150 screens.
CNN will air the documentary later this year. It is understood a studio international deal is in the works.
Lauren Haber and Pulse Films’ Julia Nottingham produced the film about the evolving relationship between big-game hunting and wildlife conservation. Production companies include Reel Peak Films and Impact Partners.
The Orchard’s vice-president of acquisitions Danielle Digiacomo and CNN Films vice-president for business affairs Stacey Wolf and CNN Films vice-president for content development Courtney Sexton brokered the deal.
Negotiating for the Trophy filmmakers were Josh Braun and Ben Braun of Submarine, UTA Independent Film Group, and Anita Surendran of Gray Krauss Stratford Sandler Des Rochers.
Executive...
- 1/20/2017
- ScreenDaily
The Orchard and CNN Films have acquired the North American rights to the Sundance entry “Trophy,” directed by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau. The Orchard is taking all North American rights except broadcast, which will be handled by CNN. A studio is in the process of negotiating international rights to the film.
The acquisition comes on the day of the premiere of the movie, which was produced by Lauren Haber and Julia Nottingham of Pulse Films and screens in Sundance’s U.S. Documentary Competition section.
“Trophy” is a “startling exploration of the evolving relationship between big-game hunting and wildlife conservation,” and will be released this year on at least 150 screens, according to The Orchard. The film looks at endangered African species like elephants, rhinos and lions, and investigates the industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation to ask the question: What are the implications of treating animals as commodities?...
The acquisition comes on the day of the premiere of the movie, which was produced by Lauren Haber and Julia Nottingham of Pulse Films and screens in Sundance’s U.S. Documentary Competition section.
“Trophy” is a “startling exploration of the evolving relationship between big-game hunting and wildlife conservation,” and will be released this year on at least 150 screens, according to The Orchard. The film looks at endangered African species like elephants, rhinos and lions, and investigates the industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation to ask the question: What are the implications of treating animals as commodities?...
- 1/20/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Activism must be in the air today. The Orchard and CNN Films have acquired North American rights to Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau’s documentary Trophy, which is produced by Lauren Haber and Pulse Films’ Julia Nottingham. Total deal is near $2 million, sources said. The Orchard will handle all North American rights, and CNN gets broadcast rights. International rights still are being brokered. The pic is a provocative exploration of the evolving relationship between…...
- 1/20/2017
- Deadline
Chasing Coral, which looks at dying coral reefs; Jiu-liang Wang's Plastic China, which follows an 11-year-old girl living amid a wasteland of plastic refuse; Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau's Trophy, which examines the business of big-game hunting; and Marina Zenovich's Water & Power: A California Heist, which plays like a...
- 1/18/2017
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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