Awards

12 YEARS A SLAVE

The nominees for the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards by IFP were announced today and 12 YEARS A SLAVE lead with three nominations followed by BLUE CAPRICE, CONCUSSION, FRUITVALE STATION, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, and UPSTREAM COLOR with two nominations each.  The Gotham Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film and signals the kick-off to the film awards season. For 2013, the seven competitive awards include Best Feature, Best Actress (presenting sponsor euphoria Calvin Klein), Best Actor, Best Documentary, the Audience Award, Breakthrough Actor, and Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director. 

In addition to the competitive awards, Gotham Award Tributes will be given to actor Forest Whitaker, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment’s Katherine Oliver, and director Richard Linklater.   The Gotham Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, December 2nd at Cipriani Wall Street.in New York City.

The 2013 Gotham Independent Film Award nominations are:

Best Feature
12 YEARS A SLAVE
Steve McQueen, director; Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon
Milchan, Anthony Katagas, producers. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS
David Lowery, director; Tony Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Amy Kaufman,
Cassian Elwes, producers (IFC Films)
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Sara Woodhatch, producers
(Sony Pictures Classics)
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, directors; Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, producers (CBS Films)
UPSTREAM COLOR
Shane Carruth, director; Shane Carruth, Casey Gooden, Ben LeClair, producers. (erbp)

Best Documentary
THE ACT OF KILLING
Joshua Oppenheimer, director; Signe Byrge, Joshua Oppenheimer, producers (Drafthouse Films)
THE CRASH REEL
Lucy Walker, director; Julian Cautherly, Lucy Walker, producers (HBO Documentary Films)
FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED
Alan Berliner, director and producer (HBO Documentary Films)
LET THE FIRE BURN
Jason Osder, director and producer (Zeitgeist Films)
OUR NIXON
Penny Lane, director; Brian L. Frye, Penny Lane, producers (Cinedigm and CNN Films)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ryan Coogler for FRUITVALE STATION (The Weinstein Company)
Adam Leon for GIMME THE LOOT (Sundance Selects)
Alexandre Moors for BLUE CAPRICE (Sundance Selects)
Stacie Passon for CONCUSSION (RADiUS-TWC)
Amy Seimetz for SUN DON’T SHINE (Factory 25)

Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis (CBS Films)
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Robert Redford in All Is Lost (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Isaiah Washington in Blue Caprice (Sundance Selects)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (Relativity Media)
Brie Larson in Short Term 12 (Cinedigm)
Amy Seimetz in Upstream Color (erbp)
Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now (A24)

Breakthrough Actor
Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kathryn Hahn in Afternoon Delight (The Film Arcade and Cinedigm)
Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company)
Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Robin Weigert in Concussion (RADiUS-TWC)

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 Eat Sleep Die (ÄTA SOVA DÖ)

Five debut films have been nominated for the European Film Academy, EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2013 – Prix FIPRESCI award, which is presented annually to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. The European Discovery 2013 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7 , 2013.

Nominated are:

ÄTA SOVA DÖ (Eat Sleep Die)
Sweden, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Gabriela Pichler
PRODUCED BY: China Åhlander

CALL GIRL

CALL GIRL
Sweden/Norway/Ireland/Finland, 133 min
DIRECTED BY: Mikael Marcimain
WRITTEN BY: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
PRODUCED BY: Mimmi Spång 

MIELE

MIELE
Italy/France, 90 min
DIRECTED BY: Valeria Golino
WRITTEN BY: Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella & Valeria Golino
PRODUCED BY: Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint & Raphaël Berdugo

OH BOY

OH BOY
Germany, 83 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster
PRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh

LA PLAGA (The Plague)

LA PLAGA (The Plague)
Spain, 85 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Neus Ballús
PRODUCED BY: Pau Subirós 

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THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 86th Academy Awards has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn Oscar nominations.

The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

“CAVEDIGGER,” Karoffilms
“FACING FEAR,” Jason Cohen Productions, LLC
“JUJITSU-ING REALITY,” Sobini Films
“KARAMA HAS NO WALLS,” Hot Spot Films
“THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE,” Reed Entertainment
“PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL,” Prison Terminal LLC
“RECOLLECTIONS,” notrac productions
“SLOMO,” Big Young Films and Runaway Films

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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The NAACP Image Awards is moving to a new TV home.  Under a new five-year contract, TV One becomes the television home for the association’s awards show, beginning with the live airing of the “45th NAACP Image Awards” in February 2014.  The NAACP Image Awards describes itself as the nation’s premier event celebrating the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. 

TV One will air live broadcasts of the Image Awards and red carpet arrivals in 2014. In addition, the network will provide promotional support on TV One, Radio One and Reach Media, Interactive One, and via a multi-platform marketing campaign.  In addition, to elevate the historic organization’s initiatives, there will be dedicated coverage on News One Now, TV One’s new daily news and information program,

“We are truly honored to be partnering with the NAACP and becoming the new home for the Image Awards,” said Liggins of TV One. “Today’s announcement is a game changer for TV One and our loyal viewers across the country. As we prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of TV One’s 2004 launch, I can think of no greater opportunity to thank this audience than by providing them with access to the preeminent awards show that showcases the incredible achievements of Black Americans and by creating an ongoing opportunity for dialogue around social justice issues on TV One.”

There are many well-deserving actors, authors, directors, writers, performing artists, as well as television, motion picture, recording, and literary projects that are recognized during theNAACP Image Awards.  Submissions are now being accepted until Friday, November 15, 2013 – information is available at www.naacpimageawards.net.

Nominations for the “45th NAACP Image Awards” will be announced next January.

 

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Afghanistan, “WAJMA – AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY,” Barmak Akram, director

A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.  Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country.

The 2013 submissions are:

Afghanistan, “Wajma – An Afghan Love Story,” Barmak Akram, director; 
Albania, “Agon,” Robert Budina, director; 
Argentina, “The German Doctor,” Lucía Puenzo, director;
Australia, “The Rocket,” Kim Mordaunt, director; 
Austria, “The Wall,” Julian Pölsler, director; 
Azerbaijan, “Steppe Man,” Shamil Aliyev, director; 
Bangladesh, “Television,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director; 
Belgium, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen, director; 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” Danis Tanovic, director; 
Brazil, “Neighboring Sounds,” Kleber Mendonça Filho, director; 
Bulgaria, “The Color of the Chameleon,” Emil Hristov, director; 
Cambodia, “The Missing Picture,” Rithy Panh, director; 
Canada, “Gabrielle,” Louise Archambault, director; 
Chad, “GriGris,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director; 
Chile, “Gloria,” Sebastián Lelio, director; 
China, “Back to 1942,” Feng Xiaogang, director; 
Colombia, “La Playa DC,” Juan Andrés Arango, director; 
Croatia, “Halima’s Path,” Arsen Anton Ostojic, director; 
Czech Republic, “The Don Juans,” Jiri Menzel, director;
Denmark, “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg, director; 
Dominican Republic, “Quien Manda?” Ronni Castillo, director; 
Ecuador, “The Porcelain Horse,” Javier Andrade, director; 
Egypt, “Winter of Discontent,” Ibrahim El Batout, director; 
Estonia, “Free Range,” Veiko Ounpuu, director; 
Finland, “Disciple,” Ulrika Bengts, director; 
France, “Renoir,” Gilles Bourdos, director; 
Georgia, “In Bloom,” Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors; 
Germany, “Two Lives,” Georg Maas, director; 
Greece, “Boy Eating the Bird’s Food,” Ektoras Lygizos, director; 
Hong Kong, “The Grandmaster,” Wong Kar-wai, director; 
Hungary, “The Notebook,” Janos Szasz, director; 
Iceland, “Of Horses and Men,” Benedikt Erlingsson, director; 
India, “The Good Road,” Gyan Correa, director; 
Indonesia, “Sang Kiai,” Rako Prijanto, director; 
Iran, “The Past,” Asghar Farhadi, director; 
Israel, “Bethlehem,” Yuval Adler, director; 
Italy, “The Great Beauty,” Paolo Sorrentino, director; 
Japan, “The Great Passage,” Ishii Yuya, director; 
Kazakhstan, “Shal,” Yermek Tursunov, director; 
Latvia, “Mother, I Love You,” Janis Nords, director; 
Lebanon, “Blind Intersections,” Lara Saba, director; 
Lithuania, “Conversations on Serious Topics,” Giedre Beinoriute, director; 
Luxembourg, “Blind Spot,” Christophe Wagner, director; 
Mexico, “Heli,” Amat Escalante, director; 
Moldova, “All God’s Children,” Adrian Popovici, director; 
Montenegro, “Ace of Spades – Bad Destiny,” Drasko Djurovic, director; 
Morocco, “Horses of God,” Nabil Ayouch, director; 
Nepal, “Soongava: Dance of the Orchids,” Subarna Thapa, director; 
Netherlands, “Borgman,” Alex van Warmerdam, director; 
New Zealand, “White Lies,” Dana Rotberg, director; 
Norway, “I Am Yours,” Iram Haq, director; 
Pakistan, “Zinda Bhaag,” Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors; 
Palestine, “Omar,” Hany Abu-Assad, director; 
Peru, “The Cleaner,” Adrian Saba, director; 
Philippines, “Transit,” Hannah Espia, director; 
Poland, “Walesa. Man of Hope,” Andrzej Wajda, director; 
Portugal, “Lines of Wellington,” Valeria Sarmiento, director; 
Romania, “Child’s Pose,” Calin Peter Netzer, director; 
Russia, “Stalingrad,” Fedor Bondarchuk, director; 
Saudi Arabia, “Wadjda,” Haifaa Al Mansour, director; 
Serbia, “Circles,” Srdan Golubovic, director; 
Singapore, “Ilo Ilo,” Anthony Chen, director; 
Slovak Republic, “My Dog Killer,” Mira Fornay, director; 
Slovenia, “Class Enemy,” Rok Bicek, director; 
South Africa, “Four Corners,” Ian Gabriel, director; 
South Korea, “Juvenile Offender,” Kang Yi-kwan, director; 
Spain, “15 Years Plus a Day,” Gracia Querejeta, director; 
Sweden, “Eat Sleep Die,” Gabriela Pichler, director; 
Switzerland, “More than Honey,” Markus Imhoof, director; 
Taiwan, “Soul,” Chung Mong-Hong, director; 
Thailand, “Countdown,” Nattawut Poonpiriya, director; 
Turkey, “The Butterfly’s Dream,” Yilmaz Erdogan, director; 
Ukraine, “Paradjanov,” Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors; 
United Kingdom, “Metro Manila,” Sean Ellis, director; 
Uruguay, “Anina,” Alfredo Soderguit, director; 
Venezuela, “Breach in the Silence,” Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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PINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d’ AIò

Three films are nominated in the category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2013 for the 2013 European Film Academy. The films are THE CONGRESS directed by Ari Folman; JASMINE directed by Alain Ughetto; and PINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d’ AIò. The European Animated Feature Film 2013 will be presented at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

THE CONGRESS

Israel/Germany/Poland/ Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ari Folman
ANIMATION: Yoni Goodman 
Hollywood actress Robin Wright receives an unexpected offer …

JASMINE

France, 70 min
DIRECTED BY: Alain Ughetto
WRITTEN BY: Alain Ughetto & Jacques Reboud, with the collaboration of Chloé Inguenaud
ANIMATION: Alain Ughetto
A story of love and revolution emerging from plasticine…

PINOCCHIO
Italy/Luxembourg/France/ Belgium, 84 min
DIRECTED BY: Enzo d’ AIò
WRITTEN BY: Enzo d’ AIò & Umberto Marino
ANIMATION: Marco Zanoni 
Carpenter Geppetto builds a puppet and names it Pinocchio. 

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Catherine Deneuve will be honored with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by the European Film Academy for “her outstanding body of work.”  Catherine Deneuve will be an honorary guest at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony on December 7th, 2013, in Berlin.

Catherine Deneuve has starred in over 100 films, among them DANCER IN THE DARK by Lars von Trier, 8 FEMMES (earning her a Silver Bear in Berlin and a European Film Award) and POTICHE by François Ozon, UN CONTE DE NOËL by Arnaud Desplechin and PALAIS ROYAL by Valérie Lemercier. She can currently be seen in Emmanuelle Bercot’s ELLE S’EN VA (On my Way) and is now shooting TROIS COEURS by Benoît Jacquot.

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The European Film Academy will honor director Pedro Almodóvar with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA for his outstanding body of work.  Pedro Almodóvar will be an honorary guest at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony on December 7, 2013 in Berlin.

“I am very thankful for this award. From its creation, the European Film Academy has been very generous with me and my closest collaborators,” stated Pedro Almodóvar upon receiving the news, “I share with them the joy of this award”.

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 “I’M SO EXCITED!” “HANNAH ARENDT”

46 films have been selected for the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2013.  The nominations will be announced on 9 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain, with the 26th European Film Awards presentation of the winners taking place in Berlin on 7 December.

EFA SELECTION 2013

8-PALLO
8-BALL
Finland, 108 min
DIRECTED BY: Aku Louhimies 
WRITTEN BY: Jari Olavi Rantala
PRODUCED BY: Tero Kaukomaa & Marko Antila

TΟ ΑΓΟΡΙ ΤΡΩΕΙ ΤΟ ΦΑΓΗΤΟ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΥΛΙΟΥ 
(TO AGORI TROI TO FAGITO TOU POULIOU)
BOY EATING THE BIRD’S FOOD
Greece, 80 min 
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ektoras Lygizos 
PRODUCED BY: Giorgos Karnavas, Ektoras Lygizos, Elina Psykou & Argyris Papadimitropoulos 

Η ΑΙΏΝΙΑ ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΉ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΏΝΗ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΆ 
(I AIONIA EPISTROFI TOU ANTONI PARASKEUA)
THE ETERNAL RETURN OF ANTONIS PARASKEVAS
Greece, 88 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Elina Psykou
PRODUCED BY: Giorgos Karnavas & Elina Psykou

LOS AMANTES PASAJEROS
I’M SO EXCITED!
Spain, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pedro Almodóvar
PRODUCED BY: Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García 

ANNA KARENINA 
UK, 124 min
DIRECTED BY: Joe Wright 
WRITTEN BY: Tom Stoppard 
PRODUCED BY: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Paul Webster 

ARAF
ARAF- SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
Turkey/France/Germany, 124 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Yeşim Ustaoğlu 
PRODUCED BY: Yeşim Ustaoğlu & Serkan Çakarer 

ÄTA SOVA DÖ
EAT SLEEP DIE
Sweden, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Gabriela Pichler
PRODUCED BY: China Åhlander

BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
UK, 92 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Peter Strickland 
PRODUCED BY: Keith Griffiths & Mary Burke  

THE BEST OFFER
Italy, 130 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Giuseppe Tornatore 
PRODUCED BY: Isabella Cocuzza & Arturo Paglia 

BLANCANIEVES
Spain/France, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pablo Berger
PRODUCED BY: Ibon Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal & Pablo Berger

BORGMAN
The Netherlands/Belgium/Denmark, 113 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alex van Warmerdam 
PRODUCED BY: Marc van Warmerdam, Eurydice Gysel, Koen Mortier, Tine Mosegaard & Mogens Glad

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Belgium, 100 min
DIRECTED BY: Felix van Groeningen 
WRITTEN BY: Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen 
PRODUCED BY: Dirk Impens 

THE CONGRESS
Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ari Folman
PRODUCED BY: Ari Folman, Reinhard Brundig & Robin Wright 

ЦВЕТЬТ НА ХАМЕЛЕОНА (CVETAT NA HAMELEONA) 
THE COLOUR OF THE CHAMELEON
Bulgaria, 111 min
DIRECTED BY: Emil Christov
WRITTEN BY: Vladislav Todorov
PRODUCED BY: Vladislav Todorov & Bouriana Zakharieva

DANS LA MAISON
IN THE HOUSE
France, 105 min
DIRECTED BY: François Ozon
WRITTEN BY: François Ozon, freely adapted from the play “The Boy in the last Row” by Juan Mayorga
PRODUCED BY: Eric & Nicolas Altmayer 

DJÚPIÐ
THE DEEP
Iceland/Norway, 92 min
DIRECTED BY: Baltasar Kormákur 
WRITTEN BY: Jón Atli Jónasson & Baltasar Kormákur 
PRODUCED BY: Agnes Johansen & Baltasar Kormákur

ДОЛГАЯ СЧАСТЛИВАЯ ЖИЗНЬ (DOLGAYA SCHASTLIVAYA ZHIZN) 
A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE
Russia, 77 min
DIRECTED BY: Boris Khlebnikov 
WRITTEN BY: Alexander Rodionov & Boris Khlebnikov 
PRODUCED BY: Roman Borisevich, Alexander Kushaev 

DOM ÖVER DÖD MAN
THE LAST SENTENCE
Sweden, 120 min
DIRECTED BY: Jan Troell 
WRITTEN BY: Klaus Rifbjerg & Jan Troell          
PRODUCED BY: Francy Suntinger

EPIZODA U ZIVOTU BERACA ZELJEZA
AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER
Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/Slovenia, 74 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Danis Tanović
PRODUCED BY: Amra Bakšić Čamo & Čedomir Kolar 

LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
THE GREAT BEAUTY
Italy/France , 140 min
DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino
WRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima

GRENZGÄNGER
CROSSING BOUNDARIES
Austria, 88 min 
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Florian Flicker
PRODUCED BY: Viktoria Salcher & Mathias Forberg

GRZELI NATELI DGEEBI
IN BLOOM
Germany/Georgia/France, 104 min
DIRECTED BY: Nana Ekvtimishvili & Simon Gross 
WRITTEN BY: Nana Ekvtimishvili 
PRODUCED BY: Simon Gross, Marc Waechter & Guilleaume de Seille 

HANNAH ARENDT 
Germany/Luxembourg/France/Israel, 110 min 
DIRECTED BY: Margarethe von Trotta
WRITTEN BY: Pam Katz & Margarethe von Trotta 
PRODUCED BY: Bettina Brokemper & Johannes Rexin; Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre & David Silber

HOŘÍCÍ KEŘ
BURNING BUSH
Czech Republic, 234 min
DIRECTED BY: Agnieszka Holland
WRITTEN BY: Štěpán Hulík
PRODUCED BY: Antony Root, Tereza Polachová, Tomáš Hrubý & Pavla Kubečková 

IMAGINE
Poland/France/Portugal, 105 min 
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Andrzej Jakimowski
PRODUCED BY: Andrzej Jakimowski, Vladimir Kokh & François d’Artemare

LO IMPOSIBLE
THE IMPOSSIBLE
Spain, 114 min
DIRECTED BY: Juan Antonio Bayona
WRITTEN BY: Sergio G. Sánchez & María Belón
PRODUCED BY: Belén Atienza, Álvaro Augustín, Ghislain Barrois & Enrique López Lavigne

L’INCONNU DU LAC
STRANGER BY THE LAKE
France, 110 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alain Guiraudie 
PRODUCED BY: Sylvie Pialat

ИЗМЕНА (IZMENA) 
BETRAYAL
Russia, 115 min
DIRECTED BY: Kirill Serebrennikov 
WRITTEN BY: Natalia Nazarova & Kirill Serebrennikov 
PRODUCED BY: Sabina Eremeeva 

KAPRINGEN 
A HIJACKING
Denmark, 99 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Tobias Lindholm
PRODUCED BY: Tomas Radoor & Rene Ezra

KON-TIKI
Norway/Denmark/UK/Germany/Sweden, 113 min 
DIRECTED BY: Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg
WRITTEN BY: Petter Skavlan
PRODUCED BY: Aage Aaberge & Jeremy Thomas

KRUGOVI
CIRCLES
Serbia/Germany/France/Croatia/Slovenia, 112 min
DIRECTED BY: Srdan Golubović
WRITTEN BY: Srdjan Koljević & Melina Koljević 
PRODUCED BY: Jelena Mitrović, Alexander Ris, Emilie Georges, Boris T. Matić & Danijel Hočevar

לאםל את החלל (LEMALE ET HA’HALAL)
FILL THE VOID
Israel, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Rama Burshtein
PRODUCED BY: Assaf Amir 

מעל הגבעה (MEHAL HAGIVA)
A STRANGE COURSE OF EVENTS
Israel/France, 98 min
DIRECTED BY: Raphaël Nadjari 
WRITTEN BY: Raphaël Nadjari & Geoffrey Grison
PRODUCED BY: Caroline Bonmarchand, Marek Rozenbaum & Itai Tamir 

MÔJ PES KILLER
MY DOG KILLER
Slovakia/Czech Republic, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Mira Fornay
PRODUCED BY: Juraj Buzalka, Viktor Schwarcz & Mira Fornay

OH BOY!
Germany, 83 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster 
PRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh

OIKOPEDO 12
BLOCK 12 
Cyprus/Greece, 94 min
DIRECTED BY: Kyriacos Tofarides
WRITTEN BY: Panos Stathoyannis & Kyriacos Tofarides
PRODUCED BY: Kyriacos Tofarides

ONLY GOD FORGIVES
Denmark/France, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Nicolas Winding Refn
PRODUCED BY: Lene Børglum, Sidonie Dumas & Vincent Maraval

PARADIES: GLAUBE
PARADISE: FAITH
Austria/Germany/France, 113 min
DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Ulrich Seidl 
WRITTEN BY: Ulrich Seidl & Veronika Franz 

POZITIA COPILULUI
CHILD’S POSE
Romania, 112 min
DIRECTED BY: Călin Peter Netzer
WRITTEN BY: Razvan Radulescu & Călin Peter Netzer
PRODUCED BY: Călin Peter Netzer & Ada Solomon

ROSIE
Switzerland, 106 min
DIRECTED BY: Marcel Gisler
WRITTEN BY: Marcel Gisler & Rudolf Nadler
PRODUCED BY: Susann Rüdlinger

THE SELFISH GIANT
UK, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Clio Barnard
PRODUCED BY: Tracy O’Riordan

SOM DU SER MEG
I BELONG
Norway, 112 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Dag Johan Haugerud
PRODUCED BY: Yngve Sæther

SVECENIKOVA DJECA
THE PRIEST’S CHILDREN 
Croatia/Serbia, 93 min
DIRECTED BY: Vinko Brešan
WRITTEN BY: Mate Matišić & Vinko Brešan
PRODUCED BY: Ivan Maloča

SYNGUÉ SABOUR, PIERRE DE PATIENCE
THE PATIENCE STONE
France/Germany/Afghanistan, 102 min
DIRECTED BY: Atiq Rahimi 
WRITTEN BY: Atiq Rahimi & Jean-Claude Carrière 
PRODUCED BY: Michaël Gentile 

W IMIĘ 
IN THE NAME OF 
Poland, 96 min
DIRECTED BY: Małgośka Szumowska
WRITTEN BY: Małgośka Szumowska & Michał Englert
PRODUCED BY: Agnieszka Kurzydło 

WHAT RICHARD DID
Ireland, 87 min
DIRECTED BY: Lenny Abrahamson
WRITTEN BY: Malcolm Campbell 
PRODUCED BY: Ed Guiney

 

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The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Honorary Awards to Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Angelina Jolie.  All four awards will be presented at the Academy’s 5th Annual Governors Awards on Saturday, November 16, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center.

“The Governors Awards pay tribute to individuals who’ve made indelible contributions in their respective fields,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs.  “We couldn’t be more excited for this year’s honorees and look forward to bringing their peers and colleagues together to celebrate their extraordinary achievements.”

Lansbury has received three Academy Award® nominations for her supporting performances on film – the first in her 1944 feature debut in “Gaslight,” followed by “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (1945) and “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962).  Her numerous other credits include “The Long, Hot Summer,” “Blue Hawaii,” “The World of Henry Orient,” “Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” “Death on the Nile” and “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” as well as voice work for the first animated feature to receive a Best Picture nomination, “Beauty and the Beast.”

Martin, who got his start in television, is a versatile actor, writer, comedian and musician who began to display the breadth of his big-screen talent as the screenwriter and star of the 1977 Oscar®-nominated short film “The Absent-Minded Waiter.”  He wrote and starred in “The Jerk,” “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,” “Three Amigos,” “Roxanne,” “L.A. Story,” “The Pink Panther” series and “Shopgirl,” which he adapted from his critically acclaimed book of the same name.  His other acting credits include “All of Me,” “Parenthood,” “Father of the Bride” and “It’s Complicated.”  He also is a three-time host of the Oscars®, most recently in 2010 with Alec Baldwin.

Tosi rose to prominence through his collaborations with Italian director Luchino Visconti on such films as “White Nights” and “Rocco and His Brothers,” and continued to work with him on several other features, including the Costume Design nominees “The Leopard,” “Death in Venice” and “Ludwig.”  Tosi received two more nominations for his designs for “La Cage aux Folles” and “La Traviata.”  His other notable credits include “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” a Foreign Language Film winner, and “Marriage Italian Style,” a Foreign Language Film nominee, both directed by Vittorio De Sica.

Jolie, who won an Oscar for her supporting performance in “Girl, Interrupted,” has been an impassioned advocate for humanitarian causes, traveling widely to promote organizations and social justice efforts such as the Prevent Sexual Violence Initiative.  Staking out a career at the nexus of entertainment and philanthropy, Jolie has worked for a number of global advocacy groups including the Council on Foreign Relations and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), for which she was appointed Special Envoy of High Commissioner António Guterres in 2012 after twelve years of service.  Her dedication to these causes has also shaped her work in films that tackle global humanitarian issues including “A Mighty Heart” and her feature film directorial debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey.”

The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”

The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, also an Oscar statuette, is given “to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.”

via press release 

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3 Danish films – “THE HUNT”, “THE ACT OF KILLING” and “NORTHWEST” have made the shortlist to be the film submitted as the Danish candidate in the Foreign Language Film category for the Academy Awards. The films have been selected by a committee set up by the Danish Film Institute and film industry organizations. The final candidate is expected to be announced on Thursday, 26 September.

THE HUNT by Thomas Vinterberg

THE HUNT by Thomas Vinterberg
Following a tough divorce, 40-year-old Lucas has a new girlfriend, a new job and is in the process of reestablishing his relationship with his teenage son, Marcus. But things go awry. Not a lot. Just a passing remark. A random lie. And as the snow falls and the Christmas lights are lit, the lie spreads like an invisible virus. The shock and mistrust gets out of hand. Soon the small community finds itself in a collective state of hysteria, while Lucas fights a lonely fight for his life and dignity.

THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer

THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer
In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leaders to dramatise their role in genocide. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.

NORTHWEST by Michael Noer

NORTHWEST by Michael Noer
A gangster film set in the suburbs of Copenhagen. Casper, 18, the oldest of three siblings, survives life on the streets by committing burglaries for the neighborhood boss, Jamal. When Casper gets an offer to work for Jamal’s rival Björn, he jumps at the chance for a better life, making his way into a world of drugs and prostitution. As things escalate between Björn and Jamal, Casper finds himself and his family dead center of a conflict that threatens to destroy them.

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