The 2016 San Francisco International Film Festival, taking place April 21 to May 5, announced the films in competition for the Golden Gate Awards (GGA).
FROM AFAR
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TANGERINE, JAMES WHITE, ROOM, NASTY BABY Among 2015 Los Cabos International Film Festival Official Selections
The 2015 Los Cabos International Film Festival announced the films chosen for its fourth edition’s Official Selection, which is composed of Competencia Los Cabos (Mexico, USA and Canada) and México Primero sections. Nine films are in competition for Competencia Los Cabos, where North American films appear side-by-side, films that are from or co-produced with Mexico, USA and/or Canada can participate; and six films are in competition for México Primero, focusing on Mexican films.
The nine films in competition for Competencia Los Cabos:
From Afar “Desde allá” by Lorenzo Vigas (Mexico/Venezuela).
Tangerine by Sean Baker (USA) – Premiere in Mexico. (pictured above)
Room by Lenny Abrahamson (Canada/Ireland)
Chronic by Michel Franco (Mexico).
James White by Josh Mond (USA) – Premiere in Latin America
The Loved Ones “Les Êtres Chers” by Anne Émond (Canada) – Premiere in Mexico
A Monster with a Thousand Heads “Un monstruo de mil cabezas” by Rodrigo Plá (Mexico/France).
Nasty Baby by Sebastián Silva (USA/Chile) – Premiere in Mexico.
Sleeping Giant by Andrew Cividino (Canada).
The six competing films for México Primero are:
Semana Santa by Alejandra Márquez.
Sabrás qué hacer conmigo by Katina Medina Mora.
Charity “La caridad” by Marcelino Islas.
The Chosen Ones “Las elegidas” by David Pablos.
I Promise You Anarchy “Te prometo anarquía” by Julio Hernández Cordón.
Almacenados by Jack Zagha.
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63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival Award Winners; SPARROWS Wins Best Film
Rúnar Rúnarsson’s “Sparrows” is the winner of the Golden Shell for Best Film at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival. “Sparrows” is a drama about Ari, 16, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik and is suddenly sent back to the remote Westfjords to live with his father Gunnar. Here he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father, and he finds his childhood friends changed. In these hopeless and declining surroundings, Ari has to step up and find his way.
63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival Award-Winners
Golden Shell for Best Film
SPARROWS
RÚNAR RÚNARSSON (ICELAND – DENMARK – CROATIA)
Special Jury Prize
EVOLUTION
LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC (FRANCE – BELGIUM – SPAIN)
Silver Shell for Best Director
JOACHIM LAFOSSE
LES CHEVALIERS BLANCS / THE WHITE KNIGHTS
JOACHIM LAFOSSE (BELGIUM – FRANCE)
Silver Shell for Best Actress
YORDANKA ARIOSA
EL REY DE LA HABANA (THE KING OF HAVANA)
AGUSTÍ VILLARONGA (SPAIN – DOMINICAN REP.)
Silver Shell for Best Actor
(tie)
RICARDO DARIN
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
(tie)
JAVIER CÁMARA
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography
MANU DACOSSE
EVOLUTION
LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC (FRANCE – BELGIUM – SPAIN)
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay
ARNAUD LARRIEU, JEAN-MARIE LARRIEU
21 NUITS AVEC PATTIE / 21 NIGHTS WITH PATTIE
JEAN-MARIE LARRIEU, ARNAUD LARRIEU (FRANCE)
Jury Special Mention
EL APÓSTATA ( THE APOSTATE)
FEDERICO VEIROJ (SPAIN – URUGUAY – FRANCE)
Kutxabank-New Directors Award
LE NOUVEAU / THE NEW KID
RUDI ROSENBERG (FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION
TJUVHEDER / DRIFTERS
PETER GRÖNLUND (SWEDEN)
SPECIAL MENTION
VIDA SEXUAL DE LAS PLANTAS (SEX LIFE OF PLANTS)
SEBASTIÁN BRAHM (CHILE)
Horizontes Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION – LUIS SILVA
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR)
LORENZO VIGAS (VENEZUELA – MEXICO)
SPECIAL MENTION
TE PROMETO ANARQUÍA ( I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY)
JULIO HERNÁNDEZ CORDÓN (MEXICO – GERMANY)
Irizar Basque Film Award
AMAMA (WHEN A TREE FALLS)
ASIER ALTUNA IZA (SPAIN)
SPECIAL MENTION – IRENE ESCOLAR
UN OTOÑO SIN BERLÍN
LARA IZAGIRRE
Audience Award
UMIMACHI DIARY / OUR LITTLE SISTER
HIROKAZU KOREEDA (JAPAN)
AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM
SHAN HE GU REN / MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART
JIA ZHANG-KE (CHINA – FRANCE – JAPAN)
EZAE Youth Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
International Film Students Meeting Awards
FIRST PRIZE
NUEVA VIDA (NEW LIFE)
KIRO RUSSO (ARGENTINA – BOLIVIA)
Universidad del Cine (Argentina)
SECOND PRIZE
EL ENEMIGO (THE ENEMY)
ALDEMAR MATIAS (CUBA)
Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) (Cuba)
THIRD PRIZE
WADA’ / PREDICTION
KHALED MZHER (GERMANY)
Deutsche Film – und Fernsehakademie Berlin (Germany)
ORONA AWARD
NUEVA VIDA (NEW LIFE)
KIRO RUSSO (ARGENTINA – BOLIVIA)
Universidad del Cine (Argentina)
TORINO AWARD
VOLANDO VOY (I’LL FLY HIGHER)
ISABEL LAMBERTI (NETHERLANDS)
Netherlands Film Academy (Netherlands)
Tokyo Gohan Film Festival Award
NOMA, MY PERFECT STORM
PIERRE DESCHAMPS (UK – DENMARK)
Films in Progress Awards
ERA O HOTEL CAMBRIDGE / THE CAMBRIDGE SQUATTER
ELIANE CAFFÉ (BRASIL – FRANCE)
Films in Progress Industry Award
Ibermedia TV Films in Progress Award
Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum. EGEDA Best Project Award
LA OMISIÓN (THE OMISSION)
SEBASTIÁN SCHJAER (ARGENTINA – GERMANY – FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION TO THE PROYECT
MEMORIAS DEL CALABOZO
ÁLVARO BRECHNER (SPAIN-URUGUAY)
Directed by Álvaro Brechner and Tornasol Films
TVE-Another Look Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
Spanish Cooperation Award
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
CÉSAR AUGUSTO ACEVEDO (COLOMBIA – CHILE – BRAZIL – NETHERLANDS – FRANCE)
FIPRESCI Award
EL APÓSTATA ( THE APOSTATE)
FEDERICO VEIROJ (SPAIN – URUGUAY – FRANCE)
Zinemaldia FEROZ Award
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
SIGNIS Award
MOIRA
LEVAN TUTBERIDZE (GEORGIA)
SPECIAL MENTION
AMAMA (WHEN A TREE FALLS)
ASIER ALTUNA IZA (SPAIN)
Guipuzcoan Blood-Donors’ Association Corresponding to the Solidarity Award
FREEHELD
PETER SOLLETT (USA)
Sebastiane Award
FREEHELD
PETER SOLLETT (USA)
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FROM AFAR, and HEART OF A DOG Added to 2015 BFI London Film Festival | TRAILER
FROM AFAR (Desde Allá) the feature debut from Venezuelan writer-director Lorenzo Vigas, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and multidisciplinary artist Laurie Anderson’s deeply personal, lyrical and compelling film HEART OF A DOG, have been added to the lineup for the 2015 BFI London Film Festival.
FROM AFAR (Desde Allá) will screen in the Festival’s Dare strand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGxY3tu9mDg
In the film, wealthy middle-aged Armando (Alfredo Castro) lures young men to his home with money. He doesn’t want to touch, only watch from a strict distance. He also follows an elderly businessman with whom he seems to have had a traumatic relationship. Armando’s first encounter with street thug Elder (Luis Silva) is violent, but this doesn’t discourage the lonely man’s fascination with the tough handsome teenager. Financial interest keeps Elder visiting him regularly and an unexpected intimacy emerges. But Armando’s haunted past looms large, and Elder commits the ultimate act of affection on Armando’s behalf. Set in Caracas’ chaotic lower class communities, Vigas’ turbulent story reveals the complex bond between two men worlds apart.
HEART OF A DOG will screen in the Festival’s Love strand. HEART OF A DOG is Laurie Anderson’s cinematic journey through love, death and language. Centering on Anderson’s beloved rat terrier Lolabelle, who died in 2011, HEART OF A DOG is a personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, and heartfelt tributes to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ly_3i-jyes
Fusing her own witty, inquisitive narration with original violin compositions, hand-drawn animation, 8mm home movies and artwork culled from exhibitions past and present, Anderson creates a hypnotic, collage-like visual language out of the raw materials of her life and art, examining how stories are constructed and told – and how we use them to make sense of our lives.
The 2015 BFI London Film Festival runs from Wednesday October 7 to Sunday October 18 , 2015.
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Award Winners of 2015 Venice International Film Festival, Lorenzo Vigas’ FROM AFAR Wins Golden Lion for Best Film | TRAILER
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR) by Lorenzo Vigas is the winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. In the film, wealthy middle-aged Armando lures young men to his home with money. He doesn’t want to touch, only watch from a strict distance. He also follows an elderly businessman with whom he seems to have had a traumatic relationship. Armando’s first encounter with street thug Elder is violent, but this doesn’t discourage the lonely man’s fascination with the tough handsome teenager. Financial interest keeps Elder visiting him regularly and an unexpected intimacy emerges. But Armando’s haunted past looms large, and Elder commits the ultimate act of affection on Armando’s behalf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGxY3tu9mDg
Official Awards of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival
Golden Lion for Best Film to: DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR) by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico)
Silver Lion for Best Director to: Pablo Trapero for the film EL CLAN (Argentina, Spain)
Grand Jury Prize to: ANOMALISA by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson (USA)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress: Valeria Golino in the film PER AMOR VOSTRO by Giuseppe Gaudino (Italy)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor: Fabrice Luchini in the film L’HERMINE by Christian Vincent (France)
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor to: Abraham Attah in the film BEASTS OF NO NATION by Cary Joji Fukunaga (USA)
Award for Best Screenplay to: Christian Vincent for the film L’HERMINE by Christian Vincent (France)
Special Jury Prize to: ABLUKA (FRENZY) by Emin Alper (Turkey, France, Qatar)
LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM
Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film Jury at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, chaired by Saverio Costanzo and comprised of Charles Burnett, Roger Garcia, Natacha Laurent and Daniela Michel, has decided to award:
Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film to: THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER by Brady Corbet (United Kingdom, Hungary) (ORIZZONTI)
as well as a prize of 100,000 USD, donated by Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis to be divided equally between director and producer
ORIZZONTI AWARDS
The Orizzonti Jury of the 72nd Venice Film Festival, chaired by Jonathan Demme and composed of Anita Caprioli, Fruit Chan, Alix Delaporte and Paz Vega having viewed the 34 films in competition has decided to award:
the Orizzonti Award for Best Film to: FREE IN DEED by Jake Mahaffy (USA, New Zealand)
the Orizzonti Award for Best Director to: Brady Corbet for THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER by Brady Corbet (United Kingdom, Hungary)
the Special Orizzonti Jury Prize to: BOI NEON (NEON BULL) by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil, Uruguay, The Netherlands)
the Special Orizzonti Award for Best Actor to: Dominique Lebornein the film TEMPÊTE by Samuel Collardey
the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film to: BELLADONNA by Dubravka Turic (Croatia)
the Venice Short Film Nomination for the European Film Awards 2015 to:
E.T.E.R.N.I.T. by Giovanni Aloi (France)
VENEZIA CLASSICI AWARDS
The Venezia Classici Jury, chaired by Francesco Patierno composed of 25 students of Cinema History, chosen in particular from the teachers of 12 Italian Dams university programmes and from the Venice University of Ca’ Foscari, has decided to award:
the Venezia Classici Award for Best Documentary on Cinema to:
THE 1000 EYES OF DR. MADDIN by Yves Montmayeur (France)
the Venezia Classici Award for Best Restored Film to:
SALÒ O LE 120 GIORNATE DI SODOMA by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975, Italy, France)
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2015 to:
Bertrand Tavernier
Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to The Filmmaker Award 2015 to:
Brian De Palma
Persol Tribute Visionary Talent Award 2015 to:
Jonathan Demme
L’oréal Paris per il Cinema Award to:
Valentina Corti
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14 Latin American Films on Horizontes Latinos Program at 63rd San Sebastian Festival
The Horizontes Latinos program of the 63rd San Sebastian Festival will feature fourteen films from Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.