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Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam to Celebrate its 6th Edition, April 5 to 9

[caption id="attachment_21133" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] The Other Side of Hope[/caption] From April 5 through 9, 2017, Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam (CIFFR) will unspool for the sixth time in Willemstad. CIFFR presents an interesting mix of local and regional talent and highlights from IFFR 2017. Added to the mix are some fresh new titles that have kicked up a storm at other film festivals, such as Silver Bear winner The Other Side of Hope by Aki Kaurismäki, which opens the festival on April 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHjcWLCZuWs The festival – an initiative by Fundashon Bon Intenshon organized in cooperation with International Film Festival Rotterdam – seeks to inspire film-lovers and help young film talent from the region to get ahead. Festival director Bero Beyer: “We are particularly pleased that this festival is being realized for the sixth time: it is a feast of cinema and reflection. CIFFR is a wonderful opportunity to see the world from a different perspective thanks to the many beautiful visions cinema serves up to us. The combination of films that are setting the tone internationally with local filmmakers gives the festival extra sparkle and depth. We are thrilled that, in its sixth year, CIFFR enjoys such broad support, and is therefore able to make a wide audience enthusiastic about daring films.” For the fifth time in succession, CIFFR will present the Yellow Robin Award Competition in which feature films by talented, up-and-coming filmmakers from the Caribbean and Latin America compete for the Yellow Robin Award. The nominees are Angélica by Marisol Gómez Mouakad (Puerto Rico); Bad Lucky Goat by Samir Oliveros (Colombia); El hombre que cuida (The Man Who Cares) by Alejandro Andújar (Dominican Republic); Keyla by Viviana Gómez Echeverry (Colombia) and Melocotones by Héctor M. Valdez (Dominican Republic). The winning film gets a spot in the Bright Future program at IFFR 2018, as well as at the Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico. In addition, the Award comes with a $10,000 prize for the filmmaker. A new feature of this sixth edition is the Caribbean Shorts Competition – the result of a cooperation initiated by the festival in 2016 with six film festivals from the region: in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago. These festivals exchange international professionals and organize workshops and competitions in order to share knowledge and experience. Each of these six festivals submitted a film for the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Shorts Competition. The winning short film will screen at all of the festivals. But CIFFR offers much more alongside its competitions: such as the themed program Poetry in Motion; a series of music documentaries under the Music Calls banner; an extensive educational program; special film screenings in community centers and some twenty highlights of IFFR 2017, including Barry Jenkins’ audience smash hit Moonlight, as well as films such as Jackie by Pablo Larraín and Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson.
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TONI ERDMANN, ELLE, MOONLIGHT Win International Cinephile Society Awards

Toni Erdmann directed by Maren Ade

Maren Ade’s dark comedy, Toni Erdmann was the big winner at the 14th International Cinephile Society Awards (ICS), taking top honors for Best picture, director, non-English language film and original screenplay.

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2017 BAFTA Awards: LA LA Land Wins Best Film, 13TH Wins Best Documentary

La La Land was named Best Film at the EE British Academy Film Awards aka 2017 BAFTA Awards, with Damien Chazelle winning Director and Emma Stone receiving the award for Leading Actress. Linus Sandgren won for Cinematography and Justin Hurwitz won Original Music. Ava DuVernay’s film, exploring race in the US criminal justice system, 13th, won the award for Documentary. Kubo and the Two Strings took the award for Animated Film, and Film Not in the English Language was won by Hungarian holocaust drama, Son of Saul. Outstanding British Film was won by I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach. Writer/director Babak Anvari and producers Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill and Lucan Toh received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Under the Shadow. Home won the British Short Film award, while the BAFTA for British Short Animation was won by A Love Story. The EE Rising Star Award, voted for by the public, went to Tom Holland. The Special Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was presented to film distributor and exhibitor Curzon for its work in bringing art house and foreign language cinema to British audiences. Nathan Lane, Simon Pegg and HRH The Duke of Cambridge, President of BAFTA, presented the Academy’s highest honour, the Fellowship, to writer, director, actor and producer Mel Brooks. The winners of the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2017 2016 NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS (presented in 2017) FELLOWSHIP MEL BROOKS OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA CURZON BEST FILM ARRIVAL Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron Ryder I, DANIEL BLAKE Rebecca O’Brien LA LA LAND Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. Walsh MOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AMERICAN HONEY Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van Hoy DENIAL Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, David Hare FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM David Yates, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling, Lionel Wigram I, DANIEL BLAKE Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty NOTES ON BLINDNESS Peter Middleton, James Spinney, Mike Brett, Jo-Jo Ellison, Steve Jamison UNDER THE SHADOW Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER The Girl With All the Gifts: MIKE CAREY (Writer), CAMILLE GATIN (Producer) The Hard Stop: GEORGE AMPONSAH (Writer/Director/Producer), DIONNE WALKER (Writer/Producer) Notes on Blindness: PETER MIDDLETON (Writer/Director/Producer), JAMES SPINNEY (Writer/Director/Producer), JO-JO ELLISON (Producer) The Pass: JOHN DONNELLY (Writer), BEN A. WILLIAMS (Director) Under the Shadow: BABAK ANVARI (Writer/Director), EMILY LEO, OLIVER ROSKILL, LUCAN TOH (Producers) FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DHEEPAN Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux JULIETA Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar MUSTANG Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Charles Gillibert SON OF SAUL László Nemes, Gábor Sipos TONI ERDMANN Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski DOCUMENTARY 13th Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, Howard Barish THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK- THE TOURING YEARS Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Scott Pascucci, Nigel Sinclair THE EAGLE HUNTRESS Otto Bell, Stacey Reiss NOTES ON BLINDNESS Peter Middleton, James Spinney WEINER Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg ANIMATED FILM FINDING DORY Andrew Stanton KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Travis Knight MOANA Ron Clements, John Musker ZOOTROPOLIS Byron Howard, Rich Moore DIRECTOR ARRIVAL Denis Villeneuve I, DANIEL BLAKE Ken Loach LA LA LAND Damien Chazelle MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Tom Ford ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY HELL OR HIGH WATER Taylor Sheridan I, DANIEL BLAKE Paul Laverty LA LA LAND Damien Chazelle MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan MOONLIGHT Barry Jenkins ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ARRIVAL Eric Heisserer HACKSAW RIDGE Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan HIDDEN FIGURES Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder LION Luke Davies NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Tom Ford LEADING ACTOR ANDREW GARFIELD Hacksaw Ridge CASEY AFFLECK Manchester by the Sea JAKE GYLLENHAAL Nocturnal Animals RYAN GOSLING La La Land VIGGO MORTENSEN Captain Fantastic LEADING ACTRESS AMY ADAMS Arrival EMILY BLUNT The Girl on the Train EMMA STONE La La Land MERYL STREEP Florence Foster Jenkins NATALIE PORTMAN Jackie SUPPORTING ACTOR AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON Nocturnal Animals DEV PATEL Lion HUGH GRANT Florence Foster Jenkins JEFF BRIDGES Hell or High Water MAHERSHALA ALI Moonlight SUPPORTING ACTRESS HAYLEY SQUIRES I, Daniel Blake MICHELLE WILLIAMS Manchester by the Sea NAOMIE HARRIS Moonlight NICOLE KIDMAN Lion VIOLA DAVIS Fences ORIGINAL MUSIC ARRIVAL Jóhann Jóhannsson JACKIE Mica Levi LA LA LAND Justin Hurwitz LION Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Abel Korzeniowski CINEMATOGRAPHY ARRIVAL Bradford Young HELL OR HIGH WATER Giles Nuttgens LA LA LAND Linus Sandgren LION Greig Fraser NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Seamus McGarvey EDITING ARRIVAL Joe Walker HACKSAW RIDGE John Gilbert LA LA LAND Tom Cross MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Jennifer Lame NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Joan Sobel PRODUCTION DESIGN DOCTOR STRANGE Charles Wood, John Bush FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock HAIL, CAESAR! Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh LA LA LAND David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Shane Valentino, Meg Everist COSTUME DESIGN ALLIED Joanna Johnston FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Colleen Atwood FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Consolata Boyle JACKIE Madeline Fontaine LA LA LAND Mary Zophres MAKE UP & HAIR DOCTOR STRANGE Jeremy Woodhead FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS J. Roy Helland, Daniel Phillips HACKSAW RIDGE Shane Thomas NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Donald Mowat, Yolanda Toussieng ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Amanda Knight, Neal Scanlan, Lisa Tomblin SOUND ARRIVAL Sylvain Bellemare, Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl DEEPWATER HORIZON Dror Mohar, Mike Prestwood Smith, Wylie Stateman, Renee Tondelli, David Wyman FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Ian Tapp HACKSAW RIDGE Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright LA LA LAND Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Morrow, Andy Nelson SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS ARRIVAL Louis Morin DOCTOR STRANGE Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins THE JUNGLE BOOK Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Neil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll, Nigel Sumner BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION THE ALAN DIMENSION Jac Clinch, Jonathan Harbottle, Millie Marsh A LOVE STORY Khaled Gad, Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara, Elena Ruscombe-King TOUGH Jennifer Zheng BRITISH SHORT FILM CONSUMED Richard John Seymour HOME Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti, Daniel Mulloy, Scott O’Donnell MOUTH OF HELL Bart Gavigan, Samir Mehanovic, Ailie Smith, Michael Wilson THE PARTY Farah Abushwesha, Emmet Fleming, Andrea Harkin, Conor MacNeill STANDBY Jack Hannon, Charlotte Regan EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) ANYA TAYLOR-JOY LAIA COSTA LUCAS HEDGES RUTH NEGGA TOM HOLLAND
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Berlinale 2017: Festival to Honor John Hurt with a Screening of “An Englishman in New York”

[caption id="attachment_20481" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] John Hurt in An Englishman in New York by Richard Laxton[/caption] The Berlin International Film Festival will present a special screening of An Englishman in New York by Richard Laxton to commemorate the recently deceased actor John Hurt. In 2009 Hurt received the Teddy Award for his outstanding performance in this film. Since the 1990s he had attended the Berlinale with regularity and starred in twelve films presented at the festival. The British actor is know for his roles in Midnight Express (dir: Alan Parker, 1978) and The Elephant Man (dir: David Lynch, 1980), for which he garnered Oscar nominations. Younger audiences are acquainted with Hurt from his portrayal of Mr. Ollivander in the Harry Potter films, and more recently in Jackie directed by Pablo Larraín. Berlinale entries with John Hurt that screened in the Competition include The Commissioner (dir: George Sluizer, 1998), V for Vendetta (dir: James McTeigue, out of competition in 2006), and Jayne Mansfield’s Car (dir: Billy Bob Thornton, 2012). John Nossiter’s Resident Alien (1991) and Owning Mahowny by Richard Kwietniowski (2003) were shown in the Panorama.
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2017 Satellite Awards: LA LA LAND and MANCHESTER by the Sea Win Best Film

[caption id="attachment_18874" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] La La Land[/caption] Here are the winners of the International Press Academy’s 21st Annual Satellite Awards, La La Land and Manchester by the Sea won the award for Best Film. La La Land was the big winner of the night, winning in addition to the aforementioned Best Film, also grabbed the awards for Original Score, Original Song and ‘Art Direction and Production Design’. Special Achievement Award Recipients Mary Pickford Award Edward James Olmos Tesla Award John Toll Auteur Award Tom Ford Humanitarian Award Patrick Stewart Best First Feature: Russudan Glurjidze “House of Others” Best Ensemble: Motion Picture Hidden Figures Best Ensemble: Television Outlander MOTION PICTURES Actress in a Motion Picture (major and independent) Ruth Negga Loving Focus Features Isabelle Huppert Elle Sony Picture Classics Actor in a Motion Picture (major and independent) Viggo Mortensen Captain Fantastic Bleecker Street Andrew Garfield Hacksaw Ridge Lionsgate Actress in a Supporting Role Naomi Harris Moonlight A24 Actor in a Supporting Role Jeff Bridges Hell or High Water CBS Films Motion Picture (major & independent) La La Land Lionsgate Manchester by the Sea Amazon/Roadside Attraction Motion Picture, International Film The Salesman Iran Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media My Life As a Zucchini GKIDS Motion Picture, Documentary 13th Netflix Director Kenneth Lonergan Manchester by the Sea Amazon/Roadside Attraction Screenplay, Original Barry Jenkins Moonlight A24 Screenplay, Adapted Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone Snowden Open Road Original Score Justin Hurwitz La La Land Lionsgate Original Song “City of Stars” La La Land Lionsgate Cinematography Bill Pope The Jungle Book Disney Visual Effects The Jungle Book Disney Film Editing John Gilbert Hacksaw Ridge Lionsgate Sound (Editing and Mixing) Hacksaw Ridge Lionsgate Art Direction and Production Design David Wasco La La Land Lionsgate Costume Design Madeline Fontaine Jackie Fox Searchlight TELEVISION Miniseries/Motion Picture Made for Television The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television Sarah Paulson The People v. O.J. Simpson:, FX Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television Bryan Cranston All the Way, HBO Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture made for Television (TIE) Olivia Colman The Night Manager, AMC Rhea Seehorn Better Call Saul, AMC Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture made for Television Ben Mendelsohn Bloodline, Netflix Television Series, Drama The Crown Netflix Television Series, Genre Outlander Starz Actress in a Series, Drama / Genre Evan Rachel Wood Westworld, HBO Actor in a Series, Drama / Genre Dominic West The Affair, Showtime Television Series, Comedy or Musical Silicon Valley HBO Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical Taylor Schilling Orange is the New Black, Netflix Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical William H. Macy Shameless, Showtime BLU-RAY DVD’S BEST OVERALL Outlander Starz YOUTH Zootopia Disney VIDEO GAMES SPORTS/RACING GAME NHL 17 EA ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME Dark Souls III From Software MOBILE GAME Mini Metro Dinosaur Polo Club
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Southeastern Film Critics Association Named MOONLIGHT the Best Movie of 2016

[caption id="attachment_18907" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] MOONLIGHT[/caption] The Southeastern Film Critics Association has named “Moonlight” the best film of 2016. The film was also the winner or runner-up in seven of the nine other categories in which it was eligible. The Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) represents print, broadcast and online journalists in nine Southern states, including Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Virginia and North and South Carolina. The organization’s Gene Wyatt Award, dedicated to the film that best represents “the spirit of the South,” went to Arkansas-born writer-director Jeff Nichols’ “Loving,” a drama based on the true-life story of the Virginia couple whose interracial marriage led to the Supreme Court’s ruling against “miscegenation” laws. Nichols — the brother of Ben Nichols, frontman of the Memphis rock band Lucero — previously won the Wyatt for “Mud” (2012) and his debut feature, “Shotgun Stories” (2007). “Moonlight,” set mostly in Florida, was the Wyatt runner-up. The complete results of 2016 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Top 10 Films 1. “Moonlight.” 2.”Manchester by the Sea.” 3. “La La Land.” 4. “Hell or High Water.” 5. “Loving.” 6. “Arrival.” 7. “Fences” and “Jackie” (tie). 8. “Nocturnal Animals.” 9. “Hidden Figures.” Best Actor: Winner — Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea.” Runner-up — Denzel Washington, “Fences.” Best Actress: Winner — Natalie Portman, “Jackie.” Runner-up — Ruth Negga, “Loving.” Best Supporting Actor: Winner — Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight.” Runner-up — Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water.” Best Supporting Actress: Winner – Viola Davis, “Fences.” Runner-up – Naomie Harris, “Moonlight.” Best Ensemble: Winner — “Moonlight.” Runner-up — “Manchester by the Sea.” Best Director: Winner (tie) — Damien Chazelle, “La La Land,” and Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight.” Best Original Screenplay: Winner — Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea. Runner-up — “Hell or High Water.” Best Adapted Screenplay: Winner — Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight” (from the play by Tarell Alvin McCraney). Runner-up — Eric Heisserer, “Arrival” (from the short story by Ted Chiang). Best Documentary: Winner — “I Am Not Your Negro.” Runner-up — “OJ: Made in America.” Best Foreign Language Film: Winner — “The Handmaiden” (South Korea). Runner-up — “Elle” (France). Best Animated Film: Winner — “Zootopia.” Runner-up — “Kubo and the Two Strings.” Best Cinematography: Winner — Linus Sandgren, “La La Land.” Runner-up — James Laxton, “Moonlight.” The Gene Wyatt Award: Winner — “Loving.” Runner-up — “Moonlight.”
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