Labyrinth of Lies (2015)

  • Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” Dominates Awards at Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival

    The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” dominated the 2015 Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival; apart from acknowledging the film as ‘Best Movie,’ the festival also gave awards to Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and to the music score composed by Ennio Morricone. Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh are considered the Best Leading Actor and Best Supporting Actress, for their roles in “The Hateful Eight”, a film produced by Bob & Harvey Weinstein, and distributed in Italy by Leone Group’s Andrea and Raffaella Leone, who were awarded as Capri’s ‘Producers of the Year’. Here is a detailed list of the assigned awards: Cary Fukunaga is the Best Director for acclaimed “Beasts of No Nation.” He also deserved the Best Cinematography Award whereas performer Idris Elba won as Best Supporting Actor. The film about African children soldiers was produced and distributed by the Netflix platform. Brie Larson (“Room”) is the festival’s Best Leading Actress. The Best Original Screenplay Award goes to David O. Russel’s “Joy”, which in Capri, Hollywood enjoyed its European premiere. Todd Haynes’ “Carol” was awarded as Best Adapted Screenplay, written by Phyllis Nagy, and for the Best Production Design by Judy Becker. Kenneth Branagh’s “Cinderella” received an award for its costumes created by three-time Oscar-winning designer Sandy Powell, who was also assigned the Legend Award and who in Capri exhibited the attires that she created for “Carol.” Pietro Scalia is the festival’s Best Editor for “The Martian.” Apart from acknowledging Ennio Morricone’s music score for “The Hateful Eight”, also “See You Again” – the song by Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth, from “Fast and Furious 7” – won as Best Original Song. The Best Animation Movie is “Inside Out”; The Best Documentary is Paolo Ruffini’s “Resilienza”, the Best Foreign Movie is “Labyrinth of Lies” by Giulio Ricciarelli, a filmmaker of Italian origin and German adoption, running for the Oscar and included in the Academy’s Short List. Enrico Iannaccone was elected by the festival as “Director of the Future” for “La Buona Uscita.” The prestigious ‘Legend award’ went to Irish film director Jim Sheridan. Belgian performer Matthias Schoenaerts was awarded as “Revelation of the Year” for Hooper’s “The Danish Girl”. Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco (“Crash”) – who in Capri announced his commitment to the Ambi Film-produced movie about Lamborghini – is the 2016 Italian-American Icon. Other celebrities awarded at the 2015 Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival include Italian filmmakers Giuseppe M. Gaudino, Guido Chiesa, Marco Ponti, Massimiliano Bruno, Riccardo Milani; Actors Paola Cortellesi (Capri Award as Italian Actress of the Year); Alessandro Cremona (Exploit Award for “007-Spectre”); Alessandro Siani (Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni’s Special Telegatto for the 2015 Best Box Office Gross “Si accettano miracoli”) Francesco Pannofino, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Federico R. Rossi; And pianist Giovanni Allevi for music.

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  • Complete List with TRAILERS of 9 Foreign Films Still in Race for Oscar

    The-Brand-New-Testament Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®. Eighty films had originally been considered in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” (pictured above) Jaco Van Dormael, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_FFNL_jPHE Colombia, “Embrace of the Serpent,” Ciro Guerra, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS73P3hZvPA Denmark, “A War,” Tobias Lindholm, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qil14JEoPzU Finland, “The Fencer,” Klaus Härö, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShMAkhyC6bY France, “Mustang,” Deniz Gamze Ergüven, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5nyY8E6CPg Germany, “Labyrinth of Lies,” Giulio Ricciarelli, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xU0Ywoww70 Hungary, “Son of Saul,” László Nemes, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7YvgRU15M8 Ireland, “Viva,” Paddy Breathnach, director; Jordan, “Theeb,” Naji Abu Nowar, director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnEd_WSGtWQ Foreign Language Film nominations for 2015 are being determined in two phases. The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based Academy members, screened the original submissions in the category between mid-October and December 14. The group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist. The shortlist will be winnowed down to the category’s five nominees by specially invited committees in New York, Los Angeles and London. They will spend Friday, January 8, through Sunday, January 10, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots. The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 88th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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  • 40 Submissions for Best Foreign Language Film to Compete for FIPRESCI Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival

    A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden), Director: Roy Andersson

    The 27th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), scheduled January 1-11, 2016, announced the films selected to compete for the FIPRESCI Award in the Awards Buzz section.

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  • Complete List of Films + Trailers for 81 Countries in Competition for 2015 Foreign Language Film Oscar

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    Eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the 2015 Foreign Language Film Oscar category for the 88th Academy Awards.

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