The Judgment (2023)

  • The People’s Joker Opens 21st Tallgrass Film Festival Lineup of 180+ Films

    The People’s Joker directed by Vera Drew
    The People’s Joker

    The 21st annual Tallgrass Film Festival set for October 5-8, in downtown Wichita showcases more than 184 films.

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  • A WAR, LANDFILL HARMONIC, SONITA Voted Audience Award Winners at Portland International Film Festival

    A WAR, Tobias Lindholm. The Audience Award winners have been revealed for the 2016 Portland International Film Festival. Earning top audience accolades for Best Narrative Feature is A WAR (Denmark) directed by Tobias Lindholm. (pictured above) SONITA (Iran) directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami and LANDFILL HARMONIC (United States) directed by Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley tied for the Best Documentary Feature award. Liza, the Fox-Fairy LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY (Hungary) director Károly Ujj Mészáros takes home the audience award for Best New Director Award. (pictured above) This year’s Best Short Film Award goes to director Dawn Jones Redstone for her film SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD (Portland). Redstone’s film is also the recipient of the Oregon Short Film Award. Narrative Features 1. A WAR / Denmark / Tobias Lindholm *best narrative feature 2. THE FENCER / Finland / Klaus Härö 3. LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY / Hungary / Károly Ujj Mészáros 4. RAMS / Iceland / Grímur Hákonarson 5. THE JUDGMENT / Bulgaria / Stephan Komandorev 6. LET THEM COME / Algeria / Salem Brahimi 7. LAST CAB TO DARWIN / Australia / Jeremy Sims 8. THE THIN YELLOW LINE / Mexico / Celso García 9. DHEEPAN / France / Jacques Audiard 10. MARSHLAND / Spain / Alberto Rodríguez Documentary Features 1. SONITA / Iran / Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami (tied with) LANDFILL HARMONIC / United States / Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley *best documentary feature 2. A GOOD AMERICAN / Austria, US / Friedrich Moser 2. OPEN YOUR EYES / Portland / Irene Taylor Brodsky 4. ROBERT BLY: A THOUSAND YEARS OF JOY / US / Haydn Reiss 5. 50 FEET FROM SYRIA / Portland / Skye Fitzgerald 6. FOR GRACE / US / Kevin Pang and Mark Helenowski 7. THE PEARL BUTTON / Chile / Patricio Guzmán 8. IRAQI ODYSSEY / Switzerland / Samir 9. THRU YOU PRINCESS / Israel / Ido Haar Best New Directors 1. LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY / Hungary / Károly Ujj Mészáros *best new director 2. THE THIN YELLOW LINE / Mexico / Celso García 3. FOR GRACE / US / Kevin Pang and Mark Helenowski Shorts 1. SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD / Portland / Dawn Jones Redstone *best short film 2. HOW I DIDN’T BECOME A PIANO PLAYER / UK / Tommaso Pitta 3. ROAD TRIP / Germany / Xaver Xylophon Oregon Shorts 1. SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD / Portland / Dawn Jones Redstone *best Oregon short film 2. ONE WEEK / Portland / Rollyn Stafford 3. PEACE IN THE VALLEY / Portland / Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri

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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. The Festival will screen 40 of the 80 official submissions to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Foreign Language Film. Additional film programs will be announced in the upcoming weeks. The Awards Buzz section is selected by Festival programmers as the strongest entries in this year’s Academy Awards® race. A special jury of international film critics will review these films to present the FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress in this category. The following 40 films are selected to screen (in alphabetical order by country): Bota (Albania), Directors: Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci https://vimeo.com/122133505 The Clan (Argentina), Director: Pablo Trapero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gnQab2Qq14 The Brand New Testament (Belgium), Director: Jaco Van Dormael Our Everyday Life (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Director: Ines Tanovic The Second Mother (Brazil), Director: Anna Muylaert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrbWcObwR4 The Judgment (Bulgaria), Director: Stephan Komandarev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCAYsrl37s Felix and Meira (Canada), Director: Maxime Giroux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8CeBCNrwvU The Club (Chile), Director: Pablo Larraín https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8c2DYoF7lA Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia), Director: Ciro Guerra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS73P3hZvPA The High Sun (Croatia), Director: Dalibor Matanic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PqrRvNMcU8 Home Care (Czech Republic), Director: Slávek Horák https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdP5dEndQkI A War (Denmark), Director: Tobias Lindholm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRkE5ZrPzs0 1944 (Estonia), Director: Elmo Nüganen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6A4nLqOW6s Lamb (Ethiopia), Director: Yared Zeleke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKh2M2ooD3w The Fencer (Finland), Director: Klaus Härö https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShMAkhyC6bY Mustang (France), Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5nyY8E6CPg Labyrinth of Lies (Germany), Director: Giulio Ricciarelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xU0Ywoww70 Ixcanul (Guatemala), Director: Jayro Bustamante https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMMP0Z21zqU Son of Saul (Hungary), Director: László Nemes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHDtPZmYj8 Rams (Iceland), Director: Grimur Hákonarson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOFWaltGRw Viva (Ireland), Director: Paddy Breathnach Baba Joon (Israel), Director: Yuval Delshad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQLOlq1PfQs 100 Yen Love (Japan), Director: Masaharu Take https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwF-VZMEoFc Theeb (Jordan), Director: Naji Abu Nowar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqUbMKf8c60 Babai (Kosovo), Director: Visar Morina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXnmJBVtFBY Heavenly Nomadic (Kyrgyzstan), Director: Mirlan Abdykalykov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5lJD36SBvo 600 Miles (Mexico), Director: Gabriel Ripstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGINGaYOlGs The Paradise Suite (Netherlands), Director: Joost van Ginkel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wezLXi_1Xpg The Wave (Norway), Director: Roar Uthaug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIj4v8TfnyU Moor (Pakistan), Director: Jami Mahmood 11 Minutes (Poland), Director: Jerzy Skolimowski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IlSOg1-6Tk Arabian Nights: Volume 2 – The Desolate One (Portugal), Director: Miguel Gomes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i59kera1ayM Aferim! (Romania), Director: Radu Jude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTYOY_jQWc Enclave (Serbia), Director: Goran Radovanovic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddfro-Vt9M Flowers (Spain), Directors: Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L33oXnK75w A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden), Director: Roy Andersson (pictured in main image above) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7pna4laaAk Iraqi Odyssey (Switzerland), Director: Samir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTs2IMlv7rY The Assassin (Taiwan), Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqNyl72eBw How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (Thailand), Director: Josh Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfXh86HUpAA Sivas (Turkey), Director: Kaan Müjdeci https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWeZ0bZz12M

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  • THE JUDGEMENT Bulgarian Oscar Entry Wins Best Film at 2015 Heartland Film Festival

    “The Judgment,” directed by Stephan Komandarev The 2015 Heartland Film Festival which ran October 16 to 25, 2015, announced its full slate of winners. “The Judgment” (pictured above) Bulgarian entry in the foreign-language film category of the 2016 Academy Awards® wins $45,000 Grand Prize for Best Narrative Feature. “Romeo is Bleeding” wins $45,000 Grand Prize for Best Documentary Feature, “The Way of Tea” wins $5,000 Grand Prize for Best Narrative Short and “The 100 Years Show” wins $5,000 Grand Prize for Best Documentary Short. The Heartland Film Festival has earned the special designation of being a qualifying festival for the Annual Academy Awards® within the Short Films category. This means that the winner of the Grand Prize for Best Narrative Short Film, “The Way of Tea,” directed by Marc Fouchard, will qualify for consideration in the Live Action Short Subject category of the Annual Academy Awards®. The 2015 Heartland Film Festival winners include: $45,000 Grand Prize for Best Narrative Feature “The Judgment,” directed by Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCAYsrl37s $45,000 Grand Prize for Best Documentary Feature “Romeo is Bleeding,” directed by Jason Zeldes (USA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjdh-TmRQCQ $5,000 Grand Prize for Best Narrative Short Underwritten by Heartland Film Endowment’s Sparks Vision Award “The Way of Tea,” directed by Marc Fouchard (France) $5,000 Grand Prize for Best Documentary Short Underwritten by Heartland Film Endowment’s Sparks Vision Award “The 100 Years Show,” directed by Alison Klayman (USA) $5,000 Best Premiere for Narrative Feature “Borderless,” directed by Amir Hossein Asgari (Iran) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVF7DtgDDG4 $5,000 Best Premiere for Documentary Feature “Big Voice,” directed by Varda Bar-Kar (USA) $5,000 Indiana Spotlight Winner “Citizen Teklit,” directed by Tim Taylor (USA) $3,000 Summer White Lynch Memorial Award Winner – High School Film Competition Grand Prize Underwritten by Gary D. & Marlene Cohen “This Home Is Not Empty,” directed by Carol Nguyen (Canada) $2,000 prizes for the Jimmy Stewart Memorial Crystal Heart Awards “The Heart Thief,” directed by Ella Rubeli (Australia) “Leidi,” directed by Simon Mesa Soto (Columbia, UK) Audience Choice Award Winner, Narrative Feature “Marie’s Story,” directed by Jean-Pierre Améris (France) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5qJv_I7K6M Audience Choice Award Winner, Documentary Feature “dream/killer,” directed by Andrew Jenks (USA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU1hl5rgAI4 Audience Choice Award Winner, Narrative Short “Moving On,” directed by Marcia Fields and Mike Spear (USA) Audience Choice Award Winner, Documentary Short “Teen Press,” directed by T.C. Johnstone (USA)

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

    SAND DOLLARS Eighty-one countries have submitted films for consideration in the 2015 Foreign Language Film Oscar category for the 88th Academy Awards®. Paraguay is a first-time entrant. The 2015 submissions are: Afghanistan, “Utopia,” Hassan Nazer, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZhbfzrKWLw Albania, “Bota,” Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci, directors; https://vimeo.com/122133505 Algeria, “Twilight of Shadows,” Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina, director; Argentina, “The Clan,” Pablo Trapero, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWia2xcELuI Australia, “Arrows of the Thunder Dragon,” Greg Sneddon, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSHuWQjixA Austria, “Goodnight Mommy,” Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, directors; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u3GCfr0U94 Bangladesh, “Jalal’s Story,” Abu Shahed Emon, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cu0vvLRKsI Belgium, “The Brand New Testament,” Jaco Van Dormael, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9jEA8uzHwQ Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Our Everyday Story,” Ines Tanović, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO6fH-cZpzA Brazil, “The Second Mother,” Anna Muylaert, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNjwuQcvGms Bulgaria, “The Judgment,” Stephan Komandarev, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCAYsrl37s Cambodia, “The Last Reel,” Sotho Kulikar, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1XmFpUAVvw Canada, “Félix and Meira,” Maxime Giroux, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFbAjkmeYQ Chile, “The Club,” Pablo Larraín, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8c2DYoF7lA China, “Go Away Mr. Tumor,” Han Yan, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65UUtHBHJZM Colombia, “Embrace of the Serpent,” Ciro Guerra, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS73P3hZvPA Costa Rica, “Imprisoned,” Esteban Ramírez, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFcdWPoxEzo Croatia, “The High Sun,” Dalibor Matanić, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcWDMgipJ78 Czech Republic, “Home Care,” Slavek Horak, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdP5dEndQkI Denmark, “A War,” Tobias Lindholm, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRkE5ZrPzs0 Dominican Republic, “Sand Dollars,” Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas, directors; (pictured above) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HeEPnn7ioE Estonia, “1944,” Elmo Nüganen, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ni6KeO-AY Ethiopia, “Lamb,” Yared Zeleke, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKh2M2ooD3w Finland, “The Fencer,” Klaus Härö, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocTDfePRAOg France, “Mustang,” Deniz Gamze Ergüven, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2yfvjdKRU Georgia, “Moira,” Levan Tutberidze, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myW9KtGw8sA Germany, “Labyrinth of Lies,” Giulio Ricciarelli, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xU0Ywoww70 Greece, “Xenia,” Panos H. Koutras, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaZ3mOod9hk Guatemala, “Ixcanul,” Jayro Bustamante, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMMP0Z21zqU Hong Kong, “To the Fore,” Dante Lam, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_4N1DoFbg Hungary, “Son of Saul,” László Nemes, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDP3TZilWHc Iceland, “Rams,” Grímur Hákonarson, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOFWaltGRw India, “Court,” Chaitanya Tamhane, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sc8z7zav9A Iran, “Muhammad: The Messenger of God,” Majid Majidi, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95HoUxTWGi0 Iraq, “Memories on Stone,” Shawkat Amin Korki, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuBFjhUo5C8 Ireland, “Viva,” Paddy Breathnach, director; Israel, “Baba Joon,” Yuval Delshad, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQLOlq1PfQs Italy, “Don’t Be Bad,” Claudio Caligari, director; Ivory Coast, “Run,” Philippe Lacôte, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SDrpfbnKUk Japan, “100 Yen Love,” Masaharu Take, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwF-VZMEoFc Jordan, “Theeb,” Naji Abu Nowar, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqUbMKf8c60 Kazakhstan, “Stranger,” Yermek Tursunov, director; Kosovo, “Babai,” Visar Morina, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXnmJBVtFBY Kyrgyzstan, “Heavenly Nomadic,” Mirlan Abdykalykov, director; Latvia, “Modris,” Juris Kursietis, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWCxsRlW8Bg Lebanon, “Void,” Naji Bechara, Jad Beyrouthy, Zeina Makki, Tarek Korkomaz, Christelle Ighniades, Maria Abdel Karim, Salim Haber, directors; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ryTnlrB_s Lithuania, “The Summer of Sangaile,” Alanté Kavaïté, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoijP-cGzfE Luxembourg, “Baby (A)lone,” Donato Rotunno, director; Macedonia, “Honey Night,” Ivo Trajkov, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdaM3dbsgNo Malaysia, “Men Who Save the World,” Liew Seng Tat, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DoUf5jSq_s Mexico, “600 Miles,” Gabriel Ripstein, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGINGaYOlGs Montenegro, “You Carry Me,” Ivona Juka, director; Morocco, “Aida,” Driss Mrini, director; Nepal, “Talakjung vs Tulke,” Basnet Nischal, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl-JXV0JTzw Netherlands, “The Paradise Suite,” Joost van Ginkel, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBxz3h3uhos Norway, “The Wave,” Roar Uthaug, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIr90-aG26Y Pakistan, “Moor,” Jami, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUgbkOedFOY Palestine, “The Wanted 18,” Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan, directors; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekhTuZpMw54 Paraguay, “Cloudy Times,” Arami Ullón, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSekF0ANW5o Peru, “NN,” Héctor Gálvez, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZalPtyQSMus Philippines, “Heneral Luna,” Jerrold Tarog, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_T1ykhy3Fg Poland, “11 Minutes,” Jerzy Skolimowski, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IlSOg1-6Tk Portugal, “Arabian Nights – Volume 2, The Desolate One,” Miguel Gomes, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i59kera1ayM Romania, “Aferim!” Radu Jude, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTYOY_jQWc Russia, “Sunstroke,” Nikita Mikhalkov, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WypoUHTWH8 Serbia, “Enclave,” Goran Radovanović, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddfro-Vt9M Singapore, “7 Letters,” Royston Tan, Kelvin Tong, Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, Tan Pin Pin,Boo Junfeng, K. Rajagopal, directors; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI_Tp92v_OA Slovakia, “Goat,” Ivan Ostrochovský, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOs0PTCC07A Slovenia, “The Tree,” Sonja Prosenc, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQlBmcyyVzg South Africa, “The Two of Us,” Ernest Nkosi, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv0y8n0Pu0E South Korea, “The Throne,” Lee Joon-ik, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmsD3wvvGP8 Spain, “Flowers,” Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga, directors; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L33oXnK75w Sweden, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” Roy Andersson, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7pna4laaAk Switzerland, “Iraqi Odyssey,” Samir, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTs2IMlv7rY Taiwan, “The Assassin,” Hou Hsiao-hsien, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqNyl72eBw Thailand, “How to Win at Checkers (Every Time),” Josh Kim, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfXh86HUpAA Turkey, “Sivas,” Kaan Müjdeci, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWeZ0bZz12M United Kingdom, “Under Milk Wood,” Kevin Allen, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqHAwLeJzhU Uruguay, “A Moonless Night,” Germán Tejeira, director; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9N_SNC8DQ Venezuela, “Gone with the River,” Mario Crespo, director; https://vimeo.com/117647793 Vietnam, “Jackpot,” Dustin Nguyen, director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9NEbqrL9jw 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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