Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs was awarded the Bronze Horse for Best film at the 2015 Stockholm International Film Festival. In Louder Than Bombs “an upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house – forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently.”
Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano was also a big winner, taking the awards for Best First Film, Telia Film Award, and Best Actor for Koudous Seihon.
The complete list of awards for 2015 Stockholm International Film Festival
Best film: Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier
The prize for best film goes to an aesthetic masterpiece, a film that innovatively uses all cinematic components to move freely between present, past, dream and imagination. With this tightly woven family drama, the director gradually patches together our broken inner places and makes us visible to ourselves – and to each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1dLlaGvTs
Best first film: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
The prize goes to a director who takes us on a journey to a place where reality triumphs with its hidden contempt. An unsentimental yet tender film about dreams, struggles and hopes for a better life that at the same time mirrors the contemporary state of the world. The director has with this knockout of a debut created a multifaceted and pressing real-life drama that leaves no one unaffected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk4SrMxTiS4
Best director: László Nemes, Son of Saul
The award goes to a film that makes us hold our breath and instead become part of the film’s own pulse. With furious pacing, constant motion, a consistently subjective point-of-view and with long, meticulous and masterly executed sequences, the director takes a whole new perspective on a subject that has been depicted countless times, but never with this intensity – and never this good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHDtPZmYj8
Best script: Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour, Mustang
The writers of this film depict a serious topic with both humor and warmth. It is a touching story of sisterhood, an empowering film that challenges patriarchal oppression with its stale views on female sexuality. Conservative values are placed in opposition to modern society, the life within each of us – and every person’s right to their own bodies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU9JAN8LtIk
Best cinematography: Manuel Dacosse, Evolution
The prize for best cinematography goes to a cinematic masterpiece, a story that could as well take place in the subconscious as on a metaphorical plane or another planet. A hauntingly beautiful universe distilled through the lens of a master, with a singular visual expression that provokes goose bumps in the soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkKZ2qx5f6g
Best actress: Julija Steponaityte, The Summer of Sangaile
The prize for best female lead goes to an actress who illuminates the screen with her absolute presence. It is a subtle yet multifaceted acting we are witnessing, at the same time cool and vulnerable, arrogant and passionate. She makes us curious – and we want to see more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY2990FsBAA
Best actor: Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
The prize for best male lead goes to an actor who owns the story in every scene. It’s a portrait of a fighter, a street-smart survivor and a fellow human, who opens our hearts on his journey through a torn world full of dangers. He manages to convey a feeling of hope and faith in humanity in the midst of the brutal reality of the story.
Best documentary: Behemoth by Liang Zhao
Abandon all hope you who enter here. This filmmaker digs deep inside the bowels of its subject, showing us the monster of greed hiding in our destructive civilization. This film unveils hell right here on earth in a beautiful, emotive and poetic way. Through the power of great imagery, storytelling and empathy we are given a chance to perceive and finally end this abuse of the earth than of each other. Pure and utterly necessary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kbx8x748Y
Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Through superb acting giving a unique insight into the minds and hearts of women in rural India told with colourful, sensual cinematography. This film is a paradoxical celebration of life in tough circumstances, creating both anger and joy, giving fuel for debate as well as hope for change when addressing a burning question that affects, not half, but the whole of our society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpqKBf36bQ0
Best short film: A Few Seconds by Nora El Hourch
In a very unique and bold way of storytelling the director manage to show how much humanity in the characters in such a short time. There are so many layers of emotions in this film. We are excited to discover this new talent in her future work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0k3EJYdF6U
Stockholm Rising Star: Aliette Opheim
This year’s Rising Star is awarded an actor who inhabits a deep sensibility as well as an immense power. Who delves into diverse roles with great courage and integrity. With the sense of carrying a secret.
Telia Film Award: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
With a warm, humanistic touch Jonas Carpignano has written and directed a film with acute relevance and unexpected humour. Populated by brilliantly crafted and depicted characters with complexity, throughout the story, with an outstanding Koudous Seihon in the male lead. A beautiful film that humanizes what it is to live in the world today and offers a unique glimpse into experiences shared by many of the people fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea.
FIPRESCI best film: Macadam Stories by Samuel Benchetrit
The FIPRESCI award goes to Samuel Benchetrit’s Macadam Stories (Asphalte), an insightful, melancholic and tender comedy, filled with quirky deadpan humour. Three separate stories are seamlessly interwoven around the theme of urban loneliness and the longing for human connection, all beautifully drawn, highly nuanced and perfectly paced, while the excellent performances allow the characters humanity to shine through the cracks.
Stockholm Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn
An icon of contemporary American cinema, a bold actress with great integrity, who has given life to groundbreaking characters. Her performances have left a lasting impression with a relentless struggle for independence and freedom.
Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Frears
This year’s receiver of the Lifetime Achievement Award is a filmmaker who is not afraid to take a stand for those who exist at the margins of society. Regardless of what form the story takes, Stephen Frears shows us that he is a director with a genuine curiosity for people’s life stories.
Stockholm Visionary Award: Yorgos Lanthimos
This director gives us a perspective that is both challenging and headstrong. His films offer the audience an unpredictable cinematic trip that forces us to discover an inconvenient reflection of our own behaviour, logic and desires. And yet we cannot stop looking, identifying and yes, very oddly smiling.
1 km Film-scholarship: I turn to you by Victor Lindgren
Two siblings are forced to experience the implosion of their parents’ relationship. The director poses an inconvenient question to us in the audience, can a child’s will to survive overcome the self-destructive desires of the parent. The film seamlessly connects refined form with emotional impact and the director shows great courage and promise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLDziuNrc6c
iFestival Award: Tisure by Adrian Geyer
Voted for by the 2015 Stockholm Film Festival audience.The Summer of Sangaile
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“Louder Than Bombs” “Mediterranea” Win Awards at 2015 Stockholm International Film Festival
Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs was awarded the Bronze Horse for Best film at the 2015 Stockholm International Film Festival. In Louder Than Bombs “an upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house – forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently.”
Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano was also a big winner, taking the awards for Best First Film, Telia Film Award, and Best Actor for Koudous Seihon.
The complete list of awards for 2015 Stockholm International Film Festival
Best film: Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier
The prize for best film goes to an aesthetic masterpiece, a film that innovatively uses all cinematic components to move freely between present, past, dream and imagination. With this tightly woven family drama, the director gradually patches together our broken inner places and makes us visible to ourselves – and to each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1dLlaGvTs
Best first film: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
The prize goes to a director who takes us on a journey to a place where reality triumphs with its hidden contempt. An unsentimental yet tender film about dreams, struggles and hopes for a better life that at the same time mirrors the contemporary state of the world. The director has with this knockout of a debut created a multifaceted and pressing real-life drama that leaves no one unaffected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk4SrMxTiS4
Best director: László Nemes, Son of Saul
The award goes to a film that makes us hold our breath and instead become part of the film’s own pulse. With furious pacing, constant motion, a consistently subjective point-of-view and with long, meticulous and masterly executed sequences, the director takes a whole new perspective on a subject that has been depicted countless times, but never with this intensity – and never this good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHDtPZmYj8
Best script: Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour, Mustang
The writers of this film depict a serious topic with both humor and warmth. It is a touching story of sisterhood, an empowering film that challenges patriarchal oppression with its stale views on female sexuality. Conservative values are placed in opposition to modern society, the life within each of us – and every person’s right to their own bodies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU9JAN8LtIk
Best cinematography: Manuel Dacosse, Evolution
The prize for best cinematography goes to a cinematic masterpiece, a story that could as well take place in the subconscious as on a metaphorical plane or another planet. A hauntingly beautiful universe distilled through the lens of a master, with a singular visual expression that provokes goose bumps in the soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkKZ2qx5f6g
Best actress: Julija Steponaityte, The Summer of Sangaile
The prize for best female lead goes to an actress who illuminates the screen with her absolute presence. It is a subtle yet multifaceted acting we are witnessing, at the same time cool and vulnerable, arrogant and passionate. She makes us curious – and we want to see more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY2990FsBAA
Best actor: Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
The prize for best male lead goes to an actor who owns the story in every scene. It’s a portrait of a fighter, a street-smart survivor and a fellow human, who opens our hearts on his journey through a torn world full of dangers. He manages to convey a feeling of hope and faith in humanity in the midst of the brutal reality of the story.
Best documentary: Behemoth by Liang Zhao
Abandon all hope you who enter here. This filmmaker digs deep inside the bowels of its subject, showing us the monster of greed hiding in our destructive civilization. This film unveils hell right here on earth in a beautiful, emotive and poetic way. Through the power of great imagery, storytelling and empathy we are given a chance to perceive and finally end this abuse of the earth than of each other. Pure and utterly necessary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kbx8x748Y
Stockholm Impact Award: Leena Yadav, Parched
Through superb acting giving a unique insight into the minds and hearts of women in rural India told with colourful, sensual cinematography. This film is a paradoxical celebration of life in tough circumstances, creating both anger and joy, giving fuel for debate as well as hope for change when addressing a burning question that affects, not half, but the whole of our society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpqKBf36bQ0
Best short film: A Few Seconds by Nora El Hourch
In a very unique and bold way of storytelling the director manage to show how much humanity in the characters in such a short time. There are so many layers of emotions in this film. We are excited to discover this new talent in her future work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0k3EJYdF6U
Stockholm Rising Star: Aliette Opheim
This year’s Rising Star is awarded an actor who inhabits a deep sensibility as well as an immense power. Who delves into diverse roles with great courage and integrity. With the sense of carrying a secret.
Telia Film Award: Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano
With a warm, humanistic touch Jonas Carpignano has written and directed a film with acute relevance and unexpected humour. Populated by brilliantly crafted and depicted characters with complexity, throughout the story, with an outstanding Koudous Seihon in the male lead. A beautiful film that humanizes what it is to live in the world today and offers a unique glimpse into experiences shared by many of the people fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea.
FIPRESCI best film: Macadam Stories by Samuel Benchetrit
The FIPRESCI award goes to Samuel Benchetrit’s Macadam Stories (Asphalte), an insightful, melancholic and tender comedy, filled with quirky deadpan humour. Three separate stories are seamlessly interwoven around the theme of urban loneliness and the longing for human connection, all beautifully drawn, highly nuanced and perfectly paced, while the excellent performances allow the characters humanity to shine through the cracks.
Stockholm Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn
An icon of contemporary American cinema, a bold actress with great integrity, who has given life to groundbreaking characters. Her performances have left a lasting impression with a relentless struggle for independence and freedom.
Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Frears
This year’s receiver of the Lifetime Achievement Award is a filmmaker who is not afraid to take a stand for those who exist at the margins of society. Regardless of what form the story takes, Stephen Frears shows us that he is a director with a genuine curiosity for people’s life stories.
Stockholm Visionary Award: Yorgos Lanthimos
This director gives us a perspective that is both challenging and headstrong. His films offer the audience an unpredictable cinematic trip that forces us to discover an inconvenient reflection of our own behaviour, logic and desires. And yet we cannot stop looking, identifying and yes, very oddly smiling.
1 km Film-scholarship: I turn to you by Victor Lindgren
Two siblings are forced to experience the implosion of their parents’ relationship. The director poses an inconvenient question to us in the audience, can a child’s will to survive overcome the self-destructive desires of the parent. The film seamlessly connects refined form with emotional impact and the director shows great courage and promise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLDziuNrc6c
iFestival Award: Tisure by Adrian Geyer
Voted for by the 2015 Stockholm Film Festival audience.
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2015 AFI European Union Film Showcase Announces Complete Lineup; Opens with A PERFECT DAY, Closes with THE TREASURE
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced the complete slate of films for the 2015 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 1–20 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. This year’s AFI European Union Film Showcase will open December 1 with Fernando León de Aranoa’s A PERFECT DAY (Spain), a darkly comedic portrait of aid workers attempting to provide clean water during the aftermath of the Balkan War, starring Oscar® winners Benicio Del Toro (TRAFFIC, SICARIO) and Tim Robbins (MYSTIC RIVER, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) alongside Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM OF SOLACE, OBLIVION) and Mélanie Thierry (THE ZERO THEOREM).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQfqygkNMqE
The Closing Night film, THE TREASURE (Romania), directed by Corneliu Porumboiu (POLICE, ADJECTIVE; 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST), is a deadpan comedy of manners that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prix Un Certain Talent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d56mX1P6p2U
The Showcase’s Special Presentations section includes Paolo Sorrentino’s YOUTH (Italy) starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, Paul Dano and Rachel Weisz; THE LADY IN THE VAN (United Kingdom) starring Maggie Smith; Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner DHEEPAN (France); BODY (Poland) directed by Malgorzata Szumowska, winner of the Best Director prize at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival; 45 YEARS (United Kingdom) starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, winners of Best Actress and Actor at Berlin; Cannes Grand Prix Winner SON OF SAUL (Hungary); Berlin Silver Bear prize winner AFERIM! (Romania); festival favorite MY GOLDEN DAYS (France) directed by Arnaud Desplechin; Venice Film Festival premiere A WAR (Denmark) directed by Tobias Lindholm (A HIJACKING); and A ROYAL NIGHT OUT (United Kingdom) starring Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson and Rupert Everett.
Other highlights include the U.S. premiere of MA MA (Spain) starring Penélope Cruz; DISORDER (France) starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger; THE WAIT (Italy) starring Juliette Binoche; SECOND COMING (United Kingdom) starring Idris Elba; Matteo Garrone’s TALE OF TALES (Italy) starring Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly and Vincent Cassel; KILL YOUR FRIENDS (United Kingdom) starring Nicholas Hoult, James Corden and Rosanna Arquette; and Nanni Moretti’s MIA MADRE starring John Turturro.
Among the films featured are a number of 2015 Oscar® submissions for Best Foreign Language Film, including THE HIGH SUN (Croatia); A WAR (Denmark); 1944 (Estonia); THE FENCER (Finland); SON OF SAUL (Hungary); THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE (Lithuania); BABY(A)LONE (Luxembourg); AFERIM! (Romania); and THE TREE (Slovenia). 2014 Oscar® submissions include SIMSHAR (Malta).
Complete list of U.S. premieres:
MA MA (Spain)
EVA NOVÁ (Slovakia)
THE SNAKE BROTHERS (Czech Republic)
THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN (France)
BABY(A)LONE (Luxembourg)
IMPRESSIONS OF A DROWNED MAN (Cyprus)
Complete list of East Coast premieres:
A WAR (Denmark)
THE WAIT (Italy)
YOU’RE UGLY TOO (Ireland)
(BE)LONGING (Portugal)
THE TREE (Slovenia)
SIMSHAR (Malta)
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Complete List of Films + Trailers for 81 Countries in Competition for 2015 Foreign Language Film Oscar
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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27th NewFest Unveils Lineup, Opens with EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
The 27th NewFest will run October 22 to 27 at the newly renovated Bow Tie Chelsea Cinemas, and today announced the lineup of nearly 100 LGBT films around the world. Opening night is the New York premiere of legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway’s EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO (pictured above), a visually stunning, sexually explicit celebration of pioneering Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s gay coming of age during a trip to Mexico in the 1930s. The cinematic masterpiece, which had its world premiere to wide acclaim at the Berlinale this year, has been hailed as one of the finest films of Greenaway’s long, illustrious career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb364B6u1XE
Closing out the NewFest festival on the 27th is Alexandra-Therese Keining’s GIRLS LOST, a thrilling story about three bullied girls who are drawn into a wild and chaotic journey when they find a magical plant whose nectar temporarily transforms them into boys. Fresh off its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim, Kreining’s bold and stylish coming-of-age tale is a fascinating exploration of sexuality, identity and desire across the LGBT spectrum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-eU4B-fnc4
This year also features Centerpiece film CAROL, Todd Haynes’ highly-anticipated and award-winning lesbian romance starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara which won the 2015 Cannes Best Actress award for Blanchett, as well as the Queer Palm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4z7Px68ywk
Other narrative highlights this year include the New York premiere of Matt Sobel’s chilling and suspenseful thriller TAKE ME TO THE RIVER, starring Logan Miller, Robin Weigert, Richard Schiff and Josh Hamilton; the New York premiere of Mika Kaurismäki’s sumptuous period piece THE GIRL KING, about the rise and fall of Sweden’s lesbian Queen Christina; the 2015 Sundance World-Cinema Directing Award-winner THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE; and FOURTH MAN OUT, a hilarious and heartwarming twist on the coming-out genre starring Evan Todd, Chord Overstreet (GLEE) and Kate Flannery (THE OFFICE) that won the Audience Award for Dramatic Feature Film at this year’s Outfest Los Angeles.
Another major highlight of this year’s event is the world premiere of Executive Producer Eve Ensler and Katherine Fishers’ upcoming HER STORY, a web series written by transgender activist Jen Richards (I AM CAIT) and writer/actor Laura Zak (#HASHTAG) and directed by Sydney Freeland (DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST), focusing on the dating lives of Trans women in Los Angeles, followed by a panel about the series. Also featured is a SAG-AFTRA panel discussion on the evolution of transgender representation in film and television, to be moderated by trans activist Tiq Milan.
While the mainstream media seemingly embraced trans identities and lives this year, NewFest has set out to dig deeper, looking for fresh stories and unique characters. Highlights include LA VISITA (THE GUEST), a beautiful Chilean drama featuring a breakout lead performance by trans actress Daniela Vega; the documentary PEACE OF MIND about well-known transmale artist and activist Flo McGarrell’s untimely death during the 2010 Haiti Earthquake; and a TRANS SHORTS program featuring the acclaimed shorts A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE and Cheryl Dunye’s BLACK IS BLUE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d4RmIL1uMs
Two additional trans documentary programs, TREASURE: FROM TRAGEDY TO TRANS JUSTICE, MAPPING A DETROIT STORY, and the 25th anniversary screening of the rarely-seen documentaries THE SALT MINES and THE TRANSFORMATION offer a chance for audiences to reflect on how much work still needs to be done to protect and empower trans people of color.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYdx6SH-mSc
Other special events include a can’t-miss Master Class with acclaimed filmmaker Ira Sachs (LOVE IS STRANGE, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON) who will sit for an illuminating discussion about the joys and challenges of being a queer filmmaker, as well as a panel on “The Renaissance of Women In Entertainment,” moderated by New York Women In Film & Television’s Executive Director Terry Lawler.
And because NewFest lands one week before Halloween this year, the festival will present its first ever Queer Horror Night aimed at LGBT horror fanatics, featuring three terrifying tales: Jorge Torres-Torres’ SISTERS OF THE PLAGUE, Jim Hansen’s YOU’RE KILLING ME, and Marçal Forés’ EVERLASTING LOVE, which won the Jury Award for Outstanding International Dramatic Feature at Outfest LA this year.
Olympic champion Greg Louganis will be on hand for a special screening and discussion of HBO’s BACK ON BOARD: GREG LOUGANIS, while other notable faces and names in this year’s festival films include: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Bette Davis, Mae West, Chord Overstreet, Kate Flannery, John Waters, Rose Troche, Stacie Passon, Harmony Santana, Robin Weigert, Josh Hamilton, Clea Duvall, Josephine Decker, Drew Droege, Jack Plotnick, Chi Chi La Rue, Jeff Stryker, Amanda Lepore, Michael Musto, Zachary Quinto, Mike McCreedy, Carrie Brownstein, Patty Schemel, Macklemore, Shirley Manson, Janet Mock, Irm Hermann, Harry Baer, Lea DeLaria, Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, Casey Legler, Jen Richards and many more!
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“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” Win Top Awards at Sundance
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is the Winner of the U. S. Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic and the Audience Award – U.S. Dramatic at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Accepting the award, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon said “I want to thank entire cast and crew actors, Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, Connie Britton, Nick Offerman and Molly Shannon. This movie was about processing the loss and celebrate the life of a beautiful man, my father. So thanks again for this opportunity.”
The winners and awards of 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary:
Cartel Land, directed by Matthew HeinemaWinner of the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Witch, directed by Robert EggersWinner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary:
The Wolfpack, directed by Crystal MoselleWinner of the U. S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-RejonWinner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact:
3 ½ Minutes, directed by Marc SilverWinner for U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Collaborate Vision:
Advantageous, directd by Jennifer PhangWinner for U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Editing:
Dope, edited by Lee HaugenWinner of the Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, cinematography by Brandon TrostWinner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Stanford Prison Experiment, screenplay by Tim TalbottWinner of Audience Award: U.S. Documentary:
Meru, directed by Jimmy Chin and E. Chai VasarhelyiWinner of the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-RejonWinner of the Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary:
Cartel Land, by Matthew HeinemanWinner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Break Out First Feature:
(T)error, directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix SutcliffeWinner for U. S. Documentary Special Jury award for Verité Filmmaking:
Western, directed by Bill Ross and Turner RossWinner of the Audience Award: Best Of Next
James White, directed by Josh MondWinner of the Audience Award for World Cinema Dramatic:
Umrika, directed by Prashant NairWinner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting:
The Second Mother, Regina Casé and Camila MárdilaWinner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting:
Glassland, Jack ReynorWinner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography:
Partisan, Germain McMickingWinner of the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award:
The Summer of Sangaile, directed by Alanté KavaïtéWinner of the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize:
Slow West, directed by John MacleanWinner of the World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
How to Change the World, edited by Jim ScottWinner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact:
Pervert Park, directed by Frida Barkfors and Lasse BarkforsWinner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access:
The Chinese Mayor, directed by Hao ZhouWinner of the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award:
Dreamcatcher, directed by Kim LonginottoWinner of the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize:
Russian Woodpecker, directed by Chad GraciaWinner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize:
The Stanford Prison Experiment, directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez