Sissy Spacek and Robert Redford in The Old Man and the Gun.[/caption]
The 63rd Cork Film Festival, running from November 9 to 18, 2018, will showcase Irish and international films with a focus on current global issues.
The 2018 program for Ireland’s first and largest film festival, launched today features films with themes centered on LGBT, mental health, child poverty, gender equality, and human rights. Over 250 Irish and international features and shorts will be screened across the Festival, with 90% being Irish premieres.
Speaking on today’s program launch, Festival Producer and CEO Fiona Clark said: “Our mission is to bring people together through an outstanding program of films and events and to create an unforgettable festival experience over 10 days in Cork.
“As a destination for great storytelling on film, this year’s program includes numerous award-winners from the 2018 international festival circuit, alongside fresh new voices, together showcasing the latest and best independent cinema. For many films presented, this is the only opportunity to see them on the big screen in Cork and Ireland.”
Special presentations include a cine concert of the 1920s silent horror Nosferatu (November 13) at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, with a new score by Cork composers Irene and Linda Buckley. This year’s collaboration with the National Sculpture Factory is Alan Butler’s On Exactitude in Science (November 12 – 14) a work comprising Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi (1983) in synchronicity with Butler’s 2017 remake.
Speaking on the representation of Irish film in the Festival, program Director Michael Hayden stated: “It is fantastic that we can open the Festival with a film with such distinct Cork connections. Carmel Winters’ highly anticipated and award-winning second feature Float like a Butterfly is a special film that fiercely challenges patriarchy and stereotypes. Carmel, and many of the cast and crew, will be in attendance for this European premiere on 9 November.
“Selecting Float like a Butterfly as the Opening Gala is indicative of the Festival’s commitment to celebrating Irish film, and we have secured some of the most celebrated films of the year. These include the Irish premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’ feminist comedy The Favourite on 10 November, produced by Element Pictures and starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz; and The Dig, directed by Ryan and Andrew Tohill, starring Moe Dunford, which was awarded Best Irish Feature at Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year.”
The Closing Night Gala will also feature the work of an outstanding female director, with the Irish premiere of Nadine Labaki’s multi-award-winning Capernaum (November 18). This urgent and important film is on child poverty and the denial of an individual’s human rights. Other Irish premieres of international features include The Old Man and the Gun, starring Robert Redford as a septuagenarian bank robber; Peter Strickland’s sumptuous and spooky tale, In Fabric; and Wash Westmoreland’s period biopic, Colette, starring Keira Knightley.
The program features 40 documentaries, with highlights to include veteran auteur Frederick Wiseman’s Monrovia, Indiana, and Werner Herzog’s Meeting Gorbachev, cementing Cork Film Festival as the destination festival for documentary in Ireland.
Illuminate, the Festival’s unique series of film and discussion events exploring mental health and wellbeing, is presented in association with Arts+Minds, the HSE Cork Mental Health Service and Irish Rail Iarnród Éireann. Screenings include Trauma is a Time Machine, For the Birds, and Ordinary People.
The fun-packed family strand will be screened throughout the Festival at The Gate Cinema. The program includes the highly-anticipated family friendly animations, The Grinch (November 10) and The Overcoat (November 17), which features the voice of Cork actor Cillian Murphy.
In total, 117 world-class shorts will be presented across the 10 days and will be considered for either the Grand Prix Irish Short or the Grand Prix International Short Awards. The winners of both, announced at the Awards Ceremony on November 18 at the Triskel, will be automatically longlisted for the Oscars®.Trauma is a Time Machine
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63rd Cork Film Festival to Showcase Films with a Focus on Current Global Issues
[caption id="attachment_32194" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Sissy Spacek and Robert Redford in The Old Man and the Gun.[/caption]
The 63rd Cork Film Festival, running from November 9 to 18, 2018, will showcase Irish and international films with a focus on current global issues.
The 2018 program for Ireland’s first and largest film festival, launched today features films with themes centered on LGBT, mental health, child poverty, gender equality, and human rights. Over 250 Irish and international features and shorts will be screened across the Festival, with 90% being Irish premieres.
Speaking on today’s program launch, Festival Producer and CEO Fiona Clark said: “Our mission is to bring people together through an outstanding program of films and events and to create an unforgettable festival experience over 10 days in Cork.
“As a destination for great storytelling on film, this year’s program includes numerous award-winners from the 2018 international festival circuit, alongside fresh new voices, together showcasing the latest and best independent cinema. For many films presented, this is the only opportunity to see them on the big screen in Cork and Ireland.”
Special presentations include a cine concert of the 1920s silent horror Nosferatu (November 13) at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, with a new score by Cork composers Irene and Linda Buckley. This year’s collaboration with the National Sculpture Factory is Alan Butler’s On Exactitude in Science (November 12 – 14) a work comprising Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi (1983) in synchronicity with Butler’s 2017 remake.
Speaking on the representation of Irish film in the Festival, program Director Michael Hayden stated: “It is fantastic that we can open the Festival with a film with such distinct Cork connections. Carmel Winters’ highly anticipated and award-winning second feature Float like a Butterfly is a special film that fiercely challenges patriarchy and stereotypes. Carmel, and many of the cast and crew, will be in attendance for this European premiere on 9 November.
“Selecting Float like a Butterfly as the Opening Gala is indicative of the Festival’s commitment to celebrating Irish film, and we have secured some of the most celebrated films of the year. These include the Irish premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’ feminist comedy The Favourite on 10 November, produced by Element Pictures and starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz; and The Dig, directed by Ryan and Andrew Tohill, starring Moe Dunford, which was awarded Best Irish Feature at Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year.”
The Closing Night Gala will also feature the work of an outstanding female director, with the Irish premiere of Nadine Labaki’s multi-award-winning Capernaum (November 18). This urgent and important film is on child poverty and the denial of an individual’s human rights. Other Irish premieres of international features include The Old Man and the Gun, starring Robert Redford as a septuagenarian bank robber; Peter Strickland’s sumptuous and spooky tale, In Fabric; and Wash Westmoreland’s period biopic, Colette, starring Keira Knightley.
The program features 40 documentaries, with highlights to include veteran auteur Frederick Wiseman’s Monrovia, Indiana, and Werner Herzog’s Meeting Gorbachev, cementing Cork Film Festival as the destination festival for documentary in Ireland.
Illuminate, the Festival’s unique series of film and discussion events exploring mental health and wellbeing, is presented in association with Arts+Minds, the HSE Cork Mental Health Service and Irish Rail Iarnród Éireann. Screenings include Trauma is a Time Machine, For the Birds, and Ordinary People.
The fun-packed family strand will be screened throughout the Festival at The Gate Cinema. The program includes the highly-anticipated family friendly animations, The Grinch (November 10) and The Overcoat (November 17), which features the voice of Cork actor Cillian Murphy.
In total, 117 world-class shorts will be presented across the 10 days and will be considered for either the Grand Prix Irish Short or the Grand Prix International Short Awards. The winners of both, announced at the Awards Ceremony on November 18 at the Triskel, will be automatically longlisted for the Oscars®.
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2018 Taormina FilmFest Awards – ONCE UPON A TIME IN NOVEMBER Wins Best Film
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Once upon a Time in November[/caption]
The 64th edition of the Taormina FilmFest, just wrapped with Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once upon a Time in November winning the Taormina Arte Award for Best Film. Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo’s It Will be Chaos took home the The Taormina Arte Award for Best Directing, while Debra Granik won The Taormina Arte Award for Best Screenplay for Leave No Trace. Nino Monteleone’s Be Kind received a Special Mention.
“The festival offered a week-long series of exceptional films which were attended by a very attentive audience who appreciated their selection, originality and depth,” said artistic co-director Silvia Bizio. The festival will return for its 65th edition in June 2019
2018 Winners of the Taormina FilmFest Awards
The Cirs Award of the Italian Social Reintegration Committee: Road to the Lemon Grove by Dale Hildebrand – CANADA/ITALY – International Premiere The Angelo D’Arrigo Award, presented by Laura Mancuso: Dr. Pietro Bartolo, from Lampedusa The Sebastiano Gesù Award, in memory of the Sicilian film critic who passed away earlier this month: Luca Vullo Ccà Semu (30 mins) – ITALY The Ferrari De Benedetti Award, presented by the journalist Paola Ferrari: La Libertà non Deve Morire in Mare by Alfredo Lo Piero – ITALY – World Premiere The Videobank Award, presented by Ginevra Chiechio: Lello Analfino, leader of the historic Tinturia musical group The Tauro d’Oro Award: Maurizio Millenotti for the costumes of The Happy Prince The Tauro d’Oro Lifetime Achievement Award: Matthew Modine The Tauro d’Oro Awards, for Best Director and Best Actor: Rupert Everett for The Happy Prince The Tauro d’Oro Award: Richard Dreyfuss The Tauro d’Oro Italian Excellence Award, for acting, directing and screenwriting: Michele Placido The Tauro d’Oro Best Independent Film Award: Trauma is a Time Machine by Angelica Zollo – USA – European Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Producer: Gianluca Curti The Taormina Arte Award for Best Distributor: SunFilm Group Special Mention: Be Kind by Nino Monteleone – ITALY – World Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Screenplay: Leave No Trace by Debra Granik – USA – Italian Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Actor: Alberto Mica in Transfert by Massimiliano Russo – ITALY – World Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Actress: Leven Rambin in Tatterdemalion by Ramaa Mosley – USA – International Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Director: It Will be Chaos by Filippo Piscopo and Lorena Luciana – USA/ITALY – International Premiere The Taormina Arte Award for Best Film: Once upon a Time in November by Andrzej Jakimowski – POLAND – International Premiere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPOTPy-lLmU
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8th Art of Brooklyn Film Festival Celebrates Diverse Female Voices In Film, Opens with ‘Just Another Girl on the IRT’
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Just Another Girl on the IRT[/caption]
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival returns for its 8th annual edition with a slate of almost 60 films in all genres, including 9 features and 47 shorts; and a special 25th Anniversary screening of Leslie Harris’ ‘Just Another Girl on the IRT’ for young women and girls of color. The award-winning, artist-run festival screens at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, Pratt Institute in Clinton Hill, PS/IS 30 in Bay Ridge and the main lawn of Sunset Park and will run June 2-10.
As the only festival in the world exclusively devoted to the Brooklyn indie film and media scene, AoBFF is unique in that it exists in the same community as both its filmmakers and our audiences. In addition to screening the top films to come out of this scene, the festival uses its platform to focus on the issues important to its communities. This year, which has been full of horror and triumph for women in film and media (and beyond) has shaped the 2018 AoBFF to an unprecedented degree.
#TimesUp Legal Defense Fund Co founder Robbie Kaplan delivers 2018 Art of Brooklyn Keynote.
AoBFF has long been committed to exposing gender inequity in filmmaking, but that’s only half the story. It’s never been more clear that the underrepresentation of women in film and media creates an atmosphere that makes sexual violence against them possible. The festival is proud to announce that Robbie Kaplan, the co-founder of the #TimesUp Legal Defense Fund, will attend this year to deliver the Keynote Speech.25th Anniversary Screening of Leslie Harris’ Just Another Girl on the I.R.T
AoBFF was founded to celebrate Brooklyn Film and media, and presents the best new films to emerge from this scene every season… but also honors its history. The 2018 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival will open with a special 25th Anniversary Screening of Just Another Girl on the IRT. Presented with the Brooklyn Community Fund, who have bought out the theater for a group of young women of color, including aspiring filmmakers. Director Leslie Harris will be on hand to discuss the film and her career as a pioneering black woman director.The Mob Within the Heart: A Conversation with Karen Palmer, creator of RIOT, an interactive film experience
Art of Brooklyn is also committed to presenting cutting edge films and filmmakers. So Canarsie, Brooklyn by-way-of-London-based artist (and recent TED Fellow) Karen Palmer will appear this year to discuss her work RIOT. Inspired by the unrest that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Karen Palmer’s work RIOT (prototype) is an emotionally responsive, live-action film, which uses A.I. and Machine Learning through facial recognition to navigate the viewer though a dangerous riot. While you watch the film, it watches you, reading your facial expressions and ordering the narrative based on the emotions it infers from them. Karen Palmer’s RIOT prototype has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art Peru, The Future of Storytelling Festival NY and The Festival of the Mind Sheffield. The project has been featured in global publications including The Guardian, NBC and The New York Times. The final RIOT project will be exhibited at the V&A Museum.Trauma is a Time Machine, a #MeToo film
This World Premiere feature drama follows a young woman named Helen who runs away from an abusive home and spends her life holding onto the secrets and pain of her past until she must face them when she is raped by her boyfriend. The film follows Helen on her journey as she tries to distract herself with denial, anger, before trying to understand what happened to her by taking on of her perpetrator. Angelica Zollo, the writer/director/producer lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.Award-winning filmmaker Victoria Negri (Gold Star) is Guest Festival Director for #AoBFF18
Every year, AoBFF surrenders the curation of the festival to a different filmmaker every year, by design. It ensures the festival doesn’t always represent the same POV and is a big reason why AoBFF is one of the most exciting festivals in New York City. This year award-winning filmmaker Victoria Negri, whose film Gold Star featured Oscar-nominated Robert Vaughn in his final performance, has taken the reins. Her curation will set the tone for Brooklyn’s flagship indie film event for this season.