Chicago – We’re back with week two of the 13th Annual EU Film Festival at the Siskel Film Center, one of the best film events of the year in the Windy City. If you missed part one of our coverage, and want to relive highlights of last week, check it out here. On to week two…
This year’s edition, running from March 5th to April 1st, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Peter Greenaway, Jacques Rivette, Neil Jordan, Catherine Breillat, Amos Gital, Bruno Dumont, Jan Hrebejk and Caroline Link. Moviegoers should take note of the fact that several of these titles won’t be screened outside of the EU festival in Chicago, making their appearance here all the more priceless.
The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival includes 59 feature films, all of which are making their Chicago premiere. If you’ve had your fill with Hollywood,...
This year’s edition, running from March 5th to April 1st, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Peter Greenaway, Jacques Rivette, Neil Jordan, Catherine Breillat, Amos Gital, Bruno Dumont, Jan Hrebejk and Caroline Link. Moviegoers should take note of the fact that several of these titles won’t be screened outside of the EU festival in Chicago, making their appearance here all the more priceless.
The 13th Annual European Union Film Festival includes 59 feature films, all of which are making their Chicago premiere. If you’ve had your fill with Hollywood,...
- 3/11/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Until women reach a 50-50 parity with men directors, my mission continues to count the women directors in upcoming and recent film festivals (and an occasional informal glance at what’s selling in the markets). Women’s films in Berlin reflect women’s place in the world both in content and in the numbers of women represented as directors, producers, writers, etc. John Cooper of Sundance stresses the increasing and possibly 50-50 parity of women producers, but I am looking at the directors. As March is Women’s History Month (and all the other months are Men’s History Month according to Gloria Steinem’s L.A. Times Article of March 4, 2010) this blog is in honor of all women everywhere.
Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow for winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. La Times puts into perspective the fact that the Best Director Oscar went to Kathryn Bigelow...
Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow for winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. La Times puts into perspective the fact that the Best Director Oscar went to Kathryn Bigelow...
- 3/8/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
If you asked me what films I'd like to see in the final 5 tally, I would love to see the Academy embrace non-mainstream items such as the Romanian pic from Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and Bong Joon-ho's Mother (South Korea)... - Finally. With a disqualification here and there, the official list of countries competing for a nomination and then Oscar gold have been submitted and now its time to make some prognostications as to who among 65 will make the final five, or final three, since Sony Pictures Classics have a slam dunk in Palme d'or winner Haneke's The White Ribbon and Jacques Audiard's A Prophet - a "second place" winner at Cannes. If you asked me what films I'd like to see in the final 5 tally, I would love to see the Academy embrace non-mainstream items such as the Romanian pic from Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
From Albania to Vietnam, 65 countries are hoping that their film entries will get picked to fill one of the five slots for Best Foreign Language Film for the 82nd annual Academy Awards.
Five slots, 65 countries, the competition is fierce! Our friends from Variety gave us this list, is your country of choice one of the 65 hopefuls?
I'm happy that my home country, the Philippines, has a fighting chance with the dramedy "Ded na si Lolo" ("Grandpa is Dead"). Take a look at the complete list.
Albania
Alive!
(Artan Minarolli)
Synopsis: A carefree Albanian student gets drawn into an ancient blood feud when he returns home for a funeral, only to find himself a wanted man.
Awards: Belgrade Film Festival B2B development grant
Sales: Wildart Film
Argentina
El secreto de sus ojos
(Juan Jose Campanella)
Synopsis: An ambitious, complex work that combines two generation-spanning love stories, a noirish thriller, some...
Five slots, 65 countries, the competition is fierce! Our friends from Variety gave us this list, is your country of choice one of the 65 hopefuls?
I'm happy that my home country, the Philippines, has a fighting chance with the dramedy "Ded na si Lolo" ("Grandpa is Dead"). Take a look at the complete list.
Albania
Alive!
(Artan Minarolli)
Synopsis: A carefree Albanian student gets drawn into an ancient blood feud when he returns home for a funeral, only to find himself a wanted man.
Awards: Belgrade Film Festival B2B development grant
Sales: Wildart Film
Argentina
El secreto de sus ojos
(Juan Jose Campanella)
Synopsis: An ambitious, complex work that combines two generation-spanning love stories, a noirish thriller, some...
- 11/7/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
London -- A slew of European Oscar wannabes will be hoping influential eyes from the Academy are among the attendees at next month's American Film Market in Santa Monica.
Trade promotions body, European Film Promotion, said it is supporting the screening of eight movies looking to secure a foreign language Oscar nomination slot.
Movies submitted by countries Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland and The Netherlands will unspool during the AFM from Nov. 4 through 11 at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills, EFP said.
Screened for film professionals, selected press and Academy members, the octet of titles will be shown over five days in the afternoon and evening and supported with cash from the European Union's Media program.
The eight titles are Austria's entry "For A Moment Freedom," directed by Arash T. Riahi, the snappily titled "The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner," from Bulgaria and directed by Stephan Komandarev,...
Trade promotions body, European Film Promotion, said it is supporting the screening of eight movies looking to secure a foreign language Oscar nomination slot.
Movies submitted by countries Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland and The Netherlands will unspool during the AFM from Nov. 4 through 11 at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills, EFP said.
Screened for film professionals, selected press and Academy members, the octet of titles will be shown over five days in the afternoon and evening and supported with cash from the European Union's Media program.
The eight titles are Austria's entry "For A Moment Freedom," directed by Arash T. Riahi, the snappily titled "The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner," from Bulgaria and directed by Stephan Komandarev,...
- 10/20/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences unveiled the long list of 65 countries vying for a Best Foreign Language nomination Oscar.
Variety says that a shortlist of nine semi-finalists will be unveiled in January, with the complete nominees to be announced Feb. 2 along with the contenders in the other categories.
The Academy Awards will be presented March 7 at the Kodak Theater.
And now, from Albania to Vietnam, see the complete list right now (I.m proud that my home country of the Philippines has an entry!!!):
Albania, "Alive!," Artan Minarolli, director
Argentina, "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Juan Jose Campanella, director
Armenia, "Autumn of the Magician," Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov, directors
Australia, "Samson & Delilah," Warwick Thornton, director
Austria, "For a Moment Freedom," Arash T. Riahi, director
Bangladesh, "Beyond the Circle," Golam Rabbany Biplob, director
Belgium, "The Misfortunates," Felix van Groeningen, director
Bolivia, "Zona Sur," Juan Carlos Valdivia, director
Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
Variety says that a shortlist of nine semi-finalists will be unveiled in January, with the complete nominees to be announced Feb. 2 along with the contenders in the other categories.
The Academy Awards will be presented March 7 at the Kodak Theater.
And now, from Albania to Vietnam, see the complete list right now (I.m proud that my home country of the Philippines has an entry!!!):
Albania, "Alive!," Artan Minarolli, director
Argentina, "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Juan Jose Campanella, director
Armenia, "Autumn of the Magician," Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov, directors
Australia, "Samson & Delilah," Warwick Thornton, director
Austria, "For a Moment Freedom," Arash T. Riahi, director
Bangladesh, "Beyond the Circle," Golam Rabbany Biplob, director
Belgium, "The Misfortunates," Felix van Groeningen, director
Bolivia, "Zona Sur," Juan Carlos Valdivia, director
Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
- 10/16/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Jacques Audiard's French film "A Prophet," Michael Haneke's German film "The White Ribbon" and Korea's "Mother" -- three films that have figured prominently on this year's festival circuit -- are among the 65 films being considered for the foreign-language film Oscar.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its list Thursday of the 65 countries that have submitted films for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
Nominations will be announced on Feb. 2, and the awards ceremony will be held March 7.
The 2009 submissions follow (click the links on select countries for full stories):
Albania, "Alive!," Artan Minarolli, director;
Argentina, "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Juan Jose Campanella
Armenia, "Autumn of the Magician," Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov
Australia, "Samson & Delilah," Warwick Thornton
Austria, "For a Moment Freedom," Arash T. Riahi
Bangladesh, "Beyond the Circle," Golam Rabbany Biplob
Belgium, "The Misfortunates," Felix van Groeningen
Bolivia, "Zona Sur," Juan Carlos Valdivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its list Thursday of the 65 countries that have submitted films for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
Nominations will be announced on Feb. 2, and the awards ceremony will be held March 7.
The 2009 submissions follow (click the links on select countries for full stories):
Albania, "Alive!," Artan Minarolli, director;
Argentina, "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Juan Jose Campanella
Armenia, "Autumn of the Magician," Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov
Australia, "Samson & Delilah," Warwick Thornton
Austria, "For a Moment Freedom," Arash T. Riahi
Bangladesh, "Beyond the Circle," Golam Rabbany Biplob
Belgium, "The Misfortunates," Felix van Groeningen
Bolivia, "Zona Sur," Juan Carlos Valdivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
- 10/15/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW DELHI -- The sophomore edition of the India International Women's Film Festival opened Monday in New Delhi and will conclude Dec. 18.
IIWFF director Shyamali Banerjee said this year's festival will see 130 films participating from 30 countries "while Israel is the focus country, with 14 films." The IIWFF was launched last year in Delhi by Kolkata-based organization Kolkata Film & Media Studies.
This year's festival opened with acclaimed Iranian film Yek Shab (One Night) by director Niki Karimi, which revolves around a young girl wandering the streets of Tehran. Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab's Kiss Me Not on the Eyes -- about a belly dancer struggling against sexual repression -- will close the festival.
IIWFF is organized in association with the ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals. The fest will see 20 films compete in the world cinema section while 29 films will screen in the noncompetitive section including Hungary's Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda.
IIWFF director Shyamali Banerjee said this year's festival will see 130 films participating from 30 countries "while Israel is the focus country, with 14 films." The IIWFF was launched last year in Delhi by Kolkata-based organization Kolkata Film & Media Studies.
This year's festival opened with acclaimed Iranian film Yek Shab (One Night) by director Niki Karimi, which revolves around a young girl wandering the streets of Tehran. Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab's Kiss Me Not on the Eyes -- about a belly dancer struggling against sexual repression -- will close the festival.
IIWFF is organized in association with the ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals. The fest will see 20 films compete in the world cinema section while 29 films will screen in the noncompetitive section including Hungary's Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda.
- 12/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW DELHI -- The sophomore edition of the India International Women's Film Festival opened Monday in New Delhi and will conclude Dec. 18.
IIWFF director Shyamali Banerjee said this year's festival will see 130 films participating from 30 countries "while Israel is the focus country, with 14 films." The IIWFF was launched last year in Delhi by Kolkata-based organization Kolkata Film & Media Studies.
This year's festival opened with acclaimed Iranian film Yek Shab (One Night) by director Niki Karimi, which revolves around a young girl wandering the streets of Tehran. Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab's Kiss Me Not on the Eyes -- about a belly dancer struggling against sexual repression -- will close the festival.
IIWFF is organized in association with the ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals. The fest will see 20 films compete in the world cinema section while 29 films will screen in the noncompetitive section including Hungary's Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda.
IIWFF director Shyamali Banerjee said this year's festival will see 130 films participating from 30 countries "while Israel is the focus country, with 14 films." The IIWFF was launched last year in Delhi by Kolkata-based organization Kolkata Film & Media Studies.
This year's festival opened with acclaimed Iranian film Yek Shab (One Night) by director Niki Karimi, which revolves around a young girl wandering the streets of Tehran. Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab's Kiss Me Not on the Eyes -- about a belly dancer struggling against sexual repression -- will close the festival.
IIWFF is organized in association with the ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals. The fest will see 20 films compete in the world cinema section while 29 films will screen in the noncompetitive section including Hungary's Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda.
- 12/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago International Film Festival
CHICAGO -- "Just Sex and Nothing Else", as you would sagely guess from the title, really means "sex and a whole lot else," which is what this Hungarian crowd-pleaser served up here at the Chicago International Film Festival. A smash hit in Hungary, this frothy contemporary comedy should titillate the same funny bones and stimulate the same emotional chords as "Sex and the City" and "Bridget Jones's Diary."
A savvy indie distributor could win some strong select-site boxoffice for this witty comedy as well as see strong video rentals.
In this serious farce, Dora (Judit Schell) has the same problems as Carrie Bradshaw: a ticking biological clock, man woes and an addiction to the modern scene. Her theater job, adapting classic plays to the modern era, engulfs her in the same frantic milieu. She's 32 and yearns for a child but has no serious prospects. Artificial insemination appalls her, so she sets out to find a no-strings-attached sex liaison to get pregnant. Naturally, such a request rouses entanglements, both emotional and romantic, which she doesn't perceive.
A perceptive roundelay, brimming with farcical hilarity, "Just Sex" is a brainy romp. It's laced with deliriously smart dialogue, compliments of writers Krisztina Goda, Gabor Heller and Reka Divinyi.
Bolstering Schell's sympathetic turn as the maiden-on-a-mission, Sandor Csanyi is well cast as her vexing Mr. Big, a lethal mix of testosterone and sensitivity.
Throughout, "Just Sex" boasts plenty else. Goda, who also directs, strokes the comedy with deadpan funny visuals and robust pacing, a testament to the technical talents of cinematographer Buda Gulyas for the droll framings and editor Adam Csillag for the zesty gait.
JUST SEX AND NOTHING ELSE
Megafilm
Credits:
Director: Krisztina Goda
Screenwriters: Krisztina Goda, Gabor Heller, Reka Divinyi
Producer: Gabor Kalomista
Director of photography: Buda Gulyas
Production designer: Gabor Valcz
Music: Gabor Madarasz
Editor: Adam Csillag
Cast:
Dora: Judit Schell
Zsofi: Kata Dobo
Tamas: Sandor Csanyi
Pasko: Karoly Gesztesi
Saci: Adel Jordan
Peter: Zoltan Seress.
Running time -- 101 minutes
No MPAA rating...
CHICAGO -- "Just Sex and Nothing Else", as you would sagely guess from the title, really means "sex and a whole lot else," which is what this Hungarian crowd-pleaser served up here at the Chicago International Film Festival. A smash hit in Hungary, this frothy contemporary comedy should titillate the same funny bones and stimulate the same emotional chords as "Sex and the City" and "Bridget Jones's Diary."
A savvy indie distributor could win some strong select-site boxoffice for this witty comedy as well as see strong video rentals.
In this serious farce, Dora (Judit Schell) has the same problems as Carrie Bradshaw: a ticking biological clock, man woes and an addiction to the modern scene. Her theater job, adapting classic plays to the modern era, engulfs her in the same frantic milieu. She's 32 and yearns for a child but has no serious prospects. Artificial insemination appalls her, so she sets out to find a no-strings-attached sex liaison to get pregnant. Naturally, such a request rouses entanglements, both emotional and romantic, which she doesn't perceive.
A perceptive roundelay, brimming with farcical hilarity, "Just Sex" is a brainy romp. It's laced with deliriously smart dialogue, compliments of writers Krisztina Goda, Gabor Heller and Reka Divinyi.
Bolstering Schell's sympathetic turn as the maiden-on-a-mission, Sandor Csanyi is well cast as her vexing Mr. Big, a lethal mix of testosterone and sensitivity.
Throughout, "Just Sex" boasts plenty else. Goda, who also directs, strokes the comedy with deadpan funny visuals and robust pacing, a testament to the technical talents of cinematographer Buda Gulyas for the droll framings and editor Adam Csillag for the zesty gait.
JUST SEX AND NOTHING ELSE
Megafilm
Credits:
Director: Krisztina Goda
Screenwriters: Krisztina Goda, Gabor Heller, Reka Divinyi
Producer: Gabor Kalomista
Director of photography: Buda Gulyas
Production designer: Gabor Valcz
Music: Gabor Madarasz
Editor: Adam Csillag
Cast:
Dora: Judit Schell
Zsofi: Kata Dobo
Tamas: Sandor Csanyi
Pasko: Karoly Gesztesi
Saci: Adel Jordan
Peter: Zoltan Seress.
Running time -- 101 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MOSCOW -- Producer Andy Vajna is planning to produce Children of Glory, a film marking the 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet Hungarian uprising, in time for an Oct. 26 premiere to coincide with the anniversary of the revolution. The project began principal photography Sunday in Budapest and is being directed by Krisztina Goda, whose debut feature, Just Sex and Nothing Else, picked up a best actor award for male lead Sandor Csanyi in February's Hungarian Film Week Awards. Csanyi also is in the Children of Glory cast. The movie tells the story of the violent clash between the Soviet and Hungarian water polo teams competing at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, shortly after Soviet tanks had crushed the Hungarian uprising.
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