The 10th Sundance Film Festival: London runs July 6-9 and will feature an industry section with keynote sessions led by A24 Execs Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby and new London Film Festival head Kristy Matheson.
The trio will all headline events during the festival alongside producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke; casting agent Heather Basten; composer Nainita Desai; Elysian CEO Danny Perkins; and Black Bear International’s Luane Gauer.
Filmmakers Alice Lowe, Zeina Durra, Gurinder Chadha, and Marianna Palka will also headline sessions. The festival has also added three panel events to the schedule, with speakers including Past Lives director Celine Song, Girl filmmaker Adura Onashile, Polite Society’s Nida Manzoor, and Molly Manning Walker, writer-director of the buzzy Cannes pic How to Have Sex. Ira Sachs, Gregg Araki, Ita O’Brien, intimacy coordinator and founder of Intimacy on Set, and Lío Mehiel, will shepherd a separate panel, while Anthony Bregman will host an industry keynote.
The trio will all headline events during the festival alongside producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke; casting agent Heather Basten; composer Nainita Desai; Elysian CEO Danny Perkins; and Black Bear International’s Luane Gauer.
Filmmakers Alice Lowe, Zeina Durra, Gurinder Chadha, and Marianna Palka will also headline sessions. The festival has also added three panel events to the schedule, with speakers including Past Lives director Celine Song, Girl filmmaker Adura Onashile, Polite Society’s Nida Manzoor, and Molly Manning Walker, writer-director of the buzzy Cannes pic How to Have Sex. Ira Sachs, Gregg Araki, Ita O’Brien, intimacy coordinator and founder of Intimacy on Set, and Lío Mehiel, will shepherd a separate panel, while Anthony Bregman will host an industry keynote.
- 6/15/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
- 6/15/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
New BFI London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, Elysian CEO Danny Perkins and producers Tristan Goligher and Mary Burke are among the recent additions to the industry programme at next month’s Sundance Film Festival: London (July 6-9).
All four will be speaking at the event, as will filmmakers Gurinder Chadha, Alice Lowe, Marianna Palka and Zeina Durra; composer Nainita Desai; and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 casting director Heather Basten.
Further new speakers include A24 executives Harpa Manku and Tom Lazenby; and Luane Gauer, SVP, international production and acquisitions at Black Bear International.
- 6/15/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Riceboy Sleeps’ Scoops Top Canadian Film Award
Anthony Shim’s Riceboy Sleeps has won Canada’s biggest film award, the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The prize, decided by the Toronto Film Critics Association (Tfca), comes with a Can$100,000 cash prize. Riceboy Sleeps beat nominees Clement Virgo’s Brother and David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. The semi-autobiographical film explores the challenges of living between two cultures through the tale of a Korean immigrant single mother raising her son in Canada. Shot in the Greater Vancouver area and Korea, the feature world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022, winning its Platform Prize, and then played in Busan and a raft of other festivals. The win comes as Toronto-based distributor Game Theory Films gears up for the title’s Canadian release on March 17. The feature will also be released in Korea, Singapore and the US in the coming months.
Anthony Shim’s Riceboy Sleeps has won Canada’s biggest film award, the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The prize, decided by the Toronto Film Critics Association (Tfca), comes with a Can$100,000 cash prize. Riceboy Sleeps beat nominees Clement Virgo’s Brother and David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. The semi-autobiographical film explores the challenges of living between two cultures through the tale of a Korean immigrant single mother raising her son in Canada. Shot in the Greater Vancouver area and Korea, the feature world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022, winning its Platform Prize, and then played in Busan and a raft of other festivals. The win comes as Toronto-based distributor Game Theory Films gears up for the title’s Canadian release on March 17. The feature will also be released in Korea, Singapore and the US in the coming months.
- 3/8/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
US producer Christine Vachon has been confirmed as keynote speaker.
Sundance Film Festival: London, the UK offshoot of Sundance, is to host its first industry programme, running concurrently with the festival at Picturehouse Central from June 9-12.
Industry passholders will have exclusive access to talks, events, round-table meetings, keynote speeches, masterclasses, panel discussions and daily networking drinks. Passholders will also have access to three public screenings of their choice.
“Sundance Film Festival: London has had industry talks and events in the past, but it’s great to formalise it and make it a real strand that offers the industry more,...
Sundance Film Festival: London, the UK offshoot of Sundance, is to host its first industry programme, running concurrently with the festival at Picturehouse Central from June 9-12.
Industry passholders will have exclusive access to talks, events, round-table meetings, keynote speeches, masterclasses, panel discussions and daily networking drinks. Passholders will also have access to three public screenings of their choice.
“Sundance Film Festival: London has had industry talks and events in the past, but it’s great to formalise it and make it a real strand that offers the industry more,...
- 4/13/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Film gender equality organisation Bev analysed every film on digital or theatrical release in 2020.
The percentage of films by and about women released theatrically or online in the UK in 2020 increased to 25% of the total number of films, up 5% on those released in 2019, according to new figures from the UK’s Birds Eye View (Bev), the campaigning gender equality organisation dedicated to showcasing the female perspective in all film spaces.
Of these, 33% were made by women of colour and 22% were by writers of colour.
Mia Bays, director-at-large of Bev suggested the increase in the number of films by women was...
The percentage of films by and about women released theatrically or online in the UK in 2020 increased to 25% of the total number of films, up 5% on those released in 2019, according to new figures from the UK’s Birds Eye View (Bev), the campaigning gender equality organisation dedicated to showcasing the female perspective in all film spaces.
Of these, 33% were made by women of colour and 22% were by writers of colour.
Mia Bays, director-at-large of Bev suggested the increase in the number of films by women was...
- 2/16/2021
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Film Festival has always been one of the premiere places for discovery, providing a launching pad for breakout films en route to mainstream acclaim and awards. But oftentimes, the best of Sundance — films that are truly original, fresh, and worthy — go on to smaller victory laps. These are the festival’s hidden gems, and though they might not be getting Oscar nods, they’re just as deserving of our attention. In advance of this year’s virtual fest, we’ve partnered with AMC+ to assemble a varied list of past Sundance stunners. Featuring early films from the likes of Miranda July and the Safdie’s to Spike Lee’s adaptation of a hit Broadway musical, all of these gems are available via AMC+ streaming platform.
“Daddy Longlegs”
The brothers Safdie are, by now, an indie household name — but a decade ago, they burst onto the map with this captivating dramedy.
“Daddy Longlegs”
The brothers Safdie are, by now, an indie household name — but a decade ago, they burst onto the map with this captivating dramedy.
- 1/29/2021
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
After a rigorous 18 months of shooting ZeroZeroZero, Andrea Riseborough was supposed to have a few weeks off before starting Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor, but once she received the script for Zeina Durra’s Luxor, those plans quickly changed. Set in Luxor, Egypt, Riseborough plays a physician named Hana, who retreats to a luxury hotel after being traumatized by her volunteer work near the Jordanian-Syrian border. Throughout the film, Hana reflects amid the ancient city’s various ruins, sites and monuments, many of which have never been captured on film.
“We had Egyptian producers because it was an Egyptian production as much as it was a ...
“We had Egyptian producers because it was an Egyptian production as much as it was a ...
- 12/30/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
After a rigorous 18 months of shooting ZeroZeroZero, Andrea Riseborough was supposed to have a few weeks off before starting Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor, but once she received the script for Zeina Durra’s Luxor, those plans quickly changed. Set in Luxor, Egypt, Riseborough plays a physician named Hana, who retreats to a luxury hotel after being traumatized by her volunteer work near the Jordanian-Syrian border. Throughout the film, Hana reflects amid the ancient city’s various ruins, sites and monuments, many of which have never been captured on film.
“We had Egyptian producers because it was an Egyptian production as much as it was a ...
“We had Egyptian producers because it was an Egyptian production as much as it was a ...
- 12/30/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Perhaps it was a bit of method acting.
Over the course of the three-and-a-half weeks spent shooting “Luxor” in Egypt, Andrea Riseborough fell in love with her co-star Karim Saleh, who played the former boyfriend of her character, an aid worker named Hana.
“Perhaps we did our jobs a little too well,” says Riseborough. “It’s very rare for a couple to have forever immortalized on the silver screen their meeting. It was two weeks of connection. It’s something that we’ll always treasure. It was totally unexpected.”
“Luxor,” which is now available on demand and on streaming, follows Hana as she returns to Egypt after two decades away. She’s been traumatized by the brutality she’s witnessed as a surgeon tending to the victims of the Syrian Civil War. It’s Saleh’s character, Sultan, who helps her grapple with the emotional scars left from her work.
Over the course of the three-and-a-half weeks spent shooting “Luxor” in Egypt, Andrea Riseborough fell in love with her co-star Karim Saleh, who played the former boyfriend of her character, an aid worker named Hana.
“Perhaps we did our jobs a little too well,” says Riseborough. “It’s very rare for a couple to have forever immortalized on the silver screen their meeting. It was two weeks of connection. It’s something that we’ll always treasure. It was totally unexpected.”
“Luxor,” which is now available on demand and on streaming, follows Hana as she returns to Egypt after two decades away. She’s been traumatized by the brutality she’s witnessed as a surgeon tending to the victims of the Syrian Civil War. It’s Saleh’s character, Sultan, who helps her grapple with the emotional scars left from her work.
- 12/10/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Hotel Spell: Durra Explores the Tenuousness of the Present Through Romance of the Past
She hasn’t quite lost that loving feeling, which seems to be the main impetus for the quiet actions of the protagonist in Zeina Durra’s long-awaited sophomore film, Luxor. A decade ago, Durra’s 2010 debut The Imperialists Are Still Alive! was also primed to speak to the present through troubling political shifts and the paranoia of clandestine allegiances, but her latest is more of a pared down, oft ambiguous narrative focused intently on one woman’s shifting needs and desires, back peddling to the comfort of a time long passed to bolster herself emotionally for an unpredictable future.…...
She hasn’t quite lost that loving feeling, which seems to be the main impetus for the quiet actions of the protagonist in Zeina Durra’s long-awaited sophomore film, Luxor. A decade ago, Durra’s 2010 debut The Imperialists Are Still Alive! was also primed to speak to the present through troubling political shifts and the paranoia of clandestine allegiances, but her latest is more of a pared down, oft ambiguous narrative focused intently on one woman’s shifting needs and desires, back peddling to the comfort of a time long passed to bolster herself emotionally for an unpredictable future.…...
- 12/6/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The soaked in history backdrop of Egypt serves as a reminder that the past is sometimes more present than one can anticipate and while we attempt to hold it at bay, when the levee breaks it is both devastating and welcomed. In Zeina Durra‘s sophomore film Luxor, the notion of time, memory and place offer the sage Hana (Andrea Riseborough) a moment to reflect, a moment to breathe and for a certain ownership of second chances to occur. A sort of minimalist Before Sunrise for adults with notes of Antonioni’s The Passenger, this textured tale feels lived-in.…...
- 12/4/2020
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
76 Days
76 Days, from directors Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, and an anonymous filmmaker,is a heartbreaking work of documentary vérité investigating the emerging Covid-19 outbreak at a single hospital in Wuhan, China, and their response from early February to April 2020, when Wuhan lifted their initial lockdown. Eschewing contextualizing features, 76 Days places viewers alongside doctors and nurses as they struggle to control the spiraling implications of Covid-19, dealing with an influx of scared patients, a virus they do not fully understand, and diminishing resources. Though 76 Days proves a hard watch, it’s a profoundly visceral look into how one hospital dealt with the raging virus. – Christian G.
76 Days
76 Days, from directors Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, and an anonymous filmmaker,is a heartbreaking work of documentary vérité investigating the emerging Covid-19 outbreak at a single hospital in Wuhan, China, and their response from early February to April 2020, when Wuhan lifted their initial lockdown. Eschewing contextualizing features, 76 Days places viewers alongside doctors and nurses as they struggle to control the spiraling implications of Covid-19, dealing with an influx of scared patients, a virus they do not fully understand, and diminishing resources. Though 76 Days proves a hard watch, it’s a profoundly visceral look into how one hospital dealt with the raging virus. – Christian G.
- 12/4/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
British aid worker Hana (Andrea Riseborough) is on leave and a little bit lost in Egypt, a place she once left behind. She’s perpetually in a state of psychological deja vu, which becomes quite literal when she bumps into her ex. Zeina Durra’s “Luxor” powerfully evokes that indefinable ache of revisiting a lost love that probably has a frankensteined German word for it. Here, it mostly finds its expression visually, and in Riseborough’s searching face, in
The city of Luxor, Egypt, is as crumbled as Hana’s soul, emptied out after witnessing myriad atrocities at the Jordan-Syrian border working in a war trauma unit. What she’s looking for in this ancient place is something ineffable, a slowed-down change of scenery to wipe away gruesome memories.
Hana idles in the bar at the sleepy Winter Palace Hotel where she’s staying, picking up a crass American tourist...
The city of Luxor, Egypt, is as crumbled as Hana’s soul, emptied out after witnessing myriad atrocities at the Jordan-Syrian border working in a war trauma unit. What she’s looking for in this ancient place is something ineffable, a slowed-down change of scenery to wipe away gruesome memories.
Hana idles in the bar at the sleepy Winter Palace Hotel where she’s staying, picking up a crass American tourist...
- 12/4/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Pretentious is never a word you want associated with your film. It has a connotation that just never serves your project well, in the least. Unfortunately, Luxor, despite some strong visuals and a nice central performance, can’t help but give off that vibe. It’s palpable throughout a picture that wants to be hypnotic, but instead mostly winds up being frustrating. Now, that doesn’t make this a bad movie, but it’s one that’s too hit or miss, at least for me, to recommend. I’m in the minority when it comes to this flick, so keep that in mind, but when it opens this week, I’ll be one of the few not quite able to sing its praises… The movie is a drama, mixed with a little romance. Hana (Andrea Riseborough) is a British aid worker returning to the ancient city of Luxor, where she’s previously been before.
- 12/2/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
One screening of Zeina Durra’s newest romantic drama, “Luxor”, and your heart will be melting for “Birdman’s” Andrea Riseborough and “Transparent’s” Karim Saleh’s on-screen chemistry. A piece of magic the actors say was organically created the day before arriving on set. “It’s difficult to articulate because the gift was that we have that chemistry, so...
- 11/30/2020
- by etcanadadigital
- ET Canada
After spending two decades as a British aid worker throughout a war-torn Middle East, Hana (Andrea Riseborough) chooses Luxor as the destination for her leave. Situated on the serene east bank of the Nile, this Egyptian city is the place where her work began with bottomless promise for the future. She found love there in her twenties, and perhaps a return might help resettle her from the psychic horrors she’s since endured. But there’s little possibility to fight the cynicism caused by humanity’s current, brutal decline.
This is why writer/director Zeina Durra needed to tell the story at the center of her sophomore effort, the succinctly titled Luxor. What better juxtaposition to the darkness is there than a civilization that sought to hold light as a conquering force against evil? As Hana tours the city temples, locals sit in quiet, heartfelt prayer while foreigners speak of...
This is why writer/director Zeina Durra needed to tell the story at the center of her sophomore effort, the succinctly titled Luxor. What better juxtaposition to the darkness is there than a civilization that sought to hold light as a conquering force against evil? As Hana tours the city temples, locals sit in quiet, heartfelt prayer while foreigners speak of...
- 11/30/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
For as beautiful as Egypt is, you’d think more Western movies would be set there. At any rate, director Zeina Durra‘s new film contains enough sweeping shots of ancient tombs to fill half a dozen great movies, so I guess this is a good start. Luxor follows Andrea Riseborough‘s Hana, a doctor on leave from working in […]
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- 11/30/2020
- by Harrison Whitaker
- Uinterview
“Identifying Features,” Fernanda Valadez’s searing abduction drama set along the U.S.-Mexico border, was awarded the Golden Alexander for best feature film at the 61st Thessaloniki Film Festival.
The awards were announced Monday at the conclusion of the Greek fest’s digital edition, which ran Nov. 5-15. Valadez’s feature debut, which was a double award winner in the World Cinema dramatic competition in Sundance, follows the extraordinary ordeal of a woman who sets out in search of her teenage son two months after he left their village to find work in the U.S.
“In a cruel world of heartbreaks, tragedy and survival, a story of an unexpected bond is born,” the international jury said in its decision. “The film stands as a reminder of the limitless space artistic expression can take.”
Greek director Georgis Grigorakis took home the Silver Alexander Special Jury Award for his feature debut,...
The awards were announced Monday at the conclusion of the Greek fest’s digital edition, which ran Nov. 5-15. Valadez’s feature debut, which was a double award winner in the World Cinema dramatic competition in Sundance, follows the extraordinary ordeal of a woman who sets out in search of her teenage son two months after he left their village to find work in the U.S.
“In a cruel world of heartbreaks, tragedy and survival, a story of an unexpected bond is born,” the international jury said in its decision. “The film stands as a reminder of the limitless space artistic expression can take.”
Greek director Georgis Grigorakis took home the Silver Alexander Special Jury Award for his feature debut,...
- 11/16/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Zeina Durra's second feature slow-burning and elliptical consideration of the battered emotional landscape of a medic who is taking time out in the Egyptian city between work on the Syrian Border and a potential new posting in Yemen.
Hana (Andrea Riseborough) seems small in the face of her life - her clothes are so big they consume her and, at every opportunity, her body language seems to fold in on itself with origami neatness. This isn't trauma that is talked about but it's present in almost every move she makes, especially after she re-encounters her ex Sultan (Karim Saleh) by chance, his immediate understanding of where she is at emotionally seeming to kick in like a muscle memory.
And memory itself has a key role to play here. "I don't remember much these days," says Hana, but there's just as much of a sense that she is trying to forget a great.
Hana (Andrea Riseborough) seems small in the face of her life - her clothes are so big they consume her and, at every opportunity, her body language seems to fold in on itself with origami neatness. This isn't trauma that is talked about but it's present in almost every move she makes, especially after she re-encounters her ex Sultan (Karim Saleh) by chance, his immediate understanding of where she is at emotionally seeming to kick in like a muscle memory.
And memory itself has a key role to play here. "I don't remember much these days," says Hana, but there's just as much of a sense that she is trying to forget a great.
- 11/6/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
We’re pleased to report that despite the new lockdown measures that will be in effect nationwide, Zeina Durra’s Luxor is still available to watch this weekend, thanks to virtual screenings that will be taking place. To mark the film’s release we had the pleasure of speaking to the supporting lead Karim Saleh, who plays the long lost lover to the film’s protagonist, played by Andrea Riseborough.
We then had a fascinating discussion about the movie with the film’s writer/director Durra, and you can watch both interviews in their entirety below, as they discuss shooting this slow-burning, nuanced drama, and their experiences on location in Egypt.
Karim Saleh
Zeina Durra
Synopsis
When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she meets former lover Sultan. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past...
We then had a fascinating discussion about the movie with the film’s writer/director Durra, and you can watch both interviews in their entirety below, as they discuss shooting this slow-burning, nuanced drama, and their experiences on location in Egypt.
Karim Saleh
Zeina Durra
Synopsis
When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she meets former lover Sultan. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past...
- 11/4/2020
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Andrea Riseborough stars as a war-zone medic going through a low-key mid-life crisis as she tries to recover by visiting the famous archaeological site
Slow, delicate and sparse, Luxor is coming out on digital this week just as all the cinemas close down again. If you have a chance to see it, try to view it in the dark, without distractions, on the biggest screen you can in order to approximate a cinema setting and to best appreciate its deep-breath pacing and dry-heat beauty.
Writer-director Zeina Durra’s feature, her second after the evocatively titled The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, follows English surgeon Hana as she recovers from the horrors of working in a Syrian war zone for an aid organisation. As she rests up at a plush hotel in Luxor, the open-air museum of a town in Egypt she used to live in years 20 before, she passes the time...
Slow, delicate and sparse, Luxor is coming out on digital this week just as all the cinemas close down again. If you have a chance to see it, try to view it in the dark, without distractions, on the biggest screen you can in order to approximate a cinema setting and to best appreciate its deep-breath pacing and dry-heat beauty.
Writer-director Zeina Durra’s feature, her second after the evocatively titled The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, follows English surgeon Hana as she recovers from the horrors of working in a Syrian war zone for an aid organisation. As she rests up at a plush hotel in Luxor, the open-air museum of a town in Egypt she used to live in years 20 before, she passes the time...
- 11/4/2020
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Modern Films has debuted a new trailer for ‘Luxor’ featuring Andrea Riseborough.
Set against the backdrop of the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor, the film centres on Hana, a doctor and British aid worker seeking mental peace and physical respite after an overwhelming period spent working at a clinic in Ramtha, on the Jordanian-Syrian border, where she specialised in treating victims wounded in the war in Syria. She finds solace in Luxor, where she lived in her 20s and dated an archaeologist, Sultan, who was also studying there.
As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, Hana struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present. She lingers through memory-filled hotel lobbies and ancient sites as she begins to grapple with her grief and her emotions from the war—but when she runs into Sultan on a ferry crossing unexpectedly, the chemistry is undeniable.
The...
Set against the backdrop of the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor, the film centres on Hana, a doctor and British aid worker seeking mental peace and physical respite after an overwhelming period spent working at a clinic in Ramtha, on the Jordanian-Syrian border, where she specialised in treating victims wounded in the war in Syria. She finds solace in Luxor, where she lived in her 20s and dated an archaeologist, Sultan, who was also studying there.
As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, Hana struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present. She lingers through memory-filled hotel lobbies and ancient sites as she begins to grapple with her grief and her emotions from the war—but when she runs into Sultan on a ferry crossing unexpectedly, the chemistry is undeniable.
The...
- 10/27/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Andrea Riseborough earned raves for her performance in two films that bowed at Sundance earlier this year, two films that could not be more different. The first, “Possessor,” which was released Friday, stars the English actress as an agent who uses a brain implant to inhabit other people’s bodies. The second, “Luxor,” is a slow-burn romance that has Riseborough play a war-zone doctor who works through trauma and falls in love against the stunning backdrop of one of the world’s oldest cities.
Below see a trailer for “Luxor,” which Samuel Goldwyn Films will release on VOD on December 4. The film is the first in ten years from writer-director Zeina Durra, whose 2010 Sundance pick “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!,” her feature debut, was similarly well received. “Luxor” reunites Durra with Karim Saleh, who also starred in “Imperialists.”
In “Luxor,” Riseborough plays a British doctor, Hana, who temporally eaves her...
Below see a trailer for “Luxor,” which Samuel Goldwyn Films will release on VOD on December 4. The film is the first in ten years from writer-director Zeina Durra, whose 2010 Sundance pick “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!,” her feature debut, was similarly well received. “Luxor” reunites Durra with Karim Saleh, who also starred in “Imperialists.”
In “Luxor,” Riseborough plays a British doctor, Hana, who temporally eaves her...
- 10/3/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Luxor will be available on Demand and Digital December 4th
Luxor stars Andrea Riseborough, Karim Saleh, and Michael Landes. It’s directed and written by Zeina Durra. Check out the trailer:
When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she comes across Sultan, a talented archaeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.
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Luxor stars Andrea Riseborough, Karim Saleh, and Michael Landes. It’s directed and written by Zeina Durra. Check out the trailer:
When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she comes across Sultan, a talented archaeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.
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- 10/3/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Luxor, the Zeina Durra drama starring Andrea Riseborough that played at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Karim Saleh, Michael Landes and Shereen Reda also star in the pic, which will now get a late 2020 release.
Set and filmed in Egypt, the centers on British aid worker Hana (Riseborough), who returns to the ancient city of Luxor and comes across Sultan (Saleh), an archeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.
Producers are Mohamed Hefzy via his company Film Clinic, Front Row Filmed Entertainment’s Gianluca Chakra, Film Factory’s Mamdouh Saba and Durra. Paul Webster and Hisham Al Ghanim are executive producers.
The pic, written and directed by Durra in her second feature, premiered in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
“In a time when traveling is difficult for many of us, Zeina Durra’s film transports us to the breathtaking sites of ancient and modern Egypt,” Peter Goldwyn says. “We are thrilled to be working with Zeina Durra on her newest feature film and with the talented Andrea Riseborough again. Luxor is a beautifully shot film filled with great performances from the leading cast.”
The deal was negotiated by Miles Fineburg on behalf of Samuel Goldwyn Films and CAA Media Finance
on behalf of the filmmakers.
Set and filmed in Egypt, the centers on British aid worker Hana (Riseborough), who returns to the ancient city of Luxor and comes across Sultan (Saleh), an archeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.
Producers are Mohamed Hefzy via his company Film Clinic, Front Row Filmed Entertainment’s Gianluca Chakra, Film Factory’s Mamdouh Saba and Durra. Paul Webster and Hisham Al Ghanim are executive producers.
The pic, written and directed by Durra in her second feature, premiered in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
“In a time when traveling is difficult for many of us, Zeina Durra’s film transports us to the breathtaking sites of ancient and modern Egypt,” Peter Goldwyn says. “We are thrilled to be working with Zeina Durra on her newest feature film and with the talented Andrea Riseborough again. Luxor is a beautifully shot film filled with great performances from the leading cast.”
The deal was negotiated by Miles Fineburg on behalf of Samuel Goldwyn Films and CAA Media Finance
on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 9/2/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The event is Jordan’s first international film festival.
The Amman International Film Festival has selected the juries and set up the awards for its inaugural edition, set to run in Jordan from August 23-31.
The Arab feature-length narrative film jury is headed by Serbian director Srdan Golubović, who will be joined by Jordanian actor-producer Saba Mubarak; and Sarim Fassi-Fihri, executive vice president of the Marrakech International Film Festival and CEO of the Moroccan Cinema Centre.
The three-person Arab feature-length documentary film jury consists of Jordanian filmmaker Mahmoud Al-Massad; Egyptian writer-producer Nadia Kamel; and German filmmaker and artist Andrea Luka Zimmerman,...
The Amman International Film Festival has selected the juries and set up the awards for its inaugural edition, set to run in Jordan from August 23-31.
The Arab feature-length narrative film jury is headed by Serbian director Srdan Golubović, who will be joined by Jordanian actor-producer Saba Mubarak; and Sarim Fassi-Fihri, executive vice president of the Marrakech International Film Festival and CEO of the Moroccan Cinema Centre.
The three-person Arab feature-length documentary film jury consists of Jordanian filmmaker Mahmoud Al-Massad; Egyptian writer-producer Nadia Kamel; and German filmmaker and artist Andrea Luka Zimmerman,...
- 8/18/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Joe Keery’s character in the indie film “Spree” is strangely charismatic, but in his twisted pursuit of viral fame through social media, he’s not exactly someone you want to root for.
The “Stranger Things” actor plays Kurt, a rideshare driver who gets the idea to partake in a violent murder spree, all from the comfort of his own car, as he livestreams his crimes to the world. Director and co-writer Eugene Kotlyarenko describes the film as a satire of social media with some horror elements to it, and he called Keery’s character “misguided” and “problematic.”
“Yeah, highly misguided I think is the right word,” Keery told TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman after the January premiere of the film at the Sundance Film Festival.
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The whole film is done from the perspective of live-streamed...
The “Stranger Things” actor plays Kurt, a rideshare driver who gets the idea to partake in a violent murder spree, all from the comfort of his own car, as he livestreams his crimes to the world. Director and co-writer Eugene Kotlyarenko describes the film as a satire of social media with some horror elements to it, and he called Keery’s character “misguided” and “problematic.”
“Yeah, highly misguided I think is the right word,” Keery told TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman after the January premiere of the film at the Sundance Film Festival.
Also Read: 'Minari' Director Shares the 'Poetic' Meaning Behind Immigrant Tale's Title (Video)
The whole film is done from the perspective of live-streamed...
- 8/13/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
‘Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint’ and ‘Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins’ are set for release in October.
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has secured UK and Ireland rights to documentaries Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint and Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins, and plans to release both this autumn.
The agreement for Beyond The Visible was closed with German sales agency Mindjazz Pictures and Modern Films is set to release the film on October 9 to coincide with international art event the Frieze Art Fair.
Marking the feature debut of director Halina Dyrschka,...
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has secured UK and Ireland rights to documentaries Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint and Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins, and plans to release both this autumn.
The agreement for Beyond The Visible was closed with German sales agency Mindjazz Pictures and Modern Films is set to release the film on October 9 to coincide with international art event the Frieze Art Fair.
Marking the feature debut of director Halina Dyrschka,...
- 8/7/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
After delaying its 2020 edition due to the pandemic, Sundance’s London offshoot will return August 7-9 in an online form for a scaled down version. The event will present three features from this year’s Park City festival: Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank, Zeina Durra’s Luxor, and Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s Boys State, which won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary in Utah this year. There will also be a short film program and discussions with speakers including Amulet director Romola Garai and Neon’s Jeff Deutchman.
A new media fund has raised £1.5M ($1.9M) to invest in creative projects, including films, TV shows, games and stage shows. Samahoma Media Advisors’ Insight Media Fund will pledge up to £300,000 to chosen projects and has already invested in five ventures, including two feature films. “We can contribute to revitalizing parts of the media sector industry whilst generating our target returns...
A new media fund has raised £1.5M ($1.9M) to invest in creative projects, including films, TV shows, games and stage shows. Samahoma Media Advisors’ Insight Media Fund will pledge up to £300,000 to chosen projects and has already invested in five ventures, including two feature films. “We can contribute to revitalizing parts of the media sector industry whilst generating our target returns...
- 7/10/2020
- by Tom Grater and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
After having to postpone this year’s London Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute and Picturehouse Cinemas have announced an online Celebration of Sundance Film Festival: London.
Presented by Adobe, the digital festival will run between 7 – 9 August 2020 and will present three feature films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah,
U.S.A., selected for London by the Sundance Institute programming team in collaboration with Picturehouse. Each UK premiere screening will be followed by an exclusive Q&a with the film teams.
The digital celebration will open with Uncle Frank, which is directed, written and produced by Alan Ball and stars Paul Bettany. Luxor, directed by Zeina Durra (The Imperialists Are Live) and starring Andrea Riseborough will premiere on Saturday. The event will close on Sunday with Boys State, directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine and winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2020 Festival.
Presented by Adobe, the digital festival will run between 7 – 9 August 2020 and will present three feature films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah,
U.S.A., selected for London by the Sundance Institute programming team in collaboration with Picturehouse. Each UK premiere screening will be followed by an exclusive Q&a with the film teams.
The digital celebration will open with Uncle Frank, which is directed, written and produced by Alan Ball and stars Paul Bettany. Luxor, directed by Zeina Durra (The Imperialists Are Live) and starring Andrea Riseborough will premiere on Saturday. The event will close on Sunday with Boys State, directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine and winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2020 Festival.
- 7/10/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The organizers of Sundance Film Festival: London, the U.K. iteration of the Park City indie pic fiesta, are to hold a boutique event online, running Aug. 7-9.
Sundance London, organized by Sundance Institute and Picturehouse Cinemas, was due to run May 28-31, but was postponed due to the Covid pandemic.
The festival will now present three feature films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, selected by the Sundance Institute programming team together with Picturehouse. Each U.K. premiere screening will be followed by a Q&a with the film teams.
The program will open with “Uncle Frank,” which is directed, written and produced by Alan Ball and stars Paul Bettany. “Luxor,” directed by Zeina Durra (“The Imperialists Are Live”) and starring Andrea Riseborough, will premiere on Aug. 8. The event will close with “Boys State,” directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, and winner of the U.
Sundance London, organized by Sundance Institute and Picturehouse Cinemas, was due to run May 28-31, but was postponed due to the Covid pandemic.
The festival will now present three feature films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, selected by the Sundance Institute programming team together with Picturehouse. Each U.K. premiere screening will be followed by a Q&a with the film teams.
The program will open with “Uncle Frank,” which is directed, written and produced by Alan Ball and stars Paul Bettany. “Luxor,” directed by Zeina Durra (“The Imperialists Are Live”) and starring Andrea Riseborough, will premiere on Aug. 8. The event will close with “Boys State,” directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, and winner of the U.
- 7/10/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Festival will present three UK premieres, a short film programme and online discussions.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2020 is set to go ahead as a slimmed-down online event, after the physical festival was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis.
The UK offshoot of Sundance was originally set to take place from May 28-31 at Picturehouse Central in London but will now be hosted digitally from August 7-9, following the closure of cinemas nationwide as a result of the pandemic.
The ‘Celebration of Sundance Film Festival: London’ will host three UK premieres – down from 12 features in 2019 – of films first screened at Park City in January.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2020 is set to go ahead as a slimmed-down online event, after the physical festival was postponed due to the Covid-19 crisis.
The UK offshoot of Sundance was originally set to take place from May 28-31 at Picturehouse Central in London but will now be hosted digitally from August 7-9, following the closure of cinemas nationwide as a result of the pandemic.
The ‘Celebration of Sundance Film Festival: London’ will host three UK premieres – down from 12 features in 2019 – of films first screened at Park City in January.
- 7/10/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Andrea Riseborough stars as a traumatised aid worker.
Paris-based sales company Totem Films has sealed deals on Zeina Durra’s drama Luxor into the key territories of France and the UK.
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has acquired UK rights while Paris-based Rezo has signed for France.
The film stars Andrea Riseborough as a traumatised aid worker who reconnects with an archeologist and former lover in the Egyptian city of Luxor, with much of the story unfolding against the backdrop of its complex of ancient monuments and temples.
It is Durra’s second feature after the 2010 work The Imperialists Are Alive.
Paris-based sales company Totem Films has sealed deals on Zeina Durra’s drama Luxor into the key territories of France and the UK.
Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has acquired UK rights while Paris-based Rezo has signed for France.
The film stars Andrea Riseborough as a traumatised aid worker who reconnects with an archeologist and former lover in the Egyptian city of Luxor, with much of the story unfolding against the backdrop of its complex of ancient monuments and temples.
It is Durra’s second feature after the 2010 work The Imperialists Are Alive.
- 6/16/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
The trio will be in conversation with Screen editor Matt Mueller on Thursday June 4 at 16.00 BST.
David Oyelowo, Andrea Riseborough and Noel Clarke will be in conversation with Screen International editor Matt Mueller in the next edition of Screen Talks on Thursday June 4 at 16.00 BST.
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The trio of UK actor/producers – who were all named Screen Stars of Tomorrow in the early stages of their careers – will share their experiences as actors and producers during the coronavirus shutdown, including how they’re keeping inspired, future projects and their views on the production guidelines that will allow...
David Oyelowo, Andrea Riseborough and Noel Clarke will be in conversation with Screen International editor Matt Mueller in the next edition of Screen Talks on Thursday June 4 at 16.00 BST.
Click here to register
The trio of UK actor/producers – who were all named Screen Stars of Tomorrow in the early stages of their careers – will share their experiences as actors and producers during the coronavirus shutdown, including how they’re keeping inspired, future projects and their views on the production guidelines that will allow...
- 6/2/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Festival to screen 16 films at nearly 100 theatres across the Czech Republic.
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is to screen 16 films at 96 cinemas across the Czech Republic as an alternative to its annual event, which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The selection, titled Kviff at Your Cinema, comprises features that have debuted at festivals since last autumn and include the European premieres of three titles: Zeina Durra’s Luxor, Fernanda Valadez’s Identifying Features, and Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent.
The films will screen from July 3-11, the original dates of the festival. Each of the...
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is to screen 16 films at 96 cinemas across the Czech Republic as an alternative to its annual event, which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The selection, titled Kviff at Your Cinema, comprises features that have debuted at festivals since last autumn and include the European premieres of three titles: Zeina Durra’s Luxor, Fernanda Valadez’s Identifying Features, and Maite Alberdi’s The Mole Agent.
The films will screen from July 3-11, the original dates of the festival. Each of the...
- 5/26/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
While the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, known each summer for bringing global cinema to the Czech Republic, canceled its 2020 edition, that doesn’t mean the show can’t still go on. Instead, Karlovy Vary will offer a taste of the festival experience on select cinema screens with the Kviff at Your Cinema (July 3-11) program, touring 16 films around the Czech Republic as the government lightens up on lockdown procedures. Movie theaters opened in the country earlier in May, though no concessions are currently allowed to be purchased.
The Karlovy Vary at Your Cinema program features films plucked from the past year on the international festival circuit, including last year’s Kviff and through this year’s Berlinale. The lineup includes, most notably, “Kubrick by Kubrick,” a new documentary about the master filmmaker from director Gregory Monro that would’ve played at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, also canceled.
The Karlovy Vary at Your Cinema program features films plucked from the past year on the international festival circuit, including last year’s Kviff and through this year’s Berlinale. The lineup includes, most notably, “Kubrick by Kubrick,” a new documentary about the master filmmaker from director Gregory Monro that would’ve played at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, also canceled.
- 5/25/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
While the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was forced to cancel its 55th edition this summer amid the coronavirus, the event plans to screen 16 films at 96 theaters across Czech Republic from July 3-11. Cinemas in the market opened earlier this month, though not the major circuits and with a ban on concessions. The Kviff At Your Cinema program will include titles from festivals that ran from last fall through this year’s Berlinale. Among the European premieres are Zeina Durra’s drama Luxor, Fernanda Valadez’ debut Identifying Features and Maite Alberdi’s spy comedy/documentary The Mole Agent. Ohter films include Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth, Pablo Larrain’s Ema, Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy, Gregory Monro’s Kubrick By Kubrick, Bassam Tariq’s Mogul Mowgli and Alice Winocour’s Proxima.
The Taipei Film Festival plans to go ahead as scheduled from June 25-July 11, organizers announced today. However, there will be...
The Taipei Film Festival plans to go ahead as scheduled from June 25-July 11, organizers announced today. However, there will be...
- 5/25/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading cinema event in Central and Eastern Europe, has unveiled a program of theatrical screenings across the Czech Republic. Sixteen films will play at 96 theaters in almost 80 towns and cities over the course of nine days.
The screening program plays under the banner “Kviff at Your Cinema,” which is the name given to the traditional post-festival film series. This year’s program will run from July 3-11, the period that the festival was supposed to occupy, before it was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Each film will only screen once at each venue, with the screenings taking place at all participating theaters at the same time. The screenings will be accompanied by introductions to the films by the festival programmers.
Festival president Jiří Bartoška said: “Since, given the situation, moviegoers can’t come to Karlovy Vary this year, we decided to bring...
The screening program plays under the banner “Kviff at Your Cinema,” which is the name given to the traditional post-festival film series. This year’s program will run from July 3-11, the period that the festival was supposed to occupy, before it was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Each film will only screen once at each venue, with the screenings taking place at all participating theaters at the same time. The screenings will be accompanied by introductions to the films by the festival programmers.
Festival president Jiří Bartoška said: “Since, given the situation, moviegoers can’t come to Karlovy Vary this year, we decided to bring...
- 5/25/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic on Monday said that its expanded "Kviff at Your Cinema" series, which it previously unveiled as its answer to the novel coronavirus pandemic that led to the cancellation of this year's fest, will present 16 films in 96 cinemas in the country over the course of nine days this summer.
Among the titles are the European premieres of Zeina Durra’s Egypt-set drama Luxor, starring Andrea Riseborough; Fernanda Valadez’s feature debut Identifying Features; and The Mole Agent, Maite Alberdi’s mix of the spy comedy and observational documentary genres.
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Among the titles are the European premieres of Zeina Durra’s Egypt-set drama Luxor, starring Andrea Riseborough; Fernanda Valadez’s feature debut Identifying Features; and The Mole Agent, Maite Alberdi’s mix of the spy comedy and observational documentary genres.
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- 5/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic on Monday said that its expanded "Kviff at Your Cinema" series, which it previously unveiled as its answer to the novel coronavirus pandemic that led to the cancellation of this year's fest, will present 16 films in 96 cinemas in the country over the course of nine days this summer.
Among the titles are the European premieres of Zeina Durra’s Egypt-set drama Luxor, starring Andrea Riseborough; Fernanda Valadez’s feature debut Identifying Features; and The Mole Agent, Maite Alberdi’s mix of the spy comedy and observational documentary genres.
"...
Among the titles are the European premieres of Zeina Durra’s Egypt-set drama Luxor, starring Andrea Riseborough; Fernanda Valadez’s feature debut Identifying Features; and The Mole Agent, Maite Alberdi’s mix of the spy comedy and observational documentary genres.
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- 5/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When the funding for one of director Zeina Durra’s films fell apart, she, by a stroke of luck, came up with the inspiration to make her film “Luxor” after having a dream about a woman walking around Luxor in Egypt.
Durra was “super depressed” that her previous film was falling apart. But then in very little time, she had a wave of support behind the film and only one thing keeping her from pulling it all together: getting pregnant with her third child.
“I was really bummed this movie wasn’t happening, but I had this amazing dream and I feel like I have to go make this movie, but I’m not sure what it’s about,” Durra told TheWrap at Sundance. “The only thing my mother told me once it was going was, ‘Please don’t get pregnant now Zeina, because that keeps happening.’ And, of course,...
Durra was “super depressed” that her previous film was falling apart. But then in very little time, she had a wave of support behind the film and only one thing keeping her from pulling it all together: getting pregnant with her third child.
“I was really bummed this movie wasn’t happening, but I had this amazing dream and I feel like I have to go make this movie, but I’m not sure what it’s about,” Durra told TheWrap at Sundance. “The only thing my mother told me once it was going was, ‘Please don’t get pregnant now Zeina, because that keeps happening.’ And, of course,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The French sales agent’s line-up encompasses 11 titles, with 3 market premieres, including the German production helmed by Israel’s Shirel Peleg, a rom-com about a culture clash. After a highly dynamic start to its business activities last year at Cannes with And Then We Danced by Levan Akin (the sales of which absolutely skyrocketed) and Land of Ashes by Sofia Quirós Ubeda, young French international sales agent Totem Films, headed up by Agathe Valentin, Laure Parleani and Bérénice Vincent (read the interview), is really hitting its stride and will be rocking up at the European Film Market at the 70th Berlinale (20 February-1 March 2020) with a jam-packed slate of 11 titles. Standing out particularly on the menu are three market premieres, with Luxor by Zeina Durra (a UK co-production that has just taken part in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance, with British actress Andrea Riseborough in the...
Andrea Riseborough came to Park City with two films this year, and they couldn’t have been more different.
In Brandon Cronenberg’s blood-drenched cyber-thriller Possessor she plays a cool, calculating hit-woman who takes over other people’s bodies to carry out increasingly brutal assassinations to order. In Zeina Durra’s sophomore film Luxor, however, which premiered at the Library earlier today, the actress shows a softer side as Hana, a medical doctor recovering from her time spent working at a clinic on the Jordanian-Syrian border, where she treated victims of the war in Syria. Taking a much-needed hotel break, Hana finds herself accidentally-on-purpose in the city of Luxor, Egypt, where she lived in her 20s and dated an archeologist named Sultan (Karim Saleh). By chance, Hana bumps into Sultan on a ferry, and the two find themselves irresistibly drawn back together on a journey of self-discovery.
While shooting, in case of life imitating art,...
In Brandon Cronenberg’s blood-drenched cyber-thriller Possessor she plays a cool, calculating hit-woman who takes over other people’s bodies to carry out increasingly brutal assassinations to order. In Zeina Durra’s sophomore film Luxor, however, which premiered at the Library earlier today, the actress shows a softer side as Hana, a medical doctor recovering from her time spent working at a clinic on the Jordanian-Syrian border, where she treated victims of the war in Syria. Taking a much-needed hotel break, Hana finds herself accidentally-on-purpose in the city of Luxor, Egypt, where she lived in her 20s and dated an archeologist named Sultan (Karim Saleh). By chance, Hana bumps into Sultan on a ferry, and the two find themselves irresistibly drawn back together on a journey of self-discovery.
While shooting, in case of life imitating art,...
- 1/28/2020
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
On the night of January 26, IndieWire’s female filmmaker dinner at the Sundance Film Festival, presented by Canada Goose, celebrated women directors, including Radha Blank, Josephine Decker, Emerald Fennell, Ekwa Msangi, Kirsten Johnson, Channing Godrey Peoples, Lana Wilson, Eliza Hittman, Liz Garbus, Nicole Newnham, and Zeina Durra.
From documentaries to short films, narrative debuts, and returning festival favorites, the female filmmakers at this year’s Sundance have already debuted some of the most talked-about films of the festival. On Sunday night, they bonded over their shared experience and chatted about what it’s like to experience this world through their own lens.
The event took place at Canada Goose’s Base Camp on Main St. in Park City, Utah, the heart of the action at the annual festival. Check out some of the evening’s many attendees below.
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From documentaries to short films, narrative debuts, and returning festival favorites, the female filmmakers at this year’s Sundance have already debuted some of the most talked-about films of the festival. On Sunday night, they bonded over their shared experience and chatted about what it’s like to experience this world through their own lens.
The event took place at Canada Goose’s Base Camp on Main St. in Park City, Utah, the heart of the action at the annual festival. Check out some of the evening’s many attendees below.
More from IndieWire'The Father' Review: Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman Inside...
- 1/27/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Ten years after Zeina Durra launched her well-regarded debut “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!” at Sundance, the London-born director returns with a mature meditation on the effects of trauma shrewdly incarnated by the always welcome Andrea Riseborough. “Luxor,” set in the eponymous Egyptian city of ancient temples, is a slow-burning, accessibly elliptical story in which a doctor pauses from war-zone duty and returns to a beloved place, looking back at the past, uncertain of the future and searching for meaning in the present. The feel is very much American indie, which suggests moderate art-house potential in the States.
Riseborough’s name will be an essential selling point (CAA is handling domestic rights), given the general lack of traction surrounding movies from the Middle East; it would be nice to think “Luxor” could open more international doors for regional fare, though that’s likely wishful thinking. Durra keeps the themes universal,...
Riseborough’s name will be an essential selling point (CAA is handling domestic rights), given the general lack of traction surrounding movies from the Middle East; it would be nice to think “Luxor” could open more international doors for regional fare, though that’s likely wishful thinking. Durra keeps the themes universal,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
“Will you just look at this room?” Long before IndieWire Editor-in-Chief Dana Harris-Bridson managed to wrangle a packed assortment of some of Sundance’s many female filmmakers from a bustling cocktail hour to a three-course meal one floor above, the guests were something to behold. “Miss Americana” filmmaker Lana Wilson easily chatted with “Shirley” director Josephine Decker, who soon sought out “Promising Young Woman” filmmaker Emerald Fennell to congratulate her on her Saturday night premiere. Across the room, Zeina Durra (“Luxor”) and Kitty Green (“The Assistant”) formed a talkative circle with Garrett Bradley (“Time”) and Eliza Hittman (“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”).
At IndieWire’s annual Female Filmmakers Dinner on Sunday night at the Sundance Film Festival, presented by Canada Goose, all the honored guests were eager to chat with each other about their latest work (and what’s to come). The event celebrated directors debuting new films at the festival,...
At IndieWire’s annual Female Filmmakers Dinner on Sunday night at the Sundance Film Festival, presented by Canada Goose, all the honored guests were eager to chat with each other about their latest work (and what’s to come). The event celebrated directors debuting new films at the festival,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It can be difficult to sew old wounds closed when surrounded by relics of the past, especially in a time when human decency appears to be crumbling, as we wake up to more news stories of monstrous terror with every sunrise. Zeina Durra’s meditative Ptsd romance, “Luxor,” moves at the deliberate, leisurely pace of a deep breathing exercise meant to alleviate stress.
Read More: Here Are Our Most Anticipated Films from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
“Luxor” feels at home between films such as Kogonada’s discourse poem “Columbus” and Mia Hansen-Løve’s underseen “Maya,” featuring stretches of quiet contemplation and conversations of intimate reflection.
Continue reading ‘Luxor’ Walks Over Familiar Territory, But Its Tender Imperfection Is Incredibly Effective [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
Read More: Here Are Our Most Anticipated Films from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
“Luxor” feels at home between films such as Kogonada’s discourse poem “Columbus” and Mia Hansen-Løve’s underseen “Maya,” featuring stretches of quiet contemplation and conversations of intimate reflection.
Continue reading ‘Luxor’ Walks Over Familiar Territory, But Its Tender Imperfection Is Incredibly Effective [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 1/27/2020
- by Andrew Bundy
- The Playlist
Clare Dunne and Andrea Riseborough are best known for their acting work, but they’re both more interested in flexing their creative muscles on the other side of the lens.
The duo appeared in a session Monday at Sundance Film Festival’s Cinema Café track moderated by Variety‘s Brent Lang, executive editor of film and media. Both Dunne and Riseborough agreed that, in a perfect world, they would choose behind-the-camera roles rather than acting ones.
“I’ve discovered the day-to-day pleasures of becoming a writer,” said Dunne, who stars in and co-wrote the screenplay for “Herself,” which premiered at Sundance. It’s the Irish actor’s screenwriting debut.
Riseborough, an English film, TV and stage actor, said, “I would love to be able to zoom out… and when people have enough faith in me, to be able to tell a story where I don’t use myself as a vessel,...
The duo appeared in a session Monday at Sundance Film Festival’s Cinema Café track moderated by Variety‘s Brent Lang, executive editor of film and media. Both Dunne and Riseborough agreed that, in a perfect world, they would choose behind-the-camera roles rather than acting ones.
“I’ve discovered the day-to-day pleasures of becoming a writer,” said Dunne, who stars in and co-wrote the screenplay for “Herself,” which premiered at Sundance. It’s the Irish actor’s screenwriting debut.
Riseborough, an English film, TV and stage actor, said, “I would love to be able to zoom out… and when people have enough faith in me, to be able to tell a story where I don’t use myself as a vessel,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Company heads to debut Unifrance Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris and Sundance after fruitful first year.
Paris-based sales company Totem Films is moving into co-production and has expanded its team with the hire of emerging producer Elsa Payen as part of the strategy.
Payen, who recently completed the pan-European, post-graduate Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris course, has worked on a number of high-profile international productions over the last five years, including Ford v Ferrari, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Sense8 and Dunkirk.
Totem’s move into production comes just over a year after sales agents Agathe Valentin, Bérénice Vincent and...
Paris-based sales company Totem Films is moving into co-production and has expanded its team with the hire of emerging producer Elsa Payen as part of the strategy.
Payen, who recently completed the pan-European, post-graduate Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris course, has worked on a number of high-profile international productions over the last five years, including Ford v Ferrari, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Sense8 and Dunkirk.
Totem’s move into production comes just over a year after sales agents Agathe Valentin, Bérénice Vincent and...
- 1/16/2020
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- ScreenDaily
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