Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has unveiled the five projects it will showcase to sales agents and distributors at this year’s Cannes market.
This is the fourth year PÖFF has participated in the Goes to Cannes programme, which aims to spotlight work-in-progress projects by promising talent. The projects will be presented on 18 May. The films are without sales agents and aiming for a festival premiere.
Three of the films are by directors whose previous films premiered at PÖFF. Eeva Mägi is presenting Estonian drama Mo Papa. Her previous film Mo Mamma won the jury prize in the first...
This is the fourth year PÖFF has participated in the Goes to Cannes programme, which aims to spotlight work-in-progress projects by promising talent. The projects will be presented on 18 May. The films are without sales agents and aiming for a festival premiere.
Three of the films are by directors whose previous films premiered at PÖFF. Eeva Mägi is presenting Estonian drama Mo Papa. Her previous film Mo Mamma won the jury prize in the first...
- 4/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Sitges | Won Best Actress & Best Feature Length European FIlm
Locarno International Film Festival | Won Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present
Sun in a Net Awards Slovakia – 3 Nominations
Czech Lions – 7 Nominations
Fantastic Fest – Official Selection Award-winning horror-drama “Nightsiren” has been scheduled for a 22nd September 2023 limited theatrical release in North America.
The acclaimed film, sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, is directed by Tereza Nvotová, with a screenplay by Barbora Namerova and Tereza Nvotová. Set in a secluded mountain village, the film tells the story of two sisters who endure a tumultuous upbringing under the tyranny of their abusive mother.
One fateful day, a tragic accident occurs when the elder sister, Šarlota, flees into the surrounding woods, closely followed by her younger sister, Tamara. The blame for their disappearance falls upon Otyla, a Roma woman residing on the outskirts of the village. Accused of witchcraft, Otyla becomes a scapegoat for the sisters’ vanishing.
Locarno International Film Festival | Won Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present
Sun in a Net Awards Slovakia – 3 Nominations
Czech Lions – 7 Nominations
Fantastic Fest – Official Selection Award-winning horror-drama “Nightsiren” has been scheduled for a 22nd September 2023 limited theatrical release in North America.
The acclaimed film, sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, is directed by Tereza Nvotová, with a screenplay by Barbora Namerova and Tereza Nvotová. Set in a secluded mountain village, the film tells the story of two sisters who endure a tumultuous upbringing under the tyranny of their abusive mother.
One fateful day, a tragic accident occurs when the elder sister, Šarlota, flees into the surrounding woods, closely followed by her younger sister, Tamara. The blame for their disappearance falls upon Otyla, a Roma woman residing on the outskirts of the village. Accused of witchcraft, Otyla becomes a scapegoat for the sisters’ vanishing.
- 9/19/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Fewer films by female directors were selected for this year’s programme
Fewer female feature directors were selected for this year’s Locarno programme compared to the 2022 edition according to figures presented by artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro at an event held by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan).
The event was held to mark the fifth anniversary of Locarno’s signing of the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals. In August 2018, Locarno became the first A-category festival after Cannes to make a commitment to ensure greater gender equality and inclusion in its programming.
Feature films...
Fewer female feature directors were selected for this year’s Locarno programme compared to the 2022 edition according to figures presented by artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro at an event held by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan).
The event was held to mark the fifth anniversary of Locarno’s signing of the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals. In August 2018, Locarno became the first A-category festival after Cannes to make a commitment to ensure greater gender equality and inclusion in its programming.
Feature films...
- 8/9/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Warwick Thornton’s “The New Boy” has been set as the opening title of next month’s Sydney Film Festival, which will celebrate its 70th edition, June 7-18. The film, a tale of sprituality and survival in 1940s Australia, starring Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair and Aswan Reid, will also play in the festival’s competition section.
Other titles in competition include: the world premiere of Australian documentary feature “The Dark Emu Story,” directed by Allan Clarke; Christian Petzold’s previously announced “Afire”; Charlotte Regan’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “Scrapper”; Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Monster”; Aki Kaurismäki’s compassionate comedy “Fallen Leaves”; Kim Jee-woon’s “Cobweb”; Asmae El Moudir’s “The Mother of All Lies”; Alice Englert’s directorial debut “Bad Behaviour”; Celine Song’s Sundance and Berlinale 2023 selected romance “Past Lives”; Liu Jian’s 2023 Berlinale-selected animation “Art College 1994”; Devashish Makhija’s “Joram,” a thriller about an...
Other titles in competition include: the world premiere of Australian documentary feature “The Dark Emu Story,” directed by Allan Clarke; Christian Petzold’s previously announced “Afire”; Charlotte Regan’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “Scrapper”; Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Monster”; Aki Kaurismäki’s compassionate comedy “Fallen Leaves”; Kim Jee-woon’s “Cobweb”; Asmae El Moudir’s “The Mother of All Lies”; Alice Englert’s directorial debut “Bad Behaviour”; Celine Song’s Sundance and Berlinale 2023 selected romance “Past Lives”; Liu Jian’s 2023 Berlinale-selected animation “Art College 1994”; Devashish Makhija’s “Joram,” a thriller about an...
- 5/10/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The 23rd annual Boston Underground Film Festival took place at The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Ma from March 22 to March 26. The genre-blending lineup included premieres, festival favorites, anticipated titles, shorts, and more.
Here’s what I saw at this year’s event…
The Unheard
The festival’s opening night kicked off with the world premiere of The Unheard, which pairs the exciting New England talents of director Jeffrey A. Brown, following up his dynamic debut The Beach House, and writers Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, hot off the success of Alexandre Aja’s Crawl. All three were in attendance for a post-screening Q&a.
Hearing impaired since the age of 8 as a result of meningitis, 20-year-old Chloe Grayden undergoes an experimental gene editing procedure to restore her hearing, which coincides with a homecoming to prepare her family’s empty summer house for sale. She’s the first patient in the clinical trial to show positive results,...
Here’s what I saw at this year’s event…
The Unheard
The festival’s opening night kicked off with the world premiere of The Unheard, which pairs the exciting New England talents of director Jeffrey A. Brown, following up his dynamic debut The Beach House, and writers Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, hot off the success of Alexandre Aja’s Crawl. All three were in attendance for a post-screening Q&a.
Hearing impaired since the age of 8 as a result of meningitis, 20-year-old Chloe Grayden undergoes an experimental gene editing procedure to restore her hearing, which coincides with a homecoming to prepare her family’s empty summer house for sale. She’s the first patient in the clinical trial to show positive results,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Nightsiren Photo: courtesy of Tereza Nvotová
A woman’s attempt to clean up the home of her recently deceased, abusive mother and deal with her feelings about the loss of her sister bring her into conflict with villagers who believe she is a witch in Tereza Nvotová’s atmospheric genre-bender Nightsiren, which recently screened as part of the 2023 Glasgow Film Festival. It’s a powerful tale which addresses a rising tide of misogyny in Slovakia, and for the Prague and New York-based filmmaker it was a journey of discovery, as she came face to face with deep rooted suspicions as important to people today as they were in Medieval times. They didn’t just reference witches in a metaphorical way, but believed that they really existed and were active in the world.
Tereza Nvotová Photo: courtesy of Tereza Nvotová
“For us it was really surprising that in modern Slovakia people still believe in that,...
A woman’s attempt to clean up the home of her recently deceased, abusive mother and deal with her feelings about the loss of her sister bring her into conflict with villagers who believe she is a witch in Tereza Nvotová’s atmospheric genre-bender Nightsiren, which recently screened as part of the 2023 Glasgow Film Festival. It’s a powerful tale which addresses a rising tide of misogyny in Slovakia, and for the Prague and New York-based filmmaker it was a journey of discovery, as she came face to face with deep rooted suspicions as important to people today as they were in Medieval times. They didn’t just reference witches in a metaphorical way, but believed that they really existed and were active in the world.
Tereza Nvotová Photo: courtesy of Tereza Nvotová
“For us it was really surprising that in modern Slovakia people still believe in that,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Intramovies has sold North American rights for Slovak director Tereza Nvotova’s folk horror Nightsiren to Breaking Glass Pictures, reports ScreenDaily out of the EFM.
Nightsiren, Tereza Nvotova’s second feature, was awarded a Golden Leopard for best film in the Filmmakers of the Present competition section at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, and has also played at multiple festivals including last year’s Fantastic Fest.
“The Czech-Slovakian production tells the story of a young woman who returns to her native mountain village, searching for answers about her troubled childhood, but as she tries to uncover the truth, ancient legends begin to invade modern reality, leading the villagers to accuse her of witchcraft and murder.”
Nightsiren was co-produced by Rtvs Slovakia’s Bfilm and Moloko Film from the Czech Republic.Rom
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Nightsiren, Tereza Nvotova’s second feature, was awarded a Golden Leopard for best film in the Filmmakers of the Present competition section at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, and has also played at multiple festivals including last year’s Fantastic Fest.
“The Czech-Slovakian production tells the story of a young woman who returns to her native mountain village, searching for answers about her troubled childhood, but as she tries to uncover the truth, ancient legends begin to invade modern reality, leading the villagers to accuse her of witchcraft and murder.”
Nightsiren was co-produced by Rtvs Slovakia’s Bfilm and Moloko Film from the Czech Republic.Rom
The post Intramovies Acquires Folk Horror ‘Nightsiren’ After Festival Run [Trailer] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 2/7/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Tereza Nvotova’s second feature won Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present competition.
Intramovies has sold North American rights for Slovak director Tereza Nvotova’s folk horror Nightsiren to Breaking Glass Pictures.
Busch Media has also purchased rights for German-speaking European territories from Rome-based Intramovies.
Nightsiren, Tereza Nvotova’s second feature, was awarded a Golden Leopard for best film in the Filmmakers of the Present competition section at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, and has also played at multiple festivals.
The Czech-Slovakian production tells the story of a young woman who returns to her native mountain village, searching for answers about her troubled childhood,...
Intramovies has sold North American rights for Slovak director Tereza Nvotova’s folk horror Nightsiren to Breaking Glass Pictures.
Busch Media has also purchased rights for German-speaking European territories from Rome-based Intramovies.
Nightsiren, Tereza Nvotova’s second feature, was awarded a Golden Leopard for best film in the Filmmakers of the Present competition section at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, and has also played at multiple festivals.
The Czech-Slovakian production tells the story of a young woman who returns to her native mountain village, searching for answers about her troubled childhood,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Tereza Nvotova’s second feature won Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present competition.
Intramovies has sold North American rights for Slovak director Tereza Nvotova’s folk horror Nightsiren to Breaking Glass Pictures.
The Italian outfit has also sold UK and Irish rights to Pecadillo Pictures, while Busch Media has purchased rights for German-speaking European territories.
Nightsiren, Tereza Nvotova’s second feature, was awarded a Golden Leopard for best film in the Filmmakers of the Present competition section at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, and has also played at multiple festivals.
The Czech-Slovakian production tells the story of a young woman who...
Intramovies has sold North American rights for Slovak director Tereza Nvotova’s folk horror Nightsiren to Breaking Glass Pictures.
The Italian outfit has also sold UK and Irish rights to Pecadillo Pictures, while Busch Media has purchased rights for German-speaking European territories.
Nightsiren, Tereza Nvotova’s second feature, was awarded a Golden Leopard for best film in the Filmmakers of the Present competition section at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, and has also played at multiple festivals.
The Czech-Slovakian production tells the story of a young woman who...
- 2/6/2023
- by Alina Trabattoni
- ScreenDaily
Human Flowers of Flesh.For its second edition under director Giona A. Nazzaro and the first fully physical iteration since 2019, the Locarno Film Festival sought to reestablish itself in 2022 as one of the preeminent destinations for cinephiles looking to simultaneously discover fresh talent, take in new work by veteran directors, and dive deep into film history. While Nazzaro’s stated intention to make the festival more audience-friendly—if not outright commercial—was met with skepticism by critics accustomed to Locarno’s tradition of championing art cinema, it’s clear after two years that these comments didn’t portend a drastic realignment of programming values so much as anticipate a reevaluation of the festival’s perceived strengths. Due to the elimination of a couple of sidebars, the curatorial focus is now centered directly on the International Competition and Filmmakers of the Present sections, with even some clever cross-pollination between these strands...
- 8/29/2022
- MUBI
Julia Murat’s film is second from Brazil to win festival’s top honour.
The Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival’s 75th anniversary edition (August 3-13) has gone to Julia Murat’s Rule 34 (Regra 34), which had its world premiere in the Swiss festival’s international competition.
The award includes a cash prize of Chf 75,000 to be shared equally between the film’s director and producer.
Rule 34 is the story of a young law student whose sexual desires lead her into a world of violence and eroticism. It was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market and last year received...
The Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival’s 75th anniversary edition (August 3-13) has gone to Julia Murat’s Rule 34 (Regra 34), which had its world premiere in the Swiss festival’s international competition.
The award includes a cash prize of Chf 75,000 to be shared equally between the film’s director and producer.
Rule 34 is the story of a young law student whose sexual desires lead her into a world of violence and eroticism. It was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market and last year received...
- 8/13/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
“Rule 34,” a challenging and sexually explicit film from Brazilian director Julia Murat, has emerged as the surprise winner of the Golden Leopard award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival — an edition where typically audacious and formally ambitious work dominated the program. Marking a strong ceremony for female filmmakers, the main competition jury at the Swiss festival also handed an impressive three awards — best director and a brace of acting prizes — to gritty coming-of-age drama “I Have Electric Dreams,” an auspicious debut feature from Costa Rican writer-director Valentina Maurel.
A character study of a young female law student pursuing a parallel calling in amateur online pornography — while defending female abuse victims in her day job — “Rule 34’s” title stems from the popular online meme that “if it exists, there’s a porn version of it.” Murat’s film wasn’t among the buzzier entries in this year’s competition,...
A character study of a young female law student pursuing a parallel calling in amateur online pornography — while defending female abuse victims in her day job — “Rule 34’s” title stems from the popular online meme that “if it exists, there’s a porn version of it.” Murat’s film wasn’t among the buzzier entries in this year’s competition,...
- 8/13/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Rule 34International Competition(Jury: Michel Merkt, Laura Samani, Prano Bailey-Bond, Alain Guiraudie, William Horberg)Golden Leopard: Rule 34 (Julia Murat)Special Jury Prize: Gigi la legge (The Adventures of Gigi the Law) (Alessandro Comodin)Best Direction: Valentina Maurel (Tengo sueños eléctricos)Best Actress: Daniela Marín Navarro (Tengo sueños eléctricos)Best Actor: Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez (Tengo sueños eléctricos)Filmmakers Of The Present( Jury: Annick Mahnert, Gitanjali Rao, Katriel Schory )Golden Leopard: Svetlonoc (Nightsiren) (Tereza Nvotová)Special Jury Prize: Yak Tam Katia? (How Is Katia?) (Christina Tynkevych)Prize for Best Emerging Director: Juraj Lerotić (Sigurno mjesto (Safe Place))Best Actress: Anastasia Karpenko (How Is Katia?)Best Actor: Goran Marković (Safe Place)Special Mention: Den siste våren (Franciska Eliassen)First Feature(Jury: Boo Junfeng, Shahram Mokri, Madeline Robert)Best First Feature: Sigurno mjesto (Safe Place) (Juraj Lerotić)Special Mention: Love Dog (Bianca Lucas) and De noche los gatos son pardos (Valentin Merz)Pardi Di Domani(Jury: Walter Fasano,...
- 8/13/2022
- MUBI
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Rule 34, a Brazilian drama from director Julia Murat, has won the Golden Leopard for best film at the 2022 Locarno International Film Festival.
The feature is a disturbing look at a young law student who by day passionately defends the rights of women in domestic abuse cases and by night performs in front of a live sex cam. Her own sexual impulses lead her toward a world of violence and dangerous eroticism.
Tengo Suenos Electricos, a family drama from Costa Rican director Valentina Maurel was a triple winner at Locarno, winning best director for Maurel and both acting honors, with stars Daniela Marín Navarro and Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez taking best actress and best acting awards, respectively.
‘Tengo Suenos Electricos’
Navarro plays Eva, a 16-year-old girl who, desperate to escape her stifling home life with her mother and younger sister, moves in with her...
Rule 34, a Brazilian drama from director Julia Murat, has won the Golden Leopard for best film at the 2022 Locarno International Film Festival.
The feature is a disturbing look at a young law student who by day passionately defends the rights of women in domestic abuse cases and by night performs in front of a live sex cam. Her own sexual impulses lead her toward a world of violence and dangerous eroticism.
Tengo Suenos Electricos, a family drama from Costa Rican director Valentina Maurel was a triple winner at Locarno, winning best director for Maurel and both acting honors, with stars Daniela Marín Navarro and Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez taking best actress and best acting awards, respectively.
‘Tengo Suenos Electricos’
Navarro plays Eva, a 16-year-old girl who, desperate to escape her stifling home life with her mother and younger sister, moves in with her...
- 8/13/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brazilian filmmaker Julia Murat clinched the Golden Leopard prize in the main international competition of the 75th Locarno Film Festival with her latest feature Rule 34.
The film follows Simone, a young law student who finds a passion for defending women in abuse cases. Yet her own sexual interests lead her to a world of violence and eroticism.
Rule 34 is Murat’s third feature film after Pendular, which picked up the Fipresci Prize at the 2017 Berlinale. The Brazillian filmmaker’s first film, Found Memories, debuted at Venice.
Locarno’s Golden Leopard comes with a Chf 75,000 cash prize to be shared equally between the director and the producer. Murat produced the film alongside Tatiana Leite.
This year’s Golden Leopard competition jury was comprised of Swiss producer Michel Merkt, British filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond, French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie, American producer William Horberg, and Italian director Laura Samani.
In other main competition awards, the...
The film follows Simone, a young law student who finds a passion for defending women in abuse cases. Yet her own sexual interests lead her to a world of violence and eroticism.
Rule 34 is Murat’s third feature film after Pendular, which picked up the Fipresci Prize at the 2017 Berlinale. The Brazillian filmmaker’s first film, Found Memories, debuted at Venice.
Locarno’s Golden Leopard comes with a Chf 75,000 cash prize to be shared equally between the director and the producer. Murat produced the film alongside Tatiana Leite.
This year’s Golden Leopard competition jury was comprised of Swiss producer Michel Merkt, British filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond, French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie, American producer William Horberg, and Italian director Laura Samani.
In other main competition awards, the...
- 8/13/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Svetlonoc Review — Svetlonoc (2022) Film Review from the 75th Annual Locarno Film Festival, a movie directed by Tereza Nvotova, written by Tereza Nvotova and Barbora Namerova and starring Natalia Germani, Eva Mores, Juliana Olhova, Iva Bittova, Jana Olhova, Marek Geisberg, Noel Czuczor and Zuzana Konecna. The new Slovakian horror film Svetlonoc (Nightsiren) is crafted [...]
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- 8/13/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
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