Exclusive: Docaviv, the prestigious all-documentary film festival in Tel Aviv, today announced the International Competition lineup for the 25th anniversary of the event, which takes place May 11-20.
In competition are some of the early favorites for Oscar recognition, including Apolonia, Apolonia, winner of Best Feature at IDFA; 20 Days in Mariupol, the harrowing examination of the siege of the Ukrainian port city in the early days of the Russian invasion; Kokomo City, winner of two awards at Sundance, and The Eternal Memory, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at Sundance [scroll for the full International Competition lineup].
Docaviv is an Oscar-qualifying festival, with winners in the International, Israeli, and Shorts competitions automatically becoming eligible for Academy Awards consideration. It is the only all-documentary festival in Israel and widely considered one of the world’s foremost nonfiction film events.
Some of the expected international guests include Emmy-winning documentary producer John Battsek, who will hold...
In competition are some of the early favorites for Oscar recognition, including Apolonia, Apolonia, winner of Best Feature at IDFA; 20 Days in Mariupol, the harrowing examination of the siege of the Ukrainian port city in the early days of the Russian invasion; Kokomo City, winner of two awards at Sundance, and The Eternal Memory, winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at Sundance [scroll for the full International Competition lineup].
Docaviv is an Oscar-qualifying festival, with winners in the International, Israeli, and Shorts competitions automatically becoming eligible for Academy Awards consideration. It is the only all-documentary festival in Israel and widely considered one of the world’s foremost nonfiction film events.
Some of the expected international guests include Emmy-winning documentary producer John Battsek, who will hold...
- 4/20/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Do you remember the first time you saw a "cross-dresser"? For me, I believe it was either "Rocky Horror Picture Show" or maybe even the original "The Producers." I don't really remember because it wasn't of major consequence for me and my identity. But for the women featured in "Casa Susanna," seeing any sort of man in drag was a revelation — a life-changing, and life-saving, discovery.
"Casa Susanna" is a retrospective documentary looking back on the titular getaway resort in the Catskills, a pastoral, mountainous area where one woman and her "cross-dressing" husband decided to carve out a retreat for their community. Susanna was the madame in charge, fostering a welcoming environment where fellow "transvestites" (as they identified back then) could feel free to be their true selves.
We've come a long way in terms of LGBTQ+ awareness and acceptance, and it can be easy to forget — and I'll admit,...
"Casa Susanna" is a retrospective documentary looking back on the titular getaway resort in the Catskills, a pastoral, mountainous area where one woman and her "cross-dressing" husband decided to carve out a retreat for their community. Susanna was the madame in charge, fostering a welcoming environment where fellow "transvestites" (as they identified back then) could feel free to be their true selves.
We've come a long way in terms of LGBTQ+ awareness and acceptance, and it can be easy to forget — and I'll admit,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Sarah Milner
- Slash Film
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Venice, Toronto
Laura Poitras’ sublime Golden Lion-winning doc chronicles photographer Nan Goldin’s mission to hold the Sacklers responsible for the opioid crisis perpetrated by their company Purdue Pharma. It’s also a portrait of the artist, an intimate look at grassroots political action and a devastating story about family. — Sheri Linden
The Banshees of Inisherin
Venice, Toronto
Martin McDonagh’s superb dark comedy about the abrupt breakup of lifelong friends (a never-better Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) evolves steadily into an unexpectedly poignant account of a bond severed, though never erased. It’s the writer-director’s most deeply and distinctly Irish work for the screen to date, and also one of his best. — David Rooney
Bones and All
Venice, Telluride
Luca Guadagnino’s affecting account of first love between two cannibal drifters in 1980s Middle America...
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Venice, Toronto
Laura Poitras’ sublime Golden Lion-winning doc chronicles photographer Nan Goldin’s mission to hold the Sacklers responsible for the opioid crisis perpetrated by their company Purdue Pharma. It’s also a portrait of the artist, an intimate look at grassroots political action and a devastating story about family. — Sheri Linden
The Banshees of Inisherin
Venice, Toronto
Martin McDonagh’s superb dark comedy about the abrupt breakup of lifelong friends (a never-better Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) evolves steadily into an unexpectedly poignant account of a bond severed, though never erased. It’s the writer-director’s most deeply and distinctly Irish work for the screen to date, and also one of his best. — David Rooney
Bones and All
Venice, Telluride
Luca Guadagnino’s affecting account of first love between two cannibal drifters in 1980s Middle America...
- 9/17/2022
- by David Rooney, Sheri Linden, Jon Frosch, Lovia Gyarkye, John DeFore and Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tucked in a corner of the Catskills, Casa Susanna was a modest private resort where cross-dressing heterosexual men and transgender women gathered on summer weekends through the 1950s and ‘60s to live as their true selves, dressed in the ladies’ fashion of the day and engaging in bourgeois social activities such as taking snapshots.
Over the past 15 years, a handful of articles, academic research, and photography exhibitions (and let’s not forget the 2014 Tony-nominated play by Harvey Fierstein) have gradually opened the door to this secret subculture of Cold War America.
Now “Casa Susanna,” a new documentary by French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz, flings it open.
Following a warmly received world premiere in Venice and screenings this week in Toronto, “Casa” lands this fall at BFI London Film Festival and select U.S. and international festivals. PBS Intl., which has global rights and is receiving strong interest, is planning an awards campaign for this year.
Over the past 15 years, a handful of articles, academic research, and photography exhibitions (and let’s not forget the 2014 Tony-nominated play by Harvey Fierstein) have gradually opened the door to this secret subculture of Cold War America.
Now “Casa Susanna,” a new documentary by French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz, flings it open.
Following a warmly received world premiere in Venice and screenings this week in Toronto, “Casa” lands this fall at BFI London Film Festival and select U.S. and international festivals. PBS Intl., which has global rights and is receiving strong interest, is planning an awards campaign for this year.
- 9/12/2022
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
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