Why Watch? We’ve been at Cannes since Wednesday, we’ll be there through next week, and we’ll continue to highlight short films that have played near the Mediterranean shore through then. In 2009, this short from Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland won a Special Distinction, and it’s easy to see why. With a subtle somberness that lets the danger of being 8 years old ring true, this story of a young boy who has to stand up to his bullies is fierce and also beautifully shot. What Will It Cost? About 15 minutes. Keep Watching Short Films...
- 5/17/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Keep repeating: this is not Boy, this is not Boy. The trailer for New Zealand Sundance-selected film Shopping has dropped online, and it's obvious where distributor Madman got the inspiration for it, with clear head nods to Kiwi smash hit Boy littered throughout. But this is not Boy. The feature debut of Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland (The Six Dollar Fifty Man), Shopping is a drama-comedy about two kids in a small-time criminal family.Living in New Zealand in 1981 amid high racial tension, Willie, a half-Samoan teenager, is coming into his own. With an unpredictable father, Willie spends most of his time working at a department store or taking care of his little brother, Solomon. A chance encounter at work with an eccentric and charming "shopper"...
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- 3/25/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The 63rd Berlinale is coming to a close, and the awards have been announced!
In Competition
Golden Bear - Child's Pose, directed by Călin Peter Netzer
Jury Grand Prix - An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, directed by Danis Tanović
Silver Bear for Best Director - Prince Avalanche, directed by David Gordon Green
Best Actor - Nazif Mujić, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Best Actress - Paulina Garcia, Gloria
Best Screenplay - Closed Curtain, written by Jafar Panahi
Alfred Bauer Prize - Vic+Flo Saw a Bear, directed by Denis Côté
Outstanding Artistic Contribution - Cinematographer Aziz Zhambakiyev, for Harmony Lessons
Special Mentions - Promised Land, directed by Gus Van Sant & Layla Fourie, directed by Pia Marais
Best First Feature Award
Best First Feature - The Rocket, directed by Kim Mordaunt
Special Mention - The Battle of Tabatô, directed by João Viana
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In Competition
Golden Bear - Child's Pose, directed by Călin Peter Netzer
Jury Grand Prix - An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, directed by Danis Tanović
Silver Bear for Best Director - Prince Avalanche, directed by David Gordon Green
Best Actor - Nazif Mujić, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Best Actress - Paulina Garcia, Gloria
Best Screenplay - Closed Curtain, written by Jafar Panahi
Alfred Bauer Prize - Vic+Flo Saw a Bear, directed by Denis Côté
Outstanding Artistic Contribution - Cinematographer Aziz Zhambakiyev, for Harmony Lessons
Special Mentions - Promised Land, directed by Gus Van Sant & Layla Fourie, directed by Pia Marais
Best First Feature Award
Best First Feature - The Rocket, directed by Kim Mordaunt
Special Mention - The Battle of Tabatô, directed by João Viana
Teddy...
- 2/17/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Berlin - The international juries judging this year's Generation section, Berlin's children and youth cinema sidebar, picked two films with remarkably similar plot lines for their top honors. The jury for Generation 14plus, for films aimed at older youth, picked Shopping, the feature from New Zealand duo Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, for their top prize. While the Generation Kplus jury selected Mother, I Love You from Latvian filmmaker Janis Nords. Photos: Berlin 2013: Behind the Scenes of THR's Directors Roundtable In both features, the young protagonist, dealing with his own personal problems, drifts into a world of petty crime. In
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- 2/16/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It was a longer process than we had anticipated, but post Sundance, Jordan M. Smith, Nicholas Bell and I weighed in on the best of the fest (tomorrow we launch our Top 20 New Voices) and after defining what constitutes a “new face”, we ranked our top performances from relatively new folk, pushed into the forefront of their films and within the sphere of independent cinema. Here are our Top 1o New Faces for Sundance 2013.
#10. Gina Piersanti (It Felt Like Love)
NYC-based indie film casting folk will take notice if Eliza Hittman’s gem of a debut film breaks out beyond the film fest circuit. Not unlike the faces we found in Larry Clark’s Kids, newbie teenage actress Gina Piersanti will be the latest poster-child of innocence lost. With only a handful of short film experiences, the teenage actress gives low-key, self-contained bulldozing performance — every step, and misstep her naive...
#10. Gina Piersanti (It Felt Like Love)
NYC-based indie film casting folk will take notice if Eliza Hittman’s gem of a debut film breaks out beyond the film fest circuit. Not unlike the faces we found in Larry Clark’s Kids, newbie teenage actress Gina Piersanti will be the latest poster-child of innocence lost. With only a handful of short film experiences, the teenage actress gives low-key, self-contained bulldozing performance — every step, and misstep her naive...
- 2/13/2013
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
Here is a complete listing of the films that were shown/covered by the Ioncinema.com team comprised of Nicholas Bell (Nb), Jordan M. Smith (Js) and Eric Lavallee (El). We’ll be populating this page up until March.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
- 1/29/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Directing team and friends since childhood, Louis Sutherland and Mark Albiston used their personal stories of growing up in New Zealand in the 80's as the inspiration for "Shopping," nominated for the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic award. The coming-of-age story meets crime drama follows a young boy caught between a group of shoplifters and problems with his father. What It's About: "Shopping" is set in New Zealand, 1981. It’s a film about a 16 year old called Willie who falls out with his volatile father and into the company of a 50 year old career criminal called Bennie. As Bennie’s hold over Willie grows he finds himself in over his head; and when his younger brother Solomon is left to fend for himself at home, Willie’s two worlds collide with shattering consequences. And So It's Really About: All of our films are in some way about the little...
- 1/28/2013
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
New Zealand directors Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland made an instant fan of me with their 2009 short The Six Dollar Fifty Man, a gem that perfectly captures both the wonder and imagination of being a child and the darkness that comes with being a child raised in difficult circumstances. And the duo is going back to that same territory with their debut feature, the Sundance selected comedy-drama Shopping.Living in New Zealand in 1981 amid high racial tension, Willie, a half-Samoan teenager, is coming into his own. With an unpredictable father, Willie spends most of his time working at a department store or taking care of his little brother, Solomon. A chance encounter at work with an eccentric and charming "shopper" named Bennie lures Willie...
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- 1/12/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute said, “Every great film starts with an idea, and it is a testament to artists that they continually find new ideas, new stories, new points of view and new ways of sharing them, year after year. We look forward to hearing from these artists not just through their words and images onscreen but also through the larger dialogue they create with audiences at our Festival and beyond.”
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “The films, both documentary and narrative, selected for our 2013 Festival have a particular immediacy and fearlessness to them showing us that independent film is as vibrant, creative and relevant as ever. Filmmakers are telling raw, powerful stories that are sure to create new energy in audiences and communities across the globe in the months to come.”
For the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, 113 feature-length films were selected, representing 32 countries and 51 first-time filmmakers, including 27 in competition. These films were selected from 12,146 submissions (429 more than for 2012), including 4,044 feature-length films and 8,102 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 2,070 were from the U.S. and 1,974 were international. 98 feature films at the Festival will be world premieres.
In addition, the Festival presents feature-length films in the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, New Frontier, Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections. Those announcements, as well as selections for the Short Film section, are forthcoming.
On Day One, January 17, 2013, the Festival will screen one narrative film and one documentary from both the U.S. and World Cinema competitions, as well as one shorts program.
A selection of films from the 2013 Festival will also be presented at the second Sundance London film and music festival, April 25-28 at The O2.
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “Each year at this time we look forward with great anticipation and excitement to the discovery of new voices at the Sundance Film Festival. The Festival continues to reflect the spirit of innovation and creativity in independent cinema, not only in the stories themselves but also in how the films are produced and making their way to audiences.”
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Afternoon Delight/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jill Soloway) — In this sexy, dark comedy, a lost L.A. housewife puts her idyllic hipster life in jeopardy when she tries to rescue a stripper by taking her in as a live-in nanny. Cast: Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, Jane Lynch.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: David Lowery) — The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. Cast: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker, Keith Carradine.
Austenland/ U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Jerusha Hess, Screenwriters: Jerusha Hess, Shannon Hale) — Thirtysomething, single Jane is obsessed with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice. On a trip to an English resort, her fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman become more real than she ever imagined.Cast: Keri Russell, Jj Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, Georgia King, James Callis.
C.O.G./ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Kyle Patrick Alvarez) — In the first ever film adaptation of David Sedaris' work, a cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path. Cast: Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Corey Stoll, Dean Stockwell, Casey Wilson, Troian Bellisario.
Concussion / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Stacie Passon) — After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.Cast: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain Lawrence, Emily Kinney, Laila Robins.
Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Francesca Gregorini) — Emanuel, a troubled girl, becomes preoccupied with her mysterious, new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother. In offering to babysit her newborn, Emanuel unwittingly enters a fragile, fictional world, of which she becomes the gatekeeper. Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina, Frances O'Connor, Jimmi Simpson, Aneurin Barnard.
Fruitvale/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Ryan Coogler) — The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family and strangers on the last day of 2008. Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray.
In a World.../ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Lake Bell) — An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voiceover star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation. Cast: Lake Bell, Demetri Martin, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, Ken Marino, Fred Melamed.
Kill Your Darlings/ U.S.A. (Director: John Krokidas, Screenwriters: Austin Bunn, John Krokidas) — An untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that led to the birth of an entire generation – their Beat revolution. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHann, Ben Foster, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Elizabeth Olsen.
The Lifeguard / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Liz W. Garcia) — A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager. Cast: Kristen Bell, Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr, Alex Shaffer, Amy Madigan, David Lambert.
May in the Summer/ U.S.A., Qatar, Jordan (Director and screenwriter: Cherien Dabis) — A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents’ divorce. Cast: Cherien Dabis, Hiam Abbass, Bill Pullman, Alia Shawkat, Nadine Malouf, Alexander Siddig. Day One Film
Mother of George / U.S.A. (Director: Andrew Dosunmu, Screenwriter: Darci Picoult) — A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.Cast: Isaach De Bankolé, Danai Gurira, Anthony Okungbowa, Yaya Alafia, Bukky Ajayi.
The Spectacular Now/ U.S.A. (Director: James Ponsoldt, Screenwriters: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber) — Sutter is a high school senior who lives for the moment; Aimee is the introvert he attempts to "save." As their relationship deepens, the lines between right and wrong, friendship and love, and "saving" and corrupting become inextricably blurred. Cast: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kyle Chandler.
Touchy Feely/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Lynn Shelton) — A massage therapist is unable to do her job when stricken with a mysterious and sudden aversion to bodily contact. Meanwhile, her uptight brother's foundering dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his “healing touch.”Cast: Rosemarie DeWitt, Allison Janney, Ron Livingston, Scoot McNairy, Ellen Page, Josh Pais.
Toy's House/ U.S.A. (Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Screenwriter: Chris Galletta) — Three unhappy teenage boys flee to the wilderness where they build a makeshift house and live off the land as masters of their own destiny. Or at least that’s the plan. Cast: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Alison Brie.
Upstream Color/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Shane Carruth) — A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. Cast: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins.
U.S. Documentary Competition
The world premieres of 16 American documentary films.
99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film/ U.S.A. (Directors: Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Kristic) — The Occupy movement erupted in September 2011, propelling economic inequality into the spotlight. In an unprecedented collaboration, filmmakers across America tell its story, digging into big picture issues as organizers, analysts, participants and critics reveal how it happened and why.
After Tiller/ U.S.A. (Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson) — Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in 2009, only four doctors in the country provide late-term abortions. With unprecedented access, After Tiller goes inside the lives of these physicians working at the center of the storm.
American Promise / U.S.A. (Directors: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson) — This intimate documentary follows the 12-year journey of two African-American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of their sons.
Blackfish/ U.S.A. (Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite) — Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer.Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
Blood Brother/ U.S.A. (Director: Steve Hoover) — Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face, or the love he would find.
Citizen Koch/ U.S.A. (Directors: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin) — Wisconsin – birthplace of the Republican Party, government unions, “cheeseheads” and Paul Ryan – becomes a test market in the campaign to buy Democracy, and ground zero in the battle for the future of the Gop.
Cutie and the Boxer/ U.S.A. (Director: Zachary Heinzerling) — This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.
Dirty Wars/ U.S.A. (Director: Richard Rowley) — Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill chases down the truth behind America’s covert wars.
Gideon's Army / U.S.A. (Director: Dawn Porter) — Gideon’s Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
God Loves Uganda/ U.S.A. (Director: Roger Ross Williams) — A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting “sexual immorality” and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow biblical law.
The Good Life/ U.S.A. (Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine) — Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns fight to save their only son from Progeria, a rare and fatal disease for which there is no treatment or cure. In less than a decade, their work has led to significant advances.
Inequality for All/ U.S.A. (Director: Jacob Kornbluth) — In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic-policy expert Robert Reich distills the topic of widening income inequality, and addresses the question of what effects this increasing gap has on our economy and our democracy.
Manhunt/ U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Greg Barker) — This espionage tale goes inside the CIA’s long conflict against Al Qaeda, as revealed by the remarkable women and men whose secret war against Osama bin Laden started nearly a decade before most of us even knew his name.
Narco Cultura / U.S.A. (Director: Shaul Schwarz) — An examination of Mexican drug cartels’ influence in pop culture on both sides of the border as experienced by an La narcocorrido singer dreaming of stardom and a Juarez crime scene investigator on the front line of Mexico’s Drug War.
Twenty Feet From Stardom/ U.S.A. (Director: Morgan Neville) — Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead – until now. Day One Film
Valentine Road / U.S.A. (Director: Marta Cunningham) — In 2008, eighth-grader Brandon McInerney shot classmate Larry King at point blank range. Unraveling this tragedy from point of impact, the film reveals the heartbreaking circumstances that led to the shocking crime as well as its startling aftermath.
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Twelve films from emerging filmmaking talents offer fresh perspectives and inventive styles.
Circles/ Serbia, Germany, France, Croatia, Slovenia (Director: Srdan Golubovic, Screenwriters: Srdjan Koljevic, Melina Pota Koljevic) — Five people are affected by a tragic heroic act. Twenty years later, all of them will confront the past through their own crises. Will they overcome guilt, frustration and their urge for revenge? Will they do the right thing, at all costs? Cast: Aleksandar Bercek, Leon Lucev, Nebojsa Glogovac, Hristina Popovic, Nikola Rakocevic, Vuk Kostic. World Premiere
Crystal Fairy / Chile (Director and screenwriter: Sebastián Silva) — Jamie invites a stranger to join a road trip to Chile. The woman’s free and esoteric nature clashes with Jamie’s acidic, self-absorbed personality as they head into the desert for a Mescaline-fueled psychedelic trip. Cast: Michael Cera, Gabby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva, Agustín Silva. World Premiere. Day One Film
The Future/ Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Alicia Scherson) — When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future. Cast: Manuela Martelli, Rutger Hauer, Luigi Ciardo, Nicolas Vaporidis, Alessandro Giallocosta. World Premiere
Houston/ Germany (Director and screenwriter: Bastian Günther) — Clemens Trunschka is a corporate headhunter and an alcoholic. Drinking increasingly isolates him from his life and leads him away from reality. While searching for a CEO candidate in Houston, his addiction submerges him into his own darkness. Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Garret Dillahunt, Wolfram Koch, Jenny Schily, Jason Douglas, Jens Münchow. World Premiere
Jiseul / South Korea (Director and screenwriter: Muel O) — In 1948, as the Korean government ordered the Communists’ eviction to Jeju Island, the military invaded a calm and peaceful village. Townsfolk took sanctuary in a cave and debated moving to a higher mountain. Cast: Min-chul Sung, Jung-won Yang, Young-soon Oh, Soon-dong Park, Suk-bum Moon, Kyung-sub Jang. International Premiere
Lasting / Poland, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Jacek Borcuch) — An emotional love story about two Polish students who fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare interrupts their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos. Cast: Jakub Gierszal, Magdalena Berus, Angela Molina. World Premiere
Metro Manila / United Kingdom, Philippines (Director: Sean Ellis, Screenwriters: Sean Ellis, Frank E. Flowers) — Seeking a better life, Oscar and his family move from the poverty-stricken rice fields to the big city of Manila, where they fall victim to various inhabitants whose manipulative ways are a daily part of city survival. Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega. World Premiere
Shopping / New Zealand (Directors: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland, Screenwriters: Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston) — New Zealand, 1981: Seduced by a charismatic career criminal, teenager Willie must choose where his loyalty lies – with a family of shoplifters or his own blood. Cast: Kevin Paulo, Julian Dennison, Jacek Koman, Alistair Browning. World Premiere
Soldate Jeannette/ Austria (Director: Daniel Hoesl) — Fanni has had enough of money and leaves to buy a tent. Anna has had enough of pigs and leaves a needle in the hay. Cars crash and money burns to shape their mutual journey toward a rising liberty. Cast: Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Christina Reichsthaler, Josef Kleindienst, Aurelia Burckhardt, Julia Schranz, Ines Rössl. World Premiere
There Will Come a Day/ Italy, France (Director: Giorgio Diritti, Screenwriters: Giorgio Diritti, Fredo Valla, Tania Pedroni) — Painful issues push Augusta, a young Italian woman, to doubt the certainties on which she has built her existence. On a small boat in the immensity of the Amazon rain forest, she faces the adventure of searching for herself. Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Anne Alvaro, Pia Engleberth. World Premiere
Wajma (An Afghan Love Story)/ Afghanistan (Director and screenwriter: Barmak Akram) — A young man in Kabul seduces a girl. When she tells him she’s pregnant, he questions having taken her virginity. Then her father arrives, and a timeless, archaic violence erupts – possibly leading to a crime, and even a sacrifice. Cast: Wajma Bahar, Mustafa Abdulsatar, Haji Gul, Breshna Bahar. World Premiere
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love/ Indonesia (Director and screenwriter: Mouly Surya) — Mouly Surya’s film explores the odds of love and deception among the blind, the deaf and the unlucky sighted people at a high school for the visually impaired. Cast: Nicholas Saputra, Ayushita Nugraha, Karina Salim, Anggun Priambodo, Lupita Jennifer. World Premiere
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Twelve documentaries by some of the most courageous and extraordinary filmmakers working today.
Fallen City / China (Director: Qi Zhao) — Fallen City spans four years to reveal how three families who survived the 2008 Sichuan earthquake to embark on a journey searching for hope, purpose, identity, and to rebuild their lives in a new China torn between tradition and modernity. North American Premiere
Fire in the Blood/ India (Director: Dylan Mohan Gray) — In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Western governments and pharmaceutical companies blocked low-cost antiretroviral drugs from reaching AIDS-stricken Africa, causing 10 million or more unnecessary deaths. An improbable group of people decided to fight back. North American Premiere
Google and the World Brain/ Spain, United Kingdom (Director: Ben Lewis) — In the most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet, Google has been scanning the world's books for 10 years. They said the intention was to build a giant digital library, but that involved scanning millions of copyrighted works. World Premiere
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear/ Georgia, Germany (Director: Tinatin Gurchiani) — A film director casting a 15-23-year-old protagonist visits villages and cities to meet people who answer her call. She follows those who prove to be interesting enough through various dramatic and funny situations. North American Premiere
The Moo Man/ United Kingdom (Directors: Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier) — A year in the life of heroic farmer Steve, scene stealing Ida (queen of the herd), and a supporting cast of 55 cows. When Ida falls ill, Steve’s optimism is challenged and their whole way of life is at stake. World Premiere
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer / Russian Federation, United Kingdom (Directors: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin) — Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial: the three young artists or the society they live in? World Premiere
A River Changes Course/ Cambodia, U.S.A. (Director: Kalyanee Mam) — Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastatingly beautiful story of a country reeling from the tragedies of war and rushing to keep pace with a rapidly expanding world. World Premiere
Salma/ United Kingdom, India (Director: Kim Longinotto) — When Salma, a young girl in South India, reached puberty, her parents locked her away. Millions of girls all over the world share the same fate. Twenty-five years later, Salma has fought her way back to the outside world. World Premiere
The Square (El Midan) / Egypt, U.S.A. (Director: Jehane Noujaim) — What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go in defending their beliefs in the fight for their nation? World Premiere
The Stuart Hall Project/ United Kingdom (Director: John Akomfrah) — Antinuclear campaigner, New Left activist and founding father of Cultural Studies, this documentary interweaves 70 years of Stuart Hall’s film, radio and television appearances, and material from his private archive to document a memorable life and construct a portrait of Britain’s foremost radical intellectual. World Premiere
The Summit / Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Nick Ryan) — Twenty-four climbers converged at the last stop before summiting the most dangerous mountain on Earth. Forty-eight hours later, 11 had been killed or simply vanished. Had one, Ger McDonnell, stuck to the climbers' code, he might still be alive.International Premiere
Who is Dayani Cristal?/ United Kingdom (Director: Marc Silver) — An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for its identity leads us across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo. World Premiere. Day One Film
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Pure, bold works distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling. Digital technology paired with unfettered creativity proves the films selected in this section will inform a “greater” next wave in American cinema.
Blue Caprice/ U.S.A. (Director: Alexandre Moors, Screenwriters: R.F.I Porto, Alexandre Moors) — An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure in this film inspired by the real life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks. Cast: Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson, Cassandra Freeman, Leo Fitzpatrick.
Computer Chess /U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Bujalski) — An existential comedy about the brilliant men who taught machines to play chess – back when the machines seemed clumsy and we seemed smart. Cast: Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry, Robin Schwartz, Gerald Peary, Wiley Wiggins.
Escape from Tomorrow/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Randy Moore) — A postmodern, surreal voyage into the bowels of "family" entertainment; an epic battle begins when an unemployed, middle-aged father loses his sanity during a close encounter with two teenage girls on holiday. Cast: Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn Rodriguez, Annet Mahendru, Danielle Safady, Alison Lees-Taylor.
I Used to Be Darker/ U.S.A. (Director: Matthew Porterfield, Screenwriters: Amy Belk, Matthew Porterfield) — A runaway seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore, only to find their marriage ending and her cousin in crisis. In the days that follow, the family struggles to let go while searching for things to sustain them. Cast: Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross, Kim Taylor, Ned Oldham, Geoff Grace, Nick Petr.
It Felt Like Love / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Eliza Hittman) — On the outskirts of Brooklyn, a 14-year-old girl’s sexual quest takes a dangerous turn when she pursues an older guy and tests the boundaries between obsession and love.Cast: Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein, Jesse Cordasco, Nick Rosen, Case Prime.
Milkshake/ U.S.A. (Director: David Andalman, Screenwriters: David Andalman, Mariko Munro) — In mid-1990's America, we follow the tragic sex life of Jolie Jolson, a wannabe thug (and great-great-grandson of legendary vaudevillian Al Jolson) in suburban DC as he strives to become something he can never be – black. Cast: Tyler Ross, Shareeka Epps, Georgia Ford, Eshan Bay, Leo Fitzpatrick, Danny Burstein.
Newlyweeds/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Shaka King) — A Brooklyn repo man and his globetrotting girlfriend forge an unlikely romance. But what should be a match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry in this dark coming-of-age comedy about dependency. Cast: Amari Cheatom, Trae Harris, Tone Tank, Colman Domingo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Adrian Martinez.
Pit Stop/ U.S.A. (Director: Yen Tan, Screenwriters: Yen Tan, David Lowery) — Two working-class gay men in a small Texas town and a love that isn't quite out of reach. Cast: Bill Heck, Marcus DeAnda, Amy Seimetz, John Merriman, Alfredo Maduro, Corby Sullivan.
A Teacher/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Hannah Fidell) — A popular young teacher in a wealthy suburban Texas high school has an affair with one of her students. Her life begins to unravel as the relationship comes to an end. Cast: Lindsay Burdge, Will Brittain, Jennifer Prediger, Jonny Mars, Julie Phillips, Chris Dubeck.
This is Martin Bonner/ U.S.A.(Director and screenwriter: Chad Hartigan) — Martin Bonner has just moved to Reno for a new job in prison rehabilitation. Starting over at age 58, he struggles to adapt until an unlikely friendship with an ex-con blossoms, helping him confront the problems he left behind. Cast: Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Sam Buchanan, Robert Longstreet, Demetrius Grosse.
The Sundance Film Festival®
A program of the non-profit Sundance Institute®, the Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most ground-breaking films of the past two decades, including sex, lies, and videotape, Maria Full of Grace, The Cove, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An Inconvenient Truth, Precious, Trouble the Water, and Napoleon Dynamite, and through its New Frontier initiative, has showcased the cinematic works of media artists including Isaac Julien, Doug Aitken, Pierre Huyghe, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Matthew Barney. The 2013 Sundance Film Festival® sponsors include: Presenting Sponsors – Hp, Acura, Sundance Channel and Chase Sapphire PreferredSM; Leadership Sponsors – Directv, Entertainment Weekly, Focus Forward, a partnership between Ge and Cinelan, Southwest Airlines, Sprint and YouTube; Sustaining Sponsors – Adobe, Canada Goose, Canon U.S.A., Inc., CÎRoc Ultra Premium Vodka, FilterForGood®, a partnership between Brita® and Nalgene®, Hilton HHonors and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Intel Corporation, L'Oréal Paris, Recycled Paper Greetings, Stella Artois® and Time Warner Inc. Sundance Institute recognizes critical support from the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, and the State of Utah as Festival Host State. The support of these organizations will defray costs associated with the 10-day Festival and the nonprofit Sundance Institute's year-round programs for independent film and theatre artists. www.sundance.org/festival
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John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “The films, both documentary and narrative, selected for our 2013 Festival have a particular immediacy and fearlessness to them showing us that independent film is as vibrant, creative and relevant as ever. Filmmakers are telling raw, powerful stories that are sure to create new energy in audiences and communities across the globe in the months to come.”
For the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, 113 feature-length films were selected, representing 32 countries and 51 first-time filmmakers, including 27 in competition. These films were selected from 12,146 submissions (429 more than for 2012), including 4,044 feature-length films and 8,102 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 2,070 were from the U.S. and 1,974 were international. 98 feature films at the Festival will be world premieres.
In addition, the Festival presents feature-length films in the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, New Frontier, Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections. Those announcements, as well as selections for the Short Film section, are forthcoming.
On Day One, January 17, 2013, the Festival will screen one narrative film and one documentary from both the U.S. and World Cinema competitions, as well as one shorts program.
A selection of films from the 2013 Festival will also be presented at the second Sundance London film and music festival, April 25-28 at The O2.
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “Each year at this time we look forward with great anticipation and excitement to the discovery of new voices at the Sundance Film Festival. The Festival continues to reflect the spirit of innovation and creativity in independent cinema, not only in the stories themselves but also in how the films are produced and making their way to audiences.”
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The world premieres of 16 American narrative feature films.
Afternoon Delight/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jill Soloway) — In this sexy, dark comedy, a lost L.A. housewife puts her idyllic hipster life in jeopardy when she tries to rescue a stripper by taking her in as a live-in nanny. Cast: Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, Jane Lynch.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: David Lowery) — The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. Cast: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker, Keith Carradine.
Austenland/ U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Jerusha Hess, Screenwriters: Jerusha Hess, Shannon Hale) — Thirtysomething, single Jane is obsessed with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice. On a trip to an English resort, her fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman become more real than she ever imagined.Cast: Keri Russell, Jj Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, Georgia King, James Callis.
C.O.G./ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Kyle Patrick Alvarez) — In the first ever film adaptation of David Sedaris' work, a cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path. Cast: Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Corey Stoll, Dean Stockwell, Casey Wilson, Troian Bellisario.
Concussion / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Stacie Passon) — After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.Cast: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain Lawrence, Emily Kinney, Laila Robins.
Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Francesca Gregorini) — Emanuel, a troubled girl, becomes preoccupied with her mysterious, new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother. In offering to babysit her newborn, Emanuel unwittingly enters a fragile, fictional world, of which she becomes the gatekeeper. Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Jessica Biel, Alfred Molina, Frances O'Connor, Jimmi Simpson, Aneurin Barnard.
Fruitvale/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Ryan Coogler) — The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family and strangers on the last day of 2008. Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray.
In a World.../ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Lake Bell) — An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voiceover star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation. Cast: Lake Bell, Demetri Martin, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, Ken Marino, Fred Melamed.
Kill Your Darlings/ U.S.A. (Director: John Krokidas, Screenwriters: Austin Bunn, John Krokidas) — An untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that led to the birth of an entire generation – their Beat revolution. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHann, Ben Foster, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Elizabeth Olsen.
The Lifeguard / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Liz W. Garcia) — A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager. Cast: Kristen Bell, Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr, Alex Shaffer, Amy Madigan, David Lambert.
May in the Summer/ U.S.A., Qatar, Jordan (Director and screenwriter: Cherien Dabis) — A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents’ divorce. Cast: Cherien Dabis, Hiam Abbass, Bill Pullman, Alia Shawkat, Nadine Malouf, Alexander Siddig. Day One Film
Mother of George / U.S.A. (Director: Andrew Dosunmu, Screenwriter: Darci Picoult) — A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.Cast: Isaach De Bankolé, Danai Gurira, Anthony Okungbowa, Yaya Alafia, Bukky Ajayi.
The Spectacular Now/ U.S.A. (Director: James Ponsoldt, Screenwriters: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber) — Sutter is a high school senior who lives for the moment; Aimee is the introvert he attempts to "save." As their relationship deepens, the lines between right and wrong, friendship and love, and "saving" and corrupting become inextricably blurred. Cast: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kyle Chandler.
Touchy Feely/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Lynn Shelton) — A massage therapist is unable to do her job when stricken with a mysterious and sudden aversion to bodily contact. Meanwhile, her uptight brother's foundering dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his “healing touch.”Cast: Rosemarie DeWitt, Allison Janney, Ron Livingston, Scoot McNairy, Ellen Page, Josh Pais.
Toy's House/ U.S.A. (Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Screenwriter: Chris Galletta) — Three unhappy teenage boys flee to the wilderness where they build a makeshift house and live off the land as masters of their own destiny. Or at least that’s the plan. Cast: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Alison Brie.
Upstream Color/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Shane Carruth) — A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. Cast: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins.
U.S. Documentary Competition
The world premieres of 16 American documentary films.
99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film/ U.S.A. (Directors: Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites, Lucian Read, Nina Kristic) — The Occupy movement erupted in September 2011, propelling economic inequality into the spotlight. In an unprecedented collaboration, filmmakers across America tell its story, digging into big picture issues as organizers, analysts, participants and critics reveal how it happened and why.
After Tiller/ U.S.A. (Directors: Martha Shane, Lana Wilson) — Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in 2009, only four doctors in the country provide late-term abortions. With unprecedented access, After Tiller goes inside the lives of these physicians working at the center of the storm.
American Promise / U.S.A. (Directors: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson) — This intimate documentary follows the 12-year journey of two African-American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of their sons.
Blackfish/ U.S.A. (Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite) — Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer.Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
Blood Brother/ U.S.A. (Director: Steve Hoover) — Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face, or the love he would find.
Citizen Koch/ U.S.A. (Directors: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin) — Wisconsin – birthplace of the Republican Party, government unions, “cheeseheads” and Paul Ryan – becomes a test market in the campaign to buy Democracy, and ground zero in the battle for the future of the Gop.
Cutie and the Boxer/ U.S.A. (Director: Zachary Heinzerling) — This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.
Dirty Wars/ U.S.A. (Director: Richard Rowley) — Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill chases down the truth behind America’s covert wars.
Gideon's Army / U.S.A. (Director: Dawn Porter) — Gideon’s Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
God Loves Uganda/ U.S.A. (Director: Roger Ross Williams) — A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting “sexual immorality” and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow biblical law.
The Good Life/ U.S.A. (Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine) — Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns fight to save their only son from Progeria, a rare and fatal disease for which there is no treatment or cure. In less than a decade, their work has led to significant advances.
Inequality for All/ U.S.A. (Director: Jacob Kornbluth) — In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic-policy expert Robert Reich distills the topic of widening income inequality, and addresses the question of what effects this increasing gap has on our economy and our democracy.
Manhunt/ U.S.A., United Kingdom (Director: Greg Barker) — This espionage tale goes inside the CIA’s long conflict against Al Qaeda, as revealed by the remarkable women and men whose secret war against Osama bin Laden started nearly a decade before most of us even knew his name.
Narco Cultura / U.S.A. (Director: Shaul Schwarz) — An examination of Mexican drug cartels’ influence in pop culture on both sides of the border as experienced by an La narcocorrido singer dreaming of stardom and a Juarez crime scene investigator on the front line of Mexico’s Drug War.
Twenty Feet From Stardom/ U.S.A. (Director: Morgan Neville) — Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead – until now. Day One Film
Valentine Road / U.S.A. (Director: Marta Cunningham) — In 2008, eighth-grader Brandon McInerney shot classmate Larry King at point blank range. Unraveling this tragedy from point of impact, the film reveals the heartbreaking circumstances that led to the shocking crime as well as its startling aftermath.
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Twelve films from emerging filmmaking talents offer fresh perspectives and inventive styles.
Circles/ Serbia, Germany, France, Croatia, Slovenia (Director: Srdan Golubovic, Screenwriters: Srdjan Koljevic, Melina Pota Koljevic) — Five people are affected by a tragic heroic act. Twenty years later, all of them will confront the past through their own crises. Will they overcome guilt, frustration and their urge for revenge? Will they do the right thing, at all costs? Cast: Aleksandar Bercek, Leon Lucev, Nebojsa Glogovac, Hristina Popovic, Nikola Rakocevic, Vuk Kostic. World Premiere
Crystal Fairy / Chile (Director and screenwriter: Sebastián Silva) — Jamie invites a stranger to join a road trip to Chile. The woman’s free and esoteric nature clashes with Jamie’s acidic, self-absorbed personality as they head into the desert for a Mescaline-fueled psychedelic trip. Cast: Michael Cera, Gabby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva, Agustín Silva. World Premiere. Day One Film
The Future/ Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Alicia Scherson) — When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the dangerous streets of adulthood until Bianca finds Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future. Cast: Manuela Martelli, Rutger Hauer, Luigi Ciardo, Nicolas Vaporidis, Alessandro Giallocosta. World Premiere
Houston/ Germany (Director and screenwriter: Bastian Günther) — Clemens Trunschka is a corporate headhunter and an alcoholic. Drinking increasingly isolates him from his life and leads him away from reality. While searching for a CEO candidate in Houston, his addiction submerges him into his own darkness. Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Garret Dillahunt, Wolfram Koch, Jenny Schily, Jason Douglas, Jens Münchow. World Premiere
Jiseul / South Korea (Director and screenwriter: Muel O) — In 1948, as the Korean government ordered the Communists’ eviction to Jeju Island, the military invaded a calm and peaceful village. Townsfolk took sanctuary in a cave and debated moving to a higher mountain. Cast: Min-chul Sung, Jung-won Yang, Young-soon Oh, Soon-dong Park, Suk-bum Moon, Kyung-sub Jang. International Premiere
Lasting / Poland, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Jacek Borcuch) — An emotional love story about two Polish students who fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare interrupts their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos. Cast: Jakub Gierszal, Magdalena Berus, Angela Molina. World Premiere
Metro Manila / United Kingdom, Philippines (Director: Sean Ellis, Screenwriters: Sean Ellis, Frank E. Flowers) — Seeking a better life, Oscar and his family move from the poverty-stricken rice fields to the big city of Manila, where they fall victim to various inhabitants whose manipulative ways are a daily part of city survival. Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega. World Premiere
Shopping / New Zealand (Directors: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland, Screenwriters: Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston) — New Zealand, 1981: Seduced by a charismatic career criminal, teenager Willie must choose where his loyalty lies – with a family of shoplifters or his own blood. Cast: Kevin Paulo, Julian Dennison, Jacek Koman, Alistair Browning. World Premiere
Soldate Jeannette/ Austria (Director: Daniel Hoesl) — Fanni has had enough of money and leaves to buy a tent. Anna has had enough of pigs and leaves a needle in the hay. Cars crash and money burns to shape their mutual journey toward a rising liberty. Cast: Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Christina Reichsthaler, Josef Kleindienst, Aurelia Burckhardt, Julia Schranz, Ines Rössl. World Premiere
There Will Come a Day/ Italy, France (Director: Giorgio Diritti, Screenwriters: Giorgio Diritti, Fredo Valla, Tania Pedroni) — Painful issues push Augusta, a young Italian woman, to doubt the certainties on which she has built her existence. On a small boat in the immensity of the Amazon rain forest, she faces the adventure of searching for herself. Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Anne Alvaro, Pia Engleberth. World Premiere
Wajma (An Afghan Love Story)/ Afghanistan (Director and screenwriter: Barmak Akram) — A young man in Kabul seduces a girl. When she tells him she’s pregnant, he questions having taken her virginity. Then her father arrives, and a timeless, archaic violence erupts – possibly leading to a crime, and even a sacrifice. Cast: Wajma Bahar, Mustafa Abdulsatar, Haji Gul, Breshna Bahar. World Premiere
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love/ Indonesia (Director and screenwriter: Mouly Surya) — Mouly Surya’s film explores the odds of love and deception among the blind, the deaf and the unlucky sighted people at a high school for the visually impaired. Cast: Nicholas Saputra, Ayushita Nugraha, Karina Salim, Anggun Priambodo, Lupita Jennifer. World Premiere
World Cinema Documentary Competition
Twelve documentaries by some of the most courageous and extraordinary filmmakers working today.
Fallen City / China (Director: Qi Zhao) — Fallen City spans four years to reveal how three families who survived the 2008 Sichuan earthquake to embark on a journey searching for hope, purpose, identity, and to rebuild their lives in a new China torn between tradition and modernity. North American Premiere
Fire in the Blood/ India (Director: Dylan Mohan Gray) — In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Western governments and pharmaceutical companies blocked low-cost antiretroviral drugs from reaching AIDS-stricken Africa, causing 10 million or more unnecessary deaths. An improbable group of people decided to fight back. North American Premiere
Google and the World Brain/ Spain, United Kingdom (Director: Ben Lewis) — In the most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet, Google has been scanning the world's books for 10 years. They said the intention was to build a giant digital library, but that involved scanning millions of copyrighted works. World Premiere
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear/ Georgia, Germany (Director: Tinatin Gurchiani) — A film director casting a 15-23-year-old protagonist visits villages and cities to meet people who answer her call. She follows those who prove to be interesting enough through various dramatic and funny situations. North American Premiere
The Moo Man/ United Kingdom (Directors: Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier) — A year in the life of heroic farmer Steve, scene stealing Ida (queen of the herd), and a supporting cast of 55 cows. When Ida falls ill, Steve’s optimism is challenged and their whole way of life is at stake. World Premiere
Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer / Russian Federation, United Kingdom (Directors: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin) — Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial: the three young artists or the society they live in? World Premiere
A River Changes Course/ Cambodia, U.S.A. (Director: Kalyanee Mam) — Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastatingly beautiful story of a country reeling from the tragedies of war and rushing to keep pace with a rapidly expanding world. World Premiere
Salma/ United Kingdom, India (Director: Kim Longinotto) — When Salma, a young girl in South India, reached puberty, her parents locked her away. Millions of girls all over the world share the same fate. Twenty-five years later, Salma has fought her way back to the outside world. World Premiere
The Square (El Midan) / Egypt, U.S.A. (Director: Jehane Noujaim) — What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go in defending their beliefs in the fight for their nation? World Premiere
The Stuart Hall Project/ United Kingdom (Director: John Akomfrah) — Antinuclear campaigner, New Left activist and founding father of Cultural Studies, this documentary interweaves 70 years of Stuart Hall’s film, radio and television appearances, and material from his private archive to document a memorable life and construct a portrait of Britain’s foremost radical intellectual. World Premiere
The Summit / Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Nick Ryan) — Twenty-four climbers converged at the last stop before summiting the most dangerous mountain on Earth. Forty-eight hours later, 11 had been killed or simply vanished. Had one, Ger McDonnell, stuck to the climbers' code, he might still be alive.International Premiere
Who is Dayani Cristal?/ United Kingdom (Director: Marc Silver) — An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for its identity leads us across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo. World Premiere. Day One Film
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Pure, bold works distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling. Digital technology paired with unfettered creativity proves the films selected in this section will inform a “greater” next wave in American cinema.
Blue Caprice/ U.S.A. (Director: Alexandre Moors, Screenwriters: R.F.I Porto, Alexandre Moors) — An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure in this film inspired by the real life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks. Cast: Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson, Cassandra Freeman, Leo Fitzpatrick.
Computer Chess /U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Bujalski) — An existential comedy about the brilliant men who taught machines to play chess – back when the machines seemed clumsy and we seemed smart. Cast: Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, James Curry, Robin Schwartz, Gerald Peary, Wiley Wiggins.
Escape from Tomorrow/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Randy Moore) — A postmodern, surreal voyage into the bowels of "family" entertainment; an epic battle begins when an unemployed, middle-aged father loses his sanity during a close encounter with two teenage girls on holiday. Cast: Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn Rodriguez, Annet Mahendru, Danielle Safady, Alison Lees-Taylor.
I Used to Be Darker/ U.S.A. (Director: Matthew Porterfield, Screenwriters: Amy Belk, Matthew Porterfield) — A runaway seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore, only to find their marriage ending and her cousin in crisis. In the days that follow, the family struggles to let go while searching for things to sustain them. Cast: Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross, Kim Taylor, Ned Oldham, Geoff Grace, Nick Petr.
It Felt Like Love / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Eliza Hittman) — On the outskirts of Brooklyn, a 14-year-old girl’s sexual quest takes a dangerous turn when she pursues an older guy and tests the boundaries between obsession and love.Cast: Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein, Jesse Cordasco, Nick Rosen, Case Prime.
Milkshake/ U.S.A. (Director: David Andalman, Screenwriters: David Andalman, Mariko Munro) — In mid-1990's America, we follow the tragic sex life of Jolie Jolson, a wannabe thug (and great-great-grandson of legendary vaudevillian Al Jolson) in suburban DC as he strives to become something he can never be – black. Cast: Tyler Ross, Shareeka Epps, Georgia Ford, Eshan Bay, Leo Fitzpatrick, Danny Burstein.
Newlyweeds/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Shaka King) — A Brooklyn repo man and his globetrotting girlfriend forge an unlikely romance. But what should be a match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry in this dark coming-of-age comedy about dependency. Cast: Amari Cheatom, Trae Harris, Tone Tank, Colman Domingo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Adrian Martinez.
Pit Stop/ U.S.A. (Director: Yen Tan, Screenwriters: Yen Tan, David Lowery) — Two working-class gay men in a small Texas town and a love that isn't quite out of reach. Cast: Bill Heck, Marcus DeAnda, Amy Seimetz, John Merriman, Alfredo Maduro, Corby Sullivan.
A Teacher/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Hannah Fidell) — A popular young teacher in a wealthy suburban Texas high school has an affair with one of her students. Her life begins to unravel as the relationship comes to an end. Cast: Lindsay Burdge, Will Brittain, Jennifer Prediger, Jonny Mars, Julie Phillips, Chris Dubeck.
This is Martin Bonner/ U.S.A.(Director and screenwriter: Chad Hartigan) — Martin Bonner has just moved to Reno for a new job in prison rehabilitation. Starting over at age 58, he struggles to adapt until an unlikely friendship with an ex-con blossoms, helping him confront the problems he left behind. Cast: Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Sam Buchanan, Robert Longstreet, Demetrius Grosse.
The Sundance Film Festival®
A program of the non-profit Sundance Institute®, the Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most ground-breaking films of the past two decades, including sex, lies, and videotape, Maria Full of Grace, The Cove, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An Inconvenient Truth, Precious, Trouble the Water, and Napoleon Dynamite, and through its New Frontier initiative, has showcased the cinematic works of media artists including Isaac Julien, Doug Aitken, Pierre Huyghe, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Matthew Barney. The 2013 Sundance Film Festival® sponsors include: Presenting Sponsors – Hp, Acura, Sundance Channel and Chase Sapphire PreferredSM; Leadership Sponsors – Directv, Entertainment Weekly, Focus Forward, a partnership between Ge and Cinelan, Southwest Airlines, Sprint and YouTube; Sustaining Sponsors – Adobe, Canada Goose, Canon U.S.A., Inc., CÎRoc Ultra Premium Vodka, FilterForGood®, a partnership between Brita® and Nalgene®, Hilton HHonors and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Intel Corporation, L'Oréal Paris, Recycled Paper Greetings, Stella Artois® and Time Warner Inc. Sundance Institute recognizes critical support from the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, and the State of Utah as Festival Host State. The support of these organizations will defray costs associated with the 10-day Festival and the nonprofit Sundance Institute's year-round programs for independent film and theatre artists. www.sundance.org/festival
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- 12/27/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The producers of Australian film Snowtown have had their next film accepted into Sundance Film Festival.
Produced by Warp Films Australia’s Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw, Shopping is written and directed by New Zealand film-makers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
The film is the writing directing team’s first feature but have had previous shorts The Six Dollar Fifty Man and Run both compete at Cannes International Film Festival in 2009 and 2007 respectively.
Snowtown, the first film from Warp Films Australia, was highly regarded among last year’s Australian films and was selected for Cannes film fest.
Shopping was financed through the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance.
Madman Entertainment have distribution across Australia and New Zealand.
Also competing at Sundance Film Festival is Australian short film The Captain, by Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser. It was written by Edgerton, Susser and Taika Waititi, the lead in the film,...
Produced by Warp Films Australia’s Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw, Shopping is written and directed by New Zealand film-makers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
The film is the writing directing team’s first feature but have had previous shorts The Six Dollar Fifty Man and Run both compete at Cannes International Film Festival in 2009 and 2007 respectively.
Snowtown, the first film from Warp Films Australia, was highly regarded among last year’s Australian films and was selected for Cannes film fest.
Shopping was financed through the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance.
Madman Entertainment have distribution across Australia and New Zealand.
Also competing at Sundance Film Festival is Australian short film The Captain, by Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser. It was written by Edgerton, Susser and Taika Waititi, the lead in the film,...
- 12/19/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Warp Films are undoubtedly on a roll. In the past three years they've given us Kill List, Four Lions and Berberian Sound Studio. The production company's antipodean arm, based in Melbourne Australia, has also quickly stepped up to the plate, producing last year's blistering masterpiece Snowtown. Now they seem to have delivered again, with their sophomore production - the Kiwi film Shopping - selected for World Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2013.Written and directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, Shopping is set in New Zealand in 1981. Seduced by a charismatic career criminal, teenager Willie must choose where his loyalty lies - with a family of shoplifters or his own blood. The cast includes Kevin Paulo, Julian Dennison, Jacek Koman and Alistair Browning.The film is...
- 12/3/2012
- Screen Anarchy
GeekTyrant will once again be excitedly attending the Sundance Film Festival in 2013! They've released their full line up of competition films for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary, as well as the out-of-competition Next <=> section.
It looks like there's a lot of great films for us, and anyone who is attending, to check out this year. I love going up to Sundance, it's always a great mix of different movies... some great, some good, some bad, and some that are completely awful. I'm always looking forward to seeing them though! There's kind of rush going in to watch a movie I hardly know anything about. It's a rare thing for me these days to be able to do that.
Below you'll find the full Press Release that includes all of the films that have been announced. Please look them over and let us know which ones interest...
It looks like there's a lot of great films for us, and anyone who is attending, to check out this year. I love going up to Sundance, it's always a great mix of different movies... some great, some good, some bad, and some that are completely awful. I'm always looking forward to seeing them though! There's kind of rush going in to watch a movie I hardly know anything about. It's a rare thing for me these days to be able to do that.
Below you'll find the full Press Release that includes all of the films that have been announced. Please look them over and let us know which ones interest...
- 11/29/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Sixteen films are set to compete in the dramatic category at next year's Sundance Film Festival in January, with exactly half of those films directed by women - a new record for the festival which will be in its 29th year.
Approximately 113 feature-length films representing 32 countries were selected for Sundance for next year including 27 films in competition and 51 films from first-time directors. Many of the key categories were announced today.
While the Utah-based film festival only occasionally showcases films that have true mainstream crossover potential, this year sees more audience friendly fare in competition even it is still specifically targeting the art house crowd.
The fest in January this year was dominated by the rave reviews for its Grand Jury Prize winner "Beasts of the Southern Wild" which, upon moving to a more mainstream release, scored many accolades but just $13 million in worldwide box-office.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight...
Approximately 113 feature-length films representing 32 countries were selected for Sundance for next year including 27 films in competition and 51 films from first-time directors. Many of the key categories were announced today.
While the Utah-based film festival only occasionally showcases films that have true mainstream crossover potential, this year sees more audience friendly fare in competition even it is still specifically targeting the art house crowd.
The fest in January this year was dominated by the rave reviews for its Grand Jury Prize winner "Beasts of the Southern Wild" which, upon moving to a more mainstream release, scored many accolades but just $13 million in worldwide box-office.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight...
- 11/29/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
If you ever managed to see Shane Carruth‘s Primer, you’re probably a very confused person. That’s to say, the 2004 time-travel flick strove to be as realistic as possible, and by realistic, we mean completely mind-boggling. Saying that, Primer remains one of the most intriguing movies of the past decade (even if we still can’t figure it out), which means that the promise of a second movie from writer/director Curruth is something to be excited about.
Though it was rumored that the poor guy couldn’t get funding sorted for a second feature, it appears he finally got it made: Upstream Color will premier at Sundance 2013, presumably to grant everybody another headache with a bizarre-sounding story about two people who become a single organism.
Sundance, of course, exists to showcase the best and brightest in indie film. Next year’s festival takes place from January 17-27 in Park City,...
Though it was rumored that the poor guy couldn’t get funding sorted for a second feature, it appears he finally got it made: Upstream Color will premier at Sundance 2013, presumably to grant everybody another headache with a bizarre-sounding story about two people who become a single organism.
Sundance, of course, exists to showcase the best and brightest in indie film. Next year’s festival takes place from January 17-27 in Park City,...
- 11/29/2012
- by T.J. Barnard
- We Got This Covered
Mostly populated by unknowns filmakers (at least to us), among the dozen titles in Sundance’s World Dramatic Comp we do find some familair auteurs such as Sean Ellis’ (from Cashback fame) who returns with Metro Manila, we have Srdan Golubovic’s Circles (see still above – a drama we thought might end up playing in Cannes earlier this year) and finally, Sebastián Silva whose latest Crystal Fairy (not to be confused with Magic Magic which also stars Michael Cera) will open the fest. Here are the twelve selections of which eleven are world preems.
Circles / Serbia, Germany, France, Croatia, Slovenia (Director: Srdan Golubovic, Screenwriters: Srdjan Koljevic, Melina Pota Koljevic) — Five people are affected by a tragic heroic act. Twenty years later, all of them will confront the past through their own crises. Will they overcome guilt, frustration and their urge for revenge? Will they do the right thing, at all costs?...
Circles / Serbia, Germany, France, Croatia, Slovenia (Director: Srdan Golubovic, Screenwriters: Srdjan Koljevic, Melina Pota Koljevic) — Five people are affected by a tragic heroic act. Twenty years later, all of them will confront the past through their own crises. Will they overcome guilt, frustration and their urge for revenge? Will they do the right thing, at all costs?...
- 11/29/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Every year, the festival circuit kicks off with a huge bang – Sundance.
It’s one of the biggest festivals for independent films around the world, taking over Park City, Ut every January, to bring together some of the biggest and finest names in the independent filmmaking world.
The line-up has now been announced for the Us and World Competition categories, along with Next, giving us a great first look at what we have to look forward to in January – and, looking ahead, at some of the films that will be coming to Sundance London in April 2013.
The first slew of films show incredible promise, with David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now, and Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely leading the Us Dramatic category with so much potential.
Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints features an all-star cast, headed up by Rooney Mara,...
It’s one of the biggest festivals for independent films around the world, taking over Park City, Ut every January, to bring together some of the biggest and finest names in the independent filmmaking world.
The line-up has now been announced for the Us and World Competition categories, along with Next, giving us a great first look at what we have to look forward to in January – and, looking ahead, at some of the films that will be coming to Sundance London in April 2013.
The first slew of films show incredible promise, with David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now, and Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely leading the Us Dramatic category with so much potential.
Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints features an all-star cast, headed up by Rooney Mara,...
- 11/28/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 17-27 and today the fest unveiled their competition slates including film in the Dramatic, Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, Word Cinema Documentary and Next competitions. As always, these lineups are incredibly hard to predict, but amid this group there are a few interesting titles. The Dramatic competition includes Jill Soloway's Afternoon Delight, a dark comedy starring Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor and Jane Lynch that centers on a L.A. housewife who hires a stripper as a live-in nanny. I had not heard of David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints, but a cast that includes Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker and Keith Carradine is immediately appealing, while the plot compares itself to Terrence Malick's Badlands and Bonnie & Clyde telling a story of Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, two young outlaws who are brought down by the authorities in the hills of Texas.
- 11/28/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Warp Films Australia has announced a new film project following the success of the production company’s first outing, Snowtown.
Teaming up with New Zealand first-time feature filmmakers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, the film Shopping is about a 16 year-old boy Willie who must choose between a gang of shoplifters and his own family.
Madman Entertainment will distribute the film in Australia and New Zealand while Nz Film, the sales arm of New Zealand Film Commission, will handle world sales.
Shopping is financed by the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance.
Albiston and Sutherland have had previous short films Run and The Six Dollar Fifty Man screened at Cannes, Sundance and Berlin Film Festival. The Six Dollar Fifty Man was shortlisted for the 2011 Academy Awards.
Production begins in April on the Kapiti Coast and will feature Australian actor Jacek Koman.
Teaming up with New Zealand first-time feature filmmakers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, the film Shopping is about a 16 year-old boy Willie who must choose between a gang of shoplifters and his own family.
Madman Entertainment will distribute the film in Australia and New Zealand while Nz Film, the sales arm of New Zealand Film Commission, will handle world sales.
Shopping is financed by the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance.
Albiston and Sutherland have had previous short films Run and The Six Dollar Fifty Man screened at Cannes, Sundance and Berlin Film Festival. The Six Dollar Fifty Man was shortlisted for the 2011 Academy Awards.
Production begins in April on the Kapiti Coast and will feature Australian actor Jacek Koman.
- 3/9/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Warp Films Australia is set to produce New Zealand crime feature Shopping after the release of last year's successful debut Snowtown.
Shopping is set in 1981 and follows 16-year-old Willie who, seduced by a charismatic career criminal, must choose where his loyalty lies. The film, which wil star Australian actor Jacek Koman, will begin shooting in April on Nz's Kapiti Coast.
The film marks the debut feature for Wellington-based filmmakers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland . their previous short films Run and The Six Dollar Fifty Man have screened at Cannes, Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. The Six Dollar Fifty Man was also shortlisted for the 2011 Academy Awards.
Shopping, financed by the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance, is also the first Nz feature film that distributor Madman has backed from script stage.
Madman Entertainment managing director Paul Wiegard said: "This is a significant milestone for Madman; having...
Shopping is set in 1981 and follows 16-year-old Willie who, seduced by a charismatic career criminal, must choose where his loyalty lies. The film, which wil star Australian actor Jacek Koman, will begin shooting in April on Nz's Kapiti Coast.
The film marks the debut feature for Wellington-based filmmakers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland . their previous short films Run and The Six Dollar Fifty Man have screened at Cannes, Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. The Six Dollar Fifty Man was also shortlisted for the 2011 Academy Awards.
Shopping, financed by the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance, is also the first Nz feature film that distributor Madman has backed from script stage.
Madman Entertainment managing director Paul Wiegard said: "This is a significant milestone for Madman; having...
- 3/9/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Warp Films Australia is set to produce New Zealand crime feature Shopping after the release of last year's successful debut Snowtown. Shopping is set in 1981 and follows 16-year-old Willie who, seduced by a charismatic career criminal, must choose where his loyalty lies. The film, which wil star Australian actor Jacek Koman, will begin shooting in April on Nz's Kapiti Coast. The film marks the debut feature for Wellington-based filmmakers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland . their previous short films Run and The Six Dollar Fifty Man have screened at Cannes, Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. The Six Dollar Fifty Man was also shortlisted for the 2011 Academy Awards. Shopping, financed by the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance, is...
- 3/9/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday, January 25, at 5:30 in the morning, but before then, I took a stab at who and what the Academy will pick as nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards aka the Oscars!
Without further adieu, here are my predictions for the 2011 Oscar nominations! If I'm wrong come Tuesday, blame my pesky crystal ball :happy
My 83rd Oscar Nominations Predictions
Best Picture
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Fighther
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky -- "Black Swan"
David Fincher " -- The Social Network"
Tom Hooper " -- The King's Speech"
Christopher Nolan -- "Inception "
David O. Russell -- "The Fighter"
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges -- "True Grit"
Robert Duvall -- "Get Low"
Jesse Eisenberg -- "The Social Network"
Colin Firth -- "The King's Speech"
James Franco -- "127 Hours"
Best Actress...
Without further adieu, here are my predictions for the 2011 Oscar nominations! If I'm wrong come Tuesday, blame my pesky crystal ball :happy
My 83rd Oscar Nominations Predictions
Best Picture
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Fighther
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky -- "Black Swan"
David Fincher " -- The Social Network"
Tom Hooper " -- The King's Speech"
Christopher Nolan -- "Inception "
David O. Russell -- "The Fighter"
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges -- "True Grit"
Robert Duvall -- "Get Low"
Jesse Eisenberg -- "The Social Network"
Colin Firth -- "The King's Speech"
James Franco -- "127 Hours"
Best Actress...
- 1/24/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 live action short films that will advance to the voting process. 76 films qualified for this category.
And the 10 films to advance to the next round are (in alphabetical order):
* "Ana.s Playground," Eric D. Howell, director (StoryForge, LLC)
* "The Confession," Tanel Toom, director (National Film and Television School)
* "The Crush," Michael Creagh, director (Purdy Pictures)
* "God of Love," Luke Matheny, director (Luke Matheny)
* "Na Wewe," Ivan Goldschmidt, director-producer (Cut!)
* "Seeds of the Fall," Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn & Fabrikorn)
* "Shoe," Nick Kelly, director, and Seamus Byrne, producer (Zanita Films)
* "The Six Dollar Fifty Man," Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, directors (Sticky Pictures Ltd.)
* "Sma Barn, Stora Ord (Little Children, Big Words)," Lisa James Larsson, director and Andreas Emanuelsson, producer (Bob Film Sweden Ab)
* "Wish 143," Ian Barnes, director, and Samantha Waite, producer (Swing and Shift...
And the 10 films to advance to the next round are (in alphabetical order):
* "Ana.s Playground," Eric D. Howell, director (StoryForge, LLC)
* "The Confession," Tanel Toom, director (National Film and Television School)
* "The Crush," Michael Creagh, director (Purdy Pictures)
* "God of Love," Luke Matheny, director (Luke Matheny)
* "Na Wewe," Ivan Goldschmidt, director-producer (Cut!)
* "Seeds of the Fall," Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn & Fabrikorn)
* "Shoe," Nick Kelly, director, and Seamus Byrne, producer (Zanita Films)
* "The Six Dollar Fifty Man," Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, directors (Sticky Pictures Ltd.)
* "Sma Barn, Stora Ord (Little Children, Big Words)," Lisa James Larsson, director and Andreas Emanuelsson, producer (Bob Film Sweden Ab)
* "Wish 143," Ian Barnes, director, and Samantha Waite, producer (Swing and Shift...
- 12/11/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 83rd Academy Awards®. Seventy-six pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company: “Ana’s Playground,” Eric D. Howell, director (StoryForge, LLC) “The Confession,” Tanel Toom, director (National Film and Television School) “The Crush,” Michael Creagh, director (Purdy Pictures) “God of Love,” Luke Matheny, director (Luke Matheny) “Na Wewe,” Ivan Goldschmidt, director-producer (Cut!) “Seeds of the Fall,” Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn & Fabrikorn) “Shoe,” Nick Kelly, director, and Seamus Byrne, producer (Zanita Films) “The Six Dollar Fifty Man,” Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, directors (Sticky Pictures Ltd.) “Sma Barn, Stora Ord (Little Children, Big Words),” Lisa James Larsson, director and Andreas Emanuelsson, producer (Bob Film Sweden Ab) “Wish 143,...
- 12/1/2010
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the 10 contenders for winning an 2011 Oscar in both the animated and live-action short films categories.
In the animated category the nominees are:
"Day & Night", dir. Teddy Newton (Pixar) "Coyote Falls", dir. Matthew O'Callaghan (Warner Bros. Animation) "Sensology", dir. Michel Gagne "The Gruffalo", dir. Jakob Schuh, Max Lang "The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger", dir. Bill Plympton "Let's Pollute", dir. Geefwee Boedoe "The Lost Thing", dir. Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann "Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage", dir. Bastien Dubois "The Silence Beneath the Bark", dir. Joanna Lurie "Urs", dir. Moritz Mayerhofer
In the live-action category the nominees are:
"Seeds of the Fall", dir. Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjellstrom "The Confession", dir. Tanel Toom "God of Love", dir. Luke Matheny "Ana's Playground", dir. Eric D. Howell "Sma Barn, Stora Ord", dir. Lisa James Larsson, Andreas Emanuelsson "Wish 143", dir. Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite "The Six Dollar Fifty Man", dir.
In the animated category the nominees are:
"Day & Night", dir. Teddy Newton (Pixar) "Coyote Falls", dir. Matthew O'Callaghan (Warner Bros. Animation) "Sensology", dir. Michel Gagne "The Gruffalo", dir. Jakob Schuh, Max Lang "The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger", dir. Bill Plympton "Let's Pollute", dir. Geefwee Boedoe "The Lost Thing", dir. Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann "Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage", dir. Bastien Dubois "The Silence Beneath the Bark", dir. Joanna Lurie "Urs", dir. Moritz Mayerhofer
In the live-action category the nominees are:
"Seeds of the Fall", dir. Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjellstrom "The Confession", dir. Tanel Toom "God of Love", dir. Luke Matheny "Ana's Playground", dir. Eric D. Howell "Sma Barn, Stora Ord", dir. Lisa James Larsson, Andreas Emanuelsson "Wish 143", dir. Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite "The Six Dollar Fifty Man", dir.
- 12/1/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced the shortlist of the ten animated and live-action shorts that will be considered for Oscar nominations. Three-five nominees will be chosen from each category and will be anounced along with the other nominations on January 25, 2011. The 83rd annual Academy Awards will take place on February 27, 2011 and will be hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco.
Here are the lists:
The animated shorts:
“The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger,” Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio)
“Coyote Falls,” Matthew O’Callaghan, director and Sam Register, executive producer (Warner Bros. Animation Inc.)
“Day & Night,” Teddy Newton, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
“The Gruffalo,” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
“Let’s Pollute,” Geefwee Boedoe, story-design-animation (Geefwee Boedoe)
“The Lost Thing,” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann, directors (Passion Pictures Australia)
“Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary),” Bastien Dubois,...
Here are the lists:
The animated shorts:
“The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger,” Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio)
“Coyote Falls,” Matthew O’Callaghan, director and Sam Register, executive producer (Warner Bros. Animation Inc.)
“Day & Night,” Teddy Newton, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
“The Gruffalo,” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
“Let’s Pollute,” Geefwee Boedoe, story-design-animation (Geefwee Boedoe)
“The Lost Thing,” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann, directors (Passion Pictures Australia)
“Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary),” Bastien Dubois,...
- 11/30/2010
- by Erin Vandzura
- SoundOnSight
Awards season is definitely upon us, with the Gotham awards [1] and Independent Spirit nominations [2] kicking things off. Now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlist of ten animated and live-action shorts that will be considered for Oscar nominations. Three to five nominees will be selected from each category, and the nominations will be announced along with all the other Oscar nominations on January 25 2011. Check out the full list of c0ontenders after the break. The 83rd Academy Awards will take place on February 27, 2011, hosted [3] by James Franco and Anne Hathaway. The animated shorts: "The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger," Bill Plympton, director (Bill Plympton Studio) "Coyote Falls," Matthew O’Callaghan, director and Sam Register, executive producer (Warner Bros. Animation Inc.) "Day & Night," Teddy Newton, director (Pixar Animation Studios) "The Gruffalo," Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, directors (Magic Light Pictures) "Let’s Pollute," Geefwee Boedoe,...
- 11/30/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 83rd Academy Awards®. Seventy-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
“Ana.s Playground,” Eric D. Howell, director (StoryForge, LLC) “The Confession,” Tanel Toom, director (National Film and Television School) “The Crush,” Michael Creagh, director (Purdy Pictures) “God of Love,” Luke Matheny, director (Luke Matheny) “Na Wewe,” Ivan Goldschmidt, director-producer (Cut!) “Seeds of the Fall,” Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn & Fabrikorn) “Shoe,” Nick Kelly, director, and Seamus Byrne, producer (Zanita Films) “The Six Dollar Fifty Man,” Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, directors (Sticky Pictures Ltd.) “Sma Barn, Stora Ord (Little Children, Big Words),” Lisa James Larsson, director and Andreas Emanuelsson, producer (Bob Film Sweden Ab) “Wish 143,...
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
“Ana.s Playground,” Eric D. Howell, director (StoryForge, LLC) “The Confession,” Tanel Toom, director (National Film and Television School) “The Crush,” Michael Creagh, director (Purdy Pictures) “God of Love,” Luke Matheny, director (Luke Matheny) “Na Wewe,” Ivan Goldschmidt, director-producer (Cut!) “Seeds of the Fall,” Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn & Fabrikorn) “Shoe,” Nick Kelly, director, and Seamus Byrne, producer (Zanita Films) “The Six Dollar Fifty Man,” Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, directors (Sticky Pictures Ltd.) “Sma Barn, Stora Ord (Little Children, Big Words),” Lisa James Larsson, director and Andreas Emanuelsson, producer (Bob Film Sweden Ab) “Wish 143,...
- 11/30/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
On top of announcing the 10 Animated Short Films shortlisted for the 2011 Oscars, the Academy also released the ten live action short films that will advance in the voting process for the 83rd Academy Awards out of 76 pictures that were originally qualified in the category.
I have listed all ten films below in alphabetical order by title, with their director and production company as well as a trailer or video clip where available.
Ana's Playground Eric D. Howell, director (StoryForge, LLC)
The Confession Tanel Toom, director (National Film and Television School) No Video
The Crush Michael Creagh, director (Purdy Pictures)
God of Love Luke Matheny, director (Luke Matheny) No Video
Na Wewe Ivan Goldschmidt, director-producer (Cut!)
Seeds of the Fall Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn and#038; Fabrikorn)
Shoe Nick Kelly, director, and Seamus Byrne, producer (Zanita Films)
The Six Dollar Fifty Man Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, directors (Sticky Pictures Ltd.
I have listed all ten films below in alphabetical order by title, with their director and production company as well as a trailer or video clip where available.
Ana's Playground Eric D. Howell, director (StoryForge, LLC)
The Confession Tanel Toom, director (National Film and Television School) No Video
The Crush Michael Creagh, director (Purdy Pictures)
God of Love Luke Matheny, director (Luke Matheny) No Video
Na Wewe Ivan Goldschmidt, director-producer (Cut!)
Seeds of the Fall Patrik Eklund, director, and Mathias Fjellstrom, producer (Direktorn and#038; Fabrikorn)
Shoe Nick Kelly, director, and Seamus Byrne, producer (Zanita Films)
The Six Dollar Fifty Man Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, directors (Sticky Pictures Ltd.
- 11/30/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The 2010 edition of the Worldwide Short Film Festival kicked off in fine style here in Toronto last night. As is the norm for the festival, now in its sixteenth year, the opening night program was devoted to major award winners from around the globe and these were all more than deserving of the accolades. Here's the breakdown:
The night began with Cordell Barker's animated gem Runaway. Though I'd seen this a bunch of times before, this was my first crack at it on the big screen where it belongs. Barker was present for the screening and the crowd was more than appreciative. Check the trailer for this one below.
Up next, Seeds of the Fall, another dark comic gem from Sweden's Patrik Eklund. Eklund is a great favorite of ours here at Twitch - his wry comic timing is truly spectacular - and actually has a pair of films in the festival this year.
The night began with Cordell Barker's animated gem Runaway. Though I'd seen this a bunch of times before, this was my first crack at it on the big screen where it belongs. Barker was present for the screening and the crowd was more than appreciative. Check the trailer for this one below.
Up next, Seeds of the Fall, another dark comic gem from Sweden's Patrik Eklund. Eklund is a great favorite of ours here at Twitch - his wry comic timing is truly spectacular - and actually has a pair of films in the festival this year.
- 6/2/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is set to run June 17-27 in a brand new location. Oh, it’s still in L.A, but it’s moving across town, from Westwood — where it’s been held the past few years — all the way over to Downtown.
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
- 5/17/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Did you miss the Sundance Film Festival this year? The best of the 2010 Sundance shorts will be playing this Saturday in Montreal, Quebec. In fact, the event "Prends ça court!" is back at the Nuit blanche du Festival Montréal en lumière on Saturday, February 27, at the Monument-National from 8 Pm to 3 Am.
In addition to screenings of films, musician Slim Williams will be performing. Other guests include: Ben Charest, Al Baculus, Eric Roberts, Orson Clarke, Coco Thompson, Al Prater, and Dan Martel.
Best Of Sundance Shorts 2010
* Let's Harvest The Organs Of Death Row Inmates, from Chris Weller and Max Joseph.
* Mary Last Seen, from Sean Durkin.
* My Mom Smokes Weed, from Clay Liford.
* The Six Dollar Fifty Man, from Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
* Seeds Of The Fall, from Patrik Eklund.
* Logorama, from H5.
* My Invisible Friend, from Pablo Larcuen.
* N.A.S.A (A Volta), from Alexei Tylevich.
* The Armoire,...
In addition to screenings of films, musician Slim Williams will be performing. Other guests include: Ben Charest, Al Baculus, Eric Roberts, Orson Clarke, Coco Thompson, Al Prater, and Dan Martel.
Best Of Sundance Shorts 2010
* Let's Harvest The Organs Of Death Row Inmates, from Chris Weller and Max Joseph.
* Mary Last Seen, from Sean Durkin.
* My Mom Smokes Weed, from Clay Liford.
* The Six Dollar Fifty Man, from Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
* Seeds Of The Fall, from Patrik Eklund.
* Logorama, from H5.
* My Invisible Friend, from Pablo Larcuen.
* N.A.S.A (A Volta), from Alexei Tylevich.
* The Armoire,...
- 2/25/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
A Family directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen which was in the Competition section won the Fipresci (the international film critics association) prize for Best Film in the 60th edition of the Berlinale.
According to Ians reports, after receiving the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) award Friday, the 27-year-old debutante director dedicated it "to the whole community of La Barra", a village on Colombia's northern coast where the filming took place. From the Panorama, the Fipresci award was given to Parade by Isao Yukisada and Crab Trap directed by Oscar Ruíz Navia from the Forum won this prize.
Generation K Plus awards were also announced on Saturday. Crystal Bear for the Best Film went to Shui Yuet Sun Tau (Hongkong / China) by Alex Law while This Way Of Life(New Zealand / Canada) by Thomas Burstyn won a special mention from the Jury.
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film went...
According to Ians reports, after receiving the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) award Friday, the 27-year-old debutante director dedicated it "to the whole community of La Barra", a village on Colombia's northern coast where the filming took place. From the Panorama, the Fipresci award was given to Parade by Isao Yukisada and Crab Trap directed by Oscar Ruíz Navia from the Forum won this prize.
Generation K Plus awards were also announced on Saturday. Crystal Bear for the Best Film went to Shui Yuet Sun Tau (Hongkong / China) by Alex Law while This Way Of Life(New Zealand / Canada) by Thomas Burstyn won a special mention from the Jury.
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film went...
- 2/20/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Could 2010 be the year that New Zealand short filmmakers take over the world? The year began promisingly as Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland's "The Six Dollar Fifty Man" took the jury prize in international short filmmaking at January's Sundance Film Festival. And now at Berlin, Katie Wolfe's "Redemption" and Leo Woodhead's "Zero" world premiere in the Berlinale Shorts and the Generation 14plus category, respectively. With so many talented Kiwis making ...
- 2/19/2010
- Indiewire
Tomorrow I'll wake up early for Shorts Program II with a pair of films that have caught my interest in 2nd place Cannes Best short in Mark Albiston & Louis Sutherland's The Six Dollar Fifty Man and Sean Durkin's Mary Last Seen - which comes from the same team that gave us Afterschool and which will give us Two Gates of Sleep (featured in my top 100 most anticipated films for 2010 list). - On my Park City's main street reconnaissance mission where I mostly Re-familiarize myself with one portion of the festival's surroundings, I noticed bits and pieces of the Re-juvenated film festival which comes with the Sex Pistols' album cover pink clashing with black..... Besides Sundance's organized coffee shop talks with directors and creators, among the cooler things on Swag street are the concerts and some book signing gigs - The Taqwacores will be well represented for the fest -...
- 2/3/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Winners of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced recently, with Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's Restrepo taking home the Grand Jury Prize in the documentary category, and Debra Granik's Winter's Bone winning the Grand Jury Prize in the dramatic category. You may remember Granik, the independent filmmaker who burst onto the Sundance scene in 2004, claiming the Dramatic Directing award for her first feature-length film, Down to the Bone. Despite its phenomenal reputation, Granik's big screen debut grossed a meager $30,000. Let's hope Winter's Bone turns out to be an anomaly in the director's rather minuscule line of work. A comprehensive list of all the winners this year can be seen after the jump. Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: Restrepo, directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic: Animal Kingdom, written and directed by David Michôd.
- 2/1/2010
- by Crews
- FilmJunk
We're calling it a day in Sundance, but keep looking at our Sundance home page and Cheat Sheet for continuing coverage from this year's fest. Since returning from Park City, we've already posted new photo galleries from the "Get Low" and "Winter's Bone" premieres, and more is on the way. In the meantime, check out Matt Singer's review of "Sympathy for Delicious" and our roundup of Sundance and Slamdance award winners, news of who will be distributing the Ryan Gosling-Michelle Williams romantic drama "Blue Valentine" and other Sundance flicks, and where you can see some clips of those films right now.
Matt Singer wasn't very sympathetic to Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut, "Sympathy for Delicious." Here's an excerpt from his review, which can be found in full here:
The Lord may work in mysterious ways; "Sympathy For Delicious" does not. The only thing that's mysterious about this unsubtle...
Matt Singer wasn't very sympathetic to Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut, "Sympathy for Delicious." Here's an excerpt from his review, which can be found in full here:
The Lord may work in mysterious ways; "Sympathy For Delicious" does not. The only thing that's mysterious about this unsubtle...
- 1/29/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
The Sundance Film Festival is awarding some drunken ramblings with a prize. Really.
"Drunk History: Douglass and Lincoln," directed by Jeremy Konner, has taken home the Sundance Jury Prize in short filmmaking, while Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland's "The Six Dollar Fifty Man" took home the international short prize.
For those not familiar with the "Drunk History" shorts that have become a YouTube sensation, the premise is simple: Someone knocks back enough drinks to become thoroughly sloshed and then narrates a historical event. That occasionally incoherent voiceover is then used as the background while known actors reenact the event.
In the "Douglass and Lincoln" short, Jen Kirkman drank two bottles of wine before she was ready to discuss President Abraham Lincoln (played by Will Ferrell) meeting with abolitionist Frederick Douglass (Don Cheadle). It's a bit bizarre, even though the actors play the roles straigh, lipsynching to the voiceover.
"Drunk History: Douglass and Lincoln," directed by Jeremy Konner, has taken home the Sundance Jury Prize in short filmmaking, while Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland's "The Six Dollar Fifty Man" took home the international short prize.
For those not familiar with the "Drunk History" shorts that have become a YouTube sensation, the premise is simple: Someone knocks back enough drinks to become thoroughly sloshed and then narrates a historical event. That occasionally incoherent voiceover is then used as the background while known actors reenact the event.
In the "Douglass and Lincoln" short, Jen Kirkman drank two bottles of wine before she was ready to discuss President Abraham Lincoln (played by Will Ferrell) meeting with abolitionist Frederick Douglass (Don Cheadle). It's a bit bizarre, even though the actors play the roles straigh, lipsynching to the voiceover.
- 1/28/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
By Wrap Staff
"Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln" won the jury prize for U.S. short film at the Sundance Film Festival.
On the international side, the winner was "Six Dollar Fifty Man," directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
"Drunk History," written by Derek Waters and directed by Jeremy Konner, is part of a series of online videos featuring drunk people sharing their versions of historical events. The stories are t...
"Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln" won the jury prize for U.S. short film at the Sundance Film Festival.
On the international side, the winner was "Six Dollar Fifty Man," directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
"Drunk History," written by Derek Waters and directed by Jeremy Konner, is part of a series of online videos featuring drunk people sharing their versions of historical events. The stories are t...
- 1/28/2010
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
By Wrap Staff
"Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln" won the jury prize for U.S. short film at the Sundance Film Festival.
On the international side, the winner was "Six Dollar Fifty Man," directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
"Drunk History," written by Derek Waters and directed by Jeremy Konner, is part of a series of online videos featuring drunk people sharing their versions of historical...
"Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln" won the jury prize for U.S. short film at the Sundance Film Festival.
On the international side, the winner was "Six Dollar Fifty Man," directed by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
"Drunk History," written by Derek Waters and directed by Jeremy Konner, is part of a series of online videos featuring drunk people sharing their versions of historical...
- 1/28/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
The 19th International Short Film Festival, Flickerfest 2010, which ran over ten days, concluded its Sydney leg Sunday, January 17, with a star-studded Closing Ceremony at the Bondi Pavilion in Bondi Beach. New Zealand film, The Six Dollar Fifty Man (pictured) took out the major $5000 prize winning the Coopers Award for Best Film. The 1970s set film looks at an eight year old boy's struggle against school bullies and his connection with an imaginary superhero world. Flickerfest is the only short film festival in Australia which is Academy Award accredited, meaning that winning directors Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland and producer Wendy Cuthbert walk away with the chance to be nominated for an Oscar in 2011.
- 1/18/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
First the features, which were unveiled last week; and now the shorts.
I haven’t looked through the list yet, but I will eventually. Feel free to flag any for me if you’re aware.
For now, here’s the full press release I received:
2010 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program
from Sundance Film Festival | Press Releases
Park City, Ut- Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. This year the Festival’s Short Film Program comprises 70 short films from U.S. and international filmmakers selected from 6,092 submissions up 8% over 2009. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
As previously announced, the Festival will break tradition by foregoing the conventions of one opening night film and instead focus on...
I haven’t looked through the list yet, but I will eventually. Feel free to flag any for me if you’re aware.
For now, here’s the full press release I received:
2010 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program
from Sundance Film Festival | Press Releases
Park City, Ut- Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. This year the Festival’s Short Film Program comprises 70 short films from U.S. and international filmmakers selected from 6,092 submissions up 8% over 2009. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
As previously announced, the Festival will break tradition by foregoing the conventions of one opening night film and instead focus on...
- 12/7/2009
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," a black-and-white drama set in a rural German village on the eve of Wwi, received Cannes' highest honor, the Palme d'Or at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.
Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" won best actor for Christoph Waltz (the only honor given to an American production). Now, being Asian myself, I was proud to see fellow Asian folks winning some much-touted categories.
Although there's drama!
According to Variety:
All three of the Asian kudos drew heavy booing from the assembled press corps. Biggest scorn was reserved for the director prize for Filipino Brillante Mendoza.s rape-and-dismemberment drama .Kinatay. (of which even admiring jury member Hanif Kureishi admitted, .I don.t ever want to see it again, myself.), followed by jeers for .Thirst. and mainland Chinese director Lou Ye.s .Spring Fever,. which copped the nod for screenplay (generally seen as its weakest element).
Oooh!
Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" won best actor for Christoph Waltz (the only honor given to an American production). Now, being Asian myself, I was proud to see fellow Asian folks winning some much-touted categories.
Although there's drama!
According to Variety:
All three of the Asian kudos drew heavy booing from the assembled press corps. Biggest scorn was reserved for the director prize for Filipino Brillante Mendoza.s rape-and-dismemberment drama .Kinatay. (of which even admiring jury member Hanif Kureishi admitted, .I don.t ever want to see it again, myself.), followed by jeers for .Thirst. and mainland Chinese director Lou Ye.s .Spring Fever,. which copped the nod for screenplay (generally seen as its weakest element).
Oooh!
- 5/26/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The 2009 edition of the Cannes Film Festival has wrapped up, and some much buzzed-about genre titles have walked away with awards.
Charlotte Gainsbourg picked up the Best Actress win for her role alongside William Dafoe in Lars Von Trier's Antichrist (see trailer and clips here); Park Chan-Wook's Thirst (slated for an American remake, details here) tied for the Jury Prize with Fish Tank; and the bloody Kinatay snagged best director for Brillante Mendoza.
Check out the full list of winners after the jump (courtesy of Variety), and for more on the blood-soaked invasion of genre fare in Cannes, click here.
Intl. Competition Jury Prizes
Palme d'Or
"The White Ribbon" (Michael Haneke, Germany-France-Austria-Italy)
Grand Prix
"A Prophet" (Jacques Audiard, France)
Lifetime achievement award
Alain Resnais, "Wild Grass" (France)
Director
Brillante Mendoza ("Kinatay," France-Philippines)
Jury prize
"Fish Tank" (Andrea Arnold, U.K.), "Thirst" (Park Chan-wook, South Korea-u.S.)
Actor
Christoph Waltz,...
Charlotte Gainsbourg picked up the Best Actress win for her role alongside William Dafoe in Lars Von Trier's Antichrist (see trailer and clips here); Park Chan-Wook's Thirst (slated for an American remake, details here) tied for the Jury Prize with Fish Tank; and the bloody Kinatay snagged best director for Brillante Mendoza.
Check out the full list of winners after the jump (courtesy of Variety), and for more on the blood-soaked invasion of genre fare in Cannes, click here.
Intl. Competition Jury Prizes
Palme d'Or
"The White Ribbon" (Michael Haneke, Germany-France-Austria-Italy)
Grand Prix
"A Prophet" (Jacques Audiard, France)
Lifetime achievement award
Alain Resnais, "Wild Grass" (France)
Director
Brillante Mendoza ("Kinatay," France-Philippines)
Jury prize
"Fish Tank" (Andrea Arnold, U.K.), "Thirst" (Park Chan-wook, South Korea-u.S.)
Actor
Christoph Waltz,...
- 5/25/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
Funny Games director Michael Haneke’s new drama, White Ribbon, took the Palme d’Or (the Golden Palm, to you, Yank) - the grand prize - at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
White Ribbon is set in a northern village in Germany during the run-up to World War I. It “focuses on a rural school where strange accidents occur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Does the ritual punishment have an affect on the school system and is this a precursor to the rise of fascism?”
‘Stay out of the cornfields’ Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet, snagged the second-place spot - the Grand Prix - as the festival’s runner-up.
Sony Pictures Classics has bought the rights to both films for distribution here in the U.S.
Festival headliner, Inglourious Basterds, was awarded best actor for Christoph Waltz’s performance as a murderous Nazi while Charlotte Gainsbourg,...
White Ribbon is set in a northern village in Germany during the run-up to World War I. It “focuses on a rural school where strange accidents occur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Does the ritual punishment have an affect on the school system and is this a precursor to the rise of fascism?”
‘Stay out of the cornfields’ Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet, snagged the second-place spot - the Grand Prix - as the festival’s runner-up.
Sony Pictures Classics has bought the rights to both films for distribution here in the U.S.
Festival headliner, Inglourious Basterds, was awarded best actor for Christoph Waltz’s performance as a murderous Nazi while Charlotte Gainsbourg,...
- 5/25/2009
- by Buckman
- Atomic Popcorn
2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards 2009 Cannes Film Festival: May 13–24 In Competition - Feature Films Palme d’Or Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael Haneke Grand Prix Un PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques Audiard Jury Prize (tie) Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold and Bak-jwi (Thirst) directed by Park Chan-Wook Best Director Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay Best Actor Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds directed by Quentin Tarantino Best Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist directed by Lars von Trier Best Screenplay Mei Feng for Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan (Spring Fever) directed by Lou Ye Prix Vulcain: Artist-Technician Aitor Berenguer, sound technician of the movie Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo directed by Isabel Coixet Lifetime achievement award for his work and his exceptional contribution to the history of cinema Alain Resnais In Competition - Short Films Palme d’Or Arena directed by João Salaviza Special Distinction...
- 5/24/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
- John Boorman John Boorman headed a jury that didn't need much of a attention span as they presided over a selection of nine short films. the real work went to those who watch the 2,600 shorts submitted for a coveted nine final spots. A runner up prize goes to The Six Dollar Fifty Man (check the official website here) and Joao Salaviza wins the big prize for Arena. The drama tells the story of Mauro, who is under house arrest. Tattooing helps him while away the time. Three local kids taunt him through his window. Outside, the midday sun beats down. Mark Albiston & Louis Sutherland's short play with the notion of Steve Austin. The synopsis: It's hard to look after yourself in the playground when you're different. Set in 1970s New Zealand, The Six Dollar Fifty Man follows Andy, a gutsy eight year-old boy who lives in a make
- 5/24/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- With only nine chosen titles, Cannes Short Films competition is probably the most exclusive competitive event at the festival. I can only imagine what the ratio was from submitted pictures to the lucky nine selected. Apart from an offering from New Zealand, this year's batch of short films resembles the dominance and output of European films in all sections of the festival this year. And like what Sundance has been doing for over two decades now, Cannes and The Cannes Cinefondation have lined-up short film offerings from the cinema schools from the four corners of the globe. Look for some form of coverage on our part Live at the festival. Cannes Short Films In Competition "Ciao Mama," Croatia, Goran Odvorcic "Larsog Peter," Denmark, Daniel Borgman "L'homme a la Gordini," France, Jean-Christophe Lie "Klusums," Latvia, Laila Pakalnina "Missen," Netherlands, Jochem de Vries "The Six Dollar Fifty Man," New Zealand, Mark Albiston,
- 4/28/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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