Co-production forum marks 20th anniversary this year.
Laurynas Bareisa, winner of the 2021 best film prize at Venice’s Orrizonti section for his debut Pilgrims, is among the directors presenting new projects at the 20th edition of the Sofia Meetings co-production forum (22-26 March).
The Lithuanian director is bringing Drowning Dry to Sofia where it is one of five projects in a section dedicated to second feature films.
The section’s line-up also includes The Last Slap by Italian director Matteo Oleotto whose debut feature Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot premiered in Venice’s Critics Week in 2013.
The Last Slap’s...
Laurynas Bareisa, winner of the 2021 best film prize at Venice’s Orrizonti section for his debut Pilgrims, is among the directors presenting new projects at the 20th edition of the Sofia Meetings co-production forum (22-26 March).
The Lithuanian director is bringing Drowning Dry to Sofia where it is one of five projects in a section dedicated to second feature films.
The section’s line-up also includes The Last Slap by Italian director Matteo Oleotto whose debut feature Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot premiered in Venice’s Critics Week in 2013.
The Last Slap’s...
- 3/17/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
It’s not a coincidence that Volker Schlöndorff’s latest film The Forest Maker, the environmental essay documentary about Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo, who found a way to grow trees in the most barren areas of Africa, is opening the 27th Sofia International Film Festival kicking off Thursday in the Bulgarian capital.
One of the major film festivals in Eastern Europe is going green, and the veteran German filmmaker, winner of the Palme d’Or and what was then called the best foreign language Oscar for The Tin Drum (1979), will plant the first tree of the future Sofia Film Festival Forest.
“We wanted to remind ourselves of our deep connection to the land and our power to be agents of change together. We wish to engage the public in the global vision of sustainable development of society and a responsible attitude towards nature”, the festival organizers said about the green...
One of the major film festivals in Eastern Europe is going green, and the veteran German filmmaker, winner of the Palme d’Or and what was then called the best foreign language Oscar for The Tin Drum (1979), will plant the first tree of the future Sofia Film Festival Forest.
“We wanted to remind ourselves of our deep connection to the land and our power to be agents of change together. We wish to engage the public in the global vision of sustainable development of society and a responsible attitude towards nature”, the festival organizers said about the green...
- 3/16/2023
- by Stjepan Hundic
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A cinema career in his sights - Matteo Oleotto: "I have always thought that, for your first film, you have to focus on something that you know very well."
Italian director Matteo Oleotto, whose first feature Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot (Zoran, Il Mio Nipote Scemo) receives its premiere as part of the Italian Film Festival this weekend (Glasgow Gft, 7 March, Edinburgh Filmhouse, 8 March and Inverness 13 March) had a chequered background before finally deciding to devote himself to film-making.
He worked in a call-centre, spent time as a lifeguard, joined a removals company, and was also involved in a carwash, assembling micro-components, and was a night assistant in a psychiatric hospital. He has also served as a waiter, an assistant cook, a gardener, a basketball referee, a hotel porter and a swimming instructor.
After he graduated in acting from the Nico Pepe Academy of Dramatic Arts in Udine and...
Italian director Matteo Oleotto, whose first feature Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot (Zoran, Il Mio Nipote Scemo) receives its premiere as part of the Italian Film Festival this weekend (Glasgow Gft, 7 March, Edinburgh Filmhouse, 8 March and Inverness 13 March) had a chequered background before finally deciding to devote himself to film-making.
He worked in a call-centre, spent time as a lifeguard, joined a removals company, and was also involved in a carwash, assembling micro-components, and was a night assistant in a psychiatric hospital. He has also served as a waiter, an assistant cook, a gardener, a basketball referee, a hotel porter and a swimming instructor.
After he graduated in acting from the Nico Pepe Academy of Dramatic Arts in Udine and...
- 3/4/2015
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick and veteran Polish film-maker Andrzej Wajda are to receive the Kristian Award for their Contributions to World Cinema at this week’s Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest.
The award for Wajda will be accepted on his behalf by the actor Robert Więckiewicz, who plays the title in the director’s latest film Walesa: Man Of Hope, at Febiofest’s opening ceremony on 20 March.
“There is probably not a person in Central European cinema who would document their homeland’s history with such consistency and emphasis on the desire for freedom and protection of elementary moral values,” Febiofest’s programme director Stefan Uhrik commented.
“Visionary“ Kosslick
The honour for Kosslick will be his first Czech award to add to a host of other distinctions he has received during over 30 years working in the world of film funding and, latterly, festival programming at the Berlinale since 2001.
“He is a visionary man who is also...
The award for Wajda will be accepted on his behalf by the actor Robert Więckiewicz, who plays the title in the director’s latest film Walesa: Man Of Hope, at Febiofest’s opening ceremony on 20 March.
“There is probably not a person in Central European cinema who would document their homeland’s history with such consistency and emphasis on the desire for freedom and protection of elementary moral values,” Febiofest’s programme director Stefan Uhrik commented.
“Visionary“ Kosslick
The honour for Kosslick will be his first Czech award to add to a host of other distinctions he has received during over 30 years working in the world of film funding and, latterly, festival programming at the Berlinale since 2001.
“He is a visionary man who is also...
- 3/18/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Georgia was the big winner at the 18th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival (Siff) which closed at the weekend with the Grand Prix for Best Film and Best Director award going to Levan Koguashvili’s second feature Blind Dates.
The melancholic comedy, which premiered at the Berlinale’s Forum last month, also received the Fipresci International Film Critics’ Prize. Handled internationally by Films Boutique, it is already booked to screen at the April festivals in Wiesbaden (goEast) and Lecce and in Odessa in July.
Presenting the Grand Prix to Koguashvili, the International Jury’s president producer Alexander Rodnyansky said that the jury’s discussion on the top prize had ¨lasted only about 10 minutes and was unanimous. This film has become the absolute winner of this festival!¨
In addition, Vladimer Katcharava of Tbilisi-based 20 Steps Production received the Sofia Meetings’ €10,000 Digimage - Lvt Postproduction Award for Miriam Khachvani’s Dede which he pitched in the Plus Minus...
The melancholic comedy, which premiered at the Berlinale’s Forum last month, also received the Fipresci International Film Critics’ Prize. Handled internationally by Films Boutique, it is already booked to screen at the April festivals in Wiesbaden (goEast) and Lecce and in Odessa in July.
Presenting the Grand Prix to Koguashvili, the International Jury’s president producer Alexander Rodnyansky said that the jury’s discussion on the top prize had ¨lasted only about 10 minutes and was unanimous. This film has become the absolute winner of this festival!¨
In addition, Vladimer Katcharava of Tbilisi-based 20 Steps Production received the Sofia Meetings’ €10,000 Digimage - Lvt Postproduction Award for Miriam Khachvani’s Dede which he pitched in the Plus Minus...
- 3/17/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Beki Probst, market director at Berlin’s European Film Market (Efm), talks about the debut of South African filmmakers at the market and how the figures compare to last year’s event.
South African filmmakers will have a presence at Berlin’s European Film Market (Efm) for the first time this year.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Efm market director Beki Probst said that she was particularly pleased to be able to welcome a delegation organised by the Association for Transformation in Film and Television (Atft), which will have a stand in the Marriott Hotel.
Atft organised a so-called export market readiness workshops last month in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth) for potential delegates to prepare them for attending the Efm in order to make the most of their time in Berlin.
The workshops were led by Dutch Indies’ chairman Hans Boscher and industry veteran Fred de Haas, who are organising...
South African filmmakers will have a presence at Berlin’s European Film Market (Efm) for the first time this year.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Efm market director Beki Probst said that she was particularly pleased to be able to welcome a delegation organised by the Association for Transformation in Film and Television (Atft), which will have a stand in the Marriott Hotel.
Atft organised a so-called export market readiness workshops last month in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth) for potential delegates to prepare them for attending the Efm in order to make the most of their time in Berlin.
The workshops were led by Dutch Indies’ chairman Hans Boscher and industry veteran Fred de Haas, who are organising...
- 1/22/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Venice Critics Week, run in cooperation with The National Union of Italian Film Critics, has unveiled its list of titles for 2013.
This is the 28th edition of Critics’ Week in Venice. All are feature debuts in competition plus two special events.
The selections include Chilean feature The Quispe Girls about shepherd sisters, which counts Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dios Larrain as producers, and Italian comedy Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot starring Giuseppe Battiston as a winelover who has to indulge his nephew.
Also in the line-up is the two-part The Reunion by Swedish performance artist Anna Odell, about a class reunion; Africa-set White Shadow, which has Ryan Gosling as an executive producer; Salvation Army, about a young gay man in Casablanca; and Slovenian drama Class Enemy, about a school recovering from a student’s suicide.
Opening film The Art of Happiness is about two brothers in Naples and closing film Illiterate stars Gloria actress Paulina García.
The...
This is the 28th edition of Critics’ Week in Venice. All are feature debuts in competition plus two special events.
The selections include Chilean feature The Quispe Girls about shepherd sisters, which counts Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dios Larrain as producers, and Italian comedy Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot starring Giuseppe Battiston as a winelover who has to indulge his nephew.
Also in the line-up is the two-part The Reunion by Swedish performance artist Anna Odell, about a class reunion; Africa-set White Shadow, which has Ryan Gosling as an executive producer; Salvation Army, about a young gay man in Casablanca; and Slovenian drama Class Enemy, about a school recovering from a student’s suicide.
Opening film The Art of Happiness is about two brothers in Naples and closing film Illiterate stars Gloria actress Paulina García.
The...
- 7/22/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Venice Critics Week, run in cooperation with The National Union of Italian Film Critics, has today unveiled its list of titles for 2013.
This is the 28th edition of Critics’ Week in Venice. All are feature debuts in competition plus two special events.
The selections include Chilean feature The Quispe Girls about shepherd sisters, which counts Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dios Larrain as producers; Italian comedy Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot starring Giuseppe Battiston as a winelover who has to indulge his nephew; the two-part The Reunion by Swedish performance artist Anna Odell, about a class reunion; Africa-set White Shadow which has Ryan Gosling as an executive producer; Salvation Army, about a young gay man in Casablanca; and Slovenian drama Class Enemy, about a school recovering from a student’s suicide. The opening film The Art of Happiness is about two brothers in Naples; the closing film Illiterate stars Gloria actress Paulina García.
The full list...
This is the 28th edition of Critics’ Week in Venice. All are feature debuts in competition plus two special events.
The selections include Chilean feature The Quispe Girls about shepherd sisters, which counts Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dios Larrain as producers; Italian comedy Zoran, My Nephew The Idiot starring Giuseppe Battiston as a winelover who has to indulge his nephew; the two-part The Reunion by Swedish performance artist Anna Odell, about a class reunion; Africa-set White Shadow which has Ryan Gosling as an executive producer; Salvation Army, about a young gay man in Casablanca; and Slovenian drama Class Enemy, about a school recovering from a student’s suicide. The opening film The Art of Happiness is about two brothers in Naples; the closing film Illiterate stars Gloria actress Paulina García.
The full list...
- 7/22/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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