Nate Parker’s directorial debut claimed the Us Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and corresponding audience award at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, capping off a barnstorming week for the slave revolt drama.
Last week The Birth Of A Nation sparked a bidding frenzy that resulted in the biggest on-site deal in the festival’s history as Fox Searchlight paid $17.5m for worldwide rights.
Sonita, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami’s film about a rapping Afghan teenager opposed to arranged marriage, earned similar double honours as it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and audience awards.
The Us Grand Jury Prize: Documentary award went to Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s Weiner, while the audience voted for Brian Oakes’ Jim: The James Foley Story.
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic went to Elite Zexer’s Sand Story and the audience choice was Carlos del Castillo’s Between Land And Sea.
In other winners:...
Last week The Birth Of A Nation sparked a bidding frenzy that resulted in the biggest on-site deal in the festival’s history as Fox Searchlight paid $17.5m for worldwide rights.
Sonita, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami’s film about a rapping Afghan teenager opposed to arranged marriage, earned similar double honours as it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and audience awards.
The Us Grand Jury Prize: Documentary award went to Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s Weiner, while the audience voted for Brian Oakes’ Jim: The James Foley Story.
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic went to Elite Zexer’s Sand Story and the audience choice was Carlos del Castillo’s Between Land And Sea.
In other winners:...
- 1/30/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Sho Kosugi, Lewis Van Bergen, Robin Evans, Gerry Gibson, Charles Lucia, Richard Wiley, Carlos Estrada, Ulises Dumont, Theodore McNabney, Alan Amiel, Armando Capo | Written by Robert Short, Wallace C. Bennett | Directed by Gordon Hessler
As a kid who grew up in the video store there were a few staples in my cinematic diet – none more so than the VHS releases from Imperial and Trans World Entertainment. From chop-socky flicks featuring an incredibly young Jackie Chan, to the ninja films of Sho Kosugi, I could not get enough of the Far East fight action. However the death of VHS also saw the death of those types of films being freely available here in the UK. Sure you can go down the import route (which I did for a number of those dear-to-my-heart action movies of the early 80s) but there’s nothing quite like walking into a store and picking...
As a kid who grew up in the video store there were a few staples in my cinematic diet – none more so than the VHS releases from Imperial and Trans World Entertainment. From chop-socky flicks featuring an incredibly young Jackie Chan, to the ninja films of Sho Kosugi, I could not get enough of the Far East fight action. However the death of VHS also saw the death of those types of films being freely available here in the UK. Sure you can go down the import route (which I did for a number of those dear-to-my-heart action movies of the early 80s) but there’s nothing quite like walking into a store and picking...
- 12/30/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde has been created by the Institut français, in partnership with the International Organization of la Francophonie to support talented new filmmakers from Southern and emerging countries. This professional program has been developed in close association with the Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film to invite ten filmmakers who are working on their first or second feature film. Accompanied by their producers, selected directors will receive personalized support adapted to their project and professional experience ; improve their market position and develop a professional network and find some French, European or international co-producers for their project.
Main Selection Criteria
Directors must come from one of the eligible countries (list available on the website).The project must be the director’s 1st or 2nd feature-length film (fiction, documentary or animation) The project must have a local producer or a producer from one of the eligible countries who has produced a short- or feature-length film in the last five years Each director or production company may only submit one film project Co-producers may not apply but they must appear in the registration form The film’s provisional budget must be less than €3 million.
New Success Stories
Follow the news on La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde facebook group !
"Flapping in the middle of nowhere” by Hoang Diep Nguyen (La Fabrique 2012 - Vietnam) has received the Fedeora Award for Best Film at the Critics Week in Venice and and was selected in Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery). It will also be screened in A Window on Asian Cinema at the Busan International Film Festival.
Mariam Khatchvani for "Dede" (La Fabrique 2014 – Georgia) and Gitanjali Rao (La Fabrique 2011 - India) for her new project "True Love Story" have both received a production grant from the Doha Film Institute.
Midi Z (La Fabrique 2012 – Burma) will represent Taiwan at the Oscars with his new film "Ice Poison" (Bing Du). The film had been selected in Berlin (Panorama) last February.
Marcela Esquivel Jimenez and Armando Capo Ramos (La Fabrique 2014 – Costa-Rica/Cuba) have received the best project award at the coproduction forum in San Sebastian.
Mattie Do (La Fabrique 2014 – Laos) has been selected to take part in the Toronto Talent Lab of the Toronto International Film Festival 2014.
"Fidaï," Damien Ounouri’s first documentary film (La Fabrique 2014 – Algeria) has been released in France on October 29.
The Cinémas du Monde Pavilion is organized by the Institut français in partnership with the International Organization of La Francophonie and France Médias Monde – Rfi, Monte Carlo Doualiya, France 24.
Main Selection Criteria
Directors must come from one of the eligible countries (list available on the website).The project must be the director’s 1st or 2nd feature-length film (fiction, documentary or animation) The project must have a local producer or a producer from one of the eligible countries who has produced a short- or feature-length film in the last five years Each director or production company may only submit one film project Co-producers may not apply but they must appear in the registration form The film’s provisional budget must be less than €3 million.
New Success Stories
Follow the news on La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde facebook group !
"Flapping in the middle of nowhere” by Hoang Diep Nguyen (La Fabrique 2012 - Vietnam) has received the Fedeora Award for Best Film at the Critics Week in Venice and and was selected in Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery). It will also be screened in A Window on Asian Cinema at the Busan International Film Festival.
Mariam Khatchvani for "Dede" (La Fabrique 2014 – Georgia) and Gitanjali Rao (La Fabrique 2011 - India) for her new project "True Love Story" have both received a production grant from the Doha Film Institute.
Midi Z (La Fabrique 2012 – Burma) will represent Taiwan at the Oscars with his new film "Ice Poison" (Bing Du). The film had been selected in Berlin (Panorama) last February.
Marcela Esquivel Jimenez and Armando Capo Ramos (La Fabrique 2014 – Costa-Rica/Cuba) have received the best project award at the coproduction forum in San Sebastian.
Mattie Do (La Fabrique 2014 – Laos) has been selected to take part in the Toronto Talent Lab of the Toronto International Film Festival 2014.
"Fidaï," Damien Ounouri’s first documentary film (La Fabrique 2014 – Algeria) has been released in France on October 29.
The Cinémas du Monde Pavilion is organized by the Institut français in partnership with the International Organization of La Francophonie and France Médias Monde – Rfi, Monte Carlo Doualiya, France 24.
- 11/10/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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