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Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s Sundance hit and local box office sensation Queen Of Hearts, is one of 10 features by European female directors selected to screen as part of the fourth edition of Europe! Voices of Women in Film at the Sydney Film Festival (Sff) in June.
Trine Dyrholm stars in the film about a happily married woman who falls in love with her teenage stepson. Dyrholm also features in the zombie film Endzeit-Ever After by Swedish-born, Berlin-based Carolina Hellsgard which is also screening at Sff as part of the programme.
Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s Sundance hit and local box office sensation Queen Of Hearts, is one of 10 features by European female directors selected to screen as part of the fourth edition of Europe! Voices of Women in Film at the Sydney Film Festival (Sff) in June.
Trine Dyrholm stars in the film about a happily married woman who falls in love with her teenage stepson. Dyrholm also features in the zombie film Endzeit-Ever After by Swedish-born, Berlin-based Carolina Hellsgard which is also screening at Sff as part of the programme.
- 5/28/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Scheme Birds Edinburgh International Film Festival is putting Scottish films in the spotlight again this year, with stars including Shauna Macdonald, Jack Lowden, Angus Macfadyen, Peter Mullan and director Mark Cousins joining the line-up.
Among the films announced today is Dundee-shot Schemers, by writer/director David McLean. An autobiographical look at the director’s early years in the music business. Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin's Motherwell-set documentary Scheme Birds - which won the Albert Maysles Award and Best Documentary accolade at Tribeca Film Festival last month - will also screen.
Macfadyen reprises the role of Robert the Bruce, from Braveheart, in a retelling of the story, while Brian Cox stars alongside Blythe Danner in thriller Strange But True.
Scottish-born producer Sophia Shek brings comedy drama Go Back To China to this year’s Festival. Directed by Emily Ting, the film tells the story of Sasha Li, a spoiled rich kid whose father.
Among the films announced today is Dundee-shot Schemers, by writer/director David McLean. An autobiographical look at the director’s early years in the music business. Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin's Motherwell-set documentary Scheme Birds - which won the Albert Maysles Award and Best Documentary accolade at Tribeca Film Festival last month - will also screen.
Macfadyen reprises the role of Robert the Bruce, from Braveheart, in a retelling of the story, while Brian Cox stars alongside Blythe Danner in thriller Strange But True.
Scottish-born producer Sophia Shek brings comedy drama Go Back To China to this year’s Festival. Directed by Emily Ting, the film tells the story of Sasha Li, a spoiled rich kid whose father.
- 5/20/2019
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin open their documentary feature Scheme Birds, which just took a top prize at the Tribeca Film Festival, with a moment out of time. Scottish teenager Gemma is doing what many girls her age might — scrolling through the photos and Facebook feed on her phone, pausing to look over images and references to one young man in particular. It's not clear who he is or, indeed, when and where we are. What is apparent, if subtly, is that Gemma is humbled in a way that is very new to her, though as we soon ...
Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin open their documentary feature Scheme Birds, which just took a top prize at the Tribeca Film Festival, with a moment out of time. Scottish teenager Gemma is doing what many girls her age might — scrolling through the photos and Facebook feed on her phone, pausing to look over images and references to one young man in particular. It's not clear who he is or, indeed, when and where we are. What is apparent, if subtly, is that Gemma is humbled in a way that is very new to her, though as we soon ...
Phillip Youmans’ “Burning Cane” took home the Founders Award for best narrative feature at the 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, with star Wendell Pierce earning Best Actor.
Youmans, a 19-year-old freshman at NYU, is the first African-American director to win the Founders Award and the youngest director to have a feature in Tribeca — he was just 17 when he wrote, directed and shot the film, about the fractious relationship between a mother and son in rural Louisiana.
Korean director Bora Kim’s “House of Hummingbird” won for best international narrative feature, and Ji-hu Park won best international actress.
In addition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin won for their documentary feature “Scheme Birds.”
Here’s the complete list of winners.
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U.S. Narrative Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2019 U.S. Narrative Competition were Lucy Alibar,...
Youmans, a 19-year-old freshman at NYU, is the first African-American director to win the Founders Award and the youngest director to have a feature in Tribeca — he was just 17 when he wrote, directed and shot the film, about the fractious relationship between a mother and son in rural Louisiana.
Korean director Bora Kim’s “House of Hummingbird” won for best international narrative feature, and Ji-hu Park won best international actress.
In addition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin won for their documentary feature “Scheme Birds.”
Here’s the complete list of winners.
Also Read: 'Xy Chelsea' Film Review: Doc Tackles Chelsea Manning's Very In-Progress Story
U.S. Narrative Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2019 U.S. Narrative Competition were Lucy Alibar,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The 18th Annual Tribeca Film Festival announced the winning filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in its competition categories at this year’s awards ceremony, which took place this evening at the Stella Artois Theatre at Bmcc Tpac. The top honors went to “Burning Cane” for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) for Best International Narrative Feature, and “Scheme Birds” for Best Documentary Feature.
The winners were dominated by fresh faces, including “Burning Cane” director Phillip Youmans, who was just 17 when he made his film, making him the youngest director to have a feature play at Tribeca. Other first-time directors also won big, as both “House of Hummingbird” filmmaker Bora Kim and “Scheme Birds” filmmaking duo Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin all made feature directorial debuts with their Tribeca winners.
“I’m so proud to see our juries reward a group of winners that is...
The winners were dominated by fresh faces, including “Burning Cane” director Phillip Youmans, who was just 17 when he made his film, making him the youngest director to have a feature play at Tribeca. Other first-time directors also won big, as both “House of Hummingbird” filmmaker Bora Kim and “Scheme Birds” filmmaking duo Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin all made feature directorial debuts with their Tribeca winners.
“I’m so proud to see our juries reward a group of winners that is...
- 5/2/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Women claim four short film prizes.
Nineteen-year old Phillip Youmans became the first African American to win The Founders Award for best Us narrative feature at the Tribeca Film Festival when Burning Cane received the top honour on Thursday (2).
Youmans, 19, already the youngest filmmaker to have a feature in the festival (he was 17 when he directed the story of a troubled preacher starring best actor award-winner Wendell Pierce), receives $20,000 sponsored by At&T.
The jury of Lucy Alibar, Jonathan Ames, Cory Hardrict, Dana Harris, and Jenny Lumet said of Burning Cane: “The Founders Award goes to a voice that is searingly original.
Nineteen-year old Phillip Youmans became the first African American to win The Founders Award for best Us narrative feature at the Tribeca Film Festival when Burning Cane received the top honour on Thursday (2).
Youmans, 19, already the youngest filmmaker to have a feature in the festival (he was 17 when he directed the story of a troubled preacher starring best actor award-winner Wendell Pierce), receives $20,000 sponsored by At&T.
The jury of Lucy Alibar, Jonathan Ames, Cory Hardrict, Dana Harris, and Jenny Lumet said of Burning Cane: “The Founders Award goes to a voice that is searingly original.
- 5/2/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Burning Cane, the drama whose writer-director Phillip Youmans is the youngest-ever helmer to have a feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, won the fest’s marquee Founders Award on Thursday. Tribeca bestowed all three of its top juried feature awards on first-time directors, but none more first-time than Youmans, who made the movie when he was 17. He also becomes the first African American director to win the award.
The film’s Wendell Pierce won the Best Actor award in the fest’s U.S. Narrative Competition section. He plays a preacher dealing with his wife’s recent death in Burning Cane, a portrait of Southeastern Louisiana. Youmans also won a cinematography honor.
Haley Bennett won the Best Actress award for Swallow, a psychological thriller about a newly pregnant woman who develops the compulsion to consume dangerous objects.
In the documentary competition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin’s Scheme Birds won the Best Feature prize,...
The film’s Wendell Pierce won the Best Actor award in the fest’s U.S. Narrative Competition section. He plays a preacher dealing with his wife’s recent death in Burning Cane, a portrait of Southeastern Louisiana. Youmans also won a cinematography honor.
Haley Bennett won the Best Actress award for Swallow, a psychological thriller about a newly pregnant woman who develops the compulsion to consume dangerous objects.
In the documentary competition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin’s Scheme Birds won the Best Feature prize,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Burning Cane” has won the Founders Award for best U.S. narrative feature and star Wendell Pierce has been awarded the top actor in the category for the 18th Annual Tribeca Film Festival.
Haley Bennett won the festival’s award for best actress in a narrative feature for her performance in “Swallow.” “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) took the prize for best international narrative feature, and “Scheme Birds” won for top documentary feature.
The awards were announced Thursday. Rania Attieh won the Nora Ephron Award and a $25,000 prize for Initials S.G. (“Iniciales S.G.”). The award honors excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director embodying the spirit and boldness of the late filmmaker. Tribeca’s Storyscapes Award went to “The Key,” created by Celine Tricart.
“Burning Cane,” set in the Louisiana swamplands, is directed by Phillip Youmans, who wrote, directed and shot the film at the age of 17. He...
Haley Bennett won the festival’s award for best actress in a narrative feature for her performance in “Swallow.” “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) took the prize for best international narrative feature, and “Scheme Birds” won for top documentary feature.
The awards were announced Thursday. Rania Attieh won the Nora Ephron Award and a $25,000 prize for Initials S.G. (“Iniciales S.G.”). The award honors excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director embodying the spirit and boldness of the late filmmaker. Tribeca’s Storyscapes Award went to “The Key,” created by Celine Tricart.
“Burning Cane,” set in the Louisiana swamplands, is directed by Phillip Youmans, who wrote, directed and shot the film at the age of 17. He...
- 5/2/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday announced the winners in its competition categories, with all three of the main feature awards going to first-time directors.
Phillip Youmans' Burning Cane, set amid the cane fields of rural Louisiana where a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her beliefs with the love she has for her troubled son, won the founders award for best narrative feature in the U.S. narrative competition category, with star Wendell Pierce taking best actor honors and Youmans being recognized for the film's cinematography.
Youmans, the youngest director to have a feature at Tribeca, is the ...
Phillip Youmans' Burning Cane, set amid the cane fields of rural Louisiana where a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her beliefs with the love she has for her troubled son, won the founders award for best narrative feature in the U.S. narrative competition category, with star Wendell Pierce taking best actor honors and Youmans being recognized for the film's cinematography.
Youmans, the youngest director to have a feature at Tribeca, is the ...
“I don’t run away from nothing, I run to it,” says Gemma, the quietly resilient teenager at the center of “Scheme Birds.” Few would blame her for doing the reverse, having been abandoned in infanthood by her parents in the harsh projects of Motherwell, a deprived, lusterless Scottish town a few miles outside Glasgow. It’s a home that does little to reward her loyalty, yet at the outset, at least, there’s nowhere Gemma would rather be: Admitting that she expects to spend her whole life in this deprived corner of Motherwell, she then breaks sunnily with glum kitchen-sink tradition by saying she hopes never to leave. That will change, as will many aspects of her life, by the end of Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin’s superb documentary, an alternately lyrical and gut-punching coming-of-age study in which girls like Gemma become women — and wounded women at that — altogether too soon.
- 5/1/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
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