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31st European Film Awards
The 31st European Film Awards were presented on 15 December 2018 in Seville, Spain. Selection * ''3 Days in Quiberon'' * '' Ága'' * '' Anna's War'' * '' Arrhythmia'' * '' Ayka'' * '' Beast'' * ''Border'' * '' Borg/McEnroe'' * ''Carmen & Lola'' * ''Cobain'' * '' Cold War'' * '' Custody'' * ''Diamantino'' * '' Dogman'' * ''Donbass'' * '' Dovlatov'' * '' Foxtrot'' * '' Fugue'' * ''Girl'' * ''Happy as Lazzaro'' * ''Longing'' * ''Mademoiselle Paradis'' * ''Men Don't Cry'' * ''Michael Inside'' * '' Milada'' * ''Mug'' * ''One Day'' * '' Paddington 2'' * '' Petra'' * ''Pity'' * '' Pomegranate Orchard'' * ''Pororoca'' * '' Scary Mother'' * ''Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind'' * '' Styx'' * '' The Captain'' * ''Giant'' * '' The Guilty'' * '' The House by the Sea'' * '' The House That Jack Built'' * '' Summer'' * '' The Wild Pear Tree'' * ''Those Who Are Fine'' * '' Touch Me Not'' * ''Transit'' * '' Utøya: July 22'' * '' Under the Tree'' * ''What Will People Say'' * '' Woman at War'' Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro De La Maestranza
The Teatro de la Maestranza is an opera house located in Seville, Spain. The theatre was conceived to be one of the main cultural venues of the Seville Expo '92, and the first performance took place in 1991, shortly before the inauguration of the Universal Exposition. The theatre was refurbished in 2005. Although the Teatro de la Maestranza is mainly devoted to opera, there are also performances of Zarzuela (Spanish operetta) and other musical performances. The resident orchestra is the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra (ROSS), and the artistic director is Pedro Halffter. The theatre is the ROSS' main concert venue and the home of the Choir of the Friends' Society of the Maestranza Theatre. On 16 July 1992, during a rehearsal at the Teatro de la Maestranza for a performance by the Opéra national de Paris of Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Buss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobain (film)
''Cobain'' is a 2018 Dutch drama film directed by Nanouk Leopold. In July 2018, it was one of nine films shortlisted to be the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not selected. Cast * Bas Keizer as Cobain * Naomi Velissariou as Mia * Wim Opbrouck as Wickmayer * Dana Marineci as Adele * Cosmina Stratan Cosmina Stratan (born 20 October 1984) is a Romanian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Voichița in Beyond the Hills. Selected filmography Awards * Best Actress Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival (with Cristina Flut ... as Jadwiga References External links * 2018 films 2018 drama films Dutch drama films 2010s Dutch-language films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Inside
''Michael Inside'' is a 2017 Irish prison film, written, directed and co-produced by Frank Berry. It was nominated for four Irish Film & Television Awards and won the Best Film prize. Plot 18-year-old Michael McCrea lives with his grandfather in a Dublin housing estate. Michael's father is in prison and his mother died of an overdose when he was young. Michael aims to put his life on the right path and find work, but he is caught in possession of a bag of drugs belonging to the older brother of a friend, and sentenced to three months imprisonment. Production During the film's production, research was undertaken using discussions with offenders who had passed through the Irish Prison Service's Pathways programme. Filming took place in Cork Prison (the old building, closed in 2016) and Dublin and received funding from the Irish Film Board. Release ''Michael Inside'' premiered at the 2017 Galway Film Fleadh, and also played at the 2017 Cork Film Festival. It went on general relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Don't Cry (film)
''Men Don't Cry'' ( bs, Muškarci ne plaču) is a 2017 Bosnian drama film directed by Alen Drljević. It was selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film won the 2017 Special Jury Prize at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Plot A group of disparate, middle-aged Yugoslav War veterans talk in an extended group-therapy session. Cast * Boris Isaković as Miki * Leon Lučev as Valentin * Emir Hadžihafizbegović as Merim * Ermin Bravo as Ahmed * Ivo Gregurević as Josip * Sebastian Cavazza as Ivan * Izudin Bajrović as receptionist See also * List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Bosnian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Bosnia and Herzegovina has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1994. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longing (2017 Film)
''Longing'' ( he, געגוע) is a 2017 Israeli comedy-drama film directed by Savi Gabizon. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was nominated for the Ophir Award for Best Film. The film takes place primarily in Acre, Israel. Cast * * Asi Levi * Neta Riskin * * Awards At the 2017 Jerusalem Film Festival, ''Longing'' won the award for best script, as well as the Audience Favorite Award. At the 2017 Ophir Awards The Ophir Awards ( he, פרס אופיר), colloquially known as the Israeli Oscars or the Israeli Academy Awards, are film awards for excellence in the Israeli film industry awarded by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. The award, named ..., ''Longing'' had 13 nominations and won for Best Screenplay. References External links * Israel Film Fund 2017 films 2017 comedy-drama films Israeli comedy-drama films 2010s Hebrew-language films Films shot in Israel Films set in Israel [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy As Lazzaro
''Happy as Lazzaro'' ( it, Lazzaro felice) is a 2018 Italian drama film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Rohrwacher won the award for Best Screenplay. Plot On an estate called Inviolata, isolated since 1977, 54 farmhands work on a tobacco farm in a sharecropping arrangement, where they are constantly in debt and thus unpaid. The farm is run in a feudal manner by the notorious Marchioness Alfonsina De Luna, "Queen of Cigarettes". Lazzaro is a worker on the farm who dutifully follows every command given to him by the Marchioness, her son, Tancredi, and the estate manager. Tancredi befriends Lazzaro and decides to fake his own kidnapping to aggravate his mother and get some of her money. Tancredi and Lazzaro set out in the wilderness and badlands, where they write a false ransom note and bond with each other. They imitate a wolf's howl to make contact with a lone wolf roaming the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl (2018 Film)
''Girl'' is a 2018 drama film directed by Lukas Dhont, in his feature debut. It was written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens and stars Victor Polster, in his acting debut, as a trans girl who pursues a career as a ballerina. The film screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or award, for best first feature film, as well as the Queer Palm, and Polster won the Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance. It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, although it did not make the December shortlist. It received nine nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards and won four, including Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Polster. ''Girl'' was inspired by Nora Monsecour, a trans female dancer from Belgium, whom Dhont met when he was 18 and she was 15. While initially praised by critics, the film was criticised by some trans and queer writers for its depiction of gender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fugue (2018 Film)
''Fugue'' ( pl, Fuga) is a 2018 Polish drama film directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Gabriela Muskala as Alicja & Kinga * Lukasz Simlat as Krzysztof * Malgorzata Buczkowska as Ewa * Piotr Skiba as Michal * Halina Rasiakówna as Mother * Zbigniew Walerys as Father Reception In a mainly positive review for the ''Krakow Post The ''Krakow Post'' is an English-language newspaper based in Kraków, Poland. Owned by Lifeboat Limited since 2008, the monthly newspaper covers local and national news, politics, culture, business, sports, and human interest stories. History ...'' Giuseppe Sedia wrote: "Smoczynska's self-sustaining talent is capable of shining with its own light even without the sequins from her daring debut effort", adding however that it "could crush the hopes of the viewers pursuing extravagance or originality at any cost". References External links * 2018 films 2018 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxtrot (2017 Film)
''Foxtrot'' ( he, פוֹקְסטְרוֹט) is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Samuel Maoz. It stars Lior Ashkenazi and Sarah Adler as a couple who are informed that their son, an IDF soldier, was killed in action. The film was screened in the competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize Silver Lion. It was also screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It won the Ophir Award for Best Film, therefore becoming the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. Later in the year, it made the December shortlist, but ultimately did not receive a nomination. Plot Michael and Daphna Feldman, an affluent Tel Aviv couple, learn that their son, Jonathan, a soldier, has died in the line of duty. The Israel Defense Forces refuse to inform the distraught parents where and how Jonathan died, or if his body had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dovlatov (film)
''Dovlatov'' (russian: Довлатов) is a 2018 Russian biographical film about writer Sergei Dovlatov, directed by Aleksei German and starring Milan Marić and Danila Kozlovsky. It premiered at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival in competition on the 17th of February, where it was awarded a Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for costume and production design. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot The film tells about a few days in the life of writer Sergei Dovlatov ( Milan Marić) in 1971 Leningrad, on the eve of the emigration of his friend, the future Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky (Artur Beschastny). Sergei is determined to stay and lead a normal life with his wife Elena (Helena Sujecka) and daughter Katya (Eva Herr). Dovlatov's manuscripts are regularly rejected by the official media as his point of view is deemed undesirable. His friend is artist David (Danila Kozlovsky), a fartsovshchik who sells foreign goods on the black ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donbass (film)
''Donbass'' is a 2018 internationally co-produced black comedy war film directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It was selected as the opening film in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Loznitsa won the ''Un Certain Regard'' award for Best Director, as well as the Silver Pyramid at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival. It was selected as the Ukrainian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was filmed in Kryvyi Rih, 300 km west of Donetsk. At the 49th International Film Festival of India it received the Main Prize - Golden Peacock for Best Feature Film. Plot The film's thirteen segments explore the mid-2010s conflict between Ukraine and the Russian-supported Donetsk People's Republic in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Reception Critical response ''Donbass'' has an approval rating of 88℅ on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews, and an average rating o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogman (film)
''Dogman'' is a 2018 Italian crime drama film inspired by real events involving Er Canaro, and directed by Matteo Garrone. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Marcello Fonte won the award for Best Actor. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, it was not nominated. Plot Marcello is a small, mild man, living in a dilapidated Rome suburb; he owns a dog grooming shop, and divides his days between his work, his daughter, Alida - who lives with her mother, from whom he is separated - and socialising with other locals. He supplements his meager income by selling cocaine to acquaintances. One is Simone, a huge and thuggish former boxer who terrorises the neighborhood. The extent of this abusive friendship is demonstrated when one night, Simone forces Marcello to take part a burglary, since he has a van and can act as the driver. The job runs smoothly, but Marcello hears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
