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51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 1 to 9 July 2016. The Crystal Globe was won by ''It's Not the Time of My Life'', a Hungarian drama film directed by Szabolcs Hajdu. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize, was won by ''Zoology'', a Russian drama film directed by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy. Juries The following people formed the juries of the festival: Main competition * Maurizio Braucci (Italy) * Eve Gabereau (United Kingdom) * Martha Issová (Czech Republic) * George Ovashvili (Georgia) * Jay Van Hoy (USA) Documentaries * Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær (Denmark) * Hana Kulhánková (Czech Republic) * Laurent Bécue-Renard (France) East of the West * Carmen Gray (United Kingdom) * Tolga Karaçelik (Turkey) * Mikuláš Novotný (Czech Republic) * Agnieszka Smoczyńska (Poland) * Yoshi Yatabe (Japan) Official selection awards The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: * Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - ''It's Not the Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teacher (2016 Film)
''The Teacher'' ( sk, Učiteľka) is a 2016 black comedy film directed by Jan Hřebejk which premiered at the 2016 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where Zuzana Mauréry received an award for best actress. Plot The film is set in 1983, Czechoslovakia. Mária Drazdechová becomes a teacher at a suburban school near Bratislava. She uses her position to blackmail parents of her students to get benefits from them. Students whose parents disobey are bullied and given bad grades. The head teacher is afraid to intervene as Drazdechová is chairperson of the school Communist Party branch. One of Drazdechová's students attempts suicide as a result of the bullying. This induces the school principal to call the parents for a meeting about a petition to remove Drazdechová from the school. There are parents whose children were bullied by Drazdechová and others who support her. Most of the parents are afraid of the teacher's connections and do not want to sign. The meeting ends in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Dafoe
Willem James Dafoe (; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Willem Dafoe, various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. He has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, Julian Schnabel, Wes Anderson, and Robert Eggers. Dafoe was an early member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He made his film debut in ''Heaven's Gate (film), Heaven's Gate'' (1980), but was fired during production. He had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film ''The Loveless'' (1982) and then played the main antagonist in ''Streets of Fire'' (1984) and ''To Live and Die in L.A. (film), To Live and Die in L.A.'' (1985). He received his first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actor) for his role as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Baker (film Director)
Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American film Film director, director, cinematographer, film producer, producer, screenwriter and film editing, editor. He is best known for the independent feature films ''Starlet (film), Starlet'', ''Tangerine (film), Tangerine'', ''The Florida Project'' and ''Red Rocket (film), Red Rocket'', as well as his involvement in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox/IFC (American TV channel), IFC puppet sitcom ''Greg the Bunny'' and its spin-offs. Baker has received several film critics awards, a Provincetown International Film Festival#Filmmaker on the Edge Award, Filmmaker on the Edge Award and nominations for six Independent Spirit Awards, winning one in 2012. Early life and education Baker was born and raised in Summit, New Jersey. His mother was a teacher and his father was a patent attorney who once represented the director and his production company in 2005. He has a sister who is a professional synth-pop musician and production designer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangerine (film)
''Tangerine'' is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean Baker, and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, and James Ransone. The story follows a transgender sex worker who discovers her boyfriend and pimp has been cheating on her. The film was shot with three iPhone 5S smartphones."Beyond using progressive filming techniques and casting, Tangerine is expressive and warm" ''Nashville Scene'', By Jason Shawhan ''Tangerine'' premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triin Ruumet
Triin is an Estonian feminine given name. Triinu is another version of Triin. It is a form of ''Katherine''. It is likely that the name Triin derives from the North Germanic name Trina which was first documented in 1652, in Sweden. The name is common in Estonia, and may refer to any of the following persons: *Triin Aljand (born 1985), Estonian swimmer *Triin Narva (born 1994), Estonian chess player *Triin Ojaste (born 1990), Estonian cross-country skier *Triin Tenso (born 1987), Estonian actress *Triin Tobi (born 1995), Estonian alpine skier *Triin Vahisalu Triin Vahisalu (born October 4, 1978) is an Estonian botanist. She studies the effects of stress on plants and discovered a gene that regulates stomata in harsh environments. Education Vahisalu attended the University of Tartu for her underg ... (born 1978), Estonian botanist References {{Given name Estonian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Days That Confused
''The Days That Confused'' ( et, Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse) is a 2016 Estonian comedy-drama film directed by Triin Ruumet. The film stars Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr. and Klaudia Tiitsmaa. Plot Allar (Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr.), a disaffected man from rural Estonia is on a frantic journey through midsummer Estonia in the late 1990s trying to discover purpose and meaning in his life. Cast * Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr. as Allar * Juhan Ulfsak as Juulius * Jaanika Arum as Nele * Taavi Eelmaa as Pontu * Klaudia Tiitsmaa as Maria * Juss Haasma as Mattias * Liina Vahtrik as Maarika * Kait Kall as Pets * Kristjan Lüüs as Andres * Reimo Sagor as Toomas * Kethi Uibomägi as Riina * Merlyn Uusküla as Jaana * Ott Aardam as Herko * Igor Maasik as Uncle Bella * Katariina Tamm as Katariina * Kaisa Selde as Kaisa * Rita Kender as Merli * Joosep Jürgenson as Young Uncle Bella * Henry Mandel as Maarek * Liina Vahtrik as Maarika * Hendrik Toompere Jr. as Jaak * Merle Palmiste as Mari * Margus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusudan Glurjidze
Rusudan Glurjidze (born 21 July 1972, Tbilisi) is a Georgian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Rusudan Glurjidze was born on 21 July 1972, in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated in French Language and Literature from the Tbilisi State University and from 1990 to 1996 studied Film Directing and Screenwriting at Giorgi Shengelaia’s class at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University. After 1996, Glurjidze worked in advertising and at the Georgian Public Broadcaster, making musical and commercial clips. Since 2007, she has been working as a producer and art director of ''Cinetech Film Production Company'', and worked as 1st Assistant Director on Giorgi Shengelaia’s comedy ''The Train Went On and On'' (მოდიოდა მატარებელი). Directed by Rusudan Glurjidze, the feature film '' The House of Others'' is a co-production between Georgia, Russia, Spain and Croatia. The story is set in the 1990s, after a civil war, when two fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Others
''House of Others'' ( ka, სხვისი სახლი) is a 2016 Georgian drama film directed by Rusudan Glurjidze. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Cast * Zurab Magalashvili * Olga Dihovichnaya * Ia Sukhitashvili * Salome Demuria Awards See also * List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Georgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Georgia has submitted twenty films for Oscar consideration in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category since gaining its independence from the USSR in 1991. Georgia received an Oscar nomination for its first-ever submission, ... References External links Film's facebook page* * {{DEFAULTSORT:House Of Others 2016 films 2016 drama films Drama films from Georgia (country) 2010s Georgian-language films 2016 directorial debut films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Har'el
Alma Har'el ( he, עלמה הראל) is an Israeli-American music video and film director. She is best known for her 2019 feature film debut '' Honey Boy'', for which she won a Directors Guild of America Award. Her 2011 documentary '' Bombay Beach'', which took the top prize at Tribeca Film Festival, received a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award. In 2016, her documentary ''LoveTrue'' won the Grand Prix Best Documentary Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The same year, Har'el was named one of the "Top 12 female filmmakers ready to direct a blockbuster" by IndieWire. Har'el is noted for her ability to artistically blur the lines between documentary and fiction. Stephan Holden of ''The New York Times'' wrote about Har'el's film ''Bombay Beach'': " tlooks and feels like a fever dream about an alternate universe. Suffused with a sense of wonder, it hovers, dancing inside its own ethereal bubble". Early life Har'el was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Němec
Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave." Biography Němec's career as a filmmaker started in the late 1950s when he attended FAMU. At that time, Czechoslovakia was a communist state subservient to the USSR, and artistic and public expression was subject to censorship and government review. However, thanks largely to the failure of purely propagandist cinema in the early 1950s and the presence of important and powerful people such as Jan Procházka within the Czechoslovak film industry, the 1960s led to an internationally acknowledged creative surge in Czechoslovak film that became known as the Czech New Wave, in which Němec played a part. Professional For graduation, Němec adapted a short story by Arnošt Lustig based on the author's experience of the Holocaust. Němec would return to Lustig's writing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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