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52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 30 June to 8 July 2017. The Crystal Globe was won by ''Little Crusader'', a Czech historical drama film directed by Václav Kadrnka. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by '' Men Don’t Cry'', a Bosnian drama film directed by Alen Drljević. Juries The following people formed the juries of the festival: Main competition * Anna Brüggemann (Germany) * Sarah Flack (USA) * Ciro Guerra (Columbia) * Michel Merkt (Principality of Monaco) * Štefan Uhrík (Czech Republic) Documentaries * Roberto Cueto (Spain) * Anne Fabini (Germany) * Pavla Janoušková Kubečková (Czech Republic) East of the West * Evrim Ersoy (Turkey) * Cosima Finkbeiner (Germany) * Rusudan Glurjidze (Georgia) * Igor Soukmanov (Republic of Belarus) * Karla Stojáková (Czech Republic) Official selection awards The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: * Crystal Globe (Grand Prix) - ''Little Cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe's leading film event. History The pre-war dream of many enthusiastic filmmakers materialized in 1946 when a non-competition festival of films from seven countries took place in Mariánské Lázně and Karlovy Vary. Above all it was intended to screen the results of the recently nationalized Czechoslovak film industry. After the first two years the festival moved permanently to Karlovy Vary. The Karlovy Vary IFF first held an international film competition in 1948. Since 1951, an international jury has evaluated the films. The Karlovy Vary competition quickly found a place among other developing festivals and by 1956 FIAPF had already classified Karlovy Vary as a category A festival. Given the creation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Are Singing In Kigali
''Birds Are Singing in Kigali'' ( pl, Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali) is a 2017 Polish drama film directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze. The film tells the story of a Polish ornithologist who saves a Tutsi girl from certain death. Kos-Krauze completed the film after her husband died mid-production in 2014. Plot The Polish ornithologist Anna Keller (Jowita Budnik) conducts research on vultures in Rwanda. Meanwhile, the conflict between the two population groups living in this country - Tutsi and Hutu, turns into the Tutsi genocide. Keller saves a young Rwandan (Eliane Umuhire) and takes her with him to Poland. It is a film about the power of nature, friendship and forgiveness. Cast * Jowita Budnik as Anna Keller * Eliane Umuhire as Claudine Mugambira * Witold Wieliński Witold Wieliński (born 26 June 1968) is a Polish actor. In 1991 he finished his studies in Warszawa. Selected filmography * 1992 - ''A Bachelor's Life Abroad'' as Wacek * 2004 - '' The Wedding'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He began his career by appearing in independent films such as '' Dahmer'' (2002) and ''Neo Ned'' (2005), then supporting roles in bigger films, such as ''S.W.A.T.'' (2003) and '' 28 Weeks Later'' (2007). Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''The Hurt Locker'' (2008) and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' The Town'' (2010). Renner played Clint Barton / Hawkeye, a member of the Avengers in several Marvel Cinematic Universe films and television series beginning in 2011 film ''Thor'', leading to the central title role in the Disney+ series '' Hawkeye'' (2021). He also appeared in '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' (2011), '' The Bourne Legacy'' (2012), '' Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters'' (2013), '' American Hustle'' (2013), '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'' (2015), and ''Arrival'' (2016). Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Affleck
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the PBS television film '' Lemon Sky'' (1988) and the miniseries ''The Kennedys of Massachusetts'' (1990). He later appeared in three Gus Van Sant films: ''To Die For'' (1995), ''Good Will Hunting'' (1997), and '' Gerry'' (2002), and in Steven Soderbergh's comedy heist trilogy ''Ocean's Eleven'' (2001), ''Ocean's Twelve'' (2004), and ''Ocean's Thirteen'' (2007). His first leading role was in Steve Buscemi's independent comedy-drama ''Lonesome Jim'' (2006). He is the younger brother of actor Ben Affleck. Affleck's breakthrough came in 2007, when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Western drama ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Cow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Thurman
Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress and former model. She has performed in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. Following her appearances on the December 1985 and May 1986 covers of British ''Vogue'', Thurman starred in ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988). She rose to international prominence with her performance as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film ''Pulp Fiction'', for which she was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Often hailed as Tarantino's muse, she reunited with the director to play the main role in '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' and '' 2'' (2003, 2004), which brought her two additional Golden Globe Award nominations. Established as a Hollywood actress, Thurman's other notable films include ''Henry & June'' (1990), '' The Truth About Cats & Dogs'' (1996), '' Batman & Robin'' (1997), ''Gattaca'' (1997), ''Les Misérables ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, music producer and keyboardist. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores include '' Pretty Woman'' (1990), '' The Fugitive'' (1993), ''Space Jam'' (1996), ''Peter Pan'' (2003), ''King Kong'' (2005), ''The Dark Knight'' (2008) which he composed with Hans Zimmer, and ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' (2016). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored eight of Shyamalan's films since ''The Sixth Sense'' (1999) and all of Lawrence's films since '' I Am Legend'' (2007). Early life and career Howard was born in Los Angeles. He is from a musical family; his grandmother was a violinist. His father was Jewish but he did not want his children to know he was, so he changed his last name from Horowitz to Howard. Howard began studying music as a child, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Laverty
Paul Laverty (born 1957) is a screenwriter and lawyer best known for his screenplays for films directed by Ken Loach. Birth and early career Paul Laverty was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, to an Irish mother and Scottish father. He was educated at All Souls' School in Wigtown where he grew up. He obtained a philosophy degree at the Gregorian University in Rome while studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical Scots College. Thereafter he obtained a law degree at Strathclyde Law School, in Glasgow. During the mid-1980s, he travelled to Nicaragua and lived there for almost three years. He worked for a Nicaraguan domestic human rights organisation which provided hard evidence of human rights abuses during the war between the elected Nicaraguan Government (The Sandinistas) and the United States backed "Contras" in which the subject of human rights became highly contested. Every major human rights organisation including Amnesty and Americas Watch accused the US backed contras of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Loach
Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (''Poor Cow'', 1967), homelessness ('' Cathy Come Home'', 1966), and labour rights ('' Riff-Raff'', 1991, and '' The Navigators'', 2001). Loach's film '' Kes'' (1969) was voted the seventh greatest British film of the 20th century in a poll by the British Film Institute. Two of his films, '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'' (2006) and ''I, Daniel Blake'' (2016), received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making him one of only nine filmmakers to win the award twice. Early life Kenneth Charles Loach was born on 17 June 1936 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, the son of Vivien (née Hamlin) and John Loach. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and at the age of 19 went to serve in the Royal Air Force. He read law at St Peter's College, Oxford< ... [...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] |
Mariam Khatchvani
Mariam Khatchvani ( ka, მარიამ ხაჭვანი; born 1 May 1986) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. Biography Khatchvani graduated in 2008 from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, Tbilisi. She has directed many short documentaries, including ''Verdzoba'' (2006), Beyond the Window (2007), Lichanishi and Kvirikoba (2009). ''Dinola'' (2013) is her latest fiction short. The writer and screenwriter Miho Mosulishvili writes about ''Dinola'' : Mariam Khatchvani's 'Dinola' is a myth-ritual cinematography. A strict, ruthless and poetical story from Caucasus mountains... Filmography As writer and director * '' Dede'' (2017) * ''Dinola'' (2013) * ''Lichanishi'' (2009), documentary * ''Kvirikoba'' (2009), documentary * ''Beknu'' (2008) * ''Panjris mighma / Beyond the Window'' (2007), documentary * ''Verdzoba'' (2007), documentary * ''Will'' (2005) As producer * ''Lichanishi'' (2009), documentary * ''Kvirikoba'' (2009), documentary Festivals * Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dede (2017 Film)
''Dede'' ( ka, დედე; ''Dede'') is a 2017 Georgian drama film directed by Mariam Khatchvani. It had an international premiere in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and screened in East Of West section where it won Special Mention prize. The film is an international co-production between Georgia, Croatia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and Qatar. Cast *George Babluani *Natia Vibliani *Girshel Chelidze *Nukri Khatchvani *Spartak Parjiani *Sofia Charkviani *Mose Khatchvani Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 100% approval rating based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. Stephen Dalton of ''The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...'' wrote: "Feminism meets fatalism in this stark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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