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Jonathan Sagall
Jonathan Sagall ( he, יהונתן סגל; born April 23, 1959) is a Canadian-born Israeli actor, director, producer and screenwriter. (in Hebrew) Early life Sagall was born to a family in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Several members of his family were survivors of the , who then from Poland to after |
German Comic Con
German Comic Con is a fan convention organised by Cool Conventions and Showmasters Events first held at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund in December 2015. It was the first event of its kind, modeled after the San Diego and New York Comic Cons, and has since taken place in Dortmund, Munich, Berlin, and Frankfurt. German Comic Con has been affiliated with Comic Con Ahoy in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ..., Filmbörse, German Castle Con, and Weekend of Hell. The Rudolph Dirks Award is presented at German Comic Con. Locations and dates References {{reflist 2015 establishments in Germany Comics conventions Conventions in Germany Recurring events established in 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Guttman
Amos Guttman ( he, עמוס גוטמן; May 10, 1954 – February 16, 1993) was an Israeli film director, born in Romania. He directed the first ever Israeli LGBT-themed film and most of his films were based on events that happened in his own personal life. Biography Guttman was born in Sita Buzăului, district of Covasna, in Transylvania, Romania and emigrated to Israel at the age of seven with his family. He studied film at Beit Zvi. Between 1975 and 1982, Guttman directed three short films: ''A Safe Place'', ''Returning Premiers'', and ''Drifting''. In 1983, he directed his feature debut, '' Drifting'' (no relation to the earlier short film). He then directed three other feature films: '' Bar 51'' (1985), '' Himmo, King of Jerusalem'' (1987), and ''Amazing Grace'' (1992). Guttman was an overtly gay man, and most of his films—except '' Himmo, King of Jerusalem'', a film about the 1947–1949 Palestine war, based on a story by Yoram Kaniuk—explored aspects of life for LGBT in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The winners of the first Berlin International Film Festival in 1951 were determined by a West German panel, with five winners of the Golden Bear, divided by categories and genres. Between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members. In 1956, the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films formally accredited the festival, and since then, the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury. The award The statuette shows a bear standing on its hind legs and is based on the 1932 design by German sculptor Renée Sintenis of Berlin's heraldic mascot that later became the symbol of the festival. It has been manufactured since either the first or third edition by art foundry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
61st Berlin International Film Festival
The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers film ''True Grit'' opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total during the event, to 20,000 attendees from 116 countries, including 3900 members of the press. German actor Armin Mueller-Stahl received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. The Golden Bear for Best Film went to the Iranian film ''Nader and Simin, A Separation'', directed by Asghar Farhadi, which also served as the closing film at the festival. Competition Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International jury * Isabella Rossellini, actress (Italy) - Jury President * Jan Chapman, producer (Australia) * Nina Hoss, actress (Germany) * Aamir Khan, actor, director, screenwriter and producer (India) * Guy Maddin, director and screenwriter (Canada) * Sandy Powell, costume designer (Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipstikka
''Lipstikka'' ( he, אודם) is 2011 Israeli drama film directed by Jonathan Sagall. The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear. Cast * Daniel Caltagirone * Clara Khoury Clara may refer to: Organizations * CLARA, Latin American academic computer network organization * Clara.Net, a European ISP * Consolidated Land and Rail Australia, a property development consortium People * Clara (given name), a feminine giv ... as Lara * * Waleed Akhtar as Raj * Tali Knight * John Harley as Radio Presenter (voice) * David Loughlin as Andy References External links * 2011 films 2011 drama films Israeli drama films Films directed by Jonathan Sagall 2010s English-language films {{Israel-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49th Berlin International Film Festival
The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999. The festival opened with ''Aimée & Jaguar'' by Max Färberböck. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film '' The Thin Red Line'' directed by Terrence Malick. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger was shown at the festival. 70 mm version of Preminger's 1959 musical film ''Porgy and Bess'' served as the closing night film. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Ángela Molina, actress (Spain) - Jury President * Ken Adam, production designer (United Kingdom) * Paulo Branco, producer and actor (Portugal) * Assi Dayan, actor, screenwriter, director and producer (Israel) * Pierre-Henri Deleau, actor and producer (France) * Katja von Garnier, director (Germany) * Hellmuth Karasek, journalist, writer and film critic (Germany) * Michelle Yeoh, actress (Malaysia) Films in competition The fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Feel
''Urban Feel'' ( he, Kesher Ir) is an Israeli film released in 1998. It tells the story of Eva and Robbie (played by Dafna Rechter and Sharon Alexander), a young Tel Aviv couple in a troubled marriage, which is rocked by the return of Emmanuel - played by Jonathan Sagall - Eva's charming and mischievous ex-boyfriend. It won Best Feature Film at the 1998 Haifa International Film Festival, and was nominated for twelve Israeli Academy Awards, winning two. It was also entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Dafna Rechter Dafna Rechter ( he, דפנה רכטר; born 15 July 1965) is an Israeli actress and singer. She is a two-time winner of the Ophir Award for Best Actress. Early life Rechter was born to a family of artists: She is the daughter of architect Yaak ... as Eva * Jonathan Sagall as Emanuel * Shimon Ben-Ari as Marco * Tchia Danon as Gabriela * Ziv Baruch as Jonah * Zachi Dichner as Police officer References External links * 1998 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spielberg is the recipient of various accolades, including three Academy Awards, a Kennedy Center honor, a Cecil B. DeMille Award, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. Seven of his films been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He moved to California and studied film in college. After directing several episodes for television including ''Night Gallery'' and '' Columbo'', he directed the television film ''Duel'' (1971) which gained acclaim from critics and audiences. He made his directorial film debut with ''The Sugarland Express'' (1974), and became a household name with the 1975 summer blockbuster ''Jaws''. He then directed box office succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schindler's List
''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern. Ideas for a film about the ''Schindlerjuden'' (Schindler Jews) were proposed as early as 1963. Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the ''Schindlerjuden'', made it his life's mission to tell Schindler's story. Spielberg became interested when executive Sidney Sheinberg sent him a book review of ''Schindler's Ark''. Universal Pictures bought the rights to the novel, but Spielberg, unsure if he was ready to make a film about the Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poldek Pfefferberg
Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg (March 20, 1913 – March 9, 2001), also known as Leopold Page,HON. TOM LANTOS, in the House of Representatives. 21 April, 1994 . Retrieved 8 September 2006. was a Polish-American survivor who inspired the Australian writer to write the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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