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Robert Award For Best Non-American Film
The Robert Award for Best Non-American Film is an award presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 1997. Between 1984 and 1996 a Robert Award for Best Foreign Film was handed out. Honorees 1990s * 1997: '' Il Postino: The Postman'' – Michael Radford * 1998: ''The Full Monty'' – Peter Cattaneo * 1999: '' My Name Is Joe'' – Ken Loach 2000s * 2000: ''All About My Mother'' by Pedro Almodóvar & ''Life Is Beautiful'' by Roberto Benigni * 2001: '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' – Ang Lee * 2002: ''Moulin Rouge!'' – Baz Luhrmann * 2003: ''Amélie'' – Jean-Pierre Jeunet * 2004: ''Good Bye, Lenin!'' – Wolfgang Becker * 2005: ''Evil'' – Mikael Håfström * 2006: '' Downfall'' – Oliver Hirschbiegel * 2007: ''The Lives of Others'' – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck * 2008: ''Eastern Promises –'' David Cronenberg * 2009: '' Everlasting Moments'' – Jan Troell 2010s * 2010: ''Slumdog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Film Academy
The Danish Film Academy was founded in 1982 by a number of people with professional connection to the film industry. The Academy aims to promote the film as an independent art form, and its members are primarily people who work with film. The Academy's largest annual event is the Robert Award The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, hono ... ceremony. References External links * Film organizations in Denmark {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is a 2000 wuxia film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung . The film features a cast of actors of Chinese people, Chinese ethnicity, including Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen. It is based on the Chinese Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (novel), novel of the same name serialized between 1941 and 1942 by Wang Dulu, the fourth part of his ''Crane Iron'' pentalogy. A multinational venture, the film was made on a US$17 million budget, and was produced by EDKO, Edko Films and Zoom Hunt Productions in collaboration with China Film Group Corporation, China Film Co-productions Corporation and Asian Union Film & Entertainment for Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia in association with Good Machine, Good Machine International. With dialogue in Standard Chinese, Subtitle (captioning), subtitled for various markets, ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Håfström
Jan Mikael Håfström is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the 2003 film ''Evil'', and the movie adaptation of Stephen King's short story '' 1408''. Early life Born in Lund, Sweden, Mikael Håfström studied film at the University of Stockholm and the School of Visual Arts. Career Håfström's 2003 film ''Evil'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards. His slasher film, ''Drowning Ghost'', screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Market. In 2005, Håfström directed '' Derailed'', which starred Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. Håfström directed '' 1408'', a horror film based on the Stephen King short story of the same name and starring John Cusack, in 2007. He collaborated with Cusack again in ''Shanghai'', which premiered at the 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival. He directed '' The Rite'', an exorcism thriller film starring Anthony Hopkins, in 2011. His 2013 film, '' Escape Plan'', starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil (2003 Film)
''Evil'' ( sv, Ondskan) is a 2003 Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 September 2003, directed by Mikael Håfström, based on Jan Guillou's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name from 1981, and starring Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström and Gustaf Skarsgård. The film is set in a private boarding school in the late-1950s with institutional violence as its theme. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards. It won three Swedish Guldbagge Awards including Best Film. Plot In 1958, Erik Ponti, a 15-year-old boy, lives with his mother and sadistic stepfather in Stockholm. At home, his stepfather beats him every day after dinner. His docile mother his forced to omit her husband's sadistic nature and allows the violence to proceed, due to her fear to intervene and instead plays the piano to prevent hearing the noise of the abuse. At school, Erik is violent and frequently engages in fights, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Robert Awards
The 22nd Robert Awards ceremony was held in 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2004. Honorees Best Danish Film * ''King's Game'' – Nikolaj Arcel Best Children's Film * ''Terkel in Trouble'' – Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen & Thorbjørn Christoffersen Best Director * Nikolaj Arcel – ''King's Game'' Best Screenplay * Anders Thomas Jensen – ''Brothers'' (Best original screenplay) * Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus Heisterberg – ''King's Game'' (Best adapted screenplay) Best Actor in a Leading Role * Mads Mikkelsen – ''Pusher II'' Best Actress in a Leading Role * Sofie Gråbøl – ''Aftermath'' Best Actor in a Supporting Role * Søren Pilmark – ''King's Game'' Best Actress in a Supporting Role * Trine Dyrholm – '' In Your Hands'' Best Cinematography * Rasmus Videbæk – ''King's Game'' Best Production Design * Niels Sejer – ''King's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Becker (director, Born 1954)
Wolfgang Becker (born 22 June 1954) is a German film director and screenwriter, best known to international audiences for his work ''Good Bye Lenin!'' (2003). Biography Becker studied Germanistics, History and American Studies at the Free University in Berlin. He followed this with a job at a sound studio in 1980 and then began studies at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb). He started working as a freelance cameraman in 1983 and graduated from the dffb in 1986 with ''Schmetterlinge'' (Butterflies), which won the Student Academy Award in 1988, the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival, and the Saarland Prime-Minister's Award at the 1988 Saarbrücken. He directed an episode of the television drama ''Tatort'', titled "Blutwurstwalzer", before making his second feature ''Kinderspiele'' (''Child's Play'', 1992) and the documentary ''Celibidache'' (1992). In 1994, he co-founded the production company "X Filme Creative Pool" with Tom Tykwer, Stefan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Bye, Lenin!
''Good Bye Lenin!'' is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker. The cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon. The story follows a family in East Germany (GDR); the mother (Sass) is dedicated to the socialist cause and falls into a coma in October 1989, shortly before the November revolution. When she awakens eight months later in June 1990, her son (Brühl) attempts to protect her from a fatal shock by concealing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in East Germany. Most scenes were shot at the Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin and around Plattenbauten near Alexanderplatz. ''Good Bye Lenin!'' received numerous honours, including 2003's European Film Award for Best Film and German Film Award for Best Fiction Film. Plot The film is set in East Berlin, in the period from October 1989 to a few days after German reunification in October 1990. Alex Kerner lives with his mother Christiane, his sister Ariane, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st Robert Awards
The 21st Robert Awards ceremony was held in 2004 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2003. Honorees Best Danish Film * '' The Inheritance'' – Per Fly Best Children's Film * ' – Anders Gustafsson Best Director * Per Fly – '' The Inheritance'' Best Screenplay * Lars von Trier – ''Dogville'' Best Actor in a Leading Role * Ulrich Thomsen – '' The Inheritance'' Best Actress in a Leading Role * Birthe Neumann – ' Best Actor in a Supporting Role * Peter Steen – '' The Inheritance'' Best Actress in a Supporting Role * Ghita Nørby – '' The Inheritance'' Best Cinematography * Anthony Dod Mantle – ''It's All About Love'' Best Production Design * Ben van Os & Jette Lehmann – ''It's All About Love'' Best Costume Design * Manon Rasmussen – ''Dogville'' Best Makeup * Charlotte Laustsen – ''The Green Butchers'' Best Special Effects * Peter Hj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter. His films combine fantasy, realism and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations. Debuting as a director with the acclaimed 1991 black comedy ''Delicatessen,'' with collaborator Marc Caro, Jeunet went to collaborate with Caro once again with ''The City of Lost Children'' (1995). His work with science fiction and horror led Jeunet to become the fourth director to helm the ''Alien'' film series with ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), his first and only experience with an American film. In 2001, he achieved his biggest success with the release of ''Amélie'', gaining international acclaim and reaching BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century. Widely regarded as one of the most influential and important directors in modern French cinema, his critical and commercial success earned him two Academy Award nominations. Life and career Jean-Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amélie
''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, italic=yes) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while dealing with her own isolation. The film features an ensemble cast of supporting roles, including Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon, Artus de Penguern, Yolande Moreau, Urbain Cancelier, and Maurice Bénichou. The film was theatrically released in France on 25 April 2001 by UGC-Fox Distribution and in Germany on 16 August 2001 by Prokino Filmverleih. The film received critical acclaim, with praise for Tautou's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Robert Awards
The 20th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 2 February 2003 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2002. Honorees Best Danish Film * ''Open Hearts'' – Susanne Bier Best Children's Film * ''Klatretøsen'' – Hans Fabian Wullenweber Best Director * Nils Malmros – '' Facing the Truth'' Best Screenplay * Nils Malmros & John Mogensen – '' Facing the Truth'' Best Actor in a Leading Role * Jens Albinus – '' Facing the Truth'' Best Actress in a Leading Role * Paprika Steen – ''Okay'' Best Actor in a Supporting Role * Nikolaj Lie Kaas – ''Open Hearts'' Best Actress in a Supporting Role * Paprika Steen – ''Open Hearts'' Best Cinematography * Dan Laustsen – ''I Am Dina'' Production Design * Steffen Aarfing & Marie í Dali – ''I Am Dina'' Best Costume Design * Dominique Borg – ''I Am Dina'' Makeup * June Pålgard & Elisabeth Bukkehave – ''I Am Dina' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962), known professionally as Baz Luhrmann, is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is regarded by some as a contemporary example of an auteur for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design, and musical components of all his work. He is the most commercially successful Australian director, with four of his films in the top ten highest worldwide grossing Australian films The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received internati ... of all time. On the screen he is best known for his "Red Curtain Trilogy", consisting of his romantic comedy film ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992) and the romantic tragedies ''Romeo + Juliet, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
