Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Bart Freundlich’s "After the Wedding"
NEW YORK (May 14, 2019) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all rights in North America, France, India and several other Asian countries to Bart Freundlich’s AFTER THE WEDDING. The film is an adaptation of Susanne Bier’s Academy Award® nominated Danish film of the same title and screened as an opening night selection at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
[The Negromancer review of Susanne Bier's original After the Wedding is here.]
Directed by Freundlich (The Myth of Fingerprints, The Rebound, Wolves), AFTER THE WEDDING stars Academy Award® winner Julianne Moore, Academy Award® nominee Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup, and Abby Quinn.
Isabel (Michelle Williams) has dedicated her life to working with the children in an orphanage in Calcutta. Theresa (Julianne Moore) is the multimillionaire head of a media company who lives with her artist husband (Billy Crudup) and their twin boys in New York. When word comes to Isabel of a mysterious and generous grant for the financially struggling orphanage, she must travel to New York to meet the benefactor—Theresa—in person.
The film is produced by Joel B. Michaels and Harry Finkel. The film is an Ingenious Media and Riverstone Pictures presentation, Executive Produced by Nik Bower and Deepak Nayar for Riverstone and Peter Touche and Andrea Scarso for Ingenious.
AFTER THE WEDDING reunites Freundlich and Sony Pictures Classics, having worked together on Freundlich’s first feature, THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS. Sony Pictures Classics has also collaborated on a number of films with Julianne Moore, including Vanya on 42nd Street, Safe and Still Alice, for which she was awarded the Academy Award® for Best Actress.
Said Bart Freundlich, “I’ve known Michael and Tom for 23 years when we worked together on my first film, 'The Myth of Fingerprints'. They have impeccable taste, so it is very exciting, and great vote of confidence that they believe so whole heartedly in 'After the Wedding’.“
Added Joel Michaels, “I’m thrilled that we are working with the Sony Pictures Classics team. Michael Barker and Tom Bernard run a very classy company and After The Wedding simply couldn’t be in better hands.”
From Sony Pictures Classics, “Stunning performances with a nail biter of a story executed perfectly by director Bart Freundlich. AFTER THE WEDDING makes for a perfect end of summer release.”
An August 2019 release is planned for the film.
The deal was negotiated by Endeavor Content and Cornerstone Films on behalf of the filmmakers. Additional funding was provided by Rock Island Films.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
Michael Barker and Tom Bernard serve as co-presidents of Sony Pictures Classics—an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment they founded with Marcie Bloom in January 1992—which distributes, produces, and acquires independent films from around the world. Barker and Bernard have released prestigious films that have won 39 Academy Awards® (35 of those at Sony Pictures Classics) and have garnered 173 Academy Award® nominations (151 at Sony Pictures Classics) including Best Picture nominations for CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHIPLASH, AMOUR, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, AN EDUCATION, CAPOTE, HOWARDS END, AND CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
ABOUT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; a global channel network; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of entertainment in more than 142 countries. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com.
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Monday, May 27, 2019
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from June 1st to 4th, 2016 - Update #26
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OBIT - From RollingStone: Boxing legend, world icon, and American legend, Muhammad Ali, has died at the age of 74, Friday, June 3, 2016.
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COMICS - From WeGotThisCovered: The title of Warner's "Justice League" movie is "Justice League."
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COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Chris Evans (Captain America) like the idea of Oscar-winner Brie Larson as Captain Marvel. Marvel is reportedly in talks with Larson to play the role.
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COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Marvel Studios may have recovered the film rights to Namor the Sub-Mariner.
From CinemaBlend: and actor Brian Tee has started campaigning to be Namor.
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COMICS - From TheWrap: Bryan Singer, the director of several X-Men movies, wants there to be a Mystique movie. Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence currently plays the character.
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OBITS - From YahooSports: Donny Everett, a freshman pitcher for Vanderbilt University, has died at the age of 19, Thursday, June 2, 2016. He apparently drowned while fishing with friends.
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POLITICS - From the LATimes: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick on the unnecessary atomic bombing of Japan during WWII.
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COMICS - From SlashFilm: Ben Affleck's solo Batman movie will tell an original story.
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MOVIES - From THR: Bill Skarsgard will play "Pennywise the Clown" in the new 2-part film adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
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COMICS - From THR: Warner Bros. has picked Rick Famuyima to replace Seth Grahame-Smith as director of its "Flash" movie. Famuyima earned acclaim for his film, "Dope."
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MUSIC - From YahooNews: Tests show Prince OD'd on opiods.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From Slate: Rich white Oklahoma man who shot and killed a Black man while playing deputy sentenced to four years in prison.
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MOVIES - From THR: Indiana man has been accused of killing three people in attacks modeled after the 2013 film, "The Purge."
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MOVIES - From THR: Stefano Sollima named the director of the "Sicario" sequel, which is entitled "Soldado."
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COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Simon Kinberg, one of the problems with the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot, talks about what went wrong with the film.
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COMICS - From CBR: Marvel cannot use the classic Avengers villain, Kang, in Marvel movies.
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COMICS - From Variety: Oscar-winner Brie Larson (Room) is the frontrunner to play "Captain Marvel" in the Marvel Studios film of the same name.
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MOVIES - From DarkHorizons: Danish director Susanne Bier has made a shortlist of directors who may helm the next James Bond film. Bier directed "In a Better World," the winner of a "Best Foreign Language Film" Oscar.
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COMICS - From CourtoftheDead: The "Court of the Dead" merchandising line will be a comic book.
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COMICS - From THR: FX orders 8 episodes of "Legion," an X-Men television series.
---------------
COMICS - From ScreenRant: Set photos from "Wolverine 3" reveal that the film may be adapting the popular "Old Man Logan" story from the comic book.
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HARRY POTTER - From BBC: Photos of the actors in the stage play, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," have been released. Previews of the show begin June 7, 2016.
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TELEVISION - From YahooCelebrity: The actor Michael Jace, who appeared on the television series, "The Shield," was convicted by a jury of the second degree murder of his wife.
--------------
COMICS - From Collider: The third "Thor" film will integrate the "Planet Hulk" storyline, including the character, The Gamemaster.
COMICS - From JoBlo: A "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" villain is revealed.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: Here is the new trailer for the film, "Monster Trucks." Yeah, it's come to this.
OBIT - From RollingStone: Boxing legend, world icon, and American legend, Muhammad Ali, has died at the age of 74, Friday, June 3, 2016.
---------------
COMICS - From WeGotThisCovered: The title of Warner's "Justice League" movie is "Justice League."
---------------
COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Chris Evans (Captain America) like the idea of Oscar-winner Brie Larson as Captain Marvel. Marvel is reportedly in talks with Larson to play the role.
---------------
COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Marvel Studios may have recovered the film rights to Namor the Sub-Mariner.
From CinemaBlend: and actor Brian Tee has started campaigning to be Namor.
---------------
COMICS - From TheWrap: Bryan Singer, the director of several X-Men movies, wants there to be a Mystique movie. Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence currently plays the character.
---------------
OBITS - From YahooSports: Donny Everett, a freshman pitcher for Vanderbilt University, has died at the age of 19, Thursday, June 2, 2016. He apparently drowned while fishing with friends.
---------------
POLITICS - From the LATimes: Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick on the unnecessary atomic bombing of Japan during WWII.
----------------
COMICS - From SlashFilm: Ben Affleck's solo Batman movie will tell an original story.
---------------
MOVIES - From THR: Bill Skarsgard will play "Pennywise the Clown" in the new 2-part film adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
---------------
COMICS - From THR: Warner Bros. has picked Rick Famuyima to replace Seth Grahame-Smith as director of its "Flash" movie. Famuyima earned acclaim for his film, "Dope."
---------------
MUSIC - From YahooNews: Tests show Prince OD'd on opiods.
---------------
BLACK LIVES MATTER - From Slate: Rich white Oklahoma man who shot and killed a Black man while playing deputy sentenced to four years in prison.
---------------
MOVIES - From THR: Indiana man has been accused of killing three people in attacks modeled after the 2013 film, "The Purge."
---------------
MOVIES - From THR: Stefano Sollima named the director of the "Sicario" sequel, which is entitled "Soldado."
---------------
COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Simon Kinberg, one of the problems with the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot, talks about what went wrong with the film.
---------------
COMICS - From CBR: Marvel cannot use the classic Avengers villain, Kang, in Marvel movies.
---------------
COMICS - From Variety: Oscar-winner Brie Larson (Room) is the frontrunner to play "Captain Marvel" in the Marvel Studios film of the same name.
---------------
MOVIES - From DarkHorizons: Danish director Susanne Bier has made a shortlist of directors who may helm the next James Bond film. Bier directed "In a Better World," the winner of a "Best Foreign Language Film" Oscar.
---------------
COMICS - From CourtoftheDead: The "Court of the Dead" merchandising line will be a comic book.
---------------
COMICS - From THR: FX orders 8 episodes of "Legion," an X-Men television series.
---------------
COMICS - From ScreenRant: Set photos from "Wolverine 3" reveal that the film may be adapting the popular "Old Man Logan" story from the comic book.
---------------
HARRY POTTER - From BBC: Photos of the actors in the stage play, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," have been released. Previews of the show begin June 7, 2016.
---------------
TELEVISION - From YahooCelebrity: The actor Michael Jace, who appeared on the television series, "The Shield," was convicted by a jury of the second degree murder of his wife.
--------------
COMICS - From Collider: The third "Thor" film will integrate the "Planet Hulk" storyline, including the character, The Gamemaster.
COMICS - From JoBlo: A "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" villain is revealed.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: Here is the new trailer for the film, "Monster Trucks." Yeah, it's come to this.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
"The Great Beauty" Tops 2013 European Film Awards
by Amos Semien
Director Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), an Italian and French co-production, was the big winner at the 26th European Film Awards. The film won four awards, including best picture, director, and actor (for Toni Servillo). This year’s Cannes winner, Blue is the Warmest Color, did not win any awards. Although the European Film Awards are the European continent’s equivalent of the Academy Awards (Oscars), they have practically no bearing on the Oscar race.
26th European Film Awards (2013) – Complete list of winners:
European Film:
LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
European Director:
Paolo Sorrentino for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
European Actress:
Veerle Baetens in THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
European Actor:
Toni Servillo in LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter:
François Ozon for DANS LA MAISON (In the House)
European Comedy:
Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier, Denmark
European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI:
Oh Boy!, Jan Ole Gerster, Germany
European Animated Feature Film:
The Congress, Ari Folman, Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
European Documentary:
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Norway and UK
European Short Film:
Dood Van Een Schaduw (Death of a Shadow), Tom Van Avermaet, Belgium and France, 20'
Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award:
Asaf Sudry for Lemale et Ha'Halal (Fill The Void), Israel
European Editor:
Cristiano Travaglioli for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), Italy and France
European Production Designer:
Sarah Greenwood for Anna Karenina, UK
European Composer:
Ennio Morricone for The Best Offer, Italy
European Costume Designer:
Paco Delgado for Blancanieves, Spain and France
European Sound Designer:
Matz Müller and Erik Mischijew for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith), Austria, Germany and France
Director Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), an Italian and French co-production, was the big winner at the 26th European Film Awards. The film won four awards, including best picture, director, and actor (for Toni Servillo). This year’s Cannes winner, Blue is the Warmest Color, did not win any awards. Although the European Film Awards are the European continent’s equivalent of the Academy Awards (Oscars), they have practically no bearing on the Oscar race.
26th European Film Awards (2013) – Complete list of winners:
European Film:
LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
European Director:
Paolo Sorrentino for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
European Actress:
Veerle Baetens in THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
European Actor:
Toni Servillo in LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
European Screenwriter:
François Ozon for DANS LA MAISON (In the House)
European Comedy:
Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier, Denmark
European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI:
Oh Boy!, Jan Ole Gerster, Germany
European Animated Feature Film:
The Congress, Ari Folman, Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
European Documentary:
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Norway and UK
European Short Film:
Dood Van Een Schaduw (Death of a Shadow), Tom Van Avermaet, Belgium and France, 20'
Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award:
Asaf Sudry for Lemale et Ha'Halal (Fill The Void), Israel
European Editor:
Cristiano Travaglioli for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), Italy and France
European Production Designer:
Sarah Greenwood for Anna Karenina, UK
European Composer:
Ennio Morricone for The Best Offer, Italy
European Costume Designer:
Paco Delgado for Blancanieves, Spain and France
European Sound Designer:
Matz Müller and Erik Mischijew for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith), Austria, Germany and France
Thursday, November 14, 2013
2013 European Film Award Nominations List
by Amos Semien
The European Film Awards (EFA) recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. They have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy. There are over ten categories, with the most important being the “film of the year” award. Formerly known as the “Felix Awards,” the European Film Awards are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.
The host cities alternate, as Berlin hosts them every other year while other European cities get the chance in between the years in which Berlin hosts.
The film, The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium), a love story from Felix van Groeningen, leads the 2013 EFA with five nominations. This film is also Belgium’s official entry for the foreign language category in this year’s Academy Awards. Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), an homage to the city of Rome, received four nominations.
The more than 2,900 EFA Members will vote for the winners. The awards will be presented in Berlin on December 7, 2013.
26th European Film Awards (2013) nominees:
European Film 2013:
THE BEST OFFER
Italy, 130 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Giuseppe Tornatore
PRODUCED BY: Isabella Cocuzza & Arturo Paglia
BLANCANIEVES
Spain/France, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pablo Berger
PRODUCED BY: Ibon Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal & Pablo Berger
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Belgium, 100 min
DIRECTED BY: Felix van Groeningen
WRITTEN BY: Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen
PRODUCED BY: Dirk Impens
LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY)
Italy/France, 140 min
DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino
WRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
OH BOY!
Germany, 83 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster
PRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
LA VIE D’ADELE: CHAPITRES 1 & 2 (ADELE: CHAPTERS 1 & 2)
France, 179 min
DIRECTED BY: Adellatif Kechiche
WRITTEN BY: Abdellatif Kechiche & Ghalya Lacroix
PRODUCED BY: Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval & Abdellatif Kechiche
European Comedy 2013:
LOS AMANTES PASAJEROS (I’M SO EXCITED!)
Spain, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pedro Almodóvar
PRODUCED BY: Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García
BENVENUTO PRESIDENTE! (WELCOME MR PRESIDENT!)
Italy, 100 min
DIRECTED BY: Riccardo Milani
WRITTEN BY: Fabio Bonifacci
PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR (LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED)
Denmark, 111 min
DIRECTED BY: Susanne Bier
WRITTEN BY: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier
PRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv
SVECENIKOVA DJECA (THE PRIEST’S CHILDREN)
Croatia/Serbia, 93 min
DIRECTED BY: Vinko Brešan
WRITTEN BY: Mate Matišić & Vinko Brešan
PRODUCED BY: Ivan Maloča
European Director 2013:
Pablo Berger for BLANCANIEVES
Felix van Groeningen for THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Abdellatif Kechiche for LA VIE D’ADELE: CHAPITRES 1 & 2 (Adele: Chapters 1 & 2)
François Ozon for DANS LA MAISON (In the House)
Paolo Sorrentino for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
Giuseppe Tornatore for THE BEST OFFER
European Actress 2013:
Keira Knightley in ANNA KARENINA
Veerle Baetens in THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Barbara Sukowa in HANNAH ARENDT
Naomi Watts in LO IMPOSIBLE (The Impossible)
Luminita Gheorghiu in POZITIA COPILULUI (Child's Pose)
European Actor 2013:
Jude Law in ANNA KARENINA
Johan Heldenbergh in THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Fabrice Luchini in DANS LA MAISON (In the House)
Toni Servillo in LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
Tom Schilling in OH BOY
European Screenwriter 2013:
Tom Stoppard for ANNA KARENINA
Giuseppe Tornatore for THE BEST OFFER
Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen for THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
François Ozon for DANS LA MAISON (In the House)
Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
Here are the previously announced nominations and winners:
European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI:
• Äta sova dö (Eat Sleep Die), Gabriela Pichler, Sweden
• Call Girl, Mikael Marcimain, Sweden, Norway, Ireland and Finland
• Miele (Honey), valeria Golino, Italy and France
• Oh Boy!, Jan Ole Gerster, Germany
• La Plaga (The Plague), Neus Ballús, Spain
European Animated Feature Film:
• The Congress, Ari Folman, Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
• Jasmine, Alain Ughetto, France
• Pinocchio, Enzo d'AIò, Italy, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
European Documentary:
• The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Norway and UK
• L'Escale (Stop-Over), Kaveh Bakhtiari, Switzerland and France
• L'Image Manquante (The Missing Picture), Rithy Panh, France and Cambodia
European Short Film:
• Cut, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Germany, 12' (Vila do Conde nominee)
• Dood Van Een Schaduw (Death of a Shadow), Tom Van Avermaet, Belgium and France, 20' (Valladolid nominee)
• Houses with Small Windows, Bülent Öztürk, Belgium, 15' (Venice nominee)
• La Lampe au Beurre de Yak (Butter Lamp), Hu Wei, France and China, 15' (Drama nominee)
• Letter, Sergei Loznitsa, Russia, 20' (documentary) (Krakow nominee)
• Misterio (Mystery), Chema García Ibarra, Spain, 12' (Berlin nominee)
• Morning, Cathy Brady, UK and Ireland, 21' (Cork nominee)
• As Ondas (The Waves), Miguel Fonseca, Portugal, 22' (Ghent nominee)
• Orbit Ever After, Jamie Stone, UK, 20' (Bristol nominee)
• Skok (Jump), Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva, Bulgaria, 30' (Clermont-Ferrand nominee)
• Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3), Jochen Kuhn, Germany, 14' (Tampere nominee)
• A Story for the Modlins, Sergio Oksman, Spain, 26' (documentary) (Sarajevo nominee)
• Though I Know The River Is Dry, Omar Robert Hamilton, Egypt, Palestine and UK, 20' (Rotterdam nominee)
• Yaderni Wydhody (Nuclear Waste), Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, Ukraine, 25' (Grimstad nominee)
• Zima, Christina Picchi, Russia, 12' (documentary) (Locarno nominee)
Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award: Asaf Sudry for Lemale et Ha'Halal (Fill The Void), Israel
European Editor: Cristiano Travaglioli for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), Italy and France
European Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood for Anna Karenina, UK
European Composer: Ennio Morricone for The Best Offer, Italy
European Costume Designer: Paco Delgado for Blancanieves, Spain and France
European Sound Designer: Matz Müller and Erik Mischijew for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith), Austria, Germany and Fran.
The European Film Awards (EFA) recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. They have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy. There are over ten categories, with the most important being the “film of the year” award. Formerly known as the “Felix Awards,” the European Film Awards are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.
The host cities alternate, as Berlin hosts them every other year while other European cities get the chance in between the years in which Berlin hosts.
The film, The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium), a love story from Felix van Groeningen, leads the 2013 EFA with five nominations. This film is also Belgium’s official entry for the foreign language category in this year’s Academy Awards. Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), an homage to the city of Rome, received four nominations.
The more than 2,900 EFA Members will vote for the winners. The awards will be presented in Berlin on December 7, 2013.
26th European Film Awards (2013) nominees:
European Film 2013:
THE BEST OFFER
Italy, 130 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Giuseppe Tornatore
PRODUCED BY: Isabella Cocuzza & Arturo Paglia
BLANCANIEVES
Spain/France, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pablo Berger
PRODUCED BY: Ibon Cormenzana, Jérôme Vidal & Pablo Berger
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Belgium, 100 min
DIRECTED BY: Felix van Groeningen
WRITTEN BY: Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen
PRODUCED BY: Dirk Impens
LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY)
Italy/France, 140 min
DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino
WRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
OH BOY!
Germany, 83 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster
PRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh
LA VIE D’ADELE: CHAPITRES 1 & 2 (ADELE: CHAPTERS 1 & 2)
France, 179 min
DIRECTED BY: Adellatif Kechiche
WRITTEN BY: Abdellatif Kechiche & Ghalya Lacroix
PRODUCED BY: Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval & Abdellatif Kechiche
European Comedy 2013:
LOS AMANTES PASAJEROS (I’M SO EXCITED!)
Spain, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Pedro Almodóvar
PRODUCED BY: Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García
BENVENUTO PRESIDENTE! (WELCOME MR PRESIDENT!)
Italy, 100 min
DIRECTED BY: Riccardo Milani
WRITTEN BY: Fabio Bonifacci
PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR (LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED)
Denmark, 111 min
DIRECTED BY: Susanne Bier
WRITTEN BY: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier
PRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv
SVECENIKOVA DJECA (THE PRIEST’S CHILDREN)
Croatia/Serbia, 93 min
DIRECTED BY: Vinko Brešan
WRITTEN BY: Mate Matišić & Vinko Brešan
PRODUCED BY: Ivan Maloča
European Director 2013:
Pablo Berger for BLANCANIEVES
Felix van Groeningen for THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Abdellatif Kechiche for LA VIE D’ADELE: CHAPITRES 1 & 2 (Adele: Chapters 1 & 2)
François Ozon for DANS LA MAISON (In the House)
Paolo Sorrentino for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
Giuseppe Tornatore for THE BEST OFFER
European Actress 2013:
Keira Knightley in ANNA KARENINA
Veerle Baetens in THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Barbara Sukowa in HANNAH ARENDT
Naomi Watts in LO IMPOSIBLE (The Impossible)
Luminita Gheorghiu in POZITIA COPILULUI (Child's Pose)
European Actor 2013:
Jude Law in ANNA KARENINA
Johan Heldenbergh in THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Fabrice Luchini in DANS LA MAISON (In the House)
Toni Servillo in LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
Tom Schilling in OH BOY
European Screenwriter 2013:
Tom Stoppard for ANNA KARENINA
Giuseppe Tornatore for THE BEST OFFER
Carl Joos & Felix van Groeningen for THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
François Ozon for DANS LA MAISON (In the House)
Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (The Great Beauty)
Here are the previously announced nominations and winners:
European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI:
• Äta sova dö (Eat Sleep Die), Gabriela Pichler, Sweden
• Call Girl, Mikael Marcimain, Sweden, Norway, Ireland and Finland
• Miele (Honey), valeria Golino, Italy and France
• Oh Boy!, Jan Ole Gerster, Germany
• La Plaga (The Plague), Neus Ballús, Spain
European Animated Feature Film:
• The Congress, Ari Folman, Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
• Jasmine, Alain Ughetto, France
• Pinocchio, Enzo d'AIò, Italy, Luxembourg, France and Belgium
European Documentary:
• The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, Norway and UK
• L'Escale (Stop-Over), Kaveh Bakhtiari, Switzerland and France
• L'Image Manquante (The Missing Picture), Rithy Panh, France and Cambodia
European Short Film:
• Cut, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Germany, 12' (Vila do Conde nominee)
• Dood Van Een Schaduw (Death of a Shadow), Tom Van Avermaet, Belgium and France, 20' (Valladolid nominee)
• Houses with Small Windows, Bülent Öztürk, Belgium, 15' (Venice nominee)
• La Lampe au Beurre de Yak (Butter Lamp), Hu Wei, France and China, 15' (Drama nominee)
• Letter, Sergei Loznitsa, Russia, 20' (documentary) (Krakow nominee)
• Misterio (Mystery), Chema García Ibarra, Spain, 12' (Berlin nominee)
• Morning, Cathy Brady, UK and Ireland, 21' (Cork nominee)
• As Ondas (The Waves), Miguel Fonseca, Portugal, 22' (Ghent nominee)
• Orbit Ever After, Jamie Stone, UK, 20' (Bristol nominee)
• Skok (Jump), Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva, Bulgaria, 30' (Clermont-Ferrand nominee)
• Sonntag 3 (Sunday 3), Jochen Kuhn, Germany, 14' (Tampere nominee)
• A Story for the Modlins, Sergio Oksman, Spain, 26' (documentary) (Sarajevo nominee)
• Though I Know The River Is Dry, Omar Robert Hamilton, Egypt, Palestine and UK, 20' (Rotterdam nominee)
• Yaderni Wydhody (Nuclear Waste), Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, Ukraine, 25' (Grimstad nominee)
• Zima, Christina Picchi, Russia, 12' (documentary) (Locarno nominee)
Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award: Asaf Sudry for Lemale et Ha'Halal (Fill The Void), Israel
European Editor: Cristiano Travaglioli for La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), Italy and France
European Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood for Anna Karenina, UK
European Composer: Ennio Morricone for The Best Offer, Italy
European Costume Designer: Paco Delgado for Blancanieves, Spain and France
European Sound Designer: Matz Müller and Erik Mischijew for Paradies: Glaube (Paradise: Faith), Austria, Germany and Fran.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
"In a Better World" from Denmark Wins Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
Foreign Language Film
“In a Better World” Denmark WINNER
“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria
“In a Better World” Denmark WINNER
“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria
Sunday, January 16, 2011
"In a Better World" Wins Foreign Language Golden Globe
Best Foreign Language Film:
In a Better World (2010) (Denmark) WINNER
Biutiful (2010) (Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (2009) (France)
The Edge (2010) (Russia)
I Am Love (2009) (Italy)
In a Better World (2010) (Denmark) WINNER
Biutiful (2010) (Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (2009) (France)
The Edge (2010) (Russia)
I Am Love (2009) (Italy)
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Review: "After the Wedding" Offers Stunning Surprises
TRASH IN MY EYE No. 106 (of 2007) by Leroy Douresseaux
After the Wedding (2007)
Running time: 124 minutes (2 hours, 4 minutes)
MPAA – R for some language and a scene of sensuality
2007 Academy Award nominee
Original title: Efter brylluppet (2006)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark/Sweden; Languages: Danish, Swedish, Hindi, and English
DIRECTOR: Susanne Bier
WRITERS: Anders Thomas Jensen; from a story by Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen
PRODUCER: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Stine Hein, Ole Kragh-Jacobsen, Morten Søborg, and Otto Stenov
EDITOR: Pernille Bech Christensen and Morten Højbjerg
DRAMA
Starring: Mads Mikkelson, Rolf Lassgård, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Christian Tafdrup, Frederik Gullits Ernst, Kristian Gullits Ernst, Mona Malm, Meenal Patel, and Nareel Mulchandani
The Danish film, Efter brylluppet, earned a 2007 Foreign Language Oscar nomination (as a representative of Denmark), and received a 2007 theatrical release under its international English title, After the Wedding. The film follows a Danish expatriate returning to his homeland and learning a life-altering family secret in this emotionally charged drama with a unique twist.
Jacob Pederson (Mads Mikkelson, who played “Le Chiffre” in the 2006 version of Casino Royale
) runs an orphanage in India for children who would otherwise likely end up as child prostitutes, but the orphanage is failing. He travels to Copenhagen, Denmark to meet a self-indulgent billionaire businessman named Jørgen Hansson (Rolf Lassgård), who has made the offer of generous donation. Jørgen insists on meeting Jacob as a condition for getting the money, but Jørgen represents everything Jacob has come to abhor. When Jacob arrives in Denmark, he discovers that Jorgen is attaching an ever-growing list of demands to his donation.Jørgen suddenly invites Jacob to his daughter, Anna’s (Stine Fischer Christensen) wedding, where Jacob also meets Jørgen’s wife, Helene (Sidse Babett Knudsen). Getting introduced to Jørgen’s family further complicates the matter of the so-called gift, but for all the surprises that await Jacob at the wedding, it is after the wedding that the biggest shocks come.
Early on, After the Wedding
comes across as a somewhat cool and aloof foreign film, but around the 30-minute mark it becomes an emotionally powerhouse of family melodrama. As the machinations and family history reveal themselves, the film becomes something of a sordid potboiler, unusual for a family drama that isn’t also a soap opera.Director Susanne Bier masterfully mixes quality acting and raw emotions with a series of fiercely-staged intimate and personal confrontations between characters that would be uncomfortable to witness in real life. (Johan Söderqvust’s haunting score serves Bier’s goals quite well.) The film’s fault lies in that the story requires the audience to have an intimate knowledge of the characters and of the characters’ closeness with one another, but the script largely leaves the characters as mysteries or ciphers.
After the Wedding boldly addresses issues of mortality, control, and devotion. Bier doesn’t pretend that even the strongest and deepest love between two people is a perfect thing. It can be as messy and ugly as it can be beautiful and sustaining. When films deal with relationships in such a frank and candid fashion, they are treating their audiences with respect.
7 of 10
A-
NOTES:
2007 Academy Awards: 1 nomination for “Best Foreign Language Film of the Year” (Denmark)
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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