European premieres for Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon and Garth Davis’ Lion are among highlights.
The Zurich Film Festival, which has revealed its full line-up today, will screen a total of 172 productions from 36 countries, including 43 debut works, 17 world premieres and a record number of Swiss films.
Among the highlights of this year’s festival are the European premieres of Garth Davis’ Lion starring Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel alongside Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman, which will open festival on Sept. 22; Peter Berg’s real-life oil catastrophe story Deepwater Horizon; and Lbj, Rob Reiner’s political biopic starring Woody Harrelson as the former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Among actors set to attend are Hugh Grant, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson and Shailene Woodley while French director Olivier Assayas will be honored with a retrospective.
Deepwater Horizon producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will also be honored with Zurich’s Golden Eye award for his life’s work. Regular guest Harvey Weinstein...
The Zurich Film Festival, which has revealed its full line-up today, will screen a total of 172 productions from 36 countries, including 43 debut works, 17 world premieres and a record number of Swiss films.
Among the highlights of this year’s festival are the European premieres of Garth Davis’ Lion starring Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel alongside Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman, which will open festival on Sept. 22; Peter Berg’s real-life oil catastrophe story Deepwater Horizon; and Lbj, Rob Reiner’s political biopic starring Woody Harrelson as the former Us president Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Among actors set to attend are Hugh Grant, Daniel Radcliffe, Woody Harrelson and Shailene Woodley while French director Olivier Assayas will be honored with a retrospective.
Deepwater Horizon producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will also be honored with Zurich’s Golden Eye award for his life’s work. Regular guest Harvey Weinstein...
- 9/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
A total of 12 films from Switzerland, Germany, Austria will compete for the Golden Eye award.Scroll down for full list of titles
Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5) has unveiled the line-up for its new Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria competition section.
Selected films include Toronto titles Labyrinth of Lies, a post-war German drama from Giulio Ricciarelli; and Baran bo Odar’s computer hacker thriller Who Am I - No System is Safe.
Others include Sudabeh Mortezai’s refugee drama Macondo, first seen at the Berlinale in February, which went on to pick up prizes in Hong Kong and Sarajevo; and Ingo Haeb’s The Chambermaid Lynn, which debuted at Montreal and centres on a maid in a large hotel with a fear of human interaction but who craves intimacy.
Documentaries in the line-up include Jørg M. Kundinger and Timon Birkhofer’s Capital C, which explores crowdfunding; Nick Brandestini’s Children of the Arctic, about five native...
Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5) has unveiled the line-up for its new Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria competition section.
Selected films include Toronto titles Labyrinth of Lies, a post-war German drama from Giulio Ricciarelli; and Baran bo Odar’s computer hacker thriller Who Am I - No System is Safe.
Others include Sudabeh Mortezai’s refugee drama Macondo, first seen at the Berlinale in February, which went on to pick up prizes in Hong Kong and Sarajevo; and Ingo Haeb’s The Chambermaid Lynn, which debuted at Montreal and centres on a maid in a large hotel with a fear of human interaction but who craves intimacy.
Documentaries in the line-up include Jørg M. Kundinger and Timon Birkhofer’s Capital C, which explores crowdfunding; Nick Brandestini’s Children of the Arctic, about five native...
- 9/10/2014
- by [email protected] (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Cologne, Germany -- German indie distributor drei freunde has signed a deal with local exhibitor Kinostar for the German release of Andreas Arnstedt's low budget drama "The Dispensibles." The agreement will see Kinostar cooperate in the film's theatrical release, set for Sept. 30, with an initial bow of 60 copies nationwide. The bow represents a sizable release for a German indie drama with no A-list stars.
Arnstedt's directorial debut is a rare example of truly independent cinema in Germany. "The Dispensibles" was made without any state or federal film subsidies, something virtually unheard of here. It is a starkly realistic portrait of a family on the edge. The 11-year-old Jacob (actor Oskar Bockelmann) tries to hide his father's suicide for fear of being sent to an orphanage.
"The Dispensibles" has been a festival favorite, winning numerous awards including best actor and director prizes at the San Paulo International Film Festival last year.
Arnstedt's directorial debut is a rare example of truly independent cinema in Germany. "The Dispensibles" was made without any state or federal film subsidies, something virtually unheard of here. It is a starkly realistic portrait of a family on the edge. The 11-year-old Jacob (actor Oskar Bockelmann) tries to hide his father's suicide for fear of being sent to an orphanage.
"The Dispensibles" has been a festival favorite, winning numerous awards including best actor and director prizes at the San Paulo International Film Festival last year.
- 6/21/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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