More than 200 key European film professionals have published an open letter expressing their shock and concern over the unexplained, sudden firing of long-time Flanders Image boss Christian De Schutter.
Producer Mike Goodridge at Good Chaos, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) co-founder and head of industry Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen, German Films MD Simone Baumann, Tribeca Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer, Haut et Court Head Of Acquisitions Laure Calliol; Goodfellas Head Of Sales Eva Diederix and Oscar-nominated director Stijn Coninx are among the signatories.
“We the undersigned are professionals in the film industry who are concerned about the termination of employment of our well respected and long-time colleague, Christian De Schutter, from Flanders Image,” they wrote.
They said they had been shocked by both the termination and the manner in which it had been handled by Koen Van Bockstal, CEO of parent body Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf).
“We all learned of De Schutter...
Producer Mike Goodridge at Good Chaos, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) co-founder and head of industry Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen, German Films MD Simone Baumann, Tribeca Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer, Haut et Court Head Of Acquisitions Laure Calliol; Goodfellas Head Of Sales Eva Diederix and Oscar-nominated director Stijn Coninx are among the signatories.
“We the undersigned are professionals in the film industry who are concerned about the termination of employment of our well respected and long-time colleague, Christian De Schutter, from Flanders Image,” they wrote.
They said they had been shocked by both the termination and the manner in which it had been handled by Koen Van Bockstal, CEO of parent body Flanders Audiovisual Fund (Vaf).
“We all learned of De Schutter...
- 1/12/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Seattle International Film Festival returned to its in-person format for the first time since 2019 this year, with many of the indie film world’s finest making their way to the Emerald City. The 11-day festival, which concluded this weekend, screened 263 films, including 28 world premieres, and ultimately honored a combination of domestic and foreign films with its awards.
The timely Ukrainian war drama “Klondike” from Maryna Er Gorbach won the Grand Jury Prize, with Zia Mohajerjasbi’s Seattle-set drama “Know Your Place” earning rave reviews from audiences and winning the festival’s New American Cinema Competition.
“As we celebrated our first in-person festival in three years, we were so thrilled to bring great films and new voices from across the globe,” said Beth Barrett, Siff Artistic Director. “Creating those experiences that bring audiences around film, both in cinema and hybrid, allowed us all to connect, to learn, and to make...
The timely Ukrainian war drama “Klondike” from Maryna Er Gorbach won the Grand Jury Prize, with Zia Mohajerjasbi’s Seattle-set drama “Know Your Place” earning rave reviews from audiences and winning the festival’s New American Cinema Competition.
“As we celebrated our first in-person festival in three years, we were so thrilled to bring great films and new voices from across the globe,” said Beth Barrett, Siff Artistic Director. “Creating those experiences that bring audiences around film, both in cinema and hybrid, allowed us all to connect, to learn, and to make...
- 4/24/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
The Seattle International Film Festival closed its 48th edition on Sunday by announcing its top honors, presenting awards at a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Seattle.
“Klondike,” a film following a family that lives on the tumultuous border of Russia and Ukraine in 2014, was awarded the grand jury prize within the festival’s official competition.
“For a work both tragically prophetic and universal in its impact, a ferocious and formalist vision of war that fuses humanism, black comedy and horror into a searing and original vision, we award the Grand Jury Prize to Maryna Er Gorbach’s ‘Klondike,'” said the jury, composed of Angel An, senior director of acquisitions at Roadside Attraction; David Ansen, lead programmer at the Palm Spring International Film Festival; and Matthew Campbell, artistic director of the Denver Film Society and the Denver Film Festival.
“Know Your Place,” a drama following two teenage...
“Klondike,” a film following a family that lives on the tumultuous border of Russia and Ukraine in 2014, was awarded the grand jury prize within the festival’s official competition.
“For a work both tragically prophetic and universal in its impact, a ferocious and formalist vision of war that fuses humanism, black comedy and horror into a searing and original vision, we award the Grand Jury Prize to Maryna Er Gorbach’s ‘Klondike,'” said the jury, composed of Angel An, senior director of acquisitions at Roadside Attraction; David Ansen, lead programmer at the Palm Spring International Film Festival; and Matthew Campbell, artistic director of the Denver Film Society and the Denver Film Festival.
“Know Your Place,” a drama following two teenage...
- 4/24/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Festival to run April 14-24.
Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) has announced the jury, industry mentors and New Works-in-Progress Forum films for the first in-person edition of the festival since 2019, set to run April 14-24.
Festival jury members who are also serving as industry mentors at the New Works-In-Progress Forum are: producer and CEO of Gamechanger Films Effie Brown; producer Kimberely Browning; former Nfb Animation Studio head Michael Fukishima; Summer Of Soul executive producer Marie Therese Guirgis; Dublin Film Festival Director Grainne Humphreys; and Sundance programmer Ania Trzebiatowska.
This year’s forum selections, curated by Kathleen McInnis, fall under two parts.
Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) has announced the jury, industry mentors and New Works-in-Progress Forum films for the first in-person edition of the festival since 2019, set to run April 14-24.
Festival jury members who are also serving as industry mentors at the New Works-In-Progress Forum are: producer and CEO of Gamechanger Films Effie Brown; producer Kimberely Browning; former Nfb Animation Studio head Michael Fukishima; Summer Of Soul executive producer Marie Therese Guirgis; Dublin Film Festival Director Grainne Humphreys; and Sundance programmer Ania Trzebiatowska.
This year’s forum selections, curated by Kathleen McInnis, fall under two parts.
- 4/7/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
To honor the legacy of beloved filmmaker Lynn Shelton, Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum and Duplass Brothers Productions have today announced the launch of the Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. The $25,000 unrestricted cash grant will be awarded each year to a U.S.-based woman or non-binary filmmaker, age 39 or older, who has yet to direct a narrative feature.
Shelton, who passed away in May, was among the leading voices of American independent film, working on all sides of the camera on such films as “Humpday,” “Your Sister’s Sister,” “Outside In,” and “Sword of Trust.” Like the filmmakers the grant is intended to help, Shelton didn’t direct her own first feature (“We Go Way Back”) until she was 39. In the 15 years that followed, Shelton built a prolific and respected canon of both feature and television work.
“This grant seeks to reinforce that great filmmakers can emerge at any age,...
Shelton, who passed away in May, was among the leading voices of American independent film, working on all sides of the camera on such films as “Humpday,” “Your Sister’s Sister,” “Outside In,” and “Sword of Trust.” Like the filmmakers the grant is intended to help, Shelton didn’t direct her own first feature (“We Go Way Back”) until she was 39. In the 15 years that followed, Shelton built a prolific and respected canon of both feature and television work.
“This grant seeks to reinforce that great filmmakers can emerge at any age,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A grant fund has been set up in honor of the late “Humpday” filmmaker Lynn Shelton that will provide a $25,000 unrestricted cash grant to U.S. based women and nonbinary filmmakers, age 39 or older, who have yet to direct a narrative feature.
The “Of a Certain Age” grant was established by Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum alongside Duplass Brothers Productions, and the prize will be awarded each year.
“This grant seeks to reinforce that great filmmakers can emerge at any age, and to elevate the voices of a segment of the filmmaking community who have precious few resources dedicated to supporting them yet plenty of stories to tell,” Megan Griffiths, Shelton’s longtime friend and collaborator who is working in her capacity as a member of the board of Northwest Film Forum to help establish the grant, said in a statement. “Lynn was 39 when I met her on her first feature,...
The “Of a Certain Age” grant was established by Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum alongside Duplass Brothers Productions, and the prize will be awarded each year.
“This grant seeks to reinforce that great filmmakers can emerge at any age, and to elevate the voices of a segment of the filmmaking community who have precious few resources dedicated to supporting them yet plenty of stories to tell,” Megan Griffiths, Shelton’s longtime friend and collaborator who is working in her capacity as a member of the board of Northwest Film Forum to help establish the grant, said in a statement. “Lynn was 39 when I met her on her first feature,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
This has been a tough week for many businesses, and film organizations have not been immune. Today, Film at Lincoln Center became the latest organization hit hard by the closures of recent weeks, as half of its 50-person full-time staff and all of its part-time staff was furloughed or laid off. Film Comment, which Lincoln Center has published since 1962, will distribute its May/June edition digitally and then go on an indefinite hiatus. In a statement to IndieWire, executive director Lesli Klainberg said the moves were “a decision we struggled with and did not take lightly,” adding, “While these actions are very painful in the short-term, we know that eventually, we will be on the other side of this crisis, and because we’ve made these hard choices now we will be well-positioned to thrive again when that time comes.”
Lincoln Center is not alone. On March 12, the Austin Film Society had much to celebrate.
Lincoln Center is not alone. On March 12, the Austin Film Society had much to celebrate.
- 3/27/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Two documentaries, two narratives invited to interactive programme.
The New Works-in-Progress (Wip) forum at the Seattle International Film Festival has announced its 2019 film teams and industry mentor line-up.
Four feature films – two documentaries and two narratives – have been invited from across the world to participate in the interactive event.
“The mission of the New Works-in-Progress Forum is to bring together the three vital parts of the cinema experience at a critical junction before the film has locked picture: filmmaker (as artist), industry (as conduit), and audience,” said Wip curator Kathleen McInnis. “We create a safe intersection near the end of...
The New Works-in-Progress (Wip) forum at the Seattle International Film Festival has announced its 2019 film teams and industry mentor line-up.
Four feature films – two documentaries and two narratives – have been invited from across the world to participate in the interactive event.
“The mission of the New Works-in-Progress Forum is to bring together the three vital parts of the cinema experience at a critical junction before the film has locked picture: filmmaker (as artist), industry (as conduit), and audience,” said Wip curator Kathleen McInnis. “We create a safe intersection near the end of...
- 4/24/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Gustav Möller wins best director for The Guilty.
Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade won the 44th Seattle International Film festival’s Golden Space Needle audience award for best film and Morgan Neville’s current Us release Won’t You Be My Neighbor? won best documentary as the festival came to a close at the weekend.
In other key awards, grand jury honours went to The Reports On Sarah And Saleem, Dead Pigs, Rust, Inventing Tomorrow, and Thunder Road.
Elsie Fisher of Eighth Grade was named best actress while Miguel Ángel Solá of The Last Suit won the best actor prize.
Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade won the 44th Seattle International Film festival’s Golden Space Needle audience award for best film and Morgan Neville’s current Us release Won’t You Be My Neighbor? won best documentary as the festival came to a close at the weekend.
In other key awards, grand jury honours went to The Reports On Sarah And Saleem, Dead Pigs, Rust, Inventing Tomorrow, and Thunder Road.
Elsie Fisher of Eighth Grade was named best actress while Miguel Ángel Solá of The Last Suit won the best actor prize.
- 6/10/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Gustav Möller wins best director for The Guilty.
Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade won the 44th Seattle International Film festival’s Golden Space Needle audience award for best film and Morgan Neville’s current US release Won’t You Be My Neighbor? won best documentary as the festival came to a close at the weekend.
In other key awards, grand jury honours went to The Reports On Sarah And Saleem, Dead Pigs, Rust, Inventing Tomorrow, and Thunder Road.
Elsie Fisher of Eighth Grade was named best actress while Miguel Ángel Solá of The Last Suit won the best actor prize.
Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade won the 44th Seattle International Film festival’s Golden Space Needle audience award for best film and Morgan Neville’s current US release Won’t You Be My Neighbor? won best documentary as the festival came to a close at the weekend.
In other key awards, grand jury honours went to The Reports On Sarah And Saleem, Dead Pigs, Rust, Inventing Tomorrow, and Thunder Road.
Elsie Fisher of Eighth Grade was named best actress while Miguel Ángel Solá of The Last Suit won the best actor prize.
- 6/10/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Every year, IndieWire looks beyond the countless top 10 lists written by critics to widen the field. We turn to friends and colleagues in the independent film community — programmers, distributors, publicists, and others — to give them the opportunity to share their favorite films and other media from the past 12 months.
We also invited them to share their resolutions and anticipated events for 2018, should they feel so moved. Here are the results, along with plenty of titles more than worthy of further attention.
Read More:The 18 Best Films of 2018 We’ve Already Seen
Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director, Toronto International Film Festival
With typically brilliant compression, Jane Campion called these recent months of reversal a “fairytale time” for women in the industry. At the Cannes Film Festival, I watched all six hours of her “Top of the Lake,” Season 2. Like everything else that hit deep enough to make this year-end list, Campion’s series,...
We also invited them to share their resolutions and anticipated events for 2018, should they feel so moved. Here are the results, along with plenty of titles more than worthy of further attention.
Read More:The 18 Best Films of 2018 We’ve Already Seen
Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director, Toronto International Film Festival
With typically brilliant compression, Jane Campion called these recent months of reversal a “fairytale time” for women in the industry. At the Cannes Film Festival, I watched all six hours of her “Top of the Lake,” Season 2. Like everything else that hit deep enough to make this year-end list, Campion’s series,...
- 12/29/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
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