The buzzy documentary previously received the directing award at Sundance.
Danish filmmaker Simon Lereng Wilmont’s A House Made Of Splinters won the Golden Alexander prize of the international competition of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which closed on Sunday, March 20.
With its European premiere at Thessaloniki, Wilmont’s film is gaining attention on the festival circuit, having won the directing award in the World Cinema Documentary section on debut at the online Sundance in January; and also received the Fipresci prize in Thessaloniki.
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Shot in Ukraine prior to the Russian invasion...
Danish filmmaker Simon Lereng Wilmont’s A House Made Of Splinters won the Golden Alexander prize of the international competition of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which closed on Sunday, March 20.
With its European premiere at Thessaloniki, Wilmont’s film is gaining attention on the festival circuit, having won the directing award in the World Cinema Documentary section on debut at the online Sundance in January; and also received the Fipresci prize in Thessaloniki.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Shot in Ukraine prior to the Russian invasion...
- 3/21/2022
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
The buzzy documentary previously received the directing award at Sundance.
Danish filmmaker Simon Lereng Wilmont’s A House Made Of Splinters won the Golden Alexander main prize in the international competition of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which closed on Sunday, March 20.
With its European premiere at Thessaloniki, Wilmont’s film is gaining attention on the festival circuit, having won the directing award in the World Cinema Documentary section on debut at the online Sundance in January; and also received the Fipresci prize in Thessaloniki.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Shot in Ukraine prior to the Russian...
Danish filmmaker Simon Lereng Wilmont’s A House Made Of Splinters won the Golden Alexander main prize in the international competition of the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which closed on Sunday, March 20.
With its European premiere at Thessaloniki, Wilmont’s film is gaining attention on the festival circuit, having won the directing award in the World Cinema Documentary section on debut at the online Sundance in January; and also received the Fipresci prize in Thessaloniki.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Shot in Ukraine prior to the Russian...
- 3/21/2022
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
Jordanian director Rama Ayasra’s “Harvest Moon,” a documentary that tells the story of two activists on a mission to bring back the cultivation of wheat and its lost heritage to its original homeland of Jordan, took the top prize in the Pitching Forum of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s Agora Docs industry program, which wrapped March 16.
The award ceremony Wednesday night brought a close to a successful session that saw more than 300 industry professionals taking part both physically and online. “I think it’s the best proof that the industry is ready to be back in business – if it ever stopped,” said the festival’s general director, Elise Jalladeau.
In its selection of “Harvest Moon” (pictured), which is produced by Mariam Salim (New Productions) and co-produced by Asmahan Bkerat, the jury offered its hope that the award “can help the seeds of an idea grow into a beautiful and important documentary.
The award ceremony Wednesday night brought a close to a successful session that saw more than 300 industry professionals taking part both physically and online. “I think it’s the best proof that the industry is ready to be back in business – if it ever stopped,” said the festival’s general director, Elise Jalladeau.
In its selection of “Harvest Moon” (pictured), which is produced by Mariam Salim (New Productions) and co-produced by Asmahan Bkerat, the jury offered its hope that the award “can help the seeds of an idea grow into a beautiful and important documentary.
- 3/17/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The festival will take place as a physical-online hybrid.
Marjane Satrapi’s Marie Curie biopic Radioactive and Gregory Kirchhoff’s Germany comedy Baumbacher Syndrome will bookend the ninth Majorca International Film Festival (Emiff), which will take place both physically and online from October 23-29.
Radioactive debuted at Toronto 2019, and stars Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley. French-Iranian filmmaker Satrapi was previously announced as the recipient of the festival’s Vision award, while she will also be honoured at the centrepiece gala tribute and screening.
Baumbacher Syndrome stars Tobias Moretti, whose credits include Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, and Elit Iscan,...
Marjane Satrapi’s Marie Curie biopic Radioactive and Gregory Kirchhoff’s Germany comedy Baumbacher Syndrome will bookend the ninth Majorca International Film Festival (Emiff), which will take place both physically and online from October 23-29.
Radioactive debuted at Toronto 2019, and stars Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley. French-Iranian filmmaker Satrapi was previously announced as the recipient of the festival’s Vision award, while she will also be honoured at the centrepiece gala tribute and screening.
Baumbacher Syndrome stars Tobias Moretti, whose credits include Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, and Elit Iscan,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Triple F-Rated feature named Film of the Festival.
Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder’s Triple F-Rated feature The Planters - the rating given to films directed and/or written by women, which also includes women in significant roles on screen – has been named Film of the Festival at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival (September 18-29).
Written, directed and starring Kotcheff and Leder, The Planters is a dark comedy about a reclusive telemarketer who befriends a homeless woman with multiple personalities.
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Mary Jimenez and Bénédicte Liénarddocumentary By the Name of Tania, another F-Rated winner,...
Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder’s Triple F-Rated feature The Planters - the rating given to films directed and/or written by women, which also includes women in significant roles on screen – has been named Film of the Festival at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival (September 18-29).
Written, directed and starring Kotcheff and Leder, The Planters is a dark comedy about a reclusive telemarketer who befriends a homeless woman with multiple personalities.
Scroll down for the full list of winners
Mary Jimenez and Bénédicte Liénarddocumentary By the Name of Tania, another F-Rated winner,...
- 9/27/2019
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Babis Makridis’ film expected to be Greek Oscars entry.
The Greek-Polish co-production Pity, an existential drama by Babis Makridis, was crowned best film at the Iris Hellenic Film Academy (Helfiac) awards on Tuesday evening (April 23).
Steve Krikris’ debut feature The Waiter won four awards, whilst Her Job by Nikos Labot, and Angelos Frantzis’ Still River won three each, including best director for Frantzis and best first film for Her Job.
Pity arrived at the awards after appearing at festivals including Sundance, Rotterdam, Odessa (best film and direction), Valetta (best director) and Montenegro (best film). It also won best sound for...
The Greek-Polish co-production Pity, an existential drama by Babis Makridis, was crowned best film at the Iris Hellenic Film Academy (Helfiac) awards on Tuesday evening (April 23).
Steve Krikris’ debut feature The Waiter won four awards, whilst Her Job by Nikos Labot, and Angelos Frantzis’ Still River won three each, including best director for Frantzis and best first film for Her Job.
Pity arrived at the awards after appearing at festivals including Sundance, Rotterdam, Odessa (best film and direction), Valetta (best director) and Montenegro (best film). It also won best sound for...
- 4/25/2019
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
The Greek weird wave meets The Postman Always Rings Twice in The Waiter, a minimalist, darkly deadpan neo-noir from debuting writer-director Steve Krikris. With scant dialogue and an offbeat brand of humor, the film follows a lonely Athens server caught up in a fatal love triangle that throws his well-ordered life into disarray. Competently made, with crisp wide-screen cinematography and an economic sense of storytelling, this subtly promising first feature has toured a handful of European festivals (Thessaloniki, Istanbul, Luxembourg) and deserves more exposure abroad.
The opening reel, which follows humdrum café employee Renos (Aris Servetalis) in his daily routine of serving ...
The opening reel, which follows humdrum café employee Renos (Aris Servetalis) in his daily routine of serving ...
- 3/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Greek weird wave meets The Postman Always Rings Twice in The Waiter, a minimalist, darkly deadpan neo-noir from debuting writer-director Steve Krikris. With scant dialogue and an offbeat brand of humor, the film follows a lonely Athens server caught up in a fatal love triangle that throws his well-ordered life into disarray. Competently made, with crisp wide-screen cinematography and an economic sense of storytelling, this subtly promising first feature has toured a handful of European festivals (Thessaloniki, Istanbul, Luxembourg) and deserves more exposure abroad.
The opening reel, which follows humdrum café employee Renos (Aris Servetalis) in his daily routine of serving ...
The opening reel, which follows humdrum café employee Renos (Aris Servetalis) in his daily routine of serving ...
- 3/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Five projects by filmmakers from Greece and the Balkans will be unveiled May 14 at Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes, the Cannes Film Market’s pix-in-post industry showcase supported by the Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival.
The selection includes both emerging talents and established directors, giving a “fresh look” at the region’s filmmakers, according to Yianna Sarri, head of Agora, the Thessaloniki festival’s market.
“Greek cinema is blooming these last years,” she says, with the Cannes showcase offering “the best way to show film professionals from all over the world [the films] that will hit festivals and cinemas next year.”
Acclaimed Greek director Giorgos Panousopoulos returns after a 14-year hiatus with “In This Land Nobody Knew How to Cry,” an off-beat comedy about a French politician, a young economist, an Italian architect-turned-teacher and a Greek widow who meet by chance on the Aegean island of Armenaki, which has the magical ability to change people’s lives.
The selection includes both emerging talents and established directors, giving a “fresh look” at the region’s filmmakers, according to Yianna Sarri, head of Agora, the Thessaloniki festival’s market.
“Greek cinema is blooming these last years,” she says, with the Cannes showcase offering “the best way to show film professionals from all over the world [the films] that will hit festivals and cinemas next year.”
Acclaimed Greek director Giorgos Panousopoulos returns after a 14-year hiatus with “In This Land Nobody Knew How to Cry,” an off-beat comedy about a French politician, a young economist, an Italian architect-turned-teacher and a Greek widow who meet by chance on the Aegean island of Armenaki, which has the magical ability to change people’s lives.
- 5/1/2018
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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