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  • Jafar Panahi’s ‘Taxi’ wins Golden Bear at Berlinale

    Jafar Panahi’s ‘Taxi’ wins Golden Bear at Berlinale

    NEW DELHI: The Iranian ‘Taxi‘ by Jafar Panahi – who cannot even leave his country as he is awaiting trial – bagged both the Golden Bear as well as the FIPRESCI (film critics) awards at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast.

     

    The Silver Bear went to El Club (The Club) by Pablo Larrain of Chilea while the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize for a feature film that opens new perspectives was given to Ixcancul (Volcano) by Jayro Bustamante from Guatemala.

     

    The Silver Bear for Best Director was shared by two films: Radu Jude for Aferim! from Romania and Malgorzata Szumowska for Body from Poland.

     

    The Silver Bears for best actress and best actor went to Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courteny respectively for the same film: In 45 Years by Andrew Haigh.

     

    Interestingly, Panahi cannot even have credits in his films and his films do not exist ‘officially’ and are not ‘distributable’ there. The well written, directed and performed film is overtly political and a pithy indictment of the Iranian censorship laws as well as the ‘sharia-based’ criminal justice system of the theocratic regime. His award was collected by his niece.

     

    The Silver Bears for Outstanding Artistic Contribution went to the German Sturla Brandth Grovlen for his ‘one-take’ cinematography in Victoria directed by Sebastian Schipper while the Russians Evgeniy Privin and Sergey Mikhalchuk got it for Pod Electricheskimi Oblakami (Under Electric Clouds) directed by Alexey German Jr.

     

    Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dhanak received two awards: the Special Mention by the Children’s Jury Generation KPlus, and the Grand Prix of the Generation KPlus International Jury for the best feature-length film, endowed with  7,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk.

  • Denzel Washington wins Lifetime Achievement Award

    Denzel Washington wins Lifetime Achievement Award

    NEW DELHI: Well-known actor Denzel Washington received the Donostia lifetime achievement award during the opening gala of the 62 San Sebastian Film Festival, which concluded on 30 September.

     

    Directed by Antoine Fuqua, The Equalizer, starring  Washington was chosen to open the San Sebastian Festival.

     

    Sixty-year old Washington, is an actor, film director, and film producer. He has received much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Melvin B. Tolson, Frank Lucas, and Herman Boone. Washington is a featured actor in the films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and was also a frequent collaborator of the late director Tony Scott.

     

    Washington has received two Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award and two Academy Awards for Best during a career which began in 1974 and in which he has so far starred in about fifty films. 

     

    Also, Richard Linklater’s 12-year project Boyhood was chosen the best film of the past year by the members of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESC).

     

    This is the first time a film by Richard Linklater receives FIPRESCI’s Grand Prix, which has already gone to Michael Haneke, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jafar Panahi, Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Luc Godard, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, among others, since its establishment in 1999.

  • Film Comment’s critics list

    Film Comment’s critics list

    MUMBAI: Film Comment has announced its critics‘ list of the year‘s best films.


    While Terrence Malick‘s Tree of Life has topped the list of best films released in 2011, Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb‘s This is Not a Film was named best unreleased film of 2011.
     
    Released films: TREE OF LIFE, UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS AST LIVES, MELANCHOLIA, A SEPARATION, A DANGEROUS METHOD, MYSTERIES OF LISBON, CERTIFIED COPY, MEEK‘S CUTOFF, HUGO, POETRY, FILM SOCIALISME, LE HAVRE, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU, LE QUATTRO VOLTE and THE DESCENDANTS among others.
     
    Among the unreleased films are: THIS IS NOT A FILM, THE TURIN HORSE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, THE KID WITH A BIKE, THE LONELIEST PLANET, MISS BALA, OOTNOTE, KILL LIST, SLEEPING SICKNESS, PLAY, POLICEMAN,THE COLOR WHEEL, TWO YEARS AT SEA, ALPS and GOODBYE FIRST LOVE among others.

  • CNN announces winners of Asia Pacific Screen Awards

    MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN has announced the winners of the inaugural Asia Pacific Screen Awards at a ceremony on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Over 500 film industry personalities from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the US attended the ceremony.

    Films from India, Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey and Israel received Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Scene By Scene – Best Films Of Asia Pacific airs on CNN on 17 November 2007 at 12:30 pm and 8:30 pm and on 18 November at 12:30 pm. 

    The awards were determined by an International Jury headed by Indian actress Shabana Azmi.

    The best film award was won by Secret Sunshine from Korea. Jeon Do-yeon received the Best Performance by an Actress Award for her performance in the same film.

    The best achievement in directing was awarded to Iranian directors Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab for the film Mainline.

    Best screenplay was awarded to Feroz Abbas Khan for his screenplay for the Indian film Gandhi, My Father. Khan was on the Gold Coast to accept the Award.

    Best children’s film was Denias, Singing On The Cloud from Indonesia. The Award was accepted by producer Ari Sihasale.

    Best animated film was won by 5 Centimeers Per Second from Japan. Producer Noritaka Kawaguchi accepted the Award.

    Turkish actor Erkan Can won the Best Performance by an Actor Award for his performance in Takva.

    Asia Pacific Screen Awards chairman Des Power thanked Azmi and her jury colleagues, founding Director of Korea’s Pusan International Film Festival Kim Dong-ho, Iranian director Jafar Panahi, UK producer Nik Powell and Chinese filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang for their deliberations over the past week.

    “I am very grateful to the members of the Jury. They have been extraordinarily dedicated to the challenging task of determining the Awards and I am inspired by their commitment to the aims of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards to recognise cultural diversity and acclaim filmmaking excellence across the Asia-Pacific region.

    “I congratulate the winners of the inaugural Asia Pacific Screen Awards announced tonight who also inspire with their courage and creative brilliance.”