Dos Estaciones
''Dos Estaciones'' is a 2022 Mexican-Spanish language drama film directed by Juan Pablo González. It premiered in the World Cinematic Dramatic Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where lead actress Teresa Sánchez won the Special Jury Prize for Acting. The film has won awards and screened at festivals such as New Directors/New Films at MoMA and the Lincoln Center, San Sebastián, Edinburgh, Morelia, New Horizons, Athens, Zurich, Bogota International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and Mostra São Paulo, among others. Dos Estaciones participated at the Venice Biennale Cinema-College and the Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Fellowship. Plot The film centers 50 year old María García, the owner of Dos Estaciones, a once-majestic tequila factory struggling to stay afloat and the final hold-over from generations of Mexican-owned tequila plants in the highlands of Jalisco; the rest have folded to foreign corporations. Once one of the wea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Juan Pablo González
Juan Pablo González (born August 13, 1984) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and editor known for his 2018 film Caballerango, and the 2022 Sundance award winner Dos Estaciones. His work primarily focuses on the Los Altos de Jalisco, Los Altos region of Mexico, where he's from. In 2015 González was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine. The following year, his one-take short Las Nubes premiered at Havana and at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2018, his critically acclaimed mid-length documentary Caballerango premiered at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). He is currently on the faculty of the film directing program at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). In 2020 he won the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Juan Pablo Mexican film directors 1984 births California Institute of the Arts faculty Living people ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Morelia International Film Festival
The Morelia International Film Festival (''Spanish'': ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia''; FICM) was founded in 2003 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. It is an annual event that takes place during the second week of October. FICM emerged as a need to create a unique meeting point in México for the cinematographic community, the people of Michoacán, and international filmmakers. The festival's goal is to establish a forum to promote up-and-coming Mexican cinema talents, to create incentives and cultural opportunities for the Mexican and international public, and to display the cultural richness of the state of Michoacán. The festival has achieved notable prestige and prominence in Mexico as a result of its outreach and growth. It is rapidly becoming known in other parts of the world for its uniqueness and quality. Award winners (Best Mexican Film) Special Guests Throughout its history, FICM has been privileged to host distinguished guests such as Olivie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 Films
2022 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2022, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 110th anniversaries and Motion Picture Association celebrated their Centennial, 100th anniversary. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2022, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "This year, it’s all the more important to offer a widely inclusive list, because a wide range of American filmmakers have caught up with the inescapable phenomenon of the recent past: the resurgence of openly anti-democratic forces and brazenly hate-driven ideologies, the crisis of illegitimate rule, the menace of authoritarianism, the potential end of even our current debilitated American democracy. The phenomenon is certainly not limited to the United States, and filmmakers from around ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manohla Dargis
Manohla June Dargis ( ) is an American film critic. She is the chief film critic for ''The New York Times''. She is a five-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Career Before being a film critic for ''The New York Times'', Dargis was a chief film critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'', the film editor at the ''LA Weekly'', and a film critic at ''The Village Voice'', where she had two columns on avant-garde cinema ("CounterCurrents" and "Shock Corridor"). Her work has been included in a number of books, including ''Women and Film: A Sight and Sound Reader'' and ''American Movie Critics: An Anthology from the Silents Until Now,'' published by the Library of America. She wrote a monograph on Curtis Hanson's film '' L.A. Confidential'' for the British Film Institute and served as the president and vice-president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. In 2012, Dargis received the Nelson A. Rockefeller Award from Purchase College; the award is, according to the co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucca Film Festival
The Lucca Film Festival, or LFF, is an annual event that has been held in Lucca, Italy, since 2005. The festival offers screenings, exhibitions, conferences, and performances, ranging from mainstream to art-house cinema. Guests have included international film directors, actors, critics, and artists, such as David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Terry Gilliam, William Friedkin, George Romero, Paul Schrader, Ethan Hawke, Susan Sarandon, Isabelle Huppert, Ruben Östlund, Stefania Sandrelli, Valeria Golino, Laura Morante, Joe Dante, Gaspar Noé, Matthew Modine, Jeremy Irons, Martin Freeman, Giuseppe Tornatore, Marco Bellocchio, Paolo Sorrentino, Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Virzì, Willem Dafoe, Rutger Hauer, Philip Gröning, Michel Ocelot, Alfonso Cuarón, Matt Dillon, Elio Germano, Thomas Vinterberg, Sandra Milo, Aubrey Plaza, Aleksandr Sokurov, Alba Rohrwacher, Silvio Orlando, Kenneth Anger, Jonas Mekas, Tsai Ming-liang, Michael Snow, Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, Robert Cahen, Lou Castel, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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True/False Film Festival
True/False Film Fest is an annual documentary film festival that takes place in Columbia, Missouri. The Fest occurs on the first weekend in March (sometimes beginning in late February), with films being shown from Thursday evening to Sunday night. Films are screened at multiple locations around downtown Columbia, including Ragtag Cinema, Jesse Hall, Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts, The Picturehouse, The Blue Note, The Globe, Rhynsburger Theater and the Forrest Theater in the Tiger Hotel. It offers one award each year, the True Vision Award. True/False Film Fest and Ragtag Cinema are programs of the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, the Ragtag Film Society. Ragtag Film Society seeks to champion independent film and media art and to serve film communities both locally and globally. History True/False was started by Paul Sturtz and David Wilson (who also founded the Ragtag Cinema) in February 2004. In 2006, it won the ''Riverfront Times'' best film festival. In 2008, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Independent Film Festival Boston
The Independent Film Festival Boston is a not for profit film festival in Boston, Massachusetts. History The Independent Film Festival Boston (also known as IFFBoston or IFFB) was created in 2003 by the non-profit organization the Independent Film Society of Boston. The festival takes place each April in the Boston area's finest art-house cinemas. Over 1,200 films are submitted to the festival each year and roughly the best 90-100 of those are shown. Over 120 screenings take place, most with director Q&A sessions following them. There are also nightly parties for guest filmmakers and passholders as well as weekend panel discussions. The Independent Film Festival Boston was named "one of the top five film series in Boston" by the Boston Society of Film Critics in the festival's inaugural year of 2003 and was the only film festival on that list. The book ''The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide'' named the festival "the premier film festival in Boston" and the festival has si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teresa Sánchez
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; ) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or reap", or from θέρος (''theros'') "summer". Another origin of the name is from Latin word "Terra" which means earth. Terra mother Earth. It is first recorded in the form ''Therasia'', the name of Therasia of Nola, an aristocrat of the 4th century. Its popularity outside of Iberia increased because of saint Teresa of Ávila, and more recently Thérèse of Lisieux and Mother Teresa. In the United States it was ranked as the 852nd most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 226th in 1992 (it ranked 65th in 1950, and 102nd in 1900). Spelled "Teresa," it was the 580th most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 206th in 1992 (it ranked 81st in 1950, and 220th in 1900). People Aristocracy *Teresa of Portugal (other) ** Theresa, C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gotham Independent Film Award For Best Feature
The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards and was first awarded in 2004 with Alexander Payne's ''Sideways'' being the first recipient of the award. Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s 2020s Studios with most wins and nominations (3 or more) *Fox Searchlight/Searchlight - 12 nominations; 4 wins *A24 - 15 nominations; 4 wins *Focus Features - 9 nominations; 2 wins *Sony Pictures Classics - 9 nominations, 4 wins *Paramount Vantage/Paramount - 3 nominations; one win *IFC Films - 6 nominations, no wins *Amazon Studios - 4 nominations, no wins *The Weinstein Company - 4 nominations; no wins *Magnolia Pictures - 3 nominations; no wins *NEON - 3 nominations; no wins See also * Academy Award for Best Picture * Independent Spirit Award for Best Film The Independent Spirit Award for Best Film (or Best Feature) is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards, presented to recognize the best in independent filmmaking, it was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gotham Awards
The Gotham Awards () are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of ''Salmagundi'', published on November 11, 1807. Part of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the awards were inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing and honoring films made primarily in the northeastern region of the United States. Scope In 2004, the scope of the awards broadened to include the international film scene, when the number of awards presented increased from six awards given to films and those involved in making them primarily from the northeastern U.S. film community to nine awards, including in its broader scope films originating in Los Angeles, California, and international locations as well. Ve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |