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The Father (2019 Film)
''The Father'' ( bg, Бащата, italic=yes) is a 2019 Bulgarian drama film directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov. The film premiered at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival where it won the Crystal Globe award for best film. It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Plot Vasil has just lost his long-time partner in life, his wife Valentina. His son, advertising photographer Pavel, who has driven out to his childhood hometown from the city where he works, arrives late to her funeral. Sidling apologetically to the graveside through the thicket of more respectful mourners, he joins his stiffly resentful father Vasil by the open casket. And then his phone, set to a frog-ribbit ringtone, goes off in his pocket. When a woman at the funeral proclaims that the dead woman called her cell phone, Vasil seeks out the help of a well-known psychic in order to contact his wife. With the very best of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Grozeva
Kristina Yordanova Grozeva ( bg, Кристина Йорданова Грозева; born January 26, 1976) is a Bulgarian filmmaker. She is best known for her cinematography on feature films such as ''The Lesson'' (2014), '' Glory'' (2016) and ''The Father'' (2019). Life and career Grozeva was born on January 26, 1976, in Sofia. She has master's degrees in journalism and film and television directing from Sofia University and the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, respectively. Since completing her degree in directing in the class of Georgi Djulgerov, she has been working with her husband, fellow Bulgarian director Petar Valchanov. In 2013, their short film ''Jump'' was nominated for Best Short Film at the European Film Awards. In 2014, they released their first feature film ''The Lesson'', which won awards at the film festivals in San Sebastián, Tokyo, Warsaw, Gothenburg, Thessaloniki, Sofia. The pair next directed the 2016 drama film '' Glory'', which premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Smith (critic)
Anna Smith is an English film reporter, former chair of the London Film Critics' Circle, and host of the Girls on Film podcast. She has contributed to the BBC, Sky News, '' Time Out'', ''the Guardian'' and'' The Film Review''. Biography Smith studied journalism at the University of Wales Cardiff, worked on various magazines in the 1990s, including being launch editor of '' Wax'', a dance music magazine, and started to do film reviews while assistant editor of ''Minx''. After ''Minx'' closed in July 2000, Smith focussed on freelance film writing. Smith was chair of the London Film Critics' Circle in 2014, and President of their Critics' Circle. Smith started the Girls on Film podcast in 2018. Guests have included Caitlin Moran and Coky Giedroyc, Kitty Green, Haifaa al-Mansour, Gurinder Chadha and Brie Larson Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers (born October 1, 1989), known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress. Known for her supporting roles in comedies as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 93rd Academy Awards For Best International Feature Film
This is a list of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film every year since the award was created in 1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille .... The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The International Feature Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. The category was previously called the Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed in April 2019 to Best International Feature Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande Prêmio Do Cinema Brasileiro
The Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, more popularly known as Grande Otelo, is a Brazilian film award. It was established in 2000 as Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil that presented it in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, the newly established Academia Brasileira de Cinema taken on the role of delivering the award which was renamed to Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro. Sponsored by BR Distribuidora the 2002 edition had a "BR" on its name; in 2003, however, there was no sponsor. In 2004, it gained "TAM" on its name since TAM Airlines became the award sponsor. From 2008 to 2009 its sponsorship was provided by Vivo. From 2010 onward it has no company sponsoring it. Awards categories The awards given include: * Best Film * Best Director * Best Actor * Best Supporting Actor * Best Actress * Best Supporting Actress * Best Foreign Film * Best Original Screenplay * Best Adapted Screenplay * Best Cinematography * Best Editing * Best Production Design * Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland International Film Festival
The Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) is an annual film festival based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the largest film festival in Ohio. It was first held in 1977, showing eight films over a period of eight weeks at the Cedar Lee Theatre. It has since grown and in 2019 consisted of 213 feature films and 237 short films from 71 countries, and over 105,000 in attendance. 2022 will mark the 46th year for the CIFF. History The festival started in 1977 with eight films over eight weeks at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights. In 1991, the festival relocated to Tower City Cinemas in downtown Cleveland. Additional programming and events have also been held at other local venues, including the Capitol Theatre on Cleveland's west side, Shaker Cinemas on Shaker Square, and the Cedar Lee Theatre. In 2013, the festival extended to Akron and Oberlin, screening films at the Akron Art Museum, the Akron-Summit County Public Library, and the Apollo Theatre in Oberlin. With this exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia International Film Festival
Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF) ( Bulgarian: ''Международен София Филм Фест, София Филм Фест''), also known as Sofia Film Fest, is an annual film festival in Sofia, capital city of Bulgaria, taking place in March each year. It was established in 1997 and is the only film festival in Bulgaria recognised by FIPRESCI. History The festival was established in 1997, as a thematic music film festival. Since 2003, the festival has included an International Competition and has been included in the FIPRESCI calendar, and a regional and national competition for short films was introduced in the same year (the Jameson Short Film Award). In 2009 an international documentary film competition was added. In 2010, SIFF was accredited by FIAPF as a competitive specialised feature film festival, becoming the only Bulgarian film festival to gain such recognition. It is also the only Bulgarian film festival recognised by FIPRESCI. For its 10th annivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trieste Film Festival
The Trieste Film Festival is an international film festival founded in 1989. Held annually on the third week of January in Trieste, it has become the leading festival of Central and Eastern Europe cinema in Italy. References External linksOfficial siteTrieste Film Festivalat the Internet Movie Database Film festivals in Italy Annual events in Italy 1989 establishments in Italy January events Culture in Trieste Film festivals established in 1989 Winter events in Italy {{Europe-film-festival-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listapad
Listapad ( be, Лістапад, ''meaning "November"''), also known as Minsk International Film Festival (MIFF) or Minsk International Film Festival Listapad, is an annual film festival which takes place in November in Minsk, Belarus. It is the largest such festival in Belarus. History The inaugural festival was held in 1994, at a time when Belarus had just gained independence and had fallen out of the world and post- Soviet film industry. Serhey Artimovich, the director of Tele-ARS studio, came up with the idea for the festival. Listapad was created in order to unite the best films of post-Soviet states and bring them back on the screen in Minsk. The participating films had already passed through the more radical film festivals of Kinotavr and Kinoshock. During the first year of existence, the festival was called “Post-Soviet Film Festival “Listapad”. Russian directors made the majority of films presented there. Later works of Ukrainian, Kazakh and Azerbaijani directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valladolid International Film Festival
The Valladolid International Film Festival, popularly known as Seminci (short for ; ), is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain. First held in 1956 as ('Valladolid Religious Film Week'), the Seminci is one of the longest-standing film festivals in Spain. It stands out in the area of films d'auteur and independent films. The Seminci conventionally takes place every October October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôct� ..., about a month later than the San Sebastián Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in Spain. History The first edition of the festival began on 20 March 1956 under the name of Semana de Cine Religioso de Valladolid with a goal of promoting Catholic moral values in conjunction with the celebration of Holy Week in Valladolid. For the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haifa International Film Festival
The Haifa International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place every autumn (between late September and late October), during the week-long holiday of Sukkot, in Haifa, Israel. History The festival was inaugurated in 1983 and was the first of its kind in Israel. Over the years, it has become the country's major cinematic event. The Haifa International Film Festival attracts a wide audience of film-goers and media professionals from Israel and abroad. Throughout the week, special screenings are held of c.170 new films. Apart from movies screened around the clock at seven theaters, the festival features open-air screenings. Film categories include feature films, documentaries, animation, short films, retrospectives and tributes. The Board of Directors is composed of film and culture professionals and public figures. The festival is underwritten by the City of Haifa, the Ministry of Education, the Israeli Film Council, and the European Union, as well as commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film New Europe Association
The Film New Europe Association (FNE) is a networking body and free online news wire for film institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic region. It is based in Warsaw, Poland and has an office in Prague. It was founded by Andrzej Wajda. Its advisory panel includes Czech directory director Jan Svěrák, Polish screenwriter Krzysztof Zanussi, Slovak directors Martin Šulík and Juraj Jakubisko, Lithuanian director Šarūnas Bartas and Hungarians, screenwriter István Szabó and cinematographer Lajos Koltai Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born 2 April 1946) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director István Szabó, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Film New Europe Association European cinema European websites Organisations based in Warsaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival
The Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival ( bg , Фестивалът на българския игрален филм „Златна роза“) is held in Varna in September or October. Also known as Golden Rose National Film Festival or simply Golden Rose Film Festival, the event was first held in August 1961 under the name "Bulgarian Film Festival"; it ran annually until 1974 (other than 1965) and after that it was usually held every two years. The 34th Golden Rose Film Festival was held September 19 to 25, 2016. Awards The first time the festival was held, in 1961, the prize-winning film was '' We Were Young''. The top award was originally called the Special Award of the Festival, but in 1963 the name was changed to "Golden Rose". It is also referred to as the Grand Prix. A statuette for the Golden Rose was designed by sculptor Vezhdi Rashidov. As of 2016, the festival has ten awards determined by its jury, and five other awards: * Golden Rose Award for Best Featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
