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‘What makes Nichols’ film so satisfying, at least until the melodrama of the final act, is the deftness of the characterisations and the constant sense that things are probably considerably more complex than they’re perceived.’ Sight and Sound ‘An impressively sustained slow-burn parable from writer-director Jeff Nichols, shot with ominous beauty, guarding its mysteries with care.’ Daily Telegraph UK ‘A hallucinatory thriller anchored by a deeply resonant sense of unease.’ VarietyAwards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2012 Winner of the Saturn Award for Best Actor – Michael Shannon Best Writing – Jeff Nichols Austin Film Critics Association 2011 Winner of the AFCA Award for Best Actor – Michael Shannon Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain Winner of the Austin Film Award – Jeff Nichols Winner of the Breakthrough Artist Award- Jessica Chastain Cannes Film Festival 2011 Winner of the Critics Week Grand Prize – Jeff Nichols Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize for Directors’ Fortnight or Critics’ Week – Jeff Nichols Winner of the SACD Award – Jeff Nichols New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2011 Winner NYFCC Award for Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain New York Film Critics, Online 2011 Winner of the NYFCO Award for Best Actor – Michael Shannon Breakthrough Performance – Jessica Chastain Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2011 Winner of the TFCA Award for Best Actor – Michael Shannon Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain
Award winning The Flowers of War is a 2011 historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi and Cao Kefan. The beautifully shot story is set in Nanking, China, during the 1937 Nanking Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War. A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a church compound, try to survive the plight and persecution brought on by the violent invasion of the city.
Pete Hammond from Boxoffice Magazine gave it 4 stars of 5, and said “The Flowers of War is ultimately an inspiring, stirring and unforgettable human drama in the face of a horrifying war. It is highly recommended.
“The Flowers of War is a big movie in every sense of the word, from its kinetic battle scenes to the beautiful photography and impressive performances from a mostly young and inexperienced cast.”
Critic Reviews
‘Bale is forthright and emotional in the role, and with a hint of boyish vulnerability, even reminds us of his 13-year-old self in Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun.’ The Guardian
‘As you’d expect, it’s beautiful, emotional and exciting, if florid in style. Bale, beauties and English dialogue widen Yimou’s appeal.’ Empire
Awards
Asian Film Awards 2012 Winner of the Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer Ni Ni
Asian Film Critics Association Awards 2012 Winner of the NETPAC Award for Best Picture, Best Director and Best New Performer
Chinese American Film Festival (C.A.F.F.) 2012 Winner of the Golden Angel Award for Outstanding Film
Chinese Film Media Awards 2012 Winner of the Audience Award for Favourite Actor – Dawei Tong and Favorite Actress – Ni Ni
Shanghai Film Critics Awards 2012 Winner of the Film of Merit
Shanghai Film Critics Award winner of Best Actress – Ni Ni
Writers Guild of China Film Association 2012 Winner of the WGC Award for Outstanding Screenplay
La Vie en Rose is a 2007 French biographical musical film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf. The film was co-written and directed by Olivier Dahan, and starred Marion Cotillard as Piaf.
Cotillard’s performance earned her several accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actress — marking the first time an Oscar had been given for a French-language role — the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the César Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Makeup, the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup, Costume Design, Film Music, four additional César Awards and grossed $86.3 million worldwide.
Critic Reviews
‘Despite its story of suffering that comes in unceasing waves, La Vie en Rose may be the most hopeful film yet made about the grueling rigor of living.’ Charleston City Paper
‘In La Vie En Rose,we get to witness a rare and beautiful thing – an artist baring her soul and creating a performance for the ages.’ The Dispatch
‘In La Vie en Rose, Marion Cotillard has the role of a lifetime. And she relishes it.’ Fayette Weekly
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 2008 Winner Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Marion Cotillard
Best Achievement in Makeup Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald
Golden Globes, USA 2008 Winner Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Winner Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicChristopher Gunning
Winner BAFTA Film Award Best Leading Actress Marion Cotillard
Best Costume Design Marit Allen
Best Make Up & Hair
César Awards, France 2008 Winner César Best Actress (Meilleure actrice) Marion Cotillard
Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie) Tetsuo Nagata
Best Production Design (Meilleurs décors) Olivier Raoux
Best Costume Design (Meilleurs costumes) Marit Allen
Best Sound (Meilleur son) Laurent Zeilig
Hollywood Film Awards 2007 Winner Hollywood Film Award Actress of the Year
Critic Reviews
‘Glassland smartly plays off Jean’s unhinged disintegration against John’s tense, subdued control. In that contrast lies the power of this film.’ New York Magazine ‘Glassland is a small film with an emotional punch that wallops above its weight class.’ Globe and Mail ‘In the movie’s best scene, as mother and son dance to an old pop song, the look on Reynor’s face speaks volumes about loss and hope. It’s a look that’s going to be breaking hearts on screen for decades to come.’ Los Angeles TimesAwards
Sundance Film Festival 2015 Winner Special Jury Prize World Cinema – Dramatic Netia Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema 2015 Winner Making Way Award Special Mention
Critic Reviews
‘A film that moves relentlessly forward, carrying you along so completely that it’s only afterwards, if at all, that you begin to wonder about origins and plausibilities.’ London Evening Standard ‘One for fans of Taxi Driver and TV’s Dexter, Drive is a film whose considerable style at first obscures just how much it’ll get under your skin and stay there for weeks to come’ Film 4 ‘Calculating. Methodical. High gloss. Slick. Polished. Drive is the neo-noir thriller of the year.’ Behind the LensAwards
Austin Film Critics Association 2011 Winner of theAFCA Award for Best Director – Nicolas Winding Refn Best Supporting Actor – Albert Brooks Best Adapted Screenplay – Hossein Amini Awards Circuit Community Awards 2011 Winner of theACCA for Best Director – Nicolas Winding Refn Best Achievement in Film Editing – Matthew Newman Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2011 Winner of the BSFC Award for Best Supporting Actor – Albert Brooks Best Use of Music in a Film – Cliff Martinez (Tied with Ludovic Bource for The Artist (2011) Cannes Film Festival 2011 Winner of Best Director – Nicolas Winding RefnTodays Recommendation
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Running Man is a dark yet comedic short film set in the South East of England in 1991 – the heyday of illegal raves. In an attempt to escape the ghosts of his past, Fred Love convinces his mates to take part in a clinical drug trial for cash. But events take a turn as the trial spirals into violent psychosis, forcing Fred to come face-to-face with the very thing he’s been running from.
The film marks the launch of Birdbox.Film first monthly ‘Film Club’. At 7.30pm on Wednesday the 3rd February, users will be able to tune into a discussion with the Producer Sadie Frost, Director Chris Turner and Raff Law, hosted by The Big Picture Film Club.
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Speaking about the film, Sadie Frost remarked “I wanted to make a film about the 90’s rave scene…I wanted it to be authentic and dark. With Johnny Cookes brilliant script and Chris Turner’s spot on direction, along with a stellar cast and a unique rave soundtrack, we have achieved something very exciting! It has been brilliant that so many festivals have reacted so well to it, and ultimately that people are drawn to it and find it an exciting and fun watch”.
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Wale is a 2018 British short film written and directed by Barnaby Blackburn. The film, starring Jamie Sives, Raphel Famotibe, Roger Nsengiyumva and Clare Perkins, is a social-realist thriller about an ex-offender trying to ply his trade as a mechanic who is deceived by a client and framed for murder over the course of a single horrific night. It was Blackburn’s debut film.
The film deals with issues of racial discrimination, social injustice and the frustrations of young people trying to reimagine themselves in London.
Wale was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Short Film in 2019 and was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
Wale was selected and screened at over 50 film festivals around the world. The film won the top prize at a number of Oscar-qualifying festivals including the Best Short Film at Bronzelens Film Festival, the Best Narrative Short at Urbanworld Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at Dances With Films. In December 2019, it was announced that Wale had been shortlisted for the 91st Academy Awards. After winning the Best Thriller award at Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Wale qualified for selection for the 2019 BAFTA Film Awards and was nominated for Best British Short Film.
Awards
BAFTA Awards 2019 Nominee for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2018 Winner of the Festival Prize for Best Thriller
BendFilm Festival 2018 Winner of the Best Narrative Short Film for Best Narrative Short Film
BronzeLens Film Festival, Atlanta, US 2018 Winner of the Festival Award for Best Short Film
Dances With Films 2018 Winner of the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film
Critic Reviews
‘Its hardly a hidden gem, given that it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Short but its a film that i’ve returned to again and again for its atmosphere; its sparse, haunting script; and its wonderful editing. Its based on the same source text as HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries, so it’s an interesting companion piece if you were a fan of the series. It’s also just a brilliant piece of filmmaking’ – Aoife KelleherAwards
Academy Awards, USA 2010 Nominee for the Oscar for Best Short Film Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films 2008 Winner of the Golden Mikeldi for Best Short Cork International Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Best First Short by an Irish Director Foyle Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Festival Prize for Best Short Irish Film and Television Awards 2009 Winner of the IFTA Award Best Short Film
The film marks the 2nd instalment of Birdbox.Film’s monthly ‘Film Club’. At 7.30pm on Wednesday the 3rd March, users will be able to tune into a discussion with producer Rachel Prendergast, and exec producer Benjamin Hartley. Director and Writer Richard Prendergast and hosted by The Big Picture Film Club.
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A loving family set off in their car on what seems like a carefree family outing. They sing, stop for ice- creams and play eye-spy. However, it becomes clear that this isn’t a happy outing after all and only once the car arrives does the actuality of the narrative fully manifest.
Critic Reviews
‘A remarkable piece with a fantastic central performance, Sylvia is a short film much like its namesake: reliable, not faultless but in pretty good condition, and able to provide you with a fantastic journey. ‘ UK Film Review
Awards
Manhattan Short Film Festival 2019 – Gold Medal Winner *Oscar Qualifying
SCAD Film Festival 2019 – Best Editing
The American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival 2019 – Best Short Film
Cordillera International Film Festival 2019 – Jury Award Best of Fest
Pittsburgh Short Film Festival 2019 – Best Narrative Audience award
New Renaissance Film Festival 2019 – Best Actress
Chelmsford Film Festival 2019 – Best Actress
Top Shorts 2019 – Annual Awards – Best Actress
Top Shorts 2019 – Annual Awards – Runner Up Best Short Film
Elba Film Festival 2019 – Silver Best Actress
Elba Film Festival 2019 – Bronze Best Screenplay
Show Low Film Festival 2019 – Best of Fest
Aguilar Film Festival 2019 – Young Jury Award – Best Film
Sydney Indy Film Festival 2018 – Best Film
Norwich Film Festival 2018 – Best East Anglian Film *BIFA & BAFTA Qualifying
Tri-Force Film Festival 2018 – William Bryne Award for Promising Director
Overcome Film Festival 2018 – Best Director
London Independent Film Awards 2018 – Best Short Film
Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival 2018 – Best Short Film
London Lift-Off Film Festival 2018 – Special Mention for Best Short Film
Alli and Jacob are a couple of 30-somethings living in New York City with their three young children. Alli is busy and stressing in nursing the kids, straining her relationship with husband Jacob. Alli’s apartment’s window faces with an apartment neighbour’s window. Alli and Jacob both covertly spy on the couple, bitter about their loss of youth and new responsibilities as parents.
One day, Jacob comments that the neighbour man has “shaved his head” and looks hungover. Shortly after, while Jacob and the kids are out, Alli spies across the street again to find the man in hospice; he dies soon after. Alli goes out to witness the man being taken out in a body bag and finds the wife crying on the sidewalk. The woman reveals that ever since her husband became “sick,” they would find comfort in watching the family through the window, much in the way Jacob and Alli did. The two embrace.
Critic Reviews
“Savvy viewers may guess where this is all going, but Curry doesn’t push the emotions or the pace despite showing a decent passage of time.” Eye for Film
Awards
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Palm Springs Shorts Fest, Best Live Action Short – Winner of the Audience Award
Traverse City Film Festival, Best Fiction Short – Winner of the Audience Award
Hollyshorts Film Festival, Best Drama Winner
SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Best Narrative Short Winner
St. Louis International Film Festival, Best of the Fest Winner
Nashville Film Festival, Best Narrative Short Winner
Rhode Island Film Festival, Best Live Action Short Winner
Woodstock Film Festival, Best Short Film Winner
Critic Reviews
‘A sad, involving story.’ The Guardian ‘Martin has bestowed cinematic order on mayhem-fuelled lives.’ Little White Lies ‘All This Mayhem captivates not only in its energetic style of storytelling, but also thanks to the charisma that exudes from the mouth of Tas as he honesty tells his side of this doomed Shakespearean tale.’ CineVue ‘Candid and clear-eyed, this doc will wow boarding fans but has something to offer to the unconverted too.’ Empire MagazineAwards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, winner of the best direction in a documentary, best editing in a documentary, best original music score in a documentary.Most
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‘What makes Nichols’ film so satisfying, at least until the melodrama of the final act, is the deftness of the characterisations and the constant sense that things are probably considerably more complex than they’re perceived.’ Sight and Sound ‘An impressively sustained slow-burn parable from writer-director Jeff Nichols, shot with ominous beauty, guarding its mysteries with care.’ Daily Telegraph UK ‘A hallucinatory thriller anchored by a deeply resonant sense of unease.’ VarietyAwards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2012 Winner of the Saturn Award for Best Actor – Michael Shannon Best Writing – Jeff Nichols Austin Film Critics Association 2011 Winner of the AFCA Award for Best Actor – Michael Shannon Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain Winner of the Austin Film Award – Jeff Nichols Winner of the Breakthrough Artist Award- Jessica Chastain Cannes Film Festival 2011 Winner of the Critics Week Grand Prize – Jeff Nichols Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize for Directors’ Fortnight or Critics’ Week – Jeff Nichols Winner of the SACD Award – Jeff Nichols New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2011 Winner NYFCC Award for Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain New York Film Critics, Online 2011 Winner of the NYFCO Award for Best Actor – Michael Shannon Breakthrough Performance – Jessica Chastain Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2011 Winner of the TFCA Award for Best Actor – Michael Shannon Best Supporting Actress – Jessica ChastainAward winning The Flowers of War is a 2011 historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi and Cao Kefan. The beautifully shot story is set in Nanking, China, during the 1937 Nanking Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War. A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a church compound, try to survive the plight and persecution brought on by the violent invasion of the city.
Pete Hammond from Boxoffice Magazine gave it 4 stars of 5, and said “The Flowers of War is ultimately an inspiring, stirring and unforgettable human drama in the face of a horrifying war. It is highly recommended.
“The Flowers of War is a big movie in every sense of the word, from its kinetic battle scenes to the beautiful photography and impressive performances from a mostly young and inexperienced cast.”
Critic Reviews
‘Bale is forthright and emotional in the role, and with a hint of boyish vulnerability, even reminds us of his 13-year-old self in Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun.’ The Guardian
‘As you’d expect, it’s beautiful, emotional and exciting, if florid in style. Bale, beauties and English dialogue widen Yimou’s appeal.’ Empire
Awards
Asian Film Awards 2012 Winner of the Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer Ni Ni
Asian Film Critics Association Awards 2012 Winner of the NETPAC Award for Best Picture, Best Director and Best New Performer
Chinese American Film Festival (C.A.F.F.) 2012 Winner of the Golden Angel Award for Outstanding Film
Chinese Film Media Awards 2012 Winner of the Audience Award for Favourite Actor – Dawei Tong and Favorite Actress – Ni Ni
Shanghai Film Critics Awards 2012 Winner of the Film of Merit
Shanghai Film Critics Award winner of Best Actress – Ni Ni
Writers Guild of China Film Association 2012 Winner of the WGC Award for Outstanding Screenplay
Project Nim was released to critical acclaim. The film has won 15 and was nominated for 27 awards, including Best Documentary at the 65th British Academy Film Awards.
Project Nim is a 2011 British documentary film. It focuses on Project Nim, a research project that was mounted in the 1970s to determine whether a primate raised in close contact with humans could develop a limited “language” based on American Sign Language.
Equal parts hilarious, poignant, and heartbreaking, Project Nim not only tells a compelling story masterfully, but also raises the flag on the darker side of human nature.
Critics Review
‘This haunting life story is an exquisite example of non-fiction filmmaking as full-bodied, emotionally complex drama.’ Hollywood Reporter
‘The release of this documentary by James Marsh in the same week as Rise of the Planet of the Apes is wittily timed. It too speaks of caged primates, though its judgement on their captors is far more disturbing.’ Independent UK
‘Marsh, who made the multi-awarded Man on a Wire, takes no sides but lets the humans speak for themselves, rum lot that they are.’ London Evening Standard
‘A harrowing and intensely powerful tale of an animal who was perhaps more human than the actual humans around him.’ From the Front Row
Awards
Awards Circuit Community Awards 2011
Winner of theACCA award for Best Documentary Feature
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2011
Winner of theBSFC Award for Best Documentary – James Marsh
Directors Guild of America, USA 2012
Winner of theDGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary – James Marsh
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2011
Winner of the FFCC Award for Best Documentary
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2011
Winner of the SDFCS Award for Best Documentary
La Vie en Rose is a 2007 French biographical musical film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf. The film was co-written and directed by Olivier Dahan, and starred Marion Cotillard as Piaf.
Cotillard’s performance earned her several accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actress — marking the first time an Oscar had been given for a French-language role — the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the César Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Makeup, the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup, Costume Design, Film Music, four additional César Awards and grossed $86.3 million worldwide.
Critic Reviews
‘Despite its story of suffering that comes in unceasing waves, La Vie en Rose may be the most hopeful film yet made about the grueling rigor of living.’ Charleston City Paper
‘In La Vie En Rose,we get to witness a rare and beautiful thing – an artist baring her soul and creating a performance for the ages.’ The Dispatch
‘In La Vie en Rose, Marion Cotillard has the role of a lifetime. And she relishes it.’ Fayette Weekly
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 2008 Winner Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Marion Cotillard
Best Achievement in Makeup Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald
Golden Globes, USA 2008 Winner Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Winner Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicChristopher Gunning
Winner BAFTA Film Award Best Leading Actress Marion Cotillard
Best Costume Design Marit Allen
Best Make Up & Hair
César Awards, France 2008 Winner César Best Actress (Meilleure actrice) Marion Cotillard
Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie) Tetsuo Nagata
Best Production Design (Meilleurs décors) Olivier Raoux
Best Costume Design (Meilleurs costumes) Marit Allen
Best Sound (Meilleur son) Laurent Zeilig
Hollywood Film Awards 2007 Winner Hollywood Film Award Actress of the Year
Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels.
The film, then without a distributor, premiered to acclaim at both the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, under its original title of Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire.At Sundance, it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for best drama, as well as a Special Jury Prize for supporting actress Mo’Nique. After Precious’ screening at Sundance in January 2009, Tyler Perry announced that he and Oprah Winfrey would be providing promotional assistance to the film, which was released through Lionsgate Entertainment. Precious won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Precious was also an official selection at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (particularly the un certain regard section).
Precious received six nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Daniels, and Best Actress for Sidibe. Mo’Nique won the award for Best Supporting Actress, while Geoffrey Fletcher won for Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming the first African-American to win a screenplay award at the Oscars.
Critic Reviews
‘Precious is an emotional powerhouse, a triumph of bruising humor and bracing hope that deserves its place among the year’s best films.’ Rolling Stone
‘While it may not be perfect on a technical level, dramatically it’s a blow-your-socks-off triumph. Be moved. Very, very moved’ Empire Magazine
‘A film full of life and love, well-meaning and, judging by the reaction in the US, a genuine and important phenomenon that says act – don’t dwell – on your dreams.’ Time Out
‘Impressive performances power a surprisingly lively account of an existence blighted by material and spiritual poverty.’ Film 4
‘Precious is a big-screen “misery memoir” that is so keen to trace the hellish pathology of familial abuse that it risks glorifying its own subject, or at least shooting it with horror-movie verve.’ Times UK
‘It isn’t the transcendent masterpiece that some admirers would have you believe: more like a black-comic nightmare that isn’t exactly supposed to be funny. It’s certainly arresting, though.’ The Guardian
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 2010
Winner Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Mo’Nique Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay – Geoffrey Fletcher Geoffrey Fletcher became the first African American to win a Best Screenplay Oscar
Golden Globes, USA 2010 Winner of theGolden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Mo’Nique
BAFTA Awards 2010 Winner – BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actress
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2010 Winner of Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Mo’Nique
CinEuphoria Awards 2011 Winner of theCinEuphoria for Best Actress – Audience Award – Gabourey Sidibe
Top Ten of the Year – Audience Award – Lee Daniels Top Ten of the Year – International Competition – Lee Daniels Best Duo – International Competition – Mo’Nique & Gabourey Sidibe
Film Independent Spirit Awards 2010 Winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness Best Female Lead – Gabourey Sidibe Best Supporting Female – Mo’Nique Best Director – Lee Daniels Best First Screenplay
A Single Man is a 2009 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. The directorial debut of fashion designer Tom Ford, the film stars Colin Firth, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of George Falconer, a depressed gay British university professor living in Southern California in 1962. The film premiered on September 11, 2009 at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, and went on the film festival circuit. After it screened at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival. Though the costumes are beautiful and the art direction impeccable, what stands out most from this debut by fashion designer Tom Ford is the leading performance by Colin Firth.
Critic Reviews
‘A rare thing-a mainstream, melancholy love story, haunted by the past.’ Film Comment Magazine
‘It sounds like a downer but A Single Man is exciting, emotionally alive filmmaking, a potent cocktail of style and substance. And Firth thoroughly deserves the Oscar’ Empire Magazine
‘Firth’s portrayal of a man repressing his grief while being unable to repress his instinct for love and for life is excellent and moving, while Ford’s balancing of depth and surface is precarious but ultimately winning.’ Time Out Magazine
‘Colin, darling, you were fabulous, completely on trend. Plot? So last season, it’s nowhere to be seen – we’re all about character, emotion and cheekbones, sweetie.’ Film 4
‘The film is an aesthetic pleasure, like being in a designer hotel, reading a deliciously sad novel.’ Times UK
Awards
BAFTA Awards 2010 Winner of a BAFTA Film Award for Best Leading Actor
AFI Awards, USA 2010 Winner of theAFI Award for Movie of the Year
Austin Film Critics Association 2009 Winner AFCA Award winner Best Actor – Colin Firth
CinEuphoria Awards 2011 Winner of CinEuphoria award for best Actor – Audience Award – Colin Firth
Winner of the Top Ten of the Year – Audience Award Best Trailer – International Competition Best Actor – International Competition – Colin Firth Top Ten of the Year – International Competition – Tom Ford Best Original Music – International Competition – Abel Korzeniowski
GLAAD Media Awards 2010 Winner of theGLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release
Drama
Critic Reviews
‘Ever since Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth wowed audiences back in 2009, Greek cinema has become the new Michael Haneke.’ StarBurst ‘Miss Violence is a grim tale of family dysfunction that also stands as an allegory about moral and economic decline in Greek society.’ Independent UK ‘From the not-so-happy birthday that opens the film … up to the harrowing final revelation, Miss Violence fulfils the grisly promise of its title.’ TimeOutAwards
Hellenic Film Academy Awards 2014 Winner of the Hellenic Film Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) 2014 Winner of the Orpheus Award for Best Feature Film Montréal Festival of New Cinema 2013 Winner of the Innovation Award – International Competition Stockholm Film Festival 2013 Winner of the Aluminum Horse for Best Script Venice Film Festival 2013 Winner Best Euro-Mediterranean Film Winner of the Silver Lion for Best Director Winner of the Volpi Cup for Best Actor Winner of the Young Cinema Award for Best Film in Competition
Critic Reviews
‘The Florida Project absolutely sings as a visual achievement, and not only as that.’ Daily Telegraph (UK) ‘The Florida Project is one of the best films about childhood made anywhere in recent years.’ Independent (UK)Awards
AFI Awards, USA 2018 Winner AFI Award – Movie of the Year Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2018 Winner EDA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Willem Dafoe and Winner of the EDA Female Focus Award – Best Breakthrough Performance Austin Film Critics Association 2018 Winner of the AFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor Bodil Awards 2019 Winner of the Bodil for Best American Film CinEuphoria Awards 2019 Winner CinEuphoria for Top Ten of the Year – International Competition Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2017 Winner of the DFCS Award for Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics, Online 2017 Winner of the NYFCO Award for Best Film San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2017 Winner of the SFFCC Award for Best Picture
Critic Reviews
‘Mid90s is alive to the debauchery and obnoxiousness of teenagers, but also to their warmth and loyalty.’ Times (UK) ‘Mid90s cares less about making you laugh than enveloping you in the moment, even when the moments consist of nothing more than killed time – daft small talk, the lazy throb of hip hop, the therapeutic purr and slap of skateboard wheels on concrete.’ Daily Telegraph (UK)Awards
Art Film Festival 2019 Winner of the Blue Angel for Best Director Golden Trailer Awards 2019 Winner of the Golden Trailer for Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film National Board of Review, USA 2018 Winner of the NBR Award for Top Ten Independent FilmsCritic Reviews
‘Glassland smartly plays off Jean’s unhinged disintegration against John’s tense, subdued control. In that contrast lies the power of this film.’ New York Magazine ‘Glassland is a small film with an emotional punch that wallops above its weight class.’ Globe and Mail ‘In the movie’s best scene, as mother and son dance to an old pop song, the look on Reynor’s face speaks volumes about loss and hope. It’s a look that’s going to be breaking hearts on screen for decades to come.’ Los Angeles TimesAwards
Sundance Film Festival 2015 Winner Special Jury Prize World Cinema – Dramatic Netia Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema 2015 Winner Making Way Award Special Mention
Critic Reviews
‘For its exuberance and its difference, its fine performances and its devastating finale, Dogville is essential viewing.’ London Evening Standard ‘Bold stylistic decisions reinforce the themes of the narrative, while a strong story and convincing performances prove equal to the task of carrying such an extended running time.’ Empire Magazine ‘Thought provoking with its dense and intense themes, Dogville highlights the best and the worst in us all; the emotions it agitates are hard to shake.’ Urban Cinefile ‘These elements come together to form a movie that is clinically ironic but also unique, inspired, and quite sublime.’ Paste MagazineAwards
Cannes Film Festival 2003 Winner Palm Dog Bodil Awards 2004 Winner Best Film (Bedste danske film) Lars von Trier Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2005 Winner – Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2004 Winner Robert Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript) Lars von Trier Best Costume Design (Årets kostumer) Manon Rasmussen
Critic Reviews
‘At a time when pressured media budgets are conspiring, with the general preference for escapism over reality, to threaten war reporting’s very existence, A Private War unflinchingly reminds us of its value.’ London Evening Standard ‘Transfixing, uncompromisingly visceral and tonally raw, Heineman’s A Private War is a powerfully traumatic memoir.’ Flavourmag It’s one of the year’s best roles, performances, and it’s contained in a film that undoubtedly matters. Now, more than ever.’ Creative ScreenwritingAwards
Golden Globes, USA 2019 Nominee Golden Globe for Best Original Song – Motion Picture – Annie Lennox Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama – Rosamund PikeDocumentary
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we’ve had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Critic reviews
‘20 Feet from Stardom, this year’s Oscar-winner for Best Documentary, is both rousing, upbeat fare… and a film steeped in a strange sense of yearning and regret.’Independent (UK)
‘Such a great idea for a documentary, and such a surprise to realise that it has never been done before.’ Guardian
‘The parade of incredible women, the stream of songs you won’t believe they sang on, and those irresistible voices belting out keep the rhythm going through the schmaltz, even if the conductor seems to have dropped his hymn book.’ CineVue
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 2014 Winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary, Features.
Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2018 Winner of the AFCA Award for Best International Film (English Language)
American Cinema Editors, USA 2014 Winner of the Eddie for Best Edited Documentary – Feature.
Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2013 Winner of the Music Documentary Audience Award for Morgan Neville.
Critic Reviews
‘The Norman Rockwell of movie advertising steps in front of the camera for a long-overdue celebration sure to delight fans and heighten awareness of his legacy.’ Variety ‘Drew makes a valid case for the artist as not simply an all-time great, but as a casualty of a business that prizes bottom-line cost management above unique creativity.’ AV ClubAwards
Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival 2014 – Winner of Best Feature Film Ridgewood Guild Film Festival, US 2014 – Winner of the Festival Prize for Best Documentary
Critic Reviews
‘Banksy proves that his talents extend beyond the spray can to the movie camera.’ Independent (UK) ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop offers an absorbing glimpse of a bracingly subversive slice of the culture, as well as some tantalizing images of Banksy at work.’ Washington Post ‘As insightful as it is funny. You’ll be enthralled.’ People MagazineAwards
American Cinema Editors, USA 2011 Winner of the Eddie for Best Edited Documentary Austin Film Critics Association 2010 Winner of theAFCA Award for Best Documentary Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2011 Winner of theCOFCA Award for Best Documentary Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Winner CFCA Award for Best Documentary Denver Film Critics Society 2011 Winner of the DFCS Award for Best Documentary Film Film Independent Spirit Awards 2011 Winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary International Cinephile Society Awards 2011 – Winner of the ICS Award for Best Documentary New York Film Critics, Online 2010 Winner of the NYFCO Award for Best Documentary San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2010 Winner of the SDFCS Award for Best Documentary Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Winner of the Allan King Documentary Award Winner of the TFCA Award Best First Feature Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards 2010 Winner of the WAFCA Award for Best Documentary
Critic Reviews
‘Macdonald makes artful use of jarring, subversive cuts to highlight the contradictions in Houston’s career.’ New Yorker ‘Kevin Macdonald’s “Whitney” is a documentary chronicle of Whitney Houston’s life; it’s tough-minded, unsparing and far superior to the biopic and the nonfiction film that preceded it.’ Wall Street Journal ‘Kevin Macdonald’s electrifying and empathetic doc on Whitney Houston drops a shocking revelation about abuse- but if his look at how she fell apart shortchanges the range of her talent it is anything but sensationalistic,’ Rolling StoneAwards
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018 Winner of Best Documentary Feature Film
Critic Reviews
‘One of the best documentaries of the year.’ Entertainment Weekly ‘At times it plays like an extended skit on “The Daily Show”; yet its disorder also makes its insights – like how strongly the church’s training sessions resemble acting classes – feel refreshingly organic.’ New York Times
Festival Favourites
Alone in Berlin is a 2016 war drama film directed by Vincent Pérez and written by Pérez and Achim von Borries, based on the 1947 fictionalised novel Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada. The film stars Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl, and Mikael Persbrandt. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
Critic Reviews
‘Gleeson, Thompson and Brhl give strong performances and this is a well-carpentered film.’ Guardian
‘What makes Alone In Berlin distinctive is the form the resistance takes… It’s about an ordinary middle-aged German couple who express their disgust for the regime by writing postcards. Stories about heroism don’t come any more understated.’ Independent UK
‘A well-made Euro pudding, Alone In Berlin, like The Book Thief, can’t find the depths, darkness or daring to stand out.’ Empire Magazine
Beast is a 2017 British psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Pearce, starring Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, and Geraldine James.
The film had its world premiere in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film has received a positive critical response.”Beast plays like bleak poetry, unfurling its psychological thrills while guided by its captivating leads and mesmerizing, visceral visuals.”
For The Canadian Press, David Friend called it “a twisty story about the monster that lies within all of us, and struggle to keep it contained.” Peter Howell of the Toronto Star said it was “a jagged but memorable feature… that slowly yields its truths.”
Critic Reviews
‘The leads deliver affecting, nuanced performances, which gives heft to the psychological insights.’ Chicago Reader
‘Immaculately composed yet skittish, edgy and surprising, this impressive debut by writer-director Michael Pearce emanates a chill that will have you hugging your sides.’ Time Out
Awards
BAFTA Awards 2019 Winner of the BAFTA Film Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer – Michael Pearce and Lauren Dark
Winner of the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Jessie Buckley
International Film Festival & Awards Macao 2017 Winner of Best Actress – Jessie Buckley
London Critics Circle Film Awards 2019 Winner of the ALFS Award for British/Irish Actress of the Year – Jessie Buckley and Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year
Critic Reviews
‘Brilliantly observed and very moving.’ Independent (UK) ‘Coogler’s realistic debut recreates Grant’s final day with affection, refusing to cast him as either saint or sinner.’ Times (UK) ‘There is something almost spiritual in the eerie importance that all the ordinary, banal facts of a life achieve under scrutiny, as time is running out.’ GuardianAwards
Acapulco Black Film Festival 2014 Winner of the Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance of the Year AFI Awards, USA 2014 Winner of the AFI Award for Movie of the Year African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) 2013 Winner of the AAFCA Award for Top 10 Films and Best Independent Film Austin Film Critics Association 2013 Winner of the AFCA Award for Best First Film Boston Online Film Critics Association 2013 Winner of the BOFCA Award for Ten Best Films of the Year Cannes Film Festival 2013 Winner Un Certain Regard – Avenir Prize – Ryan Coogler Film Independent Spirit Awards 2014 Winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature Hollywood Film Awards 2013 Winner of the Spotlight Award National Board of Review, USA 2013 Winner of the NBR Award for Best Supporting Actress – Octavia Spencer Winner of Breakthrough Performance by an Actor – Michael B. Jordan Winner of Best Directorial Debut – Ryan Coogler New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 Winner of the NYFCC Award for Best First Film Satellite Awards 2013 Winner of the Breakthrough Performance Award
Moonlight is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.
The film presents three stages in the life of the main character: his youth, adolescence, and early adult life. It explores the difficulties he faces with his sexuality and identity, including the physical and emotional abuse he endures growing up. Filmed in Miami, Florida, beginning in 2015, Moonlight premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016. It was released in the United States on October 21, 2016 by A24, receiving positive reviews and grossing over $65 million worldwide.
Moonlight is cited as one of the best films of the 21st century. The film won several accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Best Supporting Actor for Ali and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jenkins and McCraney from a total of eight nominations. It became the first film with an all-black cast, the first LGBTQ-related film, and the second-lowest-grossing film domestically (behind The Hurt Locker) to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Joi McMillon became the first black woman to be nominated for an editing Oscar, and Ali became the first Muslim to win an acting Oscar.
Critic Reviews
‘You won’t find a more sensitively rendered, evocative, or surprising coming-of-age film than Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight.’ Independent (UK)
‘Jenkins’ authorial voice is resounding and strong and his determination admirable.; Little White Lies
‘Moonlight is at its most eloquent when its subtext is soft-spoken.’ Sight and Sound
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 2017 Winner of the Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the Year (Dede Gardner became the first woman to win Best Picture twice.) Academy Awards, USA 2017 Winner of the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA 2017 Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017 Winner of the best Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) 2016 Winner of the AAFCA Award for Best Picture, Winner of Best Director, Winner of Best Supporting Actor, Winner of Best Breakout Performance
Atlantic Film Festival 2016 Winner of the Audience Award for People’s Choice Award
Austin Film Critics Association 2020 Winner of the AFCA Award for Best Movie of the Decade
Austin Film Critics Association 2016 Winner off the AFCA Award for Best Film, Winner of Best Director, Winner of Best Supporting Actor, Winner of Best Original Screenplay, Winner of Special Honorary Award
