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Showing posts with label director. Show all posts

Saturday, February 16, 2019

69 BERLINALE AWARDS - WINNERS!

By José Alberto Hermosillo

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY - 
BERLINALE 2019

The members of the Jury of the Berlinale 2019 honored the French/German/Israeli co-production “Synonyms,” a film about the life of a young Israeli living in Paris, who relies on his dictionary to emancipate and feel part of the French society without forgetting his Hebrew roots.
Members of the Jury: Juliette Binoche (Jury President), Justin Chang, Sandra Hüller, Sebastián Lelio, Rajendra Roy and Trudie Styler.


Golden Bear Winner "Synonyms" directed by Nadav Lapid

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM

“Synonyms.”

Director: Nadav Lapid



SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE

“The Grace of God”

Director: François Ozon



SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE

“System Crasher”
Director: Nora Fingscheidt

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Angela Schanelec
“I Was at Home, But”

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Yong Mei
“So Long, My Son”

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Wang Jing Chun
“So Long, My Son”
Silver Bear Best Screenplay, Piranhas
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi and Roberto Saviano
"La paranza dei bambini"
“Piranhas”

SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Rasmus Videbæk, Cinematography
“Out Stealing Horses”

GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL - BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Talking About Trees”
Director: Suhaib Gasmelbari

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
“Umbra”
Directors: Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell
Silver Bear Short Film "Blue Boy"
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
“Blue Boy”
Director: Manuel Abramovich

AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD
“Rise”
Directors: Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca

SPECIAL MENTION
“Omarska”
Director: Varun Sasindran

BERLIN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE - EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
“Watermelon Juice”
Director: Irene Moray

PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION 

CRYSTAL BEAR - Best Film
“A Colony”
Director: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles

SPECIAL MENTION
"Daniel"
Director: Marine Atlan

CRYSTAL BEAR - Best Short Film
“Just Me and You”
Director: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers

SPECIAL MENTION
“#bullyingstory”
Director: Eef Hilgers


CRYSTAL BEAR - Best Short Film
“Just Me and You”
Director: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers



THE GRAND PRIX GENERATION K-PLUS  

Best feature-length film

“A First Farewell”

Director: Wang Lina


SPECIAL MENTION
“My Extraordinary Summer with Tess”
Director: Steven Wouterlood

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION K PLUS
El Tamaño de las cosas - Berlin 2019
INTERNATIONAL JURY - Best short film,
“El tamaño de las cosas.”
“The Size of Things”
Director: Carlos Felipe Montoya

SPECIAL MENTION
“Dad”
Directors: Atle Blakseth, Einar Dunsæd

CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
“Stupid Young Heart”
Director: Selma Vilhunen

SPECIAL MENTION
“We Are Little Zombies”
Director: Makoto Nagahisa

HONORARY GOLDEN BEAR
Charlotte Rampling, actress.


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Monday, November 26, 2018

BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI ICONIC DIRECTOR OF WORLD CINEMA DIES AT 77

By José Alberto Hermosillo
Bernardo Bertolucci, Roosevelt Hotel. Photo José A. Hermosillo ©2018 Festival in LA

Academy Award-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci died in his house in Rome this Monday, November 26th, 2018, a victim of cancer at the age of 77.
Bernardo Bertolucci and Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy.

Named one of our time’s most influential film directors, Bertolucci began his career as an assistant director to another of the greatest Italian directors, Pier Paolo Pasolini, on the film “Accattone” in 1961.


His directorial debut was the critically acclaimed “La Commare Secca.” At 22, the Italian director entered the international arena with his elegant style of filmmaking in the film “Before the Revolution.” A movie that granted global outreach.

In 1970, the Italian auteur began his long collaboration with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro on the visually arresting “Il conformista/The Conformist.” Together they made “The Last Tango in Paris,” “1900,” and many more.

With “The Last Emperor,” Bertolucci won two Oscars, one for Best Director and another for Best Screenplay Adaptation. The stylish period film, shot in China, won nine statuettes, including Best Picture, in 1987.

 

In 2011, he was awarded an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In France, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Director for “The Last Tango in Paris” and won for “The Last Emperor.”



In his home country, Bertolucci was nominated for the David di Donatello Award for his last narrative feature, “Io e te/Me and you,” in 2013. In 2003, he made “Dreamers,” in which he continued to address his favorite subjects: “sex and politics.”


“Besieged,” “Stealing Beauty,” and “Little Buddha” were three relevant works he made in Hollywood during the 1990s.

 

 

In 2013, he was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The AFI FEST (American Film Institute) presented a new print of “The Last Emperor” in 3 the same year. He introduced the film at the legendary Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Before the event, we had a very brief conversation. A fabulous memory that lasts a lifetime for a movie fan like me.


Bernardo Bertolucci, film critic, José Alberto Hermosillo. ©2018 Festival in LA

Rest in Peace, Maestro Bernardo Bertolucci. Your departure leaves a profound emptiness in our hearts. Yet your enormous body of work is an invaluable treasure for future generations.


FILMOGRAPHY:
2012 – Me and You
2003 – The Dreamers
2001 – The Triumph of Love
1998 – Besieged
1996 – Stealing Beauty
1994 – Little Buddha
1990 – The Sheltering Sky
1987 – The Last Emperor
1981 – Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
1979 – Luna
1976 – 1900
1972 – The Last Tango in Paris
1970 – The Conformist
1970 – The Spider’s Stratagem
1968 – Once Upon a Time in the West (writer)
1964 – Before the Revolution
1962 – La Commare Secca 
1962 – Accattone (assistant director).

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