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Academy Awards
Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film(Nominee)
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story that&hellip…
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ALMA Awards
Outstanding Actor in a Crossover Role(Nominee)
A drama that takes place in the gritty streets of South Boston. Leary gives an impassioned performance as Bobby O'Grady, a member of an Irish-American gang, who must remain loyal to his boss (Meaney) even after he has learned that he has murdered one of Bobby's best friends&hellip&hellip…
Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film(Nominee)
A strange psycho-thriller in which Baldwin becomes involved with a confused female assassin (Parillaud). In her dreams, she is a regular woman who is trying to come to terms with a rape, but in her dream character's dreams, she is an assassin&hellip&hellip…
American Choreography Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story that shows&hellip…
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Angers European First Film Festival
European Jury Award-Feature Film
When Glasgow matriarch Mrs. Flynn passes away, her four adult children--Thomas, Michael, Sheila and John--gather at her home to mourn. Having prepared for the funeral in the morning, the four go to the pub for a drink. When Thomas, the eldest, performs his mother's favorite song karaoke-style and&hellip…
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Grand Prix, Best Animated Feature Film
The exceptional powers possessed by a young boy form the focus for this outstanding animated drama. The plot is based on stories that have entered into African legend as tales of a remarkably gifted child have been handed down through the generations. Physically strong, incredibly intelligent&hellip…
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Silver Condor, Best Foreign Film(Nominee)
Emerging out of an Iranian cinema renaissance, TASTE OF CHERRY is seen by many as its crowning achievement. The story of somber yet intense Mr. Badii and his journey through Tehran, the film emerges as a sort of spiritual road movie. Intent on finding an aid for his planned suicide, Badii&hellip…
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Silver Condor, Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction/Production Design(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Editing(Nominee)
Best Film(Nominee)
Best Music(Nominee)
Best New Actress(Nominee)
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza&hellip…
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Art Film Festival
Golden Key, Best Direction
Golden Key, Best Cinematography
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly&hellip…
Asia Pacific Film Festival
Grand Prix(Nominee)
Best Sound(Nominee)
Best Editing(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Screenplay
Best Actress
The Taiwanese romantic comedy THE PERSONALS follows the often hilarious, sometimes sad meetings that a pretty young woman has with the men who respond to the ad that she placed in the personals&hellip…
Best Art Director
Best Director
Best Sound
Best Film
Mak is a drifter who returns to his wife, Nak, from war. Before long Mak begins to realize that his wife and son are not quite as they appear to be, and he gradually becomes aware of the painful truth. A haunting ghost story based on a Thai legend, with a unique&hellip…
ASIFA - East Animation Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Atlantic City Film Festival
Jury Award, Best Screenplay - Full Feature
This ensemble dramedy follows a weekend reunion between a group of nine friends. From a news reporter to a sexy model to a stockbroker, each individual has their own inner demons to contend with. As the weekend unravels, so too do the friends, unleashing a flurry of hilariously dark episodes&hellip…
Atlantic Film Festival
Best Canadian Feature
In mid-1970s New Waterford on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, an 18-year-old girl without a child is rather unusual--and 15-year-old Mooney Pottie (Liane Balaban, in an auspicious debut) is feeling suppressed by the small-mindedness that surrounds her. Seen as freakish by her family for her incessant reading and&hellip…
Auckland International Film Festival
Hal Hartley's deliciously droll comedy about the coming of the apocalypse stars Martin Donovan (HENRY FOOL) as Jesus Christ, who is sent back to Earth to set the end of the world in motion on December 31, 1999. However, upon arriving on Earth, Jesus, along with his assistant Magdalena (Harvey), is quickly filled with doubt about destroying&hellip&hellip…
Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-A-Fire are brought together by Victor's father who saves Thomas from a fire that destroys his house and kills his parents. In close proximity all their lives on the Coeur D'Alene Indian reservation in Idaho, the boys could not be more different. Victor is the extrovert who excels at basketball and Thomas&hellip&hellip…
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician; Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle)&hellip&hellip…
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When Glasgow matriarch Mrs. Flynn passes away, her four adult children--Thomas, Michael, Sheila and John--gather at her home to mourn. Having prepared for the funeral in the morning, the four go to the pub for a drink. When Thomas, the eldest, performs his mother's favorite song karaoke-style and suddenly breaks down crying, Duncan, a&hellip&hellip…
Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his home grown supercomputer, Max stumbles&hellip&hellip…
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PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic, chain-smoking asthmatic living in a grubby apartment in Brisbane. When he meets Cynthia (Sacha Horler), who suffers from eczema, the two begin to have&hellip&hellip…
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Writer/director/actor McKellar's take on the always intriguing "end of the world" concept is a thoughtful, engaging effort that uses dialogue instead of action to discuss this premise intellectually. The inhabitants of a Canadian city quietly accept the news that the world is going to end at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, 2000&hellip&hellip…
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Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that their only child has died. Along&hellip…
An extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary man, Werner Herzog's LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY details the life of Dieter Dengler, a survivor of both WWII and Vietnam. Dengler grew up in Germany, and, dreaming of one day flying a plane, left for the US when he was 18, unable to speak English. Soon, he was in the Navy, flying bombing&hellip&hellip…
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Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…
The turn of the millennium has a profound effect on residents of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro in MIDNIGHT, a stunningly photographed feature from award-winning directors Daniela Thomas and Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION). Fernanda Torres stars as Maria, a teacher for the deaf who becomes utterly dejected when her husband (Carlos Vereza) uses&hellip&hellip…
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story that shows the way the tango is woven into the very fabric&hellip&hellip…
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The year is 1942, the location a spectacular fortress which stretches beyond the heavens. Eva Braun (Elena Rufanova) is Hitler's wife, and this is a brave stab at portraying the workings of the Fuhrer's inner circle. Braun's behavior was often as tempestuous as that of the Nazi leader himself, making this a fascinating study of their&hellip…
Petr Lutsik's audacious political thriller is set in a troubled Russia, where criminals lurk around every corner. After a group of men discover that their land has been callously stolen from them, they embark on a dramatic journey throughout the sprawling rural and urban landscapes. Dramatic, moving, and poignant, THE OUTSKIRTS tells&hellip&hellip…
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A dramatic Chinese thriller with the feel of Hollywood film noir, SO CLOSE TO PARADISE follows two friends heading in opposite directions. One settles in a manual labor job on the docks. The other wants more and begins running with an organized crime unit. The gangster falls for a lounge singer he has kidnapped and finds himself in trouble&hellip&hellip…
Avignon Film Festival
Prix Tournage
A sensitive glimpse into the lives of several Babylon, Long Island residents that takes place on the second day of school. Thirty-year-old David Gold (Harnick) has moved back home with his parents after failing to become a successful Hollywood director. He mopes around the house apathetically and spends his afternoons&hellip…
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Film
Best Screenplay
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
The Gulf War provides the background for an unlikely romance in this 1999 Israeli film that won 10 national awards. Yana (Evelyne Kaplun), pregnant and in debt, is being&hellip…
Awards of the Japanese Academy
Best Actress(Nominee)
Exactly one week after staying at a remote cabin, a group of Japanese teenagers all meet sudden inexplicable deaths. A cousin of one of the victims, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), begins an investigation that leads to the discovery of a videotape containing hauntingly bizarre footage. Upon viewing&hellip…
Bangkok International Film Festival
Golden Elephant
Mak is a drifter who returns to his wife, Nak, from war. Before long Mak begins to realize that his wife and son are not quite as they appear to be, and he gradually becomes aware of the painful truth. A haunting ghost story based on a Thai legend, with a unique style and look. Winner of four awards at the Pan&hellip…
Bavarian Film Awards
Best Direction
Best Actress
In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Köhler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader), fall in love. Director Max Färberböck's AIMEE & JAGUAR tells the true&hellip…
Bergamo Film Meeting
Golden Rosa Camuna
Part of a series in which a German television station asked a number of directors to envision what they thought might happen on December 31, 1999, Miguel Albaladejo's film is a celebration of life in and around Madrid, Spain. The film is ostensibly about the efforts of a poor couple, the pregnant Paloma and&hellip…
Bergen International Film Festival
Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his home grown supercomputer, Max stumbles&hellip&hellip…
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Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Berlin Bear(Nominee)
Silver Berlin Bear, Best Actress
In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Köhler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader), fall in love. Director Max Färberböck's&hellip…
Ecumenical Jury Award
Fiona is a drug-addicted prostitute in New York who hides out after killing three cops, when she suddenly meets Anita, who happens to be Fiona's long-lost mother. Neither woman will ever be the same, in this gritty and tough-minded film about life on the bottom rungs of society. Winner of the Ecumenical Jury&hellip…
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Over the course of 40 years, avant-garde film legend Stan Brakhage made nearly 400 films. Using experimental techniques of his own creation and no sound, he changed the both way we think about film and what we expect from light passing through celluloid. From "Window Water Baby Moving" (1958) to later works, such as "Dante's Quartet"&hellip&hellip…
This jaw-dropping documentary takes an experimental approach in its presentation of footage from the 1961 trial of SS colonel Adolf Eichman, a German efficiency "specialist" in charge of transportation of Jews to concentration camps during World War II. After Israeli agents finally caught up with Eichman in South America in 1960, they&hellip&hellip…
Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix, Best Feature Film
Glass Bear, Best Feture Film
A twelve-year-old boy, Miles (Christopher George Marquette), living with his mother in New York City is inspired by the jazz scene and aspires to be a jazz musician like his father. However, Miles is challenged by a neurological disorder that&hellip…
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C.I.C.A.E. Award, Panorama
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and&hellip…
C.I.C.A.E. Award
C.I.C.A.E. Award(Honorable Mention)
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned&hellip…
Don Quixote Award
Petr Lutsik's audacious political thriller is set in a troubled Russia, where criminals lurk around every corner. After a group of men discover that their land has been callously stolen from them, they embark on a dramatic journey throughout the sprawling rural and urban landscapes. Dramatic, moving, and poignant&hellip…
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Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming
Silver FIPA
An extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary man, Werner Herzog's LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY details the life of Dieter Dengler, a survivor of both WWII and Vietnam. Dengler grew up in Germany, and, dreaming of one day flying a plane, left for the US when he was 18, unable to speak English. Soon, he was in&hellip…
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Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Black Nights Film Festival
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Blue Ribbon Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
A tough ex-cop is troubled by his ill wife and his partner, who was shot on duty. He proceeds to confront his demons in a bloody rampage, doing whatever is necessary to help those he loves. A simultaneously tender and violent masterwork from Takeshi, one of Japan's&hellip…
boga
Best Original Score(Nominee)
Best Film(Nominee)
Best Sound(Nominee)
Best Production Design(Nominee)
Best Editing(Nominee)
Best Direction(Nominee)
Best Costume Design(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Actress
PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck&hellip…
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Bogota Film Festival
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…
Golden Precolumbian Circle, Best Film
Camille is a young woman living the high life in Paris. Like so many others, she parties all night, giving herself over to sexual and toxic abandon. Stumbling home to face her impending hangover, she is already looking forward to the evening's repeat performance. Soon she falls in love with&hellip…
Boston Gay &Lesbian Film Festival
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that&hellip…
Boulder Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
China's rebellious and incessantly audacious Yuan Zhang delves into the secret world of illicit homosexuality in his devastatingly erotic and politically astute film, EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE. Immediately banned by the Chinese government, the film follows the young gay writer, A-Lan, as he drifts in and out of China's hidden homosexual&hellip&hellip…
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
Bratislava International Film Festival
Special Jury Prize
Best Actress
In the two days leading up to Christmas, a thirteen year-old Monica, a Colombian street kid, tries to sell roses for money. Surrounded by a group of fellow runaways and orphan who all get by through robbery, prostitution, and drugs--mainly sniffing glue, Monica anticipates the holiday, hoping&hellip…
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British Film Week
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…
British Independent Film Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that&hellip…
Best Foreign Film-English Language(Nominee)
PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic, chain-smoking asthmatic living in a grubby apartment in Brisbane. When he meets Cynthia (Sacha Horler)&hellip…
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Best Foreign Film-English Language
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky&hellip…
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Best Foreign Film(Nominee)
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original&hellip…
Best Newcomer
Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Actress(Nominee)
Best British Film(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old&hellip…
Best Foreign Film - English Language(Nominee)
Made for $30,000 by two young filmmakers from Florida, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wowed festival audiences for several months before finding distribution at the 1999 Sundance Festival. It is an ingenious creation which makes effective use of its lack of budget and cast of unknowns. The&hellip…
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Douglas Hickox Award(Nominee)
Best Newcomer(Nominee)
When Janice Beard (Eileen Walsh) was born, her father died of a heart attack during the birth, causing her mother to fall into a 23-year depression. After graduating school, inexperienced young Janice jumps into the work force, determined to earn enough money for her mother's&hellip…
Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language(Nominee)
When Marie's maudlin boyfriend Paul refuses to engage in sexual relations, she is forced to search for intimacy beyond the bounds of traditional sexual limitations--a journey that proves to be both fulfilling and empowering&hellip&hellip…
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Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
Golden Raven
Exactly one week after staying at a remote cabin, a group of Japanese teenagers all meet sudden inexplicable deaths. A cousin of one of the victims, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), begins an investigation that leads to the discovery of a videotape containing hauntingly bizarre footage. Upon viewing the&hellip…
Brussels International Film Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
A struggling rock band looks to break out of the local Madrid scene and gain real popularity. The members of the band are at odds with one another when their dreams begin to come into view. Some of the members disapprove of the urban poet label the local critics have given them. Other bandmates prefer to concentrate on bedding groupies&hellip&hellip…
In this amalgam of comedy styles and genres, a young man believes he may be turning into a werewolf; meanwhile, a lonely housewife is confused by her mysterious blackouts, and meets an irreverent and brash waitress who leads to an unusual and unforgettable relationship. All these quirky characters and more interact in this crazy comedy&hellip&hellip…
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Best Film(Nominee)
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his&hellip…
In the two days leading up to Christmas, a thirteen year-old Monica, a Colombian street kid, tries to sell roses for money. Surrounded by a group of fellow runaways and orphan who all get by through robbery, prostitution, and drugs--mainly sniffing glue, Monica anticipates the holiday, hoping that there will at least be some sort of party&hellip&hellip…
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The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother; and Julia is a saintly, but&hellip…
An elderly nomadic couple own a beautiful carpet (a Gabbeh) from which a young woman suddenly emerges. She tells the story of her clan, told through the carpet. A beautifully filmed look at life and love, winner of numerous film festival awards&hellip&hellip…
OCIC Special Award
Best Actor
Best Director
Best Film(Nominee)
This artistic black-and-white film unfolds in two parts, each in a different construction site in Argentina. The first half of the movie takes place on the rooftop of a tall city building where a gigantic mechanical crane gracefully skims the skyline. The&hellip…
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Bumbershoot: One Reel Film Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Camerimage Film Festival
Golden Frog(Nominee)
In GOYA IN BORDEAUX Carlos Saura tells the life story of the 18th Century Spanish painter Francisco de Goya. Actually, working with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, he attempts to "paint" the story. Elaborately staged and beautifully photographed recreations of Goya's canvases come to life as Goya (Francisco&hellip…
Golden Frog(Nominee)
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that their&hellip…
Golden Frog(Nominee)
The story of an individual who is born and raised on a ship, learning about people and the outside world through interactions with the ship's rotating passengers, THE LEGEND OF 1900 comes from director Guiseppe Tornatore. When a deckhand, Boodman (Bill Nunn), discovers a newborn baby on January 1, 1900, he&hellip…
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Writer/director/actor McKellar's take on the always intriguing "end of the world" concept is a thoughtful, engaging effort that uses dialogue instead of action to discuss this premise intellectually. The inhabitants of a Canadian city quietly accept the news that the world is going to end at the stroke&hellip…
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Cannes Film Festival
With THE LIMEY, director Steven Soderbergh has crafted a stylish revenge thriller that also contains a refreshing sense of humor. Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con, travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death, which he is convinced was not accidental. After meeting Ed (Luis Guzmán), a friend of his daughter's&hellip&hellip…
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Golden Palm(Nominee)
In Takeshi Kitano's KIKUJIRO, the actor/writer/director (billed as "Beat Takeshi") portrays the brash, mischievous title character, a middle-aged man living with his wife in Tokyo. When Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi), a sullen neighborhood boy, embarks on a quest to find his estranged mother, Kikujiro's wife instructs&hellip…
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Golden Palm(Nominee)
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Best Director
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named&hellip…
Cheick Ourmar Sissoko's awe-inspiring GENESIS retells the Biblical feud between brothers Esau and Jacob, of the house of Abraham. Based on the book of Genesis, chapters 33-37, this film examines the intersection of relgious devotion, rage, and greed. In the story, Jacob cheats Esau out of a blessing from their father. Esau vows revenge&hellip&hellip…
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Golden Palm(Nominee)
Early 20th Century Italy saw many of its residents moving from the countryside to the cities. Staying in in their country mansion are Mori (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), a wealthy professor who runs a sanitarium, and his young wife Vittoria (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi). Vittoria struggles with depression during a pregnancy&hellip…
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Best Screenplay
Golden Palm(Nominee)
The year is 1942, the location a spectacular fortress which stretches beyond the heavens. Eva Braun (Elena Rufanova) is Hitler's wife, and this is a brave stab at portraying the workings of the Fuhrer's inner circle. Braun's behavior was often as tempestuous as that of the Nazi leader himself&hellip…
Award of the Youth, French Film
The holocaust continues to cast a dark shadow over humankind and the Jewish community in particular. Emmanuel Finkiel's VOYAGES pays eloquent respect to the survivors of the atrocities by weaving a stirring narrative around three women who managed to escape Hitler and his henchmen with their lives&hellip…
Golden Palm(Nominee)
In 1922 France, the writer Marcel Proust is on his deathbed, scenes from the past flashing before his eyes. But what he is remembering is not his own life; he has become the narrator in a past filled with the characters and places of his fictional world. Director and cowriter Raoul Ruiz has fashioned a multilayered&hellip…
Award of the Youth, Foreign Film
Made for $30,000 by two young filmmakers from Florida, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wowed festival audiences for several months before finding distribution at the 1999 Sundance Festival. It is an ingenious creation which makes effective use of its lack of budget and cast of unknowns. The film is composed&hellip…
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François Chalais Award
From Kino's KimStim Collection:
A dalliance between the son of a wealthy businessman and a female reporter investigating corruption linked to his parents lands the pair in a whole lot of trouble in this moving drama from director Youssef Chahine. Chahine is highly regarded in filmic circles, and has&hellip…
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Carthage Film Festival
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema
Environment and Health Award
Silver Castle
The exceptional powers possessed by a young boy form the focus for this outstanding animated drama. The plot is based on stories that have entered into African legend as tales of a remarkably gifted child have been handed down through the generations. Physically strong, incredibly&hellip…
Cesar Awards
Most Promising Actress(Nominee)
Best Supporting Actress(Nominee)
Best Actor(Nominee)
The title means discontented boredom in French, and it is the peculiar ailment of Martin, a very unhappy philosophy professor. When he picks up the tab at a bar for a poor artist and receives a painting for his troubles, it leads to a&hellip…
Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish and British Film
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…
When Janice Beard (Eileen Walsh) was born, her father died of a heart attack during the birth, causing her mother to fall into a 23-year depression. After graduating school, inexperienced young Janice jumps into the work force, determined to earn enough money for her mother's treatment. She takes a job as a secretary for a London automobile&hellip&hellip…
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Foreign Language Film(Nominee)
A tough ex-cop is troubled by his ill wife and his partner, who was shot on duty. He proceeds to confront his demons in a bloody rampage, doing whatever is necessary to help those he loves. A simultaneously tender and violent masterwork from Takeshi, one of Japan's most popular entertainers&hellip&hellip…
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician&hellip…
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Best Foreign Language Film(Nominee)
Emerging out of an Iranian cinema renaissance, TASTE OF CHERRY is seen by many as its crowning achievement. The story of somber yet intense Mr. Badii and his journey through Tehran, the film emerges as a sort of spiritual road movie. Intent on finding an aid for his planned suicide, Badii encounters&hellip…
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Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Children's Jury Award, Feature Film and Video-Animation
Adult's Jury Award, Feature Film and Video-Animation
The exceptional powers possessed by a young boy form the focus for this outstanding animated drama. The plot is based on stories that have entered into African legend as tales of a remarkably gifted child have been&hellip…
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Silver Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature
The lengthy Cape Cod winter plays havoc with the personal life of Danielle (Devery Doleman) in THE TROUBLE WITH PERPETUAL DEJA VU. With a marriage to her high school sweetheart in tatters, and living at home with a lottery-obsessed mother, things don't look so bright for Danielle. Alcohol&hellip…
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Chile International Short Film Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Cinefest: Sudbury International Film Festival
Best Canadian Film
In mid-1970s New Waterford on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, an 18-year-old girl without a child is rather unusual--and 15-year-old Mooney Pottie (Liane Balaban, in an auspicious debut) is feeling suppressed by the small-mindedness that surrounds her. Seen as freakish by her family for her incessant reading and a&hellip…
Cinekid
Cinekid Film Award
The exceptional powers possessed by a young boy form the focus for this outstanding animated drama. The plot is based on stories that have entered into African legend as tales of a remarkably gifted child have been handed down through the generations. Physically strong, incredibly intelligent, and able to talk&hellip…
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
Best Screenplay, Original
Part of a series in which a German television station asked a number of directors to envision what they thought might happen on December 31, 1999, Miguel Albaladejo's film is a celebration of life in and around Madrid, Spain. The film is ostensibly about the efforts of a poor couple, the pregnant Paloma&hellip…
Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
This sequel to BEFORE STONEWALL documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral part of American society&hellip&hellip…
David di Donatello Awards
Scholars Jury
Best Production Design
Best Music
Best Director
Best Costume Design
Best Cinematography
The story of an individual who is born and raised on a ship, learning about people and the outside world through interactions with the ship's rotating passengers, THE LEGEND OF 1900 comes from director Guiseppe&hellip…
Deauville Festival of American Film
Grand Special Prize(Nominee)
Fiona is a drug-addicted prostitute in New York who hides out after killing three cops, when she suddenly meets Anita, who happens to be Fiona's long-lost mother. Neither woman will ever be the same, in this gritty and tough-minded film about life on the bottom rungs of society. Winner of the Ecumenical&hellip…
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Grand Special Prize(Nominee)
A sensitive glimpse into the lives of several Babylon, Long Island residents that takes place on the second day of school. Thirty-year-old David Gold (Harnick) has moved back home with his parents after failing to become a successful Hollywood director. He mopes around the house apathetically and spends&hellip…
Dinard British Film Festival
Golden Hitchcock(Nominee)
When Janice Beard (Eileen Walsh) was born, her father died of a heart attack during the birth, causing her mother to fall into a 23-year depression. After graduating school, inexperienced young Janice jumps into the work force, determined to earn enough money for her mother's treatment. She takes a job&hellip…
Durban International Film Festival
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Best New British Feature
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and&hellip…
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Non-Fiction Special(Nominee)
An extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary man, Werner Herzog's LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY details the life of Dieter Dengler, a survivor of both WWII and Vietnam. Dengler grew up in Germany, and, dreaming of one day flying a plane, left for the US when he was 18, unable to speak&hellip…
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European Film Awards
Best Film
Best Actress
Audience Award
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the&hellip…
Best Cinematography
The story of an individual who is born and raised on a ship, learning about people and the outside world through interactions with the ship's rotating passengers, THE LEGEND OF 1900 comes from director Guiseppe Tornatore. When a deckhand, Boodman (Bill Nunn), discovers a newborn baby on January 1, 1900, he&hellip…
European Discovery of the Year
Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Film(Nominee)
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking&hellip…
Best Cinematographer(Nominee)
Best Film(Nominee)
The year is 1942, the location a spectacular fortress which stretches beyond the heavens. Eva Braun (Elena Rufanova) is Hitler's wife, and this is a brave stab at portraying the workings of the Fuhrer's inner circle. Braun's behavior was often as tempestuous as that of the Nazi&hellip…
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Best Actor
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his ill-kempt&hellip…
FanTasia Festival
Best Asian Film
Exactly one week after staying at a remote cabin, a group of Japanese teenagers all meet sudden inexplicable deaths. A cousin of one of the victims, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), begins an investigation that leads to the discovery of a videotape containing hauntingly bizarre footage. Upon viewing&hellip…
Fantasporto: Porto International Film Festival
International Fantasy Film Award, Best Film(Nominee)
International Fantasy Film Award, Best Actor
International Fantasy Film Award, Best Actor
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver
AMC Audience Award
A trio of stories adapted by Irvine Welsh (TRAINSPOTTING) from his collection of stories of the same name&hellip…
A drama that takes place in the gritty streets of South Boston. Leary gives an impassioned performance as Bobby O'Grady, a member of an Irish-American gang, who must remain loyal to his boss (Meaney) even after he has learned that he has murdered one of Bobby's best friends&hellip&hellip…
Directors' Week Award, Best Cinematography
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is&hellip…
Directors' Week Award
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician&hellip…
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When Glasgow matriarch Mrs. Flynn passes away, her four adult children--Thomas, Michael, Sheila and John--gather at her home to mourn. Having prepared for the funeral in the morning, the four go to the pub for a drink. When Thomas, the eldest, performs his mother's favorite song karaoke-style and suddenly breaks down crying, Duncan, a&hellip&hellip…
Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his home grown supercomputer, Max stumbles&hellip&hellip…
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PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic, chain-smoking asthmatic living in a grubby apartment in Brisbane. When he meets Cynthia (Sacha Horler), who suffers from eczema, the two begin to have&hellip&hellip…
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Directors' Week Award-Best Director
Writer/director/actor McKellar's take on the always intriguing "end of the world" concept is a thoughtful, engaging effort that uses dialogue instead of action to discuss this premise intellectually. The inhabitants of a Canadian city quietly accept the news that the world is going to end at&hellip…
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Fantoche: International Animation Film Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Festroia: Troia International Film Festival
Golden Dolphin(Nominee)
A mysterious fugitive, known only as The Man, wanders through rural South Africa, until he is taken in by a small town minister. However, when the minister makes it clear his motives for taking in The Man are not completely altruistic, it results in a confrontation that leaves the minister dead. In order&hellip…
Troia Award, First Works Section
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone)&hellip…
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
A tough ex-cop is troubled by his ill wife and his partner, who was shot on duty. He proceeds to confront his demons in a bloody rampage, doing whatever is necessary to help those he loves. A simultaneously tender and violent masterwork from Takeshi, one of Japan's most popular entertainers&hellip&hellip…
Flanders International Film Festival
Golden Spur(Nominee)
A sensitive glimpse into the lives of several Babylon, Long Island residents that takes place on the second day of school. Thirty-year-old David Gold (Harnick) has moved back home with his parents after failing to become a successful Hollywood director. He mopes around the house apathetically and spends his&hellip…
FIPRESCI Prize
Golden Spur(Nominee)
A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and enter a fantastical dream world. Adrift in these daydreams, the Anton (Denis Lavant) finds Eva&hellip…
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Newcomer of the Year
Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his home&hellip…
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Best Supporting Actress
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original&hellip…
Newcomer of the Year
Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-A-Fire are brought together by Victor's father who saves Thomas from a fire that destroys his house and kills his parents. In close proximity all their lives on the Coeur D'Alene Indian reservation in Idaho, the boys could not be more different. Victor is the extrovert who excels&hellip…
Florida Film Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Jury Award, Best Documentary
Chabannes is a remote village in France that permanently etched its name into the history books during World War II. While the small area remained unoccupied during the battle, the concerns of its citizens were raised by some 400 Jewish refugee children, who were rescued by the proactive villagers&hellip…
Jury Award, Best Director
Best First Feature
Spirit of Independents
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking&hellip…
People's Choice Award
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that their&hellip…
Jury Award-Spirit of Independents
Jury Award-Best Actress
Mary Jo Walker (Janet McTeer) is a Southern mother who hides her self-consciousness by overcompensating. She drinks, wears revealing outfits, and says things that other people would never even consider. Fleeing her latest abusive relationship, she and her daughter&hellip…
Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival
At a suburban Texas high school, Dinah (Connie Nelson), a geometry teacher who coaches the girls' basketball team, and Carly (Dee Hennigan), a principal's assistant who is also the wife of an algebra teacher, kiss during a basketball lesson and find themselves embarking on an affair. When word gets out, they find themselves in the middle&hellip&hellip…
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Frameline: San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
A beautiful, but emotionally turbulent woman, known only as S. (Natali Broods) has a grim life in New York, with a cruel, unfaithful boyfriend. With a prostitute mother she can't communicate with and an abusive father who was executed for murder, S. has never had a truly healthy relationship. When she finds her boyfriend sleeping with&hellip&hellip…
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Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
French Cinepanorama
While dancing at a nightclub under the influence of a bad hit of ecstasy, eighteen year-old Teresa (Bouchez, THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS) falls to the dancefloor and dies. At the morgue, death-worker Ben (Barr, ZENTROPA) becomes entranced by her nude body and has sex with her corpse. To his surprise, she awakens. Ben is caught by hospital&hellip&hellip…
When Marie's maudlin boyfriend Paul refuses to engage in sexual relations, she is forced to search for intimacy beyond the bounds of traditional sexual limitations--a journey that proves to be both fulfilling and empowering&hellip&hellip…
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French Film Festival
Camille is a young woman living the high life in Paris. Like so many others, she parties all night, giving herself over to sexual and toxic abandon. Stumbling home to face her impending hangover, she is already looking forward to the evening's repeat performance. Soon she falls in love with Alexis, an idealist and activist who stands&hellip&hellip…
Fribourg International Film Festival
Award of the Pestalozzi Children's Village Foundation
A dazzling exercise in style and an excursion into existential philosophy, HOLD YOU TIGHT stars Chingmy Yau in a dual role, her last before permanently retiring from film. In it, she plays two women bound for the same plane, one of whom makes the flight while the other does&hellip…
Audience Award
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother; and Julia&hellip…
Genie Awards
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Supporting Actress(Nominee)
Best Overall Sound(Nominee)
Best Score(Nominee)
Best Motion Picture(Nominee)
Best Editing(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Best Production Design(Nominee)
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Claude Jutra Award
Writer/director/actor&hellip…
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Best Feature Documentary(Nominee)
Writer, composer, and inveterate bohemian Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was one of the 20th century's most important artists. Best known for his seminal novel THE SHELTERING SKY, Bowles left the U.S. in the 1940s for a reclusive existence in Tangier, Morocco, where he fully immersed himself in the rich&hellip…
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German Film Awards
Gold Film Award, Outstanding Feature Film(Nominee)
Gold Film Award, Outstanding Individual Achievement
In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Köhler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader)&hellip…
Gijon International Film Festival
Grand Prix Asturias(Nominee)
Best Screenplay
PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic, chain-smoking asthmatic living in a grubby apartment in Brisbane. When he meets Cynthia (Sacha&hellip…
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Grand Prix Asturias(Nominee)
Best Direc
Living together in a claustrophobic home in a rundown part of Tianjin, China, stepsisters Tao Lan (Lin Liu) and Yu Xiaoquin (Yun Li) are forced to share everything, yet they couldn't have less in common. Tao Lan is a free spirit who is proud of her working-class roots, while studious&hellip…
GLAAD Media Awards
Outstanding Film(Nominee)
An Italian designer travels to Istanbul to sell a traditional Turkish steam bath left to him by a deceased aunt. Upon arrival, he becomes enthralled by the city and decides to renovate and return the bath to the public. This sudden change of heart may have something to do with the fact that he's fallen&hellip…
Golden Globe Awards
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician&hellip…
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Golden Globe, Best Foreign Language Film(Nominee)
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story&hellip…
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Golden Satellite Awards
Best Actor(Nominee)
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his&hellip…
Golden Trailer Awards
Best Art and Commerce(Nominee)
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original&hellip…
Best Horror/Thriller
Most Original(Nominee)
Best Voice Over
Made for $30,000 by two young filmmakers from Florida, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wowed festival audiences for several months before finding distribution at the 1999 Sundance Festival. It is an ingenious creation which makes effective use of its lack of budget and&hellip…
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Gotham Awards
Open Palm Award(Nominee)
A sensitive glimpse into the lives of several Babylon, Long Island residents that takes place on the second day of school. Thirty-year-old David Gold (Harnick) has moved back home with his parents after failing to become a successful Hollywood director. He mopes around the house apathetically and spends&hellip…
Goya Awards
Best New Actor(Nominee)
Best Adapted Screenplay
A struggling rock band looks to break out of the local Madrid scene and gain real popularity. The members of the band are at odds with one another when their dreams begin to come into view. Some of the members disapprove of the urban poet label the local critics have given them&hellip…
Goya, Best Sound
Goya, Best Cinematography(Nominee)
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with&hellip…
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Best New Director(Nominee)
Part of a series in which a German television station asked a number of directors to envision what they thought might happen on December 31, 1999, Miguel Albaladejo's film is a celebration of life in and around Madrid, Spain. The film is ostensibly about the efforts of a poor couple, the pregnant Paloma&hellip…
Gramado Film Festival
Golden Kikito, Best Film(Nominee)
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of&hellip…
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
Silver Guild Film Award
In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Köhler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader), fall in love. Director Max Färberböck's AIMEE & JAGUAR tells the true story of&hellip…
Guldbagge Awards
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Having been filmed over the course of several years, this documentary follows the life of a family of European falcons that nest in the tower of a small Swedish church. The lives of the birds are captured beautifully in this thrilling documentary, which was nominated for a Swedish Oscar&hellip&hellip…
Hamptons International Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature(Winer)
Before moving to Morocco and finding fame as an author, Paul Bowles had a successful career as an avant-garde composer. NIGHT WALTZ: THE MUSIC OF PAUL BOWLES, a documentary by first-time filmmaker Owsley Brown, attempts to uncover this lesser-known side of the enigmatic Bowles. Filmed in the years&hellip…
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Golden Starfish Award, Best American Independent
Best Original Score
A sensitive glimpse into the lives of several Babylon, Long Island residents that takes place on the second day of school. Thirty-year-old David Gold (Harnick) has moved back home with his parents after failing to become a successful Hollywood director. He&hellip…
Havana Film Festival
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother; and Julia is a saintly, but&hellip…
Best Editing
Set in the middle of poverty-stricken Ecuador, RATAS, RATONES, RATEROS is the story of Salvador, a young thief who gets involved deeper in crime thanks to his cousin Angel, an ex-convict. Salvador looks for an easier life with Angel, but all he finds is destruction and pain. This feature film is the debut of Sebastian&hellip…
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Special Mention, Documentary(3rd Place)
Between 1976 and 1983, a fierce "dirty war" raged in Argentina. The brutal government tortured and murdered thousands upon thousands of citizens, and their children were relocated to right-wing foster homes. In this inspiring documentary, David Blaustein pays tribute to the mothers and grandmothers&hellip…
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Special Jury Prize
This artistic black-and-white film unfolds in two parts, each in a different construction site in Argentina. The first half of the movie takes place on the rooftop of a tall city building where a gigantic mechanical crane gracefully skims the skyline. The second site, 300 kilometers away from the first, is alongside&hellip…
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Hochi Film Awards
Best New Director
This offbeat love story begins innocently enough, as a high school boy named Takuya nurses a crush on his beautiful and seemingly unattainable fencing partner, Satsuki. To his surprise, Takuya finds that Satsuki returns his affections, and the two begin a relatively innocent relationship. However, when Satsuki&hellip…
Hollywood Film Festival
Hollywood Discovery Award, Best Documentary
Chabannes is a remote village in France that permanently etched its name into the history books during World War II. While the small area remained unoccupied during the battle, the concerns of its citizens were raised by some 400 Jewish refugee children, who were rescued by the proactive&hellip…
Hong Kong Film Awards
Best Actress(Nominee)
Best Art Direction(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Best Original Film Score(Nominee)
Best Supporting Actor(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
A dazzling exercise in style and an excursion into existential philosophy, HOLD YOU TIGHT stars Chingmy Yau in a dual role, her last before permanently&hellip…
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Film of Merit
A dazzling exercise in style and an excursion into existential philosophy, HOLD YOU TIGHT stars Chingmy Yau in a dual role, her last before permanently retiring from film. In it, she plays two women bound for the same plane, one of whom makes the flight while the other does not. In a cruel twist of fate, the plane&hellip…
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hal Hartley's deliciously droll comedy about the coming of the apocalypse stars Martin Donovan (HENRY FOOL) as Jesus Christ, who is sent back to Earth to set the end of the world in motion on December 31, 1999. However, upon arriving on Earth, Jesus, along with his assistant Magdalena (Harvey), is quickly filled with doubt about destroying&hellip&hellip…
PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic, chain-smoking asthmatic living in a grubby apartment in Brisbane. When he meets Cynthia (Sacha Horler), who suffers from eczema, the two begin to have&hellip&hellip…
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Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician; Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle)&hellip&hellip…
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Pinki and Kraut are a pair of Serb teenagers who begin as simple petty thieves and work their way up into the heart of the Yugoslav underworld. As war surrounds them in Bosnia, the boys become increasingly callous and violent, ultimately overthrowing their mentor, a powerful black marketer, before turning on each other. A savage and powerful&hellip&hellip…
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
A strange psycho-thriller in which Baldwin becomes involved with a confused female assassin (Parillaud). In her dreams, she is a regular woman who is trying to come to terms with a rape, but in her dream character's dreams, she is an assassin&hellip&hellip…
The title means discontented boredom in French, and it is the peculiar ailment of Martin, a very unhappy philosophy professor. When he picks up the tab at a bar for a poor artist and receives a painting for his troubles, it leads to a relationship with one of the artist's models -- a 17 year old beauty named Cecilia. Soon, the two are&hellip&hellip…
Hot Docs: Canadian International Documentary Festival
Best Biography
Writer, composer, and inveterate bohemian Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was one of the 20th century's most important artists. Best known for his seminal novel THE SHELTERING SKY, Bowles left the U.S. in the 1940s for a reclusive existence in Tangier, Morocco, where he fully immersed himself in the rich traditions of North&hellip…
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ImageOut: The Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival
HAPPY TOGETHER chronicles the stormy affair of a gay couple (Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung) living as expatriates in Buenos Aires. The two possess very divergent ways of dealing with the world; Lai is more responsible, holding down a job at a tango club, while Ho turns tricks for a living. Inevitably, they grow apart&hellip&hellip…
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Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
Independent Spirit Awards
Best Foreign Film(Nominee)
A tough ex-cop is troubled by his ill wife and his partner, who was shot on duty. He proceeds to confront his demons in a bloody rampage, doing whatever is necessary to help those he loves. A simultaneously tender and violent masterwork from Takeshi, one of Japan's most popular entertainers&hellip&hellip…
Best First Feature(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Best First Screenplay
Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible&hellip…
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Best Supporting Male(Nominee)
Best Male Lead(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters&hellip…
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Best First Feature(Nominee)
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original&hellip…
Best Supporting Male(Nominee)
Best First Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Debut Performance
Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-A-Fire are brought together by Victor's father who saves Thomas from a fire that destroys his house and kills his parents. In close proximity all their lives on the Coeur D'Alene Indian reservation in Idaho&hellip…
International Emmy Awards
Best Arts Documentary
Writer, composer, and inveterate bohemian Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was one of the 20th century's most important artists. Best known for his seminal novel THE SHELTERING SKY, Bowles left the U.S. in the 1940s for a reclusive existence in Tangier, Morocco, where he fully immersed himself in the rich traditions&hellip…
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International Festival of French Speaking Film
Golden Bayard, Best Artistic Contribution
Golden Bayard, Best Film(Nominee)
Cheick Ourmar Sissoko's awe-inspiring GENESIS retells the Biblical feud between brothers Esau and Jacob, of the house of Abraham. Based on the book of Genesis, chapters 33-37, this film examines the intersection of relgious devotion, rage, and greed&hellip…
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International Film Festival Rotterdam
MovieZone Award
An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo, BUFFALO '66 combines the experimental techniques of the French New Wave and the realistic grit of seventies filmmakers such as John Cassavetes, resulting in something inventive and original. Gallo portrays&hellip…
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
KNF Award
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother; and Julia&hellip…
International Leipzig Festival of Documentary and Animated Film
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Internationale Hofer Filmtage
Best New Director Promotional Award
Production Design Award
A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and enter a fantastical dream world. Adrift in these daydreams, the Anton&hellip…
Istanbul Independent Film Festival
A mysterious fugitive, known only as The Man, wanders through rural South Africa, until he is taken in by a small town minister. However, when the minister makes it clear his motives for taking in The Man are not completely altruistic, it results in a confrontation that leaves the minister dead. In order to escape detection, The Man assumes&hellip&hellip…
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad's poignant drama focuses on the life of an Iranian woman who is struggling to come to terms with the divisive responsibilities of motherhood. A divorced mother of a troubled teenage son, Forough Kia is working on a television documentary about particularly successful mothers. Along the way, she finds herself getting&hellip&hellip…
Istanbul International Film Festival
Performance artist Bob Flanagan suffered from cystic fibrosis throughout his 42 years. This disturbing, poignant, and disarmingly funny documentary examines his odyssey to have control over his body through inflicting pain on himself. Through private moments captured on camera, his performances, and direct conversations with Flanagan&hellip&hellip…
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his ill-kempt studio by Dyer&hellip&hellip…
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Special Silver Ribbon
Silver Ribbon, Best Screenplay
Silver Ribbon, Best Production Design
Silver Ribbon, Best Producer
Silver Ribbon, Best Director
Silver Ribbon, Best Costume Design
The story of an individual who is born and raised on a ship, learning about people and the outside world through interactions&hellip…
Silver Ribbon, Best Cinematography
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story that shows the&hellip…
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Japanese Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor(Nominee)
Best Picture(Nominee)
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Sound(Nominee)
Best Lighting(Nominee)
Best Editing(Nominee)
Best Director(Nominee)
Best Cinematography(Nominee)
Best Actress(Nominee)
Best Actor(Nominee)
Best Score
A tough ex-cop is troubled by his ill wife&hellip…
Japanese Professional Movie Awards
Best New Actress
A mysterious killer known as "Four Eyes" has been plaguing Tokyo police by carrying out brutal vigilante murders on some of the city's most violent criminals. Portrayed as a dangerous psychopath by both the police and the news media, Four Eyes has become the subject of a fierce manhunt. However, a teenage girl&hellip…
Jerusalem Film Festival
Wolgin Award, Best Israeli Feature
The Gulf War provides the background for an unlikely romance in this 1999 Israeli film that won 10 national awards. Yana (Evelyne Kaplun), pregnant and in debt, is being left by her husband. When Saddam Hussein releases poison gas missile, Yana is forced to remain in her apartment with Eli (Nir&hellip…
Mayor's Award, Best Feature
The holocaust continues to cast a dark shadow over humankind and the Jewish community in particular. Emmanuel Finkiel's VOYAGES pays eloquent respect to the survivors of the atrocities by weaving a stirring narrative around three women who managed to escape Hitler and his henchmen with their lives intact&hellip…
When Marie's maudlin boyfriend Paul refuses to engage in sexual relations, she is forced to search for intimacy beyond the bounds of traditional sexual limitations--a journey that proves to be both fulfilling and empowering&hellip&hellip…
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Jihlava Film Festival
An insistent cataloguer of the innumerable manifestations of everyday insanity and the absurdity of "normal," mundane existence, Ulrich Seidl blends the techniques of documentary and narrative filmmaking to create unique exposes of the illusions, self-deception, and cultural complacency of the Austrian middle class. In MODELS, Seidl examines&hellip&hellip…
Joseph Plateau Awards
Best Belgian Screenplay(Nominee)
A mock black comic documentary that spoofs reality TV, and questions the media's role in perpetuating and abetting violence. A homicidal maniac, serial-killer, Ben Patard, is accompanied on his killing sprees by a film crew who document, then later participate in, even as they question, his activities&hellip&hellip…
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Best Belgian Screenplay 1984-1999(Nominee)
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Roger, a teenage boy, works for his father's construction business, a company that employs illegal immigrants from all over the world. When Hamidu, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, is critically injured in a workplace accident&hellip…
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
A trio of stories adapted by Irvine Welsh (TRAINSPOTTING) from his collection of stories of the same name, THE ACID HOUSE is an absurd and brutal look at life through the eyes of one of the most prominent Scottish authors of the 1990s. The film begins with "The Granton Star Cause," which stars Stephen McCole as Boab, a listless loser&hellip&hellip…
A beautiful, but emotionally turbulent woman, known only as S. (Natali Broods) has a grim life in New York, with a cruel, unfaithful boyfriend. With a prostitute mother she can't communicate with and an abusive father who was executed for murder, S. has never had a truly healthy relationship. When she finds her boyfriend sleeping with&hellip&hellip…
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Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician; Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle)&hellip&hellip…
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In Takeshi Kitano's KIKUJIRO, the actor/writer/director (billed as "Beat Takeshi") portrays the brash, mischievous title character, a middle-aged man living with his wife in Tokyo. When Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi), a sullen neighborhood boy, embarks on a quest to find his estranged mother, Kikujiro's wife instructs him to accompany the child&hellip&hellip…
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Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that their only child has died. Along&hellip…
The turn of the millennium has a profound effect on residents of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro in MIDNIGHT, a stunningly photographed feature from award-winning directors Daniela Thomas and Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION). Fernanda Torres stars as Maria, a teacher for the deaf who becomes utterly dejected when her husband (Carlos Vereza) uses&hellip&hellip…
Crystal Globe(Nominee)
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother&hellip…
Award of the Ecumenical Jury, Special Mention
Best Actress
Crystal Globe
The Gulf War provides the background for an unlikely romance in this 1999 Israeli film that won 10 national awards. Yana (Evelyne Kaplun), pregnant and in debt, is being left by her husband. When Saddam Hussein releases poison gas missile, Yana is&hellip…
An insistent cataloguer of the innumerable manifestations of everyday insanity and the absurdity of "normal," mundane existence, Ulrich Seidl blends the techniques of documentary and narrative filmmaking to create unique exposes of the illusions, self-deception, and cultural complacency of the Austrian middle class. In MODELS, Seidl examines&hellip&hellip…
The year is 1942, the location a spectacular fortress which stretches beyond the heavens. Eva Braun (Elena Rufanova) is Hitler's wife, and this is a brave stab at portraying the workings of the Fuhrer's inner circle. Braun's behavior was often as tempestuous as that of the Nazi leader himself, making this a fascinating study of their&hellip…
Set in 17th century Poland, Jerzy Hoffman's audacious, epic film tells the story of the Cossack uprising against the Polish nobility. As fights rage, romances are sparked, adding even more drama to an already intense situation. Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, WITH FIRE AND SWORD features stunning set pieces and standout performances&hellip&hellip…
Camille is a young woman living the high life in Paris. Like so many others, she parties all night, giving herself over to sexual and toxic abandon. Stumbling home to face her impending hangover, she is already looking forward to the evening's repeat performance. Soon she falls in love with Alexis, an idealist and activist who stands&hellip&hellip…
Philip Morris Award
Petr Lutsik's audacious political thriller is set in a troubled Russia, where criminals lurk around every corner. After a group of men discover that their land has been callously stolen from them, they embark on a dramatic journey throughout the sprawling rural and urban landscapes. Dramatic, moving, and poignant&hellip…
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Kinofest Lunen
Award of the City of Lünen
Editing Award
A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and enter a fantastical dream world. Adrift in these daydreams, the Anton (Denis Lavant) finds&hellip…
KROK International Animated Film Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
Locarno International Film Festival
The story of an individual who is born and raised on a ship, learning about people and the outside world through interactions with the ship's rotating passengers, THE LEGEND OF 1900 comes from director Guiseppe Tornatore. When a deckhand, Boodman (Bill Nunn), discovers a newborn baby on January 1, 1900, he Christens him Danny Boodman&hellip&hellip…
In Takeshi Kitano's KIKUJIRO, the actor/writer/director (billed as "Beat Takeshi") portrays the brash, mischievous title character, a middle-aged man living with his wife in Tokyo. When Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi), a sullen neighborhood boy, embarks on a quest to find his estranged mother, Kikujiro's wife instructs him to accompany the child&hellip&hellip…
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Francesco Rosi's neo-realist drama probes the mystery surrounding one of Italy's most beloved criminals. On July 5, 1950, in Castelvetrano, Sicily, the body of Salvatore Giuliano was found, punctured with bullet holes. Painting a thorough portrait of the legendary bandit, Rosi's film also explores the dangerously complex Sicilian world&hellip&hellip…
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Golden Leopard(Nominee)
This offbeat love story begins innocently enough, as a high school boy named Takuya nurses a crush on his beautiful and seemingly unattainable fencing partner, Satsuki. To his surprise, Takuya finds that Satsuki returns his affections, and the two begin a relatively innocent relationship. However, when&hellip…
It is caravan time in Dolpo, high in the Himalayas of Nepal. The villagers must trek for days across the mountains with laden yaks to trade their salt for grain. But when Karma (Gurgon Kyap) returns to the village with the body of Lhakpa, leader of the caravan and son of the old chief Tinle (Thinlen Lhondup), the new chief blames Karma&hellip&hellip…
Loisada Cprtos
Prix Michel Simon, Best Actress
Prix Michel Simon, Best Actor(Nominee)
A fresh and vibrant look at Gypsy culture, seen through the eyes of a conflicted Frenchman who allows himself to embrace the freedom of a unique way of life&hellip&hellip…
Lone Star Film & Television Awards
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his ill-kempt studio by Dyer&hellip&hellip…
Long Island Film Festival
Best Animated Short
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most&hellip…
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Foreign Film
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that their&hellip…
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
The shady world of adult websites is opened up for investigation by a curious reporter in THE LOVE MACHINE. The movie is shot in a "mocumentary" style, lending a palatable air of authenticity to the proceedings as they unfold. The reporter decides to set up a website of his own in order to delve as deep as possible into the murky waters&hellip&hellip…
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Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…
Living together in a claustrophobic home in a rundown part of Tianjin, China, stepsisters Tao Lan (Lin Liu) and Yu Xiaoquin (Yun Li) are forced to share everything, yet they couldn't have less in common. Tao Lan is a free spirit who is proud of her working-class roots, while studious Yu Xiaoquin is attractive and sophisticated; their&hellip&hellip…
A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and enter a fantastical dream world. Adrift in these daydreams, the Anton (Denis Lavant) finds Eva (Chulpan Hamatova), a beautiful woman who has&hellip&hellip…
Melbourne International Film Festival
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Miami Franco-Hispanic Film Festival
Golden Egret, Best Director
In the two days leading up to Christmas, a thirteen year-old Monica, a Colombian street kid, tries to sell roses for money. Surrounded by a group of fellow runaways and orphan who all get by through robbery, prostitution, and drugs--mainly sniffing glue, Monica anticipates the holiday, hoping that there&hellip…
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Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
MicroCineFest
Judges Special Recognition
This unique film from director Craig Baldwin is deftly created from a bunch of found footage. Set in 2007, it tells the tale of a lethal weapon that has been invented, presenting the chance for the ruling elite to erase people's minds. Baldwin utilizes a voiceover to allow a coherent plot to unfold over&hellip…
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Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
Audience Award
Best Film Award, Full-Length Fiction Film(Nominee)
A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and enter a fantastical dream world. Adrift in these daydreams, the&hellip…
Montevideo International Film Festival
First Place, Animated Films
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in&hellip…
Montreal World Film Festival
The Taiwanese romantic comedy THE PERSONALS follows the often hilarious, sometimes sad meetings that a pretty young woman has with the men who respond to the ad that she placed in the personals section of the newspaper. Du Jiazhen (Rene Liu), the woman, is a young eye doctor on a mission to find a husband. After spontaneously putting&hellip&hellip…
Inspiring true story follows the epic life of Father Damien (Wenham), a legendary Belgian priest who dedicated his life (quite literally) to the care and spiritual guidance of a doomed Hawaiian leper colony during the late 1800s. Faced with appallingly daunting conditions - symptoms ignored, food stolen from the sick, the weak forced&hellip&hellip…
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Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…
Cheick Ourmar Sissoko's awe-inspiring GENESIS retells the Biblical feud between brothers Esau and Jacob, of the house of Abraham. Based on the book of Genesis, chapters 33-37, this film examines the intersection of relgious devotion, rage, and greed. In the story, Jacob cheats Esau out of a blessing from their father. Esau vows revenge&hellip&hellip…
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Best Artistic Contribution
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Grand Prix des Amériques(Nominee)
In GOYA IN BORDEAUX Carlos Saura tells the life story of the 18th Century Spanish painter Francisco de Goya. Actually, working with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, he attempts to "paint" the story. Elaborately staged and beautifully&hellip…
When Marie's maudlin boyfriend Paul refuses to engage in sexual relations, she is forced to search for intimacy beyond the bounds of traditional sexual limitations--a journey that proves to be both fulfilling and empowering&hellip&hellip…
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A dramatic Chinese thriller with the feel of Hollywood film noir, SO CLOSE TO PARADISE follows two friends heading in opposite directions. One settles in a manual labor job on the docks. The other wants more and begins running with an organized crime unit. The gangster falls for a lounge singer he has kidnapped and finds himself in trouble&hellip&hellip…
Motion Picture Sound Editors
Best Sound Editing - Music(Nominee)
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story that shows the&hellip…
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Munich Film Festival
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Nantucket Film Festival
Audience Award, Best Feature
Chabannes is a remote village in France that permanently etched its name into the history books during World War II. While the small area remained unoccupied during the battle, the concerns of its citizens were raised by some 400 Jewish refugee children, who were rescued by the proactive villagers&hellip…
National Board of Review
Best Foreign Language Film
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that&hellip…
Best Actress
Mary Jo Walker (Janet McTeer) is a Southern mother who hides her self-consciousness by overcompensating. She drinks, wears revealing outfits, and says things that other people would never even consider. Fleeing her latest abusive relationship, she and her daughter, twelve-year-old Ava (Kimberly Brown), head out west&hellip…
National Educational Media Network
Gold Apple
An extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary man, Werner Herzog's LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY details the life of Dieter Dengler, a survivor of both WWII and Vietnam. Dengler grew up in Germany, and, dreaming of one day flying a plane, left for the US when he was 18, unable to speak English. Soon, he was in the&hellip…
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National Film Preservation Board
National Film Registry(Selection)
This video honoring the Newport Jazz Festival combines footage from the musical event with highlights of the 1958 America's Cup Race. Acclaimed as one of the best jazz films ever made, JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY captures some legendary performances by jazz greats such as Thelonius Monk and Louis Armstrong&hellip…
New England Film & Video Festival
Special Jury Award, Best Acting Performance
Special Cinematography Award
Best of Festival
A volatile and ambitious coming-of-age drama, FLOATING is the story of Van (Reedus), a young man who is left in something of a vacuum when all his friends leave for college and he stays home to care for his disabled, alcoholic father&hellip…
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that&hellip…
New York Underground Film Festival
The lengthy Cape Cod winter plays havoc with the personal life of Danielle (Devery Doleman) in THE TROUBLE WITH PERPETUAL DEJA VU. With a marriage to her high school sweetheart in tatters, and living at home with a lottery-obsessed mother, things don't look so bright for Danielle. Alcohol provides a refuge, as does her friend and soulmate&hellip&hellip…
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Newport International Film Festival
Jury Award, Best Documentary(Nominee)
Writer, composer, and inveterate bohemian Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was one of the 20th century's most important artists. Best known for his seminal novel THE SHELTERING SKY, Bowles left the U.S. in the 1940s for a reclusive existence in Tangier, Morocco, where he fully immersed himself in the&hellip…
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Jury Award, Best Film(Nominee)
A sensitive glimpse into the lives of several Babylon, Long Island residents that takes place on the second day of school. Thirty-year-old David Gold (Harnick) has moved back home with his parents after failing to become a successful Hollywood director. He mopes around the house apathetically and&hellip…
Jury Award, Best Film(Nominee)
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his&hellip…
Nika Awards
Best Screenplay(Nominee)
Petr Lutsik's audacious political thriller is set in a troubled Russia, where criminals lurk around every corner. After a group of men discover that their land has been callously stolen from them, they embark on a dramatic journey throughout the sprawling rural and urban landscapes. Dramatic, moving, and&hellip…
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Nodance Film Festival
Best Actress
Grand Jury Award, Best Feature
Returning to a style of New York City filmmaking reminiscent of Jim Jarmusch's (DEAD MAN) early efforts, Todd Verow's SHUCKING THE CURVE is the tale of an awestruck small town girl discovering the city for the first time. Selling her car to afford the trip, Suzanne Fountain (Bonnie&hellip…
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Online Film Critics Society Awards
Best Original Screenplay(Nominee)
Best Ensemble Cast Performance(Nominee)
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters&hellip…
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Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Oslo Animation Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
Oslo Films from the South Festival
Films from the South Award
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother&hellip…
Oulu International Children's Film Festival
C.I.F.E.J. Award
Starboy Award(Nominee)
The exceptional powers possessed by a young boy form the focus for this outstanding animated drama. The plot is based on stories that have entered into African legend as tales of a remarkably gifted child have been handed down through the generations. Physically strong, incredibly intelligent&hellip…
Ourense Independent Film Festival
AEC Best Cinematography Award
In 1922 France, the writer Marcel Proust is on his deathbed, scenes from the past flashing before his eyes. But what he is remembering is not his own life; he has become the narrator in a past filled with the characters and places of his fictional world. Director and cowriter Raoul Ruiz has fashioned&hellip…
Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Köhler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader), fall in love. Director Max Färberböck's AIMEE & JAGUAR tells the true story of this passionate, forbidden love&hellip…
Audience Award, Outstanding Documentary
This sequel to BEFORE STONEWALL documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, the film explains the work, struggles, victories, and defeats the gay community has weathered to become a vibrant and integral&hellip…
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
Best Sets
UEMOA Award for Economic and Regional Integration
Cheick Ourmar Sissoko's awe-inspiring GENESIS retells the Biblical feud between brothers Esau and Jacob, of the house of Abraham. Based on the book of Genesis, chapters 33-37, this film examines the intersection of relgious devotion, rage, and greed. In the story&hellip…
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Paris Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
In England, Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde) is a married, successful lawyer--and a closet homosexual. Farr begins living in fear when a gang of murderers that killed his lover begin blackmailing him. The brave lawyer decides to track down the people who are out to get him, and seriously risks his marriage and his rising career in the process&hellip&hellip…
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Paris International Film Festival
Grand Prix(Nominee)
This fish caper involves a trio of criminals combining forces to make off with an expensive underwater creature. This unlikely threesome of a suave con artist, a brutal hit man, and a hapless idiot find themselves in deep water when their fish heist doesn't go off as planned. Yet someone is primed to make&hellip…
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Grand Prix
When Glasgow matriarch Mrs. Flynn passes away, her four adult children--Thomas, Michael, Sheila and John--gather at her home to mourn. Having prepared for the funeral in the morning, the four go to the pub for a drink. When Thomas, the eldest, performs his mother's favorite song karaoke-style and suddenly breaks down&hellip…
Peñíscola Comedy Film Festival
Best Screenplay
Best Film
Best Actress
Part of a series in which a German television station asked a number of directors to envision what they thought might happen on December 31, 1999, Miguel Albaladejo's film is a celebration of life in and around Madrid, Spain. The film is ostensibly about the efforts of a poor couple&hellip…
Polish Film Awards
Best Editing
Set in 17th century Poland, Jerzy Hoffman's audacious, epic film tells the story of the Cossack uprising against the Polish nobility. As fights rage, romances are sparked, adding even more drama to an already intense situation. Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, WITH FIRE AND SWORD features stunning set pieces&hellip…
Polish Film Festival
Jury Pize
Best Production Design
Set in 17th century Poland, Jerzy Hoffman's audacious, epic film tells the story of the Cossack uprising against the Polish nobility. As fights rage, romances are sparked, adding even more drama to an already intense situation. Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, WITH FIRE AND SWORD features&hellip…
Popcorn Film Festival
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
Netizen's Choice Award
Made for $30,000 by two young filmmakers from Florida, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wowed festival audiences for several months before finding distribution at the 1999 Sundance Festival. It is an ingenious creation which makes effective use of its lack of budget and cast of unknowns. The film is composed entirely&hellip…
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Quart Festival
Hal Hartley's deliciously droll comedy about the coming of the apocalypse stars Martin Donovan (HENRY FOOL) as Jesus Christ, who is sent back to Earth to set the end of the world in motion on December 31, 1999. However, upon arriving on Earth, Jesus, along with his assistant Magdalena (Harvey), is quickly filled with doubt about destroying&hellip&hellip…
Raindance Film Festival
Made for $30,000 by two young filmmakers from Florida, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wowed festival audiences for several months before finding distribution at the 1999 Sundance Festival. It is an ingenious creation which makes effective use of its lack of budget and cast of unknowns. The film is composed entirely of reportedly "found" footage&hellip&hellip…
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Reykjavik Film Festival
Todd Solondz's WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE follows the painful daily trials of Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), an awkward, nerdy 12-year-old. The middle child between her geeky older brother, Mark (Matthew Faber), and her sickeningly sweet little sister, Missy (Daria Kalinina), Dawn has a rough time with her family and everything&hellip&hellip…
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician; Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle)&hellip&hellip…
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Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his home grown supercomputer, Max stumbles&hellip&hellip…
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A surreal, absurd mix of politics, sex, fantasty, black comedy and brutality that has been widely hailed as one of the decade's most exhilerating cinematic efforts. During World War II, a pair of friends in the Serb resistance hide in an intricate cellar. Years later, the war is over but the lies and deceptions continue. Winner of the&hellip&hellip…
An elderly nomadic couple own a beautiful carpet (a Gabbeh) from which a young woman suddenly emerges. She tells the story of her clan, told through the carpet. A beautifully filmed look at life and love, winner of numerous film festival awards&hellip&hellip…
Director Emir Kusturica is known outside of his native Bosnia for films such as ARIZONA DREAM, UNDERGROUND and BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT. This early example of his work was shot in his home country in the early 1980s (when it was still known as Yugoslavia), is set in the 1960s, and follows the fortunes of a young man named Dino (Slavko Stimac)&hellip&hellip…
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story that shows the way the tango is woven into the very fabric&hellip&hellip…
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A fresh and vibrant look at Gypsy culture, seen through the eyes of a conflicted Frenchman who allows himself to embrace the freedom of a unique way of life&hellip&hellip…
Russian Guild of Film Critics
Golden Aries-Best Foreign Actor
A tough ex-cop is troubled by his ill wife and his partner, who was shot on duty. He proceeds to confront his demons in a bloody rampage, doing whatever is necessary to help those he loves. A simultaneously tender and violent masterwork from Takeshi, one of Japan's most popular entertainers&hellip&hellip…
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Script
The year is 1942, the location a spectacular fortress which stretches beyond the heavens. Eva Braun (Elena Rufanova) is Hitler's wife, and this is a brave stab at portraying the workings of the Fuhrer's inner circle. Braun's behavior was often as tempestuous as&hellip…
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
SDFCS Award, Best Foreign Language Film
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story that shows&hellip…
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San Francisco International Film Festival
Golden Spire - Television History
An extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary man, Werner Herzog's LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY details the life of Dieter Dengler, a survivor of both WWII and Vietnam. Dengler grew up in Germany, and, dreaming of one day flying a plane, left for the US when he was 18, unable to speak English&hellip…
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San Sebastián International Film Festival
Golden Seashell(Nominee)
OCIC Award
Silver Seashell, Best Director
This festival favorite from China tells the touching story of a father whose oldest son leaves him. He remains in Beijing, raising his retarded son and running the local bathhouse. When the elder son mistakenly hears that his father has passed away, he&hellip…
FIPRESCI Film of the Year
Spanish director Pedro Almodvar's tender, intelligent drama follows the emotional journey of Manuela, an organ transplant coordinator who scours the back alleys and gutters of Barcelona in search of her errant ex-husband (a half-transsexual prostitute named Lola), saddled with the devastating news that&hellip…
Sant Jordi Awards
Best Spanish Actress
Part of a series in which a German television station asked a number of directors to envision what they thought might happen on December 31, 1999, Miguel Albaladejo's film is a celebration of life in and around Madrid, Spain. The film is ostensibly about the efforts of a poor couple, the pregnant Paloma and&hellip…
Sarajevo Film Festival
An insistent cataloguer of the innumerable manifestations of everyday insanity and the absurdity of "normal," mundane existence, Ulrich Seidl blends the techniques of documentary and narrative filmmaking to create unique exposes of the illusions, self-deception, and cultural complacency of the Austrian middle class. In MODELS, Seidl examines&hellip&hellip…
Regional Program Jury Award
Petr Lutsik's audacious political thriller is set in a troubled Russia, where criminals lurk around every corner. After a group of men discover that their land has been callously stolen from them, they embark on a dramatic journey throughout the sprawling rural and urban landscapes. Dramatic, moving&hellip…
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Savannah Film and Video Festival
Best Documentary
Set in the precarious surrounding of South Central, Los Angeles, COLORS STRAIGHT UP is a documentary that explores the lives of children who have managed to escape slipping into a life of crime via their commitments to various artistic endeavors. An organization called Colors United helps foster these burgeoning&hellip…
Seattle International Film Festival
Pinki and Kraut are a pair of Serb teenagers who begin as simple petty thieves and work their way up into the heart of the Yugoslav underworld. As war surrounds them in Bosnia, the boys become increasingly callous and violent, ultimately overthrowing their mentor, a powerful black marketer, before turning on each other. A savage and powerful&hellip&hellip…
Singapore International Film Festival
Silver Screen Award, Best Actress
Silver Screen Award, Best Asian Director
Silver Screen Award, Best Asian Feature Film
Part of the 2000 SEEN BY... series in which six directors filmed their vision of the night of December 31, 1999, Tsai Ming-Liang's film follows the activities of the two lone inhabitants, a man and a&hellip…
Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold(Nominee)
A trio of stories adapted by Irvine Welsh (TRAINSPOTTING) from his collection of stories of the same name, THE ACID HOUSE is an absurd and brutal look at life through the eyes of one of the most prominent Scottish authors of the 1990s. The film begins with "The Granton Star&hellip…
Best Film
Best Visual Effects
Exactly one week after staying at a remote cabin, a group of Japanese teenagers all meet sudden inexplicable deaths. A cousin of one of the victims, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), begins an investigation that leads to the discovery of a videotape containing hauntingly bizarre footage&hellip…
Special Mention
Best Film(Nominee)
Made for $30,000 by two young filmmakers from Florida, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wowed festival audiences for several months before finding distribution at the 1999 Sundance Festival. It is an ingenious creation which makes effective use of its lack of budget and cast of unknowns. The film&hellip…
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Slamdance Film Festival
Slamdance presents a 10th Anniversary collection featuring short films from 1999 to 2003&hellip…
Spanish Actors Union
Newcomer Award(Nominee)
Newcomer Award
A struggling rock band looks to break out of the local Madrid scene and gain real popularity. The members of the band are at odds with one another when their dreams begin to come into view. Some of the members disapprove of the urban poet label the local critics have given them. Other&hellip…
Stoney Brook Film Festival
Juried Silver Award for Best Picture
This ensemble dramedy follows a weekend reunion between a group of nine friends. From a news reporter to a sexy model to a stockbroker, each individual has their own inner demons to contend with. As the weekend unravels, so too do the friends, unleashing a flurry of hilariously dark episodes&hellip…
Sundance Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary(Nominee)
This acclaimed documentary tracks the tumultuous life and career of powerhouse classical violinist, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. Eccentric, wild, and unorthodox are just a few of the adjectives that have been used to describe this "bad girl" performer. Though audiences seem divided over Salerno-Sonnenberg's&hellip…
BEVERLY HILLS 90210 star Kathleen Robertson plays Veronica, a young woman who suddenly kickstarts her love life by falling for the awkward but astute Abel (Shaech), a budding Rock critic. There's only one problem: Zed (Keeslar), a daft but virile drummer who Veronica meets on the same night, proves equally enticing. The three decide to&hellip&hellip…
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary(Nominee)
Filmmakers Trophy, Documentary
With its massive set designs and 17-hour running time, Richard Wagner's RING CYCLE makes for the most daunting production an opera house can stage. Jon Else's award-winning documentary SING FASTER chronicles the San Francisco Opera's production of Wagner's&hellip…
Over the course of 40 years, avant-garde film legend Stan Brakhage made nearly 400 films. Using experimental techniques of his own creation and no sound, he changed the both way we think about film and what we expect from light passing through celluloid. From "Window Water Baby Moving" (1958) to later works, such as "Dante's Quartet"&hellip&hellip…
Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic(Nominee)
Filmmakers Trophy-Dramatic
Mary Jo Walker (Janet McTeer) is a Southern mother who hides her self-consciousness by overcompensating. She drinks, wears revealing outfits, and says things that other people would never even consider. Fleeing her latest abusive relationship, she and her daughter&hellip…
Director's Award
Grand Jury Prize(Nominee)
A sensitive glimpse into the lives of several Babylon, Long Island residents that takes place on the second day of school. Thirty-year-old David Gold (Harnick) has moved back home with his parents after failing to become a successful Hollywood director. He mopes around the house apathetically&hellip…
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…
Special Jury Prize, Latin America Cinema
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search&hellip…
Made for $30,000 by two young filmmakers from Florida, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wowed festival audiences for several months before finding distribution at the 1999 Sundance Festival. It is an ingenious creation which makes effective use of its lack of budget and cast of unknowns. The film is composed entirely of reportedly "found" footage&hellip&hellip…
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Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Young Benoit learns about life very quickly from his uncle Antoine who serves as everything from notary and shopkeeper to undertaker in this depressed region of Canada's backwoods&hellip&hellip…
Avant-garde animator Jan Svankmajer uses Claymation and live action to render a surrealistic, modern-day treatment of the Faust legend. This surreal take on Goethe's classic parable tells the story of the unwitting Faust, who agrees to surrender his soul to Satan if the cunning evil spirit can promise 24 years of epicurean life in return&hellip&hellip…
A two-part documentary chronicling the development of noted dissident Noam Chomsky and his dissection of the media and its often deceptive role in modern culture. Features appearances by such journalists and critics as William F. Buckley, Jr., Bill Moyers, and Peter Jennings&hellip&hellip…
An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his ill-kempt studio by Dyer&hellip&hellip…
Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION) and Daniela Thomas co-directed this crime drama about expatriate Brazilians who get mixed up in the Lisbon underworld. Paco (Pinto), a young Brazilian looking for a way to get to Spain, is offered a job as a courier to Lisbon by Igor, a black market dealer who assures him that when he gets to Lisbon he'll&hellip&hellip…
A stunningly original take on the traditional serial killer film, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's CURE follows the determined and tortured trail of detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho) as he races against time and logic to solve a baffling string of gruesome, unexplained murders. As the corpses accumulate, the only connection between the crimes is the&hellip&hellip…
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Writer/director/actor McKellar's take on the always intriguing "end of the world" concept is a thoughtful, engaging effort that uses dialogue instead of action to discuss this premise intellectually. The inhabitants of a Canadian city quietly accept the news that the world is going to end at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, 2000&hellip&hellip…
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A story about a seven remarkable older women who find themselves stranded in a remote location. Forced to share an abandoned cabin and work together for survival, they turn their escapade into a truly magical adventure&hellip&hellip…
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother; and Julia is a saintly, but&hellip…
An amazing documentary about an incredible woman, this film traces Leni Riefenstahl's life from her beginnings as a German action movie starlet through her career as film director on such Nazi epics as "Triumph of the Will" and "Olympia" and beyond. The 91-year-old subject, hailed as the greatest woman filmmaker ever, remains fiercely&hellip&hellip…
A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and enter a fantastical dream world. Adrift in these daydreams, the Anton (Denis Lavant) finds Eva (Chulpan Hamatova), a beautiful woman who has&hellip&hellip…
Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While Darren becomes involved with a libidinous&hellip&hellip…
Telluride Film Festival
In 1922 France, the writer Marcel Proust is on his deathbed, scenes from the past flashing before his eyes. But what he is remembering is not his own life; he has become the narrator in a past filled with the characters and places of his fictional world. Director and cowriter Raoul Ruiz has fashioned a multilayered, complex, nonlinear&hellip&hellip…
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Golden Alexander
This festival favorite from China tells the touching story of a father whose oldest son leaves him. He remains in Beijing, raising his retarded son and running the local bathhouse. When the elder son mistakenly hears that his father has passed away, he returns to Beijing, only to discover the extreme relevance&hellip…
Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Mystery writer Tucker Harding finds herself suddenly yanked out of her life in 1953 and transported to the year 1997 by an old lover who has discovered the secret to time travel and hopes to get Tucker's help in changing the future. As Tucker explores the strange future and gets to know a fellow struggling writer, she must escape shadowy&hellip&hellip…
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When Glasgow matriarch Mrs. Flynn passes away, her four adult children--Thomas, Michael, Sheila and John--gather at her home to mourn. Having prepared for the funeral in the morning, the four go to the pub for a drink. When Thomas, the eldest, performs his mother's favorite song karaoke-style and suddenly breaks down crying, Duncan, a&hellip&hellip…
When Marie's maudlin boyfriend Paul refuses to engage in sexual relations, she is forced to search for intimacy beyond the bounds of traditional sexual limitations--a journey that proves to be both fulfilling and empowering&hellip&hellip…
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The title means discontented boredom in French, and it is the peculiar ailment of Martin, a very unhappy philosophy professor. When he picks up the tab at a bar for a poor artist and receives a painting for his troubles, it leads to a relationship with one of the artist's models -- a 17 year old beauty named Cecilia. Soon, the two are&hellip&hellip…
Tokyo International Film Festival
The story of an individual who is born and raised on a ship, learning about people and the outside world through interactions with the ship's rotating passengers, THE LEGEND OF 1900 comes from director Guiseppe Tornatore. When a deckhand, Boodman (Bill Nunn), discovers a newborn baby on January 1, 1900, he Christens him Danny Boodman&hellip&hellip…
Asian Film Award - Special Mention
In the second installment of the DEAD OR ALIVE trilogy, Takashi Miike references the namesake film, but presents a very different film. While still loaded with indiscriminate violence and black comedy, DEAD OR ALIVE 2 becomes a bit more sentimental. Sho Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi return to play&hellip…
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Asian Film Award
After a rapid-fire montage of two groups of gangsters, one Japanese, the other ethnic Chinese, killing each other and everybody else on screen, DEAD OR ALIVE's story begins when a police officer announces, "Round up everybody who looks (suspicious), even if they aren't Chinese." The Chinese have been living in&hellip…
Mak is a drifter who returns to his wife, Nak, from war. Before long Mak begins to realize that his wife and son are not quite as they appear to be, and he gradually becomes aware of the painful truth. A haunting ghost story based on a Thai legend, with a unique style and look. Winner of four awards at the Pan Asia Film Festival including&hellip&hellip…
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Best Director
With THE LIMEY, director Steven Soderbergh has crafted a stylish revenge thriller that also contains a refreshing sense of humor. Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con, travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death, which he is convinced was not accidental. After meeting Ed (Luis Guzmán)&hellip…
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Toronto International Film Festival
BEVERLY HILLS 90210 star Kathleen Robertson plays Veronica, a young woman who suddenly kickstarts her love life by falling for the awkward but astute Abel (Shaech), a budding Rock critic. There's only one problem: Zed (Keeslar), a daft but virile drummer who Veronica meets on the same night, proves equally enticing. The three decide to&hellip&hellip…
The Taiwanese romantic comedy THE PERSONALS follows the often hilarious, sometimes sad meetings that a pretty young woman has with the men who respond to the ad that she placed in the personals section of the newspaper. Du Jiazhen (Rene Liu), the woman, is a young eye doctor on a mission to find a husband. After spontaneously putting&hellip&hellip…
A soft and hypnotic theme song sets the mood for this atmospheric thriller, which could take place anywhere (the feel is European, though it is actually set in Brooklyn) at anytime (the style of dress is 1940s, though the film was made in 1999). The camera moves slowly and deceptively, communicating the protagonist's furtive intentions&hellip&hellip…
Best Canadian First Feature Film(Special Jury Congratulation)
In mid-1970s New Waterford on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, an 18-year-old girl without a child is rather unusual--and 15-year-old Mooney Pottie (Liane Balaban, in an auspicious debut) is feeling suppressed by the small-mindedness that surrounds her. Seen as freakish by&hellip…
FIPRESCI Prize
This festival favorite from China tells the touching story of a father whose oldest son leaves him. He remains in Beijing, raising his retarded son and running the local bathhouse. When the elder son mistakenly hears that his father has passed away, he returns to Beijing, only to discover the extreme relevance of&hellip…
With THE LIMEY, director Steven Soderbergh has crafted a stylish revenge thriller that also contains a refreshing sense of humor. Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con, travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death, which he is convinced was not accidental. After meeting Ed (Luis Guzmán), a friend of his daughter's&hellip&hellip…
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PRAISE tells the bizarre, erotic tale of two down-on-their-luck individuals whose passionate affair threatens to save--or destroy--both their lives. Gordon (Peter Fenton) is an apathetic, chain-smoking asthmatic living in a grubby apartment in Brisbane. When he meets Cynthia (Sacha Horler), who suffers from eczema, the two begin to have&hellip&hellip…
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Inspiring true story follows the epic life of Father Damien (Wenham), a legendary Belgian priest who dedicated his life (quite literally) to the care and spiritual guidance of a doomed Hawaiian leper colony during the late 1800s. Faced with appallingly daunting conditions - symptoms ignored, food stolen from the sick, the weak forced&hellip&hellip…
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The story of an individual who is born and raised on a ship, learning about people and the outside world through interactions with the ship's rotating passengers, THE LEGEND OF 1900 comes from director Guiseppe Tornatore. When a deckhand, Boodman (Bill Nunn), discovers a newborn baby on January 1, 1900, he Christens him Danny Boodman&hellip&hellip…
Mary Jo Walker (Janet McTeer) is a Southern mother who hides her self-consciousness by overcompensating. She drinks, wears revealing outfits, and says things that other people would never even consider. Fleeing her latest abusive relationship, she and her daughter, twelve-year-old Ava (Kimberly Brown), head out west. They eventually settle&hellip…
In Takeshi Kitano's KIKUJIRO, the actor/writer/director (billed as "Beat Takeshi") portrays the brash, mischievous title character, a middle-aged man living with his wife in Tokyo. When Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi), a sullen neighborhood boy, embarks on a quest to find his estranged mother, Kikujiro's wife instructs him to accompany the child&hellip&hellip…
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This unique film from director Craig Baldwin is deftly created from a bunch of found footage. Set in 2007, it tells the tale of a lethal weapon that has been invented, presenting the chance for the ruling elite to erase people's minds. Baldwin utilizes a voiceover to allow a coherent plot to unfold over the impressive visual collage&hellip&hellip…
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A sensitive glimpse into the lives of several Babylon, Long Island residents that takes place on the second day of school. Thirty-year-old David Gold (Harnick) has moved back home with his parents after failing to become a successful Hollywood director. He mopes around the house apathetically and spends his afternoons wandering the streets&hellip&hellip…
This jaw-dropping documentary takes an experimental approach in its presentation of footage from the 1961 trial of SS colonel Adolf Eichman, a German efficiency "specialist" in charge of transportation of Jews to concentration camps during World War II. After Israeli agents finally caught up with Eichman in South America in 1960, they&hellip&hellip…
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara&hellip&hellip…
The Gulf War provides the background for an unlikely romance in this 1999 Israeli film that won 10 national awards. Yana (Evelyne Kaplun), pregnant and in debt, is being left by her husband. When Saddam Hussein releases poison gas missile, Yana is forced to remain in her apartment with Eli (Nir Levy), a wedding photographer who is easily&hellip&hellip…
Early 20th Century Italy saw many of its residents moving from the countryside to the cities. Staying in in their country mansion are Mori (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), a wealthy professor who runs a sanitarium, and his young wife Vittoria (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi). Vittoria struggles with depression during a pregnancy and when her baby is born&hellip&hellip…
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When Janice Beard (Eileen Walsh) was born, her father died of a heart attack during the birth, causing her mother to fall into a 23-year depression. After graduating school, inexperienced young Janice jumps into the work force, determined to earn enough money for her mother's treatment. She takes a job as a secretary for a London automobile&hellip&hellip…
In GOYA IN BORDEAUX Carlos Saura tells the life story of the 18th Century Spanish painter Francisco de Goya. Actually, working with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, he attempts to "paint" the story. Elaborately staged and beautifully photographed recreations of Goya's canvases come to life as Goya (Francisco Rabal), lying on his death&hellip&hellip…
This artistic black-and-white film unfolds in two parts, each in a different construction site in Argentina. The first half of the movie takes place on the rooftop of a tall city building where a gigantic mechanical crane gracefully skims the skyline. The second site, 300 kilometers away from the first, is alongside a barren, dusty road&hellip&hellip…
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It is caravan time in Dolpo, high in the Himalayas of Nepal. The villagers must trek for days across the mountains with laden yaks to trade their salt for grain. But when Karma (Gurgon Kyap) returns to the village with the body of Lhakpa, leader of the caravan and son of the old chief Tinle (Thinlen Lhondup), the new chief blames Karma&hellip&hellip…
The year is 1942, the location a spectacular fortress which stretches beyond the heavens. Eva Braun (Elena Rufanova) is Hitler's wife, and this is a brave stab at portraying the workings of the Fuhrer's inner circle. Braun's behavior was often as tempestuous as that of the Nazi leader himself, making this a fascinating study of their&hellip…
When Marie's maudlin boyfriend Paul refuses to engage in sexual relations, she is forced to search for intimacy beyond the bounds of traditional sexual limitations--a journey that proves to be both fulfilling and empowering&hellip&hellip…
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THE JAUNDICED EYE is an investigative documentary that traces the painful appeal of a Michigan man, Melvin Matthews, who served ten years prison time for supposedly abusing his son. As the film unfolds, we learn that his wife was shattered to discover that after divorcing her, he came out as a homosexual. The resulting battle challenges&hellip&hellip…
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A dramatic Chinese thriller with the feel of Hollywood film noir, SO CLOSE TO PARADISE follows two friends heading in opposite directions. One settles in a manual labor job on the docks. The other wants more and begins running with an organized crime unit. The gangster falls for a lounge singer he has kidnapped and finds himself in trouble&hellip&hellip…
Set in the middle of poverty-stricken Ecuador, RATAS, RATONES, RATEROS is the story of Salvador, a young thief who gets involved deeper in crime thanks to his cousin Angel, an ex-convict. Salvador looks for an easier life with Angel, but all he finds is destruction and pain. This feature film is the debut of Sebastian Cordero, a fresh&hellip&hellip…
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From Kino's KimStim Collection: A dalliance between the son of a wealthy businessman and a female reporter investigating corruption linked to his parents lands the pair in a whole lot of trouble in this moving drama from director Youssef Chahine. Chahine is highly regarded in filmic circles, and has picked up a Cannes Lifetime Achievement&hellip&hellip…
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Uruguay International Film Festival
First Work Award
OCIC Award
The holocaust continues to cast a dark shadow over humankind and the Jewish community in particular. Emmanuel Finkiel's VOYAGES pays eloquent respect to the survivors of the atrocities by weaving a stirring narrative around three women who managed to escape Hitler and his henchmen with their lives&hellip…
Valladolid International Film Festival
Golden Spike(Nominee)
FIPRESCI Prize
Best Actor
In Takeshi Kitano's KIKUJIRO, the actor/writer/director (billed as "Beat Takeshi") portrays the brash, mischievous title character, a middle-aged man living with his wife in Tokyo. When Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi), a sullen neighborhood boy, embarks on a quest to find his estranged&hellip…
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Silver Spike
Golden Spike(Nominee)
Tim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray&hellip…
Golden Spike(Nominee)
This artistic black-and-white film unfolds in two parts, each in a different construction site in Argentina. The first half of the movie takes place on the rooftop of a tall city building where a gigantic mechanical crane gracefully skims the skyline. The second site, 300 kilometers away from the first, is&hellip…
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Best Documentary, 2nd Place
Between 1976 and 1983, a fierce "dirty war" raged in Argentina. The brutal government tortured and murdered thousands upon thousands of citizens, and their children were relocated to right-wing foster homes. In this inspiring documentary, David Blaustein pays tribute to the mothers and grandmothers&hellip…
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Vancouver International Film Festival
This unique film from director Craig Baldwin is deftly created from a bunch of found footage. Set in 2007, it tells the tale of a lethal weapon that has been invented, presenting the chance for the ruling elite to erase people's minds. Baldwin utilizes a voiceover to allow a coherent plot to unfold over the impressive visual collage&hellip&hellip…
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Venice International Film Festival
Anicaflash Prize
'Cult Network Italia' Prize
This artistic black-and-white film unfolds in two parts, each in a different construction site in Argentina. The first half of the movie takes place on the rooftop of a tall city building where a gigantic mechanical crane gracefully skims the skyline. The second site, 300 kilometers&hellip…
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Children and Cinema Award
OCIC Special Award
Golden Lion(Nominee)
Special Director's Award
Pasinetti Award(Special Mention)
Sergio Trasatti Award(Special Mention)
Living together in a claustrophobic home in a rundown part of Tianjin, China, stepsisters Tao Lan (Lin Liu) and Yu Xiaoquin (Yun Li) are forced to&hellip…
Set in the middle of poverty-stricken Ecuador, RATAS, RATONES, RATEROS is the story of Salvador, a young thief who gets involved deeper in crime thanks to his cousin Angel, an ex-convict. Salvador looks for an easier life with Angel, but all he finds is destruction and pain. This feature film is the debut of Sebastian Cordero, a fresh&hellip&hellip…
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Verzaubert Queer International Film Festival
Rosebud, Best Feature(Nominee)
British writer-director Brian Skeet's (THE MISADVENTURES OF MARGARET) second feature is a mixture between LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! and THE BIG CHILL, and is based on Peter Cameron's novel of the same name. Marian (Deborah Kara Unger) and John Kerr (Jared Harris) are expecting an old friend, Lyle&hellip…
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Rosebud, Best Film(Nominee)
Rose Troche's (GO FISH) second film delivers a sly, sophisticated examination of love amongst young urbanites--in all of its unexpected forms and permutations. At the center of this comedic affair are roommates Leo (McKidd) and Darren (Hollander), two young Londoners struggling to find Mr. Right. While&hellip…
Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival
A story about a seven remarkable older women who find themselves stranded in a remote location. Forced to share an abandoned cabin and work together for survival, they turn their escapade into a truly magical adventure&hellip&hellip…
Vienna International Film Festival
Reader Jury of the "Standard"(Honorable Mention)
Living together in a claustrophobic home in a rundown part of Tianjin, China, stepsisters Tao Lan (Lin Liu) and Yu Xiaoquin (Yun Li) are forced to share everything, yet they couldn't have less in common. Tao Lan is a free spirit who is proud of her working-class roots&hellip…
Viennale
FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention
The holocaust continues to cast a dark shadow over humankind and the Jewish community in particular. Emmanuel Finkiel's VOYAGES pays eloquent respect to the survivors of the atrocities by weaving a stirring narrative around three women who managed to escape Hitler and his henchmen with their lives&hellip…
Viña del Mar Film Festival
Grand Paoa
The dawning of a new millennium is the backdrop for this chaotic Cuban comedy interweaving the diverse lives of three Havana residents. Marianna is a beautiful dancer with strong sexual urges who must suppress her desires in preparation for a new ballet; Eilipido is an orphaned boy in search of his mother; and Julia&hellip…
Warsaw International Film Festival
Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he realizes. From Mohsen Makhmalbaf, acclaimed Iranian director, THE SILENCE is a fascinating look&hellip&hellip…
Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival
Certificate of Excellence, Best Editing(Nominee)
Certificate of Excellence, Best Actor(Nominee)
Audience Award, Feature Film
Autumn in New York. Alone and on the rebound, Sam finds solace in the arms of Anna, a stranger who draws him away from his friends and into a web of addiction and madness. Winner of the 1997 Independent&hellip…
Wine Country Film Festival
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected places&hellip…
WorldFest: Houston International Film Festival
Bronze Award
Love Story is an animated drama, short and funny, about the separation of Love and Sex, with a happy ending. Filmmaker's Note: It was 1998, I had been in New York for three long years, and had made no films during this time. I was very frustrated. Creative juices were overflowing me spilling off in the most unexpected…
Young Artist Awards
Best Supporting Young Actor(Nominee)
Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-A-Fire are brought together by Victor's father who saves Thomas from a fire that destroys his house and kills his parents. In close proximity all their lives on the Coeur D'Alene Indian reservation in Idaho, the boys could not be more different. Victor is the&hellip…
