2017 Films
The 30th European Film Awards, celebrated - as every second year - in Berlin, saw a big Swedish success with THE SQUARE (Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark) taking home six of the awards: European Film as well as Comedy, Director and Screenwriter for Ruben Östlund, Actor for Claes Bang and Production Designer for Josefin Åsberg.
European Actress went to the Hungarian actress Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL by Ildikó Enyedi while LADY MACBETH by British director William Oldroyd won European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI. LOVING VINCENT (Poland, UK) by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman won European Animated Feature Film and COMMUNION (Poland) by Anna Zamecka won European Documentary.
Other awards went to LOVELESS (Michail Krichman, Cinematograper and Evgueni & Sacha Galperine, Composers), 120 BEATS PER MINUTE (Robin Campillo, Editor), SPOOR (Katarzyna Lewińska, Costume Designer) and A MONSTER CALLS (Oriol Tarragó, Sound Designer).
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WEST OF THE JORDAN RIVER
Amos Gitai (RABIN, FREE ZONE) returns to the occupied territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary FIELD DIARY. WEST OF THE JORDAN RIVER describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of occupation. Gitai's film shows the hum...
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WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN
Outside a maternity ward, a Roma family is announced their underage daughter has just had a baby girl. Pardică (50) doesn’t seem to celebrate the moment; he is very displeased with this early pregnancy, for which he blames his wife. However, things become even tenser when a hospital employee asks...
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YOUNG MEN AT THEIR WINDOW
Two graphic designers at work, by mistake, start playing with an empty scanner's possibilities. They venture into assumptions, eventually open up to each other, and let go of the strange images, until they let go of themselves.
Direction: Loukianos Moshonas
Script: Loukianos Moshonas
Productio...
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YOU WILL BE FINE
Give it time. You'll get over it. Jean celebrates his birthday, gets drunk and recalls the dreadful weekend that led to his break-up with Mathilde.
Direction: Céline Devaux
Script: Céline Devaux
Production: Ron Dyens, Ron Dyens
Cinematography: Paul Guilhaume
Editing: Raphaëlle Martin-Holger
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