Tag: Cannes
Tarik Saleh – wants to “drill into the real”
Tarik Saleh has been acclaimed for his films and they have taken him to the world. At the Cannes Film Festival last summer, his “Boy from Heaven” won the award for best screenplay, which is “hard to top”, according to himself. But now he has a chance to win at another French film gala, having […]
The monstrous beauty of Iceland in the film “Godland” by Hlynur Pálmason
A young Danish pastor is sent on a mission to build a church and create a community in Iceland. This is how the film “Godland” by Hlynur Pálmason (creator of, among others, “Winter Brothers” and “White, White Day”) begins. Godland premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The audience gave him a standing ovation, and critics […]
The monstrous beauty of Iceland in the film “Godland” by Hlynur Pálmason
A young Danish pastor is sent on a mission to build a church and create a community in Iceland. This is how the film “Godland” by Hlynur Pálmason (creator of, among others, “Winter Brothers” and “White, White Day”) begins. Godland premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The audience gave him a standing ovation, and critics […]
Postcard from Cannes # 9: Place your bets
It has been a whirlwind two weeks at the Cannes Film Festival 2022, where dreams definitely came true for some at the awards ceremony on Saturday night. When the names of the winners were read out, those who saw the films shouted for joy, while others sighed, disappointed not to have placed the “winning bet”. […]
Postcards from Cannes # 9: Place your bets
It has been a whirlwind two weeks at the Cannes Film Festival 2022, where dreams definitely came true for some at the awards ceremony on Saturday night. When the names of the winners were read out, those who saw the films shouted for joy, while others sighed, disappointed not to have placed the “winning bet”. […]
75th Cannes Film Festival: Ruben Ostlund removes second Palme d’Or with “Triangle of Sadness”
Cannes [France]May 29 (ANI): The 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday gave away the Palme d’Or for best film to Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness”, a broad, fierce satire on modern capitalism. This will be Österlund’s second Palm win after “The Square” 2017. The film revolves around models, millionaires and their various trophy […]
Triangle of Sadness wins Palm d’Or at Cannes
PARIS, May 28 (Xinhua) – Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s film Triangle of Sadness won the Palme d’Or, highest award at the 75th Cannes Film Festival this Saturday. Triangle of Sadness is a movie where a couple, invited to a luxury cruise with super-rich passengers, ended up on a desert island after a storm. The hierarchy […]
Cannes 2022: Woody Harrelson’s “Triangle of Sadness” receives eight minutes of standing ovations
Washington [US]May 24 (ANI): Hollywood star Woody Harrelson’s latest film, “Triangle of Sadness”, recently received an impressive eight-minute standing ovation at the ongoing 75th Cannes Film Festival. Variety reported that the overwhelming response topped the reception of any other film at the festival to date, including Tom Cruise’s lead actor “Top Gun: Maverick.” ‘Triangle of […]
Division No. 6 does not qualify for Oscars
Finnish director Juho Kuosmasen Title No. 6 has not been nominated for an Oscar. The film was chosen as the best international feature film in Finland, and it was in December, among other 15 proposals. The final list of nominees for this year’s best international feature film was released on Tuesday and Title No. 6 […]
finnish film "Title No. 6" gets on the Oscar list
Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen‘s Title No. 6 is a step closer to an Oscar nomination. Selected as the best international feature film in Finland, the film was released on Tuesday among 15 films in the series. However, Somali Oscar nominee Guled & Nasra did not make the list. The Somali film, shot in Djibouti, was […]
Two Finnish-produced films chase the Oscar dream
Two Finnish productions will compete for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film of 2022. Finnish Oscar jury selected Title No. 6, directed by Juho Kuosmanen, as the country’s candidate for the category in October, and the U.S. Motion Picture Academy has approved the film Wife of a grave digger (known in Finnish as Guled […]
The list of Finlandia literary awards was published, half of the candidates are previous winners
The six nominees for the Fiction Finlandia award were announced on Thursday. A three-member jury selected the finalists from about 200 books. There are first-timers on the list Joel Elstelä, Marjo Niemi and Matias Riikonen, along with previous winners Rosa Liksom, Pirkko Saisio and Jukka Viikilä. The best known of these is probably Liksom, who […]
The film Dýrið will be Iceland’s candidate for an Oscar in 2022
As reported by RÚV, the Icelandic Film and Television Academy selected Dýrið as Iceland’s candidate for the Oscars in 2022. The film has already won two nominations and one award at Cannes and is already the highest-grossing Icelandic film to be shown in the United States. The film is directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who wrote […]
Finland selects Title No. 6 as an Oscar nominee
The Finnish Oscar jury has chosen Title No. 6 as the country’s candidate for best international film. The Juho Kuosmanen-guided movie stars Seidi Harla and Yuri Borisov, and it mostly occurs inside the sleeping area of ​​a moving train. Harla’s Finnish student meets miner Borisov’s train when he arrives in the Arctic. The Oscar jury, […]
New Norwegian films you should see this autumn
There is no doubt that the last year and a half has led to several film and series recordings being put on pause. Fortunately, the wait is finally over, because you can look forward to as many as 14 Norwegian films in cinemas this autumn. It may not be all the movies that will appeal […]
Denmark opens for travel to Crete and Nice
This means that travel to the areas is no longer discouraged, and that there is also no requirement for isolation on return. Crete in particular is becoming popular with Danes, says Mikkel Hansen, press manager at TUI Denmark. – The destination that will be particularly interesting for Danish travelers is without a doubt Crete. Crete […]
Eternal Queen of Camp turns 75 years old
For the same reason, she is an icon among gays, where her visual shows and wild costumes have aroused enthusiasm throughout a nearly 60-year career. In addition to more than 1,000 concerts, she has for long periods been a fixture at Las Vegas & apos; scenes. And Cher fits Vegas well. Colored and wild too […]
A completely different Coppola than just his father’s daughter
Since then, director Francis Ford Coppola’s monumental fame from the “Godfather trilogy” and “Doomsday Now” hit her with insinuations of nepotism as she herself went the directing route. Before that, she had starred in seven of her father’s films. Most recently as an 18-year-old in “Godfather III”, where her efforts received so little publicity that […]
From Iceland – William Hurt Acting in GrÃmur Hákonarson’s new film
Hollywood stars take part in the cast of director GrÃma Hákonarson’s new film The fence, according to news from the American film news site Deadline for submission. The film, starring Miles Teller (Whiplash), Shailene Woodley (Golden Globe nominee) and Oscar winner William Hurt (Kiss Of The Spider Woman, A History of Violence), is a political […]
Three Danish films have been chosen for the Oscar nomination
“An ordinary family”, “Druk” and “Shorta” have been chosen for the race for a Danish nomination for an Oscar nomination. This is stated by the Danish Film Institute on Monday. The three films are vying to become the Danish film to be nominated as the Danish bid for an Oscar nomination in the category Best […]