Israeli Gay Drama Wins Award at Palm Springs Festival

Teens go wild in Ruben Östlund’s Involuntary; gay love set against a background of religious ardor in Haim Tabakman’s Eyes Wide Open

Swedish Blockbuster THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Wins at Palm Springs Festival
Another winner at the 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival was Ruben Östlund’s Involuntary, Sweden’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The quirky film set during the Swedish summer season received the FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year. Other FIPRESCI winners were best actor Tedo Bekhauri for The Other Bank (Georgia/Kazakhstan), directed by George Ovashvili, and best actress Anne Dorval for I Killed My Mother (Canada), directed by Xavier Dolan.
The John Schlesinger Award for [...]

by Anna Robinson | January 21, 2010   
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Oscar 2010: Early Predictions – Best Foreign Language Film

Best Foreign Language Film

Baaria, Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy)
An autobiographical tale set in the director’s Sicilian hometown

Forever Enthralled, Chen Kaige (China)
Biopic chronicling the life of Mei Lanfang, China’s greatest opera star.

I Killed My Mother, Xavier Dolan (Canada)
A young gay man has some serious issues with his mother.

A Prophet, Jacques Audiard (France)
Prison drama in which a young hood learns what it takes to reach the top of that small (and nasty) world.

The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke (Germany)
As a prelude to both World War I and World War II, a German village unexpectedly becomes the setting of numerous acts of cruelty.

Quality (much like fairness) is in the brain of the judge. (Of course, if we’re lucky enough to have a judge [...]

by Andre Soares | October 18, 2009   
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