This year, the jury of the First Feature Competition has decided to hand out two Special Jury Prizes, the first of which was given to the Croatian director Filip Heraković for his film “Pelican”. The second went to Siddharth Chauhan’s “Amar Colony” ‘for originality of vision’. In their statement, the jury comprising of Sebastian Meise, Pippa Cross, Therese Malvar, Jean des Forêts, and Michael Idov explained their decision with the following words: “This film delighted us with a bold and innovative presentation of a small town community whose frank sensuality and unabashed pursuit of urges, both human and divine, are set against the resonant backdrop of a culturally rich and deeply personal setting. The director daringly takes us by the hand and leads us on a journey to his world, introducing us to his characters and their lives with affection and often with humor.”
Siddharth Chauhan takes...
Siddharth Chauhan takes...
- 12/8/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
German actor Udo Kier to receive lifetime achievement award.
Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 11-27) has unveiled the full line-up of its 2022 edition and revealed it will open with Leon Prudovsky’s My Neighbor Adolf.
My Neighbor Adolf will also launch this year’s 15-film country focus on Israel. The English-language drama, which premiered at Locarno, is set in 1960s Colombia where a Holocaust survivor becomes convinced his new neighbour, played by Udo Kier, is Adolf Hitler. German actor Kier was today announced as the recipient of Tallinn’s lifetime achievement award, the first of three the...
Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 11-27) has unveiled the full line-up of its 2022 edition and revealed it will open with Leon Prudovsky’s My Neighbor Adolf.
My Neighbor Adolf will also launch this year’s 15-film country focus on Israel. The English-language drama, which premiered at Locarno, is set in 1960s Colombia where a Holocaust survivor becomes convinced his new neighbour, played by Udo Kier, is Adolf Hitler. German actor Kier was today announced as the recipient of Tallinn’s lifetime achievement award, the first of three the...
- 11/4/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Bad Genius star is the first Thai actor to win.
The 16th New York Asian Film Festival (June 30 to July 13), co-presented by Film Society of Lincoln Centre, has selected Chutimon “Aokbab” Chuengcharoensukying as the recipient of the Screen International Rising Star Asia award.
It’s the first time the award, in its fourth year, has gone to a Thai actor.
21-year-old Chuengcharoensukying, nicknamed “Aokbab”, stars in the high school thriller Bad Genius which opens the festival.
Chuengcharoensukying will be presented with the award before a screening of the film, which is Thailand’s biggest local hit of 2017.
Bad Genius is Chuengcharoensukying’s first film, and the festival’s executive director Samuel Jamier praised her performance in a “demanding role”.
Nattawut Poonpiriya, director of Bad Genius, added: “For solving the great demands of portraying Lynn’s character, Aokbab proved herself the correct answer for this film. Her great skill as an actress is to show that ‘less...
The 16th New York Asian Film Festival (June 30 to July 13), co-presented by Film Society of Lincoln Centre, has selected Chutimon “Aokbab” Chuengcharoensukying as the recipient of the Screen International Rising Star Asia award.
It’s the first time the award, in its fourth year, has gone to a Thai actor.
21-year-old Chuengcharoensukying, nicknamed “Aokbab”, stars in the high school thriller Bad Genius which opens the festival.
Chuengcharoensukying will be presented with the award before a screening of the film, which is Thailand’s biggest local hit of 2017.
Bad Genius is Chuengcharoensukying’s first film, and the festival’s executive director Samuel Jamier praised her performance in a “demanding role”.
Nattawut Poonpiriya, director of Bad Genius, added: “For solving the great demands of portraying Lynn’s character, Aokbab proved herself the correct answer for this film. Her great skill as an actress is to show that ‘less...
- 6/1/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: “This reflects our high regard for the originality of contemporary Southeast Asian cinema.”
Thai high-school thriller Bad Genius will open this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff, June 30-July 15), marking the first time that a Southeast Asian film has opened the festival.
Directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya, the film stars newcomer Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying as a straight-a student who starts making money by helping her classmates cheat on their exams. When she gets caught and loses her scholarship, she plots to undermine the Us university entrance system.
“We’re really stepping off the beaten path of the ‘big three’ of Asian cinema: Japanese, Korean and Chinese-language cinema,” Nyaff executive director Samuel Jamier said. “This reflects our high regard for the originality of contemporary Southeast Asian cinema, following last year’s awards for the Philippines’ John Lloyd Cruz and Teri Malvar.”
The director and cast will both attend the film’s international premiere at Nyaff, which is co-presented...
Thai high-school thriller Bad Genius will open this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff, June 30-July 15), marking the first time that a Southeast Asian film has opened the festival.
Directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya, the film stars newcomer Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying as a straight-a student who starts making money by helping her classmates cheat on their exams. When she gets caught and loses her scholarship, she plots to undermine the Us university entrance system.
“We’re really stepping off the beaten path of the ‘big three’ of Asian cinema: Japanese, Korean and Chinese-language cinema,” Nyaff executive director Samuel Jamier said. “This reflects our high regard for the originality of contemporary Southeast Asian cinema, following last year’s awards for the Philippines’ John Lloyd Cruz and Teri Malvar.”
The director and cast will both attend the film’s international premiere at Nyaff, which is co-presented...
- 5/22/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Chicago – The Asian Pop-Up Cinema Series, spotlighting a variety of diverse Asian films, continues its 2016 Fall Season with a Filipino film, “Hamog,” directed by Ralston Jover. The film, making its Chicago premiere, will screen at 2pm on Sunday, Sep 25th, 2016, at the Wilmette Theatre in Willmette, Ill.
“Hamog” is a gritty drama, about a gang of street kids in Manila who encounter some unexpected events, in the midst of their daily routine of crime and survival. Teri Malvar’s performance in the film won the Best Actress Award at the 38th Moscow Film Festival, and director Ralston Jover won over the Russian Film Critics’ Jury with a Best Film award. Variety lauded the film’s “unorthodox structure and detours into magical realism,” and praised Jover’s craft as a “powerful essay on social inequity and child endangerment.”
Chicago Premiere: ‘Hamog’ at Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org...
“Hamog” is a gritty drama, about a gang of street kids in Manila who encounter some unexpected events, in the midst of their daily routine of crime and survival. Teri Malvar’s performance in the film won the Best Actress Award at the 38th Moscow Film Festival, and director Ralston Jover won over the Russian Film Critics’ Jury with a Best Film award. Variety lauded the film’s “unorthodox structure and detours into magical realism,” and praised Jover’s craft as a “powerful essay on social inequity and child endangerment.”
Chicago Premiere: ‘Hamog’ at Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema
Photo credit: AsianPopUpCinema.org...
- 9/24/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The recipients of the Screen International Rising Star Asia awards this year are from Japan, China and the Philippines.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff, June 22 - July 9) has selected Japan’s Go Ayano, China’s Jelly Lin [pictured left] and the Philippines’ Teri Malvar [pictured right] as the recipients of the Screen International Rising Star Asia awards.
Ayano, recognised by Nyaff for his range, has recently played a Machiavellian fixer in A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, Japan’s most corrupt cop in Twisted Justice and one of three suspects of a heinous crime in murder-mystery Rage.
Jelly Lin is being recognised as a gifted comedienne for her debut in Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid. She also stars in two high-profile upcoming films: Guo Jingming’s L.O.R.D. and Tsui Hark’s sequel to Chow’s Journey To The West: Conquering The Demons.
Teri Malvar is being recognised for her performances...
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff, June 22 - July 9) has selected Japan’s Go Ayano, China’s Jelly Lin [pictured left] and the Philippines’ Teri Malvar [pictured right] as the recipients of the Screen International Rising Star Asia awards.
Ayano, recognised by Nyaff for his range, has recently played a Machiavellian fixer in A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, Japan’s most corrupt cop in Twisted Justice and one of three suspects of a heinous crime in murder-mystery Rage.
Jelly Lin is being recognised as a gifted comedienne for her debut in Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid. She also stars in two high-profile upcoming films: Guo Jingming’s L.O.R.D. and Tsui Hark’s sequel to Chow’s Journey To The West: Conquering The Demons.
Teri Malvar is being recognised for her performances...
- 5/14/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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