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Bestows VPRO Tiger Awards |
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The
winning films of the 30th International Film Festival were announced
February 4. The winners in the VPRO Tiger Award Competition for
first or second features are Bad Company by Furumaya Tomoyuki
of Japan (also won the FIPRESCI prize), In Den Tag Hinein
(The
Days Between) by Maria Speth of Germany, and 25
Watts by Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll of Uruguay.
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Long
Lines for Short Films at Clermont
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Fully
40 % of people who went to the movies in France on Jan 31 bought
a ticket for Christophe Gans's Brotherhood
of the Wolf. Yet in downtown Clermont-Ferrand, that screen
was only half full -- prospective viewers were fighting tooth and
nail to get into the short film program instead. Greek director
Katerina Filiotou's Ela na sou po (I Have to Tell You
Something), won the Grand Prize in the International Competition.
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Goteborg
Gets a "Knockout"
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Unlike
many festivals, this one has no Hollywood films, and no Hollywood
stars. The festival features a Nordic Competition for best film
with work this year from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland.
The Göteborg-Posten Nordic Grand Film Prize (a Gothenburg newspaper)
-- went to Heftig og Begeistret by Norwegian director Knut Erik
Jensen.
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French
Critics Award Agnes V.
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On
Monday February 6, the French Film critics named their top films
for the year 2000 at Saab's Left Bank Office in Paris. The prize
for Best French Film went to Agnes Varda for The
Gleaners. It
was her third time receiving such an honor from the group; nevertheless
she professed surprise and happiness upon learning the news. The
Moussinac Prize for Best Foreign Film was awarded Taiwanese Edward
Yang's Yi
Yi.
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| SAG
Salutes its Members |
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What
better award than the respect of one's peers? The 7th annual Screen
Actors Guild (SAG) Awards claim to be the only acting awards determined
entirely by actors' peers. The ceremony will take place on March
11 in Los Angeles. Nominees were chosen by 4,200 randomly selected
SAG members.
Especially
popular among their peers were the stars of films such as Almost
Famous, Billy
Elliot, and Erin
Brockovich, which led the way in nominations.
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| Hedwig
and The Believer lead Sundance Awards |
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The
winners of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival were announced in an
awards ceremony January 27, 2001 in Park City, Utah. Henry Bean's
The
Believer, the dramatic tale of a religious boy-turned-Nazi
skinhead won the Grand Jury Prize, while Zhang Yimou's festival
hit The
Road Home won the World Cinema audience award. The winning
films will screen Sunday, January 28 in Park City.
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