Tag: Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

  • Bhutan’s Oscar Submission ‘The Monk and the Gun’ Captures an Evolving Nation at a Moment of Transition

    Bhutan’s Oscar Submission ‘The Monk and the Gun’ Captures an Evolving Nation at a Moment of Transition

    When Taiwan-based filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji’s first film “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” was accepted by the London Film Festival, he made connections around the world, from French and Swiss investors to Hollywood, as he tirelessly promoted the film, which wound up the first Bhutanese film submitted for the Oscar. It marked the first…

  • ‘Drive My Car’ Becomes Second Japanese Film in History to Win International Feature Oscar

    ‘Drive My Car’ Becomes Second Japanese Film in History to Win International Feature Oscar

    Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” has won Best International Feature at the 94th Academy Awards. The Japanese film is only the second film from that country to win this prize competitively, following 2008’s “Departures.” Japan previously won three Honorary Oscars before the (previously named) Best Foreign Language Film category was instituted for films from 1956.…

  • September Films adds Berlin competition title ‘Return To Dust’ to EFM haul (exclusive)

    September Films adds Berlin competition title ‘Return To Dust’ to EFM haul (exclusive)

    Other EFM acquisitions including ‘Rimini’, ’Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom’, ’Peter Von Kant’ and ’La Syndicaliste’.Pim Hermeling’s Amsterdam-based September Films, one of Benelux’s leading art house distributors, has been on a buying spree at the EFM.The company has acquired Li Ruijun’s Berlin competition entry Return To Dust from Berlin-based m-appeal. This follows other EFM…

  • Screen digital edition: January 26

    Screen digital edition: January 26

    The latest awards issue features interviews with Aaron Sorkin, Celine Sciamma, Paolo Sorrentino and Guillermo del ToroRead Screen’s January 26 digital edition, which this week focuses on the improbable journeys of several international feature contenders; plus interviews with high-profile directors in awards contention.Aaron Sorkin, Celine Sciamma, Paolo Sorrentino and Guillermo del Toro are among those…