Tag: Son of Saul

  • Elina Psykou, Nikola Ležaić Set New Projects for Sarajevo Co-Production Forum

    Elina Psykou, Nikola Ležaić Set New Projects for Sarajevo Co-Production Forum

    New films from Tribeca prize winner Elina Psykou, Sarajevo winner Nikola Ležaić and the producers behind the upcoming Venice Horizons premiere “The Happiest Man in the World” are among the projects selected for the Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Co-Production Market, the leading financing forum in Southeast Europe.This year marks the 20th edition of the influential…

  • ‘Persian Lessons’: Film Review

    ‘Persian Lessons’: Film Review

    In “Schindler’s List,” most of the actors spoke English, using accents to indicate their characters’ origins. In “Son of Saul,” the cast struggles to communicate in a mish-mosh of languages, as Jews of different nationalities were thrown together in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Stories about the Holocaust — so vital in trying to reconcile the horrors of the…

  • Les Arcs Film Fest Crowns Industry Winners

    Les Arcs Film Fest Crowns Industry Winners

    The 11th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival’s Industry Village program, which highlights film projects in development and work-in-progress stage, has crowned its winners.The event, held in a French ski resort near the Swiss and Italian borders, has grown in reputation in recent years. Among the graduates of its industry wing are the Oscar-winning…

  • Thriller ‘Goodnight Mommy’ Gets English-Language Redo With ‘It Follows’ Producer Animal Kingdom & Playtime

    Thriller ‘Goodnight Mommy’ Gets English-Language Redo With ‘It Follows’ Producer Animal Kingdom & Playtime

    Animal Kingdom and Playtime have begun packaging the English-language remake of well-received Austrian psychological chiller Goodnight Mommy.Filming is due to begin Q3, 2019, with Matt Sobel, director of 2015 Sundance drama Take Me To The River, attached to direct. Writing is underway with Sobel overseeing a draft by Kyle Warren, based on their shared take…

  • Laszlo Nemes on Venice Title ‘Sunset’ as a Period, Political and Personal Piece

    Laszlo Nemes on Venice Title ‘Sunset’ as a Period, Political and Personal Piece

    After walking a laurel-strewn path with 2015’s Oscar-winning “Son of Saul,” Hungarian auteur Laszlo Nemes didn’t get lured in by Hollywood. Instead, he chose to dive into his own cultural heritage and explore the flaws of European civilization through the tale of a mysterious woman lost in Budapest on the eve of World War I.“Sunset”…

  • Romanian Actor Vlad Ivanov on Seeking Out Roles with Fresh Challenges

    Romanian Actor Vlad Ivanov on Seeking Out Roles with Fresh Challenges

    Romanian actor Vlad Ivanov is known to many abroad for his role as the amoral underground abortionist in “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” the 2007 Cristian Mungiu film that heralded the country’s New Wave when it won in Cannes. The stage and film performer, who serves on this year’s Transilvania Intl. Film Festival…

  • ‘One Day’ Trailer: A Day in the Life Drama From Hungarian Woman Director Heads to Cannes — Exclusive

    Hungarian cinema has announced itself as a force over the last few years, receiving international acclaim for such finely crafted Holocaust dramas as “Son of Saul” (2015) and “1945” (2017), as well as the Oscar-nominated contemporary romance, “On Body and Soul” (2017), which won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale last year. That film’s director,…