Victors on the night included Russian-French co-pro Jumpman and UK ghost story Martyrs’ Lane.
The 2017 edition of CineMart, the industry arm of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), crowned its winners tonight (Feb 1) at a ceremony held at primary festival venue De Doelen.
A total of 26 projects from 24 countries participated in the 34rd edition of the long-running co-production market. Four prizes were handed out on the night.
The CineMart jury was comprised of Uldis Dimiševskis, head of production and development at National Film Centre of Latvia, producer Annamaria Lodato and Anton Scholten, co-founder of leading Dutch post-production and VFX house Filmmore.
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, worth €20,000, went to Jumpman, a Russia-France co-pro from writer-director Ivan I. Tverdovsky, his third feature following 2016 Karlovy Vary jury prize-winning Zoology and Corrections Class in 2014. Mila Rozanova of Moscow’s New People Film Company is producing the project, which also has Guillaume de Seille of Paris-based Arizona Productions as a co-producer...
The 2017 edition of CineMart, the industry arm of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), crowned its winners tonight (Feb 1) at a ceremony held at primary festival venue De Doelen.
A total of 26 projects from 24 countries participated in the 34rd edition of the long-running co-production market. Four prizes were handed out on the night.
The CineMart jury was comprised of Uldis Dimiševskis, head of production and development at National Film Centre of Latvia, producer Annamaria Lodato and Anton Scholten, co-founder of leading Dutch post-production and VFX house Filmmore.
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, worth €20,000, went to Jumpman, a Russia-France co-pro from writer-director Ivan I. Tverdovsky, his third feature following 2016 Karlovy Vary jury prize-winning Zoology and Corrections Class in 2014. Mila Rozanova of Moscow’s New People Film Company is producing the project, which also has Guillaume de Seille of Paris-based Arizona Productions as a co-producer...
- 2/1/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Reviewed by Bob Hill
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Caroline Bottaro
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Beals
It’s never too late to learn how to play the game.
So goes the central theme of French director Caroline Bottaro’s “Queen to Play” — a beautifully crafted film that hinges upon an ongoing series of chess-life metaphors.
Rules aren’t nearly as important as exceptions. The threat is always stronger than the execution. Learning to respect your opponents is just as important as forcing them to respect you. The queen is the most powerful piece on the board.
Bottaro manages to incorporate all these lessons seamlessly via a series of evolving chess matches between a French chambermaid named Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire) and her employer, Dr. Kröger (Kevin Kline).
This is Kline’s first full-length French role, a transition that required the assistance of a language coach, a dialect coach and...
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Caroline Bottaro
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Beals
It’s never too late to learn how to play the game.
So goes the central theme of French director Caroline Bottaro’s “Queen to Play” — a beautifully crafted film that hinges upon an ongoing series of chess-life metaphors.
Rules aren’t nearly as important as exceptions. The threat is always stronger than the execution. Learning to respect your opponents is just as important as forcing them to respect you. The queen is the most powerful piece on the board.
Bottaro manages to incorporate all these lessons seamlessly via a series of evolving chess matches between a French chambermaid named Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire) and her employer, Dr. Kröger (Kevin Kline).
This is Kline’s first full-length French role, a transition that required the assistance of a language coach, a dialect coach and...
- 3/30/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Bob Hill
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Caroline Bottaro
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Beals
It’s never too late to learn how to play the game.
So goes the central theme of French director Caroline Bottaro’s “Queen to Play” — a beautifully crafted film that hinges upon an ongoing series of chess-life metaphors.
Rules aren’t nearly as important as exceptions. The threat is always stronger than the execution. Learning to respect your opponents is just as important as forcing them to respect you. The queen is the most powerful piece on the board.
Bottaro manages to incorporate all these lessons seamlessly via a series of evolving chess matches between a French chambermaid named Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire) and her employer, Dr. Kröger (Kevin Kline).
This is Kline’s first full-length French role, a transition that required the assistance of a language coach, a dialect coach and...
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: Caroline Bottaro
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline and Jennifer Beals
It’s never too late to learn how to play the game.
So goes the central theme of French director Caroline Bottaro’s “Queen to Play” — a beautifully crafted film that hinges upon an ongoing series of chess-life metaphors.
Rules aren’t nearly as important as exceptions. The threat is always stronger than the execution. Learning to respect your opponents is just as important as forcing them to respect you. The queen is the most powerful piece on the board.
Bottaro manages to incorporate all these lessons seamlessly via a series of evolving chess matches between a French chambermaid named Hélène (Sandrine Bonnaire) and her employer, Dr. Kröger (Kevin Kline).
This is Kline’s first full-length French role, a transition that required the assistance of a language coach, a dialect coach and...
- 3/30/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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