Another win for the South East European film community!
THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD, a US/Albanian film was awarded the Silver Hugo for
Best Screenplay at the Chicago International. Writers Joshua Marston and
Andamion Murataj won the award for their lovingly crafted story that takes us
on an intimate journey through the fate of families that are ruled by the laws
of honor and vengeance. The writers lay out for the audience the complexity of
human relations and make us reconsider our...
KONTROLL: a Hungarian film takes you through a trip when your job becomes your reality“Can’t make waves if you don’t have any water.” Ticket inspector upon the staff going to a psychiatrist Hungary, 2004, 106 min, Color, 35 MMIn Hungarian with English subtitlesDIR/SCR: Nimrod Antal, PROD: Tamas Hutlassa, DP: Gyula Pados, ED: Istvan Kiraly, MUS: NEOCast: Cast: Sandor Badar, Eszter Balla, Csanyi, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Eniko Eszenyi, Lajos Kovacs, Janos Kulka, Zsolt Laszlo, Bence Matyassy...
France entered the competition of this 57th edition with Look at Me (Comme une image) from director Agnès Jaoui, a film that belittles power and fame. Another female director was honoured, Lucrecia Martel from Argentina presented The Holy Girl (La Niña Santa), a film that deals with religious and love constraints and choices. Quentin Tarantino took a break from jury duty to present Kill Bill: Volume 2 out of competition, accompanied by Uma Thurman and David Carradine. Three other events punctu...
