The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the feature films eligible for consideration in the Non-English Language Film category for the 79th Golden Globe Awards®. In December 2021 the entries for the Best Non-English Language Film category were named. Some of the well-known directors represented are Pedro Almodóvar, Paul Verhoeven, Paolo Sorrentino, François Ozon, Asghar Farhadi.
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Dystopia film “Quarantine” starring Anatoly Bely premiered in Moscow at KARO “Oktyabr”
On October 4, 2021, the KARO 11 “Oktyabr” cinema center, main cinema of Russia, hosted the premiere of the feature film “Quarantine” (Russian: «КАРАнтин»; “KARAntin”) directed by Diana Ringo. The lead role was played by the famous theater and cinema artist, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Anatoly Bely. The film crew presented the movie.
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Interview with Alex Proyas
Legendary film director Alex Proyas famous for his iconoclastic films “The Crow”, “Dark City” and “I Robot”, discusses his work during the lockdowns, murder of culture and xenophobia in Australia, plagiarism of his films by mainstream Hollywood and censorship. Alex also shares with Indie Cinema his plans for the future – new films, TV series
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Interview with “Quarantine” director Diana Ringo
Today I take an interview with Diana Ringo, multi-talented independent director and producer of the new feature film “Quarantine”. “Quarantine” tells the story of a man who survives the apocalypse and lives in a bunker for 20 years. He is haunted by images from his past and reflects about whether he could have prevented the
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M (2018) – Review
Film “M” by Finnish director Anna Ericsson won the Grand Prix and Best Feature Film at the Prague Independent Film Festival, and also Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography at the Vienna Independent Film Festival. The film initially premiered at the Venice Critics’ Week in 2018. Ericsson, best known as a singer in her native
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The Factory – Review
Yuri Bykov became known with the film The Fool, an art house social drama. His new film The Factory attracted great interest from his fans who expected another strong drama with pointed social commentary. Nevertheless, the film became a big disappointment. Nothing in this film makes sense; the script is weak, boring, the dialogues consist
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Cold War – Review
Pawel Pawlikowski who won the Academy Award for Ida in 2013, once again received a great deal of attention for his film Cold War. The title Cold War sounds promising, as this time was full of intrigues and there were many stories stranger than fiction connected to the period. But unfortunately the film leaves one
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Interview with Dmitry Falkovich
Dmitry Falkovich is an interesting man; he is a mathematician, graduate of Moscow State university who became a successful investor included in the Forbes Midas List Europe. Suddenly he displayed a completely different side of his personality. In 2018 his directorial debut Ivanov appeared at the film festival circuit and was received with great interest,
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VIFF 2018 Vienna Independent Film Festival
Feature films I May Regret and NO-ONE triumphed at the 2018 Vienna Independent Film Festival. American film, I May Regret by Graham Streeter was a world premiere, closing film of the festival and a sold-out screening. Director Graham Streeter and producer Alex Lebosq came from Los Angeles to personally present the film at the Actors
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No-One by Lev and Vladimir Prudkin triumphs in Vienna
On 10 of July the Vienna Independent Film Festival hosted the Austrian premiere of the film NO-ONE in the cinema Actors Studio. The film received the awards in the categories Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography. No-One is an unexpected take on the familiar Soviet period theme. It is a joint production of Ukraine and
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Profile – Berlinale 2018 Review
Well-known director and producer Timur Bekmambetov presented his film Profile at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. It was part of the Panorama section, where it won the Panorama Audience Award. The film tells the story of a young female journalist who received an assignment to write a story about European women sent into sexual
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7 Days in Entebbe – Berlinale 2018 Review
7 Days in Entebbe was presented at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival by director José Padilha and gave of an unpleasant impression. The film is based on real events of the hijacking of a passenger plane in 1976. The main character are the German hijackers portrayed by Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike. It is
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Dovlatov – Berlinale 2018 Review
One of the highlights of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival was the film Dovlatov, directed by Alexei German Jr. It was screened in the main competition program. A. German Jr. is not a Berlinale newcomer — his film Under the Electric Clouds won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Cinematography. Sergei Dovlatov
