Tweet
Russia's "Leviathan" wins big at Abu Dhabi Film Fest
November 1, 2014 - 17:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev's"Leviathan" was
the big winner at the 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival, taking the top
Black Pearl Award, while its protag, Alexey Serebryakov, scored the
best actor nod. The black social comedy's win at Abu Dhabi comes after
"Leviathan" recently emerged victorious at the London Film Festival,
according to Variety.
Russia scored twice with Alexander Konstantinovich Kott's "Test," a
silent love story set against the backdrop of Russia's first hydrogen
bomb tests, scooping the Special Jury nod. "Test" previously took the
top prize at the Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi.
The best actress award went to Maria Bonnevie for her role as an
emotionally fragile woman in Susanne Bier's baby-snatching drama "A
Second Chance."
"Memories on Stone," a drama about two childhood friends on a quest to
make a movie about genocide in post-Saddam Kurdistan, by Kurdish
director Shawkat Amin Korki, took the Best Film from the Arab World
prize, which is a key recognition at this prominent platform for Arab
Cinema.
Lebanese director Ghassan Salhab won the Best Director from the Arab
World prize for his drama "The Valley," about man who loses his memory
and is held hostage.
The main winner in the New Horizons section, dedicated to younger
directors, was Italy's "The Wonders," by Alice Rohrwacher, which took
the section's top nod after previously winning the Jury Prize in
Cannes. Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar's "Theeb," an epic with
Western overtones, set in a Bedouin community with real Bebouins as
actors, won the Best Film From the Arab World in this section. "Theeb"
recently scooped the director nod in the Venice Film Festival's
Horizons section.
The ninth edition (October 23-Nov. 1) of Abu Dhabi went smoothly,
boosted by a strong selection and a somewhat more substantial industry
component this year. The only sore spot was the pervasive use of
cellphones during gala screenings which resulted in snippets of
"Theeb" ending up on Instagram, though fest organisers swiftly managed
to have them removed. Disney imposed no cell use during the screening
of "Big Hero 6," the fest's closer, which made its Middle east launch
from Abu Dhabi on Friday. Ironically for "Hero" piracy was less of an
issue, since it screened in 3D.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/184294/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
November 1, 2014 - 17:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev's"Leviathan" was
the big winner at the 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival, taking the top
Black Pearl Award, while its protag, Alexey Serebryakov, scored the
best actor nod. The black social comedy's win at Abu Dhabi comes after
"Leviathan" recently emerged victorious at the London Film Festival,
according to Variety.
Russia scored twice with Alexander Konstantinovich Kott's "Test," a
silent love story set against the backdrop of Russia's first hydrogen
bomb tests, scooping the Special Jury nod. "Test" previously took the
top prize at the Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi.
The best actress award went to Maria Bonnevie for her role as an
emotionally fragile woman in Susanne Bier's baby-snatching drama "A
Second Chance."
"Memories on Stone," a drama about two childhood friends on a quest to
make a movie about genocide in post-Saddam Kurdistan, by Kurdish
director Shawkat Amin Korki, took the Best Film from the Arab World
prize, which is a key recognition at this prominent platform for Arab
Cinema.
Lebanese director Ghassan Salhab won the Best Director from the Arab
World prize for his drama "The Valley," about man who loses his memory
and is held hostage.
The main winner in the New Horizons section, dedicated to younger
directors, was Italy's "The Wonders," by Alice Rohrwacher, which took
the section's top nod after previously winning the Jury Prize in
Cannes. Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar's "Theeb," an epic with
Western overtones, set in a Bedouin community with real Bebouins as
actors, won the Best Film From the Arab World in this section. "Theeb"
recently scooped the director nod in the Venice Film Festival's
Horizons section.
The ninth edition (October 23-Nov. 1) of Abu Dhabi went smoothly,
boosted by a strong selection and a somewhat more substantial industry
component this year. The only sore spot was the pervasive use of
cellphones during gala screenings which resulted in snippets of
"Theeb" ending up on Instagram, though fest organisers swiftly managed
to have them removed. Disney imposed no cell use during the screening
of "Big Hero 6," the fest's closer, which made its Middle east launch
from Abu Dhabi on Friday. Ironically for "Hero" piracy was less of an
issue, since it screened in 3D.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/184294/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress