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Colombian director Laura Mora’s drama The Kings Of The World has clinched the Golden Eye for best feature film at the Zurich Film Festival.
The award follows hot on the heels of the film’s triumph at the San Sebastian Film Festival exactly a week ago, where it world premiered and then won the Golden Shell for best film.
The drama follows five street kids from Medellin who set off on a dangerous trip into the Colombian hinterland, after one of them is granted the right to a piece of land taken from his family by paramilitaries, during the country’s 52-year conflict which displaced more than five million people.
The Kings Of The World was produced by producer and director Cristina Gallego, whose credits include Birds Of Passage and the Oscar-nominated The Embrace Of The Serpent.
The film also previously screened to professionals as part of the TIFF...
The award follows hot on the heels of the film’s triumph at the San Sebastian Film Festival exactly a week ago, where it world premiered and then won the Golden Shell for best film.
The drama follows five street kids from Medellin who set off on a dangerous trip into the Colombian hinterland, after one of them is granted the right to a piece of land taken from his family by paramilitaries, during the country’s 52-year conflict which displaced more than five million people.
The Kings Of The World was produced by producer and director Cristina Gallego, whose credits include Birds Of Passage and the Oscar-nominated The Embrace Of The Serpent.
The film also previously screened to professionals as part of the TIFF...
- 10/1/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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Asghar Farhadi will preside over the jury for the International Feature Film Competition at this year’s Zurich Film Festival.
Farhadi will judge the festival’s competition category alongside Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (All Quiet on the Western Front).
The acclaimed producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry) will head the festival’s Focus Competition sidebar. Vachon will be joined by Swiss filmmaker director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach), and Swiss journalist Roger Schawinski.
The festival’s Documentary Film Competition will be headed by Alexander Nanau, Atanas Georgiev, Joelle Bertossa, Nina Numankadić, and Sushmit Ghosh.
“We are delighted that the two-time Academy Award-winning Asghar Farhadi is returning to the Zff to preside over the Feature Film Competition jury,” Christian Jungen, artistic director of the Zurich Film Festival, said. “The producer...
Farhadi will judge the festival’s competition category alongside Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (All Quiet on the Western Front).
The acclaimed producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry) will head the festival’s Focus Competition sidebar. Vachon will be joined by Swiss filmmaker director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach), and Swiss journalist Roger Schawinski.
The festival’s Documentary Film Competition will be headed by Alexander Nanau, Atanas Georgiev, Joelle Bertossa, Nina Numankadić, and Sushmit Ghosh.
“We are delighted that the two-time Academy Award-winning Asghar Farhadi is returning to the Zff to preside over the Feature Film Competition jury,” Christian Jungen, artistic director of the Zurich Film Festival, said. “The producer...
- 9/14/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, who directed the Oscar winners “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” U.S. producer Christine Vachon, whose credits includes Oscar winner “Boys Don’t Cry,” and Oscar nominees “Far from Heaven” and “Carol,” and Romania’s Alexander Nanau, the director of the Oscar nominated “Collective,” are among the jury members at the 18th edition of the Zurich Film Festival, which takes place from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2.
Farhadi will head the jury for the International Feature Film Competition. He is joined by the U.K.’s Clio Barnard, who directed the BAFTA nominated “The Arbor,” “The Selfish Giant” and “Ali & Ava”; L.A.-based Brazilian Daniel Dreifuss, a producer on the Oscar nominated “No” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany’s Oscar entry; Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe, whose credits include Tribeca prizewinner “The Divine Order”; and Sweden’s Peter “Piodor” Gustafsson, the producer of Ali Abbassi’s “Border,...
Farhadi will head the jury for the International Feature Film Competition. He is joined by the U.K.’s Clio Barnard, who directed the BAFTA nominated “The Arbor,” “The Selfish Giant” and “Ali & Ava”; L.A.-based Brazilian Daniel Dreifuss, a producer on the Oscar nominated “No” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany’s Oscar entry; Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe, whose credits include Tribeca prizewinner “The Divine Order”; and Sweden’s Peter “Piodor” Gustafsson, the producer of Ali Abbassi’s “Border,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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UK’s Film & TV Charity Launches Cost-Of-Living Tools
The UK’s Film and TV Charity has launched a range of financial tools to help the sector with the impending cost-of-living crisis. Designed for freelancers who may experience less certainty with their income, and for those in employment who may also be experiencing significant pressures, the resources will provide advice and tips in the face of unprecedented financial uncertainty, according to the Charity, which has partnered with MoneyHelper. Tools include a Budget Planner, Bills Prioritiser and Savings Calculator. As with much of the rest of the world, the nation is preparing itself for a crisis, with gas bills skyrocketing and inflation still on the rise. Sky and ITV have already given staff bonuses and indie trade body Pact CEO John McVay has urged broadcasters to help producers with inflated budgets. “Our new financial tools aren’t a magic bullet to the cost-of-living crisis,...
The UK’s Film and TV Charity has launched a range of financial tools to help the sector with the impending cost-of-living crisis. Designed for freelancers who may experience less certainty with their income, and for those in employment who may also be experiencing significant pressures, the resources will provide advice and tips in the face of unprecedented financial uncertainty, according to the Charity, which has partnered with MoneyHelper. Tools include a Budget Planner, Bills Prioritiser and Savings Calculator. As with much of the rest of the world, the nation is preparing itself for a crisis, with gas bills skyrocketing and inflation still on the rise. Sky and ITV have already given staff bonuses and indie trade body Pact CEO John McVay has urged broadcasters to help producers with inflated budgets. “Our new financial tools aren’t a magic bullet to the cost-of-living crisis,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Max Goldbart, Zac Ntim and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will head up the competition jury for the 2022 Zurich International Film Festival, judging this year’s winners of the Golden Eye honors. Farhadi will oversee the three-person jury, together with Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (No, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front), Swedish producer Peter Gustafsson (Border), and British director Clio Barnard (The Arbor, Dark River).
Acclaimed Killer Films’ producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) will head up this year’s jury for Zurich’s Focus Competition sidebar. Swiss documentary director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), film editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach) and Swiss journalist and media executive Roger Schawinski, will join Vachon on the Focus jury.
Romanian filmmaker Alexander Nanau, director of...
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi will head up the competition jury for the 2022 Zurich International Film Festival, judging this year’s winners of the Golden Eye honors. Farhadi will oversee the three-person jury, together with Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order) and producer Daniel Dreifuss (No, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front), Swedish producer Peter Gustafsson (Border), and British director Clio Barnard (The Arbor, Dark River).
Acclaimed Killer Films’ producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) will head up this year’s jury for Zurich’s Focus Competition sidebar. Swiss documentary director Fred Baillif (The Fam), Austrian filmmaker Katharina Mückstein (L’animale), film editor Maria Fantastica Valmori (Once More Unto the Breach) and Swiss journalist and media executive Roger Schawinski, will join Vachon on the Focus jury.
Romanian filmmaker Alexander Nanau, director of...
- 9/14/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The filmmakers will head the Feature Film, Documentary and Focus categories.
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, US producer Christine Vachon and Romanian documentarian Alexander Nanau will head the juries of the 18th Zurich Film Festival, which runs from September 22 to October 2 this year.
Farhadi will lead the jury for the International Feature Film Competition, alongside UK filmmaker Clio Barnard, Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe, Swedish producer Piodor Gustafsson and US producer Daniel Dreifuss.
Vachon presides over the Focus Competition jury, which is comprised of Swiss filmmaker Fred Baillif, Austrian filmmaker Katharina Muckstein, Italian editor Maria Fantastica Valmori and Swiss journalist Roger Schawinski.
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, US producer Christine Vachon and Romanian documentarian Alexander Nanau will head the juries of the 18th Zurich Film Festival, which runs from September 22 to October 2 this year.
Farhadi will lead the jury for the International Feature Film Competition, alongside UK filmmaker Clio Barnard, Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe, Swedish producer Piodor Gustafsson and US producer Daniel Dreifuss.
Vachon presides over the Focus Competition jury, which is comprised of Swiss filmmaker Fred Baillif, Austrian filmmaker Katharina Muckstein, Italian editor Maria Fantastica Valmori and Swiss journalist Roger Schawinski.
- 9/14/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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COLOGNE, Germany -- German-based TV group ProSiebenSat.1 outlined its strategy Tuesday as a newly minted pan-European powerhouse, less than a month after its $4.4 billion deal to buy SBS Broadcasting.
Put simply, CEO Guillaume de Posch plans to cut costs at home in order to focus on expansion in Eastern Europe and in new-media businesses.
"We have reached the natural limits of our expansion potential in Germany," de Posch said, citing ProSiebenSat.1's 29.4% market share of German viewers ages 14-49. "We can't expand through the acquisition of new channels (in Germany)," he added. "We need to break free of the cyclical nature of the German advertising market ... by taking advantage of the growth markets of Eastern Europe and diversifying."
De Posch confirmed that long-suffering Berlin-based channel Sat.1 will bear the brunt of the cuts in Germany. Once the group's flagship, ratings at Sat.1 slumped last year, and the channel's profitability lags behind its Munich-based stablemate Pro7.
On recommendations from consulting group McKinsey & Co., ProSiebenSat.1 has drastically cut Sat.1's news operations, canceling three of Sat.1's four daily news programs. Sat.1 will cut about a quarter of its work force, about 60 jobs.
Matthias Alberti, who took over at Sat.1 in January, is charged with the channel's restructuring. He will undo much of what former Sat.1 boss Roger Schawinski built up in his three-year run at the network.
In total, ProSiebenSat.1 is expected to cut about 180 jobs, or 6% of its work force.
The media group's new owners -- private-equity companies KKR and Permira -- are pushing for higher profit margins.
Put simply, CEO Guillaume de Posch plans to cut costs at home in order to focus on expansion in Eastern Europe and in new-media businesses.
"We have reached the natural limits of our expansion potential in Germany," de Posch said, citing ProSiebenSat.1's 29.4% market share of German viewers ages 14-49. "We can't expand through the acquisition of new channels (in Germany)," he added. "We need to break free of the cyclical nature of the German advertising market ... by taking advantage of the growth markets of Eastern Europe and diversifying."
De Posch confirmed that long-suffering Berlin-based channel Sat.1 will bear the brunt of the cuts in Germany. Once the group's flagship, ratings at Sat.1 slumped last year, and the channel's profitability lags behind its Munich-based stablemate Pro7.
On recommendations from consulting group McKinsey & Co., ProSiebenSat.1 has drastically cut Sat.1's news operations, canceling three of Sat.1's four daily news programs. Sat.1 will cut about a quarter of its work force, about 60 jobs.
Matthias Alberti, who took over at Sat.1 in January, is charged with the channel's restructuring. He will undo much of what former Sat.1 boss Roger Schawinski built up in his three-year run at the network.
In total, ProSiebenSat.1 is expected to cut about 180 jobs, or 6% of its work force.
The media group's new owners -- private-equity companies KKR and Permira -- are pushing for higher profit margins.
- 7/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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COLOGNE, Germany -- Roger Schawinski has resigned as managing director of Berlin-based commercial network Sat.1 and will leave at the end of the year, Sat.1 said Wednesday.
Schawinski was brought in to run Sat.1 three years ago by Haim Saban after the mogul bought up the channel's parent company, ProSiebenSat.1.
Now, as Saban prepares to sell ProSiebenSat.1 to the highest bidder, Schawinski is leaving.
"It's been three challenging and exciting years at Sat.1, and I'm proud to have produced record results in each of these years," Schawinski said. "(But) I've already stayed a year longer than I had planned."
With his comments, Schawinski is perhaps alluding to Saban's unsuccessful attempt to sell ProSiebenSat.1 to German publishing group Axel Springer. A takeover agreement was signed last year, but the deal subsequently fell apart.
Matthias Alberti, currently deputy managing director and head of entertainment programming at Sat.1, will replace Schawinski.
Schawinski is credited with transforming Sat.1 from a staid, conservative channel to arguably the territory's most cutting-edge programmer.
Schawinski was brought in to run Sat.1 three years ago by Haim Saban after the mogul bought up the channel's parent company, ProSiebenSat.1.
Now, as Saban prepares to sell ProSiebenSat.1 to the highest bidder, Schawinski is leaving.
"It's been three challenging and exciting years at Sat.1, and I'm proud to have produced record results in each of these years," Schawinski said. "(But) I've already stayed a year longer than I had planned."
With his comments, Schawinski is perhaps alluding to Saban's unsuccessful attempt to sell ProSiebenSat.1 to German publishing group Axel Springer. A takeover agreement was signed last year, but the deal subsequently fell apart.
Matthias Alberti, currently deputy managing director and head of entertainment programming at Sat.1, will replace Schawinski.
Schawinski is credited with transforming Sat.1 from a staid, conservative channel to arguably the territory's most cutting-edge programmer.
- 11/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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MUNICH -- The short-lived queen of German late-night comedy, Anke Engelke, has been forced into abdication by the power of the free market. "Anke Late Night"'s ratings have plunged so low since its much-trumpeted premiere in the spring that commercial broadcaster SAT.1 said that the interview-comedy show will be canceled as of Oct. 21. SAT.1 head Roger Schawinski said in a statement that the decision "wasn't easy for any of us. It (was) the result of long and intense thought and discussions," and was based solely on the show's failure to meet the audience's high expectations.
- 10/8/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BERLIN -- In a major executive shake-up, German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has fired news and information director Claus Larass and Martin Hoffmann, head of Berlin-based channel Sat.1, and brought in Swiss commercial TV pioneer Roger Schawinski, ProSiebenSat.1 announced Thursday. Schawinski will replace Hoffmann as head of Sat.1. "This executive reorganization is an important step in further increasing the efficiency of our organization," ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Urs Rohner said in a statement. It was Haim Saban, whose Saban Capital Group controls ProSiebenSat.1, who courted Schawinski for the Sat.1 post. The journalist and entrepreneur brought commercial broadcasting to Switzerland in 1994 with TeleZuri, the country's first regional commercial broadcaster. In 1998, he launched Tele 24, Switzerland's first national commercial broadcaster. Schawinski also pioneered Swiss commercial radio with Radio 24. Tele 24, however, shut down in 2001 because of insufficient advertising.
- 12/4/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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