“Ondřej Provazník’s Broken Voices Has Won The German Independence Award for Best Film at this Year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival. The Czech Drama, Inspired by Real Events, Follows a renowned youth choir Whose Musical Director is a Sexual Predator. Presenting the Award, The Oldenburg Jury Praied The Film As A Subtle and Intense Coming-of-Off-Age Story”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Presentation The Award, The Oldenburg Jury Praised The Film As A Subtle and Intense Coming-of-Age Story, Noting How It “MasterFully Guides Us of the Delicate Yet Profound Jn. are threatened by forces seeking to Silence Her. ”
Oldenburg’s Acting Awards, Named After Legendary American Character Actor Seymour Cassel, Went to Irish Actor John Conners for His Performance in Jason Byrne. Crazy Loveand Sabrina Amali for Her Turn in Nance Biniadaki’s Maysoon.
In Crazy LoveConnors Plays A Suicidal Man Who Voluntarily Checks in to A Mental Hospital for Treatment, Only to Fall in Love With A Schizophrenic Patient Who Can Never Leave. “In every seemingly unremarkable Moment on Screen, The Full Complexity of the Human Heart and Soul Resonates,“ The Jury Said of Connors’ Performance.
John connors in ‘crazy love’ CourTesy of the Oldenburg Film Festival
Amali in Maysoon Plays The Titular Character, A Young Egyptian Archaeologist, ALMOST 10 YEARS After The Arab Spring, Now Living in Berlin with Her German Boyfriend and Their Two Children. An unEXPECTED THREAT TO HER Political Status Unearths Old Fears That She, Again, MIGHT LOSE Everything Is Dear To Her, Leading Maysoon To Again Fight For Her Indenence. The Oldenburg Jury Called Amali’s Performance “Flawlessly Authentic and Full of Nuance … a True Tour de Force Into the Soul of a Character and the Heart of a Story of that Must Be Heard.
Sabrina Amali in ‘Maysoon’ CourTesy of the Oldenburg Film Festival
Yun xie’s Under the Burning Sun Received Olddenburg’s Audaxity Award, WHICH RECOGNIZES Originality and Boldness. The Jury Highlightned the Director’s Director’s Debut as A Boundary-Pushing Work Combining “Painful Brutality and Visual Poetry” in A Sweeping Epic They Compared to John Ford and David LEAN.
‘Under the Burning Sun’ CourTesy of the Oldenburg Film Festival
Alejandro Castro Arrias Took Home The Hans Ohlms Award For Best Debut Film with Harakiri, and Miss You. The jury praied itflinching Approach to Loneeliness and Alienation, Calling It “An Unfilted and Honest Reflection on the Depths of Human Despair and the Necessity of Overcoming It.” Jorge Florez Arcila’s The Flower of Fear Won the German Independence Award for Best Short Film, Descripted by the Jury as “An Extraordinary Achievement” that transforms the Horrors of Child abuse into a work of “Magical Realis.
The Audience Selected Vincent Grashaw’s KEEP QUiet As the Winner of the Spirit of Cinema Award.
This Year’s Retrospective Honored American Director and Music Producer James William Guercio, Best Known for Produucing Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears and for his Sole Dore. Electra Glide in Blue (1973). Actor Scott Glenn Received a Lifetime Achievement Tribute, with The Festival Screening Four of His Films Alongside His New Feature Eugen the marinewho has been the EVENT. Don Keith Was Also Honored As A Cult Figure of the 1980s, Presenting Four Films Together with his Brother and Production Partner Barry Oper.
With Support from The Irish Embassy in Berlin and Screen Ireland, The Festival Also Highlightned Contempory Irish Cinema, Weith Ambassador Maevening Antecking. Program.
Attendance at the Oldenburg Film Festival Was Up Nearly 10 Percent This Year, With More than 13,000 Vistors Across The 4-Day Event, WHICH WRAPPED ON SUNDAY.