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Claude Lanzmann's THE LAST OF THE UNJUST - International Press Reviews

In almost four hours of relentless interviews and reflection, filmmaker Claude Lanzmann returns to the ghostly lands of Shoah. Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter.

Lanzmann's latest documentary THE LAST OF THE UNJUST was coproduced by Vienna based Dor Film.

 

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 Austrians at the 66th Cannes Film Festival
The 66th edition of the Cannes festival will present two films coproduced with Austrian support: Claude Lanzmann’s THE LAST OF THE UNJUST (Out of Competition) and Rebecca Zlotowski’s GRAND CENTRAL (Un Certain Regard). Further 3 Films have booked a screening at the Marché du film. See the screening dates
 NYON 2013: OMSCH wins Buyens-Chagoll Prize
Edgar Honetschläger’s witty dialogue with his 100-year-old neighbour conquered the festival audience and the jury members: OMSCH, one of the 19 entries to the Visions du réel main competition was awarded the Buyens-Chagoll Prize.
 MORE THAN HONEY wins Lola for Best Documentary
The Swiss-Austrian-German co-production MORE THAN HONEY by Markus Imhoof was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Documentary. The alarming documentary on the widespread disappearance of honey bees was coproduced by Vienna based Allegro film, zero one film (Germany) and Thelma Film (Switzerland).
 The Dead and the Living wins Premio Cineuropa
Barbara Albert's feature on a young woman who digs up a family secret by finding out about her grandparents' past during the Nazi period was awarded the Premio Cineuropa at the 14th Lecce Festival del Cinema Europeo.
 Austrian Films at Nyon and Buenos Aires
OMSCH, Edgar Honetschläger’s witty dialogue with his 100 year old neighbour is selected for competition, ELEKTRO MOSKVA by Elena Tikhonova & Dominik Spritzendorfer, MY FATHERS, MY MOTHER AND ME by Paul-Julien Robert and DEBTS INC by Eva Ecker, all contenders in the Regard Neuf competition will have their first international screening in the Etat d’Esprit section.
 AMOUR wins Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
Oscar, Césars... Michael Haneke took it all. After an outstanding awards series initiated by the Palme d'or 2013, AMOUR reached its culminating moment with 5 CESARS in all main categories topped by an OSCAR for Best Foreign Language Film.
 Love and faith for HOPE
Enthusiastic reactions to Ulrich Seidl’s final part of the PARADISE-trilogy, PARADISE: HOPE by Variety and Hollywood Reporter.
 Berlinale 2013: Ulrich Seidl’s PARADISE: HOPE competes for Golden Bear...
.... Anja Salomonowitz’ THE 727 DAYS WITHOUT KARAMO and Gustav Deutsch’s SHIRLEY – VISIONS OF REALITY contribute in the Forum Section, Tizza Covi’s & Rainer Frimmel’s THE SHINE OF DAY and eleven more Austrian films to see at the European Film Market. Join us in Berlin...
 AMOUR picks up BAFTA for Best foreign language film
Two BAFTAs for Michael Haneke’s AMOUR: Emmanuelle Riva wins the Best Leading Actress Award, and the jury agreed once again on AMOUR as Best film not in English language.
 SOLDATE JEANNETTE wins Hivos Tiger Award 2013
Successful European Film Conspiracy: Shortly after its world premiere at the Sundance festival, Daniel Hoesl’s feature début SOLDATE JEANNETTE was awarded the Hivos Tiger Award 2013.
 Max Ophüls Prize 2013: Austrian films pick up two main awards
Winner of the Max Ophüls Prize 2013 is Tizza Covi’s and Rainer Frimmel’s The Shine of Day, Katharina Mückstein’s feature début Talea was awarded the Filmpreis der saarländischen Ministerpräsidentin.
 Oscar 2013: Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz nominated in Best Picture category
The Producers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the individual nominees for AMOUR in the Best Picture category for the Oscars: producers Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz of Austria’s Wega-Film, Margaret Menegoz of French Les films du losange and Stefan Arndt of German X-filme.
 Oscars 2013: Five nominations to Michael Haneke's AMOUR and a GOLDEN GLOBE
A nomination for Best Foreign Langauge Film seemed pretty likely, but Michael Haneke’s AMOUR added four more: Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress Emmanuelle Riva. A great moment for Austrian cinema.
 Austrian Films at the Berlinale
On top of Ulrich Seidl’s competition entry with PARADISE: HOPE, Austria’s Berlinale line-up includes two international premieres at the Forum: Gustav Deutsch’ narrative encounter with 13 of Edward Hopper’s paintings SHIRLEY – VISIONS OF REALITY; and Anja Salomonowitz’ THE 727 DAYS OF KARAMO, a documentary on bi-national couples and their struggle to defend their love against restrictive immigration laws
 Berlinale 2012: Ulrich Seidls PARADISE: Hope competes for Golden Bear
The 63rd Berlin Film Festival has announced its first contenders for the Golden Bear competition: after Cannes (Paradise: Love), Venice (Paradise: Faith) Ulrich Seidl makes a third major competition entry with the last part of his Paradise-Trilogy, PARADISE: Hope.
 Amour nominated
for Golden Globe
Michael Haneke doesn’t skip a step on his bright award winning itinerary: Amour picked up a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. The contenders are: A Royal Affair, The Intouchables, Kon-Tiki, and Rust and Bone. The 70th Golden Globes ceremony is scheduled for January 13.
 US film critics acclaim Amour
US film critics acclaim Amour Wide-spread consent on Amour among US-film critics. Michael Haneke’s Palme d’or winning film figures on numerous best-of-2012 lists of US critics associations: the Los Angeles Film Critics Association voted Amour Best Film and Emanuelle Riva Best actress (together with Jennifer Lawrence), the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics named Amour Best Foreign Language film.
 Palme d'or, Best European Film...
Palme d'or, Best European Film, Best European Director, Special Jury Prize (Venice), Best Actor Award (Locarno), Best film 2012 by the Fipresci critics and the Los Angeles Critics Association... It was one of Austrian cinema's best years ever. Have a look on its long list of honors and awards ...
 Soldate Jeannette at Sundance and Rotterdam
Two invitations into the competitive sections of two major film festivals: Daniel Hoesl’s film debut will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Shortly after, Soldate Jeannette will celebrate its European premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival where it will compete for the prestigious Tiger Awards.
 Barbarba Albert’s THE DEAD AND THE LIVING at San Sebastian
San Sebastian has selected Barbarba Alberts new film THE DEAD AND THE LIVING for its 60th Golden Shell competition (September 21 to 29)
 Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE: FAITH vying for Golden Lion in Venice
After love on the Kenyan beaches, Ulrich Seidl explores another search of paradise - Faith. PARADISE: FAITH, the second part of Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE trilogy, will compete for the Golden Lion in Venice. Before, PARADISE: LOVE the first part of the trilogy, was selected for this year’s Cannes’ competition for Palme d’or.
 Awards for THE SHINE OF DAY and MUSEUM HOURS at the Locarno festival
Radiant start for Tizza Covi’s and Rainer Frimmel’s THE SHINE OF DAY with three prizes at the Locarno festival: a Pardo for Best Actor Walter Saabel, the Don Quijote Prize and a special mention by the jury for the Ecumenical Prize. THE CICAE Art Cinema Award went to Jem Cohens MUSEUM HOURS.
 VENICE 2012: Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE: Faith vying for Golden Lion
Paradise: Faith, the second part of Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise-trilogy will be one of the 18 contenders for this year’s Golden Lion at the 69th Venice film festival (August 29 to September 8).
 Sarajevo 2012: CROSSING BOUNDARIES wins CICAE Award
Florian Flicker’s new feature CROSSING BOUNDARIES was awarded the CICAE Art Cinema Award. The film will receive support in terms of distribution, exhibition and audience outreach, through a network of 3,000 cinemas.
 Hollywood Reporter reviews Your Beauty Is Worth Nothing
Huseyin Tabak's first feature is told from a 12-year-old Turkish boy's perspective as he and his family deal with the challenges of immigration in Austria. The Hollywood Reporter on Your Beauty is Worth Nothing....
 Austrian Films at the 18th Sarajevo Film Festival
Eight Austrian films selected for 18th Sarajevo’s festival line-up: Florian Flicker’s new film CROSSING BOUNDARIES premieres in the feature film competition.
 Karlovy Vary 2012: Timo Novotny and Hüseyin Tabak in competition
Seven Austrian films selected for Karlovy Vary’s 47th festival line-up, two of them in competion: Timo Novotny’s new documentary Trains of Thoughts and Hüseyin Tabak’s first feature Your Beauty is Worth Nothing.... Tizza Covi will be one of the five jury members of the documentary competition.
 PALME D'OR for Michael Haneke's AMOUR
Second palme d'or for Michael Haneke: after The White Ribbon in 2009 the Cannes festival honors the Austrian director again with its most prestigious award: Amour wins the Palme d'or 2012.
 Busy sales on Ulrich Seidl's Paradise
Coproduction Office has confirmed sales of Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise-trilogy to 14 territories: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany...
 Kuma - Best feature film at the Linea d'Ombra festival
The official jury and the web jury voted both unanimously for Umut Dağ’s Kuma as best feature film of Salerno’s Linea d’ombra festival.
 Cannes 2012: Constanze Schumann at Producers
on the Move
Constanze Schumann of Allegro Film is Austria’s 2012 participant to the EFP producers' platform Producers on the Move.
 Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke and Ulrich Seidl competing for Palme d'or
Memorable moment for Austrian cinema: two of its most outstanding protagonists are contributing to Cannes 65th Palme d’or competition AMOUR by Michael Haneke (starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emanuelle Riva) and PARADISE: LOVE by Ulrich Seidl
 Variety on Ruth Maders What is Love...
Uncompromisingly elliptical, but often touching and funny, partly staged docu What Is Love strings together five portraits of relatively ordinary Austrians... writes Leslie Felperin of Variety in Ruth Maders new film that premiered at the 62nd Berlinale's Forum.
 US release of Michael Glawogger's Whores' Glory
Michael Glawogger’s powerful triptych on prostitution will be released in New York on April 20 by kinolorber. The theatrical release will be followed by retrospectives dedicated to Michael Glawogger’s work in the New York Museum of the Moving Image, Seattle, Harvard and Berkeley. A dense festival schedule in February and March adds to a strong US presence of Michael Glawogger’s films during this upcoming spring.
 Berlinale 2012: Ecumenical jury honors Julian Pölsler's The Wall
Julian Pölsler’s adaptation of Marlen Haushofer’s successful novel The Wall with Martina Gedeck’s outstanding solo performance as a woman who finds herself cut off from civilisation by an invisible wall and who has to find a way to survive in complete solitude and communion with nature was awarded the Panorama prize by the Berlinale’s ecumenical jury.
 Berlinale 2012: The Wall acclaimed by the international press
Julian Roman Pölsler's spectacularly shot, highly intelligent adaptation of Marlen Haushofer's early 1960s bestseller is riveting and emotionally involving from start to finish. Screen International
 Berlinale 2012: Five Austrian films selected for Forum and Panorama
Umut Dağ’s feature debut Kuma will be opening Berlin’s Panorama, The Wallby Julian Pölsler, Faith Love Death by Peter Kern, Spain by Anja Salomonowitz and What Is Love by Ruth Mader complete a strong Austrian presence at the 62nd Berlinale (9-19 feb)
 Michael wins Max Ophüls Prize 2012
Best Film and Best Actor Michael Fuith: Markus Schleinzer’s disturbing feature debut Michael focusing on the daily life of a pedophile with his 10-year-old captive was the winner of the Max Ophüls Preis Festival 2012 in Saarbrücken. The Best Actress Award also went to an Austrian co-production: Peri Baumeister convinced the jury as Georg Trakl’s sister Grete in Tabu - The Soul is a stranger on Earth.
 Michael Glawogger: Whores' Glory - Interview
Sex is for sale everywhere. The marketplaces vary depending on the society, and they are reflections of it. Michael Glawogger observed the business in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico in more or less forbidden zones semi-concealed in the society’s shadows, then created a triptych on prostitution which is filled with powerful images. An interview with the director.
 BREATHING AND MICHAEL nominated for EUROPEAN DISCOVERY - Prix Fipresci
Stunning success for young Austrian cinema: two of the five nominations for EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2011 - Prix FIPRESCI went to first-time directors from Austria.
 Special Mention for Still Life at the Zabaltegi's New Directors' Competition
Sebastian Meise's feature debut Still Life selected for San Sebastian's Zabaltegi New Directors' Competition was awarded a special mention, according to the jury's statement "for its creative and sensitive exploration of a difficult and challenging theme."
 Venice 2011: Michael Glawogger wins Special Orizzonti Jury Prize
Michael Glawogger wins Special Orrizonti Jury Prize Whores’ Glory, Michael Glawogger’s new documentary, a stunning observation on prostitution in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico was awarded the Special Orrizzonti Jury Prize at the 68th Venice Film Festival.
 Breathing wins Europa Cinemas Label
Karl Markovics’ debute feature Breathing won the Europa Cinemas Label for the best European Film in Director’s Fortnight. The prize supports European exhibitors to promote and schedule European films at their theatres. In 2009 the Europa Cinemas Label was awarded to another Austrian first feature film: La Pivellina by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel.
 Cannes 2011 with Markus Schleinzer's Michael in Competition and Karl Markovics' Breathing in Director's Fortnight
Markus Schleinzer’s feature debute Michael will be one of the 20 contenders for the Palme d’Or at the 64th Cannes Festival (May 11 - 21). Austria’s second Cannes entry is Breathing also a first fiction feature by Karl Markoviocs, that will have its premiere in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.
 Jessica Hausner: Member of the Cannes Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury 2011
Austrian director and producer Jessica Hausner will be part of the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury at the 64th Cannes festival (11 to 22 May). The jury that comprises Julie Gayet, Corneliu Porumboiu, João Pedro Rodrigues and jury president Michael Gondry will have to select three out of the 16 films featuring in the Cinéfondation section for first, second and third Cinéfondation prize as well as the Short Film Palme d’or.
 Berlinale 2011 Best First Feature Awards:
Special Mention for The Fatherless
After its world premiere in the Berlinale Panorama Special section Marie Kreutzer’s debut film The Fatherless was awarded a Special Mention by the Best First Feature Award jury.
 Venice Film Festival 2010
The line-up for the Venezia 67 film festival has been announced: The Forgotten Space, a Dutch-Austrian co-production by Allan Sekula and Noël Burch will be presented in the Orizzonti-Section. The four Austrian short films shown in the Orizzonti short film competition include: Shadow Cut by Martin Arnold, Mouse Palace by Harald Hund und Paul Horn, The Future will not be Capitalist by Sasha Pirker and Coming Attractions by Peter Tscherkassky.
 Un Certain Regard 2010: Fipresci-Prize for Pál Adrienn
Ágnes Kocsis’s Pál Adrienn, a Hungarian/Austrian/French/Dutch co-production, was selected the winner of the Fipresci Prize from the Certain Regard line-up at the 2010 Cannes festival.
 Moscow 2010: The Cameramurderer in competition
The Cameramurderer by Robert A. Pejo screened at Moscow’s competition section ist one of the eight Austrian (co)productions that are presented at the 32rd Moscow Film Festival (17 to 26 June). Producer Veit Heiduschka is member of the jury. More
 Christian Berger wins ASC prize for The White Ribbon
Christian Berger won the top feature film prize for The White Ribbon at the 24th Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards. The White Ribbon was the first black-and-white film since The Man Who Wasn’t There (2002) and the first European movie since A very Long Engagement (2004) to be awarded this major distinction for cinematography. Christian Berger is also Oscar-nominated for best cinematography.
 Two Oscar nominations for The White Ribbon
Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon , which won the Palme d’Or and EFA Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film has been chosen for the shortlist in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar category. Moreover director of photography Christian Berger was nominated for Best Cinematography.
 The White Ribbon on Oscar shortlist
The Academy unveiled its shortlist for this year's Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar. Michael Haneke’s Golden Globe winner The White Ribbon is one of the nine films competing for Oscar nomination. The five Oscar nominees will be annonced on February 2.
 European Film Awards 2009
Michael Haneke’s disturbing historical drama The White Ribbon won the three top prizes at the European Film Awards 2009, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenwriter.
 Haneke's Caché Best Film of the Decade
Haneke’s Caché Best Film of the Decade The Times has published a list of the Best 100 films of the Noughties confering the honor of Best Film of the Decade to Michael Haneke’s Caché followed by Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy) and Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men). A second Haneke entry on the Times’ Top 100 list was granted to The Piano Teacher as n° 85.
 Prix Arte 2009: Three Nominations for Austrian coproductions
Ten documentary films have been nominated for the European Film Award - Prix Arte 2009. This year’s selection of Europe’s most outstanding documentary films includes three Austrian coproductions: Cooking History by Peter Kerekes, Defamation by Yoav Shamir and Pianomania by Lilian Franck & Robert Cibis.
 The White Ribbon: FIPRESCI’s Best Film of the Year
At the opening ceremony of the San Sebastián Film Festival, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon will receive the FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2009 for the Best film of the year. The Grand Prix distinguishes a film from the current season for its overall artistic quality. The White Ribbon, Palme d’or winner 2009, was chosen by 223 critics throughout the world.
 Cannes 09: Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon wins the Palme d'Or
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke's masterfully crafted black and white drama, an absorbing parable of fascism set in a German village on the eve of World War I was awarded the Palme d'Or.
 The White Ribbon also wins the Cannes FIPRESCI AWARD
Cannes FIPRESCI-jury agrees with Isabelle Huppert's festival jury: further to Cannes’ top prize Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon was also awarded the FIPRESCI-award for best film in competition and a Special Mention by jury of the Prix oecuménique.
 Tribeca: Special Jury Mention to Defamation
Yoav Shamir’s original analysis of the complex subject of anti-Semitism won a Special Jury Mention at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 22 ? May 3rd)