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THE MATCH FACTORY at Filmfest München 2019
Filmfest München 2019
We are excited to announce that Filmfest München 2019 will host the World Premiere of WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN by Florian Koerner von Gustorf in the New German Cinema section.
THE MATCH FACTORY at Cannes 2019
Cannes Film Festival 2019
The Official Selection for this year's Festival de Cannes and Semaine de la Critique have been unveiled, and we are delighted to announce that four of our titles are included:
Competition:
THE TRAITOR by Marco Bellocchio
Un Certain Regard:
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO by Karim Aïnouz
Special Screening:
TOMMASO by Abel Ferrara
Semaine de la Critique:
THE UNKNOWN SAINT by Alaa Eddine Aljem
THE MATCH FACTORY at Tribeca 2019
Tribeca Film Festival 2019
We are delighted to announce that the Tribeca Film Festival will host the World Premiere of both A REGULAR WOMAN by Sherry Hormann in the International Narrative Competition and THE PROJECTIONIST by Abel Ferrara in the This Used To Be New York section.
THE MATCH FACTORY at Berlinale 2019
69. Berlinale
We are very proud and excited to unveil the following titles at Berlinale 2019.
In Competition:
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS by Emin Alper
THE GOLDEN GLOVE by Fatih Akin
SO LONG, MY SON by Wang Xiaoshuai
Special Gala:
PHOTOGRAPH by Ritesh Batra
Panorama:
O BEAUTIFUL NIGHT by Xaver Böhm
THE MATCH FACTORY at Göteborg 2019
Göteborg Film Festival 2019
We're so glad to reveal that GUERILLA by György Mór Kárpáti will celebrate its World Premiere in the Göteborg Film Festival's Ingmar Bergman Competition!
THE MATCH FACTORY at Sundance 2019
Sundance 2019
We are thrilled to represent PHOTOGRAPH by Ritesh Batra, STIEG LARSSON: THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Henrik Georgsson and THE MOUNTAIN by Rick Alverson at the Sundance Film Festival 2019.
THE MATCH FACTORY at San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018
We are proud to announce that Icaír Bollaín's newest feature film YULI will world premiere in the Official Selection at the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018!
Moreover the movie will be joined by the following titles:
Horizontes Latinos:
OUR TIME by Carlos Reygadas
THE SNATCH THIEF by Agustín Toscano
Perlak:
GIRL by Lukas Dhont
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera:
BERGMAN - A YEAR IN A LIFE by Jane Magnusson
THE MATCH FACTORY at Toronto International Film Festival 2018
Toronto International Film Festival 2018
Seven of our titles in total made it into this years Toronto International Film Festival! There are:
Masters:
OUR TIME by Carlos Reygadas
TRANSIT by Christian Petzold
Wavelengths:
IN MY ROOM by Ulrich Köhler
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE? by Roberto Minervini
Discovery:
GIRL by Lukas Dhont
THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF CELESTE GARCIA by Arturo Infante
Tiff Docs:
CARMINE STREET GUITARS by Ron Mann
THE MATCH FACTORY at Venice 2018
La Biennale di Venezia 2018
We are beyond thrilled to reveal four exiting new films at the upcoming Venice Film Festival next month! The are:
Venezia 75 Competition:
THE MOUNTAIN by Rick Alverson
OUR TIME by Carlos Reygadas
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE? by Roberto Minervini
Out of Competition:
CARMINE STREET GUITARS by Ron Mann
THE MATCH FACTORY Locarno Film Festival 2018
Locarno Film Festival 2018
We're thrilled to announce that GERMANY. A WINTER'S TALE by Jan Bonny will world premiere in Concorso internazionale at the 71st Locarno Film Festival.
THE MATCH FACTORY at Cannes 2018
Cannes Film Festival 2018
The Official Selection of this year's Festival de Cannes and Directors' Fortnight have been unveiled, and we are excited to announce that nine of our titles are included:
Competition:
AYKA by Sergey Dvortsevoy
HAPPY AS LAZZARO by Alice Rohrwacher
Un Certain Regard:
GIRL by Lukas Dhont
IN MY ROOM by Ulrich Köhler
MURDER ME, MONSTER by Alejandro Fadel
Cannes Classics:
BERGMAN - A YEAR IN A LIFE by Jane Magnusson
Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs):
THE FIGHT by Marco Bellocchio
LUCIA'S GRACE by Gianni Zanasi
THE SNATCH THIEF by Agustín Toscano
THE MATCH FACTORY SMUGGLING HENDRIX wins at Tribeca
Tribeca Film Festival 2018
We are thrilled to announce that Mario Piperides' SMUGGLING HENDRIX won the Best International Narrative Feature Award at the Tribeca Film Festival "for its unique, comedic exploration of a complicated absurd political situation told in a clear, personal compelling way".
Congratulations to all the team!!!
THE MATCH FACTORY Tribeca Film Festival 2018
Line-up
We are thrilled that the Tribeca Film Festival will host the world premiere of Marios Piperides' SMUGGLING HENDRIX in International Narrative Competition.
It will be joined by Laura Bispuri's DAUGHTER OF MINE in the Spotlight Narrative section.
THE MATCH FACTORY Berlinale Line-up 2018
68. Berlinale
We are very excited to represent the following five titles at the Berlinale this year:
COMPETITION:
DAUGHTER OF MINE by Laura Bispuri
MY BROTHER'S NAME IS ROBERT AND HE IS AN IDIOT by Philip Gröning
THE REAL ESTATE by Axel Petersén and Måns Månsson
TRANSIT by Christian Petzold
PANORAMA:
BOYS CRY by Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo
THE MATCH FACTORY Directing Award for AND BREATHE NORMALLY
Sundance Film Festival 2018
Amazing news from Park City: Ísold Uggadóttir has won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award for her film AND BREATHE NORMALLY at the Sundance Film Festival!
THE MATCH FACTORY 5 Guldbagge awards for THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT
Guldbagge Awards 2018
Congratulations to Tarik Saleh's THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT. The film received five Guldbagge Awards at the ceremony in Sweden:
- Best Film
- Best Actor (Fares Fares)
- Best Costume Design
- Best Sound Design
- Best Scenography
THE MATCH FACTORY IN THE FADE wins at the Critics’ Choice Awards
23rd Critics' Choice Awards
Fatih Akin's IN THE FADE was named Best Foreign Language Film at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) in Santa Monica. Congratulations!
THE MATCH FACTORY AND BREATHE NORMALLY world premieres at Sundance
Sundance Film Festival 2018
We are proud to announce that Icelandic director Ísold Uggadóttir's first feature AND BREATHE NORMALLY will world premiere in Word Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2018!
It will be joined by Samuel Maoz's FOXTROT in the Spotlight section.
THE MATCH FACTORY Golden Globe for IN THE FADE
75th Golden Globes
We are thrilled that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association named Fatih Akin's IN THE FADE Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language at the 75th Golden Globes!
Congratulations to the team!
THE MATCH FACTORY Tokyo Grand Prix Award Goes to GRAIN
30th Tokyo International Film Festival
Congratulations to Semih Kaplanoğlu and the team of GRAIN: the film received the Tokyo Grand Prix from an international Jury headed by Tommy Lee Jones at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival!
THE MATCH FACTORY World Premiere of Margarethe von Trotta's FORGET ABOUT NICK
30th Tokyo International Film Festival
We are proud to announce that Margarethe von Trotta's (HANNAH ARENDT) new film FORGET ABOUT NICK will world premiere in competition at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival in October.
It will be joined there by Semih Kaplanoğlu's GRAIN.
THE MATCH FACTORY Samuel Maoz to receive the Silver Lion award at Venice FF
Venice FF 2017
Congratulations to Samuel Maoz for just receiving the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize for FOXTROT at La Biennale di Venezia!
THE MATCH FACTORY Aki Kaurismäki wins FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2017
FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2017
Aki Kaurismäki will be awarded the FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2017 for his latest feature THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE at the opening ceremony of the 65th San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 22.
THE MATCH FACTORY Venice and Toronto Line-up 2017
Venice / Toronto International Film Festival 2017
La Biennale di Venezia is coming up and we are very happy to world premiere
- FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz (Competition)
- ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel (Out of Competition)
- LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM by Shirin Neshat in collaboration with Shoja Azari (Venice Days)
The three movies will also travel to the Toronto Film Festival next month and be joined by the world premiere of
- BOOM FOR REAL THE LATE TEENAGE YEARS OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT by Sara Driver
and
- THREE PEAKS by Jan Zabeil
- IN THE FADE by Fatih Akin
- THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE by Aki Kaurismäki