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THE MATCH FACTORY 4 Titles at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival
San Sebastian Film Festival 2016
We are happy to announce that four of our titles will be presented at the San Sebastian Film Festival:
HORIZONTES LATINOS:
THE UNTAMED by Amat Escalante
PEARLS:
TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade
THE ACT OF KILLING: CINEMA AND GLOBAL VIOLENCE:
CIRKUS COLUMBIA by Danis Tanovic
THE STATE I AM IN by Christian Petzold
THE MATCH FACTORY Awards at the Venice IFF 2016
Venice IFF 2016
Our films received the following accolades at the closing of La Biennale di Venezia over the weekend:
- Amat Escalante was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Director for THE UNTAMED.
- Massimo D'Anolfi and Martina Parenti's SPIRA MIRABILIS received the Green Drop Award.
- Deepak Rauniyar's WHITE SUN received the INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue.
Congratulations to all the award winners!
THE MATCH FACTORY 5 Titles at this year's Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF 2016
The Toronto International Film
Festival 2016 has started and we are happy to announce that five of our titles will
be presented there:
VANGARD:
THE UNTAMED by Amat Escalante
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA:
WHITE SUN by Deepak Rauniyar
DEATH IN SARAJEVO by Danis Tanović
MASTERS:
SWEET DREAMS by Marco Bellocchio
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade
THE MATCH FACTORY Maren Ade's TONI ERDMANN awarded with the Fipresci Grand Prix
Fipresci 2016
The FIPRESCI Gran Prix 2016 for Best Film of the year goes to TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade, who will collect the award at the San Sebastian Film Festival!
THE MATCH FACTORY 7 titles pre-selected for the 2016 European Film Awards
European Film Awards 2016
The pre-selection for the 2016 EFA's are out! 7 titles of ours are in it:
- BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS
by Eran Kolirin
- CHEVALIER by Athina Rachel Tsangari
- DEATH IN SARAJEVO by Danis Tanović
- FRENZY by Emin Alper
- LETTERS FROM WAR by Ivo M. Ferreira
- TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade
- LOST AND BEAUTIFUL by Pietro Marcello
THE MATCH FACTORY Albüm awarded at Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival 2016
ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu has won the Best Film Award at Sarajevo Film Festival 2016. Congratulations to all the team!
THE MATCH FACTORY 5 Titles at this year's Venice Film Festival
Venice IFF 2016
The line-up for La Biennale di Venezia has been published. We are happy to announce that five of our titles will have their world premieres there:
IN COMPETITION:
THE UNTAMED by Amat Escalante
SPIRA MIRABILIS by Massimo D’Anolfi & Martina Parenti
ORIZZONTI:
THROUGH THE WALL by Rama Burshtein
WHITE SUN by Deepak Rauniyar
SIC@SIC, INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS' WEEK:
CLOWNS by Marco Bellocchio
THE MATCH FACTORY 2 Titles in this year's Locarno Film Festival
Locarno IFF 2016
The line-up for the Film Festival Locarno has been published today. We are happy to announce that two of our titles will have their world premieres there:
PIAZZA GRANDE:
PAULA by Christian Schwochow
OUT OF COMPETITION:
PETER HANDKE - In the woods, might be late by Corinna Belz
THE MATCH FACTORY Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade awarded in Cannes
Festival de Cannes 2016
And TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade conquered the critics in Cannes getting the Fipresci Award.
THE MATCH FACTORY Happy Times Will Come Soon by Alessandro Comodin awarded in Cannes
Festival de Cannes 2016
HAPPY TIMES COME SOON by Alessandro Comodin won the BEST FILM prize of the Beatrice Satory Awards! Congratulations to all the team.
THE MATCH FACTORY Album by Mehmet Can Mertoglu awarded in Cannes
Semaine de la Critique 2016
Good news start arriving from Festival de Cannes! The France 4 Visionary Award goes to ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu.
THE MATCH FACTORY Successful Premieres in Cannes
Festival de Cannes 2016
After one week of the Festival de Cannes 2016 we are happy for the successful world premieres of our 5 Titles in La Croisette:
TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade
(Competition)
"Surprising, awkward, refreshing and, at times, downright hilarious" - Screen -
"the world's first, genuinely funny, 162-minute German comedy of embarrassment" - The Hollywood Reporter -
"a humane, hilarious triumph" - Variety -
BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS by Eran Kolirin
(Un Certain Regard)
"Eran Kolirin's most profound film yet" - Variety -
SWEET DREAMS by Marco Bellocchio
(Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)
"a gentle, eminently watchable return to some of the key themes that have haunted [Bellocchio's] 50 years of filmmaking" - The Hollywood Reporter -
ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu's
(Semaine de la Critique)
"impressively composed comedy of forged family history" - Variety -
HAPPY TIMES WILL COME SOON by Alessandro Comodin
(Semaine de la Critique):
"Rustic beauty and arcane storytelling" - The Hollywood Reporter -
THE MATCH FACTORY Udi Aloni's JUNCTION 48 awarded with the Best International Narrative Picture Award at this year's Tribeca FF
Tribeca Film Festival 2016
Good news arrive from the Tribeca Film Festival! JUNCTION 48 by Udi Aloni has won the prize for Best International Narrative Feature!
THE MATCH FACTORY 5 Titles in this year's Festival de Cannes
Festival de Cannes 2016
All the films of this year's Cannes Film Festival's line-up have been published already, being five of our titles among the announced ones:
IN COMPETITION:
- TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade
UN CERTAIN REGARD:
- BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS by Eran Kolirin
QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS:
- SWEET DREAMS by Marco Bellocchio
SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE:
- ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu
- HAPPY TIMES WILL COME SOON by Alessandro Comodin (Special Screenings)
THE MATCH FACTORY Danis Tanović's DEATH IN SARAJEVO to be awarded by the critics and the jury of the Berlinale 2016
Berlinale 2016
DEATH IN SARAJEVO by Danis Tanović harvests the SILVER BEAR for the GRAND JURY PRIZE as well as the FIPRESCI AWARD at this year's Berlinale! Congratulations!
THE MATCH FACTORY Udi Aloni's JUNCTION 48 to receive the audience award at this year's Berlinale Panorama
Berlinale 2016
JUNCTION 48 by Udi Aloni was the audience's favourite film of this year's Berlinale Panorama. Congratulations to all the team!
THE MATCH FACTORY Doris Dörrie's GREETINGS FROM FUKUSHIMA to get 3 awards at this year's Berlinale
Berlinale 2016
GREETINGS FROM FUKUSHIMA has harvested three awards at this year's edition of the Berlinale:
- 2nd Place Panorama Audience Award
- Cicae Art Cinema Award
- Heiner Carow Award
THE MATCH FACTORY Two awards for two of our titles at this year's edition of the Göteborg IFF
Göteborg FF 2016
The weekend brought good news from the Göteborg Film Festival!
Pietro Marcello's LOST AND BEAUTIFUL is the winner of The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award 2016 and THE SECOND MOTHER by Anna Muylaert was awarded the Public Choice Award for best feature film.
THE MATCH FACTORY Best Director award for Felix van Groeningen for BELGICA at Sundance
Sundance FF 2016
Good news arrive from the other side of the ocean. Felix van Groeningen has been awarded as best director for BELGICA at this year's edition of the Sundance Film Festival!
THE MATCH FACTORY 5 Guldbaggen Awards for DRIFTERS by Peter Grönlund
Swedish Film Awards 2016
Good news arrive from Sweden! DRIFTERS by Peter Grönlund won 5 Guldbaggen Swedish Film Awards including:
Best Actress for Malin Levanon
Best Script for Peter Grönlund
Best Trailer
Best Costumes
Best Set Design
THE MATCH FACTORY 7 Titles in this year's Berlinale edition
Berlinale 2016
All the films of this year's Berlinale line-up have been published already, being seven of our titles among the announced ones:
IN COMPETITION:
- A DRAGON ARRIVES! by Mani Haghighi
- DEATH IN SARAJEVO by Danis Tanović
- LETTERS FROM WAR by Ivo M. Ferreira
- SOY NERO by Rafi Pitts
PANORAMA:
- GREETINGS FROM FUKUSHIMA by Doris Dörrie
- JUNCTION 48 by Udi Aloni
- REMAINDER by Omer Fast
THE MATCH FACTORY Best Film award for CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Grand Jury Prize for FRENZY by Emin Alper at this year's APSAs
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2015
Good news arrive from Asia. CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR by Apichatpong Weerasethakul was awarded as Best Film and FRENZY by Emin Alper received the Grand Jury Prize!
THE MATCH FACTORY Three nominations each for VICTORIA by Sebastian Schipper and 45 YEARS by Andrew Haigh at the European Film Awards 2015
European Film Awards 2015
The full list of the 2015 European Film Awards nominees has been published. Two of our titles received 3 nominations each:
VICTORIA by Sebastian Schipper:
- Best Film
- Best Director (Sebastian Schipper)
- Best Actress (Laia Costa)
45 YEARS by Andrew Haigh:
- Best Actress (Charlotte Rampling)
- Best Actor (Tom Courtenay)
- Best Screenwriter (Andrew Haigh)