{"id":38379,"date":"2022-07-02T16:52:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T15:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motovunfilmfestival.com\/?p=38379"},"modified":"2022-07-02T17:16:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T16:16:26","slug":"awarded-films-dominating-motovun-film-festivals-program-like-never-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinehill.eu\/en\/awarded-films-dominating-motovun-film-festivals-program-like-never-before\/","title":{"rendered":"AWARDED FILMS DOMINATING MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL\u2019S PROGRAM LIKE NEVER BEFORE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Important subjects to be addressed and refuge from grim reality to be provided between 26 and 30 July \u2022 More than a hundred films, great concerts and many side events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could certainly use a break from the grim reality in these trying times, and this is what Motovun Film Festival has to offer once again. On 26 July, we begin our road tour through more than a hundred films in the car of the chaotic family in Hit the Road<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Panah Panahi<\/strong>, the son of the celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. Awarded at numerous festivals, this cheerful debut will ring many a bell if we mention the beloved Little Miss Sunshine<\/em>. And it is just an introduction to one of the festival\u2019s most attractive editions, as it was announced at the press conference in KIC, attended also by the authors of Croatian films in the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe really can\u2019t remember when was the last time we had so many awarded films in the program. We definitely need big screens because our everyday screens are getting smaller and smaller. We also have to be able to discuss what we have seen because films are made to be watched in company. We need fun till dawn and easygoing summers with a plethora of films. Consult your physician or pharmacist \u2013 in a year like this, they will surely prescribe a dose of Motovun,\u201d said festival director Igor Mirkovi\u0107<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usually, the festival programmers did their best to come up with the most relevant and interesting works in the past year. The lineup thus includes films awarded at Karlovy Vary, Locarno, Berlin, Sundance and Cannes. They come from different parts of the globe \u2013 from Ukraine to Iran and from Egypt to Iceland. Two latest Croatian films will also be shown \u2013 Even Pigs Go To Heaven<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a rural retro-musical by Goran Duki\u0107 and The Head of a Big Fish<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <\/em>a sociopolitical urban drama by Arsen Oremovi\u0107. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe program includes gangster films like the Ukrainian Rhino<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, political thrillers like Boy from Heaven<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the winner of Best Script in Cannes, and an unusual number of comedies. We hope that Wild Men<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Incredible But True<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and Girl Picture<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (the last one won Audience Award at Sundance) will bring a pinch of joy in this geopolitical darkness. Still, in making the program, we remained true to the festival\u2019s long-time credo: showing films told in a vivid and interesting way reflecting society and the problems and complexity of the modern world. The films that, despite their low budgets, manage to be politically intriguing and socially relevant, while being different at the same time,\u201d said the festival\u2019s main programmer Jurica Pavi\u010di\u0107<\/strong>.
 
The German film N\u00f6<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Dietrich Br\u00fcggemann<\/strong>, the winner of Best Director in Karlovy Vary, offers thirteen black-humor scenes from a marriage of millennials. Andreas Dresen<\/strong>, one of Germany\u2019s most acclaimed modern filmmakers, tells us a true story about a mother who rescued her son from the Guantanamo prison. His film Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is coming to us with Best Lead Role and Best Script from Berlinale under its belt. Robe of Gems<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a feature debut by the Mexican-Bolivian filmmaker Natalia L\u00f3pez Gallardo<\/strong> about three women taking on a drug cartel, won a Silver Bear for Best Director at the same festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautiful Beings<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a disturbing Icelandic coming-of-age drama and A Piece of Sky<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a moving story about the hard life in Swiss Alps, also won awards in Berlin. The Sacred Spirit<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a Spanish tragicomic thriller about a sect of believers in the paranormal, Arthur Rambo<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a French cinematic guide to the cancellation culture on Internet and Rodeo<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a story about an outsider who enjoys crazy motorcycle stunts (awarded at Un Certain Regard<\/em> in Cannes) are also sure to attract your attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A smorgasbord of film classics from Sweden \u2013 our Partner Country this year \u2013 will also be served. In cooperation with our friends from the Swedish Embassy, Swedish Film Institute and our partner festival Uppsala ISFF, 25 films will be shown, including the works by masters like Ingmar Bergman, Lukas Moodysson and Roy Andersson as well as the last year\u2019s winner of Motovun, Ninja Thyberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best of Swedish cinema will be shown in four sections: Groundbreaking from Sweden<\/em>, dedicated to the pioneering works of Swedish cinema relevant beyond the borders of their country and their time; Young and Restless<\/em>, films about rebellious youth; Pick \u2018n\u2019 Mix<\/em> \u2013 a selection of the best shorts; and, finally, Sweden<\/em> \u00e0 la carte<\/em>. We particularly recommend Benjamin Christensen\u2019s<\/strong> silent-era masterpiece H\u00e4xan: Witchcraft Through the Age<\/em><\/strong>, which celebrates its centennial this year. As a special treat, the performance of our acclaimed musicians Alen and Nenad Sinkauz will accompany the screening,\u201d said the Swedish Program selector Inja Kora\u0107<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After twenty years, the iconic filmmaker Goran Markovi\u0107<\/strong> will be returning to Motovun, this time as our guest of honor and a Motovun Maverick laureate. This year\u2019s laureate of our 50 Years Award is Ranko Miti\u0107<\/strong>, a record-breaking camera assistant of Croatian cinema who is still not fed up with shooting movies after a 55-year-long career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The popular Motovun Shorts program, selected from as many as 728 submissions, offers intriguing, dynamic, funny and important films. \u201cThey are important because they use fresh and innovative ways to present the perspectives, stories and people who are too often invisible. Some of these films screened at the world\u2019s most relevant festivals like Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Venice and Clermont-Ferrand. Others will have their world premieres here in Motovun,\u201d said the short-film programmer Inja Kora\u0107<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner \u2013 the best European film \u2013 will be nominated for European Film Awards. Four films will be competing for Corto Montonese, the award for Best Croatian Short Film in the program: Snow White<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Lana Bari\u0107, Collector<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>by Danijel \u017de\u017eelj, While We Were Here<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Sun\u010dica Fradeli\u0107 and Boy<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>by Hrvoje Mabi\u0107.
 
Motovun Film Festival will once again have an overture of a sort, this time in Buje. Buje@teen<\/strong>, a varied program of children and youth films from all over Europe will present the excitement and variety of European film stories and cultures while addressing problems and subjects of interest to the youngest members of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usually, heaps of side events and great concerts will be taking place, too. The Greek ethno-ska-punk attraction Koza Mostra<\/strong> will perform for us on the first night and a number of interesting bands and DJs will have their concerts during the rest of the festival. Both types of film lovers can count on enjoying the five days between 26 and 30 July \u2013 those who want to focus on important subjects and those who want to stay away from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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