Retrospective 2015 – A Year in Film

September

The Season of Interesting

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The end of summer usually signals the beginning of interesting award-contender autumnal releases, and this year was no exception. From the excellent Emily Blunt US drug-war drama/thriller ‘Sicario’ and Ridley Scott’s return to top from with refreshing Sci-fi drama ‘The Martian’, to the biographical disaster drama ‘Everest’ and Tom Hardy’s double-duty performance in the Krays biopic ‘Legend’.

And the award goes to…

Ahh, Venice

The world’s filmmakers big and small, plus the global media, converged as always on the “The Bride of the Sea” in September for the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, “La Biennale”, which meant 10 days of screenings, premieres, photocalls, red carpets, awards and general appreciation for the craft of filmmaking.

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Aside from exclusive screenings, star-studded press conferences and glamorous premieres, the closing night bestowed, among others, the prestigious “Golden Lion” award to one lucky filmmaker. Here are this year’s big winners;

-Golden Lion for Best Film-

‘Desde Allá’ (From Afar) by Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela, Mexico)

-Silver Lion for Best Director-

Pablo Trapero for ‘El Clan’ (Argentina, Spain)

-Grand Jury Prize-

‘Anomalisa’ by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson (USA)

-Coppa Volpi for Best Actor-

Fabrice Luchini in ‘L’Hermine’ (France)

-Coppa Volpi for Best Actress-

Valeria Golino in ‘Per Amor Vostro’ (Italy)

-Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor-

Abraham Attah in ‘Beasts of No Nation’ (USA)

-Award for Best Screenplay-

Christian Vincent for ‘L’Hermine’ (Courted) (France)

-Special Jury Prize-

‘Abluka’ (Frenzy) by Emin Alper (Turkey, France, Qatar)

Those We Lost

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The end of summer meant the departure of British director John Guillermin (89) (The Towering Inferno, Death on the Nile) and veteran actor Dean Jones (84) (The Love Bug, Beethoven), as well as Italian B-movie director Mario Caiano (82) (Shanghai Joe, Napoli spara!).

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