The Truffle Hunters wins the Aurora Prize at the Tromsø International Film Festival
The Truffle Hunters by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
The documentary
Michael Dweck and
Gregory Kershaw received both the festival’s main award, the Aurora Prize, and the FIPRESCI International Critics’ Award at the 32nd edition of the Tromsø International Film Festival, which took place from 17-23 January.
The Russian film
Scarecrow by
Mohammad Rasoulof. Meanwhile, the Tromsø Palm, awarded to the best film in the short/doc sidebar Films from the North, with films from the Barents Region, went to
EPA by Swedish directors
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Christopher Makoto Yogi’s
I Was a Simple Man will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 29. The film is among 10 dramatic narrative feature films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.
The film, set on Oʻahu’s North Shore, follows the life of Masao from pre-World War
II, to Hawaiʻi’s statehood, then the urbanization of Honolulu. When Masao gets older, he develops a terminal illness. As his condition deteriorates, he is visited by memories and ghosts of his past, including his wife (Grace) played by actress Constance Wu. The film illustrates the past and present of one family’s connection to their patriarch.
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There are different ways of experiencing films, but the physical screening is still important, argue panellists at the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
Clockwise from top left: Mike Gubbins, Carlo Chatrian, Mickaël Marin and Vanja Kaludjercic during the online panel
The 23
rd edition of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris, this year held virtually from 13-15 January, was kick-started with an Industry Day on Tuesday. With its participants encouraged to talk about the sales, promotion and exposure of French films, it saw
Mickaël Marin, of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, opening up about “2021 Perspectives for European Festivals”, including their own.