“Wolf & Sheep” Afghan fantasy drama gets Cannes Directors’ Fortnight PrizeMay 21, 2016 - 14:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Wolf & Sheep”, an Afghan fantasy drama, claimed the Art Cinema Award at the Directors’ Fortnight (aka Quinzaine des Realisateurs) section of the Cannes festival, Variety reports. The award was announced on Friday, May 20 evening at an event in Cannes. The Directors’ Fortnight section is essentially non-competitive, but a number of its commercial and cinema industry sponsors arrange prizes. “Wolf,” which also goes by the title “The Story of an Afghan Community,” is a depiction of rural where everyone is a storyteller and children rule the hills as shepherds. It is directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat a woman screenwriter and director who was previously in the Directors’ Fortnight in 2011 with short film “Vice Versa One.” “Wolf” also has Cannes connections. It was previously pitched at the Cannes Cinefondation Residency program in 2013, when Sadat was just 20. Production and finance came from Scandinavia and Afghanistan. The film beat other contenders including favorites: “Neruda,” “Risk,” “Ma Vie de Courgette” and “Raman Raghav.” Sponsors Awards at the 2016 edition of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight / Quinzaine des Realisateurs Art Cinema Award to a feature film “Wolf & Sheep,” dir. Shahrbanoo Sadat SACD Award to a French-language feature film “The Together Project” (aka “L’Effet Aquatique”) dir. Solveig Anspach SACD special mention “Divines” dir. Houda Benyamina The Europa Cinemas Label to a European feature film “Mercenary” (aka “Mercenaire”) dir. Sacha Wolff Illy Prize to a short film “Chasse Royal” dirs. Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret Illy special mention “The Beast” (aka “Zvir”) dir. Miroslav Sikavica Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |