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‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ ‘Room Next Door’ Lead European Film Award Nominations
Italy’s Oscar submission and Venice Golden Lion runner-up “Vermiglio” shows up also in the European Film and European Director (for Maura Delpero).
European Film Awards: ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘The Room Next Door’ Lead Nominations
A slew of films clinched two nominations including Maura Delpero’s Italian Oscar entry Vermiglio, Halfdan Ullmann Tondel’s Norwegian Oscar entry Armand as well as Andrea Arnold’s Bird and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance.
VERMIGLIO: Maura Delpero’s Final Study of a Remote Italian Alpine Village at the End of World War II
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 11/4/24 – On Sunday, October 26, at the AFI FEST 2024 was a screening of Vermiglio – a 2024 Italian drama film written and directed by Maura Delpero. The story takes place in 1944, in Vermiglio, a remote mountain village in Italy up in the Dolomites. Maura Delpero’s new film was a richly deserving winner of the Grand Jury prize at the Venice film festival this year and it has been designated as the Italian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. It is a richly compassionate, emotional and detailed drama of family secrets in the wartime Italian countryside, in the manner of Ermanno Olmi or the Taviani brothers. It is wonderfully acted with unaffected naturalism by its cast of professionals and newcomers and plays on the audience’s heartstrings. This is Italian director Maura Delpero’s follow-up to her Maternal (2019).
AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism
Vermiglio is set in the eponymous alpine village during the waning days of WWII. Maura Delpero’s film, gorgeously shot by Leviathan cinematographer Mikhail Krichman, is a slow-moving fable that unfolds as a novelistic series of pastoral tableaus. The short chapters evoke Balzacian poetic realism and recall the sensual textures of last year’s The Taste of Things. But unlike that film, which exuded autumnal warmth and celebrated pleasure––therefore freedom––Vermiglio‘s stark, wintery beauty comes at the price of its characters’ desires. The painterly frames physically constrain subjects, especially women who suffer pointedly under the social restrictions of this time and place.
‘Anora,’ ‘Babygirl,’ ‘Challengers’ Among Top Gotham Awards Nominees — Full List
“We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams, selected by nominating committees who bring their independent perspective to the selection process. This year’s nominations celebrate voices from across the globe, embodying the growing embrace of international cinema by audiences everywhere. We look forward to celebrating our nominees and our Gotham tributes in a few weeks,” said Gotham Film and Media Institute executive director Jeffrey Sharp.
2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations for the 34th edition of The Gothams, including 39 feature films and 25 performances in nine award categories. Leading the Best Feature nominees are Anora, Babygirl, Challengers, A Different Man, and Nickel Boys.
Gotham Awards 2024 Nominations: ‘Anora’ Leads With Four Nods
Gotham Awards Nominations Give Anora, Babygirl, Nickel Boys a Boost
The Gotham Awards, the first major nominations for this awards season, gave a nice boost to several indie films, including…
Vermiglio
Maura Delpero, director; Francesca Andreoli, Maura Delpero, Santiago Fondevila Sance, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)
‘Anora’ Tops Gotham Awards Nominations
The 2024 Gotham Awards nominations have been announced…
Gotham Awards Nominations: ‘Anora’ Leads Pack, ‘Challengers’ & ‘Nickel Boys’ Among Group Up For Best Feature
“We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams, selected by nominating committees who bring their independent perspective to the selection process. This year’s nominations celebrate voices from across the globe, embodying the growing embrace of international cinema by audiences everywhere,” said Jeffrey Sharp, president of the The Gotham Film & Media Institute, the awards’ parent organization.