Mumbai Film Fest To Honor Luca Guadagnino & Mani Ratnam; BBC Buys Denmark’s ‘Prisoner’; Shirley Henderson Feted; ‘Promised Land’ Wins Big – Global Briefs
25.10.2023 - 09:39
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Mumbai Film Fest To Honor Luca Guadagnino & Mani Ratnam
The Mumbai Film Festival will honor Luca Guadagnino and Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam at the upcoming fest, which runs from October 27 to November 5. The former will win the Excellence in Cinema Award (International) while the latter is handed the South Asian version of the same award. Both directors will attend the festival to receive their gongs and conduct masterclasses. The festival will also screen Ratnam’s recent Tamil-language historical dramas, Ponniyin Selvan: Part One & Two, and Luca Guadagnino’s Golden Globe-nominated I Am Love. Previous receipients of Mumbai Film Festival’s Excellence in Cinema Awards include Darren Aronofsky, Sharmila Tagore, Fernando Meirelles, Jia Zhangke and Chen Kaige.
BBC Buys Denmark’s ‘Prisoner’ Starring ‘The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl
The BBC has acquired Danish drama Prisoner starring The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl. The series for national broadcaster DR revolves around the lives of four prison officers – Henrik (David Dencik), Miriam (Gråbøl), Sammi (Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt) and Gert (Charlotte Fich) – whose personal challenges intertwine with the complexities of their workplace, a prison plagued by bad press, hierarchy issues, and a drug trade. BBC Head of Programme Acquisitions Sue Deeks described Prisoner as an “authentic, complex and compelling portrait of the harsh realities of life in prison.” The BBC has been on a bit of a buying spree of late, picking up the likes of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire and Australian thriller Scrublands.
Shirley Henderson Feted By BAFTA Scotland
Harry Potter and Filth star Shirley Henderson has been awarded the BAFTA Scotland Outstanding Contribution Award alongside Oscar-winning 1917 sound
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