Tag: Isabella Eklöf
Interview: Isabella Eklöf – Kalak
In her stunning feature debut (that premiered at Sundance), Swedish filmmaker Isabella Eklöf offered an unflinching and pitiless examination of a drug dealer's inner...
The Safeword Is…: Isabella Eklöf Launches DOGMA 25 with Bold BDSM Drama ‘MR. NAWASHI’
Brings out the chips, dip, chains and whips. Production has officially began on filmmaker Isabella Eklöf's third feature film - which officially becomes the...
2023 San Sebastián: Camborda’s “The Rye Horn” Wins Golden Shell, “Kalak” & “Puan” Double Up in Prizes
It's now the fourth year in a row that a female filmmaker has won San Sebastián's prestigious Golden Shell award. After Déa Kulumbegashvili's Beginning,...
2023 San Sebastián: Xavier Legrand, Isabella Eklöf, Kitty Green & Christos Nikou Added to Comp
Two surprise world premieres (highly anticipated sophomore features) are part of the last batch of competition film title announcements duking it out for the...
2023 Venice Film Festival – 75 Predictions: Fien Troch, Ellen Kuras, Michel Franco, Jan P. Matuszyński…
Among yesterday's round of Venice Film Festival predictions we had the likes of Bertrand Bonello, Viggo Mortensen, Tarsem Singh, Ethan Coen, Pablo Larrain, Michael...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #29. Isabella Eklöf’s Kalak
Kalak
We still think about her breakout directorial debut and we were filled with glee when we learned that Isabella Eklöf moved into her sophomore...
Dirty Dane: Emil Johnsen Confronts Painful Past in Isabella Eklöf’s “Kalak”
In terms of new trauma triggering old trauma experiences, her debut film Holiday was no walk in the park and now for Isabella Eklöf's...
Through the Looking Glass: Top 20 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022 – Picks 20-11
As we continue to navigate a world still in the grip of a formidable pandemic, many have hypothesized on the fate of theatrical releases...
Interview: Isabella Eklöf – Holiday
I was lassoed by the pre-fest launching of the accompanying marketing materials for this Danish-Dutch-Swedish co-production Sundance's World Cinema Dramatic Comp selected debut, and...
Video: Isabella Eklöf’s Holiday | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
With American indie being the focal point of our Sundance coverage, it takes a little coaxing for us to check out the offerings found...
Interview: Ali Abbasi – Border
Two years after Shelley, a horror film based on a Norse mythology and folktale, Ali Abbasi premiered the buzz heavy Border at the Cannes Film...
Video: Ali Abbassi’s Border | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
The surprise hit of the Un Certain Regard and kudos to the Benicio del Toro led jury on giving the section's top honors, Ali...
18th New Horizons Intl Film Festival: Isabella Eklöf’s Holiday Wins the Grand Prix
The jury made up of Fred Kelemen (chairman, German director and cinematographer, and the subject of a retrospective at last year's New Horizons), Valeska...
Sundance 2018: Madeline’s Madeline Helena Howard Leads our Top 10 New Faces
Last week we looked at the impressive class of new voices who made a noticeable mark at Sundance '18, and now we go in...
Sundance 2018: Night Comes On’s Jordana Spiro Leads our Top 10 New Voices
Along with the plethora of interviews and reviews that we'll be posting on the site in February, as per our tradition here on the...
