“Riceboy Sleeps” Wins Canada’s Highest Honor; NFTS & Netflix Black British Women Scholarship; Modern Movies New Digital Space and Tim Burton Go to Italy – Global Briefs

“Riceboy Sleeps” wins Canada’s top film award
Anthony Shims Riceboy is sleeping Won Canada’s biggest film award, the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The award is presented by the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) and comes with a cash award of CAN$100,000 ($72,000). Riceboy is sleeping defeated the Clement Virgo nominees Brother and that of David Cronenberg crimes of the future. The semi-autobiographical film explores the challenges of living between two cultures through the story of a single Korean immigrant raising her son in Canada. Shot in the Vancouver area and Korea, the film had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, won the Platform Prize, and subsequently screened in Busan and a number of other festivals. The win comes as Toronto-based distributor Game Theory Films prepares for the title’s March 17 release in Canada. The film will also be released in Korea, Singapore and the US in the coming months. “Since TIFF, where this crazy journey began, the Toronto film community has been so good to us, and I hope to make more films in the future that deserve the same kind of support,” said Shim.

NFTS and Netflix team up again to provide scholarships to black British women
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is once again partnering with Netflix to launch the second year of applications for their Black British Women’s Film Scholarship. The scholarship is fully supported by Netflix and funds the two-year tuition of the NFTS cinematography course and includes an annual living allowance. Film producers Ndrika Anyika and Lami Okrekson were the first scholarship recipients and began their studies at the NFTS in January 2023. Applications for 2024 are now possible. Announcing the news, Fiona Lamptey, director of UK Features at Netflix, said: “True diversity in film gives us a range of perspectives, it challenges us to see familiar things differently and tell stories in new ways from alternative perspectives. tell. We are excited to continue our work with the National Film and Television School on International Women’s Day to promote gender equality and representation behind the camera.”

Modern Films celebrates International Women’s Day with the launch of a new digital space
Modern Films, Eve Gabereau’s innovative UK indie distributor, has launched a mixed media digital space called The Modern Line. The purpose of the site is to create connections between current filmmakers and new releases on the Modern Films list with past filmmakers in the library through podcasts, text, photos, music, moving images and personal stories from filmmakers about the inspiration behind their films. In February, the site launched a podcast featuring writer-director Emily Atef in conversation with filmmaker Lisa Rovner (Sisters with transistors), to mark the UK release of her film More than ever. The film is now officially launched with a special International Women’s Day focus on filmmakers who identify as women, profile them and ask who inspires them, their advice to young filmmakers and their creative process and bible. Participants include Jacqueline Lentzou (Moon, 66 questions), Posy Dixon (Keyboard Fantasys), Zeina Durra (Luxor) and Dinah Amer (you look like me).

The Tim Burton Expo heads to Italy
The world exhibition “The World Of Tim Burton” was booked by the National Cinema Museum of Italy. The show will run for six months from October 2023 to April 2024, against the backdrop of the museum’s dramatic architectural landmark, the Mole Antonelliana. Burton will also be hosting a masterclass during this time. He follows the latest guests of honor Kevin Spacey and Isabella Rossellini. The exhibition, drawn from Burton’s personal archive, consists of around 500 artefacts relating to his work. Since its inception in 2014, the show has toured a dozen countries and is currently at the Bukit Jalil Pavilion in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumper. “It will be amazing to see how Tim Burton’s colorful and whimsical world fits into the magical space of the Mole Antonelliana,” said museum director Domenico De Gaetano.