Sunday, November 20, 2011

'Oslo' tops Stockholm fest

'Oslo August 31' London-- Joachim Trier's "Oslo August 31" won the very best film and cinematography awards in the 22nd Stockholm Film Festival, while Paddy Considine's "Tyrannosaur" required the award for directorial debut.Tomas Alfredson's "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," which opened up the fest November. 9, required the Fipresci jury award, selected from films not within the primary competition.The Stockholm Film Fund granted its inaugural prize of $750,000 in production funding to Swedish helmer Lisa Aschan, to invest in her horror project "The Deposit."Underneath the rules from the fund, that is devoted to aid new female talent, Aschan should have the finished film prepared to world premiere at next year's Stockholm fest.The fest closed November. 20 having a gala screening of Pedro Almodovar's "Your Skin My Home Is.Inch The awards were passed out in a ceremony November. 19. Jury was Whit Stillman, who referred to "Oslo August 31" as "a wonderfully colored portrait of the generation."Actress prize visited Yohanna Idha on her role within the Swedish pic "Others.Inch Sergei Boriskov required the actor award for Russian drama "Twilight Portrait."Lebanese-French co-production "Where Will We Go Ahead NowInch won two awards, for the best script and finest music.The jury gave special mentions to British actress Olivia Colman on her performance in "Tyrannosaur" and also to Australian director Julia Leigh for "Sleeping Beauty."Jonathan Levine's "50/50" won the crowd award. Other films that obtained well within the audience voting were "Others,Inch "Drive" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene."As formerly introduced, Isabelle Huppert was given the fest's Lifetime Achievement Award, Alejandro Gonzelez Inarritu received the Visionary Award, and native actress Malin Buska won the L'Oreal Paris Rising Star Award. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

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