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Yahoo
24-05-2025
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Chilean AIDS Drama ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo' Wins Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival's second-most prestigious competition, Un Certain Regard, is typically dominated by newer, less heralded names in world cinema. But there was more star power than usual at stake in this year's awards ceremony, as pundits wondered whether one of the three debut features by prominent actors-turned-directors in this year's lineup — Kristen Stewart, Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson — could land a prize. As it turned out, people needn't have worried about a Hollywood takeover. Stewart's 'The Chronology of Water' and Johansson's 'Eleanor the Great' both went unawarded, as the jury threw a relative curveball in handing the Prix Un Certain Regard to Chilean director Diego Céspedes for his alluringly titled first feature 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo,' an offbeat study of a transgender commune living in the Chilean desert around the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. More from Variety Josh O'Connor Art Heist Film 'The Mastermind' Steals 5.5-Minute Cannes Ovation as Director Kelly Reichardt Says 'America Is in a Ditch Right Now' 'Young Mothers' Review: Belgium's Dardenne Brothers Adopt a Wider Focus for Their Most Humane Drama in More Than a Decade Rai Cinema Celebrates 'Heads or Tails?' at Cannes and Readies for More Hits: 'Cinema Without Audience Doesn't Exist' The film received mixed reviews when it premiered near the beginning of the festival: Variety critic Siddhant Adlakha wrote that it 'meanders on occasion, and never quite finds the right rhythm for its more traditional dialogue coverage,' but praised it for 'tremendously moving moments that stir the soul by scrutinizing the dueling cruelty and tenderness found within its characters.' The jury, meanwhile, praised it as 'raw and powerful and yet funny and wild,' before handing the prize to an astonished Céspedes, who stated tearily that his film 'began with all the angry lovers to just wanted to love like everybody else.' The decision rested with a jury headed by a relative newcomer herself: 31-year-old British writer-director Molly Manning Walker won the top prize in Un Certain Regard two years ago for her vivid debut 'How to Have Sex,' and was joined on the panel by filmmakers Louise Courvoisier and Roberto Minervini, actor Nahuel Perez Biscayart and Rotterdam fest director Vanja Kaluđerčić. Full list of winners: Prix Un Certain Regard: 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo,' Diego Céspedes Jury Prize: 'A Poet,' Simón Mesa Soto Best Screenplay: Harry Lighton, 'Pillion' Best Performance: Cléo Diara, 'I Only Rest in the Storm' and Frank Dillane, 'Urchin' Best Director: Tarzan and Arab Nasser, 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza' Best of Variety Emmy Predictions: Writing - 'The Studio' Submits One Episode Only, While 'Severance' and 'The Penguin' Go With Their Finales Emmy Predictions: The Art of the Submission Creates New and Viable Contenders Emmy Predictions: Directing (Drama, Comedy, Limited) - Will Ben Stiller, Philip Barantini and Seth Rogen All Become Award-Winning Auteurs?
Yahoo
24-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Chilean Drama ‘The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo' Wins Top Un Certain Regard Prize — Cannes
Chilean Drama The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo by Diego Céspedes won the main Un Certain Regard Prize this evening in Cannes. Set in 1982, the film follows eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her beloved queer family in a desert mining town in northern Chile. As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread, legend has it that it is transmitted between two men, through a simple glance, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real or not. More from Deadline 'Honey Don't!' Review: Margaret Qualley Stars As A Gutsy Private Eye In Ethan Coen's Messy Comic Noir - Cannes Film Festival 'Imago' Director Déni Oumar Pitsaev On Winning Two Prizes In Cannes: "I Didn't Expect It At All" Palm Dog: 'The Love That Remains', 'Sirât', 'Pillion' And 'Amores Perros' Honored - Cannes Film Festival A Poet, by Colombian filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto, won the Jury Prize. The film is Soto's second feature, and it follows Oscar Restrepo, whose obsession with poetry brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings some light to his days, but dragging her into the world of poets may not be the way. Best Screenplay went to Pillion, the debut feature from British filmmaker Harry Lighton. The film stars Harry Melling as a timid young gay man named Colin who comes into his sexuality when a biker named Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) takes him on as his sexual submissive. Best Director went to Palestinian filmmakers Tarzan and Arab Nasser for Once Upon a Time in Gaza while the Performance Awards went to Cléo Diara for I Only Rest in the Storm and Frank Dillane for the Harris Dickinson-directed Urchin. This year's jury was presided over by UK director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker, who was joined by French-Swiss director and screenwriter Louise Courvoisier, Croatian director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam Vanja Kaludjercic, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter Roberto Minervini, and Argentinian actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart. Best of Deadline 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far Everything We Know About 'The Testaments,' Sequel Series To 'The Handmaid's Tale' So Far
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24-05-2025
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- The Advertiser
Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo wins Cannes second tier
Chilean director Diego Cespedes' first feature, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, has won the Cannes Film Festival's second-tier Un Certain Regard category. The film set in the early 1980s centres around a queer family in Chile and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. "This award doesn't celebrate perfection. It celebrates that fear, that stubbornness to exist just as we are, even when it makes others uncomfortable," said Cespedes while accepting the prize. This year's Un Certain Regard section, which usually focuses on more art-house fare, was particularly strong, with several promising directorial debuts from actors including Scarlett Johansson, Harris Dickinson and Kristen Stewart. Once Upon a Time in Gaza, which follows a low-level drug dealer and his underling in the coastal enclave the year the Islamist group Hamas took over, earned a directing award for Palestinian twin filmmakers Arab and Tarzan Nasser. To everyone in Gaza, "to every single Palestinian: your lives matter and your voice matters, and soon Palestine will be free," said Tarzan Nasser, eliciting a standing ovation. Colombian director Simon Mesa Soto's dark comedy exploring the art world, A Poet, received the runner-up Jury Prize. Frank Dillane, who stars in Dickinson's well-received debut about a homeless man, Urchin, took home best performance along with Cleo Diara, who stars in Portuguese director Pedro Pinho's exploration of neo-colonialism, I Only Rest in the Storm. The screenplay award went to British director Harry Lighton and his Alexander Skarsgard-led kinky romance Pillion. Lifeline 13 11 14 Fullstop Australia 1800 385 578 Chilean director Diego Cespedes' first feature, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, has won the Cannes Film Festival's second-tier Un Certain Regard category. The film set in the early 1980s centres around a queer family in Chile and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. "This award doesn't celebrate perfection. It celebrates that fear, that stubbornness to exist just as we are, even when it makes others uncomfortable," said Cespedes while accepting the prize. This year's Un Certain Regard section, which usually focuses on more art-house fare, was particularly strong, with several promising directorial debuts from actors including Scarlett Johansson, Harris Dickinson and Kristen Stewart. Once Upon a Time in Gaza, which follows a low-level drug dealer and his underling in the coastal enclave the year the Islamist group Hamas took over, earned a directing award for Palestinian twin filmmakers Arab and Tarzan Nasser. To everyone in Gaza, "to every single Palestinian: your lives matter and your voice matters, and soon Palestine will be free," said Tarzan Nasser, eliciting a standing ovation. Colombian director Simon Mesa Soto's dark comedy exploring the art world, A Poet, received the runner-up Jury Prize. Frank Dillane, who stars in Dickinson's well-received debut about a homeless man, Urchin, took home best performance along with Cleo Diara, who stars in Portuguese director Pedro Pinho's exploration of neo-colonialism, I Only Rest in the Storm. The screenplay award went to British director Harry Lighton and his Alexander Skarsgard-led kinky romance Pillion. Lifeline 13 11 14 Fullstop Australia 1800 385 578 Chilean director Diego Cespedes' first feature, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, has won the Cannes Film Festival's second-tier Un Certain Regard category. The film set in the early 1980s centres around a queer family in Chile and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. "This award doesn't celebrate perfection. It celebrates that fear, that stubbornness to exist just as we are, even when it makes others uncomfortable," said Cespedes while accepting the prize. This year's Un Certain Regard section, which usually focuses on more art-house fare, was particularly strong, with several promising directorial debuts from actors including Scarlett Johansson, Harris Dickinson and Kristen Stewart. Once Upon a Time in Gaza, which follows a low-level drug dealer and his underling in the coastal enclave the year the Islamist group Hamas took over, earned a directing award for Palestinian twin filmmakers Arab and Tarzan Nasser. To everyone in Gaza, "to every single Palestinian: your lives matter and your voice matters, and soon Palestine will be free," said Tarzan Nasser, eliciting a standing ovation. Colombian director Simon Mesa Soto's dark comedy exploring the art world, A Poet, received the runner-up Jury Prize. Frank Dillane, who stars in Dickinson's well-received debut about a homeless man, Urchin, took home best performance along with Cleo Diara, who stars in Portuguese director Pedro Pinho's exploration of neo-colonialism, I Only Rest in the Storm. The screenplay award went to British director Harry Lighton and his Alexander Skarsgard-led kinky romance Pillion. Lifeline 13 11 14 Fullstop Australia 1800 385 578 Chilean director Diego Cespedes' first feature, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, has won the Cannes Film Festival's second-tier Un Certain Regard category. The film set in the early 1980s centres around a queer family in Chile and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. "This award doesn't celebrate perfection. It celebrates that fear, that stubbornness to exist just as we are, even when it makes others uncomfortable," said Cespedes while accepting the prize. This year's Un Certain Regard section, which usually focuses on more art-house fare, was particularly strong, with several promising directorial debuts from actors including Scarlett Johansson, Harris Dickinson and Kristen Stewart. Once Upon a Time in Gaza, which follows a low-level drug dealer and his underling in the coastal enclave the year the Islamist group Hamas took over, earned a directing award for Palestinian twin filmmakers Arab and Tarzan Nasser. To everyone in Gaza, "to every single Palestinian: your lives matter and your voice matters, and soon Palestine will be free," said Tarzan Nasser, eliciting a standing ovation. Colombian director Simon Mesa Soto's dark comedy exploring the art world, A Poet, received the runner-up Jury Prize. Frank Dillane, who stars in Dickinson's well-received debut about a homeless man, Urchin, took home best performance along with Cleo Diara, who stars in Portuguese director Pedro Pinho's exploration of neo-colonialism, I Only Rest in the Storm. The screenplay award went to British director Harry Lighton and his Alexander Skarsgard-led kinky romance Pillion. Lifeline 13 11 14 Fullstop Australia 1800 385 578
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Chilean drama on AIDS, ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo', takes home the title at the Un Regards Competition at Cannes
1 2 This year's Un Regard Competition had a lot of talent in terms of nominees. Amongst a sea of winners like 'Urchin', 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza,' and 'A Poet', the Chilean drama 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo' also managed to bag the title at the competition. 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo' wins big at the Un Regards festival Un Regard Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions at the Cannes Film Festival. As per reports from Variety, Chilean director Diego Céspedes managed to take home the title at the Un Regard competition this year. Typically, the competition nomination consists of films and projects that have not actively received a fan following or have been well heard of. This year saw an influence of actors turned directors. The likes of Kristen Stewart , Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson all recently made their directorial debuts at the Cannes Film Festival. There were rumours in the air that since the competition this year was fierce, one of the actors who made their directorial debut may be winning the title; however, it all proved to be false as the Chilean drama on AIDS won the big title. Director Diego Céspedes shares a speech with the audience at Cannes During his acceptance speech for the Un Regard Competition, director Céspedes shared a few words as his film got the special title. During his speech, he cited that the feature project 'began with all the angry lovers who just wanted to love like everybody else.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 최저가 임플란트, 품질은 프리미엄 그대로. 추가금 일절 없습니다. 추가금 일절없음 더 알아보기 Undo During his speech, he continued, sharing that "This award doesn't celebrate perfection. It celebrates that fear, that stubbornness to exist just as we are, even when it makes others uncomfortable'. More on the feature that won big at Cannes, 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo' The drama feature, which also marks the first feature project of Céspedes, 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo', is an ambitious project about the life of a transgender commune as they choose to stay in the Chilean desert. The film is set against the backdrop of the 1980s, when the AIDS epidemic was just at its beginning stages. The jury, right before handing over the titles, shared that the film is 'raw and powerful and yet funny and wild". More winners at the Cannes Film Festival Other than the ambitious project of 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo', many other projects managed to win big at this year's Cannes festival. The film 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza' managed to bag the directing award for the Palestinian twin filmmakers, Arab and Tarzan Nasser, who were behind the beautiful project. On the other hand, Dickinson's directorial debut 'Urchin' was also awarded a title by the jury, as star Frank Dillane was awarded the best performance award. Cleo Diara also managed to bag the award for her role in 'I Only Rest in the Storm'. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
Mint
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Cannes 2025: Diego Cespedes' ‘Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo' wins Un Certain Regard award
'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo,' the first feature by Chilean director Diego Cespedes, won the Cannes Film Festival's second-tier Un Certain Regard category on Friday evening. The film set in the early 1980s centres around a queer family in Chile and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. While accepting the prize, Cespedes said that the award celebrates existence 'even when it makes others uncomfortable'. 'This award doesn't celebrate perfection. It celebrates that fear, that stubbornness to exist just as we are, even when it makes others uncomfortable,' he said. 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza' earned a directing award for Palestinian twin filmmakers Arab and Tarzan Nasser. The film follows a low-level drug dealer and his underling in the coastal enclave the year the Islamist group Hamas took over. To everyone in Gaza, 'to every single Palestinian: your lives matter and your voice matters, and soon Palestine will be free,' said Tarzan Nasser, eliciting a standing ovation. 'A Poet' received the runner-up Jury Prize. Directed by Colombian director Simon Mesa Soto, this dark comedy explores the art world. Frank Dillane, who stars in Dickinson's well-received debut about a homeless man, 'Urchin,' took home best performance along with Cleo Diara, who stars in Portuguese director Pedro Pinho's exploration of neo-colonialism, 'I Only Rest in the Storm'. The screenplay award went to British director Harry Lighton and his Alexander Skarsgard-led kinky romance 'Pillion.' This year's Un Certain Regard section, which usually focuses on more arthouse fare, was particularly strong. It saw several promising directorial debuts from actors, including Scarlett Johansson, Harris Dickinson, and Kristen Stewart. India marked its entry in the segment with director Neeraj Ghaywan's 'Homebound' starring Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa. The official synopsis of 'Homebound' reads: "Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they've long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together."
