Festen (also known as The Celebration) is a 1998 Danish black comedy-drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and produced by Nimbus Film. This production was directed by Jason Byrne and starred veteran stage and screen actor Eric Peterson as family patriarch and businessman Helge Klingenfeldt. At Berlin, Trine Dyrholm won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. User Ratings In July 2018 Play Dead Theatre's production of FESTEN opened at the Rippon Lea Estate in Melbourne. [1]. Arlington, VA 22203 … 06.02.99 – International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Citröen Audience Award 1999. Below is a list of the winners and runners up in Theatre Group's internal awards with results going back to 2013. Everything you need to accept and review submissions, all in one central place. FAQ The guests select one not knowing its contents, and the son declares it the "truth speech". It was first staged in 2004 by producer Marla Rubin at the Almeida Theatre in London, and has since been staged in many countries around the world. These were rules to create films based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and excluding the use of elaborate special effects or technology. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2. Helge speaks to Christian alone and makes threatening offers to bring up Christian's troubled personal history including his impotence with women and his perhaps-incestuous relationship with Linda. [2] [3] In addition, it won the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival in 1998. 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The film was a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish films worldwide. With Edy Dzafic, Karl Håkansson, Simona Karpin, Sophia Martinsson. Based on 45 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of critics gave the film a positive review. Suite 200 Privacy Policy. Hosted by SUSU. The best way to budget your awards ceremony is to allot for a potential overage of 5 to 15%, ask vendors for specific quotes instead of ballpark estimates, keep your budget up-to-date by entering it in your tracking software, and exploring potential options before actually agreeing to … Thomas Vinterberg on IMDb: Awards, nominations, and wins. With this, she asks him to apologize for his earlier statements and accusations. In "The Hunt", Lucas, an inherently good man becomes the target of a community torn apart by lies, ... More. He is best known for the films The Celebration (1998), Submarino (2010), The Hunt (2012) and Far from the Madding Crowd (2015). All rights reserved. In a Better World is a 2010 Danish drama thriller film written by Anders Thomas Jensen and directed by Susanne Bier. Trine Dyrholm is a Danish actress, singer and songwriter. But, where to begin? Christian walks back in and they beat him and tie him to a tree in the woods outside of the hotel. In "The Hunt", Lucas, an inherently good man becomes the target of a community torn apart by lies, manipulation and betrayal ; where he continually fights for his lost friendship's, forgiveness and reputation. Thomas Vinterberg Director. The prize is awarded to the best new film project with box-office potential eligible for support from the EU MEDIA programme for cinema. [4], Some years after making the film, Vinterberg talked about its inspiration: a young man told the story on a radio show of the host Keld Koplev. European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (Best Young Film), Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, List of submissions to the 71st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, "45 Countries Submit Films for Oscar Consideration", Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "IMDB Technical Specs: The Celebration (1998)", http://www.ekkofilm.dk/essays.asp?table=essays&id=19, An interview with the film director Thomas Vinterberg by Jeremy Lehrer from indiewire.com, People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film, Audience Prize of the "Lübecker Nachrichten" -, Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film -, Norwegian International Film Festival (1999): Best Foreign Film of the Year -. The London production was nominated for five Olivier Awards in 2005. Festen is a British stage adaptation of the 1998 Danish film of the same name (The Celebration being the film's release title in North America[1]).