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Posts Tagged ‘Joshua Marston’
02/23/2012
» An Update from Cinereach Productions
Joshua Marston's The Forgiveness of Blood
We’re thrilled to announce that Cinereach Productions’ The Forgivness of Blood has been acquired by Sundance Selects!
Joshua Marston’s (Maria Full of Grace) film, follows Nik, an energetic 17-year-old in his last year of high school in Northern Albania. Embarking on his first romance with a girl in his class, he plans to open his own internet cafe after graduation. His sister, Rudina, is a bright, mature fifteen-year-old who aspires to go to college. When a local land dispute results in their father Mark being accused of murder, the family is drawn into a deadly blood feud. The rules of the Kanun, a centuries-old Albanian code of law, force Nik, his 7 year old brother and the other male members of his family into virtual house arrest. With Mark hiding in the mountains and Nik unable to leave the house, the family must rely on Rudina, who has to leave school and take over Mark’s business in order to provide for them. While Rudina flourishes in her newfound responsibility, Nik’s frustration and anger at his isolation drive him to try to end the feud, even though it may cost him his life.
The Forgiveness of Blood, written by Marston and Andamion Murataj, was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The film is a Journeyman production co-financed by Cinereach Productions, Artists Public Domain and Fandango Portobello.
03/03/2011
» Joshua Marston’s The Forgiveness of Blood takes home Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Script
Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj received the Silver Bear Award for Best Script at the 2011 Berlinale. Marston and Mourataj are the writers of Cinereach Productions’ The Forgiveness of Blood, which also received a Special Mention from the Ecumenical Jury.
The film, produced by Paul Mezey of Journeyman Pictures, and directed by Marston, follows the lives of a teenage boy and his younger sister when they are thrown into turmoil after a killing in a dispute over land draws their northern Albanian family into a blood feud.
The Forgiveness of Blood was produced in partnership with Fandango Portobello, Artists Public Domain, and Lissus Media and received grants from the Goteborg Film Festival Film Fund and New York State Council on the Arts.
This recent Hollywood Reporter interview with Marston sheds more light on the story behind the film.
The Forgiveness of Blood
Writers: Joshua Marston & Andamion Murataj
Director: Joshua Marston
Producer: Paul Mezey
Cinereach congratulates Here, On the Ice, and Yelling to the Sky, which also screened in competition. On the Ice (a Winter 2010 Cinereach Grantee and supported through The Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute) won the Best First Feature Award, which includes a 50,000 Euro prize. Here (supported through The Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute) was recognized with the C.I.C.A.E. Prize from the Panorama Jury.
On the Ice
Writer & Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Producers: Cara Marcous & Lynette Howell
HERE
Writers: Braden King & Dani Valent
Director: Braden King
Producers: Jay Van Hoy & Lars Knudsen
Yelling to the Sky
Writer & Director: Victoria Mahoney
Producers: Billy Mulligan, Ged Dickersin, Diane Houslin, Victoria Mahoney