Everything Everywhere took home seven Oscars on Sunday night, including Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert), Best Original Screenplay (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Michelle Yeoh, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Ke Huy Quan and Best Achievement in Film Editing – Paul Rogers.

The story follows Evelyn, an aging Chinese immigrant who goes on a wild adventure and is eventually tasked with saving the world.

A24, the Independent film studio behind Everything Everywhere All At Once, has made history, becoming the first in the 95-year history of the Oscars to capture the top 6 Awards at once: the four acting categories, director and picture.

This unprecedented achievement was possible with the awards won by the blockbuster Everything Everywhere All At Once, as well as Brendan Fraser's award for critically-acclaimed performance in The Whale.

The audience resonated with the story presented in a completely new way: mixing fantasy images, martial arts, humor, family drama and ironic commentary on the information age.

Thanks to all these elements, the film received the most nominations (11) at the 95th Academy Awards Gala, which will take place on Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood.

Besides nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Stephanie Hsu, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Jamie Lee Curtis and Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ke Huy Quan, the film is up for Best Picture, Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Costume design (Shirley Kurata), Editing (Paul Rogers), Original song (Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski for song This Is a Life), Original score (Son Lux) and Original screenplay (Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert).

An exciting story with 11 Oscar nominations, now in cinemas!

Besides nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Stephanie Hsu, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Jamie Lee Curtis and Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ke Huy Quan, the film is up for Best Picture, Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Costume design (Shirley Kurata), Editing (Paul Rogers), Original song (Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski for song This Is a Life), Original score (Son Lux) and Original screenplay (Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert).

Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel will return as the host of the Oscars, his third time fronting the ceremony, which he led in 2017 and 2018.

The 95th Oscars will be televised live on ABC on March 12 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is content with life and comes at the world with a healthy scepticism. Despite this she encounters a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

This is a problem because she is a scholar of narrative and knows all the cautionary tales about wishes gone wrong. He pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.

Oscar-winning filmmaker George Miller first encountered Alithea and the Djinn when he read British author A.S. Byatt’s 1994 short story The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye in the late 1990s.

“It’s a story that seemed to probe many of the mysteries and paradoxes of life, and so succinctly” Miller recalls. “Once read it stayed with me, as some stories tend to do… then, one day it occurred to me that it should be a film.”

“It felt unique, something that you couldn’t quite fit into any genre and it ticked one very important box - there must be a whole lot more to it than meets the eye. There are stories within stories, a little like One Thousand and One Nights” says Miller.

Idris Elba: “It is an absolute postcard to the art of storytelling. It’s an unconventional film but has a very honest focus. The point is that stories are really important to humankind”.    

Prorom and Ro Image will release Three Thousand Years of Longing in Romanian cinemas on September, 2, 2022.

The 200 films from 55 countries brought 102,000 ticket payers to the cinema screens, 8% more than in 2019, the year in which the previous record was set.

The most popular event in the program of this edition of TIFF was the special screening on the last night of the festival.

Official Competition, the new film of the Argentine directorial duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, attracted over 3,200 ticket payers in Unirii Open Air.

In the Official Competition, a billionaire decides to produce a legendary film and looks for the best in the industry. Renowned director Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz) is chosen to direct, and is soon joined by two incredibly talented actors: Félix Rivero (Antonio Banderas), adored in Hollywood, and the radical theater actor Iván Torres (Oscar Martínez).

They're both legends, but not good friends. When Lola tests them more and more eccentrically, Félix and Iván will have not only to face each, but also re-evaluate themselfs.

The film distributed by Prorom, Official Competition will soon premiere in Romania on VOD platforms.

Foto by Nicu Cherciu / TIFF.

Audiences loved Official Competition, by Argentine directors Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn, starring Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz. The film is in the main competition at Venice, which ends September 11.

Here are some reviews:

"This classy palate-cleanser in Venice’s 2021 selection has distinct upmarket commercial prospects and will be an irresistible choice for fests". "Richly witty, packed with psychological hairpin bends". (Jonathan Romney, ScreenDaily).

"... the Spanish comedy-drama is a highly entertaining entry with winning performances from Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez" (Anna Smith, Deadline).

"...two hours of sharp reflections deliciously wrapped in entertaining antics." (Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter).

"Big laughs and searing insights into the artistic process power this highly enjoyable film world satire." (David Jenkins, Little White Lies).