From The Hollywood Reporter · Scott Roxborough · · 1m 20s
Variations on Violence Wins Oldenburg Film Prize
Zachary Nichols' film takes top honor at Germany's indie festival.
In brief
Zachary Nichols' film takes top honor at Germany's indie festival. Zachary Nichols' Variations on Violence won the German Independence Award for Best Film at the Oldenburg Film Festival. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Variations on Violence Wins Award
Zachary Nichols' Variations on Violence won the German Independence Award for Best Film at this year's Oldenburg Film Festival, Germany's leading indie film festival.
Military Drone Operator Story
The film follows a military drone operator whose remote-controlled violence follows him home, along with his sister Mary, who is caught in a cycle of unstable relationships as Johnny's grip on reality deteriorates.
Project Origin
Nichols originally developed the project as an art installation before expanding it into a feature.
Foreign Tongue Wins Spirit Award
Boris Mojsovski's Foreign Tongue received the Spirit of Cinema Award, which is determined by festival audience vote.
Foreign Tongue Cast and Plot
The Canadian film, in its German premiere, stars Steve Byers, Cynthia Aspherger and Greg Bryk. It centers on Kathy (Kimberly-Sue Murray) a single woman who falls into a coma after a fall at a speed-dating event and wakes up speaking with a Bosnian accent.
Foreign Tongue's Impact
A change that alters how she is perceived and treated, and that connects her with a hospital cleaner who introduces her to a new social world.
The short version
Zachary Nichols' Variations on Violence won the German Independence Award for Best Film at the Oldenburg Film Festival.
