French actress Karin Viard’s stay as guest of honor at the Les Arcs Film Festival in the French Alps got off to a dramatic start over the weekend after she fell while skiing and banged her head.
The star, who is a best known internationally for her roles in films La Famille Bélier (which was remade as the Oscar-winning Coda) and Perfect Nanny, fell just minutes after taking to the slopes on Sunday.
She later posted footage on her Instagram account showing her being treated by medics as she lay on a toboggan stretcher ahead of being evacuated off the slopes.
“There you go, a head trauma after a minute of ski. That’s what you call talent,” wrote the actress.
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The star, who is a best known internationally for her roles in films La Famille Bélier (which was remade as the Oscar-winning Coda) and Perfect Nanny, fell just minutes after taking to the slopes on Sunday.
She later posted footage on her Instagram account showing her being treated by medics as she lay on a toboggan stretcher ahead of being evacuated off the slopes.
“There you go, a head trauma after a minute of ski. That’s what you call talent,” wrote the actress.
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- 12/17/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Class of 2017 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema opening night Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Pictured above from left to right are: Frantz's François Ozon, uniFrance General Director Isabelle Giordano, Reda Kateb and Cécile de France, stars of Django, a highlight of the festival, Mal De Pierres' Nicole Garcia, Django's Étienne Comar, Réparer Les Vivants' Katell Quillévéré, composer Martin Wheeler for 150 Milligrams and Sólveig Anspach's L'Effet Aquatique, Planetarium's Rebecca Zlotowski, La Fille De Brest's Emmanuelle Bercot, and in the front row, Florence Almozini, Associate Director of Programming for the Film Society of Lincoln Center with Agnès Varda for the Opening Night of the 22nd edition of New York's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema on March 1 at the Walter Reade Theater.
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Jérôme Salle’s The Odyssey (L'Odyssée) starring Lambert Wilson as Jacques Cousteau with Audrey Tautou...
Pictured above from left to right are: Frantz's François Ozon, uniFrance General Director Isabelle Giordano, Reda Kateb and Cécile de France, stars of Django, a highlight of the festival, Mal De Pierres' Nicole Garcia, Django's Étienne Comar, Réparer Les Vivants' Katell Quillévéré, composer Martin Wheeler for 150 Milligrams and Sólveig Anspach's L'Effet Aquatique, Planetarium's Rebecca Zlotowski, La Fille De Brest's Emmanuelle Bercot, and in the front row, Florence Almozini, Associate Director of Programming for the Film Society of Lincoln Center with Agnès Varda for the Opening Night of the 22nd edition of New York's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema on March 1 at the Walter Reade Theater.
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Jérôme Salle’s The Odyssey (L'Odyssée) starring Lambert Wilson as Jacques Cousteau with Audrey Tautou...
- 3/2/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
France’s highest film awards were handed out at the 42nd annual ceremony in Paris on Friday [24].
Isabelle Huppert clinched best actress for her performance in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle at France’s annual César awards at Salle Pleyel in Paris on Friday evening (24), in a 42nd edition marked by strong female stories, newcomers and outsiders.
Scroll Down For Full List Of Winners
Verhoeven’s tale of a tough female company boss who plays a cat-and-mouse psychological game with a rapist also won best film with Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar presenting the award to the Dutch director and the film’s producers Saïd Ben Saïd and Michel Merkt.
The director noted Huppert had taken the film to a higher level.
“You added something that I didn’t have in mind when I started the project, it came through the collaboration you. Thank you, Isabelle, I adore you.”
Huppert was also on hand to accept her award ahead of...
Isabelle Huppert clinched best actress for her performance in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle at France’s annual César awards at Salle Pleyel in Paris on Friday evening (24), in a 42nd edition marked by strong female stories, newcomers and outsiders.
Scroll Down For Full List Of Winners
Verhoeven’s tale of a tough female company boss who plays a cat-and-mouse psychological game with a rapist also won best film with Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar presenting the award to the Dutch director and the film’s producers Saïd Ben Saïd and Michel Merkt.
The director noted Huppert had taken the film to a higher level.
“You added something that I didn’t have in mind when I started the project, it came through the collaboration you. Thank you, Isabelle, I adore you.”
Huppert was also on hand to accept her award ahead of...
- 2/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
Before Hollywood takes the spotlight this weekend, the film world turns its eyes to France for the annual Cesar Awards. Presented by the French Academy, this year’s nominees represent a distinct blend of international favorites, festival standouts and homegrown hits.
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” led this year’s nominees, scoring 11 nominations for Verhoeven as Best Director, lead actress Isabelle Huppert, Best Adapted Screenplay and a trio of other acting awards.
Read More: ‘Elle,’ Isabelle Huppert, Xavier Dolan Nominated in France’s Cesar Awards
The evening’s winners at Paris’ Salle Pleyel featured a variety of upsets and sure things. Huppert, going into a busy weekend in the States, won her category. In a pair of surprises, Xavier Dolan and Gaspard Ulliel both won their respective categories for Dolan’s “It’s Only the End of the World.” Houda Benyamina’s debut feature “Divines” also won big, taking home prizes for Best First Film,...
Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” led this year’s nominees, scoring 11 nominations for Verhoeven as Best Director, lead actress Isabelle Huppert, Best Adapted Screenplay and a trio of other acting awards.
Read More: ‘Elle,’ Isabelle Huppert, Xavier Dolan Nominated in France’s Cesar Awards
The evening’s winners at Paris’ Salle Pleyel featured a variety of upsets and sure things. Huppert, going into a busy weekend in the States, won her category. In a pair of surprises, Xavier Dolan and Gaspard Ulliel both won their respective categories for Dolan’s “It’s Only the End of the World.” Houda Benyamina’s debut feature “Divines” also won big, taking home prizes for Best First Film,...
- 2/24/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
France’s film community congratulated Isabelle Huppert on her Oscar nomination, adding yet another to her growing list of accolades for her performance in “Elle.” The French Academy announced its nominees for what Americans call the “French Oscars” on Wednesday morning. “Elle” received 11 nominations in total, including best film and best director for Paul Verhoeven.
Following in a close send was Francois Ozon’s “Frantz,” which garnered 10 nominations, and Bruno Dumont’s “Slack Bay,” which received nine. Xavier Dolan received a best director nomination for “It’s Only the End of the World.” Actors Vincent Cassel, Gaspard Ulliel, and Nathalie Baye were all nominated for their work in Dolan’s film as well.
Read More: Oscars 2017 Surprises and Snubs: Amy Adams and ‘Weiner’ Out, Mel Gibson and ‘Passengers’ In
The Cesars have little import on the Oscars, though there is often some crossover. The French Academy did recognize Kenneth Lonergan...
Following in a close send was Francois Ozon’s “Frantz,” which garnered 10 nominations, and Bruno Dumont’s “Slack Bay,” which received nine. Xavier Dolan received a best director nomination for “It’s Only the End of the World.” Actors Vincent Cassel, Gaspard Ulliel, and Nathalie Baye were all nominated for their work in Dolan’s film as well.
Read More: Oscars 2017 Surprises and Snubs: Amy Adams and ‘Weiner’ Out, Mel Gibson and ‘Passengers’ In
The Cesars have little import on the Oscars, though there is often some crossover. The French Academy did recognize Kenneth Lonergan...
- 1/25/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Jodorowsky actor directorial debut to be presented at new co-production event; Reygadas curates for Filmfest Hamburg.
Argentinian actor Leandro Taub’s directorial debut The Dream of the Guest and Slovenian filmmaker Jan Cvitkovic’s new feature film Mercedes Fire Horse are among the projects to be presented at a new co-production event, the Matchbox Coproduction Lounge, during this year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival (Sept 14-18).
Matchbox’s inaugural edition will also present Buddy Giovinazzo’s Potsdamer Platz which had been the last project, which the late Tony Scott had optioned to direct.
Taub, who was a lead actor in veteran Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cannes competition film Endless Poetry this year, wrote the screenplay for the comedy drama which centres on how a family’s life changes dramatically when a special guest, claiming to be building a space ship, moves into their home to “confront them” with his strong belief in the possibility of the...
Argentinian actor Leandro Taub’s directorial debut The Dream of the Guest and Slovenian filmmaker Jan Cvitkovic’s new feature film Mercedes Fire Horse are among the projects to be presented at a new co-production event, the Matchbox Coproduction Lounge, during this year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival (Sept 14-18).
Matchbox’s inaugural edition will also present Buddy Giovinazzo’s Potsdamer Platz which had been the last project, which the late Tony Scott had optioned to direct.
Taub, who was a lead actor in veteran Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Cannes competition film Endless Poetry this year, wrote the screenplay for the comedy drama which centres on how a family’s life changes dramatically when a special guest, claiming to be building a space ship, moves into their home to “confront them” with his strong belief in the possibility of the...
- 8/22/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Mirjana Karanovic’s A Good Wife wins best first film; audience award goes to Iciar Bollain’s The Olive Tree.
The 14th edition of the Brussels Film Festival closed with the Golden Iris award going to Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, with a prize of €10,000 to distributor September Film. The film also won best screenplay and the Rtbf Vt Prize of best film.
The jury was comprised of Flemish actress Natali Broods, Italian director Emanuele Crialese, Belgian actor Pierre Dherte, Dutch actor Derek De Lint and Croatian director Ivona Juka.
The White Iris award for best first film in competition went to A Good Wife by Mirjana Karanovic.
The jury award went to Callback by Carles Torras; best photography went to Giorgos Arvanitis for Blind Sun; the Cineruopa award went to Pikadero by Ben Sharrock; Ups cinephile award went to Suntan by Argyris Papadimitropoulos.
The audience award went to The Olive Tree by Iciar Bollain, which also won...
The 14th edition of the Brussels Film Festival closed with the Golden Iris award going to Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, with a prize of €10,000 to distributor September Film. The film also won best screenplay and the Rtbf Vt Prize of best film.
The jury was comprised of Flemish actress Natali Broods, Italian director Emanuele Crialese, Belgian actor Pierre Dherte, Dutch actor Derek De Lint and Croatian director Ivona Juka.
The White Iris award for best first film in competition went to A Good Wife by Mirjana Karanovic.
The jury award went to Callback by Carles Torras; best photography went to Giorgos Arvanitis for Blind Sun; the Cineruopa award went to Pikadero by Ben Sharrock; Ups cinephile award went to Suntan by Argyris Papadimitropoulos.
The audience award went to The Olive Tree by Iciar Bollain, which also won...
- 6/27/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rome-based distributor Cinema pre-bought six new titles at Cannes.
Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.
The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.
Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.
“I love...
Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.
The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.
Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.
“I love...
- 6/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rome-based distributor Cinema pre-bought six new titles at Cannes.
Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.
The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.
Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.
“I love...
Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.
The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.
Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.
“I love...
- 6/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rome-based distributor pre-bought six new titles at Cannes.
Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.
The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.
Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.
“I love Godard...
Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.
The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.
Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.
“I love Godard...
- 6/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Together Project was directed by Solveig Anspach, who died last August.
Afghan fantasy drama Wolf And Sheep has picked up the Art Cinema Award at the 48th Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
Making Of… Wolf And Sheep
It marks the completion of a six-year journey with Cannes for Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, who was 20 when selected as the youngest participant of the festival’s Cinefondation Residency, where she began to develop this debut in 2010.
Wolf And Sheep follows a group of Afghan shepherd boys and girls living in a remote village, where folklore helps explain the world’s mysteries.
Starring largely non-professional actors, Wolf And Sheep was shot in Tajikistan because it was too dangerous for the crew to shoot in Afghanistan.
The Denmark-France-Sweden-Afghanistan co-production is produced by Katja Adomeit and is being sold by Alpha Violet.
Although considered a non-competitive section, the film was selected for the sponsored prize over titles such as Pablo Larrain’s [link...
Afghan fantasy drama Wolf And Sheep has picked up the Art Cinema Award at the 48th Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
Making Of… Wolf And Sheep
It marks the completion of a six-year journey with Cannes for Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, who was 20 when selected as the youngest participant of the festival’s Cinefondation Residency, where she began to develop this debut in 2010.
Wolf And Sheep follows a group of Afghan shepherd boys and girls living in a remote village, where folklore helps explain the world’s mysteries.
Starring largely non-professional actors, Wolf And Sheep was shot in Tajikistan because it was too dangerous for the crew to shoot in Afghanistan.
The Denmark-France-Sweden-Afghanistan co-production is produced by Katja Adomeit and is being sold by Alpha Violet.
Although considered a non-competitive section, the film was selected for the sponsored prize over titles such as Pablo Larrain’s [link...
- 5/21/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Together Project was directed by Solveig Anspach, who died last August.
Afghan fantasy drama Wolf And Sheep has picked up the Art Cinema Award at the 48th Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
Making Of… Wolf And Sheep
It marks the completion of a six-year journey with Cannes for Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, who was 20 when selected as the youngest participant of the festival’s Cinefondation Residency, where she began to develop this debut in 2010.
Wolf And Sheep follows a group of Afghan shepherd boys and girls living in a remote village, where folklore helps explain the world’s mysteries.
Starring largely non-professional actors, Wolf And Sheep was shot in Tajikistan because it was too dangerous for the crew to shoot in Afghanistan.
The Denmark-France-Sweden-Afghanistan co-production is produced by Katja Adomeit and is being sold by Alpha Violet.
Although considered a non-competitive section, the film was selected for the sponsored prize over titles such as Pablo Larrain’s [link...
Afghan fantasy drama Wolf And Sheep has picked up the Art Cinema Award at the 48th Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.
Making Of… Wolf And Sheep
It marks the completion of a six-year journey with Cannes for Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, who was 20 when selected as the youngest participant of the festival’s Cinefondation Residency, where she began to develop this debut in 2010.
Wolf And Sheep follows a group of Afghan shepherd boys and girls living in a remote village, where folklore helps explain the world’s mysteries.
Starring largely non-professional actors, Wolf And Sheep was shot in Tajikistan because it was too dangerous for the crew to shoot in Afghanistan.
The Denmark-France-Sweden-Afghanistan co-production is produced by Katja Adomeit and is being sold by Alpha Violet.
Although considered a non-competitive section, the film was selected for the sponsored prize over titles such as Pablo Larrain’s [link...
- 5/21/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Although there are a few films here and there left to be added to the Cannes 2016 line-up, the slate has now been mostly set thanks to the arrive of the Directors’ Fortnight side-bar line-up. Notable selections includes Paul Schrader‘s drama Dog Eat Dog, starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe, as well as Laura Poitras‘ Citizenfour follow-up Risk, which looks at Julian Assange.
There’s also Pablo Larraín‘s Gael Garcia Bernal-led biopic Neruda, Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s Endless Poetry, the latest film from Gangs of Wasseypur director Anurag Kashyap, as well as new films from Marco Bellocchio and Joachim Lafosse. Also of interest is War Witch director Kim Nguyen‘s Two Lovers and a Bear, a Canadian drama which teams Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan. Check out the line-up below.
Feature Films
Dog Eat Dog, dir: Paul Schrader – Closing Night Film
Divines, dir: Houda Benyamina*
L’Economie Du Couple,...
There’s also Pablo Larraín‘s Gael Garcia Bernal-led biopic Neruda, Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s Endless Poetry, the latest film from Gangs of Wasseypur director Anurag Kashyap, as well as new films from Marco Bellocchio and Joachim Lafosse. Also of interest is War Witch director Kim Nguyen‘s Two Lovers and a Bear, a Canadian drama which teams Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan. Check out the line-up below.
Feature Films
Dog Eat Dog, dir: Paul Schrader – Closing Night Film
Divines, dir: Houda Benyamina*
L’Economie Du Couple,...
- 4/19/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The lineup for the 2016 Directors' Fortnight at Cannes has been announced.
Feature Films:Opening Film: Sweet Dreams (Marco Bellocchio)Divines (Houda Benyamina)L'Économie du couple (Joachim Lafosse)L'Effet aquatique (Sólveig Anspach)Like Crazy (Paolo Virzì)Les Vies de Thérèse (Sébastien Lifshitz)Ma vie de courgette (Clause Barras)Mean Dreams (Nathan Morlando)Mercenaire (Sacha Wolff)Neruda (Pablo Larraín)Endless Poetry (Alejandro Jodorowsky)Raman Raghav 2.0 (Anurag Kashyap)Risk (Laura Poitras)Tour de France (Rachid Djaïdani)Two Lovers and a Bear (Kim Nguyen)Wolf and Sheep (Shahrbanoo Sadat)Closing Film: Dog Eat Dog (Paul Schrader)
Shorts:Abigail (Isabel Penoni & Valentina Homem)Chasse Royale (Romane Gueret & Lise Akoka)Decorado (Alberto Vazquez)Habat Shel Hakala (Tamar Rudoy)Happy End (Jan Saska)Hitchhiker (Jero Yun)Import (Ena Sendijarevic)Kindil el Bahr (Damien Ounouri)Léthé (Dea Kulumbegashvili)Listening to Beethoven (Garri Bardine)Zvir (Miroslav Sikavica)...
Feature Films:Opening Film: Sweet Dreams (Marco Bellocchio)Divines (Houda Benyamina)L'Économie du couple (Joachim Lafosse)L'Effet aquatique (Sólveig Anspach)Like Crazy (Paolo Virzì)Les Vies de Thérèse (Sébastien Lifshitz)Ma vie de courgette (Clause Barras)Mean Dreams (Nathan Morlando)Mercenaire (Sacha Wolff)Neruda (Pablo Larraín)Endless Poetry (Alejandro Jodorowsky)Raman Raghav 2.0 (Anurag Kashyap)Risk (Laura Poitras)Tour de France (Rachid Djaïdani)Two Lovers and a Bear (Kim Nguyen)Wolf and Sheep (Shahrbanoo Sadat)Closing Film: Dog Eat Dog (Paul Schrader)
Shorts:Abigail (Isabel Penoni & Valentina Homem)Chasse Royale (Romane Gueret & Lise Akoka)Decorado (Alberto Vazquez)Habat Shel Hakala (Tamar Rudoy)Happy End (Jan Saska)Hitchhiker (Jero Yun)Import (Ena Sendijarevic)Kindil el Bahr (Damien Ounouri)Léthé (Dea Kulumbegashvili)Listening to Beethoven (Garri Bardine)Zvir (Miroslav Sikavica)...
- 4/19/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Marco Bellocchio's Sweet Dreams with Bérénice Bejo will open the 48th edition of Director's Fortnight. We've got the full lineup and we're gathering notes on new works by Houda Benyamina, Paul Schrader (Dog Eat Dog with Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe), Joachim Lafosse (After Love with Bérénice Béjo and Cédric Kahn), Sólveig Anspach, Paolo Virzì, Sébastien Lifshitz, Claude Barras, Nathan Morlando, Sacha Wolff, Pablo Larraín (Neruda with Gael García Bernal), Alejandro Jodorowsky, Anurag Kashyap, Laura Poitras, Rachid Djaïdani, Kim Nguyen and Shahrbanoo Sadat. » - David Hudson...
- 4/19/2016
- Keyframe
Marco Bellocchio's Sweet Dreams with Bérénice Bejo will open the 48th edition of Director's Fortnight. We've got the full lineup and we're gathering notes on new works by Houda Benyamina, Paul Schrader (Dog Eat Dog with Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe), Joachim Lafosse (After Love with Bérénice Béjo and Cédric Kahn), Sólveig Anspach, Paolo Virzì, Sébastien Lifshitz, Claude Barras, Nathan Morlando, Sacha Wolff, Pablo Larraín (Neruda with Gael García Bernal), Alejandro Jodorowsky, Anurag Kashyap, Laura Poitras, Rachid Djaïdani, Kim Nguyen and Shahrbanoo Sadat. » - David Hudson...
- 4/19/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
Screen rounds up the films from across the globe that could launch at Cannes…
With less than a month to go until the Cannes Film Festival announces its line-up at its annual Paris press conference on April 14, Screen looks at what could make it into Official Selection and the parallel sections of Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week.
UK and Ireland
The UK could have one of its strongest Cannes for years with hot favourites for a competition slot including Andrea Arnold’s Shia Labeouf-starring Us road movie American Honey and Ken Loach’s gritty Northern England-set drama I, Daniel Blake. It would be Loach’s 12th time in competition.
Ben Wheatley is also reportedly gunning for an Official Selection slot for his 1970s Boston-set, gangland thriller Free Fire, potentially Out of Competition or in Midnight Screenings. He was last in Cannes with Sightseers in Directors’ Fortnight.
Other UK hopefuls include Stephen Frears’ Florence Foster Jenkins and Indian...
With less than a month to go until the Cannes Film Festival announces its line-up at its annual Paris press conference on April 14, Screen looks at what could make it into Official Selection and the parallel sections of Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week.
UK and Ireland
The UK could have one of its strongest Cannes for years with hot favourites for a competition slot including Andrea Arnold’s Shia Labeouf-starring Us road movie American Honey and Ken Loach’s gritty Northern England-set drama I, Daniel Blake. It would be Loach’s 12th time in competition.
Ben Wheatley is also reportedly gunning for an Official Selection slot for his 1970s Boston-set, gangland thriller Free Fire, potentially Out of Competition or in Midnight Screenings. He was last in Cannes with Sightseers in Directors’ Fortnight.
Other UK hopefuls include Stephen Frears’ Florence Foster Jenkins and Indian...
- 3/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
I received news Sunday that Sólveig Anspach had died. She was a brilliant filmmaker, a dear colleague, a generous friend. She died of cancer, age 54. Sólveig's father was a Romanian Jew from Brooklyn who was demobbed to Paris after WWII; her mother was an Icelandic woman who'd come to Paris to study architecture. (What a fine, rich clash of cultures!) Sólveig grew up in France, attended l'idhec/La Femis, and made films, many films, glorious and gloriously diverse. There was a documentary on a death-row inmate in Texas; a comedy of manners set in the marijuana-dealing community of Reykjavik (and its sequel!); a biopic of Paris Commune heroine Luise Michel. Perhaps her most well-known film here, the 1999 "Haut les Coeurs!," won a César for its lead Karin Viard. It's a quietly harrowing, deeply moving film about a woman who while pregnant discovers that she has breast cancer. Sadly: it was autobiographical.
- 8/10/2015
- by Howard Rodman
- Thompson on Hollywood
Filmmaker was in post production on comedy Aquatic Effect.
Icelandic-French filmmaker Solveig Anspach died on Friday (Aug 7), aged 54, after a battle with cancer.
The Iceland born writer-director was a graduate of La Femis in Paris.
Her fictional debut feature was 1999’s Haut les Coeurs!, which was Cesar nominated. The director, who had been diagnosed with cancer at the time, told the fictional story of a pregnant musician who is told she has cancer (played by Karin Viard, who won a Cesar for the role).
Anspach’s 2003 film Stormy Weather, about a young psychiatrist who becomes fascinated by a young woman who refuses to speak, screened in Cannes Un Certain Regard.
Her 2012 film, Queen of Montreuil, won the Lina Mangiacapre Award in Venice Days and the audience award at the Reykjavik International Film Festival.
She was in post-production on her latest film Aquatic Effect (L’effet Aquatique), which was intended as the final film in an offbeat comedy...
Icelandic-French filmmaker Solveig Anspach died on Friday (Aug 7), aged 54, after a battle with cancer.
The Iceland born writer-director was a graduate of La Femis in Paris.
Her fictional debut feature was 1999’s Haut les Coeurs!, which was Cesar nominated. The director, who had been diagnosed with cancer at the time, told the fictional story of a pregnant musician who is told she has cancer (played by Karin Viard, who won a Cesar for the role).
Anspach’s 2003 film Stormy Weather, about a young psychiatrist who becomes fascinated by a young woman who refuses to speak, screened in Cannes Un Certain Regard.
Her 2012 film, Queen of Montreuil, won the Lina Mangiacapre Award in Venice Days and the audience award at the Reykjavik International Film Festival.
She was in post-production on her latest film Aquatic Effect (L’effet Aquatique), which was intended as the final film in an offbeat comedy...
- 8/10/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Sólveig Anspach, the award-winning Icelandic-French filmmaker, has died after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 54. A prolific writer-director of feature films and documentaries, Anspach was honored at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001 for her Made in the USA, a searing exploration of an execution in Texas. Her Queen of Montreuil took home the Audience Award at the 2011 Reykjavik International Film Festival, and she won the best director award at the Ghent…...
- 8/9/2015
- Deadline
Franco-Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissako Timbuktu has clinched best film and best director at the Lumière Awards, France’s version of the Golden Globes.
The Oscar-nominated film, about the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on a rural community in Mali, has taken on new resonance in France following a series of terrorist attacks by extremists in Paris last month.
The other contenders for best film comprised Bertrand Bonello’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic Saint Laurent, Benoît Jacquot’s 3 Hearts, Eric Lartigau’s La Famille Bélier, Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood (Bande de Fille) and Lucas Belvaux’s Not My Type (Pas Mon Genre).
Belgian Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Two Days, One Night - for which lead actress Marion Cotillard is nominated for an a best actress academy award - won the best prize for best foreign, Francophone film.
Best script went to Philippe de Chauveron and Guy Laurent for hit multiracialism comedy Serial (Bad) Weddings (Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait...
The Oscar-nominated film, about the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on a rural community in Mali, has taken on new resonance in France following a series of terrorist attacks by extremists in Paris last month.
The other contenders for best film comprised Bertrand Bonello’s Yves Saint Laurent biopic Saint Laurent, Benoît Jacquot’s 3 Hearts, Eric Lartigau’s La Famille Bélier, Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood (Bande de Fille) and Lucas Belvaux’s Not My Type (Pas Mon Genre).
Belgian Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Two Days, One Night - for which lead actress Marion Cotillard is nominated for an a best actress academy award - won the best prize for best foreign, Francophone film.
Best script went to Philippe de Chauveron and Guy Laurent for hit multiracialism comedy Serial (Bad) Weddings (Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait...
- 2/2/2015
- ScreenDaily
Designer biopic leads the pack with 10 nominations; Kristen Stewart, Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche in the running for actress awards.Scroll down for full list of nominees
Bertrand Bonello’s Saint Laurent and Olivier Assays’ Sils Maria are the hot favourites in France’s 40th annual Cesar awards.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for this year’s César Awards at its traditional news conference at Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs Elysées on Friday morning.
Biopic Saint Laurent - exploring fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent’s life from 1967 to 1976 - led the pack with 10 nominations including best film, best director for Bonello, best actor for Gaspard Ulliel and best supporting actor for Louis Garrel.
Jalil Lespert’s rival biopic, Yves Saint Laurent, secured seven nominations. While it missed out in the best film and director categories, it scored nods with Pierre Niney for best actor, Charlotte Le Bon for best...
Bertrand Bonello’s Saint Laurent and Olivier Assays’ Sils Maria are the hot favourites in France’s 40th annual Cesar awards.
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for this year’s César Awards at its traditional news conference at Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs Elysées on Friday morning.
Biopic Saint Laurent - exploring fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent’s life from 1967 to 1976 - led the pack with 10 nominations including best film, best director for Bonello, best actor for Gaspard Ulliel and best supporting actor for Louis Garrel.
Jalil Lespert’s rival biopic, Yves Saint Laurent, secured seven nominations. While it missed out in the best film and director categories, it scored nods with Pierre Niney for best actor, Charlotte Le Bon for best...
- 1/28/2015
- ScreenDaily
They didn’t make our final Top 100 cut, but here is a list of foreign film titles that are on our radar for 2015. We being with…
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
200. Remember – Dir. Atom Egoyan
199. Suffragette – Dir. Sarah Gavron
198. Kills on Wheels – Dir. Attila Till
197. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend – Dir. Yuen Woo-ping
196. The Go-Between – Dir. Pete Travis
195. Peur de Rien Dir. Danielle Arbid
194. Regular Boy – Dir. Michele Civetta
193. Flaskepost – Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
192. The Lady in the Van – Dir. Nicolas Hytner
191. Zoom – Dir. Pedro Morelli
190. Away from the Sea – Dir. Imanol Uribe
189. Tulip Fever – Dir. Justin Chadwick
188. Ulrike’s Brain – Dir. Bruce La Bruce
187. Tsunami – Dir. Jacques Deschamps
186. And Your Sister? – Dir. Marion Vernoux
185. There Was Las Vegas – Dir. Alexandre Castas
184. Prejudice – Dir. Antoine Cuypers
183. Stepne – Dir. Maryna Vroda
182. Irreplaceable – Dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse
181. Histoire de Judas Iscariot – Dir. Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
180. The First, the Last – Dir. Bouli Lanners
179. Selection Officielle – Dir. Jacques Richard
178. Desierto – Dir.
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Director re-imprisoned over the weekend in notorious Evin jail.
Concerns are growing for Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi following reports she started a five-year jail sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin prison on the outskirts of Tehran last weekend.
The filmmaker was given a five-year prison sentence earlier this year on charges of being involved in “a plot against state security” and producing “propaganda against the government”.
She was first arrested in July 2011 on charges linked to her work with the Western media outlets such as the BBC, Al Jazeera, Radio France and Voice of America. She was imprisoned briefly before being placed under house arrest.
There has been no official statement on her incarceration in Evin but sources close to the filmmaker in Paris say she was taken into custody on June 7.
The French Directors Guild (Sfr) launched a petition on Thursday [June 12] calling for Mohammadi’s release.
“We are greatly...
Concerns are growing for Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi following reports she started a five-year jail sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin prison on the outskirts of Tehran last weekend.
The filmmaker was given a five-year prison sentence earlier this year on charges of being involved in “a plot against state security” and producing “propaganda against the government”.
She was first arrested in July 2011 on charges linked to her work with the Western media outlets such as the BBC, Al Jazeera, Radio France and Voice of America. She was imprisoned briefly before being placed under house arrest.
There has been no official statement on her incarceration in Evin but sources close to the filmmaker in Paris say she was taken into custody on June 7.
The French Directors Guild (Sfr) launched a petition on Thursday [June 12] calling for Mohammadi’s release.
“We are greatly...
- 6/13/2014
- ScreenDaily
Director re-imprisoned over the weekend in notorious Evin jail.
Concerns are growing for Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi following reports she started a five-year jail sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin prison on the outskirts of Tehran last weekend.
The filmmaker was given a five-year prison sentence earlier this year on charges of being involved in “a plot against state security” and producing “propaganda against the government”.
She was first arrested in July 2011 on charges linked to her work with the Western media outlets such as the BBC, Al Jazeera, Radio France and Voice of America. She was imprisoned briefly before being placed under house arrest.
There has been no official statement on her incarceration in Evin but sources close to the filmmaker in Paris say she was taken into custody on June 7.
The French Directors Guild (Sfr) launched a petition on Thursday [June 12] calling for Mohammadi’s release.
“We are greatly...
Concerns are growing for Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi following reports she started a five-year jail sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin prison on the outskirts of Tehran last weekend.
The filmmaker was given a five-year prison sentence earlier this year on charges of being involved in “a plot against state security” and producing “propaganda against the government”.
She was first arrested in July 2011 on charges linked to her work with the Western media outlets such as the BBC, Al Jazeera, Radio France and Voice of America. She was imprisoned briefly before being placed under house arrest.
There has been no official statement on her incarceration in Evin but sources close to the filmmaker in Paris say she was taken into custody on June 7.
The French Directors Guild (Sfr) launched a petition on Thursday [June 12] calling for Mohammadi’s release.
“We are greatly...
- 6/13/2014
- ScreenDaily
Publishing house to launch book pitching event Shoot the Book at Cannes.
French publishing house Gallimard has launched a drive to ramp up its adaptation rights business both at home and abroad.
“We’re already very active but we want to becoming even more proactive in terms of presenting our catalogue to producers,” said Frédérique Massart, director of Gallimard’s audiovisual department, told ScreenDaily.
Recent adaptations from the Gallimard catalogue include Norwegian Joachim’s Trier’s Oslo, August 31st, based on Drieu La Rochelle’s tale of an ex-junkie Feu Follet, and Korean Bong Joon Ho’s post-apocalyptic ice age tale Snowpiercer, which was adapted from Jean-Marc Rochette and Benjamin Legrand’s graphic novel Transperceneige, originally published by Gallimard subsidiary Castermann.
As part of the drive the company and its subsidiary labels Mercure, Castermann, Futuropolis and Flammarion were out in force at Ile de France Film Commission’s Location Expo in Paris on Thursday with a new pitching...
French publishing house Gallimard has launched a drive to ramp up its adaptation rights business both at home and abroad.
“We’re already very active but we want to becoming even more proactive in terms of presenting our catalogue to producers,” said Frédérique Massart, director of Gallimard’s audiovisual department, told ScreenDaily.
Recent adaptations from the Gallimard catalogue include Norwegian Joachim’s Trier’s Oslo, August 31st, based on Drieu La Rochelle’s tale of an ex-junkie Feu Follet, and Korean Bong Joon Ho’s post-apocalyptic ice age tale Snowpiercer, which was adapted from Jean-Marc Rochette and Benjamin Legrand’s graphic novel Transperceneige, originally published by Gallimard subsidiary Castermann.
As part of the drive the company and its subsidiary labels Mercure, Castermann, Futuropolis and Flammarion were out in force at Ile de France Film Commission’s Location Expo in Paris on Thursday with a new pitching...
- 2/14/2014
- ScreenDaily
Surprise, surprise! We have Venice Film Festival winners and as usual, we’re here to share the complete list of winners with you!
Now, about that surprise part, here’s the strangest thing in the world of festivals so far. We all knew that Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master was one strong contender for the festival’s top prize, so I guess we were (and still are) all shocked when the jury decided to give Golden Lion to Kim Ki-Duk and his Pieta.
And all that because, well…apparently Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix were just too good in The Master and they both received that acting award a.k.a. Volpi Cup.
That leads us to Festival’s new rule where one film can not win more than two major awards, which basically means only one thing – Thomas Anderson goes home with the Silver Lion for best director.
Now, about that surprise part, here’s the strangest thing in the world of festivals so far. We all knew that Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master was one strong contender for the festival’s top prize, so I guess we were (and still are) all shocked when the jury decided to give Golden Lion to Kim Ki-Duk and his Pieta.
And all that because, well…apparently Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix were just too good in The Master and they both received that acting award a.k.a. Volpi Cup.
That leads us to Festival’s new rule where one film can not win more than two major awards, which basically means only one thing – Thomas Anderson goes home with the Silver Lion for best director.
- 9/10/2012
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
The awards for the 69th Venice International Film Festival have been announced!
In Competition
Golden Lion – Pieta, directed by Kim Ki-Duk
Silver Lion (Best Director) – The Master, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Special Jury Prize – Paradise: Faith, directed by Ulrich Seidl
Best Screenplay – Something in the Air, written by Olivier Assayas
Volpi Cup for Best Actor – Joaquin Phoenix & Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Volpi Cup for Best Actress – Hadas Yaron, Fill the Void
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress – Fabrizio Falco, Dormant Beauty & È stato il figlio
Technical Prize – È stato il figlio, directed by Daniele Cipri
Horizons (Orizzonti)
Orizzonti Award – Three Sisters, directed by Wang Bing
Orizzonti Jury Prize – Tango Libre, directed by Frédéric Fonteyne
International Film Critics Week
RaroVideo Audience Award – Eat Sleep Die, directed by Gabriela Pichler
Lion of the Future Award
Best Debut Film – Mold, directed by Ali Aydın
Fipresci
Competition Fipresci Prize – The Master,...
In Competition
Golden Lion – Pieta, directed by Kim Ki-Duk
Silver Lion (Best Director) – The Master, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Special Jury Prize – Paradise: Faith, directed by Ulrich Seidl
Best Screenplay – Something in the Air, written by Olivier Assayas
Volpi Cup for Best Actor – Joaquin Phoenix & Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Volpi Cup for Best Actress – Hadas Yaron, Fill the Void
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress – Fabrizio Falco, Dormant Beauty & È stato il figlio
Technical Prize – È stato il figlio, directed by Daniele Cipri
Horizons (Orizzonti)
Orizzonti Award – Three Sisters, directed by Wang Bing
Orizzonti Jury Prize – Tango Libre, directed by Frédéric Fonteyne
International Film Critics Week
RaroVideo Audience Award – Eat Sleep Die, directed by Gabriela Pichler
Lion of the Future Award
Best Debut Film – Mold, directed by Ali Aydın
Fipresci
Competition Fipresci Prize – The Master,...
- 9/9/2012
- MUBI
Venice, the festival that acts more like your elementary school tee-ball league than you may have realized. Due to the dozens upon dozens of awards given, pretty much everyone gets at least a “good try”-esque pat on the back — well except maybe Brian De Palma and his poorly received erotic drama Passion.
While you likely only care about the first handful of awards — in which Kim-Ki Duk‘s drama following a debt collector, Pieta, has won the top prize and The Master took home top acting prizes — nearly everyone from Harmony Korine to Robert Redford to Spike Lee have been awarded honors.
In interesting tidbit, THR also reports that Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master was set to win the top prize of Golden Lion, but due to a rule change, a film can’t win more than two major awards. So, the jury had to deliberate again (I...
While you likely only care about the first handful of awards — in which Kim-Ki Duk‘s drama following a debt collector, Pieta, has won the top prize and The Master took home top acting prizes — nearly everyone from Harmony Korine to Robert Redford to Spike Lee have been awarded honors.
In interesting tidbit, THR also reports that Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master was set to win the top prize of Golden Lion, but due to a rule change, a film can’t win more than two major awards. So, the jury had to deliberate again (I...
- 9/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Pick your flavor, Icelandic or French for the trailer for Icelandic stoner comedy Back Soon.
The film is directed by Solveig Anspach who has been making small scale films in Iceland and France for a few years.
We follow the escapades of the local weed provider and an underground poet Anna who wants to get out of the herb biz and sell her phone filled with her loyal customers for a nice sum. But when visiting her severally depressed brother in the countryside she misplaces her meal ticket and while she searches for it all of her regulars gather at her place in the city to wait for their daily herbal hit. While all this is happening a French student who is writing an essay on Anna’s poems unintentionally stumbles in to a world of pot smoking strangers, magic mushrooms and pissed off gees.
The local trailer just went...
The film is directed by Solveig Anspach who has been making small scale films in Iceland and France for a few years.
We follow the escapades of the local weed provider and an underground poet Anna who wants to get out of the herb biz and sell her phone filled with her loyal customers for a nice sum. But when visiting her severally depressed brother in the countryside she misplaces her meal ticket and while she searches for it all of her regulars gather at her place in the city to wait for their daily herbal hit. While all this is happening a French student who is writing an essay on Anna’s poems unintentionally stumbles in to a world of pot smoking strangers, magic mushrooms and pissed off gees.
The local trailer just went...
- 7/19/2008
- by Swarez
- Screen Anarchy
Rome -- Julian Jarrold's "Brideshead Revisited" will open the 61st Locarno Film Festival, highlighting a lineup that will see nearly two dozen world premieres screen in the festival's historic Piazza Grande or in the main competition.
"Brideshead" -- a European premiere -- is a World War II drama based on the Evelyn Waugh novel and starring Matthew Goode as Capt. Charles Ryder. It screens Aug. 6.
The world premiere of Solveig Anspach's Franco-Icelandic comedy "Back Soon" will close the lakeside festival Aug. 16.
In between, the Piazza Grande lineup will unspool Marco Siega's comedic drama "Chaos Theory," Clark Gregg's comedy "Choke," Denis Rabaglia's romantic drama "Marcello, Marcello" and Garth Jennings' "Son of Rambow," which was scheduled to screen in Locarno in 2007 but pulled because of a legal dispute.
The Piazza Grande selection continues the trend of accessible fare screening in Europe's largest outdoor cinema venue under third-year artistic director Frederic Maire, as opposed to the more weighty and cerebral productions that screened there in the past.
The 17-film international competition lineup, meanwhile, is made up entirely of world and international premieres.
The complete competition lineup follows:
Piazza Grande
"Back Soon," Solveig Anspach, Iceland/France
"Berlin Calling," Hannes Stoehr, Germany
"Brideshead Revisited," Julian Jarrold, U.K.
"Chaos Theory," Marcos Siega, U.S.
"Choke," Clark Gregg, U.S.
"In 3 Tagen Bist Du Tot 2," Andreas Prochaska, Austria
"Khamsa," Karim Dridi, France
"La Fille De Monaco," Anne Fontaine, France
"Lesson 21," Alessandro Baricco, Italy/U.K.
"Marcello Marcello," Denis Rabaglia, Switzerland/Germany
"Retouches," Georges Schwizgebel, Switzerland/Canada
"Night and the City," Jules Dassin, U.K.
"Nordwand," Philipp Stolzl, Germany/Austria/Switzerland
"Outlander," Howard McCain, U.S.
"Palombella Rossa," Nanni Moretti, Italy/France
"Plus Tard Tu Comprendras," Amos Gitai, France/ Germany
"Son of Rambow," Garth Jennings, U.K. /France
"The Eternity Man," Julien Temple, Australia/U.K.
"I Know," Jan Cvitkovic, Slovenia/Hungary
International competition
"33 Scenes From Life," Malgorzata Szumowska, Germany/Poland
"Daytime Drinking," Noh Young-seok, South Korea
"Dioses," Josue Mendez, Peru/Argentine/Germany /France
"Elle Veut Le Chaos," Denis Cote, Canada
"Katia's Sister," Mijke de Jong, Netherlands
"Kisses," Lance Daly, Ireland/Sweden
"Feast of Villains," Pan Jian Lin, Chine
"Mar Nero," Federico Bondi, Italy/Romania/France
"March," Klaus Handl, Austria
"Nulle Part Terre Promise," Emmanuel Finkiel, France
"Parque Via," Enrique Rivero, Mexico
"Sleep Furiously," Gideon Koppel, U.K.
"Autumn," Ozcan Alper, Turkey/Germany
"The Market -- A Tale of Trade," Ben Hopkins, Germany/U.K./Turkey/Kazakhstan
"Um Amor de Perdicao," Mario Barroso, Portugal/Brazil
"Un Autre Homme," Lionel Baier, Switzerland
"Yuri's Day," Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia/Germany...
"Brideshead" -- a European premiere -- is a World War II drama based on the Evelyn Waugh novel and starring Matthew Goode as Capt. Charles Ryder. It screens Aug. 6.
The world premiere of Solveig Anspach's Franco-Icelandic comedy "Back Soon" will close the lakeside festival Aug. 16.
In between, the Piazza Grande lineup will unspool Marco Siega's comedic drama "Chaos Theory," Clark Gregg's comedy "Choke," Denis Rabaglia's romantic drama "Marcello, Marcello" and Garth Jennings' "Son of Rambow," which was scheduled to screen in Locarno in 2007 but pulled because of a legal dispute.
The Piazza Grande selection continues the trend of accessible fare screening in Europe's largest outdoor cinema venue under third-year artistic director Frederic Maire, as opposed to the more weighty and cerebral productions that screened there in the past.
The 17-film international competition lineup, meanwhile, is made up entirely of world and international premieres.
The complete competition lineup follows:
Piazza Grande
"Back Soon," Solveig Anspach, Iceland/France
"Berlin Calling," Hannes Stoehr, Germany
"Brideshead Revisited," Julian Jarrold, U.K.
"Chaos Theory," Marcos Siega, U.S.
"Choke," Clark Gregg, U.S.
"In 3 Tagen Bist Du Tot 2," Andreas Prochaska, Austria
"Khamsa," Karim Dridi, France
"La Fille De Monaco," Anne Fontaine, France
"Lesson 21," Alessandro Baricco, Italy/U.K.
"Marcello Marcello," Denis Rabaglia, Switzerland/Germany
"Retouches," Georges Schwizgebel, Switzerland/Canada
"Night and the City," Jules Dassin, U.K.
"Nordwand," Philipp Stolzl, Germany/Austria/Switzerland
"Outlander," Howard McCain, U.S.
"Palombella Rossa," Nanni Moretti, Italy/France
"Plus Tard Tu Comprendras," Amos Gitai, France/ Germany
"Son of Rambow," Garth Jennings, U.K. /France
"The Eternity Man," Julien Temple, Australia/U.K.
"I Know," Jan Cvitkovic, Slovenia/Hungary
International competition
"33 Scenes From Life," Malgorzata Szumowska, Germany/Poland
"Daytime Drinking," Noh Young-seok, South Korea
"Dioses," Josue Mendez, Peru/Argentine/Germany /France
"Elle Veut Le Chaos," Denis Cote, Canada
"Katia's Sister," Mijke de Jong, Netherlands
"Kisses," Lance Daly, Ireland/Sweden
"Feast of Villains," Pan Jian Lin, Chine
"Mar Nero," Federico Bondi, Italy/Romania/France
"March," Klaus Handl, Austria
"Nulle Part Terre Promise," Emmanuel Finkiel, France
"Parque Via," Enrique Rivero, Mexico
"Sleep Furiously," Gideon Koppel, U.K.
"Autumn," Ozcan Alper, Turkey/Germany
"The Market -- A Tale of Trade," Ben Hopkins, Germany/U.K./Turkey/Kazakhstan
"Um Amor de Perdicao," Mario Barroso, Portugal/Brazil
"Un Autre Homme," Lionel Baier, Switzerland
"Yuri's Day," Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia/Germany...
- 7/16/2008
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Euro directors fight H'wood in local markets
TORONTO -- When a panel of nine European directors gathered Monday at the Toronto International Film Festival to discuss whether a new and vital European cinema was at hand, it did not take long for them to start aiming their thoughts and barbs at Hollywood. "It's like our cinemas are being occupied with U.S. films," Icelandic filmmaker Solveig Anspach told the festival panel, pointing to Hollywood's marketing muscle and dominance in Europe. Anspach, in Toronto with her latest movie, Stormy Weather, joined the other European directors in expressing frustration with their own film markets, in which Europeans see far more American movies than homegrown ones. Major Hollywood blockbusters enjoy 80%-98% of continent-wide cinema sales in most regions.
- 9/9/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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