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Zarrar Kahn‘s “In Flames,” Pakistan‘s submission to the Oscars‘ international feature category, has won the International Newcomer Award for the best film in competition at the 72nd International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany. The award carries a cash prize of €30,000.
“In Flames,” a Pakistani Canadian horror-drama about a Karachi woman and her mother who are beset by malevolent figures from their past after the family patriarch dies, premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and has had considerable festival play since, including at Toronto, Busan, Sitges, Sao Paulo and Pingyao.
The award’s jury members, Elisa Schlott, Denis Dercourt and Goran Stolevski, stated: “Our award goes to a filmmaker who manages to shift and play with genre while maintaining a connection both to his audience as well as his protagonist throughout the film. The main character is a young woman who is allowed to be both brave and fragile,...
Zarrar Kahn‘s “In Flames,” Pakistan‘s submission to the Oscars‘ international feature category, has won the International Newcomer Award for the best film in competition at the 72nd International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany. The award carries a cash prize of €30,000.
“In Flames,” a Pakistani Canadian horror-drama about a Karachi woman and her mother who are beset by malevolent figures from their past after the family patriarch dies, premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and has had considerable festival play since, including at Toronto, Busan, Sitges, Sao Paulo and Pingyao.
The award’s jury members, Elisa Schlott, Denis Dercourt and Goran Stolevski, stated: “Our award goes to a filmmaker who manages to shift and play with genre while maintaining a connection both to his audience as well as his protagonist throughout the film. The main character is a young woman who is allowed to be both brave and fragile,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Denis Dercourt is by no means an A-lister in the realm of French cinema, but he nevertheless made some career, both at home and abroad in Germany, especially with his 2006 Cannes title “The Page Turner”. With last year’s “The Vanished” (somewhere already released as “Vanishing”), Dercourt tried to bring his career on a new level by adapting the novel “The Killing House” of a renowned British crime fiction author Peter May in a French-Korean co-production set in Seoul. After the premiere at last year’s Busan, some minor festival bookings and limited theatrical and online releases, it is now released globally on various digital platforms.
The Vanished is now available on Digital Platforms
The topic is set in an opening sequence. A bulky man (Choi Moo-seong) goes to an underground surgical facility from which he picks up a heavy load in suitcases. The facility itself turns out to be a mob-operated organ harvesting point,...
The Vanished is now available on Digital Platforms
The topic is set in an opening sequence. A bulky man (Choi Moo-seong) goes to an underground surgical facility from which he picks up a heavy load in suitcases. The facility itself turns out to be a mob-operated organ harvesting point,...
- 11/18/2022
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
Vanishing Trailer — Denis Dercourt‘s Vanishing (2021) movie trailer has been released by Signature Entertainment. The Vanishing trailer stars Olga Kurylenko, Yoo Yeon-Seok, Ji-won Ye, Moo-Seong Choi, and Seung-Jun Lee. Crew Denis Dercourt wrote the screenplay for Vanishing. “It’s produced by Alexis Dantec and Yoon-Seok Nam.” Plot Synopsis Vanishing‘s plot synopsis: based on the novel by Peter [...]
Continue reading: Vanishing (2021) Movie Trailer: Olga Kurylenko & Yoon Yeon-Seok uncover a Sinister Underworld of Organ Trafficking...
Continue reading: Vanishing (2021) Movie Trailer: Olga Kurylenko & Yoon Yeon-Seok uncover a Sinister Underworld of Organ Trafficking...
- 10/20/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The Korean stars were given Etoile du Cinema awards.
Korean stars Song Kang-ho and Ye Jiwon received honorary awards at the Busan International Film Festival on Saturday, October 8, at an event hosted in partnership with Screen International.
The French Embassy bestowed the Etoile du Cinema awards on the actors for their contributions to cultural exchanges between Korean and French cinema. The event took place on ‘French Night’ at Biff at the Paradise Hotel in Busan.
Song is known for roles in Oscar-winner Parasite and more recently Hirokazu Koreeda’s Broker, which played in Competition at this year’s Cannes where Song won best actor.
Korean stars Song Kang-ho and Ye Jiwon received honorary awards at the Busan International Film Festival on Saturday, October 8, at an event hosted in partnership with Screen International.
The French Embassy bestowed the Etoile du Cinema awards on the actors for their contributions to cultural exchanges between Korean and French cinema. The event took place on ‘French Night’ at Biff at the Paradise Hotel in Busan.
Song is known for roles in Oscar-winner Parasite and more recently Hirokazu Koreeda’s Broker, which played in Competition at this year’s Cannes where Song won best actor.
- 10/10/2022
- ScreenDaily
Surprising as it may sound, the Korean film industry has had a rough time over the past couple of years. Get ready for a comeback.
Just at a moment when Korean film producers might have expected to capitalize on the unprecedented multi-Oscar success of “Parasite” in 2019 to just KRW173 billion (138 million) in 2021.
The film industry is now hoping for a trickle-down effect from Korea’s other creative sectors — music, TV drama, cosmetics and food — that will speed its revival.
“One of the first things I did after getting the job was to change the industry’s branding. No more ‘Korean Cinema.’ Instead, we should call ourselves ‘K-Movies,’ ” said Korean Film Council (Kofic) chairman Park Ki-yong. “It fits with the times.” Korea’s stand in the Cannes International Village has been appropriately rebadged.
K-Movies’ comeback is also likely to have a more international flavor, as foreign filmmakers come to Korea...
Just at a moment when Korean film producers might have expected to capitalize on the unprecedented multi-Oscar success of “Parasite” in 2019 to just KRW173 billion (138 million) in 2021.
The film industry is now hoping for a trickle-down effect from Korea’s other creative sectors — music, TV drama, cosmetics and food — that will speed its revival.
“One of the first things I did after getting the job was to change the industry’s branding. No more ‘Korean Cinema.’ Instead, we should call ourselves ‘K-Movies,’ ” said Korean Film Council (Kofic) chairman Park Ki-yong. “It fits with the times.” Korea’s stand in the Cannes International Village has been appropriately rebadged.
K-Movies’ comeback is also likely to have a more international flavor, as foreign filmmakers come to Korea...
- 5/21/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Thursday saw the world premiere of the French-made, Korea-set romantic thriller, “Vanishing” at the Busan International Film Festival. Its director Denis Dercourt said that the movie attempts to straddle both cultures.
Adapted from the Peter May novel, “The Killing Room,” the script was in the works for eleven years, according to Alexis Dantec, the film’s producer. Originally slated for launch in 2020, filming was delayed due to the pandemic.
The picture stars Olga Kurylenko, best known for her Bond girl performance in “Quantum of Solace,” and Korea’s Yoo Yeon Seok, whose most recent works include films “Steel Rain 2: Summit” and “New Year Blues,” and Ye Ji-won.
The story follows a forensic scientist (played by Kurylenko) who invented a technique for restoration of damaged corpses. She visits Korea for a conference and upon the request of a Korean police detective (played by Yoo), assists in an investigation. That leads...
Adapted from the Peter May novel, “The Killing Room,” the script was in the works for eleven years, according to Alexis Dantec, the film’s producer. Originally slated for launch in 2020, filming was delayed due to the pandemic.
The picture stars Olga Kurylenko, best known for her Bond girl performance in “Quantum of Solace,” and Korea’s Yoo Yeon Seok, whose most recent works include films “Steel Rain 2: Summit” and “New Year Blues,” and Ye Ji-won.
The story follows a forensic scientist (played by Kurylenko) who invented a technique for restoration of damaged corpses. She visits Korea for a conference and upon the request of a Korean police detective (played by Yoo), assists in an investigation. That leads...
- 10/9/2021
- by Rebecca Souw
- Variety Film + TV
Korean director Im Kwon-taek received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award from Bong Joon Ho.
In South Korea, the 26th Busan International Film Festival (Bff) opened tonight with a star-studded red carpet and veteran Korean director Im Kwon-taek receiving the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
Song Joong Ki, perhaps best known for his starring role in Netflix series Vincenzo, and Park So Dam, known for hers as ‘Jessica’ in Parasite, hosted the ceremony. They announced that director Bong Joon Ho was on hand to present Im with the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award “on behalf of all...
In South Korea, the 26th Busan International Film Festival (Bff) opened tonight with a star-studded red carpet and veteran Korean director Im Kwon-taek receiving the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
Song Joong Ki, perhaps best known for his starring role in Netflix series Vincenzo, and Park So Dam, known for hers as ‘Jessica’ in Parasite, hosted the ceremony. They announced that director Bong Joon Ho was on hand to present Im with the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award “on behalf of all...
- 10/6/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The lineup includes five new projects in post-production from Catherine Corsini, Aino Suni, Aurélie Saada, Jacques Doillon and Denis Dercourt. Plus, trailers for Mia Hansen-Løve and Leos Carax. Spring is already here as a launching slogan for the very attractive lineup of French international sales agent Kinology (headed by Grégoire Melin) set to be presented at the European Film Market of the 71st edition of the Berlinale. Pre-sales will begin on five new enticing titles in post-production, including three films from female filmmakers: The Divide (La Fracture) from French director Catherine Corsini, Rose from her fellow countrywoman Aurélie Saada (article - with Françoise Fabian heading the cast) and the psychological thriller The Girl’s Room from Finnish director Aino Suni (read our interview with producer Ulla Simonen) which explores teenage fantasies and...
Following Cannes, the AFM, Toronto, Rome and the Hong Kong’s Filmart, UniFrance’s Rendez-Vous With French Cinema was for many film players at least the sixth virtual market since the start of the pandemic, but it was still a much-needed kick-off for French sales agents who launched a flurry of projects and market premieres during the event.
The Rendez-Vous started Jan. 12 with an industry day featuring panels discussing the current landscape for film sales, distribution and festivals with key players, and hosted virtual screenings at set times for 67 movies, including 30 market premieres through Jan. 15. Virtual press junkets also took place with French stars and filmmakers whose movies were screening. The event gathered 875 film executives compared with 450 during previous editions since it was open to all international buyers (rather than only Europeans), and 41 French sales companies. Eric Besnard’s 18th-century-set drama “Delicieux,” sold by Snd, started the UniFrance screenings on Jan.
The Rendez-Vous started Jan. 12 with an industry day featuring panels discussing the current landscape for film sales, distribution and festivals with key players, and hosted virtual screenings at set times for 67 movies, including 30 market premieres through Jan. 15. Virtual press junkets also took place with French stars and filmmakers whose movies were screening. The event gathered 875 film executives compared with 450 during previous editions since it was open to all international buyers (rather than only Europeans), and 41 French sales companies. Eric Besnard’s 18th-century-set drama “Delicieux,” sold by Snd, started the UniFrance screenings on Jan.
- 1/21/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Gregoire Melin’s Kinology, the Paris-based company handling Leos Carax’s and Mia Hansen-Love’s next films, has added a string of ambitious new films from a mix of emerging and seasoned directors.
Kinology has launched sales on “A Girl’s Room,” a stylish psychological thriller directed by Finnish up-and-coming helmer Aino Suni; “The Divide,” a stars-packed film by French director Catherine Corsini (“Three Worlds”); “Third Grade” by veteran director Jacques Doillon (“Ponette”); and “Morning Calm,” a director-driven sprawling thriller by Denis Dercourt. All films are now in post and Kinology is showing first images, teasers or trailers to buyers at the UniFrance Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, which kicked off Jan. 13.
Suni’s feature debut, “A Girl’s Room,” follows Elina, a 17-year-old aspiring Finnish rapper forced to leave her home for the south of France after her mother finds a French boyfriend. There, she is drawn to her new stepsister Sofia,...
Kinology has launched sales on “A Girl’s Room,” a stylish psychological thriller directed by Finnish up-and-coming helmer Aino Suni; “The Divide,” a stars-packed film by French director Catherine Corsini (“Three Worlds”); “Third Grade” by veteran director Jacques Doillon (“Ponette”); and “Morning Calm,” a director-driven sprawling thriller by Denis Dercourt. All films are now in post and Kinology is showing first images, teasers or trailers to buyers at the UniFrance Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, which kicked off Jan. 13.
Suni’s feature debut, “A Girl’s Room,” follows Elina, a 17-year-old aspiring Finnish rapper forced to leave her home for the south of France after her mother finds a French boyfriend. There, she is drawn to her new stepsister Sofia,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
In Harmony (En équilibre) Icarus Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Denis Dercourt Screenwriter: Denis Dercourt. Book by Bernard Sachsé. Cast: Albert Dupontel, Cécile De France, Marie Bäumer, Patrick Mille, Antonin Gabrielli, Carole Franck Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 6/14/18 Opened: July 13, 2018 in an Icarus DVD There are some things you’ll come away […]
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- 7/17/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
With the world’s most prestigious film festival just around the corner, cineastes have been lasciviously salivating about what’s going to show up at Cannes, with wish lists appearing almost immediately after Berlin (a fest that had one of their most impressive line-ups ever) announced their awards. The remainder of the 2015 fest circuit looks to be a plentiful, diverse porridge, with many of the world’s most renowned auteurs’ sporting brand new titles. While many prognosticators will be sharing the same lists, more or less, hopes are incredibly high for a handful of sure bets, and a gaggle of hopefuls. The main competition always seems easier to postulate, though Thierry Fremaux always throws a few curves, (After the Battle in 2012, The Hunt in 2013 or last year’s Timbuktu, which won the Cesar for Best Picture recently, are a couple ready examples of under-the-radar titles).
Italy seems primed for saturation at the fest.
Italy seems primed for saturation at the fest.
- 3/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Marguerite
Director: Xavier Giannoli // Writer: Xavier Giannoli
French director Xavier Giannoli has previously helmed five features, two of them playing in competition in Cannes, including perhaps his best known work, The Singer (2006, starring Cecile de France) and 2009’s In the Beginning. He’s also premiered in Venice, with his last feature, 2012’s Superstar, which also headlined Cecile de France. He’s now working with one of France’s most accomplished and underrated actresses, Catherine Frot, last seen in Us theater in 2013 with The Weinstein Company’s distribution of Haute Cuisine. Known mainly for her comedic talents, she’s equally mesmerizing in dramatic fare, such as Safy Nabbou’s Mark of an Angel and Denis Dercourt’s The Page Turner. Giannoli is directing her in Marguerite, a 1920’s period piece based on the life of Florence Foster Jenkins, otherwise known as the world’s worst soprano (although she though rather the...
Director: Xavier Giannoli // Writer: Xavier Giannoli
French director Xavier Giannoli has previously helmed five features, two of them playing in competition in Cannes, including perhaps his best known work, The Singer (2006, starring Cecile de France) and 2009’s In the Beginning. He’s also premiered in Venice, with his last feature, 2012’s Superstar, which also headlined Cecile de France. He’s now working with one of France’s most accomplished and underrated actresses, Catherine Frot, last seen in Us theater in 2013 with The Weinstein Company’s distribution of Haute Cuisine. Known mainly for her comedic talents, she’s equally mesmerizing in dramatic fare, such as Safy Nabbou’s Mark of an Angel and Denis Dercourt’s The Page Turner. Giannoli is directing her in Marguerite, a 1920’s period piece based on the life of Florence Foster Jenkins, otherwise known as the world’s worst soprano (although she though rather the...
- 1/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
En équilibre
Director: Denis Dercourt // Writer: Denis Dercourt
French director Denis Dercourt is generally underappreciated in the Us, despite having helmed the superb 2006 film The Page Turner, which premiered at Cannes and is one of his only titles to receive Us distribution. In 2013, Dercourt helmed two titles, Flesh of My Flesh and the German production, A Pact, neither of which have been lucky enough to see play in the Us outside of minor festivals. We have high hopes for this project, which has been cited as the filmmaker’s biggest project yet and is headlined by Cecile de France (known to English speaking audiences for High Tension and Hereafter), as well as the very busy French actor/director Albert Dupontel. His seventh feature film (see set pic above) En équilibre (In Balance) concerns Marc, an equestrian who after a serious accident on a film shoot, loses all hope to mount back on.
Director: Denis Dercourt // Writer: Denis Dercourt
French director Denis Dercourt is generally underappreciated in the Us, despite having helmed the superb 2006 film The Page Turner, which premiered at Cannes and is one of his only titles to receive Us distribution. In 2013, Dercourt helmed two titles, Flesh of My Flesh and the German production, A Pact, neither of which have been lucky enough to see play in the Us outside of minor festivals. We have high hopes for this project, which has been cited as the filmmaker’s biggest project yet and is headlined by Cecile de France (known to English speaking audiences for High Tension and Hereafter), as well as the very busy French actor/director Albert Dupontel. His seventh feature film (see set pic above) En équilibre (In Balance) concerns Marc, an equestrian who after a serious accident on a film shoot, loses all hope to mount back on.
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
French director Denis Dercourt (The Page Turner), who recently wrapped production on his German-language debut A Pact, will head up next's year's jury for the Dialogue en perspective prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. The independent jury, which this time will include one Israeli, three German and three French cinema lovers, awards the annual honor to a feature screening in the Berlinale's German cinema sidebar, Perspektive Deutsches Kino. The prize, which comes with a $6,800 (€5,000) cash bursary, is backed by the French-German Youth Office and is aimed at honoring films that encourage cross-cultural
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- 12/5/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
German sales agents have revealed a raft of market premieres to be presented at the forthcoming American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 6-13).
Ida Martins’ Cologne-based Media Luna will have screenings of five new titles as market premieres:
Stijn Coninx’s romantic feel-good drama Marina, based on the childhood memories of the Italian-Belgian singer Rocco Granata;
Menno Meyjes’ psychological drama-thriller The Dinner, based on Herman Koch’s eponymous international bestseller, which had its world premiere at last month’s Toronto International Film Festival;
Jan Verheyen’s courtroom drama The Verdict, which received the Best Award at the Montreal World Film Festival;
Julia von Heinz’s German-Israeli romantic comedy Hanna’s Journey which celebrates its German premiere on at this week’s Hof Film Days and is nominated for the Millbrook Authors Prize;
Bettina Blümner’s coming of age drama Broken Glass Park which was awarded the Goethe Institut’s Youth and Children’s Film Prize at the Schlingel...
Ida Martins’ Cologne-based Media Luna will have screenings of five new titles as market premieres:
Stijn Coninx’s romantic feel-good drama Marina, based on the childhood memories of the Italian-Belgian singer Rocco Granata;
Menno Meyjes’ psychological drama-thriller The Dinner, based on Herman Koch’s eponymous international bestseller, which had its world premiere at last month’s Toronto International Film Festival;
Jan Verheyen’s courtroom drama The Verdict, which received the Best Award at the Montreal World Film Festival;
Julia von Heinz’s German-Israeli romantic comedy Hanna’s Journey which celebrates its German premiere on at this week’s Hof Film Days and is nominated for the Millbrook Authors Prize;
Bettina Blümner’s coming of age drama Broken Glass Park which was awarded the Goethe Institut’s Youth and Children’s Film Prize at the Schlingel...
- 10/23/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Albert Serra and Pawel Pawlikowski are among 23 European film-makers who will be presenting their films in person as part of European Film Promotion’s (Efp) Opening Doors programme at this year’s Busan International Film Festival (Oct 3-13).
Catalonian filmmaker Serra will travel to the South Korean festival for his Golden Leopard winner Story Of My Death, while Polish director Pawlikowski will introduce Ida, his first feature shot in his native Poland, which won a Fipresci prize on its world premiere in Toronto last week.
At last week’s Gdynia Film Festival, Ida was named the Golden Lion Grand Prix for Best Film. The award went to Pawlikowski and his producers Ewa Puszczynska and Piotr Dziecol of Lodz-based Opus Film. There were also prizes for the lead actress Agata Kulesza and the film’s cinematography and art direction.
Efp is supporting five European film-makers in Busan, who will compete for the festival’s new Flash Forward Audience...
Catalonian filmmaker Serra will travel to the South Korean festival for his Golden Leopard winner Story Of My Death, while Polish director Pawlikowski will introduce Ida, his first feature shot in his native Poland, which won a Fipresci prize on its world premiere in Toronto last week.
At last week’s Gdynia Film Festival, Ida was named the Golden Lion Grand Prix for Best Film. The award went to Pawlikowski and his producers Ewa Puszczynska and Piotr Dziecol of Lodz-based Opus Film. There were also prizes for the lead actress Agata Kulesza and the film’s cinematography and art direction.
Efp is supporting five European film-makers in Busan, who will compete for the festival’s new Flash Forward Audience...
- 9/18/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Everyone's thoughts are turning towards the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (from May 15th to 26th, 2013) and predictions abound about which films might be chosen by Thierry Frémaux. Overview of the main contenders for a selection on the Croisette, with an opening that would look good with The Great Gatsby by Australian director Baz Lurhmann, for example.
On the European side, where exceptionally Lars Von Trier and Pedro Almodóvar will be absent, the most widely expected contenders are Only God Forgives by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, Twelve Years a Slave (an American production) by British director Steve McQueen, La grande belleza by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, and the French favourites: Un indien des plaines (Jimmy P.) by Arnaud Desplechin, Blue is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche, Bird People by Pascale Ferran, and possibly Venus in Fur by Roman Polanski if editing is speeded up. Amongst the outsiders, it is worth mentioning Nine Minutes Interval by Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu, Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud des Pallières (starring Mads Mikkelsen), Un château en Italie by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Jeune et jolie by François Ozon, Abus de faiblesse by Catherine Breillat and Bastards by Claire Denis.
Amongst the Old Continent’s other potential candidates for a trip to the Croisette are We Come As Friends by Austrian director Hubert Sauper, The Invisible Woman by British director Ralph Fiennes, A Field in England by Ben Wheatley, the German film Happy Birthday by French director Denis Dercourt, Nude Area by Urszula Antoniak, a Dutch director of Polish origin, the mysterious Dau by Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky, The Gambler by Hungarian director Szabolcs Hajdu, Oktober November by Austrian director Götz Spielmann, Histoire de la Meva Mort by Portuguese director Albert Serra, Open Windows by Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo and Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard.
The selection is not short of American possibilities this year, with notably The Nightingale by James Gray, Inside Llewyn Davies by the Coen brothers, The Bling Ring by Sofia Coppola, Nebraska by Alexander Payne, Her by Spike Jonze, Night Moves by Kelly Reichardt, and maybe Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch and The Butler by Lee Daniels. We can also dream about the out-of-competition screenings of The Wolf of Wall Street by Martin Scorsese, Blue Jasmin by Woody Allen and Pacific Rim by Guillermo del Toro. As for Canada, it will be placing its bets on Tom à la ferme by Xavier Dolan and An Enemy by Denis Villeneuve.
Asia could be in the running with, amongst others, Le Passé by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, The Congress by Israeli director Ari Folman, Snowpiercer by Korean director Bong Joon-ho, Diary of a Young Boyby Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang, Blind Detective by Chinese director Johnnie To and three Japanese movies: A Perfect Day for Plesiosaur by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Like Father, Like Sonby Hirokazu Kore-Eda and Dog Eat Dog by Shinji Aoyama
While Africa will set its hopes on Grisgris by Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun,surprisescould come from Latin America where only Mexican productions appear in the predictions so far, with Manto Acuifero by Michael Rowe, Chavez by Diego Luna and A los ojos by Vicky and Michel Franco.
Finally, it is worth mentioning on the French side (probably out of competition), possibilities like Once Upon a Forest by Luc Jacquet, Mood Indigo by Michel Gondry(even if its release in April seems incompatible for the moment with the selection process), L’extravagant voyage du jeune et prodigieux T.S Spivet by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Blood Ties by Guillaume Canet, Grace de Monaco by Olivier Dahan and Malavita by Luc Besson. Also aiming for selection are Grand Central by Rebecca Zlotowki, Suzanne by Katell Quillevéré, Jacky in Women’s Kingdom by Riad Sattouf, Une autre vie by Emmanuel Mouret, Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo, Gare du Nord by Claire Simon,Tip Top by Serge Bozon, Tirez la langue mademoiselle by Axelle Ropert, L’inconnu du lac by Alain Guiraudie, Réalité by Quentin Dupieux and Dark Touch by Marina de Van. So many enticing titles for a hypothetical panorama, which is not exhaustive and that only Thierry Frémaux will clarify at the press conference on April 18th.
This article was written by Fabien Lemercier and also appeared in Cineuropa.org.
On the European side, where exceptionally Lars Von Trier and Pedro Almodóvar will be absent, the most widely expected contenders are Only God Forgives by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, Twelve Years a Slave (an American production) by British director Steve McQueen, La grande belleza by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, and the French favourites: Un indien des plaines (Jimmy P.) by Arnaud Desplechin, Blue is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche, Bird People by Pascale Ferran, and possibly Venus in Fur by Roman Polanski if editing is speeded up. Amongst the outsiders, it is worth mentioning Nine Minutes Interval by Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu, Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud des Pallières (starring Mads Mikkelsen), Un château en Italie by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Jeune et jolie by François Ozon, Abus de faiblesse by Catherine Breillat and Bastards by Claire Denis.
Amongst the Old Continent’s other potential candidates for a trip to the Croisette are We Come As Friends by Austrian director Hubert Sauper, The Invisible Woman by British director Ralph Fiennes, A Field in England by Ben Wheatley, the German film Happy Birthday by French director Denis Dercourt, Nude Area by Urszula Antoniak, a Dutch director of Polish origin, the mysterious Dau by Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky, The Gambler by Hungarian director Szabolcs Hajdu, Oktober November by Austrian director Götz Spielmann, Histoire de la Meva Mort by Portuguese director Albert Serra, Open Windows by Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo and Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard.
The selection is not short of American possibilities this year, with notably The Nightingale by James Gray, Inside Llewyn Davies by the Coen brothers, The Bling Ring by Sofia Coppola, Nebraska by Alexander Payne, Her by Spike Jonze, Night Moves by Kelly Reichardt, and maybe Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch and The Butler by Lee Daniels. We can also dream about the out-of-competition screenings of The Wolf of Wall Street by Martin Scorsese, Blue Jasmin by Woody Allen and Pacific Rim by Guillermo del Toro. As for Canada, it will be placing its bets on Tom à la ferme by Xavier Dolan and An Enemy by Denis Villeneuve.
Asia could be in the running with, amongst others, Le Passé by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, The Congress by Israeli director Ari Folman, Snowpiercer by Korean director Bong Joon-ho, Diary of a Young Boyby Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang, Blind Detective by Chinese director Johnnie To and three Japanese movies: A Perfect Day for Plesiosaur by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Like Father, Like Sonby Hirokazu Kore-Eda and Dog Eat Dog by Shinji Aoyama
While Africa will set its hopes on Grisgris by Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun,surprisescould come from Latin America where only Mexican productions appear in the predictions so far, with Manto Acuifero by Michael Rowe, Chavez by Diego Luna and A los ojos by Vicky and Michel Franco.
Finally, it is worth mentioning on the French side (probably out of competition), possibilities like Once Upon a Forest by Luc Jacquet, Mood Indigo by Michel Gondry(even if its release in April seems incompatible for the moment with the selection process), L’extravagant voyage du jeune et prodigieux T.S Spivet by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Blood Ties by Guillaume Canet, Grace de Monaco by Olivier Dahan and Malavita by Luc Besson. Also aiming for selection are Grand Central by Rebecca Zlotowki, Suzanne by Katell Quillevéré, Jacky in Women’s Kingdom by Riad Sattouf, Une autre vie by Emmanuel Mouret, Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo, Gare du Nord by Claire Simon,Tip Top by Serge Bozon, Tirez la langue mademoiselle by Axelle Ropert, L’inconnu du lac by Alain Guiraudie, Réalité by Quentin Dupieux and Dark Touch by Marina de Van. So many enticing titles for a hypothetical panorama, which is not exhaustive and that only Thierry Frémaux will clarify at the press conference on April 18th.
This article was written by Fabien Lemercier and also appeared in Cineuropa.org.
- 4/11/2013
- by Fabien Lemercier
- Sydney's Buzz
#66. Denis Dercourt’s Happy Birthday
Gist: Opening at the beginning of the 1980s in former East Germany, the film centers on Paul who enters into a pact on his 16th birthday with fellow pupil Georg to take care of Georg’s girlfriend Anna. The only condition is that Georg, who unexpectedly has to move away, would get her back whenever he so desires. 30 years pass and Paul and Anna are happily married with two children. Then, one day, Georg suddenly re-appears and is appointed as Paul’s new boss. Has he come back for Anna and what other secrets might come to the surface?
Prediction: French director Dercourt’s intriguing German film stars Saskia Rosendahl, who was named one of the shooting stars of 2013 for her performance in Lore. Dercourt has been steadily working since the late 90s, but is probably best known for his 2006 revenge thriller The Page Turner...
Gist: Opening at the beginning of the 1980s in former East Germany, the film centers on Paul who enters into a pact on his 16th birthday with fellow pupil Georg to take care of Georg’s girlfriend Anna. The only condition is that Georg, who unexpectedly has to move away, would get her back whenever he so desires. 30 years pass and Paul and Anna are happily married with two children. Then, one day, Georg suddenly re-appears and is appointed as Paul’s new boss. Has he come back for Anna and what other secrets might come to the surface?
Prediction: French director Dercourt’s intriguing German film stars Saskia Rosendahl, who was named one of the shooting stars of 2013 for her performance in Lore. Dercourt has been steadily working since the late 90s, but is probably best known for his 2006 revenge thriller The Page Turner...
- 4/3/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Best Actress award winner Liana Liberato
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2010) Award Winners Announced
Click Here for complete coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2010)
Russia, Mexico, Norway, Germany and USA win top awards in Chicago …
Chicago, October 16, 2010 – Michael Kutza, Founder and Artistic Director of the
Chicago International Film Festival, Mimi Plauché, Head of Programming, and Associate
Programmers Joel Hoglund and Penny Bartlett proudly announce the winners of the 46th
Chicago International Film Festival competitions. The Festival’s highest honor is the
Gold Hugo, named after the mythological God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
Gold Hugo for Best Film to How I Ended The Summer (Russia) for the brilliantly
acted and dynamically staged exploration of human nature under pressure. Director:
Aleksei Popogrebsky
Special Jury Prize shared by:
Silver Hugo Special Jury Prize to A Somewhat Gentle Man (Norway) for a
hilarious and deeply serious adventure into crime and,...
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2010) Award Winners Announced
Click Here for complete coverage of the Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff 2010)
Russia, Mexico, Norway, Germany and USA win top awards in Chicago …
Chicago, October 16, 2010 – Michael Kutza, Founder and Artistic Director of the
Chicago International Film Festival, Mimi Plauché, Head of Programming, and Associate
Programmers Joel Hoglund and Penny Bartlett proudly announce the winners of the 46th
Chicago International Film Festival competitions. The Festival’s highest honor is the
Gold Hugo, named after the mythological God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
Gold Hugo for Best Film to How I Ended The Summer (Russia) for the brilliantly
acted and dynamically staged exploration of human nature under pressure. Director:
Aleksei Popogrebsky
Special Jury Prize shared by:
Silver Hugo Special Jury Prize to A Somewhat Gentle Man (Norway) for a
hilarious and deeply serious adventure into crime and,...
- 10/17/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
There are 2 big reasons why you need to know more about award-winning Belgian actress Deborah Francois... First, she's the star of three highly-acclaimed movies - Cannes big winner, the Dardenne Brothers' The Child (L'Enfant), the dramatic-thriller The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de pages) and the recent Sundance favorite and François’ first English-speaking film — Unmade Beds, by Argentine director-writer Alexis Dos Santos. - - -
- - - The movie has earned critical acclaim after screening at the recent Sundance festival. “Unmade Beds” uses an unconventional format, mixing still photography, live action and musical performances from underground British bands such as (We Are) Performance, Connan Mockasin and Plaster of Paris to narrate the intersecting lives of a group of young bohemians in a London loft.
Second, she's one award-winning actress with such intensity and dedication to her craft, you need to watch her perform and add the fact that she's simply...
- - - The movie has earned critical acclaim after screening at the recent Sundance festival. “Unmade Beds” uses an unconventional format, mixing still photography, live action and musical performances from underground British bands such as (We Are) Performance, Connan Mockasin and Plaster of Paris to narrate the intersecting lives of a group of young bohemians in a London loft.
Second, she's one award-winning actress with such intensity and dedication to her craft, you need to watch her perform and add the fact that she's simply...
- 8/25/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
There are 2 big reasons why you need to know more about award-winning Belgian actress Deborah Francois... First, she's the star of three highly-acclaimed movies - Cannes big winner, the Dardenne Brothers' The Child (L'Enfant), the dramatic-thriller The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de pages) and the recent Sundance favorite and François’ first English-speaking film — Unmade Beds, by Argentine director-writer Alexis Dos Santos. - - -
- - - The movie has earned critical acclaim after screening at the recent Sundance festival. “Unmade Beds” uses an unconventional format, mixing still photography, live action and musical performances from underground British bands such as (We Are) Performance, Connan Mockasin and Plaster of Paris to narrate the intersecting lives of a group of young bohemians in a London loft.
Second, she's one award-winning actress with such intensity and dedication to her craft, you need to watch her perform and add the fact that she's simply...
- - - The movie has earned critical acclaim after screening at the recent Sundance festival. “Unmade Beds” uses an unconventional format, mixing still photography, live action and musical performances from underground British bands such as (We Are) Performance, Connan Mockasin and Plaster of Paris to narrate the intersecting lives of a group of young bohemians in a London loft.
Second, she's one award-winning actress with such intensity and dedication to her craft, you need to watch her perform and add the fact that she's simply...
- 8/25/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
There are 2 big reasons why you need to know more about award-winning Belgian actress Deborah Francois... First, she's the star of three highly-acclaimed movies - Cannes big winner, the Dardenne Brothers' The Child (L'Enfant), the dramatic-thriller The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de pages) and the recent Sundance favorite and François’ first English-speaking film — Unmade Beds, by Argentine director-writer Alexis Dos Santos. - - -
- - - The movie has earned critical acclaim after screening at the recent Sundance festival. “Unmade Beds” uses an unconventional format, mixing still photography, live action and musical performances from underground British bands such as (We Are) Performance, Connan Mockasin and Plaster of Paris to narrate the intersecting lives of a group of young bohemians in a London loft.
Second, she's one award-winning actress with such intensity and dedication to her craft, you need to watch her perform and add the fact that she's simply...
- - - The movie has earned critical acclaim after screening at the recent Sundance festival. “Unmade Beds” uses an unconventional format, mixing still photography, live action and musical performances from underground British bands such as (We Are) Performance, Connan Mockasin and Plaster of Paris to narrate the intersecting lives of a group of young bohemians in a London loft.
Second, she's one award-winning actress with such intensity and dedication to her craft, you need to watch her perform and add the fact that she's simply...
- 8/25/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
There are 2 big reasons why you need to know more about award-winning Belgian actress Deborah Francois... First, she's the star of three highly-acclaimed movies - Cannes big winner, the Dardenne Brothers' The Child (L'Enfant), the dramatic-thriller The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de pages) and the recent Sundance favorite and François’ first English-speaking film — Unmade Beds, by Argentine director-writer Alexis Dos Santos. - - -
- - - The movie has earned critical acclaim after screening at the recent Sundance festival. “Unmade Beds” uses an unconventional format, mixing still photography, live action and musical performances from underground British bands such as (We Are) Performance, Connan Mockasin and Plaster of Paris to narrate the intersecting lives of a group of young bohemians in a London loft.
Second, she's one award-winning actress with such intensity and dedication to her craft, you need to watch her perform and add the fact that she's simply...
- - - The movie has earned critical acclaim after screening at the recent Sundance festival. “Unmade Beds” uses an unconventional format, mixing still photography, live action and musical performances from underground British bands such as (We Are) Performance, Connan Mockasin and Plaster of Paris to narrate the intersecting lives of a group of young bohemians in a London loft.
Second, she's one award-winning actress with such intensity and dedication to her craft, you need to watch her perform and add the fact that she's simply...
- 8/25/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
The uproar about Lars Von Trier's Antichrist spurred interest even higher for attendees who wanted to decide the film's merits for themselves. (For one thing, rumor is circulating that the Cannes version will never be seen again. For another, Mick Jagger hated it, calling it "horrible.") During this morning's screening, however, the "projector broke thirty seconds in," says Todd Brown at Twitch, and this afternoon's was "shut down by a major power outage." His conclusion? "God hates Lars."
Robert Pattinson flew in from filming New Moon in Canada and posed on the beach. He confirmed that the fourth film in the Twilight saga, based on Breaking Dawn, will be made as soon as possible. Penelope Cruz suffered food poisoning last night, but recovered sufficiently to promote the new Almodovar flick (see below). She's also talking about her upcoming musical Nine.
Key Screenings. Competition: Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces (a...
Robert Pattinson flew in from filming New Moon in Canada and posed on the beach. He confirmed that the fourth film in the Twilight saga, based on Breaking Dawn, will be made as soon as possible. Penelope Cruz suffered food poisoning last night, but recovered sufficiently to promote the new Almodovar flick (see below). She's also talking about her upcoming musical Nine.
Key Screenings. Competition: Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces (a...
- 5/20/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
- Ioncinema.com Schedule: Starting off the day with Pedro and will verify whether Spanish critics are right with their assessment back in March, this will be followed by Cristian Mungiu and his four fellow directors in the 5 storied Tales From the Golden Age and might end it off with a film that I missed (on purpose) at the Sundance Film Fest and will only see because I've got a rare hole in my schedule with nothing that meets my interests. Worse case is I'll see Marco Bellocchio's Vincere on the final Sunday of the fest. Main Comp: Broken Embraces from Pedro and Vincere from Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio. Un Certain Regard: Tales From the Golden Age from Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu and Ioana Uricaru. Tomorrow at Dawn comes to us via Denis Dercourt. Director's Fortnight: Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel's La Pivellina, Cherien Dabis
- 5/19/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
The official selection of movies to be shown at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival has finally been unveiled. In the festival that will be kicked off on May 13 and wrapped on May 24, a total of 52 films will be featured from four categories, In Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, and Special Screenings.
Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces", Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" and Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" are listed among the 20 In Competition movies. They will be up against Jane Campion's "Bright Star", Ken Loach's "Looking for Eric", Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon", Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" and Park Chan-wook's "Thirst" among others.
Terry Gilliam-directed drama fantasy starring Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law and the late Heath Ledger, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", has been included in the Out of Competition line-up. In the meantime, Sam Raimi's horror "Drag Me to Hell" enters the Midnight Screenings list.
Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces", Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" and Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" are listed among the 20 In Competition movies. They will be up against Jane Campion's "Bright Star", Ken Loach's "Looking for Eric", Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon", Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" and Park Chan-wook's "Thirst" among others.
Terry Gilliam-directed drama fantasy starring Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law and the late Heath Ledger, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", has been included in the Out of Competition line-up. In the meantime, Sam Raimi's horror "Drag Me to Hell" enters the Midnight Screenings list.
- 4/24/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
So the line-up for this year's Cannes Film Festival was just released today and I damn near fainted from the awesome. This year's competition has got to be the biggest, baddest one in many years, with so many famous auteurs throwing down with their latest films. Who will get the coveted Palme d'Or?
A sampling of just the biggest names who will be in competition: Pedro Almodovar (Broken Embraces), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Park Chan-wook (Thirst), Jane Campion (Bright Star), Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon), Gaspar Noe (Enter the Void), Ken Loach (Looking for Eric), Johnnie To (Vengeance), Lars von Trier (Antichrist), Ang Lee (Taking Woodstock).
Not only that, but out of competition, we have Pixar's Up as the opening film, Bong Joon-ho's Mother, Hikorazu Kore-eda's Air Doll, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, and a new documentary by Michel Gondry...
A sampling of just the biggest names who will be in competition: Pedro Almodovar (Broken Embraces), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Park Chan-wook (Thirst), Jane Campion (Bright Star), Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon), Gaspar Noe (Enter the Void), Ken Loach (Looking for Eric), Johnnie To (Vengeance), Lars von Trier (Antichrist), Ang Lee (Taking Woodstock).
Not only that, but out of competition, we have Pixar's Up as the opening film, Bong Joon-ho's Mother, Hikorazu Kore-eda's Air Doll, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, and a new documentary by Michel Gondry...
- 4/23/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
For the most part, the majority of the films Variety speculated would be included at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival made the final list. The only ones that didn't were Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant and Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro out of the group I listed from their early report. However, to make up for it they have added Alejandro Amenabar's Agora starring Rachel Weisz, which is big news if you ask me. Listed below is the early list thanks to Variety. The Cannes' Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week will be fully announced Friday in Paris. Opener
Up U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson Closer
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky France, Jan Kounen In Competition
Bright Star Australia-u.K.-France, Jane Campion
Spring Fever China-France, Lou Ye
Antichrist Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
Enter the Void France, Gaspar Noe
Face France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
Les Herbes folles France-Italy, Alain Resnais
In the Beginning France,...
Up U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson Closer
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky France, Jan Kounen In Competition
Bright Star Australia-u.K.-France, Jane Campion
Spring Fever China-France, Lou Ye
Antichrist Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
Enter the Void France, Gaspar Noe
Face France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
Les Herbes folles France-Italy, Alain Resnais
In the Beginning France,...
- 4/23/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Wow, the speculation this year was pretty heavy on some great genre fare we've been tracking and while we're missing some stunners like Mr. Nobody and a couple others I've been clocking but won't mention, we do get the following:
Antichrist from Lars Von Trier
Enter the Void from Gapar Noe (we've been waiting on a trailer for a long time)
Vengeance from Johnnie To
Thirst from Chan-Wook Park
Inglorious Basterds from Qt
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus from Terry Gilliam
As well as so many others. One of these years Qe will be headed to Cannes for reviews, but not this year folks, (unless we can find a French correspondent or someone donates a few large, hah!)
Full list after the break. via Variety
Opener
"Up," U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Closer
"Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," France, Jan Kounen
In Competition
"Bright Star," Australia-u.K.-France, Jane Campion
"Spring Fever,...
Antichrist from Lars Von Trier
Enter the Void from Gapar Noe (we've been waiting on a trailer for a long time)
Vengeance from Johnnie To
Thirst from Chan-Wook Park
Inglorious Basterds from Qt
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus from Terry Gilliam
As well as so many others. One of these years Qe will be headed to Cannes for reviews, but not this year folks, (unless we can find a French correspondent or someone donates a few large, hah!)
Full list after the break. via Variety
Opener
"Up," U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Closer
"Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," France, Jan Kounen
In Competition
"Bright Star," Australia-u.K.-France, Jane Campion
"Spring Fever,...
- 4/23/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Okay, can I just tell you now, that I wish I can go :sad
But work schedule prevents me from going to Cannes (May is ratings period for TV and thou shall not leave your post!). So, I'll just regale myself with fantasizing I was there, or, by counting the days before I can see the films in/out competition!
And this year? It's great! Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds") will face off with Ang Lee ("Taking Woodstock") while fighting Pedro Almodovar ("Broken Embraces") and kicking Jane Campion ("Bright Star") to the curb.
It's going to be fierce!
But before all the competition hoopla, Disney/Pixar will entertain everyone by opening the event with "Up" (the first ever animated film to kick off the festival!).
Oh, and out of competition? The last film made by Heath Ledger, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" by Terry Gilliam.
Here's the complete line up, oh,...
But work schedule prevents me from going to Cannes (May is ratings period for TV and thou shall not leave your post!). So, I'll just regale myself with fantasizing I was there, or, by counting the days before I can see the films in/out competition!
And this year? It's great! Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds") will face off with Ang Lee ("Taking Woodstock") while fighting Pedro Almodovar ("Broken Embraces") and kicking Jane Campion ("Bright Star") to the curb.
It's going to be fierce!
But before all the competition hoopla, Disney/Pixar will entertain everyone by opening the event with "Up" (the first ever animated film to kick off the festival!).
Oh, and out of competition? The last film made by Heath Ledger, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" by Terry Gilliam.
Here's the complete line up, oh,...
- 4/23/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
- So the inflatable doll magically coming to life tale was perhaps too “out there” for a main comp acceptance, but Hirokazu Kore-eda's Air Doll came on over to Un Certain Regard section along with expect works from Romanian filmmakers Cristian Mungiu (Tales From The Golden Age) and Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective), France's Denis Dercourt (Demain Des L'aube), Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Nymph) and Cannes regular (The Host, Tokyo!) Bong Joon-Ho and his latest film, Mother. Lee Daniels' Sundance fave is going to Cannes with a buzz worthy, shorter titled Push – this great news explains why the film was pulled out of the New Directors/New Films 2009 fest. Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi who gave us the devastating Turtles Can Fly a couple of year back comes to the Ucr section with another oddly titled film in Nobody Knows About The Persian Cats. And speaking of Sundance, Cannes' own Atelier de
- 4/23/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
PARIS -- After a successful visit to New York, French films will continue their world tour as Unifrance's third annual "Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Japan" kicks off Thursday in Tokyo and Osaka, organizers said Monday.
Gallic actress-turned-director Sophie Marceau will preside over a festival that will feature 14 Gallic feature films, including Marceau's own "Trivial", Eric Rohmer's "The Romance of Astree and Celadon" and Claude Miller's "A Secret". Seven short films will complete the selection.
Unifrance also is planning a special retrospective devoted to French New Wave director Jacques Rivette. Bulle Ogier and Pascal Bonitzer will present Rivette works including "Mad Love", "The Gang of Four", "La Belle Noiseuse", "Celine and Julie Go Boating" and "Joan the Maiden".
French talent expected to make the trip across the globe include actors Patrick Bruel and Christopher Lambert, actresses Ludivine Sagnier and Julie Depardieu and directors Cedric Klapisch and Denis Dercourt, who will meet with Japanese press throughout the five-day event.
Gallic producers and international sales agents also plan to make the trip on their way to the Hong Kong Filmart, which begins the day after Unifrance's event wraps.
Gallic actress-turned-director Sophie Marceau will preside over a festival that will feature 14 Gallic feature films, including Marceau's own "Trivial", Eric Rohmer's "The Romance of Astree and Celadon" and Claude Miller's "A Secret". Seven short films will complete the selection.
Unifrance also is planning a special retrospective devoted to French New Wave director Jacques Rivette. Bulle Ogier and Pascal Bonitzer will present Rivette works including "Mad Love", "The Gang of Four", "La Belle Noiseuse", "Celine and Julie Go Boating" and "Joan the Maiden".
French talent expected to make the trip across the globe include actors Patrick Bruel and Christopher Lambert, actresses Ludivine Sagnier and Julie Depardieu and directors Cedric Klapisch and Denis Dercourt, who will meet with Japanese press throughout the five-day event.
Gallic producers and international sales agents also plan to make the trip on their way to the Hong Kong Filmart, which begins the day after Unifrance's event wraps.
- 3/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS --Gallic product is off to a quick start in 2007, with French films doing strong numbers in foreign territories, according to state-run film promotion organization Unifrance.
Luc Besson's Arthur and the Minimoys spearheaded the country's exports for the first two months of this year, with $14 million in U.S. boxoffice receipts, 7 million ($9.2 million) in the U.K., 3.7 million ($4.8 million) in Spain, 3 million ($3.9 million) in Germany and 1.6 million ($2.1 million) in Italy.
Michel Gondry's offbeat The Science of Sleep took in 600,000 ($786,926) in Italy, 32,000 ($41,969) in the U.K. and 20,000 ($26,230) in Spain.
Denis Dercourt's The Page Turner drew a surprisingly large audience in the U.K. with 250,000 ($327,886) and also proved to be a crowd-pleaser in Italy with 180,000 ($236,077) and Denmark with 50,000 ($65,577).
U.S. audiences enjoyed a trip to Daniele Thompson's Avenue Montaigne, which took in $70,000 during its first two weeks of release on just two screens. Rachid Bouchareb's World War II drama Days of Glory, fresh off its Oscar nomination, already has amassed more than $100,000 in ticket sales and Abderrahmane Sissako's smaller-budgeted African drama Bamako also drew a nicely-sized Anglophone art house crowd with $30,000 in the U.S.
Luc Besson's Arthur and the Minimoys spearheaded the country's exports for the first two months of this year, with $14 million in U.S. boxoffice receipts, 7 million ($9.2 million) in the U.K., 3.7 million ($4.8 million) in Spain, 3 million ($3.9 million) in Germany and 1.6 million ($2.1 million) in Italy.
Michel Gondry's offbeat The Science of Sleep took in 600,000 ($786,926) in Italy, 32,000 ($41,969) in the U.K. and 20,000 ($26,230) in Spain.
Denis Dercourt's The Page Turner drew a surprisingly large audience in the U.K. with 250,000 ($327,886) and also proved to be a crowd-pleaser in Italy with 180,000 ($236,077) and Denmark with 50,000 ($65,577).
U.S. audiences enjoyed a trip to Daniele Thompson's Avenue Montaigne, which took in $70,000 during its first two weeks of release on just two screens. Rachid Bouchareb's World War II drama Days of Glory, fresh off its Oscar nomination, already has amassed more than $100,000 in ticket sales and Abderrahmane Sissako's smaller-budgeted African drama Bamako also drew a nicely-sized Anglophone art house crowd with $30,000 in the U.S.
- 3/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- Forest Whitaker and 19-year-old Belgian Deborah Francois earned the best actor and best actress prizes, respectively, and author-screenwriter Elmore Leonard was presented with a special literary achievement award at the 16th Courmayeur Noir Festival, organizers said Monday.
The Valle d'Aosta Cinema Award went to Nick Cassavetes' Alpha Dog and the people's choice award for best film went to The Last King of Scotland, in which Whitaker stars as brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Francois won her award for just her second full-length film, La Tourneuse de Pages (The Page Turner), directed by Denis Dercourt.
The 81-year-old Leonard -- known for popular novels, many of which have been turned into screenplays -- won the Raymond Chandler Award for his body of work, which includes the screenplays for 1995's Get Shorty and the 1997 film Jackie Brown, both based on novels he wrote.
Other honorees at the Alpine festival included Michael Hazanavicius, who won a special mystery genre prize for "OSS 117 -- Le Caire Nid D'Espions" (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies), and a special jury prize for Born (Children) from Ragnar Bragason.
The Valle d'Aosta Cinema Award went to Nick Cassavetes' Alpha Dog and the people's choice award for best film went to The Last King of Scotland, in which Whitaker stars as brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Francois won her award for just her second full-length film, La Tourneuse de Pages (The Page Turner), directed by Denis Dercourt.
The 81-year-old Leonard -- known for popular novels, many of which have been turned into screenplays -- won the Raymond Chandler Award for his body of work, which includes the screenplays for 1995's Get Shorty and the 1997 film Jackie Brown, both based on novels he wrote.
Other honorees at the Alpine festival included Michael Hazanavicius, who won a special mystery genre prize for "OSS 117 -- Le Caire Nid D'Espions" (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies), and a special jury prize for Born (Children) from Ragnar Bragason.
- 12/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tartan USA has picked up all U.S. rights to Festival de Cannes In Competition entry Red Road, which was well-received in Cannes. The British family drama from first-time feature director Andrea Arnold, who won an Oscar for her short Wasp, is the first of three projects for Lars von Trier to be shot in Glasgow, Scotland, by different directors on a six-week schedule using the same nine cast members. Tartan USA, the two-year-old U.S. arm of Hamish McAlpine's U.K. distributor Tartan Films, had a busy festival, also picking up all rights for the Danish animated film Princess and Denis Dercourt's Un Certain Regard thriller La Tourneuse de pages. The distributor's upcoming releases include The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Lady Vengeance, Hidden Blade and In My Father's Den. Jane Giles and Marie Therese Guirgis of Tartan USA (formerly of Wellspring) and Natja Rosner, sales executive for Trust Film Sales, negotiated the deal.
- 5/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Films Distribution said Wednesday it has sold The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de Pages), which screened in Un Certain Regard, to Tartan USA for the U.S., Artificial Eye in the U.K., Mikado for Italy and Cafe Groove for Japan. Films Distribution added that it has closed deals for numerous territories around the world including Belgium, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Mexico, Israel and Thailand. Written and directed by Denis Dercourt, the film stars Catherine Frot and newcomer Deborah Francois, who made her debut in last year's Palme d'Or winner The Child. The Tartan deal was brokered by Didar Domehri for Films Distribution and Tartan USA Acquisitions Consultant Marie-Therese Guirgis. In other sales action, QED International, the Beverly Hills-based international sales, financing, and Production Company, has completed multiple sales in all major territories for Spring Break in Bosnia, starring Richard Gere and Terrence Howard, QED CEO Bill Block announced.
- 5/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- Films Distribution said Wednesday it has sold The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de Pages), which screened in Un Certain Regard, to Tartan USA for the U.S., Artificial Eye in the U.K., Mikado for Italy and Cafe Groove for Japan. Films Distribution added that it has closed deals for numerous territories around the world including Belgium, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Mexico, Israel and Thailand. Written and directed by Denis Dercourt, the film stars Catherine Frot and newcomer Deborah Francois, who made her debut in last year's Palme d'Or winner The Child. The Tartan deal was brokered by Didar Domehri for Films Distribution and Tartan USA Acquisitions Consultant Marie-Therese Guirgis. In other sales action, QED International, the Beverly Hills-based international sales, financing, and Production Company, has completed multiple sales in all major territories for Spring Break in Bosnia, starring Richard Gere and Terrence Howard, QED CEO Bill Block announced.
- 5/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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