The Un Women for Peace Association will hold their annual Awards Luncheon on March 1, at the Un Delegates Dining Room.
This year’s Awards Luncheon will honor actor, writer and activist Ben Stiller; activist Leslee Udwin, CEO and founder of Think Equal; fashion designer Naeem Khan; and international philanthropists Albert and Deidre Pujols. Unwfpa will recognize Changemakers and Educators Marc Brackett Ph.D., Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and Robin Stern Ph.D., Co-Founder & Associate Director of Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Together Unwfpa, Yale and Facebook are bringing awareness to the importance of integrating social and emotional well-being into schools, families and communities as a pathway to peace around the world.
Un Women for Peace Association was founded in 2008 under the patronage of H.E. Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the wife of former Un Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The organization, which is led by Chair Dame Muna Rihani Al-Nasser and President Barbara Winston,...
This year’s Awards Luncheon will honor actor, writer and activist Ben Stiller; activist Leslee Udwin, CEO and founder of Think Equal; fashion designer Naeem Khan; and international philanthropists Albert and Deidre Pujols. Unwfpa will recognize Changemakers and Educators Marc Brackett Ph.D., Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and Robin Stern Ph.D., Co-Founder & Associate Director of Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Together Unwfpa, Yale and Facebook are bringing awareness to the importance of integrating social and emotional well-being into schools, families and communities as a pathway to peace around the world.
Un Women for Peace Association was founded in 2008 under the patronage of H.E. Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the wife of former Un Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The organization, which is led by Chair Dame Muna Rihani Al-Nasser and President Barbara Winston,...
- 2/21/2019
- Look to the Stars
The following remembrance was written by Deborah Davis, Mark Urman’s wife.
From Anatole Litvak’s “Anastasia,” the first movie he saw as a child at a picture palace in the Bronx, to Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” (his choice for this year’s Best Picture), Mark Urman was a man with a boundless passion for cinema. In the course of his nearly 50 years in film, Mark felt blessed to work with some of the greatest luminaries in the business, from Joseph Losey, David Lean, and Bernardo Bertolucci to Roman Polanski, Sydney Lumet, and Julian Schnabel.
He also delighted in encouraging talents as they emerged, including Ryan Gosling, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Lynette Howell, Jamie Patricof, Christian Bale, Liv Tyler, Marc Forster, Natasha Richardson, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Kevin Smith, Cary Fukunaga, Lee Daniels, and Bill Condon.
Mark was born in the Bronx on November 24, 1952, the...
From Anatole Litvak’s “Anastasia,” the first movie he saw as a child at a picture palace in the Bronx, to Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” (his choice for this year’s Best Picture), Mark Urman was a man with a boundless passion for cinema. In the course of his nearly 50 years in film, Mark felt blessed to work with some of the greatest luminaries in the business, from Joseph Losey, David Lean, and Bernardo Bertolucci to Roman Polanski, Sydney Lumet, and Julian Schnabel.
He also delighted in encouraging talents as they emerged, including Ryan Gosling, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Lynette Howell, Jamie Patricof, Christian Bale, Liv Tyler, Marc Forster, Natasha Richardson, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Kevin Smith, Cary Fukunaga, Lee Daniels, and Bill Condon.
Mark was born in the Bronx on November 24, 1952, the...
- 1/20/2019
- by Deborah Davis
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Netflix is bolstering its London-based commissioning team as factual exec Kate Townsend is moving back to the British capital from Los Angeles.
Townsend, who joined the global streaming platform from the BBC in 2017, is relocating to London as the company grows its presence outside of the U.S. She will be part of Netflix’s doc team and will work closely with British and European producers as it expands its slate of original factual titles. She will work closely in London with former Canal Plus executive Diego Buñuel, who is also moving from La to London as part of the doc unit.
Netflix, which has 72.8M subscribers internationally compared to 57.4M in the U.S., has been increasingly sending execs around the world to be closer to production teams and creators.
During her time at Netflix, Townsend has worked on shows including Explained, the series produced in association Vox...
Townsend, who joined the global streaming platform from the BBC in 2017, is relocating to London as the company grows its presence outside of the U.S. She will be part of Netflix’s doc team and will work closely with British and European producers as it expands its slate of original factual titles. She will work closely in London with former Canal Plus executive Diego Buñuel, who is also moving from La to London as part of the doc unit.
Netflix, which has 72.8M subscribers internationally compared to 57.4M in the U.S., has been increasingly sending execs around the world to be closer to production teams and creators.
During her time at Netflix, Townsend has worked on shows including Explained, the series produced in association Vox...
- 8/9/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Plus: Bahamas fest winners; The Martian wins first Sffs Sloan Science In Cinema Prize; and more…
Screen Media Films has acquired Us rights from WTFilms to Pedro Morelli’s Zoom (pictured) starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Alison Pill, Jason Priestley and Tyler Labine. Rhombus Media chief Niv Fichman produced the Canada-Brazil co-production with Andrea Barata Ribeiro of 02 Filmes. The film premiered in Toronto and will open theatrically and digitally day-and-date in Q3 2016.
Michael Wilson’s Showing Roots won the Spirit Of Freedom Narrative and Director Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter won the Spirit Of Freedom Documentary prize as the 12th Bahamas International Film Festival (Biff) concluded at the weekend. For a full list of winners click here.The Martian producer Aditya Sood collected the San Francisco Film Society’s inaugural Sloan Science in Cinema Prize on December 13. The award, presented by a partnership between the Film Society and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, recognises a film...
Screen Media Films has acquired Us rights from WTFilms to Pedro Morelli’s Zoom (pictured) starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Alison Pill, Jason Priestley and Tyler Labine. Rhombus Media chief Niv Fichman produced the Canada-Brazil co-production with Andrea Barata Ribeiro of 02 Filmes. The film premiered in Toronto and will open theatrically and digitally day-and-date in Q3 2016.
Michael Wilson’s Showing Roots won the Spirit Of Freedom Narrative and Director Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter won the Spirit Of Freedom Documentary prize as the 12th Bahamas International Film Festival (Biff) concluded at the weekend. For a full list of winners click here.The Martian producer Aditya Sood collected the San Francisco Film Society’s inaugural Sloan Science in Cinema Prize on December 13. The award, presented by a partnership between the Film Society and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, recognises a film...
- 12/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Good news for filmmakers looking for finishing funds to complete a feature-length documentary which highlights a social issue: The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund is open for submissions through February 5, 2016. Even better, there is no application fee. The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund will provide funding to four-to-10 feature-length documentaries. In addition, The AOL Charitable Foundation Award, a subset of the Fund, gives grants to four filmmakers whose feature-length documentaries illuminate the lives of women and youth around the globe. Previous grantees of The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund include Marshall Curry’s Point and Shoot, Marc Silver’s 3 1/2 Minutes, Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter […]...
- 12/7/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Good news for filmmakers looking for finishing funds to complete a feature-length documentary which highlights a social issue: The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund is open for submissions through February 5, 2016. Even better, there is no application fee. The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund will provide funding to four-to-10 feature-length documentaries. In addition, The AOL Charitable Foundation Award, a subset of the Fund, gives grants to four filmmakers whose feature-length documentaries illuminate the lives of women and youth around the globe. Previous grantees of The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund include Marshall Curry’s Point and Shoot, Marc Silver’s 3 1/2 Minutes, Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter […]...
- 12/7/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Amma Asante also wins director award at Women in Film and TV Awards.
Actress Charlotte Rampling was among the 14 women honoured at the 25th Women in Film and TV Awards this afternoon (Dec 4).
Rampling was honoured with the Best Performance Award for her role in Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, about an old married couple whose relationship is tested when past wounds are re-opened.
Rampling previously won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year where the film debuted, alongside co-star Tom Courtenay.
Amma Asante, the film-maker behind Belle and the upcoming A United Kingdom, was awarded the Digital Cinema Director Award, while documentary maker Kim Longinotto was honoured with the Contribution to the Medium Award.
The event, hosted by presenter Sandi Toksvig at London’s Park Lane Hilton Hotel, also saw Joanna Lumley receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to her by Absolutely Fabulous co-star Jennifer Saunders. The duo recently...
Actress Charlotte Rampling was among the 14 women honoured at the 25th Women in Film and TV Awards this afternoon (Dec 4).
Rampling was honoured with the Best Performance Award for her role in Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, about an old married couple whose relationship is tested when past wounds are re-opened.
Rampling previously won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year where the film debuted, alongside co-star Tom Courtenay.
Amma Asante, the film-maker behind Belle and the upcoming A United Kingdom, was awarded the Digital Cinema Director Award, while documentary maker Kim Longinotto was honoured with the Contribution to the Medium Award.
The event, hosted by presenter Sandi Toksvig at London’s Park Lane Hilton Hotel, also saw Joanna Lumley receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to her by Absolutely Fabulous co-star Jennifer Saunders. The duo recently...
- 12/4/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The potential of controversial documentary India’s Daughter making it to the Oscar documentary shortlist could help change its perception at home in India, the film’s Us distributor said.
Mark Urman, the industry veteran who runs New York-based boutique distribution and marketing company Paladin, has worked on the team that spearheaded an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run for the film in Los Angeles and New York (starting earlier this month), also with select regional releases. PBS broadcast the film nationally in America last week.
“Even if it makes the shortlist it’s such an acknowledgement that the film isn’t what the [Indian] censor board says it is,” Urman told Screen. “It could be very important for the message of the film.”
The censors in India had said India’s Daughter was, in Urman’s words, “a hatchet job” that portrayed India in a negative light. It was banned from Indian release in March, partly over fears...
Mark Urman, the industry veteran who runs New York-based boutique distribution and marketing company Paladin, has worked on the team that spearheaded an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run for the film in Los Angeles and New York (starting earlier this month), also with select regional releases. PBS broadcast the film nationally in America last week.
“Even if it makes the shortlist it’s such an acknowledgement that the film isn’t what the [Indian] censor board says it is,” Urman told Screen. “It could be very important for the message of the film.”
The censors in India had said India’s Daughter was, in Urman’s words, “a hatchet job” that portrayed India in a negative light. It was banned from Indian release in March, partly over fears...
- 11/23/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: India’s Daughter, Leslee Udwin's documentary about the rape and murder of a young medical student which was banned in India just two days before it was to broadcast there, will be released theatrically in the U.S. this week by Paladin Pictures. This is a film that both Meryl Streep and Sean Penn have gotten behind as well as Frieda Pinto who is one of its producers. It opens in New York this week and in L.A. next weekend. This is an exclusive clip of the…...
- 10/22/2015
- Deadline
Actors including Penn and Meryl Streep affirm importance of documentary about the fatal gang rape of Jyoti Singh, which sparked outrage worldwide
Banned by the Indian authorities, Leslee Udwin’s harrowing documentary India’s Daughter has been endorsed by some of Hollywood’s biggest names before its Us release on Friday and is tipped for Oscars success.
Related: India's Daughter review – this film does what the politicians should be doing
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Banned by the Indian authorities, Leslee Udwin’s harrowing documentary India’s Daughter has been endorsed by some of Hollywood’s biggest names before its Us release on Friday and is tipped for Oscars success.
Related: India's Daughter review – this film does what the politicians should be doing
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- 10/22/2015
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Summer may be over, but with this year marking the 35th anniversary of Friday the 13th, it's never too late to visit the lake. Ahead of the event's November 4th start date, the folks behind the Denver Film Festival have announced the first wave of programming, including a special November 13th 35mm screening of Sean S. Cunningham's monumental slasher film.
Press Release: October 9, 2015 (Denver, Colo.) - The Denver Film Festival (Dff), produced by Denver Film Society (Dfs), announced its first wave of programming. Recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event, the festival will feature a focus on Polish Cinema, sidebars for CinemaQ, CineLatino, Late Night and Women+Film, as well as robust Shorts Packages and Music Spotlight programming.
"In keeping with our long and rich tradition of presenting the best in Eastern European cinema, we at the Denver Film Festival are proud to announce that this year's...
Press Release: October 9, 2015 (Denver, Colo.) - The Denver Film Festival (Dff), produced by Denver Film Society (Dfs), announced its first wave of programming. Recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event, the festival will feature a focus on Polish Cinema, sidebars for CinemaQ, CineLatino, Late Night and Women+Film, as well as robust Shorts Packages and Music Spotlight programming.
"In keeping with our long and rich tradition of presenting the best in Eastern European cinema, we at the Denver Film Festival are proud to announce that this year's...
- 10/14/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Read More: Seed&Spark Teams with Paladin to Acquire Comedy 'This is Happening' Leslee Udwin's documentary "India's Daughter" is set for a U.S. theatrical release via Paladin. The film tells the infamous story of the brutal rape and eventual death of 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh in New Delhi in December 2012. News of Singh's tragic death shocked the country to its core, angering Indian citizens and resulting in a month of unprecedented mass street protests that were ultimately met with a fierce government crackdown. "India's Daughter" traces both the personal history of Jyoti and the psyche of her attackers in order to investigate the dynamics of the nation's broader culture of rape. Its director, Leslee Udwin, was honored as a New York Times 2015 Woman of Impact and won the prestigious Anna Lindh Human Righs Awart for her work in bearing witness to the truth about rape and advancing the rights of women.
- 9/10/2015
- by Tarek Shoukri
- Indiewire
Leslee Udwin’s documentary “India’s Daughter” will be released theatrically in the U.S. by Paladin. The film will hit New York theaters on Oct. 23 and Los Angeles theaters on Oct. 30, the company announced Thursday. “India’s Daughter” tells the story of the savage rape and eventual death of 23 year-old medical student Jyoti Singh in New Delhi in December of 2012, an event that shook the social fabric of the country to its core. The film received global attention this past March when it was banned in India just two days before its scheduled broadcast. An Assassin Films production, “India...
- 9/10/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The Kering Foundation, in partnership with the Cannes Film Festival, created ‘Women in Motion’ as a five-year initiative to advocate women’s rights and fair representation of their perspectives and stories in the film industry. Kering is a luxury goods company, originally called Ppr when founded in 1963 by French billionaire François Pinault. Now run by his son François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO, it has recently changed its name to Kering to signify the profound change in the strategy of the group. Its two segments include Luxury and Sporting Groups. Think of the luxury offered by Balenciaga, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Bottega Veneto, Boucheron, Brioni among others in this group and Sport & Lifestyle which includes Puma, Volcom and others.
When Thierry Fremaux of Cannes introduced the Cannes Film Festival line-up this year at the official press conference, he also introduced Kering as a Cannes Partner and in doing so unleashed accusations of commercial opportunism Never before has Cannes linked its festival films in the press conference with commercial sponsorship.
When Kering made the announcement that they would work with Cannes, critics closest to them, that is, the French press particularly, accused Kering of being opportunistic in taking up the banner of women, their rights, stopping the violence against women, as if jumping on the band wagon of a cause for reasons other than those of altruism was not legitimate for a commercial entity.
Thierry Fremaux is also the constant target of criticism on the woman front and has stated (erroneously) that only during Cannes does the subject of the paucity of women directors and in the industry at large make headlines. In fact, women have been weighing the imbalance of women in this public form of entertainment for the past five years and at every key event they have been making public statements and holding meetings about the disproportion of women to men in a concerted effort to bring continued momentum to the movement toward equal representation.
Furthermore and for the record, Kering has expressed its strategic shift to a new sort of advocacy away from outright branding to showing its interest in events of value to society in other ways beyond this important event in Cannes.
François-Henri Pinault was the first to stand up publicly against Shariah law of active discrimination of the Lgbt community by forbidding Kering employees in all its companies from entering the Dorchester chain of hotels such as the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills Hotel, The Bel Air Hotel, the Peninsula, St. Regis, Raffles, Claridges, Mandarin, Principe de Savoie, Adlon Kempensky and other worldwide luxury class hotels owned by the Republic of Bahrain which enforces its religious (Shariah) laws of discrimination with cruel and unusual punishment against homosexuality, lesbianism and transexuality.
He is also married to Salma Hayek, one of our most socially committed, feminist actors. Kering’s privileged position is a visible asset in standing up and out for women’s equality. And in today’s world of social networking, the nature of “advertising” is changing drastically. Attaching companies’ logos to every event and every item is often crassly “in your face”. (I won’t go into FIFA here). To quote one of my favorite brands, Bottega Veneta, also one of the Kering Group: “When your own initials are enough”, then you can attach value to more than a brand name product.
By attaching the name Kering to issues that matter on the level of humane well-being, the luxury products of Kering are enhanced by a benevolence for those who buy them or want to buy them. Caring people today are more consciously allying themselves with products which support humane causes for well-being rather than going for brand-names announcing their ability to pay high prices for things. I would prefer to buy Puma than a sports shoe whose company flaunts humane labor laws for example.
This trend in fact was recently elaborated upon by Johann Rupert, chairman of Richemont, owner of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels who warned of the damage the luxury goods industry faces from growing wealth inequality and resentment among the have-nots of those who flaunt luxury watches and jewellery. Read more about this side of the discussion in the Financial Times reporting from the Ft Business of Luxury Summit in Monaco as Rupert discussed his fear that artificial intelligence will kill jobs. At the same time he appealed to Kering and Lvmh to join the online retailer being created by the merger of Yoox of Italy and Richemont’s Net-a-Porter in order to increase their 6% market share online to reach its 32% share now held through branded stores.
Today’s ubiquitous commercial opportunism takes a break at the great cultural event taking place every year at Cannes. And so, let us move on to the content of Kering’s Women in Motion.
Read: Kering to Launch 'Women in Motion' Awards and Discussion ...
The series opened with a Presidential Dinner:
Presidential Dinner honored Jane Fonda, Olivia de Haviland, the first female Jury Head in Cannes 50 years ago and Megan Ellison of Annapurna Productions. Olivia de Haviland was one of the most influential women of the world of cinema. What became known as the "de Havilland decision" was a court ruling in the 1940s that studios could no longer treat their performers as mere cattle. She and Joan Fontaine are the first sisters to win Oscars and the first ones to be Oscar-nominated in the same year. In 1965, she became the first female president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
The first Women in Motion opening conference featured Isabella Rossellini, this year’s President of the Jury for Un Certain Regard. She spoke with French producer Claudie Ossard about Female Discrimination in Media. That was a very closed affair as was the exclusive and star-studded Presidential Dinner.
Other speakers in the series included:
Claire Denis with her guests Chinese female director and producer from La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde, Isabelle Huppert with Coen Brothers’ Sylvie Pialat moderated by Le Figaro’s François Aubel; Rebecca Zlotowski speaking about Femininity/Masculinity, in collaboration with Le Deuxième Regard, Golshifteh Farahani, Agnès Varda, Salma Hayek Pinault, Frnaces McDermond and Thierry Frémaux
Some portions were covered by my colleagues at Indiewire.
Read Women in Hollywood’s Laura Berger . Read Erin Grover’s coverage of the Roundtable Discussion on Gender Equality and Rape. How can cinema help improve women’s rights? Cinema as a platform to raise awareness about women’s causes has examples. On the roundtable are Inbal Lessner, producer and editor, and Linor Abargil, Miss World 1998, rape survivor, and activist (“Brave Miss World”) Leslee Udwin, director, producer and actress (“India's Daughter”) Deniz Gamze, director and actress (“ Mustang”) The discussion was moderated by Eric Garandeau, former president of Centre National du Cinéma (France’s national film board). o “Brave Miss World” (2013) sold internationally by Cinephil. At 18, Israeli beauty queen Linor Abargil was violently raped in Milan, Italy, and won the Miss World crown only six weeks later. The Emmy nominated documentary “Brave Miss World” follows her fight for justice and journey to encourage survivors globally to speak out about rape, from South Africa to Hollywood’s living rooms, to U.S. college campuses. When her serial rapist becomes eligible for parole, Linor has to track down his previous victims in order to help keep him behind bars.
o “India's Daughter” (2015) is the story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012, of an exceptional and inspiring young woman. The rape of the 23 year old medical student and her death sparked unprecedented protests and riots throughout India and led to the first glimmers of a change of mind-set. The film examines the society and values which spawn such violent acts, and makes an optimistic and impassioned plea for change.
o “Mustang”(2015) sold internationally by Kinology, is a French-Turkish movie to be released in 2015 that tells the story of a family of five teenage sisters in a small Turkish village. The film highlights their fight to break free from social constraints and sexual taboo. It screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
You can watch all the speakers live on The Kering Group videos here: https://vimeo.com/keringgroup/videos
The Kering Foundation combats violence against women. In line with the Group’s new identity and to enhance its impact internationally, the Foundation has refocused its actions on three geographic areas and prioritizes one cause in each:
Sexual violence in the Americas (United-States, Brazil and Argentina) Harmful traditional practices in Western Europe (France, Italy and United-Kingdom) Domestic violence in Asia (China) The Foundation structures its action around 3 key pillars:
Supporting local and international NGOs Awarding Social Entrepreneurs (Social Entrepreneurs Awards) Organizing awareness campaigns Launched in 2009, the Kering Corporate Foundation combats Violence against Women. It supports NGOs and social entrepreneurs, helps raise awareness on Violence against Women and encourages employee involvement in the Americas, Western Europe and Asia. More than 140,000 women have benefited from the Foundation’s support since its inception.
For more information: www.keringfoundation.org @KeringForWomen
Follow the next two Women in Motion presentations on SydneysBuzz.
When Thierry Fremaux of Cannes introduced the Cannes Film Festival line-up this year at the official press conference, he also introduced Kering as a Cannes Partner and in doing so unleashed accusations of commercial opportunism Never before has Cannes linked its festival films in the press conference with commercial sponsorship.
When Kering made the announcement that they would work with Cannes, critics closest to them, that is, the French press particularly, accused Kering of being opportunistic in taking up the banner of women, their rights, stopping the violence against women, as if jumping on the band wagon of a cause for reasons other than those of altruism was not legitimate for a commercial entity.
Thierry Fremaux is also the constant target of criticism on the woman front and has stated (erroneously) that only during Cannes does the subject of the paucity of women directors and in the industry at large make headlines. In fact, women have been weighing the imbalance of women in this public form of entertainment for the past five years and at every key event they have been making public statements and holding meetings about the disproportion of women to men in a concerted effort to bring continued momentum to the movement toward equal representation.
Furthermore and for the record, Kering has expressed its strategic shift to a new sort of advocacy away from outright branding to showing its interest in events of value to society in other ways beyond this important event in Cannes.
François-Henri Pinault was the first to stand up publicly against Shariah law of active discrimination of the Lgbt community by forbidding Kering employees in all its companies from entering the Dorchester chain of hotels such as the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills Hotel, The Bel Air Hotel, the Peninsula, St. Regis, Raffles, Claridges, Mandarin, Principe de Savoie, Adlon Kempensky and other worldwide luxury class hotels owned by the Republic of Bahrain which enforces its religious (Shariah) laws of discrimination with cruel and unusual punishment against homosexuality, lesbianism and transexuality.
He is also married to Salma Hayek, one of our most socially committed, feminist actors. Kering’s privileged position is a visible asset in standing up and out for women’s equality. And in today’s world of social networking, the nature of “advertising” is changing drastically. Attaching companies’ logos to every event and every item is often crassly “in your face”. (I won’t go into FIFA here). To quote one of my favorite brands, Bottega Veneta, also one of the Kering Group: “When your own initials are enough”, then you can attach value to more than a brand name product.
By attaching the name Kering to issues that matter on the level of humane well-being, the luxury products of Kering are enhanced by a benevolence for those who buy them or want to buy them. Caring people today are more consciously allying themselves with products which support humane causes for well-being rather than going for brand-names announcing their ability to pay high prices for things. I would prefer to buy Puma than a sports shoe whose company flaunts humane labor laws for example.
This trend in fact was recently elaborated upon by Johann Rupert, chairman of Richemont, owner of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels who warned of the damage the luxury goods industry faces from growing wealth inequality and resentment among the have-nots of those who flaunt luxury watches and jewellery. Read more about this side of the discussion in the Financial Times reporting from the Ft Business of Luxury Summit in Monaco as Rupert discussed his fear that artificial intelligence will kill jobs. At the same time he appealed to Kering and Lvmh to join the online retailer being created by the merger of Yoox of Italy and Richemont’s Net-a-Porter in order to increase their 6% market share online to reach its 32% share now held through branded stores.
Today’s ubiquitous commercial opportunism takes a break at the great cultural event taking place every year at Cannes. And so, let us move on to the content of Kering’s Women in Motion.
Read: Kering to Launch 'Women in Motion' Awards and Discussion ...
The series opened with a Presidential Dinner:
Presidential Dinner honored Jane Fonda, Olivia de Haviland, the first female Jury Head in Cannes 50 years ago and Megan Ellison of Annapurna Productions. Olivia de Haviland was one of the most influential women of the world of cinema. What became known as the "de Havilland decision" was a court ruling in the 1940s that studios could no longer treat their performers as mere cattle. She and Joan Fontaine are the first sisters to win Oscars and the first ones to be Oscar-nominated in the same year. In 1965, she became the first female president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
The first Women in Motion opening conference featured Isabella Rossellini, this year’s President of the Jury for Un Certain Regard. She spoke with French producer Claudie Ossard about Female Discrimination in Media. That was a very closed affair as was the exclusive and star-studded Presidential Dinner.
Other speakers in the series included:
Claire Denis with her guests Chinese female director and producer from La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde, Isabelle Huppert with Coen Brothers’ Sylvie Pialat moderated by Le Figaro’s François Aubel; Rebecca Zlotowski speaking about Femininity/Masculinity, in collaboration with Le Deuxième Regard, Golshifteh Farahani, Agnès Varda, Salma Hayek Pinault, Frnaces McDermond and Thierry Frémaux
Some portions were covered by my colleagues at Indiewire.
Read Women in Hollywood’s Laura Berger . Read Erin Grover’s coverage of the Roundtable Discussion on Gender Equality and Rape. How can cinema help improve women’s rights? Cinema as a platform to raise awareness about women’s causes has examples. On the roundtable are Inbal Lessner, producer and editor, and Linor Abargil, Miss World 1998, rape survivor, and activist (“Brave Miss World”) Leslee Udwin, director, producer and actress (“India's Daughter”) Deniz Gamze, director and actress (“ Mustang”) The discussion was moderated by Eric Garandeau, former president of Centre National du Cinéma (France’s national film board). o “Brave Miss World” (2013) sold internationally by Cinephil. At 18, Israeli beauty queen Linor Abargil was violently raped in Milan, Italy, and won the Miss World crown only six weeks later. The Emmy nominated documentary “Brave Miss World” follows her fight for justice and journey to encourage survivors globally to speak out about rape, from South Africa to Hollywood’s living rooms, to U.S. college campuses. When her serial rapist becomes eligible for parole, Linor has to track down his previous victims in order to help keep him behind bars.
o “India's Daughter” (2015) is the story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012, of an exceptional and inspiring young woman. The rape of the 23 year old medical student and her death sparked unprecedented protests and riots throughout India and led to the first glimmers of a change of mind-set. The film examines the society and values which spawn such violent acts, and makes an optimistic and impassioned plea for change.
o “Mustang”(2015) sold internationally by Kinology, is a French-Turkish movie to be released in 2015 that tells the story of a family of five teenage sisters in a small Turkish village. The film highlights their fight to break free from social constraints and sexual taboo. It screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
You can watch all the speakers live on The Kering Group videos here: https://vimeo.com/keringgroup/videos
The Kering Foundation combats violence against women. In line with the Group’s new identity and to enhance its impact internationally, the Foundation has refocused its actions on three geographic areas and prioritizes one cause in each:
Sexual violence in the Americas (United-States, Brazil and Argentina) Harmful traditional practices in Western Europe (France, Italy and United-Kingdom) Domestic violence in Asia (China) The Foundation structures its action around 3 key pillars:
Supporting local and international NGOs Awarding Social Entrepreneurs (Social Entrepreneurs Awards) Organizing awareness campaigns Launched in 2009, the Kering Corporate Foundation combats Violence against Women. It supports NGOs and social entrepreneurs, helps raise awareness on Violence against Women and encourages employee involvement in the Americas, Western Europe and Asia. More than 140,000 women have benefited from the Foundation’s support since its inception.
For more information: www.keringfoundation.org @KeringForWomen
Follow the next two Women in Motion presentations on SydneysBuzz.
- 6/19/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
New programming head secured films by female filmmakers for close to 50% of the line-up.
Nearly 50% of the films in this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest line-up (73 out of 150) have been either directed or produced by women filmmakers, under its new head of programming and industry engagement Claire Aguilar.
“I wanted to address certain issues in the programming balance - to get films made by and about women,” said Aguilar.
“People said it would be difficult, but it wasn’t a hard goal to achieve, there are plenty of women filmmakers out there.”
Aguilar, who took up the post in January, has also introduced a special Women In Docs strand to this year’s festival (June 5-10) with films in the line-up including Kim Longinotto’s Dreamcatcher, Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter, Chloe Ruthven’s Jungle Sisters and Iiris Harma’s Leaving Africa.
Other changes for this edition include the renaming of the Special Jury Prize to the...
Nearly 50% of the films in this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest line-up (73 out of 150) have been either directed or produced by women filmmakers, under its new head of programming and industry engagement Claire Aguilar.
“I wanted to address certain issues in the programming balance - to get films made by and about women,” said Aguilar.
“People said it would be difficult, but it wasn’t a hard goal to achieve, there are plenty of women filmmakers out there.”
Aguilar, who took up the post in January, has also introduced a special Women In Docs strand to this year’s festival (June 5-10) with films in the line-up including Kim Longinotto’s Dreamcatcher, Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter, Chloe Ruthven’s Jungle Sisters and Iiris Harma’s Leaving Africa.
Other changes for this edition include the renaming of the Special Jury Prize to the...
- 6/8/2015
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Cannes 2015: The Kering Foundation Sponsors Round Table Discussion To Address Gender Equality & Rape
Cannes is much more than the glitz and glamour of the red carpet. It’s a place where filmmakers gather to share important perspectives of a changing world, where the issues of a global society and human rights can be addressed through creativity, conversation and media.
While Kering launched this year the ‘Women in Motion’ series, a five year initiative in partnership with the Cannes Film Festival, the Kering Foundation, which advocates women’s rights and fair representation of their perspectives and stories in the film industry, organized a round table discussion “How can cinema help improve women’s rights?” addressed how cinema can be used as “a platform to raise awareness about women’s causes” and specifically focused on the universal issue of rape and the abuse of women.
Panelists included Inbal Lessner, producer and editor, and Linor Abargil, Miss World 1998, rape survivor, and activist (Brave Miss World) Leslee Udwin, director, producer and actress (India’s daughter) Deniz Gamze, director and actress (Mustang) and was moderated by Eric Garandeau, former president of Centre National du Cinéma (France’s national film board).
With humor, grace & courage, Linor Abargil shared her story of how she was raped just before she won Miss World in 1998. The documentary of her story “Brave Miss World” was created to as a tool of awareness to empower men and women everywhere to speak out about rape. You can learn more about the film and how to take action by visiting the film’s website. “Brave Miss World” is also available on Netflix.
Panelist Leslee Udwin shared the impact of her film “India’s Daughter”, a documentary about Jyoti Singh who was brutally raped to death on a bus in India in 2012. Regardless of India’s ban of the film, it has received a groundswell of support from Indians and people worldwide, and has gone viral on the Internet, with over 1 million views and counting. “India’s Daughter” will continue to be used to facilitate gender equality on the international scale through the support of international nonprofits.
More About The Kering Foundation:
Kering Foundation. Launched in 2009, the Kering Corporate Foundation combats Violence against Women. It supports NGOs and social entrepreneurs, helps raise awareness on Violence against Women and encourages employee involvement in the Americas, Western Europe and Asia. More than 140,000 women benefited from the Foundation’s support since its inception.
While Kering launched this year the ‘Women in Motion’ series, a five year initiative in partnership with the Cannes Film Festival, the Kering Foundation, which advocates women’s rights and fair representation of their perspectives and stories in the film industry, organized a round table discussion “How can cinema help improve women’s rights?” addressed how cinema can be used as “a platform to raise awareness about women’s causes” and specifically focused on the universal issue of rape and the abuse of women.
Panelists included Inbal Lessner, producer and editor, and Linor Abargil, Miss World 1998, rape survivor, and activist (Brave Miss World) Leslee Udwin, director, producer and actress (India’s daughter) Deniz Gamze, director and actress (Mustang) and was moderated by Eric Garandeau, former president of Centre National du Cinéma (France’s national film board).
With humor, grace & courage, Linor Abargil shared her story of how she was raped just before she won Miss World in 1998. The documentary of her story “Brave Miss World” was created to as a tool of awareness to empower men and women everywhere to speak out about rape. You can learn more about the film and how to take action by visiting the film’s website. “Brave Miss World” is also available on Netflix.
Panelist Leslee Udwin shared the impact of her film “India’s Daughter”, a documentary about Jyoti Singh who was brutally raped to death on a bus in India in 2012. Regardless of India’s ban of the film, it has received a groundswell of support from Indians and people worldwide, and has gone viral on the Internet, with over 1 million views and counting. “India’s Daughter” will continue to be used to facilitate gender equality on the international scale through the support of international nonprofits.
More About The Kering Foundation:
Kering Foundation. Launched in 2009, the Kering Corporate Foundation combats Violence against Women. It supports NGOs and social entrepreneurs, helps raise awareness on Violence against Women and encourages employee involvement in the Americas, Western Europe and Asia. More than 140,000 women benefited from the Foundation’s support since its inception.
- 5/24/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Freedom of expression has come under attack in three of the world's largest nations, sparking protest and drawing attention to the very issues each of the respective governments want swept under the proverbial rug. India has banned Leslee Udwin's India’s Daughter, a documentary about the gang rape on a Delhi bus in 2012 that resulted in the death of Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old medical student. China is trying to stamp out proliferating copies of Chai Jing's Under the Dome, a documentary on the country's pollution problem. And Russia is still retaining Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. » - David Hudson...
- 3/9/2015
- Keyframe
Freedom of expression has come under attack in three of the world's largest nations, sparking protest and drawing attention to the very issues each of the respective governments want swept under the proverbial rug. India has banned Leslee Udwin's India’s Daughter, a documentary about the gang rape on a Delhi bus in 2012 that resulted in the death of Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old medical student. China is trying to stamp out proliferating copies of Chai Jing's Under the Dome, a documentary on the country's pollution problem. And Russia is still retaining Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. » - David Hudson...
- 3/9/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Freedom of expression has come under attack in three of the world's largest nations, sparking protest and drawing attention to the very issues each of the respective governments want swept under the proverbial rug. India has banned Leslee Udwin's India’s Daughter, a documentary about the gang rape on a Delhi bus in 2012 that resulted in the death of Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old medical student. China is trying to stamp out proliferating copies of Chai Jing's Under the Dome, a documentary on the country's pollution problem. And Russia is still retaining Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. » - David Hudson...
- 3/9/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Freedom of expression has come under attack in three of the world's largest nations, sparking protest and drawing attention to the very issues each of the respective governments want swept under the proverbial rug. India has banned Leslee Udwin's India’s Daughter, a documentary about the gang rape on a Delhi bus in 2012 that resulted in the death of Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old medical student. China is trying to stamp out proliferating copies of Chai Jing's Under the Dome, a documentary on the country's pollution problem. And Russia is still retaining Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. » - David Hudson...
- 3/9/2015
- Keyframe
Meryl Streep and Freida Pinto will present the U.S. premiere of India's Daughter by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, which has been banned for telecast in India. The controversial BBC documentary revolves around the horrific 2012 gang rape of a young woman on a bus in Delhi which sparked a national furore and massive street protests. Co-produced by well-known Indian journalist Dibang, the film includes an interview with one of the four jailed attackers - Mukesh Singh - who said women were more responsible for rapes then men, igniting local and international outrage. The film was scheduled to premiere
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- 3/7/2015
- by Nyay Bhushan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
British filmmaker Leslee Udwin's documentary India’s Daughter has been banned from Indian screens by local authorities. The documentary — due for airing on Sunday, International Women’s Day, on Britain's BBC Four and channels in seven other countries, including India’s Ndtv — is about the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012. Co-produced by well-known Indian television journalist Dibang, the film includes an interview with one of the four jailed attackers, Mukesh Singh, who said women are more responsible for rape than men. Clips of the interview — shown on news channels on
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- 3/4/2015
- by Nyay Bhushan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leslee Udwin spent two years making a documentary on the horrific rape and killing of young medical student Jyoti Singh. And it asks, has the attack really spurred a sea change for gender equality in India?
Jyoti Singh, 23, had cause to celebrate. It was no ordinary Sunday. “Happiness was just a few steps away,” says her father, Badri Singh, a labourer. He and his wife, Asha, originally from Uttar Pradesh, had sold their family land, to provide schooling not just for their two sons but also Jyoti. “Papa,” Jyoti had instructed her father. “Whatever money you’ve saved for my wedding, use it for my education.” Badri’s brothers wondered why he was wasting money on a girl.
On this Sunday, 16 December 2012, Jyoti, a name that means light and happiness, had just completed her medical exams to become a doctor. Speaking excellent English, she spent nights working in a call centre from 8pm until 4am,...
Jyoti Singh, 23, had cause to celebrate. It was no ordinary Sunday. “Happiness was just a few steps away,” says her father, Badri Singh, a labourer. He and his wife, Asha, originally from Uttar Pradesh, had sold their family land, to provide schooling not just for their two sons but also Jyoti. “Papa,” Jyoti had instructed her father. “Whatever money you’ve saved for my wedding, use it for my education.” Badri’s brothers wondered why he was wasting money on a girl.
On this Sunday, 16 December 2012, Jyoti, a name that means light and happiness, had just completed her medical exams to become a doctor. Speaking excellent English, she spent nights working in a call centre from 8pm until 4am,...
- 3/1/2015
- by Yvonne Roberts
- The Guardian - Film News
After their successful debut festival last year, Cofilmic are returning once more to showcase and develop the very best in up and coming film, sitcom and sketch comedy.
Based in Manchester with the festival itself taking place at the Comedy Store on the 29th and 30th October, Cofilmic aims to not only try to uncover untapped comedy talent but also to offer them a chance to be nurtured and tutored by leading industry experts.
Submissions are now welcome for this year’s festival and the deadline for entries is August 14th. The festival is once again split into three different categories:
-Best Comedy Short Film
-Best Sitcom or Web Series
-Best Sketch
All entries must be a maximum of 5 minutes in length and more detailed information can be found here:
The award winners will get an invaluable opportunity to hold face to face meetings with various industry producers, directors and writers including Charlie Hanson,...
Based in Manchester with the festival itself taking place at the Comedy Store on the 29th and 30th October, Cofilmic aims to not only try to uncover untapped comedy talent but also to offer them a chance to be nurtured and tutored by leading industry experts.
Submissions are now welcome for this year’s festival and the deadline for entries is August 14th. The festival is once again split into three different categories:
-Best Comedy Short Film
-Best Sitcom or Web Series
-Best Sketch
All entries must be a maximum of 5 minutes in length and more detailed information can be found here:
The award winners will get an invaluable opportunity to hold face to face meetings with various industry producers, directors and writers including Charlie Hanson,...
- 7/12/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
West is West, which is the sequel to the East is East, is set to release in India on 10 June 10 across across 200 screens.The cast of the film will host a special film screening on 8 June in Chandigarh for the villagers of Jayanti Majri, Majri, Khera, and Sielba Majri where 90 per cent of the film was shot. 52 Weeks Entertainment Inc will release the film across along with Uv News and Media Ltd.Producer Leslee Udwin said, "This is a special film for India, speaking as it does to the people of subcontinent in a powerful and direct way about their lives, ...
- 6/8/2011
- BusinessofCinema
Mumbai, June 4: British producer Leslee Udwin is disappointed that her film 'West Is West', a sequel to popular film 'East Is East', has been given an A certificate by the Indian censor board.
'There were about five people present at the censor board committee when I went and met them. They were charming and meaningful.
'There were about five people present at the censor board committee when I went and met them. They were charming and meaningful.
- 6/3/2011
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The music of West Is West, the long anticipated sequel to the blockbuster East Is East was launched in Delhi by the film lead Om Puri (BAFTA nominated) and Ila Arun. From the same creative team that brought us East Is East, produced by Leslee Udwin (BAFTA and multi-award winner) and written by Ayub Khan-Din (Nominated BAFTA Carl Foreman Award and twice winner of Laurence Olivier Award), the film stars Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun, Jimi Mistry, Vijay Raaz and introduces Aqib Kh...
- 3/29/2011
- GlamSham
Download image as wallpaper The ongoing Indian Film Festival in Australia would screen a special retrospective of Vidya Balan's films right from Parineeta to Ishqiya. The 10 day festival, which takes place across Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide kicked off this week at Hoyts Cinema Paris in the Entertainment Quarter, next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, with the Vidya Balan- Rani Mukherjee starrer No One Killed Jessica and British producer Leslee Udwin's West is West. Among the other Indian films to be screened at this festival are Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Abohomaan and Ananth Mahadevan's Marathi film Mee Sindhutai Sapkal. The festival closes with director Onir's I Am, an innovative film that explores the issues of homosexuality, prostitution and child abuse.
- 3/15/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
The ongoing Indian Film Festival in Australia would screen a special retrospective of Vidya Balan's films right from Parineeta to Ishqiya. The 10 day festival, which takes place across Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide kicked off this week at Hoyts Cinema Paris in the Entertainment Quarter, next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, with the Vidya Balan- Rani Mukherjee starrer No One Killed Jessica and British producer Leslee Udwin's West is West. Among the other Indian films to be screened at this festival are Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Abohomaan and Ananth Mahadevan's Marathi film Mee Sindhutai Sapkal. The festival closes with director Onir's I Am, an innovative film that explores the issues of homosexuality, prostitution and child abuse.
- 3/15/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
The spotlight is on acclaimed Indian actress Vidya Balan at the ongoing 2011 Indian Film Festival (Iff): Bollywood and Beyond, which is screening a special retrospective of acclaimed Indian actress Vidya Balan's finest films from 'Parineeta' to 'Ishqiya'. Over over 30 films will be screened at the fest, including 15 Australian premiers. The 10-day festival, which is screened in Sydney (March 9-19), Melbourne (March 11-20), Adelaide (March 22-29) and Auckland (March 24 to April 3), kicked off this week at Hoyts Cinema Paris in the Entertainment Quarter, next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, with the Vidya starrer 'No one killed Jessica' and British producer Leslee Udwin's 'West is West'. Since making a dream debut in 'Parineeta', Vidya has mesmerised audiences with her powerful performances. 'The most exciting thing as an actor is to do diverse roles. A film has to be engaging and entertaining...
- 3/13/2011
- Filmicafe
A big hearted and hilarious film well worth the wait… West Is West sequel to groundbreaking English film East Is East starring Om Puri is all set to hit Indian theatres come April 2011. Last Friday, February 25, it had a strong opening at the UK box office. West Is West that had a weekend box office of a little over 1.2 million Usd (Inr 5.5 cr) on 184 screens in with a per screen average of over 6600 Usd. The film beat releases like rom-com No Strings Attached, starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman and action movie Drive Angry starring Nicolas Cage. Worldwide sales agent for the Icon Film distribution chosen 52 Weeks Entertainment Inc for the India distribution "In East Is East, George was caught up in two cultures - Pakistani and British. Now in West Is West, he is caught up between two relationships," says Om Puri, the veteran actor who played George. "I really enjoyed playing these emotions.
- 3/8/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Mel Gibson's West is West, which is a sequel to the English film East is East starring Om Puri, will be distributed in India by 52 Weeks Entertainment Inc.The film is all set to hit Indian theatres in April 2011.“In East is East George was caught up in two cultures – Pakistani and British. Now in West is West he is caught up between two relationships. I really enjoyed playing these emotions,” says Om Puri.Producer for West is West (also East is East) Leslee Udwin said, ...
- 3/4/2011
- BusinessofCinema
In East Is East‘s greatly anticipated sequel West Is West, Sajid Khan is still a weird, mixed up boy even if he has ditched the Parka.
Despite the uncanny resemblance to actor Jordan Routledge who played the orginal runt of the Khan litter, 17 year old Aqib Khan was most definitely something of a find for producer Leslee Udwin as he deftly picks up where Sajid left off over a decade ago only a few years older and in the throes of a pubescent identity crisis.
West Is West will be Aqib’s début professional performance which comes as something as a shock as the kid has clearly got a lot of talent! HeyUGuys got to hear about the excitement first hand as well as just how he’s been coping in his new-found limelight.
Did you ever consider acting as a possible career before West Is West?
Never, I never thought about it.
Despite the uncanny resemblance to actor Jordan Routledge who played the orginal runt of the Khan litter, 17 year old Aqib Khan was most definitely something of a find for producer Leslee Udwin as he deftly picks up where Sajid left off over a decade ago only a few years older and in the throes of a pubescent identity crisis.
West Is West will be Aqib’s début professional performance which comes as something as a shock as the kid has clearly got a lot of talent! HeyUGuys got to hear about the excitement first hand as well as just how he’s been coping in his new-found limelight.
Did you ever consider acting as a possible career before West Is West?
Never, I never thought about it.
- 2/24/2011
- by Rebecca-Jane Joseph
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Celebrating the release of West is West on February 25th, we’re giving you the chance to catch the film early at an exclusive event at the BFI on Tuesday 15th February.
As well as getting to see the film pre-release, you’ll also be treated to on-stage Q&A with stars Om Puri and Aqib Khan, writer Ayub Khan-Din and producer Leslee Udwin, hosted by journalist and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor. We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away and all you have to do is answer the following question:
Synopsis: The much-anticipated sequel to the award-winning East is East, West Is West rejoins the dysfunctional Khan family in Salford. Youngest son Sajid is playing truant to avoid bullies at school and aggravating his father George with his Anglicised ways. Deciding that a trip to Pakistan will sort Sajid out, in no time at all father and son...
As well as getting to see the film pre-release, you’ll also be treated to on-stage Q&A with stars Om Puri and Aqib Khan, writer Ayub Khan-Din and producer Leslee Udwin, hosted by journalist and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor. We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away and all you have to do is answer the following question:
Synopsis: The much-anticipated sequel to the award-winning East is East, West Is West rejoins the dysfunctional Khan family in Salford. Youngest son Sajid is playing truant to avoid bullies at school and aggravating his father George with his Anglicised ways. Deciding that a trip to Pakistan will sort Sajid out, in no time at all father and son...
- 2/9/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Goa Film Festival that was from the 22nd of November to the 2nd of December and I managed to attend the first five days. Unfortunately, I got sick just after the festival and couldn’t compile the report in time. Anyway, some of the films screened here will go on to be important during award season and since that’s around the corner, I figured I’d club my impression of the festival with reviews of the films, since I had foreshadowed some of the buzz. Please keep in mind that this is not blow-by-blow and a laundry list of films reviewed but an impression of one of the biggest Asian film celebrations and the many conversations and predictions I managed to collect.
Rewind
So, here I am at the International Film Festival of India in Goa, an anarchic carnival of cinema that is as much an index of...
Rewind
So, here I am at the International Film Festival of India in Goa, an anarchic carnival of cinema that is as much an index of...
- 1/12/2011
- by Kamayani Sharma
- The Moving Arts Journal
In 1999 the smash-hit East is East introduced us to the Khan family, and now, 11 years later they’re back, and this time its West is West.
We’ve managed to get our hands on the poster, so for an exclusive first- look, click here.
Manchester, England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So in a last attempt to ‘sort him out’, his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan [Mrs Khan No 2], with a small entourage from Salford, England, swiftly follows to sort out the mess,...
We’ve managed to get our hands on the poster, so for an exclusive first- look, click here.
Manchester, England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So in a last attempt to ‘sort him out’, his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. It is not long before Ella Khan [Mrs Khan No 2], with a small entourage from Salford, England, swiftly follows to sort out the mess,...
- 12/15/2010
- by tegan.kniveton@lovefilm.com (Tegan Kniveton)
- LOVEFiLM
Goa: Buoyant by the response to her film West is West, Leslee Udwin, the producer of the opening film at Iffi 2010 - West is West, is working on the script for the third film in the series East is West. Udwin said that it was a great honor to present the opening film at one of the best festivals in the world. The film, made with a budget of 2.5 million pound sterling (approx Rs 180 million), will be released in India on 25 February along with its UK release. The film has been shot in Punjab and stars Om Puri, Ila Arun and Vijay ...
- 11/23/2010
- BusinessofCinema
Panaji, Nov 23 – Leslee Udwin, British film producer of ‘East is East’ and ‘West is West’, might just prove poet Rudyard Kipling wrong.
Leslee now plans to make ‘East is West’, a triquel in the series, which in essence goes against a famous Kipling poem’s opening lines: “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet”..
Leslee now plans to make ‘East is West’, a triquel in the series, which in essence goes against a famous Kipling poem’s opening lines: “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet”..
- 11/23/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Panaji, Nov 23 – ‘West is West’ producer Leslee Udwin Tuesday said she was disappointed to see nearly 40 percent of the audience walk out of the screening of the film at the start of 41st International Film Festival of India (Iffi) a day earlier.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji, Leslee said that a large section of the audience at her film’s screening Monday were officials or people who were interested in “things other than watching the film”.
“There.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji, Leslee said that a large section of the audience at her film’s screening Monday were officials or people who were interested in “things other than watching the film”.
“There.
- 11/23/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Goa: The 41st International Film Festival of India, 2010, which kick-started in Goa yesterday, saw West is West (2010) as its inaugural film. The film directed by Andy de Emmony is a sequel to the Popular East is East produced in 1999. The cast of the film includes Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Aqib Khan, Jimi Mistry, Ila Arun and Vijay Raaz. The film produced by Leslee Udwin, has music by Rob Lane and Shankar Ehsaan Loy. Set in Manchester 1975, West is West is a story of the claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family’s ...
- 11/23/2010
- BusinessofCinema
.East Is East., the heartwarming story of an Asian family settled in London, will end as a trilogy, says producer Leslee Udwin who released part two .West Is West. last month..I knew there was trilogy and it took 10 years for Ayub (writer Ayub Khan-Din) to deliver the script of the second part. Now I know there is a third part to this film. I don.t want to talk about the plot because they have to happen with the integrity of the process. And anyway, I don.t want to give things away now,. Udwin said at the Abu Dhabi film festival.She says that the story.s setting would depend on the writer Ayub, but if she will have her way she will like it to be placed in Britain..What I want to see is Pakistani characters coming back . coming for the first time to this strange society in UK.
- 10/17/2010
- Filmicafe
Abu Dhabi, Oct 17 – ‘East Is East’, the heartwarming story of an Asian family settled in London, will end as a trilogy, says producer Leslee Udwin who released part two ‘West Is West’ last month.
‘I knew there was trilogy and it took 10 years for Ayub (writer Ayub Khan-Din) to deliver the script of the second part. Now I know there is a third part to this film. I don’t want to talk about the plot because they have to happen with the integrity of the process. And anyway, I don’t want to give things away now,’ Udwin said at the Abu Dhabi.
‘I knew there was trilogy and it took 10 years for Ayub (writer Ayub Khan-Din) to deliver the script of the second part. Now I know there is a third part to this film. I don’t want to talk about the plot because they have to happen with the integrity of the process. And anyway, I don’t want to give things away now,’ Udwin said at the Abu Dhabi.
- 10/17/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Producers behind hit independent British movie East Is East are preparing to release a sequel, more than 10 years after the Asian culture comedy hit cinemas.
The low-budget film, starring Bollywood actor Om Puri as the head of a Pakistani family living in Manchester, north-east England, became a cult hit back in 1999, grossing over $15 million (£9.38 million).
Eleven years on, producer Leslee Udwin has revealed a follow-up, titled West is West, is already complete - and another installment could be in the works.
But Udwin insists filmmakers are not doing it for the cash.
Udwin tells Reuters, "I always felt there was a trilogy to be made based on what I had come to learn of the writer's own story when he and I worked together on developing East is East.
"This is not a cynically made sequel - in other words it has not been made in the spirit of a hoped for repeat of East is East, or else we would have jumped on that bandwagon some years earlier."...
The low-budget film, starring Bollywood actor Om Puri as the head of a Pakistani family living in Manchester, north-east England, became a cult hit back in 1999, grossing over $15 million (£9.38 million).
Eleven years on, producer Leslee Udwin has revealed a follow-up, titled West is West, is already complete - and another installment could be in the works.
But Udwin insists filmmakers are not doing it for the cash.
Udwin tells Reuters, "I always felt there was a trilogy to be made based on what I had come to learn of the writer's own story when he and I worked together on developing East is East.
"This is not a cynically made sequel - in other words it has not been made in the spirit of a hoped for repeat of East is East, or else we would have jumped on that bandwagon some years earlier."...
- 2/26/2010
- WENN
More Cannes coverage
Cannes -- It's a right old song and dance at BBC Films, which has a piece from choreographer Matthew Bourne and a musical based on the works of composer Burt Bacharach on its development slate.
Bourne, who brought "Edward Scissorhands" to the West End stage before touring the U.S., is providing creative input and a slew of dance ideas for BBC Films, which plans to turn the choreographer into a big-screen director.
The pubcaster's filmmaking unit also is in early development on a project full of Bacharach tunes, with David Heyman at Heyday Films producing.
The BBC unit, which reorganized its management team just more than a month ago, also is gearing up to finance and produce "West Is West," billed as a companion piece to 1999's U.K. boxoffice and critical hit "East Is East," penned by Ayub Khan-Din.
"West" follows the story of the original film's U.
Cannes -- It's a right old song and dance at BBC Films, which has a piece from choreographer Matthew Bourne and a musical based on the works of composer Burt Bacharach on its development slate.
Bourne, who brought "Edward Scissorhands" to the West End stage before touring the U.S., is providing creative input and a slew of dance ideas for BBC Films, which plans to turn the choreographer into a big-screen director.
The pubcaster's filmmaking unit also is in early development on a project full of Bacharach tunes, with David Heyman at Heyday Films producing.
The BBC unit, which reorganized its management team just more than a month ago, also is gearing up to finance and produce "West Is West," billed as a companion piece to 1999's U.K. boxoffice and critical hit "East Is East," penned by Ayub Khan-Din.
"West" follows the story of the original film's U.
- 5/17/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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