Hollywood Reporter – CANNES – Arrested together with Jafar Panahi while they were preparing a new film, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has succeeded, under what the Cannes Film Festival refers to as “semi-clandestine conditions,” in completing Goodbye, a dark tale focusing on a young woman lawyer and openly attacking the blind repression of Iranian civil society. A slow-moving mood piece in which women are virtually the only actors on screen, it is a powerful statement against the political regime in art film format, of chief interest to afficionados. Still, the international wave of sympathy for Rasoulof and Panahi’s plight and…
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This year, the Festival de Cannes was opened by Bernardo Bertolucci. The Italian Director was awarded an honorary Palme d’or by Gilles Jacob, in the presence of the Jury and the Mistress of Ceremonies, Mélanie Laurent.”I stand before you tonight, and seen from here, the cinema is a magical thing.” With these words Mélanie Laurent welcomed the Jury presided by Robert de Niro onto the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière. At his side, actresses Uma Thurman and Martina Gusman, Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi, the writer Linn Ulmann, Jude Law and directors Johnnie To, Olivier Assayas and Mahamat Saleh…
New York, NY [April 30, 2011] – The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by founding sponsor American Express, announced the winner of the Heineken Audience Award – Give Up Tomorrow – tonight at Eye Beam in New York City. The film’s director, Michael Collins, will receive a cash prize of $25,000.Throughout the Festival, which kicked off on April 20, audiences have been able to vote for the Heineken Audience Award by completing nomination ballots upon exiting screenings of TFF films. Films in the World Narrative Competition, World…
The Cinéfondation, by looking out for creative talent wherever it arises, can be seen as a laboratory that enables the Festival de Cannes to play its forward-looking role to the full. Applying the same principles of artistic excellence and geographical diversity, the Cinéfondation performs its role upstream of the Festival selection processes. This year, the Selection of the Cinéfondation is screening 16 graduate films including two animated movies, representing eleven countries and three continents 1,589 films were viewed, originating from 360 film schools in 82 countries. Four new schools are represented this year and, for the first time, the selection…
Hollywood Reporter – Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life will join a host of international titles when the 64th annual Festival de Cannes goes back to its roots with films from fest vets including The Dardenne brothers, Pedro Almodovar, Lars von Trier and Nanni Moretti plus high-profile out-of-competition titles promising red carpets burning with A-list Hollywood talent.After more than a year of waiting, fest artistic director Thierry Fremaux finally got to plant Malick’s Tree of Life at the famous festival. The film’s director and stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn are expected to make Croisette cameos, with Penn set for…
Durham, N.C., – April 17, 2011 – The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has announced the 2011 Festival award recipients. 66 documentaries screened in the NEW DOCS Program were eligible. Juries and Full Frame audiences selected 9 titles as winners for 11 awards, including a special jury award and an honorable mention. How to Die in Oregon and Pit No. 8 (Auk nr 8) were each given two awards. 2011 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award Winners• The Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award was presented to Scenes of a Crime, directed by Grover Babcock and Blue Hadaegh. The film captures…
The winners of the 2011 Tiburon International Film Festival Golden Reel Awards were announced during a formal ceremony on Friday, April 15, 2011 in Tiburon. Tiburon International Film Festival is held every year in city of Tiburon in North California.Best Film: Little Rose by Jan Kidawa-Blonski [Poland]Best Director: Jan Kidawa-Blonski for Little Rose [Poland]Best Actor: Miroslav Donutil for Novel for Men [Czech Republic]Best Actress: Magdalena Boczarska for Little Rose [Poland]Best Documentary: Cultures of Resistance by Iara Lee [USA]Best Screenplay: Szabolcs Hajdu for Bibliothèque Pascal [Hungary]Best Cinematography: Bibliothèque Pascal by András Nagy [Hungry]Humanitarian Award: Understanding Trafficking by Ananya Chatterjee Chakraborti [India]Best…
The Serbian film-maker Emir Kusturica will be president of the Un Certain Regard jury at the 64th Festival de Cannes, from 11th to 22nd May 2011. Every year, Un Certain Regard, at the very heart of Official Selection, alongside the Competition, presents around twenty films characterised by the originality of their ideas as well as their aesthetic. Emir Kusturica received the Palme d’Or in 1985 for When Father Was Away on Business. Ten years later, his second Palme d’Or for Underground made him a member of that elite group of directors who have twice been honoured. Accompanied by a jury…
The Festival de Cannes welcomes the fast-expanding community of film-producing countries to the Village International. Each national pavilion in the Village acts as a small embassy where filmmakers can showcase and celebrate their cultural identities, their institutions and the diversity of their creative work. In a word, they can defend their own approach to cinema while taking advantage of the possibilities of emulation offered by a highly stimulating environment. Moviemakers from around the world are thus encouraged to form fruitful relationships during their time in Cannes. The development of the Village International since 2000 is a token of the importance…
Film Business Asia: Two leading Korean directors will decide the fate of key prizes at this year’s Cannes film festival. Bong Joon-ho (봉준호) will head the jury of the Camera d’Or, the judging panel which gives a prize to the best first film in any section of the festival — the Official Selection (Competition and Un Certain Regard), during Critics’ Week or Directors’ Fortnight. Lee Chang-dong (이창동) will chair the jury of Cannes’s Critics’ Week section. Bong, previously attended Cannes in 2006 with The Host (괴물), which played in the Directors’ Fortnight. He was part of the 2008 Official Selection…