Next month, Netflix offers up a giant selection of films — modern to classic, animated to live action, Oscar winners and indie favorites — and we’ve picked seven that you should watch as soon as they’re available on the streaming service, either for the first time or as part of a nostalgic binge. Enjoy.
1. “Boogie Nights” (available January 1)
Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 comedy about a young man who gets into the California porn industry in the late 1970’s and ‘80s. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.
2. “Braveheart” (available January 1)
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director, the Mel Gibson-starring drama follows William Wallace’s revolt against King Edward I of England after his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her.
1. “Boogie Nights” (available January 1)
Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 comedy about a young man who gets into the California porn industry in the late 1970’s and ‘80s. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.
2. “Braveheart” (available January 1)
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director, the Mel Gibson-starring drama follows William Wallace’s revolt against King Edward I of England after his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her.
- 12/15/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
First edition of pan-European online festival is a joint initiative between Arte and Festival Scope.
Serbian actress and director Mirjana Karanović’s A Good Wife has won the €50,000 audience award at the first edition of ArteKino, a new pan-European online film festival launched by Franco-German broadcaster Arte and Paris-based digital film platform Festival Scope.
Running September 30 to October 9, the event showcased 10 European feature films. The organisers released 50,000 free online tickets in 44 European countries.
A Good Wife marks a directorial debut for Karanović who also stars in the film as a happily-married woman living in an upscale suburb of Belgrade whose life is overturned on discovering her perfect husband has a dark past.
The film was produced by This & That Productions, Deblokada, Nukleus Film Production and is sold internationally by Films Boutique.
The €50,000 prize money – sponsored by Nespresso - goes to Karanović and Film Boutique to help distribute the film internationally.
A Good Wife...
Serbian actress and director Mirjana Karanović’s A Good Wife has won the €50,000 audience award at the first edition of ArteKino, a new pan-European online film festival launched by Franco-German broadcaster Arte and Paris-based digital film platform Festival Scope.
Running September 30 to October 9, the event showcased 10 European feature films. The organisers released 50,000 free online tickets in 44 European countries.
A Good Wife marks a directorial debut for Karanović who also stars in the film as a happily-married woman living in an upscale suburb of Belgrade whose life is overturned on discovering her perfect husband has a dark past.
The film was produced by This & That Productions, Deblokada, Nukleus Film Production and is sold internationally by Films Boutique.
The €50,000 prize money – sponsored by Nespresso - goes to Karanović and Film Boutique to help distribute the film internationally.
A Good Wife...
- 10/17/2016
- ScreenDaily
Line-up includes Edinburgh victor Suntan, The Death Of Louis Xiv and César winner Fatima.
Franco-German broadcaster Arte and Paris-based digital film platform Festival Scope have launched the first edition of a new pan-European, online film festival called Artekino.
Arte has been developing the festival for more than a year-and-a-half, working closely with key partner Festival Scope — which has a long history of overseeing online distribution for festivals and cross-border audiences — as well as international sales agents in the region.
“Arte wanted to promote European cinema in a new way beyond what we already do through our channels and co-productions, putting the emphasis on independent, auteur cinema to spotlight new trends, new talents and even emerging territories,” Olivier Père, managing director of Arte France Cinéma, explained to Screen. “It’s the first festival of its kind focused only on European cinema.”
He added the initiative was also in keeping with Arte’s ambition to expand its digital activities...
Franco-German broadcaster Arte and Paris-based digital film platform Festival Scope have launched the first edition of a new pan-European, online film festival called Artekino.
Arte has been developing the festival for more than a year-and-a-half, working closely with key partner Festival Scope — which has a long history of overseeing online distribution for festivals and cross-border audiences — as well as international sales agents in the region.
“Arte wanted to promote European cinema in a new way beyond what we already do through our channels and co-productions, putting the emphasis on independent, auteur cinema to spotlight new trends, new talents and even emerging territories,” Olivier Père, managing director of Arte France Cinéma, explained to Screen. “It’s the first festival of its kind focused only on European cinema.”
He added the initiative was also in keeping with Arte’s ambition to expand its digital activities...
- 9/12/2016
- ScreenDaily
Based on Fatima Elayoubi’s book, Prayer to the Moon, Phillipe Faucon’s Fatima is a slice of immigrant life story that’s become increasingly familiar as filmmakers have examined the generational divide in family structures. But while Faucon’s film treads over many of the same thematic conversations of films ranging from The Namesake to La Promesse, it nonetheless offers an impressively empathetic understanding of three very different generations.
Fatima (Soria Zeroual) is a resolutely traditional Muslim woman who feels out of sync with the values and basic characteristics of France – even as she emigrated decades earlier from Algeria. Divorced from her husband, Fatima works herself to death trying to provide for her two daughters – Nesrine (Zita Hanrot) and Souad (Kenza Noah Aïche) who view the world in vastly different ways than her.
Souad is a high-schooler who actively rebels against the expectations of Muslim women. She’s both...
Fatima (Soria Zeroual) is a resolutely traditional Muslim woman who feels out of sync with the values and basic characteristics of France – even as she emigrated decades earlier from Algeria. Divorced from her husband, Fatima works herself to death trying to provide for her two daughters – Nesrine (Zita Hanrot) and Souad (Kenza Noah Aïche) who view the world in vastly different ways than her.
Souad is a high-schooler who actively rebels against the expectations of Muslim women. She’s both...
- 8/26/2016
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
Raising a family is difficult under the best circumstances, but it’s especially difficult when you’re living in a foreign country without knowing the language and must learn to assimilate quickly. Philippe Faucon’s “Fatima” captures that plight wonderfully as it follows Fatima (played by first-timer Soria Zeroual) who emigrated from Morocco to Lyon, France with her husband. Though Fatima and the husband divorced, she soon takes up a cleaning job to support her two daughters — 18-year-old medical student Nesrine (Zita Hanrot) and rebellious 15-year-old Souad (Kenza-Noah Aiche). A loose adaptation of “Prayer to the Moon,” a short collection of writing by North African writer Fatima Elayoubi, this poignant film captures the hardships of fish-out-of-water life and dealing with the generation gap between parents and their children. Watch an exclusive trailer below and check out the film’s poster as well.
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- 7/22/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The Franco-American Cultural Fund, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, has announced the program for the 20th Colcoa French Film Festival that will run April 18-26 at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. The festival will showcase a record 70 films and television series - among them 64 in competition for Colcoa Awards - including four World Premieres, seven International Premieres, 19 North American or U.S. Premieres, 17 West Coast Premieres - and 21 new shorts. Colcoa, is now the world's largest event dedicated to French films and television.
"This 20th anniversary deserves a spectacular, strong program that reflects the diversity of French production, as well as the creativity and dynamism of French filmmakers and producers," stated François Truffart, Colcoa Executive Producer and Artistic Director. "More than ever, we are about to involve audiences in a journey that will stir them, make them laugh, cry, tickle their curiosity, and help them remain optimistic, while recognizing the urgent world zeitgeist."
"20 years is an achievement for any film festival in Hollywood. This would not have been possible without the commitment of the Franco-American Cultural Fund - a unique partnership of the DGA, the Mpa, la Sacem and the WGA West - creator of the festival in 1996 and supporter of its subsequent development. We also salute French sales companies, official supporters, sponsors, and U.S. distributors, whose loyalty and trust have given the festival its continuing excellence," he added.
Colcoa will open Monday, April 18th with the North American Premiere of "Monsieur Chocolat," a biopic about the first French black clown, co-written by Cyril Gely, Olivier Gorce, Gérard Noiriel, Roschdy Zem, directed by Roschdy Zem, and starring Omar Sy and James Thiérrée. The film will be presented in association with Gaumont, which celebrates its 120th anniversary.
The festival will close its competition on Monday, April 25th with the World Premiere of "Up For Love," the new romantic comedy written and directed by Laurent Tirard, starring Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin and Virginie Efira. "Call My Agent" (Season 1), the most popular French TV series of the year, about a talent agency with actors playing their own roles, will close the Colcoa TV Competition.
Two other TV series, shown for the first time in North America, will be part of the program, presented in association with TV France International and Titrafilm: "The Disappearance," a drama co-written by Marie Deshaires and Catherine Touzet and directed by Charlotte Brändström; and "The Secret of Elise," a supernatural drama written by lsa Marpeau, Marie Vinoy, Marie Deshaires, and Catherine Touzet and directed by Alexandre Laurent, Samir Boitard, Mathieu Simonet, and Mehdi Meskar. The first two episodes of each series will be shown to the Colcoa audience.
To complete the competition, five TV movies will premiere at Colcoa: the North American Premiere of "Borderline," a thriller co-written and directed by Olivier Marchal, the International Premiere of "Carpets and Chaos," a comedy co-written and directed by Nader Takmil Homayoun, the International Premiere of "Stolen Babies," a drama written by Julie Jézéquel and directed by Golden Globe winner Alain Berliner; the International Premiere of "The Wall-Crosser," a fantasy written and directed by Dante Desarthes, based on Marcel Aymé's book; and the North American Premiere of "Woman Under the Influence," a drama written and directed by Claude-Michel Rome.
The feature film selection (40 features and documentaries and 21 shorts), will feature exclusive presentations. "Fanny's Journey," an epic drama written and directed by Lola Doillon, starring Cecile de France, is also a World Premiere. The U.S. Premiere of the thriller "Made in France," written and directed by Nicolas Boukhrief, is a film which did not have theatrical release in France because of sensitivity following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. Colcoa also will present the U.S. Premiere of Robert Guédiguian's provocative film about the Armenian genocide, "Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad." The U.S. Premiere of Oscar ® winner Claude Lelouch's new film "Un plus Une," starring Jean Dujardin and Elsa Zylberstein, will screen, in addition to another U.S. Premiere of "All Gone South," the comedy sequel co-written and co-directed by Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lacheau, two years after the success of Babysitting at Colcoa in 2014.
Several established writers/directors return and other known artists have been selected: Academy Award nominee Christian Carion ("Come What May"- with Cohen Media Group), Anne Fontaine ("The Innocents" - with Music Box Films), Vincent Garencq ("Kalinka"), Academy Award nominee Jean-Paul Rappeneau ("Families"), Christian Vincent ("Courted"), Maïwenn ("My King" - with Film Movement)
Every year, the Colcoa program is dedicated to a new generation of talent, many of whose films are included in Colcoa's French NeWave 2.0 Series: Samuel Collardey ("Land Legs"), Clément Cogitor ("Neither Heaven Nor Earth" - with Film Movement), Philippe Faucon - the writer/director of the 2016 César Best film winner ("Fatima" - with Kino Lorber), Emmanuel Finkiel ("A Decent Man"), Eva Husson ("Bang Gang" - with Samuel Goldwyn), Laurent Larivière ("I am a Soldier"), and Orelsan and Christophe Offenstein ("Uncompleted Song").
The After 10 Series at Colcoa invites audiences to explore new frontiers with an exclusive program, including the French-Belgian co-production from writer/director Bouli Lanners ("The First, the Last"), the new dark comedy from Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, starring Gérard Depardieu ("Saint Amour"), and Frédéric Schoendoerffer ("Past Convoy").
Two anticipated films about women in Muslim countries will be part of theWord Cinema Produced by France Series: the Franco-Moroccan co-production, "Much Loved," written and directed by Nabil Ayouch, premiered at the Director's Fortnight in 2015, and remains banned in Morocco; and, "As I Open My Eyes," a Franco-Tunisian film from female writer/director Leyla Bouzid (with Kino Lorber). The Argentine film, "Eva Doesn't Sleep," written and directed by Pablo Agüero will complete the series.
Two documentaries focusing on significant environmental issues will premiere at Colcoa: the closing film of the last Cannes Film Festival, "Ice and the Sky" (with Music Box Films) from Academy Award winner Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins), and a special presentation following the United Nations screening of the 2016 Cesar winner for Best Documentary, "Tomorrow," written and directed by Cédric Dion and Mélanie Laurent. "The Frankenstein Complex," a tribute to the creators of big screen creatures, written and directed by Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet, will complete this high profile documentary series.
All other Colcoa series are back in 2016: the Colcoa Classics Series with an exclusive program of digitally restored premieres (see February 19th press release); the Happy Hour Talks PanelSeriesin association withVariety (April 19-25); the Short Film Competition (Sunday, April 24 - March press release); the Focus on a Filmmaker, this year with writer/director Jean-Paul Rappeneau (Thursday, April 21); and the Focus on a Producer will be with Dominique Besnehard (Saturday, April 23).
Animation, an important part of the French film industry, will be shown at Colcoa with the premiere of Rémi Chayé's new film: "Long Way North" (with Shout Factory).
As is Colcoa tradition, comedieswill join the program almost every day, including the romantic comedy "Love at First Child," co-written and directed by Anne Giaffieri, starring Patrick Bruel and Isabelle Carré, Benoît's Graffin's "Hopefully," with Sandrine Kiberlain and Edouard Baer, Jean-Francois Richet's "One Wild Moment," starring Francois Cluzet and Vincent Cassel, and the new French hit "One Man and His Cow," written and directed by Mohamed Hamidi.
This last film will also be shown to the 3,000 students and teachers who will attend the now five High School Screenings (April 19-25) as part of the Colcoa Educational Program presented in association with Elma (European Languages and Movies in America). Two master classes for college and university students will complete the program.
For the ninth year, Lafca will partner with Colcoa Cinema for the Critics' Awards. The complete recipients list of the 2015 Awards - including the U.S. distributor winner of the Colcoa Coming Soon Award, presented in association with Kpcc, will be announced on Wednesday, April 27. Colcoa Awards are presented in association with Titrafilm, TV5 Monde USA, and Air Tahiti Nui.
"This 20th anniversary deserves a spectacular, strong program that reflects the diversity of French production, as well as the creativity and dynamism of French filmmakers and producers," stated François Truffart, Colcoa Executive Producer and Artistic Director. "More than ever, we are about to involve audiences in a journey that will stir them, make them laugh, cry, tickle their curiosity, and help them remain optimistic, while recognizing the urgent world zeitgeist."
"20 years is an achievement for any film festival in Hollywood. This would not have been possible without the commitment of the Franco-American Cultural Fund - a unique partnership of the DGA, the Mpa, la Sacem and the WGA West - creator of the festival in 1996 and supporter of its subsequent development. We also salute French sales companies, official supporters, sponsors, and U.S. distributors, whose loyalty and trust have given the festival its continuing excellence," he added.
Colcoa will open Monday, April 18th with the North American Premiere of "Monsieur Chocolat," a biopic about the first French black clown, co-written by Cyril Gely, Olivier Gorce, Gérard Noiriel, Roschdy Zem, directed by Roschdy Zem, and starring Omar Sy and James Thiérrée. The film will be presented in association with Gaumont, which celebrates its 120th anniversary.
The festival will close its competition on Monday, April 25th with the World Premiere of "Up For Love," the new romantic comedy written and directed by Laurent Tirard, starring Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin and Virginie Efira. "Call My Agent" (Season 1), the most popular French TV series of the year, about a talent agency with actors playing their own roles, will close the Colcoa TV Competition.
Two other TV series, shown for the first time in North America, will be part of the program, presented in association with TV France International and Titrafilm: "The Disappearance," a drama co-written by Marie Deshaires and Catherine Touzet and directed by Charlotte Brändström; and "The Secret of Elise," a supernatural drama written by lsa Marpeau, Marie Vinoy, Marie Deshaires, and Catherine Touzet and directed by Alexandre Laurent, Samir Boitard, Mathieu Simonet, and Mehdi Meskar. The first two episodes of each series will be shown to the Colcoa audience.
To complete the competition, five TV movies will premiere at Colcoa: the North American Premiere of "Borderline," a thriller co-written and directed by Olivier Marchal, the International Premiere of "Carpets and Chaos," a comedy co-written and directed by Nader Takmil Homayoun, the International Premiere of "Stolen Babies," a drama written by Julie Jézéquel and directed by Golden Globe winner Alain Berliner; the International Premiere of "The Wall-Crosser," a fantasy written and directed by Dante Desarthes, based on Marcel Aymé's book; and the North American Premiere of "Woman Under the Influence," a drama written and directed by Claude-Michel Rome.
The feature film selection (40 features and documentaries and 21 shorts), will feature exclusive presentations. "Fanny's Journey," an epic drama written and directed by Lola Doillon, starring Cecile de France, is also a World Premiere. The U.S. Premiere of the thriller "Made in France," written and directed by Nicolas Boukhrief, is a film which did not have theatrical release in France because of sensitivity following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. Colcoa also will present the U.S. Premiere of Robert Guédiguian's provocative film about the Armenian genocide, "Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad." The U.S. Premiere of Oscar ® winner Claude Lelouch's new film "Un plus Une," starring Jean Dujardin and Elsa Zylberstein, will screen, in addition to another U.S. Premiere of "All Gone South," the comedy sequel co-written and co-directed by Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lacheau, two years after the success of Babysitting at Colcoa in 2014.
Several established writers/directors return and other known artists have been selected: Academy Award nominee Christian Carion ("Come What May"- with Cohen Media Group), Anne Fontaine ("The Innocents" - with Music Box Films), Vincent Garencq ("Kalinka"), Academy Award nominee Jean-Paul Rappeneau ("Families"), Christian Vincent ("Courted"), Maïwenn ("My King" - with Film Movement)
Every year, the Colcoa program is dedicated to a new generation of talent, many of whose films are included in Colcoa's French NeWave 2.0 Series: Samuel Collardey ("Land Legs"), Clément Cogitor ("Neither Heaven Nor Earth" - with Film Movement), Philippe Faucon - the writer/director of the 2016 César Best film winner ("Fatima" - with Kino Lorber), Emmanuel Finkiel ("A Decent Man"), Eva Husson ("Bang Gang" - with Samuel Goldwyn), Laurent Larivière ("I am a Soldier"), and Orelsan and Christophe Offenstein ("Uncompleted Song").
The After 10 Series at Colcoa invites audiences to explore new frontiers with an exclusive program, including the French-Belgian co-production from writer/director Bouli Lanners ("The First, the Last"), the new dark comedy from Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, starring Gérard Depardieu ("Saint Amour"), and Frédéric Schoendoerffer ("Past Convoy").
Two anticipated films about women in Muslim countries will be part of theWord Cinema Produced by France Series: the Franco-Moroccan co-production, "Much Loved," written and directed by Nabil Ayouch, premiered at the Director's Fortnight in 2015, and remains banned in Morocco; and, "As I Open My Eyes," a Franco-Tunisian film from female writer/director Leyla Bouzid (with Kino Lorber). The Argentine film, "Eva Doesn't Sleep," written and directed by Pablo Agüero will complete the series.
Two documentaries focusing on significant environmental issues will premiere at Colcoa: the closing film of the last Cannes Film Festival, "Ice and the Sky" (with Music Box Films) from Academy Award winner Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins), and a special presentation following the United Nations screening of the 2016 Cesar winner for Best Documentary, "Tomorrow," written and directed by Cédric Dion and Mélanie Laurent. "The Frankenstein Complex," a tribute to the creators of big screen creatures, written and directed by Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet, will complete this high profile documentary series.
All other Colcoa series are back in 2016: the Colcoa Classics Series with an exclusive program of digitally restored premieres (see February 19th press release); the Happy Hour Talks PanelSeriesin association withVariety (April 19-25); the Short Film Competition (Sunday, April 24 - March press release); the Focus on a Filmmaker, this year with writer/director Jean-Paul Rappeneau (Thursday, April 21); and the Focus on a Producer will be with Dominique Besnehard (Saturday, April 23).
Animation, an important part of the French film industry, will be shown at Colcoa with the premiere of Rémi Chayé's new film: "Long Way North" (with Shout Factory).
As is Colcoa tradition, comedieswill join the program almost every day, including the romantic comedy "Love at First Child," co-written and directed by Anne Giaffieri, starring Patrick Bruel and Isabelle Carré, Benoît's Graffin's "Hopefully," with Sandrine Kiberlain and Edouard Baer, Jean-Francois Richet's "One Wild Moment," starring Francois Cluzet and Vincent Cassel, and the new French hit "One Man and His Cow," written and directed by Mohamed Hamidi.
This last film will also be shown to the 3,000 students and teachers who will attend the now five High School Screenings (April 19-25) as part of the Colcoa Educational Program presented in association with Elma (European Languages and Movies in America). Two master classes for college and university students will complete the program.
For the ninth year, Lafca will partner with Colcoa Cinema for the Critics' Awards. The complete recipients list of the 2015 Awards - including the U.S. distributor winner of the Colcoa Coming Soon Award, presented in association with Kpcc, will be announced on Wednesday, April 27. Colcoa Awards are presented in association with Titrafilm, TV5 Monde USA, and Air Tahiti Nui.
- 4/14/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Big winners also included Oscar nominee Mustang and local box office hit Margurite.
Philippe Faucon’s contemporary immigrant drama Fatima won best film at France’s César ceremony in Paris on Friday, beating hot favourites Marguerite, My Golden Years, and Oscar nominee Mustang as well as Palme d’Or winner Dheepan.
The picture — based on the semi-autobiographical works of Fatima Elayoubi about an illiterate North African woman adapting to life in France — also won Césars for best upcoming actress for Zita Hanot and best adaptation for Faucon.
As was the case last year, when Abderrahmane Sissako’s timely exploration of Islamic extremism of Timbuktu swept the board, the votes of 4,276-strong César academy appear to have been influenced in part by events in France, which like many countries across Europe is preoccupied with immigration and the reality of its ethnic minorities.
Other winners on Friday night included foreign language Oscar nominee Mustang and local box office hit [link...
Philippe Faucon’s contemporary immigrant drama Fatima won best film at France’s César ceremony in Paris on Friday, beating hot favourites Marguerite, My Golden Years, and Oscar nominee Mustang as well as Palme d’Or winner Dheepan.
The picture — based on the semi-autobiographical works of Fatima Elayoubi about an illiterate North African woman adapting to life in France — also won Césars for best upcoming actress for Zita Hanot and best adaptation for Faucon.
As was the case last year, when Abderrahmane Sissako’s timely exploration of Islamic extremism of Timbuktu swept the board, the votes of 4,276-strong César academy appear to have been influenced in part by events in France, which like many countries across Europe is preoccupied with immigration and the reality of its ethnic minorities.
Other winners on Friday night included foreign language Oscar nominee Mustang and local box office hit [link...
- 2/27/2016
- ScreenDaily
As expected, at Friday night's Cesar awards in Paris, Philippe Faucon’s “Fatima,” about a single mother emigre from Morrocco raising a family and working as a maid, took home three prizes: Best Film, Breakout Actress and Adapted Screenplay. Like Jacques Audiard's Cannes winning "Dheepan" (which was nominated for several awards but went home empty-handed), the movie resonates with the immigrant issues straining Europe right now. Kino Lorber will release the film stateside. Best Female Newcomer went to the film's Zita Hanrot. Catherine Frot took home Best Actress for Xavier Giannoli’s “Marguerite.” While French Oscar entry “Mustang” lost Best Picture, the Deniz Gamze Ergüven film won won four other awards: First Film, Original Screenplay, Music and Editing. Arnaud Desplechin won Best Director for Cannes director's Fortnight entry “My Golden Years.” Cannes-winner Vincent Lindon also won Best Actor for Stephane Brize’s “The Measure of a...
- 2/27/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Cesar Awards were handed out in France. Fatima won Best Picture, and Mustang won Best First Film as well as Best Original Screenplay. Mustang took home four awards and...
- 2/27/2016
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
Update, 4:14 Pm Pt: The César Awards were a mixed bag this evening, spreading prizes amongst a handful of titles and ending with a surprise Best Picture win for Philippe Faucon's drama Fatima. Kino Lorber last week acquired U.S. rights to the portrait of an immigrant cleaning woman and her relationship with her daughters that's based on the experiences and poetry of North African writer Fatima Elayoubi. This was a Directors' Fortnight selection at Cannes in May and…...
- 2/27/2016
- Deadline
Best film at the Césars: non-professional actor Soria Zeroual in Philippe Faucon’s Fatima Photo: Unifrance
A debut feature by a woman director, which came out of nowhere, has scooped one of the top prizes as best first film in the French Oscars, the Césars, at a ceremony earlier this evening (26 February) at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris.
Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven could now be set for Oscar glory among the best foreign-language nominees. She is the only female director for a narrative feature competing in the Academy Awards.
Mustang also won accolades for editing and its original score as well as best original screenplay for Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour.
Best first film award for Mustang at the Césars awards in Paris Photo: Unifrance
As if to demonstrate France’s all-embracing cultural diversity, Philippe Faucon’s Fatima won best film. This gentle yet affecting celebration of the...
A debut feature by a woman director, which came out of nowhere, has scooped one of the top prizes as best first film in the French Oscars, the Césars, at a ceremony earlier this evening (26 February) at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris.
Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven could now be set for Oscar glory among the best foreign-language nominees. She is the only female director for a narrative feature competing in the Academy Awards.
Mustang also won accolades for editing and its original score as well as best original screenplay for Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour.
Best first film award for Mustang at the Césars awards in Paris Photo: Unifrance
As if to demonstrate France’s all-embracing cultural diversity, Philippe Faucon’s Fatima won best film. This gentle yet affecting celebration of the...
- 2/26/2016
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Philippe Faucon’s small-scale immigration drama “Fatima” has been named the best film of 2015 at the Cesar Awards, France’s version of the Oscars. The film, which screened in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight section last year and deals with an immigrant woman struggling to raise two daughters, scored an upset victory over Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s favored Oscar nominee “Mustang.” “Fatima” also won awards for breakout actress Zita Hanrot, and for Faucon’s adapted screenplay. “Mustang” had to settle for awards as the year’s best first film, and for its original screenplay, film editing and music. Other contenders for the...
- 2/26/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. rights to Fatima, Philippe Faucon's drama based on the experiences and poetry of North African writer Fatima Elayoubi in France. The pic, which world premiered in May in the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight section, just picked up four Cesar Award nominations including for Best Film and Best Actress for Soria Zeroual. The movie will have its U.S. premiere at the upcoming Rendez-Vous with French Cinema film festival in New York and…...
- 2/19/2016
- Deadline
Oscar-nominated film also a front-runner in Cesars.
Franco-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Erguven’s debut feature Mustang scored a hat-trick at the Lumière awards — France’s equivalent to the Golden Globes — on Monday evening (Feb 8).
The Oscar-nominated picture clinched prizes for best film and best first film while its young cast – Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit Işcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu and Ilayda Akdoğan - shared the best female discovery prize.
The coming-of-age tale about five sisters growing up under the thumb of a strict and conservative grandmother and uncle, is in the foreign language Oscar race and also heavily nominated in France’s upcoming Césars awards [Feb 26].
Some 600 guests from the world of cinema attended the 21st edition of the awards ceremony at the Espace Pierre Cardin at which actress Isabelle Huppert was also honoured.
Arnaud Desplechin won the best director award for My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse).
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Franco-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Erguven’s debut feature Mustang scored a hat-trick at the Lumière awards — France’s equivalent to the Golden Globes — on Monday evening (Feb 8).
The Oscar-nominated picture clinched prizes for best film and best first film while its young cast – Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit Işcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu and Ilayda Akdoğan - shared the best female discovery prize.
The coming-of-age tale about five sisters growing up under the thumb of a strict and conservative grandmother and uncle, is in the foreign language Oscar race and also heavily nominated in France’s upcoming Césars awards [Feb 26].
Some 600 guests from the world of cinema attended the 21st edition of the awards ceremony at the Espace Pierre Cardin at which actress Isabelle Huppert was also honoured.
Arnaud Desplechin won the best director award for My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse).
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- 2/9/2016
- ScreenDaily
Kristen Stewart's César win last year for Clouds of Sils Maria was historicThis year's César nominations (i.e. The French Oscars) have been announced. Due to the oddities of release schedules statesides, especially when it comes to subtitled pictures, many of the French films we've been discussing as "best ofs" like Girlhood, Saint Laurent, and Clouds of Sils Maria were 2014 features in France and honored accordingly. The only real crossovers with our current awards season are Denis Gamze Erguven's Oscar nominated Mustang (now playing in very limited release in the States) which is all over their nominations and two of their "Foreign Film Nominees" Hungary's Son of Saul and Italy's Youth which will compete with last year's Us Best Picture winner Birdman.
Their nominations were led by the prestige vehicle Marguerite (which is "loosely based" on the story of Florence Foster Jenkins who is getting her own American biopic...
Their nominations were led by the prestige vehicle Marguerite (which is "loosely based" on the story of Florence Foster Jenkins who is getting her own American biopic...
- 1/27/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The day after Sight & Sound posted its best-of-2015 list, Cahiers du Cinéma's top ten began making the rounds. The top three, in order: Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cemetery of Splendour and Philippe Garrel's In the Shadow of Women. Nominated for France's prestigious Louis Delluc Prize this year are: Antoine Barraud’s Portrait of an Artist, Stephane Brizé's The Measure of a Man, Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days, Philippe Faucon’s Fatima, Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite and Rithy Panh’s L’Image manquante. Also in today's roundup: Restoring D.A. Pennebaker's Dont Look Back, a profile of Adam Goldberg and more. » - David Hudson...
- 11/28/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The day after Sight & Sound posted its best-of-2015 list, Cahiers du Cinéma's top ten began making the rounds. The top three, in order: Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cemetery of Splendour and Philippe Garrel's In the Shadow of Women. Nominated for France's prestigious Louis Delluc Prize this year are: Antoine Barraud’s Portrait of an Artist, Stephane Brizé's The Measure of a Man, Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days, Philippe Faucon’s Fatima, Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite and Rithy Panh’s L’Image manquante. Also in today's roundup: Restoring D.A. Pennebaker's Dont Look Back, a profile of Adam Goldberg and more. » - David Hudson...
- 11/28/2015
- Keyframe
Rod Paradot photographed by Roy McKeag when he presented Standing Tall at Glasgow Film Theatre
Several young actors seen on screen or in person at this year’s 23rd edition of French Film Festival UK are in contention for nominations as best newcomer in the French Oscars, the Césars it was announced today (17 Nov).
Freya Mavor who presented The Lady In The Car with Glasses and a Gun at Edinburgh Filmhouse Photo: Mhairi Bell-Moodie
Among them are: Scots-born Freya Mavor for The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by Joann Sfar, Rod Paradot for Standing Tall and Félix Moati for All About Them, all of whom attended the Festival to present their films.
Others in the line-up of 32 new talents are: Sara Giraudeau (Les Bêtises), Mathilde Bisson (Au plus près du soleil), Zita Hanrot (Fatima), Baya Medhaffar (A peine j'ouvre les yeux), Georgia Scalliet (L'Odeur de la...
Several young actors seen on screen or in person at this year’s 23rd edition of French Film Festival UK are in contention for nominations as best newcomer in the French Oscars, the Césars it was announced today (17 Nov).
Freya Mavor who presented The Lady In The Car with Glasses and a Gun at Edinburgh Filmhouse Photo: Mhairi Bell-Moodie
Among them are: Scots-born Freya Mavor for The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by Joann Sfar, Rod Paradot for Standing Tall and Félix Moati for All About Them, all of whom attended the Festival to present their films.
Others in the line-up of 32 new talents are: Sara Giraudeau (Les Bêtises), Mathilde Bisson (Au plus près du soleil), Zita Hanrot (Fatima), Baya Medhaffar (A peine j'ouvre les yeux), Georgia Scalliet (L'Odeur de la...
- 11/17/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Fatima
Directed by Phillipe Faucon
France, 2015
Philadelphia Film Festival
Fatima is a marvelous, small drama about the immigrant experience. Fatima (Soria Zeroual) works hard as a cleaner to support her two daughters Souad (Kenza Noah Äiche), a rebellious high-school student, and Nesrine (Zita Hanrot), a first-year medical student. Tensions build as all three women become jaded by their respective places in life.
Director Philippe Faucon shoots Fatima mostly in a static medium shot. This isn’t the cold, static European arthouse, nor is it classically blocked cinema. Neither is the camera particularly observational. Instead, Faucon’s style is simple and designed to let the actors do the work. It’s a no-frills film, the guileless style of which does anything but distract.
A dialogue heavy film (in that, and also the framing, it’s reminiscent of recent Asghar Farhadi films), Fatima leans heavily on the performance of two non-actors – Zeroual and Äiche,...
Directed by Phillipe Faucon
France, 2015
Philadelphia Film Festival
Fatima is a marvelous, small drama about the immigrant experience. Fatima (Soria Zeroual) works hard as a cleaner to support her two daughters Souad (Kenza Noah Äiche), a rebellious high-school student, and Nesrine (Zita Hanrot), a first-year medical student. Tensions build as all three women become jaded by their respective places in life.
Director Philippe Faucon shoots Fatima mostly in a static medium shot. This isn’t the cold, static European arthouse, nor is it classically blocked cinema. Neither is the camera particularly observational. Instead, Faucon’s style is simple and designed to let the actors do the work. It’s a no-frills film, the guileless style of which does anything but distract.
A dialogue heavy film (in that, and also the framing, it’s reminiscent of recent Asghar Farhadi films), Fatima leans heavily on the performance of two non-actors – Zeroual and Äiche,...
- 11/2/2015
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
Shu Qi's on the cover of the September/October issue of Film Comment and Hou Hsiao-hsien will be discussing his work at this year's New York Film Festival, so yes, The Assassin will definitely be a highlight of the season. Also in this issue are pieces on Guy Maddin's The Forbidden Room, Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter, Denis Villeneuve's Sicario, Philippe Faucon’s Fatima, Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation, Ramin Bahrani's 99 Homes and more. Sight & Sound's "Female Gaze" issue features Mark Cousins on women editors. Cinema Scope previews its next issue with a conversation with Hong Sang-soo. And the new Cineaste features interviews with Walter Murch and Wang Bing. » - David Hudson...
- 9/8/2015
- Keyframe
Shu Qi's on the cover of the September/October issue of Film Comment and Hou Hsiao-hsien will be discussing his work at this year's New York Film Festival, so yes, The Assassin will definitely be a highlight of the season. Also in this issue are pieces on Guy Maddin's The Forbidden Room, Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter, Denis Villeneuve's Sicario, Philippe Faucon’s Fatima, Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation, Ramin Bahrani's 99 Homes and more. Sight & Sound's "Female Gaze" issue features Mark Cousins on women editors. Cinema Scope previews its next issue with a conversation with Hong Sang-soo. And the new Cineaste features interviews with Walter Murch and Wang Bing. » - David Hudson...
- 9/8/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
According to Thierry Frémaux, Cannes Film Festival Director, this past year has been an outstanding year for French production and the submissions received for consideration were of exceptional quality. Five French films are in competition in the official selection and will have the honor to be presented at the red carpet events, there are also numerous coproductions, films screening out-of-competition and others in the parallel sections.
Official Selection - In Competition
-"Standing Tall" (La tête haute) - Opening Film
Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot
World Sales: Elle Driver
World Premiere
- "Dheepan - L'homme qui n-amait plus la guerre"
Dir. Jacques Audiard
World Sales: Celluloid Dreams / Wild Bunch
World Premiere
-"The Measure of a Man" (La loi du marché)
Dir. Stéphane Brizé
World Sales :mk2
World Premiere
-"Marguerite & Julien"
Dir. Valérie Donzelli
World Sales: Wild Bunch
World Premiere
-"Mon Roi"
Dir. Maïwenn
World Sales: StudioCanal
World Premiere
- "Valley of Love"
Dir. Guillaume Nicloux
World Sales: Le Pacte
World Premiere
-"Ice and the Sky" (La Glace et le Ciel"
Dir. Luc Jacquet
World Sales: Wild Bunch
World Premiere
Short Film Competition
-"Le Repas dominical" de Céline Devaux – Sacrebleu Productions
-"Sali (Mardi) de Ziya Demirel – oriGine films – Istos Films
-"Ave Maria" de Basil Khalil – Incognito Films – Flying Moon Filmproduktion
Cinefondation
-"Léonardo" de Félix Hazeaux, Thomas Nitsche, Edward Noonan, Franck Pina, Raphaëlle Plantier – Mopa
-"Les Chercheurs" de Aurélien Peilloux – La fémis
Official Selection - Special Screenings
-"Asphalte"
Dir. Samuel Benchetrit
World Sales: TF1 International
World Premiere
-"L'esprit de l'escalier"
Dir. Elad Keidan
Israel/ France
World Sales: The Match Factory
World Premiere
-"Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mas"(Une histoire de fou)
Dir. Robert Guédiguian
World Sales: mk2
World Premiere
Official Selection - Un Certain Regard
-"I'm a Soldier" (Je suis un Soldat)
Dir. Laurent Larivière
World Sales: Le Pacte
World Premiere
-"Close Protection" (Maryland)
Dir. Alice Winocour
World Sales: Indie Sales
World Premiere
Director's Fortnight
-"In the Shadow of Women" (L'Ombre des Femmes)
Dir. Philippe Garre
l
World Sales: Wild Bunch
World Premiere
-"Les Cowboys"
Dir. Thomas Bidegain
World Sales: Pathé Distribution
World Premiere
-"My Golden Days" (Trois Souvenirs de Ma Jeunesse)
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin
World Sales: Le Pacte
World Premiere
-"Fatima"
Dir. Philippe Faucon
World Sales: Pyramide International
World Premiere
Short Films
-"Calme ta joie" de Emmanuel Laskar – Ecce Films
-"Pitchoune" Reda Kateb – 31 Juin Films
Critic's Week
-"The Anarchists" (Les Anarchists) - Opening Film
Dir. Elie Wajeman
World Sales: Wild Bunch
World Premiere
-"The Wakhan Front" (Ni le Ciel, Ni la Terre)
Dir.Clément Cogitore
World Sales: Indie Sales
World Premiere
-"Les Deux Amis"
Dir. Louis Garrel
World Sales: Indie Sales
World Premiere
-"Learn By Heart" (La Vie en Grand)
Dir. Mathieu Vadepied
World Sales: Gaumont
World Premiere...
Official Selection - In Competition
-"Standing Tall" (La tête haute) - Opening Film
Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot
World Sales: Elle Driver
World Premiere
- "Dheepan - L'homme qui n-amait plus la guerre"
Dir. Jacques Audiard
World Sales: Celluloid Dreams / Wild Bunch
World Premiere
-"The Measure of a Man" (La loi du marché)
Dir. Stéphane Brizé
World Sales :mk2
World Premiere
-"Marguerite & Julien"
Dir. Valérie Donzelli
World Sales: Wild Bunch
World Premiere
-"Mon Roi"
Dir. Maïwenn
World Sales: StudioCanal
World Premiere
- "Valley of Love"
Dir. Guillaume Nicloux
World Sales: Le Pacte
World Premiere
-"Ice and the Sky" (La Glace et le Ciel"
Dir. Luc Jacquet
World Sales: Wild Bunch
World Premiere
Short Film Competition
-"Le Repas dominical" de Céline Devaux – Sacrebleu Productions
-"Sali (Mardi) de Ziya Demirel – oriGine films – Istos Films
-"Ave Maria" de Basil Khalil – Incognito Films – Flying Moon Filmproduktion
Cinefondation
-"Léonardo" de Félix Hazeaux, Thomas Nitsche, Edward Noonan, Franck Pina, Raphaëlle Plantier – Mopa
-"Les Chercheurs" de Aurélien Peilloux – La fémis
Official Selection - Special Screenings
-"Asphalte"
Dir. Samuel Benchetrit
World Sales: TF1 International
World Premiere
-"L'esprit de l'escalier"
Dir. Elad Keidan
Israel/ France
World Sales: The Match Factory
World Premiere
-"Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mas"(Une histoire de fou)
Dir. Robert Guédiguian
World Sales: mk2
World Premiere
Official Selection - Un Certain Regard
-"I'm a Soldier" (Je suis un Soldat)
Dir. Laurent Larivière
World Sales: Le Pacte
World Premiere
-"Close Protection" (Maryland)
Dir. Alice Winocour
World Sales: Indie Sales
World Premiere
Director's Fortnight
-"In the Shadow of Women" (L'Ombre des Femmes)
Dir. Philippe Garre
l
World Sales: Wild Bunch
World Premiere
-"Les Cowboys"
Dir. Thomas Bidegain
World Sales: Pathé Distribution
World Premiere
-"My Golden Days" (Trois Souvenirs de Ma Jeunesse)
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin
World Sales: Le Pacte
World Premiere
-"Fatima"
Dir. Philippe Faucon
World Sales: Pyramide International
World Premiere
Short Films
-"Calme ta joie" de Emmanuel Laskar – Ecce Films
-"Pitchoune" Reda Kateb – 31 Juin Films
Critic's Week
-"The Anarchists" (Les Anarchists) - Opening Film
Dir. Elie Wajeman
World Sales: Wild Bunch
World Premiere
-"The Wakhan Front" (Ni le Ciel, Ni la Terre)
Dir.Clément Cogitore
World Sales: Indie Sales
World Premiere
-"Les Deux Amis"
Dir. Louis Garrel
World Sales: Indie Sales
World Premiere
-"Learn By Heart" (La Vie en Grand)
Dir. Mathieu Vadepied
World Sales: Gaumont
World Premiere...
- 5/12/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The complete lineups for the Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week sidebars at Cannes have been announced.Directors' FORTNIGHTOpening Film: In the Shadow of Women (Philippe Garrel)A Perfect Day (Fernando León de Aranoa)Beyond My Grandfather Allende (Marcia Tumbutti)Arabian Nights (Miguel Gomes)Les Cowboys (Thomas Bidegain)Embrace the Serpent (Ciro Guerra)Fatima (Philippe Faucon)Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier)Much Loved (Nabil Ayouch)Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven)Peace to Us in Our Dreams (Sharunas Bartas)Songs My Brothers Taught Me (Chloé Zhao)The Here After (Magnus von Horn)The Brand New Testament (Jaco Van Dormael)My Golden Days (Arnaud Despleschin)Special Screening: Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld (Takashi Miike)Closing Film: Dope (Rick Famuyiwa)Shorts:Blue Thunder (Jean-Marc E. Roy & Philippe David Gagné)Calme ta joie (Emmanuel Laskar)The Broken Past (Martín Morgenfeld & Sebastián Schjaer)Kung Fury (David Sandberg[/link])Pitchoune (Reda Kateb)Trials, Exorcisms (Susana Nobre)Pueblo...
- 4/23/2015
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Xavier Dolan just can't stay away from the Cannes Film Festival. Last year's Special Jury prize winner for "Mommy" thought he should have won the Palm d'Or and now he'll be part of the jury deciding that prestigious honor. Oh, my. The Cannes Film Festival announced the Jury today which also includes Guillermo Del Toro, Jake Gyllenhaal Sienna Miller, Rossy de Palma, Sophie Marceau, Rokia Traore and Jury presidents Joel and Ethan Coen. That's quite a Hollywood contingent for Cannes most important clique. Almost always political and rarely unanimous, the Cannes Jury was led by Jane Campion in 2014. That group selected "Winter Sleep" as their Palm d'Or winner while many believed "Leviathan" or "Foxcatcher" deserved the honor. The Festival also announced its Director's Fortnight selections this morning. This is the section of the festival where "Blue Ruin" made its debut over the past few years. There are usually often one...
- 4/21/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Monday we shared the lineup for the Cannes 2015 Critics Week, and now the complete lineup for the festival has been revealed with the addition of the Director’s Fortnight. 17 films in all will be screened over the two weeks, including a balanced mix of ones from established veterans and newcomers, as well as World Premieres and other festival darlings.
On opening night May 14, Philippe Garrel’s (Jealousy) In the Shadow of Women will make its World Premiere with a story about two romantically intwined documentary filmmakers experiencing a moment of betrayal. Director’s Fortnight will close with the Sundance hit Dope, which you can watch the trailer for here.
Also on the list is the much anticipated follow up to Blue Ruin, Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room, starring Patrick Stewart. It’s one of three American films among the lineup. And as a special screening, Cannes attendees will get an...
On opening night May 14, Philippe Garrel’s (Jealousy) In the Shadow of Women will make its World Premiere with a story about two romantically intwined documentary filmmakers experiencing a moment of betrayal. Director’s Fortnight will close with the Sundance hit Dope, which you can watch the trailer for here.
Also on the list is the much anticipated follow up to Blue Ruin, Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room, starring Patrick Stewart. It’s one of three American films among the lineup. And as a special screening, Cannes attendees will get an...
- 4/21/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Takashi Miike (Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War Of The Underworld), Fernando León de Aranoa (A Perfect Day starring Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, and Olga Kurylenko) and Jaco Van Dormael (a top item on our most anticipated foreign films list, The Brand New Testament stars Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande Moreau) are some of the veterans filmmakers joining the previously mentioned Philippe Garrel, Miguel Gomes and Arnaud Desplechin as part the 47th edition of the Directors’ Fortnight. Edouard Waintrop’s programming team happen to be the only ones to have selected Sundance Film Festival items this year with Rick Famuyiwa‘s Dope being selected as the closing night film and Chloé Zhao‘s Songs My Brothers Taught Me finds some love as well. Fellow American filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier also joins them — after having launched Blue Ruin in the section a couple of editions back, he now returns with Green Room.
- 4/21/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Takashi Miike, Jeremy Saulnier and Jaco Van Dormael among line-up; Jia Zhangke to receive Golden Coach.
A 17-strong line-up of titles for the 47th Directors’ Fortnight, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24) run by the French Director’s Guild, has been announced by artistic director Edouard Waintrop at a press conference in Paris this morning.
As previously announced, the opening film on May 14 will be In The Shadow Of Women, by Directors’ Fortnight habitué Philippe Garrel.
The closing film on May 22 will be Rick Famuyiwa’s La-set comedy drama Dope, a Us film first seen at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Also previously announced was Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days and Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes’ Arabian Nights, a contemporary re-telling of One Thousand And One Nights that comprises three films spanning more than six hours.
A special screening will be given to Takashi Miike’s gangster-vampire hybrid thriller Yakuza Apocalypse: [link=tt...
A 17-strong line-up of titles for the 47th Directors’ Fortnight, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24) run by the French Director’s Guild, has been announced by artistic director Edouard Waintrop at a press conference in Paris this morning.
As previously announced, the opening film on May 14 will be In The Shadow Of Women, by Directors’ Fortnight habitué Philippe Garrel.
The closing film on May 22 will be Rick Famuyiwa’s La-set comedy drama Dope, a Us film first seen at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Also previously announced was Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days and Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes’ Arabian Nights, a contemporary re-telling of One Thousand And One Nights that comprises three films spanning more than six hours.
A special screening will be given to Takashi Miike’s gangster-vampire hybrid thriller Yakuza Apocalypse: [link=tt...
- 4/21/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Follow the line-up of titles as they are announced here…Refresh this page for the latest (titles now being announced)
The line-up of titles in Directors’ Fortnight, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24) run by the French Director’s Guild, is being announced at a press conference in Paris this morning.
It has already been announced that the opening film will be In the Shadow of Women, by Directors’ Fortnight habitué Philippe Garrel. The film revolves around a documentary-maker who drops his mistress, a trainee he met on a shoot, after he discovers his long-term partner also has a lover.
It has also been revealed that Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) would also premiere there, as will Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes’ Arabian Nights, a contemporary re-telling of One Thousand and One Nights.
This year’s Carrosse d’Or (Golden Coach) Prize, awarded to a director...
The line-up of titles in Directors’ Fortnight, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24) run by the French Director’s Guild, is being announced at a press conference in Paris this morning.
It has already been announced that the opening film will be In the Shadow of Women, by Directors’ Fortnight habitué Philippe Garrel. The film revolves around a documentary-maker who drops his mistress, a trainee he met on a shoot, after he discovers his long-term partner also has a lover.
It has also been revealed that Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) would also premiere there, as will Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes’ Arabian Nights, a contemporary re-telling of One Thousand and One Nights.
This year’s Carrosse d’Or (Golden Coach) Prize, awarded to a director...
- 4/21/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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