Killer Films producer Christine Vachon, Mubi’s chief content officer Jason Ropell, and Fatih Abay, diversity and inclusion officer at the European Film Academy are among the international speakers heading to the industry programme of this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), taking place until July 8 in the Czech Republic.
The recently restored Imperial Spa will house the entire industry programme. It’s wood-panelled interiors will host the Industry Days’ Eastern Promises for four days of project pitches, talks, events, and workshops as well as the Film Industry Office and Lounge. There is an afternoon forum dedicated to...
The recently restored Imperial Spa will house the entire industry programme. It’s wood-panelled interiors will host the Industry Days’ Eastern Promises for four days of project pitches, talks, events, and workshops as well as the Film Industry Office and Lounge. There is an afternoon forum dedicated to...
- 6/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Connext is a crucial promotional event for Flanders filmmakers and projects.
Connext, the annual industry showcase for new films and TV dramas made in Flanders and Brussels, will present new projects from some of the region’s leading filmmakers including Kevin Janssens, Veerle Baetens, and Fien Troch.
The 2022 hybrid edition will run onsite in Antwerp from October 9-11 and online from October 10-24.
The 82 titles being presented range from project pitches to works in progress through completed films and series.
Many familiar names from Flemish film and TV are participating. Janssens will be pitching his new TV series Breendonk, a...
Connext, the annual industry showcase for new films and TV dramas made in Flanders and Brussels, will present new projects from some of the region’s leading filmmakers including Kevin Janssens, Veerle Baetens, and Fien Troch.
The 2022 hybrid edition will run onsite in Antwerp from October 9-11 and online from October 10-24.
The 82 titles being presented range from project pitches to works in progress through completed films and series.
Many familiar names from Flemish film and TV are participating. Janssens will be pitching his new TV series Breendonk, a...
- 10/4/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
From an immersive look at female immigrants in 17th century Amsterdam to a forensic analysis of a pre-World War II home movie, approaching history from different angles is a key theme among the Dutch films selected for Venice’s 78th edition.
Running in Venice Days, “Three Minutes — A Lengthening” is a poetic documentary that centers around three minutes of home footage shot by David Kurtz in 1938, featuring the Jewish inhabitants of a Polish town before it was invaded by the Nazis.
From this footage a feature-length film emerges through former journalist and historical researcher Bianca Stigter’s analysis of the home movies’ subjects in a film that’s also bound for Toronto.
Stigter, the Dutch producer and partner of Steve McQueen, makes her directorial debut with this English-language film, narrated by British actress Helena Bonham Carter and produced by Family Affair Films, with McQueen’s Lammas Park coproducing.
Elsewhere “Angels...
Running in Venice Days, “Three Minutes — A Lengthening” is a poetic documentary that centers around three minutes of home footage shot by David Kurtz in 1938, featuring the Jewish inhabitants of a Polish town before it was invaded by the Nazis.
From this footage a feature-length film emerges through former journalist and historical researcher Bianca Stigter’s analysis of the home movies’ subjects in a film that’s also bound for Toronto.
Stigter, the Dutch producer and partner of Steve McQueen, makes her directorial debut with this English-language film, narrated by British actress Helena Bonham Carter and produced by Family Affair Films, with McQueen’s Lammas Park coproducing.
Elsewhere “Angels...
- 9/4/2021
- by Ann-Marie Corvin
- Variety Film + TV
Venice Film Festival’s industry programme runs September 2-10.
The Venice Production Bridge (Vpb) kicks off today (September 2) with double the number of physical attendees than 2020 in a sign the industry is getting to grips with business travel amid the pandemic.
The Venice Film Festival’s industry strand will welcome some 1,300 professionals, against 800 in 2020 and 2,700 in 2019, its last pre-pandemic edition.
“It’s mainly Europeans - the US, Latin America and Asia remain largely absent,” said Pascal Diotl who oversees the programme with Savina Neirotti.
With long-haul travel to Europe remaining complicated, the Vpb is running as a hybrid physical and...
The Venice Production Bridge (Vpb) kicks off today (September 2) with double the number of physical attendees than 2020 in a sign the industry is getting to grips with business travel amid the pandemic.
The Venice Film Festival’s industry strand will welcome some 1,300 professionals, against 800 in 2020 and 2,700 in 2019, its last pre-pandemic edition.
“It’s mainly Europeans - the US, Latin America and Asia remain largely absent,” said Pascal Diotl who oversees the programme with Savina Neirotti.
With long-haul travel to Europe remaining complicated, the Vpb is running as a hybrid physical and...
- 9/2/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Cannes Titles To Stream Online
A pair of documentaries selected for this year’s Cannes Classics program will screen for free on the festival’s website and on the Cine+ Dailymotion platform as of this evening (July 2) from 7pm local time. The two films, both just shy of one hour in length, are Daphné Baiwir’s The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland, a portrait of the famed actress who was the first female president of the Cannes jury in 1965, and Emmanuel Barnault’s Pieces Of Cannes, a look at the French festival’s 74-year history. The films will be available until July 4 at 10pm local time.
Venice Gap Financing Projects
Venice Film Festival has revealed the 30 projects that will take part in its Gap-Financing Market during this year’s industry-focused Production Bridge, running September 1-11. The event will offer filmmaking teams one-on-one meetings with international decision-makers. Among the selected titles are The Secret Of Places,...
A pair of documentaries selected for this year’s Cannes Classics program will screen for free on the festival’s website and on the Cine+ Dailymotion platform as of this evening (July 2) from 7pm local time. The two films, both just shy of one hour in length, are Daphné Baiwir’s The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland, a portrait of the famed actress who was the first female president of the Cannes jury in 1965, and Emmanuel Barnault’s Pieces Of Cannes, a look at the French festival’s 74-year history. The films will be available until July 4 at 10pm local time.
Venice Gap Financing Projects
Venice Film Festival has revealed the 30 projects that will take part in its Gap-Financing Market during this year’s industry-focused Production Bridge, running September 1-11. The event will offer filmmaking teams one-on-one meetings with international decision-makers. Among the selected titles are The Secret Of Places,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
New films from Vincent Bal, Koen Mortier and Caroline Strubbe among 47 films at virtual showcase.
A new drama from Cannes award-winner Lukas Dhont (Girl) and a film produced in lockdown by Milo Rau are among 47 projects to be showcased at Re>Connext, the annual film and TV showcase run by Flanders Image.
The event, which serves as an export platform for film and TV drama made in Flanders, will run online from October 5-31 after the physical showcase was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Usually taking place over three days under the banner Connext, the virtual edition has been...
A new drama from Cannes award-winner Lukas Dhont (Girl) and a film produced in lockdown by Milo Rau are among 47 projects to be showcased at Re>Connext, the annual film and TV showcase run by Flanders Image.
The event, which serves as an export platform for film and TV drama made in Flanders, will run online from October 5-31 after the physical showcase was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Usually taking place over three days under the banner Connext, the virtual edition has been...
- 9/15/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Belgian writer-director Caroline Strubbe is less interested in narrative architecture than she is in collecting behavioral detail. Her debut feature, 2009's Lost Persons Area (which takes its title from Elliott Erwitt's 1963 photograph), devotes entire scenes —many of them captured in tender, caress-like close-ups — to minute physical gestures: Bettina (the bouncy and vibrant Lisbeth Gruwez) gently putting lipstick on her daughter, Tessa (Kimke Desart); Tessa feeling her father's (Sam Louwyck) scratchy beard; Bettina trimming Szabolcs's (Zoltán Miklós Hajdu) stringy hair.
The family at the center of Lost Persons Area lives on a remote plot of land that has more dirt than it does grass. Pylons tower over their small residence, and a team of...
The family at the center of Lost Persons Area lives on a remote plot of land that has more dirt than it does grass. Pylons tower over their small residence, and a team of...
- 7/2/2014
- Village Voice
Warsaw-based international sales company New Europe Film Sales has taken on Bas Devos’ Generation 14+ title Violet.
Devos’ feature debut is the story of a 15-year-old who witnesses the stabbing of his friend.
The film is produced by the Brussels-based company Minds Meet, which last week announced that more of its titles will be handled by New Europe Film Sales, among them Caroline Strubbe’s Toronto/Rotterdam title I’m The Same, I’m An Other and the 3D Berlinale Generation 14Plus co-production Above Us All by Eugenie Jansen, which Minds Meet coproduced.
New Europe Film Sales presents three films at this year’s Berlinale: Violet, Above Us All (both Generation 14Plus), and Forum title, Us erotic thriller Thou Wast Mild and Lovely by Josephine Decker.
Devos’ feature debut is the story of a 15-year-old who witnesses the stabbing of his friend.
The film is produced by the Brussels-based company Minds Meet, which last week announced that more of its titles will be handled by New Europe Film Sales, among them Caroline Strubbe’s Toronto/Rotterdam title I’m The Same, I’m An Other and the 3D Berlinale Generation 14Plus co-production Above Us All by Eugenie Jansen, which Minds Meet coproduced.
New Europe Film Sales presents three films at this year’s Berlinale: Violet, Above Us All (both Generation 14Plus), and Forum title, Us erotic thriller Thou Wast Mild and Lovely by Josephine Decker.
- 2/3/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Caroline Strubbe’s second feature acquired for distribution in the Netherlands.
Following its sales deal with New Europe Film Sales, I’m the Same, I’m an Other has been acquired for distribution in the Netherlands.
Caroline Strubbe’s second feature was picked up by Mokum Film Distribution at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr).
The specialist distributor releases three to five films per year, selected at Iffr and the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam.
Strubbe’s film premiered in Toronto and screened in the Iffr’s EU-2014 sidebar.
Following its sales deal with New Europe Film Sales, I’m the Same, I’m an Other has been acquired for distribution in the Netherlands.
Caroline Strubbe’s second feature was picked up by Mokum Film Distribution at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr).
The specialist distributor releases three to five films per year, selected at Iffr and the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam.
Strubbe’s film premiered in Toronto and screened in the Iffr’s EU-2014 sidebar.
- 1/30/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
New Europe Film Sales has picked up innovative 3D feature Above Us All for worldwide distribution.
At the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Dutch producers Annemiek van Gorp, René Goossens (De Productie) and Digna Sinke (Sng) have announced that their latest production Above Us All, directed by former Iffr Tiger award winner Eugenie Jansen (Tussenland), will be represented worldwide by Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales.
The film will receive its world premiere in Berlinale Generation 14Plus section as a special out-of-competition screening.
Above us All is a story of 11 year-old girl Shay who, after the death of her indigenous mother, is taken from Australia to Ypres by her Flemish father. In her new surroundings, full of traces of the First World War, Shay tries to understand her mother’s death.
The film was shot using an innovative technique: stereoscopic 3D at 50 frames per second, using long panoramic shots in every scene.
The film was...
At the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Dutch producers Annemiek van Gorp, René Goossens (De Productie) and Digna Sinke (Sng) have announced that their latest production Above Us All, directed by former Iffr Tiger award winner Eugenie Jansen (Tussenland), will be represented worldwide by Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales.
The film will receive its world premiere in Berlinale Generation 14Plus section as a special out-of-competition screening.
Above us All is a story of 11 year-old girl Shay who, after the death of her indigenous mother, is taken from Australia to Ypres by her Flemish father. In her new surroundings, full of traces of the First World War, Shay tries to understand her mother’s death.
The film was shot using an innovative technique: stereoscopic 3D at 50 frames per second, using long panoramic shots in every scene.
The film was...
- 1/29/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: New Europe Film Sales signs second feature by Belgian filmmaker Caroline Strubbe.
In a deal struck on Sunday (Jan 26) at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), Polish sales agents New Europe Film Sales has swooped to take on international sales for I’m The Same, I’m An Other, the second feature by Belgian auteur Caroline Strubbe.
The film, which premiered at Toronto in September, is produced by Tomas Leyers of Minds Meet.
It is the story of a man and a girl fleeing through Europe, played by Zoltán Miklós Hajdu and Kimke Desart. The reason for thieir journey gradually becomes clear, as they slowly learn to tolerate one another.
I’m The Same, I Am An Other, screening in Iffr’s EU-2014 sidebar, is a sequel to Strubbe’s highly praised debut feature Lost Persons’ Area, which premiered in Critics’ Week in Cannes in 2009.
Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales’ Jan Naszewski confirmed details of the...
In a deal struck on Sunday (Jan 26) at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), Polish sales agents New Europe Film Sales has swooped to take on international sales for I’m The Same, I’m An Other, the second feature by Belgian auteur Caroline Strubbe.
The film, which premiered at Toronto in September, is produced by Tomas Leyers of Minds Meet.
It is the story of a man and a girl fleeing through Europe, played by Zoltán Miklós Hajdu and Kimke Desart. The reason for thieir journey gradually becomes clear, as they slowly learn to tolerate one another.
I’m The Same, I Am An Other, screening in Iffr’s EU-2014 sidebar, is a sequel to Strubbe’s highly praised debut feature Lost Persons’ Area, which premiered in Critics’ Week in Cannes in 2009.
Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales’ Jan Naszewski confirmed details of the...
- 1/27/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Journey to the West Side: The Heartbreaking Work of Sensitive Genius
Lost Persons Area premiered at Cannes as the first in an unfinished trilogy from Flemish director Caroline Strubbe, but follow-up feature I’m the same I’m an other has the strength to stand on its own. The preceding film clarifies the somewhat frustratingly unexplained relationship between thirty-year old Szabolcs (Zoltán Miklós Hajdu) and nine-year old Tess (Kimke Desart). Nevertheless, this perfectly distilled portrait of an unexpected bond will deeply mark anyone willing to surrender expectations to guiding intuition. Hovering somewhere between cinema and hypnotic visual poetry, I’m the same I’m an other is scored by dissonant electronic humming and patterned with lasting images of sorrow, sea and sky.
Opening the detail-sensitive wandering, a boxy baby-blue car and hollow-eyed passengers in like-colored jackets are arranged against an industrial skyline. With controlled composition giving an impression of artistic authority,...
Lost Persons Area premiered at Cannes as the first in an unfinished trilogy from Flemish director Caroline Strubbe, but follow-up feature I’m the same I’m an other has the strength to stand on its own. The preceding film clarifies the somewhat frustratingly unexplained relationship between thirty-year old Szabolcs (Zoltán Miklós Hajdu) and nine-year old Tess (Kimke Desart). Nevertheless, this perfectly distilled portrait of an unexpected bond will deeply mark anyone willing to surrender expectations to guiding intuition. Hovering somewhere between cinema and hypnotic visual poetry, I’m the same I’m an other is scored by dissonant electronic humming and patterned with lasting images of sorrow, sea and sky.
Opening the detail-sensitive wandering, a boxy baby-blue car and hollow-eyed passengers in like-colored jackets are arranged against an industrial skyline. With controlled composition giving an impression of artistic authority,...
- 9/24/2013
- by Caitlin Coder
- IONCINEMA.com
Now that the dust has settled and the behemoth Tiff is in our rear-view mirror, the Ioncinema.com team are comparing notes, grading films and looking back at our personal experiences, our rapport with the films we saw and the characters that vividly remain with us. Among our favorite fest recaps, our discerning fivesome (Eric Lavallee, Jordan M. Smith, Nicholas Bell, Leora Heilbronn, Caitlin Coder) have created a Top 20 List of New Faces from the 2013 of up-and-coming actors and actresses (of all age demos) that stole some thunder in lead or supporting player roles. Here they are:
#20. Zoe Levin (Palo Alto, Beneath the Harvest Sky)
Unlike the characters of Emily and Tasha in Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto and Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly’s Beneath the Harvest Sky, Zoe Levin‘s future is a a bright one. Respectively playing a teens suffering from suburban and country-setting ennui, in Palo Alto...
#20. Zoe Levin (Palo Alto, Beneath the Harvest Sky)
Unlike the characters of Emily and Tasha in Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto and Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly’s Beneath the Harvest Sky, Zoe Levin‘s future is a a bright one. Respectively playing a teens suffering from suburban and country-setting ennui, in Palo Alto...
- 9/19/2013
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
Once again the European Film Promotion’s (Efp) Film Sales Support (Fss) initiative will come to Toronto to link sales companies from all over Europe to a great array of buyers from across the globe. Supported by the Media Programme of the European Union, Fss has now been aiding the European film industry fro the last 10 years.
"Toronto has and is an important informal market and an important festival for European films, the distributors see the films in a different mood, more quietly, the public screenings are working well. It is a key place to launch a film or to complete previous sales on films that were in Cannes, Venice, Locarno...” (Loïc Magneron, Wide)
“Tiff is a major pillar of the annual festival calendar. Aside from a proliferation of North American buyers, it also attracts top tier international distributors so a favorable reception at Tiff can significantly increase a film's commercial prospects”. (Andrew Orr, Independent)
Due to the limited amount of resources, only 52 out of the 60 films submitted to the Efp will receive financial support to be marketed during the Tiff, which runs from September 5 to 15. This year alone, 372 films total, over 150 from Europe, will screen at the festival many of which will see their world or international premiers there.
Supported films and companies at Tiff 2013
Alpha Violet (France), rep. Virginie Devesa The Summer of Flying Fish (El Verano de los Peces Voladores) by Marcela Said, France, Chile, 2013
Arri Worldsales (Germany), rep. Moritz Hemminger Exit Marrakech by Caroline Link, Germany, 2013 Home from Home (Die Andere Heimat) by Edgar Reitz, Germany, France, 2013
Athens Filmmakers' Co-Operative (Greece), rep. Venia Vergou Wild Duck by Yannis Sakaridis, Greece, 2013
Bac Films Distribution (France), rep. Clémentine Hugot The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (L'Entrange Couleur Ded Larmes De Ton Corps) by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 2013
Beta Cinema (Germany), rep. Tassilo Hallbauer Le Grand-Cahier by János Szász, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France, 2013
Blonde S. A. (Greece), rep. Fenia Cossovitsa Standing Aside, Watching (Na Kathese Kai Na Kitas) by Yorgos Servetas, Greece, 2013
Capricci Films (France), rep. Julien Rejl Story of My Death (Historia De La Meva Mort) by Albert Serra, Spain, France, 2013 The Battle of Tabato (A Batalha De Tabato) by João Viana, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, 2013
Celluloid Dreams (France), rep. Hengameh Panahi Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) by Daniele Luchetti, Italy, 2013
Cité Films (France), rep. Raphaël Berdugo Faith Connections (Faith Connections) by Pan Nalin, France, India, 2013
Doc & Film International (France), rep. Daniela Elstner, Alice Damiani Violette by Martin Provost, France, Belgium, 2013 South is Nothing (Il Sud E'Niente by Fabio Mollo, Italy, France, 2013
Dogwoof (United Kingdom), rep. Ana Vincente Inreallife by Beeban Kidron, UK, 2013
Ealing Metro International (United Kingdom), rep. Natalie Brenner, Will Machin Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele, UK, 2013 The Stag by John Butler, Ireland, 2013
Embankment Films (United Kingdom), rep. Tim Haslam Le Week-End by Roger Michell, UK, 2013
Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (The Netherlands), rep. Maarten Swart The Dinner (Het Diner) by Menno Meyjes, The Netherlands, 2013
Fantasia Ltd (Greece), rep. Nicoletta Romeo The Daughter (I Kori) by Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece, Italy, 2013
Film Factory Entertainment (Spain), rep. Vicente Canales Cannibal (Canibal) by Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain, 2013 Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Zipi & Zape y el Club de la Canica) by Oskar Santos, Spain, 2013
Films Boutique (Germany), rep. Jean-Christophe Simon Walesa. Man of Hope (Walesa) by Andrzej Wajda, Poland, 2013
Films Distribution (France), rep. Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, François Yon Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo, France, 2013 Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) by Dyana Gaye, France, Senegal, 2013
Heretic (Greece), rep. Giorgos Karnavas The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeva) by Elina Psykou, Greece, 2013
Independent Film Sales (United Kingdom), rep. Karina Gechtman, Abigail Walsh The Sea by Stephen Brown, UK, Ireland, 2013 Starred Up by David Mackenzie, UK, 2013
Latido Films (Spain), rep. Miren Zamora Honeymoon (Libanky) by Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, 2013
LevelK (Denmark), rep. Tine Klint Sex, Drugs & Taxation (Spies Og Glistrup) by Christoffer Boe, Denmark, 2013
Linel Films (United Kingdom), rep. Aran Hughes To The Wolf (Sto Lyko) by Aran Hughes & Christina Koutsospyrou, Greece, UK, France, 2013
Minds Meet (Belgium), rep. Tomas Leyers I'm The Same I'm An Other by Caroline Strubbe, Belgium, The Netherlands, 2013
MK2 (France), rep. Victoire Thevenin Hotel (Hotell) by Lisa Langseth, Sweden, Denmark, 2012
Mpm Film (France), rep. Pierre Menahem For Those Who Can Tell No Tales by Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, 2013
Negativ s.r.o. (Czech Republic), rep. Zuzana Bielikova Miracle (Zazrak) by Juraj Lehotský, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2013
Pathé Distribution (France), rep. Muriel Sauzay The Finishers by Nils Tavernier, France, 2013 Quai d'Orsay by Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2013
Pausilypon Films (Greece), rep. Menelaos Karamaghiolis J.A.C.E. - Just Another Confused Elephant by Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Greece, Portugal, Macedonia, Turkey, 2012
Picture Tree International (Germany), rep. Andreas Rothbauer Mary Queen of Scots by Thomas Imbach, Switzerland, 2013 Metalhead (Malmhaus) by Ragnar Bragason, Iceland, Norway, 2013
PPProductions (Greece), rep. Thanassis Karathanos Septmeber by Penny Panayotopoulou, Greece, Germany, 2013
Pyramide International (France), rep. Agathe Mauruc Giraffada by Rani Massalha, France, Germany, Italy, 2013
Rezo (France), rep. Laurent Danielou, Sebastien Chesneau The Station (Blutgletscher) by Marvin Kren, Austria, 2013 Abuse of Weakness (Abus De Faibless) by Catherine Breillat, France, Belgium, Germany, 2013
The Match Factory (Germany), rep. Michael Weber, Thania Dimitrakopoulou The Police Officer's Wife (Die Frau Des Polizisten) by Philip Gröning, Germany, 2013 Qissa (Quissa) by Anup Singh, Germany, India, The Netherlands, France, 2013
The Yellow Affair (Sweden), rep. Miira Paasilinna Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydan) by Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2013
TrustNordisk (Denmark), rep. Susan Wendt, Nicolai Korsgaard Pioneer (Pioner) by Erik Skjoldbjaerg, Norway, 2013 We Are The Best (Vi Ar Bast!) by Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2013
Wide (France), rep. Loic Magneron Bobo by Ines Oliveira, Portugal, 2013
Wide House (France), rep. Garreau Geoffrey Ain't Misbehavin, A Marcel Ophuls Journey (Un Voyageur) by Marcel Ophuls, France, 2013
Wild Bunch (France), rep. Vicent Maraval, Gary Farkas Going Away (Un Beau Dimanche) by Nicole Garcia, France, 2013 A Promise (Une Promesse) by Patrice Leconte, France, Belgium, 2013...
"Toronto has and is an important informal market and an important festival for European films, the distributors see the films in a different mood, more quietly, the public screenings are working well. It is a key place to launch a film or to complete previous sales on films that were in Cannes, Venice, Locarno...” (Loïc Magneron, Wide)
“Tiff is a major pillar of the annual festival calendar. Aside from a proliferation of North American buyers, it also attracts top tier international distributors so a favorable reception at Tiff can significantly increase a film's commercial prospects”. (Andrew Orr, Independent)
Due to the limited amount of resources, only 52 out of the 60 films submitted to the Efp will receive financial support to be marketed during the Tiff, which runs from September 5 to 15. This year alone, 372 films total, over 150 from Europe, will screen at the festival many of which will see their world or international premiers there.
Supported films and companies at Tiff 2013
Alpha Violet (France), rep. Virginie Devesa The Summer of Flying Fish (El Verano de los Peces Voladores) by Marcela Said, France, Chile, 2013
Arri Worldsales (Germany), rep. Moritz Hemminger Exit Marrakech by Caroline Link, Germany, 2013 Home from Home (Die Andere Heimat) by Edgar Reitz, Germany, France, 2013
Athens Filmmakers' Co-Operative (Greece), rep. Venia Vergou Wild Duck by Yannis Sakaridis, Greece, 2013
Bac Films Distribution (France), rep. Clémentine Hugot The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (L'Entrange Couleur Ded Larmes De Ton Corps) by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 2013
Beta Cinema (Germany), rep. Tassilo Hallbauer Le Grand-Cahier by János Szász, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France, 2013
Blonde S. A. (Greece), rep. Fenia Cossovitsa Standing Aside, Watching (Na Kathese Kai Na Kitas) by Yorgos Servetas, Greece, 2013
Capricci Films (France), rep. Julien Rejl Story of My Death (Historia De La Meva Mort) by Albert Serra, Spain, France, 2013 The Battle of Tabato (A Batalha De Tabato) by João Viana, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, 2013
Celluloid Dreams (France), rep. Hengameh Panahi Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) by Daniele Luchetti, Italy, 2013
Cité Films (France), rep. Raphaël Berdugo Faith Connections (Faith Connections) by Pan Nalin, France, India, 2013
Doc & Film International (France), rep. Daniela Elstner, Alice Damiani Violette by Martin Provost, France, Belgium, 2013 South is Nothing (Il Sud E'Niente by Fabio Mollo, Italy, France, 2013
Dogwoof (United Kingdom), rep. Ana Vincente Inreallife by Beeban Kidron, UK, 2013
Ealing Metro International (United Kingdom), rep. Natalie Brenner, Will Machin Half of a Yellow Sun by Biyi Bandele, UK, 2013 The Stag by John Butler, Ireland, 2013
Embankment Films (United Kingdom), rep. Tim Haslam Le Week-End by Roger Michell, UK, 2013
Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (The Netherlands), rep. Maarten Swart The Dinner (Het Diner) by Menno Meyjes, The Netherlands, 2013
Fantasia Ltd (Greece), rep. Nicoletta Romeo The Daughter (I Kori) by Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece, Italy, 2013
Film Factory Entertainment (Spain), rep. Vicente Canales Cannibal (Canibal) by Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain, 2013 Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Zipi & Zape y el Club de la Canica) by Oskar Santos, Spain, 2013
Films Boutique (Germany), rep. Jean-Christophe Simon Walesa. Man of Hope (Walesa) by Andrzej Wajda, Poland, 2013
Films Distribution (France), rep. Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, François Yon Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo, France, 2013 Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) by Dyana Gaye, France, Senegal, 2013
Heretic (Greece), rep. Giorgos Karnavas The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeva) by Elina Psykou, Greece, 2013
Independent Film Sales (United Kingdom), rep. Karina Gechtman, Abigail Walsh The Sea by Stephen Brown, UK, Ireland, 2013 Starred Up by David Mackenzie, UK, 2013
Latido Films (Spain), rep. Miren Zamora Honeymoon (Libanky) by Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, 2013
LevelK (Denmark), rep. Tine Klint Sex, Drugs & Taxation (Spies Og Glistrup) by Christoffer Boe, Denmark, 2013
Linel Films (United Kingdom), rep. Aran Hughes To The Wolf (Sto Lyko) by Aran Hughes & Christina Koutsospyrou, Greece, UK, France, 2013
Minds Meet (Belgium), rep. Tomas Leyers I'm The Same I'm An Other by Caroline Strubbe, Belgium, The Netherlands, 2013
MK2 (France), rep. Victoire Thevenin Hotel (Hotell) by Lisa Langseth, Sweden, Denmark, 2012
Mpm Film (France), rep. Pierre Menahem For Those Who Can Tell No Tales by Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, 2013
Negativ s.r.o. (Czech Republic), rep. Zuzana Bielikova Miracle (Zazrak) by Juraj Lehotský, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2013
Pathé Distribution (France), rep. Muriel Sauzay The Finishers by Nils Tavernier, France, 2013 Quai d'Orsay by Bertrand Tavernier, France, 2013
Pausilypon Films (Greece), rep. Menelaos Karamaghiolis J.A.C.E. - Just Another Confused Elephant by Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Greece, Portugal, Macedonia, Turkey, 2012
Picture Tree International (Germany), rep. Andreas Rothbauer Mary Queen of Scots by Thomas Imbach, Switzerland, 2013 Metalhead (Malmhaus) by Ragnar Bragason, Iceland, Norway, 2013
PPProductions (Greece), rep. Thanassis Karathanos Septmeber by Penny Panayotopoulou, Greece, Germany, 2013
Pyramide International (France), rep. Agathe Mauruc Giraffada by Rani Massalha, France, Germany, Italy, 2013
Rezo (France), rep. Laurent Danielou, Sebastien Chesneau The Station (Blutgletscher) by Marvin Kren, Austria, 2013 Abuse of Weakness (Abus De Faibless) by Catherine Breillat, France, Belgium, Germany, 2013
The Match Factory (Germany), rep. Michael Weber, Thania Dimitrakopoulou The Police Officer's Wife (Die Frau Des Polizisten) by Philip Gröning, Germany, 2013 Qissa (Quissa) by Anup Singh, Germany, India, The Netherlands, France, 2013
The Yellow Affair (Sweden), rep. Miira Paasilinna Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydan) by Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2013
TrustNordisk (Denmark), rep. Susan Wendt, Nicolai Korsgaard Pioneer (Pioner) by Erik Skjoldbjaerg, Norway, 2013 We Are The Best (Vi Ar Bast!) by Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2013
Wide (France), rep. Loic Magneron Bobo by Ines Oliveira, Portugal, 2013
Wide House (France), rep. Garreau Geoffrey Ain't Misbehavin, A Marcel Ophuls Journey (Un Voyageur) by Marcel Ophuls, France, 2013
Wild Bunch (France), rep. Vicent Maraval, Gary Farkas Going Away (Un Beau Dimanche) by Nicole Garcia, France, 2013 A Promise (Une Promesse) by Patrice Leconte, France, Belgium, 2013...
- 9/7/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
I’m the same I’m an other – Caroline Strubbe
Section: Wavelengths
Dates: Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th, Friday 13th
Buzz: Belgium might be best known for their brewing hops skills, but with the likes of Felix van Groeningen, Bouli Lanners, Joachim Lafosse and Michaël R. Roskam, we could say that national cinema belongs to more than the Dardennes and Chantal Akermans. While she is only one film into her filmmaking career with the Cannes preemed Lost Persons Area (2009), with her sophomore pic Caroline Strubbe might be padding this nouveau Belgian film front. Utilizing the exact same players as in her debut film with Zoltán Miklós Hajdu being now joined by the teen actress Kimke Desart, I think we might be in for some aesthetically drab looking, tonally heavy turf with this road trip number.
The Gist: A man in his thirties is on the run with a young girl. As...
Section: Wavelengths
Dates: Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th, Friday 13th
Buzz: Belgium might be best known for their brewing hops skills, but with the likes of Felix van Groeningen, Bouli Lanners, Joachim Lafosse and Michaël R. Roskam, we could say that national cinema belongs to more than the Dardennes and Chantal Akermans. While she is only one film into her filmmaking career with the Cannes preemed Lost Persons Area (2009), with her sophomore pic Caroline Strubbe might be padding this nouveau Belgian film front. Utilizing the exact same players as in her debut film with Zoltán Miklós Hajdu being now joined by the teen actress Kimke Desart, I think we might be in for some aesthetically drab looking, tonally heavy turf with this road trip number.
The Gist: A man in his thirties is on the run with a young girl. As...
- 9/3/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival has released an incredible guest list of celebrated talent from around the globe. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres in Toronto include: Catherine Breillat, Nicole Garcia, Pawel Pawlikowski, Bertrand Tavernier, Steve McQueen, Godfrey Reggio, Denis Villeneuve, Bill Condon, Jean-Marc Vallée, John Wells, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Ayoade, Atom Egoyan, Matthew Weiner, John Carney, Jason Reitman, Jason Bateman, Yorgos Servetas, Liza Johnson, Megan Griffiths, Fernando Eimbcke, Alexey Uchitel, Johnny Ma, Biyi Bandele, Rashid Masharawi, Paul Haggis, Ron Howard, Eli Roth, Álex de la Iglesia, Bruce McDonald, Jennifer Baichwal, John Ridley, and Justin Chadwick.
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers and artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Ahmad Abdalla, Hany Abu-Assad, Yuval Adler, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Alexandre Aja, Bruce Alcock, Gianni Amelio, Thanos Anastopoulos, Madeline Anderson, Nimród Antal, Louise Archambault,...
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers and artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Ahmad Abdalla, Hany Abu-Assad, Yuval Adler, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Alexandre Aja, Bruce Alcock, Gianni Amelio, Thanos Anastopoulos, Madeline Anderson, Nimród Antal, Louise Archambault,...
- 8/21/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Programmer Andrea Picard can do no wrong. From the compiled short and medium film offerings (see listing below for huge sampling of renowned world auteurs) to the latest from Tsai Ming-liang, Ben Wheatley (Karlovy Vary winner A Field In England), Albert Serra (Locarno debuted Story Of My Death), Wang Bing and that Rotterdam offering that we never thought we’d have the chance to see from Cristi Puiu, the ’13 edition of the Wavelenths programme is for those who need a little spunk in their cinema.
Of the titles that additionally caught our attention we have the Locarno preemed A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, the world premiere of (see pic above) La ultíma película – by Raya Martin and Cinemascope/Locarno programmer Mark Peranson (making his feature debut), Into Great Silence docu-helmer Philip Gröning’s The Police Officer’s Wife and a title that...
Of the titles that additionally caught our attention we have the Locarno preemed A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, the world premiere of (see pic above) La ultíma película – by Raya Martin and Cinemascope/Locarno programmer Mark Peranson (making his feature debut), Into Great Silence docu-helmer Philip Gröning’s The Police Officer’s Wife and a title that...
- 8/13/2013
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
The titles just keep coming as we are now just over three weeks away from the start of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and they have gone and added 90 new feature length titles to the program and it's not as if they are titles you haven't heard of. New to the Galas selection is Guillaume Canet's Blood Ties which premiered at Cannes earlier this year (read my review here) and Words and Pictures starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche. In the Special Presentations selection you find the bulk of the more noted titles including Alex Gibney's new documentary The Armstrong Lie about cyclist Lance Armstrong, Johnnie To's Blind Detective which also premiered at Cannes, James Franco's Child of God based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, John Turturro's Fading Gigolo which features Woody Allen in one of the roles, Kevin Macdonald's How I Live Now...
- 8/13/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Rithy Panh’s Un Certain Regard winner takes its place alongside Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England and new films from Canada’s Stephen Broomer and Chris Kennedy in the Wavelengths section.
The selection of short, medium-length and feature work includes Caroline Strubbe’s I’m The Same, I’m An Other; Raya Martin and Mark Peranson’s La Ultima Pelicula; and Albert Serra’s Story Of My Death.
The Toronto International Film Festival is set to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
Short Film PROGRAMMESWavelengths 1: Variations On…Variations On A Cellophane Wrapper David Rimmer (Restoration courtesy of Academy Film Archive) (Canada)Pop Takes Luther Price (Us)Airship Kenneth Anger (Us)El Adios Largos Andrew Lampert (Mexico-us)The Realist Scott Stark (Us)Wavelengths 2: Now & ThenInstants Hannes Schüpbach (Switzerland)Pepper’s Ghost Stephen Broomer (Canada)Man In Motion, 2012 (Homme En Mouvement...
The selection of short, medium-length and feature work includes Caroline Strubbe’s I’m The Same, I’m An Other; Raya Martin and Mark Peranson’s La Ultima Pelicula; and Albert Serra’s Story Of My Death.
The Toronto International Film Festival is set to run from Sept 5-15.
Wp = World premiere
IP = International premiere
Np = North American premiere
Cp = Canadian premiere
Tp = Toronto premiere
Short Film PROGRAMMESWavelengths 1: Variations On…Variations On A Cellophane Wrapper David Rimmer (Restoration courtesy of Academy Film Archive) (Canada)Pop Takes Luther Price (Us)Airship Kenneth Anger (Us)El Adios Largos Andrew Lampert (Mexico-us)The Realist Scott Stark (Us)Wavelengths 2: Now & ThenInstants Hannes Schüpbach (Switzerland)Pepper’s Ghost Stephen Broomer (Canada)Man In Motion, 2012 (Homme En Mouvement...
- 8/13/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Caroline Strubbe's directorial debut Lost Persons Area, premiered at Cannes in 2009, won best screenplay, and made fans of all of us here at Quiet Earth (review) with its stunning cinematography and its "psychic dead zone". Now word comes from producer Tomas Leyers that the obsessive Tessa is back with Szabolics for a sequel. Using a few scenes from the ending of it's predecessor, Deep in A Dream of You picks up where Lpa left off. There's no word on a release date, but we're betting it will be at Cannes.
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- 12/26/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Critics' Week has already begun celebrating its 50th anniversary by posting 50 video interviews with directors and actors who've seen their work debut in this section at Cannes. We're celebrating, too. In association with the 4+1 Film Festival, Mubi is presenting a retrospective of some of the greatest films first seen in Critics' Week over the past half-century. And even though the first 1000 views of each of the films will be free to you, the viewer, the rights holders will carry on receiving their duly earned revenue.
The retrospective encompasses over 100 titles in all, but please do keep in mind that rights issues can get complicated and not every film can be available in every country. That said, here's a quick overview of just some of the highlights:
Over in the Garage, a La Semaine Blogathon is already on the roll, starting with Kj Farrington's entry on Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know,...
The retrospective encompasses over 100 titles in all, but please do keep in mind that rights issues can get complicated and not every film can be available in every country. That said, here's a quick overview of just some of the highlights:
Over in the Garage, a La Semaine Blogathon is already on the roll, starting with Kj Farrington's entry on Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know,...
- 5/14/2011
- MUBI
Before going into my Women Directors Tracking which I have vowed to continue until women reach a parity with men in the film business and Latino Directors groove, I want to thank Howard Feinstein for watching the most obscure films of Rotterdam to find the jewels! Scratching Below the Surface for Some Rotterdam Fest Gems - indieWIRE. Kudos! I wish I could have seen these!
Howard spotted this one: "A young woman named Rusudan Pirveli brought to the 'Bright Future' section Susa, another story of hard financial times. 'The Lost Generation' is represented here by the absent father of an adolescent boy, who, working for his mother, sells bootleg vodka in bottles. Sadly, he lives under the delusion that dad’s return would ease his and his mom’s hardship. Like Koguashvili, Pirveli eschews unnecessary authorial intervention: Both directors understand all too well that they are living amidst powerful,...
Howard spotted this one: "A young woman named Rusudan Pirveli brought to the 'Bright Future' section Susa, another story of hard financial times. 'The Lost Generation' is represented here by the absent father of an adolescent boy, who, working for his mother, sells bootleg vodka in bottles. Sadly, he lives under the delusion that dad’s return would ease his and his mom’s hardship. Like Koguashvili, Pirveli eschews unnecessary authorial intervention: Both directors understand all too well that they are living amidst powerful,...
- 2/10/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Year: 2009
Directors: Caroline Strubbe
Writers: Caroline Strubbe
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 8 out of 10
It’s not often you come across a movie that’s freaky, creepy and depressing all at the same time. Welcome to Lost Person’s Area (Lpa), a sort of psychic dead zone of seekers, escapers, narcissists and one very zany little kid.
The basic characters and a trailer of Lpa have been posted here on Qe, but I’ll sort of repeat it: Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wanders through the movie, looking for bits and pieces of anything to aid her semi-autistic, artistic attempts to have her parents notice her. Marcus, Tessa's father, is a man searching to find happiness in an unconventional way of living. The day-to-day way. He’s a grasshopper and never plans ahead. Bettina, Marcus' wife, is a self-centered sensualist who runs the worker’s kitchen and...
Directors: Caroline Strubbe
Writers: Caroline Strubbe
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 8 out of 10
It’s not often you come across a movie that’s freaky, creepy and depressing all at the same time. Welcome to Lost Person’s Area (Lpa), a sort of psychic dead zone of seekers, escapers, narcissists and one very zany little kid.
The basic characters and a trailer of Lpa have been posted here on Qe, but I’ll sort of repeat it: Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wanders through the movie, looking for bits and pieces of anything to aid her semi-autistic, artistic attempts to have her parents notice her. Marcus, Tessa's father, is a man searching to find happiness in an unconventional way of living. The day-to-day way. He’s a grasshopper and never plans ahead. Bettina, Marcus' wife, is a self-centered sensualist who runs the worker’s kitchen and...
- 1/8/2010
- QuietEarth.us
As I don't think many people payed attention to this the first time we posted it, especially since it was linked on facebook and not embedded, we're posting it again. From Belgium, which, while only 11,787 square miles in size, is producing some of the best film on the planet. For example: Dirty Mind, Linkeroever, Nowhere Man, Small Gods, and Somewhere Between Here and Now, just to name a few. Directed by feature length first timer Caroline Strubbe and shot by one of my personal favorite (and one of the best) cinematographers Nicolas Karakatsanis, I'm still dying to see this.
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for bits and pieces to occupy her mind. Marcus, Tessa’s father, a man searching to find happiness for his little family in an unconventional way of living. Bettina, a woman amongst men, figuring out which role to play as a mother and a wife.
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for bits and pieces to occupy her mind. Marcus, Tessa’s father, a man searching to find happiness for his little family in an unconventional way of living. Bettina, a woman amongst men, figuring out which role to play as a mother and a wife.
- 9/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
We previously reported on Caroline Strubbe's directorial debut, complete with georgeous stills, and to boot, one of my favorite cinematographers working today, Nicolas Karakatsanis (Left Bank, Small Gods) shot it. Reportedly a journalist even said Nicolas "outdid" himself on this one. We had a copy of the trailer before Cannes but weren't allowed to post, and now that it's on their Facebook account (only temporarily) I Highly recommend checking it out. This is a stunner.
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for bits and pieces to occupy her mind. Marcus, Tessa’s father, a man searching to find happiness for his little family in an unconventional way of living. Bettina, a woman amongst men, figuring out which role to play as a mother and a wife. And Szabolcs, a Hungarian engineer, looking for a better life and a family far away from home.
Watch the trailer here.
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for bits and pieces to occupy her mind. Marcus, Tessa’s father, a man searching to find happiness for his little family in an unconventional way of living. Bettina, a woman amongst men, figuring out which role to play as a mother and a wife. And Szabolcs, a Hungarian engineer, looking for a better life and a family far away from home.
Watch the trailer here.
- 7/8/2009
- QuietEarth.us
London -- European parliament members will take a break from political debate to choose the winner of the Lux prize, which will come from a list of 10 Eurozone films announced by organizers Friday.
The 10 movies will be whittled down to three before the 736 members of the Ep vote on the winner after the trio of titles are named and screen during the Venice Film Festival in September.
Among the 10 movies shortlisted to compete are Claire Denis' "35 Rhums," Hans-Christian Schmid's "Sturm" and Caroline Strubbe's "Lost Persons Area."
The final selected trio will be shown at the European Parliament from Nov. 2-20 before the Euro MP vote.
The award will be given at the European Parliament on Nov. 25 in Strasbourg.
The Lux Prize aims to spotlight the wealth and diversity that characterizes European cinema by selecting films which deal, in different ways, with European issues such as immigration and public freedom.
The 10 movies will be whittled down to three before the 736 members of the Ep vote on the winner after the trio of titles are named and screen during the Venice Film Festival in September.
Among the 10 movies shortlisted to compete are Claire Denis' "35 Rhums," Hans-Christian Schmid's "Sturm" and Caroline Strubbe's "Lost Persons Area."
The final selected trio will be shown at the European Parliament from Nov. 2-20 before the Euro MP vote.
The award will be given at the European Parliament on Nov. 25 in Strasbourg.
The Lux Prize aims to spotlight the wealth and diversity that characterizes European cinema by selecting films which deal, in different ways, with European issues such as immigration and public freedom.
- 6/12/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Official Competition
Jury president was French actress, deity, provocateur Isabelle Huppert
Palme D'or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke. Cannes loves him long time. And so does Isabelle Huppert, his La Pianiste leading lady. Sony Pictures Classics has Us distribution rights to this black and white costume drama about German village and school prior to World War I. It sounds like something of a departure for Haneke since his films are usually contemporary and often tightly focused on small casts. The extensive German voiceover will be rerecorded in English for that release.
Michael Haneke nabs the top prize
Grand Prix: Un Prophète by Jacques Audiard. Sony Pictures Classics also has this one -- winner and runner up prepping for release? Not bad, Spc, not bad.
Jury Prize: It was a tie between the family drama Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold and vampire drama Thirst from Oldboy director Park Chan-Wook
Special...
Jury president was French actress, deity, provocateur Isabelle Huppert
Palme D'or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke. Cannes loves him long time. And so does Isabelle Huppert, his La Pianiste leading lady. Sony Pictures Classics has Us distribution rights to this black and white costume drama about German village and school prior to World War I. It sounds like something of a departure for Haneke since his films are usually contemporary and often tightly focused on small casts. The extensive German voiceover will be rerecorded in English for that release.
Michael Haneke nabs the top prize
Grand Prix: Un Prophète by Jacques Audiard. Sony Pictures Classics also has this one -- winner and runner up prepping for release? Not bad, Spc, not bad.
Jury Prize: It was a tie between the family drama Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold and vampire drama Thirst from Oldboy director Park Chan-Wook
Special...
- 5/25/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Nassim Amaouche's "Goodbye Gary" and Caroline Strubbe's "Lost Person's Area" took top honors at the 48th Critics' Week at Cannes.
Journalists and critics vote for the awards right after the screenings and they give the Grand Prix award to "Goodbye Gary," a drama about a post-industrial town destroyed by the closure of its last factory.
The film will be released in France in July. The Gary in the title is an homage to icon Gary Cooper.
Here's the complete list of winners at the 48th Critics' Week:
Critics' Week Grand Prix
"Goodbye Gary," Nassim Amaouche (France)
Sacd Prize
"Lost Persons Area," "Caroline Strubbe (Belgium- Netherlands-Hungary)
Acid/Ccas Cash Prize
"Whisper With the Wind," "Shahram Alidi (Iraq)
Ofaj/TV5 Monde (Very) Young Critic Award
"Whisper With the Wind,"
Regards Jeunes Prize
"Whisper With the Wind"
Shorts Awards:
Canal Plus Grand Prix
"Seeds of the Fall," Patrick Eklund (Sweden)
Kodak Short Film Discovery Prize
"Logorama,...
Journalists and critics vote for the awards right after the screenings and they give the Grand Prix award to "Goodbye Gary," a drama about a post-industrial town destroyed by the closure of its last factory.
The film will be released in France in July. The Gary in the title is an homage to icon Gary Cooper.
Here's the complete list of winners at the 48th Critics' Week:
Critics' Week Grand Prix
"Goodbye Gary," Nassim Amaouche (France)
Sacd Prize
"Lost Persons Area," "Caroline Strubbe (Belgium- Netherlands-Hungary)
Acid/Ccas Cash Prize
"Whisper With the Wind," "Shahram Alidi (Iraq)
Ofaj/TV5 Monde (Very) Young Critic Award
"Whisper With the Wind,"
Regards Jeunes Prize
"Whisper With the Wind"
Shorts Awards:
Canal Plus Grand Prix
"Seeds of the Fall," Patrick Eklund (Sweden)
Kodak Short Film Discovery Prize
"Logorama,...
- 5/24/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Direct from Cineuropa:
It’s an impressive feat for Franco-German TV network Arte, which backed 16 features selected in the different sections of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24).
In the Official Selection, Arte is represented by nine features, including two co-productions by Arte France Cinéma in competition: Danish director Lars von Trier’s Antichrist [trailer] (also supported by Arte/Zdf) and Taiwanese filmmaker Tsaï Ming-Liang’s Face.
The Un Certain Regard section includes three films backed by Arte France Cinéma (Father of My Children by France’s Mia Hansen-Love, Irène by fellow French director Alain Cavalier and Independencia by Philippine filmmaker Raya Martin) and two by Arte/Zdf (Eyes Wide Open by Israel’s Haim Tabakman and The Wind Journeys by Colombia’s Ciro Guerra).
In the Official Selection, there will be Special Screenings of Chinese director Zhao Liang’s Petition (co-produced by Arte France) and Israeli filmmaker Keren Yedaya...
It’s an impressive feat for Franco-German TV network Arte, which backed 16 features selected in the different sections of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24).
In the Official Selection, Arte is represented by nine features, including two co-productions by Arte France Cinéma in competition: Danish director Lars von Trier’s Antichrist [trailer] (also supported by Arte/Zdf) and Taiwanese filmmaker Tsaï Ming-Liang’s Face.
The Un Certain Regard section includes three films backed by Arte France Cinéma (Father of My Children by France’s Mia Hansen-Love, Irène by fellow French director Alain Cavalier and Independencia by Philippine filmmaker Raya Martin) and two by Arte/Zdf (Eyes Wide Open by Israel’s Haim Tabakman and The Wind Journeys by Colombia’s Ciro Guerra).
In the Official Selection, there will be Special Screenings of Chinese director Zhao Liang’s Petition (co-produced by Arte France) and Israeli filmmaker Keren Yedaya...
- 5/3/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
Direct from German Film
Germany seems to already be the winner for having the most coproductions represented in the Cannes Film Festival and its sidebars.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux has announced this year's selection for the Official Program. The Berlin production company X-Filme Creative Pool is pleased about the invitation to the Competition for The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) by the Munich-born director Michael Haneke (a German-Austrian-French-Italian coproduction). The film tells the story of a school and church choir led by the local teacher in a village in Germany's Protestant North on the eve of the First World War. Strange accidents occur and increasingly assume the character of ritual punishments.
Zehnte Babelsberg Film, a division of Studio Babelsberg Ag, is the German producer of the competition entry from Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds (a Us-German coproduction). The film combines the story of the young Shosanna, whose family are...
Germany seems to already be the winner for having the most coproductions represented in the Cannes Film Festival and its sidebars.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux has announced this year's selection for the Official Program. The Berlin production company X-Filme Creative Pool is pleased about the invitation to the Competition for The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) by the Munich-born director Michael Haneke (a German-Austrian-French-Italian coproduction). The film tells the story of a school and church choir led by the local teacher in a village in Germany's Protestant North on the eve of the First World War. Strange accidents occur and increasingly assume the character of ritual punishments.
Zehnte Babelsberg Film, a division of Studio Babelsberg Ag, is the German producer of the competition entry from Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds (a Us-German coproduction). The film combines the story of the young Shosanna, whose family are...
- 5/3/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
Paris -- First-time directors will be center stage at this year's 48th annual International Critics Week, where eight of nine announced competition titles will be up for the Camera d'Or.
As previously announced, first-time filmmaker Mathias Gokalp's "Rien de Personnel" (Nothing Personal) will open the Festival de Cannes sidebar. And fellow French filmmaker Nassim Amaouche will screen his dark drama "Adieu Gary," which stars actor-director Jean-Pierre Bacri alongside Dominique Reymond, Yasmine Belmadi, Sabrina Ouazani and Mahmed Arezki.
"It's been an extraordinary year for French cinema. We couldn't have done it any other way," Critics Week artistic director Jean-Christophe Berjon said. "This is the first time there have been so many great French titles to choose from for as long as I've been doing this. It's just great!"
Vladimir Perisic will present his directorial debut, "The Ordinary People," a Franco-Serbian co-production about how ordinary men can turn into monsters.
"What's...
As previously announced, first-time filmmaker Mathias Gokalp's "Rien de Personnel" (Nothing Personal) will open the Festival de Cannes sidebar. And fellow French filmmaker Nassim Amaouche will screen his dark drama "Adieu Gary," which stars actor-director Jean-Pierre Bacri alongside Dominique Reymond, Yasmine Belmadi, Sabrina Ouazani and Mahmed Arezki.
"It's been an extraordinary year for French cinema. We couldn't have done it any other way," Critics Week artistic director Jean-Christophe Berjon said. "This is the first time there have been so many great French titles to choose from for as long as I've been doing this. It's just great!"
Vladimir Perisic will present his directorial debut, "The Ordinary People," a Franco-Serbian co-production about how ordinary men can turn into monsters.
"What's...
- 4/25/2009
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first feature from writer/director Caroline Strubbe, Lost Persons Area is another in the growing cadre of incredible looking film coming out of Belgium. Maybe there's something in the water because they're one country to watch for serious talent like one of my favorite cinematographers Nicolas Karakatsanis (who also did Linkeroever and Small Gods) who could seriously give the likes of Nuri Bilge Ceylan and crew a run for their money. Nicolas shot this film and reportedly one journalist said "he outdid himself on this one", but back to the story. I've just watched the unfinished trailer (sorry folks, can't share) and yes, it is stunning and poignant, the story a seeming search for meaning against the backdrop of metaphorical emptiness of electrical pylons. We're expecting a full trailer in a couple of days so check back!
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for...
Tessa, a nine-year-old girl, wandering the field with endless pylons, looking for...
- 4/24/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Wow.. quite a few more we've been clocking. This post will be updated later.
List after the break.
Competition
"Huacho"
Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Chile
"The Ordinary People"
Vladimir Perisic, Serbia/France
"Lost Persons Area"
Caroline Strubbe, Belgium
"Adieu Gary"
Nassim Amaouche, France
"Whisper with the Wind"
Shahram Alidi, Iraq
"Altiplano"
Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, Belgium/Germany/Netherlands
"Bad Day to Go Fishing"
Alvaro Brechner, Urugua/Spain
Special screenings
"Rien de Personnel" (opening film)
Mathias Gokalp, France
"Hierro"
Gabe Ibanez, Spain
"1989" (closing film)
Camilo Matiz, Colombia
"La Baie du Renard"
Gregoire Colin, France...
List after the break.
Competition
"Huacho"
Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Chile
"The Ordinary People"
Vladimir Perisic, Serbia/France
"Lost Persons Area"
Caroline Strubbe, Belgium
"Adieu Gary"
Nassim Amaouche, France
"Whisper with the Wind"
Shahram Alidi, Iraq
"Altiplano"
Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, Belgium/Germany/Netherlands
"Bad Day to Go Fishing"
Alvaro Brechner, Urugua/Spain
Special screenings
"Rien de Personnel" (opening film)
Mathias Gokalp, France
"Hierro"
Gabe Ibanez, Spain
"1989" (closing film)
Camilo Matiz, Colombia
"La Baie du Renard"
Gregoire Colin, France...
- 4/24/2009
- QuietEarth.us
- The section devoted to 1st and 2nd films is mostly going with newbies this year. With the exception of Altiplano starring (Olivier Gourmet) from director pairing of Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Khadak), in my opinion, the complete sidebar will be a like throwing a dart aimlessly and hoping to land on something worth your while. In the past couple of years they had Junebug, Me and you and everyone we know, Look Both Ways, Xxy, and my favorite film of the section in 2008 was Aida Begic's Snijep (Snow). This year they have stripped the section down, by perhaps five films less and there are no signs of the Fipresci "revelation of the year" pick - a one slot for a film the organization thinks deserves a second chance. This year, like previousyears they have films from a little bit everywhere - but this year they focused mostly
- 4/23/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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