Disney+ will move forward on two new French series, tackling questions of euthanasia with “Lambert v. Lambert,” and intimacy in the social media age with the literary thriller “Les enfants sont rois.”
Adapted from a recent page-turner by “Based on a True Story” author Delphine de Vigan, “Les enfants sont rois” (“The Children Are Kings”) follows a reality-tv has-been turned mommy vlogger who fills her social media feeds with daily updates about her two precocious children. When her older daughter disappears and is thought kidnapped, the bereft momfluencer faces a police investigation that calls into question the very existence of child.
Described in one review as a mix of “Madame Bovary” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four” that plays as a “thriller, essay and court drama,” the caustic novel spans three decades, beginning with the rise of reality TV in 2001 and ending with an epigraph attributed to Stephen King: “We had a...
Adapted from a recent page-turner by “Based on a True Story” author Delphine de Vigan, “Les enfants sont rois” (“The Children Are Kings”) follows a reality-tv has-been turned mommy vlogger who fills her social media feeds with daily updates about her two precocious children. When her older daughter disappears and is thought kidnapped, the bereft momfluencer faces a police investigation that calls into question the very existence of child.
Described in one review as a mix of “Madame Bovary” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four” that plays as a “thriller, essay and court drama,” the caustic novel spans three decades, beginning with the rise of reality TV in 2001 and ending with an epigraph attributed to Stephen King: “We had a...
- 3/22/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
As Covid-19 looks set to roil far into 2021, Studiocanal, one of Europe’s biggest film-tv powerhouses, is ramping up what it sees as its own antidote to troubled times: A sales slate arsenal of feel-good, light series answering a market need for escapist fare.
Drawing ever more from its network of Studiocanal-owned companies around Europe, in December Studiocanal confirmed sales rights to romantic drama “Two Lives,” from Spain’s Rtve and Bambu Producciones. In January, ITV premieres “Finding Alice,” a second chance in life dramedy starring “Bodyguard’s” Keeley Hawes, from the U.K.’s Red Production Company.
Next week, on Jan. 11, French pay TV giant Canal Plus premieres one of its most anticipated Creations Originales of the year, retro French mystery dramedy “UFOs,” produced by François Ivernel at Paris-based Montebello Productions.
“There’s a clear demand for escapism in drama due to the current circumstances,” said Beatriz Campos, Studiocanal senior VP,...
Drawing ever more from its network of Studiocanal-owned companies around Europe, in December Studiocanal confirmed sales rights to romantic drama “Two Lives,” from Spain’s Rtve and Bambu Producciones. In January, ITV premieres “Finding Alice,” a second chance in life dramedy starring “Bodyguard’s” Keeley Hawes, from the U.K.’s Red Production Company.
Next week, on Jan. 11, French pay TV giant Canal Plus premieres one of its most anticipated Creations Originales of the year, retro French mystery dramedy “UFOs,” produced by François Ivernel at Paris-based Montebello Productions.
“There’s a clear demand for escapism in drama due to the current circumstances,” said Beatriz Campos, Studiocanal senior VP,...
- 1/8/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Clément Cogitore’s “Braguino,” Meryem Benm’Barek’s (pictured) “Sofia” and Marie Losier’s “Cassandro the Exotico!” are among the 12 recent French movies which will play as part of the Young French Cinema Program organized by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. and UniFrance.
“Braguino” is a documentary feature about two feuding families living isolated in the middle of the Siberian taiga. Cogitore’s last feature film “Neither Heaven Nor Earth” opened at Cannes’s Critics Week in 2015.
Set in Casablanca, “Sofia” follows a young woman who has 24 hours to provide the identification papers of her child’s father before the authorities are alerted that she broke the law by having a child out of wedlock. The film world premiered at Cannes’s Un Certain Regard and won best screenplay.
“Cassandro the Exotico!” follows the leader of a group of gender-bending, cross-dressing wrestlers known...
“Braguino” is a documentary feature about two feuding families living isolated in the middle of the Siberian taiga. Cogitore’s last feature film “Neither Heaven Nor Earth” opened at Cannes’s Critics Week in 2015.
Set in Casablanca, “Sofia” follows a young woman who has 24 hours to provide the identification papers of her child’s father before the authorities are alerted that she broke the law by having a child out of wedlock. The film world premiered at Cannes’s Un Certain Regard and won best screenplay.
“Cassandro the Exotico!” follows the leader of a group of gender-bending, cross-dressing wrestlers known...
- 12/19/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
On Friday, the Moscow International Film Festival (Miff), running April 19-26, unveiled its 15-movie official selection at a press conference in the Russian capital.
The list of competitors for the fest's main award, the Golden St. George, includes Bloody Richard by Italian director Roberta Torre; Soldier's Mementos by South Korea's Kim Jae-han; the French-Belgian film Gaspard at the Wedding, directed by Antony Cordier; The 12th Man by Norway's Harald Zwart; the Latvian-Lithuanian-Polish film Foam at the Mouth, directed by Janis Nords; Night God by Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Yerzhanov; Fortitude by Uzbek director Rashid Malikov; Sergio Trefaut's Rage, co-produced by Portugal,...
The list of competitors for the fest's main award, the Golden St. George, includes Bloody Richard by Italian director Roberta Torre; Soldier's Mementos by South Korea's Kim Jae-han; the French-Belgian film Gaspard at the Wedding, directed by Antony Cordier; The 12th Man by Norway's Harald Zwart; the Latvian-Lithuanian-Polish film Foam at the Mouth, directed by Janis Nords; Night God by Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Yerzhanov; Fortitude by Uzbek director Rashid Malikov; Sergio Trefaut's Rage, co-produced by Portugal,...
- 3/30/2018
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Friday, the Moscow International Film Festival (Miff), running April 19-26, unveiled its 15-movie official selection at a press conference in the <a href="https://edit.hollywoodreporter.com/news/east-west-golden-arch-award-established-russia-eurasian-movies-1097992" target="_blank">Russian</a> capital.
The list of competitors for the fest's main award, the Golden St. George, includes <em>Bloody Richard</em> by Italian director Roberta Torre; <em>Soldier's Mementos</em> by South Korea's Kim Jae-han; the French-Belgian film <em>Gaspard at the Wedding</em>, directed by Antony Cordier; <em>The 12th Man</em> by Norway's Harald Zwart; the Latvian-Lithuanian-Polish film <em>Foam at the Mouth</em>, directed by Janis Nords; <em>Night God</em> by Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Yerzhanov; <em>Fortitude</em> by Uzbek director Rashid Malikov; Sergio Trefaut's <em>Rage</em>, co-produced by Portugal, France and Brazil; <em>Stray</em> by ...
The list of competitors for the fest's main award, the Golden St. George, includes <em>Bloody Richard</em> by Italian director Roberta Torre; <em>Soldier's Mementos</em> by South Korea's Kim Jae-han; the French-Belgian film <em>Gaspard at the Wedding</em>, directed by Antony Cordier; <em>The 12th Man</em> by Norway's Harald Zwart; the Latvian-Lithuanian-Polish film <em>Foam at the Mouth</em>, directed by Janis Nords; <em>Night God</em> by Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Yerzhanov; <em>Fortitude</em> by Uzbek director Rashid Malikov; Sergio Trefaut's <em>Rage</em>, co-produced by Portugal, France and Brazil; <em>Stray</em> by ...
- 3/30/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Just a few notches above porn you’ll find Antony Cordier’s second feature, Four Lovers, an erotic French indie that premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2011, and details the sexual escapades of a pair of swapping married couples while never truly exposing any of their actual character. Instead of delving into the psychology behind open marriages, the history of how their relationships led to this dynamic, or the emotional turmoil that such events usual conjure, Cordier and writing partner Julie Peyr would rather linger on the naked sculpted bodies of its beautiful four leads without any real intention. Other than a few steamy scenes and a handful of intriguing character details, there is little holding this vacuous entanglement in one watchable piece.
The film begins with Rachel (Marina Foïs), a reticent boutique jeweler, being sweet talked by Vincent (Nicolas Duvauchelle), a tattooed web designer who was called in to work on her site,...
The film begins with Rachel (Marina Foïs), a reticent boutique jeweler, being sweet talked by Vincent (Nicolas Duvauchelle), a tattooed web designer who was called in to work on her site,...
- 6/19/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Certainly the most sexually explicit of the Golden Lion contenders that I saw at Venice 2010, Antony Cordier's relationship comedy-drama, Happy Few, attracted more critical brickbats than pats on the back. I perhaps dug it more than many, flaws and all, and so was therefore pleased as punch to be given opportunity to sit down with the director during the festival to discuss his movie.
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- 9/16/2010
- by PaulMartin
- indiemoviesonline
Happy Few, the second feature by French director Antony Cordier, is another movie that In Competition for The Golden Lion at this year’s Venice International Film Festival.
The movie explores the motivating forces behind an adult love affair in which two couples meet and fall in love, lose sight of each other in the confusion and end up pulling through.
Happy Few is a movie that poses the old chestnut about whether or not it’s possible to love two people at once.
It follows “…two couples who meet, hit it off and soon they swap partners in an ongoing spouse-sharing arrangement – without establishing any ground rules.
What starts off as a lot of fun, inevitably leads to jealousy, insecurity and heartbreak. They try to move forward together, without rules and without lies. But very quickly, their lives are full of confusion. And they will do whatever it takes to escape.
The movie explores the motivating forces behind an adult love affair in which two couples meet and fall in love, lose sight of each other in the confusion and end up pulling through.
Happy Few is a movie that poses the old chestnut about whether or not it’s possible to love two people at once.
It follows “…two couples who meet, hit it off and soon they swap partners in an ongoing spouse-sharing arrangement – without establishing any ground rules.
What starts off as a lot of fun, inevitably leads to jealousy, insecurity and heartbreak. They try to move forward together, without rules and without lies. But very quickly, their lives are full of confusion. And they will do whatever it takes to escape.
- 9/10/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
The full line up for the 54th BFI London Film Festival was announced in the Odeon, Leicester Square this morning, with a number of highly anticipated films set to light up the capital this October.
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
- 9/8/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
How the mighty have fallen. Catherine Breillat, the French director so auteur that she is even a professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, premiered her new film The Sleeping Beauty at the Venice film festival last week. Showing a film at Venice means having to hold a press conference in a room with 392 seats. For directors such as Sofia Coppola, Darren Aronofsky and Antony Cordier, the room has been more or less full. For Breillat, there were 370 empty seats.
But this was, in truth, no more embarrassing than her film, which follows a precocious six-year-old princess through a montage of fairy stories. There are topless fairies, creepy dwarves, albino children and a boil-covered hairy giant. This might make it sound interesting – but alas, it isn't. It's tedious, self-indulgent nonsense.
This from the director who once made such waves, and courted so much controversy, with her...
But this was, in truth, no more embarrassing than her film, which follows a precocious six-year-old princess through a montage of fairy stories. There are topless fairies, creepy dwarves, albino children and a boil-covered hairy giant. This might make it sound interesting – but alas, it isn't. It's tedious, self-indulgent nonsense.
This from the director who once made such waves, and courted so much controversy, with her...
- 9/7/2010
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Venice -- Politics reared its head on the opening days of the Venice Film Festival, with a buzz surrounding Thursday's in-competition screening of Julian Schabel's "Miral," which examines the Palestinian conflict through the eyes of a girl raised in an orphanage, and the news that Iranian director Jafar Panahi was denied the right to exit his country for the screening of his short film "The Accordion."
Earlier, on Wednesday, Italian politicals played a cameo role when the Secretary to the Italian government's Council of Ministers, Gianni Letta, was reportedly booed loudly by the crowd as he entered the opening ceremony of the 67th edition of the festival. Letta is a key figure in the ruling government coalition in Italy currently embroiled in controversy.
Letta later presented a special medal to Italian composer Armando Trovajoli, who turned 93 Thursday. That move was greeted with applause.
Panahi, who was jailed in Iran earlier...
Earlier, on Wednesday, Italian politicals played a cameo role when the Secretary to the Italian government's Council of Ministers, Gianni Letta, was reportedly booed loudly by the crowd as he entered the opening ceremony of the 67th edition of the festival. Letta is a key figure in the ruling government coalition in Italy currently embroiled in controversy.
Letta later presented a special medal to Italian composer Armando Trovajoli, who turned 93 Thursday. That move was greeted with applause.
Panahi, who was jailed in Iran earlier...
- 9/2/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HollywoodNews.com: Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is making a play for one of the newer trophies at the 67th Venice Film Festival, the Queer Lion.
The Queer Lion is an award which is bestowed upon a film in the Venice competition, out of competition or sidebar slots that deals with a homosexual theme or interest. A three-member jury chooses the winner and this year there are a total of seven films contending. The prize will be handed out on Sept. 10 followed by an open party.
According to the Hollywood Reporter:
In addition to “Black Swan,” Venice’s opening film this year, candidates for the prize are love triangle story “Drei” from Tom Tykwer; Francois Ozon’s camp drama “Potiche”; Antony Cordier’s “Happy Few”; “En el Futuro” from Mauro Andrizzi; Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini’s “Et in Terra Pax”; and Daniele Segre’s “Lisetta Carmi, un’animo in Cammino,...
The Queer Lion is an award which is bestowed upon a film in the Venice competition, out of competition or sidebar slots that deals with a homosexual theme or interest. A three-member jury chooses the winner and this year there are a total of seven films contending. The prize will be handed out on Sept. 10 followed by an open party.
According to the Hollywood Reporter:
In addition to “Black Swan,” Venice’s opening film this year, candidates for the prize are love triangle story “Drei” from Tom Tykwer; Francois Ozon’s camp drama “Potiche”; Antony Cordier’s “Happy Few”; “En el Futuro” from Mauro Andrizzi; Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini’s “Et in Terra Pax”; and Daniele Segre’s “Lisetta Carmi, un’animo in Cammino,...
- 8/24/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Darren Aronofsky's highly touted thriller "Black Swan" will be among the seven films vying for this year's Queer Lion collateral prize at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
This is the fourth year that the Venice festival will host the Queer Lion competition, which selects a winner from among the films in the main Venice competition lineup, or in any of the main sidebars, or out of competition that deal with "homosexual themes or queer interests." A three-member jury will select the winner.
In addition to "Black Swan," Venice's opening film this year, candidates for the prize are love triangle story "Drei" from Tom Tykwer; Francois Ozon's camp drama "Potiche"; Antony Cordier's "Happy Few"; "En el Futuro" from Mauro Andrizzi; Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini's "Et in Terra Pax"; and Daniele Segre's "Lisetta Carmi, un'animo in Cammino," which explores the world of transvestites in Genoa.
The prize will be announced Sept.
This is the fourth year that the Venice festival will host the Queer Lion competition, which selects a winner from among the films in the main Venice competition lineup, or in any of the main sidebars, or out of competition that deal with "homosexual themes or queer interests." A three-member jury will select the winner.
In addition to "Black Swan," Venice's opening film this year, candidates for the prize are love triangle story "Drei" from Tom Tykwer; Francois Ozon's camp drama "Potiche"; Antony Cordier's "Happy Few"; "En el Futuro" from Mauro Andrizzi; Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini's "Et in Terra Pax"; and Daniele Segre's "Lisetta Carmi, un'animo in Cammino," which explores the world of transvestites in Genoa.
The prize will be announced Sept.
- 8/23/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Above: Antony Cordier’s Happy Few.
David has been doing an excellent job rounding up information on the films that will premiere at the 67th Venice Film Festival (see here,here, here, and here). Here is a more personal preview of some of the titles that will be showcased during the festival that’ll open September 1 with Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan.
The fine line between the Competition and Out of Competition selections seems especially blurred this year, with a host of U.S. and Italian titles making a strong showing in both sections, and with more than a few titles considered possibilities for either before the line-up was announced.
In one instance, however, the line between Competition and Out of Competition became painfully clear. A lot was made in the Italian press of the surprise inclusion, in competition, of Ascanio Celestini's La pecora nera (“Black Sheep”), a fiction-documentary...
David has been doing an excellent job rounding up information on the films that will premiere at the 67th Venice Film Festival (see here,here, here, and here). Here is a more personal preview of some of the titles that will be showcased during the festival that’ll open September 1 with Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan.
The fine line between the Competition and Out of Competition selections seems especially blurred this year, with a host of U.S. and Italian titles making a strong showing in both sections, and with more than a few titles considered possibilities for either before the line-up was announced.
In one instance, however, the line between Competition and Out of Competition became painfully clear. A lot was made in the Italian press of the surprise inclusion, in competition, of Ascanio Celestini's La pecora nera (“Black Sheep”), a fiction-documentary...
- 8/18/2010
- MUBI
Are you guys ready for the oldest film festival in the world? Yeah, sure you are! Who’s crazy enough to miss all that glamour, great movies, and well-known faces? Guess nobody!
This year’s Venice Film Festival runs from September 1- 11th and some great titles will compete for Leone d’Oro, or if you prefer Golden Lion, indeed!
Just in case you don’t trust us, check out a list of all the films playing in competition:
In Competition
Black Swan, Opening Night Film (dir. Darren Aronofsky – U.S.) Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
La Pecora Nera, (dir. Ascanio Celestini – Italy) Ascanio Celestini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Maya Sansa
Somewhere, (dir. Sofia Coppola – U.S.) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Monaghan, Laura Chiatti, Simona Ventura
Happy Few, (dir. Antony Cordier – France) Marina Fois, Elodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Nicolas Duvauchelle
The Solitude of Prime Numbers,...
This year’s Venice Film Festival runs from September 1- 11th and some great titles will compete for Leone d’Oro, or if you prefer Golden Lion, indeed!
Just in case you don’t trust us, check out a list of all the films playing in competition:
In Competition
Black Swan, Opening Night Film (dir. Darren Aronofsky – U.S.) Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
La Pecora Nera, (dir. Ascanio Celestini – Italy) Ascanio Celestini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Maya Sansa
Somewhere, (dir. Sofia Coppola – U.S.) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Monaghan, Laura Chiatti, Simona Ventura
Happy Few, (dir. Antony Cordier – France) Marina Fois, Elodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Nicolas Duvauchelle
The Solitude of Prime Numbers,...
- 7/30/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
The full lineup for this year's Venice film festival has been announced – but there's a no show for the new Terrence Malick
The full programme for this year's Venice film festival has been announced and, as predicted, many film-makers whose films weren't quite ready for Cannes will debut on the Lido. Somewhere, a Hollywood-set drama from Sofia Coppola, is amongst the premieres, likewise Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny sequel, Promises Written in Water, apparently a black-and-white tale of a girl with a terminal illness.
Julian Schnabel's Miral, which follows Hind Husseini's efforts to set up an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine, also finds a home. However, Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, which many had predicted would screen at the festival, is not on the list; nor that for the Toronto film festival, which directly follows Venice.
Other hotly tipped titles include Meek's Cutoff, Kelly Reichardt...
The full programme for this year's Venice film festival has been announced and, as predicted, many film-makers whose films weren't quite ready for Cannes will debut on the Lido. Somewhere, a Hollywood-set drama from Sofia Coppola, is amongst the premieres, likewise Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny sequel, Promises Written in Water, apparently a black-and-white tale of a girl with a terminal illness.
Julian Schnabel's Miral, which follows Hind Husseini's efforts to set up an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine, also finds a home. However, Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, which many had predicted would screen at the festival, is not on the list; nor that for the Toronto film festival, which directly follows Venice.
Other hotly tipped titles include Meek's Cutoff, Kelly Reichardt...
- 7/30/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Competition: Opening Film: Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky (U.S.) La pecora nera, Ascanio Celestini (Italy)Somewhere, Sofia Coppola (U.S.)Happy Few, Antony Cordier (France)The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Saverio Costanzo (Italy-Germany-France)Silent Souls, Aleksei Fedorchenko (Russia)Promises Written in Water, Vincent Gallo (U.S.)Road to Nowhere, Monte Hellman (U.S.)A Sad Trumpet Ballad, Alex de la Iglesia (Spain-France)Black Venus, Abdellatif Kechiche (France)Post Mortem, Pablo Larrain (Chile-Mexico-Germany)Barney's Version, Richard J. Lewis (Canada-Italy)We Believed, Mario Martone (Italy-France)La passione, Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)13 Assassins, Takashi Miike (Japan)Potiche, Francois Ozon (France)Meek's Cutoff, Kelly Reichardt (U.S.)Miral, Julian Schnabel (U.S.-France-Italy-Israel)Norwegian Wood, Tran Anh Hung (Japan)Attenberg, Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece)Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame, ...
- 7/30/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
And the film I'm most looking forward to seeing (like I'm going to be there) is Vincent Gallo's Promises Written in Water. Someone send me a screener, asap! What else?
Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky.
Somewhere by Sofia Coppola.
13 Assassins by Takashi Miike.
Full list after the break.
In Competition
"Black Swan," Darren Aronofsky, U.S. (Opening Film)
"La Pecora Nera," Ascanio Celestini, Italy
"Somewhere," Sofia Coppola, U.S.
"Happy Few," Antony Cordier, France
"The Solitude of Prime Numbers," Saverio Costanzo, Italy, Germany, France
"Silent Souls," Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russia
"Promises Written in Water," Vincent Gallo, U.S.
"Road To Nowhere," Monte Hellman, U.S.
"Balada Triste de Trompeta," Alex de la Iglesia, Spain, France
"Venus Noir," Abdellatif Kechiche, France
"Post Mortem," Pablo Larrain, Chile, Mexico, Germany
"Barney's Version," Richard J. Lewis, Canada, Italy
"We Believed," Mario Martone, Italy, France
"La Passione," Carlo Mazzacurati, Italy
"13 Assassins," Takashi Miike, Japan, U.
Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky.
Somewhere by Sofia Coppola.
13 Assassins by Takashi Miike.
Full list after the break.
In Competition
"Black Swan," Darren Aronofsky, U.S. (Opening Film)
"La Pecora Nera," Ascanio Celestini, Italy
"Somewhere," Sofia Coppola, U.S.
"Happy Few," Antony Cordier, France
"The Solitude of Prime Numbers," Saverio Costanzo, Italy, Germany, France
"Silent Souls," Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russia
"Promises Written in Water," Vincent Gallo, U.S.
"Road To Nowhere," Monte Hellman, U.S.
"Balada Triste de Trompeta," Alex de la Iglesia, Spain, France
"Venus Noir," Abdellatif Kechiche, France
"Post Mortem," Pablo Larrain, Chile, Mexico, Germany
"Barney's Version," Richard J. Lewis, Canada, Italy
"We Believed," Mario Martone, Italy, France
"La Passione," Carlo Mazzacurati, Italy
"13 Assassins," Takashi Miike, Japan, U.
- 7/29/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Yesterday the official line-up for Toronto Film Festival was unveiled and, today Venice Film Festival have revealed the twenty-two films that will be vying for the Golden Lion award at this year’s 67th ceremony. The festival, which will run from September 1 – 11, will open with Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller, Black Swan, and close with Julie Taymor adaptation of Shakespeare’s acclaimed play, The Tempest.
Competing for the Golden Lion this year are:
Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola Meek’s Cutoff, directed by Kelly Reichardt Three, directed by Tom Tykwer 13 Assassins, directed by Takashi Miike Happy Few, directed by Antony Cordier Barney’s Version, directed by Richard J. Lewis Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky Promises Written in Water, directed by Vincent Gallo Black Venus, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche Noi Credevamo, directed by Mario Martone La Pecora Nera, directed by Ascanio Celestini Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame,...
Competing for the Golden Lion this year are:
Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola Meek’s Cutoff, directed by Kelly Reichardt Three, directed by Tom Tykwer 13 Assassins, directed by Takashi Miike Happy Few, directed by Antony Cordier Barney’s Version, directed by Richard J. Lewis Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky Promises Written in Water, directed by Vincent Gallo Black Venus, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche Noi Credevamo, directed by Mario Martone La Pecora Nera, directed by Ascanio Celestini Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame,...
- 7/29/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of... festival season. Two days ago Toronto announced a big chunk of its line-up, and now the Venice Film Festival has unveiled its own. Joining Darren Aronofsky ballerina drama "Black Swan," announced earlier as the opening night film, are Sofia Coppola's Hollywood saga "Somewhere" (trailer); Takashi Miike's samurai tale "13 Assassins" (trailer); "Meek's Cutoff," Kelly Reichardt's new film, once again starring Michelle Williams; Vincent Gallo's long-awaited follow-up to "The Brown Bunny" "Promises Made In Water," reportedly a 16-millimeter black-and-white tale of a girl with a terminal illness; "Road to Nowhere," a thriller from Monte Hellman (!); and "Three," the latest from "Run, Lola, Run"'s Tom Tykwer, about how the two halves of a middle-aged couple fall in love with the same man.
Out of competition, the Affleck brothers will screen Ben's "The Town" and Casey's Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary,...
Out of competition, the Affleck brothers will screen Ben's "The Town" and Casey's Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary,...
- 7/29/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
This morning the Venice Film Festival announced the line-up for their 2010 Festival which will run from September 1-11, and a lot of hot titles and directors are set to be on hand including the already announced festival opener Black Swan from Darren Aronofsky and closer, The Tempest from Julie Taymor. In competition, Aronofsky's feature is joined by titles from Sofia Coppola, Vincent Gallo, Julian Schnabel, Francois Ozon, Abdellatif Kechiche, Takashi Miike and Tom Tykwer. Also, making a midnight Lido appearance will be Robert Rodriguez with his grindhouse thriller Machete. One other notable title is the inclusion of the Casey Affleck-directed Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary I'm Still Here, which will be screening out of competition.
Unfortunately I won't be able to cover this one, but one of these years I would like to find a way to pull a triple play and cover Cannes, Venice and Toronto in the same year...
Unfortunately I won't be able to cover this one, but one of these years I would like to find a way to pull a triple play and cover Cannes, Venice and Toronto in the same year...
- 7/29/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
New movies from Sofia Coppola, Darren Aronofsky, Vincent Gallo and Julian Schnabel will be slugging it out on the Lido. This year’s Venice Film Festival will take place September 1-11. Twenty two films will be competing for the Golden Lion. Among the name European and Asian directors are Germany’s Tom Tykwer and Japanese directors Takashi Miike and Anh Hung Tran. Terrance Malick’s The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, was expected to be In Competition too. Venice says that one more title will be added to the line-up on September 6. Movies screening Out of Competition include Robert Rodriquez’s Machete, Ben Affleck’s The Town and his brother Casey Affleck’s Joaquin Phoenix documentary I’m Still Here. The Competition 13 Assassins, Takashi Miike, Japan Attenberg, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece Barney’s Version, Richard J. Lewis, Canada/Italy Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, USA Black Venus,...
- 7/29/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The fall film calendar is filling up. First, it was Toronto that hinted at 50 titles which will play its festival in September. This morning, the Venice Film Festival unleashed a full list of films that will compete at the 67th annual event.
A few titles already were on our radar. It had been reported that the Venice fest would open with Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan,” close with Julie Taymor’s “The Tempest,” and world premiere Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete” during a midnight screening.
In between, attendees can anticipate new films by Sofia Coppola (“Somewhere”), Vincent Gallo (“Promises Written in Water”), Antony Cordier (“Happy Few”), Julian Schnabel (“Miral”), Tom Tykwer (“Drei”), and, of all people, Monte Hellman (“Road to Nowhere”).
Screening out of competition will be films by Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dennis Hopper, Stanley Kwan, Takashi Miike, John Turturro, and Yuan Zhang.
For...
Hollywoodnews.com: The fall film calendar is filling up. First, it was Toronto that hinted at 50 titles which will play its festival in September. This morning, the Venice Film Festival unleashed a full list of films that will compete at the 67th annual event.
A few titles already were on our radar. It had been reported that the Venice fest would open with Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan,” close with Julie Taymor’s “The Tempest,” and world premiere Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete” during a midnight screening.
In between, attendees can anticipate new films by Sofia Coppola (“Somewhere”), Vincent Gallo (“Promises Written in Water”), Antony Cordier (“Happy Few”), Julian Schnabel (“Miral”), Tom Tykwer (“Drei”), and, of all people, Monte Hellman (“Road to Nowhere”).
Screening out of competition will be films by Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dennis Hopper, Stanley Kwan, Takashi Miike, John Turturro, and Yuan Zhang.
For...
- 7/29/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The line-up for the 67th Venice Film Festival has finally been announced and we've handily posted the runners and riders below...
The Italian cinematic shindig, which runs from September 1-11 and features the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo Arriaga, Arnaud Desplechin, Danny Elfman, Luca Guadagnino and Gabriele Salvatores on the competition jury, has pulled out all the stops this year with some very exciting flicks.
Top on our list of must-see movies includes Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Vincent Gallo's Promises Written In Water and Anh Hung Tran's Murasaki adaptation Norwegian Wood.
The films to be shown at the 67th Venice Film Festival are...
Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.
La Pecora Nera, directed by Ascanio Celestini and starring Ascanio Celestini, Giorgio Tirabassi and Maya Sansa
Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Stephen Dorff,...
The Italian cinematic shindig, which runs from September 1-11 and features the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo Arriaga, Arnaud Desplechin, Danny Elfman, Luca Guadagnino and Gabriele Salvatores on the competition jury, has pulled out all the stops this year with some very exciting flicks.
Top on our list of must-see movies includes Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Vincent Gallo's Promises Written In Water and Anh Hung Tran's Murasaki adaptation Norwegian Wood.
The films to be shown at the 67th Venice Film Festival are...
Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.
La Pecora Nera, directed by Ascanio Celestini and starring Ascanio Celestini, Giorgio Tirabassi and Maya Sansa
Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Stephen Dorff,...
- 7/29/2010
- Screenrush
Rome -- Sofia Coppola's comedic drama "Somewhere" and "Road to Nowhere," a romantic thriller from veteran director Monte Hellman, were among the highlights of the main competition lineup for the 67th Venice Film Festival, which was released Thursday.
Other in-competition films include Vincent Gallo's "Promises Written in Water"; "Meek's Cutoff," a western from Kelly Reichardt; and Athina Racehel Tsangari's drama "Attenberg."
Artistic director Marco Mueller said that -- notwithstanding the presence of the 78-year-old Hellman -- the competition lineup was the youngest ever in the storied history of the festival, with the average age among the directors of the 22 in-competition films just 47.
"I think this is evidence of a new and dynamic kind of cinema that is being produced," Mueller told a standing-room-only crowd of reporters and industry players at Rome's Excelsior Hotel Thursday.
All told, the festival will include 79 world premieres, including the entire in-competition lineup for...
Other in-competition films include Vincent Gallo's "Promises Written in Water"; "Meek's Cutoff," a western from Kelly Reichardt; and Athina Racehel Tsangari's drama "Attenberg."
Artistic director Marco Mueller said that -- notwithstanding the presence of the 78-year-old Hellman -- the competition lineup was the youngest ever in the storied history of the festival, with the average age among the directors of the 22 in-competition films just 47.
"I think this is evidence of a new and dynamic kind of cinema that is being produced," Mueller told a standing-room-only crowd of reporters and industry players at Rome's Excelsior Hotel Thursday.
All told, the festival will include 79 world premieres, including the entire in-competition lineup for...
- 7/29/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Knowing Quentin Tarantino's appreciation for films that are "out there": if I had to do some really early predictions here, I'd say that the Gold and Silver Lion front-runners are in Alex De La Iglesia's bizarro fantasy film A Sad Trumpet Ballad, Pablo Larrain's Post Mortem or Athina Rachel Tsangari's Attenberg (a filmmaker we recently profiled in our American New Wave 25 series - she spent more than a decade in Austin's film scene). I'd also add put Abdellatif Kechiche's Black Venus high up on any awards list, especially the Lido - it's a film I've been pegging for Venice since the film went into production. Added to Aronofsky's Black Swan, the U.S is repped by Monte Hellman and his comeback film, Road to Nowhere, Julian Schnabel's Miral, indie female helmers Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cutoff) and Sofia Coppola (Meek’s Cutoff), and the Coppola-...
- 7/29/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Now that all bets are off on Terrence Malick showing up on the Lido, and Wong Kar-wai's The Grand Master appears to be on the same no-show list (the fest have announced that Andrew Lau's The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen has their second opening night flick celebrating the anniversary of Bruce Lee’s 70th birthday). Among the other films with odds against, I'm not seeing the Coens (True Grit), Eastwood (Hereafter), Boyle (127 Hours) and Oscar contender The Fighter was according to it's star, no going to tour the fest circuit. Just announced today, Head Jury member Quentin Tarantino's buddy Robert Rodriguez's Machete will be the third opening film - it'll screen at midnight, and I think it'll be in good company genre-wise with some of the genre titles below. Here are some titles (ranging from almost guaranteed to only minimal chance...
- 7/29/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
I don't think the title of head programmer for any festival is an easy job, but I'd argue that Marco Müller has it "easy" this year. With so many of the world's best auteurs having not been ready to deliver at the Cannes deadline, the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival (which will run 1st to 11th September 2010) is going to be loaded in premium titles. With many items having already been mentioned and speculated on before, here is an updated predictions list with a good helping of new names. Opening Film Prediction: Anton Corbijn's The American With Focus Features being a key supplier for the festival over the years, and them having set Corbijn's film for a September 1st release, I would logically conclude that, an European-based thriller with scenes shot in parts of Italy and with an Italian resident in Geroge Clooney might lead the pack.
- 7/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are: Jorge Michel Grau's contempo cannibal film to break out We Are What We Are (see pic), and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's Sound of Noise – a high risk film because it mixes genres together like someone grabbing whole bunch of leftovers from the fridge. - The kings of the Croisette – Wild Bunch have got titles coming out of all orifices that they just supplied the fest with the last minute addition of Ken Loach's Route Irish. Earlier in the year they had one of the best comedies of the year in Four Lions play in Sundance (which has yet to be picked up for the North American market) and the steamy Rome in Room should fog up the Market Screenings. Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are:...
- 5/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The kings of the Croisette – Wild Bunch have got titles coming out of all orifices that they just supplied the fest with the last minute addition of Ken Loach's Route Irish. Earlier in the year they had one of the best comedies of the year in Four Lions play in Sundance (which has yet to be picked up for the North American market) and the steamy Rome in Room should fog up the Market Screenings. Three titles that should receive a lot of attention in this year's fest are: Jorge Michel Grau's contempo cannibal film to break out We Are What We Are (see pic), and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's Sound of Noise – a high risk film because it mixes genres together like someone grabbing whole bunch of leftovers from the fridge. Already causing a stir is the social commentary docu film by agitator Sabina Guzzanti – Italian politicians beware.
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection announced Tuesday here is, like last year, a French-heavy affair, with four films from the 21-film lineup sporting home colors. "We're delighted with the selection -- the most important quality is the film's cinematographic originality wherever it comes from, whoever produced it, whatever its subject and style," artistic director Olivier Pere said in an interview. The French contingent selected for the sidebar includes the world premiere of Cache Cache (Hide and Seek) from Yves Caumon, the story of an expropriated peasant who watches the new occupants of his home from inside a well. Douches Froides (Cold Showers) from Frenchman Antony Cordier is a dramatic comedy about happiness told through a trio of adolescents.
- 4/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection announced Tuesday here is, like last year, a French-heavy affair, with four films from the 21-film lineup sporting home colors. "We're delighted with the selection -- the most important quality is the film's cinematographic originality wherever it comes from, whoever produced it, whatever its subject and style," artistic director Olivier Pere said in an interview. The French contingent selected for the sidebar includes the world premiere of Cache Cache (Hide and Seek) from Yves Caumon, the story of an expropriated peasant who watches the new occupants of his home from inside a well. Douches Froides (Cold Showers) from Frenchman Antony Cordier is a dramatic comedy about happiness told through a trio of adolescents.
- 4/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection announced Tuesday here is, like last year, a French-heavy affair, with four films from the 21-film lineup sporting home colors. "We're delighted with the selection -- the most important quality is the film's cinematographic originality wherever it comes from, whoever produced it, whatever its subject and style," artistic director Olivier Pere said in an interview. The French contingent selected for the sidebar includes the world premiere of Cache Cache (Hide and Seek) from Yves Caumon, the story of an expropriated peasant who watches the new occupants of his home from inside a well. Douches Froides (Cold Showers) from Frenchman Antony Cordier is a dramatic comedy about happiness told through a trio of adolescents.
- 4/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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