With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
From Escape from Alcatraz to Cool Hand Luke to The Shawshank Redemption, cinema is rich with not only prison films focused on the plight of the prisoner, but also depicting wardens in an evil light. Clemency, winner of the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival, flips the script in both ways, both turning the spotlight on a warden and painting her in an empathetic, complicated light. Led by Alfre Woodard, she gives a riveting, emotional performance as the Bernadine Williams, a woman who is stuck between the demands of her grueling job and a disintegrating marriage, and can’t give her all to both.
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
From Escape from Alcatraz to Cool Hand Luke to The Shawshank Redemption, cinema is rich with not only prison films focused on the plight of the prisoner, but also depicting wardens in an evil light. Clemency, winner of the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival, flips the script in both ways, both turning the spotlight on a warden and painting her in an empathetic, complicated light. Led by Alfre Woodard, she gives a riveting, emotional performance as the Bernadine Williams, a woman who is stuck between the demands of her grueling job and a disintegrating marriage, and can’t give her all to both.
- 7/17/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Divine Love
Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro’s third feature, Divine Love (previously known as Overgod) has been highly anticipated ever since his 2015 breakout Neon Bull (read our review). A co-production between Uruguay, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden, the film is produced by Rachel Ellis. Mascaro reunites with his Neon Bull Dp Diego Garcia (who also lensed Cemetery of Splendor and this year’s Wildlife) and among the cast are Dira Paes, Julio Machado (of Hard Labor and Joaquim), and Emilio de Mello.…...
Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro’s third feature, Divine Love (previously known as Overgod) has been highly anticipated ever since his 2015 breakout Neon Bull (read our review). A co-production between Uruguay, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden, the film is produced by Rachel Ellis. Mascaro reunites with his Neon Bull Dp Diego Garcia (who also lensed Cemetery of Splendor and this year’s Wildlife) and among the cast are Dira Paes, Julio Machado (of Hard Labor and Joaquim), and Emilio de Mello.…...
- 1/6/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Cinema do Brasil and Apex-Brasil have announced the 2018 winners of the Cinema do Brasil Distribution Support Awards. The seven chosen films will share $100,000 in funding, to be used towards international distribution. The stated goal of the joint program is to stimulate the circulation of Brazilian productions abroad.
The awarded financing is a mix of public and private funding, 80% being provided by Apex-Brasil and the other 20% from Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Itamaraty Cultural Department.
The distribution companies granted the award must invest an equal or greater sum into the P & A of the film in their markets. Once the film is released, the distributor sends Cinema do Brasil a report on audience and box office revenues for the film, copies of formal bills which demonstrate expenditures and invoices in P&A that prove to be at least twice the amount granted by the award.
A commission composed of representatives...
The awarded financing is a mix of public and private funding, 80% being provided by Apex-Brasil and the other 20% from Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Itamaraty Cultural Department.
The distribution companies granted the award must invest an equal or greater sum into the P & A of the film in their markets. Once the film is released, the distributor sends Cinema do Brasil a report on audience and box office revenues for the film, copies of formal bills which demonstrate expenditures and invoices in P&A that prove to be at least twice the amount granted by the award.
A commission composed of representatives...
- 8/1/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Era el Cielo
Director: Marco Dutra
Writers: Lucia Puenzo, Caetano Gotardo, Sergio Bizzio
Brazilian director Marco Dutra‘s first feature (review), 2011’s Hard Labor (co-directed by Juliana Rojas) premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and finally reached theatrical release in the Us several months ago courtesy of Kino Lorber. Since then, he directed the solo feature Era el Cielo (When I Was Alive), and will be ready with his third film, It Was Heaven in 2016. Dutra directs from a script co-authored by Hard Labor writer Caetano Gotardo and the team behind Xxy (2007), Sergio Bizzio and Argentinean director Lucia Puenzo. His first Spanish language production concerns “questioning masculinity roles, sexuality, and barriers of intimacy,” in a narrative about a man who comes home to see his wife violated by two strangers. Paralyzed, he doesn’t come to her rescue and she doesn’t realize he’s witnessed the attack. She...
Director: Marco Dutra
Writers: Lucia Puenzo, Caetano Gotardo, Sergio Bizzio
Brazilian director Marco Dutra‘s first feature (review), 2011’s Hard Labor (co-directed by Juliana Rojas) premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and finally reached theatrical release in the Us several months ago courtesy of Kino Lorber. Since then, he directed the solo feature Era el Cielo (When I Was Alive), and will be ready with his third film, It Was Heaven in 2016. Dutra directs from a script co-authored by Hard Labor writer Caetano Gotardo and the team behind Xxy (2007), Sergio Bizzio and Argentinean director Lucia Puenzo. His first Spanish language production concerns “questioning masculinity roles, sexuality, and barriers of intimacy,” in a narrative about a man who comes home to see his wife violated by two strangers. Paralyzed, he doesn’t come to her rescue and she doesn’t realize he’s witnessed the attack. She...
- 1/8/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
There’s a Ghost in Me: Dutra and Rojas Explore the Reductive State of Capitalism
The changing socioeconomic landscape in Brazil has had a direct impact on the burgeoning cinematic landscape as well. The country’s move into a capitalist economy has resulted in significant shifts, whether that is what defines a sense of neighborhood and community in recent offerings from Sergio Bianchi with The Tenants (2009) or Kleber Mendonca Filho’s Neighboring Sounds (2012) or the opportunities afforded members of the working class causing unavoidable fissures in traditional behaviors, like The Second Mother (2015). In Hard Labor, the directorial debut of Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas, gender and class expectations are bungled in unexpected ways, where social upsets reveal the rotting infrastructure from within. Filled with allegorical instances, the striking debut unfolds with the delirious menace one would expect from a horror film, yet stays invested in the daily banalities of aching social reminders of limitations.
The changing socioeconomic landscape in Brazil has had a direct impact on the burgeoning cinematic landscape as well. The country’s move into a capitalist economy has resulted in significant shifts, whether that is what defines a sense of neighborhood and community in recent offerings from Sergio Bianchi with The Tenants (2009) or Kleber Mendonca Filho’s Neighboring Sounds (2012) or the opportunities afforded members of the working class causing unavoidable fissures in traditional behaviors, like The Second Mother (2015). In Hard Labor, the directorial debut of Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas, gender and class expectations are bungled in unexpected ways, where social upsets reveal the rotting infrastructure from within. Filled with allegorical instances, the striking debut unfolds with the delirious menace one would expect from a horror film, yet stays invested in the daily banalities of aching social reminders of limitations.
- 10/30/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Watch: Getting Back on Your Feet is a Terrifying Ordeal in Trailer for Brazilian Horror 'Hard Labor'
2015 has been an outstanding year for Brazilian cinema in the U.S. with several acclaimed films opening theatrically across all genres. "A Wolf at the Door," "The Second Mother," "The Moving Creatures," "I Touched All Your Stuff," co-productions such as "Trash," and the upcoming animated feature "The Boy and the World," all give us a taste of the the sophisticated and authentic stories being produced in the South American nation. However, the horror genre had not been truly represented among these offers until now.
Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas' "Hard Labor" was originally released in its home country back in 2011 and played in competition in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival that year, but is just now getting a theatrical release thanks to the recently launched distribution company Cinema Slate. This unsettling portrait of the social and economic issues that afflict the modern world intelligently uses the horror genre as a means to decisively deliver its bold ideas.
"Hard Labor" opens on October 30, just in time for Halloween, at New York's Cinema Village.
The official synopsis reads: "In 'Hard Labor,' a straight middle-class couple slowly succumbs to the allures of entrepreneurship – and the horrors of an increasingly schizophrenic job market. Although emotionally in sync, Helena (Helena Albergaria) and her white-collar husband Otavio (Marat Descartes), suddenly find themselves at opposite ends of the labor force: just as she gets ready to open a grocery store (and become a business owner), he is fired from a “stable” job. As Otávio goes through a series of humiliating and ego-crushing job interviews (and is forced to re-invent himself for a new job market), Helena jumpstarts her grocery store in a mysterious (and progressively deteriorating) building. Soon enough, her enthusiasm for a better future begins to give way to a dark, pervasive doom – and Otávio’s self-upgrading morphs into an eerie transformation.Beautifully translating the evanescent forces of cyber-age economics into a Grand Guignol of kitchen-sink sensibilities, 'Hard Labor' is unlike any other Brazilian film you’ve seen in the last decade."
Take a look at the official poster below:...
Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas' "Hard Labor" was originally released in its home country back in 2011 and played in competition in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival that year, but is just now getting a theatrical release thanks to the recently launched distribution company Cinema Slate. This unsettling portrait of the social and economic issues that afflict the modern world intelligently uses the horror genre as a means to decisively deliver its bold ideas.
"Hard Labor" opens on October 30, just in time for Halloween, at New York's Cinema Village.
The official synopsis reads: "In 'Hard Labor,' a straight middle-class couple slowly succumbs to the allures of entrepreneurship – and the horrors of an increasingly schizophrenic job market. Although emotionally in sync, Helena (Helena Albergaria) and her white-collar husband Otavio (Marat Descartes), suddenly find themselves at opposite ends of the labor force: just as she gets ready to open a grocery store (and become a business owner), he is fired from a “stable” job. As Otávio goes through a series of humiliating and ego-crushing job interviews (and is forced to re-invent himself for a new job market), Helena jumpstarts her grocery store in a mysterious (and progressively deteriorating) building. Soon enough, her enthusiasm for a better future begins to give way to a dark, pervasive doom – and Otávio’s self-upgrading morphs into an eerie transformation.Beautifully translating the evanescent forces of cyber-age economics into a Grand Guignol of kitchen-sink sensibilities, 'Hard Labor' is unlike any other Brazilian film you’ve seen in the last decade."
Take a look at the official poster below:...
- 10/22/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Acclaimed Latin American shocker to open in NYC this month. Award winning Brazilian domestic horror film Hard Labor (aka Trabalhar Cansa) is set to open theatrically at New York’s Cinema Village on October 30th. The film will then expand its North American screen presence throughout the year. Hard Labor is the feature debut by Brazilian co-directors…
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- 10/10/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Cinema Slate will handle the New York theatrical release of Caetano Gotardo’s feature debut "The Moving Creatures." The film was written and directed by Caetano Gotardo and features songs by Gotardo and Marco Dutra ("Hard Labor"). It stars Cida Moreira (as Maria Júlia), Andrea Marquee (as Silvia), Fernanda Vianna (as Ana) and Rômulo Braga (as Eduardo).
This is the second film in the ongoing Brazilian Film Series: Year One (following "I Touched All Your Stuff," to be released on August 28), "The Moving Creatures" was an official selection at the Miami International Film Festival and won a Best Actress (Cida Moreira) and Best Film (Fiction) award at Berlin’s Latin American Film Festival (Lakino).
For more info on the film visit Here
Here is the official synopsis:
In Caetano Gotardo’s lyrical omnibus film "The Moving Creatures" (O Que se Move), three very different mothers are confronted, through three very different trials-by-ordeal, with the limits of what a mother “just knows”. With little fanfare (and not a whiff of the blatant “interconnectedness” often de rigeur among multi-story films), the daily rhythms and textures of three families unfold before us. And at the end of each story, all three mothers emerge from their private crucibles with an understanding — though one that can only be expressed in a way that erupts into the film’s very reality.
In the film’s first story, a mother (Maria Júlia, played by famed Brazilian actress, singer and performer Cida Moreira), learns about her son’s most intimate secret maybe a minute too late. On the second tale, an enigmatically afflicted sound engineer (Eduardo, played by Rômulo Braga) skulks through his day of nausea and confusion, while his wife Silvia (Andréa Marquee) muses on the scope of infant wisdom with a friend, as the two gaze at the former’s child. What happens next throws both parents into a state of trauma. The last story follows João (Henrique Schafer) and Ana (Fernanda Vianna), on their preparations to re-encounter their long-lost son.
The film will open on Sept 11 at Cinema Village in NYC and that it will also be available on Fandor.com on the same day. Take a look at the exclusive trailer below.
This is the second film in the ongoing Brazilian Film Series: Year One (following "I Touched All Your Stuff," to be released on August 28), "The Moving Creatures" was an official selection at the Miami International Film Festival and won a Best Actress (Cida Moreira) and Best Film (Fiction) award at Berlin’s Latin American Film Festival (Lakino).
For more info on the film visit Here
Here is the official synopsis:
In Caetano Gotardo’s lyrical omnibus film "The Moving Creatures" (O Que se Move), three very different mothers are confronted, through three very different trials-by-ordeal, with the limits of what a mother “just knows”. With little fanfare (and not a whiff of the blatant “interconnectedness” often de rigeur among multi-story films), the daily rhythms and textures of three families unfold before us. And at the end of each story, all three mothers emerge from their private crucibles with an understanding — though one that can only be expressed in a way that erupts into the film’s very reality.
In the film’s first story, a mother (Maria Júlia, played by famed Brazilian actress, singer and performer Cida Moreira), learns about her son’s most intimate secret maybe a minute too late. On the second tale, an enigmatically afflicted sound engineer (Eduardo, played by Rômulo Braga) skulks through his day of nausea and confusion, while his wife Silvia (Andréa Marquee) muses on the scope of infant wisdom with a friend, as the two gaze at the former’s child. What happens next throws both parents into a state of trauma. The last story follows João (Henrique Schafer) and Ana (Fernanda Vianna), on their preparations to re-encounter their long-lost son.
The film will open on Sept 11 at Cinema Village in NYC and that it will also be available on Fandor.com on the same day. Take a look at the exclusive trailer below.
- 8/20/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Cinema Slate, a new distributor focused on Latin American cinema launched by Rodrigo Brandão, has struck a deal with streaming service Fandor to release four films.
The titles are part of Cinema Slate’s Brazilian Film Series: Year One showcasing up-and-coming Brazilian directors and will go out theatrically via the New York-based Cinema Slate day-and-date with digital launches through Fandor.
The promgramme begins on September 11 at New York’s Cinema Village with Cateano Gotardo’s omnibus film The Moving Creatures (O Que Se Move).
The series will be co-presented with New York-based Cinema Tropical, a leading presenter of Latin American cinema in the Us, and sponsored by Brazilian Press, a newspaper servicing the Brazilian community in the East Coast.
October 30 brings the release of Hard Labor (Trabalhar Cansa) co-directed by Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas.
The third and fourth films in the series set for November and December are Fellipe Barbosa’s semi-autobiographical tale Casa Grande and Eryk Rocha...
The titles are part of Cinema Slate’s Brazilian Film Series: Year One showcasing up-and-coming Brazilian directors and will go out theatrically via the New York-based Cinema Slate day-and-date with digital launches through Fandor.
The promgramme begins on September 11 at New York’s Cinema Village with Cateano Gotardo’s omnibus film The Moving Creatures (O Que Se Move).
The series will be co-presented with New York-based Cinema Tropical, a leading presenter of Latin American cinema in the Us, and sponsored by Brazilian Press, a newspaper servicing the Brazilian community in the East Coast.
October 30 brings the release of Hard Labor (Trabalhar Cansa) co-directed by Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas.
The third and fourth films in the series set for November and December are Fellipe Barbosa’s semi-autobiographical tale Casa Grande and Eryk Rocha...
- 8/7/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Brazilian cinema finally seems to be waking up to genre films in 2014. Only a few weeks after the commercial release of Rodrigo Aragão's splatterfest Mar Negro, it's time for one of the most promising talents in Brazilian film to show his new work to local audiences.In his first solo effort after a solid career in short films and a debut feature (Hard Labor) co-directed by Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra teamed up with producer Rodrigo Teixeira (Frances Ha) to venture into supernatural territory with the psychological thriller Quando Eu Era Vivo ("When I Was Alive" in a literal translation), which opened to great reviews in several cities this Friday. Based on a novel by cult writer Lourenço Mutarelli, the film tells the story of Junior...
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- 2/1/2014
- Screen Anarchy
The presence of Latin America films in Cannes has grown by 40% since 2009, when Ventana Sur was created by Incaa (Argentina’s film institute) and Marché du Film/Festival de Cannes.
This is one of the achievements of the film market that, now in its 5th edition (Dec 3-6) in Buenos Aires, has become the biggest gathering of its kind for Latin America’s titles.
“Ventana Sur has been instrumental in growing the Latin American presence in Cannes,” said Jérome Paillard, who shares the executive direction of Ventana Sur with Bernardo Bergeret.
“Pablo Giorgelli’s Las Acacias and Michael Rowe’s Año Bisiesto, which started their careers in Buenos Aires, won the Cannes Camera d’Or in 2011 and 2010, respectively.”
Bergeret added: “Other examples of films that had international recognition and started here are Paraisos Artificiales (Mexico), El Tunel de los Huesos (Argentina), Jardín de Amapolas (Colombia), De Martes a Martes (Argentina), Solo (Uruguay), Ausente (Argentina), Los insolitos peces gato...
This is one of the achievements of the film market that, now in its 5th edition (Dec 3-6) in Buenos Aires, has become the biggest gathering of its kind for Latin America’s titles.
“Ventana Sur has been instrumental in growing the Latin American presence in Cannes,” said Jérome Paillard, who shares the executive direction of Ventana Sur with Bernardo Bergeret.
“Pablo Giorgelli’s Las Acacias and Michael Rowe’s Año Bisiesto, which started their careers in Buenos Aires, won the Cannes Camera d’Or in 2011 and 2010, respectively.”
Bergeret added: “Other examples of films that had international recognition and started here are Paraisos Artificiales (Mexico), El Tunel de los Huesos (Argentina), Jardín de Amapolas (Colombia), De Martes a Martes (Argentina), Solo (Uruguay), Ausente (Argentina), Los insolitos peces gato...
- 12/3/2013
- by elaineguerini@terra.com.br (Elaine Guerini)
- ScreenDaily
Artist Nate Hallinan has created a fantastically cool series of art featuring several of our favorite X-Men characters reimagined in a medieval fantasy world!
Lord Charles Xavier is the leader and founder of The Order of X. Charles developed the abilities to read, control, and influence human minds. He formed The Order because he saw and felt the injustice happening to the 'gifted' people around him. Understanding his role he felt that it was his noble duty to protect these people. Tragically, Charles was mortally wounded in an encounter with a black dragon as a young adult. Before the dragon could kill Xavier and his soldiers, Xavier forced his mind onto the Dragon's. Not only did this stop the dragon but Xavier was able to tame it. This was the first time in history that a man was able to gain obedience over a dragon. Kyrt never knew his real parents.
Lord Charles Xavier is the leader and founder of The Order of X. Charles developed the abilities to read, control, and influence human minds. He formed The Order because he saw and felt the injustice happening to the 'gifted' people around him. Understanding his role he felt that it was his noble duty to protect these people. Tragically, Charles was mortally wounded in an encounter with a black dragon as a young adult. Before the dragon could kill Xavier and his soldiers, Xavier forced his mind onto the Dragon's. Not only did this stop the dragon but Xavier was able to tame it. This was the first time in history that a man was able to gain obedience over a dragon. Kyrt never knew his real parents.
- 9/10/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Marvel Comics has announced that they will be liquidating a huge selection of hardcover collections to retailers at a fraction of the cost in order to flush their stocks. This was a move that DC Comics also made recently, helping to improve their dollar-per-product-item-in-stock ratio.
You can see the full list of the liquidated hardcover collections below.
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Agents Of Atlas Vs Premiere Hc Avengers Cover
Agents Of Atlas Vs Premiere Hc Dm Var Ed X-Men Cvr
Annihilators Hc Garner
Annihilators Hc Young Dm Var Ed
The Art of Spider-Man Classic (Marvel Us)
Astonishing Thor Hc
Astonishing X-Men Gifted Gn Hc W/Motion Comic Dvd
Astonishing X-Men: Monstrous
Avengers, Vol. 2 Hc
Avengers Prime Prem Hc
Avengers Contest Premiere Hc
Avengers: The Origin Hc
Avengers: The Search for She-Hulk Hc
Avengers – West Coast Avengers: Family Ties Hc
Avengers: West Coast Avengers: Sins of the Past
Avengers: West Coast...
You can see the full list of the liquidated hardcover collections below.
5 Ronin Hc Cassaday Cvr
Agents Of Atlas Vs Premiere Hc Avengers Cover
Agents Of Atlas Vs Premiere Hc Dm Var Ed X-Men Cvr
Annihilators Hc Garner
Annihilators Hc Young Dm Var Ed
The Art of Spider-Man Classic (Marvel Us)
Astonishing Thor Hc
Astonishing X-Men Gifted Gn Hc W/Motion Comic Dvd
Astonishing X-Men: Monstrous
Avengers, Vol. 2 Hc
Avengers Prime Prem Hc
Avengers Contest Premiere Hc
Avengers: The Origin Hc
Avengers: The Search for She-Hulk Hc
Avengers – West Coast Avengers: Family Ties Hc
Avengers: West Coast Avengers: Sins of the Past
Avengers: West Coast...
- 7/30/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Why a Cuban Festival?
I’ve attended the Havana Film Festival New York for a couple years and have heard lots of reactions. People who are at the Quad Cinema (the festival’s main venue) to watch other non-festival films sometimes wander up to the information table, look over a catalogue, and ask things like, “Movies from Cuba, is that legal?” I once heard an old guy mutter “Havana! Why would you support communism?” and storm out of the theater. I guess this is the consequence of a trade embargo that not only stops the flow of money between the U.S. and Cuba but can also inhibit cultural exchange. American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, the organization which produces the festival, is committed to “building cultural bridges between the United States and Cuba.”
The Festival--a Family Affair
The Havana Film Festival New York does exactly that. The 13th annual festival screened 40 films from across Latin America and hosted almost as many filmmakers. Directors, actors, and producers were flown in from Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Guatemala. The festival’s small scale creates a close-knit community of filmmakers who end up watching and discussing each other’s films at dinners that last into the wee hours of the night. At the Closing Night Awards Ceremony last Friday, Sergio Ramirez, director of Distancia (Distance) (Isa:Producccions Concepcio) said it best, “The beautiful thing about this festival is that you feel like you are with family.”
Closing Night Awards Ceremony--a Guatemalan Sweep
Ramirez, a Guatemalan filmmaker, was the big winner of the night being awarded the Havana Star Prize for both Best Picture and Best Director. Best Screenplay went to Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra for Trabalhar Cansa (Hard Labor)(Isa:Cinema Do Brazil). The Brazilian thriller was the pair’s first feature and had its world premiere at Cannes. Con mi corazón en Yambo (With My Heart in Yambo), by Maria Fernanda Restrepo won the Havana Star Prize for Best Documentary.
Closing Night Screening--Severed Limbs, Blood Hungry Zombies, and Social Commentary
The absolute highlight of the night was the New York Premiere of the hilarious and campy Cuban zombie film Juan de los Muertos (Juan of the Dead)(Isa:LatinoFusion). As Havana becomes flooded with zombies, the Cuban government declares that the living dead are just dissidents paid by the U.S. to stir things up. Juan, a part-time thief and full-time slacker steps in and starts a zombie-killing service.
Billed as Cuba’s first zombie movie, it’s a Spanish-Cuban co-production with a $3 million budget. It’s probably not appropriate to quote exactly what the director, Alejandro Brugués, said when asked how he managed to put together millions for the film but let’s just say he alluded to sexual favors. Brugués clearly doesn’t take himself or the film too seriously. When a young woman asked his thoughts on the impact his film and other Cuban art has on its society he shrugged his shoulders, “It’s a zombie movie.”
But it’s not just a zombie movie, it’s so much more. Yes, there are severed bodies and gallons upon gallons of splattered blood but the film is able to take the genre much further. He not only injects humor into the film but also makes sharp social commentary about Cuban society.
Media Buzz and Distribution--a Planned Accident
The director’s secret weapon, a media savvy producer, built up a huge buzz landing a New York Times review and eventually theatrical, DVD and digital distribution deals. “There was no specific media strategy,” says Brugués, “but everyone knew about it. There were heads and arms strewn all around. The shoot wasn’t even over and people were asking where they could see the movie.” It’s rare for a Latin American film to land in U.S. theaters but audiences’ love for the zom-com surely helped. Cinetic Media handled North American sales. U.S. theatrical rights were nabbed by Outsider Pictures, with a limited release planned for about 20 cities. Focus World, operated by Focus Features, will release the movie on August 14 via VOD and DVD. Major international sales deals ramped up after its Toronto premiere including Germany, Russia, Spain, UK and Japan.
If You Were a Zombie...
When the film premiered in Cuba at the Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latino in Havana, the lines snaked around the block. Everywhere it’s played extra screenings have been added. And even with worldwide sales Alejandro Brugués stays humble. I asked him what would happen if he was a zombie. “Oh that’s easy. I’m the most useless person in the world. I’m a director and all I know how to do is make films. I would be the first one that would get eaten.”
Vanessa Erazo Bio:
After having spent several years working for various film festivals--such as the International Latino Film Festival - San Francisco Bay Area, the International Contemporary Film Festival of Mexico City (Ficco), the Hola Mexico Film Festival, and the Havana Film Festival New York--in a variety of roles, Vanessa Erazo now acts as the Documentary Programmer at the New York International Latino Film Festival. She has curated films on a wide range of topics such as human rights, autism, sports, adoption and homelessness. She is also a regular film contributor for Remezcla--an online Latino culture guide. Until recently, she served as the Programming Co-chair for the New York chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. Currently, she works coordinating post-donation care for bone marrow donors at Dkms Americas, the world’s largest donor center. And in her spare time, she obsessively posts on twitter sharing everything she can find on Latin American film with her 2,000+ followers. Vanessa holds a Master’s Degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University and a B.A. in Political Science from San Francisco State University.
Vanessa's Links:
New York Latino Ff website: www.nylatinofilm.com
Remezcla website:
Nalip: www.nalip.org
Dkms Americas website: www.GetSwabbed.org
My Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/infocinelandia
I collect links for articles I have written on Tumblr: http://vanessaerazo.tumblr.com/...
I’ve attended the Havana Film Festival New York for a couple years and have heard lots of reactions. People who are at the Quad Cinema (the festival’s main venue) to watch other non-festival films sometimes wander up to the information table, look over a catalogue, and ask things like, “Movies from Cuba, is that legal?” I once heard an old guy mutter “Havana! Why would you support communism?” and storm out of the theater. I guess this is the consequence of a trade embargo that not only stops the flow of money between the U.S. and Cuba but can also inhibit cultural exchange. American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, the organization which produces the festival, is committed to “building cultural bridges between the United States and Cuba.”
The Festival--a Family Affair
The Havana Film Festival New York does exactly that. The 13th annual festival screened 40 films from across Latin America and hosted almost as many filmmakers. Directors, actors, and producers were flown in from Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Guatemala. The festival’s small scale creates a close-knit community of filmmakers who end up watching and discussing each other’s films at dinners that last into the wee hours of the night. At the Closing Night Awards Ceremony last Friday, Sergio Ramirez, director of Distancia (Distance) (Isa:Producccions Concepcio) said it best, “The beautiful thing about this festival is that you feel like you are with family.”
Closing Night Awards Ceremony--a Guatemalan Sweep
Ramirez, a Guatemalan filmmaker, was the big winner of the night being awarded the Havana Star Prize for both Best Picture and Best Director. Best Screenplay went to Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra for Trabalhar Cansa (Hard Labor)(Isa:Cinema Do Brazil). The Brazilian thriller was the pair’s first feature and had its world premiere at Cannes. Con mi corazón en Yambo (With My Heart in Yambo), by Maria Fernanda Restrepo won the Havana Star Prize for Best Documentary.
Closing Night Screening--Severed Limbs, Blood Hungry Zombies, and Social Commentary
The absolute highlight of the night was the New York Premiere of the hilarious and campy Cuban zombie film Juan de los Muertos (Juan of the Dead)(Isa:LatinoFusion). As Havana becomes flooded with zombies, the Cuban government declares that the living dead are just dissidents paid by the U.S. to stir things up. Juan, a part-time thief and full-time slacker steps in and starts a zombie-killing service.
Billed as Cuba’s first zombie movie, it’s a Spanish-Cuban co-production with a $3 million budget. It’s probably not appropriate to quote exactly what the director, Alejandro Brugués, said when asked how he managed to put together millions for the film but let’s just say he alluded to sexual favors. Brugués clearly doesn’t take himself or the film too seriously. When a young woman asked his thoughts on the impact his film and other Cuban art has on its society he shrugged his shoulders, “It’s a zombie movie.”
But it’s not just a zombie movie, it’s so much more. Yes, there are severed bodies and gallons upon gallons of splattered blood but the film is able to take the genre much further. He not only injects humor into the film but also makes sharp social commentary about Cuban society.
Media Buzz and Distribution--a Planned Accident
The director’s secret weapon, a media savvy producer, built up a huge buzz landing a New York Times review and eventually theatrical, DVD and digital distribution deals. “There was no specific media strategy,” says Brugués, “but everyone knew about it. There were heads and arms strewn all around. The shoot wasn’t even over and people were asking where they could see the movie.” It’s rare for a Latin American film to land in U.S. theaters but audiences’ love for the zom-com surely helped. Cinetic Media handled North American sales. U.S. theatrical rights were nabbed by Outsider Pictures, with a limited release planned for about 20 cities. Focus World, operated by Focus Features, will release the movie on August 14 via VOD and DVD. Major international sales deals ramped up after its Toronto premiere including Germany, Russia, Spain, UK and Japan.
If You Were a Zombie...
When the film premiered in Cuba at the Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latino in Havana, the lines snaked around the block. Everywhere it’s played extra screenings have been added. And even with worldwide sales Alejandro Brugués stays humble. I asked him what would happen if he was a zombie. “Oh that’s easy. I’m the most useless person in the world. I’m a director and all I know how to do is make films. I would be the first one that would get eaten.”
Vanessa Erazo Bio:
After having spent several years working for various film festivals--such as the International Latino Film Festival - San Francisco Bay Area, the International Contemporary Film Festival of Mexico City (Ficco), the Hola Mexico Film Festival, and the Havana Film Festival New York--in a variety of roles, Vanessa Erazo now acts as the Documentary Programmer at the New York International Latino Film Festival. She has curated films on a wide range of topics such as human rights, autism, sports, adoption and homelessness. She is also a regular film contributor for Remezcla--an online Latino culture guide. Until recently, she served as the Programming Co-chair for the New York chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. Currently, she works coordinating post-donation care for bone marrow donors at Dkms Americas, the world’s largest donor center. And in her spare time, she obsessively posts on twitter sharing everything she can find on Latin American film with her 2,000+ followers. Vanessa holds a Master’s Degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University and a B.A. in Political Science from San Francisco State University.
Vanessa's Links:
New York Latino Ff website: www.nylatinofilm.com
Remezcla website:
Nalip: www.nalip.org
Dkms Americas website: www.GetSwabbed.org
My Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/infocinelandia
I collect links for articles I have written on Tumblr: http://vanessaerazo.tumblr.com/...
- 4/27/2012
- by Vanessa Erazo
- Sydney's Buzz
Why a Cuban Festival?
I’ve attended the Havana Film Festival New York for a couple years and have heard lots of reactions. People who are at the Quad Cinema (the festival’s main venue) to watch other non-festival films sometimes wander up to the information table, look over a catalogue, and ask things like, “Movies from Cuba, is that legal?” I once heard an old guy mutter “Havana! Why would you support communism?” and storm out of the theater. I guess this is the consequence of a trade embargo that not only stops the flow of money between the U.S. and Cuba but can also inhibit cultural exchange. American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, the organization which produces the festival, is committed to “building cultural bridges between the United States and Cuba.”
The Festival--a Family Affair
The Havana Film Festival New York does exactly that. The 13th annual festival screened 40 films from across Latin America and hosted almost as many filmmakers. Directors, actors, and producers were flown in from Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Guatemala. The festival’s small scale creates a close-knit community of filmmakers who end up watching and discussing each other’s films at dinners that last into the wee hours of the night. At the Closing Night Awards Ceremony last Friday, Sergio Ramirez, director of Distancia (Distance) (Isa:Producccions Concepcio) said it best, “The beautiful thing about this festival is that you feel like you are with family.”
Closing Night Awards Ceremony--a Guatemalan Sweep
Ramirez, a Guatemalan filmmaker, was the big winner of the night being awarded the Havana Star Prize for both Best Picture and Best Director. Best Screenplay went to Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra for Trabalhar Cansa (Hard Labor)(Isa:Cinema Do Brazil). The Brazilian thriller was the pair’s first feature and had its world premiere at Cannes. Con mi corazón en Yambo (With My Heart in Yambo), by Maria Fernanda Restrepo won the Havana Star Prize for Best Documentary.
Closing Night Screening--Severed Limbs, Blood Hungry Zombies, and Social Commentary
The absolute highlight of the night was the New York Premiere of the hilarious and campy Cuban zombie film Juan de los Muertos (Juan of the Dead)(Isa:LatinoFusion). As Havana becomes flooded with zombies, the Cuban government declares that the living dead are just dissidents paid by the U.S. to stir things up. Juan, a part-time thief and full-time slacker steps in and starts a zombie-killing service.
Billed as Cuba’s first zombie movie, it’s a Spanish-Cuban co-production with a $3 million budget. It’s probably not appropriate to quote exactly what the director, Alejandro Brugués, said when asked how he managed to put together millions for the film but let’s just say he alluded to sexual favors. Brugués clearly doesn’t take himself or the film too seriously. When a young woman asked his thoughts on the impact his film and other Cuban art has on its society he shrugged his shoulders, “It’s a zombie movie.”
But it’s not just a zombie movie, it’s so much more. Yes, there are severed bodies and gallons upon gallons of splattered blood but the film is able to take the genre much further. He not only injects humor into the film but also makes sharp social commentary about Cuban society.
Media Buzz and Distribution--a Planned Accident
The director’s secret weapon, a media savvy producer, built up a huge buzz landing a New York Times review and eventually theatrical, DVD and digital distribution deals. “There was no specific media strategy,” says Brugués, “but everyone knew about it. There were heads and arms strewn all around. The shoot wasn’t even over and people were asking where they could see the movie.” It’s rare for a Latin American film to land in U.S. theaters but audiences’ love for the zom-com surely helped. Cinetic Media handled North American sales. U.S. theatrical rights were nabbed by Outsider Pictures, with a limited release planned for about 20 cities. Focus World, operated by Focus Features, will release the movie on August 14 via VOD and DVD. Major international sales deals ramped up after its Toronto premiere including Germany, Russia, Spain, UK and Japan.
If You Were a Zombie...
When the film premiered in Cuba at the Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latino in Havana, the lines snaked around the block. Everywhere it’s played extra screenings have been added. And even with worldwide sales Alejandro Brugués stays humble. I asked him what would happen if he was a zombie. “Oh that’s easy. I’m the most useless person in the world. I’m a director and all I know how to do is make films. I would be the first one that would get eaten.”...
I’ve attended the Havana Film Festival New York for a couple years and have heard lots of reactions. People who are at the Quad Cinema (the festival’s main venue) to watch other non-festival films sometimes wander up to the information table, look over a catalogue, and ask things like, “Movies from Cuba, is that legal?” I once heard an old guy mutter “Havana! Why would you support communism?” and storm out of the theater. I guess this is the consequence of a trade embargo that not only stops the flow of money between the U.S. and Cuba but can also inhibit cultural exchange. American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, the organization which produces the festival, is committed to “building cultural bridges between the United States and Cuba.”
The Festival--a Family Affair
The Havana Film Festival New York does exactly that. The 13th annual festival screened 40 films from across Latin America and hosted almost as many filmmakers. Directors, actors, and producers were flown in from Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Guatemala. The festival’s small scale creates a close-knit community of filmmakers who end up watching and discussing each other’s films at dinners that last into the wee hours of the night. At the Closing Night Awards Ceremony last Friday, Sergio Ramirez, director of Distancia (Distance) (Isa:Producccions Concepcio) said it best, “The beautiful thing about this festival is that you feel like you are with family.”
Closing Night Awards Ceremony--a Guatemalan Sweep
Ramirez, a Guatemalan filmmaker, was the big winner of the night being awarded the Havana Star Prize for both Best Picture and Best Director. Best Screenplay went to Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra for Trabalhar Cansa (Hard Labor)(Isa:Cinema Do Brazil). The Brazilian thriller was the pair’s first feature and had its world premiere at Cannes. Con mi corazón en Yambo (With My Heart in Yambo), by Maria Fernanda Restrepo won the Havana Star Prize for Best Documentary.
Closing Night Screening--Severed Limbs, Blood Hungry Zombies, and Social Commentary
The absolute highlight of the night was the New York Premiere of the hilarious and campy Cuban zombie film Juan de los Muertos (Juan of the Dead)(Isa:LatinoFusion). As Havana becomes flooded with zombies, the Cuban government declares that the living dead are just dissidents paid by the U.S. to stir things up. Juan, a part-time thief and full-time slacker steps in and starts a zombie-killing service.
Billed as Cuba’s first zombie movie, it’s a Spanish-Cuban co-production with a $3 million budget. It’s probably not appropriate to quote exactly what the director, Alejandro Brugués, said when asked how he managed to put together millions for the film but let’s just say he alluded to sexual favors. Brugués clearly doesn’t take himself or the film too seriously. When a young woman asked his thoughts on the impact his film and other Cuban art has on its society he shrugged his shoulders, “It’s a zombie movie.”
But it’s not just a zombie movie, it’s so much more. Yes, there are severed bodies and gallons upon gallons of splattered blood but the film is able to take the genre much further. He not only injects humor into the film but also makes sharp social commentary about Cuban society.
Media Buzz and Distribution--a Planned Accident
The director’s secret weapon, a media savvy producer, built up a huge buzz landing a New York Times review and eventually theatrical, DVD and digital distribution deals. “There was no specific media strategy,” says Brugués, “but everyone knew about it. There were heads and arms strewn all around. The shoot wasn’t even over and people were asking where they could see the movie.” It’s rare for a Latin American film to land in U.S. theaters but audiences’ love for the zom-com surely helped. Cinetic Media handled North American sales. U.S. theatrical rights were nabbed by Outsider Pictures, with a limited release planned for about 20 cities. Focus World, operated by Focus Features, will release the movie on August 14 via VOD and DVD. Major international sales deals ramped up after its Toronto premiere including Germany, Russia, Spain, UK and Japan.
If You Were a Zombie...
When the film premiered in Cuba at the Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latino in Havana, the lines snaked around the block. Everywhere it’s played extra screenings have been added. And even with worldwide sales Alejandro Brugués stays humble. I asked him what would happen if he was a zombie. “Oh that’s easy. I’m the most useless person in the world. I’m a director and all I know how to do is make films. I would be the first one that would get eaten.”...
- 4/25/2012
- by Vanessa Erazo
- Sydney's Buzz
Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. As previously announced, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods will have the honours of opening the festival, and now they have released the full list of films – and it’s looking pretty amazing. Enjoy!
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths,...
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths,...
- 2/3/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry, shot by Bob Gruen in 1977
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen
screens as part of 24 Beats per Second
SXSW Film has just announced its features lineup for the 2012 edition, running March 9 through 17. We already knew that the Opening Night Film would be Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods. For its Closing Night Film, the festival will host the world premiere of of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express (more below). The lineup, with descriptions from the festival:
Narrative Feature Competition
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail. (World Premiere)
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim.
- 2/1/2012
- MUBI
With Sundance 2012 Film Festival over, the next big one on the horizon is South by Southwest, which we’ll be heavily covering. The biggest chunk of the line-up has been announced today, which has some great premieres including 21 Jump Street, Tiff and Sundance hit The Raid, Will Ferrell‘s Casa de mi Padre, the documentary Girl Model (which we liked at Tiff), as well as the next from Broken Lizard, The Babymakers. There are many other promising titles included and you can see them all below. Check back for our coverage for the fest, kicking off March 9th.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
Narrative Feature Competition
This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere. Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:
Booster
Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin
When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.
- 2/1/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Attendees of South by Southwest 2012 are in for a treat. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas festival taking place March 9-17. Among them are 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. The organization already announced [1] Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods would open the festival (the movie is phenomenal [2]) and today the majority of the remaining line up has been revealed. One of the highlights is the unbelievably smart and hilarious 21 Jump Street, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller. Both of those are World Premieres. Other highlights include The Hunter, Killer Joe, The Babymakers, frankie goes boom, God Bless America, The Imposter, The Raid, Bernie and Casa de mi Padre just to name a few. After the jump, read descriptions of all the films that have been announced so far. Before I copy and paste the rest of the list, a few minor notes.
- 2/1/2012
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Opening a business always has the potential for failure but particularly so in these perilous times but after much research, Helena is ready to take the plunge. She finds a location which comes complete with shelving and refrigeration units but also requiring a lot of work. Just as she's getting ready to sign the paperwork, her husband loses his job. They're optimistic: the store will do well and Otavio will soon find work but things quickly turn sour in Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas' Hard Labour (Trabalhar Cansa).
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- 10/7/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Updated through 5/28.
The titles below will take you to the roundups, that is, the coverage of the coverage of each film screening in the 2011 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Click the names after the titles for our own reviews, whether they be quick takes or longer considerations. And finally, pointers to assessments of this year's edition, made both before and after the awards are announced, will collect at the bottom of this page.
Competition
Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In.
Bertrand Bonello's House of Tolerance. Daniel Kasman.
Alain Cavalier's Pater.
Joseph Cedar's Footnote.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike. Daniel Kasman.
Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist.
Aki Kaurismäki's Le Havre. Daniel Kasman.
Naomi Kawase's Hanezu.
Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty.
Maïwenn's Poliss. Daniel Kasman.
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.
The titles below will take you to the roundups, that is, the coverage of the coverage of each film screening in the 2011 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Click the names after the titles for our own reviews, whether they be quick takes or longer considerations. And finally, pointers to assessments of this year's edition, made both before and after the awards are announced, will collect at the bottom of this page.
Competition
Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In.
Bertrand Bonello's House of Tolerance. Daniel Kasman.
Alain Cavalier's Pater.
Joseph Cedar's Footnote.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike. Daniel Kasman.
Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist.
Aki Kaurismäki's Le Havre. Daniel Kasman.
Naomi Kawase's Hanezu.
Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty.
Maïwenn's Poliss. Daniel Kasman.
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.
- 5/28/2011
- MUBI
Cannes Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury President Michel Gondry, Copyright C. Fitte/Getty Images
Michel Gondry and his jury have announced the student filmmaker winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation prizes for 2011.
In a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, the following films were awarded ahead of a screening of their films.
First Prize:
Der Brief (The Letter)
directed by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany
Second Prize:
Drari
directed by Kamal Lazraq
La fémis, France
Third Prize:
Ya-gan-bi-hang (Fly by Night)
directed by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
The awarded films will receive € 15,000 for the First Prize, € 11,250 for the Second and € 7,500 for the Third.
In the official correspondence, the press office noted the following about the Cinéfondation: Created in 1998, the Cinéfondation Selection has showcased student films by directors who are back in Cannes this year with a feature film: Frederikke Aspöck (Labrador), Catalin Mitulescu (Loverboy), Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Trabalhar Cansa), Roland Edzard...
Michel Gondry and his jury have announced the student filmmaker winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation prizes for 2011.
In a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, the following films were awarded ahead of a screening of their films.
First Prize:
Der Brief (The Letter)
directed by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany
Second Prize:
Drari
directed by Kamal Lazraq
La fémis, France
Third Prize:
Ya-gan-bi-hang (Fly by Night)
directed by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
The awarded films will receive € 15,000 for the First Prize, € 11,250 for the Second and € 7,500 for the Third.
In the official correspondence, the press office noted the following about the Cinéfondation: Created in 1998, the Cinéfondation Selection has showcased student films by directors who are back in Cannes this year with a feature film: Frederikke Aspöck (Labrador), Catalin Mitulescu (Loverboy), Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Trabalhar Cansa), Roland Edzard...
- 5/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Cannes Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury President Michel Gondry, Copyright C. Fitte/Getty Images
Michel Gondry and his jury have announced the student filmmaker winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation prizes for 2011.
In a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, the following films were awarded ahead of a screening of their films.
First Prize:
Der Brief (The Letter)
directed by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany
Second Prize:
Drari
directed by Kamal Lazraq
La fémis, France
Third Prize:
Ya-gan-bi-hang (Fly by Night)
directed by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
The awarded films will receive € 15,000 for the First Prize, € 11,250 for the Second and € 7,500 for the Third.
In the official correspondence, the press office noted the following about the Cinéfondation: Created in 1998, the Cinéfondation Selection has showcased student films by directors who are back in Cannes this year with a feature film: Frederikke Aspöck (Labrador), Catalin Mitulescu (Loverboy), Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Trabalhar Cansa), Roland Edzard...
Michel Gondry and his jury have announced the student filmmaker winners of Cannes’ Cinéfondation prizes for 2011.
In a ceremony at the Buñuel Theatre, the following films were awarded ahead of a screening of their films.
First Prize:
Der Brief (The Letter)
directed by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany
Second Prize:
Drari
directed by Kamal Lazraq
La fémis, France
Third Prize:
Ya-gan-bi-hang (Fly by Night)
directed by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
The awarded films will receive € 15,000 for the First Prize, € 11,250 for the Second and € 7,500 for the Third.
In the official correspondence, the press office noted the following about the Cinéfondation: Created in 1998, the Cinéfondation Selection has showcased student films by directors who are back in Cannes this year with a feature film: Frederikke Aspöck (Labrador), Catalin Mitulescu (Loverboy), Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra (Trabalhar Cansa), Roland Edzard...
- 5/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Updated through 5/15.
"Horror elements are wrapped around the unsurprising notion that management fosters an unequal power distribution with workers in the icy neo-thriller Hard Labor [Trabalahr Cansa]," begins Jay Weissberg in, as your inner ear has undoubtedly already told you, Variety. "Though award-winning shorts helmers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra know how to create atmosphere, it's uncertain whether they realize how heavy-handed their symbolism is, with its implicit — even explicit — message that capitalism is a malignant mildew on the social contract, creating a festering hole in a new business proprietor's personal relations."
"The well-constructed story is full of parallels and ironic mirrors, but simply less absorbing, less urgent than those contemporary benchmarks of reality-grounded supernatural arthouse films, Let the Right One In and The Host," writes Lee Marshall in Screen. "Middle-manager Ottavio ([Marat] Descartes) is fired from his job of ten years on the very day when his can-do wife Helena ([Helena] Albergaria) signs...
"Horror elements are wrapped around the unsurprising notion that management fosters an unequal power distribution with workers in the icy neo-thriller Hard Labor [Trabalahr Cansa]," begins Jay Weissberg in, as your inner ear has undoubtedly already told you, Variety. "Though award-winning shorts helmers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra know how to create atmosphere, it's uncertain whether they realize how heavy-handed their symbolism is, with its implicit — even explicit — message that capitalism is a malignant mildew on the social contract, creating a festering hole in a new business proprietor's personal relations."
"The well-constructed story is full of parallels and ironic mirrors, but simply less absorbing, less urgent than those contemporary benchmarks of reality-grounded supernatural arthouse films, Let the Right One In and The Host," writes Lee Marshall in Screen. "Middle-manager Ottavio ([Marat] Descartes) is fired from his job of ten years on the very day when his can-do wife Helena ([Helena] Albergaria) signs...
- 5/15/2011
- MUBI
For their first feature, the directing team of Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra certainly made a reach for the brass ring. A horror film (of sorts) structured around an observation of the economic realities and class systems of Brazil, "Hard Labor" is an ambitious blend of genres that unfortunately is so concerned with teasing and eventually unveiling it's big last act twist, that the rest of the film is a tiring waiting game. When the film opens we get a dose of good news/bad news. For the former, Helena (Helena Albergaria) has found the perfect space to open up a…...
- 5/13/2011
- The Playlist
Regardless what larger themes or shifting styles that are discovered or get attached to this year's Cannes batch, one of the major conversation starters is the prominence of global female filmmakers at the festival. There are 22 feature films by female directors (and I'm not even including the short films) which should be a record for any festival in recent memory. We have renowned auteurs Naomi Kawase and Lynne Ramsay to actress-turned-directors, Jodie Foster, Maiwenn, Nadine Labaki, Eva Ionesco, Hagar Ben Asher. Among the 22, with have a dozen or so from first time filmmakers including Julia Leigh (see below) whose first film is in the official competition and comes with the blessing from fellow Australian and Palme d'Or winner Jane Campion. See the 22 names below. The Official Competition Naomi Kawase, Hanezu No Tsuki Julia Leigh, Sleeping Beauty Maiwenn, Polisse Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk about Kevin Out of Competition Jodie Foster,...
- 5/10/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Trabalhar Cansa (translation: work makes you tired) a.k.a Hard Labor is the feature film debut from the filmmaking team of Juliana Rojas and Marcos Dutra. Selected in this year's Un Certain Regard section, this is actually the third participation at the Cannes Film Festival; short films O Lençol Branco and Um Ramo were previously shown in 2004 and 2007's Critics' Week. This tells the story of Helena, a housewife who decides to open a small business: a supermarket. She hires Paula, a housekeeper, to take care of her house and Vanessa, her daughter. When her husband Otávio loses his job, their lives begin to change and a major trauma occurs , threatening Helen’s new business. I had the chance to speak to one part of the filmmaking team before they took off for the festival. Anny Gomes: Can you tell us your inspiration behind Trabalhar Cansa? Marco Dutra:...
- 5/9/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Urban Distribution, a French based international sales agent founded in 2004 by Frédéric Corvez has changed its name from UMedia. This new name, coupled with an expansion into theatrical distribution, will be inaugurated in style at the Film Market at the 64th Cannes Film Festival where the company has two titles selected in the different sections. Brazilian duo Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas’s ♀ Hard Labor will be in Un Certain Regard selection. Last year the French seller October (Octubre) won the Jury Prize. The company will also sell Eva Ionesco’s ♀French film My Little Princess starring Isabelle Huppert. This…...
- 5/3/2011
- Sydney's Buzz
This year Korean writer and director Bong Joon-Ho will preside over the jury that hands out the Camera d'Or (Golden Camera) award - the only cross-section award on the Croisette that is given to the best first feature. This year's winner will join the ranks of Michael Rowe (Leap Year, 2010), Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah, 2009), Steve McQueen (Hunger, 2008), Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen (Jellyfish, 2007), Corneliu Porumboiu (12:08 East of Bucharest, 2006) who all won the prestigious prize in the last five years. There are 19 first features contenders are spread out in all the competition sections including a pair in the official Main Comp, Un Certain Regard, Critics' Week and Directors' Fortnight. It's anybody's guess at this point what Joon-Ho and jury will pick but the winner will join the ranks of auteurs (Jim Jarmusch, Tran Anh Hung and Naomi Kawase) that were discovered and crowned at the world's greatest festival. Here are the...
- 4/20/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
No surprise here. Terrence Malick's bringing the baby feet to the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where "The Tree of Life" will play in competition, alongside new films by Pedro Almodovar, Takashi Miike, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and Lars von Trier. I'm not going to Cannes (unless you want to send me, independently wealthy, art film loving reader, in which case, speak up!) but I'd want to see all of those, plus the new film from "Ratcatcher" director Lynne Ramsay and "Drive" by "Bronson"'s Nicolas Winding Refn, which is described on IMDb as the story of "a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman [and] discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong." The badass cast of that one includes Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, and Ron Perlman.
At Cannes, you can always count on a crazy juxtaposition of the competition's high-end,...
At Cannes, you can always count on a crazy juxtaposition of the competition's high-end,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Festival president Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux, festival chief announced the line-up for the 64th Cannes Film Festival which will run from May 11-22.
As expected Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life, Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin that I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive, Lars Von Trier‘s Melancholia and Lynne Ramsay‘s We Need To Talk About Kevin will be shown at Cannes 2011 In Competition Category.
In the same category will be also presented This Must Be The Place directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) by Takashi Miike, The Kid With The Bike by Dardenne Brothers, Sleeping Beauty directed by Julia Leigh, We Have a Pope by Nanni Moretti but you can see the full list below.
When it comes to the Out of Competition selections Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will have that honor to be presented,...
As expected Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life, Pedro Almodovar‘s The Skin that I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive, Lars Von Trier‘s Melancholia and Lynne Ramsay‘s We Need To Talk About Kevin will be shown at Cannes 2011 In Competition Category.
In the same category will be also presented This Must Be The Place directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) by Takashi Miike, The Kid With The Bike by Dardenne Brothers, Sleeping Beauty directed by Julia Leigh, We Have a Pope by Nanni Moretti but you can see the full list below.
When it comes to the Out of Competition selections Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will have that honor to be presented,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
As has become the story in recent years, familiar Cannes-family names grace the line-up of the official competition of the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.
While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...
A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.
While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...
- 4/14/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
As has become the story in recent years, familiar Cannes-family names grace the line-up of the official competition of the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.
While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...
A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.
While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...
- 4/14/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The anticipation of summer isn’t reserved for superheroes and sequels – it’s also the time for the Cannes Film Festival, which is like an actual World Series of international film. Occurring this year from May 11th through May 22nd, this year has many anticipated titles from its list of “all-star” directors that includes Woody Allen, Pedro Almoldovar, Terence Malick, Lars Von Trier, etc. Out of all of these films, I am most excited for Von Trier’s Melancholia, though Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is a close second.
Released today, here’s the list of films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with many of these titles bound to be big deals in the movie world during and after their premieres:
Opening film:
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Main competition:
Pedro Almodóvar – La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello – L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier...
Released today, here’s the list of films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with many of these titles bound to be big deals in the movie world during and after their premieres:
Opening film:
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Main competition:
Pedro Almodóvar – La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello – L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier...
- 4/14/2011
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Fest president Gilles Jacob and artistic director Thierry Frémaux announced the official selection of the 64th Cannes Film Festival at the Grand Hôtel in Paris today. I warn you that after reading over the list, you’ll be insanely jealous if you’re not one of the lucky people attending the festival. The list includes films from Pedro Almodóvar, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Lynne Ramsay, Nicolas Winding Refn, Radu Mihaileanu and Aki Kaurismäki.
Our contributor Eduardo Lucatero will be at the festival and he’ll be providing us with a daily blog with his thoughts on the festival as well as the films he’ll see. As previously reported, Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, will still be getting its worldwide premiere in Cannes. Apparently there was some confusion since a studio decided to release it in the UK sometime in April. However after some legal threats, it...
Our contributor Eduardo Lucatero will be at the festival and he’ll be providing us with a daily blog with his thoughts on the festival as well as the films he’ll see. As previously reported, Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, will still be getting its worldwide premiere in Cannes. Apparently there was some confusion since a studio decided to release it in the UK sometime in April. However after some legal threats, it...
- 4/14/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Some major motion pictures are set to appear at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Jodie Foster's The Beaver is now part of the list of major films playing at Cannes.
The entire list was announced earlier today in Paris. Some big stars are set to headline the festival, including Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Some other big Hollywood stars that could show up for this year's festival include, Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place, Antonio Banderas in The Skin I Live In, Ryan Gosling in Drive, and the entire cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy beautiful wife Carla Bruni.
Continue Reading for the full list of films.
Opening Film
Midnight In Paris,...
The entire list was announced earlier today in Paris. Some big stars are set to headline the festival, including Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Some other big Hollywood stars that could show up for this year's festival include, Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place, Antonio Banderas in The Skin I Live In, Ryan Gosling in Drive, and the entire cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy beautiful wife Carla Bruni.
Continue Reading for the full list of films.
Opening Film
Midnight In Paris,...
- 4/14/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
Earlier we reported that Restless and Kung Fu Panda 2 had been added to the Cannes Film Festival lineup that included The Tree of Life and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Today, we have the full lineup for the festival. The majority of the films are ones I have not heard of, but there are some exceptions. Jodie Foster's The Beaver, Sleeping Beauty and Drive by Nicolas Winding Refn. Takasi Miike and Pedro Almodovar also have films in competition at the festival.
Below is the full list of films at this year's Cannes Film Festival:
Opening Film
Midnight in Paris (Out of Competition)
Director: Woody Allen
Closing Film
To be announced
In Competition
The Skin I Live In
Director: Pedro Almodovar
House of Tolerance
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Footnote
Director: Joseph Cedar
Pater
Director: Alain Cavalier
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Boy with a...
Below is the full list of films at this year's Cannes Film Festival:
Opening Film
Midnight in Paris (Out of Competition)
Director: Woody Allen
Closing Film
To be announced
In Competition
The Skin I Live In
Director: Pedro Almodovar
House of Tolerance
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Footnote
Director: Joseph Cedar
Pater
Director: Alain Cavalier
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Boy with a...
- 4/14/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The 64th Festival de Cannes has unveiled its lineup for 2011. Although it boasts of big names like Pedro Almodovar and Lars Von Trier, no Indian film has found a place in it.
Vikramadiya Motwane’s Udaan had been screened at Un Certain Regard section last year.
The complete selection:
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Joseph Cedar: Hearat Shulayim
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Aki Kaurismäki: Le Havre
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh: Sleeping Beauty
Maïwenn Le Besco: Polisse
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Nanni Moretti...
Vikramadiya Motwane’s Udaan had been screened at Un Certain Regard section last year.
The complete selection:
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Joseph Cedar: Hearat Shulayim
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Aki Kaurismäki: Le Havre
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh: Sleeping Beauty
Maïwenn Le Besco: Polisse
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Nanni Moretti...
- 4/14/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
In the wee hours of the morning here in the states, the official 64th Cannes Film Festival line-up was revealed. As expecting we got Lars von Trier‘s Melancholia, Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life (in competition too!), Lynne Ramsay‘s We Need to Talk About Kevin starring Tilda Swinton, and Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be The Place starring Sean Penn. The biggest surprise is auteur director Nicolas Winding Refn‘s biggest film thus far, Drive, being selected for competition. The drama stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Christina Hendricks, Oscar Issac and I can’t wait to see the reaction.
My favorite film from Sundance, and still my #1 of the year, Sean Durkin‘s Martha Marcy May Marlene will happily be playing in Un Certain Regard next to Gus Van Sant‘s Restless. In terms of surprises that didn’t make the...
My favorite film from Sundance, and still my #1 of the year, Sean Durkin‘s Martha Marcy May Marlene will happily be playing in Un Certain Regard next to Gus Van Sant‘s Restless. In terms of surprises that didn’t make the...
- 4/14/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The openers, the competition contenders, un certain regard, special screenings ... here's the Cannes film festival list in full
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Joseph Cedar: Hearat Shulayim
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Aki Kaurismäki: Le Havre
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh: Sleeping Beauty
Maïwenn Le Besco: Polisse
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Nanni Moretti: Habemus Papam
Lynne Ramsay: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Markus Schleinzer: Michael
Paolo Sorrentino: This Must be the Place
Lars Von Trier: Melancholia
Nicolas Winding Refn...
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Joseph Cedar: Hearat Shulayim
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Aki Kaurismäki: Le Havre
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh: Sleeping Beauty
Maïwenn Le Besco: Polisse
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Nanni Moretti: Habemus Papam
Lynne Ramsay: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Markus Schleinzer: Michael
Paolo Sorrentino: This Must be the Place
Lars Von Trier: Melancholia
Nicolas Winding Refn...
- 4/14/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
The Official Selection and the Juries of the 64th Cannes Film festival were announced Thursday, April 14th during the press conference held by Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux at the Grand Hôtel in Paris.
Opening Film
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris (Out of Competition)
Competition
Pedro ALMODÓVAR - La Piel Que Habito
Bertrand Bonello - L’Apollonide – Souvenirs De La Maison Close
Alain Cavalier – Pater
Joseph Cedar - Hearat Shulayim (Footnote)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’Da (Once upon a time in Anatolia)
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne - Le Gamin Au VÉLO
Aki KAURISMÄKI - Le Havre
Naomi Kawase - Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh - Sleeping Beauty – 1st film
MAÏWENN - Polisse
Terrence Malick - The Tree Of Life
Radu Mihaileanu - La Source Des Femmes
Takashi Miike - Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï)
Nanni Moretti - Habemus Papam
Lynne Ramsay - We Need To Talk About Kevin...
Opening Film
Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris (Out of Competition)
Competition
Pedro ALMODÓVAR - La Piel Que Habito
Bertrand Bonello - L’Apollonide – Souvenirs De La Maison Close
Alain Cavalier – Pater
Joseph Cedar - Hearat Shulayim (Footnote)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’Da (Once upon a time in Anatolia)
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne - Le Gamin Au VÉLO
Aki KAURISMÄKI - Le Havre
Naomi Kawase - Hanezu No Tsuki
Julia Leigh - Sleeping Beauty – 1st film
MAÏWENN - Polisse
Terrence Malick - The Tree Of Life
Radu Mihaileanu - La Source Des Femmes
Takashi Miike - Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï)
Nanni Moretti - Habemus Papam
Lynne Ramsay - We Need To Talk About Kevin...
- 4/14/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Some films were expected (hello, “The Tree of Life”). Some were complete surprises (Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In”). But just about every title announced as part of the 64th Cannes Film Festival carried serious weight and anticipation.
Malick, Almodovar, Miike, Von Trier, Ramsay and Allen are the heavy hitters in Cannes’ official Competition.
Outside the boundaries, Cannes will be hosting the world premiere of the fourth “Pirates” film, with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz expected to attend. And Jodie Foster continues her “Beaver” press tour with a stop on the Croistette. Is that a good fit?
The official Cannes lineup was made this morning in Paris. We have the full list below:
Feature Film Jury
Robert De Niro, President – Actor, Director / USA
The Short Film And Cinefondation Jury
Michel Gondry, President – Director / France
Un Certain Regard Jury
Emir Kusturica, President – Director / Serbia...
Hollywoodnews.com: Some films were expected (hello, “The Tree of Life”). Some were complete surprises (Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In”). But just about every title announced as part of the 64th Cannes Film Festival carried serious weight and anticipation.
Malick, Almodovar, Miike, Von Trier, Ramsay and Allen are the heavy hitters in Cannes’ official Competition.
Outside the boundaries, Cannes will be hosting the world premiere of the fourth “Pirates” film, with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz expected to attend. And Jodie Foster continues her “Beaver” press tour with a stop on the Croistette. Is that a good fit?
The official Cannes lineup was made this morning in Paris. We have the full list below:
Feature Film Jury
Robert De Niro, President – Actor, Director / USA
The Short Film And Cinefondation Jury
Michel Gondry, President – Director / France
Un Certain Regard Jury
Emir Kusturica, President – Director / Serbia...
- 4/14/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Photo: Cannes Film Festival This morning the Cannes Film Festival announced the line-up for the 64th edition of the fest, which will run from May 11-22. Before getting to the films, managing director of the festival, Thierry Fremaux, announced that 1715 films were submitted for consideration, representing 33 countries. Of those films 19 were included in competition, and of those 19, four were directed by female directors, a record for the fest.
As for the films included in the festival, the competition looks fierce. Just a few names you might recognize among the competition crowd include Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar, Takashi Miike, Nicolas Winding Refn, Lars Von Trier and Lynne Ramsay. Beyond that many of the names are new to me, but that's the number one reason I go to Cannes, the international flavor of this festival surpasses any of the major fests you'll find in North America.
The Out of Competition selections for...
As for the films included in the festival, the competition looks fierce. Just a few names you might recognize among the competition crowd include Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar, Takashi Miike, Nicolas Winding Refn, Lars Von Trier and Lynne Ramsay. Beyond that many of the names are new to me, but that's the number one reason I go to Cannes, the international flavor of this festival surpasses any of the major fests you'll find in North America.
The Out of Competition selections for...
- 4/14/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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