Lily James and Pierce Brosnan are ready to rock with their reboot of Cliffhanger.
Principal photography commenced in Austria for an updated take on the 1993 film of the same name that starred Sylvester Stallone. Jaume Collet-Serra directs the new movie that is planning a theatrical release and hails from Rocket Science, in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix.
The Cliffhanger reboot centers on mountaineer Ray Cooper (Brosnan), who runs a chalet with his daughter in the Dolomites, a mountain range in Italy. When the pair are kidnapped, older daughter Naomi (James) — still dealing with trauma from a previous climbing incident — must overcome her past to save her family.
Stallone was announced last year as starring in the reboot but has since exited the project, as has previously announced director Ric Roman Waugh.
Rounding out the cast are Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba and Bruno Gouery.
Principal photography commenced in Austria for an updated take on the 1993 film of the same name that starred Sylvester Stallone. Jaume Collet-Serra directs the new movie that is planning a theatrical release and hails from Rocket Science, in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix.
The Cliffhanger reboot centers on mountaineer Ray Cooper (Brosnan), who runs a chalet with his daughter in the Dolomites, a mountain range in Italy. When the pair are kidnapped, older daughter Naomi (James) — still dealing with trauma from a previous climbing incident — must overcome her past to save her family.
Stallone was announced last year as starring in the reboot but has since exited the project, as has previously announced director Ric Roman Waugh.
Rounding out the cast are Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba and Bruno Gouery.
- 10/31/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lily James in ‘Cliffhanger’ (Photo Courtesy of Rocket Science)
Lily James takes the lead in the reboot of the 1993 action thriller Cliffhanger directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocket Science released the first two photos from the new version, which is currently in filming in Austria’s East Tyrol region of the Lienz Dolomites.
In addition to Lily James (Pam & Tommy), the thriller stars Pierce Brosnan, Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba, and Bruno Gouery. Jaume Collet-Serra directs, based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour.
“In this reboot of Cliffhanger, seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers,” reads the official synopsis. “Ray’s older daughter Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes.
Lily James takes the lead in the reboot of the 1993 action thriller Cliffhanger directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocket Science released the first two photos from the new version, which is currently in filming in Austria’s East Tyrol region of the Lienz Dolomites.
In addition to Lily James (Pam & Tommy), the thriller stars Pierce Brosnan, Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba, and Bruno Gouery. Jaume Collet-Serra directs, based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour.
“In this reboot of Cliffhanger, seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers,” reads the official synopsis. “Ray’s older daughter Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes.
- 10/31/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Principal photography for Jaume Collet-Serra’s Cliffhanger reboot is officially underway in Austria, where Lily James defies gravity while pushing herself to the limit. Today, Rocket Science, in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix, unveiled two first-look images from the film’s shoot in Austria’s East Tyrol region of the Lienz Dolomites. I hope you don’t get vertigo because the reboot of Sylvester Stallone’s 1993 thriller, starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan, looks like it’s off to an exciting start.
“In this reboot of Cliffhanger, seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Pierce Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. Ray’s older daughter Naomi (Lily James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes. To save her family, she must confront her...
“In this reboot of Cliffhanger, seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Pierce Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. Ray’s older daughter Naomi (Lily James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes. To save her family, she must confront her...
- 10/31/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
A “Cliffhanger” follow-up keeps on rolling. But now in a much different configuration.
Rocket Science in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix has announced that filming is underway on “Cliffhanger,” a reboot of the 1993 action extravaganza that starred Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow. This new version stars Lily James and Pierce Brosnan and is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour.
A proposed follow-up to “Cliffhanger” dates back to 1994, when TriStar announced “Cliffhanger 2: The Dam,” with Stallone returning. For years it sat fallow until 2019, when Amirpour was hired and Jason Momoa was earmarked to star. In 2023 it was re-announced as a legacy sequel, with Stallone set to return under the direction of Ric Roman Waugh. Mark Bianculli wrote that version of the script. Later in 2023, Jean-François Richet was hired to replace Waugh.
And now the production has veered in an entirely different direction,...
Rocket Science in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix has announced that filming is underway on “Cliffhanger,” a reboot of the 1993 action extravaganza that starred Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow. This new version stars Lily James and Pierce Brosnan and is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour.
A proposed follow-up to “Cliffhanger” dates back to 1994, when TriStar announced “Cliffhanger 2: The Dam,” with Stallone returning. For years it sat fallow until 2019, when Amirpour was hired and Jason Momoa was earmarked to star. In 2023 it was re-announced as a legacy sequel, with Stallone set to return under the direction of Ric Roman Waugh. Mark Bianculli wrote that version of the script. Later in 2023, Jean-François Richet was hired to replace Waugh.
And now the production has veered in an entirely different direction,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Lily James and Pierce Brosnan are set to star in a new reimagining of the classic action pic Cliffhanger with Jaume Collet-Serra directing. The project is a Rocket Science production in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix.
The original film starred Sylvester Stallone with Renny Harlin directing. James and Gala Gordon’s Parodos banner is also produing in association with Rocket Science as well.
“The process of shooting Cliffhanger has been exhilarating. I love stepping into the shoes, and learning from the climbing community. Jaume is a force. We have a fearless cast and crew who have been unparalleled in their passion and dedication,” James said.
The new script is based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour. Melanie Toast penned the latest draft.
Brosnan will play seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper, who operates a luxury chalet in the Dolomites with daughter Sydney. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son,...
The original film starred Sylvester Stallone with Renny Harlin directing. James and Gala Gordon’s Parodos banner is also produing in association with Rocket Science as well.
“The process of shooting Cliffhanger has been exhilarating. I love stepping into the shoes, and learning from the climbing community. Jaume is a force. We have a fearless cast and crew who have been unparalleled in their passion and dedication,” James said.
The new script is based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour. Melanie Toast penned the latest draft.
Brosnan will play seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper, who operates a luxury chalet in the Dolomites with daughter Sydney. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son,...
- 10/31/2024
- by Justin Kroll and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
A reboot of Sylvester Stallone’s action classic “Cliffhanger” is currently in production, but the film will look a lot different from the package initially announced nearly 18 months ago.
Stallone will no longer star in the update meant to be directed by Ric Roman Waugh (“Greenland”) from a script by Mark Bianculli (“Hunters”). A creative overhaul has meant that actor Lily James will take on the lead role. Pierce Brosnan will co-star and Jaume Collet-Serra will direct. The project hails from Rocket Science in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix.
Filming is underway in Austria with a buzzy supporting cast, including: Nell Tiger Free, festival darling Franz Rogowski (“Passages”), Shubham Saraf (“Shantaram”), Assaad Bouab (“Franklin”), Suzy Bemba (“Poor Things”) and Bruno Gouery, a breakout star of the Netflix hit “Emily in Paris.”
The new script is based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour. Insiders familiar with the project...
Stallone will no longer star in the update meant to be directed by Ric Roman Waugh (“Greenland”) from a script by Mark Bianculli (“Hunters”). A creative overhaul has meant that actor Lily James will take on the lead role. Pierce Brosnan will co-star and Jaume Collet-Serra will direct. The project hails from Rocket Science in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix.
Filming is underway in Austria with a buzzy supporting cast, including: Nell Tiger Free, festival darling Franz Rogowski (“Passages”), Shubham Saraf (“Shantaram”), Assaad Bouab (“Franklin”), Suzy Bemba (“Poor Things”) and Bruno Gouery, a breakout star of the Netflix hit “Emily in Paris.”
The new script is based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour. Insiders familiar with the project...
- 10/31/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The sweet spot for many of the best films of the year, arriving before the final month of 2024, November is packed with robust offerings of Cannes, Berlinale, and fall festival highlights, along with must-see documentaries, and even a major studio movie or two.
17. Dream Team (Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn; Nov. 15)
Following their singular take on the Western genre with Two Plains and a Fancy, filmmakers Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn returned to the festival circuit earlier this year with Dream Team, an absurdist homage to ’90s basic-cable TV thrillers. Starring Esther Garrel and Alex Zhang Hungtai, with a producing team that includes I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun, Leonardo Goi said in his Rotterdam review, “Like its predecessors, Dream Team hangs in a hazy, oneiric region; what the film is about is a lot easier to discuss than the entrancing feeling it evokes. As corals the world over...
17. Dream Team (Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn; Nov. 15)
Following their singular take on the Western genre with Two Plains and a Fancy, filmmakers Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn returned to the festival circuit earlier this year with Dream Team, an absurdist homage to ’90s basic-cable TV thrillers. Starring Esther Garrel and Alex Zhang Hungtai, with a producing team that includes I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun, Leonardo Goi said in his Rotterdam review, “Like its predecessors, Dream Team hangs in a hazy, oneiric region; what the film is about is a lot easier to discuss than the entrancing feeling it evokes. As corals the world over...
- 10/31/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.News Office Space.Some Hollywood insiders are blaming post-pandemic work-from-home policies—rather than rampant financialization and an overinvestment in stale intellectual-property tentpoles—for the industry’s recent decline.A coalition of human-rights groups have penned an open letter to Netflix demanding the renewal of its “Palestinian Stories” collection, which expired earlier this month after three years on the platform.Workers in RadicalMedia’s nonfiction division have launched a union drive, having collected an “overwhelming majority” of signature cards from the 65-person bargaining group. They plan to join the Writers Guild of America East.China will not have an Oscar entry this year, after the Academy deemed the documentary The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (2023) ineligible for the Best Foreign Picture award,...
- 10/30/2024
- MUBI
We bring you our red carpet interviews from the riverside Lff premiere of Andrea Arnold’s Bird. Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams, Jason Buda, Frankie Box, Jasmine Jobson, Joanne Matthews, James Nelson-Joyce and Sarah Beth Harber.
Bird will be released on the 8th of November, 2024. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
Bird Lff Premiere Interviews
Plot:
Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.
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Bird will be released on the 8th of November, 2024. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
Bird Lff Premiere Interviews
Plot:
Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.
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- 10/19/2024
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
En noviembre llega a los cines este empático coming-of-age. © Mubi
Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler de Bird, la nueva película de la directora Andrea Arnold (American Honey), que tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival de Cannes y se proyectó en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián dentro de la sección Perlak. También pasará por otros festivales de nuestro país antes de llegar a las salas, como la Seminci o el Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla.
Bird sigue a Bailey (Nykiya Adams), una chica de doce años que vive con su padre Bug (Barry Keoghan) y su hermano Hunter en una casa ocupada. La evidente desatención de su padre la empuja a encontrar su propio camino en el mundo, buscando aventuras por su cuenta. En una de estas escapadas, Bailey se encuentra con un hombre que busca a sus padres perdidos. Alguien que responde al...
Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler de Bird, la nueva película de la directora Andrea Arnold (American Honey), que tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival de Cannes y se proyectó en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián dentro de la sección Perlak. También pasará por otros festivales de nuestro país antes de llegar a las salas, como la Seminci o el Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla.
Bird sigue a Bailey (Nykiya Adams), una chica de doce años que vive con su padre Bug (Barry Keoghan) y su hermano Hunter en una casa ocupada. La evidente desatención de su padre la empuja a encontrar su propio camino en el mundo, buscando aventuras por su cuenta. En una de estas escapadas, Bailey se encuentra con un hombre que busca a sus padres perdidos. Alguien que responde al...
- 10/16/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrea Arnold is back with her first narrative feature since 2016’s “American Honey” with “Bird,” which just got a new trailer from Mubi before it releases in theaters this fall.
“Bird” is a coming-of-age drama about 12-year-old Bailey (newcomer Nykiya Adams), a girl living in poverty in Kent, England with her charismatic but unstable single father, Bug (Academy Award nominee Barry Keoghan), who has a big tattoo of a centipede on his face and neck. One day, she meets a strange man named Bird (Franz Rogowski), who helps her see the world in a new way.
IndieWire, which first shared the trailer, describes “Bird” as “surreal” and “dreamlike,” and quotes Keoghan as saying Arnold did not provide a script for the film and ran the production in a way that’s “pure, spontaneous, and instinctive,” stripping the actors’ performances down to a point where they’re not acting in a traditional sense,...
“Bird” is a coming-of-age drama about 12-year-old Bailey (newcomer Nykiya Adams), a girl living in poverty in Kent, England with her charismatic but unstable single father, Bug (Academy Award nominee Barry Keoghan), who has a big tattoo of a centipede on his face and neck. One day, she meets a strange man named Bird (Franz Rogowski), who helps her see the world in a new way.
IndieWire, which first shared the trailer, describes “Bird” as “surreal” and “dreamlike,” and quotes Keoghan as saying Arnold did not provide a script for the film and ran the production in a way that’s “pure, spontaneous, and instinctive,” stripping the actors’ performances down to a point where they’re not acting in a traditional sense,...
- 10/15/2024
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" "What is?" "The day." Mubi has revealed their trailer for an indie film called Bird, the latest feature written and directed by the award-winning filmmaker Andrea Arnold. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the Main Competition this year, but didn't take home any awards. Reviews were mixed but fairly positive. Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn't have much time to devote to them. So Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere, eventually meeting a strange man named "Bird" with whom she builds a connection with. A tender, striking, distinctly surprising coming-of-age fable from Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold, starring Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, and newcomer Nykiya Adams as Bailey. Arriving in theaters in the US, Canada, UK & Ireland from November 8th this fall - and streaming eventually on Mubi.
- 10/15/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a narrative feature film from acclaimed director Andrea Arnold. In fact, her last feature was 2016’s “American Honey.” Sure, she’s done some TV work and a documentary since, but we really have been waiting to see a new narrative feature from Arnold. Thankfully, that’s what we get with the new film, “Bird.”
Read More: ‘Bird’ Review: Franz Rogowski Shines In Arnold’s Beautiful Coming Of Age Tale [Cannes]
As seen in the trailer for “Bird,” the film follows the story of a young girl who lives with her chaotic single dad and her brother.
Continue reading ‘Bird’ Trailer: Barry Keoghan & Franz Rogowski Star In Andrea Arnold’s New Film at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Bird’ Review: Franz Rogowski Shines In Arnold’s Beautiful Coming Of Age Tale [Cannes]
As seen in the trailer for “Bird,” the film follows the story of a young girl who lives with her chaotic single dad and her brother.
Continue reading ‘Bird’ Trailer: Barry Keoghan & Franz Rogowski Star In Andrea Arnold’s New Film at The Playlist.
- 10/15/2024
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Returning to Cannes Film Festival with her first narrative feature in eight years, Andrea Arnold’s coming-of-age fable bird brought together Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, and newcomer Nykiya Adams. Now set for a theatrical release from Mubi starting November 8, they’ve dropped the first trailer and poster.
See the synopsis: “The long-awaited return to fiction filmmaking from Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold, Bird is a tender, striking and extraordinarily surprising coming-of-age fable about marginalised life in the fringes of contemporary society. 12-year-old Bailey (astounding newcomer Nykiya Adams) lives with her devoted but chaotic single dad Bug and wayward brother Hunter in a squat in Gravesend, north Kent. Approaching puberty and seeking attention and adventure, Bailey’s fractured home life is transformed when she encounters Bird, a mysterious stranger on a journey of his own. A wondrous portrait of the transition from childhood to adolescence that remains grounded in her typically empathetic social realism,...
See the synopsis: “The long-awaited return to fiction filmmaking from Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold, Bird is a tender, striking and extraordinarily surprising coming-of-age fable about marginalised life in the fringes of contemporary society. 12-year-old Bailey (astounding newcomer Nykiya Adams) lives with her devoted but chaotic single dad Bug and wayward brother Hunter in a squat in Gravesend, north Kent. Approaching puberty and seeking attention and adventure, Bailey’s fractured home life is transformed when she encounters Bird, a mysterious stranger on a journey of his own. A wondrous portrait of the transition from childhood to adolescence that remains grounded in her typically empathetic social realism,...
- 10/15/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Academy Award winner Andrea Arnold is taking her biggest risk yet with “Bird.”
Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski anchor a coming-of-age fable that spreads its wings with surrealism — expanding the world of a young girl (played by newcomer star Nykiya Adams) and Arnold’s filmography in the process.
“Cow” and “American Honey” filmmaker Arnold writes and directs “Bird,” which captures life on the “marginalized fringes of contemporary society” in north Kent, England. The film follows 12-year-old Bailey (Adams), who lives with her chaotic single dad Bug (Keoghan) and uncle Hunter (Jason Buda). But after she encounters nomad Bird (Rogowski), she realizes the meaning of adult friendship.
Jasmine Jobson, Joanne Matthews, James Nelson-Joyce, Rhys Yates, and Sarah Beth Harber also star.
The IndieWire review for “Bird” charted writer/director Arnold’s “shrewd” ability to direct young stars much like Katie Jarvis (“Fish Tank”) and Sasha Lane (“American Honey”), and now, Adams.
Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski anchor a coming-of-age fable that spreads its wings with surrealism — expanding the world of a young girl (played by newcomer star Nykiya Adams) and Arnold’s filmography in the process.
“Cow” and “American Honey” filmmaker Arnold writes and directs “Bird,” which captures life on the “marginalized fringes of contemporary society” in north Kent, England. The film follows 12-year-old Bailey (Adams), who lives with her chaotic single dad Bug (Keoghan) and uncle Hunter (Jason Buda). But after she encounters nomad Bird (Rogowski), she realizes the meaning of adult friendship.
Jasmine Jobson, Joanne Matthews, James Nelson-Joyce, Rhys Yates, and Sarah Beth Harber also star.
The IndieWire review for “Bird” charted writer/director Arnold’s “shrewd” ability to direct young stars much like Katie Jarvis (“Fish Tank”) and Sasha Lane (“American Honey”), and now, Adams.
- 10/15/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Fatherhood doesn't mean respectability for Barry Keoghan in Andrea Arnold's latest film, which premieres in theaters November 8. You'll easily recognize the Oscar-nominated actor in the Bird trailer for his youthful, off-kilter energy. Except this time his energy has a profound effect on his young daughter Bailey (Nykiya Adams), whose...
- 10/15/2024
- by Mary Kate Carr
- avclub.com
One of the longstanding bits of wisdom pertaining to the film industry comes from an immortal quote by W.C. Fields: “Never work with children or animals.” Though Fields’s quote is intended as a warning that those adorable subjects will always steal the spotlight from adult costars, the colloquial evolution of the phrase has come to signify that working with children and animals essentially means asking for a needlessly difficult production, hampered by beings lacking the capacity to fully understand the nuances of performing for an audience. Throughout her career, Andrea Arnold has made a concerted effort to show that the accepted wisdom is, to cite her homeland’s own colloquialisms, a load of bollocks.
Though the British filmmaker has continued to step further outside the typical realm of kitchen sink realism that has largely defined her oeuvre—her previous narrative film taking her all the way to America...
Though the British filmmaker has continued to step further outside the typical realm of kitchen sink realism that has largely defined her oeuvre—her previous narrative film taking her all the way to America...
- 10/14/2024
- by Julian Malandruccolo
- High on Films
“September 5,” “All We Imagine as Light,” “The Luckiest Man in America,” “Zurawski v Texas,” and “Oh, Canada” are among the titles that round out the 2024 AFI Fest lineup, organizers announced on Tuesday.
This year’s AFI Fest takes place in Los Angeles from October 23 to October 27.
The festival will open with the world premiere of “Music By John Williams,” the upcoming documentary about the Oscar-winning composer John Williams. The film will have a limited theatrical release before arriving on Disney+.
Clint Eastwood’s “Juror No. 2” will close the festival before it premieres in theaters on November 1.
Other big screenings at AFI Fest include “Here,” “Heretic,” “Maria,” “Nightbitch,” “Bird,” “A Real Pain,” “The Room Next Door,” “The Fire Inside,” “I’m Still Here,” “The Order,” and “Unstoppable.” AFI also plans to honor Robert Zemeckis, director of the upcoming film “Here,” which reunites the “Forrest Gump” Oscar winner with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.
This year’s AFI Fest takes place in Los Angeles from October 23 to October 27.
The festival will open with the world premiere of “Music By John Williams,” the upcoming documentary about the Oscar-winning composer John Williams. The film will have a limited theatrical release before arriving on Disney+.
Clint Eastwood’s “Juror No. 2” will close the festival before it premieres in theaters on November 1.
Other big screenings at AFI Fest include “Here,” “Heretic,” “Maria,” “Nightbitch,” “Bird,” “A Real Pain,” “The Room Next Door,” “The Fire Inside,” “I’m Still Here,” “The Order,” and “Unstoppable.” AFI also plans to honor Robert Zemeckis, director of the upcoming film “Here,” which reunites the “Forrest Gump” Oscar winner with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.
- 10/1/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
With one month to go before showtime at the 47th Denver Film Festival, festival organizers have peeled back the curtain to reveal this year’s official selections, honorees and jurors.
Presented by Denver Film, the festival will kick off with the opening night presentation of Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut The Piano Lesson from Netflix on Nov. 1. Hitting the screen at the McA Denver at the Holiday Theater, The Piano Lesson is an August Wilson adaptation starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Stephan James, Erykah Badu and more.
The festival runs Nov. 1-10, and during that time 185 features, documentaries and shorts will screen in the Colorado capital. Justin Kurzel’s The Order starring Jude Law as an FBI agent on the trail of a white supremacist group in the Pacific Northwest will serve as a centerpiece presentation on Nov. 8. The film, which also...
Presented by Denver Film, the festival will kick off with the opening night presentation of Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut The Piano Lesson from Netflix on Nov. 1. Hitting the screen at the McA Denver at the Holiday Theater, The Piano Lesson is an August Wilson adaptation starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Stephan James, Erykah Badu and more.
The festival runs Nov. 1-10, and during that time 185 features, documentaries and shorts will screen in the Colorado capital. Justin Kurzel’s The Order starring Jude Law as an FBI agent on the trail of a white supremacist group in the Pacific Northwest will serve as a centerpiece presentation on Nov. 8. The film, which also...
- 10/1/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Eindringliches Coming-of-Age-Drama über eine Zwölfjährige aus prekären Verhältnissen, die sich mit einem eigenartigen Vagabunden anfreundet.
Andrea Arnolds „Bird“ (Credit: Festival de Cannes)
Fast Facts:
• Erster Spielfilm der großartigen Andrea Arnold seit acht Jahren
• Eindringliche Coming-of-Age-Geschichte mit einem tollen Blick für Jugendliche
• Weltpremiere im Wettbewerb von Cannes 2024
• Highlight auf den Festivals von San Sebastián und Hamburg
Credits:
Land / Jahr: Großbritannien 2024; Laufzeit: 119 Minuten; Regie & Drehbuch: Andrea Arnold; Besetzung: Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda, Jasmin Jobson; Verleih: Mfa+, Start: 9. Januar 2025
Review:
„Is It Too Real For Ya!”. Die Fontaines D.C. plärren es auf dem Soundtrack. Und Barry Keoghan singt es lautstark mit als Bug, mit nacktem Oberkörper voller billiger Tattoos, auf seinem E-Roller, mit seiner zwölfjährigen Tochter Bailey hinter ihm. Ist Es Zu Real FÜR Dich? Diese Frage stellt sich der neue Film von Andrea Arnold auch, die als Geschichtenerzählerin zurück ist auf den Straßen des modernen Großbritannien von unten,...
Andrea Arnolds „Bird“ (Credit: Festival de Cannes)
Fast Facts:
• Erster Spielfilm der großartigen Andrea Arnold seit acht Jahren
• Eindringliche Coming-of-Age-Geschichte mit einem tollen Blick für Jugendliche
• Weltpremiere im Wettbewerb von Cannes 2024
• Highlight auf den Festivals von San Sebastián und Hamburg
Credits:
Land / Jahr: Großbritannien 2024; Laufzeit: 119 Minuten; Regie & Drehbuch: Andrea Arnold; Besetzung: Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda, Jasmin Jobson; Verleih: Mfa+, Start: 9. Januar 2025
Review:
„Is It Too Real For Ya!”. Die Fontaines D.C. plärren es auf dem Soundtrack. Und Barry Keoghan singt es lautstark mit als Bug, mit nacktem Oberkörper voller billiger Tattoos, auf seinem E-Roller, mit seiner zwölfjährigen Tochter Bailey hinter ihm. Ist Es Zu Real FÜR Dich? Diese Frage stellt sich der neue Film von Andrea Arnold auch, die als Geschichtenerzählerin zurück ist auf den Straßen des modernen Großbritannien von unten,...
- 9/22/2024
- by Thomas Schultze
- Spot - Media & Film
The Oscars race is wide open this year, and so is the question of which film will win the coveted TIFF Audience Award.
With A-listers like Selena Gomez and Angelina Jolie and breakout stars like Mikey Madison and Gabriel Labelle, the 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival concludes on Sunday after screening 278 films over its 10-day run. Following Pedro Almodóvar’s stunning melodrama, “The Room Next Door,” taking the Golden Lion at Venice, attention shifts to the Canadian festival to see which film will get a significant boost in the early days of the best picture race.
While some films here scream awards potential, others are destined only for commercial success, while others are just blips in the massive lineup. Below are potential awards contenders from other films screened at the festival and Variety’s predictions on which film will win the TIFF Audience Award on Sunday, Sept. 15.
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With A-listers like Selena Gomez and Angelina Jolie and breakout stars like Mikey Madison and Gabriel Labelle, the 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival concludes on Sunday after screening 278 films over its 10-day run. Following Pedro Almodóvar’s stunning melodrama, “The Room Next Door,” taking the Golden Lion at Venice, attention shifts to the Canadian festival to see which film will get a significant boost in the early days of the best picture race.
While some films here scream awards potential, others are destined only for commercial success, while others are just blips in the massive lineup. Below are potential awards contenders from other films screened at the festival and Variety’s predictions on which film will win the TIFF Audience Award on Sunday, Sept. 15.
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- 9/14/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
NewFest has announced the full lineup for the 36th edition of the New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
The largest queer film festival in the U.S., it will include more than 140 new features, shorts and episodic projects from 31 countries in addition to legacy screenings.
The festival runs Oct. 10 to Oct. 20 in theaters in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as on NewFest’s on-demand platform until Oct. 22, with venues including the Sva Theatre, The LGBT Community Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music and Nitehawk Prospect Park.
The opening film on Oct. 10 is the N.Y. City premiere of Roshan Sethi’s “A Nice Indian Boy,” which had its world premiere at SXSW. The closing night selection is Jacques Audiard’s musical drama “Emilia Pérez,” which won the Cannes Jury Prize and the best actress award for Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz.
Erin Carr’s “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara...
The largest queer film festival in the U.S., it will include more than 140 new features, shorts and episodic projects from 31 countries in addition to legacy screenings.
The festival runs Oct. 10 to Oct. 20 in theaters in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as on NewFest’s on-demand platform until Oct. 22, with venues including the Sva Theatre, The LGBT Community Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music and Nitehawk Prospect Park.
The opening film on Oct. 10 is the N.Y. City premiere of Roshan Sethi’s “A Nice Indian Boy,” which had its world premiere at SXSW. The closing night selection is Jacques Audiard’s musical drama “Emilia Pérez,” which won the Cannes Jury Prize and the best actress award for Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz.
Erin Carr’s “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara...
- 9/13/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Barry Keoghan didn’t miss a chance to promote his young “Bird” co-star Nykiya Adams during an interview at the Variety Studio, sponsored by J.Crew and SharkNinja, during the Toronto Film Festival.
“Didn’t you say Marvel called you?” he joked.
“No,” Adams laughs. “But I love Spider-Man, and I’d love to be in something like that,” Adams said.
“We could do it together,” Keoghan responded.
The conversation naturally turned to Keoghan’s own comic book role as the Joker, which he played in Matt Reeves’ 2022 tentpole “The Batman.” Fans are eager for news about Reeves’ upcoming sequel, set for release in 2026. “There we go!” he said when asked about returning to the role, covering his mouth. “I can’t say much. The camera is looking right at me. We’ll see where that goes. Again, it was an incredible experience … and yeah, I can’t say…”
Written and directed by Andrea Arnold,...
“Didn’t you say Marvel called you?” he joked.
“No,” Adams laughs. “But I love Spider-Man, and I’d love to be in something like that,” Adams said.
“We could do it together,” Keoghan responded.
The conversation naturally turned to Keoghan’s own comic book role as the Joker, which he played in Matt Reeves’ 2022 tentpole “The Batman.” Fans are eager for news about Reeves’ upcoming sequel, set for release in 2026. “There we go!” he said when asked about returning to the role, covering his mouth. “I can’t say much. The camera is looking right at me. We’ll see where that goes. Again, it was an incredible experience … and yeah, I can’t say…”
Written and directed by Andrea Arnold,...
- 9/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
His new film lampoons performative representation in showbusiness – and if it rubs people up the wrong way and ends up being his first, and last, movie? Well, he says, he’s Ok with that
“I want to do Scooby-Doo. I will interview for that job. I would love to make a Scooby-Doo movie.” Sitting opposite me eating a watermelon salad and pitching for the (at the time of writing) theoretical gig of directing a new Scooby-Doo movie is Naqqash Khalid, film director and sometime academic. His new feature, In Camera, is one of the most original debuts in years, a sharp piece of work that satirises the film industry at the same time as being formally inventive and playful. But it’s not exactly an audition for a big studio gig, and though the Scooby-Doo pitch is probably 98% ironic, it’s hard not to wonder what Khalid’s arthouse version would look like,...
“I want to do Scooby-Doo. I will interview for that job. I would love to make a Scooby-Doo movie.” Sitting opposite me eating a watermelon salad and pitching for the (at the time of writing) theoretical gig of directing a new Scooby-Doo movie is Naqqash Khalid, film director and sometime academic. His new feature, In Camera, is one of the most original debuts in years, a sharp piece of work that satirises the film industry at the same time as being formally inventive and playful. But it’s not exactly an audition for a big studio gig, and though the Scooby-Doo pitch is probably 98% ironic, it’s hard not to wonder what Khalid’s arthouse version would look like,...
- 9/7/2024
- by Catherine Bray
- The Guardian - Film News
Tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival de Cannes y pasará por San Sebastián. © Avalon
Avalon ha anunciado la fecha de estreno de la esperada Bird, de la directora Andrea Arnold (American Honey), que además se proyectará en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián dentro de la sección Perlak.
Bird sigue a Bailey, una niña de 12 años que vive con su padre soltero Bug y su hermano Hunter en una casa ocupada del norte de Kent. Bug no tiene mucho tiempo para sus hijos y Bailey, que se acerca a la pubertad, busca atención y aventuras por su cuenta.
La película está protagonizada por la debutante Nykiya Adams, Barry Keoghan y Franz Rogowski.
Bird se estrena el 29 de noviembre en cines.
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Avalon ha anunciado la fecha de estreno de la esperada Bird, de la directora Andrea Arnold (American Honey), que además se proyectará en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián dentro de la sección Perlak.
Bird sigue a Bailey, una niña de 12 años que vive con su padre soltero Bug y su hermano Hunter en una casa ocupada del norte de Kent. Bug no tiene mucho tiempo para sus hijos y Bailey, que se acerca a la pubertad, busca atención y aventuras por su cuenta.
La película está protagonizada por la debutante Nykiya Adams, Barry Keoghan y Franz Rogowski.
Bird se estrena el 29 de noviembre en cines.
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- 8/23/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Pierfrancesco Favino as submarine Commander Salvatore Todaro in Edoardo De Angelis’s intense and humanistic Comandante
Edoardo De Angelis’s Comandante, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, was the Opening Night selection of the 23rd edition of Cinecittà and Film at Lincoln Center’s exceptional program, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema in New York. Other highlights included Ginevra Elkann’s I Told You So; Giorgio Diritti’s Lubo (Franz Rogowski); Roberta Torre’s In the Mirror (Mi Fanno Male I Capelli with Alba Rohrwacher mirroring Monica Vitti); Piero Messina’s Another End; Stefano Sollima’s Adagio; Laura Luchetti’s The Beautiful Summer; Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow (Il Sol Dell’Avvenire with Nanni, Margherita Buy,...
Edoardo De Angelis’s Comandante, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, was the Opening Night selection of the 23rd edition of Cinecittà and Film at Lincoln Center’s exceptional program, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema in New York. Other highlights included Ginevra Elkann’s I Told You So; Giorgio Diritti’s Lubo (Franz Rogowski); Roberta Torre’s In the Mirror (Mi Fanno Male I Capelli with Alba Rohrwacher mirroring Monica Vitti); Piero Messina’s Another End; Stefano Sollima’s Adagio; Laura Luchetti’s The Beautiful Summer; Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow (Il Sol Dell’Avvenire with Nanni, Margherita Buy,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Pierfrancesco Favino as submarine Commander Salvatore Todaro in Edoardo De Angelis’s intense and humanistic Comandante
Edoardo De Angelis’s Comandante, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, was the Opening Night selection of the 23rd edition of Cinecittà and Film at Lincoln Center’s exceptional program, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema in New York. Other highlights included Ginevra Elkann’s I Told You So; Giorgio Diritti’s Lubo (Franz Rogowski); Roberta Torre’s In the Mirror (Mi Fanno Male I Capelli with Alba Rohrwacher mirroring Monica Vitti); Piero Messina’s Another End; Stefano Sollima’s Adagio; Laura Luchetti’s The Beautiful Summer; Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow (Il Sol Dell’Avvenire with Nanni, Margherita Buy,...
Edoardo De Angelis’s Comandante, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, was the Opening Night selection of the 23rd edition of Cinecittà and Film at Lincoln Center’s exceptional program, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema in New York. Other highlights included Ginevra Elkann’s I Told You So; Giorgio Diritti’s Lubo (Franz Rogowski); Roberta Torre’s In the Mirror (Mi Fanno Male I Capelli with Alba Rohrwacher mirroring Monica Vitti); Piero Messina’s Another End; Stefano Sollima’s Adagio; Laura Luchetti’s The Beautiful Summer; Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow (Il Sol Dell’Avvenire with Nanni, Margherita Buy,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In einer langfristigen Vereinbarung haben Leonine Studios und Mfa+ abgemacht, dass Leonine fortan Bestandstitel und neue Filme von Mfa+ im Home-Entertainment- und TV-Bereich vertreiben wird.
Ein Ausschnitt des Mfa+-Angebots (Credit: Mfa+ / Leonine Studios)
Ab dem 1. Juli übernimmt Leonine Studios exklusiv den Vertrieb aller digitalen Home Entertainment-Rechte sowie der TV-Rechte der gesamten Mfa+ Library und aller zukünftigen Kinotitel im deutschsprachigen Europa. Das teilten beide Unternehmen am Dienstag mit. „Mit dieser Vereinbarung erweitert Leonine Studios seine starke Premium-Lizenzbibliothek um die Titel von Mfa+ und festigt seine Position als Nr. 1 der unabhängigen Home Entertainment-Anbieter im deutschsprachigen Raum“, heißt es dazu.
Teil der Vereinbarung sind beliebte Genrefilme wie die preisgekrönten koreanischen Action-Sci-Fi-Thriller „Snowpiercer“ und „The Host“. Ebenso umfasst sie Dokumentationen wie „Der Schneeleopard“ sowie „Die Rückkehr zum Land der Pinguine“. Weitere Highlights sind „Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegen Flüssen“, mit rund 1,2 Millionen Kinobesucher:innen einer der zuschauerstärksten Familienfilme des Jahres 2023, und...
Ein Ausschnitt des Mfa+-Angebots (Credit: Mfa+ / Leonine Studios)
Ab dem 1. Juli übernimmt Leonine Studios exklusiv den Vertrieb aller digitalen Home Entertainment-Rechte sowie der TV-Rechte der gesamten Mfa+ Library und aller zukünftigen Kinotitel im deutschsprachigen Europa. Das teilten beide Unternehmen am Dienstag mit. „Mit dieser Vereinbarung erweitert Leonine Studios seine starke Premium-Lizenzbibliothek um die Titel von Mfa+ und festigt seine Position als Nr. 1 der unabhängigen Home Entertainment-Anbieter im deutschsprachigen Raum“, heißt es dazu.
Teil der Vereinbarung sind beliebte Genrefilme wie die preisgekrönten koreanischen Action-Sci-Fi-Thriller „Snowpiercer“ und „The Host“. Ebenso umfasst sie Dokumentationen wie „Der Schneeleopard“ sowie „Die Rückkehr zum Land der Pinguine“. Weitere Highlights sind „Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegen Flüssen“, mit rund 1,2 Millionen Kinobesucher:innen einer der zuschauerstärksten Familienfilme des Jahres 2023, und...
- 6/25/2024
- by Michael Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
New films by rising German directors Natja Brunckhorst, Fabian Stumm and Frédéric Jaeger are among the nominees for this year’s German Cinema New Talent Award, which will hand out prizes to the best director, producer, writer and actor.
It is open to all directors, producers, screenwriters, and actors whose first, second or third features have been selected for Munich International Film Festival’s (Miff) New German Cinema section.
Brunckhorst’s German reunification comedy Two To One will open the festival on June 29. It is in the running for the best director prize of € 30,000, with 12 other titles including Fabian Stumm’s second feature Sad Jokes,...
It is open to all directors, producers, screenwriters, and actors whose first, second or third features have been selected for Munich International Film Festival’s (Miff) New German Cinema section.
Brunckhorst’s German reunification comedy Two To One will open the festival on June 29. It is in the running for the best director prize of € 30,000, with 12 other titles including Fabian Stumm’s second feature Sad Jokes,...
- 6/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
Cornerstone has closed worldwide distribution deals for Andrea Arnold’s latest feature film Bird, which debuted at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.
The film has been picked up by Mfa (Germany), Lucky Red (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Benelux (Cineart), Cinobo (Greece), New Cinema (Israel), Front Row (Middle East), and Lusomundo (Portugal).
Further deals include Nonstop (Scandinavia), Frenetic (Switzerland), Discovery, Provzglyad (C.I.S), Aerofilm, Impacto Cine (Latin America), New Select (Japan) and Challan (South Korea). Mubi previously announced it had bought the film for North America, Turkey, the UK and Ireland. Ad Vitam is the French distributor.
Written and directed by Arnold, Bird stars BAFTA-winner and Academy-Award nominee Barry Keoghan, Gotham-Award nominee Franz Rogowski, and newcomers Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. The film’s synopsis reads: 12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter...
The film has been picked up by Mfa (Germany), Lucky Red (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Benelux (Cineart), Cinobo (Greece), New Cinema (Israel), Front Row (Middle East), and Lusomundo (Portugal).
Further deals include Nonstop (Scandinavia), Frenetic (Switzerland), Discovery, Provzglyad (C.I.S), Aerofilm, Impacto Cine (Latin America), New Select (Japan) and Challan (South Korea). Mubi previously announced it had bought the film for North America, Turkey, the UK and Ireland. Ad Vitam is the French distributor.
Written and directed by Arnold, Bird stars BAFTA-winner and Academy-Award nominee Barry Keoghan, Gotham-Award nominee Franz Rogowski, and newcomers Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. The film’s synopsis reads: 12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter...
- 6/4/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The UK’s Cornerstone has landed key global deals for Andrea Arnold’s Cannes Competition title Bird.
The deals include Mfa (Germany), Lucky Red (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Cineart (Benelux), Cinobo (Greece), New Cinema (Israel), Front Row (Middle East), Lusomundo (Portugal), Nonstop (Scandinavia), Frenetic (Switzerland), Discovery, Provzglyad (Cis), Aerofilm, Impacto Cine (Latin America), New Select (Japan) and Challan (South Korea).
Mubi earlier acquired rights for North America, Turkey, UK and Ireland.
Ad Vitam is the French distributor.
Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski star alongside newcomers Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda in the story of a 12-year-old who lives with her distracted...
The deals include Mfa (Germany), Lucky Red (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Cineart (Benelux), Cinobo (Greece), New Cinema (Israel), Front Row (Middle East), Lusomundo (Portugal), Nonstop (Scandinavia), Frenetic (Switzerland), Discovery, Provzglyad (Cis), Aerofilm, Impacto Cine (Latin America), New Select (Japan) and Challan (South Korea).
Mubi earlier acquired rights for North America, Turkey, UK and Ireland.
Ad Vitam is the French distributor.
Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski star alongside newcomers Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda in the story of a 12-year-old who lives with her distracted...
- 6/4/2024
- ScreenDaily
Andrea Arnold’s drama “Bird,” starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski and a recent contender for the Palme d’Or in Cannes, has been sold around the world by Cornerstone.
With Mubi having snapped up the film before Cannes for the U.K and Ireland and during the fest for North America and Turkey, the new deals include Mfa (Germany), Lucky Red (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Benelux (Cineart), Cinobo (Greece), New Cinema (Israel), Front Row (Middle East), Lusomundo (Portugal), Nonstop (Scandinavia), Frenetic (Switzerland), Discovery, Provzglyad (C.I.S), Aerofilm, Impacto Cine (Latin America), New Select (Japan) and Challan (South Korea). As previously announced, Ad Vitam is the French distributor.
Written and directed by Arnold, “Bird” sees the director return to the social realist world of her dramas “Red Road” and “Fish Tank” (both of them Cannes jury prize winners). The film sees Keoghan play Bug, a tattoo-covered young father living by the British...
With Mubi having snapped up the film before Cannes for the U.K and Ireland and during the fest for North America and Turkey, the new deals include Mfa (Germany), Lucky Red (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Benelux (Cineart), Cinobo (Greece), New Cinema (Israel), Front Row (Middle East), Lusomundo (Portugal), Nonstop (Scandinavia), Frenetic (Switzerland), Discovery, Provzglyad (C.I.S), Aerofilm, Impacto Cine (Latin America), New Select (Japan) and Challan (South Korea). As previously announced, Ad Vitam is the French distributor.
Written and directed by Arnold, “Bird” sees the director return to the social realist world of her dramas “Red Road” and “Fish Tank” (both of them Cannes jury prize winners). The film sees Keoghan play Bug, a tattoo-covered young father living by the British...
- 6/4/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Andrea Arnold’s Bird is soaring to new heights, securing distribution deals worldwide following its successful premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cornerstone Films, which is handling international sales, confirmed the coming-of-age drama has been picked up across several major territories including Germany (Mfa), Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (Avalon), Japan (New Select), and South Korea (Challan). Cornerstone also struck with Benelux, Scandinavia, Latin America, and others. Arthouse streamer Mubi previously picked up the rights for Bird for North America, in a deal co-repped between Cornerstone and CAA Media Finance, as well for the U.K., Ireland, and Turkey. Ad Vitam is releasing the film in France.
Newcomer Nykiya Adams stars in Bird as Bailey, a 12-year-old girl living in a squat in North Kent with her single dad (Barry Keoghan) and brother (Jason Buda), who is struggling to protect her younger siblings and herself from domestic violence while seeing connection...
Cornerstone Films, which is handling international sales, confirmed the coming-of-age drama has been picked up across several major territories including Germany (Mfa), Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (Avalon), Japan (New Select), and South Korea (Challan). Cornerstone also struck with Benelux, Scandinavia, Latin America, and others. Arthouse streamer Mubi previously picked up the rights for Bird for North America, in a deal co-repped between Cornerstone and CAA Media Finance, as well for the U.K., Ireland, and Turkey. Ad Vitam is releasing the film in France.
Newcomer Nykiya Adams stars in Bird as Bailey, a 12-year-old girl living in a squat in North Kent with her single dad (Barry Keoghan) and brother (Jason Buda), who is struggling to protect her younger siblings and herself from domestic violence while seeing connection...
- 6/4/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I’ve been to Cannes with films that won the Palme D’or; others have done quite well, and some have really not done well. I know the A to Z of Cannes emotions — but it’s always such a pleasure to be there. And it’s very important to this art form that we all love.”
Important words from Kinds of Kindness star Willem Dafoe about how it really feels to attend the world’s most iconic film festival as a veteran who has fielded varying levels of kindness from the Cannes crowd over the years — not to mention differing durations of those much buzzed-about standing ovations.
As the 77th edition comes to a close, emotions were high and the love for the art form seemed stronger than ever as auteurs, stars, glitterati and industry insiders converged in the South of France for nearly two weeks of cinematic adventures...
Important words from Kinds of Kindness star Willem Dafoe about how it really feels to attend the world’s most iconic film festival as a veteran who has fielded varying levels of kindness from the Cannes crowd over the years — not to mention differing durations of those much buzzed-about standing ovations.
As the 77th edition comes to a close, emotions were high and the love for the art form seemed stronger than ever as auteurs, stars, glitterati and industry insiders converged in the South of France for nearly two weeks of cinematic adventures...
- 5/29/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Read All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews, Including Palme d’Or Winner ‘Anora’
Read all of Deadline’s Cannes Film Festival reviews below, including Palme d’Or winner Anora.
The New York-set romantic dramedy charts the story of a stripper from Brooklyn who transforms into a modern Cinderella when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch.
The film, playing in the official Competition three years after Baker’s success in Cannes with the Simon Rex-starring Red Rocket, scored a 10-minute ovation earlier this week. It was one of a number of critically praised films this edition. Check out all our reviews below.
All We Imagine as Light ‘All We Imagine as Light’
Section: Competition
Director: Payal Kapadia
Cast: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya KAdam, Hridhu Haroon
Deadline’s takeaway: And at a time when so much attention is being paid to the lives of the haves and the have-nots amid such financial imbalance worldwide, it’s refreshing to see the spotlight...
The New York-set romantic dramedy charts the story of a stripper from Brooklyn who transforms into a modern Cinderella when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch.
The film, playing in the official Competition three years after Baker’s success in Cannes with the Simon Rex-starring Red Rocket, scored a 10-minute ovation earlier this week. It was one of a number of critically praised films this edition. Check out all our reviews below.
All We Imagine as Light ‘All We Imagine as Light’
Section: Competition
Director: Payal Kapadia
Cast: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya KAdam, Hridhu Haroon
Deadline’s takeaway: And at a time when so much attention is being paid to the lives of the haves and the have-nots amid such financial imbalance worldwide, it’s refreshing to see the spotlight...
- 5/29/2024
- by Pete Hammond, Joe Utichi, Damon Wise, Stephanie Bunbury and Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Entre ellas, ‘Anora’, ‘The Substance’ y ‘Emilia Pérez’, que ya tienen asegurada su llegada a España.
Concluida la 77 edición del Festival de Cannes, desde mundoCine os traemos las películas más comentadas y aclamadas de la sección oficial a competición de Cannes 2024 , además de deciros si tienen o no distribución en España.
10. All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia)
¿De qué trata? La rutina de la enfermera Prabha se ve trastocada cuando recibe un regalo inesperado de su marido, del que se ha separado. Su compañera de piso y más joven que ella, Anu, trata de encontrar en vano un lugar en la ciudad para intimar con su novio. Un viaje a una ciudad costera les permite encontrar un espacio para que sus deseos se manifiesten.
Premio: Gran Premio del Jurado.
¿Tiene distribución en España? Sí. Distribuye Atalante Films.
9. Bird (Andrea Arnold)
¿De qué trata? En su pequeña y destartalada casa del norte de Kent,...
Concluida la 77 edición del Festival de Cannes, desde mundoCine os traemos las películas más comentadas y aclamadas de la sección oficial a competición de Cannes 2024 , además de deciros si tienen o no distribución en España.
10. All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia)
¿De qué trata? La rutina de la enfermera Prabha se ve trastocada cuando recibe un regalo inesperado de su marido, del que se ha separado. Su compañera de piso y más joven que ella, Anu, trata de encontrar en vano un lugar en la ciudad para intimar con su novio. Un viaje a una ciudad costera les permite encontrar un espacio para que sus deseos se manifiesten.
Premio: Gran Premio del Jurado.
¿Tiene distribución en España? Sí. Distribuye Atalante Films.
9. Bird (Andrea Arnold)
¿De qué trata? En su pequeña y destartalada casa del norte de Kent,...
- 5/28/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Cannes is over, the prizes have been given out at Saturday’s awards ceremony., and buyers have gone home, but the deals haven’t stopped. Some of the buzziest titles ahead of the festival are still are awaiting buyers. This year’s market hasn’t been weighed down by the writers or actors strikes in the same way as last year, meaning companies like A24, Neon, Apple, and more have jumped in on exciting packages of possibly future contenders, while art house, specialized distributors like Sideshow and Janus Films, Mubi, and Metrograph have been especially active.
Below we’re tracking everything that gets acquired throughout the festival and beyond.
Films Acquired After the Festival “Gazer”
Section: Director’s Fortnight
Director: Ryan J. Sloan
Buyer: Metrograph Pictures
Date Acquired: May 29
Cast: Ariella Mastroianni
Buzz: As IndieWire exclusively reported, Metrograph went big on this neo-noir thriller with a unique concept from a...
Below we’re tracking everything that gets acquired throughout the festival and beyond.
Films Acquired After the Festival “Gazer”
Section: Director’s Fortnight
Director: Ryan J. Sloan
Buyer: Metrograph Pictures
Date Acquired: May 29
Cast: Ariella Mastroianni
Buzz: As IndieWire exclusively reported, Metrograph went big on this neo-noir thriller with a unique concept from a...
- 5/26/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival concludes today with the Closing Ceremony and presentation of the coveted award, the Palme d’Or which was awarded to Sean Baker’s Anora, on Saturday, May 25.
The Jury, chaired by director Greta Gerwig was tasked with awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in the Competition.
Related: Cannes Film Festival: ‘Anora’ Wins Palme D’Or; ‘All We Imagine As Light’ Takes Grand Prize; ‘Emilia Perez’ Jury Prize & Best Actresses
The jury included Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green and Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino, Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu, and French actor and producer Omar Sy.
Related: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Cannes Film Festival Premiere Photos: Édgar Ramírez, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña & More
Hu Guan’s drama Black Dog...
The Jury, chaired by director Greta Gerwig was tasked with awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in the Competition.
Related: Cannes Film Festival: ‘Anora’ Wins Palme D’Or; ‘All We Imagine As Light’ Takes Grand Prize; ‘Emilia Perez’ Jury Prize & Best Actresses
The jury included Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green and Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino, Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu, and French actor and producer Omar Sy.
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Hu Guan’s drama Black Dog...
- 5/25/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
“Screen Talk: went live at the American Pavilion in Cannes this year and drew a lively crowd. Anne Thompson raved about one of the big-epic Hollywood titles playing out of competition, George Miller’s prequel “Furiosa” (Warner Bros.), starring Anya Taylor-Joy in the title role, which opens May 14, while both Thompson and cohost Ryan Lattanzio panned Kevin Costner’s old-fashioned three-hour Western “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One” (Warner Bros.).
They both agree that this vanity project makes mad genius Francis Coppola’s self-funded $120 million “Megalopolis” look brilliant by comparison. Even if the Competition title is “unhinged,” at least he’s treading new ground, unlike Costner, who has spent some $100 million so far for the first two chapters of a planned four (the second part releases August 16). Coppola still awaits a North American buyer.
Both hosts admire Jacques Audiard’s Competition title “Emilia Perez,” a Spanish-language musical shot in Mexico...
They both agree that this vanity project makes mad genius Francis Coppola’s self-funded $120 million “Megalopolis” look brilliant by comparison. Even if the Competition title is “unhinged,” at least he’s treading new ground, unlike Costner, who has spent some $100 million so far for the first two chapters of a planned four (the second part releases August 16). Coppola still awaits a North American buyer.
Both hosts admire Jacques Audiard’s Competition title “Emilia Perez,” a Spanish-language musical shot in Mexico...
- 5/24/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio and Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Franz Rogowski and Barry Keoghan are only in one scene together in Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” but you wouldn’t know it seeing them together at Cannes.
Rogowski, the breakout New York Film Critics-winning lead of “Passages,” and Keoghan, the Oscar-nominated “Banshees of Inisherin” star turned “Saltburn” meme machine, play roles in “Bird” that demanded a lot from the actors without much in the way of a script. The Cannes competition premiere centers on 12-year-old Bailey (newcomer Nykiya Adams), coming of age and confused about her identity on the fringes in a middle-of-nowhere England, living with her father Bug (Keoghan) on the other side of town from her mother and two sisters. And on the verge of puberty.
Barely coping with life and the news that her father is about to marry a woman he’s known for only three months, Bailey meets Bird (Rogowski), a vagabond who drifts into...
Rogowski, the breakout New York Film Critics-winning lead of “Passages,” and Keoghan, the Oscar-nominated “Banshees of Inisherin” star turned “Saltburn” meme machine, play roles in “Bird” that demanded a lot from the actors without much in the way of a script. The Cannes competition premiere centers on 12-year-old Bailey (newcomer Nykiya Adams), coming of age and confused about her identity on the fringes in a middle-of-nowhere England, living with her father Bug (Keoghan) on the other side of town from her mother and two sisters. And on the verge of puberty.
Barely coping with life and the news that her father is about to marry a woman he’s known for only three months, Bailey meets Bird (Rogowski), a vagabond who drifts into...
- 5/24/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Few periods on the calendar mean more to cinephiles than the two weekends in May occupied by the Cannes Film Festival. Since its founding in 1946, the French festival has been a launchpad for some of the most artistically significant films of all time. The Palme d’Or is one of the most coveted film awards on the planet, and the festival’s ability to balance subversive arthouse work with major Hollywood premieres has led many to view it as the world’s most significant celebration of cinema.
The 2024 lineup featured a mix of buzzy premieres from New Hollywood titans like Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader alongside exciting new works from emerging directors. Between the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, special screenings, and sidebars like the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week, the onslaught of new films can be overwhelming for anyone who isn’t able to give the festival their 24/7 attention.
The 2024 lineup featured a mix of buzzy premieres from New Hollywood titans like Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader alongside exciting new works from emerging directors. Between the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, special screenings, and sidebars like the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week, the onslaught of new films can be overwhelming for anyone who isn’t able to give the festival their 24/7 attention.
- 5/23/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
While Luca Guadagnino is reigning supreme this summer with “Challengers” and Cannes-premiered “Queer” both opening, Film at Lincoln Center is celebrating all Italian auteurs for the 23rd edition of annual festival “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema.”
This year’s festival takes place from May 30 through June 6 and includes North American, U.S., and New York premieres, with appearances and discussions by several of the filmmakers. Co-presented by Cinecittà, “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” serves as a showcase of the best in new Italian cinema.
“I think we have an especially strong lineup at this year’s ‘Open Roads,’ which is nothing if not an encouraging sign of things to come as we continue to move forward from the production pauses and shutdowns wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic,” Dan Sullivan, Flc Programmer, said. “A satisfying mix of the familiar and the new, of low- and higher-budget movies, of fresh takes on...
This year’s festival takes place from May 30 through June 6 and includes North American, U.S., and New York premieres, with appearances and discussions by several of the filmmakers. Co-presented by Cinecittà, “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” serves as a showcase of the best in new Italian cinema.
“I think we have an especially strong lineup at this year’s ‘Open Roads,’ which is nothing if not an encouraging sign of things to come as we continue to move forward from the production pauses and shutdowns wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic,” Dan Sullivan, Flc Programmer, said. “A satisfying mix of the familiar and the new, of low- and higher-budget movies, of fresh takes on...
- 5/22/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof is set to attend the Cannes premiere of his latest feature, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, after receiving an eight-year prison sentence from Iranian authorities and fleeing his home country.
Speculation had been rife that the dissident director would attend the festival when the film receives its world premiere in Competition on Friday (May 24), having found asylum in Germany, but Cannes’ general delegate Thierry Fremaux has now confirmed his attendance.
“We are particularly touched to welcome [Rasoulof] here as a filmmaker,” Fremaux said in a statement to Agence France-Presse (Afp).
Our joy will be that of...
Speculation had been rife that the dissident director would attend the festival when the film receives its world premiere in Competition on Friday (May 24), having found asylum in Germany, but Cannes’ general delegate Thierry Fremaux has now confirmed his attendance.
“We are particularly touched to welcome [Rasoulof] here as a filmmaker,” Fremaux said in a statement to Agence France-Presse (Afp).
Our joy will be that of...
- 5/22/2024
- ScreenDaily
International filmmakers are calling for solidarity with Mohammad Rasoulof and persecuted filmmakers in Iran in an open letter, shared with Variety.
Rasoulof – about to screen his latest film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in Cannes’ main competition – was sentenced to imprisonment and torture by the Islamic Republic of Iran. He fled the country.
“We condemn the inhumane treatment of Rasoulof and numerous other independent artists in Iran, who are being severely punished, criminalized and silenced for exercising their artistic freedom,” it was stated in the letter, already signed by “Holy Spider” star Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Fatih Akin, Atom Egoyan, Ildiko Enyedi, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Laura Poitras, Sandra Hüller, Sean Baker, Payal Kapadia and Ariane Labed.
“We stand in full solidarity with Rasoulof’s demands and call upon the international film community to raise our voices against an Islamist dictatorship that systematically oppresses every aspect of their society’s lives.
Rasoulof – about to screen his latest film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in Cannes’ main competition – was sentenced to imprisonment and torture by the Islamic Republic of Iran. He fled the country.
“We condemn the inhumane treatment of Rasoulof and numerous other independent artists in Iran, who are being severely punished, criminalized and silenced for exercising their artistic freedom,” it was stated in the letter, already signed by “Holy Spider” star Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Fatih Akin, Atom Egoyan, Ildiko Enyedi, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Laura Poitras, Sandra Hüller, Sean Baker, Payal Kapadia and Ariane Labed.
“We stand in full solidarity with Rasoulof’s demands and call upon the international film community to raise our voices against an Islamist dictatorship that systematically oppresses every aspect of their society’s lives.
- 5/22/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Barry Keoghan, Andrea Arnold and Franz Rogowski in Cannes Photo: Richard Mowe Ask British director Andrea Arnold to explain herself and her films usually results in a left-field answer that nobody could have guessed.
And so it transpired with Bird, her latest film in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which stars stars Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. It follows a 12-year-old youngster (Adams) who lives with her brother (Buda) and single father (Keoghan) in a squat by the seaside. As puberty looms the girl seeks attention and excitement elsewhere. Enter Bird (Rogowski), an enigmatic figure, who provides the promise of escape.
So what was that image that provided the genesis for Bird? Arnold gives a laugh and launches forth regardless: “So a very long time ago I had an image of a very thin and tall young man with a large penis standing on a roof.
And so it transpired with Bird, her latest film in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which stars stars Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. It follows a 12-year-old youngster (Adams) who lives with her brother (Buda) and single father (Keoghan) in a squat by the seaside. As puberty looms the girl seeks attention and excitement elsewhere. Enter Bird (Rogowski), an enigmatic figure, who provides the promise of escape.
So what was that image that provided the genesis for Bird? Arnold gives a laugh and launches forth regardless: “So a very long time ago I had an image of a very thin and tall young man with a large penis standing on a roof.
- 5/20/2024
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
German Films celebrated its 70th anniversary at Cannes on Sunday, with its guests looking back but also looking forward.
“It has gotten much better,” Managing Director Simone Baumann told Variety at the event.
“We’ve had Oscar-winning ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ Oscar-nominated ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ [for best international feature], films by Wim Wenders and with Sandra Hüller! Sure, Wim showed a Japanese movie and Sandra a French one [‘Perfect Days’ and ‘Anatomy of a Fall’], but it doesn’t matter: It’s more ‘mixed’ these days and I am proud of it, to be honest.”
At Cannes, 14 German productions and co-productions have been selected this year, including Match Factory’s main competition offerings “Motel Destino” by Karim Aïnouz – who also attended the bash – and Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour.” Run Way Pictures is behind Mohammad Rasoulof’s anticipated “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.”
As festivals get “more competitive,” underlines Baumann, international collabs are here to stay.
“It has gotten much better,” Managing Director Simone Baumann told Variety at the event.
“We’ve had Oscar-winning ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ Oscar-nominated ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ [for best international feature], films by Wim Wenders and with Sandra Hüller! Sure, Wim showed a Japanese movie and Sandra a French one [‘Perfect Days’ and ‘Anatomy of a Fall’], but it doesn’t matter: It’s more ‘mixed’ these days and I am proud of it, to be honest.”
At Cannes, 14 German productions and co-productions have been selected this year, including Match Factory’s main competition offerings “Motel Destino” by Karim Aïnouz – who also attended the bash – and Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour.” Run Way Pictures is behind Mohammad Rasoulof’s anticipated “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.”
As festivals get “more competitive,” underlines Baumann, international collabs are here to stay.
- 5/20/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Mubi has secured a multi-territory deal for Magnus von Horn’s The Girl With The Needle, which premiered in Competition at Cannes earlier this week.
The arthouse distributor, producer and streamer has picked up rights for North America, UK-Ireland, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey and India. International sales of the film are handled by Mubi-owned The Match Factory, which is working on deals for further territories.
It marks Mubi’s third acquisition of titles competing for this year’s Palme d’Or after picking up worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s body horror The Substance and UK rights to Andrea Arnold’s Bird,...
The arthouse distributor, producer and streamer has picked up rights for North America, UK-Ireland, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey and India. International sales of the film are handled by Mubi-owned The Match Factory, which is working on deals for further territories.
It marks Mubi’s third acquisition of titles competing for this year’s Palme d’Or after picking up worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s body horror The Substance and UK rights to Andrea Arnold’s Bird,...
- 5/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
Mubi has swooped on its third 2024 Cannes competition title, Variety has learned.
Having acquired worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s buzzy body horror “The Substance” and U.K. rights to Andrea Arnold’s Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski-starring ‘Bird’ before the festival began, the arthouse distributor, production banner and streamer has now picked up Magnus von Horn’s chilling black and white drama “The Girl With the Needle.” Mubi bought the title for North America, U.K./Ireland, Latin America, Germany/Austria, Italy, Turkey and India.
Directed by von Horn (“Sweat”) from a screenplay he wrote with Line Langebek, “The Girl With the Needle” is loosely based on the true story of Danish serial killer Dagmar Overbye, who helped impoverished women kill their unwanted children and was first sentenced to death in 1921, but it was later changed into a lifetime in prison.
In von Horn’s pic, set in post WW1 Copenhagen,...
Having acquired worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s buzzy body horror “The Substance” and U.K. rights to Andrea Arnold’s Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski-starring ‘Bird’ before the festival began, the arthouse distributor, production banner and streamer has now picked up Magnus von Horn’s chilling black and white drama “The Girl With the Needle.” Mubi bought the title for North America, U.K./Ireland, Latin America, Germany/Austria, Italy, Turkey and India.
Directed by von Horn (“Sweat”) from a screenplay he wrote with Line Langebek, “The Girl With the Needle” is loosely based on the true story of Danish serial killer Dagmar Overbye, who helped impoverished women kill their unwanted children and was first sentenced to death in 1921, but it was later changed into a lifetime in prison.
In von Horn’s pic, set in post WW1 Copenhagen,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy and Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Cast member of Palme d’Or contender shot in Kent says the high number of chaperones and intimacy coordinators on set was over the top
Is Britain leading the way in protecting young people and children from the potential traumas of working on a film set, or has it all gone far too far? Two of the most prominent European stars attending the Cannes film festival, both with high-profile premieres, have very different views.
Franz Rogowski, the acclaimed German actor who plays a key role in Bird, British director Andrea Arnold’s contender for the top Palme d’Or prize, said this weekend that the proliferation of chaperones and intimacy coordinators that had been required on the shoot on location in Kent qualified as well-intended “madness”.
Is Britain leading the way in protecting young people and children from the potential traumas of working on a film set, or has it all gone far too far? Two of the most prominent European stars attending the Cannes film festival, both with high-profile premieres, have very different views.
Franz Rogowski, the acclaimed German actor who plays a key role in Bird, British director Andrea Arnold’s contender for the top Palme d’Or prize, said this weekend that the proliferation of chaperones and intimacy coordinators that had been required on the shoot on location in Kent qualified as well-intended “madness”.
- 5/19/2024
- by Vanessa Thorpe in Cannes
- The Guardian - Film News
This year’s Cannes competition began with a film set in a working-class environment where a young woman with a single mother dreamed of escaping it all through dance. It was Agathe Riedinger’s Wild Diamond, but squint the eyes and forget the sunny coastal scenery and you could have been watching Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, a winner of the jury prize here fifteen years ago. Arnold now returns to the Croisette with Bird, remarkably just her third narrative film since and her closest to it, in many ways––up-and-coming stars next to non-professional actors, kitchen-sink realism, great music, sketchy dudes––although this time with Franz Rogowski playing a queer-coded Mary Poppins who might be a seagull.
Bird stars Nykiya Adams as Bailey, a young girl living with her father, Bug (a tattooed Barry Keoghan in a touching performance), in a free-spirited community house in a British coastal town.
Bird stars Nykiya Adams as Bailey, a young girl living with her father, Bug (a tattooed Barry Keoghan in a touching performance), in a free-spirited community house in a British coastal town.
- 5/17/2024
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
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