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The selection is complete for the members of all three international Juries (Venezia 72, Orizzonti, “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for Best Debut Film) at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival (2-12 September 2015), directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Veneziachaired by Paolo Baratta.
Venezia 72
The distinguished members of the Jury for the Venezia 72&nbs...
The members of the international Jury of the Orizzonti section, in addition to its president, American director Jonathan Demme, are:
· French director and screenwriter Alix Delaporte, in competition in Venice in 2014 with Le dernier coup de marteau (The Last Hammer Blow), for whichRomain Paul won the “Marcello Mastroianni” Prize
· Spanish actress Paz Vega, who rose to international stardom in 20...
The members of the international Jury ofthe “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film – Lion of the Future, in addition to its president, Italian director Saverio Costanzo, are:
· Hong Kong producer Roger Garcia, executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival since 2010 and a pioneer in the promotion and distribution of Asian cinema around the world
· French film critic and historian&nbs...
By Alessandro De Leone <filmfestivals.com>
The awards closing out Venice 71 were whimsical to say the least -- to avoid more (im)pertinent terms such as absurd and ridiculous. Of course, these awards are decided upon by juries composed of cinema professionals who tend to have esoteric values widely divergent from normal standards of good taste or pedestrian logic. The Golden Lion for best film in competition, for instance, went to a Swedish entry from veteran director R...
A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE by Roy Andersson will celebrate its world premiere in Competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on September 2nd. The film is thus nominated for the Golden Lion. A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE is the third film of Roy Andersson's THE LIVING TRILOGY. It follows SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR which premiered in Competition at Cannes in 2000 where it was awarded with the Special Jury Prize, and YOU, THE LIV...
Roy Andersen A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE
The awards ceremony took place on 6 September 2014
VENEZIA 71
The Venezia 71 Jury, chaired by Alexandre Desplat and comprised ofJoan Chen, Philip Gröning, Jessica Hausner, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandy Powell, Tim Roth, Elia Suleiman and Carlo Verdone having viewed all 20 films in competition, has decided as follows:
GOLDEN LION for...
Tuesday September 2nd, at 5.15 pm in the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema)
09 | 02 | 2014
With a video-message from Martin Scorsese
The award ceremony for the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Thelma Schoomaker will be held on Tuesday September 2nd at 5.15 pm in the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema) (access: public, all accredited visitors).During the ceremony a video-message from Martin Scorsese will be projecte...
Press conference and red carpet of "Manglehorn" (Venezia 71)
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Manglehorn
David Gordon Green
Reclusive small town locksmith Angelo Manglehorn has never quite recovered from losing the love of his life, Clara. Fixated on her memory, he feels closer to his beloved cat than the people around him and prefers to find comfort in his work and daily routine. Still, he forges on with his tenuous human connections, maintaining intermittent contact with...
Photocall, press conference and red carpet of "99 Homes" (in Competition)
99 HOMES - RAMIN BAHRANI
Synopsis
Around the world everyone knows that honest hard work gets you nowhere. In sunny Orlando, Florida, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash is evicted from his home by a charismatic, gun-toting real-estate broker Mike Carver, and is forced to move his mom and young son into a shabby motel. All is lost, until an unexpected opportunity allow...
Press conference and red carpet of "3 coeurs" (Venezia 71)
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Press conference, photocall and red carpet of "Nymphomaniac Volume II" (Out of Competition)
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Independent section promoted by the Italian Association of Filmmakers ANAC and 100 Autori >>
ADRIÁN BINIEZ - EL CINCO DE TALLERES
Argentina, 100'
Esteban Lamothe, Julieta Zyllberberg
LAURENT CANTET - RETOUR À ITHAQUE
France, Belgium, 95'
Jorge Perugorría, Isabel Santos, Pedro Julio Díaz Ferran, Fernando Hechevarria
SHAWN CHRISTENSEN - BEFORE I DISAPPEAR
USA, UK, 98'
Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptace...
A series of 7 films – debut works – independently organized by a commission nominated by the SNCCI >>
SUHA ARRAF - VILLA TOUMA
, 85'
Ula Tabari, Nisreen Faour, Cherien Dabis, Maria Zreik
DIEGO BIANCHI - ARANCE E MARTELLO (THE MARKET) [CLOSING FILM - OUT OF COMPETITION SPECIAL EVENT]
Italy, 105'
Diego Bianchi, Giulia Mancini, Lorena Cesarini, Francesca Acquaroli, Luciano Miele, Ludovico Tersigni, Emanue...
Orizzonti line up
NAJI ABU NOWAR - THEEB Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Great Britain, 100'
Jacir Eid, Hassan Mutlag, Hussein Salameh, Marji Audeh, Jack Fox
SALOMÉ ALEXI - KREDITIS LIMITI (LINE OF CREDIT) Georgia, Germany, France, 85'
Nino Kasradze, Zanda Ioseliani, Ana Kacheishvili
MICHELE ALHAIQUE - SENZA NESSUNA PIETÀ Italy, 98'
Pierfrancesco Favino, Greta Scarano, Claudio Gio&eg...
Out of Competition line up
GUILLERMO ARRIAGA, EMIR KUSTURICA, AMOS GITAI, MIRA NAIR, WARWICK THORNTON, HECTOR BABENCO, BAHMAN GHOBADI, HIDEO NAKATA, ÁLEX DE LA IGLESIA - WORDS WITH GODS Mexico, USA, 129'
Yaël Abecassis, Masatoshi Nagase, Pepon Nieto, Emir Kusturica, Damian Bichir, Yilmaz Erdogan, Chico Diaz, Miranda Tapsell, Ram Kapoor
PETER BOGDANOVICH - SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY USA, 93'
Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Jennif...
Venezia 71
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FATIH AKIN - THE CUT Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Canada, Poland, Turkey, 138'
Tahar Rahim, Akin Gazi, Simon Abkarian, George Georgiou
ROY ANDERSSON - EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON (A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE)Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, 101'
Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom
RAMIN BAHRANI - 99 HOMES ...
Until the 6th of September 2014, Renault will provide travel for the world’s biggest stars as Al Pacino, Uma Thurman, Edward Norton, Viggo Mortensen, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Catherine Deneuve during the prestigious “Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia”.
Renault is stepping up its commitment to the cinema by becoming a sponsor of for the first time. The brand’s ...
by Alex Deleon <filmfestivals.com>
Stellan Skarsgard and Charlotte Gainsbourg seated and getting ready to watch themselves on the screen at Sala Darsena, Venice in NYMPHOMANIAC, Director's Cut vol II -- this pic was snapped over the heads of a horde of surrounding fans all snapping away madly when the film's Protagonists entered the hall, accompanied by Uma Thurman who was only in Part I
The short version of N2 is already out on the street but...
08 | 29 | 2014
Two American filmmakers, film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and film director Frederick Wiseman, are the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 71st Venice International Film Festival (27 August – 6 September 2014).
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, on the recommendation of ...
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The new project, Olive Kitteridge to screen Out of Competition
08 | 31 | 2014
the award ceremony held on Monday September 1st at 4.30 pm in the Sala Grande
The Biennale di Venezia and Persol are pleased to announce that the American actress Frances McDormand has been awarded the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award 2014 at the Venice International Film Festival.
In commenting on this aw...
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His new film The Sound and the Fury to screen Out of Competition
09 | 03 | 2014
Award Ceremony in the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema) on 5th September at 2:30 pm
The Biennale di Venezia and Jaeger-LeCoultre are pleased to announce that the multi-talented American filmmaker James Franco has been awarded the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2014 prize, dedicated to a personality who has made an original contr...
The 11th edition of Art Cinema = Action + Management, the only training for professionals of the art house industry came to
a close on Monday, September 1st after a 7 day intense programme. This training course, which took place on the Venetian
Island of San Servolo within the framework of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and during the Venice Film
Festival, remains today the only international meeting for professionals of the art house industry and particularl...
By Alex Deleon
ISRAELI Director Amos GITAI is noted for making thought provolking Films
Both the German genocide of Jews in World War II and the heinous genocide of the Armenians in Turkey during World War I will be represented in new films by top international filmmakers at the upcoming 71st Venice Film Festival.
Ace Israeli film director Amis GITAI (63) will present "TSILI" a feature film based on a novel written in Hebrew but shot completely in Yid...
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