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Martin Scorsese Masterclass in Cannes

 

 

 

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Anne Østerud, editor extraordinaire!

 Producer Thomas Heinesen and editor extraordinaire Anne Østerud at Cannes 2011 at the Danish party for LABRADOR (2011) photo by Vanessa McMahon 

Filmfest Hamburg’s Douglas-Sirk-Award for Cannes award winners Andreas Dresen and Peter Rommel

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The German director Andreas Dresen and his longtime producer Peter Rommel will be honoured on October 1st, 2011 during the 19th edition of Filmfest Hamburg with the Douglas-Sirk-Award. This  award is given each year to a personality who has rendered outstanding services to film culture. Filmfest director Albert Wiederspiel says,“ This is the first time Filmfest Hamburg has decided to honour filmmakers from Germany. We wanted to emphasize and reward an outstanding and continuous partn...

Birgit Gudjonsdottir and 'Our Grand Despair'

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 On April 17th, during the closing ceremony of the 30th Istanbul Film Festival (IFF), the award for the best DOP went to Birgit Gudjonsdottir for her work in the Turkish film, OUR GRAND DESPAIR (2011). Recently, I conducted an interview with the award-winning and highly accomplished DOP/Producer. Aside from working on widely known films such as THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (2004) and GOODBYE LENIN! (2003), she has worked as DOP on a number of documentaries, most recently including IN THE BEGINNING ...

From Cannes 2011 Film Market... Birgit Gudjonsdottir and 'Our Grand Despair'

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 On April 17th, during the closing ceremony of the 30th Istanbul Film Festival (IFF), the award for the best DOP went to Birgit Gudjonsdottir for her work in the Turkish film, OUR GRAND DESPAIR (2011). Recently, I conducted an interview with the award-winning and highly accomplished DOP. Aside from working on widely known films such as THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (2004) and GOODBYE LENIN! (2003), she has worked as DOP on a number of documentaries, most recently including IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS...

Actor Taner Birsel OUR GRAND DESPAIR (2011)

Actor Taner Birsel OUR GRAND DESPAIR (2011) and ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011).photo by Vanessa McMahon at Cannes, 2011 

Actor Taner Birsel Our Grand Despair

Actor Taner Birsel (left) OUR GRAND DESPAIR (2011) and ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011).photo by Vanessa McMahon at Cannes, 2011 

Birgit Gudjonsdottir and 'Our Grand Despair'

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On April 17th, during the closing ceremony of the 30th Istanbul Film Festival (IFF), the award for the best DOP went to Birgit Gudjonsdottir for her work in the Turkish film, OUR GRAND DESPAIR (2011). Recently, I conducted an interview with the award-winning and highly accomplished DOP/Producer. Aside from working on widely known films such as THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (2004) and GOODBYE LENIN! (2003), she has worked as DOP on a number of documentaries, most recently including IN THE BEGINNING TH...

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS 2011

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Silver Princess Statuette (replica of the original "The Palace" statue of Ilijana, daughter of the Romanian Queen Mary of Edingburg) The voices of this year's directors show more clearly than ever that people from all nations are bonded by the same love, loss and laughter. Whether from Africa, Asia, America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand or the Middle East we are one in our needs and emotions. Perhaps in the 21st century the hand written note has been replaced by th...

Von EX-DDR. RAMBA ZAMBA!

Director: Lara Quaglia .
Peu après la chute du mur, Klaus Erforth, ancien directeur du Deutsches Theater, changea radicalement sa vie et celle de sa compagne. Le couple venait de donner naissance à une petite fille trisomique. En 1990, il lance la compagnie Ramba Zamba, dont le théâtre est aujourd'hui situé dans le Kultur Brauerei à Berlin. Composé essentiellement de comédiens handicapés, Ramba Zamba présente Hommage à Tadeuz Kantor, nouvelle création de la troupe. Et donne à voir une belle histoire d'amour et d'engagement.

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

The film ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da, (Turkey, 2010) screened at Cannes 2011 in competition. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, it went on to win the Grand Prix.photos of cast at Cannes press conference by Vanessa McMahon visit the official website here:  http://www.nbcfilm.com/anatolia/anatolia.php?mid=1 

Chichester International Film Festival to celebrate its 20th anniversary

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This August will mark the 20th Chichester International Film Festival, the biggest and most prestigious of its kind on the South Coast. Running from August 18 to September 4, 2011, the festival promises to bring cinema enthusiasts 18 days plus two separate pre-festival open air screenings crammed with premieres, special events and a shoalful of guests to celebrate the festival’s 20th anniversary.Over the last five years past premieres – English or UK firsts – previews, and new releases at ...

Bollywood at Cannes

During the 64th Cannes Film festival-Bollywood has made its presence with some projects including National award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Heroine'-starring Aishwarya Rai, and 'Prague' directed by the creative head of 'Dev.D'- Ashish Shukla,also Shekhar Kapoors 'Bollywood-The Greatest Love Story Ever Told' was premiered in out of competition segment.Three projects with three different genres where He

Bollywood at Cannes

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   During the 64th Cannes Film festival-Bollywood has made its presence with some projects including National award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Heroine'-starring Aishwarya Rai, and 'Prague' directed by the creative head of 'Dev.D'- Ashish Shukla,also Shekhar Kapoors 'Bollywood-The Greatest Love Story Ever Told' was premiered in out of competition segment. Three projects with three different genres where Heroine is dealing with life of an actress as Madhurs real life docus, Bollywoo...

Bollywood at Cannes

During the 64th Cannes Film festival-Bollywood has made its presence with some projects including National award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Heroine'-starring Aishwarya Rai, and 'Prague' directed by the creative head of 'Dev.D'- Ashish Shukla,also Shekhar Kapoors 'Bollywood-The Greatest Love Story Ever Told' was premiered in out of competition segment.Three projects with three different genres where He

Bollywood at Cannes

During the 64th Cannes Film festival-Bollywood has made its presence with some projects including National award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Heroine'-starring Aishwarya Rai, and 'Prague' directed by the creative head of 'Dev.D'- Ashish Shukla,also Shekhar Kapoors 'Bollywood-The Greatest Love Story Ever Told' was premiered in out of competition segment.Three projects with three different genres where He

Bollywood at Cannes

During the 64th Cannes Film festival-Bollywood has made its presence with some projects including National award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Heroine'-starring Aishwarya Rai, and 'Prague' directed by the creative head of 'Dev.D'- Ashish Shukla,also Shekhar Kapoors 'Bollywood-The Greatest Love Story Ever Told' was premiered in out of competition segment.Three projects with three different genres where He

18 Days at Cannes

At the 64th Cannes Film Festival the Egyptian film about the facebook triggered revolution called 18 DAYS (2011) took place in the Special Screenings window. It is a collection of short films in Egypt by Egyptian filmmakers devoted to depicting various experiences of the revolution which took place only months ago. photos by Vanessa McMahon 

Interview de Mohamed Fekrane réalisateur du film « Ensemble » pour le Nouvel Obs

La première présentation du film Ensemble a eu lieu à Cannes, rien que cela, premier film, première sélection et hop...direct à Cannes. La sélection des 8 films gagnants de Banlieuz'Art (8 comme 8 départements en Ile de France) a été projettée en accord avec le festival dans la salle bazin le 20 mai.

John Turturro will be presented with the President’s Award at KVIFF

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During the 46th Karlovy Vary IFF American actor, screenwriter and director John Turturro will receive the Festival President’s Award and, together with his wife, the actress Katherine Borowitz, will present the world premiere of the film Somewhere Tonight. John Turturro hails from an Italian-American working-class family from Brooklyn. He studied drama at the Yale School of Drama and began his acting career off-Broadway. His film work has involved collaboration with some of the worldâ...

NEWSLETTER N° 513: june 18, 2011

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