Georges Cravenne died at the age of 94 in France last saturday. He was born in Tunisia (Kairouan) january 24, 1914. He was the founder in 1975 of "l'Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma" and of the annual Cesar Award ceremony in 1976, which is based on the Oscar odel, with 3600 voting members in the french industryHe had also initiated the "Molière" Awards (for theatre play annual awards ceremony) and "les 7 d'Or" for television.Next Cesar will pay an homage on the 34th ceremont due to t...

The North American premiere of the grand French spectacle 'Moliere" closed out the 2007 edition of the Seattle International Film festival at the vast Cinerama Theater in what might aptly be described as "a blaze of glory". While the opening films have already been forgotten this one will undoubtedly go into wide US release and is a sure contender for many commendations come Oscar time, 2008. Billed as "The French answer to Shakespeare in Love" (which swept all kinds of Oscars not too msany yea...

The 33rd edition of the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) initiated its marathon 24 day run on Friday, May 25, with 18 films bursting out of the starting gates at six festival venues strategically located around the city from the landmark Space Needle to the University District (and a seventh across the lake in satellite city Bellevue). The opening event I chose to attend was "An Evening with Lisa Gerrard", hypnotic Australian song-bird/composer, introducing the screening of a mystico-...