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Cannes 2008 - Awards/ Belgium - Dardenne brothers scoop another award
2008-05-27 10:37:50The Dardenne brothers no longer need any introduction, and yet their latest film is, in a sense, radically different from their previous works. The directors set down their camera, or rather, let it take a rest. In reference to Lorna's Silence, they said: “We wanted to record rather than write with the camera”. The subtle camerawork is used to observe the film's heroine...
Industry - Belgium - When film and tax go hand in hand
2008-05-27 10:37:50It won't have escaped people's attention that this was an exceptional year for Belgian film at Cannes. Beyond the films themselves, there is a particular mechanism that everyone is talking about: the tax shelter. For the first time this year, the Belgian federal state occupied a Village International pavilion, foregrounding the opportunities the country brings in terms of film shoots and...
Cannes 2008 - Market - A selection of Cannes deals
2008-05-27 10:37:50Competition titles Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale was sold by Wild Bunch to the US (IFC). Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashirwas sold by The Match Factory to Belgium (Cinemart), Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (Golem), Greece (Seven One), Canada (Seville Pictures). Linha de passe by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas was sold by The Match Factory to Belgium (Cineart). Brillante Mendoza's...
Cannes 2008 - Market - Lukewarm with spots of sunshine
2008-05-27 10:37:50Just like the weather, the temperature of the 2008 Cannes Film Market was rather lukewarm for most sales companies, but sunny for the dozen outfits that had strong titles in official selection, such as A Christmas Tale, Gomorrah, The Class (Entre les murs) , Waltz with Bashir and Three Monkeys. Buyers seemed to have arrived late and left early, staying only three-four days, and...
Cannes 2008 - Awards/Italy - Gomorrah and Il Divo “born of the same womb”
2008-05-27 10:37:50Matteo Garrone (40) won the Grand Jury Prize for his sixth feature film (and first in official competition at Cannes), Gomorrah. The adapatation was a true challenge, given the wealth and complexity of the eponymous bestseller on the Camorra by Roberto Saviano (who also co-wrote the screenplay). Garrone's first film, Terra di mezzo, won the Special Jury Prize in Turin in 1996. He followed...
Cannes 2008 - Awards/France - Cantet's The Class crowned Palme d'Or
2008-05-27 10:37:50Making his official competition debut at the Cannes Film Festival, French director Laurent Cantet (see interview) struck gold by winning the Palme d'Or for The Class (see news). The last French director to win the coveted prize was Maurice Pialat in 1987, for Under Satan's Sun. The Class is Cantet's fourth feature. The 47-year-old director won the New Directors Award at San Sebastian...
Cannes 2008 - Awards - Winners' reactions
2008-05-27 10:37:50The winners speak at this evening's press conference at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. Laurent Cantet (Palme d'Or): "I'm not surprised that an international jury liked the film because the subject of school interests everybody the world over. We go to school to learn, to become a responsible adult and citizen. The Class does justice to this and I am especially delighted to share this...
Cannes 2008 - Awards - Cantet wins Palme d'Or and Sorrentino, Garrone and Dardenne brothers scoop awards
2008-05-27 10:37:50Laurent Cantet scored a surprise triumph this evening at the 61st Cannes Film Festival with his film The Class (see news), putting an end to a 21-year dearth of Palme d'Ors for France. Italy claimed an extraordinary double success with the Grand Prize for Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah (see news) and the Jury Prize for Paolo Sorrentino's Il divo (“The Deity”) (see news). The Best...
Cannes 2008 - Un Certain Regard - Tulpan scoops top honours
2008-05-27 10:37:50Kazakh filmmaker Sergey Dvortsevoy yesterday evening picked up the Un Certain Regard Award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. Presided by German director Fatih Akin, the jury unanimously decided to present the prize to this co-production between Germany (Pandora Film and Pallas Film), Switzerland (Cobra Film), Poland (Filmcontract), Russia and Kazakhstan. This fascinating feature set in the...
Cannes 2008 - Awards - FIPRESCI awards Mundruczó Delta
2008-05-27 10:37:50The FIPRESCI jury of international critics of the Cannes Film Festival presented its award this year to Kornél Mundruczó's Hungarian film Delta, selected in official competition (see article). The Un Certain Regard winner is is Hunger by UK filmmaker Steve McQueen (see news). Eldorado by Belgium's Bouli Lanners was chosen from the Directors' Fortnight (see news). For his Sanguepazzo,...
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