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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...
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 - 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...
Laurent Cantet - Director: "Success wasn't guaranteed but the gamble paid off"
2008-05-27 10:37:50Palme d'Or 2008 The Class "Success wasn't guaranteed but the gamble paid off"
Production - Netherlands - Smits' Aviatrix of Kazbek takes flight
2008-05-28 15:21:43After their collaboration on Magonia from 2001, Dutch director Ineke Smits again teams up with novelist Arthur Japin for her latest venture The Aviatrix of Kazbek (De Vliegenierster van Kazbek). Filming on the project started last week. Japin, still most famous for his debut novel " The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi ", wrote the original screenplay. The story is inspired by real events that...
Festivals - Romania - Transilvania IFF honours Catherine Deneuve
2008-05-28 15:21:43Right after winning Cannes 2008's Special Prize, Catherine Deneuve will also be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Transilvania IFF to start on May 30. The Great Lady of the French Cinema will claim the honours during the Festival's Closing Gala on June 7. Same day, she will also attend a special screening of Eight Women. “It is a great privilege for us to have Mrs....
Cannes 2008 - Market/Hungary - Delta drives business for The Coproduction Office
2008-05-28 15:21:43Lauded in official competition last week at the Cannes Film Festival and crowned with the Fipresci Award, Delta, by young Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó (see news) was sold by The Coproduction Office for France (Le Pacte), Spain (Silenzio), Benelux (Lumière and Filmuseum), Switzerland (Look Know!), Greece (Seven Films), Bulgaria (Art Fest), India, Korea and Mexico. The French company...
Distribution - UK - Pathe, BSkyB team up for The Cottage
2008-06-02 14:06:17British comic horror film The Cottage will enjoy a simultaneous release on DVD and on satellite broadcaster BSkyB's Pay Per View (PPV) service Sky Box Office and online Video On Demand (VOD) service Sky Player. The film is directed by Paul Andrew Williams, who had earlier made the acclaimed London to Brighton. The Cottage will be available for a four-month period and will be available...
Distribution - Germany - The Class set to hit German screens
2008-06-02 14:06:17Laurent Cantet's major Cannes winner The Class - the first French film to win the Palme d'Or in 21 years - will be released in German theatres by Munich-based Concorde Filmverleih. The date for the film's release has yet to be finalised. Concorde have also acquired the rights to Woody Allen's new film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. This Spanish/US co-production was one of the most acclaimed...
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