Melita Toscan du Plantier, the driving force behind the Marrakech Film Festival, is developing the next directorial outing of Fanny Ardant with Martin Scorsese attached to executive produce.
The movie will star Gerard Depardieu and revolve around an impossible relationship between siblings. Toscan du Plantier, who splits her time between production and the organization of the Marrakech Film Festival, is producing the film with Julien Madon whose banner Cheyenne Productions is owned by Federation.
The untitled project was penned by Ardant in collaboration with Jacques Fieschi, the co-screenwriter of “Lost Illusions” and “Mal de Pierres.” Toscan du Plantier said Scorsese will be creatively involved in the production, from the script – which was translated for him — to the editing.
The project is being developed by Toscan du Plantier and Julien Madon’s banner with whom Toscan du Plantier has a first look deal. The pair is already working with Scorsese on “Funny Birds,...
The movie will star Gerard Depardieu and revolve around an impossible relationship between siblings. Toscan du Plantier, who splits her time between production and the organization of the Marrakech Film Festival, is producing the film with Julien Madon whose banner Cheyenne Productions is owned by Federation.
The untitled project was penned by Ardant in collaboration with Jacques Fieschi, the co-screenwriter of “Lost Illusions” and “Mal de Pierres.” Toscan du Plantier said Scorsese will be creatively involved in the production, from the script – which was translated for him — to the editing.
The project is being developed by Toscan du Plantier and Julien Madon’s banner with whom Toscan du Plantier has a first look deal. The pair is already working with Scorsese on “Funny Birds,...
- 11/19/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
After quietly breaking out of Cannes back in 2019 with Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains – a Critics’ Week closing film, Chinese filmmaker Gu Xiaogang is wrapping up production on Dwelling By West Lake – the second film in his proposed trilogy. The production looks to have begun in March (press conference pic) of this year and then there was a pause (perhaps due to this being a seasonal or temporal element) and it was picked up again in September. Lei Wu and Qinqin Jiang are toplining. Shuli Huang is the cinematographer on the project – he directed two shorts that were recently part of the Critics’ Week section supported by programming teams of Charles Tesson and then, Ava Cahen.…...
- 10/11/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Andres Ramirez Pulido’s “La Jauria” won the Grand Prize at Critics’ Week, the Cannes Film Festival’s sidebar dedicated to first and second features. The Colombian film also won the Sacd prize.
The feature debut follows Eliú, a country boy who is wrongly accused of a crime and incarcerated in an experimental rehabilitation center for tough boys in the heart of the Colombian tropical forest.
Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” which stars “Normal People” actor Paul Mescal, won the French Touch Prize of the Jury. The bittersweet drama revolves around a father and daughter who spend a summer holiday in a Turkish resort.
Emmanuelle Nicot’s “Love According To Dalva,” meanwhile, won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for Zelda Samson. “Love According to Dalva” is a poignant drama about a 12-year-old girl growing up in foster care, alongside social workers and other children.
The Gan Foundation Award for Distribution went to Urban Distribution,...
The feature debut follows Eliú, a country boy who is wrongly accused of a crime and incarcerated in an experimental rehabilitation center for tough boys in the heart of the Colombian tropical forest.
Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” which stars “Normal People” actor Paul Mescal, won the French Touch Prize of the Jury. The bittersweet drama revolves around a father and daughter who spend a summer holiday in a Turkish resort.
Emmanuelle Nicot’s “Love According To Dalva,” meanwhile, won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for Zelda Samson. “Love According to Dalva” is a poignant drama about a 12-year-old girl growing up in foster care, alongside social workers and other children.
The Gan Foundation Award for Distribution went to Urban Distribution,...
- 5/25/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Critics’ Week, the sidebar dedicated to first and second films running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, will be kicking off with Jesse Eisenberg’s feature debut “When You Finish Saving the World” and showcase four female-directed movies.
Selected out of 1100 submitted movies, the full roster includes 11 feature films, seven of which will compete and four will play as special screenings.
“When You Finish Saving the World,” which is headlined by Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard, revolves around the relationship between a politically-engaged mother and her fame-obsessed teenage son, who is also a burgeoning musician. The A24 movie is based on Eisenberg’s 2020 audio drama of the same name and was part of the Sundance 2022 selection.
“We already adored Eisenberg as an actor and discovered him as a true auteur with this film that’s both tender and contemporary and exposes a generational gap between a mother and her son,” said Ava Cahen,...
Selected out of 1100 submitted movies, the full roster includes 11 feature films, seven of which will compete and four will play as special screenings.
“When You Finish Saving the World,” which is headlined by Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard, revolves around the relationship between a politically-engaged mother and her fame-obsessed teenage son, who is also a burgeoning musician. The A24 movie is based on Eisenberg’s 2020 audio drama of the same name and was part of the Sundance 2022 selection.
“We already adored Eisenberg as an actor and discovered him as a true auteur with this film that’s both tender and contemporary and exposes a generational gap between a mother and her son,” said Ava Cahen,...
- 4/20/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut ’When You Finish Saving The World’ will open the section focused on first and second films.
Cannes Critics’ Week, the parallel section focused on first and second films, has unveiled the line-up for its 61st edition, running May 18-26.
The section will showcase 11 features, seven of them in competition, and another 13 shorts.
It is the first selection piloted by incoming Critics’ Week artistic director Ava Cahen, since taking over the reins from Charles Tesson, who stepped down at the end of last year’s 60th edition after 10 years at the helm.
At 36, she is the...
Cannes Critics’ Week, the parallel section focused on first and second films, has unveiled the line-up for its 61st edition, running May 18-26.
The section will showcase 11 features, seven of them in competition, and another 13 shorts.
It is the first selection piloted by incoming Critics’ Week artistic director Ava Cahen, since taking over the reins from Charles Tesson, who stepped down at the end of last year’s 60th edition after 10 years at the helm.
At 36, she is the...
- 4/20/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Critics Week (or La Semaine de la Critique), the selection dedicated to first and second films running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, will boast a jury presided over by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (“The Man who Sold his Skin”).
Ben Hania has directed four features, including “Beauty and the Dogs” which competed in Un Certain Regard in 2017, and “The Man who Sold his Skin” which played at Venice in 2020 and was the first Tunisian film nominated for the Oscars’ international feature film race.
The jury of the 61st edition will be completed by French-Greek actress and director Ariane Labed, Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson (“Woman at War”), Belgian cinematographer Benoît Debie, and South Korean journalist and Busan Festival’s topper Huh Moon yung.
Four prizes will be handed out by Ben Hania’s jury, the La Semaine de la Critique Grand Prize, the French Touch Prize of the Jury, the...
Ben Hania has directed four features, including “Beauty and the Dogs” which competed in Un Certain Regard in 2017, and “The Man who Sold his Skin” which played at Venice in 2020 and was the first Tunisian film nominated for the Oscars’ international feature film race.
The jury of the 61st edition will be completed by French-Greek actress and director Ariane Labed, Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson (“Woman at War”), Belgian cinematographer Benoît Debie, and South Korean journalist and Busan Festival’s topper Huh Moon yung.
Four prizes will be handed out by Ben Hania’s jury, the La Semaine de la Critique Grand Prize, the French Touch Prize of the Jury, the...
- 4/18/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Despite a 2018 pledge to program more films by female filmmakers, the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday announced a competition lineup with only three films directed by women.
While additional films could still be added to the slate for next month’s festival, the Cannes lineup falls short of the already dismal record of the last two editions. In 2019 and 2021, the festival featured four films by female directors.
This year’s 18 competition films include Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon,” American director Kelly Reichardt’s drama “Showing Up” and Italian-French actress-director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s “The Almond Tree.”
In the Un Certain Regard section, devoted to films with less visibility than the main competition entries, eight of the 15 films are from female directors, including “Beast” from Riley Keough and Gina Gammell.
Four years ago, Cannes general delegate Thierry Fremaux, Directors’ Fortnight artistic director Edouard Waintrop and Critics’ Week head Charles Tesson became...
While additional films could still be added to the slate for next month’s festival, the Cannes lineup falls short of the already dismal record of the last two editions. In 2019 and 2021, the festival featured four films by female directors.
This year’s 18 competition films include Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon,” American director Kelly Reichardt’s drama “Showing Up” and Italian-French actress-director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s “The Almond Tree.”
In the Un Certain Regard section, devoted to films with less visibility than the main competition entries, eight of the 15 films are from female directors, including “Beast” from Riley Keough and Gina Gammell.
Four years ago, Cannes general delegate Thierry Fremaux, Directors’ Fortnight artistic director Edouard Waintrop and Critics’ Week head Charles Tesson became...
- 4/14/2022
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Critics’ Week, the sidebar dedicated to first and second features that runs alongside the Cannes Film Festival, is launching a new award.
Called The French Touch Prize of the Jury, the award is being backed by a French organization dedicated to promoting creative and cultural industries.
“The French Touch is not just an economic sector, it’s also the French spirit, creativity, dreams and audacity,” said Critics’ Week.
The org said it aimed at gathering, connecting and aggregating talent from cultural and creatives industries in France. Although Critics’ Week is an international film sidebar, it traditionally showcases many films directed by emerging French directors.
The other prizes handed out by Critics’ Week are the Grand Prize, the Louis Roederer prize of the Revelation, the best actor and the Discovery prize for best short film.
This year’s Critics’ Week will mark the first edition for Ava Cahen, who took over...
Called The French Touch Prize of the Jury, the award is being backed by a French organization dedicated to promoting creative and cultural industries.
“The French Touch is not just an economic sector, it’s also the French spirit, creativity, dreams and audacity,” said Critics’ Week.
The org said it aimed at gathering, connecting and aggregating talent from cultural and creatives industries in France. Although Critics’ Week is an international film sidebar, it traditionally showcases many films directed by emerging French directors.
The other prizes handed out by Critics’ Week are the Grand Prize, the Louis Roederer prize of the Revelation, the best actor and the Discovery prize for best short film.
This year’s Critics’ Week will mark the first edition for Ava Cahen, who took over...
- 4/8/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
There have been some past editions that have been French/Euro heavy, but for the most part, the programme Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique) has seen a mix of international films and as of late, favored first time efforts over sophomore features. The golden seven selections are also complemented by approximately five films – two to three special screenings, an opening and closing film featuring bigger names or benefitting from a larger budget. So we’re looking at around fifteen possible features and a slew of short and medium sized films. Charles Tesson passed over Artistic Director reigns to Ava Cahen — so this will be the first Cahen edition.…...
- 3/10/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Omar El Zohairy’s comedy-drama “Feathers” has won the Nespresso Grand Prize at Critics’ Week, the Cannes Film Festival’s strand dedicated to first and second films.
Set in contemporary Egypt, “Feathers” follows the journey of a woman with three children whose idealist husband is turned into a chicken by a magician in a magic-trick gone awry. El Zohairy used over 30 real chickens in the production with the assistance of an animal trainer. It was produced by Still Moving (France), and co-produced by Film Clinic (Egypt), Lagoonie Film Production (Egypt), Kepler Film (The Netherlands) and Heretic (Greece).
Meanwhile, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award went to Sandra Melissa Torres for her performance in Simón Mesa Soto’s “Amparo,” about a working-class mother desperately attempting to save her son from military conscription in Colombia.
The Grand Prize and Rising Star awards were given by the jury which was presided over...
Set in contemporary Egypt, “Feathers” follows the journey of a woman with three children whose idealist husband is turned into a chicken by a magician in a magic-trick gone awry. El Zohairy used over 30 real chickens in the production with the assistance of an animal trainer. It was produced by Still Moving (France), and co-produced by Film Clinic (Egypt), Lagoonie Film Production (Egypt), Kepler Film (The Netherlands) and Heretic (Greece).
Meanwhile, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award went to Sandra Melissa Torres for her performance in Simón Mesa Soto’s “Amparo,” about a working-class mother desperately attempting to save her son from military conscription in Colombia.
The Grand Prize and Rising Star awards were given by the jury which was presided over...
- 7/14/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The 60th edition marks film critic Charles Tesson’s last year at the helm.
Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy’s surreal tragi-comedy Feathers has scooped the €15,000 grand prize at the 60th edition of Cannes’ Critics’ Week.
It is the debut feature of El Zohairy who cut his teeth working as an assistant director to Youssef Chahine and Yousry Nasrallah.
The story revolves around a family liberated from the control of a tyrannical patriarch after he is turned into a chicken during a magic show. Juliette Lepoutre and Pierre Menahem at France’s Still Moving lead produced in co-production with Cairo-based Film Clinic,...
Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy’s surreal tragi-comedy Feathers has scooped the €15,000 grand prize at the 60th edition of Cannes’ Critics’ Week.
It is the debut feature of El Zohairy who cut his teeth working as an assistant director to Youssef Chahine and Yousry Nasrallah.
The story revolves around a family liberated from the control of a tyrannical patriarch after he is turned into a chicken during a magic show. Juliette Lepoutre and Pierre Menahem at France’s Still Moving lead produced in co-production with Cairo-based Film Clinic,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
This story about International Critics Week first appeared in TheWrap’s special digital Cannes magazine.
When Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique, or International Critics Week, kicks off on July 7 with a screening of Swiss director Constance Meyer’s “Robust,” the festival’s longest-running independent section will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in style. The screening will take place in a completely refurbished Miramar theater with increased capacity, a new seating plan and technical upgrades undertaken by the city of Cannes with backing from an anonymous philanthropist.
And the Critics Week section, which looks for up-and-coming directors and showcases a small group of first and second films every year, will be taking place at a time when filmmakers first recognized by Critics Week will be plentiful up and down the main Cannes lineup: Jacques Audiard, Leos Carax, Julia Ducournau, Justin Kurzel and François Ozon in the Main Competition, and Arnaud Desplechin...
When Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique, or International Critics Week, kicks off on July 7 with a screening of Swiss director Constance Meyer’s “Robust,” the festival’s longest-running independent section will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in style. The screening will take place in a completely refurbished Miramar theater with increased capacity, a new seating plan and technical upgrades undertaken by the city of Cannes with backing from an anonymous philanthropist.
And the Critics Week section, which looks for up-and-coming directors and showcases a small group of first and second films every year, will be taking place at a time when filmmakers first recognized by Critics Week will be plentiful up and down the main Cannes lineup: Jacques Audiard, Leos Carax, Julia Ducournau, Justin Kurzel and François Ozon in the Main Competition, and Arnaud Desplechin...
- 7/6/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jacques Audiard and rising director Léa Mysius reminisce about presenting their respective debut features, “See How They Fall” and “Ava,” at Cannes’ Critics’ Week in an exclusive video celebrating the 60th anniversary of the sidebar.
Under the helm of Charles Tesson since 2011, Critics’ Week, which is dedicated to first and second films, has showcased more dozens of emerging filmmakers over the years. Some of them will have their latest movies unspool in competition at the festival. These include Audiard with “Paris, 13th District” which was co-written with Mysius and Celine Sciamma, as well as Julia Ducournau (“Raw”) with “Titane,” and Nadav Lapid (“The Kindergarten Teacher”) with “Ahed’s Knee.”
Audiard and Mysius are two of the 60 talents and artists who have shared testimonies about Critics’ Week brought to their lives and careers through videos and letters. Critics’ Week is unveiling these tributes throughout the month of June.
Under the helm of Charles Tesson since 2011, Critics’ Week, which is dedicated to first and second films, has showcased more dozens of emerging filmmakers over the years. Some of them will have their latest movies unspool in competition at the festival. These include Audiard with “Paris, 13th District” which was co-written with Mysius and Celine Sciamma, as well as Julia Ducournau (“Raw”) with “Titane,” and Nadav Lapid (“The Kindergarten Teacher”) with “Ahed’s Knee.”
Audiard and Mysius are two of the 60 talents and artists who have shared testimonies about Critics’ Week brought to their lives and careers through videos and letters. Critics’ Week is unveiling these tributes throughout the month of June.
- 6/18/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes
Ava Cahen will become the artistic director of Critics’ Week at Cannes from Aug. 1, taking over from Charles Tesson.
Cahen founded the magazine Clap in 2014 and FrenchMania in 2017 along with the Woody Club she created in 2016. She has been a commentator for the TV program “Le Cercle” on Canal Plus since 2014 and since 2019 for “Une heure en séries,” a radio show on France Inter. She has published several books on cinema and series including “Woody Allen Profession Cynique” (2015), “Cheforama” (2017) and “Game of Thrones” (2019).
In 2016, at 30, Cahen became the youngest selection committee member in the history of Critics’ Week and joined the French Union of Film Critics. She also lectures at Nanterre Paris X University.
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Producer Sean O’Kelly (“Iron Sky”) has teamed with veteran sales agent Marc Bikindou to launch Brilliant Pictures, a venture encompassing production, finance, sales and distribution for film and TV with offices in London and Rome,...
Ava Cahen will become the artistic director of Critics’ Week at Cannes from Aug. 1, taking over from Charles Tesson.
Cahen founded the magazine Clap in 2014 and FrenchMania in 2017 along with the Woody Club she created in 2016. She has been a commentator for the TV program “Le Cercle” on Canal Plus since 2014 and since 2019 for “Une heure en séries,” a radio show on France Inter. She has published several books on cinema and series including “Woody Allen Profession Cynique” (2015), “Cheforama” (2017) and “Game of Thrones” (2019).
In 2016, at 30, Cahen became the youngest selection committee member in the history of Critics’ Week and joined the French Union of Film Critics. She also lectures at Nanterre Paris X University.
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Producer Sean O’Kelly (“Iron Sky”) has teamed with veteran sales agent Marc Bikindou to launch Brilliant Pictures, a venture encompassing production, finance, sales and distribution for film and TV with offices in London and Rome,...
- 6/15/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Charles Tesson to step down after 10th edition at the helm.
French film critic Ava Cahen has been named as the new artistic director of Cannes Critics’ Week.
She replaces respected film critic and academic Charles Tesson who will step down after this year’s 60th edition after 10 years at the helm.
Under Critics’ Week regulations, an artistic director can serve a maximum of three terms of three years. Tesson was allowed one more edition to oversee the 60th anniversary.
Cahen will take up the role from August 1, having been a member of Critics’ Week feature film committee for five years.
French film critic Ava Cahen has been named as the new artistic director of Cannes Critics’ Week.
She replaces respected film critic and academic Charles Tesson who will step down after this year’s 60th edition after 10 years at the helm.
Under Critics’ Week regulations, an artistic director can serve a maximum of three terms of three years. Tesson was allowed one more edition to oversee the 60th anniversary.
Cahen will take up the role from August 1, having been a member of Critics’ Week feature film committee for five years.
- 6/15/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Germany, France, Australia, Latin America among territories sold.
Mel Gibson has signed on to star as an iconoclastic talk show host in Romuald Boulanger’s thriller On The Line, that starts production in Paris today (June 9). It has already secured key territory sales through Fortitude International.
Boulanger is a former French radio host whose Connected was acquired by Amazon France last year.
Gibson portrays a radio host confronted with a hostile caller over the course of a single night. The cast includes Kevin Dillon, Enrique Arce, William Moseley, and Nadia Fares.
Nadine de Barros’ Fortitude International has concluded deals with SquareOne for Germany,...
Mel Gibson has signed on to star as an iconoclastic talk show host in Romuald Boulanger’s thriller On The Line, that starts production in Paris today (June 9). It has already secured key territory sales through Fortitude International.
Boulanger is a former French radio host whose Connected was acquired by Amazon France last year.
Gibson portrays a radio host confronted with a hostile caller over the course of a single night. The cast includes Kevin Dillon, Enrique Arce, William Moseley, and Nadia Fares.
Nadine de Barros’ Fortitude International has concluded deals with SquareOne for Germany,...
- 6/9/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
With a half dozen filmmakers vying for the Palme d’Or next month (and worth mentioning actress turned director Hafsia Herzi made the move from the section with her debut 2019 Tu mérites un amour and into the Un Certain Regard section this year), Cannes Critic’s Week (the section dedicated to first and second time filmmakers only) has been uncovering filmmaker talent now for six decades. After last edition’s lost in a Covid sea, this will be Artistic Director Charles Tesson’s final year.…...
- 6/7/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The Cannes Film Festival’s parallel Critics’ Week section is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2021 with a lineup that is heavy on French talent and nonexistent when it comes to U.S. filmmakers. This year’s Critics’ Week selection includes 13 world premieres, seven of them in competition. As always, Critics’ Week is made of up first and-second time directorial efforts. The selection committee says it received 1,620 short films and watched 1,000 features in 2021. The lineup was selected by Critics’ Week artistic director Charles Tesson and his committee. Each section of the Critics’ Week lineup is made up of about 30 percent of films directed by women.
“The competition is very international and showcases films with many different styles and topics,” Tesson said in a statement (via Variety). “Many films tackle relationships, friendships, family bonds — especially mothers with their children, loved ones we lost, or fighting to get back into our lives.”
Critics...
“The competition is very international and showcases films with many different styles and topics,” Tesson said in a statement (via Variety). “Many films tackle relationships, friendships, family bonds — especially mothers with their children, loved ones we lost, or fighting to get back into our lives.”
Critics...
- 6/7/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Critics’ Week, the Cannes Film Festival parallel strand dedicated to first and second films, follows the official selection’s lead in announcing an expanded lineup after taking a year off.
The 2021 program — which marks the sidebar’s 60th edition — will feature 13 world premieres, seven of them in competition, chosen from nearly 1,000 films by Charles Tesson, artistic director, and his committee. The lineup is heavy on French talent, with no American directors in the mix.
Constance Meyer’s “Robust” (previously titled “Misfit”), a drama-comedy starring Gérard Depardieu and Déborah Lukumuena (“Divines”), will open the 2021 edition of Critics’ Week. Set in contemporary Paris, “Robust” stars Depardieu as a lonely film star in decline, who forms an unexpected bond with Aïssa, a semi-pro wrestler earning a living as a security officer.
Leyla Bouzid’s “A Tale of Love and Desire” will close the edition and will also be part of the Special Screenings section,...
The 2021 program — which marks the sidebar’s 60th edition — will feature 13 world premieres, seven of them in competition, chosen from nearly 1,000 films by Charles Tesson, artistic director, and his committee. The lineup is heavy on French talent, with no American directors in the mix.
Constance Meyer’s “Robust” (previously titled “Misfit”), a drama-comedy starring Gérard Depardieu and Déborah Lukumuena (“Divines”), will open the 2021 edition of Critics’ Week. Set in contemporary Paris, “Robust” stars Depardieu as a lonely film star in decline, who forms an unexpected bond with Aïssa, a semi-pro wrestler earning a living as a security officer.
Leyla Bouzid’s “A Tale of Love and Desire” will close the edition and will also be part of the Special Screenings section,...
- 6/7/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Parallel section will showcase 13 first and second features and 10 short films.
Cannes Critics’ Week 2021 has unveiled the line-up of its 60th edition, following last year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, running July 7 to 15 alongside the Cannes Film Festival.
It will showcase 13 features, seven of them in competition, as well as 10 short films.
French director Constance Meyer’s debut feature Robust, co-starring Gérard Depardieu opposite Divines discovery Déborah Lukumuena will open the section on July 7. Depardieu plays an ageing actor star in decline who hires Lukumuena’s character, a semi-professional wrestler, as a bodyguard at short notice. The seemingly disparate...
Cannes Critics’ Week 2021 has unveiled the line-up of its 60th edition, following last year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, running July 7 to 15 alongside the Cannes Film Festival.
It will showcase 13 features, seven of them in competition, as well as 10 short films.
French director Constance Meyer’s debut feature Robust, co-starring Gérard Depardieu opposite Divines discovery Déborah Lukumuena will open the section on July 7. Depardieu plays an ageing actor star in decline who hires Lukumuena’s character, a semi-professional wrestler, as a bodyguard at short notice. The seemingly disparate...
- 6/7/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
A constellation of prominent filmmakers, festival directors and film executives from all over the world have signed a petition to protest the Colombian government’s tax reform plan, which would adversely affect current film incentives, in place since 2003.
Signees includes Cannes Festival head Thierry Fremaux and Critics’ Week’s Charles Tesson; Venice’s Alberto Barbera; Pyramide Films’ Eric Lagesse and filmmakers from as far afield as Iraq (Abbas Fahdel), Thailand (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) and Europe, led by Luc Dardenne, Laurent Cantet and Romania’s Bianca Oana.
“The tax reform project presented on April 15 by the government of Colombia threatens the organization of the Colombian model for the support and development of its audiovisual sector,” the petition read. “Outside of Colombia, film professionals who have been witnesses, and sometimes actors, of the dynamism of Colombian cinema express their great concern,” it added.
The petition called on the government and the Congress of...
Signees includes Cannes Festival head Thierry Fremaux and Critics’ Week’s Charles Tesson; Venice’s Alberto Barbera; Pyramide Films’ Eric Lagesse and filmmakers from as far afield as Iraq (Abbas Fahdel), Thailand (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) and Europe, led by Luc Dardenne, Laurent Cantet and Romania’s Bianca Oana.
“The tax reform project presented on April 15 by the government of Colombia threatens the organization of the Colombian model for the support and development of its audiovisual sector,” the petition read. “Outside of Colombia, film professionals who have been witnesses, and sometimes actors, of the dynamism of Colombian cinema express their great concern,” it added.
The petition called on the government and the Congress of...
- 4/22/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Parallel sections were both cancelled alongside main festival in 2020.
Cannes parallel sections Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week have announced they are planning to run July 7-17 and July 7-15 respectively this year.
They signalled their plans to take place in July on Thursday (January 28) in the wake of the Cannes Film Festival’s announcement that it was shifting its dates to July 6-17, in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Both parallel sections were cancelled last year along with the Cannes Films Festival.
Cannes Critics’ Week, which is focused on first and second features and shorts by emerging filmmakers, will...
Cannes parallel sections Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week have announced they are planning to run July 7-17 and July 7-15 respectively this year.
They signalled their plans to take place in July on Thursday (January 28) in the wake of the Cannes Film Festival’s announcement that it was shifting its dates to July 6-17, in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Both parallel sections were cancelled last year along with the Cannes Films Festival.
Cannes Critics’ Week, which is focused on first and second features and shorts by emerging filmmakers, will...
- 1/29/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Parallel sections were both cancelled alongside main festival in 2020.
Cannes parallel sections Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week have announced they are planning to run July 7-17 and July 7-15 respectively this year.
They signalled their plans to take place in July on Thursday (January 28) in the wake of the Cannes Film Festival’s announcement that it was shifting its dates to July 6-17, in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Both parallel sections were cancelled last year along with the Cannes Films Festival.
Cannes Critics’ Week, which is focused on first and second features and shorts by emerging filmmakers, will...
Cannes parallel sections Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week have announced they are planning to run July 7-17 and July 7-15 respectively this year.
They signalled their plans to take place in July on Thursday (January 28) in the wake of the Cannes Film Festival’s announcement that it was shifting its dates to July 6-17, in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Both parallel sections were cancelled last year along with the Cannes Films Festival.
Cannes Critics’ Week, which is focused on first and second features and shorts by emerging filmmakers, will...
- 1/28/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Seafic Award went to Malaysian filmmaker Chia Chee Sum, while Singapore’s Siyou Tan took the Open Sea Fund Award.
Malaysian filmmaker Chia Chee Sum’s Oasis Of Now won the Seafic Award at the fourth edition of the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (Seafic) Open House (January 8-11), while Amoeba, from Singapore’s Siyou Tan, took the Open Sea Fund Award.
The prizes follow nine months of intense script and project development for the five selected projects, through the guidance of international experts. The winners were selected after live pitching sessions in front of international juries.
Seafic organisers described...
Malaysian filmmaker Chia Chee Sum’s Oasis Of Now won the Seafic Award at the fourth edition of the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (Seafic) Open House (January 8-11), while Amoeba, from Singapore’s Siyou Tan, took the Open Sea Fund Award.
The prizes follow nine months of intense script and project development for the five selected projects, through the guidance of international experts. The winners were selected after live pitching sessions in front of international juries.
Seafic organisers described...
- 1/12/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Malaysian film project “Oasis of Now” was named as the winner of the $15,000 Seafic award at the end of the fourth edition of the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab on Monday.
The project, to be directed by Chia Chee Sum and produced by Lee Yve Vonn, is the story of a Vietnamese housekeeper living a secret life in Kuala Lumpur.
“Our choice finally fell on a project with a strong subject against a background of social reality, and with its heart, the bonds of affection that are the basis of human relations and family. More than a script, it’s a project inhabited by a true cinematographic vision due to the treatment of the space and its visual and sound mise en scene,” said a three-person jury that included festival selectors Charles Tesson and Violeta Bava, and executive Winnie Lau.
The Open Sea Fund Award, which provides $25,000 of equipment rentals and post-production services,...
The project, to be directed by Chia Chee Sum and produced by Lee Yve Vonn, is the story of a Vietnamese housekeeper living a secret life in Kuala Lumpur.
“Our choice finally fell on a project with a strong subject against a background of social reality, and with its heart, the bonds of affection that are the basis of human relations and family. More than a script, it’s a project inhabited by a true cinematographic vision due to the treatment of the space and its visual and sound mise en scene,” said a three-person jury that included festival selectors Charles Tesson and Violeta Bava, and executive Winnie Lau.
The Open Sea Fund Award, which provides $25,000 of equipment rentals and post-production services,...
- 1/12/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
This week saw 10 young filmmakers take part in the programme steered by Cannes’ Critics’ Week and aimed at helping authors make the leap to feature films. For the seventh consecutive year, and despite the cancellation of Cannes’ 2020 edition, the Critics’ Week team overseen by Charles Tesson has once again rolled out its Next Step initiative, aimed at helping young filmmakers (who have previously been selected to compete in Cannes’ parallel section) make the leap from short to full-length films. The programme notably includes a workshop, but also a competition, the victorious project of which is set to be announced on the Croisette in May. Winners of previous editions (which have supported upwards of 50 projects hailing from 29 countries) include João Paulo...
- 12/11/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
10 short films with the 2020 Critics' Week label are accessible online for free, from today until 25 October, on the platform. The 59th edition of Cannes' Critics' Week could not be held as scheduled in May due to the global sanitary crisis. Honouring its commitment, the parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival nevertheless continues to shine a light on emerging talents in order to support filmmakers and the film industry. To address this unprecedented situation, the Critics' Week and Festival Scope kick off a tailored-made support programme for the films that artistic director Charles Tesson and his selection committees chose to actively support. Accordingly, 10 short films have received the “2020 Semaine de la Critique label” and are accessible online now here, for free, from today to 25 October. The short films screening: August 22, This Year – Graham Foy (Canada)Axşama doğru (Towards Evening) – Teymur Hajiyev (Azerbaijan)Dustin...
- 10/22/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
New appointee replaces Rémi Bonhomme who is headed to Marrakech as artistic director.
Cannes Critics’ Week has appointed Thomas Rosso as its new progamme manager, replacing Rémi Bonhomme who has left the parallel section to take up the position of artistic director at the Marrakech International Film Festival.
Rosso also takes over as director of the Critics’ Week initiative Next Step, aimed at supporting directors who have shown shorts in the parallel section as they work towards their first feature.
In his role as programme manager, Rosso will oversee the overall running of Critics’ Week, working closely with its artistic...
Cannes Critics’ Week has appointed Thomas Rosso as its new progamme manager, replacing Rémi Bonhomme who has left the parallel section to take up the position of artistic director at the Marrakech International Film Festival.
Rosso also takes over as director of the Critics’ Week initiative Next Step, aimed at supporting directors who have shown shorts in the parallel section as they work towards their first feature.
In his role as programme manager, Rosso will oversee the overall running of Critics’ Week, working closely with its artistic...
- 6/24/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Cannes’ parallel section has selected and will lend its support to films signed by Chloé Mazlo, Anna Cazenave Cambet, Aleem Khan, Naël Marandin and Just Philippot. It might have proved impossible for the 59th edition of Critics’ Week to unspool in Cannes in person as a result of the health crisis, but the Croisette-based parallel section is continuing to shine a light on emerging talent and has now put together a support programme, “Cannes Outside the Walls”, for the five feature films and ten shorts selected by the team overseen by artistic director Charles Tesson. Standing tall among the works set to benefit from the “Critics’ Week 2020” label are two first feature films from French female directors: Skies of Lebanon by Chloé Mazlo (starring Italy’s Alba Rohrwacher – read our article) and Gold for Dogs by Anna Cazenave Cambet (produced by Charles Gillibert on behalf of CG Cinéma).A further.
Parallel section unveils slimmed down, France-focused 2020 selection.
Cannes Critics’ Week has unveiled the five features and ten shorts selected for its special 2020 Semaine de la Critique label, created in response to the fact that its 59th edition could not take place this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Four of the five features hail from France with UK-Pakistani filmmaker Aleem Khan’s After Love the only non-French title in the selection.
Three of the French selections are first films: Anna Cazenave Cambet’s Gold For Dogs, Chloé Mazlo’s Skies Of Lebanon and Just Philippot’s The Swarm. They are...
Cannes Critics’ Week has unveiled the five features and ten shorts selected for its special 2020 Semaine de la Critique label, created in response to the fact that its 59th edition could not take place this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Four of the five features hail from France with UK-Pakistani filmmaker Aleem Khan’s After Love the only non-French title in the selection.
Three of the French selections are first films: Anna Cazenave Cambet’s Gold For Dogs, Chloé Mazlo’s Skies Of Lebanon and Just Philippot’s The Swarm. They are...
- 6/4/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
While the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival was announced yesterday, Critics Week, the strand dedicated to first and second films which traditionally runs parallel to the fest, has unveiled the titles that will get the “2020 Semaine de la Critique” label.
Critics Week was canceled along with with Directors Fortnight and Acid in April due to the coronavirus crisis, but the strand’s artistic director Charles Tesson and his committee went ahead and selected five movies and 10 shorts that will receive a label.
As with Cannes’ Official Selection, the roster of this year’s Critics’ Week boasts a strong French presence with four local-language films out of the five. These are Anna Cazenave Cambet’s “Gold For Dogs,” Just Philippot’s “The Swarm,” Chloé Mazlo’s “Skies of Lebanon” and Naël Marandin’s “Beasts.” Aleem Khan’s U.K. film “After Love” rounds up the pack.
Tesson said the...
Critics Week was canceled along with with Directors Fortnight and Acid in April due to the coronavirus crisis, but the strand’s artistic director Charles Tesson and his committee went ahead and selected five movies and 10 shorts that will receive a label.
As with Cannes’ Official Selection, the roster of this year’s Critics’ Week boasts a strong French presence with four local-language films out of the five. These are Anna Cazenave Cambet’s “Gold For Dogs,” Just Philippot’s “The Swarm,” Chloé Mazlo’s “Skies of Lebanon” and Naël Marandin’s “Beasts.” Aleem Khan’s U.K. film “After Love” rounds up the pack.
Tesson said the...
- 6/4/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Directors’ Fortnight and Critics Week, the two sections running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, have canceled their 2020 editions.
The joint decision comes two days after France’s President Emmanuel Macron said all festivals and events gathering large crowds would be banned in the country until mid-July.
“The Directors’ Fortnight, La Semaine de la Critique and Acid regret to announce the cancellation of their 2020 editions in Cannes.”
“The health crisis we are all presently facing makes it impossible to anticipate the practical course of events,” said the release.
However, “each section, in consultation with the Cannes Film Festival, is looking at the best way to keep on supporting the films submitted to its 2020 edition,” added the release.
The Cannes Film Festival, meanwhile, said on Tuesday that it would not be hosted in late June due to the coronavirus pandemic, and was exploring other options.
For many arthouse movies, the cancellation of...
The joint decision comes two days after France’s President Emmanuel Macron said all festivals and events gathering large crowds would be banned in the country until mid-July.
“The Directors’ Fortnight, La Semaine de la Critique and Acid regret to announce the cancellation of their 2020 editions in Cannes.”
“The health crisis we are all presently facing makes it impossible to anticipate the practical course of events,” said the release.
However, “each section, in consultation with the Cannes Film Festival, is looking at the best way to keep on supporting the films submitted to its 2020 edition,” added the release.
The Cannes Film Festival, meanwhile, said on Tuesday that it would not be hosted in late June due to the coronavirus pandemic, and was exploring other options.
For many arthouse movies, the cancellation of...
- 4/15/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Parallel sections issue joint statement on the decision to abandon 2020 editions due to Covid-19.
Cannes parallel sections Critics’ Week, Directors’ Fortnight and Acid announced on Wednesday (April 15) that they were cancelling their 2020 editions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The respected sidebars had originally been due to take place alongside the Cannes Film Festival during its cancelled dates of May 12-23, and had then been holding out to run during a potential end-June, start-July slot, which has now also been abandoned after the French government extended a ban on large gatherings to mid-July.
”Following the French president’s April 13 announcement banning...
Cannes parallel sections Critics’ Week, Directors’ Fortnight and Acid announced on Wednesday (April 15) that they were cancelling their 2020 editions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The respected sidebars had originally been due to take place alongside the Cannes Film Festival during its cancelled dates of May 12-23, and had then been holding out to run during a potential end-June, start-July slot, which has now also been abandoned after the French government extended a ban on large gatherings to mid-July.
”Following the French president’s April 13 announcement banning...
- 4/15/2020
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Following the news that the Cannes Film Festival will be postponed, Critics Week, the section dedicated to first and second films which runs parallel to the fest, said its 59th edition will not be taking place in May either.
The organizers of Critics’ Week said in statement on Friday that the section may be moved to a later date “to comply with the critical measures taken to ensure everyone’s safety.” While Cannes said on Friday that the festival could potentially take place in late June/early July, Critics’ Week said it could not “foresee whether we will be able to announce our selection nor how (the section) may be carried out.”
“These decisions will be taken in collaboration with institutions, the teams of the various sections of the Cannes Film Festival and representatives of the industry, alongside whom we intend to face this unprecedented crisis,” said Critics’ Week.
Spearheaded by Charles Tesson,...
The organizers of Critics’ Week said in statement on Friday that the section may be moved to a later date “to comply with the critical measures taken to ensure everyone’s safety.” While Cannes said on Friday that the festival could potentially take place in late June/early July, Critics’ Week said it could not “foresee whether we will be able to announce our selection nor how (the section) may be carried out.”
“These decisions will be taken in collaboration with institutions, the teams of the various sections of the Cannes Film Festival and representatives of the industry, alongside whom we intend to face this unprecedented crisis,” said Critics’ Week.
Spearheaded by Charles Tesson,...
- 3/20/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Les Cahiers du Cinema, the iconic publication that was a driving force behind the French New Wave, is weathering an unprecedented crisis following the resignation of the majority of its staff on Thursday.
Some of its journalists, however, have decided to remain on board while they await the appointment of a new editor-in-chief.
Among the seasoned candidates rumored to be in the running to take over as editor-in-chief are film critic-director Marcos Uzal; film and theater critic and historian Antoine de Baecque; Charles Tesson, the current artistic director of Cannes Critics Week, who previously held the position at Les Cahiers du Cinema from 1998 to 2003; and Jean-Marc Lalanne, a film critic who runs the culture magazine Les Inrocks.
Although it was reported that the entire newsroom of Les Cahiers du Cinema has quit in protest against the publication’s new owners — which include billionaire businessman Xavier Niel; Alain Weill, the head...
Some of its journalists, however, have decided to remain on board while they await the appointment of a new editor-in-chief.
Among the seasoned candidates rumored to be in the running to take over as editor-in-chief are film critic-director Marcos Uzal; film and theater critic and historian Antoine de Baecque; Charles Tesson, the current artistic director of Cannes Critics Week, who previously held the position at Les Cahiers du Cinema from 1998 to 2003; and Jean-Marc Lalanne, a film critic who runs the culture magazine Les Inrocks.
Although it was reported that the entire newsroom of Les Cahiers du Cinema has quit in protest against the publication’s new owners — which include billionaire businessman Xavier Niel; Alain Weill, the head...
- 2/28/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Critics’ Week, the strand dedicated to first and second films which runs along side the Cannes Film Festival, will be hosted in a revamped venue starting this year for the 59th edition.
The Miramar theater, where films and shorts selected for Critics’ Week are being screened, is being completely remodelled by the city of Cannes, under the initiative of a philantropist, whose identity has not been identified.
The remodelling, which kicked off last month, will aim at redesigning the venue as well as increasing its room capacity to 420 new seats. The seating plan is also being modified in order to ensure a better viewing experience, along with the technical conditions which are being optimised.
As part of the makeover, the Miramar theater will be insulated to provide improved acoustics and will be equipped with Dkaudio tailor-made speakers and Dolby Atmos-ready equipment. The screen, meanwhile, will also be swapped with a...
The Miramar theater, where films and shorts selected for Critics’ Week are being screened, is being completely remodelled by the city of Cannes, under the initiative of a philantropist, whose identity has not been identified.
The remodelling, which kicked off last month, will aim at redesigning the venue as well as increasing its room capacity to 420 new seats. The seating plan is also being modified in order to ensure a better viewing experience, along with the technical conditions which are being optimised.
As part of the makeover, the Miramar theater will be insulated to provide improved acoustics and will be equipped with Dkaudio tailor-made speakers and Dolby Atmos-ready equipment. The screen, meanwhile, will also be swapped with a...
- 2/22/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Remi Bonhomme, a leading force behind Cannes’ Critics Week, has been appointed artistic director of the Marrakech Film Festival and its industry conference, the Atlas Workshops.
In recent years, Bonhomme successfully headed the Atlas Workshops, a platform dedicated to supporting the cinema of the African continent and the Arab world, where he was also part of the programming team.
Bonhomme will now be leaving his position at Critics’ Week after the upcoming edition in order to take full reins of the Marrakech festival.
During his 11-year tenure at Critics’ Week, Bonhomme has worked closely with the sidebar’s artistic director Charles Tesson on the selection, and he also launched Next Step, a workshop dedicated to helping directors as they work towards their first feature-length works.
At Marrakech, Bonhomme will be joined by a new selection committee whose members have made their mark at Cannes and Toronto film festivals. These include...
In recent years, Bonhomme successfully headed the Atlas Workshops, a platform dedicated to supporting the cinema of the African continent and the Arab world, where he was also part of the programming team.
Bonhomme will now be leaving his position at Critics’ Week after the upcoming edition in order to take full reins of the Marrakech festival.
During his 11-year tenure at Critics’ Week, Bonhomme has worked closely with the sidebar’s artistic director Charles Tesson on the selection, and he also launched Next Step, a workshop dedicated to helping directors as they work towards their first feature-length works.
At Marrakech, Bonhomme will be joined by a new selection committee whose members have made their mark at Cannes and Toronto film festivals. These include...
- 2/17/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Mexico’s Morelia Intl. Film Festival (Ficm) and Locarno Academy are hosting the fifth edition of their joint academy for young professionals at this year’s festival, supported by the Mexican Film Institute (Imcine) and the Ibermedia program.
The Morelia/Imcine-Locarno Intl. Industry Academy – it’s official name . counts as one of a series of Academies hosted by the Locarno Film Festival, which takes in Brazil, at the Sao Paulo Iff; in Santiago, Chile– previously in Valdivia; Iff Panama; in Greece at the Thessaloniki Festival; at the Lincoln Center in New York; and in Beirut, Lebanon.
The workshop’s main objective is to support young professionals in the areas of sales, marketing, online and traditional distribution, and exhibition and programming.
With only four days to fit in everything, the Locarno Academy at Morelia is always more sprint than marathon. Attendees arrived Monday and meet from 9am – 6:30pm each day this week.
The Morelia/Imcine-Locarno Intl. Industry Academy – it’s official name . counts as one of a series of Academies hosted by the Locarno Film Festival, which takes in Brazil, at the Sao Paulo Iff; in Santiago, Chile– previously in Valdivia; Iff Panama; in Greece at the Thessaloniki Festival; at the Lincoln Center in New York; and in Beirut, Lebanon.
The workshop’s main objective is to support young professionals in the areas of sales, marketing, online and traditional distribution, and exhibition and programming.
With only four days to fit in everything, the Locarno Academy at Morelia is always more sprint than marathon. Attendees arrived Monday and meet from 9am – 6:30pm each day this week.
- 10/22/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Winners include Bulgarian-Greek comedy ‘The Father’ and Jan-Ole Gerster’s ‘Lara’.
Bulgarian-Greek comedy The Father won the Grand Prix - Crystal Globe at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6), which closed yesterday with its annual awards ceremony.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, The Father was selected by grand jury comprising Annemarie Jacir, Štěpán Hulík, Sergei Loznitsa, Angeliki Papoulia and Charles Tesson. The Crystal Globe comes with $25,000 prize money.
The film tells the story of a middle-aged man (Ivan Barnev) attempting to stop his widowed...
Bulgarian-Greek comedy The Father won the Grand Prix - Crystal Globe at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6), which closed yesterday with its annual awards ceremony.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, The Father was selected by grand jury comprising Annemarie Jacir, Štěpán Hulík, Sergei Loznitsa, Angeliki Papoulia and Charles Tesson. The Crystal Globe comes with $25,000 prize money.
The film tells the story of a middle-aged man (Ivan Barnev) attempting to stop his widowed...
- 7/7/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The 2019 installment of the sprawling Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6), held for more than 50 years at the sunny resort hub of the Czech Republic, boasted 12,521 accredited attendees, including 395 filmmakers, 1158 global industry professionals, and 605 journalists. They watched a selection of 177 films at 497 screenings.
Karlovy Vary, run by president Jiří Bartoška and artistic director Karel Och, runs three competitive categories. “The Father,” from Bulgaria and Greece, took home the Grand Prix, and “Lara,” from Germany, won three awards. The full list of winners is below.
Official Selection – Competition
Jury: Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic), Annemarie Jacir (State of Palestine),Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), Angeliki Papoulia (Greece), Charles Tesson (France)
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Father”
Special Jury Prize
Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Director Award
Tim Mielants for “Patrick” (Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Corinna Harfouch, star of Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Actor Award
Milan Ondrík,...
Karlovy Vary, run by president Jiří Bartoška and artistic director Karel Och, runs three competitive categories. “The Father,” from Bulgaria and Greece, took home the Grand Prix, and “Lara,” from Germany, won three awards. The full list of winners is below.
Official Selection – Competition
Jury: Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic), Annemarie Jacir (State of Palestine),Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), Angeliki Papoulia (Greece), Charles Tesson (France)
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Father”
Special Jury Prize
Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Director Award
Tim Mielants for “Patrick” (Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Corinna Harfouch, star of Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Actor Award
Milan Ondrík,...
- 7/6/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 2019 installment of the sprawling Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6), held for more than 50 years at the sunny resort hub of the Czech Republic, boasted 12,521 accredited attendees, including 395 filmmakers, 1158 global industry professionals, and 605 journalists. They watched a selection of 177 films at 497 screenings.
Karlovy Vary, run by president Jiří Bartoška and artistic director Karel Och, runs three competitive categories. “The Father,” from Bulgaria and Greece, took home the Grand Prix, and “Lara,” from Germany, won three awards. The full list of winners is below.
Official Selection – Competition
Jury: Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic), Annemarie Jacir (State of Palestine),Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), Angeliki Papoulia (Greece), Charles Tesson (France)
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Father”
Special Jury Prize
Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Director Award
Tim Mielants for “Patrick” (Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Corinna Harfouch, star of Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Actor Award
Milan Ondrík,...
Karlovy Vary, run by president Jiří Bartoška and artistic director Karel Och, runs three competitive categories. “The Father,” from Bulgaria and Greece, took home the Grand Prix, and “Lara,” from Germany, won three awards. The full list of winners is below.
Official Selection – Competition
Jury: Štěpán Hulík (Czech Republic), Annemarie Jacir (State of Palestine),Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), Angeliki Papoulia (Greece), Charles Tesson (France)
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s “The Father”
Special Jury Prize
Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Director Award
Tim Mielants for “Patrick” (Belgium)
Best Actress Award
Corinna Harfouch, star of Jan-Ole Gerster’s “Lara” (Germany)
Best Actor Award
Milan Ondrík,...
- 7/6/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Bulgarian duo's new film received the Crystal Globe, while the other big winner of this edition was Lara by German filmmaker Jan Ole Gerster, taking home two awards. “The film is entitled The Father, but it is in fact dedicated to the mother.” With these words, Bulgarian directorial duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov clarified what lies behind their latest film, the winner of the Crystal Globe for Best Film at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. A sort of road movie dealing with loss, religion and family relations (and quince jam), The Father won over the jury comprising Critics’ Week artistic director Charles Tesson, actress Angeliki Papoulia, directors Sergei Loznitsa and Annemarie Jacir, and screenwriter Štěpán Hulík. This feat marks the biggest achievement in the duo’s career since they world-premiered their first feature, The Lesson, at San Sebastián, where they won the New Directors Award. The other.
The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has wrapped today and set its winners with Bulgarian road-trip comedy The Father taking home the top prize Grand Prix Crystal Globe, which comes with cash prize of $25,000. Scroll down for a full list of winners.
The Czech festival’s special jury prize went to German drama Lara, while best director went to Tim Mielants for Belgian feature Patrick. Milan Ondrík won best actor for his role in Czech film Let There Be Light and Corinna Harfouch won the best actress accolade for the aforementioned Lara.
This year’s competition jury comprised Štěpán Hulík, Annemarie Jacir, Sergei Loznitsa, Angeliki Papoulia and Charles Tesson. As previously revealed, there were career Crystal Globes for Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson.
Full List Of Winners:
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe (25 000 Usd)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
The Father / Bashtata
Directed by: Kristina Grozeva,...
The Czech festival’s special jury prize went to German drama Lara, while best director went to Tim Mielants for Belgian feature Patrick. Milan Ondrík won best actor for his role in Czech film Let There Be Light and Corinna Harfouch won the best actress accolade for the aforementioned Lara.
This year’s competition jury comprised Štěpán Hulík, Annemarie Jacir, Sergei Loznitsa, Angeliki Papoulia and Charles Tesson. As previously revealed, there were career Crystal Globes for Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson.
Full List Of Winners:
Grand Prix – Crystal Globe (25 000 Usd)
The financial award is shared equally by the director and producer of the award-winning film.
The Father / Bashtata
Directed by: Kristina Grozeva,...
- 7/6/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Opening and closing films also announced for Czech festival, which takes place June 28-July 6.
Bart Freundlich’s After The Wedding will open the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) and honour its star, Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, with the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema.
The director and Moore’s co-star Billy Crudup will also attend the festival which runs in the Czech Republic from June 28-July 6.
After The Wedding premiered at Sundance earlier this year and is being released in the Us by Sony Pictures Classics on August 9.
Nisha Ganatra’s Late Night starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling,...
Bart Freundlich’s After The Wedding will open the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) and honour its star, Oscar-winner Julianne Moore, with the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema.
The director and Moore’s co-star Billy Crudup will also attend the festival which runs in the Czech Republic from June 28-July 6.
After The Wedding premiered at Sundance earlier this year and is being released in the Us by Sony Pictures Classics on August 9.
Nisha Ganatra’s Late Night starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6) will this year fete Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson with Crystal Globe awards for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
At the Czech festival, Moore and screenwriter-director Bart Freundlich will present U.S. drama remake After the Wedding, which premiered at Sundance. Co-star Billy Crudup will be a special guest at the festival’s opening ceremony.
Patricia Clarkson, who this year won a Golden Globe for her performance in HBO series Sharp Objects (selected episodes of which had their European premiere at last year’s Kv), will receive her career prize at the festival’s closing ceremony. During the Euro fest, Clarkson will also present her recent Isabel Coixet feature Learning To Drive.
Meanwhile, Casey Affleck will return to the festival to present his directorial debut Light Of My Life, which premiered in Berlin, and Kv also announced today that Sundance comedy...
At the Czech festival, Moore and screenwriter-director Bart Freundlich will present U.S. drama remake After the Wedding, which premiered at Sundance. Co-star Billy Crudup will be a special guest at the festival’s opening ceremony.
Patricia Clarkson, who this year won a Golden Globe for her performance in HBO series Sharp Objects (selected episodes of which had their European premiere at last year’s Kv), will receive her career prize at the festival’s closing ceremony. During the Euro fest, Clarkson will also present her recent Isabel Coixet feature Learning To Drive.
Meanwhile, Casey Affleck will return to the festival to present his directorial debut Light Of My Life, which premiered in Berlin, and Kv also announced today that Sundance comedy...
- 6/11/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading movie event in Central and Eastern Europe, will honor Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson at its 54th edition. The actresses will receive the fest’s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.
Moore, who won an Oscar for “Still Alice” and was Oscar-nominated for four other films, will attend a screening of “After the Wedding” with the film’s director, her husband, Bart Freundlich, and her co-star Billy Crudup. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is a remake of Susanne Bier’s Oscar-nominated Danish-language pic.
Karlovy Vary will also screen “The Myth of Fingerprints,” another film starring Moore and directed by Freundlich.
Clarkson, who was Oscar-nominated for “Pieces of April,” will present “Learning to Drive,” directed by Isabel Coixet, at Karlovy Vary.
Also attending the festival is Casey Affleck, who will present “Light of My Life,” which he wrote,...
Moore, who won an Oscar for “Still Alice” and was Oscar-nominated for four other films, will attend a screening of “After the Wedding” with the film’s director, her husband, Bart Freundlich, and her co-star Billy Crudup. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is a remake of Susanne Bier’s Oscar-nominated Danish-language pic.
Karlovy Vary will also screen “The Myth of Fingerprints,” another film starring Moore and directed by Freundlich.
Clarkson, who was Oscar-nominated for “Pieces of April,” will present “Learning to Drive,” directed by Isabel Coixet, at Karlovy Vary.
Also attending the festival is Casey Affleck, who will present “Light of My Life,” which he wrote,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Since 2005, the Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week and Mexico’s Morelia Intl. Film Festival (Ficm) have enjoyed a reciprocal relationship. Each year, a selection of short competition films from Morelia is shown in a special selection at Critics’ Week, with the features from the Cannes section screening five months later in Morelia.
The short film program is also presented in Paris shortly after the festival.
The shorts which make it to Cannes are selected by Critics’ Week artistic director Charles Tesson. Each year, Tesson attends the Mexican fest where he selects which shorts to bring back to Cannes with him. And, while Tesson often selects some of the winning films, he has complete freedom to curate the selection as he sees fit.
Since its inception in 2003 Morelia has been screening the Critics’ Week films, and in 2005, then then head of Critics’ Week Jean-Christophe Berjon attended the Mexican festival and made...
The short film program is also presented in Paris shortly after the festival.
The shorts which make it to Cannes are selected by Critics’ Week artistic director Charles Tesson. Each year, Tesson attends the Mexican fest where he selects which shorts to bring back to Cannes with him. And, while Tesson often selects some of the winning films, he has complete freedom to curate the selection as he sees fit.
Since its inception in 2003 Morelia has been screening the Critics’ Week films, and in 2005, then then head of Critics’ Week Jean-Christophe Berjon attended the Mexican festival and made...
- 5/23/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“We’re not going to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Delon,” said Fremaux.
In his pre-festival press conference, Cannes Film Festival general delegate Thierry Frémaux staunchly defended the event’s efforts to achieve gender equality and the awarding this year of an honorary Palme d’Or to controversial actor Alain Delon.
“I want to say that Cannes is always criticised – they [the press] ask Cannes to do things they don’t ask other festivals to do,” commented Frémaux. “[On] social issues, societal matters, the Cannes festival has to be perfect.”
Frémaux defended the festival’s decision to award Delon an honorary Palme...
In his pre-festival press conference, Cannes Film Festival general delegate Thierry Frémaux staunchly defended the event’s efforts to achieve gender equality and the awarding this year of an honorary Palme d’Or to controversial actor Alain Delon.
“I want to say that Cannes is always criticised – they [the press] ask Cannes to do things they don’t ask other festivals to do,” commented Frémaux. “[On] social issues, societal matters, the Cannes festival has to be perfect.”
Frémaux defended the festival’s decision to award Delon an honorary Palme...
- 5/13/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
“We’re not going to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Delon,” said Fremaux
In his pre-festival press conference, Cannes Film Festival general delegate Thierry Frémaux staunchly defended the event’s efforts to achieve gender equality and the awarding this year of an honorary Palme d’Or to controversial actor Alain Delon.
“I want to say that Cannes is always criticised – they [the press] ask Cannes to do things they don’t ask other festivals to do,” commented Frémaux. “[On] social issues, societal matters, the Cannes festival has to be perfect.”
Frémaux defended the festival’s decision to award Delon an honorary Palme...
In his pre-festival press conference, Cannes Film Festival general delegate Thierry Frémaux staunchly defended the event’s efforts to achieve gender equality and the awarding this year of an honorary Palme d’Or to controversial actor Alain Delon.
“I want to say that Cannes is always criticised – they [the press] ask Cannes to do things they don’t ask other festivals to do,” commented Frémaux. “[On] social issues, societal matters, the Cannes festival has to be perfect.”
Frémaux defended the festival’s decision to award Delon an honorary Palme...
- 5/13/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Lorcan Finnegan’s science-fiction thriller “Vivarium” with Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots, Jérémy Clapin’s fantasy-filled animated feature “I Lost My Body,” and Hlynur Pálmason’s Icelandic drama “A White, White Day” are among the 11 films set to compete at Critics’ Week, the section dedicated to first and second films that runs parallel with the Cannes Film Festival.
“Vivarium,” described by Critics’ Week’s artistic director Charles Tesson as reminiscent of “The Twilight Zone” and “The Truman Show,” follows a young couple (Eisenberg and Poots) who have just moved into a new housing development and find themselves in a maze of identical homes and a surreal world.
“A White, White Day” marks Pálmason’s follow up to his 2017 feature debut, “Winter Brothers,” which won three prizes at Locarno, followed by a healthy festival run. “A White, White Day” stars Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) as an...
“Vivarium,” described by Critics’ Week’s artistic director Charles Tesson as reminiscent of “The Twilight Zone” and “The Truman Show,” follows a young couple (Eisenberg and Poots) who have just moved into a new housing development and find themselves in a maze of identical homes and a surreal world.
“A White, White Day” marks Pálmason’s follow up to his 2017 feature debut, “Winter Brothers,” which won three prizes at Locarno, followed by a healthy festival run. “A White, White Day” stars Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) as an...
- 4/22/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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