The awards ceremony concluded a fortnight of sunny star crowded Croisette. Power block busters came to make an impression along with glamourous stars, while the competition films from non commercial cinematographies made an impact with the critics.The Roumanian 4 months... Palme D'Or Winner and Persepolis were among the ones much discussed after their official screening.INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY Palme d’Or: "4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days," Cristian Mungiu, (Romania)Grand Prix : "The Mournin...
With Mogari No Mori (The Mourning Forest), the Japanese director Naomi Kawase is in Cannes once again, 10 year after her Camera d’Or for Moe No Suzaku, and four years after Shara was presented in Competition. In this new feature film, the young filmmaker focuses on an old man and his relationship with one of the home’s nursing staff. They are both heavily haunted by the loss of someone dear. Bereavement fuels The Mourning Forest: the word Mogari from the original title denotes the period of ...
Dix ans après avoir remporté la Caméra d'or pour Moe No et quatre ans après avoir presenté Shara en compétition, la Japonaise Naomi Kawaze revient cette année à Cannes avec son nouveau film La Forêt de Mogari.Dans ce long-métrage, la jeune cinéaste narre la relation complice d’un vieil homme avec son aide-soignante. Tous deux partagent un lourd secret : la perte d’un être cher. Le thème du deuil est au centre de La Forêt de Mogari. « Mogari » désigne en effet la périod...
Punto de Vista will show the Best Japanese documentary films of the last sixty yearsUnder the title The Cinema of a Thousand Years, this season unites a selection of Japanese non-fiction masterpieces in an attempt at reconstructing the country's little-known filmography by screening some of its fundamental components from 1939 to 2004. It is set to be the first retrospective of this subject at a Spanish film festival.The season mainly focuses on films produced since the World War, but does also ...
The 12th edition of Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté region) will be held from 31st January till 7th February 2006. This is the oldest film festival in Europe entirely dedicated to Asian cinema, from the Near East to the Far East. 72 films will be screened, out of which 37 are unreleased and about 20 are French, European or world premières. Faithful to India : International Jury’s Chairman will be famous Indian director Buddhadeb Dasgupta (...
Taking place for the 43rd time (14 –26, 2005), the VIENNALE will present 291 films from 48 countries. The VIENNALE 2005 will open with the gala screening of Woody Allen’s Match Point. (following its sensational premiere at Cannes. A public screening of the program will take place at the Gartenbau at 11pm. The VIENNALE closing gala on Wednesday, October 26, 8.30pm will feature the screening of George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck – a highlight from this year’s Venice Film Festival...
