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Cinema of France
An interview with actor Slimane Dazi of A Prophet (2009).
In April, I traveled to Casablanca, Morocco where I met and hung out with producer Marco Cherqui of Chic Films, producer of A Prophet. At that time, while dining with Marco and chatting for a few days, I had not yet seen A Prophet. Of course, A Prophet is the film that has won several awards worldwide including the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 2009, the 2010 BAFTA ...
Regis Romele (Hors La Loi, People's Names, An Ordinary Execution) speaks about his upcoming works, Johnny( 2011/2012) and The First Man (2011). Regins Romele acts in a small role in the recently released Rachid Bouchareb film, Hors La Loi (Outside the Law) (2010) about three brothers from Algeria who's lives are torn apart by war and who are forced to make a new life outside their native land and outside the law.
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I asked Regis about his small pa...
Interview with Olivier Lorelle
Olivier Lorelle, co-writer of Hors La Loi (Outside
the Law) (2010) about a family in Algeria of three brothers and
their mother who lose their home and must recreate their home in a new
world. Each of them find a new life in different parts of the globe;
Messaoud (played by Roschdy Zem) moves to Indonesia while Abdelkader
(played by Sami Bouajila) and his brother Said (played by Jamel
Debbouze) move to Paris. The three brothers reunite yea...
The Festival del film Locarno will confer the Excellence Award Möet & Chandon to the French actress Chiara Mastroianni. The presentation ceremony will be on Friday 6 August in the Piazza Grande, the following day the public will have an opportunity to attend a discussion with the actress.
Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser (Making Plans for Lena), by Christophe Honoré
Chiara Mastroianni was born in Paris in 1972 to actors Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni. In 1994, ...
Ghent Film Festival Gent pays tribute to Tati in an exceptional exhibitionMore than 60 years after Jacques Tati’s first feature film, the Ghent Film Festival wants to give the French director, actor and comedian a worthy tribute. In order to bring the world of Tati fully to life, the Province of East Flanders is putting on the exhibition 'JACQUES TATI: In Double Quick Time' in the Caermersklooster - Provincial Cultural Centre on the initiative of and in collaboration with the Ghent Film Festiv...
Ghent Film Festival Gent pays tribute to Tati in an exceptional exhibitionMore than 60 years after Jacques Tati’s first feature film, the Ghent Film Festival wants to give the French director, actor and comedian a worthy tribute. In order to bring the world of Tati fully to life, the Province of East Flanders is putting on the exhibition 'JACQUES TATI: In Double Quick Time' in the Caermersklooster - Provincial Cultural Centre on the initiative of and in collaboration with the Ghent Film Festiv...
The 20th International Animated Film Festival « Les Nuits Magiques » will takes place in Bègles (France) from 2010, december 3th to 12th. It presents an international animated short and feature film competitions with prizes decerned by audience, a carte blanche to Michel Ocelot (director of "Kirikou", "Azur and Asmar"...) and Serges Ellisaldes (director of "U" and others short films), a concert and cinema seance, a profesionnal day about the futur of animation in view of 3d cinema development...
All animated short and feature film are eligible if they are directed after 2007 december the 31th. We only can accept 35mm (optical sound) or DVD film.
We only can accept 35mm film if the print is allready in France or in Europe during the festival period. Otherwise, the film will be screen on DVD.
Foreign films are iligible only if they are subtitled in french, with french dialogues or without dialogues.
No registration fee is required.
>>> You can enter your short or feature animated film using the entry form enclosed or using the entry form online available on our website www.lesnuitsmagiques.fr
Mathieu Amalric discusses what it was like to direct and star in "La Tournee" or "On Tour", how the idea came about, and what it feels like to have won such a coveted award.
Brief synopsis of "La Tournee"/"On Tour": "Joachim, a former Parisian television producer had left everything behind, his children, friends, enemies, lovers and regrets to start a new life in America. He returns to France with a team of New Burlesque strip-tease p...
Mathieu Amalric discusses what it was like to direct and star in "La Tournee" or "On Tour", how the idea came about, and what it feels like to have won such a coveted award. Brief synopsis of "Tournee"/"On Tour": "Joachim, a former Parisian television producer had left everything behind, his children, friends, enemies, lovers and regrets to start a new life in America. He returns to France with a team of New Burlesque strip-tease performers whom he...
Interview with Mathieu Amalric: Winner of the Best Director Prize at Cannes 2010 for “Tournee”/”On Tour”.Mathieu Amalric discusses what it was like to direct and star in "La Tournee" or "On Tour", how the idea came about, and what it feels like to have won such a coveted award. Brief synopsis of "La Tournee"/"On Tour": "Joachim, a former Parisian television producer had left everything behind, his children, friends, enemies, lovers and regrets to start a new life in America. He returns ...
9th annual SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL runs June 18-20 & 26-27, 2010 FILM PROGRAM:All films are presented in French with English subtitles. Showtimes to be announced at the end of May.Post-screening discussions follow some of the screenings.The SFFF film program will include the Best of Contemporary French cinema in their Sacramento PREMIERES, MIDNIGHT MOVIES, Rare CLASSICS, SHORT FILMS and SPECIAL GUESTS. The 2010 film selection includes a wide array of genres: Comedies – Drama – Romanc...
Rachid Bouchareb discussed his controversial In Competitionfilm Hors la loi after its screening Friday morning. The film follows the storyof three brothers in the midst of the Algerian war, prompting much speculation regarding Bouchareb's true message in making this film. The press conference marks thefirst time the cast and director have agreed to speak about their highly anticipated and heavily protested film.Bouchareb refused to speak about Hors la loi before the festival, going so faras to...
Making Fuck Off by Fred Poulet is joining the Official Selection. It will be presented in Special Screening on May, 21th at 21pm in the Buñuel theatre.
Macking Fuck off is a super 8 mm documentary about the shooting of Mammuth. Directed by Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern, Mammuth which released in France last April 21st stars Gérard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani, Anna Mouglalis and Yolande Moreau.
Fred Poulet, whose first work was Subsitute in 2006, says about his last film: “On...
Synopsis:
March 1992, in a small town in the suburbs of Paris.
During an alcohol fuelled party, teenagers discover a body hidden in the bushes of a forest. A body that seems lifeless.
Two weeks earlier. Simon, a 16 year-old teenager, has not shown up for class. Blood stains are found in a class-room. Run-away, kidnap, suicide, murder?
A few days later, Laetitia, a student from the same class goes missing without her parents knowing where she has gone. A young girl with no dark backgr...
It will be presented in Special Screening on May, 21th at 21pm in the Buñuel theatre. Macking Fuck off is a super 8 mm documentary about the shooting of Mammuth. Directed by Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern, Mammuth which released in France last April 21st stars Gérard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani, Anna Mouglalis and Yolande Moreau.Fred Poulet, whose first work was Subsitute in 2006, says about his last film: “One day, I went to see « Aaltra » in a theatre, I was afraid to look at a thu...
Actor-director Xavirer Beauvois, who made Don'f Forget You Are Going to Die (N'oublie pas que tu vas Mourir) (1995), returns to the Competition this year with Of Men and Gods (Des Hommes et des Dieux), a drama based on a true story.
After starting out as an assistant director for Manoel de Oliveira, Xavier Beauvois won the Prix du Jury for Don’t Forget You Are Going to Die in 1995. His new film, Of Men and...
Sunday brought renewed honor to Michael Haneke, Austrian director and winner of last year's Palme d'Or for his film, "White Ribbon." He received what "The Hollywood Reporter: The Daily Cannes," describes as the country's highest arts honor, Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. The ceremony of French Cultural Minister Frederic Mitterrand inducting Haneke into the French legion of honor occurred in Cannes yesterday. Festival de Cannes President Gilles Jacob and t...
The French director, Bertrand Tavernier, premiered his in-competition movie, La Princesse de Montpensier, Sunday morning at the Cannes Film Festival. The historic and romantic film is based in France during 1562, the time of religious war between the Catholics and Protestants. A beautiful young aristocrat, Marie de Mezires, and one of the kingdom's most intrepid heroes, Henri de Guise, fall madly in love, but ...
On Tour by Mathieu Amalric
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