France has a burgeoning eco-system of virtual reality and augmented reality producers, and is one of Europe’s leading Vr/Ar hubs. The UniFrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris, a showcase of French projects that wraps Monday, included a Vr/Ar showcase, with recent projects demonstrated by Wide Management Vr, VRrOOm and Atlas V. UniFrance’s online MyFrenchFilm Festival also includes three Vr projects – “The Scream,” by Sandra Paugam and Charles Ayats, “Isle of the Dead” by Benjamin Nuel, and “A Bar at the Folies Bergère” by Gabrielle Lissot. Variety looks at this emerging sector.
UniFrance published studies in 2018 and 2019 on foreign sales for the country’s Vr sector, which revealed that there were 109 foreign sales of Vr titles in 2017, generating total sales of €41,963, and 204 foreign sales in 2018, with total sales of $240,000. UniFrance emphasizes that these results show that the market remains embryonic, but notes that French sales agents such as MK2 Films,...
UniFrance published studies in 2018 and 2019 on foreign sales for the country’s Vr sector, which revealed that there were 109 foreign sales of Vr titles in 2017, generating total sales of €41,963, and 204 foreign sales in 2018, with total sales of $240,000. UniFrance emphasizes that these results show that the market remains embryonic, but notes that French sales agents such as MK2 Films,...
- 1/20/2020
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Alfonso Cuaron’s drama shifts to an awards season favourite with Venice victory; The Favourite also receives boost winning Silver Lion and best actress for Olivia Colman.
The Guillermo del Toro-led jury has awarded Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma the Golden Lion at the 75th Venice Film Festival.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite earned the Silver Lion grand jury prize at the awards ceremony on Saturday evening, while Jacques Audiard won the best director award for The Sisters Brothers.
In the acting stakes, Olivia Colman earned the Coppa Volpi best actress prize for The Favourite, and Willem Dafoe took the best...
The Guillermo del Toro-led jury has awarded Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma the Golden Lion at the 75th Venice Film Festival.
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite earned the Silver Lion grand jury prize at the awards ceremony on Saturday evening, while Jacques Audiard won the best director award for The Sisters Brothers.
In the acting stakes, Olivia Colman earned the Coppa Volpi best actress prize for The Favourite, and Willem Dafoe took the best...
- 9/8/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” took home the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, the Golden Lion for Best Film.
The film is a semi-autobiographical black-and-white film chronicling a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
“Roma,” produced and financed by Participant, will be distributed by Netflix.
David Linde, CEO of Participant Media and Executive Producer of “Roma,” said, “Working with Alfonso on ‘Roma’ has already been an amazing journey for everyone at Participant, and we are beyond thrilled that his brilliant film has been honored with the Golden Lion. This film is a gift to all audiences, transcending language and cultural barriers and inspiring compassion across the globe.”
The drama, which the streaming giant plans to release theatrically as well, was the choice of a Venice jury led by another Mexican filmmaker, “The Shape of Water” director Guillermo del Toro.
The film is a semi-autobiographical black-and-white film chronicling a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
“Roma,” produced and financed by Participant, will be distributed by Netflix.
David Linde, CEO of Participant Media and Executive Producer of “Roma,” said, “Working with Alfonso on ‘Roma’ has already been an amazing journey for everyone at Participant, and we are beyond thrilled that his brilliant film has been honored with the Golden Lion. This film is a gift to all audiences, transcending language and cultural barriers and inspiring compassion across the globe.”
The drama, which the streaming giant plans to release theatrically as well, was the choice of a Venice jury led by another Mexican filmmaker, “The Shape of Water” director Guillermo del Toro.
- 9/8/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
To the surprise of no one in attendance, “Roma” has won the Golden Lion. Alfonso Cuarón’s wrenching drama has emerged as the most critically acclaimed film on the festival circuit this year, and has been widely expected to take home Venice’s top prize since premiering there last week. Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” proved to be a hit as well, taking home Best Actress for a never-better Olivia Colman and the Grand Jury Prize as well.
Other big winners include Best Actor Willem Dafoe, whose masterful performance as Vincent van Gogh drives Julian Schnabel’s “At Eternity’s Gate,” and the Coen Brothers, who took home Best Screenplay laurels for “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” Notable films that left the Lido empty-handed include Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux,” László Nemes’ “Sunset,” and Luca Guadagnino’s polarizing “Suspiria” remake.
Cuarón’s close friend Guillermo del Toro led this year’s...
Other big winners include Best Actor Willem Dafoe, whose masterful performance as Vincent van Gogh drives Julian Schnabel’s “At Eternity’s Gate,” and the Coen Brothers, who took home Best Screenplay laurels for “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” Notable films that left the Lido empty-handed include Brady Corbet’s “Vox Lux,” László Nemes’ “Sunset,” and Luca Guadagnino’s polarizing “Suspiria” remake.
Cuarón’s close friend Guillermo del Toro led this year’s...
- 9/8/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Today sees the publication of not one but two tenth issues. The new Alphaville Journal features Fiona Handyside on Sofia Coppola and Mia Hansen-Løve, Frances Smith on Amy Heckerling, Fiona Clancy on Lucrecia Martel, Ciara Barrett on Joanna Hogg and more. In desistfilm, you'll find pieces on Jonathan Demme and The Silence of the Lambs, Bernardo Bertolucci, Benjamin Nuel's Hotel and more. Also in today's roundup: Greta Gerwig on the cover of Brooklyn Magazine, ten essential films by Douglas Sirk, Rachel Kushner and James Benning in Chicago, Karel Zeman in Los Angeles, a new doc on Manoel de Oliveira, the latest on a film about Morrissey and on another featuring Elliott Gould, Jemaine Clement, Ingrid Michaelson, Bebe Neuwirth and Annie Potts. » - David Hudson...
- 4/26/2016
- Keyframe
Today sees the publication of not one but two tenth issues. The new Alphaville Journal features Fiona Handyside on Sofia Coppola and Mia Hansen-Løve, Frances Smith on Amy Heckerling, Fiona Clancy on Lucrecia Martel, Ciara Barrett on Joanna Hogg and more. In desistfilm, you'll find pieces on Jonathan Demme and The Silence of the Lambs, Bernardo Bertolucci, Benjamin Nuel's Hotel and more. Also in today's roundup: Greta Gerwig on the cover of Brooklyn Magazine, ten essential films by Douglas Sirk, Rachel Kushner and James Benning in Chicago, Karel Zeman in Los Angeles, a new doc on Manoel de Oliveira, the latest on a film about Morrissey and on another featuring Elliott Gould, Jemaine Clement, Ingrid Michaelson, Bebe Neuwirth and Annie Potts. » - David Hudson...
- 4/26/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
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