With his intense gaze and buoyant personality, Damien Bonnard has emerged as a promising French talent since playing a conflicted rookie cop in Ladj Ly’s Cannes-prizewinning, Oscar-nominated “Les Miserables” in 2019.
Although Joachim Lafosse’s “The Restless” is the only the third film which he has headlined — alongside Leila Bekhti — his face will look familiar to anyone who has been watching French movies for the last decade. A workaholic with an insatiable curiosity, Bonnard has appeared in nearly 70 films, shorts and TV series since launching his acting career in 2009. Notable titles include Alain Guiraudie’s “Rester Vertical,” Dominik Moll’s “Only The Animals” and Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk.”
“The Restless,” in which he plays a father and husband suffering from bipolar disorder, was his most physical and challenging role to date.
The film was well-received in its Cannes competition slot and is currently playing at the Colcoa festival in Los Angeles.
Although Joachim Lafosse’s “The Restless” is the only the third film which he has headlined — alongside Leila Bekhti — his face will look familiar to anyone who has been watching French movies for the last decade. A workaholic with an insatiable curiosity, Bonnard has appeared in nearly 70 films, shorts and TV series since launching his acting career in 2009. Notable titles include Alain Guiraudie’s “Rester Vertical,” Dominik Moll’s “Only The Animals” and Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk.”
“The Restless,” in which he plays a father and husband suffering from bipolar disorder, was his most physical and challenging role to date.
The film was well-received in its Cannes competition slot and is currently playing at the Colcoa festival in Los Angeles.
- 11/5/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The duo play a couple who aren’t short on love but can no longer stand one another in Ilan Klipper’s new film, a Cinéfrance Studios production sold by Le Pacte, which is soon to wrap filming. The final clapperboard is set to slam on 2 February for Le Processus de paix, the second fiction feature by director Ilan Klipper, following the much-remarked movie The Starry Sky Above Me (Cannes’ 2017 Acid selection). To date, the filmmaker has mostly worked within the documentary field, offering up Flics (2006) and Commissariat (2009), which he co-directed with Virgil Vernier, Sainte-Anne (screened within Arte’s Grand Format programme and awarded a trophy at 2010’s Visions du Réel Festival) and Tightrope Walkers (Acid Cannes 2020). Leading the cast of this new opus, which commenced filming on 14 December, are Camille Chamoux and Damien Bonnard (nominated for...
Selection aims to connect works by emerging directors with distributors and audiences.
France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (Acid) has unveiled the nine films selected for its special 2020 programme, replacing its 27th annual parallel Cannes showcase which was cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Despite the circumstances, we’ve chosen to maintain the criteria of Acid Cannes programming, namely to commit to supporting as many films, nine feature films, with the same special attention given to films without distributors and first features,” the body said in a statement.
Paris-based Acid was created in 1992 by a...
France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (Acid) has unveiled the nine films selected for its special 2020 programme, replacing its 27th annual parallel Cannes showcase which was cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Despite the circumstances, we’ve chosen to maintain the criteria of Acid Cannes programming, namely to commit to supporting as many films, nine feature films, with the same special attention given to films without distributors and first features,” the body said in a statement.
Paris-based Acid was created in 1992 by a...
- 6/4/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The independent filmmakers attached to the Cannes Film Festival have selected five works of fiction and four documentaries, with Marie Dumora and Ilan Klipper shining bright at the top of the bill. The lack of any physical edition of the 73rd Cannes Film Festival as a direct result of the Coronavirus crisis hasn’t prevented Acid (the French Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) from unveiling a 28th programme under the banner "Cannes Outside the Walls" and comprising nine feature films. Placing special focus on works without distributors and first feature films (with four debut titles gracing this particular line-up), Acid will promote its selection during the online Marché du Film (running 22 – 26 June – read our news), as well as in the autumn by way of screenings geared...
Cannes' Acid sidebar event unveiled its 2020 program on Thursday. It includes nine films that will not screen in Cannes but have the support of the sidebar event for up-and-coming and alternative cinema.
Acid, like the official Cannes Film Festival and the Critics' Week section, has chosen to present an official selection of films this year, despite having to cancel all physical events due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Acid selection includes Jessé Miceli's Coalesce, Ilan Klipper's Tightrope Walkers, The Seeds We Sow from director Nathan Nicholovitch, Michele Pennetta's L Mio Corpo, Marie Dumora's Far From You I Grew, Nora ...
Acid, like the official Cannes Film Festival and the Critics' Week section, has chosen to present an official selection of films this year, despite having to cancel all physical events due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Acid selection includes Jessé Miceli's Coalesce, Ilan Klipper's Tightrope Walkers, The Seeds We Sow from director Nathan Nicholovitch, Michele Pennetta's L Mio Corpo, Marie Dumora's Far From You I Grew, Nora ...
Cannes' Acid sidebar event unveiled its 2020 program on Thursday. It includes nine films that will not screen in Cannes but have the support of the sidebar event for up-and-coming and alternative cinema.
Acid, like the official Cannes Film Festival and the Critics' Week section, has chosen to present an official selection of films this year, despite having to cancel all physical events due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Acid selection includes Jessé Miceli's Coalesce, Ilan Klipper's Tightrope Walkers, The Seeds We Sow from director Nathan Nicholovitch, Michele Pennetta's L Mio Corpo, Marie Dumora's Far From You I Grew, Nora ...
Acid, like the official Cannes Film Festival and the Critics' Week section, has chosen to present an official selection of films this year, despite having to cancel all physical events due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Acid selection includes Jessé Miceli's Coalesce, Ilan Klipper's Tightrope Walkers, The Seeds We Sow from director Nathan Nicholovitch, Michele Pennetta's L Mio Corpo, Marie Dumora's Far From You I Grew, Nora ...
The Slamdance Film Festival announced today their narrative and documentary feature film competition for its 24th Festival edition, taking place January 19-25, 2018 in Park City. Established in 1995 by a group of filmmakers whose work had been rejected by the Sundance Film Festival, Slamdance is dedicated to fostering a community for independent emerging artists, fashioning itself “the premiere film festival by filmmakers, for filmmakers.”
The feature competition includes 16 premieres, mostly produced in the U.S. All competition films are feature length directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1 million Usd, and without Us distribution. In addition, the festival announced a new partnership with alumni Anthony and Joe Russo (“Captain America: Civil War,” and “Avengers: Infinity War”) to establish the inaugural Russo Fellowship award. Every participating filmmaker will be eligible for a $25,000 cash prize and mentorship from the Russos in the development of the winner’s next project at the brothers’ Los Angeles studio.
The feature competition includes 16 premieres, mostly produced in the U.S. All competition films are feature length directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1 million Usd, and without Us distribution. In addition, the festival announced a new partnership with alumni Anthony and Joe Russo (“Captain America: Civil War,” and “Avengers: Infinity War”) to establish the inaugural Russo Fellowship award. Every participating filmmaker will be eligible for a $25,000 cash prize and mentorship from the Russos in the development of the winner’s next project at the brothers’ Los Angeles studio.
- 11/28/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The lineup for the 2017 Cannes Acid has been announced.Feature FILMSThe Assembly (Mariana Otero)Before the end of the summer (Maryam Goormaghtigh)Belinda (Marie Dumora)The starry sky above my head (Ilan Klipper)Coby (Christian Sonderegger)Kiss and Cry (Lila Pinell & Chloe Mahieu)Last Laugh (Zhang Tao)Without adieu (Christophe Agou)Scaffolding (Matan Yair)Special SCREENINGFor the comfort (Vincent Macaigne)Acid Trip # 1: SERBIARequiem for Mrs. J. (Bolan Vuletić)The humidity (Nikola Ljuca)Short FILMSDas Patrias (Kosta Ristić)Transition (Milica Tomović)Emergency exit (Vladimir Tagić)A Handful of Stones (Stefan Ivancić)If I Had It My Way I Would Never Leave (Marko Grba Singh)...
- 4/26/2017
- MUBI
Prizes to Bulgaria, China and Canada as Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival draws to a close.Scroll down for full list of winners
This year’s Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival has wrapped with an outlook that juxtaposes the gloomy with the optimistic.
During the closing night ceremony of the world’s biggest shorts festival, Jean-Claude Saurel - the president of organiser Sauve qui peut le Court Métrage - took the opportunity to lament the continuing cuts in budgets for French culture and cultural organisations and urged people to help protest against the current policies of the French administration.
However, with audiences for the festival at approximately 160,000 (up more than 5,000 from the previous year), there was still a sense of cautious celebration for the state of short film in France and beyond.
The festival’s International Grand Prix went to Bulgarian/German co-production Pride, Pavel Vesnakov’s powerfully acted story about a retired grandfather who finds...
This year’s Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival has wrapped with an outlook that juxtaposes the gloomy with the optimistic.
During the closing night ceremony of the world’s biggest shorts festival, Jean-Claude Saurel - the president of organiser Sauve qui peut le Court Métrage - took the opportunity to lament the continuing cuts in budgets for French culture and cultural organisations and urged people to help protest against the current policies of the French administration.
However, with audiences for the festival at approximately 160,000 (up more than 5,000 from the previous year), there was still a sense of cautious celebration for the state of short film in France and beyond.
The festival’s International Grand Prix went to Bulgarian/German co-production Pride, Pavel Vesnakov’s powerfully acted story about a retired grandfather who finds...
- 2/12/2014
- ScreenDaily
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