Cairo Film Connection (Cfc) has revealed the list of prizes for its new edition within 37th Cairo International Film Festival (Ciff) (November 11 - 20). The program also unveiled the film projects and names of cinema industry figures who will attend the Cfc course for 3 days during the Ciff.
Cfc jury includes Paul Baboudjian, director of Screen Institute Beirut, Catherine Buresi who has been working in the media and film industry for almost 20 years in addition to Intishal Al Timimi, Director of the Arab Programming at Sanad Film Fund.
Cfc offers $ 10.000 monetary prize in the name of the Sanad Abu Dhabi Film Fund, in addition to another prize from Aroma for a color grading package for one film project only. Mohamed Hefzy's production company, Film Clinic, along with The Producers of Hany Osama are offering a joint co-production prize.
Cfc is hosting representatives of 12 projects in development and production phases to be part of the three-day course in Cairo to communicate with cinema industry delegates, local and international producers and distributors including:
- Roman Paul from the German Razor Films, producer of the Saudi film "Wadjda" and the Palestinian film "Paradise Now," the film which was nominated for the Academy Awards' Best Foreign Film.
- Laetitia Gonzalez from Films Du Poisson, producer of the award-winning film (12 awards) "Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti" (Since Otar Left) and "The Tree," "Voyages" and "Tournee" the two times Cannes Film Festival awards winner.
On a later date, Cfc will announce the full list of delegates participating in the connection's new edition. On the last day of Cfc, there will be a special opportunity for project representatives to meet with English producer Paul Webster Head of Ciff Jury and the producer of "The Motorcycle Diaries," "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," "Atonement" and "Anna Karenina."
Cfc is hosting filmmakers from all over the world, who have a project with an Arab connection (director, producer, co-producer, main talent, location, subject matter, etc.) Producers and directors are encouraged to apply with feature-length projects either at the development or post-production phase. Feature-length creative documentaries are also encouraged to apply.
The goal of the co-production platform is to act as a channel opening opportunities for talented filmmakers to meet and network with other entities that may be potential project partners. In addition, several cash prizes will be offered to help the projects throughout their development and completion.
Cfc was held for the first time in 2010 during the 34th Cairo International Film Festival and proved its importance as a worthwhile experience to the participants. In 2012, Cfc held its second edition hosting a higher number of successful meetings between filmmakers and industry delegates. Many of the filmmakers who were invited to attend the two previous editions of Cfc completed their films, all notable works which achieved various successes in festivals all over the world. Cfc will continue as a platform that empowers Arab filmmakers to take their projects to the widest audiences possible.
Cfc jury includes Paul Baboudjian, director of Screen Institute Beirut, Catherine Buresi who has been working in the media and film industry for almost 20 years in addition to Intishal Al Timimi, Director of the Arab Programming at Sanad Film Fund.
Cfc offers $ 10.000 monetary prize in the name of the Sanad Abu Dhabi Film Fund, in addition to another prize from Aroma for a color grading package for one film project only. Mohamed Hefzy's production company, Film Clinic, along with The Producers of Hany Osama are offering a joint co-production prize.
Cfc is hosting representatives of 12 projects in development and production phases to be part of the three-day course in Cairo to communicate with cinema industry delegates, local and international producers and distributors including:
- Roman Paul from the German Razor Films, producer of the Saudi film "Wadjda" and the Palestinian film "Paradise Now," the film which was nominated for the Academy Awards' Best Foreign Film.
- Laetitia Gonzalez from Films Du Poisson, producer of the award-winning film (12 awards) "Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti" (Since Otar Left) and "The Tree," "Voyages" and "Tournee" the two times Cannes Film Festival awards winner.
On a later date, Cfc will announce the full list of delegates participating in the connection's new edition. On the last day of Cfc, there will be a special opportunity for project representatives to meet with English producer Paul Webster Head of Ciff Jury and the producer of "The Motorcycle Diaries," "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," "Atonement" and "Anna Karenina."
Cfc is hosting filmmakers from all over the world, who have a project with an Arab connection (director, producer, co-producer, main talent, location, subject matter, etc.) Producers and directors are encouraged to apply with feature-length projects either at the development or post-production phase. Feature-length creative documentaries are also encouraged to apply.
The goal of the co-production platform is to act as a channel opening opportunities for talented filmmakers to meet and network with other entities that may be potential project partners. In addition, several cash prizes will be offered to help the projects throughout their development and completion.
Cfc was held for the first time in 2010 during the 34th Cairo International Film Festival and proved its importance as a worthwhile experience to the participants. In 2012, Cfc held its second edition hosting a higher number of successful meetings between filmmakers and industry delegates. Many of the filmmakers who were invited to attend the two previous editions of Cfc completed their films, all notable works which achieved various successes in festivals all over the world. Cfc will continue as a platform that empowers Arab filmmakers to take their projects to the widest audiences possible.
- 11/27/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Hubert Sauper's Darwin's Nightmare Head-on, Javier Bardem, Imelda Staunton: European Film Awards 2004 European Film Academy Documentary – Prix Arte Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer by Nick Broomfield & Joan Churchill / UK * Darwin's Nightmare by Hubert Sauper / Austria / France / Belgium Die SPIELWÜTIGEN (Addicted to Acting) by Andres Veiel / Germany La Pelota Vasca, La Piel Contra La Piedra (Basque Ball, Skin Against Stone) by Julio Medem / Spain Le Monde Selon Bush (The World According to Bush) by William Karel / France Mahssomim (Checkpoint) by Yoav Shamir / Israel The Last Victory by John Appel / The Netherlands Touch The Sound by Thomas Riedelsheimer / Germany / UK / Finland European Film Academy Short Film – Prix Uip * Prix Uip Ghent: J'attendrai le suivant… by Philippe Orreindy / France Prix Uip Valladolid: Les Baisers des Autres by Carine Tardieu / France Prix Uip Angers: Poveste La Scara "C" by Cristian Nemescu / Romania Prix Uip Berlin: Un Cartus De Kent Si Un Pachet De Cafea...
- 11/26/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Reviewer: James van Maanen
Rating (out of five): *** 1/2
That anyone could steal the thunder out from under an actress as always-fine as Charlotte Gainsbourg is surprising enough; that it would be a small girl named Morgana Davies with but a single credit behind her (for a film unreleased anywhere but in Australia -- and given but a single star on its IMDb site!) is a further oddity.
Yet Davies, in only her second role, excels. The movie is called The Tree, and it is very much worth viewing. The film's director, Julie Bertuccelli (of the much-heralded Since Otar Left), either cast her film strikingly well (every actor is on-point here, including the expansive arboreal giant in the title role) or else she has been able to bring out a remarkable emotional range coupled to an acute intelligence from Gainsbourg’s young co-star. Probably both.
Rating (out of five): *** 1/2
That anyone could steal the thunder out from under an actress as always-fine as Charlotte Gainsbourg is surprising enough; that it would be a small girl named Morgana Davies with but a single credit behind her (for a film unreleased anywhere but in Australia -- and given but a single star on its IMDb site!) is a further oddity.
Yet Davies, in only her second role, excels. The movie is called The Tree, and it is very much worth viewing. The film's director, Julie Bertuccelli (of the much-heralded Since Otar Left), either cast her film strikingly well (every actor is on-point here, including the expansive arboreal giant in the title role) or else she has been able to bring out a remarkable emotional range coupled to an acute intelligence from Gainsbourg’s young co-star. Probably both.
- 11/15/2011
- by weezy
- GreenCine
Still from The Artist
The 2011 edition of Mumbai Film Festival can boast of a strong French connection. Not only does it include a strong line-up of French films in a special section, but it will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Cannes Critics Week by presenting a retrospective of 25 films.
The special section called ‘Rendez-vous with French Cinema’ will be co-organized with the French Embassy in India and Unifrance. For those who remember, this is the fourth edition of the event in Mumbai which has been merged with the Mumbai Film Festival this year. The past three editions were held separately as film festivals. This section will bring to Mumbai some of the critically acclaimed contemporary French films which include The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius, The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Robert Guédiguian and Declaration of War by ValérieDonzelli.
The Artist which will open the section competed at the Cannes Film...
The 2011 edition of Mumbai Film Festival can boast of a strong French connection. Not only does it include a strong line-up of French films in a special section, but it will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Cannes Critics Week by presenting a retrospective of 25 films.
The special section called ‘Rendez-vous with French Cinema’ will be co-organized with the French Embassy in India and Unifrance. For those who remember, this is the fourth edition of the event in Mumbai which has been merged with the Mumbai Film Festival this year. The past three editions were held separately as film festivals. This section will bring to Mumbai some of the critically acclaimed contemporary French films which include The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius, The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Robert Guédiguian and Declaration of War by ValérieDonzelli.
The Artist which will open the section competed at the Cannes Film...
- 10/10/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Release Date: Nov. 15,2011
Price: DVD $29.99
Studio: Zeitgeist
Charlotte Gainsbourg gets mystical in The Tree.
The exquisite Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist) stars in Julie Bertuccelli’s (Since Otar Left) 2010 film The Tree, a mystical drama of loss and rebirth on the Australian countryside.
Blindsided with anguish after her husband’s sudden death, Dawn (Gainsbourg) and her four young children struggle to make sense of life without him. Eight-year-old Simone (Morgana Davies) becomes convinced that her father is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan fig tree that towers over their house. The family is initially comforted by its presence, but then the tree’s enormous roots slowly begin to encroach on the abode and threaten their fragile existence….
The movie looks to be in the same vein as such 1970s Australia-based classics as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Walkabout, wherein the gorgeous but harsh Australian Outback plays as a lyrical...
Price: DVD $29.99
Studio: Zeitgeist
Charlotte Gainsbourg gets mystical in The Tree.
The exquisite Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist) stars in Julie Bertuccelli’s (Since Otar Left) 2010 film The Tree, a mystical drama of loss and rebirth on the Australian countryside.
Blindsided with anguish after her husband’s sudden death, Dawn (Gainsbourg) and her four young children struggle to make sense of life without him. Eight-year-old Simone (Morgana Davies) becomes convinced that her father is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan fig tree that towers over their house. The family is initially comforted by its presence, but then the tree’s enormous roots slowly begin to encroach on the abode and threaten their fragile existence….
The movie looks to be in the same vein as such 1970s Australia-based classics as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Walkabout, wherein the gorgeous but harsh Australian Outback plays as a lyrical...
- 8/16/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Seven years ago the French documentarist Julie Bertuccelli made Since Otar Left, an accomplished feature debut telling the unusual story of a middle-class Georgian family in impoverished post-Soviet Union Tbilisi, sustained by a sense of national and municipal pride and a love of all things French. It's a household of widows, the only man being a doctor forced to work as an illegal labourer in Paris to support the family. When he's killed on a building site, two of them conceal the news from his mother, a deception not easily sustained when they all make a trip to Paris. Bertuccelli has followed up this touching, wryly humorous picture with the singularly disappointing The Tree, about a French widow, Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg), raising four children in the Australian outback after the sudden death of her husband.
The bizarre reason for making it is that, having failed to get the rights to...
The bizarre reason for making it is that, having failed to get the rights to...
- 8/6/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Julie Bertuccelli's film is an outrageously twee, spiritual and supercilious drama, set in Australia, about family and grief
Some critics, with a droll nod to Terrence Malick, have nicknamed this "The Tree of Death". It is from Julie Bertuccelli, the former documentary-maker whose fiction feature debut Since Otar Left, in 2003, was a triple-deckered study of three generations of women. This is her first film since then and it is an outrageously twee, spiritual and supercilious drama, set in Australia, about family and grief. Charlotte Gainsbourg plays Dawn, a woman who lives with her husband and children in remote Queensland. When her man dies of a heart attack, driving his car into a big tree on their property, their youngest daughter takes it into her head that his spirit has gone to live in this tree. Dawn finds herself believing it too. As the tree threatens to damage the house with its gnarly roots,...
Some critics, with a droll nod to Terrence Malick, have nicknamed this "The Tree of Death". It is from Julie Bertuccelli, the former documentary-maker whose fiction feature debut Since Otar Left, in 2003, was a triple-deckered study of three generations of women. This is her first film since then and it is an outrageously twee, spiritual and supercilious drama, set in Australia, about family and grief. Charlotte Gainsbourg plays Dawn, a woman who lives with her husband and children in remote Queensland. When her man dies of a heart attack, driving his car into a big tree on their property, their youngest daughter takes it into her head that his spirit has gone to live in this tree. Dawn finds herself believing it too. As the tree threatens to damage the house with its gnarly roots,...
- 8/4/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Everett Charlotte Gainsbourg in “The Tree”
Director Julie Bertuccelli slips an off-hand reference to her native France among the stark Australian landscapes that populate her new film, “The Tree.”
Dawn, her lead female character played by French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, is the child of a French father and an English mother. The simple and almost throwaway plot point gives Gainsbourg an excuse to sound slightly less than Australian, and gives Bertuccelli the chance to explore ties to her homeland as...
Director Julie Bertuccelli slips an off-hand reference to her native France among the stark Australian landscapes that populate her new film, “The Tree.”
Dawn, her lead female character played by French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, is the child of a French father and an English mother. The simple and almost throwaway plot point gives Gainsbourg an excuse to sound slightly less than Australian, and gives Bertuccelli the chance to explore ties to her homeland as...
- 7/17/2011
- by Nick Andersen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Title: The Tree Directed By: Julie Bertucelli Written By: Julie Bertucelli, from the novel by July Pascoe (“Our Father Who Art in the Tree”) Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas, Christian Byers, Tom Russell Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 6/29/11 Opens: July 15, 2011 It’s an old story. A woman gets divorced or her husband dies. The woman takes up with another man. The children are furious. Julie Betucelli in her second film feature gives the story her personal slant, in line with her first film, “Since Otar Left.” That 2003 movie deals with letters sent to a mother and daughter from an adored son in Paris. When the...
- 6/30/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Critics' Week has already begun celebrating its 50th anniversary by posting 50 video interviews with directors and actors who've seen their work debut in this section at Cannes. We're celebrating, too. In association with the 4+1 Film Festival, Mubi is presenting a retrospective of some of the greatest films first seen in Critics' Week over the past half-century. And even though the first 1000 views of each of the films will be free to you, the viewer, the rights holders will carry on receiving their duly earned revenue.
The retrospective encompasses over 100 titles in all, but please do keep in mind that rights issues can get complicated and not every film can be available in every country. That said, here's a quick overview of just some of the highlights:
Over in the Garage, a La Semaine Blogathon is already on the roll, starting with Kj Farrington's entry on Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know,...
The retrospective encompasses over 100 titles in all, but please do keep in mind that rights issues can get complicated and not every film can be available in every country. That said, here's a quick overview of just some of the highlights:
Over in the Garage, a La Semaine Blogathon is already on the roll, starting with Kj Farrington's entry on Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know,...
- 5/14/2011
- MUBI
Powerful drama The Tree has a chance to blossom in the Us after a newly-signed distribution deal. The Australian/French co-production, directed by Julie Bertuccelli, produced by West Australian Sue Taylor and starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, has been bought by Zeitgeist Films and will open initially in Los Angles and New York this North American summer. The film, shot in southeast Queensland, has now sold to more than 30 territories, including across Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East. .Charlotte Gainsbourg and Julie Bertuccelli have large and loyal followings in the Us and Zeitgeist is the perfect distributor to look after this film,. Taylor said in a statement. The New York-based film company previously distributed Bertuccelli.s Since Otar Left. The...
- 2/21/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
The France/Australia co-production The Tree has been acquired by Zeitgeist Films in the Us, for release in New York and Los Angeles during the northern hemisphere summer.
“Charlotte Gainsbourg and Julie Bertucelli have large and loyal followings in the Us and Zeitgeist is the perfect distributor to look after this film. We’ve now sold to over 30 countries, right across Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East, so it’s great to add the Us to the list. We’ll start with seasons in Los Angeles and New York and then expand the release across the country,” said producer Sue Taylor.The distributor also released director Julie Bertucelli’s debut Since Otar Left.
The Tree was released in France and Australia last year. It was nominated for seven AFI Awards, and it is currently nominated for three César Awards in France, for Best Actress (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Best Adapted...
“Charlotte Gainsbourg and Julie Bertucelli have large and loyal followings in the Us and Zeitgeist is the perfect distributor to look after this film. We’ve now sold to over 30 countries, right across Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East, so it’s great to add the Us to the list. We’ll start with seasons in Los Angeles and New York and then expand the release across the country,” said producer Sue Taylor.The distributor also released director Julie Bertucelli’s debut Since Otar Left.
The Tree was released in France and Australia last year. It was nominated for seven AFI Awards, and it is currently nominated for three César Awards in France, for Best Actress (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Best Adapted...
- 2/20/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Zeitgeist Films have done some very late Cannes 2010 shopping at the 2011 edition of the Berlin's Efm with today's title pick-up announcement. After previously releasing Julie Bertuccelli’s brilliant Since Otar Left, the mini art-house distributor have teamed once again with her on sophomore film item, The Tree - which was the festival's closing night film and in a way, exemplified how much of an "off" year it was for Cannes. Gist: Adapted from Judy Pascoe’s novel Our Father Who Art in a Tree, this tells the story of a family in mourning after the death of their father. Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Peter live together with their children in a suburban neighborhood in Australia. In the middle of their luxuriant garden stands the kids' favorite playground : a massive Moreton Bay Fig tree, whose branches reach high towards the sky and roots stretch far into the ground. One night,...
- 2/16/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The Tree
Directed by Julie Bertucelli
Written Julie Bertucelli
France / Australia – 2010
The Tree, which closed the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, is almost certainly something of a UFO in the familiar, often formulaic landscape of much contemporary French cinema. Not only is Julie Bertucelli’s second feature set in far-flung Australia (her first film, Since Otar Left, largely took place in out-of-the-cinematic-way Georgia), it also escapes the oftentimes staid genre pigeonholing that characterises a lot of French production. All the more commendable, then, that despite its ‘randomness’ and inauspicious odds, this French-Australian female-dominated coproduction did make it to Cannes.
Based on “Our Father Who Art in the Tree.” a novel by Australian Julie Pascoe, The Tree stars French cinema staple Charlotte Gainsbourg and 8-year old Aussie newcomer Morgana Davies, as mother-of-four widow Dawn and her cherubic, whimsical daughter Simone. After the sudden death of Peter, Dawn’s stereotypically handsome, tanned truck-driver husband,...
Directed by Julie Bertucelli
Written Julie Bertucelli
France / Australia – 2010
The Tree, which closed the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, is almost certainly something of a UFO in the familiar, often formulaic landscape of much contemporary French cinema. Not only is Julie Bertucelli’s second feature set in far-flung Australia (her first film, Since Otar Left, largely took place in out-of-the-cinematic-way Georgia), it also escapes the oftentimes staid genre pigeonholing that characterises a lot of French production. All the more commendable, then, that despite its ‘randomness’ and inauspicious odds, this French-Australian female-dominated coproduction did make it to Cannes.
Based on “Our Father Who Art in the Tree.” a novel by Australian Julie Pascoe, The Tree stars French cinema staple Charlotte Gainsbourg and 8-year old Aussie newcomer Morgana Davies, as mother-of-four widow Dawn and her cherubic, whimsical daughter Simone. After the sudden death of Peter, Dawn’s stereotypically handsome, tanned truck-driver husband,...
- 11/16/2010
- by Zornitsa
- SoundOnSight
The Tree, the film that closed this year's Cannes Film Festival is gearing up for a theatrical release in Australia -- where the film was made -- and movie poster artiste Jeremy Saunders has unveiled his stunning poster for the family drama.
Here's the synopsis...
After the sudden death of her father, 8-year-old Simone (Morgana Davies) shares a secret with her mother Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg). She's convinced her father speaks to her through the leaves of her favourite tree and he's come back to protect them.
But the new bond between mother and daughter is threatened when Dawn starts a relationship with George (Marton Csokas), the plumber, called in to remove the tree's troublesome roots. As the branches of the tree start to infiltrate the house, the family is forced to make an agonising decision. But have they left it too late?
The Tree is the newest film from French writer/director Julie Bertuccelli,...
Here's the synopsis...
After the sudden death of her father, 8-year-old Simone (Morgana Davies) shares a secret with her mother Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg). She's convinced her father speaks to her through the leaves of her favourite tree and he's come back to protect them.
But the new bond between mother and daughter is threatened when Dawn starts a relationship with George (Marton Csokas), the plumber, called in to remove the tree's troublesome roots. As the branches of the tree start to infiltrate the house, the family is forced to make an agonising decision. But have they left it too late?
The Tree is the newest film from French writer/director Julie Bertuccelli,...
- 7/19/2010
- Screen Anarchy
“The Tree” is a painfully maudlin, unambitious and oversensitive melodrama. Director Julie Bertuccelli (“Since Otar Left”) has adapted Judy Pascoe’s novel “Our Father Who Art in the Tree” about a rural Australian family struggling with the loss of their breadwinning paterfamilias, Peter (Aden Young), after he suffers a heart attack and dies. Drifting through her days in a depressed stupor, stay-at-home-mom Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is in no shape to support her four kids, the older two boys seemingly dealing with the grief better than she. The three-year-old isn’t speaking yet, and precocious blonde moppet Simone (Morgana Davies), daddy’s favorite and in total denial, claims that Peter speaks to her from high in the limbs of the gigantic Moreton Bay fig tree clouding their modest home. Dawn almost believes it herself, though the breeze of magic realism hinted at throughout never exists outside their heads, even when nature chaotically reflects their sorrow.
- 5/24/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
We're not in the south of France (sniffle) but we'll make do through the magic of the internet to cover Cannes as it happens.
Robert, who writes that terrific Modern Maestros series, has volunteered to keep you up to date on Cannes reactions as they progress. The festival stretches from May 12th through the 23rd.
In addition to Robert's roundups, we'll have a few visits from a special French correspondent Julien (left) who will be attending the famous fest and dropping us little bits when he can.
Please be generous with your comments to keep them going. Festivals are exhausting and comments are like fuel. So are food and sleep but festivals leave little time for either of those.
I'll pipe in if I have something extra that needs saying.
The festival kicks off Wednesday night with Ridley Scott's "untold story" (er????) Robin Hood. The closing night film is The Tree.
Robert, who writes that terrific Modern Maestros series, has volunteered to keep you up to date on Cannes reactions as they progress. The festival stretches from May 12th through the 23rd.
In addition to Robert's roundups, we'll have a few visits from a special French correspondent Julien (left) who will be attending the famous fest and dropping us little bits when he can.
Please be generous with your comments to keep them going. Festivals are exhausting and comments are like fuel. So are food and sleep but festivals leave little time for either of those.
I'll pipe in if I have something extra that needs saying.
The festival kicks off Wednesday night with Ridley Scott's "untold story" (er????) Robin Hood. The closing night film is The Tree.
- 5/11/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Some interesting news from Cannes! Julie Bertucelli’s film titled The Tree has been chosen as the closing night film of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.
This movie is Bertucelli’s second feature after Since Otar Left which won the prize for best first film at the 2004 Cesar Awards. And is there better decision, especially when we know this movie stars last year’s Festival de Cannes best actress winner Charlotte Gainsbourg? Guess not…
So, The Tree is an adaptation of Judy Pascoe’s novel Our Father Who Art in the Tree and was shot in Australia. Basically it’s the story of a family mourning the death of the father.
Check out the The Tree synopsis: “After the sudden loss of her father, 8-year-old Simone shares a secret with her mother Dawn: her father whispers to her through the leaves of the magnificient tree by their house.
Simone is...
This movie is Bertucelli’s second feature after Since Otar Left which won the prize for best first film at the 2004 Cesar Awards. And is there better decision, especially when we know this movie stars last year’s Festival de Cannes best actress winner Charlotte Gainsbourg? Guess not…
So, The Tree is an adaptation of Judy Pascoe’s novel Our Father Who Art in the Tree and was shot in Australia. Basically it’s the story of a family mourning the death of the father.
Check out the The Tree synopsis: “After the sudden loss of her father, 8-year-old Simone shares a secret with her mother Dawn: her father whispers to her through the leaves of the magnificient tree by their house.
Simone is...
- 4/30/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Paris -- Festival de Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux and his selection committee have planted Julie Bertucelli's "The Tree" in the fest's closing-night spot, organizers said Thursday.
The English-language film stars last year's Festival de Cannes best actress winner Charlotte Gainsbourg alongside Marton Csokas and Aden Young in the story of a family mourning the death of the father.
The film is an adaptation of Judy Pascoe's novel "Our Father Who Art in the Tree" and was shot in Australia.
"The Tree" is Bertucelli's second feature after "Since Otar Left," which won the prize for best first film at the 2004 Cesar Awards.
"The Tree" was produced by Les Films du Poisson in co-production with Arte France Cinema and Australia's Taylor media, plus support from Backup Films and a prebuy from Gallic pay TV group Canal Plus.
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas will emcee the closing-night ceremony on May 23.
The English-language film stars last year's Festival de Cannes best actress winner Charlotte Gainsbourg alongside Marton Csokas and Aden Young in the story of a family mourning the death of the father.
The film is an adaptation of Judy Pascoe's novel "Our Father Who Art in the Tree" and was shot in Australia.
"The Tree" is Bertucelli's second feature after "Since Otar Left," which won the prize for best first film at the 2004 Cesar Awards.
"The Tree" was produced by Les Films du Poisson in co-production with Arte France Cinema and Australia's Taylor media, plus support from Backup Films and a prebuy from Gallic pay TV group Canal Plus.
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas will emcee the closing-night ceremony on May 23.
- 4/29/2010
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screen Daily made up their own Tips list with some surprise titles that I don't think will make it to Cannes (although I badly want to see Abdellatif Kechiche's Black Venus, I think he might return to Venice), and some titles that have a good shot which I did not mention (John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole) and plenty of their list mimics my picks - such as Julie Bertucelli's The Tree. - And here's the final part to my Cannes predictions, a couple of days back Screen Daily made up their own Tips list with some surprise titles that I don't think will make it to Cannes (although I badly want to see Abdellatif Kechiche's Black Venus, I think he might return to Venice), and some titles that have a good shot which I did not mention (John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole) and plenty of...
- 2/21/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Like a fine wine that ages well over the years, I'm loving the choices that Gainsbourg has been making in her career, and I'm expecting her to demonstrate her prowess in this sophomore pic from Bertucelli whose first film Since Otar Left (all the way back in 04') was a critically well-received debut and demonstrated her tact for displaying generational differences with a much needed sincerity. She confidently works in both ends of the human spectrum - with difficult dramatic terrain and subtle humor that I think we might find in this other bittersweet portrait. - #80. The Tree Director/Writer: Julie BertucelliProducers: UnknownDistributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Adapted from Judy Pascoe’s novel Our Father Who Art in a Tree, this tells the story of a family in mourning after the death of their father. Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Peter live together with their children in a suburban neighborhood in Australia.
- 1/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
We have our first look today at a couple of stills from Julie Bertucelli's The Tree – a sophomore feature that puts an end to that seven-year drought since Bertucelli's deeply affecting first film Since Otar Left. As you can see below, that is Antichrist's Charlotte Gainsbourg once again bemused by the presence of a tree. - We have our first look today at a couple of stills from Julie Bertucelli's The Tree – a sophomore feature that puts an end to that seven-year drought since Bertucelli's deeply affecting first film Since Otar Left (the grandmother-mother-daughter three-way tale of Georgian women lead by a 90-year-old mother inside the unpromising future of the former Soviet republic). As you can see below, that is Antichrist's Charlotte Gainsbourg once again bemused by the presence of a tree. Adapted from Judy Pascoe’s novel Our Father Who Art in a Tree,...
- 12/13/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- Almost seven years since her breakout Since Otar Left, Julie Bertucelli is finally setting sail on her sophomore feature. The French filmmaker will be packing her bags for Australia (home of the film's source material) along with an actress who is coming off a career high and huge win for Best Actress at Cannes for her role as a distraught mother/wife in Antichrist. Charlotte Gainsbourg boards the English language film The Father’s Tree, Cineuropa.org reports that shooting will commence in Brisbane at the start of August and shoot for two months. Further casting is needed to fill the role of the daughter. Written by Bertucelli, the Aussieland-French co-production is based on author Judy Pascoe’s novel "Our Father Who Art in a Tree", this centres on 10-year-old Simone, who has recently lost her father and imagines him speaking to her from the top of the large tree in the family garden.
- 6/30/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
- Quick Links Since Walker Left Focus Features Since Otar Left It is not a common occurrence to see a playwright to take over main screenwriting duties, but that isnâ.t much of a concern for the folks producing the picture for Focus Features. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Roy Lee and Doug Davison's Vertigo Entertainment have hired Jessica Goldberg to pen the remake. Since Walker Left is set in Tennessee and New York, the story tracks the lives of a mother and daughter whose one joy comes from the regular letters sent to them from the family's adored son, Walker. When the daughter finds out that Walker has suddenly died, she tries to conceal the truth from her mother, changing the course of their lives forever. Released by Zeitgeist Films in 2004, Since Otar Left (read my review here) was a brilliant little foreign language pic using much of
- 12/11/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
Jessica Goldberg has been hired to write Since Walker Left, a remake of a French film that Roy Lee and Doug Davison's Vertigo Entertainment is producing for Focus Features.
Set in Tennessee and New York, the story tracks the lives of a mother and daughter whose one joy comes from the regular letters sent to them from the family's adored son, Walker. When the daughter finds out that Walker has suddenly died, she tries to conceal the truth from her mother, changing the course of their lives forever.
The project is based on the 2003 French film Since Otar Left, which was directed by Julie Bertuccelli.
Vertigo's Sonny Mallhi brought the project to Focus and will executive produce.
Vertigo is in production on My Sassy Girl, which stars Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford and shooting in New York, and is in postproduction on The Strangers, a horror movie for Rogue.
Goldberg, a playwright and graduate of New York's Juilliard school, is repped by UTA, the Schiff Co.
Set in Tennessee and New York, the story tracks the lives of a mother and daughter whose one joy comes from the regular letters sent to them from the family's adored son, Walker. When the daughter finds out that Walker has suddenly died, she tries to conceal the truth from her mother, changing the course of their lives forever.
The project is based on the 2003 French film Since Otar Left, which was directed by Julie Bertuccelli.
Vertigo's Sonny Mallhi brought the project to Focus and will executive produce.
Vertigo is in production on My Sassy Girl, which stars Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford and shooting in New York, and is in postproduction on The Strangers, a horror movie for Rogue.
Goldberg, a playwright and graduate of New York's Juilliard school, is repped by UTA, the Schiff Co.
- 12/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The lineup for the Cannes sidebar Critics Week ends a three-year absence of American movies with Milwaukee, Minnesota, the debut film from talent agent turned director Allan Mindel, among the seven competing titles this year, organizers announced today. The film is about a geeky guy whose amazing talent to hear fish underwater has earned him a small fortune that others would like to get their hands on. It stars Troy Garity, Allison Folland and Randy Quaid. Under director Claire Clouzet, the 42nd edition of Cannes' oldest sidebar is made up almost exclusively of world premieres. These include 20h17, Rue Darling, directed by Bernard Emond of Canada, about a man probing the former lives of six neighbors who died in a fire as a way of understanding why he was not among them, and Reconstruction, from Danish director Christoffer Boe, a psychological romantic drama about a man who puts his faith in love in order to have a future. Other titles in the main section are Elle est des notres (She's One of Ours), directed by France's Siegrid Alnoy; Deux Fereshte (Two Angels), by Mamad Haghighat of Iran; Entre Ciclones (Between Cyclones), from Cuban documentary maker and critic Enrique Colina; and Depuis qu'Otar est parti (Since Otar Left), a Franco-Belgian co-production directed by another documentary maker, Julie Bertuccelli, set in the Caucasus republic of Georgia.
- 4/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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