Kebab Royal
Directors: Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodsworth
Writers: Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodsworth
Another Belgian directing duo we’re committed to championing is Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodsworth (who we also included prematurely on our 2015 list). Starting out as documentarians, they segued into narrative film with 2006’s Khadak, eventually spinning a loosely related trilogy with 2009’s Altiplano and 2012’s The Fifth Season (2012). While it’s possible to obtain copies of the first two, for some confounding reason, their last feature never received distribution in the Us even though it’s a fascinating, transfixing film. They filmed their latest, Kebab Royal, past March, which is now in post-production. Their films are often characterized by offbeat, surreal flourishes, and their latest concerns Nicolas II, the onerous Belgian King. Stuck on an economic mission in Istanbul, he learns of Flanders’ declaration for dependence while he’s away, and a simultaneous solar storm knocks out communication and airplanes.
Directors: Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodsworth
Writers: Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodsworth
Another Belgian directing duo we’re committed to championing is Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodsworth (who we also included prematurely on our 2015 list). Starting out as documentarians, they segued into narrative film with 2006’s Khadak, eventually spinning a loosely related trilogy with 2009’s Altiplano and 2012’s The Fifth Season (2012). While it’s possible to obtain copies of the first two, for some confounding reason, their last feature never received distribution in the Us even though it’s a fascinating, transfixing film. They filmed their latest, Kebab Royal, past March, which is now in post-production. Their films are often characterized by offbeat, surreal flourishes, and their latest concerns Nicolas II, the onerous Belgian King. Stuck on an economic mission in Istanbul, he learns of Flanders’ declaration for dependence while he’s away, and a simultaneous solar storm knocks out communication and airplanes.
- 1/13/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
On the Horizon of Redemption: Del Solar’s Impressive Debut a Historically Relevant Neo-Noir
The sins of the recent past infect Peruvian actor Salvador del Solar’s stellar directorial debut, Magallanes, based on the novel La Pasajera by Alonso Cueto (Black Butterfly, 2006). A rich tapestry of characters involved in a compelling and nasty case of blackmail enhances the pulse of this compelling neo-noir, whose present is informed by the violent social revolution of the Shining Path insurgency, Peru’s communist party faction. The infamous organization, deemed terrorist by the government, waged a decade long conflict that worsened significantly when the military declared a state of emergency in outlying regions of the country, resulting in further abuse and corruption of power. With countless vicious cruelties that went unpunished, del Solar recounts a tortured redemption of sorts for one of them in this well-performed, intriguing drama.
Harvey Magallanes (Damian Alcazar) is a taxi driver in Peru,...
The sins of the recent past infect Peruvian actor Salvador del Solar’s stellar directorial debut, Magallanes, based on the novel La Pasajera by Alonso Cueto (Black Butterfly, 2006). A rich tapestry of characters involved in a compelling and nasty case of blackmail enhances the pulse of this compelling neo-noir, whose present is informed by the violent social revolution of the Shining Path insurgency, Peru’s communist party faction. The infamous organization, deemed terrorist by the government, waged a decade long conflict that worsened significantly when the military declared a state of emergency in outlying regions of the country, resulting in further abuse and corruption of power. With countless vicious cruelties that went unpunished, del Solar recounts a tortured redemption of sorts for one of them in this well-performed, intriguing drama.
Harvey Magallanes (Damian Alcazar) is a taxi driver in Peru,...
- 9/16/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #12. Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth’s Kebab Royal
Kebab Royal
Director: Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth // Writer: Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
A Belgian directing duo that you may be unfamiliar with but shouldn’t be is Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth. Starting out as documentarians, they segued into narrative film with 2006′s Khadak, eventually spinning a loosely related trilogy with 2009′s Altiplano and 2012′s The Fifth Season (2012). While it’s possible to obtain copies of the first two, for some confounding reason, their last feature never received distribution in the Us even though it’s a fascinating, transfixing film. They’ve recently received another round of funding for their latest feature, Kebab Royal, descried as “a hair-raising quintessence of European fairy tales around the last king of the Belgians lost in the Balkans.”
Cast: Not available.
Production Co.: Bo Films’ Peter Brosens, Artémis’ Patrick Quinet (Almayer’s Folly), Topkapi Films’ Frans Van Gestel (Nude Area).
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Director: Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth // Writer: Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
A Belgian directing duo that you may be unfamiliar with but shouldn’t be is Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth. Starting out as documentarians, they segued into narrative film with 2006′s Khadak, eventually spinning a loosely related trilogy with 2009′s Altiplano and 2012′s The Fifth Season (2012). While it’s possible to obtain copies of the first two, for some confounding reason, their last feature never received distribution in the Us even though it’s a fascinating, transfixing film. They’ve recently received another round of funding for their latest feature, Kebab Royal, descried as “a hair-raising quintessence of European fairy tales around the last king of the Belgians lost in the Balkans.”
Cast: Not available.
Production Co.: Bo Films’ Peter Brosens, Artémis’ Patrick Quinet (Almayer’s Folly), Topkapi Films’ Frans Van Gestel (Nude Area).
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- 1/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Despite the accolades (awards, festival prizes, and critical praise), sometimes a film that we’ve praised and seemingly has a very bright future ahead, will somehow be passed over, go unnoticed or for reasons unknown, may have fallen through the cracks. A play of words on the 1985 Madonna film, our monthly “Desperately Seeking Studio” is our way of bringing attention to a film that has yet to be picked up for distribution and deservingly should find an audience. This month we put the focus back on: Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth’s The Fifth Season (La cinquième saison)
The woefully underrated partnership of Belgian co-directors Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth have seen their previous collaborative features, Khadak and Altiplano, tour the festival circuit to critical acclaim, playing the likes of Sundance and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), taking home the Luigi De Laurentiis Award from Venice for best first feature along...
The woefully underrated partnership of Belgian co-directors Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth have seen their previous collaborative features, Khadak and Altiplano, tour the festival circuit to critical acclaim, playing the likes of Sundance and Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), taking home the Luigi De Laurentiis Award from Venice for best first feature along...
- 3/28/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Still from Your Name is Justine
The 18th European Union Film Festival hosted by the Entertainment Society of Goa will be held at Maquinez Palace from April 19-30,2013.
The festival will be inaugurated by Fredrika Ornbrant, Consul General of Sweden on 19th April 2013 at 5:00pm, Maquinez Palace- Audi I.
The theme of the 18th edition of the festival is ”Celebrating Women” and 24 films each from a different EU member state will be screened.
Some of the films being screened are “Altiplano”, a Belgium film by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, “Lora from Morning till Evening”, a Bulgarian film by Dimitar Kotsev, “Little Girl Blue”, a film from Czech Republic by Alice Nellis, “Applause” a film from Denmark by Martin Pieter Zandvliet, “After Five in the Forest Primeval”, a film from Germany by Hans-Christian Schmid, “Graveyard Keeper’s Daughter” a film from Estonia by Katrin Laur, “Your name is Justine...
The 18th European Union Film Festival hosted by the Entertainment Society of Goa will be held at Maquinez Palace from April 19-30,2013.
The festival will be inaugurated by Fredrika Ornbrant, Consul General of Sweden on 19th April 2013 at 5:00pm, Maquinez Palace- Audi I.
The theme of the 18th edition of the festival is ”Celebrating Women” and 24 films each from a different EU member state will be screened.
Some of the films being screened are “Altiplano”, a Belgium film by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, “Lora from Morning till Evening”, a Bulgarian film by Dimitar Kotsev, “Little Girl Blue”, a film from Czech Republic by Alice Nellis, “Applause” a film from Denmark by Martin Pieter Zandvliet, “After Five in the Forest Primeval”, a film from Germany by Hans-Christian Schmid, “Graveyard Keeper’s Daughter” a film from Estonia by Katrin Laur, “Your name is Justine...
- 4/19/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
5. Low & Clear
The first of two self produced, crowd funded films on this list, Low & Clear announces Tyler Hughen and Kahlil Hudson as non-fiction filmmakers to keep a close eye on (Hudson also worked on the excellent Kumaré this year). Their gorgeously meditative film of fishing and fleeting friendship in the hands of time and distance is the pinnacle of this year’s affective documentary cinema. With a pair of clashing colloquial characters and nothing but the sublimely photographed reflective air of nature, we are left to ponder our own life decisions and whether or not we made the right ones.
4. The Fifth Season
Tragically unseen by most at Tiff, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth’s Tarkovsky-esque vision of a fablistic world where crops cease to grow is about as grim as you’d expect, showing the degradation of civilization one face at a time. Maintaining the thematics involved with...
The first of two self produced, crowd funded films on this list, Low & Clear announces Tyler Hughen and Kahlil Hudson as non-fiction filmmakers to keep a close eye on (Hudson also worked on the excellent Kumaré this year). Their gorgeously meditative film of fishing and fleeting friendship in the hands of time and distance is the pinnacle of this year’s affective documentary cinema. With a pair of clashing colloquial characters and nothing but the sublimely photographed reflective air of nature, we are left to ponder our own life decisions and whether or not we made the right ones.
4. The Fifth Season
Tragically unseen by most at Tiff, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth’s Tarkovsky-esque vision of a fablistic world where crops cease to grow is about as grim as you’d expect, showing the degradation of civilization one face at a time. Maintaining the thematics involved with...
- 12/31/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
If Spring Never Comes: Woodworth and Brosens Expertly Conclude Their Trilogy
Directors Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens didn’t set out to conclude their trilogy of man’s relationship with nature, that includes their first two films together, Khadak and Altiplano, with an ominous sci-fi tinged art-horror film, but The Fifth Season takes elements of their previous work and canvases them with the bleakness that comes with the failure of agriculture. With recalled imagery of public ritual and naturalistic tones that still manage a fablistic air, the filmmaking couple prove themselves to be true auteurist visionaries capable of maintaining a consistent visual language while exploring seemingly simplistic, yet dense thematics.
Their story begins in a small Belgian village where the ragged townspeople are a tight knit community whose wealth resides in the personal relationships with their neighbors, but when changing seasons fail to yield the year’s expected harvest, society...
Directors Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens didn’t set out to conclude their trilogy of man’s relationship with nature, that includes their first two films together, Khadak and Altiplano, with an ominous sci-fi tinged art-horror film, but The Fifth Season takes elements of their previous work and canvases them with the bleakness that comes with the failure of agriculture. With recalled imagery of public ritual and naturalistic tones that still manage a fablistic air, the filmmaking couple prove themselves to be true auteurist visionaries capable of maintaining a consistent visual language while exploring seemingly simplistic, yet dense thematics.
Their story begins in a small Belgian village where the ragged townspeople are a tight knit community whose wealth resides in the personal relationships with their neighbors, but when changing seasons fail to yield the year’s expected harvest, society...
- 9/26/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
By merging the former Visions into the Wavelengths section, Cameron Bailey has essentially made a new incontournable programme. Headed by Andréa Picard, the section which at a time was populated by medium to short run times now includes some of the bigger names in innovative feature film filmmaking who have no qualms about bending the medium. This year the sections includes long, medium and short length works from the likes of Ben Rivers, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Carlos Reygadas (pic of his controversial Post Tenebras Lux above), Wang Bing, Mati Diop (actress from Claire Denis and Antonio Campos films) and our very own writer Blake Williams who makes it two for two at Tiff with Many a Swan – he previously had Coorow-Latham Road programmed last year. Here’s the complete A to Z listing and well-worth reading descriptions.
Pairings
The Capsule Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 37’ A bevy of gorgeous Gothic...
Pairings
The Capsule Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 37’ A bevy of gorgeous Gothic...
- 8/14/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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
After playing at the 2009 Cannes Critics' Week, "Altiplano," a collaboration between Jessica Hope Woodworth and Peter Brosens, is currently in limited release. The film, shot in Peru, has been getting high marks for its cinematography. In the film, "[w]ar photographer Grace, devastated by a violent incident in Iraq, renounces her profession. Her Belgian husband, Max, is a cataract surgeon working at an eye clinic in the high Andes of Peru. ...
- 8/24/2010
- indieWIRE - People
After playing at the 2009 Cannes Critics' Week, "Altiplano," a collaboration between Jessica Hope Woodworth and Peter Brosens, is currently in limited release. The film, shot in Peru, has been getting high marks for its cinematography. In the film, "[w]ar photographer Grace, devastated by a violent incident in Iraq, renounces her profession. Her Belgian husband, Max, is a cataract surgeon working at an eye clinic in the high Andes of Peru. ...
- 8/24/2010
- Indiewire
Grace (Jasmin Tabatabai) is a war photographer who abandons her career after suffering from some terrible losses and Max (Olivier Gourmet), her husband, is an eye doctor who often works at a clinic in Peru. At the same time, we follow the story of Saturnina (Magaly Solier) and the village (Turumba) nearby that is being victimized by mercury contamination. The combination of sorrow, anger and hope takes hold of the film, essentially describing how people might be living separate lives but are coping with the same issues: the awakening of inner pain, the will to find peace within and find security in their own “land”. Validating the true meaning of what it is to see your own land being possessed by foreign hands, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth's Altiplano is comprised of beautiful shots, symbolic imagery and carries a mood reminiscent of Alejandro Jorodowsky's films. While both filmmakers aren't of Peruvian descent,...
- 8/24/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Award-winning filmmakers Peter Brosens and Jessica Hope Woodworth have woven magic like none other in their newest feature, “Altiplano.” But viewers beware — this highly potent masterpiece is not for children or the faint of heart.
Perhaps the sorcery lies in Altiplano’s form, which simultaneously employs ritual performance, documentary realism, fairy tale and horror. Too easily labeled “arthouse” by some, “Altiplano’s” greatest strength is its health and environmental awareness — highlighting crucial issues affecting us all.
The first scene opens inside a church at Turubamba, a small Peruvian village high in the Andean mountains (Altiplano). What begins as quiet adoration of the Virgin ends in a theatrical festival, with masked worshipers leading ecstatic parishioners to the streets. The large sculpture of the Virgin is proudly hoisted by two men, one of whom is Ignacio — a key figure in the film. Celebration abruptly turns to horror when some gleeful children stumble into Ignacio,...
Perhaps the sorcery lies in Altiplano’s form, which simultaneously employs ritual performance, documentary realism, fairy tale and horror. Too easily labeled “arthouse” by some, “Altiplano’s” greatest strength is its health and environmental awareness — highlighting crucial issues affecting us all.
The first scene opens inside a church at Turubamba, a small Peruvian village high in the Andean mountains (Altiplano). What begins as quiet adoration of the Virgin ends in a theatrical festival, with masked worshipers leading ecstatic parishioners to the streets. The large sculpture of the Virgin is proudly hoisted by two men, one of whom is Ignacio — a key figure in the film. Celebration abruptly turns to horror when some gleeful children stumble into Ignacio,...
- 8/17/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
It's a wrap! The Martin Gropius Bau is empty and the final pickups follow. This is a work in progress and readers are invited and welcome to contribute. Presales have returned in reaction to the reduced number of finished films on offer over the past two markets. Presales applies across the board from Us to French and even Italian films. English language films are increasingly coming out of the major non English language territories but local product is impacting sales on Us films internationally. Business was quickly wrapped up but it was done with a healthy number of buys reported. Lower prices have become accepted but the market must have product as this event proved.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
- 3/9/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth's sumptuous looking Altiplano has been picked up by the First Run folks. Since it preemed in the Critic's Week section, the film has followed in the same path as their debut film Khadak - heavy festival play and multi-territory sales. - Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth's sumptuous looking Altiplano has been picked up by the First Run folks. Since it preemed in the Critic's Week section, the film has followed in the same path as their debut film Khadak - heavy festival play and multi-territory sales. War photographer Grace, devastated after a violent incident in Iraq, renounces her profession. Her Belgian husband, Max (played by Olivier Gourmet) is a cataract surgeon working at an eye clinic in the high Andes of Peru. Nearby, the villagers of Turubamba succumb to illnesses caused by a mercury spill from a local mine. Saturnina, a young woman in Turubamba,...
- 3/3/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Following up her performances in Claudia Llosa's Madeinusa (2005) and The Milk of Sorrow (2009) with her characterization of Saturnina in Altiplano (2009)--directed by the Belgian filmmaking team of Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Khadak, 2006)--the beautiful Magaly Solier confirms her position as the cinematic icon of indigenous resistance. It is also the only film I've ever seen to chart the organic (i.e., political) process by which a Black Madonna is born. Hands down, Altiplano was my favorite film from the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival and I'm hoping to have the opportunity to watch it again soon at a Bay Area venue.
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- 1/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Berlin -- German, Turkish and Israeli cinema will have pride of place at the 36th Ghent International Film Festival (Oct. 6 -17), with films from the three countries accounting for half of the titles in competition.
Andreas Dresen's "Whiskey With Vodka" and Florian Gallenberger's German Film Prize winner "John Rabe", the Israeli films "Zion and his Brother" from Eran Merav and "Eyes Wide Open" by Haim Tabakman and both Miraz Bezar's "The Children Of Diyarbakir" and "There" from directors Hakki Kurtulus and Melik Saracoglu will compete for this year's Ghent Grand Prize.
Other titles in the competition lineup include "Applause" from Danish director Martin Pieter Zandvliet, and "Altiplano" from Belgians Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, Dutch director Ester Rots' drama "Can Go Through Skin," and Norwegian title "Troubled Water" by Erik Poppe.
Cyrus Nowrasteh's "The Stoning of Soraya M.," a drama set in 1980s Iran starring James Caviezel and Shohreh Aghdashloo,...
Andreas Dresen's "Whiskey With Vodka" and Florian Gallenberger's German Film Prize winner "John Rabe", the Israeli films "Zion and his Brother" from Eran Merav and "Eyes Wide Open" by Haim Tabakman and both Miraz Bezar's "The Children Of Diyarbakir" and "There" from directors Hakki Kurtulus and Melik Saracoglu will compete for this year's Ghent Grand Prize.
Other titles in the competition lineup include "Applause" from Danish director Martin Pieter Zandvliet, and "Altiplano" from Belgians Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, Dutch director Ester Rots' drama "Can Go Through Skin," and Norwegian title "Troubled Water" by Erik Poppe.
Cyrus Nowrasteh's "The Stoning of Soraya M.," a drama set in 1980s Iran starring James Caviezel and Shohreh Aghdashloo,...
- 9/24/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Ioncinema.com Schedule: Starting off the day with Qt and his Basterds roster, followed by Nymph from Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, checking out a new pic from Axelle Ropert (La Famille Wolberg) and closing the day and practicing my German with the advance screening of Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon. Main Comp: The most hyped film of the fest: Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and the least hyped film of the fest: Alain Resnais' Wild Grass. Out of comp: Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell. Hating myself for missing the Cannes Classic screening for Michelangelo Antonioni's L'avventura. Lesson de Cinema given by the Dardenne Bros. (which I would normally see in a different context - but these type of event gets packed. Un Certain Regard: Eyes Wide Open from Haim Tabakman and Nymph from Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. Director's Fortnight: Doc film La Terre de La Folie from Luc Moullet,
- 5/21/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Germany seems to already be the winner for having the most coproductions represented in the Cannes Film Festival and its sidebars.
The Berlin production company X-Filme Creative Pool has Competition film The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) by the Munich-born director Michael Haneke (a German-Austrian-French-Italian coproduction).
Zehnte Babelsberg Film, a division of Studio Babelsberg AG, is the German producer of the competition entry from Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (a US-German coproduction).
Also screening in this year's Competition is Lars von Trier's Antichrist (a Danish-German-French-Swedish-Italian coproduction). The film's German co-producer is Zentropa International, with Heimatfilm as service producer.
The Israeli-French-German coproduction Jaffa by Keren Yedaya will be shown in the Official Program's Special Screenings . The German producer is Rohfilm.
The co-production Eyes Wide Open by Haim Tabakman (Israeli-German-French) will be presented in the Official Program's Un Certain Regard . Riva Film is the German co-producer of the film.
Independencia by Raya Martin (a French-German-Philippine coproduction) and The Wind Journeys (Los Viajes del Viento) by Ciro Guerra (a Colombia-German-Dutch coproduction) can also be seen in this section, both co-produced by Germany's Razor Film Produktion.
27 Films Production, is the German producer of Un Certain Regard entry, Le pere de mes enfants, by Mia Hansen-Løve (a French-German coproduction).
The Critics’ Week will be presenting Cologne-based Pandora Film's co-production Huacho by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (a French-Chilean-German coproduction).
Altiplano, the first breakout film of Helen Loveridge's new international sales agency Meridiana by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (a Belgian-German-Dutch coproduction), co-produced by ma.ja.de fiction, will also be screened in The Critics' Week.
Another co-production in the Critics’ Week is Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe (a Belgian-Dutch-Hungarian-German coproduction), ZDF/Arte and Network Movie are the German partners.
Also screening in this section is the short Together by Eicke Bettinga (a German-UK coproduction), Piggott-Bettinga Filmproduktion.
This year will also see the Critics’ Week presenting the results of the workshop for European filmmakers CINETRAIN. Filmmakers from different countries worked together on six shorts on a specific subject. Florian Krebs from Germany is one of the three directors of the short McRussia.
The Directors’ Fortnight is showing the Israeli-German coproduction Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani. German coproducer is Berlin based Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion.
The Berlin production company X-Filme Creative Pool has Competition film The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) by the Munich-born director Michael Haneke (a German-Austrian-French-Italian coproduction).
Zehnte Babelsberg Film, a division of Studio Babelsberg AG, is the German producer of the competition entry from Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (a US-German coproduction).
Also screening in this year's Competition is Lars von Trier's Antichrist (a Danish-German-French-Swedish-Italian coproduction). The film's German co-producer is Zentropa International, with Heimatfilm as service producer.
The Israeli-French-German coproduction Jaffa by Keren Yedaya will be shown in the Official Program's Special Screenings . The German producer is Rohfilm.
The co-production Eyes Wide Open by Haim Tabakman (Israeli-German-French) will be presented in the Official Program's Un Certain Regard . Riva Film is the German co-producer of the film.
Independencia by Raya Martin (a French-German-Philippine coproduction) and The Wind Journeys (Los Viajes del Viento) by Ciro Guerra (a Colombia-German-Dutch coproduction) can also be seen in this section, both co-produced by Germany's Razor Film Produktion.
27 Films Production, is the German producer of Un Certain Regard entry, Le pere de mes enfants, by Mia Hansen-Løve (a French-German coproduction).
The Critics’ Week will be presenting Cologne-based Pandora Film's co-production Huacho by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (a French-Chilean-German coproduction).
Altiplano, the first breakout film of Helen Loveridge's new international sales agency Meridiana by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (a Belgian-German-Dutch coproduction), co-produced by ma.ja.de fiction, will also be screened in The Critics' Week.
Another co-production in the Critics’ Week is Lost Persons Area by Caroline Strubbe (a Belgian-Dutch-Hungarian-German coproduction), ZDF/Arte and Network Movie are the German partners.
Also screening in this section is the short Together by Eicke Bettinga (a German-UK coproduction), Piggott-Bettinga Filmproduktion.
This year will also see the Critics’ Week presenting the results of the workshop for European filmmakers CINETRAIN. Filmmakers from different countries worked together on six shorts on a specific subject. Florian Krebs from Germany is one of the three directors of the short McRussia.
The Directors’ Fortnight is showing the Israeli-German coproduction Ajami by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani. German coproducer is Berlin based Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion.
- 5/7/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
Direct from Cineuropa:
It’s an impressive feat for Franco-German TV network Arte, which backed 16 features selected in the different sections of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24).
In the Official Selection, Arte is represented by nine features, including two co-productions by Arte France Cinéma in competition: Danish director Lars von Trier’s Antichrist [trailer] (also supported by Arte/Zdf) and Taiwanese filmmaker Tsaï Ming-Liang’s Face.
The Un Certain Regard section includes three films backed by Arte France Cinéma (Father of My Children by France’s Mia Hansen-Love, Irène by fellow French director Alain Cavalier and Independencia by Philippine filmmaker Raya Martin) and two by Arte/Zdf (Eyes Wide Open by Israel’s Haim Tabakman and The Wind Journeys by Colombia’s Ciro Guerra).
In the Official Selection, there will be Special Screenings of Chinese director Zhao Liang’s Petition (co-produced by Arte France) and Israeli filmmaker Keren Yedaya...
It’s an impressive feat for Franco-German TV network Arte, which backed 16 features selected in the different sections of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24).
In the Official Selection, Arte is represented by nine features, including two co-productions by Arte France Cinéma in competition: Danish director Lars von Trier’s Antichrist [trailer] (also supported by Arte/Zdf) and Taiwanese filmmaker Tsaï Ming-Liang’s Face.
The Un Certain Regard section includes three films backed by Arte France Cinéma (Father of My Children by France’s Mia Hansen-Love, Irène by fellow French director Alain Cavalier and Independencia by Philippine filmmaker Raya Martin) and two by Arte/Zdf (Eyes Wide Open by Israel’s Haim Tabakman and The Wind Journeys by Colombia’s Ciro Guerra).
In the Official Selection, there will be Special Screenings of Chinese director Zhao Liang’s Petition (co-produced by Arte France) and Israeli filmmaker Keren Yedaya...
- 5/3/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
Direct from German Film
Germany seems to already be the winner for having the most coproductions represented in the Cannes Film Festival and its sidebars.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux has announced this year's selection for the Official Program. The Berlin production company X-Filme Creative Pool is pleased about the invitation to the Competition for The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) by the Munich-born director Michael Haneke (a German-Austrian-French-Italian coproduction). The film tells the story of a school and church choir led by the local teacher in a village in Germany's Protestant North on the eve of the First World War. Strange accidents occur and increasingly assume the character of ritual punishments.
Zehnte Babelsberg Film, a division of Studio Babelsberg Ag, is the German producer of the competition entry from Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds (a Us-German coproduction). The film combines the story of the young Shosanna, whose family are...
Germany seems to already be the winner for having the most coproductions represented in the Cannes Film Festival and its sidebars.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux has announced this year's selection for the Official Program. The Berlin production company X-Filme Creative Pool is pleased about the invitation to the Competition for The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) by the Munich-born director Michael Haneke (a German-Austrian-French-Italian coproduction). The film tells the story of a school and church choir led by the local teacher in a village in Germany's Protestant North on the eve of the First World War. Strange accidents occur and increasingly assume the character of ritual punishments.
Zehnte Babelsberg Film, a division of Studio Babelsberg Ag, is the German producer of the competition entry from Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds (a Us-German coproduction). The film combines the story of the young Shosanna, whose family are...
- 5/3/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
Paris -- First-time directors will be center stage at this year's 48th annual International Critics Week, where eight of nine announced competition titles will be up for the Camera d'Or.
As previously announced, first-time filmmaker Mathias Gokalp's "Rien de Personnel" (Nothing Personal) will open the Festival de Cannes sidebar. And fellow French filmmaker Nassim Amaouche will screen his dark drama "Adieu Gary," which stars actor-director Jean-Pierre Bacri alongside Dominique Reymond, Yasmine Belmadi, Sabrina Ouazani and Mahmed Arezki.
"It's been an extraordinary year for French cinema. We couldn't have done it any other way," Critics Week artistic director Jean-Christophe Berjon said. "This is the first time there have been so many great French titles to choose from for as long as I've been doing this. It's just great!"
Vladimir Perisic will present his directorial debut, "The Ordinary People," a Franco-Serbian co-production about how ordinary men can turn into monsters.
"What's...
As previously announced, first-time filmmaker Mathias Gokalp's "Rien de Personnel" (Nothing Personal) will open the Festival de Cannes sidebar. And fellow French filmmaker Nassim Amaouche will screen his dark drama "Adieu Gary," which stars actor-director Jean-Pierre Bacri alongside Dominique Reymond, Yasmine Belmadi, Sabrina Ouazani and Mahmed Arezki.
"It's been an extraordinary year for French cinema. We couldn't have done it any other way," Critics Week artistic director Jean-Christophe Berjon said. "This is the first time there have been so many great French titles to choose from for as long as I've been doing this. It's just great!"
Vladimir Perisic will present his directorial debut, "The Ordinary People," a Franco-Serbian co-production about how ordinary men can turn into monsters.
"What's...
- 4/25/2009
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wow.. quite a few more we've been clocking. This post will be updated later.
List after the break.
Competition
"Huacho"
Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Chile
"The Ordinary People"
Vladimir Perisic, Serbia/France
"Lost Persons Area"
Caroline Strubbe, Belgium
"Adieu Gary"
Nassim Amaouche, France
"Whisper with the Wind"
Shahram Alidi, Iraq
"Altiplano"
Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, Belgium/Germany/Netherlands
"Bad Day to Go Fishing"
Alvaro Brechner, Urugua/Spain
Special screenings
"Rien de Personnel" (opening film)
Mathias Gokalp, France
"Hierro"
Gabe Ibanez, Spain
"1989" (closing film)
Camilo Matiz, Colombia
"La Baie du Renard"
Gregoire Colin, France...
List after the break.
Competition
"Huacho"
Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Chile
"The Ordinary People"
Vladimir Perisic, Serbia/France
"Lost Persons Area"
Caroline Strubbe, Belgium
"Adieu Gary"
Nassim Amaouche, France
"Whisper with the Wind"
Shahram Alidi, Iraq
"Altiplano"
Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, Belgium/Germany/Netherlands
"Bad Day to Go Fishing"
Alvaro Brechner, Urugua/Spain
Special screenings
"Rien de Personnel" (opening film)
Mathias Gokalp, France
"Hierro"
Gabe Ibanez, Spain
"1989" (closing film)
Camilo Matiz, Colombia
"La Baie du Renard"
Gregoire Colin, France...
- 4/24/2009
- QuietEarth.us
- The section devoted to 1st and 2nd films is mostly going with newbies this year. With the exception of Altiplano starring (Olivier Gourmet) from director pairing of Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Khadak), in my opinion, the complete sidebar will be a like throwing a dart aimlessly and hoping to land on something worth your while. In the past couple of years they had Junebug, Me and you and everyone we know, Look Both Ways, Xxy, and my favorite film of the section in 2008 was Aida Begic's Snijep (Snow). This year they have stripped the section down, by perhaps five films less and there are no signs of the Fipresci "revelation of the year" pick - a one slot for a film the organization thinks deserves a second chance. This year, like previousyears they have films from a little bit everywhere - but this year they focused mostly
- 4/23/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
No sooner does Berlin begin than the sales agents begin tipping their titles for Cannes. Fortiissimo is touting Taiwan director Tsai Ming-Liang's Face. Helen Loveridge, a founder of Fortissimo has set up her new company and has Cannes hopeful Altiplano directed by Peter Bosens and Jessica Woodworth and starring Jasmine Tabatabi, Olivier Gourmet and Magaly Solier. Her sales on Yes Madam, Sir are going well. TF1 has Love Reclaimed (Aka Starting Over, Tout Peut Recommencer) directed by CHAO Wang and produced by Sylvain Bursztein. A complete Tipped for Cannes Report is available to subscribing clients and will be updated until the final report comes out after the press announcemnt April 23.
- 2/9/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
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