“It’s absolutely clear, there is a real appetite for British independent cinema in France,” said artistic director Dominque Green.
Sasha Polak’s Silver Haze scooped the top prize at this month’s Dinard Film Festival, the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema for French audiences, that ran from September 27 to October 1.
Berlinale Panorama title Silver Haze won the Golden Hitchcock for best film. Polak’s feature reunites the Dutch filmmaker with UK actor Vicky Knight, after working together on Dirty God in 2019. It is loosely based on Knight’s own experience as a child, in which she survived an arson attack.
Sasha Polak’s Silver Haze scooped the top prize at this month’s Dinard Film Festival, the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema for French audiences, that ran from September 27 to October 1.
Berlinale Panorama title Silver Haze won the Golden Hitchcock for best film. Polak’s feature reunites the Dutch filmmaker with UK actor Vicky Knight, after working together on Dirty God in 2019. It is loosely based on Knight’s own experience as a child, in which she survived an arson attack.
- 10/2/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Philippe Le Guay’s “The Man in the Basement” scooped the top prize at the U.K. Jewish Film Festival on Sunday evening.
The 2021 film, which stars François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo, was awarded the prize for best film.
Runner-up “Karaoke,” from director Moshe Rosenthal, which had opened the festival earlier this month, was given a special mention.
The best film winner was selected by a jury comprised of “Made of Honor” director Paul Weiland, Kefi Chadwick, Liraz Chamami, producer Dominique Green, Sharon Levi and Michael Samuels.
“The jury was impressed by this tense thriller, with its strong performances and direction, and bristling with symbolism that intelligently explores France’s hidden history and contemporary issues around antisemitism,” they said in a statement. “‘The Man in the Basement’ confronts Jewish identity, Holocaust denial and attitudes to France’s Jewish minority, but yet the film still works effectively as compelling and suspenseful storytelling.
The 2021 film, which stars François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier and Bérénice Bejo, was awarded the prize for best film.
Runner-up “Karaoke,” from director Moshe Rosenthal, which had opened the festival earlier this month, was given a special mention.
The best film winner was selected by a jury comprised of “Made of Honor” director Paul Weiland, Kefi Chadwick, Liraz Chamami, producer Dominique Green, Sharon Levi and Michael Samuels.
“The jury was impressed by this tense thriller, with its strong performances and direction, and bristling with symbolism that intelligently explores France’s hidden history and contemporary issues around antisemitism,” they said in a statement. “‘The Man in the Basement’ confronts Jewish identity, Holocaust denial and attitudes to France’s Jewish minority, but yet the film still works effectively as compelling and suspenseful storytelling.
- 11/20/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Dominique Green, a veteran of both the French and British film industries, has been appointed artistic director of the Dinard Film Festival, a festival in Brittany, northwestern France that showcases films from the U.K.
Green’s early career involved distribution, exhibition and festivals and a sting at Virgin Films. Twelve years based in Paris saw her as artistic consultant at TF1 and head of development at StudioCanal. She also tutored at The Media Business School in Spain and lectured at the Paris film school, Eicar.
She returned to London to become MD of the legendary photo agency Magnum Photos and has continued to work between London and Paris, teaching at the National Film and Television School in the U.K. and as consultant to the American Center for Art and Culture in Paris.
“The town of Dinard is very happy with the appointment of Dominique Green. Beyond (Green’s) many and precious skills,...
Green’s early career involved distribution, exhibition and festivals and a sting at Virgin Films. Twelve years based in Paris saw her as artistic consultant at TF1 and head of development at StudioCanal. She also tutored at The Media Business School in Spain and lectured at the Paris film school, Eicar.
She returned to London to become MD of the legendary photo agency Magnum Photos and has continued to work between London and Paris, teaching at the National Film and Television School in the U.K. and as consultant to the American Center for Art and Culture in Paris.
“The town of Dinard is very happy with the appointment of Dominique Green. Beyond (Green’s) many and precious skills,...
- 2/6/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Hussam Hindi stepped down from the role last year after 30 years at the festival.
Film industry veteran Dominique Green has been appointed artistic director of the Dinard Film Festival in France.
She replaces Hussam Hindi, who stepped down last year after 30 years at the festival, which showcases UK films to French audiences. He had been artistic director since 1996.
Born in the UK, Green has worked extensively in both London and Paris, most recently spending 12 years as the UK and Ireland delegate for the Berlin Film Festival.
Announcing the appointment, Dinard mayor Monsieur Jean-Claude Mahé made reference to Brexit, which saw...
Film industry veteran Dominique Green has been appointed artistic director of the Dinard Film Festival in France.
She replaces Hussam Hindi, who stepped down last year after 30 years at the festival, which showcases UK films to French audiences. He had been artistic director since 1996.
Born in the UK, Green has worked extensively in both London and Paris, most recently spending 12 years as the UK and Ireland delegate for the Berlin Film Festival.
Announcing the appointment, Dinard mayor Monsieur Jean-Claude Mahé made reference to Brexit, which saw...
- 2/5/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Magnum photographers have created some of the most memorable images in two generations: James Dean hunched in a jacket on a rain-slicked street; Fidel Castro with a cigar at a jaunty angle; an Afghan girl with haunted blue eyes in a torn red cloak. And Magnum Photos, the longest-running agency owned and operated by its photographer members, has seen to it that these images were distributed in magazines and books all over the world for the past 60 years.
Magnum photographers have also worked in moving pictures, as well as being the subjects of several films.
Bringing that aspect of Magnum to the world's attention is part of the idea behind the special film series "Magnum In Motion" which makes its world premiere at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival before heading on to Thessaloniki and then New York.
"It's an idea that has been in the ether for some time," said Dominique Green, Magnum Photo's Paris bureau chief.
Magnum photographers have also worked in moving pictures, as well as being the subjects of several films.
Bringing that aspect of Magnum to the world's attention is part of the idea behind the special film series "Magnum In Motion" which makes its world premiere at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival before heading on to Thessaloniki and then New York.
"It's an idea that has been in the ether for some time," said Dominique Green, Magnum Photo's Paris bureau chief.
- 2/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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