A week after announcing its official selections, the 2022 Cannes Film Festival has added 17 new films, in the process increasing the number of films directed by women in its main competition from three to five.
The addition of “Un Petit Frere” by French director Leonor Serraille and “Le Otto Montagne” by the Belgian team of Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen means that this year’s competition lineup contains five films from female directors, one more than the record of four that was set in 2011 and equaled in 2019 and 2021.
The section now includes 21 films, which means that female-directed films still make up less than one-fourth of the competition lineup at a festival long criticized for its paltry representation of films by women.
The other new competition title is “Tourment Sur les Iles” by Spanish director Albert Serra. Other additions to the festival lineup include Dominik Moll’s “La Nuit du 12” and...
The addition of “Un Petit Frere” by French director Leonor Serraille and “Le Otto Montagne” by the Belgian team of Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen means that this year’s competition lineup contains five films from female directors, one more than the record of four that was set in 2011 and equaled in 2019 and 2021.
The section now includes 21 films, which means that female-directed films still make up less than one-fourth of the competition lineup at a festival long criticized for its paltry representation of films by women.
The other new competition title is “Tourment Sur les Iles” by Spanish director Albert Serra. Other additions to the festival lineup include Dominik Moll’s “La Nuit du 12” and...
- 4/21/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
After the initial announcement, the 2022 Cannes Film Festival has added a handful of new titles across its various sections. Most notably, Albert Serra’s newest feature Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles is now in competition, as well as the latest film from Montparnasse Bienvenüe director Léonor Serraille. Also added is Serge Bozon’s Don Juan, starring Virginie Efira and Tahar Rahim, in the Cannes Premiere section, while Louis Garrel’s L’Innocent will premiere out of competition. Check out all the additions below.
Competition
Le Otto Montagne Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen (Italy/Belgium)
Un Petit FRÈRE Léonor Serraille (France)
Tourment Sur Les ÎLES Albert Serra (Spain)
Cannes PREMIÈRE
Don Juan Serge Bozon (France)
LA Nuit Du 12 Dominik Moll (France)
Chronique D’Une Liaison PASSAGÈRE Emmanuel Mouret (France)
Midnight Screenings
Rebel Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah (Belgium)
Un Certain Regard
Plus Que Jamais Emily Atef (Germany/France)
Mediterranean Fever Maha Haj...
Competition
Le Otto Montagne Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen (Italy/Belgium)
Un Petit FRÈRE Léonor Serraille (France)
Tourment Sur Les ÎLES Albert Serra (Spain)
Cannes PREMIÈRE
Don Juan Serge Bozon (France)
LA Nuit Du 12 Dominik Moll (France)
Chronique D’Une Liaison PASSAGÈRE Emmanuel Mouret (France)
Midnight Screenings
Rebel Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah (Belgium)
Un Certain Regard
Plus Que Jamais Emily Atef (Germany/France)
Mediterranean Fever Maha Haj...
- 4/21/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Updated, April 21: The Cannes Film Festival has added competition titles and additional screenings in the Midnight, Un Certain Regard, and Out of Competition sections. They are:
Competition
“The Eight Mountains,” Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
“Un Petit Frère,” Leonor Serraille
“Tourment Sur Les Iles,” Albert Serra
Cannes Premiere
“Don Juan,” Serge Bozon
“La Nuit du 12,” Dominik Moll
“Chronicle of a Temporary Affair,” Emmanuel Mouret
Midnight Screenings
“Rebel,” Adil Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Un Certain Regard
“More Than Ever,” Emily Atef
“Mediterranean Fever,” Maha Haj
“The Blue Caftan,” Maryam Touzani
Out of Competition
“L’Innocent,” Louis Garrel
Special Screenings
“Mi Pais Imaginario,” Patricio Guzmán
“The Vagabonds,” Doroteya Droumeva
“Riposte Feministe,” Marie Perennes, Simon Depardon
“Restos do Vento,” Tiago Guedes
“Little Nicholas,” Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
Earlier, April 14: The 2022 Cannes Film Festival is upon us and once again taking place in person this spring from May 17 through May 28. The lineup for...
Competition
“The Eight Mountains,” Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
“Un Petit Frère,” Leonor Serraille
“Tourment Sur Les Iles,” Albert Serra
Cannes Premiere
“Don Juan,” Serge Bozon
“La Nuit du 12,” Dominik Moll
“Chronicle of a Temporary Affair,” Emmanuel Mouret
Midnight Screenings
“Rebel,” Adil Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Un Certain Regard
“More Than Ever,” Emily Atef
“Mediterranean Fever,” Maha Haj
“The Blue Caftan,” Maryam Touzani
Out of Competition
“L’Innocent,” Louis Garrel
Special Screenings
“Mi Pais Imaginario,” Patricio Guzmán
“The Vagabonds,” Doroteya Droumeva
“Riposte Feministe,” Marie Perennes, Simon Depardon
“Restos do Vento,” Tiago Guedes
“Little Nicholas,” Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
Earlier, April 14: The 2022 Cannes Film Festival is upon us and once again taking place in person this spring from May 17 through May 28. The lineup for...
- 4/21/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The Cannes Film Festival on Thursday added a raft of movies to its lineup ahead of next month’s 75th edition, including three films in the main Competition lineup.
The news comes after festival head Thierry Frémaux last week unveiled the event’s 75th anniversary lineup in Paris.
The new Competition titles include two from women directors — Le Otto Montagne from Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen, and Un Petit Frère from Léonor Serraille — giving the lineup a record five women helmers in this year’s field competing for the Palme d’Or.
Here are the new titles:
New to Competition:
Le Otto Montagne
Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
Italy/Belgium
Un Petit FRÈRE
Léonor Serraille
France
Tourment Sur Les ÎLES
Albert Serra
Spain
Added to Cannes Premiere section:
Don Juan
Serge Bozon
France
LA Nuit Du 12
Dominik Moll
France
Chronique D’Une Liaison PASSAGÈRE
Emmanuel Mouret
France
A new...
The news comes after festival head Thierry Frémaux last week unveiled the event’s 75th anniversary lineup in Paris.
The new Competition titles include two from women directors — Le Otto Montagne from Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen, and Un Petit Frère from Léonor Serraille — giving the lineup a record five women helmers in this year’s field competing for the Palme d’Or.
Here are the new titles:
New to Competition:
Le Otto Montagne
Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
Italy/Belgium
Un Petit FRÈRE
Léonor Serraille
France
Tourment Sur Les ÎLES
Albert Serra
Spain
Added to Cannes Premiere section:
Don Juan
Serge Bozon
France
LA Nuit Du 12
Dominik Moll
France
Chronique D’Une Liaison PASSAGÈRE
Emmanuel Mouret
France
A new...
- 4/21/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Upcoming animated features on the company’s slate include The Character Of Rain and Sheba.
France-based animation sales company Gebeka International, which was launched as a joint venture between Wild Bunch International (Wbi) and Gebeka Films last June, has hired Jason Bressand to pilot sales.
He reports to Wbi head of sales Eva Diederix and joins Wbi and Gebeka Films staffers Livia Van der Staay and Marion Delord who oversee acquisitions.
Bressand arrives from Paulo Branco’s Paris-based company Alfama Films, where he was head of international sales and festivals from 2018.
During his time there, he handled titles including German...
France-based animation sales company Gebeka International, which was launched as a joint venture between Wild Bunch International (Wbi) and Gebeka Films last June, has hired Jason Bressand to pilot sales.
He reports to Wbi head of sales Eva Diederix and joins Wbi and Gebeka Films staffers Livia Van der Staay and Marion Delord who oversee acquisitions.
Bressand arrives from Paulo Branco’s Paris-based company Alfama Films, where he was head of international sales and festivals from 2018.
During his time there, he handled titles including German...
- 4/6/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Stephanie Vogt is set as a lead in Glória, Netflix’s upcoming historical spy thriller drama series from SPi productions and Rtp.
Written by Pedro Lopes and directed by Tiago Guedes, Glória takes place in the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, in the small village of Glória do Ribatejo, where Raret is located, an American broadcasting center that broadcasts Western propaganda to the Eastern Bloc. João Vidal, an engineer from families linked to the Estado Novo, but recruited by the Kgb, will take on several high-risk espionage missions that could change the course of Portuguese and world history.
Vogt will play Anne. The wife of James, Anne comes from a wealthy and liberal family. She is a Harvard grad in International Relations, recruited by the CIA.
The ensemble cast includes Portuguese and international actors, including Miguel Nunes, Carolina Amaral, Victoria Guerra, Afonso Pimentel, Adriano Luz, Joana Ribeiro,...
Written by Pedro Lopes and directed by Tiago Guedes, Glória takes place in the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, in the small village of Glória do Ribatejo, where Raret is located, an American broadcasting center that broadcasts Western propaganda to the Eastern Bloc. João Vidal, an engineer from families linked to the Estado Novo, but recruited by the Kgb, will take on several high-risk espionage missions that could change the course of Portuguese and world history.
Vogt will play Anne. The wife of James, Anne comes from a wealthy and liberal family. She is a Harvard grad in International Relations, recruited by the CIA.
The ensemble cast includes Portuguese and international actors, including Miguel Nunes, Carolina Amaral, Victoria Guerra, Afonso Pimentel, Adriano Luz, Joana Ribeiro,...
- 2/15/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Arte France Cinéma is supporting André Téchiné’s Les pieds sur Terre - Production / Funding - France
Upcoming films by France’s Noémie Lvovsky, Portugal’s Tiago Guedes and Greece’s Alexandros Avranas will also be co-produced by the film arm of the French-German TV network. The fifth 2020 selection committee organised by Arte France Cinéma (under the aegis of Olivier Père) has opted to involve itself in the co-production and pre-purchasing of four projects. Standing tall among these is Les pieds sur Terre by seasoned director André Téchiné, a Curiosa Films production which will unite Louis Garrel and Charlotte Gainsbourg in its cast. The story follows a lieutenant from a contingent of the French army stationed in Mali, who is seriously injured when his armoured vehicle explodes. Repatriated to France and placed in intensive care, he begins a long period of convalescence under his sister’s worried...
- 11/25/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Variações: Guardian Angel, the most-watched Portuguese film in national cinemas in 2019, received seven gongs. The Domain, directed by Tiago Guedes, has emerged as the winner of the eighth edition of the Sophia Awards. The ceremony was originally scheduled for March, but owing to the pandemic, it was postponed until 17 September.It was a big night for Guedes: The Domain received the Best Feature Film Award as well as six other gongs, out of a total of 15 nominations. Besides winning seven awards for The Domain (including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay), he also picked up the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for his other recent feature, Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes. The Best Feature Film Award was given to Paulo Branco, producer of The Domain, who decided to leave it unclaimed for the time being, stating that he would not take it until next year or...
The first Portuguese Netflix original is set in the 1960s and is being shot in the Ribatejo region and in Lisbon. Last week, Netflix announced the making of its first ever Portuguese original production, a historical spy thriller series entitled Glória. Porto-born award-winning filmmaker Tiago Guedes is set to direct. Among his latest endeavours is the thriller drama The Domain (2019), which revolves around a Portuguese family who own one of the largest estates in Europe, on the south bank of the River Tagus, and a four-episode series based on the same feature, released this year. Glória was developed by Pedro Lopes (also responsible for the TV series Conta-me como foi) and is being filmed in the Ribatejo region and in and around the Portuguese capital. The series is set in the 1960s and is a historical spy thriller centred on Raret, the re-broadcasting office of Radio Free Europe. It...
Expanded shortlist of 10 films to be announced on December 16.
The Academy on Monday (7) confirmed that 93 countries have submitted films for consideration in the international feature film category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants with Kwabena Gyansah’s Azali, Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart, and Umid Khamdamov’s Hot Bread, respectively.
Earlier this year, the Academy board voted to rename the category formerly known as foreign language film, and expand the shortlist from nine to 10 films.
The shortlist will be announced on December 16. Nominations for the 92nd Oscars will be unveiled on January 13, 2020, and the Oscars...
The Academy on Monday (7) confirmed that 93 countries have submitted films for consideration in the international feature film category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants with Kwabena Gyansah’s Azali, Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart, and Umid Khamdamov’s Hot Bread, respectively.
Earlier this year, the Academy board voted to rename the category formerly known as foreign language film, and expand the shortlist from nine to 10 films.
The shortlist will be announced on December 16. Nominations for the 92nd Oscars will be unveiled on January 13, 2020, and the Oscars...
- 10/7/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the full list of countries that have submitted a pic for consideration for the new International Feature Film Oscar category.
Here are the 93 nations and their hopefuls, in alphabetical order:
Albania, The Delegation, Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, Papicha, Mounia Meddour, director;
Argentina, Heroic Losers, Sebastián Borensztein, director;
Armenia, Lengthy Night, Edgar Baghdasaryan, director;
Australia, Buoyancy, Rodd Rathjen, director;
Austria, Joy, Sudabeh Mortezai, director;
Bangladesh, Alpha, Nasiruddin Yousuff, director;
Belarus, Debut, Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, director;
Belgium, Our Mothers, César Díaz, director;
Bolivia, I Miss You, Rodrigo Bellott, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Son, Ines Tanovic, director;
Brazil, Invisible Life, Karim Aïnouz, director;
Bulgaria, Ága, Milko Lazarov, director;
Cambodia, In the Life of Music, Caylee So, Sok Visal, directors;
Canada, Antigone, Sophie Deraspe, director;
Chile, Spider, Andrés Wood, director;
China, Ne Zha, Yu Yang, director;
Colombia, Monos, Alejandro Landes, director;
Costa Rica, The Awakening of the Ants,...
Here are the 93 nations and their hopefuls, in alphabetical order:
Albania, The Delegation, Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, Papicha, Mounia Meddour, director;
Argentina, Heroic Losers, Sebastián Borensztein, director;
Armenia, Lengthy Night, Edgar Baghdasaryan, director;
Australia, Buoyancy, Rodd Rathjen, director;
Austria, Joy, Sudabeh Mortezai, director;
Bangladesh, Alpha, Nasiruddin Yousuff, director;
Belarus, Debut, Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, director;
Belgium, Our Mothers, César Díaz, director;
Bolivia, I Miss You, Rodrigo Bellott, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Son, Ines Tanovic, director;
Brazil, Invisible Life, Karim Aïnouz, director;
Bulgaria, Ága, Milko Lazarov, director;
Cambodia, In the Life of Music, Caylee So, Sok Visal, directors;
Canada, Antigone, Sophie Deraspe, director;
Chile, Spider, Andrés Wood, director;
China, Ne Zha, Yu Yang, director;
Colombia, Monos, Alejandro Landes, director;
Costa Rica, The Awakening of the Ants,...
- 10/7/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Portugal has chosen The Domain (A Herdade), Tiago Guedes' sweeping historical epic of a wealthy land-owning family, as its submission in the best international feature Oscar category.
At nearly three hours long, the film, which premiered in Venice and also played as a special presentation in Toronto, is an intensive and intimate examination of the second half of the 20th century in Portugal as seen through the lives and fates of a prominent family.
Starring well-known Portuguese stage actor Albano Jeronimo in his first film role as the head of the family, The Domain opens before the "Carnation Revolution" of 1974 ...
At nearly three hours long, the film, which premiered in Venice and also played as a special presentation in Toronto, is an intensive and intimate examination of the second half of the 20th century in Portugal as seen through the lives and fates of a prominent family.
Starring well-known Portuguese stage actor Albano Jeronimo in his first film role as the head of the family, The Domain opens before the "Carnation Revolution" of 1974 ...
- 9/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Portugal has chosen The Domain (A Herdade), Tiago Guedes' sweeping historical epic of a wealthy land-owning family, as its submission in the best international feature Oscar category.
At nearly three hours long, the film, which premiered in Venice and also played as a special presentation in Toronto, is an intensive and intimate examination of the second half of the 20th century in Portugal as seen through the lives and fates of a prominent family.
Starring well-known Portuguese stage actor Albano Jeronimo in his first film role as the head of the family, The Domain opens before the "Carnation Revolution" of 1974 ...
At nearly three hours long, the film, which premiered in Venice and also played as a special presentation in Toronto, is an intensive and intimate examination of the second half of the 20th century in Portugal as seen through the lives and fates of a prominent family.
Starring well-known Portuguese stage actor Albano Jeronimo in his first film role as the head of the family, The Domain opens before the "Carnation Revolution" of 1974 ...
- 9/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Though set in the second half of the 20th century, Tiago Guedes’ intimate epic The Domain (A Herdade) so starkly depicts its moneyed but emotionally often coarse characters that the nearly three-hour film feels like the cinematic equivalent of a novel by realist writer Eca de Queiros, Portugal’s Tolstoy or Balzac.
The story consists of a brief post-war prologue and roughly two halves, set almost 20 years apart. The first part constantly entwines the political and the personal and is set during the lead-up to the 1974 Carnation Revolution, while the second half focuses on more personal issues as ...
The story consists of a brief post-war prologue and roughly two halves, set almost 20 years apart. The first part constantly entwines the political and the personal and is set during the lead-up to the 1974 Carnation Revolution, while the second half focuses on more personal issues as ...
Though set in the second half of the 20th century, Tiago Guedes’ intimate epic The Domain (A Herdade) so starkly depicts its moneyed but emotionally often coarse characters that the nearly three-hour film feels like the cinematic equivalent of a novel by realist writer Eca de Queiros, Portugal’s Tolstoy or Balzac.
The story consists of a brief post-war prologue and roughly two halves, set almost 20 years apart. The first part constantly entwines the political and the personal and is set during the lead-up to the 1974 Carnation Revolution, while the second half focuses on more personal issues as ...
The story consists of a brief post-war prologue and roughly two halves, set almost 20 years apart. The first part constantly entwines the political and the personal and is set during the lead-up to the 1974 Carnation Revolution, while the second half focuses on more personal issues as ...
The opening of “The Domain” is a classic mid-length widescreen shot of a solitary tree silhouetted against the sky. The camera slowly pans left to reveal a second tree, with a man hanging from a branch. This too feels fairly familiar, if disturbing, and one watches imagining that director Tiago Guedes is using such archetypal images to then play with the form, or do something unusual with the subsequent nearly three-hour running time. Instead, his sprawling family epic spanning from 1946 to 1991 largely shifts from the derivative to the banal. Designed like a meaty novel in which Portugal’s political fortunes impact a privileged family of landowners,
Guedes (“Noise”) points to Westerns and some melodramas like Vincente Minnelli’s “Home From the Hill” as major influences, which demonstrably act as templates with added political overtones. Certainly the way the tug-of-war between dictatorship, revolution and capitalism batters the independent-minded Fernandes family does...
Guedes (“Noise”) points to Westerns and some melodramas like Vincente Minnelli’s “Home From the Hill” as major influences, which demonstrably act as templates with added political overtones. Certainly the way the tug-of-war between dictatorship, revolution and capitalism batters the independent-minded Fernandes family does...
- 9/5/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
Marriage StoryA selection of films from the 2019 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has been unveiled, with new films by Pablo Larraín, Lou Ye, Noah Baumbach, the Safdie Brothers, and Marielle Heller.Special Presentationsa Herdade (Tiago Guedes): Portuguese filmmaker Tiago Guedes looks at the political, economic, and social history of Portugal from the vantage point of a family line of wealthy homesteaders on a Tagus River estate.Bad Education (Cory Finley): Based on screenwriter Mike Makowsky’s high school experience.Coming Home Again (Wayne Wang): A Korean American man cares for his ailing mother while trying to master her traditional cooking.Dolemite Is My Name (Craig Brewer): The story of performer Rudy Ray Moore, who assumed the role of an iconic pimp named Dolemite during the 1970sEma (Pablo Larraín): A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
- 8/1/2019
- MUBI
Shannon Murphy (L) and Ben Mendelsohn on set in ‘Babyteeth.’
Shannon Murphy’s debut feature Babyteeth, a bittersweet comedy starring Ben Mendelsohn, Essie Davis, Eliza Scanlen and Toby Wallace, will have its world premiere in official competition at the Venice International Film Festival.
Adapted by Rita Kalnejais from her Belvoir Theatre play, the film joins an illustrious line-up from such filmmakers as James Gray, Todd Phillips, Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Olivier Assayas and Mario Martone.
David Michôd’s Netflix-commissioned The King, an adaptation of several Shakespeare plays with an ensemble cast including Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, Mendelsohn and Lily-Rose Depp, will screen out of competition. Michôd and Edgerton co-wrote the screenplay. Liz Watts and Brad Pitt are among the producers.
Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine’s Passenger, a 360 degree stop-motion Vr film produced by Film Camp’s Philippa Campey, and Callum Cooper’s Porton Down...
Shannon Murphy’s debut feature Babyteeth, a bittersweet comedy starring Ben Mendelsohn, Essie Davis, Eliza Scanlen and Toby Wallace, will have its world premiere in official competition at the Venice International Film Festival.
Adapted by Rita Kalnejais from her Belvoir Theatre play, the film joins an illustrious line-up from such filmmakers as James Gray, Todd Phillips, Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Olivier Assayas and Mario Martone.
David Michôd’s Netflix-commissioned The King, an adaptation of several Shakespeare plays with an ensemble cast including Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, Mendelsohn and Lily-Rose Depp, will screen out of competition. Michôd and Edgerton co-wrote the screenplay. Liz Watts and Brad Pitt are among the producers.
Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine’s Passenger, a 360 degree stop-motion Vr film produced by Film Camp’s Philippa Campey, and Callum Cooper’s Porton Down...
- 7/25/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Martin EdenThe programme for the 2019 edition of the Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Olivier Assayas, Robert Guédiguian, Pietro Marcello, and many more.COMPETITIONThe Truth (Hirokazu Kore-eda): About a stormy reunion between a daughter and her actress mother, Catherine, against the backdrop of Catherine’s latest role in a sci-fi picture as a mother who never grows old.The Perfect Candidate (Haifaa Al-Mansour)About Endlessness (Roy Andersson): The film contains a mix of scenes that takes place in the past and present and we meet several historical people, including Prince Ivan the Terrible and Adolf Hitler.Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas): The story of five Cuban political prisoners who had been imprisoned by the United States since the late 1990s on charges of espionage and murder.Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach): A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a gruelling, coast-to-coast...
- 7/25/2019
- MUBI
The lineup has been unveiled for year’s edition of the Venice International Film Festival, taking place August 28 through September 7. Aside from films previously announced as coming to Tiff, some major new announcements include Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network, James Gray’s Ad Astra, Roy Andersson’s About Endlessness, Ciro Guerra’s Waiting for the Barbarians, David Michôd’s The King, Benedict Andrews’ Kristen Stewart-led biopic Seberg, and Roman Polanski’s J’accuse. Only two films by female directors made into the competition lineup: Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate and Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth.
Check out the lineup below (hat tip to Mubi), which also includes other sections at the festival.
Competition
The Truth (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
The Perfect Candidate (Haifaa Al-Mansour)
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson)
Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas)
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
Guest of Honour (Atom Egoyan)
Ad Astra (James Gray)
A Herdade (Tiago Guedes)
Gloria Mundi (Robert Guédiguian...
Check out the lineup below (hat tip to Mubi), which also includes other sections at the festival.
Competition
The Truth (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
The Perfect Candidate (Haifaa Al-Mansour)
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson)
Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas)
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
Guest of Honour (Atom Egoyan)
Ad Astra (James Gray)
A Herdade (Tiago Guedes)
Gloria Mundi (Robert Guédiguian...
- 7/25/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Update: Much of the Venice Film Festival’s 2019 competition field, which was announced this morning in Rome, lines up as expected with Warner Bros/DC origns story Joker; Fox/Disney’s Brad Pitt space drama Ad Astra; Steven Soderbergh’s starry Netflix dark comedy, The Laundromat; and Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story from Netflix making the cut to begin potential awards-season runs.
Kristen Stewart drama Seberg (formerly Against All Enemies) is also an official selection entry, though in something of a surprise is taking an out-of-competition slot. Other intriguing titles include Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate (she is one of just two female filmmakers in the competition); Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network, a thriller with Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez; and Pablo Larrain’s Ema.
Fest chief Alberto Barbera is already facing criticism from European Cinema groups over the inclusion of three Netflix titles. He’s also likely to stir...
Kristen Stewart drama Seberg (formerly Against All Enemies) is also an official selection entry, though in something of a surprise is taking an out-of-competition slot. Other intriguing titles include Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate (she is one of just two female filmmakers in the competition); Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network, a thriller with Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez; and Pablo Larrain’s Ema.
Fest chief Alberto Barbera is already facing criticism from European Cinema groups over the inclusion of three Netflix titles. He’s also likely to stir...
- 7/25/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Roman Polanski’s “J’Accuse,” Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” and Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat” are among the films that will screen at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival, Venice organizers announced at a press conference in Rome on Thursday.
This will mark Polanski’s first appearance at a major festival since his May 2018 expulsion from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with the decision by the AMPAS Board of Governors referencing his 1978 guilty plea to a charge of statutory rape.
“J’Accuse,” which had been screening for buyers under the title “An Officer and a Spy,” is his dramatization of the Alfred Dreyfus scandal in 19th century France, and has been considered by some, sight unseen, as a comment of sorts on the #MeToo movement.
Also Read: Oscars Academy Defends Expulsion of Roman Polanski
Other films in the Venice Film Festival main competition include James Gray’s “Ad Astra,...
This will mark Polanski’s first appearance at a major festival since his May 2018 expulsion from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with the decision by the AMPAS Board of Governors referencing his 1978 guilty plea to a charge of statutory rape.
“J’Accuse,” which had been screening for buyers under the title “An Officer and a Spy,” is his dramatization of the Alfred Dreyfus scandal in 19th century France, and has been considered by some, sight unseen, as a comment of sorts on the #MeToo movement.
Also Read: Oscars Academy Defends Expulsion of Roman Polanski
Other films in the Venice Film Festival main competition include James Gray’s “Ad Astra,...
- 7/25/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
There are only two films by female directors in competition.
The line-up of the 76th Venice Film Festival (August 28 – September 7) has been announced.
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This year features some high-profile projects including Todd Phillips’ Joker and James Gray’s Ad Astra, a lack of female directors in competition once again, and the controversial selection of Roman Polanski’s latest film.
Australian title Babyteeth, from first-time director Shannon Murphy, and Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate are the two films in the 21-strong competition from female filmmakers. Last year festival chief Alberto Barbera was heavily...
The line-up of the 76th Venice Film Festival (August 28 – September 7) has been announced.
Scroll down for the full line-up
This year features some high-profile projects including Todd Phillips’ Joker and James Gray’s Ad Astra, a lack of female directors in competition once again, and the controversial selection of Roman Polanski’s latest film.
Australian title Babyteeth, from first-time director Shannon Murphy, and Saudi filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate are the two films in the 21-strong competition from female filmmakers. Last year festival chief Alberto Barbera was heavily...
- 7/25/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The Venice Film Festival has announced the selections for its 76th edition, which is set to take place from August 29 to September 7. The announcement marks the week’s second major film festival lineup to confirm titles following the Toronto International Film Festival. With both official selections for Venice and Tiff now revealed, the upcoming 2019-20 awards season is quickly taking shape.
As previously announced, Venice 2019 will open with the world premiere of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new film “The Truth.” The family drama stars Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve, and Ethan Hawke. “The Truth” is Kore-eda’s first directorial effort since winning the Palme d’Or in 2018 with “Shoplifters.” This year’s festival will close with “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” the latest feature from Giuseppe Capotondi. The movie stars Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, and Mick Jagger.
Venice has already announced that Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel will serve as the president of this year’s competition jury.
As previously announced, Venice 2019 will open with the world premiere of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new film “The Truth.” The family drama stars Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve, and Ethan Hawke. “The Truth” is Kore-eda’s first directorial effort since winning the Palme d’Or in 2018 with “Shoplifters.” This year’s festival will close with “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” the latest feature from Giuseppe Capotondi. The movie stars Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, and Mick Jagger.
Venice has already announced that Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel will serve as the president of this year’s competition jury.
- 7/25/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Guadalajara Int’l Film Festival (Ficg), Mexico’s largest film festival, is further expanding its lineup with the addition of a new competitive animation section in its 34th edition, running March 8 -15. Oscar-winning Guadalajara native Guillermo del Toro has put his heft behind the new section and will also announce the first winner of his Del Toro-Jenkins film scholarship at the fest. Ficg aptly opens Friday with an animated feature, Carlos Gutierrez’s “Day of the Dead” (“Día de Muertos”).
Actor Peter Fonda (“Easy Rider”) and British helmer Hugh Hudson (“Chariots of Fire”) are receiving Mayahuel International lifetime achievement awards at this edition. Festival will also screen “Easy Rider,” which Fonda co-wrote, co-produced and starred in, to mark its 50th year anniversary.
The festival kicks off with a new female general director at the helm, Estrella Araiza, who has been the festival’s head of industry & markets and has...
Actor Peter Fonda (“Easy Rider”) and British helmer Hugh Hudson (“Chariots of Fire”) are receiving Mayahuel International lifetime achievement awards at this edition. Festival will also screen “Easy Rider,” which Fonda co-wrote, co-produced and starred in, to mark its 50th year anniversary.
The festival kicks off with a new female general director at the helm, Estrella Araiza, who has been the festival’s head of industry & markets and has...
- 3/6/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Despite producing only around 15 feature films per year, Portuguese cinema has consistently won significant festival prizes.
In 2018, awards for Portuguese films included Cannes’ Critics’ Week winner, “Diamantino” by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, and “The Dead and the Others” by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora, which took a Special Jury Prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Portuguese filmmakers have survived through a mixture of dedication, creative ingenuity and co-productions. Amid economic crisis, in 2012, the situation seemed dire, with Portugal’s National Film and Audiovisual Institute (Ica) unable to open any funding lines.
However a 2012 film law, revised in 2014, provided new revenues for the Ica by introducing levies on subscription TV services. As a result, the Ica has been able to channel significant additional funding into the domestic industry, including new support programs for TV series and animation features.
Investment obligations for domestic broadcasters have also been upped including reinforced commitments for public broadcaster,...
In 2018, awards for Portuguese films included Cannes’ Critics’ Week winner, “Diamantino” by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, and “The Dead and the Others” by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora, which took a Special Jury Prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Portuguese filmmakers have survived through a mixture of dedication, creative ingenuity and co-productions. Amid economic crisis, in 2012, the situation seemed dire, with Portugal’s National Film and Audiovisual Institute (Ica) unable to open any funding lines.
However a 2012 film law, revised in 2014, provided new revenues for the Ica by introducing levies on subscription TV services. As a result, the Ica has been able to channel significant additional funding into the domestic industry, including new support programs for TV series and animation features.
Investment obligations for domestic broadcasters have also been upped including reinforced commitments for public broadcaster,...
- 2/9/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
In my opinion, Portuguese horror picture Coisa Ruim marked directors Tiago Guedes and Frederico Serra as major talents to watch, that film an elegantly constructed piece of work that relies on character and mood for effect rather than cheap jumps and hard edits. That the slow burner never really found an audience on the festival circuit has always kind of confused me but I’ve kept watching and now they’re back with their latest - a straight drama titled Entre Os Dedos.
Paulo looses his job after denouncing an accident at the construction site where he works. His relationship with his wife is getting worse, day by day. Bela, Paulo’s sister, lives with their father that suffers from post-war syndrome. She is a nurse and the only comfort for a terminal patient.
Modern families barely surviving the destiny that has entangle them. Some in defiance fight back; others...
Paulo looses his job after denouncing an accident at the construction site where he works. His relationship with his wife is getting worse, day by day. Bela, Paulo’s sister, lives with their father that suffers from post-war syndrome. She is a nurse and the only comfort for a terminal patient.
Modern families barely surviving the destiny that has entangle them. Some in defiance fight back; others...
- 2/13/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
London -- In a country that loves a movie with political content, Oliver Stone's "W." is sure to ignite healthy debate when today's Italian premiere kicks off the nine-day Turin Film Festival.
The timing certainly couldn't be better, coming little more than two weeks after a U.S. presidential election that still has Europe buzzing.
But Barack Obama's election to the White House was arguably less surprising -- and certainly less controversial -- than this year's lineup, which is completely void of Italian films.
Arguably the country's third most prominent film festival, after Venice and Rome, the Northern Italian film jamboree will come to a close with "The Edge of Love," directed by John Maybury.
Under the watchful eye of filmmaker Nanni Moretti, now in his second year as artistic director, the festival has no Italian films because, according to Moretti, there simply weren't any titles that were up to snuff.
The timing certainly couldn't be better, coming little more than two weeks after a U.S. presidential election that still has Europe buzzing.
But Barack Obama's election to the White House was arguably less surprising -- and certainly less controversial -- than this year's lineup, which is completely void of Italian films.
Arguably the country's third most prominent film festival, after Venice and Rome, the Northern Italian film jamboree will come to a close with "The Edge of Love," directed by John Maybury.
Under the watchful eye of filmmaker Nanni Moretti, now in his second year as artistic director, the festival has no Italian films because, according to Moretti, there simply weren't any titles that were up to snuff.
- 11/20/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rome -- The 26th Turin Film Festival on Friday released a lineup completely void of Italian films but heavy on U.S. and European productions.
Second-year artistic director Nanni Moretti -- who revealed the lineup to a packed house at the Nuovo Sacher, the Rome cinema he owns -- did his best to avoid comparisons to the just-completed Rome International Film Festival, but the Italian press is sure to highlight the differences.
The Rome event was criticized for a lineup that in many ways was a photo negative of the program Moretti released Friday, with six Italian films featured and just one from the U.S.
Moretti said that the U.S. writers' strike, which had an impact on the lineups in Venice, Rome and elsewhere, also played a role in shaping Turin's lineup. Though three of the 15 films in the lineup have American DNA, all are low-budget affairs: Azazel Jacobs' "Momma's Man,...
Second-year artistic director Nanni Moretti -- who revealed the lineup to a packed house at the Nuovo Sacher, the Rome cinema he owns -- did his best to avoid comparisons to the just-completed Rome International Film Festival, but the Italian press is sure to highlight the differences.
The Rome event was criticized for a lineup that in many ways was a photo negative of the program Moretti released Friday, with six Italian films featured and just one from the U.S.
Moretti said that the U.S. writers' strike, which had an impact on the lineups in Venice, Rome and elsewhere, also played a role in shaping Turin's lineup. Though three of the 15 films in the lineup have American DNA, all are low-budget affairs: Azazel Jacobs' "Momma's Man,...
- 11/7/2008
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- 39: A Film By Carroll McKane USA, Dir: Gary Sherman, 2006 World Premiere, hosted by director Gary Sherman + Carroll McKane, having already killed 17 couples, sets up eight Dv cameras on reticulated arms in a warehouse to document his crimes and kidnaps a celebrated psychologist in the hopes that he will write his biography. Told entirely from the perspective of Mc Kaneâ.s unblinking cameras, 39 is a disturbing slice of verite filmmaking from Gary Sherman, director of Dead And Buried and Raw Meat, making his return to the genre after over a decadeâ.s absence. Make no mistake, this is a graphic and unsettling work, but it doesnâ.t rely on abject depravity or exploitative gore to disturb. No, this oneâ.s by Carroll McKane, whoâ.s far too obsessed with himself to let his victims take centre stage. Bad Blood Portugal, Dirs: Tiago Guedes, Frederico Serra, 2006 Montreal Premiere + A respected
- 7/4/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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