Archive for July, 2008
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Üç Maymun (Three Monkeys) (Turkey/France, 2008) marks Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s fourth visit to Cannes. His status as a genuine auteur grows with each film. This time around, he has come closer than ever before to paying homage to the director he respects the most – Andrei Tarkovsky.
Adoration – Atom Egoyan’s Internet Chat
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008He’s one of the auteur directors the Cannes festival takes pride in supporting. Atom Egoyan’s Adoration (Canada/France, 2008) marks his 10th appearance at Cannes. No mean accomplishment for the Armenian-Canadian filmmaker, whose CV reads more like a diplomat’s Who’s Who.
61st Festival de Cannes 2008
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Any way you look at it, 2008 was a watershed year at the Cannes film festival. This was Thierry Frémaux’s initial year as délégée général, the first time he was listed in the catalogue as the man who put his own signature on the selection. Last year, Frémaux was down simply as director artistique, to […]
Wim Wenders – Cannes’ Favorite Auteur
Sunday, July 6th, 2008He’s Germany’s best known director, a welcomed guest at top international film festivals, a cultural icon whose reputation was boosted even more when he was elected to succeed Ingmar Bergman as president of the European Film Academy. Yet Wim has not made a good Wenders films for some time now. Would The Palermo Shooting (Germany/Italy, […]
Judy Tossell Interview
Friday, July 4th, 2008Egoli Tossell Film is an independent production and financing company with addresses in Berlin, Halle, Leipzig and Potsdam-Babelsberg. Founded in 2001, following the merger of their respective companies Egoli Films and Tossell Pictures, ETF is headed by producers Jens Meurer and Judy Tossell.
Jens Meurer Interview
Friday, July 4th, 2008Egoli Tossell Film is an independent production and financing company with addresses in Berlin, Halle, Leipzig and Potsdam-Babelsberg. Founded in 2001, following the merger of their respective companies Egoli Films and Tossell Pictures, ETF is headed by producers Jens Meurer and Judy Tossell.
Phillip Bergson on Budapest and ZagrebDox 2008
Friday, July 4th, 2008A regular contributor to KINO – German Film, roving British film critic Phillip Bergson visited a pair of festivals at the beginning of 2008. Herewith a short resumé of his views as seen from the inside of film festival life at the 39th Hungarian Film Week Budapest and 4th ZagrebDox.
KINO! 2007 – New Films from Germany at MoMA
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Once again, from 1-14 November 2007, the Museum of Modern Art drew crowds to the retrospective KINO! 2007: New Films from Germany. As in previous years, Larry Kardish, senior curator at MoMA, presented a balanced program that offered an overview of German productions from the last year in the field of shorts, documentaries, and features […]
Phillip Bergson’s Festival Marathon 2007
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008A regular contributor to KINO – German Film & International Reports, roving British film critic Phillip Bergson visited a score of festivals at the end of 2007. Herewith a short resumé of his experiences seen from the inside of festival life at choice calendar events in Chicago, Amsterdam, Bitola, Mlada Boleslav, Sevilla, and London.
8th goEast – Festival of Central & East European Film 2008
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Estonia was a double winner at the 8th goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film in Wiesbaden (9-15 April 2008), with Kadri Kousaar’s feature debut Magnus awarded the Golden Lily for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Critics Prize. The international jury, headed by German producer Eberhard Junkersdorf, praised the film for “its depiction […]
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