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2022 Berlin Film Festival
The 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale took place from 10 to 20 February 2022 in person. On 15 December 2021 the first film of the festival was announced. The festival opened with François Ozon's drama film ''Peter von Kant''. Isabelle Huppert was awarded Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement on 15 February 2022 at the Berlinale Palast award ceremony. Her film by Laurent Larivière, ''À propos de Joan'' was also screened. The awards were presented on 16 February 2022 truncating the festival by 4 days. ''Alcarràs'' by Carla Simón won the Golden Bear award and '' The Novelist's Film'' by Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. The festival formally closed on 20 February 2022. Jury Competition The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section: * M. Night Shyamalan, director, screenwriter and producer (USA) - Jury President * Karim Aïnouz, director, screenwriter and visual artist (Brazil) * Saïd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Von Kant
''Peter von Kant'' is a 2022 French romantic drama film written and directed by François Ozon. It is a loose adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play ''The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant'', which he adapted into a film in 1972, but here with the protagonist's gender changed. It is Ozon's second cinematic outing of a Fassbinder play after ''Water Drops on Burning Rocks'' (2000). The film premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival as its opening film on 10 February 2022. Cast * Denis Ménochet as Peter von Kant * Isabelle Adjani as Sidonie * Khalil Gharbia as Amir * Hanna Schygulla as Rosemarie * Stéfan Crépon as Karl * Aminthe Audiard as Gabrielle Production Filming began in March 2021. Release In March 2022, Strand Releasing acquired the US rights to the film. Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 78%, based on 40 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. On Metacritic Metacritic is a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Zohra Berrached
Anne Zohra Berrached (born 31 July 1982 in Erfurt) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and career The daughter of an Algerian father, Anne Zohra Berrached was born and raised in the GDR. Following specialized secondary school in art, she earned a university degree in social pedagogy. Anne Zohra Berrached worked for two years in London as a drama teacher before spending one year abroad in Cameroon and Spain.Schuberth-Roth, Thomas: Von Liebe und trister Zweisamkeit. In: Frankenpost, 26. Oktober 2012, S. 18 In the year of 2009, Anne Zohra Berrached directed her debut short movie ''Der Pausenclown'' (''The Class Clown'') about a Lebanese neighbour and comedian who lived in Berlin-Neukölln. Later the movie was broadcast on the German television network WDR. In the same year, after an unsuccessful attempt to get in to Film University Potsdam, Anne Zohra Berrached started her education at one of the most famous film universities of Germany, Filmacademy Baden-Wurttembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter. The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Rithy Panh's works are from an authoritative viewpoint, because his family were expelled from Phnom Penh in 1975 by the Khmer Rouge. One after another, his father, mother, sisters and nephews died of starvation or exhaustion, as they were held in a remote labor camp in rural Cambodia. Biography Early life, escape from Cambodia Rithy Panh was born in Phnom Penh. His father was a long time undersecretary at the Ministry of Education, a Senator, a school teacher and inspector of primary schools. His family and other residents were expelled from the Cambodian capital in 1975 by the Khmer Rouge. Rithy's family suffered under the regime, and after he saw his parents, siblings and other relatives die of overwork or malnutrition, Rithy escaped to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Nagy
Phyllis Nagy ( ; born November 7, 1962) is an American theatre director, theatre and film director, screenwriter and playwright. In 2006, Nagy was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, writing and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, directing ''Mrs. Harris'' (2005), her screen debut. In 2016, Nagy received an Academy Awards, Academy Award nomination, among numerous other list of accolades received by Carol (film), accolades, for Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2015 film ''Carol (film), Carol''. Life and career Nagy was born in New York City and moved to London in 1992, where her playwriting career began in earnest at the Royal Court Theatre under the artistic direction of Stephen Daldry for whom she served as the Royal Court's writer-in-residence in the mid-1990s. Nagy's plays have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Jane
''Call Jane'' is a 2022 American drama film starring Elizabeth Banks as a suburban housewife in the 1960s who deals with a life-threatening pregnancy. The film also stars Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, and John Magaro. It is directed by Phyllis Nagy. The screenplay was written by Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi. It premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2022. It was released in the United States on October 28, 2022, by Roadside Attractions. Synopsis Joy, a traditional housewife in the United States in the 1960s, learns that she is pregnant with a second child but that the pregnancy threatens her life. She comes across the Jane Collective, Janes, an underground network of women who take risks to provide abortions to pregnant women. Cast Production The script originally appeared on the 2017 The Black List (survey), Black List, where it received seven votes. Coincidentally, another script based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Denis
Claire Denis (; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film ''Beau Travail'' (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s, as well as of all time. Other acclaimed works include '' Trouble Every Day'' (2001), '' 35 Shots of Rum'' (2008), '' White Material'' (2009), '' High Life'' (2018) and '' Both Sides of the Blade'' (2022), the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. For her film '' Stars at Noon'' (2022), Denis competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. She won the Grand Prix, sharing the award with Lukas Dhont's film ''Close''. Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity. Early life Denis was born in Paris, but raised in colonial French Africa, where her father was a civil servant, living in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, French Som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Both Sides Of The Blade
''Both Sides of the Blade'' (formerly known in English as ''Fire''; ) is a 2022 French romantic drama film directed by Claire Denis, who wrote the screenplay with Christine Angot. The film is based on Angot's 2018 novel ''Un tournant de la vie''. The film stars Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, and Grégoire Colin. The film had its world premiere on 12 February 2022 at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear, while Denis received the Silver Bear for Best Director. Plot Sara and her husband Jean swim in the sea while on vacation, kissing and caressing one another. They return home to a wintry Paris, where Sara works as a radio presenter. Jean, a former professional rugby player with a prison record, is an absent father to his mixed-race teenage son Marcus, who lives in the custody of Jean's mother Nelly in the banlieue of Vitry. One day, Sara glimpses her estranged ex-boyfriend François on the street, flooding her with emotion. Françoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamila Andini
Kamila Andini (born 6 May 1986) is an Indonesian film director known for her critically acclaimed debut ''The Mirror Never Lies''. Biography Andini was born on 6 May 1986 and is the eldest daughter of filmmaker Garin Nugroho. Although uninterested in cinematography for fear that she would be "work ngin her father's shadow", she began studying photography while still in junior high school, hoping to "capture people's life and behavior". While in senior high school her classmates often asked her father about film making, questions which Andini later said "ashamed" her because she knew nothing of her father's oeuvre. She later began to become involved with several film committees. Andini completed a degree in sociology at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Career Upon her return to Indonesia, Andini began to work as a director. She handled music videos for groups such as Ungu and Slank, as well as documentaries on music and the ocean. One of these, ''Lagu untuk Tukik'' (''A S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before, Now & Then
''Before, Now & Then'' (Indonesian title: ''Nana'') is a 2022 Indonesian period drama film, written and directed by Kamila Andini. It stars Happy Salma as Nana, a woman who is impacted by violent times in rural Indonesia during 1940s to 1960s. The film is adapted from the first chapter of the novel ''Jais Darga Namaku'' ( 'My Name Is Jais Darga') by Ahda Imran, telling the true story of Raden Nana Sunani, a woman who lived in the 1960s West Java. The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2022. Basuki was awarded Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance for her performance as Ino. Premise Set in West Java, Nana finds refuge in a second marriage after losing her family to war in the 1940s. Then, she befriends her second husband's mistress, Ino, together seeking for the meaning of freedom. Cast Production The principal photography of ''Before, Now & Then'' began in March 2021 in Ciwidey, Bandung, West Java. The film won the CJ E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolette Krebitz
Nicolette Krebitz is a German director, actress, model, and singer. She is often credited as Coco in her creative works. Life and work Nicolette Krebitz made her film debut at age eleven. Later, she hosted television and radio shows for children and attended the Ballett-Centre Berlin and the Fritz-Kirchhoff acting school, also in Berlin. Krebitz has appeared in over 30 movies, but she is known best for her role in the German-language films ''Bandits'' (1997) and '' Der Tunnel'' (2001). She also appeared in the English-language film ''All the Queen's Men'' (2001). She wrote and directed the 2001 movie ''Jeans'' and 2007's '. She is the model on the cover of New Order's 2001 album '' Get Ready'' and its associated singles. Her image is also on the cover and in the sleeve of Terranova's 1999 album ''Close the Door''. She contributed vocals to the ''Bandits'' soundtrack and to the Terranova tracks ''Just Enough'', ''Plastic Stress'' and ''Never''. Tribute The German hip hop gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the " Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in France. Tens of thousands of visitors attend each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given by i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Rivers
Ben Rivers (born 1972) is an artist and experimental filmmaker based in London, England. His work has been screened at film festivals and galleries around the world and have won numerous awards. Rivers' work ranges in themes, including exploring unknown wilderness territories to candid and intimate portraits of real-life subjects. Life and career Rivers studied fine art at Falmouth University. His practice as a filmmaker treads a line between documentary and fiction. Often following and filming people who have in some way separated themselves from society, the raw film footage provides Rivers with a starting point for creating oblique narratives imagining alternative existences in marginal worlds. Rivers often employs analogue media and hand develops 16mm film, which shows the evidence of the elements it has been exposed to – the materiality of this medium forming part of the narrative. Rivers's first feature-length film, ''Two Years at Sea'', was presented in September 2011 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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