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37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 4 to 13 July 2002. The Crystal Globe was won by '' Year of the Devil'', a Czech mockumentary film directed by Petr Zelenka. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by ''Nowhere in Africa'', a German historical film directed by Caroline Link. French American film actor and director Jean-Marc Barr was the president of the jury. Juries The following people formed the juries of the festival: Main competition * Jean-Marc Barr, Jury President (France) * Bibiana Beglau (Germany) * Roger Ebert (USA) * Ibolya Fekete (Hungary) * Jan Malíř (Czech Republic) * Kaynam Myung (South Korea) * Asumpta Serna (Spain) Documentaries * Andrej Plachov, president (Russia) * Andrej Kalpakči (Ukraine) * Pavel Koutecký (Czech Republic) * Nosha van der Lely (Netherlands) * David Franca Mendes (Brazil) Official selection awards The following feature films and people received the official selection awards: * Crystal Globe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Barr Cannes
Jean-Marc is a French masculine given name. It may refer to: * Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco (born 1963), Beninese former football player * Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 1950), French politician * Jean-Marc Barr (born 1960), French-American film actor and director * Jean-Marc Berliere, French historian * Jean-Marc Bosman (born 1964), Belgian former footballer * Jean-Marc Bustamante (born 1952), French artist, sculptor and photographer * Jean-Marc Carisse, Canadian photographer * Jean-Marc Chanelet (born 1968), French former football player * Jean-Marc Cerrone (born 1952), French disco drummer and singer-songwriter * Jean-Marc Coicaud, director of the United Nations University Office at the United Nations in New York * Jean-Marc Dalpé (born 1957), Canadian playwright and poet * Jean-Marc Degraeve (born 1971), French chess Grandmaster * Jean Marc Ela (1936–2008), sociologist, diocesan priest, professor and author * Jean-Marc Ferratge (born 1959), French retired footballer * Jean-Marc Ferreri ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Actress Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)
The Best Actress Award is one of main awards of the Feature Film Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become .... It is conferred on the best actress, or the best actresses ex aequo. Best Actress Award References External links The official festival site / History {{Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Czech film awards International film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. It is named after Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, who founded the city. Karlovy Vary is the site of numerous hot springs (13 main springs, about 300 smaller springs, and the warm-water Teplá River), and is the most visited spa town in the Czech Republic. The historic city centre with the spa cultural landscape is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. It is the largest spa complex in Europe. In 2021, the city became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe" because of its spas and architecture from the 18th through 20th centuries. Administrative parts Karlovy Vary is ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Connery
Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Originating the role in '' Dr. No'', Connery played Bond in six of Eon Productions' entries and made his final appearance in '' Never Say Never Again''. Following his third appearance as Bond in '' Goldfinger'' (1964), in June 1965 ''Time'' magazine observed "James Bond has developed into the biggest mass-cult hero of the decade". Connery began acting in smaller theatre and television productions until his breakout role as Bond. Although he did not enjoy the off-screen attention the role gave him, the success of the Bond films brought Connery offers from notable directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Lumet and John Huston. Their films in which Connery appeared included ''Marnie'' (1964), '' The Hill'' (1965), ''Murder on the Orient Express'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlastimil Brodský
Vlastimil Brodský (15 December 1920 – 20 April 2002) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films, and is considered a key figure in the postwar development of Czech cinema. One of his best-known roles was as the title character in '' Jakob der Lügner'' for which won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. He also played the king in the hit children's TV series '' Arabela'' and as Alois Drchlík in '' The Visitors''. His final film role was as a pensioner named Frantisek in '' Autumn Spring''. This role earned him his first and only Czech Lion (a prestigious film award), for best actor. Personal life He was married to Jana Brejchová for 16 years before getting a divorce; together they had a daughter, actress Tereza Brodská. Brodský also had a son, actor Marek Brodský. Brodský committed suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar diso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boorman
Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as ''Point Blank'' (1967), ''Hell in the Pacific'' (1968), ''Deliverance'' (1972), ''Zardoz'' (1974), '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977), ''Excalibur'' (1981), ''The Emerald Forest'' (1985), '' Hope and Glory'' (1987), '' The General'' (1998), ''The Tailor of Panama'' (2001) and '' Queen and Country'' (2014). Boorman has directed 22 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for ''Deliverance'', and ''Hope and Glory''). He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote ''The Emerald Forest''. In 2004, Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In January 2022, Boorman received a knighthood. Early life Boorman was born in Shepperton, Middlesex, England, the son of pub landlord George Boorman and his wife Ivy (née Chapman). George Boorman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Remunda
Filip Remunda (born 1973 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech film director, cinematographer and producer. He is best known for co-directing the 2004 documentary comedy ''Czech Dream'' ( cs, Český sen). Biography Remunda graduated from the documentary film department of the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in 2005, in the masterclass of Karel Vachek. His film, ''Village B.'', was named best documentary film at the 2002 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and at the 2003 FAMU Festival, and received the Don Quixote Award at the 2003 Art Film Trenčianske Teplice festival, as well as several other prizes at festivals in Europe and the United States. During his studies, Remunda also attended a workshop at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem. Together with Vit Klusak he directed the comedy documentary feature ''Czech Dream'', and runs Hypermarket Film Ltd., an independent production company based in Prague. ''Czech Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Walker (director)
Lucy Walker is an English film director. She has directed the documentaries '' Devil's Playground'' (2002), ''Blindsight'' (2006), '' Waste Land'' (2010), ''Countdown to Zero'' (2010), and '' The Crash Reel'' (2013). She has also directed the short films '' The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom'' (2011) and '' The Lion's Mouth Opens'' (2014). Film career Walker's 2014 documentary '' The Lion's Mouth Opens'' focuses on filmmaker-actor Marianna Palka's attempt to discover if she has inherited Huntington's disease, the incurable degenerative disorder that took Palka's father. Nick Higgins worked with Walker as cinematographer for the documentary. Walker premiered ''The Lion's Mouth Opens'' at Sundance on 26 January 2014. Walker was inspired to make the 2013 documentary '' The Crash Reel'' when she met Kevin Pearce (snowboarder) at a retreat organized by David Mayer de Rothschild. '' The Crash Reel'' premiered at Sundance on 19 January 2013 as the Opening Night Gala film. The film ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Playground (2002 Film)
''Devil's Playground'' is a 2002 American documentary film directed by Lucy Walker about the experiences of several Amish youths who decide whether to remain in or leave their community and faith during the period known as ''rumspringa'' ("running around" in Pennsylvania Dutch). The film follows a few Amish teenagers in LaGrange County, Indiana who enter the "English" (non-Amish) world and experience partying, drinking, illegal drugs, and pre-marital sex. Some teens in the film profess that they will eventually become baptized as adults in the Amish community. If they are baptized, then leave the church, they will be shunned by family and friends; one girl recounts her experience of this. Synopsis According to ''Devil's Playground'', at the age of 16, Amish youth are allowed to depart from many of the Amish rules. The young people sample life outside of the Amish community. Many drive cars, wear modern clothes and cut and style their hair in more fashionable styles, get jobs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaoru Ikeya (director)
(born 14 October 1958) is a Japanese film director. He directed the documentary ''The Ants'' (2006). Reception "In the intricate tapestry of World War II, there are still many threads left to be considered. Hidden in the annals, and almost forgotten, is the full record of Japan’s military actions in China. Director Ikeya Kaoru covers this controversial territory from a deeply human perspective, that of 80-year-old veteran Mr. Okumura, who once fought beside fellow Imperial soldiers in China, and who is now confronting the spectre of his war crimes. In a passionate campaign, Okumura joins with fellow veterans to expose the secret military orders that kept his company in China years after Japan had ostensibly surrendered. His macabre journey takes him from Japan’s Yasukuni shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Empire of Japan, Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focus (2001 Film)
''Focus'' is a 2001 American drama film starring William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer and Meat Loaf based on a 1945 novel by playwright Arthur Miller. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was given a limited release on October 19, 2001. Plot In the waning months of World War II, Lawrence Newman is a mild-mannered, gentile man who works as a personnel manager and lives with his mother in Brooklyn. His next-door neighbor, Fred, is friendly to him but is also a member of an antisemitic group called the Union Crusaders, who blame Jews for the war. Neighborhood tensions have also intensified with the arrival of a Jewish storekeeper named Finkelstein. One day, a gentile woman named Gertrude Hart shows up at Lawrence’s workplace to apply for a job, but Lawrence brushes her off on his suspicion that she’s Jewish and his fear of being fired. Lawrence buys a new pair of eyeglasses that people around him say makes him " look Jewish" when he wears them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William H
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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