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75th Locarno Film Festival
The 75th annual Locarno Festival opened on 3 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland with film ''Bullet Train'' by David Leitch. The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres. It hosted retrospective screenings of Douglas Sirk’s films in its Retrospettiva section. The festival closed on 13 August with the Swiss-German documentary film ''Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth'' (''Alles über Martin Suter. Ausser die Wahrheit.'') by André Schäfer. ''Rule 34'' by Julia Murat was awarded the Golden Leopard and ''The Adventures of Gigi the Law'' by Alessandro Comodin Special Jury Prize. On the last day of the festival the Variety Piazza Grande Award went to French film ''Annie Colère'' by Blandine Lenoir, and the Prix du Public UBS, to Swiss-Belgian film ''Last Dance'' by Delphine Lehericey. 128,500 audience watched the screenings during the eleven day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullet Train (film)
''Bullet Train'' is a 2022 American action comedy film starring Brad Pitt as a thief who must battle killers while riding a bullet train. The film is directed by David Leitch from a screenplay by Zak Olkewicz, and produced by Antoine Fuqua, who initially conceived the film. It is based on the 2010 novel '' Maria Beetle'' (titled ''Bullet Train'' in its UK and US edition), written by Kōtarō Isaka and translated by Sam Malissa, the second novel in Isaka's ''Hitman'' trilogy, of which the first novel was previously adapted as the 2015 Japanese film ''Grasshopper''. The film also features an ensemble supporting cast including Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Bad Bunny, and Sandra Bullock. Principal photography began in Los Angeles in November 2020 and wrapped in March 2021. ''Bullet Train'' premiered in Paris on July 18, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 5, 2022, by Sony Pictures R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annick Mahnert
Annick Mahnert (born 1975, Geneva) is a film festival curator and film producer. She is the director of programming at ''Fantastic Fest'', programs the ''Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival'', and has been named executive director of the Canadian genre industry platform ''Frontières''. Life and work Annick Mahnert studied film production at the NYFA and worked as a production assistant at Roger Corman's ''Concorde-New Horizons''. Back in her native Switzerland, she went on to work in distribution and programming at ''20th Century Fox'', ''Warner Bros.'', ''Pathé Cinémas'', and ''Frenetic Films''. She worked at ''Maximage Filmproduktion'' as a production assistant. In 2012 she moved to Paris to join ''Celluloid Dreams'', handling sales and acquisitions. Since 2013, she is working as a freelance producer, acquisitions consultant, and festival programmer and was hired in November 2013 as Foreign Representative for the Market & Festivals department at ''Swiss Films'', the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imitation Of Life (1959 Film)
''Imitation of Life'' is a 1959 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal International. It was Sirk's final Hollywood film and dealt with issues of race, class and gender. ''Imitation of Life'' is the second film adaptation of Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name; the first, directed by John M. Stahl, was released in 1934. The film's top-billed stars are Lana Turner and John Gavin, and the cast also features Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda and Juanita Moore. Kohner and Moore received Academy Award nominations for their performances. Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson appears as a church choir soloist. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected ''Imitation of Life'' for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The original 1934 version of ''Imitation of Life'' was added to the National Film Registry in 2005. Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Anderson
Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and sculpting,Amirkhanian, Charles"Women in Electronic Music – 1977" Liner note essay. New World Records. Anderson pursued a variety of performance art projects in New York City, New York during the 1970s, focusing particularly on language, technology, and visual imagery. She became more widely known outside the art world when her single "O Superman" reached number two on the UK singles chart in 1981. Her debut album ''Big Science (Laurie Anderson album), Big Science'' was released the following year. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film ''Home of the Brave (1986 film), Home of the Brave''. Anderson is a pioneer in electronic music and has invented several devices that she has used in her recordings and performance art sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Of The Brave (1986 Film)
''Home of the Brave'' is a 1986 American concert film directed by, and featuring the music of, Laurie Anderson. The film's full on-screen title is ''Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson''. The performances were filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, NJ, during the summer of 1985. Background The film included appearances by guitarist Adrian Belew, author William S. Burroughs, keyboardist Joy Askew, and percussionist David Van Tieghem. Barry Sonnenfeld, who was early in his movie-making career, receives an early film credit for operating second projection camera on this film. The film was released by Cinecom Pictures, but it was commercially unsuccessful. A soundtrack album, which contained studio versions of some songs from the film, and live versions of others, was released concurrently with the film (see ''Home of the Brave'' LP). The film was briefly available on VHS and Laserdisc in the early 1990s from Warner Reprise Video. In 2007, Anderson announced on her of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and social themes, such as the political thriller '' Z'' (1969), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and ''Missing'' (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in English. His film ''Z'' was the first film, and one of the few, to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. Early life Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleeping Car Murders
''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (also known as ''The Sleeping Car Murder'', French title: ''Compartiment tueurs'') is a 1965 French mystery film directed by Costa-Gavras from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. It stars Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner and Pascale Roberts. This film was the first movie for Costa-Gavras, to be followed later by other, more politically-oriented work. Plot The film begins with a young woman, Bambi (Catherine Allégret), boarding a train from Avignon to Paris. Also on her compartment are her fellow passengers, René Cabourg (Michel Piccoli), Georgette Thomas (Pascale Roberts), Rivolani (Paul Pavel), and famed actress Éliane Darrès (Allégret’s real-life mother Simone Signoret). She also meets Daniel (Jacques Perrin), a stowaway en route to Paris. After helping him avoid the ticket inspector, she allows him to sleep in an empty compartment above hers. Upon reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ETH Zurich
(colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , academic_staff = 6,612 (including doctoral students, excluding 527 professors of all ranks, 34% female, 65% foreign nationals) (full-time equivalents 2021) , administrative_staff = 3,106 (40% female, 19% foreign nationals, full-time equivalents 2021) , students = 24,534 (headcount 2021, 33.3% female, 37% foreign nationals) , undergrad = 10,642 , postgrad = 8,299 , doctoral = 4,460 , other = 1,133 , address = Rämistrasse 101CH-8092 ZürichSwitzerland , city = Zürich , coor = , campus = Urban , language = German, English (Masters and upwards, sometimes Bachelor) , affiliations = CESAER, EUA, GlobalTech, IARU, IDEA League, UNITECH , website ethz.ch, colors = Black and White , logo = ETH Zürich Logo black.svg ETH Züric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia I
Sonia, Sonja or Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom, may refer to: People * Sonia (name), a feminine given name (lists people named, Sonia, Sonja and Sonya) :* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films :* Sonia (singer), British pop star Sonia Evans :* Sonia, pen name of Ottavia Vitagliano (1894–1975), an Italian writer :* Sonia, code-name of Ursula Kuczynski, also known as Beurton, a spy for the USSR :*Queen Sonja of Norway :*Sonia Ben Ammar, French fashion model, actress and singer known mononymously as SONIA * Sonia people, an ethnic group on the Great Papuan Plateau of Papua New Guinea Other * Sonia, the allied code name for the Mitsubishi Ki-51, Japanese WW2 era bomber * SONIA Sonia, Sonja or Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom, may refer to: People * Sonia (name), a feminine given name (lists people named, Sonia, Sonja and Sonya) :* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films :* Sonia ..., Sterlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahram Mokri
Shahram Mokri ( fa, شهرام مکری)(born 1978) is an Iranian filmmaker. He graduated from Soore University. Mokri started his filmmaking training in the Young Cinema Association and entered the professional world of cinema with his short film "Dragonfly Storm" (2002). Career Mokri received three Crystal Simorghs from the Fajr Film Festival for short films. He holds the record for receiving Crystal Simorghs in this category. In addition to filmmaking, Shahram Mokri has worked as a film Teacher at the Sooreh University of Tehran, the University of Arts, as well as Karnameh Film School, and the Bamdad Film School. Mokri won the Venice Film Festival's Horizons Award in 2013 for "Creative Content" for his film Fish and Cat.Venice International Film Festival also won a silver Hugo medal at the Chicago Film Festival in the main section for Careless crime. and the Venice Critics' Best Screenplay Award for the same film is among his other awards. Shahram Mokri is a founding member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boo Junfeng
Boo Junfeng (Chinese: 巫俊锋; pinyin: wū jùn fēng; born 4 December 1983) is a Singaporean filmmaker. Boo's films, Sandcastle (2010) and Apprentice (2016) have been screen at the Cannes Film Festival, beginning with his debut, Sandcastle, which was an International Critics' Week nominee. Background Boo is an ethnic Hokkien. He graduated from the School of Film & Media Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2003, and from the Puttnam School of Film, LASALLE College of the Arts, in 2009, where he was accorded the McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts – the valedictorian honour of the college. His films, many of which show a preoccupation with places and historical and personal memory, have won prizes and acclaim and have been shown in film festivals around the world. Boo's debut feature film ''Sandcastle'' (2010) was the first Singaporean film to be invited to the International Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival. Notable short films include ''Un Retrato De Familia'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Fasano
Walter Fasano (born 10 April 1970) is an Italian film editor. Best known for his collaborations with director Luca Guadagnino, he rose to prominence for his work on the universally-acclaimed film ''Call Me by Your Name'' (2017), for which he received many awards and nominations. Filmography Feature films * ''Cambio di mano'' (1996) * ''Romantico'' (1997) * '' Blood Is Not Fresh Water'' (1997; documentary) * ''Sorrisi asmatici, parte terza'' (1997) * ''Satelliti'' (1997) * '' The Protagonists'' (1999) – also first assistant director * ''16 45'' (1999) * ''Vai bello'' (1999) * ''A Deadly Compromise'' (2000) * ''Santa Maradona'' (2001) * ''500!'' (2001) * ''Giorni'' (2001) * ''Dérive Gallizio'' (2001; documentary) * ''Mundo civilizado'' (2003; documentary) * ''Past Perfect'' (2003) * '' Now or Never'' (2003) * '' The Card Player'' (2004) * '' Roundtrip'' (2004) * '' Melissa P.'' (2005) * ''4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo'' (2006) * ''The Mother of Tears'' (2007) – also scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
