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Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1980) is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Her film '' Le pupille'' was nominated for Oscar in 2023 in short film categories. Early life Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, in Tuscany, to an Italian mother and German father. She spent her youth in the village of Castel Giorgio, where her mother was born and her father Reinhard worked as a beekeeper. She is the sister of the Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher. She studied literature and philosophy at the University of Turin, then specialized in screenwriting at the Holden School in Turin. Career Her first experience in filmmaking was in 2006, when directing a part of the Italian documentary ''Checosamanca''. In 2011, she directed her first feature film, ''Heavenly Body'', which premiered at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Her second feature film, '' The Wonders'', won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Also in 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiesole
Fiesole () is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a scenic height above Florence, 5 km (3 miles) northeast of that city. It has structures dating to Etruscan and Roman times. Since the fourteenth century, the city has always been considered a getaway for members of the upper class of Florence and, up to this day, Fiesole remains noted for its very expensive residential properties, just as well as its centuries-old villas and their formal gardens. The city is generally considered to be the wealthiest and most affluent suburb of Florence. In 2016, the city had the highest median family income in the whole of Tuscany. Fiesole is a centre of higher education. The campus of the European University Institute is situated in the suburb and uses several historical buildings including the Badia Faesolina and the Villa Schifanoia. Additionally, the American universities, Harvard, Georgetown, and Saint Mary's of Minnesota a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Screenplay Award (french: Prix du scénario) is an award presented by the Jury to the best screenwriter for their work on a film of the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was first awarded in 1949. Winners See also * Silver Bear for Best Screenplay The Silver Bear for Best Screenplay (german: Silberner Bär/Bestes Drehbuch) is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in Screenwriting. Winners See also * Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay The Best Screen ... Notes :A: This year the award received the name ''Prix du scénario original'' (Original Screenplay Award). :B: This year the award received the name ''Prix du scénario et des dialogues au Festival International du Film'' (Screenplay and Dialogues Award). :C: This year the award received the name ''Prix du meilleur scénario original'' (Best Original Screenplay Award). External links Cannes Film Festival Official WebsiteCannes Film Festival at IMDB. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich Film Festival
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna. The city was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF; ar, مهرجان أبو ظبي السينمائي), formerly the Middle East International Film Festival, was an international film festival held in the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 2015. History The Middle East International Film Festival debuted in 2007 with 152 movies and 186 screenings shown in five Abu Dhabi venues. It was established with the support of H.E. Mohammed Khalaf AL Mazroui as General Director of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH), and Nashwa Al Ruwaini as executive director. In 2008, Lebanese filmmaker Imad DeirAtany joined the team of more than 200 staff members. In 2010, ADACH developed the festival's brand and changed its name from MEIFF to Abu Dhabi Film Festival. With a new branding scheme, the 2010 ADFF made an effort to distinguish itself from the many other festivals in the Persian Gulf region. In 2011, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival launched the SANAD development and post- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello For Best New Director
The David di Donatello Award for Best New Director (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior regista esordiente'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding feature-film directorial debut of a film director who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was first handled out in 1982. Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all members of the Accademia. Winners and nominees Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director * Cinema of Italy The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caméra D'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...). The prize, created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, is awarded during the Festival's Closing Ceremony by an independent jury. Cannes Festival Official Site Criteria The rules define ''first film'' as "the first feature film for theatrical screening (whatever the format; fiction, documentary or animation) of 60 minutes or more in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nastro D'Argento For Best New Director
The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics. Thi is the list of the Nastro d'Argento Awards for the Best New Director, assigned since 1974. Four of the winners of this award have subsequently also received the Nastro d'Argento Award for the Best Director: Maurizio Nichetti, Giuseppe Tornatore, Paolo Virzì and Paolo Sorrentino. 1970s *1974 - Marco Leto - '' La villeggiatura'' *1975 - Luigi Di Gianni - '' Il tempo dell'inizio'' *1976 - Ennio Lorenzini - ''Quanto è bello lu murire acciso'' *1977 - Giorgio Ferrara - '' Un cuore simplice'' *1978 - Sergio Nuti - '' Non contate su di noi'' *1979 - Salvatore Nocita - '' Ligabue'' 1980s *1980 - Maurizio Nichetti - ''Ratataplan'' *1981 - Massimo Troisi - '' Ricomincio da tre'' *1982 - Alessandro Benvenuti - '' Ad ovest di Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Göteborg Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival (GFF), formerly Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF), known in English as the Gothenburg Film Festival, formerly Gothenburg International Film Festival, is an annual film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden and the largest film event in Scandinavia. When it was launched in 1979 it showed 17 films on 3 screens and had 3,000 visitors. Today, the film festival takes place over 10 days each year at the end of January and beginning of February. In later years around 450 films from 60 countries are screened for 115,000 visitors. The film festival is also an important market place for the contractors in the movie industry. Awards the following prizes were awarded: Dragon Awards *Dragon Award Best Nordic Film (Nordiska filmpriset) *Dragon Award Best Acting (since 2019) *Audience Dragon Award Best Nordic Film – (Nordiska Filmpriset – Publikens val) *Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary (since 2013) *Dragon Award Best International Film * Honorary Dragon A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the black comedy ''Barking Dogs Never Bite'' (2000), before achieving both critical and commercial success with his subsequent films: the crime thriller ''Memories of Murder'' (2003), the monster film '' The Host'' (2006), the science fiction action film ''Snowpiercer'' (2013), and the black comedy thriller ''Parasite'' (2019), all of which are among the highest-grossing films in South Korea, with ''Parasite'' also being the highest-grossing South Korean film in history. All of Bong's films have been South Korean productions, although both ''Snowpiercer'' and ''Okja'' (2017) are mostly in the English language. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Cannes Film Festival
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became the first Korean director to win the award. American film director Jim Jarmusch's ensemble zombie comedy film '' The Dead Don't Die'' served as the opening film of the festival. The festival honoured French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who died in March 2019, featuring her on the official poster of the festival. The photograph used was taken during the filming of her debut film ''La Pointe Courte'' (1955), which later screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Juries Main competition *Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, Jury President *Enki Bilal, French author, artist and director *Robin Campillo, French director * Maimouna N'Diaye, Senegalese actress *Elle Fanning, American actress *Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek director *Paweł Paw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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