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L'Œil D'or
''L'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire'' — Cannes (, "The Golden Eye, The Documentary Prize — Cannes") is a documentary film award created in 2015. It is awarded to the best documentary presented in one of the sections of the Cannes Film Festival (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight, International Critics' Week and Cannes Classics). Initiated by the Civil Society of Multimedia Authors (SCAM - Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia) and its President Julie Bertuccelli, the prize is awarded in partnership with the Institut national de l'audiovisuel and with the support of Cannes Film Festival and its General Delegate Thierry Frémaux. Since 2017, the Audiens Cultural Personal Joint Group has also been a partner. The prize, which consists of €5,000, is presented to the director of the winning film at an official ceremony in Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institut National De L'audiovisuel
The (abbrev. INA), () is a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives. Additionally it provides free access to archives of countries such as Afghanistan and Cambodia. It has its headquarters in Bry-sur-Marne. Since 2006, it has allowed free online consultation on a website called ina.fr with a search tool indexing 100,000 archives of historical programs, for a total of 20,000 hours. Recordings In the 1980s, it issued a large number of recordings on the label France's Concert Records. In the 1990s it launched its own label INA mémoire as the historical recording label of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel, and of the archives of Radio France.''Fanfare'' vol. 18 No.5 1995 "Renaud Machart.. and the director of the label "" produced by the (distributed in the US by Qualiton.) It was in this last capacity that he was now talking to me. "The decision to launch Memoire Vive." History The was founded in 1975 by a law of 1974 with the purpose of cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Her films focused on achieving documentary realism, addressing women's issues, and other social commentary, with a distinctive experimental style. Varda's work employed location shooting in an era when the limitations of sound technology made it easier and more common to film indoors, with constructed sets and painted backdrops of landscapes, rather than outdoors, on location. Her use of non-professional actors was also unconventional for 1950s French cinema. Varda's feature film debut was ''La Pointe Courte'' (1955), followed by ''Cléo from 5 to 7'' (1962), one of her most notable narrative films, ''Vagabond'' (1985), and ''Kung Fu Master'' (1988). Varda was also known for her work as a documentarian wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Cannes Film Festival
The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is an upcoming film festival scheduled to take place from 17 to 28 May 2022. The festival will see a tribute to actor Tom Cruise, whose film '' Top Gun: Maverick'' is due to premiere at the festival. The official poster for the festival was designed as an homage to ''The Truman Show'' (1998). Juries The following juries were named for the festival. Main competition * Vincent Lindon, French actor, Jury President * Asghar Farhadi, Iranian director, screenwriter and producer * Rebecca Hall, English-American actress, producer, director and screenwriter * Ladj Ly, French director, screenwriter, actor and producer * Jeff Nichols, American director and screenwriter * Deepika Padukone, Indian actress * Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress * Joachim Trier, Norwegian director and screenwriter * Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress and director Un Certain Regard * Valeria Golino, Italian actress, director and producer, Jury President * Benjamin Biolay, French si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payal Kapadia (filmmaker)
Payal Kapadia is an Indian filmmaker. She is best known for having won the Golden Eye award for best documentary film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival for her film '' A Night of Knowing Nothing''. In 2017, her film ''Afternoon Clouds'' was the only Indian film that was selected for the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Biography Born in Mumbai, Kapadia went to Rishi Valley School in Andhra Pradesh. She got a Bachelor's degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous higher education institution run by the Bombay Province of the Society of Jesus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by the Jesuits on January 2, 1869. The college is aff .... She did a one-year Master's degree from Sophia college. She then went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, where she was selected on her second attempt. Filmography *''Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost'' *''The Last Mango Bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Night Of Knowing Nothing
''A Night of Knowing Nothing'' is a documentary film, directed by Payal Kapadia and released in 2021. An exploration of university student life in India, the film centres on letters written by L., a student at the Film and Television Institute of India, to her estranged boyfriend after they are separated when he is forced to quit film school and denied permission from his family to continue dating L. because she is not of the same caste. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight stream at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the L'Œil d'or award for Best Documentary Film. It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was one of the winners of the Amplify Voices Award.Steve Pond"‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award" ''TheWrap'', 18 September 2021. The film has been acquired for commercial distribution by Square Eyes. Release ''A Night of Knowing Nothing'' premiered in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Cannes Film Festival
The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 6 to 17 July 2021, after having been originally scheduled from 11 to 22 May 2021. American director Spike Lee was invited to be the head of the jury for the festival for a second time, after the COVID-19 pandemic in France scuttled plans to have him head the jury of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. The Official Selection was announced on 3 June 2021. French film director Leos Carax's musical film ''Annette'' was the opening film of the festival. Arthur Harrari's '' Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle'' opened the Un Certain Regard section. The Honorary Palme d'Or was awarded to American actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster, and Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio. The Palme d'Or went to ''Titane'', directed by Julia Ducournau, who became the second female director to win the award and the first to win not jointly with another director (in 1993 Jane Campion had won jointly with Chen Kaige). At the awards ceremony on 17 July 2021, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director. He is most known for his films ''The Battle of Chile'' (1975-1979) and ''Salvador Allende'' (2004). Career Guzmán also teaches documentary film classes in Europe and Latin America, and is the founder and director of the International Documentary Festival of Santiago (FIDOCS). He lives in France. His 1983 film ''The Compass Rose'' was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2015 film ''The Pearl Button'' screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. He received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for his 2010 film ''Nostalgia for the Light''. Filmography * '' La Tortura y otras formas de diálogo'' (1968) * '' El Paraíso ortopédico'' (1969) * '' Primer año'' (1971) * ''La Respuesta de octubre'' (1972) * '' La Batalla de Chile: La insurrección de la burguesía'' (1975) * '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cordillera Of Dreams
''The Cordillera of Dreams'' ( es, La cordillera de los sueños / french: La Cordillère des songes) is a 2019 Chilean-French documentary film directed by Patricio Guzmán. It is considered the third installment in a trilogy of films by Guzmán about his native country, Chile, alongside ''Nostalgia for the Light'' (2010) and '' The Pearl Button'' (2015). The film was nominated for Best Documentary Film at the 45th César Awards, being the second nomination for Guzmán in this category after ''The Pearl Button'' in 2016. The film was selected as the Chilean entry for Best Iberoamerican Film at the 36th Goya Awards, later receiving the nomination. Release The film premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in the Special screenings section. At the festival, the film shared the L'Œil d'or award with ''For Sama''. Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10. On Metacritic, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Watts (director)
Edward Watts is an English filmmaker who is known for making documentaries and narrative-focused films. He has created films in conjunction with UK television network Channel 4 and ITN Productions. He is known for films including ''For Sama'' (2019), ''Escape From ISIS'' (2015) and ''The Mega Brothel'' (2015). He is the recipient of a number of awards including the Cannes Film Festival L'Œil d'or and the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, both for ''For Sama''. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the same film. TV commissions His 2015 film ''Escape From ISIS'' was commissioned by Channel 4 as part of their long-running current affairs documentary programme '' Dispatches''. The film told the story of the treatment of women living under the Islamic State. His film ''The Mega Brothel'' was also shown by Channel 4 in the same year, examining Germany's legalised sex worker industry. Awards ''Escape From ISIS'' won the 2016 International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waad Al-Kateab
Waad Al-Kateab ( ar, وعد الخطيب; born ) is the pseudonym of a Syrian journalist, filmmaker, and activist. Her documentary, ''For Sama'' (2019), was nominated for four BAFTAs at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, winning for Best Documentary, and was also nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards. Her coverage of the Battle for Aleppo won an International Emmy Award for Current Affairs & News for ''Channel 4 News''. The pseudonymous surname Al-Kateab is used to protect her family. Al-Kateab was included in ''Time''s 100 Most Influential People in 2020. Biography In 2009, 18-year-old Al-Kateab moved to Aleppo to study marketing at the University of Aleppo. In 2011, when the Syrian Civil War broke out, she started her journey as a citizen journalist and her reports on the war were broadcast on Channel 4 News in the United Kingdom, which became the most watched program of the UK News Channels She elected to stay and document her life over f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Sama
''For Sama'' () is a 2019 documentary film produced and narrated by Waad Al-Kateab, and directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. The film focuses on Waad Al-Kateab's journey as a journalist and rebel in the Syrian uprising. Her husband is Hamza Al-Kateab, one of the few doctors left in Aleppo, and they raise their daughter Sama Al-Kateab during the Syrian Civil War. The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest festival on March 11, 2019, where it won the Documentary Feature Competition's Grand Jury and Audience Awards. ''For Sama'' made history when it was nominated in four categories in the BAFTA awards, making it the most nominated documentary ever. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards. Premise The film shows Waad al-Kateab's life through five years in Aleppo, Syria before and during The Battle of Aleppo. An 18-year-old economics student at the University of Aleppo when the uprising began in ... [...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] |
