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Prix Du Public
The Prix du Public UBS is a prize assigned by the audience attending the Locarno Film Festival in Piazza Grande. Winners * 1994: ''Senza pelle'', directed by Alessandro d'Alatri * 1995: ''Smoke'', directed by Wayne Wang * 1996: Microcosmos, directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou * 2000: ''Hollow Man'', directed by Paul Verhoeven * 2001: Lagaan''Lagaan'', directed by Ashutosh Gowariker * 2002: ''Bend it like Beckham'', directed by Gurinder Chadha * 2003: '' Das Wunder von Bern'', directed by Sönke Wortmann * 2004: ''Hacala Hasurit'', directed by Eran Riklis * 2005: ''Zaïna'', Cavalière de l'Atlas, directed by Bourlem Guerdijou * 2006: Das Leben der Anderen, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck * 2007: ''Death at a Funeral'', directed by Frank Oz * 2008: ''Son of Rambow'', directed by Garth Jennings * 2009: ''Giulias Verschwinden'', directed by Christoph Schaub * 2010: '' The Human Resources Manager'', directed by Eran Riklis * 2011: ''Monsieur Lazhar'', di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locarno Festival
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. The Piazza Grande section is held in an open-air venue that seats 8,000 spectators. The top prize of the festival is the Golden Leopard, awarded to the best film in the International Competition. Other awards include the Leopard of Honour for career achievement, and the Prix du Public, the public choice award. History The Festival del film Locarno kicked off on 23 August 1946, at the Grand Hotel of Locarno with the screening of the movie ''O sole mio'' by Giacomo Gentilomo. The first edition was organized in less than three months with a line-up of fifteen movies, mainly American and Italian, among which was ''Rome, Open City'' directed by Roberto Rossellini, ''And Then There Were None'' dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Oz
Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American actor, puppeteer, and filmmaker. He began his career as a puppeteer, performing the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in ''The Muppet Show'', and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in ''Sesame Street''. He also puppeteered and/or provided the voice for Yoda in the ''Star Wars'' series. His work as a director includes '' The Dark Crystal'' (1982), ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984), ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (1988), ''What About Bob?'' (1991), '' In & Out'' (1997), '' Death at a Funeral'' (2007), and an episode of the US television series '' Leverage'' (2011). Early life Oz was born on May 25, 1944, in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; the son of Frances (née Ghevaert; 1910–1989) and Isadore Oznowicz (1916–1998), both of whom were puppeteers. Some of their puppets survived the war and were presented at the Contemporary Jewish M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I, Daniel Blake
''I, Daniel Blake'' is a 2016 drama film written by Paul Laverty and directed by Ken Loach. The film stars Dave Johns as Daniel Blake, a middle-aged man who is denied Employment and Support Allowance despite being declared unfit to work by his doctor. Hayley Squires co-stars as Katie, a struggling single mother whom Daniel befriends. ''I, Daniel Blake'' won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the Prix du public at the 2016 Locarno International Film Festival, and the 2017 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. Plot Daniel Blake, a widowed 59-year-old joiner from Newcastle, has had a heart attack. Though his doctor has not allowed him to return to work, he is deemed fit to do so after a Work Capability Assessment and is denied Employment and Support Allowance. Daniel is frustrated to learn that his doctor was not contacted about this decision and thus applies for an appeal, a process Daniel finds difficult because he must complete forms online and is not compute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Kraume
Lars Kraume (born 24 February 1973) is an Italian-born German film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 35 films since 1996. Biography Born in Abruzzo, Italy, to German parents. Career Kraume has directed numerous television productions, including several episodes of the crime series Tatort and his own crime mini-series ''Dengler''. His feature film '' The People vs. Fritz Bauer'' was nominated for nine German Film Awards, winning in the categories of ''best film, best director, best screenplay, best supporting actor, best costume design'' and ''best production design''. Lars Kraume's next film, '' The Silent Revolution'', is based on the true story about a group of DDR youth whose protest in solidarity with the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 became global news after they were interrogated and denounced by the East German government. It was distributed by StudioCanal in 2018. Kraume has directed some of Germany's most celebrated actors and actresses, including Marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The People Vs
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Archambault
Louise Archambault is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.Adam Nayman"Louise Archambault" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', August 20, 2014. She is best known for her films '' Familia'', which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005, and '' Gabrielle'', which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture in 2014. She has directed numerous short films, including ''Atomic Saké'', ''Lock'', ''Petite Mort'' and ''Kluane''. Her film ''Gabrielle'' was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and won two Canadian Screen Awards at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Picture and Best Actress for star Gabrielle Marion-Rivard. Her third feature film ''And the Birds Rained Down'', an adaptation of Jocelyne Saucier's novel ''Il pleuvait des oiseaux'', was released in 2019. Her fourth film, '' Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout)'', followed later the same year. She is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal Montreal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle (2013 Film)
''Gabrielle'' is a 2013 Canadian drama film directed by Louise Archambault and starring Gabrielle Marion-Rivard as Gabrielle, a young woman with Williams syndrome who participates in a choir of developmentally disabled adults, and begins a romantic relationship with her choirmate Martin (Alexandre Landry). It features a cast from a real choir for people with disabilities, with Marion-Rivard being an actress who actually has Williams syndrome. The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival on 12 August 2013. It garnered six Canadian Screen Awards nominations and won two, including Best Motion Picture. Plot In Montreal, Gabrielle is a 22-year-old woman with Williams syndrome and diabetes, handling her own insulin injections but not living independently. She is a member of The Muses of Montreal, a musical choir for people with disabilities, at the Recreational Centre, and meets a fellow singer named Martin, with whom she develops a relationship. Her sister, Sophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cate Shortland
Cate Shortland (born 10 August 1968) is an Australian screenwriter, film director, television director, and television writer. She received international acclaim for her 2004 romantic drama film ''Somersault'', her 2012 historical drama film ''Lore'', and her 2017 psychological thriller film '' Berlin Syndrome''. She is best known for directing the 2021 superhero film '' Black Widow''. Early life Shortland was born in Temora, New South Wales. She graduated from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, where she received the Southern Star Award for most promising student. Career Shortland has created several award-winning short films: ''Strap on Olympia'' (1995); ''Pentuphouse'' (1998); ''Flower Girl'' (2000); and ''Joy'' (2000). She spent three years directing episodes of the Network Ten television series, ''The Secret Life of Us''. In 2004, Shortland released her debut feature-length film, ''Somersault'' (2004), which was entered in the Un Certain Regard section at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lore (film)
''Lore'' is a 2012 German-language historical drama film directed by Cate Shortland. It is based on the 2001 novel '' The Dark Room'' by Rachel Seiffert. In south-west Germany, during the aftermath of World War II, five destitute siblings must travel to their grandmother's home by the Bay of Husum near Hamburg after their high-level Nazi parents disappear in danger of arrest by Allied occupation authorities. Along the way, they encounter a variety of other Germans, some of whom are helpful while others are antagonistic. Eventually they meet up with a young man presenting himself as Thomas, a young Jewish concentration camp survivor, who joins their group and becomes their unofficial guardian. Plot The return of a Nazi officer father towards the end of World War II upsets a family household in Southern Germany. They pack in a rush, kill the family dog and flee their stately home to hide-out in a secluded cabin in a clearing in the woods in the Black Forest. Lore's mother careful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau (born February 1, 1968 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Early life Falardeau was born and raised in Hull, Quebec. He later studied political science at the University of Ottawa, before travelling around the world for the Quebec competitive television series ''Course Destination Monde'', on which he emerged as the Grand Prize winner. Career 2000–2010: Early work His first feature film, '' The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo)'' (2000) won Best Canadian First Feature at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and received a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards. Falardeau also received the Claude Jutra Award at the Canadian Genies (now called Canadian Screen Awards), in 2001 for this film. For his work on his second film, ''Congorama'' (2006), Falardeau won a Genie Award in 2007 for Best Original Screenplay. 2011: Breakthrough with ''Monsieur Lazhar'' Falardeau receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsieur Lazhar
''Monsieur Lazhar'' is a 2011 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Philippe Falardeau and starring Mohamed Saïd Fellag, Sophie Nélisse and Danielle Proulx. Based on ''Bashir Lazhar'', a one-character play by Évelyne de la Chenelière, it tells the story of an Algerian refugee in Montreal who steps in to teach at an elementary school after the former full-time teacher commits suicide. Falardeau opted to film the story for the Canadian company micro_scope, despite the challenges of adapting a play with only one character. De la Cheneliere advised Falardeau and recommended casting Algerian comedian Fellag. It was filmed in Montreal. After premiering at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and the Variety Piazza Grande Award, it received critical acclaim. The film was subsequently nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, and also won six Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture. Plot In Montreal, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Human Resources Manager
''The Human Resources Manager'' ( he, שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש, translit. ''Shliḥuto shel Ha'Memuneh al Mash'abey Enosh'') is a 2010 Israeli drama film directed by Eran Riklis. It was written by Noah Stollman, based on the 2006 book ''A Woman in Jerusalem'' by A. B. Yehoshua. The film tells the story of a bakery's human-resources manager (unnamed, like most of the film's characters) who reluctantly travels to Eastern Europe to bring the body of a deceased former employee, a recent immigrant to Israel, back to her family, in order to prevent a public-relations disaster for his company. The first half of the film is set in, and was filmed in, Jerusalem, while the second half was filmed in Romania, although the name of the country is never specified in the film. ''The Human Resources Manager'' won five Ophir Awards, for Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Rozina Cambos) and Soundtrack. The film was also selected as the Israe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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