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Tokyo International Film Festival
The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. According to the FIAPF, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals and the second largest film festival in Asia behind the Shanghai International Film Festival, as well as the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF. The awards handed out during the festival have changed throughout its existence, but the Tokyo Grand Prix, handed to the best film, has stayed as the top award. Other awards that have been given regularly include the Special Jury Award and awards for best actor, best actress and best director. In recent years, the festival's main events have been held over one week in late October, at the Roppongi Hills development. Events include open-air screenings, voice-over screenings, and appearances by actors, as well as seminars and symposiums related to the film market. List of festivals and award winners Other awards Best Screenplay Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roppongi Station
is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway. Lines *Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-04) * Toei Oedo Line (E-23) It is also relatively close to Roppongi-itchōme Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (located 800 meters to the northeast), although it is not officially recognized as a transfer station and there is no transfer corridor between the two stations. Station layout The Toei Oedo Line platform 1 is 42 meters underground, making this station the deepest of the Tokyo subway stations. (The Toei Oedo Line platform 2 is 32 meters underground.) Tokyo Metro Two side platforms serving two tracks. Tokyo-Metro Roppongi-STA Roppongi-Intersection-Gate.jpg, Hibiya Line concourse in November 2022 Tokyo-Metro Roppongi-STA Platform2.jpg, Hibiya Line platforms in November 2022 Toei Two side platforms serving two tracks. Platform 1 is located on the 7th basement level, and platform 2 is located on the 5th basement level. Toei-Roppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1985 Film)
''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' () is a 1985 drama film directed by Héctor Babenco from a screenplay by Leonard Schrader, based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Manuel Puig. It stars William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, and Denise Dumont. Set in a Brazilian prison during the military dictatorship, the film centers on a dialogue between two very different cellmates, a hardened leftist revolutionary (Julia) and an apolitical gay man (Hurt). The story utilizes metafictional and film-within-a-film elements, as the latter regales the former with retellings of an old movie, whose themes mirror those of the characters. Independently produced, principal photography occurred in São Paulo between October 1983 and March 1984. ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' premiered on May 13, 1985, at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, where Hurt won the Best Actor award and Babenco was nominated for the Palme d'Or. The film was released in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajko Grlić
Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947) is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia. Biography Rajko Grlić was born in 1947 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia. His father was Danko Grlić, famous Croatian philosopher. Grlić's (Gerlich) family by father's side came to Zagreb from Schwarzwald, Germany in the 19th century, while his mother Eva (née Izrael) is from Jewish family of Sarajevo. He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) at the same time as Emir Kusturica, a Bosnian film director. During the Croatian war of independence Grlić moved to the USA. In 2017, Grlić signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins. Filmography As director * '' Whichever Way the Ball Bounces'' (''Kud puklo da puklo'', 1974) * '' Bravo Maestro'' (''Bravo maest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Summer Of White Roses
''That Summer of White Roses'' () is a 1989 Yugoslav-British film directed by Rajko Grlić. This was the last film to include an appearance by American actress Shania Berryman. Plot In the summer of 1944, in a peaceful resort town in the Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, an easy-going lifeguard takes in a widow of a partisan Partisan(s) or The Partisan(s) may refer to: Military * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line ** Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII ** Ital ... and her young son. Their relationship grows until he unknowingly saves a Nazi officer from drowning. References External links *''That Summer of White Roses''at Filmski-Programi.hr 1989 films English-language Yugoslav films Films directed by Rajko Grlić Films set in Yugoslavia during World War II 1980s English-language films {{Yugoslavia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Montand
Ivo Livi (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a small village in the hills of Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer. Montand's mother Giuseppina Simoni was a devout Catholic. The family left Italy for France in 1923 following fascist Benito Mussolini's rise to power. He grew up in Marseille, where, as a young man, he worked in his sister's beauty salon (Salon de Coiffure), as well as later on the docks. He began a career in show business as a music-hall singer. In 1944, he was discovered by Édith Piaf in Paris; she made him part of her act. Career Montand achieved international recognition as a singer and actor, starring in many films. He is recognised for crooner style songs, with those about Paris becoming instant classics. He was one of the best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Forsyth
William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946) is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films '' Gregory's Girl'' (1981), '' Local Hero'' (1983) and '' Comfort and Joy'' (1984) as well as his adaptation of the Marilynne Robinson novel ''Housekeeping'' (1987). Biography William David Forsyth was born on 29 July 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland. After leaving Knightswood School at the age of 17, he spent eight years making short documentary films, having formed Tree Films with fellow Scotsman Charles Gormley. Forsyth first came to attention with a low-budget film, '' That Sinking Feeling'', made with youth theatre actors and featuring a cameo appearance by the Edinburgh gallery owner Richard Demarco. The relative success of the film was carried to a far higher level by his next film '' Gregory's Girl'' in 1981. This featured some of the same young actors, in particular John Gordon Sinclair, as well as the acting debut of Clare Grogan. The film was a major hit and won Best S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housekeeping (film)
''Housekeeping'' is a 1987 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, and Andrea Burchill. Based on Marilynne Robinson's 1980 novel ''Housekeeping'', it is about two young sisters growing up in Idaho in the 1950s. After being abandoned by their mother and raised by elderly relatives, the sisters are looked after by their eccentric aunt whose unconventional and unpredictable ways affect their lives. The film explores themes of family, belonging, and the conflict between individuality and conformity in a small, judgmental community. It was filmed on location in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It won two awards at the 1987 Tokyo International Film Festival. Plot The film Housekeeping follows two sisters, Ruth and Lucille, who are left in the care of various relatives in the remote town of Fingerbone after being abandoned by their mother. Following their mother's death, the sisters are eventually taken in by their Aunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Umbrella Woman
''The Umbrella Woman'' (released in some areas as ''The Good Wife'') is a 1987 Australian film directed by Ken Cameron and starring Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward. It also features Steven Vidler (actor), Steven Vidler and Sam Neill. Premise The film tells the story of a man and his wife, whose marriage is complicated by a relationship between the man's brother and his wife and his wife's attraction to the manager of the local bar. The setting is Great Depression in Australia, pre-war Australia. Cast * Rachel Ward as Marge Hills * Bryan Brown as Sonny Hills * Steven Vidler (actor), Steven Vidler as Sugar Hills * Sam Neill as Neville Gifford * Jennifer Claire as Daisy * Bruce Barry (actor), Bruce Barry as Archie * Peter Cummins as Ned Hopper * Carole Skinner as Mrs. Gibson * Clarissa Kaye as Mrs. Jackson * Barry Hill as Mr. Fielding * Susan Lyons as Mrs. Fielding * Helen Jones as Rosie Gibbs * Lisa Hensley (actress), Lisa Hensley as Sylvia * May Howlett as Mrs. Carmicheal * Maureen Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Ward
Rachel Claire Ward (born 12 September 1957) is an English-Australian actress,"Rachel Ward asks 'Aren’t we good enough? by Raymond Gill, dailyreview.com.au, 8 December 2016 , and . Early life Ward was born in Oxfordshire near Chipping Norton, |
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou (; born 14 November 1950) is a Chinese filmmaker.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retrieved 21 August 2008. A leading figure of China's Cinema of China#Rise of the fifth generation, Fifth Generation directors, he made his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut in 1988 with ''Red Sorghum (film), Red Sorghum,'' which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with three Academy Awards nominations for Best Foreign Language Film for ''Ju Dou'' in 1990, ''Raise the Red Lantern'' in 1991, and ''Hero (2002 film), Hero'' in 2003; a Silver Lion, two Golden Lion prizes and the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice Film Festival; Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Jury Prize, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Vulcan Award, Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lana Gogoberidze
Lana Gogoberidze ( ka, ლანა ღოღობერიძე) (born 13 October 1928 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian film director, as well as a former diplomat and member of parliament. Biography Gogoberidze's mother was Nutsa Gogoberidze, another notable female Georgian director. Her father, Levan Gogoberidze, was murdered as a part of the Great Purge in 1937, while her mother was sent to a prison camp for twelve years. Because of the situation with her parents, Gogoberidze was first sent to an orphanage and later taken in by her aunts. She also wanted to become a director, but the relevant education was not accessible to her because both her parents were being politically persecuted. She instead studied English and American literature, including the work of Walt Whitman, at Tbilisi State University. Following the death of Stalin, she could go on to study at the Department of Film-making of Moscow State University, from which she graduated in 1958. Gogoberidze headed the Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Tianming
Wu Tianming (; December 5, 1939 – March 4, 2014) was a Chinese film director and producer who was considered one of the leading "Fourth Generation" directors. Biography Wu was born in Sanyuan County, Shaanxi Province, China on December 5, 1939. In 1960, aged twenty, he was accepted into a training class for film acting run by the Xi’an Film Studio. There were sixteen state-run studios in China at that time, and this was the closest to his home in Sanyuan, Shaanxi Province. He was put on the studio's payroll and had some bit-parts in the studio's productions of the early 1960s. In 1966, Mao's Cultural Revolution stopped productions in the studios. In 1974–1976, the last three years of the Cultural Revolution, Wu studied at the partly re-opened Beijing Film Academy, majoring in Film Directing. In 1982, Wu co-directed two features at Xi’an with his friend Teng Wenji. Afterwards Wu made his debut as a solo director with '' River Without Buoys'', whose commercial succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
