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Toronto International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prizes
The Toronto International Film Festival International Critics' Prizes, currently known as the FIPRESCI Prizes, are film awards presented by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) to films screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. History First presented in 1982 as the CFTO International Critics' Prize,Jay Scott, "Ending on a negative note: Censor board accused of 'attempting to destroy festival'". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 20, 1982. the award was voted by all media attending the festival, and could be presented annually to one film, two films or one film with an honorable mention. In 1992, FIPRESCI launched an award at the festival to honour the best film by a first-time director, as selected by an appointed jury of eight international film critics, while the original International Critics' Prize was renamed the Metro Media Award, and continued to be voted on by all accredited media who were not on the FIPRESCI jury.Christopher Harris, "Enough fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation Of Film Critics
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in Brussels, Belgium. At present it has members in more than 50 countries worldwide. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIPRESCI announced that it will not participate in festivals and other events organized by the Russian government and its offices, and canceled a colloquium in St. Petersburg, that was to make it familiar with new Russian films. FIPRESCI Award The FIPRESCI often gives out awards during film festivals (such as at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My American Cousin
''My American Cousin'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1985. Written and directed by Sandy Wilson based on her own childhood, the film stars Margaret Langrick as Sandy Wilcox, a preteen girl growing up on a ranch in rural Penticton, British Columbia in the late 1950s. Sandy's longing to be treated as an adult is roused even further when her older American cousin Butch Walker (John Wildman) comes for a visit. The cast also includes Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee, Babz Chula and Camille Henderson. A 2006 On Screen! documentary about the film featured interviews with director Sandy Wilson and leading actress Margaret Langrick. The sequel to this film, ''American Boyfriends'', was released in 1989. Awards ''My American Cousin'' won six awards at the 7th Genie Awards The 7th Genie Awards were held March 20, 1986, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to honour achievements in Canadian film in 1985. The ceremony was co-hosted by Leslie Nielsen and Catherine Mary Stewart."Genie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Davies
Terence Davies (born 10 November 1945) is an English screenwriter, film director, and novelist, seen by many critics as one of the greatest British filmmakers of his times. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' (1988), '' The Long Day Closes'' (1992) and the collage film, ''Of Time and the City'' (2008), as well as literature adaptations, such as ''The House of Mirth'' (2000). Early years Davies was born in Kensington, Liverpool, Merseyside, the youngest of ten children of working-class Catholic parents. Though he was raised Catholic by his deeply religious mother, at the age of 22 he rejected religion and considered himself an atheist. Davies' father, whom Terence remembers as "psychotic", died of cancer when Davies was seven years old. From then until he entered boarding school at the age of 11, he remembers as the four happiest years of his life. Career After leaving school at sixteen, Davies worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distant Voices, Still Lives
''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' is a 1988 British period drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It evokes working-class family life in Liverpool during the 1940s and early 1950s, paying particular attention to the role of popular music, Hollywood cinema, light entertainment and the public house within this tight-knit community. The film is made up of two separate films, shot two years apart, but with the same cast and crew. The first section, 'Distant Voices', chronicles the early life of a working-class Catholic family living under a thoroughly psychotic, abusive, violent and mostly hateful father. The second section, 'Still Lives', sees the children grown up and emerging into a brighter 1950s Britain, only a few years from rock and roll and The Beatles, yet somehow still a lifetime away. The film won the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. In 2007 the British Film Institute re-printed and distributed the film across some of Britain's most high-profi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Toronto International Film Festival
The 13th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 8 and September 17, 1988. ''Midnight Madness'' programme was introduced at the festival. The festival screened more than 300 films from all over the world. ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' by Pedro Almodóvar won the ''People's Choice Award'' at the festival, which later nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at Academy Awards, Academy Award. ''Dead Ringers (film), Dead Ringers'' by David Cronenberg was selected as the opening film. Awards Programme Gala Presentation *''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' by Pedro Almodóvar *''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' by Terence Davies *''A Short Film About Killing'' by Krzysztof Kieślowski *''Chocolat (1988 film), Chocolat'' by Claire Denis *''The Last of England (film), The Last of England'' by Derek Jarman *''Earth Girls Are Easy'' by Julien Temple *''Track 29' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Jean-Claude Lauzon (September 29, 1953 – August 10, 1997) was a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. Born to a working class family in Montreal, Quebec, Lauzon dropped out of high school and worked various jobs before studying film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His two feature-length films, ''Night Zoo'' (1987) and ''Léolo'' (1992), established him as one of the most important Canadian directors of his generation. American film critic Roger Ebert wrote that "Lauzon is so motivated by his resentments and desires that everything he creates is pressed into the cause and filled with passion." His film ''Léolo'' is widely considered to be one of the best Canadian films of all time. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, and was included on ''Time'''s list of the 100 greatest films that were released between March 3, 1923—when the first issue of ''Time'' was published—and early 2005, when the list was compiled. Lauzon's career was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Zoo
''Night Zoo'' (french: Un Zoo la nuit) is a 1987 Canadian film. It is directed and written by Jean-Claude Lauzon. It made its debut at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also the most successful film in the history of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's film awards program, winning a record 13 Genie Awards in every single category where it was nominated. The film garnered 14 nominations overall; the film's only nomination that failed to translate into a win was Gilles Maheu's nod for Best Actor, as he lost to the film's other Best Actor nominee, Roger Lebel. Plot Marcel (Gilles Maheu) is released from prison, hoping to reconcile with his dying father, Albert (Lebel). Marcel is also harassed by a corrupt gay cop. Marcel returns to his father who reveals that he has money and drugs stashed away for him. Marcel and his gay f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Toronto International Film Festival
The 12th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 10 and September 19, 1987. ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'' by Patricia Rozema was selected as the opening film. ''The Princess Bride'' by Rob Reiner won the ''People's Choice Award'' at the festival. André the Giant, one of the stars of the film, sat on a girth constructed especially for him during the premiere of the film at the festival. Awards Programme Galas *''Aria'' — Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple *''Boyfriends and Girlfriends (L'Ami de mon amie)'' — Eric Rohmer *'' Dark Eyes'' — Nikita Mikhalkov *''The Glass Menagerie'' — Paul Newman *''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'' — Patricia Rozema *''Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)'' — Jean-Claude Lauzon *''Orphans'' — Alan J. Pakula *''The Princess Bride'' — Rob Reiner *''Sammy and Rosi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and Canada's oldest daily newspaper still in publication. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire, pour la ville et district de Montréal'' on June 3, 1778. It was the first entirely French-language newspaper i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliseo Subiela film festivals, among others.
Eliseo Alberto Subiela (December 27, 1944 – December 25, 2016) was an Argentine film director and writer. His works are considered to be in the ' magic realism' genre. Subiela was the father of actress, Guadalupe Subiela (who acted in her father's film, ''Pequeños Milagros''). He has won and been nominated for awards at the Toronto, Montreal, Berlin, Istanbul and Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. Writer/Director *''The Long Silence / Un largo silencio'' (1963) *''Sobre todas estas estrellas'' (1965) *''Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberación'' (1969) *''The Conquest of Paradise / La conquista del paraíso'' (1981) *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Facing Southeast
''Man Facing Southeast'' ( es, Hombre mirando al sudeste) is a 1986 Argentine science fiction drama film written and directed by Eliseo Subiela, starring Lorenzo Quinteros and Hugo Soto. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The themes and story of the 2001 American film '' K-PAX'' share a strong resemblance with ''Man Facing Southeast'', and the former has been referenced or claimed as an uncredited remake of the latter. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 10th position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines ''La vida útil'', ''Taipei'' and ''La tierra quema'', presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 40th position. Also in 2022, the film was included in Spanish magazine '' Fotogramas' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Toronto International Film Festival
The 11th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1986. ''The Decline of the American Empire'' by Denys Arcand was selected as the opening film. It won People's Choice Award at the festival and later got nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars. Awards Programme Gala Presentation *'' Blue Velvet'' by David Lynch *'' Down by Law'' by Jim Jarmusch *''Man Facing Southeast'' by Eliseo Subiela *''The Legend of Suram Fortress'' by Sergei Parajanov & Dodo Abashidze *''River's Edge'' by Tim Hunter *'' Thérèse'' by Alain Cavalier *''A Zed & Two Noughts'' by Peter Greenaway *'' 'night, Mother'' by Tom Moore *''Malcolm'' by Nadia Tass *''My Life as a Dog'' by Lasse Hallström *''Come and See'' by Elem Klimov *'' Children of a Lesser God'' by Randa Haines *''Golden Eighties'' by Chantal Akerman *'' Hour of the Star'' by Suzana Amaral *'' The Sacrifice'' by Andrei Tarkovsky *''Alpine Fire'' by Fredi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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