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Women's Tales
''Women's Tales'' is an ongoing short film anthology series created by fashion brand Miu Miu. Aside from the stipulation that the films use Miu Miu clothing the all female directors are given free rein to create their films. Miu Miu has commissioned two films a year since 2011, one for their summer collection and one for the winter collection. Since 2012, all of the winter collection films have had their world premiere at the ''Venice Days'' section of the Venice International Film Festival. The summer collection films, which typically premiere during the New York Fashion Week in February, are shown there as well. Miu Miu is a so-called "creative partner", i.e. sponsor, of ''Venice Days''. History The first film, Zoe Cassavetes' ''The Powder Room'' premiered online in late January 2011. The series' second installment, Lucrecia Martel's ''Muta'', premiered at an invitation-only screening at a Beverly Hills mansion and online in July 2011. In February 2012, the third film, Giada Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film organizations may use different definitions, however; the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, for example, currently defines a short film as 45 minutes or less in the case of documentaries, and 59 minutes or less in the case of scripted narrative films (it is not made clear whether this includes closing credits). In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestinian
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous population, descended from Jews, other Semitic groups, and non-Semitic groups such as the Philistines, had been mostly Christianized. Over succeeding centuries it was Islamicized, and Arabic replaced Aramaic (a Semitic tongue closely related to Hebrew) as the dominant language" * : "Palestinians are the descendants of all the indigenous peoples who lived in Palestine over the centuries; since the seventh century, they have been predominantly Muslim in religion and almost completely Arab in language and culture." * : "Furthermore, Zionism itself was also defined by its opposition to the indigenous Palestinian inhabitants of the region. Both the 'conquest of land' and the 'conquest of labor' slogans that became central to the dominant strain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota Fanning
Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. Fanning is known for her roles in blockbuster films and independent features, both as a child actor and as an adult. Her accolades include nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fanning received recognition at the age of seven for starring in the drama film '' I Am Sam'' (2001), being nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and becoming the youngest nominee in SAG history. She then starred in the miniseries '' Taken'' (2002), and in the films '' Uptown Girls'' (2003), '' Man on Fire'' (2004), '' War of the Worlds'' (2005), '' Charlotte's Web'' (2006), '' The Secret Life of Bees'' (2008), and '' Coraline'' (2009). She transitioned to mature roles with '' The Twilight Saga'' (2009–2012) and the independent films '' The Runaways'' (2010), '' Now Is Good'' (2012) and '' Effie Gray'' (2014). Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celia Rowlson-Hall
Celia Rowlson-Hall is an American dancer, choreographer, and film director. She has choreographed numerous music videos and commercials, and has directed several short films. Her debut feature film, ''MA'', was released in 2015. Early life Rowlson-Hall grew up in Urbanna, Virginia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance. Career Rowlson-Hall moved to New York after finishing college and initially worked in theater dance and choreography. She was mentored by New York choreographer Faye Driscoll, and won a Bessie Award for performance in Driscoll's ''837 Venice Blvd'' in 2009. She first became involved in filmmaking in 2008, when director Ray Tintori hired her to choreograph the music video for MGMT's song " Electric Feel". In 2010, she directed her first short film, ''Prom Night'', in which she also cast herself; it was nominated for a Grand Jury Award at South by Southwest. She went on to direct two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Stevens Sevigny ( ; born November 18, 1974) is an American actress. Known for her work in independent films with controversial or experimental themes, her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. After graduating from high school, Sevigny found work as a model, and appeared in music videos for Sonic Youth and The Lemonheads, which helped acquire her " it girl" status. In 1995, she made her film debut in '' Kids'', and became a prominent performer in the independent film scene throughout the late 1990s, with roles in such films as 1996's '' Trees Lounge''. Sevigny rose to prominence with her portrayal of Lana Tisdel in the drama film '' Boys Don't Cry'' (1999), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress. Throughout the 2000s, Sevigny appeared in supporting parts in numerous independent films, including ''American Psycho'' (2000), '' Demonlover'' (2002); '' Party Monster'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Moselle
Sierra Ditson "Crystal" Moselle (born August 1, 1980) is an American filmmaker. Her debut film was '' The Wolfpack'' (2015), a documentary on the Angulo brothers. She has also made '' That One Day'' (2016) and '' Skate Kitchen'' (2018). Early life Born Sierra Ditson Moselle, in San Francisco, she attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California, graduating in 1998. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Career In 2010 Moselle was walking around New York City, where she worked and lived, when she was struck by six brothers with an unusual appearance. Introducing herself to them she began bonding over their shared love of movies. She began filming them and after a year learned that they had spent the majority of their lives stuck in a small four bedroom apartment due to their abusive father's paranoia of the outside world. Moselle completed her documentary on the brothers, entitled '' The Wolfpack'' in 2015. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Kawase
is a Japanese film director. She was also known as , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including ''Embracing'', about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and ''Katatsumori'', about the grandmother who raised her. Early life and education Growing up in the rural region of Nara, Japan, Kawase's parents split early on in her childhood, leaving her to be raised by her great-aunt, with whom she held a combative, yet loving, relationship.Karatsu 2009, p. 168. She originally attended the Osaka School of Photography (Ōsaka Shashin Senmon Gakkō; now Visual Arts College Osaka) to study television production, but she became interested in film and decided to switch her focus. She was a student of Shunji Dodo at the college. She graduated in 1989.. Career After graduating, she spent an additional four years at the college as a lecturer before releasing ''Embracing''. Employing her interest in autobiography, most of her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1981) is an Italian film director, editor, and screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with '' Heavenly Body'' (2011). She has since directed notable films such as '' The Wonders'' (2014), winner of the Grand Prix; '' Happy as Lazzaro'' (2018), which she also wrote and which received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay; and '' La chimera'' (2023). Her short '' Le pupille'' (2022) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Early life Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, Tuscany, to an Italian mother and German father. She lived as a youth in the village of Castel Giorgio, Umbria, where her mother was born and her father Reinhard worked as a beekeeper. Her older sister is Alba Rohrwacher, who became an actress in Italy. After studying Classics at the University of Turin, she specialized in screenwriting at the Holden School in Turin. Career Her first experience in filmmaking was in 2006, when she d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda July
Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger; February 15, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, actress and author. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital presentations and live performance art. She wrote, directed and starred in the films '' Me and You and Everyone We Know'' (2005) and '' The Future'' (2011) and wrote and directed '' Kajillionaire'' (2020). She has authored a book of short stories, ''No One Belongs Here More Than You'' (2007); a collection of nonfiction short stories, ''It Chooses You'' (2011); and the novels ''The First Bad Man'' (2015) and '' All Fours'' (2024). Early life July was born in Barre, Vermont, in 1974, the daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger. Her parents are both writers who taught at Goddard College at the time. They were also the founders of North Atlantic Books, a publisher of alternative health, martial arts, and spiritual titles. Her father was Jewish, and her mother was Protestant. July wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Yong Kim
So Yong Kim (born 1968) is an American independent filmmaker. She has made four feature films: '' In Between Days'', '' Treeless Mountain'', '' For Ellen'', and '' Lovesong''. So Yong Kim is a recipient of the New York Foundation’s Video Artist Grant, Puffin Grant, MacDowell Colony Media Fellow for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Sleipnir Nordik Arts Travel Grant. She has exhibited her installations and films/videos in Austin, Chicago, New York, London, Marseilles, Reykjavik, Milwaukee, Gothenburg, Osnabruck, and Tokyo. Early life She was born in Busan, South Korea, in 1968 and moved to Los Angeles, California to live with her mother at the age of 12. She studied painting, performance and video art at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned her MFA. Career In 2003, Kim produced the award-winning Icelandic feature Salt, directed by her husband and creative partner Bradley Rust Gray. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiam Abbass
Hiam Abbass (; ; born 30 November 1960), also spelled Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director with Israeli and French citizenship. She is known for her roles in films such as ''The Syrian Bride'' (2004), '' Paradise Now'' (2005), '' Free Zone'' (2005), ''Munich'' (2005), '' The Visitor'' (2007), '' Lemon Tree'' (2008), '' Insyriated'' (2017), and ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017). She gained prominence for her role as Marcia Roy in the HBO drama series ''Succession'' (2018–2023). She has also acted in the Channel 4 series '' The Promise'' (2011), the Lifetime miniseries '' The Red Tent'' (2014), the Hulu comedy series '' Ramy'' (2019–present), and the Hulu drama series '' The Old Man'' (2022). Early and personal life Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel on 30 November 1960 to a family of Israeli Arabs of Palestinian descent. She was raised in the village of Deir Hanna. Since the late 1980s, she has lived in Paris, France, and holds French citizenship. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
72nd Venice International Film Festival
The 72nd annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 2 to 12 September 2015, at Venice Lido in Italy. Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón was the jury president for the main competition. French-Italian actress Elisa Sednaoui hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival. The Golden Lion was awarded to ''From Afar (film), From Afar'' by Lorenzo Vigas. The festival poster featured Nastassja Kinski in front as reminiscent of Wim Wenders's ''Faraway, So Close!'', while in the background it featured the character of Antoine Doinel portrayed by Jean-Pierre Léaud from François Truffaut's 1959 drama film ''The 400 Blows'', which also appeared on the 71st Venice International Film Festival poster. The festival opened with ''Everest (2015 film), Everest'' by Baltasar Kormákur, and closed with ''Mr. Six (film), Mr. Six'' by Guan Hu. Juries Main competition (''Venezia 72'') *Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican filmmaker - Jury President *Elizabeth B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
