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69th San Sebastián International Film Festival
The 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 17 to 25 September 2021 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The festival opened with Zhang Yimou's '' One Second''. Marion Cotillard and Johnny Depp were awarded the Donostia Award for lifetime achievements. The Donostia Award bestowed to Johnny Depp was mired by controversy and public scrutiny. The competitive awards were presented on 25 September 2021. ''Blue Moon'' by Alina Grigore won the Golden Shell award, whereas Jessica Chastain ('' The Eyes of Tammy Faye'') shared the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance (a new non-gendered category replacing the former gendered acting awards) with Danish teen Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl (''As in Heaven''). Juries ;Official Selection * Dea Kulumbegashvili * Susi Sánchez * Maite Alberdi * Audrey Diwan * Ted Hope ;Horizontes latinos * María Zamora * Lila Avilés * Luciano Monteagudo ;New Directors * Mary Burke * Irene Escolar * Suzanne Lindon ;Zabalteg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Second (film)
''One Second'' () is a 2020 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, about a man who escapes from a prison farm during the Cultural Revolution. The film is based on the novel ''The Criminal Lu Yanshi'', by author Geling Yan. Yan is not credited in the film, which has led to controversy. Plot In 1969, during China's Cultural Revolution, a man known only as "the fugitive" is sent to a remote laogai, labor reform camp in northwestern China after clashing with a Rebel Faction (Cultural Revolution), rebel faction leader. His wife divorces him, and his daughter severs ties. In 1975, he learns that his 14-year-old daughter died in an accident while participating in a school labor activity, her efforts captured in ''Issue No. 22'' of the News Bulletin. Desperate to see her one last time, he escapes the camp in hopes of catching the reel at a rural screening. At the second farm division, an orphan named Liu and her younger brother struggle to survive after their mother dies and their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diario Vasco
''El Diario Vasco'' ( English: ''The Basque Daily'') is a Spanish morning daily newspaper based in San Sebastián, Basque Country. History and profile ''El Diario Vasco'' was founded in 1934 by the Sociedad Vascongada de Publicaciones, led by conservative writers such as Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena or Ramiro de Maeztu. The paper has its headquarters in San Sebastián. Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, ''El Diario Vasco'' supported the Nationalist faction and was closed by the Republican government for two months until San Sebastián was conquered by the Nationalists. In 1945 the paper was bought by the Falange-controlled holders of '' El Correo Español'', which then changed its name from El Pueblo Vasco SA to Bilbao Editorial SA. ''El Diario Vasco'' is currently owned by Grupo Vocento which also owns '' ABC'', ''El Correo'' and ''Las Provincias'', among the others. ''El Diario Vasco'' has a neutral political stance. The paper publishes ten editions t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benediction (film)
''Benediction'' is a 2021 biographical romantic drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It stars Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi as the war poet Siegfried Sassoon, along with Simon Russell Beale, Jeremy Irvine, Kate Phillips, Gemma Jones, and Ben Daniels. ''Benediction'' was Davies's final film before his death in October 2023. The film was released in United Kingdom on 20 May 2022 by Vertigo Releasing and United States on 3 June 2022 by Roadside Attractions. Synopsis The film follows the life of Siegfried Sassoon, a British poet and decorated World War I combat veteran who was sent to a psychiatric facility for his anti-war stance. He had love affairs with several men during the 1920s, married, had a son, and converted to Catholicism. Cast Production In January 2020, Jack Lowden joined the cast of the film, with Terence Davies directing from a screenplay he had written. In March 2020, Peter Capaldi joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began on 8 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Cantet
Laurent Cantet (; 11 April 1961 – 25 April 2024) was a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. His film ''Entre les murs'' ('' The Class'') won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Biography Laurent Cantet was born in 1961 in the town of Melle, Deux-Sèvres in western France; his parents were schoolteachers. He went to university in Marseille to study photography, and then entered the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris where he graduated in 1986. His peers at IDHEC included Dominik Moll, Gilles Marchand and Robin Campillo. After initially working in television, he became assistant director to Marcel Ophuls for ''Veillées d'armes'' (1994), a documentary about the siege of Sarajevo. He went on to make some short films, often in collaboration with colleagues from film school. In 1998 Cantet was one of several young directors invited to make films for the European TV company Arte to mark the forthcoming year 2000, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Rambo
''Arthur Rambo'' is a 2021 French drama film directed by Laurent Cantet. The film stars Rabah Nait Oufella as Karim D., freely inspired by the story of Mehdi Meklat. The cast also includes Antoine Reinartz, Sofian Khammes, Anaël Snoek and Aleksandra Yermak. The film entered production in fall 2019. It premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in the Platform Prize program. It had its European premiere in the Golden Shell competition at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival. The film was Cantet's final feature film as a director before his death in April 2024. Plot Karim D. is a young writer riding success with the new novel ''The Landing'' (). A rare Arab rising star in Paris' intellectual hothouse, his social life shunts between glittering literary cocktails and hanging with his old friends from the banlieues. But Karim's teen online identity under the alias Arthur Rambo is revealed, a nickname in which a poet (Arthur Rimbaud) and a rejected veter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Escolar
Irene Escolar Navarro (born 19 October 1988) is a Spanish cinema, theatre, and television actress. Life and career Irene Escolar Navarro was born in Madrid on 19 October 1988 to Lourdes Navarro (screenwriter) and (producer). She belongs to a lineage of artists tracing back to her great-great-great grandfather , which also includes Julia Gutiérrez Caba (great-aunt) and Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (great-uncle). Escolar received a Goya Award for Best New Actress The Goya Award for Best New Actress () is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 30 actresses. At the 9th Goya Awards ceremony held in 1995, Ruth Gabriel was the first winn ... in 2016, and an Irizar Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for her critically acclaimed role of June in '' An Autumn Without Berlin''. Escolar is fluent in Spanish, English, and French. Her professional life includes 17 films and 25 theatre plays. She is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lila Avilés
Lila Avilés (born in 1982) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, actress and producer. Life and career Born in Mexico City, Avilés studied scenic arts with Ximena Escalante and José Caballero, and film scriptwriting with Beatriz Novaro and Paula Marcovich. After directing some shorts, she made her feature film debut in 2018 with ''The Chambermaid (film), The Chambermaid'', which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, 43rd Toronto International Film Festival. With this film, Avilés won the Ariel Award for Best Debut Work, and got a nomination for Ariel Award for Best Director, Best Director. The film was also chosen as the List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Mexican entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Avilés' second feature film, ''Tótem (film), Tótem'', was entered into the main competition at the 2023 Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Hope
Ted Hope (born 1962) is an American independent film producer based in New York City. He is best known for co-founding the production/sales company Good Machine, where he produced the first films of such filmmakers as Ang Lee, Nicole Holofcener, Todd Field, Michel Gondry, Moisés Kaufman, and Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Hope then co-founded This is That with several associates from Good Machine. He later worked at the San Francisco Film Society and Amazon Studios. Among Hope's twenty-three Sundance entries, are three Grand Jury Prize winners: '' American Splendor'' (2003), '' The Brothers McMullen'' (1995) and '' What Happened Was...'' (1994). ''American Splendor'' also won the FIPRESCI Award at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, the Critics prize at the 2003 Deauville Film Festival, and was nominated for five Spirit Awards and one Academy Award. Hope has also produced two Sundance Opening Night selections: Nicole Holofcener's '' Friends with Money'' (2006) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Diwan
Audrey Diwan (; born 1980) is a French film director of Lebanese origin. Prior to becoming a film director, she worked as a journalist and a screenwriter. In 2021, her film ''Happening'' won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in a "unanimous decision." Career Before filmmaking, Diwan was a junior editor at Denoël as well as publishing various novels. She wrote many books, which led her to become a screenwriter including ''How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits,'' ''Confessions d'un salaud, De l'autre côté de l'été, La fabrication d'un mensonge, Cléo de 5 à 7.'' Her directorial debut film ' premiered in 2019. Her 2021 film ''Happening'' was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it was subsequently awarded the Golden Lion The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maite Alberdi
Maite Alberdi Soto (born 29 March 1983 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film producer, director, documentarian, screenwriter, and film critic. She is the founder of Micromundo Producciones. She is internationally known for her film '' The Mole Agent'' (2020), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, being the first Chilean documentary film to be nominated for an Academy Award. The film was also a nominee at the Goya Awards for Best Ibero-American Film. Her next film '' The Eternal Memory'' furthered her international recognition. It premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim, winning the Grand Jury Prize. In Spain, the film won both the Forqué Award for Best Latin American Film and the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film. '' The Eternal Memory'' was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, being Alberdi's second nomination in the category. For her documentaries ''La once'' (The Tea Time, 2014) and ''Los ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susi Sánchez
Asunción Sánchez Abellán (born 21 March 1955), known as Susi Sánchez, is a Spanish theater, film, and television actress. Career Susi Sánchez is best known for her roles in the Vicente Aranda film ''Mad Love'', where she gives life to Queen Isabella I, and in the plays ' and ''Mujeres soñaron caballos''. For these three roles she was nominated for the Spanish Actors and Actresses Union Awards, winning as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ''Cara de plata''. In 2015 she joined the cast of the TV series '' Carlos, rey emperador'', playing Louise of Savoy. Personal life Susi Sánchez was the long-time romantic partner of actress and acting coach Consuelo Trujillo. The two attended numerous Gay Pride events and spoken out in favor of LGBT rights. Her niece Ruth Gabriel Ruth Sánchez Bueno (born 10 July 1975), better known as Ruth Gabriel, is a Spanish actress. Biography Ruth Sánchez Bueno was born in San Fernando (province of Cádiz) on 10 July 1975, daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agencia EFE
Agencia EFE, S.A. () is a Spanish international news agency, the major Spanish-language multimedia news agency and the world's fourth largest wire service after the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse. EFE was created in 1939 by Ramón Serrano Súñer, then Francoist faction's Interior Minister. Agencia EFE is a news agency that covers all areas of information in the news media of the press, radio, television and Internet. It distributes around three million news items per year, thanks to its 3,000 journalists from 60 nationalities, operating 24 hours per day from more than 180 cities in 120 countries and with four editorial desks in three continents: Madrid, Bogotá, Cairo (Arabic), and Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese). History Background The agency dates back to 1865, when the «Correspondents Center» was created – the first news agency in Spain – and promoted by journalist Nilo María Fabra. In 1870 a cooperation agreement was signed with the French agen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
