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Alexis Zabé
Alexis Zabé, AMC, ASC, (born June 4, 1970) is a Mexican cinematographer who studied at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos. He is best known for his work on films such as ''Silent Light'' and '' The Florida Project''. Zabé is known to work frequently with directors Fernando Eimbcke and Carlos Reygadas. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Zabé is currently attached to several films including '' Erēmīta (Anthologies)'', directed by Sam Abbas. Early life As a teenager born in Mexico City, Zabé would go to local-second run theaters where they would run a different film every day. His father was a photographer so Zabé grew up around images and cameras. He believes his love for photography is "genetic" and that his incline towards cinematography is very natural. This natural love for photography and cinema led him to attend the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos The Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes it one of the most productive urb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Abbas
Sam Abbas (Arabic: سام عباس; born 11 November 1993) is an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is noted for his artfully composed, poetic, and incident-like tableaus film style. Career Abbas' Alia's Birth, second feature, received attention following the announcement of a female-driven short film contest in which the winner gets to have their film included within the narrative. The film stars Nikohl Boosheri, Poorna Jagannathan, Samuel H. Levine and Maya Kazan. On July 13, 2020, Abbas released a 2.5 minute short documentary, Rusted Caravaggios, about the first public invitation to the Louvre Museum (Monday July 6, 2020) following an unprecedented four-month closure. Shortly after Variety Magazine revealed that Abbas had teamed with leading cinematographers from around the world to create the documentary Erēmīta (Anthologies). The anthology of shorts composed during the 2020 pandemic was both produced and curated by Abbas. In 2018, Abbas executive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Tuesday (2023 Film)
''Tuesday'' is a 2023 fantasy drama film written and directed by Daina O. Pusic in her feature directorial debut. A co-production between A24, the BFI and BBC Film, it stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lola Petticrew as a mother and daughter. The film had its world premiere at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2023. Cast * Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Zora * Lola Petticrew as Tuesday * Arinzé Kene as the voice of Death * Leah Harvey as Nurse Billie * Ellie James as Willow * Taru Devani as Ira * Jay Simpson as Spike * David Sibley (actor), David Sibley as Robert * Nathan Amzi as Nathan * Justin Edwards (actor), Justin Edwards as Jack * Hugh Futcher as Hans * Nathan Ives-Moiba as Victor * Ewens Abid as Abel * Bijal Raj as Berrak Production In May 2021, it was announced that Daina O. Pusic would make her feature directorial debut with the project, and that Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene and Leah Harvey had joined the cast. Principal photography be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erēmīta (Anthologies)
''Erēmīta (Anthologies)'' is an arthouse documentary anthology featuring short films composed during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The anthology curated by Sam Abbas interweaves the literature of Friedrich Nietzsche. Background In July 2020, it was announced via ''Variety'' a group of film-makers would create an anthology of short documentary films. The anthology shot during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown features contributions from Alexis Zabé, Ashley Connor, Soledad Rodríguez, Stefano Falivene, Antoine Héberlé, and Abbas. “There is no theme. Film whatever you want, however you want, with whomever you want.” This is the message that Egyptian filmmaker Sam Abbas sent to his favorite cinematographers as an invitation to contribute to his new film. The film is one of the first projects of Maxxie, Suzzee, & Cinema (a production company in France) Directors * Alexis Zabé * Ashley Connor * Antoine Héberlé * Sam Abbas * Soledad Rodríguez * Stefano Falivene Release A lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fistful Of Dirt
''Fistful of Dirt'' is a 2018 American drama film, directed by Sebastián Silva, from a screenplay by Silva and Pedro Peirano. It stars Julio Gastón Ramos, Dolores Pedro and Modesto Lacen. It had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018. Cast * Julio Gastón Ramos as Yei * Dolores Pedro as Wanda * Modesto Lacen as Yei Release It had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival The Telluride Film Festival (TFF) is a film festival held annually in Telluride, Colorado during Labor Day weekend (the first Monday in September). The 49th edition took place on September 2 -6, 2022. History First held on 30 August 1974, t ... on August 31, 2018. References External links * {{Sebastián Silva 2018 films American drama films American independent films Films shot in Puerto Rico 2010s English-language films 2010s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián Silva (director)
Sebastián Silva Irarrázabal (born 9 April 1979) is a Chilean director, actor, screenwriter, painter and musician. Early years The second of seven brothers, Sebastián Silva was born in Santiago, Chile on 9 April 1979. After graduating from the Catholic Colegio del Verbo Divino school in Santiago, he spent a year studying filmmaking at the Escuela de Cine de Chile (“Film School of Chile” in Spanish) before leaving to study animation in Montreal, Canada. Here, he mounted the first gallery exhibition of his illustrations and started the band CHC,Official biography www.themaidmovie.com, Elephant Films. Retrieved 27 January 2012. which went on to record three albums Silva's second illustration show brought him in contact with Hollywood but a “frustrating period” in |
Tyrel (film)
''Tyrel'' is an American comedy drama film written and directed by Sebastián Silva and starring Jason Mitchell, Christopher Abbott, Michael Cera, Caleb Landry Jones, and Reg E. Cathey in his final film role. The story follows a raucous guys' weekend where Tyler, a black man, attempts to fit in with the mostly white guests. ''Tyrel'' had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018. It was released on December 5, 2018 by Magnolia Pictures. Plot When his girlfriend's family temporarily takes over his Manhattan apartment, Tyler, a young black man, agrees to join his friend Johnny for a guys' weekend of debauchery in the Catskill Mountains. On the way to the secluded cabin of Nico, the weekend's host, Johnny and Tyler are forced to push their car down a road while waiting for Johnny's friends to come get them. A group of friends arrives in a truck, with birthday celebrant Pete among them. Things get off to an awkward start when one of the guys greets Tyler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Baker (filmmaker)
Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and editor. He is best known for the independent feature films '' Starlet'', ''Tangerine'', '' The Florida Project'' and '' Red Rocket'', as well as his involvement in the Fox/ IFC puppet sitcom '' Greg the Bunny'' and its spin-offs. Baker has received several film critics awards, a Filmmaker on the Edge Award and nominations for six Independent Spirit Awards, winning one in 2012. Early life and education Baker was born and raised in Summit, New Jersey. His mother was a teacher and his father was a patent attorney who once represented the director and his production company in 2005. He has a sister who is a professional synth-pop musician and production designer who has contributed to his films in both capacities. He became obsessed with homemade movies at a young age when his mother took him to see Universal Monster films being projected at the local library. Baker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Tenebras Lux (film)
''Post Tenebras Lux'' is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Carlos Reygadas. The title is Latin for " Light after darkness". The film is semiautobiographical, and the narrative follows a rural couple in Mexico, with additional scenes from England, Spain and Belgium; all places where Reygadas has lived. The film competed at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and Reygadas won the Best Director Award. Contemporary reviews for ''Post Tenebras Lux'' were far more divided than those for Reygadas' previous works. Some considered the film to be incoherent or frustrating in structure, while others have declared it a masterpiece. Plot The film deals with a fragmented narrative, the life of Juan (Adolfo Jimenez Castro), a wealthy householder who, with his wife Natalia (Nathalia Acevedo) and their two young children Eleazar (Eleazar Reygadas) and Rut (Ruth Reygadas), decide to change the life of the city for the plain and simple country life. Starting again with an ostentatious house (in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Tahoe (film)
''Lake Tahoe'' is a 2008 Mexican drama film, directed by Fernando Eimbcke. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany on February 9, 2008 and won ten awards, including two Silver Ariels for best supporting actor (Hector Herrera) and best director. The film follows a teenage boy who has crashed the family car and his prolonged attempts to find a new engine part to fix it. His and his family's grief at his father's recent death are also shown. The title is derived from a Lake Tahoe bumper sticker A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to the bumper of an automobile and to be read by the occupants of other vehicles—although they are often stuck onto other objects. Most bumper stickers are ... on the car. References External links * 2008 drama films 2008 films Best Picture Ariel Award winners Films directed by Fernando Eimbcke Films set in Mexico 2000s Spanish-language films Mexican drama films 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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