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Chacun Son Cinéma
''To Each His Own Cinema'' (french: link=no, Chacun son cinéma : une déclaration d'amour au grand écran) is a 2007 French comedy-drama anthology film commissioned for the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. The film is a collection of 34 short films, each 3 minutes in length, by 36 acclaimed directors. Representing five continents and 25 countries, the filmmakers were invited to express "their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre". The film's subtitle reads "a declaration of love to the big screen". Many of the shorts share similar subjects, including homage to classic European art cinema, the death of the filmgoing experience, memories of childhood wonder, the transporting power of cinema, and activities performed during a movie screening, including talking, stealing, crying, and having sex. Distribution Premiere ''To Each His Own Cinema'' premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 20 May and was televised on the same night in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Films
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all 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 screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, nonprofit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used for industry experience and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinedine Soualem
Zinedine Soualem (born 17 April 1957) is a French actor. He has appeared in at least five films directed by Cédric Klapisch. Personal life Soualem is Algerian by ancestry, and was at one point married to the actress Hiam Abbass. They have two daughters, Lina and Mouna. Theatre Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soualem, Zinedine 1957 births Living people French male film actors French people of Algerian descent French male television actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors People from Thiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna (born September 20, 1958) is a Canadian composer of film and television scores. He won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Original Score for ''Life of Pi''. He has also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) in his work on the miniseries '' World Without End.'' Early life and education Danna was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but his family moved to Burlington, Ontario, when he was four weeks old. He is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna. He studied music composition at the University of Toronto, winning the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985. Career Danna served for five years as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto (1987–1992). Works for dance include music for ''Dead Souls'' (Carbone Quatorze Dance Company, directed by Gilles Maheu 1996), and a score for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's ''Gita Govinda'' (2001) based on the 1000-year-old cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bradshaw (composer)
Mark Bradshaw (born 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian composer known for his work in film and television. Early life Bradshaw studied experimental music at the College of Fine Arts (COFA) in Sydney, Australia and later attended the University of Sydney. Career Bradshaw is best known for his work in several of Jane Campion's movies and TV series, including '' Bright Star'' and ''Top of the Lake''. Bradshaw has composed for a variety of ensembles including string quartet, orchestra, and a cappella chorus. Personal life As of a 2010 interview, Bradshaw was living in London. In August 2012, in Sydney, Bradshaw entered into a civil partnership with British actor Ben Whishaw. Whishaw and Bradshaw met around 2009 on the set of ''Bright Star'' where Whishaw played the role of English poet John Keats. The relationship remained private until being made public in 2013. Work * ''The Water Diary'' (short film), 2006 * ''Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Walsh
Bradley John Walsh (born 4 June 1960) is an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter, and former professional footballer. Walsh is known for his roles as Danny Baldwin in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2004–2006), as DS Ronnie Brooks in the police procedural series '' Law & Order: UK'' (2009–2014), and as Graham O'Brien in the BBC science fiction series '' Doctor Who'' (2018–2022). He has also presented various television game shows for ITV, including ''Wheel of Fortune'' (1997), '' The Chase'' (2009–present), '' Odd One In'' (2010–2011), ''Keep It in the Family'' (2014–2015), and ''Cash Trapped'' (2016–2019). Walsh hosted the ITV variety show '' Tonight at the London Palladium'' (2016–2019) and was a team captain on the sports-themed panel show ''Play to the Whistle'' (2015–2017). He appeared as the coach in the 2001 comedy film '' Mike Bassett: England Manager.'' Since 2019, he has starred in '' Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Piccoli
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Life and career Piccoli was born in Paris to a musical family; his French mother was a pianist and his Swiss father was a violinist from the canton of Ticino. He appeared in many different roles, from seducer to cop to gangster to Pope, in more than 170 movies. He appeared in six films directed by Luis Buñuel including ''Belle de Jour'' (1967) and '' The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' (1972), but also appeared as Brigitte Bardot's husband in Jean-Luc Godard's ''Contempt'' (1963) and as the main antagonist in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Topaz'' (1969). He als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman ( ar, إيليا سليمان, ; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film '' Divine Intervention'' ( ar, يد إلهية), a modern tragic comedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Elia Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". He is married to Lebanese singer and actress Yasmine Hamdan. Life and career Early work Between 1982–1993, Suleiman lived in New York City, where he co-directed: ''Introduction to the End of an Argument'' (1990) and directed ''Homage by Assassination'', that both won numerous awards. An experimental video film, co-directed by Jayce Salloum, ''Introduction to the End of an Argument'' critiqued the portrayal of Arabs in Western media and its effect on foreign policy by juxtaposing clips fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper Christensen
Casper Lindholm Christensen (born 22 August 1968) is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including ''Casper & Mandrilaftalen'', the Danish airing of '' Shooting Stars'' and '' Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' ('' Husk lige tandbørsten''), and the Danish version of '' Deal or No Deal''. He also had a leading role in the Danish sit-coms ''Langt fra Las Vegas'' (Far from Las Vegas) and '' Klovn'' (Clown/Fool). Life and career Christensen was born in Munkebo. He started his TV-career in the Danish children's show '' Hvaffor en Hånd?'' (Which Hand?) in 1991 but is also well known for hosting the very successful radio program '' Tæskeholdet (The Whack Pack)''. One of Casper Christensen's characteristics early in his career was his appearance, often including big glasses, whacky hairstyle, and an abstract clothing style. Christensen was also well known for his energetic appearance on screen. In this period, Christensen's most notable appearances were Casper & Mandrilafta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hvam
Frank Hvam Nielsen, known professionally as Frank Hvam (born 12 September 1970) is a Danish stand-up-comedian. Hvam was born in Viborg and grew up on a farm in Ørum Sønderlyng. His legal name is Nielsen, but he uses only his middle name professionally. After studying veterinary medicine for 3 and a half years, he dropped out to try his luck as a comedian. He is known for his performance as the "geek" Kenny Nickelman in the Danish sitcom ''Langt fra Las Vegas'' and as a writer and performer in the Pythonesque comedy ''Casper og Mandrilaftalen''. His collaboration with Casper Christensen on ''Casper og Mandrilaftalen'' was the beginning of a writing partnership that has yielded a number of comedy productions, including a Danish version of the British '' Shooting Stars'' and seven seasons of '' Klovn''. In 2016, he joined the cast of the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' in " The Winds of Winter", the finale of Season 6 as a Citadel maester. Filmography Film * '' Tid til fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setareh Eskandari
Setareh Eskandari ( fa , ستاره اسکندری; also Romanized as "Setāreh Eskandari", ; born June 15, 1974) is an Iranian stage, movie, and TV actress. She is mostly known for her parts in TV series since 1994, especially the TV series ''Narges'', where she took the place of Poupak Goldareh as "Narges" after the latter’s unexpected death. She has twice won the best actress award at Fajr International Theater Festival for her parts in the plays ''Unfortunate People’s Shaky Happiness'' (2000) and ''Co-aspiration'' (2014). Life and career Setareh Eskandari was born in 1974 in Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan Province, northeastern Iran. A sophomore in English translation, she dropped out to pursue her acting career, and joined the students of The Faculty of Fine Arts in 1993. Eskandari appeared in students’ festivals for about six years, getting nominated for an award in 1995 for her part in the play Legend and two years later at Fajr International Theater Festival for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegah Ahangarani
Pegah Ahangarani ( fa, پگاه آهنگرانی; born 24 July 1984) is an Iranian actress and director. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award. Filmography * ''The Singing Cat'' (1990 – Directed by Kambuzia Partovi) * '' The Girl in the Sneakers'' (1999 – Directed by Rasul Sadr Ameli) * ''Women's Prison'' (2002 – Directed by Manijeh Hekmat) * ''Our Days'' (2002 – Directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad) * ''Maxx'' (2005 – Directed by Saman Moghadam) * '' Sweet Jam'' (2006 – Directed by Arezoo Petrossian) * '' Three Women'' (2008 – Directed by Manijeh Hekmat) * ''Shirin'' (2008 – Directed by Abbas Kiarostami) * ''Maritime silk road'' (2010 – Directed by Mohammad Bozorgnia) * '' No Men Allowed'' (2011 – Directed by Rambod Javan) * '' Trapped'' (2013 – Directed by Parviz Shahbazi) * ''Atom Heart Mother'' (2013 – Directed by Ali Ahmadzadeh) * '' A Persian Melody'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamideh Kheirabadi
Hamideh Kheirabadi ( fa, حمیده خیرآبادی; 21 December 1924 – 19 April 2010) was an Iranian film and theatre actress. She played in more than 200 feature films and in over 20 television series. In Iran, she is affectionately referred to as ''Nādereh'' and ''Mother of the Iranian Cinema''. Life and career Hamideh Kheirabadi was born in Rasht, the capital of the Gilan Province, Iran. Whereas she married at the very young age of 13, she continued with her studies and completed her secondary-school education. In the middle of the 1950s she divorced from her husband and lived thereafter with her daughter, Soraya Ghasemi (born 1940). Kheirabadi's acting career began in 1947 with theatre. Hamideh Kheirabadi worked with a large number of celebrated Iranian film directors, such as Ali Hatami, Dariush Mehrjoui, Masud Kimiai, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Sirus Alvand, Sirus Moghaddam and Tahmineh Milani. She was thrice nominated for the Crystal Simorgh Prize. During the second Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
