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Daddy's Girl (2001 Film)
Daddy's Girl is a short film, the only British film in any Cannes category, directed in 2001 by Irvine Allan and written by John Maley, Carolynne Sinclair Kidd is Producer, Bert Eeles is Editor. Gerry Clark, Music Starring Heather Keenan, Annie George and Russell Hunter it tells the darkly humorous tale of a young girl Teenie left outside a Glasgow pub by her father. Daddy's Girl won the Naples IFF Premio Europa Corto Circuito, Paris IFF Prix de Jury Courte Métrage, Media Wave, Best European Film, Telluride Film Festival- Filmmaker of Tomorrow, Sponsor Larry Simpson Productions, Avanca IFF Portugal, Best Short Film, Capalbio IFF Italy Best Direction, 2001 Cannes Film Festival short film Jury Prize. Allan's partner Annie George (who plays a Good Samaritan in the film) was expecting their baby, so he didn't appear in person to collect the award. It is a 10-minute film and was made with the help of BBC2 and Scottish Screen The Moving Image Archive is a collection of Scottish film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes
Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The city is known for its association with the rich and famous, its luxury hotels and restaurants, and for several conferences. History By the 2nd century BC, the Ligurian Oxybii established a settlement here known as ''Aegitna'' (). Historians are unsure what the name means, but the connection to Greek αἴγες "waves, surf" seems evident. The second element could be compared to the Cretan and Thessalian towns of Itanos () and Iton (); also phonetically close is the Aetolian town of Aegitium (). The area was a fishing village used as a port of call between the Lérins Islands. In 154 Before Christ, BC, it became the scene of violent but quick conflict between the troops of Quintus Opimius (consul), Quintus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Hunter
Adam Russell Hunter (18 February 1925 – 26 February 2004) was a Scottish television, stage and film actor. He played Lonely in the TV thriller series '' Callan'', starring Edward Woodward, and shop steward Harry in the Yorkshire Television sitcom '' The Gaffer'' (1981–1983) with Bill Maynard. He made guest appearances in television series such as '' The Sweeney'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Taggart'', ''A Touch of Frost'', ''The Bill'' and '' The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' in The Adventure of Silver Blaze. Life Born Russell Ellis in Glasgow, Hunter's childhood was spent with his maternal grandparents in Lanarkshire, until returning to his unemployed father and cleaner mother when he was 12. He went from school to an apprenticeship in a Clydebank shipyard. During this time, he did some amateur acting for the Young Communist League before turning professional in 1946. Career Early work Under the stage name Russell Hunter, he acted at Perth Rep and at the Glasgow Unity Theatre al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival (TFF) is a film festival held annually in Telluride, Colorado, during Labor Day, Labor Day weekend (the first Monday in September). The 51st Telluride Film Festival, 51st edition took place on August 30–September 2, 2024. History First held on 30 August 1974, the festival, hosted at the Sheridan Opera House, was founded by Bill and Stella Pence, Tom Luddy, and James Card of Eastman-Kodak Film Preserve . It is operated by the National Film Preserve. In 2010, TFF partnered with UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. This partnership created FilmLab which was a program that focuses on the art and industry of filmmaking. This program is custom-designed for ten selected filmmaker graduates from University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA. The partnership was further extended in 2012, the two partners created a mutually curated film program on UCLA's Westwood, Los Angeles, Westwood campus. In 2013 the festival celebrated its 40th anniversary with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was named Jury President for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the ''Palme d'Or'' for the drama film '' The Son's Room''. The festival opened with '' Moulin Rouge!'' by Baz Luhrmann, and closed with '' Savage Souls'' by Raúl Ruiz. Juries Main competition * Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director - Jury President * Mimmo Calopresti, Italian filmmaker and actor * Charlotte Gainsbourg, English-French actress and singer * Terry Gilliam, British filmmaker and actor * Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor and filmmaker * Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress * Philippe Labro, French director and author * Julia Ormond, British actress * Moufida Tlatli, Tunisian filmmaker and editor * Edward Yang, Taiwanese filmmaker ''Un Certain Regard'' * Ariane Ascaride, French actress - Jury President * Virginie Apiou, French film critic * François-Guillaume L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matter, incorporating genres such as comedy, drama and documentaries. BBC Two has a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service channel, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service channels worldwide. Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Screen
The Moving Image Archive is a collection of Scottish film and video recordings at the National Library of Scotland, held at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. There are over 46,000 items within the collection, and over 2,600 of these are publicly available online at the library's Moving Image Catalogue. History The Scottish Film Archive was established by the Scottish Film Council in 1976 with the aid of the Government's Job Creation Scheme and became a permanent feature of the council's activities in 1978. What was to become the Moving Image Archive came to the National Library of Scotland in 2007, though it was called the Scottish Screen Archive at the time. Scottish Screen was established in 1997 and worked in the areas of production, development, location assistance, exhibition and festivals, training, media education and preserving the heritage and history of the moving image; developing, encouraging and promoting every aspect of film, television and new media in Scotland. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Films
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first installments of the ''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'', ''Fast & Furious'', ''Spy Kids'', ''Monsters, Inc. (franchise), Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Shrek (franchise), Shrek'' franchises, and ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Ocean's'' trilogies. Significant non-English language films released included ''Monsoon Wedding'', ''Amélie'' and ''Spirited Away''. There was one film, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', that passed over $1 billion in a re-release of 2020. The inaugural entries of the ''Harry Potter'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' film franchises prompted a shift in both the film and literary communities by propelling fantasy into mainstream culture, popularising Young adult fiction, young adult novels, and reforming the Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbuster to promote film franchises and cater to fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Drama Short Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
