Hulu has released the official trailer for the upcoming drama Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, which stars Daniel Brühl as the iconic couturier. The series will premiere with all six episodes on Friday, June 7, on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
In 1972, Karl Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl) was 38 and not yet wearing his iconic hairstyle. He was a ready-to-wear designer unknown to the general public.
While he meets and falls in love with the sultry Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin), an ambitious and troubling young dandy, the most mysterious of fashion designers dares to take on his friend (and rival) Yves Saint Laurent (Arnaud Valois), a genius of haute couture backed by the redoubtable businessman Pierre Bergé (Alex Lutz).
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld plunges us into the heart of the ’70s, in Paris, Monaco, and Rome, to follow the formidable blossoming of this complex and iconic personality of Parisian couture, already driven...
In 1972, Karl Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl) was 38 and not yet wearing his iconic hairstyle. He was a ready-to-wear designer unknown to the general public.
While he meets and falls in love with the sultry Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin), an ambitious and troubling young dandy, the most mysterious of fashion designers dares to take on his friend (and rival) Yves Saint Laurent (Arnaud Valois), a genius of haute couture backed by the redoubtable businessman Pierre Bergé (Alex Lutz).
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld plunges us into the heart of the ’70s, in Paris, Monaco, and Rome, to follow the formidable blossoming of this complex and iconic personality of Parisian couture, already driven...
- 4/24/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Studiocanal will co-produce and is handling international sales on Fred Cavayé’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s epic novel Les Misérables.
Set to shoot at the end of 2024, Les Miserables is produced by Olivier Delbosc’s Curiosa Films, whose notable behind The Taste Of Things, and Richard Grandpierre’s Eskwad, f recent films Like A Son and Spring Blossom.
No cast is yet attached. Studiocanal will release the film in France.
Cavayé’s most recent credits include the World War II-set drama Farewell Mister Haffmann and period comedy This is the Goat! starring Dany Boon which is set for release...
Set to shoot at the end of 2024, Les Miserables is produced by Olivier Delbosc’s Curiosa Films, whose notable behind The Taste Of Things, and Richard Grandpierre’s Eskwad, f recent films Like A Son and Spring Blossom.
No cast is yet attached. Studiocanal will release the film in France.
Cavayé’s most recent credits include the World War II-set drama Farewell Mister Haffmann and period comedy This is the Goat! starring Dany Boon which is set for release...
- 2/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
Playtime (“Son of Saul”) is reteaming with celebrated French directors François Ozon (“By the Grace of God”) and sister duo Delphine and Muriel Coulin (“17 Girls”) on their respective upcoming films, “When Fall Is Coming” and “The Quiet Son.”
“When Fall is Coming” marks Ozon’s follow up to “The Crime Is Mine.” The film stars Hélène Vincent (“The Specials”), Josiane Balasko (“Back to Mom’s”), Ludivine Sagnier (“Lupin”) and Pierre Lottin (“Notre-Dame on Fire”).
The film tells the story of Michelle, who is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a charming Burgundy village near her longtime friend Marie-Claude. She eagerly anticipates her grandson Lucas spending the school vacation with her, but things don’t go as planned. Feeling lonely, Michelle loses her sense of purpose, until Marie-Claude’s son gets out of prison.
The film is self-produced by Ozon through his vehicle Foz. Diaphana Distribution will release it in France.
“When Fall is Coming” marks Ozon’s follow up to “The Crime Is Mine.” The film stars Hélène Vincent (“The Specials”), Josiane Balasko (“Back to Mom’s”), Ludivine Sagnier (“Lupin”) and Pierre Lottin (“Notre-Dame on Fire”).
The film tells the story of Michelle, who is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a charming Burgundy village near her longtime friend Marie-Claude. She eagerly anticipates her grandson Lucas spending the school vacation with her, but things don’t go as planned. Feeling lonely, Michelle loses her sense of purpose, until Marie-Claude’s son gets out of prison.
The film is self-produced by Ozon through his vehicle Foz. Diaphana Distribution will release it in France.
- 1/31/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Marrakech Film Festival’s sixth Atlas Workshops kicks off today under the fresh curation of former indie film sales agent and publicist Hédi Zardi.
Running November 27 to 30 in a rambling riad on the outskirts of Marrakech, the project and talent incubator is showcasing 25 projects hailing from Mena and Africa, 16 in development and another nine in production or post-production.
Zardi is best known on the market and festival circuit as the former co-founding head of Paris-based sales banner Luxbox, which he created in 2015 with Fiorella Moretti who continues to run the company.
Together, the pair launched a raft of buzzy festival titles on the market, brokering deals to Ava DuVernay‘s Array for Isabel Sandoval’s trans migrant drama Lingua Franca, Oscilloscope Laboratories for Costa Rican Oscar entry Clara Sola by Nathalie Alvarez Mesen, and KimStim for Suzanne Lindon’s coming-of-age debut feature Spring Blossom.
After eight years on the sales circuit,...
Running November 27 to 30 in a rambling riad on the outskirts of Marrakech, the project and talent incubator is showcasing 25 projects hailing from Mena and Africa, 16 in development and another nine in production or post-production.
Zardi is best known on the market and festival circuit as the former co-founding head of Paris-based sales banner Luxbox, which he created in 2015 with Fiorella Moretti who continues to run the company.
Together, the pair launched a raft of buzzy festival titles on the market, brokering deals to Ava DuVernay‘s Array for Isabel Sandoval’s trans migrant drama Lingua Franca, Oscilloscope Laboratories for Costa Rican Oscar entry Clara Sola by Nathalie Alvarez Mesen, and KimStim for Suzanne Lindon’s coming-of-age debut feature Spring Blossom.
After eight years on the sales circuit,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Games of Hate & Chance: Kiberlain Curates Characterization with Tragic Wartime Portrait
In the eye of a swiftly gathering storm in the summer of 1942, when German-occupied France began to experience the disastrous reality of the Nazi party, a young French Jewish woman finds herself on the cusp of adulthood in Sandrine Kiberlain’s handsome directorial debut Une jeune fille qui va bien (A Radiant Girl). Written by the actor, who is a renowned French screen presence, Kiberlain follows in the footsteps of her own teen daughter Suzanne Lindon, whose 2020 directorial debut Spring Blossom also featured Rebecca Marder, this time the titular central force in a strong (if familiar) portrait of a vibrant life cut short by the onslaught of Hitler.…...
In the eye of a swiftly gathering storm in the summer of 1942, when German-occupied France began to experience the disastrous reality of the Nazi party, a young French Jewish woman finds herself on the cusp of adulthood in Sandrine Kiberlain’s handsome directorial debut Une jeune fille qui va bien (A Radiant Girl). Written by the actor, who is a renowned French screen presence, Kiberlain follows in the footsteps of her own teen daughter Suzanne Lindon, whose 2020 directorial debut Spring Blossom also featured Rebecca Marder, this time the titular central force in a strong (if familiar) portrait of a vibrant life cut short by the onslaught of Hitler.…...
- 2/13/2023
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Turning on the waterworks and ripping open her blouse to cap a performance of Jean-Paul Sartre’s “The Respectful Prostitute,” aspiring actress Stella (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) concludes her audition for France’s most prestigious theatre school with a question from the jury. As he puffs a cigarette and speaks the first lines of dialogue written expressly for this film, an inscrutable juror looks to the ingénue and asks, “Do you think an actress needs to be an exhibitionist?”
In that opening, we find the fulcrum for Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s “Forever Young.” Asking the same question to the audience and to herself — with the Stella character a clear analogue for the director — Bruni Tedeschi dances around a definitive answer, turning out an autobiographical portrait that somehow leaves you knowing less about the subject at hand, and a study of actors, warts and all, that offers little insight into the artistic process.
In that opening, we find the fulcrum for Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s “Forever Young.” Asking the same question to the audience and to herself — with the Stella character a clear analogue for the director — Bruni Tedeschi dances around a definitive answer, turning out an autobiographical portrait that somehow leaves you knowing less about the subject at hand, and a study of actors, warts and all, that offers little insight into the artistic process.
- 5/24/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi’s “Forever Young,” Golshifteh Farahani starrer “Romantique,” and the documentary “Last Dance” will be launched by sales boutique Charades at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous.
“Forever Young” (“Les amandiers”) stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz (“Possessions”), Louis Garrel (“An Officer and a Spy”), Vassili Schneider and Suzanne Lindon (“Spring Blossom”). The film opens at the end of the 1980s in Paris and follows a young troupe of comedians who have just have been admitted to Les Amandiers, the prestigious theater school headed by Patrice Chéreau. The film is produced by France’s Ad Vitam production and Italy’s Bibi Film.
“Romantique” (“Une Comedie romantique) marks Thibault Segouin’s feature debut, starring Farahani and Alex Lutz. The movie follows César, a notorious liar and a failing artist who lives in Montmartre in Paris and discovers he is the father of a three-year-old little girl. The film is produced by Latika and will be released by Alba Films.
“Forever Young” (“Les amandiers”) stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz (“Possessions”), Louis Garrel (“An Officer and a Spy”), Vassili Schneider and Suzanne Lindon (“Spring Blossom”). The film opens at the end of the 1980s in Paris and follows a young troupe of comedians who have just have been admitted to Les Amandiers, the prestigious theater school headed by Patrice Chéreau. The film is produced by France’s Ad Vitam production and Italy’s Bibi Film.
“Romantique” (“Une Comedie romantique) marks Thibault Segouin’s feature debut, starring Farahani and Alex Lutz. The movie follows César, a notorious liar and a failing artist who lives in Montmartre in Paris and discovers he is the father of a three-year-old little girl. The film is produced by Latika and will be released by Alba Films.
- 1/11/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
After a pandemic induced 2020 hybrid edition, the 10th edition of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival will take place as a wholly in-person event.
The festival will open with Benito Zambrano’s Mallorca-set literary adaptation “Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake” (Spain). Zambrano will be present with principal cast. It will close with the world premiere of William Nunez’s 1920s-set “The Laureate” (U.K.), based on the acclaimed war poet Robert Graves’ unconventional home life. Nunez and his principal cast, Tom Hughes, Dianna Agron and Laura Haddock, as well as the Graves family, will be in attendance. Both films are part of the international features competition.
Wim Wenders will receive the festival’s highest honor, the Evolution Honorary Award 2021, at the opening night ceremony and his film “The Salt of the Earth” (2014) will be screened.
Suzanne Lindon, whose “Spring Blossom” (France) is in competition at the festival, will receive the 2021 Evolutionary Award – New Talent accolade.
The festival will open with Benito Zambrano’s Mallorca-set literary adaptation “Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake” (Spain). Zambrano will be present with principal cast. It will close with the world premiere of William Nunez’s 1920s-set “The Laureate” (U.K.), based on the acclaimed war poet Robert Graves’ unconventional home life. Nunez and his principal cast, Tom Hughes, Dianna Agron and Laura Haddock, as well as the Graves family, will be in attendance. Both films are part of the international features competition.
Wim Wenders will receive the festival’s highest honor, the Evolution Honorary Award 2021, at the opening night ceremony and his film “The Salt of the Earth” (2014) will be screened.
Suzanne Lindon, whose “Spring Blossom” (France) is in competition at the festival, will receive the 2021 Evolutionary Award – New Talent accolade.
- 10/8/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Thanks in part to his work with auteurs Benoit Jacquot, Claire Denis and Stéphane Brizé, Vincent Lindon had long become something of a festival-world habitué, a sturdy and reliable fixture on the international circuit. But even with well over two decades’ red carpet experience, nothing could quite prepare the French actor for what he cheekily calls this year’s “grand slam.”
“It’s crazy and strange and totally wild,” Lindon tells Variety, reflecting on an ongoing festival tour that kicked into high gear when he and his “Titane” director Julia Ducournau were called back for Cannes’ closing ceremony to receive the Palme d’Or, and which will continue with the actor launching Brizé’s “Another World” in Venice and Thierry de Peretti’s “Undercover” in San Sebastian.
If that wasn’t enough, he’ll then hit the New York Film Festival, among others, to show off the Palme d’Or,...
“It’s crazy and strange and totally wild,” Lindon tells Variety, reflecting on an ongoing festival tour that kicked into high gear when he and his “Titane” director Julia Ducournau were called back for Cannes’ closing ceremony to receive the Palme d’Or, and which will continue with the actor launching Brizé’s “Another World” in Venice and Thierry de Peretti’s “Undercover” in San Sebastian.
If that wasn’t enough, he’ll then hit the New York Film Festival, among others, to show off the Palme d’Or,...
- 9/3/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Keep track of when films are coming out in the territory.
Cinemas in the UK and Ireland are set to reopen this spring, following months of closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Screen is listing the release dates for films in the territory in the calendar below. For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here.
Indoor cinemas in England and Scotland will be allowed to reopen from May 17; with dates yet to be confirmed for Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
Screen is also tracking reopening dates of cinemas in...
Cinemas in the UK and Ireland are set to reopen this spring, following months of closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Screen is listing the release dates for films in the territory in the calendar below. For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here.
Indoor cinemas in England and Scotland will be allowed to reopen from May 17; with dates yet to be confirmed for Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
Screen is also tracking reopening dates of cinemas in...
- 8/10/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This story about Cannes’ 2020 selection first appeared in TheWrap’s special digital Cannes magazine.
Last year, Cannes announced a list of 62 new feature films as its official selection for 2020, a year in which the festival itself didn’t take place. Bearing the prestigious imprimatur of the festival, the movies had a variety of releases. Here are some of the ones with the highest profiles since being singled out by Cannes.
“The French Dispatch” / Searchlight Pictures
Faithful
“DNA,” Maïwenn
Premiered at the Deauville Film Festival in September 2020, released by Netflix in the U.S. in December and in France in May.
“True Mothers,” Naomi Kawase
Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020; submitted as Japan’s entry in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category.
“Peninsula,” Yeon Sang-Ho
Released theatrically in South Korea in July 2020 and in the U.S. (as Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula) in August.
“Another Round,...
Last year, Cannes announced a list of 62 new feature films as its official selection for 2020, a year in which the festival itself didn’t take place. Bearing the prestigious imprimatur of the festival, the movies had a variety of releases. Here are some of the ones with the highest profiles since being singled out by Cannes.
“The French Dispatch” / Searchlight Pictures
Faithful
“DNA,” Maïwenn
Premiered at the Deauville Film Festival in September 2020, released by Netflix in the U.S. in December and in France in May.
“True Mothers,” Naomi Kawase
Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020; submitted as Japan’s entry in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category.
“Peninsula,” Yeon Sang-Ho
Released theatrically in South Korea in July 2020 and in the U.S. (as Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula) in August.
“Another Round,...
- 7/6/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Flower of Her Secret: Lindon Conquers a Crush in Directorial Debut
Exemplifying the sincere transitional period Britney Spears famously moaned about when she sang “I’m not a girl, not yet a woman,” writer/director/star Suzanne Lindon proves she’s a triple threat in her debut Spring Blossom (Seize printemps) in a narrative which echoes the same sentiments. The daughter of noted French thespians Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon, she scripted the film when she was only fifteen years old, and five years later impresses with an assured, autobiographically inclined slant on sentiments specific to a particular age.
Curiously, it’s the sort of scenario we’ve seen through the sexualized lens of either an older male’s perspective or even the liberating gaze of an experienced woman, so there’s a doubling refreshing quality with the title, suggesting the sweet naivete of desire’s first bloom but...
Exemplifying the sincere transitional period Britney Spears famously moaned about when she sang “I’m not a girl, not yet a woman,” writer/director/star Suzanne Lindon proves she’s a triple threat in her debut Spring Blossom (Seize printemps) in a narrative which echoes the same sentiments. The daughter of noted French thespians Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon, she scripted the film when she was only fifteen years old, and five years later impresses with an assured, autobiographically inclined slant on sentiments specific to a particular age.
Curiously, it’s the sort of scenario we’ve seen through the sexualized lens of either an older male’s perspective or even the liberating gaze of an experienced woman, so there’s a doubling refreshing quality with the title, suggesting the sweet naivete of desire’s first bloom but...
- 5/19/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Suzanne Lindon writes, directs and stars in her impressive debut feature Spring Blossom (Seize Printemps), which was part of the special 2020 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection and releases in select U.S. theaters May 21 via KimStim Films after a European run. The daughter of French film actors Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon, she wrote the screenplay when she was just 15, and her authentic perspective shines through this tale of teenage romantic obsession.
Lindon plays a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Paris, also named Suzanne, who lives with her liberal parents (Florence Viala and Frédéric Pierrot) and sociable sister (Rebecca Marder). Suzanne is regarded as an oddball in the family — they’re visibly surprised when she goes out to a party. Once there, she’s bored by her friends swigging booze, and uninterested in the boys her age. Dreamer Suzanne is looking for something outside of her relatively parochial realm. Then, she spots...
Lindon plays a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Paris, also named Suzanne, who lives with her liberal parents (Florence Viala and Frédéric Pierrot) and sociable sister (Rebecca Marder). Suzanne is regarded as an oddball in the family — they’re visibly surprised when she goes out to a party. Once there, she’s bored by her friends swigging booze, and uninterested in the boys her age. Dreamer Suzanne is looking for something outside of her relatively parochial realm. Then, she spots...
- 5/18/2021
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Spring Blossom (Seize printemps) KimStim Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Suzanne Lindon Writer: Suzanne Lindon Cast: Suzanne Lindon, Arnaud Valois, Frédéric Pierrot, Florence Viala, Rebecca Marder Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 5/10/21 Opens: May 21, 2021 In the 1979 movie “Manhattan” Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) tells his […]
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- 5/16/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
A common issue with coming-of-age films is the lack of realism. Typically, these films are written and directed by folks that are well past the age that is depicted on screen. Obviously, in some cases, this isn’t a big deal, but in others, the dialogue can come off a bit cringy. Well, in a very rare example, “Spring Blossom” seems to sidestep this issue by the fact that it was written and directed by a teenager.
Continue reading ‘Spring Blossom’ Trailer: Suzanne Lindon’s Acclaimed Coming-Of-Age Film Hits US Theaters This Month at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Spring Blossom’ Trailer: Suzanne Lindon’s Acclaimed Coming-Of-Age Film Hits US Theaters This Month at The Playlist.
- 5/10/2021
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Directed when she was just 19 years old, based on a screenplay when she wrote when she was 15, Suzanne Lindon’s acclaimed debut Spring Blossom was an official selection at Cannes and TIFF last year. Also starring the burgeoning talent (who is the daughter of Vincent Lindon), the coming-of-age story was picked up by KimStim Films and will arrive in the U.S. next month, specifically on May 21. Ahead of the release, a new trailer and poster have arrived.
Christopher Schobert said in his TIFF review, “It takes great maturity and confidence to make a film about the emergence of a young woman’s sexuality that also dares to ask complex, provocative questions while understanding there are no simple answers. Suzanne Lindon is such a filmmaker, and her brisk, entertaining debut Spring Blossom is such a film. Lindon directed, wrote, and stars in this remarkably assured story of a 16-year-old Parisian...
Christopher Schobert said in his TIFF review, “It takes great maturity and confidence to make a film about the emergence of a young woman’s sexuality that also dares to ask complex, provocative questions while understanding there are no simple answers. Suzanne Lindon is such a filmmaker, and her brisk, entertaining debut Spring Blossom is such a film. Lindon directed, wrote, and stars in this remarkably assured story of a 16-year-old Parisian...
- 4/21/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Not sure about you, but when I was 18, I wasn’t quite equipped to make the bed, let alone write, direct and star in a movie. But then not many can, which is what makes it so remarkable that French star Suzanne Lindon managed it, and not only that, but it resulted in such a brilliant movie too.
Spring Blossom played at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and it was to mark its premiere there we spoke to Lindon, and given the film is now coming out in the UK, we’re excited to finally share it with you.
We, of course, discuss her achievements at such a young age, and what inspired her to go ahead and do this now, a job most people would merely push back as something to do when they’re older. She speaks about relating to her character and if they shared a sense of maturity,...
Spring Blossom played at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and it was to mark its premiere there we spoke to Lindon, and given the film is now coming out in the UK, we’re excited to finally share it with you.
We, of course, discuss her achievements at such a young age, and what inspired her to go ahead and do this now, a job most people would merely push back as something to do when they’re older. She speaks about relating to her character and if they shared a sense of maturity,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"I'm bored with people my age." KimStim Films has debuted an official US trailer for this French coming-of-age romance titled Spring Blossom, aka Seize Printemps in French, which was originally supposed to premiere at last year's Cannes Film Festival. Instead it premiered at the TIFF, San Sebastián, Athens, and Moscow Film Festivals. We posted a trailer last summer, but it was removed by the distributors. Suzanne Lindon directs and stars in this film as a 16-year-old girl who is bored with her own age group, unable to connect with those around her. She becomes obsessed and sexually involved with an older man, an actor, at a theater she passes by. This also stars Arnaud Valois as Raphaël, plus Frédéric Pierrot, Dominique Besnehard, Rebecca Marder, Philippe Uchan, and Françoise Widhoff. I'm sure the age-gap young romance in this will cause an uproar, but it also just seems like an intimately honest...
- 4/21/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
BritBox UK Launches On Amazon Prime Video Channels
BBC and ITV streamer BritBox UK is rolling out on Amazon Prime Video Channels from today, making it accessible on more than 40 million devices. Will Harrison, BritBox UK’s managing director, said: “We are excited to bring the very best British entertainment to an even wider audience through Amazon Prime Video Channels, especially as we launch even more original content in the spring, summer and beyond.” BritBox originals include Spitting Image and the upcoming drama The Beast Must Die.
Sky, WarnerMedia, ViacomCBS Team For Kids Campaign
Sky, WarnerMedia, and ViacomCBS are coming together to help improve children’s literacy by launching a Turn on the Subtitles campaign. Together, they will make subtitles available on more than 500 of their most popular episodes of kids’ content after research showed that it can help children become proficient readers. Sky’s director of kids content Lucy Murphy...
BBC and ITV streamer BritBox UK is rolling out on Amazon Prime Video Channels from today, making it accessible on more than 40 million devices. Will Harrison, BritBox UK’s managing director, said: “We are excited to bring the very best British entertainment to an even wider audience through Amazon Prime Video Channels, especially as we launch even more original content in the spring, summer and beyond.” BritBox originals include Spitting Image and the upcoming drama The Beast Must Die.
Sky, WarnerMedia, ViacomCBS Team For Kids Campaign
Sky, WarnerMedia, and ViacomCBS are coming together to help improve children’s literacy by launching a Turn on the Subtitles campaign. Together, they will make subtitles available on more than 500 of their most popular episodes of kids’ content after research showed that it can help children become proficient readers. Sky’s director of kids content Lucy Murphy...
- 3/8/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
As this year’s Glasgow Film Festival comes to a close, it brings us to the precipice of spring where the world becomes that little bit brighter. And with that the closing film, Spring Blossom, though it doesn’t quite shine bright enough as hoped.
The film isn’t lacking ambition as Suzanne Lindon proves by not only starring as the lead, ‘Suzanne’, but also on writing as well as directing duties. It is a remarkable achievement in of itself in what is its UK premiere as well as Lindon’s feature debut in all three departments.
There is a certain self-assured feel to Lindon’s performance with her natural screen presence. Set in Paris the story follows the life of a teenager who we instantly get a sense is disconnected on a level from those in her circle, even her life to a degree, until she catches a glimpse...
The film isn’t lacking ambition as Suzanne Lindon proves by not only starring as the lead, ‘Suzanne’, but also on writing as well as directing duties. It is a remarkable achievement in of itself in what is its UK premiere as well as Lindon’s feature debut in all three departments.
There is a certain self-assured feel to Lindon’s performance with her natural screen presence. Set in Paris the story follows the life of a teenager who we instantly get a sense is disconnected on a level from those in her circle, even her life to a degree, until she catches a glimpse...
- 3/8/2021
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“The opportunity to be more innovative has been interesting,” said Gff co-director Allison Gardner.
Sweetheart, the debut film by UK director Marley Morrison, has won the audience award at the closing event of the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival (Gff), which ran online-only from February 24 to March 7.
The film made its world premiere at the festival.
The coming-of-age story, charts the relationship between two young women during a summer holiday at a caravan park in Dorset. It is the final title to come out of the latest Film London Microwave slate of low-budget projects.
It is produced by Michelle Antoniades for Hazey Jane Films,...
Sweetheart, the debut film by UK director Marley Morrison, has won the audience award at the closing event of the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival (Gff), which ran online-only from February 24 to March 7.
The film made its world premiere at the festival.
The coming-of-age story, charts the relationship between two young women during a summer holiday at a caravan park in Dorset. It is the final title to come out of the latest Film London Microwave slate of low-budget projects.
It is produced by Michelle Antoniades for Hazey Jane Films,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
From 24 February-7 March, the Gff will host eight world, three European and 48 UK premieres online. Initially planned as a hybrid event taking place both in cinemas and online, the 2021 edition of the Glasgow Film Festival will now unfold entirely online, via Glasgow Film’s new viewing platform Glasgow Film At Home. The movies will be accessible to everyone in the UK (not just in Scotland) for the price of £9.99 per film and with special, themed bundles. Opening on 24 February with Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, the festival will close on 7 March with Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom. Standing out among the festival’s eight world premieres is Nick Moran’s Creation Stories, written by Scottish author Irvine Welsh and starring Ewen Bremner, of Trainspotting fame, as the infamous Alan McGee, founder of record label Creation Records, which brought into the world acts such as My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream...
François Ozon’s Summer of ’85 (Été ’85) screens in New York’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze UniFrance and Film at Lincoln Center announced the 26th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema line-up of 18 feature films and free Special Events. Opening the festival is Sébastien Lifshitz’s Little Girl (Petite Fille) with eight-year-old Sasha. Other highlights include François Ozon’s Summer of ’85 (Été ’85), starring Benjamin Voisin and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (music by The Cure); Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom (Seize printemps) with Lindon opposite Arnaud Valois; Nicole Garcia’s Lovers (Amants), starring Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney, and Benoît Magimel; Hélier Cisterne’s Faithful (De nos frères blessés) starring Vicky Krieps and Vincent Lacoste; Quentin Reynaud’s Final Set (Cinquième) set with Kristin Scott Thomas, Ana Girardot, and Alex Lutz, and Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s Gagarin (Gagarine) with Jamil McCraven, Lyna Khoudri, and a cameo by Denis Lavant.
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- 2/11/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Centre of attention: Suzanne Lindon in her debut film as actor, writer and director, Spring Blossom Photo: UniFrance It cannot be easy to cut ties and emerge from the shadow of famous parents yet with her first film Suzanne Lindon appears to have managed the feat that has eluded many in her position.
Daughter of actors Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon, Suzanne Lindon, now just 20, started writing Spring Blossom (Seize Printemps) at the age of 15 as she was studying for her secondary school exams. It tells of an infatuation between a teenage girl (played by Lindon herself) and an actor (played by Arnaud Valois) she spies in a local theatre who’s in his 30s. It was chosen in the official online selection at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and was part of the New Directors section at San Sebastian Film Festival.
She demonstrates a wise awareness of her privileged position.
Daughter of actors Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon, Suzanne Lindon, now just 20, started writing Spring Blossom (Seize Printemps) at the age of 15 as she was studying for her secondary school exams. It tells of an infatuation between a teenage girl (played by Lindon herself) and an actor (played by Arnaud Valois) she spies in a local theatre who’s in his 30s. It was chosen in the official online selection at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and was part of the New Directors section at San Sebastian Film Festival.
She demonstrates a wise awareness of her privileged position.
- 1/29/2021
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
London TV Screenings Schedule Announced
The London TV Screenings became official last year and organizers have now announced the virtual schedule for this year’s event, which takes place March 1-12. Here’s the schedule: Banijay Rights (March 3), All3Media International (March 4), Fremantle (March 5), eOne (March 9), ITV Studios (March 10). The screenings will follow BBC Studios Showcase, which is scheduled to take place online between February 22-24. The annual gathering in Liverpool was the springboard for the informal London TV Screenings, which have been organized as a coordinated but disparate set of events for some time.
Netflix Becomes Europe’s Second Largest TV Group
Netflix became Europe’s second largest TV group by revenue last year, according to research from Ampere Analysis. The analyst said Netflix overtook Germany’s Ard and is second only to Comcast’s Sky. Tony Maroulis, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, said: “It would seem that there is...
The London TV Screenings became official last year and organizers have now announced the virtual schedule for this year’s event, which takes place March 1-12. Here’s the schedule: Banijay Rights (March 3), All3Media International (March 4), Fremantle (March 5), eOne (March 9), ITV Studios (March 10). The screenings will follow BBC Studios Showcase, which is scheduled to take place online between February 22-24. The annual gathering in Liverpool was the springboard for the informal London TV Screenings, which have been organized as a coordinated but disparate set of events for some time.
Netflix Becomes Europe’s Second Largest TV Group
Netflix became Europe’s second largest TV group by revenue last year, according to research from Ampere Analysis. The analyst said Netflix overtook Germany’s Ard and is second only to Comcast’s Sky. Tony Maroulis, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, said: “It would seem that there is...
- 1/14/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
This year’s Glasgow Film Festival will see no less than six world premieres in what is a packed programme.
The 17th annual festival is now completely online given the global pandemic and kicks off on February 24th with Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari. Closing the festival on March 7th is Suzanne Lindon’s debut feature, Spring Blossom.
World premieres include Eye of the Storm as well as Poly Styrene: I am A Cliché. Kevin Macdonald’s The Mauritanian will be among 49 films set for its UK premiere alongside Black Bear and Riders of Justice starring Mads Mikkelsen to name but a few.
Scottish highlights will see the return of Ewen Bremner as part of Nick Moran’s Creation Stories, penned by Irvin Welsh and Dean Cavanagh.
As with tradition, the programme’s Country Focus this year is South Korea. The strand will see the UK premiere of Jung-eun Lim...
The 17th annual festival is now completely online given the global pandemic and kicks off on February 24th with Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari. Closing the festival on March 7th is Suzanne Lindon’s debut feature, Spring Blossom.
World premieres include Eye of the Storm as well as Poly Styrene: I am A Cliché. Kevin Macdonald’s The Mauritanian will be among 49 films set for its UK premiere alongside Black Bear and Riders of Justice starring Mads Mikkelsen to name but a few.
Scottish highlights will see the return of Ewen Bremner as part of Nick Moran’s Creation Stories, penned by Irvin Welsh and Dean Cavanagh.
As with tradition, the programme’s Country Focus this year is South Korea. The strand will see the UK premiere of Jung-eun Lim...
- 1/14/2021
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
UK festival recently moved online-only due to virus crisis.
The Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) has revealed the programme for its 2021 edition (Feb 24-March 7), which includes several award-winning festival favourites and a focus on South Korea.
The 17th edition of Gff, which recently announced it would shift online-only due to the ongoing virus crisis, includes six world premieres, two European premieres and 49 UK premieres – around a third of the event’s usual programme of 180 titles.
However, Gff co-directors Allison Gardner and Allan Hunter said the reduced number of slots had forced them to raise the bar for selection and produce a stronger programme as a result.
The Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) has revealed the programme for its 2021 edition (Feb 24-March 7), which includes several award-winning festival favourites and a focus on South Korea.
The 17th edition of Gff, which recently announced it would shift online-only due to the ongoing virus crisis, includes six world premieres, two European premieres and 49 UK premieres – around a third of the event’s usual programme of 180 titles.
However, Gff co-directors Allison Gardner and Allan Hunter said the reduced number of slots had forced them to raise the bar for selection and produce a stronger programme as a result.
- 1/14/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Glasgow Film Festival co-directors Allison Gardner and Allan Hunter Photo: Eoin Carey
The full line-up for the 17th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival was revealed today, opening on 24 February with Minari and closing on 7 March with Spring Blossom. As it takes place during lockdown, this year's festival has been forced to abandon plans for a hybrid edition and will now be held entirely online, but will still feature several world premières. There will be Q&a events with directors and stars, and a chance for film fans to mingle and discuss what they've watched in dedicated online rooms.
"We realised early on that things are going to be different," festival co-director Allison Gardner told Eye For Film, explaining that some popular parts of the festival just couldn't be replicated online, but she stressed her determination to keep the community spirit that regular attendees love. "I love hearing what people...
The full line-up for the 17th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival was revealed today, opening on 24 February with Minari and closing on 7 March with Spring Blossom. As it takes place during lockdown, this year's festival has been forced to abandon plans for a hybrid edition and will now be held entirely online, but will still feature several world premières. There will be Q&a events with directors and stars, and a chance for film fans to mingle and discuss what they've watched in dedicated online rooms.
"We realised early on that things are going to be different," festival co-director Allison Gardner told Eye For Film, explaining that some popular parts of the festival just couldn't be replicated online, but she stressed her determination to keep the community spirit that regular attendees love. "I love hearing what people...
- 1/13/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ongoing Covid-19 restrictions end plans for hybrid event and UK cinema partnerships.
The Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) has abandoned plans to host a hybrid event next month and will instead shift entirely online due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
The 17th edition of the festival was set to physically screen titles in Glasgow as well as 23 partner cinemas around the UK, opening on February 24 with Lee Isaac Chung’s awards contender Minari and closing with Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom on March 7.
But with cinemas across much of the UK remaining closed due to lockdown restrictions, festival organisers have taken the...
The Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) has abandoned plans to host a hybrid event next month and will instead shift entirely online due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
The 17th edition of the festival was set to physically screen titles in Glasgow as well as 23 partner cinemas around the UK, opening on February 24 with Lee Isaac Chung’s awards contender Minari and closing with Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom on March 7.
But with cinemas across much of the UK remaining closed due to lockdown restrictions, festival organisers have taken the...
- 1/8/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Glasgow Film Fest Opener & Closer
The 2021 Glasgow Film Festival is partnering with 22 cinemas across the UK to reach audiences that are not unable to travel to the event due to the country’s tiered lockdown system. The fest will open on February 24 with the UK premiere of Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari and will close on March 7 with the UK premiere of Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom. Each of the 22 partner cinemas will show both the opening and closing titles.
Cambridge Plans ‘Genre Neutral’ Anthology
London-based Cambridge Picture Company, which has credits including Loving Vincent, has optioned a collection of nine supernatural short stories from Mike Carey and is planning to create an anthology of one-off televisual dramas. Carey previously adapted his own novel for the screenplay of The Girl With All the Gifts. The anthology will be developed under the title Genre Neutral. It will take classic movie genres...
The 2021 Glasgow Film Festival is partnering with 22 cinemas across the UK to reach audiences that are not unable to travel to the event due to the country’s tiered lockdown system. The fest will open on February 24 with the UK premiere of Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari and will close on March 7 with the UK premiere of Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom. Each of the 22 partner cinemas will show both the opening and closing titles.
Cambridge Plans ‘Genre Neutral’ Anthology
London-based Cambridge Picture Company, which has credits including Loving Vincent, has optioned a collection of nine supernatural short stories from Mike Carey and is planning to create an anthology of one-off televisual dramas. Carey previously adapted his own novel for the screenplay of The Girl With All the Gifts. The anthology will be developed under the title Genre Neutral. It will take classic movie genres...
- 12/10/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Minari Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute Glasgow Film Festival has announced it will open with the UK premiere of Sundance- winning indie drama Minari on February 24 and will close with the UK premiere of Suzanne Lindon's debut Spring Blossom on March 7.
The festival has also announced it is taking its premieres to 22 partner cinemas across the UK next year, while films will also be available to screen via its online platform Glasgow Film At Home.
Allison Gardner, Glasgow Film CEO and co-director of Glasgow Film Festival, said: “Working in partnership with cinemas all around the UK means we can bring fantastic films and premieres to audiences across the four nations and still give that big screen experience that makes cinema so exciting.”
Each partner cinema will show the Opening and Closing films of the festival, as well as a selection of cinema-only screenings from the festival programme, to be announced in next.
The festival has also announced it is taking its premieres to 22 partner cinemas across the UK next year, while films will also be available to screen via its online platform Glasgow Film At Home.
Allison Gardner, Glasgow Film CEO and co-director of Glasgow Film Festival, said: “Working in partnership with cinemas all around the UK means we can bring fantastic films and premieres to audiences across the four nations and still give that big screen experience that makes cinema so exciting.”
Each partner cinema will show the Opening and Closing films of the festival, as well as a selection of cinema-only screenings from the festival programme, to be announced in next.
- 12/10/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Opening and closing films among those set to be shown at 22 partner cinemas.
The Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) is partnering with 22 cinemas around the UK to screen key titles from its 2021 edition.
Each partner cinema will show the opening and closing films of the festival, set to run as a hybrid event from February 24 to March 7, as well as a selection of other “cinema-only screenings” from the programme that will be announced in January.
The move has been taken to expand the reach of the festival at a time when audiences may not choose to travel to Glasgow, as a result of the pandemic.
The Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) is partnering with 22 cinemas around the UK to screen key titles from its 2021 edition.
Each partner cinema will show the opening and closing films of the festival, set to run as a hybrid event from February 24 to March 7, as well as a selection of other “cinema-only screenings” from the programme that will be announced in January.
The move has been taken to expand the reach of the festival at a time when audiences may not choose to travel to Glasgow, as a result of the pandemic.
- 12/10/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Next year’s Glasgow Film Festival gets 2021 off to a great start with the announcement of its opening and closing films.
The festival runs from February 24th to March 7th and opens with the UK premiere of Lee Isaacs Chung’s Minari. Starring The Walking Dead alumni, Steven Yeun, it so far is generating buzz after picking up awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Spring Blossom will close the festival with Suzanne Lindon writing, starring and what is also her directorial debut. After selected as the closing film Lindon said:
“When I learned the Glasgow Film Festival had chosen Spring Blossom to be the closing film, I felt very honoured. Having a passion and being able to live it and to share it with the world is very precious and extremely rare.”
It is going to be another festival of firsts with cinemas across the UK screening films.
The festival runs from February 24th to March 7th and opens with the UK premiere of Lee Isaacs Chung’s Minari. Starring The Walking Dead alumni, Steven Yeun, it so far is generating buzz after picking up awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Spring Blossom will close the festival with Suzanne Lindon writing, starring and what is also her directorial debut. After selected as the closing film Lindon said:
“When I learned the Glasgow Film Festival had chosen Spring Blossom to be the closing film, I felt very honoured. Having a passion and being able to live it and to share it with the world is very precious and extremely rare.”
It is going to be another festival of firsts with cinemas across the UK screening films.
- 12/10/2020
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hirokazu Kore-eda also honoured for his achievements in film.
Ben Sharrock’s UK drama Limbo has been awarded the best film and best screenplay prizes at the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM), which shifted online this year as a result of the pandemic.
Sharrock’s asylum seeker drama, which received a Cannes 2020 label and world premiered at Toronto, was among 11 titles by first and second-time filmmakers that competed in the festival’s international competition. The best film trophy is accompanied by a cash prize of £60,000.
Other awards saw France’s Suzanne Lindon win best director for her coming-of-age drama...
Ben Sharrock’s UK drama Limbo has been awarded the best film and best screenplay prizes at the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM), which shifted online this year as a result of the pandemic.
Sharrock’s asylum seeker drama, which received a Cannes 2020 label and world premiered at Toronto, was among 11 titles by first and second-time filmmakers that competed in the festival’s international competition. The best film trophy is accompanied by a cash prize of £60,000.
Other awards saw France’s Suzanne Lindon win best director for her coming-of-age drama...
- 12/8/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Ben Sharrock’s “Limbo” was named the best film at the closing event Tuesday of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Japanese auteur Koreeda Hirokazu was bestowed with the festival’s Spirit of Cinema honorary award.
The film follows a Syrian refugee in a remote Scottish island as he awaits his asylum application to be processed and his arm to heal allowing him to play his musical instrument. It was previously selected for the Cannes festival.
The IFFAM jury, headed by mainland Chinese director Ning Hao, made a unanimous decision before awarding the $60,000 prize to Sharrock, who also won the best screenplay award. “It was a thought-provoking piece of work, because of its in-depth exploration of society and also the relationship between culture and humanity. Combined with the director’s unique film language and a modern artistic style, it magically blends together and gives the audience unforgettable pleasure and enjoyment of all senses,...
The film follows a Syrian refugee in a remote Scottish island as he awaits his asylum application to be processed and his arm to heal allowing him to play his musical instrument. It was previously selected for the Cannes festival.
The IFFAM jury, headed by mainland Chinese director Ning Hao, made a unanimous decision before awarding the $60,000 prize to Sharrock, who also won the best screenplay award. “It was a thought-provoking piece of work, because of its in-depth exploration of society and also the relationship between culture and humanity. Combined with the director’s unique film language and a modern artistic style, it magically blends together and gives the audience unforgettable pleasure and enjoyment of all senses,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Jasmila Zbanic’s historical drama is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entry to the Academy Awards.
Curzon has snapped up UK and Ireland rights to Jasmila Zbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida? from Paris-based Indie Sales. The film is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s submission for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Oscars.
The historical drama will be released theatrically and on digital platform Curzon Home Cinema on January 22, 2021.
Set in the Bosnian summer of 1995, the film follows a United Nations translator, played by Jasna Duricic, who tries to save her husband and two sons after the Serbian army takes over...
Curzon has snapped up UK and Ireland rights to Jasmila Zbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida? from Paris-based Indie Sales. The film is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s submission for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Oscars.
The historical drama will be released theatrically and on digital platform Curzon Home Cinema on January 22, 2021.
Set in the Bosnian summer of 1995, the film follows a United Nations translator, played by Jasna Duricic, who tries to save her husband and two sons after the Serbian army takes over...
- 11/30/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Spring Blossom was one of 15 first features selected by the Cannes Film Festival for its 56-title special 2020 Official Selection.
Paris-based sales company Luxbox has unveiled a new round of deals on French filmmaker Suzanne Lindon’s debut feature Spring Blossom ahead of a special screening in Mexico City this week as part of the Ventana Sur market programme.
New deals include to US (Kimstim), Greece (Strada), Italy (102 Distribution), Japan (Jinjin), Scandinavia, Iceland and the Baltics (Edge) and Taiwan (iFilm).
The film was due to be released by Paname Distribution in France on December 9 but this theatrical launch has been...
Paris-based sales company Luxbox has unveiled a new round of deals on French filmmaker Suzanne Lindon’s debut feature Spring Blossom ahead of a special screening in Mexico City this week as part of the Ventana Sur market programme.
New deals include to US (Kimstim), Greece (Strada), Italy (102 Distribution), Japan (Jinjin), Scandinavia, Iceland and the Baltics (Edge) and Taiwan (iFilm).
The film was due to be released by Paname Distribution in France on December 9 but this theatrical launch has been...
- 11/30/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut “Falling” and the already acclaimed Chinese film “The Cloud in her Room” form part of the 11-title competition section announced by the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. The festival will take place entirely online this year, running Dec. 3-8.
The competition, which focuses on first and second films, also includes: Wang Xiaozhen’s “Love Poem,” which won the top prize at the First International Film Festival this year; Jeonju prize-winner “Black Light,” by Bae Jongdae; Cannes 2020 Label titles “Limbo,” by the U.K.’s Ben Sharrock, “Spring Blossom” by France’s Suzanne Lindon, and “Sweat” by Magnus von Horn; and “Back To The Wharf,” by China’s Li Xiaofeng.
Three other titles joining the competition are: “Servants,” by Ivan Ostrochovsky of the Czech Republic; “Shorta,” by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Olholm from Denmark; and “Tragic Jungle,” by Yulene Olaizola, from Mexico.
Prizes will be...
The competition, which focuses on first and second films, also includes: Wang Xiaozhen’s “Love Poem,” which won the top prize at the First International Film Festival this year; Jeonju prize-winner “Black Light,” by Bae Jongdae; Cannes 2020 Label titles “Limbo,” by the U.K.’s Ben Sharrock, “Spring Blossom” by France’s Suzanne Lindon, and “Sweat” by Magnus von Horn; and “Back To The Wharf,” by China’s Li Xiaofeng.
Three other titles joining the competition are: “Servants,” by Ivan Ostrochovsky of the Czech Republic; “Shorta,” by Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Olholm from Denmark; and “Tragic Jungle,” by Yulene Olaizola, from Mexico.
Prizes will be...
- 11/10/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Programme includes competition section of 11 features from first and second-time directors.
The International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) has confirmed that it is moving online for its fifth edition (December 3-8) and announced its full programme, including an international competition for first and second-time filmmakers.
The competition line-up of 11 features including actor Viggo Mortensen’s directing debut Falling; Cannes 2020 Label titles Limbo, Spring Blossom and Sweat; Jeonju film festival winner Black Light; and Chinese titles Love Poem, which won the top prize at this year’s First International Film Festival, and The Cloud In Her Room, which took the Tiger...
The International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Iffam) has confirmed that it is moving online for its fifth edition (December 3-8) and announced its full programme, including an international competition for first and second-time filmmakers.
The competition line-up of 11 features including actor Viggo Mortensen’s directing debut Falling; Cannes 2020 Label titles Limbo, Spring Blossom and Sweat; Jeonju film festival winner Black Light; and Chinese titles Love Poem, which won the top prize at this year’s First International Film Festival, and The Cloud In Her Room, which took the Tiger...
- 11/10/2020
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Fernanda Valadez’s feature debut “Identifying Features” (“Sin Señas Particulares”) has collected the 18th Morelia Int’l Film Festival’s Best Film Ojo prize as well as Audience Award and best actress plaudit for its lead, Mercedes Hernandez.
In a spare and sparsely attended closing ceremony on Sunday evening, Hernandez was among only two winners who were present to come on stage. A visibly moved Hernandez said: “My son, when asked what I do, says I earn my living by crying, probably because he has seen me act in plays or movies.”
“Paradoxically, my character in this film cannot cry as she has to contain her rage, she has to persist in looking for her son… as there is nothing worse for a mother than not knowing if her son is dead or alive.”
The topical drama, about a mother searching desperately for her son who has vanished while attempting to cross into the U.
In a spare and sparsely attended closing ceremony on Sunday evening, Hernandez was among only two winners who were present to come on stage. A visibly moved Hernandez said: “My son, when asked what I do, says I earn my living by crying, probably because he has seen me act in plays or movies.”
“Paradoxically, my character in this film cannot cry as she has to contain her rage, she has to persist in looking for her son… as there is nothing worse for a mother than not knowing if her son is dead or alive.”
The topical drama, about a mother searching desperately for her son who has vanished while attempting to cross into the U.
- 11/2/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
16 regional and international features are competing for the festival’s $50,000 Golden Star award.
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival kicked off its fourth edition against the Covid-19 odds over the weekend, feting French actor Gérard Depardieu and UK director Peter Webber with its special Golden Star Career Achievement Award at the opening ceremony.
Taking to the stage, Depardieu praised the festival for pulling off such a large-scale event and professed his admiration for late Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine.
A host of film and TV stars from Egypt as well as a smattering of international guests walked the red carpet at the glitzy opening event,...
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival kicked off its fourth edition against the Covid-19 odds over the weekend, feting French actor Gérard Depardieu and UK director Peter Webber with its special Golden Star Career Achievement Award at the opening ceremony.
Taking to the stage, Depardieu praised the festival for pulling off such a large-scale event and professed his admiration for late Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine.
A host of film and TV stars from Egypt as well as a smattering of international guests walked the red carpet at the glitzy opening event,...
- 10/26/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Suzanne Lindon, the 20-year old star and filmmaker of “Spring Blossom,” was born into French cinema royalty, being the daughter of famed French actors Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlain; but the spirited young woman was determined early on to plow her own path towards acting. While Lindon initially wrote “Spring Blossom” as a vehicle to make her first foray into acting with an ideally-crafted leading part, the film has now established her as a promising young director.
“Spring Blossom” is handled in international markets by Luxbox and will be released theatrically in France by Paname Distribution on Dec. 9. The coming-of-age tale was part of Cannes 2020’s Official Selection, played at San Sebastian, Toronto and New York film festivals, and screens at El Gouna Film Festival on Saturday.
Lindon spoke to Variety about the genesis of “Spring Blossom,” as well as the making of the movie, its singularity and the unlikely...
“Spring Blossom” is handled in international markets by Luxbox and will be released theatrically in France by Paname Distribution on Dec. 9. The coming-of-age tale was part of Cannes 2020’s Official Selection, played at San Sebastian, Toronto and New York film festivals, and screens at El Gouna Film Festival on Saturday.
Lindon spoke to Variety about the genesis of “Spring Blossom,” as well as the making of the movie, its singularity and the unlikely...
- 10/23/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – The 56th Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff) is virtual and online Right Now, so go download some movies! This is your last chance for Industry Days (through October 18th), where you can rub virtual elbows with some of the movers and shakers in the film industry here in Chicago.
..and nationally/internationally. All the information to “sit in” on the events is available by clicking here.
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival Celebrates The Weekend. On Saturday, October 17th, the Drive In is showing “Ammonite” (click here). On Sunday, October 18th, the Drive in showing “The Road Up” (click here).
Appearances Of The Day:
Friday, October 16th 7:00pm: “For Madmen Only” … Livestream Q&a with actor James Urbaniak and director Heather Ross. Suggested streaming start time, 5:20pm. 9:00pm: “Finding Yingying” … Livestream Q&a with director Jiayan “Jenny” Shi, producer Brent E. Huffman and cinematographer Shilin Sun.
..and nationally/internationally. All the information to “sit in” on the events is available by clicking here.
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival Celebrates The Weekend. On Saturday, October 17th, the Drive In is showing “Ammonite” (click here). On Sunday, October 18th, the Drive in showing “The Road Up” (click here).
Appearances Of The Day:
Friday, October 16th 7:00pm: “For Madmen Only” … Livestream Q&a with actor James Urbaniak and director Heather Ross. Suggested streaming start time, 5:20pm. 9:00pm: “Finding Yingying” … Livestream Q&a with director Jiayan “Jenny” Shi, producer Brent E. Huffman and cinematographer Shilin Sun.
- 10/16/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The 43rd iteration of the Mill Valley Film Festival may not look as it has in previous years due to Covid-19 with many of its sections navigating online, but that in no way detracts from what the fest, running Oct. 8-18, will and already has accomplished on the artistic front. One of Mill Valley’s most notable endeavors: 57% of films screening in the San Francisco Bay Area fest are directed by women, a number that goes above and beyond its intended goal of reaching the 50% mark by 2020.
“We are doing what we set out to do with the fest’s gender equity Mind the Gap initiative,” says Mark Fishkin, Mvff founder and executive director of the California Film Institute.
“When you look at the films screening this year, from ‘Herself,’ directed by Phyllida Lloyd, to ‘Nomadland,’ directed by Chloé Zhou, there is just some miraculous work being done by women.
“We are doing what we set out to do with the fest’s gender equity Mind the Gap initiative,” says Mark Fishkin, Mvff founder and executive director of the California Film Institute.
“When you look at the films screening this year, from ‘Herself,’ directed by Phyllida Lloyd, to ‘Nomadland,’ directed by Chloé Zhou, there is just some miraculous work being done by women.
- 10/10/2020
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
Festival spearheaded by Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux set to run in Lyon October 10 to 18.
France’s Lumière Film Festival will host 23 titles from the Cannes Film Festival’s special 2020 Official Selection at its 12th edition running October 10 to 18 in Lyon.
The festival spearheaded by Cannes delegate general Thierry Frémaux, in his other role as head of the Institut Lumière, is pushing on with the 2020 edition in the face of rising Covid-19 restrictions in France following a surge in cases in the country.
The Lumière showcase represents just under half the 56 titles selected for Cannes’s special 2020 Official Selection that it...
France’s Lumière Film Festival will host 23 titles from the Cannes Film Festival’s special 2020 Official Selection at its 12th edition running October 10 to 18 in Lyon.
The festival spearheaded by Cannes delegate general Thierry Frémaux, in his other role as head of the Institut Lumière, is pushing on with the 2020 edition in the face of rising Covid-19 restrictions in France following a surge in cases in the country.
The Lumière showcase represents just under half the 56 titles selected for Cannes’s special 2020 Official Selection that it...
- 10/7/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Cannes 2020 label film recently played at Toronto and San Sebastian.
Suzanne Lindon, at just 20 years old, was the youngest filmmaker to make it into Cannes’s special 2020 Official Selection this year with her debut feature Spring Blossom.
She both directed and stars in the gentle coming-of-age tale about a Parisian teenager who enters into a platonic love affair with an actor in his 30s.
In the absence of a physical Cannes, the film premiered in Toronto’s Discovery section in early September, before heading to San Sebastian’s New Directors line-up. It is now touring festivals worldwide, stopping off this...
Suzanne Lindon, at just 20 years old, was the youngest filmmaker to make it into Cannes’s special 2020 Official Selection this year with her debut feature Spring Blossom.
She both directed and stars in the gentle coming-of-age tale about a Parisian teenager who enters into a platonic love affair with an actor in his 30s.
In the absence of a physical Cannes, the film premiered in Toronto’s Discovery section in early September, before heading to San Sebastian’s New Directors line-up. It is now touring festivals worldwide, stopping off this...
- 9/30/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The most striking thing about Spring Blossom, in which a 16-year-old girl falls in love with a man in his mid-thirties, is that it stars 20-year-old director Suzanne Lindon in the leading role. The 2020 Cannes and TIFF selection is a tender and amusing portrait of teen-hood, in which the character of Suzanne experiences a […]
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- 9/29/2020
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Slash Film
The festival is showcasing first films by Moritz Bleibtreu, Bjarne Mädel,Fanny Liatard, Jeremy Trouilh and Suzanne Lindon.
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
- 9/25/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The festival is showcasing first films by Moritz Bleibtreu, Bjarne Mädel,Fanny Liatard, Jeremy Trouilh and Suzanne Lindon.
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
- 9/25/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
The festival is showcasing first films by Moritz Bleibtreu, Bjarne Mädel,Fanny Liatard, Jeremy Trouilh and Suzanne Lindon.
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
The 28th edition of Filmfest Hamburg opened on Thursday evening with the premiere of Oskar Roehler’s tribute to New German Cinema’s iconic director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Enfant Terrible,. It closes on October 3 with this year’s Golden Lion winner Nomadland by Chloé Zhao.
Festival director Albert Wiederspiel, who is celebrating his 17th year in the role, explains how he hopes the festival will help to bring audiences back to cinemas, how the event has adapted to the city’s social...
- 9/25/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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