Two-time Palme d’Or winner for When Father was Away on Business in 1985 and Underground in 1995, Emir Kusturica is once again showing a film in the Official Competition entitled Promise Me This. The action takes place in the Serbian countryside and centers on the promises made by Tsane (Uros Milovanovic) to his aging grandfather (Aleksandar Bercek): go over the three hills into the nearest town and sell their cow at the market there. With the money, Tsane must buy a religious icon and then any...
Thierry Fremaux unveiled the Cannes Festival Official Selection in Paris on Thursday.21 competition titles are lined up including a very strong presence of American films (5) and such longtime festival friends returning to cannes: Joel and Ethan Coen's, Quentin Tarantino's, Gus van Sant, Emir Kusturica, Wong Kar Wai.... Opening film:WONG Kar Wai MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS 1h51Fatih AKIN AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE 2h02Catherine BREILLAT UNE VIEILLE MAÎTRESSE 1h50Joel & Ethan COEN NO COUNT...
Thierry Fremaux unveiled the Cannes Festival Official Selection in Paris on Thursday.21 competition titles are lined up including a very strong presence of American films (5) and such longtime festival friends returning to cannes: Joel and Ethan Coen's, Quentin Tarantino's, Gus van Sant, Emir Kusturica, Wong Kar Wai....The Coen brothers, Tarantino and Van Sant are all previous Palme d'Or winners, Emir won two awards from his past presentations. Good to see a german film in the lineup.Surprised ...
If the Cannes Film Festival represents the culture of central Europe, for the film media, there are several international film festivals in Europe and the world, and one in Eastern Europe, the International Film Festival FEST in Serbia and Montenegro. FEST, The International Film Festival takes place in Belgrade and has the long 34-year-old tradition. During its 34 years, this festival hosted big names in the filmmaking show business. It is not easy to promote the world cultural co-operation, in...
This is a film made by a Swede - now how do you define that? By blood, by territory, by residency, by a hyphenated ethnic identity? Miko Lazic is actually a second generation Swede. He's a Serbian-Swede. His film ...
29th SAO PAULO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALFestival runs October 22nd to November 4th. For the 29th year the BR Film Festival – São Paulo International Film Festival brings to the Brazilian public a selection of the best films of the world's cinema. Nearly 350 films will be shown from more than 50 different countries. Homage to cinema's great names such as Manoel de Oliveira, Roberto Rossellini and Victor Sjöström and retrospectives and special exhibitions are also part of the program. In ad...
The official jury gave their first press conference on May 11th. President Emir Kusturica opened by saying for the record that “the nature of cinema does not have a parallel with democracy”, adding that, “this is a fun jury so that the melodrama can be completed”. He assured the press that the jury “won’t make pathetic decisions because there is no democracy inside!” Festival president Gilles Jacob has already declared prior to this Cannes there will be no declarations like Que...
A breathy "mistress of ceremonies"—Cécile de France greeted the special guests of the 58th Cannes Film Festival last nite. The young actress called her role as emcee "an honor, and great emotion when you’re frightened - so its an immense emotion to be with you here."De France then introduced the fabulous jury for the "Official Selection" of features this year. The mistress of ceremonies called the world of filmmaking a group of "unbelievable people meeting to tell the same story. When the s...
The curtain went up on the 58th edition of the Festival de Cannes at the bidding of the mistress of ceremony Cécile de France and Jury President Emir Kusturica; the latter was of course in the company of the other Jury members: directors Agnès Varda, John Woo, Benoît Jacquot & Fatih Aki, actors Nandita Das, Javier Bardem & Salma Hayek as well as writer Toni Morrison. The Jury has the task of bestowing the Palme d'Or to one of the 21 feature films in the Official Selection.Following the Openin...
Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris“ was saluted by Emir KusturicaVilnius International Film Festival “Kino pavasaris“ ended last week with the remarkable record of audience attendance. During the Festival (1-14 of April) the cinema “Lietuva“ was attended by 41 251 spectators: 13 000 more than last year. Lithuanian spectators proved once again their interest in European, Asian, African, American and Oceanian cinema.This year celebrating the 10th anniversary the Festiv...
Cannes jury members of the different sections could feed 10 smaller festivals. Some of them have very strong ties with the festival and accept to pay an hommage to a festival that did so much for their career. Kusturica can be considered an icon among them.FEATURE FILMS JURYEmir KUSTURICA, President (Director - Serbia-Montenegro)Toni MORRISON (Writer -United States)Nandita DAS (Actress - India)Salma HAYEK (Actress - Mexico)Agnès VARDA (Director - France)John WOO (Director - China)Fatih AKIN (Di...
Word from the Jury President Of Cannes 2005, May 11-22Being President of the Jury is a great occasion to pay tribute to cinema and the profession of filmmaker. I like paying attention to all identities and their expression, to seize reality from many different perspectives.I feel like the head of a troop and I will take care that the Jury is able to express its point of view and present its vision of cinema. We will receive the films attentively and then discuss them as freely as possible. Cinem...
A word from the Presidents If you are elected, you embody a certain legitimacy and you have the responsibility of defining the policy of the institution you lead. This year I was determined that the event should not lose sight of two axes that I consider to be of primary importance: pleasure in meeting up and an invitation to go on a journey.To film is to chart a passage. Someone - a spectator - is doing the same thing in the opposite direction. He and the cinematographer meet in the middle and ...
Cécile de France will be the master of ceremony for the Festival de Cannes 2005. She will open the 58th Festival on May 11th and welcome the jury and its President, Emir Kusturica, to the stage of the Palais des Festivals.Cécile de France will also host the Award Ceremony on Saturday May 21st which will be broadcast live on Canal+ who will produce and transmit the two ceremonies for the Festival de Cannes.Cécile de France, born in Namur, France, has made the transition from theatre to film wi...
Cécile de France will be the master of ceremony for the Festival de Cannes 2005. She will open the 58th Festival on May 11th and welcome the jury and its President, Emir Kusturica, to the stage of the Palais des Festivals.Cécile de France will also host the Award Ceremony on Saturday May 21st which will be broadcast live on Canal+ who will produce and transmit the two ceremonies for the Festival de Cannes.Cécile de France, born in Namur, France, has made the transition from theatre to film wi...
Emir Kusturica will be President of the Jury for the 58th Festival de Cannes which takes place from May 11th to 22nd 2005.When selected for the first time at Cannes in 1985, he won the Palme d'Or for When Father was Away on Business. He returned in 1989 with Time of the Gypsies, and was awarded the Director's Prize. In 1995, Underground saw him join the very select group of directors who have twice been awarded the Palme d'Or. After the success of Life is a Miracle in 2004, Emir Kusturica accept...
Lia van Leer’s 21st International Jerusalem Film Festival begins Thursday, July 8, with a traditional starlight screening against the backdrop of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. This year the opening film will be Emir Kusturica’s “Life is a Miracle.” Kusturica will be a guest of the festival, as will British filmmaker Anthony Minghella, (“The English Patient,” “Cold Mountain”). They will both receive Achievement Awards at the inauguration of the festival. Lifetime Achieve...
Happy Birthday to Isabelle AdjaniBosco di Ciliegi, who are in charge of the banquet to mark the actress’s anniversary, have promised to make a fantastic birthday cake for the celebrity. Planning her trip to Moscow Isabelle asked the advice of her close friend, composer and musician Jean-Michel Jarre, who has been in Moscow more than once. Dominique Borg thinks Moscow is wonderfulMadam Borg was on the Grand Jury of the 24th MIFF. The French costume designer loves Russia, so she was happy to...
Life is a Miracle marks the return to Cannes of Emir Kusturica talended, awarded and a Cannes local....
With two days away to the Palmarès, and two films left to screen, here is the official selection which has commanded the press attention for over a week - with comments by the directors. No one can ever predict what a jury with a chemistry of its own will decide. We have some ideas though from the day one press conference: Benoît Poelvoorde is going to take revenge on the films because he's never won an award (prompted by Bob Hope and Billy Crystal). Tilda Swinton and Quentin Tarantino will po...
Nominees for the Golden PalmMondovino by Jonathan Nossiter Press Conference: "Mondovino"Jonathan Nossiter's Mondovino made it into the official selection, a story of the globalization of wine over three continents. The drink of the gods—or what he calls “the sole guardian of Western civilization” has lost its personal stamp and perhaps its soul. "It is the reflection of the land from which it came and should also reflect its cultivator," one of the sad conclusions the filmmaker has come to...
In Competition with "Life is a Miracle" Emir Kusturica makes another come back to Jacob's land. Let us cross some fingers that he will get similar luck with his latest film after his previous palms.Life is a Miracle (Zivot Je Cudo) marks the return of Emir Kusturica in Cannes, one of the rare directors – along with Francis Ford Coppola, Bille August and Shohei Imamura – to have been bestowed two Palme d'Or awards: the first one in 1985 for When Father Was Away on Business and again 10 years ...
Today's films from the official selection are:Nominees for the Golden PalmMondovino by Jonathan Nossiter Life Is A Miracle by Emir Kusturica Out Of Competition Five by Abbas KIAROSTAMI Born To Film by Frédéric SojcherThe 10 Th District Courts by Raymond Depardon A Certain Regard Earth And Ashes by Atiq Rahimi Lu Cheng by Yang Chao A Tout De Suite by Benoît Jacquot Special Cannes Classics Features Pickpocket by Robert Bresson Le Voyage D'amélie by Daniel Duval Moira Sullivan...
Following Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Thomas Vinterberg, Erick Zonca, Martin Scorsese and Emir Kusturica, Nikita Mikhalkov will be the president of the Jury for the Short Films in Competition and the Cinéfondation, official Selection for the short and medium films from cinema schools, of the 57th Cannes Festival. He will be aided by four international artists: Nicole Garcia, Marisa Paredes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Pablo Trapero.Nikita Mikhalkov will award the three Cinéfondation Awards on ...
The following movies are expected to compete for this year's "Palme d'or" according to French press reports: "The Ladykillers" (Coen Brothers), a remake of a comedy from 1955 "Shrek 2" by Dreamworks - the first part was already in competition three years ago "La vie est un miracle" (Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia) a festival regular."Diaros de Motocicleta", an adaptation of Che Guevara's autobiography by Brazilian director Walter Salles covering Guevara's motorcycle adventures in the South America o...
