Etiket: filmmakers
Isabelle Huppert, committed cinema and independent American cinema are on the program for the 56th selection of the Quinzaine des filmmakers
A parallel and independent selection of the Cannes Festival, the Directors’ Fortnight has aimed since 1969 to “discover the most unique cinematographic writings of contemporary cinema”. France Télévisions – Culture…
International Short Film Festival in Saguenay | REGARD belongs to its filmmakers
(Saguenay) It was in front of a packed house at Théâtre C in Chicoutimi that the 28e edition of the annual celebration of short films got underway on Wednesday. A…
The Berlinale pays tribute to two Iranian filmmakers prevented from leaving their country
Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, the directors of My Favorite Cake [“Mon gâteau préféré”], presented at the International Film Festival which opened on Thursday February 15, were unable to travel…
Berlinale urges Tehran to let two Iranian filmmakers travel
(Berlin) Organizers of the Berlin film festival urged Tehran on Thursday to let travel two Iranian filmmakers who, they say, have no right to leave their country while they are…
Strikes | Black, Indigenous, and visible minority filmmakers feel forgotten
(Toronto) Ongoing strikes by Hollywood actors and writers have garnered much attention at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), but members of the Canadian film industry who are Black,…
Financing for the oil and gas industry | Filmmakers call on TIFF to cut ties with RBC
(Toronto) A group of Canadian filmmakers has joined forces with Hollywood stars to call on the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to end its sponsorship with the Royal Bank of…
Two Quebec filmmakers in Locarno
The latest films by Quebec filmmakers Denis Côté and Eric K. Boulianne are among the works that will be presented at the Locarno Film Festival, which has just unveiled its…
filmmakers Wim Wenders and Catherine Breillat back on the Croisette after years of absence
Find here all of our live #CANNES 7:32 p.m. : Léa Drucker was “curious” to shoot for Catherine Breillat who has “a very precise, very strong vision of cinema”. She…
a platform carried by filmmakers invites France to grant them a visa
More than 300 personalities are calling on the French authorities to provide visas to cultural actors trying to flee the new civil war that broke out in their country last…
Filmmakers denounce industry interference in their creations
(Cannes) Some 500 mainly French-speaking filmmakers, including Albert Dupontel, Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano or the brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, denounce industry interference in their artistic work, “in the…
Exploded programming for filmmakers
The Filminists propose for their 6e edition a particularly fragmented program, both militant and festive, academic and light, rooted in current events. And accessible, on top of that. Posted at…
Raoul Barré Prize | New support for the animation filmmakers of tomorrow
Animation is on the move: a new partnership has been forged between the Raoul-Barré Foundation, seeking to perpetuate the legacy of this multidisciplinary Quebec artist from the early 20the century,…
Syndicate of Iranian Filmmakers | The release of Jafar Panahi demanded
(Tehran) The main union of Iranian filmmakers on Tuesday called on the authorities to release dissident director Jafar Panahi, detained since July, according to their organization. Posted at 10:36 a.m.…
[Les coulisses de nos reportages] TIFF: filmmakers and t-shirts
For this series, The duty takes you behind the scenes of great stories from its journalists in 2022. At the Toronto International Film Festival, François Lévesque watched, interviewed and wrote…
the author of the book “Les Avatars de James Cameron” analyzes the filmmaker’s ecological thinking
“A fascination with water”: the author of the book “The Avatars of James Cameron” analyzes the filmmaker’s ecological thinking Access to accessibility menu source site-10
Telefilm: more to filmmakers of diversity, but less to Francophones
Telefilm Canada granted French-language productions a smaller share of funding this year than in the previous two. The federal institution, which is one of the largest funders in the film…
Retrospective of the work of Bruce LaBruce | Tribute to the most transgressive of Canadian filmmakers
From the punk and queer movements of the 1980s, Bruce LaBruce made a name for himself in the cinema circuit underground using the codes of pornography for political and militant…
The aspirations of the world under the enriched eye of filmmakers with the “Nouv.o.monde” festival
France Bleu Provence is a partner of the 11th edition of the “Nouv.o.monde” film festival organized by Les Films du Delta in Rousset, Trets and Aix-en-provence from Friday September 30…
a French support program for filmmakers deprived of freedom of expression in their countries
A welcome in France “for six months” for directors foreign to muzzled freedom of expression: this is the heart of “Free Cameras”, the support project announced by the Minister of…
Iran | Arrest of two filmmakers for “disturbing public order”
(Tehran) Iranian authorities have arrested two filmmakers accused of ‘disturbing public order’ for encouraging protests after the deadly collapse of a building in the country’s southwest in May, the news…