150 hour film will screen this month

Daniel Herrera — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:57:22 +0000

Gerard Courant, the man behind the film Cinematon will screen his latest opus later this month in Avignon, France. The film will be a 150 hour film comprised of 2000 segments, each of which last 3 1/2 minutes long and are directed by different individuals chosen by the filmmaker himself. Obviously, the film will contain scenes directed by filmmakers of higher notice such as Terry Gilliam (12 Monkeys), Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes The Barely), Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful), Samuel Fuller (White Dog) and even chess master Joel Lautier. The film was originally started back in 1978, with Gilliam’s portion shot back in 1985. When the film was intended to only be 100 short portraits, it grew in popularity that one can only assume is now a force of habit with the immense running time.

Looong run time aside, do you think you would attend the screening if you had the chance? Note, no word yet if intermissions will be given during the 150 hour film.

Source: UK Telegraph

Cannes 09′ winners

Daniel Herrera — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:06:29 +0000

Michael Hanke finally received a well earned Palm D’or award over the weekend, when his hit film The White Ribbon won the coveted prize at this years Cannes film festival. Ribbon marks the first win for Haneke whose previous films brought both controversy and high acclaim at previous years in Cannes starting with Funny Games and leading up to such brilliant work as Cache and The Piano Teacher.

Never one to not stir up strong feelings on his work Danish director Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist walked away with the best actress prize for Charlotte Gainsberg. Antichrist was easily the most talked about film of the fest with people having such strong hate for the film or respect and love for the work. The films biggest shock came with a small prize given years by a Ecumenical Jury at the fest for work that has high spiritual value, when after presenting Ken Loach with this years award for his film Looking For Eric then presented Anti Christ with an ‘award’ for being ”the most misogynist movie from the self-proclaimed biggest director in the world” .

This years full list of winners:

Palme d’Or
DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael HANEKE

Grand Prix
UN PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques AUDIARD

Lifetime achievement award for his work and his exceptional contribution to the history of cinema

Alain RESNAIS
Best Director
Brillante MENDOZA for KINATAY

Jury Prize
FISH TANK directed by Andrea ARNOLD

BAK-JWI (Thirst) directed by PARK Chan-Wook

Best Performance for an Actor
Christoph WALTZ in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS directed by Quentin TARANTINO

Best Performance by an Actress
Charlotte GAINSBOURG in ANTICHRIST directed by Lars von TRIER

Best Screenplay
MEI Feng for CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) directed by LOU Ye

Prix Vulcain: Artist-Technician
Aitor BERENGUER, sound technician of the movie MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO directed by Isabel COIXET.

IN COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS

Palme d’Or
ARENA directed by João SALAVIZA

Special Distinction

THE SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN directed by Mark ALBISTON, Louis SUTHERLAND

CAMERA D’OR
SAMSON AND DELILAH directed by Warwick THORNTON (presented at Un Certain Regard)

Caméra d’Or – Special Distinction
AJAMI directed by Scandar COPTI, Yaron SHANI (presented at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Prix Un Certain Regard – Fondation Groupama Gan pour le Cinéma

KYNODONTAS (Dogtooth) by Yorgos LANTHIMOS

Jury Prize

POLITIST, ADJECTIV (Police, Adjective) by Corneliu PORUMBOIU.

Special Prize Un Certain Regard 2009

KASI AZ GORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH (No One Knows About Persian Cats) by Bahman GHOBADI

LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS (Father of My Children) by Mia HANSEN-LØVE

CINEFONDATION

First Cinéfondation Prize

BÁBA by Zuzana Kirchnerová-Špidlová (FAMU, République Tchèque)

Second Cinéfondation Prize

GOODBYE by Song Fang (Beijing Film Academy, Chine)

Third Cinéfondation Prize (ex aequo)

DIPLOMA by Yaelle Kayam (The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Israël)

NAMMAE UI JIP (Don’t Step out of the House) directed by Jo Sung-hee (Korean Academy of Film Arts, Corée du Sud)

Source: Festival De Cannes

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