'Frozen River' wins Stockholm film festival prize
The Local (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
US film "Frozen River" by Courtney Hunt was awarded the 16 pound Bronze Horse by the jury of the Stockholm International Film Festival on Saturday.
The Local (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
US film "Frozen River" by Courtney Hunt was awarded the 16 pound Bronze Horse by the jury of the Stockholm International Film Festival on Saturday.
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Awards given Sunday at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, selected by a nine-member jury headed by actor-director Sean Penn: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): “The Class,” Laurent Cantet (France). Grand Prize: “Gomorrah,” Matteo Garrone (Italy). Jury Prize: “Il Divo,” Paolo Sorrentino (Italy). Special 61st Anniversary Prizes: Catherine Deneuve (France) and Clint Eastwood (United...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
A FRENCH film about an inspired teacher in a tough urban school has won the Palme d'Or top prize at Cannes, the first homegrown movie in 21 years to claim the coveted award.
Binside TV (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Awards given Sunday at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, selected by a nine-member jury headed by actor-director Sean Penn: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): "The Class," Laurent Cantet (France). Grand Prize:...
Portable Planet (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
The 61st Cannes Film Festival has come to a close and the jury, headed by Sean Penn, has announced their decisions. The much-coveted Palme d'Or went to the French film The Class, directed by Laurent Cantet. It was the first time France has won the biggest prize since Maurice Pialat's Under the Sun of Satan won in 1987. The [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
Awards given Sunday at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, selected by a nine-member jury headed by actor-director Sean Penn:
Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
Indiewire has the winners of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and there are surprises all around. First, the Stateside scuttlebutt that Soderbergh's Che would be awarded the Palme d'Or was wrong. Benicio del Toro won the Best Actor award for the film, but the festival's top honor went to Laurent Cantet's Entre Les Murs ("The Class"), the latest from the director of Human Resources and Vers...