“New York, I Love You” Promo Trailer
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Take a look at the promo trailer for “New York, I Love You” from the producer of “Paris, je t’aime” that opened the 2006 ‘Un Certain Regard’ section of the...
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Soi Cowboy reviewed in India
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
I've not heard much about Soi Cowboy since it premiered in the Un Certain Regard program at the Cannes Film Festival back in May. Produced by DeWarrenne Pictures and directed by Thomas Clay, the Anglo-Thai production garnered mixed reviews for its bifurcated structure -- similar to Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films -- with the first half in black and white and the second half in color. The first half...
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Sony snags rights to 'O'Horten'
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Film News: Film to have North American bow at Toronto -- Sony Pictures Classics nabbed domestic rights to Norwegian helmer Bent Hamer’s drama “O’Horten,” which preemed this year Cannes in Un Certain Regard.
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The Band's Visit (R2) in August
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
News: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of The Band's Visit on 25th August 2008 priced at £15.99. Winner of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize, The Band's Visit is the story of strangers in a str...
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'Chaser' sweeps Grand Bell Awards
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Film News: Film won six prizes including best film -- "The Chaser", the crime actioner that appeared in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes this year, swept the 45th Grand Bell Awards, one of South Korea's top kudofests.
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Film Movement nabs 'Pope's Toilet'
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Film News: Film unit acquires rights to Cannes favorite -- Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to the Uruguayan narrative pic “The Pope’s Toilet” (“El Bano del Papa”), a fest fave that screened in Cannes in Un Certain Regard.
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The Band's Visit (US BD) in July
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Blu-Ray News: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of The Band's Visit on 29th July 2008 priced at $38.95 SRP. Winner of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize, The Band's Visit is the story of strangers in a s...
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The Band's Visit (R1) in July
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
News: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of The Band's Visit on 29th July 2008 priced at $28.96 SRP. Winner of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize, The Band's Visit is the story of strangers in a stra...
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Tokyo Sonata - Masters of Cinema Series on Blu-ray
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Blu-Ray News: Eureka Entertainment recently announced that their new acquisition Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008) won the Jury Prize in the UN CERTAIN REGARD section of the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday 24th May. After a theatrical release this Winter, the...
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WOMEN AT CANNES 2008 - Kim Voynar comments exclusively for AWFJ
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
This year at Cannes, only a smattering of female directors were represented, which just goes to show that even outside the hills of Hollywood, female filmmakers fight to be seen and heard. In both the Competition and Un Certain Regard categories at Cannes, just two female directors had films competing at Cannes. The Competition category [...]
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Paying attention
The Learning Journey (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
This may be the most important blog post that I’ve written so far. The reason is - it is about our work and how we can make it much more effective. We are lucky in a certain regard. We don’t directly charge our audience. If we have a workshop or rollout a piece of e-learning we [...]
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Kazakhstan comedy Tulpan has universal appeal
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Polished, funny and utterly charming, Kazakhstan director Sergey Dvortsevoy's debut feature, "Tulpan," won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival. It tells of a family not only surviving but also relishing the harsh life as sheep and goat herders on a barren landscape.
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Cannes '08: Un Certain Regard winners
LA Times (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
“Our mission was to attribute three prizes for Un Certain Regard, but considering the quality and richness of the offerings, and as a testimony of our great enthusiasm, the jury requested of the festival permission to recognize two more films with honors,” explained Faith Akin, Un Certain Regard Jury president.
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Cannes: Un Certain Regard
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
Fatih Akin ( The Edge of Heaven ) gave out the awards for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival last night. The top prize was honored to Sergei Dvortsevoy's Tulpan ; the film is set in Kazakhstan and co-produced by Germany, Poland, Russia and Switzerland. The jury also awarded four other prizes, though I have no idea what their importance is: The Jury Prize (which I would imagine...
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Cannes. Tulpan.
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
"Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan won the Prize of Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival tonight in France, while Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Tokyo Sonata won the jury prize," reports indieWIRE's Eugene Hernandez, who lists winners of further UCR awards. "Shy courtship,...
