Tag: Fortnight
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Spanish drama ‘Creatura’ wins Europa Cinemas award of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Elena Martín Gimeno’s Creatura has won the Europa Cinemas’ award for best European film in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Europa Cinemas Network will now support the film with promotion and incentivise exhibitors to extend the film’s run in theatres. Martín Gimeno also stars in the Spanish drama as a woman who…
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Hong Sangsoo’s Directors’ Fortnight closing title ‘In Our Day’ sells to North America | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights Hong Sangsoo’s In Our Day, the closing night film of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, in a deal with South Korea’s Finecut. Cinema Guild said it will release Hong’s 30th feature film in theatres following its North American festival premiere later this year. The South Korean film follows an…
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Fortnight Opener ‘The Goldman Case,’ Broken Down by Cedric Kahn – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Opening this year’s Directors’ Fortnight, “The Goldman Case” soars on rhetoric and singes with political debate, condensing a decade worth of civic upheaval into the narrow contours of a courtroom thriller. At the center of this docudrama is Pierre Goldman (Arieh Worthalter), a left-wing radical appealing a murder charge – alongside a number of…
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Loco Films boards sales on Directors’ Fortnight entry ‘The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed’ (exclusive) | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] On the eve of Cannes Paris-based Loco Films has acquired international sales rights to Joanna Arnow’s Directors’ Fortnight selection The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed. Arnow stars in the comedy as Ann, a morose New Yorker in her 30s who feels the years have passed by quickly in her long-term…
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Mister Smith Entertainment boards Weston Razooli’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Riddle Of Fire’ (exclusive) | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment is launching world sales at Cannes on US filmmaker Weston Razooli’s feature film debut, action and adventure comedy Riddle Of Fire. The title will world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight. It follows three mischievous children as they embark on an odyssey when their mother asks them to run an errand,…
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The Match Factory boards Sean Price Williams’ Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The Sweet East’ | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The Match Factory has boarded Sean Price Williams’ The Sweet East which world premieres next month in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. Written by the film critic and programmer Nick Pinkerton, it is the first feature film directed by cinematographer Price Williams, whose credits Owen Kline’s Funny Pages (2022), Abel Ferrara’s Zeros and Ones (2021),…
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Quentin Tarantino to be guest of honour at Cannes 2023 Directors’ Fortnight | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Quentin Tarantino will be the guest of honour at the 2023 edition of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. US filmmaker Tarantino will present a secret screening on Thursday, May 25, and will give a talk in which he will ‘discuss his counter-history of cinema’. Tarantino recently published a critical essay on the New Hollywood…
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XYZ Films launches New Visions initiative led by Directors’ Fortnight entry ‘In Flames’ | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Heading into Cannes XYZ Films has launched New Visions, an initiative to champion bold global voices, kicking off with Directors’ Fortnight entry In Flames. Former Film Factory executive Manon Barat has joined the company as a dedicated sales executive and will work alongside longtime head of international acquisitions Todd Brown to oversee the slate.…
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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight line-up includes Michel Gondry, Hong Sangsoo, Cédric Kahn titles | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Films from Michel Gondry, Hong Sangsoo and Cédric Kahn are among the 19 features set to world premiere at the 55th Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, running May 17-26. Scroll down for the full selection Incoming artistic director Julien Rejl unveiled the line-up at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday (April 18) for the non-competitive…
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Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight unveils 2023 poster and gears up for revamped edition | News – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Show Fullscreen Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight (La Quinzaine des Cinéastes) has unveiled its 2023 poster ahead of its 55th edition complete with a new name and a new artistic director. The 2023 poster features an image of Portuguese actress Leonor Silveira in tribute to Manoel de Oliveira’s 1993 feature Abraham’s Valley (inspired by Gustave Flaubert’s…