European Film Awards 2009: Nominations
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (middle); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (bottom)
Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are:
Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, about a teenager (best actress nominee Katie Jarvis) upset that her mother has found herself a new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender)
Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, a melodrama starring Kate Winslet as a former Nazi guard who believes that being illiterate is worse than being an accomplice to mass murder
Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet, a prison drama about a toughie (best actor nominee Tahar Rahim) fighting his way to the top of the world behind bars
Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, about a young man (best actor [...]
by Andre Soares | November 7, 2009
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European Film Awards 2009
2009 European Film Awards
2009 European Film Award nominations: Nov. 7, 2009
2009 European Film Award winners: Bochum, Germany, on Dec. 12, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (bottom)
BEST EUROPEAN FILM
Fish Tank, UK
written and directed by Andrea Arnold
produced by Kees Kasander & Nick Laws
Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One In), Sweden
directed by Tomas Alfredson
written by John Ajvide Lindqvist
produced by John Nordling & Carl Molinder
Un Prophète (A Prophet), France
directed by Jacques Audiard
written by Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain based on an original idea by [...]
by Andre Soares | November 7, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, Danny Boyle, European Film Awards, European Film Awards 2009, Film Awards, Isabelle Huppert, Michael Haneke, Slumdog Millionaire, The Sound of Insects - Record of a Mummy, The White Ribbon
London Film Festival Awards 2009
Star of London for Best Film: Jacques Audiard’s A PROPHET
On behalf of the London Film Festival jury, Anjelica Huston stated: “A masterpiece: Un prohète has the ambition, purity of vision and clarity of purpose to make it an instant classic. With seamless and imaginative story-telling, superb performances and universal themes, Jacques Audiard has made a perfect film.” In A Prophet, Tahar Rahim stars as a prison newcomer who learns how to become that realm’s top dog.
Special mention: John Hillcoat’s THE ROAD
Best British Newcomer: Jack Thorne, screenwriter of the film THE SCOUTING BOOK FOR BOYS
Sutherland Award for most original and imaginative first feature: Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani for AJAMI
Grierson Award for Best Documentary: Yoav Shamir for [...]
by Anna Robinson | October 28, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, Ajami, Defamation, Film Awards, Jack Thorne, Jacques Audiard, John Hurt, London Film Festival, London Film Festival Awards, Souleymane Cissé, Tahar Rahim, The Road, The Scouting Book for Boys, Yoav Shamir
Oscar 2010: Early Predictions – Best Foreign Language Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Baaria, Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy)
An autobiographical tale set in the director’s Sicilian hometown
Forever Enthralled, Chen Kaige (China)
Biopic chronicling the life of Mei Lanfang, China’s greatest opera star.
I Killed My Mother, Xavier Dolan (Canada)
A young gay man has some serious issues with his mother.
A Prophet, Jacques Audiard (France)
Prison drama in which a young hood learns what it takes to reach the top of that small (and nasty) world.
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke (Germany)
As a prelude to both World War I and World War II, a German village unexpectedly becomes the setting of numerous acts of cruelty.
Quality (much like fairness) is in the brain of the judge. (Of course, if we’re lucky enough to have a judge [...]
by Andre Soares | October 18, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, 2010 Oscar Predictions, A Prophet, About Elly, Academy Awards, Chen Kaige, Film Awards, Foreign Language Film Category, Forever Enthralled, Giuseppe Tornatore, I Killed My Mother, Involuntary, Jacques Audiard, Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon, The Wind Journeys, Time of Fear, Xavier Dolan
AFI FEST 2009: THE WHITE RIBBON / THE PROPHET Swap
AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi has announced that Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winner and Oscar contender The White Ribbon will replace Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Grand Prix winner A Prophet in the festival’s line-up. Reason for the AFI FEST swap: "a recent change in the release date for A Prophet." Both films are being distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics.
The White Ribbon is set in a German farming village disturbed by inexplicable acts of cruelty just before the start of World War I. The film is due for release in the US on December 30. The film will screen on Sunday, November 1, at 7:00 PM.
Good that The White Ribbon will be screened; bad that A Prophet [...]
by Andre Soares | October 16, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, AFI FEST, AFI FEST 2009, Film Festivals, Los Angeles Screenings, Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon
Cannes 2009 Winners
One of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival’s clear favorites, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, a stark tale about a small northern German town beset by strange happenings right before the beginning of World War I, took the Palme d’Or for best film. (Cannes 2009 winners list.)
"Happiness is very rare," said Haneke upon accepting his prize. "This is one moment in my life in which I’m very happy, and so are you, I believe," he added, speaking to his wife.
The White Ribbon also won the International Film Critics’ FIPRESCI Prize for best film in the official competition. And it’ll surely be Austria’s submission for the 2010 best foreign-language film Academy Award.
Another festival favorite, Jacques Audiard’s tough drama A [...]
by Andre Soares | May 24, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, Antichrist, Cannes 2009, Cannes Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Fish Tank, Jacques Audiard, Michael Haneke, Tahar Rahim, The White Ribbon
Cannes Awards 2009
2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards
2009 Cannes Film Festival: May 13–24
IN COMPETITION – FEATURE FILMS
Palme d’Or DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael HANEKE
Grand Prix UN PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques AUDIARD
Jury Prize (tie) FISH TANK directed by Andrea ARNOLD and BAK-JWI (Thirst) directed by PARK Chan-Wook
Best Director Brillante MENDOZA for KINATAY
Best Actor Christoph WALTZ in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS directed by Quentin TARANTINO
Best 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
Lifetime achievement award for his [...]
by Andre Soares | May 24, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, Alain Resnais, Brillante Mendoza, Cannes 2009, Cannes Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christoph Waltz, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Fish Tank, The White Ribbon, Thirst
Cannes 2009: Best Actor Favorites
Best Actor
Tahar Rahim as a young man behind bars in A Prophet.
Ben Whishaw as John Keats in Bright Star.
André Dussollier as the elderly hero in Wild Grass.
François Cluzet as a con man in In the Beginning.
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes
by Andre Soares | May 22, 2009
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Tags: À l'origine, A Prophet, Abbie Cornish, André Dussollier, Ben Whishaw, Bright Star, Cannes 2009, Cannes Film Festival, Emmanuelle Devos, Film Awards, Film Festivals, François Cluzet, In the Beginning, John Keats, Les Herbes folles, Tahar Rahim, Wild Grass
Cannes 2009: Best Director Favorites
Best Director
Pedro Almodóvar for Broken Embraces
Jacques Audiard for A Prophet
Jane Campion for Bright Star
Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon
Alain Resnais for Wild Grass
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes
by Massimo David | May 22, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, Alain Resnais, Bright Star, Broken Embraces, Cannes 2009, Cannes Film Festival, Das Weisse Band, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Jacques Audiard, Jane Campion, Les Herbes folles, Los Abrazos rotos, Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodóvar, The White Ribbon, Wild Grass
Cannes 2009: Palme d’Or Favorites
Palme d’Or 2009, Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize:
Alain Resnais‘ romantic fantasy Wild Grass (adapted by Alex Reval and Laurent Herbiet from Christian Gailly’s novel), about a man who becomes intrigued by a younger woman
Jacques Audiard’s tough prison drama A Prophet (written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, and Nicolas Peufaillit)
Writer-director Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, about a northern German community enmeshed in a series of nasty events right before the beginning of World War I
Writer-director Jane Campion’s Bright Star, about the doomed love affair between British poet John Keats and his neighbor, Fanny Brawne
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes
by Massimo David | May 22, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, Abbie Cornish, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Alain Resnais, Alex Reval, André Dussollier, Ben Whishaw, Bright Star, Cannes 2009, Cannes Film Festival, Christian Gailly, Das Weisse Band, Fanny Brawne, Film Awards, Film Fetivals, Jacques Audiard, Jane Campion, John Keats, Laurent Herbiet, Les Herbes folles, Michael Haneke, Nicolas Peufaillit, Palme d'Or, Sabine Azéma, Tahar Rahim, The White Ribbon, Thomas Bidegain, Wild Grass
Cannes 2009: Ken Loach, Ang Lee, Andrea Arnold, Jacques Audiard
Derek Elley on Looking for Eric (above, Ken Loach and Eric Cantona) in Variety:
"… helmer Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty’s ninth feature together is a curious hybrid: Three movies — boilerplate, socially aware Loach; personal fantasy; romantic comedy — wrap around a central core of a hopeless soccer fanatic who’s given a second chance to sort out his life. As in many of Laverty’s scripts, problems of overall tone and character development aren’t solved by Loach’s easygoing direction, though when it works, Eric has many incidental pleasures."
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Anthony Kaufman on A Prophet at indieWIRE:
"If James Toback’s petty-criminal tale Fingers inspired Jacques Audiard’s previous The Beat That My Heart Skipped, it’s Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas [...]
by Massimo David | May 20, 2009
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Cannes 2009: Competition Films
Cannes Film Festival 2009: Competition Line-Up
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Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces), Pedro Almodóvar, Spain
Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold, UK
Un prophète (A Prophet), Jacques Audiard, France
Vincere, Marco Bellocchio, Italy
Bright Star, Jane Campion, UK
Bakjwi (Thirst), Park Chan-wook, South-Korea
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo, Isabel Coixet, Spain
À l’origine (In the Beginning), Xavier Giannoli, France
Das weisse Band (The White Ribbon), Michael Haneke, Austria
Taking Woodstock, Ang Lee, USA
Palme d’Or Line-Up: Part II
by Deborah Arthur | May 13, 2009
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Tags: A Prophet, Bright Star, Broken Embraces, Cannes 2009, Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Fish Tank, In the Beginning, The White Ribbon, Vincere
