Agnès Varda Articles

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 semi-finalists in the 2010 Academy Awards' Documentary Feature category. Eighty-nine films had been in the running. The 15 documentary feature semi-finalists are: The Beaches of Agnes, Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, director (Magic Hour Films) The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society) Every Little Step, James D. Stern and [...]

BEST DOCUMENTARY The Beaches of Agnès, Agnès Varda Veteran filmmaker Agnès Varda remembers her life's beaches, sand dunes, sun rays, and more. Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard In 2007, thousands of monks took to the streets of Burma to protest the military government's brutal anti-democratic policies. The Cove, Louie Psihoyos Beautiful, intelligent dolphins are abused and slaughtered to provide entertainment and fodder for ugly, stupid people. [...]

The European Film Academy has announced the ten non-fiction features up for the 2009 Prix Arte for Best European Documentary. The nominated documentaries are: THE BEACHES OF AGNES (Les Plages d’Agnès) Agnès Varda, France BELOW SEA LEVEL, Gianfranco Rosi, Italy / USA BURMA VJ, Anders Østergaard, Denmark COOKING HISTORY (Ako Sa Varia Dejiny) Peter Kerekes, Slovakia / Austria / Czech Republic THE DAMNED OF THE [...]

Agnès Varda at the Aero: Part I Friday, June 26 – 7:30 PM Los Angeles-Inspired: LIONS LOVE (AND LIES), 1969, Ciné-Tamaris, 110 min. A blissed-out experiment in anarchy and illusion, featuring Warhol superstar Viva (from LONESOME COWBOYS) and "Hair" authors James Rado and Jerome Ragni playing "themselves" — three innocents adrift in Hollywood. Freely mixing improvisation with scripted dialogue, and occasional news reports on the [...]