2009 Stockholm Film Festival Breaks Attendance Record
Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience (top); 9 by Shane Acker (middle); Mads Mikkelsen, Anna Mouglalis in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (bottom)
The 2009 edition Stockholm International Film Festival attracted the two-decade-old festival’s biggest audience ever: 130,000 moviegoers.
The Stockholm festival’s 20th anniversary was celebrated with screenings on ice, and the presence of international celebrities such as Lifetime Achievement Award winner Susan Sarandon, Luc Besson, and Precious director Lee Daniels.
The ten films that drew the largest crowds during the festival were mostly American-made fare: Up in the Air, starring George Clooney; Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, featuring George Clooney’s voice; Lee Daniels’ Precious, which earned Mo’Nique the festival’s best actress award; Jim Jarmusch’s The Limits of Control; [...]
by Edwige Andersson | November 30, 2009
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Cannes 2009: Out of Competition Films, Special Screenings
Cannes 2009: Out of Competition Films / Special Screenings
Below is a sample of out-of-competition films, special screenings, and midnight screenings at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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Pete DOCTER, UP (Opening Night Film)
Anne AGHION, MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER
Alejandro AMENABAR, AGORA
Terry GILLIAM, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
Robert GUÉDIGUIAN, L’ARMÉE DU CRIME (The Army of crime)
Sam RAIMI, DRAG ME TO HELL
Marina de VAN, NE TE RETOURNE PAS (Don’t look back)
Jan KOUNEN, COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY (Closing Night Film)
Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes
by Massimo David | May 21, 2009
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Tags: Agora, Alejandro Amenabar, Anna Mouglalis, Anne Aghion, Cannes 2009, Cannes Film Festival, Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, Don't Look Back, Drag Me to Hell, Heath Ledger, Jan Kounen, L'armée du crime, Mads Mikkelsen, Marina de Van, Monica Bellucci, My Neighbor My Killer, Ne te retourne pas, Pete Docter, Rachel Weisz, Robert Guédiguian, Sam Raimi, Sophie Marceau, Terry Gilliam, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Up