Joseph Cedar Articles

Anders W. Berthelsen, Paprika Steen, Sebastián Estevanez in Ole Christian Madsen's SuperClásico The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of nine films still in contention for the 2012 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Sixty-three films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam, director; Canada, Monsieur Lazhar, [...]

Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life Palme d'Or: The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick Grand Prix (tie): The Kid with a Bike, Luc and Jean Dardenne, and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Nuri Bilge Ceylan Jury Prize: Polisse, Maiwenn Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia Best Screenplay: Joseph Cedar, Footnote Best Short Film: [...]

Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life (top); Naomi Kawase's Hanazu no tsuki (bottom) As usual, the Cannes Film Festival's Official Competition film line-up is overwhelmingly centered on European (co)productions: British, French, Austrian, Italian, Spanish, Danish. The five "outsiders" hail from Israel, Australia, the United States, and Japan. In other words, barring one American entry, the Americas were completely ignored this year, and [...]

Foreign Language Film Academy Award Symposium 2008: Part I Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrzej Wajda Sergei Bodrov, Nikita Mikhalkov Joseph Cedar, Stefan Ruzowitzky Click on the photos to enlarge them. Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.