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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Michael Haneke</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/michael-haneke/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>THE WHITE RIBBON: 13 German Film Award Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-white-ribbon-13-german-film-award-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-white-ribbon-13-german-film-award-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:44:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23544</guid> <description><![CDATA[The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke's depiction of rural Germany on the eve of World War I &#8212; and how the cute (if dangerous) little children of that era grew into the Nazis and their followers of the 1930s and 1940s &#8212; received 13 nominations for the Lolas, the German version of the Academy Awards. In the Lolas' top categories, the 2010 Best Foreign Language Film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-white-ribbon-13-german-film-award-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>German Academy Awards 2010: Lola Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/german-academy-awards-the-white-ribbon/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/german-academy-awards-the-white-ribbon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:45:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23501</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 2010 German Academy Award winners will be announced on April 23 in Berlin. Best film Everyone Else, dir. Maren Ade When We Leave, dir. Feo Aladag Soul Kitchen dir. Fatih Akin Storm dir. Hans-Christian Schmid The White Ribbon dir. Michael Haneke Desert Flower dir. Sherry Hormann Best documentary The Woman with the 5 Elephants dir. Vadim Jendreyko The Heart of Jenin dir. Marcus Vetter, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/german-academy-awards-the-white-ribbon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER, A PROPHET; MY NAME IS KHAN Breaks Khan Record</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:46:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22487</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer (top); Hichem Jacoubi, Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (bottom) Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island grossed (or rather, is grossing) millions this weekend. The same goes for Cop Out, The Crazies, Avatar and its $700 million, Percy Jackson &#38; the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Valentine's Day. But forget those Hollywood flicks for a moment. In fact, if you look at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WHITE RIBBON Surprise Winner: Cinematographers Award</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-cinematographers-award-71717/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-cinematographers-award-71717/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:32:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22479</guid> <description><![CDATA[A good surprise at the American Society of Cinematographers awards ceremony held Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles: Christian Berger won the ASC Award for Best Cinematography for his work on a &#34;small&#34; black-and-white foreign-language film, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon. Berger's competitors were in the running for movies with a much higher profile: Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker, Mauro [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-cinematographers-award-71717/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan, FISH TANK, A PROPHET: BAFTA 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-fish-tank-71712/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-fish-tank-71712/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:13:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22231</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank (top); Carey Mulligan in An Education (upper middle); Colin Firth in A Single Man (lower middle); Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (bottom) The BAFTA surprises weren't major surprises, except for one: the Outstanding British Film was Andrea Arnold's gritty Fish Tank instead of the more internationally recognized An Education. Nominated for eight BAFTAs, An Education ended up winning [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-fish-tank-71712/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A PROPHET Beats AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER: London Film Critics&#039; Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-prophet-avatar-london-critics-awards-31387/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-prophet-avatar-london-critics-awards-31387/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:36:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22107</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar may be the king of the box office, but it surely wasn't king of anything at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards held this evening in, where else, London. The London Critics' best film of 2009? Jacques Audiard's prison drama A Prophet, the first French-made production to win the Circle's top award in its 30-year history. Starring European Film Award winner Tahar Rahim (above), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-prophet-avatar-london-critics-awards-31387/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Film Critics Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-awards-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-awards-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:21:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19880</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 London Film Critics' Circle Awards 2010 London Film Critics' nominations: Dec. 21, 2009 2010 London Film Critics' winners: Feb. 18, 2010 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) &#160; FILM OF THE YEAR Avatar The Hurt Locker * A Prophet The White Ribbon Up in the Air THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-awards-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film THE WHITE RIBBON</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21914</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Foreign Language Film: Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon Other nominees: Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani's Ajami (Israel), Juan José Campanella's The Secret of Her Eyes (Argentina), Claudia Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow (Peru), Jacques Audiard's A Prophet (France). Because only a relatively small group of Academy members vote in the special categories &#8212; short films, documentaries, foreign language films &#8212; winners often surprise and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: The Academy&#039;s Writing Branch and Foreign-Language Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-award-screenplay-foreign-language-films-618/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-award-screenplay-foreign-language-films-618/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:42:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21497</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) There was a time when Alain Resnais, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Sergio Amidei, Eric Rohmer, Louis Malle, Lina Wertmüller, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, and others like them got nominated in the best screenplay category. In fact, it wasn't uncommon for two or three foreign-language films to be shortlisted in a single [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-award-screenplay-foreign-language-films-618/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions 2010: Best Original Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:17:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21494</guid> <description><![CDATA[(500) Days of Summer, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen Up, Pete Docter and Bob Petersen James Cameron, who failed to get a nomination for Titanic back in early 1998, may take the place of either the Coen brothers or the (500) Days of Summer screenwriters. It's true that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Director</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21377</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker James Cameron, Avatar (with Sam Worthington) Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon Jason Reitman, Up in the Air (with George Clooney) Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds (with Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz) Four of the directors above were nominated by the Directors Guild of America. European Film Award winner Michael Haneke [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WHITE RIBBON &#8211; Best Foreign Language Film: Golden Globe Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-golden-globes-488/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-golden-globes-488/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:13:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20732</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Foreign Language Film Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon This is another category (see best actor &#8211; comedy or musical) that is hard to predict because of the absence of a clear front-runner. The closest to a &#34;favorite&#34; is Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and of several critics' awards in the United States. Working for it: Prestige, relevance, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-golden-globes-488/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WHITE RIBBON, STORM: German Film Critics&#039; 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-storm-german-film-awards-289/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-storm-german-film-awards-289/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:29:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edwige Andersson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20618</guid> <description><![CDATA[The White Ribbon (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca in Storm (Zentropa) (bottom) Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon is one of the nominees for the German Film Critics Association's best picture award. Set in a small German town prior to the outbreak of World War I, Haneke's stark drama received four nominations: best picture, actor (Burghardt Klaussner), screenplay, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-storm-german-film-awards-289/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BROKEN EMBRACES, THE WHITE RIBBON, A PROPHET: Golden Globe Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:18:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz, José Luis Gómez in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda &#38; Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (Elephant Eye) (middle); Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Los Angeles' American Cinematheque will host the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's series of screenings devoted to the films and filmmakers nominated for the 2010 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>National Society Film Critics Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-society-film-critics-awards-2010-454/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-society-film-critics-awards-2010-454/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:38:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20269</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) The National Society of Film Critics announces its award winners tomorrow, Jan. 3. Admired by those who call their choices daring, reviled by others who call their choices snotty, the NSFC has been around since the mid-60s, when it was formed as a sort of splinter group from the more &#34;mainstream&#34; New York Film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-society-film-critics-awards-2010-454/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SIN NOMBRE, THE WHITE RIBBON, SUMMER HOURS: Foreign Language Film Favorites of 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sin-nombre-the-white-ribbon-summer-hours-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sin-nombre-the-white-ribbon-summer-hours-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:53:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20138</guid> <description><![CDATA[Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores in Cary Fukunaga's Sin Nombre (Focus Features)(top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) (middle); Penelope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda &#38; Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Sin Nombre, a Mexican-American co-production directed by Cary Fukunaga and featuring Stockholm Film Festival best actor winner Edgar Flores, has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sin-nombre-the-white-ribbon-summer-hours-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, A PROPHET, THE WHITE RIBBON Nominated in London</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:07:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19878</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) The London Film Critics’ Circle's 2009 nominations have been announced. The best thing about this year's crop of nominees is their &#34;internationality&#34;: As usual, Hollywood productions dominate the nominations, but the London critics have found plenty of room for non-American films as well. Jacques Audiard's French prison drama A Prophet managed to land five [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009: Michael Haneke&#039;s THE WHITE RIBBON Victorious</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-the-white-ribbon-999/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-the-white-ribbon-999/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:22:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19450</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon was the big winner at the 2009 European Film Awards, which took place on Sat., Dec. 12, in Bochum, in Germany's Rhein-Ruhr region. A stark drama about mysterious and violent occurrences that take place in a small German town shortly before the outbreak of World War I, The White Ribbon won trophies for best picture, best director, and best screenplay [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-the-white-ribbon-999/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:55:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17277</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 European Film Awards 2009 European Film Award nominations: Nov. 7, 2009 2009 European Film Award winners: Bochum, Germany, on Dec. 12, 2009 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke &#160; BEST EUROPEAN FILM Fish Tank, UK written and directed by Andrea Arnold produced by Kees Kasander &#38; Nick Laws Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009 Predictions: Best Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:31:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19403</guid> <description><![CDATA[What movie is going to dominate the 2009 European Film Awards, to be held tonight in Bochum, in Germany's Rhein-Ruhr region? Well, three films will be battling it out for both the best picture and the best director awards: Jacques Audiard's French prison drama A Prophet, Michael Haneke's Austrian-German psycho-political drama The White Ribbon (above), and Danny Boyle's Anglo-American-Indian Bollywoodish Slumdog Millionaire. All three have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009: Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:59:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18358</guid> <description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London 2009: Amanda Seyfried, Michael Haneke, Thomas Turgoose</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/amanda-seyfried-michael-haneke-thomas-turgoose/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/amanda-seyfried-michael-haneke-thomas-turgoose/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:52:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18010</guid> <description><![CDATA[Director Michael Haneke attends the photocall for his black-and-white drama The White Ribbon, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and a highly 2010 Oscar contender in the best foreign language film category (and possibly in the best picture category as well), during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Mayfair Hotel on October 21. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/amanda-seyfried-michael-haneke-thomas-turgoose/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Michael Haneke&#039;s THE WHITE RIBBON Photos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-photos/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-photos/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:49:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17746</guid> <description><![CDATA[Whether or not it gets a best picture Academy Award or BAFTA nomination, Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning The White Ribbon may end up as the best-reviewed film of 2009. At least in the United Kingdom. "It is typical of Haneke, though, that he makes such strong suggestions so indirectly and purely through the sheer brilliant, precise power of his characterisations and superb conjuring up of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-photos/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Foreign Language Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-foreign-language-film/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-foreign-language-film/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:16:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17583</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-foreign-language-film/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>14</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: THE WHITE RIBBON / THE PROPHET Swap</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17530</guid> <description><![CDATA[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: &#34;a recent change in the release date for A Prophet.&#34; Both films are being distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics. The White Ribbon [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Director</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-director/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-director/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:26:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17321</guid> <description><![CDATA[BEST DIRECTOR The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson (above, with Saoirse Ronan) A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen Up in the Air, Jason Reitman (above, with George Clooney) The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke In all honesty, I don't know who the hell will get a best direction nod this year &#8212; though I'm pretty sure it'll be five of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-director/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Best Foreign Language Film, Short Film Deadline</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-foreign-language-shorts-deadline/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-foreign-language-shorts-deadline/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:49:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16579</guid> <description><![CDATA[The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (top); I Killed My Mother by Xavier Donlan (middle); Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (bottom) The deadline to submit entries in the Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film categories to be considered for the 82nd Academy Awards: Thursday, October 1. Complete entries must arrive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-foreign-language-shorts-deadline/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 22:32:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12495</guid> <description><![CDATA[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.) &#34;Happiness is very rare,&#34; said Haneke upon accepting his prize. &#34;This is one moment in my life in which [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009: Best Director Favorites</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-best-director-favorites/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-best-director-favorites/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 05:39:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12400</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 &#160; Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes &#160;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-best-director-favorites/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009: Palme d&#039;Or Favorites</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-palme-dor-favorites/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-palme-dor-favorites/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 05:35:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12397</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-palme-dor-favorites/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009: Michael Haneke&#039;s THE WHITE RIBBON</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-cannes-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-cannes-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:16:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12330</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Dave Calhoun in Time Out London, via David Hudson's The Daily: &#34;For quite some time at the beginning of Michael Haneke's latest film, which is a two-and-a-half hour parable of political and social ideas set entirely in a north German village in 1913 and 1914, you wonder what you're watching, how its disparate parts hang together and what it all might mean. More than [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-cannes-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>César 2006: Nominees</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/prix-cesar-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/prix-cesar-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:29:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=434</guid> <description><![CDATA[Romain Duris in The Beat That My Heart Skipped (top); Guillaume Canet, Daniel Brühl, Alex Ferns in Merry Christmas (middle); Roni Hadar in Go, See and Become (bottom) This year's winners of the French equivalent to the Oscars, the Prix César, will be announced on Feb. 25 at a ceremony held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Best actress nominee Valérie Lemercier (for Palais [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/prix-cesar-2006/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2005 European Film Award Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2005-european-film-award-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2005-european-film-award-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 05:34:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11689</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Haneke's compelling and quite disturbing Caché / Hidden was the big winner at the 2005 European Film Awards held this evening in Berlin. The psychological-political thriller was chosen best film, in addition to wins for director Haneke, actor Daniel Auteuil (above, with Juliette Binoche), and a best editing award for Michael Hudecek and Nadine Muse. Berlin Film Festival winner Julia Jentsch won the best [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2005-european-film-award-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2005</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2005/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2005/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 01:49:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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