Los Angeles Film Festival 2009: HOLLYWOOD, JE T’AIME; BRANSON; EL GENERAL
Chad Allen, Eric Debets in Hollywood, je t’aime (top); Branson (middle); El General (bottom)
Los Angeles Film Festival Sunday, June 21, highlights:
One-hour "Coffee Talks" (W Los Angeles-Westwood Hotel, beginning at 11 am) with directors (Zach Helm, Todd Phillips, Jason Reitman), actors (Andre Royo, Melissa Leo, Freddy Rodriguez), composers (Harry Gregson-Williams, Lyle Workman, Christopher Young), and screenwriters (Nicholas Kazan, Robin Swicord, Alex Tse).
Starring Eric Debets as a befuddled Frenchman who comes to Los Angeles expecting to make it in the movie business, writer-director Jason Bushman’s clever, funny Hollywood, je t’aime (Majestic Crest, 7 pm) seems to be the only narrative film in competition with a gay theme. Debets’ remarkable, understated comic performance would have done Jacques Tati proud, while the colorful characters [...]
by Andre Soares | June 20, 2009
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Sundance Awards 2009
2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards
2009 Sundance Film Festival: January 15-25, 2009
Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic:
Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels
Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary:
We Live in Public, directed by Ondi Timoner
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic:
The Maid (La Nana), directed by Sebastián Silva
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary:
Rough Aunties, directed by Kim Longinotto
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary:
Natalia Almada, El General
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sin Nombre
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary:
Havana Marking, Afghan Star
World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic:
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Five Minutes of Heaven
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award:
Nicholas Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi, Paper Heart
World Cinema Screenwriting Award:
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Five Minutes of Heaven
U.S. Documentary Editing Award:
Karen Schmeer, Sergio, directed by Greg Barker
World Cinema Documentary Editing [...]
