The Beaches of Agnes Articles

Cinema Guild will bring Agnès Varda's Les plages d'Agnès / The Beaches of Agnès back to Los Angeles for an open-ended return engagement on Saturday, December 26, and Sunday, December 27, at 11 am at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and Playhouse 7 in Pasadena. Named the Best Documentary of 2009 (tied with Louie Psihoyos' The Cove) by the Los Angeles Film Critics, [...]

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 [...]