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KEY AND SCREENING EVENTS
Bruno Podalydes’ “Bancs publics,” an ensemble film starring a bevy of well-known Gallic thesps, including Mathieu Amalric, will open the fest. Event closes with Ang Lee’s “Taking Woodstock,” which bowed at this year’s Cannes fest. …
Iconic Italian thesp Claudia Cardinale gets a 15-film retrospective and presents a restored copy of Mauro Bolognini’s “La Viaccia” at a special screening. …
Jean-Pierre Leaud, one of Gaul’s most versatile thesps, who rose to fame during the Nouvelle Vague period, is toasted with a 30-film retro and a screening of “La Maman et la putain,” directed by Jean Eustache, while Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang presents “What Time Is It There?” a film celebrating the Nouvelle Vague featuring Leaud. Tsai also gets a retrospective of his features. …
A key producer of contemporary Spanish cinema, Lluis Minarro, will present Christophe Farnarier’s “Un Reve“; seven of the producer’s older films will also unspool. …
One of Japan’s rare femme directors, Naomi Kawase, will present “Hotaru” and Thailand-set “Nanayo.” …
Turkish helmer Nuri Bilge Ceylan also gets toasted with screenings of some of his most acclaimed films, including “Three Monkeys” and “Les Climats,” which he will be on hand to present. … Two panels discuss co-producing with Korea and Turkey, while another seminar focuses on the impact of VOD on independant distributors. …
Europa Distribution gathers key European distribs to debate release strategies, talk about collective-acquisitions work and discuss digital entertainment.
Farrah Fawcett, the Texas-born actress and sex symbol who shot to fame as one of “Charlie’s Angels” and later earned acclaim in serious roles including telepic “The Burning Bed,” died at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., of cancer at the age of 62.
Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006 and traveled to Germany in 2007 for alternative treatments. An NBC documentary about her cancer battle that aired in May, “Farrah’s Story,” caused controversy over the final editing of the piece.
The tanned, blonde actress was one of the biggest celebrities of the 1970s, parlaying commercials and guest TV spots into a starring role in the popular detective drama “Charlie’s Angels” in 1976. Around the same time, a swimsuit poster featuring the beauty’s tousled mane, flirtatious smile and enviable figure — graphically outlined in a tight red swimsuit — sold a still-unrivaled 12 million copies. She’ ll remain the sexiest, the most charismatic and warmest of ”charlie’s angels” in people’s mind.
“The prophet”
Sony pictures Classics has grabbed multi-territorial rights to “The prophet” by French director Jaques Audiard’s .
The French-Arabic language thriller was a hit in Cannes and has received critical acclaimed as well as the the “Grand Prix du Jury”. SPC snapped the rights for North-american, Latin american and Australian rights. Audiard had already received 3 césars (the french Awards and a Bafta for his “The beat that my heart skipped” featuring Romain Duris who gave an amazing performance in this movie.
by F.poller
