This week the spotlight is on Marcel Carné, an innovative filmmaker who led the poetic realism movement and was arguably considered the most admired French filmmaker of his era.
He produced his great works just before the mid-twentieth century, some of which include; “Quai de Brumes” (1938); “Les Portes de la Nuit” (1946); and “Le Jour se lève” (1939).
In 1936 Carné directed his first full length feature film “Jenny” and it was with the production of this fil...
New and Unreleased Films
SHORTS
Guard Dog - Global Jam - Bill Plympton (USA) - 5’25’
Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forrest - Kevin Sean Michaels ( USA) - 5’44’’
Le Jour où le Fils de Rainer S’est Noyé - Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux (Fra) - 15’
The Lost Town of Switez - Kamil Polak (Pol, Can, Fran, Swi, Din) - 20’
FEATURES
A Boyfriend for My Wife - Juan Taratuto (Arg) - 100’
Adventures...
The 32nd Fantasporto, Portugal’s biggest film fest (Variety) is coming. With a programme dedicated to the newest films in the three competitions, with retrospectives and tributes, it is not only there that lies the whole interest of the event.In fact, this edition will celebrate officially, and with special permission of the American legal representatives, the 30th Anniversary of the film “Blade Runner” which was seen for the first time in Fantasporto '83. This film serves as a “leitmoti...
Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma presents its 37th annual event October 8 to 19. With nearly 250 films in every conceivable format, several North American and world premieres, and one of the most enjoyable festival experiences anywhere, the FNC is more accessible than ever. Films from some sixty countries including shorts and feature-length films, documentary and fiction, animation, retrospectives, tributes, exhibits, industry meetings and special events 11 full days to satisfy the most di...
Writer-Directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache Accept Award Following Vote Talley After World Premiere ScreeningEric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's second feature film won them the City of Lights, City of Angels Audience Choice Award early this morning at a post premiere party at the Bel Age Hotel following the World Premiere of "Those Happy Days," at the 10th Annual COL.COA, A Week of French Film Premieres in Los Angeles at the Directors Guild Of America.The film which follows the adventu...
