Deep in the lush mountains of the Caribbean island of Dominica, amid stands of lemongrass, giant ferns and palms, three roads converge where two lives ended, violently. A few weeks before Christmas, the bodies of Daniel Langlois, a French-Canadian philanthropist and Hollywood animation centi-millionaire, and his partner, Dominique Marchand, were found at that spot, in a car, halfway into a ravine, burned beyond recognition. Even though the bodies were charred, investigators could tell they had been shot first.
The official and still-evolving story of their murders is a classic tale of good versus evil set in a steamy jungle. Like other expats who live on Dominica, Langlois and Marchand, who bought their property in the late 1990s, were attracted to the island’s wild, Edenic quality; its waterfalls, volcanic hot pools and deep green forests where spectacular blossoms northerners would see only in florist shops grow like weeds. But the...
The official and still-evolving story of their murders is a classic tale of good versus evil set in a steamy jungle. Like other expats who live on Dominica, Langlois and Marchand, who bought their property in the late 1990s, were attracted to the island’s wild, Edenic quality; its waterfalls, volcanic hot pools and deep green forests where spectacular blossoms northerners would see only in florist shops grow like weeds. But the...
- 5/7/2024
- by Nina Burleigh
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veterans of the computer graphics industry are expressing shock and sadness over the death of Daniel Langlois, the influential founder of pioneering 3D computer graphics software developer Softimage, whose tools were used to create visual effects on countless notable films — among them, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Men in Black, The Fifth Element and Titanic — during a period of rapid development in this field.
The CBC reports that on Dec. 6, two men, Jonathan Lehrer and Robert Snyder, were charged in a Dominica, West Indies court with the murder of Langlois and his partner, Dominique Marchand. According to the CBC story, their bodies were discovered in a burnt-out car Friday near their Coulibri Ridge resort on the island. The CBC also reported that Lehrer owned property next to the resort and had been involved in a past dispute over a road.
“In 1985 Daniel Langlois co-directed one of the first computer-generated animation short...
The CBC reports that on Dec. 6, two men, Jonathan Lehrer and Robert Snyder, were charged in a Dominica, West Indies court with the murder of Langlois and his partner, Dominique Marchand. According to the CBC story, their bodies were discovered in a burnt-out car Friday near their Coulibri Ridge resort on the island. The CBC also reported that Lehrer owned property next to the resort and had been involved in a past dispute over a road.
“In 1985 Daniel Langlois co-directed one of the first computer-generated animation short...
- 12/7/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more).
In hospitality and beyond, greenwashing is so rampant it’s hard to discern whether a purportedly eco-friendly hotel is actually making a difference or simply claiming undue credit for eliminating plastic drinking straws. Fortunately, meaningful sustainability measures are starting to become less rare thanks to some truly innovative hotels taking regenerative action. Those include Islas Secas, a lush solar-powered escape comprising 14 islands — 13 of them untouched — in a marine protected zone in Panama, and Bali’s nearly zero-waste Desa Potato Head, where plastic and styrofoam trash is being transformed into designer furniture and decor before guests’ very eyes. (Mark Ronson, John Legend and Snoop Dogg have performed at Potato Head’s beach club.)
The newest, Coulibri Ridge, opened in October 2022 on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Only 14 suites — including the 1,000-square-foot Sky Penthouse with a...
In hospitality and beyond, greenwashing is so rampant it’s hard to discern whether a purportedly eco-friendly hotel is actually making a difference or simply claiming undue credit for eliminating plastic drinking straws. Fortunately, meaningful sustainability measures are starting to become less rare thanks to some truly innovative hotels taking regenerative action. Those include Islas Secas, a lush solar-powered escape comprising 14 islands — 13 of them untouched — in a marine protected zone in Panama, and Bali’s nearly zero-waste Desa Potato Head, where plastic and styrofoam trash is being transformed into designer furniture and decor before guests’ very eyes. (Mark Ronson, John Legend and Snoop Dogg have performed at Potato Head’s beach club.)
The newest, Coulibri Ridge, opened in October 2022 on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Only 14 suites — including the 1,000-square-foot Sky Penthouse with a...
- 3/22/2023
- by Kathryn Romeyn
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Computer-generated motion picture animation from “Vertigo” to “Toy Story” to the 3D spectacles of today will be explored during “The Development of the Digital Animator,” the latest installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Marc Davis Celebration of Animation, on Monday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Several pioneers of digital animation will revisit the long path from laboratory to cineplex during a panel moderated by animator and historian Tom Sito.
When “Toy Story” burst onto the scene in 1995, computer-generated imagery was, for many, a bold new technique in animation. However, its lengthy and meticulous development can be traced back to its first public exposure with the mesmerizing title sequence for “Vertigo” (1958). Of equal importance to the technical developments were the influential animators and designers who devised artistic uses for engineering advances.
Scheduled panelists include:
Rebecca Allen, an experimental filmmaker...
When “Toy Story” burst onto the scene in 1995, computer-generated imagery was, for many, a bold new technique in animation. However, its lengthy and meticulous development can be traced back to its first public exposure with the mesmerizing title sequence for “Vertigo” (1958). Of equal importance to the technical developments were the influential animators and designers who devised artistic uses for engineering advances.
Scheduled panelists include:
Rebecca Allen, an experimental filmmaker...
- 5/2/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Greek film Dogtooth by director Yorgos Lanthimos won the $15,000 Louve D'Or prize [1] at the 38th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema at the weekend. The seriously twisted black comedy stunned audiences world wide starting at Cannes where it picked up the Prix Un Certain Regard [2]. Always unpredictable and certainly provocative, the picture is bound to raise a few questions and eyebrows. You can read our review here or listen to it here. Here is a list of all the other winners Jury's Special Mention- The Red Race, Chao Gan (Chine/Allemagne, 2009) Acting Award - Magaly Solier pour Fausta : La Teta Asustada, Claudia Llosa (Pérou, 2009) Daniel Langlois Innovation Award - Should I Really Do It?, Ismail Necmi (Turquie, 2008) Cinémathèque québécoise Grand Prize -Nuages Sur La Ville, Simon Galiero (Québec/Canada, 2009) Jury's Special Mention - Crackie, Sherry White (Canada, 2009) Loup argenté, Best Short Film Award -Jalkeilaa Tass, Maarit Suomi-Väänäen (Finlande, 2009) Grand Prix...
- 10/20/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
From a press release
Montreal, Saturday October 17, 2009 – The Festival du nouveau cinéma of Montreal is proud to announce the prize winners of its 38th edition:
Louve D’Or – Quebecor – Best first, second or third feature film in the International Selection with $15,000 cash
Canine, Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece, 2009)
Jury’s Special Mention
The Red Race, Chao Gan (China/Germany, 2009)
Acting Award – Best actor in a feature film in the International Selection
Magaly Solier in Fausta : La Teta Asustada, directed by Claudia Llosa (Peru, 2009)
*Jury: Cameron Bailey, Lucie Amyot, Kim Massee, Mario Fortin and Kim Nguyen.
Daniel Langlois Innovation Award
Should I Really Do It?, Ismail Necmi (Turkey, 2008)
*Jury: Cameron Bailey, Lucie Amyot, Kim Massee, Mario Fortin and Kim Nguyen.
The winner will receive a trophy made by the sculptor Vasco Ceccon.
Focus – Cinémathèque québécoise Grand Prize (1,500$ cash and 3,500$ in services) – Best feature film in the Focus section
Nuages Sur La Ville,...
Montreal, Saturday October 17, 2009 – The Festival du nouveau cinéma of Montreal is proud to announce the prize winners of its 38th edition:
Louve D’Or – Quebecor – Best first, second or third feature film in the International Selection with $15,000 cash
Canine, Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece, 2009)
Jury’s Special Mention
The Red Race, Chao Gan (China/Germany, 2009)
Acting Award – Best actor in a feature film in the International Selection
Magaly Solier in Fausta : La Teta Asustada, directed by Claudia Llosa (Peru, 2009)
*Jury: Cameron Bailey, Lucie Amyot, Kim Massee, Mario Fortin and Kim Nguyen.
Daniel Langlois Innovation Award
Should I Really Do It?, Ismail Necmi (Turkey, 2008)
*Jury: Cameron Bailey, Lucie Amyot, Kim Massee, Mario Fortin and Kim Nguyen.
The winner will receive a trophy made by the sculptor Vasco Ceccon.
Focus – Cinémathèque québécoise Grand Prize (1,500$ cash and 3,500$ in services) – Best feature film in the Focus section
Nuages Sur La Ville,...
- 10/18/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Toronto -- Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani¹s horror homage "Amer," a Belgium-France film that depicts three parts in a woman's life, took home the top audience award at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema.
Meanwhile, the Greek satirical film "Canine" from Yorgos Lanthimos took home the juried Louve d'Or trophy as Montreal's top auteur film festival wrapped Saturday night.
"Canine" won out over 16 other competition titles that included U.S. director Sean Baker's "Prince of Broadway"; "Les Signes Vitaux," by Canadian director Sophie Deraspe; Ryan Arnold's "Skidlove," also from Canada; and Johan Grimonprez's "Double Take," a Benelux co-production.
The Louve d'Or jury gave special mention to the China/Germany co-production "The Red Race" by Chao Gan.
Montreal's best acting award went to Magaly Solier, star of Claudia Llosa's Peruvian film "Fausta: La Teta Asustada."
The festival¹s 38th edition also saw the Turkish film "Should I Really Do It?...
Meanwhile, the Greek satirical film "Canine" from Yorgos Lanthimos took home the juried Louve d'Or trophy as Montreal's top auteur film festival wrapped Saturday night.
"Canine" won out over 16 other competition titles that included U.S. director Sean Baker's "Prince of Broadway"; "Les Signes Vitaux," by Canadian director Sophie Deraspe; Ryan Arnold's "Skidlove," also from Canada; and Johan Grimonprez's "Double Take," a Benelux co-production.
The Louve d'Or jury gave special mention to the China/Germany co-production "The Red Race" by Chao Gan.
Montreal's best acting award went to Magaly Solier, star of Claudia Llosa's Peruvian film "Fausta: La Teta Asustada."
The festival¹s 38th edition also saw the Turkish film "Should I Really Do It?...
- 10/18/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[1] For over 35 years, the Festival du nouveau cinema has contributed to the success of innumerable independent works, both local and from afar. It has introduced to audiences such Canadian and Quebec luminaries as François Girard, Atom Egoyan, Denis Villeneuve, Guy Maddin, Léa Pool, as well as international artists who have today earned worldwide acclaim, such as Jim Jarmusch, Abbas Kiarostami, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, Raymond Depardon, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodovár, Wong Kar-Wai, Peter Greenaway, Chantal Akerman, Marguerite Duras... The founders of the Festival, Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipidès, known for their temerity and bold intuition, took it upon themselves to broaden the horizons of Montreal audiences by delivering original formulas for screening the image. In 1982, their audaciousness lead them to introduce and recognize video in their programming. And urged on by the support and willpower of Daniel Langlois, President of the Board from 1997 to 2005, new media earned a significant role...
- 10/15/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
From a media release
Montreal, Thursday, September 24, 2009 – The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma is pleased to announce the jury for its 38th Festival, which runs October 7 to 18. The jury members are well known personalities in the film and arts world, who will decide the winners of the Fnc’s numerous awards, to be handed out on Closing Night, Saturday, October 17 at the Imperial Cinema (Sandra & Leo Kolber Centre, Salle Lucie & André Chagnon).
Chaired by Cameron Bailey, co-director of Toronto’s International Film Festival, the jury for the International Selection also includes: Lucie Amyot, programming director at Tfo (Ontario’s Francophone television) and Chevalier de l’Ordre des arts et lettres; Mario Fortin, executive director of Cinéma Beaubien; American filmmaker Kim Massee (Cowboy Angels); and Quebec filmmaker-scriptwriter Kim N’Guyen (Le Marais, Truffe). They will award the Fnc’s top prize, the Quebecor Louve d’Or, which this year carries a $15,000 cash prize,...
Montreal, Thursday, September 24, 2009 – The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma is pleased to announce the jury for its 38th Festival, which runs October 7 to 18. The jury members are well known personalities in the film and arts world, who will decide the winners of the Fnc’s numerous awards, to be handed out on Closing Night, Saturday, October 17 at the Imperial Cinema (Sandra & Leo Kolber Centre, Salle Lucie & André Chagnon).
Chaired by Cameron Bailey, co-director of Toronto’s International Film Festival, the jury for the International Selection also includes: Lucie Amyot, programming director at Tfo (Ontario’s Francophone television) and Chevalier de l’Ordre des arts et lettres; Mario Fortin, executive director of Cinéma Beaubien; American filmmaker Kim Massee (Cowboy Angels); and Quebec filmmaker-scriptwriter Kim N’Guyen (Le Marais, Truffe). They will award the Fnc’s top prize, the Quebecor Louve d’Or, which this year carries a $15,000 cash prize,...
- 9/25/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
TORONTO -- Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinema on Wednesday said Quebec software pioneer Daniel Langlois has returned as a major financial backer after last year defecting to the upstart New Montreal FilmFest. As part of a new 10-year agreement, Langlois, a former Festival du Nouveau Cinema president, will forgive the festival's long-term debt and launch an annual prize, the Prix de L'innovation Daniel Langlois. Langlois, who founded Montreal-based movie special effects software maker Softimage and became a major patron of culture in the city, in 2005 jumped from the Festival du Nouveau Cinema along with executive director Sheila de la Varende to support the inaugural New Montreal FilmFest. But that festival, which aimed to challenge the long-running Montreal World Film Festival, folded after a disastrous first edition.
- 8/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- When the curtain goes up on the 29th Montreal World Film Festival on Friday night, it will launch eight weeks of marathon screenings in Montreal by three different festivals. A gala screening at the Place des Arts for Chinese director Xiaogang Feng's A World Without Thieves caps off a difficult year for MWFF founder and director Serge Losique, who lost key government funding to the rival New Montreal FilmFest, which opens Sept. 18. At the same time, Claude Chamberlan is set to go ahead with the 34th edition of the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media on Oct. 13, having seen key backers Daniel Langlois and Sheila de la Varende defect to the New Montreal FilmFest.
- 8/25/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- In another shakeup for the Canadian film festival community, the Montreal Festival of New Media and New Cinema on Thursday said its founder and director, Claude Chamberlan, has made a surprise exit from the festival he founded 34 years ago. "Claude Chamberlan quits today his functions within the organization," the festival said in a statement. Chamberlan could not be reached for comment Thursday. A spokesman at the Montreal Festival of New Media and New Cinema said he was leaving Thursday night on a preplanned trip to Paris ahead of the Festival de Cannes. His sudden departure follows the February exit of the Montreal Festival of New Media and New Cinema's chief financial backer, Daniel Langlois, after he defected to L'Equipe Spectra's upstart New Montreal FilmFest.
- 4/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Citing creative differences, movie effects creator Daniel Langlois said Tuesday that he will part company with the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media, which he co-founded in 1997. Langlois will instead join forces with the New Montreal FilmFest, which is headed up by former Berlin International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival boss Moritz de Hadeln and plans to launch its inaugural edition Oct. 12-23. His sudden departure also injects further venom into a Montreal film festival environment in which Serge Losique's embattled Montreal World Film Festival has fought long-running battles with the Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media and its longtime director and co-founder Claude Chamberlan.
- 2/16/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
OTTAWA -- Montreal's newest international film festival on Thursday named former Berlin and Venice festival boss Moritz de Hadelin as its head programmer. De Hadelin will head up the inaugural New Montreal FilmFest from Oct. 12-23 with a mandate to bring the best of Quebec and European cinema, especially from France, to Montreal. Officially called Le Festival International de Films de Montreal in Quebec, the festival will run during a transitional year in partnership with Daniel Langlois' Montreal Festival of Nouveau Cinema and, in 2006, continue as a stand-alone festival. While the New Montreal FilmFest and its planned market appears headed for direct competition with the embattled Montreal World Film Festival -- which will run from Aug. 26-Sept. 5 -- Alain Simard, president and CEO of festival organizer L'Equipe Spectra, insisted he and de Hadelin had no plans to take on the successful Toronto International Film Festival.
- 2/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
OTTAWA -- Telefilm Canada and the Quebec provincial cultural ministry will fund a new international film festival for Montreal to be run by Equipe Spectra, the organizers of the city's successful jazz festival, in partnership with software creator Daniel Langlois and his existing Festival of New Media and New Cinema. Officials with federal government funding agency Telefilm Canada and its Quebec counterpart, Societe de developpement des enterprises culturelles, said that they will pull funding away from Serge Losique's Montreal World Film Festival to fund the new venture. The government organizations added that next year will be a transition year during which the funding will go toward Langlois' Festival of New Cinema, with Equipe Spectra helping in the organization. The new film festival, backed by the public funding, would then be inaugurated in 2006 and likely will go head-to-head with the Montreal World Film Festival.
- 12/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
OTTAWA -- Hollywood effects creator Daniel Langlois on Thursday unveiled a pitch for his proposed Montreal International Festival of New Cinema to supplant Serge Losique's beleaguered Montreal World Film Festival as the city's main festival. Montreal-based Langlois applied to Telefilm Canada and the Quebec provincial cultural agency for about CAN$1 million ($840,000) in annual subsidies to create a more mainstream, star-powered festival to be staged each October. Langlois faces a rival bid from a partnership between the Just for Laughs Festival and Vision Globale. Telefilm Canada and the Quebec government this year decided to withdraw public support from Losique's Montreal World Film Festival and put the taxpayer funds up for grabs. In partnership with movie theater Ex-Centris, the 33-year-old Festival of Nouveau Cinema proposed a festival filled with gala evenings, popular films with the director and cast attending and a new section called "No. 1 at the Box Office" to showcase popular films from 10 countries.
- 12/3/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- The Montreal Festival of New Media/New Cinema, Canada's largest digital film showcase, on Tuesday said its artistic director, Luc Bourdon, has resigned after four years in the post. The Montreal festival, a traditional rival to the Montreal World Film Festival, in a statement said Bourdon is leaving his post to return to documentary production and screenwriting. The festival added that it has appointed Bruno Jobin as interim artistic director while a replacement for Bourdon is sought. Bourdon originally joined the Montreal festival in March 2000. His arrival followed Daniel Langlois, the founder of computer effects software maker Softimage, putting his financial backing behind the Montreal Festival of New Media/New Cinema and Ex Centris, a state-of-the-art digital film-production center in downtown Montreal. The 33rd edition of the Montreal Festival of New Media/New Cinema is scheduled for Oct. 14-24.
- 1/28/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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