This first feature of Kirsten Tan premiered in Sundance ‘17 World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Its provenance is Singapore but it takes place in Thailand. It continued onward to the Hivos Tiger Competition at Iffr (R’dam).
The thrill of interviewing here in Sundance is that you see a film; you have an impression and while it is still fresh you meet the filmmakers without having much time for any research or reflection. And then you get to see them again as “old friends” when you meet again in Rotterdam.
As Kirsten, her producer Weijie Lai and I sat down at the Sundance Co-op on Main Street here in Park City, I really had little idea of where the interview would take us, somewhat analogously to her film in which an architect, disenchanted with life in general, being put aside as “old” in his own highly successful architectural firm and in a stale relationship with his wife,...
The thrill of interviewing here in Sundance is that you see a film; you have an impression and while it is still fresh you meet the filmmakers without having much time for any research or reflection. And then you get to see them again as “old friends” when you meet again in Rotterdam.
As Kirsten, her producer Weijie Lai and I sat down at the Sundance Co-op on Main Street here in Park City, I really had little idea of where the interview would take us, somewhat analogously to her film in which an architect, disenchanted with life in general, being put aside as “old” in his own highly successful architectural firm and in a stale relationship with his wife,...
- 2/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Many movie lovers have seen Ingmar Bergman's magical 1975 version of "The Magic Flute." But few have had a chance to check out Kenneth Branagh's 2006 take on the most popular Mozart opera. Well, that one is coming to theaters for the first time in the U.S. on June 9th. Emerging Networks will present the film with a libretto adapted by Stephen Fry and music arranged and conducted by James Conlon in 150 theaters on Sunday June 9th and Tuesday June 11th. Actor-director Branagh's film transplants Mozart’s 1791 fantasy opera to the eve of the First World War, starring Joseph Kaiser as Tamino and Amy Carson as the daughter of the Queen of the Night. Select theaters will also get a live Q-and-a session with Branagh via webcast from London after the film’s Sunday screening. (Individual theaters and show times here.) Branagh starred as Sir Laurence Olivier in "My Week with Marilyn,...
- 5/9/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
So, it's official: we have reached what future historians will undoubtedly call the post-Avengers society. With box office currently breaking through the upper atmosphere and critics nodding sagely in approval, Marvel have had their cake, eaten it, baked three more cakes, danced around singing “la la la, look at all our cakes” and then eaten those as well. And why shouldn't they? Joss Whedon's bouncy superhero smash-a-thon proves that humour and intelligence can co-exist peacefully with corporate action blockbusting, and that characters once locked in the geek pop-trash ghetto really do have the mass appeal and timeless resonance we always suspected them of. Fine performances, nuanced writing, splashy visuals. Lovely stuff.
But as huge as The Avengers' success has been, it must have been equalled in size by the sigh of relief Marvel producer Kevin Feige heaved from his wearied bones when the dollars first came flooding in.
But as huge as The Avengers' success has been, it must have been equalled in size by the sigh of relief Marvel producer Kevin Feige heaved from his wearied bones when the dollars first came flooding in.
- 5/21/2012
- Shadowlocked
Exclusively on BackStage.com: Catch a unique interview with celebrated actor-director Kenneth Branagh as he discusses his new film "My Week With Marilyn" and much more. The live online Q&A starts today—Thursday, Dec. 8th—at 2 pm/Et, and can be watched below. Tune in to watch, chat, and ask questions! Kenneth Branagh is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including "Henry V" (for which was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director), "Much Ado About Nothing," "Hamlet," (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), "Love's Labour's Lost," and "As You Like It." He also directed "Dead Again," "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," "The Magic Flute," "Sleuth," and the 2011 blockbuster "Thor." As an actor, his film credits include "Rabbit-Proof Fence," "Wild Wild West," "The Road to El Dorado," "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,...
- 12/8/2011
- by help@backstage.com ()
- backstage.com
Actor-director Kenneth Branagh was initially a curious choice to direct Marvel Entertainment's big-budget adaptation of Thor, but after making the movie one of the biggest comic book movie hits of the summer, it was surprising that Branagh decided not to return for Thor 2. Even lead actor Chris Hemsworth admitted that he was "really disappointed" with Branagh's choice not to return, though Branagh later explained that his decision was "simply timing."
In a recent interview with Variety, Branagh explained why he decided to direct Thor in the first place.
I have been led by my passion for individual projects, but there's no question that having put my heart, body and soul into [previous directorial efforts] As You Like It, The Magic Flute and Sleuth, and finding that the world wasn't that interested, there was definitely a sense with Thor that this time I'd like to put heart, body and soul into a movie...
In a recent interview with Variety, Branagh explained why he decided to direct Thor in the first place.
I have been led by my passion for individual projects, but there's no question that having put my heart, body and soul into [previous directorial efforts] As You Like It, The Magic Flute and Sleuth, and finding that the world wasn't that interested, there was definitely a sense with Thor that this time I'd like to put heart, body and soul into a movie...
- 11/30/2011
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
Kenneth Branagh's returned to his native Belfast for a play that proves he can do slapstick and Shakespeare
The first thing Kenneth Branagh did when he returned to his home town of Belfast a fortnight ago was to visit his old house. It was a red-brick terrace on Mount Collier Road in a Protestant area of north Belfast, where Branagh had lived with his parents and his older brother, Bill, until he was nine years old and the family left for a new life in England.
Now, 41 years later, Branagh can still remember the streets of his childhood, the way he used to walk to school and the fact that everyone knew his name. "When you were being called in for your tea, if you couldn't see your mother, the yell from the doorstep would come to you jungle-drums fashion," he says. "Someone two streets away would tell you...
The first thing Kenneth Branagh did when he returned to his home town of Belfast a fortnight ago was to visit his old house. It was a red-brick terrace on Mount Collier Road in a Protestant area of north Belfast, where Branagh had lived with his parents and his older brother, Bill, until he was nine years old and the family left for a new life in England.
Now, 41 years later, Branagh can still remember the streets of his childhood, the way he used to walk to school and the fact that everyone knew his name. "When you were being called in for your tea, if you couldn't see your mother, the yell from the doorstep would come to you jungle-drums fashion," he says. "Someone two streets away would tell you...
- 10/8/2011
- by Elizabeth Day
- The Guardian - Film News
Thor; Blitz; Turnout; Atrocious
One of the great injustices of late 20th-century film criticism was the near universal drubbing dished out to Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein in the 90s. Recalling the debacle, Branagh once told me that the question he was most regularly asked in the wake of the film's release was: "What are you going to do now that your career is over?" Those of us who had the gall to praise Frankenstein for its gloriously overcooked melodramatic aesthetic (a quality entirely in keeping with Mary Shelley's source novel) were laughed out of court by those toeing the consensus line. It wasn't until the release of the (then futuristic) laserdisc edition that the mainstream critics started to admit that they might have got it wrong after all.
The same qualities that made Frankenstein such a delight lie at the heart of Thor (2011, Paramount, 12), a comic-book adaptation which similarly...
One of the great injustices of late 20th-century film criticism was the near universal drubbing dished out to Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein in the 90s. Recalling the debacle, Branagh once told me that the question he was most regularly asked in the wake of the film's release was: "What are you going to do now that your career is over?" Those of us who had the gall to praise Frankenstein for its gloriously overcooked melodramatic aesthetic (a quality entirely in keeping with Mary Shelley's source novel) were laughed out of court by those toeing the consensus line. It wasn't until the release of the (then futuristic) laserdisc edition that the mainstream critics started to admit that they might have got it wrong after all.
The same qualities that made Frankenstein such a delight lie at the heart of Thor (2011, Paramount, 12), a comic-book adaptation which similarly...
- 9/26/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Anthony Hopkins has signed on to star in Marvel Studios’ upcoming adaptation of “Thor.”
Hopkins will play Odin, the king of Asgard and the father of Thor and Loki. Chris Hemsworth is playing Thor, Tom Hiddleston plays Loki and Natalie Portman – Jane Foster, his human love interest.
In the film, Thor’s arrogance and recklessness re-ignite an ancient war, so he’s cast out of Asgard and down to Earth. There, as his human form Donald Blake, he meets a nurse named Jane Foster. When Loki comes to Earth Thor is forced to take up the hammer and fight him.
Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) and Zack Stentz penned the script. Kenneth Branagh (The Magic Flute, Sleuth) will direct Thor with a theatrical release set for May 20, 2011.
Anthony Hopkins will next be seen playing Benicio Del Toro’s father in “The Wolfman” which will be released in February.
Hopkins will play Odin, the king of Asgard and the father of Thor and Loki. Chris Hemsworth is playing Thor, Tom Hiddleston plays Loki and Natalie Portman – Jane Foster, his human love interest.
In the film, Thor’s arrogance and recklessness re-ignite an ancient war, so he’s cast out of Asgard and down to Earth. There, as his human form Donald Blake, he meets a nurse named Jane Foster. When Loki comes to Earth Thor is forced to take up the hammer and fight him.
Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) and Zack Stentz penned the script. Kenneth Branagh (The Magic Flute, Sleuth) will direct Thor with a theatrical release set for May 20, 2011.
Anthony Hopkins will next be seen playing Benicio Del Toro’s father in “The Wolfman” which will be released in February.
- 11/1/2009
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Indie Roundup reviews the past week of news from the independent film community and provides a peek at what's coming soon.
Opening. Two films opened yesterday which couldn't have less in common: Agnès Varda's essay film The Beaches of Agnès and Nia Vardalos' I Hate Valentine's Day. Tomorrow comes Anne Fontaine's comedy The Girl From Monaco.
Deals. Xavier Dolan's family drama I Killed My Mother, Kenneth Branagh's The Magic Flute, and Asghar Farhadi's drama About Elly have all been acquired by Here Films, the company formerly known as Regent Releasing. All three are headed for theaters next year. [indieWIRE]
Online Viewing. The 4th of July weekend inevitably brings thoughts of America as a land of immigrants, and that's the topic of Home, which debuts on Amazon VOD this week, featuring interviews with Mike Myers, Alfred Molina, and Liam Neeson. Also somewhat topical: if Michael Jackson...
Opening. Two films opened yesterday which couldn't have less in common: Agnès Varda's essay film The Beaches of Agnès and Nia Vardalos' I Hate Valentine's Day. Tomorrow comes Anne Fontaine's comedy The Girl From Monaco.
Deals. Xavier Dolan's family drama I Killed My Mother, Kenneth Branagh's The Magic Flute, and Asghar Farhadi's drama About Elly have all been acquired by Here Films, the company formerly known as Regent Releasing. All three are headed for theaters next year. [indieWIRE]
Online Viewing. The 4th of July weekend inevitably brings thoughts of America as a land of immigrants, and that's the topic of Home, which debuts on Amazon VOD this week, featuring interviews with Mike Myers, Alfred Molina, and Liam Neeson. Also somewhat topical: if Michael Jackson...
- 7/3/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
- The derby for which distributor was going to get the rights to triple award winning title from Cannes (I Killed My Mother) has come to a close and in the same measure, Here Media announced the launch of Here Films - thus putting an end to the confusing co-label of Here! and Regent Releasing. For those who haven't noticed, Here has been slowly doing away with the strictly Gl&T label and encompassing a more 'festival fave' orientated direction – just recently they released Best Foreign Language Film winner Departures and Cannes Ucr Jury prize winner Tokyo Sonata. I'm not sure what the re-branding will do for operations or visibility, but Xavier Dolan's Cannes-winning I Killed My Mother is an impressive directorial debut that brilliantly examines a collection of themes, the rescuing of Kenneth Branagh's 2006 film The Magic Flute will interest a select audience who enjoy opera and the pick-up from Iran,
- 6/29/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
TORONTO -- Charlotte Mickie, former head of North American operations at Dreamachine, on Tuesday was named head of a Maximum Films International, the new Canadian film sales firm launched by veteran movie producer Robert Lantos.
As managing director of Toronto-based Maximum, Mickie will buy and sell first-run films internationally for theatrical release. The company's initial slate includes a host of films from Lantos' Serendipidity Point Films shingle including Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces, which is scheduled to open the Toronto International Film Festival.
Other titles include Randall Cole's Real Time, starring Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel, Atom Egoyan's Adoration, Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg and Santosh Sivan's Before the Rains, which stars Linus Roache and Rahul Bose.
Lantos also is launching Maximum Film Distribution, a Toronto-based movie releasing company, with Tony Cianciotta on board as managing director for English-speaking Canada. The new shingle has just signed an output deal with U.S.-based IFC Films, grabbing the Canadian rights to its feature films.
Maximum's initial Canadian release slate includes Fugitive Pieces, Cannes award winner Jelly Fish, Kenneth Branagh's The Magic Flute and Sophie Barthes' Cold Souls.
Lantos' return to the distribution game follows his sale last year of a nearly 50% stake in THINKFilm.
As managing director of Toronto-based Maximum, Mickie will buy and sell first-run films internationally for theatrical release. The company's initial slate includes a host of films from Lantos' Serendipidity Point Films shingle including Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces, which is scheduled to open the Toronto International Film Festival.
Other titles include Randall Cole's Real Time, starring Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel, Atom Egoyan's Adoration, Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg and Santosh Sivan's Before the Rains, which stars Linus Roache and Rahul Bose.
Lantos also is launching Maximum Film Distribution, a Toronto-based movie releasing company, with Tony Cianciotta on board as managing director for English-speaking Canada. The new shingle has just signed an output deal with U.S.-based IFC Films, grabbing the Canadian rights to its feature films.
Maximum's initial Canadian release slate includes Fugitive Pieces, Cannes award winner Jelly Fish, Kenneth Branagh's The Magic Flute and Sophie Barthes' Cold Souls.
Lantos' return to the distribution game follows his sale last year of a nearly 50% stake in THINKFilm.
- 8/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kenneth Branagh and Eugene Levy have signed with Endeavor. Branagh is filming the feature Valkyrie, in which he plays Henning Von Tresckow. He most recently directed Sleuth, starring Jude Law, which will be released this year by Sony Pictures Classics, and the HBO Films adaptation of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, which premieres Aug. 21.
His recent acting credits include the films Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Celebrity along with HBO's Warm Springs, A&E's Shackleton and HBO/BBC's Conspiracy, which won him an Emmy in 2001 for best actor in a miniseries or TV movie.
Branagh also directed The Magic Flute, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Hamlet, the latter of which earned him an Oscar nomination for adapted screenplay. He continues to be repped by manager Judy Hofflund.
Levy most recently co-starred in the film For Your Consideration, which he co-wrote with Christopher Guest. He co-wrote and co-starred in three other collaborations with Guest: A Mighty Wind, Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman.
Levy, a Second City Theater and Second City TV alum, also has appeared in such films as the American Pie franchise, Bringing Down the House, Serendipity and Father of the Bride as well as the TV series Mad About You and The Drew Carey Show. He continues to be repped by 3 Arts Entertainment and attorney Jared Levine.
His recent acting credits include the films Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Celebrity along with HBO's Warm Springs, A&E's Shackleton and HBO/BBC's Conspiracy, which won him an Emmy in 2001 for best actor in a miniseries or TV movie.
Branagh also directed The Magic Flute, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Hamlet, the latter of which earned him an Oscar nomination for adapted screenplay. He continues to be repped by manager Judy Hofflund.
Levy most recently co-starred in the film For Your Consideration, which he co-wrote with Christopher Guest. He co-wrote and co-starred in three other collaborations with Guest: A Mighty Wind, Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman.
Levy, a Second City Theater and Second City TV alum, also has appeared in such films as the American Pie franchise, Bringing Down the House, Serendipity and Father of the Bride as well as the TV series Mad About You and The Drew Carey Show. He continues to be repped by 3 Arts Entertainment and attorney Jared Levine.
- 8/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- With more than a third of this year's features made in the U.S. or U.K., the 75th anniversary edition of the Venice Film Festival will have a stronger English-language flavor than it's had in years, organizers revealed as they took the wraps off the full lineup Thursday.
Fifteen U.S. films, including Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited and George Clooney starrer Michael Clayton, and seven Brit titles are among the 57 features screening at the festival. But artistic director Marco Mueller's well-known taste for Asian cinema remains in evidence and the festival boasts a strong presence of homegrown Italian fare.
"There are a lot of films in English, but that is because those countries continue to be willing to risk everything when that's needed," explained Mueller, who said more than 3,000 films were considered before selecting the final lineup. "The films we selected are very innovative works with casts of really big stars, and we continue to look for surprising and innovative films, wherever they come from."
Among the U.S. films joining Anderson's Darjeeling Limited and the Tony Gilroy-helmed Clayton in competition are Redacted from Brian De Palma, a story about the war in Iraq; Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford starring Brad Pitt as Jesse James; In the Valley of Elah from Paul Haggis, about a soldier who returns from Iraq to a family crisis; Todd Haynes' I'm Not There, on the life of folk icon Bob Dylan; and the China-U.S. co-production Se, jie (Lust, Caution) from Golden Lion winner Ang Lee, a thriller set in World War II-era Shanghai.
Lee's film is just the tip of the iceberg for Asia-produced or co-produced films in competition, joining with China-Hong Kong co-production The Sun Also Rises from Jiang Wen; Japan's Sukiyaki Western Django from Takashi Miike; and Taiwan's Bangbang wo aishen (Help me Eros) from Lee Kang Sheg.
Other noteworthy competition titles include Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth -- marking the second consecutive year a Branagh film has screened in Venice, following last year's adaptation of The Magic Flute; Ken Loach's It's a Free World; and Andrea Porporati's Italian drama Il Dolce e l'amaro (The Sweet and the Bitter).
The festival's opening night film, Atonement, from Joe Wright and starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, and Vanessa Redgrave also will be in competition.
Fifteen U.S. films, including Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited and George Clooney starrer Michael Clayton, and seven Brit titles are among the 57 features screening at the festival. But artistic director Marco Mueller's well-known taste for Asian cinema remains in evidence and the festival boasts a strong presence of homegrown Italian fare.
"There are a lot of films in English, but that is because those countries continue to be willing to risk everything when that's needed," explained Mueller, who said more than 3,000 films were considered before selecting the final lineup. "The films we selected are very innovative works with casts of really big stars, and we continue to look for surprising and innovative films, wherever they come from."
Among the U.S. films joining Anderson's Darjeeling Limited and the Tony Gilroy-helmed Clayton in competition are Redacted from Brian De Palma, a story about the war in Iraq; Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford starring Brad Pitt as Jesse James; In the Valley of Elah from Paul Haggis, about a soldier who returns from Iraq to a family crisis; Todd Haynes' I'm Not There, on the life of folk icon Bob Dylan; and the China-U.S. co-production Se, jie (Lust, Caution) from Golden Lion winner Ang Lee, a thriller set in World War II-era Shanghai.
Lee's film is just the tip of the iceberg for Asia-produced or co-produced films in competition, joining with China-Hong Kong co-production The Sun Also Rises from Jiang Wen; Japan's Sukiyaki Western Django from Takashi Miike; and Taiwan's Bangbang wo aishen (Help me Eros) from Lee Kang Sheg.
Other noteworthy competition titles include Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth -- marking the second consecutive year a Branagh film has screened in Venice, following last year's adaptation of The Magic Flute; Ken Loach's It's a Free World; and Andrea Porporati's Italian drama Il Dolce e l'amaro (The Sweet and the Bitter).
The festival's opening night film, Atonement, from Joe Wright and starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, and Vanessa Redgrave also will be in competition.
- 7/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Quick Links Sleuth Sony Pictures Classics Sleuth (1972 version) Kenneth Branagh Michael Caine Jude LawProduction was stalled a couple of times, but now with a U.S distributor on board its full steam ahead for Kenneth Branagh’s contemporary take on the 1972 film. Sony Pictures Classics has boarded the production which starts later this month. This is an updated version of the award-winning play. A dramatic and thrilling study of sexual conflict, jealousy, power and manipulation handled with both lacerating wit and humor, Sleuth tells the story of a wealthy writer of detective stories (Caine) and an aspiring yet out-of-work actor (Law) who is having an affair with the writer's wife. The writer's exquisitely modernized Georgian manor, becomes the backdrop for a cat and mouse game that pits one creative mind against another. Caine would be playing the Laurence Olivier role and Law playing Caine's original role.What is of
- 1/5/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
TORONTO -- For the first time in its 31-year history, the Toronto International Film Festival will this year offer Sales Premiere screenings, a program shown exclusively to buyers, along with a new marketing initiative allowing sales agents to promote their films via transit system posters and 3-D displays. The trial program, available to a limited selection of buyers who purchase a premium pass, will feature 10 films. They include The Bubble, El Cantante, The Dog Problem, The Fall, Hula Girls, The Magic Flute, Penelope, The Pleasure of Your Company, Rescue Dawn and a film still in negotiations at press time. Each screening will take place after a film has its first festival showing, and some will be concurrent with press and industry screenings. They will use venues offering 70-1,400 seats in early mornings and late evenings.
VENICE, Italy -- Kenneth Branagh's $22 million film adaptation of the Mozart opera The Magic Flute received its world premiere at Venice's famous La Fenice opera house Thursday, the first time it has hosted a film related to the Venice Film Festival since a fire destroyed the building 10 years ago. The decision to hold the premiere in an opera house was an honor but also an unusual choice given that British philanthropist Peter Moores -- an avid promoter of opera -- told journalists Thursday that his decision to fund the project was made in part "to get opera out of the opera house, where it can be appreciated." The name La Fenice is Italian for "the phoenix," reflecting its history of being burned to the ground three times in its 256-year history. One of the most important opera houses in Europe, it had to be refitted with a large cinema screen on the front of the stage in order to host Flute premiere.
TORONTO -- For the first time in its 31-year history, the Toronto International Film Festival will this year offer Sales Premiere screenings, a program shown exclusively to buyers, along with a new marketing initiative allowing sales agents to promote their films via transit system posters and 3-D displays. The trial program, available to a limited selection of buyers who purchase a premium pass, will feature 10 films. They include The Bubble, El Cantante, The Dog Problem, The Fall, Hula Girls, The Magic Flute, Penelope, The Pleasure of Your Company, Rescue Dawn and a film still in negotiations at press time. Each screening will take place after a film has its first festival showing, and some will be concurrent with press and industry screenings. They will use venues offering 70-1,400 seats in early mornings and late evenings.
VENICE, Italy -- Kenneth Branagh's $22 million film adaptation of the Mozart opera The Magic Flute received its world premiere at Venice's famous La Fenice opera house Thursday, the first time it has hosted a film related to the Venice Film Festival since a fire destroyed the building 10 years ago. The decision to hold the premiere in an opera house was an honor but also an unusual choice given that British philanthropist Peter Moores -- an avid promoter of opera -- told journalists Thursday that his decision to fund the project was made in part "to get opera out of the opera house, where it can be appreciated." The name La Fenice is Italian for "the phoenix," reflecting its history of being burned to the ground three times in its 256-year history. One of the most important opera houses in Europe, it had to be refitted with a large cinema screen on the front of the stage in order to host Flute premiere.
ROME -- French actress Catherine Deneuve, the best actress winner at 1998's Venice International Film Festival, will head the main competition jury at the 63rd edition of the event, organizers said Wednesday. The festival also said it will host the world premiere of Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute along with a series of screenings celebrating the centennial of the birth of iconic Italian directors Roberto Rossellini, Lucino Visconti and Mario Soldati. Deneuve has a long association with the Venice fest, which this year runs Aug. 30-Sept. 9. She made a name for herself at the 1967 edition as the star of Luis Bunuel's Golden Lion winner Belle de jour. In 1998, she won the Coppa Volpi award for her role as Marianne Malivert in Nicole Garcia's Place Vendome.
- 6/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- French actress Catherine Deneuve, the best actress winner at 1998's Venice International Film Festival, will head the main competition jury at the 63rd edition of the event, organizers said Wednesday. The festival also said it will host the world premiere of Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute along with a series of screenings celebrating the centennial of the birth of iconic Italian directors Roberto Rossellini, Lucino Visconti and Mario Soldati. Deneuve has a long association with the Venice fest, which this year runs Aug. 30-Sept. 9. She made a name for herself at the 1967 edition as the star of Luis Bunuel's Golden Lion winner Belle de jour. In 1998, she won the Coppa Volpi award for her role as Marianne Malivert in Nicole Garcia's Place Vendome.
- 6/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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