Sir David
Jason OBE
attended the 8th Angel
Film Awards Monaco
2nd-5th December 2010 as director of the short movie 'All
The Way Up'.
The movie scooped 6 Angel Awards. Sir David was also
honoured with the Angel
Lifetime Achievement Award.
In this interview with
RivieraLife TV's Andrew Burroughs,
David Jason talks about All The Way Up and how he became
involved, his appreciation of the values of the Angel
Film Awards, his shooting in Monaco of an Only Fools
& Horses
special and the influence of his Open All
Hours
co-star Ronnie
Barker.
The
8th annual Angel
Film Awards
took place 2nd-5th December 2010 in the Art Novo
Theatre, Novotel, Monaco.
The festival features non-violent movies. In this report for
RivieraLife.tv,
Andrew
Burroughs
looks at a selection of movies screened and talks to their
directors including Sir David
Jason OBE
who directed the short movie 'All The Way Up',
Mohy Quandour,
Writer/Director of the Best Movie winner 'Cherkess',
Kinshirou Ogino,
Director of 'Asakusa Daydreams' and
Paul Petersen,
Director of
'Simon Sez'.
Winner of
the Best Short Documentary Film and the Independent
Spirit Award at the 2010 Angel Film Awards,
Radio
Geronimo - Monte Carlo & Bust
tells the story of a hippie outfit that took over the
midnight airwaves of Radio Monte Carlo in 1970. For nine
months of that tumultuous year they blasted good vibes
and cosmic music across Europe. Radio Geronimo was
sponsored by band manager Tony Secunda (The Move, Marc
Bolan) and Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller. Key
staff tell the story of this most avant-garde and
ambitious radio venture.
Press Reports
Jordanian winning film puts
Kingdom on ‘movie map’
jordantimes.com 09 Dec 10
The Jordanian film “Cherkess”, depicting the meeting of
Circassian and bedouin cultures in Jordan at the turn of
the 20th century, has won seven awards at the Angel Film
Awards in Monaco including Best Feature Film, Best
Director and Best Producer. The festival seeks to award
"non-violent" movies that promote "peace and love". A
unanimous jury made up of prominent international movie
personalities, including US film professor Carl Bardosch,
French actress Celyne Durand and British actress Sophie
Berenice chose to honour “Cherkess” at the expense of
British, German and Swiss contenders.
Jakob Jessen.
2010 Angel Film Award Winners
russianfilm.biz 08 Dec 10
This year the big winner – an absolute tour de force –
was the epic drama Cherkess from Jordan.
This visually sumptuous feature unveils an episode of
impossible love which sparked up clashes between the
neighbouring Cherkess and Bedouin peoples. Cherkess also
won the ‘Best Feature Film’, picking up the coveted
Angel Trophy and ‘Best Director’ for Mohy Quandour.
Another multiple winner was All The Way Up from UK.
This touching drama about a life-changing encounter in a
lift picked up the Best Short Film Award for producers
Shane Hamill and Ben Sweet as well as Best Director of a
Short for veteran British Actor Sir David Jason.
Debut director Jason scoops award
Press Association 08 Dec 10
Sir David Jason received a welcome boost for his new
career, after his directorial debut All The Way Up
scooped six gongs at the Monaco International Film
Festival. Along with wins for best short film and best
script, the Touch of Frost star won best director for
his first attempt behind the camera. "It's a fantastic
honour for our whole team to see All The Way Up
acknowledged in such a spectacular way," said Sir David.
"It's important for the industry that these awards
become bigger and better, so that inspirational
filmmaking becomes as commercially successful as it is
critically acclaimed." All The Way will be aired on TV
in 2011.
'Cherkess' wins Angel Film Awards,
'What Does Your MP Do?' nabs docu prize variety.com
07 Dec 10 Jordanian
historical pic "Cherkess" picked up a slew of prizes,
including best feature film, at the Angel Film Awards in
Monaco, a competish that promotes non-violent films. The
love story, which tells the tale of the clash of
cultures between the Cherkess and Bedouin peoples in
1900 during the Ottoman period, also nabbed the director
award for Mohy Quandour, who produced and penned the
script, the newcomer award for debut thesp Sahar Bishara,
and supporting actor for Mohadeen Komakhov. Blighty's "All
the Way Up," a drama about a life-changing encounter in
an elevator, nabbed the short film award for producers
Shane Hamill and Ben Sweet, and best director of a short
for thesp David Jason. Claude Green's "So What Does Your
MP Do?," also from Blighty, picked up feature docu and
narration at the four-day fest, which wrapped Dec. 5.
Diana Lodderhose.
‘CINEMA ANGELS
GIVE A TOY’was born after the directors of the Angel Film Awards
Rosana
Golden
and Dean
Bentley
heard a radio interview by the artist Sylvana Gainier.
Sylvana talked about her involvement with the
Lenval
Children’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit
in Nice, who care for underprivileged children between 3
and 12 years of age. It was apparent that more funding
and basic needs, like toys, were desperately needed.
Rosana and Dean volunteered to help the children in
whatever way they could. An amazing selection of toys
were donated by attendees to the Angel Film Awards and
handed over to Charlene Wittstock at a ceremony at the
Hotel de Paris on Tue 07 Dec 10. Thank you everybody!
New Venue
for 2010 Angel Film Awards
New Venue for 2010 Angel Film Awards
This years
8th annual Angel Film
Awards 2010 will
take place in a great new venue, the Art Novo Theatre
in the
Novotel,
Monte Carlo. Built on the site of the old Radio
Monte Carlo building, the Novotel provides state
of the art projection facilities. The opening VIP
party will take place at the stunning
'La Salle Belle Epoque' at Monte Carlo's
Hotel Hermitage.
The closing night kicks off with an awards gala
followed by a VIP party at the Pacific Club Restuarant,
Monte Carlo.
The
Angel Film Awards - Mission Statement
The Angel Film Awards is a celebration of peace,
love, harmony, positive energy and non-violence
in film.
The AFA selection committee is made up of
seasoned international industry professionals -
directors, producers, cinematographers,
screenplay writers, film journalists, actors,
and the AFA founders. Votes cast decide the
finalists in all categories.
Join the glitzy and most elegant of independent
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from around the globe... for a unique and
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Music at
the Angel Film Awards
Honorary AFA President
Donovan nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame
RLTV 09 Dec 10
Folk rock legend &
Honorary AFA President
Donovan
was once again set to attend the Angel Film
Awards this year, but was foiled by snow and
flight cancellations. He was perform at the closing
night Awards Gala (04 Dec 10) on stage
at the Art Novo Theatre in the Novotel Monaco,
with the Japanese singer
Boro
and the Angel Film Awards co-founder
Dean Bentley
(pictured right with Donovan.) The singer/songwriter
whose many global hits include
Sunshine Superman
and Mellow
Yellow has been
nominated for induction in 2011 for the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Stage and screen soprano
Christina Collier
performed at the opening night gala in the Hermitage
Hotel Monaco (02 Dec 10). Christina played the
Swedish soprano Jenny Lind in the West End musical
Barnum alongside Michael Crawford and starred in the
David Puttnam movie Mr. Love. Multi-award winning
Japanese singing star Boro performed with Festival
organiser Dean Bentley at the closing night
Awards Celebration (04 Dec 10) in the Art Novo
Theatre. MD.
Spotlight
on some major movies in the Official Selection this year
Her Majesty
opens the
Portcullis
of Windsor
Castle to
“Simon Sez”
Producers
RLTV
01 Dec 10
Her
Majesty
Queen
Elizabeth
II's passion
for horses
is well
known. In
the run-up
to the 2012
London
Olympics,
"Simon Sez"
- The Making
of the
European
Championships
(UK Doc: 15
min. ESMI
Films) is
the story of
one man’s
journey to
serve Queen
and Country,
and to
deliver the
Best In
Sport on the
private
showgrounds
of Windsor
Castle. This
doc journeys
with Simon
Brooks-Ward,
the UK’s top
Event
Producer and
his
mangement
company, as
he welcomes
35 nations
to the
largest
equestrian
sporting
event held
in the UK in
the last
decade, and
a precurser
to the
London 2012
Games.
Watch
Trailer here.
Country
of Production: Jordan (Sindika Productions)
Story
of the encounter of two different cultures (Bedouin &
Cherkess) in the year 1900 during the Ottoman period in
the territory now known as Jordan. Conflicts arose over
land and water rights and in the midst of these
conflicts an impossible love story which amplifies the
difference between the two cultures.
IMDB.
Country
of Production: UK This documentary observes the work of
Liberal Democrat MP, Ed Davey, from September 2009 to
May 2010, giving an insight into the extraordinary range
of problems that MPs encounter at their constituency
surgery advice sessions and the issues they have to
grapple with, as “representatives of the people”.
The Angel Film Awards takes place each December in Monaco
and features non-violent movies. The 2008 event featured a
groundbreaking co-production 'Jun-Ai' between China and
Japan. The movie sought reconciliation between these
two nations on the 70th anniversary of the Nanking massacre
following the Japanese invasion of China in 1937.
Together with BBC Correspondent Andrew
Burroughs, our parent company
Europa
Productions produced this report for BBC World's
Asia Today
programme from the Angel Film Awards 2008 in Monaco.
The
Cannes Film Festival is not the only movie event here. The region hosts a series of 'boutique'
film festivals. From the
Underwater Images Festival
to
a Comedy
Festival in
Monaco, we will keep you updated on local
movie happenings including the Angel Film Awards, a
festival showcasing non-violent movies held in Monaco in
December each year and the Antipodes Film Festival held in
St. Tropez each October.
The
Riviera Life Movie
Guide features trailers & reviews of the latest V.O. movies in
our comprehensive guide to regional screenings. Check out the days and
times of screenings of 'Version Original' (VO) movies
screening in the Alpes Maritimes and the Var departments,
updated weekly every Wednesday.
Maverick
film director and former Python Terry Gilliam debuted his new
fantasy movie 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' at the
62nd Cannes Film Festival in 2009. In this interview with RivieraLife.tv's Mark Dezzani, Terry
Gilliam talks about his artistic roots in the 60s; how style now rules over
substance; his difficulty
with compromising; the essence of his moviemaking; the legacy of Monty Python and digital technology for up and coming film-makers.
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