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.
Much
loved British actor
Sir David Jason
makes his debut as a movie director at this years Monaco International
Film Festival, the Angel Film Awards. The star of Only Fools
and Horses and Touch of Frost directs the British short
movie, All The Way Up, an uplifting mystery largely set in a hotel
elevator. RivieraLife.tv is an official sponsor of this years
Angel Film Awards which takes place 02-05 Dec 10 at a new venue, the Art
Novo Theatre in Monaco's Novotel, Avenue Princesse Charlotte. Check out the
latest news and previews of this years event
here.
The 12th Antipodes Film Festival runs 11-17 October in St
Tropez and includes screening, discussions, events and
conferences and the best part is - it’s open to the public and
free. The high profile jury includes Collette Dinnigan and Tina
Arena will be headed by Miranda Otto (pictured). Check out all
of the times, trailers and reviews for the movies screening and
competing in the festival.
Check out the news
from the
63rd Cannes Film Festival 2010
where the jury was headed by
Tim Burton.
The festival was opened by
Ridley Scott's
latest epic
Robin Hood.
The festival was preceeded by two mishaps. The world's press
threatened to boycott the event over restricted access to the
press conferences, and a massive storm saw many beach
restaurants and the Croisette badly damaged.
Jean Luc Godard,
Woody Allen
and Oliver
Stone
premiered anticipated movies. Critics were divided over the
winning movie by
Thai director
Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
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 festival
features non-violent movies and takes place each year in December.
South African director scoops six awards
eyewitnessnews.co.za 08 Dec 09
South African film director Regardt van den Bergh on Monday
scooped six accolades for his movie
Tornado and the Kalahari Horse
Whisperer at this year’s Monaco
Film Festival. The Cape Town
based film-maker was informed about the news on Monday at the
end of the festival in
Monte Carlo. The film received six Angel
Awards for among other things, Best Director, Humanitarian Award
and Best Sound Track.
Monaco fest: Peace, love, movies
Hollywood
Reporter 19 Nov 09
A Tarantino film is as unwelcome at the Monaco International
Film Festival -- set for Dec. 3-6 -- as the latest from Lars Von
Trier, Chan-Wook Park or any other auteur whose work features
onscreen violence. That's because the Monte Carlo-based festival
and its Angel Film Awards were started seven years ago by Rosana
Golden and Dean Bentley to showcase nonviolent films. "We wanted
to go back to a more 1960s feel," Golden says. "To have a
glamorous festival without all that onscreen stabbing,
mutilation and so on." Golden and Bentley personally select the
20-odd films that screen each year. While a little sex is
permitted, violence in all its forms is taboo. "The worst you'll
hear is a few f-yous onscreen," Golden says.
Scott
Roxborough.
The Monte Carlo
Comedy Film Festival the only one of the three
movie fests in the Principality to be under the High
Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. The 9th
annual edition took place at the Grimaldi Forum 24-28
Nov 09. Primarily a Franco-Italian event, the festival
has become more international in recent years. The
winning movie this year was the Spanish comedy
Pagafantasdirected by Borja Cobeaga and starring Gorka
Otxoa & Sabrina Garciarena. The British movie
The Be All and End All
directed by Bruce Webb and starring Eugene Byrne and
Josh Bolt won the best debut movie award. Screening out
of competition was the Jason Reitman directed
Up In The Air
starring George Clooney. The festival was presented by
Italian comic actor Ezio Greggio and Rachel Legrain
Trapani (Miss France 2007.)
Underwater
Images Festival, Marseille 29 Oct - 1 Nov 09
For the 36th
edition of the
Festival of Underwater Images,
the event was moved from where it was founded in Antibes back to
Marseilles in the splendid Palais du Pharo. A special evening of
screenings was also arranged 20 Nov 09 at the Parc Phoenix in
Nice. The winner of the Palme d'Or 2009 was "Nature's Great
Events The Great Tide" by Hugh Pearson, Karen Bass and Brian
Leithand produced by the BBC's Natural History Unit and
presented by David Attenborough.
Antipodes Film Festival Saint Tropez 12 -
18 Oct 09
Cinéma des Antipodes Festival of Australian & New
Zealand Cinema 12 - 18 Oct 09 Saint Tropez. The Cinema des Antipodes
Festival is held every October in Saint-Tropez and is now in
its 11th year. Festival director Bernard Bories founded the
festival after being inspired by Peter Weir's movie Picnic
At Hanging Rock. The opening night
featured the movie
Dean Spanley
directed by Toa Fraser and starring Peter O'Toole & Sam Neil. Other movies include
Accidents Happen,
a black comedy starring Geena Davies;
Samson and Delilah by aboriginal director Warwick Thornton and the out of competition
Lucky Country
directed by Kriv Stenders. Jane Campion's
Bright Star
which debuted at Cannes, closed the Festival.
Winning Movie
LaPaglia blown away by low-budget Australian 'masterpiece'The Australian 19 Oct 09
The
US-based Australian actor knows that it is not in his
interests to praise the film, but he said yesterday that he
cannot help calling it a masterpiece. The outback romance
about two Aboriginal teenagers is competing with Balibo, in
which LaPaglia stars, for a swath of Australian film honours,
and yet he chaired a jury of judges at a French festival of
Australian and New Zealand films which yesterday gave all
its major awards to Sampson & Delilah. The low-budget film
by indigenous director Warwick Thornton won the best feature
film award at Saint-Tropez's Cinema des Antipodes Festival
and its young stars, Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson, took
out the male and female acting awards. "It is just
incredible," he told The Australian. "I don't like to throw
this word around, but I really think it's a masterpiece.
Peter Wilson.
Aboriginal
film 'Samson and Delilah' wins Cannes first film prize
Yahoo!
24 May 09
Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton's "Samson
and Delilah", a tale of young love in a troubled
indigenous community, was Sunday awarded the Camera d'Or
first film prize at the
Cannes
festival. AFP.
VideoHaneke's
'White Ribbon' now playing in France
France 24 23 Oct 09
In this edition, Rebecca Leffler talks about 'The White Ribbon',
Michael Haneke's film that won the coveted Palme d'Or, which takes
place in a rural German town.
Haneke's
chilling "White Ribbon" wins in Cannes
Reuters
24 May 09
Austrian director Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or at the
Cannes film festival Sunday for "The White
Ribbon," a chilling exploration of the roots of Nazi
terror. Haneke's first Palme d'Or (Golden Palm), the top
prize at the world's biggest film festival, was one of the
favorites among the thousands of critics and journalists in
the French Riviera resort for the 12-day movie marathon. Mike
Collett-White & James Mackenzie.
Film
about the roots of fascism a surprise winner at Cannes
Canada.com
24 May 09
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke’s devastating drama about
abuse and violence in a small German village on the eve of
the First World War, was chosen Sunday as the top film at
the Cannes Film Festival. Jay
Stone.
4th
Monaco Charity Film Festival May 11-16, Fairmont Hotel,
Monaco
Monaco
fest focuses on compassion
Variety 29
Apr 09 Part
film showcase, part cultural salon, the Monaco Charity Film
Festival is unlike any other. Four films per day are screened, for
one week; all sessions are free to the public. A five-member jury
awards prizes for film, director, scriptwriter and actor/actress.
In addition, there are charity auctions and panel events and a
closing-night black-tie gala dinner. Shane
Danielsen.
4th
Annual Monaco Charity Film Festival May 11-16, Fairmont Hotel,
Monaco
PR-USA.net 1
Apr 09 The
Ambassador of the Festival, Ms. Karolina Evstigneeva has secured
12 Russian Films for screening in Monaco, and the MCFF USA Program
Director - Mr. Georges Chamchoun, has lined up films from the USA,
Spain, Lebanon and many other parts of the world. Mr. Chamchoun
stated that this years' Festival will be the best ever in terms of
film screenings in Monaco, which are free to the public. The
evening of May 16 caps the Monaco Charity Film Festival with the
4th annual MCFF Charity Gala Cocktail and Dinner at the Fairmont
Hotel in Monaco. MCFF is negotiating to have Russian Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin attend the festival and award the film
honors to the winners of the 2009 Monaco Charity Film Festival.
Saudi Princess Nauf Al Saud has enthusiastically agreed to attend
the Festival and help in the fundraising for new Artists from the
Middle East and assist in fundraising for impoverished children in
Asia. www.monacofilmfestival.org
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.
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
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updated weekly every Wednesday.
