The official juries for the 65th Festival del film Locarno have been appointed. The jury for the International Competition will include the American screenwriter, producer and director Roger Avary (Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, 1994; The Laws of Attraction, 2002), Seoul filmmaker Sang-soo Im (A Good Lawyer’s Wife, 2003; The Housemaid, 2010), French director, screenwriter and actress Noémie Lvovsky (La vie ne me fait pas peur, Silver Leopard “Youth Cinema” at Locarno in 1999; Camille redouble, 2012; Benoît Jacquot’s Farewell, My Queen, 2012) and London-based Swiss curator and writer Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-director of the Serpentine Gallery in London since 2006.
The jury president will be Thai filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Palme d’or at Cannes in 2010 for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives). Around twenty feature films will screen in competition.
The president of the jury for the ‘Filmmakers of the Present’ Competition will be the director from Chad Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Saison sèche,...
The jury president will be Thai filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Palme d’or at Cannes in 2010 for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives). Around twenty feature films will screen in competition.
The president of the jury for the ‘Filmmakers of the Present’ Competition will be the director from Chad Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Saison sèche,...
- 6/28/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Aretha Franklin will reportedly perform at Whitney Houston's funeral on Saturday (February 18). The Queen of Soul's publicist has confirmed to CNN that Franklin will attend Houston's memorial service at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ and she has also been asked to sing by the 'Run To You' popstar's family. Houston's friend and gospel superstar Marvin L Winans has been selected to give the eulogy. Winans appeared on Anderson 360 on Wednesday (February 15) and promised that his speech will celebrate Houston's life and legacy. X Factor USA judge La Reid, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Chaka Khan, Darlene Love and Diane Warren are among the many stars on the guest list. Ray J - who was reportedly dating Houston prior to her death - and his sister Brandy (more)...
- 2/16/2012
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
Thirteen, director Catherine Hardwicke's unnerving portrait of teenage girls and their accelerated adolescence, has earned multiple nominations for the eighth annual Prism Awards. Thirteen, from Fox Searchlight Pictures/Working Title Films, earned noms for feature film as well as acting bids for stars Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed. The Prism Awards, administered by the nonprofit Entertainment Industries Council, honor film, TV and musical works that include accurate portrayals of the pitfalls of drug and alcohol abuse. Joining thirteen in the feature film category are Miramax's City of God, Chilmark Prods.' Love and Diane, Focus Features' 21 Grams and Lions Gate Films' Wonderland. Benicio Del Toro was nominated in the feature acting category for his performance in 21 Grams, as was Dylan McDermott for his role in Wonderland.
- 3/11/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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