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62nd Venice International Film Festival
The 62nd annual Venice International Film Festival opened on 31 August 2005 with Tsui Hark's ''Seven Swords'' and closed on 10 September 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's musical '' Perhaps Love''. The lineups were announced by the festival director Marco Müller on 28 July 2005 in Rome. The digital films can compete in all categories for the first time of the festival history. Asian filmmaking confirmed its vitality, and with this year's most important works demonstrated that it had once again been capable of challenging the most intelligent spectacular effects from Hollywood. Japanese animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli were each awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The Golden Lion was won by ''Brokeback Mountain''. During this edition of the festival, an International Design Competition of the new Palazzo del Cinema took place. The winner of the competition was ''5+1 & Rudy Ricciotti''. The purpose of the new b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Swords
''Seven Swords'' is a 2005 ''wuxia'' film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon. An international co-production between Hong Kong, China, South Korea and the Netherlands, the story is loosely adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel '' Qijian Xia Tianshan'' and is completely unrelated to the novel except for some characters' names. ''Seven Swords'' was used as the opening film to the 2005 Venice Film Festival and as a homage to Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film ''Seven Samurai''. Plot In the mid-17th century, the Manchus conquer the territories of the former Ming Empire and establish the Qing Empire. While nationalistic sentiments start brewing within the ''wulin'' (martial artists' community), the Qing government immediately imposes a ban forbidding the common people from practising martial arts. The warlord Fire-Wind sees the new law as an opportunity to make a fortune so he offers to help the government execute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Ferretti
Dante Ferretti (, born 26 February 1943) is an Italian production designer, art director, and costume designer. Biography Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many acclaimed directors, both American and Italian, including; Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elio Petri, Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton. He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo. Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films.Fergus M. BordewichManhattan Mayhem ''Smithsonian Magazine'', December 2002, Accessed July 15, 2010. He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing nine of his last eleven movies. In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore's opera '' The Fly'', directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Ferretti has won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmauro
Filmauro is an Italian media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films, founded in 1975 by Luigi De Laurentiis. The company catalogue counts over 400 movies. The company also owns a series of movie theaters in Rome, Italy, and the Serie A football club, SSC Napoli Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli (), is an Italian professional football club based in the city of Naples ( it, Napoli, nap, Napule), Campania that plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. Napoli h .... They produced the successful annual Cinepanettone films. External links ''Filmauro'' Corporate page References Mass media companies established in 1975 Film production companies of Italy Film distributors of Italy Mass media companies of Italy Companies based in Rome Mass media in Rome Italian companies established in 1975 {{IT-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanna Gagliardo
Giovanna Gagliardo (born 12 December 1943) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Her 1982 film ''Via degli specchi'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. She is also known as a longtime partner (1968–80) to major Hungarian film director Miklós Jancsó. Selected filmography * '' The Assassin'' (1961) * '' Private Vices, Public Pleasures'' (1976) * ''Via degli specchi ''Via degli specchi'' is a 1982 Italian crime-drama film directed by Giovanna Gagliardo. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Nicole Garcia as Francesca * Milva as Veronica * Heinz Bennent as Gianfranco * ...'' (1982) References External links * 1943 births Living people Italian film directors Italian women film directors Italian screenwriters People from the Province of Cuneo {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinya Tsukamoto
is a Japanese filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter, editor, director, cinematographer, art director, production designer and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, Tsukamoto is best known for his body horror/cyberpunk film '' Tetsuo: The Iron Man'' (1989), which is considered the defining film of the Japanese Cyberpunk movement, as well as for its companion pieces '' Tetsuo II: Body Hammer'' (1992) and '' Tetsuo: The Bullet Man'' (2009). His other films include '' Tokyo Fist'' (1995), '' Bullet Ballet'' (1998), '' A Snake of June'' (2002), '' Vital'' (2004), '' Kotoko'' (2011) and ''Killing'' (2018). In addition to starring in almost all his films, Tsukamoto has also appeared as an actor in films by other directors, including Martin Scorsese, Takashi Miike and Hideaki Anno. He has been cited as an influence on popular western filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky and The Wachowskis. Biography Tsukamoto beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerio Mastandrea
Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular participation in the Canale 5 late night talk show ''Maurizio Costanzo Show''. After some occasional participation in stage plays and films, he had his breakout with the role of Tarcisio in the 1995 crime film ''Palermo - Milan One Way'' by Claudio Fragasso. In 1997 he got his first leading role in the sleeper box office hit '' We All Fall Down''. Awards Mastandrea won the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his role in '' The First Beautiful Thing'' in 2010. In 2013, he won both the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Ivano De Matteo's '' Balancing Act'' and the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Roberto Andò's ''Long Live Freedom''. Selected filmography Film * ''Palermo - Milan One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Frodon
Jean-Michel Frodon (born 20 September 1953 in Paris) is a journalist, critic and historian of cinema. Biography Born Jean-Michel Billard, he writes with a pseudonym borrowed from Frodo of ''The Lord of the Rings''. He has a master's degree and a DEA in history. He worked as an educator from 1971 to 1981. Next, he was a photographer from 1981 to 1985. In 1983, he became a journalist and film critic for the weekly periodical ''Le Point'', of which his father, Pierre Billard, also a journalist and a film critic, was one of the founders and chief editors. He held this post until 1990. He took over the same functions at the daily newspaper ''Le Monde'' in 1990 and in 1995, he became responsible for the daily film column. In 2003 he became head editor of ''Cahiers du cinémas'' four years after its purchase by ''Le Monde''. After leaving in 2009, he writes the blog ''Projection publique'' on website '' slate.fr''. He has written, at times, for numerous other journals of cinema. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Coixet
Isabel Coixet Castillo (; born 9 April 1960 ) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur.” Early life Isabel Coixet was born in Sant Adrià del Besòs next to Barcelona on 9 April 1960. She started filming when she was given an 8 mm camera on the occasion of her First Communion. After obtaining a BA degree in history at Barcelona U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimmo Rotella
Domenico "Mimmo" Rotella (Catanzaro, 7 October 1918 – Milan, 8 January 2006) was an Italian artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. Best known for his works of décollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advertising posters. He was associated to the Ultra-Lettrists an offshoot of Lettrism and later was a member of the '' Nouveau Réalisme'', founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany. Biography 1918–1951 After finishing school studies he moves to Naples in 1933 to pursue his artistic studies, but he got a job at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. In 1941, he moved to Rome. He remains in the capital only for a short period, because he is called up. In 1944 he left the army and he graduated from the Art School of Naples. Between 1944 and 1945 he teaches drawing in Catanzaro. In 1945 he returned to Rome and, following his figurative beginnings and first experimentations, he began to paint new-geometric paintings. He starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai ( he, עמוס גיתאי; born 11 October 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker, who was trained as an architect. Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Lincoln Center in New York, and the British Film Institute in London. To date, Amos Gitai has created over 90 works of art, including a wide variety of formats such as feature and short films, fiction and documentaries, experimental work, television productions, installations and theater works. Between 1999 and 2017 ten of his films participated in the Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d'Or as well as The Venice International Film Festival for the Golden Lion award. He has worked with Juliette Binoche, Jeanne Moreau, Natalie Portman, Yael Abecassis, Samuel Fuller, Hanna Schygulla, Annie Lennox, Barbara Hendricks, Léa Seydoux, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Henri Alekan, Renato Berta, Nurith Aviv, Éric Gautier and more. Since 2000 he has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Vachon
Christine Vachon (; born November 21, 1962) is an American film producer active in the American independent film sector. Christine Vachon produced Todd Haynes' first feature, ''Poison'', which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival. Since then, she has gone on to produce many acclaimed American independent films, including '' Far from Heaven'' (nominated for four Academy Awards), '' Boys Don't Cry'' (Academy Award winner), ''One Hour Photo'', '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', ''Happiness'', ''Velvet Goldmine'', ''Safe'', '' I Shot Andy Warhol'', ''Go Fish'', ''Swoon'', ''I'm Not There'', '' Gigantic'', '' Cracks''. and ''Cairo Time''. Her latest and upcoming projects include a short film collaboration with ACE Hotel and online film content producers Massify entitled "Lulu at the Ace Hotel" as well as a five-part HBO mini-series adaptation of James M. Cain's 1941 novel, '' Mildred Pierce.'' Vachon also participates as a member of the Jury for the NYICF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini (born 16 May 1977) is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2009 single " Jungle Drum", her 1999 album '' Love in the Time of Science'', and her performance of " Gollum's Song" for the 2002 film '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''. Early life Emilíana was born in Iceland, where she grew up in Kópavogur. At the age of seven, she joined a choir as a soprano, until she went to opera school at the age of 15. Her father, Salvatore Torrini, is Italian (from Naples), while her mother, Anna Stella Snorradóttir, is Icelandic. Because of name regulations in Iceland at the time, her father had to change his name to "Davíð Eiríksson", which also meant that Emilíana had to use the surname after her father in the traditional way. A few years later, the name regulations were changed, and she was again allowed to use her original surname. After being discovered singing in a restaurant in Iceland by Derek Birkett, the owner of One Little I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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