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65th Berlin International Film Festival
The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the president of the jury. German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The first seven films of the festival were announced on 15 December 2014. Isabel Coixet's '' Nobody Wants the Night'' was the festival's opening film. Iranian docu-drama ''Taxi'', directed by Jafar Panahi, won the Golden Bear, and was the closing film of the festival. For the first time in 2015, a ''Berlin Critics' Week'' ran parallel to the official festival. Similar to Cannes Critics' Week, the section was a sidebar run by the German Film Critics Association dedicated to independent filmmakers. Juries Main Competition * Darren Aronofsky, American filmmaker and producer- Jury President * Daniel Brühl, German actor * Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter * Martha De Laurentiis, American film producer * Claudia Llosa, Peruv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endless Night (2015 Film)
''Endless Night'' () is a 2015 drama film directed by Isabel Coixet. It was selected to open the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. The film is set in 1908 in Greenland and is an international co-production between Spain, France and Bulgaria. The film premiered with the title ''Nobody Wants the Night''. Following poor reviews and sales the film was recut by Coixet and released under the title ''Endless Night''. Plot Greenland, 1908. Josephine, the confident and bold wife of the famous Arctic explorer, Robert Peary, embarks on a dangerous journey in pursuit of her husband who is seeking a route to the North Pole. She meets Allaka, an Eskimo girl who is pregnant. Cast * Rinko Kikuchi as Allaka * Juliette Binoche as Josephine Peary * Gabriel Byrne as Bram Trevor * Matt Salinger as Captain Spalding * Velizar Binev as Fyodor * Ciro Miró as Cyrus Reception The film received negative reviews after its Berlin premiere. Peter Bradshaw from ''The Guardian'' gave the film two sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. Cannes is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside Venice and Berlin, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international film festivals, alongside Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. History The early years The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival. They found the support of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhusree Dutta
Madhusree Dutta is an Indian filmmaker, author and curator. Life and education Madhusree Dutta was born in the industrial town of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (then Bihar). She has studied Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Dramatics at National School of Drama, New Delhi. In 1987 Dutta shifted her base to Mumbai (called Bombay in 1987). Dutta was jury in Berlinale (Berlin International Film FestivalShorts in 2015 Feminale: International Women's Film Festival, Cologne in 2006; Message to Man International Documentary Film Festival, St. Petersburg in 2001; and was chair person of the jury in International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala in 2009; and SIGNS Festival of Digital Videos in 2014. Her retrospectives were held in MIFF (Mumbai International Film Festival, Mumbai International Documentary Festival), 2018; Persistence Resistance Film Festival, Delhi in 2008; Madurai Film Festival in 2007; NGBK Gallery; Berlin in 2001. Currently she lives in Cologne, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halil Altındere
Halil Altındere (born in 1971 in Mardin, lives in Istanbul) is a contemporary artist. His work includes video, sculpture, photography, installation, performance, as well as collaborative editorial and curatorial projects. The themes of his work mix traditional with the modern, Western with Eastern. His works point explore issues within contemporary societies and issues that cross social debates. His later work explores the everyday life and the humorous codes of subcultures in Istanbul. His work has been showcased in major international exhibitions including Documenta 12 (2007), Manifesta 4 (2002), Kwangju Biennial (2002), Sao Paulo Biennial (1998), Istanbul Biennial (1997). One of his most ambitious solo exhibition was held at CA2M in Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Oppenheimer
Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer (born September 23, 1974) is an American film director based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is known for his Oscar-nominated films '' The Act of Killing'' (2012) and ''The Look of Silence'' (2014). Oppenheimer was a 1997 Marshall Scholar and a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur fellowship. Life and career Oppenheimer was born to a Jewish family, in Austin, Texas, and grew up in and around Washington, D.C., and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) ''summa cum laude'' in film-making from Harvard University and a PhD from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, while studying on a Marshall Scholarship. He is Professor of Film at the University of Westminster. His first film ''The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase'' (1997) won a Gold Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival (1998). From 2004 to 2012, he produced a series of films in Indonesia. His debut feature film about the individ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko (born 14 November 1979) is a Ukrainian-born French actress. She rose to prominence by playing the Bond girl Camille Montes in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'' (2008). Kurylenko began her career modelling in Paris before making a transition to acting, having her breakthrough role in the action film ''Hitman'' (2007). Following ''Quantum of Solace'', she went on to star in the romantic drama '' To the Wonder'' (2012), the crime comedy '' Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), the science fiction film '' Oblivion'' (2013), the political satire '' The Death of Stalin'' (2017), the comedy '' The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' (2018), the superhero films '' Black Widow'' (2021) and '' Thunderbolts*'' (2025), the Netflix spy thriller miniseries ''Treason'' (2022) and the action thriller '' Extraction 2'' (2023). Early life Kurylenko was born on 14 November 1979 in Berdyansk, a port city in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. Her father, Konstantin Kury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Eimbcke
Fernando Eimbcke (born 1970) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Fernando Eimbcke studied film direction at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos of the UNAM (1992–1996). He started his career directing music videoclips and short films. His feature debut in Mexican cinema was the 2004 ''Temporada de patos'' (''Duck Season''), which won several Film Festival awards including the Ariel Award for ''Best Film''. His next film, the 2008 ''Lake Tahoe'', was received positively at the Berlin International Film Festival, winning two awards. Filmography * ''Temporada de patos'' (2004) * '' Perro que ladra '' (2005) * ''Lake Tahoe'' (2008) * ''Club Sandwich'' (2013) * '' Berlin, I Love You'' (2018) * '' Olmo'' (2025), Short films * ''The Look of Love'' (2003) * ''No sea malito'' (2003) * ''La suerte de la fea... a la bonita no le importa'' (2002) * ''No todo es permanente'' (1996) * ''Disculpe las molestias'' (1994) * ''Alcanzar una estrella'' (1993) Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Weiner
Matthew Hoffman Weiner (; born June 29, 1965) is an American television writer, producer, and director best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series ''Mad Men'', and as a writer and executive producer on ''The Sopranos''. Weiner began his television career as a writer on '' Becker'' and worked on several other sitcoms before writing the pilot episode of ''Mad Men'' as a spec script and joining the writing staff of ''The Sopranos'' in 2004. After achieving success on both ''The Sopranos'' and ''Mad Men'', he wrote, directed, and produced the comedy-drama film '' Are You Here'' in 2013, published his first novel ''Heather, the Totality'' in 2017, and created the anthology drama series '' The Romanoffs'' in 2018. Weiner has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards, two for ''The Sopranos'' and seven for ''Mad Men'', as well as three Golden Globe Awards for ''Mad Men''. ''Mad Men'' won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for four consecutive years (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Tautou
Audrey Justine Tautou (; born 9 August 1976) is a French actress. She made her acting debut at age 18 on television, and her feature film debut in '' Venus Beauty Institute'' (1999), for which she received critical acclaim and won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Tautou achieved international recognition for her lead role in the 2001 film '' Amélie'', which was critically acclaimed and a major box-office success. She has since appeared in films in a range of genres, including the thrillers '' Dirty Pretty Things'' (2002) and '' The Da Vinci Code'' (2006), and the romantic comedy '' Priceless'' (2006). She was acclaimed for her role in the World War I drama '' A Very Long Engagement'' (2004), and for her portrayal of French fashion designer Coco Chanel in the biographical drama '' Coco avant Chanel'' (2009). She has been nominated three times for the César Award and twice for the BAFTA for Best Actress in a leading role. In June 2004, she became one of the few French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Llosa
Claudia Llosa Bueno (born 15 November 1976) is a Peruvian film director, writer, producer, and author. She is recognized for her Academy-Award-nominated film, '' The Milk of Sorrow''. Early life Claudia Llosa was born on November 15, 1976, in Lima, Peru Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive .... Her mother, Patricia Bueno Risso, is an artist from Italy and her father, Alejandro Llosa Garcia worked in the engineering field. Her siblings are Patricia Llosa and Andrea Llosa. She is the niece of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the film director Luis Llosa. She studied at Newton College (Peru), Newton College in Lima. Her post-secondary studies were spent majoring in Film Direction at the University of Lima. Llosa moved from Peru to Madrid in the late 1990s. Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha De Laurentiis
Martha De Laurentiis ( and credited as such until 1995; July 10, 1954 – December 4, 2021) was an American film producer. De Laurentiis was known for producing films such as '' Breakdown'', '' U-571'', ''Hannibal'', and '' Red Dragon'' with her husband Dino De Laurentiis, as well as the television series ''Hannibal''. Biography Born Martha Schumacher on July 10, 1954, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Piqua, Ohio. In 1972, she was crowned Ohio's Junior Miss. She attended Ball State University and worked as a model in New York, before working in production on films like '' The Warriors'' and '' Wolfen''. She also worked in production accounting on various television projects. In 1980, she joined the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group as an assistant production accountant and eventually became the company's chairman. De Laurentiis was a jury member at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. On December 16, 2017, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of humaniti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Joon-ho
Bong Joon Ho (, ; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean filmmaker. Bong Joon Ho filmography, His work is characterized by emphasis on social and class themes, genre fiction, genre-mixing, black comedy, dark comedy, and sudden tone shifts. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Bong Joon Ho, numerous accolades, Bong has won three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and five Asian Film Awards. In 2017, he was included on Metacritic's list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century, and in 2020, he was listed as one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world by ''Time (magazine), Time'' and among the 50 Most Influential (Bloomberg ranking), Bloomberg 50. Bong first became known to audiences and gained a cult following with his feature directorial debut, the black comedy film ''Barking Dogs Never Bite'' (2000). He later achieved widespread critical success with his subsequent films: the crime thriller ''Memories of Murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
