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79th Venice International Film Festival
The 79th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2022, at Venice Lido in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .... American actress Julianne Moore was the Jury President of the main competition. Spanish actress Rocío Muñoz Morales hosted the opening and closing nights of the festival.The Golden Lion was awarded to '' All the Beauty and the Bloodshed'' by Laura Poitras making it the second documentary, following Gianfranco Rosi's '' Sacro GRA'' in 2013, to win the festival's top prize. American filmmaker Paul Schrader and French actress Catherine Deneuve were awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The festival opened with '' White Noise'' by Noah Baumbach, and closed with '' The Hanging Sun'' by F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Mattotti
Lorenzo Mattotti (born 24 January 1954) is an Italian comics artist and illustrator. His illustrations have been published in magazines such as ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'', ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Le Monde'' and ''Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair''. In comics, Mattotti won an Eisner Awards, Eisner Award in 2003 for his ''Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde'' graphic novel. Biography Born in Brescia, he studied architecture when he was young, but did not finish the course. Instead he became a comics artist. After a few traditional comic stories he decided he wanted to tell different kinds of stories and portray these in a different design, style. ''Il Signor Spartaco'' was the first comic made under this ambition. The story centred on the dreams of a train passenger making it possible for Mattotti to use forms and colors in a way previously unseen in the classic French-Belgian comic world. He focused more on the inner world of his characters and the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Schrader
Paul Joseph Schrader (; born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first became known for writing the screenplay of Martin Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'' (1976). He later continued his collaboration with Scorsese, writing or co-writing ''Raging Bull'' (1980), ''The Last Temptation of Christ (film), The Last Temptation of Christ'' (1988), and ''Bringing Out the Dead'' (1999). Schrader has also worked extensively as a director: his 23 films include ''Blue Collar (film), Blue Collar'' (1978), ''Hardcore (1979 film), Hardcore'' (1979), ''American Gigolo'' (1980), ''Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'' (1985), ''Light Sleeper'' (1992), ''Affliction (1997 film), Affliction'' (1997), and ''First Reformed'' (2017), with the last of these earning him his first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award nomination. Schrader's work frequently depicts "man in a room" stories which feature isolated, troubled men confronting an existential crisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Campos (director)
Antonio Campos (born August 24, 1983) is a Brazilian-American filmmaker and producer best known for directing films such as ''Afterschool'' (2008), ''Simon Killer'' (2012), ''Christine (2016 film), Christine'' (2016), and ''The Devil All the Time (film), The Devil All the Time'' (2020). Campos is also known for creating the Max (streaming service), Max biographical crime series ''The Staircase (American miniseries), The Staircase'' (2022). Early life Campos was born in New York City. His father is the Brazilian journalist Lucas Mendes (journalist), Lucas Mendes, while his mother is an American producer, Rose Ganguzza. His maternal grandparents were Italian. In 2002, he was named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts as part of the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. He is also a YoungArts alumnus. Career Campos made his feature-length debut on ''Afterschool'', which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was later acquired by IFC Films. It was released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Bispuri
Laura Bispuri (Rome, August 20, 1977) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Her career ranges from two films in competition at the Berlinale, to one in the official Orizzonti competition at the Venice Film Festival, to directing the fourth season of '' My Brilliant Friend'', based on the novels by Elena Ferrante and produced by HBO and RAI. Biography After graduating in Cinema at the Sapienza University of Rome, Bispuri attended the Fandango Lab Workshop, a school of cinema in Rome created by Domenico Procacci. In 2018 Variety listed her among the “10 European directors to watch out for”. In 2022 she was invited to the jury of the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival. Career Short Films In 2010, her short film ''Passing Time'' won the David di Donatello for Best Short Film and was selected among the eight best short films of the year by the Académie des Césars in Paris. In 2011, she was awarded the Nastro d’Argento as “Emerging Talent of the Year� ... [...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 Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo (born 16 September 1981) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. After co-helming the sketch comedy film '' 8 Dates'' with Peris Romano in 2008, Sorogoyen has directed the features ''Stockholm'' (2013), '' May God Save Us'' (2016), '' The Realm'' (2018), ''Mother'' (2019), and '' The Beasts'' (2022). He has also co-created the miniseries ''Riot Police'' (2020) and '' The New Years'' (2024). He often works in tandem with screenwriter Isabel Peña. He has won two Goya Awards for Best Director and two Goya Awards for Best Original Screenplay. Biography Born on 16 September 1981 in Madrid, Rodrigo Sorogoyen is the grandson of filmmaker Antonio del Amo. Sorogoyen is known among his closest circles as Ruy. His interest in filmmaking stemmed from the experience of watching '' Léon: The Professional'', which fascinated him. After graduating in history from the Complutense University of Madrid, he entered the ECAM in 2004. His solo directorial debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuo Ishiguro
is a Japanese-born English novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world". Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five. His first two novels, ''A Pale View of Hills'' and ''An Artist of the Floating World'', were noted for their explorations of Japanese identity and their mournful tone. He thereafter explored other genres, including science fiction and historical fiction. He has been nominated for the Booker Prize four times, winning in 1989 for ''The Remains of the Day'', which was adapted into a The Remains of the Day (film), film of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Hatami
Leila Hatami (; born 1 October 1972) is an Iranian actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses of Iranian Cinema, she is considered one of the most prominent performers in the 21st century. She is recognized for her realistic acting in drama films and she rose to international fame for her role as Simin in Academy Award-winning film '' A Separation'' (2011), for which she received the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Hatami made her film debut portraying Kamal-ol-molk in the drama '' Kamalolmolk'' (1984) and received critical acclaim for playing a sterile young woman in the drama '' Leila'' (1997). She received her first Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the 27th Fajr Film Festival for playing a housewife in '' Penniless'' (2009) and received her first international award from the 26th Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in '' The Deserted Station'' (2002). in 2012, the French government made her a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. She received t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Diwan
Audrey Diwan (; born 1980) is a French film director of Lebanese origin. Prior to becoming a film director, she worked as a journalist and a screenwriter. In 2021, her film ''Happening'' won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in a "unanimous decision." Career Before filmmaking, Diwan was a junior editor at Denoël as well as publishing various novels. She wrote many books, which led her to become a screenwriter including ''How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits,'' ''Confessions d'un salaud, De l'autre côté de l'été, La fabrication d'un mensonge, Cléo de 5 à 7.'' Her directorial debut film ' premiered in 2019. Her 2021 film ''Happening'' was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it was subsequently awarded the Golden Lion The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Di Costanzo
Leonardo Di Costanzo (born in 1958) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Ischia, after graduating at the University of Naples Federico II Di Costanzo moved to Paris, where he followed Ateliers Varan courses and worked for French television. After directing several documentaries, he made his narrative film debut in 2012 with '' The Interval'', which premiered in the Horizons section of the 69th Venice International Film Festival and got him the David di Donatello for Best New Director, the Ciak D'Oro for Best Film and Best First Work and the Foreign Press Grand Prix at the 2013 Globi d'oro. After directing a segment of the anthology film '' Bridges of Sarajevo'', his following film '' The Intruder'' was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. His 2021 film '' The Inner Cage'' was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival The 70th annual Venice International Film Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Cohn
Mariano is a masculine name from the Romance languages, corresponding to the feminine Mariana. It is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese variant of the Roman Marianus which derived from Marius, and Marius derived from the Roman god Mars (see also Ares) or from the Latin ''maris'' "male". Mariano and Marian are sometimes seen as a conjunction of the two female names Mary and Ann. This name is an homage to The Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus. Mariano, as a surname, is of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese origin from the personal name ''Mariano'', from the Latin family name ''Marianus'' (a derivative of the ancient personal name ''Marius'', of Etruscan origin). In the early Christian era it came to be taken as an adjective derived from ''Maria'', and was associated with the cult of the Virgin Mary. It was borne by various early saints, including a 3rd-century martyr in Numidia and a 5th-century hermit of Berry, France. First name * Mariano Armellino (1657–1737), Italian Benedict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
