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Fifib
The Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival (French: Festival international du film indépendant de Bordeaux) (Fifib or FIFIB) is an annual film festival held in Bordeaux, France. History The Festival international du film indépendant de Bordeaux (Fifib or FIFIB), or Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival, was established in 2012. In that year, '' Le Capital'', directed by Costa-Gavras, was the closing film at the festival. The 8th edition took place from 15 to 21 October 2019. The 12th edition was held from Wednesday 18 October to Sunday 23 October. The 13th edition of the festival took place from 8 to 13 October 2024. The grand jury members included filmmakers Thomas Cailley, Lola Quivoron, and Corneliu Porumboiu, as well as actress and pop singer Camélia Jordana. Emmanuelle Béart was a special guest at the event. Description There are three major competition categories : *International Feature Competition *Francophone Short Films Competition *Contreba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "''Bordelais'' (masculine) or "''Bordelaises'' (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 259,809 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Bordeaux Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 1,376,375 that same year (Jan. 2020 census), the sixth-most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, and Toulouse. Bordeaux and 27 suburban municipalities form the Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theater, cinemas or screening venues, usually annually and in a single city or region. Some film festivals show films outdoors or online. Films may be of recent date and depending upon the festival's focus, can include international and/or domestic releases. Some film festivals focus on a specific format of film, such Documentary film, documentary, or runtime, such as short film festivals, or genre, such as horror films, category of filmmakers, such as Woman, women, production country/region or subject matter. Film festivals can be competitive or non-competitive, and are often regarded within the film industry as launchpads for new filmmakers and indie films, as well as boosters for established filmmakers and studio productions. The films are either invited by festival curators, or selected by festival programmers from submissions made by the filmmakers, film producers, production companies, sale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Capital
''Capital'' () is a 2012 French drama film directed by Costa-Gavras, about ruthless ambition, power struggle, greed and deception in the international world of finance. Plot The film follows an executive who is appointed the new CEO of a large French bank, and upsets the bank's board of directors when he begins to take unilateral control of the bank, laying off a large number of employees and making a corrupt deal with the head of an American hedge fund. Main cast * Gad Elmaleh as Marc Tourneuil * Gabriel Byrne as Dittmar Rigule * Natacha Régnier as Diane Tourneuil * Céline Sallette as Maud Baron * Liya Kebede as Nassim * Hippolyte Girardot as Raphaël Sieg * Daniel Mesguich as Jack Marmande * Olga Grumberg as Claude Marmande * Bernard Le Coq as Antoine de Suze * Yann Sundberg as Boris Breton * Claire Nadeau as Marc's mother * Marie-Christine Adam as Diane's Mother * Astrid Whettnall as Marilyne Gauthier * Vincent Nemeth as Alain Faure Reception ''Capital'' received sligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa-Gavras
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thriller '' Z'' (1969), which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and '' Missing'' (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French, but six have been in English, including '' Hanna K.''. Early life Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War. His father's Communist Party membership made it impossible for Costa-Gavras to attend university in Greece or to be granted a visa to the United States, so after high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cailley
Thomas Cailley (; born 29 April 1980) is a French screenwriter and film director. In 2014, he made his feature directorial debut with '' Love at First Fight'', which won three César Awards including Best First Film. In 2023 he made his second movie The Animal Kingdom. Biography Born in Clermont-Ferrand Cailley, studied at Sciences Po Bordeaux. After completing general studies, he spent three years working in a company producing television documentaries. In 2007, he entered La Fémis La Fémis (French: ''École nationale supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Institute for Professional Image and Sound", formerly known as the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, IDHEC) is a French grande écol ..., studying in the screenwriting department. He is a member of the Collectif 50/50, which aims to promote gender equality and diversity in cinema and audiovisual. Filmography Decorations * Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corneliu Porumboiu
Corneliu Porumboiu (; born 14 September 1975) is a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Life and education Corneliu Porumboiu was born in Vaslui, Vaslui County, Romania. He is the son of a former Romanian language teacher and a former football referee , currently a businessman. Between 1994 and 1998 he attended the faculty of Management at ASE University Bucharest. In 1999, he started studying film directing at the National University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography Bucharest which he graduates in 2003. With his graduation short movie, ''A trip to the city'', he gets prize II in the ''Cinefondation'' section at ''Cannes International Film Festival''. In October 2021 he was under investigation for fiscal fraud and money laundering by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). Career After graduating UNATC, in 2004, he realizes his first medium-length film ''The Dream of Liviu''. Also in 2004 he sets up, together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camélia Jordana
Camélia Jordana Aliouane (born 15 September 1992) is a French pop singer. She rose to fame after participating in the television show ''Nouvelle Star'', the French version of ''Pop Idol'', in 2009, where she placed Nouvelle Star#Awards by season, placed 3rd. Since 2013 she has appeared in leading roles in a number of French films. Life and career Jordana was born on 15 September 1992 in Toulon, to French parents of Algerian descent. Her father Hachemi is of Kabyle people, Berber Kabyle origin and her mother Zélihka an Arabs, Arab from Oran. She grew up in La Londe-les-Maures with her older sister and younger brother. At the age of sixteen, she decided to audition for Nouvelle Star (season 7), the seventh season of ''Nouvelle Star'' in Marseille, and managed to convince the jury with her version of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World". She finished in third place. After her elimination, she signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music and released her e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Béart
Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963) ''Tecinema.jeuxactu.com''. Retrieved 21 April 2020. is a French actress who has appeared in over 60 film and television productions since 1972. An eight-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film ''Manon des Sources (1986 film), Manon des Sources''. Her other film roles include ''La Belle Noiseuse'' (1991), ''A Heart in Winter'' (1992), ''Nelly and Mr. Arnaud'' (1995), ''Mission: Impossible (film), Mission: Impossible'' (1996) and ''8 Women'' (2002). Early life Emmanuelle Béart was born in Gassin, on the French Riviera, the daughter of Geneviève Galéa (pseudonym of Geneviève Guillery), a former model who is of Croatian, Greeks, Greek and Maltese people, Maltese descent, and Guy Béart, a singer and poet.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo (film)
''Ivo'' is a 2024 German drama film written and directed by Eva Trobisch. Starring Minna Wündrich, the film is about tough end-of-life decisions, told through the story of a palliative home-care titular nurse Ivo. It was selected for screening in the Encounters section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 20 February 2024, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear Plaque for Best Film in the Encounters section, and won the Heiner Carow Prize (for best German young film). Synopsis Ivo, a nurse, provides palliative care at home. She sees different people every day: families, couples, and individuals. They live in various places, from small apartments to large houses. They have diverse lives and deaths. They cope differently with the time they have left. Ivo's teenage daughter doesn't need her much anymore, so she spends her days driving in her old Skoda, which she has turned into her personal space. There, she eats, works, sings, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Syndicate Of Cinema Critics
The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics () has, each year since 1946, awarded a prize (":fr:Prix de la critique, Prix de la critique", English: "Critics Prize"), the Prix Méliès, to the best French film of the preceding year. More awards have been added over time: the Prix Léon Moussinac for the best foreign film, added in 1967; the Prix Novaïs-Texeira for the best short film, added in 1999; prizes for the best first French and best first foreign films, added in 2001 and 2014, respectively; etc. Each year, the Syndicate also organizes the Critics' Week, which is the oldest parallel competitive section of the Cannes Film Festival. Best French Film 1940s *1946: ''La Bataille du rail'' by René Clément *1947: ''Le Silence est d'or'' by René Clair *1948: ''Paris 1900 (film), Paris 1900'' by Nicole Védrès *1949: ''Manon (film), Manon'' by Henri-Georges Clouzot 1950s *1950: ''Rendezvous in July'' (''Rendez-vous de juillet'') by Jacques Becker *1951: ''Diary of a Country P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mubi (streaming Service)
Mubi (; stylized as MUBI; the Auteurs before 2010) is a global streaming platform, production company and film distributor. MUBI produces and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established filmmakers, which are exclusively available on its platform. The catalogue consists of world cinema films, such as arthouse, documentary and independent films. Additionally, it publishes ''Notebook'', a film criticism and news publication, and provides weekly cinema tickets to selected new-release films through MUBI GO. MUBI's streaming platform is available in over 190 countries on the web, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku devices, Apple Vision Pro, PlayStation, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and LG and Samsung Smart TVs, as well as on mobile devices including iPhone, iPad and Android. History The Auteurs was founded in 2007 by Turkish entrepreneur Efe Çakarel. The next year, in 2008, the American home-video distribution company Criterion Collection partnered with The Auteurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
