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Giornate Degli Autori
The Giornate degli Autori (; 'Authors' Days') or simply the Giornate, formerly also known in English as Venice Days, is an independent section of Venice Film Festival. Anac and 100autori are engaged to support and promote the Giornate. It was founded in 2004 by Giorgio Gosetti. The Giornate's goal, similarly to that of the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, is to balance the star studded main event more sensational approach with drawing attention to high quality authors' cinema, specifically the one that represents innovative, original and independent take on moviemaking. With Villa Degli Autori as its center hub and headquarters during the event the Giornate's ambition is also to create an "informal and free space for authors, producers, distributors and journalists to meet and discuss their ideas". The program usually includes 11 competition films and the closing-night film which all, in addition to special screenings and additional events, are screened at Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Film festival#Notable festivals, Big Three European Film Festivals (Venice, Cannes, Berlin), alongside the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival. Founded by Giuseppe Volpi, member of the National Fascist Party and grandfather of producer Marina Cicogna, in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The range of work at the Venice Biennale now covers Italian and international art, architecture, dance, music, theatre, and cinema. These works ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Vallée
Jean-Marc Vallée (March 9, 1963December 25, 2021) was a Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université de Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including ''Stéréotypes'' (1991), ''Les Fleurs magiques'' (1995), and ''Les Mots magiques'' (1998). His debut feature, '' Black List'' (original in French: ''Liste noire'') (1995), was nominated for nine Genie Awards, including nods for Vallée's direction and editing. His fourth feature film, '' C.R.A.Z.Y.'' (2005), received further critical acclaim and was a financial success. Due to Vallée's perfectionism, and the tight budget, the film took almost ten years to make. Vallée's follow-up, '' The Young Victoria'' (2009), garnered strong reviews and received three Academy Award nominations. He was offered this film by producer Graham King, who was impressed by ''C.R.A.Z.Y.'' and wanted Vallée to make something similar. Vallée was initially unsure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dag Johan Haugerud
Dag Johan Haugerud (born 30 December 1964) is a Norwegian librarian, novelist, screenwriter and film director. His films include ''I Belong (film), I Belong'', which won Amanda Awards in 2013, ''Beware of Children (film), Beware of Children'', which won nine Amanda Awards in 2020, as well as the Nordic Council Film Prize, , which was awarded the 2024 Nordic Council Film Prize, and ''Dreams (Sex Love)'', which won the Golden Bear in 2025 at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. Career His novels include ''Noe med natur'' (1999), ''Den som er veldig sterk, må også være veldig snill'' (2002), ''Hva jeg betyr'' (2011) and ''Enkle atonale stykker for barn'' (2016). He has created several short films, including ''Utukt'' from 2000 and ''Trøbbel'' from 2006. His first feature film was the 2012 film ''I Belong (film), I Belong'', which won Amanda Awards in 2013 for Best Film, Best Script, Best Director and Best Actress (Laila Goody). In 2014 he directed the medium-leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celia Rowlson-Hall
Celia Rowlson-Hall is an American dancer, choreographer, and film director. She has choreographed numerous music videos and commercials, and has directed several short films. Her debut feature film, ''MA'', was released in 2015. Early life Rowlson-Hall grew up in Urbanna, Virginia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance. Career Rowlson-Hall moved to New York after finishing college and initially worked in theater dance and choreography. She was mentored by New York choreographer Faye Driscoll, and won a Bessie Award for performance in Driscoll's ''837 Venice Blvd'' in 2009. She first became involved in filmmaking in 2008, when director Ray Tintori hired her to choreograph the music video for MGMT's song " Electric Feel". In 2010, she directed her first short film, ''Prom Night'', in which she also cast herself; it was nominated for a Grand Jury Award at South by Southwest. She went on to direct two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyla Bouzid
Leyla Bouzid (born 1984 in Tunis), is a Tunisian screenwriter and film director. Early life and education Born in Tunis in 1984, Bouzid is the daughter of the director Nouri Bouzid. She grew up in Tunisia, spending her adolescence in Tunis. After her baccalaureate, she moved to Paris to study literature at the Sorbonne. After achieving a first short film, Bonjour (Sbah el khir el), she completed her studies at La Fémis. Bouzid short film ''Twitching'' was her graduation film for La Fémis; it was shot in Tunisia. In 2012, ''Twitching'' screened in a competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where it was well received. It also won the Grand Jury Prize of student films at the Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers. Career In 2013, ''Zakaria'' was Bouzid's first produced short film. In 2015, her feature film, As I Open My Eyes, was selected for several festivals. It won acclaim at events like the Venice Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ava DuVernay
Ava Marie DuVernay (; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, NAACP Image Awards, a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Film Award, and a British Academy Television Awards, BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee for an Academy Awards, Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution company ARRAY. After making her directoral debut, ''I Will Follow (film), I Will Follow'' (2010), DuVernay won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film ''Middle of Nowhere (2012 film), Middle of Nowhere'', becoming the first black woman to win the award. For her work on ''Selma (film), Selma'' (2014), a biopic about Martin Luther King Jr., DuVernay became the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiam Abbass
Hiam Abbass (; ; born 30 November 1960), also spelled Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress and film director with Israeli and French citizenship. She is known for her roles in films such as ''The Syrian Bride'' (2004), '' Paradise Now'' (2005), '' Free Zone'' (2005), ''Munich'' (2005), '' The Visitor'' (2007), '' Lemon Tree'' (2008), '' Insyriated'' (2017), and ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017). She gained prominence for her role as Marcia Roy in the HBO drama series ''Succession'' (2018–2023). She has also acted in the Channel 4 series '' The Promise'' (2011), the Lifetime miniseries '' The Red Tent'' (2014), the Hulu comedy series '' Ramy'' (2019–present), and the Hulu drama series '' The Old Man'' (2022). Early and personal life Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel on 30 November 1960 to a family of Israeli Arabs of Palestinian descent. She was raised in the village of Deir Hanna. Since the late 1980s, she has lived in Paris, France, and holds French citizenship. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edoardo De Angelis
Edoardo De Angelis (born 31 August 1978) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography In 2006 he graduated in directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. In 2011, he made his debut feature film '' Mozzarella Stories''. Serbian director Emir Kusturica in an interview granted to Il Venerdì di Repubblica called Edoardo De Angelis a "visionary talent". In 2014 he made his second feature film '' Perez.'', presented in an official selection out of competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. In 2016 he wrote and directed '' Indivisible'', presented at Venice Days as part of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. The film won 6 David di Donatello Awards and 5 Silver Ribbons. His fourth film, '' The Vice of Hope'', has been presented at the 2018 Rome Film Festival International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma. From 2022, the festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uberto Pasolini
Uberto Pasolini Dall'Onda (born 1 May 1957 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film producer, director, and former investment banker known for producing the 1997 film ''The Full Monty'' and directing and producing the 2008 film '' Machan'' and the 2013 film ''Still Life''. Career Pasolini, an Italian count and a nephew of Luchino Visconti, studied at Atlantic College in Wales and at the London School of Economics, and then worked as an investment banker in England for 12 years. He wished to work on the film '' The Killing Fields'', was interviewed by David Puttnam, and was rejected. When Puttnam went to Bangkok to shoot the film, Pasolini bought his own ticket and presented himself on set seeking work. Puttnam was impressed by this persistence and brought him on board the project. Pasolini subsequently acted as location scout for ''The Killing Fields'' (1984), ''The Frog Prince'', and '' The Mission'' (1986). He was an assistant director with producer's duties on ''The Frog Prince'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani (; born March 20, 1975) is an American Film director, director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert ranked Bahrani's Chop Shop (film), ''Chop Shop'' (2007) as the sixth-best film of the 2000s, calling him "the new director of the decade". Bahrani was the recipient of the 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. Bahrani is a professor of film directing at his alma mater, the Columbia University School of the Arts. In 2021, Bahrani was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''The White Tiger (2021 film), The White Tiger''. He is a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA and Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award nominee. Early life and education Bahrani was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the son of Iranian Americans, Iranian immigrants. His father, originally from Shiraz, initially exposed him to the poetic works of Hafez and encouraged him to pursue his passion for the arts. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1996. Bahra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Segre
Andrea Segre (born 6 September 1976) is an Italian film director. He has directed more than ten films since 2004. Filmography Fiction * 2007 ''La mal'ombra'' * 2009 ''Magari le cose cambiano'' * 2011 ''Shun Li and the Poet'' * 2013 ''First Snowfall'' * 2017 ''The Order of Things'' * 2024 ''The Great Ambition'' Documentaries * 2004 ''Dio era un musicista'' * 2006 ''Checosamanca'' * 2008 ''Come un uomo sulla terra'' * 2010 ''Il sangue verde'' * 2012 ''Mare chiuso'' * 2013 ''Rebetiko Crisis: Undue Debt'' * 2014 ''Come il peso dell'acqua'' * 2015 ''I sogni del lago salato'' * 2017 ''Ibi'' * 2021 ''Venetian Molecules (Molecole)'' References External links * 1976 births Living people Italian film directors Film people from the Metropolitan City of Venice People from Dolo Italian people of Jewish descent {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (, formerly ) is an independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festival as an act of solidarity with striking workers. The Directors' Fortnight showcases a programme of shorts and feature films and documentaries worldwide. Artistic directors Programming is overseen by an artistic director. The current artistic director is Julien Rejl who has programmed Director's Fortnight since 2023. Past artistic directors include (1969–1999), (1999-2003), Olivier Père (2004–2009), Frédéric Boyer (2009–2011), (2012–2018) and (2018-2022). Awards Audience Award In partnership with The Fondation Chantal Akerman, for the first time ever, the audience will award one of the films in the main selection with the "''Audience Award''" or "''Choix du Public''". It's the first ever official award presented by the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
