56th San Sebastian Film Festival

19 09 2008

Festival Name: 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival
Year-date:  2008, September 18-27
Country: Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain

This year is the 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival held in the North of Spain. This year The San Sebastian Festival’s Donostia Award will be given to Meryl Streep and Antonio Banderas.

This year presiding juries are Jonathan Demme, Joan Chen, Mirtha Ibarra and Amos Gitai.

The Other Man, who stars Liam Neeson ( Schindler’s List) , Antonio Banderas ( Philadelphia ), Laura Linney  (three times Oscar nominee : You Can Count On Me, Savages, Kinsey) and directed by Richard Eyre, will open the 56th San Sebastian Film Festival, the film describes a love triangle and a romantic obsession with elements of intrigue will open the San Sebastian-Out of Competition.

The Brothers Bloom, second feature from the director of the famous film Brick, Rian Johnson. Oscar winners Adrien Brody (The Pianist) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Mark Ruffalo and the Oscar candidate Rinku Kikuchi (Babel), will star in The Brothers Bloom, and will close the San Sebastian Film Festival.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas will be presented out of competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is based on a 2006 novel by Irish writer John Boyne, one of the major best-sellers in recent years. More than three million copies have already been sold and the book has been translated into 30 languages.

 Official Selections:

  The Other Man
• Richard Eyre
  The Brothers Bloom
• Rian Johnson
  Aruitemo, aruitemo / Still Walking
• Hirokazu Kore-Eda
  Asbe du-pa / Two-Legged Horse
• Samira Makhmalbaf
  La belle personne
The Beautiful Person • Christophe Honoré
  Bi mong / Dream
• Kim Ki-duk
  Camino
Camino • Javier Fesser
  Den du frygter / Fear Me Not
• Kristian Levring
  Eid milad Laila / Laila’s Birthday
• Rashid Masharawi
  Frozen River
Frozen River • Courtney Hunt
  Genova
Genova • Michael Winterbottom
  Louise-Michel
Louise-Michel • Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
  Maman est chez le coiffeur
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser’s • Léa Pool
  El nido vacío
The Empty Nest • Daniel Burman
  Pandoranin kutusu / Pandora’s Box
• Yesim Ustaoglu
  El patio de mi cárcel
My Prison Yard • Belén Macías
  Tiro en la cabeza
Bullet in the Head • Jaime Rosales
  The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas • Mark Herman
  Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder • Ben Stiller

For more details check official website: 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival





65th Venice Film Festival 2008

8 09 2008

Festival Name: 65th Venice International Film Festival
Year-date:  2008, August 27-September 6
Country: Venice, Italy

This year 2008 at the 65th Edition of Venice International Film festival with the presence of George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Ethan and Joel Coen, Takeshi Kitano, Charlize Theron, Francis Xavier Pasion, Lav Diaz, Fabrice du Welz, Emmanuelle Béart, Tariq Tapa, Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway.

Here are the official List : Biennale Cinema  65th Venice Film Festival  Official Venezia 65 Awards 

GOLDEN LION for Best Film:

The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky (USA)

 SILVER LION for Best Director to:

Aleksey German Jr. for Bumažnyj Soldat (Paper Soldier) (Russia)

 

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to:

Teza by Haile Gerima (Ethiopia, Germany, France)

 

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor:

Silvio Orlando for Il papà di Giovanna by Pupi Avati (Italy)

 

COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress:

Dominique Blanc for L’autre by Patrick Mario Bernard and Pierre Trividic (France)

 

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress:

Jennifer Lawrence for The Burning Plain by Guillermo Arriaga (USA)

 

OSELLA for Best Cinematography to:

Alisher Khamidhodjaev and Maxim Drozdov for Bumažnyj Soldat (Paper Soldier) by Aleksey German Jr. (Russia)

 

OSELLA for Best Screenplay to:

Haile Gerima for Teza by Haile Gerima (Ethiopia, Germany, France)

 

SPECIAL LION for Overall Work to:

Werner Schroeter

 

“LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM

The “Luigi De Laurentiis” Award for a Debut Film Jury at the 65th Venice Film Festival, comprised of Abdellatif Kechiche (President), Alice Braga, Gregory Jacobs, Donald Ranvaud, and Heidrun Schleef, has unanimously decided to award the

 

“LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM to:

Pranzo Di Ferragosto by Gianni Di Gregorio (SIC – International Critics’ Week, Italy)

Aurelio De Laurentiis and Filmauro award a cash prize, of 100,000 USD, to the winning first film (50,000 to the director, 50,000 to the producer). To the director, an additional film voucher for 40,000 Euro will also be awarded, offered by Kodak.

 

 

Biennale Cinema  65th Venice Film Festival  Official Orizzonti Awards 

ORIZZONTI PRIZE to:

Melancholia by Lav DIAZ (Philippines)

 

 ORIZZONTI DOC PRIZE to:

Below Sea Level by Gianfranco ROSI (Italy / USA)

 

 SPECIAL MENTION to:

Un Lac by Philippe GRANDRIEUX (France)

 

 SPECIAL MENTION to:

Wo men (We) by HUANG Wenhai (China / Switzerland)

 

 

 








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