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Louis Delluc prize: Mysteries of Lisbon Beats Carlos and Of Gods and Men
It won't be a year of Cannes "favoritism" as Gilles Jacob and the small jury have proved me wrong once again, awarding the 68th Louis Delluc prize to Raoul Ruiz's "Mysteries of Lisbon" - the four pic which I passed on at TIFF and which would go onto win Silver Shell for Best Director at the San Sebastian Film Festival. It beat out heavy favorites Xavier Beauvois' Cannes Jury Prize winner, "Of Gods and Men" and one of my favorites of the year, Olivier Assayas' "Carlos".
Rotterdam’s CineMart 2011: Carlos Reygadas, Sergei Loznitza and Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio Among 33 Selected
Filmmakers Carlos Reygadas, Andrei Zvyagintsev, Sergei Loznitza, Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio, Alex van Warmerdam and the team of Peter Brosens/Jessica Woodworth are among the 33 selected projects selected for the upcoming CineMart, the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) co-production market.
Filmlinc 2010: Aronofsky and Weir Retrospectives
Film Society of Lincoln Center went standing room only style this week with not one but two all-star retrospectives. The first was the man currently sitting in the seat of best American filmmaker period, Darren Aronofsky. The second was legend of atmospheric storytelling Peter Weir.
Duncan Jones’ Source Code Commutes to SXSW for Opening Night Slot
Summit Entertainment have grabbed the coveted Opening Night slot at 2011's SXSW, giving us one extra reason for us to head over to the film festival that runs in mid March. Duncan Jones' Source Code will undoubtably perform well versus Hop, SUPER and Trust when it gets a theatrical release on April's Fool Day.
Cannes 2011?: Pen-ek Ratanaruang Currently Filming ‘Headshot’
Thai film was celebrated in Cannes last year with when Apichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul won the Palme D'or with Uncle Boonmee, and next May Cannes should be seeing the other prolific Thai director in Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Currently filming Headshot, French distributor Wild Side Films has picked up the film, which further indicates that a Cannes premiere is very likely. Nopachai Jayanama, who starred in Ratanaruang's Nymph, will be cast alongside an actress going by the name of Cris Horwang.
