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Trailer For Un Prophete Released

13 December 2009 9:51 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon may have walked away with most of the plaudits and the attention, but this year's Cannes festival was also a success for Jacques Audiard's Un Prophete / A Prophet, which picked up the Grand Prix. It also won the Best Film award at this year's London Film Festival, and the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc, and was France's submission for the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Sony Pictures Classics have picked up distribution, and you can see their trailer in hi-def over at Apple. The film features newcomer Tahir Rahim as Malik, a disenfranchised and illiterate North African whose imprisonment for an unspecified charge sets him on a course to organised crime kingpin-ship, when he comes under the wing of the Corsican mob.If you've seen Audiard's previous The Beat That My Heart Skipped you'll have some idea of the tone to expect. At heart »

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Days of Glory: out of Africa, into French hypocrisy

3 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Rachid Bouchareb's moving 2006 portrait of the forgotten heroes of the Free French army is not just accurate, it's important

Director: Rachid Bouchareb

Entertainment grade: B+

History grade: B

After the German conquest of France in the second world war, the Free French army drummed up recruits from its African colonies to bolster its comeback.

The Third Algerian Infantry Division fought in the Italian campaign and Operation Dragoon, and would eventually head the advance of II Corps to Stuttgart.

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North African troops had fought for France as far back as the Crimean war, and west Africans from the first world war. The film's characters are fictional, but plausible. "We must wash the French flag with our blood!" cries an Algerian recruiter. "We must liberate France!" Based on that long history, these Africans think of France as their homeland – la patrie. The film's French title, Indigènes (Natives), is clever: it's a mildly offensive colonial term, »

- Alex von Tunzelmann

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Tiff 2009 Day 8: Rachid Bouchareb's London River

30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Caught a public screening with the wonderful Brenda Blethyn in attendance for Rachid Bouchareb's London River. I liked the form, the insertion of television tube portions of the London attacks to help push the story over its couple of days period, and while I also thought there was some strong narrative work done in how the pair of worried parents come together, I didn't much care for the additional items where a distraught mother brings her own misconceptions of the modern world to the table. - Caught a public screening with the wonderful Brenda Blethyn in attendance for Rachid Bouchareb's London River. I liked the form, the insertion of television tube portions of the London attacks to help push the story over its couple of days period, and while I also thought there was some strong narrative work done in how the pair of worried parents come together, »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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More Films Slip in Oscar's Back Door

13 November 2009 10:18 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Steve Pond

Hope springs eternal.

For evidence, head on out to Laemmle’s Town Center 5 theaters in Encino this weekend, where a couple of screens are devoted to what appear to be Oscar-qualifying runs by small films hoping to slip into the awards picture.

The highest-profile among them is “London River” (below), a film from “Days of Glory” director Rachid Bouchareb with a lead performance by Brenda Blethyn that is reportedly sensational. (Sotigui Kouyate won the best actor award at the Berlin Film Festival, but the stateside awards push is focused on Blethyn »

- Steve Pond

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Gold Derby nuggets: Brenda Blethyn thaws 'London River' | Are Mirren & Plummer Oscar bound with 'The Last Station'? | Grammy contenders countdown

30 October 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

• Pete Hammond reports that "London River" will get a mid-November one-week qualifying run in L.A. as part of a campaign to secure a lead actress nod for two-time Oscar bridesmaid Brenda Blethyn ("Secrets and Lies," "Little Voice"). Blethyn plays a mother searching for her daughter who goes missing after a London bus bombing. The pic -- directed by 2006 best foreign film Oscar nominee Rachid Bouchareb ("Days of Glory") -- was Algeria's entry for this year's foreign film race but had too much English-language dialogue to qualify. Still without American distribution, screeners of "London River" will be sent to the academy acting branch. Notes On A Season • Susan Wloszczyna drills down into the »

- tomoneil

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‘Hadewijch’ is picked up by IFC for North American distribution

2 October 2009 5:01 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

Bruno Dumont’s prize-winning film Hadewijch has been picked up by IFC Films.

Landing North American rights, IFC will release the film in both theaters and on Video on Demand (VOD) in 2010. The French-language film centers on a young girl whose religious extremist views bring shocking consequences it her life.

Dumont’s film won the critics’ Fipresci prize at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will make it’s American debut at the New York Film Fesitval.

Hadewijch stars Julie Sokolowsk with a screenplay penned by Dumont. Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Brehat, Muriel Merlin and Dirk Wilutsky produced. “With Hadewijch, he’s [Dumont] made his most accessible film that is going to be a real topic of discussion,” said IFC Entertainment head Jonathan Sehring.

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- Erik Buckman

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Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party..

9 September 2009 2:31 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto: Thanks go out to Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party, Wednesday, September 9th @ the Gat + M.Link Festival headquarters in downtown Toronto's Yorkville, providing select wines from Bryan J. Robertson's Kingsway Brokerage Ltd., on behalf of Wild Bunch, Elle Driver, Celluloid Dreams, Film&Doc, Capri Films, The Works International & UMedia, supporting the following films screening at this year's Toronto International Film Festival: Contemporary Cinema : Rabia directed by Sebastian Cordero, will screen a world premiere with Cordero in attendance. "...South American immigrants working in Spain, builder José María and housekeeper Rosa have been together for a few weeks and are very much in love. Rosa's bosses, Señor and Señora Torres, leave their home on a trip, and the volatile José María spends a few days at the run-down mansion, fantasizing about what life with Rosa could be. When a violent confrontation with his foreman results in the other man's death, »

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Telluride Showcases Best of Cannes, World Preem for The Last Station

4 September 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Grabbing the best from Cannes' In Competition titles (A Prophet, Bright Star, Fish Tank, White Ribbon), a sampling of Venice items (Bad Lieutenant, Life During Wartime, The Road) with a bit of Sundance and Berlin thrown in for good measure, Telluride is stealing a little bit of that North American premiere thunder from Tiff. They haven't got many world preems, today's press release only mentions Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, but that could all change – as the festival has some surprises in store for patrons (this would be a good time to bring out All Good Things into the Oscar mix) and everyone is expecting Jason Reitman to show up. We are checking his twitter status. I've never been to Telluride, but Firstshowing.net's Alex Billington and Slashfilm.com's Peter Sciretta often tell me I'd love it there (check out their sites for updates) and judging by the slate this year, »

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Tiff Opening With Creation

15 July 2009 2:03 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto... Director Jon Amiel's newest feature Creation, a film about radical evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin, will open the 34th Toronto Film Festival, Sept. 10. "This intimate look at Darwin puts a human face on a man whose theory remains controversial to this day," said Tiff director/CEO Piers Handling. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, the bio-pic stars actor Paul "Gangster One" Bettany as the English author of "The Origin of Species", with Jennifer "A Beautiful Mind" Connelly playing his wife 'Emma'. The screenplay by John Collee adapts the book "Annie's Box," written by Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes. The film was developed by the Recorded Picture Co., BBC Films and the UK Film Council. This year's Tiff has so far announced three galas and 19 special presentations. Galas include Aaron Schneider's Get Low, starring actors Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek, the biopic Max Manus, focusing »

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Toronto Film Festival Announces 2009 Galas and Special Presentations

14 July 2009 10:37 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

The first wave of major titles for this year's Toronto International Film Festival [1] were announced yesterday, and there were certainly more than enough high profile picks to get people talking. Ricky Gervais's The Invention of Lying, Neil Jordan's Ondine and Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising were among the world premieres unveiled for September, along with North American premieres of such films as Steven Soderbergh's The Informant!, Bong Joon-ho's Mother and Johnnie To's Vengeance. There was some controversy over the choice of Jon Amiel's Darwin biopic Creation as the festival opener -- not because of the subject matter, but rather because of the fact that this is the first time the fest will kick off with a non-Canadian film. It does seem like a bit of a strange choice, but how can you say no to Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly? Sundance hit Precious, Based »

- Sean

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First Tiff (Toronto International Film Festival) titles announced

14 July 2009 3:05 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

The first announcement includes 12 world premiers including Nicholas Refn's (Bronson, Pusher trilogy) Valhalla Rising which looks nothing short of stunning.

Full list after the break.

Galas

Get Low Aaron Schneider, USA

World Premiere

Inspired by the true story of Felix "Bush" Breazeale, this stately frontier drama stars Robert Duvall as a backwoods eccentric who stages his own funeral.while still alive. Ten thousand people arrive to hear him speak and to learn why this local legend exiled himself 40 years ago to the foothills of Eastern Tennessee. Set in the early 1930s, Get Low is a story of mystery and discovery that speaks of timeless things. Can we know who we are? Should we judge anyone? Is there redemption for those of us lost in the dark catacombs of our past? Also starring Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and Lucas Black.

The Invention of Lying Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson, USA

World Premiere

From Ricky Gervais, »

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Toronto hosts World Preems for Leaves of Grass and Ondine

14 July 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Presented at last year's Tiff as a soon to be lensed project, Leaves of Grass returns as a full fledged offering with Edward Norton to the power of two (see still). Also in the special presentation category we find Neil Jordan's Ondine, a fantasy pic that might remind some people out there of Splash. Leaves Of Grass - Tim Blake Nelson got to present his last picture as a director The Grey Zone only two days after 9/11. Norton is portraying twin brothers, one an Ivy League philosophy professor, the other a small-time and brilliant marijuana grower. London River - Rachid Bouchareb got to present this at Berlin. This is about the terror attacks in London on July 7, 2005. Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyate star as strangers who come to London to find their son and daughter who have been missing since the bombings. They discover their children had been living »

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134 New Names Invited to Join the Academy

1 July 2009 1:08 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members. "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks." The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's »

- Brad Brevet

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Fresh from Berlin: London River

11 March 2009 10:50 PM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »

What happens to ordinary people who search frantically for their loved ones after a bomb attack? How do they even come to know that missing family members may be victims? Where do they begin looking and who do they turn to for help? The subject may not be new but Rachid Bouchareb, the French-born director of Algerian descent, elicits a new ethos into the story he narrates. »

- Latika Padgaonkar

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59th Berlin International Film Festival Awards

15 February 2009 4:21 PM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Claudia Llosa's Peruvian drama "The Milk of Sorrow" (La teta asustada) won the Golden Bear for best film at the 59th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.

The Silver Bear went ex aequo to Maren Ade's "Everyone Else" (Alle Anderen) and Adrián Biniez's "Gigante." Asghar Farhadi took home the Silver Bear for best director for "About Elly" (Darbareye Elly).

Birgit Minichmayr was named best actress for her role in "Everyone Else," while Sotigui Kouyate won best actor for his performance in Rachid Bouchareb's "London River."

The Silver Bear for best script went to Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for "The Messenger." Alfred Bauer Prize went ex aequo to Biniez for "Gigante" and Andrzej Wajda for "Sweet Rush" (Tatarak).

The International Jury of the 2009 Berlinale was presided by Tilda Swinton and included Isabel Coixet, Gaston Kaboré, Henning Mankell, Christoph Schlingensief, Wayne Wang and Alice Waters. »

- Franck Tabouring

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