Anne Paulicevich was determined to tell a story of female heroism after the birth of her daughter and found her script’s inspiration after reading an article about women who work as prostitutes along the Belgian border. The result was the script for her drama “Working Girls,” Belgium’s official selection for the 2021 Golden Globes and the 93rd Academy Awards.
However, she had a small problem. She needed to get access to a brothel to do proper research.
“I was never in a brothel before and so I said to Freìdeìric (co-director) and to the producer, I won’t write this story if I didn’t meet these women,” Paulicevich tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond. “So I spent a lot of time in brothels, like around nine months for the writing.”
“Working Girls” centers on Axelle, Dominique and Conso who leads a double life. Every morning they meet up in...
However, she had a small problem. She needed to get access to a brothel to do proper research.
“I was never in a brothel before and so I said to Freìdeìric (co-director) and to the producer, I won’t write this story if I didn’t meet these women,” Paulicevich tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond. “So I spent a lot of time in brothels, like around nine months for the writing.”
“Working Girls” centers on Axelle, Dominique and Conso who leads a double life. Every morning they meet up in...
- 1/9/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
While the Academy has not yet released the full official list, these are the films Variety has learned have been submitted by various countries in the international film race. The shortlist will be announced Feb. 9 and the nominations on March 15. The Academy Awards ceremony takes place on April 25.
Albania Open Door
Director: Florenc Papas
Key Cast: Luli Bitri, Jonida Vokshi, Gulielm Radoja
Logline: Pregnant woman and her sister try to find a man to pretend to be the mom-to-be’s husband before visiting their traditional father.
Prodco: Bunker Film Plus
Algeria Héliopolis
Director: Djaâfar Gacem
Key cast: Souhila Mallem, Mehdi
Ramdani, Cesar Duminil
Logline: Algerians fight for independence punctuated by the 1945 massacre in the ancient city of Héliopolis.
Prodco: Centre Algérien de Développement du Cinéma
Argentina The Sleepwalkers
Director: Paula Hernández
Key Cast: Érica Rivas, Ornella D’elía, Marilu Marini, Daniel Hendler
Logline: A family drama encompasses the sexual awakening...
Albania Open Door
Director: Florenc Papas
Key Cast: Luli Bitri, Jonida Vokshi, Gulielm Radoja
Logline: Pregnant woman and her sister try to find a man to pretend to be the mom-to-be’s husband before visiting their traditional father.
Prodco: Bunker Film Plus
Algeria Héliopolis
Director: Djaâfar Gacem
Key cast: Souhila Mallem, Mehdi
Ramdani, Cesar Duminil
Logline: Algerians fight for independence punctuated by the 1945 massacre in the ancient city of Héliopolis.
Prodco: Centre Algérien de Développement du Cinéma
Argentina The Sleepwalkers
Director: Paula Hernández
Key Cast: Érica Rivas, Ornella D’elía, Marilu Marini, Daniel Hendler
Logline: A family drama encompasses the sexual awakening...
- 12/23/2020
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
Bookmark this page for all the latest international feature submissions.
Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.
Scroll down for the full list
The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. It was originally set to be held on February 28, before both the ceremony and eligibility period were postponed for two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Submitted films must have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. (Last year it was October-September.
Submissions for the best international feature film award at the 2021 Academy Awards have started to come in, and Screen is keeping a running list of each film below.
Scroll down for the full list
The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. It was originally set to be held on February 28, before both the ceremony and eligibility period were postponed for two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Submitted films must have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. (Last year it was October-September.
- 11/11/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Filles de joie
French director Frédéric Fonteyne breaks an eight-year hiatus with his fifth feature Filles de joie aka Working Girls (initially titled The Border) in 2020, produced by Jacques-Henri and Olivier Bronckart, Yael Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez. Sara Forestier, Noemie Lvovsky and Annabelle Legronne headline the film. Previously, Fonteyne competed in Venice with his 1999 sophomore film An Affair of Love (aka A Pornographic Affair) and returned to Venice in the Horizons sidebar with 2004’s Gille’s Wife (which won the C.I.C.A.E. Award in the sidebar) and 2012’s Tango Libre (which won a Special Jury Prize in the sidebar).
Gist: Co-written by his Tango libre scribe Anne Paulicevich, is about three women who, everyday cross the border from France to Belgium, where they carry out their secret professions as sex workers.…...
French director Frédéric Fonteyne breaks an eight-year hiatus with his fifth feature Filles de joie aka Working Girls (initially titled The Border) in 2020, produced by Jacques-Henri and Olivier Bronckart, Yael Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez. Sara Forestier, Noemie Lvovsky and Annabelle Legronne headline the film. Previously, Fonteyne competed in Venice with his 1999 sophomore film An Affair of Love (aka A Pornographic Affair) and returned to Venice in the Horizons sidebar with 2004’s Gille’s Wife (which won the C.I.C.A.E. Award in the sidebar) and 2012’s Tango Libre (which won a Special Jury Prize in the sidebar).
Gist: Co-written by his Tango libre scribe Anne Paulicevich, is about three women who, everyday cross the border from France to Belgium, where they carry out their secret professions as sex workers.…...
- 12/30/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
We have the trailer for the Peace Arch Entertainment distributed "Jcvd" starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-François Wolff, Anne Paulicevich. The film has received praise from respected critics as Van Damme's best, most memorable performance to date. Mabrouk El Mechri, helmer of "Virgil" and "Stand Up" writes and directs this crime comedy/drama from Gaumont. It seems that the once mega star Van Damme is clawing himself back up the ranks. Could we be seeing the same of what Mickey Rourke achieved?...
- 10/29/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have the trailer for the Peace Arch Entertainment distributed "Jcvd" starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-François Wolff, Anne Paulicevich. The film has received praise from respected critics as Van Damme's best, most memorable performance to date. Mabrouk El Mechri, helmer of "Virgil" and "Stand Up" writes and directs this crime comedy/drama from Gaumont. It seems that the once mega star Van Damme is clawing himself back up the ranks. Could we be seeing the same of what Mickey Rourke achieved?...
- 10/29/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have the trailer for the Peace Arch Entertainment distributed "Jcvd" starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-François Wolff, Anne Paulicevich. The film has received praise from respected critics as Van Damme's best, most memorable performance to date. Mabrouk El Mechri, helmer of "Virgil" and "Stand Up" writes and directs this crime comedy/drama from Gaumont. It seems that the once mega star Van Damme is clawing himself back up the ranks. Could we be seeing the same of what Mickey Rourke achieved? What's this about? When the life of Jean-Claude Van Damme collides with the reality of a hold-up in Brussels, Belgium, suddenly the huge movie star turns into an ordinary guy, filled with fears, contradictions and hopes. How can he be up to the legend he has built? What can a film hero do when the gun pointed to his temple isn't charged with blanks?...
- 10/29/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have the trailer for the Peace Arch Entertainment distributed "Jcvd" starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-François Wolff, Anne Paulicevich. The film has received praise from respected critics as Van Damme's best, most memorable performance to date. Mabrouk El Mechri, helmer of "Virgil" and "Stand Up" writes and directs this crime comedy/drama from Gaumont. It seems that the once mega star Van Damme is clawing himself back up the ranks. Could we be seeing the same of what Mickey Rourke achieved?...
- 10/29/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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