April 28, 2008–“Love and Other Crimes,” a Serbian-German-Austrian-Slovenian co-production directed by Stefan Arsenijevic, won the Audience Award at the fifth edition of the film festival Crossing Europe, which closed April 27 in Linz, Austria.
Cannes Film Fest 2008: Year 61–Directors Fortnight Celebrates 40th Annis
April 25, 2008 by
April 25, 2008–Directors Fortnight, the parallel, usually more innovative section of the Festival de Cannes, is dominated this year by French cinema. Twelve of the 22 films are either French pictures or co-productions, including
Claire Simon's “Les Bureaux de Dieu” and Josh Safdie's “The Pleasure of Being Robbed.”
Cannes Film Fest 2008: Year 61–Critics Week Program–Mostly First Films
April 24, 2008 by
Cannes Festival's prestigious sidebar Critics' Week centers on European films for its 47th edition. France has a particularly strong presence, co-production participation in five of the features.
O’Horten (2008): Hamer’s Norwegian Film at Cannes Film Fest
April 24, 2008 by
April 24, 2008–“O‚ÄôHorten” is Bent Hamer's fourth film to be shown as the Cannes Film Fest. The Norwegian director‚Äôs fifth feature selected for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes International Film Festival, which runs between 14-25 May
Lake Tahoe: From Mexico
April 24, 2008 by
April 24, 2008–Every year, FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) presents its “Revelation of the Year” at a special screening during the International Critics' Week in Cannes. One film is chosen out of the first or second films awarded by the Federation during the previous year, in the belief that it deserves the chance to be seen by the Cannes audience, and that the Cannes audience deserves the chance to see it.
