11 Oct 2010 | Courts-métrages
Depuis 7 mois, le film de Benjamin Lehrer a laissé son empreinte dans les festivals: – Festival Baz’art prod (Hors compétition) – Festival Cas d’Rage à Gagny (Récompenses : Prix du public – Meilleur film et Prix d’interprétation pour Axelle Charvoz) – Festival Européen de Bordeaux – Festival International du film court de Dresde en Allemagne (Hors Compétition) – Festival les Hérault du Cinéma au Cap d’Agde – Festival des Nations d’Ebensee en Autriche (Récompense : Ours d’Or) – Festival du cinéma en plein air de Grenoble – Festival Courts Courts à Tourtour (Var) – Festival Golden Diana en Autriche (Récompense : Golden Diana) – Festival City Court d’Hagondange en Moselle (Récompense : Prix du Public) Le périple continue. Sont annoncés : – Festival international Ciné-Jeune (Picardie) – Hors Compétition fin Octobre. – Programmation « Faire court » dans un circuit de salles de cinéma en Picardie – Octobre – Festival International de Groningue aux Pays Bas. Go Cendrillon, Go...
11 Oct 2010 | Actualité, Amer, Longs-métrages
Amer (literally meaning ‘bitter’) focuses on three key sensual moments in Ana’s life set against the oppressive backdrop of the imposing family home. A sense of unease slowly builds to an erotic and terrifying finale where the line between reality and Ana’s fantasies becomes blurred. Directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani have created a wonderful homage to 70s Italian giallo films. The attention to detail lavished on every element of the film, from the poster artwork through to the use of sound and music, results in one of the most original, visionary and emotional genre films of the decade. Read more: http://www.leedsfilm.com/film/amer/#ixzz124PRP3A6 Fri 12th Nov, 2010 – 21:00Ticket link @ Hyde Park Picture House (HYDE) – £6.50 / £5.00 Sun 14th Nov, 2010 – 19:00Ticket link @ Hyde Park Picture House (HYDE) – £6.50 / £5.00 Wed 17th Nov, 2010 – 18:30Ticket link @ Vue Cinema in the Light 1 (VUE1) – £6.50 /...
11 Oct 2010 | Actualité, Amer
AMER This Franco-Belgian import has been causing quite a stir on the international festival circuit, and rightfully so: it’s a supremely confident nu-giallo that plays like a love letter to the master himself, Dario Argento – and is arguably a finer Argento flick than the ones Dario himself has been producing of late. Don’t mistake Amer for mere pastiche, however: working on a minimal budget, filmmakers Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet have crafted a sensual, stylistic tour-de-force, a tale of obsession and, of course, black-gloved murder played over three different periods in the life of a haunted young woman, played at various ages by Cassandra Fosset, Charlotte Eugene-Guibbaud and Marie Bos. Virtually dialogue-free, Amer is bold, bloody and enigmatic to a fault, offering any number of sublime (and subliminal) pleasures, from the expressionistic cinematography and deeply immersive sound design to the pitch-perfect vintage giallo soundtrack. Horrorthon loves Amer, and hopes that you do, too....
11 Oct 2010 | Actualité, Insensibles, Longs-métrages
Posted: Mon., Oct. 11, 2010, 7:15am PT Roxbury boards ‘Painless’ Thriller set for first quarter 2011 shoot By JOHN HOPEWELL, EMILIO MAYORGA SITGES, Spain — Miguel Angel Faura’s Roxbury Pictures has boarded Juan Carlos Medina’s « Insensibles » (Painless), one of the most-buzzed about psychological thrillers coming out of Catalonia. With Roxbury on board and nearly all financing pieces now in place, « Painless » looks well on track for a first quarter 2011 shoot. Paris-based Elle Driver, which has a strong line in Spanish-language titles, is selling international rights. It saw a spectacular flurry of early pre-sales when « Painless » was first brought on to the market in 2008. Project’s originators, two go-ahead French companies — Antoine Simkine’s Les Films d’Antoine and Francois Cognard’s Tobina Film — will produce from France. Barcelona-based Roxbury lead produces, putting up 60% of pic’s Euros3.2 million ($4.5 million) budget. Portugal’s Fado Filmes has a 10% participation and the French co-producers the rest, Faura said at the Sitges Festival. Simkine, Cognard and Faura exec produce. A Contracorriente has Spanish theatrical distribution rights. Wild Bunch has home entertainment right in France, and Canal Plus and Cine Cinema share French pay TV rights. « Painless » has also pulled down Eurimages funding. « Painless » is written by Medina and Spaniard Luis Berdejo. Apart from directing Kevin Costner in « The New Daughter, » Berdejo has proved a seminal influence on Barcelona-based genre production, co-writing « REC » with Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. Spanish-born Medina grew up in the U.S. and was a vid clip helmer for the BBC. Set in Catalonia, « Painless » weaves two stories: in one, starting during the Spanish Civil War and running through...