Il Cinema Ritrovato Chief Gian Luca Farinelli Talks Collaboration With Venice and Cannes (Exclusive)
Italy’s Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival – which has long seen thousands of heritage film lovers and distributors flock to the city of Bologna in summer – officially kicked off Tuesday with a freshly restored version of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Cronaca di un amore” (pictured). It’s an emblematic opener in various ways. The now freshly restored pic stars late great Italian actor Lucia Bosé who died last March, having contracted coronavirus. Antonioni’s 1950 drama is also among titles in the Venice Film Festival’s Venice Classics section, which has migrated to Bologna this year due to the impact of Covid-19 constraints on Lido screening space.
Variety spoke to Il Cinema Ritrovato chief Gian Luca Farinelli, who also heads the Bologna Film Archives and its globally renown film restoration lab, about this year’s collaboration with Venice and Cannes. Excerpts from the conversation.
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Variety spoke to Il Cinema Ritrovato chief Gian Luca Farinelli, who also heads the Bologna Film Archives and its globally renown film restoration lab, about this year’s collaboration with Venice and Cannes. Excerpts from the conversation.
How did it happen that you and Venice chief...
- 8/26/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Streaming giant faces tough negotiations over investment obligations and content rights as France overhauls audiovisual laws.
The great and the good of France’s cultural institutions and film and TV production scene turned out for the official opening of Netflix’s new French offices in central Paris in the presence of the Us platform’s founder and CEO Reed Hastings on January 17.
“The only people missing were Frémaux, the Seydoux and Saada,” said one attendee, marvelling at the high-profile crowd.
He was referring to Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux, as well as Nicolas Seydoux and Jérome Seydoux, the influential chiefs of Gaumont and Pathé,...
The great and the good of France’s cultural institutions and film and TV production scene turned out for the official opening of Netflix’s new French offices in central Paris in the presence of the Us platform’s founder and CEO Reed Hastings on January 17.
“The only people missing were Frémaux, the Seydoux and Saada,” said one attendee, marvelling at the high-profile crowd.
He was referring to Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux, as well as Nicolas Seydoux and Jérome Seydoux, the influential chiefs of Gaumont and Pathé,...
- 1/24/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Streaming giant faces tough negotiations over investment obligations and content rights as France overhauls audiovisual laws.
The great and the good of France’s cultural institutions and film and TV production scene turned out for the official opening of Netflix’s new French offices in central Paris in the presence of the Us platform’s founder and CEO Reed Hastings on January 17.
“The only people missing were Frémaux, the Seydoux and Saada,” said one attendee, marvelling at the high-profile crowd.
He was referring to Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux, as well as Nicolas Seydoux and Jérome Seydoux, the influential chiefs of Gaumont and Pathé,...
The great and the good of France’s cultural institutions and film and TV production scene turned out for the official opening of Netflix’s new French offices in central Paris in the presence of the Us platform’s founder and CEO Reed Hastings on January 17.
“The only people missing were Frémaux, the Seydoux and Saada,” said one attendee, marvelling at the high-profile crowd.
He was referring to Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux, as well as Nicolas Seydoux and Jérome Seydoux, the influential chiefs of Gaumont and Pathé,...
- 1/24/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The film will compete in Tribeca’s International Narrative Competition section.
Cohen Media Group has acquired Us rights to Anne Fontaine’s racy new comedy-drama White As Snow, ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 24-May 5) next month.
The film will compete in Tribeca’s International Narrative Competition section alongside films including Sharon Maymon and Flawless’s Flawless, Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird and Scott Graham’s Run.
A contemporary re-telling of the Snow White fairytale with a comedic and erotic edge, the feature co-stars Isabelle Huppert as evil stepmother Maud opposite Lou de Laâge as...
Cohen Media Group has acquired Us rights to Anne Fontaine’s racy new comedy-drama White As Snow, ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 24-May 5) next month.
The film will compete in Tribeca’s International Narrative Competition section alongside films including Sharon Maymon and Flawless’s Flawless, Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird and Scott Graham’s Run.
A contemporary re-telling of the Snow White fairytale with a comedic and erotic edge, the feature co-stars Isabelle Huppert as evil stepmother Maud opposite Lou de Laâge as...
- 3/13/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
“It doesn’t make any sense to fight against Netflix,” Barbera explained.
Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival, has responded to criticism from Nicolas Seydoux, chairman of France’s oldest film company Gaumont, over his decision to select Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix-backed feature Roma for Competition this year.
The film went on to win the Golden Lion and is now an awards season favourite, picking up its first set of critics prizes on Nov 29, when it swept the board at the New York Critics Circle awards.
French film industry heavyweight Seydoux suggested in an interview with Screen...
Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival, has responded to criticism from Nicolas Seydoux, chairman of France’s oldest film company Gaumont, over his decision to select Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix-backed feature Roma for Competition this year.
The film went on to win the Golden Lion and is now an awards season favourite, picking up its first set of critics prizes on Nov 29, when it swept the board at the New York Critics Circle awards.
French film industry heavyweight Seydoux suggested in an interview with Screen...
- 11/30/2018
- by Kaleem Aftab
- ScreenDaily
‘Roma’ is “not a film” said the influential French figure.
Nicolas Seydoux, the influential chairman of France’s oldest cinema company Gaumont, has criticised Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera for selecting Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix-backed feature Roma for Competition in its 75th edition earlier this year.
The family saga won Venice’s prestigious Golden Lion award in September amid protests from distributors and exhibitors over the fact Netflix was planning only a limited awards-qualifying theatrical release for the film, favouring instead a digital launch on its platform.
Speaking at the Cairo International Film Festiva this week, where...
Nicolas Seydoux, the influential chairman of France’s oldest cinema company Gaumont, has criticised Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera for selecting Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix-backed feature Roma for Competition in its 75th edition earlier this year.
The family saga won Venice’s prestigious Golden Lion award in September amid protests from distributors and exhibitors over the fact Netflix was planning only a limited awards-qualifying theatrical release for the film, favouring instead a digital launch on its platform.
Speaking at the Cairo International Film Festiva this week, where...
- 11/29/2018
- by Kaleem Aftab
- ScreenDaily
‘Roma’ is “not a film” said the influential French figure.
Nicolas Seydoux, the influential chairman of France’s oldest cinema company Gaumont, has criticised Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera for selecting Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix-backed feature Roma for Competition in its 75th edition earlier this year.
The family saga won Venice’s prestigious Golden Lion award in September amid protests from distributors and exhibitors over the fact Netflix was planning only a limited awards-qualifying theatrical release for the film, favouring instead a digital launch on its platform.
Speaking at the Cairo International Film Festiva this week, where...
Nicolas Seydoux, the influential chairman of France’s oldest cinema company Gaumont, has criticised Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera for selecting Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix-backed feature Roma for Competition in its 75th edition earlier this year.
The family saga won Venice’s prestigious Golden Lion award in September amid protests from distributors and exhibitors over the fact Netflix was planning only a limited awards-qualifying theatrical release for the film, favouring instead a digital launch on its platform.
Speaking at the Cairo International Film Festiva this week, where...
- 11/29/2018
- by Kaleem Aftab
- ScreenDaily
‘Roma’ is “not a film” said the influential French figure.
Nicolas Seydoux, the influential chairman of France’s oldest cinema company Gaumont, has criticised Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera for selecting Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix-backed feature Roma for Competition in its 75th edition earlier this year.
The family saga won Venice’s prestigious Golden Lion award in September amid protests from distributors and exhibitors over the fact Netflix was planning only a limited awards-qualifying theatrical release for the film, favouring instead a digital launch on its platform.
Speaking at the Cairo International Film Festiva this week, where...
Nicolas Seydoux, the influential chairman of France’s oldest cinema company Gaumont, has criticised Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera for selecting Alfonso Cuarón’s Netflix-backed feature Roma for Competition in its 75th edition earlier this year.
The family saga won Venice’s prestigious Golden Lion award in September amid protests from distributors and exhibitors over the fact Netflix was planning only a limited awards-qualifying theatrical release for the film, favouring instead a digital launch on its platform.
Speaking at the Cairo International Film Festiva this week, where...
- 11/29/2018
- by Kaleem Aftab
- ScreenDaily
PARIS -- Gallic Institute for the Financing of Cinema and Cultural Industries gave its fourth annual IFCIC Prize for Young, Independent Production Co. to Yann Gilbert's La Mouche du Coche Films at a ceremony in Paris Wednesday night.
Created in 2004, the prize is worth 10,000 euros ($14,720). A jury presided by head of the IFCIC's council, Hughes R. Gall, and composed of industry professionals reached its verdict Dec. 5 and the award was handed out by Gaumont chairman Nicolas Seydoux late Wednesday.
La Mouche de Coche Films, which translates as "the fly on the notch," was created in 2000 and has recently produced feature films Christophe Loizillon's "My Camera and Me" and Cecile Telerman's "Tout Pour Plaire".
Catherine Castel's "48 Hours per Day" is currently in post-production and the young company is looking for financing for Cecile Telerman's second movie "La Faute des Meres".
Created in 2004, the prize is worth 10,000 euros ($14,720). A jury presided by head of the IFCIC's council, Hughes R. Gall, and composed of industry professionals reached its verdict Dec. 5 and the award was handed out by Gaumont chairman Nicolas Seydoux late Wednesday.
La Mouche de Coche Films, which translates as "the fly on the notch," was created in 2000 and has recently produced feature films Christophe Loizillon's "My Camera and Me" and Cecile Telerman's "Tout Pour Plaire".
Catherine Castel's "48 Hours per Day" is currently in post-production and the young company is looking for financing for Cecile Telerman's second movie "La Faute des Meres".
- 12/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Gaumont CEO Franck Chorot is exiting his post as of Feb. 1 in order to devote himself full time to the production of feature films and projects both in France and internationally, the French major said Thursday.
Chorot, who won't be replaced immediately, will report to Nicolas Seydoux, president of the company's surveillance council, and deputy managing director Sidonie Dumas, the soon-to-be divided Gaumont Columbia TriStar announced Thursday.
With the move, Gaumont hopes to maintain "a high volume of production" once its high-profile divorce from Columbia TriStar is finalized July 1, the company said in a statement.
This is the second time that Gaumont has severed ties with an American major for the joint distribution of films in France. Prior to connecting with Sony's Columbia TriStar in July 2004, Gaumont had a longtime relationship with the Walt Disney Co.'s foreign arm, Buena Vista International.
In Los Angeles, Mark Zucker, distribution president of Sony Pictures Releasing International, said the separation will be a simple procedure with minimal impact on personnel and general procedures.
Chorot, who won't be replaced immediately, will report to Nicolas Seydoux, president of the company's surveillance council, and deputy managing director Sidonie Dumas, the soon-to-be divided Gaumont Columbia TriStar announced Thursday.
With the move, Gaumont hopes to maintain "a high volume of production" once its high-profile divorce from Columbia TriStar is finalized July 1, the company said in a statement.
This is the second time that Gaumont has severed ties with an American major for the joint distribution of films in France. Prior to connecting with Sony's Columbia TriStar in July 2004, Gaumont had a longtime relationship with the Walt Disney Co.'s foreign arm, Buena Vista International.
In Los Angeles, Mark Zucker, distribution president of Sony Pictures Releasing International, said the separation will be a simple procedure with minimal impact on personnel and general procedures.
- 1/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Francis Veber will receive Cinema Expo's Lifetime Achievement Award, organizers announced Monday. The director, producer and writer will receive his award June 29 at the Cinema Expo Awards Ceremony at the Amsterdam RAI International Exhibition and Congress Center, said Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of the annual convention. Gaumont chairman Nicolas Seydoux will present the award. "Cinema Expo is honored to pay tribute to such a well-known figure of both French and international Cinema. Veber has crafted stories which, after 20 years, still leave his audiences screaming with laughter," Neuhauser said. "He is, quite simply, a filmmaking genius and it's absolutely wonderful that the European Cinema Industry will have this opportunity to say thank you to this incredibly talented man."...
CANNES -- An international summit meeting, the first of its kind -- drawing top executives from the American studios as well as their European counterparts -- is scheduled to take place Sunday to tackle the subject of film piracy. The high-level confab has been jointly organized by the Cannes Film Festival and the French Ministry of Culture, which will be represented by jury president Quentin Tarantino and Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, minister of culture and communication. The U.S. will field Sony's Jeff Blake, Warner Bros. Pictures' Richard Fox, 20th Century Fox's James Gianopulos, DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg, Universal's Ron Meyers, BVI's Mark Zoradi and the MPA's Jack Valenti. International participants will include France Telecom's Thierry Breton, Vivendi's Jean-Rene Fourtou, Mukta Arts' Subhash Ghai, FIAPF's Andres-Vincente Gomez, Canal+'s Bertrand Meheut, Gaumont's Nicolas Seydoux, Mosfilm's Karen Shakhnazarov and the China Film Group's Buting Yang as well as directors Luc Besson and Jacques Fansten.
- 5/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Columbia TriStar Films France, Sony Pictures Entertainment's territorial distribution office, has formed a partnership with Gaumont, France's leading producer-distributor, to jointly distribute all Sony, Columbia TriStar and Gaumont films in France. The new arrangement succeeds the agreement between Gaumont and Buena Vista International, which have operated jointly in France under the Gaumont Buena Vista International banner for some 10 years. The new Columbia TriStar/Gaumont company, called Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films France, will begin operations July 1, Jeff Blake, vice chairman of SPE and president of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, and Nicolas Seydoux, CEO of Gaumont, said in a joint announcement Thursday.
- 1/30/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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