As if new films from the Coens and Jeff Nichols weren’t enough, the 2016 Berlin Film Festival has further expanded their line-up, adding some of our most-anticipated films of the year. Mia Hansen-Løve, following up her incredible, sadly overlooked drama Eden, will premiere the Isabelle Huppert-led Things to Come, while Thomas Vinterberg, Lav Diaz, André Téchiné, and many more will stop by with their new features. Check out the new additions below, followed by some previously announced films, notably John Michael McDonagh‘s War on Everyone.
Competition
Cartas da guerra (Letters from War)
Portugal
By Ivo M. Ferreira (Na Escama do Dragão)
With Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova
World premiere
Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad! (A Dragon Arrives!)
Iran
By Mani Haghighi (Modest Reception, Men at Work)
With Amir Jadidi, Homayoun Ghanizadeh, Ehsan Goudarzi, Kiana Tajammol
International premiere
Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) – documentary
Italy / France
By Gianfranco Rosi (Sacro Gra, El Sicario...
Competition
Cartas da guerra (Letters from War)
Portugal
By Ivo M. Ferreira (Na Escama do Dragão)
With Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova
World premiere
Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad! (A Dragon Arrives!)
Iran
By Mani Haghighi (Modest Reception, Men at Work)
With Amir Jadidi, Homayoun Ghanizadeh, Ehsan Goudarzi, Kiana Tajammol
International premiere
Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) – documentary
Italy / France
By Gianfranco Rosi (Sacro Gra, El Sicario...
- 1/11/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
- Champs-Élysées, Place de la Concorde, Montmartre, Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower are all narratively rich symbolic lieus of postcard Paris - but the one place where everyday life thrives, where lives intersect are in the underground portions of Paris. Just as iconic as the museums and famed streets is Paris' extensive subway system. Acclaimed French filmmaker André Téchiné once again takes a seat behind the camera for his 22nd production, tentatively titled La fille du Rer (The Girl on the Train). Based on a true story, the film recounts a 2004 incident in which a troubled young woman falsely claimed to have been the victim of an anti-semitic attack on an urban Parisian train (or Rer).Playing the role of the young woman (named Alice for the film) is the lovely Émilie Dequenne (Une Femme de Ménage). French siren Catherine Deneuve will play the role of Alice's overbearing mother,
- 4/22/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Old school filmmaker André Téchiné (Wild Reeds) will have another one of his films released in the U.S. reports THR. Les Témoins will be released by Strand Releasing. Starring Emmanuelle Béart and Michel Blanc, the film is set in Paris in 1984, revolves around a group of friends and lovers who confront the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. Téchiné has a reputation of being a ladies man - the filmmaker casted Béart before in the "getaway" film Strayed (Les Égarés) and has worked with the likes of the Deneuves and Binoches of French cinema. The Witnesses was first shown at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival....
- 4/16/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
Strand Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to Andre Techine's The Witnesses from UGC International.
The film, set in Paris in 1984, revolves around a group of friends and lovers who confront the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
The film will have its North American premiere June 14 as the opening-night film at Frameline's 31st San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. The deal was concluded by Strand Releasing's Jon Gerrans and UGC's Eva Diederix.
The film, set in Paris in 1984, revolves around a group of friends and lovers who confront the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
The film will have its North American premiere June 14 as the opening-night film at Frameline's 31st San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. The deal was concluded by Strand Releasing's Jon Gerrans and UGC's Eva Diederix.
- 4/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- French filmgoers have spring fever, as over 1.2 million cinephiles headed to Gallic movie theaters on Sunday, the first day of the country's 8th annual discount cinema fest, the Printemps du Cinema.
The event, organized by the FNCF, France's national cinema foundation, had its highest attendance ever, with an 8% increase from last year.
For three days, the French public can enjoy their favorite films for a reduced ticket price of just 3.50 ($4.65). Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower topped the day's box office with 41,366 admissions, a 40.9% increase from the previous day, followed by U.S. comedy Music & Lyrics with 34,361 tickets sold and Gallic thriller Counter Investigation with 19,598.
German Oscar-winner The Lives of Others was a crowd-pleaser with 15,006 tickets sold, and audiences also enjoyed home-grown fare including Edith Piaf epic La Vie en Rose (12,516 admissions), Andre Techine's The Witnesses (11,347 admissions) and Francois Ozon's English-language coming-of-age story Angel (10,056 admissions).
U.S. imports really benefited from the ticket price reduction with attendance for both Breaking and Entering and Freedom Writers increasing over 60% from Saturday to Sunday and A Night at the Museum seeing a 109.1% jump in admissions from the day before.
The event, organized by the FNCF, France's national cinema foundation, had its highest attendance ever, with an 8% increase from last year.
For three days, the French public can enjoy their favorite films for a reduced ticket price of just 3.50 ($4.65). Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower topped the day's box office with 41,366 admissions, a 40.9% increase from the previous day, followed by U.S. comedy Music & Lyrics with 34,361 tickets sold and Gallic thriller Counter Investigation with 19,598.
German Oscar-winner The Lives of Others was a crowd-pleaser with 15,006 tickets sold, and audiences also enjoyed home-grown fare including Edith Piaf epic La Vie en Rose (12,516 admissions), Andre Techine's The Witnesses (11,347 admissions) and Francois Ozon's English-language coming-of-age story Angel (10,056 admissions).
U.S. imports really benefited from the ticket price reduction with attendance for both Breaking and Entering and Freedom Writers increasing over 60% from Saturday to Sunday and A Night at the Museum seeing a 109.1% jump in admissions from the day before.
- 3/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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