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Oscar 2013: Christian Petzold’s Barbara is Germany’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award Starring Nina Hoss, writer-director Christian Petzold’s Barbara is Germany’s submission for the 2013 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. The political / romantic drama earned Petzold the Silver Bear for Best Director at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Additionally, Barbara received seven nominations for the Lolas, the German Academy Awards, eventually winning the runner-up trophy for Best Film. (Curiously, Nina Hoss was not nominated; the Best Film winner was Andrea Dresen’s terminal-cancer drama Halt auf freier Strecke / Stopped on Track, which opened in Germany in Nov. 2011.) [...]...

The New York Times runs two must-reads this weekend. With Jacques Rivette's Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) opening at Film Forum on Friday, Dennis Lim writes, "It's not just that the film holds up to repeat viewings; its very point is its seemingly infinite repeatability, its mysterious capacity to surprise both first-time viewers and those who know it as well as a magician reciting an incantation." He goes on to consider Céline within the context of Rivette's oeuvre and its lasting impact on filmmakers as diverse as Susan Seidelman and David Lynch.

"Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema," writes Manohla Dargis at the top of piece on Milestone Films' multi-year project to restore and revive interest in Clarke's work. The Connection (1962) opens Friday at the IFC Center and soon to follow will be theatrical and DVD releases of Robert Frost: A...

HollywoodNews.com: English actor and director Tim Roth will be the president of the Un Certain Regard Jury, part of the Festival de Cannes Official Selection, for which twenty films will be announced at the same time as those for the Competition during the press conference on April, 19th.

He is an English actor who began his career in television before moving on to cinema with The Hit directed by Stephen Frears, Tim Roth made his first appearances at Cannes with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino (Palme d’or, 1994) which earned him international renown. In 1995, he was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Rob Roy directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Roth directed his first film in 1999: The War Zone, which received nominations at Cannes, Sundance and Toronto. He also appeared in The New World directed by Terrence Malick, Don’t Come Knocking directed by Wim Wenders,...

★★★★☆ Jonathan Levine's 'cancer comedy' 50/50 (2011) may have grabbed a significant slice of BFI London Film Festival press attention this week, but it is Andreas Dresen's deeply honest, darkly comic family drama Stopped on Track (Halt auf freier Strecke, 2011) that deserves to win the majority of plaudits thanks to some stellar performances, most notably Milan Peschel as terminally ill, 40-year-old father of two Frank Lange.

After discovering that he has an inoperable brain tumour and mere months to live, Frank understandably struggles to come to terms with his condition. Jovial moments at the family dinner table suddenly turn sour after one of Frank's emotional meltdowns, much to the bemusement of his young son Mika (Mika Seidel) and daughter Lilli (Talisa Lilly Lemke) - who he has chosen not to inform.

From the very beginning, Frank is shown in slow decline as the cancerous tumour eats away at his body, with first physical then mental repercussions.

It was the scale, the ambition, the sheer mass of Terrence Malick's The Tree Of Life that captivated its admirers

In the end, what Robert De Niro's jury at Cannes responded to in Terrence Malick's The Tree Of Life, the winner of the Palme D'Or, was almost certainly the same thing that captivated me and captivated all admirers of this outstanding movie.

It was the scale, the ambition, the sheer mass. Like those people who gathered, awestruck, in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall in 2002 to gaze at Anish Kapoor's monumental Marsyas installation, festivalgoers gasped and goggled at Malick's film. Some wondered at it, a few shrugged, others giggled. It was a movie to be gazed at, rubbernecked at.

Malick explicitly gave it a cathedral-like structure with one shot of a spiralling stained-glass window. The Tree Of Life is, simply, big – very big. It takes on big themes,...

Here’s the official word:

Un Certain Regard 2011 presented 21 films directed by 22 directors hailing from 19 different countries. 2 of the works were first films.

Presided over by Emir Kusturica (Director, actor and musician – Serbia), the Jury was comprised of: Elodie Bouchez (Actress – France), Peter Bradshaw (Critic-The Guardian – United Kingdom), Geoffrey Gilmore (Chief Creative Officer-Tribeca Enterprises – USA), Daniela Michel (Director of the Morelia Festival – Mexico).

Prize Of Un Certain Regard Ex-æquo

Arirang by Kim Ki-Duk

Halt Auf Freier Strecke (Stopped on track) by Andreas Dresen

Special Jury Prize

Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Directing Prize

BÉ Omid É Didar (Au revoir) by Mohammad Rasoulof

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Here’s the official word:

Un Certain Regard 2011 presented 21 films directed by 22 directors hailing from 19 different countries. 2 of the works were first films.

Presided over by Emir Kusturica (Director, actor and musician – Serbia), the Jury was comprised of: Elodie Bouchez (Actress – France), Peter Bradshaw (Critic-The Guardian – United Kingdom), Geoffrey Gilmore (Chief Creative Officer-Tribeca Enterprises – USA), Daniela Michel (Director of the Morelia Festival – Mexico).

Prize Of Un Certain Regard Ex-æquo

Arirang by Kim Ki-Duk

Halt Auf Freier Strecke (Stopped on track) by Andreas Dresen

Special Jury Prize

Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Directing Prize

BÉ Omid É Didar (Au revoir) by Mohammad Rasoulof

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HollywoodNews.com: The official Jury of this 64th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Robert De Niro, revealed this evening the prizes winners during the Closing Ceremony.

Mélanie Laurent hosted Jane Fonda on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d’or to the best film among the 20 in Competition.

Christophe Honoré’s closing film Beloved starring Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel and Milos Forman, was screened at the end of the ceremony in the presence of the crew.

Feature Films

Palme d’Or

The Tree Of Life by Terrence Malick

Grand Prix

Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’Da (Once Upon A Time In Anatolia) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

The Kid With A Bike by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Award for the Best Director

Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive

Jury Prize

Poliss by MAÏWENN

Best Performance for an Actor

Jean Dujardin in The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius...

President of the Jury Robert De Niro with the laureates of the 2011 Festival de Cannes – © Photo Afp

The official Jury of this 64th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Robert De Niro, revealed this evening the prize winners during the Closing Ceremony. Mélanie Laurent hosted Jane Fonda on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d.or to the best film out of the 20 In Competition

The Palme d’Or was awarded to Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life. After receiving his prize from Fonda, the producer of the film, Bill Pohlad, said:

“I have always wanted to speak French, and tonight more than ever. Tonight I have to take the place of a giant. Terrence Malick is very shy and discreet. But I spoke to him today and I know he is very happy to receive this honour. The Tree Of Life was a long journey,...

Arirang by Korean director Kim Ki-Duk and Halt Auf Freier Strecke (Stopped on Track) by German director Andreas Dresen shared the top award of the Un Certain Regard at the 64th Cannes Film festival.

The Special Jury Prize went to Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev and the Directing Prize went to BÉ Omid É Didar (Au revoir) by Mohammad Rasoulof.

Un Certain Regard is a competition section which carries the second most prestigious prize at the festival de Cannes.

Un Certain Regard 2011 presented 21 films directed by 22 directors from 19 different countries. The Jury was presided over by Serbian director Emir Kusturica.

HollywoodNews.com: Un Certain Regard 2011 presented 21 films directed by 22 directors hailing from 19 different countries. 2 of the works were first films.

Presided over by Emir Kusturica (Director, actor and musician – Serbia), the Jury was comprised of: Elodie Bouchez (Actress – France), Peter Bradshaw (Critic-The Guardian – United Kingdom), Geoffrey Gilmore (Chief Creative Officer-Tribeca Enterprises – USA), Daniela Michel (Director of the Morelia Festival – Mexico).

Prize Of Un Certain Regard Ex-æquo

Arirang by Kim Ki-Duk

Halt Auf Freier Strecke (Stopped on Track) by Andreas Dresen

Special Jury Prize

Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Directing Prize

BÉ Omid É Didar (Au revoir) by Mohammad Rasoulof

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The Cannes Film Festival has announced the winners of this year's 'Un Certain Regard' category. Sharing the top prize is South Korean director Kim Ki Duk for his documentary Arirang, and German director Andreas Dresen for Halt Auf Freier Strecke. Awarded the Special Jury Prize was Andrew Zvyagintstev's Russian drama Elena, while the Directing Prize was awarded to Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof for Be Omid E Didar (Au Revoir). Rasoulof and fellow filmmaker Jafar Panahi are currently serving a six-year prison sentence in Iran for (more)...

In the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival that consisted of 21 films from 19 different countries, the top prize was shared by the Kim Ki-Duk-directed Arirang and the Andreas Dresen-directed Halt Auf Freier Strecke (Stopped On Track). The Special Jury Prize went to the Andrew Zvyagintsev-directed Elena and the directing prize went to Mohammad Rasoulof for Be Omid E Didar (Au Revoir). Latter award is poignant considering Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi were hit with six-year jail sentences by the hard-line Iran government. The harsh sentences have resulted in an outcry among organizations including Amnesty International, filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and festivals that include Cannes, which made sure to include films by both directors in the lineups. The Un Certain Regard jury was headed by Serbian director Emir Kusturica and was comprised of French actress Elodie Bouchez, UK critic Peter Bradshaw, Tribeca's Geoffrey Gilmore, and Morelia Festival director Daniela Michel.

Nothing can top last year's Cannes for the German Sales Agent -- Apichatpong Weerasethakul can thank the Tim Burton led jury for Uncle Boonmee being crowned with the Palme. This year The Match Factory have one in the main comp, a dark horse contender with Aki Kaurismaki's Le Havre and they have a trio in the Un Certain Regard section in Oslo, August 31st, Tatsumi and Stopped on Track. They've got a catalogue full of future items in the works such as the latest from Miguel Gomes and Peter Strickland. Visit the site or check out some of their slate below. Le Havre by Aki KAURISMÄKI - Completed Oslo, August 31St (Oslo, 31. August) by Joachim Trier - Completed Tatsumi by Eric Khoo - Completed A Mysterious World (Un Mundo Misterioso) by Rodrigo Moreno - Completed Barzakh by Mantas Kvedaravicius - Completed If Not Us, Who (Wer WENN Nicht Wir...

As has become the story in recent years, familiar Cannes-family names grace the line-up of the official competition of the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.

While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...

As has become the story in recent years, familiar Cannes-family names grace the line-up of the official competition of the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

A dozen of the nineteen films announced are alumni of the festival: Almodovar, Bonello, Cavalier, Ceylan, the Dardenne brothers, Kaurismaki, Kawase, Malick, Moretti, Ramsay, Sorrentino and von Trier all returning to premiere their art, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne taking a shot at a third Palme d’Or. Add Japan’s Takashi Miike to the mix, and the Danish director of the much-heralded “Pusher” franchise, Nicolas Winding Refn, very few slots can be identified as festival discoveries.

While this trend continues to disappoint people looking to Cannes Official Competition to break ground (two first time filmmakers are included in the line-up), it has also forced journalists to find inspiration in the Un Certain Regard section of the fest. With Sean Durkin’s Sundance...

Fest president Gilles Jacob and artistic director Thierry Frémaux announced the official selection of the 64th Cannes Film Festival at the Grand Hôtel in Paris today. I warn you that after reading over the list, you’ll be insanely jealous if you’re not one of the lucky people attending the festival. The list includes films from Pedro Almodóvar, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Lynne Ramsay, Nicolas Winding Refn, Radu Mihaileanu and Aki Kaurismäki.

Our contributor Eduardo Lucatero will be at the festival and he’ll be providing us with a daily blog with his thoughts on the festival as well as the films he’ll see. As previously reported, Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, will still be getting its worldwide premiere in Cannes. Apparently there was some confusion since a studio decided to release it in the UK sometime in April. However after some legal threats, it...

Earlier we reported that Restless and Kung Fu Panda 2 had been added to the Cannes Film Festival lineup that included The Tree of Life and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Today, we have the full lineup for the festival. The majority of the films are ones I have not heard of, but there are some exceptions. Jodie Foster's The Beaver, Sleeping Beauty and Drive by Nicolas Winding Refn. Takasi Miike and Pedro Almodovar also have films in competition at the festival.

Below is the full list of films at this year's Cannes Film Festival:

Opening Film

Midnight in Paris (Out of Competition)

Director: Woody Allen 

Closing Film

To be announced

In Competition

The Skin I Live In

Director: Pedro Almodovar

House of Tolerance

Director: Bertrand Bonello

Footnote

Director: Joseph Cedar

Pater

Director: Alain Cavalier

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Boy with a...

The Official Selection and the Juries of the 64th Cannes Film festival were announced Thursday, April 14th during the press conference held by Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux at the Grand Hôtel in Paris.

Opening Film

Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris (Out of Competition)

Competition

Pedro ALMODÓVAR - La Piel Que Habito

Bertrand Bonello - L’Apollonide – Souvenirs De La Maison Close

Alain Cavalier – Pater

Joseph Cedar - Hearat Shulayim (Footnote)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’Da (Once upon a time in Anatolia)

Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne - Le Gamin Au VÉLO

Aki KAURISMÄKI - Le Havre

Naomi Kawase - Hanezu No Tsuki

Julia Leigh - Sleeping Beauty – 1st film

MAÏWENN - Polisse

Terrence Malick - The Tree Of Life

Radu Mihaileanu - La Source Des Femmes

Takashi Miike - Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï)

Nanni Moretti - Habemus Papam

Lynne Ramsay - We Need To Talk About Kevin...