Thursday, May 29, 2014

Remembering Rituparno Ghosh on his first death anniversary

Remembering Rituparno Ghosh on his first death anniversary.The multiple awards winning filmmaker was only 49 when he died. Rituparno Ghosh shot to fame by directing a children's film Hirer Angti in 1994. Ghosh was born on August 31, 1963 in Kolkata. His father was a well known documentary filmmaker. His other widely acclaimed films include Unishe April ( 1994 ) ,Dahan, (1997 ) Bariwali(1999 ), Asukh(1999 ) Utsav( 2000 ), Titli(2002) Shubho Mahurat ( 2003 ),, Chokher Bali(2003 ), Raincoat( 2004 ), Antarmahal( 2006 ) ,Dosar( 2006 ),The Last Lear( 2007 ),Khila( 2008 ) ShobCharitro Kalponik( 2008 ),Abohoman ( 2010 ) Noukadubi(2010) Sunglass( 2012 )and Chitrangada(2012 ).His last film was Satyanweshi.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

67th Festival de Cannes –complete list of awardees.




The Jury of this 67th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Jane Campion, announced the prize winners during the Awards Ceremony. Lambert Wilson hosted Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d’or to the best of the 18 films in Competition. Sergio Leone’s Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars) presented by Quentin Tarantino, was screened at the end of the ceremony.
FEATURE FILMS
Palme d'or
WINTER SLEEP by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
Grand Prix
LE MERAVIGLIE (The Wonders) by Alice ROHRWACHER
Best Director Award
Bennett MILLER for FOXCATCHER
Jury Prize ex-aequo
MOMMY by Xavier DOLAN
ADIEU AU LANGAGE (Goodbye to language) by Jean-Luc GODARD Best Screenplay Award
Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV and Oleg NEGIN for LEVIATHAN
Best Actress Award
Julianne MOORE in MAPS TO THE STARS by David CRONENBERG
Best Actor Award
Timothy SPALL in MR. TURNER by Mike LEIGH 
SHORT FILMS
Palme d'or  
LEIDI by Simón MESA SOTO
Special Mention - Ex-aequo
AÏSSA by Clément TREHIN-LALANNE
JA VI ELSKER (Yes we love) by Hallvar WITZØ

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Un Certain Regard Prize
FEHÉR ISTEN by Kornél Mundruczó
Jury Prize
TURIST by Ruben Östlund 
Un Certain Regard Special Prize
THE SALT OF THE EARTH by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Ensemble Prize
PARTY GIRL by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis
Best Actor Award
David Gulpilil in CHARLIE’S COUNTRY by Rolf de Heer
CAMÉRA D’OR
PARTY GIRL by Marie AMACHOUKELI, Claire BURGER, Samuel THEIS presented in the Un Certain Regard Selection
CINÉFONDATION
First Prize
SKUNK by Annie Silverstein
University of Texas at Austin, USA
Second Prize
OH LUCY! by Atsuko Hirayanagi
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Singapore
Joint Third Prize
LIEVITO MADRE by Fulvio Risuleo
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy
THE BIGGER PICTURE by Daisy Jacobs
National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
The Jury of the CST has awarded the VULCAN AWARD OF THE TECHNICAL ARTIST to:
Dick POPE, director of photography, for bringing to light the works of Turner in the movie  MR. TURNER by Mike LEIGH