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American film star Willem Dafoe to attend Montreal with his film My Hindu Friend by Hector Babenco
American film star Willem Dafoe, a favourite actor of such directors as Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Oliver Stone, Alan Parker, William Friedkin, Lars von Trier, Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara and Sam Raimi, will be in Montreal to accompany the showing of My Hindu Friend, the last film by Hector Babenco (Pixote, Kiss of the Spider Woman) , who died last month in Brazil. “We are especially proud to present the last film of this great director,” declared Montreal World Film Festival president Serge Losique. “Willem Dafoe has had one of the most impressive careers in American and international cinema, over 108 roles and twice nominated for Oscars. His appearance in Montreal is a tribute to Babenco and to the art that he represented.”
Appleton, Wisconsin native Dafoe joined an avant garde theatre group and toured extensively with them for two years in the US and Europe, then became a founding member of the Wooster Group. He made his film debut with a small part in Michael Ciminino’s Heaven's Gate (1980), and went on to the Oscar-nominated role of Sergeant Elias in Platoon (1986) and the controversial title role in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). Later films include Spider-Man (1989), Tom and Viv (1994), The English Patient (1996), Speed 2 (1997), Animal Factory (2003) and Manderlay (2005). Dafoe lent his voice for the heroic Gill in 2003’s Finding Nemo and co-starred in 2007’s Mr. Bean’s Holiday. He earned his second Oscar nomination for his work in Shadow of the Vampire (2000) . Among his more recent roles are those he supplied for Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Anton Corbjin's A Most Wanted Man (2014), Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), Scott Cooper's Out of the Furnace (2013) Josh Boone's The Fault In Our Stars (2014), David Leitch and Chad Stahelski's John Wick (2014), and Chris Brinker's Bad Country (2014).
Dafoe is one of the founding members of The Wooster Group, the New York based experimental theatre collective. He created and performed in all of the group's work from 1977 through 2005, both in the U.S. and internationally. Since then, he worked with Richard Foreman in Idiot Savant at The Public Theatre (NYC) and later the international productions of Robert Wilson's The Life & Death of Marina Abramovic abroad and Robert Wilson's The Old Woman with Mikhail Baryshnikov. In 2014 he served as a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Isabelle Adjani attends Montreal with Carole Matthieu by Louis-Julien Petit
Isabelle Adjani, icon of the French cinema, will attend the 40th Montreal World Film Festival to accompany the showing Carole Matthieu the new film by Louis-Julien Petit (Discount) in the World Greats section. ”One of the best known stars of international cinema, Ms. Adjani is an actress of immense versatility and talent and we will have the great honour of having her presence once again grace the Festival,” declared MWFF president Serge Losique.
Isabelle Adjani began at the Comédie Franaise in 1972 and thanks to television she quickly accessed to stardom. That year she played with Robert Hossein`s company in Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba with Annie Ducaux. A co-production with the Comédie Française, the show was a hit and was restaged as well at the Théâtre de l'Odéon. Within a few years Adjani was one of the company’s stars, playing in productions of Molière and Giraudoux.
She made her auspicious debut on the big screen playing the rebellious young girl in Claude Pinoteau’s La Gifle (1974) and immediately became the hottest young actress in French cinema. She quickly starred for François Truffaut in The Story of Adèle H. (1975), a performance that earned her the first of two nomination for the best actress Oscar. Adjani is a five-time winner of the César Award for Best Actress. She won for Possession (1981), One Deadly Summer (1983) Camille Claudel(1988), La Reine Margot (1994) and Skirt Day (2009), making her the only actress or actor to have five wins in the acting categories. Her second Oscar nomination for Camille Claudel, made her the first French actress to receive two nominations and also the only actress in history to receive two nominations for non-English-language roles. She also won Best Actress at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival for Possession and Quartet, and the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 1989 Berlin Film Festival for Camille Claudel. Among her best known other films are Roman Polanski's The Tenant(1976), Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Subway (1985), Diabolique (1996) and French Women (2014).
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Claude Gagnon opens the 40th edition of Montreal World Film Festival
CLAUDE GAGNON, recognized Quebecois film director, declares inaugurated the 40th Montreal World Film Festival, at Theatre Imperial. Serge Losique, founder and director of the festival, previosly presented the event.
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Serge Losique welcoming guests at "Kiss me like a Lover" opening Red Carpet
Despite the shadows and questions around the Festival's fate a huge crowd was waiting for Serge Losique at the Imperial August 25 at 7.00pm for the official opening of the 40th edition (the toughest since the hotel and cinema partnerships fell at the last minute).
Nevertheless guests of the festival were flocking on the red carpet, with elegant attire, waiting for the late Jury (some of them were late at the airport) and the complete cast and crew of Kiss me Like a Lover by Andre Forcier (a very spectacular world premiere, with a 5 minutes applause session at the end). In our opinion the film should be a crowd pleaser by all means on the candian launch september 16.
Bruno Chatelin, guest of the Festival at the opening!
Andre Forcier and his team
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During 40TH Montreal Film Festival Turkish Ambassador in Canada welcomes the turkish filmmakers delegation.
Reception in honor of Turkish filmmakers, organised by Golden Horn founder Ugurcan Gursozlu (left and Leopoldo Soto, right).
Video By Leopoldo Soto
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Interview with Ivan Trujillo, jury on the student films competition
IVAN TRUJILLO, Dir. del Festival I. de Cine en GUADALAJARA, participo como jurado del coincurso estudiantil, expresa sus impresiones del festival.
by Leopoldo Soto
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Olympusat and Huatulco Food and Film Festival Cocktail Party at ffm
Leopoldo Soto (Huatulco FF) and Claude Gagnon, Canadian Producer and director (currently finalising a western script for Telefilm (on a deadline for August 31) Claude a busy film profesional, jury at FFM took some time to toast with Leopoldo and us, just between two movies.
No secrets here we had mescal, and we did not drink the 5 liters reserve on hand!!!
Leopoldo with Monika Wilczynska director of Who I am
Ugurcan Gursozlu (Golden Horn Turkish Film Events) with Leopoldo and Jean-Pierre Tadros. Éditeur et Rédacteur en chef chez CTVM.info.
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Mothers's Airfield premiering at Montreal World Film Festival.
Feng Yiwei Deputy General Manager Inner Mongolia Film Studio producer of Mothers's Airfield attending Montreal World Film Festival.
"On the isolated grasslands of Inner Mongolia, a shepherdess adopts an orphan from the city. Years later after the boy has left to serve in the air force, a well-intentioned white lie gives the elderly shepherdess hope of seeing her adopted son one last time."
Director: Yupeng Zhou
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...et pendant ce temps à Montréal le lancement de la 5e édition des Jardins de lumière
La 5e édition de Jardins de lumière, l’événement phare de l’automne à Montréal débutera le 2 septembre au Jardin botanique de Montréal.
Dès la tombée du jour, découvrez l’univers du Fils du Ciel, l’empereur de Chine grâce à la reproduction en lanternes des trois grands palais de la Cour extérieure de la Cité interdite de Pékin où 24 empereurs Ming et Qing se sont succédés pendant près de cinq siècles. Poursuivez la promenade au rythme du Jardin japonais où des installations lumineuses réalisées avec des tiges de bambou ponctuent le parcours de leur douce lueur. Prenez le temps d’admirer l’œuvre audiovisuelle sur la façade du Pavillon japonais inspirée du sumi-e, l'art de la peinture à l'encre, qui fait office de prélude sobre et élégant à la visite nocturne.
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Et le bal continue by Georgi Balabanov showing at FFM
SYNOPSIS
AND THE PARTY GOES ON takes an unflinching look at the various social and political masquerades that continue to take place in Bulgaria. The former Soviet satellite has joined the European Union with the American Dream deeply ingrained in its psyche. The journeys of a star news anchor, a muscular bodyguard turned representative, a former secret service agent and an anti-communist dissident collide in modern Bulgaria
An unflinching look at the various social and political masquerades that continue to take place in Bulgaria.
BIO
Georgi Balabanov graduated from the National Academy of Theatre and Film Art and began his career directing at the Pazadzhik Theatre in Sofia in the 1970s, then made a series of shorts and documentaries on Bulgarian painters. In 1990 he moved to Paris where he worked at the Théâtre du Soleil and for ARTE TV. His debut feature, THE PETROV FILE, was shown at the 2015 MWFF.
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A presentation of Olympusat Network of 70 channels looking for spanish content at FFM
Leopoldo Soto speaks with Jesus Pinango Director of TV content strategy at OLYMPUSAT, based in Florida, a platform with more than 70 Channes, broadcasted in spanish, with 20 millions audience; sponsored FFM. interested in coproduction and help awarded directors in Latinoamerican Section "Glauber Rocha Award".
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Meet Maxime Motte, "How I met my father".
Maxime´s opera prima, magnificent comedy about tlerance, migration, about human being, Wonderful story, very well told. One of the fovorites of the public in Montreal World Film Festival.
http://www.unifrance.org/film/40972/c...
VIDEO BY lEOPOLDO sOTO
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World Premiere of Everybody Happy
NIC BALTAZAR, awarded belgian filmaker. Critics agreed his film "Everybody happy" is one of the most relevant movies during 40th FFM. he has previously been awarded with G.P: of the Americas, for "BEN-X" his first feature film.
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Meet Anthony Curby from filmireland.net/
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Claude Gagnon on the importance of FFM on his career
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MAURO JOHN CAPECE on Sfashion
MAURO JOHN CAPECE, italian director, presented "SfFashion·" inspired in italian tradion and geniality of fashion design.
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Film Ministry of Love premiering at Montreal WFF
Directed by Pavo Marinković a filmmaker from Croatia MINISTRY OF LOVE will screen on 30th of August, 11:20 in Imperial Cinema.
Ministry of Love is a dramatic comedy, produced by Croatia, Czech Republic and Eurimages.
http://www.ministry-of-love.info/
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Claude Gagnon Jury Member at FFM Montreal 2016 talks about the festival, and his fellow jury members perceptions of FFM
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Kemtiyu, Sėex anta au FFM un film de Ousmane-William MBAYE
Ousmane-William MBAYE
LES FILMS MAME YANDE - AUTOPRODUCTION KEMTIYU
SÉEX ANTA - CHEIKH ANTA
UN FILM DE OUSMANE WILLIAM MBAYE
SYNOPSIS
"L'Homme Universel", "Le Contemporain Capital", "Le Géant du Savoir", "Le Dernier Pharaon"… titrent les journaux sénégalais au lendemain de sa mort, le 7 février 1986.
Trente ans plus tard, "KEMTIYU" dresse le portrait de Cheikh Anta Diop, savant précurseur, hors du commun, insatiable de sciences et de connaissances, mais aussi homme politique intègre et éclairé. Un personnage vénéré par certains, décrié par d'autres, et méconnu par le plus grand nombre.
Ce film raconte le combat d'un homme qui passera toute son existence en quête de vérité et de justice, afin de redonner à l'Afrique une conscience historique et une dignité.
RAPPEL
Né en 1923 dans un village du Sénégal profond, il se passionne très tôt pour les sciences et l'histoire de l'Afrique.
Il débarque à Paris en 1947 pour étudier la philosophie, puis la physique, la chimie, l'histoire, la linguistique, l'anthropologie. Ses professeurs sont Gaston Bachelard, Marcel Griaule et Frédéric Joliot-Curie.
En 1954, il publie "Nations Nègres et culture", un livre-culte, qui révolutionne la vision sur l'origine des civilisations, en déclarant que l'humanité est née en Afrique, que l'Egypte pharaonique était nègre et que l'histoire a été falsifiée.
Oser contredire les égyptologues et ébranler les symboles va lui couter cher toute sa vie…
Sa thèse de doctorat en poche, il rentre au Sénégal en 1960, au moment de l'indépendance, et se heurte à Léopold Sédar Senghor qui lui interdit d'enseigner à l'Université.
Soutenu par Théodore Monod, Cheikh Anta construit alors à Dakar, son propre laboratoire de datation au Carbone 14.
Il est convaincu que le développement de l'Afrique passe par l'apprentissage des sciences, la défense des langues nationales et la fédération des Etats Unis d'Afrique.
Malgré un parcours constamment parsemé d'embuches et d'adversaires, Cheikh Anta Diop le rebelle, laisse derrière lui une oeuvre colossale et féconde et quelques héritiers à travers le monde, qui revendiquent sa pensée et ses combats.
"Il est permis de se demander s’il n’est pas de ceux qui, de leur vivant, se sont installés confortablement dans l'éternité " écrivait un journaliste, déjà en 1960.
FICHE TECHNIQUE ET ARTISTIQUE
Titre : KEMTIYU, CHEIKH ANTA
Genre : Documentaire de création - Durée : 94' - Année : 2016
Format : Appleprores 4:2:2 HD 1920x1080 Stéréo – DCP – Blue Ray – DVD
Scénario Réalisation & Production : Ousmane William MBAYE
Montage & Production : Laurence ATTALI
Musique : Randy WESTON
Conseil scientifique: Cheikh Mbacké DIOP
Image : O. William MBAYE - Jean DIOUF - Amadou THIOR - Guillaume BOUTINDI
Son & Mixage : Myriam RENE - Michel TSIGALI
Etalonnage : Rémi BERGE
Archives Ina + Archives Sénégalaises + Archives privées
Avec Cheikh Anta DIOP
et dans l'ordre d'apparition, les protagonistes :
Louise Marie DIOP MAES, Moustapha DIOP, Mame Sow DIOUF, Annette Mbaye
d'ERNEVILLE, Christiane Yandé DIOP, Boubacar Boris DIOP, Dr Yoro SY, Joe OUAKAM,
Randy WESTON, Assane SECK, Maurice CAVEING, Edouard EDELMANN, Dialo DIOP,
Cheikh Mbacké DIOP, Massamba S. DIOP, Ndakhté A. MBAYE, Abdou DIOUF, Amadou
Mahtar MBOW, Théophile OBENGA, Alain FROMENT, Michel REINETTE, Charles S.
FINCH, Andrew YOUNG, Lawrence E. CARTER, Boubacar Buuba DIOP.
Avec la participation et le soutien de : FOPICA - TV5MONDE - CNC - Fonds Images de la
Diversité – PROCIREP-ANGOA - Fonds Image de la Francophonie.
PRODUCTION ET DISTRIBUTION :
AUTOPRODUCTION - LAURENCE ATTALI
8 rue de Jouy 75004 Paris
Paris +336 81 14 99 78 - +331 43 29 57 37
Dakar - +221 77 507 77 68
autoprod@club-internet.fr
LES FILMS MAME YANDE - WILLIAM MBAYE
Villa 2744 Dieuppeul 3 Dakar
Dakar +221 76 680 05 60 - +221 33 825 21 51
Paris +336 58 50 90 78
o.williammbaye@gmail.com
© LES FILMS MAME YANDÉ – AUTOPRODUCTION - 2016
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