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Cannes 2023 :: Killers of the Flower Moon :: Martin Scorsese’s Bitterest Crime Epic Martin Scorsese triumphs yet again. A story about greed, corruption, and the mottled soul of a country that was born from the belief that it belonged to anyone callous enough to take it.. |
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Berlinale 2023 :: Full Winners List This year’s jury, headed by Kristen Stewart, gave
the Golden Bear award to the French documentary “On the Adamant..” The Silver Bear for
Best Lead Performance notably went to child star Sofia Otero for “20,000 Species of Bees.”
Philippe Garrel's “The Plough” was.. |
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BAFTA 2023 :: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Dominates BAFTA Awards With Seven Wins “All Quiet on the Western Front” dominated the BAFTA Awards in London on
Sunday night with a record-breaking seven wins for a film not in the English languag,
including for Best Director.. |
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Berlinale 2023 :: Golshifteh Farahani :: Talks Role Of
Art In Iran “In A Dictatorship Like
Iran, Art Is Essential, It’s Like Oxygen.” Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who is at the
Berlin Film Festival as a member of Kristen Stewart’s jury, has talked passionately about the
importance of art.. |
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SIFF 2023 :: Shirin Ebadi :: Until We Are Free
This is the amazing, at times harrowing,
simply astonishing story of a woman who would never give up, no matter the risks. The first
Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around
the globe.. |
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IFFR 2023 Awards :: 'Le spectre de Boko Haram' and
'Endless Borders' are the victors Cyrielle Raingou’s documentary took home the Tiger Award, whilst Abbas
Amini’s feature won the VPRO Big Screen Award, as the Dutch gathering celebrated its in-
person comeback.. |
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Winners of the 2022 ‘Sepanta Awards’ :: 15th Annual
Iranian Film Festival This year, the
festival presented 50 films from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
music video.. |
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Opinion :: Will Venice Protests Help or Hurt filmmakers
in Iran? As the Venice Film Festival
celebrates Iranian cinema — with four Iranian films screening at the 79th Biennale — back
home in Tehran, Iranian filmmakers and artists are facing the harshest crackdown in
decades.. |
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Biennale Cinema 2022 :: Awards Ceremony
Official Awards of the 79th Venice Film Festival.
Announced by the five international Juries, chaired by Julianne Moore, during the Awards
Ceremony that was held on Saturday 10th September at 7:00 pm..
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Coming: 15th Annual Iranian Film Festival! : San
Francisco: Sep. 17-18 This year, the
festival presents 50 films from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
music video. We are happy and proud to.. |
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Wenders, Wim |
Date of birth
14 August 1945, Düsseldorf, Germany
Director | Producer | Writer
Wim Wenders (August 14th, 1945, Düsseldorf, Germany )
One of the most important directors on the international scene, Wenders first came to prominence with films that focused on postwar Germany and the Americanization of its culture; the rootlessness of his characters also addresses some deeper, philosophical concerns. This was certainly true of his first, critically praised feature, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1971), which he followed with an adaptation of The Scarlet Letter (1972). His three "road movies" of the 1970s (Wenders' own production company is called Road Movies), Alice in the Cities (1974), Wrong Move (1975), and the mammoth Kings of the Road (1976), deal with these issues and also convey Wenders' deep love of cinema and rock and roll. The American Friend (1977) featured American actor Dennis Hopper along with appearances by Wenders' directorial heroes Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller. “Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making. ”When Wenders finally came to the country that had intrigued him so much, things didn't go at all smoothly; his film Hammett begun in 1978, was considerably altered after many conflicts with his producer, Francis Ford Coppola. It was finally released in 1983. (He drew on that harrowing experience for his 1982 movie The State of Things which offered a bleak look at filmmaking.) Wenders also collaborated with Ray on a choppy film depicting Ray's final battle with cancer, Lightning Over Water (1980). Wenders won worldwide acclaim for 1984's Paris, Texas the story of a drifter making peace with his turbulent past, including a son he's never known; the film earned the Palme D'Or at Cannes. Wenders then returned to Germany to direct Wings of Desire (1988), a fable of angels hovering over Berlin; one of them falls in love with a circus acrobat and forsakes his immortal status, taking corporeal form to join her on Earth. A brilliant film that combines the fantastic appeal of Powell and Pressburger's Stairway to Heaven with a poetic, contemporary sensibility, Wings was roundly praised and earned Wenders a Best Director award at Cannes. Wenders worked on a couple of documentary projects before beginning his most ambitious production, 1991's Until the End of the World a science-fiction drama shot in more than five countries and featuring an international cast led by William Hurt. In 1993 he surprised admirers by making a sequel to Wings of Desire called Faraway, So Close! with key original cast members reprising their roles. Wenders has also made unconventional documentaries over the years, including the visual diary Tokyo-Ga (1985), a tribute to filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, and Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989), ostensibly a profile of Yohji Yamamoto. He directed a music video for U2 called "Night and Day." -- Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia
Selected filmography of
Wenders, Wim
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Anselm | Das Rauschen der Zeit (2023)
2023
Perfect Days (2023)
2018
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
2014
The Salt of the Earth | Le sel de la terre (2014)
2011
Pina | Ein Tanzfilm in 3D (2011)
1987
Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin (1988)
1984
Paris, Texas (1984)
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