Rebels on celluloid
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Cork is gearing up for a week of premieres and parties as Ireland's longest-running film festival marks it's 53rd year with a bumper line-up, writes
Luc Dardenne
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'Class' wins Film by the Sea
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Film News: Dardennes take lifetime achievement award -- French Oscar hopeful "Entre les murs" (The Class) has taken top prize at the Film by the Sea festival in Vlissingen, Holland.
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The 52nd Times/BFI London Film Festival
O B L I Q U I T Y (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
The program (programme) for the The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival was announced yesterday, September 10th, by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron. This year’s festival includes a record number of international and world premieres–with a total of 189 feature-length films and 108 shorts from 43 countries. The Opening Night Gala film, Ron [...]
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First Batch of Toronto Film Festival Films Announced
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
As much as I love the Sundance Film Festival, it does only come once a year. As a perfect compliment to that fest, the Toronto International Film Festival takes place every September and is just as fun and exciting of a festival. This marks their 32nd year and promises to be one of the best [...]
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Cannes Prizewinner 'The Class' Taken by Sony Classics
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 14/06/2008
Filed under: Drama , Foreign Language , Independent , Cannes , Sony Classics , Distribution , Cinematical Indie Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has added an educational element to their Cannes booty. Previously they picked up Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's drama Lorna's Silence , Norwegian director Bent Hamer's comedy/drama O'Horten , and animated Israeli doc Waltz with Bashir . (Eric Kohn explained...
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Cannes Hell Wrap-Up: What Does 'Variety' Have Against 'Che,' Anyway? [Cannes Film Festival]
Defamer (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
The Cannes Film Festival wound down Sunday pretty much where we left it Friday: Lindsay Lohan still digs girls, distributors mostly kept their checkbooks closed with one or two exceptions, and Sean...
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Cannes 2008 Winners
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
As we already wrote “Entre les Murs” (”The Class“) directed by Laurent Cantet won the Golden Palm (Palme d'Or) at 2008 Cannes Film festival.Other winners included Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, two-time Palme d'Or recipients, who took the screenplay award for “The Silence of Lorna.” Sandra Corveloni, who played a working-class mother in São Paulo in Walter [...]
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Cannes Film Festival - Surprise Winner At Cannes Film Festival
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
Director Laurence Cantet's Entre les Murs (The Class), a film about a year in the life of suburban Parisian students, was the surprise winner of the Palme d'Or at the ...
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The Class' Takes Top Prize At Cannes
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
Director Laurent Cantet's film -- based on French writer Francois Begaudeau's experiences as a middle school teacher, was the first French film to take the......
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Winners at the 61st Cannes Film Festival
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
Awards given Sunday at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, selected by a nine-member jury headed by actor-director Sean Penn: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): “The Class,” Laurent Cantet (France). Grand Prize: “Gomorrah,” Matteo Garrone (Italy). Jury Prize: “Il Divo,” Paolo Sorrentino (Italy). Special 61st Anniversary Prizes: Catherine Deneuve (France) and Clint Eastwood (United States). Best Director: “Three...
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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED LIST
Binside TV (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
Awards given Sunday at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, selected by a nine-member jury headed by actor-director Sean Penn: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): "The Class," Laurent Cantet (France). Grand Prize:...
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Cannes Film Festival Award Winners 2008
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
Wrapping up our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival this year is the announcement of the big winners. This year's jury was lead by Sean Penn and also included actress Natalie Portman and director Alfonso Cuarón. Neither Steven Soderbergh's Che nor Clint Eastwood's Changeling managed to get any top nods, but each did win a [...]
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SIDEBAR: 2008 Cannes Film Festival awards
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
Cannes, France - Prizes awarded Sunday at the conclusion of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for best film: The Class (Entre Les Murs) directed by Laurent Cantet (France)...
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61st Cannes Film Festival: The Winners List
Portable Planet (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
The 61st Cannes Film Festival has come to a close and the jury, headed by Sean Penn, has announced their decisions. The much-coveted Palme d'Or went to the French film The Class, directed by Laurent Cantet. It was the first time France has won the biggest prize since Maurice Pialat's Under the Sun of Satan won in 1987. The [...]
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French film wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
The French film "Entre les murs" (The Class), a tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won the top prize Sunday at the Cannes film festival.
