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Bénédicte Prot


1633 articles available in total starting from 16/03/2005. Last article published on 15/07/2019.

When Los olvidados meet Jacques Demy

Faouzi Bensaïdi, director of Venice Days title WWW, What a Wonderful World, has made quite an impression on the film pundits present at the Venice Film Festival, not only for being a "total...  

05/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Venice days

A Breeze of Change

As a Shadow by Marina Spada is the portrait of a 30 year-old single woman, Claudia, in the superbly photographed concrete jungle that is Milan. As a typical member of consumer society (that is, of...  

04/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Venice Days

Midlife stasis

Jesper Ganslandt’s Falkenberg Farewell, a Swedish production by Memfis Film also selected for Toronto, which one of the actors says has a veracity rate of about 42%, remarkably matches form and...  

02/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Venice Days

Khadak: Everything is illuminated

Selected for the Toronto Film Festival as well, Khadak, by Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens has just had its world premiere in Venice Days. The Belgian film is competing for the festival's...  

02/09/2006 | Venice 2006 | Venice Days

Lady Di, the final hours

Christoph Schlingensief, the enfant terrible of the German cultural scene and jack-of-all-trades filmmaker (having flirted with all professions on a film set, from writing and photography to...  

30/08/2006 | Production | Germany

Senator helps Saul look for Fred

The distribution arm of Senator will handle the upcoming, November 16 release of the new film by Anno Saul (Kebab Connection), Wo ist Fred! (lit. "Where is Fred?"), starring Til Schweiger. The...  

29/08/2006 | Distribution | Germany

Schlöndorff and von Trotta to get preview screenings at Toronto

German cinema is expected to take the 31st Toronto International Film Festival (September 7-16) by storm, with no less than 28 special screenings and titles presented, all top-class...  

25/08/2006 | Festivals | Germany

Metropolis, the suburban version

Austrian scriptwriter-director Christian Frosch has been shooting in the Viennese suburb of Alt-Erlaa for over a week. His new film, Yoon, tells the story of a young woman prisoner in the autarkic...  

24/08/2006 | Production | Austria

German titles sets their sights on Canada

The 30th Montreal World Film Festival, which kicks off tomorrow and continues until September 4, will present no less than 21 German (co-)productions, including competition title Warchild. The...  

23/08/2006 | Festivals | Germany

Weingartner goes against the flow

After The Edukators (2004), a tale of three young rebels that won him several awards, Austrian director Hans Weingartner returns behind the camera for Free Rainer, which has kicked off shooting,...  

22/08/2006 | Production | Germany/Austria

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