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9 articles available in total starting from 18/05/2006. Last article published on 12/01/2015.

Farewell to Francesco Rosi, the maestro of civic engagement

Farewell to Francesco Rosi, the maestro of civic engagement

Funeral today in Rome of the director passed away on Saturday at 92 years of age. "He was one of the best directors in the world, not just in Italy", recalled Paolo Sorrentino  

12/01/2015 | Personalities | Italy

Actress Susanne Lothar passes away at 51

Five years after the death of her husband, actor Ulrich Mühe, Haneke’s muse leaves us  

27/07/2012 | Personalities | Germany

The great Claude Berri dies

French director-producer Claude Berri (né Claude Langmann) died in Paris on Monday, January 12 at the age of 74. The death of this pillar of the French film industry has prompted many reactions....  

13/01/2009 | Personalities | France

Nanni Moretti parts company with Turin Film Festival

Nanni Moretti has stepped down as Artistic Director of the Turin Film Festival to get back behind the camera and shoot the film whose script he is said to be writing already. "I am pleased to be...  

08/12/2008 | Personalities | Italy

Belgian francophone cinema mourns death of Henri Ingberg

Henri Ingberg, the General Secretary of the Communauté Française de Belgique, passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 62, following a long illness. An actor in his early years and a doctor of...  

15/10/2007 | Personalities | Belgium

Carlo Ponti dies, taking with him a part of film history

Italian producer Carlo Ponti passed away last night at the age of 94 in a hospital in Geneva, where he had been admitted ten days earlier for pulmonary complications. Married to Sofia Loren since...  

10/01/2007 | Personalities | Italy

Gillo Pontecorvo dies

Director Gillo Pontecorvo died yesterday evening in Rome. He was one of Italy’s most renowned filmmakers, a winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for The Battle of Algiers and a...  

13/10/2006 | Personalities | Italy

Danièle Huillet dies at 70

Daniéle Huillet, the life and artistic companion of Jean-Marie Straub, died in France at the age of 70. The two directors were very tied to Italy and had been living in a working class...  

11/10/2006 | Personalities | France

Loach: "Ireland like Iraq"

Before heading to the Croisette, Ken Loach passed through Rome to present a new collection of his DVDs, distributed by daily newspaper Liberazione. Said Loach: "Being at Cannes is good, but it’s...  

18/05/2006 | Cannes 2006 | Personalities

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