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International director Jean-Jacques Annaud leads French delegation at DIFF --
Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:09
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Academy Award Winner and internationally renowned French filmmaker, Jean-Jacques Annaud will attend the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) 2015 edition to present his new film, Wolf Totem, screened for the first time in South Africa and to be released in cinemas nationwide after DIFF by Videovision Entertainment. The director of Seven Years in Tibet, Quest for Fire, The Name of the Rose and The Bear has worked with many stars like Brad Pitt, Sean Connery and Jude Law.
Jean-Jacques Annaud will premiere his new film in South Africa at DIFF as part of an exceptional line-up of French films and guests present at the festival this year, including Boris Lojkine (Hope) as part of Cannes Critics Week and female director Euzhan Palcy. Her film, White Dry Season (1989), adapted from the novel by South African writer Andr Brink will be screened on the occasion of Mandela Day (18 July).
For the first time, two prestigious Cannes Film Festival sections will be represented in Durban, the Critics Week and the Directors Fortnight, together with a delegation of Reunion Island and experts from Produire au Sud- 3 Continents Festival taking part in the Durban FilmMart industry programme for the third consecutive year.
1. Jean-Jacques Annaud
The beautiful adaptation of the Chinese best-seller by Jiang Rong, Wolf Totem, will be screened on 20 and 21 July at 20h00 at Supernova Cinema (Suncoast) in the presence of the director.
The French Institute of South Africa is proud to have made it possible for Jean-Jacques Annaud to attend the DIFF, together with UniFrance and Videovision, as part of its efforts to strengthen the links between France and South Africa in the film industry , says Fr d ric Chambon, film and media regional attach at the French Embassy in South Africa.
2. Euzhan Palcy
Two films from female director Euzhan Palcy will be showcased in Durban, Sugarcane Alley (1983) and Dry White Season (1989).
Euzhan Palcy is a film director from Martinique, a French Caribbean Island. She is known for being the first black woman director to have her film produced by a major Hollywood studio (MGM) in the 80 s.
Her film Dry White Season (1989) depicts the reality of Apartheid, focusing on the social movements of South Africa and the Soweto riots. The film, starring Marlon Brando, will be screened on the occasion of Mandela Day on 18 July, at 20h00.
Screening schedule:
White Dry Season: 18 July, 20h00, Suncoast 6
Sugarcane Alley: 20 July, 20h00, Suncoast 1
3. Cannes Film Festival at DIFF
For the first time in Durban, two prestigious Cannes Film Festival sections, the Critics Week and the Directors Fortnight, will be represented at the festival.
3.1.) Semaine de la critique (Critics Week)
Urucu Media, with the support of IFAS, launch a traveling programme of La Semaine de la critique (Critics Week) as part of DIFF.
Since its inception in 1961, the annual Cannes La Semaine de la Critique (Critic s Week) is dedicated to the work of first and second time feature of emerging filmmakers. The South African edition of Critics Week will host a dynamic selection of 5 critically acclaimed films, including 3 French long features.
The opening film is Hope by French director Boris Lojkine, who will be in attendance at DIFF and will present a masterclass entitled Bringing Reality to Fiction Film on Monday, 20 July, from 10h00 to 12h00.
Additional screenings will be scheduled in Johannesburg (Rosebank Cinema Nouveau) and Cape Town (Waterfront) from 31 July to 2 August.
Critics Week screening schedule:
Hope by Boris Lojkine (France) Tue 21 July at 20h00 at Suncoast
Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza (Italy/France) Wed 22 July at 17h30 at Suncoast
Suzanne by Katell Quill v r (France) Thu 23 July at 22h00 at Suncoast
The Kindergarten Teacher by Nadav Lapid (Israel) Fri 24 July at 17h30 at Suncoast
You and the Night by Yann Gonzalez (France) Sat 25 July at 17h00 at Suncoast
3.2.) Directors Fortnight: Cannes South African Film Factory
The Cannes South African Film Factory - launched this May in Cannes - is coming to Durban where the four South African directors will be selected and announced on 15 July. Both international and South African directors will then take part in workshops from 22 to 25 July.
The Factory, initiated by producer Dominique Welinski in cooperation with Directors Fortnight, aims to supporting emerging new talents on the international scene, allowing young international directors to meet and create together.
This year, the Cannes SA Film Factory, organised by the South African Production company Zidaka, will provide an opportunity for four South African directors and four international directors to collectively produce four short films that will be showcased next year in Cannes.
The Factory enjoys exploring new territories of cinema... The South African cinema scene, which, in recent years, has often surprised us in major festivals, remains, however, little known in our hemisphere. Four short films that will be soon directed by South African and international young filmmakers will enable the public of the Directors Fortnight in Cannes to discover the unsuspected realities of South Africa. Vive the SA Factory! says Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of Directors Fortnight section.
Partners of the Cannes SA Film Factory:
South African Production company Zidaka, French Production Company DW, the KwaZulu Natal Film Commission (KZNFC), the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), the Directors Fortnight, AFDA Film School, Media Film Service, Durban Film Festival (DIFF), Cote Ouest Audiovisual, Sound Surfers and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS).
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