You can approach old classics just like new films, argued participants during Locarno’s Heritage Monday panel.
“I talked to an exhibitor in Paris and they don’t consider repertory cinema to be different from contemporary cinema. They are collapsing both models into one and it’s very interesting,” said K.J. Relth-Miller of the Academy Museum.
Swiss Film Archive director Frédéric Maire noted that they also mix “fresh” films with older titles. “This idea of separating them can be useful for communication, but we try to avoid it. Yesterday, I was watching [Daniel Schmid’s 1974 film] ‘La Paloma’ [at the festival] and it felt modern and new. I don’t want to make these distinctions in terms of cultural perspective,” he said.
Such an approach can be beneficial also when it comes to raising audience’s awareness, argued Film Movement’s Erin Farrell.
“When we talk about ‘heritage films’ in the same breath as our new releases,...
“I talked to an exhibitor in Paris and they don’t consider repertory cinema to be different from contemporary cinema. They are collapsing both models into one and it’s very interesting,” said K.J. Relth-Miller of the Academy Museum.
Swiss Film Archive director Frédéric Maire noted that they also mix “fresh” films with older titles. “This idea of separating them can be useful for communication, but we try to avoid it. Yesterday, I was watching [Daniel Schmid’s 1974 film] ‘La Paloma’ [at the festival] and it felt modern and new. I don’t want to make these distinctions in terms of cultural perspective,” he said.
Such an approach can be beneficial also when it comes to raising audience’s awareness, argued Film Movement’s Erin Farrell.
“When we talk about ‘heritage films’ in the same breath as our new releases,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
It was a good day for female filmmakers – and documentaries – at Locarno Pro, with “Mother Vera” by Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson winning the Creativity Media First Look Award on Sunday at Locarno’s pix-in-post competition, dedicated this year to the U.K.
Dedicated to a young Orthodox nun, “Mother Vera” shows her turbulent past and fragile future as she faces inner conflict after 20 years as a monastic.
“From the opening moments of this film, we were immediately drawn to the strikingly photographed stark portrait of a fascinating nun in Belarus who makes a journey to France,” said jurors Ava Cahen, Gaia Furrer and Eugene Hernandez.
The award covers post production services up to the value of €50,000. Laura Shacham produces “Mother Vera” for She Makes Productions.
“About six years ago, they were working together on Alice’s photographic project documenting Christian pilgrimage sites in Eastern Europe. They saw this striking woman,...
Dedicated to a young Orthodox nun, “Mother Vera” shows her turbulent past and fragile future as she faces inner conflict after 20 years as a monastic.
“From the opening moments of this film, we were immediately drawn to the strikingly photographed stark portrait of a fascinating nun in Belarus who makes a journey to France,” said jurors Ava Cahen, Gaia Furrer and Eugene Hernandez.
The award covers post production services up to the value of €50,000. Laura Shacham produces “Mother Vera” for She Makes Productions.
“About six years ago, they were working together on Alice’s photographic project documenting Christian pilgrimage sites in Eastern Europe. They saw this striking woman,...
- 8/6/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Marking its tenth edition, the Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (Mifc) celebrated on Tuesday with a special anniversary get-together of industry specialists to take stock and discuss the key issues facing the heritage film sector.
Guests included the festival’s director, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux; MK2 CEO Nathanaël Karmitz; Sandra den Hamer, director of the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam; Frédéric Maire, director of Cinémathèque Suisse; Davide Pozzi, director of Italian restoration company L’Immagine Ritrovata; and Mifc director Juliette Rajon.
Each was given five minutes to answer three questions on themes ranging from the role of streaming platforms in the distribution of classic cinema, educating younger audiences, the international distribution and availability of heritage cinema, its economic health and legislation, technical evolutions, and accessibility and sustainability.
Conclusions identified trends – such as the growth of the heritage industry – and cruxes for its future: The role of streamers, and education.
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Guests included the festival’s director, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux; MK2 CEO Nathanaël Karmitz; Sandra den Hamer, director of the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam; Frédéric Maire, director of Cinémathèque Suisse; Davide Pozzi, director of Italian restoration company L’Immagine Ritrovata; and Mifc director Juliette Rajon.
Each was given five minutes to answer three questions on themes ranging from the role of streaming platforms in the distribution of classic cinema, educating younger audiences, the international distribution and availability of heritage cinema, its economic health and legislation, technical evolutions, and accessibility and sustainability.
Conclusions identified trends – such as the growth of the heritage industry – and cruxes for its future: The role of streamers, and education.
Asked...
- 10/19/2022
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
The Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (Mifc) in Lyon, France, is celebrating its 10th edition this year with a wide-ranging program focusing on bolstering classic film distribution, the prospects of new commercial territories, film education and a focus on Spain’s heritage film sector.
The Mifc, which runs Oct. 18-21, kicks off with a keynote by Gian Luca Farinelli, director of Italy’s Cineteca di Bologna film archive. Market organizers praise Farinelli for “allowing classic films to be found, restored, reviewed and, most often, put back on the market firstly through the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, exhibition and distribution activities within the foundation, while maintaining strong links with cinemathques from around the world.”
Farinelli’s work, the Mifc notes, “contributes to ensuring that the history of cinema is always active, alive and accessible.” Many who work in the classic film sector would second that opinion.
The Classic Film Market,...
The Mifc, which runs Oct. 18-21, kicks off with a keynote by Gian Luca Farinelli, director of Italy’s Cineteca di Bologna film archive. Market organizers praise Farinelli for “allowing classic films to be found, restored, reviewed and, most often, put back on the market firstly through the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, exhibition and distribution activities within the foundation, while maintaining strong links with cinemathques from around the world.”
Farinelli’s work, the Mifc notes, “contributes to ensuring that the history of cinema is always active, alive and accessible.” Many who work in the classic film sector would second that opinion.
The Classic Film Market,...
- 10/16/2022
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Johnson stars in David Leitch’s Bullet Train, which opened the festival.
This year’s edition of the Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13), the second one under the artistic direction of Giona Nazzaro, kicked off Wednesday evening with the presentation of the Davide Campari excellence award to the UK actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson before the screening of his latest film, David Leitch’s Bullet Train, which sees him starring opposite Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock.
In his speech, the 32-year-old Kick-Ass, Anna Karenina and Nocturnal Animals star said that he was “incredibly grateful for this opportunity and the acknowledgment of what...
This year’s edition of the Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13), the second one under the artistic direction of Giona Nazzaro, kicked off Wednesday evening with the presentation of the Davide Campari excellence award to the UK actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson before the screening of his latest film, David Leitch’s Bullet Train, which sees him starring opposite Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock.
In his speech, the 32-year-old Kick-Ass, Anna Karenina and Nocturnal Animals star said that he was “incredibly grateful for this opportunity and the acknowledgment of what...
- 8/4/2022
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Swiss national film archive Cinémathèque Suisse is finishing up a new restoration of Hans Trommer and Valerien Schmidely’s 1941 romantic drama “Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe” (“Romeo and Julia in the Village”), considered one of Switzerland’s best films of all time.
It is one of a number of recent restorations carried out or made possible by the film archive, which recently opened its impressive new Research and Archive Center in Penthaz, equipped with a film digitization lab and a vast storage facility.
“Romeo and Julia in the Village” is particularly significant for the Cinémathèque Suisse. “It was totally unsuccessful when first released, but it is considered one of the best, if not the best Swiss film,” says Cinémathèque Suisse director Frédéric Maire. “We wanted to restore it for a long time but it was very difficult to find all the necessary elements because the original negative was recut...
It is one of a number of recent restorations carried out or made possible by the film archive, which recently opened its impressive new Research and Archive Center in Penthaz, equipped with a film digitization lab and a vast storage facility.
“Romeo and Julia in the Village” is particularly significant for the Cinémathèque Suisse. “It was totally unsuccessful when first released, but it is considered one of the best, if not the best Swiss film,” says Cinémathèque Suisse director Frédéric Maire. “We wanted to restore it for a long time but it was very difficult to find all the necessary elements because the original negative was recut...
- 10/16/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
The Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (Mifc) in Lyon, France, bows Tuesday, again bringing together distributors, exhibitors, streamers, TV programmers, film restorers and festival reps for one of the world’s leading heritage cinema events.
This year’s market looks set for a much more upbeat atmosphere compared to the 2020 edition, which took place right before the pandemic’s second wave that led to months-long cinema closures.
“It’s more about getting back on track,” says Mifc programming coordinator Gérald Duchaussoy. “The impression that we have when we talk to the distributors and rights owners is that they are very motivated to make it happen, to make it move once again. I’m not saying it’s easy, but frankly we feel a lot of very positive energy when we talk to them.”
It’s a very different vibe compared to last year, when the market took place under very difficult conditions,...
This year’s market looks set for a much more upbeat atmosphere compared to the 2020 edition, which took place right before the pandemic’s second wave that led to months-long cinema closures.
“It’s more about getting back on track,” says Mifc programming coordinator Gérald Duchaussoy. “The impression that we have when we talk to the distributors and rights owners is that they are very motivated to make it happen, to make it move once again. I’m not saying it’s easy, but frankly we feel a lot of very positive energy when we talk to them.”
It’s a very different vibe compared to last year, when the market took place under very difficult conditions,...
- 10/8/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
A force on Europe’s film archive scene, the Cinémathèque Suisse is near to finishing a restoration of “The Written Face,” regarded as one of the best films by one of Switzerland’s most prominent filmmakers, Daniel Schmid.
News of the reissue comes as heritage becomes an ever more familiar part of the major festival landscape – as a promotion agency, the Cinémathèque Suisse is at Locarno with six titles, far more than any sales agent.
Switzerland, moreover, has been chosen as the Guest Country of the Lumière Festival’s 9th International Classic Film Market, running Oct.12-15; and, post Covid-19, audiences are warming to heritage fare, says Frédéric Maire, director of the Cinémathèque Suisse and president of the International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf).
A close friend of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who starred in his 1976 Cannes competition entry “Shadow of Angels,” Schmid was known for his tales of romantic obsession and scathing satires,...
News of the reissue comes as heritage becomes an ever more familiar part of the major festival landscape – as a promotion agency, the Cinémathèque Suisse is at Locarno with six titles, far more than any sales agent.
Switzerland, moreover, has been chosen as the Guest Country of the Lumière Festival’s 9th International Classic Film Market, running Oct.12-15; and, post Covid-19, audiences are warming to heritage fare, says Frédéric Maire, director of the Cinémathèque Suisse and president of the International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf).
A close friend of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who starred in his 1976 Cannes competition entry “Shadow of Angels,” Schmid was known for his tales of romantic obsession and scathing satires,...
- 8/12/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Restoring, archiving and screening are the three pillars of film archives and cinematheques. During the pandemic, they have somehow had to stay standing with one of those pillars crumbling to the ground.
“Archives have had a missing arm,” as Frédéric Bonnaud, head of the Cinémathèque Française puts it.
Bonnaud was among a number of experts who gathered for a Locarno Film Festival panel discussion on the future of heritage cinema online, and the challenges posed to exhibition by Covid-19.
With their three precious screening rooms closed, the Cinémathèque Française rushed to create an online platform to continue showing some of their cinematic treasures to audiences.
The resulting platform was Henri (named after the organization’s founder Henri Langlois), which launched last June with a selection of films the Cinémathèque restored and had the rights to. To this day, the platform is still free, partly because charging a fee would be against the organization’s principles,...
“Archives have had a missing arm,” as Frédéric Bonnaud, head of the Cinémathèque Française puts it.
Bonnaud was among a number of experts who gathered for a Locarno Film Festival panel discussion on the future of heritage cinema online, and the challenges posed to exhibition by Covid-19.
With their three precious screening rooms closed, the Cinémathèque Française rushed to create an online platform to continue showing some of their cinematic treasures to audiences.
The resulting platform was Henri (named after the organization’s founder Henri Langlois), which launched last June with a selection of films the Cinémathèque restored and had the rights to. To this day, the platform is still free, partly because charging a fee would be against the organization’s principles,...
- 8/11/2021
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan will be the 2021 recipient of the annual award presented by the International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf).
The Fiaf Award was introduced in 2001, when it was presented to Martin Scorsese for his film archival efforts. It has since recognized personalities from outside the archival scene who have worked to advocate the cause of film preservation.
Past winners include Ingmar Bergman (2003), Mike Leigh (2005), Hou Hsiao-hsien (2006), Peter Bogdanovich (2007), Rithy Panh (2009), Agnès Varda (2013), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2016), Christopher Nolan (2017), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2018), Jean-Luc Godard (2019), and Walter Salles (2020).
The award will be conferred upon Bachchan in a virtual ceremony on March 19 by Scorsese and Nolan. Bachchan was nominated by the Fiaf-affiliate Film Heritage Foundation, a Indian film archival organization founded by filmmaker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur (“CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel”).
“Fiaf has very been active in India and South Asia, thanks to its close collaboration with Film Heritage Foundation,...
The Fiaf Award was introduced in 2001, when it was presented to Martin Scorsese for his film archival efforts. It has since recognized personalities from outside the archival scene who have worked to advocate the cause of film preservation.
Past winners include Ingmar Bergman (2003), Mike Leigh (2005), Hou Hsiao-hsien (2006), Peter Bogdanovich (2007), Rithy Panh (2009), Agnès Varda (2013), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2016), Christopher Nolan (2017), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2018), Jean-Luc Godard (2019), and Walter Salles (2020).
The award will be conferred upon Bachchan in a virtual ceremony on March 19 by Scorsese and Nolan. Bachchan was nominated by the Fiaf-affiliate Film Heritage Foundation, a Indian film archival organization founded by filmmaker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur (“CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel”).
“Fiaf has very been active in India and South Asia, thanks to its close collaboration with Film Heritage Foundation,...
- 3/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
His appointment follows the sudden departure of previous artistic director Lili Hinstin in September.
Giona A. Nazzaro has been named as Locarno Film Festival’s new artistic director.
He will take up his post officially from January 1, 2021, but will start working immediately alongside Nadia Dresti, who was appointed as the interim head of artistic direction in September and will remain in place until the end of December 2020.
Dresti will also continue to oversee the festival’s industry-focused Locarno Pro programme while the festival looks for a replacement for Valentina Merli, who left after just one edition at the helm to...
Giona A. Nazzaro has been named as Locarno Film Festival’s new artistic director.
He will take up his post officially from January 1, 2021, but will start working immediately alongside Nadia Dresti, who was appointed as the interim head of artistic direction in September and will remain in place until the end of December 2020.
Dresti will also continue to oversee the festival’s industry-focused Locarno Pro programme while the festival looks for a replacement for Valentina Merli, who left after just one edition at the helm to...
- 11/5/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
BorderlineThe Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland finds itself refreshed in its 72nd edition, with a new artistic director, Lili Hinstin, in place with a new film programming team. Why does this matter? If you’ve ever been excited to hear the announcement of the lineup at Sundance, or Cannes, or your local festival; if you’ve seen something marvelous or horrid at this festival or that, it’s because the programmers chose it. Large events like these have millions of moving pieces and sometimes no personal presence, and it’s sometimes easy to forget—or even not realize—that behind the scenes choices are being made that shape your experience. And it’s good to refresh those choices, for institutional inertia can easily settle on such organizations. Locarno’s previous director, Carlo Chatrian, ran it for six years and was hardly curating a calcified event—he has left, along with many of his programmers,...
- 8/10/2019
- MUBI
Legendary filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard made an extremely rare personal appearance to accept the 2019 Fiaf Award in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 11. The award was presented by the International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf) at the Cinémathèque Suisse, which has provided IndieWire with exclusive video of the occasion below. Frédéric Maire, President of Fiaf and director of the Cinémathèque Suisse, was on hand to present the award to the filmmaker. “I’m unsettled and emotional, and I think you are, too,” he said in his introductory remarks.
Godard sat down with Maire to discuss his latest film, “The Image Book,” a kaleidoscopic meditation on the nature of cinema built around film clips, literary texts, and classical music. The film received a Special Palme d’Or at Cannes prior to its release last fall.
“To tell that history, both in images and in words, for cinema to speak for itself. My last film,...
Godard sat down with Maire to discuss his latest film, “The Image Book,” a kaleidoscopic meditation on the nature of cinema built around film clips, literary texts, and classical music. The film received a Special Palme d’Or at Cannes prior to its release last fall.
“To tell that history, both in images and in words, for cinema to speak for itself. My last film,...
- 4/16/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Frederic Boyer replaces Olivier Pere at Directors' Fortnight which is run by Societe des Realisateurs de Films (SRF). Olivier Pere is leaving to head up the Locarno Film Festival where as announced last September he will replace Frederic Maire on September 1, 2009. Pere began at the Fortnight in 2004 after two artistic directors, Francois Da Silva and Marie-Pierre Macia, left within a year of one another. Boyer who has been a member of the selection committee of the Fortnight since Pere’s arrival in 2004 will begin his new job in November to prepare the 2010 edition.
- 5/2/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
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