David Thion, the French producer of Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winning “Anatomy of a Fall,” is reteaming with Guillaume Senez for “Une part manquante,” a Tokyo-set drama which Be For Films is representing in international markets.
“Une part manquante” will also reunite Senez with popular French actor Romain Duris, who starred in his 2018 film “Our Struggles” and earned a Cesar nomination for it. Brussels-based Be For Films had sold Senez’s feature debut “Keeper” and “Our Struggles” in most major territories and presented at a flurry of international festivals.
Duris will play Jay, who hasn’t seen his daughter for nine years since getting separated from his Japanese wife. As a foreigner residing in Japan, Jay was denied custody of his daughter. Hoping to find her somewhere in the city, he abandons his career as a renown chef and becomes a taxi driver. After all these years searching in vain,...
“Une part manquante” will also reunite Senez with popular French actor Romain Duris, who starred in his 2018 film “Our Struggles” and earned a Cesar nomination for it. Brussels-based Be For Films had sold Senez’s feature debut “Keeper” and “Our Struggles” in most major territories and presented at a flurry of international festivals.
Duris will play Jay, who hasn’t seen his daughter for nine years since getting separated from his Japanese wife. As a foreigner residing in Japan, Jay was denied custody of his daughter. Hoping to find her somewhere in the city, he abandons his career as a renown chef and becomes a taxi driver. After all these years searching in vain,...
- 5/30/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 46 projects include 25 feature and documentary works.
The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.
Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day event will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.
Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...
The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.
Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day event will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.
Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The 46 projects include 25 feature and documentary works.
The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.
Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day even will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.
Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...
The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.
Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day even will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.
The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.
Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Parallel Venice section also planning out-of-festival activities to build new audiences for independent cinema.
Venice Days will launch a new €20,000 ($27,000) prize at its 11th edition which is due to unfold on the Venetian Lido Aug 27-Sept 6.
“Venice Days celebrated its 10th birthday in 2013. We’ve always held that our selection is our best calling card but as we enter a second decade we want to renew and refresh what we do,” Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti told Screen.
Up until now Venice Days, which runs parallel to the Venice Film Festival, has been non-competitive.
Prizes for films in the selection have been meted out independently by the Europa Cinemas Label and the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (Fedora).
Last year, Israeli espionage drama Bethlehem won the Fedora best film prize and French Jean Denizot’s child custody battle drama La Belle Vie clinched the Europa Cinemas award.
Gosetti said Venice...
Venice Days will launch a new €20,000 ($27,000) prize at its 11th edition which is due to unfold on the Venetian Lido Aug 27-Sept 6.
“Venice Days celebrated its 10th birthday in 2013. We’ve always held that our selection is our best calling card but as we enter a second decade we want to renew and refresh what we do,” Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti told Screen.
Up until now Venice Days, which runs parallel to the Venice Film Festival, has been non-competitive.
Prizes for films in the selection have been meted out independently by the Europa Cinemas Label and the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (Fedora).
Last year, Israeli espionage drama Bethlehem won the Fedora best film prize and French Jean Denizot’s child custody battle drama La Belle Vie clinched the Europa Cinemas award.
Gosetti said Venice...
- 2/10/2014
- ScreenDaily
A jury of four exhibitors announced today that "La Belle Vie," the feature debut of French director Jean Denizot, is the the winner of the Venice Film Festival's Europa Cinemas Label, as part of the festival's Venice Days section. The cast includes Zacharie Chasseriaud, Jules Pelissier, SolEne Rigot, Nicolas Bouchaud, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey and Maya Sansa. Here's the synopsis: Sylvain and Pierre have been running from the law ever since a custody battle with their mother, won by the latter, pushed their father Yves into hiding ten years ago. But now that they're older, the two brothers are road-weary and eager to take advantage of the perks of young adulthood. When the authorities discover their whereabouts, they are forced to move yet again and Pierre, the elder, disappears. Alone with his father on an island in the Loire River, Sylvain meets Gilda: his first girl, his first crush, and the first...
- 9/6/2013
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
La Belle Vie gets special mention and wins Europa Cinemas Label.
Espionage drama Bethlehem, from Israel’s Yuval Adler, has picked up the top prize in the Venice Days section of the 70th Venice Film Festival.
The winner was announced by the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (Fedora).
It also selected Milko Lazarov as best young director for his Bulgarian film Alienation, while a special metntion was given to Jean Denizot’s La Belle Vie.
Europa winner
Denizot’s French film, about a father who has brought up his sons in hiding after losing a custody battle, also won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film in Venice Days.
La Belle Vie was chosen by a jury of four exhibitors from the network, which described it as “a highly poetic and moving version of an extraordinary true story”.
In receiving the Label, La Belle Vie will benefit from promotional support from Europa...
Espionage drama Bethlehem, from Israel’s Yuval Adler, has picked up the top prize in the Venice Days section of the 70th Venice Film Festival.
The winner was announced by the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (Fedora).
It also selected Milko Lazarov as best young director for his Bulgarian film Alienation, while a special metntion was given to Jean Denizot’s La Belle Vie.
Europa winner
Denizot’s French film, about a father who has brought up his sons in hiding after losing a custody battle, also won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film in Venice Days.
La Belle Vie was chosen by a jury of four exhibitors from the network, which described it as “a highly poetic and moving version of an extraordinary true story”.
In receiving the Label, La Belle Vie will benefit from promotional support from Europa...
- 9/6/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A fictionalized account of a real-life French case in which a father kidnapped his two sons after losing a custody battle and raised them in hiding for a decade, La Belle Vie (The Good Life) is a coming-of-age drama that calls to mind Sidney Lumet’s Running on Empty without the politics. Unfortunately, Jean Denizot’s handsome, well-acted first feature is also low on dramatic juice and character shading, meaning it’s absorbing enough but never acquires much emotional heft. Shot in scenic rural locations in the Pyrenees and the Loire Valley, the film drops in on the self-
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- 8/30/2013
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jean Denizot‘s feature debut La Belle Vie will have it’s world premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival, which runs from 28 August 28th to 7 September 7th. Today, we’re here to share the first image and to give you the most important details from the film which is based on a true story that shocked France. We definitely recommend you to take a look. Denizot directed this real-life drama from a script he co-wrote with Frédérique Moreau and Catherine Paillé, which revolves around two brothers and their father who spent ten years on the run, hiding along France’s autoroutes. Ten years before, when their...
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- 8/23/2013
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
The tenth edition of Venice Days has announced its lineup of 12 films in the official selection, three special events, two shorts in Women’s Tales and two special screenings (pre-opening and closing night).
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about an Israeli secret service officer and a Palestinian informant.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about an Israeli secret service officer and a Palestinian informant.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
- 7/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The tenth edition of Venice Days has announced its lineup of 12 films in the official selection, three special events, two shorts in Women’s Tales and two special screenings (pre-opening and closing night).
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about brothers in the West Bank.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about brothers in the West Bank.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
- 7/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The tenth edition of Venice Days has announced its lineup of 12 films in the official selection, three special events, two shorts in Women’s Tales and two special screenings (pre-opening and closing night).
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about brothers in the West Bank.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
Venice Days is presided over by Roberto Barzanti and directed by Giorgio Gosetti.
Official Selection
Alienation by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria), world premiere, first film
A dialogue-light contemporary fairytale about a lost generation, seen through a middle aged man crossing the border between Greece and Bulgaria, collecting a child for illegal adoption.
La Belle Vie by Jean Denizot (France) world premiere, first film
Based on the true story of a French father who takes his two sons on the run.
Bethlehem by Yuval Adler (Israel) world premiere, first film
A political thriller about brothers in the West Bank.
Gerontophilia by Bruce Labruce (Canada) world premiere
A modern romantic comedy about an 18 year old who bonds with an 82 year old.
Kill Your Darlings by [link...
- 7/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Moments before the Toronto Int. Film Festival makes their first wave announcement of 70 plus titles, Venice Days (which several in the industry equate to Venice’s answer to Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight) have announced their line-up of twelve competing films with a slew of special screenings. Among the familiar items we find a pair from Sundance in John Krokidas’ Kill Your Darlings and Cherien Dabis’ May In The Summer seemingly receiving their international premieres. The North American strong section also includes the world preems in Bruce Labruce’s Montreal-shot (see pic above) Gerontophilia, Sean Gullette’s (expanded short into feature length film) Traitors, and the India-Canadian co-production of Richie Mehta’s Siddharth (the tale of a chain-wallah who travels across India in search of his missing son) which on papers comes across as a more potent version of fantasy film Slumdog Millionaire. Also from the U.S. and part of the growing trend of festival-pairing,...
- 7/23/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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