★★☆☆☆ Kicking off an animated children's film with a pair of terrified young slaves bound in chains being intimidated by a vicious mutt is unconventional to say the least. However, this is the departure point chosen by the directorial pairing of Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie whose new film, Zarafa (2012), takes as its inspiration the true story of France's first giraffe, building an adventurous story around how the exotic long-necked creature found its new European home.
- 10/13/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Batul Mukhtiar won the Golden Elephant trophy for Best Live Action Director for Kaphal in the Competition International Live Action section at the International Children’s Film Festival of India.
Tamaash or The Puppet by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh won the Golden Elephant trophy for Best Short, Children’s Jury. The film was competing in the International Shorts section.
Shilpa Ranade’s Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Artwork and Arnab Chaudhuri’s Arjun won a Golden Elephant trophy for Best Animation Feature, Children’s Jury. Both films were competing in the International Animation competition section.
The 18th edition of the festival was held in Hyderabad from November 14 – 20, 2013.
Complete list of winners:
Competition Little Directors
Golden Elephant trophy for Best Little Director – Breaking The Silence by Siddhanth Joshi and Tamatar Chor by Pawanjot Singh.
Golden Plaque for Second Best Little Director – Ecole Mondiale World...
Tamaash or The Puppet by Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh won the Golden Elephant trophy for Best Short, Children’s Jury. The film was competing in the International Shorts section.
Shilpa Ranade’s Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Artwork and Arnab Chaudhuri’s Arjun won a Golden Elephant trophy for Best Animation Feature, Children’s Jury. Both films were competing in the International Animation competition section.
The 18th edition of the festival was held in Hyderabad from November 14 – 20, 2013.
Complete list of winners:
Competition Little Directors
Golden Elephant trophy for Best Little Director – Breaking The Silence by Siddhanth Joshi and Tamatar Chor by Pawanjot Singh.
Golden Plaque for Second Best Little Director – Ecole Mondiale World...
- 11/21/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 18th International Children’s Film Festival of India has announced the competition lineup for 2013. Some of the well-known Indian films in competition are Nagraj Manjule’s Fandry [Read interview], Shilpa Ranade’s Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya [Read interview] and Batul Mukhtiar’s Kaphal.
Organized by the Children’s Film Society of India, the biennial festival also known as The Golden Elephant will be held from November 14-20, 2013 in Hyderabad.
Competition Live Action
A Horse on the Balcony
Dir.: Hüseyin Tabak (Austria)
Tainá – an Amazon Legend
Dir.: Rosanne Svartman (Brazil)
Havanastation
Dir.: Ian Padrón (Cuba)
The Great Bird Chase
Dir.: Christian Dyekjær (Denmark)
Horizon Beautiful
Dir.: Stefan Jäger (Ethiopia, Switzerland)
Windstrom
Germany
Igor and the Cranes’ Journey
Dir.: Evgeny Ruman (Germany, Israel, Poland)
Fandry
Dir.: Nagraj Manjule (India)
Kaphal
Dir.: Batul Mukhtiar (India)
Good Fellows
Iran
7 Days of Himmawari and her Puppies
Dir.: Emiko Hiramatsu (Japan)
Mother,...
Organized by the Children’s Film Society of India, the biennial festival also known as The Golden Elephant will be held from November 14-20, 2013 in Hyderabad.
Competition Live Action
A Horse on the Balcony
Dir.: Hüseyin Tabak (Austria)
Tainá – an Amazon Legend
Dir.: Rosanne Svartman (Brazil)
Havanastation
Dir.: Ian Padrón (Cuba)
The Great Bird Chase
Dir.: Christian Dyekjær (Denmark)
Horizon Beautiful
Dir.: Stefan Jäger (Ethiopia, Switzerland)
Windstrom
Germany
Igor and the Cranes’ Journey
Dir.: Evgeny Ruman (Germany, Israel, Poland)
Fandry
Dir.: Nagraj Manjule (India)
Kaphal
Dir.: Batul Mukhtiar (India)
Good Fellows
Iran
7 Days of Himmawari and her Puppies
Dir.: Emiko Hiramatsu (Japan)
Mother,...
- 10/30/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from Populaire
After Delhi, the French Film Festival will travel to Mumbai from March 2-5, 2013. Six contemporary French films will be screened at PVR Juhu and Liberty Cinema in Mumbai.
The four day festival will open with Régis Roinsard’s Populaire and close with Noémie Lvovsky’s Camille Rewinds (Camille redouble).
Entry is free on first come first served basis; entry passes will be available 45 minutes before the show timing at the venue.
A part of the Bonjour India- Festival of France, the festival will travel to five more cities in India. Bonjour India 2013 is a cultural exchange programme between India and France in the fields of art, literature, cinema, education, sports, fashion, photography and the performing arts. The film festival aims to promote contemporary French cinema in India.
Schedule:
Saturday, March 2 – Liberty Cinema
4:00 pm: Populaire by Régis Roinsard
6:30 pm: In the House (Dans la maison) by François Ozon
Sunday,...
After Delhi, the French Film Festival will travel to Mumbai from March 2-5, 2013. Six contemporary French films will be screened at PVR Juhu and Liberty Cinema in Mumbai.
The four day festival will open with Régis Roinsard’s Populaire and close with Noémie Lvovsky’s Camille Rewinds (Camille redouble).
Entry is free on first come first served basis; entry passes will be available 45 minutes before the show timing at the venue.
A part of the Bonjour India- Festival of France, the festival will travel to five more cities in India. Bonjour India 2013 is a cultural exchange programme between India and France in the fields of art, literature, cinema, education, sports, fashion, photography and the performing arts. The film festival aims to promote contemporary French cinema in India.
Schedule:
Saturday, March 2 – Liberty Cinema
4:00 pm: Populaire by Régis Roinsard
6:30 pm: In the House (Dans la maison) by François Ozon
Sunday,...
- 2/27/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Still from The Dandelions
Six contemporary French films will be screened at PVR Anupam Saket in New Delhi as part of the Bonjour India- Festival of France from February 22 – 24, 2013. The festival will travel to seven cities with an aim to promote contemporary French cinema in India.
Entry is free on first come first served basis; entry passes will be available 45 minutes before the show timing at the venue.
Bonjour India 2013 is a cultural exchange programme between India and France in the fields of art, literature, cinema, education, sports, fashion, photography and the performing arts.
Schedule:
Friday, February 22
6:00 pm: Populaire by Régis Roinsard
9:00 pm: In the House (Dans la maison) by François Ozon
Saturday, February 23
3:00 pm: Zarafa by Rémi Bezançon
6:00 pm: Hand in Hand (Main dans la main) by Valérie Donzelli
Sunday, February 24
3:00 pm: The Dandelions (Du vent dans mes mollets) by Carine Tardieu
6:00 pm:...
Six contemporary French films will be screened at PVR Anupam Saket in New Delhi as part of the Bonjour India- Festival of France from February 22 – 24, 2013. The festival will travel to seven cities with an aim to promote contemporary French cinema in India.
Entry is free on first come first served basis; entry passes will be available 45 minutes before the show timing at the venue.
Bonjour India 2013 is a cultural exchange programme between India and France in the fields of art, literature, cinema, education, sports, fashion, photography and the performing arts.
Schedule:
Friday, February 22
6:00 pm: Populaire by Régis Roinsard
9:00 pm: In the House (Dans la maison) by François Ozon
Saturday, February 23
3:00 pm: Zarafa by Rémi Bezançon
6:00 pm: Hand in Hand (Main dans la main) by Valérie Donzelli
Sunday, February 24
3:00 pm: The Dandelions (Du vent dans mes mollets) by Carine Tardieu
6:00 pm:...
- 2/23/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
I really don't put much stock in the International Animated Film Society's 2013 Annie Awards, which is why I didn't rush to report on their results on Saturday. One year Disney and Pixar boycott the event, feeling there was an unfair advantage paid to larger contributing sponsors, DreamWorks being the primary example. So with such a nasty stench over the event what good does it do to pay it much mind? That said, I'll be brief in mentioning Wreck-It Ralph topped Saturday night's winners with five awards, including Best Animated Picture. The awards have something like a 75% streak when it comes to helping predict the eventual Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature and as the days have gone on, it's looking more and more like Ralph will be this year's winner (see my predictions here). Pixar's Brave, Laika's ParaNorman and DreamWorks' Rise of the Guardians each took home two awards in lesser,...
- 2/4/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The nominations for the César Awards aka the French Oscars were announced. "Farewell, My Queen," "Amour," "Camille Redouble," "In the House," "Rust & Bone," "Holy Motors," and "What's My Name" are competing for the Best Picture category. We'll find out the winners on February 22nd.
Here's the full list of nominees of the 2013 César Awards:
Best Picture
Farewell, My Queen
Amour
Camille Redouble
In The House
Rust & Bone
Holy Motors
What.s In A Name
Best Director
Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen
Michael Haneke, Amour
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
François Ozon, In The House
Jacques Audiard, Rust & Bone
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Stéphane Brizé, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Best Actress
Catherine Frot, Les Sauveurs Du Palais
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen
Hélène Vincent, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Best Actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cherchez Hortense
Patrick Bruel, What...
Here's the full list of nominees of the 2013 César Awards:
Best Picture
Farewell, My Queen
Amour
Camille Redouble
In The House
Rust & Bone
Holy Motors
What.s In A Name
Best Director
Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen
Michael Haneke, Amour
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
François Ozon, In The House
Jacques Audiard, Rust & Bone
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Stéphane Brizé, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Best Actress
Catherine Frot, Les Sauveurs Du Palais
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen
Hélène Vincent, Quelques Heures De Printemps
Best Actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Cherchez Hortense
Patrick Bruel, What...
- 1/27/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
I love the art of animation, and it's amazing to see how far things have come and advanced over the years. The industry is changing in terms of technology, but what it all really comes down to is telling good stories. There's been a lot of great animated movies this year, and many of them are up for several awards at the 40th Annual Annie Awards.
Some of the movies nomainated include Brave, Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and Wreck-It Ralph. Out of those films my favorite is a toss up between Wreck-It Ralph and ParaNorman, those were two pretty incredible films. I think ParaNorman has the edge though.
Some of the other animated properties nominated are Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, Disney Tron: Uprising, Justice League: Doom, Robot Chicken ‘DC Comics Special', South Park ‘Raising the Bar’, and several others.
Some of the movies nomainated include Brave, Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and Wreck-It Ralph. Out of those films my favorite is a toss up between Wreck-It Ralph and ParaNorman, those were two pretty incredible films. I think ParaNorman has the edge though.
Some of the other animated properties nominated are Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1, Disney Tron: Uprising, Justice League: Doom, Robot Chicken ‘DC Comics Special', South Park ‘Raising the Bar’, and several others.
- 12/4/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Which of 2012′s animated films drew the most applause? According to the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, the options include Pixar’s Brave, Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph, and DreamWorks’s Rise of the Guardians. All three — among others — were nominated for animation’s highest honor today when the group named the contenders for its 40th annual Annie Awards. The prizes will be distributed Saturday, Feb. 2 in Los Angeles.
See who else made the cartoon cut with this list of nominees for the Annie Awards’ biggest honors. A full list of nominees can be found at the awards’ website.
Best Animated...
See who else made the cartoon cut with this list of nominees for the Annie Awards’ biggest honors. A full list of nominees can be found at the awards’ website.
Best Animated...
- 12/3/2012
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside Movies
Disney withdrew from the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood back in 2010 and even before then it was hard to put much stock in the Annie Awards. Now it's just sort of a blip on the overall award season radar that manages headlines twice a year, once for their nominees and again for their winners, which this year will be announced on Saturday, February 2, 2013. That said, the org announced their 2013 nominees this morning and their Best Feature Film list was made up of eight nominees (a large list considering the lack of quality animated films I've seen this year) including Brave, Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Rabbi's Cat and Wreck-It Ralph. It is nice not to see something like The Lorax among that list, but I still think this was a year in which the field could have easily been limited to five nominees.
- 12/3/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The animation distributor Gkids, an unexpected heavyweight in last year's Oscar animation race, is qualifying four different films for the Oscars this year. By doing so, they've pushed the animation field over the number required for a full slate of five nominees. Gkids announced on Tuesday that it plans to give Oscar-qualifying runs to Remi Bezancon and Jean-Christophe Lie's "Zarafa," a French hit about the giraffe given to Charles X of France by the Pasha of Eqypt; Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux's "The Rabbi's Cat," a French film set in the 1930s...
- 8/29/2012
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The July 19th start of Montreal's 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is drawing closer (it runs through August 7th), and the powers-that-be have announced the second wave of films along with a few selections from the new Axis section of the event.
Fantasia Announces The Satoshi Kon Award For Achievement In Animation + A New Section Dedicated To International Animation Cinema + Second Wave Title Announcements
The art of animation in its many forms and disciplines has always had a strong place at Fantasia. This year, the festival has decided to give the form its own permanent section: Axis. From social realism to mind-bending fantasy, all styles and sensibilities will be showcased, now on a greater scale than ever. Further, the festival is proud to be rechristening its animation jury prize as The Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation, named after the dear, departed visionary whose feature debut, Perfect Blue,...
Fantasia Announces The Satoshi Kon Award For Achievement In Animation + A New Section Dedicated To International Animation Cinema + Second Wave Title Announcements
The art of animation in its many forms and disciplines has always had a strong place at Fantasia. This year, the festival has decided to give the form its own permanent section: Axis. From social realism to mind-bending fantasy, all styles and sensibilities will be showcased, now on a greater scale than ever. Further, the festival is proud to be rechristening its animation jury prize as The Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation, named after the dear, departed visionary whose feature debut, Perfect Blue,...
- 7/6/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Independent distributor GKids has picked up Us distribution rights to the French animated feature Zarafa. Directed by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie, the 78-minute film is a beautifully hand-drawn work of animation about a 10-year-old named Maki and the orphaned giraffe, Zarafa, who go on an epic adventure from the Sudan, where Maki escapes from slave traders, to Alexandria, Marseille and Paris. The family-friendly film is in French with English subtitles. The film debuted at the Berlinale earlier this year, and has since screened at a number of film festivals. It's a film that's escaped us, so none of us has seen it yet. But that...
- 6/5/2012
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Unless you count Roman Polanski’s Tess as a significant invite, Pathe International is pretty much relegated to market screenings, but this week it was announced that Denis Villeneuve’s An Enemy to be shot in Toronto with Jake Gyllenhaal, so it looks like there is definitely something to look forward to with this French sales co.
An Enemy by Denis Villeneuve
Beauty And The Beast (La Belle Et La BÊTE) by Christophe Gans
Jappeloup by Christian Duguay
Alceste A Bicyclette by Philippe Le Guay
Bowling by Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
Happiness Never Comes Alone (Un Bonheur N’Arrive Jamais Seul) by James Huth
Houba! On The Trail Of The Marsupilami (Sur La Piste Du Marsupilami) by Alain Chabat
It Happened In Saint Tropez (Des Gens Qui S’Embrassent) by Danièle Thompson
Last Passenger by Omid Nooshin
My Best Holidays (Nos Plus Belles Vacances) by Philippe Lellouche
No One Lives by Ryuhei Kitamura
Sea,...
An Enemy by Denis Villeneuve
Beauty And The Beast (La Belle Et La BÊTE) by Christophe Gans
Jappeloup by Christian Duguay
Alceste A Bicyclette by Philippe Le Guay
Bowling by Marie-Castille Mention Schaar
Happiness Never Comes Alone (Un Bonheur N’Arrive Jamais Seul) by James Huth
Houba! On The Trail Of The Marsupilami (Sur La Piste Du Marsupilami) by Alain Chabat
It Happened In Saint Tropez (Des Gens Qui S’Embrassent) by Danièle Thompson
Last Passenger by Omid Nooshin
My Best Holidays (Nos Plus Belles Vacances) by Philippe Lellouche
No One Lives by Ryuhei Kitamura
Sea,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Comes a Bright Day
"With another twelve world premieres and three international premieres, Generation’s feature-length film program is now complete," the Berlinale's announced today. "A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions." Straight from the release, then, with descriptions from the festival:
Generation 14plus
Comes a Bright Day (Great Britain, by Simon Aboud) – Against the backdrop of an armed robbery at a London jewellers, much more is at stake than money. Where diamonds are involved, love is not far. Cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall and others. World Premiere. Site.
Lal Gece (Night of Silence, Turkey, by Reis Çelik) – When the groom lifts the bride’s veil, he is looking into the face of a 14-year-old girl. As tradition has it, a night in the bridal chamber seals the marriage. Cast: Ilyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt and others.
"With another twelve world premieres and three international premieres, Generation’s feature-length film program is now complete," the Berlinale's announced today. "A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions." Straight from the release, then, with descriptions from the festival:
Generation 14plus
Comes a Bright Day (Great Britain, by Simon Aboud) – Against the backdrop of an armed robbery at a London jewellers, much more is at stake than money. Where diamonds are involved, love is not far. Cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall and others. World Premiere. Site.
Lal Gece (Night of Silence, Turkey, by Reis Çelik) – When the groom lifts the bride’s veil, he is looking into the face of a 14-year-old girl. As tradition has it, a night in the bridal chamber seals the marriage. Cast: Ilyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt and others.
- 1/12/2012
- MUBI
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