Cinemania (Film Festival)
Encyclopedia
CINEMANIA is a French-language film festival
that takes place in Montreal
.
The Festival website is http://festivalcinemania.com/. CINEMANIA publishes a catalogue each year that includes detailed synopses of each film screened.
Mme Teitelbaum was awarded the Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2006 for her work in fostering French culture. In addition, in 2008 the SACD (SOCIETE des AUTEURS et COMPOSITEURS DRAMATIQUES) decorated Mme Teitelbaum with the Medaille Beaumarchais awarded each year since 1777 to the persons who best exemplify efforts to protect the rights of artists, composers and writers.
and Quebec
's cinematographic events is that it is the only Montreal
film festival to present solely French-language films. In fact, for many of the films screened, the festival is their only avenue of distribution. CINEMANIA is, as a result, considered by many artists, journalists and cinephiles as a unique portal to view French-language films.
CINEMANIA offers cinephiles the opportunity of discovering a wide range of French-language films: masterpieces, innovative films and first feature films by young directors.
CINEMANIA shows approximately 30 feature films, each film screening twice. In order to arrive at their final selection, the Festival programmers view over 120 French-language films each year. The focus is both on established filmmakers and first-time directors, providing a launching pad for up-and-coming talent. Well-known directors whose work appears frequently on CINEMANIA's screen include Andre Techine, Anne Fontaine, François Ozon, Robert Guédiguian, Manuel Poirier, Aki Kauresmaki, and the Dardennes Bros. There have been guest appearances by such notable filmmakers as Bertrand Tavernier, Arnaud Desplechin, Olivier Assayas, Cédric Klapisch, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Jacques Beinix, Patrice Leconte, and Radu Mihaileanu. CINEMANIA guest stars have included Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Beart, Isabelle Huppert, Sergi Lopez, Alice Taglioi, and Emmanuelle Devos, among others.
CINEMANIA frequently honours renowned filmakers with retrospectives of their work as well as providing open-to-the-public master classes and roundtable discussions in filmmaking with guest directors.
, CINEMANIA moved to the Imperial Cinema (capacity of 800 seats) to double its capacity and thus answer the cinephiles' ever growing interest in the festival. The 12th edition saw its crowds increase by 50%, and the 13th in 2007 continued this growth. Those successive increases did not however diminish the "cine-club" atmosphere of the festival, which continues to be a meeting point for film lovers and artists.
Over the years, the Mel Hoppenheim Prix du Public went to the following films:
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
that takes place in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
Festival
The CINEMANIA French Film Festival in Montreal was established in 1995 and has continued annually ever since. The Festival is dedicated solely to French-language feature films emanating from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, and other French-speaking regions. All films screened must be North American, Canadian, or Quebec premieres, and all are subtitled in English. The Festival takes place every November during a period of 11 days opening on the first Thursday of the month. All films are screened in the landmark restored theatre, the Imperial Cinema, in downtown Montreal (seating capacity with balcony, approximately 800).The Festival website is http://festivalcinemania.com/. CINEMANIA publishes a catalogue each year that includes detailed synopses of each film screened.
History
The Festival was founded by Mme Maidy Teitelbaum who is the ongoing operational President. The Festival's first 10 years were at Le Musee des Beaux Arts de Montreal --- in 2004 the Festival moved to the greater capacity Imperial Cinema.Mme Teitelbaum was awarded the Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2006 for her work in fostering French culture. In addition, in 2008 the SACD (SOCIETE des AUTEURS et COMPOSITEURS DRAMATIQUES) decorated Mme Teitelbaum with the Medaille Beaumarchais awarded each year since 1777 to the persons who best exemplify efforts to protect the rights of artists, composers and writers.
Program
CINEMANIA's very specific role in the panorama of MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
's cinematographic events is that it is the only Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
film festival to present solely French-language films. In fact, for many of the films screened, the festival is their only avenue of distribution. CINEMANIA is, as a result, considered by many artists, journalists and cinephiles as a unique portal to view French-language films.
CINEMANIA offers cinephiles the opportunity of discovering a wide range of French-language films: masterpieces, innovative films and first feature films by young directors.
CINEMANIA shows approximately 30 feature films, each film screening twice. In order to arrive at their final selection, the Festival programmers view over 120 French-language films each year. The focus is both on established filmmakers and first-time directors, providing a launching pad for up-and-coming talent. Well-known directors whose work appears frequently on CINEMANIA's screen include Andre Techine, Anne Fontaine, François Ozon, Robert Guédiguian, Manuel Poirier, Aki Kauresmaki, and the Dardennes Bros. There have been guest appearances by such notable filmmakers as Bertrand Tavernier, Arnaud Desplechin, Olivier Assayas, Cédric Klapisch, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Jacques Beinix, Patrice Leconte, and Radu Mihaileanu. CINEMANIA guest stars have included Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Beart, Isabelle Huppert, Sergi Lopez, Alice Taglioi, and Emmanuelle Devos, among others.
Guests
Every year, CINEMANIA welcomes professionals of the international film world: producers, directors, actors, critics...CINEMANIA frequently honours renowned filmakers with retrospectives of their work as well as providing open-to-the-public master classes and roundtable discussions in filmmaking with guest directors.
- 2010
- Isabelle HuppertIsabelle HuppertIsabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
(CopacabanaCopacabana (2010 film)Copacabana is a 2010 French comedy film directed by Marc Fitoussi and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Babou* Aure Atika - Lydie* Lolita Chammah - Esméralda* Jurgen Delnaet - Bart* Chantal Banlier - Irène* Magali Woch - Sophie...
) - Marc FitoussiMarc FitoussiMarc Fitoussi is a French film director and screenwriter.- Biography :After a university degree course in English and art history, Fitoussi joined the Conservatoire européen d'écriture audiovisuelle . It was there that he developed his screenwriting trade...
(CopacabanaCopacabana (2010 film)Copacabana is a 2010 French comedy film directed by Marc Fitoussi and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Babou* Aure Atika - Lydie* Lolita Chammah - Esméralda* Jurgen Delnaet - Bart* Chantal Banlier - Irène* Magali Woch - Sophie...
) - Ludivine SagnierLudivine SagnierLudivine Sagnier is a French actress and model, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool and Un secret .-Early life:...
(Crime d'amour/Love Crime) (Pieds nus sur les limaces/Lily Sometimes) - Rose Bosch (La rafle/The Round Up)
- Alain Goldman (La rafle/The Round Up)
- Thierry Hancisse (La régate/The boat race]]) (Un soir au club/A night at the club)
- Isabelle Huppert
- 2009
- Radu MihaileanuRadu MihaileanuRadu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer...
(Le concertLe ConcertLe Concert is a 2009 French comedy film by Radu Mihăileanu starring Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent and Miou-Miou. It has won the Best Original Score and Best Sound awards at César Awards 2010.- Plot :...
/ The concertThe ConcertThe Concert is a live album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in October 1980. The album was recorded at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on the January 31, 1970....
) - Costa-GavrasCosta-GavrasCosta-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller, Z...
(Eden à l'ouest / Eden is westEden Is WestEden Is West is a 2009 film by Greek-French director Costa-Gavras about an illegal immigrant called Elias who tries to get to Paris. The original title in Greek is “Paradissos sti Dysi” and since it is a Greek-French production, the also original French title is “Eden à l'ouest'...
) - Emmanuel MouretEmmanuel MouretEmmanuel Mouret is a French actor, director and screenwriter.-Biography:He was born on 30 June 1970 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...
(Fais-moi plaisir! / Please please me!) - Éric Lavaine (Incognito)
- Yves JacquesYves JacquesYves Jacques is a Québécois actor.- Biography :Since 2001, he has toured the world in two shows by Robert Lepage, La face cachée de la lune and Le Projet Andersen, where he played all the roles....
(Je vais te manquer / You'll miss me) - Marc Robitaille (Un été sans point ni coup sûr / A no-hit no-run summerA No-Hit No-Run SummerA No-Hit No-Run Summer is a Canadian 2008 film written and directed by Francis Leclerc. It was nominated for two Jutra Awards.-Cast:*Patrice Robitaille as Charles*Pier-Luc Funk as Martin...
)
- Radu Mihaileanu
- 2008
- Arnaud DesplechinArnaud DesplechinArnaud Desplechin is a French film director.-Biography:Arnaud Desplechin is the son of Robert and Mado Desplechin, and grew up in the Nord department...
(Un conte de Noël / A Christmas TaleA Christmas TaleA Christmas Tale is a 2008 French comedy-drama film by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Mastroianni. It tells the story of a family with strained relationships which gathers at the...
) - Arta Dobroshi (Le Silence de Lorna / Lorna's Silence)
- Véra BelmontVéra BelmontVéra Belmont is a French film producer, director and screenwriter. She has produced over 40 films since 1960. Her 1985 film Red Kiss was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, where Charlotte Valandrey won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Selected filmography:* The Cop * Quest...
(Survivre avec les loups / Surviving with Wolves) - Pierre Schoeller (Versailles (film, 2008))
- Alice TaglioniAlice TaglioniAlice Taglioni is a French actress. She has a film Paris Manhattan coming out in 2011 where she will star with Patrick Bruel and Woody Allen it is directed by Sophie Lellouche.- Filmography :* Dandy * Jet Lag...
(Notre univers impitoyableNotre univers impitoyableNotre univers impitoyable is a 2008 French film written and directed by Léa Fazer. The film stars Alice Taglioni, Jocelyn Quivrin, Thierry Lhermitte, Pascale Arbillot, Scali Delpeyrat, and Julie Ferrier. Soundtrack by Sébastien Schuller....
/ What if...?), (Ca$h) - Jocelyn QuivrinJocelyn QuivrinJocelyn Quivrin was a French actor. He had a supporting role in the critically acclaimed film Syriana.-Childhood and education:Jocelyn Quivrin was born in Dijon on 14 February 1979...
(Notre univers impitoyableNotre univers impitoyableNotre univers impitoyable is a 2008 French film written and directed by Léa Fazer. The film stars Alice Taglioni, Jocelyn Quivrin, Thierry Lhermitte, Pascale Arbillot, Scali Delpeyrat, and Julie Ferrier. Soundtrack by Sébastien Schuller....
/ What if...?), (Deux vies plus une / Two Lives Plus One), (Ca$h) - Cyril Gelblat (Les murs porteurs / Cycles)
- Stéphanie Duvivier (Un roman policier / A Police Romance)
- Manuel Poutte (Les tremblements lointains / Distant Tremors)
- Louise BourgoinLouise BourgoinLouise Bourgoin, born Ariane Bourgoin, is a French actress and television presenter.- Early life and career :She was born on November 28, 1981 in Vannes. As her parents, both secondary level teachers, were encouraging her to pursue a stable career, Bourgoin studied for five years at the École des...
(La fille de MonacoLa fille de MonacoLa fille de Monaco is a 2008 French film directed by Anne Fontaine. The film stars Fabrice Luchini, Roschdy Zem, Louise Bourgoin, and Stéphane Audran.- Plot :...
/ The Girl from Monaco) - Martin Bilodeau (Médiafilm), (Le DevoirLe DevoirLe Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910....
) - Brendan Kelly (The GazetteThe Gazette (Montreal)The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
, (VarietyVariety (magazine)Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
) - Marc-André Lussier (La Presse (Canada)La Presse (Canada)La Presse, founded in 1884, is a French-language Monday-Saturday newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is owned today by Groupe Gesca, a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada. The Sunday version was dropped in 2009.-Description:...
) - Alain Spira (Paris MatchParis MatchParis Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
) - Catherine Perrin (Radio-Canada)
- Arnaud Desplechin
- 2007
- Bertrand TavernierBertrand TavernierBertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen...
(Coup de torchonCoup de TorchonCoup de Torchon is a 1981 French film adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1964 novel Pop. 1280, directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The film follows the novel relatively faithfully, but changes its setting from a West Texas boom town to a small town in French West Africa.-Plot:Lucien Cordier is an...
/ Clean Slate, L'Horloger de Saint-Paul / The ClockmakerThe Clockmaker-Selected cast:*Philippe Noiret as Michel Descombes*Jean Rochefort as Insp. Guilboud*Jacques Denis as Antoine*Yves Afonso as Insp. Bricard*Julien Bertheau as Edouard*Jacques Hilling as Costes*Clotilde Joano as Janine Boitard*Andrée Tainsy as Madeleine Fourmet...
, Le Juge et l'assassin / The Judge and the AssassinThe Judge and the AssassinThe Judge and the Assassin is a 1976 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The film won two César Awards in 1977.-Selected cast:*Philippe Noiret as Judge Rousseau*Michel Galabru as Sgt. Joseph Bouvier*Isabelle Huppert as Rose...
, Que la fête commenceQue la fête commenceQue la fête commence... is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret...
/ Let Joy Reign Supreme, La Vie et rien d'autreLife and Nothing But-Synopsis:Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may...
/ Life and Nothing But...Life and Nothing But-Synopsis:Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may...
) - Jean Becker (Dialogue avec mon jardinier / Conversations with My GardenerConversations with My GardenerConversations with My Gardener is a 2007 French film directed by Jean Becker.- Plot :A painter returns from Paris to his childhood home in rural France. Looking for a gardener, he meets a former schoolmate. He discovers a simple, open character, with a lot of common sense.The two different men...
) - Emmanuelle DevosEmmanuelle DevosEmmanuelle Devos is a French actress. Devos was born to daughter of actress Marie Henriau in Paris. She appeared in 50 films between 1986 and 2009. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Sur mes lèvres, directed by Jacques Audiard...
(Ceux qui restent / Those Who Remain) - Niels ArestrupNiels ArestrupNiels Arestrup is a French actor.Born in Paris into a family of modest means, his father was Danish and his mother was French...
(Le Candidat / The Candidate) - Rémy GirardRémy GirardRémy Girard is a Canadian actor and former television host from Quebec.-Acting career:He played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film Les Invasions barbares by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best...
(presentation of La Vie et rien d'autreLife and Nothing But-Synopsis:Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may...
/ Life and Nothing But...Life and Nothing But-Synopsis:Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may...
) - Yves JacquesYves JacquesYves Jacques is a Québécois actor.- Biography :Since 2001, he has toured the world in two shows by Robert Lepage, La face cachée de la lune and Le Projet Andersen, where he played all the roles....
(Désaccord parfait / Twice Upon a Time) - Anne Le Ny (Ceux qui restent / Those Who Remain)
- Géla BabluaniGéla BabluaniGéla Babluani is a Georgian-French film director.Babluani was born in Tbilisi, son of prominent director Temur Babluani. At 17 years of age, he and his three siblings were sent to study in France. His first short film, A Fleur de Peau , received critical appraise...
(L'Héritage / The Legacy) - Stéphan Carpiaux (Les Fourmis rouges / Red Ants)
- Dennis TrudeauDennis TrudeauDennis Trudeau is a Montreal broadcaster. From 1987 to 2005 he was the anchor of the supper hour local news show on CBMT in Montreal.-Career:Trudeau worked with the CBC from 1979. For eight years he hosted the local show Daybreak on CBM before becoming a national radio host fronting As It Happens...
(journalist and commentator)
- Bertrand Tavernier
- 2006
- Juliette BinocheJuliette BinocheJuliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...
(Quelques jours en septembre / A Few Days in September, Trois Couleurs: Bleu / Three Colours: Blue) - Nicole GarciaNicole GarciaNicole Garcia is a French actress, film director and writer. Her film Selon Charlie was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Actress:*1968: Des garçons et des filles directed by Étienne Périer...
(Selon CharlieSelon CharlieCharlie Says is a 2006 French drama film. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.- Cast :*Jean-Pierre Bacri as Jean-Louis Bertagnat*Vincent Lindon as Serge*Benoit Magimel as Pierre*Benoit Poelvoorde as Joss*Patrick Pineau as Mathieu...
/ Charlie Says) - Micheline LanctôtMicheline LanctôtMicheline Lanctôt is an actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.-Biography:Lanctôt's post-secondary education was in music, fine arts and theatre at Collège Jésus-Marie in Outremont, and in art history before switching to film animation, which she...
(director and screenwriter) - Santiago AmigorenaSantiago AmigorenaSantiago Amigorena is an Argentine screenwriter, film producer, film director and actor.In 2007 he was nominated at the Mar del Plata Film Festival for Best Film in A Few Days in September....
(Quelques jours en septembre / A Few Days in September) - Lisa AzuelosLisa AzuelosLisa Azuelos , born 6 November 1965, is a French director and writer. She is the daughter of singer Marie Laforêt.- Filmography :* Classe mannequin, two episodes written for the television series:** Héritage amoureux...
(Comme t'y es belle! / Gorgeous!) - Éric CaravacaEric CaravacaEric Caracava is a French actor and director.The son of an engineer, Caracava studied literature while taking acting lessons...
(Le Passager, La Raison du plus faibleLa Raison du plus faibleThe Right of the Weakest is a 2006 Belgian drama film directed by Lucas Belvaux. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Eric Caravaca - Patrick* Lucas Belvaux - Marc Pirmet* Claude Semal - Robert* Patrick Descamps - Jean-Pierre...
/ The Right of the Weakest) - Philippe Collin (Aux abois / Hardset: A Murder in Paris)
- André Lavoie (film critic)
- Dennis TrudeauDennis TrudeauDennis Trudeau is a Montreal broadcaster. From 1987 to 2005 he was the anchor of the supper hour local news show on CBMT in Montreal.-Career:Trudeau worked with the CBC from 1979. For eight years he hosted the local show Daybreak on CBM before becoming a national radio host fronting As It Happens...
(journalist and commentator)
- Juliette Binoche
- 2005
- Dominique BesnehardDominique BesnehardDominique Besnehard is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1975. He starred in the 1983 film À nos amours, which was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival....
(artist agent and producer) - Alain CorneauAlain CorneauAlain Corneau was a French film director and writer.Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his...
(Les Mots bleus / Words in BlueWords in BlueWords in Blue is a French movie adapted from the novel Leur histoire by French author Dominique Mainard. The movie was adapted and directed by Alain Corneau and released in 2005,- Synopsis :...
) - Bernard ÉmondBernard ÉmondBernard Émond is a French-language Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his spiritual films and documentaries on the human condition.- Director :* 1992 : Ceux qui ont le pas léger meurent sans laisser de traces...
(La Neuvaine / The Novena) - Yves JacquesYves JacquesYves Jacques is a Québécois actor.- Biography :Since 2001, he has toured the world in two shows by Robert Lepage, La face cachée de la lune and Le Projet Andersen, where he played all the roles....
(La Petite Chartreuse, Je préfère qu'on reste amis... / Just Friends) - Radu MihaileanuRadu MihaileanuRadu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer...
(Va, vis et deviens / Live and Become) - Elsa ZylbersteinElsa ZylbersteinElsa Zylberstein is a French film, TV, and stage actress. After studying drama, Zylberstein began her film career in 1989, and has appeared in about 50 films...
(La Petite Jérusalem / Little JerusalemLittle Jerusalem (film)Little Jerusalem is a 2005 French drama film directed by Karin Albou. Albou's film depicts how the conflict between the rational and the irrational drives the relationships within a Jewish family living in the outskirts of Paris.-Plot:...
) - Antony Cordier (Douches froides / Cold ShowersCold ShowersCold Showers is a 2005 French film directed by Antony Cordier. It was a Directors' Fortnight Selection at 2005 Cannes Film Festival. The film tells the story of three teenagers, a girl, Vanessa, and two boys, Mickael and Clement, who face changes and problems over a period of three months as they...
) - Kamal Dehane (Les Suspects / The Suspects)
- Christopher HallChristopher HallChristopher Hall may refer to:People*Christopher Newman Hall, English clergyman*Christopher Hall *Christopher Hall , singer*Christopher Hall *Christopher Hall Places...
(columnist) - Kevin Laforest (film critic)
- André Lavoie (film critic)
- Dominique Besnehard
- 2004
- Dominique BesnehardDominique BesnehardDominique Besnehard is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1975. He starred in the 1983 film À nos amours, which was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival....
(artist agent and producer) - Sergi LópezSergi LópezSergi López i Ayats is a Spanish actor.-Early life:Sergi López was initiated in theater in representations of typical Catalan nativity plays called Els Pastorets, in his native city. He started to study theater in Barcelona but completed his studies in France, in the school of Jacques Lecoq...
(Chemins de traverse) - Claude ZidiClaude ZidiClaude Zidi is a French film director and screenwriter who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971...
(Ripoux 3 / Part-Time Cops) - Isabelle Broué (Tout le plaisir est pour moi / The Pleasure Is All Mine)
- Dominique Besnehard
- 2003
- Laurent LucasLaurent Lucas-Biography:A student of Charles Dullin, Lucas soon became one of the most admired young performers in the Strasbourg National Theatre. He first emerged on the scene with his role in I Hate Love, where he starred as an HIV positive man....
(Qui a tué Bambi ? / Who Killed Bambi?Who Killed Bambi? (2003 film)Who Killed Bambi? is a 2003 French thriller film directed by Gilles Marchand. In this movie, a doctor and a nursing student investigate the mysterious disappearances taking place at their hospital.-Cast:* Sophie Quinton - Isabelle / Bambi...
) - Sophie QuintonSophie QuintonSophie Quinton is a French actress. She has played in a number of short films directed by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu, and starred in the 2003 film Who Killed Bambi?-Biography:...
(Qui a tué Bambi ? / Who Killed Bambi?Who Killed Bambi? (2003 film)Who Killed Bambi? is a 2003 French thriller film directed by Gilles Marchand. In this movie, a doctor and a nursing student investigate the mysterious disappearances taking place at their hospital.-Cast:* Sophie Quinton - Isabelle / Bambi...
) - Raquel BittonRaquel Bitton (singer)Raquel Bitton is a critically acclaimed French jazz singer and interpreter of Edith Piaf's songs.-Life and career:...
(Piaf : sa vie, ses chansons / Piaf: Her Story...Her Songs) - Ousseynou Diop (Madame Brouette)
- Rokhaya Niang (Madame Brouette)
- Laurent Lucas
- 2002
- Louis-Pascal Couvelaire (Sueurs / SweatSWEATSWEAT is an OLN/TSN show hosted by Julie Zwillich that aired in 2003-2004.Each of the 13 half-hour episodes of SWEAT features a different outdoor sport: kayaking, mountain biking, ice hockey, beach volleyball, soccer, windsurfing, rowing, Ultimate, triathlon, wakeboarding, snowboarding, telemark...
) - Yves LavandierYves Lavandier-Biography:Yves Lavandier was born on April 2, 1959. After taking a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985. Miloš Forman, František Daniel, Stefan Sharf, Brad Dourif, Larry Engel, and Melina Jelinek were among his teachers. During these...
(Oui, mais... / Yes, But...Yes, But...Yes, But... is a 2001 French comedy film written and directed by Yves Lavandier, dealing with brief therapy and teenage sexuality.-Plot:...
) - Didier Becchetti (Jojo la frite / Accidental Saint)
- Louis-Pascal Couvelaire (Sueurs / Sweat
- 2001
- Jean-Jacques BeineixJean-Jacques Beineix-Biography:In 1964, Jean-Jacques Beineix started his career as Jean Becker's assistant director on the famous French TV series, Les saintes chéries until the end of 1967. Then, in 1970 he worked for Claude Berri and in 1971 for Claude Zidi. In 1977, he directed his first short movie Le Chien de M....
(Mortel TransfertMortel TransfertMortel Transfert is a Franco-German thriller, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel of the same name by Jean-Pierre Gattégno. The music was provided by the composer of Roselyne et les lions, Reinhardt Wagner. Some of the paintings in the film were produced by Pierre Peyrolle,...
/ Mortal Transfer) - Hélène de FougerollesHélène de FougerollesHélène Christine Rigoine de Fougerolles is a French actress. She is the daughter of Alain Rigoine de Fougerolles and Anne Saumay de Laval. Initially planning to become a beautician, she began to study acting at age 15. She later attended acting classes in Paris and briefly at the Actors Studio...
(Mortel transfertMortel TransfertMortel Transfert is a Franco-German thriller, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel of the same name by Jean-Pierre Gattégno. The music was provided by the composer of Roselyne et les lions, Reinhardt Wagner. Some of the paintings in the film were produced by Pierre Peyrolle,...
/ Mortal Transfer) - Marie-Ève Bertrand (Mariages / Marriages)
- Zakia & Ahmed Bouchaala (Origine contrôléeOrigine contrôléeOrigine contrôlée is a 2001 French comedy-drama film starring Ronit Elkabetz. It is also the debut French-language picture to star Elkabetz, famous for Hebrew-language roles in her native Israel. Elkabetz acquired French fluency after moving to France in 1997. The film was written and directed by...
/ Made in France) - Renaud Cohen (Quand on sera grand / Once We Grow Up)
- Jean-Jacques Beineix
- 2000
- Emmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle Béart is a French film actress, who has appeared in over 50 film and television productions since 1972. Béart won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Manon des Sources . She has been nominated a further seven times for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress.- Early...
(Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental DestiniesSentimental DestiniesSentimental Destinies is a 2000 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Emmanuelle Béart - Pauline Pommerel* Charles Berling - Jean Barnery* Isabelle Huppert - Nathalie Barnery...
) - Marie-Josée CrozeMarie-Josée Croze-Career:Croze was born in Montreal, QC. She won the award for Best Actress at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005...
(MaelströmMaelstromA maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. A free vortex, it has considerable downdraft. The power of tidal whirlpools tends to be exaggerated by laymen. There are virtually no stories of large ships ever being sucked into a maelstrom, although smaller craft are in...
) - Alexandre Arcady (Là-bas... mon pays / Return to Algiers)
- Olivier AssayasOlivier AssayasOlivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter.He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.-Career:...
(Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental DestiniesSentimental DestiniesSentimental Destinies is a 2000 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Emmanuelle Béart - Pauline Pommerel* Charles Berling - Jean Barnery* Isabelle Huppert - Nathalie Barnery...
) - Rona HartnerRona HartnerRona Hartner is a Romanian actress and singer.-External links:...
(Sauve-moi / Save Me)
- Emmanuelle Béart
- 1999
- Patrice LecontePatrice LecontePatrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...
(La Fille sur le pontLa fille sur le pontGirl on the Bridge is a 1999 French film shot in black and white and directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis.- Plot :...
/ Girl on the Bridge) - Louis BélangerLouis BélangerLouis Bélanger is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has a degree in Communications from UQAM. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker Denis Chouinard; both men created several short films together before branching off into their own careers with feature films...
(Post Mortem) - Charlotte de TurckheimCharlotte de TurckheimAnne-Charlotte de Turckheim is a French actress, screenwriter, comedian and film producer. Born in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, France, the daughter of Françoise Husson and Arnaud de Turckheim, a member of a noble Protestant family from Alsace, Charlotte de Turckheim studied theater...
(Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes sœurs / My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and Sisters) - Caroline DhavernasCaroline DhavernasCaroline Dhavernas is a Canadian actress. Dhavernas is best known in the United States as "Jaye" from the short-lived television series Wonderfalls on Fox. She starred as Dr. Lily Brenner in the ABC medical drama Off the Map.-Life and career:...
(L'Île de sable / Sable IslandSable IslandSable Island is a small Canadian island situated 300 km southeast of mainland Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is a year-round home to approximately five people...
) - Sébastien HuberdeauSébastien HuberdeauSébastien Huberdeau is a Canadian actor. He studied political science at university. He has played in a rendition of the play Talk Radio and was seen on screens abroad in The Barbarian Invasions , winner of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
(L'Île de sable / Sable IslandSable IslandSable Island is a small Canadian island situated 300 km southeast of mainland Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is a year-round home to approximately five people...
) - Alexis LoretAlexis LoretAlexis Loret is a French film and television actor.Devoting himself initially to cabinetmaking, he became model, and was noticed by André Téchiné.-Filmography:*UV...
(Alice et Martin / Alice and Martin) - F. Christophe Marzal (Attention aux chiens / Beware of the DogsBeware of The DogsBeware of The Dogs is the second album released by rap group, The Dogs. It was released on June 4, 1991 through Joey Boy Records and was produced by Disco Rick...
) - Johanne Prégent (L'Île de sable / Sable IslandSable IslandSable Island is a small Canadian island situated 300 km southeast of mainland Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is a year-round home to approximately five people...
)
- Patrice Leconte
- 1998
- Isabelle HuppertIsabelle HuppertIsabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
(L'École de la chair / The School of FleshThe School of FleshThe School of Flesh is a 1998 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot. It was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Dominique* Vincent Martinez - Quentin* Vincent Lindon - Chris* Marthe Keller - Madame Thorpe...
, Rien ne va plus) - Emma de CaunesEmma de CaunesEmma de Caunes is a French film actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sabine in Mr. Bean's Holiday.- Life and career :...
(Un frère / A Brother) - Gabriel Auer (Je suis vivante et je vous aime / I'm Alive and I Love You)
- Gilles BourdosGilles BourdosGilles Bourdos is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his atmospheric thrillers, which use troubling themes in contrast with powerful aesthetic imagery...
(Disparus / Love Troïka) - James Huth (Serial LoverSerial Lover-Cast:*Michèle Laroque – Claire Doste*Albert Dupontel – Eric Cellier*Elise Tielrooy – Alice Doste*Forrest Al – Himself-Plot:...
)
- Isabelle Huppert
- 1997
- Jacques DoillonJacques DoillonJacques Doillon is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women...
(PonettePonettePonette is a 1996 French film directed by Jacques Doillon. The film centers on four-year-old Ponette , who is coming to terms with the death of her mother...
) - Élodie BouchezÉlodie BouchezÉlodie Bouchez-Bangalter is a French actress. She is best known in the United States for her role as Renée Rienne on the fifth and final season of the television show Alias...
(Clubbed to DeathClubbed to Death (film)Clubbed to Death is a 1996 French film starring Élodie Bouchez, directed by Yolande Zauberman, and co-written by Zauberman and Noémie Lvovsky. The film concerns a love triangle that forms between 20-year-old Lola and the couple she encounters at an all-night rave....
) - Frédéric Marbœuf (Pondichéry, dernier comptoir des Indes / Return to India)
- Jacques Doillon
- 1996
- Ticky HolgadoTicky HolgadoTicky Holgado , pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, was a French actor and a frequent collaborator with Jean-Pierre Jeunet....
(Les MillesLes MillesLes Milles is a village, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France.-See also:* Camp des Milles...
/ A Man of Duty) - Alain Centonze (C'est jamais loin / Never Too FarNever Too Far"Never Too Far" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Carey's tenth album/soundtrack, Glitter. The protagonist of this ballad states that although physical distance can sometimes separate lovers, the love they share will never be too far apart...
)
- Ticky Holgado
Public
CINEMANIA has a loyal public that keeps growing year after year. After 11 years at the Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsMontreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution, it moved to its current location in 1912 thanks to a large donation from businessman James Ross....
, CINEMANIA moved to the Imperial Cinema (capacity of 800 seats) to double its capacity and thus answer the cinephiles' ever growing interest in the festival. The 12th edition saw its crowds increase by 50%, and the 13th in 2007 continued this growth. Those successive increases did not however diminish the "cine-club" atmosphere of the festival, which continues to be a meeting point for film lovers and artists.
Related activities
CINEMANIA organizes quality events that challenge and stimulate the intelligence of cinephiles: master classes, discussion panels, presentation of films by their directors or actors, question and answer sessions after the projections...Mel Hoppenheim Prix du public
The Festival awards an annual prize, the Mel Hoppenheim Prix du Public, given each year to the most popular film by public ballot.Over the years, the Mel Hoppenheim Prix du Public went to the following films:
- 2010: Potiche (film), directed by François OzonFrançois OzonFrançois Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality....
- 2009: Le Concert (film), directed by Radu MihaileanuRadu MihaileanuRadu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer...
- 2008: Versailles (film 2008), directed by Pierre Schoeller
- 2007: Le Scaphandre et le papillonThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The...
/ The Diving Bell and the ButterflyThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The...
, directed by Julian SchnabelJulian SchnabelJulian Schnabel is an American artist and filmmaker. In the 1980s, Schnabel received international media attention for his "plate paintings"—large-scale paintings set on broken ceramic plates.... - 2006: Comme t'y es belle ! / Gorgeous!, directed by Lisa AzuelosLisa AzuelosLisa Azuelos , born 6 November 1965, is a French director and writer. She is the daughter of singer Marie Laforêt.- Filmography :* Classe mannequin, two episodes written for the television series:** Héritage amoureux...
- 2005: Va, vis et deviens / Live and Become, directed by Radu MihaileanuRadu MihaileanuRadu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer...
- 2004: 25 degrés en hiver / Twenty-Five Degrees in Winter, directed by Stéphane Vuillet
- 2003: Ah! Si j'étais richeIf I Were a Rich Man (film)If I Were a Rich Man is a 2002 French film written and directed by Gérard Bitton and Michel Munz.-Plot:Aldo Bonnard is about to divorce his wife Alice while his new boss, Gérard , is a hypocritical man. Worse, he discovers that his wife has an affair with his boss...
/ If I Were a Rich ManIf I Were a Rich Man (film)If I Were a Rich Man is a 2002 French film written and directed by Gérard Bitton and Michel Munz.-Plot:Aldo Bonnard is about to divorce his wife Alice while his new boss, Gérard , is a hypocritical man. Worse, he discovers that his wife has an affair with his boss...
, directed by Michel Munz and Gérard Bitton - 2002: Oui, mais... / Yes, But...Yes, But...Yes, But... is a 2001 French comedy film written and directed by Yves Lavandier, dealing with brief therapy and teenage sexuality.-Plot:...
, directed by Yves LavandierYves Lavandier-Biography:Yves Lavandier was born on April 2, 1959. After taking a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985. Miloš Forman, František Daniel, Stefan Sharf, Brad Dourif, Larry Engel, and Melina Jelinek were among his teachers. During these... - 2001: Quand on sera grand / Once We Grow Up, directed by Renaud Cohen
- 2000: Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental DestiniesSentimental DestiniesSentimental Destinies is a 2000 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Emmanuelle Béart - Pauline Pommerel* Charles Berling - Jean Barnery* Isabelle Huppert - Nathalie Barnery...
, directed by Olivier AssayasOlivier AssayasOlivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter.He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.-Career:... - 1999: La Fille sur le pontLa fille sur le pontGirl on the Bridge is a 1999 French film shot in black and white and directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis.- Plot :...
/ Girl on the Bridge, réalisé par Patrice LecontePatrice LecontePatrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:... - 1998: Serial LoverSerial Lover-Cast:*Michèle Laroque – Claire Doste*Albert Dupontel – Eric Cellier*Elise Tielrooy – Alice Doste*Forrest Al – Himself-Plot:...
, directed by James Huth
See also
- List of French films
- List of French actors
- List of French directors
- List of French language films
- Culture of FranceCulture of FranceThe culture of France and of the French people has been shaped by geography, by profound historical events, and by foreign and internal forces and groups. France, and in particular Paris, has played an important role as a center of high culture and of decorative arts since the seventeenth...
- Cinema of Quebec
External links
- http://www.cinemaniafilmfestival.com
- european-films.net - Reviews, trailers, interviews, news and previews of new and upcoming European films
- Biographies and autographs of French cinema stars