The European Film Academy is to present writer-director Agnes Varda with its lifetime achievement award for her body of work, and in recognition of her contribution to the world of film.
Varda is an “important voice in French and European cinema as well as in the world of art,” the academy said.
Varda’s first film, “La Pointe Courte” (1954), gave a glimpse of her personal style and earned her the title of “grandmother of the French New Wave.” Her film “Cleo From 5 to 7” (1961) was selected at Cannes Festival and won the French critics’ Award.
Varda has created more than 30 short, documentary and fiction films for both TV and cinema, as well staging many exhibitions of photographs and art installations.
Among her films are “Lions Love (… and Lies)” (1968), “Documenteur” (1981), which shot in Los Angeles, “One Sings the Other Doesn’t” (1976), and “Jacquot (De Nantes)” (1990).
Among the major awards Varda has won are a Silver Bear in Berlin for “Happiness” (1965), a Golden Lion in Venice for “Vagabond” (1985), a European Film Award for “The Gleaners and I (2000), and a French Cesar for “The Beaches of Agnes (2008).
Her work has been honored with a Carosse d’Or at the Cannes festival, an honorary Cesar and a Pardo d’onore in Locarno.
Source: Variety
Prosecutors in Poland questioned filmmaker Roman Polanski at the request of U.S. prosecutors who are seeking his arrest on charges from 1977 of having sex with a minor, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Spokeswoman for the prosecutors in Krakow, Boguslawa Marcinkowska, said the filmmaker remained free but available for further proceedings.
Mateusz Martyniuk, a spokesman for the prosecutor general's office, said the U.S. requested Polanski's arrest and Polish prosecutors were expecting that an extradition request would follow.
Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Rafal Trzaskowski hinted that Poland would not be willing to act on a U.S. extradition request, if one were made.
Polanski's movements are restricted by an Interpol warrant in effect in 188 countries, but he travels freely between Switzerland, France and Poland.
Of Jewish descent, he attended the opening in Warsaw on Tuesday of a monumental museum of the 1,000-year history of Jewish life in Poland. He later traveled to the southern city of Krakow where he lived when World War II began.
The 81-year-old director of movies like "Chinatown" and the Oscar-winning "The Pianist" lives in Paris, where — as French citizen — he is immune from U.S. justice, which he fled in 1978. In 2010, he was freed from Swiss house arrest after that government refused to extradite him.
Source: FoxNews
UNSEEN DESCENDING AND LAMENTATIONS is Dirk Serries' forthcoming album and first on Consouling Sounds (Belgium). This album pushes the artist forward in prepping his highly-anticipated new microphonics album for Tonefloat. The wait for the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed microphonics XXI-XXV album ends in 2016, meanwhile the Consouling Sounds LP closes the gap with two long-form pieces forming the backbone for the new music being created. Ever expanding the soundpallet and extensive soul-searching this album sets for Dirk Serries new standards.
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Opfer is a new project by Dutch artist Ian Martin and Belgian Artist Sebastien Crusener and Monument is their first album. Ian Martin needs no introduction to fans of adventurous electronic music. His versatile style allowed him to release on illustrious labels such as Bunker, Abstract Forms or Further Records. Sebastien Crusener has provided all source material in form of field recordings for their project and Ian modelled an abstract, minimal and dark ambient album that showcases a bleakness and almost disturbing coldness but yet makes you feel safely encapsulated in a world of comfort and strange beauty. Additionally Sebastien has kindly provided some wonderful poetry that gives you more insight into the world of Opfer. Dark ambient at it's best.
150 manufactured hand numbered CD’s in slim line dvd case. The first 100 copies include a limited sheet with poetry by Sebastien Crusener.
Digital release to follow 4 weeks after initial release.
Depeche Mode: Live in Berlin was filmed on location at the O2 World Berlin on November 25th and 27th, 2013 during the band’s Delta Machine Tour to support their lauded 13th studio album, Delta Machine (which debuted at #1 in 12 countries worldwide in March 2013) and includes performances of tracks from Delta Machine, plus some of Depeche Mode's biggest and most memorable hits (including “Personal Jesus” and “Policy of Truth”.)
The Deluxe Box Set edition of Live in Berlin: A Film by Anton Corbijn offers a total immersion, all access experience for fans. Specially packaged in a beautiful lift-off box, the Deluxe version includes CD mini-jackets to house each of the five discs, plus a 16-page booklet.
The Deluxe Box Set edition includes:
Live in Berlin Soundtrack (2CD)
Live in Berlin Concert, Directed by Anton Corbijn (DVD)
Alive in Berlin, Directed by Anton Corbijn (DVD)
Delta Machine 5.1 Mix (Blu-ray Audio CD)
The Live in Berlin Soundtrack features the full show audio across two CDs. The Live in Berlin Concert DVD also includes the full show audio. Also included is the band’s 2013 album Delta Machine 5.1 mix on Blu-ray Audio CD.
The second DVD, Alive in Berlin (also directed by Anton Corbijn) includes the full live show inter-spliced with behind-the-scenes footage, multiple interviews with the band and their fans, and a two-song acoustic session (filmed at Salon Bel Ami, the oldest existing brothel in Berlin.
“Alive in Berlin is a record of Depeche Mode visiting Berlin for two concerts and the impact it has on fans following the band. Berlin has a special place in the hearts of Depeche Mode. Likewise, Depeche Mode has a strong following in the German capital and the film tries to capture the highlights of these concerts as well as that special connection through interviews with fans and bands alike,” states director Anton Corbijn
