“Blue is the Warmest Color” wins Cannes Fipresci prizeMay 26, 2013 - 15:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Blue is the Warmest Color,” Abdellatif Kechiche’s three-hour coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl in a lesbian relationship, was named the best film in the main competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival by the Fipresci International Federation of Film Critics, TheWrap said. The film, titled “La Vie D’Adele – Chapitre 1 & 2” in French, received widespread attention for its lengthy, graphic sex scenes, but it also took many critics by surprise and became one of the best-reviewed films of the festival. The winner was chosen by a jury of nine international film critics headed by Klaus Eder from Bayerischer Rundfunk in Germany. The main Cannes jury, headed by Steven Spielberg, will award the Palme d’Or on Sunday, May 26. Mohammad Rasoulof’s “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” won the Fipresci award as the best film in the Un Certain Regard section, while Jeremy Saulnier’s “Blue Ruin” was chosen tops in the Directors’ Fortnight section. Last year’s winners were Sergi Loznitza’s “In the Fog” in the main competition, Benh Zeitlin’s Oscar-nominated “Beasts of the Southern Wild” from Un Certain Regard and Rachad Djaidani’s “Hold Back” from Directors’ Fortnight. In another award announced on Saturday, Asghar Farhadi’s “The Past” won the top prize from the Cannes Ecumenical Jury. Farhadi’s last film, the Oscar-winning “A Separation,” had won that same prize at Cannes two years ago. The Ecumenical Jury gave special commendations to actress-turned-director Valeria Golino’s “Miele” and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Like Father, Like Son.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |