Locarno Film Festival to honor French auteur Agnès Varda July 4, 2014 - 18:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Locarno Film Festival announced it would honor prolific French auteur Agnès Varda with the Pardo d'onore (Leopard of Honor) career tribute, including a special retrospective of her work and a public meeting with cinema fans, The Hollywood Reporter said. Varda, 86, a photographer by trade, began directing in 1955 and along the way has had films screen in competition in Cannes, in 1962 for Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7); in Berlin, starting in 1965 for for Le Bonheur; and in Venice, where she won the Golden Lion in 1985 for Vagabond (Sans toit no loi). But this will be her first official appearance at the 67-year-old Locarno fest. The festival's tribute to Varda will center around a retrospective that will include Cleo from 5 to 7, Vagabond, 1966 fantasy drama The Creatures (Les Créatures), Lions, Love (…and Lies) from 1969 all the way to her 2011 television series Agnès de ci de là Varda. "Both a narrator of, and witness to, so many of the events that marked the 20th century, Varda has made formal experimentation and freedom an invariable hallmark of her work," Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian said in a statement. The festival, which takes place this year August 6-16, will announce its full lineup July 16.  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 |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.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. |
