Locarno Film Festival to honor helmer Jean-Marie StraubJune 22, 2017 - 17:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Director Jean-Marie Straub will receive the Locarno Film Festival’s Leopard of Honor in a special ceremony on Aug. 11, The Hollywood Reporter said. Straub is considered a benchmark auteur in European cinema, known for his rigorous style of filmmaking. He was born in France in 1933 and later lived in Germany and Italy before settling in Switzerland, effectively making films in three of Switzerland’s four national languages. After training with directors including Jean Renoir and Robert Bresson, he forged his own path in 20th century cinema in partnership with his wife Daniele Huillet. They debuted their first feature film in 1967, The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach. Their films are all interpretations of source material ranging from Bertolt Brecht and Franz Kafka to Marguerite Duras. They went on to make more than two dozen feature-length films with From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979) and Sicily! (1999) among their most lauded work. The duo was also received an honorary Golden Lion in Venice in 2006. “It is a special honor to be able to recognize the personality and achievement of Jean-Marie Straub during the 70th festival. Not just because of the close ties between Straub and Huillet and the Locarno Festival, but above all because their films hold a unique and special place in the history of modern film and are still an undeniable influence on various directors,” said Locarno director Carlo Chatrian. “Rigorous is a term that has often been used to describe their practice; watching their films again one also feels how much freedom pulses through every frame – something that is absolutely necessary to ‘digital’ filmmaking.” Past recipients of the Leopard of Honor include Jean-Luc Godard, Ken Loach, Sydney Pollack, William Friedkin, Jia Zhangke, Werner Herzog, Agnes Varda, Michael Cimino, Marco Bellocchio and Alejandro Jodorowsky. The 70th Locarno festival takes place Aug. 2-12. 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. |