Another year of the stellar L'Etrange Festival has come and gone in Paris and when festivals go, that means awards! And there are a bunch of them, with a pair of titles that took their global bow as part of Critic's Week in Cannes taking the top nods for feature and short. Check the full announcement below! L’ÉTRANGE Festival Paris 2019 / 25th Edition 4 – 15 September 2019 / Forum Des Images Prize Winners 2019 Over the past twelve days, L’Étrange Festival 2019 has presented 7 World premieres, 3 International premieres, 30 French premieres and 10 previously unreleased films in France. Jean-Pierre Dionnet, the founder and editor of the French cult magazine Heavy Metal, has curated a programme of 5 underrated gems. This year’s...
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- 9/23/2019
- Screen Anarchy
The winners from the 5th annual Marseille Web Fest are in. The largest international event in Europe dedicated to digital series, which took place on October 8 and 9, 2015, ultimately saw a variety of French-based creators and titles steal the show.
Led by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, the professional jury for Marseille Web Fest 2015 considered 25 different series hailing from ten different countries, including England, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, and Italy. Director and producer Brieuc de Goussencourt won the best director award for his work on the Belgian series Euh, which also received an award for best production thanks to Grizzly Films and Rtbf Interactive. Charles Grenier won best editing for the French-Canadian series Feminin/Feminin. France’s Voix de Garage took home two awards for best original score and best actor (Patrick Azam), and another French series Paris, Un Jour De… won for best screenplay and for best actress (Baya Rehaz).
In addition to these seven awards,...
Led by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, the professional jury for Marseille Web Fest 2015 considered 25 different series hailing from ten different countries, including England, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, and Italy. Director and producer Brieuc de Goussencourt won the best director award for his work on the Belgian series Euh, which also received an award for best production thanks to Grizzly Films and Rtbf Interactive. Charles Grenier won best editing for the French-Canadian series Feminin/Feminin. France’s Voix de Garage took home two awards for best original score and best actor (Patrick Azam), and another French series Paris, Un Jour De… won for best screenplay and for best actress (Baya Rehaz).
In addition to these seven awards,...
- 10/27/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
The Marseille Web Fest is back for a fifth year of celebrating digital productions. The France-based web series festival, the biggest international event of its kind in Europe, will take place on October 9 and 10 at the Théâtre de la Joliette.
Over the course of two days, the Marseille Web Fest will screen a roster of 25 digital series to audiences who attend the festival. Among the titles showing at the fifth annual event are Ridley Scott’s Halo Nightfall series and Looking for Maman by actor Jonathan Lambert. These 25 web series, hailing from ten different countries, will compete for the chance to win eight awards from a jury of judges led by Jean-Pierre Dionnet. French Svod Canalplay and Canadian digital production company TreeCircle Media will present the Coup de Coeur and Innovation Prizes, respectively.
Additionally, the 2015 Marseille Web Fest will feature events and programming for attendees to learn more about the digital series industry.
Over the course of two days, the Marseille Web Fest will screen a roster of 25 digital series to audiences who attend the festival. Among the titles showing at the fifth annual event are Ridley Scott’s Halo Nightfall series and Looking for Maman by actor Jonathan Lambert. These 25 web series, hailing from ten different countries, will compete for the chance to win eight awards from a jury of judges led by Jean-Pierre Dionnet. French Svod Canalplay and Canadian digital production company TreeCircle Media will present the Coup de Coeur and Innovation Prizes, respectively.
Additionally, the 2015 Marseille Web Fest will feature events and programming for attendees to learn more about the digital series industry.
- 10/2/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
The French comic book illustrator and designer Jean Giraud, aka 'Moebius' has died.
Born Jean Henri Gaston Giraud in Nogent-sur-Marne, France in 1938, Giraud started his art career for the French advertising and fashion industries before going on to become of the country’s most popular comic strip artists, later finding fame in North America and Japan.
Among his most famous works is the long-running series "Blueberry", the story of a western anti-hero he co-created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier.
In 1975 he revived his 'Moebius' pseudonym and with Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet and Bernard Farkas founded the magazine "Métal Hurlant" aka "Heavy Metal", showcasing Moebius' serial "The Airtight Garage" and the groundbreaking "Arzach".
In 1982 he collaborated with director René Laloux to create the science fiction feature-length animated movie "Les Maîtres du temps" (released in English as "Time Masters") based on a novel by author Stefan Wul.
He continued to contribute storyboards and...
Born Jean Henri Gaston Giraud in Nogent-sur-Marne, France in 1938, Giraud started his art career for the French advertising and fashion industries before going on to become of the country’s most popular comic strip artists, later finding fame in North America and Japan.
Among his most famous works is the long-running series "Blueberry", the story of a western anti-hero he co-created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier.
In 1975 he revived his 'Moebius' pseudonym and with Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Philippe Druillet and Bernard Farkas founded the magazine "Métal Hurlant" aka "Heavy Metal", showcasing Moebius' serial "The Airtight Garage" and the groundbreaking "Arzach".
In 1982 he collaborated with director René Laloux to create the science fiction feature-length animated movie "Les Maîtres du temps" (released in English as "Time Masters") based on a novel by author Stefan Wul.
He continued to contribute storyboards and...
- 3/11/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
If there is an underground comic title that has had more impact than the 1970's and 1980's anthology series Metal Hurlant then I am hard pressed to imagine what that may be. Perhaps better known to most readers here as Heavy Metal the book was a melting pot of stories and ideas, many of them avant garde, most of them scifi oriented, as selected by founders Moebius, Philippe Druillet and Jean-Pierre Dionnet. The subject of a beloved animated feature adaptation and long talked about as a wishlist project by David Fincher, Metal Hurlant is indeed returning to the big screen but this time as a French produced television series. As suits the original format it will be an anthology project with different actors appearing...
- 10/5/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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