As I mentioned in the preface to the first part of my Wavelengths preview (the one focusing on the short films), there are significant changes afoot in 2012. Until last year, the festival had a section known as Visions, which was the primary home for formally challenging cinema that nevertheless conformed to the basic tenets of arthouse and/or “festival” cinema (actors, scripting, 70+minute running time, and, once upon a time, 35mm presentation). This year, Wavelengths is both its former self, and it also contains the sort of work that Visions most likely would have housed. While in some respects this can seem to result in a kind of split personality for the section, it also means that Wavelengths, which has often been described as a sort of “festival within the festival,” has moved front and center. Films that would’ve occupied single slots in the older avant-Wavelengths model, like the...
- 9/12/2012
- MUBI
The passion and humour of Philibert's documentary films gently restore your faith in the world
Fans of great documentaries owe a huge debt to the French TV station Canal+. For it was they who bankrolled the career of Nicolas Philibert, chronicler of everything from tortoises to teachers to taxidermists, some of whose back catalogue can now be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home.
Philibert came to public attention this side of the channel nine years ago, after winning an Oscar nomination for Être et Avoir, about a teacher in an Auvergne school managing to stay calm while wrangling a dozen children aged four to 11. Its compassion, humour and lurching flashes of tragedy proved irresistible, and the film found distribution in 40 countries. It proved so popular, in fact, that the teacher, and some of the children's parents, launched an unsuccessful lawsuit in pursuit of a bigger slice of the profits.
Fans of great documentaries owe a huge debt to the French TV station Canal+. For it was they who bankrolled the career of Nicolas Philibert, chronicler of everything from tortoises to teachers to taxidermists, some of whose back catalogue can now be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home.
Philibert came to public attention this side of the channel nine years ago, after winning an Oscar nomination for Être et Avoir, about a teacher in an Auvergne school managing to stay calm while wrangling a dozen children aged four to 11. Its compassion, humour and lurching flashes of tragedy proved irresistible, and the film found distribution in 40 countries. It proved so popular, in fact, that the teacher, and some of the children's parents, launched an unsuccessful lawsuit in pursuit of a bigger slice of the profits.
- 6/17/2011
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Kino International proudly announces the DVD release of five films by celebrated French documentarian Nicolas Philibert.
Last year’s critically-acclaimed Nénette (along with the short subject Night Falls on the Menagerie) and Animals & More Animals come to DVD in a splendid two-disc set priced at $39.95. This DVD is available for prebook on April 26, 2011, and the street date is May 24.
The other three titles, Louvre City (1990), In the Land of the Deaf (1992), and Every Little Thing (1997) are available as individual DVDs, each priced at $24.95. Each DVD is available for pre-book on April 26, 2011, and the street date is May 24.
NÉNETTE (2010) and Animals & More Animals (1996) 2-disc Set
Nénette (2010) - Disc One
“Outstanding. Hypnotically captures the peculiar life of a 40-year-old orangutan living in a Paris zoo.” – J.S. Marcus, The Wall Street Journal
“Remarkable!” – Sight & Sound
Born in the jungles of Borneo, Nénette is a 40-year-old orangutan – and the oldest (and most popular...
Last year’s critically-acclaimed Nénette (along with the short subject Night Falls on the Menagerie) and Animals & More Animals come to DVD in a splendid two-disc set priced at $39.95. This DVD is available for prebook on April 26, 2011, and the street date is May 24.
The other three titles, Louvre City (1990), In the Land of the Deaf (1992), and Every Little Thing (1997) are available as individual DVDs, each priced at $24.95. Each DVD is available for pre-book on April 26, 2011, and the street date is May 24.
NÉNETTE (2010) and Animals & More Animals (1996) 2-disc Set
Nénette (2010) - Disc One
“Outstanding. Hypnotically captures the peculiar life of a 40-year-old orangutan living in a Paris zoo.” – J.S. Marcus, The Wall Street Journal
“Remarkable!” – Sight & Sound
Born in the jungles of Borneo, Nénette is a 40-year-old orangutan – and the oldest (and most popular...
- 3/30/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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