July 1 - 10: Eiga Sai-The Japanese Film Festival at Shang Cineplex

Philippines-Japan Friendship Month Opens on July 1 with Eiga Sai—The Japanese Film Festival July 1 - 10 (Shang Cineplex Cinema 4, Shangri-La Plaza, EDSA, Mandaluyong City) July 22-24 (Gaisano South City Mall, Davao City) August 2-7 (Ayala Center Cinema,Cebu City) August 17-20 (UP Film Institute, Diliman, Quezon City) This year's featured films include Departures (81st Academy Award "Best Foreign Language Film" 2009), The Summit: Chronicle of Stones, The Chef of South Polar, One Million Yen Girl, Your Friend, Yunagi City, Sakura Country, Summer Days with Coo, Climber's High, Feel the Wind and Villon's Wife.

 

 

Click here to view the Eigasai 2011 Flyer and Screening Schedules Philippines-Japan Friendship Month Opens on July 1 with Eiga Sai—The Japanese Film Festival An exquisite Japanese cinematic masterpiece at all levels—visual, aural, emotional, spiritual, awaits Eiga Sai fanatics this July featuring Departures, winner of the 81st Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. The Eiga Sai opens on July 1 (Friday) at the Shang Cineplex Cinema 2, Shangri-La Plaza, EDSA, Mandaluyong City as a kick-off event of the month-long festivity. Departures takes a bizarre and unique subject with heartwarming scenes and outstanding acting performances by Masahiro Motoki, who played the role of Daigo Kobayashi, an aspiring cellist who eventually takes the job of an encoffinner, sending the deceased body off to final departure with dignity. He coveted the Best Actor awards (32nd Japan Academy Prize in 2008 and Kinema Junpo Awards in 2009) for his role in the film complimenting the brilliant mind of its acclaimed director Yojiro Takita. The film festival officially reels off with an invitational screening and special performance of Mr. Renato Lucas, the principal cellist of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra together with pianist—Ms. Naomi Sison, at 7:00 P.M. at the Atrium Plaza, Shangri-la Plaza. "Eiga Sai," which literally means 'film festival' now on its 13th year is organized by the Japan Foundation, Manila together with the Embassy of Japan, The Shangri-La Plaza Corporation, UP Film Institute and supported by Lyric Piano, and ClickTheCity.com. Completing this year's roster of exciting films to be featured are The Summit: Chronicle of Stones; The Chef of South Polar; One Million Yen Girl; Your Friend; Yunagi City, Sakura Country; Summer Days with Coo; Climber's High; Feel the Wind; and Villon's Wife. All films will be shown with English subtitles. Admission is free. Screening venues are at the Shang Cineplex Cinema 4 (July 1 to 10), Gaisano Grand Citimall, Davao (July 22 to 24), Ayala Center Cinema 4, Cebu (August 2 to 7) and UP Film Institute (August 17 to 20). For detailed screening schedules and inquiries, please access the Japan Foundation, Manila website: www.jfmo.org.ph or call the JFM telephone numbers (+632) 811-6155 to 58. # # #

From:  http://www.jfmo.org.ph/articles_arts-and-culture/film_festivals/arts_and_culture_film_festival-eigasai2011.php

 

June 8-19: 2011 French Film Festival at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall

The 2011 French Film Festival

The 2011 French Film Festival

Date: June 8, 2011
Venue: Shangri-La Plaza Mall EDSA
Time: 6:30 pm

Opening Night: June 8, 6:30 p.m. at Shangri-La Plaza Mall
Manila: June 8-19 at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall
Cebu: June 23-25 at the Ayala Center Cebu
Quezon City: June 28- July 2 at the UP Film Institute

From:  http://www.alliance.ph/events_details.php?The_2011_French=135

 

 

 

The 2011 French Film Festival

Film Synopses (Without Images)

Manila: June 8-19 at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall

Cebu: June 23-25 at the Ayala Center Cebu

Quezon City: June 28- July 2 at the UP Film Institute

 

 

L'Autre (The Other One) (2008)

 

Directors

Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic

Actors

Dominique Blanc; Cyril Gueï; Peter Bonke; Christèle Tual; Anne Benoît; Charlotte Clamens Christian Chaussex; Paula Keiller

 

Anne-Marie has a peaceful break-up with her boyfriend Alex, who she doesn't love anymore. However, upon learning that another woman has come into his life, she becomes insanely jealous...

 

Film production and distribution

Associate production company : Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Film export/Foreign Sales : Films Distribution

French distribution : Ad Vitam

 

Feature film

Genres : Fiction

Subgenres : Drama

Production language : French

Nationality : 100% French (France)

Production year : 2008

French release : 04/02/2009

Runtime : 1h 37mn

Current status : Released

Screening format : 35mm

Color type : Color

Aspect ratio : CinemaScope

Sound format : Dolby SRD

 

 

La Tête de maman (Mother's smile) (2005)

Director

Carine Tardieu

Actors

Karin Viard; Kad Merad; Pascal Elbé; Chloé Coulloud; Jane Birkin; Jérôme Kircher Sarah Cohen-Hadria; Arthur Ligerot; Suzy Falk; Nanou Garcia; Danièle Hugues; Abbès Zahmani ; Christophe Rossignon; Alexandre Fogelmann; Marilia Lorgeril (de); Lise Lamétrie

 

Synopsis

Twenty years ago, a few years before I was born, mom loved a guy. Twenty years ago, they were forced apart and when the silly fool left, he took my mom's smile with him. I've gotta find him, gotta bring him back for mom. Otherwise, I'll die. – Lulu, 15 years old.

 

Film production and distribution

Associate production company : Nord-Ouest Films

Co-production : France 2 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, UGC Images, M6 Films

Film export/Foreign Sales : TF1 International

French distribution : UGC Distribution (ex International)

Feature film

Genres : Fiction

Subgenres : Drama

Production language : French

Nationality : 100% French (France)

Production year : 2005

French release : 28/03/2007

Runtime : 1h 35mn

Screening format : 35mm

Color type : Color

Aspect ratio : 1.85

Sound format : Dolby DTS

Official website : www.latetedemaman-lefilm.com/

 

 

Un Poison Violent (Love like poison) (2010)

Director

Katell Quillévéré

Actors

Clara Augarde; Lio ; Michel Galabru; Stefano Cassetti; Thierry Neuvic; Youen Leboulanger-Gourvil

 

Synopsis

Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and is confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. She also grows close to Pierre, a freespirited teenager who cares little about God. Anna is preparing for her confirmation, but her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith. She longs to give herself over, body and soul... but doesn't know if it is to God, or something else.

 

Film production and distribution

Feature film

Genres : Fiction

Subgenres : Drama

Production language : French

Nationality : 100% French (France)

Production year : 2010

French release : 04/08/2010

Runtime : 1h 32mn

Screening format : 35mm

Color type : Color

Aspect ratio : 1.85

 

 

Le dernier des fous (The last among the crazy ones) (2006)

Director

Laurent Achard

Actors

Julien Cochelin; Pascal Cervo; Annie Cordy; Fettouma Bouamari; Dominique Reymond; Jean-Yves Chatelais Florence Giorgetti; Dorine Bouteiller; Thomas Laroppe; Nicolas Leclere; Nicolas Pignon; Chamsedine Miri Théo Puiseux;

 

 

Synopsis

It's summer and the beginning of the long vacation period for eleven-year-old Martin, who lives on a farm, and, at a loss, observes his family's disintegration: his mother lives locked up in her room; his older brother, who he adores, drowns himself in drink; and his father, dominated by Martin's grandmother, is a helpless onlooker to the family's collapse. Although Mistigri, his cat, and Malika, the Moroccan maid, afford him some comfort, Martin is determined to put an end to this confusion.

 

Technical details

Feature film

Genres : Fiction

Subgenres : Drama

Production language : French

Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)

Production year : 2006

French release : 03/01/2007

Runtime : 1h 36mn

Current status : Released

Visa number : 113.863

Visa issue date : 16/11/2006

Approval : Yes

Production formats : 35mm

Screening format : 35mm

Color type : Color

Aspect ratio : 1.85

Sound format : DTS

 

 

Les enfants de Timpelbach (Trouble at Timpeltill) (2008)

Director

Nicolas Bary

Actors

Raphaël Katz; Adèle Exarchopoulos; Léo Legrand; Gérard Depardieu; Carole Bouquet; Armelle Tilly Mandelbrot (Erna) ; Lola Créton; Baptiste Betoulaud; Martin Jobert; Lola Créton; Léo Paget Ilona Bachelier; Joël Demarty; Éric Naggar; Eric Godon; Philippe Mercier; Odile Matthieu Stéphane Bissot; Thierry Desroses; Olivier Leborgne; Laure Roldan; François Damiens; Valentine Bouly Vanille Ougen; Manon Chevallier; Maxime Riquier; David Cognaux; Julien DUBOIS;

 

Synopsis

In the village of Timpeltill, the children pass their time playing pranks on others and resisting every kind of authority. At the end of their rope, the parents decide to leave the village... for what they think will be a day. A village with no parents! It's not bad news for everyone. Two gangs of children then confront each other, each determined to be the sole gang to control the village.

Film export/Foreign Sales : Pathé Distribution

French distribution : Pathé Distribution

Feature film

Genres : Fiction

Subgenres : Children's films, Adventure

Production language : French

Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium, Luxembourg)

Production year : 2008

French release : 17/12/2008

Runtime : 1h 35mn

Current status : Released

Screening format : 35mm

Color type : Color

Aspect ratio : 2.35

Sound format : Dolby DTS

Official website : timpelbach-lefilm.com/

 

 

Dans les cordes (Inside the ring) (2006)

Director

Magaly Richard-Serrano

Actors

Richard Anconina; Maria De Medeiros; Louise Szpindel; Stéphanie Sokolinski; Bruno Putzulu; Jean- Pierre Kalfon Diouc Koma; Chems Dahmani; Ninon Brétécher

 

Synopsis

Angie and Sandra are 18 years old. They've been raised as sisters by Joseph, Angie's father and Sandra's uncle. He's also been their trainer, programming them to win the national French boxing championship finals. But Angie loses and Sandra wins… Angie wants a rematch at any cost, but Joseph has decided otherwise.

 

Film production and distribution

Associate production company: Sunday Morning Productions

Co-production : Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Film export/Foreign Sales : Pyramide International

French distribution : Pyramide Distribution

Feature film

Genres : Fiction

Subgenres : Drama

Production language : French

Nationality : 100% French (France)

Production year : 2006

French release : 04/04/2007

Runtime : 1h 30mn

Current status : Released

Production formats : 35mm

Screening format : 35mm

Color type : Color

Aspect ratio : 1.85

Sound format : Dolby DTS

 

 

7 Ans (7 Years) (2006)

Director

Jean-Pascal Hattu

Actors

Valérie Donzelli; Bruno Todeschini; Cyril Troley; Pablo De la Torre; Nadia Kaci

 

While Vincent is in prison for 7 years, his wife Maité takes a lover. This lover happens to be a guard in the prison. She is caught in a game of guilt, pleasure, and obligation.

 

Film production and distribution

Associate production company : Les Films du Bélier

Film export/Foreign Sales : Pyramide International

French distribution : Pyramide Distribution

Full credits

Executive Producer : Justin Taurand

Screenwriters : Jean-Pascal Hattu, Gilles Taurand, Guillaume Daporta

Director of Photography : Pascal Poucet

Sound Recordists : Xavier Piroelle, Yolande Decarsin, Sébastien Savine, Emmanuel Croset

Press Attaché (film) : Annie Maurette

Editor : Anne Klotz

Continuity supervisor : Hélène Chevré

Production Designer : Sophie Chandoutis

Costume Designer : Anne Lavedan

Feature film

Genres : Fiction

Subgenres : Drama

Production language : French

Nationality : 100% French (France)

Production year : 2006

French release : 21/02/2007

Runtime : 1h 26mn

Current status : Released

Production formats : 35mm

Screening format : 35mm

 

 

Le Marquis (2010) – shot in Cebu in 2010

Dominique Farrugia

Franck Dubosc; Richard Berry; Jean-Hugues Anglade; Luisa Ranieri; Sara Martins; Pascale Louange Joël Torre; Fred Scotlande; Alain Zef Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis...

 

Feature film

Genres : Fiction

Subgenres : Comedy

Production language : French

Nationality : 100% French (France)

Production year : 2010

French release : 09/03/2011

Runtime : 1h 28mn

Current status : Released

Visa number : 122.385

Visa issue date : 27/01/2011

Approval : Yes

Production formats : 35mm

Screening format : 35mm

Color type : Color

Aspect ratio : 1.85

Sound format : Dolby SRD

Official website : www.pathedistribution.com

 

Two films produced by Luc Besson/EUROPACORP

and distributed commercially in the Philippines by PIONEER Films

Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec / Adèle: Rise of the Mummy) (2010)

 

Synopsis:

Writer-director-producer Luc Besson's affinity for mega-budget, FX-heavy adventure spectacles is wellknown and publicized. With his film The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, he adds yet another chapter to this tradition. An adaptation of a popular French comic book from the 1970s, it stars Louise Bourgoin (The Girl from Monaco) as the redheaded title character, a wisecracking, hard-living adventurercum- novelist living in pre-WWI France. As the tale opens, Adele is on a mission in Egypt, attempting to retrieve a sarcophagus and tote it back to Western Europe, but simultaneously attempting to fend off complications wrought by her nemesis, the archaeologist Dieuleveult. She succeeds on both fronts, but upon returning runs headfirst into another problem: a Parisian scientist (Jacky Nercessian) with the power to heal Adele's comatose sister (Laure de Clermont-Tonnere) has accidentally let loose an ancient Pterodactyl above the Parisian skies. While a zany detective (Gilles Lellouche) and a hunter (Jean-Paul Rouve) attempt to eliminate the creature, the villains turn up yet again and try to thwart Adele's long-term plans.

 

 

Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard (Arthur 2: The Revenge Of Maltazard) (2009)

Synopsis:

Arthur (Freddie Highmore) is reunited with his beloved Princess Selenia in the latest adventure adapted from Luc Besson's bestselling children's books, but danger lurks on the horizon… A spider deposits a grain of rice in Arthur's hand, with a message carved into it. It's an S.O.S. from the Minimoys. Arthur doesn't think twice about flying to the rescue. But not thinking twice could land him in the trap set by the abominable Maltazard, who has resolved to take his revenge... Luc Besson's follow-up to his worldwide box-office hit Arthur And The Minimoys, reprises the combo of live-action, starring Freddie Highmore (Charlie And The Chocolate Factory) and Mia Farrow (Be Kind Rewind), and magnificent, state-of-the-art animation.

 

 

Sandrine Bonnaire Retrospective

The Sandrine Bonnaire cycle consists of six films available in 35 mm with subtitles in English, Spanish and Portuguese. It is reserved for non-commercial distribution abroad under the aegis of the cultural institutions of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Subject to current rights, the films are intended for public showing as part of events organised by the cultural departments of embassies, centres and institutes worldwide, in partnership with the National Film Archives, French cinema festivals and international festivals.

 

 

A Nos Amours (To Our Loves) (1983)

a film by Maurice PIALAT

At a vacation resort where she is rehearsing "No Trifling with Love", 15-year-old Suzanne rejects her boyfriend Luc and gives herself, without any real pleasure, to a visiting young American. Back to Paris, she has other love affairs. Clashing with her parents, she comes up against a neurotic mother, a father who suddenly decides to leave the family nest, and her falsely protective brother. Suzanne seeks herself while going from one guy to another. Her marriage ends in failure. In a plane taking her to California to her new lover, Suzanne seems to question herself about fleeing towards an uncertain future. Will she be able to love one day?

 

Réalisation / Director: Maurice Pialat

Scénario et dialogues : Arlette Langmann, Maurice Pialat

Production : Les Films du Livradois, Gaumont, FR3

• Interprètes / Cast : Sandrine Bonnaire, Evelyne Ker, Dominique Besnehard, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Cyril Collard, Maurice Pialat, Anne-Sophie Maillé, Maïté Maillé, Christophe Odent, Cyr Boitard, Jacques Fieschi

• Prix Louis Delluc 1983

• César du Meilleur film 1984

• César du Meilleur espoir féminin pour Sandrine Bonnaire

 

Sans Toit Ni Loi (Vagabond) (1985)

a film by Agnès VARDA

In the middle of winter in southern France, a girl is found frozen to death in a ditch. Who was she? "A drug addict, a mental patient," some say… People who came across her try to draw a portrait of this young wanderer. As she wanders aimlessly, you may see her bathing nude at a beach, being picked up by a planetologist as she hitchhikes, spending time squatting in abandoned property, being hosted by a couple of goat-raising hippies, sympathizing with a farm worker from the Maghreb, setting up her tent in a cemetery, being lusted after by garage mechanics, sleeping with one but not the other…. Her name was Mona; some rejected her, others tried in vain to help her. No one was able to hold her back.

 

• Interprètes / Cast : Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Yolande Moreau, Patrick

Lepczynski, Yahiaoui Assouna, Joël Fosse, Marthe Jarnias, Laurence Cortadellas

• Lion d'Or au Festival du Cinéma de Venise 1985

• Prix de la Critique internationale - Fipresci 1985

• Prix Georges Méliès 1985

• César 1985 de la Meilleure interprète féminine pour Sandrine Bonnaire

• Prix de l'Office Catholique du Cinéma 1985

• Prix du Meilleur Film Etranger 1986 décerné à Los Angeles par l'Association des Critiques USA

• Meilleur film et Meilleure réalisatrice ( Jury de jeunes ) au Festival de Bruxelles 1986

 

 

La Cérémonie (A Judgment in Stone) (1995)

a film by Claude CHABROL

1h51

 

Catherine and her husband Georges Lelièvre think they've found a real gem when they hire as their maid a discreet, quiet and illiterate girl named Sophie. Sophie has hidden her handicap from her new employers, and she finds herself facing the problem of performing simple, everyday tasks like interpreting a shopping list. Sophie becomes a friend of Jeanne, a very strange young woman torn between her job as a postal worker and an imaginary life of dreams and fantasies. Jeanne, whose past is equally dramatic, encourages Sophie to rebel against her employers. A macabre dance begins for these two cast offs, blending good and evil.

 

Director : Claude Chabrol from a novel by Ruth Rendell, A Judgment in Stone (L'Analphabète)

Adaptation et dialogues : Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff

Production : MK2 Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Prokino Film Produktion, Olga Film, ZDF

Ventes internationales / International Sales : MK2

• Interprètes / Cast : Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jean Pierre Cassel, Jacqueline Bisset, Virginie Ledoyen, Valentin Merlet

 

 

Mademoiselle (2000)

a film by Philippe LIORET

1h25

The life of Claire, a young woman with no history, a medical representative and mother of two children, brightens up when, at a cocktail party for a pharmaceutical convention, she runs into a dreamy actor turned into a sad clown from having continuously hosted wedding events and banquets. During these 24 hours of getting to know each other through a series of failed acts, these two discover one another, like one another, and have a one-night stand. Claire starts dreaming … Will she give herself the right to enjoy the fleeting happiness of a simple love story? Will this brief encounter change her life?

 

Réalisation / Director : Philippe Lioret

Scénario et dialogues : Emmanuel Courcol, Philippe Lioret, Christian Sinniger

Production : Alicéleo, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma avec la participation de Canal + Ventes internationales / International Sales : France Télévision Distribution • Interprètes / Cast : Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Candelier, Zinédine Soualem, Jacques Boudet, Patrick Mercado, Philippe Belglia, Maryvonne Schiltz

• Prix de la Meilleure actrice à Sandrine Bonnaire au Festival du Film romantique de Cabourg 2001

 

 

Elle s'appelle Sabine (Her name is Sabine) (2007)

a film by Sandrine Bonnaire

1h25

A sensitive portrait of Sabine Bonnaire, a 38-year-old autistic woman, made by Sandrine, her closest sister. It tells her story through personal archives, filmed by the actress over a period of 25 years, and shows her life today in a special facility. The documentary evokes an engaging personality whose development and multiple talents have been crushed by a failing care system. After the tragic five long years spent in a psychiatric hospital, Sabine regains her taste for life – even though her abilities remain altered – in a group home in Charente. A demonstration with a example of the shortage of specialized facilities and its dramatic consequences. Beyond the subject matter, Her Name Is Sabine is a true cinematographic film.

 

• Sélection officielle Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Festival de Cannes 2007

• Prix de la Télévision de la Critique 2008 Meilleur documentaire

• Prix du Syndicat de la Critique 2008 Meilleur premier film français

• Prix France Culture Cinéma 2008

• Globe de Cristal 2008 du Meilleur documentaire

 

 

Joueuse (Queen To Play) (2009)

a film by Caroline Bottaro

1h37

In a small village in Corsica, Hélène's life, quiet and discreet, is but a day after another, all the same... A chamber maid in a hotel, she seems happy with Ange and Lisa, her husband and 15-year-old daughter. Her life seemed already written… Her modest fate changes one day when, as she makes up a hotel room, her attention is grabbed by a young American couple, in love and attractive, who are playing chess on the terrace. Suddenly fascinated with the free and sensual communication that their relationship evokes, she takes a keen interest in chess. Hélène will do everything, obstinately, to master the rules of this game until she becomes excellent at it. She can count on the help from Mr. Kröger, a mysterious village resident, to support her in this metamorphosis, to find her freedom and her identity as a woman.

 

Réalisation /Director : Caroline Bottaro d'après un roman de / from a novel by Bertina Henrichs, La Joueuse d'échecs

Adaptation et dialogues : Caroline Bottaro en collaboration avec Caroline Maly Production : Mon Voisin Productions, Blueprint Film en coproduction avec UO D NI et ER IM, Studio Canal et France 2 Cinéma Ventes internationales / International Sales : Studio Canal

• Interprètes / Cast : Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Françis Renaud, Jennifer Beals, Valérie Lagrange, Alexandre Gentil, Alice Pol, Elisabeth Vitali, Dominic Gould, Daniel Martin