2002 Cannes Film Festival

Gender Inequality in the Film Industry needs to be talked about If you can’t name 5 female directors that have directed more than 3 films, gender inequality exists in the film world. There is a huge pay, equality, opportunity, and bais gap between men and women in the film industry. For every 5 men working, there is 1 woman (Zurko). As a women pursuing film, it’s discouraging how i will have less opportunity and wage than someone else just because of my gender. By highlighting the social and…

In the story Strength in What Remains Deogratis Niyizonkiza is faced with unbelievable stuggles that no one should ever have to go through. Divine intervention plays a role in Deo’s life, whether it be good or bad. All throughout his life, we see instances where a higher being is working in the background. Through divine intervention, Deo’s successes and struggles lead him down the path of righteousness. From the sheer mass of dead and decaying bodies, to the cries of a lone baby, Deo was no…

Initially she explored acting and was actively involved with theatre but then got drawn towards film-making and from 1979 started making documentaries that explored the concept of India and Indianness. She found them to be “a marriage of my interests in the visual arts, theatre, and life as it is lived”. Her second non-fiction, “So Far from India” (1982) was a best documentary winner at the American Film Festival. She made two more and then switched to fiction as she wanted more control over the…

teenager, Polanski developed acting skills in films and radio dramas. In 1954 he enrolled at the polish national film academy in Lodz. While in the academy most of his work were short films and documentaries. After his graduation, Polanski appeared in a number of movies many of which were the work of famed Polish director Andrzej Wajda. In 1962, Polanski directed his first feature-length film, “Knife in the Water”. He gained international recognition for his film and even won an Academy Award…

The role of the mysterious Harry Lime in The Third Man is played Orson Welles (1915 - 1985), a character that doesn’t appear in the film until nearly the end of the movie, but his sudden appearance and presence makes for a climatic final. Much as been said about Welles involvement in the making of the film, citing on the fact that he was well-known as a director, producer, writer, and actor in his own right. And the fact that he won an Academy Award eight years before for writing and Original…

MARTIN SCORSESE Martin Charles Scorsese born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinema history. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his…

Agnieszka Holland, one of the most recognized Polish filmmakers, was born on November 28, 1948 in Warsaw. At the age of seventeen she started sending plays to the Czech Film Academy, FAMU, where she studied filmmaking under Milos Forman and Ivan Passer. Her beginning in the film industry started when she returned to Warsaw and began to work as an assistant director on the movies Letters from our Readers by Stanisław Latałło's and Krzysztof Zanussi's Illumination. Holland also collaborated with…

worked together on creating an award winning sense of humor through the stories of their characters, most of whom are trapped in worlds that are often tinged, unforgiving, and daunting universes. Since 1984, the Coen brothers have directed more than 15 films of diverse genres ranging from adventure, romance, drama, gangster, thriller, horror, crime, apocalyptic, as well as comedy. They have been honored with 13 Academy Award nominations for directing, producing, writing, and editing. In…

it his perpetual strain, due to the fact that he is a traitor to his people and in a constant struggle to prove himself to the Japanese without getting killed during the process. Ang Lee drew heavily from his evident sexuality, incorporating in the film a number of explicit and protracted erotic scenes between him and Wei Tang, who plays Wong Chia Chi. 14. Red Cliff (John Woo,…

Rosemary’s Baby? The Pianist? What about Woody Allen? Do you think about Annie Hall, or maybe Hannah and Her Sisters? If any of these names or movies ring any bells, it’s probably not because those actors and directors been denounced by the film industry. In fact, the film industry routinely overlooks unethical actions and illegal behavior for the purpose of economic and social success. If you haven’t seen of the movie the Pianist, you’ve probably heard of it. It made $120.1…