City of Lights, City of Angels (running at the Directors Guild Theater in Hollywood from from April 15 to 22) has confirmed its 2013 program of documentary features and short films, whetting our appetite with a few of its titles before the entire lineup is announced March 27. Three films will round out Col-coa’s French documentaries: Bruno LeBlanc’s “The Sons of Wind,” about the followers of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt; “Becoming Traviata,” writer/director Philippe Béziat’s look at a modern staging of the titular Verdi opera; and Sébastien Lifshitz’s César-award winning “The Invisibles,” a doc tracing the milieu of homosexual society in France from the post-war to the present. Read The Hollywood Reporter’s review of “The Invisibles” from the 2012 Cannes Film Festival here. Along with 19 other shorts in competition, the French film festival will also premiere Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's short film follow-up to their Oscar-nominated “The Intouchables...
- 3/22/2013
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
A week before announcing the full line up of films in competition at the Col•Coa (City of Lights, City of Angels) awards, Hollywood's annual French film festival has revealed some of the titles slated to play during the 17th edition. Following their win of the festival's 2012 audience award, "The Intouchables" directing duo Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano will return to Hollywood to kick off the short films competition with their new short "Clean," starring Laurent Lafitte. Other additions to the lineup include the North American premiere of "The Sons of Wind," Bruno Le Blanc's documentary about the 'spiritual sons' of guitarist Django Reinhardt; "The Invisibles," winner of this year's Best Documentary César award, that traces the evolution of French society from the post-war to the present via the perspective of homosexuals; and "Becoming Traviata," an in depth look at the modern staging of Verdi's famous opera. The festival runs...
- 3/20/2013
- by Nigel M. Smith
- Indiewire
One week prior to the March 26th announcement of the full line up of films in competition for the Col•Coa Awards 2013, the annual French film festival in Hollywood reveals a little more of its program for the 17th edition, taking place from April 15-22 in the Directors Guild of America complex.
International Premiere Of Duo Nakache/Toledano’S New Film At Col•Coa
One year after the success of Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s The Intouchables at Col•Coa (Col•Coa Audience Award, Col•Coa Lafca Critics Award 2012), they produced the new short film Clean, directed by Benjamin Bouhana,
starring Laurent Lafitte, which will open the festival and the short films competition on April 15.
Line Up Confirmed For The Col•Coa Short Film Award 2013 Competition
Nineteen new short films will compete for the Col•Coa Awards:
505G, written and directed by Jérémy Azencott
75 Canaries, written and directed by Philippe Prouff
À la française, co-written and co-directed by Morrigane Boyer, Julien Hazebroucq, Ren-Hsien Hsu, Emmanuelle Leleu, William Lorton
Clay, written and directed by Michaël Guerraz
Just Before Losing Everything, written and directed by from Xavier Legrand
Bella B., written and directed by Jan-Luck Levasseur
Bet She’an, written and directed by Julien Soler
Bad Toys II, written and directed by Daniel Brunet et Nicolas Douste
Clean, co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
Come What May, co-written and co-directed by Maxime Feyers et Mathieu Bergeron
Fragments of a standstill trip, written and directed by Lionel Mougin
Fuck U.K., written and directed by Benoît Forgeard
The Inn, written and directed by Izú Troin
The Lizards, written and directed by Vincent Mariette
Kiki of Montparnasse, written and directed by Amélie Harrault
My Sweetheart, written and directed by Daniel Metge
Leaving, written and directed by Joanna Lurie
Time 2 Split, written and directed by Fabrice Bracq
City of Light, written and directed Pascal Tessaud
Col•Coa.doc: French Documentary In The Spotlight In Hollywood
Three films will round up the documentary section at Col•Coa 2013:
- The Sons of Wind (Les Fils du Vent) directed by Bruno Le Blanc, produced by Les Films du Veyrier. The documentary about the followers or spiritual sons of guitarist Django Reinhardt will be presented at Col•Coa as a North American Premiere.
- Becoming Traviata (La Traviata et nous) written and directed by Philippe Béziat, produced by Les Films Pelléas. A mise en scene look at the modern staging of Verdi’s opera La Traviata in Aix-en-Provence with internationally acclaimed soprano Natalie Dessay will be showing at Col•Coa as a four-month tour of Natalie Dessay starts in the U.S. Distrib Films will distribute the film in the U.S..
- The Invisibles (Les Invisibles) directed by Sébastien Lifshitz, produced by Zadig Films. Taking home the Best Documentary César for 2013, eight months after its official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, The Invisibles traces the evolution of French society from the post-war years to the present from the perspective of homosexual men and women. It will be presented as a U.S. Premiere at Col•Coa. It will be released in the U.S. afterwards by Distrib Films.
These three films will be in competition along side 28 feature films for the Col•Coa Awards 2013.
From April 15 to April 22, 2013, will be the 17th edition of Col•Coa « A Week Of French Film Premieres In Hollywood » in the prestigious theaters of the Directors Guild of America.
Col•Coa was created by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique collaborative effort of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, the Writers Guils of America West, and France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (Sacem). Col•Coa is also supported by France’s Society of Authors, Directors and Producers (L’Arp), the Film and TV Office of the French Embassy in Los Angeles, the Cnc and Unifrance.
For more information: www.colcoa.org...
International Premiere Of Duo Nakache/Toledano’S New Film At Col•Coa
One year after the success of Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s The Intouchables at Col•Coa (Col•Coa Audience Award, Col•Coa Lafca Critics Award 2012), they produced the new short film Clean, directed by Benjamin Bouhana,
starring Laurent Lafitte, which will open the festival and the short films competition on April 15.
Line Up Confirmed For The Col•Coa Short Film Award 2013 Competition
Nineteen new short films will compete for the Col•Coa Awards:
505G, written and directed by Jérémy Azencott
75 Canaries, written and directed by Philippe Prouff
À la française, co-written and co-directed by Morrigane Boyer, Julien Hazebroucq, Ren-Hsien Hsu, Emmanuelle Leleu, William Lorton
Clay, written and directed by Michaël Guerraz
Just Before Losing Everything, written and directed by from Xavier Legrand
Bella B., written and directed by Jan-Luck Levasseur
Bet She’an, written and directed by Julien Soler
Bad Toys II, written and directed by Daniel Brunet et Nicolas Douste
Clean, co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
Come What May, co-written and co-directed by Maxime Feyers et Mathieu Bergeron
Fragments of a standstill trip, written and directed by Lionel Mougin
Fuck U.K., written and directed by Benoît Forgeard
The Inn, written and directed by Izú Troin
The Lizards, written and directed by Vincent Mariette
Kiki of Montparnasse, written and directed by Amélie Harrault
My Sweetheart, written and directed by Daniel Metge
Leaving, written and directed by Joanna Lurie
Time 2 Split, written and directed by Fabrice Bracq
City of Light, written and directed Pascal Tessaud
Col•Coa.doc: French Documentary In The Spotlight In Hollywood
Three films will round up the documentary section at Col•Coa 2013:
- The Sons of Wind (Les Fils du Vent) directed by Bruno Le Blanc, produced by Les Films du Veyrier. The documentary about the followers or spiritual sons of guitarist Django Reinhardt will be presented at Col•Coa as a North American Premiere.
- Becoming Traviata (La Traviata et nous) written and directed by Philippe Béziat, produced by Les Films Pelléas. A mise en scene look at the modern staging of Verdi’s opera La Traviata in Aix-en-Provence with internationally acclaimed soprano Natalie Dessay will be showing at Col•Coa as a four-month tour of Natalie Dessay starts in the U.S. Distrib Films will distribute the film in the U.S..
- The Invisibles (Les Invisibles) directed by Sébastien Lifshitz, produced by Zadig Films. Taking home the Best Documentary César for 2013, eight months after its official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, The Invisibles traces the evolution of French society from the post-war years to the present from the perspective of homosexual men and women. It will be presented as a U.S. Premiere at Col•Coa. It will be released in the U.S. afterwards by Distrib Films.
These three films will be in competition along side 28 feature films for the Col•Coa Awards 2013.
From April 15 to April 22, 2013, will be the 17th edition of Col•Coa « A Week Of French Film Premieres In Hollywood » in the prestigious theaters of the Directors Guild of America.
Col•Coa was created by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique collaborative effort of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, the Writers Guils of America West, and France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (Sacem). Col•Coa is also supported by France’s Society of Authors, Directors and Producers (L’Arp), the Film and TV Office of the French Embassy in Los Angeles, the Cnc and Unifrance.
For more information: www.colcoa.org...
- 3/18/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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