Thursday, April 14, 2011

Ceylan's Latest Slated for Cannes

Writer, Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest film, BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU'DA was selected for the main sectionn of the 64th Cannes Film Festival running May 11-22, 2011. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (TR: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu) is Turkish film, starring Yılmaz Erdoğan as a doctor living on the Anatolia. Also starring: Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan and Muhammet Uzuner. Gokcecan Gursoy (Av mevsimi, Ask Tesadüfleri Sever, GORA)provided post production visual effects.

Jury Presidents along with all the films were also announced.

JURY Main Competition: Robert DE NIRO, JURY CINEFONDATION and Short Films: Michel GONDRY, JURY UN CERTAIN REGARD : Emir KUSTURICA, JURY CAMERA D’OR: BONG Joon-Ho

"So far, the surprising omissions from the list are Andrei Zvyagintsev's Elena, about an old woman attempting to rescue her alcoholic son from poverty, Yorgos Lanthimos's Alps, about a night nurse who runs a bizarre psycho-therapeutic bereavement service, and Brillante Mendoza's Prey, starring Isabelle Huppert as a woman abducted by an Islamist separatist group. But the whispers are that at least one of these films – probably Alps – will be added to the competition list in the coming weeks." Guardian


"Mavi Boncuk |Opening Film |

Out of Competition
Woody ALLEN | MIDNIGHT IN PARIS 1h40

Competition
Pedro ALMODÓVAR LA PIEL QUE HABITO 2h00
Bertrand BONELLO L'APOLLONIDE - SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE 2h02
Alain CAVALIER PATER 1h45
Joseph CEDAR HEARAT SHULAYIM (Footnote) 1h45
Nuri Bilge CEYLAN | BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU'DA (Once upon a time in Anatolia) 2h30
Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE LE GAMIN AU VÉLO 1h27
Aki KAURISMÄKI LE HAVRE 1h43
Naomi KAWASE HANEZU NO TSUKI 1h31
Julia LEIGH SLEEPING BEAUTY - First Film - 1h44
MAÏWENN POLISSE 2h01
Terrence MALICK THE TREE OF LIFE 2h18
Radu MIHAILEANU LA SOURCE DES FEMMES 2h15
Takashi MIIKE ICHIMEI (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï) 2h06
Nanni MORETTI HABEMUS PAPAM 1h42
Lynne RAMSAY WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN 1h50
Markus SCHLEINZER MICHAEL - First Film - 1h34
Paolo SORRENTINO THIS MUST BE THE PLACE 1h58
Lars VON TRIER MELANCHOLIA 2h10
Nicolas WINDING REFN DRIVE 1h35