cannes film festival

Whistler 15 – Opening Night Film – CAROL

Screening Time – Wednesday, December 2 @ 8pm Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, and set in 1950s New York, CAROL tells the touching story of a romance between a department store clerk, and an older, married woman. In the parlance of the times, it’s ‘a love that dares not speak its name’. When […]

Five Film Box Set by Patricio Guzmán Sept 29

Five Film Box Set by  Patricio Guzmán Sept 29

Coming to Home Video and VOD on September 29! “Guzmán’s movies have the thrust of manifestos and the layered richness of epic novels.” —New York Magazine “What the world knows of Chile in the 1970s, it knows through the films of Patricio Guzmán.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer Icarus Films is proud to announce the release of the […]

2015 Cannes Film Festival Winners

2015 Cannes Film Festival Winners

2015 Cannnes Award Winners Palme d’Or: Dheepan, Directed by Jacques Audiard Grand Prix: Son of Saul, Directed by Laszlo Nemes Best Director: The Assassin, Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien Best Screenplay: Chronic, Written by Michel Franco Camera d’Or (Best First Feature): La Tierra y la Sombre, Directed by Cesar Acevedo Jury Prize: The Lobster, Directed by […]

AMY To Screen at 2015 NXNE in Film Program

Here is North by Northeast’s exciting Film programming for this year’s festival. NXNE will present the Canadian premiere of Amy at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema on Saturday, June 20. This haunting documentary by Asif Kapadia (Senna) was a stand-out recently at Cannes Film Festival and tells the story of Amy Winehouse in her own words […]

68th Festival de Cannes Honours Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda is to receive an honorary Palme d’or during the Closing Ceremony of the 68th Festival de Cannes. Previously, only Woody Allen, in 2002, Clint Eastwood, in 2009, and Bernardo Bertolucci, in 2011, have been granted this supreme distinction by the Board of Directors of the Festival de Cannes. The award is given to […]

Actress Clara Pasieka on Cannes & MAPS TO THE STARS

Actress Clara Pasieka on Cannes & MAPS TO THE STARS

Actress Clara Pasieka talks about her experiences at the Cannes Film Festival as well as working w/ David Cronenberg and the cast of MAPS TO THE STARS. interview by shael stolberg photo credit: FILMbutton Originally Posted March 10, 2015 visitor activity monitor

Screenwriter Bruce Wagner on MAPS TO THE STARS

Screenwriter Bruce Wagner on MAPS TO THE STARS

Bruce Wagner discusses his preparation, working w/ David Cronenberg, reviews, his favourite characters in the script etc. It’s part of an interview w/ MAPS TO THE STARS screenwriter Bruce Wagner. Interview by Shael Stolberg SBIFF photo by Larry Gleeson Originally Posted on February 18, 2015 visitor activity monitor