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Who’s afraid of Agnès Varda?
By Elisabeth O. Sjaastad
Masculine – Feminine
2010 will go down in film history on account of Kathryn Bigelow. She became the first woman to win the Academy Award for best director and best film.
Yet much to the dismay of many, the Cannes film festival didn’t find a single film directed by a woman worthy of competing [...]
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Jafar Panahi released on bail
After over two months of imprisonment and a week of hunger strike the Iranian director has been released on a bail of €156,000.
The author of the world-wide awarded films The Circle and The White Balloon was arrested last March with his family for supporting opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi even if the Iranian authorities claimed that [...]
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Iranian Director Jafar Panahi on hunger strike in Teheran
FERA EXPRESSES ITS DEEP CONCERN FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF JAFAR PANAHI
Press Release – 19 May 2010
The Federation of European Film Directors expresses its continuous concern for the safety and well being of Iranian Film director Jafar Panahi who was arrested with his family in Teheran on 1 March.
This year Mr Panahi should [...]
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Cannes 2010 opens as no woman director selected for the Palme D’Or
Despite the worldwide success of female filmmakers with Kathryn Bigelow representing the last glorious example (2009 Best Director Oscar winner), at the 63rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival no woman will run for the top prize Palme D’Or.
In fact, the only films directed by women will be screened in the ‘Out of Competition’ (French [...]
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Kathryn Bigelow first woman winning Oscar for best director
At the 82nd Academy Awards, film director Kathryn Bigelow won the Oscars for best director and best film. It is the first time in the history of the Awards that a female director wins the best feature direction award.
In over 80 years, before Bigelow, only four women have ever been nominated for a best director [...]
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FERA New Email
FERA Office has a new email. From now on you can contact us at office@filmdirectors.eu
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New FERA office telephone number
FERA Office has changed telephone number.
From now on you can contact FERA at 0032 2 290 0808.
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Newsletter – June 2010