César Awards 2016: The Ladies Take it All!

The last awards show before the Oscars just ended with the full list of winners in which ladies almost took it all! The 41st César Awards were amazingly showing equality between women & men behind the camera, taking into consideration the impressive talents and the great films. The ceremony was kind of spontaneous and far from the usual official shows. It was presented by Florence Foresti who made a very special entrance on stage at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Of course we cannot forget the guests of honor this year including director Abderrahmane Sisako, Academy Award-winning French actress Juliette Binoche whose portrait was featured on the official poster of the César and presented the last award (Best Film) at the ceremony, and the talented actor Michael Douglas who got his second César honorary award.

Check the winners list below:

Best Film

Fatima produced by Yasmina Nina-Faucon & Philippe Faucon, directed by Philippe Faucon

Best Director

Arnaud Desplechin, Golden Years

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Catherine Frot, Marguerite

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Vincent Lindon, The Measure Of A Man

Breakout Actress / Best New Actress

Zita Hanrot, Fatima

Breakout Actor / Best New Actor

Rod Paradot, Standing Tall

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sidse Babett Knudsen, Courted

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Benoît Magimel, Standing Tall

Best First Film

Mustang, Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Best Picture / Best Cinematography

Christophe Offenstein, Valley of Love

Best Adapted Screenplay

Philippe Faucon, Fatima

Best Original Screenplay

Deniz Gamze Ergüven & Alice Winocour, Mustang

Best Costume Design

Pierre-Jean Larroque, Marguerite

Best Production Design

Martin Kurel, Marguerite

Best Editing

Mathilde Van De Moortel, Mustang

Best Sound Design

François Musy & Gabriel Hafner, Marguerite

Best Original Music

Warren Ellis, Mustang

Best Documentary Film

Demain, Mélanie Laurent & Cyril Dion

Best Foreign Film

Birdman, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Best Animated Short Film

Le Repas Dominical, Céline Devaux

Best Animated Feature Film

Le Petit Prince, Mark Osborne

Best Short Film

La Contre-Allée, Cécile Ducrocq

Honorary Award

Michael Douglas

You can check our live coverage of the Cesar Awards on our hashtag #CineTrotterCesar

Everything You Need to Know about the French Oscars Before the Big Night!

As this Awards Season’s coming to an end, and while everybody’s waiting impatiently for the Oscars night, we cannot skip the important awards show that will take place, just like every year, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and live on Canal+. Of course we’re talking about the César Awards in its 41st edition with the official poster featuring a black and white portrait of Academy award-winning french actress Juliette Binoche. The full winners list will be revealed in less than 24 hours, but for now, let’s remind you of the nominations in the following categories:

Best Film
Dheepan produced by Pascal Caucheteux & Grégoire Sorlat, directed by Jacques Audiard
Fatima produced by Yasmina Nina-Faucon & Philippe Faucon, directed by Philippe Faucon
The Measure Of A Man produced by Christophe Rossignon & Philip Boëffard, directed by Stéphane Brizé
Marguerite produced by Olivier Delbosc & Marc Missonier, directed by Xavier Giannoli
Mon Roi produced by Yvain Attal, directed by Maïwenn
Mustang produced by Charles Gillibert, directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Standing Tall produced by François Kraus & Denis Pineau-Valencienne, directed by Emmanuelle Bercot
My Golden Years produced by Pascal Caucheteux & Grégoire Sorlat, directed by Arnaud Desplechin

Best Director
Jacques Audiard, Dheepan
Maïwenn, Mon Roi
Stéphane Brizé, The Measure Of A Man
Xavier Giannoli, Marguerite
Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Mustang
Emmanuelle Bercot, Standing Tall
Arnaud Desplechin, Golden Years

Best Actress
Loubna Abidar, Much Loved
Emmanuelle Bercot, Mon Roi
Cécile de France, Summertime
Catherine Deneuve, Standing Tall
Catherine Frot, Marguerite
Isabelle Huppert, Valley of Love
Soria Zeroua, Fatima

Best Actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri, The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
Vincent Cassel, Mon Roi
François Damiens, The Cowboys
Gérard Depardieu, Valley Of Love
Anthonythasan Jesuthasan, Dheepan
Vincent Lindon, The Measure Of A Man
Fabrice Luchini, Courted

Breakout Actress
Camille Cotin, Connasse, Princesse des coeurs
Sara Giraudeau, Les Bêtises
Zita Hanrot, Fatima
Diane Rouxel, Standing Tall
Lou Roy Lecollinet, My Golden Years

Breakout Actor
Swann Arlaud, The Anarchists
Quentin Dolmaire, Golden Years
Félix Moati, All About Them
Finnegan Oldfield, The Cowboys
Rod Paradot, Standing Tall

Best Supporting Actress
Sara Forrester, Standing Tall
Agnès Jaoui, The Sweet Escape
Sidse Babett Knudsen, Courted
Noémie Lvovsky, Summertime
Karine Viard, Families

Best Supporting Actor
Michel Fau, Marguerite
Louis Garrel, Mon Roi
Benoît Magimel, Standing Tall
André Marcon, Marguerite
Vincent Rottiers, Dheepan

Best First Film
L’affaire SK1, Frédéric Tellier
The Cowboys, Thomas Bidegain
Mustang, Deniz Gamze Ergüven
The Wakhan Front, Clément Cogitore
All Three of Us, Kheiron

Best Cinematography
Eponine Monmenceau, Dheepan
Glynn Speeckaert, Marguerite
David Chizallet, Mustang
Irina Lubtchansky, My Golden Years
Christophe Offenstein, Valley of Love

Best Adapted Screenplay
David Oelhoffen & Frédéric Tellier, SK1
Samuel Benchetrit, Asphalte
Vincent Garenq & Stéphane Cabrel, The Clearstream Affair
Philippe Faucon, Fatima
Hélène Zimmer & Benoit Jacquot, Diary of a chambermaid

Best Original Screenplay
Noé Debré, Thomas Bidegain & Jacques Audiard, Dheepan
Xavier Giannoli, Marguerite
Deniz Gamze Ergüven & Alice Winocour, Mustang
Emmanuelle Bercot & Marcia Romano, Standing Tall
Arnaud Desplechin & Julie Peyr, My Golden Years

Best Costume
Anaïs Romand, Diary of a Chambermaid
Pierre-Jean Larroque, Marguerite
Selin Sözen, Mustang
Catherine Leterrier, L’odeur de la Mandarine
Nathalie Raoul, My Golden Years

Best Production Design
Michel Barthélémy, Dheepan
Katia Wyszkop, Diary of a Chambermaid
Martin Kurel, Marguerite
Jean Rabasse, L’Odeur de la Mandarine
Toma Baqueni, My Golden Years

Best Editing
Juliette Welfling, Dheepan
Cyril Nakache, Marguerite
Simon Jacquet, Mon Roi
Mathilde Van De Moortel, Mustang
Laurence Briaud, My Golden Years

Best Sound
Daniel Sorbino, Valérie Deloof & Cyril Holtz, Dheepan
François Musy & Gabriel Hafner, Marguerite
Nicolas Provost, Agnès Ravez & Emmanuel Croset, Mon Roi
Ibrahim Gök, Damien Guillaume & Olivier Goinard, Mustang
Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant & Stéphane Tiébaut, My Golden Years

Best Music
Raphaël, The Cowboys
Ennio Morricone, Darling Buds of May
Stephen Warbeck, Mon Roi
Warren Ellis, Mustang
Grégoire Hetzel, My Golden Years

Best Foreign Film
Birdman, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Son of Saul, Laszlo Nemes
Mia Madre, Nanni Moretti
I’m Dead But I Have Friends, Guillaume Malandrin & Stéphane Malandrin
Taxi Tehran, Jafar Panahi
The Brand New Testament, Jaco Van Dormael
Youth, Paolo Sorrentino

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Berlinale 2016: Tunisian ‘Inhebbek Hedi’ Wins Best Actor and Best First Feature!

British Academy Film Awards 2016: ‘The Revenant’ & ‘Mad Max’ in the Lead!

Last Sunday was the long-awaited last event that will leave us waiting for the Academy Awards. The BAFTA winners were not really different from all the past events this year, including the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards. So here we go, here’s the full list of the winners:

BEST FILM
THE REVENANT

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
BROOKLYN

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE BIG SHORT

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
SPOTLIGHT

LEADING ACTOR
LEONARDO DICAPRIO, THE REVENANT

LEADING ACTRESS
BRIE LARSON, ROOM

SUPPORTING ACTOR
MARK RYLANCE, BRIDGE OF SPIES

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
KATE WINSLET, STEVE JOBS

BEST DIRECTOR
ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU, THE REVENANT

OUTSTANDING DEBUT
THEEB, NAJI ABU NOWAR

BEST ANIMATED FILM
INSIDE OUT

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
EDMOND

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
OPERATOR

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE REVENANT, EMMANUEL LUBEZKI

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

BEST DOCUMENTARY
AMY

EE RISING STAR
JOHN BOYEGA

BEST EDITING
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
WILD TALES (Argentina)

BEST MAKE UP AND HAIR
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, ENNIO MORRICONE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

BEST SOUND
THE REVENANT

BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

You can check all our BAFTAs coverage on our hashtag #CineTrotterBaftas

The BAFTA Fashion Moments Roundup

 

As our impatient wait for the Oscars is reaching its end, we are still searching for some magnificent fashion moments on the red carpet. The BAFTA was not one of them… Nonetheless, we still got to pick (very) few best dressed ladies.

One of the best looks of the evening was Bond girl Olga Kurylenko’s who shined in a beautiful white lace gown by Ralph & Russo.

Hannah Bagshawe, Eddie Redmayne’s wife, carries her pregnancy with such classiness which was accentuated with her scarlet gown : simple, yet elegant, shaping her figure perfectly!

We couldn’t but notice the extreme fondness of some stars for simple elegance like Kate Winslet in her Antonio Berardi black gown which celebrates her sexy curves and a touch of red with her Jimmy Choo clutch.

Heida Reed defied all the weather conditions and donned a perfect black gown with a sexy plunging neckline and a flowing chiffon skirt. Her waist is highlighted thanks to a think leather band.

We loved the upper part of Cate Blanchett’s gown featuring magnificent floral embroideries by Alexander McQueen. As for the skirt, well …. Can we skip to something else?

As for Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, let’s say the BAFTA look was her best so far among so many Louis Vuitton red carpet looks. We’re still waiting for a WOW moment… Maybe at the Oscars? (please, please)

You can check all our BAFTAs coverage on our hashtag #CineTrotterBaftas

IFFR 2016: Academy Award-Nominated Movie Wins in Rotterdam!

After announcing the winning short films of the Tiger Awards on January 31st, the jury committee of Rotterdam International Film Festival announced the full list of winners for this year’s edition of the festival. Check the full list below:

Hivos Tiger Awards
Radio Dreams – Babak Jalali (USA)

Hivos Tiger Awards – Special Jury Award
La última Tierra – Pablo Lamar (Paraguay)
(Exceptional artistic achievement in sound design)

Tiger Awards for Short Films – European Film Award
We All Love the Seashore – Keina Espiñeira (Spain)

Tiger Awards for Short Films – Special Mention
Le Park – Randa Maroufi (France)

Tiger Awards for Short Films – Main Category
1. Dream English Kid 1964-1999 AD – Mark Leckey (UK)

2. False Start – Yto Barrada (Morocco)

3. Engram of Returning – Daïchi Saïto (Canada)

Warsteiner Audience Award
Land of Mine – Martin Zandvliet (Denmark/Germany)

Hubert Bals Fund Dioraphte Award
El abrazo de la serpiente – Ciro Guerra (Colombia)

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 2016 Academy Awards

Bright Future Award
Las Lindas – Melisa Liebenthal (Argentina)

VPRO Big Screen Award
Les Ogres – Léa Fehner (France)

MovieZone Award
Land of Mine – Martin Zandvliet (Denmark/Germany)

FIPRESCI Award
Bodkin Ras – Kaweh Modiri (Netherlands/Belgium)

NETPAC Award
The Plague at the Karatas Village – Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Kazakhstan)

KNF Award
De Waarneming – Frank Scheffer (Netherlands)

Lions Film Award
Alba – Ana Cristina Barragán (Ecuador/Mexico/Greece)

SAG 2016: Few Hot… and so Many Others Not!

I wonder what is happening to the award season! We are witnessing more bad taste, more bad looks and more people who wanted to make a fashion statement that turned out to be a complete failure. Thank God we still have Sofia Vergara to wow us in her hot pink Vera Wang custom made gown and Helen Mirren to dazzle us with her Jenny Packham silver gown!

From the 2016 SAG awards red carpet, see who’s hot and who is definitely not!

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The HOT looks of the evening

Sofia Vergara in Vera Wang

Helen Mirren in Jenny Packham

Emilia Clarke in Dior

Rachel McAdams in Elie Saab

Queen Latifah in Michael Costello

Saoirse Ronan in Michael Kors

Anna Faris in Naeem Khan

Maisie Williams in a tea-length Ermanno Scervino

Laura Prepon in Carmen Marc Valvo

Some of the countless worst looks of the evening

Gwendoline Christie in Lanvin

 Christina Hendricks in her there-is-too-much-going-on-on-this-dress-Christian Siriano

Julianne Moore in (what looks like a bad lettuce color) Givenchy

Viola Davis in (what could need some extra ironing) Zac Posen

Sarah Paulson in feathery Valentino

Nicole Kidman in Gucci

Sola Bamis with her huge unexplainable bow by Lola Wusu. Big disappointment!

Brie Larson in Atelier Versace

Also Read: Complete Winners List of the 2016 SAG Awards!

Priyanka Chopra in her too poofy too prom-dress look by Monique Lhuillier

January Jones in Schiaparelli

Ellie Kemper

The WTH looks

Carol Burnett wants comfort over fashion. You could get it dear without your huge ugly slippers (not to mention the ugh outfit)

Lori Petty … No comment!

Gaby Hoffmann… the look… the pin… the shoes…

Diane Madison and Kylie Hart in what my grandma won’t even choose to wear looks

Melora Hardin in her horrific printed dress

Complete Winners List of the 2016 SAG Awards!

We continue our special coverage of the Awards Season and our next stop is the Screen Actors Guild Awards which took place last night in Los Angeles. The nominated names and titles were very competitive and it was hard to choose the winners, that’s for sure!

Check the complete winners list below:

MOVIES

Male Leading Role

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Johnny Depp – Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Female Leading Role

Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Helen Mirren – Woman in Gold
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Sarah Silverman – I Smile Back

Outstanding Male Actor Supporting

Christian Bale – The Big Short
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
Jacob Tremblay – Room

Outstanding Female Actor Supporting

Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Helen Mirren – Trumbo
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Cast in a Movie

Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

Outstanding Stunt Ensemble in a Movie

Furious 7
Everest
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Jurassic World

Also Read: SAG 2016: Few Hot… and so Many Others Not!

TV

Female Actor TV Movie or Miniseries

Nicole Kidman – Grace of Monaco
Queen Latifah – Bessie
Christina Ricci – The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
Susan Sarandon – The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Kristen Wiig – The Spoils Before Dying

Male Actor TV Movie or Miniseries

Idris Elba – Luther
Ben Kingsley – Tut
Ray Liotta – Texas Rising
Bill Murray – A Very Murray Christmas
Mark Ryalnce – Wolf Hall

Outstanding Male Comedy Series

Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Louis C.K. – Louie
William H Macy – Shameless
Jim Parsons – Big Bang Theory
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Outstanding Female in Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Ellie Kemper – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Ensemble Comedy Series

Big Bang Theory
Key & Peele
Modern Family
Orange is the New Black
Transparent
Veep

Outstanding Male Actor Drama

Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards

Outstanding Female Actor Drama

Claire Danes – Homeland
Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Outstanding Ensemble Drama

Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

Outstanding Stunt Ensemble Comedy or Drama

Game of Thrones
The Blacklist
Dare Devil
Homeland
The Walking Dead

2016 Sundance Film Festival: The Birth of a Nation, Between Sea and Land, Morris From America and Sonita in the Lead!

After a long journey of films coming from all over the world, the winning long feature films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival were announced last night in Utah. Check the full list below:

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
The Birth of a Nation

Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic
Swiss Army Man

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic
Morris from America

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award
Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, As You Are

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Joe Seo, Spa Night

U.S Dramatic Special Jury Award for Individual Performance
Melanie Lynskey, The Intervention

and Craig Robinson, Morris from America

Also Read: List of Sundance 2016’s Winning Short Films

U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Weiner

Directing Award: U.S. Documentary
Life, Animated

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
NUTS!

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking
Trapped

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Writing
Kate Plays Christine

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking
The Bad Kids

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
Embrace of the Serpent

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Sand Storm

Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Belgica

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting
Vicky Hernandéz and Manolo Cruz, Between Sea and Land

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenwriting
Mi Amiga del Parque

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Unique Vision & Design
The Lure

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Sonita

Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary
All These Sleepless Nights

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best Debut Feature
When Two Worlds Collide

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography
The Land of the Enlightened

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing
We Are X

Also Read: 7 Feature Films to Watch at this Year’s Sundance!

Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
The Birth of a Nation

Audience Award: U.S. Documentary
Jim: The James Foley Story

Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Between Sea and Land

Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary
Sonita

Audience Award: NEXT
First Girl I Loved

You can follow all our Sundance Film Festival coverage on our hashtag #CineTrotterSFF.

List of Sundance 2016’s Winning Short Films

Even though the festival didn’t end yet and continues to bring a large number of exceptional worldwide films till Sunday, January 31st, Sundance revealed today the list of winners of the short films program, and here they are:

Short Film Grand Jury Prize
Thunder Road – Jim Cummings (U.S.A.)

Officer Arnaud loved his mom.

Remaining Screenings:
Thursday 28 at 6 PM | Broadway Centre Cinema 6
Friday 29 at 3 PM | Yarrow Hotel Theatre

Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction
Maman(s) – Maïmouna Doucouré (France)

Life is disrupted for eight-year-old Aida when her father returns with a young Senegalese woman, Rama, whom he introduces as his second wife. Sensitive to her mother’s distress, Aida decides to get rid of the new visitor.

Remaining Screening:
Saturday 30 at 7 PM | Holiday Village Cinema 4

Also Read: 2016 Sundance Film Festival: The Birth of a Nation, Between Sea and Land, Morris From America and Sonita in the Lead!

Short Film Jury Award – U.S. Fiction
The Procedure – Calvin Lee Reeder (U.S.A.)

A man is captured and forced to endure a strange experiment.

Remaining Screening:
Friday 29 at 1 PM | Holiday Village Cinema 4

Short Film Jury Award – Non-Fiction
Bacon & God’s Wrath – Sol Friedman (Canada)

A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.

Remaining Screening:
Thursday 28 at 9 PM | Yarrow Hotel Theatre

Also Read: 11 Short Films not to be Missed at this Year’s Sundance Film Festival!

Short Film Jury Award: Animation
Edmond – Nina Gantz (United Kingdom)

Edmond’s impulse to love and be close to others is strong—maybe too strong. As he stands by a lake contemplating his options, he reflects on his defining moments in search of the origin of his desires.

Remaining Screening:
Thursday 28 at 4 PM | Holiday Village Cinema 4

Short Film Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance
Grace Glowicki in Her Friend Adam (Canada)

A boyfriend’s jealous impulse spirals out of control in 16 minutes of romantic doom.

Remaining Screening:
Saturday 30 at 5:30 PM | Prospector Square Theatre

Short Film Special Jury Award for Best Direction
Peacock – Ondřej Hudeček (Czech Republic)

A twisted queer romance set in picturesque 19th-century Bohemia tells the true story of the birth of one of the nation’s most influential writers, with suspense, laughter, violence, hope, nudity, sex, and a happy ending—mostly a happy ending.

Remaining Screening:
Thursday 28 at 4 PM | Holiday Village Cinema 4

 

You can follow all our Sundance Film Festival coverage on our hashtag #CineTrotterSFF.
Click here to check the full schedule of the festival.

Bryan Singer’s ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’… Coming this May!

Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto, to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven with the help of Professor X must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.

The event took place on December 1st, 2015 at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy.